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, To the Progress of the
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Volume XXXI.—-Number 7.
Edenton Varsity Club's
Sports Banquet Monday
Night In Local Armory
Bill George, Chicago
Bear Star, Will Be
Guest Speaker For
Occasion
Edenton’s Varsity Club will
hold its annual Sports Banquet
in the Edenton Armory Monday
night, February 17, at 7 o’clock.
The affair is usually held in May
but has been advanced to Feb
ruary due to the availability of a
speaker.
The guest speaker-will be Bill
George, brother of Nick George
of Edenton, who is no stranger
in Edenton. Mr. George is asso
ciated with his brother in George
Chevrolet Company and has been
an occasional visitor in Edenton.
He will be remembered by
many Edenton football fans as
a star tackle on the Wake Forest
team during his college days.
He also won the heavyweight
Wrestling championship of the
Southern Conference.
The guest speaker is an all
pro middle linebacker of last
season’s champion Chicago Bears.
It was the eighth time he has
won this honor.
Plans have been completed for
the banquet, when barbecue
chicken will be served in the
Armory by the Center Hill Home
Demonstration Club members
and their husbands.
Special guests at the banquet
will be boys and girls who par
ticipated in the athletic program
at John A. Holmes High School.
.A beautiful trophy will be
awarded to the most outstanding
athlete of the year. Gold foot-|
balls will also be presented to'
members of the Aces’ squad.
Tickets are now on sale fori
the banquet, which is expected to
attract a large ccpwd of friendv'
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Beauty Salon Week I
Observed Feb. 9-15
j
Edenton beauty shop operators,
are this week joining in the ob-i
servance of the 14th annual Na- j
tional Beauty Salon Week, being
observed from February 9 to 15.
Mayor John Mitchener issued
a proclamation designating Feb
ruary 9-15 as National Beauty
Salon Week, pointing out that
regular professional care is best:
for the hair.
A group of local beauticians
opened the observance of the (
week by attending Sunday morn- I
ing’s worship service at St. |
Paul’s Episcopal Church. i
20 Years Ago j
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
Congressman Herbert Bonner
notified The Herald that Secre
tary of the Navy Knox had ap
proved a project for an addition
al water supply at the U. S- Ma- j
rine Corps Air Station at Eden-'
ton. The cost of the project,
was estimated at $45,000.
Upon the recommendation of j
the state director of the Brew-1
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4-H Demonstration Contest Is
Planned To Be Held In Edenton
Four-H’ers from the 16 county
Eastern District will meet at
Chowan High School on Friday,
July 10. Adult community
leaders and Extension agents will
accompany county demonstra
tion contest winners, who will
be competing tor district awards.
Demonstration contests will in
clude beekeeping, dairy foods,
dairy management, ejectric, en
tomology, farmer cooperative,
forage crops, forestry, fruit and
vegetable use, fruit and vege
table production, fruit and vege
table marketing, livestock con
servation, poultry barbecue, poul
try marketing, poultry produc
tion, rural civil defense, sewing,
soil and Water conservation, to
bacco, and wildlife.
ftfost of the demonstration con
tests are open to beys and girls
10-11 years of age. However, in
a few of the contests the partici
pants must be at least 14 years
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Club Speaker
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MRS. JAMES HARPER. JR.
At a meeting of the Edenton
Woman's Club held Wednesday
afternoon of last week at the
Edenton Restaurant. Mrs. James
Harper, Jr., of Southport was
tha principal speaker. Mrs. Har
per is president of the North
Carolina Federation of Women's
Clubs.
Aces Lose Firgt
Game At Home
Edenton Accs lost their first
home game this season as they
were victims of a last second
basket by Gene Welch of Scot
land Neck. Having defeated
Scotland Neck earlier this sea
son, the Aces could have been
thinking of the rough games
with Plymouth and Williamston
next week. Nevertheless, the
taller Scots wanted the victory
and smothered the high scoring
offense of the Aces to come out
On top of a tense basketball
game.
