CHOWAN COUNTY
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Volume I%XIX. —Number 17
Chowan Democrats WHI
Hold Precinct Meetings
Saturday, May 5,3 P. M.
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Delegates to County'
Convention on • Sat
urday, May 12 Will!
Be Elected
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Lloyd E. Griffin, Chairman
the Chowan County Democratic
Executive Committee, announced
1 \ this week that Democratic pre
cinct meetings will be held in
Chowan County Saturday after- '
noon, May 5, at 3 o’clock.
• The purpose of these precinct
meetings is to perfect precinct
organizations and to elect dele- (
gates to the County i
The various precinct meet- 1
ings will be held as follows:
East Edenton Precinct Cho- !
wan County Court House.
West Edenton Precinct Mu
nicipal Building.
Rocky Hock Precinct—Union'
Store.
Center Hill Precinct Ross
Bunch’s Store.
Wardville Precinct H. R.
Peeles’ Store.
Yeopim Precinct—Harry Per
ry’s Store.
The County Convention will
be held at the Court House on
Saturday afternoon, May 12, at
3 o’clock. At this convention
delegates will be elected for the j
State Democratic Convention,
The State Convention will be
held in Memorial Auditorium in,
Raleigh, Thursday, May 17, be
ginning at 12 o’clock noon.
All Democrats are especially
urged to attend the precinct
meetings Saturday afternoon,
May 5, in order to properly or
ganize and elect the delegates
to the county convention in the
Court House the following Sat-,
urday afternoon. -
John F. Whits Is
Seeking Election
As Clerk Os Court
W?is One of Five Can
didates In Race For
Office In Election
Held In 1958
John Fernando White will be
a candidate for Clerk of Cho
wan Superior Court in the
Democratic primary election on
Saturday, May 26.
Mr. White has served in var
' ious county offices, including
several terms as Representative
in the North Carolina General
Assembly. He was one of the j
unsuccessful candidates for the
office in 1958 when five candi
dates were in the race. This
year he opposes Mrs. Lena M.
Leary, who has served in that
capacity since October 1, 1961.
j 20 Years Ago] I
( As Found In The Files Os J '
( * The Chowan Herald
President Franklin D. Roose
velt in a proclamation designat
ed April 27 as the fourth regi
stration day when all male citi
zens in the United States be
tween the ages of 45 and 65
.years were required to present
themselves for registration for
military duty,
J. G. Campen called a meet-
Jnp to effect a thorough canvass
#f Chowan County in an effort
to sell defense bonds and stamps,
j At a special meeting of Town
Council Joeeph H. Conger was
Appointed building inspector to,
ebecesd R. 4C. Hall, who was al
jpatient in a Norfolk hospital.
< Six Chowan County boys ware
rejected for military service al
g final examination held at
Fort Bragg. The six were Al-- ]
bert Cullipher, Gibson Mitchell.!
Itaah Bateman, Wilbur Wheel-1
Hug. and Brio. Ev-i
Watt Ashley. -
A ten-day revival began at
fbe Baptist Church, >
THE CHOWAN HERALD
|[ New Commander ]
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ALEXANDER De BLOIS
Members of Ed Bond Post of
the American Legion have elect- j
ed Alexander E. De Blois as 1
their new commander. He will
succeed Robert Powell.
—(Ricks Photo). |
BPW Card Party j
; Thursday, May 3
Affair Will Be Held
At Barker House
At 7:30 P. M.
i
Edenton’s Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club will
sponsor a card party at the
Barker house Thursday night"
May 3, beginning at 7:30 o’clock.
Anyone interested in playing]
cards or getting a . table to play i'
is requested, to contact Mrs. I.l'
E. Halsey, phone 3754 or any :
member of the BPW Club. The
admission will be 75 cents each '
or $3.00 per table. There will ■'
be prizes for winners in various!
categories,
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| Seeks Re-election
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WILLIAM E. BOND
In the Democratic primary
election May 26, William E.
Bend will seek re-election as i
County Commission. He is now 1
serving at chairman of the ]
board. —(Ricks Photo) ]
43 Students Make Honor Roll
At John A. Holmes High School
Cecil Fry, principal at John!
