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ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY k |Volume XXlX.—Number 44. "Izzy" Campen Honored At Halloween Party In Edenton Wed. Night Tribute Paid to Man Who Was Instigator Os Popular Event In Edenton For Kiddies H. A. “Izzy” Campen was sur prised Wednesday by having Halloween designated as “Izzy” Campen Day in his honor. As the originator of the Eden ton Halloween Party, which has become the largest free Hallo ween party in the State, it was appropriate that this occasion was chosen to pay tribute to “Izzy” for his years of service to the community. In proclaiming the day “Izzy” Campen Day recognition was given to a man who has em ployed his artistic talents for the pleasure of others rather than financial gain. His inventive genius for capturing the fantasy of fairyland has brought delight to all ages and most especially the children. Edenton’s special Halloween celebration is the result of this devoted father’s desire to give a Halloween party for his daugh ters in 1944, which was reported in The Chowan Herald as “being one of the most elaborate Hallo ween parties held in Edenton in many a day.” Continued on Page 8. Section I Campaign For Local 44 Friends Os Scouting” Launched Nov. 26 John W- Graham has an- 1 nounced the formation of the ' county-wide Scout campaign to raise funds for 1963. As the | campaign chairman. Mr. Gra-j ham appeals to ail nffcn and 'WO-\ men 'interested in Scouting fcb participate in “Friends of Scout ing.’’ The “Friends of Scout ing” kick-off will be held No vember 26 when a short two day campaign is hoped for. The i Edenton and Chowan County I area has had a fine history of I Scouting. One-fourth of all Homecoming Sunday At Christian Church Homecoming will be observed at the First Christian Church Sunday, November 4. Regular church services will be held and , dinner will be served on the grounds. The pastor, the Rev. E. C. Alexander, invites all members 1 of the congregation as well as former members to be present j for the event. I Edenton Jaycettes Will Meet Tonight Edenton Jaycettes will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock at the Barker house. Mrs. Ethel LaVoie, president, requests all members to attend the meeting. ROTARIANS MEIET TODAY Edenton Rotarians will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Parish House. The program will be in charge of J. Edwin Bufflap and Presi dent W. B. Rosevear urges a 100 percent attendance. 20 Years Ago As Found In l .s Files Os The Chowan Herald Enough volunteers signed up to insure the organization of a j Home Guard Unit in Chowan County and Captain Lloyd E. Griffin called a meeting for men to officially enlist and an or ganisation formed. At a meeting held in the Court House organisation of the Ser vice Men’s Recreation Committee was effected with the Rev. W. C. Benson chairman. Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, a masquerade ball was held in the Edenton armory with music furnished by Dick Dixon and his orchestra. At a special meeting of the Chowan County Commissioners. Marvin Wilson was sworn into office as judge of Chowan Re corder's Court to fill the unex pired term of Judge John W. ■ on Page 4-Section 1 J THE CHOWAN HERALD Baptists fleet Group Os Officers Annual Sessions Held At Two Churches Oct. 23 and 24 The 157th annual session of the Chowan Baptist Association which met October 23 at the Center Hill Baptist Church and October 24 at the Macedonia Baptist Church, re-elected W. C. Harrell of Gatesville to serve an other year as moderator. Other officers re-elected were the Rev. A. H. Outlaw, clerk and Dennis Morgan, treasurer. The Association adopted a record budget of $15,922. Each of the 58 churches in the asso ciation was encouraged to con tribute to this budget on the basis of $1.15 per total mem ber. In contrast to former years when gifts to associational caus es included the general fund and special offerings for the Cho wan Baptist Chapel, Minute Fund, Campsite Development, and other projects, the present budget encompasses all of these items. Total contributions from < :nntinuM on Paqe B— S/vtion > boys between 8 and 17 are in the program. The need for more and better j I Scouting has been expressed by j ; the John Gleyvjn Ris! wppeal throughout the country toj boys and ydung men to take ad-1 vantage of Scouting. “Certainly,! as we move further into the 20th | Century,” says Mr. Graham, I “there are no higher ideals for i our boys and young men than duty to God and country through i ! character building and citizen- j Continued on Page 6. Section 1 Edenton Students Pledges Os Honor Fraternity At ECCj Fourteen students of art at East Carolina College have just become pledges of Delta Phi \ Delta, national honorary fraterni ty in art, according