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ONLY NEWSPAPER PVBUSH ED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXVlll—Number 35. Edenton Aces Will Raise Curtain For Grid Season Friday First Game of Season On Hicks Field Withj Camden Rebels as Opponents With football candidates at J John A. Holmes High School practicing -itftCe August 15. Coach Bill Billings is gradually] rounding out a team to open the season Friday night of this week. The Aces play their first .game on Hicks Field when they meet the Camden Rebels with the game beginning at 8 o’clock. I There have been 31 boys turn ing. out to make bids for the team and fans who have been going out to see the practice drills are favorably impressed with the boys and anticipate an-| other strong contender forthe 1 conference championship. Coach Billings, as usual, is not very talkative regarding this' year’s prospects. He has 16 lettermen back from last year, but due to the Aces being a I State championship squad last year, the entire squad are lettered. * * Three regulars of last year’s champions will be back. They are Charles Cuthrell, Carroll Forehand and Richard Dixon and this will be the nucleus around which Coach Billings will build this year’s football machine. Dixon, a flashy half back last season, ■ has been switched to fullback this year. Boys showing up very well in •the pre-season drills are Joe Mitchener, Wayne Griffin and Douglas Twiddy at ends; Ron ald Forehand, Jack Ashley, Sam my Wright and Joe Harrell at tackles; Mac Wright, Donald Forehand, Walter Small and Richard Weikel at guards' Cecil Fry at Center; Wayne Ashiey, .Jimmy Dail, Hiram Mayo, Jr., Percy Byrum, Boots Lassiter and Douglas Sexton, backfield men. j j Coach Billings says that aside ! from the three regulars of last,' year, Cuthrell, Forehand and' Dixon, other boys who are| showing a great deal of im- ( provement are Joe Mitchener,] Ronald Forehand, Donald Fore hand, Cecil Fry, Richard Weikel, Wayne Ashley and Boots-'Lassi ter, the latter in the quarter back spot. Continued on Pane 2—Section 1 REVIVAL AT BETHEL Revival services began at the Bethel Baptist Church Sunday, August 27, and will continue! through Sunday, September 3. The Rev. Hoyle B. Alexander of j Gaffrey, S. C„ is the visiting evangelist with services being! held each night at 7:45 o’clock. Morning Services will also be held today (Thursday) and Fri day morning at 10:30 o’clock. BANK CLOSED LABOR DAY Peoples Bank & Trust Com pany and the Consumer Credit Branch will be closed all day next Monday, September 4, due to the observance of Labor Day. Important banking business should, therefore, be transacted accordingly. Jaycees To Operate Road Block; Friday In An Effort To Reduce Labor Day Highway Accidents .Edenton Jaycees are partici- 1 pa ting in efforts to curb Labor] D«y highway accidents, and will] operate a road block at the American Legion grounds on U. S. Highway 17 south. The! road block will be in operation Friday afternoon, September 1,1 froni 3 to 5 o'clock, when all I motorists will be stopped and handed literature having to do with safe driving. Britton Byrum, Chairman of the Jaycee Community Safety Committee, says drivers will be hheouraged through feasible means to exercise a maximum of care in movement on streets .and highways. Drivers will "be .requested to drive with lights on Sgasyrobol of their Pledge For recognition erf their THE CHOWAN HERALD ■ Court Postponed] I Clerk of Court Tom Sffjard announced late last week that i convening of the September I term of Chowan County Su perior Court will be postponed for one day. The term was scheduled to begin Monday, September 11, but instead it will convene a day later, Tuesday, Sccictmber 12. The delay is caused due to the I inability of Judge Rudolph I. Mints of Wilming‘on to be in Edenton Monday. Masonic Banquet Set For Sept 21 Grand Master Sched uled to Be Princi pal Speaker Dr. A. F. Downum, master of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &' A. M. announced Tuesday that the annual ladies’ night banquet of the lodge will be held Thurs- 1 day night, September 21, at 7, o’clock. The banquet will be, held in the dining room at thej Masonic Temple. A feature of the occasion will be an address by James W.