r ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED Iff
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXX. —Number 24.
Federal Grant Approved
Forsl3B,oooTo Edenton
ForWater-SewerProject
Appropriation Is Ear
marked For Priority}
No. 2 In Improve-j
ment Program
Henry Oglesby, Congressman i
Herbert Bonner’s secretary, on
Tuesday morning telephoned |
Mayor John Mitchener and The
Herald to relay information to
the effect that a federal grant of
$134,000 had been approved forj
the Town of Edenton under the
f accelerated public works pro
gram.
The grant is earmarked for
priority No. 2 of Edenton’s sew
er and water extension pro
gram, the overall cost of which
is estimated at $279,300.
The news was very gratifying
to Mayor Mitchener, who is very
enthusiastic abdut a program of
improvements in Edenton which
not only includes water and
sewer extensions, but resurfac
ing streets needing repairs, hard
surfacing all remaining dirt
streets, construction of a new
municipal building, remodeling
the present municipal building to
provide a first class fire station,
and providing an adequate storm
sewerage system to aleviate
flooding of various areas during
heavy rain downfall.-
The grant is the first for a
project under the accelerated
public works program for this
section. Mr. Bonner stated that
the project calls for 221 man
months of labor.
20 Years Ago)
Aa Found In Vs FUm Os
Tbs Chowan HwaM
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Seventeen members of the
Greater Albemarle Association
met at a dinner meeting pt Hotel
Joseph Hewes after which they
adjourned to the grand Jury
room ,at the Court House to con
sider important mailers con
cerning the Albemarle section.
Os principal concern was the re
alisation of the opportunities
lost byway of development
caused by failure to produce at
home the finished product of * n
abundance of material.
Due to many vacant lots in
Edenton being covered with a
heavy growth, a deadline was
set for owners to cut weeds, af
ter which the Street Department,
with some extra labor, was or
dered to cut weeds on all lots
which had not been given aiten-
Continued on Paga 7, Section 1
Chowan Fair Will Participate
In Wool Needlework Contest
Management of the Chowan ing ribbons and trophies. Po
£ounty Fair Association has an- tential contestants in this area
bounced its participation in the wishing to compete for national
1963 National Wool Needlework honors in the contest, which in-
Contest/ being inaugurated this eludes a first prize of SI,OOO, a
year under the joint sponsorship special engraved trophy and a
of the National Hand Knitting trip to New York for
i Yarn Association and the Amer- two, must first submit their de
ican Wool Council. The Fair signs, either knitted or crochet
takes place from September 16 ed M to this fair for judging,
through 21 at Edenton. Contestants, the Fair’s man-
The contest, which is open to agement announced, may submit
all non-professional needlework- entries within ten different
ers,.offers over SIO,OOO in prizes classifications, five each for both
and over 15,000 awards includ- Continued on Page s—Section I
Woman’s Club Designates Mrs.
Ed Bond Club Woman Os Year
Mrs. Edward G. Bond has
been named Club Woman of the
Year by the Edenton Woman’s
Club at their June meeting at
the Edenton Restaurant •..>
. Mrs. Bond, who served at vice
president of the club this year,
was honored for her work with
the club and her many other ac
f tivities.
Ff She has been greatly interest
ed in mental health as » mem.
ber of the board of directors of
if* 1 N a member** 0 ” the Kblto
Regional Mental Jtaettk
Association and now vice presi
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton Teacher
! Shares hi Grant
j From NOEA Fund
Thom Eric Heath Will
Attend Language In
i stitute at Milledge
ville, Georgia
*- ■
Thom Eric Heath of Edenton
has been selected to participate
in a seven week Summer Lan
guage Institute at The Woman’s
College of Georgia, Milledgeville,
Ga. The program will be di
rected by S. C- Mangiafico from
June 24 to August 10.
The Summer Language Insti
tute is part of a nation-wide
program of instruction at vari
ous colleges and universities this
1 summer for the improvement of
language teaching. Sponsored
Iby the Language Development
Program of the National De
fense Education Act of 1958, the
Institutes are supported by funds
from the U. S. Office of Edu
cation in contract with host in
stitutions. Participants from pub
lic schools receive a stipend of
$75 a week plus allowances for
r dependents.
