ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVIII. —Number 10.
Possibility Looms
Hotel Joseph Hewes
May Be Tom Down
Cost of Remodeling
Building For Office
Space Runs Into Too
Much Money
County Commissioners on Mon
day struck a snag in their an
ticipated proposal to remodel
Hotel Joseph Hewes for an of
fice building. Present at the
meeting was Ed Pugh, Eliza
beth City architect, who had
prepared plans for the trans
formation which called for an
entire rearrangement of rooms
and adding a new central heat
ing plant and air conditioning!
system.
Mr. Pugh frankly stated that
it was his opinion that it would
be foolish to spend the amount
of money necessary when at the
completion it would not be a
fire-proof building and would
still have some other defects.
The Commissioners went along
with Mr. Pugh’s opinion and
though the idea of selling the
property is far fetched, the Com
missioners did more or less en
tertain the idea of tearing down
the present hotel building and
probably constructing an office
building which would more ade
quately serve the purpose and
at the same time be in keep
ing with Colonial Edenton. So
much so were the Commission
ers interested in the idea that
they instructed Mr. Pugh to se
cure an estimate from a demo
lition concern as to the cost of
tearing down the building and
how much could be realized in
salvaging materials now in the
hotel.
Commissioners To
Review Valuations
Only Time They Can
Legally Change
Valuations
Chowan County Commissioners
will meet ir. the capacity of a
Board of Equalization and Re
view Monday morning, March 20.
The meeting will begin at 9
o’clock in the tax supervisor’s
office on the first floor of Hotel
Joseph Hewes
The purpose of this meeting is
to hear complaints relative to
property valuation and equaliza
tion of property values.
This is the only time the Com
missioners can legally adjust
property valuation, so that any
complaints must be made at this
time to receive any consideration.
They will continue in session
from day to day until they feel
certain all complaints have been
registered.
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
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After carrying on Beaver Hill
Cemetery for about 25 years, a|
group of ladies appeared before
the County Commissioners ex
pressing their desire for other
arrangements to be made for op
eration of the cemetery. A com
mittee from the County Com-i
missioners. Town Council and|
Continued on Page 2—Section 1
National Girl Scout Week Will
Be Observed Week March 12-18
National Girl Scout Week will|
be observed in Edenton March.
12bh through the 19th. Brownie
and Girl Scouts from the four
local troops will commemorate
Girl Scout Sunday, March 12, by
arttending their respective
churches in uniform accompan
ied by troop leaders.
The annual Girl Scout cookie
sale will start Monday, March
13, and continue through Fri
day, March 17. Fifty-two mem
bers of the local Brownie and
Girl Scout troops will sell cook
ies house to house for 50 cents
a box. ’
Ih addition, the Girl Scouts
and Brownies will participate in
a program to be broadcast on
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
f More Property ]
Mayor John Milchener on
Monday received a telegram
from General Services Adminis
tration headquarters in Atlanta
to the effect that additional
property at the former Naval
Auxiliary Air Station would be
deeded to Edenton.
The additional properly in
cludes the hangar, steam plant
and the cold storage plant.
Mayor Milchener was in
formed that the deed to the
properly is now being prepared
and will soon be ready for exe
cution.
University Os N. C. Band Will
Play In Edenton On March 15
The University of North Caro
lina Concert Band, conducted by
Herbert W. Fred, director of
bands and Assistant Director
Edward L. Kottick will play a
concert at John A. Holmes High
School auditorium Wednesday
afternoon, March 15, at 2:30
o’clock. The public is cordially
invited and there will be no
charge for* admission.
This concert is a part of the
annual concert tour sponsored by
the University of North Carolina
.Department of Music and the j
University Student Government. |
Concerts will be played in Mur-1
freesboro, Edenton, Norfolk,
Winners Named In Elementary
School Annual Poster Contest
The Albemarle Conservation
Poster Contest was held Friday
afternoon at 2 o’clock in the
Edenton Elementary School Li
brary. The judges had a very
difficult decision to make in or
der to choose the winners from
the three grades. There were
28 entries from Chowan Elemen
tary School and Edenton Ele
mentary School, from 4th, sth
and 6th grades.
The winners were: sth grade
Ist place, Rosemary Holmes,
Edenton School; 2nd place, Shelia
Byrum, Chowan School; sth
grade Ist place, Nancy Chap
pell, Chowan; 2nd place, John
Dußois, Chowan; 6th grade Ist
Officers Elected
For Eastern Star
Mrs. Anita Tarkington
Will Be New Wor
thy Matron
At a meeting of Edenton
Chapter No. 302, Order of the
Eastern Star, held Monday
night, Mrs. Anita Tarkington was
elected worthy matron, succeed
ing Mrs. Margaret Bell. Her
husband, Raymond Tarkington,
was elected worthy patron, suc
ceeding J. Edwin Bufflap.
