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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVHL—Number 38.
Edenton Aces Trip
Heavy Frederick
Military Academy
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Greatly Outweighed,
Aces Play Brilliantly
To Defeat Frederick
Cadets 19 to 6
Outweighed probably twenty
pounds per man, Edenton’s
Aces on Hicks Field Friday
v night defeated a Frederick Mili
tary outfit by a score of 19-6.
The victory stretched the Aces’
winning streak to 16 consecu
tive victories and the third win
Vof the current season. Cam
den and Roanoke Rapids were
the previous victims this sea
son.
The Aces, both offensively and
defensively outplayed their
.much heavier opponents and ap
peared to have the upper hand
shortly after the game got un
der way. The entire Edenton
team played a spectacular game,
but it was a Carroll Forehand
dominated game. Forehand tore!
through the big cadet line for
consistent gains, and scored two
of the Aces’ three touchdowns.
He also passed to Wayne Grif
fin in the end zone for the third
touchdown. Aside from his ter
rific battering of the cadet line
for consistent yardage, Fore
hand thrilled the spectators
with two. punt returns of 51
and 53 yards. He was called
upon to carry the ball in 27
of the 56 plays and chalked up
117 yards by rushing. He was
easily the hero of the game, but
was given considerable support
by Richard Dixon, his running
mate. Dixon was also a thorn
in the sides of the cadets as he
tore through the line 11 times
for a net yardage of 44 yards.
Dixon, no doubt, took the worst
beating for time and again he
was tackled*- when “he--'didn't
Cen have the ball.
The Aces’ line performed like
long seasoned veterans as they
held back the assaults of the
big cadet ball carriers. The
visitors were held to five first
downs and the Aces yielded 187
yards rushing, with 71 of these
yards the result of a thrilling
run by Freddie Spence near the
end of the game to score the
Cadets’ lone touchdown. Boots
Lassiter, Joe Mitchener, Cecil
Fry, Charlie Cuthrell, Ronald
and Donald Forehand, Hurly
Mitchell and Wayne Griffin
Continued on Pago I. Section 2
20 Years Ago
A* Found In The File* Os I
The Chowan Herald
~~
First steps toward a zoning
ordinance in Edenton were tak
en when a (meeting was held of
the Zoning Commission recently
appointed by Town Council to
-- make a surrey and present a j
tentative zoning program.
w W. E. Bowman, new football
coach at Edenton High School,
called for recruits with only 15
boys reporting for practice onj
i the first day.
According to County School'
Superintendent W. J. Taylor,
the new Rocky Hock Central
School was in readiness, ex
cepting tbe lunch room, for the
opening of school.
Tom and V. E. Tynch. local
fishermen, attracted a large
crowd to their truck, where
Continued on Page 5 Section 1
401 Cast Ballots In Chowan,
To Elect Community Chairmen
Chowan County farmers to
, ■ the tune of 401 cast ballots in
’the Agricultural Stabiligation
and Conservation Service elec
tion held Monday, September
11 to elect new Community
Chairman. The local ASCS of
fice personnel desires to thank
each one who had a part in
getting out the vote, which was
> far greater than last year.
V Those elected as community
: tommittee members in the three
g ? 4ghowan County communities
are as follows:
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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f Best Yet ]
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| Officials at the John A.
Holmes High School express
their appreciation to the Eden
ton Junior Chamber of Com
merce for their record breaking
- sales of season tickets and ads
I for this year's football program.
, Special thanks go to Jack Habit,
! chairman of the ticket sales,
1 whose time-consuming efforts
helped make the season ticket
1 sales the most successful in the
i history of the school.
Reuben S. Miller
Retires From Army
In Service Almost 21 j
Years; Family Liv- j
ing In Alabama
Chief Warrant Officer Reuben
S. ' Miller, a veteran of almost
-21 years military service, re-'
tired last week from the Army
at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, j
Miller, until his retirement, a I
project officer in the Military
Assistance Program Office of,
JoatuuM on Pag* 3—Section 1 |
Mrs. Badham Offers Suggestion
About Planting Darlington Oakj
Trees On Court House Greenj
With the recent appeal made
by the Edenton Woman’s Club
for Darlington oaks to be plant
ed on the Court House Green, a
suggestion was advanced this
week by Mrs. R. P. Badham,
who is familiar with Darlington
oaks.
