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Volume XXX—Number
Chowan's Leading Peanut
Growers Will Be Guests
At Banquet January 15
Awards Will Be Pre
sented to Those Who
Qualify For Ton-and
a-Half Club
More than forty of Chowan
County top peanut growers will
be feted at a special banquet
Tuesday night, January 15, at the
x Edenton Restaurant, Leonard
f Small, chairman of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce Agricul
ture Committee, has announced.
The occasion is to present
i awards to those qualified for the
v Ton-and-a-Half Peanut Club con
test which is sponsored by the
Chamber. Qualifiers are those
farmers who grew 3,000 or more
pounds of peanuts (dry weight)
to the acre on their enftire peanut
acreage quota. As 1962 was an
exceptionally good year for pea
nuts, there were 15 more farm
ers to qualify this year for the
Ton-and-a-Half club as did in
(.961 even though the qualifiers
n 1961 were only required to
;row 3,000 pounds or more on
ust one measured acre.
Astor Perry of 'Raleigh, peanut
specialist from N. C- State Col
ege Extension Service, will be
he principal speaker for the
‘veiling. Also expected to at-
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\(’.P Sign-up
, ! Jan. 17 To 31
The initial sign-up period un-
M der the 1963 Agricultural Con-
V servation program will be held
ht{ during the period January 17 j
r 1 through January 31. Produoens
I '/who plan to file a request for
•/ cost-sharing on conservation
practices to be performed dur
ing the first half of 1963 should
visit the A9CS office during this
time.
32 JAILED IN DECEMBER
M Jailer Bertram Byrum reports
hat during December 32 per
|ns were placed in the Chowan
punty jail, with confinements
anging from one to 31 days.
“fThe expense, including jail and
/turnkey fees amounted to $344.77.
20 Years Ago
As Found In In Files Os
The Chowan Herald
Chowan County Commissioners
voted to discontinue considera
tion of purchasing the Citizens
Bank Building, at least for the
duration of the war, to house
all of the county offices as well
ay provide a modern jail on the
third floor to replace the present
jaiL
Chowan County Commissioners
voted to purchase eight lots in
the new development of Beaver
Hill Cemetery in order to pro
vide a decent resting place for
64 bodies for the poor of the
county. -
As the result of many hogs
in Chowan County being victims
of cholera and other diseases,
coupled with the prevailing pric
es being paid for pork, the be
lief was advanced that meat un
fit for human consumption had
been put on the market as food.
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Extension Workers Present
Report Of-Activities In 1962
Chowan County Commissioners |
at their meeting Monday were I
presented a report of 1962 Ex-;
tension agriculture and home
economics work in Chowan
County.
In part the report follows:
v Chowan County has approxi
ktipjatelv 660 farms and about 1000
farm families There are 4,415
persons in these farm families,
according to the 1969 Census.
The average farm consists of 105
acres, one half of which is clear
ed. The average gross sale per
farm was $6,943
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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T. B. WILLIFORD
At Thursday night's meeting
of Unanimity Lodge INo. 7. A. F.
& A. M.. T. B. Williford was in
stalled master for the year 1963. j
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton’s Lions will meet on
Monday night, January 14, at 7
o’clock at the Edenton Restau
rant. President Herbert Hollo
well, Jr., urges every Lion to be
present.
High Point Minister Speaker
For Jaycees’ '62 DSA Banquet
Nomination blanks are now.
available at Mitchener’s Phar
macy and Hollowell’s Drug Store
to vote for the most outstanding
young man in Edenton for the
year 1962. The winner will be
preseifted - the -Distinguisbed Ser
vice Award at the annual Junior
Chamber of Commerce bosses'
and ladies’ night banquet.
The banquet will be held
Monday night, January 21. in the
Masonic Temple beginning at
6:30 o’clock. The early hour is
due to the regular meeting of
the Eastern Star Chapter which
is scheduled for the same night.
Edenton Savings & Loan Assets
Soar To High Os $3,660,389.89
Assets of Eden ton Savings &,
, Loan Association increased by j
$452,838.73 during 1962 to a total
j of $3,660,389.89 at year’s end, ac
cording to James M. Bond, sec
retary. Mr. Bond stated that the
new mark represents a record
one-year gain of 14 - per cent
from assets reported at the end
of 1961.
