ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXX.—Number 23.~
Watershed For Pollock
Swamp In Chowan County
Receives $75,640 Loan
Covers Land Area of
14,475 Acres at Cost
Estimated to Total
$403,800
Pollock Swamp watershed pro
ject in Chowan County moved
another step hearer reality re
cently when Wallace Goodwin, I
chairman of the Chowan Drain
age District No. 1, received a
check for $75,640 from Donald
Norman, Farmers Home Admini
stration supervisor for Chowan
County. f
This loan will be used as part i
of the local Sponsoring organi
zations’ share t>f the cost of the |
project. Invitations to bid on 1
the proposed works of improve- 1
ments will be issued this week.
The Chowan County Drainage
District No. 1, along with the
Chowan County Board of Com
missioners and the Albemarle
Soil and Water Conservation
District, are sponsors for the
project. Soil Conservation Ser
vice funds have already been ob
ligated for its share of the cost.
The total estimated cost for the
project is $403,800 with $156,845
coming from federal sources and
$246,955.00 from non - federal
sources.
The project was planned and
the proposed works of improve
ments are to be carried out with
technical assistance from the Soil
Conservation Service under the
authority of the Watershed Pro-
Cont'd. on Pago 2—Section 1
20 Years Ago
A« Found In l-io File* Os
Tho Chowan Hoi aid
T. B. Byrum as advised by
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
that Secretary of the tlw?
Frank Cox had approved a pro
ject to provide quarters at the
local U. S. Marine Corps Air
Station for the Marine Corps
Woman's Reserve. The project
called for an expenditure of
$270,000 and was to provide bar
racks and other accommodations
for 440 enlisted women and 32
officers.
Speaking at graduating exer
cises at the Edenton High
School, Congressman Herbert
Bonner told the graduates that
education is the greatest busi
ness on earth and the most cost
ly-
Mayor Leroy H. Haskett made
an appeal for cooperation of
merchants and citizens to main
tain a cleaner town.
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
Edenton Student Has Highest
State Teacher College Average
John Wesley Jordan, son of
Mrs. Annie J. Holley of Edenton,
was honored at the sixty-ninth
commencement program at Eliz
abeth City State Teachers Col
lege for having the highest aca
demic average in the graduating
class. Jordan was elected to be
the bearer of the mace, which
is the symbol of authority of the
college.' It is borne in the com
mencement exercise by the grad
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
[ Bids Scarce j
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Though the Chowan Commis
sioners had advertised for bids
Ito make renovations at Hotel
Joseph Hewes, only one bid was
| received and opened Monday.
The renovations are to pro
vide quarters for the Welfare
: Department, Health Department,
the ASCS office and tax office.
The Commissioners did not.
' let a contract, preferring to
| postpone it until a special meel
. ing scheduled to be held Mon
day, June 17.
Petitions For Road
Toße Hardsurfaced
Sizeable Delegation of
Property Owners Ap
pear Before Commis
sioners Monday
•Chowan County Commission
ers were faced with a sizeable
delegation at their meeting on
Monday when a petition was
presented to pave a road in the
Rocky Hock section. The road
in question is No. 1225. It is
2.4 miles long and connects two
hard surfaced roads, namely the
road leading from Route 32, No.
1224 and No. 1222 leading from
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Tribute Is Paid To
ttfdmParMs
Banquet Held Tues
day Night By VFW
Post
Gold Star parents of Chowan
County were honored by Wil
liam H. Coffield, Jr. Post No.
9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars
and the VFW Auxiliary at a
banquet held at the post home
Tuesday night.
Fitting tribute was paid to
parents who lost their sons
while serving their country and
Mrs. W. H. Coffield, for whose
son the local post is named, was
especially singled out as the
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
uating male student with the
highest academic average.
The speaker at the commence
ment program was the Hon.
Terry Sanford, Governor of
North Carolina. At the close of
the program the Governor per
sonally congratulated Jordan,
asked about his plans and told
him to keep in contact with him.
Jordan is an Englsh major
Continued on Page 2—Section I
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 6, 1963.
Officers In d For Chowan Democratic Women
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At a recent meeting of Chowan Democratic Women held at the Edenton Restaurant new officers
were elected. The officers, pictured above, are: Standing, left to right, Mrs. E. N. Elliott. Mrs.
Philip McMullan, Mrs. Herbert Hollowell, Jr. Mrs. Hutchins Winborne and Mrs. A1 Phillips.
Seated, left to right, Mrs. John W. Graham. Mrs. Elwood Nixon, Mrs. Lyn Davenport and Mrs. W.
J. P. Earnhardt.—Ricks Photo.
Planning Board Considering
Projects For Full Membership
The Edentcfn-Chowan Plan-;
ning Board executive commit-1
tee met in tne office of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce'
Tuesday to consider several pro-j
jects to lay before the full
membership an the final meet-,
ing for fiscal 1962-63 later this I
month. t |
A nominating committee also \
was named to come up with a |
slate of officers and directors
for the coming year.
