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Volume XXX.—Number 327
U. S. Public Health Service
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Approves $35,750 For
Nursing Home In Edenton
Project Calls For Con
verting Nurses Resi
dence Into a 15-Bed
Nursing Home
Lin a telephone conversation |
uesday afternoon, Congress
man Herbert Bonner notified
iThe Herald that the U. S. Public
health Service had approved a
iprant in the amount of $35,750
*k> provide a nursing home at I
Chowan Hospital. j
(Mr. Bonner stated that plans ■
fflll for new additions and al- 1
titrations to convert the existing i
nurses’ home near the hospital j
jatjo a 15-bed nursing home. ;
The cost of the project is es- .1
tijnated to be $65,000, of which ,
the federal govemmen will pay
$36,750 and the remainder to be ,
raised from state and local |
futds. ,
the project has been under j
consideration for some time and i,
architects have already been ,
working on the contemplated ,
change.
The nursing home, when com
pleted, will be operated in con- ■
nection with the hospital. ,
286 Apply For Cost
Sharing Payments
According to information from
the local ASCS office, as of this
day the county committee has '
received 286 requests for federal
cost-sharing from farmers plan
ning fall conservation practices
such as winter cover crops, pas
tures, open ditch drainage, farm
ponds and tile drainage.
The County Committee will
meet in a few dgj» for the pur
pose of making approvals off
these requests. This number of!
requests was filed during the
initial sign-up period.
The Edenton ASCS office will
continue to accept requests and
if any farmer has not made his
request he should do so immedi
ately. The committee would like
to see 100 percent of farmers
participating in the Agricultural
Conservation Program (ACP)
this year.
The net number qf farms par
ticipating in ACP at least once
in 1960, 1961 or 1982 in Chowan
County is 547. This represents
67 percent of the farms partici
pating.
20 Years Ago
As Found In l.a FDaa Os
| Tho Chowan Hwald
* A program providing 60 war
housing accommodations for in
coming workers in essential war
industries In Edenton was ap
proved by the National Housing
Agency.
Following an announcement
that Chowan and Perquimans
Counties were added so the Elis
abeth City Defense Rental area,
all landlords were requited to
register.
A detachment of Women's Re
serves of the U. S. Marine Corps
arrived at the local U. S. Ma
rine Corps Air Station, where
they underwent a period of
training.
Warrants were served upon
seven bps drivers charged with
receiving, possessing end selling
C gasoline coupons.
In a surprise blackout. Civilian
Defense officials repotted that,
it was practically 160 percent
effective. I
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John Holmes High School Band
Begins Magazine Sale August 19
'
Band Director Stewart toi|p«|
tifti ifn will bt in effoct I
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Registration For
First Time Pupils
Children Must Regis
ter on Thursday,
August 22
Ernest A. Swain, principal of
the Edenton Elementary School,
announces that all children who
will enter school for the first
time in September, 1963, may
register in the principal’s office
in the Edenton Elementary
School on Thursday, August 22,
between the hours of 9 to 12
A. M„ and 2 to 4 P. M.
It will be necessary for par
ents to bring at time of registra
tion the child’s birth certificate
and a certificate showing that
the child has had three polio
shots and has been immunized
against diphtheria, tetanus,
whooping cough, and smallpox.
“Please remember,’’ says Mr.
Swain, “that it will be impossi
ble to assign your child to a
classroom without this informa
tion.”
First Aid Classes
Begin August 21
Eight Classes Sched
uled In Basement
Os Post Ofice
Members of the Young Men
grid Women's Chib and Murray
|D, Ashley, Civil Defense direc-
I tor, will begin teaching a class
in “First Aid” Wednesday night,
August 21, in the office of
Fletcher Lassiter, Negro farm
agent, in the basement of the
Post Office building. The class
is open to all and will begin
each night at 8 o’clock. Those
interested in taking, the course
are asked to call the Extension
office, 482-3328. Members of
the YMW Club completed a
medical self-help course under
Mr. Ashley in 1962.
The following classes will be
taught in the scheduled eight
weeks course:
August 21—Beginners test and
discussion with the class.
