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CHOWAN COUNTY
Volume XXX.—Number 37.
Chowan County Fair ScheJi. jd To Be Held Week Os September 16th - 21st
Edenton Given Another
Grant Os $68,000 For
New Municipal Building
Half of $136,000 Esti
mated to Build New
■Municipal Building
And Fire Station
Officials of Edenton were
again agreeably surprised Friday
when they were informed by
Congressman Herbert Bonner’s
office that the Community Fa
cilities Administration had ap
proved a $68,000 grant to Eden
ton. The grant was approved
under the accelerated public
works program, which has al
ready given substantial assist
ance in the construction of a
sewage disposal system for
Edenton.
The $68,000 grant is half of an
estimated expenditure of $136,-
000 for the construction of a
new ' Municipal Building and
renovating the entire present
Municipal Building into a fire
station.
Final plans and specifications
for the improvements have been
prepared and are now ready to
be advertised for bids just ,as
soon as the government gives the
green light.
The new Municipal Building
will be erected on the site now
used by the- Police Department.
The present station wiU, of
course, be torn down to make
room for the new building. The
proposed new Municipal Build
ing will house the Police De
partment, a chamber for Town
Council meetings, office*. for
officials and wißi/kip*!. modem in
cv««ry rpspeet -NHfep-likely *that
the towtt will rent the Xttt^^BeOi 1
Os the ; Bed Mek buttling *n
Broad Street while the preseht
building is renovated and Until
the* hew structure is finished, \
Parent-Teachers
Meeting Sept 17
All Parents of School
Age Children Are
Urged to Attend
, The Edenton Parent-Teacher
Association will have its first
meeting of the new school year
on Tuesday, September 17, at
the John A. Holmes High School.
Scheduled to begin at 8 o’clock,
the meeting will feature a brief
business session followed by a
social hour.
Under the direction of Mrs.
Joe Thorud, Mrs. Richard Har
din and Mrs. Tom Byrum, mem
bers of the PTA Hospitality
Committee, the social hour will
give parents and teachers the
opportunity to renew acquaint
ances and to welcome newcomers
to the Edenton area. Refresh
ments will be served. All par
ents and teachers are extended
a cordial invitation to attend.
PTA meetings will again fall
on the third Tuesday of each
month with no meetings sched
uled for December and March.
Parents of school-age children
are urged to become members
of the PTA and to attend meet
ings regularly.
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THE CI’OWAN HERALD
Ernest W. Connor
New Member Os
Local Police Forcej
Fills Vacancy Caused
By Recent Resigna
tion of Leo LaVoie;
Began Work Sept. 1
Chief of Police James H. Gris- !
fin announces the addition of a ’
new member of the Edenton
Police Department. The new- ,
comer is Ernest W. Connor, who ,
fills the vacancy recently caused j
by the resignation of Leo LaVoie. i
Mr. Conner, who is 35 years (
old, began his duties in Edenton ,
September 1. He is married and j
has three children, Ernest, Jr., j
10; Kenny W., 8, and Stanley
Continued on Page 3, Section 1 i
Ida Campen And Sara Relfe
Smith Presented To Society
J
Edenton and two of its young
ladies in particular were signally
honored over the week-end when
Miss Ida Ward Campen and Miss
Sara Relfe Smith were presented
to North Carolina society. Miss
Campen is the daughter of Mr.
and H- A. and.
Miss J-Jfpfth is the . daugbt% - of
jiir. end Mrs. Robert Bland
Smith, Stf
The two Edenton girls were
among 189 debutantes to make
their bow at the annual ball held
Edenton Receives
$16,438 As Part Os
Powell Bill Fund
The allocation of $8,078,232.00
in Powell Bill Funds to 420
\
participating municipalities was
announced Tuesday by the State
Highway Commission. The funds
are distributed annually to quali
fied cities and towns for use in
non-highway system street work
within their, corporate limits.
Checks to the individual munisi
palities will be mailed from Ra
leigh the latter part of this
month in order that they will
reach municipalities by October
Ist.
