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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlX,—Number 30.
Chowan County Declared
Disaster Area As Result
Os Recent Damage By Rain
. Application For As
sistance Should Be
Made at FHA Office
In Hertford
Congressman Herbert Bonner
wired The Chowan Herald Tues
day afternoon that Chowan
County has been declared a di- j
saster area because of the crop
• resulting from recent
heavy fains.
The action will allow farmers
in the county to apply for fed
eral loans from the Farmers’
t Home Administration if they
v can qualify under their amount
of loss and repayment justifica
tion.
Necessary monies to operate
can be borrowed from the FHA's
Disaster Loan Account at a low j
interest rate and may be re
payed over a long period of
time.
Chowan County Farm Agent i
C. W. Overman received the
news from Tlie Herald Tuesday J
and said he was glad to hear it. j
He and other farm officials had I
estimated the county’s damages'
somewhere in the neighborhood j
of $900,000.
Asked about the situation in
the county since the heavy rains
ceased, Overman said that “crops
are looking mighty good con
sidering the amount of damage i
that was done.”
Overman also said that farm
ers who can qualify for disaster >
loans may contact Donald Nor- ;
man in the FHA office in Hert- 1
ford. _
f 20 Years Ago ]
A* Found In I.* File* Os |
The Chowan Herald J
Duetto work about to be rfart
yed on a proposed Marine Glider
Base, about 40 new families in
Edenion were seeking living
quarters. J. W. Davis, who was
handling data, emphasised the
fact that these were not normal
limes and that the town as a
whole should cooperate in the
serious shortage of houses and
small apartments.
Though extensive work was in
progress in the vicinity of a
proposed Marine Glider Base,
the exact location had been un
determined, according to Lieut.
C. G. Prahl, officer in charge.
In a perplexing problem rela
tive to furnishing current to the
new base, Virginia Electric &
Power Company officials Staled
their company would provide
this service and were frank in
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v Management Institute Planned
For Merchants - Businessmen
Merchants and businessmen of ( 1
* Edenton and surrounding area c
will have an opportunity to at- f
tend a management institute be- r
ginning in mid September. The t
course will be sponsored by the t
Edenton Chamber of Commerce, c
The institute’s purpose is to; t
assist the small businessman and j
provide him with the knowledge c
for a systematic approach to j c
solve everyday business prob-
j The BSlings Years: 1956 ]
Bf Bin. GOODWIN, JR. „
The optimism which should
- have dominated the camp of j
the Edenton Aces prior to the
1958 football season was a little
late in arriving. “The team as
a whole, due to many boy» miss
ing practice, hasn’t been in top
condition. However, with deter
mination and more desire to
fight and more readiness to get
fought at, the boys could sur-.
prise themselves,”, said Coach
Bill Billings as the first game
JF approached.
As far as experience Was con-
Billings was fairly well
i£scr and johnny Speight Were
Jgback to handle the tackles, and
ini at halfback. Regular John-
THE CHOWAN HERALD
i New Surgeon
■pgflpi.
■ ; ■
DR. L. P. WILLIAMS, JR.
Effective August 1, Dr. L. P.
Williams. Jr., son of Dr. and
Mrs. L. P. Williams, will be af
filiated with the Chowan Medi
-1 cal Center in the capacity of
I a surgeon. He returns from
< Texas, where he was resident
j surgeon at Baylor University.
EeiitMßaisters
Attend Music Camp
; Group Scheduled to
I Return Home on
August 5
N
Five members of the John A.
Holmes High School Band left
this week for Greenville, N. C.,
where they will be attending the
East Carolina College Music
Camp. The camp began Sunday,
July 22, and will dose Sunday,
August 5- Those attending the
camp from Eden ton are Sanfra
£nge, flutist; Judy/byrunf,'*cbr
iietist; Sandra Cale, clarinetist;
Ricky Hardin, c’arinetist, and
Ronnie Sawyer, baritone horn.
Ronnie received a scholarship
to the camp from the East Caro
lina College Music Department.
Several scholarships were award
ed to high school bandsmen in
North Carolina, granted on the
basis of playing ability.-
The four girls attending the,
camp are majorettes in the
i Holmes High School Band and
! they are majoring in baton
! twirling and minoring in their
j instruments. Ronnie is major
ing in his instrument and has a
1 minor in chorus.
