ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXX—Number 7.
Governor Sanford Natoies
Bruce F. Jones As Member
Os Good Neighbor Council
Purpose to Encourage
Employment of Qual
ified People Without
Regard to Race
Edenton friends will be inter
ested to learn that Bruce F.
Jones has been appointed by
Governor Terry Sanford on the
North Carolina Good Neighbor
> Council.
The Council consists of 24 out
standing ' citizens of the state
with David S- Coltrane of Ra
leigh as chairman.
The Council will have a two
fold mission (1) to encourage
employment of qualified people
without regard to race and (2)
to urge youth to become better
trained and qualified for em
ployment.
Governor Sanford is asking all
mayors and chairmen of County
Commissioners to establish lo
cal Good Neighbor Committees.
It is interesting to note that
Mayor John Mitchener several
weeks ago appointed a Good
Neighbor Committee along the
same lines as urged by Governor
Sanford.
The Governor plans to conduct
a conference this spring, inviting
leading industrialists and busi
nessmen to participate. He has
also issued a memorandum to
heads of state agencies, depart
ments and institutions asking
them, if they have not already
Continued on Page 6—Section •
20 Years Ago)
As Found Tn l.e Files Ot j
The Chowan Herald i
Chowan Cpunly's Court House
was filled to capacity when mer
chants from Chowan, Gates, Per
quimans and Bertie counties
gathered to hear an explanation
of the general maximum price
regulation by representatives of
the office of the Price Admini
stration.
The Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr.,
a student at Union Theological
Seminary at Richmond, accepted
a call to become pastor of the
Edenton Presbyterian Church.
Edenton Rotarians celebrated
their 17th anniversary when
John A. Holmes was the princi
pal speaker.
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
Chowan Hospital Given $1,815
From Duke Endowment Funds
Appropriations of $1,374,165.33 i
to assist North Carolina and
Carolina hospitals andj
"child care institutions in charity |
work are announced by trustees
of The Duke Endowment.
The funds, based on charity
care in the fiscal year which
ended September 30, 1962, are
being distributed as follows: 98
North Carolina hospitals, $573,-
297; 27 North Carolina child care
institutions, $308,3*239.75; 42
South Carolina hospitals, $345,-
548; 16 South Carolina child care
institutions, $146,990,558; North
Carolina total, $881,626.75; South
Carolina total, $492,538.58; hos
pital totals, both states, $918,845;
child care institution totals, both
states, $455,320.33.
These appropriations, said
Thomas L. Perkins, chairman of
Chamber Os Commerce Calls
Membership Meeting In Court
House Tuesday Night, Feb. 19
A meeting for the entire
membership of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce is sched
uled to take place in the Cho
wan County Court House Tues
day night, February 19, at 8
o’clock. It has been the custom,
George A- Byrum, president of
the Chamber stated, to hold one
meeting of the Chamber each
year. The purpose in holding
this mid-term meeting is twofold.
(1) To inform the membership
and report directly to them on
projects undertaken by the vari
ous committees. (2) To encour
age the membership to partici
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Evans Is Named On
Finance Committee
Clifton Blue, speaker of the
House of Representatives in the
North Carolina General As
sembly, on biiday announced
1 members of 12 important com
. mittees.
, Among the 12 committees B.
j Warner Evans, Chowan County’s
I Representative, was appointed to
the very imoprtant Finance
Committee.
SECOND DEGREE TONIGHT
AT MASONIC MEETING
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. T. B. |
Williford, master of the lodge, |
announces that the second degree !
will be conferred on a candi-!
date, so that he invites all Ma- j
sons to be present.
j Officials Os Standard Products
Hosts To Virginia Group And
| Town And County Delegations
j Tom Belch, general manager
of Standard Products of North
Carolina, was host to several
! top executives of Standard Pro
ducts Company of White Stone,
jVa.. Wednesday night, February
■6. The visitors included H. R.
[Humphreys, Jr., president and
his assistant, Jim Nelson, Bran
\ aid Edmonds of the sales de
i partment, Billy Kesterson, chem
' ist, and Mr. Edwards, the com
-1 party pilot.
■\ Town and, county officials and
members of the Industrial Com
| mittee of the Chamber of C:>m
:merc .attended the open house
1 affair when it was discussed
what local resources could be
utilized from a manufacturing
standpoint to extend the present
operating cycle of the Edenton
operation which at present is
DRIVERS LICENSE OFFICE
WILL BE CLOSED FEB. 19
j
Edenton’s automobile driver
! license office will be closed
‘Tuesday, February 19. All driv
-1 er license personnel in this area
[will be attending a meeting in
Greenville, N. C.
i The Endowment, bring to $35,- *
■012,318 the amount given in 38 j
j consecutive years to aid in fi-,
I nancing charity services of Caro-!
