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CBOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVlll. —Number 17.
Stage Now Set For
Edenton Election
Tuesday, May 2nd
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Only Three Os Candi
dates Out of Total of
21 Will not Have
Opposition
With Tuesday of this week be
ing the deadline for candidates
to file for the Edenton election
next Tuesday, May 2, only three
candidates will be elected with
out opposition. These candi
dates are A1 Phillips and Luther
! Parks, Councilmen from the Sec
\ ond and Fourth Wards respec
tively and James (Bond for
V For the 13 offices to be filled
.In the election there are 21 can
didates with contests scheduled
ifyr Mayor, two Councilmen-at-
Urge, Councilman from the First
Vizard, Third Ward Councilman
axid five members on the Board
oil Public Works.
>6f special interest is the fact
that two Negroes have filed as
candidates, the first time in the
memory of the oldest Edenton
citizens.
'ln the contest for Mayor, John
Mitchener, incumbent, is oppos
ed by Leroy Haskett, a former
Mayor. Mr. Mitchener assumed
the t Mayor’s position in 1959
on™ about a month after David
Holton was elected. Mr. Holton
diedi suddenly early in June and
had Resided over only one reg
ular .and a special session. Mr.
Mitchener, in the capacity of
Mayor pro tern, was appointed
to fill the unexpired term of Mr.
Holton, so it is the first time
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Jawe es To Install
New Set Officers
Eden ton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will . meet tonight
(Thursday) at the American Le
gion Building at 7 o’clock.
' A feature of the meeting will
be Ladies’ Night, when new of
ficers will be installed. The in- 1
stallation ceremony will be con-,
ducted by W. H. Weatherly of
Elizabeth City, who was re
cently elected as district vice
president.
Jamps Perry, outgoing presi
dent, urges every member to be
present as well as their wives.
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Leg-ion Auxiliary Willi
Hold Meeting May 4'
i
The American Legion Auxili-.
ary will meet Thursday night,!
May 4, at 9 o’clock at the home!
of Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt. At thisi
meeting, officers will be elected,)
so that a good attendance is re-,
quested.
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20 Years Ago
As! Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
Henry House, former football
coach at Edenton High School,
was elected by the Rocky
Mount School Board ae football
and baseball coach. <
Fear* that Ernest Sykes, 22-
year-old Harrells ville men, was
drowned in Albemarle Sound
were strengthened when his
boat was found at Scotch HalL
Charles Whies, Jr., resigned
as Scoutmaster of the Edenton
Boy Scout troop.
Fifteen candidates filed for of
fice in Edenton'* municipal elec
tion, with Dr. L. P. Williams
and O. B. Perry declining to
tun for re-election.
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Voting Place For Second Ward
Be In County Tax Office
l L. fS/Byrum, chairman of the Chowan.County -Board of
| Elections. announces that a change has been made for the
j voting place in the Edenton election on Tuesday ~ hfay 2.
(This change affects the Ward, where voters wM be
required to east their ballots in; the tax .office on the w
floor of Hotel Joseph Hewes. •* * -
• The usual, voting place is at the Court House, but the
[change is necessary due jo a civil terra of Chowan Superior
{Court being in session fa the Court House on election day.
1: Voters fa the Sefcond Ward, therefore, are urged to take
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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| New Commander
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iHgpppHKf mpi|. |^t
ROBERT POWELL
At a meeting of Ed Bond Post
No. 40 of the American Legion,;
held Tuesday night of last
week. Robert Powell was elect- 1
ed commander. He will succeed
David White. —(Ricks Photo)
J. W. Davis Is Elected On Board
Os Managers For Peoples Bank
The board of directors of the
Peoples Bank & Trust Company
at its regular meeting in Rocky
Mount on April 19 elected Jun
ius W. Davis of Edenton as a
member of the bank’s Edenton
board of managers. The an
nouncement came jointly from
W. W. Shaw, president, and
John G. Wood, chairman of the
local board.
In a statement Mr. Wood said
“We are proud to have ‘KB’
Davis join our local board. He
has been a very valuable mem
ber of our staff for the last few
years and is a well known and
respected citizen of Edenton and
Chowan County. We feel that
his addition to the board will
45 Students Ms
At John A. Holn
Cecil Fry, principal of John i
A Holmes High School, last ]
v/eek released the honor roll for
the fifth six-weeks period.
Forty-five students were in
cluded on the select list as fol
lows:
Grade 7 Suzanne George,
Yvonne Stillman, Barbara Wal
lace, Vivian Whiteman, Joe Con
ger, Jimmy Mills and Norfleet
Pruden.