These band, members will re
! turn to Edenton August 5,
bringing new ideas and skills
back to their band.
lems. It will also afford him an
opportunity to meet and discuss
problems with ether business
men and provide an inttroduc
tion to sources of information
that will strengthen the man
oagement and net profit oppor
tunity for the business operator.
Finally, it will afford him an
opportunity to increase indivi
dual' management skills that
Continued, on Page 5, Section 1
Henry Overton and Marvin Ash
j ley were at the ends, Ralph
! Chappell and -Sherwood Harrell
at the guards, Charlie Small at
center, and Bruce White at full
back.
Injuries and illness were to
plague Billings during 1956, and
the first mishap occurred before
the season when Kramer became
ill. In his place came 125-
pound Robert White, who
handled the club very effectively
opening night against Roanoke
Bapids. Big brother Bruce White
scored twice and Bunch once as
Edenton started "on the fight
Kramer was still out thg next j
week, and White took, the Aceig
against g fast, huge Great Bridge
”‘“ d ■» HM» FiM. Downum
scored csny to put. tne acgs
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 26,1962.
83 Students Complete Red Cross Swimming Courses
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Pictured above are 83 students who recently completed swimming courses sponsored by the Cho
wan Chapter of the American Red Cross. Os the group, 44 passed the beginners' course, 12 com
pleted the advanced beginners' division and 27 were successful in the intermediate course. George
Burdick was supervisor and was assisted by Frank Williams and Jimmy Cordon.—Ricks Photo.
$25 Prize Offered For Naming
New 672-Acre Development Atl
Eden ton’s Former Air Station i
i
Formal announcement was
made early this week that a 672-
acre development to include
residential .areas, a marin*. a
shopping center and additional
airport facilities be built bn
the former Edenton Marine Air
Station property.
A contest is currently under
way to name the development,
which will be constructed by
United Properties, Inc. A $25
prize will be given the persjn
who*submits the name that is’
accepted by the judges. ■ j
The name is needed to appear
in a brochure being made by a
city management firm in Atlan- \
ta, Ga., for United Properties. :
Contestants may enter by sue- 1 1
mitting their suggestion on a
Beginners First Aid Course Is
Scheduled To Begin On July 30
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Chowan County" Cit'd Defense !
Director Murray D. Ashley an
nounced Tuesday that his or
ganization and the county chap
ter of the Red Cross will defi
nitely start another beginners
first aid course Monday, July 30.
Ashley had hoped to start the
course last week, but applica
tions were slow reaching the
Civil Defense Office.
I George Burdick is instructor;
of the course, which will be
held in the Chowan County
Court House Monday night at
8 o’clock. Anyone interested in
taking the beginners course
should contact the Civil Defense
office at 3111.
James M. Bond One Os Winners
In Coca Cola Sponsored Contest
James M. Bond of Edenton has 1
been notified by the Coca-Cola j
Company of Atlanta, Georgia,;
and the Elizabeth City Bottlers
that he is one of the winners!
of the Tour The World Sweep-1
stakes Contest recently conduct
ed by Coca-Cola.
There are two winners in the j
territory covered by the Eliza- !
beth City Plant—the other, Mrs.
Eugene White of Wmfall, who
also will be the recipient of a
General Electric transistor radio.
More people participated in '
the contest than any other in
the history of the company and
W. C. Dawson, rjianager of the
Elizabeth City Plant, says he is I
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Girls* Recreation Is j
Scheduled Today
The girls’ recreation program j
will be held this (Thursday) af
ternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the;
John A. Holmes High School;
gymnasium. A new finish was
placed on the floor of the gym I
early this week and caused the,
program to •be held today in- ;
stead of Tuesday.
The Edenton Woman’s Club is i
sponsor of the program and Bet- ;
sy Ross and Marian Bunch are 1
the supervisors. Sessions will (
be held in the gymnasium every
Tuesday through August 14. j
REDMENMEETING
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Im
proved Order of Red Men, will
meet Monday night. July 38, at
8 o’clock. Oscar Peeples, sachc •
of the tribe, urges a full s
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post card to be mailed to Post
Office box 548 in Edenton.
The judging committee for
the contest will consist of Mayor
John Mitchener, Ji>., Joe Con
ger, Jr., C. D. Bowles and War
ren Twiddy. All ontries must
be made by August 11.
