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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume X*XX —Number 9.
Edenton Is Represented
At 'North Carolina Day'
Held In New York Tuesday
10 Local Leaders De
part In Three Groups
To Attend Eleborate
Luncheon
Edenton was well represented
at “North Carolina Day’’ Tuesday
when 10 local men were on hand
as guests at a luncheon held at
the Sales Executives Club of
New York. Harry R. White,
executive director of the club,
said the “North Carolina Day”
luncheon was the largest ever
held. It was reported that guests
at the luncheon included 1,320, of
whom about 700 were North
Carolinians, who attended the
luncheon at their own expense.
The Edenton delegation trav
eled in three groups. Mayor
John Mitchener, John Kramer,'
Billy Gardner and William P.
Jones left by car Monday morn
ing. On Monday afternoon Dr.
Richard Hardin, Nick George,
George A. Byrum and Bruce
Jones took off in Dr. Hardin’s
plane. West Byrum, Jr., and
James Robinson left by car
Monday afternoon.
The Edenton group also in
vited the treasurer of the Con
tinental Baking Company of Rye,
N. Y., to join the local delega
tion.
Governor Terry Sanford was
one of the speakers at the lunch
eon during which he pointed out
the desire and advantages of in
dustries.
The Edenton delegation was
very much enthused about the
trip to New York in that ap
pointments had been made with
several prospects and individual
realtors.
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Young Churchmen
i- To Sponsor!Supper
A barbecue supper will be
sponsored by St. Paul’s Young
Churchmen Saturday, March 9,
from 6 to 7 P. M.
Plates will be served at the
Parish House or they may be
taken home. Anyone who has
not been contacted '■in secure a
ticket by calling Mrs. David:
Ottaway, phone J*sol.
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IN NORFOLK HOSPITAL 1
Mrs. W. J. Daniels left Tues- j
day for Norfolk General Hospi
tal, where she is now a patient. ■
Mrs. Daniels on Wednesday un
derwent an operation on her
eyes.
20 Years Ago
A* Found In !.«• Filet Ol
Ihe Chowan Herald
W. J. Berryman, general chair -
tman in the Red Cross war fund
drive, announced that a cam
paign would be started to raise
$4,200 as Chowan County’s quo
ta in a national effort to raise
$125,000,000. )
D. M. Warren, vice president)
of the Bank of Edenton, posted]
a conspicuous sign on one of the
pillars in the bank which read:
"Notice! We will be closed on
the day of Hitler's Funeral.
Thank God."
Representative John F. White
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Robert R. Weintraub Named
Belk-Tyler Assistant Manager
Robert R. (Bob) Weintraub has j
been chosen as assistant mana-l
ger for the local Belk-Tyler store |
by A- L. Tyler, executive vice j
president of the Belk-Tyler;
stores. This announcement was
made Monday of this week byj
Alton Elmore, local store mans- 1
ger. Weintraub will be replaced
as bjuyer-manager of the men’s
department by Paul Viverette,
yvho- has just come to the local
store from Belk-Tyler’s in Rocky
Mount, where he worked five
Weintraub was born and rais
ed in Philadelphia, attending the
city schools there, lie came to
Edenton in 1955 with the U. S-
Marinas, after boot camp at Paris,
THE CHOWAN HERALD
President Os Trustees
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JESSE L. HARRELL
At a meeting of Chowan Hos
pital trustees held Thursday
night Jesse L. Harrell was elect
ed president of the group. He
succeeds J. H. Conger, Sr.
District Health Officer Called
To Serve In Army Medical Corps
Dr. W. Heymore Schettler, who
has been serving as district
health officer since January l,
completed his duties Thursday
due to being ordered to serve in
the Medical Corps of the U. S-
Army.
Dr. Schettler is scheduled to
report to the center at
San Antonio, Texas on March
13 for a refretber course." Upon
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting
Is Scheduled For Monday Nighl
Plans have been completed to
organize an Edenton unit of Al
coholics Anonymous with a
meeting scheduled to be held
Monday night, March 4. The
meeting will be held in the base
ment of St. Ann’s Catholic
Church beginning at 8 o’clock.
