North Carolina Newspapers

ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY / Volume 3. Worst Winter Weather In Many Years Experienced InChowanLate Last Week .Temperature as Low As 10 Degrees and Five Inches of Snow Dumped In Area Edentoo, Chowan County and in fact the entire Albemarle area stood the brunt of the most win- in many years the latter part of last week. With the mercury hovering as low as 10 degrees, about a five-inch! snowfall iVas dumped on the area Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. With the extremely cold weather prevailing, coupled with the snow, schools were closed Thursday and Friday, many of the stores closed for business and traveling around the streets ahd highways was extremely hazardous. Quite a few meet ings of various kinds were also. caUed off due to the weather conditions. ■ Though traveling was danger-' ous, there were no serious mis haps, accidents being confined to many cars skidding into ditches along the highways and i in Edenton many cars were stall ed in the snow. However, the temperature be gan to rise Saturday and by Monday practically all traces of the snow had vanished. Fortunately, no fires occurred during the real touch of win ter, and there was no failure of electricity. However, Oil deal-' ers and grocery stores did a thriving business as many peo ple stocked- up on oil and gro-1 ceries in the expectation of con- j ditions developing so that they I could nod be purchased. Overman Graham* Lewis And Jones Tidewater Scout Officials Tidewater Council, Boy Scouts of America, last week elected of ficers and appointed directors for the new year. C. Aldcn Baker of Elizabeth City was elected to a second term ail district vice chairman and C. O. Robinson, Jr., and Ro lani T, Orr of Elizabeth City and E. C. Woodard of Hertford arp additional vice chairmen. • Raymond Collier was re-com missioned as the Albemarle dis trict commissioner by the Na tional Council of Boy Scouts. The finance chairman is McDon ald Dixon of Elizabeth City. District directors appointed were Miles Clark, Holland Web ster, S. Wade Marr, Charlie Overman, Roland T. Orr, E. C. Woodard and Judge Chester Morris. They represent the East ern North Carolina area to the Tidewater Council executive board.» 20 Years Ago]| .At Found In The File* Os ! Tht Chowan HeraM 1 ■ —^ Town Councilman aufhorisod tha Edenton Fire Department to purchase now hoee end other equipment in order to be bettor equipped during any emergency The Chowan County Tire Ra tioning ' Board, competed of A. O. Byrum, W. W. Bynun and Die. W. S. Griffin, was ewaaged with requests foe information Continued on Page 5. Section i Edenton Jaycees Now Seeking Outstanding Young Farmer In Chowan County Fqi* Past Year .Who ig this community’s most i outstanding young farmer? . . • j Commerce project, now in the plannis* stages, according to Bill president of the fe h r ! bo J ing the Public ksked to tgijytß any THE CHOWAN HERALD | Special Events | Three special events are plan nail for Saturday, January 20, in an effort to raise money for the Chowan March of Dimes: Coffee Day Life Line Crutch Sal* Peanut Sal* Edenton Jayeees, sponsors of the campaign, urge generous support in all four events. Masons Install New Officers For Year J. G. Parks New Mas ter of Unanimity Lodge No. 7 New officers for Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M„ for the year 1962 were installed Thursday night with H. A. Cam pen acting as installation officer, and W. M. Rhoades assisting as, marshal. The new officers installed ] were: Master, J. C. Parks, who] succeeds Dr. A. F. Downum;! senior warden. J. A. Bunch; jun-1 ior.warden, Rodney Harrell, Jr.;, senior deacon, Thomas Byrum;, junior deacon, Carroll Boyce; stewards, Herbert Baker and R. W. King; tyler, Vernon Barrow; marshal. W. M. Rhoades; chap lain, T. B. Williford, and trus tee sos three years, J. Edwin Bufflap. Albemarle area directors re elected were C. O. Robinson. Sr., A. A. McPherson, George Little, Jr., Raymond Sheely, N. Elton Aydlett and Sanford Aydlett of Elizabeth City; Chowan Coun-; ty, John Graham, George Lewis; Perquimans County, John Big ger*, Emmett Winslow; Camden, Fred Upton, Jr., and Eddie Bell;' Currituck County, John Wright, Jr., and Lee Markett; Gates County, W. P. Hudgins, Jr., and If. L. Lilley; Dare County, Rob- i ert Gibbs, Martin Kellogg, Jr., Julian Oncto and Marvin Min ton. Albemarle District had a suc cessful year with over 1,400 boys entered in 57 Scouting units in seven counties. Financial wise the area raised several hundred dollars more than in 1900. but the entire area fell short of the needs to carry out the program of Scouting for the seventh straight year. VFW MEETS TUESDAY William H. Coffield, Jr., Post No. 9280. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet Tuesday night, Januaiy 23. at 8 o’clock. Com mander Bill Harris requests a j large attendance. RED MEN MEETING Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv ed Order of Red Men, will meet i Monday night, January 22, at 17:30 o’clock. Obed Lee, sachem, ! is very anxious to have a large i attendance. | tor? role in community improve-1 j ment and affairs. I The purpose of the search, ac cording to Mr. Easterling, is to increase public understanding of the fanner and his problems— and to create, through example, * more youth interest in farming as a- profitable and satisfying career. An award will be made, *o the winner. \ Nomination forms will soon be available from the Junior Cham- Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 18, 1962. I( ; ; V : ;; . c 4 ■ " vv -- • mu m ~ . iL jgfp HORSKI.ESS CARRIAGE—Frank Eergcr worJfe hard at pulling this buggy, bound for his new restaurant near Sunnyvale. Calif. aft'”- «>-•- Saturday Will Be Big Day In Edenton To Help Raise Funds For March Os Dimes Four Unique Money- Raising Events Are Planned to Be Held During Day Saturday will be a big day for the March of Dimes as four! events are planned by the Eden- | ton Junior Chamber of Com- j mcrce, sponsors of the campaign, j according to Rudolph Dale, di rector. Saturday will be coffee day j with five businesses donating all money from the sale of coffee to the March of Dimes. Par ticipating at the Triangle Res taurant, Hollowcll’s Rcxall Drug Store, Mitchcncr's Pharmacy, Chap's Pool Room and the Eden ton Restaurant. Ray Willough by is chairman of coffee day. A lifeline for stringing dollar, bills will he set up with Jack! Habit in charge fit downtown j Edenton Saturday. The other two events are the Crutch Sale and Peanut Sale by | members of the Advance Com munity 4-H Club which had to be postponed from last week due to the weather. I Also Saturday will conclude tho business and industry so-' iicitation that has been in pro-! cess this week ender the direc tion of Nathan Owens. - I Director Dale urges the sup- \ port of all N these projects by lo cal citizens in order to further the work of the National Foun-, dation on crippling diseases. Bids Advertised For Oregon Inlet Bridge The State Highway Commis- j sion last week advertised for ! bids on 47 projects for tho Jan uary 30th highway letting. The projects involve more than (507 miles of road work, in 40 North Carolina counties. Bids will be opened at the January 30th highway* letting, and the High way Commission will review low bids on February 1,1962. Among the projects included in the call for bids is a 3.5 mile section in Dare County for the bridge over Oregon Inlet and ap proaches between Bodie Island and Pea Island. Hospital Auxiliary Will Install 19621 Officers On Jan. 19 Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will meet Friday afternoon, January 19, at 3 o’clock in the nurses’ home. A feature of the meeting will be the installation of officers for the year 1962. The program will be in charge of Mrs. Frank Holmes with the topic being “The New Year For 1962”. Mr. Richard Elliott, president requests all Auxiliary members to be present Holmes Now With Chowan Veneer Co. i ’ r .. ' • V . ! Jerry Holmes has accepted a position with the Chowan Ve neer Company, Witfi his duties , confined principally to office ! work. Ms. Hollies for several years has been connected with the re tail sales department of the M. G. Brown Compfjty. He began 2,200 Applications i Sent To C. Os C. i In Labor Survey J James Robinson, executive vice ! president of the Edenton Cham ! ber of Commerce, reported early | this week that 2,200 applications ! have been returned in the labor j survey now being conducted, i These applications have come | from a 30-mile radius. Mr. Robinson says the return | of applications has been held up | due to interruption of schools on j account of the recent bad wcath ( or. Many of the questionnaires have been distributed in schools in several adjoining counties so ! that many more applications are ! expected very shortly. (Libraries Will Be j Closed January 19 Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li brary and Brown-Carver Library will be closed Friday, January 19, so that the librarians may at tend a regional staff meeting in Plymouth. The meeting, which was to j have been on Wednesday, Jan uary 10, was postponed because of the snow stoim. Officials From 13 Eastern Counties Meet In Edenton County officials representing 13- eastern counties gathered in the Chowan County Court House Tuesday for a district meeting; sponsored by the North Carolina Association Os County Commis sioners. Chowan County Com missioners were hosts. Counties represented were Cho wan, Bertie, Camdon, Currituck* Dare. Gates, Hyde, Martin. Northampton, Pasquotank, Per quimans, Tyrrell and Washing ton. Among the mutual county problems discussed at the meet ing included setting welfare and MASONS MEET TONIGHT A slated communication of Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., wili be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. J. C. Parks, master of the lodge, urg es .all Masons to attend and ex tends a cordial invitation to visiting Masons to visit the lodge. “From Two To Twenty” By GEORGE E. BURDICK i Wildlife Biologist. N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission The recent snow and cold weather we experienced all over North Carolina has undoubtedly taken its toll of wild birds and • animals. "With snow and ice covering- the ground, little food is available at a time when wildlife needs it most to endure the cold. 1 It is primarily for unusually , severe winter conditions such as i we have recently seen, that the North Carolina Wildlife Resourc es Commission has a habitat im provement program for wild game. Essentially what we arc striving to accomplish by estab lishing desirable food and cover 1 plantings, in an environment which will allow a larger per centage of wildlife to survive the winter. " < When « reasonably high pop- Land Allotments j Are Affected By j Buying - Selling ASCS Office Should Be Contacted When There Is Change In Land Ownership 11. O. West, Chowan County ASCS office manager, reminds persons who are buying or sell ing land on which allotments’ have been established should contact the ASCS office and request the county committee to make a division of the allot i ments. Both the buyer and the seller have a responsibility for notify ing the county office as soon as possible after the land is sold. Mr. West also points out that the initial 1962 ACP spring sign up period will be from January 18 through January 31, 1962. Any farmer having one or more conservation problems on his farm which he desires to correct by June 3(>. 1962, should file a written application for cost-shar , mg at the county, office during I this sign-up period. ■ All persons who make their request during the sign-up pe- , 1 riod will receive priority over j those who sign up later. The ASCS office is now ac | cepting requests for pre-mcasure i ment of allotment crops now.! The closing date for pro-meas- j ' urement is March 15, 1902. health salaries under the new ; merit system compensation plan, the county's role in civil defense, j sales tax refunds to counties, j property tax problems including I preparation for revaluation, se -1 lection and supervision of ap ; praise rs, fixing the assessment ; ratio, listing and assessing of I personal property and a number ;of other matters common to ' most of the counties. * Speakers at the meeting were j Alex McMahon, general counsel I for the association and Henry jW. Lewis of the Institute of Government. EDENTON BPW CLUB WILL MEET TONIGHT The Edenton Business and Professional Women’s Club will meet this (Thursday) night at 7 ! o’clock at the Colonial Restau j rant. Mrs. Olive Goodwin, j Health and Safety Chairman, is l in eharge of the program. AU ! members are urged to attend. ulation of quail, for instance can be maintained through th< winter months, the “bobwhiteV phenomenal reproductive ability (technically known as “Biotic Potential”) will produce more than enough for the fall hunt ing season. This surplus is what hunters may safely har vest just as any other farm crop. We may harvest a por tion of our wildlife populations in the fall without endangering their ability to “bounce back” in the spring. * All this is true of course, only if sufficient numbers survive, the critical periods of the year. Namely, the winter months. Whether we harvest in the fall or not, only so many will be able to withstand the