The development will be
formed along a road now being
bulldozed 250 feet inland from
the shore which is planned to
run from the vicinity of the new
I Chowan Golf and Country Club
: along the entire shore of the
former base property and meet
with N. C. 32 in the area of the
main gate to the base property.
Waterfront lots, which will be
developed first, will give a broad
Continued on Paae 3—Section '
I Ashley said he hopes to start
a morning class next Tuesday
morning if enough interested
persons call him. The morning
< class would meet at 9:30. An
advanced course is also being
1 contemplated.
“If someone had a loved one
who was in a serious accident
and had to have immediate at
-1 tention for shock, bleeding, or
some other injury, many people
would not know what to do un
til the doctor arrives,'” said Ash
ley. “It is the purpose of these
courses to teach at least one out
of every ten people in Chowan
County what to do in such a
i case.”
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1 gratified to have two winners
out of the hundreds of thousands
! of people who participated over
the entire United States.
! Other North Carolinians win
! ning larger prizes are W. H.
Manuel, Sr., of Winston-Salem,
; Caribbean Island tours for two
people plus SSOO in cash. Win
' ning exciting week-ends for two
people plus SIOO in cash are
Joseph Davis of Winston-Salem,
Edith, Jones of Rockingham, and
Jean D. Strother of Durham.
The first prize of $25,000 in
American Express Travelers
Cheques was won by Wendell
Council Phillips, Jr., of Albany,
i Georgia.
Revival Meeting Scheduled At
Ballard’s Bridge September 2-9
Rev. Charlie Wiseman Speaker
The Rev. A- Carl Hart, pastor j
oi* > Ballard's Bridge Baptist i
• Church, announces that a revival
j meeting will be held at the 1
! church Sunday, September 2,
! through Sunday, Septemper 9-
i Services will be held each night
: during the week at 8 o’clock,
j The speaker for the series of
j meetings will be the Rev. Clarke
| Wiseman. Mr. Wiseman, known
ias “The Walking Parson,’’ was
i boro in Connellsville, Pa., and
: moved to a farm near Staunton,
V C at the age of 5. He is a
Tr duate of the schools in Au- j
j.« 41 County, where he played :
oascoall and football.
“Nuts To ’Em”
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Hot to be outdone by Cali
fornia, who sent raisins to the
professional golfers participating
in the PGA championship at
Newtown Square, Pa„ Mayor
John Mitchener on Thursday
sent 200 bags of peanuts to Ar
nold Palmer to be distributed
among the caddies.
"Peanuts have more energy
than raisins," said the Mayor,
"and the peanuts will help the
caddias keep up with the play
ers."
In ei telegram to Mr. Palmer
the Mayor said, "Peanuts have
more energy than raisins. Send
ing 200 bags today from Peanut
Capital of North Carolina. Good
luck."
Edenton Lions Club
Calls Off Meetings
According to Herbert Hollo
well. Jr, president of the Eden
ton Lions Club, regular meet
ings of the club will be held
only on the first and third Mon
day nights-' until September.
The club will, therefore, not
meet Monday night of next
week, with meetings scheduled
for August 6 and 20.
Fall Revival Meeting At Center
Hill Church N\ ill Begin Aug. 5
Plans have been announced
for the annual fall revival to be
held at the Center Hill Baptist
Church. The meetings will be
gin on the first Sunday in Au
gust, August 5 and continue
through the following Sunday,
August 12.
Guest speaker for ibis revival
will be Dr. Stewart A. Newman,
professor of theology and phi
! losophy at the Southeastern Bap
tist Seminary at Wake Forest,
N. C. Dr. Newman is well
known in the area, having
preached in other churches in
Redecorating Project
At Ballard’s Bridge
The Ballard’s Bridge Baptist
Church will begin the redecorat
ing of the interior of its audi
torium this week.
The project will include the
refinishing of the floors, new
carpet and the painting of the
walls.
The pastor, the Rev. Carl Hart,
reports that an offering of $2,003
was received last week to pay
for this undertaking.
