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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXVUi. —Number 24. Hostess Service Is In Operation To Greet Newcomers Mrs. J. D. Elliott Has Title of City Hostess In New Program For Edenton A new program whereby newcomers are welcomed to Edenton has just recently gone into effect and is reportedly get ting off to an enthusiastic start. City Hostess Service, Inc., is the name of this program and it is being conducted by Mrs. J. D. Elliott who fittingly enough bears the title of City Hostess. ■Mrs. Elliott’s job—which she considers a pleasure —is that of calling on all newcomers who move to this community. She meets the woman of the house hold and welcomes her and the family to Edenton. With her she carries a book let entitled “Welcome, Newcom ers to Edenton, North Carolina.” On the front of the booklet are these words: “We’re glad you have chosen our fair city as your home. Until we have the pleas ure of meeting you personally, please aocept this little booklet to help you become better ac-' quainted with Edenton, N. C.” j Within the booklet the new comer first finds a greeting i from Governor Terry Sanford, and then a welcome from Mayor! John A. Mitchener, Jr., also one' from the president of the Cham- j her of Commerce, Bruce F. Jones. The remaining pages ofj the booklet are filled with “tips for newcomers” listing the | names of various merchants and community services. Schools, churches, civic organ izations and other groups are al so listed for the newcomer's -benefit addition to all this Mrs. | Elliott presents the newcomer! with several gift certificates as a goodwill .gesture of firms par ticipating in the City Hostess Service. “I’ve really enjoyed this pro gram so far,” Mrs. Elliott said. “The program is designed to be of assistance to our new resi dents and to help them feel more at home. So far it has been very successful, and I want ,to express my appreciation to all those people who are par ticipating in it and helping to make it go over. Maybe this will help to create a better ‘busi nes climate’ as Jim Robinson of tfie Chamber of Commerce sug gested last week in his letter to the editor.” T 20 Years Ago r At Found In Th« Filet Os The Chowan Herald Edenion's Street Department felt the first pinch of the na tional emergency when an at tempt failed to secure enough blinker fuel oil to spread upon the town's dirt streets. Street Commissioner J. Edwin Bufflap had made arrangements to rent a spreader to treat all of the dirt streets in town, but very shortly thereafter ran into a snag when it was learned that the oil was not available and no informa tion was forthcoming as to whan the amount of oil neces sary could be secured. A young .married couple, Mr. •fed Mrs. Norwood Kendrick As bell of Suffolk were killed in an automobile accident near the Continued on Paee 9—Section > Luther Keeter Dies As Result Accidental Blast From Shotgun Luther Nowell Keeler, 40, was found dead Thursday morning of last week about 10 o’clock be hind,' the carport of his home five miles north of Edenton. His body was discovered by a few children in the neighborhood playing around die Keeter home. Neighbors reported having heard a gun shot about 10 o’clock an Wednesday night, but paid little attention in that guns we fre quently fired m the area. * Coroner Carroll held an inquest gt the -OMrt House CRund ty night at 8 o’clock, at THE CHOWAN HERALD Bass Are Released In Local Waters 180,000 Made Avail able By National Fish Hatchery Robert E. Evans, Chowan County Wildlife Protector, an nounces that the Edenton Na tional Fish Hatchery has made available to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources 180,000 large mouth black bass fingerlings for stocking in Eastern North Caro lina waters. Mr. Evans reports that last week 20,000 fingerlings were re leased in Dillard’s Mill Pond 14,500 in Bennett’s Mill Pond. 9,000 in Catherine Creek, 9,000 in Burnt Mill Creek, 9,000 in Rocky Hock Creek, 9,000 in Dillard’s Creek, 9,000 in Salmon Creek and 9,000 in Cashie River. Fingerlings were also released in Lake Phelps, Perquimans River, Little River, Dismal Swamp, Williams Mill Pond, ■ Bethel Creek, Goose Creek, ‘ Newbegun Creek, Stoney Creek, ,'Wicron Creek and Sawyer’s j Creek. 