While St. Ann’s Church is in no
way sponsoring the movement,
the facilities for holding the
meeting have been offered.
Present for the meeting will
be prominent AA visitors from J
Norfolk and other nearby towns,
Film Is Released
On Bridge-Tunnel
Preview of “Over and
Under the Sea” Pre
sented Last Week
George A. Byrum, president of
the Edenton Chamber of Com
merce, has received word that
“Over and Under the Sea,” a
new motion picture film on the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel,
was previewed in Norfolk last
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(the Marines in January, 1958, he
! worked for J. H. Conger & Son
J until he became employed by
j Belk-Tyler Company in June,
1959. Very soon after joining
! Belk-Tyler’s, he became the
1 men’s department buyer-mana
jger. He has been the leading j
J sales person in the local store
for the past three years and has
been among the top five men’s
wear salesmen of the fourteen
Belk-Tyler stores for the past
two years. In connection with
his new job, he will be attending
many special courses and semi
nars in Charlotte. _ t -
He and his wife, the former
Patricib Ann Harrell pi Eden
ton, have one son, Ronald, age
1 4. Weintraub is a member of
|St Ann's Catholic Church and
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 28, 1963.
Aces And Ace 10 *'
Play First 6 v
In Tourney Fr 4
Start of Tournam %\
Is Postponed Fr -
Tuesday to Wednes
day In Plymouth
Paul Stanton, coach of the
Edenton Aces basketball team,
was advised Tuesday that the
start of the Albemarle Confer
ence basketball tournament had
been postponed from Tuesday
night of this week until Wed
nesday night.
Both the Edenton boys’ and
girls’ teams are conference
champions for the regular season
and will play in tho tournament,
which will be held at the Fly
mouth High School gymnasium.
The local teams will play their
first game in the tournament
Friday night with the girls’ game
beginning at 7 o’clock and the
boys’ game at 8:30 o’clock.
The final games in the tourna
ment will be played Monday
night.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
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,
urges all Masons to be present.
completion of this course he is
scheduled to join the special
guerilla forces at Okinawa to al
ternate between these and Viet
He holds the rank of cap
tainp in the Army Reserve and
his-~4our will be for two years.
District Health Department of
ficials are expected to meet very
shortly in order to make plans
for carrying on the .work in the
'district. ' - '
the purpose being to familiarize
the public and especially those
interested in the aims and goals
of AA in regard to combatting
the disease of alcoholism.
Several Edenton doctors have
expressed the opinion that there
is a need for an AA unit in
Edenton. Monday night’s meet
ing is open to the public and it is
hoped many will attend. A very
interesting film will be shown
during the meeting which will
j point out some of the activities
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Lenten Service At
St Paul’s March?
Rev. Angus Miller to
Speak at 4 O’clock
In Parish House
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
will sponsor a guest preacher
each Tuesday during Lent again
this year. Tuesday afternoon,
March 5, at 1 o’clock in the
Parish House on Gale Street will
be the first occasion.
The Rev. Angus Miller, a na
tive of Lees, England, now resi
dent in East Carolina, and serv
ing Saint James' Church, Belhav
en, will be the first speaker.
Mr. Miller came to North Car
olina from Texas. Prior to that
time he served also in England,
Canada, Nevada, and California.
He is an author and has held
several responsible positions in
the Anglican Communion.
Sessions each Tuesday are for
one hour and include lunch. For
details calls the parish House,
3522.
Another Herring
Breakfast March 2
The Methodist Men’s Club will
hold another pickled herring
and herring roe /breakfast Sat
urday 'morning, March 2. The
| breakfast will be served from 7
to o o’clock, and the men are
hopeful that many will patronize
the affair. v
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SNOW Sl.lDK— Tribute to tbe Soviet Union's cosmonauts
is sculptured in snow in this Soviet source photo, taken
in Kirov. The image of a waving Soviet spaceman tops
the snow-slide ride in a city children's amusement park.