Completion of this project is
expected sometime in August.
j During World War II Mr.
j Wiseman was a Marine Corps
sergeant and attained promi
* nence in the service as a heavy
weight boxer. In 1947 he mar
ried the former Grace Robin
| son of Portsmouth. They have
i one son and are members of the
j First Baptist Church at Suffolk,
|Va.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Wiseman
attended Howard Payne College
at Brown wood, Texas, where
I they were graduated with honors
;in 1953. He is a graduate of
! Southeastern Baptist Seminary
at Wake Forest and the Depart-
Continued on Pag* 3, Section 1
Summer Session Os
Local High School
Band Begins July3o
Officially Opens With
Full Band Rehearsal
At 7:30 O’clock on
Monday Night
The John A. Holmes High
School Band will begin its sec
ond summer session on Monday,
July 30. This session will of
| ficially begin with a full band
rehearsal Monday night at 7:30.
The daytime schedule will be
announced at this rehearsal.
During the month of August
the band will concentrate on
marching techniques and music
for football halftime shows, In
dividual instruction will be giv
en to section leaders and Junior
High members during the day.
The full band will i-ehear.se ev
ery Monday night at 7:30. When
rehearsals conflict with band
parent meetings, the rehearsals
will be changed to the following
Tuesday night.
All band members are to be
present at this first rehearsal.
Important Jaycee
Meeting Tonight
Carlton Jackson, president ol
the Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce, announces that a
very important meeting will be
held tonight (Thursday) at 7 i
o’clock at the Edenton Restau
rant.
Scheduled to come up for seri-1
ous consideration is abandon- j
ment of the Javcee-sponsored j
•go-kart races. Mr. Jackson stat
ed that lack of interest and
workers is causing a gradual j
deficit of income and for that j
reason he will prefert the idea j
of abandoning tne races.
Another important item on the j
agenda is consideration of the j
Jayt-ette program..
Mr. Jackson states that both i
of these matters are very ini- !
portant and for that reason he [
is very anxious to have every j
Jaycee present.
the past. He is known as a
fine preacher and the public is
invited to all services of the •re- !
vival. Services will be held at
regular times on Sunday and
each night at 8 o'clock during j
the week including Saturday
night. As 10 o'clock each morn- |
ing there will be a special fel
lowship prayer hour led by the
pastor of the church, the Rev. j
Henry V. Napier.
Music for the meeting will be j
provided by the choirs of the
church with the Youth Choir j
Continued on Pane 5 Section
18 (fO-karts In
Sunday's Racini.
, C
Edenton Jaycees experienced j
their best racing card of the |
season Sunday afternoon at their j
go-kart track on the former Ma
rine Air Station as 18 karts
turned out for five races.
Edenton racers dominated the ;
west bend run. but did not place i
in any other event. Charles |
Hollowed w'as first and Sherwood I
Harrell second in the west bend. !
The number of karts Sunday!
pleased Jaycee President Carlton
Jackson, but he said that his i
club still was not satisfied with j
the size of the crowd. “Most |
Continued on Page 4 —Section 1
SCOUTS INACTIVE
Scoutmaster Jack Habit an- '
nounced this week that Troop
156 has suspended operations un- |
til September.
A lack of interest on the part
of local Scouts was blamed by
Habit for the suspension. He
said that he hopes to get the j
Boy Scout program going again
in Edenton as soon as school
starts.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock in the Parish House.
The program will be in charge
of Jimmy Earnhardt and Presi
dent W. B- Rosevear is anxious
to have a 100 per cent attend- ;
ance. [
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Dr. Richard N. Hines, Jr.
Plans To Open Office In
Edenton About Sept. Ist
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New Dentist
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DR. RICHARD N. HINES, JR.
On or about Seotember 1, Dr.
Richard N. Hines, Jr., son of Mr
and Mrs. R. N. Hines, expects
to open an office to practice 1
dentistry in Edenton. His office
will be a new building now be- j
ing constructed by Ralph E
Parrish at the corner of Broad
and Water Streets.
[ State Winners !
Chowan County friends will •
be delighted to know that the
Chowan County 4 H dairy foods
demonstration team won first
place in the slate contest held
n Raleigh Tuesday in connec
ion with the observance of 4-H
7!ub Week.
The Chowan team is com
rosed of Kay bunch, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Carey Bunch,
end Judy Evans, daughter of j
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Evans.
Williams Is Named
To FHA Committee
Succeeds Adrien J.
Smith, Jr., Whose
Term Expired
The appointment of Herbert
L. Williams of Perquimans j
County to a three-year term as
Farmers Home Administration
\rea Committeemen is announc
'd bv the agency’s County Su
pervisor. Donald W. Norman.
Mr. Williams replaces Adrien
f. Smith. Jr., whose term ex
pired on June 30, 1962.