| Brewer of Greenville, Grand. Master of Masons in North Car- olina. Another feature will be, awarding 25-year membership! certificates to members of the lodge who have been continuous members for at least 25 years. Tickets are now on sale for the banquet which is expected to attract a .targe number of Masytns and their Wives. '» j [ 20 Years Ago j As Found In The Files Os The Chowan Herald S — /*; Town Clerk R. E. Learv an nounced that the Town of Eden ton's proposed 9S-cent tax rate was the lowest 'in the 20 years he had served as Town Clerk. Gene Newsome of Durham, a past president of Rotary Inter-! national, was the speaker at thei weekly meeting of the Edenton | Rotary Club. W. H. Roberts made positivej identification of a colored 'man fcund floating in the water at the county dock as being Tate Twine, who worked on Roberts'| farm. Richard D. Dixon, recently] appoinier as a Superior Court] judge by Governor J. M. Brough ton, received his firs* assign ments to preside at terms in Nashville and Columbia. Edenton Lions agreed to co operate as far as possible in the ultimate hard-surfacing of the Rocky Hock roaid, the county's No. 1 road project. Fire Chief R. K. Hall "dressed up" the'fire plugs in Edenton by applying a coat of aluminum paint He also had the grass cut away from every plug. Continued on Page 3—Section * j | problem in all •df its serious | ness. LIGHTS ON will indi- I cate to other highway users 1 that the driver is conscientious - j ly observing all safety rules in j a cooperative effort to keep the j holiday accident experience ’as I low as possible. I “Traffic volume, congestion and accidents normally -swell to new proportions in holiday sea sons,” says Mr. Byrum. “En forcement alone does not suf fice to' prevent loss. A public sensitiveness to the problem and determination to avoid ac cidents are indispensable to re duce deaths, injuries- and eco nomic loss. Light is a symbol of understanding in highway movement it will be’ considered a symbol of* enlightened safer operation.” , ,I'/ Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, State Motor Club PredictsDeathsAt 23 Over Labor Day Motorists Are Urged To Drive With Lights On All the Time as a Safe Driving Pledge The annual “big push” of mo torists to enjoy summer’s last long holiday week-end—extend ing through Labor Day, Monday, September 4 —will bring tragic death to at least 23 persons in traffic accidents on North Caro lina’s streets and highways, pre dicts the N. C. State Motor Club. Highway fatalities will be counted from 6 P. M., Friday through midnight Monday, a 78 ! hour period. The state’s Labor Day traffic toll last year added up to 21, but the motor club increased its estimate in view of the fact that national high way death records were shat tered this year for both the Me morial Day and Fourth of July holidays. Thomas B. Watkins, president of N. C. State Motor Club and I the National Automobile Asso ciation. warned that the vast flow of traffic —traditionally the greatest of the year—will clog roads leading to the mountains, seashore and other resorts, and most of the state’s two million motor vehicles will be on the road. Urging motorists to exercise extreme caution*, he declared, “Our motor club is joining wholeheartedly with the State Highway Patrol in sponsoring the special ‘Light Your Pledge For Safety’ campaign. Motorists are urged to drive with their headlights on —both day and night—during the holiday period’ as a pledge that they will drive 1 safely.” The Highway Patrol’s entire I 622 wili- be out in full j force cn/er the week-end in an: effort to hold down the traffic! deaths. 10-Year Extension For Series H Bonds —— i Some half-million Americans who own Series H Savings Bonds bought between June 1952 and January 1957 are in for a ■nice surprise one that will bring extra money into their pockets. Richard S. Atkinson, volun teer savings bonds chairman for Chowan County, calls attention to a recent change in treasury, regulations permitting owners of these maturing H bonds to con tinue holding them for an ad ditional 10 years at a higher rate of interest —a straight 3% per cent annually. Mr. Atkinson points out that these H bonds were originally issued to pay an average of 3 per cent annually for the nine year. eight-month life of the bond. In 1959, this rate was increased so as to bring the final yields to maturity up to a range of 3.12 per cent to 3.36 per cent. Under new regula tions, these particular bonds, the first of which matures in Feb ruary 1962, will return in semi annual interest checks a straight 3% per cent interest during the extension period. Holders of these Series H Savings Bonds will be notified by the Treasury of the extension privilege granted them when they receive their next to the last interest check. Owners will not have to do anything about extending their H Bonds. This is automatic. As long as the H Bond is not redeemed, the j owner, will continue ■to draw j semi-annual interest checks at j the new, higher rate of 3% per cent interest for a full ten : years. i j RO TAR IANS MEET TODAY ] Edenton’s Rotary Club wilL | meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Parish House, i The program will be in charge |of Hiram Mayo and President Richard Atkinson urges a 100% attendance. i LEGION MEETS TUESDAY I Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the American Legion will meet Tuesday night, September 5, at 8 o’clock. Commander Robert Powell requests a large tum [out of members. To Conduct Road Block Friday * iwjm&m y If 7 * gjjfy Sponsored by the Edenton Javcees, a road block will be in op eration Friday afternoon, September 1, from 2 to 5 o'clock in front of the American Legion building on the Windsor highway. Taking part in the road block, as pictuied above, le t to right, are William Easterling, president of the Jaycees; Highway Patrolman Meiggs: Britton Byrum, chairman of the Jaycea Community Sa ety Com mittee, and Assistant Chief of Police Leo Lavoie.—(Ricks Photo). Chamber Os Commerce Serond Annual Farmer- Friendship Tour September 14 The date for the second an nual Farmer - Businessman’s Friendship Tour t sponsored by the Edenton Chamber of Com merce has been set for Thurs day, September 14, according to George Lewis, chairman of the Chamber’s Agriculture Commit tee. Lewis stated that there will be at least five planned farm] stops set up for the tour wito individual speakers assigned for each stop to explain the partic ular operation visited. The itin-i erary will be posted in promi-; nent locations throughout thej county so farmers can make ar rangements for joining the county-wide tour. Individual cars will be used, Lewis said. 21 New Families Have Moved To Edenton In Rerent Weeks Twenty-one families recently moved to Edenton and have been visited by Mrs. J. D. Elliott. Mrs. Elliott conducts a hostess service set up primarily to visit ( newcomers in order to extend them a welcome and to make! them feel at home. She says, she has realized a great deal of : pleasure in meeting these new families and hopes Edenton peo- j pie in general will share the hospitality for which Edenton is I so well known. The new families who have| recently moved to Edenton are as follows: Business Will Be At Two Edenton Boys Standstill On Monday In Summer Training Due To Labor Day At Naval Academy Business in Edenton will be I practically at a standstill next! Monday, September 4, due to j observance of Labor Day. Most! all of the stores and other busi ness concerns will be closed for] the day to observe the holiday, j Town and county offices, the Post Office, banks, the Savings : & Loan Association, as well as most other offices will also be' closed for the entire day.' Business will be resumed as] usual Tuesday morning. ' Silversmith Contest Winner I 7-1 W ''ll EHpF WE flB % ! jfHgplb ■ I H YpH 11 I m Miss Jean Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde S. Adams, was th* winner in a recent silversmith contest conducted in Edenton. Abov# H. A. Campen of Campen's Jewelers is presenting I Miss Adams bar prise of silverware.—(Ricks Photo). in.;te"d of a bus as had been: suggested. All merchants and business-] men of Edenton are invited toI participate in the tour as well] as farmers and should Contact] George Lewis or the Chamber] of Commerce to make reserva tions for the trip which is scheduled to leave from in front of the Courthouse promptly at 1:30 P, M., September 14. The tour's itinerary ends at the armory in Edenton about 6; P. M., where participants have] been invited to join with other members of the Chowan County Farm Bureau to enjoy the an nual fish fry. It. is expected] that the John A. Holmes High] Continued on Page 3, Section 1 Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Mizelle, 23 Albemarle Court. The Rev. and Mrs. Van Craw ford, 100 West Gale Street. The Rev. and Mrs. H. S. Ev ans, 314 West Queen Street.. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Cozart, Westover Heights. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Francis, 103 West Queen Street. Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Burden, Jr., Westover Heights. Mr. and Mrs. William Good win, 907 Cabarrus Street. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Brady, Jr., 10 Stratford Road. Continued on Page 6—Section l Undergoing plebe summer training with midshipmen in the class of 1965 at the Naval Acad emy, Annapolis, Md., are Mid shipman Curlis A. Twiddv, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis A. Twiddy and Midshipman Willie P. Goodwin, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Goodwin, both of Edenton. • The class, which was sworn in June 28, is receiving the training in preparation for en- Continued on Page 6, Section 1 A. J. Leo Green To Preach Sunday JU Baptist Church w'ill Fill Pulpit For Both Morning and Night Services In ' Absence of Pastor Dr. J. Leo Green, professor of New Testament at Southeast ern Baptist Theological Semin ary in Wake Forest, N. C„ will fill the pulpit at the Baptist Church Sunday, September 3 He will preach at both the It, o’clock morning worship hour and the 7:30 o’clock evening worship hour. Dr. Green is well known to local audiences because he has filled local preaching engage ments on numerous occasions sin-.e the opening of the South eastern Seminary at Wake For est. His forceful and challeng ing presentation of the Gospel truth has endeared him to lis teners and his many friends of the community will welcome this opportunity to again hear him. Special attention is directed to the change in the evening worship hour to 7:30 o’clock on a permanent basis. It is also pointed out that the pastor vv.il! return from his vacation and I fill the pulpit on Sunday, Sep tember 10. Future Homemakers Meeting At Chowan Officers of the Future Home- j makers of America of Chowan | High School met in the Home] Economics Department Monday, 1 August 28, to discuss plans for the coming year. The officers 1 present were Judy Haste, Stis , an Evans, Kathryn Faye By rum. Pudy Evans, Frances Jor dan, Frances Smithson and Mrs. Loraine Rogerson, sponsor. The officers discussed money making projects for the coming year, FHA Week, Fair Booth for* the County Fair, initiation] of new members, new laws, for ( being late, not coming or not having a handbook at th; meet-] ing. They also appointed a committee to publish new hand books for the year 1961-62. Officers for the year 1961-62 are as follows: Judy Haste, president: Betty Jean Smith, vice president; Susan Evans, secretary-treasurer; Pauline By rum. assistant secretary-treas-1 urer; Sherry Baker, song lead-i er; Frances Jordan, historian;. Kathryn Faye Byrum, parlia-j mentarian; Judy Evans, pianist,i and Frances Smithson and Junm Carolyn Chappell, reporters. New Books At Local Library * i i New books recently received! at the Shepard-Pruden Memor ial Library are: Chambers’ Technical Diction-] ary, 60,000 terms from 120 branches of scientific and in-] dustrial activity. Know Your Social Security, by Arthur Larson. Britain’s Search for Health.] the frist decade of the National Health Service by Paul F. Gem mill. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches by Bret Harte. A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne. Biblical Costumes for Church and School by Virginia Wilk Elicker. Maugham’s Choice of Kip ling's Best. The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of Mark Twain edited by Charles Neider. ( EASTERN STAR MEETING Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or der of the Eastern Star, will meet Monday night, September 4, at 8 o’clock. This will be the first meeting since the sum mer vacation, so that Mrs. Anita Tarkington, worthy matron, urg es all members to be present. ' ~ " T— LIBRARIES CLOSED SEPT. 4 Both the Shepard J Pruden Me morial and Brown-Carver li braries will be closed all day next Monday, September 4, in observance of Labor Day. The regular schedule will be resum ed Tuesday. .•hZ.ow ret year In North Carolina Harvested Acres In Chowan County In 1960 Below 1959 Schools Open For New Term Sche-il'. in the Edenton ad-; ministrative unit opened Wed-: nesday of this week and the schools in the county will open Friday, September 1. At the Edenton schools a half day session was carried out 1 We Inesoay with a full session scheduled to go into effect to day (Thursday). Today (Thursday) students will register in the county unit, and wid receive their books and assignments. On Friday a full schedule of classes will begin. HD County Council Will Meet Sept. 6th Fen hi re of Meet ing Will Be Hair Style Demonstration Chowan Home Demonstration County Council will meet Wed-' nesday afternoon, September 6, j at 2:30 o’clock at the Oak Grove 1 Community Building 1 Miss Janet Parrish, daughter] of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Parrish, will do a demonstration on hair; styles for various types of in dividuals. Miss Parrish received her training in Greenville. N. C . and is presently employed at Sarah White’s Beauty Shop in Hertford. The following reports will be] made: Farm Home Week,! which was held in Raleigh in j July; Music Workshop held at 1 Brevard College in June, and] Crafts Workshop held at Manteoi in August. Items of business; will include float for the Chris?