August 28—Radioactive fallout
and shelter; hygiene, sanitation
and vermin control.
September 4—Water and food;
shock.
September 11 —Bleeding and
bandaging; artificial respiration.
September 18—Fractures and
splinting; transportation of the
injured.
September 25—Burns; nursing
care of the sick and injured.
October 2—lnfant and child
care; emergency childbirth.
October 9 —Final test.
Jimmy Rogerson On
Dean’s List At UNC
The Dean’s List for the spring
semester at the University of
North Carolina has been an
nounced by Dean J. Carlyle Sit
terson, dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences.
Students on the Dean’s List
were taking a minimum of 15
semester hours of work and re
' ceived grades of “B” or higher
|on all work taken during the
spring semester.
I Among those on the Dean’s
List was Jimmy Arlyn Rogerson
of Edenton who is majoring in
political science.
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t gram of supporting the band and,
{at the same time has Drovided
the citizens of Bdenton the op
| poruiriny oi puncnasing m y
Dibits realized Iron) this
I campaign will be applied to-
Edenton, Chowa mty, North Carolina, Thursday, August 15, 1963.
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MODERN ART?—& away, this picture is more modern than any modern artist’s concep
_ tion to date. It is the type of photograph which led scientists to the discovery of a new,
elementary particle of matter, the omega meson. The omega meson, which plays an
important role in the structure of protons and neutrons —the basic building blocks of tho
atom—was discovered at the University of California in Berkeley.
Total Os 160,310 Books
Distributed In Pettigrew
Library During Fiscal Year
Report Shows an In-il
crease of 3,995 Books j 1
Over Previous Year;,
New Director Sept. 9
According to Mrs. J. Robert
Campbell, chairman board of di
rectors of the Pettigrew Region
al Library, a total of 160,310','
books were circulated by the |
library during the fiscal year
ending June 30. The regional
library is comprised of Chowan,
Tyrrell and Washington coun
ties. Members of the Chowan
County board are Tom Shepard,
Mrs. George Mack and Mrs. i
David Warren. I
This was an increase over the *
previous year of 3,995 books. 1
At the- end of the year there i
were 50,539 volumes in the reg- ’
ion. There were 2,756 books *
added during the year. A total I
of 66,523 were loaned to adults
and 93,787 to juveniles. !
The region has a population I
of 29,737. Pettigrew Region in- I
eludes the headquarters library, :
which is the Washington County 1
Library located in Plymouth, ’
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li- 1
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FCIC To Pay
P or Crop Loss
The Federal Crop Insurance (
Corporation expects to pay one
and three-quarters million dol
lars in 4,681 claims this year to ,
make up the difference between
the cash value of crops sold and
production costs. This predic
tion was arrived at by FCIC ,
supervisors who have inspected
the crops over the entire State
and came to these conclusions
today.
Most of the claims to be paid
will be to tobacco policyholders
in the drought stricken counties
near the North Carolina-Virginia ,
line. There, 3,335 claims will ;
be paid in the amount of one
and a quarter million dollars on ]
all-risk FCIC insurance for labor i
and other expenses that insured j
crops will fail to bring on the
markets. Rainfall in the parch
ed areas in the immediate fu- ,
ture would reduce insurance in- |
demnities, but much of the to- j
bacco has matured to the point w
that moisture can give only
partial relief.
Claims paid throughout North
Carolina will come from prem
iums received from insured
farmers.
P T A Kindergarten
Registration Aug. 22
Mrs. John J. Ross, PTA kin
dergarten teacher, announces
that registration for children to
enroll in this year’s class will
be held Thursday morning, Au
gust 22. The registration Will
be held in the office of Ernest'
A. Swain, principal of the
Edenton Elementary School,
from, 9 to 12 o’clock.
"If health records have not
been checked through the Cho
[ wan County Health Depart
j ment,” Mrs. Ross, "please I
Dallas Stallings
ToPreach Sunday
AtßaptistChurch
Will Fill Pulpit Two
Services In Absence
Os the Pastor, Rev.
