ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlX.—Number 46.
Edenton Is Granted An Additional
$163,800 In Federal Funds To Apply
Toward Sewage Disposal System
New Grant Increases
Federal Assistance to
$326,000; Town Offi
cials Elated
Mayor John Mitchener and
The Herald were notified Fri
day that Edenton had been allo
cated an additional grant of
$163,800 in federal funds to ap
ply toward the cost of construc
tion of a proposed sanitary sew
age system. The information
was released by Congressman
Herbert Bonner, who was noti
fied by federal authorities.
Previously Edenton had been
allocated $162,200, bringing the
total federal funds for the pro
ject to $326,000. The cost of the
project is estimated at $652,000,
so that federal funds will amount
to. about half of the cost. The
second allocation was granted
due to the increase in the bid
for the work which was far!
above what was anticipated. In i
an election Edenton citizens ap- 1
proved a bond issue of $543,000, j
which was expected to cover the i
cost of the project, so that with!
federal aid it will not be neces
sary to sell the total amount of
bonds authorized.
With the federal funds au
thorized, together with mone'y
available by the town, work on
the project is expected to get
under way probably by the first
of the year.
Mayor Mitchener said he wa
delighted to learn of the latest
allocation, in that it was granted
before the grace period empires
on awarding contracts on bids
which were recently opened.
He, as well as othe" town or
licials, were very much surpris-
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Marshall Nominated
Morehead Applicant
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John Marshall, a senior at
John A- Holmes High School,
was nominated by the Chowan
Morehead Scholarship commit
tee as an applicant for a More
head scholarship at the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
The Morehead scholarship is
valued at approximately $5,000
and is not awarded on financial
necessity but the student being ;
a potential leader in North Caro
lina. Approximately 20 scholar
ships will be awarded to stu
dents from high schools.
20 Years Ago ]
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The Chowan Herald '!
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Due to a serious breakdown of
a sensitive and expensive part
of a typecasting machine, all
type for The Herald was pro
duced in Plymouth and William
ston, which curtailed the amount
of reading matter and advertis
ing.
Petitions were presented to
Town Council requesting a ce
ikent sidewalk on the north side
of Eden Street from the Citizens
Bank Building to Granville,
Street; on the west side of Oak
um Street from Church to Free-;
mason and on the south side oft
Freemason from Oakum to
Broad Street.
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Aces Wind Up F ootball Season
By Defeating Central 33 To 12
Eden ton’s Aces came off the i
football field Saturday night 1
with a 33-12 victory over Central j
High School to pull down the i
1962 gridiron curtain and hang {
up their football togs for the;
year. The game was played on
Central’s field Saturday night
due to being postponed Friday
night on account of a stomv
The Aces, composed this year
mostly Os inexperienced players,
turned in a season’s recced bet
ter than some football prognos
ticators expected. During the
season they won three games,
■jjrtfour and tied two.
Coach*Jerry McGee
feels certain that the Aces next
season will form a more formid
able foe for the U*ms which
THE CHOWAN HERALD
5 Edenton Christmas Party Will
I Be Held At Broad And Water
I Streets Instead Os Court House
ij
! Mrs. Anne Jenkins, general
■ chairman of Edenton’s Christ
! mas party, announced early this
week that a major change in the
arrangements has been neces- ;
sary. M
It was originally scheduled to i
i have the party on the Court
1 House Green following the pa- i
| rade, but due to grass planted i
/on the Green and other work
, in progress, scene of the ■
party has been changed to the! i
.' foot of Broad Street.
I Mrs. Jenkins stated that the j'
parade, as previously scheduled, 1 1
will at Hicks Field j
promptly at 4 o’clock Thursdav /
| Plans In Making For Boy Scout
i-Fimd Raising Drive On Nov. 26
Plans are now' being made for
the annual Boy Scout fund rais
ing drive, which is scheduled to
begin Monday, November 26.
The local Boy Scout troop is
sponsored by the Edenton Ro
tary Club. The campaign will
be waged in an effort to raise
$2,000 to maintain and strength
en its work in this area.
