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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXVIII.—-Number 33. Arrangements Are Made To Continue Hotel In Edenton County Commissioners Sign Lease to Haugh ton Ehringhaus For Indefinite Period According’ to action taken by j the Chowan County Commis sioners at a special meeting Fri day morning, operation of Hotel Joseph Hewes will continue for an indefinite time. i f The Commissioners success fully negotiated with Haughton Ehringhaus, who has agreed to operate the hotel. Mr. Ehring haus stated that continuation of the operation is largely due to the efforts of H, A. Campen and Henry Quinn, who secured 10 Edenton merchants who agreed •to underwrite the purchase of the hotel furnishings at a cost of $2,500. They stated that! more merchants would have joined in underwriting the pur chase. 1 Mr. Ehringhaus, under the! terms of the lease, will have ac cess to all of the hotel building except that portion used by the county for various office spaces. It is also agreed that if and when additional space is needed to provide county offices, Mr. Ehringhaus will at once turn it over to the county. , At present the hotel house* offices for Sheriff Earl Goodwin, Tax Supervisor W. P. Jones, the Chamber of Commerce and the district Soil Conservation office, which moved to Edenton from Greenville. It is also proposed to move the Welfare Department, Health Department and Chowan Courity school offices to the ho tel - %. i Mr. Ehrlbghatis has operated j the hotel since the property was w purchased by the County Com missioners about a year ago, and ’ a great deal of sentiment exists! in Edenton that it would be next to a crime to abandon hotel fa cilities in Edenton. ] At Friday’s meeting of the Commissioners, W. N. Spruill, district engineer for the State. Highway Commission and High-! way Commissioner Gilliam Wood ! were present to consider with! 1 the Commissioners secondary road work in Chowan County. I 20 Years Agol > C7 j As Found In The Files Os | The Chowan Herald V Reason for rejoicing in Eden ton resulted when conspicuous detour signs were removed at Broad and Church Streets at the intersection of Route 17 and the Albemarle Sound bridge road a few miles from Edenton as well as a large sign on North Broad Street calling attention to ‘ a detour sign a few blocks furth er. The detour signs were caus ed by washing away and repair ing just this side of William ston. After wrestling with figures until after 1 o'clock in the . morning. Town Council set a tax rate of SS cent*V which was a re duction of five cents. Extreme carelessness on the Continued on Page 2. Section 1 Hospital Auxiliary Enrolls 310 In Recent Membership Drive Mrs. Richard Elliott, president of the Chowan Hospital Auxili ary, has announced that the re cent membership drive netted a total membership of 310. . The next meeting of the Aux iliary is scheduled to be held the third Friday in September and j officials of the organization an ticipate another successful year. Members enrolled during the recent drive were as follows: Mrs. Bernice Ivey, Mrs. Worth Layton, Mrs. Ed Hare, Mrs. .Ralph Williams, Mrs. Martha Ward, Mrs. Lloyd Bi inch, Mrs. j H. C. Goodwin, Mrs. Lee Small, < Goodwin, Mrs- WjUace | THE CHOWAN HERALD Service Officer] - •..¥ • - -■ • IsEpp& f... Jlllf x fe, v'.-x BEN ALLEN In the addition of a forest ser vice officer to their farm de- I partmeni staff, Peeples Bank & I Trust Company has added Ben Allen. \Vilbur Privott, jr. Awarded Ford Foundation Fellowship Wilbur J. Privott, Jr., of Ty ner has recently received a Ford Foundation fellowship which will enable him to study full-time during the coming year toward his doctoral degree in chemical engineering at North Carolina State College. Privott received his B. S. de gree tn chemical engineering from North Carolina State Col lege. He has received the “Out-i standing Snfbotnore, Award” of the American institute of Chem ical Engineers, and the “Senior ROTARIANS MEET TODAY~*' Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish House.! The program will be in charge! of J. P. Ricks, Sr., and Presi- j dent Richard .Atkinson urges a ,100% attendance. j Revival Speaker ]| §! ** ■§ REV. CARL HART j Revival services will begin at, Ballard's Bridge Baptist Church] Sunday, August 20, and con-' tinue through Sunday, August ] 27. The pastor of the church, 