In the first quarter the Aces
jumped to an early lead and
seemed on their way to another
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| Secretary Honored
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MRS. MABLE B. JORDAN
Special recognition was given
[last week to Mrs. Mable Blount
1 Jordan. She was presented a
Certificate of Merit for her 15
j years of faithful and dedicated
I service as secretary to the Ne
-1 gro County Extension Service in
Chowan County.
be individual or team demon
strations. In the team demon
strations two 4-H’ers work to
gether to present the informa
tion. The time limit for the
demonstrations is 15 minutes, ex
cept for the poultry barbecue
which has a two-hour time.
Other activities which will be
taking place are the public
speaking contest, share the fun
(talent), and tractor operator.
Each county in the district is
eligible to bring their county
winners in each of the contests.
All contests will begin at 9:30
A. M. The public is invited to
come and see the contests on the
subjects of interest to them.
They may watch one demonstra
tion contest in one room for
awhile and then go to another
room for, a different subject.
This is the first time this dis
trict contest has been held in
this immediate area, being held
in Chocowinity, Washington and
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Edenton, Cho\ . County, North Carolina,. Thursday, February 13, 1964.
Farmer Pettyjohn
Speaker Tonight
At Jaycee Banquet
Outstanding Farmer
For Year 1963 Will
Be Presented Award
At Meeting
Announcement was made early
this week that L. E. “Farmer”
Pettyjohn will be the featured
speaker at the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce Out
standing Young Farmer banquet.
The banquet is scheduled to be
held tonight (Thursday) at 7
o’clock at the Edenton Restau
rant.
Mr. Pettyjohn is vice presi
dent and manager of the agri
cultural and livestock depart
ment of the American Bank &
Trust Company of Suffolk, Va.
Another highlight of the ban
quet will be the presentation of
the Outstanding Young Farmer
Award to this year’s winner.
Jack Evans, outstanding young
farmer chairman, says it is very
important that every Jaycee be
present at this meeting.
Full Agenda Holds
Town Councilmen
In Long Session
Sewage Disposal Plant
Expected to Go Into
Operation Friday of
This Week
Faced with a full agenda.
Town Councilmen held a lengthy
meeting Tuesday night.
At the outset of the meeting
Chief of Police James Griffin
presented William S. Clements
and Charles H.
members of the Edenton police
force, who recently completed a
four-weeks course at the Coastal
Plain Police Science Academy
held at Greenville. Both receiv
ed diplomas and were highly
praised by Chief Griffin for the
sacrifice they made in attending
the school and the experience
they gained as law enforcement
officers. Chief Griffin explain
ed thg various types of training
the men received and said it
will go toward making the Po
lice Department more up-to-date
and efficient. Mayor John Mitch
ener also complimented the Chief
and his men, pointing out that
training at such schools will help
to develop a more efficient po
lice department.
Mrs. R. J. Boyce, Mrs. George
A. Byrum and Mrs. Warren
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Large Number
At Open House
Two Courses Taught
At Base Under
MDTA
Despite a sudden drop in tem
perature and snow flurries, a
large crowd turned out Tuesday
night at the old fire station on
the former Edenton Naval Air
Station. The occasion was open
house held in connection with
two courses offered under the
Manpower Development Training
Act. The twft courses taught
are auto-truck mechanic course
and stenography course.
A delicious barbecue dinne. 1
was served.
Lloyd F. Spaulding, director
of the Pitt Industrial Education
Center, acted as master of cere
monies and extended a welcome
to all who braved the elements
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Mrs. Ehringhaus On
Moore Committee
Four prominent North Caro
lina women, active in civic and
political affairs across the state,
have been named to the Wom
en’s Advik>ry Committee for
Dan K. Moore, Democratic gub
ernatorial candidate.
Among the four named is
Mrs. J. C. B. Ehringhaus of
Edenton and R aleigh, wife of
former Governor J. C. B.
