ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlX.—Number 25.
County Commissioners
Are Forced To Increase
County Tax Rate To $1.58
£ . . !
Major Portion of 26-
Cent Boost Is Due to
$289,000 Bond Issue
For Schools
Meeting in a lengthy special
session Monday morning, Cho
wan County Commissioners care
fully went. over the proposed
county budget for the fiscal
year 1962-63. After a few
minor changes were made in
the figures, the total budget for
the year totalled $554,306.95. and
was approved.
Os this amount $232,929.18 was
deducted which is anticipated
from state and federal funds,
unexpended balances, dog taxes,
intangible taxes, poll taxes,
fines, forfeitures and penalties,
ABC store earnings and court
costs, so that the amount to be
levied for amounts to $321,377.77.
The tax rate is hased on a
county property valuation of
$20,750,000,- which will require
a $1.58 tax rate. This compares
with a rate of $1.32, an increase
of 26 cents over the previous
year.
For taxpayers outside Eden
ton the new rate will be $1.68
v/hich is caused by a 10-cent
i levy for rural fire protection.
W. E. Bond, -chairman of the
County Commissioners, points
out that the increase in the new
tex rate is caused primarily by
ttie necessary appropriation for
the bond fund. Due to a bond
issue of $289,000 for school con- :
struetien. and improvements, the
requirement for the year is
$48,152.70, which boosted the
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Jayce£ Race Track Will
Reopen On Sunday Afternoon
Edenton Jaycees will official
ly open their go-kart race track
. on the former Marine Air Sta
tion this Sunday afternoon.
The track opened Sunday, June
10, but only seven karts showed
up, so the grand opening was
subsequently re-scheduled for
this week-end.
Time trials Sunday will begin
at 1:30, with races starting at
2:30. Gates to the base property
will be opened at noon.
Refreshments will be available
at the track and an admission us
fifty cents for adults and a quar
ter for children over six will be
20 Years Ago ]
At Found In !.<• Files Os I
The Chowan Hwld j
Because of the war conditions,
•if was decided by the Edenton-
Chowan Chamber of Commerce
to call off the peanut festival.
Mayor J. H. McMullen pro
claimed a week as War Relief
Volunteer Week in order to raise
a deficit of |SOO for Navy Relief,
USO and Chinese Relief.
Mr. and Mrs. C* F* Russell
received a telegram from their
son. Jack Russell, to the effect
that ha was safa after the air
craft carrier Lexington was sunk
in a Coral Sea battle with the
Japanese, jack was stationed
on tha Lexington for eight years.
M. S. Elliott wrote a, letter
to Senator Joeiah W. Bailey re
questing him to use his influence
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Applications Now Available For
Red Cross Swimming Lessons
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' Applications are now available
fi3j- Red Cross swimming classes
tp' taught in Sdanton this
summer by George Burdick.
John Shackelford, Chowan
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tion blank* may be ootatnea oy
all interested persons at Hollo
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Three Local Girls
Attend Girls State
Three rising high school sen
iors from Chowan County are
attending the 23rd apnua! Girls'
State this week at the Woman’s
College of the University of
North Carolina in Greensboro.
Nelia Lowe and Jo Ann Leary
are attending from John A.
Holmes High School, and Judy
Haste is the Chowan High
School delegate.
Miss Lowe is being sponsorr,'
by the Edenton school, while
both Misses Leary and Haste are
being sent by the Edward G
Bond American Legion Auxili
ary.
The representatives will return
Saturday.
‘School’ Repeated
At Rocky Hock
Old Fashioned School
Will Be Presented
Tonight
A repeat performance of the
“Old Fashioned School” will be
given tonight (Thursday) at the
Rocky Hock Community Center
under the sponsorship of the
Rocky Hock Community Devel
opment Committee.
The play is. being presented
j again upon popular request. The
premiere showing, given May
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charged by the Jaycees.
An extensive publicity cam
paign is now under way by the
Jaycees in order to get more
participants and spectators to
come to the races. Carlton Jack
son, Jaycee president, listed a
lack of publicity as the main
factor for the opening day fail
ure two weeks ago.
