A Newspaper bkvoted |j
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
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Volume XXX.—Number 47.
Criminal Docket In Term
Os Superior Court Ends
Before Noon On Tuesday
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Golden A. Frinks Sent
To Roads For Viola
tion of Former Sus
pended Sentence
The criminal doeket of Cho
wan Superior Court Was complet
ed shortly before noon Tuesday
with Judge Chester Morris pre
siding.
The term of court was opened
with a prayer by the Rev.
George B. Holmes, rector of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church, immedi
ately after which the roll of
jurymen was called and the
Grand Jury selected.
Those drawn for the Grand
Jury were Dearl B. Parks, Char
lie Norman Sutton, Charlie T.
Dixon, Sr., Carlton Bunch, Her
man W. Nixon, N. E. Hollowed,
Jr., Robert Mathis, Edgar Fred
erick Bunch, T. E. Lane, C. Spur
geon Tynch, Sr., Johnny Jack
son, Lyman R. Blanchard, Leon
E. Bunch, George W. Lewis, Gar
land Toppin, Thomas L. Ashley,
W. W. Byrum, Jr., and Rufus
Smithson. George Lewis was
appointed foreman of the jury.
Before going into the business
of the court an impressive cere
mony was held when William
S. Privott presented Robert
Bland Smith, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Smith of Edenton
to Judge Morris and the court.
Judge Morris administered the
oath to the young attorney ad
mitting him as a member of the
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Christmas Seal Health Drive
Gets Under Way In Chowan
The annual Christmas Seal j
campaign «i»ek>wim C<*ui>ly re
ceived its traditional sendoff Fri-j
day, November 15, with.the gen
eral mailing of Christmas Seals j
to residents. Proceeds of the |
campaign will be used by the '
Chowan County Tuberculosis and
Health Association to combat tu
berculosis and other respiratory'
diseases.
R. Graham White, president,
said that millions of lives have
been saved since the first contri
bution was made for a Christmas
Rev. George Holmes
Men’s Club Speaker
The Methodist Men’s Club will
hold a dinner meeting tonight
(Thursday) at 6:30 o’clock at the
churoh.
Guest speaker for the meet
ing will be the Rev. George B.
Holmes, rector of St. Paul’s Epis-
CQpal Church.
Tony Miley, president of the
club, urges all members to at- 1
tend this informative program.
20 Years Ago!
As Found In The Files Os j
The Chowan Herald
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Due to several recent fires
caused by oil stoves. Fire Chief
R. K. Hall called attention to
the fact that the law required an
oil stove to be at least 18 inches
from woodwork unless a shield
of asbestos or metal is provided.
At the request of Lieut. Col.
Zebulon C. Hopkins, commanding
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f BIBLE LAND TOUR 1
By MRS. E. L. WARP \ j
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Editor’* Note: Mrs. E. 1. Wort,
who durinr the post Hammer toured
the Holy Lmd tor a period of five
weeks, very kindly has written an
I£oMt of her very, pisosaM tour, t
Her impressions of the tour will ap
pear In Installments, the third of
which appears this week.
The Dome of the Rock k a
huge mosque where Abraham
prepared to sacrifice Isaac, The
dome is pure gold. Jerusalem
id surrounded by high walls.
The golden gate through which
jesus entered has been waited
up since the seventh century
fc and tradition says it will re
jy - jpuln closed until Jesus, returns.
The Garden of Gethsemame is
a lovely walled gardeh at the
'loot of the Mount of Olives. The
■vfoed means “olive press.” In
, ths%arden are eight dive trees
said to be 2.500 years old and
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MISS JUDY BYRUM
Edenton Jaycetles have cho
sen Miss Judy Byrum, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram By
rum, as Teenage Girl of the
Month.
Businesses Close
For Thanksgiving
All places of business in Eden
ton will be closed Thursday, No
vember 28 for Thanksgiving and
most stores will be open until
9 P. M., on the next three Sat
urdays.
Beginning Monday. December
16, through Christmas Eve, most
of Edenion's merchants will re
main open every night until 9
o'clock for the convenience of
shoppers.
i j Seal. “But the saving of lives
is not enough,” iyj 'ahdcd. ‘.‘We
• i,are also continuing to wage a
relentless fight against the suf
; [ sering, tragedy, loss of time and
• | money that result from TB and
i (other diseases that affect breath
l ing. Many of these other res
piratory diseases are not only
• gravely harmful in themselves,
'but increase susceptibility to
, TB.”
