ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
„Volume XXVlll,—dumber 23.
Mrs. Raymond Carr
Resigns Chairman
Centennial Group
Says Mockery to Con
tinue to Serve as
Chairman Because of
Lack of Respect
Mrs. Raymond S. Carr on
Monday submitted her resigna
tion to the Chowan County
Commissioners as chairman of
the Chowan County Confeder
ate Centennial Committee.
Mrs. Carr has been extremely
active in connection with the
,i centennial observance and due
to her efforts a great deal has
been accomplished for the four
year program. It was Mrs. Carr
who spearheaded the very suc
cessful and impressive memorial
recently held on the Court
House Green.
Airs. Carr was very much op
posed to removing the Confed
erate monument from the Court
House Green to the foot of
Broad Street and it was due to
the removal that she resided as
CJhairman of the Chowan 'Coun
ty Confederate Centennial Com
mittee.
Mrs. Carr’s letter of resigna
tion to the County Commission
ers follows:
“Dear Sirs: Since you did not
see fit to grant the State Presi
dent of the Daughters of the
Confederacy, or me, the chair
man of the Chowan Confederate
Centennial Committee, a com
mittee appointed by you to com
memorate the lOOtJi anniversary
of the War Between the States,
a hearing before the removal of
the Confederate monument from
its rightful place at the County
Capitol building to the middle
* of the street at the Town Dock
area, I do not have the heart to
continue as a member of the
Chowan County t *gfrnfftierflje
Cerifennial Committee. "Tfiere
fore, I am resigning as of to
day, June sth.
“As much as I love my native
county of Chowan, and have en
joyed doing historical work for
the County Commissioners and
with the Chowan Confederate
Centennial Committee, I feel it
would be a mockery to continue
the Confederate Centennial Com
memorations, since the Confed
eracy, its United Daughters of
the Confederacy President, and
the Centennial Committee, have
been shown such little respect.”
20 Years Ago
As Found In The File* Os
The Chowan Herald
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An application was made by
the commandant of the Fifth
Nival District in Norfolk to
construct four bombing targets
in the Albemarle Sound.
Chowan County's three-day
United Service Organisation
»drive ended in record-breaking
style when the county's quota
was exceeded by over SSO.
John A. Holmes was re-elected
commander of Ed Bond Post No.
* 40 of the American Legion.
A Red Cross swimming school
was again announced by Mrs.
J, N. Pruden, chairman of the
Chowan County Red Cross Chap
ter.
Mrs. Alice Futrell of Hertford
announced the appointment of
Mrs. Emmett Elliott, W. J. Tay-
Centimied on Page 3—Section 1
Edenton Woman’s Club Shows
Much Activity During Past Year
The Eden ton Woman’s Club
climaxed an active year with
thy ' beginning of beautification
work on the Court House Green
and the area at the foot of
BrAftd Street.
Preserving the past while serv
ing the present was the aim of
the some 50 members of the
dub.
During the year the cltfe was
responsible for requesting the
removal of the paint from tL
Chowan Court Hew, restoring
it to its original stole, remov
ing parking meter, from in
*ont of the building, and re
moving of the Coast Guard tow
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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I Youth Leader
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bOBBY CHAPPELL
At the annual Governor's
Youth Fitness Conference at
Stale College June 9 and 10,
Bobby Chappell of Hobbsville
will represent Chowan High
School.
Francis Hicks Dies
After Brief Illness
Funeral Held at Bap
tist Church Monday
Morning
Stephen Francis Hicks, 59,
died in Chowan Hospital Sat
urday morning at 10 o’clock af
ter an illness of two weeks. He
was a native of Henderson but
lived in Edenton 32 years. He
was the son of the late John
and Ida Wilkinson Hicks and
was a- tobacco auctioneer for
many yanifr. ■
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Jamesey Dail Hicks; a son,
Stephen F. Hicks, Jr:', of High-
Point; four brothers, Thurman
M. Hicks of Henderson, E. B.
Hicks and Julian F. Hicks of
Wilson and John H. Hicks of
Florida; two sisters, Mrs. Vir
ginia H. Woolard of Emporia,
Va., and Mrs. Mary B. 11. Dun
can of Edenton.
He was a member of the
Edenton Baptist Church, where
funeral services were held Mon
day morning at 11:30 o’clock.
The pastor, the Rev. R. N. Car
roll, officiated and burial was
in Beaver Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jesse White,
J. Clarence Leary, J. A. Curran,
Geddes Potter, Johnny Phillips
and W. J. Yates.
