f ONLY NEWSPAPER
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I \CHOWAN COUNTY
-Volume XXlX.—Number IT
Chamber Os Commerce
Officials Pleased With
Questionnaire Returns
in Few Days Over 300
Forms Have Been
Returned From Cho
wan County Alone
Officers of the Edenton Cham-!
ber of Commerce are well pleas- i
ed with the response they are!
receiving to the labor survey j
*now under way within a 30- !
mile radius of Edenton. Results l
of the first four days returns j
indicate that from Chowan
County alone*332 questionnaires l
Were returned.
“As the questionnaire forms |
have been distributed mainly j
through the schools in Chowan
and several adjacent counties !
qhly since January 2, this is a
very promising beginning,” stat- j
bd Joe H. Conger, Jr., president!
of the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce. Some twenty thous
and survey forms are still in
the process of distribution, Mr.
Conger said and it will take an
other week to collect those re
turned to the schools.
Bruce F. Jones, chairman of
the Chamber’s Industrial De
velopment Committee, urges ev
ery citizen of the Chowan Coun
ty area who would consider a
production job with a new in
dustry to fill out and return one
of the survey questionnaires. A
copy of the form which can be
cut out and used was printed in
the January 4th issue of The
Chowan Herald, Jones said.
Forms are also available at the
Edenton Employment Security
office in Edenton, co-sponsoring
the labor survey as Well as at,
the Edenton Chamber of Com- !
merce office in the Hotel Joseph
Hewes.
January 15th is the deadline
for returning the survey looms.
Tabulation of the results will be
made by the Bureau of Research
and Statistics of the North Caro
lina Employment Security Com
mission in Raleigh. If enough
labor is available according to
the current survey, Edenton will
have met one of the major re
quirements of the manufacturing
industry deciding on their new
plant location.
The figures obtained, Jones
said, will also be of prime in
terest to local industries who
plan near-term expansions.
720 Years Ago
a As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
At the request of the Stale
Highway and Public Works
Commission, Sheriff J. A Bunch
administered the oath of office
W 12. deputy sheriffs to serve in
grotecting the Chowan River
•Ad Albemarle Sound bridges
in event their services were
needed in the interest of de-
Janke.
a telephone ever since
the old Chowan County Court
Hbuse was 'built, the County
Commissioners decided to have
one installed in the office.
W. H. Gardner, cashier of the
&anM of Edenton, reported that
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111 Dimes fund.—{Ricks Photo).
-■-At right is pictured Mrs. Carrie Swanner. 210 South Oakum
ftteeb who was Dm winner of a four-piece silver coffe service
Jpon by Byrura'S Gift Shop over the Christmas holidays. Mrs.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Obed Lee Installed
Red Men’s Sachem
Chiefs’ Raising Cere
mony Held Mon- j
day Night
New officers for Chowan
Tribe No. 12, Improved Order ol
Red Men, weie installed at a
raising cf ch efs ceyemony held
Monday night. The installation
ceremoncy was in charge of
Clyde Hollowell, tribal deputy
Great Sachem.
Officers installed were: Sa
chem, Obed Lea; prophet, Guy.
Williams; senior sagamore, Os- j
car. Peeples; junior sagamore, I
Robert Brooks; chief of records, j
J. Edwin Bufflap; collector of
wampum. Jack Barrow, keeper
of wampum, William Barrow;
keeper of wigwam, Obed Lee;
trustee for 18 months, J. Edwin
Bufflap; sannaps, Ivey Meadows
and Clyde Hollowell; warrio-s,
Alton Shaw, Bill Harris, Thomas
Jackson and Leroy Harrell; i
braves, William T. Lassiter. |
Clarence Shackelford, Walter j
Bond and Lercy Skinner; guard |
of the wigwam, Carl Keeter; |
guard of the forest, Fred Kcetcr. |
LEGIONNAIRES WILL HOLD
DINNER MEETING JAN. IS
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American Legion will hold a
dinner meeting at the Triangle j
Restaurant Tuesday night, Jan- !
uary 16, at 7 o’clock. Command- i
er Robert Powell urges a good
turnout for the meeting.