It is pointed out that Boy
Scouts of America have three
program phases—Cub Scouting,
Boy Scouting and Exploring—
each designed to suit the inter
ests and abilities of boys from
8 to 18. < Each has its own meth
ods, but all are made available
te~help make meruaLLjof—bays,
All three programs ane conduct
Missionary Will
Speak At Baptist
Church Monday
Miss Ola Lea Schedul
ed to Teach Mission
Study Book Starting
At 7:30 P. M.
Miss Ola Lea, missionary sup
ported by the Edenton Baptist
Church, will be in Edenton
Monday evening, November 19 to
teach the mission study book,
“New Frontiers in the Old
World.”
The meeting will take place at
the Edenton Baptist Church, and
the public is cordially invited to
attend this interesting and im
portant session.
Miss Lea has been a mission
ary in China for 37 years, and
during that time was supported
in her work by the Edenton
Baptist Church. During the war,
she spent her time working in
Formosa. Now retired, Miss Lea
resides in Greensboro. Everyone
interested in Christian mission
ary work should make plans to
attend this meeting Monday
night at 7:30 o’clock at the Eden
ton Baptist Church.
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1 Eiarly in Saturday night’s
! game the contest took on the as-
I pect of a strong defensive battle
I with neither team able to
[threaten to score and the ball
i see-sawing back and forth dur
ing the entire quarter.
Central Green Wave drew first
blood early in thr second quar
ter when Harris, an end over six
feet tall, outreached the Aces de
fenders to grab a pass and race
41 yards to score. But shortly
thereafter the Aces "exploded to
chalk up three touchdowns be
fore half tifhe. The f .rst touch
down was a hairtbajser as Dickie
Cobb twisted through the Cen
tral toe and raced 40 yards to
score. The second came near the
end of the half when the Aces
Edenton, Chowarj " 4ty, North Carolina, Thursday, November 15, 1962.
afternoon, November 29- The |
line of march will be south on
Broad Street to the corner of
Broad and Water Streets, Vhere
Santa Claus will meet andA r eet
his little friends and gifts dis
tributed to the youngsters.
Mrs. Jenkins, who has as her
co-chairman Miss Mary Mac
Holmes, stated that tickets for
the Christmas gifts will be dis
tributed in both the white and
colored schools to children in the
first through the fourth grades
These tickets will be collected as •,
the gifts are passed out.
Members of the Edenton Busi-
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ed by the Albemarle District, j
Boy Scouts of America, operat
ing in Chowan County.
' Cub Scouting is the program
for boys 8, 9 and 10 years of
age. This is a year-around fami
ly and home-centered program
of boy action, boy achievement,
and boy health, built around
personal fitness and boy help
fulness.
Numerically. Cub Scouting is
the largest of the three pro
grams. Locally, one large pack
iis sponsored by the Edenton
Lions Club. Expansion plans call
for .one to be organized in the
county area. There pre about 10
m.en..scrying as.
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Frances Jordan j
UlßeSpeakerAt
Husbands’Supper
Annual Affair Sched-I
uled at Rnckv H'vk!
Tuesday Night No
vember 20
Miss Frances Jordan, family
relations specialist of the North
Carolina Extension Service, Ra
leigh, will be the guest speaker
at the 16th annual Home Dem
onstration Clubs Husbands’ Sup
per to be held at the Rocky '
Hock Community Center at 7:00 '
P. M-, on Tuesday, November 20. 1
Special guests for the occasion
will be Home Demonstration
Club members’ husbands, super- '
intendents and principals of Cho
wan County and Edenton City 1
schools, along with Chowan 1
County School Board. 1
The program will also feature ’
special entertainment. Beech '
Fork Home Demonstration Club ]
will be hostess for the occasion.
Dr. David Wright
Auxiliary Speaker
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will
meet Friday afternoon, Novem
ber 16 at 3 o’clock in the nurses’ (
home.
The principal speaker will be j
Dr. David Wright and interesting ;
slides of England will be pre
sented.
Hostesses for the meeting will
be Mrs. Herbert Hollowell, Jr.,
and Mrs. Edward Bond.
Mrs. J. D. Eliott, president, j
urges all members to attend the I
meeting.
