ONLY NEWSPAPER
PUBUSHED IN
CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXX.—Number 27.
Over 200 Complete Red
Cross Swimming Classes
At Sandy Point Beach
George Burdick and
Murray Ashley Well
Pleased With Suc
cess of Program
! Chowan County’s Red Cross
Water Safety Program has en
joyed a splashing success this
summer with over 200 persons
taking part in recent swimming
classes. Sandy Point Beach was
the scene of the activity which
lasted for thirteen morning ses-'
sions.
According to the instructors,
who also taught swimming here
last year, the general skill level
of local swimmers has improved
tremendously. This is supported
by the fact that 30 swimmers
qualified for the “Swimmer”
emblem. Last summer no
“Swimmer” certificates were
awarded. I
Also ot significance is the fact
that the number of participants
more than doubled this year and
included over 40 students from'
Gates County. 'Murray Ashley, I
local Red Cross Chapter chair- j
man, said that “safety was the.
theme of the supervised classes. '
With so much water all around
us, 1 can see no greater need,
than that of waterproofing ouri
children.”
George Burdick, American Red
Cross water safety instructor,
conducted the classes with the
assistance of other qualified life
savers which included: Harry
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New Bridge Planned
To Be Built Over
Perquimans River
The 'North Carolina State
Highway Commission has made
application for approval of plans
to construct a bridge across Per
quimans River ftear Hertford
approximately 0.8 miles down
stream of the existing draw
bridge.
Plans submitted show that the
new structure is to be a fixed
bridge and will provide a hori
zontal clearance of 55 feet and
a vertical clearance of 35.0 feet
above normal water level.
As information, the existing
swing bridge at Hertford will
remain in place.
Auxiliary Os Legion
Will Meet Tonight
The American Legion Auxili
ary will meet tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs.
J? L. Chestnutt. Mrs. W. E.
Irlills, president, is especially
anxious to have every member
present so that she can make
appointments of various chair
men and committees.
, 20 Years Ago
A* Found Jn l.j Files Os
The Chowan Herald
J. R. (Fats) Tanner assumed
his duties as Edenten'f Chief of
Police, succeeding George A.
Helms.
J. Edwin Bufflap, editor of
The Herald, was a patient in
Duke Hospital at Durham fol
lowing an operation. Miss Lena
Jones was pinch-hitting for him
in gathering news for The Her
ald.
J. G. Campen. president of
Continued ou Papa i peerton I
Restoration Os Cupola House
Project Os Historical Group
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The Edenton and Chowan
County Historical Commission,
in cooperation with the Cupola
House Association, will begin
restoration of the Cupola House
as its first majoio project.
Efforts to secure the original
downstairs woodwork and panel
ing of the Cupola Hpuae now in
the Brooklyn Museum erf Art
have failed. However, the plans
are to copy the Woodwork in
the museum and reftoie the in
terior of the downstairs of the
house. • -
Mrs. Frank Graham, a member
gated* obTSg^ie 0 original
wood, wrote that “the mu^um
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Wins Scholarship
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MRS. O. M. BLANCHARD
. Pictured above is Mrs. <O. M.
i Blanchard as she was leaving
for Greensboro to attend the
State Music Workshop at Wo
man's College. Mrs. Blanchard
. won a Julia Cuyler scholarship.
Mrs. O. M. Blanchard Winner
Os Julia F. Cuyler Scholarship
Mrs. O. M. Blanchard of
Hobbsville, a member of the
Wards Home Demonstration
Club, was the recipient of a Ju
lia F. Cuyler Scholarship and
recently attended the State Mu
sic Workshop at Woman’s Col
lege, Greensboro. Other scholar
ships winners from this district
were Mrs. Frank Jones, South
Mills, Miss Myra Gail Boyd,
Grantsville, and Miss Eileen
Jones, Moyock.
In 1953, Dr. W. Kenneth Cuy
ler of Durham . gave the initial
fund which established the
Old Car Caravan j
To Visit Edenton
About 50 Old Models
Will Stop In Eden
ton Tuesday
Local residents have been in
vited to take a visit into the
past from 12:30 to 1 P. M., on I
Tuesday, July 16.
A caravan of about 50 antique
cars from all over the United
States will pass through Edenton
at that time on their way to
Nags Head.
