ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVIII. —Number 31.
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Eden ton’s First Go
Kart Race Proves
To Be Successful
Drivers Pleased With
Local Track; Anoth
er Race Is Scheduled
For Sunday, Aug. 13
Despite the sizzling heat Sun
day afternoon, a large crowd of
spectators turned out as> the Go-
Kart track at the former Eden
ton Naval Auxiliary Air Sta
tion to witness the initial Go-
Xart race held in Edenton. The
venture was claimed to be a
distinct success by Edenton Jay
cees, who sponsored the event.
In fact the race was so much
a success and the drivers of
cars were so well impressed
with the local track that Scott
Harrell announced Monday that
another race has been scheduled
for Sunday afternoon, August
13, beginning at 2 o’clock. Many
of the drivers Sunday said the
Edenton track is one of the
best in Eastern North Carolina
and promised to return, Mr.
Harrell also stated that as the
result of Sunday’s races, others
will also participate in the forth
coming race. |
Prior to the races, sr ribbon
cutting ceremony was held ip
front of the judges’ stand with
Mayor John Mitchener cutting'
the ribbon which officially |
opened the Edenton track. As;
a feature of the opening, the'
first race had members of Town 1
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New Books At I
Local Library!
New books recently
at Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary are:
Somerset "Maugham, if’ bio
graphical and Critical study by
Richard A. Cordell.
Sleep—Your Silent Partner in
Mental Health, a new method
of dynamic self-development' by
Margaret Steger.
North Carolina Manual for
1961 issued by Thad Eure, Sec
retary of State, Raleigh.
For Young People
Break-through in Science by
Isaac Asimov, the dramatic his-j
tory of man’s greatest discov
eries.
| The Story of Australia by A..
Grove Day.
Knight’s Fee by Rosemary Sut
i cliff.
The Land of the Chinese
People by Cornelia Spencer.
Quarterback’s Aim by Beman
Lord.
The Song of Hiawatha by
Longfellow.
Cecil Fry Attends
Visual Aid Session
The use of visual aids in edu
cational processes was the- theme,
of the annual workshop in this
area conducted at East Carolina i
College by Mrs. Marguerite V.
Crenshaw, member of the East
Carolina library staff, which
ended Friday, July 28. Films,
displays, and graphic arts were
used and studied.
Represented in the group were
senior and graduate students in
addition to teaching personnel
from North Carolina, Virginia
and Florida.
Among those who attended
the workshop was Cecil W. Fry
of Edefaton.
ASC Farmer Committeemen
Election Will Be Held Soon
. Under the Farmer-Committee
system of program administra
tion, which was originally set
up by Congress over 25 years
ago, ASCS each year conducts
an election, which may be parti
cipated in by aM farmers. At
this annual electron ASC com
mitteemen who will form the
grass roots foundation for the
administration of all of OUT pro-
There are two types of com
jnltteempi-..
THE CHOWAN HERALD
[ Study Water |
Chowan County Commission
ers, Town Councilmen, members
of the Board of Public Works
and Chamber of Commerce
members are scheduled to meet
tonight (Thursday) at 6:30
o'clock for a dinner meeting at
the Edenton Restaurant,
The purpose of the meeting is
to consider a four-year water
resources survey for Chowan
County. Representatives of the
N. C. Department of Water Re
sources will attend the meelimg
to explain the project.
Varsity StiH Leads
In Softball Race
Red Men Close Be
hind By Only One
Full Game
The Varsity Club still leads
the Edenton Softball League by
one game. The Varsity Club
during the past week defeated
the P & Q team 16 to 3 and
the Jaycees 11 to 5. The Var
sity Club lost one .game to the
Red Men 8 to 6. The P & Q
team split in their two games,
losing to the Varsity Club and
defeating the Red Men 21 to 10.
The Jaycees were defeated in
both of their games.
LEAGUE STANDING
W L Pet.
