A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
, Albemarle Area
Volume XXX.—Number 44.
Stage Set For Edenton's
Halloween Party Which
Begins Tonight At 5:30
Parade Scheduled to
Leave Court House
Green and March to
Playground
Costumed children will parade ,
today (Thursday) to the elabor
ate Halloween Party staged each I
year at the playground by the
Edenton Woman’s Club.
The children will assemble at ;
5:30 at the Court House Green I
and march on Broad Street to j
the playground where the multi
color canopy of lights will tra
ditionally go on at their arrival.
They will be greeted by the
talking witch and sample the
witches brew.
Costumes will be judged and
prizes will be awarded to the |
most comical boy and girl, the
most original boy and girl and
the best costume for a boy and
a girl.
Other treats will include a
hayride, movies, fortune telling,
bobbing for apples, fish ponds,
hot dogs, popcorn, candy, gum
and peanuts. All food and en
tertainment are free.
The party, which was first
held in 1947 annually attracts
from 1,500 to 2,000 persons and
is thought to be the largest free
Halloween party in the state. It
is made possible by contribu
tions of local merchants and in
dividuals.
The originator of the idea of
a gigantic Halloween party was
H. A. Campen, who each year
lends his talents to making the
party a success.
This year’s co-chairmen are
Mrs. Alton Elmore and Mrs.
John Woolard.
Iredell Association
Will mm Friday
Grayson Harding, president of]
the James Iredell Historical As
sociation, has called a meeting
of the association for Friday af
ternoon, November 1, at 3:30
o’clock at the Iredell house.
Mr. Harding urges all mem
bers, as well as members of the
Edenton Tea Party Chapter of
the DAR to attend the meet
ing.
Among the business to be con
sidered will be completion of
the garden on the Iredell house
property, further improvements
to the old kitchen in the rear,
as well as improving the kitch
en in the Iredell house so that
it can be used.
20 Years Ago!
As Found In The Files Os
The Ohowan Herald
Millard F. Bond died suddenly
at his home on Granville Street!
as the result of a heart attack.
Due to illness in her family,
Mrs. O. M. Elliott stated that
she could not serve as vice .
chairman of the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis in:
Chowan County.
With the resignation of R. N.
Hines as chairman of the Cho
wan County Salvage Committee,
E. W. Spires, County Civilianl
Defense Chairman, appointed J.j
Edwin Bufflap as chairman to j
fill the vacancy.
Town Council approved the
resurfacing of Broad Street,
from Queen Street to the Coun- j
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New Law In Effect November 1
Requires Birth Certificates For
16-18 Year Old Driver Licenses
Automobile License Examiner
James E. Whit* this week calls
attention to new regulations in
keeping with the provisional li
cense law passed by the 1963
General Assembly. Commission
er Edward Scheidt announces
that the new rule will become
effective November 1.
Under the new law birth cer
tificates will be required for all
18-18 year-old driver license ap
“Eor some time the depart
ment has recognized the need
for birth crtificatesWhite said,
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Named Vice President
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Information reaching Edenton,
late Tuesday afternoon was to)
the effect that Mayor John Mil-1
chener was elected third vice,
president of the League of Mu
! nicipaliiies at its annual meet
ing in Asheville this week.
Town Clerk W. B. Gardner ac
companied Mayor Mitchener to!
the meeting.
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Mrs. Allred Is Flown To Texas
To Help Tape Radio Programs
Last week a local minister’s
'wife, Mrs. Thurman Allred ofj
the Rocky Hock Church, was
flown out to Ft. Worth, Texas,
to participate in a series of ra
dio programs for NBC on the j
ministers’ wife.
The Radio and Television j
Commission of the Southern.
Baptist Convention planned the]
. SFJ&jm* Pimel
members from all over the coun
try for the three days of taping
I at the Ft. Worth radio and tele
vision studios.
In addition to Mrs. Allred, i
DrawbridgTClosed
November 12 And 13
Closing Due to Mak
ing Repairs to Ma
chinery
The drawspan in the Norfolk
Southern Railroad Drawbridge
across Albemarle Sound near[
Edenton and Mackeys will be |
closed to vessel traffic from 7:30,
A. M., Tuesday, November 12, to '
7:30 P. M-, EST, Wednesday, No-i
1 vember 13, for the purpose of
j making repairs to the drawspan i
j machinery.
