ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXVIII. —Number 48.
Don Evans, Glenn Bunch
And Ray Evans Winners In
4-H Corn Grower Contest
14 Boys Average 99.4
Bushels Per Acre In
1961 Contest Spon
' sored By Lions Club
Don Evans, Glenn Bunch, Jr.,
and Ray Evans were announced
as winners of the Chowan Coun
» ty 4-H corn growers contest for
1961 at a meeting of the Eden
ton Lions Club. This annual
contest is sponsoretd by the lo-
Ical Lions Club.
Don Evans was winner in the
10-12 year old group, while
Glenn Bunoh, Jr., won in the
13-14 year old group and Ray
Evans in the ■ group 15 years
old and above.
In his group Don Evans had
a yield of 108.5 -bushels per acre.
Glenn Bunch, Jr., had a 126-
bushel yield and Ray Evans had
a yield of 122 bushels per acre.
Each winner was awarded a
check for $lO.
Fourteen boys participated in
this year’s contest with an av
erage yield of 99.4 bushels per
acre, This is next to the high
est average since the contest
was started back in 1952. The'
l highest average yield was pro
i duced in 1960 at 118.5 bushels.
\ The yearly yields follow:
V 1952—61.0 bushels
i 1953—60.0 bushels
l 1954—58.1 bushels
\1955—71.3 bushels
1956—92.7 bushels
1957—48.2 bushels
858—76.9 bushels
1959 —96.86 bushels
1960—118.5 bushels
1961—99.4 bushels.
Biws who participated in this
years contest were:
. 10-12 years—Don Evans, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Evans;
Cal Goodwin, son of Mr. and
14k- Edward Goodwin; Jerry
nHftd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Ward.
13-14 years—Glenn Bunch, son
of Mr. v and Mrs. Glenn Bunch,
Sri; Gene Harrell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. I. L. Harrell; Dennis
Spivey, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1
Harvey M. Spivey; Thomas:
Peeje, son of Mr. and Mrs. Char-1
lie, Peele.
IS years and above —Ray Ev-[
ans, .son of Mr. and Mrs. Mil-]
ton .Evans; Lewis Evans and
Leon 'Evans, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Evans; Percy Rob
erson. son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
E. Roberson; Richard White, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. White; i
Jerry White, son of Mr. and]
Mrs. Sid - White; Bernard Dale,
son of Mr. ahd Mrs. Ralph Dale, j
At Monday night’s meeting
George Lewis was inducted as
a new member. It was also an-j
nouhceSd that the club’s Christ-]
mas Party will be held Monday
night, December 18, Members]
were urged to. survey their 1
closets for old clothing for chil- 1
f 1 dren and adults which might!
be donated at Christmas time. !
20 Years Ago j
f As Found In Th« Files Os
The Chowan Herald
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Only 188 names were pieced
on ihe Edenton registration
books for a special election to
add an extra month of edhool
in the Edentort City administra
tire unit.
Congressman Herbert Bonner,
was notified by Admiral Emory
S. Land, Chairman of the Mari
time Commission that a govern
ment Liberty ship would be]
named in honor of Joseph
Hewes.
Miss Jessie Byrum. Miss Eve
lyn Smith, Robert Hamuli, Monk
Hollowell and Miss Jhssie Mae
Jordan were wiynert of cash
prises in a ▼ery suooesefhl treas
ure hunt sponsored by the Mer
chant JUmciaiioo to usher in
The Bank of Edenton sent out!
chocks in the amount of ««.000
»Xr3££J*E£j!, S*"” I
I In a tuborcuJoeis cUnkspon!
jyeed by the BerHObChOwm,
were tested, M white!
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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MRS. PRISCILLA TOWNSON
For the past six months Mrs.
Priscilla Townson has been at
tending Massey Business College
in Atlanta, where she took the
professional secretarial course
including twelve business sub
jects. ‘Priscilla was one of the
five in her class of 20 students
to graduate and receive a di
ploma at the Massey College j
graduation exercises held Friday
night, November 10,
Pickled Herring
Breakfast Dec. 2
Sponsored by the Men’s Club
of the Eden ton Methodist|
Church, another pickled herring
breakfast will be held at the
church Saturday morning, De
cember 2, from 7 to 9 o’clock. |
The men have arranged to i
serve anyone as much as he or!
she can eat for SI.OO.
Giowai^
Clubs; Plan Christmas Festival
The 13 Home Demonstration
Clubs of Chowan County will
have a Christmas Festival Tues
day night, December 5, at 7
o’clock at the American Legion
building. Christmas decorations,
cookies, candies, nuts ajid fruit
cakes will be for sale. All ar
ticles and food will be made by
various Home Demonstration
Club members.