Varsity Club ,10 5 .666
Red Men 9 6 .600
P & Q 7 8 .466
Jaycees 4 11 .266
Kay Biiiieli# Jiitly Evsftis Win
Second Place In State Contest
Kay Bunch, Route 3, Edenton, i
and Judy Evans, Route 1, Eden-1
ton, placed second in the State
Dairy Foods Team Contest with
their demonstration entitled “Ice
Cream Dressed Up.” This con
test was held during State 4-H
Week at State College, Raleigh,
(last week. This was the first
!year these girls participated on
I a state level in the dairy foods
program. Locally, they have
become well known and associ
ated with their demonstration
showing how to make ice cream
and using three dififerent top
pings to complete a sundae dish, j
W atershed Loan
Given Approval
Congressman Herbert Bonner
wired The Herald Wednesday
morning that he had been ad
vised by ihe Department of Ag
riculture that a watershed loan
of $7,229 for the Perquimans
County Drainage Districts No. 4,
located in Chowan County had
been approved.
The loan will help finance
nine miles of drainage channels
affecting 7,025 acres.
ROTARLANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
I at 1 o’clock in the Parish House.
The program will be in charge
of W. B. Rosevear, and Presi
dent Richard Atkinson urges a
100 per cent attendance.
munity committeemen. These
committeemen pjay an important
part in making the farm pro
grams successful. They are
called in to meetings sometimes
jtwice a month in order to for
,'mulate programs and carry out
their many responsibilities.
election of these com
mitteemen will be held soon,
some very important changes
have been made this year. W.
R. Carver, ASCS district field
man, will meet with all county
and community committeemen to
discuss these changes and the
importance of these elections on
mouse o o cwui * •
Edenton, W bounty, North Carolina, Thursday, August 3, 1961.
Go-Karts In Action S*“ denton’s Track Sunday Afternoon
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in picture above will be seen a group of the 30 Go-Karts which racket in Edenton's initial Go
Karl races held on the hack at the former Edenion iWuvai Auxiliary Station property Sunday af
ternoon. The races were sponsored by the Eden lon Junior Chamber ox Commerce, mem e-s of
which ar? very much elated over the success of Ihe venture. Another race has been scheduled to
be held Sunday afternoon, August 13, at 2 o'clock.—-Ricks Photo).
Lions And Jaycees
Tied In Standing
Rotary and Oorvairs
Also Tied In Little
League Race
During the past week of play
the Lions were able to move in
to a tie with the Jaycees for
first place in the Little League.
The Rotary team also moved in
to a tie with the Corvairs for
second.
The Lions won several very
exciting games in gaining a tie
for first place. Quinton Good
win pitched a no-hitter against
the Jaycees, defeating them 9-0.
The Rotary and Lions also play
oonttnuea on Page 6—Section i
i The dairy foods program is an
| activity in the 4-H food prepar
ation project. Kay and Judy
have completed a total of seven
years of food preparation pro
ject work and both girls have
compiled long time t records in
this project, according to Miss
Catherine Aman, assistant home
economics agent.
Judy Evans also placed in the
blue ribbon group in the state
health pageant.
Leon Evans was one of 40
4-H’ers to receive the highest
honor in state 4-H Club work
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Service Forester
Resigns Position
Service Forester David E
Bobbs of the North Carolina Di
vision of Forestry and the Eliz
abeth City District Office has
resigned his position as service
forester effective July 31.
His successor has not been
named as yet but the position
will be filled in the near future.
All forest management aid re
quests may be forwarded to Dis
trict Forester E. W. Looney, Box
516, Elizabeth City, N. C., for ac
tion.
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I 20 Years Ago
j As Found In The Files Os
} The Chowan Herald
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Edenion was named one of six
Concentration Centen for deliv-j
ery of scrap aluminum in 17
counties in.a national campaign!
owing to shortage of aluminum
in the manufacture of airplanes.
For the first time in about six
years a murder wae committed
in Chowan County when Gen
eral Baker, colored, was instant
ly Willed by a blow of an axe
in the hands of James Holley,
also, colored. The murder oc
curred on Wallace Goodwin's
farm in the Green Hell section, i
Miles S. Elliott, In response to
comment in the Heard fc Seen
column, advanced the idea of
planting trees of blooming va
riety as memorials to friends.
He began the idea by trans
planting a dogwood tree in front
Summer Revival At
Center Hill Church
Begins August 13th
Rev. Clyde F. Mellon!