Aces And Acelets Face Strong
Ahoskie Outfits Friday Night
Edenton Aces and Acelets,
who have been rolling along in
fine fashion, face their tough
est opponents to date Friday
night when they face the Ahos
kie Indians and Squaws. In
pre-season picks, both Ahoskie
teams were selected to win the
conference championships and
so far they have played like
champions. Ahoskie has beaten
Scotland Neck, defending cham
pions, and Hertford with rela
tive ease. The Indians have
been led by high scoring Ruffin
TAX COLLECTIONS
Sheriff Earl Goodwin reports
that collection of 1961 taxes in'
December amounted to $50,-
871.29. and that the balance due
in 1961 taxes is $157,765.26.
The year’s tax levy was $293,-
69^.76.
During the month the sheriff
also collected $4,193.06 in bayk
taxes. This represented pay
ments for taxes from 1951 to
1960. The balance of uncol
lected taxes for this 10-year
period is $59,399.98. Mr. Good
win also reported $131.01 collect
ed in pickup taxes which rep
resents delinquent taxes prior to
1951.
Edenton, 5 van County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 11, 1962.
Confedera c l iza Presented to Town of Edenton
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Pictured above is the comoieted Confederate plaza at ihe foot of Broad Street. The plaza was
recently officially presented to the Town of Edenton in a brief ceremony by the Edenton Woman's
Club, sponsor of the project.—(Ricks Photo).
Chowan Donates
98 Pints Os Blood
I Chairman Very Well
Pleased With Fine
Response
Rudolph Dalp. chairman of the
'Red Cross blood program in
Chowan County, announces that
98 pints of blood was donated
at the bloodmcbile unit in Eden
ton Thursday.
j The response lacked only two
pints of meeting the county’s
, quota of 100 pints, but Mr. Dale
j reports that 111 people volun-
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i Odom, who to date is averaging
well over 20 points a game.
The Aces and Acelets, picked
as dark horses in the pre-§eason'
polls, have been somewhat of a
surprise. Both teams are un
defeated in conference play.
Their overall records are Ace
lets 5-0 and the Aces 5-1.
| The Acelets have been led by
, ihe high scoring of Beverly Mor
-1 pan and Sue Bunch, coupled
| with a tight defense led by Bar
bara Alexander, Ida Campen
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CourtStreetTraffic
To Be Unchanged
Engineer Reports on
Sewage Disposal and
Drainage Projects
Town Councilmen at their
meeting Tuesday night decided
not to change the direction of
traffic on Court Street, which
had been under consideration.
A recommendation not to change
the present flow of traffic was
made by Councilmen A1 Phil
lips and Richard Dixon, who
were appointed by Mayor John
Mitchener to make a study of
the proposal. A great deal of
opposition developed, too, re
garding the change on the part
of many women of the town.
The opposition primarily was
due to the view of the water
on the part of tourists with
traffic moving . south instead of
north on Court Street.
A street lighting policy was
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Guest Speaker For
Local PTA Meeting
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher As
sociation will meet in the John
A. Holmes High School auditor
ium Tuesday night, January 16,
at 8 o’clock.
A special feature of this meet
ing will be an address by Miss
Annie Joe Williams, supervisor
of mathematics for the North
Caroling State Department of
Public Instruction.
President Warren Twiddy urg
es all member* oI the association
to - attend. - ; *
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Pictured above, left to right, are Mayor John Mitchener, Rudolph
Dale, Bill Easterling and Scott Harrell as Edenton parking meters
are labeled in ihe interest of depositing dimes for thfe March of
Dimes campaign. Dale is chairman of the March of Dimes drive.
Easterling is president of the Edenton Jaycees, sponsors of the
drive, and Harrell is chairman of the Chowan County Chapter of
the National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis. The dimes do ,
not register for parking time and every dime will go to the March !
E. W. Spires Dies Suddenly At
His Home Monday Near Noon
The entire community was
; shocked shortly afternoon on
! Monday when it was learned
that Ed. Wood Spires had died
j suddenly at his home in West-
I over Heights. His death was
I discovered when Mrs. Spires
j went to the home at lunch
I time.
Mr. Spires was a native of
. Elizabeth City, but lived in •
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY I
Edenton Rotarians will hold!
| their regular weekly meeting;
; this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o’clock at the Parish House.
The program will be in charge
of R. N. Hines and President
Richard Atkinson urges a 100
per cent attendance.
Civil Defense Planning Key T o Survival
By MURRAY D. ASHLEY
Cliowan-Kdenlon Civil Defense Director
.