The group of approximately
150 people will stop for lunch
at the Woman’s Club playground
on North Broad Street, Mayor
John A. Mitchener said Tues
day. “And they want to make
sure the public is cordially in
vited,” the mayor said.
The local Chamber of Com
merce has sent brochures about
Edenton to B. B. Woodard of
Fayetteville, who is in charge of
the caravan’s itinerary.
Mayor Mitchener said the mo
torists will journey from Eden
ton to Manteo via the Albemarle
Sound bridge and U. S. 64.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
I Edenton Rotarians will hold
[ their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at one
o’clock in the Parish House.
President Hiram J. Mayo urges
la 100 per cent attendance.
interior woodwork, as it is con
j sidered among its most prized
(possessions.’’
An appropriation from the
State Legislature for $22,500, re
| quested by the Historical Com
mission and introduced by B.
Warner Evans, has been ap
proved. Also included was an
appropriation of $1,600 for the
Barker House. The group rec- 1
ognized Rep. Evans’ efforts in
securing the much needed ap
propriation.
The Cupola House, built about
1725, is recognized as one of
the most outstanding examples
of Jacobean architecture in
I America. |
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Edenton, Cl 6 m County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 11, 1963.
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TeimisToumanent
SchedutedToßegin
On Monday, July 22
Paul Stanton, Recre
ation Director, Must
Be Contacted to Par
ticipate
Paul Stanton, summer recrea
tion director, announces that a
tennis tournament will be held
beginning Monday, July 22.
Anyone interested in partici
pating in this tournament is ask
ed to contact Mr. Stanton before
Friday, July 19. He can be
reached by phoning 482-2512 or
at the John A. Holmes High
School gymnasium. All who en
ter the tournament are asked to
secure a set of rules and regu
lations which will govern the
players.
There will be playoffs in the
following areas:
Girls, 16 years old and below;
women above 16; boys, 16 years
old and below and men above
16.
Mr. Stanton says there will be
both singles and doubles and
urges each player in the tourna
ment to arrange to secure a
partner.
scholarship. The scholarship was
named in honor of Dr. Cuyler’s
wife and the first twelve were
awarded on a competitive basis
to leaders. Since then they have
J steadily grown and are now
' made possible by the contribu
, tions of Home Demonstration
i Clubs throughout the entire
, state. This year there were 12
scholarships awarded 4-H Club
. members and 12 awarded Home
Demonstration Club members.
> The State Music Workshop was
conducted by Dt,. Arnold E.
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Loan Chest Fumf
Now Totals $853.55
President and Chair
man Well Pleased
With Response
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, chairman
of the Loan Closet Fund, spon- \
sored by the Chowan County ]
Cancer Society, reports that a
total of $853.55 has been donated
to the fund.
Both Mrs. Chestnut* and Dr.
Polk Williams, president of the |
local society, are very well
pleased with the response and
solicit further contributions from
individuals or various groups.
Contributions received thus
far include the following:
f Lions Club, $170; Chowan Hos
pital Auxiliary, $114; Rotary
Club, $125; BPW Club, S3O; Jay
cettes, $25; Edenton Woman’s
Club, $25; American Legion Au
xiliary, $25; Junior Chamber of
Commerce, $187.50; W. E. Cox,
$11.65; colored Hospital Auxili
ary, $62.40; Ryland Ruritan Club,
a bed valued at S7B.
Mrs. Chestnutt or Dr. Polk
Williams will be glad to accept
any contributions.
DAR Guide Service
Is Being Advertised
Leaflets advertising the DAR
Guide. Service have been distrib
uted to the Tourist Information
Centers and other places of busi
ness frequented by tourists.
Tours of historic sites Conduct
ed by members of the Edenton
Tea Party Chapter are available
' year-around Monday through
Saturdays. The price Is $2 per
hour per car regardless of the
number of persons.
Conducting the tours are Mrs.
G. K. Mack, Mrs. j. L. Pettus,
Mrs. P. S. McMullaii, Mrs. T. W.
Elliott, Mrs. G- C- Hdskins and
Mrs. Wood Privott. Itt the event
i none of these persohs are avail
able the regent, Mrt. 3. P. Ricks,
Jr., should be contacted.
The tour include* the James
Iredell House, 1759; St Paul’s 1
Church, 1736; the Chowan Court j
House, 1767; Cupola House, ea
, 1725; Barker House, ca 1790'5;
| Sycamore, 1860, and private
homes.
