A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
Volume XXXl.—Number 6.
20 NamesOf ChowanMen
Killed In World War II To
Be In Battleship Museum
W. E. Bond Requests
Notification of Any
Who Might Be Omit
ted From List
"Plans for the museum aboard
the USS North Carolina Battle
ship Memorial at Wilmington
have progressed to the, point
where the Honor Roll of Caro
lina’s war dead of World War II
are about ready to be submitted
to the engraver. This roll will
be a most important feature of
the museum and no stone is be
ing left unturned in an effort
to insure its correctness.
A list has been forwarded to
W. E. Bond, chairman of the
County Commissioners, of the
names of men of Chowan County
who lost their lives in line .of
duty status in World War 11.
Mr. Bond has been asked to veri
fy and report as soon as practic
able the authenticity of the list.
Mr. Bond has made several in
quiries relative to those who
were killed in the war, but has
mot been able to learn of any
who are not included in the list
received by him. If there are
any others in the county who
are not listed, Mr. Bond will
very much appreciate hearing
who they may be so that he can
add any additional names to be J
placed on the Honor Roll from
Chawan County.
The list sent to Mr. Bond
from Rear Admiral Robert B.
Ellis USN (ret), superintendent
of the museum, includes the fol
lowing from Chowan County:
Marvin R. Alexander, George
W. Armstead, Louis A. Bass,
Rochelle Blanchard, William H.
Coffield. Jr., Herbert W. Dale,.
Jr., Erie Forehand, Haywood j
Gram by, Herbert Gray, Edward
R. Habit, Jr., William Merle
Hurdle, Charlie M. Jernigan,
Wesley L. Jordan, Lawson G.
Mathews, William ,N. McClees*
Tency G. Nixon, Johnnie Lester
Perry, Woodson Tetterton, Wil
liam H. Wilkins and George
Major White.
RED MEN TRIBE TO HOLD
WEINER ROAST MONDAY
Chowan Tribe No. 12, Im
proved Order of Red Men, will
meet Monday night, February
10. A wiener roast will be held
beginning at 6:30 o’clock with
the business meeting scheduled
to begin at 7:30 o’clock.
Thomas Jackson, sachem of
the tribe, urges all members to
attend. I
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
According to J. G. Campen.
Chairman of the Chowan County
War Finance Committee, the
county was lagging in the pur
chase of bonds in the Fourth
War Loan drive in which Cho-, 1
wan's quota was $363,000.
Open house was observed by
the Edenton USO Chib in con
nection with the third nation
wide anniversary of the organi
zation formed in the interest of,
service men and women.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Walk- j
er, newcomers to Edenten. pre
sented the Shepard-Pruden Me-]
mortal Library a grove of books.)
many gs them beautifully bound
classics. , <
A final reportjnade by J. Ed
win Bufflap. Chowan County
Chairman of infantile paraly- 1
Continued on Page 2 Section I
Bill George Speaker For Varsity
Club Sports Banquet Feb. 17tli
It was announced early this i
Week that the Edenton Varsity]
fchxb Sports Banquet will be
held Monday night, February
17. The banquet will be held in
the National Guard armory be-
The principal speaker for the
occasion will be BUI George, aU
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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L COOKIES J
“Girl Scouting . . .
A Promise Action”
February 8 To 20
Aces Defeat Bertie
To Claim Second
Place In Standing
Largest Crowd of Sea
son See Local Boys
Outplay Bertie Outfit
By Score of 60 To 43
Edenton’s Aces wan their sixth
Albemarle Conference game as
they rolled over a fine Bertie
team Friday night 60 to 43. Be
fore the largest home crowd this
season, the Aces dominated the
game and came off the court
with a well deserved victory. To
those people at the game there
was much excitement • and color
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
Local National Guardsmen Get
Ribbons For Length 04 Service
On Wednesday night, January
22, North Carolina National
Guard ribbons for service were
presented to the following per
sonnel of the Edenton National
Guard unit:
5-Year Service Ribbon with
15-Year Device—Thomas J. Hos
kins, Jr., 23 years service;
George P. Holland, 28 years ser
vice.