Powell Bill allocations are
based on a formula using the
population and street mileage in
the municipalities and the total
allocation this year represents
an increase over 1962 of $437,-
524.08.
Edenton’s allocation amounts
to $16,438.38 based on a popula
tion of 4,458, the population in
crement $9,414.95 and mileage
increment of $7,023.43.
Edenton Aces Easily Defeat
Manteo High Friday Night In
Season’s Opener; Score 38 - 0
In a six touchdown parade
Edenton Aces opened the 1963
football season by easily defeat
ing Manteo High School Friday
night on Hicks Field by a score
of 49-0. Two of the touchdowns
wore by the air route when Dave
Holton passed to Harry Spruill
and Tom Phillips. Spruill crack
ed through th* line four yards
out for the first touchdown. In
the second quarter Jim Elliott,
about 20 yards out, scooted
around right end to go over un
touched. Late in the third quar
ter Hiram J. Mayo, Jr., made the
most sensational run of the night
when he raced 88 yards to
Score. The final toudhdown was
Edenton, ,> in County, North Carolina, Thursday. September 12, 1963.
4-H Pullet Chain
Show And Sale To
Be Held Sept 18
Annual Affair Will
Take Place on Lawn
At National Guard
Armory at 9 A. M.
The third annual 4-H pullet
. chain show and sale will be
held Wednesday, September 18,
I beginning at 9 A. M. The show
and sale will be held on the
lawn of the National Guard ar
mory on North Broad Street.
Money realized from the sale
will be used to purchase more
day-old chicks next spring to be
placed with other 4-H’ers inter
ested in carrying poultry pro
jects.
On the morning of September
18, seven 4-H boys and girls
will exhibit and offer for sale
56 Harco Red pullets that should
begin laying within the next
few weeks. Six 4-H’ers will
exhibit seven pullets each and
one will offer 14. They are as
follows: Ross Morring, Vir
ginia Fork Club; Fannie Lassi
ter, Joe L. Johnson and Barbara
Continued on Page 3. Section 1
in Raleigh by the Terpsichorean
Club. The ball was held in Me
morial Auditorium, which re
cently underwent phenomenal
changes.
Miss Campen’s chief marshal
was her father, H. A. Campen,
and also had as her escorts John
T. Skiles apd - JobrW F. Phillips,
Jr. , . * V.
Robert B. Smith was his
daughter’s clpef marshal,., togeth
er with her * brother, Robert
Bland Smith, Jr„ and John R.
Kessinger as escorts.
Democratic Women
Meet September 24
Chowan County’s Democratic
Women will meet Tuesday after
noon, September 24, at 12:30
o’clock. This will be a dinner
meeting at the Edenton Restau
rant and Mrs. W. J. P. Earn
hardt, president, urges every
member to be present, in that it
will be the first meeting of the
fall season.
Mrs. John W. Graham will be
in charge of the program, which
promises to be very interesting.
Merchants Committee'
Meets This Morning
The final meeting in this fiscal
year of the Merchants Committee
of the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce will be held this
(Thursday) morning at 10 o’clock.
The meeting will be held at Ho
tel Joseph Hewes, and Alton El
more, chairman of the commit
tee, urges a 100 per cent attend
ance in order to discuss plans
which will be beneficial for
Edentoq merchants during the
coming year.
Manteo 11-yard line. .
The Aces’ defense was very
stubborn, allowing Manteo only
three first downs, one of which
was on a penalty. The visitors
failed to seriously threaten the
entire night, their nearest ap
proach to a touchdown beiqg on
the Edenton 30-yard line, where
the drive was broken up when
Wesley Chesson snagged aMan
teo pass. The Aces registered
14 first downs.
Stalwarts on defense were
Harry Spruill, Charlie Overton,
Douglas Twiddy, Durrell Am
brose, Perry Byrum, Waverly
Bond, Clyde Adams, Walter
Small and Roy Forehand. David
Holton Jooked very good at
Edenton Girls Presented To Society
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TDA WARD CAMPEN
Two of Edenton's young ladies were among the 189 debutantes
presented to North Carolina society at the annual ball held at
Raleigh over the week-end by the Terpsichorean Club. The two
Edenton girls who made their bow were Miss Ida Ward Campen,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A, Campen, and Sara Relfe Smith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Smith, Sr.
