ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY .Volume XXlX.—Number 26. Arrangements Completed For Gigantic Fireworks Display For July Fourth Expert In Firing Will Supervise Display on Barges at Foot of Broad Street Plans have about been com pleted for Edenton and sur rounding area to be treated to another gigantic fireworks dis play next Wednesday night in celebration of the Fourth of July. Mayor John A- Mitchener and eight other organizations have pboled their contributions to provide the safe celebration which will cost over S3OO and be far larger than the one giv en during the Edenton Water Cfernival. Hobart Steele, an expert in firing and staging fireworks dis plays, will arrive in Edenton Tuesday to make preparation for the display which is scheduled for 8 o’clock. Steele will super vise the entire program which will be conducted on barges at the foot of Broad Street. In case of steady rain, the display will be held on Thurs day, July 5, one day later. The program will just be held up during brief showers should they occur. The purpose of the feature is for Mayor Mitchener and the various organizations to reflect their appreciation for the coop eration of so many people in various projects carried on dur ing the year and at the same time provide a safe and sound celebration of the Fourth of July which can be enjoyed by a large number of people. In addition to the Mayor, sponsoring organizations include Ed Bond Post of the American Legion; Post No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Chowan Tribe of Red Men; Edenton Ju'fiar Chamber of Commerce; Edenton Chamber of Commerce; Business and Professional Women’s Club; Edenton Woman’s Club, and the Edenton Rotary Club. 5 & L Dividends Total $59,211.97 Announcement is made this week that the Edenton Savings 6 Loan Association will distrib ute $59,211.97 among the stock holders. This represents divi dends which will be payable June 30. The Association requests share holders to bring in their savings pass books so that their pro portionate part of the dividends may be credited. 120 Years Ago] ( A* Found In l.i« Filet Os j The Chowan Herald 1 Edenton citizens generally were gratified to learn that Secretary of the Navy Knox had an nounced the acquisition of land here for the construction of a Marine Corps glider station. The announcement came as a distinct surprise, though a small group for several months had been in contact with the War Depart ment and knew that Edenton was favorably considered as a site for the station. Users of electricity in Edenton had the very unusual experience of not being obliged to pay their electricity bills for the month of June. The action was taken Continued on Page Section 1 Ten Chowan County 4-H’ers _ J Attend Roanoke Island Canip Ten Chowan County 4-HVrs | joined with 4-H’ers from Pitt,! Martin and Lee Counties for a' week at the Roanoke Island 4-H j Camp. A total of 146 4-H’ers; were present. « Attending from Chowan were ! Fahey (Butch) Byrum, Joe Car foil Byrum, Malcolm Dixon, L. I B. Taylor, Ray Copeland, Joe Ward, Chris Venters, Brenda White, Diane Peed in and Car ftten Goodwin. They were ac companied by Harry Venters, Assistant county agricultural ■gent. ’ Classes at camp ineMNled han THE CHOWAN HERALD Recreation For Girls Postponed Due To Repairs The summer recreation pro gram started last week by 4 he Edenton Woman’s Club for young local girls was cancelled Tuesday afternoon because of repairs being made at John A. Holmes High School gymna sium. Supervisors of the program, Betsy Ross and Marion Bunch, expect to resume operations next Tuesday if the repairs are com pleted at that time. Approximately 35 girls at tended the first session last Tuesday. The program is avail able for all girls who attended the Edenton Elementary School last year and those that will be entering grades two through six next fall. Rotary - Corvairs Tied For Top Spot In Little League Joe Stokley Is Lead ing Hitter In Circuit With an Average of .588 Bill Hardison’s Little League . played five full games last week, and the standings and list of top hitters were altered con siderably. The Rotary moved from a sec ond place tie to knit the first place position wi£h the Corvairs, who position last week-. Both teams have 3-2 records. The Masury Indians and Falcons are deadlocked for third place with 2-3 showings. Joe Stokley exchanged places with Phil Lassiter in first po sition among the top hitters in the circuit. Lassiter dropped .ontinuon w Page 3—Section ) Schedule Released For Social Security Residents of Chowan County i may contact their social security representative on the following dates: Every Thursday (July 5, July 