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' ■*! ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY 0 Volume XXlX—Number 47.' Many Awards Presented At 4-H Achievement Day Held Thursday At Ryland Heading the List Was Five Young People Who Were Winners In State Competition Ryland Community Building was the spene of the 4-H Achievement Program Thursday night. It was a night fi’led w.th v excitement and outstanding 4-II Club members. Heading the list of outstanding 4 H Club members were five state winners. These are Kay * Bunch and Judy Evans, dairy foods team demonstration; Les ter Ray Copeland, poultry bar becue demonstration; Joe Bass, peanuts and Gene Harrell, corn. Joe and Gene will attend the na tional 4-H Club Congress in Chicago next week. Chowan Count> has 11 district winners, more winners than any ether county in the Eastern Dis trict. C. W. Overman, county Extension chairman, presented district awards to the following club members: Judy Evans and Kay Bunch, dairy foods; Lester Ray Copeland, poultry barbecue and swine; Joe Bass, peanuts; Gene Harrell, corn; Bobby Fran cis, forestry; Lewis Evans, agri culture; Jerry White, field crops. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Perry, Advance community 4-H Club : leaders, were selected as the dis trict 4-H Club leader winners. 1 Each will receive a $25 savings bond. 1 Forty adult leaders were pre sented certificates in recognition ' 1 of their outstanding service by ' Miss Pauline Calloway, county 1 home economics Extension agent. * * Receiving certificates for seven < years .were: Mr. and Mrs. Mar-1 vin Evans and Mr. and Mrs-. Pt-ny Nixon.' A six year .Jfti , ficatc was presented Mrs. Jessie - Lane. Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Perry. Dick Lowe and Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Jones were pre sented certificates for five years of service. Mrs. Melba Dußois received a four year certificate. Two year certificates were pre sented to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leary, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Bunch, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hare, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Small, Jr., Sid White, Mrs. Hubert Byrum. Mrs. Dercy Bunch, Mrs. Ray mond Dail. Mr. and Mrs. Fahey Byrum, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Byrum, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Continued on Pane 2—Section ’ Planning Board Report Complete; Sent To Raleigh * r The Edenton-Chowan Planning report, which includes compre hensive data relative to Chowan County’s over-all economic de [. velopment program has been completed. Copies of the report have been sent to George Ste phens, Jr., assistant to Governor Terry Sanford for redevelopment planning for adoption. The report represents a great deal of work locally and in cludes just about all information which could be requested. West Byrum, Jr., is chairman of the board, on which there are at present 18 members. 20 Years Ago ]j As Found Tn 1-J* Files Os !| The Chowan Herald •) r Wilh a considerable amount of sidewalk paving already done and petitions still coming in. Town Council decided not to consider any more new side walks during the fiscal year due to lack of funds. Due so the traveling situation which would prevent teachers from going to their homes to spend the Thanksgiving holiday, schools in Edenlon were in ses r (ion Thanksgiving Day and Fri , day. R. L. Martin, director of the I local high school band, stated k, that band equipment was decid- Ht odly the poorest in the state. I Due to the fact that -since no I new instruments would be avail s able until after the war. it was 1 planned to have the instruments - repaired at an estimated cost of THE CHOWAN HERALD Meeting Changed] \ ,|- J U r_ Due to Mayor John Milch ener being obliged to be out of town Tuesday, December 11, the December meeting of Town Council will be post poned until Thursday night, December 13. at 8 o'clock. The. change also affects the scheduled public hearing to consider rezoning a portion of East Peterson Street which will also be held Thursday night, December 13. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE WILL CLOSE FOR TWO DAYS William Hollar, manager of the Edenton Employment office, announces that the office will be closed Thursday and Friday of this week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Important matters should, therefore, be transacted accordingly. Hurley Mitchell Os Edenton Aces On All Conference Team Coaches of the Albemarle Conference met in Williamston last week ,at which time they selected the All Conference team for the 1962 football sea son. The coaches also, for the first time, selected a second All- Conference team. Edenton’s Aces, though experi encing a rather mediocre record this season, managed to place three players on the two All- Conference teams. Hurley Mit chell, hefty center for the Aces, was selected as a lineman on the first team, while Wayne Ashley ‘was selected a back on the second team ar. i Jack Ashley as a lineman. Perquimans High Sci col. co i terence champions, placed six players on the two teams, Ply mouth won five. Ahoskie had four, Edenton three anl WT liamston and Scotland Nf.’k two each. The All-Conference teams as Thanksgiving Service] At Center Hill Church | Annual Thanksgiving services will be held at the Center Hill Baptist Church Thursday even ing, November 22, at 7:30 o’clock. The Youth Choir of the church, directed by Mrs. Carl Bunch, will bring special music. An offering will be taken to go to the Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina. This is an ingathering in which each person will be given opportunity to come to the altar to leave their gift. The special message of Thanks giving will be delivered by the Rev. W. S. Brown, pastor of the Woodville Baptist Church in Per quimans County. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Henry V. Napier, extends a cordial invitation to the public to attend this service of Thanks giving. Peanut Burgers And Peanut Meat Loaf Feature Os Menu At 4-H Supper Friday, Nov. 30th A new dish, so far as Edentor l is concerned, will feature c county-wide 4-H Club suppei scheduled to be held in the Edenton armory Friday night November 30 at 6:30 o’clock. Featuring the menu will be pea nutburgers and peanut meat loaf, recipes for which will be printed on the programs. The supper is sponsored by the Edenton Rotary Club with Eden ton merchants cooperating. One feature of the program will be the presentation of prizes to winners in the annual 4-H Club I peanut yield competition. The affair will give 4-H Club | members an opportunity to min gle with club members from Ad vance, Enterprise, Cross Roads, Tyner, Ryland, Gliden, Rocky Hock and Oak Grove. Tickets are on sale by 4-H Club mem ibers and at stores in Edenton Edenton, Cho\ «si ounty, North Carolina, Thursday, November 22, 1962. Boy Scout Fund Raising Drive Will Begin Nov. 26th Kick Off Breakfast is Planned at Edenton Restaurant Starting At 8 A. M. Plans are about complete for the annual Boy Scout fund rais ing campaign during which the goal will be $2,000. The drive will get under way Monday morning, November 26, when an early bird breakfast will be held at 8 o’clock at the Edenton Restaurant. At that time all solicitors are asked to be present so that the campaign can be launched properly and finished in one day. The campaign chairman, John W. Graham, reports that West W. Byrum, Jr., arrangements chairman, will have a dead rooster for the earliest bird. Af ter the festivities at the break fast each solicitor will be ask ing his prospects to support the Boy Scout drive for 1963 by making as generous contributions as possible. selected by the coaches were: First Team Backs Reed Matthews and Freddie Combs, Hertford; Spen cer Barrow, Ahoskie and Bobby Hall, Plymouth. Ends—Gene Nixon of Hertford and Billy Joyner of Plymouth. Linemen—lke Terrell of Ahos kie, Jerry Whedbee of Hertford, Hurley Mitchell of Edenton, Roy Nobles of Plymouth, Danny Brotton of Scotland Neck. Second Team Backs—Carl Overton of Hert ford, Jimmy o£ Ahoskie, Wayne Ashley of Edenton, Nel son Kirley of Williamston. Ends—Jimmy Hunter of Hert ford and Lachey Womble of Plymouth. Linemen Larry Cooke of Ahoskie, Frankie Cox of Ply mouth, Claude Moore of Scot land Neck, Jack Ashley of Edenton and Larry Speller of Williamston. Benefit Picture For Will Rogers Hospital At Taylor Theatre W. J. P. Earnhardt announces that a special benefit picture will be filmed at the Taylor Theatre Friday afternoon, November 23, at 3:30 o’clock. The picture will be “The Lion and The Horse,” and all the pro ceeds will go to Will Rogers Hos pital at Saranac Lake, New York. The film is furnished free of charge by the moving picture in dustry, as well as the expense in connection with filming it in an effort to raise a million dollars for the hospital. The admission will be only 25 cents per person, with the en tire proceeds going to the hos pital. Mr. Earnhardt says it will be an opportunity to see a good picture for only 25 cents and at the same time helping a very worthy cause. nd in the county. “This is an -pportunity for Edenton and ounty folks to honor the 4-H Jlubs and other agricultural in erests that are of so much value to our economy,” says Rqtary President W. B. Rosevear. “Be there and show your interest in agriculture and meet folks from all over the county.” Among those active in pro moting the supper are: Mr. and