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A Newspaper Devoted To the'Progress of the Albemarle Area N / Volume XX'X. —Number 49 Edenton Christmas Part 1 Will Be Held Thursday Afternoon '' !. .* - • ? ■ : • . . If. Ralph E. Parrish Resigns As Member Os Edenton's Board Os Public Works Takes Action Due to! Differences of Opin-i ion of Dual Office Holding Ralph E. Parrish last week tendered his resignation as a member of the Board of Public 1 Works, of which he has been serving as chairman. In his letter of resignation to Mayor John Mitchener, Mr. Par rish stated that his action was prompted by differences of opinion relative to dual office holding. Mr. Parrish is also a justice of the peace for Chowan' County. He stated that due to holding the two offices he thought it was to the best in terest of the Town of Edenton to resign from the board. Mr. Parrish served as a mem ber of the Board of Public Works j and -was re-elected in the last j town election. He was appoint ed as chairman when Thomas Byrum declined to serve another term in that capacity. In commenting on the resigna tion, Mayor Mitchener said he) regrets the action of Mr. Par rish who, he said, was a valu able and well informed member of the board. A successor will be appointed by Town Council, probably at the next meeting which will be held Tuesday night of next week, December 10. MRS. EARNHARDT MEMBER HISTORYL&JND COMMITTEE Senator H D. Midgett, Jr., of Engelhard has announced the names of all Coastal Historyland Association committee members ajuf'',the committee chairmen. "Among the committee mem bers as announced is MrS. Carrie Earnhardt,’ who is a member of the? Historic Resources Commit- i 20 Years Ago! The Chowan Herald V——— ✓ A beautiful plaque was un veiled at the Edenton Baptist Church containing the names of. 103 hoys from the church and cotMCegaliono in the service of ihqßrcftunfry. of the Stale Guard were called to Williamslon on a practice maneuver, where the Continued on Page 2—Section > Edenton Aces Open Basketball Friday W itli E. City High '. Edenton’s Aces have hung up | . their football togs and will now i , concentrate on their basketball . season. They will play their first game of the season Friday night,yvhen the varsity and jun- j iqr Wwsiiy will meet the teams; fcanj - the Elizabeth City High i Ss*&l. 1 MSiiyllom Day Program At Center Hill “Forward Through . Project I Work” was the theme of the j 1963 4-H Achievement Program | held at the Center j Hill Com munity Building on Thursday, November 21. Project work is the heart of the 4-H Club pro gram but its success depends upon active 4-H leaders, mem bers and parents. The following 4-H Clubs were presented 4-H charters for meet ing all standards of leadership: Gliden, Advance, Enterprise, Cross Hoads, Oak Grove, Hyland Junior and Ryland 'senior. £ Much of the success of a club n (depends upon excellence of lead ership. The Chowan County 4-H Clubs are very fortunate to have; many capable leaders to guide their clubs. The follow ing leaders were recognized for their service; i THE CHOWAN HERALD ) Ml " Resigns ; — - ' jM RALPH iE. PARRISH Serving as chairman of the Board of Public Works. Ralph E. Parrish last week tendered his resignation as a member of the board. His action was due to the question of dual office holding. MnasteT Urges All To Mail Early Lists Several Items Which Will Help To Deliver In Time Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt of sered to mail your Christmas cards and 'gifts to insure prompt and safe delivery before December 25th. If you use the new five-cent Christmas Tree stamps on your Continued on Page 3—Section 1 Store Hours As has been the custom in the past, most places of busi ness will be closed for the Christmas holiday Wednesday. December 25 and also the day following, Thursday. Decem ber 26. For the convenience of all customers most of Edenton's stores will be open Saturday night until 9 o'clock on De cember 7 and 14. and every night until 9 o'clock through Christmas Eve. beginning Wednesday, December 18. ___ J | The 'games will be played in I the John A. Holmes High School gymnasiurq beginning at 6:30 o’clock. There will be no girls’. game played Friday night. The Aces have a new coach 1 ; this year in the person of Jim j | Kinion. Coach Kinion came to ' Continued on Page 6, Section 1 One year certificates and Bronze Clover pin s— Sherwood Harrell, Mrs. Lester Harrell, Les ter Harrell, Mrs. Gilbert