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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlX.—Number 38.
Changes Announced For
Commercial Fishing In
Chowan River And Sound
New Regulations Wel
comed By the Cho
wan River Fisher
men’s Association
Commercial fishermen will be
permitted to set pound nets and
gill nets in Chowan River as
near as 150 yards of the mouth
of. any of the tributary creeks
and will be permitted so use
three-inch gill nets throughout
the year in that part of Albe
marle Sound lying to the east
ward of the Norfolk and South
ern Railroad bridge, upon ap
proval of the September 8 ac
tion of the Commercial Fisheries
Committee by the Board of Con
servation & Development in Oc
tober. \ r
At present, nets may not be
set within 300 yards of the
rnouth of tributaries at any time
aid within 400 yards between
April 25 and July 1. Gill nets
of less than three and one-half
inch mesh may not be used be
tween July 1 and January 1 east
of the Norfolk and Southern
bridge in Albemarle Sound.
A. Thomas Belch, president,
and D. C. Forehand, secretary
of Chowan River Fishermen’s
Association, report that the as
sociation’s attoney, A. Pilston
Godwin, Jr., of Gatesville, at
tended the September and 8
meeting of Commercial Fisher
ies Committee at Morehead City,
and assisted the committee in
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September 25 To Be
Rally Day For Girl
Scouts - Brownies
All Interested In Pro
gram Asked to Meet
At Parish House at
3:30 O’clock
Rally Day for Girl Scouts and!
Brownies will be held Tuesday
afternoon, September 25, at 3:30
o’clock at St. Paul’s Parish
House for all girls interested in
the Girl Scout program, it is an
nounced by Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr.,
chairman.
A meeting for parents will be
held Monday night, September
24, at 8 o’clock at the Parish
House. "Participation by par
ents in the Scout program can
Continued on Page B—Section 1
20 Years Ago j
As Found In 1 .e Files Oi‘ ];
The Chowan Herald
A joint meeting of Chowan
County Commissioners, Town
Council and the Board of Pub
lic Works was held to consider
the inadequacy of facilities at
the Chowan County jail. Point
ing out that the present jail was
built in the early 1800's, D. M.
Warren stated that the County
Commissioners were unanimous
in their opinion that something
would Rave to be done as soon
as possible. No action was tak
en pending a report from a
committee appointed to investi
gate and report. The committee
Continued on Page 3—Section •
Edenton Scheduled To Receive
$15,682.78 From Powell Funds
The allocation of $7,629,882.79
in; Powell Bill funds to 413 par
ticipating municipalities is an
nounced by the State Highway
Commission. The funds are dis
tributed annually to qualified
cities and towns for use in non
highway system street work
within their corporate limits.
Checks to the individual munici
palities will be mailed from Ra
leigh the latter part of this
month in order tljat they will
reach municipalities by October
Powell Bill allocations are
jfeVed on a formula using the
population and street mileage
in the municipalities and the
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
j New BPW President
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MISS CATHARINE AMAN
Recently returning to ©howan
County v from Brunswick ‘ Coun
ty, Miss Catherine Aman has t
•een elected president of the
Edenlon Business avid Profes
sional Women's Club. She suc
ceeds Miss Pauline Calloway,
who resigned when she was
elected to a state BPW office.
Mrs. E. N. Elliott Named County
Democratic Woman For Year
Forty-two outstanding women'
in the Democratic party have
been announced as “Democratic j
Women of the Year” in their
particular counties, according to
an announcement made by State t
Party Vice-Chairman Mrs. Hen
ry Cromartie of Charlotte.
Selected on the basis of their
contribution to the party on the i
precinct, county and state levels,
these winners were nominated
by their Democratic Women’s.
Teachers Will Be
[ Rotarians’ Guests
j Thursday, Sept 27
Dr. Albert G. Edwards
Os Raleigh Schedul
ed to Be Speaker For
Occasion
White School teachers in Cho
wan County will be guests of
the Edenton Rotary Club Thurs
day night, September 27, when
the annual Ladies’ and Teachers’
' Night will be observed. A ban
! quet will be held in the Masonic
j Temple at 7 o’clock, where a
: dinner will be served by mem
| bers of the Edenton Chapter of
I the Eastern Star,
i The principal speaker for the
1 occasion will be Dr. Albert G-
Edwards, a Presbyterian minister
from Raleigh.