Grade 8 Linda Basnight,
Claire Belch, Johnette Daven
port, Nancy lO’Neal, Sandra
Overton, Wayne Brabble, Hiram
Mayo, George Wilkins and
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Fish Fry Tuesday
At Legion Meeting
J. L. Chestnutt, district com
mander of the American Leg
ion, announces thart Ed Bond
Post No. 40 will hold a joint
meeting with the First District
Tuesday night. May 2. The
meeting will be held at the lo
cal Legion building.
A feature of the meeting will
be a fish fry which will get
under way at 7 o’clock, at which
members of . the Legion Auxili
ary will be special guests of
the Legionnaires. ....
David White, commander of
Ed Bond Post, urges all Leg
ionnaires and members of the
Auxiliary to attend.
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Ldentor Jf“ )wan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 27,1961.
Final Polio Clinic f s
Scheduled To i li
Held Friday Night
Jaycees, Sponsors of
Clinic, Urge All Who
Need Shots to Re
port at 7 P. M.
Sponsored by the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
the last in the series of three
polio clinics will be held Friday]
night, April 28, beginning at 7 j
o’clock. The clinic will be held j
at the Penelope Barker house, |
wthere children up to 18 years I
of age and expectant mothers
will receive the shots free of
charge. All others will be
charged only SI.OO.
Anyone in need of a ride to
and from the clinic should
phone 4121 and a Jaycee will
be glad to provide this trans-1
portation.
Jaycees especially urge those
who need polio shots to attend:
this clinic and particularly chil- j
dren of school age who have
yet to complete the series.
“Polio will not be wiped out,”
says Tony Miley, chairman of
the committee, “until everyone
receives their polio shots, so
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add valuable strength to the,
ability of the Peoples Bank to
continue to provide first rate
banking services to this area.”
Mr. Davis has been especially
prominent in the development
of trust business in Edenton, a
service which has been received
here with much enthusiasm. ,
Mr. Davis moved to Edenton
in 1915 from Southport, N. C.,
where he was bom and raised.
He was associated with W. A.
Leggett in the Urug business for!
forty years In Edenton and join
ed the staff of The Bank of.
Edenton in 1957, as public re-1
iations officer. He is a mem
ber of the Edenton Methodist 1
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ike Honor Roll
ties High School
i Charles Overton.
Grade 9—Sandra Bunch, Jean ;
Goodwin, Nancy Jordan, Mary I
Thorud, Neal Hobbs, Tom Phil
lips and Billy Twiddy.
Grade 10 Dianne Brabble,
Carolyn Griffin, Gail Hare, Jo
Ann Leary, Nelia Lowe, Ann
Wells, Annie Laurie Whiteman,
Jack Ashley, Wayne Ashley,
, Dickie Cobb and John Marshall.
Grade 11—Anne Jenkins, Ann
McLaughlin, Herb Adams and
Roland Tolley.
Grade 12—Ellen Basnight, Re
becca Bowen, Mary Ann Hare,
Milly Price, Sally Privott, Jimmy
Ashley and Billy Cates.
Chowan Represented
In Typing Contest
Chowan County was represent
ed at the Fourteenth Annual
Typewriting Contest Thursday at.
East Carolina College by the
John A. Holmes High School.
Twenty-five counties make up
the Eastern District, and the 225
students at the contest Thurs
day represented five per cent of
the 5,500 students taking typing.
In the school team achieve
ment, John A. Holmes won over
Chowan High School in both di
visions. In the beginning with
an average score of 130-1/6 and
the advanced- with an average
of 142-1/3. The individual ach
ievement medals were won by
Jimmy Rogerson, beginning, and
Jeanne Adams, advanced.
John A. Holmes High School
was second in the district in ihe
beginning contest,’ With a score
of 153. Sally Privott was high
winner from the school. Others
making the trip to Greenville
were Rebecca Bowen, Jeanne
\dams, Jimmy Rogerson, Ron
ald Weikel, and Miss Kathryn
£>«bbard. '
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302 k Or*
der of ihe Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night, May 1, at
18 o’clock. Mis, Anita Tarking
jton, worthy matron, urges all
Edenton Woman ’s
I Club Grateful For
Help In Pilgrimage
Desires to . Publicly
Thank All individu
als and Groups For
Fine Cooperation
The Edenton Woman's Club
wishes to publicly thank every
one who contributed to the suc
cess of the Pilgrimage of Co
lonial Edenton and Countryside.