Masters of vessels desiring
passage through this bridge
should schedule their operations
accordingly during this period,
j As information, this drawspan
1 provides a vertical clearance of
8.0 feet on normal low water in
closed position.
Both Libraries Will
Be Closed Today
Both the Shepard-Pruden Me
i morial and Brown-Carver Li
i* braries will be closed all day to
; ] day (Thursday). The closing is
I due to a staff meeting being
j held in Plymouth.
■ name and date of birth. In the
: past we have found it necessary
sometimes to correct or cancel
applications upon learning that
i incorrect information had been
given.”
i An official birth certificate
> will eliminate such situations
which are embarrassing and
■ tend to create misunderstanding,
l the examiner said.
In Raleigh chief license ex
aminer, Ed Wade, cited several
cases of extreme eagerness
l among young men anxious to
, drive before their 16th birthday.
Contiwed on tea# A Section 1
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October #l, 1963.
JudgingOf County
Accomplishments
ToßetieldTuesday
Annual Awards Pro
gram Will Be Pre
sented In Auditor
ium at Chowan High
Judging of communities and
awards program on Tuesday, No
vember 5, will complete the 1963
Chowan County Community De
velopment contest.
The following schedule is set
up for judging: 9:30, Enterprise;
10:30, Rocky Hock; 11:30, Ad
-1 vance; 2:30, Center Hill, and
3:30, Ryland.
The annual awards program
I will be held at the Chowan
I High School auditorium on Tues
| day night, November 5, at 8
I o’clock. Bristoe Perry, chairman
|of the County Community De
velopment Council, will preside.
Each community will give a
| brief resume of their year’s ac
complihsments. An entertain-
I ment feature will be presented
|by each community. West W.
] Byrum, president, will bring
greetings from the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce. Repre- i
sentatives of the Peoples Bank
& Trust Co., financial sponsor,
[ will present the awards. Draw
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who flew from Greenville, S. C
; with Mrs. O. J. Owens, author
of the Minniebelle publications,
there were several other people
taking part in the four programs,
j Dr. Wallace Denton, author of
j “The Role of the Minister’s I
| Wife” and Mrs. Edith Sheen, au
. thor of “All the Women of the
I Bible” and “Family Living in
the Bible” and. Mrs.,-, Robert
Fling, the new Woman’s Mis- ■
sionary Union president for the
Southern Baptist Convention, all
were participants, along with
j Continued on Page 3, Section 1
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14 Stolen Bicycles
Sgt. Miller Discovers
Loot Back of Beaver
Hill Cemetery
Sergeant W. F. Miller of the
Edenton Police Department on
l Sunday discovered 14 bicycles
I which had been stolen, some for
| a.s long as 12 months ago. The
I bicycles were found in the
' swamp area back of Beaver Hill
i Cemetery, a few of which were
new and others stripped down
| and defaces in order to build
other bicycles which could not
' easily be recognized.
Sgt. Miller has arrested two
teenagers in connection with the
bicycle thefts, but is still con
tinuing his investigation and ex
pects to make other arrests.
Harvest Festival
At Center Hill
All Day Will
Begin at 9 A. M.
Saturday, Nov. 2
Plans have been completed for
a harvest festival scheduled to
be held at the Center Hill Com
i munity Building Saturday, No
vember 2. The festival will be-
Coniinued on Page 3, Section 1
Red Men Weiner
Roast Monday Night
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv
ed Order of Red Men, will hold (
a free weiner roast in its lodge
room next Monday night, No
vember 4. The committee in
charge announces that the hot
dogs will be served at 6:45
o’clock.
Fred Keeter, gachem of the
tribe, is hopeful that the weiner
roast will bring out a large
crowd of the members.
The weekly meeting of the
tribe will follow the weiner roast (
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HAT J* TlME— Progress makes its way, and this replica
of London’s Big Ben in Pittsburgh, Pa., is doomed. It’s
sbowc here almost in half making way for parking lot.
