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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVltl—jfluririber 14.
Governor Sanford
To Dedicate Inglis
Fletcher Day F r iday
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Ceremony Is Schedul
ed to Begin at Cho
wan Court House at
11 O’clock
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt, chair
man of Inglis Fletcher Day, says
plans have been completed for
the formal dedication of Inglis
Fletcher Day by Governor Terry
Sanford. The ceremony will be
gin Friday morning, April 14, at
the Chowan County Court House
at 11 o’clock.
The Governor will land at the
Marine Air Station at approxi
mately 10:15 A. M. He will be
met by a motorcade consisting
of Edenton and Chowan County
officials, representatives of the
Edenton Woman’s Club, spon
sors of the occasion, and other
local citizens as well as visiting
dignitaries especially invited for
the occasion by the Edenton Wo
man’s Club.
The motorcade will be met at
the. Post Office by the John A.
Holmes High School Band and
Scouts, who will lead the motor
cade to the Court House.
Those taking part in the dedi
cation ceremonies other than
the Governor will be Mrs. J. D.
Elliott, president of the Eden
ton Woman’s Club, the Rev.
George B. Holmes, Mayor John
A. Mitchener, Jr., Chairman of
Chowan County Commissioners
W. E. Bond and Representative
of Chowan County, Albert By
rum.
Following the Governor’s ad
dress the Governor and special
guests will be entertained at a
coffee hour at the Hotel Joseph
Continued on Page 7. Section l
Meeting Planned To
Organize 4-H CUih
A meeting Os the Enterprise
Community will be held tonight
(Thursday) in the Rocky Hock
Community Center at 8 o’clock.
The primary purpose of this
meeting is to organize a local
4-H Club, so that all citizens
of the Enterprise Community
are urged to attend.
20 Years Ago
As Found In Hie Files Os
The Chowan Herald
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In a grand jury report at a
'term of Chowan Superior Court
'if was recommended that the
county home be reopened and
.that a new rug be secured for
the sheriff's office.
The Rev. W, C. Benson's ama-j
teur radio station was selected
’by the American Radio Relay
as a trunk line "o" used
'for emergency and defense work.'
W. D. Pruden was appointed
on the Chowan County Welfare
Board by the State Board of'
Charities.
C. L. McCullers, director of I
the Edenton High School Band,;
received an invitation for the
band to play in the Gallopade
celebration id Rocky Mount
Continued aa Page 7—Section 1
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
! District Speaker
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' D.VID "'
Pictured above is David Stick,
Manleo author, who will be the
speaker at the 25th Federated
District of Home Demonstration
Clubs meeting Friday, April 7, at
Kitty Hawk Elementary School.
Mr. Stick is author of two out
standing books about North Caro
lina history, namely "Graveyard
of the Atlantic," published in
1952, and "Outer Banks of North
Carolina," published in 1958.
Two Local Seniors Selected To
Enter Accuracy Typing Contest
Miss Mary Jeanne Adams and
Ronald Weikel, seniors of the
John A. Holmes High School,
have been invited to attend the
regional tournament of the Facit
Accuracy Typing Contest to be
held at Daleville, Virginia, on
Saturday, April 22nd. These
two students have received med
als as the class champions and
TISWUe® selected to cofWpPtd
in the regional typing contest
as two of the 500 top typists in
the nation.
This select group of regional
contestants had perfect typing
papers that were among the
best among 8,000 class winners.
Over 250,000 high school stu
New Eastern Star
Officers Installed
Installation Ceremony
Held Thursday
Night
At an open installation cere-
Imony held in the Masonie Tem
ple Thursday night, officers for
■ Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
: der of the Eastern Star, were
j installed for the new year.
! In charge of the ceremony
I were: Installing grand officer,
I Mrs. Blanch C. Twiford of Eliz
* abeth City, past grand matron;
I installing .grand marshal, Mrs.
j Maude R. Reaves, grand repre
jsentative; installing grand chap
| lain, Robert Spence of South
{Mills, worthy patron, and in-
Conlinued on Page 6, Section 1
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 6, 1961.
Ft* er Edenton
i|! di'fc Victim
1! Heart Attack
Henry House Dies at
Chapel Hill Thursday
After Being 111 For
Two Weeks
Edenton relatives and friends
were shocked Thursday to learn
that Henry C. House, Jr., 50,
died suddenly as the result of a
heart attack at Chapel Hill. He
had been a patient in North
Carolina Hospital for two weeks.