Figures released by the Unit
ed States Public Health Service
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Jaycees Dance On
Wednesday, Nov. 27
Affair WilTße Held
In Armory Starting
At 9 O’clock
Edenton’s Jaycees will sponsor
their annual Thanksgiving dance,
which will be held in the Eden
ton armory Wednesday night,
November 27. The dance will
begin at 9 o’clock and continue
until 1 o’clock, with music pro
vided by Bud Skiles and his
Combo.
Table reservations can be made
by telephoning 482-3496 or 482-
2375.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’clock at the Parish House.
President Hiram Mayo urges a
100 percent attendance.
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ing in many native flowers and
shrubs. It really seems a “place
.apart” from the noise and con
fusion outside. We had time to
walk here in the garden awhile
and feel Christ’s presence near.
The "Church of Agony” was
built in 1924 over th£ rock
where Jesus knelt in agonizing
prayer. We visited the excava
tions going on at the Pool of
Bethesda, which means “House
of Healing.” We walked the way
of Calvary, 14 stations on the
way, each station designated .by
a church or mosque. We
. thought it would be closed off
and a peaceful place but there
were bazaars on,eao*i side, some
filled with meat without bene
i fit of refrigeration in the in
tense heat Fast traffic of large
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 21, 1963.
Work Started On
Repairing Kitchen
At Iredell House
Extensive Work Now
Under Way In Order !
To Improve Colonial
Garden
Remodeling the inside kitchen
at the James Iredell House, a
major project of the Edenton
Tea Party Chapter of the DAR,
was begun this week by the
Edenton Construction Company.
The work, which will include
a mew floor, cabinets and the
replacing of rotten timbers, is
being financed jointly by the
chapter and the James Iredell
Association. The improvements
are for the convenience of mem
bers in serving food to raise
funds for further restoration of
the house.
Plans for the remodeling of
the kitchen were presented by
the chairman, Mrs. George Hos
kins. at a meeting of the chan
ter Wednesday, November 13, at
the Edenton Restaurant.
It was also reported that ex
tensive work is being done on
the Colonial Garden to put it in
good shape for next spring.
Continued on Page 7, Section )
Mrs. Cordon Will
Be Guest Speaker
At DAR Meeting
Members of Edenton
Tea Party Chapter
Will Be Host For Dis
trict Gathering
Mrs. Norman Cordon of Chapel
Hill, state regent of the Daugh
ters of I>r»e Amerli’a# Revolution,
will be guest speaker at the Dis
trict Eight DAR Good Citizen
Day here Saturday, November 23.
Mrs. Wood Privott of Edenton,
district director, said about 75
persons are expected for the day
including the 31 Good Citizens
representing 10 chapters in the
district.
The purpose of the day is to
further the teaching of Ameri
canism by setting forth the his
torical, patriotic and educational
objectives of the society. The
Good Citizens are senior girls
attending accredited public high
schools selected for their depend
ability, service, leadership and
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
Aces Honored At
Barbecue Supper
Affair Will Be Held at
VFW Building To
night at 6:30
Edenton’s Aces and their
coaches will be guests at a bar
becue supper which is scheduled
to be held at the VFW building
tonight (Thursday) at 6:30
o’clock. During the supper a
special tribute will be paid to
the seniors who were members
of this year’s Aces. The barbe
cue supper will be served by
Joe’s Drive-In.
The supper was planned to
honor this year’s Aces, who hung
up an enviable 8-1-1 record, as
well as their coaches, Jerry Mc-
Gee and Billy Hardison and rep
resentatives of the press and ra
dia and others who loyally sup
ported the team. /
Pat Flaqnagan will act as
master of ceremonies at the sup
per,
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Firemen Will Sponsor
Turkey Shoot Nov. 23
The Center Hill-Cross Roads
Volunteer Fire Department will
sponsor a Thanksgiving turkey
shoot Saturday, November 23, at
the fire station. Shooting willi
begin at 1 t». M., and continue,
until 9 P. M.