Jesse L. Harrell Elected
New President Os Chowan
Hospital Board Trustees
Succeeds J. H. Conger, j
Sr., Who Has Served
Since Local Hospital!
Was Organized
Jesse 1. Harrell., was elected
president of the board of trus
tees of Chowan Hospital at a
meeting held Thursday night of
ast week. Mr. Harrell succeeds
J. H. Conger. Sr. Harrell, who t
is secretary and treasurer of the
Sdenton Furniture Company, a
nember of the Town of Edenton |
3&W Department, past president
if the Lions Club, has been a
nember of the board of trustees
for seven years and has served
as secretary to the board for four
years.
Other officers elected were J. j
Clarence Leary, Sr., vice presi- j
dent, C- A- Phillips, secretary,
ind James M. Bond, treasurer.
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181.3 Acres Cotton
Released In County
March 15 Is Deadline
To Release Cotton
Acreage
To date Chowan County has
19 farms that have released 181.3
»cres of cotton. There are 85
farmers who have filed requests
for 1 050.6 acres of cotton.
Farmers who know that their
allotment will not be planted
are urged to visit the ASCS of
fice and preserve their history
ay releasing their allotment for
ase by other cotton farms.
It is pointed out that March
15 is the final date that cotton
acreage can be released.
Geodetic Reconnaissance Party
Now Working Out Os Edenton
James M. Robinson, executive
vice president of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce, has been
notified by John A. Webb of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey that
a two-man reconnaissance party
is working out of Edenton to de
termine to geodetic control ne
cessary for re-mapping purposes
in the Albemarle Sound area.
The original work was establish
ed in 1914-1915 and in 1917 with
additional work in 1931 and
1957.
Mr. Webb points out that the
work now being done is to try
to recover much of this old work
as possible in the Chowan, Per
quimans, Little, Pasquotank and
North Rivers. Where this old
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ROBERT R. WtUNTRAUB |
Alton Elmore, manager of
Edenton's Belk-Tyler store, this
week announced that Robert
(Bob) Weintraub had been ap
pointed assistant manager of the
local store.
Rotarians Will Elect
New Officers Today
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock in the Parish House.
At this meeting officers for the
I club will be elected for the new
I Rotary year which begins on
July Ist.
Due to this important business. I
President W. B. Rosevear urges!
every member of the club to
make a special effort to be pres
ent.
POCAHONTAS MEETING
Chowanoke Council No. 54,
Degree of Pocahontas, will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. Edith Byrum, Pocahontas,
urges all members to attend.
geodetic control has been lost
iue to erosion, etc., plans are
nade for the establishment of
-lew control. At a later date a
survey party will come into the
area and make the necessary
surveys to establish a new con
trol. A re-survey of the work
along the outer coast was made
last year after the storm.
The geodetic survey referred
to by Mr. Webb is a survey of
latitude and longitude points
about every four to six miles
along the waterways to give
ground control to the aerial pho
tographs for the nautical charts
of the area. Tins work will tie
into the revised charts of the
coastal area made necessary by
last year’s storm.
Officers Elected
ForDistrictMental
Health Association
Mrs. Ed Bond Named
Vice President; Vari
ous County Appro
priations Released
At a meeting of the Albemarle
Mental Health Association held in
Hertford Monday night, Jim
Newby resigned as vice presi
dent and the Rev. Heath Light
of Elizabeth City was chosen
new president. Mrs. Ed “Snooky”
Bond of Edenton was elected
vice president.
Goals for the four counties are
Pasquotank, $11,025: Perquimans,
$4,050; Camden, $2,475 and Cho
wan, $4,950. All monies will be
matched by state and federal
funds.
The Albemarle Mental Health
Association is now working on
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EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302. Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night, March 4.
at 8 o'clock. All members are
requested to be present.
