( ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
I CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXX. —Number 15.
Three Contests Develop For Edenton
Municipal Election Tuesday, May7th;
Board Public Works And Two Wards
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A. €. Hudson and the
Rev. S. N. Griffith,;
Both Negroes, Enter
Race For Offices
With Monday at noon of this
week being the deadline for can- j
didates to file for office in the
forthcoming municipal election,
three contests developed before
the final . closing hour. The
three contests will be for the
Board of Public Works and a
<1 Councilman from the First and
Fourth Wards.
Last week J. D. Elliott filed
as First Ward Councilman, op
posing incumbent Richard Dix
! on, Jr. Before the filing dead
line Monday, A. C. Hudson filed
for member of the Board Os pub
lic Works and the Rev. S- N.
Griffith filed for Councilman
from the Fourth Ward. He will
oppose incumbent Luther C.
Parks.
For the other offices there will
be no contest with all present]
officials seeking re-election. They'
include John A- Mitchener for
Mayor; James M. Bond for Treas-1
urer; J. Edwin Bufflap and,
George A. Byrum for Council-;
• men-at-large; A1 Phillips, Coun-i
cilman from the Second Ward
and Elton Forehand, Councilman
from the Third Ward.
According to the staggering
terms of office inaugurated in
this election, the three candi
dates for the Board of Public
Works receiving the highest
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Hector Lupton, Jr.
In President’s Club
. For Insurance Co.
The Fidelity Mutual Life In
surance of Philadelphia has just
announced that R. Hector Lup
ton, Jr., of Raleigh has qualified
for membership in Fidelity Mu
tual Presidents’ Club.
The honor was conferred for
outstanding work done for the
company for the year 1962.
Mr. Lupton is. the .son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hector Lupton of Eden-
20 Years Ago j
As Found la t-» FUm Os {
Ths Chowan HoraM !
At a special wee tins o I thej
trustees of Shepard-Pruden Me-|
mortal Library, Mrs. Sidney Me-’
Mullan tendered her resignation
as librarian, a position s)m held '
since the library was established
in 1921. I
Chowan County Commissioners
appointed W. J. Taylor as a
member of the Chowan County
Board Os Public Welfare. He
Succeeded W. J. Berryman who
bad served the statutory term of
six years.
Chestnut! Cleaners increased
the size of their building and
added new machinery.
Continued on Page 9. Section 1
Stores dosed
Easter Monday
Stores in downtown Eden
ton will be closed Enter
Monday, April 15. This an
nouncement was mode early
this week by Alton Elmore,
Chairman of the Merchants
Committee of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce.
Local Trade Fair Is Termed Far
More Successful Than Last Year
The second annual Trade Fair
sponsored by the Edentom Cham
r bar of Commerce was from all
points, even more successful than
the one held previously, accord
in* to Alton Elmore, general
chairman.
iff ‘‘From estimates of attendance
' thia year’s figures exceeded those
dt Igst year,” Elmore said, ‘‘and
to buy the Trade Fair came out
fliffinVuimntplv mm in til* black M
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Teacher Honored
Ik IMP
ALEXANDER BLAINE
Edenlon school trustees at a
meeting held March 21 named
the vocational agriculture build- {
ing at D. F. Walker High School
in honor of Alexander Blaine.
He has served as vocational agri
culture teacher for 31 years and
plans to retire June 30.
Group Os Ladies Publicizing
Edenton Pilgrimage April 19-21
A group of Edenton ladies are
busily engaged in providing pu
blicity for the forthcoming Pil
grimage of Colonial Edenton and
Countryside April 19-21.'
Already Mrs. Elton Forehand,
Jr., Mrs. West Byrum, Jr., Mrs.
George A. Byrum, Mrs. J. P.
Ricks, Jr., Mrs. Elwood Nixon
and Mrs. Wesley Chesson have
been to Raleigh to promote the
event.
Thursday of last week Mrs.
J. D. Barnhill, Mrs. Blair Gib
son and Mrs. West Byrum, Jr.,
appeared on the‘television sta
tion at Winston-Salem.
