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Volume XXlX.—Number 48.
Edenton's Christmas Pclty Will Be Held Thursday Afternoon
Edenton $lO Fee Per Day
For Picketing Operations
Ruled Unconstitutional
Major Portion of Court
Term Is Devoted to
Picketing Ordinance
And Trespassing
William J. Bundy of Green
ville is presiding over a term of
Chowan Superior Court which
convened morning. The
greater portion of the time was
devoted to trespassing in con
nection with an integration
movement in Edenton and the
legality of an amendment to a
picketing ordinance on the books
of the Town of Edenton.
Shortly after the term of court
was opened by a prayer by the
Rev. Hugh S. Evans, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church, the
grand jury was chosen which
included the following: John L.
Parrish, Carlton Milton Ober,
Melvin E. Copeland, Walter W.
Smpll, Claude W. Griffin, W. C.
Bunch, E. D. Copeland, Harry
L. Winslow, Carroll G. Lane,
Joseph Hathaway, Lawrence
Dowd, J. Wallace Goodwin, Jr.,
Wesley M. Chesson, Jr., J. W-
Morris, Ralph Eugene Saunders,
Linwood Lane, Billy G- Leary
and Warren J. Twiddy. Wesley
Chesson was appointed by Judge
Bundy as foreman.
In a briei cnarge to the grand
jury, Judge Bundy pointed out
the various duties the body
and spoke at .gth about
administering justice?
A goodly portion of Tuesday
was "devoted to the legality of
the recent amendment' to the
town’s picketing ordinance dur
ing which all members of Town
Council, together with Town
Clerk W- B. Gardner were put
on the stand. The Councilmen
were questioned by William N.
Kuntzler of New York and
George Tillett, local attorney.
Following the testimony, Mr.
Kuntzler offered a motion to
quash charges of violation of the
Continued on Page 4. Section 1
County-wide Slipper Friday
Night To Honor 4-H Clubbers;
Peanut Burgers Menu Feature
Friday night, November 30, at
6:30 o’clock in the Edenton ar
mory, a county-wide supper will
be held to honor 4-H Clubs and
agriculture in Chowan County.
All who plan to attend are re
quested to buy their tickets in
advance, for no tickets will be
sold at the door. The tickets can
be purchased at local stores.
A feature of the supper will
be a new delicacy, peanutburger.
A recipe for peanutburgers and
peanut meat loaf will be print
ed on the program.
Another feature of the meet
ing will be presentation of prizes
World War I State Commander
Will Speak In Menton Nov. 30
Raymond J. Jeffreys of Ra
leigh, commander of the North
Carolina Department of Veterans
of World War I of the U-S A.,
Inc., will address the World War
I veterans and their wives of
Chowan County at a meeting to
be held at the Chowan County
Court House in Edenton Friday
night, November 30, at 8 o’clock.
The purpose of the meeting is to
organize a Barracks of World
War I Veterans in Chowan
County. Similar organizations
have been formed in Pasquotank
and Perquimans Counties and
members of these Barracks will
* attend this meeting.
Perquimans Barracks No. 2527
E is sponsoring the meeting and
sci has been circulating a petition
BjL in order to get the 10 members
■BjjjMtssary to organize a barracks.
B. C. Berry, vice district com
mander of the Perquimans Bar
racks, will have charge of the
program, assisted by Thomas J.
Boswell and Lindsey Swindell of
THE CHOWAN HERALD
29 New Members
Initiated In FHA
At Holmes H. S.
Four Days Devoted to
Assortment of Re
quirements on Part
Os Initiates
The Future Homemakers of
America of John A, Holmes
High School initiated 29 new
members during the week of No
vember 12-15.
The first day the initiates had
to be able to repeat from mem
ory the creed, colors, flower and
motto and be familiar with the
eight purposes of FHA. The sec
ond day was “Be Good to Mem-
Continued on Page 7, Section 1
Edenton Hornets Play For State
Crown In Hiekory Friday Night
Edenton’s Hornets, Edenton
colored high school’s football
team, boasting an outstanding
record this Reason, on Wednesday
night of last week won the East
ern District AA championship.
They traveled to Albemarle to
play Kingsdale High School and
came off the gridiron with the
long end of a 16-0 score.
The Hornets are now scheduled
Edenton Woman’s
Club Meets Dec. 5
The “Spirit of Christmas” will
be the program at the regular
December meeting of the Eden
ton Woman’s Club.
The club will meet Wednesday,
December 5, at 1 P. M-, at the
Edenton Restaurant.
to 4-H Club peanut growing con
test winners and congratulations
to C. W. Overman, Harry Ven
ters and the farm agents’ staff.