to an an i nouncement by John Goodheart of Baltimore, Md., president of ! the organization. All were se- I lected on the basis of high aca demic standing. Among those honored by invi tation to join the fraternity are Elizabeth Ross and Patricia Waff of Edenton. JERRY TCfULEY IS CHOSEN DORM REPRESENTATIVE Representatives for the Men’s Interdormitory Council from a new dormitory at East Carolina College were elected last week. Jerry Russell Tolley of Edenton was named representative for the second floor. The new dor mitory is yet unnamed. Edenton Aces Experience Worst Gridiron Defeat In Nine Years At Hands Os Ahoskie 41 To 6 Edenton’s Aces experienced their worst defeat since i 953 Fri day night when they were swamped by the Ahoskie In dians in Ahoskie by a score of 41-6. The Aces were outplayed in every department of the game and found it very hard to stop the onslaughts Qf a trio of Ahos kie runners as well as break up a well-oiled passing perform ance. The Aces’ lone touchdftwn was made in the first quarter "when they took possession of the ball on their awn 40-yard line. Sex ton carried the brunt of the at tack in carrying the ball to the 25, from where Dickie Cobb con nected with a pass to Hiram Mayo which was good for the Aces’ touchdown. imvimßti eirfti'Mili rff Vs f-1 ir : - - r- T T ... Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 1,1962. Tri-Hi-Y Bills Are Praised For V' S s In UNICEF L1 *v< V Group of About \ Collect Coins To H % Needy Children World The threat of hunger and di sease will bear less heavily on many of the world’s needy chil dren next year, thanks to the selfless and enthusiastic partici pation of the Tri-Hi-Y girls of John A. Holmes High School in the UNICEF Trick or Treat pro gram Wednesday night. Sponsored by Edenton Wo man’s Club, the traditional door bell-ringing activity lasted from 1 to about 6 P. M-, as life-saving mins showered into the orange md black collection cartons bear ing the symbol of the United Nations Children’s Fund. “We are deeply grateful to lo ■al high school and all the girls I m Tri-Hi-Y for taking part in :he program,” said Mrs. Joe Thorud. “Our youngsters have j ‘.he feeling of having accom- | plished something valuable, and 1 they can indeed be proud of j themselves.” The local UNICEF committee’s praise and thanks went also to this newspaper and radio sta tion WCDJ for the publicity giv en the Halloween program. “It was very gratifying to en joy such wholehearted support,” Mrs. Thorud said. “The teen agers and citizens of our com munity have deserved the grati tude of needy .mothers and chil dren in all parts of the world.” Mrs. Margaret Jenkins is spon sor for this school group of which ed. Jean Goodwin and Anne Wells were co-chairmen. Chowan High PTA Meets November 5 Mrs Riley Monds of Hertford Will Be Guest Speaker The Chowan High School PTA will meet Monday night, Novem ber 5, in the school auditorium at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Thurman Allred and a group of fourth grade girls will give the devotional. The pro gram topic for the month is “Problems of Transition to Teens” and a short film will be shown in connection with this. Mrs. Riley S. Monds of Hert ford, who is vice president of the N. C. Congress of PTA, will be the guest speaker. She is very much interested in young people and their problems. All parents as well as teachers are urged to attend. Master Point Bridge Game November 6th Tuesday, November 6, the Edenton Duplicate Bridge Club will hold its second master point game. The game will start at 8 o’clock. Admission will be SI.OO per person. Bridge players who have never played are urged to ] come and give this fascinating 1 version of a bridge a try. Barrow, Howerton and Park er, a trio of Ahoskie backs, were hard to stop and tore the Eden ton line to shreds and easily skirted end . for considerable gains. Though the score at the end of the first quarter was 7-6 in favor of the. Indians, it w.as not. very old until the outcome be came very apparent. During the one-sided game the Indians gained 306 S’ards on the ground and 160 * yards by the air route. The Aces were held to 22 yards rushing and 60 yards by passing. Ahoskie registered 17 first downs to five for. the Aces. The Indians were not forced to put a single time dur ing the game. Goptinusd on 7. Section 2 W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr. Will Be Democratic Nominee In General! Election For County Prosecutor I *, With the recent removal frorr 0; ienton of John E. Shackelford c J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., will be \ candidate for prosecutor of 5 wan County Recorder’s Court ,he general election on Tues day, November 6. Mr. Earn hardt is now filling out the ex pired term of Mr. Shackelford, having been appointed to the position