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CHOWAN COUNTY
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Volume XXX—Number 5.
f Edenton Youth Overcomes Handicaps
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With the March of Dimes campaign still in progress, it is inter
esting to learn of the progress made by 9-year-old Jarvis Belch,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Belch of Edenton. Shortly after birth,
doctors advanced the opinion that Jarvis would not live much less
walk. But th& boy is now in his second year at St. Ann's Episco
pal School at Charlottesville, Vai, where he is very much alive
despite his handicap. Jarvis cannot use either arm and has only
30% motion in his left leg, but can romp around with other chil
dren and despite the fact that he cannot use his arms, he won the
National Board of Examiners' penmanship certificate in Washing
ton, D. C.. in December. He writes by using a pencil in his mouth
and writes very well. He was operated on six weeks after birth
with help from the Crippled Children Fund, one of the ways
March of Dimes funds are used. Have you contributed?
Gerald L HarFell ji 20 Years Ago] l
Vi In Leading Role: j
| mm i Edenton's Boy Scout Troop,
i in riJ. i.ftmpfiv due * he w ° r >< °* the Sc ° uts
111 LUU UUIIIVUJ and scoutmasters C. W. Over-
1 man, Marvin Wilson and Frank
Edenton Boy Says By “‘“T*
Far Most Difficult record during the year. Seven
Thing He Has Ever > econd J lass ' se , ven cto “-
° I seven Star and four Life Scouts
UOne i were advanced.
, 1 I Dr. William Moore, head of
Gerald Lester Harrell of Eden- j she veterinary division of the
ton will be playing a king un- state Department of Agriculture,
able to utter a word in “Once declared lhat the hog cll olera {
Upon a Mattress,” musical com- epidemic in Northeastern North l
edy version of a beloved old c aro ii na was due j 0 "promiscu- 1 '
fairy tale, to be presented in ous use Q f v j rus j n vaC cinations,
McGinnis Theater at East 'Caro- poor management, bad housing!
lina College February 2-5 at Bj conditions and damaged foo d."
**• 'M- I Operators of taxicabs in Eden-
Though he has no words to j ton were warned by the Chowan
speak (he has been struck dumb County War Price and Ration
by his domineering wife) he has, Board that they were prohibited
all the same, a long role that in- to haul passengers for non-es
cludes one of the show’s most sential trips. This included trips
hilarious scenes, in which King to dances, sporting events, so-
Sextimus attempts to educate his cial calls, commercial deliveries
son about the facts of life in and not ‘going more than 10
Mgn language. j miles beyond the corporate limits
*“Once Upon a Mattress” is the of Edenton,
musical comedy version of the] An unusua i th eft occurred at
fairy tale about the princess and Mitchener's Pharmacy when a
the pea. It delighted New York man entered the store claiming
*, theatergoers for 59 weeks in 1959, Continued on Page 3-Section 1
' and 1960. |
‘lt’s by far the most difficult rp 17 J H7*
thing I’ve done,’’ says Harrell. ■ Oil) i OFO WIIIS
son of I. L. Harrell of Route 3, PriXP
Edenton. “In order to pantomine - irictgcl/llllC 1 l lAtr
I have to memorize the lines of
all the characters because both Tom Ford, manager of the 10-1
music and words for my role are cal Goodyear store, was notified
worked out to pantomine. And last week that he won second
keeping in beat with the music prize in a contest conducted by
is a problem.” the Reader’s Digest which clos-
The business major, who will ed in December. I
* graduate at the end of the win- - The purpose of the contest
ter quarter, has made an envia- was to guess how many copies
tie record for himself on the ]of the Reader’s Digest would be
East Carolina stage. Since his printed in December. Mr. Ford
freshman year, when he played . guessed about 6% million copies
in the East Carolina Playhouse and came in second,
production of 'The Diary of His prize is a lifetime sub-
Continued on Page 2—Section • scription to the Reader’s Digest.