90 Boys Sign Up For Little League Rotary Team Takes An Early Lead In Race Edenton’s Little League is in full swing now and a great deal of enthusiasm is being shown by the boys. At present 90 boys have signed up to play. Ap proximately 30 boys come out every morning for practice. There were some very excit ing games played last week. At present the Rotary team is lead ing the league. The Rotary de feated the Lions in a thrilling game that went nine innings. Ronnie Harrell started this game by hitting a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning with two men on base. Rusty Boot wright was the winning pitcher and Johnny Cates was the los ing pitcher. Bootwright struck out 23 men, walked one and gave up only three hits. John ny Cates, in defeat, struck out 21, walked none and gave up five hits. The two big hitters in the league are Bill Mitchener and Wesley Chesson. Between the two of them they have hit five home runs. Top Ten Batters Ab. H. Pet. Bill Mitchener 6 4 .666 Wesley Chesson 11 4 .364 Ronnie Harrell 11 4 .364 Rusty Bootwright 12 4 .333 Solomon Byrum 9 3 .333 Rudy Tolley 6 2 .333 Guy Williams 10 3 .300 Buddy White 7 2 .286 Joe Stokely 8 2 .250 Larry Overton 13 3 .231 Team Standing W. L. Pet. Rotary 3 .1 .750 Lions 2 1 .666 Corvairs 2 2 .500 Jaycees ~0 3 .000 determined that the cause of death was accidental. Mr. Boyce stated that Keeter was shot in tHe left armpit and that death was caused by ex cessive bleeding. It is supposed that while carrying a 12-gauge shotgun, he tripiped at the car port causing the gun to fire. Members of the coroner’s jury were Roy Spruill, Haughton Eh ringhaus, Otha Bennett, Bill Perry, R. N. Parker and J. A. Gardner. ; Keeter, a native of Bertie County, was a hanber^^ec- identon, Uiowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 15, 1961. ’Mrs. fi'a Baker 'is Inst iUAs New BPWGi ** .esident New Group of Offic ers and Committee Chairmen Named to Serve Year 1961-62 The Edenton Business and Professional Women’s Club in stalled its 1961-62 officers at the May meeting held at the Eden ton Restaurant. Mrs. Alice Towe Owens of the Hertford Club served as the installing of ficer. Mrs. Dora Riddick, also of the Hertford Club, accompan ied Mrs. Owens. The following officers were installed: President, Anita Baker; first vice president, Lala Smith; sec ond vice president, Ethel Simp son; recording secretary, Cath erine Aman; corresponding sec retary, Melba Du Bois; treas urer, Bertha Bunch; parliamen arian, Pauline Calloway. Mrs. Baker appointed the fol- 1 lowing committee diairmen to! serve for the year: Program Coordination, Lala! Smith; finance, Beulah Privott;i I hospitality, Beulah Perry and' i Ethel Simpson; public affairs,! ' Goldie Niblett; career advance ment, Mary Lee Copeland; health and safety, Olive Goodwin; legislation, Lena Leary; mem bership, Mildred Munden; pub lic relations, Myrtle Hollowell; i national security, Loraine Rog-| erson; international relations,! Mattie Halsey. The June meeting of the club will be held Wednesday even ing, June 21, at 6 o’clock at tbel cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Percy, Smith on the Chowan River. A feature of the meeting will be! a weiner roast and the new' president urges every member | to attend. Error Appeared In Election Officials! In some manner the judges of election and polling places in the Rocky Hock and Center Hill precincts for the forthcoming $289,000 school bond election got mixed up in last week's story of the election in The Herald. To make the correction, fol lowing is the correct list of all the registrars a.nd judges of election who will serve in the July 11 election, as well as the polling places: East Edenton Precinct: Mrs. William Stokely, Registrar: Judges of Election, Mrs. Emma Bunch and Mrs. J. M. Thorud. Polling place. Court House. West Edenton Precinct: Mrs. George C. Hoskins, Registrar; Judges of Election, Mrs. J. A. Curran and Mrs. S. Francis Hicks. Polling place, Municipal Building. Rocky Hock Precinct: Alphon so Spivey, Registrar; Judges of Election, Ervin Bunch and W. H. Saunders. Polling place, Henry Bunch’s store. Wardville Precinct: T. A. Berryman, Registrar; Judges of Election, H. R. Peele and Jen nings Bunch. Polling place, Her bert Peele’s store. Yeopim Precinct: T. J. Hos kins, Sr., Registrar; Judges of Election, J. A. Webb, Jr., and Harry Perry. Polling place, Harry Perry’s store. Center Hill Precinct: Ralph Goodwin, Registrar; Judges of Election, Norman C. Hollowell and Louis Moods. Polling place, Ross Bunch’s store. Registration books will be open fee registration of voters from Saturday morning, June 17 from 9 A. M. until sunset on Saturday, July 1. Each Satur day during this period the reg istrars will sit at the various voting precincts from 9 A. M. until sunset in order to register voters. Attention is again called to the fact that in order to cast a ballot in this election a .voter must be registered in the county registration books, which are an entirely separate set of books for an election in the Town of Edenton. Voters are, therefore, urged to check to see if they are registered in the proper books. • RED MEN MEETING Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv ed Order of Red Men, will meet Monday night, June 19, at 8 o’clock. Bin Harris, sachem, is very anxious to have a large New Edenton BPW Club Officers 1 s •; “ "~r ■*fyr*~-*r* FT *" •**' ' !'