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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXfTNu nl I r ffif
Chamber Os Commerce Is
Considering Plans To Join
Tercentenary Celebration
Members of Commit
tees Assigned to Pre
pare for Large Num
ber of Tourists Ex
pected In Area
With the advent of 1963 just
a few days away, commemora
tive exercises and activities will
begin in celebration of the Ter
. centenary' of the Carolina Char
' ter. The Tourist Committee of
the Edenton Chamber of Com
rherce, W. J* P. • Eai nh.ar.lt,
'f'chairman, at its last regular
• meeting began mapping plans to
assist the expected increased
flow of tourists -to historic Eden
ton.
Committee members were as
signed to. work on a plan for
tourist information centers to be
set up at all points of noumal
tourist contacts including restau
rants, motels and service sta
tions. Tourist information cen
ters would be identified by
signs consisting of a large sil
houette replica of the bronze
teapot, symbol of the Edenton
Tea Party in 1774 with appro
priate wording on both sides of
the strategically located signs.
It is planned that information
centers will be supplied with all
available literature including a
street map pertaining to the
many pre - Revolutionary and
Revolutionary period homes and
plantations both in the city and
countryside, on a special rack,
which would be distributed to
all travelers moving . through
Edcgton with an invitat : on to
visit our locations of historic
,< import.
Jf Regular personnel employed at
\ locations where tourist infor
mation centers would be estab
lished would effect distribution
'fl* shh literature, supply adequate
directions and other pertinent
information. The tourist infor
mation signs themselves should
attract additional business to
these Edenton business estab
lishments.
Under the 'usual sponsorship
of the Woman’s Club of Eden
ton. Mrs. Elton Forehand, presi-
Continoed on Page 6. Section i
\
20 Years Ago
As Found In 1 e Files Os
The Chowan Herald
Fire threatened to fiesiroy the
rectory at St. Paul's Church,
which was only recently painted
apd repaired at a cost of about
SI,OOO.
Approximately 3,700 persons
registered in Chowan County to
y secure sales permit books to pur
chase liquor.
Edenfon's armory was crowd
ed''when a Christmas party was
held by Navy personnel and
IjLltontracting firms at, the. U. S-
Corps Air Station. Over
$2,500 was raised for Navy relief
and SIOO,OOO worth of war bonds
sold.
It was announced that Lloyd E.
Griffin had been selected as
executive vice president of the
North Carolina*Citixens Associa-
Centfoned on Page 4— Section 1
Edenton Aces To Participate In
Holiday Tournament At Knapp
By BILL GOODWIN, JR.
Edenton’s undefeated Aces get
the acid test Friday and Satur
day of this week when they
journey into Currituck County
to participate in the third an-,
nual Holiday Invitational Tour
nament fat Knapp High School.
Coach Paul Stanton’s charges,
sporting a 5-0 record at the
Christmas break, wiH play *w
erfiul Knapp at' 4 P. M. Friday
showdown with Gates County
High Saturday night at »:80.
Both Knapp and pates are un
defeated :■
i Five other teams are entered
lin the two-day affair: Class AA
Ahoskic and Hertford, and Class
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Committeemen Os
District Will Meet
Monday, January7
Group Will Gather In
Armory Where AS€S
Programs Will Be
Explained
| A meeting for community
committeemen in District 1 will
be held on Monday, January 7,
In the Edenton armory begin
ning at 4:30 P. M. Dinner will
be served at 6 P. M. at SI.OO per
person. The meeting v/ill end
at about x 7:30 P. M. State com
mitteemen and state office per
sonnel will attend the meeting
to explain ASCS programs.
Committeemen will .also have
an opportunity to ask questions.
It is very important that
Chowan County has a good
representation. It is hoped that
each county and community
committeemen will plan to at
tend. Postal cards hpve been
mailed to each committeemen
asking that they return the
card to the county office advis
ing if he can attend or not.
This will be a very interesting
meeting and around 200 are ex
pected. It is felt that each com
mitteeman will benefit greatly
by attending.
John L Marshall Is
Morehead Nominee
honr first District
22 From District Wil 1
Be Interviewed Ip
Williamston on Janu
ary 24
Twenty-two high school male,
seniors, nominated from counties
, i.n this area for consideration for
Morehead scholarships to the
University of North Carolina
will be interviewed by the
Mo-ehead Scholarship District 1
committee at the Roanoke Coun
try Club, Williamston, on Janu
ary 24.
