ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXX. —Number 10.
Over Twenty PlacesTo Be
Open For '63 Pilgrimage
In Edenton April 19-20
Deerfield and Rocky
Hock €hurch Will Be
Open to Visitors For
First Time
Over twenty historic houses
and buildings will be open dur
ing the three day Pilgrimage of
Colonial Edenton and Country
side, April 19-20. The Pilgrim
age will be sponsored by the
Edenton Woman’s Club in con
nection with the Carolina Char
ter Tercentenary observance.
Opening for the first time is
the colonial countryside home,
Deerfield, built between 1700 and
1780 and just restored by Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Williams. Also
to be open for the first time will
be the Rocky Hock Baptist
Church, organized in 1835.
Hayes, the home of Samuel j
Johnston, early governor and'
first senator from North Caro
lina and one of the most out-1
standing houses in the Albe-j
marie, will be open for the first!
time in over 10 years.
Two houses not open for the'
last tour, which will be open
are Pembroke Hall and the Pax
ton House.
Hours for the tour will be Fri
day and Saturday from 10 A- M.,
to noon and 2 P. 'M., to 5 P. M.,
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28 Are Enrolled In
i
Hospital Auxiliary j
With the Chowan Hospital j
Auxiliary membership drive now j
in progress, 28 members were i
enrolled during the week.
Those enrolled were:
Mrs. Roy Spruill, Mrs. Preston
Rogerson, Mrs. W A. *tundw».
Mrs. M. J. Skeen, Mrs. Louise
Erving, Mrs. J. G. Austin, Mrs.,
Carl Woolard, Mrs. David Otto-1
way, Mrs. Hattie Farmer, Mrs. I
Juanita Cozzens, Mrs. Iris Mills,'
Mrs. J. N. Oglesby, Mrs. John R. j
Spruill, Mrs. Ernest White, Mrs.;
T. B. Williford, Mrs. W. H- Cof
field, Mrs. John Habit, Mrs. I
Herbert Small, Mrs. Geddes Pot- j
ter, Mrs. LaDell Parker, Sr.,
Mrs. Rebecca Wheeler, Mrs. Her
bert Baker, Mrs. Irene Dunbar,
Mrs. George Mack, Mrs. J. N.
Pruden, Mrs. Lelian Plant, Mrs. (
John Mitchener and Mrs. Chester
Weikel. I
31 JAILED IN FEBRUARY
Jailer Bertram Byrum reports
that during February 31 persons!
were placed in the Chowan
County jail. Confinements rang
ed from one to 28 days and the 1
expense $517.12, which included
jail and turnkey fees. I
20 Years Ago
A* Found Ja T .* Files Os
Ihe Chowan Herald
The Rev. W. C, Benson. Chair
men of the Service Men's Recre
ation Committee, was notified
that the New York office had
passed favorably 'on the recom
mendation to designate a USO
Club for Edenton. The YMCA
was selected as the agency to
'manage the operation.
Dr. J. M. Jackson assumed the
duties of health officer for the
Bertie-Chowan Health District.
He succeeded Dr. J. S. Chamblee,
who resigned to accept a similar
position in Nash County.
Because no further WPA aid
was available, the possibility
loomed that the Chowan High
School lunch room would be dis
continued. _
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Edenton Golf And Country Club
Member Ifcanoke Association
Local golf enthusiasts will be
interested to learn that the
Edenton Golf and country Club
has been admitted to the Roa
noke Golf Association and that
members are eligible to partici
pate in the 1968 tournament.
The first match is scheduled to
be played Sunday, March 10,
when Edenton plays at Ahoskie,
Windsor at Washington and Wil-
All local golfers who desire to
THE CHOWAN HERALD
New Rotary President
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HIRAM J. MAYO
Edenton Rotarians at their
meeting Thursday afternoon
elected Hiram J. Mayo as presi
dent. He will be installed at
the first meeting of the club in
July and will succeed W. B.
Rosevear.
Seminar On 18th
Century Living At
School March 18
i
, Donald R. Taylor, the
Curator of Historic
j Tryon Palace, Will
Be In Charge
A seminar on eighteenth cen
tury living to be conducted by .j
Donald R. Xayloaf yiusdor
catien at Tryon Palace, will be
i held Monday, March 18, at the
John A. Holmes High School au
ditorium from 9:30 A. M., to
,IP.M.