Other officers elected were:
Associate worthy matron, Mrs.
Annie Mason Goodwin; associate
worthy patron, W. P. Goodwin;
secretary, Mrs. Ruth Overmam;
treasurer, Mrs. Mary Leary;
Continued on Page s—Section 1
at 5 P. M.
Local Brownie and Girl Scout
leaders helping with the observ
ance of Girl Scout Week are:
Mrs. Bruce Jones, Jr., Mrs. R.
Elton Forehand, Mrs. Robert
Powell, Mrs. Richard Schuman,
Mrs. Joe Conger, Jr., Mrs| John
Graham, Mrs. J. C. Parks and
Mrs. Scott Harrell.
Others participating in the lo
cal Girl Scout program are Mrs.
John Graham, neighborhood
chairman; Mrs. Roland Vaughan,
vice chairman; Mrs. Charles
Wood, treasurer, and Mrs. Thom
as Byrum, secretary and repre
sentative from the Edenton Wo
man’s Club, sponsors of the lour
local Brownie and Girl Scout
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, Thursday, March 9, 1961.
Jurymen *7 sen
For SpruffTerm
Os Sip i : Court
Judge Jo» ” W. Par
ker of .. —dsor Is
Scheduled to Be Pre
siding Judge
Chowan County Commission
ers at their meeting Monday
morning drew from 'the jury box
50 names, who will be summon
ed as jurors for the next term
of Chowan Superior Court. The
term of court will be held the
week of April 3 with Judge Jo
seph W. Parker of Windsor pre
siding.
Highlighting the term of court
will be a capital crime in which
Ernest Vaughan, Negro, will
face a charge of murder for kill
ing his father.
Continued on Page 5. Section 1
Smithfield, Highland Springs and
Williamsburg.
The program will be selected
from the following tour reper
toire:
A John Field Suite, Harty
“Carnival” Variations (Trpt Trio)
Jacoby - Mcßae; Harry Janos
Suite, Kodaly; Inglesina, Delle
Cese; January. February, March,
Gillis; Jubilation An Overture,
Ward; Lassus Trombone, Fill
more; March of the Steelmen,
Belsterling; Moorside March,
Holst; Piece Heroique, Franck;
Perpetuum Mobile, J. Strauss;
Saguaro, Royal; Schehersazade,
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
place, Linda Hollowell, Ederiton;
2nd place, Ivy Lowe, Edenton.
The first place winners from
each grade will be presented $lO,
and second place winners re
ceiving $5. These will be pre
sented by the Chowan County
Supervisors of the Albemarle
Soil Conservation District at a
chapel program in each school.
The winning posters will be en
tered in the Albemarle Poster
Contest (5 counties) to be held
in Elizabeth City on Friday,
March 10, sponsored by the Eliz
abeth City Chamber of Com
merce. The contest covers the
areas of Chowan, Perquimans,
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
National Peanut
Week March 6-11
This week is being observed
as National Peanut Week and
will continue through Saturday,
the purpose being to promote
peanuts and peanut products.
It is quite noticeable that pea
nut acreage and income from
peanuts in Chowan County is
gradually diminishing. For in
stance, last year the peanut acre
age in the county was 6,300 acres
which netted an income of
$1,237,400. This compares with
7,150 acres in 1956, which
brought in $1,645,000.
Some concern, then, is appar
ent regarding the gradual de
crease in acreage and income that
growers should concentrate on
higher production on their pea
nut acres. As a result some
study has been given to closer
spacing, spraying and compatting
peanut diseases in order to rea
lize larger crops.
William H. Bunch
Soldier Os Month
Private First Class William 11.
Bunch, Medical Company, US
Army Hospital, Fort Gordon, re
ceived a Certificate of Accom
plishment from Brig. Gen. H. M.
Hobson, Post Commander, upon
being selected Soldier of the
Month for March 1961, in a cere
mony held in Post Headquarters
on. March Ist.
Pfc. Bunch, presently assigned
to the Pharmacy at USAH, en
tered the Army on December 2,
1959.
A native of Edenton, he is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bunch
ck 210 Oakum Street.
He is married to the former
Imogene Rogerson, also of Eden
ton.