An interesting program is now
in the making, so that it is hop
ed every teacher in the county
; and every Rotarian will be
j present.
1 ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
j (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House. The pro
gram will be in charge of Elton
Forehand and President W. B.
Rosevear urges every Rotarian to
I be present.
sents an increase over 1961 of
$273,746.82.
In the twelve years of Powell
Bill allocations, a total of $73,
786,948.84 has been distributed,
and the group of participating
municipalities has grown from
386 to 413 with five additional
municipalities still under consid
eration.
Among the individual alloca
i tions Edenton is scheduled to re
* ceive a total of $15,682.78. Ac
cording to the table released by
'the Highway Commissidh, Eden
ton’s.population is listed at 4,458.
The population increment is SB,-
897.29 and mileage increment
6,785.49, with 14-71 certified non
system miles. 1
Edenton, Chov '%% ounty, North Carolina, Thursday, September 20, 196..
Women Democrats
Urged By Griffin
To Support Party
Speaks at Meeting of
Edenton Group Held
Friday Afternoon at
Edenton Restaurant
j Lloyd E. Griffin of Edenton,
! executive secretary of the North
i Carolina Citizens Association and
1 Chairman of the Chowan County
Democratic Executive Commit
tee, called upon the Chowan
I Democratic Women to support
the party and urge others to do
so at a meeting of the organi
zation Friday afternoon at the
Edenton Restaurant.
He traced the development of
parties in this country and the
development of the Democratic
party in North Carolina with
emphasis on the accomplishments
of the party in the last 60 years.
He pointed to Chowan County
as an example of what De
mocracy can mean by referring
to Joseph Hewes, signer as the
[Declaration of Independent;
James Iredell, first associate jus
tice of the U. S. Supreme Court,
and Samuel Johnston, first U. S-
Senator from North Carolina.
Plans were made for the
Continues on Page 2—Section ;
Clubs or by their County Exec
utive Committees.
From this group, winners on
the district level will be selected
in the search for the ‘‘State
Democratic Woman of the Year”,
to be announced at the second
annual Democratic Women’s Con
vention in Asheville on Octo
ber 5.
Among those in the First Dis
trict to be honored is Mrs. Em
,mett Elliott of Chowan C.ounty.
Liquor Still Raided
In Upper Chowan
County Thursday
Four Men Arrested
And a Considerable
Amount of Equip
ment Confiscated
A grcup of ATU and ABC
officers swooped down on a
liquor still in the Chappell Hill
section of Chowan County about
7:15 o’clock Thursday night.
In the raid four men, two
white and two colored, were ar
rested. The arrests include:!
Benny M. Lamb, 32, and Thom
as A. Lamb, 45, both white men;
Clarence Riddick, 30 and George
"Buster” Holley, 27, Negroes.
Confiscated in the raid were
two 350-gallon stills, a boiler, a
pre-heater, 200 gallons of new
ly made whiskey, 1,350 gallons
of mash, a cooler box, a water
pump and half-ton Chevrolet
truck.
The four men were given a
hearing in federal court at
Elizabeth City on a charge of
manufacturing and possessing il
legal whiskey. The two Lamb
men were released on bonds of
SI,OOO each and Holley and Rid
dick posted bonds in the amount
of SSOO each.
ATU officers participating in
the raid Were P. A. Lundell,
Jack Gaskill, Bill Speight, M. L.
Goodwin and Joe Kelly. ABC
officers included Bennie Hal
stead, A. D. Baum and Troy
Toppin.
Band Will Observe
Tag Day Sept. 22
Saturday, September 22, will
be observed as tag day by the
John A- Holmes High School
Band.
During the day band members
will be selling tags in the busi
ness section and it is hoped they
will .meet with generous response '
;in this effort to help raise 1
! money for the band.
Tag Day will also begin a
drive by parents of band mem
bers, who will solicit business
concerns and individuals in or- i
der to raise money' to purchase
Inew instruments.
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CRUISING DOWN THE ItIVER—A far cit from what is
usually associated with lumberjacks, this one takes a
leisurely cruise down the river. In the tow of a large river
barge, the pontoon of logs, which carry a car and a make
shift shed, float swiftly by Frankfurt, West Germany.