Mr. House was a former foot
ball coach at the Edenton High
School and put Edenton on the
map as the result of developing
formidable football machines.
He was coach of the famous 1934
team which won the State
Championship with only 13 boys
on the squad. He married Miss
Helen (Boots) Badham of Eden
ton.
Continuad u n Fas* 3—Section i
EDENTON WOMAN'S CLUB
MEETS TODAY AT 1 P. M.
Edenton Woman’s Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock at 'the Edenton Res- (
taurant. The meeting was dhang-l
ed from Wednesday of this week!
due to conflicting activities.
Mrs. J. D. Elliott, president, urg
es all members to attend.
dents have participated in this
contest.
The teachers, Mrs. Leah Ross
Mayo and Miss Kathryn Gab
bard, have been awarded con
test achievement certificates
which stress accuracy and a
very realistic approach to typ
ing proficiency. Mrs. Mayo will
accompany these two students to
Daleville for the regional con
’"teSK**" '
The winner in the regional
contest will an aIL-ex
pense paid trip to New York
City to compete in the finals.
Grand prize is an all-expense
paid trip 'to Sweden for the
winning student as well as the
teacher.
Another Term Os
Superior Court To
Convene May Ist
Jurors For Civil Term
Chosen Tuesday By
Chowan County Com
missioners
A term of Chowan Superior
Court for trial of civil cases
only is scheduled to be held the
week of May 1. Judge Joseph
W. Parker of Windsor is sched
uled to return as the presiding
judge.
Chowan County Commission
ers on Tuesday morning picked
36 names from the jury box, who
will be summoned for jury duty.
Those chosen to serve as
jurors for the term are:
Mack Jordan, Ernest E. Boyce,
R. H. Byrum, Richard E. Jack
son, Trank V. White, Jr., Robert
J. Boyce, Thurman E. Lane, Ed
win Morris Small, O. N. Jordan,
Percy E. Bass, M. L. Flynn, H.
H. Lane, Dennis W. Basnight,
Lindsay R. Bunch, Carlton Nix
on, Rodney T. Harrell, Floyd
Cayton, Ervin D. Copeland, Jr.,
W. C. Bunch, R. Graham White,
Charles H. Sutton, Edward
! Gardner, Fred Keeter, Charlie H.
: Small. J. M. Lane, J. Wallace
Goodwin, Jr., N. J. George, Edsel
i Waff, €. B. White, J. Rodney
Byrum, William Grant ‘Umph
lett, C. A. Bass, Edmond White,
Fred Lewis Ashley. Jr„ Robert
Larry Hollowell, I. S. Blanchard.
VFW Grouns Meet
Jointly April 11th
Tuesday night, April 11,
m joint dinner meeting will be
held of William H. Coffield, Jr.,
B
arv TK* meeting will Ha* field
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Miss Mary Jeanne Adams and r.onald Weikel, John A. Holmes
High School seniors, class tyo ng chamoions, have been selected to
compete in a regional typing contest to be held in Daleville. Va.,
April 22 with 500 top typists in the nation (Ricks Photo).
Ernest Vaughan, Jr. Given Life
In Prison On Murder Charge
,■ Judge Joseph W. Parker of
1 Windsor opened a term of Cho
wan Superior Court Tuesday
morning with a charge of mur
der highlighting the term.
J The term was opened by
j prayer by the Rev. Henry Na
-1 pier, pastor of the Center Hill
Baptist Church, immediately af
ter which the roll of jurors was
I called. Judge Parker fined
I Fred C. Bunch $25 for not ap-
I pearing for the roll call,
i The following were then se
lected as members of the grand
I jury:
John C. Twiddy, Cecil W.
Alexander, J. E. Copeland, Jesse
F. Harrell, Frank Melton White,
Isaac Byrum 11, E. L. Brinkley, l
CommissionersAsKi State Asked Take
Improving U. S. 17 Over Base Roads
Resolution Adopted as
Meeting Held Tues
day Morning
Chowan County Ccmmission
ers on Tuesday adapted a reso
lution in the interest of im
provement of U. S. 17 highway
The resolution will be sent to
Representative Albert Byrum to
be presented to the State Legis
lature. It asks for necessary
steps to be taken toward an
adequate and first class highway
keyed to the economic needs of
our geographical location and I
the location of our nearest met-:
ropolitan area and the predicted
tourist and industrial expansion
when the Chesapeake Bay bridge
and tunnel is completed in 1963
38 JAILED IN MARCH
Jailer Bertram By rum reports
that 38 persons were placed in
the Chowan County jail during
March, with confinements rang
ing from one to 31 days. The
expense amounted to $359.25,
Which includes jail and turnkey
fees and soap.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will!
meet this (Thursday) afternoon!
at 1 o’clock at the Parish House. |
The program will 'be in charge!
of Lloyd Bunch and President!
