ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY J 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- , ~ Conl’d. on Pag* 4—Section 1 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 Continued on Page 7—Section 1 j 20 Years Ago ]; J A* Found Jn lie File* Os j 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 Continued on Page 3—Section 1 ■ 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 - gv* *' 'V > 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 ! Continued on Page 4. Section ». 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°* 11 .Li'iuv 1 1. 1 .’.'Sr :::r 1 : 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 K *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, ContinuM on Pad* 3—S«ct> ’n 1 “Once A Marine Always A Marine” - If- fj| ! jl| § ■■■mmmnmHk sll . . "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 Continued on Page 7. Section 1 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. Continued on Page 8. Section 1 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. continued on Page 2—Section 1 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 Continue i on Page 3—Section l third place went to Sylvia Jor dan, “Are plants Color Blind?” In this division there were nine who v urificat»on of Wa ter” an