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Volume XXlX.—Number 18. \
Plans Now Shaping For
Edenton's Water Carnival
On Wednesday May 30th
Seven Big Events Are
Scheduled to Attract
Many People In the
Community
Plans are rapidly shaping up in '
preparation for a gala gaenton ■'
Water Carnival, r 'onsored joint- .
ly by the Edenton chamber of
Commerce and ihe Edenton Jay
cees. This elaborate water car
nival with seven big events will
give thrills, excitement and en
tertainment to the people of not
oply this community but to
many for miles around, Wednes
day, May 30th, it is announced
by the Recreation Committee’s
co-chairmen, Scott Harrell and
Bill Easterling.
Harrell and Easterling further
announced that Col. Cullin
Capehart has kindly offered the
old Fish Hatchery property
which he recently purchased for
the staging of this water carni
val. A full program of events
will begin, promptly at one
o’clock and leading off will be
a motorboat parade displaying
the latest models of boats, en
gines and equipment. Included
in the events will be a mara-J
thon race beginning at a barge
in Pembroke Creek to the bell
buoy and return six laps to ap
proximate a 35-mile race. This
race will be conducted on a!
handicapped basis to give even j
the slowest boat an opportunity 1
to win. For teen-aged partici
pation only there will be joust
ing contests from flat bottomed
fishing boats. Contestants will
joust with long poles padded on
the ends. Contestants will en
deavor to tumble one another
Continued on Pan* 6. Section 1
jfckLifU’H Monday i
For Brush Burning
State Forester Fred Claridge |
announced Monday that the
brush burning ban had been
lifted in 29 North Carolina coun
ties. ! Among the counties was
Chowan.
The bar was lifted due to
showers in th«" eastern section
of the state. I
20 Years Ago ]l
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The Chowan Herald
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Ji An organisation in Chowan'
County was effected under the
leadership of J. G. Campen for |
Chowan County citisens to join
the nation in a huge drive to l
purchase defense stamps and
Bonds to aid materially in j
America winning the war. Cho
wan County's quota for the
nwnth of May was $11,600.
Eight hundred twenty-four
Chowan County men between
the ages of 45 65 answered
the call of Unc.e Sam to regis
ter for possible call' for service
of one sort or another in the
fourth registration. It was re- |
ported that 123 men from Cho
wan County were already serv-,
ing in the armed forces,
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Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce, who installed the Jaycee
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Seeks Re-election- >\
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Mrs. Lena M. Leary is seek
ing re-election to the office of
Clerk of Chowan Superior Court
in the Demo-ralic primary elec
tion Saturday. May 26.
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Hiram Mayo Attends Science
i Curricula At Arlington, Ya.
The North Carolina State De
partment of Education nominat
ed Hiram J. Mayo, superintend
ent of the Edenton City Schools,
to attend a conference on new
science curricula which was held
at Arlington, Va„ April 30 and
May 1. The purpose of the con
ference is to inform school ad
i ministrators about new resourc
es for science curriculum devvl
-1 opment that atV mow available
to schools as a result of intense
| national and local effort'.
School administrators, science
Officials Guests
Os County Council
| Chowan County Commission
ers, town officials, other county
.It, arl invited guests will
]Lj luncheon guests of the Cho
| wan Hf ie Demonstration Club
County Council Mondays May 7,
jat 1:00 P. M., Advance Com
! munity Building,
j The commissioners’ luncheon
j is an annual event and part of
. Chowan County’s observance of
. National Home Demonstration
i Club Week.
I Drive Lagging J
Mrs. Warren Twiddy. Chair
man of the Chowan County
Cancer Crusade, reported early
this week that contributions ate
badly lagging. Up to Tuesday
morning only about SSOO had
bean collected toward a goal of
$1,500. ,
Mrs. Twiddy is anxious to,
' complete the drive surely not;
, later than May 10. so that she |
j urges any contributions to be
: sent to her at once.
Edenton, Chowan County, Month Carolina, Thursday, May 3,1962.
Lindsay Warrjjp
Bridge Dedicat i |
Thursday, May %
! Over 5,000 Expec
j To Go to
River* Bridge to At
| tend Celebration
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. ■ Upwards to 5,000 people are i
expected to attend the Lindsay ‘
|C. Warren Bridge dedication on J
; Thursday, May 10. The bridge !
which crosses the Alligator!
