"A Newspaper Devoted To the Progress of the , Albemarle Area * Volume XXXl—Number 2. Edenton Headquarters For Technical Study Os Area Processing Plant •Funds Now Available; Outgrowth of Eden |on-Chowan Planning Board 'Edenton will serve as head quarters for several technicians Sam the Economic Research Di-j vfcion of the U. S. Department rtf Agriculture who will make a $34,000 economic feasibility study f#r future vegetable and fruit processing plants in Chowan and adjacent counties it was an nounced Monday by West W. Byrum, president of the Eden tan Chamber of Commerce. The funds were requested through the Edenton - Chowan | Planning Board of which Mr. Byrum has been the chairman sirice it was officially establish ed! July 1,1962. The funds will be provided by the Area Redevelopment Ad ministration of the Department of Commerce and the study will include three phases. The first will survey crop po tentials to see if processing plants Could be profitable in this area. If they are considered feasible, the study will then outline the number, size and lo cations of such plants and de tailed plans for investment, labor] Continued on Page 7, Section 1 j. R. Peele Dies Suddenly Friday Served As a County Commissioner For 21 Years James Raleigh Peele, 70, died at 2 o’clock Friday morning in Chowan Hospital after an ill ness of only one day. lie was a native of Chowan County and lived in the Rocky Hock com munity all his life. He was a retired farmer and fisherman and for 21 years served as a member of the Chowan County Commissioners. Surviving are his wife, Mrs Myrtle L. Peele; four sons, Lloyc M. Peele, James D. Peele and Wallace Peele of Edenton and Henderson Ray Peele of Tyner: a daughter, Mrs. Edith P. Bunch of Edenton; a brother, Elbert Peele of Edenton; two sisters. Mrs. W. G. Forehand and Mrs J. B. Bunch of Edenton; 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was a member of the Rocky Hock Baptist Church, where a funeral service was held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The Rev. Thurman W. Allred officiated, assisted by the Rev. George Cooke, pastor of Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church. Burial was in Beaver Hill Cemetery. 20 Years Ago As Found In The Files Os The Ohowan Herald V. r* Tragedy struck in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Harrell in the Cowpen Neck section when their 17-vear-old son fell dead in his father's store. Ed Bond Post of the Ameri can Legion received colors to present to the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station. D. M. Warren, chairman of the Chowan County Commissioners, was authorised to invest SIO,OOO Continued on Paqe 4—Section 1 Woman’s Club To Sponsor Hat Show Tuesday, January 14tli r— . 1 I The Edenton Woman’s Club will hold a spring hat show on Tuesday, January 14, at the Pe nelope Barker house at the foot of Broad Street, starting at 10 o’clock in the morning and last ing until all hats are sold. Over 200 neW hats will be on sale and there will be no two alike. All hats are priced at $3.95 and $4.95 and there are none higher. Mrs. Joseph Thortid, chairman erf this sale, suggests that if any-' THE CHOWAN HERALD Mayo Included In Who’s Who Hiram J. Mayo, superintendent of Edenton City Schools, has been listed in “Who’s Who In American Education,’’ according to Dr. Robert C- Cook, editor in-chief. Dr. Cook informed Mr. Mayo this week of the selection and his picture and biographical sketch appearing in the 21st edi tion for 1964. “Who’s Who In American Ed ucation” is an illustrated bio graphical directory of eminent living educators of the United States and Canada. Commissioners In Favor Amendment Each One Contributes Toward Expense of Advertising David Bateman, president of the Chowan County Farm Bu reau, appeared at Monday’s meeting of the County Commis sioners on behalf of one of the constitutional amendments which will be voted on Tuesday, Janu ary 14. Mr. Bateman pointed out the advantages to Chowan and oth er rural counties in voting for the amendment on reapportion ment of the Legislature. The amendment, if passed, he said, will insure fair representative _gqvernfncnt for all people in North Carolina by having one j house of the Legislature based 1 entirely on area and one house 1 based entirely on population. Mr. Bateman is very anxious to have Chowan County voters go to the polls on January 14 and vote in favor of the amend ment and requested the Com missioners to sponsor an adver tisement in The Chowan Herald oointing out the advantages of he amendment and urging vot ers to cast their ballots in favor jf the amendment. The Commissioners are unani mously in favor of the amend ment, but expressed the opinion that it might be unwise to spend taxpayers’ money for any items which are of a political or con troversial nature. They, there fore, decided not to make an appropriation for the advertise ment but that each would per sonally make a contribution to the expense of the advertising. ‘Teenager Os Month’ Is Guest Os Jaycettes Edenton Jaycettes had as their special guest Miss Sandra Cale at their meeting Thursday night, 'January 4. Miss Cale is the second “Teenage Girl of the Month” chosen by the Edenton Jaycettes. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd H. Cale, and is a senior at John A. Holmes High School. Miss Cale has been in the John A. Holmes High School Band for five years. She was a majorette for three years, a pony for one year and assistant chief majorette during her senior year. She played basketball in her junior year and was a mem ber of the Library Club. She is secretary of the senior class and also a member of the Stu dent Council and FHA. i body has a hard-to-match cos- L tume that they bring this along and let some of the ladies of the club help to choose a hat to match. At this price some may 1 want to purchase several. Proceeds from this hat sale will go into the Educational i Scholarship Fund of the Wo i man’s Club. Other Woman’s ; Club members assisting Mrs. > Thorud are Mrs. John Douglas, Mrs. J. D. Barnhill, Mrs. Au i brey Hardison and Mrs. Jerry McGee. . .. , ! Eden ho wan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 9, 1964. - . . . _ ———————— ———— \*c> r ' . ■- -1 || I- I. <2 CO ' —M———" nillllll—lHl 111 jump I i v•'w * m ■l a | MB m i h Bn s • -.m iyr rc: ■■ '■ jy. y ■■ ’ igvf BWtefohr..-. TBS™ u. 1 i||| ''"x ''’■ .