A. Holmes High . School, last
week announced the students
who were included on the honof
i roll for the. fifth six-weeks pe
riod. There were 43 students
lon this select list with the
eighth and ninth grades tied for
honors with 11 honor students
i each. <"
The honor roll follows:
Grade 7—Sanfra Ange, Donna
Billin|s, Claras Blanchard, Linda
Hollawell, Kay Kramer and Ivy
Lowe. x
Grade B—Barbara Adams, Suz
anne George, Becky Hampton,
Dianthia Sexton, Yvonne Still
man Martha Vaughan, Barbara
Wallace, Vivian Whiteman, Joe
[Conger, Bill Mitchener and Nor-
Edenton, C 5 . 1 County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 26, 1962.
Edenton Jaycees
Install Officers At
Banquet Tonight
Awards Will Also Be
Presented Members
For Various Achieve
ments During Year
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet at 7 o’clock
tonight (Thursday) at the Amer
ican Legion Building.
A feature of the meeting will
be installation of new officers
; and presentation of various
awards. The new officers will
Ibe installed by Fred Swartz
, berg of High Point. Mr. Swartz
-1 berg is president of the North
! Carolina Junior Chamber of
1 Commerce.
Among other guests at the
i banquet - will be Elwood Mixon
iof Rocky Mount, national direc
tor for North Carolina Jaycees,
, and W. H. (Beans) Weatherly
j of Elizabeth City, vice president
, of the Tenth District.
New officers include CarUori
Jackson, president; Tony Miley,
first vice president: Nathan
Owens, second vice, president;
j Bob Waller, secretary; Britton
i Byrum, treasurer; Leonard
Small, corresponding secretary,
I and James Perry, state director.
Directors are Allen Harless, Jr.,
! Caswell Edmundson, John P.
I Bass, Billy Boyce, Jack Habit
j and Paul Stanton.
Luther Parks New
President Bf PTA
New Group of Offic
ers Elected Last
Week
Luther Parks was elected and'
installed as president of the’
Edenton Parent-Teacher Associ
ation, succeeding Warren Twid
dy, at the last meeting of the
school year Tuesday, April 17.
Officers installed by Mayor
John A. Mitchener, Jr., includ
ed in addition to Parks, Ken
neth Stalls, vice president; Mrs.
William Sexton, re-elected sec
retary, and Miss Mary McDon
ald Holmes, treasurer.
The PTA members voted to
present the annual SIOO scholar-'
ship to a senior at the John A.
Holmes High School this year.
Feature attraction of the
evening was a musical playlet
presented by members of Mrs.
White’s third grade and Mrs.
Ross’ kindergarten, titled “Just
Pretend’’.
With the largest attendance of
the school year the prizes were
awarded to Mrs. White’s 3rd
grade and Mrs. 'Eloise Smith's
9th grade.
Libraries Will Close
Wednesday, May 2
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li-,
brary and Brown-Carver Li-1
brary will be closed Wednesday,
May 2, due to a Regional Staff
meeting which will take place
in Plymouth pn that date.
POCAHONTAS MEETING
Chowanoke Couiicu No!" 54,
Degree of Pocahontas, will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. Virginia Williams, Poca
hontas, urges all members to be
present.
Grade 9—Claire Belch, John
etta Davenport, Sharlie Fair
cloth, Arlene Fry, Nancy O’Neal,
Elaine Parks, David Holton, Ed
Jenkins, Hiram Mayo, Jr.,
Charles Overton and George
Wilkins.
Grade 10—Sandra Bunch, Jean
Goodwin, Ne»l Hobbs and Doug
las Twiddy. *
Grade 11—Carolyn Griffin, Jo
Ann Leary, Pat Penny, Ann
Wells and John. Marshall. H
Grade 12—-J«W»ette Ashley,
Eleanor Boyce Powell, Ida Ward
Canopen, Ann Hobbs McLaugh
lin. Herb Adams and Joe Mitqh
ener. ;
Note: Sanfra Ange, 7th grad
er, was omitted from the last
six wieks period honor roll.
! * error is Wfrett -
•f £ County Typing Contest Winners 1
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THE MOON IN TYPING 1 ? \
Pat Penny, left, daughter oi Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Penny, and
Barbara Alexander, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Alexander,
were top winners in the Chowan County typing contest held March
27. The two girls will represent John A. Holmes High School in
the district contest to be held at Greenville today (Thursday).—
Ricks Photo.