Mr. Heath, who teaches at
John A. Holmes High School,
is one of the 60 teachers select
ed to attend the Institute. There
will be 30 teachers of French and |
30 teachers of Spanish at the
college this summer.
L. E. Britton Passes
Course In Insurance
Word has been received from
Southern Life Insurance Com-'
pany, home office in Greensboro,
that their "local representative,
L. E. Britton, has completed the
company’s staff manager study
course.
This course consists of- 12 1
months of extensive classroom
land on-the-job training. The
company will award Mr. Britton j
a diploma in recognition of this
attainment.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.
St A. M., will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. T. B.
Williford urges all Masons to at
tend.
|for North Carolina Women of
[the Democratic Party. She is a
member of the Chowan Demo
cratic Executive Committee and
on the board of directors of the
Chowan Democratic Women.
She is a member of the in
dustrial education committee and
recreation committee of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce,
finance chairman of the Chowan
Hospital Auxiliary and a mem
ber of the Community Planning
Committee. '
She Is a trustee of the North
Carolina Symphony and was.
Chowan‘County chairman as wo
men far court reforms.
She is the wife of Dr. Edward
,G. Bond apd the mother of two
C Woman’s Club
I agreed to try to complete all
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 20, 1963.
Trio O* 'Tiowan County Girls Attending Girls State
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SANDRA BUNCH
The three Chowan County girls pictured above are attending Girls State which is being held this
week at Woman's College at Greensboro. Two are sponsored by the Auxiliary of Ed Bond Post
No. 40 of the American Legion and one by John A. Holmes High School. The girls §re Sandra
Bunch, .Lois Ann Chappell and Jean Goodwin. Girls State began Sunday and will end Satur
day at noon.
No Headway Reached In
Chowan School Squabble
Over Reappointing Taylor
Members of Board of
Education Still Dead
locked After Hold
ing Special Meetings
Though the Chowan County
Board of Education held two
special meetings last week, the
squabble over the reappointment
of W. J. Taylor as superintend
ent still continues. The board
at its April meeting deadlocked
3 to 3 for Mr. Taylor’s reap
pointment. At that meeting
three members opposed the re
appointment and the opinion was
advanced that Chairman Geddes
Potter was not empowered to
cast a ballot which resulted in
Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Trio Os Chowan County Girls
Attending Girls State This Week
Three Chowan County girls,
are this week representing Eden
ton and Chowan County at Girls;
State being held at Woman’s
College at Greensboro. The trio
includes Sandra Bunch, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Haywood
Bunch, and Jean Goodwin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam P. Goodwin, both of Eden
ton, and Lois Ann Chappell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
A. Chappell of Tyner.
The 24th session of Tar Heel
Girls’ State began Sunday night
when 318 high school rising
t Varsity Club And
Rinky Dinks Tied
In Softball League
Sammy Morris of the
Varsity Club Lead
ing Hitter With .857
Average
In the Men’s Softball League
the Varsity Club and Rinky
Dinks are tied for first place
with each team being undefeated
in the two games played.
Tuesday and TOWsday of last
week the Rinky , Djhks defeated
the Jaycees and Red Men 16-6
and 11-8 respe£ss&Vbh the
same nights the Varsity Club
defeated Harvey Point and the
Jaycees 16-6 and 18-4 respective
ly. ;
League Standing
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Varsity Club 0 |
Rinky Dinks : .*4 8 >
Harvey Point 1
Jaycees ,v..b 2
The eight leading hitters in
the league are: : Vs : ,
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Sammy Morris _...7 6 .857
Zaekie Harrell 7i .fM
Dickie Cobb :.S,M 7 .778
Billy Bunch $ 8 .750
Alvin Bunch 8 .666
Johnny Owens 4 ***
(Marvin Ashley ...._ 4 5 635
Carroll Forehand ...4, ,8 5 .625
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LOIS ANIN CHAPPELL
‘Lost Colony’Will
Open On June 29
Andy Griffith Special
Guest on Opening
Night
Rehearsals are under way for
the 22nd season of Paul Green’s
symphonic drama, “The Lost
[ Colony," which has been pre
sented continuously since 1937
except for four war years—in
j the Waterside Theatre on Roa
! noke Island.
