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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXX—Number 13.
Plans About Completed
For First Sale Os Carolina
Charter Stamp April 6th
Brig. Gen. John Phil
lips Goes Over Plans
for Event With May
or John Mitchener
Plans are gradually being
Whipped into shape for the fifst
day sale of the Carolina Charter
commemorative stamp in ’Eden
ton Saturday, April 6.
Brigadier Genertil John W- D-
Phillips, executive secretary of
the Carolina Charter Tercenten
ary Commission of Raleigh, was
in Edenton Monday going over
various details of the event with
Mayor John Mitchener, general
chairman, who will act as mas
ter of ceremonies.
General Phillips went over the
work lined up for the various
committees and offered some
pointers for the mayor to carry
out in order to make the oc
casion a success. “Edenton’s
plans for the cererhony appar
ently are going into effect for a
smooth functioning ceremony,’’
stated General Phillips.
George A- Byrum, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, urg
es Chamber of Commerce mem
bers to cooperate •in any way
possible and says he is very
proud of the efforts made to
stage a celebration which will
bring a great deal of credit to
Edenton.
The program in the Edento'
Elementary School auditoriun
will begin at 11 A- M., witi
Mayor John Mitchener as maste
of ceremonies. The invocatioi
will be by the'Rev. George B
Holmes, followed by greetings by
Gilliam Wood. Following re
marks by Congressman Herbert
C. Bonner and Senator B. Ev
erett Jordan, the commemorative
stamp will be presented by
'Postmaster General J. Edward
Day.
Music for the meeting will be
furnished by the John A. Holmes
High School Band under the di
rection of James Cozart.
20 Years Ago
As Found In l.i# (Vm Os
Tho Chowan Herald
Plans were started to house
the Edenton USO Club in the
east wing of Hotel Joseph Hewes,
taking in the portion formerly
occupied by the flours Electric
8c Plumbing I
E. W. Spires, county civilian
defense chairman, stated that a 1
test black-out was almost per
fect. The only thing to mar a
perfect record was two or three
instances of light* allowed to
burn while occupants of offices
were out of the buHding.
Another group of Chowan
County while boy* left for Fort
Bragg to undergo -* physical
examination to determine wheth
er or not they will be inducted
Into the U. S. Army,
Edenton High School's debat
ing team split honors with Wash
ington High in the state-wide
debate.
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Stores Closed
Piaster Monday
Stores in downtown Eden
ton will be closed Easter
Monday, April 15. This an
nouncement was made early
this week by Alton Elmore,
Chairman of the Merchants
Committee of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce.
Boy Scouts Plan
Pop Bottle Drive
Boys Making Effort
Raise Money to At
tend Camp
Edenton Boy Scouts will con
duct a pop bottle drive Saturday
afternoon, March 30. The Scouts
will make a house-to-house can
vass to pick up empty pop
bottles.
The purpose of the drive is to
sell the bottles in order to help
raise money to serid the Scouts
to camp this summer and it is
hoped those having empty bot
tles will have them collected to
give to the boys.
Twenty-seven Scouts have
:igned up to attend camp, which
vill be held at Camp pipsico on
he James River July 7-13.
Band Association
Will Meet Monday
Edenton Band parents Asso
ciation will meet Monday night,
April 1, at 7:30 o'clock in the
band room. tyrs. John Bunch,
president, urges all members to
be present.
Restoration Started This Week
On Old Iredell House Kitchen
Restoration of the old kitchen
at the James Iredell house began
this week.
While the kitchen is not as
old as the Iredell house, built
in 1757, it is .noteworthy as one
of the few detached kitchens
still standing.
i Work on the 14 foot by 20 foot
frame building by the Edenton
i Construction Company, is under
the direction of the James Ire
dell Association and the Eden
Local Nurse In
Special Training
Eight nursing students from
the Louise Obici'Hospital in Suf
folk are taking three-months spe
cial training in pediatric nurs
ing at the University of Virginia
Hospital at Charlottesville, Va.
Among the group is Miss Mar
ginette Faire Lassiter of Edenton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Lassiter. ’ -
Edenton, Cho\ \% bounty, North Carolina, Thursday, March 28, 1963.