12, July 19 and July 26). He can be contacted at the Court House in Edenton between 9:30 A. M., and 12:30 P. M. Icen Wilson, district manager, at the time of releasing the above information also suggest ed that for faster service some of the residents of the county might wish to visit the Green ville District Office from 8:45 A. M., to 5:00 P. M., during the' week, Monday through Friday, except national holidays. [ Early Next Week 1 Due to the observance of the Fourth of July Wednesday of next week. The Herald will ob serve the holiday. As a result. The Herald will be printed Tues day afternoon instead of Wed nesday as usual. All news and advertising therefore, must be in the by Monday morning of next week. | dicraft, recreation, swimming. ! wildlife and electricity. Alum 'inum etching was taught in | handicraft. The 4-H’ers etched ; a design in a small ash tray and I a larger sewing tray, so they I brought home two very nice | souvenirs from camp. I Songs and games were taught » m>*d on Page 4—Section ? 1 Lhowan County Purchases 23.1 Pet. Os "62 Savings Bonds Quota W. H. Andrews, Jr., state vol unteer chairman for U. S. sav ings bonds sales, announces that Chowan County's cummulative sales for the year amount to 423,305. This is 23.1 per cent of the county's quota of $113,520 for I9t>2. Mr. Andrews reports that May was the tenth consecutive month in which Series E Savings Bonds Sales in North Carolina showed an increase over the correspond ing month of the previous year. Series E Savings Bonds sales of $3,606,384 during May were over 6 per cent higher than sales in May, 1961, and are the highest sales recorded for the month' of May in seven years. -'Sales of Series E Bonds for the months of January-May to taled $18,814,626. This is an in crease of 3.6% over the same Oscar Peeples New Red Men Sachem New Officers Will Be Installed Monday Night Members of Chowan Tribe No 12, Improved Order of Red Mjh. elected officers for a six months term at their meeting Monday night. •Oscar Peeples was elected sa chem to succeed Obed Lee. Others elected were Robot Brooks, senior sagamore; Fred Keeter, junior sagamore; Obed Lee, prophet and W. J. Daniels trustee for an 18-months term. Mr. Lee informed the mem bers that the final payment or. the Red Men building had beer made, which liquidated the tribe’s indebtedness. The new officers are scheduled to be installed at the meeting of the tribe next Monday night July 2. . Guy Williams, newly appointed tribal deputy Great Sachem, will be the installing officer. Swimming Classes To Begin Monday I Red Cross swimming classes | will begin in Edenton next Mon day, John Shackelford, Chowan County Red Cross Chairman, re ported Tuesday. Applications were accepted until Wednesday of this week, and a large number had been turned in by Tuesday afternoon, according to the county chair man. The exact time and place of the lessons will be determined later this week after a study of the applications has been made. George Burdick, who has com pleted a refresher course, will be the instructor. The course will cover all levels of swimming instruction, life-saving lessons, and instruc tors training. All requirements for both Boy and Girl Scout merit badges will be offered. $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Edenton's National Guard Unit Returns Home From Fort Bragg Training Duty Error Made In Auto Accident An account in last week’s; [Herald about an automobile ac-J cident involving Mrs. Cecil W.! j Fry of Edenton and Charlie ] Copeland of Tyner was incor- j rectly stated from the police re port of the accident. The Herald said that Mrs. Fry ran into Copeland’s truck as he failed to yield the right of way at the corner of Mosley and West Queen Streets and entered the intersection. What actually happened was that Copeland’s truck slammed 1 into Mrs. Fry’s car as she drove past the intersection on West Queen Street. Mrs. Fry suffer ed facial injuries in the acci- 1 dent. The Herald regrets the mis taken account and correction is hereby made. months of a year ago. Series H Bonds sales of §295,- 000.00 were off ]” per cent dur ing May, but the cumulative sales for this series is over 9 per cent ahead of the January- May performance of last year. The combined sales of Series E and H Bonds for the first five months of this year amount ed to over 221 million 15 thous and dollars. This is an increase of more than 4 per cent over sales for the comparable months of a year ago. and represents 41 per cent of North Carolina's ; annual goal for this year. "We are extremely proud of the great showing the Savings Bonds Program is making in North Carolina and want to • thank everyone