! Opening night on Saturday,
| Continued on Page 3. Section 1
seniors began a week of prac
tice and theory in state govern
ment. The citizenship program
is sponsored by the auxiliaries of
the American Legion State De
partment.
Miss Magnhilde Guliander,
Woman’s College professor emer
itus of history, was the first lec
turer on the program. She pre
sented an introduction to politics
and will be followed throughout
the week by a series of other
specialists in political science,
' practical politics, and govern
j Continued on Par> s—Section 1
Officers Are Elected
For Cupola House
At the annual stockholders
meeting of the Cupola House
Friday, Library and Museum,
held Monday, June 10, all offi
cers were unanimously selected
to serve on the executive com
mittee during the coming year:
The officers are: President,
D. M. Warren, Jr.; vice presi
dent, Mrs. Lina P. Mack; secre
tary, Lena M. Jones; treasurer,
Mrs. Gertrude S. Rosevear.
John A. Mitchener, mayor of
Edenton and W. E. Bond, chair
man Chowan County Commis
sioners, are ex-officio members.
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JEAN GOODWIN
Revival Closes At
Emmanuel Church
Over 75 Decisions An
nounced By Pastor,
Rev. Bob Ware
Ovgr 75 decisions, including
personal acceptance of Christ as
saviour, rededication, resolutions
to tithe and win souls, have been
made at Emmanuel Baptist
Church in revival services. Pas
j tor Bob Ware, who conducted the
meetings June 8-16, stated “There
has been real revival in Emman
uel Church. Not only have the
lost been reached for Christ, but
Christians have been stirred to
deeper service.’’
Winner of the Scofield Bible
given by the pastor during the
revival is Mrs. Myrtle Harrell of
204 E. Eden Street. Mrs. Harrell
brought a total of 87 visitors
to win the Bible. Runners-up
were Billy Copeland of Route 3,
and Donald Thomas of 207 E.
Eden Street, who brought 75 and
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
Rotary Club Leads
In Little League
Scotty Phelps Lead
ing Batter With a
.500 Average
The Rotary Club in the Little
League leads in the race which
is now under way, with two vic
tories and no defeats.
The league standing follows:
W L Pet.
Rotary 2 0 1.000
Masury Indians ... 2 1 .667
Corvairs 11 .500
Falcons 0 3 .000
Colt League Standings follow:
W L Pet.
Mete 2 1 .667
Pirates 1 2 .334
The ten top batters in the
Little League, based on six or
more times at bat ending June
14 are as follows: '
AB H Pet.
Scotty Phelps 6 3 .500
Gigi Leary 9 4 .445
David Copeland 7 3 .429
Gary Swanner ........6 2 .334
Alan Hughes 7 2 .286
John Smith , 7 2 .286 ,
Lee Leary 8 2 .2501
Mike Ervin 8 2 .250
Bill Perry 9 2 .223
Roy Potts >. 9 2 .223
Various Groups
Rally In Helping
Migrant Workers!
Hundreds of Stuffed!
Toys and Health Kits,
Distributed at Days
Care Centers
During the summer months i
approximately 3,000 migranti
workers move into Camden, j
Pasquotank and Currituck coun-!
ties to harvest the bean and po-1
tato crops.
Each year Dr. Harold White,
executive secretary of the Albe
marle Migrant Council, extends
an urgent call to churches,
businesses, civic organizations
and individuals to assist in the
several ministries extended to
the migrant men, women and
children.
This year Missionary Societies
in several of the 58 churches of
the Chowan Baptist Association;
have responded to the call for,
assistance through two projects.
Hundred of stuffed toys have
been made for use in the Day
Care Centers where children 1-8
Continued on Page 7, Section 1
Tea Party Chapter Planning To
Finish Work On Iredell House
The Edenton Tea Party Chap
ter of the DAR hopes to have
work completed on the old out
side kitchen at the Iredell house
and renovate the inside kitchen
during the summer months.
