Donate A Pint Blood At Edenton Armory Monday, May 13th
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Volume XXX.—Number 19.
J. D. Elliott Defeats Richard Dixon
In Tuesday's Election To Make Only
Change In Edenton s Official Family
Records Set For Write
In Ballots as Well as
For Those Thrown
Out Due to Not Be
ing Properly Marked
(Little change in Edenton’s of
ficial family resulted in the mu
nicipal election held Tuesday of
this week. The. only new face
will be J. D. Elliott, who defeat
ed Richard Dixon for Council
man from the First Ward. El
liott polled 187 votes to 121 for
Dixon, who has served one term.
The election resulted ; in a rec
ord for write-in votes, with 102
votes cast for others than were
candidates for the various of
fices. It was also a record for
faulty voting as the result .of
which over 200 ballots were
thrown out due to not being
properly marked.
Voters turned out in goodly
numbers for with 1,781 register
ed voters in the four wards, in
the neighborhood pf 1,100 voters
cast ballots in the election.
Mayor John Mitchener was
credited with 832 votes, with 46
write-in Votes.
James Bond, re-elected as
Treasurer, received 958 votes.
There was one write-in vote for
this office, Mrs. Helen Pruden. i
For Councilmen-at-large J. Ed
win Bufflap led with 738 votes
and 730 votes going to George
A. Byrum. There Was no op- j
position for these offices, al
though there were 23- write-in
votes.
All present members of the
Board of Public Works were re- 1
elected, with Jesse IHarrell lead-j
ing with 899 votes. He Was fol
lowed by Thomas Byrurb with I
893 votes. Joe gonger, Jr., with I
892, Ralph Parrish with 869, J. P. j
RickS, Jr., with 796. A. C.
Hudson, Negro candidate, polled
a surprisingly large vote with
261. • A total of 270 Negro voters
were registered for. the election,
which reflects a heavier voting
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20 Years Ago
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The Chowan Herald
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Edenton'a Lions Club, without,
a meeting place for some time!
met for the first time in its new
home on the second floor of the
Mitchener building on the corner
of Broad and Queen Streets.
President J. Clarence Leary .ap
-1 pointed various committees to ar
range for an attractive and con
venient home.
With the government's strict
requirements relative to slaugh
tering cattle, J. A. Davenport
announced his intention to erect
a modern abattoir near his home
on the Edenton-Hertford high
way.
With O. Max Gardner with
drawing as a candidate for the
U. S. Senator, former Governor
Clyde Hoey announced that he
would be a candidate to oppose
Senator Robert RpyneMs.
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Visiting Baptist Speakers
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THE CH iitWAN HERALD
Tuesday’s Election Returns
First Second Third Fourth Total
Ward Ward Ward Ward
MAYOR
John Mitchener .(..... 278 175 233 146 832
TREASURER
James Bond , .*> 286 206 280 186 958
COUNCILMEN-AT-LARGE
J. Edwin Bufflap 230 , 160 222 126 738
George A' Byium 228 156 220 126 730
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Jesse Harrell 291 191 253 164 899
Thomas C. Byrum 286 183 254 170 893
Joe Conger, Jr 287 188 246 171 892
Ralph Parrish 278 179 249 163 869
James P. Ricks, Jr 280 160 208 148' 796
A. C. Hudson 38 73 97 53 261
COUNCILMAN—FIRST WARD
J. D. Elliott 187
Richard Dixon -121
COUNCILMAN—SECOND WARD
A1 Phillips 214
COUNCILMAN—THIRD WARD
Elton Forehand 287
COUNCILMAN—FOURTH WARD
Luther Parks \ ' 145
S. N. Griffith 48
Chowan High School Seniors To
Present Comedy-Drama May 10
Chowan High School- seniors
will present a comedy-drama of,
the Sunny South, ■'Mammy’s Lil’
Wild Rose,” in the school audi
torium Friday night, May 10, at
8 o’clock. The play, presented
in cooperation with T- S- Deni
son & Company » directed by
David J. Johnson, ,a member of
the faculty.
Members of the cast have been
rehearsing diligently and the
prospect is very encouraging for
another evening of delightful
entertainment.
Members of the cast are Carole
Perry, Milton Tynch, 'Richard
Project Os Edenton Woman’s
Club Big Feature At Seminar
The Edenton Woman’s Club
was recently honored with an
invitation to send an exhibit of
the restoration and beautification
project of the Chowan County
Court House and Green to be
displayed at a seminar in Win
ston-Salem April 26, 27, 28.