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-
Parka, master of the lodge, is
very anxious to have a large at
tendance^
*ED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Im
proved Order of Red Men, will
meet Monday night, November
HI, at 730 o’clock. Oscar Pee
ples. sachem of the tribe, urges
On United Nations Tour
Mfep -■ s jiiißiikhi
IMU, m W Hj '
In Ts J J R *
Shown on an educational study tcur o; the Uniied Nations head
quarters in New York City are Home Demonstration Club womsi
(left to right) Mrs. Harold White of Belvide e and Mrs. Lester
Copeland of Tyner.
Fitting Tribute Paid To
Veterans In Program At
Confederate Monument
John Graham Princi
pal Speaker For Oc
casion; Assails Con
cepts of Communism
A very impressive program
was presented at the Confederate
plaza at tlje fool of Broad
Street Monday morning when,
fitting tribute was paid to those ]
men .and women from Chow'an i
County who served their country j
in military service. Respects I
were paid to those who lost their ;
lives, those who are still in hos- i
pitals, those who were maimed !
and lost their health as well us
those who survived and are still
able to be home and still ready
to fight for the American way
of life.
The program ’opened
sic by the John A. Holmes
: Band, after which the colors
. were advanced by local National
'Guardsmen. William Privott was
| master of ceremonies and called
| upon all to respect the pledge
of allegiance. Miss Linda Gar-
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Tri-Hi-Y Turkey
Hop November 21
Affair Will Be Heidi
In Gymnasium From j
8 to 11 O’clock
The Tri-Hi-Y of John A.
Holmes High School wishes to
extend an invitation to all stu
dents and alumni of Holmes
High School to attend the annual
“Turkey Hop”, the semi-formal
Thanksgiving dance sponsored .
by this group.
The dance will be held Wed
nesday night, November 21, be
tween the hours of 8 and 11
o’clock. Everyone is invited to
come out to the decorated gym
nasium and have a really good
time. Admission is 50c stag and
75c per couple.
Experimenting With Physics Course
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Sandra Bunch and Tom Phillips are shown in the laboratory of
John A. Holmes High School at work on experiments associated
with a physics course being introduced this yiar in 27 North Caro
lina high schools. The teacher is Archie Fairley, who received
special training for the presentation ol this course fcv havira at
tended a six-week summer institute at the University of North
Carolina under a grant from the (National Science Foundation.
The course was prepared by the Physical Science Study Commit
tee, a nationwide association of high school teachers, univevrsity
professors and research scientists. According to Professor Joseph
W. Straley, chairman of the North Carolina Committee on High
School Physics. Chapel Hill, this program constitutes an effective
updating of the high school course in physics, much of which had ’
been rendered essentially obsolete by modem developments.
[Early Nsirt Wcsk)
The Herald is scheduled to
' appear a day earlier next
week. The last section of
the paper is usually planted
on Wednesdav, but due *o
the Thanksgivinq holiday the
final section will be printed
; Tuesday.
Due to the earlier printing,
it will, of course, be neces- )
sary to have news and ad
j vertising copy a day earlier
next week.
Rotary Candidate
A
], ; ~
Wallace H. McCown, Manleo
attorney, has received tee back
ing of his Rotary Club as a can
didate for Governor bi District
No. 771 to succeed C. C. Martin
of Tarboro, who currently is
governor of the district. A resi
dent of Manleo for the past 12;
years, McCown has attended in
ternational Rotary confe ences \
and has been active locally in,
club work. He is a past presi
dent of the Manleo club.
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WILL MEET TONIGHT
The Methodist Men’s Club!
will hold a dinner meeting to
night (Thursday) at 6:30 o’clock
at the Triangle Restaurant.
Nathan Owens, president, urges
all members to be present.
Edenton’s C. Os C.
Membership Drive
Is Short Os Goal
Contact Club Created
In Order to Held Se
cure $2,975 Which Is
St,ill Needed
The annual membership drive
ts the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce is finding a respon
iea d cooperative feeling with
the merchants and businessmen
of Edenton and Chowan County,
according to George A- Byrum.
president of the Chamber and
heading the Membership Com
rr.ittee.
’ The Membership Committee
has created a Contact Club com
posed of the membership drive
team captains who have brought
in membership dues and pledges
totaling $10,525.00 as of last
Tuesday. Mr. Byrum reports a
total of 17 new members for the
fiscal year 1962-03. Also 10:
j members in former years who
I have this year realized that the
} community’s progress as well as
their own, is tied directly and
indirectly to the work of the
Chamber and its various com-’
mittees.
