ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVlll.—Number 47.
Santa Claus Plans o Visit Edenton On Friday Afternoon
Voters In Edenton Favor
ss43,oooßondlssueFor
Sewage Disposal System
Every Ward Turns In|
Substantial Majority!
In Landslide Victory
Tuesday
In a landslide Edenton voters
on Tuesday voted more than 4
1 to 1 in favor of a $543,000 bond
issue for the construction of a
sewage disposal system. With j
622 voters going to the polls for
the election, 501 ballots were
marked in favor of the bond is
sue, while 121 were opposed.
VOTE~TABULATtON
For Against
First Ward 190 32
Second Ward 120 31
Bhir.d Ward 137 39
Ward 54 19
\ Total 501 121
Each of the four wards turned
ini a substantial majority of
voltes in favor of the sale of
boqds. The First Ward, the only !
ward to favor the issue in the ;
196 d election, turned in the!
Continued on Page B—Section 1 !
Group Formed To Promote
Travel Oil U. S. Highway 17
A more vigorous program to
promote travel on U. S. High
way 17 is the goal of a newly-j
formed group headed by Ben
; McDonald, news director of
Wilmington, N. C.,
a'cc'ordia^^' Jr.,
rj|odent of the Edenton Cham-1
fyer of Commerce and a mem-j
' of the executive committee
•%.ihh met in Wilmington Tues
day to draw up a charter for
the new organization.
To be known as the “Travel
Along Highway 17 Association’’*
memberships will be solicited
in Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida.!
The main office of the new as-1
Four Referendums
<■ §
Scheduled To fie
Held On Dec. 12
H. 0. West Says High
Participation Is Very
Important to Farm
ers In Chowan
H. O. West, office manager for
the -Chowan County ASCS of
’ fice announces that on Decem
ber 12, four referendums will be
held. The tobacco marketing
quota referendum for the years
1962, 1963 and 1964 *nd the cot-
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
v» J
Dr. Charles Parker, noted lec
turer, spoke in Edenton on three
occasions, to the school stu
dents. the Rotary Club and the
public.
An antique sale was held at
Hotel Joseph Hewes for the
Continued on Page 8, Section 1
Edenton Aces Place Quartet On
Albemarle All-Conference Team
—
Edenton’s Aces 1 placed four
players on the Albemarle All- 1
Conference football team, which
announced early this week.
A 1 quartet of Aces were also
8 Aces on th? first team are
Charles Cuthrell, tackle; Ron-
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
( Closed Tight! ]
# Business in Edenton will be
at a standstill Thursday of this
week November 23, due' to the
Observance of Thanksgiving.
All offices and practically all
business establishments will be
closed for the day in order for
employees to enjoy the holiday.
Business will be resumed as
usual Friday morning.
Special Service At
Methodist Church
Thanksgiving Day
A Thanksgiving service will
be held at the Edenton Metho
dist Church Thursday morning,
November 23, beginning at 10
o’clock. The public is cordially
invited to .attend this service,
which will last about 45 min
utes.
A special Thanksgiving mes
sage will be brought by the pas
tor, the Rev. Van Crawford.
sociation will be in Wilmington,
jN. 'C., approximately mid-way
| cn U. S. 17.
■I “The Association will be de
"> voted entirely to developing
j more traffic on Highway 17,”
1 Conger said, “and will work in
! cooperation with all other or
| ganizations which are now pro
moting this north-south coastal
artery such as the Ocean High
way Association, the Chesapeake
Bay Ferry Commission and the
various beach organizations and
•'Chambers of Commerce along
or adjacent to Highway 17.”
The new organization plans to
i absorb “Along Highway 17”
| Continued oi. Page s—section )
Plans Completed
For Dance Nov. 23
!: Proceeds Will Go For
Christmas Shopping
t Tour For Kiddies
, Plans are practically complete
for the Thanksgiving dance
which will be held in the Eden
: ton armory Wednesday night,
- -November 22. The dance is
- sponsored by the Edenton Jun
i ior Chamber of Commerce with'
Nathan Owens and Dave Otto
i way as co-chairmen. Anyone
■ desiring reservations should tele
phone 2501.
The dance will begin at 9
o’clock and continue until 1
o’clock.
Music will be furnished by
Ray Abernethy and his orchestra
from Rocky Mount. This group
of musicians is well known in
Edenton, so that the Jayceesj
are expecting a large turnout
i of dance enthusiasts.
Proceeds from the dance will
I be used by the Jaycees to spun-.
1 j sor a Christmas shopping tour
■ for underprivileged children.
following: '
I Ends—Ruffin Odom of Ahos
kie and Linwood Rogerson of
Williams ton.
Tackles—Charles Cuthrell ofj
Edenton and Waldo Winslow of
Hertford.
Guards —Ronald Forehand of
Edenton and Billy Williams of
Back,-Carroll Forehand an I
on, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 23, 1961.
Special Service At
Center Hill Church j
For Thanksgiving;
Message Will Be I)e-J
livered By the Rev.