5-Year Service Ribbon with
10-Year Device Joseph K.
Swanner, 18 years service; Jack
H. Barrow, 19 years service;
Henry A. Powell, 15 years Ser-
Friends Os Library
Plan For New Year
Drive For Members
Will Begin After
Library Week
A planning committee for the
Friends of the Brown-Carver
Library met on Thursday, Janu
ary 30 at 8 P. M.,; in the li
brary on Oakum Street. The
meeting was called to discuss the
reorganization of the Friends of
the Library and to make plans
for community programs Jo be
held during National Library
Week which is scheduled for
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
iin the National Professional
Football League, all with the 1
Bears. He plays middle line
backer and has been defensive
captain for several years. He
has been selected all-pro for
eight years.
A football trophy will be pre
sented at the banquet, along
with gold footballs.
The Varsity recently elected
new officers for 1964, who are:
President, Tom Ba«, who sue-
Eripnton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 6,1964.
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NEW LOOK IN PRISONS—This is an aerial view of the federal penitentiary near Marion. 111., which will open next
April. Most dramatic feature is that it has no walls. Prison will hold 600 maximum-security inmates.
|New Regulation In
iEdentonßelativeTo
Collection Os Trash
Three Days, Monday,
Wednesday and Sat
urday Will Be Pick-
Up Days
In the interest of economy as
well as the better utilization of
Street Department personnel, the
following regulation governing
trash pick-up will be effective!
as of February 10.
All trash as hereinafter de
fined will be picked up between
the hours of 7 A. M., and 4 P. M.
on Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday of each week.
Trash will be defined as fol
lows: Tree limbs, grass cut
tings, waste lumber or paper, j
waste metal, broken furniture or,
any item that cannot be placed!
in a standard refuse container
(30 gallon capacity.)
This trash must be placed so
that at no time will the streets
be blocked or partially blocked.
vice; William A. White, 15
years service; William E. Las
siter, 15 years service; William
J. White, 18 years service.
5-Year • Service mobon With
5-Year Device Wilburn C.
Smith, 14 years service; Alton
M. Harrell, 12 years service;
Robert P Lane, 14 years service;
Carroll W. Jones, 10 years ser
vice: Henry O. Peeples, 13 years
service; Linwood E. Britton, 10
years seivice; Joseph L. Hen
inger, 14 years service; Edgar
M. Spruill, 10 years service;
Continued on Pago 7—Section 1
Junior Girl Scouts
Plan Cookie Sale
All Profits From Sale
Feb. 8-20 Will Re
main In Troops ■
Edenton Junior Girl Scouts
;
will conduct a Girl Scout cookie
sale February 8 to February 20.
The cookies will sell for 45 cents
per box with the profit retained
within each troop.
The Junior Girl Scouts will
meet Saturday morning, Febru
ary 8 at the Barker House. This
meeting is scheduled so that
both Junior Troop 719 and 720
can be given their supplies and
instructions in preparation for
the sale.
Each girl will take orders in
her neighborhood and where
possible the ‘‘buddy system” will
be observed.
Alumni Os ECC
To Meet Tonight
The Edenton Chapter of the
East Carolina College Alumni
Association will hold its quar
terly meeting today (Thursday).
A supper meeting will be held
at the Edenton Restaurant at
7 o'clock.
Miss Janice Hardison, director
of alumni affairs, will be the
All members and interested
Edenton Savings And Loan
Association Assets $4,059,240!
Edenton Savings & Loan Asso
ciation reports an increase in to
tal assets to $4,240.02 as of De
cember 31, 1963.
James M. Bond, secretary, said
that this figure represents a 10%
increase over total assets report
ed one year ago, and he attribut
ed the institution’s growth to
continued economic prosperity in
the local community.
According to the institution’s
1963 annual report, net savings
gains recorded during the past
year total $316,436.37, increasing
total savings to an all-time high
of $3,686,723.96.
