ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXX.—Number ljT
Edenton Voters Will Elect
Group Town Officials In
Election Tuesday, May 7
Opposition In Two of |
The Wards and For]
Seats on Board of
Public Works
Edenton voters will have an
opportunity to elect town of
ficials with an election schedul
ed to be held Tuesday, May 7.
Polling places in the four wards
will open at 6:30 A. M. and ck*e
at 6:30 P. M.
Though there apparently has
been little, interest in the elec
tion, there is opposition -for three
of the offices to be filled.
The three contests are in the
First and Fourth Wards and the
Board of Public Works. In the j
First Ward J. D. Elliott is op- i
posing Richard Dixon, incum- I
bent, as Councilman from that
■ward.
In the Fourth Ward Luther C.
Parks, incumbent, is being op
posed by the Rev. S. N. Griffith
for Councilman.
The other contest will be for
membership on the Board of j
Public Works. Five seats will
be filled with six candidates in
the field. All five present mem
bers, Thomas Byrum, Jesse Har
rell. Ralph Parrish, Joe Conger,
Jr., and James P. Ricks, Jr., are
seeking re-election, with A. C
Hudson making the sixth candi
date.
Mayor John Mitchener seeks
re-election and has no opposi
tion and the same is true for
Councilmen-at-large, with J. Ed
win Bufflap and George Alma
Byrum, incumbents, having no
opposition. James Bond, present
treasurer, also seeks re-election
and he. too, has no opposition.
Second and Third Ward Coun
cilmen, Elton Forehand and A1
Phillips, respectively, have no
opposition in seeking re-election.
According to legislation, the
three candidates receiving the
hiehest vote for the Board of
Public Works will be elected for
sour-year terms and the next
two highest will serve two-year
terms.
The new election provision
also calls for the candidate for
Councfiman-at-large receiving the
highest vote to serve for a four
year term and second highest for
two years.
It is pointed out that for a
ballot to be counted a voter
must vote for as many candi
dates as offices to be filled. For
example, five candidates will he
elected for the Board of Public
Works, so that a voter, for his
ballot to count, must mark five
squares on that ballot. In the
case of Councilmen-at-large, a
voter must mark the squares op
posite two candidates. Unless
the ballots are thus marked, a
ballot will be declared void and
( thrown out.
20 Years Ago
A* Found Tn V* Piles Os
Tbs CHowen HmM
J
At a Boy Scout executive con
ference held at Lynchburg, Va.!
Geddes Potter wee appointed
Scout Commissioner for the Al
bemarle District ol Tidewater
Council.
Pupils of Miss Mery Lm Cope
land's sixth grade celebrated
Adolf Hiller's birthday by buy
ing $lO.lO worth ot war stamps
end bonds in order to hah? put
the Fuerher out ot business.
Edenton's Lions Club celebrat
ed its sixth anniversary at a
banquet held at the Parish
House.
The Beers-Barnes Circus gave
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59 Students Make Honor Roll
At John A. Holmes High School
; Cecil Fry, principal oi John
A. Holmes High School, last
week released the honor roll for
the fifth six-weeks period.
Fifty-nine students made the
honor roll as follows:
7th Grade—Ellen CuthreU, Al-
Katkaveck, Douglas Maxwell and
H *U7 Welis. -
THE CHOWAN HERALD
| Guest Speaker
■
RLE EDWARDS
Head Football Coach
North Carolina State
At the Edenton Varsity Club's
annual sports award banquet
Monday night. May 6, Earle Ed
wards. head football coach at
iN. C. Slate College, will be the
principal speaker.
13^Lif
Candidates Go To
Greenville May 4
Group Will Complete
Tests In Swimming
As Well as Lifesav
ing Skill
Candidates for senior life sav
ing awards will travel to Green
ville on Saturday,'May 4, Vo
complete tests on swimming and
life-saving skills. Murray Ash
ley, Red Cross Chapter Chair
man, announced that 13 local
swimmers are eligible to take the
tests as a result of prior instruc
tion received last summer.