Carl Hart; Special
Music Is Arranged
A special service of Thanks
giving has been planned for
Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock
at the Center Hill Baptist!
Church, according to the pastor,!
the Rev. Henry V. Napier.
The service will feature a spe
cial selection for worship ar
ranged from the tune Lyons for;
Junior Choir and will be used |
as a call to worship. As aj
musical meditation preceding the |
the Thanksgiving prayer the]
Youth Choir will bring a spe
cial selection arranged from the
Continued on Page 5, Section 1
Army Plane Lands
On Local Airport
Due to faulty ignition, an
Army plane, from Fort Eustis,
Va., Was forced to make ( a 'pre
cautionary landing Friday morn
ing about 9:30 at the Edenton
airport.
According to Lieut. Clyde L.;
Motes, & slight ignition problem
I developed, ■ which caused him to
| decide to land.
i Another plane arrived later \
| from Fori Eustis and the ne- j
i cessary f repairs were- made. w
Superior Court Will '
Begin November 27
A mixed tarm of Chowan Su-1
perior Court is scheduled to;
convene Monday morning, No-1
| Judge Chester M6rris will be
!the Dresidine iudee 1
f I -
Watershed Celebration In
Edenton An Outstanding
Affair; Work Commended
Program Held at L. C.
Bunch’s Farm; 550
Attend Banquet In
Armory at Night
Thursday was a big day in |
Edenton for those interested in
soil and water conservation]
when the Burnt Mill Creek
Watershed was dedicated and
ground was broken for the Pol
lock Swamp Watershed.
Hundreds of people gathered
| at L. C. Bunch’s farm near Han
cock station in the afternoon,
where the exercises were held
in hn appropriate setting which
reflected a great deal of prepa
ration. The speaker’s platform
had a background of pine trees
and under shelters many pic
tures were displayed pointing
out the advantages of soil con
servation. Boy Scouts moved
among the large group of peo
ple handing out bags of Cho
wan County peanuts which were
compliments of the local branch!
| of Continental Baking Company, j
Adding considerably to the |
program was a concert by the!
Cherry Point Marine Band and
a group of Edenton ladies in
I colonial costume mingled among
I the crowd which added color to
the occasion.
The program at ‘the Bunch
j farm was presided over by West
Byrum, Jr., who called upon
I the Rev. George B. Holmes to
| offer the invocation. C. V.
| Overman sang the National An
! thefn and two Edenton Boy
1 Scouts raised the United States
I flag. *
A welcome was extended by
'Mayor John Mitchener, W. E.
Bond, Chairman of the Chowan
County Commissioners and H.j
A. Leary, vice chairman of the
Albemarle Soil Conservation'
District, who also paid glowing |
tribute to L. C. Bunch, chair- j
man, for his efficient and un- 1
tiring work. i
Mr. Byrum recognized a host
of distinguished, guests and
spoke briefly on “What the Wa
tershed Projects Will Mean To*
Us”.
Congressman Herbert C. Bon-|
ner introduced Donald A. Wil
liams, national administrator of
the Soil Conservation Service.
Mr. Williams commended the’
Albemarle Soil and Water Con-|
•
servation District, the Perquim-I
ans and Chowan County Drain
age Districts and the Chowan]
County Board of Commissioners, |
sponsors of the two watershed
projects, and all civic, service'
and youth' organizations that
have contributed to the pro
gram. Over the years, Mr. Wil
liams said, North Carolina has
been one of the leading states
in conservation work.
"The faculty to initiate water
shed projects, to think progres
sively and effectively,” said Mr.
Williams, “is more or less ex-!
pected in this historic Edenton I
area. This was true in colonial:
and Revolutionary periods when:
the area opposed the British 1
Parliament. This was true in.
11774 when the women of Eden
: ton held their Tea Party’ in de
fianoe to British rule.
‘Today,- we dedicate the com- 1
pletion of the Burnt Mill Creek
Watershed project and observe'
the start of the Pollock Swamp!
project I’m sure that the satis- j
factory results obtained in the'
OontfapMl on Pago 9, Section 1
Group In Ryland
Wins In Contest
For Development
Awards Program Is
i Held at the Chowan
High School on Wed
nesday Night
In the annual Chowan County
Community Development Con- !
1 test which came to a close Wed- ]
resday of last week, the Ryland j
community was judged the most 1
! outstanding for the year.
Contributing substantially to i
I Ryland’s success was the near
! completion of i community I
building and sponsoring a 4-H!
| Club and other worthy projects j
] during the year. The group j
! was presented a purple ribbon j
land a check for $109.32.
The .awards were presented
by Richard Atkinson, Jr., vice
j president of the Edenton branch
!of the Peoples Bank & Trust
\ Company at a program held at.
Chowan High School.
Blue ribbon communities in- 1
eluded Enterprise and Center j
Continued on vajre B—Section 1 1
Women’s Clubs To j
Offer Scholarship
Mrs. R. J. Boyce, education
: chairman of the 16th District of
I N. C. Federation of Women’s,
I Clubs, announces that the Fed
eration will award a $750 schol- ]
arship to a senior girl in North j
Carolina. Blanks for the con- \
test are in the hands of school
principals.