Elton Forehand urges every Ro
tarian to be present.
Rocky Hock Community Title
Os Progressive Farmer Article
The March issue of Progres
sive Farmer Magazine carries an
article about Rocky Hock Bap
tist Church and community. Mrs.
Frances Smith, assistant editor,
visited the community last fall
and spent an entire day gather
■ ing material for the article. It
was her hope that a full length
story of the church and its com
munity would be used, and a
number of pictures were taken
I for this purpose. However, be-
J cause there is so much material
that is of interest to farm folks,
the article had to be cut to a
lone page story. Mrs. Smith
expressed her opinion that it was
lan unusual community and one
{worth reading about. She also
j stated that the editors hope to
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: Elmer Gray, John Parrish, Wil
liam Adams, V. D. Hare, James
• C. Boyce, Wallace B. White,
Carlton W. Goodwin, O. R.
[ Chappell, J. Roy Winslow, D. H.
Berryman, Hershall Stallings.
J. Roy Winslow was appointed
by Judge Parker as foreman of
the grand jury.
: Judge Parker’s charge to the
grand jury v/as very brief dur
ing which he explained bills of
indictment and pointed out the
duty of the jurymen to examine
the jail and county offices, in
spect the school buses and quali
fications of bus drivers and in
vestigate the appointment of
.guardians.
. Continued on Page 4—Section 1
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I Four Miles Requested
Included In Second
ary Road System
Chowan County Commissioners
at their meeting Tuesday morn
ing .gave their approval to a re
quest made by Mayor John
Mitchener, on the part of the
> Town of Edenton, to ask the
> State Highway Commission to
■ place roads on the base property
' on the secondary road system.
i The roads involved are: Gua
dalcanal Road, 2.8 miles long;
i Midway Road, 0.6 of a mile long
liand Bauer Road, also 0.6 of a
: mile long.
The request has been sent to
the State Highway Commission.
TAX COLLECTIONS
Sheriff Earl Goodwin reports
that collection of 1960 taxes dur
ing March amounted to $8,450.51,
: of which $158.10 represented
penalties. The 1960 tax levy is
$247,921.97 and the balance of
uncollected taxes for the year
is $49,037.49.
Sheriff Goodwin also collect
ed $1,086.22 in delinquent taxes
i for the years 1950 through 1959
| during the month. The uncol-
I lected taxes for these ten years
; amounts to $61„004.57.
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LIONS MEET MONDAY
j Edenton’s Lions Club will
:!meet Monday night, April 10, at
.!7 o’clock. President James
Griffin urges every member of
| the club to be present.
a ljttle later about the com
munity cooperative, about which
she was particularly interested.
Mrs. Smith reviews the pro
gress of the historic old church
and says that in trying to dis
cover the secret of. the church
and its great success, she found
the answer in the hearts of the
people—stout hearts who have
lived close to the soil and close
to God—who have grown strong
and enduring from thorough and
frequent lessons of life such as
one found on the blackboard in
a Sunday, School room:
“They helped every one his
neighbor and everyone said to
his brother, Be of good courage.”
The pastor of the Rocky Hock
Church is the Rev. Thurman W.
Allred. Present membership of
the church * 7«5,
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New Program Is
Now In Effect For
Unemployment Pay
Claims May Be Filed
For Local Requests
At Edenton Unem
ployment Office
“North Carolina workers who
have exhausted their unemploy
ment benefits may file for tem
porary extended unemployment
compensation benefits (TEC) on
•c after April 10,” according to
Buell A. Bailey, Edenton Em
ployment Security Commission
o.lice manager.
