A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
Woiume XXXl.—Number 4
Moore Accuses Preyer
Os Being Sanford-Picked
Candidate For Governor
Court House Filled to
Capacity Monday to
Hear Gubernatorial
Candidate Speak
Chowan’s Court House was
filled to capacity Monday night,
when Dan Moore, one of the
candidates for Governor, was the
' Speaker. Mr. Moore was invited
to Edenton by the Lions Club
and attended the club’s weekly
meeting at the Edenton Restau
rant prior to his address at the
Court House. The Lions plan to
have all candidates for Governor
speak in Edenton prior to the
election.
Mr. Moore told his audience
that one reason he entered the
race for Governor is “because I
do not believe that North Caro
linians want, as their next Gov
ernor, a man that Terry San
ford has very obviously chosen,
and is actively supporting, as
his successor.”
Accusing Candidate L. Rich
ardson Preyer of “attempting to
delude the people of North Car
olina” by denying his association,
with Sanford, Moore said, “Mr.
Preyer knows that he was cho
sen by the Sanford-Bennett ma
chine to be North Carolina’s
next Governor. Mr. Preyer
knows when and where and by
Coni'd. on Pago 4—Section 1
Seven Members Oriented Into
Edenton’s BPW Club Thursday
Seven new members were
oriented into the Eden ton Busi
ness and Professional Women’s
Club on Thursday night, Janu
ary 16, with the Membership
Committee, Miss Beulah Perry,
chairman, in charge of the pro
gram. The history and purpose
of the federation was given by
Miss Perry, Mrs. Lena Leary,
past district director, Mrs. Julia
Hassell, program chairman, and
Pauline Calloway, president. The
BPW emblem was explained by
Miss Catherine Aman, past pres
ident, Mrs. Maggie Dale, secre
tary, Miss Mildred Munden, Mrs.
Nora Boyce, Miss Fran MeCas
kill and Mrs. Irma Allsbrook.
The new members were Mrs.
Ada Barringer, elementary school
teacher; Mrs. Alta Boyce, co
owner of the Bouquet Shop;
Miss Edna Sneil, bookkeeper for
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
{■
Due to the Police Department
outgrowing its quarters in the
Municipal Building, W. M. Wil
kins, J. Clarence Leary and W.
J. Yates were appointed by
Mayor Leroy Haskett to investi
gate the possibility of securing
larger quarters. There were
five police officers and eight
shore patrolmen on duty, aside
from a number of extra mili
tary police from both the U. S.
Marine Corps Air Station and
the Auxiliary Air Station at
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
IJelk Foundation Increases ’64
Scholarships To Be Awarded
Alton G. Elmore, manager of
Belk-Tyler’s in Edenton, has an
nounced that the Belk Founda
tion will award 30 college schol
arships worth SSOO each during
J 964 in the 18 states area served
by Belk Stores. This is an in
crease of six over the number
awarded last year. The awards
will be made to" high school
graduates who expect to enter
college as freshmen during the
year.
' Mr. Elmore pointed out that
this is a continuation of the
; Foundation's recognition of the
growing value of a college edu
cation, and its desire to aid de
serving students who need as
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
| Time Short
l
Attention is called to the fact
that only a few more days re
main in which to list property
for the purpose of taxation.
Property must, according to
law, be listed during the month
of January. Any who fail to
list their property before Feb
ruary 1 will be faced with a 10%
penalty.
TiTSh^iiAif
Geo. By rum Named
Preyer Managers
Fund Raising Festival
Planned For Jan. 25
With George Goble
As Feature
Tom Shepard and George A.
Byrum of Edenton have been
named local attendance co-chair
men for a spectacular “North
Carolina People for Preyer Kick
off and Fund Raising Festival"
which will feature TV comedian
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
: Halsey Veneer and Hardwood;
Mrs. Carolyn Ricks, bookkeeper
; for Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany; Mrs. Jean O’Neal, assist
i ant Clerk of Superior Court;
, Mrs. Mamie Parker, Parker’s
Drop-In, and Mrs. ' Lola Bass,
■ housewife.
During the dinner hour Mrs.
Anne Jenkins introduced Mrs. E
L. Ward, who talked for a few.
j minutes on her trip to the Holy
Land.