The scholarship will be based
I on need for aid and a desire for
. higher education.
The district elimination con
; test will be held at Chowan
| College at Murfreesboro in Feb
ruary. The date of the state
contest will be announced later.
$2,50 Per Vear in North Carolina
Parade Scheduled To Form
At Hicks Field At 2 O'clock
Party To Follow On Green
|[ Early Bird! lj
M
| ~~ J. CARLTON CHERRY _
Late last week J. Carlton
Cherry, Ahoskie attorney, an
nounced that he will be a can
didate for Senator of the First
I Senatorial District in the Demo
cratic primary election next '
May.
Crane Cites Store W ork Hours
Permitted For W omen-Minors
State Labor Commissioner
Frank Crane reminds Tar Heel
employers of maximum working
hours permitted for women and
I minors under the State Labor
Laws during the business rush
between Thanksgiving and the
Christmas holidays.
“Employers employing nine
or more persons may select a
period of one week only, any
time between Thanksgiving and
Christmas, during which women
18 years of age or older em
ployed in mercantile establish
ments may work as much as ten
hours a day but not more than
six days in the week,” Com
Tetanus Clinics
Scheduled Nov. 28
■ |
Jaycees and Doctors
Urge Many To Take
Treatments
Attention is again called to
the second of a series of tetanus
shot clinics which are scheduled
to be held Tuesday night. No- 1
vember 28, at 7:30 o’clock. The
clinics are sponsored by the
Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce and the local Medi
cal Society. ;
Schedule ot the clinics fal
lows:
Penelope Barker house. St.
Luke's Church on Paradise
Road, Rocky Hock Community
Building, Center Hill Communi
ty Building, St. John’s School
and Ryans Grove Church.
Jaycees and doctors point out
the importance of these shots
and hope many will take ad
vantage of the opportunity to
take this precautionary meas
ure.
J. Carlton Cherry Announces
Candidacy As District Senator
*
J. Carlton Cherry, 55-year-old
Ahoskie attorney, late last week
announced his candidacy for
Senator of the First Senatorial
District which includes Chowan,
Hertford, Pasquotank, Bertie,!
j Camden, Gates, Currituck and I
I Perquimans counties. N. Elton |
Aydlett of Elizabeth City and
J. Emmett Winslow of Hertford;
are now serving as the district’s!
two Senators.
"I have no political ambitions,
that is, from a standpoint of re- 1
! ceiving an appointment,” Cher
jry emphasized. T want to
serve and represent the people
ot this district. That is my de
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Big Annual Holiday
Event Again Spon
sored By Edenton’s
BPWCIub
;
! Plans are rapidly being whip
; ped into shape for Edenton’s
! annual Christmas parade which
|is scheduled to be held Friday
! afternoon. November 24. The
i big event is again sponsored by
1 the Edenton Business and Pro
! fessional Women’s Club, mem
bers of which are hcpeful that
this year’s Christmas party will
be one of the best ever staged
in Edenton.
Youngsters from Edenton and
the rural area are looking for
ward with pleasure to the an
nual visit of Santa Claus and
with favorable weather youngs
ters by the hundreds, together
with many parents, are expected
to be on hand for the visit and
party.
According to plans, the parade
will begin at 2 o'clock at Hicks
Field and the line of march will
be down Broad Street to Water,
Continued on Page 3, Section i
missioner Crane said. “Normal
ly, maximum working time for
these employees is nine hours a
day, 48 hours a week, and six
j days per week.”
“Women 18 or older Working
in establishments employing
eight or fewer people are re
stricted to ten hours a day,
hours a week and six days per
week,” Crane stated. “The law
does not provide any increased
working time for this- group
during the Thanksgiving to
Christmas period.”
He pointed out that the law
docs not provide any extended
I nntinund on Paae 6—Section
Special Service At
Great Hope Church
■ For Thanksgiving
i
Rev. Thurman Allred
Os the Rocky Hock
» Baptist Church Will
Bring Message
: A special service for Thanks
‘ giving has been planned for the
Great Hope Baptist Church to
',be held on Wednesday night,
1 November 22, at 7:30 o’clock in
j place of the regular prayer ser-
I vice of- the church,
j Continued on Page 4—Section 1
i^mCCALENDAR]
\\ j
Edenton’s annual Christmas
parade and party will be held
; Friday afternoon, November 24,
- beginning at 2 o'clock,
i A Thanksgiving service Will
be held in the Edenton Meiho
! Continued from Page B —Section 1
sire.”
In seeking the two-year term.
Cherry makes his first appear
ance in politics above the local
level. He- was mayor of Ahos
kie for two terms, first taking
‘ office in 1947.
I A native of Bertie County,
. Kelford, Cherry attended pub
| lie schools of Bertie County, the
i hieh school department of Mars
I Hill College and two years at
Oak Ridge Military Institute.
He is a 1928 graduate of the
Wake Forest College tew schooy*
Cherry established a
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