Hubert A. Elliott
Given High Post
hi Salvation Army
Edenton Native Is Ap
pointed Director of
Public Information In j
> New York j
Hubert A., Elliott has been,ap-1
pointed director of public rela- (
tion for The Salvation Army in i
1 New York, Major Andrew S.'
! Miller, director of public rela
tions, has announced.
! Mr. Elliott was executive sec
retary for public relations of The
Protestant Couhcil of the City
jof New York for the past five
: years.
Mr. Elliott is a native of Eden
ton, son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John M. Elliott. He is a former
newspaperman, magazine editor,
and advertising agency writer.
He attended Mrs. Hill College
and the University of Missouri
j School of Journalism.
Mr. Elliott lives in Manhattan
.(London Terrace, 435 'West 23rd
Street) and is a member of St.
Bartholomew’s Protestant Epis
copal Church where he is active
in lay work of the church.
LIBRARIES CLOSE
Both the Shepard-Pruden Me
nyjrial and Brown-Carver librar
ies will be closed April 15, Easter
•Monday.
' man and who served as master
■ of ceremonies.
1 John Sicks did an outstanding
i 1 job as chairman of -the staging
committee and assisted Johnny
Goodwin, chairman of the re
freshments committee. Henry
: Quinn, who did an outstanding
• job as finance chairman last
year, again filled the breach for
tide Star’s Fair and not only
t soto the original spaces for the
various merchants exhibits but
i jhas already collected fee rentals,
j Elmore said that thank* go to
jJim-Earnhardt for his time and
Edenton, van County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 11,1963.
laycees Sponsoring
Picture For Benefit
HospitalLoanCloset
Story of the Count of
Monte Cristo Will Be
Shown Friday, April
12 at Taylor Theater
——
A special showing will be pre
sented at the Tayfor Theatre Fri
day, April 12, lor: one day only.
The picture, “The' Story of the
Count of Monte Cristo’’ is spon
sored by the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce with pro
i tits going for the benefit'of the
. hospital loan closet. The price
|of admission will be 75 cents
. for adults, 50 cents for students
, and 25 cents for children under
12 years of age.
1 Louis Jourdan, romantic French
Oontinneo on Page 4— Section *
Tuesday of this week Mrs.
Frances Shore, Mrs. Tom Bass
and Mrs. F. A. Jordan were on
a program on the Greenville
television station.
Today (Thursday) Mrs. Roy
Spruill, Mrs. Jack Douglas and
Mrs. Charlie Small, Jr., will be
on the Portsmouth television sta
tion at 1 P. M., and 2:30 P. M-
Today, also, 1 Mrs. Warren
Twiddy, Mrs. Ed Bond, Mrs. W-
J. P. Earnhardt, Mrs. Zech Bond,
Mrs. Bruce F. Jones, Mrs. Leo
Katkaveck, JVfrs. Thomas Byrum,
Mrs. Cecil Fryf MKt J. M. Thor-
Continued on Page 4. Section ,
Oiiow Receives
9 To 12 Year Term
For Manslaughter
Judge Elbert Peele of
Williamston Termin
| ates Superior Court
| Friday at Noon
I Judge Elbert Peele adjourned
! a term of Chowan Superior
| Court Friday and before he did
|he passed judgment on a num
ber of cases he had heard pre
viously.
Lee Dunlow, Jr., was found
guilty of manslaughter and. was
sentenced to not less than nine
years nor more than 12 years in
state prison.
John Lee Cobb Wa6 sentenced
to 14 months each on three
charges of assault with a dead
ly weapon.
Calvin Howard was sentenced
to four to six for assault
on a female with .kvtgnt to com
mit rape.
Arthur Lee Carter was given
three to five years for breaking
and entering the P&Q Super
Market. / M'J
Robert Vann, Jr., and David
Howard, Jr., were sentenced to
three years in connection with
the P&Q breakih, but sentence
was suspended upon being placed
on parole for three years.
Edward Joseph Chapman was
sentenced to three- to five years
for stealing diamonds from Cam
pen’s Jewelers.
William Kelly Jordan, Frank-'
lin Lawrence and Bernard Moye,
-charged with picketing without
securing a permit, were found
not guilty.