The seminar, sponsored by the
; Edenton Woman's Club, is being
held as preparation for the Pil
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LEGION AUXILIARY WILL
MEET TONIGHT AT 0:30
I The American Legion Auxili
ary will meet tonight (Thursday)
!at 8:30 o’clock at the home of
I Mrs. Johnetta White. Mrs. J. L.
Chestnutt, president, calls at
! tention to the change in time
to 8:30 p’clock, due to the ob
! servance of Week of Prayer.
Revival Speaker
DR. ROGERS SMITH
At the spring revival services
at Rocky Hock Baptist Church
March 25-31, Dr. Rogers Smith
of Richmond, Va.. will be the
speaker for the week. Services
will be held each night begin
ning at 7:30 o'clock.
up for the matches on March 10
are urged to contact Dr. A. F.
Downum, chairman of the Golf
Committee.
It is also pointed out that to
be eligible to qualify for the
tournament to be played at
Windsor on Sunday, June 23, 10-1
cal players must have played inj
at least five matches during the
season.
At'the Windsor tournament a
banquet will be held at 7 P- M-,
at which time trophies will be,
awarded.
Eaento j iowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 7, 1963,
50 Men Drawi P 1
As Jurymen Fo |i
Term Os Court
Term Will Convene
Monday, April Ist;
Judge Elbert Peele
Scheduled to Preside
Chowan County Commissioners
at their meeting Monday morn
ing pulled 50 names from the
jury box, all of whom will be
; summoned as jurymen for the
I April term of Chowan Superior
i Court. The mixed term will be
-1 gin Monday morning, April 1,
with Judge Elbert Peele of Wil
liamston scheduled to preside.
Those drawn for jury duty in
clude the following:
C. Lloyd Lane, Elton Evans,
Charles B. Morgan, George Wil
liam Downing, Jesse Graham
Spruill, C- C. Privott, Horace J.
Boyce, L. H. Haskett, Willie
Overton, Vernon Lee Jerkins,
Walter S. Lane, C- A. Perry, Jo
seph A. Byrum, Levie Toler,
George E. Privott, Billy Ray
Phelps, Robert Marvin Turner,
Norman Earl Lane, Jr., T. C.
Bunch, Arthur J. Charbonneau,
Alma Twine, Anthony Gosser,
E. G. Blanchard, John p. Ar
caro, Alexander E. Deßlois, C-
C. Baker, Jr., Jesse T. Harmon,
Terry M. Phillips, C- T. Dixon,
Jr., E. L. Brinkley, W. W. Per
ry, Hubert F. Jordan, Haughton
Ehringhaus, E. R. Eason, William
G. Lassiter, Clarence L. Badham,
John N. Bunch, M. F. White,
Clarence P. Harrell, Hoskins
Harrell, William Augustus Perry,
Duncan R. Scruggs, Stephen H.
Long, Jr., John H. White, Albert
Hobbs, William Collins, Johnnie
Ray Tripp, R. S- Ward, K. L.
Perry and Ervin Trotman Spivey.
Mayor Requests
County Help In
New Stamp Sale
Mayor John Mitchener appear
ed before the County Commis
sioners Monday to ask county
assistance in financing the cele
bration in connection with first
day sale of the new Carolina
Charter commemorative stamp.
The stamp will be on sale in
Edenton Saturday, April 6.
Mayor Mitchener stated that it
was a much bigger affair than
he at first thought and that be
sides a program which will in
clude prominent state and na
tional figures, it is estimated
that over 5,000 visitors will be
in Edenton for the event.
Special invitations will be sent
to at least 200 people for whom
a dinner will be served and
though the expense involved is
now sort of a mystery, Mr.
Mitchener urged the Commis
sioners to share in the expense,
and the Commissioners agreed to
go along with meeting the ne
cessary expenses.
Mrs. Ricks Chosen
For DAR Contest
j
The Edenton Tea party Chap
ter, DA'R, has selected Mrs.
James P. Ricks, Jr., as the chap
ter’s entry in the DAR 1963
Outstanding Junior Member con
test.
The state winner will be an
nounced at the North Carolina
State Conference March 12-14 at
Winston-Salem.