Os Richmond Will Be
Guest Preacher For
Week’s Meetings
Plans for the annual summer!
revival at Center Hill Baptist 1
Church have been announced by j
the pastor, the Rev. Henry V i
Napier. The revival will be- j
gin on Sunday night, August 13,1
and continue through Sunday!
night, -August—2o, .with, .services!
each night during the week at 8j
■o’clock.
The guest preacher for ’ the
meetings will be the Rev. Dr.
Clyde F. Melton, pastor of the!
Calvary Baptist Church, Rich-1
mond, Va. Dr. Melton is a ]
native of North Carolina and at
tended Wake Forest College. I
His home is Albemarle, N. C., I
and he is married and has a j
daughter bnd son. He has held ]
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GI Loans Showing
Marked Increase
GI loan activity in June show
ed a continuing increase, the
Veterans Administration reports.
Appraisal requests totaled 692
in June, compared to 650 in
May. This was 42. or 6 5 per;
cent, above May’s total of 650,
and was the highest in several ■
years.
The largest increase was in j
requests for appraisal of pro- j
posed units 506 received in j
June, compared to 484 in May j
Requests for appraisal of exist j
ing units totaled 186 in June \
compared to 166 in May.
Application for guaranty of ]
home loans totaled 255 in June, j
The total for May was 270. J..
D. Deßamus, Manager, VA Reg
ional Office in Winston-Salem,!
said.
VA starts in June were 276
in North Carolina, up slightly
from May’s total of 271.
( Maj. Mildred Smith Retires From Air Force
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MAJOR MILDRED SMITH
After serving more than 21 years in the U. S. Air Force as a
nurse. Major Mildred Smith, daughter of ’he let* Mr. »-d !*•».
J. N. Smith of Chowan County, recently retired from service. She
was highly commended by her superiors for her outstanding and
dedicated military career. . .
Tight Race In |
Baseball Circuit
i
Two Games Deciding
Factor to Determ
ine Leaders
Rocky Hock defeated Creswell
on Tuesday night by a 4 to 0 j
seoi'ev’ Zaekie Harrell (6 2) went;
the distance for the Orioles,]
throwing a beautiful 4-hitter.
Harrell struck out six while
walking none. Cahoon was the
losing pitcher for Creswell. He
gave up eight hits, struck out
11 and walked four. Rocky
Hock scored all of its run in the
third inning when Jack Evans j
Rocky Hock defeated Colerain .
Tuesday night 5-0. when Frank
lin Hollowell on the mound for
he Orioles pitched a 2-hitter.'
Friday night's game at Chowan
High School will, therefore, de
cide if Rocky Hock or Colerain
wins the league championship.
led off with a walk. Willoughby}
singled, then A1 Bunch came up j
with a two-run double; Chap j
pell singled and then Barnett |
doubled home the other two
runs. Chappell, Willoughby and
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Ay cock Brown Night
At “Lost Colony’’
*
The Lost Colony organization I
lis planning a “Tribute To Ay- j
| cock Brown Night” which will ]
] be held Saturday, August 12.
This year marks the 14th sea-1
] son that Aycock has served the
| great show as publicity and
j news director and his Lost Col
, onv associates feel that such a
i “night” is long overdue. It is
] hoped that as many as possible
of Aycock’s close friends and
associates will be present for the
occasion.
Water Resources
Topic At Meeting
Scheduled Tonight
Group Will Meet at
Edenton Restaurant!
For Dinner Meeting
At 6:30 O’clock
Chowan County may be the
second county in Eastern North!
Carolina to undertake a 4-year!
water resources survey. Only
Martin County has taken this i
forward step to determine the]
extent and value of this great I
natural resource for industry and]
agriculture on a county-wide
basis.
~ meeting is scheduled for
Thursday evening, August 3, at
6:30 o'clock at the Edenton Res
taurant to discuss the advan
tages and costs of such a sur
vey according to Joseph H. Con
ger, Jr., vice-president of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Conger is chairman of the
Water Resources Committee of
the Edenton Chamber which is
sponsoring the study and en
couraging it to be started this
year.