“The TEC is a federal govern
ment, program which becomes es-
I active 15 days after President
j Kennedy signed it March 24,”
Bailey continued, “since the 15th
day falls on a Saturday, Monday,
April 10, is the first' day on
which the claims from exhaust
ees may be accepted. Claims for
continued weeks of benefits may
be taken for the week ending
April 14 on Monday, April 17.;
The Employment Security Com-!
mission of North Carolina is
acting as Agent for the Federal
Government for payment of TEC;
benefits.
Continued on Page 7—Section :
Richard D. Dixon Is Candidate
For Councilman Os First Ward
Richard D. Dixon, Jr., local
businessman, this week, an
nounced he will be a candidate
for Councilman of the First
Ward.
Dixon, who is running for
public office for the first time,;
expressed concern about the de
creasing population in the area
and unfavorable economic con
ditions. He said, “I feel a strong
sense of responsibility for the
welfare of the town and if elect
ed will work hard for a pro
gressive Edenton.” He added, T
have the time and the energy
to devote to the job.”
He is executive vice-president
and treasurer of the Coastland
Oil Company. Active in civic
Chowan Club Women Planning
To Attend Kilty Hawk Meeting
Chowan County Home Dem
onstration Club members will
attend the 25th Federated Dis
trict of Home Demonstration!
Clubs meeting at Kitty Hawk
Elementary School, Kitty Hawk,
Friday, April 7.
Officers of the District are:
Chairman, Mrs. Reid Overman,
Pasquotank; first vice chairman,
Mrs. Roy Sumrell, Currituck;!
second vice chairman, Mrs. R.
W. Humphries, Gates; third vice
chairman, Mrs. John Hurdle,:
Perquimans; secretary, Mrs. Har
old Gray, Dare; treasurer, Mrs.
W. L. Forbes, Camden; historian,
Mrs. E. L. Belch, Chowan.
Women from Chowan County:
will serve on the following com-!
mittees: Nominating, Mrs. M
T. Barrington, Route 2, Edenton:
New VFW Officers 1
Installed Tonight
Tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock the VFW Auxiliary will I
hold a business meeting at the|
home of Mrs. W. H. Coffield. AI
feature, of the meeting will ba
the installation of officers which!
will be in charge of Mrs. Pattie'
Jordan, past president. Mrs.|
Doris Toler, president, requests
every member to attend this
meeting.
RIDGEWAY IN HOSPITAL j
Tom Ridgeway entered the
Edgecombe General Hospital at
Tarboro Monday, where he un
derwent another operation on his
knee. He is expected tc be ?\
patient for seven or eight days.
[ House Wanted I
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Members of the Center Hill-
Cross Roads Fire Department
are appealing for an abandoned
bouse. The purpose for which
the house is wanted is for use
in holding fire drills for train
ing men with the fixe apparatus
of the department.
Anyone who will donate an
abandoned house is requested to
contact Garland Asbail. chief of
a&.50 Per fear in .North uarou/**
Bryant And Brenda
White Are Champs
In Fat Stock Show
Candidate
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DIXON, JR.
Second to announce his can
didacy in the May 2 election was
Richard Dixon, Jr., who on Fri
day filed as a candidate for!
Councilman from the First Ward.'
—(Ricks Photos)
affairs, he is a post president
of the Edenton Junior Chamber
of Commerce and a member of
the Rotary Club. A member of
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, he
serves as superintendent of the
Church School and is a former
member of the Vestry.
Dixon, who is 3.4 years old,
was educated in the city sciioo
and attended Augusta Military
Academy and the University of
North Carolina. He served in
the Navy during World War 11.
A native of Ederrton. ‘he is the
son of Mrs. Richard Dixon and
the late Judge Dixon.
Dixon is filing for the seat va
cated by William Bunch, who
recently resigned.
Resolutions, Mrs. Lester Cope
land, Tyner: Registration, Mrs. 1
B. P. Monds, chairman, Mrs. Ro
land Evans, Edenton, Mrs. L. E.
Davenport, Edenton; Courtesy,!
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, Edenton,!
chairman; Time and Place, Mrs.
permit Perry, Route 3, Edenton;
Home Demonstration Building;
Fund, Mrs. W. H. Saunders, 1
Route 1. Edenton; Public Rela
tions, Mrs. E. N. Elliott, Tyner.
Mrs. H. T. Hollowell, Tyner, J
state chairman of the Citizen
ship Committee, will do the re
sponse to the welcome. MrsJ
Fred Casteiloe, Route 3. Eden
ton, will be nominated for dis
trict treasurer for next year.
