ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXlX.—Number 49.
Chowan County Officials
Are Administered Oath of
Office Monday Morning
William E. Bond Is
Again Reappointed
Chairman of County
Commissioners
County officials took the oath
of office Monday following their
official election in the November
general election.
First to be sworn in was Mrs.
Lena Leary as Clerk of Superior
Court with Justice of the Peace
F. W. Hobbs administering the
oath. Mrs. Leary subsequently
administered the oath to other
I county officials.
Very little change appears in
the county official family, the
only change being with the
County Commissioners, where
Tom Asbell replaces Carey Evans
as Commissioner from the Sec
ond Township.
•. The officers who were sworn
in included County Commission,
ers W- E. Bond, J. Clarence
Leary, Dallas Jethro, Jr., C- J
Hollowell and Tom Asbell; Wil
liam Privott, judge of Recorder’s
Court; W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr.
prosecuting attorney for Record
er’s Court; Earl Goodwin, Sheriff
John W. Graham, county attor
ney; Mrs. Jean O’Neal, assistant
Clerk of Court; Mrs. Marjorie
Hollowell, deputy Clerk of Court
Members of the Chowan Coun
ty Board of Education will be
sworn in office prior to theii
next meeting. This group in
cludes Geddes Potter, O. C.
Long, Jr., Marvin Evans, Gar
land H- Asbell, Eugene N. Jor
dan and John M. Elliott.
Immediately after the Count?
Commissioners took the oath o
office, W. E. Bond, chairman
retired and with C. J. Hollowell
presiding, Mr. Bond was unani
mously re-elected as chairman
Mr. ijollowell was also re-elected
vice chairman.
Carey Evans, retiring Commis
sioner, was present at the meet
ing and expressed his apprecia
tion for the opportunity to serve
on the board for two years. He
succeeded J. Raleigh Peele when
the latter declined to seek re
election. “I have served on a
number of boards,” said Mr. Ev
ans, “but I have never worked
with a more congenial and coop
erative group.” Before leaving
the meeting, he congratulated
Tom Asbell, his successor, and
wished him pleasure and success
in his new position.
On behalf of the Commission
ers, Chairman Bond expressed
appreciation to Mr. Evans for
his keen interest in county af
fairs and valuable service during
his two years as a Commissioner.
Mr. Evans also offered his ser
vices in any way if needed even
though he held no office.
RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Im
proved Order of Red Men, will
meet Monday night, December
10, at 7:30 o’clock. Nomination
of officers will be included in
the order of business, so that
Oscar Peeples, sachem of the
tribe, requests a large attend
ance.
156,315 Books Circulated In
'" Pettigrew Regional Library In
Fiscal Year Ending June 30th
Library service in Pettigrew
Region has gone forward and
1961-62 was a grand year. More
books were read and -a larger
number of the citizens in Tyr
rell, Chowan, and Washington
counties received library service
than during any previous year.
“This was made possible by
the untiring efforts of a loyal
staff, a devoted regional board,
aid from county and city officials
and from many friends,” says
Mrs. J. Robert Campbell of Ply
mouth, board chairman.
“Real progress has been made,
but there are many goals yet to
be reached. These goals can
only be reached with the co
j operation of every citizen in
t Washington, Tyrrell and Chowan
riHfajUy. Together we win but
■■flbd we fail.
TB* your chairman, I have
enjfyed working with the board
staff, with equal inter
- est for the best library service in
each of the three counties.”
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Mr. Stork Saves
An Extra Trip
Chowan Hospital reports a
rather unique situation in that
two sisters are patients in the
hospital at the same lime in the
same room and for the very
same reason. Both gave birth to
a child.
Mrs. Paul E. Chappell of Hick- j
ory, Va., became the 'mother of a
son. She is the former Miss j
Page Cayton of Edenton.
Her sister, Mrs. Roy Linwood
Harrell of Edenton, became the
mother of a daughter. She if
the former Miss Syble Cayton of
Edenton.