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BILL GEORGE
Edenton's Varsity Club will hold its annual Sports Banquet
Monday night, February 17, in the Edenton armory. The featured
speaker wnl be Bill George, all-pro middle linebacker of the world
champion Chicago Bears. Mr. George is a brother of Nick George
of Edenton and is associated with his brother in the George Chev
rolet Company in Edenton. The banquet will begin at 7 o'clock.
Plans Complete For
BPW Bosses’ Night
Thursday, Feb. 20th
Banquet Will Be Held
At Center Hill Com
munity Building at 7
O’clock
Plans are rapidly being com
pleted for the annual Bosses'
Night banquet of the Edenton
Business and Professional Wo
man’s Club. The banquet will
be held at the Center Hill Com
munity Building Thursday night,
February 20, at 7 o’clock.
Attention is called to the fact
ihat the banquet will be open
to anyone interested but that
ticket reservations must be made
by Friday afternoon. February
14, at 3 o’clock. The tickets
can be reserved by calling Mrs.
Samuel Cox, phone 482-4180 or
Mrs. A. W. Wooten, phone 482-
3608. The tickets are $1.75 each
with the dinner served by the
ladies of the Center Hill Home
Demonstration Club.
A feature of the meeting will
be the naming and honoring of
the ‘ Woman of the Year” for
1963.
Edenton Ladies
Meet Mrs. Preyer
Large Group Gathers
At Court House
Monday
Many Edenton and Chowan
County Democratic Women gath
ered in the panel room of Cho
wan County Court House Mon
day afternoon. The occasion was
a visit by Mrs. Richardson
Preyer, wife of one of the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nominess in
the primary election scheduled
to be held in May. The local
women were delighted to meet
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
Civil Defense Planning Key To Survival
* By MURRAY D. ASHLEY
Edenton Civil Defense Director
For the past several months I
the American people have been i
spared the really dark head
lines that were prevalent dur
ing the Berlin and Cuban crisis.
To some extent the chain of
events that confirm the expan
sion of Communism throughout 1
the world have been hidden or
overlooked by headline events
that have had a very strong im- -
pact on our thinking. I
Headlines 'Such as the next
election, the smoking issue,
wheat sales to Russia, the par
tial test ban treaty, and many
other issues which will lose j
their long term meaning if wej
don’t accept the fact that while I
Tree Seedlings
Now Available At
No Cash Outlay
Cost of Trees Will Be
Deducted From Al
lowance For Partici
pating In Practice
The Agricultural Stabilization
Conservation Serviee, in coopera
tion with the North Carolina
Forest Service, is now assisting
landowners of the state by ar
ranging for them to secure tree
seedlings at no cash outlay.
The Agricultural Conservation
program now allows interested
landowners to fill out a ACP
purchase order and the cost of
the seedlings is deducted from
sl2 per acre which is allowed
for this practice.
In the past, the landowner has
had to pay for the trees at
time of purchase. He has been
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World Day Os
Prayer Feb. U
Service To Be Held at
Methodist Church
At 10 A. M.
An interdenominational World
Day of Prayer will be held at
the Edenton Methodist Church
Friday morning, February 14, at
10 o’clock. The theme of the
service will be “Let Us Pray’’,
during which prayers will be of
fered for thanksgiving and in
tercession for world peace and
the work of the church through
out the world.
The service is by
women of various churches in
Edenton, with Mrs. W. C. Moore
and Mrs. A. F. Downum in
charge of plans.
A warm welcome will await
all women of the community who
will join in the service.
Iwe are worrying about some
! mouse eating an car of corn in
our barn, the bam could be
burning down.
Let’s take for example the
test ban treaty. While this
could be a step in the right di--
1 rection, if all parties concerned
were sincere in respecting the
desire of mankipd to live in
-peace, we can take little com-
Ifort in the fact that even today
there are enough nuclear weap
ons -on hand to destroy much of
| our civilization and take untold
millions of lives,
j If we are so naive as to serious
j ly believe that Khrushchev and
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Chowan Hospital
Gets $1,815 From
Duke Endowment
$1,483,302.36 Given to
Hospitals and Child
Care Institutions In
Two Carolinas
Appropriations of $1,483,302.36
to aid Carolina hospitals and
child care institutions in financ
ing their increasing load of char
ity work have'' been announced
by trustees of The Duke Endow
ment.
