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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlX.—dumber 22.
Little Change In Chowan County's
Official Family Is Caused By Voters
H Saturday's Primary Election
Albert Byrum Loses
In Contest For Rep
resentative and C. M. j
Evans Defeated For'
Commissioner
•With a number of very close
contests in Chowan County’s
Democratic primary election on
Saturday, very little change will
take place in the county’s official
family. I
jThere will be one new County
Cjemmissioner due to T. O. As
bell defeating Carey Evans, in- j
cumbent, in the Second Town-,
•' ship. Asbell won 171 to 166, a
margin of only five votes. The
winner’s strength in the Center
•Hill precinct, where he received
jlls votes to 45 for "Evans, put
him over. ' Evans’ ' greatest
strength was in the Rocky Hock
precinct, where he was given
121 votes and Asbell polled 56.
in Center Hill.
In what was no doubt the |
most hotly contested race for j
County Commissioner, W. E. |
Bdnd, incumbent from the First |
Township, defeated Herbert S- 1
Small 637 to 504. During much
of'the ballot counting the two
candidates ran neck and neck,
and for a long time led each
othir by less than a dozen votes.
However, as the counting neared
the end, Bond’s strength was
reflected when he wound up
with a majority of 133 votes.
* Bond led Small in both East
apd West Edenton precincts.
In the Third Township, C. J.
Hollowell, incumbent, led Lester
T. Copeland by 15 votes, rfol
lowell polled 81 votes and Cope
land 66. 1
In the Fourth Township, Mrs ]
Elizabeth Hassell lost out to
Dallas T. Jethro, Jr., by a mar
gin of 23 votes. Jethro’s vote,
was 58 and Mrs. Hassell had 35 j
votes to her credit
There will be no change on
the six-member County Board
of Education, where there were
seven candidates. All of the
incumbents were re-elected with
1 Coat'd, on Pas* 2—Section 1
Woman's Club Will
Meet On June 6th
The June meeting of the
Edenton Woman’s Club will be
at the Edenton Restaurant]
at 1 o’clock Wednesday after-
Hodn, June 6. Program and pro
ved planning for 1962-63 will
NT discussed, so that Mrs. R. E.
Forehand, Jr., club president,
tS’gfes a 100 per cent attendance.
»Ifc>stesses for the meeting will
WMrs. R. J. Boyce, Mrs. Roy
Spruill, Mrs. Leroy Harrell and
»«■ T. B. Smith.
20 Years Ago ]
1 "As Found In l.a Files Os
j’ w The Chowan Herald
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'1 campaign was launched to
rate* $1,600 which was intended
to go toward Chowan County's 1
quotas for Navy Relief. USO
and Chinese Relief.
Chowan County Draff Board
reported that a fifth registra
tion jinder the Selective Service
Act Viuld be held la a few
weeks.
J. Clarence Leary was elected
nresidenf Os the Edenton lions
cisb.
J. L. Pettus, who was a pa-
In iht Gtniiii Kusitil it
tfnnlwlL « . a- • . m „ .
A group of 35 whits men loft
Wees Will Again Operate Go
: Kart Races Beginning June 10
Go Kart r**> tr«* again this
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Chowan’s Election Returns j
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CLERK OF COURT:
Lena M. Leary 448 492 122 131 123 64 1380
John F. White 118 89 55 29 27 22 340
REPRESENTATIVE:
B. Warner Evans 284 257 100 106 82 38 867
Albert G. Byrum 271 320 71 54 59 46 821
BOARD OF EDUCATION:
O. C. Long, Jr 430 4G9 152 139 104 68 1362
Marvin L. Evans 407 455 152 149 110 66 1339
Geddes B. Potter 432 463 144 129 84 65 1317
John M. Elliott 415 451 143 129 93 66 1297
Eugene N. Jordan 382 394 143 144 119 73 1255
Garland H. Asbell 395 419 126 141 109 64 1154
Nicholas John George 254 276 85 85 66 36 802
COUNTY COMMISSIONER:
W. E. Bond 290 347 637
Herbert S. Small 266 238 504
T. O. Asbell 56 115 171
, Carey Evans 121 45 166
C. J. Hollowell 81 81
Lester T. Copeland 66 66
Dallas T. Jethro, Jr 58 58
Mrs. E\izabeth W. Hassell 35 35
Joe Mitchener Wins Lion’s
Share Os Class Night Honors
At class night exercises held
Friday night at John A- Holmes
High School, Joe Mitchener
carried off the lion’s share of
honors. Young Mitchener, son
of Mayor and Mrs. John Mitch
ener, was awarded the coveted
Rotary Cup which is given to
the most outstanding senior. He
was also the recipient of the
DAR citizenship award and the
valedictorian medal.
