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vplume XXVlll.—Number 29.
Soil Conservation
■t; \ y ' _
District Completes
Successful Year
392 District Cooperat
ors Received Service
From District Unit
During Fiscal Year
Chowan Unit, Albemarle Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
strict, has completed another suc
cessful fiscal year. Three hun
dred and ninety-two district co
operators received service from
the unit of the district. Seven
? teen new basic conservation farm
plans were prepared and four
plans revised. Standard soil
survey was made of 3,695 acres
and 625 acres were remapped to
standard soil survey.
Two new conservation prac
tices were introduced to coop
erators. One was field diver
sions for control of surface water
and prevention of erosion. This
practice was installed on the
farms of W. E. Bond and Gilliam
Wood. Results to date look very
good.
The other “new” practice is
seeding Hairy Indigo for a sum
mer soil-improving crop as cro
talaria was used a few years
ago. Planting was made on the
farms of Paul Qber, H. F. By
rum, B. F. Bateman, George
Bunch, Jr., and Luther Bunch.
H. F. Byrum reports a good
stand. He says that the Hairy
Indigo plants look like lespedeza
when they first germinate.
Continued on Pag* 2—Section 1
Weldon Hollowell
Declines Probable
; Solicitor Position
Information is to the effect
t that -WeMon HbOmmirrstatiMh
supporter of Governor Terry
Sanford, might be given .an ap
pointment by the Governor as
assistant federal solicitor for the
Eastern District of North Caro
lina. The information has caus
ed considerable interest among
niany of Mr. Hollowell’s friends
in Chowan County.
However, Mr. Hollowell, in a
statement to The Herald, said
he 4 feels that it is his duty to
publicly advise his friends that,
aft*- much consideration, he has
decided to decline the appoint
ment if offered to him.
“I | appreciate the interest in
dicated and assure my friends
that I shall continue to serve
the people of my county with
interest and sincerity and to the
best of my ability,” he said.
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
> Chowan County Commission
en were able to slice seven
cents off the county tax rale,
making it $1.02 for the new fis
cal year.
Chowan County Draft Board
f assigned serial numbers to 53
young men who became 21 years
of age. The Draft Board also
reported the disappearance of
three Negro registrant* whose
names were to be turned over to
the United States District At
torney as delinquents.
Geddes Potter was appointed
sub-chairman of the Lions State
Council which engaged a booth
at the International Lions Con-
Continued on Page 5, Section 1
Alex Kehayes Will Participate
In ’Youth Assembly In Michigan
Alex Kehayes of Edenton, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kehayes,
will be among the 2,000 young
people who participate in the
North American Eumenieal
Youth Assembly on the campus
of the University of Michigan
August 16-23. The aaaemWy—
the mbs* inclusive ever planned
for this continent—is a gathering
o 4 young Christian leaders from
approximately 40 different com
munions (predominantly Prote
f giant and Orthodox) in Canada
Mid the United States.
THE CHOW. N HERALD
1 16 Complete
i Skiing School
Edenton Jaycees last week
completed another ski school
which has been in progress on
Pembroke Creek in front of the
old Fish Hatchery. The school
is considered a success even j
though not as many were en
l rolled as last year. During the
school 16 students were taught
how to ski.
Ray Willoughby was chairman
of the ski school committee for:
the Jaycees and is very appre- j
ciative for the help and coopera- ]
tion of a number of the Jay- i
cees. He also is very appre- {
ciative for boats and skiing ;
equipment which was furnished j
by the Edenton Marina and By
rum Hardware Company. There
were no accidents during the
skiing lessons, which has been
the case with previous schools.
Dog And Bicycle
Licenses Now Due
i
Both Must Be Pur-1
chased On or Before
August 15th
Attention is called to the fact
that dog and bicycle licenses
are now due and are on sale
at the Edenton Police Station
and the Town Office. Bicycle
licenses may be purchased at
the police station and dog li
censes at the Town Office.
The fee for each male dog is
SI.OO gnd $2.00, for each female
dog. The bicycle license is 25
cents.
Town Clerk William Gardner
and Chief of Police George I.
Dail point out that the code of
ordinances requires dog licenses
to be purchased for dogs on or
before August 15. The ordinance
provides for the arrest of any
dog owner who fails to pur
chase a license before that date.