for their help which is making this fine record possible,” said W. H. Andrews, Jr. Rev. Van Crawford Returns To Edenton Bishop Also Returns Rev. C. T. Wilson to Chowan Charge No change was made in the appointments of Methodist min isters in Chowan County at a session of the North Carolina Methodist Conference held at Kinston last week. The appoint ments were read Thursday by Bishop Paul N. Garber. The Rev. Van T. Crawford was returned as pastor of the Edenton Methodist Church for another year and his son. Van T. Crawford, Jr., was appointed as associate pastor. The Rev. C- T. Wilson was Iso returned as pastor of the lhowan Circuit. The Rev. Robert L. Jerome vas again returned to serve as uperintendent of the Elizabeth City District. LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenton's Lions Club will neet Monday night, July 2, at 7 o'clock at the Edenton Res taurant. President John Mitch ener urges every member of the club to be present. Rocky Hock Orioles Continue w To Extend Lead In R-C League The Rocky Hock Orioles con tinued thein rampage through the Roanoke-Chowan League last week and extended their win ning streak to ten straight games. The Chowan team lost the first game of the season and since that time have not tasted defeat. Last week they won all four of the games they played, beating Colerain twice, 6-3 and 3-1, Windsor 6-5, and Creswell 14-12. The ten-game streak put the Orioles in front of the league by four full games with a 10-1 rec ord. The closest competitor is Windsor with a 6-5 mark. FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Group Commander Is High In Praise of Performance of Lo cal Outfit The Edenton National Guard unit returned Sunday from a successful two weeks active duty training at Fort Bragg. The local unit, the Combat Support Company, Second Battle Carolina National Guard, passed the Army Training Test given to its 4.2-inch mortar firing pla toons and was highly commend ed by the battle group com mander. Specialist Fourth Class Roger C. Spivey received the Battle Group Commander's Meritorious Service Award for outstanding performance during the Held training period. The 72-men,oer unit spent the entne two weeks in the field, i.he first week of which was spent 'training for the Army .est, and the second of which was devoted entirely to taking the examination. Tested were the unit’s pro ficiency in the operation and fir ing of the 4.2-inch mortar by platoons, its forward observation procedures, operation fire direc tion. and actual firing by the two firing sections. Over 550 rounds of mortar am munition were fired by the group as it took the test under both day and night conditions. All phases of the operation were performed under combat condi tions. Lt. Col. Herbert H Taylor. Jr., battle group commander, com mended the local unit for its performance. He said the com pany had always had the r» tation of being one of the —- standing units in the state, --td that they Had improved this rep utation during the training pe riod. -’Each man in the unit should be proud of the manner in which he performed his du ties.” said the commander. Also transferred back to Eden ton by the unit were about five thousand red bugs and ticks, ac cording to Sergeant First Class John H. Asbell. Jr. ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton's Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Parish House. The program will he in charge of Bill Cozart and Vice Presi dent Lloyd E. Bunch is very anxious to register a ioo per cent attendance meeting. [civic calendar] ' ... ■ J A huge fireworks disday 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 operate a road block Tuesday, July 3, to promote safety on the highways over the July Fourth holiday Weekly story hours will be gin at the Shepard-Pruden Me morial Library Monday morning, July 2. at 10 o'clock. Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the American Legion will meet Tues day night, July 3, at 8 o'clock. Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight (Thursday) at 7 o'clock at the Edenton Restaurant. Continued on Page S. Section 1 Wednesday night the Orioles were to visit Windsor. Friday night they come home to Cho wan High School’s field to play * Windsor again, and next Wed-. M • nesday they host Creswell in a Fourth of July show. Sunday is an open date in league play. g Ted Chappell scored two : mound victories last week, beat- ’ ing Windsor last Tuesday 6-5 and Creswell Monday night 14-12. Chappell blasted a home run against Windsor to win his own j game. , Franklin Hollowell came home from the Army to beat Cole- 1 rain last Friday night 6-3 with j Continued on Page ft. Section l 1