Both mothers are daughters of
the Rev. and Mrs. Preston Cay
ton and both are being attended
by Dr. Richard Hardin.
)9 On Honor Roll
At Holmes High
List Is Released For
Second Six Weeks
Period
Cecil Fry, principal of John
A. Holmes High School, this
veek released the honor roll for
he second six weeks period.
Thirty-nine were included on
he honor roll as follows:
7th Grade —Frankie Katkaveck,
'ouglas Maxwell, Ellen Cuthrell,
Carroll Lassiter and Allysor
Vard.
Bth Grade—W e s l.e y Chesson.
Oanny Hassell, Joe Stokely, Ann
Jraham, Sylvia Jordan and Ivy
.owe.
9th Grade —Joe Conger. Nor
fleet pruden, David Ward, Di
anthia Sexton, Vonnie Stillman,
Barbara Wallace and Vivian
Vhiteman.
ICth Grade—W ay n e Brabble,
Joe Harrell, Phil Harrell, Char
lie Overton, George Wilkins,
Linda Basnight, Claire Belch,
Pat Byrum, Judy Cartwright
Arlene Fry and Nancy O’Neal.
12th Grade—Dickie Cobb, Jin.
Partin, Jerry Yarborough, Di
anna Brabble, Carolyn Griffin,
Gail Hare, Jo Ann Leary, Pat
Penny, Ann Wells and Laurie
Whiteman.
County Now Without
Services Os Midwives
Mrs. J. H. McMullan, super
intendent of public welfare, re
ported to the County Commis
sioners Monday morning that the
county now has no midwives
available to serve at births of
children. The last one who ser
ved in this capacity recently
died.
The Commissioners are some
what concerned about the situ
ation, in that without this service
hospital expenses are gradually
mounting. ''They are hopeful that
some women in the county will
qualify to serve as midwives.
■ j The Pettigrew Regional Li
i! brary in its statistical report as
! of June 30, 1962 shows a book
■ stock of 49,184 volumes. There
were many news books added
i during the past year. 156,315
■ books were circulated during
1961-62 in Chowan, Tyrrell, and
Washington Counties. Two weeks
[ is the period of loan for the
, majority of books. Many of
; them may be renewed,
i Circulation of books from the
two bookmobiles in the rural
areas-amounted to 82,035. (
, A number of excellent refer
» ence and non-fiction books were
i added to the shelves of all of
• the libraries in the region dur
i ing the past year. Current
i books, young peoples’ and chil
: dren’s books for all ages are
available.
i Two bookmobiles, driven by
[ experienced librarians furnish
■ books to all persons in the three
i counties. People living near li-
Coniinued on P«g*3, Section 2
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday; December 6,1962.
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DEER TROTTERS —Prodding his team of reindeer on to compete in a race, driver uses
a long pole-like object. Citizens in Murmansk, USSR, in background, take interest in
the sport, as Official Soviet Source photographed indicates.
BPW Christmas Parade
And Party One Os Most
Successful Ever Staged
Ryland 4-H Club Win
ner of First Prize
For Entering Most
Attractive Float
Edenton’s annual Christmas
parade and party which was held
Thursday afternoon of last week
vas one of the most interesting
and successful in several years.
Though the weather was threat
ening, rain held off long enough
for the festivities to be carried
out and the weather was not too
cold to keep many away. Hun
ireds lined Broad Street to view
the parade and a solid mass of
humanity jaionwad the aiea
around the corne’r of Broad and
Water Streets, where bags of
fruit, and candy were handed out
to the youngsters and where
many greeted and spoke to Santa
Claus.^
The Christmas street lights
were turned on for the first time
.'oniinued on Page 3, Section 1
Aces - Acelets Open Basketball
Season By Defeating Chowan
By KEN HOPKINS
John A. Holmes High School'
Aces and Acelets won impressive
victories over Chowan High I
School when they opened the j
current basketball season in the
local gymnasium Saturday night.