The Edenton-Chowan Planning
Board, composed of 10 members
from Edenton and eight mem-1
bers from the county was cre-|
ated last year by the Town i
EdHTStudentT
Awardedsls,s4oln
Scholar ship Funds
Ctes§3 T ight Exercises
Heldf Friday Night;
Various Awards Are
Presented
Wayne Ashley and Jo Ann
Leary each received two awards
during Class Night exercises at
John A. Holmes High School
Friday.
Ashley won the coveted Ro
tary Cup and the Most Outstand
ing Boy Athlete medal, while
Miss Leary was presented the
Arion and Outstanding Senior in
Activities awards.
Other awards:
Betty Jo Elliott —Business and
Professional Woman’s Club schol
arship to promote women enter
ing careers in business or a
profession.
Mac Privott Bus driver’s
award presented by the Edenton
Continued on Page 5. Section 1
Chicken Supper at
Center Hill June 15
Sponsored by the Center Hill
Community, a fried chicken sup
per will be held at the Center
Hill Community Building Satur
day, June 15. The supper will
be served from 4:30 until 8:30
P. M.
A charge of $1.25 will be
made fpr adult plates and 75
cents for children’s plates. All
proceeds will go into the Center
Hill Community Building. It is
hoped a large number will at
tend the supper, being assured
it will be a good meal and at
the same time aid Center Hill
in securing funds for the new
community building, which is
now almost completed.
Tickets for the supper can be
purchased from community
members or by calling W. J.
Privott, phone 482-3887; Mrs. B.
P. Monds, phone 482-3843; Mrs.
Cameron Boyce, phone 482-3922,
or Troy Toppin’s store, phone
482-9889.
DAR Chapter Will
Meet On June 12
Edenton Tea Party Chapter
of the DAR will meet Wednes
day afternoon, June 12 at 3
o’clock at the Iredell house.
Mrs. J. p. Ricks, Jr., regent of
the chapter, says this will be
an important meeting in that
the year’s business will be com
pleted and plans made for next
year. (For that reason she es
pecially urges all members to
attend. .
; Council and Board of County
| Commissioners through the urg
ing of the Chamber of Com
merce.
] The Planning Board has par
ticipated in three projects
through the Area Redevelop- 1
ment Administration. The pro-j
I jects range from a $25,000 sur-1
ivey requested of ARA to deter- •
mine the feasibility of a frozen
food processing plant for this
area to a multi-million dollar
loan to an organization that
would build a complete pre-fab
ncated housing mill and em
ploy approximately 350 persons
Continued on Page 3. Section 1
Commissioners To
Meet On June 17th
To Study Budgets
Requests From Vari
ous County Depart
ments Presented at
Meeting Monday
Chowan County Commission
ers received but only, briefly
considered various budgets at
their meeting Monday morning.
The Commissioners scheduled a
special meeting for Monday
morning, June 17, at which time
they will carefully go over all
department requests and at
tempt to arrive at a tentative
budget to be presented at the
July meeting.
Practically all of the budgets
show increases, so that the Com
missioners are somewhat con
cerned about being able to
hold the tax rate at its present
level.
Budgets presented Monday in
cluded the Welfare Department,
Center Hill-Cross Roads Fire
Department, Edenton schools,
Chowan County schools, Sheriff’s
Department, Regional Library,
Fire Control program and Civil
Defense.
SS Representative
In Edenton Every
Thursday In June
Icen E. Wilson, district mana
ger of the Greenville Social Se
curity office, released the sched
ule of visits to all counties in
the district for the month of
June.
The schedule calls for him to
be in Chowan County each
Thursday during this month,
June 6, 13, 20 and 27. Mr.
Wilson will be at the Court
House each Thursday from 9:30
A. M., to 12:30 P. M.
Ski Show Scheduled In Edenton
Sunday Afternoon, June 23rd
George E. Burdick announces!
that local water skiers are get
ting ready for a 20-act ski show
! which will be presented by the
Edenton Marina on Sunday as
■ temoon, June 23, between the
hours of 3 and 5 o’clock. Spec
i tators will be able to view the
. events from the old Fish Hatch
! ery on Pembroke Creek.
Tommy Privott of WODJ ra
; dio will describe the events and
entertain onlookers before and
; during the show.
Scott Harrell, sponsor, is pleas
i ed with practice sessions to date
and is looking forward to a great
Legion-Auxiliary
Officers Will Be
Installed June 11
Rev. Harold Leather
• man of Manteo Will
Serve as Installation
I Officer
The Rev. Harold Leatherman,
pastor of the Methodist Church
at Manteo, will install officers
of Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American Legion and the Legion
Auxiliary for the year 1963-64.