Races will be held every oth
er Sunday throughout the sum
mer and into October, and the
Jaycees are hoping for as suc
cessful a season as the track en
joyed in its maiden season last
year. - '
Colored Playground
Proving Big Asset
Deemed Its Worth In
Reducing Juvenile
Delinquency
By REV. S. N. GRIFFITH
Promptly at 10 A- M., on June
4th the opening of the play
ground on North Oakum Street
i got off to a splendid start for
the summer.
Playground Director W. F.
Shields, Coach of Edenton High
School, was at hand and was
greeted by an enthusiastic crowd
of youngsters. After going
through organizational proced
ures the pace was set and at
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assist Burdick in maintaining
constant waten-safety during the
classes, i No. special qualifica
tions* are needed to volunteer,
said Shackelford. : ,*
Exact plans for the course will
depend on the number of appli
cants and the training they de
mand. Anyone desiring to help
or participate in the program is
requested to place an application
.or see Shackelford or Burdick,
as the case may be.
Burdick, a former' professional
water skier* has just returned
{rrom a reiresner cowra: ucju u
Edenton * wan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 21, 1962.
PRIZE SPECIMEN—What s good for the ostrich is good for the gander The prize
specimen at a famous South African farm, Oscar, is shown here posing with one of his
own feathers, while Joey Geldenhuys models summer bonnet made of ostrich feathers. 1
Huge Fireworks Display
Scheduled To Be Held
Wednesday Night, July 4
Mayor and Eight Or
ganizations Pool Con
tributions to Provide
Entertainment
According to- present plans a
giant fireworks display will be
held in Edenton Wednesday
.light, July 4, at 8 o’clock as a
climax to the celebration of the
Fourth of July holiday. The
event, calculated to be a safe
elebration and one which will
he attended and appreciated by
many people, will cost over S3OO.
The fireworks feature is be
ing sponsor|ed by Mayor John
Mitchener and eight local organ
izations, each of whom Has • ap
propriated a sufficient amount
to assure an even far more elab
orate display than was witnessed
in connection with the recent
Edenton Water Carnival.
The sponsoring organization,
aside from Mayor Mitchener, in
clude Ed Bond Post of the
American Legion; VFW Post No.
9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars;
Chowan Tribe of Red Men;
Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce; Edenton Chamber of
Commerce; Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club; Eden
ton Woman’s Club and Edenton
Rotary Club.
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Miss Pauline Calloway
State BPW Chairman
Miss Pauline Calioway, Mrs.
Beulah Boswell, Mrs. Anne Jen
kins and Mrs. Lena M. Leary
attended the State Convention
of the North Carolina Federa
tion of Business and Profession
al Women’s Clubs in Charlotte
June 7 through 10. Miss Callo
way, Mrs. Boswell and Mrs. Jen
kins went as delegates from the
Edenton Club while Mrs. Leary
represented District 10 of the
Federation.
Miss Calloway,* home econo
mist with the Agricultural De
partment, was elected unani-.
mously as chairman of the State
Nominating Committee.
Mrs. Lena Lefcry, Clerk of Su
perior Court of Chowan County,
was especially proud of the
clubs in her district:. Edenton,
Elizabeth City, Ahoskie, Hert
ford, Roanoke Rapids, Scotland
Neck, Rocky Mount, and Tar
.boro. The Roanoke Rapids Club
received the coveted Pat Nixon
Cup, awarded each year by the
State Federation for the club in
the State with the most new
members and other achieve
ments. The Hertford Club was
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. ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House. The pro
gram will be in charge of Jack
Habit Vice President Lloyd E.
Bunch, who will preside, urges
a 100 per cent attendance.
UONB MEET MONDAY
“ Edenton’s Lions Club will
meet Monday night. June 25, at
7 o’clock at the Edenton Re*-
“ener is very anxious to have a
100 per cent attendance.
Contract Awarded
To Drill Test Holes
Purpose to Determine
Nature of Ground
Water
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner has announced that he had
been advised by the Department
of Interior that a contract has j
been awarded for drilling test j
holes in Craven and Chowan
Counties, North Carolina. The
'purpose i* to determine quality,
; quantity of ground water, - na
ture, thickness, altitude and la f
eral extent of, water-bearing and ,
non water-bearing strata from
land surface downward to depth
of 950 feet.
