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•. '■ / : "iv n , „ x Three Money-Saving Dollar Days In Edenton Start Today ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY Volume XXX.—Number Si ” — 1 15 Business Concerns In Edenton Participating In Dollar Days Observance Many Bargains Being Offered Buying Pub lic Thursday, Friday And Saturday Fifteen Edenton business con cerns are participating in the ob servance of three money-saving Dollar Days which begin today (Thursday) and will continue through Friday and Saturady of through Friday and Saturday of sored by the Merchants Commit tee of the Edenton Chamber of Commerce for the primary pur pose of offering customers an opportunity to save money on timely merchandise as well as attract new customers to Eden ton stores. For the three Dollar Days the participating merchants have re ■ duced prices on many items" and in some cases special merchan dise was purchased in order to attract shoppers. An eight-page section has been printed carrying a goodly num ber of bargains offered. This section has been mailed through out the Edenton trading area in the hope that it will attract many new and old customers. Merchants participating in the Dollar Days Sale include the following: Cuthrell’s Department Store, M. G. Brown Company, Albe marle Motor Company, F&Q Su per Market, Byrum Hardware Company, Western Gas St Fuel Service, Colonial Motor Com, pany, Quinn Furniture Com pany, Belk-Tyler’s, Colonial Fur niture Company, Elliott Com pany, Edenton Motor Company, Taylor Theatre, Phthisic’s Super Market and The Chowan Herald. Band Parents To I Meet Augusl 12 Edenton’s Band Parents Asso-' ciation will meet Monday night, August 12, at 7:30 o’clock in the band room. Herbert E. Hollowell, presi dent of the Association, urges every member to attend the meeting in order to meet Ste wart Patton, the new band di rector. 20 Years Ago j As Found In T.s Files Os 1 ■ The Chowan Herald f —— A With duties of the Chowan County Chapter of the Red Cross rapidly mounting, the executive committee asked the national organisation to furnish an execu tive secretary in order to more efficiently handle Hie work of the chapter. Robert W. Madrey of Chapel Hill, governor of the 18th Dis trict of Rotary International, was guest of the Edenton Rotary Club. 0., B. Perry, manager Os Cho wan Motor Company, received a citation .from the War Produc tion Board for his outstanding contributions of scrap iron and steel hp collected in connection with the national salvage drive. Continued on Page 4—Section * 50 Jurors Selected To Serve At Chowan Term Superior Court Chowan County Commission-1 ers on Monday morning picked J SO names from the Jury box to j provide jurors for a term of i Chowan Superior Court. The I term of court will begin Mon-1 day, September 0, with Judge I Chester Morris scheduled to pre- 1 side. I |: Those . chosen foe jury duty I include the following: Gibson H. Mitchell, John M. j rnmipSj rxiwMi ♦vyy g| >> t « V. Mcfretuwy, Stephen I THE CHOWAN HERALD - • . '■ 6 Meeting Changed Town Clerk W. B. Gardner announced Tuesday afternoon that the August meeting of Town Council will be held Thursday night, August 15 at 8 o'clock instead of Tuesday night. August 13. Reason for the change is that Mayor John Mitchener will be out of town. Ronnie Sawyer Gets Music Camp Award Presentation of awards to 32 students at Greenville Saturday climaxed the 10th annual Sum mer Music Camp at East Caro lina College. The awards ceremony follow ed a concert featuring four bands, an orchestra and choral groups. Saturday’s finale was presented in ECC’s brand-new portable stage, an all-aluminum facility rigged for the show in the campus mall area. Among those to receive per formance awards was Ronnie Sawyer, a member of John A. Holmes High School Band. Stanton Harrell New Chowan Soil Conservation Technician Stanton Harrell, Chowan County native, .assumed the du ties of the soil conservation technician in Chowan County Monday. Mr. Harrell replaces George A. Conner, who was transferred recently to Curri tuck County. His headquarters will be in the local Soil Con servation Service office working with Samuel Cox, soil conserva tionist for Chowan County. Mr. Harrell began work with the Soil Conservation Service on a temporary appointment in De cember, 1956. He assisted in the watershed planning surveys on Deep Creek in Washington County, Pollock