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A Newspaper bevoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
Volume XXX.—Number 42.
Inglis Fletcher Plans To
Build Another House
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On Bandon Plantation
Architectural Design I
Similar But Not as
Large as House De
stroyed By Fire
Following last week’s disast
rous fire which totally destroyed
the old colonial home at Ban
don Plantation, Mrs. Inglis
Fletcher announced that she in
tends to rebuild on the site. In.
a telephone conversation with
The Herald’s editor, Mrs. Flet
cher stated that she had been
approached relative to selling
the property. However, follow
ing the fire, her son; Comdr.
John G. Fletcher of Charleston,
S. C., visxed his mother and
both decided upon building an
other .housl to replace the one
which was burned.
Mrs. Fletcher stated that she
does not intend to try to dupli
cate the huge plantation home,
but that a smaller house will be
built in somewhat a correspond
ing architectural design.
The new structure will house
the antiques which were saved
by firemen and neighbors from
the first floor during the fire.
The fire apparently started
around a chimney in the attic,
so that some time was allowed
to remove articles from the first
floor. About the only piece not
saved was a large bookcase,
which was too heavy to be
Continued on Page 1. Section 1
Maj. George Hassell |
Is Recipient Os Army
Commendation Medal!
Army Maj. George E. Cassell, I
son of Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Hassell, Route 2, Edenton, re-1
ceived the Army Commendation |
Medal in mid-September, while j
servig with the 2d Logistical
Command at Fort Lee, Ya.
Major Hassell received the|
award for his performance of
duty during his recent assign-'
ment with the Military Assist
ance Advisory Group in Viet
nam. . v
The major entered the Army
in 1945.
Major Hassell is a graduate
of Edenton High School. He re-'
ceived a B.A. degree from the
College of the Osarks, Clarks
ville, Arak., and attended Ohio
State University, Columbus.
His wife, Loyce, is with him
at Fort Lee.
20 Years Ago)
As Found In l-» Pilaa Os i
» The Chowan Horald 1
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After serving for It years as
Chairman of Home Service for|
the Chowan County Rod Cross!
Chapter, Geddes Potter tender- j
ed his resignation. Tho resig-|
nation also affected hit duties
as acting field director
Red Cross at the V. S. Marine
Corps Air Station.
Representative* of tho Parent-
Teacher Association planned to
canvass the town for canned
goods for the school lunch room.
This action was n« case ary be
cause it was impossible to have
a garden during the summer and
the fact that the lunch room
would be operated without state
or federal assistance.
The Street Commissieswr was
authorised by Town Council to
have ' the following streets re
surfaced: Broad Street from
Qtieea Street to county dock.
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Optimism Prevailing Theme At
Chamber Commerce Banquet
Chamber of Commerce mem
bers and their wive# filled the
dining room at the Chowan
o Country Club Tuesday night in
attending the annuel banquet of
the Edenton Chamber of Com
merce. It
astic meeting with optimism re
flected in the work of the Cham
ber during the past year as well
is for the coming ynf.
ed by Guy L. Boyce.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
! Rotary Guest
Hi j I
L. R. Harrill
At the meeting today (Thurs
day) of the Edenton Rotary
Club. L. R. Harrill of Raleigh,
governor of District 771 of Ro
tary International, will make
Ms official visit to the club.
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Homecoming Friday Night At
Aces-Indians Football Game
Adding to the important foot
ball game Friday night on Hicks
Field, when the Edenton Aces
meet the Perquimans 'High
School Indians, homecoming for
alumni of John A. Holmes High
I School will be observed. A
homecoming prince, princess,
I king and queen will be crowned
[during half time.
Candidates for homecoming ■
prince and princess will be from
[the seventh and eighth grades,
r white alir ■candidates far-king and
queen will be from the senior •
class. An added attraction to I
the Homecoming Court will be aj
[girl chosen from each of the
three under classes to represent
1 her class. These girls, chosen
by the members of the Aces’
Dr. B. Elmo Scoggin Visiting
Minister At Rooky Hock Sunday
Dr. B. Elmo Scoggin will be
the visiting minister at the
Rocky Hock Baptist Church
Sunday, October 20. He will
preach at the morning service
at 11 o’clock and again at the
evening service at 7:30 o’clock.
Dr. Scoggin is professor of
Old Testament at Southeastern |
Baptist Theological Seminary at'
Wake Forest.