River and connects Tyrrell i
| County and Dare County in j
' Eastern North. Carolina com- 1
■ pletes the final continuous link i
in the shortest route in North!
' America from the Atlantic to'
the Pacific.
The dedication is being spon-1
sored by the Southern Albe
marle Association, an organiza
i tion formed by citizens of Beau
fort, Dare, H.vde, Martin, Tyr
rell and Washington counties.
At 10:30 A. M-. the ceremonies
' will begin with the unveiling of
the bronze plaque erected on
' the western terminus of the
p bridge guardrail. portion
l of the day-long will be
conducted byCom
: mission the veil
will be of State
i Senator Warren, in
i whose honor the bridge has
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■ educators, and scientist meeting
- together as colleagues in a com
• mon effort discussed science cur
, riculum development. The re
1, gional conference that Mr. Mayo
I attended was one of nine region-.
I I al conferences to be held
■ p throughout the United States!
- during 1962. They are sponsor- j
• ed by the American Associa-,
- Uon of the Advancement of Sci
s enctf wlthn-ti‘*» cooperation of,
: j the U. S. Office of Education, |
under a grant from the Nation-'
:I al Science Foundation.
Green Light Given i
Boat Access Area |
At Chowan Bridge
Bids For Construction
Are Scheduled to Be
Opened In Raleigh
Friday, May 11
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A long distance telephone call;
was received by the Edenton'
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Chamber of Commerce Wednes- 1
day morning making it official'
that the State Department of
Administration in Raleigh has,
notified the State Wildlife Re-!
sources Commission that bids |
are now open for construction
of a new fishing access area at
the Northeast comer of the
' Chowan. River bridge on U. S-
Jl7 south.
Sealed bi' 1 1 will be opened' on
; Friday, May 11, and should be,
; addressed to Floyd Williamson,
I engineer. Wildlife Resources
I Commission at Raleigh.
I Shortly following ' pening of
! bids construction on the pro
ject is expected to begin.
4-H Dress Revue
Thursday, May 10
The, annual Chowan County
4-H dress ' revue will be held
Thursday night. May 10, at the
Rocky Hock Community Center
at 8 o’clock. There will be three
divisions, including -an apron 1
revue, junior dress revue and ,
.senior dress revue.
BANK CLOSED MAY 10
Peoples Bank & Trust Coni:
©any. will be closed all day on,
Thursday, May 10. Reason for
[the holiday is observance of.
j Confederate Memorial Day. Im- ‘
jportant bankig matters should, |
j therefore, be transacted accord-j
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING ,
Edenton's .Town Council will
{held its May meeting Tuesday.
The meeting wUI be held in the
| Municipal Building beginning at
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Chowan County Typewriting Wins District Honor
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Top honors in East Carolina College's 1962 typewriting contest, conducted for high schools in 27
Eastern North Carolina counties, were announced Thursday night. A district contest held on the
cam-us during the morning and afternoon followed preliminary competition in high schools in the
eastern section of the slate March 13-17. Recognized as the highest scorers among teams repre
senting the 27 participating counties were Judie Ann Leake, pictured at left, of Chowan Hgh
School and Pat Lee Perry of John A. Holmes High School, who composed the Chowan Countv
team. Both girls went to the district with tied first place county honors. Judith broke the lied
score at the district and came out first. This is the second time a Chowan County team has won
first place at the district contest and the second time a Chowan High student scored the highest on
the district winning team. This honor was achieved by Janet Chappell in 1960. Chowan High's
typing teacher, Mrs. Marvis H. Hendrix, and Holmes High's typing teacher. Mrs. Hiram Mayo, ac
companied their students to the district contest.
Pam Owens Winner
Os First Prize In
Local Baby Contest
Winners Announced
Wednesday of Last
i Week at the Taylor
Theater
1 Sponsored by the Edenton Wo- 1
( man's Ciub, the ErWfTtnn baby
| contest came to a very success
] fuj close Wednesday afternoon
| of last wetit when the winners i
i were am i"ced al 4 o’clock in |
i the Tavloi Theatre. A goodly 1
' number of people were on hand j
jto learn the results. Frank j
Roberts was master of cere- 1
j t
I monies. |
i Members of the club express 1
j their thanks and -appreciation to I
! the merchants who cooperated,
so splendidly in the contest as'
well as the large number of chil-1
dren who participated.