The most interested group at
the dinner meeting will be th •
Chowan County Commissioners
whose judgment it will be b> !
sanction a county-wide water re
sources survey. The survey’
would extend over a period of
4 years in order to check the
geological and chemical aspects
from test wells throughout the
county and the rate-of-flow t
data. A full-time graduate ge-j
ologist would he employed plus
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
R. E. I jearv Resigns Position
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With S, And L. Association
After 41 Years Os Service
' R E, Leary has retired -as
executive vice president of the
Edenton Savings & Loan Asso
ciaition after 41 years service
with the association. He has.
however, been retained as chair
man of the board of directors. j
Mr. Leary on June 10. 1920,
was elected secretary and began
[his duties July 1. 1920. He took
■over his duties at a time when
the association was in mere or
less precarious condition. He
was the fourth secretary to be
[employed within a period of six
months.
The association was organized
|in 1905 and when Mr. Leary be
came secretary the assets weie
] $37,000. When he retired the
association's assets totaled over
PLANS COMPLETED FOR
WITNESSES' ASSEMBLY
j Final plans and assignment of,
j speakers and department heads |
I for the three-dav assembly of,
j Jehovah's Witnesses in Tarboro j
August 11-13 have been an-
I nounced by Roy P. Long, over- 1
| seer for the Edenton congrega- |
tion, Chowan unit.
Long announced that Russel!
I. Weaver, circuit minister sup
ervisor of 15 congregations in
I eastern Carolina and Phillip
i Searcy of Rocky Mount, conven- ■
| tion manager, have named Jo
-1 seph Codespoti and Anthony,
iLee Molchan of Edenton to as
signments.
RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe of Red Men
will meet Monday night, August
7, at 8 o’clock. Edgar Roger
-1 son, sachem, requests a large
turnout of members.
[cmc calendar]
A meeting will be held in the
I Chowan County Court House
, August 8 at 8 P. M., when the
| election of ASC committeemen
will be explained.
Summer revival will be held
at the Center Hill Baptist
Church Sunday night, August 13,
, through Sunday night, August
20th.
Chowan County Commission
ers, Town Councilman and oth
er interested persons will meet
at the Edenton Restaurant on
Thursday evening at 6:30 o,'dock
to consider a water resources
survey in Chowaa County.
Edenton Joyces* will hold a
hamburger roast at Sandy Point
Cool'd, from Page 6—Section 2
$2.50 Per Year In North Carol im
Maj. Mildred Smith
Retires From AF;
Served 21 Years
Jaycees Selling
Advance Tickets
For Aces’ Gaines
Jack Habit Is Named
Chairman of Com
mittee to Raise Early
Funds For School
With the football season
scheduled to open for the Eden
ion Aces Friday night, Septem
ber 1, season tickets are now on
dale. Advance sale of the sea
son tickets this year is in |
charge of the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce and the
Jaycees will be the only outlet'
for these tickets.
Bill Easterling, Jaycee presi
dent, stated early thi3 week that
Jack Habit is serving as chair-j
man of ticket sales and that the l
Jaycees are already soliciting ad-J
vertisements for attractive foot
ball programs. Billy Gardner is
chairman of this committee.
Mr. Easterling also stated that
those who purchased reserved,
seats last season will be given]
the opportunity to secure the]
same seats this year if they acti
in time. The Jaycees will also
sell regular season tickets, which
will in some instances save a
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$3,000,000. so that during his
long and faithful service the as-,
sociation has enjoyed gradual'
growth.
j ‘As a small token of their ap- 1
[predation for Mr. Leary’s abid-1
j ing interest and hard work dur
| ing his long service, the board 1
[of directors presented him a
[watch case. In th° case was a
| picture of a boat, motor and
[trailer which were presented to
him, in the hope that he would
enjoy a season of beneficial
! recreation following his many
] years of service as a virtual
I watchdog for the association.
:He was also highly compli
i mented for his long and faithful |
service over a period of 41
yeais. through fat and lean
periods.
IN ECC PLAY
Rehearsals are under way for
the production by the East Car
. olina College Summer Players
jof Richard Nash’s romantic
I comedy, “The Rainmaker." to be
! given in Greenville on August 9
and 10 and later at Carolina
Beach on seven dates.