School Fair Scheduled At John
A. Holmes High School Mar. 6-7
The School Fair of the John
A. Holmes High School will be I
held on Wednesday and Thurs- 1
day, March 6 and 7, in the gym
nasium of the school. The fair
will be open to the public on
Wednesday night from 7 o'clock
until 9 o’clock, and on Thurs
day from 8:30 A- M-, until 3:30
P. M., and again from 7 o'clock I
until 9 o’clock. The fair has I
been extended to two days this,
year because of the public in- j
terest shown in the fair in the
Albcmatle Ai*ea Farmers Repay
$225,000 FHA Loans In 1962
In 1962 farmers of the Albe
marle area repaid over $225,000
in principal and interest on
loans from the N. C. Farmers
Home Administration, Donald
W. Norman, county supervisor
of the agency in Camden, Cho
wan, Currituck. Pasquotank and
Perquimans Counties, has an
nounced.
A total of 22 farm families in
these live counties completely
j repaid their Farmers Home Ad
ministration loans last year.
Mr. Norman said. “The record
Plans Completed
For Day Os Prayer
Community Service at
St. Paul’s Parish
House Friday
All arrangements for the com
munity World Day of Prayer to
be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church Friday afternoon, March
1, at 4 o’clock, have been com
pleted.
Women from all denominations
are requested to attend and
members from several churches
will be participating in the ser
vice.
World Day of Prayer is being
observed around the world on
the same day and emphasis is
placed upon today’s many needs.
Scottish Rite Dinner
Scheduled March 8
W. M- Rhoades, president of
the Edenton Scottish Rite Club,
announces that a Scottish Rite
dinner will be held Friday night,
March 8. -
The dinner will be served at
the Edenton Restaurant at 7:30
o’clock and If is hoped every
member will attend.
Diverted €orn Acres
Brings In $24,447.69
According to figures released
this week by the Chowan County
Agricultural ■ Stabilization and
Conservation Service. Chowan
County has 1,596 acres of corn
diverted.
Advance payments amounting
to $24,447.69 have been paid to
fanners in this county.
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
Edenton Chosen For First
Day Sale April 6 For New
Carolina Chapter Stamp
New Chief Os Police
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' JAMES H. GRIFFIN
Last week James H. Griffin,
a Kinston patrolman, was ap
pointed as Edenlon's Chief of
Police. He is scheduled to as
sume his new duties in Edenton
March 1.
i past.
There will be entries from the
'following departments: Science,
Industrial Arts, Home Economics,
Art, and Social studies. The
public is invited to come and
visit the school and view the
projects on display at this time.
The projects in the Science
I Department will be judged, and
I the winners will participate in
,the District Science Fair to be
[held in Greenville on Friday,
March 22nd.
jof farm families in the Albe
marle area using Farmers Home
Administration credit proves
| once again that with adequate
| credit plus technical advice on
farming problems, small farmers
| can operate successfully under
j modern agricultural conditions,
i The family farmer is not obso
i lete. as some commentators
charge. Given access to the best
I farming information available
and capital to do a modern job
of farming, he is and will re-
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Band Parents Will
Meet On March 4th
Edenton s Band Parents Asso-!
ciation will hold its monthly
meeting Monday night, March 4.
The meeting will be held in the
band room at 7:30 o’clock and;
Mrs. John Bunch, president, urg
es a full turnout of members.
LOCAL LIBRARIES CLOSED
WEDNESDAY, MARCH Gth
The Shepard-Pruden Memorial
Library and Brown Carver Li
brary will be closed all day
Wednesday. March Gth so that j
the Librarians may attend a
Regional Staff Meeting in Ply
mouth.