‘'Optimism seems to be the !
feeling among businessmen in re- i
gard to Edenton’s industrial and I
residential growth in the Six
t ties." said Byrum.
The Contact Club composed
j of Joe H. Conger, Jr., West W.
Byrum, Jr., Wos'ey Chesson, Jr.,
and James Bond still have a
i number of Calls to make on local
I businessmen for Chamber -, cni .
j bership, it was learned, if the fe
, quired budget of $13,500 is to be
raised.
Mobile Chest X-ray Unit Wi ll Be
In Edenton Nov. 24, 27, 28, 29
A 4-day chest X-ray survey f
will be conducted in Chowan /
Countv on November 24, 27, 23)
ar.d 29th.
The trailer will be stationed on ■
Broad Street in Edenton in front !
of The Betty Shoppe. It will be i
in operation from 11 A. M„ toH
5 P. M. ’V ji
These X-rays are free, no un- ;
dressing is necessary, and it only j ■
takes a minute. Written reports)!
will be mailed to every individ- ;
ual X-rayed. Everyone 15 years ;
of age and over is urged to be
X-rayed. It is very important
that people over 35 years of age
get their X-ray.
X-rays are also helpful in
finding other lung crippling di- 1
seases. lung tumor and heart di
seases. ]
Tuberculosis remains a prob- ]
Court Os Honor
At Rotary Meeting
i
Jerry Yarborough to
Be Promoted to an
Eagle Scout
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock at the Parish House.
A feature of the meeting will
be a Boy Scout Court of Honor,
at which Jerry Yarborough will
be promoted to an Eagle Scout
The young man is the son of
Mrs. Opal Wood.
The program will be in charge
of Scoutmaster Jack Habit, who
states that present for the cere
mony will be Mrs. Wood and a
number of officials from the
Tidewater Council.
Edenton Rotarians sponsor the
local Boy Scout troop, so that
President W. B. Rosevear is very
anxious to have every member
present to witness Young Yar
borough receive this high Boy
Scout honor.
Children’s Story Hour
Friday, November 16
National Children’s Book Week
is being observed this week, No
vember 11-17. A climax of the
observance will be a story hour
at Shenard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary Friday afternoon. Novem
ber 16, from 4 to 5 o’clock.
Mrs. George A. Byrum and
Mrs. Jasper Hassell will be in
charge of the story hour, to
which children from 5 to 10
f years of age are invited to at
tend.
$2,50 Per Year In North Carolina
Mayor Mitchener Forms
Good Neighbor Group To
Improve Race Relations
Eagle Scout
I Spr 1M
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if
Jt-RHY YAnBOROUGH
Ai the meeting of the Edenton
Rotary Club this (Thurda”d af
ternoon, Jerry Yarborough will s
be promoted to an Eagle Scout :
The program will be featured i
iby a Bov Scout Court of Hon j
or.—Ricks Photo.
EASTERN STAR MEETING j
Edenton Chapter No, 302, Or- j
! der of the Eastern Star, wilt]
meet Monday, night, November]
1 19. at 8, o'clock. All members
are requested to be present.
LIONS. MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will hold their
weekly meeting Monday night,
November 19, at 7. o'clock at. the
Edenton Restaurant. President
Herbeit Hoilowell, Jr., urges a
100 per cent altendanre.
lem in Chowan County where
the ease rate (per 100.000 popu
latioh was 43.0 in 1961 compared
with a rate of 23.8 for North
Carolina.
Although it is generally recog
nized that early detection and
treatment of tuberculosis is of
utmost importance, most of the
new cases in the past five years
were not diagnosed until they
had reached the far advanced
stage. The undetected cases
must be found and treated be
fore the disease is spread to oth
ers.
All citizens are urged to be
X-rayed and to remind their
neighbors and friends to get an
X-ray.
Citizens are also asked to sup
port the mobile X-ray unit by
purchasing Christmas Seals.
Shelton W. Moore
Director Os S. & L,
Elected to Fill Vacan
cy Caused By R. C.
Holland’s Death
Directors of the Edenton Sav
ings & Loan Association, at their
regular meeting on Thursday of
last week, elected Shelton W.
