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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlX.—Number 42.
Chas. B. Wade, Jr. Os Winston-Saler;
Is Scheduled To Be Guest Speaker A
Chamber Commerce Annual Banquet
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Affair Will Be Held
Tuesday Night, Oc
tober 23 at Masonic
Ttmple at 7 O’clock
Edenton’s Chamber of Com
merce will Hold its annual ban
quet Tuesday night, October 23,
at 7 o’clock in the dining room
of the Masonic Temple.
All members of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce have re
ceived a letter of invitation to
attend the banquet. It is hoped
that they will signify their in
tent to attend by making early
reservations either through the
Chamber office or through
George Lewis' at the Peoples
Bank & Trust Company.
Officials of the Chamber of i
Commerce feel fortunate that it
was possible to obtain Charles j
B. Wade, Jr., of Winston-Salem i
as guest speaker for the occasion.!
Mr. Wade is a native North j
Carolinian and a speaker of
great stature and is in constant
demand by top level business
organizations.
Mr. Wade is vice president of
the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany and a member of its board
of directors. He is a graduate
of Duke University, class of
1938. In the second World War
he received his commission from
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Lions Club Will Sell
Halloween Candy
House-to-House Can
vass Monday Night
From 6 to 7:30
I' Members of the Edenton
Lions Club will conduct trick or
treat pre-Halloween candy sale
Monday night, October 22, from)
6 to 7:30 o’clock. Lions will
meet at the Edenton Restaurant
at 6 o’clock and make a house
to-house canvass until 7:30
o’clock when the weekly meet
ing will be held.
The Lions will sell a product
which will go into homes as
treats for visiting “goblins” on
Halloween night, and they hope
many people will buy the candy
to pass out in the trick or treat
parade. Proceeds of the sale
will be used for sight conserva
tion and other Lion activities in
the community.
20 Years Ago j
As Found In 1.4 Files OI {
Ihe Chowan Herald |
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John Bowers Wiggins died in
Duke Hospital following several
months of declining health.
With the County Commission
ers and Town Council meeting
jointly, a State Guard unit was
practically assured for Chowan
County. Lloyd E. Griffin agreed
to serve as commanding officer
and assist in organizing the unit.
R. C. Holland, Chairman of
the Chowan County USDA War
Board, called for a county-wide
tin can campaign to salvage val
uable metal which the govern
ment needed in the war effort.
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Johnny Winborne Wins Fourth
Place In State Teen-Dem Contest
Johnny Winborne, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Winborne,
Route 1, Edenton, who won first
place in the First District Teen-
Dem Essay-Speaking , contest,
oame in fouth in the state con
test held in Asheville October 6.
Young Winborne delivered his
essay in the George Vanderbilt
Hotel.
Following is Johnny’s essay:
WHY SHOULD YOU SUPPORT
A POLITICAL PARTY?
When someone says “I vote
for the man, not the party,” that
V teems to Ije a superior attitude.
| It would suggest that there is
I something wrong or bad About
being a party man. The fact is
that all democratic governments
in our times have been depend
ent upon party government for
•table government.
A political party is but the
vehicle which our leader? are '
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Chowan River Fishing Access
Area Ready After October 25
Sportsmen in this area have
long looked forward to having a
Wildlife Resources Commission
fishing access area constructed
on the broad Chowan River.
William Kinsey, in charge of
constructing the new fishing ac
cess area at the northwest corn
er of the Chowan River bridge
on U. S. 17, wishes to announce
through the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce that sportsmen should
be patient just 10 days or so
longer to give the newly seeded
grass an opportunity to .take
hold on the two acre parking
area. Barricades are up to pre-.
vent untimely entry and this is
a reminder from Mr. Kinsey of
the Wildlife Resources Commis
W.J.P. Earnhardt Jr.
Appointed Solicitor
Os Recorder Court
John W. Graham Ap
pointed County At
torney to Succeed
John Shackelford
Following the recent resigna
tion of John E. Shackelford as
prosecuting attorney for Chowan
County Recorder’s Court and
county attorney, their successors
were appointed last week by the
Chowan County Commissioners.