Police will arrest any dog
owner or bi £ -le owner who
does not comply with the law
in purchasing proper licenses.
Edenton Furniture
Dealers Attend Big
High Point Market
T. B. Bunch and J. H. Wool-i
ard of the Colonial Furniture
Company and B. C. Berry and|
Jesse Harrell representing the
Edenton Furniture Company, at
tended the Southern Furniture
and Rug Market held in High
Point last week. The show was
the heart of the greatest con
centration of furniture produc
tion and styling in the world.
Featured at the show were
furniture pieces for use in al
most any room in the house
and designers continue to em
phasize utility.
“The High Point Market. has
i grown to national significance. I
1 Every state and six foreign
i countries were represented this
i year,” says Leo J. Heer, manag :
ing director.
James T. Ryan, executive vice
1 president Southern Furniture
i Manufacturers Association, said,
i “A substantial increase of orders
• 1 has occurred in May over April.
1 An upward climb is under way.”
bly in LauSanne, Switzerland;
last August was the firsti
According to John S. Wopd, .
New York, organizing secretary,
the assembly is being held for
the purpose of sfudy and en-j
counter. The youth will come
together to discuss what it
means to be “Entrusted with the
Message of Reconciliation” ini
“this place and at this moment
in history.” • \
Sponsors of the event are the
youth departments of the World
Council, of Churches and of the
' World Council at Christian Edu
i patinn An You n ff
Edenton, Chowan County, North Ct £ « ta, Thursday, July 20, 1961.
NO PEEKING, NOW!—Students taking examination extend in all directions in a building
in Nice, France. These tests are important to determine who goes on to higher education
Plaque Placed In Cupola House
In Honor Mrs. Inglis Fletcher
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher was signally honored Wednesday af
ternoon about 4:30 o’clock when a beautiful plaque was placed
in the Cupola House.
The plaque, presented on behalf of Town Council and the
Chowan County Commissioners, is in recognition of Mrs.
Fletcher’s great contribution to Edenton and Chowan County
as an author and her interest and cooperation in various ac
tivities having to do with the welfare and progress of the en
tire community.
Present for the ceremony, aside from Mrs. Fletcher, were
Mayor John Mitchener; W. E. Bond, chairman of the County
Commissioners; E. W. Spires, president of the Cupola House
Association; Clerk of Court Tom Shepard, and a few other
friends.
Mrs. Marvin Evans Wins One Os
12 A & P Leadership Awards
At Farm-Home Week In Raleigh
Mrs. Marvin Evans, Route 1,
Edenton, a member of Oak
Grove Home Demonstration
Club, received one of the 12
A&P Leadership Awards Wed
nesday night of last week at
Farm Home Week in Raleigh.
Lloyd Mondy, who is with the
A&P Stores in Charlotte, pre
sented the awards. He stated
recipients of these awards rep
resent the combined leadership
of many Home Demonstration
Club members throughout the
state. He urged all winners to
continue their leadership work.
At the Thursday night pro
gram, Chowan County was rec
ognized as one of the counties
having blue ribbon winning pu
blicity book.
Attending Farm Home Week
were Mrs. B. P. Monds, Tyner,
County Council president and
Tight Games Played
By Little Leaguers
Jaycees Increase Lead
With 13 Victories
And 7 Losses
During the past week a num
ber of very interesting games
were played in the Little Lea
gue. The Jaycees increased
| their lead in the league by win
ning three games and losing
only one. The game they lost
was to the Lions 'by a score of
4-3. The Lions led throughout
the first four innings of the
game 3-0. The Jaycees were |
able to tie the game in the top
r -onlinu«d on Page 4—Section *
Rev. George Holmes
Chaplain At Camp
The Rev. George Holmes, rec
tor of St ' Paul’s Episcopal
Church, is serving as chaplain
.at the Girls’ Camp at Kanuga.l
the Episcopal Conference Center,
near Hendersonville,
j Sixty-one girls who will enter
seventh or eighth grade in the
fall have come from the Caro
linas, Tennessee, Georgia and
| Florida for 12 days of worship,
| religious instruction, sports,
j crafts and dramatics at Kanuga’s
. open-air camp.
The theme of the camp is
“Jesus Makes a Difference” and
| it. will be the aim of the chap
lain and the staff to help this
i work out in the lives of the
girls as they live together in
camp. i
official delegate: Mrs. Marvin .
