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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXX._Number. 12
Edenton Trade Fair Scheduled To ih
Held In Edenton Armory April 4-i
Most Os Display Space Already Take.;'
Entertainment of Na-j
tional Caliber Being
Planned; Committees
Hard at Work
George A. Byrum, president of
the Edenton chamber of Com
merce, has announced that the
Chamber is again sponsoring the
Edenton Trade Fair this year un
der the direction of the Mer
chants Committee, Alton Elmore,
general chairman. The Trade
Fair will be held at the Edenton
armory Thursday and Friday,
April 4 and 5 from 3 P. M-, to
11 P. M. Admission will be free.
“With the first day issue of the
postage stamp commemorating
the 300th anniversary of the
Carolina Charter to take place in
Edenton on Saturday, April 6.
we were not certain the Trade
Fair could be held that week,”
Byrum stated, "but when it was
determined that the Tercenten
ary stamp ceremony would take
place in the auditorium of the
Edenton Elementary School, we
decided to go ahead with the
Fair in the armory. Easter com
ing up the following week, mer
chants felt we should not post
pone the Fair and, of course, the
biennial pilgrimage will take
place the third week in April ”
Edenton merchants have al
ready signed up for 75% of the
'tontlnned on P»jf 4—Section
Lloyd W. Evans Is
Outstanding Young
Farmer For 1962
» -V
Tom Farmer Visiting
Speaker at Jaycees’
Meeting Held Thurs
day Night
Edenton Jaycees at their meet
ing Thursday night named Lloyd
Wayne Evans as the outstanding
young farmer of the year. Mr.
Evans is a farmer in the Rocky
Hock section. The award was
presented by W. E. Bond, chair
man of the Chowan County
Commissioners.
The principal speaker for the
occasion was Tom Farmer, state
chairman of the Jaycee OYF
program.
Mr. Farmer was high in praise
of the accomplishments of Mr.
Evans and spoke generally on I
the importance of young men
operating farms.
. 20 Years Ago)
As Found Jn 1.4 Files Os {
The Chowan Herald i
Following an illness of only 10
days, Julien Wood, 79, died at
his home on Colonial Square. He
was one of the organisers of the
Bank of Edenton and served as
president since its organization
in 1894. Mr. Wood represented
the First District on the State
Highway Commission and was
credited w\lh fostering the build
ing of the vehicular bridge
across Albemarle Sound. He
served for a long time as chair
man of the Chowan County
continued on Page 2—Section 1
Chowan livestock Show And
Sale Wednesday, March 27th
The Chowan Ruritan Club,
sponsor of the ninth annual
Junior Livestock Show and Sale,
extends to Chowan County
farmers an invitation to attend
this event on Wednesday, March
27. The show this year will be
limited to junior exhibitors, both
boys and girls.
All hogs entered must be in
place by 8:30 A. M. on the day
of the show. Hogs may be
weighed at the Edenton Feed &
■e M. D.
rning at
dl toter
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and As-
THE
Seeks Re-election
I
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MAYOR JOHN MITCHENER
With a town election schedul
ed to be held Tuesday, May 7,
Mayor John A. Mitchener this
week announced that he will be
a candidate for re-election.
METHODIS^TMEN^CLuir^
WILL MEET TONIGHT
The Methodist Men’s Club will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 6:30
o’clock at the church. Nathan
Owens, president, requests all
members to be present.
Pilgrimage Committee Seeking
Items To Exhibit During Tour
The Pilgrimage Committee of
the Edenton Woman’s Club is
appealing to Edenton citizens to
loan various items of interest for
display in store windows during
the Pilgrimage of Edenton and.
Countryside April 19-21. These
window displays are of interest.;
to visitors who will be in Eden
ton as well as to local citizens.