Local National Guard Unit Now
# Seeking Full Strength Os 105*
Specialist Briley On Duty Daily
ai Eden ton’s National Guard unit
I is now seeking enlistments in j
order to bring the company up
to full strength. At present the!
unit is composed of 76 officers
and enlisted men, while the full
strength is 105 officers and en-
Captain C. W. Swanner is
THE CHOWAN HERALD
>on armory. Men in the com
jpany receive training in trans
portation, communications and |
i use of heavy weapons in the in- 1
! fantry. ' j
Both Capt. Swanner and Spe-j
cialist Briley will be delighted]
jto confer with any young men|
I who might be interested in en
j listing in the National Guard.
Mr Briley can be contacted daily
at the Edenton armory from
is A. M. to SP.M. * ■
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 31, 1963.
' Group Planning
To At\ i| d North Carolina
Day ii hln New York
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Will Join Many Oth
ers at Hotel Roose
velt In Search of
New Industry
Five members of the industrial
development committee of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
are scheduled to attend a “North
Carolina Day” luncheon and
subsequent business meeting at
the Hotel Roosevelt in New
fork city, February’ 26, accord
ing to George A- Byrum, presi
dent of the Edenton Chamber
of Commerce. “Weather per
mitting,” Byrum said, “our
group will travel by private
planes taking iff from the Eden
ten Municipal Airport about
8:30 A- M., for the approximate
ly 3-hour flight.”
Bruce Jones, chairman of the
Chamber’s industrial committee,
stated that through the courtesy
of Dr. Richard Hardin, former
Naval flight surgeon and James
W. Gardner, president of Sea
brook Blanching Corp., two
planes are being placed at the
disposal of the Chamber group
for the industry-hunting trip.
Both owner-pilots have made
their planes available to fly the
Chamber group and they will
also attend the business meeting
as delegates from Chowan coun
ty.
Approximately 400 other busi-!
nessmen and community leaders
from scores of North Carolina
cities will converge on the Hotel
Roosevelt, Jones stated, as guests
of the Sales Executive’s Club of
New York, also 400 strong.
Governor Terry Sanford is to be
the main speaker for the occas
ion and can be expected to be
one of the most enthusiastic
salesmen present to continue the
State’s drive to bring new indus
try and its payrolls to North
Carolina.
“A number of the New York'
executives attending the lunch- j
eon are already familiar with j
North Carolina’s business cli- j
mate and have branch plants lo- j
cated here,” Jones said,
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Eastern Star Plans To
Hold Banquet Tonight
Members of Edenton Chapter
No. 302, Order of the Eastern
Star, will hold a banquet to
night (Thursday) at the Masonic
Temple, beginning at 6:30
o’clock.
Guests at the banquet will be
Masons and their wives, and it
is hoped all Masons and their
wives, as well as husbands of
Eastern Star members will at
tend.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this ((Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock in the Parish House.
The program will be in charge
of H. A. Campen and President
W. B. Rosevear urges a 100 per
cent attendance.
New President
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At a recent meeting of the
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary Mrs.
Jack Leary was installed as
president. She succeeds Mrs.
J. D. Elliott. -(Ricks Photo)
' Wm
Bonner Releases
Appointments To
Service Schools
Jerry Kenneth Yar
] borough of Edenton
| Is Given an Appoint
| ment to Annapolis
: Congressman Herbert Bonner
. | this week announced his ap
, I pcintments to the various service
.academies.
I Air Force Academy: John
! Cleveland Bradner 111, son of
| Mr. and Mrs. John Cleveland
, I Bradner, Jr., Greenville; Robert
Bunn Johnston, son of Mr. and
! I Ml's. W. M. Johnston, Greenville;
.! Thomas Trimmigan Holmes, son
.| of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Holmes,
| Route 3, Creswell; Charles Chris
, j tian Daniels, son of Major and
, I Mrs. Charles L Daniels, Jr., Wil
,'liamston; Larry Stewart Gregg.
[ son of Dr. and Mrs. M. J.
, j Gregg, Bath; Marshall David
, i Wilson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
1 Marshall David Wilson, Rober
isonville; Horace Christopher Dil
■ day, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
j Horace C. Dilday, Route i, Ahos
! kie; William Harvey Allen, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Allen,
Greenville; Bertie Dixon 111, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bertie Dixon,
Jr., Buxton.