! lina hospitals and child care in- i
stitutions. Applications from oth- i
er hospitals, which had not been
completed when the allocations
were made, will be considered at,
the February meeting of trus- j
tees.
Chowan Hospital at Edenton!
was among institutions receiving
Duke Endowment grants in the
amount of $1,815 this year. The
local hospital was given $1,308
the previous year. Albemarle
Hospital in Elizabeth City was
given $5,273 as compared with
$3,412 last year and Roanoke-
Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie re
ceived $4,641 the current year
as against $4,703 the previous
! year.
pate more than they have in
Chamber of Commerce activi
ties and to give committee chair
men the benefit of their think
ing on projects directed to the
overall benefit of the community.'
“The major responsibility of
the Edenton Chamber of Com
-1 merce is the community’s eco
nomic well-being,” Byrum said,
: “the Chamber meets this respon
sibility in three steps:
i "It examines community needs
. to determine what must be done
to make it a better place to live
j and do business; it channels com
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i
Edenton, -. \\ !S ,n County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 14, 1963.
Woman’s Club Art
ShowlsScheduled
For February 19th
Annual Affair to Be
Held In Conjunction
With Regular Meet
ing of PTA
The Parent-Teacher Associa
tion of John A. Holmes High
School and Edenton Elementary
School wili hold its regular
meet Tuesday night, February
19. The meeting will be held in
the Elementary School auditor
ium beginning at 8 o’clock.
The meeting will be held in
conjunction with the Edenton
Woman’s Club art show, with art
displays on exhibit along the
halls and corridors of the school.
The program for the PTA will
be given by Mrs. Harry Venters,
art instructor at John A. Holmes
High School.
Art work has been collected
from John A. Holmes High
School, Edenton Elementary
School, and the Chowan High
School and Elementary School.
A special invitation is extend-
Continued on Page 8, Section 1
•.seasonal. Edenton Chamber of
j Commerce officials pledged full
support to the Edenton new
| comer headquartered in White
! Stone, Va., with other subsidi-
I aries.
State agencies will be contact
ed by the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce to assist in making
■ surveys that would result in un
covering possibilities in food
processing or allied industry. It
jis also possible that an entirely
I, new product might be taken on
■ | by Standard Products and it was
hinted that even subcontracting
' for prime contractors of federal
1 government work was a possi
! bility.
At 6 o’clock Mr. Belch and
company officials were hosts at
1 a steak dinner at the Edenton
Continued on Page B—Section 1
Clothing Class To
Begin At School;
Group Will Be Taught I
Tuesday Nights By !
Mrs. Edna Reaves
Mrs. Edna Reaves, home cco- j
nomics teacher at John A. j
Holmes High School, announces i
that she will begin an adult j
class in clothing construction 1
Tuesday evening, February 19, j
.at 8 o’clock in the Home Eco- j
nomics Department. At this or- 1
ganizational meeting plans will
be discussed according to the
needs of the group.
There will be no charge for
the course. However, irrdivi
! duals will be required to pur
j chase their own supplies. The
■ course will last for six weeks
and will meet on Tuesday
’.nights from 8 o’clock until 10
i o’clock.
Anyone interested in this
course is asked to meet in the
Home Economics Department on
Tuesday night, February 19, at 8
o’clock.
Thief Breaks Into
Colonial Motor Co.
A thief gave Edenton police
the run-around Saturday night
and has not yet been apprehend
ed. About 10 o’clock, a patrol
man heard the sound of broken
glass while near the former
ABC store. He hustled over to
the Colonial Motor Company and
found a window broken out on
the east side of the building.
A search of the interior was
made but no trace of the thief
was found. Leaving the scene,
police learned that about 10:30
o’clock somebody was in the
building when another search
was made. While the officers
were in the front of the build
ing a man darted from the rear
and made his escape.
It was discovered that about
$lO in cash was taken, but no
arrests have been made.
lebrate 65th Wedding Anniversary
jj
vCQEE
Pictured above are Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Copeland, who cele
brated their 65th wedding anniversary Sunday afternoon, January
20, at the Ryland Community Building. They were united in
marriage January 4, 1898. Mr. Copeland is 37 years old and Mrs.