Said Mrs. Badhatn:
“I would like to make a sug
gestion to the Edenton Woman’s
Club as to the trees to be plant
ed on the Court House Green. I
think the person who suggested
Darlington oaks cannot be very
'familiar with the size of a full
grown one. The spread of its
'.branches and its root growth.
! There is a little town in South
I Carolina named for its Darling
iton oaks. One Special tree on
Masons Will Hold
Banquet Tonight
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.
& A. M„ will observe its an
nual ladies’ night banquet to
night (Thursday) at 7 o’clock
in the dining room of the Ma
sonic Temple.
Guest speaker for the banquet
will be James W. Brewer,!
Grand Master of Masons in |
North Carolina. Another fea
ture of the meeting will be
presentation of 25-year mem
bership certificates to seven'
members of the lodge.
Dr. A, F. Downum, master of
the lodge, urges all members to'
attend.
LIONS MEET MONDAY |
Edenton’s Lions Club will
meet Monday night, September!
25, at 7 o’clock at the Edenton
Restaurant President John
Mitchener urges a 100 per cent |
attendance.
i Community B Chairman, j
i Ray Byrum; vice chairman, j
i Charles Asbell; regular mem-|
■ ber, Earl Bunch; first alternate,
• Alvin Evans; second alternate,
’ Albert Bunch.
Community C Chairman,
: E. M. Howell; fice chairman,
i Ernest Boyce, Jr., regular mem
i ber, McCoy Spivey; first alter
nate, Foy A. Ward; second al
t teraate, Ralph K. Hollow ell.
> The newly elected chairman
i of each community serves as
a delegate to the County \Con
, vention. This convention, which
, is to be held on September 21,
. 1961, in the ASCS office is for
Edenton, f "van County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 21, 1961.
Jaycees Sponsor j
Tetanus Clinics 1
During October
Clinics Wffl~Be Held
In Community Build
ings; Dates Will Be
Announced Later
Rudolph Dail, Chairman of the
Community Health Committee of
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce announces that the Eden
ton Jaycees, with the coopera
tion of the Chowan Medical So
ciety, will sponsor a tetanus
shot clinic in October.
These shots will be given free
to the public . Everyone is urg
ed to take the shots so as to
be protected against the dread
ed disease tetanus (better known
as lockjaw).
Two shots will be required
to be completely immune from
the disease for about 5 to 7
years. These shot clinics will
be held a month apart. The
clinics will be set up at all
community buildings in the
county.
Time and place of the clinics
will be announced at a later
date.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock in the Parish House.
C. W. Overman will have charge
of the program and President
Richard Atkinson is anxious to
have a 100 per cent attendance.
i display that visitors find great
> pleasure in ■ viewing is a- plot
. almost the size of our Green and
i the spread of the branches cover
s the entire pTof.' If 22 oaks ate
planted on the. Green we will
i have a wilderness and I think
the branches would grow into
the windows of the houses on
• either side of the Green and
; the roots would cover the ground
! surface of the Green and pre
! J vent the growth of grass and
[ | shut out entirely the beautiful
■ view of the Edenton Bay, which
I very few towns are fortunate in
! having. I think you will find
. three trees on either side will
i be the greatest plenty and I
■ think when grown the branches
i Continued on Pago 3—Section 1
Chowan Reaches
Democratic Party
Quota For Dinner
Chowan County has reached
its quota for the Democratic
Party’s fund-raising Vance-Ay
cock dinner to be held October
28 at the Grove Park Inn in
! Asheville.
In making this announcement,
Chairman Bert, Bennett of the
State Democratic Executive
Committee expressed his appre
' ciation to Lloyd Griffin, Demo
| era tic, Chairman in Chowan
, County for his work in behalf
of the Party.
I Chairman Bennett said a num
{ ber of other counties also have
' attained their quotas for dinner
| tickets and he anticipates a full
attendance of 750 Democrats at
the dinner, which is expected
;to become an annual autumn
j affair in Asheville. The Party
! will continue to hold its annual
J Jefferson-Jackson dinner each
spring in Raleigh.
BPW Club Will
Meet Sept. 27th
j Edenton’s .Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Chib will
hold ttte first meeting of the
| new club year on Wednesday
' night, September 27, at 7 o’clock
at the Barker house.