A nominating Committee was
j appointed with Mrs. Lena Leary.
I chairman, Mrs. Beulah Boswell
I and Mrs. Betty Cox.
The BPW annual Bosses’
Night program will be held
Thursday night, February 20, al
7 o’clock at the Center Hill Com
munity Building, at which time
the Woman of the Year will be
named.
Local Teachers At
Seminar At ECC
Some 75 educators from East
ern North Carolina were on the
campus of East Carolina College
Thursday for an all-day seminar
on “The Retarded Child”.
Sponsored by the East Caro
jlina School of Education, the
j seminar, first one of its type
at East Carolina, was for teach
ers, superintendents and princi
pals of high schools.
Among those who attended the
seminar were C. C. Walters, su
perintendent of the Chowan
County school unit, and Jean
B. Evans, a teacher in the Eden
ton Elementary School.
have benefitted from the Foun
dation. The scholarship pro
gram is another step in assist
ing others to a better opportun
ity in life. Scholarship winners
will be selected by a special
committee based on the appli
cant’s "scholastic rating, school
and community activities, finan
cial need, character and interests,
and potentialities for success in
college and adult life. Winners
will be free to select their own
college and (murse of study.
All local high School seniors
who are in the upper third of
their class and are interested in
applying for one of the Belk
Foundation scholarships should
contact Mr. Elmore for addi
tional details and complete an
official application blank. These
may be obtained at Belk-Tyler’s
in Edenton. It might be noted
Edenton, Chowan County, North January 23, 1964.
Promotions i 4 ’Copies Bank & Trust Company
H I
R. GRAHAM WHITE
Immediately after the board of directors' meeting of the Peoples Bank & Trust Company held in
Rocky Mount on Wednesday, January 15, W. W. Shaw, president, and J. Gil Pam Wood, local board
chairman, announced the following promotions at the Edenton branch: R. Graham While, vice
president and trust officer, promoted to executive vice president, succeeding the late John A. Kramer.
He will continue to serve as trust officer. George W. Lewis, formerly farm relations officer to
assistant vice oresident. William H. Easterling, Consumer Credit Department, from cashier to as
sistant vice president. Mr. Shaw said. "We are extremely happy to announce these promotions in
our Edenton office. We enter the new year with confidence that it will bring with it continued
growth and additional opportunities for service." In conclusion Mr. Shaw said, "We are grateful
to all those people who make the difference—our customers, stockholders, directors and employees
and express to them again our sincere appreciation."
‘Northeaster’ Wins First Place
• 4
In District Newsletter Contest
L. C. Bunch, chairman of the
Albemarle Soil and Water Con
servation District, has just been
I
notified that the “Northeaster”,
the district’s monthly conserva
tion publication, won first place
in Area 11, nine Southeastern
States, in the National District
Newsletter Contest in 1963. The
‘Northeaster” is sent to farmers
and other interested persons in
the district which is comprised of
Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquo
tank, Camden and Currituck
counties. The publication -tells
what is going on in the district
and what other farmers are do
ing conservation wise.
Area II includes Virginia,
North Carolina, SouLU
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi,
Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky
and Puerto Rico. The National
District Newsletter Contest is
sponsored each year by the Na
tional Association of Soil and
Water Conservation District and
Bonner Again Files
For Congressman
Expresses His Appre
ciation For Past
Support
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner on Friday formally an
nounced his candidacy for the
office of Representative to Con
gress from the First Congression
al District of North Carolina.
Congressman Bonner stated
that he is filing a notice of can-1
didacy, accompanied by the re
quired filing fee, with the North!
Carolina State Board of Elec
tions for the Democratic nomina
tion in the Primary Election to
be held May 30, 1964.
Congressman Bonner expressed
his deep appreciation to the vot
ers of the First Congressional
District for the support that has
been so generously accorded him
in the past.
Craft Workshop At
Advance January 27
A craft workshop on corn
shuck articles will be held at
Advance Community Building
Monday, January 27, beginning
at 9:30 A. M. Home Demonstra
tion Club members will be mak
ing door mats, place mats and
bottoming chairs, using corn
shucks. The workshop will be
conducted by Pauline Calloway,
home economics agent.