Edenton Savings and Loan al
so paid a record total dividend
to savers of $136,870.46 during
1963, based on a regular dividend
rate of 4%.
Total mortgage lending volume
increased to $875,226.28 in 1963
which is approximately 8'2%
Chowan Exceeds
Quota Os Blood
118 Pints Given With
120 Turning Out
To Give Blood
i
Last Monday produced another
successful visit of the Red Cross
| bloodmobile to the Edenton Ar
mory. Frank Roberts, bloodmo
bile chairman, reports that Cho
wan County went 20 pints over
[ its quota. The quota was 90
pints, with 118 pints being taken
j in. One hundred twenty-two
people showed up to give blood,
with only four being rejected for
medical reasons. This was the
lowest number of rejections in
quite some time.
Thanks go to the Jaycees and
Jaycettes, to the attendant doc
tors, Nurse Twiddy and the Hos
pital Auxiliary, as well as the
Red Cross personnel. The band
; ing together of these various or
ganizations helped make the
bloodmobile visit a success.
Most of all, of course, thanks go
to the many people who showed
up to donate a pint of blood.
The next visit, according to
Roberts, will probably be later
in the week, rather than on a
Monday, and a change of hours
is contemplated, with the blood
mobile visiting Edenton from 11
to 5 instead of 10 to 4.
31 JAILED IN JANUARY
Jailer Bertram Byrum reports I
that during January 31 persons
were placed in the Chowan
County Jail with confinements
ranging from one to 31 days.
The expense amounted to $184.17
which included jail and turnkey
fees.
Cast Now Selected For Hospital
Auxiliary Play March 20 And 21
On behalf of the Hospital Au
xiliary, Mrs. L. Polk Williams,
Jr., finance chairman of the
Auxiliary and producer of the
forthcoming play “The Night of
January 16th”, early this week
extended her sincere thanks to
all who supported the Auxiliary’s
next fund raising project by at
tending try-outs.
Members of the cast are: Tom
Chears, Frank Roberts, Keith
Reeve, Mrs. C. A; Phillips, Jim
above the volume recorded in
the previous year.
Mr. Bond commented that the
strong savings inflow and sub
stantially increased home lend
ing volume at the institution was
indicative of the consistently
growing demand for savings and
loan services in this community
and elsewhere in the nation.
“The savings and loan system
provides the most efficient em
ployment of real savings toward
the investment in long-term real
estate lending, particularly in the
area of private single-family
homes,” he said. “We feel that
savings and loan institutions
have now achieved a critically
important place in our total
economy and that their influence
will, continue to expand in the
foreseeable future.”
Mr. Bond predicted a further
increase in housing and home fi
nancing activities during 1964.
Mothers’ March
Tops All Records
Mrs. Toni Miley, the
Chairman, Reports
$554.69 Collected
Mrs. Tony Miley, chairman of
the Mothers March, sponsored
by the Jaycettes, reports the
door-to-door canvass was a tre
mendous success.
The March netted $554.69,
which is understood to be the
largest amount ever collected by
the Mothers March.
Mrs. Miley would like to ex
press her appreciation, on be
half of the Jaycettes, to all those
who participated in the 1964
Mothers March.
Tax Collections For
Month Total $88,566
Sheriff Earl Goodwin reports
good tax collections during the
month of January. During the
month he collected $88,566.16 for
1963 taxes. The year’s tax levy
is $369,944.11, so that the bal
ance of unpaid taxes amount to
$108,252.91.
During the month Mr. Good
win also collected $2,647.57 for
delinquent taxes for the 10-year
period 1953-1962. The balance of
uncollected taxes for this period I
stands at $75,961.42. He also I
collected $135.77 for delinquent
taxes for the years 1951 and 1952.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication of I
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. I
& A. M., will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. W. M.
Rhoades, master of the lodge,
invites all Masons to attend.
Robinson, Mrs. Mary Hardin,
Robert Bolling, Mrs. Frank
Holmes, Nathan Owens, Alton
Elmore, Mrs. Judy Earnhardt,
Mrs. Ed Bond, Pat Flanagan,
Mrs. Lena Leary, Alex Kehayes,'
Bill Cozart, Frank Holmes and
Mrs. Margaret Davis.