The contract has been award
ed to R. L. Magette Company, j
P. O. Box 149, Smithfield, Va.J
The value of the contract is
$17,312.50.
Two Chowan Boys
Participate In First
Teen-Dem Meeting
Two Chowan County boys
spent the week-end in Raleigh,
where they attended the first
Teen-Dem Convention held on
the campus of N. C. State Col-1
lege. The two boys represent
ing Chowan County were John
ny Winborne, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Winborne of Tyner
and Jimmy Partin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Partin of Eden
ton.
Young Winborne will be a
junior at Chowan High School
next year and Partin will be a
senior at John A. Holmes High
School. Both boys were spon
sored by the Chowan County
Democratic Executive Committee
and the Chowan County Demo
cratic Women.
More than 250
from, every section of North
Carolina attended the conven
tion.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated meeting of Unanimity
Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M-, will
be held tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock. J. C- Parks, master of
the lodge, urges a full attend
ance. 1
dinners Named In Edenton’s
Annual Spring Fishing Contest
No new catches were entered
in the Spring Fishing Contest
sponsored by the Edenton Cham
ber of Commerce this week, and
leading entries of last week were
declared the winners. *
Alva Bunch of Hertford 'won
the tfick prize with a six pound'
capture, 1 Shelton Rogerson of
Edenton took the white perch
title, Hertford’s Roger Dillon
won the ttrgemouth bass classi
fication, Bill Edmonds, of Eden
ton had the best bream, and
Mack Hendrix of Tyner caught
the largest speckled perch.
The contest closed Saturday
Michael T. Malone
Will Be Ordained In
St. Paid’s June 27
Ceremony Will Take
Place on Wednesday
Morning at Eleven
O’clock
i Saint Paul's Episcopal Church
will be the scene of the ordina
; tion to the Diaconate of Michael
! Taylor Malone, son of Mr. and
! Mrs. Wilmer E. Malone, next
! week.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas H.
Wright, D.D., Bishop of the Dio
cese of East Carolina, will of
ficiate at services to begin at
; 11 A. M., Wednesday, June 27th.
David M. Warren, Senior War
den, will read the Preface to the
| Ordinal. The Rev. Edmund Lu
i cien Malone, Sr., uncle of the
! candidate, will preach. The Rev.
I George B. Holmes, rector of
Saint Paul’s Parish, will present
I the candidate. The Litany for
! Ordinations will be led by the
Rev. John E. Taylor, rector of
Grace Church, Plymouth. The
Rev. Frederick B. Drane will
| read the Epistle.
Following the Ordination,
luncheon will be served for out
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Nathan Owens New
Head Os Men’s Club
Group Will Resume
Herring Breakfasts
First Os October
Edenton’s Methodist Men’s
Club held a dinner meeting at
the church Friday night, at
which time new officers for the
year were elected. Nathan
Owens was elected president,
succeeding Howard Ange, while
Tony Miley was elected vice
president and Paul Stanton sec
retary and treasurer. Mr. Ange
was presented a beautiful past
president's pin by George Lewis,
president preceding Mr. Ange.
The club decided to resume
pickled herring breakfasts the
first Saturday morning in Octo
ber.
RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Im
proved Order of Red Men, will
meet Monday night, June 25, at
'8 o’clock. Obed Lee, sachem of
the tribe, requests a full attend
ance.
Bunch’s rock weighed an even
six' pounds and won over an
j entry made by former Edenton
| Chief of Police George I. Dail
which scaled five pounds and
nine ounces. Both prizes were
snagged on Pet spoons in the
■ River.
A one pound white perch
, proved enough to win that di
j vision for Rogerson. The larg
est entry in the contest was Dil
lon’s winning largemouth bass.
Edmonds wc#i the bream title
i with a one and a quarter pound
fish,' and Hendrix’s speckled
perch checked in at a pound and
14 ounces.
Summer Activities
Started In Edenton
For Younger Girls
Games Under Super
visor Scheduled In
Armory Each Tues
day Afternoon
A summer recreation program
for local girls began in the
John A. Holmes High School
gymnasium Tuesday afternoon
under the sponsorship of the
Edenton Woman’s Club.