Edenton Tri « s T . Host For District Meeting
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The Edenton Tri-Hi-Y was host to the annual meeting of the Hi-Y - Tri-Hi-Y District No. 5 on
March 16. There were over 80 delegates attending from Morehead City. Kinston. Rocky Mount and
Edenton. The theme for The day was "What Do You Want ." as pertaining to the individual and the
club. Presiding over the meeting was Alan Kleinmaer. president of District No. 5. The following
officers were elected: President, Richard Cummings, Morehead City; vice president. Emily Holmes,
Edenton; secretary, Clark Suggs. Kinston; chaplain. Jane Patrick. Morehead City; Council mem
bers. Hvman Sladiem, Kinston and Richard Cummings, Morehead City; Sandra Bunch. Edenton and
Nancy Nelion, Morehead City. The Tri-Hi-Y expresses its deepest appreciation to the faculty of
John A. Holmes High School and to W. A. Long. Interstate Secretary of YMCA of the Carolinas, for
IheiT cooperation and help in making the meeting such a success.—(Ricks Photo).
Vaughan And Jones
Are Elected As New
Directors Os Bank
Announcement Made
By W. W. Shaw, Pre
sident of Bank at
Rocky Mount
Two well known Edentonians
have been added to the board of
managers of the Edenton Branch
of the Peoples Bank & Trust
Company. W. B. Shaw, presi
dent of the Peoples Bank &
Trust Company, Rocky Mount,
has announced that the board of
directors at a meeting held in
Rocky Mount on March 20 elect-
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ton Tea Party Chapter of the
DAR.
The kitchen will house the
: Edward Crawford Williams
antique iron collection, on loan
to the house.
Due to limited funds, the 'pro
ject will not be completed this
year, Grayson Harding, presi
dent of the Iredell Association,
told members of the DAR at
their March meeting.
1 Continued on Page 4. Section t
D. F. Walker High
School UFA Plans
tteanupCanpgn
Event Will Celebrate
Anniversary of Birth
Os Booker T. Wash
ington
Since April sth is the birth
date of the late Dr. Booker T. |
Washington, whom many regard
as the “Father” of vocational
education, the D. F. Walker High
School chapter of New Farmers;
of America decided on a Clean-
Continued from Page S—Section J
Edenton Ladies
Present Program
At Rocky Mount
Mrs. J. M. Thorud, Mrs. Ed
ward G- Bond and Mrs. Jesse
Harrell were in Rocky Mount
Monday and had charge of the
program at the Rocky Mount
Woman’s dub.
Appearing in Colonial costume,
they showed the film “Ye Towne
on Queen Anne’s Creek,” and is
sued invitations to the Edenton
tour April 19-21.
The meeting was held at the
pew Wesleyn College and the
Edenton ladies were guests at
the college for lunch.
Mrs. Ernest Ward, former
Edenftonian," is program chair
man of the Rocky Mount club.
C. Os C. To Again Sponsor
Spring Fishing Contest
Which Begins On April 1
Contest This Year to
Be Open For Boys
And Girls Under 16
Years of Age
The fifth annual spring fish
ing contest will begin Monday,
April 1, it is announced by
George A. Byrum, president of
the Edenton Chamber of Coji
merce. The contest will run
through Saturday, June 29.
Dr. Ed Bond, chairman of the
Recreation Committee which is
promoting the fishing contest,
stated that this year boys and
girls under 16 will have an op
portunity also to win prizes. The
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
Study Course At
Methodist Church
A Methodist Study Course will
be held at the Methodist Church
Friday night, March 29. The
book to be considered will be
“Dimensions of Prayer,” written
by Douglas V. Stere
The course will be conducted
by Charles O. Tysor and will
last only one hour, from g to 9
o’clock.
All members of the congrega
tion and friends of the church
are cordially invited to attend.
Mental Health Assoeiation Asks
State For Mental Health Clinies
Last Thursday another meet
ing of the Albemarle Mental
Health Association was held in
the Parish House of the Episco
pal Church in Elizabeth City.
Representatives from Edenton
included Dr. and Mrs. Ed Bond,
Mrs. Warren Twiddy and Frank
Roberts.
During the meeting it was de
cided that letters would be sent
to Representatives urging further
support of a bill favoring estab
Pcstmaster J. L. Chestnutt Gives
Information About First Day
Sale Os Carolina Charter Stamp
In connection with the first
day sale of the Carolina charter
commemorative stamp, Postmas
ter J. L. Chestnutt points out
that the stamp marks the 300th
anniversary of Charles H’s grant
of vast land areas to eight men
who had helped him regain the
throne. It-, extended coast-to
coast in a strip that was roughly
the present day border of Vir
ginia te the north, and Florida
to the south.
Edenton'* position in the Caro
lina Charter area has a unique
and interesting history.
Edenton was selected as the
site for the stamp’s dedication,
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Welding Is Taught
At Chowan High
.36 Students Enrolled
With E. P. Jones as
Instructor
E. S. White ot the Agriculture
Department of Chowan High
School, in connection with the
Vocational Agriculture Depart
ment, has started classes in
farm equipment welding with
E: P. Jones as welding instruc
tor.