The purpose of the seminar
was to share with North Caro
linians and interested persons
from neighboring states the ex
pert knowledge of preservation
and restoration of historic sites
Red Men To initiate
Next Monday Night
Robert Brooks, sachem of Cho
wan Tribe No. 12, 1.0.R.M., an
nounces a special meeting of the
tribe on Monday night, May 13,
at which time candidates will be
exalted for the Chiefs Degree.
All members are urged to be
present for this occasion. Several
visitors from other tribes are
expected to attend the ceremony
which will begin promptly at 8
o’clock. j
Edenton, Chows J*? inty, North Carolina, Thursday, May 9, 1963.
White, Jimmy Ward, Carroll
rßass, Jimmy Allred, Sunny
White, Susan Evans, Francis Jor
dan, Judy Haste, Frances Smith
son, Frances Ober and Judie
Leake.
The play is a forerunner of
graduation exercises at the
school. Class night will be held
Friday night, May 24, at 8 o’clock
in the school cafeteria. The
baccalaureate service will be
held Sunday night, May 26, at 8
o’clock in the auditorium and
graduating exercises will be held
in the auditorium Thursday
night, May 30, at 8 o’clock.
and buildings.
The Edenton Woman’s Club
was the only club in the North
Carolina Federation of Women’s
Clubs to receive an invitation
to participate, and the exhibit
displayed, complete with the
model of the Green, was well re
ceived.
This was the first seminar of
this kind to be held in North
Carolina, and it was co-sponsored
by the National Trust for His-
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BlOlnß
Dies Monday Night
Funeral Held In Beav
er Hill Cemetery
Wednesday
Alma Martin Forehand died
Monday night, May 6, at his
home in Edenton after a long
illness. Me was 79 years old,
born December 18, 1883, in Cho
wan County and was the son of
the late John Martin Forehand
and Bessie W. Forehand.
Me was educated in the pub
lic and private schools of Cho
wan County, attended Wake For
est College, and was one of the
county’s largest and most pro
gressive farmers until his retire
ment in 1900.
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Democratic Women
Wfll Meet Friday
Mrs. A1 Phillip* president of
I Chowan County Democratic Wo
men, announces that a luncheon
I meeting of the group will be
' held Friday afternoon. The
Weting will be held at the
(Edenton Restaurant at 12:30
[ o’clock, at whieh time officers
twill be installed.
A guest speaker will be se
’ cured for the meeting, so that
jail members are e*me»aily urged
Former Edentonian Going To Nigeria
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Pictured above is Miss Peggy Bail of .Newport News, Va., form
erly of Edenton. Miss DaiL now a senior at Yesthampton College,
has been accepted by the Peace Corps and will undergo training
next month for a teaching assignment in Nigeria. Miss Dail is
pictured pointing to (Nigeria on a map of Africa.
Commissioners Delay Action
On Mental Health Until May 16
Chowati County Commission
ers were; again urged to partici
pate in • the proposed mental
health clinic at their meeting
[Monday morning. Appearing be
fore them were Mrs. Ed Bond
and Mrs. Herbert Hollowell, Jr.,
and with Mrs. Bond as spokes
man, the importance and neces
sity of a mental health program
was very forcibly presented.
She expressed the hope that the
Chowan board would consider
an appropriation in cooperation
with Pasquotank, Perquimans
and Camden counties so that, i
with state and federal funds, the
clinic can be established. i
Jaycees Planning To Sponsor
Inventory Os Traffic Sigils
The Edenton Jaycees are plan
ning to conduct an inventory to
find out the status of traffic
signs in the town of Edenton.
The local project is being car
ried out as a part of the State
wide Jaycee traffic safety pro
gram for the year. Wayne Rawls,
safety chairman for the Edenton
Jaycees, said an extensive in
ventory of all official traffic
signs will be conducted within
the city beginning May 13.
John A. Mitchenep, Mayor of
Edenton, announced that city of-
Peamit Hot DojT
Supper May 15 At
Boy Scout Cabin
Supper Sponsored By
Rotarians and Ruri
tans Served From 6
To 8 O’clock
Wednesday night of next week,
May 15, a county-wide peanut
hot dog supper will be served
at the Boy Scout Cabin on North
Broad Street. The supper, spon
sored by Rotarians and Ruritans,
will be served from 6 to 8
o’clock.
W. B. Rosevear, president of
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BANK CLOSED FRIDAY
Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany and the Consumer Credit
Branch will be closed Friday,
May 10. The closing is due to
the observance of Confederate
Memorial Day.
John A. Holmes High School To
Be Featured On TV Program
On Saturday, May 11, the John
A. Holmes kigh School will re
ceive a special salute on Tele
vision Station WTTM-TV, Chan
nel 7’s popular teenage program
‘Teen Canteen”.
