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Volume 3tXX. -Number 11.
Plans Are Now Rapidly Shaping Up For
First Day Sale Os Carolina Charter
Commemorative Stamp In Edenton
Number of Commit
tees Go Into Action
To Prepare For Out
standing Event
Various committees appointed
to have charge of the first day
sale of the new Carolina char
ter commemorative stamp in
Edenton Saturday, April 6, met
Monday afternoon in the 'Munici
pal Building to make preliminary
* reports of arrangements.
That considerable work has
already been done to cope with
the large crowd expected was
reflected in the various reports.
It was reported that 378 in
vitations had already been sent
to prominent national figures by
the Charter Tercentenary Com
mission and that on a local level
178 invitations have been sent
to state officials as well as of
ficials and postmasters in nearby
cities.
The tentative plans call for
the specially invited guests to be
taken to the Iredell house at 10
o’clock, where coffee will be ser
ved.
Following the coffee hour a
ceremony will be held in the
auditorium of the Edenton Ele
mentary School, where dignitar
ies will be seated on the stage, I
and the principal address will ,
be given by Postmaster General
J. Edward Day. Senator B. Ev- ,
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Cooking Stressed
At County Council
Meeting LastlM
Demonstrations Pre
sented By Home Eco
nomists From E. City
And Williamston
Main dish .meals, salads, dress
ings and desserts for buffet
meals was the demonstration
presented at the Home Demon
stration County Council Wed
nesday afternoon of last week
by Miss Helen Sue Shuey and
Miss Eleanor Quick, VEFCO
Home Economists from Eliza
beth City and William, respec
tively.
Many of the dishes prepared
were oven-type which can be
prepared ahead of time and save
the homemaker much time and
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il The Chowan Herald 1
Chowan County again went far
beyond its quota for sales of
war bonds and stamps. Sales |
amounted to $79475 with the i
month's quota being $21,035.
W. J. Berryman, Chairman of,
Chowan County's Red Cross j
War Bond Drive, completed his
organisation to raise the county's
quota of $4,200, the largest ever,
asked to be raised in the county. I
Clyde Earnhardt of High. Point, I
asked Chief of Police G. A. |
Helms if he could sleep in jail'
and be released the next morn- j
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Spring Revival Will Be Held At
Baptist Church March 17 To 24
The annual spring revival ser
vices will begin at the Baptist
Church on Sunday, March 17,
extending through the following
Sunday, March 24. Dr. E. Gib
son Davis, well-known Baptist
leader and outstanding minister,
coming directly from an engage
ment -in Spartanburg, S- C., will
deliyer the daily messages.
Prayerful preparations are be
ing Completed for the series of
services which open with the 11
o’clock Sunday morning worship
service continuing each evening
of the week at 7:30 o’clock and
concluding with the 7j30 o’clock
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Carolina Charter Commemorative Stamp
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Pictured above is the new Carolina Charter commemorative
stamp which will go on sale for the first time at the Edenton Post
Office Saturday. April 6. The stamp commemorates the 300th an
niversary of the 1.5 million square mile grant by King Charles II
of England to eight men who helped him regain the throne. Plans
are now in the making for an elaborate celebration of the first
day issuance of the stamp on April 6.
Edenton Tri-Hi-Y Will Be Host
For District Meeting March 16
On Saturday, March 16, the
Edenton Tri-Hi-Y will be host
to Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y delegates
from Morehead City, Kinston,
Elizabeth City, New Bern, Ayden,
Rocky Mount and Edenton as
over 60 delegates convene in the
annual District Five meeting.
The event will take place in
John A- Holmes High School
auditorium, and begins at 9:00
A. M. The purpose of this con
vention is to elect delegates tc
the Council of the Carolinas,
which plans the year’s activities
for North and South Carolina
41 Students On Honor Roll At
John A. Holmes High School
Cecil Fry, principal of John A-
Holmes High School, this week
released the honor roll for the
fourth six-weeks period.