The funds, based on charity
care in the fiscal year which
ended September 30, 1963, are
being distributed to 143 hospitals
and 43 child care institutions in
the two states. Hospitals receive
$992,921 of the total and child
care institutions $490,381.36. The
105 North Carolina hospitals get
$658,783 and 38 in South Caro
lina $334,138. Twenty-six North
Carolina child care institutions
get $326,431.62 and 17 in South
Carolina, $163,949.74. The total
for North Carolina is $985,214,62,
and South Carolina $498,087.74.
Included in the hospitals which
received an appropriation was
Chowan Hospital with an appro
priation of $1,815.
Lenten Lunches At
St. Paul's Church
The Rev. Macon B. Walton,
rector of Galilee Episcopal
Church at Virginia Beach. Va.,
was the initial speaker for the
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Lenten luncheons Tuesday.
Lunch begins at 1 o’clock in
the Parish House so that “busi
ness men" and "working girls”
may take advantage of the op
portunity to hear a series of
addresses on pertinent subjects
related to the season of self
examination.
The rector, the Rev. George
Holmes, urges all parishoners to
attend the entire series with
their guests. Members of other
denominations should continue
to feel welcome and are cordi
ally invited to attend.
Feb. 17 Deadline
For’B3 Auto Tags
Time Extended Due to
15th Falling on
Saturday *
The deadline for the use of
1963 license-plates will be mid
night Monday, February 17, 1964.
The Department of Motor Ve
hicles said plates normally ex
pire at midnight on February 15,
but in view of the fact that
February 15 this year falls on
Saturday when many banks and
license issuance offices are clos
ed, vehicle owners may continue
to use their 1963 North Carolina
license until midnight Monday,
February 17.
This follows a precedent estab
lished in previous years when
February 15 fell on Saturday or
Sunday.
Preyer Supporters
Will Meet Tonight
Meeting Called at 8
O’clock In Chowan
Court House
The Chowan County Commit
tee for Preyer For Governor” j
will meet tonight (Thursday) at
8 o'clock in "the Chowan County
Court House.
Tom Shepard, who last week
was appointed chairman of the
committee, urges all citizens who
are interested in Richardson
Preyer’s candidacy for Governor
in the May primary election to
attend.
f EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night, February 17, j
at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Clara Bos
well, worthy matron, invites all
members of. the chapter to be
.present.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Outstanding Numismatist
Making Home In Edenton
After Recent Retirement
Teenager Os Month
MISS BETSY CAMPEN
Edenton Jaycees at their meet
ing Thursday niqht, February 6,
honored Miss Betsy Campen,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
S. Campen, as "Teenage Girl of
the Month." Miss Camoen is a
senior at the John A. Holmes
High School. She is a member
of Teen Democratic and FHA
Clubs. She is on the Spotlight
staff and Annual staff. Eetsy
was chosen the best-locking and
most talented in her class. She
is a member of the Edenton
Baptist Church and a young
churchwoman of the Episcopal
Church.
STARKEY E. WHITE IN
"OPERATION SPRINGBOARD"
Starkey E. White, anti-sub
marine warfare technician third
class. USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. White of Edenton. is par
ticipating in Operation Spring
board" while serving with Pa
trol Squadron 44 in the Carib
bean.
The operation, an annual exer
cise conducted by units of the
Atlantic Fleet, takes advantage
of the excellent weather of the
Caribbean area to conduct am
phibious landing and flight
training operations.
