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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVIII.—NumbeFIT
John Holmes Dies
After 38 Years As
City School Supt.
Passed Away Sunday
In N. C. Memorial
Hospital at Chapel
Hill |
John A. Holmes, 71, died
day morning in N. C. Memorial
Hospital at Chapel Hill follow
ing an illness of three weeks.'
He served as superintendent of
Edenton City Schools for 38
years, coming to Edenton in
1923 to succeed Joe Nixon.
A native of Davidson County,
Mr. Holmes was a son of Mrs.
Mary Forest Holmes of Graham
and the late Rev. George W.
Holmes. Before coming to Eden
ton he was principal and foot
ball coach in Raleigh.
Mr. Holmes was very promi
nent in educational, civic and
religious affairs and his death
cast a pall of sorrow over the
entire community.
He was a charter member of
the Edenton Rotary Club and
was a past district governor; hej
was a member of the National
Education Association of the
United States; the North Caro
lina Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution; a member'
and past district commander of
the American Legion; the Divis
ion Superintendents of the
NCEA; the American Association!
of Schools; a member of the
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large Crowd At
CHS Homecoming
Miss Celia Rae Elliott
Crowned As “Miss
Chowan High”
Chowan High School’s gym
nasium was filled to capacity
Friday night When the senior
class observed homecoming.
The festivities were preceded
by basketball games between the
Chowan boys and girls and the
Camden outfits. Camden won
both games, the boys by a 80-67
score and the Chowan girls came
off the court on the short end
of a 50-37 score.
Following the games and in
a very impressive ceremony Miss
Celia Rae Elliott was crowned
“Miss Chowan High” by R. H.
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BAND^PARENTS MEETING
Edenton’s Band Parents Asso
ciation will meet Wednesday
night of next week, March 1, at
8 o’clock. The meeting will be
held in the band room and all
members are requested by Henry
Quinn, president, to attend.
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20 Years Ago
As Found in the FDm of
The Chowan Herald
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W. J. Taylor reported that
Chowan County ranked sixth in
the state in the number of
quarts of vegetables canned per
acre under WPA supervision.
Edenion Rotary Club celebrat
ed its 15th anniversary at which
J. Edwin Bufflap, president, paid
tribute to the only three surviv
ing charter members, who were
Charles H. Wood. C. E. Kramer
and John A. Holmes.
Old residents in Eden ton com
mented on the great number of
sea gulls which were flying over
this, aection so early in the year. ,
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Hospital Auxiliary To Purchase
New Equipment; New Officer!
The Chowan Hospital Auxili-f
ary held its February meeting
on Friday, the 17th, in the nurs
es’ home wither, Ed^Bond^giv
brought out . , J
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JOHN A. HOLMES
After an illness of about three
weeks, John A. Holmes, superin
tendent of Edenton schools for
38 years, died Sunday morning
in N. C. Memorial Hospital at
Chapel Hill.
Annual Art Show
Scheduled To 8e
Held March 25-28
Any Who Desire to
Participate Asked to
Contact Mrs. Edward
G. Bond
The annual Art Show, spon
sored by the Edenton Woman's
Club, will be held at the Barker
house Saturday and Sunday,
March 25 and 26. Hostesses will
be on hand to greet art patrons
and parents of Edenton and Cho
wan County school children be
tween the hours of 10 A. M.,
and 6 P. M., on Saturday and 2
P. M., to 5 P. M., on Sunday.
A prominent judge will be
announced at a later df»te. Rib
bons will awarded for first, sec
ond and honorable mention, and
twelve cash prizes of one dollar
each will be given to school,
children whose work is deemed,
the most outstanding.
A hobby corner , agts and
crafts—will be set up to display
unclassified entries such as ce
ramics, photographs, needlecraft,
handicrafts, etc. Anyone wish
ing to participate in this cate
gory, or to submit art work in
any field, is asked to contact
Mrs. Edward G. Bond, phone
3736 for further particulars.
District Scholarship Contest
Scheduled To Be Held Mareh 7
Mrs. R. J. Boyce, Sixteenth:
District Education Chairman for
the North Carolina Federation
of Women’s Clubs, announces
that the District Contest for a
SSOO scholarship will be held at
Chowan College in Murfrees
boro March 7th at 10:30 A. M.