The state winner will repre
sent North Carolina at the Na
tional DAR Continental Con
gress in Washington, D. C-, in
April.
Mrs. Ricks was selected for her
activities with the local chapter
and in the community.
Representative Evans
Visits Commissioners
Representative B. Warner Ev
ans was a visitor at Monday’s
meeting of Chowan County Com
missioners.
Mr. Evans told the Commis
sioners that if they are interested
in any local legislation, he will
be delighted to have bills drawn
up and put in motion.
Mr. Evans stated that he was
primarily interested in holding
the county tax fate where it is
or even having it curtailed. He
stated that he still thinks the
Hotel Joseph H«wes property is
a liability to the county and;
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Japanese Girls Guests Os Rotarians Today
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MSS AIKiKO HONDA
Two Jararere girls. Miss Aik'ko Honda and Miss Yuk ko Wat
snate. will be guests of the FCvnion Rota y Club at its meeting
his (Thursday) afternoon a*. 1 o'clock i > the Parish House. The
w 6 nirL are s'udents at Woman's College. University of North
Carolina. Greensboro. They will freak at the Rotary Club meet
ing. Onen house was held at the heme of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram J
Mayo Wcdnc dav night in order for Rotarians and their wives to
greet and talk With the young ladies.
Two Japanese Girls Guests Os
Edenton Rotary Club Today
Edenton’s Rotarv Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock at the parish House.
A feature of the meeting will
be the presence of two girls
from Japan. The program will
be in charge of Hiram Mayo,
who will present Miss Aikiko
Honda and Miss Yukiko Watan
abe.
Miss Honda is studying at Wo- 1
man’s College, University of
North Carolina, Greensboro. She'
is a graduate of Keo University
Harding Speaker
For DAR Meeting
Group Will Meet at
Edenton Restaurant
March 13
Grayson Harding, president of
the James Iredell Association,
Incorporated, will be the guest
speaker at the Edenton Tea
Party Chapter, DAR, luncheon
meeting Wednesday, March 13,
at the Edenton Restaurant at
1 P. M.
'He will report to the chapter
on the association and discuss
plans for restoration of the old
kitchen at the Iredell House.
Mrs. P. S. McMullan, vice re
gent, will preside in the absence
of Mrs. George Hoskins, regent,
who will be attending the North
Carolina State DAR Conference
in Winston-Salem. *
Also attending the Conference
March 12-14 from the local chap
ter are Mrs. Wood Privott, dis
trict director, and Mrs. Frank
McCrery, district secretary.
Girl Scouts Will Conduct Cookie
Sale In Edenton Mareli 10 To 16
The Girl Scout cookie sale will
be held during Girl Scout
Week, March 10-16, by local Girl
Scouts and Brownies.
The observance of the week
will begin Sunday with all girls
in uniform attending the church
of their choice.
A special radio show about the
Edenton Girl Scouts will be
broadcast Sunday morning at
9:15 and again Sunday afternoon
at 4:10 over WCDJ.
Eppley Sisters At Christian Church Friday
The Eppley Sisters Gospel Quintette of York, Pa., pictured above,
will appear at the First Christian Church Friday night. March 8,
at 7:45 o'clock. The five sisters. Sara. Mary, Verna. Lorraine and
Pauline, render a deeply spiritual program featuring vocal quin
tette*. soprano and alto solo*, artistic piano playing and numbers
on the following instruments: Vibra-harp, violin, electric Ha
waiian guitar, saxophone, accordions, cathedral chimes, musical
mw and organ. The five sisters ere known from coast to coast
and have appeared in churches in 48 states. Canada, Old Mexico,
British Isles, South America and Europe. The public is cerdially
invited to attend.
M SS YUKIKO WATANABE
in Japan, the oldest university
in the country. She graduated
in 1960 and has worked with an
airlane company for the pastj
two years. She is a scholarship
student of the Woman’s College
student body. Her field of study
is physica’ education. When in
college in Japan she was at one
time the champion college tennis
player in Japan.
Miss Watanabe is fiom Tokyo,
Japan, and is also a graduate
Continued on Page 7, Section 1
Hiram Mayo New
Rotary President
Officers of Club Chos
en at Meeting Held
Thursday
At a meeting of the Edenton
Rotary Club Thursday afternoon
new officers for the Rotary year
were elected. For president the
Rotarians elected Hiram J. Mayo,
who will succeed W. B. Rose
vear.
