ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlX.—Number 9.
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt Is
Named 'Woman Os Year'
By Edenton's BPW Club
Mayor Levin Culpep
per Speaker at BPW
Bosses’ Night Ban
quet Thursday -
Edenton’s Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club held: its
annual Bosses’ Night banquet
s’hursday night, February 22, in
he Masonic Temple which was
highlighted by the club naming
Edenton’s 1961 Woman of the
Year. This year’s selection was
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt.
The principal speaker for the
occasion was Mayor Levin Cul
pepper of Elizabeth City, who
was introduced by Joe Conger,
Jr., a long time friend.
Mrs. Anita Baker, president of
the club, opened the meeting,
and called upon Miss Beulah
Perry to act as toastmistress.
The 'group sang “America”, fol
lowed by a prayer by the Rev.
R. N. Carroll, pastor of the Bap
tist Church.
Following the dinner, which
was served by members of the
Eastern Star, Miss Perry ex
tended a cordial welcome to
those present, which was re
sponded to by George Alma By
rum. Special music was ren
dered by Gail Perry, Gail Hare
and Faye Cartwright, members
of the Treble Clef Club.
Mayor Culpepper, interspers
ing his remarks with bits of hu
mor, used as his subject “Some
thing Tor Nothing.” He stated
-that such an attitude is gradual
ly increasing in America today,
so that many people feel that
they can get by without cost
when they permit the govern
ments to do the job for them,
continued on Page 6—Section t
Banking Considered
At County Council
Meeting On March 7
Banking will be the subject
taught by personnel -of Peo
ples Bank and Trust Company
at the March County Council
meeting Wednesday, March 7,
at Chowan Community Build
ing. 2:00 P. M.
Items of business to be dis
cussed at the County Council
meeting include 251 h Federated
District meeting, Hobbsville
Baptist Church on Wednesday,
April 4; National Home Dem
onstration Club Week, May 6-12:
Albemarle Craftsman’s Fair, Eliz
abeth City,- April 18-19; State
music workshop and workshops
on tailoring and refinishing fur
niture.
All club members are urged
to attend this County Council
meeting. Ryland Home Demon
stration 1 Club will be hostess.
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20 Years Ago j
As Found In The Files Os 1
The Chowan Herald $
West Byrum, in charge of
Edenton’s air raid, committee of
the Civil Defense, reported that
a blackout had been ordered,
hut that the exact dale was a
secret.
Clerk of Court E. W. Spires
was notified by R. R. Sayers
director of the Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Mines,
that he had been appointed ex
plosive licenser far Chowan
County. It was his duty to is
sue a license to any person be
fore explosives could be bought
or sold.
Mrs. W. A. Sexton received
word .that her son, Sgt Calvin
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Science Fair At John A. Holmes
High School Thursday, March 8
\ Eden ton’s second annual sci
ence fair will be held at John
A. Holmes High School on
Thursday, March 8. Selected
projects by students in grades
seven through twelve will be en
tered for competition Thursday
afternoon.
The public is invited to view
tiie projects in the local fair on
Tnuisday night, March 8, from
7 until 9 o’clock.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
\ Lions Guest |
HUGHES JONES
One of the special guests at
the Edenion Lions Club's 251 h
anniversary banquet Thursday
night, March 15, at the Masonic
Temple will be Hughes Jones
of Ahoskie. Mr. Jones is gov
ernor of District 31-J.
Democratic Women
Will Meet March 5
Luncheon Meeting Is
Planned at Edenton
Restaurant
A luncheon meeting of Demo
cratic women of Chowan Coun
ty is scheduled to be held at
the Edenton Restaurant Mon
day, March 5, at 12 o’clock
noon.
Mrs. J. Henry Crqmartie, vice
chairman of the State Executive
Committee of the Democratic
party, will be guest speaker for
the occasion, she is a dynamic
speaker, so that it is hoped many
Democratic women will kttend.
Reservations for the luncheon
may be made by calling Mrs.
C. Delmas Sawyer, phone 3532. :
The meeting will be one of
three in Northeastern North
Carolina planned by Mrs. Cro
martie. Arrangements for the
tour are being made by Mrs. Ed
Bond of Edenton. Mrs. A. O.