The peanutburger and peanut
meat loaf is an idea advanced by
W. B. Rosevear, president of the
Edenton Rotary Club, which
sponsors the 4-H Club peanut
growing contest. “Why not pea
nutburgers at every snack stop?”
asks Mr. Rosevear. ‘‘Why not
peanut meat loaf at every meat
counter? Why not frozen peanut
meat loaf ready for the oven?
Peanuts have the highest nutri
tion value and the most flavor.”
RAYMOND J. JEFFREYS
. C. Buck, deputy chief of staff
i and commander of Perquimans
. Barracks.
! All Veterans of World War I
Cantoned on Paga T—Section 1
Edenton, Cl 8 n County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 29, 1962.
ThursdayLastDay
For Mobile X-ray
Unit In Edenton
Many People Go to
Truck During First
Three Days In Oper
ation Here
A mobile chest X-ray unit has
been in operation in Edenton and
will wind up its stay here today
(Thursday). It will be open
from 11 A. M., to 5 P. M-, and
is located on Broad Street in
front of The Betty Shoppe, where
a steady stream has appeared to
be X-rayed for three days.
For many years now, the Cho
wan County TB Association has
been fighting TB and great pro
gress has been made. The TB
Association has as its major goal
the eradication of tuberculosis
from Chowan County. With the
powerful drugs discovered and in
use in the past 18 years, TB can
be wiped out if every active case
is found and treated.
Finding, diagnosing, and treat
ing all respiratory diseases is one
way of preventing TB. That’s
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
to play for the State AA Cham
pionship title, when they play
Hickory High School, western
champions, in Hickory Friday
night of this week. Coaches
Robert Shields and Thomas E-
Liverman say the Hornets are in
good shape for the fray and are
hopeful they will be able,to re
turn home as state champions.
Conl'd. on Page 2—Section 1
Lions Anxious To
Wind Up ’62 White
Cane Campaign
Edenton Lions are making an
effort to close out the 1962 White
Cane Sale and in order to do so
they are asking any who have
not done so to mail or send their
contribution immediately to Dan
iel P. Reaves, Chairman of this
year’s campaign.
It is interesting to know that
the Edenton Lions in 1961-62
furnished the following services
with funds raised through the
White Cane drive: Purchased ll
pairs of glasses, $78.00; transpor
tation to clinics, $88.22; furnished
clothing and food to families,
$69.45; provided equipment for
the screening of 1,000 school
children for eye defects; con
tributed to case worker for the
bland salary, $309; contributed
to the North Carolina Association
for the Blind, $383.00 and se
cured 25 wills for the eye bank.
Two From Chowan
At Farm Bureau’s
Annual Convention
Woodrow Lowe and Thomas
Paul Griffin left Sunday for
Asheville, where they represent
ed the Chowan County Farm
Bureau at the State Farm Bu
reau convention. The Tri-Coun
ty Farm Bureau also had two
representatives each from Per
quimans and Gates counties.
The convention came to a close
Wednesday.
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The Chowan Herald
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Many Edenton friends were
shocked to learn that Mrs. A. T.
Bush died suddenly as the re
sult of a heart attack.
Thomas C. Byrum, Jr., was
named co-captain of the Univer
sity of North Carolina football
team for 1943.
Two Washington, N. C-, Ne
groes were killed and about a
dozen injured when a bus heavi
ly laden with Negro workers
from Washington enroute to
work al the U- S- Marine Corps
Air Station and a beer truck
sides wiped on the curve near
the U- S- Fish Hatchery.
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
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Chowan County DAR Good Citizens
JO ANN LEARY BETTY JEAN SMITH
Miss Jo Ann Leary of the John A. Holmes High School and Miss
Betty Jean Smith of the Chowan High School have been chosen
at their respective schools to receive the DAR Good Citizen award,
sponsored by the Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the DAR. The
award goes to a high school senior girl chosen for dependability,
service, leadership and patriotism. Miss Leary, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Leary, Jr., an active member of the Holmes High
School senior class, has served on the Student Council and is a
member of the National Honor Society. She is currently president
of the Tri-Hi-Y and business manager of the school annual, as
well as an active member of school clubs. Miss Smith, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith, has had the distinction of being a
class officer each of her four years at Chowan High School. She
has served as a marshal and is a member of the Beta Club, FHA
and Glee Club.
Good Citizens Day of DAR
Is Scheduled In Edenton
Saturday, December Bth
33 Good Citizens From
12 Chapters to Com
pete For Honors In
Bth District
Good Citizens Day for District <
8 of the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution will be held in '
Edenton Saturday, December 8, it
is announced by Mrs. Wood Pri- ;
vott, district director.