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i Musical Festival |
| Sunday Afternoon
Annual Event Will Be
j * Held at Chowan
High School
A county-wide music festival
will be held Sunday afternoon,
May 6. at . 2:30 o’clock at Cho
wan High School. Each home |
I demonstration club will be re-:
, sponsible for securing a person, I
or persons, for solo, duet, quar
tet or choir to represent them
at the festival.
Mrs. John Privott, county mu
sic chairman, will play for the
group singing.
The music festival is an an
nual event and is a part of
Chowan County's observance of
National Home Demonstration
Club Weok. The public is in
i vited to attend.
Carlton Jackson New President
Junior Chamber Os Commerce
At a meeting held in the
American Legion Building on
Thursday night new officers for
the Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce were installed. • |
Installed as new president was
' Carlton Jackson, who succeeds
| William Easterling. Other offi
! cers installed were: Tony Mi
j ley| first vice president; Nathan
Owens, second vice president;
Bob Waller, secretary; Leonard
Small, corresponding secretary; j
Britten Byrum. treasurer; James
Perry, state director and, Allen
Harless, Jr., Caswell Edmund- ’
son, John p. Bass, Billy Boyce,
I Winners In Edenton Baby Contest
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| Pictured above are the winner and runners-up in the baby con
-1 test which was sponsored by the Edenlon Woman's Club. Sland
| ing in front is the winner, Pam Owens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
j Johnny Owens. Next is Ronda Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
■ James O. Perry, first runner-up; Terry Ann Elliott, daughter of
I Mr. and Mrs. Warren Elliott, second runner-up; Joseph Goodwin.
I son of Mr, and Mrs. Wallace Goodwin, Jr., ihird runner-up and
: Allen Dean Perry, son of Mrs. Kay Perry, fourth runner-up.—
I Ricks Photo.
Jack Habit Wins
| Cruise To Nassau
i Qualifies For Jeffer
| son Standard Star
Performers
Jack Habit, special represen
tative for the Jefferson Standard
Life Insurance Company in
Edenton, has qualified for the
company’s “Star Performance
Cruise” to Nassau in May aboard
the Italian liner M !• Victoria.
Mr. Habit’s qualification for
the cruise was am unced by
! Byron Donaldson, Goldsboro
) branch manager, following no
tification from the company's
.lome otfice in Greensboro, N. C-
Mr. Habit will be accompanied
by his wife, Dorothy.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night. May 7, at
8 o’clock. Mrs. W. P. Goodwin,
worthy matron, urges all mem
bers to be present.
Jack Habit and Paul Stanton, di
rectors..
The Key Man award went to
Rudolph Dale, Spoke of the
I Year award, was presented to
Jack Habit and Spark Plug
awards were presented to Brit
tejn Byrum, Rudolph Da'e and
: Caswell Edmundson.
Presidential citations were
presented by President Bill Eas
terling to Caswell Edmundson,
J Mrs- Leo Lavoie and Miss Bet
ty Byrum for their services to
the club during the year. Mr.
'Eastepling also presented certifi-
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-Guest Speaker At
i i Next BAR Meeting
New Chapter Officers
j Will Be Installed
May 9th
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' Edenton Tea Party Chapter of
the DAR will meet Wednesday
afternoon, May 0, at 3:30 o'clock
at the liedhll house.
A feature of the meeting wli
be an address by Mrs. Free
| Stolenberg of Rocky Mount, im
mediate past district director of J
the DAR.
I Mrs. George Hoskins, regent
of the chapter, emphasizes the
fact, that this will be the last
meeting of the chapter until af
ter the summer vacation. For
that reason she urges every j
member to make a special es-
I fort to attend.
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BPW Card Party
Scheduled Tonight
1 1 A card party, sponsored by
i the Edenton Business and Pro
, fessional Women's Club, will be
|. held tonight (Thursday) at 7:30
l o’clock at the Barker house.
Persons interested in playing or
; getting a table to play may do
. so by contacting Mrs. I. E. Hal
! sey or any member of the BPW
Club.
An admission of 75 cents per
person or $3.00 per table will
be charged. Refreshments will
' be served and prizes awarded
’ to winners in the various cate
gories.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A staged communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A- F.