The ceremony will be held at
the American Legion building
Tuesday night, June 11. The
installation ceremony will follow
a buffet supper which will be
served at 7 o’clock.
Mr. Leatherman is a past de
partment chaplain of the Ameri
can Legion of North Carolina
and is presently vice commander
of the First District.
Commander Alexander Deßlois
Isays the post is very fortunate to
secure Mr. Leatherman as in
stalling officer and urges all
members of both organizations to
attend.
Continued on Page 3. Section 1
Chowan High Has
33 To Graduate
Miss Judy Haste Wins
Lion’s Share of
Awards
Graduation exercises were
held at Chowan High School
Thursday night when 33 seniors’
were presented their diplomas.
Miss Judy Haste, daughter of
Mrs. Frank Taylor, who was
valedictorian of the class, was
winner of the coveted Rotary
Cup as well as the Mitchener
Science Cup, Future Homemak
ers of America Cup and a medal
Continued on Page 6. Section 1
W. M. Hare Is Elected
Up County Fire Chief
Members of the Center Hill-
Cross Roads Fire Department at
a recent meeting elected officers,
when W. M. Hare was elected
chief to succeed Garland Asbell.
Others elected were W. J. Pri
vott, assistant chief; Melvin By
rum, secretary and chaplaih;
Carroll Byrum, assistant secre
tary, and Marvin Evans, treas
urer.
Captains are Troy Toppin and
Carlton Asbell and Carroll By
rum and Garland Asbell are
lieutenants.
I effort by the local talent. He
said it is not too late for any
one from the vicinity to join his
group and ski in the show. Try
outs can be made by contacting
Mr. Harrell or any of the skiers
to arrange for practice sessions.
The list of acts includes the
human pyramid, doubles with a
layout, the backward swan, wa
ter ballet and barefoot skiing.
Mr. Burdick, former professional
skier, is directing the practice
sessions and said he anticipates
a thrilling afternoon of skiing.
'/Maybe some spills, top, blit
definitely thrills,” he says.
Swimming Classes
| Scheduled To Start
I On Monday, June 17
Applications to Enter
Must Be Filed Not
Later Than Friday,
June 7
Murray D. Ashley, chairman
of the Chowan County Chapter
if the American Red Cross, an
nounces that applications are
available in the Civil Defense
office to sign up for swimming
classes which will start Mon
day, June 17, at Sandy Point
Beach.
Mr. Ashley commented that
applications should be turned in
no later than Friday, June 7
“We already have a considerable
number of applicants and will
need some time to schedule and
organize the different classes,’’
he says.
The swimming classes will be
taught by qualified Red Cross!
instructors and life savers dur
ing the morning hours starting
at 9:30 o'clock. There will be
no charge for the use of Sandy
Point Beach or the Red Cross
instruction.
Fifty Graduate At
Local High School
Dr. Thomas A. Collins
Os Rocky Mount
Speaker
Fifty members of the graduat
ing class at John A. Holmes High
School received their diplomas at
graduation exercises held Mon
day night, when the principal
speaker was Dr. Thomas A. Col
lins, president of North Carolina
Wesleyan College at Rocky
Mount. He was introduced by
Richard Eugene Cobb.
The class was presented by,
Principal Cecil W. Fry and di
plomas awarded by Superintend
ent Hiram J. Mayo.
The commencement sermon
was preached Sunday night by
the Rev. R. N. Carroll, pastor
of the Edenton Baptist Church,
who urged the graduates to fol
low the teaching of the Bible
in order to attain success.
tittle Gill Kiled
At Chowan Beach
Car Rolls Over Little
Anita Paulette
Sides
Anita Paulette Sides. 18-
months-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Eugene Sides, was
killed in the Chowan Beach area
about 11 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing.
Mrs. Sides and two children
had gone from their home to the
beach to enjoy a dinner, when
Mrs. Sides stopped her car on
an incline. She and the chil
dren got out of the car and
shortly thereafter the car began
rolling. Mrs. Sides was unable
to stop the forward motion of
the car and it ran over the little
girl as it proceeded in the wa
ter. She hurriedly summoned
help and the child was rushed
to Chowan Hospital but was
dead on arrival.
Besides her parents, the child
is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Sharon R. Sirine of Norfolk and
Donna Joy Sides at home.
A funeral service will be held
at Rocky Hock Baptist Church
this (Thursday) afternoon at 2
o’clock. The pastor, the Rev.
Thurman W. Allred, will offi
■ ciate and burial will be in
Beaver Hill Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests donations be sent to an
orphanage.
SCOTTISH RITE CLUB
DINNER FRIDAY NIGHT
Chowan County’s Scottish Rite
Club will hold a barbecue chick
en supper Friday night, June 7,
at Sandy Point Beach. The af
fair, at which ladies will be spe
cial guests, will begin at 7
o’clock.
