A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
Volume XXX.—Number 45.
Over 1,500 Turn Out
For Edenton's Halloween
Party Held Thursday
Varied and Novel Cos
tumes Make Judging
For Winners Hard to
Decide
y
The Halloween Party Thursday
afternoon, with a boost from the
weatherman, was one of the most
successful in many years. Over
1,500 people turned out to en
job the fun and frolic of the
annual party sponsored by the
Edenton Woman’s Club.
Costumes were novel and var
ied, making the choice of the
prize winners a difficult one for
the judges.
The winners were Kathryn
Harless for the prettiest girl;
Richard Bass, the cutest boy;
Janet Bunch, the most original
girl’s costume; Terry Thrower,
the most original boy’s costume;
Bud Holmes, the most comical
boy and Dabney and Katherine
Forehand, the most comical
girls.
Frank Roberts was master of
ceremonies for the occasion.
Lending a helping hand at the
party were Jaycees and members
of the Varsity Club.
The Woman’s Club expresses
appreciation to all who con
tributed to making the party
possible.
American Education Week Will
Be Observed November 10-16
American Education Week will
be observed in local schools No
vember 10 to 16, when the theme
for this year will be ‘‘Education
Strengthens the Nation.’’
Each day various topics will be
stressed- that education strength
ens the nation, which will be as
follows:
Sunday—Values of Free Men.
Monday—Learning Opportuni
ties.
Tuesday—Quality Teaching.
Wednesday—Balanced Curricu
lum.
Thursday—Community Re
sources.
20 Years Ago
Ac Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
Edenton's Lions Club voted to
sponsor another Boy Scout troop
and Chief of Police J. R. Tan
ner agreed to serve as Scout
master.
The value of whiskey cou
pons in North Carolina were
cut in half. Under the new
ruling each coupon which was
good for one pint of whiskey
with two coupons redeemable
every 15 days was changed to
only one pint during the 15-day
period.
Mrs. Esther P. Marshburn, as
sistant USO director, was trans
ferred to Biloxi, Mississippi.
Philip McMullan was ap
pointed tax supervisor for Cho
wan County by the County Corn-
Continued on Pago B—Section )
BIBLE LAND TOUR 1
By MRS. E. L. WARD
S.
Editor’s Note: Mrs. E. E. Wsrd.
who during the past summer toured
the Holy Land for a period of Hve
weeks, very kindly has written an
aceount of her very pleasant tour.
Her impressions of the tonr will ap
pear in installments, the first of
which appears this week.
To walk where Jesus and His
disciples walked is to bring the
pages of the Bible to life. This
is the purpose of the Pilgrimage
Associates Tour, of which we
were members, to escort us
through the Bible lands where
•associations with ancient people,
places and activities are so
strong that we would relive the
glorious days when the very
foundations of Christianity were
being formed. We stood on ML
Nebo and looked across to the
Promised Land. We saw the
Dead Sea and the tombs of
Abraham and Sara. We visited
Jesus’ pulpit «t the Mount of
Beattitudes, Calvary, the Garden
of Gethsemane and rode on the
beautiful Sea of Galilee. All
THE CHOWAN HERALD
In Who’s Who
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Miss Frances Holton, daughter
of Mrs. David Q. Holton of Eden
ton, has been named to "Who's
Who Among Students in Ameri
can Universities and Colleges"
from Salem College. The honor
is given by a faculty committee
and is based on outstanding
scholarship and leadership. Miss
Holton is a senior. Her major
study is chemistry. She is vice
president of the senior class,
vice chairman of the judicial
board of student government,
vice chairman of the May Day
Committee and a committee
chairman for the Pierrette Play
ers of Salem College.
Friday—Financial Support.
Saturday—Goals for Tomorrow.
All friends of the school are
especially invited to attend open
house at the John A. Holmes
High School Tuesday night, No
vember -12, between the hours of
7:30 and 9 o’clock.
Friends are invited to visit the
Elementary School all day dur
ing the school session Wednes
day, November 13.
“We hope all parents will at
tend their child’s school during
American Education Week,’’ says
Cecil Fry and Ernest Swain,
I principals of the two schools.
CourseWFF”
Driving License
Local License Exam
iner Has Enroll
ment Forms
Driver Education Representa
tive Allie E. Johnson of the De
partment of Motor Vehicles has
announced that driver education
courses, sponsored by the ve
hicles agency, have been sched
uled for this area.