Har rell, Mrs. O. C. Long, J., Mrs. Otis Chappell, Harold Lloyd Bunch, Mrs. Harold Lloyd Bunch, Mrs. Wallace Goodwin, Jr„ and Wallace Goodwin, Jr. Two year certificates and Bronze - Clover pins Lloyd Wayne Evans, Mrs. Florine Nix on, Mrs. Norma Bulls, Mrs. R. C Ward, R. C. Ward, Jesse By rum, Mrs. Jesse Byrum. ■ 'Riree year certificates and Bronze Clover pins—The Rev. H. C. Leake, Mrs. H. C. Leake, Har ry Lee Winslow, Roger Spivey the Rev. -Warren Rollins, Mrs W. H. Win-borne, W. H. Win bime, Carroll Byrum, Mrs. Car roll By rum, Fahey Bynun, Mrs Edenton, Cho e bounty, North Carolina, Thursday, December 5, 1963. New Schedule Os Hours Designated ForCountyOffices! Clerk of Court, Regis ter of Deeds and Ac countant Offices to Be Closed Saturdays Chowan County Commissioners on Monday morning voted to. make a change in the hours for offices in the Court House. The \ new ruling calls for the offices i of the clerk of court, register of deeds and county accountant to remain open from 9 A. M., to 5 P. M., including the lunch hour and to remairt closed all day Sat urday. The new ruling will go into effect January 1, but will not affect the present office hours for Sheriff Earl Goodwin. The Commissioners previously discussed the matter but pre ferred to defer definite action until members of the bar and others using the offices could be contacted. The Commissioners found no objection to the change of office hours. The new schedule will go into effect January 1. The Commissioners announced | that all county offices wilt be closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, December 24, 25 and 26 for the Christmas holidays. Edenton’s Business People Raise $440.50 For Christmas Party, The Merchants Committee of. the Edenton Chamber of Com merce, Alton Elmore, chairman, ] reports a total-of $44&50 raiied. by the committee from generous businessmen in town to provide the wherewithal for the hun dreds of children who will watch for Santa in the annual Christ mas parade today sponsored by the Edenton Business and Pro fessional Women’s Club. Congratulations go to the gen- 1 erous contributors who supplied Santa’s sacks of sweetmeats for | the youngsters. Congratulations, too, for the chairman of the Merchants Committee for top ping the fund-raising mark set last year. Mrs. Myrtle Tynch ! Wins Goodyear Prize Mrs. Myrtle Tynch was win j ncr of a prize at the Goodyear store in a contest which closed I Saturday. The contest, held in 'connection with the store’s “New ! Manager’s Sale”’, was to guess the weight of the new manager, Melvin Braxton. Mr. Braxton recently succeeded Tom Ford as manager, when the latter was transferred to Lexington, Va. Mr. Braxton’s actual weight is 232 pounds and Mrs. Tynch’s guess was 233 pounds. The prize was a General Electric clock ra- I dio. [Area Development i Directors Meet Today i The board of directors of the j Albemarle Area Development Association will meet in Edenton this (Thursday) morning. The meeting will be held at the Edenton Restaurant at 10:30 o’clock. The principal item of business will be to arrange the agenda and make final arrangements for the annual meeting of the asso ciation, which will be held in ! tlje Ederiton armory Friday I night, December 13, at which Governor Terry Sanford will be the principal speaker. ROTjtaIANS MEET TODAY Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Parish House. 1916 program will be in charge of Frank Holmes, who has ar ranged for a film of the" last General Assembly. Representative B. Warner Ev ans will be a special gue§£_-at : 'the meeting and will be pftpared to answer questions relative to the General Aiggjnbly.- , 1 Good Citizen And DAR Officials 1 48' Is ' Wp j iPPV ' ' wk \ HSHb 1 ’* M Piclured above is District 8 DAR Good Cilizen winner, Miss Susan Daughtridge of Scotland Neck, logether with DAR officab attending DAR Good Citizen Day in Edenton last week. Miss Daughtridge was sponsored by the Halifax Resolves Chapter. Left to right are Mts. William D. Holmes. Jr., honorary past state regent; Mrs. Cecil E. Cotten, Halifax Chapter regent; Miss Daughi ridge; Mrs. Norman Cordon, state regent, and Mrs. Wood Privott, district director Ricks Photo. ■ Requiem: J, F. K. (Arlington Cemetery) I > l ) I lie last shot has been fired, the flag furled, j The muted drums are slill. The gentle earth || | | j Has taken back its own, but leaves the world j < Much richer with mem’ries of treasured