! Ida Campen, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Campen, won
two . honors, the BPW Club
award and a medal for being
voted the most valuable senior
girl athlete.
Others who were honored
Baptists Plan To
Hold Bible School
Three Weeks Sched
uled For Groups of
Various Ages
Edenton Baptist Church is
planning three weeks of Bible
school this summer. r Ye first
of the thre» weeks will begin
Monday, June 4, at 1:00 A- M-
This week will be tor children
ages three through eight. To
be enrolled in Bible school a
child must have been three be
fore October 15, 1961. Children
who are already nine years of
age but have not gone beyond
the third grade will also attend
this week, preparation day for
the first week of Bible school
will be held at the church to
-1 day (Thursday) at 9:30 A. M.
Children who plan to attend Bi
ble school during the first week
ConiimM* on Pago ~3—Soction 1
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Eastern Star Plans
Birthday Program
-Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der -of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night, June 4, at
• o’clock. Mrs. W. P. Goodwin,
worthy matron, announces that
a feature of the meeting will be
observance of the birthday of
the local chapter. A delightful
program is being arranged, so
that all members are especially
Hew Barn, Plymouth, Elizabeth
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Edenton, Chowan County, arolina, Thursday, May 31,1962.
I during the program were: Ann
> Hobbs McLaughlin who received
' the salutatorian medal; Anne
E | Jenkins, the PTA teaching schol
i; arship; Herbert Adams, the Wo
■ man’s Club science and mathe
l matics scholarship; Marian
► Bunch, outstanding senior in ac
! t.i 'itles; Carroll Forehand, most
: valuable boy athlete; Leroy Bar
: row, bus drivers award; Barbara
Alexander, Hospital Auxiliary
. nursing scholarship and Roger
i Lamb, tho Orion awardt
i Paul Stanton announced the
[ scholarship winners, which in
• eluded: McKinley Franklin
| Wrighi, appointment to the U- S
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Legion Post Calls
Important Meeting
Legionnaires to Con
sider Improving
Building
A. E. Deßlois, commander of
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American Legion, announces
that, a special meeting will be
held Tuesday night. June 5, at
the Legion Building on Highway
17, South.
“The purpose of this meeting,”
says Mr. Deßlois, “is to finalize
plans on improvements to be
made to the l egion Building.”
A committed was appointed
in April of this year to work
out details of this plan and all
necessary data has been com.
piled.
“This plan, if approved by
members of the Legion,” says
Mr. Deßlois, “will result in ex-
Contlauea on Pago 2—Section i
Davenport Among
Winning Crew For
Lifeboat Contest
Mrs. L. E. Davenport return
ed Saturday from New York,
where she was a special guest
it the International Lifeboat
Race in her husband,
Lynn Davenport, participated.
Mr. Davenport was a member
of the crew from the Esso tank
er Baltimore, and the Americans
edged out the crew from the
Havsol of Oslo by a hair.' .The
course was one nautical mile
just off the Belt Parkway. Al
most at the finish off the 69th
Street Perry landing in Brook
lyn, the Americans found re
serve strength and crept ahead.
The two boats were neck and
neck, but at the finish, the
American bow went over first
It was the first time in five
years that an American team
won. t* > j
left later for Texas to be a
Health Lepton
Will Be Ciated
Atßotary Meeting
Dr. Ed Bond and Ray
mond Jeffreys Will
Argue About Kirtg-
Anderson Bill
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
at the Parish House. The pro
gram will be in charge of Keith
Reeve, who has planned a de
jbate concerning the proposed
King-Anderson Bill pending in
Congress which has to do with
: medical care needs of the aged.
Dr. Ed Bond and Raymond
Jeffreys, a member of the Gov
'ernor’s Committee for the Aged
will be the debaters. Dr. Bond,
as is the Medical Society of
North Carolina, is opposed to the
I proposed legislation and will ar
gue against the measure. Mr.
Jeffreys will argue in favor of
the measure. Each will have an
allotted time to speak, according
to Mr. Reeve, so thatJie antici
pates a very spirited and inter
esting program and hopes every
Rotarian will be present. i
(Schedule For Aces
Announced By Fry
I
Nine Games Now on
' Schedule; Central a
Newcomer
Cecil Fry, principal of John A.