George Burdick, National Aqua
tic School graduate, will conduct
the tests which will be given at
the East Carolina College pool.
Skills to be tested in addition to
life-saving fundamentals include:
Defense methods, releases, ap
proaches, carries and swimming
strokes.
Swimmers qualified to partici
pate are Harry Venters, Emily
Holmes, Ruth Overman, Hiram
Mayo, Wayne Ross, Mary Thorud.
Bill Cozart, David Holton, Steve
Jackson, Tom Phillips, Bill Ross,
Charles Wood, Frank Williams
end Mrs. Frank Holmes.
The group will leave at 8
o’clock Saturday morning from
the residence of Mrs. Frank
Holmes for the trip to Greenville.
1 Legion Will Elect
Officers Tuesday
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American Legion will hold a
meeting Tuesday night, May 7.
This will be a "Dutch” supper
and will begin at 7 o’clock.
At this meeting officers will
be elected for the 1963-64 year,
so that Commander Alexander
Deßlois especially urges every
member to be present.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A- F. &
A. __ M., will bo held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. T. B.
Williford, master of tlie lodge,
invites all Masons to attend.
Grace Sawyer, Mary Jo Wozelka.
Danny Hassell, Larry Parks and
Joe Stokely.
Bth Grade—Barbara Adams,
Dianthia Sexton, Vdnnie Still
man, Martha Vaughan, Barbara'
Wallace, Brenda • White, Laurie I
Whiteman, Joe Conger, Bill
Mitchener, Norfleet Pruden and
David Ward.
10th Grade—Linda Basnight,
Pat Byrum, Judy Cartwright,
Johnetta Davenport, Sharlie
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 2, 1963,
John A. Holmes and €1 \ High Schools Win Top Honors In Typewriting Contest
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John A. Holmes High School and Chowan High School won fop honors at the 1963 typewriting contest held Thursday, April 25
at East Carolina College in Greenville. Pictured at left is Miss Judie Ann Leake of Chowan High, who had the highest score for
individual performance in the finals for advanced students. At right is Chowan county's team, comoosed of Jean Goodwin of the
Holmes High School and Scot Ober of Chowan, who led all the teams reoresenting 26 counties in the beginning division. It was
the first time an individual won highest honors for Chowan County as well as the first lime a Chowan County team walked off
with first place honors. Mrs. Leah Mayo is the teacher at John A. Holmes High and Mrs. Marvis Hendrix at Chowan High.
Music Festival Is |
Planned For May 6
At Chowan High
13 Home Demonstra
tion Clubs Will Be
Represented By Va
rious Selections
The 'Chowan County Home
Demonstration Music Festival
will be held at Chowan High
School on Sunday afternoon,
May 5, at 3 o’clock, according to
Mrs. Edward Goodwin, county
music leader.
There will be musical selec
tions representing each of the 13
Home Demonstration Clubs. The
musical numbers will feature
church choruses and choirs, as
well as quartets, duets and solos.
Isaac Byrum of Tyner, will do
the devotional and a special
number. Earl G. 'Harrell of
Edenton, will play for the group
and group sinking will be led by
Lloyd White.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Edenton Students
ECC ‘Big Sisters"
Sixty-six student counselors
who will act as “Big Sisters’’ to
freshman girls living in Cotten
Hall, Umstead Hall, and Woman’s
Hall at East Carolina College
during the 1963-1964 term have
been chosen.
It is considered an honor at
East Carolina College to be cho
sen as a student counselor. In
order to qualify, the student
must have a good scholastic
average and a pleasing personali- j
ty. She must also have demon
strated leadership as well as
good citizenship on the campus. I
Among the “Big Sisters” are
two Edenton students, Annie j
Ruth Nixon and Nancy Marie
Spivey. Both were selected for
Umstead Hall.
