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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXIX. 1.
Edenton Woman's Club In
Brief Ceremony Presents
Town Confederate Plaza
Flag and Scroll Ac
cepted on Behalf of
Town By Mayor John
Mitchener
■ Members of the Edenton
Woman’s Club on Thursday af
ternoon formally presented the
Tafvn of Edenton the Confeder
ate plaza at the foot of Broad
Street in a ceremony which was
cut short due to weather which
caused those in attendance to
shiver in the cold breeze com
ing off Albemarle Sound.
To open the ceremony a
prayer was made by Mrs. R- J-
Boyce, who was followed by
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt. Mrs.
Earnhardt briefly rehearsed the
project from its beginning, a
movement by the Woman’s Club
to beautify the waterfront and
more adequately to display the
Confederate monument. She
was high in praise of Chowan
County Commissioners and Town
Councilmen for their interest and
cooperation in bringing the pro
ject to fruition, as well as other
citizens who helped in the pro
ject. "
Mrs. Earnhardt stated that the
next phase in the club’s beauti
fication effort will be at the
Court House Green, where trees
are planned to be planted along
* the sides and some other
changes made to improve the
attractiveness of the Green.
Mrs. Herbert Hollowell, Jr.,
president of the Woman’s Club,
officially presented the plaza to
the town wnen she handed Mayor t
John Mitchener an American!
flag and a scroll, on which was
recorded the various phases of
work leading to the culmination
of )■»■ • *
/Mayor MttcheWr acce'oTed the
•flag and scroll and inf/ brief re
marks commended the Woman’s
Cllub for its interest in the • beau
tification and progress of Ildcn
ton. He said that bn behalf of
the town, he was happy and
proud to accept the plaza.
•During the ceremony [flags
were raised at the four comers
of the plaza by Edenton police
and members of the local unit
of the National Guard.
Reception Sunday
By Eastern Stars
Members of Edenton Chapter
No. 302, Order of the Eastern
, Star, are planning for a recep-
L tion to be held in the Masonic
P Temple Sunday afternoon, Jan
uary 7, fxorc -2 'tn i q’clock. The)
reception is sponsored by the
Edenton, Elizabeth City, ,South |
Mills and Indian Ridge chapters j
, and is to honor Robert Spence
of South Mills, grand worthy!
patron of North Carolina 1 ; Mrs.
Audrey Kirkwood of Elizabeth
City and Alice Reynolds of In
dian Ridge, district deputies;
Mrs. Maude Reaves and Mrs.
Margaret Bell of Eldenton and
Rae Emory of Elizabeth City,
grand representatives.
A goodly number of Eastern
Star members from the four I
chapters are expected to attend
the reception. I
20 Years Ago
As Found In The FHa* Os
The Chowan Herald
u 11—u-iru- r. 1 : —^
It was announced that Mr. and
Mrs. L. G. Plant planned to
move the old Booth house, one
of the town's historical sites,
from East Church Street to a
lot at the corner of Gale and
Granville, purchased fropn Miss
Margaret Pruden.
Mrs. W. A, Graham anfd Leg
gett Sc Davis Drug Store were
oraticn conteet nwneored. the
Percy L. Smith was elected
sachem of Chowan Trim of Rod
A total of %$3.25 was realised
for Bundfet for Britain from, a
*” p, . . . « , .
£ m, , -
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
[ Buy Peanuts! j
Edenton Boy Scouts will sell
peanuts in the downtown sec
tion Saturday for the New
March of Dimes campaign. The
peanuts are donated by Jimbo's
Jumbos, Inc. The drive is spon
sored by the Edenton Jaycees,
who hope many people will buy
peanuts from the Scouts to help
raise funds for Chowan's part
in the drive.
James H. Griffin
Is Transferred To
Post In Smiths ield
Transfer Means Pro
motion; Family Will
Leave Edenton By
February 1
Edenton friends will be in
terested to learn that James H.
Griffin, local soil conservation
ist, has been transferred to the
Johnston County work unit in
Smithfield, N. C. He has al
ready been at Smithfield on as
signment and his transfer will
be effective as of January 21.
The transfer is a promotion for
Mr. Griffin, so that the Griffin
family is planning to move to
Smithfield about February 1.