rigors of Continual en Fag* 2. Section 2 4-HPeanutGrowers Guests Os Edenton RotaryClubTonight Richard White Will Give Highlights of a Trip to 4-H Congress Held In Chicago Boys who/ participated in the 4-H peanut growing contest in, Chowan County for the year; 1961 will be guests of the Eden-1 ton Rotary Club tonight (Thurs-j lay) at 0:30 o'clock. The meet ng will be held at the Parish! House and fathers of the 4-H , boys also being special guests’ for the occasion. At this meet ing 1901 4-H Club peanut win-, ners will be announced and awards made. Ten boys par- 1 iieipaterl in this year's peanut growing contest. t The program will be in charge! of Harry Venters, assistant coun ty agent, who says a highlight of the program will he an address by Richard White. Young White was state 4-H peanut project winner and in November at tended the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. He will tell the Rotarians some of the highlights of his trip to Chicago. President Richard Atkinson h urges every Rotarian to attend i the meeting. i Highway Patrolman Compares Highway Accidents In "60 - "61 Corporal L. S. Mciggs, State Highway patrolman, who is sup ervisor ts this area, this week released a report in which high way accidents in 1900 were com pared with 1901. The report in cludes Camden, Chowan, Curri tuck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank and Perquimans Counties. In the seven counties there was a marked decrease in the number killed in 1901 as com pared with 1900. In 1900 those killed numbered 28 as compared with 15 in 1901. The number of accidents dur ing the year were also less in 1900 as against 500 in 1901. However, according to the re- Farmers Urged To ! List Crop Reports Information Used Forj Effective Farm j Programs All landowners having five or more acres are urged to coop-, crate with their county officials ! and township listers by making I their crop report during the Jan uary listing period. The reports made by farmers through the annual Farm Census enables agricultural workers at all lev els to prepare and carry out ef fective farm programs which are in the interest of the farmer’s welfare. The collection of the individ ual report is most important— and the fanner is the key to the situation —for the results ob tained can be no better than the information given by the farmer in his crop report. Continued on Page s—Section i Edenton Group Al Music Clinic John A. Holmes High School Band was represented by sour 1 members and Director James D. Cozart at a music clinic held at Duke University last week. Ac ompanying Mr. Cozart were Ronnie Rountree, Ronnie Saw der. John Bunch and Charles Wood. The clinic was sponsored by the Duke Music Department and was given by members of the Philadelphia Symphony Orches tra under the direction of the conductor, Eugene Ormandy. A highlight of the clinic was a concert by the symphony or chestra. The schedule for the clinic also included a brass ensemble concert, a brass clinic (lecture and demonstration), woodwind concert by the full orchestra under the direction of Mr. Or mandy. $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Jayeees Will Hold Annual DS A, Bosses' And Ladies' Night Banquet Jan. 25th Lecturer j. Ip DR. OSCAR SWINEFORD, JR. A postgraduate medical course was held at the Edenton Restau rant Wednesday of this week, when Dr. Oscar Swineford. pro fessor of internal medicine at f the University of Virginia School' of Medicine, was the lecturer. \ at 4:30 and 7:30 o'clock. Dr. Swinelord lectured on "Asthma From the StandDoinl of the Gen eral Practitioner.'" 1 port, the number es injuries i were higher in 1901 than in 1900. j .In 1901 there were 204 injuries! compared with 123 in 1900. Property damage in 1901 top-i Iped 1900 with 8259,111 in 1961 1 land $250,800 in 1960. The dam-j sago in Chowan County was rc ;corded as being $26,115 in I 960! l and $30,330 in 1901. The report j ’also shows that in i 960 there! ; were three highway deaths in j Chowan County while in 1901 j there was none. j i Corporal Neiggs was high in, (praise of the cooperation of newspapers and radio stations in 1 the area during the year in the interest of careful driving and ! curbing highway accidents. ; St. Paul’s Elects Group Vestrymen Congregational Meet ing Largest In His tory of Parish Al the largest congregational meeting in the history of the parish, members of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church elected four