Supervisor of the program,
which will be held each Tues
day afternoon from 2:30 until
5 o’clock, is Betsy Ross, a junior
at East Carolina College and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Ross.
Assisting Miss Ross is Marian
Bunch recent graduate of John
A. Holmes High School and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
E. Bunch.
All girls who attended the
Edenton Elementary School last
year and all those entering
| grades two through six next
: vear are eligible to participate
in the program. Entering first
graders will not be accepted.
Team sports and other group
activities will be covered dur
ing the program, which may be
! expanded to twice a week if
enough interest is shown by the
young girls of Edenton. All
participants are required to
wear rubber sole shoes and to
obey the supervisor.
In sponsoring the program,
the Woman’s Club pointed out
I that the elementary school age
( boys of Edenton have an active
: summer program, but nothing
has been provided for the girls.
Corvairs Leading
In Little League
Phil Lassiter Leading
Hitter With .666
Mark /
The Corvairs won one of only
two games played in the Little
! League last week to take first
I place in the standings away
! front the Rotary.
Games on Tuesday, Wednesday
j and Thursday were washed out
las Bill Hardison held an ab
! breviated recreation schedule
| during the week.
The Falcons bumped the Ro
| tary out of the league lead last
Monday with a 20-10 victory, and
the Corvairs took over first
place by beating the Falcons 8-0
on Friday.
j The Corvairs won another, 12-?
over the Masury Indians Monday
afternoon, but the win is not
computed in last week’s stand
ings.
The Tigers took two games
from the Cubs in the older Colt
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Local Golf Club
Adopts By-Laws
Progress of Club Re
viewed at Meeting
Tuesday Night
Members of the Chowan Golf
and Country Club met in the
Chowan County Court House
Tuesday night and adopted by
laws for the organization after
heated debate.
Progress of the club was also
reviewed as committees of the
club made reports to the mem
bership.
The old nurses’ home on the
former Marine Air Station has
been purchased for use as a
club house, and B. C. Hare been
contracted to move it to a loca
tion just west of the road lead
ing into the club property.
Ed Pugh of Elizabeth City has
been retained to draw up plans
and specifications for the club
house, and Mac Huston of More
head City has been obtained to
lay out the nine-hole golf
course.
Work on the club house is ex
pected to begin in early July de
pending on when Hare is able
to move the building to its new
site.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
NewTaxßateForEdenton
Again Tentatively Set At
SI.OO For Year 1962-63
Jaycees Plan To
Hold Road Block
Sponsored by the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce, a
road block will be in operation
Tuesday, July 3. The time and
location has not been definitely
decided, but it will be for the
purpose of promoting safety on
the highways during the Fourth
of July holiday.
The Jaycees will pass out
safety literature and it is plan
ned also to present light refresh
ments as a gesture of good will
to motorists.
Mrs. J. M. Jones
Dies In Durham
Instigator In Saving
James Iredell House
As Historic Shrine
Mrs, Margaret Hathaway Jones,
67, widow of John Meredith
Jones, died Saturday morning at
6:45 o’clock at the home of her
son, John Meredith Jones. Jr.,
at Durham, after a long illness.
A native of Bertie County, she
was the daughter of the late Dr.
Burton W. and Mrs. Arnette
Preot Hathaway, and lived in
Edenton 41 years. During these
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Kinky Dinks Take Over Lead
In Edenton\s Softhail League
The Rinkv .Dinks Wasted the
'Varsity Club 18-7 Thursday night
i if last week to take over first
{ place in the local softball league
j race.
j The Red Men evened their
j eeord at 1-1 with a 16-2 victory
>ver the Jaycee Cubs in a game
j ilso played on Thursday. All
j action scheduled for Tuesday of
I last week was rained out and
j will be made up at a later date.
| Tonight (Thursday) the Var
sity Club meets powerful Har
ey Point, and the Red Men
day the Jaycee Tigers. Next
Tuesday the Cubs take on the
Orioles Leading
In R-C Circuit
Chowan Outfit Out In
Front By Three Full
Games
Rocky Hock’s Orioles won two
more games last week to move
Hit in front of the Roanoke-
Ohowan League by three full
games.