All contestants from the Six
teenth District are urged to be
on time.
The purpose ot the scholar
ship is to help a deserving sen
ior girl to further her education
though handicapped financially.
The contest will be held under
the direction of Mrs. Julian Por
ter Os evem, N. C., president;
of the Sixteenth District.
This is *in addition to the 1
j* secretary, and Mrs. Herbert Hoi
lowell, treasurer.
The chairmen for the
tees are listed as follows:
House—Mrs. George A. Byrun
Finance—Mrs. Ed Bond.
Hostreg—Mrs. Warren Twidd,
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 23, 1961.
j ||)RTION OF BASE TRANSFERRED TO TOWN OF EDENTON ||
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Aerial view of Edenton municipal airport property covering 812
acres received through a federal granl February 7, 1961.
Sixteen aeTial photographs of the former Marine Air Base have
been turned over to the Edenton Chamber of Commerce by J. P.
Ricks, Jr., proprietor of Ricks Laundry. The aerial pix will be a
distinct asset to the Chamber's permanent photograph tile and are
of special value at this time to the Chamber's Industrial Develop
ment Committee, according lo Bruce F. Jones, Jr., president of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce, in their present negotiations w th
industrial prospects who are being contacted for plant location
Chowan Farmers
Seek More Cotton |
Than Is Released;
Very Interesting Fig
ures Regarding Sit
uation In Chowan
Reported By ASC
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With cotton farmers required to '
decide whethey they will plant or j
release their cotton acreage this
week, the local ASC Office has
released some interesting figures,
relative to re'ease and reappor-.
tionment of cotton allotment in I
Chowan County. (
According to the figures releas-'
ed, in 1960, 343.9 acres of county j
allotment was released by farm-1
ers that did not wish to plant. |
This allotment was reapportioned j
to farmers that made requests for j
additional acreage. 158 farmers
received reapportionment.
Chowan received 447.2 acres
from the State Office that was
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SI,OOO scholarship awarded by
the Federation which is con
tinued until the winner of that
scholarship .graduates. Both of
these scholarships are adminis
tered through The Greater Uni
versity of North fcarolina.
These scholarships are made
possible by the “Dollars for
Scholars” campaign in the Fed
eration, whereby each 'clubwo
man pays SI.OO per year. This
is another effort upon the part
of N. C. Clubwdmen to educate
its youth. '
Miss Sally Privott, daughter
of Mrs. John Privott, is being
sponsored by the Edenton Wo
"man’s Club.
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Rotarians Hosts To j
4-H Peanut Growers
At Banquet Tonight
Edenton Rotarians will be
hosts to Chowan 4-H Club mem
bers who participated in this
year’s peanut growing contest
tonight (Thursday)?' The 4-H
peanut banquet will be held inj
the Parish House beginning at 7.
o’clock. > ;.tjs
The program will be in charge
of Hgrry Venters, assistant coun
ty agent and C. W, Overman,
county agent
President Elton Forehand is
EDWARD WARREN BEY
Surgeon-General of N. C. Troops
Submitted by Marqarcl S. Davis In the Interest of Chowan
County Centennial Committee
Dr. Edward Warren was one
lof Edenton’s 'most
citizens’and one of the Confed
eracy's most able servants. He
became, surgeon-general of North
Carolina troops during the War
Between the States. Besides this
he held the following titles:
M.D., C M.. LL.D., Bey to Kite
dival Firman, surgeon-in-chief of
the War Deiwrtment of Egypt,
Commander of the Order of Os
manich of Turkey, Knight of the
Order of Isabella the Catholic of
Spain, Chevalier of the Legion
Milton E. Bass Is
Reassigned To EOS
Office In Raleigh
Scheduled For Special
Assignment as Occu
pational Analyst In
North Carolina
Milton E. Bass, manager of the'
Edenton Office of the Employ
ment Security Commission, has!
been reassigned to Raleigh and
will report there on March 6th.
A successo • is expected to be
named within a short time. Bass
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Four Aces Awarded Athletic Scholarships |
The quartet of Edenton Aces pictured above have received full
athletic College scholarships and will enter college in September.
At left is Bubbe Hopkins, who wes granted a scholarship at the
University of North Carolina. Next is Jimmy White, Jerry Tolley
beve awarded^ athletic scholarships
sues on this surnius government property.