Articles and food for sale
will be as fbllows: Advance
Club, candies; Beech Fork Club,
candies and mints; Byrd Club,
Swedish darned towels; Center
Hill, candies, cakes and cookies;
Chowan, homemade pickles, pre
serves and jams; Colonial Club,
Woman's Club To i
Meet December 6
Edenton Woman’s Club will
meet at the Edenton Restaurant
Wednesday afternoon, December
6, at 1 o’clock. A special pro
grarn will be presented by rep
resentatives of the county’
Home Demonstration Clubs, so
that Mrs. Herbert Hollowell,
requests all members to be pres
ent.
RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv
ed Order of Red Men, will meet
Monday night, December 4, a
7:30 o’clock. W. M. Rhoades,
sachem of the tribe, requests a
! good turnout of members.
! Hudson Grove Grand Champion
In Negro Development Contest
A county awards program fort
Negro qommuhity development
| foe the year 1961: was held on
! Tuesday night at Grove
I Consolidated School.
The judging took place Thurs
day, November 16, but the re
sults were not announced until
| Tuesday night’s meeting. The
! judges were Mrs. M. B. Taylor,
! Perquimans County home agent;.
1 W. C. Stroud, Fferquimans Coup-1
ty County Agricultural Agent,
•and H. L. Mitchell, Gates CoOftf
ty Agricultural Agent.
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Edenton, Chowan ;y, North Carolina, Thursday, November 30, 1961.
1 20 Farmers Now
. Members Ton And
' M Peanut Club
' December 5 Is Dead
| line For Farmers to
Qualify to Become
Members of Group
Wesley Chesson, chairman of
the Edenton Chamber of Com
merce Agricultural Committee,
has announced the following
qualifiers for the newly created
Chowan County Ton and a Half
Peanut Club sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce:
Randolph Ward, Ralph Hollo
well, Pete Blanchard, Woodrow
Lowe, Edgar E. Hollowell, Char
lie Boyce, Raymond Layton, A.
C. Griffin, William Forehand,
Paul Ober, Carl Ober, David
Ober, E. S. White,. Richard
White, Dick Lowe, Thomas Paul
Griffin, Tommy Leary, Jack
Leary, Billy Gray Leary and]
Fred Griffin.
Chesson stated that the club
idea was initiated to stimulate]
i the increased yield of peanuts]
! in the county and that he was
' pleased to see the large number
of those who qualified under the
i terms of raising 3,000 pounds of
!■ peanuts to a measured acre.
I Membership in the Ton and a
i Half Club is still open to quali
! fiefs who make .the deadline by
December sth.
A banquet will be held at the
Colonial Restaurant December
15 at 7:00 P. M., for all of those
who have become members of
the Ton and a Half Club.
Speakers for the occasion will
be announced'knext week.
The North Carolina Peanut
Growers Association is planning
| a special trophy award to the
; club member who has grown the
.' largest poundage per acre, Ches
j son stated.
Christmas assortment consisting
of mantel arrangements, minia-'
ture Christmas trees, stuffed,
toys, place cards, pajama bags, l
clothes pin aprons, doll clothes
and costers; Enterprise Club,
Christmas stockings and aprons;
Gum Pond, candies; Oak Grove
Club, candies; Rocky Hock Club,
peanuts, walnuts, candies, fruit
cakes and tin . craft; Ryland
Club, peanuts and peanut pro
ducts; Wards Club, candies and
mints, and Yeopim Club, can
dies.
Colonial, Yeopim, Enterprise
and Byrd Clubs will be the hos
tess clubs. The public is invit
ed to attend from 7 P. M., to
10 P. M.
New 4-H Club For
Gliden Community
Gliden Community 4-H Club
was organized and had its first
meeting on November 20. Offi
cers elected were: President,
Keith Rollins; vice president,
Betty Lou Hugo; secretary,
Christine -White; reporter, Den
nis Spivey; assistant secretary,
Juhe C. Spivey, and song leader,
Kaye Ward.
Several members of the spon
soring committee and parents
were present. " They were Mr.
and Mrs. Edmond White, War
ren Rollins, Harry L. Winslow,
Roger Spivey, Roy Bunch, Ivan
Bunch and Mrs. Mary E. Ward.
Continued an Pag* 4—Section 1
J —Hudson Grove.
Blue Ribbon—Center Hill and
Cisco. >
Red Ribbon —W arren Grove
and Green Hall.
Red Ribbon—Ryans Grove.
White Ribbon —Virginia Fork.