R. N. Carroll
The Rev. Dallas Stallings has
accepted the invitation of the
pulpit committee to preach at
the Baptist Church Sunday, Au
gust 18, at the 11 o’clock morn
ing worship hour _and. at .the
7:30 o’clock evening worship
hour in the absence of the pas
tor, who is on vacation.
This young minister has just
been ordained, on August 11, by
the Edenton Baptist Church,
his home church, and it is quite
an appropriate coincidence that
he is to fill the pulpit just one
week later. To further prepare
himself for the ministry, he
leaves in just a few days for
the Southeastern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary in Wake Forest
where his studies lead to the
Bachelor of Divinity Degree.
This will be his second year of
study at the seminary.
The public is cordially invit
ed to join the congregation in
worship during these and other
services of the church and the
church nursery is prepared to
take care of children (ages cra
dle through five years) of those
who attend the Sunday School
and the church worship services.
Red Men Cook-out
Friday Night At
Sandy Point Beach
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv
ed Order of Red Men, will hold
a cook-out Friday night, August
16, at 6:30 o’clock at Sandy
Point Beach. All Red Men,
their wives and Pocahontas
members and their husbands are
invitee! to attend.
The committee in charge of
the outing is composed of Bill
Harris, Louis Craddock, Robert
Brooks and Leroy Henninger.
D. F. Walker High School One
Os 45 Schools Chosen To Teach
New State Experimental Course
D. F. Walker High School Will
participate in an experimental
educational program by offer
ing a course in “Introduction to
Vocational Education,” it was
announced this week from the
Edenton city schools office. Su
perintendent Hiram J. Mayo and
others have been working on
this matter for the last few
weeks and it has not been con
firmed by the State Board of
Education that the D. F. Walker
High School was chosen from
138 applications submined to the
State Board as one of 45 schools
to conduct this experimental
program, ‘lntroduction to Voca
tional Education,” during the
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Fans Needed At
Edenton School
Rev. George Holmes
Authorized to Di
rect Drive
School will soon be in session
again. So will the hot weather
which seems to punctuate the
■month of September. Each
year pupils and teachers have
some very humid days at the
beginning and at the end of the
school year. Teaching and
j learning efficiency drop tre
jmendously at such times.
| A conversation between Hiram
■J. Mayo, superintendent of the
i Edenton schools, and the ‘Rev.
’ George Holmes, rector of St.
I Paul’s Episcopal Church, pro
■ duced these facts:
1. Twelve additional 20-inch
fans are needed for the Edenton
| Elementary School.
2. No funds are available for (
such fans.
3. Permission was granted by
the superintendent to the above
.SamgjLddergyman to secure the
needed fans.
4. The above-named clergyman
' can secure such fans at cost.
5. Finally, he solicits contri
butions while there is time.
Mr. Holmes has produced
funds for four. Who can supply
the remainder?
Teen-Dem Club
Sets Meeting Time
The Lloyd E. Griffin Teen-
Dem Club of Chowan County
met Thursday night, August 1, at
tfie Advance Community Build
ing. At this meeting the mem
-1 bers decided to hold regular
meetings on the second Monday
night of each month. Plans
were made also to attend the,
District I rally held in Washing
ton, N. C., last Saturday. Those
attending from the Chowan
Club were Douglas Twiddy, Pat
s Byrum, Mary Thorud, Johnny
i Winborne, and Jean Goodwin,
j Guest speaker at the rally was
Congressman Herbert C. Bon-
I ner.
The Edenton club was assign
ed the project of organizing two
Teen-Dem Clubs in Pasquotank
and Perquimans Counties.
After a vigorous, and fun-filled
day, the delegates returned to
Edenton Saturday night.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet Mon
day night, August 19, at 7
o’clock at the Edenton Restau
rant. Dr. A. F. Downum, presi
dent, urges a 100 percent at
, tendance.
will use an individual approach
and 20 will use a team approach.
The difference in these two ap
proaches is that in the individual
approach the course will be
taught as a single unit by a vo
cational teacher, whereas in the
team approach the same course
will be taught by a vocational
teacher but- will be correlated
closely with the math, science
and English departments. The
individual approach will be used
in the D. F. Walker High School
and,the course will be offered as
an elective for the ninth grade
students.