Ricks, whose major hobbv is pholograDhv, snapped these aerial
shots from a height or 3.00 U feet above Albemarle Sound and the
resulting ohotog: ap’ns pinpoint the location of the six and a half
miles of roadways, the ru‘.ways and the various useable and per
manent type buildings and facilities that ara of interest to indus
trial en'dr. ers and cosrsu.tants.
The a r rial photographs given to the Chamber by Ricks would
have cost mote than the Chamber could have afforded to pay for
a promotional aerial photograph service, Jones said.
: of Honor of France, Medical In
. speclor of the Army of Virginia
artel f'rtinder'amf' , pinfess ii of the
■' College of Physicians of Balti
more. The honorary degree of
■ Doctor of Laws conferred in 1384
;! fin absentia) bv the university
! of his native North Carolina gra
tified him more than all the for
eign honors combined.
Edward Warren’s adventurous
life as told in his autobiography
j called “A Doctor's Experiences
In Three Continents” is the cx
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Lions And Rotary
To Play Basketball i
Game February 11
Coaches Now Lining
Up Teams; Offering
Taken at Half Time
For Heart Fund
What should be an evening of
entertainment deluxe is sched
uled to lake place in the John
A. Holmes High School gymnas
ium Monday night, February 27,
when Edenton Rotarians are
scheduled to lock horns in a bas-
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Heart Sunday Will
Be Observed In
Edenton Feb. 26th
Group of Canvassers.
Will Tour Residen
tial Section to Secure
Contributions
Heart Fund volunteers will:
tour the residential sections of
Edenton next Sunday,, February
26, to distribute health-saving in
formation about the heart diseas
es and to collect Heart Sunday
contributions with which the
American Heart Association canj
help speed the light against the
nation's Number 1 health enemy.;
The pamphlet to be distribut
ed by volunteers tells how to 1
protect children against rheu
matic fever, forerunner of rheu-j
mafic heart disease, and deals;
with the latest knowledge about
high blood pressure, heart at- i
tacks and strokes. Contribu
tions collected by volunteers will ;
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
National Guard Muster Day Is
Observed At School Program
With February 22 declared as;
National Guard Muster Day, the;
local National Guard Unit con
ducted a program at the John
A. Holmes High School at 10:50
A. M. Visiting speaker was Ma
jor Morton S. Modlin, from,
Headquarters, 2nd Battle Group,
119th Infantry, Rocky Mount.;
North Carolina.
The local National Guard unit
had an outstanding record dur
ing 1960. The unit received the
Commander’s Trophy as the
most outstanding unit in its bat- j
tie group during summer en-1
Mission Study At
Macedonia Church
The Woman’s Missionary So
ciety of the 'Macedonia Baptist
Church will sponsor a mission
study course at the church Mon
day and Tuesday, February 27
and 28. The study will begin
at 7:30 o’clock each nigh’t and;
the public is invited to attend. 1
The subject of the study will
be “The Dreamer Cometh,” and
will be taught by the pastor, •
the Rev. Gordon Shaw.
RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv
ed Order of Red Men, will meet i
Monday night, February 27, at
7:30 o’clock. Bill Harris .sachem,! ;
is very anxious to have a large 1
turn-out of members.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
William B. Gardner
Named Town Clerk
At Special Meeting
J In Gastonia
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Wilt:'; -n Stoke.y Elliott, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. El*. Dll of
Edenlcn. is enror"d in the two
year-civil technology course at
‘he Gaston Technical Institute in
Gastonia. Gaston Tech is a di
vision of the N. C. State College
School of Engineering, conduct
ed by the College Extension Di
virion.
Edenton Jayvees
Hang Up Enviable
Record For Year
Youngsters Have Won
14 Games and Lost
Only One Contest to
Windsor
Edenton's Jayvee’ basketball
team, under Coach Billy Hardi
| son, his an enviable record thus
'far this season and now sport
a record of 14 victories to only
one defeat. The defeat was at
the hands of Windsor by a 32-30,
score.
Teams which fell victim to the
F,denton aggregation are: Hert-;
ford 43-25 and 43-32; Chowan!
38-18 and 55-15; Plymouth 42-28!