W. J. P. 'Earnhardt, who re
cently opened a law office in
Edenton after practicing law in
Wilmington, N. C., was appoint
ed to fill 'the unexpired term
of Mr. Shackelford as prosecut
ing attorney.
John W. Graham was appoint
ed to fill Mr. Shackelford’s term
as county attorney. The ap
pointments went into effect
Monday of this week.
Mr. Shackelford resigned the
two positions to become associ
ated with the law firm of Uzzell
& DuMont in Asheville.
X-Ray Conference
On Monday Night
A planning conference will be
held at the Chowan County
Court House on Monday night,
October 22, at 8 o’clock. This
conference Will be in connection
with the chest X-ray survey
which is scheduled to be in
Edenton November 24, 27, 28, 29.
Dr. J. A. Johnson, district
health director, says that due to
the fact that the X-ray unit will
be in Edenton only four days,
it is necessary to plan carefully
to influence all people to take
advantage of this opportunity to
get a chest X-ray.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton’s Lions Club will hold
its weekly meeting Monday
night, October 22. Members are
requested to meet at the Eden
ton Restaurant at 6 o’clock to
canvass homes to sell Halloween
candy and the regular meeting
will begin at 7:30 o’clock in
stead of 7 o’clock.
placed in power. Every citizen
should feel it his duty to affili
ate himself with a party since
our government is controlled by
political parties and. as Edmond
Burke once sais, “Party divi
sions . . . whether on the whole
operating for good or evil are
things inseparable from free
government.”
No sensible American would
want a one-party system as is
found in Russia and there is no
safety in multi-splinter parties
as is found in France. This
situation resulted ’in 21 different
'governments in the 10 years fol
lowing the end of World War 11.
The person who “votes for the
. man” has no choice of a candi
date except ones set forth by a
party. Only political parties
made it possible for Americans to
vote for Lincoln, Teddy Roose
velt, Wilson, Franklin D. Roose
velt, Truman, Eisenhower and
John F. Kennedy. To vote for
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 18, 1962.
:ision that the barricades will
11 come down just as soon as the
1 1 grass seems strong enough to
1, withstand the expected traffic.
. 1 This new fishing access area
f j should mean a great deal not
• j only for the convenience of
• sportsmen but also to the econ
: i omy of Edenton and Chowan
i; County. It is one of the finest'
: ; fishing access areas in eastern
1 1 North Carolina and should be
i ] heavily patronized. It has a 30-
foot canal affording ready access
i to the Chowan River but please
; be patient and give the seeded
. grass an opportunity to grow.
:j It is promised that barricades
: will be down and the area open
; for use after October 25.
Homecoming At
Local High School
Friday, October IS
Hornets to Meet Per
quimans Panthers on
Hicks Field; Parade
At 5 P. M.
Edenton High School will cele
brate its annual homecoming on
Friday night, October 19, at 7:30
o’clock when the Hornets will
meet the Perquimans County
Panthers on Hicks Field, The
gala affair will include half time
activities and pre-game activities
in the afternoon.
Homecoming activities will be
gin' at 5 P- M., when the Edenton
High School band will spread
the homecoming spirit as they
march down Oakum Street to
Water Street and then proceed
up Broad Street to Freemason
Street and back to the campus,
j Competition promises to be
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Legion Auxiliary
Conducting Drive
For New Members
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Mrs. Mills Is
Chairman of Drive
To Boost Local Mem
bership
A membership drive is now in
progress by the local American
Legion Auxiliary, with Mrs. W.
E. Mills as membership chair
man. Mrs. Mills is hopeful that
this year a record enrollment
will be secured.
Mrs. Mills points out that
more than 900,000 are enrolled
in the Legion Auxiliary among j
nearly 14,000 local units and;
that the one great purpose is!
to bind members together in the
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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- i
Parks, master of the lodge, re-:
quests a large attendance. 1
Six Amendmen
The 1961 General Assembly
provided for Submission to vot
ers at the 1962 general election
on November 6 of six proposed
groupings of amendments to the
Constitution of North Carolina.
The North Carolina State Board (
of Elections has prepared a bal-'
lot on these propositions and ar- j
ranged and numbered the sev
eral questions in the order
printed on, the ballot from 1
through 6. An explanation of
these amendments is here pre
sented as they are numbered on
the ballot,^.