The committee is appealing for
the following: Pictures of old
Edenton, pictures of former
Dancer Crusade
Planned In April
Dr. Polk Williams Is
Hopeful For Success
ful Campaign
The American Cancer Society
will launch its annual education
al and fund-raising crusade in
Chowan County on April 1.
| Dr. Polk Williams, Chowan
, County Chapter Chairman and
; Mrs. Lewis Leary, crusade chair-
I man, say that again this year,
. the society wil emphasize “To
Cure More, Give More” and
“Fight Cancer with a Checkup
and a Check”. n
With more than 1,200,000
Americans now alive cured of
cancer, and the prospect of sav
ing many .more lives, Dr. Wil
liams predicted a very successful
1963 Crusade.
“The public is becoming in
creasingly aware of the urgency
of the cancer problem and that
something can be done about it,”
Dr. Williams said. “In 1963, at
least 44,000 men and women will
he saved who would have been
lost to cancer had they devel
oped the disease 10 years ago.”
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
Hogs may be entered begin
ning at 1 P. M. on March 26 and
until 8:30 A. M. on March 27.
Judging wil begin at 9:30 A. M.
The fitting and showmanship
contest for steers and hogs for
all junior exhibitors begins at
11 A, M. Trophies and ribbons
will be presented at 2 P. M.
Following this, all animals will
be auctioned. The Ruritans
hope that merchants and others
will support this sale.
Robert L. McGuire, animal
husbandry Extension specialist,
Raleigh, will be one of the
judges for the show. Other
judges and auctioneer will be
announced later.
in the show 3nd sdle
CHOWAN HERALD I’zsßr)
Edentoji- Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March W, li#s3.
High School Band
Is Rated Excellent
In Band Contest
First Time an Eden
ton Band Has Re
ceived Excellent In
Grade IV
The John A. Holmes High
School Band received an honor
rating c/f Excellent at the North
Carolina State Band Contest
Festival, Eastern Division, held
at East Carolina College on Sat
urday, March 16. The Holmes
Band entered the contest in the
Group IV classification. Other
bands entering in this grade
were Camp Lejeune, Dunn, Jack
sonville, Robersonville and Wil
son. Seventeen bands entered
the contest in Grades II through
VI. Grade VI is the highest
group in which a band may
enter.
The grades for the contcst-fcs
(tival are as follows:
I Group II: Belhaven, good;
East Duplin, average; Four
Continued on Pane S —Section 1
mayors, watches, clocks, chil
dren’s toys and dolls, apothecary
jars, guns, surgical equipment,
shoes, men’s, women’s and chil
dren’s apparel, home furnishings,
wagons and carts, shaving mugs,
ship models, telescopes, farm
implements, legal documents,
books, sailing charts, money,
spectacles, pipes, quilts, cover
lets, school supplies and any oth
er item of special interest.
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
Revival At Rocky
Hock Church Will
Begin March 25
I)r. Rogers of
Richmond, Va., Will
Be Speaker for Series
Os Meetings
Beginning next Sunday, March
24, spring revival services will
be held at the Rocky Hock Bap
tist Church. The revival will
run through Sunday, March 31
with services held each night at
7:30 o’clock.
The speaker for this series or
meetings will be Dr. Rogers
Smith of Richmond, Va., admini
strative Associate to the Execu
tive Secretary of the Foreign
Mission Board of Southern Bap
tist Convention.
On Monday, Wednesday and
Friday nights following the ■
preaching service, Dr. Smith will
conduct a period of missionary
information, at which he will
present slides from some of the
tours he has made to foreign
mission fields.
On Tuesday and Thursday
nights, following the regular ser
vice, there will be a special pe
riod devoted to young people.
The public is cordially invited
to attend any or all of the ser
vices.
Chaplain Hynek
Lenten Speaker
Chaplain (Captain) James H.
Hynek of the 82nd Airt>ome Di
vision, Fort Bragg, N. C., will
address those attending the Len
ten luncheon Tuesday, March 26
at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church.
Chaplain Hynek* to be escort-j
ed by his assistant, will repre
sent the military area of the |
Episcopal Church’s work in the
Diocese of East Carolina.
This is the fourth in a series
of Tuesday addresses held each
week in the House at i
OCJOCt .