• ’ CT' ' " ; .' J i '■ • > r:*' } ' * • • . f I ; > * ’ • ,' i ’V-' ; ' j I | v. ' • j j W ■ ■ J« | j fit ' \\ j Pictured here are four officers of the Edenton Business and Pro fessional Women's Club, where were recently installed. Le t to right. Miss Pauline Calloway, parliamentarian; Miss Catherine Aman, recording secretary: Mrs. Anita Baker, president, and Mrs. Bertha Bvnch, treasurer. Other officers absent when picture was taken include Mrs. Lala Smith, first vice president: Mrs. Ethel Simpson, second vice president, and Mrs. Melba Dußois, correspond ing secretary.—(Photo by J. P. Hicks. Jr.) Town Council Burns Midnight Oil At Meeting Tuesday Night Town Councilmen put in an other long session at their reg ular June meeting held Tuesday night, when they held forth un til shortly after 1 o’clock Wed nesday morning. A goodly portion of the time vyas devoted to going over the town’s ordinances with Town Attorney William Privott in or der to delete those ordinances which were obsolete and to con form to the new town charter. Some of the ordinances appar ently had been on the books for many years and were com pletely outmoded. Another time-consuming item on the agenda was consideration of granting a lease to Eden Mo tel for a section of a town street back of the motel from Second Street to the motel’s swimming pool. Weldon Hollowell appear ed at the meeting on behalf of the motel, but the request was, by a split vote rejected. The Councilmen did, however, favor the use of the street by the mo tel for the same purposes as if a lease was granted. The prin cipal reason for rejecting the re quest for a lease was that it might set a precedent which — Interesting Reminiscences Recorded By John C. Bondj In the hope of arousing inter est in erecting a replica of “Horniblow’s Tavern” on the site where Edenton has always had a hostelry since colonial j days, it seems pertinent to pub lish the following from the late John C. Bond’s reminiscences; I am not old, Though years have cast Their shadows on my way And youth has past ■On fleeting wings away. When I was bom, President Zachary Taylor had but recently i died and Vice President Millard Filmore had succeeded to the Presidency. Since which event many changes have taken place in old Edenton. Edenton was a very different town from what it rep resents today. Her streets were ditd and dust in summer and 1 Virginia Episcopal School Graduates F - r j**' ~ ' ’’"W RICHARD GOODWIN ROLAND VAUGHAN, Jft. Richard Henderson Goodwin. 18, son of Mrs. R. H. Goodwin, and Roland Harris Vaughan, Jr„ 17, son of Dr. and Mrs. Roland H. Vaughan, were among 54 boys to graduate from Virginia Episcopal School at the 45th commencement Saturday, June 3. at Lynchburg. Va. Both boys will enter the University of North Carolina in Sap twnbffi could became embarrassing and most likely discriminatory. The Councilmen adopted two ordinances, one regarding bees within the town limits and an other having to do with the base property. Regarding bees the ordinance states that it shall be unlawful to keep or maintain a colony or swarm of bees or bee hive in the Town of Edenton. Any per son or persons responsible for the existence and continuance of such nuisance after being duly notified by the Chief of Police or his duly authorized officers to abate such nuisance within 24 hours shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not to exceed SSO or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Tha base ordinance provides: It shall be unlawful to cut down, pull up or remove, destroy or otherwise injure any trees, shrubs or flowers. It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter or prowl in any: unoccupied building or to rmiti-' late any building, fence or to‘ deface, damage or trespass upon Continued on Page 8, Section 1 i mud and slush in winter. Ce ! ment paved streets were un | known to us. yet business j flourished and the people gen | erally were prosperous. The i principal business section was l on Water Street, on the wharves I and the streets leading thereto; the Post Office was there, the ; old house with the slot in the ! door, still standing on Com i merce Street. La ter on, under ] business changes, the Post Of fice kept by