Miss Marilyn Kay Bunch Wins
Scholarship Awarded By DAR
Miss Marilyn Kay Bunch, a
senior at Chowan High School,
has been approved for a DAR
Scholarship, it was announced
by Mrs. Robert B. Street of
Huntersville, state DAR chair
man of student loans and schol
arships.
Miss Bunch, who won the
Edenton Tea Party Chapter
Good Citizenship Award this
year was sponsored by the lo
cal chapter and is the first girl
from Chowan County to ever
receive a DAR scholarship.
William i Bond
Seekslte-election
As Commissioner
Served as Chairman
Os Board Following
Death of W. W. By
rum In 1958
William E. Bond will be a
candidate for re-election as
County Commissioner in the
Democratic primary election on
Saturday, May 26. He has ser
ved in this capacity since he
was appointed in May, 1952.
He served as Commissioner from
the First Township until the
death of West W. Byrum, when
he was appointed chairman in
1958.
Mr. Bond has filled many of
fices in the county. He was a
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Deßlois Elected As
Legion Commander
New Group of Offic
ers Elected By Ed
Bond Post
At the last meeting of Ed
Bond Post No, 40 of the Ameri
can Legion, officers for the
year 1962-63 were elected. The
result of the election follows:
Commander, Alexander E. De
BTois; first vice commander, Earl
White; second vice commander,
Steve Long; adjutant, Skinner
White; finance officer, W. A.
Perry; service officer, Walter
Bond; chaplain, Buell Bailey;
sergeant-at-arms, Carroll Byrum.
These officers will be installed
the early part of July.
Outgoing Commander Robert
Powell presided over the meet
ing with the invocation by Buell |
Bailey. Standing committees
made reports and John Lee
Spruill, service officert also
made his monthly report.
The nominating committee
presented its report after which
the report was adopted and the
new officers elected.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock at the 'Parish
House. The program will be
in charge of Tom Shepard and
President Richard Atkinson urg
es a 100 per cent attendance.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Carey Bunch of Route
3 and plans to attend East Caro
lina College next fall.
During her years at Chowan
she has been extremely active
having been class president,
treasurer and reporter; vice
president of the Beta Club; sec
retary and treasurer of the Fu
ture Homemakers of America,
and named as senior superlative.
Her activities -have included the
Glee Club, basketball, cheer
leader, marshall and the school
newspaper and annual staffs.
Mrs. Lena M. Leary
Candidate For Clerk
Os Superior Court
Held Office Since She
Was Appointed In
1961 When Shepard
Resigned
Mrs. Lena M. Leary will be a
candidate for re-election as
Clerk of Court in the Demo
cratic primary election Satur
day, May 26.
Mrs. Leary was deputy and
assistant clerk since January,
1949 and was appointed Clerk
October 1, 1961 by Judge Ches
ter Morris, resident judge of
the First Judicial District fol
lowing the resignation of Tom
Shepard. She was endorsed by
the Chowan Democratic Execu
tive Committee, Ch»wan County
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Golf Club Planning
Membership Drive
Land Recently Pur
chased at Base For
Golf Course
The Chowan Golf and Coun
try Club held a meeting Wed
nesday night in the Court
House for an organizational
meeting, at which time plans
were made to wage a member
ship campaign.
The club recently purchased
land at the former Marine Air
Station for a golf course and
will, of course, need members to
maintain the course.
Officers of the club are: Ralph
Parrish, president; Dr. A. F.
Downum, vice president, and W.
B. Gardner, secretary-treasurer.
Anyone interested in joining
the club is asked to contact any
of the above officers.
Burning Near Woods
Now Very Dangerous
State Forester F. H. Claridge
has issued a warning about
burning near woods. Mr. Cla
: ridge emphasizes the fact that
because of extremely dry con
ditions any fire in the vicinity
of woodland could easily de
velop into a damaging forest
fire. He, therefore, urges ev
eryone to be particularly care
ful about burning near woods, f
Hospital Hoe-Down
Is Scheduled To Be
Held Friday Night
Number of Special
Features Planned to
Provide Special En
tertainment
Everything is in readiness for
the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
hoe-dbwn, which is scheduled
to be held in the Edenton ar
mory Friday night, April 27,
from 8 to 12 o’clock.
Aside from square and round
dancing a number of special
numbers are on the program
which will delight all who at
tend. These numbers include: a
pantomine in which Dr. Richard i
Hardin, Guy Hobbs, Dick Dixon. 1
Tom Shepard and Dr. Roland
Vaughan will participate.