Naval Academy: Edward Rus
sell Johnston, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Johnston. Belhaven;
Jerry Kenneth Yarborough, son
of Mrs. John R. Wood, EdentA;
Thomas Dwight Webb, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Webb,
Greenville; Paul Clayton Akers,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A.
i Akers, Route 3, Kitty Hawk.
• Merchant Marine Academy:
! Larry Jerome Sexton, son of Mr
! and Mrs. Clarence Sexton,
! Jamesville; Michael Wavne Kell
er, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
] Keller, Kitty Hawk; William J.
Jackson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
William J. Jackson, Elizabeth
City.
Local Winners In
Goodyear Contest
Edenton’s Goodyear store
claimed two winners in a na
tional Goodyear automobile li
. cense sweepstakes contest which
was held in December.
The two winners were Leon
1 Halsey of Edenton and Elwood
Phelps of Creswell.
The contest was handled by
the Reuben H- Donley Corpora
tion for the Goodyear Rubber
Company, who selected automo
i bile license number at random
| from the North Carolina auto
i j mobile registration.
Rev. Van Chawford
Patient In Hospital
His many Edenton friends will
regret to learn that the Rev.
Van T. Crawford, pastor of the
Edenton Methodist Church, is
' critically ill in Duke Hospital at
Durham.
'Mr. Crawford was taken by
ambulance to Duke Monday and
was scheduled to undergo a ma
jor operation early 'Wednesday
morning. Mrs. Crawford and
son Van, accompanied him to
Duke and are still with him.
April 15 Deadline
For Filing Returns
The taxpayer whose signature
appears on his Federal tax re
\ turn is responsible for the facts
i and figures in it. J. E- Wall,
j District Director of the Greens
| boro District Office, said this is
I true even if the return is pre
pared with help from the U- S
| Internal Revenue Service. And,
I he added, -final date for filing
| that 1962 tax return is April 15.
h LIONS MEET MONDAY
1 Edenton Lions will hold their
' weekly meeting Monday night.
. February 4, at 7 o’clock at the
i Edenton (Restaurant. Herbert
. Holtowell, Jr., urges every Lion
i to be present.
Named Azalea Festival Maid Os Honor
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The International Azalea Festival in Norioik announced this
week that Miss Barbara Townson from John A. Holmes High
School in Edenton will act as a maid of honor in this year's 10th
anniversary celebration in Norfolk April 15-21. Barbara is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William David Townson, Jr. She has
blonde hair and brown eyes. She is a member of Future Teachers
of America Club, Future Homemakers of America Club, Library
Club, on staff of school newspaper and annual and member of
Junior-Senior Steering Committee.
Improvements Sehedulecl To Be
Made At Edenton Post Office
Federal buildings at Edenton. elevator conversion and repairs
Mt. Olive, Greenville and New at the U. S. Post Office. Court
Bern, N. C-, are scheduled for .House, and. .Oils.tom House. New
improvement. ' Bern.
A contract has been awarded ' Plans and specifications for the
to Shields and Wyatt, architects, work at Edenton, Mt. Olive and
and Fenner and Proffitt, engi- ! Greenville are expected to be
neers of Rocky Mount, to de-! completed the latter part of
velop plans and specifications fori March, and for the work at New
the work. Bern, May 1363.
The repairs and -improve-' The professional services con-'
ments include: a new boiler, tract was let by the Atlanta Re
painting and repairs at the U. S- gional Office of General Ser-
Post Office, Edenton; new boil- vices Administration, 1776 Poach
er, fuel conversion and painting; tree Street, N.W., Atlanta 9. Ga.
at the U. S- Post Office. Mt. That office will also solicit bids
Olive; painting and general re- for the repair and improvement
pairs at the U- S- Post Office, work at a date to be announced
Greenville; and air-conditioning, later.