by the County Com missioners on October 15. Mr. Earnhardt was selected by the Chowan County Democratic Executive Committee to replace Mr. Shackelford as the Demo cratic nominee for Solicitor in the general election. Mr. Earnhardt is now operat ing an office as an attorney, having recently moved to Eden ton from Wilmington, N. C., where for the last two years he was an associate in the general practice of law with the law firm of Hogue & Hogue. Mr. Earnhardt graduated from | the local high school in 1949. He entered Duke University, where he received his AB de gree in 1953. From 1953 through Bids For Sewage Disposal Plant And Storm Sewer Higher Than Anticipated Town Officials Muchj Surprised When Bids| Revealed Such High Figures Thursday of last week town j officials opened bids for a pro- j posed sewage disposal plant and storm sewer improvements* which were very much higher than was anticipated. The tqtal low bids for the ! plant, line and electrical work | amounted to $615,433.20, which [ did not include plumbing ex -1 pense which is estimated to cost [ about $5,500. The low bidder on I the sewage plant was Grain & [ Denbo, Inc., of Durham with a i bid of $269,570. Howard Con- struction Company, Inc., of Dur ham was low bidder for laying the lines at $328,9775.20. The only electrical bid was by Whit ley's Electrical Service of Wil son for $16,988. The estimate given for the town for the sewage plant was I $236,000 with $255,000 estimated ; for the lines, plumbing and elec trical contracts. The low bidder for storm sew er improvements was J. H. Val entine of Sharpsburg with a bic of $42,700.80. This project i aimed at relieving the water sit uation on Water, Court, Eden and Chuich Streets. Town officials were amazed at the bids submitted, which were something like 20 per cent high er than anticipated. Mayor John Mitchener was especially disap pointed, for the town engineer’s estimate was considered some what high in order to take care of any increase in costs. Girl Scouts To i Meet Tuesday y An organizational meeting for girls at the John A. Holmes High School who are interested in the Girl Scouts will be held 1 Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home of Mrs. J. P. Ricks. Jr.,'on Twiddy Avenue. Mrs. Ricks, who is chairman of the Edenton Girl Scout pro gram. said that some girls had expressed interest in continuing in the Girl Scouts. At present there are two Brownie troops and two Intermediate troops for girls in ' grades 3 to 6 at the Edenton Elementary School. Those interested in the Scout ing program will not need to have been Scouts before or com-, pleted Brownie or Intermediate requirements, Mrs. Ricks said, but must have a genuine intei- I est in the program. I LIONS MEET MONDAY II Edenton Lions will hold their i weekly meeting Monday night, : November 5 at 7 o’clock at the Edenton Restaurant. President | Herbert Hollowell, Jr., urges ev-j ery member to be present * mm IIL h. W. J. P. EARNHARDT, JR. 1958 he was in the U. S- Navy, where he was a gunnery officer on the Destroyer USS Moale (DD-693). Followihg his dis charge from the Navy he enter ed the Duke University Law School, from where he graduat ed in 1960. jAces Preparing To Meet Plymouth [Panthers Reported to Be Very Strong !! This Year Playing on foreign soil the i last two Friday nights, Eden ; ton’s Aces will return to their ; own bailiwick Friday night when | they meet the Plymouth Panth ers. [ The Panthers are reported to ■ be a very strong outfit this year, so that the Aces wil navel to do their best if they expect to | come out of the battle on the long end of the score. Though experiencing two suc cessive disastrous defeats at the : hands of Hertford and Ahoskie, | the Aces are not dismayed. : Coaches Jerry McGee and Billy i: Hardison have been subjecting I the Aces to strenuous practice i sessions, so that they are ex [ pected to put up a hard fight Friday night. The game will start at 8 /clock and it is hoped many e ans will turn out to witness the game. Carnival Is Planned Friday, November 2 In Local Gymtorium The Edenton High School PTA is sponsoring a Carnival Friday j night, November 2 in the school gymtorium at 8 o’clock. Fun and entertainment is be ing planned ’for the entire fami ly. These include fortune tell ling, games of many kinds and other recreational activities. On sale at the refreshment stands will be such goodies as pop corn, candied apples, hot dogs, ice cream, peanuts and drinks. The admission to this evening j of fun is only 10 and 15 cents. A door prize will be given to the person holding the lucky number. Proceeds from the carnival will go towards one of the PTA projects. Woman’s Club Again Selling Fruit Cakes Edenton Woman’s Club will again sell Claxton fruit cakes. ! They are being sold by order only this year. To