The 25 th Federated District
meeting was held in Eden'ton
last year.
I FIREMEN MEET TONIGHT
Members of the Edenton Fire-
Department will hold their
monthly dinner meeting tonight
(Thursday) at 7 o’clock in the
i fire station. Chief W. J. Yates
1 urges every firemen to be pres
ent.
! North Carolina Women Os j
The Confederacy
Editor's \«fe: This information
was copied from the hook, “North
Carolina Women of the Confederacy/’
by Mrs. John H. Anderson. It is sub
mitted by the Chowan County Confed- |
prate Centennial Committee in com
memoration of the gallant women of
Chowan and elsewhere in North Caro
lina, who, in the war years 1861-1865,
managed and financed the homes and i
industries in the absence of husbands,
fathers and brothers.
North Carolina women were!
resourceful in manufacturing,
household’ articles during the !
War Between the States and be-1
came known as the “Mothers of
many inventions." Hats were
manufactured or fabricated from
palmetto leaves and grasses. |
Buttons were made from gourds, j
and clothes were often fastened)
with buttons of persimmon seed, j
Slippers were made from rabbit
‘ and squirrel fur and old text
canvas. Much of the underwear,
blankets, and jeans for clothing
| for the soldiers, were made at
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Richard White Car
-1 ries Off ,Top Honors
For Grand Champion
Hog
Bryant White’s 875-lb. Black
Angus steer won grand cham
pion honors at the annual Cho
wan Fat Stock Show and Sale
which was held at the Ameri
can Legion grounds Wednesday
of last week. His sister, Bren
i da White, came in second witli
| reserve champion honors. The
youngsters are children of Mr.
.and Mrs. Earl White of Hayes
farm.
I Bryant also won first place
for fitting and showmanship,
and won too prize money of
S4O and a couple of trophies,
-as steer sold for 4614 cents per
j pound and was purchased by
|P & Q Super Market for $409.69.
Brenda’s steer sold for 33
cents per pound and was pur
j chased by Mayor John A. Mileh
i ener.
■ Third place was won by John
ny Winborne and Frank White
111 came in fourth. Bryant and
Brenda White’s steers and the
one entered by Johnny Win
borne graded choice and Frank
White’s steer was graded good.
Richard White, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. S. W 7 hite of the Cross
Roads community, was winner of
the grand champion hog. His
entry weighed 235 pounds and
was sold to P. W. Gwaltney
company of Smithfield, Va., for
44 rer's r.er pound or a total
of $103.40.
Continued on Page 7, Section ’
Oriole Minstrel Will
Be Repeated Tonight
| A repeat performance by the
' Rocky Hock baseball team’;
Oiiole Minstrel. “Cottontown
c-arnival.” will be presented .in
I ihe Chowan High School nudi
i tori urn Thursday night, April 6.
at 8 o'clock.
The minstrel will be repeated
under the sponsorship of tile
-enter Hill-Cross. Roads Fire
Department, and it i s hoped
many people wiil attend. The
minstrel has been presented
Previously and on each on-;;;
on it was very well received
j CIVIC calendar]
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The 1961 Pilgrimage of Colo
nial Edenton and Countryside
will be held April 14. 15 and 16.
An election to name Edenton
officials will be held Tuesday,
May 2, with polls open from 6:30
A. M.. to 6:30 P. M.
The spring fishing contest
sponsored by the Edenton Cham
ber of Commerce will begin
April 15 and run through Juno
17.
A civil term of Chowan Su
perior Court will convene Mon
day morning. May 1.
The American Legion Auxili
ary will meet tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Jonnetta White,
Enterprise community will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 8
o'clock in the Rocky Hock Com
munity Center.
Continued on Page 2—Section !
home by spinning and weaving
Everything was utilized. Cart
! ridge belts and hat boxes were
! made from layers of cloth sew
)ed together and covered with
j varnish. The fur of rabbits was
I mixed with a small amount of
| cotton and carded and spun into
1 thread and made into stockings
j and gloves. Roots, bark, leaves
l and twigs of trees were used for
| dye with a small amount of
copperas or bluestone which was
[carefully preserved. A kind of
j clay was used for dye, too.
Shoes were made of cowhides
tin the natural state and were
[ blackened with soot from the
bottom of iron pots used in
cooking fine. Cloth up-
were fljgtte by the women
themselves tSferr the soles of the
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