There were 41 students on the
honor roll as follows:
Grade 7—Lanse Adams, Ron
nie Harrell, Frankie Katkaveck,
Douglas Maxwell, Henry Wells,
Ellen Cuthrell and Alyson Ward.
Grade B—LarryB—Larry parks, Joe
Stokely, Sanfra Ange, Linda
Ashley, Anne Graham, Ann
Harrell, Linda Hollowed, Sylvia
Jordan, Kay Kramer, Ivy Lowe,
Local Cub Scouts
Presented Merits
Cub Scout Pack 159 held its
Blue and Gold Banquet at the
American Legion building on
Thursday .night. February 28.
This being a most important af
fair for the Cubs, it was well at
tended with the attendance
award being won by Den No. 6
which had 100%.
Each boy had been given the
same list of material to work on
la project to be displayed for
i judging at the banquet. The
I first, second and third place win
ners are to be guests of the
I Lions Club at an unannounced
date.
| The winners were: First, Jim
imy Parrish; second, Ronnie Woo
|ten; third, Tommy Shepard:
i The Cub 'Scouts, the parents
j and visitors were entertained
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Dr. Davis is a graduate of the
Southern" Baptist Seminary in
Louisville, Kentucky, and is well
known in North Carolina and
throughout the Southern Baptist
Convention because of his active
participation in the Baptist pro
gram and his notable service in
places of Baptist leadership.
He has been equally active in
the North Carolina, South Caro
lina, and Tennessee State Con
ventions. Among his pastorates
in North Carolina are the First
Church of Asheville, The Taber
nacle Church of Raleigh, and the
First Church of Mount Airy. He
is now devoting his major at
tention to interim pastorates and
Edenton, Chow°*
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groups, and to elect district of
ficers.
Edenton’s official delegates to
the meeting are Sandra Bunch,
vice president of the Edenton
Chapter, and Emily Holmes,
chairman of the Social Commit
tee. Jo Ann Leary, president
of the local chapter, will pre
side over the assembly.
The president of the District is
Alan Klienmaier, who will be a
principal speaker for the occas
ion. Also present will be the
secretary of Interstate Y-M.C.A.,
Continued on Pag* 3—Section 1
Grace Sawyer and Mary Jo Wo
zelka.
Grade 9 —Norfleet Pruden and
Dianthia Sexton.
Grade 10 —Wayne Brabble, Ed
Jenkins, George Wilkins, Linda
Basnight, Pat Byrum, Nancy
O’Neal and Phil Harrell.
Grade 11 —Jean Goodwin,
James Brabble, Douglas Sexton
and Douglas Twiddy.
Grade 12 —Wayne Ashley, John
Marshall, Diana Brabble, Caro
lyn Griffin, Jo Ann Leary, Nelia
Lowe, Pat Penny, Ann Wells
and Laurie Whiteman.
Mayor Mitchener
Banquet Speaker
Members of Chowan Tribe of
Red Men and the Degree of Po
cahontas will stage a banquet
Friday night, March 15, at 7
o’clock at the VFW building.
The affair was planned to
celebrate wiping out the indebt
edness on the Red Men building
on Broad Street. It. is hoped
all members of both organiza
tions will attend. Some promi
nent state Red Men and Poca
hontas members are expected to
be guests for the occasion.
The principal speaker for the
occasion will be Mayor John A-
Mitchener.
Guest Conductor |
For Edenton Band
Dr. Edmund Durham of the
East Carolina College School oi
Music was guest conductor of the
John A. Holmes High School
Band for an extended rehearsal
on February 28. Dr. Durham di-1
rected the band for several hours
and afterwards gave an evalua
tion of the band’s performance
and its potential to Director
James Coeart.
Dr. Durham heads the theory
department in the School of Mu
sic at East Carolina College. He
received his B.S. decree from the
University of Kentucky. He
graduated from The Eastman
School of Music with a Fh.D. de
gree in Music Theory-
Director James ' Cozarf stated
that he received many valid
comments from Dr. Durham.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night, Inarch 18, at
8 o’clock. Ev«ry,.josmber of the
chapter is eSp i aHgnyrged to be
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*unty, North Carolina, Thursday, March 14, 1963.