Smith of Elizabeth City and Mrs. 1
C. W. Beasley of Colcrain.
Mrs. Cromartie stated that this
visit is just one of the many to j
help organize women’s organiza
tions in every county of the ■
state prior to the fall campaign, j
She stated that to date there |
are 42 active organizations.
j
Herring Breakfast
Saturday, March 3
Sponsored by the Methodist
Men’s Club, another pickled and
honing) roe breakfast will be
held at the church Saturday
morning, March 3, from 7 to 9
o’clock. George Lewis states 1
that he is almost certain the
herring roe will be available for
the breakfast.
Member? of the Men’s Club
are no\y selling tickets for the
breakfast which has become
quite popular.
WOMAN'S CLUB WILL
HOLD MEETING MARCH 7
Edenton Woman’s Club will
meet on Wednesday afternoon,
March 7, at 1 o’clock at the
Edenton Restaurant. Mrs. Her
bert Hollowell, Jr., president,
states that slides will be shown
lof last year’s tour of Edenton,
Iso that she is anxious to have
| a large attendance.
thought, thoroughness, claritj
and dramatic value by science
teachers from the area.
Awards will be made for the
three best physical science and
biological science . projects en
tered in the fair’s junior divi
sion (grades seven through njne)
and senior division (grades ten
through twelve). Students re
ceiving awards will be eligible
for competition in the North
eastern District Science Fair in
, Greenille on March 23.
Edenton, C \« m County, Noi(th Carolina, Thursday, March 1,1962.
Warren Elected 1
New President C.
Library-Museum
Committees of Custo
dians and Public Re
lations Appointed By
Stockholders
David M. Warren was elected
[ to serve as president of the Cu
| pola House Library and Mu
seum, Incorporated, at a special
j stockholders meeting on Friday
[ afternoon, February 23, at the
Cupola House.
Mr. Warren succeeds the late
E. W. Spires, who for several
years served the organization so
faithfully and efficiently.
At the same meeting, Miss
Lena M. Jones was elected to
serve on the board of trustees
lof the Shepard-Pruden Memor
j ial Library, to finish the unex
| pired term of service recently
made vacant by the death of
1 Mrs. S. M. McMullan.
John W. Graham and Miss
: Margaret Pruden were elected
to draw up resolutions of re
spect for the late E. W. Spires
and Mrs. S. M. McMullan, as a
tribute from the organization to
show appreciation and deep
gratitude for services rendered
by these members during their
active years.
A committee to serve as cus
todians and checks on neces
sary repairs on the Cupola
House were named as follows:
Mrs. George Mack, Miss Harriet
Leary and David M. Warren.
A public relations committee
for the Cupola House was also
named, which includes Frank M.
Holmes, Mrs. Ed Bond, Mrs.
Granbery Tucker and Mrs. El
ton Forehand, Jr.
Bishop Guest At
St. Paul’s Sunday
Tho Rt. Rev. Thomas H.
Wright, bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of East Carolina, will
be in Edenton Sunday for his
annual visitation.
A full congregation is request
ed by the Rev. George Holmes,
j rector of Saint Paul’s Episcopal
i Church, for the Bishop.
Special music has been ar-
I ranged by the organist, Roger
Lamb, and both the Senior and
! Junior Choirs will perform.
I Candidates for Confirmation
[ will be presented during morn
ing prayer by the rector and a
■ coffee hour will be held in the
Parish House following services
1 in their honor.
Week Os Prayer
J Planned Mareli 5-9 i
J The Coleman YWA’s of Eden
: ton Baptist Church will observe
I Week of Prayer for Home Mis
' sions March 5-9. Those in
charge are: Monday night at 7
o'clock, Barbara Layton; Tues
day at 4:30, Anita Sexton; Wed
nesday at 4 o’clock, Marian |
Bunch; Thursday at 4 o’clock, I
1 Jean Goodwin; Friday at 4!
o’clock, Irene Spencer. They j
! will meet, with their director,}
j Mrs. Jessie Goodwin, at 907 Ca
barrus Street, assisted by Mrs. j
Lucy Bailey, counselor.
The theme will be “Help Us,
O God . . . for the Glory of Thy
Name”.
Cotton Ginning In
Chowan
The tabulation of individual
reports from ginners of cotton
' shows there were 288,751 bales
' o} cotton ginned in North Caro
lina through January 16, 1962,
from the crop of 1961. The same
report shows there were 14,006,-
066 bales ginned to the same
I date in the United States.
The report revealed that Cho
, County ginned 1,566 bales
in 1961 as compared with 1,649
in 1960.
Enterprise Group
Will Meet Tonight
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Enterprise Community will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock at the* Zell Ward cabin.