men to the Vestry for n term of three years. Ernest P. Kehay.es, Keith Reeve, David M. Warren and R. Graham White were elected to the Vestry to replace four retiring members. Retiring were Clyde Adams, Wilmer Malone. Thomas H. Shepard and J. Gil liam Wood. In a summary report Mr. Wood. Senior Warden, challeng ed the members of the parish to new heights. He Dointed out the growth of the parish and particularly the Church School., Continued on Page 4. Section 1 22,000 Acres Os Scientifically Managed Woodlands In Tyrrell Considered For Bombing Range By AYCOCK BROWN More than 22,000 acres of sci entifically managed woodlands owned and operated by West Virginia Pulp and Paper Com pany in North Carolina are be ing proposed by the U. S. Corps of Engineers as the site for an air force bombing range. The proposed site is in the Kilkenny section of Tyrrell County. The total area involved is 32.000 acres, a tract five by ten miles, which includes 9,600 acres of unmanaged timbcrland not owned by the company. This site is being offered as a substitute for one previously j proposed near Lake Mattamu skeet in Hyde County. While no one disputes. the need for defense training instal FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Distinguished Service | Award Presentation I Will I>e Highlight of Meeting j Flaps are a bom complete for i the Edenton Junior Chandler of i Commerce annual DSA. Bosses’, and Ladies’ Night banquet, which will be held at the Ma sonic Temple Thursday night, ; January 25, at 7 o’clock. The highlight of the meeting will be awarding of the Distin l.guislH'd Service Award, which' j will go to a young man between 1 21 and 35 yeais of age on the iliasisof his leadership and ser vice to the community during | the year 198!. The- nominee need not t.e a ; nicmiicr of tile Jayceo olgani , zalion and will be chosen bv a secret committee from nomina tions sent in for the honor. Anyone may submit a noinina- I lion, which must be sent in be j tore Friday of this week to P. O. | Box 388. Edenton. The nomi nation blanks may he secured Lorn Bill Easterling, Jaycce president or Scott Harrell. A feature of the meeting will be an address by A1 Harrison of Winston-Salem, a past state president of the Jayeees. Bill Easterling, Jaycce presi dent will be master of ceremon ies and the Rev. Hugh Evans, 'pastor of the Presbyterian Church, will give the invoca tion. Special guests will be in troduced by Carlton Jackson and Bobby Bunch will reowenize pa-4 DSA winners, who are Juntoi I\ Kicks, Jr.. Luther C. Parks. Joe Conger. Jr., Gilliam- Wood, Dr. Edward G. Bond. Eugene Ward and Scott Harrell. The principal speaker, Mr, Harrison, will Ire introduced by Scott Harrell, and the DSA will be presented by Mayor John Mitchener. The program will close with i*ic Javcee Creed, which will be led by W. ”, Weatherly 111 of Elizabeth City, Tenth District vice president. The banquet will lie served by members of the Edenton Chap ter of the Order of tile Eastern Star. LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenton Lions Club will m< ' Monday night, January 22. at 7 o'clock at the Edenton Restau rant. President John Mitchener requests every Lion to be pres ent | civic calendar] Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will meet in the nurses' home Friday afternoon. January 19, at 3 o'clock. Coffee Day, Life Line. Crulch Sale and Peanut Sale will be observed Saturday to help raise money for the March of Dimes. Jaycee DSA Award will be presented at *he annual DSA. Bosses' and Ladies' night ban quet Thursday nigh*. January 25. at 7 o'clock at the Masonic Temple. A stated communication of Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. & A. M.. will be held tonighl (Thursday) at 8 o'clock. Continued on Page 6—Section l lations. the question is whether the important forest resources of an entire section should be jeop ardized when there are many large tracts of submarginal land of little value to anyone which could be used for this purpose. The paper company land pro posed as a bombing range site contains a healthy, growing for est, developed through ten years of intensive management and a heavy dollar investment. Until forest management was intro duced ten years ago. the land was a vast, inaccessible wilder ness. Uncontrolled fires swept the area regularly, destroying standing timber and preventing new growth. One peculiarity of this section is that a very dense continued on Pape 8 Section 1