Jaycees Meet Tonight
With Cross Roads and
Center Hill Firemen
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock at
the Roads-Center Hill fire
station. The dinner will be
served by the up-county volun
teer firemen, and Bill Easter
ling, Jaycee president, is very
anxious to have every member
on hand.
At this meeting special items
to be considered will be spon
soring a water ski school and a
Go-Kart track. Mr. Easterling
reports that last week’s insecti
cide sale netted the club over
SIOO. ,
owner. Members appeared in
colonial costumes in the movie,
“Ye Towne on Queen Anne’s
Creek,” to promote the historical
and recreation aspects of the
town and county.
The sixth biennial Pilgrimage
of Colonial Edenton and Coun
tryside, April 14-16, was spon
sored by the club opening the
doors to twenty-one .historic
homes and buildings. The tour
was the most successful ever
staged with Governor Terry
Sanford attending Jthe first day
to dedicate the day to Inglis
Fletcher,
The moving of the Confederate
monument from the green to the
CAlen o Chowan county. North Carolina, Thursday, June 8,1961.
Budget Requet!
Reflect Increaii
County Tax Rji
County Commission
ers Will Meet Mon
day, January 19, to
Set Tentative Rate
Chowan County Commission
ers at their meeting Monday de
voted the lion’s share of the
time to consideration of the
budgets of the various county
departments.
In practically every instance,
the budgets called for increased
appropriations with the major
increase appearing in the budg
et for the Edenton schools. Os
course, the Commissioners could
not venture a guess as to what
the tax rate for the year 1961 -
1962 will be, but unless there
can be a wholesale shaving of
figures for the requests asked,
there is no doubt but that the
present rate of sl.lO will be
substantially increased.
The Commissioners will meet
again in special session Monday.
June 19, at which time they
will pare the figures as much
Continued on Page 6. Section 1
78 Boys Sign Up
For Little League
Rotary, Jaycees, Lions
And €orvairs Form
Circuit
Billy Hardison reports that 78
boys have signed up to play in
Edenton’s Little League and that
interest is running high among
the boys.
Pour teams comprise the lea
gue this year, made up of Ro
tary, Jaycees, Lions and Cor
vairs.
Mr. Hardison says games will
be played every afternoon Mon
day through Friday at 3 and 5
o’clock, with the first games
being played Tuesday afternoon
of this week.
The Little League includes
boys from 8 years through 12
and Mr. Hardison says he will
supervise practice sessions, be
ginning Monday, June 12, every
morning at 9 o’clock.
Time Schedule For
Sewage Disposal Is
Set By CouncHmen
Special Meeting Held
With Board of Public
Works Members on
Tuesday Night
Town Council and the Board
of Public Works met jointly in
a special session Tuesday night,
at which time a time schedule
was adopted for the proposed
sewage disposal project.
According to a motion made
and passed, a referendum will
be held Tuesday, November 1.
Bids will be received April 24,
1962, with construction started
June 1,1962. According to the
schedule the plant should be
completed and in operation by
October 31, 1963.
Present at the meeting was
Jack D. Childress, district en
gineer for the Southern Clay
Pipe Institute. Mr. Childress
Continued on Pago 4—Section I
Mrs. Elliott Belch
Off Welfare Board
Mrs. Elliott Belch will leave
as a member of the Chowan
Welfare Board as of June 30.
Mrs. Belch has served six years
on the board and, according to
law, must relinquish the posi
tion.
The board jnet with the Coun
ty Commissioners Monday, at
| which time she was highly com
plimented by her board mem-
I bers and the County Commis
sioners for her interest and ef
ficient performance of duties
while she was a member,
i Her successor will be named
by the other two members of
SHRtes&f&fe 'A*': -
$289,000 School
Bond Election Is
Called For July 11
Amount Necessary to
Make Additions to
Three School Plants
In Chowan County
According to action taken by
the Chowan County Commission
ers at their meeting Monday, an
election has been called for the
qualified voters of the county to
authorize the issuance of $289,-
)00 school building bonds. The
election will be held Tuesday,
July 11, and the Chowan County
Joard of Elections has already
set up machinery for the elec
ion.
L. S. Byrum, Chairman of the
loard of Elections, announces
that the polls will be open from
3:30 A. M„ until 6:30 P. M.
The registration books will be
pen for registration at 9 o’clock
Saturday morning, June 17 and
will close at sunset Saturday,
July 1. On each day except
Sunday the registrars in the
various precincts will keep
books open from 9 A. M., unto
Continued on Page 3. Section 1
81 Students At Holmes High
School Had Perfect Attendance
Cecil Fry, principal of John
A. Holmes High Sdhool, an
nounces that 81 students hung
up a perfect attendance record
for the past school year. The
seventh and eighth grades tied
for honors with each grade hav
ing 18 students who were neith
er tardy or absent during the
school term.