! Another feature will be a bai- j
let which will include James j
Bond, Jesse Harrell, Richard I
Atkinson, John Miichenef, Al
Phillips and B. F. Bateman.
A quintet has also been ar
ranged with Dr. L. P. Williams.
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Officers Elected
For Churchwomen
Mrs. Alice Malone Is
New’ President of
Group
Mrs. Alice Malone will serve!
as president of St. Paul’s’
Churchwomen for the coming'
year.
Other officers are Mrs. Har-j
riett Woolard, vice president: i
Mrs. Beth Jethro, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Helen Kramer,
recording secretary, and Mrs.
Grace' Sawvm-. treasurer.
Chairmen for the year are:
Mrs. Mary Jackson evotions:
Mrs. Myrtle Leary, education;
Mrs.’ Lucy Adams. Thompson
Orphanage; Mrs. Mary Rhea
Gardner, U.T.0.; Mrs. Jacque
line Ricks, promotion; Mrs, Ruth
Vaughan, personnel; Mrs. Doro
thy Douglas and Mrs. Mary
Forehand, supply; Mrs, Ruth
Conger and Mrs. Rebecca Shep- 1
ard, social relations; Miss Eliz- [.
abeth Moore, periodicals; Mrs.!
Rebecca Warren, ecumenical re
lations: Mrs. Lina Mack, mis
siohs; Mrs. Antonie Kehayes, al
tar guild; Mrs. Betsy Hassell,
and Mrs. Edith Nixon, house,
and Mrs. Frances Inglis and j
Mrs. Carmen Reeve, bazaar. I
Masonic District
Meeting Tonight i
J. C. Parks, master of Una
nimity Lodge No. 7. A. F. &
A. M., announces that a district
Masonic meeting will be held in
the local Masonic Temple to
night (Thursday). A cafeteria
style supper will be served at
6:30 o’clock with the meeting
scheduled to begin at 8 o’clock.
Masons from all over the
First Masonic District are ex
pected to attend, together with
a number of prominent Masons. 1
Mr. Parks calls upon the entire
local membership to attend.
LEGION MEETS TUESDAY
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the]
American Legion will meet on •
Tuesday night, May 1, at 8
o’clock. Commander Robert
Powell urges a large turnout j
of members.
Pat Penny, Barbara Alexander
Win Honors In Typing Contest
, On March 27 the following
from John A. Holmes 'High
School were contestants in the
Chowan County Contest: Be
ginning Typing Division—Her-
I bert Adams, Marian Bunch, Bet
ty Jo Elliott, Joe Mitchener and
Pat Penny. In the Advanced
Typing Division were Barbara
Alexander, Jeanette Ashley,
Carolyn Bass. Faye Cartwright
and Pasty Twiddy.
This typeing contest is spon
sored by Phi Beta Lambda Beta
Kappa Chapter, Pi Omega Pi,
Department of Business, East
Carolina College, Public Rela
tions and Foundations, East
Carolina College. . i
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Bones McKinney Speaker
For Varsity Club Sports
Awards Banquet Monday
* Banquet Speaker ]
Horace bones mskinney
Head Basketball Coach
Wake Forest College
Featuring the Edenton Varsity
Club's annual sports awards
banquet a* the Masonic Tem
ple Monday nigh*. April 30, at
7:30 o'clock will be Horace
(Bones) McKinnev. Mr. McKin
ney is basketball coach at Wake
Forest College.
Summary Report
On Typing Contest
,Ten From Edenton
And Six From Cho
wan Compete
The summary report of the
Chowan County Typewriting
Contest, including the winners
' who have gone today (Thurs
day) to the district contest at
Ea.st Carolina, is printed as an
nounced by Mrs, Marvis H, Hen
drix, this year’s county contest
coordinator.
The annual Chowan County
typewriting contest was held at
Chowan High on March 27.
Each high school was allowed
to enter one contestant for each ‘
I five students enrolled in its ad- i
j vanned class and one student for 1
each ten students enrolled in its !
beginning typewriting class.]
Holmes High entered ten stu
dents and Chowan High enter- ,
, ed six students. i
Continued on Pace 3—Section 1
[Special Service At
Methodist Church 1
Sunday, April 29
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I A church-wide study of "The
Meaning of Suffering,” by Dr..