.and 46-26; Windsor 36-34. 39-211
'and 30-23; Ahoskie 29-26 and
i 38-34; Williamston 41-23 and 35-
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LOCAL WOMAN'S CLUB TO i
MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY
Edenton Woman’s C|ub will
meet on Wednesday afternoon,
March 1, at 1 o’clock at the
Edenton Restaurant. Mrs. J. D.
Elliott, president, urges all
members to be present.
jcampment at Fort Bragg, N. C.
The unit received a superior rat
ing from annual audit conduct-1
ed during July 1960, a superior
rating on its annual inspection
conducted during November
1960.
,! First Sergeant Johnnie Asbell
, will be available at any time to
discuss each individual’s military
obligation, and the outstanding
method which the National
■ Guard offers for fulfilling same.
• i “Operation Muster 1961” finds'
i National Guard at the highest!
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E. L, Pearce Again Sponsoring
Pumpkin Contest In Chowan
Harry Venters, assistant county;
agricultural agent, announces
that a pumpkin growing contest:
will be sponsored by E. L.
Pearce, seedsman distributor for
| Cornell Seed Company. All
boys a.nd girls in Chowan County
between the ages of 6 and 15
are invited by Mr. Pearce to en
ter the contest. Entry forms
mayy be secured from county
agricultural and home eco
nomics agents, vocational agri
cultural and home economics
• teachers and from Mr. Pearce.
|Seeds will be given to ail that
enter the contest
Prizes for the largest pump*
FIGHT CANCER l|
WITH'A CHECKUP I
AND CHECK
Plans To Fill Vacancy
Which Existed Since
November Ist on or
About March 15th
Meeting in special session
Tuesday night, Town Council
men finally appointed a town
clerk, a position which has been
vacant since the resignation of
Ernest Ward, Jr., which went
into effect November 1.
William B. Gardner was ap
pointed to the position follow
ing a recommendation of a com
mittee which since Mr. Ward’s
resignation has been receiving
applications and screening the
| list of applicants. A considcr-
I able amount of time has been
| consumed by the Councilmen in
j selecting a town clerk and in Mr.
| Gardner’s appointment the gen
ieral opinion prevailed that he
will make an efficient and satis
factory employee of the Town
of Edenton.
Mr. Gardner, a young man of
2G years of age, was educated
in the Edenton schools, after
which he graduated from the
University of North Carolina
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Hardin President
Os Varsity Club
New Officers Chosen
At Meeting of Club
Monday Night
At a meeting of the Varsity
! Club held Monday night at John
A. Holmes High School, officers
'were elected and will take over
ilieir duties immediately.
Dr. Richard Hardin was elect
ed president of the club and
will succeed A1 Phillips. The
other officers elected were:
George Lewis, vice president; A.
B. Harless, Jr., treasurer, and
Hiram J. Mayo, secretary.
Committees were also appoint
ed for the Varsity Club ban
quet which will be held the last
week in April. These are:
Door Committee George
Lewis, Mcdlin Belch and Bill
Easterling.
Speaker Committee Hiram
J. Mayo.
Banquet Hall Committee—Dr.
Louis Ferguson.
Publicity Committee Nick
George.
Awards Committee—Joe Thor
ud and Bill Cozart.
Ticket Committee—Jess Har
rell.
Gifts Committee—Al Phillips
and A. B. Harless, Jr.
j! CIVIC CALENDAR i
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The 1961 Pilgrimage of Colo
nial Edenton and Countryside
will be held April 14. 15 and 16.
Edenton’s Rotary Club will be
hosts to the 4-H Club peanut
■I growing contestants at a banquet
tonight (Thursday) in *he Parish
House at 7 o'clock.
Annual art show sponsored by
the Edenton Woman's Club will
be held in the Penelope Barker
1 house Saturday and Sunday,
March 25 and 26.
Family Night will be observ
ed at the Edenton Methodist
Church Sunday, February 26,
1 with a covered dish supper be
ginning at 6 P. M.
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; kins grown in this contest will
be: First, $5.00 and blue ribbon;
second, $3.00 and red ribbon;
! third, $2.00 and white ribbon,
and next seven prizes, SI.OO each
and green ribbons.
Awards for the largest and
best pumpkins will be presented
at the Chowan County Fair.
All boys and girls entering the
contest are required to enter
their best pumpkin in the fair
this falL
The rules for the contest are
as follows:
I. This contest is opeh to any
Chowan boy or girl between the