Speaks To Doctors
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DR. T. F. WILLIAMS
In another of a series of post
graduate courses held in Eden
ton, Dr. T. Franklin Williams
spoke to doctors of Northeastern
North Carolina Wednesday of
this week. Dr. Williams is asso
ciate professor of medicine and
preventive medicine at the UNC
School of Medicine and explain
ed how measuring insulin in the
blood stream now shows that a
number of diabetics have insu
lin, but it is blocked from help
ing digest foods.
County-wide Swine Meeting Al
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Chowan Community Building
Friday Afternoon At 2 OYlork
A county swine meeting will!
be held at the Chowan Com-i
munity Building on Friday after-!
noon of this week, February 14,
at 2 o'clock. All hog growers,
dealers, and all others who are
interested in swine are invited
and urged to attend this meet
ing.
“I realize that the general at
titude is that hogs are too cheap j
and there isn’t any profit in
hogs,” says County Agent C. W.
Overman. ‘‘lt is true that then*!
isn’t as much profit in hogs at
15 Vs cents per pound as there
is in hogs at 17 or 18 cents per
pound, provided feed cost is rela
tively the same. On the other
hand, the man who studies the
situation and employs efficient 1
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Try a Classified Ad
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John A. Taylor Devot
ing Time to Science
And Collecting Coins
And Medals
A comparatively recent new
comer to Edenton is John A.
Taylor, vyho lives on the Windsor
highway near Edenton. Mr. Tay
lor, a very friendly and congen
ial person, is a numismatist—
that is an authority in the sci
ence of coins, tokens, medals and
objects closely resembling them
in form and he has passed on
his knowledge to many friends.
In June he retired from the
Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Company of New York and later
decided to move to Edenton.
Seventeen years ago a friend
of Mr. Taylor’s presented him
with a number of large silver
pieces commonly known as
“crowns". That ignited the in
terest and soon Mr. Taylor was
specializing in collecting Ameri
can, British and Canadian coins.
From then it was but a hop, skip
and a jump to studying the vol
umes written on coins, attending
classes and making a point of
meeting well-known dealers arid
collectors as some 20 conventions
throughout the country each
year. But the effort paid off,
for soon Mr. Taylor could evalu
ate a coin without referring to
the volumes—and nine times out,
of ten his appraisal would be
right on the nose. .
“Perfection in collecting coins
is worth more than numbers”,
says Mr. Taylor. “Once you
have decided upon a specific set
of coins, you can constantly in-
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Scottish Rite Club
Elects New Officers
v New officers for the Chowan
Scottish Rite Club were elected
;.t a meeting held Thursday
night. The new officers are:
President, Thomas Francis; vice
president, R. T. Pickier; .secre
tary-treasurer. Hiram A, Weeks.
The club will hold a fish fry
at Sandy Point Beach Friday
night, February 28, at 7 o’clock,
at which time several prominent
Scottish Rite Masons from New
Bern are expected to he guests
of the local club.
LIONS CALL OFF MEETING
Edenton's Lions have called tiff
their weekly meeting next Mon
night. February 17, The meet
ing was cancelled in order to
allow members io attend the
Varsity Club's annual Sports
Banquet in the local armory.
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An interdenominational day of
prayer will be held at the Eden
ton Methodist Church Friday
morning, February 14, at 10
o'clock.
Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce will hold its annual
Outstanding Young Farmer ban
quet tonight (Thursday) at 7
o'clock at the Edenton Restau
rant.
Annual Bosses' Night banquet
of the Edenton Business and
Professional Woman's Club will
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production practices is finding
[even 15 cent hogs to be pro
! fitable.
“A few years ago it was tak
ing about 7 pounds or more of
feed to produce a pound of tur
key and today we have a turkey
producer in Chowan County
whose actual record shows that
he is producing turkeys for a
j little less than 3ti pounds of
feed per pound of gain. A few
years ago it took 5 to 6 pounds
!of feed to put a pound of gain
on broilers and fryers and today
good producers are putting a
pound of gain on for approxi
mately 2ti pounds of feed. Ef
ficient hog producers are put
ting a pound of gain on hogs for
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