Evans, Route 1, Edenton, and
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, Edenton. ;
The meeting was opened on -
Tuesday afternoon with annual
State Council meeting of Home
Demonstration Clubs with Mrs.
David Williams, state president,
presiding. A tea Tuesday night
honored Mr. and Mrs. David S.
Weaver, former director of Agri
cultural Extension Service, Ra
leigh, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert 1
W. Shoffner, director of Agricul- j
tural Extension Service, Ra-'
leigh. Classes attended by thej
delegates were Planting and
Care of Your Plants, Sew Your'
Way to Fashion, Acsessories— |
Their Role in a Beautiful Home, I
Tricks to Mix for Magic Meals.
and Tips on Party Favors and j
Party Decorations. The dele
gates returned on Friday.
Atkinson Appoints
Rotary Committees
Richard Atkinson, new presi
dent of the Edenton Rotary
Club, last week announced the
appointment of various commit
tees to serve for the new Rotary
year.
Mr. Atkinson’s appointments
are as follows:
Club Service—Lloyd Bunch, di
rector; attendance, W. B. Rose
vear; classification, George A.
Byrum, James E. Wood and El
ton Forehand; Club Bulletin, Hi
ram Mayo and J. P. Ricks, Jr.;
Fellowship, R. N. Hines: Maga
zine, Philip McMullan; Program,
Dr. Ed Bond; Rotary Informa
| tion, C. W. Overman; sergeant-"
1 at-arms, Frank Holmes.
Community Service Richard
Dixon, director; Boys’ and Girls’
Week, H. A- Campen; Communi
ty Safety, Bruce Jones; Crippled
Children, Dr. W. I. Hart; Rural-
Continued an Page 3—Section i
Center Hill-Cross Roads Fire
Department Elects Directors
The Center Hill-Cross Roads
Fire Department met Monday
'night for its 1 regular business
meeting, which is the third Mon-,
day each month. Several busi
ness matters were taken care
of at the meeting.
Wilbur Privott was put . in|
charge of the committee to feed
the Junior Chamber pf Com
merce next Thursday njight.
Another very important item
taken up was plans mem
bers taking turns of slaying at
;tbe station each ni£itj so that
Pressure Os Water
Reduced To 40 Lbs.
Wednesday, July 26
Curtailed From Sixty .
Pounds Due to In-1
spection of Tank on
Park Avenue
i
According to an announcement
by the Board of Public Works,;
water pressure in Edenton wiilj
be reduced to 40 pounds per
square inch instead of the usual 1
60 pounds on Wednesday, July
26th. 1
Reason for this reduction in I
pressure is taking out of ser-l
vice the elevated tank on Park
Avenue for the purpose of in-1
spection. This lower
will be in effect for approxi
mately 20 hours, after which the
.normal 60 pounds pressure will
be re-established.
; The Board of Public Works
■ directs attention to sprinkler
equipment or other equipment
which is sensitive to pressure
and suggests contacting the
manufacturers of such systems
for advice in connection with
the lower pressure.
Fall Sign-up For
Planting Os Forest
| Trees July 17-31
Means of Preventing
Loss of Much Top
Soil By Wind or Wa
ter Erosion
“The planting of forest trees
on marginal, sloping, or eroded
land provides the best means
available of preventing loss of
topsoil through wind or water
erosion,” says H. O. West, local
office manager for the Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conser
vation Service.
Tree planting is a valued con
servation practice under ASCS’s 1
Agricultural Conservation Pro-
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Special Meeting Os
Town Council Called
Mayor John Mitchener has
called a special meeting of Town
Council which will be held to
-- night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
1 The primary purpose of this
meeting is to again scrutinize
[ the 1961-62 budget and to of
• I ficially adopt it as presented by
I the Finance Committee.
the equipment can get rolling (
much sooner in case of a fire.
Anyone having a cot that they
are not using could surely be
used. Anyone having any items
that could be used in a first
aid kit would also be greatly
appreciated. .
Training sessions will be held
every Monday night to teach
members the Use of the pump
and other equipment of the
trock.
A board of directors was noro-
Coordinator Os John
Birch Society Talks
At Rotary Meeting
Group Was Founded
By Robert Welch, a
Native of Chowan
i County
Arthur Lyon, coordinator in
North Carolina for the John
j Birch Society, was the principal
| speaker at the Rotary Club
| meeting Thursday afternoon.