25 Ruritans From jf t: \i nr .. )
Albemarle District !! lIIHG V6Fy ShOft j
Attend Convention ”T~77T
Those who have not yet list
ed their property in the tax su-
The Ruritan National Conven- j P ervisor's office are reminded
tion was held in Atlantic city. jh a j Saturday of this week will
New Jersey. January 20-24 with jj e jj, e final day to list wilhou
958 Ruritans attending. Ruritan pena iiy. A penalty will be
National is a rural civic organi-; added beginning Monday morn
zation whose purpose is to make j n g, February 4to all who have
the community a better place in | not ii sled , so that tax official:
which to live. It was organized urge listing before Saturday,
in Holland, Va., in 1928. Today
there are over thirty thousand | LEGION MEETS TUESDAY
members in nineteen states. It j Bd Bond Post No. 40 of th<
is the sixth largest and the fast- i American Legion will mee'
est growing organization in the' Tuesday night, February 5, at f
wor | d ! o’clock. Commander Alexande'
The newest club in the Albe- Deßlms urge sa large attendance
marie District is the R\land Fdpfltrtn Epi’t 11FPF
Club with 28 members which Mel,lon LtUUrer
was organized one year ago. •bw’-w
Lester Copeland, member of the |
Ryland Club and out-going Gov
ernor of t
attended the convention and al- | flB. S
so served on the Registration r.; ;
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Masons And Eastern ;
Star Banquet Tonight %
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w. H. Collins, master of John
R. Paige Lodge No. 13, an
nounces that the lodge and
Edenton Chapter No 28 Order Jjjjs
of the Eastern Star, will hold it
annual banquet tonight (Thurs ~
day). The be
at the Robin’s Motel Restauran
beginning at 8 o’clock, and it i
hoped all members of both or Thomas B. Barnett, assoc.ate
ganizatiorts wilt attend. rrofessor of medicine, Univer
— ; ity of North Carolina, discussed
Enterprise Group I the classification, recognition and
Will Meet Tonight reatment of chronic disabling
lung diseases at the UNO Post-
Enterprise Community Devel- graduate Medical Course held at
opment organization will meet the -Edenton Restaurant Wednes
tonjght (Thursday) at the Zell day of this week. The next pro-
Ward cabin at 7:30 o’clock. This gram in the six-week series will
is a very important meeting and be given by Dr. Kenneth W.
all families are urged to at- Warren, General Surgery, Lahey
tend, [Clime, Boston, on February 6-7.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Historical Collection Os
Hallmark Valentines At
Woman's Club Meeting
Belk Foundation
Plans To Award
More Scholarships
Seniors Who Are In
terested Are Asked
To Contact Alton El
more at Belk-Tyler’s
Alton G. -Elmore, manager of
Belk-Tyler’s in Edenton, has an
nounced that the I.elk Founda
tion will award 24 college schol
arships worth iSIK) each during
ID';3. The awards will be made
to high school graduates who ex
pect to enter college as fresh
men during the year.
Mr. Elmore pointed out that
this is a continuation of the
foundation’s recognition of the
growing value of a college edu
cation, and its desire to aid de
serving students who need as
sistance.
The Belk Foundation was es
tablished in memory of Dr. John
M. Belk and W. H. BeLk. Sr.
During the years since its be
ginning many churches, colleges,
hospitals and other institutions,
as well as numerous individuals,
have benefitted from the Foun
dation. The scholarship program
is another step in assisting oth
ers to a better opportunity in
life.
Scholarship winners will be
selected by a special committee
based on the applicant’s schol
astic rating, school and commun
ity activities, financial need,
character- and interests, and po
tentialities for success in college
and adult life. Winners will be;
free to select their own college:
and course of study.
All local high school seniors
who are interested in applying
for one of the Belk Foundation
scholarships should contact Mr.
Elmore for additional details,
then fill: in one of the applica
tion blanks that are now: avail
able at Belk-Tyler’s.
License System Is
Being Automated
IBM Cards Must Be
Presented When
Examined
North Carolina’s driver licens-1
ing system, which is currently]
n the process of being automat-:
>d, needs a touch of human co-;
,-peration despite its nimble elec
ronic brainpower, say Motor
/ehicles Department licensing
-.fficials.