Over 1,200 Cash Prizes
To Be Giver
County Fair
$2,000 Will Be Distri
buted For Best Ex
hibits Displayed Dur
ing Week
Over 1,200 cash prizes valued
at $2,000 will be offered for in
dividual exhibits to residents cf
Chowan County at the annual
Chowan County F*air which will
be held October 1-6.
W. A. Perry, fair president,
said a large number of quality
exhibits are expected from both
residents of the town and coun
ty. Premium lists are available
at the county agricultural office
in the hotel building.
A special attraction will be
fireworks nightly and the Rei
thoffer Show with 16 rides, some
especially for the children. On
the midway there will be 40 con
cessions and five side shows.
Edward G. Bond Post No. 40 of
the American Legioi. is again
Continued on Page 8, Section 1
Ole Country Sale
Planned At Center
Hill September 22
Sponsored by the Center Hill
community, an -Ole Country
Sale’’ will be held at Carlton
Goodwin's warehouse at Center
Hill Saturday, September 22.
The sale will begin at 10 o’clock
in the morning and from 7 to
10 P. M-, a program will be
presented which will provide
wholesome entertainment for the
entire family.
During the sale the following
will be offered at auction: Pies
ar>d cakes, pickles and relish,
jams and jellies, bazaar items
and potted plants, hamburgers
and hot dogs, cold and hot
drinks.
Open House At
Rviand Sept. 21
Members of the Ryland Home
Demonstration Club have recent
ly completed their community
building and plan to observe;
open house Friday night, Sep
tember 21. The observance will
be held from 8 to 10 o’clock
and the public is cordially in
vited to be guests of the club
for the occasion. |
Very Poisonous Jequirity Beau
Necklaces Found In Edenton
Following news releases re
garding necklaces made from
poisonous beans from Haiti, it
was learned that some of the
necklaces were in Edenton.
Mrs. A1 Phillips realized, after .
reading some of the news ar-1
tides, that she had purchased
some of the necklaces at Caro-;
lina Beach- and turned one over I
to Dr. Ed Bond. Dr. Bond sub
sequently sent the necklace
made of jequirity beans to the \
Duke Hospital Poison Control
Center and was later notified
that the beads are very poison
ous. Dr. Bond also had on dis
play at Thursday's Rotary meet-!
ing one of the necklaces. I
i At Chowan
October 1-6
Dancing Expert In
[Edenton Saturday
Toßegister Pupils
Lessons to Be Taught
By Miss Mountcastle
From Dancing School
At Suffolk
Miss Mountcastle of the Mount
j castle School of Dancing in Suf
folk will be in Edenton Satur-
I day, September 22, from 2 P. M.,
to 5 P. M., at St. Paul’s Parish
House to' register pupils for
dancing lessons here,
l She will give dancing lessons
to children from age 3 and
adults. There will be one hour
lessons each week of half an
hour ballet and half an hour tap,
teenage ballroom and adult ball
room. Cost will be $1.50 per
lesson payable one month in ad
vance. Classes probably will be
on Fridays.
| Miss Mountcastle studied un
; der Jean Ballance School of
I Dancing and the Eva Mae Mor-
Conlinued on Page 7, Section 1
Rally Day Sunday
At Methodist Church
Rally Day will be observed at
the Edenton Methodist Church
next Sunday, September 23, ac
cording to announcement made
jby the pastor, the Rev. Van T-
Crawford.
Sunday School will begin
promptly at 9:45 A. M., with
Paul Stanton, superintendent, in
charge.
The Rally Day theme will be
| carried through the morning
| worship service with sermon by
| the pastor at 11 o'clock.
! All members of the Sunday
' School and church have been
; asked to be present for this
’ special service. Visitors are
; cordially invited.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will hold their
weekly meeting Monday night,
September 24, at 7 o’clock at the
Edenton Restaurant. Herbert j
Hollowell, president’, urges a 100 !
i per cent attendance.
The jequirity bean somewhat
'resembles a Lady bug, being
about a quarter of an inch long,
bright orange with one black
end. They are very attractive
to small children and according
to authorities are very danger
ous to have around. The main
danger, it is pointed out, is with
children who would be likely to
chew the beans. It is also said
that the holes cut to run string
through the bean would allow
some of the poison to escape.
