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Another Important Step
Taken Toward Realization
New Municipal Building
Councilmen Now Con
sidering Appointing
W. B. Gardner Town
Administrator
Another step toward the reali
zation of a new Municipal
Building was realized Thursday I
night at a meeting fit Town
Council. The Councilmen heard
a report from Councilman
George Byrum and again glanced
over the architect’s drawings of
the proposed building.
Town Clerk W. B- Gardner
was subsequently authorized to
instruct the architect, Raymond
Fuson of New Bern to proceed
with plans and specifications to
be submitted to members of
Town Council and the Board of
Public Works for final inspection
and then proceed with advertis
ing for bids for the project. The
Councilmen on Thursday night
again scanned over the initial
drawings of the proposed build
ing as prepared by Mr. Fuson,
and were apparently very well
satisfied with the plans. Test
drillings have been made at the
site of the new building at the
comer of Broad and Water
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Mt Sinai Revival
Aug. 26 - Sept 1
Rev. Terry Jones Will
Be Evangelist For
Meetings
Annual revival services will
at Mt. Slhai Baptist
Chdrch near Winfall Monday
night, August 28 and run
i through. Sunday night, Septem
i|fer 1. -The Rev. Terry Jones of
l|Slenton, who is pastor of the
i Church, will be tfce speaker for
idle week.
Several visiting choirs from
surrounding churches are being
invited to sing. The public is
•cordially invited to attend all of
these services which will begin
8 o’clock each night.
Four Chowan 4-H
Winners Honored
Four Chowan County 4-H’ers
selected county winners in their
various fields have received rec
ognition, trips.
Bobby Francis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Francis, and Ann
Castelloe, daughter of Mr. add
M*s. Fred Castelloe, were se
lected as county winners in the
eltetric project. They were
awarded a trip to Electric Con
gress held August 10-12 at the
Queen Charlotte Hotel in Char
lotte.
The Congress, sponsored by
VEPCO, Carolina Power & Light
Ca, Nantahala Power Co., and
Dujre Power Co., is designed to
gir* recognition, inspiration, and
information to the 4-H delegates.
Johnny Winborne, son of Mr.
anst Mrs. W. H. Winborne of
.Cross Roads, received a trip to
Wildlife Camp held at Roanoke
Island 4-H Camp at Manteo as
county winner in the wildlife
project.
E. Ward, Jr., from the
Gliden community was awarded
a trip to Forestry Camp held at
Milstone 4-H Camp near Ellerbe.
James was a blue ribbon winner
in forestry.
' Years Ago
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Thomas J. Markham of Elisa
beth City, area rent director, wee
speaker at a Lions Club meeting
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With revival services scheduled
to be held at the First Chris
tion Church August 26 to Sep
tember 1, the guest evangelist
will be the Rev. Richard Gard
ner of Roper.
Prospects Appear Bright For
Strong Aces’ Football Machine
By BILL GOODWIN, JR.
It’s August and the Edenton
Aces are at it again.
Jerry McGee, beginning his
second year as head football
coach at John A. Holmes High
School, has had prospectives
i practicing for a week, and the
' future is bright.
“We’ve got almost everybody
back and we’re a bigger team
physically,” McGee said Tues-;
day. “I don’t want to make any:
predictions, but I think we’ll cer
tainly be improved over last
year.”
Reasons for this optimism are
19 lettermen returning from the .
1962 squad, plus a swift sopho- <
more transfer “who should help 1
us a lot”;
New Pocahontas
Officers Installed
Mrs. Vivian Baker Is
New Pocahontas of
Local Council
Officers were installed Mon
day night for Chowanoke Chap
ter No. 54, Degree of Pochontas.
The installation ceremony was
in charge of Mrs. Elsie Lee.
Officers installed were as fol
lows: Prophetess, Mrs. Beulah
Bellenger; Pocahontas, Mrs. Viv
ian Baker; Wenona, Mrs. Irma
Allsbrook; chief of records, Mrs.
Beatrice Harrell; collector of
wampum, Mrs. Myrtle Hollowell;
keeper of wampum, Mrs. Ella
Gray Potts and Powhatan, J.
Edwin Bufflap.
