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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY V ; ... . Volume,, XXlX.—Number 34. 'Architect Employed To Prepare Plans To Build New Municipal Building Councilmen Approve Site For Building atj Corner of Broad and Water Streets Meeting at a postponed meet ing Thursday night, Edenton’s Town Councilmen voted to em ploy an architect to prepare sketches and drawings for the erection of a proposed new mu nicipal building. A number of architects had been contacted relative to plans, specifications and supervision and the con tract was awarded to Raymond Fuson of New Bern. Mr. Fu son will prepare a sketch of the proposed ' building in keeping with colonial architecture. The Councilmen went along with a committee which has been working on a new munici pal building and approved the site of the building on the south west corner of Broad and Water Streets. If and when construc tion is begun, the present water tank will be removed, thus pro viding ample space for a build ing to "house town offices, a Council Chamber and the Police Continued on rad* B —Section 1 J. L White Is New License Examiner Mac James Transfer red to Headquarters At Greenville James E. White, a Bertie County resident, became the lo cal driver’s 1 license examiner as of Monday, August 13. White succeeds Mac James, who was transferred tg district! headquarters in Greenville. White’s last assignment was in Hertford Cbunty, and he has been with the highway depart ment for five years. Married and the * father of 1 three children. White plans to continue his Bertie residence in Windsor. He has maintained his home there since he became a license examiner. The local examiner’s office in the police station will be closed on Labor Day, September 3. Af ter that date, according to White, the office will return to its 8:30 A. M., to 5:30 P. M. daily sched ule. 20 Years Ago] As Found In ! <• Files Os - The Chowan Herald \ , ? The local Rose's 5-10-25 c store reopened in larger quarters and staged a remodeling sale to cli- j max the addition and remodel ing of the store. , Complaint was registered with! Mayor J. H. McMuilan relative to a few unscrupulous people in Edenton who apparently were bent upon taking advantage of a housing situation which devel oped due to those working on the U. S. Marine Air Station seeking living quarters. Announcement was made that Ernest Kehayes was expected to Continued on Paqe B—beettgn Farmers Are Urged To Aote In Chowan County ASCS Election Mrs. Grace Griffin, acting of fice manager of the local ASCS office, calls attention to the-fact that August 20 was the final date for farmers, to furnish nomi nees by petition for community committeemen, but that no pe titions were sent in the ASCS office. The present community com mitteemen will hold a meeting tonight (Thursday) for the pur pose of selecting the slate of nominees for this year’s ASC committee election. . Mrs. Griffin points out that an increased voting participation by the farmers of Chowan is urged in this year’s ASC com mittee elections. • > a larger vote in . the elections this year, it will mean *?> ‘ ' ’i-li.it S ' V Vv /V v • ; THE CHOWAN HERALD Grady M. Chesson Vice President Os Nationwide Region Former Edenton Resi dent Transferred to _ Assignment In New England States A former • Edenton resident Grady M. Chesson, has bee named vice president of the six state New England region of Nationwide Insurance. For the past four years, Mr. Chesson has been agency direc tor in the Columbus, Ohio; home office of the companies. He joined Nationwide- in 1943 as an agent, and has also been a dis trict sales manager, field sales supervisor, regional sales mana ger, and manager of the - Vir ginia and Tri-State regions. He is a native of Roper where he graduated from high school Continued ou Par> s— section J New Jaycette Club Chooses Officers Mrs. Ethel LaVoie Is President of New Organization The Jaycette Club of Edenton met Thursday, August 16, at the home of Mrs. Patsy McGee with 24 members present. The following were elected as officers to serve for the coming year- Mrs. Ethel La voie; first- vice president, 'Mrs. Bessy Jackson; second vice presi dent, Mrs. Dot Habit; secretary, Mrs. Lucille Stalls; correspond ing secretary. Mrs. Mary E. Dail; treasurer, Mrs. Janice Byrum, and state director, Mrs. Elva Long. The main purpose of the Jay cette Club will be to assist the Jaycees in any way it can. Guest Preacher DR. GEORGE SHRIVER, JR. Substituting for the Rev. R. N. Carroll, who is on vacation. Dr. George Shriver, Jr., of Wake Forest wll preach at both ser vices Sunday, August 26, at the Edenton Baptist Church. that the committees elected will be more representative of the farmers they serve. All ASC committeemen and ASCS county office personnel will exert every effort to assure that the elec tions will be properly and fairly conducted so as to reflect credit upon our ASC committee sys tem and the Department of Agriculture. Ballots for voting for com munity committeemen will be mailed to all eligible voters of record os or before August 31 