Bunch and his wife reside at
152 West Hancock Drive, Augus
te* a*
Inglis Fletcher To Be Honored
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A grateful community will;
honor Inglis Fletcher, noted his-!
torical novelist, Friday, April 14. J
This will be the first day of.
the three day Pilgrimage of Co-j
lonial Edenton and Countryside,'
sponsored by the Edenton Wo
man’s Club.
When informed of the day in
her honor Mrs. Fletcher express
ed her delight and said, “I am
very touched that the club wants)
to honor me in this w ' She
added, "I thought only a Secre
tary of the Army could have a
day.”
Mrs. Fletcher has brought
world attention through her j
Carolina series of historical nov
els to the early history of North;
Carolina and particularly to i
Still Captured In
St John Section
Negro Caught at Still
And Sentenced to
12 Months
. A liquor still vvas 6aptured in
the St. John section of Chowan
County Saturday morning about
1:30 o’clock. Calvin Littlejohn,
38-year-old Negro, was arrested
at the site. Assisting in the
raid were Troy Toppin, Chowan
County ABC officer; Bertram
Byrum, deputy sheriff, and Jack
GaskiH, ATU agent.
Captured at the still were a
35-gallon copper cooker, copper
condenser, 15-gallon doubler, 50-
,gallon cooling barrel. 75 galloas ;
of fermented mash and three,
gallons of white whiskey. The!
still was 300 gallon capacity.
Littlejohn was tried in Re
corder’s Court Tuesday morning;
and sentenced to 12 months in)
prison. The sentence was sus
pended upon payment of S2O0 1
fine and $18.50 costs.
EDENTON BELL BATTERYI
1861 -1865
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Mote!) taken from "The Civil War In rhouan County” by Dr Richard
Hillard and “Sketch ot tile I.ife of Capt. William Ra'dham, bv his
granddaughter, Mrs. Bessie liadham Leary. Submitted in the interest
of the Chowan Centenary Committee by the Rev. Fred B Drane
North Carolina seceded from
the Union on May 20, 1861, after
vain hopes for the preservation
of the Union, by the efforts of
the peace commission had failed.
Warlike preparations at once
began. Company A, Ist N. C.
Volunteers under Capt. T. L.
Skinner, mentioned in the March
2nd issue of The Chowan Her
ald, left for training at Warren
ton, N. C., early in June. An
other company under Capt. Jas.
K. Marshall, called the “Dixie”
Rebels,” was recruited at Eden
ton for six months service. Capt.
Marshall later became Colonel
of the 52nd N. C. Regiment, and
lost his life at Gettysburg. His
first lieutenant was John C. Bad
haro, who later became major,
and was killed at Williamsburg
May 1862. ,
Edenton. In paying tribute to
the author Edenton recognizes
her many contributions to the
community and also her part in,
organizing the first pilgrimage
in 1949.
The day will begin with a tri
bute to Mrs, Fletcher at 10:30
A. M., at the Chowan County
Court House. An autograph
hour will be held at 2 P. M., at
the Cupola House. At 5:30
P. M, the. movie, “Ye Towne on
Queen Anne’s Creek” will be
shown at the high school and in
the evening a dinner will be giv
en in her honor.
Mrs. Fletcher first came to
Edenton in 1940 and stayed at
the Hotel Joseph Hewes to
Continued on Page 6—Section .
Clean-Up Week
| Mar. 10-AprillO
In anticipation of the sixth
! Pilgrimage of Edenton and
Countryside, scheduled to be
! held April 14-15-16, Mayor John
A. Milchener, Jr„ has designat
ed the month of March 10 to
April 10 as painl-up, clean-up
week.
He has issued a proclamation
in which he urgently requests
all citizens to clean and tidy
up around their premises so that
Edenton will be as clean and
: neat as possible for the large
number of visitors expected to
attend the tour.
Woman’s Club Will
Hold Kleenex Sale
Edenton Woman’s Club will
sponsor a Kleenex sale Mon
day night, March 13. The sale
will be held from 6 to 8 o’clock,
when the ladies will make a
house-to-house canvass.
In November of 1861, the en
tire militia of Chowan County
was ordered to Roanoke Island
for its defense. It consisted of
four companies, commanded by
Captains Jno. C. Pearce, Thos.
Wilson, Isaac Byrum and J. C.
Johnston. These companies con
stituted the sth Regiment of
N. C. Militia. The regimental of
ficers were W. A. Moore, Colonel;
R. G. Mitchell, Lieutenant Col
onel; Wm. H. Bonner, Major;
Wm. Badham, Quartermaster;
Jos. G. Godfrey, Commissary;
Dr. R. H. Winborne, Surgeon, and
■Dr. L. P. Warren, Assistant sur
; geon. The Federals under Gen.
| Burnside outnumbered and with
| superior training and equipment
; soon captured Roanoke Island
j and drove the militia off.