1 the Rev. Carl Hart, will be the speaker for the meetings. Mrs. W. H. Winborne, Mrs. A. S. Bush, Mrs. Thomas Asbell, ■ Mrs. M. T. Barrington, Mrs.; Gladys Smith, Mrs. M. W. Jack- ' son, Mrs. C. W.' Overman, Mrs. J. D. Swindell, Mrs. T. B. Wil liford, Mrs. T. W. Jones, Mrs. |L. E. Bunch, Mrs. L. E. Daven port, Mrs. Jesse Harrell, Mrs. Charles Swanner, Mrs. John M. Elliott, MrS. W. J. Berryman, Mrs. John Harrell, Mrs. Jimmy Partin, Mrs. M. A. Hughes, Mrs. R. E. Forehand, Jr., - Mrs. Inez Moraii, Mrs. Joe Conger, Sr., Mrs. A. M. Day, Mrs. W. S. El liott,- Mrs. J. N. Elliott, Mrs. G. E. Cullipher, Mrs. W. A. Everett, j Mrs. R. F. Elliott, Mrs. Clarenoe White, Mrs. H. T. Layton, Mrs. Laura Gopdwin. Mrs. Walter Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 17, 1961. \ ress Made Fori l Access Area iO 4 rowan River l Wildlife Option Taken For 5-Acre Tract of Land at Northeast ! End of Bridge 1 A letter from Rod Amundson of the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission to R. Elton Fore hand, chairman of the Recrea tion Committee of the Edenton Chamber of Commerce, indicates water sports enthusiasts will 1 shortly have a new, state-main tained boat access area on the Chowan River. Amundson said an option has been taken to purchase the ne cessary land. He expects work to begin as soon as routine ap proval is received by the De partment of Administration as the necessary funds are already set up in the current budget. The new river access area will be at the northeast end of the Chowan River Bridge, U. S. 17 South. It is estimated 25,000 cubic yards of fill will be need ed in the 5-acre tract and that construction will take about 2 months. Highest Scholastic Award” from Tau Beta Pi. He has co-author ed the winning student research paper in a contest sponsored by the Southeastern Region of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Privott is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi. and Phi Eta Sigma. The fellowship winner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur J. Privott;, Route I, Tyner. He is married to the former Marjorie Harrell of Edenton. fiteOfßir Selling Magazines Group Making Effort To Raise Money For Band . Beginning today (Thursday) ■the John A. Holmes High School Band members will begin sell ing magazines to help raise funds to support the band this year. For the past several years the junior class had these sales, but this year Superintendent Hiram J. Mayo has given the sale of | these magazines to the band. j Band members will begin their j calls today (Thursday) and con tinue through Friday, September 1. Herbert Hollowelll, president of the Band Parents Association, asks the support of all in help ing, to have a band of which the entire community may be justly • proud. Chief Police Dail Hospital Patient _______ / Frie'nds of Chief of Police George I. Dail will regret to I learn that he suffered a severe heart attack in Chowan Hos pital Tuesday night. Mr. Dail has t%en a hospital patient for about a week, more or less for a rest, but his condition was not so encouraging following the at tack Tuesday night. i - - ■ ... i .1 j MASONS MEET TONIGHT Dr. A. F. Downum, master of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., announces that a stated communication of the lodge will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. All members are es pecially urged to. attend and visiting Masons are cordially in vited. RED MEN MEETING Chowan Tribe No. 13, Improv ed Order of Red Men, wiH meet Monday night, August 31, at 8 o’clock. Edgar Rogerson, sa chem, urges a large attendance. VFW MEETS TUESDAY William H. CoffieM, Jr., Post tNi 0280, Veterans of Foreign ■ Wars will meet TuMdav niakt illegally practicing law in Washington, D.C., pulls a no-head act before cameramen. Three of his former clients sit in death row. Forest Service Officer Is Added By Peoples Bank & Trust Co. Something new in hank farm service is being offered in east ern North Carolina. Peoples Bank and Trust Company of Rocky Mount announces the ad dition of a forest service officer to their farm department staff, whose services will be available to landowners in all of the coun ties served by the bank. Ben Allen, a veteran of twelve years experience with the N. C. For est Service and with Union Bag Camp Paper Corporation, is Peo ples’ new forest service officer. "We felt that there is an