White Ribbon—'Paradise Road.
White Ribbon —Yeopim.
The principal speaker for the
j program was Dr. Andrew A.
! Best of Greenville, N. C„ who
j spoke upon the advantages of
,1 community development Re
freshments were served at the
j conclusion of the program,
t] The contest was sponsored by
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MARIAN BUNCH
Pictured above are two Chowan County seniors who have been
selected as the DAR Citizen of the year. At left is Marian Bunch
of John A. Holmes High School. She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd E. Bunch. At right is Kay Bunch of Chowan High
School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carey Bunch of Route 3.
Edenton Christmas Party
One Os Most Successful
Ever Held; Ideal Weather
Hundreds Gather to
See Parade and En-|
joy Party on Court
House Green
Favored with ideal weather,
crowds by the hundreds gather
ed in down town 'Edenton Fri
day afternoon when Santa Claus
ushered in the Christmas sea
son. The streets were lined
with spectators long before the
parade began so that the parade
and Christmas party .mo doubt]
attracted more people than any]
previous affair.
The parade formed at Hicks
Field shortly after 2 o’clock with
the line of march being south
on Broad Street and east on
Water Street to the Court House
Green.
On the Green Santa Claus
met and greeted his little friends
and gift bags were distributed!
to both white and colored chil- j
dren.
Edenton Aces Scheduled Open
Basketball Season Friday Night
Edenton Aces will open their
1961-62 basketball season Fri
day night, December 1, when
they meet the Elizabeth City
Yellow Jackets in the local
gymnasium. The Jayvees from
both schools will play at 6:30
with the varsity game sched
uled to begin at 8 o’clock.
Coach Paul Stanton says this
year’s team is a big question
mark, although he has four vet
erans back on the squad. These
include Wayne Griffin, Herb
Adams, Richard Hollowell and
Jimmy Dail.
A new member of the squad
is Jay Ross, 6-foot, 10 inches,
who will add height to the team.
Clergy Workshop
At Parish House
Friday, December 8
“Pastoral Care for the Men
tally 111” will be the main topic
of the Clergy Workshop to be
held at St. Paul’s Parish House
Friday morning, December 8, at
10:30 o’clock.
The Rev. Roger Westmoreland,]
Chaplain of the Sanatorium at
Wilson, will be guest speaker
and moderator of a discussion
period to follow. Clergymen of
Chowan, Perquimans and Pas
quotank counties are invited to
participate in this workshop,
which is being co-sponsored by
the Chowan-Perquimans Medi
cal Auxiliary and the Edenton
Woman’s Club.
EASTERN STAR' MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet in the Masonic Tempi?
Monday night, December 4, at 8
o’clock. Mrs. Anita Tarkington,
worthy matron, urges all mem
bers to attend.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet Mon
day night, December 4, at 7
o’clock at toe Edenton Restau
rant. President John Mitcherrer
urges every member to attend.
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KAY BUNCH
! This annual Christmas party
lis sponsored by the Edenton
: Business and Professional Wo
: men’s Club, who are each year
! joined by Edenton merchants,
various groups and individuals
in providing a party for the
youngsters.
Edenlon’s Christmas decora
tions, which are second to none
in beauty and attractiveness,
were lighted for the first time
for the occasion and will be
lighted every night throughout
the Christmas holidays.
The parade was made up as
follows:
Highway patrolman, Chowan
High School float, homecoming
cfueeh from Chowan High
School, Edenton Woman’s Club
float, Edenton Negro High
School Band, Maola float. Cub
Scouts, Girl Scouts, Brownies,
Ryland Home Demonstration
Club float, new model auto
mobiles, Jaycee float, Lula I
White’s Florist float, Merita j
Continued or. Page s—section 1 I
' Another encouraging prospect is
Dickie Cobb, who played an oul
i standing game with the Junior
' Varsity team last year.
I The girls’ team, coached by
i Miss Coleen Ward, will open
• their season Tuesday night, De
■ cember 5, when both the boys’
and girls’ teams will play Cho
; wan High School on the latter’s
i court.
The Aces’ schedule follows:
December I—Elizabeth1 —Elizabeth City at
I I Edenton.
I December s—Chowan at Cho-
I wan.
I I December B—OpenB—Open
, I December 12 Chowan at
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Chowan PTA
Meets Dee. 4
The Chowan High School Par
ent-Teacher Association will
meet in the school auditorium
Monday night, December 4, at
; 7:30 o’clock.
| The primary grades will pre
sent a Christmas program and
Christmas music as a feature of
the meeting. Jennings Bunch,
PTA president, is especially
anxious to have all parents at
tend the meeting.
