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ONLY NEWSPAPER PVBUSH ED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume AXVIIL---Number 34. Councilmen Agree To Call An Election For Sewage Bonds $543,000 Is Sought to Construct a Sewage Disposal Plant for Pollution Abatement Meeting jointly Thursday night with the Board of Public Works, Town Councilmen adopted a recommendation presented by the. Board of Public Works call ing for a bond election for 1 $543,000. The money, if the election is carried, will be used for the construction of a sewage disposal plant and thus carry out pollution abatement as directed ' by the 'State Stream Sanitation Commission. It was a> rather lengthy meet- j ing during which Tcm Byrum, chairman of the Board of Pub lic Works, by the use of charts, explained in detail the work re quired to be done by the Sani tation Commission, as well as sewer extensions when funds are made available. The $543,000 bond issue will take care only of the present sewage system, so that dumping raw sewage into local waters can be eliminated. A previous bond election for pollution abatement was defeat ed by 53 votes, so that members of Town Council and Board of Public Works are hopeful that | the next election will be carried, i Following the defeat of the first election, the Town of Eden ton Was given an extension With the provision that a time sche dule be set up which provided for an election in November and that construction would be started by June, 1962 and the project completed by the fall of 1963. All necessary information has 1 keen forwarded to Reed, Hoyt, Washburn & McCarthy, bond, attorneys iii- Hrw Yorke r who k will handle the ’/legal require t ments of the election before the actual date of the .election is announced. Enlistment Limited In National Guard First Sgt. John H. Asbell, Jr., of the local National Guard Unit states that the unit has received unofficial information that after September Ist this year, until furtrier notice, men without prior service will »ot be permitted to take advantage of the 6-month active duty program offered by the National Guard unless they are under 20 years of age. This means that all men who will be past their 20th birthday on September Ist this year will have no choice but to volunteer for three or four years, or to accept the draft which .is for two years active duty. Capt. Richard T. Duke urges all eligible young men who would like to serve with their local National Guard unit, and who have personal plans which can be better accomplished by being away from home for only six months instead of from two to four years, to contact the Na tional Guard armory at the earli est possible time. The National Guard is, at present, authorized to enlist more men, and priority will be given those men who could not be enlisted after Sep-j tember Ist under this new rul-| ing. Mr. Asbell will also be available after normal working hours at 2061. JOINS U. S. NAVY Linwood Lee, son of Mrs. Leon Ange and the late Arthur Lee, has recently joined the Navy and is now stationed at Great Lakes, lIL 1 Dr. Cliff W. Pittman Succeeds; Dr. Busey As Laboratory Head ■ With the resignation of Dr. M. Busey as director of the Chowan Diagnostic Laboratory of the veterinary division of the State Department of Agriculture, Dr. Cliff W. Pittman has been to succeed Dr. Busey. Dr. Busey has been Awarded a three-year scholarship by the ifetfonal Institute of Health at Colorado State University. .Dr. Pittman of Jessup, Ga„ is . ■S’-V.as; - '.-ri:--. >/• w THE CHOWAN HERALD Deanna HolloweH GraduateAtWatts School Os Nursing Graduation Exercises For 42 Graduates Held In Durham Fri day Night Miss Deanna Hollowell of Edenton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollowell, was among the 42 student nurses receiving their diplomas and graduate pins Friday night at graduation exer cises of the Watts Hospital School of Nursing which were held at the Yates Baptist Church Continued on Page 3. Section 1 Rocky Hock Defeats Colerain To Win League Championship The Rocky Hock Orioles be came the Roanoke-Chowan Lea gue champions this week when they defeated Colerain 3 out of I the first 4 games of a series, j Rocky Hock won the first game by a 7 to 0 score when Frank lin Hollowell pitched a 2-hit shutout. Hollowell