Highlights of the first meet
■ ing will be a covered dish sup
per planned by the Hospitality
Committee with - Miss Beulah;
l Perry and Mrs. Ethel Simpson
iin charge. Mrs. Lale Smith,
program coordination chairman,
i reports the program will be on
, membership with a short work
■ shop to be each
::
Constitution Week Speaker
MRS. INGLIS FLETCHER
As a feature of the observance of Constitution Week, Mrs. Inglis
Fletcher was the principal speaker Wednesday afternoon of last
week at a meeting of the Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the DAR.
Mrs. Fletcher dedicated her remarks to Hugh Williamson, an
Edentonian who was one of the signers of the Constitution.
Federal Approval Is
Given For Pollock
Swamp Watershed
Project Is Designed
To Provide Preven-j
tion of Flooding For
14,475 Acres I
Approval for federal assist
ance for carrying out the Pol- 1
lock Swamp Watershed Project ;
in Chowan County has been ar.-j
nounced by Congressman Her- ;
bert Bonner.
The project, to be carried out
in four years, is designed to
provide watershed protection and
flood prevention in the 14,475
acre watershed. It is a local
undertaking with federal as
sistance under the provisions of ;
the Watershed Protection and|
Flood Prevention Act, Public 1
Law 566, Congressman Bonner
said.
Project sponsors are'the Albe
marle Soil Conservation District,
Chowan County Board of Com
missioners and Chowan County
(•onlinued on Page G—Section
Another Co-Kart
Race On Sunday
i
Another Go-Kart race is
scheduled to be held at the
Edenton track Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock. Time trials I
will begin at 1:30 o’clock.
Racers will participate from
New Bern, Washington, Hamil
ton, Elizabeth'' City, Virginia
Beach and other towns.
Interest has been increasing
in Go-Kart racing with a good
ly number of spectators turning
out at every previous race. 1
Sunday’s races promise to be
very interesting, so that another
large crowd is expected to turn
out. <
Over 300 In Attendance At
Annual Farm Bureau Meeting
An estimated crowd of over
300 people gathered in the Eden
ton armory Thursday night to
attend the annual meeting of the
Chowan County Farm Bureau.
A delicious' barbecue chicken
dinner was served much to the
delight of all who attended.
President. Woodrow Lowe pre
■ sided over the meeting.
The principal speaker was
B. C. Mangum, president of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau.
Prefacing his remarks, Mr. Man
gum stated that he was very
proud of the Chowan group in
that it was the first county in
jthe state to meet its. membership
quota for the year 1961-62.
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DAR Host For
District Meeting i
| J Here "October 2^
The Edenton Tea Party Chap-,
ter of the DAR will be host to
the District 8 DAR meeting here
Monday, October 2.
Present for the meeting will
be state officers, national chair
men. district officers, regents 1
and delegates from the 12 chap-'
tors in Eastern North Carolina.'
Plans were made for the dayj
at the September meeting of the j
local chapter. Mrs: Wood Pri-i
. vott, vice director of the district,,
:is in charge of arrangements. >
I Mrs. John A. Kramer was
named hospitality chairman.
, Mrs. R. N. Hines will conduct
! registration at Hotel Joseph
Hewes and Mrs. Mary Leggett
Browning will be in charge of
the pages.
The meeting is scheduled for
10:30 A. M„ at the Chowan
Court House to be followed by
a luncheon at St. Paul’s Parish
House.
I Firemen Sponsor
Chicken Dinner
«a
Members of the Center Hill-
I Cross Roads Fire Department
will sponsor a chicken barbecue
dinner which will be held Sat
urday, September 30, from 4
to 8 P. M. The dinner will be
served at the fire station with
the cooking and serving to be
done by the volunteer firemen.
1 The affair has been planned
in order to help raise much
needed funds, so it is hoped
many friends in Edenton and
1 the county will attend.
Mr. Mangum emphasized the
importance for the farm organ
ization, through the farmers, to
speak and work together to de
velop policies and programs
which they can be proud of. He
said there are 64,000 members of
■the Farm Bareau in North Ca
rolina, but that this is not
enough. He said the Farm Bu
reau’s job is to begin at the
grass roots and working up
ward. and when this has been
done it has been very success
ful, especially with legislation
matters.
“We must have commodity
meetings to study problems,'’ he
Public Hearings
Being Called For ;
Bridges In Area j
Meeting at Plymouth j
Scheduled For Sep-! j
tember 25 and Oak
City September 26 *
Highway Commission Chair-j !
man Merrill Evans has an-1 i
nounced two public hearings on :
proposed bridges across the Roa-I ;
noke River for Monday and)
Tuesday of next week.