Members of the student body
plan to attend ‘Teen Canteen"
Ito represent their school and al
so enter the weekly dance con
test.
Rick Clark, ‘Teen Canteen”
host, visited Holmes High earlier
this week to take film and visit
the various classrooms. Many!
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of tlw activities sround tiie school the - week.
| Mrs. Bond pointed out that in
I 1962 twenty-five people from
! Chowan County were committed
! to mental institutions and that
| most of these cases can be,cured
and even on a far better scale if
local treatment is provided.
The Commissioners realize the
importance of the program, but
[preferred to await any action
I pending proposed legislation in
the General Assembly which,
it is expected, would reduce the
county’s appropriation by ,about
SI,OOO, making it in the .neigh
borhood of $3,960. They expect
to take definite action at y spe-
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ficials welcomed the offer of
this valuable service and assured
Jaycee leaders of wholehearted
cooperation.
Jack Habit, president of the
local club, stated that the N. C-
Junior Chamber of Commerce
has undertaken the program as
a public service to communities
since most cities and towns do
not have an up-to-date record on
the local traffic sign system.
Two-man teams will conduct a
professionally developed Street-
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Be Speaker Sunday
At Baptist Church
Local Boy Will Fill
Pulpit at Both Ser
vices In Absence of
Rev. R. N. Carroll
In absence of the pastor, the
pulpit at the Baptist Church Will
be filled Sunday, May 12, by
Dallas Stallings, a ministerial
student from the church, for both
worship hours, 11 o’clock in the
morning and 7:30 in the even
ing.
This young ministerial stu
dent is well advanced in prepa
ration for the mirvistry, having
completed four years of college
study at Wake Forest College
in Winston-Salem and is now
making further preparation at
the Southeastern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary in Wake For-
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school were filmed, and school
plans including sports, music,
dancing and current curriculums
wee discussed.
“Teen Canteen” •it seen each
Saturday from 1$ noon to 1
P. M., on WITN Television, -chan
nel 7, Washington, and WECT
Television, channel 6, Wilming
ton. It is a fast-paced teenage
show with the most popular mu
sic and dancing. Occasionally a
band visits, and each week a dif
ferent high school in Eastern
I North Carolina is saluted as
Hospital Auxiliary
Has 440 Members
On Roll; New High
Mrs. Jack Leary, the.
President, Expresses!
Appreciation to All!
.Who Helped
Mrs. Jack Leary, president of
the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary,
reports that a new high in mem
bership has been achieved during
he recent membership drive. As
he result of the drive the Au
xiliary now has 1 440 members
enrolled.
Mrs. Leary desires to thank
all who spent their time and
efforts in securing new members
as well as those who enrolled.
“With this new high in mem
bership”, says Mr. Leary, “we
Should experience a new high in
attendance at our meetings.”
The next meeting of the Au
xiliary will be held in the nurs
es home Friday afternoon, May
17, at 3 o’clock.
WMU Meeting At
Warwick Church
Tuesday, May 14
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Revs. George Cook
And Tom Greene To
Be Principal Speak
ers For Meeting
The annual County WMU;
meeting will be held on Tuesday, I
May 14, at Warwick Baptist j
Church, beginning at 10:30;
o’clock.
The committee has planned
what is felt to be a very inter- j
esting and inspiring program.
The theme for the program is,
“For God So L°ved.’’
Women from each of the Bap-1
tist churches in the county will
have a part on the program.
The missionary message will j
be brought during the morning I
session by the Rev. George Cook, |
pastor of Ballard’s Bridge Baptist;
Church. Mr. Cook is the few
est Baptist pastor in the county.
A highlight of the afternoon!
session will be an address by [
the Rev. Tom Greene of Ra
leigh. Mr. Greene is secretary in
charge of the Cooperative Pro-1
gram Advance.
The host church will serve
lunch, and it is hoped that many j
women from each church will
attend.
Methodists Plan To
Honor Mothers By
Donations To Home
Members of the Edenton
Methodist Church will join
Methodists of the North Caro
lina Conference in making a
special offering for the Metho
dist retirement home at Durham
on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May
12. These offerings make it pos
sible for the home to open its
doors tp many worthy persons
whc are not financially able to
support themselves.
It would afford any Metho-1
dist a great deal of pleasure to j
visit this beautiful and efficient]
home for elderly people, most of
whom are laymen and women
of the Methodist Church who
have given their love and ser
vice to the cause of the church
down through the years.
The home is filled and quite
a numbeir'df persons are on the
waiting list. In order to meet
the needs, it will be necessary
to greatly enlarge the home.