Dempscv is 81. About 400 relatives and friends greeted the
couple for the celebration.
Farmers In Chowan Urged
To Release Unused Cotton
Acres To Save Allotment
March 15 Deadline to
Release Acreage In
Order to Maintain
Allotments
i
Chowan County farmers who
do not plan to plant all or parti
of their cotton allotment in 1963
are advised that they can pro
tect their cotton acreage history l
by releasing the allotment to the 1
ASC County Committee. How
ever, such acreage must be re
leased before the deadline, which
is Friday, March 15.
It is pointed out that a farm- j
er who plans to plant at least 75
per cent of his cotton allotment
this year need take no action to
release any acreage in order'tD
preserve the allotment base for;
his farm. But a farmer whoi
fails to plant at least 75 per cent j
of his 1963 allotment will find
his cotton allotment will be re- j
duced in 1964 if he fails to re
lease the unused part of his 1963 j
allotment to the County Com-1
mittee.
By releasing the unused part
of the cotton allotment to the
County Committee, the individ
ual farmer’s 1963 planting his
tory will be preserved and also
the planting history of the coun
ty and stale. The released al
lotment will be apportioned by
the County Committee for use
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Edenton Group At
Area Cancer Dinner
Dr. L. P. Williams, Jr., Mrs.
W. J. P. Earnhardt, Herbert Hol
lowell, Jr., Mrs. Lewis Leary,
Keith Reeve and Mr. and Mrs.
J. Edwin Bufflap attended a
cancer area meeting held in 1
Greenville Friday night.
Representatives from a num
ber of counties attended the din
ner meeting held at the Moose
Club. A number of speakers
appeared on the program and
with the aid of slides plans were
I set forth to make the forthcom
ing campaign to raise funds
with which to combat cancer
more effective.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night, February
18, at 8 o’clock. All members
are requested to attend.
Prominent Physicist To Visit
John A. Holmes High School
Cecil W. Fry, principal of John
A. 'Holmes High School, and
I Archie B. Fairley, Jr., teacher
iof physics, announce that plans
have been made for a visit to
| the school by a professional
| physicist. The visit is part of a
program sponsored by the Amer
j ican Institute of Physics, and is
I supported by a grant from the
I National Science Foundation.
I The program is now in its fourth
year of national operation and
its third year in North Carolina.
| Present plans are for a visit
by Dr. R. M. Helms on Friday,
February 22. Dr. Helms will at
tend physics, chemistry and sci
ence classes and will be avail
able during third period for con
Aces And Acelets
Clinch Tie Spot For!
Loop Championship!
Victories Friday Night i
i Over Hertford Will
Put Championship In
Bag For Local Teams;
' Edcnton’s Aces and Acelets
; both clinched at least a tie for
the Albemarle Conference Cham
pionship as the result of defeat
ing Ahoskie Tuesday night. Both
..teams will put the conference
i championship on the line Fri
|day night when they play the
| Hertford teams on the local
court. By winning these games
■ the Aces and Acelets will clinch
I the championship.
j Both the Edenton teams boast
a 9-1 record and will put up a
hard fight Friday night to win
the championship.
In Ahoskie Tuesday night both
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Chown Students
Make Honor Lists
Three lists of students at East
Carolina who have received of
fit ial recognition from the Col
lege because of their excellent
records in academic work during
the fall quarter of the present
school year have just been an
nounced;
Chowan County is represented
i on the honors lists as follows:
, Dean’s List: Samuel Roland
j Tolley.
; Honor Rolll: Edwood Fay
Bunch, Nancy Marie Spivey,
, tricia Ann Waff and Clayton O. j
. ! Letcher.
! Hospital Auxiliary
Will Meet Friday
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary |
will meet Friday afternoon, Feb
ruary 15, at 3 o'clock in the
nurses’ home. The speaker will
■ be Dr. Ed Bond, whose subject
I,will be “Heart Disease.”
r I Mrs. Jack Leary, president,
; 1 urges every member of the
i Auxiliary to attend.
ference with interested students. ’
After school Dr. Helms will at-1
tend a conference with the sci- J
ence teachers for mutual consid
eration of ideas and problems.
Dr. Helms is Professor of'
Physics at East Carolina Col- 1
lege, and holds degrees from
Duke, Columbia and New York
Universities. He has done post
doctoral study at the University
of California and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He is a
member of four national science
societies (American Association
for Advancement of Science,
National Association for Research
in Science Teaching, National
Science Teachers Association, and
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Sanitation Survey
IsScheduledToße
Held In Edenton
Project Calculated to
Wipe Out Breeding
Places For Number
Pests
i and provide up-to-date informa
tion on sanitation.