At the June meeting .at the
Iredell house the chapter voted
to install a water heater and
make other necessary improve
ments to the interior kitchen in
order to make preparation of
food easier.
Mrs. R. P. Badham was ap
pointed to the kitchen commit
tee headed by Mrs. George Hos
kins. Also on the committee are
Mrs. |l. F. Elliot and Mrs. Ray
Hollowell.
The chapter will also investi
gate obtaining appropriate din
ing room chairs for the Iredell
Local Golfers Will Participate
In Tournament Sunday, June 23
The Roanoke Golf Association j
will close its season’s tournament |
play Sunuday, June 23 with 1
Windsor being the host club for
this affair. Dinner will be served
at the club after matches are
completed.
Due to the many golfers par
ticipating this year, the sixth and
seventh flights will be played on
the Williamston golf course.
Following is the schedule of
players, flight, starting time and
where they play:
Championship Flight
Windsor, 12:28 P. M.—Burgess
Whitehead, Lance Richardson,
Tom Cherry and Joe Thorud.
Windsor, 12:14 P. M. Jack
Powell, George Parker, Tom |
Bass and Jack Goldstein.
J. Aubrey Hardison
; New Funeral Director
'| J. Aubrey Hardison as of Sat
-1 Urday became affiliated with the
, Williford Funeral Home in the
capacity of funeral director and
embalmer.
Mr. Hardison is a native of
I Dunn, N. C., but came to Eden
| ton from Raleigh, where he was
I associated with the Brown-
Wynne Funeral Home. He is
married to the former Miss Mary
Williford of Dunn and they are
the parents of a daughter, Cyn
r thia Hardison.
Mr. Hardison succeeds David
Ottaway, who resigned to ac
cept a position in Raleigh. The
I Hardisons are making their
| home at the apartment at the
j funeral home.
>!mAJ. GEORGE E. HASSELL
ASSIGNED TO FORT LEE
Army Maj. George E. Hassell, 1
j son of Mr. and Mrs. George E.
| Hassell, Route 3, Edenton, was j
| assigned June 2 to the 2d Lo- 1
I gistical Command at Fort Lee,'
rVa. •
[:■ Major Hassell, quartermaster'
[ staff officer in the command,
, was last stationed in Vietnam.
J The major is a graduate of the
(College of the Ozarks in Clarks-
Iville, Ark., and attended Ohio
i State University in Columbus.
$3.00 Per
Chowan Tax Rate Is Held
Atsl.sß For Year'63-64
By County Commissioners
j Club Woman Os Year
PI
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I
I MRS. EDWARD G. BOIND
1 Edenton Woman's Club at its 1
June meeting named Mrs. Ed
ward G. Bond as Club Woman
of the Year.
house and lcok into the possi
bility of copying the original
chairs.
Members voted to publicize
the DAR guide service by hav
ing cards printed to be placed at
Edenton information centers.
Mrs. James P. Ricks, Jr., the
regent, was authorized to have
ritual cards and a year book
printed for the chapter.
The chapter voted to join
groups across the nation in cele
brating the Fourth of July by
requesting that Edenton partici
pate in the program “Let the
Bells Ring.”
Mrs. I’. S. Mi Mldlan reported
on the account of the Continen
tal Congress at the chapter meet
ing of the Betsy Dowdy Chapter
of Elizabeth City, attended by
10 members of the local chapter.
; First Flight
I Windsor, 10:56 A. M. Bart
| Evans, Joe Vann, Howard Whit
field and Jimmie Johnston.
Second Flight
Windsor, 9:49 A. M.—Bill Gur
; kin, Tommy Jackson, Ralph
Mobley and Medlin Belch.
Third Flight
ij Windsor..9:2l A. M.—Joe Dav
|enport, Grady Davis, Tom Hop
: ,kins and Charles Gardner,
I Fourth Flight
Windsor, 9:07 A. M. Bill
Woolard, Ken Forbes, Russ Bat
; ehelor and Allan Downum.