Tar Heel drivers, and two
million will eventually be affect-!
d by the new system, are be
ng sent a crisp new IEM card j
A'hich under the new set up j
-oust be used at the time of the:
•xamination.
The IBM application card is ]
with the actual, driv- 1
r’s license, enabling examiners:
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Valhalla Produce Company
Host To Large Crow d Monday
Night At Rocky Hock Fish Fry
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Murray Tynch, manager of
the Valhalla Produce Company,
was hest to nearly 300 farmers
an.d Edenton business men Mon
day night at a huge fish fry
held at the Rocky Hock Com
munity Center. The small audi
torium was taxed to capacity as
many braved the cold weather
to enjoy the Tynch hospitality.
A corps of fish fryers devoted
the entire day to preparing and
frying the fish for the crcfwd.
which won the unanimous com
ment that it was one of the best
fish frys enjoyed locally in a
long time.
Mr. Tynch and his son. Mur
ray Tynch, Jr., as well as a
group of ladies, saw to it that
everyone present had plenty to
oat and rirink cn that th<» assail
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
' AND CHECK
; Program on Valen
tines Will Be Pre
sented Feb 6 By Mrs.
James P. Ricks, Jr.
A portion of the Hallmark
Historical Collection c»f Valen
tines will be on display at the
February 6th meeting of the
Edenton Woman’s Club at 1
P. M. at the Edenton Restau
rant.
A program on the Valentines’
will be given lay Mrs. James I*.
Ricks. Jr., -program chairman.
Valentines, according to Mrs.
Ricks, arc believed amu-ig the
first forms of greeting cards.
The antique cards to be display
ed were made in England and
America and date from the
early 1800’s.
Commercial Valentines - be
came popular in the nineteenth
century in England when well
known printers started to pub
lish sentimental and humorous
illustrations combined with
verses. ,
The Hallmark Historical Col
lection includes more than
50.000 antique greeting cards
for all occasions. It is the larg
est and most valuable collection
of antique greeting cards in the
world. Exhibitions are held
annually in museums, galleries,
libraries and colleges through
out the United States.
Mrs. Ricks says. “We are
very fortunate to have a por
tion of this famous collection
available locally.”
Emmett Jones In
Drama At ..ECC
The Weslev Players of the
Wesley Foundation, drama or
ganization of East Carolina Col
lege students. presented on Jan
uary ]9 and 20. Thornton Wild
er’s “Our Town”. The three-act
play was staged at the Methodist
Student Center in Greenville be
fore appreciative audiences.
Participating in the presenta
tion of “Our Town” was Emmett
Parker Jones of Tyner.
Band Parents Meet
Next Monday Night
Edenton’s Band Parents Asso
ciation will meet Monday night,
February 4. The meeting will
be held in the band room and
Mrs: John Bunch, president, urg
es a large turnout of members.
feme^calenimrl
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| Edenton Woman's Club will
meet at the Edenton Rastaurant
Wednesday afternoon, February
6, at 1 o'clock.
Edenton Band Parents Associa
tion will meet Monday night.
February 4, at 7:30 o'clock in the
band room.
Saturday of this week will be
the final day to list property
for 1962 taxes in order to avoid
a penalty.
Chowan County Commission
ers will meet in the ourt House
Monday morning. February 4. at
9 o'clock.
Nomination forms are now
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I went off very smoothly consid
ering, the crowd, seme of whom
i were unable to find a seat to sit
down and eat
Following the meal a film was
shown having to do with feed
and fertilizer which, too. was
i very much enjoyed.
Present at the meeting were
John Spring of Ahoskie repre
senting the Purina Feed Com
-I'pany; George Fields of Norfolk
. j representing the Reliance Fer
■ | tilizer Company and Charles H.
• | Wood. Jr., who represented the
i Olin Mathieson ompany.
| During the evening prizes
I were awarded which were iur
! nished by Valhalla Produce
| Company. Purina -Reliance and
Olin Mathieson.
ir Coni'd. on ’'au Bartinii 1