Firemen Plan To
Hold Turkey Shoot
The Cep ter Hill-Cross Roads
Volunteer Fire -Department will
hold another turkey shoot Sat
urday, December 16. The shoot
, will be held at the fire station)
j grounds from 1 P. M., to 9:30
P. M.
As a special feature of the
shoot, a toot gun will be given
to the lucky ticket holder, and
it is announced that toe winner
- does not have to be present in
J order to win toe gun. However,
- if the winner is present at toe
r drawing, a free turkey will also
Ibe presented. , , , 1
] Marian Bunch And
Kay Bunch AreDAR
“Citizens Os Year”
Selected By Faculties
Os John A. Holmes
And Chowan High
Schools
Marian Bunch, a senior at the]
John A. Holmes High School,]
and Kay Bunch, a senior at
Chowan High School, have been]
selected by the respective school j
faculties as DAR Citizen of the 1
Year.
Marian Bunch is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bunch.
She is a member of the Na
tiional Honor Society; Student
Council secretary; Tri-Hi-Y pres
ident; Future Teachers of Amer
ica; Glee Club; Treble Clef Club;
Girls’ Monogram Club; marshall;
cheerleader; editor-in-chief of
the school annual; member of
newspaper staff, and North and
South Carolina representative to'
Continued on Page 4— Section 1 j
Richard White Wins Honor As
State 4-H Peanut Project Champ
Richard White is State 4-H
peanut project winner, accord
inv to L. R. Harrill, State 4-H
Club leader. By winning, Rich
ard receives an all expense paid
trip to the National 4-H Club
Congress in Chicago, November
24-December 1.
Richard, his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. S. White, and County
Agricultural Agent C. W. Over--
Harding Again On ■
State Commission ]
Named By Sanford
Purpose to Plan Ob
servance of Anniver
sary of Granting Ca
rolina Charter
Governor Terry Sanford has
announced the composition o
the Carolina Charter Tercenten
ary Commission for the bien
nium 1961-1963.
The purpose of the Commis
sion is to plan the observance
of the 300th anniversary of the
granting of the Carolina Char
ter in 1663 to the eight Lords
Proprietors by King Charles I
of England.
Among members of the Com
mission who were reappointed
by Governor Sanford is Grayson
Harding of Edenton.
The chairman of the Commis
sion, Francis E. Winslow ofj
Rocky Mount, also was re-ap- '■
pointed by Governor Sanford for
the years 1961-1963. Mr. Wins
low has been serving in this
capacity since his appointment
in 1959 when the Commission
was established by the Generalj
Assembly.
First Decree At
Masonic Meeting
Dr. A. F. Downum, master of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A ,M., announces that an emer
gent communication of the lodge
will be held tonight (Thursday)
at 7:30 o’clock.
The purpose of this special
meeting is to confer the first
degree upon a candidate so that
a large attendance is urgently
requested.
Top National Farm Award Is
Again Won By N. G. Bankers
The aggressive and diversi
fied farm program conducted by
the bankers of North Carolin
has again won for them a top
national award.
The county key banker for
Chowan County, Richard S. At
kinson, Jr., vice president of
the Peoples Bank & Trust Co.,
of Edenton, has been advised
that the N. C. Bankers Associa
tion has won toe top annual
Agricultural Award presented
by the American Bankers As
sociation to toe state associa
tion with the best record tor
farm service. This is the 17th
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Term Os Chowan Superior
Court Is Completed Late
Tuesday By Judge Morris
use
Christmas
dk Seals
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PROTECT
THE
FAMILY
CIRCLE
man, attended the State 4-H
Awards Banquet Friday. This
was held at the Student Union
Building at N. C. State College.
Richard remained in Raleigh
overnight and left by Eastern
Airlines jet for Chicago Satur
day morning.
Expenses for Richard’s trip are
paid by the American Research
Institute.
U. S. Saving Bonds
Sales In Chowan
313% Os tl,Quota
Sales In October To
tal $8,791, According 1
To Atkinson, Volun- 1
teer Chairman
Richard S. Atkinson, Jr., Cho
wan County volunteer chairman,
for U. S. Savings Bonds, re-;
ports that October sales in Cho
wan County amounted to $8,791.
The county’s quota for the
year is $113,520 and for the year
thus far sales have amounted
to $43,454, which is 38.3 per cent
of the quota.
For the third consecutive
month sales surged ahead of
those for the same month of last
year in North Carolina. Com
bined E and H sales during Oc
tober were $4,174,800, which was
a 5% increase over October,
1960. E Bond sales were up 3%,
while H Bond sales were 24%
higher.