I Continued on Page 2. Section 2
SpecialßadioShow
For ’6l Pilgrimage
Planned March 14
News Releases Sent to
Associated Press and
Many Radio Stations
For Publicity
A special radio show about
the Pilgrimage of Colonial
Edenton and Countryside will be
broadcast on Tuesday morning,
March 14, at 11 o’clock by sta
tion WCDJ.
Participating on the program
will be Frank Roberts of WCDJ;
Mrs. R. J. Boyce, general chair
man; Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr., vice
chairman, and Mrs. W. J. P.
Earnhardt, chairman of Inglis
Fletcher Day.
Beginning the fo,.owing week,
March 20, a series of interviews
with homeowners who are open
ing their homes for the tour will
be broadcast Monday, Wednes
day and Fridays at 5:30 P. M.
Mrs. Richard Schuman is di
recting radio publicity. News
releases about the pilgrimage
have been sent to the Associat
ed Press and 25 radio stations
in North Carolina and Tidewater
Virginia.
Woman's Chib Gets Permission
To Landscape At Court House
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt and:
Mrs. R. J. Boyce visited thei
Chowan County .Commissioners
Monday representing the Eden
ton Woman’s Club. They thank
ed the Commissioners for the
restoration work on the Court
House 'and requested permission
to carry out plans for landscap
ing about the Court House.
It was explained that the area
in front of the Court House
would be landscaped at a cost
of about $350, which will be
paid by the Woman's'Club, and
the work done bv a professional,
landscaper.
Legion Go-Getters |
Meet In Edenton
Department Officials
Will Attend Ban
quet March 17
The Go-Getters Club of the
First Division of the American
Legion, Department of North |
Carolina, will hold its banquet '
at the American Legion building
Friday night, March 17, at 7
o’clock.
Frank Koberts of the local ra • :
dio station will have charge of i
the entertainment. Department
Commander S. Marvin Burton of
Charlotte, Department Adjutant
Nash D. McKee of Raleigh and
First Division Commander R. A.
Clack of Rocky Mount will be ;
present.
The Auxiliary of the American i
Legion will have charge of the
dinner.
Many Contributions
To Memorial Fund
At Chowan Hospital
Some 300 people in Chowan I
County and other places have 1
donated to the memorial gift |
fund at Chowan Hospital.
The memorial fund money has I
been used for worthwhile pro- j
jects at Chowan Hospital, some 1
of which are wheel chairs, an (
oxygen tent and a croupette. |
These gifts help serve as a per
manent record of memory.
The Memorial Fund was or
| ganized by the Chowan Hospi
i tal Auxiliary in September, 1949.
Mrs. Cranberry Tucker was in
strumental in establishing the
memorial gifts for the hospital.
f CIVIC CALENDAR 1
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The 1961 Pilgrimage of Colo
nial Edenton and Countryside
will be held April 14, 15 and 16.
National 4-H Club Week is be
ing observed by Chowan County
4-H Clubs this week.
Edenton Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation will meet in the John
A. Holmes High School auditor
ium Tuesday night, March 21,
at 8 o'clock.
The Jaycee sponsored Fal
Continued on Page 7, Section 1
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
$200,735 Election
Authorized To Add
School Class Rooms
. Facing Trouble i
Tax Supervisor W. P. Jones
reported to the County Commis
sioners Monday that non-listers
of property for taxation is the
lowest it has ever been in Cho
wan County.
However, there are still some
who have not yet listed their
property so that, in accordance
with law. these people will be
turned over to the Grand Jury
for court action.
Story Hour Friday
At Local Library
Mrs.. Tom Shepard and Mrs.
Jasper Hassell will conduct the
Story Hour at Shepard-Pruden
Memorial Library Friday after
noon, March 10, between 3:30
and 4:30. Mrs. J. D. Elliott will
act as hostess. Children between
five and ten years of age are
welcome. ‘
The Commissioners grahted
permission for the landscaping,
which will be completed prior
to the April tour of Edenton
and Countryside.
The Commissioners were espe
cially invited to attend the open- 1
ing ceremony of the tour Friday
morning at the Court House
and Chairman W. E. Bond was
requested to extend a welcome
to the visitors on behalf of the
county. They were also request
ed to attend a banquet to be
held in honor of Inglis Fletcher,
one of the highlights of the tour
this year.