struck out 16 men and was never in trouble as he went the distance. Thorrias Rhea was the losing pitcher for Colerain. Marvin Ashley and Murray Nixon had two hits each for Rocky Hock while Askew had the two hits for Colerain. ! On Tuesday night Colerain , bounced back to defeat the Ori oles by a score of 7 to 4. Spi- X£y was the winding pitcher, giving up. only 4 hits and‘strik ing out 11. Ted Chappell was the losing pitcher for Rocky Hock, giving up 6 hits and strik Revival Services i 1 At Bethel Church j Aug. 27 To Sept. 3 Rev. Hoyle B. Alex ander of Gaffney, S. C. Will Be Visiting! ' Evangelist The Rev. A. B. Hammett, pas tor of the Bethel Baptist! Church, announces that revival j services will be held at the church beginning Sunday, Au gust 27 and continuing through Sunday, September 3. ( Services will begin each even ing at 7:45 o’clock and there will be four morning services fori those who are unable to attend the evening services. These ‘ morning services will be. held* (Tuesday through Friday at 10:30 ! o’clock. j Guest minister for the revival meetings will be the Rev. Hoyle B. Alexander, pastor of the West.; End Baptist Church at Gaffrey, j I South Carolina. ! I The public is cordially invited to attend any or all of the ser vices. POCAHONTAS MEETING Chowanoke Council No. 54, Degree of Pocahontas, will meeti tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock., Mrs. Betsy Jackson, Pocahontas, j is very anxious to have every ‘ member present. \ J sity and has been in practice 18 years. In addition to operat-- ing his own hog farm, .he has had considerable swine medical practice... He is a past president of East; Georgia Veterinary Medical As-; sociation and a former director of Jessup-Wayne County Live stock Association. In Jessup he was a member of Kiwanis Club, Chamber of; Commerce and Masonic Order. Ha- is Methodist. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thux bj? August 24, 1961. V' ..\ St _ I W j » . ■gjr jp'jfl Home Demonstration Club members in Chovaa seem to be .n,e;ested in tne copper i ooling Mrs. Anne Jordan of Tyner Route 1 has been doing. From left to right are Mrs. Bernice | -angley, Tyner; Mrs. Evelyn Harmon, Edenton; Mrs. Fred Bunch, Edentcn, and Mrs. Jordan. „ ing out 14. Carter had 3 hits for the winners while Ray Wil loughby had 2 for the losers. | On Wednesday night the Ori oles whipped the Colerain squad bv a 11 to 4 score. Zackie Har rSl went the distance for Rocky Hock, giving up only 6 hits and striking out 12 men. Joyner was | the losing pitcher, giving up 14 hits and striking out 6. A1 Bunch had 3 hits for Rocky Hock while Briggs, Ashley, J. Evans and W. Evans had 2 each.! Rocky Hock's biggest hit came in the third inning when Wal lace Evans hit a bases loaded triple. The Rocky Hock club wrapped up the series Friday night when they 1 defeated Colerain by a score of 4 to 1. Franklin Hol lowell came back to pitch this Continued on Page 4 —Section 1 Sale Os Savings j Bonds In Chowan j $7,096 During July County Has Sold 24.fi Per Cent of Annual Quota In First Seven Months i Richard S. Atkinson, Jr., vol unteer county chairman for the U. S. Savings Bonds program, reports- that sales in Chowan County during July amounted to $7,096. For the January-July seven j months period county sales to- ] taled $27;945, so that Chowan j County has achieved 24.6 per cent of its annual quota efi $113,520. U. S'. Savings Bonds sales in | North Carolina amounted to $3,-i 921.265 during July. The Series E Bond sales fell below July, 1960, by over 6 per cent while the Series H Bond sales were up 10 per cent. Cumulative sales for the year through July totaled $27,836,652, which is nearly 54 per cent of the state’s 1961 dollar goal of $51,600,000. CIVIC CALENDAR Edenion Jaycees will sponsor | another Go-Kart race on the lo- i i cal track Sunday afternoon, i August 27. Chowanoke Council No. 54, | Degree of Pocahontas, will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock. | Eden ton Jaycees will meet to- I night (Thursday) at 7 o'clock at the Edenion Restaurant, i Revival services will be held at the Bethel Baptist Church Sunday. August 27, through ; Sunday. September 3. Chowan County Fair will be : held at the American Legion 1 Fairgrounds October 2-7. | Annual homecoming will be j ' held at Kadesh A.M.E. Zion, Church Sunday. September 3. | Chowan County Commission ! ars will meet Friday morning. 