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Volume XXVIII . —Number 49.
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Town Leases Portion (|l Property At Base To U. S. Lumber Co
Weldon Hollowell Given
Appointment Assistant
DA For Eastern District
William Prjvott Elev
n ated to Judge; John
1 Shackelford Is Se
f lected as Prosecutor
Weldon Hollowell, judge of
Chowan Recorder’s Court has
teen honored by an appoint
ment as assistant U. S. District
Attorney for the Eastern Dis
trict of Noi th Carolina and on
Monday assumed his new du
ties irf his office in the Post
Office Building in Raleigh.
ijn an impressive ceremony
Mi', HoHowell took the oath of
office in the Chowan County
Court House Saturday morning,
wWn a large crowd of friends,
including members of the bar,
were present. The oath was ad
ministered by Mrs. Lena Leary, (
clerk of Chowan Superior |
Court.
Mr. Hollowell is a graduate of I
the Wake Forest Law School
and began practice in Edenton
in'lßs6 after his discharge from
the Army.
During the ceremony many
very complimentary remarks
were expressed about Mr. Hol
lnweH’s past recr-rcf as judge of
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52 Placed On Period’s Honor !
Roll At Holmes High School
Cecil Fry, principal of John
A. Holmes High Schopl, this
“Wed* the honor roll
for tiie second six-weeks’ period, j
i Jfcrty-two were placed on the !
minor roll; who were as fol- j
lowsl
Grade 7 —Sanfra Ange, Donna |
Billings, Joanne Covington, Anne
Graham, Ann Harrell, Linda
Hollowell, Ann Jordan, Sylvia
Jordan, Kay Kramer, Ivy Lowe,
Wesley Chesson, (Danny Hassell i
and Joe Stokely.
Grade B—Barbara Adams, Suz
anne George, Becky Hampton,
Dianttoia Sexton, Yvonne Still
man, ; Martha Vaughan, Barbara
Rev. Hugh Evans
Speaker For DAR
Edenton Tea Party Chapter of
the DAR will have a luncheon
meeting at the Edenton Restau
rant Wednesday afternoon, De-1
cember 13, at 1 o’clock.
-Guest speaker will be the Rev !
Hugh S. Evans, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. George Hoskins, regent
of the chapter, urges all mem
'hers (to attend.
20 Years Ago
As Found In Th* Files Os
The Chowan Herald
Interest was aroused in a
proposed special election to vole
on a nine months school term,
with 512 registering in order to
cast a vote.
W. D. Pruden was instructed
by the .County Commissioners to
Copl'd. from P*«e 6—Section 2
CivP Defense Planning Key T o Survival
By MURRAY D. ASHLEY
- 1 Chewmn-Kdenton Civil Defense Director
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\ Twenty years ago this Sunday.
December % 1941, the thoughts
of most American people were
far from war. It's true that a
lot of our young men had been
catted to serve our country but
this didn’t mean that we would
have to go to war. A lot of
the young men who had been*
called to active duty, had al
ready started to talking about
their return to civilian life. Aj
well known tune in those days
could be heard nightly on most
& every juke box in the iand-I’U
|| Be Back In A Year Little Darl-
Jtivg— but boom, Peer! Harbor.’
Mbr a lot of Us it wasn’t a year. *
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Gets Federal Job
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WELDON HOLLOWELL
A distinct honor was con
ferred upon Weldon Hollowell,
who last week was aopointed
assistant U. S. District Attorney
for the Eastern District of North
Carolina. He began his new du
ties Monday in his offices in
the Post Office Building at Ra
leigh.
Wallace, Vivian Whiteman, Joe 1
Conger 111 and Norfleet Pruden. j
Grade 9—Linda Basnight, Jan- j
lice Bryant; Cdajre**fielch“ l Nancy
| O’Neal, Elaine Parks'” Lula
j Stroud. Hiram Mayo, Jr., Charles!
i Overton and George Wilkins. !
Grade 10—Jean Goodwin, Neal I
Hobbs and Douglas Twiddy. |
Grade 11—Gail Hare, Jo Ann
Leary, Ann Welis, Laurie White- i
man, John Marshall and Jim
Partin.
Grade 12 Jeanette Ashley,
Carolyn Bass, Eleanor Boyce, I
Ida Campen, Carolyn Harrell, I
Herb Adams, Jimmy Dail, Cecil
Fry, Joe Muchener, Roland Tol
ley and Mac Wright.
Tax Listers For
1962 Appointed
Chowan County Commission
ers at their meeting Monday ap
pointed the county’s tax listers
j for the year 1962.