Windsor, 9:14 A. M. Lewis
Leary, J. W. Parker, Edgar
Swain and T. Robinson,
j Windsor, 8:56 A. M.—Leo Kat-
I Continued on Page 7—Section 1
Crop Measurement
Now Under Way
The Chowan County ASCS of
fice reports that the job of meas
uring allotted crops, corn and
diverted acreage in the county
is well under way now.
j At this time 47% of the pho-
I tographs are completed. Notices
lof planted acreages are being
i mailed to all farms on which
measurement has been complet
;ed.
i Continued on Kajn R—section I
Edenton Post Office Given ZIP
Code Number To Speed Mailing
The Edenton Post Office five
digit ZIP Code is 27932, Post
master J. L. Chestnutt has an
nounced.
“Everyone in Edenton will use
[this ZIP Code on all their cor
respondence to speed mail deliv
eries and reduce the chance of
I mis-sent mail,’’ Mr. Chestnutt
1 said.
ZIP Code, the Post Office De
partment’s revolutionary new
system of improved mail dis
patch and delivery, goes into ef
'fect nationally on July 1.
j Postmaster Chestnutt stressed
the importance of all citizens of
Edenton learning this city’s ZIP
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP .
AND CHUCK
ear In North Carolina
Overall Budget Calls
j For Expenditures of
! $595,926 During Fis-
L cal Year
n .
Meeting in special session on
Monday, Chowan County Com
missioners waded through a con
glamoration of figures in an ef
fort to prepare the county’s bud
get for the fiscal year 1963-64
and arrive at a tentative tax
rate.
J The overall budget calls for
expenditures of $595,926.92, with
anticipated revenue estimated at
11 $262,037.65, leaving the remain
der of $333,889.27 to be raised
1 from taxes.
Though most of the budgets
ffor the various county depart-
J ments were higher than last
year, the Commissioners, after
juggling figures,-came up with a
tax rate of $1.58 per SIOO prop
erty valuation, the same rate as
last year. Os course, the rate
for fire protection outside the
city limits will also remain the
same as last year—lo cents.
As tentatively compiled Mon
day, payment for bonds will be
$47,049.96. There is an unex
pended balance of $2,000, leav
[ ing $45,049.96 to be appropriated,
which calls for 21 cents of the
$1.58 rate.
For charity $9,840.36 is budget
ed for general assistance and
SIO,OOO for hospitalization, mak-
I Continued on Page 3, Section 1
Local Group Attends
Norfolk Beauty Show
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Allsbrook,
Mr. and Mrs. Max Leary, Mrs.
Marion Thrower, Mrs. Anne Jen
| kins and Mi.* Christine Harris of
i Edenton and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Spear and Mrs. Ann Phelps of
'Creswell attended the beauty
[show held at the Golden Tri
angle over the week-end.
• More than 1.000 beauticians
I and beauty shop owners Attend
ed the show which was spon
j sored by the Southern Beauty
j Supply Company.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
| Edenton’s Lions Club will
meet Monday night, June 24, at
j7 o'clock at the Edenton Res
jtaurant. President Herbert Hol
llowell, Jr., urges every Lion to
'be present.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
jmeet this (Thursday) afternoon
lat 1 o'clock in the Parish House.
| The program will be in charge
lof Dr. W. I. Hart and President
W. B. Rosevear urges all Ro
tarians to be present.
I CIVIC calendarl
' - r>
A ski show will be presented
on Pembroke Creek near the
old Fish Hatchery Sunday af
ternoon, June 23. from 3 to 5
o'clock.
Edenton Lions will meet Mon
day night at 7 o’clock at the
Edenton Restaurant.
Edenton Rotarlans will meei
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o'clock at the Parish House.
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Im
proved Order of Red Men, will
meet Monday night at 8 o'clock.
William H. Coffield, Jr. Post
No. S2BO. Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will meet Tuesday night
at 8 o'clock.
I Continued on Page 7, Section 1
Code and using it in their re
turn address on all correspond
ence. In answering mail, he
’aid, ZIP Codes taken from re
turn addresses on incoming mail
should be used.
“The Zip Code is literally the
last word in mail addressing,”
Mr. Chestnutt said. “It should
follow the city and state in ad
dresses.”
He cited this example of the
proper use of ZIP Code:'
J. L. Chestnutt
Postmaster,
U. S. Post Office,
Edenton, N. C., 27932
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