On Wednesday, January 29, a
workshop cn knitting will be
held in the Home Agent’s office
in Edenton. Mrs. Dot Douglas
will conduct the workshop be
ginning at 9:30 A. M.
Benefit Supper At
Advance January 28
The Advance Home Demon
stration Club will hold its an
nual benefit supper at the Ad
vance Community Building on
Tuesday night, January 28, at 7
o’clock. Tickets are on sale by
GEROGE LEWIS
the Farm Equipment Institute.
Awards and recognition of the
newsletter winners will be made
at the 18th Annual National As
sociation Convention to be held
in Kansas City, Missouri, Feb
ruary 2-6, 1964. All the entries
were judged on the basis of
readability, regularity, subject
matter and circulation.
The “Northeaster”, published
by the Albemarle District, was
made possible last year by its
sponsors—First & Citizens Na
tional Bank, Elizabeth City;
Hobbs Implement Co., Edenton;
J. F. Hollowell & Son, Inc., Win
fall; Ball Fertilizer Co., Elizabeth
City; Byrum Implement & Truck
Co., Edenton; Bank of Hobbs
ville. Hobbsvilia; G. E Small
Sons, Elizabeth City; R. C. Ab
bott Co., Elizabeth City; F. P.
Wood & Son, Inc., Camden; Al
bemarle Electric, Hertford; Home'
Feed & Fertilizer Co., Edenton; I
Southern Loan & Insurance C 0.,!
Elizabeth City.
| Annual JayceeDSA
| Banquet Tonight
! Hr. I. Beverly Lake of
Raleigh Will Be
Speaker j
i
Eden ton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will hold its Distin
guished Service Award banquet
i tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock
at the Masonic Temple.
At this banquet the Jaycees
will announce the outstanding
citizen to be presented the Dis
tinguished Service Award. The
award will be presented by
Mayor John Mitchener.
The featured speaker at the
banquet will be Dr. I. .Beverly '
Lake of Raleigh, one of the can-!
didates for Governor of North!
Carolina. 1
THE MOTHERS’ MARCH
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24
No blare of trumpets, no rattle of drums—
Quietly, steadily, gallantly
They are coming, the mothers are marching—
A dedicated army of millions—
They are marching in a great tradition
For mothers have always marched on errands of mercy
upstairs, downstairs, all ground the house—
Soothing hurts, drying tears, kissing pain away.
In all the struggles to lift humanity they have marched—
The sound of their marching feet echoes down the centuries—
Mothers everywhere united to march against dread polio
Arch-enemy of childhood and youth—
Across the nation, in mighty cities and little towns
Wherever people live, they marched.
Marched to achieve a miracle with dimes—
To supply brilliant researchers with the sinews of war
And so came the vaccines, the new weapons that won the battle—
And now polio is in full retreat.
But winning a battle is not winning a war—
The war against disease goes on—
Today mothers are heroically meeting a new challenge—
They are marching in a great offensive against birth defects
Which maim and kill hundreds of thousands of children—
And against arthritis, crippler of millions—
They are gathering dimes to keep the lights burning in laboratories
across the land—
That white-gowned scientists may delve, probe and experiment in
a relentless search for the answers we need.
Marching mothers are the world’s greatest army in the conquest
of disease —
They are marching now into every home and family—
They are marching down the street—
Swing wide your door in welcome—
Open doors—open the way to victory— , ~
For your child and mine—
That they may live!
Jfl
Hjj
WM. H. LAS lERLING .
Edenton Speaker
DR. CHARLES HOWELL, JR.
At the second UNC postgradu
ate course held Wednesday at
the Edenton Restaurant, Dr.
Charles M. Howell, Jr„ was the
speaker. Dr. Howell, head of
the Dermatology Section of
Bowman Gray School of Medi
cine at Winston-Salem, ex
plained a newer treatment for
[acne, which lessens the amount
of scarring.
Bunch Re-elected
! S& W Chairman
! Officers For Year Are
Elected at Meeting
January 8
The Albemarle Soil and Water
Conservation District supervisors
held their regular meeting Jan
uary 8 at the Chowan Commun
ity Building.