Miss Sally Lytch’s Acelets, af
ter a hectic first half, came
through in fine fashion in the
last half, breaking a 9-9 dead
lock and triumphed to a 26-24
win. The Acelets had it rough '
all the way and had to stage i
off a last minute rally for the
victory. The Acelets’ offense
was led by Irene Spencer, who
spearheaded the last quarter and
i 20 Years Ago]
As Found Tn 1*• Files Os J
The Chowan Herald
J
The idea was presented at a
Rotary Club meeting to erect an
appropriate plaque at some con- <
spicuous place containing the;
name of every person in the
county serving in the nation's
armed forces.
In compliance with a national J
order. Chowan County Draft
Board reclassified registrants who
left farms permanently for other |
work to 1-A subject to indue
tion into the Army.
With many leaves on the
ground Mayor J. H. McMullan !
called attention to a town ordi
nance forbidding burning of
leaves or any other trash on the
street or on private property.
R. c. Holland, Chowan County
salvage chairman, designated De
cember 7-19 as the climax to a
campaign for collecting scrap
iron.
Personnel of the Navy Depart
ment and air station contractors
put machinery in motion to
stage a mammoth Christmas par
ty in the Edenlon armory.
J. L. Wiggins, Chairman of the
Chowan County Draft Board, re
ceived two more calls for Janu
ary which included 4$ white and
Town Council
Meets Dec. 13
The December meeting of
Edenton’s Town Council will be
held Thursday night, December
13, at 8 o’clock in the Municipal
Building.
The meeting was postponed
from Tuesday night, December
11, due to Mayor John Mitchener
being obliged to be out of town.
Masons Will Elect
Officers Tonight
A stated communication of
Undnimit. Lodge No. 7. A- F. &
A. M., will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o'clock. At tm.
meeting new officers for the yea.
1963 will be elected, so that J. C
Parks, master of the lodg.e is
especially anxious to have a
large attendance in order to
transact this very important item
of business.
finished up with 13 points for
her night’s work. Mary Thorud
led the defense by battling for
20 rebounds. It was a team ef
fort all the way and all the
girls deserve credit.
Coach Paul Stanton’s Aces
were in sharp form and they had
very little trouble with their foe
as they rambled for a 47-37 tri
| umph. It would do an injustice
j to name any particular outstand
' ing player because there were
I five. Jay Ross, Bill Bootwright.
Dickey Cobb. Bill Ervin and
Terry Wheeler, all shared the
j glory. It was teamwork that
Cont’d. on Page 3 —Section 1
Next Pickled Herring
Breakfast In March
Nathan Owens, president of
the Methodist Men’s Club, has
announced that the next pickled
! herring breakfast sponsored by
j the club will be helß the first
i Saturday morning in March. At
[ that time the men expect to be
able to also serve herring roe.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
rr
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House. President
W. B. Rosevear urges a 100 per
cent attendance.
Expression Os Appreciation
Mrs. Anne S. Jenkins, general chairman of the Christmas
parade and party, is very well pleased with the success of
this year’s event, sponsored by the Edenton Business & Pro
fessional Women’s Club. ,
She wishes to thank all business firms and civic clubs who
contributed, to the success, as well as the state patrolmen,
Edenton police, the Electric & Water Department, the Street
Department, radio station WCDJ. The Chowan Herald, Na
tional Guardsmen, Boy Scouts, Jaycees, bands and directors,
float chairmen and each and every person who in any way
participated in making the parade and party a happy suc
cess, which was enjoyed by so many people.