To % wnclmen
Ca * flection
Tn t*, May 7th
Cut Treasurer’s Sal
ary In Half; April 8
Deadline For Candi
dates to File
Town Councilmen at their
March meeting held in the Mu
nicipal Building Tuesday night
officially called for an election
of town officials for Tuesday,
May 7.
In this election those elected
will be the mayor, treasurer, two
couneilmen-at-large, a council
man from each of the four wards
and five members of the Board
of Public Works. For the first
time, in compliance with an act
of the General Assembly, town
officials will be elected on a
i staggered term basis. By this
method, some seasoned members
! will always remain in the official
family.
Though no announcements have
yet been made by any candi
dates, the deadline for a candi
date to file for office will be
Monday, April 8.
The Councilmen on Tuesday
night voted to slash the salary
of the Town Treasurer in half,
putting the salary at S3OO per
year instead of S6OO. It is also
the intention of doing away with
the salary of the street commis-
Continued on Page 7, Section 1
Communism Topic
At March Meeting
Os Woman’s Club
Dr. Donald Dunlap of
Conway Speaker at
March Meeting Held
Last Week
Dr. Donald Dunlap, pastor of
the Conway Baptist Church, was
the principal speaker at the
Edenton Woman’s Club meeting
held last week.
The speaker pointed out the
fierce struggle between the forms
of freedom and Communism and
said Americans who watch as
spectators and no nothing arc I
aiding the other side.
“Forty six years ago, Com
munism was only a set of ideas
in the eyes of a few men,’’ Dr.
Dunlap declared. “Today one
third of the .men and one-half
of the land area of the earth is
under communism.
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
98 More Enroll In
Hospital Auxiliary
During the week 98 more
, members have been enrolled in
. the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary,
r | The 98 new members are as
[ follows:
Mrs. Albert Byrum, Mrs. Rich
ard Elliott, Mrs. George C- Hos
kins, Mrs. Boyd Harless, Mrs.
i Hattie Nixon, Mrs. John M.
' Bond, Mrs. R. E- Forehand, Mrs.
i, W. E. Harvey, Miss Harriet B.
. ’ Leary, Mrs. Elizabeth Debnam,
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“Once A Marine Always A Marine”
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"Once a Marine always a Marine," as the old saying goes, still
holds true. Edenton‘s Assistant Chief of Police Leo G. La Vote
shows Corporal Fred Harrell, local Marine Corps recruiter, how
to set up a Marine Corps recruiting display in the window of
Peoples Bank A Trust Company's Consumer Branch office. Chief
LaVoie was in the Marines for 12 years, four of which as a regular
during the Korean War and eight as a member of the Reserves in
Norfolk. The chief was discharged last June from the Marine
Corps Air Reserve. Though now a civilian officially, his thoughts i
are still with the Corps, and when he waa talking to Cpl. Harrell j
the other ,day, he made the comment that there weren’t enough
men enlisting in the Marines from Edenton and that Cpl. Harrell 1
do (Ricks PhotoL
Winners In Science Fair
Pictured above are the winners in the Science Fair held Wed
nesday and Thursday of last week at John A. Holmes High School.
At top is John Lavezzo. left, and William (Ikey) Davis, who were
first place winners with their physical project, Mercury."
In bottom photo is Joe Conger, first place Winner ih his biological
project "Beauty and the Beasties."—(flicks Photo).
March 16 To March 30 Set Up
As Clean Up Week In Edenton
Sponsored by the Edenton Wo-
Club, a Clean-up, Paint
up, Fix-up Campaign will be
held in Edenton March 16 to
March 30.
i * Every citizen is urged to par
ticipate in this year’s program.
It is pointed out that the general
health and welfare of citizens
depend upon wholesome sur
roundings arising from good
clean living conditions. The
lives and property of citizens are
endangered by fire and accidents
caused by littered and cluttered
conditions in homes, factories,
places of public assembly, alleys
and streets.