Many Eastern Star Dignitaries
Meet In Edenton Monday Night
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Over ICO members of the Or-j
der of the Eastern Star gather-!
ed at the local Masonic Temple
Monday night when an official
| visit was made by Grand Matron
Mary Smith carter and Robert
F. Spence, Grand Patron.
Many prominent visitors at
tended the meeting from the
eastern part of the state as well
las Virginia. Included among the
visitors were Rita Henley and
Ella Mae Stokes, past grand ma
trons; Lydia Cooke, past grand
matron of Virginia; Margaret
Tillett, grand warder; Emil
Hamm, grand sentinel of Vir
ginia; Aubrey Kirkwood, district
deputy grand matron and Obed
Reynolds, district . deputy grand
patron of the First District; Ruth
Basnight, district deputy grand
matron and Hilton Dunbar, dis
trict deputy grand patron of the
FIGHT CANCER
WITH 4 CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Stamp Will Be Unveil
ed In Ceremony at
Nation’s Capitol To
day at 11:30 A. M.
j Edenton people were right
much enthused early this week
j when it was learned that the
j new Carolina Charter commem-
I orative stamp will go on sale for
i the first time in Edenton Sat
| urday, April G. This first day
I sale has been arranged to eoin
j tide with the observance of
| Carolina Charter Tercentenary.
The stamp marks the 300th
i anniversary of Charles Il's grant
; of land to eight lords proprietors
who helped him regain the
.throne England. Edenton. ole
j of the state's earliest settlements,
I was chosen for the stamp's dedi
cation by the Charter Tercen
-1 tenary Commission.
The design of the stamp is
j scheduled to be shown at the
j United States capitol today
! (Thursday). The 5-cent stamp
j will be unveiled by postmaster
; General J. Edward Day at 11:30
'A. M. Present for the ceremony
j will be Secretary of Commerce
I Luther H. Hodges, former Gov
| ernor of North Carolina, and
\ Governor Terry Sanford.
Collectors who want first day
I cancellations of the stamp are
| requested to send an addressed
I envelope, with remittance to eov
er the cost of the stamps to be
affixed to the Edenton postmas
ter, J. L, Chestnutt. The enve
lope should be marked in pencil
lin the upper right hand corner
indicating the number of stamps
to be affixed. The Outside en
velope should be marked "First-
Day Covers Carolina Charter
j.Stamp". Requests f ''C first day
•j covers should not be sent to
the Philatelic Sales Agency in
\ Washington.
Arrangements are already on
; foot when the stamp goes on
sale in Edenton on April 6.
Many prominent people are ex
pected to be* on hand for the oc-
I casion.
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Home Demonstration County
Council will meet Wednesday af
ternoon. March 6. at 2 o'clock
at the Advance Community
Building.
The Rev. Angus Miller, a na
live of England, will be the
speaker at the first Tuesday
Lenten services at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church Tuesday after
noon, March 5. at 1 o'clock.
A school fair will be held in
the John A. Holmes High School
gymnasium Wednesday and
Thursday, March 6 and 7.
An Alcohol Anonymous meet
ing will be held in the base
ment of St. Ann's Catholic
Church Monday night, March 4,
at 8 o'clock.
World Day of Prayer will be
observed at St. Paul's Episcopal
Church Friday afternoon, March
1, at 4 o'clock.
D. F. Walker High School
Parent-Teacher Association will
meet in the gymtorium Tuesday
night. March 5. at 8 o'clock.
Both libraries in Edenton will
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Second District; and the follow
ing grand representatives: Annie
Laurie Mullen, Delaware; Alma
Spence. Pennsylvania: Josephine
Twiford, Illinois, and Margaret
Bell, District of Columbia. Wor
j thy matrons and worthy patrons
from many Chapters were also
present.
j During the meeting Mrs. Car
ter and Mr. Spence made very
inspiring addresses pointing out
the friendship and brotherly love
among Eastern Star members
and the work of the organiza
tion in the state as a whole.
An appropriate program was
presented during the meeting in
honor of Mrs. Carter and Mr.
Spence. Prior to the meeting an
elaborate buffet dinner was ser
ved and after the meeting the
group met in the dining room for
light refreshments and enjoyed
singing, led by Q. Vif.Qvenuan.