Sid White, chairman, urges
everyone in die community to
• attend as this is a very import
ant meeting to decide where to
locate the proposed community
building. ,
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Pictured in center is Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt, who was named
Edenton's "Woman of the Year" for 1961 at a Bosses' Night ban
quet of the Edenton Business and Professional Women's Ciub held
Thursday night at the Masonic Temple. At left is Mayor Levin
Culpepper of Elizabeth City, who was the nrincipal speaker for
the occasion and at right is Miss Catherine Aman, who recognized
past "Women of the Year" and announced Mrs. Earnhardt as the
1961 winner of the honor.—(Ricks Photo).
12 People Employed As
Initial Steps To Operate
United States Lumber Co.
Employment Is Being
Secured Through Lo
cal N. C. Employ
ment Office ,
Warren Twiddy, vice presi
dent of the United States Lum
ber Company, has announced
that late last week 12 men be
gan work at the company’s prop
erty on the former Edenton Na
val Air Station. The initial
work is devoted to renovating
some of the buildings on the (
property in preparation for ar
rival of machinery which is ex
pected today (Thursday).
Mr. Twiddy also announced j
that construction of dry kilns!
will begin next week, and that 1
machinery is expected to ar-j
rive daily for installation to be
gin operation as soon as possi
ble.
Edenton’s Electric & Water
Continued on Page 3—Section 1 j
Annie Ruth Nixon |
Will Compete For
$750 Scholarship
Sponsored By Eden
ton Woman’s dub;
Contest Will Be Held
March 6
The North Carolina Federa-1
tion of Women’s Club will of- I
fer a $750 scholarship to a sen
ior girl in a state contest. Each !
club in the 16 districts may;
sponsor one student, and the
Edenton Woman’s Club is spon
soring Miss Annie Rulh Nixon, :
daughter of Mrs. Louis Nixon.,
Continued on Page 3. Section 1
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will be held tonight j
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. J. C.
Parks, master of the lodge, urg-j
es ,a large turnout of members. I
Bonner Seeking Congressional
Group As Representatives At
Lost Colony 375th Anniversary
Congressman Herbert C. Bon-!
ner has announced that on Mon-'
day, February 26, he introduced!
in the House of Representatives
a resolution creating a joint con
gressional committee to repre
sent Congress at the ceremonies
commemorating the 375th anni
j versary of the landing of Sir
I Walter Raleigh’s colony on Roa-.
I noke Island, N. C., and the birth,
of the first English child in
America, Virginia Dare. The
ceremonies will be conducted on
Roanoke Island during the week
of August 12-18, 1962.
The Congressional /group will
Covered Dish Supper
At Baptist Church
Plans are under way at the
Edenton Baptist Church for the
) regular monthly meeting of Dea-
I cons. Trustees and the Finance
Committee with members’ wives
as special guests. The meeting
will be in the form of a covered
dish supper on Wednesday night, j
March 7, at 6 o’clock and will be
held in the Beginner Depart
ment of the church. Bread and
beverages will be furnished,
l The evening’s activities will
culminate with alt attending the
mid-week prayer service. Fur
j ther information will appear in
| next Sunday’s church bulletin.
FIREMEN MEET TONIGHT
i
Edenton firemen will hold
their monthly dinner meeting
tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock
at the fire station. Fire Chief
I W. J. Yates requests all fire
men to be present.
| Bert Willis Given
Promotion With
Franklin Concern
Recently Named Field
Procurement Repre
sentative For Eden
ton Area
Friends of Bert C. Willis will
j be interested to know that he
: was recently named field and
procurement representative in
I the ICdenton area for Union Bag-
Camp Corporation of Franklin,
Va. In this position he contacts
I private landowners and procures
j pulpwood for Camp Division.
Continued on Page 4. Section 1
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! LIBRARIES CLOSED MARCH 7
Shepard-Pruden Memorial and
Brown-Carver Libraries will be
I closed on Wednesday, March 7,
| so that the librarians can attend
i a regional staff meeting in Ply-
I mouth.
be composed of six members of
the House of Representatives, to
be appointed by the Speaker of
the House, and six members of
the Senate, to be appointed by
the President of the Senate. The
resolution provides that the
members of the joint committee
will select a chairman from
among their number.
The ceremonies will be con
ducted jointly by the Congress
ional Committee and the Gov
ernor’s Commission for the cele
bration of the 375th Anniversary
of the birth of Virginia Dare.