IHe was introduced bv Jirr>
• Wood, who was a schoolmate of
! Robert Welch, a native of Cho-
I wan County and founder of the
Isoc.ety.
j Mr. Lyon stated that it was
I fit ting to organize a chapter in
! Edenton, the home of many il
■; lustrious patriots and the fact
, that Mr. Welch was born and
spent his early boyhood in
j Chowan County. He pointed
out that the society was found
ed in 1958 arvd named in honor
l of John Birch. Birch was a
i Baptist missionary in China
I until World War 11, when he be
came a captain in the U. S.
i Army. He died two weeks after
the war and in the words of the
jsociety he was murdered by the
j Chinese communists,
i Continued on Page 4—Section 1
5 Chowan 4-H Club Members
To Compete At 4-H Club W eek
State 4-H Club Week will,
be held on State College camp-;
us in Raleigh next week, July
24-29. Judy Evans, Leon Ev
ahs, Kay Bunch, Lester Ray
Copeland and Johnny Winborne
will represent Chowan County
during the week, according to
Miss Catherine Aman, assistant
home economics agent.
1 Judy Evans and Kay Bunch
will compete in the State Dairy
Foods Team Demonstration with
their presentation of “Ice Cream
Dressed Up.” on Tuesday after-,
noon.
On Wednesday afternoon, Les
ter Ray Copeland will compete
in the State Poultry Barbecue
Demonstration with his “Bar-,
becuing Chickens for Fun and
Profit".
Leon and Judy Evans will
represent Chowan in the State
Rocky Hock Shoved I
Out Os First Place j
In Baseball League!
Colerain Wins Two In'
Succession Over Ori
oles To Go Into the 1
League Lead
Colerain defeated Rocky Hock
by a 9-2 score at Colerain Tues-. 1
day night. Spivey did the pitch- j i
ing for Colerain, giving up only]'
three hits and striking out sev- ,
j en. Hollowell was the losing 1
pitcher for Rocky Hock, giving
up five hits, walking five and
striking out 15 in the seven
innings he worked. ]
Castelloe led the Colerain hit- 1
. ting with three hits while
Bunch had two. Lane, Bunch
and Morris were the hitters for
Rocky Hock.
On Friday night Colerain de-:
seated the Orioles 10 to I.}
Rhea did the mound work for
Colerain. giving up seven hits
I and striking out nine. Harrell
was the losing pitcher, giving
up 13 hits and striking out nine.
Rhea and Castelloe led the
Colerain hitting with a home run 1
each while A1 Bunch had a home!
, run for Rocky Hock.
1 STANDING OF TEAMS
W L Pet.
;■Colerain 7 3 .700
Rocky Hock 6 4 .600
Creswell 4 5 .444
1 Aulander 2 7 .222
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.
i F. Downum, master of the lodge,
urges all members to attend and
extends a cordial invitation to
visiting Masons. i
$2.50 Per Year In North Caron/* 4 *
Chowan Lacks S7O
Os Quota To Move
lUSS North Carolina
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District Winner :
r ■- : !
I
HVjnß
I Lester Ray Ccpeland of Ty
ner is the Eastern District win
ner in «he Poultry Barbecue
Demonstration and will compete
in the stale contest next week.
—(Richs Photos)
, Health Pageant on Thursday
night.
! In addition to the above ac
tivities. Chowan 4-H’ers will at-j
tend four classes held daily:-
, Teen-age Nutrition: The Com
munity 4-H Club; Citizenship;
and Growth Opportunities in
• 4-H.
Participation in the week’s
| program is a high point in any
i 4-tPer's There wilj be
’ I about. 1.50 ft 4-H'ers attending
i State Club Week from through
out North Carolina this year.
, Agents and 4-H'ers will experi
ence a week filled with various
activities from early morning
- breakfast through the evening
- program.
| Any of the classes or other
activity sessions are open to
, 4-H’ers and visitors who want
to attend just for one day in
- stead of the entire week.
Legion Post Starts
An Intensive 1962
Membership Drive
All Eligible War Vet
erans Invited to Join
And Participate In
Program
With the arrival of its mem- ]
bership cards for 1962. the en- ; !
rollment drive of Ed Bond Post
No. 40 of the American Legion
gained momentum this week.j
Commander Robert C. Powell]
reported. Ed Bond Post is join-1
ing 17,000 American Lggion'.