According to the institution’s
1962 annual report, net savings
gains recorded during the year
totaled $327,576.41, bringing to
tal savings held by the associa
tion to an all-time high of $3,-
307,287.59.
The ■ association also reported
JAYCEES MEET TONiCHT
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the
Edenton Restaurant. President
Carlton Jackson states that plans
for the DSA banquet and March
of Dimes campaign will be con
sidered, so that he urges every
Jaycee to be present.
| Carolina by 1.6 billion dollars
lin 1966.
j The Chowan County Extension
Advisory Board, made up of rep
resentatives of the Home Dem
onstration Club Council, Board
of Agriculture; 4-H Council, farm
organizations, business and
church leaders, studied the farm
income situation in Chowan
County. They set as a goal an
income increase of over one mil
lion dollars or 17% to be reached
by 1967. This increase in income
is to be attained through im
proved J production of all com-
Edenton, C 6 an County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 10, 1963.
Dorothy M. Harbin
New Director Os
Pettigrew Library
Staff Meeting Held Ir
Plymouth Wednesday
To Meet New Reg
ional Director
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary and Brown-Carver Li
brary were closed Wednesday
January 9th for a staff meeting
at Pettigrew Regional headquar
ters in Plymouth. The meetinf
was called at this time to mee‘
Miss Dorothy M- Harbin, the new
regional director who succeed.'
Mrs. Eugenia R. Babylon, wh'
organized the three county re
gion in 1955. Mrs. Babylon re
signed in 1960 and since thai
time the region has been with
out a directdr.
During the interioi the Region
al Eoard and the staff have di
rected the work with the assist
ance of the State Library in Ra
leigh.
Miss Harbin holds an AB de
gree from the University of Chi
ago and a master of librarian
ship degree from Emory Univer
sity at Atlanta.
The Pettigrew Regional Li
brary is made up of libraries in
Washington, Tyrrell and Chowan
counties. The Washington Coun
ty Library in Plymouth is head
quarters.
The DSA is sponsored annual
ly by the Edenton Jaycees and
goes to a young man between
the age of 21 and 35 years, whose
service to the community is
deemed .most outstanding.
The selection will be chosen
. -from the nominations received..
The nominations may be mailed
to any Edenton Jaycee who will
in turn present them to a se
cret committee made up of
prominent citizens, which will
make the selection.
The speaker for the occasion
will be the Rev. Tom Haggai,
pastor of the Emory Wood Bap
tist Church at High Point.
; record dividend payments of!
j $121,254.54 based on a dividend
! rate of 4 per cent.
The annual report also reveal
ed that the association’s mort-1
gage lending volume rose to a
record $2,893,494.12 in 1962.
“The stronger mortgage lend
ing activities of our association,
and for the savings and loan
business as a whole, in the face
of a relatively modest national
demand for housing, indicates
that our association is steadily
reinforcir.g its leadership in this
field,” Mr. Bond said.
He forecast a slight increase in
housing and mortgage lending!
activities during the coming year.;
Sheriff Arrests
Turkey Thieves
Sheriff Earl Goodwin last
week arrested five young Negro j
men and thereby broke up a j
theft ring which had been in j
progress for about five weeks. 1
The sheriff said the quintet!
had stolen in the neighborhood
of 100 turkeys from the farm
Lester Copeland in the Ryland
section since the Thanksgiving
holiday.
Those arrested were Emmett
Riddick, 26, of Belvidere; Char
lie Frank Holley, 19, David Wal
ton, 27, Elijah P. Privott, 20, of
Tyner, and David Jordan, 18, of
Corapeake.
Sheriff Goodwin said the group
admitted they went to the Cope
land farm and carried away
turkeys, 20 being the highest
number to be taken at one time.
The Sheriff made arrest af
ter an intensive investigation
and trailed the thieves to the
Riddick house.