Judge Morris Grinding
Out Many Cases In Term
Chowan Superior Court
r-
Van R. Paige’s Sen
tence Boosted Two
More Years Follow
ing New Trial
Judge Chester Morris opened
the September term of Chowan
County Superior Court Monday
morning and lost no time in get
ting tp the crowded calendar of
both cHhvanLsand civs cases:! 1
Following the selection of the
Grand Jury he pointed out the
usual instructions, calling atten
tion to the very important dut
ies and responsibilities resting on
the shoulders of a Grand Jury.
The Grand Jury, which com
pleted its work Tuesday, was
composed of Paul P. Partin,
John P. Bass, Irvin Trotman
Spivey, David Felton, Ernest W.
Owens, L. J. Chappell, Ray Hol
lowell, James Paxton Sawyer,
James Baker, Clarence E. Bunch,
Gibson H. Mitchell, Stephen H.
Long, Jr., Herbert E. Hollowell,
G. P. Harrell, J. Elton Jordan,
David L. Smith, V. E. Tynch and
J. C. Skinner. John P. Bass
was appointed by Judge Morris
as foreman of the Grand Jury,
the full report, upon Judge Mor-
Coniinued on Page 4. Section 1
Bloodmobile Coming
To Edenton Oct. 4th
Frank Roberts, Chairman of
the Red Cross blood program in
Chowan County, has announced
that the next visit of the blood
mobile in Edenton will be Fri
day, October 4. The bloodmo
bile will again be stationed at
the Edenton armory.
The quota will be 90 pints,
but Mr. Roberts as well as other
interested people hope that the
county will again make as good
a shQwing as at the last visit in
May when citizens rallied to do
nate 223 pints.
Girl Scout Rally
Day September 17
Girl Scout Rally Day will be
held Tuesday afternoon, Septem
ber 17 from 3:30 to 4:30 at the
Barker House.
At that time girls will be as- 1
signed to troops. Member- :
ship is open to girls in the
bership is open to girls in the
second and third grades as
Brownie Scouts, fourth to sixth
grades as Junior Scouts and
seventh to ninth grades as Ca
dette Scouts.
Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr., is chair- 1
man of the Girl Scouts, which '
is sponsored by the Edenton Wo- j
man’s Club.
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MASONS MEET TONIGHT
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A stated communication of i
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. <
& A. M., will be held tonight i
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. T. B. i
Williford, master of the lodge, i
ilaprttes all Muuis to ,
v/.'
SARA RELFE SMITH
Edenton Aces Will
Play In Camden
Next Friday Night
First of Three Succes
s Schedul
ed to Be played On
Foreign Soil
Edenton’s Aces ift the first of
three successive games to be
played on foreign soil, will trav
el to Camden Friday night,
where they will tangle with the
Camden High School Rebels.
The Aces won their opening
game Friday by defeating Man
teo in a one-sided contest 38-0.
Camden was defeated in their
opener by Plymouth High School
by a score of 27-12.
Though the Aces had little
difficulty in turning back Man
teo, Coaches Jerry McGee -and
Conl’d. on Page 4—Section 1
Legion Will Meet
At Center Hill For
Meeting In October
William A. Perry, commander
of Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American Legion, announces that
the October meeting of the post
will be held at the Center Hill
Community Building Tuesday
night, October 15, at 7 o’clock.
A speaker is scheduled to be
present from state headquarters
who will present vital news
which will be of interest to all
veterans.
The Center Hill Home Dem
onstration Club will serve din
ner for the meeting and Com
mander Perry is very anxious to
have all Legionnaires and vet
erans present for the occasion. 1
All who intend to attend are re
quested to make their reserva
tions at the Center Hill Home
demonstration Club booth at the
Chowan County Fair next week.
They may also contact any mem
ber of the club or call Mrs.
Cameron Boyce, president of the
club, phone 482-3922. Tickets
for the dinner are $1.25.