In recent months it has be
come more obvious that a vast
1 majority of people are alarm
| ingly uninformed on the facts
| about Nuclear Radiation Fall
-1 out. How It Can Affect You
! and What Can Be Done About
j It. For many months the lead
: ing newspapers and magazines
| in the country have carried ar
; tides on Civil Defense. Nuclear
; Radiation and Survival. Yet,
i today, too many people are not
■ informed on the facts about sur
j vival. Based on the many tests |
: that have been made by the
1 Federal Government regarding
survival, the following is a list
lof questions and answers that:
| will help the average citizen to [
better understand the problem j
j we could be faced with: j
j Question: What Is Fallout?
Answer: When a, nude* bon»b
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Edenton 40 years, coming here
in 1921 in the capacity of man
ager of the Norfolk & Carolina
Telephone & Telegraph Com-1
pany. He gave up this position
when he was appointed Clerk of
Chowan Superior Court to suc
ceed Richard D. Dixon, who was
| appointed by Judge Melville
Broughton as a special judge of
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I POCAHONTAS MEETING
Chowanoke Council No. 54,
'Degree of Pocahontas, will meet
I tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. Betsy Jackson, Pocahontas,
states that this will be a very
important meeting, so that all
members are especially urged to
attend.
•-■xplodes on the earth’s surface
'housands of tons' of pulverized
debris are sucked up into the
air. These tiny particles of dust
and debris mingle with the ra
dioactive particles of the bomb
itself, forming part of the mush
room-like cloud. When this
deliris has cooled, it starts to
settle back to earth and is car
ried over a large area by the
winds. This is what we call
fallout. It is impossible to know
where it will settle or how far
lit travels. That depends on the
I prevailing winds and weather.
It could fall anywhere.
Question: How Does Fallout
Caase Radiation?
Answer: The thousands of
I tons of debris Which have been
j vaporized by heat and mixed or
| impregnated by the radioactive
jfisson products of the bomb be-
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Annual Jaycees’
DSA Award Will
Be Given Jan. 25
Deadline For Nomin
j ations Is January 19;
A) Harrison Will Be
Speaker For Event
Eden ton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce is now seeking ap-
I plications for the Distinguished
Service Award,' which is pre
ented annually to an outstand
ng young man of the communi
, tv far leadership and service to
' community during the calendar
1 vear. The nominee need not
be a member of the Jaycees.
1 Any young man, 71 through
35 years of age. is eligible for
nomination. If the nominee I
reaches his 36th birthday before
June 1, 1961. he is not eligible.
Entries will be judged on ac
! compliishments during the calen
|. dar year 1961.
The judging committee will be
| composed of distinguished eiti-
zens of the community who. are.
now over age 35. Their decision •
will be based on (1) Contribu-!
tions to _|he community welfare
uuring the year; (2) Evidence j
Continued on Page 7, Section 1
Supervisor Os Mathematics
Scheduled To Visit Edenton
For Local School Inspection
Miss Annie John Williams,
supervisor of mathematics . for
Ihe North Carolina State De
partment of Public Instruction,
Will arrive in Edenton Monday.
January 15. for a visit of in
spection and consultation in the
Edenton City Schools. She plans
to spt-nd most of the day Tues
day, January 16. in classroom
observation and planning, and
will speak to the faculty mem-
Max R. Campbell ,
Os Hertford Dies
Editor of The Per
quimans Weekly
Since 1939
Max R. Campbell, 55, of Hert
ford, editor of The Perquimans
Weekly, died in Albemarle Hos
pital, Elizabeth Cily, Tuesday
morning at 11 o’clock after an
illness of four months.
A native of Shelbyvillc, Indi
ana. ho was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs, James Christopher,
Campbell. He attended Frank
lin College at -Franklin Ind.. andj
purchased The Weekly from J.!
Edwii Bufflap and Hector Lup- J
ton ot Edenton in 1939.
He wr.» a member of the offi-j
eial board of the Hertford Meth-.
; odist Church, the Hertford Re-;
t.ary Club, secretary-treasurer of
j the Hertford Savings & Loan As-
Continued on Paqe 4—Section J
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Dimes In Parking
Meters To Help In
March Os Dimes
Dimes for the parking meters
jis one of a number of fund
| raising projects for the March
•of Dimes, sponsored by the
i Edenton Junior Chamber of
| Commerce. Mayor John A.
Mitchener began the drive by
placing the first dime in the
| meter, which have been tagged
1 for the drive.