have a Claxton fruit cake by Thanksgiving, orders must be in by Saturday, November 3, and for Christmas delivery they must be in by December 5. Anyone interested in purchas ing these fruit cakes may call Mrs. Kermit Layton, 3637; Mrs. '.Bill Cozart, 3264 or Mrs. Donj 'Burden, 3168- Animal St Paul’s I Bazaar Scheduled To Be Held Nov, 13 Affair Will Begin at 12 O’clock With a Luncheon; Dinner at; 7 O’clock The churchwomen of St. Faul's! Episcopal Church will present heir annual Bazaar at the Par-1 sh House on Tuesday, Novem ber 13. starting with a luncheon at 12 o’clock and continuing through a 7 o’clock dinner. Co-Chairmen Frances Inglis ind Carmen Reeve have organ : ed this event this year to bene fit world relief efforts with spe nd emphasis on providing food, lothing and basic necessities to refugees from Iron Curtain coun- i tries, including Cuba and to vic tims in disaster areas at home and abroad. A full and varied day has j been arranged including an ex-j nibition of the famous paintings! )f Dr. and Mrs. Francis Speight,' with these fine artists, recently; returned to East Carolina, in at- ( tendance. Other interesting items include ! the traditional home-baked foods, i sale table and the always popu- j lar plant sale. Javcees - Jaeyelß\s Will Work To Get Voters Go To Polls Election day is just a week j away and the Edenton Jaycees. j along with their female counter parts, the Jaycettes, are under taking some vigorous campaign ing to help everyone to vote on Election Day—to encourage ac- \ tive participation by all citizens in taking advantage of one of this country's most cherished privileges. If anyone has no way of get ting to the polls on Election , Day, the Jaycees will be provid ing the transportation. Early next week WCDJ will be broad casting the phone numbers that anyone can call. Speaking of calling, the Jay c-ettes might be calling on Elec- i ticn .Day just to remind voters j to cast their ballot. Many peoples in this world would give; all they had for the opportun ity to choose their own leaders and representatives. We in this | country have that opportunity. Every voter is urged to take ad vantage of it and get out and j vote on Election Day. The Jaycees will provide free transportation. D —O. RFto Fire Destroys Barn On Harrell Farm A fire Sunday afternoon total | ly destroyed a barn on the farm of Mrs. John H. Harrell. The building housed farm machinery , and was too far gone to be saved when Edenton firemen ar rived, so that the barn and con tents were a total loss. . Mrs. Harrell, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harrell and Miss Sarah Margaret Harrell express their appreciation for the efforts of the firemen as well as neigh bors and friends in offering their assistance during the misfortune. The firemen also answered a j call Tuesday morning when an electric fan at Jimbo’s Jumbos caught fire. The damage was j estimated at about $25. Old Bi •ass Gallon Measure And Walnut Box Is Returned From Elizabeth City; Now In Museum Acting upon information se- < cured through Mrs. R. P. Bad- i 1 ham, Mrs. George Mack, chair-; i man of the Cupola House Mu seum Committee, has succeeded 1 in bringing back to the “Port 1 of Edenton” a lovely brass gal- I lon measure which was taken to . Elizabeth City Customs office as- ■ ter Edenton’s office was discon-1 tinued in 1901. i The U. S- Superintendent of i weights and measures, after be- 1 ing contacted by Cutlar Moore, Bureau of Customs, Wilmington,! 1 gave official permission for the receptacle to be returned to Edenton. It, along with the wal- j nut box in which it was kept, l $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Large Group Travels To Jacksonville Wednesday For U. S. 17 Improvements Yates Releases Signals For Alert Blasts By Siren Will Determine Type of Warning Fire Chief W. J. Yates has! received disaster alert signals for Edenton and Chowan County ! from the Civil Defense organ!- ! zation. Mr. Yates points out that the j alert signals are as follows: The alert signal—A series of l short blasts 3 to 5 minutes long [ means attack probable. Take[ I action as directed by your local ' government. i Take Cover Signal—ls Short ; blasts, pause. 15 short blasts [means attack imminent. Take ! | cover immediately in the best; I available shelter. I Natural Disaster—Three short. 1 j three long, three short blasts j means hurricane, tornado or any! j natural disaster. Take best avail- j able cover. j All Clear—One minute long, blast. Firemen Will Sponsor. Turkey Shoot Nov. 22 I i Members of the Center Hill- Cross Roads Fire Department will sponsor a turkey shoot to be held at the fire station on i Thursday, November 22- The shoot will begin at 1 P. M-. and continue as long as shooters caie to participate. Proceeds of the shoot will be I used to purchase essential [equipment for the fire station, so that it is hoped many friends will patronize the school. Ed Bond Post And Auxiliary To j Observe Veterans Day Nov. 12 The American Legion, with the cooperation and support of the American Legion Auxiliary 1i invites the citizens of Chowan County to participate in the , eighth annual observance of Veterans Day, to be held No vember 12. 