1 Continued on Page 3 Section 1 , Interested In Handicraft Workshop Plans Shaping Up For County Fair October 2nd To 7th $1,500 Will Be Offered This Year as Prize Money For Exhibits j Placed on Display ! Plans are rapidly shaping up for the 1961 Chowan County Fair, according to Robert S. ! Marsh, president. The big event will be held the week of Octo ber 2-7 at the American Legion building and fairgrounds. Mr. Marsh states that a total of $1,500 will be offered in prize money for such exhibits as corn, small grain, peanuts, cotton, j soybeans. tobacco, dairy and ! beef cattle, registered and grade I hogs, horses, ponies, sheep, goats, j rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigeons, eggs, education- i !al booths etc. There arc more than 50 entries in the horticul tural department alone. | Clothing, arts and crafts, cakes, canned fruits, candies, flowers, potted plants, etc., are included in the fair’s premium list, j The fair is open to any citi zen of Chowan County, Eden j ton as well as the rural section, j Residents of Edenton have won many prizes in past years. The Home Feed & Fertilizer 1 Company will again award a trophy for the grand champion educational exhibit. In event the same club or organization I wins the trophy for three con | secutive years, it becomes per manent property and another t trophy will be issued. The Ad l vance Community 4-H Club won the grand champion trophy in 1960. ] E. L. Pearce, Rocky Hock seedsman, will again sponsor a pumpkin booth in which will be displayed pumpkins grown by Chowan boys and girls. Mr. Pearce offers prizes for the larg- I est pumpkins grown from free ! seed which he furnishes for con testants. The fair will alscij award prizes to the top three pumpkin contestants. • The Chowan County family ] | which enters the most articles in Continued on Page 4 —Section 1 i Farm Bureau Kick-off Meeting Scheduled Tuesday, August 29 A “kick-off” meeting of Cho- j wan County Farm Bureau mem- i bership captains, along with all j members of the board of direc tors) will be held Tuesday night, August 29, at the Edenton Res taurant at 7 o'clock. The board of directors are Woodrow Lowe, president; George Lewis, vice president; David Bateman, secre ! tary-treasurer; Bristoe Perry, T. I P. Griffin, Paul Ober, Marvin; | Evans, T O. Asbell, Eugene Jor- j , dan, John Butler Byrum and j ; Henry Bunch, Insurance Agent., The board of directors are all serving as membership co-chair-: .men for this drive. Chairman 1 Graduate Nurse j ML wmLx: $ M. Jr 4 j MISS DEANNA HOLLOWELL i Among 42 student nurses to receive dinlciras and graduate pins at graduation exercises Fri day night a* Watts Hospital School of Nursing a* Durham was Miss Deanna Hollowell. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollowell. Watershed Project Is Given Approval Landowners in the Pollock Swamp watershed district hsve approved the watershed project this week. Construction cost is estimated ; at $176,000, with 41.9 per cent to be paid locally and the rest by the government. The watershed contains 14,475 acres and includes 85 farms and i four commercial timber tracts, j There will be 21.3 miles of chan j nel improvement for flood pre- I vention and drainage. Lewis urges all to attend this dinner meeting and complete plans for this important mem bership drive. The annual meet ing of the Chowan County Farm Bureau is tentative for Septem ber 14. at the Udenton armory with B. C. Mangum, State Presi dent, as the principal speaker. Mr. Lewis, membership chair man, released the names of the following people who will serve as community captains: Edward Goodwin of Enterprise; A. C. Griffin and Carlton Perry of Advance; Joe Webb, Jr., of Yeo pim; S. C. Layton of Rocky Continued on P»ge 2—Section 1 Sanford Extends j Congratulations To Local C. Os C. Says Steps Taken to Realize Full Poten tial as No. 1 Sta f e of South and Nation In a letter to James M. Robin son, executive vice president of: the Edenton Chamber of Com merce, Governor Terry Sanford was high in praise of Chowan County in providing opportuni- i ties for its citizens. The con gratulatory letter was in re sponse to a letter written to the Governor. Mr. Robinson’s