Amendment No. - x l. Court re
form;
The proposed amendment pro
vides that the judicial power of I
Demonstrates At State Fair
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j j-eaier nay Copelarij, son oi ivir. and Mrs. Lesier T. Copeland.
! will give a poullry barbecue demonstration at the Stale Fair in
Raleigh Saturday, October 20. The demonstration will be given
from 10 A. M. to 6 P. M. Young Cooeland is pictured above re
ceiving an award from A. R. HarrilL Slate 4-H Club leader, when
Copeland was declared winner of the Stale 4-H poultry barbecue
contest at 4-H Club Week held in the srmmer. At le't : s Bill
Mills, Extension poultry specialist and Harry Venters, assistant
county agent.
Edenton Aces Again Chalk
Up 0 To 0 Tie Game With
Sea Dogs From Beaufort
Another Exhibition of
j Two Defensive Units
Unwilling to Yield
Yardage
For the second time this sea
son, Edenton’s Aces played a 0-0
tie game when they battled the
Beaufort Sea Dogs to a score
less tie on Hicks Field Friday
night. The previous Friday
night they wound up with a
thrilling scoreless tie with the
Elizabeth City Yellow Jackets.
Friday night’s game was an
other exhibition of two defen
sive units very stingy in yield
ing yardage, so that the ball see
sawed hack and forth with
neither the Aces or Sea Dogs
seriously threatening to score
during the night. The Aces’ best
chances for scoring were hurt
considerably during the first
quarter as the result of costly
penalties. So tight was the de
fense of both outfits that very
few plays brought the spectators
to their feet. However, about
midway of the final quarter
Dickie Cobb cut loose a long
pass which Douglas Sexton nar
rowly missed. It • would have,
no doubt, gone for a winning
touchdown if Sexton could have
hung on to the ball.
Beaufort had a slight edge on
first downs, making six as com- [
pared with five for the Aces.
However, the Aces gained 126
yards on the ground, while the
Sea Dogs were able to pile up
only 73 yards. Dickie Cobb led
the brunt of the Aces’ attack as
he chalked up 68 yards for the
Aces.
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Sunoco Service
Station To Reopen
Announcement was made this
week that the Sunoco Service
Station at the corner of Broad
and Gale Streets will reopen on
or about November 1. The new
operators will be Edward and
Leonard Bass, brothers. Both are
currently attending the Sunoco
Dealer School at Greensboro.
Both young men are veterans
of World War 11. Edward re
tired early this year after serv
ing over 20 years in the Air
Force.
ts Will Appear On Ballots In General Election
the state shall be vested in a
Court for the Trial of Impeach
ments and in a General Court of
Justice.
The General Court of Justice
shall constitute a unified judi
cial system for purposes of jur
isdiction, operation and admin
jistration; and shall consist of an
appellate division, a Superior
Court division, and a District
Court division. The appellate
division shall consist of the Su
preme Court. The General As
sembly is authorized to increase
the number of Associate Justices
from six to eight.
The Superior and Supreme
Courts remain substantially un
changed. The schedule of court
I C. Os C. Speaker
CHARLES B. WADE. JR.
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Guest speaker at the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce annual
banquet Tuesday night, October
23, will be Charles B. Wade, Jr.
Mr. Wade is vice president and
member of the board of direc
tors of the R. J. Reynolds To
bacco Company.
Public Hearing ||
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A request has been made to
i Town Council to change zoning
ion Second Street from resi
dential to neighborhood busi
ness.
The Councilmen have called
a public hearing on the request
which will be held in the Mu
nicipal Building Tuesday night,
November 13, at 8 o'clock. At
that time any objections will be
heard regarding the change and,
referred to the Zoning Commis
sion.
Hospital Auxiliary I
Meets October 19th
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
will meet Friday afternoon, Oc
tober 19, at 3 o’clock in the
nurses’ home. The principal .
speaker will be County Agent
C. W. Overman, who will speak .
on the care of shrubbery. ,
Mrs. J. D. Elliott, president of j
the Auxiliary, urges all members j
to be present. Tea will be ser- j ‘
ved following the meeting. i
terms are to be established by
the Supreme Court rather than,
as at present, by the General
Assembly.