In order to meet the require
ments for this program, p. F.
Walker has recommended Har-
Volunteers Needed
To Help Work With
Edenton Girl Scouts
Local Group Will Be
Under Virginia Tri-
County Girl Scout
Council
The Edenton Girl Scout pro
gram, sponsored by the Edenton
Woman’s Club, will come under
the Virginia Tri-County Girl
Scout Council this fall.
The nationwide program
change will also go into effect.
Under the new program girls in
the second and third grades will
be Brownie Girl Scouts, third
through sixth grades will be
Junior Girl Scouts and seventh
through ninth grades will be
Cadette Girl Scouts. The local
program is expected to begin the
second week of September.
Adults are needed to work
with the Girl Scout Troops and
anyone interested is asked to
contact Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr.,
chairman.
Applications Being Accepted
For Free Training In Edenton
Applications for training
courses in auto-truck mechanics
and stenography are still being
accepted at the local Employ
ment Security Commission of
fice.
To be eligible for training, an
individual must be unemployed,
underemployed, or a member
of a farm family with less than
$1,200 annual net family income.
It must also be determined that
an individual cannot reasonably
be expected to get appropriate
full-time employment without
such training, and there is rea
sonable expectation of employ
ment in 'the occupation for
which the individual is to be
trained.
Rotary Cook-out j
Planned Aug. 21
Edenton Rotarians will hold a |
cook-out Wednesday, August 21
at Sandy Point Beach. The sup
per will be served at 6:30 o’clock
but Blair Gibson, chairman of
the committee in charge of the
event, says a program of recre
ation has been arranged prior to
serving the supper.
Rotary Annes and families of
Rotarians are especially urged to
attend the cook-out which has
been planned in order to enjoy
a season of fellowship and recre
ation.
This cook-out will take the!
place of the weekly Rotary Club|
meeting, so that no meeting will
be held Thursday, August 22.
Farm Bureau Is
Planning Drive
Board of directors of the Cho- j
wan County Farm Bureau met
Tuesday night at the Advance i
Community Building at 8 o’clock.
The purpose of this meeting was
to make plans for the 1963 mem
bership drive. The mailing
membership has already been I
started with notices being mail-*
ed from the tri-county office in
Hertford.
Woodrow Lowe, president of
the Chowan County unit, urges
all of the businesses being so
licited to again join this import
ant organization. Mr. Lowe al
so points out that any business
joining in the name of a per
son will be entitled to all the
benefits of the Farm Bureau.
Members Os Band
Asked To Meet
Monday Morning
Stewart Patton, new band di-'
rector of the John A. Holmes (
High School, requests all mem
bers of the band to meet Mon
day morning, August 19, at 9:30
o’clock in the high school band
room.
Purposes of the meeting are
twofold: To begin band prac
tice prior to the opening of
school and to receive materials
for the magazine campaign.
After this first meeting the
band will rehearse in the after
noons so as not to conflict with
jobs which students might have.
$3-00 Per Year In North Carolina
New Industry Scheduled
To Locate In Edenton;
Name Presently Withheld
Ballard’s Bridge
Revival Sept 1-8
Pastor, the Rev. Geo.
H. Cooke, Will Do
Preaching
A series of revival services
have been planned at Ballard's
Bridge Baptist Church at Tyner
from September 1 through Bth.
Services will be held each night
at 8 o’clock.
The services will be conduct
ed by the pastor, the Rev.
George H. Cooke. Music will be
under the direction of Mrs. Betty
Cole White.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Many individuals enrolled in
these training programs will be
eligible for allowances. The
maximum period for which al
lowance may be paid is one
year. To qualify for a regular
training allowance, an individ
aul must he unemployed; have
at least three years experience
in gainful employment, and be
the head of a family or house
hold. This training allowance
at the present time is $24.00
per week.
Transportation and subsistance
allowances can also be paid in
some cases. To be eligible for
these allowances an individual’s
regular place of residence must
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Bridge - "Funnel
Is On Sehedule
Progress to affect completion
of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-
Tunnel by mid-March, 1964, is
right on schedule, according to
word received by President
George A. Byrum of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce.
