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ONLY NEWSPAPER “ PUBLISHED IN - CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXlX.—Number 35. Assignments And Fees Released For Opening Os John Holmes High School 1962-63 School Term Is Scheduled to Be gin Tuesday Morn ing, September 4 Cecil W. Fry, principal of John A. Holmes High School, early this week • announced home room assignments and schedules of fees for the 1962-63 school year which will begin Tuesday morn ing, September 4. Any students who have not been listed or any new students who have not registered for the school year are requested to re port to thfe principal’s office on September 4 for assignment to home rooms. The .new year will begin with a half day on Tuesday, and the first full day will be an Wed nesday, September 5. The home room assignments are as follows: 7th Grade—Mrs. Louise Marsh Room 123 Boys: Louis Barnett, Melvin Boyce, Malcolm Dixon, Quinton Goodwin, Ronnie Harrell, John nie Hobbs, Donald Jordan, Lar ry Lane, Clyde Layden, Rudy Mewsom, Billy Perry, Frederick Sexton, Billy Wallace ( Skinner White. Girls: Gladys Arnold, Carol Bryant,* Ellen Cuthrell, Judy Goodwin, Ruth Hunnings, An nie Lassiter, Carroll Lassiter, Connie Overton, Judy Mills. Ma'ry Sue Rogerson, Carolyn Spruill, • Dianne Toler, Judy White. Continued on Page 4, Section 1 Df. Robert Benson Will Be Speaker At Wdman’sClubMeet Local Group Will Hold First Meeting of Fall Wednesday, Sept. 5 At 1 P. M. Dr. Robert C- Benson, presi dent of the College of the Albe marle, will address the Edenton Woman’s Club at its first fall meeting Wednesday afternoon, September 5, at 1 o’clock at the Edenton Restaurant. He will speak on the ‘*Role of the Community College” and will discuss the importance of the availability of higher edu cation in the area. Conl'd. on Pag* 2—Section 1 20 Years Ago ] At Found In I>* Filet Oi J The Chowan Herald "1 V d The Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Committee were officially consolidated at a meet ing of directors of both organi sations. J. G. Campen agreed to. be the first president of the new . consolidation. Ralph Par rish became vice president, W. M. Wilkins treasurer, and the di rectors appointed were J. Clar ence Leary, T. C. Byrum, Rich ard Elliott, W. E. Malone, Johnj Mitchener and Guy Hobbs. An air raid test held Monday night proved very successful. E, W. Spires, county civilian de fense director ,and W. W. By rum. chief county air raid Ward- Continued on Par* s—■action 1 Dr. Garland Hendricks Will Fill Baptist Pulpit Sunday Beginning the third in a series of three guest prjfichers to the Baptist pulpit, Dr. Garland A Hendricks comes from the South eastern Baptist Theological Sem inary in Wake Forest, N. C., to preach at both worship hours on : Sunday. September 3. se- JriM>°will return to the pulpit on THE CHOWAN HERALD j Wins Scholarship JM mk REV. TERRY JONES | Announcement was made this week that the Rev. Terry Jones was awarded a S3OO scholarship , by the Chowan Association W.MIU. Harlow Says N. C. Banks Major Source Os Agriculture Credit North Carolina banks remain a major source of credit and oth er financial services to agricul ture, according to Walter H. Harlow, executive vice president of the Bank of Hobbsville, who represents the North Carolina Bankers Association as Gates County Key Banker. Based on the 2lst annual farm lending summary of the Agricul ture Committee of The American Banket s- jJdbc3pf£nnTjK|r. Harlovy reported that 'at the beginning of the year/ North Carolina Band Parents Meet Sept. 10 Edenton’s Band Parents Asso ciation will meet Monday night, September 10, at 7:30 o’clock in the band room. 'The meeting was scheduled to bp held Mon day, September 3, but was post poned one week due to'the La bor Day holiday. This being the first meeting of the hew school year, Mrs. John Bunch, the new president, j urges all members to attend in order to perfect organization for i the year. Visiting Preacher DR. GARLAND HENDRICKS In the absence of the pasibr, the Rev. R. N. Carroll, Dr. Gar land Hendricks of Wake Forest will, preach at both morning and j evening services Sunday, Sep tember 2, at the Edenton Bap tist Church. educated in North Carolina in titutions •of learning with the exception of the Southern Bap tist Theological Seminary in 'Louisville, Ky., from which, he earned the Th.B. Degree. He graduated from Nashville High School and received the BjA. Degree and D.D. Degree from Wake Forest College. He mar ried the former Estelle Dabbs of Columbia, S. C., and is the falhef-Of three children. .Being a champion of the ru- Edenton, Chowan %'t ity, North Carolina, Thursday, August 30, 1962. Coierain Defeats Orioles To Claim R-C Championship Bertie County Outfit Wins Two Straight Games In Play-off ! Series i The Rocky Hock Orioles were beaten two straight games by [ Coierain last week and lost the playoff championship of the Roa noke-Chowan League in the pro cess.