Drive Lagging ]
V
Information reaching The
Herald Wednesday morning was
to the effect that the sale of
Easter Seals is badly lagging.
The gp*l this year b SI,OOO.
but at the present sate it will
be far abort of realisation.
Anybody who wttl make a
contribution is urged to send it
to Haywood tench is soon as
BUZZIN’—If you have ever seen ants swarming, then this
picture may look familiar to you. However, what the pic
ture shows is literally thousands of skiers in Salan, Sweden,
swarming up a hill path to participate in the annual tra
ditional “Vasa Race,” held in memory of the late King of
Sweden, Gustaf Eriksson Vasa.
Albemarle Schoolmasters
Club Elect Hiram J. Mayo
President For New Year
Group of Officers For
Year 1963-64 Chosen
At Plymouth Meeting
! Monday Night
The Albemarle Schoolmasters’
Club held its monthly .meeting
at the Plymouth High School
Monday night and elected offi
cers for the 1963-1964 school
year.
Those elected were: President,
Hiram J. Mayo, superintendent
of the Edenton City Schools;
vice president, W. F- Landing,
principal of the Knapp High
School. Currituck; secretary, Mrs.
Mildred Pate, supervisor of Gates
County Schools; treasurer, W. J.
Taylor, Jr., principal of the Co
lumbia High School.
The Albemarle Schoolmasters’
Club consists of the school offi
cials from the counties of Cam
den, Chowan, Currituck, Dare,
Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank, Per
quimans, Tyrrell, Washington,
and the city administrative units
of Edenton and Elizabeth City.
The speaker for the evening
was J. E. Miller, Assistant State
Superintendent of the Depart
ment of Public Instruction in
Raleigh. He spoke on the topic
“Your Financial Report Ca r d.”
Facts and figures were g: ,'fn
concerning each of the adrr.ml
- on Page 6—Section 1
Better Pay Up
Delinquent 1962 taxpayers in
Chowan County and Edenton
will be advertised, according to
action taken by the County Com
missioners and Town Council
men.
County delinquent taxes will
be advertised the first Monday
in May and the property sold
the first Monday in June.
Town of Edenton delinquents
will be advertised the second
Monday in May and will
take place the second Monday in
June. *
Appeal Made To List Rooms
For Visitors To Pilgrimage
With the Pilgrimage of Co
lonial Edenton and Countryside
scheduled .to be held April 19,
20 and 21, it already appears
that there will be a serious
: shortage of sleeping quarters for
visitors who to spend a
night or more in Edenton. Ac
cording to information early this
week, all motels are practically
completely booked up for the
tour.
Town CouncHmen
Asked To Provide
More Parking Area
Problem Presented By
Traffic Committee of
Edenton Chamber of
Commerce
Though few iti»ns appeared on
the agenda for Town Councilmen
Tuesday night, the group was
held in session until after 11
o'clock.
Present at the meeting was a
group of merchants who are in
terested in providing more park
ing facilities in the downtown
area. The group represented the
Traffic Committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce with Jesse
Harrell as spokesman. Mr. Har
rell pointed out various phases
of the parking problem and ad-
Cor.tinueU on Page 3—Section 1
Local Jaycees Elect
New Officers Tonight
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the
Edenton Restaurant. An import
ant item of business will be the
election of new officers, so that
President Carlton Jackson urges
every Jaycee to make a special
effort to be present.
Special Service At
Methodist Church
A Maundy Thursday service
will be held at the Methodist
Church tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock.
This service commemorates the
institution of the service of Holy
Communion. The public is cor
dially invited to participate in
this special service.
In order to provide quarters
for some of the many visitors
expected, an appeal is being
made for homeowners to rent as
many rooms as possible in order
to cope with fee situation.
Anybody who will rent one or
more rooms during fee tour is
requested to contact, as soon as
ppssible, Mrs. R. J. Boyce, phone
482-2624, or. Mrs. West By.nm,
Jr., phone 462-4066.