Mr. Griffin came to Edenton
in. January 1955 from the Wake
County work unit in Raleigh
and during his stay in Edenton
he.J»S-4sine. an..ytis tending Job
and many limes he has been
complimented by the Chowan
County Commissioners and vari
ous state soil and water con
servation officials for his inter
est and initiative in the Albe
marle Soil Conservation District.
Much of the progress in Cho
continued on Page 2—Section 1
List Takers Begin Annual Job
Os Listing Property For Taxes
Schedules for the various tax 1
listers in Chowan County went ■
into effect Tuesday of this
week, and property owners and <
taxpayers are reminded that i
property must be listed during
the month .of January. Those i 1
i who fail to comply will be pen
alized, for after February a 10
per cent penalty will, by law, be |
I added.
For the convenience of those j ■
I who must list property, the fol - j ■
lowing list takers and their;
schedules are republished:
•First Township: Mrs. Pattie;
S. Byrum and Mrs. Legion Brit- j
ton, listers—Every day, first i
floor at Hotel Joseph Hewes. j
Second Township: Henry);
Penalty Goes On BloodmobHe In
Taxes On Feb. 1 Edenton Today
During January Taxes
Will Be Collected
At Face Value
Sheriff Earl Goodwin and i
Town Clerk W. B. Gardner call j
attention to the fact that one |
per cent interest will be added |
Continued on Page 4—Section I i
Jaycees Seek Nominations For
J
Year’s Outstanding Young Man
The Edenton Junior Chamfce
of Commerce has formed a com
mittee to seek nominations so
the outstanding young man o*
the year in the city, according
to Bill Easterling, Jaycee presi
dent
ffcjrhe .committee, headed by
HBfehHarrell, is actively can
vassing churches, businesses,
idKgiW and organizations to de
‘%rmine which young man —21
through 35—has contributed the)
most to the community, during j
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SNOW BOUND—Looking as if it were completely surrounded by ice, this ship is actually
docked at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, to unload prefabricated nuclear power units.
Proffitt Speaker
For Schoolmaster
Meeting Monday
Meeting Will Be Held
At John A. Holmes
High School Begin
ning at 6:30 P. M.
Members and guests of the Al
bemarle Schoolmasters Club,
which meets Monday night, Jan
uary 8 at 6:30 P. M. at John A.
Holmes High School, will have
the unusual opportunity of hear
ing as the meeting's featured
speaker Dr. Blank Proffitt, the
State Department’s director of
merit study.
Dr. Proffitt, a native of Mars
Hill, N. C., holds the PhD de
gree of the Universty cf North
Carolina, and has had intensive
experience as a teacher, admin
istrator and , State Committee
MSfcbfr. V
It was while serving as direc
tor of the McKee Laboratory
School and p"ofessor of educa
tion at West Carolina College
that he was appointed, in 1961,
to hehd the Division of Merit
Study in the North Carolina De-.
partment of Public Instruction.
Bunch, lister—January 8, 15, 22
and 29 at E. R. Bunch’s store;
January 9, W. L. Miller’s store:
January 16, Earl Smith’s store;
January 23, Evans’ store at
Cross Roads; January 30, C. C.
Nixon’s store. At home all oth
er d&ys during January. Every
Saturday morning at L. R.
Bunch’s store.
Third Township: T. D. Berry
man, lister—January 6, 13, 20
and 27 at Lloyd Briggs’ store;
January 4. 11 and 25 at H R.
Peele’s store; January 13, Spi
vey’s store at Ryland.
Fourth‘Township: Ward Hos
kins. lister—January 3,6, 10, 13,
17, 20, 24, 27, 31 and February
3 at Harry Perrys store. At
home other days.
Rudolph Dale Appeal
ing For Donations
To Meet Quota
,
Rudolph Dale, chairman of
| the Chowan County blood pro
j gram, calls attention to the fact
•j that the Red Cross bloodmobile
I Continued on rage B—Section J
— —
Nomination blanks will be j
available) from Bill Easterling
ind Scott Harrell.
The Distinguished Service
Award winner from Edenton
will be entered in the N. C.
laycee contest. The state win
ners will then be entered in the
national competition, which
chooses America’s Ten Outstand
ing Young Men.
This award will be presented
)on January 25. at the annlual
i Jaycee DSA, Ladies’ and Bosses’
I night banquet.