The state’s 10-month cumula-j
tive sales totaled $40,216,828.!
This represents an approximate
2% increase so far this year
over 1960 and is 78% of North!
Carolina’s 1961 dollar goal of 51 j
million 600 thousand dollars.
“Series H Bond sales took a j
spectacular jump during Octo- 1
ber,” according to W. H. Neal, 1
National Director of the Treas
ury’s Savings Bonds Division.
“The 24% increase in the pur
chases of Series H Bonds last
month is a tribute to the volun
teers and bankers who serve the
bonds program so faithfully and
to the thousands of patriotic
Americans who see in Savings
Bonds an important way to
serve their country in time of
need.”
consecutive year that the NCBA
has won the top award.
Mr. Atkinson said, that dur
ing the past year at least 500
bankers actively participated in
the various farm projects spon
sored by the NCBA.
The projects include a short
course in modem farming at
State College, attended by about
150 young farmers; a two-day
farm credit conference attended
by hundreds of bankers and
farmers; a land judging meet
in Which nearly 20,000 FFA
gjembers j>artkfo>a te, and many
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Grand Jury Recom
mends Dog Warden
And Dog Pohnd For
Chowan County
Judge Chester Morris opened
a session of Chowan Superior
Court Monday morning, which
■, completed the business and ad
} journed iate Tuesday afternoon.
I The term of court was open
j ed by Sheriff Earl Goodwin, who
j called upon the Rev. Thurman
j Allred, pastor of Rocky Hock
i Baptist Church, to offer prayer.
I Following the roll call of jur
] ors who were summoned to
j serve, the Grand Jury was se
] lected which included the fol
lowing:
Douglas Hare, B. W. Copeland,
Leslie Ray Nixon, Rosley V.
Ward, W. H. Bass, H. W. Blanch
! aid, H. H. Lane, Lloyd M. Har
] rell, KJ. Copeland, Kisler M
! Phillips, Jack Stallings. Frank
IL. Williams, E. D. Ashley, Jr.,
I, Wilbur E. Bunch, O. M. Blanch-
I ard, S. T. Alexander, J. C. Tem
• pie and Ray Byrum.
i] Judge Morris apointed Frank
,1 Williams foreman and Kisler
I Phillips was named secretary,
j Judge Morris stated that serv
ing on a Grand Jury is a high
I and important duty which is not
I always pleasant, but a duty
i which must be performed. He
pointed out that he did not
I excuse jurors unless it was ab
solutely necessary, so that only
| a very few jurymen were ex
cused.
I In his charge to the Grand
[ Jury, Judge Morris said it was
, a pleasure to have the privilege
to serve Chowan County during
| this term of court. “The Chief
Justice has been very kind to
] me,’’ he said, “in calling upon
• me to hold court in this district
I for the term. It is especially
I a pleasure for me to come to
j Chowan County, for T held my
j first term of Superior Court in
I Chowan County behind this
j same desk. It seems like a very
short time, but it has been 15
years ago, when I was one of
I the youngest judges in the state
lat that time. There are now
I only seven or eight judges old
i er than I in point of service,”
Judge Morris pointed out the
i method of selecting grana jurors
I and the importance of the oath,
jas well as the duties and re
sponsibilities of a juror. He
j said there is a trend in North
•j Carolina for a number of years
| for people to get away from this
; public service and push it on
i somebody else.
“This is one of the most im
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BAND PARENTS MEET
The John A. Holmes High
School Band Parents Association
will meet Monday night, De
cember 4, at 7:30 o’clock in the
band room. Herbert Hollowell,
president, especially urges all
members to be present.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o’clock at the Parish House.
The program will be in charge
of Jack Habit and President
Richard Atkinson requests a 100
per cent meeting.
feme CALENDAR]
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Home Demonstration Clubs of
Chowan County will hold a
Christmas Festival ai the Amer
ican Legion building Tuesday
night, December 5, from 7 to
10 o'clock.
Edenton Woman's Club will
meet Wednesday afternoon. De
cember 6, at 1 o'clock, at the
Edenton Restaurant.
Chowan High School Parent-
Teacher Association will meet
in the school auditorium Mon
day night, December 4, at 7:30
o'clock.
Methodist Men's Chib will
sponsor a pickled herring break
fast at tba Edenton Methodist
Church Saturday morning. De
cember 2. from 7 to B o'clock.
John A. Holmes High School
Band Parents Association will
moat Monday night, riecaniher
4. at 7:30 o'clock in the bond
room.
Contiauad on Pago 3, Batten 1