1 Dr. ft. D. Higgins
New Director Os
I Health Department
Mayor V. N. Darden
Os Hertford Resigns
As Chairman; Sue-,
ceeded By Pete Reid
Announcement was made Mon
day by Dr. R. D. Higgins of Ra
leigh, director of local health
services for the North Carolina
Board of Health, that Dr. James
K. Gray will become director of
tlie District Health Department
on May 1. Dr. Gray is 55 anti
will retire this month from the
Air Force medical service after
serving 30 years.
Dr. Gray is a native of Wis
consin and is now a surgeon at
Hancock Field at Syracuse, New
York. He is married and the
father of five children.
Dr. Higgins also reported that
Mayor V. N. Darden "of Hertford
had resigned as Chrirman of the
District Health Board. H. A.
Reid, Chairman of the Pasquo
tank County Commissioners, has
been named to succeed Mr. Dar
den.
Rocky Hock And Macedonia
Churches Plan Sunrise Service
The annual Easter sunrise ser
vice held jointly by the Mace-!
donia and Rocky Hock Baptist
Churches, is feeing scheduled at l
the Rocky Hock Church Sunday '
morning, April 14, at 6 o’clock. J
The Rev. Robert S- Harrell,!
promotional secretary for the
Chowan Baptist Association, will!
bring the traditional Easter mes--
Sunrise Service At
Center Hill Church
Four Churches Join In
Service at 6 O’clock
Easter Morning
Easter sunrise services will be
held at the Center Hill Metho
dist Church at 6 o'clock Easter
Sunday morning, April 14.
The Rev. C. T. Wilson, host
pastor, invites everyone in the
community to participate in this
worship service.
The Rev. Henry Napier, pas
tor of Center Hill Baptist
Church, will bring the Easter
message and special music will
be rendered by Mrs. J. C.
Boyce of Center Hill Baptist
Church and tne men’s choir of
Anderson Methodist Church. ,
Churches participating in this
service will be Center Hill and
Great Hope Baptist Churches
and Center Hill and Anderson’s
Methodist Churches. |
Third Graders And ,
Kindergarten Class
Play On April 23rd
Mrs. John F. White’s thifd
grade and Mrs. J. J. Ross’ kin
dergarten class will present a
play “The Toy Shop”, on Tues
day night. April 23, at 8 o’clock j
in the Elementary School audi-,
torium.
This will include about 45 chil-1
dren in costume. These two
rooms present such a play each
year and'it is looked forward to
by all the townspeople.
This is the night of the last
PTA meeting for the year. Elec
ion of officers for the new year
will be held during the short
business session. The play will
follow this session.
New Regulations For
Commercial Fishing
■ I ’V
Attention is called to regula
tions end amended regulations as
they apply to commercial fishing
regulations which were recently
adopted by the Board of Con
servation ai)d Development.
The regulations have to do
with seasons, use of nets in Albe
marle Sound and the. Chowan
River, and any violation of tba
new regulations tinder the pro
visions of law constitutes a mis
demeanor.
Full text of (he regulations
appear in this issue of The
Herald.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Carolina Charter Stamp
First Day Sale Attracts
Large Crowd To Edenton
Elected President
i . ' 7
p-, ■ n
HIRAM'J. MAYO
The Albemarle Schoolmasters'
| Club, at a meeting held in Ply
mouth Monday night, elected
Hiram J. Mayo, superintendent
of Fdenton schools, as president
I for the year 1963-1964.
sage. Special music will be fur
nished by the Youth Choir of
the Macedonia Baptist Church
and the Church Choir of the
Rocky Hock Baptist Church.
The Rocky Hock pastor, the
Rev. Thurman W. Allred, on be
half of the participating church
es, extends an invitation to the
public to attend this special ser
vice.