Present were Rudolph Dale,
director of the campaign; Biil
Easterling. Jaycee president, and
Scott Harrell, chairman of the
Chowan County Chapter of the
National Foundation.
46 JAILED IN DECEMBER
I Jailer Bertram Byrum reports
i that during December 46 per
i sons were placed in the Chowan
i County Jail, with confinements
ranging fcsm one to 31 days.
The expense, including jail and
turnkey fees and soap, amount
ed to $264.97.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, Will j
meet Monday night, January 15,
lat 8 o’clock. Mrs. Anita Tar-'
| kington, worthy matron, is es
! pecially anxious to have a large
1 attendance.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Mrs. R. Elton Forehand Is
Elected As New President
Edenton Woman's Ciub
I Passes From Scene \
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ED. WOOD SPIRES
Some time Monday morning
Ed. Wood Spires tied at his
home in Westovcr He : gh*s. He
was found dead when his wife
went io the home for lunch.
oers of both' , Elementary and
High Schools in the John A
Holmes School library at 3:30
o'clock Tuesday. At 8 o'clock
Tuesday night she will be. guest
speaker for the PTA meeting to
be held in the John A. Holmes
High School auditorium.
Miss Williams is a. graduate of
Greensboro College and the
University of North Carolina
Continued on Page 7, Section 1
Masonic Officers
Installed Tonight
Dr. A. F. Downum, master of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. &
A. M.. announce that an emer
gent communication will be held
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock
The purpose if this meeting is
to install new officers for the
year 1962.
H. A. Campen will serve as
installing officer, assisted by W.
M. Rhoades as marshal. All
members of the. lodge are re
quested to attend the ceremony.
MARRIAGE LICENSE REPORT
Mis. Maurice Bunch, register
of deeds, reports that during the
quarter ending December 31. she
issued a total of 28 .marriage
licenses.
Edenton Schools To I»e Inspected
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MISS ANNIE JOHN WlL&fttt*
Scheduled to arrive in Edenton Monday, Jjttmary 15, Mkc Annie
John Williams, supervisor of mathematics foir the . North Carolina
Slate Department of Public Instruction, plans 'lpeifcit of inspec
tion and consultation in Edenton schools. She will *>«« gj
tha PTA meeting Tuesday night January 16, at I o'clock.
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP >
AND CHECK \
j Former C üban Speaks
At Meeting on Con-
I ditions In Cuba Un
der Communism
Mrs, R. F. .Morales. of Manteo.
formerly, .of Cuba, spoke on con
ditions in < üba under Com
munism at the Edenton Woman's
Club January meeting held at
Ihe Edenton Restaurant.
j Mrs. Morales told how the
j 4,2(.'() acre, tobacco plantation ol
j her husband was taken ovci by
j Castro in 1959 while sue an !
I her husband were on a short
I visit,to New York State to- visit
I their daughter in college.
J vhc described the.. flight <if
I Cubans who have had to leave
I Luba. She said. vVc never
| thougiii u would happen to u .
but it did.”
J Sik otplaint d that while land
s has been given to individuals,
> 'bat the actual ownership :c
--e mains with the government. Si. ■
| sa;tl that it is true that children
ciit? tn-ken from their pc.,ents to
be educated in conunun-.i
schools in Russia and Cuba.
The Russians have a fullv
armed nava! base in Cuba a:i I
me usLng ia ri uing sir i ps to i* ie
. fueling ol planes flying : <
‘ Siberia, she stated.
She said that she did not e :
Coitlinueu on 3——Section >
1 Annual Meeting' Oi
S & L February .3t’i
The annual meeting of e
' I Edenton Savings and Loan A ■
! relation will be held in tii •
| office of the association m
■ Bread Street Monday night,
1 , February 5. at 8 o'clock.
.! Stockholders arc -urged to
‘end or send proxie' t'yrT
I number of shares of stock on-
Ij -d.
] (civic calendar]
A cruich sale and peanut sale
will be conducted in the down
town section of Edenton Saiur
•jday in the March of Dimes
drive.
Edenton Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation will meet Tuesday night
January 16, at 8 o'clock in the
Jolin A. Holmes High School au
ditorium.
Edenton Aces and Acele's w II
play the Ahoskie teams in the
John A. Holmes High School
gymnasium Friday night, the
■ girls' game beginning a* 7
I o'clock.
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