1962 at 11 A. M. Alexander Deßlois, command er of Edward G- Bond Post No. 40. announced that a commit tee had been appointed for this year’s special celebration. The! committee is under the chair manship of J. L. Chcstnutt and consists of the following mem- 35-Gallon Still Wrecked Monday Sheriff Earl Goodwin, Deputy Sheriff Bertram Byrum and Troy Toppin, ABC officer, on ! Monday afternoon found and destroyed an illicit liquor still about three miles from Edenton !on U. S- 17. The copper still was 35-gallcn [ capacity and equipment destroy ed included a 15-gallon doubler, ! 55-gallon cooling barrel, a cop per coil and 350 gallons of fer menting mash. Nobody was found at the still and no arrests were made. can be seen in the Cupola House Museum. The card on the box reads in part as follows: “Authorized by the Treasury Department of the United States to be sent to the Port of Eden ton. Date September 30, 1853.” At this time Edmund Wright was collector of customs here. Readers would be interested in seeing a list of collectors of customs serving this port from the establishment of that office following the Revolution until the office was discontinued. Thos. Benbury—l79l Samuel Tredwell—l793 (A gap in records due possi- Dontinued'on Page 4—Secfios ’ FIGHT CANCER WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK ■S' _________ I Chartered Bus Carries Interested Group In Interest of Adequate Needs i A fully loaded Trailways char tered bus left Edenton Wednes day morning for a 13-county U. S. 17 Improvement and De velopment Association meeting which was held in the Jackson | ville. N. C., City Hall at 2:30, according to George A. Byrum, ! president of the Edenton Cham ber of Commerce who attended I the meeting. Aboard the bus were repre sentatives from the Albemarle Highway Committee, there being 10 from Elizabeth City. 10 from Hertford, two from Hyde Coun ty and the balance of 15 from Chowan County. The bus apv propriately bore signs Every one Boost U. S. 17 Improve ments.” N. C. Highway Commission Chairman Merrill Evans and [most of the Highway Corrin i;- [ sioners were present at the Jack-• j sonvilie meeting. After the official welcome of ] Mayor W. R. Page, Jr... and '()■*- | car Brower, chairman Onslow [County Board of Commissioners, there was a slide presentation of 1 the progress of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. . The deline ation of the progress was made by Lucius Kellam. chairman of Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Com mission. Purpose of the meeting was the presentation of a master plan for dual-laning and other wise improving U- S- ’7. the main coastal route through North Carolina to upgrade this pri mary highway to standards ade quate to meet the expected in crease in traffic once the Chesa -1 Continued on Fane o—Section 5 bei\s: R. E. Leary, John Lee Spruill. Dick Lovett. Mrs. Johti etta White, Mrs. Paul Holm-nan, Mrs. p. L- Hollowel) and Mis. J. L- Chestnutt. By its participation in this patriotic holiday, Edward G. Bond Post will he joining, with the more than 16.000 local Leg ion organizations throughout the nation and overseas in observing Veterans Day In its invitation to tiie resi dents of Chowan County to join in the Veterans Day observance, Continued on Page s—Section I Mrs. Lester Copeland Will Attend UN Tour Mrs. Lester Copeland of T.v ner will leave Raleigh Monday morning. November 5. along with delegates from all the counties in North Carolina, to ; attend the United Nations an nual study tour. The delegates will spend two days studying the United Nations, one day at Hyde Park, New York, and one day in Washington, D. C- The delegates will return to Pa'eigh on Saturday, November 10th. •** r " Mrs, Copeland is past presi dent of Ryland Home Demon stration Club and is currently serving as 25th Federated Dis | trict of Home Demonstration Clubs secretary and local club secretary. She is also currently | serving as county citizenship chairman. I CIVIC CALENDAR !' A general election to choose county officials will be held | Tuesday, November 6. A nurses' aide training course will begin at Chowan Hospital ! Monday, November 5. I Edenton Aces will olay the Plymouth Panthers on Hicks Field Friday night, November 2. ! at 8 o'clock. Center Hill-Cross Roads Fire Department will sponsor a tur key shoot at the lire station on Thursday, November 22. begin ning at 1 P. M. j Continued on Page I Section I