Home Demonstration Clubs To
Hold Achievement Day Nov. 6
New foods and new food pro- 1
ducts will be the educational
feature on t-he annual Home
Demonstration Achievement Day
program Wednesday, November
6th.
The business session and pre
sentation of awards will be held
in the court room in the Cho
wan County Court House build
ing at 2:00 P. M. County Coun
cil will, give an award to the ■
best all-around club in the
county for the past year and |
some 30 perfect attendance cer- j
tificates will be awarded to the
club members who have not
I missed a home demonstration j
club meeting this year. Mrs. O.
KTH.Ward
Will Be Speaker
ForWoman’sClub
Meeting Will Be Held
Wednesday, Nov. 6
At Edenton Restau
rant at 1 O’clock
The Edenton Woman’s Club
will meet Wednesday afternoon,
November 6, at 1 o’clock at the
Edenton Restaurant.
The guest speaker for this
meeting will be Robert H. Ward,
director of public assistance of
the North Carolina Department
of Public Welfare. Another
guest of the club for this meet-'
ing will be Mrs. J. H. McMul
lan, superintendent of public
welfare for Chowan County. j
Mrs. George Alma Byrum, |
president of the club, is very j
anxious to have every member I
of the club present at this meet
ing.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO MEET NOVEMBER 4th
Chowan County Commission
ers will hold their November
meeting, Monday, November 4.
The meeting will begin at 9,
o’clock in the Chowan County ]
Court House. I
Ahoskie Indians Throw Scare
In Aces’ Camp With Tie Game
The Indians \ from Ahoskie
High School threw a terrific
scare in the Edenton Aces’ camp
on Hicks Field Friday night j
when the two teams slugged it j
out for a 0-0 tie and the Aces
being very lucky not to experi
ence their first defeat of the
season. Either the Indians were
I much stronger than was antici
'pated or the Aces lacked by far
the punch they exhibited in
their previous Friday night’s
game in turning back the pow
erful Perquimans Indians.
Edenton runners were unable]
to make any appreciable gains,
with holes in the line plugged
up so that the Aces’ 12 first
'downs came by short gains for
the most part.
j The Aces seriously threatened!
on only two occasions. In the
second quarter they reached the
‘Ahoskie 21-yard line and Bill
|C. Long, Jr., County Council
vice-president, will do the Ach
ievement Day report highlights
of the year’s work.
After the business session and
presentation of awards, the
group will be divided with each
group going to one of the super
markets in Edenton for a tour of
the super market, where new
foods and new food products
which have been put on the gro
■ eery shelf in the last year or 18
months will be shown and dis-
I cussed as to some of the advan
j tages and uses in everyday meal
I planning and time saving in
.meal preparation,
j Mrs. M. T. Barrington, County
Council President, will preside.
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Membership Drive
Very Encouraging
First Week of Solici
tation Nets $9,340
Toward Year’s Bud
get of $15,000
The result of the first week’s
membership drive to produce
operating funds for fiscal 1963-
64 indicates an increase of ap
proximately $l,lOO over the
same period last year, according
to Edenton Chamber of Com
merce President West W. Bvrum.
Funds totaling $8,020 have al
ready been received, Byrum re
ported, with an additional $1,320
pledged making a total of $9,-
j 340. “This is well along the way
| toward our goal of $15,000,” By
j rum added.
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Another Pickled
Herring Breakast
Sponsored by the Methodist
Men’s Club, another pickled her
ring breakfast will be held at
! the Methodist Church. The
i breakfast will be served Satur
| day morning, November 2, from
i 7 to 9 o’clock.
Erwin missed a field goal,
j again late in the fourth quarter
the Aces worked their way to
| the two-yard line, but the In
| dians refused to yield any
ground, so Douglas Sexton tried
a field goal with the ball far
missing the uprights.
Ahoskie, while adding yard
age consistently by Charles, Tay
lor and Howerton, also failed to
gain much ground when in
Edenton territory. The closest
the Indians penetrated Aces’
territory was the 20-yard line,
| where the Aces refused to yield
and Ahoskie lost the ball.
The Aces chalked up 12 first
downs while the Indians were
held to 5.
j On the defense side of the
I game Charlie Overton, Walter
Small, Perry Byrum and Doug
las Twiddy played a hard game
Continued on Pege 4, Section. 2
| Cfiestnutt Named
I County Chairman
For Postmasters!