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POCAHONTAS MEETING
Chowanoke Council No. 54, De
gree of Pocahontas, will meet to-
I nifiht rTThursdfly) a o^clock*l
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Pictured above is the first lot of 100 fai steers as they start to
market from the Diamond P Ranch feed lols on ihe former air
base concrete runways. The 234 acre feed lot is an enterprise of
Perlin Packing Company who operate a million-dollar meat pro
cessing plant in Norfolk, Va„ and was purchased by Perlin at pub
lic auction in April, 1962. Diamond P Ranch manager Jack
Thomas says 1,200 head are being fed now and this number will
rise to 3.600 by early summer. Ultimate feed lot operation will
total 40.000 head annually. Cattle are bought weighing approxi
mately 750 to 800 pounds and marketed 17 weeks later around
1,050 to 1.100 pounds. At ton steers are pictured in pen and in
center they are herded into trucks to be transferred to the Perlin
plant in Norfolk.
Teenagers Held
For Superior Court
In Store Robbery
Quartet of Portsmouth
Youths Placed Under
.152,000 Bond In Re
corder’s Court
Four Portsmouth Negro teen
agers in Chowan Recorder’s
Court Friday entered pleas of
guilty on clsrges of breaking in
the P&Q Super Market on De
cember 27. They were bound
over by Judge William Privott
to the April term of Chowan Su
perior Court, with bonds set at
$2,000 each and placed in the
Chowan County Jail.
In the group were Warren
Herring,' 13, who in December
escaped from the Norfolk City
Jail as well as the Perquimans
County Jail; Arthur Lee Carter,
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250 Attend First District ASC
Committee Meeting In Edenton
In the neighborhood of 250 at
tended a First District ASC
meeting held in the Edenton ar
mory Monday of this week.
iW. R. Carver, district field
man, presided and recognized
each county group. There were
eleven counties present. After
recognizing each group, Mr. Car
ver introduced W. I. Bissette,
vice-chairman of the ASC State
Committee. Mr. Bissette gave a
message from the state commit
the, speaking of the importance
of local county and community
committeemen in administrating
the various farm programs. He
told tire committee that they
I were the key people in making
' the farm programs a success.
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Warden Retires
As President Os
Remington Arms
Husband of Former
Marguerite Goodwin
Os Edenton; to Con
tinue as Director
Edenton friends will be inter
; esteef to learn that Maxwell R.
, Warden of Fairfield, conn., will
on January 31 retire as presi
' dent of the Remington Arms
Company of Bridgeport, Conn.
1 Mr. Warden is a son-in-law of
Mrs. Henry Goodwin and will
. continue as a director of the
company.
■ Prior to joining Remington, Mr.
Warden had been with the Du
1 Pont Company for 18 years in
r ' the fields of engineering and
; ! construction of commercial and
. | ordnance plants throughout the
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A. P. Hassell, Jr., state execu
tive director, gave an interesting
talk explaining ASCS programs.
He stated that the success of
these programs depends on the
committee system. He told the
group that this part of the coun
try understood the need of sound
management of production to go
along with the need of price
support and should help lead the
way of the entire nation in this
philosophy.
J. L- Nicholson, chief of Pro
duction Adjustment Division,
spoke on the tobacco program.
He brought to the attention of
the committee that this iprogram
ha<i been voted in by the farm-
T. B. Williford Is
Installed AsMaster
OfEdentonMasons
Group of New Offic
ers Installed By H.
A. Campen Thursday
Night
Officers for Unanimity Lodge
No. 7, A. F. & A. M-, for the
year 1963 were installed at a
meeting of the lodge held Thurs
day night. The installing officer
was H. A. Campen, who was
assisted by J. Edwin Buff lap as
marshal.
The officers who were install
ed included T. B. Williford, mas
ter, who succeeds J. C- Farks
Daniel Reaves, senior warden;
W. M. Rhoades, junior warden;
ft. E. Leary, treasurer; W. P.
Goodwin,, secretary; Carroll
3oyce, senior deacon; Herbert
3aker, junior deacon; J. B.
Simpson and McKay Washington,
stewards and Vernon Barrow, ty
ler.
Following the meeting delight
ful refreshments were served in
the dining room.
Mrs. George A. By rum Elected
President Os Woman’s Club
At a meeting of the Edenton
Woman’s Club held Wednesday
pf last week, Mrs. George Alma
Byrum was elected president foi
the year 1963. Mrs. Byrum suc
ceeds Mrs. R. Elton Forehand.