Mrs. Margaret Bell
Is Signally Honored
Appointed Grand Rep
resentative For Or
der of Eastern Star
Edenton Chapter No. 302. 'Or
der of the Eastern Star, and Mrs.
Margaret Bell in particular, has
been signally honored. The local
chapter has been notified that !
Mrs. Bell has been appointed as
Grand Representative in North
Carolina for the District of Co
lumbia. ;
The appointment was announc
ed by Ella Mae Stokes of Sev
ern, who is worthy grand matron
of the Eastern Star in North 1
Carolina. “We are very proud
of this recognition of your wor
thy matron,” said Mrs. Stokes in
j a letter to Mrs. Ruth Overman,
! secretary of the Edenton Chap- 1
ter, “and I congratulate her and
Edenton Chapter No. 302 on this
honor that has come to you.”
Edenton Chapter is also hon
ored in having another Grand
Representative. She is Mrs,
Maude Reaves, who is Grand
Representative of the State of
Michigan.
JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT j
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of:
Commerce will meet tonight j
! (Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the
! Edenton Restaurant. President
James Perry urges every Jaycee
* to attend the meeting.
Refreshments Principal Topic
At HD County Council Meeting
Refreshments for different oc
casions was the demonstration
presented by Miss Helen Marsh
bourne, Virginia Electric Power
Company home economist of
Elizabeth City at the County
Council meeting of Chowan
Home Demonstration Clubs.
Miss Marshboume showed vari
ous types of refreshments that
could be used for each holiday
season during the year, special
occasions and other events.
James Griffin Albemarle Soil
Conservation District technician,
told the Council some of the
aims and objectives of the Soil
Conservation District
Colored slides made o£ East-
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
, AND CHECK
Need Pointed Out to
Add Eight Addition
al Class Rooms at
Colored School
Following a request for need
ed additions to Edenton schools
by the Edenton School Trustees,
Chowan County Commissioners
at their meeting Monday morn
ing authorized a bond election
in the amount of $200,735.
The trustees, with J. H. Con
ger, Sr., as spokesmen, appeared
at the Commissioners’ meeting,
pointed out the immediate
need for class rooms at the
colored school. Two proposed
projects were presented, one
calling for five class rooms, with
an estimated cost of $158,335.
The other was for eight class
rooms costing approximately
$200,735.
It was pointed out, however,
that the five rooms would be
almost immediately filled and
that in five years more addi
tions would be necessary. On
the other hand, the opinion, bas
ed on previous records., the eight
rooms would take care of the
situation for a period of about
10 years.
Included in the improvements
will also be a vocational and ag
riculture department at the col
ored school, dressing rooms at
the John A. Holmes High School
gymnasium and a covered walk
way between the colored high
Continued from Page 6—Section j.
Edenton Debaters
Argue March 10th
One Team Debates In
Edenton and Other
In Hertford
The John A Holmes High
School Debating Team will de
bate on Friday morning, March
10, at 10 o’clock. The affirma
tive team consists of Jimmy
Rogerson and Curtis Twiddy, and
will debate the Hertford team in
the auditorium of the John A.
Holmes High School
The negative team consists of
Alex Kehayes and George Nix
on, and will debate Hertford at
Hertford. The query for this
school year is: “'Resolved that
the United Nations should be
significantly strengthened."
Mrs. Margaret Jenkins is the
debate coach and expresses Hope
that both teams will be victori
ous.
Chowan Farm Bureau
Meets Tuesday Night
Chowan County’s Farm Bureau
will meet Tuesday night, March
14. at 7 o'clock. The meeting
will be held at the Center 11.11
Community Building, where j
“dutch” supper will be served
The principal speaker for Die
occasion will be Alonza Edwards
jof Hookerton, former executive
: secretary of the State Farm Bu-
I reau.
| Mr. Edwards will speak on
; the legislative policy of the
! Farm Bureau, both state and na
tional, so that Woodrow Lowe,
president of the Chowan Farm
Bureau, urges many of the
members to be present.
ern District Crafts Workshop,
Manteo, last August, were shown
the group by Miss Pauline Cal
loway, home economics agent.
Many Chowan County women
are pictured in the slides.
Mrs. B. P. Monds. County
Council president, introduced
Mrs. Reid Overman of Eliza
beth City, who is the current
25th Federated District Chair
man, Home Demonstration Clubs,
who was visiting.
Old business taken up was a
report of National Home Dem
onstration Club Week plans by
Mrs. Wallace Peele, chairman.
A report of the nominating com
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