James Boswell Will
Return To Edenton
Will Be Program ant
Production Director
For WCDJ
It has been announced that
Jim Boswell, radio announcer
and personality who began his
career in broadcasting at WCDJ
radio in Edenton will return to
WCDJ as program and produc
tion director on January 1, 1963
Mr. Boswell left WCDJ to at
tend the Pasadena Playhouse
College of Theatre Arts, Pasa
dena, California, where he re
ceived extensive training ir,
speech and dramatics. He re
turned east to work for WAVY
radio and TV, Norfolk, Va., in
1960. At WAVY he worked as
tin announcer on both radio and
television and as music director
for radio. Mr. Boswell was e,m
aloyed by WAVY for two years
and three months, leaving in Au
gust of 1962 to join WHIH, the
James Broadcasting Corporation,
as an announcer and news direc
tor. Mr. Boswell will continue
his duties at WHIH until Decem
ber 29. beginning his duties as
program and production director
at WCDJ, Tuesday, January 1.
1963.
Mrs. Doris Boswell and son,
3ryan will join Mr. Boswell in
February. Mrs. Boswell is a
teacher of English at Cradock
High School in Portsmouth, Va.,
and will complete the first se
mester.
Cont'd. on Page 3 —Section 1
Report Made On
Water Resources
Bruce Lloyd, in charge of the
water resources project in Cho
wan County, presented a very
interesting and comprehensive
report of the work accomplish
ed to date at the County Com
missioners’ meeting Monday
morning. Mr. Lloyd reported on
two deep wells dug in the
northern and southern end of the
county and presented graphs
showing the various levels of
water, its content, as well as
sand and clay stratas encounter
ed in the drilling process.
The work is proceeding satis
factorily and when all informa
tion is secured for comparisons
and graphs prepared, a true pic
ture of the county’s water sup
ply will be available.
* JOINT DINNER MEETING
William H- Coffield, Jr. Post
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
Wars and the VFW Auxiliary
will hold a joint dinner meeting
at the post home Tuesday night.
December 11, at 7:30 o’clock. All
members of both organizations
are urged to be present.
Peanut And Cotton j
Referendums Will
Be Held Dec. 11th
Polls In Three Com
munities Will Open
At 8 A. M. and Close
At 6 P. M.
E. E. Boyce, chairman of the
Chowan County Agricultural
otabilization and Conservation
Committee, calls attention to the I
peanut and cotton referendums j
which will be held Tuesday, De- |
cember 11.
It will be the seventh time]
peanut farmers have voted on j
whether or not marketing quo-!
tas are to be used for their crops,
.n each of the previous elections
farmers overwhelmingly approv
;d quotas.
Mr. Boyce points out that the
acreage allotment for the 1961
crop peanuts in Chowan County
is 6,276.4 acres compared with
6,278.3 acres for the 1962 crop.
Each farm operator has been
notified of his farm acreage ai
iotment prior to the referendum
When the quota program is ir
iperation, the peanuts produced
on the farm allotment constitute,
the farm’s marketing quota and*
are eligible for the full level
of available price support.
The cotton referendum will be
the 17th time growers have reg
istered their choice or how they
Continued on Page 5 —Section 1
1,662 Persons X rayed During
Mobile Unit’s Stay In Edenton
J
Personnel of the mobile X-ray
unit which was stationed in
Edenton four days were taxed
to capacity as hundreds of Cho
wan County people turned out to
be X-rayed.
During the four-day period 1.-
362 persons were X-rayed and all
will be notified as to the find-.
5,4 IB, 1 000 Ceramic
Tiles For Tunnels
Now Being Placed
George A. Byrum, president
of the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce, has received word
that construction workers on the.
giant Chesapeake Bay Bridge- 1
Tunnel have placed the first of
5,418.000 ivory-colored ceramic,
tiles that will line the walls and j
ceiling of the project’s two niiie
long tunnels.
Each tile, .a 4x4-inch square, 1
will be hand placed. A project
spokesman said a full year will •
be needed to complete the work
in both tunnels.