Especially the home owners, who
so generously opened their doors
to the public.
Also the town and county of
ficials, the Edenton Police De
partment, Street Department, the
E. & W. Department, the High- 1
way Patrol and the Boy and Girl
Scouts for their assistance.
The clun especially appreciates |
the use of the Hotel Joseph'
Hewes as headquarters, the fi-1
nancial assistance of Peoples I
I Bank & Trust Company with the !
I Inglis Fletcher dinner, the ar
rangements for waterfront tours
by the Edenton Mairina, the help
of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce membeis and Roger Lamb
for his organ recital.
1 The club is indebted to the
Chamber of Commerce for its as
sistance in preparing news re
leases and other matters in con
nection with the tour. Also the
, Chowan Herald and radio sta- j
!tion WCDJ for
i Thanks also goes to Mrs. Alice
Belch and the students at the
John A. Holmes High School,
who served as guides; to the
N. C. Peanut Growers Associa
tion for peanuts furnished and
to the following organizations
that provided food: The Eden
iton Tea Paity Chapter, DAR;
the Episcopal Churchwomen; the
Business and Professional Wom
en's Club; the Yeopim Home
Demonstration Club and the
j Methodist Men’s Club. Also the
j DAR for showing the film “Ye
; Towne on Queen Anne’s Creek.”
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Exchange Student
At Rotary Today
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
I meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock at the Parish House.
'The feature of the meeting will
be an address by Miss Liisa
Keski-Loupa, a Rotary exchange
student from Finland, who is
| now enrolled at Chowan Col
lege. The program will be in
charge of R. F. Elliott and
President Elton Forehand urges
a 100 per cent meeting.
Woman’s Club Meets
Wednesday, May 3rd
Edenton Woman’s Club will
meet Wednesday afternoon, May
3, at 1 o’clock at the Edentdn
Restaurant. At this meeting
new officers will be installed, so
that Mrs. J. D. Elliott, presi
dent, urges all members to be
present.
Holmes High School Athletes
Are Honored By Varsity Club
Athletes of John A. Holmes
High School were guests of thej
Edenton Varsity Club at the
club’s annual sports award ban
quet held in the Masonic Tem
ple Tuesday night. The dinner
was served by members of the
Eastern Star.
A goodly number of parents
and friends were also on, hand
to hear the praise heaped upon
THE STATE FLAG
Editor's Note: This article *U
submitted H behalf of the QmvM
County Confederate Centennial Com
mittee by Miss Minnie Hollowed.
June 22 will be the 100th an
niversary of the adoption of the
North Carolina State Flag.
On May 20, 1861, the day that
North Carolina adopted its reso
lution to secede from the Union,
the following resolution was in
troduced in the State Conrtitu
tianal Convention by Colonel
John Whitford of New Bern:
“Be it ordained, that the flag
of .this, state shall be a blue
field with a. white V thereon,
and a star, encircling which
shall be the words ‘Surgit as
trum, May *O, 1775’."
Colonel Whitford was
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lEdentonDelegation
Joins In Speeding
Improvement To 17,
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Many Along Route to
Meet With Highway
Commission In Ra
leigh Thursday
The Edenton Chamber of Com
merce will be one of many rep
resentatives of the U. S. High
way 17 Development and Im
provement Association who will
appear Thursday before the
State Highway Commission in '
Raleigh. !
Bruce F. Jones, president of
Chamber, said he had received a i
letter of notification from R. C.
O’Bryan, of New Bern, associa- ;
tion chairman. The letter re
ported, “an effort is being -made
to have two carloads or more j
from each community served by
U. S. 17.’
The association has set its ma
will meet in the auditorium of i
the Highway Commission Build-.
ing at 2:30 P. M. prior to their i
appearance before the Commis
sion in the hearing room at 4
P. M., Jones stated, to consoli
date the thinking for presenta
tion of the master plan in which
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Music Festival At
Chowan April 30
Chowan County will begin ob
servance of National Home Dem
! onstration Week, April 30th
f through May 6th, with a county-
I wide Music Festival at Chowan
, High School auditorium Sunday,
April 30, at 2:30 P. M. Each I
Home Demonstration Club is re
sponsible for having one spe
cial number in the music festi
val. In addition to the special
numbers, Earl Harrell, Edenton,
will play for the group singing,
which will be led by C. W.
Overman, County Agricultural
Agent. The public is cordially
invited to attend the Music
Festival.