The 22 nominees from District
j 1 are being interviewed in state
jwide competition with 159 boys
from the other six Morehead
scol.ar.ship districts in the state.
Morehead scholarships provide
a four-year all-expense-paid urn
i dergraduate college education to
| recipients. They were establish
!od in 1951 hy John Motley
j Morehead, UNC graduate and
native North Carolinian who
lives in Rye. N. Y. Mr. More
head is chairman of the John
Motley Morehead Foundation.
Among the .nominees in 'Dis
trict 1 is John Lyons Marshall,
a sedior at John A. Holmes
‘High School.
i impressive victories over Cho
wan twice, Elizabeth City and
Scotland Neck.
Just last Friday night the
Aces played in cramped quar
ters at Elizabeth City and won
a ' remarkable shooting mntch
from Pasquotank Central, 67-63.
The loss knocked Central from
the unbeaten ranks.
The Edenton club has used
affective scoring and rebounding
from 6-7 Jay Ross and 6-2 Bill
Ervih along with hustling floor
play and long-range bombing
frpm Dickey. Cobb, BUI Boot
wright and Terry Wheeler Jto re-
Ross WW the b* scorer in
Ed , Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 27, 1962.
$ f —* : ~
Approximately 500
HearMartinLuther
King Speak Here
Nationally Known Ne
gro Leader Calls For
Integration By Use
Os Peaceful Means
Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr.,
Southern Negro leader, address
ed a freedom rally crowd of ap
proximately 500 in the Edentcn
armory Thursday night of last
week and called for an end to
segregatiotl by peaceful means.
Dr. King, who is president of
the Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference in Atlanta, Ga„
made a trip through the Albe
marle area from Norfolk Thurs
day before speaking at the meet
ing in Edenton.
Mijyor John A. Mitehener, Jr.,
appeared at the rally briefly
and welcomed King and his as
sistant, the Rev. Wyatt Tee
Walker, who later introduced
King to the crowd.
In his address, King called for
support in his non-violent South
ern struggle and listed economic
measures, increased Negro vot
ing and more fayorable legisla
tion as prynciry weapons in his
campaign. He also praised
leadprs of the Edenton Move
ment and promised aid from the
SCLC to the local program.
The meeting was apparently
called as a fund and interest
raiser, though attendance was
far below an early prediction of
5,000 made by Edpnton Move
ment officials.
POCAHONTAS COUNCIL TO
ELECT OFFICERS TONIGHT
Chowanoke Council No. 54,
Degree of Pocahontas, will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
At tips meeting new officers will
be'elected, so that Mrs. Edith
Byrum, Pocahontas, requests a
largp attendance -'y >)
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Chowan Hospital Among l irsl
In State To-Subscribe To Three
Year Field Os Health Program
Chowan Hospital is one of tin
first 100 hospitals in the state
to subscribe to a three-year |.
program to inform young people
about vocational opportunities in |
the field of health.
The program will be conduct- j
ed by the North Carolina llos- 1
pital Education and Research i
Foundation, Inc, an agency of j
the North Carolina Hospital A:;-j
sociation. J. Minetree Pync of!
Burlington. president of the J
Foundation, has announced that h
grants to assist the program ■
have been awarded by the Duke
Endowment ($25,000 annually for !
three years), the'Z. Smith Rey-■
nolds Foundation (an equal
amount) and R. J. Reynolds To-1
Reader’s Digest Carries Article
Describing Ray Bridge-Tunnel
Future Wonder Os The World
One of the “five future won
ders of the world.’’
That’s the way the January,
, 1963. issue of Reader’s Digest,
now on the newsstands, de
scribes the Chesapeake Bay
j Bridgc-Tun.nel that will span
1 17.5 miles of open waters where
the Chesapeake Bay joins the
Atlantic Ocean. It is a key
“link” in the 'Ocean Highway
and will bring Edenton two
hours closer to New York City.
The Virginia project was se
| lected for this recognition from
107 projects in 26 countries, with
the? .evaluation and counsel of the
American Society of Civil Engi
neers after its consultation with
.national engineering societies in
other countries. i .
The Reader's Digest article,
written by well-known Don
Wharton, says that, “of the
many engineering marvels near
ing completion around the globe,
these spectacular projects seem
destined to-be of particular bene
fit to mankind.” In addition to
baeco Company (5.000 annually
foi; three years). Subscriptions
from hospitals. IT hospital aux
iliaries arid the Hospital Care
Association of D.n iu:ui So; vice
Industries, Inc, and the Ifojii
tal Savings Association of Ou
(K-l Hiil Service Industries, Inc,
amount to almost $20,000 nnnu
jally for the three years.