Dr. Jacob Koomen, assistant
director of the State Board of
Health, said local health direc»
tors around the state wculd be
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Aces Will Tackle
WHliamston Green
Wave Friday Night
Both Teams Will Be
Out to Realize First
Taste of Victory For
Current Season
Following a week's rest due
to an open date, Edenton’s Aces
will again go into action Friday
night, September 21, when they
tangle with Williamston High
School. The game will be the
second home garr.« of the sea
son and will begin at 8 o'clock
on Hicks Field.
Though idle from a regular
game last Friday night, Coaches
Jerry McGee and Billy Hardison
have been taking the boys
through the paces, so that they
should be in good shape to meet
the Williamston Green Wave.
Both aggregations will be out
to realize their first taste of vic
tory, for neither team has won
a game thus far this season. In
the opening game the Aces were
defeated by Roanoke Rapids 14-0.
The Green Wave lost its open
ing game to Robersonville and
last Friday night's game resulted
in a 6-6 tie with Scotland Neck.
Conthiv-d on Page 4, Section ’
Richard Selin man Speaks On
U. S. Constitution At Meeting Oi
Tea Party Chapter Os D. A. R.
R. W. Schuman, executive vice
president of Colonial .Broadcast
er's, Inc., addressed the Edenton
Tea Party Chapter of the DAR
on the Constitution at a lunch
eon meeting held Wednesday of
last week at the Edenton Res
taurant.
He was introduced by Mrs.
W. E. Bond, chairman of Con
stitution Week, which is being
observed by tf»e chapter this
week.
He described the Constitution
!as the ‘’greatest political and
Catherine Aman
President Os BPW
Succeeds Miss Pauline
Calloway, Who Re
cently Resigned
Miss Catherine Aman has
! been elected to serve as presi
! clcnt of the Edenton Business &.
Professional Women’s Club for
the 1962-63 club year. She suc
ceeds Miss Pauline Calloway,
who resigned as president when
she was elected to an office in
the State Federation of Business
j & Professional Women at the
state convention held at Char
lotte in June. Due to this she
was unable to hold both offices.
Miss Aman recently returned
io Edenton from Brunswick
County, where she was the home
agent, to accept a position as
guidance counselor at Chowan
High School.
The first meeting of the BPW
j Club year will be held tonight
; (Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the
| Barker House. This will be a|
| dinner and -business meeting;
[ with committee chairmen hold
i ing workshops.
The president urges every j
member to attend this most im- (
portant meeting. .
; Javeette Officers
Installed Tonight
Officers for Edenton’s Jay
cettes will be installed at a
meeting tonight (Thursday) at 7
o’clock. The meeting will be
held at the Edenton Restaurant,
at which time West Byrum, Jr.,
i will be the principal speaker.
Bill Easterling will have
’ charge of the installation cere
j mony and the president, Mrs.
Ethel LaVoie, urges every Jay
| cette to be present.
A dance is scheduled to be
held after the meeting at the
VFW building.
VFW MEETS TUESDAY
William H. Coffield, Jr., Post
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will meet Tuesday night, •
September 25, at 8 o’clock.
Commander Hallett Chesson is 1
very anxious to have a large!
turnout of members.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Chowan Farm Bureau Will
Hold Annual Meeting In
Edenton Armory Tonight
Farm Bureau Speaker
wm, imi
A. C. (Lon' EDWARDS
Chowan County Farm Bureau
will hold its annual dinner meet
ing tonight (Thursday) at the
Edenton armory at 6:30 o'clock,
when A. C. (Lon) Edwards of
Hookerton will be the principal
speaker. •
humanitarian document the
world has ever known.” He
pointed out that the document
established a limited constitu
tional republic with particular
emphasis on what 'government
can not do” in the Bill of Rights
and guarantees the rights of the
individual.
He said, "I do not believe we
need those who are interpreting
an(F re-interpreting the. Consti
tution as is being done today"
The reference was to the mem-
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
1 Leo Katkaveck New
Teenage President
j
Club Plans to Improve j
Facilities at Club
Room
At a meeting of the official j
board of Edenton’s Teenage Club;
held Monday, night Leo Katka
veck was elected president. He;
succeeds Joe Thorud. Mrs. Da
vid White was elected secretary
treasurer and Mrs! Harry Lassi
ter was re-elected as club su
pervisor.