Holmes High School, last week
1 released the football schedule for
the Edenton Aces 1962 season.
The schedule includes nine games
1 with efforts being made to se
cure an opponent for one open
date, September 14.
Tfife Aces will meet a new
comer this year, Central High
School, which has been a power
house in its conference. This
team will replace Camden High
School. The Aces have also
dropped Frederick Military
Academy from the schedule.
The schedule as released by
Mr. Fry follows:
September 7—Roanoke Rapids
September 14 —Open
September 21 —Williamston
September 28—Scotland Neck
October,s—Elizabeth City
October 12 —Beaufort
October 19 —Hertford
October 26—Ahoskie
November 2—Plymouth
November 9—Central
The Aces will have a new
coach this year due to the resig
nation of William Billings, who
be coaching in Delaware.
The new coach will be Gerald
(Jerry) McGee. Just what the
prospects are for the Aces is
now, of course, a big question
mark.
DAILY VACATION BIBLE
SCHOOL BEGINS MONDAY
The Rev. Van Crawford, pas
tor of the Edenton Methodist
Church, announces that a daily
Vacation Bible School will be
gin at the church Monday morn
ing, June 4, at 9 o’clock.
Various classes will be con
ducted with a corps of teachers
already enlisted to have charge
of the groups.
Edenton Group Takes f Action
Course In Practical Politics
The number “8” now has a
special significance for at least
eight Edentonians. After eight
workshop courses over a period
of eight weeks, eight graduated
Tuesday night from the “Action
Course in Practical Politics”
sponsored by the Edenton Cham
ber of Commerce. Joe Conger, I
Jr., president of the Chamber,
served as the discussion leader
and kept the meetings from the
frustration of debating “issues.”
“The Course is designed to
I help individuals who are inter
ims ted in increasing their effec
tiveness in politics,” Conger stat
jed. “The workshops provide op
portunities for participants to
became more familiar with local,
state and national political or
ganisations, procedures and op
portunities and to serve in their
own communities. ”
Class Leaders At John Holmes High School
JOHN PIKE MITCHENER / ,N KCBES McLAUGHLIN
Valedic oiian Salulato ian
Pictured above are the valedictorian and salulaiorian of the 1962
graduating class of John A. Holmes High School. John P.ke (Joe)
. Mitchener is valedictorian and during his tour-year high school
career compiled one of the highest averages on record. He is *
member of the National Honor Society, played football, baseball,
basketball and track. He is a member of the Glee Club. Student
Council and a staff member of the Spotlight and the school an
nual. of which he was assistant editor. Ann Hobbs McLaughlin 1
is salutatorian of her class. She. too. is a member of the National I
Honor Society. She was a member of the band. Future Home
makers of America. Tri-Hi-Y Club and Student Council.
Girl And Brownie Scouts Hold
! Mother And Daughter Banquet
Girl Scouts of Troop No. 2 and 1
Brownie Scouts of Troop No. I 1
and No. 6 gathered with their !
mothers at the Episcopal Parish :
' House Tuesday night, May 22. ,
lor the annual Mother and
Daughter Awards Banquet.
The meeting opened with the
presentation of colors and pledge :
of allegiance, led by Troop No. !
2. Grace was said by Nancy |
i Twiddy of Troop No: 6. After
' dinner a welcome to mothers ;
and the introduction of troop,
leaders was made by Mrs. Elton
Forehand, Jr., Girl Scout chair
man.
Group singing of America was
led by Troop No. 2, after '“which
the troop presented a candle j
Guest Speaker At
Methodist Church
Don Evans of Rocky
Mount Will Speak
On Peace
Don Evans, Rocky Mount at
torney, will speak at the Eden
! ton MethQdist Church Sunday
night, June 3, at 8 o’clock. He
will bring a message on the
Methodist Program for Peace.
Mr. Evans was scheduled to
speak at the church this past
Sunday night, but his engage
ment was cancelled due to con
flicting with the local high
• school commencement sermon.
| The public is cordially invited
i to attend the service.
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j Summer Schedule
At Local Library
Following will be the summer
schedule at the Shepard-Pruden
Memorial Library:
9:30-12:00 Monday through Sat
urday
2:30-5:30 Monday and Tuesday.
Thursday and Friday.
7:30-8:30 Monday and Thursday
evenings.