•|« Ground-Breaking Ceremonies at
Japan's World's Fair Site
A Shinto priest in full ceremonial regalia is seen here purifying
the grounds which Japanese exhibits will be on display for the
New York 1964-65 World’s Fair. The Shinto rites preceded the
ground-breaking ceremonies for the 85,000 square feet area which
will house the Japan Pavilion. Consul General Masahide Kanayama
of New York expressed the hope “. . . that our exhibit will demon
strate our faith and belief in the Fair's theme of ’Peace Through
Understanding.’ Our participation will be dedicated to a display of
J>oth the traditional and the modern that exists in Japan today.”
Dr. Frank Wood Dies At
Home Saturday Morning
Following Lengthy Illness
Became First Surgeon
At Chowan Hospital;
Served as Chief of
Staff Until Illness
Dr. Frank Wood, 61, died
early Saturday morning at his
home, the Paxton House, on
King Street following an illness:
of 18 months. He was born June|
• 22, 4902, the son of the late
1 Julien and Elizabeth Badham i
Wood of Edenton.
After graduation from the {
Episcopal High School at Alex-1
amici*, Va., he "was graduated j
from the. University of North 1
Carolina. He obtained his M.D. I
degree from the University of
Pennsylvania and served his
residency at the Burlington
County Hospital at Mt. Holly,
N. J. Later he practiced medi
cine in Marion, N. C. At the
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Methodists Change
Hour Os Servicej
I i
Effective next Sunday morn
ing, July 14, services at the
Edenton Methodist Church will
Ibe held at 9 o’clock instead of
11 o’clock.
j The pastor, the Rev. E. Clifford ,
Shoaf, announced the change at |
last Sunday’s service.
The change in hour of service
will remain in effect throughout
July and August in the belief
that the earlier hour will be
'more comfortable due to the hot
weather and will provide more
I time for those who desire to
visit or for other forms of rec
, reation.
' Mr. Shoaf expressed the hope
that the new hour will attract
mere people to church during
the summer.
[Cotton Blossom
j' Lloyd Woyno Evans on Mon
day reported the first cotton
blossom in Chowan County to
| The Herald. Mr. Evans' farm
is in the Rocky Hock section
and he found the blossom in a
field Monday morning.
A. Pilston Godwin, Jr. Named
Chairman Court Study Group
A. Pilston Godwin, Jr., Gates- i
ville attorney, is the new chair- j
j man of the North Carolina Bari
Association Court Study Com
mittee. He succeeds U. S. Cir
cuit Judge J. Spencer Bell of
Charlotte.
Announcement of Mr. God- 1
win’s appointment together with
the selection of Wallace C. j
Murchison, Wilmington attorney, |
and Superior Court Judge How-:
’ard Hubbard of Clinton as vice
i chairmen was made here by
Henry L. Anderson, Bar Associa
tion president. He explained
that Judge Bell’s duties as a»,
'member of the Circuit Court of'
New Chairman
A. PILSTON GODWIN, JR.
Announcement was made this
week that A. Pilston Godwin,
Jr., of Gatesville was named
chairman of the North Carolina
Bar Association Court Study
Committee. He succeeds U. S
j Circuit Judge J. Spencer Bell of
Charlotte, who resigned.
OisWbliisys
New Set Officers
I Dr. Allen F. Downum
Succeeds Herbert
Hollowell, Jr.
Dr. A. F. Downum was in
stalled as president of the Eden
ton Lions Club on Monday night,
July 1. He succeeds W. Herbert
Hollowell, Jr.
Also installed by District Gov
i ernor Leroy Woodcock of Wash
ington, N. C., were Joe Thorud,
first vice president; Dr. Richard
Hardin, second vice president;
Daniel Reaves, third vice presi
dent; Leo Katkaveck, tail twist
er; Gene Perry, lion tamer; Hec
tor Lupton’ and Jesse Harrell,
two-year directors.
W. J. Taylor will continue as
secretary and treasurer. He has
held the position since the club
was organized 27 years ago.
Governor Woodcock also told
, club members of the Lions In
ternational held at Miami.
[Appeals had made.it necessary
| for him to give up the chairman
ship of the committee he had
i headed through eight years of
effort in behalf of improved
courts for North Carolina.