Those appointed, who were
i recommended by W. P. Jones,
| tax supervisor, were as follows:
I First Township Mrs. Pattie
Byrum and Mrs. Legion O. Brit
ton.
Second Township Henry
Bunch.
Third Township T. O. Ber
ryman.
Fourth Township—‘Ward Hos
kins.
MEETING CHANGED
Due to the first Monday in
January falling on the fihst,
Chowan County Commissioners
will hold their January meeting
on Wednesday morning, Janu
ary 3. The meeting will begin, ’
: as usual, at 9 o’clock.
casualties later the shooting war
wag, over, the cold war was on. i
Look back on the history of
Communism since the days of
World War II; they have creat
ed crisis after crisis, Dienbien
phu,_ Greece, Lebanon, Laos,
Berlin, Korea and many other
1 places that to many of. us were
‘just strange sounding names
j twenty years ago. t
None Os us alive has ever
seen a large scale attack on the
United States. A lot of us has
seen the mass confusion, tur
moil and heartbreak caused by
; the old-fashion obsolete weapons
’ that were used m World War
sections of
tbdenton d owan bounty, i\onh Carolina, Thursday, December 7, I9bi.
Signing Os Lease For Property At Base For Lumber Concern
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In the presence of members of the Industrial Committee of the Edenton Chamber ox Commerce
and Town Council. Mayor John Miichener and Jack B. Smith of Thomson. Ga.. president of the
U. S. Lumber Company, sign a lease for a 153-acre site on town property at the former Edenton
Naval Auxiliary Air Station. The concern plans to manufacture specification lumber for the hous
ing market in North Carolina. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New Yo:k and
Washington, D. C. Seated in picture, left to right, is Mr. Smith, Mayor John Miichener and
Warren Twiddy, vice president of the U. S. Lumber Company. Standing, le f t to right, J. M. Rob
inson, Richard S. Atkinson, Jr., W. P. (Spec) Jones, Bruce F. Jones, chairman o£ lhe Industrial
Development Committee, J. H. Conger, Jr., president of the Chamber of Commerce and George
Twiddy. Committee members not in the picture are George A. Byrum, J. R. DuLaney and West
Byrum, Jr.—(Ricks Photo).
Edenton Woman’s
Club Will Sponsor
Decoration Contest
Prizes of sls and $lO
Will Be Awarded For
Best Two Home Out
door Decorations
Edenton Woman’s Club will
this year sponsor a Christmas
outdoor home decoration contest.
The decorations will be judged
Friday, December 22.
Two cash" prizes will he
awarded for the best outdoor
decoration, sls for first prize
and $lO for second prize.
It is hoped that many Eden
ton people will decorate their
homes to help make the contest
more interesting and at the
some time make Edenton more
attractive during the Christmas
season.
Hunt Speaker At
Rotary Meeting
Speaker of House of
Representatives To
Be Club’s Guest
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock in the Parish House..
The program will be in charge I
of John W. Graham, who hasj
announced that Joseph M. Hunt,
Jr.,, of Greensboro, speaker of 1 '
the North Carolina House of
Representatives, will be the!
speaker.
President Richard Atkinson
especially urges every Rotarian
to be present.
Bloodmobile Will Be j
I In Edenton Jan. 4th
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Rudolph Dale, Chairman of the
Chowan County Red Cross blood
program, announces that the
bloodmobile will be at the Eden-1
tory armory Thursday, January
4. The bloodmobile will be in
operation from 10 A. M., to 4
P. M. 1
Chowan County’s quota for
this visit of the bloodmobile
will be 100 pints. On the pre
vious visit 75 pints of blood
were donated and Mr. Dale is :
appealing to all the citizens of
the county to volunteer to do
nate a pint of blood, so that
the quota will not only be i
reached but exceeded. j
I William Privott, New Judge Os
| Recorder’s Court, Presents Due
Notice Os Sentences To Roads
William Privott, presiding for
the first time over a session of
OhdW:tif-Recorder's Court Tues
day morning, gave due notice
that violators of the law, especi
ally those called up for fight
ing, cutting, carrying concealed
weapons and writing worthless
checks need not expect to get
off easy.
In brief remarks following
opening of court by Sheriff Earl
Goodwin, Mr. Pritott said he
was proud and humble in his
new capacity. “I follow in the
footsteps of two outstanding
judges, Marvin Wilson and Wel
Party At Enterprise
Scheduled Tonight
Enterprise community will
hold a Christmas party tonight
(Thursday)- at 7:30 o’clock at
Zell Ward’s cabin.