Rusty Bootwright
Tennis Champion
Little Rusty Bootwright de
feated David Holton 6-2, 6-1 for
the Junior Tennis Championship
which was held last week. First
seeded Bootwright disposed of
Holton with surprising ease.
David gained some measure
of revenge .when he teamed
with Buddy White to beat Rusty
and Dalmond Byrum for the
doubles championship 6-1 and
6-2.
More Applications Needed For
Training Courses In Edentoni
According to William. A. Hol
lar, manager of the Edenton
Employment Security Commis
sion office, more applications are
needed for training courses to be
offered in auto-truck mechanics
and stenography in Edenton.
The Manpower Development
and Training Act of 1962, under
which these courses have been
authorized, was designed to
train individuals for occupations
in which a shortage of workers
exists. Many openings all over
the state are going unfilled due
Courato being Q offered in °Eden-
riton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 22, 1963.
Dr.Cugt p wens
Will Spill Jiiday
At Baptist Church
Will Fill Pulpit Both
Morning and Night
In Absence of R. N.
Carroll, Pastor
Dr. Eugene Owens, professor
of preaching at the Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary in
Wake Forest, N. C., comes to the
prlpit of the Baptist Church on
Sunday, August 25, to preach at
the 11 o’clock morning service
and at the 7:30 o’clock evening
worship service. The pastor, the
Rev. R. N. Carroll, is on vaca
tion.
In coming to the Edenton pul
pit Dr. Owens more or less re
turns to his boyhood locale, hav
ing been reared in Columbia,
N. C. Like other members of
the seminary faculty, he possess
es a strong Baptist background
and is not only instrumental in
preparing young ministers to
preach the gospel but is quite
active in expounding the truth
from Southern Baptist pulpits.
In this connection the seminary
Cont'd. on Page 2—Section 1
Missing regulars from last
season are All-Conference cen
ter Hurley Mitchell, halfback
Wayne Ashley, quarterback Dick
ie Cobb and tackle Jack Ashley
—but there are lettermen ready
to take over each position.
Returning regulars are ends
Douglas Twiddy and Tom Phil
lips, tackle Joe Harrell, guards
Charlie Overton and Perry By
i rum, halfback Harry Spruill and
[fullback Douglas Sexton.
Other lettermen are ends Phil
Harrell and Roy Forehand; tac
kles Clyde Adams, Walter srtiall
and Billy Cozart; guard Pee Wee
Ambrose; center Waverly Bond;
quarterback David Holton; half
backs Billy Twiddy, Hiram Mayo
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Revival Scheduled
AtChristian Church
i Rev. Richard Gardner
Os Roper Will Be
Guest Evangelist
According to the Rev. E. C-
Alexander, pastor of the First
Christian Church, revival ser
; vices will begin. in his church
Monday night, August 26. The
services will continue each night
at 7:30 o’clock through Sunday
night, September 1.
The Rev. Richard Gardner of
Roper will be the guest evan
gelist.
There will be special music in
singing during these services and
everyone is cordially invited to
attend any or all of the services.
Great Pocahontas
In Edenton Tonight
Chowanoke Council No. 54,
, Degree of Pocahontas, will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
! At this meeting the Great Po
cahontas of North Carolina, Mrs.
i Goldie Learned of Shiloh, will
[ be a guest of tne local council
• and will make an address.
■ Mrs. Vivian Baker, new Poca
l hontas, urges every member to
be present.
The course in auto-truck me
chanics is scheduled for 42
weeks’ duration with a total of'
30 hours of instruction per
week.
The course in stenography is
scheduled for 38 weeks’ duration
with a total of 30 hours instruc
tion per week.
In order that classes can be
started in September as schedul-
Hollar urges anyone in
terested in enrolling in these
classes to make application as
soqa as possible by contacting
the-Employment Security Com-
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OIJD AND NEW—Marked contrast between the old and
new is seen in Basle-Mulhouse, on the Swiss-French fron
tier. The 35-year-old car of the type Austin 7 arrived from
• England via cargo plane for the Swiss Traffic Museum.
Wildlife Resources Commission
Advertises For Bids To Enlarge
Chowan Fishing Access Area
The North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission is adver
tising for sealed proposals for
completion of the fishing access
area at the Chowan County side
of Chowan River. The bids will
be received up to 2 o’clock
Thursday, August 29, in the of
fice of C- Floyd Williamson, Mo
tor Vehicles Building, room 415,
Raleigh, N. C.