W. M. Rhoades, president of
tt»e club, urges all members and
‘their wives to attend.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Recreation Program For
Summer Is Announced
By Director Paul Stanton
Honor Student
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JOHN WESLEY JORDAN
At commencement exercises
held at Elizabeth City State
Teachers College John Wesley
Jordan of Edenton was honored
for having the highest academic
average in the graduating class.
Revival Scheduled
From June 8 To 16
Stirring Messages to
Be Brought By the
Pastor, the Rev. Bob|
Ware
“The Man Who Gave A Pig'
A Permanent Wave,’’ “The Sin |
Edentonians Commit Most' I ,]
“Why Edenton Is Overrun With I
i Alcoholics” and "The Sin Preach-j
ers in Edenton Are Most Guilty •
Os” are some of the topics the I
Rev. Bob Ware will be preach- i
ing on in revival services held |
nightly at Emmanuel Independ- j
ent Baptist Church June 8-16. |
He is pastor of the church.
Services will start promptly I
at 7:30 each evening.
Continued on Page 3, Section 1 i
Masons To Ifonor C. H. Wood
With 60-Year Jubilee Award
Charles 11. Wood, Sr., will be
signally honored tonight (Thurs
day) when he will be presented
a 60-year diamond jubilee award
in recognition of being a con
tinuous member of a Masonic
Lodge for over 60 years. Mr.
Wood Over 60 years ago became
affiliated with the lodge at Eliz
abeth City and later transferred
his membership to Unanimity
Lodge No. 7 in Edenton. He is
now the oldest past master of
Unanimity Lodge.
The award, due to Mr. Wood’s
health, will be presented at his
home by H. A. Campen, second
oldest living past master of the
local lodge. He will make the
New Officers For Edenton BPW Club
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Pictured above are officers for 1963-64” fox Edenton'* Business
and Professionhl. Women's Chib, who were Installed by Mrs. Lena
Leary, director - ff 'District 10, at the club's last meeting. They «•:
Seated, left to right, Mrs. Anita Baker, J fc. recording secretary;
Miss Pauline Calloway, president and Mrs. Julia Hassell first vice
president. Standing, left to right. Miss Boaulah Perry, correepond
secretary; Mrs. Lorraine Rogerson, second vice president; Mia.
Mattie Halsey. Jt.. treasurer and Mrs. Leon Leary. Absent «h*a
picture was taken. Mrs. Noah Boyce, pexßamew4soiW|j| HbtWjßWQjrrj
FIGHT CANCER I
WITH A CHECKUP
| AND CHECK
Schedule Will Begin
Monday, June 10 For
For Children as Well
As Adults
Paul Stanton, Edenton’s sum
mer recreation director, this
week announced the summer
recreation program, which is
scheduled to get under way on
Monday, June 10.
The following have been em
ployed to help in the supervision
of the program:
Eilly Hardison in charge of
baseball and softball.
Grace Townson will work
with the younger children in or
ganized activities.
David Shields and Earl Jones
will be supervisors for the Ne
gro recreation program.
The following schedule has
been announced:
Baseball (all games will begin
at 2:30 and 4:30 P. M.) Little
League, ages 8-12, Monday
through Friday at 4:30 P. M.
Pony League, ages 13-18, Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday at
2:30 P. M.
Softball—Girls ages 9-18, Tues
day and Thursday at 2:30 P. M.
Women, Wednesday night at 7
Continued or. Pace s—Section 1
I CIVIC calendar"
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Edenion's summer recreation
program is scheduled to begin
Monday, June 10.
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A ski show will be presented
!on Pembroke Creek near the
I old Fish Hatchery Sunday at
| ternoon, June 23, from 3 to 5
| o'clock.
Red Cross swimming classes
will begin Monday mornino T Une
I 17, at 9:30 o'clock ai Sandy
' Point Beach.
Center Hill Community will
sponsor a fried chicken supper
Saturday. June 15, from 4:30
to 8:30 P. M„ ai the Center Hill
1 Community Building.
Edenton Jaycettes will meet
i tonight (Thursday) at 7 o'clock
ai the Edenton Restaurant.
Town Council will hold its
monthly meeting Tuesday night,
lJune 11. at 8 o'clock,
i Continued on Page 7, Section 1
presentation as the personal rep
resentative of Grand Master W.
Edward Burrier of Charlotte,
who delegated him to confer
the honor on Mr. Wood.
The local Masons will meet
tonight as usual in the Masonic
Temple and will be called from
labor to refreshments in order
to go in a body to Mr. Wood’s
home for the ceremony, after
which the lodge will reconvene
in order to transact business.
This is the first time such a
significant honor has been be
stowed upon an Edenton Mason,
so that T. B. Williford hopes
many of the members will join
in the delightful occasion.