Firemen’s Supper
; Saturday, Sept 21
The Center Hill-Cross Roads
Volunteer Fire Department will
hold its annual Harvest Barbe
cue Chicken Supper Saturday,
September 21. The supper will
be served/ at the fire station
from 5 to 9 P. M.
pickets are now on sale by
members of (he fire department
or Troy Toppin will be delight
ed to take any orders. The fire
men are charging $1.25 for
adults and 75 cents for children
and hope the usual large crowd
turns out for the supper.
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Town Councilinen
Accept Brown Co.
Plat As Revised
Various Items of Busi
ness Transacted at
Monthly Meeting on
>| Tuesday Night
j Town Councilmen at their
meeting Tuesday night devoted
a goodly portion of the time to
the M. G. Brown
Company sub-division along
(Pembroke Creek. The concern
’plans to develop a portion of its
property which will make avail
able about 60 very desirable
building lots. The matter has
been discussed for several years
and now that water and sewer
age will be available, it is the
desire to make the lots available
for sale as rapidly as possible.
At the outset of the proposed
project several years ago Town
Councilmen refused to accept the
plan in that there was only one
street for ingress and egress and
further that there were too
many complications so far as
public utilities were concerned.
The subdivision idea has been
Continued ou Pac* s—section 1
Inglis Fletcher Among “Who’s
Who Os American Women”
Her many friends will be de
lighted to learn that Mrs. Inglis
Fletcher, an outstanding woman
from this area, is included in
the first appearance of “Who’s
Who of American Women’’ of
the newly published third edi
tion.
Mrs. Fletcher was among 83
North Carolinians to be honored.
Nationally the new volume to
tals 20,500 n&rries, B,Boo'of them
tor the first time, said publisher
Jackson Martindell, board chair
Jaycettes Choose
New Set Officers
Mrs. Margie Ford Is
Elected President
For New Year
Edenton Jaycettes met at the
Barker House Thursday night,
September 5, at which time new
officers were eiected for the
coming year.
The officers elected included
Mrs. Margie Ford, president;
Mrs. Betty Rawls, first vice pres
ident; Mrs. Charlotte Waller,
second vice president; Mrs.
Katherine Bass, secretary; Mrs.
Ann Knox, corresponding secre
tary; Mrs. Carolyn Bunch, treas
urer, and Mrs. Beth Jethro, par
liamentarian. Those elected to
the board of directors were Mrs.
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
Libraries To Close
All Day Sept. 18th
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary and Brown-Carver Li
brary will be closed all day on
Wednesday, September 18. The
closing is due to a regional meet
ing scheduled to be held in
Plymouth.
Committee Appointed To Pick
Nominees To Be Voted Upon As
Chamber Commerce Directors
As the Edenton Chamber of j
Commerce approaches the end
of another fiscal year, September
30, George A. Byrum, president,
has appointed a nominating
committee to place the names
of twelve board of director nomi
nees on a membership ballot to
be mailed shortly. Six of the
twelve nominees who garner the
highest number of votes will
serve on the Chamber’s policy
making body for the next two
years beginning October J. West
W. Byrum, vice president, was
named chairman of the nomf-1
nating committee. Other mem-[
fcaiS appointed m addition to!
$3.00 Per Year In NortS^aroEmT
| All Fair Exhibits Must Be
In Place Monday Night;
Prize Money Is $2,000
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New Policeman
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ERNEST W. CONNOR
As of September 1, Ernest W.
1 Connor joined the Edenton Po
lice Department. He fills the
vacancy caused by the recent
resignation of Leo LaVoie.
man of Marquis—Who’s Who,
Inc., Chicago. They were cho
sen by the editors of the parent
publication Who’s Who In |
America—from business, science,
education, the arts, government
and other meritorious fields, in
cluding civic activity.
Illustrating the variety of Se
lection, the new names range
from Dr. Frances O Kelsey, win j
ner of a presidential gold medal
for her exposure of the drug
thalidomide, to comediefine Carol
Burnett. k
Band’s Tag Day
; Saturday, Sept 14
i Proceeds Will Go to
Reduce Band’s In
debtedness
. John A. Holmes Hign School
Band will hold its annual Tag
r Day Saturday, September 14.