Those who had a perfect at
tendance were as follows:
■,J.th Grads —Earl Bunch, Dal
■nond Byrum, Arlan Spivey,
Kermit Layton, Bill Mitchener,
Ehringhaus Is Made
Commanding Officer
Os Local CAP Unit
Haughton Ehringhaus was
unanimously elected commanding
officer of the local Civil Air Pa
trol unit at a meeting last week.
Ehringhaus appointed Rhea
Adams as executive officer. Oth
er temporary appointments in
clude Micky Mautz, finance of
ficer; Johnny Goodwin, person
nel officer, and Murray Ashley,
communications officer.
The executive board is com
posed of Ehringhaus, Mautz and
Jaimes P. Ricks, Jr.
The group met again on Tues
day night of this week at 8
o’clock in the Hotel Joseph
Hewes. The unit is still in the
process of organizing, Ehring
haus said, and membership is
open to any interested person.
He added a great deal of inter
est has been evidenced in the
organization and there is a com
plement for a squadron.
Jaycee Insecticide
Sale Nets Over SIOO
Edenton Jaycees’ insecticide
sale held Friday night proved
to be very successful, it being
reported that over SIOO was rea
lized by the Jaycees.
Britton Byrum and John Paul
Bass were in charge of the sale
and desire to express their
thanks and appreciation to all
who helped as well as those who
purchased the insecticides offer
ed for sale.
Mrs. Hubert Byrum Winner Os
Music Workshop Scholarship
Mrs. Hubert Byrum, winner of
one of the Music Workshop
scholarships, will attend the
workshop at Brevard College,
June 11 through 15th. While at
the workshop, she will attend
classes in fundamentals, class
voice, choral rehearsal, music ap
preciation, great vocal and in
strumental church music and
great hymns of all faiths. While
at the workshop, those attend
ing will have an opportunity to
attend a ' tea given in their
honor, participate in a talent
show and concert
Mrs. Byrttm is vice president
M the Ryland Home Demondtra
Wins Scholarship
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Mis. Hubert Byrum of Tyner
member of the Hyland Homi
Demonstration Club, has beer
:elecicd for one of the scholar
ships for Catawba Music Work
shop this year. There are two
scholarships per supervisory dis
trict given in the State each
fear.
Robert Francis, Elvie Twiddy,
Patricia Alexander, Kathryn As
bell, Barbara Bass, Cherry Dav
enport, Diantha Sexton. Sonja
Edwards, June Jolly, Barbara
Wallace, Doris Whiteman, Suz
anne George and Vivian White
man.
Bth Grade—W ay n e Brabble.
Phil Harrell, Mike Phelps, F,d
Jenkins, David Parks, Janice
Bryant, Judy Cartwright, Sandra
Jethro, Gayle Oliver, Sandra
Overton, Brenda Stallings. Fran-
Continued on Page 3—Section I
Bobby Chappell To
Represent Chowan
At Y outh Conference
i The Youth Fitness
of North Carolina will conduct j
the Second Annual Governor's,
Youth Fitness Conference on!
June 9-10. at N. C. State Col-j
lege in Raleigh.
The purpose of this confer-!
ence is to consult and confer
! with the youth leaders through
i out North Carolina on the vari
! ous aspects of fitness in the
home, school, community and
.church.
Each school in North Caro
. lina has been asked to select [
j one outstanding high school sen
ior. Bobby Chappell, son of Mr.
• and Mrs. Edward J. Chappell of
Hobbsville. has been chosen to
represent Chowan High School
at this conference.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
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i Edenton’s Rotary Club will
I meet this (Thursday) afternoon
| at 1 o’clock in the Parish House.
The program will be in charge
iof John W. Graham and Presi
dent Elton Forehand is anxious
to have a 100 percent attend
ance.
27 JAILED IN MAY
Jailer Bertram Byrum reports
that during May 27 persons were
placed in the Chowan County
Jail with confinements ranging
from one to 31 days. The ex
pense, including jail and turn
key fees, amounted to $213.58.
tion Club and secretary of the
Ryland Community Develop
ment organization. She is music
leader for her Home Demonstra
tion Club, pianist, youth choir
director, youth president, does
special singing for weddings,
funerals and worship service.
Mrs. Byrum is also a Sunday
School teacher. She is very ac
tive in community development
programs. She attended district
music workshops in GatesviHe
this spring.