Mr. Williams conducts an in
tensive farming program consist- !
Continued on Page 3. Section l
Ronnie Sawyer In Music Camp
011 Part Scholarship At ECO
Ronnie Sawyer is attending the
East Carolina College Music
Camp on a part scholarship
from the East Carolina Music
Department. He registered with
the camp on Sunday-, July 22.
and will study there through
August 5.
Ronnie plays the baritone horn
in the John A. Holmes High
School Band and has proven his
skill on this instrument on a
number of occasions. He was
baritone soloist with the Holmes
Band for the ]9til Spring Con
cert. He has played first chair
WHOSE CHILD WILL IT BE?]
By GEORGE E. BURDICK
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Water Safety Instructor, American Red Cross i
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The expression ‘there goes an
accident looking for a place to
| happen” was never more appro
priate than here in eastern
North Carolina. It could be ap
plied to almost every individual
who skis, fishes, swims, or op
erates a pleasure boat
Mixing motor boats and swim
mers is one way of asking for
a mutilated human. The fact
that it yet happened is
small consolation, when the odds
that sooner or later some boater
j is going to run over a swimmer,
[are increasing daily.
FIGHT CANCER
WITH 4 CHECKUP
AND CIIRCK
New Office Building
Is Now Under Con
struction at Broad
And Water Streets
| Another Edenton boy is sched
! uled to return to Edenton when
i Dr. Richard N. Hines, Jr., begins
| the practice of dentistry. Dr.
I Hines plans to open an office at
the corner of Broad and Water
.Streets which is now in the
1 course of construction by Ralph
j-E, Parrish, Mr. Parrish stated
j early this week that he expects
I the new building to be ready for
occupancy about September ].
Dr. Hines is the son of Mr.
i and. Mrs. R. N. Hines and grad-
Ij .ated from John A. Holmes
! riigh School. In 1953 he gradu
; a ted from Virginia Episcopal
| j.huol at Lynchburg, V’a.. where
[I he was valedictorian of his cia>-
j and a membei of the "V” Ath
! otic Club.
He attended the University
! it North Carolina for under
| graduate study, where he be
anie a member of Phi Eta Sig-
I na and phi Beta Kappa, honor
! iry scholastic fraternities; Alpha
; Epsilon Deta, honorary pre
nedical and pre-dental fraterni
y. and Zeta Psi social fraternity,
le received his BS degree in
entistry in 195-7;
Dr. Hines attended the Uni
ersity of North Carolina School
if Dentistry, where he became a
; member of Delta Sigma Delta
fraternity. He graduated in
1960 with a doctor of dental sur-
I gery degree.
He served two years in the
United States Army Dental
Corps, stationed at the U. S-
Army Artillery and Missile base
;at Fort Sill- Okla. He attended
thi- Army Medical Service School
I at Brooke Army Medical Center
iat Fort Sam Houston. Texas and
was discharged as captain in the
U. S. Army Dental Corps on
July 1. 1982.
I Dr. Hines was certified by the
'National Board of Denial Exami
ners of the American Dental As
sociation in 1961. and will open
his new office in Edenton just
;as soon as it is ready for occu
pancy.
[ CIVIC calendar]
Another beginners first aid
i course will begin Monday night,
July 30, at 8 o'clock in the Cho
wan County Court House. -
The second summer session of
the John A- Holmes High School
Band will benin Monday night,
July 30. at 7:30 o'clock.
Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7 o'clock at the
Edenion Restaurant.
Contmued on Page 4, Section 1
baritone in the band for the
past four years. Ronnie audi
tioned and won the first chair
position with the East Carolina
All State Clinic Band for the
past two years. Approximately
400 bandsmen try out for this
clinic hand each year.
Ronnie was librarian and stu
dent director in the Holmes
High Band for the past year
and he was chosen for noth of
these positions for tne coming
school year. He plans to major
in music upon graduation from
high school.
You name the beach and then
lOOK You’ll see the clanger!
At Eden House beach, Sandy
Point, Albemarle beach, Cole
rain beach and anywhere boat
ers are in the vicinity’ of swim
mers. Boats being put into the
Water and then roaring off with
frolicking youngsters playing in
the water all around. Some
times skiers are towed through
the shallow water—where they
shouldn't be anyway—and other
times, boat owners just speed
through the area supposedly
Continued on Page 3—Section 1