Evans’ announcement is the 1
result of action taken by the
Commission’s Bridge Committee,
composed of Commissioners Gra
ham Elliott of Washington,
Worth Joyner of Rocky Mount'
and Gilliam Wood of Edenton.
The public hearing for a pro
posed bridge from the Plymouth,
area to Bertie County will be
Continued on Page 3—Section
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher Speaks On
Hugh W illiamson In Local DAR
Constitution W eek Observance
The Edenton Tea Party Chap
ter of the DAR held its first
meeting of the year cn Wednes
day afternoon of last week in
the Iredell house with the new
ly elected regent, Mrs. George
Hoskins, presiding.
A feature of the meeting was
an excellent address by Mrs.
Inglis Fletcher. In commemora
tion of Constitution Week, Mrs.
Fletcher dedicated her talk on
“Edenton’s Great" to Hugh Wil
liamson, distinguished Edentcn
ian and signer of the Constitui
tion.
She also gave very interest
ing sketches of the careers of
Samuel Johnston. Joseph Hewes,
[James Iredell, Charles Johnson.
Thomas Barker and other Eden
j ton “greats” who were out-
Sweet Potato Referendum Is
Slated To Be Held Saturday I
All Chowan County sweet
potato growers have a very im
portant referendum coming up
Saturday of this week, Septem
i her 23, according to County Ag-
I ricultural Agent C. W. Over
man. Yam growers will decide
| if they are to join most otheri
commodity groups in North Car-|
olina in assessing themselves in,
order to promote their, crop. [
Leaders of the sweet potato
industry say money is “des
perately needed" if North Caro
lina is to hold on to its sweet
Meeting Os PTA To Aces Prepare To
Be Held On Sept. 26 Meet Williamston
I
Meeting Is Called Off
Tuesday Night Due
To Hurricane
Due to uncertainty of the
weather caused by Hurricane
Esther, the Edenton Parent-
Teacher Association meeting
which was scheduled to be held
Tuesday night of this week has
been postponed.
j The meeting is now scheduled
to be held Tuesday night of next i
I week. September 26, at 8 o’clock
in the Elementary School audi
torium. The guest speaker will
be Miss Cora Bomar of Raleigh,
supervisor of school library ser
vices of the North Carolina De
• partment of Public Instruction.
I I Warren Twiddy, president of the
association, is very anxious to
1 , have a large attendance at the
■ meeting.
Public Hearing
On October 10
; j A public hearing is scheduled
!to be held in the Municipal
: | Building Tuesday night, October
| 10, when Town Council holds
i its October meeting at 8 o’clock,
i The purpose of this hearing is
.' to consider proposed zoning
j changes on Broad Street be
tween Queen and Church streets.
,' Any person interested is in
vited to attend the meeting.
*2.50 Per year In North Carotin?
Chowan L
Show - Sal
Staged In
[ Postponed 1
The *>ublic hearing which was
scheduled to be held in the
Court House Tuesday night of
this week was postponed. Post- ]
ponement was caused by weath- '
er renorls that Hurricane Esther ,
was scheduled to strike North- ;
eastern North Carolina some
..me Tuesdey night. ,
The hearing is now scheduled
to be held Tuesdav night of
next week, September 26, at 8
o'clock in the Court House.
The nurpose of this hearing is
to consider chanoing the zoning
ordinance on West Eden and
Queen Streets be'ween Broad
and Granville Streets.
,. standing in early colonial and '
| national history.
Quoting from Mrs. Fletcher’s ,
article in the DAR Magazine, it (
[will be well at this time to give, (
j these facts on the life and ca- (
reer of Hugh Williamson: (
“Dr. Hugh Williamson, born (
jin 1735, was a native of Penn- (
[sylvania. Educated at the Col- ]
j lege of Philadelphia, he was de- (
[ signed for the ministry by his
[relatives, but his own inclina- ,
jtions led him first to mathe- 1
matics, then to medicine. As- 1 .
ter visiting Edinburgh and Ut-lj
recht, where he received his j (
M.D., he returned to Philadel- j
phia and practiced medicine. In
1769 he was appointed by the |'
American Philosophical Society
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
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potato markets. Overman says'
polling places have been set up!
at Home Feed & Fertilizer Co.'