The two tunnels, two steel
bridges, four man-made islands,
and 12.2 miles of low-level trestle
will make up the 17.5-mile cross
ing at the mouth of Chesapeake
Bay. The bridge-tunnel is sched
jled to open for traffic in Janu
ary of 1964. It will replace the
Little Creek Ferries which now
connect the Virginia mainland
with the Delmarva Peninsula on
the north-south Ocean Hiway.
A project spokesman said con
struction continued inside the
tunnel and on the southernmost
man-made island this week while
over-water work was curtailed by
the recent strong northeast
storm. Storm winds drove a
dredge and a barge aground but
caused no damage to the bridge
tunnel structures, he said.
Postmaster Pleased
With Cooperation
In Christmas Mail
Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt ex
pressed his appreciation this
week for the excellent coopera
tion so far on his 1962 “Mail
Early for Christmas’’ Campaign.
He said, however, that only by
stepping up all Christmas card
and gift package mailings im
mediately, will it be possible to
process and deliver cards and
gifts by Christmas Dav.
The Postmaster said further,
“It looks like the Christmas mail
this year will set an all time
record, far exceeding the 181,000
pieces of mail that were dis
patched and delivered in the pre
holiday season of 1961.”
The Postmaster continued,
“Let’s not disappoint a single
! friend or loved one at Christmas
: time by putting off our Christ
, mas mailings to the last minute.”
sl\so Per Year In North Carolina
Joe Bass Winner In 4-H
Peanut Growing Contest;
Averages 3,640 Pounds
Store Hours
Most of Edenlon's me ch
ants will be closed Christmas
Day and the dav fo.low.ng
and also New Year's Day.
Starting Monday, Docemfce
17, most stores will remair
open until 9 P. M. tor th
convenience of shopoers, a
veil as Monday, Christina
Eve.
Ashley Will Speak
Ai I>AR Meeting
Edenton Tea t-arty Chapter of
the DAR will hold a dinner!
r.eeting Wednesday, December
12, at 1 o’clock at the Edenton
Restaurant.
A feature of the meeting will
be an address by Murray Ashley,
Edenton-Chowan Civil Defense
director. Civil Defense is one
„f the important phases of the
DAR program, so that the ad-,
dress will emphasize the import-i
ance of this work. Mrs. George!
Hoskins, regent of the chapter.;
therefore, urges all members to
attend the meeting.
ings. There was a steady stream j
of people lined up at the truck
from the opening hour to closing '
time each of the four days, so;
that many were obliged to stand :
in line a long time before they i
could be X-rayed. In fact, many
people were turned away due
to lack of time to wail on all
who responded to the call.
Contest Sponsored For
Christmas Decorations
The Edenton Woman’s Club
will again this year sponsor a
contest for outside Christmas !
decorations in the resident'll
areas and cash prizes will be;
awarded .vinners.
First p.-izc in the contest is
sls and $lO will go to the sec
ond place winner for the most
attractively decorated home. In
order to stimulate more interest,
it will be a rule of the contest
not to repeat winners of past
years.
Judges for the contest will
tour the town at 8 o’clock on ;
Monday night, December 17.
This is being announced cnrly in
order that home owners plan
ning to participate will have
ample time to corn oleto their
decorations before the judges
make their inspection.
Mrs. John E. Raines, fine arts
chairman, is heading this Wom
an’s Club project this year.
1 It is hoped that many will
1 participate in the contest.
37 JAILED IN NOVEMBER
i Bertram Byrum, Chowan Coun
ty jailer, reports that during No
vember 37 persons were placed
in jail with confinements rang
ing from one to 30 days. The
expense, including jail and turn
i key fees, amounted to $310.97.