Mrs. Morris Small, Enterprise Club; Mr. and Mrs. Carroll By rum, Cross Roads Club; the Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Leake, Ryland Club; Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Jones, Tyner Club; Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Perry, Advance Club; Mr. and Mrs. Edmund White, Giiden Club; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leary, Rocky Hock Club; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Evans, Oak Grove Club. , All profits go to the 4-H | Clubs. •3 -s Planning For Christmas Festival *3 IT* "jp S Pictured above are four members of the Yeopim Home Demon stration Club Dreparing items for the Chowan County Home Dem onstration Clubs' Christmas Festival to be held at Chowan Com munity Building Tuesday, November 27, from 3 to 4 P. M. and 7:30 to 9 P. M. They are. left to right. Mrs. Steven Long, Mrs. Sam Sawyer. Mrs. Jesse Harmon and Mrs. Cle Nielsen. Home Demonstration Club Christmas Party Nov. 27 Chowan Community Bldg. Members of Commit tee Plan Many Items On Sale By Various Clubs of County The annual Home Demonstra tion Christmas Festival will be held at Chowan Community Building Tuesday afternoon, No vember 27, from 3 to 4 o’clock and 7:30 to 9 o’clock. Items for sale by clubs are as follows: Advance Children’s aprons and wire Christmas tree frames. Beech Fork Mints and candy. Byrd Scissors holders, kiss ing rings, door knob covers, Swe dish darning and hot mats. Center Hill Pecan pies and assorted cakes. Chowan Jams, jellies, pic kles and preserves. Colonial Door, n.antle and table decorations. Enterprise One and two pound fruit cakes and Christmas stockings. Gum Pond Candies. Oak Gi'ove Pine cones, sweet gum and sycamore balls. Rocky Hock Christmas trees and decorations and tin can j craft. Ryland Shelled pecans, pea nuts and candles. Wards Cookies. Yeopim Aprons and stuffed toys. Ryland, Oak Grove and Wards Home Demonstration Clubs will serve as hostesses for the festi val. The public is cordially in vited to attend. There will be drawings for door prizes at 3:45, 8:15 and 8:45 P. M. Members of the Christmas Festival committee are: Mrs. Cameron Boyce, chairman, Mrs. Carlton Perry, Mrs. Lester Cope land and Mrs. M. T. Barrington. Chestnutt Begins Mailing Campaign Advances Suggestions To Help In Christ mas Mailing Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt launched his 1962V “Mail Early for Christmas” Campaign Mon day by offering the following helpful suggestions to guide in planning Christmas mailings this year. Bring Your Christmas Card and Gift Lists Up-to-Date Im mediately. Be sure each address is complete, with full name, street and number, city, zone and state. Avoid abbreviations of city and state names. Send Your Christmas Cards by First Class Mail, using the new 4c Christmas stamps, to secure priority of dispatch and delivery, forwarding without additional charge, and return to you with out cost, providing you put your return name and address on the envelopes. Also, Christmas cards sent First Class may be sealed jand carry written messages, i Seperate Your Christmas Cards ■ Into “Local” and “Out of Town” Continued on Pago 3—Section 1 Store Hours Most of Edenton's merch ants will be closed Christmas Day and the day following and also New Year's Day. Starling Monday, December 17, most stores will remain open until 9 P. M. for the j convenience of shopoers, as | well as Monday, Christmas Eve. Stores will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. U.S. Savings Bonds Sales In Chowan At 47.7% 0T62 Quota Local Sales In October Amounted to $5,628; Sales In North Caro lina Increase In a release early' this week, W. H Andrews, Jr., s'at - volun teer •r. s. Savings Bonds Chair-1 nun, "eported that bond sales during *>ctober in Chowan Coun ty amoun*ed to $5,628. For the year ChoWc-n bond sales totaled $54,177, which is 47.7% of the county’s quota for the year which is $113,520. Totals for the first ten months of 1962 show cash sales of E and H Savings Bonds in North Caro lina amounting to $40,825,316. This is a 1.5% increase over the January-October period of last year. During October there were new purchases of E and H Bonds amounting to $3,384,300 in the state. This is nearly 19% below October sales of 1961. Thanksgiving Dance Wednesday, Nov. 21 Edenton Jaycees will sponsor their annual Thanksgiving dance which will be held Wednesday night, November 21. The dance will be held in the Edenton ar mory beginning at 9 o’clock and will continue until 1 o’clock. Music for the dance will be | furnished by Bill Johnson and I the Velvatones. Table reserva tions may be secured by tele phoning 2501. BANK CLOSED THURSDAY Peoples Bank & Trust Com pany as well as the Consumer Credit Branch will be