The party will feature enter
tainment and refreshments and
every family in the Enterprise
community is especially invited
to be present.
, Highway 17 Travel Promotion Officials
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lOfticers and directors for the newly chartered Highway 17
travel promotion body met at Wilmington November 21 and agreed,
on official name as History land Highway Association. Over 10.000
copies of- a monthly historical magazine will be distributed initi
ally to travel agencies and auto associations north of the Mason-
Dixon line to promote historical attractions from Virginia to
Florida. Main purpose is to increase tourism on U. S. 17 which
declined last year. Bottom row. left to right. Pete Hicks, secre
tary-treasurer, Wilmington, president of S. T. N. C. Beach Asso
ciation; Diana Dietse, secretarial staff, Wilmiiigton.. Ben McDonald.,
president of the new association, news director, WECT Television,
Wilmington; Paul Ward, vice president. City Councilman. New
port News. Va. Top row. left to right. George Clanton, newspaper
publisher of Tapnahanock. Va., director; George Burroughs, execu
tive secretary and field representative. Wilmington; Joe H. Conger,
Jr. president of the Edenton Chamber of Commerce, director; J. i
M. Robinson, Edenton. director; Harold Sniffen, executive director
of Mariners Museum. Newport News, director, and Gilliam Bur
nett Wilmington attorney, director. 1
don Hollowell, which is no re
flection on judges who preceded
them,” he said. .‘‘l have a long
road to travel before I attain
the efficiency and ability of
these two judges.
I “I have strong thoughts and j
ideas on certain subjects, This j
i court has been plagued with an
I epidemic of cutting, shooting and
j carrying concealend weapons
j charges. I take a .dim view on j
such offenders, so that a word
jto the wise should be sufficient.
I am here and now serving no
j tice that those offenders com
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R. Graham White
On Hospital Board
Chowan County Commission
ers on Monday appointed R.
Graham White as a member of
the board of directors of Cho-|
wan Hospital. I
Mr, White will succeed Gilliam
Wood, who resigned after bein
appointed as a member of the
Highway Commission.
J M. Rudolph Dale
Named Chairman
For March Dimes
[ Need For Funds to
Continue Work In
Research Is Empha
sized By Chairmnn j
I
“Moving forward from the
successful fight against polio,
the 1962 New March of Dimes
will support one of the most
potent medical programs ever
launched against chronic cripp
ling disease,” Rudolph Dale
says.
Mr. Dale’s statement was
made as he accepted appoint
ment to direct the March of
Dimes campaign in Chowen
County from January 2 through
January 31.
The appointment was an
counced by J. Scott Harrell,
I chairman of the local chapter
of The National Foundation.
Mr. Dale, who is an insurance
representative, pointed out that
the March of Dimes organiza
tion. while continuing its 24-year
successful fight against polio, is
also attacking crippling birth
i defects and arthritis.
“Funds are needed to support
research which offers real hope
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Cantata Will Be i
Presented Dec. 10
Glee Club . Treble Clef
And Bass Clef Clubs
Will Participate i
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John A. Holmes High School I
I Glee Club will present a Christ- I
mas cantata, “The Babe of I
! t Wh'ehem,” Sunday afternoon, I
December 10, at 5 o’clock in the I
senuol auditorium. The program I
will be in charge of Miss Suz- I
; anne Hardison, public music I
| teacher and there will bg no I
admission charge. I
Also participating in the pro- I
gram will be the Treble Clef I
Club and the Bass Clef Club. I
Considerable time is being de- I
voted to the program, so that it I
is hoped that the auditorium I
will he filled to capacity. I
Christmas Dance
Planned Dec. 25
Annual Affair Spon
! sored By Edenton ;
Varsity Club
Edenton’s Varsity Club will
again sponsor its annual Christ
mas dance, which is scheduled
to be held Christmas night, De
cember 25, from 9 P. M. to 1
A M.
The dance will be held in the
Edenton armory and is expected
to attract an unusually large i
crowd due to so many returning
home to spend the Christmas
holidays. i
Music for the dance will be
provided by Ray Abernathy and
his orchestra. This group of
musicians are no strangers in I
Edenton, having furnished music j
for a number of previous dances :
held in Edenton.
Table reservations can be i
nade by phoning 2105 or 4107.
Ballard’s Bridge
Church Reduces
Debt To $2,500
The Harvest Day offering at
' Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church
j reached $2,502.10 last Sunday
! morning.