Ralph W. Sockman. for many
years pastor of Christ Metho
dist Church of New York City,
and listed as one of the six l
foremost clergymen in the Unit-j
ed States, will be given by the
Rev, V. T. Crawford, pastor, at
Edenton Methodist Church next ]
Sunday night. April 29. begin-j
ning promptly at 7 o’clock. This
study will deal with: The Sourc- ]
l es of Suffering: The Pain of!
Living—How To Face It: Phy
sical and Mental Illness: The!
Continued on Page 3—Section 1 1
RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe No. 12. Im-1
proved Order of Red Men will j
! meet Monday night, April 30, at |
8 o’clock. Obed Lee, sachem, j
I requests a good attendance.
Miss Pat Penny, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Penny, and
Miss Barbara Alexander, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Alex
ander, received top awards. Pat
| received a medal and certificate
j for the high scoring student in
! the beginning division for indi-
I vidual achievement. Barbara
received a medal and certificate
for the high scoring student in
the advanced devision. Bar
bara's advanced division re
ceived a pennant to be present
ed to John A. Holmes High
School for the highest scoring
team in the county contest for
team achievement.
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FIGHT CANCER 1 j
WITH A CHECKUP I
AND CHECK
j Annual Affair Will
j Be Held at Masonic
Temple Beginning at
7:30 O’clock
i Final plans are being com
pleted for the annual Varsity
Club’s Sports Awards banquet
Monday night, April 30, at which
Coach Horace “Bones” McKin
ney of: Wake Forest College will
be the principal speaker.
Special guests of; trie Varsity
Club will be the boys and girls
of John A. Holmes High School
who participated in the school’s
athletic program, along with the
coaches and student managers.
Tiie banquet is held annually by
thy club in recognition of the
contribution bv these young peo
ple to the school and the town.
McKinney, a former college
I and All-Professional basketball
j star who currently coaches bas
ketball at Wake Forest College,
|is a natural for the banquet
| speaker. An ordained Baptist
j minister serving as assistant
| pastor at the student chapel at
| the college, he is one of the
; most sought-after speakers in
| athletic circles in this state.
| "We are delighted that Coach
I McKinney will be oUr principal
j speaker,” Varsity Club Presi
; dent George Lewis said this
week, "He is one of the most
colorful figures in North Can>-
; Una athletic circles. He is :
• man of God, and he is in ever
increasing demand throughout
j Continued on Page 4, Section \
Plans Completed
! For VFW Fish Fry
Affair Arranged to
Honor Veterans of
World War I
James M. Bond, chairman of
the Wm. H. Coffield. Jr.. Post
No: 9289. VFW fish fry to honor
the veterans of World War I
announced this week that plans
for the event are complete.
The fish fry will be held
Tuesday night. May 8. at 7
o’clock at the VFW Club, lo
cated on the old Hertford road.
Bill Perry is in charge of Ihe
[supper and is preparing for a,
good meal.
Wesley Cullipher of Elizabeth
City will be the speaker. Mr.
Cullipher is a member of the
North Carolina Veterans Com
mission. - In addition to Mr.
Cullipher the group will al<o
be entertained by Britton By
rum and his son.
An invitation is being rent io
all known World War I vet
erans but any veteran who doe
not receive an invitation is urg
ed to attend. There will be a
social period starting at 7 o'clock
with the supper following:
Chairman Bond emphasized
that this is not a membership
campaign and no mention of
membership will be made. T!v
will be a social affair to get the
World War 1 veterans together
again for an enjoyable evening.
Democratic Drecinct meetings
will be held Saturday after
noon, May 5, at 3 o’clock.
Edenton Varsity Club will
hold its annual sports award
banquet al the Masonic Temple
Monday night, April 30, al 7:30
o'clock.
Edenton Jaycees will hold
their installation and ladies'
night banquet tonight (Thurs
day) al the American Legion
Building at 7 o'clock.
Edenlon's Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club will
hold a card party at the Barker
house Thursday night. May 3,
at 7:30 o'clock.
A Democratic primary elec
tion will be held Saturday. May
26th.
Church-wide study of "The
Meaning of Suffering" will be
held in the Edenton Methodist
Church Sunday night April 28.
at 7 o'clock.
Continued on Page 3—Section 1