Dr. Scoggin served pastorates
in Kentucky and Florida from
.1942 to 1949. He was appoint
ed as a missionary to Israel in
j 1949 and served until 1955, at
, Evans Speaker For j
■ Men’s Club Meeting
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The Methodist Men’s Club will |
hold a dinner meeting tonight
i (Thursday) at 6:30 o’clock at the
I Methodist Church.
, The Rev. Hugh S. Evans, pas
tor of the Edenton Presbyterian
i- Church, will be guest speaker
1 and will speak on the subject
i "What Is Distinctive About
i Presbyterians?” This will be
the second in a series of pro
: grams designed towhrd a better
i understanding of different de
■ nominations. ;
i J. J. Miley is president of the
, club and urges every Methodist
man to attend the meeting.
present anl recognized special
guests.
Among the special guests was
Rank Durham, representative of
a new industry coming to Eden
ton. Mr. Durham stated that he
was very well impressed with
Edenton and its people and that
his concern had investigated 40
towns before deciding to locate
fin Edenton. He said 28 acres
I Seabrook Blsnching Corporation I
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 17, 1963.
HootenannyToße
Held At County
(M October 26
Music ForAffair Will
Be Provided By Dr.
Pittman’s Orchestra
From Ahoskie
•The entertainment committee
of the Chowan Golf and Coun
try Club announces that it has
scheduled a Halloween Hooten
anny to be held at the Country
Club Saturday night, October
26. The gala affair will begin at
9 o’clock and will be in pro
gress until 1 o’clock.
Dr. Pittman’s orchestra of
Ahoskie has been secured to
provide music for the occasion.
| The Hootenanny will be an in-
I formal affair and committee
members say those who attend
should bring their "voice” to the
party.
Reservations must be made by]
Friday, October 25, at noon, so
that any who plan to attendj
should make their reservations
by contacting Cherry Boyce be
fore the deadline.
Ladies’ Day will also be ob
, served at the Country Club to
day (Thursday). Golf, bridge
> and a luncheon will feature the
observance.
football team, are Ann Harrell,
: freshman class; Martha Vaughan,
; sophomore class, and Ingred
Nielson, junior class. |
Prior to the football game,
the candidates and class repre
sentatives will ride in a parade]
, down Broad Street. The parade'
will also include the John A.
Holmes High School Band, the|
varsity and junior varsity cheer- 1
leaders, the young majorettes,
and the Perquimans High School
• Marching Unit. -
• Seventh grade candidates for
j homecoming prince and princess
j are Debby Adams, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Adams, and
Mike Ervin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Ervin. Eighth grade can-
Conrinued on Pago s—Section 1
which time he came to South
eastern Seminary as guest pro
fessor of missions. He has ser
ved a number of interim pas
torates since coming to the
seminary.
Dr. Scoggin received the A.B.
degree from Furman University,
I Greenville, S .C., the Th.M. de
gree from Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Louisville,
Kentucky; the Th.D. from South
ern Seminary. He had three
years residence study and teach
ing at the Hebrew University,
Continued ou Page 3, Section i
Legion Meeting At l
Center ill Oct 22
State Adjutant Will
Be Speaker For
Occasion
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American Legion will hold a
supper meeting Tuesday night,
October 22 at 7 o’clock at the
Center Hill Home Demonstration
Club building. The meal will
be served by the Center Hill
Home Demonstration Club mem
bers.
The guest speaker for the oc
, casidn will be Nash McKee of
Raleigh North Carolina State
Department adjutant. Mr. Mc-
Kee was appointed adjutant on
May 1, 1952. He is a veteran
Continued M Pegs 9. Section 1
Hospital Auxiliary
Will Meet Tuesday
The Chowan Hospital Auxili
ary will meet Friday afternoon,
October IS, at 3 o’clock in the
The principal speaker foe the
meeting will be Dr. Richard
Hardin, whom subject will be
! the Rye Bwik
Mrs. Jack Leary, president of
the Auxiliary, urges a large at
-1 tendance,
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j 6 marie Sound Being “Polluted”
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Above picture shows Captain W. S. Clements and Patrolman
•J D. Parrish of the Edenton Po.lice Department pouring non-tax
paid whiskey into the Albemarle Sound Monday morning. - hue
to stepped up enforcement of the liquor laws by members of the
local police, they have been able to make several arrests and
confiscated around 25 gallons of illicit liquor. Chief James H.