Swamp in Cho wan County and Gum Neck in Tyrrell Couqty. He also assist ed in the final construction phas Petition Asks For Secondary Road A petition was presented to the Chowan County Commission ers Monday morning asking for the state to add a road to the secondary road system for main tenance. The road in question branches off from the Mexico Road and is about half a mile long with eight occupied houses. The petition was signed by 12 property owners, who agreed to dedicate a 60-foot right of way. The petition was sent to the proper highway authorities for consideration. JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT Edenton’s Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the Edenton Restaurant. President Jack Habit requests every Jay icee to attend. I James Baker, H. W. Blanchard, jJJoyd L. Chappell, Frank W. j-EUiott, Barnes Paxton Sawyer, [Watson B. White, L- J. Chappell, [Carl M. Wqolard, Leon H. Blanchard, George W. Bond, Os • car B. Griffin, James Kermit | Layton, Shelton G. Nixon, Al- Ibert Hobbs, V. E. Tynch, Ron- Jald E. Bass, F. Donald Spivey, I David L. Smith, Bert C. Willis, (Leroy Boyce, Clarence E. Bunch. | Thomas O. Harrell, Ervin Trot yl man Spivey, Ernest W. Owens, Elton Bunch, Henry Jordan, Ray {HoUowell, El wood C- White, (Rodney Bunch, J. Elton Jordan, Hubert F. Jordan, G. P. Har jjapf _v| j- * • 1 ' •*- '7 - I ■ » - OU ■ Edenton, Chowan Coul |is forth Carolina, Thursday, August 8, 1963. Rocky Hock Revival Scheduled To Start Monday, Sept 2nd Dr. Charles B. How ard of Buies Creek Will Be Guest Evan gelist Revival services are scheduled ;to be held at the Rocky Hock Baptist Church during the 'week of September 2nd through jthe Bth. The speaker for these services will be Dr. Charles B. 'Howard, evangelist from Buies Creek,, N. C. The Rev. Mr. Howard is a na tive of Sampson County in North Carolina. He attended Wake Forest College and South ern Baptist Theological Semin ary in Louisville, Kentucky. He served as a pastor in the Ra leigh area from 1918 to 1933 and as pastor of the Buies Creek Baptist Church, located adjacent to the campus of Campbell College, from 1934 to 1946. He was professor of Bi ble at Campbell College from 1938 to 1959 and since 1959 has been professor emeritus. Dr. Howard has served as di rector of the Howard Memorial Christian Education Fund since 1926, a fund which, up to April 1, 1963, has helped 846 needy students in 89 colleges and sem- Conl’d. on Page 4—Section 1 es of Burnt Mill Creek Water shed ip Chowan and Perquimans counties. In March of 1961, he was transferred to Carthage, where he accepted a permanent position with the service as a soil conservation technician in Moore County. Stanton was transferred to the Soil Conser vation Service State office in Raleigh in April of 1963 as a draftsman, where he assisted in the drawing of final construc tion plans for various flood wa ter retarding structures and drainage projects. He will assist farmers in Cho wan County in applying planned conservation practices on their farms such as open ditch drain age, tile drainage, grassed wa ter-ways, terraces, ponds, and conservation cropping systems. Yeopim Revival Begins August 12 Rev. Carl Chandler Will Be Visiting Evangelist The Rev. Terry Jones, pastor of the Yeopim Baptist Church, announces that a revival meet ing will be held in the church beginning Monday night, August 12 and ending Sunday morning, August 18. The services will be gin at 8 o’clock, each night. The visiting evangelist will be the Rev. Carl Chandler, pas tor of the Bethel Baptist Church. Mr. Jones says that Mr. Chandler is widely known as a preacher throughout this area and is well liked and re spected wherever people come in contact with him. “The peo ple of Yeopim 'Church are look ing forward to this fellowship with this man of God,” said Mr. Jones. The public is cordially invited to worship at any or all of the services. Local Trio Attends Annual Conference Ruth Overman, Helen Roger son and Arlene Fry, members of the local Edenton Tri-Hi-Y Chapter, attended the annual Hi-Y, Tri-Hi-Y Conference in Blue Ridge, N. C.; during the week of July 28-August 3. Arlene was elected secretary of the conference for the coming year. An enjoyable time was had by aIL It ir hoped a Hi-Y Club may be started during the Promott t * Smith-Douglass Company K jj wrw m J. CLARENCE LEARY. JR. Announcement was made this week that J. Clarence