Traffic safety education was
made mandatory by an act of the
1963 General Assembly for all
16-18 year old youths wanting
a driver’s license, Mrs. Johnson
explained.
The new courses getting under
Continued on Page 7 —Section 1
This tour, put on by the Am
erican Express Company and
consisting of 24 people, some I
ministers and their wives, oth
ers mostly Methodist church
people, had ia briefing session
in our New York hotel, to
gether with representatives of
TWA Airlines and American
Express Company one day be
fore our departure on our tour.
The next day we spent at our
United Nations Building, step
ping by the permanent head
quarters of Jordan there for a
briefing on situations we would
find there. Late that same af
ternoon our group left our hotel
by limousine for Idlewild Air
port, where we boarded a huge
TWA transport jet at 8:30 A. M. j
for our 12-hour flight to Rome, i
stopping only briefly at Madrid, 1
Spain and Lisbon, Portugal. I
This plane cruised at 33,000 feet
and carried 144 passengers and.
11 crew members. We learned:
that the delicious broiled steak I
dinner and other meals served'
aboard were brought to the.
Co-Owed °° *•*•*■ Uca on 2
Edenton, Ch * i County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 7, 1963.
Annual Banquet Os
Golf And Country I
Chib November 10
J. C. Pritchett of
Windsor Will Pre
sent Awards to Tour
nament Winners
The first annual banquet of
the Chowan Golf and -Country '
Club will be held at the Country
Club Sunday night, November
10, at 7 o’clock.
Following the dinner trophies
will be presented to winners in
the recent club tournament.
J. C. Pritchett, prominent at
torney of Windsor, will be the
guest speaker and will present
the awards.
The price of the dinner was
collected from the participants in
the entrance fee. However, the
price of the meal for non-partici
pants and their wives or guests
will be $1.50 per person. Any
golfer and his wife are invited
to attend this event.
Anyone planning to attend the
banquet must make meal reser
vations not later that. Friday.
November 8. Reservations can
be made by phoning 482-3612.
Chowanian Staff
Schedules Variety
Show On Nov. 15
Many Features Will
Be Presented; Pro
ceeds Go to Purchase
Os New Art Board
On Friday night, Novembei
15 at 7:30 o’clock the staff of
the Chowanian, the studen*
newspaper of Chowan High
School, will sponsor a variety
■show. The proceeds from this
show will be used by the Com
mercial Department of Chowan
High to buy a new art board.
The money will also enable the
staff to print photographs in
more of its issues.
•On October 15 auditions werei
held for this show. At that
time the different acts were
timed as they were presented
and a schedule of events was I
set up. The show is made up or
acts from Chowan, John A.
Holmes iand Perquimans High
Schools.
Special features of the variety
show will include group and in
dividual singing, pantomines, pi
-1 ano solos, baton twirling, tap
dancing and various skits. A
hootenanny with audience par
ticipation will be one of the
highlighted events of the even
ing.
Admission will be: Pre-school
children, free; grades one
through eight, 25 cents; high
school students, 35 cents, and
adults 50 cents.
The variety show is being di
rected by Mrs. Robert Hendrix,
the commercial teacher at Cho
wan.
Everyone is invited to come
I and enjoy an evening filled
with local entertainment.
Godwin Speaker
At Rotary Today
Scheduled to Speak on
Two Very Contro
versial Issues
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
•at 1 o’clock in the Parish House.
The program will be in charge
of W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., who
has announced that Philip God
win of Gatesville will be the
speaker.
Mr. Godwin is scheduled to
speak on the communist ban bill
and redistricting. Mr. Godwin,
who is Gates County’s Repre
sentative, introduced the "gag
bill’’ in the House of Represen
tatives and is working on the
‘‘federal plan’’ for redistricting.
He was recently elected presi
dent of the First District Bar
Association.