Mrs. Byrum will accompany
Mrs. Fred Mathews of Hertford
to Brevard for- the workship,
which begins Sunday, June 11.
< They will return on Friday-
29 Students Make
Year’s Honor Roll
At Holmes High
Each One Presented
Achievement Certifi
cate on Behalf of
Edenton Jaycees
Twenty-nine students at John
A. Holmes High School were
named to the honor roll for the
entire year.
In recognition of their out
standing attainment, W. H. Eas
terling, president of the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
presented each one a certificate
of achievement. The presenta
tions were made at the chapel
I program Tuesday morning, May
30 and included the following:
Grade 7—Joe Conger. Dian
thia Sexton, Yvonne Stillman
Norfleet Pruden, Barbara Wal
lace and Vivian Whiteman.
Grade B—WayneB—Wayne Brabble, Hi
ram Mayo, George Wilkins,
Claire Belch and Nancy O’Neal.
Grade 9—Neal Hobbs, Sandra
Bunch, Jean Goodwin and Nan
cy Jordan.
Grade 10—John Marshall. Di
anne Brabble. Carolyn Griffin,
Gail Hare, Jo Ann Leary, Annie
Laurie Whiteman and Ann
Wells.
Grade 11—Herb Adams and:
Jo' Mitchener.
Grade 12 —Billy Cates, Rebec
ca Bowen, Millie Price. Jimmy I
Ashley and Sally Privott.
Softball League
Now In Progress
With Four Teams
Schedule Calls For 20;
Games to Be Played:
During' Season Be-1
ginning at 7 P. M.
Edenton’s softball league is
now under way with four teams
comprising the circuit. The
teams include the Jaycees. Var
sity Club, P & Q and Red Men
The first game was played last
week when the Varsity Club de
feated the Red Men and the
Jaycees bowed to the P & Q
outfit. The four teams were
scheduled to play Tuesday and
Wednesday nights of this week
and the remainder of the sched
ule follows:
June 13—Red Men vs. Varsity
and Jaycees vs. P & Q.
Continued on Peg* 3—Section i
Mrs. Warren Head
Os Clubwomen At
St. Paul’s Church
Mrs. David Warren was in
stalled as president of the
Churchwomen of St. Paul’s Epis
copal Church for the year at the
May meeting of the Churchwo-|
men.
Mrs. Ed Bond is vice presi
dent, Mrs. Jim Wood, secretary
and Mrs. Delmas Sawyer, treas
urer.
Mrs. Warren has announced
the following chairmen: Devo
tional, Mrs. Joe Conger, Jr.; pro
gram, Mrs. Gilliam Wood;
Thompson Orphanage, Mrs. Rhea
Adams: United Thank Offering.
Mrs. William Gardner: promo
tion. Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr.; sup
ply, Mrs. R. E. Forehand, Sr.,
with Mrs. Jack Douglas, assist
ant; Christian social relations,
Mrs. L. A. Patterson: periodical,
Miss Elizabeth Moore; ecumeni
cal relations, Mrs. Wilmer Ma
lone; missions, Mrs. George Mack
and house, Mrs. R. P. Baer.
Mrs. John Woolard. Mrs. El
wood Nixon and Mrs. Jasper
Hassell are co-chairmen for next
fall’s bazaar.
Circle chairmen are: Morning,
Mrs. Richard Dixon, Jr.; after
noon, Mrs. Myrtle Watson, and
evening, Mrs. Jack Douglas.
VFW Groups Meet
Jointly On June 13
William H. Coffield Post No
: 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars
and the Ladies' Auxiliary will
hold a joint dinner meeting or
Tuesday night, June 13, alt 7:3C
, o’clock at the post home. All
members of both organizations
are requested to attend.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolin?
Monument Moved
To New Location
At Foot Broad St.
Duke Graduate
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jt S -Jf
Bernie Ballinglon Baker (8.A.)
ran of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Baker
of Tyner was among more than
1,100 siudenis from 38 states and
18 foreign countries who receiv
ed degrees from Duke University
at Durham Sunday morning.
June 4.
Hard To Please!
\ :
Many fcdcntomai.s were clam
oring last week for snraying to
combat mosquitoes. Street De
partment employees were, there
fore, instructed to spray Friday
night and immediataly com
plaints were registered due to
the odor of the spray.
Any future complaints should
b eregistered with Town Clerk
William Gardner, who will en
deavor to work out a schedule
which might be satisfactory.