March of Dimes Campaign
fs Under Way In Chowan
With Jaycees In Charge
Number of Fund Rais
ing Features Sched
uled In Order to Se
cure Funds
The 1962 New March of 1
•Dimes got under way this week i
in Chowan County under the |
direction of the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Rudolph Dale, chairman, said
a number of fund raising activi
ties are scheduled and he so
licits the support of the citizens j
of Chowan County to put the j
campaign over the top.
Assisting Dale as co-chairmen I
are Bob Waller and Scott Har- j
relj. Frank Halsey is treasurer!
for the drive.
All downtown parking meters jc
have been tagged requesting j (
placing of dimes in the meters | i
as contributions to the drive. i i
James Perry, who is chairman jj
cf the parking meters, reminds j
the drivers that the dime will ,
not register - on the meter for |
parking time, as only pennies j
and nickels register, but he i
hopes a number of people will
Continued on Page 6. Section 1 j
V C. License Tags j
Are Now On Sale
New 1962 state automobile li- ;
cense tags went on sale Tues- |
day morning of this week at J
the Edenton branch of the North
Carolina Motor Club on West
Water Street.
Mrs. Goldie Niblett, office
manager, urges automobile own
ers to purchase their new li
cense plates as soon as possible
in order to avoid the last minute
rush.
Tne deadline for displaying
[he 1961 tags is midnight Thurs
day, February 15. after which
time violators will tangle with
the law.
New Minimum
Wage Law Goes
In Effect Jan. 1
A delayed but welcome Christ
mas present will be found in I
the stockings of some 19,000 Tar!
(Heel workers as per New Year’s)
j Day.
j On that date, the North Caro
| lina minimum wage law will
I apply to business establishments j
employing four or more people
during any. payroll period. i
Extension of the law’s 75-cents ,
an hour minimum wage cover
age to these small establish
ments was accomplished by the
N. C. General Assembly on June
1, 1961. However, the amend
ment effecting the change was
j written to become effective on i
! January 1,1962.
Prior to January 1,1962, the
I two-year-old statute applied to
1 employers having six or more
covered employees on their pay-j
rolls. 1
North Carolina's Minimum j
Wage Law—first in the South —
is estimated to have affected,!
directly or indirectly, the wages!
of about 100,000 Tar Heel work- j
1 ers, and has been cited as a
j factor in the State’s recent gains
I in per capita income.
Guest Speaker
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DR. BRANK PROFFITT
Featured speaker at a meeting
of the Albemarle Schoolmasters
Club at John A. Holmes High
School will be Dr. Brank Prof
fitt, the Slate Department's di
rector of merit study. The meet
ing will be held Monday night.
January 8, at 6:30 P. M.
Peoples Bank To
Increase Rate On
Savings Accounts
4% Interest Will Be
Compounded Quar
terly on Regular Sav
ings Accounts
Os interest to customers of
Peop’cs Bank & Trust Company
is the announcement that effec
tive January 1,1962, the bank
will pay 4 per cent interest on
savings. The interest will be
compounded quarterly on regu
lar savings which have remain
ed on deposit for 12 months and
on new savings after they have
remained on deposit for 12
months.
It is announced that savings
deposits made on or before the
10th of any month will earn in
terest from the first of the
month. It is pointed out that
the 4 per cent interest coni-
I pounded quarterly on 12-monih
funds is the highest rate per
i mited by bank supervisory au
thorities.
FIREMEN MEET TONIGHT
Members of the Edenton Fire
i Department will hold their
| monthly dinner meeting in the
fire station tonight (Thursday)
at 7 o’clock. Fire Chief W. J.
Yates urges every member to
be present.
Want A Job? ]
' ... ...
Labor survey questionnaires
have been sent out by the
■ Edenton Chamber of Commerce
lin order to secure applications
i for jobs in the Edenton area.
On* of these questionnaires
[appears on page 3 of this issvj^
|of The Herald. Anyone inter
-1 esied in securing a job when thfe
opportunity arises is requested tfi
fill out the form and ■
before Monday, January/ 15. ■
Information Given!
Regarding New |
’62 License Tags!
i
Careful Attention Di-;
rected to Leaflets
Accompanying 1962
Renewal Cards
Miss Fov Ingram, director of
registration for the Motor Ve
hicles Department, this week is
sued a round up of licensing in
formation for the new year.