-! mas Parade. Christmas Festival, County and State Fair, United; Nations Tour. Husbands' Sup-; per and Achievement Day. Oak | Grove Home Demonstration Club! will be hostess. I CrVKTcALENDAR] "i Edenton Jaycees will operate a road block Friday afternoon. September I, from 3 to 5 o'clock in front of the American Legion grounds in an eflort to help curb Labor Day week-end highway accidents. Edenton Aces will open the 1961 football season Friday night, September 1, on Hicks 1 Field when they will oppose the Camden Rebels. A term of Chowan County Superior Court will convene in Edenton Tuesday, September 12, instead of Monday, September II as previously scheduled. The Chamber of Commerce . ~cond annual Farmer-Business man’s Friendship Tour will be held Thursday, September 14. Annual ladies' night banquet of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. 8c A. M.. will be held at ibj Masonic Temple Thursday night. September 21, at 7 o’clock. A kick-off meeting of the Al- I bemarle Area Development As- j Continued on Page 6, Section 1 Albemarle Area Development Association Kick-off Meeting In Elizabeth City On Sept. Bt!i Friday evening. September B,] at 6:30 will be the kick-off meeting for Albemarle Area Development Association at the armory in Elizabeth City. Tic kets for this kick-off meeting are available from Charlie Overman, county agricultural agent; Miss Pauline Calloway, home economics agent: George' Lewis, or Mrs. Carrie Earn-, hardt, who have served on the) planning committee representing! Chowan County during the set-1 ting-up process of the Develop-, ment Association, which will promote industry, agriculture. 1 travel and recreation and com- j munity development in a nine county area. It is very urgent to get these tickets early as each county has a qlota of only yII —1 FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Census Report Also j Shows That Fewer People Now Live on | Farm Tracts i Os the 84,193 acres of farm land reported in the January j 1961 census survey fer Chowan ! County, 34,031 acres or 41 %. were used to harvest crops in 1 1960, which was about 500 acres less than the 35,542 harvested .acres tor the crop year 1959. The ] majority of crop acreages were at about the same level as the year before, with mixed grains, milo. soybean hay and both other vegetables grown for sale and heme use showing slight de creases. Ihe drop of 1.399 acies in corn was off-set by an increase of 1,385 acres in soybeans' for beans. Livestock inventories of brood sows, both dairy and beef cows were slightly less than the reported number a year earlier, also hens and pullets dropped more than 7,000 birds. Farm ers reported 97 tractor drawn or mounted dusting and spraying units in the county. Os the 4,415 people living on farms, which was fewer than the year before. 536 were listed as working 100 days or more dur ing 1960 on off-farm jobs. The following information was contributed by farmers to the County Commissioners through their farm census supervisor and township listers: inlFCc AH land in farms. 84.193 acres in 1960 compared with 85.271 in 1959. Harvested cropland, 34,031 in 1960 compared with 34.542 in -1959. Cropland in Soil Bank. 464 ! acres in 1960 compared with 504 ■ in 1959. Soil improving and crop fail ures, 92 acres in 1960 compared with 203 in 1959. Idle cropland. 634 acres in 1960 compared with 490 in 1959. Improved pastures, 2,170 acres in 1960 compared with 2,450 in 1959. Unimproved enpn pasture. 413 Continued on Page 2—Section t Local Woman’s Clnh Will Meet Sept. 6th Edenton Woman's Club will meet Wednesday afternoon. Sep tember 6. at 1 o'clock at the Edenton Restaurant. The prin cipal speaker will be Hiram J. Mayo, superintendent of Eden ton schools, and Mrs. Herbert Hollpvyel!. Jr., president, is very anxious to have a large attend ance for this, the first meeting of the fall. Chappell Hill Revival Will Begin On Sept. 4 Chappell Hill Baptist Church will conduct a series of revival services, starting Sunday, Sep , tember 4 and continuing through the week. Services will be held ! each evening, beginning at 7:45 ! o'clock with the Rev, Henry Na- I pier as guest minister. The public is invited to attend the services. 50 tickets each. Chowan Coun - '"'il have renresentation from all the civic organizations, Eden ton Chamber of Commerce, ru ral ministers, radio and press. Agricultural Workers' Council, Ho m e Demonstration Clubs, community organizations. Peo ples Bank & Trust Company, as well as other interested persons for this meeting. ; Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines, recently appointed direc tor of U. S. Travel Service, will be the featured speaker. He is past president of Sand Hills Area Development Association, as well as past president of the North Carolina Travel Council. Mr. Gilmore is a well-qualified speaker for the occasion ,and the continued on Pege 2—Section 1