Leary, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Clarence Leary of Edenton, has been pro moted by Smith-'Douglass Company. Mr. Leary has been named sales training director for the entire Smith-Douglass Company wherever it operates. ' J. P. Snipes Employed As New Chowan High School Principal 1 J. P. Snipes has been em ; ployed as principal of Chowan High School. He succeeds R. H. Copeland who served in that capacity for nine years. Mr. Snipes, 45 years old, is a native of Memphis, Tenn., but has had considerable experience in North Carolina schools and comes to Edenton very highly recommended- • He graduated from the Fayetteville- High School and received his AB de gree from- Presbyterian College |at Clinton, S. C-, in 1938, and his MA degree at East Carolina College in 1950. He comes to Edenton from Bolivia High School in Bruns wick County near Southport, where he has been principal Football Candidates Called To Report At Gymnasium Aug. 15 Coach Jerry McGee announces that all football candidates are requested to report at the gym nasium Thursday morning, Au gust 15 at 8 o’clock. Mr. Mc- Gee plans to hold two practice sessions daily, one at 8 A. M., and the other at 7:30 P. M. All Jayvees are requested to report Monday night, August 19, at 6 o’clock. The first Jayvee game will be Thursday afternoon, September 5, when the local boys tackle Gatesville Central School. The game will begin at 4 o’clock. Lighting Fixtures Given To Legion Chowan County Commission ers on Monday agreed to give the old lighting fixtures in the Hotel Joseph Hewes building used by the county to Ed Bond Post of the American Legion. The Legionnaires will use the fixtures in their post building. The Commissioners also agreed to relieve the Legion of the county tax for the carnival at the Chowan County Fair which will be held September 16-21. The Legion was also granted permission to sponsor a fire works display at the fair this year. Free Training Courses Offered Mechanics And Stenographers Approval has been received by I the local Employment Securi ty Commission to train automo bile-truck mechanics and ste i nographers in the Edenton area under the Manpower Develop -1 ment and Training Act of 1962. i) These, courses are scheduled to j start in September in Edenton. j I Referrals to these courses will i be made by the Employment Se- ! , curity Commission. Training is J i designed for unemployed indi- j viduals who cannot find suitable employment without further, training. _ j since 1959. He has also been i principal of Hickory Grove Ele- Imentary School in Bladen Coun , j ty; was principal at Wheat ’ Swamp High School in Lenoir ; County for five years; principal j of Griggs High School in Curri ; tuck County a year; principal | of Union Grove High School in I Iredell County two years and I principal of Perquimans County [ I Elementary School at Winfall, j for four years. Mr. Snipes and his family will make their home in the prin cipal’s apartment in the Cho |wan High School teacherage. They are expected to arrive the first of the week. His wife will also teach English at Chowan High. Hugh L. Patterson Invited To Try For Executive Board Thirty first-year students in the University of Virginia School of Law at Charlottesville, Va., have been invited to try out for the editorial board of jthe “Virginia Law Review”. The “Law Review”, edited by I law students, is a legal journal i which publishes articles analyz ing trends and developments in law. The students are selected to try out on the basis of their rank in the law class at the end of their first year. During ■ the try-out period, which begins I Sept. 4 and continues for about j six weeks, each candidate writes detailed analyses of two recent I judicial opinions and prepares critiques of two analyses writ ten by other candidates. Among the students invited to try out for the “Law Review” is Hugh L. Patterson, son of Mrs. Lester A. Patterson ot Edenton. 