For the past three years the
' church has been receiving a
Harvest Day offering for the
purpose; of paying the indebted
ness on the three-year-old edu
cational building,
j The offering last Sunday will,
, bring the indebtedness down to
$2,500. ‘ '■
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Deal Consummated After
18 Months Os Negotiating
On Part Edenton Groups
Concern Acquires 150 Acres With Operations
Scheduled to Begin In About Six Weeks
Ar.d Prospects of Employing Up to 150
Edenton’s Municipal Building was the setting of the official
signing of a 10-year lease with options to renew for four ad
ditional 10-year periods which gains for Edenton and Chowan
County a new industry; The new operation is scheduled to
begin in about six weeks. The announcement was made joint
ly by the Twiddy Insurance and Real Estate Co.. Inc., t _
Edenton and John A. Mitchener, Jr., Mayor. Town of Eden
lon.
1 lie final details lor establishing the new industry and
signing of the lease culminated after long months of effort
on the part oi the real estate firm, the Town Council and
New Court Officials
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WILLIAM PRIVOTT
JOHN SHACKELFORD
With *be resignation of Wel
don Hollowell as judge of Cho
wan County Recorder's Court,
Chowan Coun*y Commissioners
on Mondav appointed William
Privott to succeed Mr. Hollo
well as judge and John Shackel
i ford as prosecuting attorney. Mr.
Privott has been serving as
prosecutor.
\cmc calendar]
A cantata, "The Babe of Beth
lehem," will be presented in
the John A. Holmes High School
auditor’um Sunday afternoon,
December 10, at 5 o'clock.
Fdenton Woman's Clue is,
sponsoring a Chris*mas outdoor
home decoration contest which
will be judged Friday. Decem
ber 22.
The Red Cross bloodmobile
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Election Being Held This Week
To Choose District Supervisor
For Soil Conservation Group
This week, December -4-9, is
district supervisors election week
in Chowan County and the oth
er Soil and Water Districts in
North Carolina. Chowan Coun-i
ty nominations are incumbent H.j
Fahey Byrum. Lester Copeland
and Carlton Goodwin. One of
ihese three will be elected for
a three year term of the Albe
marle district supervisors from
Chowan County to the Albe
marle .Soil and Water Conserva
tion District Board. Any reg
istered voter can vote in this
election.
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
’the Edenton Chamber of Com
merce, which resulted in bring
mg the new industry to this
historic community on Albe
marle Sound.
the new industrial concern is
lie United States Lumber Com
pany. Inc., of Edenton. Its plant
will be located on a 150-acre
site .on the newly acquired Eden
: ion airport property that was
received as a grant from the
Federal government in February
of this year. The airport is the
j b.eart of the former Marine Air
I * ; ‘ s e that was deactivated in
! October. 1958.
The U. S. Lumber Company’s
, immediate plans are to install
a complete twin gang lumber
1 mill to manufacture specification
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New Industry
Needing Help
Warren Twiddy, vice presi
dent in charge of public rela
tions. employment and logging
of U. S. Lumber Co., the new
industry recently locating in
Edenton. has requested that all
people desiring employment
with the U. S. Lumber Co., to
please contact the Edenton Of
fice of the N. C. State Employ
ment Security Commission lo
cated at 204 Citizens Bank
Building.
Mr. Twiddy is especially in
terested at this time in appli
cants experienced in working in
lumber, veneer and wood chip
ping plants.
Red Men Turkey
Shoot December 9
Chowan Tribe No. 12. Improv
ed Order of Red Men. will spon
i sor a turkey shoot Saturday, De
cember 9. The shoot will be
held at the American Legion
• grounds, beginning at 4 P. M.,
and continuing until 10 P. M.
Turkeys awarded the winners
will be 10-12 pound Butterball
turkeys.
Elliott Named On
County School Board
j At their meeting Monday.
! members of the Countv Board
of Education appointed John M
1 Elliott as a new member. Mr.
: lilliott was anDointed to fill oul
, tile unexplrcd term of Dr. L. F.
Ferguson, who has moved to
Florida.
Ballot boxes are placed at the
following places: ASCS Office,
Goodwin’s Store, M&R Service
Center, Troy Toppin’s Store, Ry
land Post Office, H. A. Perty,
i Q. T. Bass, W. E. Smith, L. C.
[ Briggs. Hughes-Parker Hard
-1 ware Company, H. R. Peele and
Byrum Hardware Company, Inc.
i L. C. Bunch, chairman of the
. Albemarle Soil and Water Con
servation District, urges all eli
gible voters to vote in this elec
tion. George Lewis of Peoples
Bank & Trust Company ts chair
man of the Chowan County Dis
trict Supervisors Election.