“The instructive material ha?
been utilized in workshops ir
more than 200,000 communities
throughout the nation,” Cange)
said, “and was prepared by thr
local government division of the
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States to arouse more
interest at the local lervel in
I practical political procedures
The basic need, too, is to get
the average businessman to take
a more active interest in politics
in those areas especially that
■ may effect his own business in
terests and the future economic
direction of . his community.”
Those who are accredited as
graduates of -the “Action Course
in Practical Politics” in addition
to Conger are: Mrs. Warner B
i Evans,- Mrs. C. A. Phillips, Mrs.
L. E. Daveooort, Mrs. Lena
lighting ceremony at which
time they repeated the Girl
Scout promise and laws, and
sang "When'ere You You Make
a Promise.”
Second class badges, member
ship pins and World Association
pins were awarded to Troop No.
2.
The following proficiency
I badges were awarded to girls of
| this troop: Debbie Adams, Cat
and Dog: Shirley Alexander.
] Cat and Dog, Swimmer, Group
Musician, Story Teller; Nellie
Furlough, Athlete, Cook. Child
Care. Story Teller, Architecture:
! Rita Mayo, Cat and Dog, Salt
: Water Life, Tree Backyard
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Crop Measuring
Time Now Here
Farmers Urged to Re
port to ASCS Office
For Adjustments
The major part of the ASCf
Production Adjustment Program?
is the measuring of cropland
planted to tobacco, peanuts, cot
ton and wheat. This measuring
is done in this area by visiting
the farm and determining where
allotted crops are planted. Thb
measuring job is done through
the use of aerial photographs.
Reporters began this work las'
week. The reporter that visit.-
the farms will be out there U
perform a service for the farm
ers. If the farmer or his repre
tentative will he present to as
sisj these reporters he will be
able to assure himself that th<
the reporter has received correct
information and has correctb
blotted the fields on the aeria’
photograph. The reporter is not
permitted to give field measure-
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Ten From Chowan
Graduate At EC(
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East Carolina College confer
ed degrees Sunday, May 27. or
nore than 1.000 seniors and
graduate students who complet
'd their academic work during
he 1961-1962 term. Exercises
'ook place at' 6 P. M-, in' the
ollege /stadium on the East
lampus.
Among the graduates from
Chowan County were: MA de
tree, Hazel Leary Chappell, Cecil
Wilmont Fry,, both of Edenton:
°aul Edison Stanton, Lois Crump
Venters, both of Tyner; AB de
cree: Jimmy Martin Hare of Ty
'er and Fred Irvin Lassiter of
Edenton; BS degree: John Webb
Griffin of Edenton, Shelby Jean
Howell of Tyner, Myma Lee
Skinner, Grace Hope Whiteman,
both of Edenton.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton's Lions Club will
meet Monday night. June 4. at
7 o’clock at the Edenton Res
taurant. President John Mitch
ener requests a 100 per cent at
tendance.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Chowan Hospital Given
Accreditation Citation
From Joint Commission
L Getting Close ,
Mrs. Warren Twiddy, Chowan
County Cancer Crusade Chair
man. reported early this week
that contributions in Chowan
County's drive now total Sl,-
401.26.
The county's goal is $1,500 and
Mrs. Twiddy plans to wind up
the campaign Friday, June 1.
With a little less than SIOO need
ed to realize the goal, Mrs.
Twiddy is hopeful that this
amount will be contributed be
fore Friday.
Anyone desiring to make a
contribution in the fight against
cancer is urged to send it to
Mrs. Twiddy at once.
Methodist Church
Changes Worship
Hour To 9 O’clock
Plan Announced By
Pastor In Order to!
Escape Hot Summer
Weather
In the interest of a better j
summer attendance, the Edenton
Methodist Church will begin
norning worship services at 9
I’clock, beginning next Sunday,
June 3rd. This will be a 45-
minute service, closing promptly
it 9:45. at which time Sunday
school will begin as usual.
This change in time for the
summer months has made it
ossible for a greater number
o attend during the hot, sum
mer weather in many churches,
ind is increasing in favor
'hroughout the country. Many
Edenton people have expressed
hemselves as delighted with this
hange, and the pastor, has
sed this plan very successfully
Isewhere, urges all members
ind friends of the church to give
t their whole-hearted support.
Band Parents Will
Meet Monday Night:
Edenton's Band Parents Asso
iation will meet Monday night,
lune 4. at 7:30 o’clock in the
'and room. Herbert Hollowell.