Chowan County Commission
ers, County officials, and other
invited guests will be guests of
honor of Chowan County Coun
cil of Home Demonstration Clubs
at a luncheon at 1:00 P. M„ at
Advance Community Building on
May 1.
Chowan County Home Dem
onstration Club members will
make an educational tour of
Tryon Palace in New Bern on
Wednesday, May 3. Other spe
cial events planned for the week
include window displays, special
radio programs and special
J newspaper publicity.
the group of boys and girls who
participated in the athletic pro
gram during the past year and
the mild admonition of what
can rightly be expected of them.
Dr. Richard Hardin, president
of the Varsity Club, presided as
toastmaster and at the outset,
after the invocation by Hiram
Mayo, welcomed those present
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chairman of a committee of seven
! legislators to study the proposal.
The committee secured the aid
and advice of the artist, William
Garl Browne, of Raleigh. Browne
(submitted a model which the
committee presented to the con
ivention. This model was adopt
ed by the convention June 22,
1861.
The Browne model was quite
different from the one originally
proposed by Colonel Whitford.
The ordinance officially adopt
ing the first state flag reads as
follows:
“An Ordinance in Relation to
a State Flag: Be it ordained by
thla convention, and it is hereby
Robert Powell New
Commander Os Ed
Bond Post No. 49
New Officers Elected
At Meeting of Post
Last Week; Installed
I At June Meeting
At last week’s meeting of Ed
Bond Post No. 40, of the Amer
ican Legion officers for the new
j year were elected. Robert Pow
| ell was elected commander, who
: will succeed David White.
Other officers elected were:
Alexander Deßlois, first vice
commander; Earl White, second
vice commander; Skinner A.
White, adjutant; John Lee
Spruill, assistant adjutant; Wil
liam A. Perry, finance officer;
Steve Long, sergeant-at-arms';
Troy Toppin, post service offi
cer; Walter Bond, chaplain and
Robert S. Marsh, historian.
The new officers will be in
stalled at the June meeting of
the post.
Band Parents Meet \
Wednesday, May 3rd
Edenton’s Band Parents Asso- 1
ciation will meet in the band
room Wednesday night, May 3,
at 8 o’clock. Henry Quinn,
president, is especially anxious
for all members to be present.
Legion’s Auxiliary
In Many Activities
i
Report Submitted By
Mrs. Agnes Hollo
well, Secretary
Mrs. Agnes Hollowell, secre
tary of the American Legion
Auxiliary of Edward G. Bond
Post No. 40, recently submitted
a report of the activities of the
organization. The membership
quota of the Auxiliary for 1960-
61 was 79.
Regular meetings are held on
the first Thursday night of each
month with an average of 14
members in attendance. The
meetings, held in homes of Au
xiliary members, are opened by
singing “The Star Spangled
Banner.” Two joint meetings,
were also held with the Legion j
Post.
One member of the Auxiliary
attended the Department Con
vention held in Asheville in
June and one member attended
the post and officers’ conference j
held in Durham in January. (
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Another Pickled
Herring Breakfast j
So popular was the pickled,
herring and herring roe break- j
fast served by the Methodist j
Men’s Club during the Edenton
Pilgrimage that another break- j
fast will be held Saturdav morn
ing, May 6. The breakfast will
be served in the Methodist
Church from 7 A. M., to 9 A. M.
At the meeting of the Men's
Club Thursday night, it was de
cided ; to continue having this
breakfast at least once a month
so long as the patronage war
rants.
Board Public Works
Will Meet May 3rd
Edenton’s Board of Public
Works will hold its monthly
meeting Wednesday night. May
3, at 8 o’clock. This meeting
has been postponed from Tues
day night, the regular meeting
time, due to the Edenton Mu
nicipal election.
feme CALENDAR
>
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.
A meeting will be held at
Center Hill Baptist Church Fri
day night, April 28. at 8 o'clock
to consider the organisation of a 1
new Association of Churches.
The polling place for the Sec
ond Ward in the Edenton elec
tion Tuesday, May 1. will be in
the tax office at Hotel Joseph
| Hewes instead of the Court
House.
| Miss Uisa Keski-Loupa, a Ro
tary exchange student from Fin
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:52.50 Per Year In North Carotin*
Civil Term Chowan
Superior Court To
Begin On May 2nd
I On Bank’s Board j!
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J. W. ("KB") DAVIS
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At a meeting of the board of
directors of the Peonies Bank &
Trust Company held las* week
in Rocky Mount, J. W. Davis
was elected as a member of
the bank's Edenton board of
managers. —(Ricks Photo).'
Lewis Speaker For!