in creasing need to give greater emphasis to the value of our forest resources in eastern North Carolina,” says W. W. Shaw, president of Peoples Bank and Trust Company. “We feel that we are fortunate in securing the services of Ben Allen, and that he can be of great value to land owners in our area in the con servation of timber resources and in the marketing of their Barbara Layton Will Represent Edenton In Good Neighbor Days Miss Barbara Elizabeth Lay ton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Layton, has been select ed to represent Edenton at Good Neighbor Days to be observed at Norfolk and Portsmouth Friday and Saturday. August 18 and 19. She, together with 15 other, young ladies in the area, will 1 be special guests of the Good Neighbor Day Committee, with| a very interesting program ar- ; ranged for their entertainment J The group will visit NATO head- i quarters, the Naval Base, a trip on board an aircraft carrier and through the Botanical Gardens, ] a boat tour of the Norfolk and Rocky Hock Wins League Semi-finals | Orioles Take Measure Os Creswell 5-4 In Deciding Game Rocky Hock defeated Creswell Thursday night 5-4 to win the semi-finals in the Roanoke-Cho wan League. Franklin Hollowell did the mound work for Rocky Hock, allowing four hits and striking out 14. Creswell led in the game 3-0 until the seventh inning, when Zackie Harrell hit a pinch hit triple and scored on Ashley’s single. Rocky Hock added two runs in the eighth and finally won the game in the last half of the 'ninth inning. Tark ington, did the mound work for Creswell, giving up 11 hits and Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Chowan Gets $27,946 For Intangible Taxes Allen Paschal, executive secre tary of the North Carolina Board of Assessment, has announced that checks totaling $9,475,021 wifi be distributed to North' Carolina counties and munici palities as their share of intan gible taxes collected by the state for the past fiscal year. Mr. Paschal stated that the largest amount. $1,299,638 win go to Mecklenburg County and _ the smallest, $2,298 to Tjurell Coun- Chowan County’s share of fee 946. rY timber. We invite landowners to ! use Ben wherever they have need for a forest consultant.” Allen is a native of Raleigh and a graduate of Hugh Morson High School and N. C. State College with a degree in for i estry. He has taken special forestry courses at Duke Univer-! sity and at the University of Georgia. • He is married to the former Evelyn Reins Jones of Wake County and they reside on Benvenue Road in Rocky Mount. They have no children. In addition to the forestry work he will do in connection with trust properties handled by the bank, Allen’s services will be available on an advisory basis free to any landowner in Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Warren, Vance, Franklin, Chowan, Per quimans, and parts of Wilson, Pitt, Johnston and Wake coun-i ties. For estimating, marking! and selling timber, there will be a minimum charge for the ser vice. • Portsmouth harbor and other ac .' tivities. . The girls will be escorted by I seniors from the Norfolk Col lege of William and Mary and will be special guests at a din ' ( ner and dance party. Mildred • Alexander has arranged to have 'l a special committee from the Women’s Division of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce to act las chaperones. j Miss Layton is a student at John A. Holmes High School, ! where she has been very active in school affairs. She is a mem ber of the Monogram Club, the j Glee Club and is a majorette and cheerleader. Over 350 Attend Go-Kart Races Next Race Scheduled For Sunday After noon, Aug. 27 In the neighborhood of 350 people attended the Go-Kart races held on the Edenton track Sunday afternoon. A feature of the races was a new track rec ord established by Gene Ashley who was driving a twine engine kart. Bill Easterling, president of the Edenton Jaycees, sponsors of the races, has announced that another race has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon, August 27. Winners Sunday afternoon were: Continued on Png# 4—Section 1 Legionnaires Begin Membership Drive The 1962 membership cam paign of Ed Bond Post No. 40 1 of the American Legion will be ■ under the direction of a three man committee, according to Post Commander Robert Powell, when he announced post com mittee appointments for fee coining