Posts throughout the nation and
several overseas countries and.
territories in the world’s largest l
annual membership enrollment;
campaign undertaken by a vet-1
erans organization.
“In order to devote as much!
I time as possible to our com-:
| Continued ..n Pane 3— Section i I
Lester Ray Copeland Winner In
Eastern District Demonstration
i Lester Ray Copeland of Tyner
i won the Eastern District Poui-
I try Barbecue demonstration with
! his presentation on “Barbecuing
Chickens for Fun and Profit.”
This is the first year for Les
! ter Ray in the demonstration
activity and he did an out
-1 standing job based on his ex
perience. Lester Ray knows ;
poutry business from the chick
j stage to the cooking details. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester!
i Copeland, deserve credit in en-i
, eoimaging and coaching him with I
' his winning demonstration.
The highlights of “Barbecuing!
Chickens for Fun and Profit”!
, show the correct way to start
ia fire, the preparation and re-1
CANCER
tWITfI A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
20 of North Carolina’s
| 100 Counties Have
Reached Their Goals
j In Campaign
Governor Terry Sanford has
announced that 20 of North Car
olina's 100 counties have reach
! c.d their goals in the statewide
j drive to raise $250,000 to pre
serve the U.S.S. North Caro
lina.
The Governor congratulated
the County Admirals who are in
charge of the drives for funds
and announced that a total or
•5153.000 is now in the bank.
He expressed hope that all
i counties would "get up a full
head of steam" and achieve
their quotas so that the famous
battle wagon may he established
as a memorial to the Tar Heel
men and women who served in
World War 11.
Governor Sanford noted that
j Surry, Martin, New Hanover,
' Bladen, Pender and Anson coun
ties have achieved their goals
•j by more than 200%,
1 The Governor gave approval
to the recent action by the
i North Carolina Battleship Com
mission, which is calling for bids
for dredging at the site of the
Continued on Paue 3—Section 1
Wreck Causes Damage
To Car And Virginia
Fork Service Center
An automobile accident and
; fire occurred shortly after 1
i i o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the
| Virginia Fork Service Center
; resulting in the hospitalization
, of a woman and considerable
? iaiyiage to an automobile'- a d
j the service station.
The accident occurred when a
1961 Ford Falcon driven by a
. Mrs. Gossweiler of Philadelphia
; struck a gas pump. Mrs. Har
r riet Gerfet of New Jersey, own
,ior of the car and riding with
Mrs. Gossweiler. was taken to
• Chowan Hospital, where it ..as
, learned she suffered lacerations
►, of the head and contusion of the
. larynx.
j According to Highway Patrol
- man D. O. Williams, who in
vestigated the accident, Mrs.
Gossweiler turned the car to
; miss a hole and apparently ac-
I ; cidentallv stepped on the accel
erator which speeded the car
1 into the gas pump, causing gaso
line to be sprayed on the Ser-
I vice station which subsequently
I ignited.
Edenton firemen were called
and saved what might have been
a total loss.
I Damage to the station was es
l'timated at about SI,OOO and ear
damage was estimated at about
51.200.
| civic calendar]
A meeting will be held to
night (Thursday) at 7 o'clock at
the Edenton Restaurant to pre
sent the goals and aims of the
John Birch Society.
Town Council will hold a spe
cial meeting tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o'clock in the Municipal
Building.
Fall sign-up for forest tree
planting will be in operation
July 17 through July 31.
Dog and bicycle licenses must
Continued on Page 2—Section l
' cipe of the sauce, and the actual
• cooking of a chicken.
1 Lester Ray’s own barbecue
> sauce recipe follows, broken
down for various size groups:
■ Use chickens weighing 2 Vfc lbs.
i each. Sauce (for 2Vi chickens
■ or 5 servings-:
*i cup tomato juice
sj 1 cup vinegar
Vi lb. butter or margarine
; 4 teaspoons salt
■! 1 tablespoon ground red pepper
■ j Sauce (for 75 chickens or 150
i! servings):
3 quarts tomato juice
! 6 quarts vinegar
’I 6 lhs. butter or margarine
t ! \ lb. salt ;
■ I 8 ozs. ground red pepper