Young Churchmen
Wash Cars Saturday
Young Churchmeiy of St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church will wash cars
Saturday, May 4. This work will
be done in front of the Parish
House from 9 A. M., to 5 P- M-
The cost will be $1.50 per car
with all work guaranteed.
All proceeds from this project
will go to a needy missionary
fund in Africa, so the boys hope,
they will be allowed to wash'
many cars. |
J h° r a car wash call Fr4nk,
Plans For Improvements To Be
Made At Edenton Post Office
Released By Postmaster General
Plans for extensive moderniza
iion,4ad improvement of the post!
office in the federal building in I
Edenton were anounced late^last!
week by Postmaster General J. j
Edward Day.
“This improvement, to be un- 1
dertaken by the General Services
Administration, will carry out
the Post Office Department’s ob- j
jective of more efficient postal
service, better working condi
tions and a pleasant atmosphere i
Speaker For DAR
New Officers Will Be
Installed Monday,
May 6
Edenton Tea Party Chapter of
the DAR will meet Monday af
ternoon, May 6, at l o’clock at i
the Edenton Restaurant. This |
meeting has been changed from j
the usual meeting time, 'Wednes
day, May 8.
A feature of the meeting will
be an address by Edmund Hard
ing of Washington, N. C., nation
ally known humorist and after
dinner speaker.
Another feature will be the
installation of officers for the
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new year.
Officers who will be installed
include the following:
Regent, Mrs. James P. Ricks,
Jr.; first vice regent, Mrs. Wil
liam E. Bond; second vice regent,
Mrs. Thomas W. Elliott; record
ing secretary, Mrs. George K..
Mack; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Ray Hollowell; treasurer,
Mrs. R. N. Hines; registrar, Mrs.
Mary Browning; historian; Mrs.
G. Medlin Belch; chaplain, Mrs.
J. L. Pettus, and librarian, Mrs.
N. K. Rowell.
County-wide Peanut Hot Dog
Supper Is Planned For May 15
Sponsored by the Edenton Ro- }
tary Club and Ruritan Clubs, a,
county-wide peanut hot dog sup- j
per will be held Wednesday!
night, May 15. The affair will|
be held at the Scout Cabin on
North Broad Street from 6 to
8 o’clock.
AH profits from the supper
. will go. to youth activities and
! will be split between Edenton
jand the county. Tickets are on
sale at various stores as well as
'Rotarians and Ruritans.
for the public,” Mr. Day said.
! “Contingent upon the availa
bility of funds, we are going
! ahead with the modernization of
j postal space in federal buildings,
jAt the same time we are re-
I assessing our lease construction
! program to determine whether
I existing buildings can be suit
j ably altered or remodeled to
meet the needs of an ever in
creasing volume of mail.
I Continued on Page 7—Section 1
NoahGoodwinJr
VFW Commander
New Group of Offic
ers Installed By
W. W. Perry
William H. Coffield, Jr., Post
No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
, Wars, at their meeting last week
| installed new officers for the en
j suing year. The officers were
installed by W. W. Perry, past
district commander, and included
the following:
Commander, Noah Goodwin,
Jr.; senior vice commander, Wat
son Earl White; junior vice com
mander, Walter Lane; advocate.
James H. Basnight; quartermas
ter, Leyi Toler; chaplain, Archie
Nixon; surgeon, Mack Rogerson;
1 year - trustee, George Conner;
2 year trustee, T. E. Parker, Jr.;
3 year trustee, John L: Bass.
Enterprise Group
Will Meet Tonight
Enterprise Community Devel
opment Organization will meet
tonight-'' (Thursday) at 8 o’clock
at the Zell Ward cabin. All
families are urged to attend and
help make plans for a communi
ty building.
{ W. B. Rosevear, president of
| the Rotary Club, says this will
be an unusual treat and that
adult tickets are SI.OO and
I school age tickets 50 cents. For
i groups they are five for $2.25
or 12 for $5.00.