year. The membership committee will have as its chairman Alex ander Deßlois, together with R. E. Leary and Troy Toppin. This committee will embark immediately on a drive to sign up all eligible veterans in Cho- Revival Begins At Macedonia Baptist Church August 21 Rev. W. E. Pope of Fayetteville Is Sched uled to Be Visiting Evangelist Revival services will begin at Macedonia Baptist Church Mon day evening, August 21, at 8 o’clock. The Rev. W. E. Pope will be bringing God’s message to the people in each of these services and Woodrow Lowe will be in charge of the music. There will be good congregational sing ling at each service and also special music by the choirs of the church. The services will continue through Sunday morn ing. August 27. Mr. Pope is pastor of Mount ' Gilead Baptist Church of Fay etteville, N. C., having been there since September, 1955. He is a native of Clinton, N. C., and has held several pastorates’ ,in the state before going to Fayetteville. Mr. Pope may be I remembered by some people in this area as having been pastor of the Columbia Baptist Church from 1952 to 1954. He conies here with plenty of experience in revival work and people of this area are urged to attend these services. Children Registered Tuesday, August 22 For Entering School All children who will enter the first grade for the first I time this year, may register in I Principal Ernest Swain’s office in the Edenton Elementary School on Tuesday, August 22. between the hours and 9 and 12 A. M.. and 2 to 4 P. M Ch !- dren who were not enrolled in (the Edenton Elementary School I last year in grades two through six will also register. It. will be necessary for the first grade children to bring at., time of registration a certificate showing that they have had j three polio shots and have been] I immunized against diphtheria.; | tetanus, whooping cough, and smallpox. Parents are request led to remember that it will be impossible to assign children t<> a classroom without this certifi cate. ,$39,780 Earmarked For Secondary Roads In Chowan County Allocation of $18,000,000 in secondary road funds for road work in the state’s 100 counties was released last week, follow ing last Thursday’s Highway Commission meeting when the roads body approved allocating! i the money on the basis of the number of unpaved secondary ] j road miles in each county. Thursday’s action actually in volved allocation of $11.674.540 since the Commission had pre- i viously distributed $6,325,460 among the various counties, us- ! ing the same unpaved mileage ;j formula. Commission officials stressed the fact that additional funds will become available for second-] ary road work later during the 1961-62 fiscal year. Governor' Sanford announced at last week's news conference that an unused! surplus of $7,000,000 will be ap plied to secondary road im provements through the Stale. Distribution of the $7,000,000 will be made at a later date. In last week’s allocation $39.- 780 was earmarked for second ary road work in Chowan County. Revival At Ballard’s Bridge Starts Aug. 20 Revival services will begin at] Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church i Sunday, August 20 and continue! through Sunday, August 27. The speaker for the revival will be die pastpr of the church., the Rev. Carl Hart. Services. will begin each night during the! week at 8 o’clock and Mr. Hart' states that the nursery will be i open each night The public is cordially invit- ! ed to attend any or aU of the $2.50 Per Tear In North Carolina Home Ec Teachers of Albemarle Area Meet In Edenton Given Fellowship ji Kpgp ■ JFI WILBUR J. PRIVOTT Announcement was made late last week that Wilbur J. Privott, Jr., sen cf Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur J. Privott of Tyner has received a Ford Foundation Fellowship. The Fellowship will enable him to study full time during the coming year al N. C. State Col lege. Wheat Referendum Scheduled Be Held Thursday, Aug. 24 Two-thirds of Vote Is Necessary Before the Quotas Will Go Into Effect Wheat growers will decide on Thursday, August. 24, whether of not. they want marketing quotas for their 1962 wheat crop. Any farmer who planted more than 13.5 acres of wheat in at least one of the years 1959. 