Mr. Pync said that it now
| seems possible to start the pro
gram January I. The major
ipogtion of the $250,000 budget
for the three years has been
subscribed.
The Health Careers Commit
tee for the North Carolina Hos
pital Education and Research
Conf'd. on Page 2—Section 1
the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tun
nel, the five projects include the
Snowy Mountains Irrigation
Scheme in Australia, the Delta
Plan in the Netherlands, the
New York . Narrows Bridge and
the Mont Blanc Tunnel between
France and Italy.
Wharton writes of the Chesa
| peake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. “It is
being built in What amounts to
open ocean, where there are
high waves, tricky currents, huge
tides and occasional -hurricanes.
“Never before has man span
ned such a long stretch of ex
rased navigable ocean water.
How to do it? To tunnel the
whole distance was too expen
sive and impractical. •To use
high bridges over the ship chan
nels was not advisable the '
Navy feared that a bomb- -
wrecked bridge span would
block the channel to rfampton'
Roads. which contains the j
world's largest concentration of
naval installations.
Eoniinued on Page 4—Section *‘i
Sale Os Savings
; Bonds In Chowan
I 55.8% Os Quota
I
Stale Chairman Re
ports Sales In County
i During November at
j-$9,143
l W. 11. Andrews. Jr., state
volunteer U. S. savings bonds
chairman, announces that bond
sales during November in .Cho
wan County amounted to $9,143.
i- For the year sales in the
|county totaled $63,320, which is
55.8% of the county’s quota for
this year. The county's quota
|is $113,520.
i
I Scries T and If savings bonds
I sale,; in Nor th Carolina fee the
i month of November Amounted
ito $3,782,999. which is nearly
113% below November sales of
! 1961.
j Cumulative sales of E and H
j savings bonds in the state for
January-Novemher. 1962. were
'544,608,316. This is less than
jl% below sales for the com
parable period of 1961.
I •
Peanut Production
Highest Since 1956
Peanut production in North
Carolina is estimated at 347.600.-
000 pounds compared with 309,-
760,000 pounds produced in 1961
and is the largest total produc
tion attained since 1956. .
The record yield per acre of
1,975 pounds is 12 percent above
last year and surpasses the pre
vious high of 1,860 pounds pro
duced in 1958 by 6 percent. This
year’s crop was produced on
176,000 acres, the same as in
,1961.
Favorable weather conditions
, and improved cultural
' combined with an effective in
| sect and disease control program
contributed to the outstanding
| yield and good quality attained
iby growers.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Gate House Christmas
Decorations Winner In
Woman's Club Contest
Aces And Acelets
Win Over Central;
Still Undefeated
Accs Sporting Five
Straight Wins While
. Aeelets Have Four to
The r C redit
By KEN HOPKINS
The John A. Holmes High
Ares and A<diets are still un
defeated as they both won over
Fa.sq iota.nl; Central Friday night,
Ihe girls romping to a . 7-13 win
and the hoys nosing out a 67-03
hard-fought contest.
The Acelets, coat lied by Miss
Sally Lyl h, played their finest
game of the year as they won
handily ,7 18. Teamwork was
ihe n agio word, with Sue Bunch,
Brenda Stallings, Irene Spencer,
Miriam Willis, Arlelie try, Ruth
Overman' and Mary fhorud all
out landing. The reserves, Jean
: Ipedwiti, Sandra White, Sandra
"ale anti Ann CasteUo, also look
ed good.
Sue Bull! h, the Acelets’ senior
forward, scored 18 points and
grabbed 8 rebounds to lead these
Iwo categories Siie was follow
ed hy Brenda Stallings, a real
hustler, with 8 and Miriam Wil
lis, . another real scrapper, also
with fl
Irene Spencer, liie A' e.'rf,' rov
er, didn’t score many points, hot
with her desire and speed was
scrambling for rebounds . and
stealing the half time after time.
Arlene Fry made her debut ns a
starter, and she played a very
good game.
Ruth Overman and Mary
Thortid also played another out
standing game on defense.
So far this season the Aeelets
have defeated Chowan twice,
Scotland Neck and Central. The
Acelets do not return to action
(until January 4i when they meet
new conference mem her. Gales.