“As a probable first-day stop
over point for tourists from New
York metropolitan area who will
be utilizing the new shortcut
South,” Byrum said, “the Eden
ton Chamber of Commerce is of
course keenly interested in the
Chesapeake span and its poten
tial for adding thousands of
travelers each year along U. S
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Town Council To Be
In Session Tonight
Edenton’s Town Council will
hold its monthly meeting to
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in
the Municipal Building. The
meeting was postponed from
Tuesday night of this week due
to Mayor John Mitchener being
out of town.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rqtarians will hold
1 their weekly meeting this (Thurs
day) afternoon at 1 o’clock in
the Parish House. The program
will be in charge of Larkin
Riggs and all Rotarians are urg
ed to be present.
Dr. Isa Grant Os Raleigh New
Director Os Health Department
According to reports, the Dis
trict Health Department will
have a new health director by
October 1. The district has been
without a health director since
the resignation of Dr. J. A.
Johnson several months ago.
The District Health Department
includes Chowan, Perquimans,
Pasquotank and Camden coun
ties.
The new director will be Dr.
Isa Grant, who tendered her res
ignation as health director of the
Wake County Board of Health. :
Her resignation followed a dis
agreement with the Wake Coun- <
ty Commissioners relative to '
what she termed thwarting im
portant efforts in order for her
to fulfill her obligations and to
tun her department as she
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FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Will Be Located Ad
jacent to Seabrook
Plant; Starting Em
ployment 175
George Alma Byrum, president
of the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce, stated Tuesday that
a new industry has been obtain
ed for Edenton, but for certain
reasons company officials re
quest that their name not be
disclosed at the present time.
Mr. Byrum did, however, re
lease the information that it is
a New England firm related to
the textile industry. He said
beginning employment will be
approximately 175, of which 30 %
will be men and 70% women.
A short training period on
machinery used will be held
upon employment, with training
classes to be held in the old
public works building at the for
mer Marine Corps Air Station.
Mr. Byrum further stated that
the firm has purchased 25 acres
of land for location of the new
plant. This land is on the north
side of U. S. 17 adjacent to the
Seabrook Blanching Corporation.
Presently a topographic survey is
being made for the company en
gineers who request this infor
mation before plans for the
building are made.
President Byrum is high in his
praise of the Industrial Develop
ment Committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce, headed by
Bruce Jones, for the success they
have had in securing this new
industry.
Football Candidates
Will Report Today
Jerry McGee, coach of Eden
ton's Aces has issued a call for
all football candidates to report
at the school gymnasium this
(Thursday) morning at 8 o’clock.
All prospective football play
ers underwent a medical exami
nation Tuesday night at the
Chowan Medical Center at 8:15
o’clock, and all appeared in
splendid shape and eager to don
their football uniforms to try
out for positions on the squad.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. M.. will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. T. B.
Williford, master of the lodge,
invites all Masons to attend.
(civic calendar)
Children entering Edenton Ele
mentary School for the first
time this year are required to
be registered in the office of
Principal Ernest A. Swain
Thursday, August 22, between
the hours of 9 and 12 A. M..
and 2 to 4 P. M.
Edenton Rotarians will hold a
cook-out for their wives and
families at Sandy Point Beach
Wednesday night, August 21, at
6:30 o'clock.
Registration for kindergarten
children will be held at the
Edenton Elementary School on
Thursday, August 22. from 3 to
12 A. M.
Dallas Stallings, newly ordain
ed minister, will preach at both
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thought it should be run.
The Wake County Commis
sioners did not approve the
Health Department's budget and,
according to Dr. Grant, she was
not given an opportunity to dis
cuss the proposed appropriations
and problems of the department.
Dr. Grant is now spending a
vacation in Colorado and says
she will not be able to assume
her new duties before October 1.
Her resignation was submitted
to the Wake County Commis
sioners on July 24, but it was
not accepted until Monday of
this week. The resignation was
discussed at length hjgkTiinally
was unanimously accepted The
board also unanimously passed
a motion to draft a resolution of
commendation for Dr. Grant's