- Coierain snatched the deciding series from the Chowan County outfit by beating them 11-10 on Wednesday night and 6-5 Fri day. It was only the fourth and I fifth losses by Rocky Hock all season. Ted Chappell was the losing pitcher Wednesday*. The Orioles got behind early in the game, and despite, a strong rally were not able to overtake their foes. | Zackie Harrell had a home run jin the contest. .Chappell was out of the line up Friday night, since he had ,to report to his school teaching 1 post, and the Orioles fell be- Coniir.ued on Page 3. Section 1 banks were helping farmers with SB9-million in loans, 4 per cent more than a year previous. This total included $46-million in pro duction loans and $43-million in farm mortgages. At the same time, S3B-million in farm loans was held by life insurance com panies; $63-million by the Fed eral Land Banks; $45-million by Production Credit Associations; and sl2-million in non-real-es tfcte *JLq§BS .Plus. s;i6-ajiUian ,ia real estate loans by the Farm- Conlinuea on Page 2—Section / Bicycle Rider Hurt By Auto j. An eight year-old Negro youth narrowly escaped serious injury Wednesday afternoon of last week when the bicycle on which he was riding was struck and demolished by an automobile. Lewis Valentine suffered only minor bruises when he was knocked from his bicycle by a car driven by Olivia Johnson Hines, Negro, of Route 3, Eden ton. The Hines car had stopped at the intersection of Carteret and North Oakum Streets before it pulled out to head north on Oak um. Valentine rode his bicycle into the path of the slow-moving vehicle as it entered the inter section . Edenton police investi gated and listed Valentine’s bi cycle as a total loss. Mrs. Clara Boswell Honored At College Mrs. Clara M. Boswell, sci ence teacher at John A. Holmes High School, was cited tor work of excellence while atending a National Science Foundation In stitute at East Carolina College this summer. Mrs. Boswell won top honors for studies in earth science. She was among eight teachers who were presented special citations upon completing the seminar last Thursday. McGee Speaker At Rotary Meeting Edenton Rotarians will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. The program will be in charge of Hi ram Mayo, who will present Coach Jerry McGee. Mr. McGee will speak about the prospects of this year’s edi tion of the Edenton Aces and President W. B. Rosevear urges every Rotarian to be present. EASTERN STAR MEETING Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or der of the Eastern Star, will meet Monday night, September 3, at 8 o’clock. This will be the first meeting of the fall and an interesting program has been ar- Vi & g Evangelist At Ballard’s Bridge Jfl MB,:-. , : ; ml : Ji :-::gP j. C 4 , m * 1 REV. CLARKE WISEMAN Rewval services are scheduled to be held at Ballard's Bridge Baptist Church from Sunday. September 2. through Sunday, Sep tember 9. The visiting evangelist will be the Rev. Clarke Wise mah, known as "The Walking Parson." Services will be held each night during the week at 8 o’clock. Farm Bureau Os Chowan Begins Membership Drive With Goal 250 Members Additional Services In I Prospect Under New Tri-County Organiz-| . ation l Bristoe Perry, Chairman of the j Chowan Farm Bureau member ship committee, has announced that the Farm Bureau mail cam- ! paign for 1962-63 members has begun in Chowan County. Judging from the success of' the mail campaign last year, Mr. Perry is expected that many 1 farmers will join the county’s largest farm organization through i the mail this year, especially with the additional services be- 1 ing offered to the membership this year. Free notary service, aid in filing for the gas tax refund,! and a thousand-dollar tractor ac-} cident policy arc some of the additional services available this | Continued on Page 3—Section 1 BANK CLOSED MONDAY I Peoples Bank & Trust Com-1 pany will be closed all day | Monday, September 3, in obser vance of Labor Day, a legal | holiday. Moral And Spiritual Values Stressed At Distriet Meeting Os Womans Clubs Held Here Woman’s Club members of District 16 were urged to dedi cate themselves moral and spiritual values with emphasis on cultural heritage at a district institute held here Wednesday of last week. The Edenton Woman’s Club was host for the meeting, which was held at St. Paul’s Parish House. Mrs. J. D. Elliott of Edenton, district president, pre sided over the institute. Mrs. Charles C- Mackintosh of High Point, first state vice presi dents stressed the importance of being well informed, studying R. C. Holland Dies After Long Illness Ravenel Carlisle Holland, 70, died Wednesday night of last j week at 7:45 o’clock at his home j on West Church Street after be- j ing in ill health for four years. A native of Nansemond County in Virginia, he was an Edenton attorney for many years. Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Myra- Vann Holland. He was a member of the Edenton Baptist Church and a veteran of World War I. Graveside services were held in Beaver Hill Cemetery Fri day afternoon at 4 o’clock. The , I Guest Speaker Km ■ ft M Rjft| JR fljj DR. ROBERT C. BENSON For the first meeting of the fall season of the Edenton Wo- I man’s Club, Dr. Robert C. Ben son, president of the College of i the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, will be the guest speaker. The meeting will be held Wednes day afternoon, September 5. at 1 o'clock at the Edenton Res taurant. ' and acting on the problems of illiteracy and education, and es- I tablishing a heritage program in * each club. -! Mrs. C- Gordon Maddrey of 1 Ahoskie, national fine arts chair- j man and immediate past state ' president, spoke of a national i awakening of interest in art and i expressed the hopes of forming ‘ a cultural center and an arts council in North Carolina. The place of arts in the com • munity was elaborated on by Mrs. J. C- Liebhart of Morgan ton, second vice president, who ; Continued on Pea* 3—Section 1 Rocky Hock Church Is Being Improved Work is now in progress at .the Rocky Hock Church which will result in a brick veneer I sanctuary. The work, which is being done by the Edentoft Con struction Company, also includes painting the roof and other tidying up of the building. The cost of the proposed im provements is estimated to amount to approximately $15,000. BANK CLOSED MONDAY The Bank of Hofabsville will be dosed all day Monday, Sep tember 3, in observance of La i bor Day, a legal holiday. Aces Scheduled To Play Central High On November 9th * Another Open Date Still Remains Unfill ed on Schedule For September 14 Coach Jerry McGee reported early this week that his Eden ton Aces have scheduled a game with Pasquotank Central for No vember 9. There is still an open date on the schedule for Sep tember 14. Central had more or less been on the hook for some time, and the school made the game offi cial this week. The contest will be played on Central’s field just south of Elizabeth City. Princial Cecil W. Fry of John A. Holmes High School explain ed that a homc-and-home con tract has been signed with Cen tral. Next year the game will be played on Hicks Field. ‘‘We had to play over there this year,” stated Mr. Fry, ‘‘in order that we will have five home games next year. We had Cont'd. on Page 2—Section 1 Edenton Woman’s Club Plans Series Duplicate Bridge Games Duplicate bridge games, spon sored by the Edenton Woman’s Club, will begin Tuesday, Sep- I tember 11, at the Barker House. Carlton Perry of Elizabeth City, who has organized dupli j cate bridge paly’ for the Eliza ! beth City Woman's Club and currently for the Elizabeth City Golf Club, will direct the local: games. All persons in the Albemarle 1 area are invited to participate. I The local league will be affiliat- ' |ed with the American Contract j Bridge League. Rev, Terry Jones Wins Scholarship i Awarded S3OO Schol arship By Chowan W. M. U. The Rev. Terry Jones has been awarded the S3OO Chowan j Association WMU scholarship j The scholarship is given to a student studying to become a minister, missionary or Christian education major. Mr. Jones, 21 years old, is a graduate of John A. Holmes High School. He completed two years of work at Chowan Col lege, where he was president of the Ministerial Alliance of Cho wan. He now plans to enter his third year at Campbell Col lege. Mr. Jones, a member of Mace donia Baptist Church, is at pres ent pastor of the Chappell Hill and Yeopim churches, having been ordained to the Baptist ministry April 6,1962. He has preached for several youth re vivals. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Jones and is married to the former Miss Carolyn God win of Cofield; N. C. Water Survey Topic At Council Meeting A report of water survey be ing conducted by Bruce Lloyd, in charge of the U. S. geological survey in Chowan County, will be presented at the September Home Demonstration County Council meeting to be held at Advance Community Building on Wednesday afternoon, Sep tember 5, at 2:30 o’clock. The reupholstering workshop September 25 and 26 and coun ty-wide chair caning workshop October 10 and 11 will be dis cussed. Announcements will he made concerning the Chowan County Fair October 1-6 and North Carolina State Fair Oc tober 15-20. Other items of business will include Adhieve ment Day, husbands’ supper. Christmas festival and selection !of United Nations delegates. Yeopim Home Demonstration 1 Club will be hostess for the County Council meeting. All club members are urged to I attend. a t , $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford Will Visit Chowan County Schools On September 5 Coming To Chowan lp|L Etri GOVERNOR TERRY SANFORD On a lour of Eastern North Carolina, Governor Terry San ford is scheduled to visit and speak at while and colored schools in Cnowan County Wed nesday, September 5. Play will be held each Tues day at 7:30 P. M., for fractional point games and the first master point game will he October 2 at 8 P. M. Mrs. G- D- Burden, chairman, explained that it is not neces sary to have a partner, nor is the system difficult to learn. Duplicate bridge boards will be furnished by the Woman’s Club. Cost will be 50 cents an evening for fractional point games and $1 for master point games. Any one interested may contact eith er Mrs. Burden or Mrs. R. E. Forehand, Jr., dull president. Edwards Concern In New Location Adds Teletype Service In Order to Speed Up Service 11. L. Edwards, owner and op erator of Edwards Body and Fender Works, announced this week that his concern is now equipped with teletype service that can locate auto parts in any part of the United States. Edwards said that his shop is in constant teletype contact with 15 other body shops in the east ern part of the country, enabling Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Guest Evangelist m HHp. W 1 j - W REV. LEON MORROW Revival services are in pro gress at the Assembly of God Church this week and will con i tinue through Sunday, Septem ber 9. The visiting evangelist iis the Rev. Leon Morrow oi Dallas, Texas, who will preach at 8 o'clock each night. ASC Community Nominees For 1963 Elections Are Announced The Community Committee-1 men of Chowan County met | Thursday night, August 23. and completed the slate of nominr'es to be voted on in this year’s! elections. Ballots will be mailed to. all j eligible voters on August 31 and j these ballots should be marked and returned to the ASC office : before Monday, September 10. j The following slate of nom- i inees is announced: Community A—Sanford Bass.! Stanley Blanchard, Thomas 1 FIGHT CANCER WITH 4 CHECKUP I AND CHECK Scheduled to Address | Both White and Col ored Schools During Day 'Governor Terry Sanford will visit four schools in Chowan County on Wednesday, Septem ber 5. The Governor will be in the Albemarle area to dedicate the Knotts Island ferry and tour schools in five counties, of which Chowan will be the last. Students front Edenton Ele mentary School and John A Holmes High School will assem ble together in the elementary school auditorium at 1 P. M-. on Wednesday. After the elementary school talk. Governor Sanford will visit Edenton High School, where he will address the entire colored unit in the school's rymtoriurn at 1:50. i At 2:50 the Governor will ar rive at Chowan High School and ‘ talk to the students there. At 3:30 ho will stop by White Oak Elementary School for a short visit. ; Superintendent of Edenton City Schools Hiram J. Mayo said early this week that District ; Highway Commissioner Gilliam Wood will introduce, the gov j ernor at the Edenton schools. Also invited as platform guests will be town officials, county commissioners, members of the city board of education, and leg islators Albeit By rum and B. Warner Evans. Mr. Mayo also has extended an invitation to all parents and interested citizens j Continued on rage K—Section I Ballard’s Bridge ! Revival To Begin : Sunday, Sept. 2nd Rev. Clark Wiseman Will Be the Visiting Evangelist For Series, Os Meetings Revival services are scheduled jat the Ballard’s Bridge Baptist • Church beginning with the morning service on -Sunday. 1 September 2. and continuing I nightly through Sunday. Ssp [tember 9. with the nightly set - | vices being scheduled for S | o’clock. The Rev. Clark Wiseman will be the guest evangelist. Mr, : Wiseman is a graduate of Payne College. Southeastern Baptist I Seminary and the Department of Continued on Psoe 2—Section • [civic calendar ! September term of Chowan Superior Court will convene on Monday morning, September 10, at 10 o'clock. First Congressional District Democratic rally will be held at the Edenton armory Tuesday, October 9. Schools in Edenton will open Tuesday, September 4. Edenton's Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Parish House. Edenton Chapter No. 302. C»r der of the Eastern Star, will meet Monday night, September 3, at 8 o'clock. i Continued on Page 6. Section 1 Brabble'. Robert Bunch. Edward Goodwin. Edward Hare, George Jones, Woodrow Lowe, Yaces Parrish and Jarvis Skinner. Community B—Charles Asbell, Thurman Ashley. Murray Bass, Albert Bunch. Earl Bunch, Ray Byrum, Sammy Byrum, Alvin Evans. Carlton Goodwin and David Ober. Community C—Clyde Blanch ard, Lyman Blanchard, Cottprt Byrum, N. D. Chappell, W.'. D. Elliott E. M. Howell, Ralph K. Hollowell, M. L. Perry, Foy A. Ward and J. Beecher Ward.