and must be postmarked or per sonally returned to the county j office by September 10. ' The county convention will be j heltj September 20 for electing county committees. All elected committeemen • will take office October b I Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 23, 1962. t—■fcew———————————————————■—r— ~ ■■ ■■■■■» Chowan Count) 6 late 4-H Demonstration Winning Team u , ' ’ fry*'* ■ , f '*■ % f I T IV / j"' | I • Pictured above are members of Chowan County's state-winning 4-H dairy food demonstration earn. They are, left to right, Judy Evans, Rou e 1. Edenton: Pauline Calloway, home economics lgent, and Kny Bunch. Route 3, Edenton. They presented their stale winning dairy food demon dralion over WNCT television station in Greenville, N. C.. on Tuesday morning. $162,000 In Federal Aid Given For Edentoifs Sewage Project Announcement was made early this week by the Health, Education and Welfare Department at Washington, 1). C.. ’hat approval had been given for four sewage disposal projects in North Carolina at a total cost of $1,245,453. Senator H. Everett Jordan said that among the projects ap proved was Edenton s sewage disposal plant, estimated to cost $573,000. Os this amount the federal government’s share will be $162,200. Other towns whose projects were approved included Ahoskie with federal funds amounting to $110,628; LaOrange, federal share, $40,782, and Wake Forest, federal share, $45,000. Headquarters For Civil Defense Approves Chowan Application Murray D. Ashley, Chowan ■ 'euntv and Eflentoii Civil. De fense director, reports that the project application submitted in May, 1962, for matching funds on the Civil Defense fire com munications and warning sys ,em for Edenton and Chowan County has been approved by State and Regional Civil De ense ..Headquarteis. The approval of this applica tion will enable Edenton and Chowan County to purchase planned communications and fire warning equipment at ap proximately 50% of the cost in Schools In County Unit Open Aug. 29 Everything 1 In Readi ness Says Superin tendent Taylor As announced last week, Cho wan County Schools will open or nesday morning, August 29. Superintendent W. J. Taylor reported that sfchools will .be >pen for half a day on Wed nesday, at which time books will be issued, assignments made, and fees collected. , The first full day of classes will be on Thursday, August 30. Teachers will report for their preliminary duty on Monday August 27. Bus drivers may pick up their vehicles the fol lowing day, August 28- Fees for the county schools will be same as last year except the high school rental fee, which Continued on Page B—Section 1 Red Men Planning Cookout August 27 Chowan Tribe No. 12, Im proved Order of Red Men, will stage a cookout Monday night, August 27. The. affair will be held at Sandy Point Beach, be ginning at 7 o’clock. The Red Men have invited their wives, members of the De gree of . Pocahontas, and their husbands, as well as members of the Red Men softball team and their wives as special guests. Various committees are work ing on the cookout and it is lfoped many will take advantage of the opportunity 'to spend an enjoyable evening at the beach. volved if matching funds were l no' available. In conformity with Civil De fense rules and regulations, the Edentoty office is required to advertise in a state circulated newspaper at least once for sealed bids. This advertisement was carried by the News and Observer in Raleigh Monday, August 13, 1962. Request for bids was also mailed to all known vendors of subject equipment. Sealed bids will be opened at .the Edenton office after 12 A.M. August 31. j Contract Awarded For Fishing Access Area At Chowan Bridge According to Joe H. Conger Jr., president of the Edenton Chamber of Commerce, the North Carolina State Wildlife Resources Commission has awarded a contract to the James M. Chance Construction Com pany of New Bern for construc tion of the Edenhouse Bridge Access Area. A letter from C. Floyd Williamson. Chief, Engi neering Division of this state •agency, indicated that the rea son why this fishing access area project had been delayed was because all of the original bids last May, when they were ipened. exceeded their estimat ed and budgeted funds and a contract subsequently had to be negotiated with the New Bern firm. Negro Elementary School Now Among Accredited Institutions •Hiram J. Mayo, Superintend ent of Edenton City Schools, announced last week that the two colored schools in the city unit have made remarkable pro gress during the past year. The colored elementary school will, for the first time in his tory, be accredited by the State Department of Education this fall. The action by the state means that all of Edenton’s four schools are now accredited in stitutions. Edenton High School, which ilong with the John A- Holmes High School, has received the highest accredation possible to a high school—that of the South ern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools —will have its Chowan Coroner Elected To Office Carroll A. Boyce Sec ond Vice President Os State Group Carroll A- Boyce, coroner for Chowan County, returned Sun day from Asheville, where he at tended the national and state convention of coroners which was held at Battery Park Hotel. Among the new officers elect ed by the North Carolina Cor oners Association was Mr. Boyce, who was chosen as second vice president. During the meeting Dr. John C. Young, Buncombe County coroner, who was elected presi dent of-the national association, pointed up ‘‘poor pay” for coron ers. “We hold a job that is as important as any in the state or county governments,” he said, ' ‘yet we receive the poorest pay of any of the elected officials.’’ JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT i Edenton’s Junior Chamber of f Commerce will meet tonight l (Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the i Edenton Restaurant. President | Carlton Jackson requests a 100 i per cent attendance. President Conger indicated that the construction firm is presently at work on the project md busy with hauling till ma terial to the site. Conger’s in.- iormation is that the fishing ac cess area at the northeast cor ner of the Chowan River bridge •vill be ready for use this fall. “This boat-launching area will provide a car and boat-tradei parking area of two acres.” Con ger said, “and will have con crete launching ramps for ready access to the Chowan River. It should attract additional sports men to Edenton from a large area as the facility is on U. E. 17 and will save boat travel time for those wishing tc fish the river as well as the sound.” first full-time guidance counselor when school starts September 4. The new guidance counselor will be Miss Alice Allen, a teach er of five years experience from Mullins, S. C- When Miss Al len her duties, Edenton High School will be, according to Mr. Mayo, one of the few colored schools in the state to have a full-time guidance coun selor. A $200,000 building program being finished at the colored unit will give the two schools one of-the most up-to-date, plants to be found in the state. In fact, the State Department of Educa tion has informed Mr. Mayo that "the agricultural and industrial Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Revival At Rocky Hock Church Will Begin August 26 Rev. Ben C. Fisher of Wake Forest Will I>e Guest Evangelist For Meetings Revival services are scheduled at Rocky Hock Baptist Church, beginning with the morning ser vice on Sunday, August 26, at 11 o'clock and continuing night ly through Saturday, September 1, with’ the night services be ing scheduled for 7:45 o’clock. The speaker at these services will be the Rev. Ben C Fisher, who is currently serving as as sistant to the president of South eastern Seminary at Wake For est, and is also director of pub lic relations at that institution. He is a graduate of Wake For est College and received the de gree Bachelor of Divinity from Southern Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. Before coming to his post at Southeastern Seminary, Mr. Fisher served in a position with the Kentucky Baptist State Con vention and prior to that was assistant to 'he president and di rector of public relations at Continued on Pago 5, Seci'on 1 F.L.Hollowell Speaker Al Lions Club’s Meeting Momla\ JNii*lit! E. L- HoJloWell, president of he Chowan Veneer Company, .was speaker at the Edenton Lions Club meeting held Mon day night at the Edenton Res taurant. Mr. llollowell was in troduced by Al Phillips, who had charge of the program. Mr. llollowell pointed out that the first veneer company came into existence in 1908 when W. B. Henry and >O. S. Lippingeott built the Wilkes Veneer Com pany on the same site the pres ent company is. operating. In 1911! Jasper L. Wiggins purchas ed Mr. Henry's interest and the concern continued to operate un der tlie saVne name. In 1918 Mr. Lippingeott sold his interest to Bert White and in 1920 Mr. Wiggins purchased Mr. White’s interest and became sole owner Assembly Os God Revive! Scheduled Aug. 28 - Sept. 9 Rev. Leon Morrow of Dallas, Texas, to l»e Guest Evangelist For Series of Meetings The Rev. C. L. Miles, pastor of First Assembly of God church at the corner of First and Bond Streets, announces that revival services will be held in the church beginning Tuesday, Au gust 28 and continuing through Sunday. September 9. The visiting evangelist will be the Rev. Leon Morrow of Dallas, Texas, a very outstanding speak er. Services will be held every night at 8 o'clock, to which the i public is cordially invited to at tend. Annual ASCD Fish Fry August 25th Affair Will Be Held At Elizabeth City, 5 to 7 P. M. Samuel Cox. Chowan County Soil, Conservationist, announces that the annual Albemarle Soil Conservation District Fish Fry will be held Saturday afternoon. August 25, at Scott & Halstead Packing Shed in Elizabeth City. There will be all ■ the good fish, slaw and corn bread one can eat for SI.OO. Meals will be ready to serve at 5:00 P. M-. and will be served until after 7:00 P. M. There will be plenty of room un der the shelter in the event of bad weather. District Supervisors in Cho wan County are Llovd C. Bunch. Fahey Bvrum