Fishing Contest
Brings Whoppers
Russell Chappell and
L. VV. Stallings So
Far In Lead
The annual Spring Fishing i
Contest sponsored by the Recre
ation Committee of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce has al
ready resulted in straining a 4-
pound test monafilament line,
the very first week as a 22-inch, j
5 pound, 9 ounce largemouthj
bass blasted oft its lily pad bed |
propelled by an artificial lure, j
according to Bunch’s Gulf Sta-]
tion where the big fellow was
Continued on i-age fi—Section I j
Baptist Fish Fry To
Be Held Friday Night
The Men’s Class of the Eden
ton Baptist Church will hold its
annual fish fry at the American
I Legion building Friday night,
April 12, at 6 30 o’clock,
i All members of the class, a?
well as officers and teachers of
the entire Sunday School are
cordially invited to attend. I
Extensive Improvement To Be
Made At Edentoifs Post Offirc
Announcement was made last
week that an extension and mod
ernization project for the Eden
ton Post Office had been ap
proved at an estimated construc
tion cost of $240,000. Later, The
Herald was informed by con
gressman Herbert Bonner that
the past Office Department
plans the following improve
Agriculture Building Is Named
In Honor Os Alexander Blaine
The Board of Education of the
Edenton City Schools at its reg
ular monthly meeting on the
evening of March 21, named the
, vocational agriculture building at
1 the D. F. Walker High School in
I honor of the agriculture teacher,
Alexander Blaine. The official
I name of the vocational agricul
ture building is Alexander Blaine
Vocational Agriculture Building
and became effective on the
evening of March 21, 1363.
Mr. Blaine was bom in Ring
gold, Virginia, on May IT, 1896.
He attended the public schools
j in Pittssylvania County, Virginia,
PIGHT CANCER
WITH ’A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Included Many Na
tional and State Dig
nitaries; Celebration
* Carried Without Any
Hitch
Bedecked with national, colors,
many beautiful flowers ; n bloom,
, favorable weather conditions and
a large group of friendly and
hospitable Edenton people greet
ed a large crowd of visitors Sat
urday for the first day sale of
the Carolina Charter commem
orative stamp. The visitors in
cluded national and state digni
taries as well as prominent visit
ors from North Carolina, as well
as other states.
The ceremony began shortly
after to o’clock after Postmaste-
General J. Edward Day and oth
er dignitaries arrived by plane
from Washington at the Edenton
airport. A coffee hour was held
at the Iredell house, where visit
ors were greeted by a large wel
coming committee and iadies at
tired in colonial costumes.
The next phase of the celebra
tion took place in the auditor
ium of the Edenton Elementary
School, where a very interesting
program had been arranged.
Prior to the program splendid
music was provided by the John
A. Holmes High School Band,
j Mayor John Mitchener, general
[chairman for the first dav stamp
| sale celebration, was master of
| ceremonies and called upon the
! Rev. George Holmes for prayer.
Mayor Mitchener, who greet
ed the distinguished guests, also
j extended a cordial greeting to
j the crowd which just about fill-
■ed the spacious auditorium.
[ In the absence of Covernor
| Terry Sanford, who was pre
-1 vented from attending due to a
'previous engagement, Gilliam
| Wood extended greetings on be
half of the state of North cai’o
, lina. "While we pause to re-
Conlinued on Page J— Section 1
| BANK CLOSED MONDAY
| Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany and the Consumer Credit
Branch will be closed all day
next Monday, April 15. Tne
, closing is in order to observe
Easier Monday as a holiday.
j (civic calendar]
An election will be held Tues
day, May 7, to elect officials for
; the Town of Edenton.
The Pilgrimage of Colonial
; Edenton and Countryside will be
held April 19-21.
Anyone who will rent one or
i more rooms to accommodate
; visitors for the Pilgrimage of
Colonial Edenton and Country
side April 19-21 is requested to
j contact either Mrs. R. J. Boyce
| or Mrs. West Byrum, Jr.
"The Story of the Count of
j Monte Cristo" will be shown ai
Continued from Page 6—Section <
ments: To extend the present
building, extend the present
driveways and parking area,
! build a new platform, air con
dition the building, install new
; lights, paint the building inside
J and out, add new lock boxes and
; other miscellaneous renovations
j to the interior of the present post
office building.
the St. Augustine High School
in Raleigh and the Agricultural
and Technical College in Greens
boro, North Carolina. He re
ceived the Bachelor of Science
degree in Agriculture at A- & T-
College and has done further
study at A. & T- College during
the summers.
Mr. Blaine came to Edenton in
1924, upon the recommendation
cf his college supervisor, and ser
ved under the administration of
R. H. Bachman, Chowan County
School superintendent He ser
ved as principal of the White