She termed some of. the new
purchase and use regulations of
the "utmost importance" to tag
buyers.
Miss Ingram urged owners to
[pay careful attention to the
[leaflet of instructions accom
i panying license renewal cards
j which were mailed before
[Christmas. She said those fail
| ing to receive a renewal card
j should notify the Department of
Motor Vehicles at once, giving
their 1961 t.ag numbers and a
description of the vehicle.
The change to permit owners
ito retain their tag is probably
I the most important. Miss In-
Igram said. She explained;
| Vehicle tags purchased in 1962
Continued 01. Page s—section I
Secretary Os Agriculture Orville
L. Freeman Predicts Gains For,
Farm Economics During; 1962j
The year 1962 will be “a yearj
in which rural America turns i
away from the dismal trends j
of the 1950’s and begins now to
move towards the goal of eco
nomic equality with other
groups in the nation,” Secretary
of Agriculture Orville L. Free
man recently told the annual
convention of the National
Farm' s Organization. ,
The secretary noted that the
impact of the administration’s
managed abundance program al
ready has had a positive effect
on the rural economy, saying
that "1962 will be a historic
year for tile merchant and me
chanic and equipment dealer
along Main Street, for their
prosperity is tied directly to
economic conditions in agricul
ture The level of retail sales
in most farming communities is
up from 10 to 15 percent above
Extension Offices
Mot inn To Hold
i
According to plans now set.
the County Agricultural and
Home Economics Extension' of-;
Tices will be moved to the Jo- 1
soph Hewes Hotel building on
Friday cf this week.
"Wo will be housed on the j
second floor in the east wing,”,
says County Agent C. W. Over
man, “and we are arranging to j
have our same telephone num- [
bers and telephones should be j
installed and in operation bv >
next Monday. We shall look
forward to you folks coming to j
your Extension offices at that i
location.”
For the present time, the Nc-j
gro Extension office will remain :
in its same location.
VFW POST AND AUXILIARY
DINNER MEETING JAN. 9
I
Members of William H. Cos-1
field. Jr.. Post No. 9280 and the
VFW Auxiliary will hold a joint
dinner meeting at the post home
Tuesday night, January 9, at
o’clock. Bill Harris, com
mander of the post and Mrs. j
George Corner, president of the j
Auxiliary, are especially anxious!
to have a large turnout from j
both organizations.
Membership Meeting Os Farm
Bureau Is Scheduled For Jan. 9
A membership meeting of the
Chowan Farnj - "'ureau will be
held Tuesda, ’ . ,ht, January 9.
The mee ting will be held at the
Advance Community Building.
Where a “dutch” supper will be
'served by members of the Ad
vance Home Demonstration
■lrow Lowe, president of
arm Bureau, announces
guest speaker from State
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Joseph J. Harrington Os
Lewiston Announces His
Candidacy For Senator
Candidate
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JOSEPH J. HARRINGTON
Late last week Joseph Julian •
Harrington of Lewiston an- j
nounced his candidacy for one j
of the two Senatorial seats in ,
the First Senatorial District. |
I last year
| "It demonstrates in very post- j
live terms the rippling effect of |
! increased income put into thc-i
i hands of farmers. A 9-percent j
j increase in net farm income |
l ean boost retail sales from It) •
( to 15 percent.
"The reversal in the down- i
i ward trend of farm profits also !
is helping farmers lo pay off |
debts incurred in recent neat,? j
■ and to work out of serious ere-I
; 1 dit situations.
"I hasten to point out that we !
~ have made only a beginning. |
; However. I believe the progress i
■ achieved in 1961 to begin bring-i
ing farm production in balance j
■ for those commodities which j
■ J have a serious imbalance be- 1
i! tween supply and demand points
■ ! the direction in which programs
; of managed abundance can lead
; to real freedom and prosperity
• for agriculture.”
Lucsl Speaker
Al !) \R Meeting
A
Edenton Tea Party Chapter of
’ the DAR will, meet Wednesday
afternoon. January 10. at 1
i o’clock at the Edenton Restau
rant.