Griffin reports that on one Saturday night Taid, out of fpui
houses searched, whiskey and arrests were made at three of' the
houses. Chief Griffin states that his officers intend to continue
, the tight enforcement of all liquor laws.
DAR Yearbook Is Dedicated
To Mrs. William D. Holmes, Jr.
Mrs. W. D. Holmes, Jr., honor
ary Regent of the National So
ciety of the Daughters of the
American Revolution of North
Carolina, has been honored by
the Edenton Tea Party Chapter
by having the 1963-1965 Chapter
Yearbook dedicated to her.
The book was dedicated to her
for her able, faithful and un
selfish devotion to the office
of State Regent from 1958 to
1961 and as Chapter Regent
from 1953 to 1955 always main
taining the highest principles of
the society.
Mrs. Holmes was the guest I
St Mary Alumnae
Plan Bodge Party
To Raise Money
Parties Scheduled to
Be Held at Country
Club Tuesday, Octo
ber 22
Alumnae of St. Mary’s Junior
College in Raleigh will sponsor
bridge parties Tuesday, October
22 at the Chowan Golf and
Country Club to raise money for
.the school’s Loyalty Fund.
There will be dessert bridge
parties with a session scheduled
in the afternoon from 2:3J to
5:30 and at night from 7:30 to
midnight. The charge is $1.25
Continued on Page 7, Section 1
Masonic Play Is
Scheduled Tonight 1
The Acacia Club Players of
Norview Lodge A. F. & A. M.,
will present their annual play
tonight (Thursday) in the Eden
ton Masonic Temple at 8 o’clock.
The title of this year’s play is
“The Greatest of These,’’ and
will again teach a valuable Ma-1
sonic lesson as in the past.
A dutch supper will be served
in the dining room at 6:30
o’clock prior to the meeting,
which is in charge of W. M.
Rhoades.
T. B. Williford, master of the
lodge, urges as many Masons as
possible to attend either or both
the supper and the play.
Edenton Aces Swamp Bertie To
Win Sixth Consecutive Game
Edenton's Aces continued
their winning ways Friday night
when they traveled to Windsor
and ran- rough shod over the
Bertie High School Falcons to
the tune of 34 to 0. It was the
sixth consecutive victory of the
season for the Aces, who are
now looking forward to next
Friday night’s battle with Per
quimans High School, consider
ed the No. 1 team in the Albe
marle Conference this year.
The Indians also have a 6-0 rec
ord for the season.
The Aces, though held to a
7-0 score at the end of the first
half, exploded in the third quar
ter to score three touchdowns
and added another in the final
frame. / *,
The Edenton defense was so
terrific that the Falcons were
able to get no closer than the
■ speaker at the chapter’s Found
■ er’s Day program Wednesday
: October 9, at the James Iredell
i 'House. She traced the organi
•l zation of the national, state and
■ local society.
Text of Address On
Page 5. Section 2
The chapter voted to give
1 a SSO scholarship to Crossnore
1 School and made a contribution
; to the Kate Duncan Smith
I School, both sponsored by the
: ' DAR. Locally it voted to pro
vide subscriptions to the DAR
■ Coat’d, on Page 2—Section 1
Girl Scout Drive
Scheduled To Be
Week Os Oct 21
1 Goal for Edenton Is
Set at $750; 80 Eden
ton Girls Enrolled In
Troops
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The Greater Tidewater Girl
Scout Council Fund Drive will
be held in Edenton the week
of October 21 by members of
the Edenton Woman’s Club,
sponsors of Girl Scouting here.
Saturday members of Girl.
Scout Troops 719 and 720 will
distribute literature explaining
| the drive door to door and the
following week a Woman’s Club
volunteer will call for a con
tribution.
The Edenton Girl Scouts are
1 members of the Tri-County Girl
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
License Examiner
Off Duty Tuesday
J. E. White, local automobile
license examiner, announces that
[ his office in the police station
l will be closed all day Tuesday,
October 22. The closing is due
to Mr. White attending a school
at Chapel Hill.
Mr. White’s office will 'be in
the Red Men building when the
Police Department moves into
the temporary quarters during
construction of a new Municipal
Building.
Edenton 35-yard line. They did
not seriously threaten during the
entire game. Edenton tacklers
crashed through the ’ line like
mad bulls to throw Falcon ball
carriers for successive losses and
■held the Bertie boys to only four
first downs.