Other officers elected included
the following: Mrs. West W. By
rum, Jr., vice president; Mrs.
Edward G. Bond, secretary; Mrs.
Warren Twiddy, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Wendell Cope
land, treasurer, and Mrs. Harold
Shore, historian.
The guest speaker for the
meeting was Dr. L. Polk Wil
liams, Jr., 'Chairman of the Cho
wan County Cancer Society
Chapter. Dr. Williams reviewed
the founding of the County
Chapter and its administration.
He pointed out the cancer dan
ger signs and touched upon the
treatment of the disease now in
use. He praised the club for
Total Os 576 Arrests Made By
Edenton Police During 1962
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According to Chief of • Police
Leo LaVoie, a total of 576 ar
rests were made by Edenton po
lice during 1962. Os this num
ber 15 were released to other
departments and '529 were found
guilty as charged.
Those arrested included 233
white males, 29 white females,
261 colored males and 53 colored
females.
Fines amounted to $3,443.50
and costs $4,746.85 for a total of
$8,190.35. Os this amount $2.- j
Robert Brooks New
Red Men Sachem
New Officers Install
ed at Meeting Held
Monday Night
Officers for Chowan Tribe No.
12, Improved Order of Red Men,
were installed at the tribe's
meeting Monday night. The in
stallation ceremony was per
formed by Guy Williams, tribal
deputy Great Sachem and in
cluded the following officers:
Prophet, Oscar Peeples; sachem,
Robert Brooks; senior sagamore,
Fred Keeter; junior sagamore,
Thomas Jackson; keeper of wig
wam, Oscar Peeples; collector of
wampum, Jack Barrow; keeper
of wampum, William Barrow;
chief of records, J. Edwin Buff
lap; trustee for 18 months, Wil
liam Barrow.
The new sachem announced
his appointments and these were
also installed as follows:
Sanaps, W. M. Rhoades and
Guy Williams; warriors, Alton
Shaw, Henry Allen Bunch, Lin
wood Lee and Leroy Harrell;
braves, Robert Whiteman, W. D.
Harris, Leroy Henninger and
Walter Bond; guard of she wig
wam, Billy Ed Lassiter and
guard of the forest, Clyde Hollo
welL
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
| Hertford Masons Will Be
District Meeting Hosts
Wednesday, January 16
[ 5,000 )
According to statistics compil
ed by the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce, Edenton's population
now stands at about 5,000. The
1960 census was 4,458 and since
then 1961 saw a net qain of 190
ar.d in 1962 there was a gain of
355, thus increasing slightly
above 5,000.
The Chamber hcs adopted the
motto, "8-inlQ" meaning that
Sdenton's population should soar
to 8,000 in 1C years.
MASO»'f3 MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
'A. M-V will be held tonight
Thursday) at 3 o'clock. T. B.
Williford, master of the lodge,
irges all Masons to attend, and
.•specially invites visiting Masons.
t sponsoring the local cancer fund
drive in Edenton for the past
. 15 years.
At the meeting Mrs. W. J. P.
Earnhardt made a report of the
Fourt House Green beautifica
tion project. She pointed out
I that about a third of the project
has been completed, including
. landscaping, terr acing. grass
. seeding and planting 20 sycamore
; trees along the east and west
■ sides of the Green.
I Total cost of work already
done is in the neighborhood of
' *2.000 and it is estimated that
- the total cost of the project will
- be somewhere around SB,OOO.
’ Mrs. Earnhardt was frank to say
1 that additional funds will be
r needed before the project is en
. tirely completed.
The club was also urged to
: keep in mind the Mothers March
i on Polio, which will be held the
latter part of January.
431.05 was turned back to the
town in way of officers’ fees.
During the year the police an
swered and investigated 835
calls; investigated 79 automobile
accidents; recovered two stolen
automobiles; worked 78 funerals;
extended 341 courtesies; found
| 261 doors unlocked; answered 21
fire calls; issued 11,812 traffic ci
tations; reported 252 lights out
j and made 286 house checks.
The police made 11,432 radio
’calls and were on the air 15
i minutes and 40 seconds.
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Chowan Cotmfy failed miser
ably in its quota of blood do
nations when the Red Cress
bloodmobile paid a visit to
Edenton Thursday of last week.