Continued on rago B—section I
Chowan Sale Os
Savings Bonds In
January $5,432
Richard Atkinson Re-
Ports Sales Were 5.6
Per Cent of $113,520,
County’s 1962 Quota
Richard S. Atkinson, Jr., Cho
wan County volunteer chairman!
for U. S. Savings bonds sales,!
reports that sales in Chowan
County for January were $5,432.
This is 5.6% of the county’s 1962 !
quota of $113,520.
During January there were
: new purchases of Series E and 1
H Bonds amounting to 5 million
J 100 thousand dollars in North
[Carolina. Sales were up 7% (
above: January a year ago. Se
| l ies E Bonds showed an increase
of over 1%, while Series H
Bonds showed an increase of 1
more lhan 38%.
The 1962 annual quota assign
ed to North Carolina is 51 mil
lion 600 thousand dollars. Sales!
in January amounted to nearly j
10% of this quota.
Thirty-six counties in North
Carolina achieved over 10% of t
their 1962 quotas in the first
month of this year.
Edenton Places Four
On All - Conference
The Edenton Acelets, who!
went through the regular sea-,
son undefeated with a 13-0 rec
ord, placed high scoring Beverly)
Morgan and defensive aee Ida j
Campon on the all-conference
girls’ learn. The Aces, whose j
record was not quite as im
pressive, but had a good sea-
I son with a record of 9-5. also|
placed two on the all-conference
team. Playmaker and defensive
aee Jimmy Dail and the tough
rebounding Wayne Griffin.
The Albemarle Conference
Tournament opened in Hertford
Wednesday, February 28. The
Acelets do not play until 7
I
o’clock Friday when they
meet the winner of the Wil
liamston-Scot land Neck game.
The Aces play at 9 o’clock on
Thursday night against Ply
mouth with the winner facing
Ahoskie on Friday.
Both Edenton teams have been
hit hard by the flu the past
two weeks but they hope to be
at full strength for the tourna
ment.
Easier Dance Is
Planned April 20
Sponsored by Chowan Tribe
of Red Men and Chowanokc
Council, Degree of Pocahontas,
an Easter dance will be held on
Friday night. April 20. The
dance will be held in the Eden
ton armory.
Red Men at their meeting on
Monday night appointed various
committees to make the neces
sary arrangements. These com
mittees are as follow's:
Armory and band. Leroy Har
rell.
Advertising and decorations,
Ivey Meadow's and Clyde Hol
lowell.
Advance sales, Robert Brooks.
Concession stand, Guy Wil
liams and Oscar Peeples.
Tables and chairs, Caswell Ed
mundson.
PTA At Chowan
Will Meet Monday
Chowan High School’s Parent-
I Teacher Association will meet
!in the school auditorium Mon
day night, March 5, at 7:30
o’clock. This will be an im
portant meeting, so that Jen
nings Bunch, president, urges
all members to be present.
LEGION MEETS TUESDAY
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American Legion will meet for
a dinner meeting at the Triangle
j Restaurant Tuesday night, March
6, at 7:30 o’clock. Commander'
Robert Powell requests a large
attendance.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night, March 5,
at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Anita Tar
kington. worthy matron, urges
a large attendance
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Edenton Schedules Trade
Fair To Be Held Thursday
And Friday, April 5-6
Entered In Contest |
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ANNIE RUTH NIXON
Representing *he Edenton Wo
man's Club in a s*ale contest
for a S7SO scholarship Will be
Miss Annie Ruth Nixon, a senior
at Chowan High School, and
daughter of Mrs. Louis Nixon.
The 16th District contest will
be held at John A. Holmes High
School Tuesday, March 6.
Hospital Auxiliary
Dance Postponed
Affair Now Schedul
ed To Be held Fri
day, April 27
Announcement was made early
this week that the hoe-down
sponsored by the Chowan Hos
pital Auxiliary has been post
poned. The square dance was
originally scheduled to be held .
Friday night. March 16. but
plans are now' to have it Fri
day night. April 27.
The, dance will be held in the
Edenton armory from 8 o'rlock ,
until midnight. It is also an
nounced that an auction and en-1
tertainment by the hospital I
trustees and staff will highlight |
the. evening’s program.
Square dance callers will bei
Charlie Swanner, Joe Sw.anner |
and Harry Venters. Tickets will j
be sold at SI.OO per couple with i
all proceeds to be used to pur-;
chase equipment for the hos
pital.