Seminar Monday
At High School
Film on 18th Century
England Will Be
iShown
Donald R. Taylor, curator of
education at Tryon Palace, New
Bern, will conduct a Seminar on
Eighteenth Century Living Mon
day, March 18, from 9:30 A- M.,
to 1 P. M-, at the John A. Holmes
High School auditorium. The
seminar is sponsored by the
Edenton Woman’s Club.
The seminar, which is open to
the public, will include 18th cen
tury family life, architecture, fur
niture and furnishings, and the
art of cooking and eating. A
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A clean and beautiful com
munity is a proud and prosper
ous one, but unity of effort is
required to make the campaign
a success.
Mayor John A. Mitchener has
issued a proclamation designat
ing March 16 to March 30 as
Clean-up Week and most respect
fully calls upon all departments
of Edenton, its commercial or
ganizations, civic clubs, schools,
churches, boys’ and girls’ clubs
and all other associations of our
people in general to take an ac
tive part in this constructive pro
gram of community improve
ment to insure its success.
Past Master Night
At Masonic Meeting
Third Degree Will Al
so Be Conferred
Tonight
I
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A- F. &
A. M., will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. A fea
ture of the meeting will be Past
Master Night, when all the vari
ous stations and places will be
filled by past masters.
T. B. Williford, master of the
lodge, states that the third de
gree will also be conferred upon
I a candidate, so that he is hop
! ing many of the members, as
well as visiting Masons will at
tend. Light refreshments will
be served following the meeting.
Rev. Edward Jordan
St. Paul’s Speaker
The St. Paul's Episcopal
Church Lenten lunches continue
Tuesday, March 19, with the Rev.
Edward Jordan as speaker. He
is currently in charge of St.
Phillip’s Church, Southport, St.
Thomas’ Church, Atkinson, St.
Mary’s Church, Burgaw, and All
Souls' Church, Northwest.
He represents the small-town
work of the Episcopal Church in
the Diocese of East Carolina and
is thoroughly families with the
rural work of the church.
Lunch begins promptly at 1
o’clock in the Parish House.
Jaycees Sponsor
Rummage Sale
Edenton Jaycees will hold a
rummage and record sale Sat
urday, March 16, at the former
ABC store at the corner of Broad
land Queen Streets,
i Proceeds of the sale will be
; used for community develop
ment.
Per Year In North Carolina
Group Os Edenton Ladies
Going To Raleigh Tuesday
To Publicize Pilgrimage
Chowan County
Has Two Winners
In Poster Contest
Debbie Wilkins Wins
First Place and Roy
Copeland Wins Sec
ond Place
Students in the fourth, fifth,
and sixth grades in the Albe
marle District have been study
ing conservation for the past
several weeks.' At the end of
the study they prepared individ
ual posters on some conservation
idea.
The posters were entered in
the county contest held Wednes
day afternoon of last week in
the Edenton Elementary School
Library.
The winners in the fourth
grade were: Ist place, Jane
Holmes; 2nd place, Ronnie Bass
and honorable mention went to
Tommy Jackson, all of the Eden
ton Elementary School.
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Typing Contest
Held Tuesdav
J
The Chowan County typing
contest was held at the John A.
Holmes High School Tuesday,
when Chowan High School and
Holmes High School entrants
competed. The winners will be
announced in about a month.
Those participating from the
Holmes High School were:
Beginners Arlene Fry, Jean
Goodwin. Carolyn Griffin. Jo
Ann Leary, John Marshall and
Ann Wells.
Advanced Pat Penny and
Betty Jo Elliott.
The Chcwan High School ent
rants were:
Beginners—Scott Ober. Sherry
Baker and Louis Chappell.
Advanced Judie Leake and
Judy Haste,
Hospital Auxiliary
Will Meet Friday
The Chowan Hospital Auxili
ary will meet in the nurses’
home Friday afternoon, March
15, at 3 o’clock.
A feature of the meeting will
be the presence of Dr. Ed Bond
and Dr. Polk Williams, who will
demonstrate some of the equip
ment the Auxiliary has purchas
ed for the hospital, including the
defibralator.