B. W. Evans, Chowan County
Representative, Tom Asbell, Cho
wan County Commissioner, Ev
erett While, Chowan agriculture
teacher, Joe Tunnell, Perquimans
Agriculture Teacher, Robert
Chambliss, Central agriculture
teacher and Mrs. Lena Leary,
Continued on Page 5, Section 1
District Meeting Os
VFW And Auxiliary
In Edenton Jan. 26
Otis N. Brown, Schol
arship Winner, Will
Be Special Guest at
Meeting
The First District of Uic North!
Carolina VFW and Ladies’ Au-J
xiliary will hold its mid-winter!
meeting in Edenton Sunday, I
January 26, at the William H.I
Cofficld, Jr. Post Home. The
meeting will begin with a lunch
served by the Edenton Post.
Commander Leon Harris and
President Wilma Dean Bunch are
planning to have as guest Miss
Annie Ruth Nixon and her mo
ther, Mrs. Elsie B. Nixon of
Edenton. Miss Nixon is winner
of the 1962 “Otis N. Brown'
Scholarship” award and is now
attending college at East Caro
lina. Her scholarship was re
newed in 1963.
The year 1964 will mark the,
fourth year that the North Caro
lina VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary has
awarded a SSOO scholarship to a
worthy son or daughter of a cur
rent member of the organization.
These scholarships are renewable
and so far each recipient has had
theirs renewed.
This is just one of the many ,
community projects the Post and
Auxiliary take part in each year.
The local Post and Auxiliary
are urged to place as many cop
ies of application forms as may
be needed in the high school so
that all members’ children will
have an opportunity to compete.
District No. I is composed of
Posts and Auxiliaries in Eden
ton, Plymouth, Sunbury, Eliza
beth City, Ahoskie, Windsor and
Murfreesboro.
Every member is urged to at
tend this meeting.
Rocky Hock Church To Observe
Baptist Men’s Day January 26
Rocky Hock Baptist Church |
will observe Baptist Men’s Day
Sunday, January 26, according
to the pastor, the Rev. Thurman
W. Allred, who made the an
nouncement early this week.
Baptist churches all over the
Southern Baptist Convention will i
be having some type of empha
sis on this next Sunday.
Mr. Allred plans to “sit in the
pew” and be a participant in the
service, as the men of the
church take over the morning |
worship service.
The Brotherhood Chorus will
be sitting in the choir space,
bringing the special music and i
Christian Workers
School In Hertford
January 26 To 30
Various Courses De-,
signed For Training
Church Workers and
Teachers
The Chowan-Perquimans Chris-;
tian Workers’ School will be’
held at the Hertford Methodist'
Church, January 26-30, with two
hour sessions scheduled for 7:30j
lo 9:30 each night.
The courses are designed to j
train church workers, leaders,
teachers, chairmen, visitors and I
interested church members. The!
three following courses will be
Continued on Page 6—Section J
Charles R. Perry
Is Winner Os Award
At Newport News
Charles Ronald Perry was
among the 106 who graduated
Friday night, January 17, from
the. Apprentice School of the
Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company.
Each year the Nills Christian
sen Craftsmanship. Awards are
presented by the Apprentice
Alumni Association to the grad
uate in each division of the ship
yard who excelled in craftsman
ship during his apprenticeship.
Perry was the recipient of this
award from the machine shop
division.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Same Group Os Officers
For New Year Installed
For Hospital Auxiliary
Speaks In Edenton
t MBm
DAN MOORE
Gubernatorial Candidate Dan
Moore spoke lo an audience in
the Chowan Court House Mon
day night. Mr. Moore was a
guest of the Edenlon Lions Club,
which plans to have all candi
dates for Governor speak in
Edenton prior lo the election.
RQTARIANS MLLT TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o'clock
in the Parish House. President
Hiram J. Mayo urges a 100 per
cent attendance.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton’s Lions Club will
meet Monday night, January 27,
at 7 o’clock at the Edenton Res
taurant. Dr. A. F. Downum,
president of the club requests
every Lion to be present.
I also leading the congregation in
their singing.
Wallace Evans, sort of Mr. and
Mrs. Carey Evans, will be the
speaker for the morning. Zackic
Harrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gil
bert Harrell, will direct the ser
■ vice. The Brotherhood presi
dent, Carroll Evans, also son of
the Carey Evans’, will read the
Scripture and lead in the morn
ing prayer.