letter follows. North Carolina's smallest coun ty, Chowan, within the past 30 days, has held a successful c'ec ion to spend $289,000 for im provement of its educational fa cilities and has put its stamp of approval cn a county-wide water resources survey to cost $72,000 over a 4-year period. Federal \ and state financial assistance on the latter makes it an unusual “bargain” for the county. Chowan County is the second i county in Eastern North Caro- j lina after Martin to sanction j such a progressive move for at tracting new industry and aid- | Continued on Page 3. Section 1 ; Edenton Squadron Os Civil Air Patrol Will Be Host To Group Mission Held At Airport Sunday Haughton Ehringhaus, com manding officer of the Edenton Squadron of the Civil Air Pa trol, announces that the Edenton Squadron will assume its initial assignment by acting as host to the annual group mission this coming Sunday, August 27th. According to Col. Dan T. I-.il ley, Group Commander, this mis sion will have as its partici pants the Elizabeth City, Eden ton,. Kinston, New Bern and Greenville squadrons. Col. Lil ley states that over 80 cadets and senior members will be in attendance with numerous air craft, emergency equipment and communications equipment. Ehringhaus stated that his squadron will have in operation two field kitchens to feed the group. Also he stated, a com- Kick - Off Mce f in£ 1 For Area Promotion Scheduled Sept. Bth A kick-off meeting of tho 10- county Albemarle Area Develop- : ment Association has been re scheduled from the third week of September to September 8 at 6:30 P, M., in the Elizabeth City National Guard armory. Attend ance goal is 500. Voit Gilmore, director of the' U. S. Travel Service in Washing-j .ton, D. C., will be the speaker.! The group’s planning committee! 1 completed plans for the dinner ; meeting and tickets may be se- j cured here in Chowan from | either Charlie Overman, County- Agent: Miss Pauline Calloway, | Home Economics Agent: George Lewis or Mrs. Carrie Earnhardt. George Lewis and Mrs. Earn hardt have served on the plan ning committee representing Chowan County during the for ' mulation of plans for this endea vor to promote industrial, agri cultlral, travel and recreation and community development I through an area-wide program. W. M. Rhoades New j Sachem Os Red Men At Monday night’s meeting of Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improved ; Order of Red Men, W. M. i Rhoades was elected sachem of the tribe. The election resulted due to a vacancy caused by the resigna- 1 tion of Edgar Rogerson who left Saturday to accept a position, with a Mother-Daughter store in! 'Winston-Salem. Mr. Rhoades isj a past sachem of the tribe. 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 Richard Schuman and Presi dent Richard Atkinson urges, every Rotarian to be present. | •152.50 Per Year In North Carolina Assignments For School Students For Opening Day j! Revival Speaker Hk ißi ■ wRm REV. HOYLE B. ALEXANDER At revival services to be held at the Bethel Baotist Church Sunday. August 27. through ! Sunday. September 3. the Rev. Hoyle B. Alexander of Gaffrey. | S. C„ will be the visiting evan \ gelis;. plete mobile radio communica tion station will he provided for instant communication with wing headquarters and the State MARS Amateur radio hook-up. Ehringhaus invites anyone, up to age 18 years, to attend the mission with the idea of joining in the near future the local CAP chapter. The cadet program of the local squadron is expected to formulate this fall. The mission starts at 8:30 A. M., at the Edenton Airport. Headquarters will be at the op eration office (old tower). Any one interested will be most wel come. All twenty-seven members of the local squadron will partici pate and are well pleased that this new squadron is off to a flying start. 