Hamburgers and hot dogs will
be on sale in the fire station
during tRe shoot. Proceeds from
this event will go toward adding
protective equipment and cloth
ing for the firemen, so that it
is hoped the school have,
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Ellon Askew, Jr., construction inspector for the Soil Conserva
tion Service, is shown receiving a certificate of merit from T. J.
walkup, slate administrative officer, for above average work per
formance during 1962. He also received a cash award. The award
was recently presented to Mr. Askew at a service staff meeting.
Mr. Askew is currently serving as construction inspector on Pol
lock Swamp Watershed in Chowan County with headquarters in
the work unit office in Edenton.
Gov. Terry Sanford Will
Be Speaker AtMeeting Os
Area Development Group
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Annual Meeting Fri-I
day Night, December
13, at Edenton Arm
, ory at 7 O’clock
1 Albemarle Area Development
Association will hold its annual
I meeting at the Edenton National
, Guard armory Friday night, De
cember 13, at 7 o’clock. This an-,
■ nouncement was made by Presi
dent Richard Atkinson, Jr., of [
Elizabeth City.
, Mr. Atkinson announced that
the principal speaker for the
Meeting wiliv.be .Govemgr Jlerny
' Sanford.
Community awards will be
presented, progress reports made
by each division, and new offi
| cers elected for the coming year.
Atkinson urged each of the
counties represented in the
' AADA to send a good, large, en
thusiastic county group.
( The association comprises 10
counties, including Gates .Cho
wan, Perquimans, Pasquotank,
I Camden, Currituck, Dare, Tyr
, rell, Washington and Hyde.
; Geo. lewis Named
CountyKeyßanker
Coordinates Farm Ac
■ tivities of Bankers
Association
NCBA President John J. Mas
' on of Tarboro has announced
that George Lewis will serve as
“County Key Banker” during
the next 12 months for Chowan
. County.
Mr. Lewis is farm relations
j officer of Peoples Bank & Trust
, Company. He will coordinate
| the farm activities of the N. C.
( Bankers Association for this area.
} Pointing to the recognition
. that Tar Heel bankers have won
for their service to agriculture
, through the farm programs of
the NCBA, President Mason
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BANK CLOSED NOV. 28
Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany and the Consumer Credit
Branch will be closed all day
Thursday, November 28, due to
v the observance of Thanksgiving.
. All important banking business
’ should, therefore, be transacted
accordingly.
Adult Classes Scheduled To Be
Held At Chowan High School
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1 Plans are now in progress, to
r conduct adult classes in parlia
: mentary procedure and conduct
L! of business meetings to be held
s at the Chowan High School.
An organizational meeting is
l scheduled to be held tonight
i j (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock in the
i vocational agriculture building at
! Chowan High School. Both men
•'and women are invited to en
t roll in then classes,
si Everett White, teacher of vo
cational agriculture, reports that
Early Next Week
In order for Herald employees
to observe Thanksgiving, The
Herald will appear a day earlier
next week. The paper will be
printed Tuesday instead of Wed
nesday, so that all news and
advertising copv must accord-
I ingly be in the office a day
earlier in order to appear in
[next week’s issue.
Contract Awarded
For P. 0. Repairs!
Entire Building Now
Is Scheduled to Be
Modernized
A contract has been awarded
to Shields & Wyatt, architects,
Fenner & Proffit, engineers of
Rocky Mount for design of ex
tension to and remodeling of the
Edenton Post Office building.
The work will include air con
ditioning, lighting, electrical
work, interior and exterior paint
ing and related repairs.
Plans and specifications for the
work are scheduled to be com
pleted the latter part of April,
1 1964.
The professional services con
tract was let by the Atlanta Re
gional Office of General Services
Administration at Atlanta, Ga.
That office will also solicit bids
for the repair and improvement
work at a date to be announced
later.
HD Clubs Observe
Husbands’ Night
Delightful Affair Is
Held at Center Hill
Tuesday Night
The Center Hill Community
Building was the scene of a very
delightful affair Tuesday .night
when Chowan County’s Home
Demonstration Clubs observed
their 17th annual Husbands’
Supper. The Center Hill Club
was hostess for the occasion and
served a delicious turkey din-
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i there will probably be more wo
• men than men who enroll in the
; class.