'Mrs. Edward C Bond is serv
ing as general chairman, assist
ed by the following: Mrs. C. A
Phillips, chairman; Mrs. J. M.
Thorud. auction: Mrs. W. H.
Hollowell. Jr., concessions: Mrs.
Gilliam Wood, decorations: Mrs.
R. Elton Forehand. Jr., and Mrs
George A. Byrum, tickets, and
Mrs. J. \V. Davis, publicity and
programs.
Ryland l-H Club
Elects New Officers
The Ryland 4 H Club meet
ing was held at the home of
Bernard and Hubert L. Byrum
Monday night. The meeting
was called to order by singing
America and Carole Copeland
: read the Scripture lesson. Mr.
Leake led in prayer. The roll
was called with 10 members an
swering to their name, after
which the minutes of the last
meeting were read.
Officers for the year were
elected as follows: President,
Judy Leake; vice president, Hu-
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Farmers In Chowan Urged To
Release Unused Cotton Acreage
Farmers who do not plan to
plant all or part of their cotton
allotment in 1962 can protect
their cotton acreage history by
releasing the allotment to the
ASC County Committee. Such
acreage must be released before
the deadline which is Friday,
March 23. 1962.
A farmer who plans to plant
at least 75 per cent of his cot
ton allotment this year need
take no action to release any
acreage in order to preserve the
allotment base for his farm.
But a farmer who fails to plant
at least 75 per cent of his 1962
allotment will find his cotton
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Chairman Jim Earn
hardt Promises Out
standing Affair In
cluding Features
While all details have not
been resolved, there are now no
lingering doubts. Edenton will
have a Trade Fair come Spring.
All credit is due the business
men of Edenton, according to
the general chairman of the
Trade Fair. Jim Earnhardt and
his co-chairmen John Ricks and
Johnny Goodwin. With the am
bitious plan of providing an un
usual event featuring personali
ties in the national entertain-,
ment world, with free admission
to all, supplemented with free
refreshments, it was necessary
to be assured of enough local
exhibitors at the fair to meet
the large expense chit for put
ting on this event. This assur
ance has been received by the
enthusiastic response of Edenton
merchants who will purchase
display space.
The Edenton Trade Fail- is
sponsored by the Merchants
Committee of the Edenton Cham
ber of Commerce. It will be
held Thursday and Friday, April
5-6 at the Edenton armory.
Saturday, April 7. merchant.'
will continue the Trade Fail
downtown until 6:00 P. M„ with
special sales promotions in all
the stores.
General Chairman Earnhardt
is pleased with the fine assist
ance he is receiving from his
chairman and numerous com
mitteemen. With a bout show,
an auto show, fashion show,
glee club sing contests, etc., the
Edenton Trade Fair looms as
being one of the major attrac
tions for this area in some time.
The following committee chair
men have a challenging respon
sibility: Henry Quinn. Finance
Committee; Dick Schuman and
Hector Lupton, Publicity Com
mitter H. A. Campen. Entertain
ment Committee; John Woolard.
Staging Committee.
Contract for the nationally
known entertainment group i,
now in the mail. Who will they
I be'.’ See next week’s Herald.
Auxiliary Os Legion
Will Meet March 2
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt. president
of the American Legion Auxili
ary, announces that the Au
i xiliary will meet Friday night,
j March 2, at 8 o'clock, instead
;of Monday night, March 1. The
| meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Paul Holoman.
; Several important items of busi
| ness are scheduled to be consid
ered, so that Mrs. Chestnutt
j urges every member to be pres
j ent.
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Democratic women of Chowan
County will meet a* a luncheon
meeting Monday. March 5. a* 12
o'clock at the Edenton Restau
rant.
The Methodist Men's Club
will sponsor a pickled and her
ring roe breakfast a* *he church
Saturday morning. March 3,
from 7 to 9 o'clock.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas H.
Wright, bishop of +he .Episcopal
Diocese of East Carolina, will
be a guest at St. Paul's Episco
pal Church Sunday, March 4.
Continued on Page 3. Section 1
! allotment will be reduced in
! 1963 if he fails to release the
: unused part of his 1962 allot
ment to the County Committee.
By releasing the unused part
lof the cotton allotment to the
County Committee, the individ
ual farmer’s 1962 planting his
tory will be preserved and also
the planting history of the coun
ty and state. The released al
lotment will be apportioned by
the County Committee for use
by other farmers.
Here are the requirements
which cotton farmers must meet
in 1962 in order to fully pro-
Continued on Pag* s—Section 1