The Orioles whipped Windsor.
7-5. Friday night behind the
oitching of week-end hurler
franklin Hollow-ell and hitting
if Ted Chappell. They then
stopped Creswell. 7-1. Sunday
afternoon on a three-hit per-
Conlinued on Page 4. Section 1
Chowan Group Winners In
District Elimination Contests
Judy Evans and Kay Bunch,
Route 1, Edenton, won the dairy
foods demonstration contest at
Eastern District Elimination Day
held at Chocowinitv High
School in Beaufort County. Judy
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Evans and Kay is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carey
Bunch. Lester Ray Copeland,
Tyner, won first place with his
barbecue chicken demunstration.
Lester Ray is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester T. Copeland.
Johnny Winborne, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Winborne, Route
1, Edenton, won a red ribbon in
the boys’ public speaking con
test Fahey Byrum. Jr., and Joe
Carroll Byrum won red ribbons
in the forage crops demonstra
tion. They are sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Fahey Byrum. Sr., and Mr.
and Mrs. Carroll Byrum, re
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Budget Provides For
Estimated Disburse
ments of $224,449.64
For Fiscal Year
At a special meeting of Town
Council held Thursday night, the
Couneilmen approved the town's
budget for the fiscal year 1962-
63 and set a tax rate of SI.OO
per SIOO property valuation, the
same rate as last year.
The budget provides for esti
mated expenditures of $224,449.64
which is somewhat above last
year's figure of $211,666.75.
In the Administrative Depart
ment budget this year $lO.-
794.81 is appropriated y-hich
compares with $10,162.7: last
year, a slight increase
For the police Depai rner.t
there is little change in me ap
propriation. Last year the bud
get allowed $36,526 which com
pares with $36,455 this year.
The Eire Department expendi
tures are estimated at $21,463
as against $20,175, an increase
over last year.
In tiie Street Department this
year's budget estimates $llO,lOO
expenditures which compares
with $105,953.03 last year.
Other expenses included in
the budget took the biggest
boost. This year the appropria
tion is $45,651.83 which com
pares with $38,850 last year, an
increase of 56.801.
The tax rate was based on a
.txrf no Pajp —Sortiml 1
Varsity and the Rinky Dink?
-meet ir.’i Ti.ters.
The Rinky Dinks hammered
the Ditching of Joe Thorud and
Dr. Richard Hardin for 21 hits
in their win over the Varsity
Club, while they committed two
errors themselyes. Bill Billings
limited last year's champions to
9 hits m gaining his second
mound victory.
Buhba Hopkins hit two home
runs for the Rinky Dinks,
Dickey Cobb banged a home run,
a triple, and two doubles. Thor
ud. Bill Cozarf and Joe Mitch-
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feme calendar]
A huge fireworks disnlav will
be presented in the Edenton har
bor at the foot of Broad Street
Wenesay night, July 4. at 8
o'clock.
Edenton Jaycees will observe
grand opening of the go-kart
race track Sunday afternoon,
June 24, at 2 o'clock.
By popular request the "U!d
Fashioned School" will be re
peated tonight (Thursday) at 3
o’clock at the Rocky Hock Com
munity Center.
Applications are now available
for Red Cross swimming lessons
to be held in Edenton.
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A- F. ft
A. M-. will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
Continued on Page 6. Section I
spectively, Route 1. Edenton.
Attending district contest day
from Chowan County were Mrs.
Lester Copeland. Lester Ray. A1
and Paul Copeland. Tyner: Neiia
Lowe. Route 3. Edenton: Richard
White. Tyner: Johnny Win
borne. Fahey Byrum, Jr.. Joe
Carroll Byrum, Judy Evans,
Mrs. Marvin Evans and Kay
Bunch, Route 1. Edenton: Harry
Venters, assistant county agri
cultural agent, and Miss Pauline
Calloway, home economics agent.
Judy Evans and Kay Bunch
will represent Chowan- County
and the Eastern District in dairy
i foods team demonstration during
State 4-H Club Week held in
Raleigh July 23-28. Lester Ray
Copeland 'will represent Chowan
County ibd the Eastern District
in the poultry berbecttte dem
onstration during State 4-H Club
Week. ; J