I The classes will be about two
hours in length and about 8 or
i 10 hours will be needed to com
t plete the course. The course is
i being conducted as part of the
1 Vocational Education Program of
i Vocational Agriculture and Home
• Economics Departments of Cho
wan High School. Other adult]
- evening classes will be offered'
t at a lkter date,
New Parking Area
IsNowCompleted;
Handles 175 Cars
Adjoining Area Will
Be Devoted to Park
ing Facilities at Lat
er Date
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Edenton’s new parking area
has now been completed back of
the stores on the east side of
Broad Street. Eden Street has
also been hard surfaced and ex
tended into the parking area so
that there is now convenient ac
cess to the parking area which,
when marked off, will accom
modate in, the neighborhood of
175 automobiles.
Another area will later provide
additional parking space which,
when completed, will increase
parking facilities to about 214
cars. The old warehouse on
county property has been torn
down and when time permits ce
t ment will be torn up by town
employees and removed to a fill
on Jackson Street preparatory to
extending this street. This ad
ditional area will subsequently
be hard surfaced and marked off
for parking.
The new parking area will be
under the supervision of, Edenton
police and is expected to greatly
relieve the serious parking sit
uation on Broad Street. There
will be no charge for parking in
the new area.
Eight Edenton Aces Placed On
1963 AA All-Conference Teams
Eight Edenton Aces were plac
ed on the AA All-Conference
team which was announced last
week. Three of the Aces were
named on the first string team
and included Harry Spruill as a
back, Douglas Twiddy as an end
and Charles Overton as an in
terior lineman.
On the second string were Hi
ram Mayo, Jr., as a back and
[Walter Small as an interior line
man.
On the honorable mention list
Local Police Pick
Up Florida Youths
Trio of 17 - Year - Old
Boys Charged With
Automobile Theft
Edenton police arrested three
Florida youths about 11 o’clock
Sunday night at the Laundromat
adjoining the A&P Store on
North Broad Street. The police
suspected that the trio had plan
ned to rob the coin boxes in the
Laundromat.
The three youths were Jerry
A. Gray, 17, and James Skipper
Hardy, 17, both of Clearwater,
•Fla., and Larry Howard, 17, of
Daytona Beach.
The police learned that the
boys had stolen an automobile
at Miami and headed north.
The police also report that a
Georgia license plate was stolen
and placed on the stolen car.
The boys were turned over to
the FBI for prosecution on
charges of stealing an automo
bile.
Slides Will Feature
Boy Scout Meeting
All Boy Scouts and their par
ents are invited to be present
at the Scout hut for a meeting
Monday night, November 25, at
7:30 o’clock.
A feature of this meeting willi
be color slides of the 1960 Scout
Jamboree at Colorado Springs in
Colorado. The slides will be
shown by Lieut. Col. Edward
Bass, who attended the Jam
boree.
Mr. Bass will also give infor
mation about the 1964 Jamboree
to be held next year at Valley
Forge to camp at America’s his
tory making site, where George
Washington made history.
All Scouts and parents are in
vited from Edenton, Rocky Hock
and Center Hill communities.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions Club will meet
Monday night, November 25, at
7 o’clock at the Edenton Res
] tauranL Dr. A/ F. Downum,
•president of the club, urges ev
ery Lion to be present.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Town Council Tentatively
Awards Contract To Build
New Municipal Building
Glee Club Secretary
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at IN. C. Stale College, has been
elected secretary of the Col
legiate Glee Club. For four
years Richard was an active
member of the Chowan High
School Glee Club, which is di
rected by Miss Ceceilia Wil
loughby. He was soloist, a mem
ber of a male quartet and presi
dent of the Glee Club in his
senior year. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Everett S. White
of Tyner.
• j was Douglas Sexton as a back
: and Durrell Ambrose and Perry
. Byrum as interior linemen.
■ j The complete first siring All
-1 Conference team consists of 1
I Freddie Combs and Francis i
II Combs of Perquimans and Harry '
■ I Spruill of Edenton as backs-J
j Jimmy Hunter of Perquimans
■ j and Douglas Twiddy of Edenton
I j as ends; Mack Nixon and Gene
I Yohn of Perquimans, Charles
I Overton of Edenton, Jimmy
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Mrs. Hollowell Is
Elected Chairman
Girl Scout Council
First Area Meeting of
Group Held In Eden
ton on Tuesday Af
ternoon
Mrs. W. H. Hollowell, Jr., was
elected chairman of Area Associ
ation 111 of the Greater Tide
water Girl Scout Council at a
meeting Tuesday at the Barker
House
Also elected from Edenton
were Mrs. R. Elton Forehand, a
delegate, and Mrs. James P.
j Ricks, Jr., to the nominating
: I committee.