& A. M-, will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock J, C-
Parks, master of the louge. is
very anxious to have a large at-'
tendance.
$2.50 Per year In North Carolina
High School Athletes And
Coach Billings Honored
At Varsity Club Banquet
Seeks Clerk’s Job j
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JOHN F. WHITE ,■
In me Democratic primary
e ect’on Saturday, May 26, John |
F. While will be a candidate for :
Clerk of Chowan Superior Court, j 1
Dr. Richard Hardin;
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Makes Comment On !
Local Cancer Drive!
Urges More Contri
butions to Help Save
More Lives From the
Dread Disease
j Dr. Ri hard Hardin, a mem
| her of the board of directors of j
I the local Cancer Society, early'
I this week made a few slate- j
I merits regarding the current j
! cancer drive in Chowan County.
| Dr. Hardin’s remarks follow:
j ‘The American Cancer Society j
’ and the. National Cancer Insti-1
I lute have designate l 1962 a
Cancer Progress Year in an ef
fort to point up the advances
made against cancer duiing the
past 25 years.
“While they cannot offer- any
thing as spectacular as the man]
in space science has given us.
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jeme CALENDAR
Democratic orecinct meetings
will be held Saturday after
noon. May 5, a* 3 o'clock.
New offic rs fer the Edentoi
Business and Professional Wo
men's Clubs will be installed at
a meeting at the Edenton Res
taurant Wednesday night. May
9. at 7 o'clock.
Gala Edenron Waier Carnival
scheduled to be held Wednesday.
May 30. I
Annual Chowan Cc tnly 4-H -
dress revue will be held at the
Rocky Hock Community Center
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Entered In National Typing
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Miss Barbara Alexander, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Alex
ander, and Miss Patsy Twiddy. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Twiddy, seniors of the John A. Holmes High School, have teen in
vited to attend the regional tournament of the third National Facit
Accuracy Typing Contest *o be held at Richmond, Va,, on Saturday.
May 5. These two students have received medals as the class
champions and have been selected to compete in the reg onal typ
ing contest as two of the 500 top typists in the nation. This select
group of regional contestants had perfect typing papers and were
among the best among 10.500 class winners. Over 310.000 high
school students participated in this contest. The teacher. Mrs.
Hiram J. Mayo, has been awarded a contest achievement certifi
cate which stresses accuracy and a very realistic approach of typ
ing proficiency. Mrs. Mayo will accompany these two students to
Richmond for the regional contest. The winner in the regional
contest will receive an all-expense paid trip to New York City to
compete in the finals. Grand prise is an all-expense paid trip to
Sweden for the winning students as well as the teacher.—Ricks
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Coach Bones McKin
ney Stresses Import
ance of Athletics For
Students
The dining room at the Ma
sonic Temple was filled to ca
pacity Monday night when the
Edenton Varsity Club held its
annual spots awards banquet.
John A- Holmes High School
athletes were honored. but
Coach William Billings, who has
resigned, also came in for a
goodly share of honors.
Boy and girl athletes were
awarded trophies, certificates
and gold balls, while a trophy
was also presented Coach Bill
ings, together with a large sil
ver tray, the gift of citizens of
Edenton. The trophy was pre
sented by Bill Cozart and the
tray by Mayor John Mitchener.
The inscription on the tray read
“William D. Billings, in appre
ciation for community service to
our youth—l9s4-1962. Citizens
of Edenton.” In presenting the
trophy Mr. Cozart said Coach
Billings is the winningest coach
in the history of the local high
school and in the mind s of
many the best high school coach
in North Carolina. A standing
ovation was given Coach Bill
ings.
The principal speaker for the
occasion was Coach Bones Mc-
Kinney of Wake Forest College.
He was introduced by Leo Kat
kaveck, a warm personal friend.
McKinney captivated those pres
it by his humor, but in a more
erious mood emphasized the
importance of athletics in the
schools. He said athletics are
ot on the same level as euu-
I ation but that sports are vcy
j 'important among young people
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Seeks Re-election
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DALLAS JETHRO, JR.
In the Democratic primary
election on May 26, Dallas Jeth
ro, Jr., will be a candidate for
re-election as Fourth Township
Commissioner.