. Tables will be arranged in the
downtown section, where the
I public is urged to buy a tag in
. order to help the band. All pro
| ceeds will be used to help liqui
date the band’s indebtedness.
In connection with Tag Day,
the band will play a few selec
tions downtown at about 10:30
’ A. M.
» Center Hill Club
Again Plans Booth
* At Chowan Fair
Monday, September 16, Center
I Hill Home Demonstration Club
women will open a concession
■ stand at the Chowan County
■ Fair on the American Legion
1 Grounds. Once again women of
: the Center Hill Community will
turn their kitchens into a bake
1 shop from Monday, September
Cont'd. on Pago 2—Section 1
j President George A. Byrum,
Byrum Hardware Company were
past presidents W. P. “Spec”
Jones, Chowan Hospital Admini
strator and County Tax Super
visor; Bruce F. Jones, Albemarle
Motor Company, and Joe H.
Conger, Jr., Edenton Ice Com
pany.
The six directors who will re
tire from the board on Septem
ber 30 after serving two years,
are: James Bond, A. G. Byrum,
A. B. Harless, George Lewis,
John Woolard and George A.
IBy rum. Mr. Byrum, however, as
will remain on
if ■ FIGHT CANCER •
WITH A CHECKUP
( AND CHECK
Midway Will Include
Many Rides and Oth
er Forms of Amuse
ment
Chowan County Fair will open
Monday, September 16, and will
continue through Saturday, Sep
tember 21, at the American Le
gion Grounds on the Windsor
Highway. The fair is sponsored
by Edward G. Bond Post No. 40
of the American Legion.
Between 10,000 and 15,000
school passes will be distributed
to school children to attend the
fair.
Expectations are for a big fair
with quality exhibits competing
for the nearly $2,000 in prize
money. The Gotto Amusements
of Camden, N. J., here for the
first time, will have 10 thrilling
rides, five shows and 30 con
cessions. In addition local groups
will have food booths.
' Chowan County Home Dem
onstration Club women will con
duct a variety of craft demon
strations each night from 7 to 9
o’clock, beginning Tuesday night.
In the main fair building non
commercial booth entries com
peting for the Grand Champion
Trophy may be viewed, as well
as commercial displays.
| All entries in the fair must be
'in place by 9 o’clock Monday
night with the exception of live
stock and poultry. Judging will
begin Tuesday morning at 9
o'clock.
For the first time entries will
be competing in the National
Yarn Association contest for
hand yarn goods. They will be
judged With the.fcraf winners to
compete t»t the Nofth Carolina
State Fair from Which the win
ners. wilL enter national com
petition.
William A. Perry, president of
the Chowan County Fair Asso
ciation, and Woodrow Slade,
manager of this year’s fair, are
of the opinion that this year’s
fair will be one of the best ever
held. They urge everyone to
come out and see the various
displays and have a good time.
Roy Harrell Named
Manager Os Month
By Sears Roebuck
Friends will be interested to
learn that Roy L. Harrell, mana
ger of the Edenton Sears Roe
buck Sales Catalog Office, has
been honored by being named
manager of the month for the
Eastern District.
Mr. Harrell was in competi
tion with 18 Sears Catalog Sales
stores, with the honor awarded
the store that exceeded its
| monthly sales quota by the
I greatest percentage.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night, September
16, at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Elton Bos
well, worthy matron, urges all
members to be present,
(cmc calendar 1 )
Chowan County Fair will bo
held the week of September
16-21.
Edenton Cub Scouts will hold
a reorganisational meeting to
night (Thursday) at 7 o'clock at
the Scout Cabin.
Third annual 4-H pullet chain
show and sale will be bald at
the Edenton armory Wednesday.
September 16, beginning at 9
A. M.
Chowan County's Democratic
Women will meet Tuesday after
noon. September 24. at 12:30
o'clock at the Edenton Restau
rant.
Rad Croat bloodmobOe It
scheduled to visit Edenton Fri
day, October 4, at the Edenton
armory.