Jimmy Taylor New
Auctioneer Serving
Produce Exchange
I
Employed to Succeed j
Francis Hicks, Who
Died Latter Part of
Last Week
Edgar L. Pearce, vice presi
dent of the Chowan Cooperative
Produce Exchange, announced
Monday of this week that the
dilectors had employed Jimmy
Taylor, Williamston tobacco and
produce auctioneer, to succeed
Francis Hicks as auctioneer. Mr. j
Hicks, prior to his death latej
last week had served for many
years as auctioneer and manager'
of the exchange.
Sales of produce at the auc-i
tion block at Valhalla began 1
Wednesday and sales will con j
tinue throughout the produce
season. Mr. Tayor has the repu
tation of being a first class auc
tioneer, so that farmers may bei
assured that he will do his ut
most to get the highest prices
possible for the produce sold.
Mr. Pearce stated that the act
ing manager of the exchange
will be announced at an early
date. >
Edenton Scouts Plan To Attend
Camp At Pipsieo Reservation
Boy Scout Troop 156. spon-j
sored by the Edenton Rotary i
Club, will attend the big Pipsi
co Scout Reservation near Sur
ry, Va., for the first time since
the camp purchase in 1957.
The troop is signed up for
August 6-12 due to the fact that
was when the Albemarle had
arranged the leadership from
the District Scout Commission
ers staff, according to Gene
Trautwein, District Scout Exec
utive for Chowan County. As
soon as the new leadership is
formally announced by the troop
chairman, Elton Forehand, the
troop will be able to get the full
program of 1961-62, according to
the executive.
The camp is. well equipped
with a number of new build
ings constructed by volunteer
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Work Is Now Under
Way to Construct a
Small Park to Beau
tify Area
After being given permission
by the County Commissioners to
move the Confederate monument
from the Court House Green
and sanction of Town Council
to beautify the area at the foot
_f Broad Street, members of the
1 Edenton Woman's Club lost no
time in transferring the monu
ment to its new location. The
j monument was moved in its en
tirety Thursday of last week
and woi k is now being pushed
to form a small park at the site.
The monument, estimated to
weigh approximately 40,000
pounds, was moved under the
direction of V/. C. Roberts of
Rolesville, a monument spe
cialist.
Wade there was considerable
opposition to tiie moving of the
monument about a yen ago,
: there was no excitement after
he moving job got under way.
The previous opposition was
: based for the most part on the
assumption that county funds
; would be used to help pay the
expense. However, most of this
opposition fad d away when it
was assured bv members of the
Woman's Club that the club
would bear all of the expense in
moving the monument, beautify
ing the Court House Green and
constructing a small park at the
foot of Broad Street.
On hand most of the time
when the monument was being
moved were Mrs. W. J. P. Earn
hardt. chairman of the beautifi
cation committee; Mrs, Herbert
Hollowell, Jr., president of the
club, and Mrs. Robert J. Bovce,
1 who was chairman of the recent
' niigrimage committ<*e
j Continued on Page 6. Section J
I Boy And Girls Win
Awards Os DAR
Mrs. Geof'e Hoskins, new re
-1 gent of the Edenton Tea Party
j Chapter of the DAR. presented
; two awards at the closing exer
j rises at the Edenton Elementary
: School. Both awards were spon
sored by the DAR
Winner of the DAR Citizen
ship Award in the sixth grade
was Donna Billings. Johnny
Cates won the DAR History
Award in the fifth grade
I civic calendar]
An election to authorize the
i issuance of $289,000 school build
| mg bonds will "be held Tuesday,
i July 11, with polls open from
j 6:30 A. M. to 6:30 P. M.
| Edenton Jaycees will meet to-
J night (Thursday! at 7:30 o'clock
at the Cross Roads-Cenler Hill
j fire station.
! An emergent communication of
! Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. &
A. M., will be held tonight
■ (Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
Chowanoke Council No. 54,
Degree of Pocahontas, will meet
tenight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
Edenton's spring fishing con
test is now in progress and will
| continue through June 17lh.
Continued on Page s—Section 1
help and the Navy Seeßee units.
The Scouts will sleep in tents
with bunks on wooden plat
forms. Each camping troop pa
trol includes a complete kitchen
with all the equipment for ten
people.
The program will include com
plete instructions on swimming,
rowing, canoeing, life-saving and
sailing. In addition to water
front activities, a complete pro
gram in Scouteraft and outdoor
merit badge opportunities are
available.
The staff advisors will consist
of men in college and other
qualified field men.
Parents wanting more infor
mation on the summer camp,
may contact Jllton Forehand,
chairman, or Jack Habit,, toe
newly appointed Chowan CMgftpf
Scout Commissioner.