“Although I accepted Judge
Bell’s resignation with much re
gret, I am happy that Pilston
Godwin, Judge Hubbard, and
[Mr. Murchison have agreed to
' take these important assign
ments,’’ Mr. Anderson said. He
added that the Bar Association
and the people of North Caro
lina are deeply indebted to
Judge Bell for his long, unself -
Coniinued on Page 7. Section 1
Two New Members
Appointed To Serve
As School Trustees
West Leary and West
Byrum Succeed J. H.
Conger, Sr., and M.
A. Hughes
Meeting in joint session Tues
day night of last week, Edenton’s
Town Council and Edenton
school trustees elected two new
nembers to their board and re
ippointed another.
Due to the recent resignation
of J. H. Conger, Sr., and M. A.
Hughes, R. W. Leary, Jr., and
West Byrum, Jr., were the new
nembers elected.
Mr. Leary was elected to fill
out the unexpired term of Mr.
Conger which will run to June
iO, 1965.
Mr. Byrum was elected to
succeed Mr. Hughes, whose term
expired June 30 of this year.
Mr. Byrum’s term will expire
June 30, 1969.
James M. Bond, whose term
also expired June 30, was re
elected for a six year term,
which will expire June 30, 1969.
A resolution of appreciation
vas ordered prepared for Con-
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Chowan Veneer Co.
:s Awarded 1962
Safety Certificate!
E. L. Hollowell, Man
ager, Complimented
For Record By Com
missioner of Labor
E. L. Hollowell, manager of
he Chowan Veneer Company,
ast week received an attractive
certificate of safety achievement
from the N. C. Department of
Labor and the U. S. Department
>f Labor.
The certificate is in recogni
ion of outstanding accident pre
'ention which resulted in a sub
stantial reduction of accidents
ind the promotion of safe work
ing conditions during the period
of January through December,
1962. The record contributes to
prevention of human suffering
and outstanding economic waste.
The certificate is signed by
Frank Crane, Commissioner of
Labor of North Carolina and W.
Willard Wirtz, secretary of La
bor for the U. S. Department of
Labor. The certificate was ac
companied by a congratulatory
.etter from Mr. Crane for no
oss of man hours by accident
during 1962.
To receive a safety certificate
a firm must employ as many as
iO people. Mr. Hollowell has
n his employ about 80 people.
Mrs. Carson Sees
Great Advantage
In TV Extension
Mrs. Nancy Carson, an Eden
tonian, who is connected with
television traffic on WUNC-TV.
Channel 4, Chapel Hill, calls at
tention to the TV extension bill
passed by the recent Legislature.
This action, she says, bring the
Chapel Hill signal to the east and
vest of the state.
She says this will mean great
things for Edenton in that the
initial one and one-half million
dollars will extend the television
programming in the Edenton
area.
Mrs. Carson sent a batch of
programs from the Chapel Hill
station to her father, James E.
Wood, which appear to be very
interesting television pastime.
[CIVIC calendar]
A tennis tournament is sched
uled to begin Monday, July 22.
Edenton Lions Club will meet
Monday night, July 15, at 7
o’clock at the Edenton Restau
rant.
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.
A A. M„ will be held tonight
(Thursday). at 8 o'clock.
Edenion's Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o'clock at the Parish House.
Chowanoke Council No. 54.
Continued on Page I. Section 1
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Farmers Os Albemarle
Section Receive Over
$632,000 From FHA
Lions’ President
pi': ■, sss&
K
DR. A. F. DOWNUM
Edenton Lions at their last
meeting installed Dr. A. F.
Downum as new president of
the club. He succeeds Herbert
Hollowell, Jr.
Health Officials
Submit Report Os
Sanitation Survey
Jaycees Also Report
On Traffic Sign Sur
vey at Town Council
Meeting
Representatives of the State
3oard of Health and District
Health Department presented a
comprehensive report of an en
vironmental sanitation survey
made in Edenton May 18-21 at
a meeting of Town Council
Tuesday night. Representing the
State Board of Health were
Roger O. Olmsted, medical en
tomologist of the Communicable
Disease Center and R. L. Hart,
Jr., district sanitarian. The Dis
trict Health Department was rep
sented by K. J. Eyer, sanitation
supervisor; D. G. Brown and
Lowell G- Perry, sanitarians.