The project will consist of con
struction of approximately 1.8
acres of parking area by about
12,000 cubic yards of trucked
Health Department
In New Quarters
Now Located on First
Floor of Hotel
Building
Chowan County’s Health De
partment is now located in new
and more adequate quarters. On
Monday of this week the depart
ment moved from the second
floor of the Peoples Bank &
Trust Company Building to the
Hotel Joseph Hewes Building.
The new quarters are on the
first floor of the hotel building
in the area formerly used as the
hotel dining room and .more re
cently used as the Chowan
County Tax Office. The new lo
cation will provide more room
for the Health Department and
will be a greatly improved sit- j
uation in that the many people
using the services will not be
obliged to climb a set of stairs.
4-H Picnic Is Held
At Cross Roads
A large number of 4-H’ers,
parents, and friends met at Hol
ley’s Wharf on Tuesday after
noon, August 13, at 4 o’clock for
the annual Cross Roads 4-H pic
nic.
Games and bathing were en
joyed until the threatening
clouds warned of the approach
ing storm. The group then leftj
for the Chowan Community
Building, where the picnic was
resumed and the festivities were
begun.
Numerous indoor games were
played and the older ones en
joyed the fellowship and friendly
atmosphere of the social hour.
The highlight of the affair was
the sumptuous picnic dinner
brought by members and their
families, which was spread out
on a long picnic table and en
joyed together. The Rev. George
A. Cooke, pastor of Ballard’s
Bridge Baptist Church, asked the
blessing and the meal was under
way. The bountiful, delicious
dinner attests to the interest and
support of the local 4-H program.
After the dinner, Wilma Leigh
Nixon, local 4-H district winner,
and honored guest at the State
Talent Parade, delighted the au
dience with her winning piano
number.
MEETING CALLED OFF
Edenton Rotary Club will not
meet today (Thursday). Hie
meeting has been called off due
to the annual cook-out held Wed-
borrow material, building a 13-
inch by 16-foot by 500.5 foot
wooden sea wall and clearing
and grubbing an acre of land to
be used for a borrow pit.
Complete plans, specifications
and contract documents will be
open for inspection in Mr. Wil
liamson’s office in Raleigh by
those qualified and who will
make a bid, upon the deposit of
$lO in cash or certified check.
A performance bond will be
required for 100 per cent of the
contract price.
DebraWaff State
.Nlemory Winner
Two Local Girls Par
ticipate At Baptist
Assembly
On Tuesday, Juiy 30, Miss Su
san Hare and Miss Debra Waff
of Macedonia Baptist Church,
competed in a junior memory
work drill at the North Carolina
Baptist Assembly grounds at
Southport, N. C. These girls are
members of the Training Union
of Macedonia and have been
learning these verses from the
Bible each week all year.
On this date there were 64
junior boys and girls from all
parts of North Carolina taking
part in this drill and up to that
date over 600 had competed. It
> was stressed that each of them
1 had been winners in three drills
before coming to Southport, and
their participation there would
determine the state winners.
Each of them was advised to
apply these verses to their daily
lives and remember them al
ways.
Both girls were awarded a cer
tificate of participation and Miss
Debra Waff was declared a state
winner. Miss Waff is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Waff
of Route 3, Edenton, and Miss
Hare is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Hare of Route 3,
Edenton.
Father - Son Banquet
Observed By Ruritans
The Ryland Ruritans observed
Father and Son Night at their
meeting held on Monday night.
Each Ruritan introduced his son
or guest and a very interesting
and informative program was
presented. Cpl. Meiggs of the
State Highway Patrol, explained
the rules of safety and showed
slides on safety. The entire
group enjoyed the program.
Lester Copeland had as hi*
guests watermelon buyers from
Maine. They expressed pleasure
at attending a local meeting.
The Ruritans were invited to
attend church services, in a
group at Ballard’s Bridge Church
during revival September 5; at
8 o’clock.
About 60 attended tjie meet
ing and enjoyed a fried chicken
dinner.
JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the
Edenton Restaurant Jack Habit
president urges a 100 per cent
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U.S.Savingsßonds
Sales For Chowan
$11,965 During July
Chowan Now Credit
ed With 42.2 Per
Cent of Year’s Quota
Os $111,320
R. Graham White, Chowan
County volunteer chairman of
the U. S. Savings Bonds pro
gram, announced early this week
that bonds purchased by Chowan
County citizens during July
amounted to $11,965.
For the year bonds sold in the
county total $46,920, which rep
resents 42.2 per cent of this
year’s quota. The year’s quota
for Chowan County is $111,320.
U. S. Savings Bonds purchas
ed by North Carolinians through
the first seven months exceeded
30 million dollars. The exact
amount, $30,205,558, represents
nearly 60 per cent of the state’s
1963 sales quota of 50 million
600 thousand dollars and is 2.5
per cent greater than sales for
the comparable months last
year.
Highway Meeting Scheduled To
Be Held In Edenton August 27
Richard S. Holland of Norfolk, |
a Virginia highway commission
er, and . Gilliam Wood of Eden
ton, a North Carolina district
highway commissioner, have
been invited to meet with the
Albemarle Area Highway Com
mittee in Edenton Tuesday, Au
gust 27.
W. P. Jones, committee chair
man, said the meeting will “de
termine the committee’s present
Another Cancer
Clinic Sept. 6th
The Northeastern Cancer Clifi
ic will be held on Friday after
noon, September 6, with regis
tration beginning at 1 o’clock.
A chest X-ray will be given any
one wishing it along with the
examination of the five areas of
the body where cancer is most
easily found and cured.
There are no limitations as to
sex, race, physical or economic
status at the center. However,
women should be 35 or more;
men should be 40 or over unless
referred by a doctor, or unless
one of the “Seven Danger Sig
nals” or “symptoms” are present.
Only 30 people can be seen
at the Center each month due to
limited facilities, so it is sug
gested that anyone who wishes
to be assured of an appointment
should write the Cancer Center,
Health Department, Elizabeth
City, N. C., 27909 for a priority.
Examinees are asked to bring a
robe or housecoat with them.
Streets Being Torn
Up For Resurfacing
Edenton’s Street Department is
now in the process of tearing up
some streets jn preparation for
resurfacing the early part of
September. About 15 streets are
involved, so that any inconveni
ence is regretted and the patience
and cooperation of those affected
will he greatly appreciated.
A considerable amount of re
surfacing is contemplated and
after this work is completed the
streets will be far more satis
factory.
Over 1,000 Chicken Barbecue
Plates SoldToHelp Chowan Boy
Chowan County residents have
come to the aid of one of its
little three-year-old citizens, Lu
ther Bateman, Jr„ of Route I,
Tyner, who is suffering from an
incurable disease, cystic fibrosis.
Last Saturday afternoon and
evening, August 17 th, from 5
o’clock to 9:30 o’clock a benefit
barbecue chicken supper was
held at the Center Hill-Cross
Roads Fire Department. The
proceeds are still being tabulated
and donations from all over the
county are still being sent in for
this three-year-old child. Some
one thousand and fifty people
were fed delicti barbecued
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
2,500 Premium Lists
Distributed For Chowan
County Fair Sept. 16-21
Guest Evangelist
REV. JAMES O. MATTOX
Guest speaker at Bethel Bap
tist revival services Sunday, Au
gust 25 through Sunday, Sep
tember 1 will be the Rev. James
O. Mattox of Red Springs, N. C.
position relative to promoting”
area highways, and will discuss
preparations to serve “the ex
pected increase (in tourist traf
fic) with the opening of the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel."
Twenty-five area political and
Chamber of Commerce leaders
have been invited. The .meet
ing will begin at 1 P. M., with
a dutch luncheon at Chowan
Golf and Country Club.
Revival At Bethel
Begins August 25
Rev. James O. Mattox
Os Red Springs Will
Be Guest Speaker
The Rev. L. C- Chandler, pas
tor of Bethel Baptist Church,
announces that summer revival
services will begin at his church
Sunday, August 25 and will con
tinue through Sunday, Septem
ber 1.
Guest speaker for the services
will be the Rev. James O. Mat
tox, pastor of the First Baptist
Church at Red Springs, N. C.