Joe Thorud rehearsed the ac
tivities of the club during the
past year and plans were con
sidered for the coming year.
One item to claim attention was
an effort to improve facilities at
the Teenage Club room.
It was decided to have the
Teenage Club open Friday and
Saturday nights unless ; some
school function interferes.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication of
; Unanimity Lodge No. 7. A. F.
& A. M., will be held tonight
; (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. J. C-,
- Parks, master of the lodge, urges
I a large attendance.
ASC Community Committees
Fleeted For Chowan County
According to Mrs. Grace S. i
j Griffin, acting office manager
for the local Agricultural Stabi
| lization and Conservation Ser
vice, reports that election returns
j from three county agricultural
: communities have been tabulat
!ed and approved by the county
| committee. The following were
elected to serve on the ASC
I community committees for the
i following year:
Community A—Robert Bunch,
chairman; Woodrow Lowe, vice
I chairman; Jarvis Skinner, regu
lar member; Sanford Bass, first
alternate; Edward Goodwin, sec-1
ond alternate.
Community B—Ray Byrum,
. chairman; Charles Asbell, vice l
; chairman; Earl Bunch, regular;
‘member; Alvin Evans, first al
j ternate; Albert Bunch, second !
alternate.
* FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
iLon Edwards Will Be
Principal Speaker at
I Dinner to be Served
At 6:30 O’clock
Chowan County’s Farm Bu
reau will hold its annual meet
ing tonight (Thursday) at 6:30
o’clock. This will be a dinner
meeting which will be hold in
j the Edenton armory beginning
at 6:30 o’clock, where a chicken
’dinner will be served.
; Woodrow Lowe, president of
the Chowan Count}’ Farm Bu
reau. points out that this will
be a free dinner to all members
who have paid their 1962 dues
and he extends a special invi
tation to all new members and
i their families. to be present.
The principal speaker for the
occasion will be A. C. (Lon; Ed
wards of Hookorton. Mr. Ed
wards is very well and favor
ably known throughout Farm
Bureau circles in the state. He
is past executive vice president
of the North Carolina Farm Bu
reau and is how serving as
president of the Greene County
Farm Bureau.
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Hospital Auxiliary
’’ Will Meet Friday
I)r. L. P. Williams, Jr.
Speaker For First
Fall Meeting
The Chowan Hospital Auxili
ary will hold its first fall meet
ing Friday afternoon. Septem
ber 21, at 3 o'clock in the nurses'
; home beside the hospital,
1 Dr. L. P. Williams. Jr., re
jcently named chairman of the
I Chowan County Cancer Unit,
will speak to the group. Dr.
Williams returned to Edenton in
1 August to pactice as a surgeon.
Mrs. J. D. Elliott, Auxiliary
: president, urges all committee
i chairmen to be present and have
| their reports ready.
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| Methodist Men’s Club
Will Meet Tonight
The Methodist Mini's Club will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 6:30
'o’clock at the church. This.will
be a dinner meeting and Nathan
Owens, president, is very anxious
to have every member pro ;<*nt,
Mr. Owens has announced that
the pickled herring breakfasts
will be resumed the first Sat
urday morning in October.
[ CIVIC CALENDAR J
Chowan County Farm Bureau
will hold its annual dinner meet
ing tonight (Thursday) at 6:30
o'clock in the Edenton armory.
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
will meet in the nurses' home
Friday afternoon, September 21.
at 3 o'clock.
Chowan County Fair will be
held at the American Legion
Fair Grounds October 1-6.
Sponsored bv the Center Hill
community, an "Ole Country
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I Community C —E. M Howell,
chairman; Foy Ward, vice chair
man; J. Beecher Ward, regular
member; Ralph Hoilowell, first
: alternate; Colbert Byrum, second
alternate.
The elected chairman of the
committees will serve as dele
gates to the county convention
to be held today (Thursday) to
elect an ASC county committee
chairman, vice chairman, a third
member and two alternates.
Both county and community
committeemen will take office
on October 1.
Mrs. Griffin reports that this
year a larger percentage of
farmers voted than ever before
in a community committee elec
tion. Chowan had 978 eligible
voters on the register end 627
voted.