West Byrum, Jr., was elected
vice president and the following
were elected members of the
board of directors: Richard Dix
on, Zech Bond, Blair Gibson and
W. B. Gardner.
The officers will be installed 1
at the first meeting of the club
in July.
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 a large attendance.
Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr., chairman
of the Edenton Girl Scouts, will
moderate the show. Two repre
sentatives from each troop will
also be on the show. They are:
Brownie Troop 6 —Beth Katka
veck and Jill White; Brownie
Troop I—Nancy Twiddy and
(Joyce Umphlett; Girl Scout
I Troop 2—Dabney Forehand and
i Marion Bedell; Girl Scout Troop
B—Martha Britton and Mary
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Urgent Need For
More Equipment
For loan Closet
Group Meets to Con
sider Enlarging thej
Amount of Equip- 1
ment Now on Hand
Because of the urgent need for
i well equipped Loan Closet,
epresentatjves of several organi
sations as well as interested citi
zens. with Dr. L. P. Williams,
Jr., president of Chowan Coun
.y Cancer Unit, presiding, met
rt the Edenton Restaurant to dis
cuss the possibilit.es of enlarg
ing the amount of equipment
now on hand.
The present Loan Closet is bo
ng operated, in a voluntary ba
sis, by T. B. Williford, who per
sonally provides storage and re
pairs of equipment as well as
loan service At the present 1
time all equipment is on loan
plus numerous requests that
have to be turned down due to
lack of equipment.
.Dr. Williams stated at the
meeting that the greatest need
was for beds and that equip
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Chowan County’s
Quota Os Savings
Bonds Is $111,328
Sales In January Total
$5,869, Which Is 5.3
Per Cent of Quota
For 1963
R. Graham White, Chowan
County volunteer chairman for
the sale of U. S- Savings Bonds,
reports Chowan County’s 1963
quota is $111,320.
Purchase of E and H bonds
by Chowan County citizens in
January amounted to $5,869,
which is 5,3 per cent of this
quota.
The 1963 quota for North Car
olina is $50,600,000. January
sales in the state amounted to
$4,874,874, which is 9.6% of the
state's quota for this year.
Series E Bond sales in North
Carolina during January were
the greatest for any month since
January, 1957. The combined
E & H Bond sales during Janu
ary in the state were the third
highest for any month since 1956.
Due to a drop-off in H Bond
sales, the total of E & H Bonds
sold in January were 4.6% be
hind sales made in January, 1962.
Paul Viverette Joins
Local Belk - Tyler’s
Succeeds Robert Wem
traub In Men’s De
partment
Paul D. Viverette of Rocky
Mount has just been transferred
to the Edenton Belk-Tyler store
as buyer-manager of the men’s
department, according to Alton
Elmore, local store manager.
This change comes following the
announcement last week that
Robert R. (Bob) Weintraub, for
mer men's department manager,
had been made assistant mana
ger of the store.
Viverette is a native of Nash
County, having graduated from
Benvenue High School at Rocky
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Evans Is Named On
Twelve Committees
With Clifton Blue, speaker of
the House of Representatives
last week completing the list of
assignments to standing commit
tees, B. Warner Evans, Chowan
County’s Representative, was
named on 12 committees,
i The committees on which Mr.
Evans is a member are the fol
lowing:
Agriculture; Banks and Bank
ing; Commercial Fisheries and
Oyster Industry; Conservation
and Development; Employment
Security; Finance; Highway
Safety; Irrigation and Drainage;
Continued on Pag* 3—Section 1
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
7-Digit Dialing System
Is Scheduled To Go Into
Effect Sunday, March 17
Conducts Seminar
DONALD R. TAYLOR
At a seminar on 18th century
living to be held at John A.
Holmes High School Monday,
March 18. from 9:30 A. M-, to
1 P. M.. Donald R. Taylor of
New Bern will be the conductor.
Mr. Taylor is curator of educa
tion at Tryon palace at New
Bern.
Any Complaintsf
Chowan County Commissioners
will meet as a board of equali
zation and review Monday morn-!
ing, March 18. The meeting will j
be held in the tax supervisor’s
office in the Hotel Joseph Hewes
building, starting at 9 o'clock.