Thirty-three Good Citizens
from the 12 chapters in the dis
trict will be present for the day.
The Edenton Tea Party Chap-
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Aces And Acelets Open 1962-63
Basketball Season On Saturday
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Night, Dee. 1 Against Chowan
The 1962-63 Edenton Aces and
Acelets open their basketball
season Saturday night, Decem
ber 1 against the undefeated
Chowan High School Bulldogs.
Coaches Paul Stanton and Sally
Lytch expect to find out a great
deal about their prospects for
the coming year in this first
game.
Husbands’ Supper Speaker
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Miss Frances Jordan, family relations specialist. North Carolina
Extension Service, Raleigh, was guest speaker for the annual
Home Demonstration Husbands' Supper held Tuesday night of last
week al the Rocky Hock Community Center. Pictured above, left
to right, are: Mr. and Mrs. Van Small. Miss Jordan and Mrs. B.
P. Monds. president of the Chowan County Home Demonstration
County Council.
Duplicate Bridge
Game December 4
At Parish House
The third master point dupli
cate Bridge game will be held
Tuesday night, December 4, at 8
o’clock at St. Paul’s Parish
House. Admission for master
point games is SI.OO and all
Bridge players are invited to par
ticipate. Carlton Perry of Eliza
beth City will serve as director.
Duplicate Bridge is being
sponsored in Edenton by the
Edenton Woman’s Club.
1 i The Acelets, who compiled a
1 15-1 record last year, lost four
- starters from that team. Miss
1 Lytch is depending a great deal
. on returning lettermen, Irene
r Spencer, Sue Bunch, Miriam
t Willis, Mary Thorud and Ruth
r Overman.
t The Chowan girls have been
Continued on Page 4, Section 1
Teenagers Topic
Husbands’ Supper
At Rocky Hock
Principal Speaker For
Occasion Was Miss
Frances Jordan of
Raleigh
The 16th annual Home Dem
onstration Husbands’ Supper was
held at Rocky Hock Community
Center on Tuesday night of last
week. Miss Frances Jordan,
family relations specialist of
North Carolina Extension Ser
vice, Raleigh, spoke on “Teen
agers”. She used illustrations
pointing out why teenagers act
and react the way they do, what
phases of development and
changes the teenager encounters
in the following age groups: 9-11,
12-14 and 14 and older, includ
ing some of the characteristics
of each group.
Miss Jordan was introduced by
Mrs. Van Small, county family
life leader. Invocation was giv
en by Carey Evans; welcome to
husbands was given by Mrs. O.
C. Long, Jr., with the response
Continued on Page 7, Section 2
Banquet Being Planned For
Ton And Half Peanut Growers
Sponsored by the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce to stimu- i
late peanut yields, a testimonial j
banquet will be held again this I
year for peanut growers who!
qualify for the Ton and a Half
Club, according to Leonard!
Small, lhairman of the Cham- s
ber’s Agricultural Committee. |
Area Development
Meeting Scheduled
In E. City Tonight
Tonight (Thursday) at 6:30
o’clock the annual meeting of
the Albemarle Area Develop
ment Association will be held in
Elizabeth City. The meeting will
be held in the National Guard
armory, at which time communi
ties competing in six counties:
will be honored and cash pre- j
miums awarded to the three top
communities.
A cash prize of $25 will also
go to the county with the most
traveled miles to the meeting.
George Lewis is chairman of
the Community Development Di
vision of the Area Development
Association and urges a large at
tendance from Chowan County.
Spaghetti Dinner
At Catholic Church
The Women’s Association of
St. Ann’s Catholic Church of
Edenton will sponsor a spaghetti
dinner on Wednesday, December
5. Sit-down servings of the din
ners will be held in the parish
hall of the church from 5:30
P. M., to 7:30 P. M.
Tickets for the affair will be
on sale at the door of the church,
or may be obtained in advance
by calling either Mrs. Jack Habit, i
2375, or Mrs. Edward Groves,
2490. Prices are SI.OO for
adults, 50c for children, with
ihe proceeds to go toward repair
of the 102-year-old stained-glass
windows in the church.
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Edenton's annual Christmas'
parade will be held this (Thurs
day) afternoon at 4 o'clock.
A mobile X-ray unit will!
complete its four-day appearance
in Edenton today (Thursday).
The annual fund raising drive
tor Boy Scouts is now in pro
gress with Chowan County's quo
ta being $2,000.
A county-wide 4-H Club sup
per will be held at the Edenton
armory Friday night, November
30. at 6:30 o'clock.