Less than half the quota of
blood was donated during the.
visit. The quota for the county
was 100 pints and only 48 pints
was donated during the day.
Aces And Acelets Win Thrillers
By Edging Gales County Outfits
By KEN D. HOPKINS
John A- Holmes High Aces ]
and Acelets took a twin bill from
new conference member Gates
County in the local gym on Fri
day night, January 4, the girls
winning by a slim margin of
41-39 and the boys ekeing out
a 44-43 triumph on a last second
shot by senior co-captain Bill
Bootwright. Thq Gates County
outfits -were previously unde
feated.
The Acelets sparked by Soph
Miriam Willis, who tallied 21
points, 10 in the second quarter
as she led her mates to a 23-20
halftime advantage. She was
followed ,in the scoring column
by Sue Bunch with 8 and Irene
Spencer 6.
It was an overall team effort
that accounted for the Acelets’
FIGHT CANCER
WITH 4 CHECKUP
AND CHECK
About 200 Are Ex
pected to Be Present
From 11 Lodges In
District
Perquimans Lodge No. 106, A.
F. & A. M., cf Hertford will be
the host to ; epresentatives of
I Masons from 11 lodges in the
First and Third Districts on
Wednesday evening, Januai-y 16.
Plans for the district meeting
are under the direction of Dis
trict Deputy Grand Masters
jMalachi D. Burgess of Shiloh
and Anderson Midgett of Hat
| teras.
j A series of discussions will be
held beginning at 5 o'clock in
the afternoon under the direc
tion of Mr. Burgess. A dinner
will be served at 6 P. M. for all
who attend the meeting.
At the evening meeting, be
ginning at 7 o'clock in the Per
quimans High School, south of
Hertford, Willie H. Batchelor,
master of the host lodge, will
preside at Ihc opening session.
Cecil E. Winslow, secretary of
| Perquimans Lodge, has announc
ed that approximately 200 arc
expected to attend from the two
districts.
Also expected to atend are Ma
sonic leaders from over the
State, including the Grand Mas
ter of Masons in North Carolina,
| the Grand Secretary, the super
intendents of Oxford Orphan
age and the Masonic and Eastern
j Star Home, and Clifton F. Wil
liams of Shawboro, District
.Deputy Grand Lecturer of the
i First District and William H.
Hurdle of Englehard, District
Deputy Grand Lecturer of the
Third District.
A goodly number of Edenton-
Masons are expected to attend
the meeting.
Business Concerns
Change Locations
Two Broad Street business
j concerns have changed locations
I this week when Griffin's Mu
sicenter moved to the building
| on Ihe corner of Broad and King
I Streets, formerly occupied by
1 Bell’s.
Bell's will move into the build -
| ing now partially occupied by
J Attorney John W. Graham. The
j building is undergoing interior
| repairs and when completed
Pell's will occupy the west por
] tion and Mr. Graham the east
portion.
While the building is being re
| paired Bell’s stock has been
| stored and Mr. Graham has set
iup temporary quarters in the
! office formerly occupied by the
I late R. C. Holland.
[ CIVIC CALENDAR j
Edenton Jaycees will hold their
annual Bosses' and Ladies' Night
. Banquet at the Masonic Temple
Monday night, January 21. at
6:30 o clock.
1 j Chowan County's 100 peanut
, growers will be guests at a spe
cial banquet Tuesday night, Jan
uary 15. at the Edenton Restau
i i rant at 7 o'clock.
Edenton Aces and Acelets will
i play the Ahoskie basketbaL
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. fifth straight win without a de
] feat. All the girls again played
their usual steady game, their
finest up to date. Brenda Stall
ings made her debut as a starter,
after she had proven her ability
against Center, and it was a
good one. She was hustling all
i over the court and led the Ace
lets in rebounding by grabbing
•8. Mary Thorud and Ruth Over
man also played their usual good
defensive game.
Mary Rice paced the Gacos
with 13, followed closely by
Mary Wiggins with 12 .and Caro
lyn Winn with 8.
The Aces -edged the Gates
County boy» on a last second
shot by guard Bill Bootwright to
get back in the win coluttgt after
suffering two straight humiliat-