worth. ! ! i i j Not understanding we’ve seen the suit set j Upon hopes and dreams, nevermore to rise. { The eternal question, Why? our hearts beset, j Jt And our tortured souls cry unto the.skies. I Jaii-"* f - i ■ f * j There’s no easy answer to fife or death, j But we must ask, so fate has decreed: I ! i j We must run the course to lile s last breath, | And we must do and be ’til life’s last deed. I ! j j Since he lives in our hearts, let it be said— j Tho tans have sounded—this man is not dead. j ! ! —Wilborne Harrell j i . ...j District 4-H Winners - '"wpßsmi ■pp --G, First row, left to right, Kim Venters, Chris Venters, Brisioe Perry, Yvonne Small. Second row, Wilma Leigh Nixon, Roy | Copeland, Lewis Evans, Donald Bunch end Mr. and Mrs. Carlton! Perry. County 4-H Winners M : I m u Hli if i i |:| y. ,* cgflEr umk s First row, left to right. Yvonne Small. Chris Venters, Joe Car Toll Bynum. Rodney Jordan. Bobby Byrum. Second row, Jane While, Judy White. L. B. Taylor. Mary Alice Tynch. Charlene Byrum, Joan Jordan. Third row, Wilma Leigh Nixon, Ann Casielloe, Lewis Evans, Glenn Bunch. Jr„ Lee Venters. Dianne Peedin, Don- I aid Bunch. Melinda Dale. , ; Chowan’s 4-H Corn Winners Named At Lions Club Meeting Joe Carroll Byrum Is Champion Producer With 144.5 Bushels Per Acre Edenton Lions Club held its annual 4-H Club corn growers’ banquet at their meeting Mon day night at the Edenton Res taurant. It was the 17th con secutive year that the Lions sponsored this annual contest among 4-H Club boys. Prizes were awarded for three age groups with Joe Carroll By rum turning in the highest yield of 144.5 bushels per acre. The winners in the three groups were as follows: 9 to 12 years—Joe Carroll By rum, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Byrum with his yield of 144.5 bushels per acre. 13 to 14 years—Allen Bunch, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Bunch, 116 bushels per acre. 15 years and above Gene Harrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1. L. Harrell, 140.5 bushels perl acre. The average yield of the boys j participating in the contest forj 1963 was 114.9 bushels. County Agent C. W. Overman; spoke to the fathers and sons | who attended the banquet dur-| ing which .he expressed appro-' ciation to the Lions Club for sponsoring the corn contest for so long a time. He presented a history of the corn yield increase since the first corn contest. Commissioners Pass Resolution For Continuity Os Government In Event Os An Enemy Attaek In accordance with the policy of Civil Defense, Chowan Coun ty Commissioners on Monday adopted a resolution providing for continuity of government of Chowan County in event of an enemy attack. The resolution provides for the designation, status, qualifications and terms] of emergency interim successors | in event any officials were kill-' Drama On Advent Will Be Repeated Unique Service Sched uled Sunday, Dec. 8 At 11 A. M. —— I By popular request, the chan-1 cel drama-service will be re- 1 peated Sunday as presented by j the Young Churchmen of Saint] Paul’s Episcopal Church. “The People Were in Expec tation” by Harold Bassage is a drama-service to show the sig- ; nificance of the church season of I Advent. The part of the minister will be played by the Rev, George Holmes, rector of Saint Paul’s Church. The lay reader, as in real life also, will be Keith Reeve. Leading speaking roles will, be presented by Anne Graham, j Mary Jo Wozclka, Joseph Con-1 ger 111, and Norfleet Pruden., The Inquirer is Martha Vaughan, i , The drama-service is support ed by Advent music with Susan Byrum at the organ and Linda Garrett, soloist. This unique service will he given Sunday morning, Decem ber 8, in the chancel of the church at 11 o’clock. Pickled Herring Breakfast Saturday Methodist Men’s Club will sponsor another pickled herring breakfast at the church Satur day morning, December 7. Break fast will be served from 7 to 9 o’clock. Tony Miley, president of the Men’s Club,- is hopeful that the | breakfast will attract a large I number of people. $3.00 Per Year In North Carolina Parade Is Scheduled To Begin At 4 O'clock And March Down Broad Street “Mr. K. C.” GEORGE NIXON George Nixon of Edenton, a student at King College, was last week honored ky the college stu dent body, when he was voted "Mr. K. C.” by King College students, and was crowned in connection with the festivities of Thanksgiving week-end. With him as "Miss K. C." was Miss Joanne Horne of Saltville. Va. Mr. Nixon was also recently elected co-captain of the college soccer team for 1964. A mem ber of the junior class, he is majoring in history. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nixon of Route 2, Edenton. i ed or incapacitated. Three successors are to be des- I ignated for the appropriate po i sitions in the government and this list will be maintained and jon file with the clerk. Each I Commissioner was given a form Ito be filled out for those each | one deems suitable for the posi tions. I Continued or Page 6 1 Hole In One Clifford Overman, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Overman shot a hole in one at the Chowan County Golf Club course Thursday morning. The feat was performed on the 14th hole, which is 178 yards. It was the first time a hole in one has been made on the local course and was shot with a No. 5 iron. Playing with Mr. Overman at the time were Sheriff Earl Goodwin. Richard F. El liott and Richard F. Elliott. Jr. Commissioners Back Campaign To Advertise Travel On U. S. 17 In an effort to continue press-] ing to attract traffic over US I 17 and through the Albemarle] Area, a delegation representing ] the Albemarle Area Highway j Committee and the Edenton Chamber of Commerce appeared before the County Commissioners I Monday morning seeking some j financial assistance from the 1 Troy Toppin Employed As Deputy Sheriff For Chowan At a joint meeting of Chowan County Commissioners and the Chowan County ABC Board Monday morning, Troy Toppin was employed as a full time deputy sheriff. Mr. Toppin has already assumed his official du ties, having been sworn in Mon day by Mrs. Lena Leary, Clerk of Superior Court. Under the arrangement of the two boards, the commissioners will pay a salary of $125 per month and the ABC Board $l5O For Quick ResultM . . . Try a Classified Ad In The Herald | Santa Claus Will Meet Youngsters at Foot ! Os Broad Street Fol j lowing Parade j A total of over 60 units will make up Edenton’s annual Christmas parade which is sched uled to be held this (Thursday) j afternoon beginning at 4 o’clock jat the playground on North Broad Street. The parade will I move south on Broad Street, I where children will have an op portunity to speak to Santa Claus and receive a gift. Frank Roberts of radio station WCDJ will serve as master of cere monies. Major attractions in the event: include the Air Force ROTC drill team and color guard from East Carolina College in Green ville, the Shrine Hillbillies from Norfolk, groups of marching units representing Ber tie, Perquimans and Ghowan counties, the Elizabeth City High School Band, D. F. Walker High School Band and John A. Holmes High School Band, oonlinuaa on Paq« 3—S«cK'« i lax Listers For County Appointed j Chowan County Commissioners ion Monday morning appointed j list takers for Chowan County {for the year 1964. The listers, recommended by Tax Supervisor W. P. Jones, are as follows: First Township Mrs. pattie Byrum and Mrs. Annie M. Hare- Second Township Henry Bunch. Third Township—T. D. Berry man. Fourth Township Ward Hos kins. These tax listers will be on duty during the month of Jan uary to list property for taxe-o. | BOND REAPPOINTED Chowan County Commission ers on Monday re-appointed W. E. Bond as Chairman of their group. The appointment i; made on a yearly basis and is always made at the first meet ing in December. I civic calendar] A J Edenton's annual Christmas i party will be held this (Thurs | day)) afternoon at 4 o'clock. Cotton quota referendum will be held Tuesday, December 10. An election will be held Fri i day, December 6. to elect a su ! pervisor for the Chowan County ] Unit of the Albemarle Soil and ; Water Conservation District. 1 Continued on Page 6—Section 1 • county. The delegation included j William P. Jones, Chairman of (the Area Highway Committee; ! George A. Byrum, Chairman of {the Budget Committee; W. J. P. Earnhardt, Chairman of the Tourist Committee and West By- I rum, president of the Edenton j Chamber of Commerce. 1 Continued on Page 7—Section 1 per month, making a total of $275. Mr. Toppin will, of course, work under the supervision of Sheriff Earl Goodwin, who was agreeable to the appointment. 'Mr. Toppin’s appointment as a peace Officer followed requests from upper Chowan County peo ple for some time for a full time peace officer due to a- number of thefts and for protection at athletic contests at. ‘Chowan High SChooL