The General Assembly will
establish districts, prescribe
where the courts will sit, bvt
the court must* sit in at least
one place in each county. Judges
are to be elected for four-year
terms, and the senior resident
Judges, upon nomination by the
Clerk of the Superior Court,
shall appoint one or more Mag
istrates for each county who
shall be officers of the District
Court to serve for a term of two
years.
The Superior Court shall have
original general jurisdiction
Tri-Hi Y 6uls Will
Conduct Trick or
Treat Campaign
Join National Effort
To Help Many Needy
Children Throughout
The World
Wednesday- night, October 31.
Tri-Hi-Y girls will devote their
Halloween fun to a constructive
purpose. They will help to erase
the more fearful masks of hun
ger and disease from the faces
of millions of the world’s needy
'children whose hope rests with
| UNICEF, the United Nations
j Children’s Fund.
| The local phase of the nation
wide UNICEF Trick or Treat
i program will be sponsored by
| the Edenton Woman’s Club. The
j girls will go out in groups. Col
lection areas have been mapped
out, and no doorbell should ring
.more than once for UNlCEF—
except by mistake.
Trick or Treaters sharing then
fun with less fortunate children
|in other parts of the world will
|be officially identified by a
I sticker and tag showing the sil
houette of a mother and child in
black or an orange background.
Only bearers of this identifica-
Ition are authorized to collect
‘‘treats” of coins for UNICEF.
I Last fall, about three million
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Machinery Set Up In Chowan
For General Election On Nov. b
Chowan County’s Board of
Elections last week set up ma
chinery for the general election
which will be held Tuesday. No
vember 6. Registrars sat at the
precinct polling places Saturday
of last week and will do so again
Saturday, October 20 and 27
from 9 A. M-. until sunset in
order to register voters. Chal
lenge day will he at the precinct
polling places Saturday. Novem
ber 3 from 9 A. M.. until 3 P. M..
when any elector may be chal
lenged.
On election day the polls will
be open from 6:30 A M. until
Aces Preparing To Various Matters
Battle Perquimans Face Council At
High Friday Night October Meeting
Outcome Expected to
Play Important Rolt
In This Year’s Con
ference Champions
What should be a battle royal
is scheduled to take place in
Hertford Friday night when the
Edenton Aces will meet Per
quimans' Indians in a very im
portant Albemarle Conference
game. Both outfits will enter
the game undefeated in confer
ence play and the outcome will,
no doubt, play a major part in
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Methodist Men’s Club
Will Meet Tonight
The Methodist Men's Club will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 6:30
o’clock. This will be a dinner
meeting to be held at the Tri
angle Restaurant, where a roast
turkey dinner will be served.
Nathan Owens, president of
the club, is very anxious to have
every member present.
' j throughout the State. Jurisdic
, tion of the_ .District Courts and
I i Magistrates will be set by the
| General Assembly and must be
l! uniform.
; The General Assembly shall
t provide for an administrative of
: fice of the courts to carry out
i the provisions of the Judicial
• Article of the Constitution. The
: function of this office will be to
; assist the Chief Justice in the
, collection and publication of sta
tistics on the work of'The courts,
i in scheduling court terms and
: assigning Judges, and in intro
i ducing business management in
to the operation of the courts.-
: The General Assembly will
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$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Edenton Officials Plan
Major Improvements To
Cost Over Million Dollars
On Northern Tour
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JEFF WARD
Included in a group of Uni
versity of North Carolina stu
dents wilh roles in Ihe Theatre
of Woman's College's production
of "The Pajama Game", is Jeff
Ward, a graduate of Chowan
High School. The grout) will
present the production at mili
tary installations in Greensboro.
Newfoundland, Labrador and
Ireland.
6:30 P. M. Attention is again
called to the fact that in order
to cast a ballot in this election
.it will be necessary to have
■ names on the county registra
• .tion books. If a voter is reg
i istered only in the Town of
’ Edenton’s . registration books, he
i or she will not be eligible to
cast a ballot.