'resident, states that this will
'e the final meeting for the j
iummer, so that a large attend-j
ince is desired.
SUMMER SCHEDULE FOR
DRIVERS' LICENSE OFFICE
Effective Monday, June 4. the
•ummer schedule will go into]
ffect for the local drivers’ li- ]
ense office at the police station.,
Vs of that date the hours will I
•e from 8 A. M., to 5 P. M.
AUXILIARY MEETS JUNE 7
I
The American Legion Auxili
•ry will meet Thursday night.
Tune 7, at 8 o’clock at the home
•f Mrs. James Bond. 106 West
Church Street. Mrs. J. L. Chest
'utt, president, urges all mem
•ers to attend.
Comparatively Few Entries In
C. Os C* Spring Fishing Contest
The excellent run of bluefish
■long the coast for the past few
veeks has been a siren lure and
has drawn many local anglers,
water fishing as a conse
quence has been neglected of late
hut will soon come into its own
ind sportsmen should be submit
‘ing more entries in the five
'lassifications of the Fishing
Contest sponsored by the Recre
ation Committee of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce. ,
Word comes from Scott Har
-ell, chairman of the Recreation
Committee, that to date no rock
fish entries have been submit
ted at the various weighing sta
tions; the same holds true for
white perch although the peak
period for both will not arrive
during the period of the Fishing
Contest
,
FIGHT CANCER
WITH 4 CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Board of Directors
j! Elated At First Time
I Three Year Accredi
'l tation Received
]' J. H. Conger, Sr., chairman of
- the board of trustees of Chowan
j Hospital, W. P. Jones, admini-
I j strator and Dr. Frank Wood,
| 1 chief of the medical staff, re-
I ceived notification last week
| from the Joint Commission on
] Accreditation that Chowan Hos
i pital has been accredited for a
three year period as a result of
a survey of the hospital which
was made April 4 by Dr. Thomas
G. Burford, field representative
of the Joint Commission.
] Commission Director, Dr. Ken
j neth Babcock, stated in his an
j nouncement that “the Commis
j sion wishes to commend you for
I maintaining standards deserving
lof accreditation and for your
I constant effort to improve the
'quality of patient care.”
' Mr. Conger states that the
meaning of accreditation is that
the patient care received in the
! hospital by the general public
| meets the requirements set forth
| by the American College of Phy
| sicians, the American College of
• Surgeons, the American Hospi
tal Association and the Ameri
ican Medical Association.
The board of trustees is very
i proud to make the announce
ment to the people who are ser
ved by this hospital. This was
due to the efforts of the hospi
tal personnel and the medical
staff. This is the first time the
hospital has had a full three
year accreditation and the board
is most appreciative for this ac
complishment.
Three Local Students
To Gradual* l At UNC
The University of North Caro
lina's 168th commencement exer
ises in Kenan Stadium at 7
P. M.. on June 4 will climax the
Unversity’s most productive year
in graduates when some 2,200
students will receive degrees.
This is the largest number of
| people to receive degrees at
I UNC in one year,
j Among the graduates will be
! two Edenton young men." Thomas
Carl Kehayes with a Bachelor
of Arts degree and Thomas Ben
bury Wood with a Bachelor of
Law degree.
John Stuart Fletcher n will
j graduate August 30 with a
: Bachelor of Science in Industrial
, Relations degree.
| civic calendar]
A nurses' aide training course
will begin at Chowan Hospital
' Friday, June 1.
, Edenton Woman's Club will
meet Wednesday afternoon, June
6 at 1 o'clock at the Edenton
: Restaurant.
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night. June 4. at 8
o'clock.
Edenton Methodist Church will
;on Sunday, June 3. begin the
morning servige at 9 o'clock in
stead of 11 o’clock.
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Present leader of the Fishing
Contest in the largemouth bass
division is Roger Dillon of Hert
ford with a 6 lb. 10 oz., 22-inch
entry. Runner-up is Russell
Peele of Edenton with a 6V4-Ib.'
largemouth bass caught in the
Chowan River. Leading entry in
the bream classification is one
weighing IV 4 lbs. caught in
Pembroke Creek by Billy Ed
monds of Edenton. The crappie
(speckled perch) to beat is one
entered by Mark Hendrix of Ty
ner weighing 1 lb. 14 ozs. This
fish hit on a Mirro lure.
Harrell said the Fishing Con
test will close Saturday, June 19
and urges more fishermen com
pete for the prises in each classi
fication consisting of beit casting
rods and reel*
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