Due to the controversial na
ture of Mr. Godwin’s topics,
President Hiram J. Mayo urges
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N. B. Baker. Soil Conservationist in Gates County, is shewn
presenting a $5.00 check for the Albemarle and Gates Soil and
Water Conservation District to the Chowan FFA Chapter for its
achievement in winning third place in the Albemarle Future
Farmers of America land judging contest held in Gales County
Thursday, October 17. In the oholoqrach, left to right, Mr. Baker,
Ronnie Berryman, E. S. White. FFA supervisor for the Chowan
Chapter, Joe Ward, Ray Bunch and Dcnald Bunch. A sls check
was presented to the Gales County FFA Chapter for first place
award and a $lO check was presented to the Perquimans Chapter
for second place. FFA Chapters participating were Gates, Cho
wan, Pasquotank Central, Perquimans, Camden and Knapp. The
event is sponsored each year by the Albemarle Soil and Water
Conservation District and the Gates County Soil and Water Con
servation District.
Round-up Time In Edenton
It was round--up time in Edenton Tuesday whan an effort was
made to capture 33 hogs and 11 steer. It all came about when
a cattle truck overturned at the corner of West Queen and Mosely
Streets, turning loose the animals, which stampeded all over
town.
Edenton police/ members of the / Street Department, as well as
a group of other citizens, joined in the round-up in an effort to
capture the animals, many going into yards and even down as far
as the business section. One of the steer, chased to the Barker
Hoiuse. jumped into Edenton Bay in the chase and was lassoed in
the water to halt its rampage.
The accident occurred shortly before noon when Vernon Bar
nett. colored, of Elizabeth City, driver of the truck, quickly ap
plied the brakes to prevent colliding with another truck coming
out of Mosely Street, causing the truck to turn over. Barnett was
taken to Chowan Hospital, but was released shortly thereafter
with only minor injuries. The truck belonged to Brile & Tatem
Livestock Company of Elizabeth City.
Churchwomen To
Hold Fail Festival
Tuesday, Nov. 12
Highlight of Affair;
Will Be an Outdoor
j Carnival to Entertain
Children
■ ■' ■ -
St. Paul’s Churchwomen will
hold their Fall Festival Tuesday,
November 12, from 11 A. M , to
5 P. M., featuring this year a
luncheon, a carnival for children,
plants and homemade foods.
A chicken salad lunch will be
served from noon to 2 o’clock at
St. Paul’s Parish House for $1.25
a person. No advance ticket:;
will be sold for the luncheon this
year and there will not be a
dinner as in the nast.
Continued on Page 6, Section 1 |
Christmas Saving
Club Closes Nov. 9
Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany’s 1963 Christmas Saving
Club will close Saturday, No
vember 9. After that date no
more payments will be accepted
for this year’s club. Any mem
bers, therefore, who are delin
quent in payments, are urged to
pay up before the November 9
deadline.
Society Officers Participate In Induction
Am
HIM ippgpff
Pictured above are National Honor Societv officer* who last
waek participated in induction of 23 new society members at the
John A- Holmes High School. Left to right INeal Hobbs, treas
urer, Nancy Jordan, secretary: Tom Phillips, rice president and
Aces Will Bring
Down ’63 Gridiron
Curtain On Friday
■! Final Opponents Will
1 Be Pasquotank Cen
} tral on Hicks Held at
i 8 O’clock
!
Edenton’s Aces will pull down
the 1963 gridiron curtain Friday
night, November 8, when they
are scheduled to meet Pasquo
tank Central High School on
Hicks Field.
The Aces, despite the fact:
that they were knocked out of
the Albemarle Conference Cham
pionship running last Friday
night by the Plymouth Panthers,
have quite an enviable record’
for the season. They have wonj
j seven games, lost one and play-'
ed a scoreless tie with Ahoskie.'
The Aces have been very fortu
nate during the season, so far
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
Libraries Closed On
Monday, Nov. 11
Both the Shepard-Pruden Me
morial Library and Brown-Car-'
ver Libraries will be closed all
day Monday, November 11. The
closing is due to the observance
of Veterans’ Day, a national holi
day.
Edenton Woman’s
dub Selling Two
Kinds Fruit Cakes
One of Ways Club
Has Adopted In Or
der to Raise Money
For Various Projects
For the past five years the
Edenton Woman's Club has sold
Claxton fruit cakes as one of its
ways and means projects for the
club.
This year the club was con
tacted by a local organization,
the Continental Baking Company,
who asked them to sell their
cakes, the Hostess Holiday Cake.