(Edenton). Earl Smith's Store j
(Rocky Hock). Melvin Evans' t
Store (Cross Roads), Henderson,
Goodwin's Store (Advance), and
i Ryland Post Office Store ,(Ry-J
| land). j
i If approved, the assessment
| will be 2 cents per bushel for,
fresh market sweet potatoes and]
2 cents per 100 pounds for can-j
nery stock. Two-thirds of the |
Continued on Page 6—Section •
I
First Conference Tilt
Is Scheduled For ,
Friday Night
With three victories under j
their belts, the Edenton Aces
will play their first Albemarle
Conference game Friday night {
when they travel to Williamston I
to butt heads with the Wil-:
, liamston Green Wave,
j Little is known about the
Green Wave, but reports are to
Continued on Paqe 3 —Section I
1 .
Adult Education Classes Will
Begin Tuesday Night, Oct. 3
1 Preparations are now being
made to begin adult education
courses at the John A. Holmes j
! High School. All adults inter- 1
j ested in taking courses in typ- j
: ing, bookkeeping, shorthand, art, j
! science, math and French, are \
requested to meet .in the lunch
room of the John A. Holmes
High School on Tuesday night,
I September 26, at 7:30 o’clock for
■an organizational meeting.
The course will last for 12
I weeks, and the cost will be
; $12.00, or SI.OO per session if at
least 10 sign up for any one
course. If less than 10 sign up
for a course, the cost will vary,
according to how many take
the course. i
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I FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
, AND CHECK
''
iive Stock
le Will Be
l October
Annual Event Again
Sponsored By Jay
cees; Merchants Of
fer Trophies
The Edenton Junior Cham
ber of Commerce in a meeting
Thursday night voted to again
sponsor the Chowan County Live
Stock Show and Sale, scheduled
to-be held Wednesday, October 4.
This is the eighth year the
Jaycees have sponsored this pro
ject and they are hoping this
will be the best ever. The name
has been changed from Fat Stock
to Livestock because of the tran
sition in recent years to more
meaty animals.
Boys and girls who are inter
ested in showing steers in this
show are urged to make plans
for buying them as soon as pos
sible and to let either the as
sistant county agent or vocational
agriculture teacher know of their
intentions.
This year for the first time
merchants in the town and
county are being offered the op
portunity to sponsor a trophy.
The trophies will be inscribed
with the name of the merchant
or business and will be present
ed to the winner personally by
the merchant or businessman at
the show. Anyone who wishes
to sponsor a trophy is urged to
contact Marvin Wilson, chair
man of this year’s show, or
George Lewis, the co-chairman.
Another first in this year’s
show is the pen of eight hogs.
This class is open to the Junior
Division only, and it is heped
there will be several entries in
this event.
Following is the list of prizes
and premiums offered this year:
Beef Department
Clars I (Grade Prem'uvn) —
Individual steeds: U. S. prime
Continued on Page 3. Section 1
Tractor Rodeo
At Chowan Fair
A tractor rodeo will he held
in conjunction with the Chowan
County Fair on Wednesday. Oc
tober 4. The rodeo, sponsored
by the Edenton Junior Chamber
of Commerce, was announced by
Marvin Wilson, chairman of the
Agricultural Committee. It wtTT
be open to anyone who wishes
to participate.
A trophy will be given in a
youth and an aduit division. A
fifty cents entrance fee will be
charged.
Douglas Cale and Scott Har
rell will be in charge of this
project and it is honed that a
large number will participate.
[Evjc^ndah)
A sweet Potato referendum
is scheduled to be held in Cho
| wan County Saturday, Septem
i ber 23.
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher As
sociation will meet in the Ele
mentary School auditorium on
Tuesday night, September 26, at
8 o'clock.
Center Hill-Cross Roads fire
men will serve a barbecue chick
jen dinner at the fire station
Saturday, September 30, from 4
to 8 P. M.
Continued on Page 2. Section 1
; The first regular session will
, be held on Tuesday night. Oc
tober 3, beginning at 8 o’clock,
i with a two-hour period each
I Tuesday night for 12 weeks.
•j Instructors for the classes ex
j pected to be taught are: Typing.
e|Mrs. Leah Mayo; art, Mrs.
- Lois Venters; French, Thommy
s Heath; science. Archie Fairley:
bookkeeping or shorthand (which
r one is the largest). Miss Kath
ryn Gabbard and mathematics,
2 Miss Annie Bullock.
2 Any person needing addition
t al information before the or
; ganizational meeting should call
3 the principal’s office. t
The adult educational atarses
e are being sponsored by she
\ Edenton Woman’s Club.