Duty to Collect Dues
In Area and Plan Forj
Annual Meeting at
Nags Head
J. L. Chestnutt, postmaster
of Edenton, was appointed this |
week to serve as chairman for 1
Chowan County for the en
suing year by D. V. Meekins of
Manteo, chairman for the First
District of the North Carolina
Chapter of the National Asso
ciation of Postmasters. The du
ties of the county chairmen will
be to collect the annual dues ]
from the postmasters of their
area and conduct other business
of the chapter, which will in- j
elude arrangements for the an-:
nual meeting at Nags Head in)
the spring Os 1964, shortly before]
the annual state meeting to be J
: held in Asheville in May, 1964. j
Mr. Meekins released the full I
list of county chairmen as fol-1
1 lows:
Beaulort County, Sidney Hof
[ ler, Washington; Bertie County,
Henry G. Spruill of Aulander;
Chowan County, J. L. Chestnutt
’ of Edenton; Camden County,
Mrs. Lillian B. Spencer of South
' Mills; Currituck County, Mrs. j
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; Tom Bass Wins Championship
I In Chowan Golf Tournament
* Tom Bass was medalist and
championship flight winner in I
1 the Chowan County Golf and j
) Country Club’s golf tournament
which ended Sunday. There,
' were 49 golf enthusiasts who
' participated in the tournament.
Trophies will be awarded at
a banquet to be held at the
Country Club Sunday night,'
November 10 at 7 o’clock. Any I
members of the club will be
eligible to attend this banquet \
and to bring any guests.
| Winners in the tournament J
| were as follows:
Medalist—Tom Bass.
Championship flight winner—
Tom Bass.
' Championship flight runner-
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; On November 19
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State’s Farmers Will
; Decide on Continua
> tion of Agricultural
Program
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Determining what the finicky
consumer is going to demand be- 1
fore he actually decides what hei
wants himself may sound im
possible or at least a case for
f a mind reader, but it’s done ev
ery day.
1 Termed “analysis of consumer j
demand,” this bit of fortune tell-,
*■ ing is beneficial to the farmer J
s in deciding what and how much!
acreage or animals to produce. I
1 This is still another part of
the overall agricultural cycle
which is boosted along by the
y Tar Heel farmers themselves
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Episcopalians Plan
> Canvass On Nov. 6
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1 Pot Luck Supper Will
Be Served at Parish
House
> The Vestry of Saint Paul’s
1 Episcopal Church in Edenton
1 has completed plans for the an
nual Every Member Canvass to
• be held Wednesday, November
I 6. A pot-luck supper will be
served in the Parish House at
1 7 P. M., and all confirmed mem
bers particularly are asked to be
present.
- The Every Member Canvass
r Committee is composed of Dr.
- Edward G. Bond, Logan Elliott
5 (chairman) and John Gilliam
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$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Royal Reception Planned
In Edenton For Initial
[Couple To Cross Bay Span
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I Edentonian Promoted
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MAJ. EUGENE CHAIND.LER
Included among over 100 of
ficers recently competing for
honors in the artillery officers
career course at Fort Sill, Okla..
Major Eugene Chandler, a for
mer Edenton boy. graduated in
August and has been assigned
as an Army advisor to the 3691 h
| Artillery, New York Army Na
' lional Guard.
: up, Joe Thorud. Championship
| flight consolation winner, Phil
| Harrell.
i First flight winner—Dr. A. F.
.Downum. Runner-up, Frank'
• Johnston. Consolation, J. M.
Johnston.
Second flight winner—George
A. Byrum. Runner-up, Nathan
Owens. Consolation, Jesse Har
' roll. *' ,
Third flight winner Tony
. Miley. Runner-up, Ernest Ke
; hayes. Consolation, Haughton
[ Ehringhaus,
! Fourth flight winner Bob
Ashley. Runner-up Leonard
Smalt. Consolation, Rhea Adams.
Fifth flight winner G. M.
j Byrum. Runner-up, Benbry
Wood.