Moore to fill the vacancy creat
ed by the death of the late R. C-
Holland, who served on the
board for over 40 years,
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Ryland Home Demonstration
C lub Achievement Day Winner
At the annual achievement. ■
day held last week the Ryland j ;
Home Demonstration Club was j i
named the most outstanding j i
Home Demonstration Club in 1 1
)
Chowan County.
; i
During the program Mrs. W. j
H. Saunders and Mrs. Marvin;
j Evans were awarded certificates
. for over J 0 years of perfect at
-1 tendance. Thirty certificates were
also given to members with less
than 10 years perfect attendance.
Cancer awards were presented
by Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt,
executive coordinator for Cho
wan Cancer Unit. The Beech
Fork club received special recog
nition for its cancer education
program. Service certificates for
over 10 years service were pre
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Five White and Five
Colored People Ap
pointed To Serve On
Committee
At the meeting of Town Coun
cil Tuesday night Mayor John
Mitchener informed the Council
men that earlier in the after
noon he met with a gimp of
people in the Municipal Building
end, for; ed what lie termed a
'Good Neigh b r Como it tee."
he purpose of the rotirniftec i ,
O improve lice relatiu ;•■; in
Identon and Chowan County.
Those named on the eommit
ee include fi„e v/hitc person;
and five colored people, inf hid
ing the following; J. V/. Davis,
chairman, Mrs. C. C. Cox. Mrs.
Emmett Elliott, Dr. O. L. Holley,
the Rev. George Holmes, Mr. J.
j H. Hot ton, Rc'iee Junes, Jr. W.
i \ Jones, Thomas .Sharpe and
| the Rev. J. E. Tillett.
In calling the group together
| late Tuesday afternoon, Mayor
| Mitchener had this to say:
"I have called you tope her so
j that I might personally ask v- i
I o serve together on what might
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luislnius (’ini)
Muhlmv
Peoples Bank A Trust Corn
pa'\v on Tuesday mailed out
checks in the amount of approxi
mately $65,000, which represents
avings in the 1962 Christmas
< ’'tin. The cheeks were distri
buted among about 1,000 mem
bers.
The 1963 Christmas Club will
open Monday, November 19. so
! tnat any who, desire to eiif 11
are requested to- do so a; soon
as possible.
fnvic (mTfndarl
Miss Ola Lea, a missionary in
China for 37 years, will sneak at
the Edenton Baptist Church
Monday niqhi, November 13, at
7:30 o'clock.
Chowan County 4-H Achieve
ment Night will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock at the
Ryland Community Building.
Annual Home Demonstration
Club Husbands' Supnor will be
held at the Rocky Hock Com
munity Center Tuesday night,
November 20, at 7 o'clock.
The Methodist Men's Club will
meet at a dinner meetinq to
night (Thursday) at 6:30 o'clock
at the Triangle Restaurant.
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UaiHvr s b<*v<*n
Danger Signals
1. Unusual bleeding or dis
charge.
2. A lumo or thickering jn
the breast or elsewhere.
3. A sore that docs not heal.
4. Change in bowel or bla'J
der habits.
5. Hoarseness or cough.
6. Ind : gestion or difficulty in
swallowing.
7. Change in a wart or mo'e.
If your signal lasts longer
than lwo weeks, go to your
doctor to learn if -t mean,
j cancer. (
i { CHOWAN COUNTY
> CANCER UNIT
sented to the Advance, Beech
Fork. Byrd, Cente- Hill, Cho
wan, Enterprise. Gum Pond. Oak
Grove. Rocky Hock, Ryland and
Ward clubs.
Mrs. Lena Leary, Chowan
County clerk of court, installed
the new County Council officers.
They are Mrs. M- T. Barrington,
president; Mrs. O- C- Long, Jr.,
vice president; Mrs. Wallace
Goodwin, secretary, and Mrs.
Earl Smith, treasurer.
After the business session a
tour was made to the recently
remodeled home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hewes Bunch; the Ballard’s
Bridge Church to see refinishecf
pulpit furniture, and the hotto
of Mr. and Mrs. T. 6- Asb«j;
to see over 30 pieces of fumi»
ture refinished by Mrs. AsbelL