The class which was scheduled
for one night a week, has been
so popular that three full classes
are being taught on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday nights
of each week with 36 enrolled.
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RED M.EN TRIBE CHANGES
MEETING TIME TO 8 O'CLOCK
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv
ed rder of Red Men, will meet
Monday night, April 1, at 8
o’clock. Robert Brooks, sachem
of the tribe, calls attention to the
new meeting hour of 8 o’clock
instead of 7:30 o’clock which has
been the .meeting time during the
winter months.
■ lishment of mental health clinics.
[ There was discussion concerning
i new bills introduced in both the
House and the Senate at Ra
leigh, calling for the creating of
a new State Department of Men
tal Health.
A commissioner of mental
health would be the chief execu
tive for the new department,
. with a 15 member board to set
• policy for the state’: services to
! Continued on Pag* B—Section )
the Tercentenary Commission
! said, "because of its unique his
| tory as the center of population
for the old Albemarle area, the
| first permanently settled area in
.North Carolina.”
In explaining its selection of
1 Edenton as the first-day-sale site,
| the Commission noted that the!
original Carolina Charter includ
ed the area between the 31st and
36th parallels north latitude, and
early surveys indicated that it 4
included the settlements in the 1
Albemarle area. Later, surveys 1
showed Edenton and other set- i
tlements in the area just outside 1
on Pag* S. Section I »
Golf And Country
Club Plans Open
House Two Days
Applicants Now Being
Interviewed For Pro
And House Manager
Positions
Members of the board of di
rectors of the Chowan Golf and
Country Club at a meeting held
last week decided to hold open
house at the Country Club Sat
urday afternoon and evening, and
Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5
o’clock.
This open house, of course, will
be for members only.
Even though grading and land
scaping around the club house
and parking facilities are far
from complete and the club
house has not been finished
completely, Ralph Parrish, presi
dent, says he feels sure many
of the members will like to see
what has been accomplished
thus far.
Mr. Parrish also says appli
cations for the position of pro
and clubhouse manager are be-
Continued on Page /—Section 1
Jim Keeter New
Manager P & (J
Meat Department
Announcement was made this
week that Jim Keeter has been
promoted to manager of the P&Q
Super Market’s meat department.
Mr. Keeter, who has been as
sociated with the P&Q for about
12 years, succeeds Ralph Knight.
Mr. Knight, whose home is in
Norfolk, has been manager for
three years and resigned in or
der to return to Norfolk.
Plans Complete For Albemarle
Community Development Work
At a meeting held in Edenton
Friday plans were made for the
1063 Albemarle Community De
velopment Contest. About 50
communities are expected to
participate in this year’s contest,
for which the deadline for en
tries was set at May 15.
For the meeting R. W. Long
of Raleigh, community develop
ment specialist of the N. C-
State College Extension Service,
$1,367.10 Raised In |
Heart Fund Drive
Under the able leadership of
the Heart Fund drive chairman,
J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., Heart Fund
volunteers collected a total of
$1,307.10 during February.
Dr. Ed Bond, president of the
Chowan Heart Council, said he
was very pleased with this
campaign and he wanted to pub
licly thank Mr. Earnhardt, Paul
Stanton, Harry Venters, Mrs.
Onnie Charlton and the many
other individuals and groups in
Edenton and Chowan County
who made this year’s drive so
successful.
Dr. Bond further stated that
the Chowan Heart Council is ac
tive year-around and in addition
to the annual drive in February,
funds are received any time as
memorial gifts or bequeaths.
College Choir At
Baptist Church
Group In Charge of
Service Sunday
Evening
The College Choir, composed
of students attending Chowan
College in Murfreesboro will make
its annual guest appearance at
the Baptist Church Sunday even
ing, March 31, for the 7:30 o’clock
worship hour. The director of
the choir, James Chamblee, and
the College chaplain, Dr. Hargus
Taylbr, will accompany the choir
for this special service. Dr. Paul
Bumgartner, organist, will play
for the entire service.
As is customary, this group
from the neighboring Baptist
college will have complete charge
of the evening worship service.
Chaplain Taylor will deliver the
message and the choir, under
Cettfemdo.PW'S-Seetioal
$2.50 Per Year In North Carolina
All Except Three Os Town
Officals Seek Re-election
In Town Election May 7th
Urgent Need
The Pilgrimage Committee
needs old. interesting items
for display in store windows
during the Pilgrimage.