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VICE PRESIDENT BUYS TICKET FOR NORTH CAROLINA DINNER—Vice Presi
dent Lyndon B. Johnson signs his SSO check for the North Carolina Jelferson-Jackson
Day Dinner scheduled for Raleigh, March 80. With him Is the North Carolina Demo
cratic Congressional delegation. Left to right, seated, Senator Everett Jordan, Vice
President Johnson, and Senator Sam Ervin; standing, Representatives Alton Lennon*
Ray Taylor, Ralph Scott, David Henderson, Horace Kootegay* Haag Hers
Bert Bonner and L. H. Fountain.
Fund Raising Drive Now Under
Way In An Effort To Save Red
Cross Work In Chowan Countv
In an effort to save the Red j
Cross program in Chowan Coun
ty, a group of interested people
met Friday at noon at the Eden-;
ton Restaurant.
Murray Ashley, county and
town Civil Defense director, act
ed as chairman and at the out
set pointed out that the chapter
has been without a chairman
since John Shackelford left
Edenton. Because of this sit
uation, last year’s fund raising
drive was not completed, so that
the chapter is in a precarious
condition due to lack of funds
and leadership.
National Poison Prevention
Week Observed Mar eh 17-23
Sponsored by the Health and
Safety Committee of the Eden
ton Chamber of Commerce, na
tional Poison Prevention Week is
being observed this week
through Saturday, March 23.
The week has been designated
in a proclamation by president
John F. Kennedy directed to ap
propriate agencies of the federal
government, as well as inviting
state and local governments and
organizations interested in child
safety to participate actively in
Baptist Revival Is
Now In Progress
Services Held Nightly
At 7:30 Through
Next Sunday
Annual spring revival services
began in the Edenton Baptist
Church Sunday morning and
will continue through Sunday,
March 24.
The guest speaker for the
meetings is Dr. E. Gibson Davis,
who arrived from an engagement
in Spartanburg, S- C-
Services will be held each
night this week at 7:30 o'clock
with the final service Sunday
night, March 24, at 7:30 o’clock.
There will be no service on Sat
urday, however.
Special music is being provid
ed for each service by the adult
and youth choirs.
Many Dignitaries Planning To
Attend First Sale Os Carolina
Charter Stamp Saturday, April 6
R.S.V.P. acceptances for at- |
tendance at the ceremony and j
following luncheon are now j
pouring into the Chamber of |
Commerce office and from every j
indication the honor of holding
the first day issue of the post-1
age stamp commemorating the
300th anniversary of the Caro
lina Charter of 1663 in Edenton
on Saturday. April 6, could con
ceivably attract more personages
of national and state importance
than when Joseph Hewes re
turned from Philadelphia after
signing the Declaration of Inde- i
| During the meeting it was de
| cided to hold a whirlwind drive
•beginning Wednesday of this
: week in the hope of raising
j $1,898 in about a week’s time,
j Rudolph Dale, with the assist
! ance of Jaycees, volunteered to
\ canvass the business houses. Mrs.
I Fred Castelloe and Mrs. Wallace
| Goodwin, Jr., volunteered to
,: work through the county’s Home
| Demonstration Clubs to help
j raise funds.
| Members of the Jaycettes also
| offered to work in any way pos
; sible in order to save the Red
1 Cont’d. on Pag* 4—Section 1
I, programs intended to promote
■ j better protection against aeci
- dental poisoning.
; | In connection with the observ
ance the local drug stores have,
;free of cost, a chart on counter
I j doses for homeowners so that
II proper methods can be promptly
- j taken when poison is swallowed.
I j In connection with Pois'on Pre
!, vention Week the following ad-
I vice is given:
II Keep all drugs, poisons and
11 Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Bishop Wright At
St Paul’s Sunday
Large Class Will Be
Confirmed at 11
O’clock
The Rt. Rev. Thomas H.
Wright, D.D., Bishop of the Epis
copal Diocese of East Carolina,
will make his annual visitation
at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church
this week-end.
He will address the Church
School at 9:30 A. M., Sunday as
a part of the Lenten study. At
11 o’clock he will confirm a large
class to be presented by the rec
tor, the Rev. George Holmes.