A program will also be pre
sented by members of the kin
dergarten class taught by Mrs.
J. J. Ross.
Lions Club Begins Campaign
For Sale of 1963 Easter Seals
With Easter observed Sunday,
April 14, this year, Edenton’s
Lions Club has begun plans for
the Easter Seal campaign.
Hector Lupton has been ap
pointed chairman of this year’s
campaign and Haywood Bunch
will be treasurer. Mr. Lupton
stated early this week that a
goal of SI,OOO has been set and
that letters containing Easter
Seals will be .mailed this week.
It is hoped to close out the cam
paign by Easter Sunday, so that
all who receive the Easter Seals
John Lavezzo, William Davis,
Joe Conger Win In Science Fair
John Lavezzo and William
(Ikey) Davis won first place in
physical projects in the Science
Fair held at John A. Holmes
High School Wednesday and
Thursday of last week. They
were declared winners for their
"Project Mercury”. • .
Joe Conger 111, was winner in
the biological projects with his
exhibit “Beauty and the Beast
ies”.
Second place in the biological
projects was won by Sanfra
Ange, ‘Herman Headlight”, and
f
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
V\ /
| Will Invite Governor
I Terry Sanford and
People of State to
I Attend
I The first out of town trip to
• publicize the Pilgrimage of Co
lonial Edenton and Countryside
will be made Tuesday by six
members of the Edenton Wo
man’s Club.
The group will go to Raleigh
to extend an invitation to Gov
ernor Terry Sanford and the
; people of North Carolina to at-
I tend the three day tour April
19-21 of historic homes and
buildings in connection with
Carolina Charter Tercentenary
observance.
The women in colonial costume
are also expected to appear at
the State House and as guests
| of the Sir Waiter Cabinet to ex
tend an invitation to the tour.
In April television appearances
are scheduled in Winston-Salem,
Norfolk, Wilmington, Portsmouth,
Durham and Washington. Mrs,
W. H. Hollowed, Jr., is in
charge of the arrangements for
the TV appearances.
Making the trip to Raleigh
.will be Mrs. R. E. Forehand, Jr.,
club president; Mrs. West By
; rum, Jr., pilgrimage chairman;
Mrs. George A. Byrum, incoming
president; Mis. J. p. Ricks, Jr.,
publicity, and Mrs. Elwood Nix
on and Mrs. Wesley Chesson, Jr.,
co-chairmen of hostesses.
Assistance Offered
In Filing Returns
A representative of the North
Carolina Department of Revenue
will be in Edenton and Hertford
to assist taxpayers in prepaii.''.g
their state returns.
The representative will be in
the revenue office in Hotel Jo
seph Hewes in Edenton April b
through the 15th to offer any
assistance necessary.
The representative will be in
Hertford March 21 and 22 at the
Municipal Building.
fcivi o ca leniiarJ
Edenton Tri-Hi-Y will be host
for a meeting of District Five
at John A. Holmes High School
Saturday, March 16, beginning
at 9 A. M.
March 16 to March 30 has been
designated as Clean-up Week in
Edenton.
Revival services will be hold
at the Edenton BaDtisi Church
Sunday, March 17, through Sun
day, March 24.
A seminar 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.
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are requested to send in their
contributions just as soon as
possible.
Last year's Easter Seal cam
paign was the most successful
ever held in North Carolina,
when $172,137 was collected. It
is pointed out. however, that the
North Carolina Society for
Crippled Children must look to
the future, if it is to be success
ful in its efforts to improve ser
vices to the handicapped. It
must have a very real increase
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third place went to Sylvia Jor
dan, “Are plants Color Blind?”
In this division there were
nine who v<on honorable men
tion and included Sharon Dun
bar, Grace sawyer, Chris Cor
don, Ann Harrell, Linda Hollo
well, cherrie Davenport, Ricky
Hardin, Wesley Chesson and
Cjappy Kirtley.
Second place in the physical
projects was won by Dianthia
Sexton with *T > urificat»on of Wa
ter” an<L third pi*oe, wept to