Modification In Farm Facility
Loan Program Is Announced
• E. E. Boyce. Chairman, Cho-p
wan County ASC Committee, has j I
announced that modifications ■ <
have been made in provisions of 1 1
the farm facility loan program j j
under which farmers may bor- j
row funds to build farm storage. | >
The maximum amount to be j ]
loaned on new facilities has been j i
changed to 85 percent of the out-1 ]
of-pocket cost of a facility with):
no change in the limitation of 50 1 1
cents per bushel of storage ca- i
pacity. Previously, maximum
loan on facilities costing 40 cents i
or less per bushel was up to 95 ]
percent of the cost. For facili
ties costing more than 40 cents
per bushel, the maximum was 95
percent of 40 cents per bushel <
times the capacity or 80 percent i
of the cost, whichever was great- ;
er - . , L . . 1
As a condition of eligibility (:
for a facility loan, farmers must|
FIGHT CANCER
WITH 4 CHECKUP
AND CHECK
10 Beys Turn In Aver
age of 2,923.4 Pounds
Per Acre; Peanut
Burgers Served
A goodly number of towns
people and those from the rural
section gathered in the Edenton
armory Friday night to attend a
county-wide supper honoring 4-H
Club members ana ieaut.s i.i
_howan County. The affair was
arranged by W. B. Rosevear,
president of the Edenton Rotary
Club, sponsor of the annual 4-H
: peanut growing contest,
r A feature c. lue slipper was
* peanutburgers. another idea of
’ Mr. Rosevear, and to say the
least everyone was very agree
ably surprised with the tasti
■ ness of the peanutburgers. Most
of those present went back for
second and even third helpings
and Mr. Rosevear was highly
complimented for the introduc
tion of the new food. It’s prepa
ration was in charge of Jack
Habit, who also had a variety
!of items to go along with the
| peanutburgers.
Mr. Rosevear presided over the
meeting and in his remarks he
j expressed the hope that peanut
i burgers as well as peanut meat.
| loaf will soon appear at lunch
; counters as well as in stores.
■ As the result of his unique idea
for a meal, he won many sup
! porters who. too. are of the opin
| ion that both would become pop-
I ular if put on the market,
j Present at the meeting was
Toe Sugg, executive secretary of
j the North Carolina Peanut Grow
lers Association. Mr. Sugg spoke
■ briefly, paying tribute to 4-11
: Club boys who participated in
Cont’d. on Page 3—Section t
TAX COLLECTIONS
!. Sheriff Earl Goodwin reports
, t hat during November he rpl
jlected 1962 taxes in the amount
lof $38,359 37. The 1962 tax levy,
is $353X74.44. so that the bal
ance of the 1962 tax levy ro
'maining uncollected amounts to
' $242,642.21.
Sheriff Goodwin during No-
I vein her also collected SIJ 36 22
in way of hack taxes for I lie
10-year period 1952-1961, The
balance of uncollected taxes for
this period is $70,960.35
fcmCCA LEND AR]
Good Citizens Day for Dis
trict 8 of the Daughters of the
American Revolution will b°
held in Edenton Saturday, De
cember 8.
Rocky Hock 4-H Club will
hold its Christmas narty Wed
nesday, December 19.
Chowan High School Parent
: Teacher Association, will meet
!lon : ght (Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
Town Council will hold its De
cember meeting Thursday night,
December 13. at 8 o’clock instead
of Tuesday night, December 11,
Edenton Tea Party Chapter of
the DAR will hold a dinner
meeting Wednesday afternoon,
December 12, at 1 o'clock at the
Edenton Restaurant.
During the week of Decem
ber 3-8 soil and water conserva
tion district supervisors will be
Con*’d. on Page 3—Section 1
be eligible for price support for
the current year on all price
supported commodities produced
on their farms. This is a new
provision.
In determining whether or not
storage is needed on farms,
farmers’ needs will be based on
the capacity to store two years
production, computed on normal
yields on alloted or permitted
acreage for commodities under
production limitations, and on
Ihe basis cf capacity to store
one year’s production for other
price - supported commodities.
Previously, this need was deter
mined on the basis of one year’s
production plus one year carry
over for all commodities except
cottonseed which was one year’s
production.
In addition to loans being
available on .movable or im-
Coniinuad so Pag* S-Std* 1