Since the club had already con
tracted to sell the Claxton cake
for the 1963-64 club year, it
agreed to be the sole distributor
in Edenton of the Hostess Holi
day Cake also. Since this is a
local product, an order for these
cakes may be filled in three
days.
A list of the cakes available
and prices of each is listed be
low. These cakes can be con
sidered as Christmas gifts as well
as purchasers enjoying them.
Conf'd. on Pag* 4—Section 1
Commissioners Arrange For
Officer At Athletic Contests
Chowan County Commission- j
ers were confronted with a dele-1
gation representing the Chowan
High School Parent-Teacher As
sociation and the Ryland and
Chowan Ruritan Clubs.
The purpose of the delegation
was in the interest of securing
a deputy sheriff for upper Cho
wan County and a peace officer j
at all athletic events at Chowan |
High School.
Those speaking in behalf of,
the request were Mrs. Willie!
Dr. Edward Bond
Speaker For BAR
Dinner Meeting Will
Be Held at Edenton
Restaurant Nov. 13
Dr. Edward G- Bond will ad
dress the Edenton Tea Party
DAR Chapter at a luncheon
meeting Wednesday afternoon,
November 13, at 1 o'clock at the
Edenton Restaurant.
Dr. Bond, who represents
Chowan County on the Advisory
Committee of the Albemarle
I Mental Health Association, will
: speak on mental health. Dr.
Bond has long been interested
in a mental health clinic for the
area and was instrumental in
helping to form the present as
| sociation.
Mrs. James P. Ricks, Jr., re
gent, reminds members to make'
reservations for the luncheon
meeting by Monday. Members'
are also asked to make reserva
tions for the Good Citizen Day
luncheon Saturday afternoon, No
vember 23, at 1 o’clock at St.
Paul’s Parish House with Mrs.
George Hoskins, chairman, by
November 14th.
W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr. 1
Assistant To Solicitor
i
Joining a number of counties,
Chowan County Commissioners
on Monday employed an assist-;
ant to Solicitor Walter Cohoon
to serve at the mixed terms of
Chowan Superior Court. |
W. J. P. Earnhardt was ap
pointed to this position at a sal
ary of SIOO per term. The new!
assistant, it is believed, will
greatly help Mr. Cohoon in the
prosecution of cases and will, to
a great extent, help speed up i
the court.
Changes Made For
Bookmobile Schedule
Since Thanksgiving Day falls
on November 28, the bookmobiles
’will make the following changes
in their schedules and will come
on Wednesday, November 13th at
the usual time:
Bookmobile No. 1 (Mrs. Alex
ander, Librarian): Marine Base
Road, Indian Trail Road, High
way No. 32.
Bookmobile No. 2 (Mrs. Harris,
Librarian): Mexicans Road, Ban-!
don Road, Rocky Hock, Cannons'
i Ferry. 1
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Ed Bond Post To Sponsor
Observing Veterans Day
In Edenton November 11
Band Parents To
Sponsor Supper
Effort Made Novem
ber 15 to Curtail In
debtedness of Band
The John A. Holmes High
School Band Parents will spon
sor a country ham supper on
Friday, November 15.
The menu includes country
ham, candied yams, string beans,
carrots, pickles; celery and home
made rolls. Homemade desserts
will -be- Sold separately.
The meal will be served in the
John A. .Holmes High School
cafeteria^ P. M., until
7:30 P.
Tickets may from
my band parent All
proceeds will be Used to help
zliminate the band’s indebted
ness.
Joyner, the Rev. George A.
Cooke, Mrs. Kate Boyce, Lester
Copeland, Harry Venters and
Kenneth Copeland. They stated
that their various organization?
are 100 percent back of a deputy
sheriff and especially having an
officer at athletic events.
It was pointed out that a
number of theft? have occurred
during basketball games and at
other times in the upper end
of the county which warrant the
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
Tom Ford Moving
To Lexington, Va.
Melvin Braxton Suc
cessor as Goodyear
Store Manager
Many Edenton friends will re
gret to learn that Tom Ford,
manager of the Edenton Good
year Store, and his family will
soon leave Edenton. Mr. Ford
has been transferred to Lexing
ton, Va., where he will be field
representative for the Goodyear
Company.
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
Tar Heel Chapter, 30th Infantry
Division, Has Reunion Saturday
The Tar Heel Chapter of the i
i 30th Infantry Division Associa- 1
tion met in ’Edenton Saturday, [
’ November 2. The business meet
ing at 3:00 P. M., was opened
by a welcome by West W. By
rum, president of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce.