Mr. Mattox was graduated
from Wake Forest College and
Southern Baptist Seminary of
Louisville, Ky. He has served
as moderator of Chowan Baptist
Association and has served on
various committees for the Bap
tist State Convention. He is at
present on the board of trustees
for the Home for the Aging. He
is a former pastor of Hertford
Baptist Church. The public is
cordially invited to attend the
services.
New Students Must
Register August 26
Cecil Fry, principal of John
A. Holmes High School, has an
nounced that any student who
has not previously registered in
either the senior or junior high
school will be required to reg
ister. This affects grades 7
through 12.
Registration must be done in
Mr. Fry’s office no later than
Monday, August 26, in order for
schedules to be set up and room
assignments made.
chicken.
The Chowan Ruritans, Center
Billl-Cross Roads firemen and
•nany people from the communi
ty and county joined together to
ielp make this benefit one of
the most successful events in a
long time.
A check will be presented to
Luther Bateman Monday night,
August 26, during the meeting
of the Chowan Ruritans.
Anyone wishing to make a do
nation, regardless of size, is
asked to contact Troy Toppin,
phone 482-9889, or any ot the
Ruritans or Center Hill-Cross
Road* firemen. .
FIGHT CANCER
WITH A CHECKUP
AND CHECK
Close to $2,000 Will Be
Available For Prize
Winning Exhibits at
This Year’s Event
Nearly 2,500 premium lists
have been distributed for the
Chowan County Fair to be held
the week of September 16-21, at
the American Legion Grounds on
the Windsor highway.
The fair, sponsored by the
Edward G. Bond Post No. 40 of
the American Legion, is con
ducted by the Chowan Fair As
sociation headed by William A.
Perry. Woodrow Slade is mana
ger for this year’s fair and F. £.
White is secretary-treasurer.
Close to $2,000 will be avail
able in premiums for exhibits.
Chowan County residents are
urged to prepare their entries
for the fair and take advantage
of the prize money. All entries
must meet the requirements as
stated in the premium list.
Exhibits must be in place by
9 o’clock Monday morning, Sep
tember 16, and judging will take
place Tuesday.
In addition to the exhibits, the
fair will offer various entertain
ment. The Gotto Amusements
from Camden, N. J., will be a
feature attraction of the midway.
Categories for exhibits will in
clude field crops, livestock, poul
try, horticultural exhibits, arts,
crafts, needlework, clothing, can
ning, flowers, cookies and cand
ies. There will be separate com
petition for 4-H Clubs, home
economics classes, FFA and jun
iors.
The grand champion trophy
will again be awarded by Gil
liam Wood to the best non-com
mercial booth exhibit.
Rinky Dinks And
Varsity Qub Tied
In Softball League
This Week Will De
cide League Cham
pions; Dickie Cobb
Leading Hitter
The final week of Edenton's
Softball League will be full and
crucial in deciding the champion
ship. As of last week the Rinky
Dinks and Varsity Club were in
a deadlock for the league’s lead,
each having won 10 games and
lost three. The Red Men are
in third place with a 7-7 record
and are followed by Harvey
Point, 4-9 and the Jaycees in the
cellar position with only two vic
tories against 11 defeats.
Standings
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Rinky Dinks 10 3
Varsity Club .10 3
Red Men 77
Harvey Point 4 9
Jaycees 2 11
The nine leading hitters in the
league are as follows:
AB H Avg.
D. Cobb 62 42 .677
T. Bass 45 27 .600
J. Tolley 47 27 .575
B. Winslow 34 19 .559
C. Forehand 59 32 .245
S. Morris 50 27 .540
J. Partin 45 23 .511
P. Dale .53 27 .509
L. Katkaveck 42 21 .500
Meeting Is Changed
For Commissioners
Chowan County Commission
ers will hold their September
meeting Thursday morning, Sep
tember 5, at 9 o’clock. The
meeting has been postponed
from Monday, September 2, due
to the observance of Labor Day.
f CIVIC CALENDAR
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Chowan County Fair will bo
hold Bio week of September
16-21.
Another cancer clink will bo
held at the Elisabeth City Health
Department Friday afternoon.
September I, at 1 o'clock.
Children entering Edenton Ele
mentary School for the tint
time this year are required to
bo registered in the office of
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