1960, or 1961 is eligible to vote in the referendum,-., says County Agent C. W. Overman and he urges every eligible farmer to vote. Two-thirds of these vot ers must approve before quotas i go into effect important points to consider, are: The wheat stabilization pro-. Continued on Page 4—Section ~ y j Good Neighbor - - jk Jk HI BARBARA LAYTON Representing Edenton in Good Neighbor Days in Norfolk and Portsmouth the latter part of this week will be Miss Barbara Elizabeth Layton, daughter oi| Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Layton. > Ivy Lowe Is Named To National mi Teen Board By Farm Journal Miss Ivy Lowe, 12, will serve an Farm Journal magazine’s ; Teen Board for the coming l school year, according to Ger- ! | trude Dieken. Women’s Editor of ! the Philadelphia publication. ' Miss Lowe is the daughter of ] ! Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Lowe,! i Rt. 3. Edenton. j, She is one of the 100 out ! standing teenage girls from all ( j over the country chosen for their | leadership in rural activities, in-' ■ ' eluding 4-H Club and Future • Homemakers work. Their job is | to act as a sounding board for < ' Farm Journal’s Teen Editor, ! i “Polly.” reporting on whet’s newj< > in their schools and comm uni-i1 v FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK ■* . Mrs. Edna Reaves Is Elected as President; Plan a Professional Study Program Home Economics teachers of the Albemarle area met in the John A. Holmes High School in Edenton on August 10 with Mrs. Edna Reaves and Mrs. Loraine Rogerson as hostesses. The pur pose of this all-day meeting was to work on a professional study program for the coming year. This group wilj meet once a month in various schools and will discuss the following topics: September: "Future Homemak ers of America Organization.” October: ‘Civil Defense”. November: “New Trends in Teaching in the Areas of C.loth : ng. Home Nursing, and Fami ly Relationships”. December: “Adult Education.” January; “Opportunities and Training for Employment in tha Field of Practical Nursing.” February: “Housing”—Safety. March: “Techniques in Teach ing Housing". April: "Evaluation”. The group divided into small groups and will work in three workshops throughout the year. The following slate of officers were elected: “President. Mrs. Edna Reaves, John A. Holmes High School; vice president, Mrs. Vivian Hughes, Weeksville High School; secretary-treasurer. Miss Day Howell, Manteo High School; re porter. Mrs. Frances E. Warren. Camden County High School; program chairman, Mrs. Ra,mona Wilson, Knapp High School; Fu ture Homemakers of America Advisor, Miss Carolyn Brinkley. Plymouth Hi,gh School. Teachers who attended wars as follows: Miss Frances Newby, Perquimans High School; Mrs. Helen Lara bee. Central High School; Mrs, Ramona Wilson, Knapp High School; Mrs. Fran ces E. Warren. Camden County High School; Mrs. Loraine Rog erson. Chqwan High School; Mrs. Mary Ann Combs, Columbia High School: Mrs. Lucy Kittrell, Sun bUry High School; Mrs. Vivian Hughes, Weeksville High School; Mrs. Edna Reaves, John A. Holmes High School; Mrs. Eve lyn Willey. Gatesville High School: Miss Day Howell. Man teo High School, and Mrs. Mabel Lacy Hall. District. Supervisor. East Carolina College. During the week of July 31- August. 4. the teachers of this area attended the Home Eco nomics Conference in Greens boro. I CIVIFcAIJEN?)AR ] Edenton Jaycees will sponsor another Go-Kart race on the lo cal track Sunday afternoon, August 27. Revival services will begin at Macedonia Baptist Church Mon day, August 21, and continue through Sunday morning, August 27. Services will begin each night at 8 o’clock. Edenton Lions Club will meet Monday night. August 21. at the Edenton Restaurant at 7 o'clock. A stated communication ot Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. 8c A. M„ will be held tonight | (Thursday) at 8 o'clock. Family Night will be observed ! Continued on Page 3—Section I ties, and what teenagers are do ing and thinking about. Teen Board members frequent * ly are featured in the magazine. The September issue in a story ] “How a Girl Can Get the Most ! Out of High School” Farm Jour ! nal prints some of the girls’ an j swers that helped them earn po sitions on Teen Board. Their ( thoughts are quoted in the mag azine, which has a national read ' ership of more than three bul lion subscribing families. Miss Lowe is president-elect of her class for 1961-d2, and has served as president of the Stu dent Council for the past year. She is a member of 4-H.