Anyone who will provide
any items of interest are re
quested to contact Mrs. Fran
ces Shore, phone 482-2771;
Mrs. Anne Hines, phone
482-2775 or Mrs. Anna Bass,
phone 482-3972.
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Plans CompleteFor
Trade Fair April 4-5
In Edenton Armory
Frank Roberts Says
Splendid Program of
Entertainment Is Ar
ranged For Event
Edenton’s Trade Fair is sched
uled to be held in the Edenton
armory Thursday and Friday.
April 4 and 5. The event will
be in progress both days from
3 P. M., to 11 P. M.
Interesting exhibits will be on
display both inside and outside
the armory, so that it is hoped
many people from Chowan and
adjoining counties will visit the
fair and as a result stimulate
trading in Edenton.
Various committees have been
-vo Prqj) 3—Seek n *
l was the principal speaker. He
pointed out that the purpose of
i these contests is to help com
| munities realize their potentials
and to bring about changes and
! improvements in the various
communities.
! Some present at the meeting
expressed dissatisfaction with
the score sheet used for judging
in that it did not recognize
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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.
Eastern Star Chapter Will Hold
Open Installation Os Offieers
An open installation of officers
for Edenton Chapter No. 302.
Order of the Eastern Star, will
be held in the Masonic Temple
Friday night, March 29, begin
ning at 8 o’clock.
An interesting program has
been arranged for the occasion
with the following scheduled to
serve as installing officers: Mrs.
Blanch Twiford, Robert F.
Spence, Mrs. Audrey Kirkwood,
Arthur Pell, Mrs. Luciile John
son, Mrs. Margaret Tillett and
Obie Reynolds.
Officers to be installed include
the following:
Newly Elected Bank Directors
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DR. ROLAND H. VAUGHAN BRUCE F. JONES
At a meeting of the board of directors of People* Bank A Trust
Company held in Roqky Mount on Wednesday. March 20. Dr. Rol
and H. Vaughan and Broca F. Jones wen elected as new teem ben
of the hoard. /' ; .. t
FIGHT CANCER
WITH 4 CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Deadline For Candi
dates to File For Of
fice Is 12 O’clock
Noon April 8
With Edenton's municipal elec
; tion scheduled to be held Tues
| day, May 7. all present members
;of the official family, except
: three, have filed for re-election
up to Wednesday morning.
Mayor Jonn Mitchener an
nounced last week that he will
seek re-election and during the
week George A. yrum filed for
re-election as Councilman-at
large.
Councilmen who have filed
for re-election are: First Ward,
Richard Dixon; Second Ward,
A1 Phillips; Third Ward, Elton
Forehand and Fourth Ward,
Luther C. Parks.
For the Board of Public Works
all have filed for re-electtion
except Ralph E. Parrish. Those
who have filed are -Thortias By
rum, Jesse Harrell, Joe Conger,
Jr., and J. P. Ricks, Jr.
The other officials who have
not filed are James Bond, treas
urer. and J. Edwin Bufflap,
Councilman-at-large.
The deadline for candidates to
file is Monday, April . 8 and
I Philip McMullan, chairman of
the Chowan County Board of
Election, emphasizes the fact
that the deadline to file/will be
12 o’clock noon on April 8.
More Girl Scout
Cookies For Sale
Edenton Girl Scouts have a
few .more boxes of Girl Scout
j cookies left. Anyone wanting to
buy a box should contact cither
Mrs. Christian Hosford. phone
482-2446 or Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr.,
phone 482-3737.
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Edenton Golf and Country
Club will observe open house
Saturday afternoon and evening
and Sunday afternoon from 2
to 5 o’clock.
An open installation of officers
for Edenton Chapter No. 302,
Order of the Eastern Star, will
be held in the Masonic Temple
Friday night, March 29. at 8
o'clock.
An election will be held Tues
day, May 7, to elect officials for
the Town of Edenton.
Fifth annual spring fishing
contest sponsored by the Edenton
continued on Peoe 2— Section 1
Worthy Matron, Clara M Bos
well; Worthy patron, W Elton
Boswell; Associate Matron, Grace
W. Byrum; Associate Patron,
Walter Wilkins; Secretary. Ruth
j Overman; Treasurer, Mary Leary;
( Conductress, Kathleen Skiles;
.Associate Conductress, Frances
‘Marshbourne; Chaplain, Charles
Overman; Marshall, Jimmy
(Oglesby; organist. Caroline Swin
! dell; Adah, Kate Bufflap; Ruth,
(Helen Wood; Esther, Catherine
Robey; Martha, Pearl Harrell;
Electra, Maude Reaves; Warder,
Blanche Moore, and Sentinel,
Will Harrell.