A 10-page report was present-
Conlinued on Page J—Section 1
Jaycettes Organize
New Softball Team
Lose First Game to
Rinky Dinkettes by
15-11 Score
The Edenton Jaycettes have
recently formed a softball team
with the following girls playing:
Lucille Stalls, Ethel LaVoie,
Mary Elizabeth Dail, Elva Long,
Delores Deese, Beth Jethro, Shir
ley Miley, Margie Ford, Dot
Habit, Valeria Roberts and Ann
Knox.
The Jaycettes played the
Rinky Dinkettes, a team com
posed of woman in town Wed
nesday, June 26. The teams had
plenty of spirit and there was
a large number of spectators
who got a lot of laughs and
enjoyment from the game. The
teams played seven innings and
the Jaycettes lost 15-11.
The Jaycettes have postponed
their meeting July 4 to July 18,
when they plan to have a cook
out and invite their husbands.
Bids Will Be Opened Today
For Pollock Swamp Watershed
Bids are scheduled to be open
ed this (Thursday) afternoon at
2 o'clock in William Privott’s of
fice in Edenton, attorney for the
Chowan County Drainage Dis
trict No. 1, according to Wallace
Goodwin, chairman of the Drain
age District.
The proposed works of im
provement included in the bid
will be 13 Vfe miles of stream
channel improvement and eight
miles of drainage ditch construc
tion p)us numerous culverts, sur
face inlets and other materials.
The project is cost-shared be
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
$223,600 Went to s',
Farmers to Purchase
Equipment and Sup
plies For Farms
During 1963 fiscal year a total
of $632,120 in loans to farmers
;;nd other rural families of this
area were made by Farmers
Home Administration, Donald
W. Norman, county supervisor
of the agency has announced
from his office in Hertford.
•Os the $632,12U loaned by
Farmers Home Administration in
the area during the past fiscal
year, $223,600 went to 57 farm
ers to buy equipment, livestock,
fertilizer, pesticides, feed, trac
tor fuel and other supplies for
farm and home.
i Farm ownersmp l*ans totaling
$145,830 were made to n.ne
farmers to develop or enlarge
their farms and to refinance
debts. Private lenders advanced
all of these funds under the
Farmers Home Administration's
insured loan program.
Rural housing loans totaling
$187,050 went to 17 families to
build or improve houses and
service buildings on farms and
in rural communities.
During the past fiscal year
farmers of this section repaid
Continued on Page 3. Section 1
Henderson Nixon
OnFHACommittee
Appointment Is An
nounced Last Week
By Supervisor
The appointment of Hender
son M. Nixon to a three-year
jterm as FHA area ccmmittee
'man is announced by the agen
cy's county supervisor, Donald
W. Norman.
Mr. Nixon replaces Marvin L.
Evans, whose term expired on
June 30, 1963.
Mr. Nixon conducts a genc-al
row crop farming operation m
the Rocky Hock section of Cho
wan County. In addition to a
general truck operation, he
raises corn, soybeans and pea
nuts. He is well known to many
Chowan 'County farmers and
i Continued on Page 7, Section l
—
.Jack Bunch Named
USCG Honor Man
r
j Jack D. Bunch, damage con
’ trolman second class petty offi
cer, United States Coast Guard,
| son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbe C.
; Bunch of Route 3, Edenton, re
cently completed Aviation Metal
smith School at the Naval Air
Technical Training Center at
Memphis, Tennessee and was
honor man of his company.
| Bunch will now enter a seven
week hydraulic school at the
Memphis training center.
| Bunch is married to the former
Miss Clara Gay Lane of Tyner,
j He is a 1954 graduate of Chowan
| High School.
I JOE GANTT LEAVES EDENTON
Joe Gantt, who has served as
| educational director at Edenton
Baptist Church since June 23,
1958, left Edenton Monday for
Richmond.
Mr. Gantt recently resigned
his position in Edenton to ac
cept the position as minister of
Christian education at the Web
ber Memorial Baptist Church in
Richmond.
tween the local people and fed
eral government under Water-
I shed Protection and Flood Pre
vention Act. In addition to the
Chowan County Drainage Dis
trict No. 1, it is also being spon
sored by the Chowan County
Board of Commissioners and the
Albemarle Soil and Water Con
servation District.
The total estimated cost of the
project is $403,800 with $156,845
coming from federal sources and
$246,955 coming from non-federal
sources. It bo versa land area
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