Rocs Inglis will direct the play
and Mias Audrea Rowell, Jasper
Hassell and Charles Wood, Jr.,
wUl'-aasist Him in the production.!
Performances are scheduled for*
March 20 and 21. . _ *
five From Chowan
j Complete Course
i In Civil Defense
Local Group Joins In
j Remaining 1 In Under
! ground Fallout Shel
j ter 24 Hours
i
Five Chowan County men who
| are vitally interested in Civil
I Defense last week completed a
j Civil Defense course in shelter
| management for instructors. The
j course was held at Washington, i
N. C., and was sponsored by
the Extension Service of the
University of North Carolina.
Those who completed the
course were George Burdick, i
Murray Ashley, Jake Hobowsky,;
Harry Venters and J. P. Ricks,
Jr.
The climax of the course was
a 24-hour stay in a fallout shel
ter at Washington under simulate
led emergency conditions.
Ma vor Designates February
J cD J
As American History Month
I Mayor John Mitchener has
proclaimed February American
History Month and asks the
citizens, particularly the school
children, to be more conscious
of our American histnrv
American History Month is
sponsored by the Edenton Tea
Party Chapter, Daughters of the]
American Revolution, in cooper
ation with the observance by
the National Society.
The purpose of the observance I
by the DAR is to safeguard,
through knowledge and appreci
ation, our American heritage.
March Os Dimes
Very Successful
Chairman Says Close
To $2,000 Is Anti
cipated
The 1964 March of Dimes
sponsored by the Edenton Jay
cettes has been a most success
ful one.
Aubrey Hardison, chairman,
reports a total of SI,BOO received,
but with money still coming in
it is believed the total amount
will be close to $2,000.
The Jaycees staged eight dif
ferent projects with the help of
the Jaycettes, Boy Scouts, bas
ketball teams, cheerleaders and
the talented performers of the j
Hootennanny. Many thanks to
not only those mentioned but j
to everyone who helped to j
make these events successful.
Mr. Hardison and the Jaycees
would like to express their ap
preciation to the merchants and
people of Chowan County for
their fine cooperation and gener
ous contributions.
Wade Jordan Given
Degree In Texas
The University of Texas at
Austin awarded 70 doctoral de
grees at the close of the first
semester, Dean W. Gordon
Whaley of the Graduate School
has announced.
Among the recipients was
Wade H- Jordan, Jr., of Edenton,
who was awarded the Doctor of
philosophy degree.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Inglis Fletcher Plans To
Sell Bandon Plantation
To Develop Home Sites
Speaks To Doctors
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DR. B. W. HAYNES. JR.
In the fourth of a series of six
lectures scheduled for a post
graduate course being held in
Edenton, Dr. B. W. Havnes, Jr..
spoke at the Edenton Restaurant
Wednesday. Dr. Haynes is as
sociate professor of surgery at
the Medical College of Virginia,
in Richmond, and SDoke on prob
lems a doctor faces in covering
wounds of a severely burned
patient with skin from another
person.
Mi r s.J.TTTriToi(li
County Accountant
'
Chowan County Commission
; ers at their meeting Monday
morning announced the appoint- j
j ment of Mrs. J. D, Elliott as I
I County Accountant. Mrs. Elliott j
succeeds Mrs. Evelyn Williams, |
i who died recently.
The new accountant has been I
; employed by the Edenton Tractor j
& Implement Company before
i accepting her new position.
I In keeping with the observ
| ance. Miss Elizabeth Moore will
I address the Tea Party Chapter
!at its meeting Wednesday, Feb
ruary 12. at 1 o’clock at the
| Edenton Restaurant. She will
| present a paper on the Cupola
I House and other related facts of
| interest about Edenton.
In the schools emphasis will
Ibe placed on historic events in
j American history and spot an-
I nouncements will be broadcast
daily over radio station WCDJ.