Officers for the new year
• were elected as follows: Presi
dent, Fletcher King of Durham;
I vice president—East, E. L. Hol
lowed of Edenton; vice president
—Central, Raymond Dean of Ra-
I leigh; vice president—West, John I
W. Carter of Madison; secretary-!
treasurer, Seavy Highsmith, Jr., !
rinnrvxnjiAA.'^AAfiAnr*
Crippled Aces Defeated 28 To 0
• By Powerful Plymouth Panthers
i _ i
Edenton’s Aces, weakened by
the absence of several of their
stalwarts, played courageously
but proved to be no match for
i the big, fast and deceptive Ply
mouth Panthers Friday night in
Plymouth when the Panthers
won by a score of 28-0. The
Aces keenly felt the absence of
(Walter Small, Dwight Flannagan
and Clyde Adams, who were
sidelined by injuries, while Hi
ram Mayo, Harry Spruill and
Durrell Ambrose saw only limit
ed action during the night, all
three being considerably handi
capped by injuries.
The Aces entered the game in
the underdog role, but despite
the badly crippled team, they
threw a scare In the Panther
f camp after the opening kick-crff.
The Aces moved 67 yards but
lost the ball on a finable when
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'Mayor John Mitchen
j er Calls Upon Citiz
ens to Join In Cele
bration
Citizens of Edenton and Cho
wan County are invited to par
ticipate in the annual observ
ance of Veterans Day Monday,
November 11, sponsored by Ed
ward G. Bond Post No. 40 of the
American Legion, with the co
operation and support of John
A. Hclmes High School.
Post Commander W. A. Perry,
in issuing the invitation, an
nounced that a community com
mittee had been appointed to
organize this year’s observance
of this patriotic holiday.
Chairman of the committee is
C. A. Boyce. Adjutant. Other
members of the committee are
J. L. Chestnutt and Dick Lovette.
By its participation in this
patriotic holiday, Edward G.
Bond Post will be joining with
the more than 16,000 local Le
gion organizations throughout
the nation and overseas in the
observance of Veterans Day.
In its invitation to the resi
dents of Edenton and Chowan
County to join in the Veterans
Day observance, the committee
urges that every effort be made
to turn this holiday into a dy
namic demonstration cf patriot-
Continued on Page 4. Section 1
Edenton Jaycettes
Will Meet Tonight
The Edenton Jaycettes will
hold their regular meeting to
night (Thursday) at 7 o’clock at
the Edenton Restaurant.
The Elizabeth City Jaycettes
will visit the local club at this
meeting, and Mrs. Margie Ford,
president, urges all members to
| be present.
I CIVIC calendarl
.(*
American Education Week will
be observed in Edenton schools
November 10 to 16.
First annual banquet of the
Chowan Golf and Country Club
will be held at the Country club
Sunday night, November 10. at
7 o'clock.
Churchwomen of SL Paul's
Episcopal Church will hold their
fall festival at the Parish House
Tuesday. November 12. from 11
A. M., to 5 P. M.
Continued on Page B—Section 1
i of Fayetteville; chaplain, Johnny
Painter of Sanford.
| A motion was made and pass
ed that the next meeting be held
Continued on Pago 7—Section 1
BANKS CLOSED NOV. 11
Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany and the Consumer Credit
■ Branch will be closed all day
Monday, November 11. The clos
ing is due to the observance of
Veterans’ Day, so that import
ant business should be transact-
Jed accordingly. Both banks will
be open as usual Tuesday morn
! ing.
less than a yard from the goal
line.
The scrappy Aces held the
1 Panthers scoreless until midway
of the second quarter when they
i moved from their 30-yard line
; to Edenton's 25, from where a
■ oass was good for a touchdown.
' Vear the end of this quarter
i three successive completed pass
■ es brought the second touchdoyen.
Though the Aces could gain
1 little ground in the third .quar
ter, they held the Panthers score
-1 less and it Was not until early
in the fourth quarter that the
Panthers chalked up two more
> ooints for a safety when Spruill’s
i kick was blocked near the goal
' line. A little later Bobby Hall
broke through to score another
this quarter ffgßagain rammed