Bishop Wright is the chairman
of the North Carolina Tercen
tenary Committee on Religious
Activities. Services Sunday will
be part of the Tercentenary
Continued on Page 4, Section \
I pendence.
| More than 60 state flags will
ibe proudly flown in downtown
I Edenton on April 6, thanks to
| Jim Earnhardt, who personally
solicited their sale and Alton El
jmore who obtained the flags at
wholesale prices through Belk-
Tyler.
Mayor John A. Mitchener,
general chairman for the sine
local committees in charge d#
aerrangements for the day’s ac
tivities, will meet the plane
l carrying Postmaster General J.
Edenton Likely To
Receive Additional
Federal Assistance
Group Flies to Wash
ington Monday In In
terest of Grants Ap
plied For
Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr.,
and a party of six other Edcn
tonians flew to Washington, D. C.
Monday to confer with Congress
man Herbert C- Bonner regard
ing the Town of Edenton’s ap
plication for a federal grant un
der the Accelerated Public
Works Act.
Mr. Bonner and the admini
strator of the Housing and Home
Finance Agency notified the
group that when the remainder
Continued on Page s—Section I
John Mitchener Announces He
Will Re Candidate For Mayor
A ripple in Edenton’s political i
waters was caused early this;
week when Mayor John A.
Mitchener informed The Herald
that he will be a candidate for
re-election as Mayor in the mu
nicipal election scheduled to he
held Tuesday, May 7.
Mr. Mitchener was the first to
state his intentions to be a can
didate, and for the information
of prospective candidates, the
deadline to file as a candidate
is Monday, April 6-
Evans And Lane
Submit Joint Bill
Purpose to Form Two-
County Peace Offic
ers’ Association
Representatives Archie Lane of
Perquimans County and B. War
ner Evans of Chowan County
last week introduced a bill to
create the C'howan-'Perquimans
County Peace Officers' Protective
Association, to include all peace
officers in the two counties and
members of the State Highway
Patrol who are required to give
full, time to preservation of pub
lic order, protection of life and
property and detection of crime.
Eligible peace officers, in or
der to obtain benefits must ap
ply and pay initiation fee and
annual dues fixed by the execu
tive board, but fee may not ex
ceed $5 and dues may not ex
ceed sl2 per year.
. The bill repeals a bill creat
ing separate associations for the
two counties. It was reported
favorably in the House on March
14th.
STATIONED IN ENGLAND
Technical Sergeant George N.
Ashley of Edenton, has arrived
at Sculthorpe RAF Station, Eng
land, for assignment with a unit
of the United States Air Forces
in Europe.
Sergeant Ashley, a statistical
data supervisor, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. !M. P. Ashley of Route
1, Edenton.
$2.50 l"er Tear In North Carolina
Movement Under Way To
Add Parking Facilities In
Edenton Business Section
Cooperation Asked
To Tidy Up Edenton
For Groups Visitors
Stamp Sale, Pilgrim
age and Tour of Leg
islators Expected to
Bring Many Visitors
With a large number-of visit
ors expected in Edenton for the
first day sale of the Carolina
•Charter stamp Saturday, April 6,
and followed shortly by the Pil
grimage of Colonial Edenton and
Countryside April 19-21, the
Edenton Woman’s Club is spon
soring a clean-up, paint-up and
fix-up campaign. The purpose is
to present as neat and tidy a
town as possible for both events
which will bring many visitors.
Then, too, the General Assembly
is scheduled to meet in full ses
sion April 17 at Hall’s Creek in
Pasquotank County and there is
a possibility that a tour of
Edenton will be made by the
legislators on their way to Eliza
beth City.
Members of the Woman's Club
are very anxious to have Eden
ton as clean and attractive as
possible, so that not only indi
viduals. but all organizations as
well take an active part in this
constructive program of com
munity improvement.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at ! o’clock in the Parish House.
The program will he in charge
of Dr. Polk Williams and Presi
dent W. B. Rosevear urges a
100 percent attendance.
I Mayor Mitchener has served
| practically two full terms, As
mayor pro tern, he assumed the
Mayor’s position in 1959 just a
few weeks after David Holton
was elected to the office. Mr.
Holton died after serving about
j four weeks. In 1961 he defeat
ed Leroy H. Haskett.
