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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.
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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
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Ten Chowan County 4-H’ers
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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
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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
<at the morning recreation classes
and the 4-H’ers got plenty of
practice after their evening as
sembly program. This should
also se useful for part of the
regular 4-H Club meetings.
The two life guards conducted
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 28, 1962.
15 Go-Karts Takei
Part In Races H ’
o
Sunday AfteriMK i
Attendance Not Up \
Expectations of Jay
cees, Sponsors of Lo
cal Race Track
Fifteen go-karts turned out for
three races Sunday afternoon as
the Edenton Jay cees officially
opened their race track on the
former Marine Air Station.
Approximately 150 spectators
watched Jimmy Ashley of Eden
ton speed to victory in the Class
A race. Ashley won over Thom
as Chappell of Elizabeth City
and Carl Bateman of Suffolk,
who finished second and third
respectively.
Other winners included Clar
ence Lane in Class C and Randy
Williams in the Junior Class.
Both Lane and Williams are
from Elizabeth City, which made
a clean sweep of second places.
Second in Class C was Har
/ey Gregory, and Bryant Saw
er was runner-up in the junior
race.
Racers irom Edenton in ad
dition to Ashley were Scott
Harrell, Sherwood Harrell and
Charles Hollowell in Class A,
and Herbie Hollowell in the
Junior Class.
Jaycee President Carlton Jack
son said Monday that he thought
the races were a success, but j
that more spectators and karts
were desired by the local club.
Plans for improving the racing
card are expected in the very
near future.
Weekly Story Hour
At Local Library
A weekly story hour will be
conducted throughout the sum
mer in Shepard-Pruden Memor
ial Library by the Coleman
Young Women’s Association of
the Edenton Baptist Church.,
ifcfiStaday morning?;
July 2, at 10 o’clock, the hour:
will be held each week for chil- 1
dren between five 1 and eight
years of age and will be under
the direction of members of the
church group.
The story of Zaccheus will be
told Monday by Marian Bunch,
Barbara Layton and Anita sex
ton. The girls will use «a form
of picture puzzle to tell the stor
ies each week. Other entertain
ment is also planned.
Local Firms Listed
In New Directory
A new North Carolina Metal
working Facilities Directory has
just been published by the In
dustrial Extension Service at
North Carolina State College,
Raleigh.
The 350-page directory, com
oiled by W. Frank Hodge of the
IES staff, lists the tools and
capabilities of 237 of the state’s
metalworking firms.
Local firms listed are Ashley
Welding & Machine Company,
Darf Corporation and Nixon
Manufacturing Company.
The new directory lists the
location of machine tools and
other metalworking equipment,
or special skills, which are
available in North Carolina for
prime contract or sub-contract
work for other processors.
Taycee Road Block
Planned For July 3
Members of the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce
will operate a road block Tues
day, July 3, from 12 to 5 o’clock.
Wayne Rawls is chairman of
the project and points out that
the purpose of the road block is
to promote safety on the high
ways over the July Fourth
holiday.
Safety literature will be dis
tributed to motorists and light
refreshments are expected to be
given as a gesture of good will
as motorists pass through Edon
ton.
bed men meeting
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv
ed Order of Red Men, will meet
Monday night, July 2, at 81
o’clock. At this meeting new |
officers are scheduled to be in
stalled, so that Obed Lee, out- j
going sachem, urges a full at- :
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REV. MICHAEL T. MALONE
At an ordination service held Wednesday morninn of this week
in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Michael Taylor Malone was or
dained as an Episcopalian minister. Mr. Malone is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilmer E. Malone and begins his ministry as rector of
St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Ahoskie.
Edenton Woman’s Club Again
Honored For Cancer Control
Edenton Woman’s Club was
again signally honored in Ra
leigh Sunday, where a banquet
was held by the American Can
cer Society.
At the banquet, held at Sir
Walter Hotel Sunday afternoon,
the local club was awarded a
beautiful plaque in recognition
for its successful campaign in
the cancer crusade. The plaque
was received on behalf of the
Edenton club by Mrs. Archie D.
Official Winners Announced In
Annual Spring Fishing Contest
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Five winning contestants in
the Spring Fishing Contest wiiich
closed June 16 and sponsored
by the Recreation Committee of
the Edenton Chamber of Com
merce. have been named by
Scott Harrell, chairman.
Alva Bunch of Hertford cap
tured the top award in the
striped bass (rock fish) division
with an entry weighing an even
six pounds. Bunch netted the
rock while trolling in the Yeo
Texas S teel Men Visiting Librarians
Complete Work High In Praise Os
For Hay Tunnel Edenton Library
The day is fast approaching
when the Chesapeake Bay span
will be completed, bringing ad
ditional thousands of tourists
down the coastal route south
through Edenton.
Steel workers in Orange.
Texas, will launch the last of the
37 giant steel tunnel sections for
the Chesapeake Bay bridge-tun
nel project tomorrow (Friday).
The tubes, 100 yards long and
37 feet wide, are being sunk in
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Hodges Speaker At Lost Colony Opening
By Aycock Brown
When Paul Green’s drama be
gins its 25th birthday season in
a brand new Waterside Theater
at Manteo on July 1, a former
Tar Heel governor, U. S. Com
; merce Secretary Luther Hodges,
: j will be the premiere speaker.
A special distinguished guest
iat the premiere, adding an in
i temational flavor to the intema
! tionally famous drama, will be
} Brazilian Ambassador Roberto
Fairley.
Inscribed on the plaque was:
“Edenton Woman's Club. In
grateful acknowledgment of cut
standing service to the cause of
concei control during the so
ciety’s annual crusade.”
The Edenton Woman's Club
has assisted the cancer program
of the American Cancer Society
longer than any other club of
the N. C. Federation of Women’s
Clubs.
pirn River using a Pet spoon.
Runner-up rock fish was one
cought by former Police Chief
George Dail. Chief Dail's fish
weighed in at 5 lbs., 9 ozs.
Rock fish are reported in ever
increasing number by local fish
ermen and according to one re
port Madison Phillips of Edenton
caught a 12 lb. rock the oast
week. Phillips’ fish as far as
the contest winner was concern
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The Pettigrew Regional Li
brary Board members met at
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary Monday night at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. J. Robert Campbell of
Plymouth, chairman of the
j Board, presided.
Many tourists are visiting
Cupola House and among them
are librarians from all parts of
the country. Many comments
are made about the fine books
! and the number of them. The
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Campos, who will also come
from Washington to see a per
formance of the show.
Plans for his role in launch
ing the 1962 season of the dra
ma was announced by Com
merce Secretary Hodges follow
ing a visit to his office in
Washington recently by Lost
Colony royalty Queen Eliza
beth and Sir Walter Raleigh.
(The queen, a veteran member
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Rinky Dinks Still !
Undefeated Team
In Softball Race
Varsity Club and Jay
cee Tigers Showing
Great Deal of Im
provement
A red-hot Jaycee Tigers outfitj
and an improved Varsity Club |
moved up behind the front run- !
ning Rinky Dinks in a full
schedule of action in the local
softball league last week.
The Tigers out-scored Harvey
Point 11-8 and stopped the Red i
Men 8-1 to move into second
place in the standings, while
the Varsity handed Harvey
Point its second loss, 17-3 Thurs
day night.
The Rinky Dinks, in the mean
lime. edged the last place Jay
cee Cubs 5-2 in the best Cub c-f- i
fort of the season. The leaders ,
are undefeated in league play ,
and had a 3-0 record through
last week. t
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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