The Aces . continued to roll
along as they won their fiftli
| straight without a blemish. It
was a tough 67-63 win for Coach
Coni’d. on ” ige 2 —Section 1
Motorists Polled
On Legislation
To Be Proposed
Seek Opinions on 10
Questions Affecting
Welfare of Automo
bile Owners
The opinions of North Carolina
motorists on traffic safety legis
lation to he proposed at the up
coming General Assembly, Feb
ruary 6, is being sought through
a cross-section poll of North
Carolina members of the Carolina
Motor Club.
A list of 10 questions on pro
posals affecting the welfare of
tlie. automobile owner has been
mailed to a selected list of 50.-
000 members of the club. The
results of tins “sampling" of the
views of the motorists of the
state will be turned over to the
proper committees of the legisla-
Coniinued on Pane 4—Section 1
( liowan IJN Delegate Speaker
At HD County Council Meeting
Mrs. Tester Copeland of Tyner,
delegate on the United Nations
Study Tour, will be the speaker
’ at the first Home Demonstration
. County Council meeting in 1963.
; which will be held at Advance
i Community Building, 2:00 P. M.,
i Wednesday, January 2. New
County Council officers installed
»* at Achievement Day will pre
; side.
County Council committee
i chairmen and project chairmen
; will be appointed. Also, Hus-
I bands’ Supper, Achievement Day,
Christmas Festival and Nominat
' v
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP *
AND CHECK
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Holmes Win Second
Prize; Many Receive
Honorable Mention
Judges on Sunday made a
| tour of Edenton and ou living
districts to determine the best
I decorated homes in the contest
I sponsored by the Edenton Wo
man’s Club.
j First prize of 315 was awar.d
jC'l to the Gate House at Hayes
I lor .the decorations of Dr. and
j Mrs, L. F. Williams. Jr, and
1 Cdr. and Mrs. Zech Bond.
| Second prize of SJO we .it. to
j Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holmes,
i He loi able mention we it to
j the following: Dr. and Mrs.
• Roland Vaughan, Mr: and M - s.
' nkliard Sehuman, Ms. and Mrs.
j Ray Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Leo
, Kalkavtck, & . and Mis. D i,
j Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
By rum, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Mitzke, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Perdy
Sm,th, Mr. and Mrs. John Mc-
Ivcr. Mr. and Mrs. Wendell
Copeland, Dr. and Mrs. Edward
' B 'id, Mrs. Henry Jeakins, Mr.
and Mis. Raymond Mansfield
and to the Christmas tree on the
faun of Asa Griffin.
Tile judges we. ° very well
pleased wild the number of dee
orations and were very compli
mentary of the rotten mill vi’-
lage, where there was almost
HmG partieipati m.
Jayeees Will HoM
New Year’s Party
Edehton's Junior Chamber of
Commerce will not meet as usual
j tonight (Thursday). Instead, the
IJayreps Will hold their annual
New Year's party, which will
take place Monday night, Decem
ber 31, at the American Legion
Building.
The party will begin at n
o’clock and President Carlton
Jackson urges every Jaycec and
| iiis wife to be present.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. 1". &
A. 'M, will be field tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o'clock. J C
Parks, master of the lodge, urges
a large attendance.
County committeemen in Dis
trict I will meet in the Edenton
armory Monday afternoon, Jan
uary 7, at 4:30 o'clock.
Edenton’s Jayeees will hold
their annual New Year's party
Monday night, March 31, begin
ning at 9 o'clock in the American
Legion Building.
Edenfon's Aces will, participate
n. the *hird annual Holiday Invi
'Stional Touramenl at Knapp
;igh School in Currituck Coun
ty Friday and Saturday. Decem
ber 28 and 29.
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
\. M., will be held tonight
'Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
Chcwanoke Council No. 54,
degree of Pocahontas, will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
William H. Coffield, Jr., Post
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
| Wars, will meet Tuesday night,
! January 1, at 8 o'clock.
Home Demonstration Council
Council will meet at the Advance
Community Building Wednesday
afternoon, January 2. at 2 o'clock.
ing Committees will lie appoint
ed. Other important items of
business will include a tour to
he held sometime in May for
Home Demonstration Club mem
bers, radio schedule by clubs, dis
trict music workshop to be held
at Rocky Hock Community Cen
ter on Tuesday. February 26.
25th Federated District meeting
to be held in Camden County
in April and Homemakers’ Week,
Raleigh,. June 17-21.
All County Council members
and Home Demonstration Club
members are urged to attend the
meeting. , * , ’ *,W-