Captain Middleton was in a building which stood jon “Cheap Side,” east side of Main Street, about one-third up j from Water Street and was ap proached by a flight of three or four steps from the sidewalk, extending the entire length afront. Some years later a Mr. McCurdy kept the Post Office in a building of a similar con ( Continued on Page 7—Section 1 i’6l Crop Acreages In County Checked By Field Workers ! ASC Office Requests Full Cooperation of j Farmers In Supply | ing Information i Approximately 24 ASC em ployees trained in acreage meas urement work are in the field j working on their annual summer ! job of checking crop acreages on [farms participating in the acre age allotment, price support, soil ! bank program and feed grain ‘ programs. In connection with the pro- J gram, H. O. West, Edenton ASC i office manager says: | “In connection with the acre age measurement job for 1961, : I we urge complete cooperation of j the farmer when the reporter I visits his farm. | “Producer cooperation can help us do this job faster and (more economically. Some of the 1 ways the farmer can help are: ■ (1) see that stakes are in place ‘on premeasured farms; (2) make sure plantings are within th staked area on premeasure,•; farms, and (3) have someone who is familiar with the crop available to help the reporter 1 it the operator is away from the farm.” I Crops to be measured in this county include flue-cured to bacco, cotton, peanuts, wheat 1 and corn planted plus the divert led acreage on participating farms. Performance reporters in Continued on Page s—Section 1 Gross Retail Sales j In Chowan County Leading Last Year According to “The Retailer,” | published monthly by the North j Carolina Merchants Association, i gross retail sales in Chowan i County for March, 1961, were $840,802, which compares with $731,557 in March. 1960. Febru ary sales in 1961 amounted to $740,728. j According to the same report I sales tax collections in Chowan l for March, 1961, were $11,982.38 as compared with $10,334.12 in March, 1960. The February, 1961, sales tax collected amount ed to $10,309.68. Legion Officers Will Be Installed June 20 At the regular meeting of Ed Bond Post No. 40, of the Ameri can Legion, on Tuesday night, 1 June 20, at 8 o’clock, newly elected officers will be installed. The installation will be in charge of the newly elected commander of Division One of the Department of the American Legion of North Carolina. Jack Farmer of Bailey. Commander David White urg es a large attendance. Brenda Mooney Wins! SSO Music Scholarship Edenton friends will be pleas ed to learn that Miss Brenda Mooney was one of two college girls to walk off with the Ra- 1 leigh Music Club’s SSO scholar- i ship for further study, j Miss Mooney, a rising junior at Shenandoah Conservatory of Music at Winchester, Va.. and a pianist, won the keyboard in strument competition held at St. Mary’s School Thursday. Miss Mooney, a graduate of I John A. Holmes High School, did the choreography for the ‘.spring pageant of the Winches ter Apple Blossom Festival. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Mooney, who moved to Raleigh. EASTERN STAR MEETING Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or der of the Eastern Star, will meet Monday night, June 19. at j 8 o’clock. This will be the final meeting of the summer, so that Mrs. Anita Tarkington, worthy matron, urges all members to be present. MASONS MEET TONIGHT A stated communication of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Dr. A. iF. Downum, master, invites all I Masons to attend, I $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina W oman’sClubCit es Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr. Year’s Clubwoman Year’s Clubwoman | Si MRS. J. P. RICKS, JR. Edenton Woman's Club at its meeting last week named Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr„ Clubwoman of the Year. She will compete in the district for the Carrie Earn hardt Cup. —(Ricks Photo). N. C. Trade Fair Planned Oct. 12-21 Local Chamber Office Is Prepared To Pro vide Information The North Carolina Trade Fair to take place in the coliseum at Charlotte from October 12-21, 1961, will be the first of its kind in the United States, according to Thomas B. Broughton, assist ant director of the North Caro lina Trade Fair. Contracts for exhibit space are planned to be completed by the end of June. If there are any industries in Chowan County who wish more detailed infor mation on the opportunities to exhibit at this Trade Fair, they should contact the Edenton Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber office has a complete bulletin of information for ex hibitors in kit form. A complete exhibit at the Trade Fair is one of its main purposes, to educate the people of this state, of the nation, an; of the world as to the product: manufactured here and the grea l potential of North Carolina’s re sources for industry. Zackie Harrell Gets Award For Baseball At State College Forty-two varsity athletes and 35 freshmen were awarded sweaters and letters for partici pation in the Spring sports pro gram at North Carolina State! College, according to Athletic Director Roy B. Clogston. Among the freshmen who re ceived awards was Zackie Web ster Harrell of Edenton. ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Parish House. President Elton Forehand re quests a 100 per cent attendance. Richard Hines Explains Policy Os Town’s Assessment Program R. N. Hines, Superintendent of the Electric & Water Depart ment, addressed the Edenton Woman’s Club on the assess ment policy for water and sew age at last week’s meeting. He has also recently addressed the Rotary Club, the Lions Club, the Hospital Auxiliary and other groups on the policy. The result of the talks has been a far greater understand ing of why the necessity for such a program. With the as sessment policy the property re ceiving the improvements pays the major portion of cost, which results in fair and equal treat ment for all property owners. Mr. Hines stated that during FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK I Eligible to Compete For Coveted Carrie Earnhardt Cup In District Mrs. James P. Ricks, Jr., was selected as Clubwoman of the Year at the luncheon meeting of the Edenton Woman's Club Wednesday of last week at the Edenton Restaurant. She will compete in the district for the Carrie Earnhardt Cup. R. N. Hines, Superintendent of Electric & Water Department, spoke to the members about the town assessment program. He explained that with an assess j ment policy that the property receiving the water and sewage improvements for the first time pays a major portion of the costs, which results in fair and equal treatment for all property : owners. ( Warren Twiddv, new president ]of the Edenton PTA, appeared | before the group t-o explain the ; forthcoming school bond ref erendum July 11. Mrs. Louis J Ferguson appeared in behalf of j greater interest in the Teenage Club. Mrs. J. D. Elliott, immediate j past president, reported on the j NCFWC State Convention in j Pinehurst for which District 16 i was hostess Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt, chair j man of the planning committee, innounced that the Confederate monument had been moved from the Court House Green to the area at the foot of Broad Street with no damage to the monu ment. She said that work was progressing as rapidly as possi ble to complete the Confederate plaza. The cancer drive conducted by the Woman’s Club netted $1,336, according to Mrs. N. J. George, -hairman. The budget was ac cepted for the year. Guests at the meeting were Mrs. Louis Ferguson. Mrs. Hi am Mayo. Mrs. Daniel Reaves, Mrs. Murray Byrum and Mrs. Carter Lowell. v denton Schools Get Federal School Money Congressman Herbert C. Bon ier early this week advised The Herald that he had been inform ed that the Edenton public :chools’ application for federal assistance provided for schools n federally affected areas had 'een approved. The tentative entitlement for 'seal year 1961 is SB4B. of which 636 is certified for immediate payment. ! CIVIC calendar] An election to authorize the issuance of 5289,000 school build ing bonds will be held Tuesday, July 11, with polls open from 6:30 A. M. to 6:30 P. M. | A stated communication of : Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & |A. M„ will be held tonight ! (Thursday) at 8 o'clock. Edenton Chapter No. 30, Or der of the Eastern Star, will meet Monday night, June 13, at 8 o'clock. Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the American Legion will meet Tuesday night, June 20, at 8 o'clock. Continued on Page 4—Section 1 the period 1950-60 the water and sewage operation for the town of Edenton operated at a deficit of $375,000. Had the assessment policy been in effect during that i period, he said, the deficit would 1 have been reduced to $259,000. He said, “the Board of Public Works feels that profits creat ed through its operations should I rightfully be used toward pay ment of that portion of the cost of water and sewer extensions not charged to the owners of property receiving the improve ments and benefits.” This use of the money will serve to lower the general tax rate in the wane weWas^an
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