Any person who has a com
plaint relative to the valuation
of property in the county
should appear at this meeting.
This is the only time the Com-1
missioners can legally change
property valuation.
Benefit Supper At
Advance March M
The Advance Home Demon-!
stration Club will hold its an-1
nual benefit supper Thursday 1
night. March 14. at the Advance
Community Building beginning
at 6:30 o’clock.
Mrs. Woodrow Lowe, president
of the club, says tickets can be
secured from any member of
(he club
Joins Belk-Tyler’s
PAUL D. VIVERETTE
With Robert Weintraub being
promoted to assistant manager of
the Edenton Belk-Tyler store,
Paul D. Viverette has been trans
ferred from she Rocky Mount
store as manager of the men's
department.
Spring Revival At Rocky Hock
Church Week Os March 25 ■ 31
The spring revival services at
Rocky Hock Baptist Church are
scheduled for the week of
March 25 through March 31.
Dr. Rogers Smith of Richmond,
Va., serving as Administrative
Associate to the Executive Secre
tary of the Foreign Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention, will be the speaker
for the week. The preaching ser
vices will be evangelistic.
On Monday, Wednesday and
Friday nights following the
preaching services, Dr. Smith
will conduct a period of mis
sionary information, at which
times slides from some of the
tours which he has made to for
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Long Distance Calls
Will Be Handled as
Usual Until About
October 6
Eeginning March 17, subscrib
ers in the six-county area serv
'd by Norfolk & Carolina Tele
phone & Telegraph Company,
will have seven-digit, instead of
he present four-digit, numbers.
Company president L. S-
Hades, Jr, said complete de
ails were released March 1 and
lew directories we;e mailed
.hat day.
Inside plant Superintendent
4. O. Alsxander explained tnar
the change-over will not involve
new dialing techniques—it will
simply add a three-digit prefix
exchange number.
Long distance calls will con
tinue to be made in the usual
manner until October 6 when
the company joins the nation
wide, Direct Distance Dialing
system.
Ihe March conversion is a step
toward that and in October an
area code of three more numbers
will be added, making it then
possible to dial directly to long
distance exchanges.
Most present basic numbers
will be unchanged, except in the
town of Hertford where com
pletely new numbers will be re
j quired because of a revamping
i and expansion of the central of
fice equipment.
, In the other exchanges, Eliza
|bcth City, Edenton, Sunbury,
: Coinjock. Mam : -e, Kill Devil
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Edenton Jaycettes
Will Meet Tonight
Edenton's Jaycettes will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 7 o'clock
at the Edenton Restaurant.
Mrs. Lena Leary will be the
guest speaker and Mrs. Ethel
j I.aVoie, president, urges all
j members to be present.
!
Commissioners Study
Mental Health Plan
For Chowan County
The Rev. George B Holmes
appeared at the Countv Commis
sioners meeting Monday morning
relative to Chowan County par
ticipating in the rejuvenated Al
ibemarle Mental Health Associa
tion. Mr. Holmes is chairman of
the Chowan County board and
explained briefly the need and
purpose of the association, as
well as the county’s part of the
expense, which is $4,950.
The Commissioners made no
commitment but agreed to give
the matter further consideration
when they met Monday, March
18th.
CIVIC CALENDAR
Edenton Girl Scouts will hold
a cookie sale during Girl Scout
Week. March 10-16.
A sepunar on 18th century liv
ing will be held at John A.
Holmes High School Monday.
March 18. from 9:30 A. M., to
1 P. M.
The Rev. Michael Malone of
Ahoskie will be the Lenten
speaker at St. Paul's Episcopal
Church Tuesday afternoon, March
12. at 1 o'clock.
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
eign mission fields and will give
an account of the work observed.
On Tuesday and Thursday
nights, following the regular ser
vice, there will be a special pe
riod devoted to young people,
giving the young people an op
portunity to ask questions con
cerning common problems facing
young people during these days.
For about 14 years. Dr. Smith
worked with college young peo
ple in Tennessee.
Services will begin at 7:30
each evening, with special music
being scheduled for each service.
The pastor and people of Rocky
Hock Baptist church extend a
cordial invitation to those who
would desire to