It was pointed out that the
survey would find the deficien
cies which exist and would go
With a crowded agenda facing
them, Town Councilmen burned
thf midnight oil Tuesday night
at their February meeting and
were held in session until short
ly after midnight.
Consuming a goodly portion
lof time was a delegation from
I the State Board of Health and
sanitarians from the District
j Health Department.
The purpose of the delegation!
was to discuss an environmental!
sanitation survey and proposed
I plans for correction of sanitation j
deficiencies in Edenton. The
survey will point out these de
ficiencies, make records of what
is found, classify the deficiencies
a long way to eliminating breed-
Continued on Hag* fi—Section )
W. P. Jones Named Chairman
Albemarle Highway (Committee;
Pushing For 17 Improvements
William P. “Spec” Jones was :
recently elected chairman of the
Albemarle Area Highway Com-1
mittee, according to George A. :
Byrum, president of the Eden-’!
ton Chamber of Commerce. Mr. j 1
Jones has served as chairman j
of the Edenton Chamber’s High-,
way Committee for the past two
years.
"Mr. Jones has been working
.for the improvement of U. S
17 in our area for many years,”
Byrum stated. “He will lose no
time as chairman of the Albe
marle area group to promote the
Edenton Police Make
43 Arrests In January
Edenton police made 43 arrests
according to Chief of Police Leo
LaVoic. Os this number 42
were found guilty as charged.:
The arrests included 21 white i
males, one white female, 13 col- 1
ored males and eight colored fe-1
males. Fines amounted to $284
and costs $449.70 for a total of
$733.70. Os this amount $147.50
went back to the town in way
of officers’ fees.
Activities during the month in
cluded 71 calls answered and
investigated, 7 automobile acci
dents investigated, two funerals
worked, 18 courtesies extended,
15 doors found unlocked, two
fire calls answered, 1.235 cita
tions issued, 25 lights reported |
out and 11 house checks made.
The police made 977 radio calls
and were on the air one hour, i
21 minutes and 25 seconds.
Firemen Called Four
Times In January
Fire Chief W. J. Yates reports
that Edenton firemen answered
| four alarms during January, two
lof which were in Edenton and
two out of town. They were,
out two hours and 15 minutes in \
Edenton and 55 minutes out of 1
town. They were on the air 201
seconds in Edenton and 35 sec- i
onds out of town.
'For the Edenton fires the fire- ■
men traveled two miles and 12
; miles for the out of town fires.!
• There were 450 feet of hose laid j
in Edenton and 300 feet out of j
I town. Ladders were raised 10 j
! feet in Edenton and none out j
I of town.
i Twenty-eight volunteers re- [
j sponded for the Edenton fires I
j and 40 out of town,
i Property involved in Edenton
j was estimated at $16,000 and $7.-
■ 500 out of town. Insurance in j
| Edenton was SB,OOO and $5,500 j
| out of town. Damage in Eden
ton was $350 and none out of j
i town.
During the month the firemen
| held one fire drill and answered
two still alarnps out of town.
RED MEN MEETING
Chowan Tribe No. 12. Improv
ed Order of Red Men, will
meet Monday night, February
18. at 7:30 o’clock. Robert
Brooks, sachem of the tribe, urg
es a large attendance.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Gov. Sanford Names Mrs.
J. M. Thorud Member Os
Better Schools Committee
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House Page
J
JOHNNY WINBORNE
i Representative B. Warner Ev
ans last week was instrumental
in having Johnny Winborne ap
pointed a page in the House of
Representatives. Johnny is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins
Winborne.
immediate need fir widening
,U. S. 17. considered by the
‘ North Carolina Highway Commis
sion as part of the state's 'trunk
'.system.' It is understood that
! Highway 13 is designated as be
ing a part of the "feeder sys
i tern’.”
The new Albemarle area high
way chairman, By rum reported,
has already taken action to im
ipleinent the plan to enlist the
aid of all legislators from the 20
counties that are adjacent to
U. S. 17 or through which this
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Valentines Feature
February Meeting' i
Os Woman’s Club
An interesting display of V'ai
: onlines from the historical col
] lection by Hallmark highlighted
'the February meeting of the
i Woman’s Club here. 1
Mrs. .James P. Ricks, Jr, pro- !
gram chairman, arranged for the :
: display a portion of the Hall
mark collection and also read
the Story of Valentine ns a fea
ture of the meeting. The Hall
mark collection included English
Valentines (kiting back to the
early 1800's and some early
American cards were also dis
played.