The play to be presented in
Greenville in McGinnis Auditor
ium, August 9 and 10. at 8:15
P. M.. is open to the college
! community and the public.
Dates of the production at
] Carolina Beach, under sponsor
ship of the Carolina Beach Play
-1 ers. Inc., are August 18. 19 and
I beginning on August 22 for five
[ consecutive evenings through
1 August 26.
' Two members of the cast are
j Gerald Harrell and Ray Tolley
of Edenton.
Simple Precautions May Avoid
Serious Damage By Hurricanes
Nine hurricanes wrecked ha
voc in North Carolina during
1953-1960.
The hurricane season is here
again. Loss of life and property
may be avoided if a few pre
cautions are taken.
Take these precautions, at first
warning of an approaching hur
ricane:
1. Put loose material and mov
able objects such as garbage
cans and porch and lawn furni
ture where they cannot be
blown against the building or
through a window. Raise and
secure or remove entirely mov
able awnings.
2. In seriously threatened areas
board up windows or put storm
shutters in place, at least on the
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Chowan Native Iligh
! ly Commended FoV
| Long and Faithful
* Service
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Many Edenton friends will be
, interested to learn that Major
j Mildred' E. Smith, chief nurse
for the lyndale USAF Hospital
! in Florida, recently retired after
I more than 21 years of active
I military service.
Major Smith, daughter of the
I late Mr. and Mrs. J N. Smith,
was born in Chowan County and
began nursing at Norfolk Gen
eral Hospital in Norfolk. She
served as a registered nurse be
fore entering the service,
| Major Smith entered the mili
tary service in May of 1940 as
a second lieutenant and later
'was appointed as a regular
| USAF officer in the Nurse
I Corps. During her military ca
reer she served in Japan from
January 1. 1947, to November
30, 1948 and served another
overseas tour in Libya from
July 5, 1956, to January 9, 1958.
In the later years of her service
she served at Langley Air Force
Base in Virginia, Shaw Air
Force Base in South Carolina
and following one of her over
seas tours served at Tyndale
Air Force Base in Florida as
chief nurse of the 4756th USAF
Hospital.
Major Smith has been award
ed the following medals and
ribbons: Air Defense Service
Medal. American Campaign
Medal. World War II Victory
Medal. Army of Occupation
Medal (Japan), National Defense
Service Medal and the Air Force
Longevity Service Award, with
four Oak Leaf Clusters.
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Local Group Plans
To Attend Region
Conference Aug. 7-10
Three Edenton ladies and one
from Elizabeth City are plan
ning to attend the Southeast
Regional Conference of Delta
Kappa Gamma, an international
society for women educators,
which will meet at Grove Park
Inn at Asheville August 7-10.
More than 800 women from ten
southern states have registered
tor the four-day session.
The local group includes Miss
Minnie Hollowed. Miss Mary
Lee Copeland and Miss Lena
Jones of Edenton and Miss Ruth
Hoyle of Elizabeth City
The convention theme is "And
in Today Already Walks Tomor
row.”
Many noted educators havs
been secured for this meeting.
Miss Ola E. Miller, immediate
past internatibna! president, of
Michigan, will use the conven
tion -theme for her keynote ad
dress.
The Founders Banquet will
climax the convention. The in
ternational president. Miss Zora
Ellis of Talladega, Alabama, will
speak on “From These Peaks”.
VFW MEETS TUESDAY
William H. Coffield. Jr., Post
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will meet Tuesday night.
August 8, at 8 o'clock Com
mander Bill Harris is very
anxious to have a large attend
ance.
sides exposed to the most vio
lent winds. Shutters should be
securely fastened several hours
in advance of the expected ar
rival of the storm. They are
difficult to handle in high wind
Use good lumber and attach it
firmly to the building. Make
shift boarding or insecure shut
ters may blow loose and do more
damage than none at all.
3. Garage and other doors
having large exposed areas
should be secured particularly
well.
4. Leave a window partially
open on the side opposite that
from which the wind is coming,
to provide some ventilation and,
may help to prevent wind dam-
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