“Come and bring lots of young
folks,” says Mr. Rosevear. “Get
your crowd together, meet folks
from aU the county, enjoy
a good meal and help to raise
funds to be used for very wor
thy causes.”
Plans Completed
For Varsity Club’s
Banquet May 6th
,
Coach Earle Edwards
Os N. C. State Col
lege Will Be Princi
pal Speaker
Some 200 persons, including -
more than 60 athletes of John
A. Holmes High School, are ex
pected to attend the 14th an
! nual Varsity Club Sports Awards
banquet here Monday night at
[ the Masonic Temple.
I Coach Earle Edwards will he
the principal speaker for the
evening which will also be high
lighted by the presentation of
Most Outstanding player tro
phies to participants in each of
; the major sports at Holmes High.
The trophies are awarded on the
basis of performance, ability,
sportsmanship, leadership and
citizenship. Gold balls will also
be presented first-year varsity
performers.
Leo Katkavcck, president of
the Varsity Club, said yesterday
[a number of tickets to the ban
quet are still available and may
be secured by seeing any mem
ber of the club. The banquet
will start at 6:15 and Katkaveck
calls special attention to the
earlier hour.
Continued on Page 7, Section 1
Cancer Campaign
Is Badly Lagging
Mrs. Lewis Leary, Chairman of
the Chowan County Cancer
Crusade, reports that contribu
tions are badly lagging and that
it will be necessary to extend
the campaign for a week or two
due to a number of conflicting
activities.
Chowan County's goal is $1,600
and according to latest reports
about SI,OOO has been collected.
It is hoped, therefore, that any
person who will make a contri
bution will do so at once in an
effort to meet the quota.
Another Herring
Breakfast May 4th
Sponsored by the Methodist i
Men’s Club, another pickled her-1
ring breakfast will be served at
church Saturday morning,
May 4. Breakfast will be served
from 7 to 9 o’clock and Presi
dent Nathan Owens says one can
eat as much as he wants for
SI.OO and that fresh 'Chowan j
River herring roe will also be
served.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Chowan's Students Win
In Typewriting Contest
At East Carolina College
Nelia Lowe Wins
4- H Sch olarshi p
The 4-H De
velopment Fund
1 has granted schol
arships totaling
$6,000 to 12 North
Carolina high
school seniors.
Jake West of
Kinston, president
i of the fund, says
the scholarships
will be for col-
Nelia Lowe
ege study during the 1963-64
academic year.
Among the recipients is Miss
Nelia Lowe, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Woodrow Lowe, Route 3,
Edenton.
Miss Lowe, who is 18, is a
senior at John A. Holmes High
School. She plans to attend
Woman’s College.
The 4-H Development Fund,
with headquarters at North Caro
lina State College, was organ
ized in 1958 by friends and
alumni of 4-H to help support
certain phases of club work.
President West says this is the
second year scholarships have
been awarded. Recipients, he
said, were selected on the basis
of their high school record, evi
dence of college aptitude and
4-H Club record.
General Motors
Again Reappoints
George Chairman
In Position to Cooper
ate In Securing Edu
cational Material For
Various Groups
General Motors has announced
that N. J. George, local Chevro
let dealer for the past five years,
has been reappointed to serve as
GM community relations chair
man for Edenton and vicinity.
The chairmanship carries a
community service responsibility.
Mr. George can make available
to the public a variety of inter
esting and educational materials
in the form of motion pictures,
booklets and presentations from
Continued on Paqe B—Section .
Lions Club Plans
Fish Fry May Kill
Edenton's Lions Club will hold
a fish fry Wednesday evening,
May 8. at 6 o'clock at Percy
Smith’s cottage along the Cho
vyan River. According to Secre
tary W. J. Taylor each Lion Will
be assessed SI.OO and that the
outing will count as a regular
meeting.