Sponsored by the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce, a testi
monial banquet is being planned
for peanut growers who qualify
for the Ton and a Half Club.
A rally of all World War II
veterans and their wives will be
held in the Court House Friday
Conl'd. from Paga 6—Section 2
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Parade Is Scheduled To
Begin At 4 O'clock And
March Down Broad Street
Chestnutt Urges
Early Mailing Os
Christmas Mail
Simple Rules Will Be
Os Benefit to Recipi
ents and Postal Em
ployees
Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt
says, “Right now is the time to
start your Christmas cards and
gifts on their way. The cal
endar says Christmas is less than
a month away, bet here in the
Post Office it will be Christ
mas every day from now on.”
The postmaster went on to
say that by getting into action
now, a lot of headaches can be
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“Qualification will be stiffer
I his year than last,” stated Small.
, “Instead of producing 3,000
I pounds dry measure of peanuts
!on one measured acre, qualifiers
will have to produce this aver
age poundage for their entire
acreage quota,” Small said,
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Another Herring
Breakfast Dec. I
Sponsored bv the Methodist
Men’s Club, another pickled her
ring breakfast will be served at
the church Saturday morning,
December 1. The breakfast will
be served, from 7 to 9 o’clock and
members of the club now are
selling tickets for the meal.
Soil And Water ( zonservalion
District Supervisors Elected
For Chowan December 3 - 8
The week of December 3-8 will
be soil and water conservation'
district supervisor’s election week I
in Chowan County. The voters!
will choose a supervisor for a
three year term to begin Janu- 1
ary 1, 1963. Lloyd C. Bunch is:
seeking re-election to this posi- ]
tion. Curtis Forehand and Ed-1
gar Earl Hollowell are also run- :
ning for this position. Mr. Bunch '
has been a district supervisor for j
many years and is currently ser
ving as chairman of the Albe- j
marie District, the five north-:
eastern counties.
Soil and water conservation
Hobbsville Youth Is Chosen As
East Carolina Student Os Month
Robert Hollowell Chappell of
Hobbsville has been announced
in this week’s “The Key,” pub
lication of the Baptist Student
Union at East Carolina College
jas BSU Student of the Month
for November.
A sophomore at East Carolina,
he is specializing i.n business I
and working toward the BS de
gree, which is the teacher-1
training degree at the college.
He is a member of the campus
chapter of the Future Business
Leaders of America and of the
Special Projects Committee of
the College Union. In the win
ter quarter 1963 he will join
the Men’s Glee Club sponsored
by the School of Music.
During this school year he is
serving as editor of “The Key”i
and as treasurer of the BSU and
is active in the Baptist Training
Union and the Sunday School
and the Youth Choir of the
Memorial Baptist Church of
Greenville.
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Santa Claus Will Meet
Youngsters at Cor
ner of Broad and
Water Streets
Plans have been completed for
the arrival of Santa Claus in
Edenton this (Thursday) after
noon and with favorable weather
hundreds of children and adults
are expected to line Broad Street
to watch the parade and take
part in the Christmas party.
This annual affair is sponsored
by the Edenton Business and
Professional Women’s Club and
this year Mrs. Anne Jenkins as
general chairman, with Miss
Mary Mac Holmes as co-chair
man, have worked like Trojans
in an effort to make this year’s
affair one of the best ever held
in Edenton.
The parade is scheduled to
leave Hicks Field at 4 o’clock
and proceed down Broad Street
to the corner of Broad and Wa
ter Street, where Santa Claus
will meet and greet his little
friends and bags of Christmas
goodies passed out to the young
sters. Mrs. Jenkins has been
working for months in order to
secure reindeers to pull Santa
Claus and her anxiety was eased
early this week when they fin-
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Chowan PTA Will
Meet December 6
Cho? an K :h Scho .1 Parent-
Teacher Association will meet
Thursday night, December 6, at
8 o'clock. The program theme
will be “Christmas in Many
Lands.”
The Rev. Harold C. Leake,
pastor of Happy Home Church,
will be in charge of the devo
tion.
Attention is called to the
change in meeting night from
Monday to Thursday.
district supervisors occupy a
' position of public office and pub-
I lie trust The supervisors plan
I the program, make the policies
| for carrying out a soil and water
conservation program for Cho
wan County. Supervisors are
i non-salaried officials, serving the
j district largely at their own ex
pense and without compensation
m the form of salary. District
! supervisors are elected represen
j tatives, to coordinate the various
j aspects of the soil and water con
servation program in the county.
Joe Webb, Jr., and Fahey By-
I rum are the other supervisors in
the county.
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ROBERT H. CHAPPELL
His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Edward J. Chappell of Hobbs
ville.