The Board of Election has an
nounced the following polling
places, the registrars and judg
es of election:
East Edenton Precinct—Polling
place, Court House. Mrs. Wil-
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Amendment Adopted
To Present Picketing
Ordinanee; Rezoninu:
Is Requested
Edenton's Town Council held
its October meeting Thursday
night of last week, being post
poned from Tuesday night due
to the First District Democratic
rally held in Edenton. It was
another meeting which extended
almost to the midnight hour.
During the meeting progress
was reported by the building
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EDENTON GROUP ATTENDS
STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING
Mrs. David Holton accompan
ied three local members of the
Student Council to Charlotte,
where they attended a state
Student Council meeting. The
group included Jean Goodwin.
Douglas Twiddy and Wayne
Ashley. They returned home
Friday afternoon.
Jay Ross And Nelia Lowe Are
Homecoming King And Queen
Featuring the homecoming
celebration of John A- Holmes
High School Friday night was
crowning of king and queen
which took place at half time in
the Eden ton-Beaufort football
game on Hicks Field.
In an impressive ceremony
Jay Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George J. Ross, and Nelia Lowe,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wood
row Lowe were crowned as 1962
homecoming king and queen.
The queen was crowned by
Barbara Layton, daughter of Mr.
and , Mrs. Kermit Layton, the
1961 homecoming queen.
The 1961 homecoming prince
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FIGHT CANCER |
WITH A CHECKUP
| AND CHECK
Spurred By Govern
ment’s Offer to Pay
Half of Expense to
Help Economy
Members nf Town Council and
I the Board of Public Works in a
I joint meeting Monday night, dis
cussed plans for major improve
ments in Edenton which will
amount to an expenditure of
over a million dollars.
The improvements are planned
m connection with the govern
ment's accelerated public works
| program m which $50,000,900
will be allocated to North Caro
lina to give economy a shot n
the arm.
The Government will pay ha'.f
of the amount if the projects at?
l approved and if the application
is received and accepted before
the money gives out. It is for
i that reason that Edenton of
i ficials have acted so quickly in
order to benefit by the match
ing funds.
. Practically all of the local
projects have been under con
sideration for a long time and
in fact estimates have been in
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New Bridge Turn To
Have Grand Opening
Edward W. Taylor and Paul
L. Partin announce that th ß v
will observe the grand opening
of their new Bridge-Turn Sev
vicenter today (Thursday), Fri
j day and Saturday,
i They are very anxious to
I have a large number attend the
opening and as an inducement
| they will give away 35 prizes.
I The five grand prizes include 5-
piece movie outfit valued at
j $199.95. inn gallons nf Esso Ex
j trS gasoline. sfi gallons of
J Plus gasoline, an Atlas battery
j and electric percolator. The
prizes also include 30 free lubri
! cation jobs.
Drawing for the prizes will
take place Saturday. October 27
and the winners will be notified.
The only requirement is to visit
the new station and register.
Ryland dub Plans
Hot Dog Supper
1
I The Ryland Home Demonstra
tion Club will sponsor a Hallo
ween hot dog supper Friday
night, October 26. The supper
will lie served at the Ryland
Community Building, starting at
8 oclock.
All kinds of goodies will he
on sale and one of the highlights
of the evening will be a cake
auction. There Will be a prize
‘ for the best dressed.
| Everyone is invited to attend
1 and bring all the children. The
proceeds will be used for the
Community building.
[ CIVIC CALENDAR j
Open house will be observed
at the new Edenton office of
the North Carolina Employment
Security Commission today
(Thursday) from 4 to 6:30 P. M.
Chamber of Commerce annual
banquet will be held Tuesday
night. October 23, at 7 o'clock
at the Masonic Temple.
A planning conference in con
nection with the Chest X-ray to
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!,and princess were Danny Has
: | sell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
; j Hassell, and Tillie Cordon.
11 daughter of Mrs. James T. Cor
-11 don.
11 The winning candidates from
; other classes who marched be
■ fore the large crowd of specta
-1 tors were:
Junior Class Sandra White,
daughter of Mrs. J. C. Cobb,
: and Davis Cartwright, son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Cartwright.
Sophomore Class—lngred Niel
son, daughter of Mr. *md Mrs.
1 Ole Nielson, and irf Jenkins,
son of Mr. and MrraA. E- Jen-
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