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Windsor Will Be j
November 1 And 2
Event Will Observe
308th Anniversary of
Nathaniel Batts Set
tlement at Avoca
Windsor A celebration on
I
j Friday and Saturday, November
I 'l and 2, will mark Bertie Coun
ty’s observance of the 300th An
niversary of the North Carolina
Charter and the 308th Anniver
sary of the Nathaniel Batts
I settlement on what is now known
1 as Avoca Farm in Bertie County.
Governor Terry Sanford will
jopen the event with a ribbon,
.cutting ceremony at 9 A. M.,
Friday. This is to take place
' at an exhibit of paintings by
Bertie’s native artist, Francis
Speight, who is now artist-in
residence at East Carolina Col
lege.
Continued on Page 4—Section *
Edenton Aces Will Gamble For
Albemarle Loop Championship
With Plymouth Friday Night
Edenton’s Aces, smarting from
a scoreless 0-0 tie with the
i Ahoskie Indians Friday night,
i will play a very crucial game
Friday night of this week when
i they meet the Plymouth Panth
• ers on the latter’s gridiron. This
> game will have a vital bearing
: on the Albemarle Conference
Championship. The Aces must
> come out the winner in order to
win the championship. A loss
. will throw them out of the run
ji ning.
; The Aces will go to Plymouth
, with seven victories and a score-
I less tie to their credit The
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Edenton Chamber of
Commerce Joins In
Publicizing All of
Albemarle Area
With the opening of the $200,-
000,000 Chesapeake Bay bridge
tunnel scheduled to take place
on April 15, 1964, Edenton's
Chamber of Commerce is plan
ning to give a royal reception
for the first out-of-state couple
to cross the span and stopping
i over in Edenton.
| The local Chamber of Com
merce has also agreed to co
, operate with Elizabeth City and
'Hertford for the erection of sev
en large billboards to publicize
I the Albemarle area in order to
I attract the anticipated traffic to
travel on U. S. 17.
The Albemarle Area Highway
Committee plans to raise $5,000
for the project. Edenton's share
will be $1,500. The AAHC also
plans brochures about U. S. 17.
The Albemarle Area Develop
ment Association also plans bro
chures, “The Family Vacation
land in the Exciting Albemarle
Area,” with pictures and infor
mation on each of its 10 coun
ties.
Continued on Page 4. Section 1
Chowan High PTA
Meets November 4
The Chowan High School
Parent-Teacher Association will
meet in the school auditorium
' Monday night, November 4, at
8 o’clock.
Mrs. Sheila Leary, program
chairman, announces that a very
interesting program has been
arranged for the meeting, and
that FHA girls will baby-sit for
anyone desiring to attend the
meeting.
Mrs. Kathryn Byrum, mem
bership chairman, reports that
the association now has 335
paid members for the 1963-64
year. She points out that mem
bership is not limited to parents,
teachers and school administra
| tors, but that any interested
| person in the community is
j eligible to become a memoer.
| Halloween Supper
j At Ryland Nov. 2nd
|] The Ryland Home Demon-
I stration Club will sponsor a
| Halloween hot dog supper and
jeake sale Saturday night, No
' vember 2, from 6 to 8 o’clock.
■ All kinds of goodies will be for
sale and cakes will be sold to
| the highest bidder. Games will
I be provided for the children who
| are invited to attend in their
Halloween costumes.
All proceeds will be used to
help pay off the community
building debt.
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i Edenton's annual Halloween
parade and party will be held
I tonight (Thursday) beginning at
i,5:30 o'clock.
Edenton's Aces will nlay the
: i Plymouth Panthers in Plymouth
1 Friday night, November 1, at 8
; | o'clock.
Chowan County Home Demon-
I stration Clubs will observe Ach
i ievement Day Wednesday, No-
I Continued on Page 6, Section 1
Panthers, on the other hand
have lost one conference game
when they were defeated by the
powerful Perquimans Indians.
A victory for the Aces Friday
night will mean the conference
championship. If they lose, the
fact that they were tied with
Ahoskie, a team the Perquimans
Indians easily defeated, will
eliminate the Aces and Per
quimans and Plymouth will be
tied for the championship.
Last Friday night the Aces,
who were expected to dcfelrt
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