1 20 Years Ago j As Found In The Files Os The Chowan Herald Representatives of the Albe marle District of Boy Scouts met in Edenton at which lime the district was completely organiz ed and a program put into ef fect which was calculated to bring Scouting to the fore in : the Albemarle counties. I There was no li**le comment, : tempered wi»h a great deal of ' criticism about the proposed town budget. The rate was re duced from SI.OO to 35 cents, and many exoressions were ad vanced that bv maintaining the old rate some needed improve ments could be made. E. W. Spires reported that 10,- 965 pounds of old aluminum had been sent *o Edenton for use in defense work. The metal came from 16 of the 17 eastern counties participating in the Continued on Page 6, Section X Carroll B. Hollowell And Helen Tarkenton Victims Os Wreck ! An Edenton young man and a; j young lady of Roper lost their j lives and six others were injured I lin an automobile wreck Satur i day night. The accident occurred near Mackeys in Washington County when two automobiles collided head-on. | i Killed in the accident was ; Carroll Baker Hollowell, 20, son ,of Mrs. Hazel Boyce Hollowell I and the late George A. Hollo j well. He had been employed j ! for several years at the Triangle i Restaurant. The girl who lost her life was Miss Mary Helen Tarkenton, 17, of the Pleasant Grove section, j I The accident occurred during; | a driving rain when a car driv ien by Hollowell went out of i I control on a slight curve and, | then swerved head-on into a car FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Students Requested to Go to Homerooms on Opening Day, Wed nesday, August 30 j Cecil Fry, principal of John A. Holmes High School, this week released student home :100m assignments. Students are requested to report to school on Wednesday morning, August 30. at 8:30 o'clock and should re port to their homerooms as list ed in this week's istue of The Herald. A short schedule will be observed with school being dismissed at 12:20 P. M. Mr. Fry stated that total fees for the seventh grade for the first semester will be $9.70. For the eighth grade tne fee will be $7.70 for the first semester. Total fees for commercial stu dents, grades 9 to 12, will be $15.40. For non - commercial students, grades 9 to 12, the total fees will be $10.90. Mr. Fry also urges parent" to see to it that these fees are paid on the opening day of school, Wednesday morning. August 30. The student homeroom assign ments are as follows: SEVENTH GRADE Mrs. Clara Boswell—Room 118 Boys J. C. Bunch, Johnny Dowd, Cal Goodwin, Danny Hassell. Bobby Henderson. Jim my Keeter. Ralph Nixon, Bill Potts, Larry Privott, Candy Page, Scott Privott, Tcny Twid dy, Kenneth Watson, Guy Wil lie—- and Thomas Willis. Girls Elizabeth Baer. Hope Biabble, Iris Bass. Gail Cozzens, Pam Douglas, Ricky Ha; din. Linda Hollowell. Kay Kramer, Phyllis Miller. Gail Neilsen. Carolyn Smith. Rose Wheeler, .loanna Covington and Vonnie Wright. Mrs. Alice Belch—Room 124 Boys—Rennie Alexander. Al len Baker, Jesse Cartwright. Rav Evans. Danny Jones, Ray Good win. Randy Hollowell. Billy Miller. Lester Lane, Tommy Robey. Francis O’Neal. Lyman Partin. Ronnie Smith, Joe Stok ely and Tony Webb. Girls—Bonnie Alexander. San fra Ange, Nita Barnette. Donna Billings. Helen Boyce. Joyce Clements, Anne Graham. Marv Francis Gray. Donna Hughes, Ann Jordan. Ivy Lowe. Linda Phillips, Emily Powell and Caro lyn Waff. Mrs. Louise Marsn—Room 123 Boys Jimmy Arnold. Wesley Chesson. Joseph Forehand, Mike Deßlois, Jimmy Griffin. Walter Hussey, Mike Overton, Larry Parke, Gene Perry. Stanley Pratt. Arlan Spivey. Michael Spruill, Brian Twiddy, Leon White and Jerry Jones. Girls Brenda Ashley. Linda Ashley, Clara Blanchard. Linda Lou Bcnsell. Tillie Cordon. Kay Cullipher. Ann Harrell, Sylvia Jordan, Annie Lassiter, Martha Leary, Mary Ellen Small, Grace Sawyer, Susan Skiles and Rita Wheeler. EIGHTH GRADE Miss Sally Lytch—Room 113 Boys—Bill Elliott. Gary Far mer. Bobby Francis, Bennie Harris, Jerry Jordan. Norfleet Pruden. Roy Watson. Eugene Martin. Joe Lee. Gary Ross and Rudy Tolley. Continued on Page 4 —Section 1 driven by Luther Freeman. 22. of Plymouth. The Tarkenton girl was a passenger in the Free man car. Those injured in Freeman's car were his four brothers. Lu ther. Marshall, Clarence and Neil, and Diane Caulfield of Nor folk, who was visiting the Free man family. Riding with Hollowell was William Henry Garrett of Eden ton, who was severely injured and rushed to the Washington County Memorial Hospital at Plymouth. Luther Freeman was taken to Duke Hospital at Dur ham and the Caulfield girl was taken to the Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Both cars were demolished by the impact and Highway Patrol- Contiaued on Pag* 2, Section 1