closed Thursday, November 22. The closing is due to the observahee of the Thanksgiving holiday. Business will be resumed as us ual Friday morning. LIONS MiEET MONDAY Edenton’s Lions will hold their weekly meeting Monday night, November 26, at 7 o’clock at the Edenton Restaurant. Her bert Hollowell, Jr., president, urges a 100 per cent attend ance. Area Development Meeting Is Planned In E. City Nov. 29 Cash Awards Will Be Presented to Three Top Communities In Competition The annual meeting of the Al bemarle Area Development As sociation will be held in conjunc tion with the Awards Banquet of the Community Development Division Thursday night, Novem ber 29. The meeting will be held in the National Guard ar mory in Elizabeth City, begin ning at 6:30 o’clock. The awards phase of the pro gram will be honoring the com munities of the Albemarle group in six counties in competition. The six groups in competition will be: Farmview community in Coal'd, on Page 2—Section 1 Blessings Os The Soil Provides Reasons For Giving Thanks The Pilgrims gave thanks for the bounty of the land on the first Thanksgiving Day and the people of North Carolina can do the same on Thanksgiving Day 1962. The production of Tar Heel cropland has been bountiful again and throughout the nation this must be regarded a# a good crop year, points out Frank Dcg gett. Extension agronomist at North Carolina State College. "We had a little too much rain in the summer in the east and it was too dry in the soutl ern Piedmont, but a few areas al ways suffer adverse "eather eru ditions,” said Doggett. The agronomist pointed oui that North Carolina farmers have set new records in the pro- Post Office Now Fall Out Shelter Basement Is Calculat ed to Accommodate About 300 People j Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt was j notified last week that the Edenton Post Office has been designated as a fall-out shelter. The basement of the building will be used if necessary and Mr. Chestnutt says it will accommo date about 300 people. The designation was made by Civil Defense and postal offi cials. A sign has been placed at the entrance to the basement. Thanksgiving - Service At Methodist Church Thursday morning of this week a Thanksgiving service will be held at the Edenton Metho dist Church. The service will begin at 10 o'clock and, accord ing to the pastor, the Rev. Van T. Crawford, will last about 45 minutes. The public is cordially invited to attend. Bill Moods, Fahey Byrum, Jr. And Gene Harrell Top Winners In 4-H Corn Growing Contest Chowan County boys who par ticipated in the 1962 4-H Corn Growing Contest were honored Monday night at the meeting of Edenton Lions Club, sponsors of the contest. The program was in charge of Guy Hobbs, who introduced Harry Venters, assistant county agent. Mr. Venters was high in praise of the boys who took part in the contest, as well as their fathers, who cooperated with their sons. County Agent C. W. Overman also paid glowing tri bute to the Lions Club, which has sponsored the contest since 1945. The contestants were classified in three groups, ages 10 to 12, 13 to 14 and 15 years and above. In the 10-12 age group Bill Monds, son of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Monds, was the winner and received a check for $lO. His yield was 122 bushels per $2.50 Per Year In North Carolina Town Coundlmen Award Contracts For $617,000 For New Sewage System [ Public Hearing | Mrs. L. T. Dunbar, in con nection with the Western Gas Service, has submitted a re quest to Edenton's Town Council to rezone a portion of East Peterson Street from a residential classification to industrial. The request has been turn ed over to the Zoning Com mission and a public hearing is scheduled to be held Thursday night, December 13, at 8 o'clock in the Municipal Building. Any objections to the rezoning should be reg istered at the hearing. - duction of corn and tobacco, , "and the production of other , crops is nothing to be ashamed . of ” • 1 The Department of Agrieul ! ture estimates a con crop of [ j G8 1 million bushels. This is 1 1 about a million bushels over 11 last year's crop and it was pro [ | duced on six per cent less land. . ! Doggett said the average yield j per acre was a record 52 bush [ els, four above last year, i j Ever wonder what the yields , j were these Pilgrims gave thanks I for? Flue-cured tobacco production iis at a new record of 1.800 I pounds per acre, or about five | per cent over the total produc -11 tion of last year. Continued on Page 5, Section 1 Jaycees Sponsor An Explorer Post I Young Men 14 to 17 Years Old Invited To Enroll ! On November l, a group of I members of the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce met in order to form an organizing com mittee for an