24 JAILED IN JULY Jailer Bertram Byrum reports that 24 persons were placed in the Chowan County Jail during July. Confinements ranged from one to 20 days with the expense, including jail and turnkey fees amounting to $287.47. There will be no cost to any one enrolled in these courses. In some instances a weekly training allowance, subsistence allowances and transportation allowances can be paid to indi -1 viduals while receiving train jing. J This training is authorized j under the Manpower Develop | ment and Training Act, which j was passed to combat unemploy j ment and alleviate shortages in certain occupations. | William Hollar, local ESC pf ■ Continued on Pago 3, Section 1 N. J. George Named As Area Chairman' For Auto Dealers - - i Serves as Liaison Of ficer Between Deal ers and Automobile Associations i N. J. George, manager of George Chevrolet Co., Inc., Eden- ; ton, has been appointed area chairman of the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association I for Chowan County, according to 1 an announcement made by Troy ( Smith, president. He succeeds j C. E. Britton. George will act as liaison officer between new car and truck dealers in Cho wan County and NCADA and the National Automobile Dealers Association. It will be George’s responsi bility to keep his area informed of state and national affairs af fecting the automotive industry, and, in turn, to advise the state and national associations *of events on the local scene. He will also head a county-wide membership campaign for both organizations in the fall. Edenton Policemen Are Taking Course In Police Administration Edenton Policemen are now engaged in a nine month study of a correspondence course en titled “Municipal Police Admini stration”. Conducted by the In ternational City Managers Asso ciation, it is accredited by the University of Chicago. A certifi cate will be awarded to each officer who has’ attended at least three-fourths of the sessions and passes the final examination. Howard Robbins, new city en gineer, will act as group dis cussion leader. Officer W. F. Camp Meeting At Happy Home Will Begin August 15 Mrs. H. J. Marley and Son Doyle of Mayo-| dan Will Be Speak*! ers For Meetings The Happy Home Pentecostal Holiness Church of Tyner an-, nounces its annual Camp Meet ing from August 15 through August 25. The Camp Ground |is located 17 miles north of Edenton, just off Route 32. 1 | The speakers for this year's jCamp Meeting are Mrs. H. J. | Marley and son, Doyle, of Mayo [dan, North Carolina. Mrs. Mar- I ley is a graduate of Holmes Theological Seminary, Greenville, South Carolina and Doyle is now a student there. Services will be held daily as I follows: 10 A. M-, prayer and praise service; 11 o’clock, morn ing worship; 3 o’clock, afternoon worship; 7 o'clock Lifeliners’ service, and 7:45 o’clock, evening worship. Three meals a day will be ser ved in the cafeteria, country 'style, in addition to snacks af ter the night service. Each night there will be special singing from different churches in the surrounding areas. The public is cordially invit ed to come and have a wonder ful time enjoying the blessings of the Lord. Home Ec Teachers Attend Conference Mrs. Loraine Rogerson, home economics teacher of Chowan High School, and Mrs. Edna Reaves, home economics teacher of John A. Holmes High School, attended the annual Vocational Home Economcis Conference at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro from July 29 to August 2. The theme for the week was “Developing Concepts in Teach ing Borne Economics.” This was Continued on Page 4. Section 1 $3.00 Per Year In North Carolina Warehouse Space Is Given For Parking Facilities By County Commissioners Dallas Stallings, Jr. Will De Ordained Sunday, August 11 \ll Neighboring Or-1 dained Ministers and Deacons Are Invited To Participate | The ordination of Dallas Thurston Stallings, Jr., into the gospel ministry is to take place! in the Edenton Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon, August 11, at 4 o’clock. This is his home church and he has been very active in its program ever since, joining at an early age. There-, fore the Edenton church is proud l to authorize and carry out this Continued on Pais 3—SecK ~n I Miller has been elected the class reporter. The class will meet once a week for three hours. Each student is required to read one. chapter per week in his text book. Officers taking part in this training program are Sgt. H. P. Lupton, Sgt. W. S. Cle ments and Patrolmen W. F. Mill er, J. D. Parrish, C. H. Wil jliams and M. W. Griffin. In ad dition to Mr. Robbins it is ex | pected to have an outstanding 1 speaker for each subject cov ! ered. Tolley Finalist In Tennis Matches Junior Championship Round to Be Played Saturday J Second seeded Jerry Tolley ■advanced into the finals in 1 Edenton’s tennis tournament ■ with victories over Webb Grif fin and David Holton. How ver, Paul Stanton, summer rec reation director, says the upper bracket finals slot is still wide open with Herb Adams to play the Bill Bootwright and Doug Sexton match for the honor of ) meeting Tolley in the finals. Number one seeded Rusty Bootwright advanced into the junior finals with comparative ease. He will meet number two seeded David Holton for the junior championship Saturday of this week. Doubles action is just getting under way and no results have been reported as yet. ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton Rotarians will hold their weekly meeting this I (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o'clock ‘at the Parish House. The pro gram will be in charge of May nard Perry. President Hiram J. Mayo urges a 100 percent at i tendance. J. Garence Leary, Jr. Promoted By Smith - Douglass Company J. Clarence Leary. Jr., a na-1 tive of Edenton, has been nam ed sales training director for the ■ Smith-Douglass Company at Norfolk. Leary joined Smith- Douglass in 1960 and was in the company’s sales department be fore devoting full time to sales training. Prior to his promotion, he was in charge of sales train ing for the company’s eastern fertilizer division. In his new position, Leary will supervise sales training , activities for the entire company, wherever Smith- Douglass operates. Sales train ing is pot.of the seer Smith- fight cancer WITH A CHECKUP AND CHECK Only Requirement Is I That Building Can Be Torn Down With -1 out Expense j Chowan County Commission lers at their meeting Monday 'tentatively agreed to tear down the warehouse back of Hotel Joseph Hewes in order to pro vide more parking space. . The agreement followed a re | quest by Alton Elmore on be half of the Merchants Commit tee of the Edenton Chamber of | Commerce. Mr. Elmore was ac companied by James Robinson, executive vice president of the Chamber of Commerce. I Mr. Elmore pointed out that the Town of Edenton is plan ning to hardsurface the area ad joining the Belk-Tyler store, Edenton Furniture Company and P&Q Super Market but that this area will not take care of the parking problem. He expressed the opinion that if the ware house area is devoted to parking, facilities will be almost doubled. IHe informed the commissioner^ that the merchants on both sides of Broad Street are very anxi ous to provide adequate facilities in the heart of the business dis trict. He also stated that (Edenton is one of the few, if not the only town with the op portunity to provide parking so near the business section, i The Commissioners were heartily in accord with provid ing the extra parking space pro viding there will be no expense in demolition of the building. ;They are hopeful that some- Ibody will agree to tear down the J building for the materials whi'-h can be salvaged. Chairman W. E. Bond was, therefore, authoriz ed to enter into an agreement jto have the building torn down, jso that anybody who may be j interested should contact Mr. j Bond as soon as possible. Negro Boy Victim Os Auto Accident Ernest Gilliam. 3-year-old col ored boy, died in Chowan Hos pital at 9:40 o’clock Monday ! night as the result of an auto mobile accident. The boy was struck when he ran intc the path of an automo j bile driven by Miss Irene Eliza ibeth Spencer, daughter of Mr iand Mrs. Worth Spencer. The 'accident occurred near the cor ner of North Oakum and East | Albemarle Streets and was ruled 'unavoidable. The boy darted .fiom behind two parked cars land though Miss Spencer ap plied brakes, the boys was so close it was impossible to pre jvent the accident. The boy received a concussion jand crushed breast and remained unconscious until he died. [civic calendar! V S ; | Edenton merchants will stage a Mid-Summer Dollar Day Sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 8. 9 and 10. An ordination service will be held in the Edenton Baptist ! Rent'd, on Page 2—Section 1 II Douglass marketing division or ganized August 1 under newly (appointed marketing director J. R. Stiffler. Leary attended schools in Edenton and is a graduate of the University of North Caro lina with a degree in economics. He served two years in the Coast dated, and is a lieutenant tn the Coast Guard Reserve. Prior to joining’ Smith-Douglass, he was a sales rejfcMtabriive for 11 years for X^afsfejßrothers Wjjjjaj!
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