All are members of the Eden-
I ton Woman’s Club, who sponsor
.Scouting in Edenton. The Wo-
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MYF Group Plans To
Hold Herring Supper
The senior MYF of the Eden
• ton Methodist Church will spon
sor a pickled herring supper Fri
. day night, November 22. The
supper will be served at the
church from 5:30 to 7:30 o'clock.
Tickets can be purchased from
j members of the MYF or they
will be available at the door. '
Plans Moving Ahead To Form
Hall Os Fame For Edenton
The Edenton Chamber of
Commerce is readying plans to
move ahead with the idea of es
tablishing a national shrine for
patriots of the Revolution, West
W. Byrum, president of the
Chamber says. “At the last reg
ular meeting of the Board of Di
rectors of the Chamber, Byrum
stated, “it was unanimously vot
ed that the idea was worthy of
development and that non-profit
incorporation papers be drawn
for the ‘Hall of Fame’.
“While this is a long range '
project,” Byrum said, “its po
tential for attracting tourists
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! Total Cost Amounts to
$141,207; Far Above
Original Estimate of
About SIOO,OOO
Meeting in special session
Wednesday night of last week,
Town Councilmen tentatively
awarded a contract for the con
struction of a new Municipal
Building. Bids for the building
were far above expectations. It
was expected that the cost would
be in the neighborhood of SIOO,-
000, but due to the necessity for
driving piling, together with con
tingencies and engineering fees,
the cost soared to $141,207. Thj
actual bid for t,he building was
$127,601 with the following con
tractors being low bidders: Gen
eral construction, Dawson Con
struction Company of Kinston,
$108,000; plumbing, Kinston
Plumbing & Heating Company,
$4,810; heating and air-condition
ing, White’s Heating & Sheet
Metal Company of Williamston,
$8,900; electrical, Davis Electric
Company of New Bern, $5,891.
Bids will be open for 30 days
and actual awarding of contracts
depends upon information re
ceived from the Housing & Home
Finance Agency, operating un
der the Department of Com
merce. A grant of $68,000 has
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Frances Holton In
Order Os Scorpion
Miss Frances Holton, daughter
of Mrs. David Q. Holton of
Edenton, has been elected to the
Order of the Scorpion at Salem
College in Winston-Salem. The
honor was announced by Dean
Ivy M. Hixson.
The Order of the Scorpion is
an honorary service organization.
The honor is awarded by the
membership of 14 students in
recognition for outstanding ser
vice to the college.
Miss Holton is a senior at
Salem College. Her major is
chemistry. She is vice presi
dent of the senior class, vice
chairman of the judicial board
of student government, vice
chairman for May Day, and
make-up chairman for the Salem
College Pierrette Players.
Bake Sale Will Be
Held November 27
The Rocky Hock Community
will sponsor a bake sale at
Belk-Tyler's store Wednesday,
November 27, beginning at
9 A. M.
All kinds of cakes and pies
for Thanksgiving and other
goodies will be on sale, with
proceeds going toward curtailing
indebtedness on the Community
Club.
Advance orders can be made
by calling Mrs. W. H. Saunders,
phone 482-4024; Mrs. O. C. Long,
phone 482-3010, or Mrs. Marvin
Smith, phone 482-3026.
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Albemarle Area Development
Asociation will hold its annual
meeting in the Edenton National
Guard armory Friday night, De
cember 13, at 7 o'clock.
Good Citizen Day for the 81 h
District of the DAR will be held
in Edenton Saturday, Novem
ber 23.
Edenton Javcees will sponsor
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from all parts of the country,
we feel, is of high rank.”
The increase of hundreds of
tourists going through and stop
ping over in Edenton will be
mounting steadily in the years
ahead partly through the efforts
of the Coastal Historyland Trail
Association with promotion of
its package tours and through
the normal increased flow of
traffic on U. S. 17 due to the
time-saving shortcut effected by
the new Chesapeake Bay Bridge*
Tunnel soon to be completed.
“The board of directors of the