I In the coming election the
staggered term system will he
inaugurated. The mayor and
treasurer will be elected for two
| Continued on t*age R—section 1
Ruritans Vote To
Back Little League
The Ryland Ruritans observed
Ladies’ Night at their regular
meeting on Monday, March 11.
Forty-eight were present to en
joy a sumptuous turkey dinner.
They were entertained with
string music, singing and “Match
Word” game.
The Home Committee declar
ed the months of April. May and
June as clean-up. paint-up time
for the community and asked
each one to take part in the pro
ject.
A motion was made by Eu
gene Jordan and duly carried to
continue plans for a little lea
gue baseball team. Deroy Bunch
is chairman of the Recreation
Committee and will organize the
league.
The club went on record as
Continued on Paae 4—Section *
Cato’s Plans Grand Opening
Os New Edenton Store Today
Cato’s ladies’ ready-to-wear
store, the newest addition to the
business district of Edenton, will
open its doors this (Thursday)
morning at 9 o’clock.
The grand opening of Cato’s
is the results of months of plan
ning and preparation by the
company to bring to the people
of the Edenton shopping area the
latest in ladies’ and children’s
fashions at moderate prices.
The new Cato’s store is locat
ed on South Broad Street in the
former Jill Shoppe building. The
store’s interior layout was de
I C. of C. Parking Com
mittee Seeking Aid
From Both Town and
County
! At the last regular meeting of
the board of directors of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
' the following report was pre
, sented by Jesse Harrell, chair
man of the Chamber’s Parking
Committee.
I “The report adequately spells
out the need for increased park
ing facilities for the downtown
business district,” stated George
A. Byrum, president of the
Chamber, on accepting the re
port. “Os course, the project is
the concern of all members of
the Chamber and we hope that
they will voice their approval of
the idea and lend their support
if Edenton is to maintain its po
sition as a trading center. We
certainly are in need of more
parking facilities and we are
fortunate in being able to have
this much area available adja
cent to the downtown business
district.”
Members of the Parking Com
mittee composed of Jesse L.
Harrell, chairman, H G Quinn,
Alton Elmore, Henry Cuthrell
and McKay Phthisic met and as-
Conlinued on Page 3—Section 1
Miss Patricia Waff
Editor ECC Paper
Gamma Sigma Chapter of
Kappa Delta, social sorority at
East Carolina College, recently
held installation for their ]963-
1964 officers. Each officer will
begin her duties at the becin
ning of the spring quarter,
March 25.
Kappa Delta is a national so
cial sorority having in its mem
bership over 50,000 college wo
men. Os the hundred chapter.;,
six arc in North Carolina. The
sorority’s objectives concern sis
terhood, education, social inter
iest. and charitable purposes.
Miss Patricia A. Waff of Eden
ton was the outgoing president.
Miss Waff is editor of the East
Carolinian, semi-weekly news
paper.
Eclentoiis (iolfers
Lose To Plymouth
Edenton golfers suffered their
j second defeat in Albemarle golf
I matches, when they lost by a
j margin of 22 to Plymouth.
! Twenty-two golfers participated
lin the match.
L Edentcn golfers will play
Washington in the next match
land any local golfers who plan
jto go to Washington are re
j quested to contact Jimmie
Johnston not later than Friday
j night. March 25.
j (civiccalenixarl
March 16 to March 30 has been
designated as clean-up time in
Edenton.
The Pilgrimage of Colonial
Edenton and Countryside will be
held April 19-21.
First day sale of the Carolina
Charter commemorative stamp
. will be held at the Edenton Post
Office Saturday, April 6.
Edenton Trade Fair will be
’ held in the Edenton armory
Thursday and Friday, April 4
and 5.
Continued on Paae I
signed by Cato's architects to
give customers the same ease
and convenience in shopping
which they find in the most
modern stores in any city. The
completely fluorescent - lighted
store, with its modern facilities
and attractive decor, is planned
to provide pleasant surroundings
which will appeal to its custom
ers.
The merchandise at Cato’s,
smartly styled in the latest fash
ions, brings to its customers the
largest selections of quality mer-