Aces scoring touchdowns were
Harry Spruill, Douglas Sexton,
David Holton and Hiram J.
Mayo, Jr., two.
Receiving the ball on the
opening kickoff, the Aces used
only «five plays to score when
Spruill crashed through the line
from the 2-yard line.
The second quarter was score
less, although Mayo raced -56
yards on a punt return only to
have the touchdown nullified
due to a clipping penalty.
The Aces kicked to start- the
Continued on Page 7, Section >
FBI Conducting
PoltceSchool For
Edenton Officers
Many Phases of Po
lice Science Is Being
Taught Policemen at
Police Station
FBI Instructor John Anthcny
and Larry Chandler of the
Charlotte FBI office, in con
junction with the Edenton Po
.ice Department, are hoLdlng a
.ive-day police school Monday
through Friday, October 14-18.
The school is in session five
.lours per day with the excep
tion of Friday, which will be
;even hours of firearms instruc
ion on the Edenton police
ange.
Mr. Anthony is in charge of
he school and is assisted by
dr. Chandler of Winston-Salem,
vho will conduct a course of
lefensive tactics and firearms.
The topics included in the
chool include local laws and
ordinances, traffic laws, abcident
nvestigation, public relations,
observation and patrol, crime
icene search, collection and pre
servation and identification of
evidence, interviews and in
terrogations, machines of finger
printing, note taking and sign
ing statements, as well as many
other items of police science.
Chief of Police James H.
Griffin states that he is very
happy that the FBI has made
these instructors available to
the local police force. It is be
lieved that this is the first
time that local officers have
had an opportunity to get this
type of fine training.
Rotary District Governor Will
Be Guest Os Rotarians Today
L. R. Harrill of Raleigh, gov
ernor of District 771 of Rotary
International will make his of
ficial visit to the Edenton Ro
tary Club this (Thursday) after
noon at 1 o’clock at the Parish
House. The Edenton club is one
of the 39 clubs in the district.
In addition to addressing the
Edenton Rotarians during the
weekly luncheon, Mr. Harrill
will confer with President Hiram
J. Mayo and. other club officers
prior to the 1 o’clock meeting
on Rotary administration and
service activities.
Mr. 'Harrill, for 37 Vz years
prior to retirement, was state;
leader of boys’ and girls’ 4-H j
FFA Land Judging
Contest Planned
In Gates Today
Contest Sponsored By
Albemarle and Gates
County Soil and Wa-i
ter Districts
The land judging contest for
the vocational agriculture stu
dents in the Albemarle FFA
Federation will be held this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1:30
o'clock in Gates County. Stu
dents from FFA Chapters in
Camden, Chowan, Currituck,
Gates, Pasquotank and Per
quimans will participate in the
event. As in the past, the Al
bemarle Soil and Water Con
servation District will co-spon
sor the contest, with the Gates
Continued on Page B—Section 1
Clarence Leary, Jr.
To Attend Clinic At
Cornell University
J. Clarence Leary, Jr., Sales
Training Director for the Smith-
Douglass Company, has been se
lected as one of 50 to attend a
sales trainer clinic to be held
at Cornell University October
21-25.
Leary, 35, a native of Eden
ton, joined Smith-Douglass in;
1960 and was in the company’s:
Sales Department before devot
ing full time to sales training.
He attended schools in Eden
ton and is a> graduate of the
University of North Carolina.
He was named director of sales
training by Smith-Do uglast on
August 1.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Contracts Awarded For
Water-Sewer Extensions
In Various Edenton Areas
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Guest Minister
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DR. B. ELMO SCOGGIN
Visiting minister at the Rooky
Hock Baptist Church Sunday.
October 20. will be Dr. B. Elmo
Scoggin of Wake Forest. Dr.'
Scoggin will preach at 11 A. >M..
and 7:30 P. M.
Chowan High School
Closed On Friday
According to C. C. Walters,
superintendent of Chowan Coun
ty schools, ChowanvHigh School
will be closed Friday of this
week.
The closing of the school is
to permit teachers to attend a
district meeting of the North
Carolina Education Association,
scheduled to be held at East
Carolina College in Greenville.