Mrs. Ricks told the membersl
Valentines are believed to be
among the first form of greet- 1
Continued on Page V. Section 1
Robert Mills Victim
Os Hit-Run Driver
Robert Mills was the victim of
a hit and run driver Monday
night and as the result is a.
patient in Chowan Hospital suf
fering with a broken right arm j
and right leg.
About ti. 45 o'clock Mills was
'crossing Broad Street at Park
j Avenue and before he reached)
| the curb was hit by an oncom-j
ling car which failed to stop.
The hit and run driver has not
as yet been apprehended.
Larry Lowe Awarded Air Medal
For Achievement In “ColdfeeC
: Project In Arctic Ocean Area
The Air Medal which is award- ■ 1
ed for meritorious achievement
lin aerial flight was presented j
’ last week to Lieut. Larry T-1
I Lowe, by Commander Richard!
,j E. Duncan, USN, commanding
| officer of Training Squadron [
; Two.
Lieut. Lowe received the ]
award “for his meritorious ach- j
ievement in aerial flight as pa
trol plane commander for an air-!
craft (crew 4) in Patrol Squad
ron One durnig May and June, (
■ 1962, in connection with project I
, Coldfeet in the Arctic Ocean
area”.
In the face of adverse weather, <
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH 4 CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Purpose to Participate
In Campaign to Pro
mote School Improve
ments In State
Mrs. Joseph M- Thorud, Eden
ton housewife and prominent
i Chowan County education iead
> er, has been appointed by Gov
j ernor Terry Sanford to the North
Carolina Citizens Committee for
. Ecttei Schools.
| As a member rs the State
Committee, Mrs. Thorud will
participate in a state-wide cam
paign to promote and support
i school improvement. The Com
"■ mittee for Better Schools will
work with state and local edu
cational leaders to help build
public understanding and sup
port of high quality education.
Members of the Better Schools
; Committee work with local
school officials to organize an
educational tour of the county
by the Governor. Governor San
ford plans tc> visit every county
!in the State to bring his edu
cational challenge directly to
school children.
The education toui» is one of
several projects designed to
. promote art intense interest, in
; school improvement on the local
i level. An opinion survey leaflet
has been designed for use in
i helping to identify public think
ing about needed improvements.
1 A quality education test has
been planned for use bv local
citizen groups in their work
with school officials. A vital
part of the campaign will be an
attempt to help more schools be
come accredited.
i Members of the North Caro
', lina Citizens Committee for JJoi
t ter Fchdols serve at the pleas
ure of the Governor. The com
mittee was organized in 1957 by
former Governor Luther Hodges
and was composed of 32 mem
bers with Holt McPherson. High
Point newspaperman, serving as'
chairman.
Appi intmeiU of Mrs. Thorud
from Chowan County is a part
of Governor 'Terry Sanford's
plan to put at least one mem
ber from each county in the
State on the Committee.
(7 mc~r~\LEN i >ar]
A membership meeting of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
will be held at the Court Hou ;e
Tuesday night, February 19, at
8 o'clock.
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
will meet in the nurses' home
Friday afternoon, February 15,
at 3 o'clock.
Dr. R. M. Helms, prominent
physicist cf East Carolina Col
lege, will be at John A. Holmes
High School Friday. February
22 to confer with interested stu
dents and teachers.
The Rev. Michael Malone of
Ahoskie will be principal speak
er at the Edenton Business and
Professional Women's Club an
nual Bosses' Night banquet
tonight (Thursday) at the Ma
sonic Temple at 7 o'clock.
Annual art show SDonsored by
the Edenton Woman's Club will
be held at the Edenton Element
ary School auditorium Tuesday
night, February 19, at 8 o'clock.
An adult class in clothing con
struction will be organized in
the Home Economics Deparl-
Continued on Page 4, Section 1
he made three flights to a point
within 300 miles of the North
Pole and each time located a
small object which allowed for
the speedy completion of an
important mission.
A native of Chowan County,
he attended North Carolina State
College at Raleigh before enter
ing the flight program. He re
ceived his wings in September,
1958.
LieuL Lowe reported to VT-2
in October, 1962, from VP-1
Whidbey Island. Washington.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Woodrow Lowe of Chowan
County.