Friends Os Library
Meeting Will Be Held
In Parish House
Monday Night
Henry W. Lewis will speak to
the Friends of Shepard-Pruden
Memorial Library on Monday!
evening, May 1, .at 8 o’clock at
the Episcopal Parish House.
A native of Jackson, S. C., Mr.
Lewis is a descendant of Thomas
i Barker and lias done research
with a view to writing a bio
graphy in the future. Mr. Lewis 1
graduated from Virginia Episco
pal School in Lynchburg and j
from the University of North |
Carolina. He later graduated \
from Harvard Law School. Dur- '
ing World War II he served in
the Adjutant General's Depart-.
ment. At present he is assistant
director of the Institute of Gov- j
eminent at Chapel Hill and
serves as advisor to counties on!
tax matters.
Mr. Lewis has written “His- '
j tory of Northampton Parishes” j
and several technical books I
about local government affairs.
New Baptist Association Will Be
Aired At Center Hill April 28th
The Rev Henry V. Napier, j
! pastor of the Center Hill and
1 Great Hope Baptist Churches,'
has released an announcement
i that on Friday night, April 28,
at 8 o’clock, there will be a
meeting at the Center Hill Bap
tist Church for all pastors.
Church and Sunday School of
ficers and Training Union and;
other church leaders, for the'
purpose of discussing the for
mation of a new Association of
Soil Conservation W eek Will Be
Observed During May 7 To 11
Soil Conservation Week willj
be observed the week of May ]
7-14. During the week people of
many faiths throughout the Unit- j
ed States will join their religious
leaders to review with thanks
giving the rewards of good stew
ardship in caung for soil, water
and related natural resources.
The observance has a long
history.
For generations, men have of
fered thanks to their Creator for
the priceless gifts of soil, water
and sunshine that make living
things possible
* Old Custom
Rogation Days have been ob
served for centuries.
Part of the story centers in the
year 470 in the area around
Vienne, France. Crops had failed
and hunger was widespread. The
people, depending on the fruits
of their soil each year, had scanty
reserves and little money. The
i Bishop of Vienne called for
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECK!)!
AND CHECK
[Judge Joseph Parker
J Os Windsor Is Again
Scheduled to Preside
Over Session
Clerk of Court Tom Shepard
.his week released the calendar
of civil cases scheduled for trial
in Chowan Superior Court. The
civil term of court will begin
Monday morning, May 1, at 10
o’clock. Judge Joseph W. Park
er of Windsor will return to
preside over the term.
Only five cases are docketed
which include the following:
R. L. Chesson, administrator
of Emma N. Chesson estate and
R. L. Chesson individually vs.
Rupert W. Chesson and others.
David E. Long vs. Bertha Mae
W. Long, which is an action for
divorce.
Earnie M. Bell vs. William
Bell, another divorce action.
Frances Badham Howard and
: others vs. Lonnie Boyce which
comes up for a motion.
Yvonne W. Hardison vs. Mack
Pruden l orehand and Coastland
Oil Company.
Isaac N. Leigh vs. Ernest Na-
I thaniel Boyce.
j Thirty-six jurors have been
! summoned to serve during the
I term, who are as follows:
Mack Jordan, Ernest E. Boyce,
R. H. Byrum, Richard E. Jack
son, Frank 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. Wal
lace Goodwin, Jr., N. J. George,
Edsel Waff, C. B. White, J. Roo
ney Byrum, William Grant
Umphlett. C. A. Bass, Edmond
White, Fred Lewis Ashley, Jr..
. Robert Larry Hollowell, I. S.
Blanchard.
I Lions Stage Bread
I Sale Monday Night
Edenton's Lions Club will
stage its annual bread sale Mon
day night, May 1. All members
of the club are requested to
! meet at the George Chevrolet
’ Company promptly at 6 o'clock
in order to be assigned the
’ areas to be canvassed.
| At 7:30 o’clock the club will
I hold its regular weekly meet
’ ing at the Edenton Restaurant.
i Churches with the Baptist
churches of Gates, Perquimans
i and Chowan counties making up
the membership. The meeting
is not for the purpose of taking
definite action, but is an infor
mational meeting in which
questions that may arise will be
i discussed and answered if po;
sible.
It may be noted that there
I are 24 Baptist churches in the
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THE
i REWARD
THE'
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prayer and penance on the three
days preceding Ascension Day.
Other communities toon took
up the observance and from
France the custom of Rogation
Days—days of giving thanks to
Continued on Pagp 6, Section 2