and Joe Webb. Jr., Continued on Pago I, Section l $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Over 40 Recruits Report For Coach Jerry McGee's First Football Practice Promoted ppv ' H V ) Ilk y j? GRADY M. CHESSON Announcement was made last week that Grady M. Chesson, a former Edenlonian now living in Columbus, Ohio, has been pro moled to resident vice president of the six-stale New England region of (Nationwide Insurance He and his family will make their home at Hamden. Conn. of Wilkes Veneer Compiinv wliit h operated until I*M5. Dur.ng thee M years tlx **» no changes to any urea e.vte.nt in tile ntaiVutaeiuring <»T tho single pl> v.’liters. The Wilkes Veneer Company elosed for a lew years during the de pression. The plant was also e’ost d in 11)25 due to a fire whieh destroyed the Jniildim* and equipment. It was prompt t\ rebuilt. In vhM5. due to Mr. Wigtfins* health and other things, he sold out to the Hank of Pa lent on and that same year the hank sold io l». Warner Evans. Mr. Evans pmvhased over $'11)0.000 in new equipment and the name to Edenton Veneer Mill Inc*. f ontini'H o?i ‘sProoii * I Promoted If "7 ' ' • (& Miss Sandra Boyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Boyce, has recently been made division manager tor handbags, hats and hosiery in Sears big store at Ar lington. Va. Miss Boyce has been with Sears for two years. She is a graduate of John A. Holmes High School and attend ed East Carolina College in Greenville. She lives in Arling ton and is a member of Mem orial Baptist Church, of which her uncle, the Rev. Paul J. Har rell, is pastor. Dr. George Sin •iver, Jr. Guest Pi •eacher At Baptist Church Guest preacher at the Baptist Church on Sunday, August 26. comes from the Southeastern .Baptist Theological Seminary of Wake Forest, N. C., in the per son of Dr. George Shriver, Jr., assistant professor of church history. He will preach at both hours—in the morning at 11 o'clock and in the even ing at 7:30 o'clock and substi tutes for the pastor who is on vacation. Dr. Shriver is one of the younger members of the South eastern faculty, both in age—be ing 35 years old—and in asso i ciation with the seminary, hav / ■ FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Though Lacking In Experience, McGee Is Hopeful In Develop ing Strong Outfit By BILL GOODWIN, JR. Jerry McGee officially took nor the reins of local football Wednesday afternoon of last Week when he greeted a group f over -it) candidates for the 11162 edition of the Edenton Ales. Hie funner Duke fullback im ue.luitelv went to work teach -11: the ideal charges the brand -f iVidthal! made famous at his ■ tui.i mater. Practices have been icld lu i.c daily since last Wed •,..-sduy" and will continue until Hindi opens on September 4. McGee had the Aces in full uniform Wednesday night. The young mentor wasted no time in ■'getting down to scrimmage and contact work. In his first attempt to return E lentm to the throne of the Albemarle Conference, McGee v\ ill have to rely on two return ing starters and only ten letter men. Despite the lack of experience ;ind the fact that only five days .if pirn tin- had elapsed, McGee Aid Monday that he thought the Vies weald .surprise a few teams leloie the season is over. •'.V lew teams may think they wilt hint tin- daylights out of us." sai.l McGee, "but they had better think again.'’ He listed spirit and ilesiie as the basis for-'this''statement; "1 have been very happy about the . spirit shown so far." commented the young coach. "They've been hitting very hard and playing very well in Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Rotary Governor In Edenton Today (’. I>. Martin Will Pay Official Visit to Local Club Eileiilon Rotary-Club will have - its guest this (Thursday) af ternoon at i o’clock in the Par-. | isli House. C. B- Martin of Tar boro. governor of Rotary Dis trict 771. This will be Gov ernor Martin’s official visit: to the Edenton club and he will lie the speaker at the weekly luncheon. Mr. Martin will also hold con [ lerein.es with club officials and ■chairmen', of the various commit tees. so that President W. Ft. Kosevear urges every member of the club, especially those whr should confer with the governor, to be present. CIVIC CALENDAR^ Community Committeemen will meet tonight (Thursday) to se lect the slate of nominees for this year's ASC Committee elec tion. September term of Chowan Superior Court will convene on Monday morning. September 10, at 10 o'clock. First Congressional Dislwct Democratic rallv will be held at the Edenton armory Tuesday, October 9. flontimild on Pane s—Section ' *’g joined the faculty in 1959. However, he possesses a strong academic background and a var ied latitude of experience. He graduated from Stetson Univer sity with Magna Cum Laude honors, possesses the B.D. de gree from Southeastern Semin ary, and earned the ph.D. de gree from Duke University in 1961. Being married, he is the father of three daughters rang ing in age from two to five years. The public is cordially invited to join the congregation in wor ship during both of these Sun day services.