All members of Rocky Hock
Church are urged to attend this
I service and join in the recog-
I nition of the importance of the
"'lay" member of the church,
j Visitors are welcome and invit
-1 ed, Mr. Allred emphasizes.
Friends Os Library
Launch Campaign
For New Members
Mrs. John Graham Is
Named C hairman of
Committee to Boost
Membership
The yearly membership drive
of the Friends of the Shepard -
Pruden Memorial Library was
launched Thursday night, Jan
uary 16. Heading the drive will
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Employee Improvement Course
Planned By Edenlon Merchants
Sales personnel employed by
Edenton merchants will have an
opportunity to improve on their
sales techniques and customer
relations in a training course
conducted by the Wilson Coun
ty Technical Institute, according
to Alton Elmore, chairman of the
Merchants Committee of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce.
“The merchants committee . is
sponsoring an overall employee
improvement program,’’ Elmore
stated, “that will lead to a cer
tificate for each employee who
■ completes the various courses.”
I “A poll of the business com
munity,” Elmore added, “indi
cates their interest in affording
sales personnel an opportunity
to develop and use creative and I
exciting methods in selling, de-1
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Try a Classified Ad
In The Herald
Group Now Planning
For an Outstanding
Play to Be Held Lat
ter Part of March
The Episcopal Parish House is
now the meeting place for the
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary and
the annual meeting was held
there Friday afternoon at .1
o’clock with Mrs. Jack Leary,
president, presiding.
A devotional is always I lie first
thing on the agenda and the
treasurer reported $1,134,011 in
the Memorial and Gift Fund
which is earmarked for a gas
machine (to be used for anes
thesia in the delivery room). W.
P. Jones, the hospital admini
strator, in his usual appearance
at the meetings, said that this
is the most needed equipment at
this time. It was decided that
the entire Memorial and Gift
Fund be used for the purchase
of this gas machine which will
cost approximately $1,400. Mr.
Jones also reported that $2,000
was realized from the sale of
the nursing home furniture. A
few items were kept for late:
use—the piano, record player.
Hi-Fi, china, crystal, TV and hair
dryer. He also announced that
the SIO,OOO gift from the Reyn
olds Foundation is to be used
toward the cost of converting
the nurses’ residence into a
chronic and convalescent nurs-
I ing home. Chowan Hospital is
one among extensive grants by
I the Reynolds Foundation to both
I Carolina schools, colleges, hos
| pitals and related causes,
j The same officers were in
| Coni'd. on page 4—Section 1
’ Rev. Mike Malone
I Winner Os Alvbskit*
I DSA For Year 196'J
Edcmon friends will be inier
• ested to learn that the Rev. Mi
chael T. Malone, rector of S:
J Thomas Episcopal Church in
| Ahoskie, won the Aiioskie Jun-
I ior Chamber of Commerce 1963
• Distinguished Service Award.
1 Mr. Malone is the son of Mr
'and Mrs. W. E. Malone of Eden
-1 ton.
I He is a graduate of the local
[high school and Duke University;
i where he was a member of Phi
I Beta Kappa. He also attended
the Virginia Episcopal Seminary
at Alexandria, Va„ and went to
the Ahoskie Church in July,
1962 as deacon-in-charge and
was ordained to the priesthood
in Wilmington in January.
(T^CCALENI^n
Jaycee Distinguished Service
Award Banquet will be held
at the Masonic Temple tonight
(Thursday) at 7 o’clock.
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
will sponsor a plav. "The Night
j° l January 16”. which will be
presented in the Court House
the latter part of March. Try
outs will be held at the Court
House Friday night. January 31.
at 7:30 o’clock at the Court
House.
District I of the North Carolina
VFW and Ladies' Auxiliary will
hold their mid-winter meeting
in Edenton Sunday. January 2G.
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
velop ability to present ideas
clearly and pe?-suasively and
help the individual to achieve
greater personal and job satis
j faction." Other courses avail
| able develop an understanding
of color composition, harmony
and design in merchandising:
presents the basic principles,
factors, limitations and goals of
the free-enterprise system and
in business mathematics for
those who look ahead to posi
tions in merchandising and mar
keting activities.
The beginning courses will
consist of hours one night
a week for four or five weeks.
There will be no charge to eith
er the sponsoring merchants or
the salgs personnel who attend