Guest speaker for this mect
| ing will -be Mrs. Bernice Kelly
’ Harris of Seaboard. Mrs. Harris j
j is the retiring president of the
; North Carolina Historical and j
I Antiquity Society and i- noted j
1 North Carolina author.
! Mrs. George Hoskins, regent j
i of the Chapter, feels very fortu- j
j nate in having Mrs. Harris as j
: a speaker and. therefore, urges)
i every member of the chapter to
i be present
j Town Vehicle j
| Tags Oh Sale
Town Clerk W. B. Gardner i
announces that Town of Edenton j
vehicle license plates are now
on sale at the Town Office.
Mr. Gardner points out that j
tlie new 1962 license plates must,
| be displayed before February 16,’
jso that owners of vehicles are
j urged to purchase their 1962 li-|
j cense plates as early as possi- ]
1 ble. j
■ ,
College will be the principal
speaker and will speak on .the
subject of fanners’ tax returns
and records.
The Agriculture Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce is
I making a special effort to get
members of the Chamber of
i Commerce who are also Farm
Bureau members to attend this
: meeting. Mr. Lowe is especially
I I anxious to have all members of
rithe Farm Bureau to be present-
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Says Bertie County
Has Not Had Sen
ator Since Late Chas.
H. Jenkins In 1947
Joseph Julian Harrington. 42-
year-old Lewiston farm machin
ery manufacturer, late last week
announced his candidacy for
Senator of the First Senatorial
District, which includes eight
eastern counties: Bertie. Hert
ford, Gates, Chowan, Perfumr-.
ans, Pasquotank, Camden and
Currituck.
In making his announcement,
Harrington stated: “Since Worid
(War II I have had the oppor
i tunity to develop a close bu.-ii
• ness and social relationship with,
I people from all walks of life
j anti in practically all areas of
'our district. Therefore, knniy
j ing the problems of our people,
lit will be my goal to serve
j everyone to the best of my aim -
■ty should I be elected to this
honored position.”
A native of Lewiston in Be;
tie County. Harrington, widely
| known as “Monk”, attended
j Lewiston-Woodville High School,
j then played professional base
l ball for spur years before he
| was inducted into the Army ,n
j 1942. After having served 44
months in the service, he
j turned, home to become prod;;,
j tion manager for Harringt u
• Manufacturing Company, started
[ in 1922 by his father. J. P. Har
-1 rin g t on. and his uncle. J. C.
I Harrington. His father died ir:
| 1950 and Harrington was made
i president of the firm, which •oin
| Continued on Page 3—Section 1
| Important Dates
To Remfcntber By
Chowan Farmers
H. O. West, office manager
| for the Chowan County' ASCS
! Office, this week released the
I following important dates to re
| member:
j Premeasuremcnt of allotted
crops, soil bank base crops, feed
grain and diverted acreage un
der the feed grain program and
the wheat diversion program is
now being offered through the
Chowan County ASCS office utt
til February 15. 1962.
ACP sign-up will begin Jan
uary 18 and continue throijgh
January 31, 1962
Final date to return 1961 Pea
nut Marketing Cards is Febru
ary 28. 1962. "
1962 Feed Grain Sign-up will
begin between February 1 and
15. 1962.
Corn loans available through
i February 28. 1962 Loan rates
; for corn, grading No. 3 or foet
j ter is 51.29 per bushel.
Chowan ECC Students
Assigned As Teachers
i
i Fast Carolina College’s student
j teaching program for the Winter
I quarter includes 207 seniors •ho
j are conducting classes in n re
| than thirty public schools in
I Eastern North Caroiina.
| Students who are teaching
• from Chowan County, -d
j with their teaching assignment ,
| are Peggie E. Harmon. Edenton,
. Rocky Mount High School,
| French: Shelby J. Howell. Route
j 1, Tyner, Wahl-Coales Lnbora
j tory School on campus, fourth
| grade.
(crvic calendar]
j The Red Cross bloodxnobiie
1 will be at the Edenton armory
today (Thursday) from 10 A. M.
[ to 4 P. M.
! Membership meeting ol the
| Chowan County Farm
will be held Tuesday night. j
■ uary 9, at 7 o'clock at the Ad» j
ranee Community Building*. j 9 M
A stated communication
Unanimity Lodge No. 7
A. M.. will be held lodpa
(Thursday) at 8 o'clock 9P|H
Edenton's firemen will
tbeir monthly dinner
the fire station tonight
i day) at 7 o’clock.
The 1962 March of DingflßH
begun Mondav and
through January
Continued on Page