Mrs. David Redfield is chair-
Iman of the observance.
Awards Presented
To Cub Scouts
Blue and Gold Ban
quet Will Be Held
February 25
Cub Scout Pack 159 met at
the Scout Cabin on January 28
at 7:30 P. M.. for its regular
monthly Pack meeting. Den 4
presented an interesting program
entitled “The New Year”.
Cub Scoutmaster Tom Cross
had a number of announcements
which he would like all Cub
Scouts to keep in mind. Febru
ary 7-13 is Cub Scout Week.
Among the special things the
Continued ou Page v—Section 1
Tailoring Course Scheduled To
Begin In Edenton February 13
A tailoring course will be
taught at John A. Holmes High
School beginning Thursday, Feb
ruary 13. and lasting for six
weeks. Mrs. Edna Reaves, in
structor for the class and head
of the local home economics de
partment, has announced that
classes will begin at 8 o’clock
in the home economics depart
ment. Miss Brenda Reges, stu
dent teacher from East Carolina
College, will assist .Mrs. Reaves.
Adults in the area are invited to
enroll ih the class.
Tailoring a garment, usually a
suit or coat, requires hours
spent outside the class. The ac
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I Distinguished Novel
! ist Says Intention Is
To Eventually Move
To Edenton
It was reported last week that
Inglis Fletcher had decided to
sell historic “Bandon” plantation
to Southern Properties, to be de
veloped into building lots. Fol
lowing a disastrous fire which
destroyed the old colonial
mansion early in October of last
year, Mrs. Fletcher had decided
not to duplicate the home but
expected to rebuild on the site.
However, she says it would be
a terrible job to rebuild Bandon
and that it would be just as
difficult to live there again.
Southern Properties is develop
ers of Arrowhead Beach and the
63-acre estate will add consider
ably in providing quite a few
more very desirable home sites.
The company already owns 250
acres along Chowan River near
Bandon and the lots have added
considerably to Chowan County's
property valuation.
Following her decision to sell
Bandon, Mrs. Fletcher indicated
that she might purchase a home
in Edenton. However, she would
like first to go to Trinidad to
collect material for another
novel and live for a while in
Charleston, S. C.. with her son.
Comdr. John G. Fletcher. If and
when she returns to Edenton she
plans to continue writing novels
Continued on Page 6—Section l
BPW Bosses’ Night
Scheduled Feb. 29
“Woman of the Year’’
Will Be Announced
At Meeting
Nominations are now being
teceived for the 1963 “Woman
of the Year.” who will be hon
ored at the annual Bosses'
Night Banquet of the Edenton
Business and Professional Wom
an’s Club. The banquet will be
held Thursday night, February
20. at 7 o’clock at the Center
Hill Community Building.
Reservations for the banquet
may be made by contacting
Mrs. A. W. Wooten at 482-3608
or Mrs. Samuel Cox at 482-4180.
Tickets for the banquet are
$1.75 each and reservations must
be made before Friday. Febru
ary 14.
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Varsity Club’s annual Sports
Banquet will be held in the
Edenton armory Monday night.
February 17 at 7 o'clock.
A six weeks tailoring course
will begin at John A. Holmes
High School Thursday night,
February 13, at 8 o'clock.
Edenton Junior Girl Scouts
will conduct a cookie sale Feb
ruary 8 to 20.
Blue and Gold banquet for
Cub Scouts and their families
will be held at the American
Legion building Tuesday night.
February 25, at 7:30 o'clock.
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
will sponsor a plav, "The Night
of January 16”, which will be
presented in the Court House
March 20 and 21.
Continued on Page 2—Section I
| tual instruction period will in-
I elude demonstrations on tailor
ing techniques and allow time
! for help with problems which
the women encounter. This
class will be primarily for ladies
who have sewn quite a lot and
I who wish to learn the “extras”
which add to the value of tailor
ed garments.
There is no charge fdr the
course. However, each student
will furnish her own materials
and supplied. The first meeting
will include organizing the class
and helping members to select
proper supplies needed for the
course.