The Lions Club will not meet
Monday night. May 6, in order
to allow members to attend the
Varsity Club's sports awards
banquet.
Band Parents Will
Elect Officers May 6
Edenton’s Band Parents Asso
ciation will meet Monday night,
May 6, at 7:30 o’clock in the
band room. This will be a very
important meeting in that offi
cers for the new year will he
elected. For that reason, Mrs.
John Bunch, president, urges all
members to be present.
Testimonial Sunday Afternoon
In Honor Principal D. F. Walker
A testimonial honoring Demint
Frazier Walker, principal of D.
1 F. Walker High School, will be
held in the school’s gymtorium
i Sunday afternoon, May 5, at 5
(o’clock. The school was recently
named in his honor by the Eden
ton school trustees after serving
as principal for 31 yea«s.
A fitting program has been ar
ranged for the occasion by the
Parent-Teacher Association of the
{school with the following taking
part: The Rev. R. R. Pemell,
‘Mrs. Jessie Badham, Mrs. Mable
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Jean Goodwin, Judie
Leake and Scot Ober
Cop Top Honors For
Chowan County
Top honors in East Carolina
College’s 1963 typewriting con
test, conducted for high schools
in 26 Eastern North Carolina
counties, were announced Thurs
day night, April 25, at a dinner
in the South Dining Hall of the
college.
A district contest held on the
campus during the morning and
afternoon followed preliminary
competitions in high schools in
the eastern section of the state.
Chowan County’s team, Jean
Goodwin of John A. Holmes
High School and Scot Ober of
Chowan High School, was de
clared winner in the beginner
division, while Judie Ann Leake
of Chowan High School won out
in the finals for advanced stu
dents. Misses Goodwin and
Leake were also presented cer
tificates for the best individual
scores made by students from a
county competing in the district
contest.
Contestants competing in the
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Little Progress In
Civil Term Court
Little progress was made in
a civil term of Chowan County
Superior Court which began
Monday, with Judge Elbert S
iPeele, Jr., of Williamston pre
j siding.
Only one case was disposed of
Monday when an action was
non-suited. This was Mid-State
Homes, Inc., vs. Horace D. White
and wife. It was an ejectment
proceeding.
Tuesday a divorce was grant
ed to Sarah Jones Harvey from
Jule Harvey on the grounds of
two years separation. The re
mainder of Tuesday was devot
ed to the case of Thomas H.
Hoskins vs, Ruth Byrd Rix :>nd
husband. This was a suit grow
ing out of an automobile accident
back in 1961.
back in 1961. The jury was con
sidering a verdict Wednesday
morning.
Wednesday morning a divorce
was granted to Clara H. Everett
from Raleigh Everett on grounds
of two years separation.
Easterling Speaker
At Jaycette Meeting
Edenton’s Jaycettes will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock
at the Edenton Restaurant.
The principal speaker for the
meeting will be William Easter
ling and Mrs. Leo LaVoie, presi
dent, urges every Jaycette to be
present.
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An election will be held Tues
day, May 7, to elect officials for
the Town of Edenton.
A county-wide peanut hot dog
supper will be held at the Boy
Scout cabin on North Broad
Street Wednesday night. May 15,
from 6 to 8 o'clock.
Edenton Varsity Club will hold
its annual sports award banquet
Monday night. May 6, at 6:15
o'clock in the Masonic Temple.
Chowan County Commission
ers will meet Monday morning.
May 6. at 9 o'clock.
Conl'd. on Page 2—Section 1
B. Jordan and Joseph B. Judkins,
Sr. Testimonials will be pre
sented by Leo Curtis Arnold for
the 'Student Council, G- I. Fox
well for the alumni, Thomas I.
Sharpe for the faculty, Hiram
Mayo for the school trustees and
Dr. O. L Holley for the com
munity.
A portrait of Professor Walker
will be unveiled at the conclus
ion of the program, followed by
an informal social hour.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the testimonial.