Explorer Scout post in Edenton. Exploring is the action-packed program for young men 14 to 17 years of age. The committee has i held a meeting for its first, train j ing course, which is sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America. The local committee is made i up of the following: Carlton Jackson, president og the Junior l Chamber of Commerce; Hiram Mayo, superintendent of schools; ; Tony Miley, David White, Ken neth Stalls and William Rawls. I RED MEN MEETING Chowan Tribe No. 12. Improv i ed Order of Red Men, will meet > Monday night, November 26, at 7:30 o’clock. Oscar Peeples, sa -1 chem of the tribe, urges a large attendance. acre. Fahey Byrum, .Tr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Fahey B/rum, won the $lO prize in tie 13 to 14 year age group. Ho raised 111 bush els on an acre Gene Harrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Harrell, was winner of the $lO in the 15 years or old er group. He raised 141 bushels ■ per acre. Contestants in the 10-12 year i group, besides Bill Monds, were Jimmy Evans, son of Mr. and ■ Mrs. Marvin Evans, 119 bushels; i Rodney Jordan, son of Mr. and ' Mrs. Wilbur Jordan, 118 bushels; Joe Carroll Byrum, son of Mr. I and Mrs. Carroll Byrum, 103 , bushels; Don Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Evans; Tommy l Forehand, son of Mr. and Mrs. . William Forehand. Besides Fahey Byrum, Jr., the 13-14 year group included Cal Continued on Pap* 6, Section l FIGHT CANCER WITH 4 CHECKUP AND CHECK Work on Project Is Expected to Get Un der Way By the First Os Year Meeting jointly with members of the Board of Public Works and George Freeman of High Point, the town’s engineer, Town Councilmen on Wednesday after noon of last week awarded con tracts for the construction oi Edenton’s sewage disposal sys tem. The total amount of the bids amounted to over $617,000 and went to the following contrac tors: Sewage plant, Crain & Denbo of Durham at a hid of $268,820. Plumbing. Crain & Denbo at a bid of $2,055. Sewer lines and pumping sta tion, Howard Construction Com pany of Greensboro at a bid of $329,644 70. Electro, Whitley’s Electrical Service of Wilson at a bid of $16,988. For the project the town Is scheduled to receive $326,000 from the federal government un der the accelerated public works program. A $543,000 bond issue was approved by the voters of Edenton last year, so that with government funds paying for half the cost it appears that only about $370,000 worth of bonds will be sold, which is anticipated to cover engineering fees and other necessary expenses. Work on the project is expect ed to begin around the f irst of the year. The project has been under consideration since 1955 when Edenton officials were notified in no uncertain terms by the Stream Sanitation Commission that the dumping of raw sewage in Edenton Bay and nearby streams would have to come to a halt. Many obstacles had to be hurdled, one of which was the defeat of a bond issue elec tion, deciding upon a site as well as many others. However the project is now soon to be started and at a cost far below the origi nal expectations. Town Councilmen rejected a bid of $42,700.80 for storm sew er improvements in the East Wa ter. East Eden and Church Street area. It was considered too high and an effort will be made to secure government financial as sistance under the accelerated public works program. At last week's meeting the Councilmen, through George Freeman, agreed to apply for federal aid for other major im provements. These included san itary sewer extension, $212,920; water extension, $28,140; street paving, curb and gutter, $62,575; storm drainage, $84,757; fire sta tion, $32,170 and municipal build ing, $86,285; engineering, $32,000 | and contingencies. $36,325. [civic calendar] A mobile X-ray unit will be in Edenton to take chest X-rays Saturday, November 24; Tuesday November 27; Wednesday, No vember 28, and Thursday, No vember 29. The unit will be stationed in front of The Betty Shoppe on Broad Street. Edenton's annual Christmas parade will be held Thursday af ternoon, November 29, at 4 o'clock. Center Hill-Cross Roads Fire Department will sponsor a tur key shoot at the fire station on Thursday. November 22, begin ning at 1 P. M. A Thanksgiving service wilt be held at the Edenton Metho dist Church Thursday morning, November 22, at 10 o'clock. A county-wide 4-H Club sup per will be held at the Edenton armory Friday night. November 30. at 6:30 o'clock. Annual Home Demonstration Christmas Festival will be hold at the Chowan Community Building Tuesday, November 27. from 3 to 4 P. M.. and 7:30 to 9 P. M- A Thanksgiving service will be held at the Center Hill Bap tist Church Thursday night, No vember 22. at 7:20 o'clock. Cosaimtedo. *•.*-**,.!