The Rev. Joseph F. Coble,
superintendent of this fine insti
tution, will be pleased to wel
come visitors from all the de
nominations and to answer any
questions relative to the opera
tion of the home.
LIBRARIES CLOSED MAY 10
Both Shepard-Pruden Memor
ial and Brown-Carver Libraries
will be closed* all day Friday,
May 10- The library closing is
in order to observe Confederate
Memorial Day.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Capacity Crowd Attends
Sports Award Banquet Os
Edenton's Varsity Club
Receives Honor
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KEITH ROLLINS
A rising junior at Chowan
High School, Keith Rollins has
been selected to attend the Gov
ernor's School in the field of
mathematics. The school will be
held on the campus of Salem
College at Winston-Salem from
June 10 to August 2.
UoydlllsKHled
In Truck Wreck
In South Carolina
Edenton Man Crashes
[ Off Bridge On Way
j To New York With
| Load of Cucumbers
j Lloyd E- Mills, Sr., 50, lost
his life in a truck wreck Mon
, day night, which occurred about
I a mile south of Sumter, S. C
| Mr. Mills was driving a truck
owned by Guy R. Byrum and
jwas traveling north on U. S.
| Route 15 with a load of cucum
bers to be delivered in New
| York.
| According to information, Mr.
: Mills arrived at a bridge; where
a car was traveling near the
j middle of the highway, and that
]he was forced to hit either the
] car or the bridge. He appar
! ently chose the latter and the
I truck plunged into about eight
j feet of water. Mr. Mills was
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Edenton Woman’s Club Wins
High Honors At State Meeting
Six members of the Edenton itage this year. The club won
Woman’s Club attendded the this cash award over all other
North Carolina Federation of clubs in the state for their entry
Woden’s Clubs convention at the on work done in this field.
Grove Park Inn in Asheville 1 The club was also presented
last week and brought back a 'the Mary Mitchener Oliver sil
nurnber of coveted awards for ver bowl, an award given in a
the year’s work of the club. town of 5,000 population or less
Won by the cluh was a spe- for the best work done in pub
cial Heritage Award given per- lie affairs, a certificate of merit
sonally by Mrs. Edwin P. Brown, ' for their beautification project,
State Federation Heritage chair-(the Chowan County Court House
man, in accordance with the Green, and a certificate of merit
State Federation theme of Her-1 Continued on Page 7, Section 1
Bloodmobile Is Scheduled To
Visit Edenton Monday, May 13
Citizens of Chowan County are reminded that the Red
Cross bloodmobile is scheduled to be in Edenton Monday,
May 13.
As usual, the quota for this visit will be 100 pints and it
is forcefully pointed out that if the county does not reach
its quota this time, the Red Cross blood program for the
county is in jeopardy and will most likely be discontinued.
A special appeal is sent out to rural citizens as well as
colored people, who in previous visits showed comparatively
little interest in donating blood when at the same time these
two groups have consumed the major portiton of blood used
at the local hospital.
Chowan County fell down miserably at the last bloodmo
bile visit, so that Dr. Archie Walker, chairman of the blood
program, urges citizens to go to the Edenton armory .Mon :
day,. May 13, from 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. to donate blood
which is so much needed and essential in relieving suffering
and saving lives.
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
School’s Athletes Pre
sented Awards For
Participating In Va
rious Sports
The dining room at the Ma
sonic Temple was filled to capa
city when in the neighborhood of
200, including girl and boy ath
etes of John A- Holmes High
School and friends attended the
annual sports award banquet
sponsored by the Edenton Var
sity Club.
Leo Katkaveck, president of
the club, acted as master of
-eremomes and expressed his de
light to see so many people in
terested in the young athletes,
stating that it was necessary to
"’all off the sale of tickets due
to inability to accommodate any
more.
The invocation was given by
the Rev. George Holmes, after
which Mr. Katkaveck recognized
a number of special guests.
One of the highlights of the
meeting was awarding trophies
to the most outstanding players
in the various sports. This hon-
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Firemen Sponsoring
Chicken Supper On
Saturday, May 18th
The Center Hill-Cross Roads
Tire Department will sponsor a
barbecue supper Saturday night,
Vlay 18. The supper will be ser
ved at the fire station from 6 to
1 o'clock.
Tickets may be purchased from
any of the firemen and proceeds
from the supper will be used to
purchase equipment for the fire
station.
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Red Cross bloodmobile will be
at the Edenton armory Monday,
May 13, from 10 A. M., to 4
P. M.
Chowan Democratic Women
will meet at the Edenton Restau
rant Friday afternoon. May 10,
at 12:30 o'clock.
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.
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