• Club program in North Caro
r Ina, and past president of the
Rotary Club of Raleigh. He
was elected a district governor
for 1963-1964 at Rotary’s 54th
annual convention in St Louis,
1 Missouri, last June. He is one
of 272 district governors respon
: sible for supervising the activi
: ties of more than 11,500 Rotary
clubs with a total membership
of 535,500 Rotarians in 129 coun
ties around the globe.
"The visit of the governor,”
Mr. Mayo said, “is a time for
examining the effectiveness of
what we are doing to achieve
| Rotary goals in community irn
| Continued on Page 4—Section 1
[Edenton Aces And
Perquimans Indians
■Clash Friday Night
i
Both Teams Boasting
J Perfect Season Rec-
I ord With Six Vic
tories Under Belts
Edenton's Aces and the Per
quimans High School Indians
are scheduled to clash on Hicks
Field Friday night, October 18.
in what is anticipated to be the
hardest-fought game for both
teams. The game will begin* at
8 o’clock and is expected to at
tract the largest crowd of the
season.
Both teams will enter the
game with perfect records for
Continued on Pag* 4. Section l
Over 150 Hear Dr. Guy Phillips
At Schoolmasters Club Meeting
In the neighborhood ot 1501
members of the Albemarle 1
Schoolmasters Club met in the
John A. Holmes High School
cafeteria Monday night The
meeting was presided over by
Hiram J. Mayo, president of the
• group.
The principal speaker for the
meeting was Dr. Guy B. Phil
.; lips of Chapel Hill, consultant
'to the North Carolina State
School Boards Association and a
member of the State Board of
Education. ...
In opening his remarks Dr.
Phillips challenged the School
masters Club members to move
ahead with the state in the im
provement of the quality and
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Howard Construction
Company Successful
Bidder For Work at
Cost of $306)000
Continuing its program of im
provements, the Town of Eden
ton last week awarded contracts
for water and sewer extensions.
The contracts call for an outlay
of approximately $306,000 and
were awarded to Howard Con
struction Company of Greens
boro. The Howard concern was
also the contractor for the con
struction of the town’s new sew
age disposal plant.
Town Clerk W. B. Gardner re
ports that $138,000 of the cost
of extension improvements has
been in way of a grant from
the federal government under
' j the accelerated public works act.
') Mr. Gardner stated that work
ion the new extensions are
scheduled to begin in about two
weeks and that the project is
expected to be finished in about
nine months.
Coni’d. on Page 4—Section 1
Lions To Sponsor
Halloween Candy
Sale Monday Night
Proceeds of Project
Will Be Devoted to
Work With Visually
Handicapped
Edenton's Lions Club will
sponsor a Halloween candy sale
1 Monday night, October 21, when
' Lions will canvass homes in
Edenton between 6 and 7 o’clock.
Proceeds of the ‘'Trick or
Treat” candy sales are used by
the Lions Club to help finance
its work with the visually handi
capped people of the town and
county that need such assist
ance.
The Edenton Lions Club helps
support a case worker for the
blind, an eye bank for cornea
transplanting, and helps obtain
glasses for the visually handi
capped children and adults
needing this service.
More than SBOO was raised
| and spent by the local club in
1962 on the Lions program.
[CIVIC calendar]
Acacia Club of the Norview
Lodge, A. F. 8c A. M„ of Nor
■ folk will present a play "The
Greatest of These", in the local
Masonic Temple tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o'clock. A dutch sup
■ per will be served at 6:30 o'clock
prior to the meeting.
Homecoming at John A.
Holmes High School will be ob
served Friday night. October 18,
in connection with the Edenton-
Hertford football game.
Dr. B. Elmo Scoggin of Wake
Forest will fill the pulpit at
Rocky Hock Baptist Church on
Sunday. October 20. at 11 A. M..
and 7:30 P. M.
Chowan Golf and Country
Club will stage a Halloween
Hootenanny at the Country Club
Saturday night, October 26, from
9 to 1 o'clock. Ladies' Day will
Continued on Page 6. Section 1
| quantity of education to be pro
-1 vided for the children in this
section of the state.
“While we are living in a
period of great tension in local,
state and world issues,” said the
speaker, there is a bright day of
hope and adventure for North
Carolina. A rapid expansion of
population in the state, and a
shifting of this population in
terms of industrial and econom
ic opportunity for the youth of
tomorrow, places upon the citi
zens of Eastern North Carolina
a double burden of preparation
of boys and girls for a new way
of ’ life, ahd an urge far than