A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the J
Albemarle Area
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Volume XXXI. —Number 8.
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Planned Vaccine Program
Forced To Be Postponed
From Summer To Fall
Due to Inability to Se-j
cure Trivalent Sabin'
Vaccine Reason For
| Postponement
IThe Polio Committee of the'
First District Medical Society
■as been informed by the dis-1
) ributor of the Trivalent Sabin
/accine that it will be unable to'
supply this vaccine for the vac
cine program planned in March
and May of this year.
The vaccine has to be thor
oughly checked by the National
Institute of Health before it is
leleased for use.
All available vaccine has been
already allotted for previously
scheduled programs.
Since no such vaccine release
is planned in time to complete a
mass immunization before the
beginning of the spring-summer
polio season, it has been decided
by the Polio Committee to post
pone the immunization cam
paign until the fall of 1964. |
The committee has already
laid plans for such a mass i
Sabin vaccine immunization and j
the public will be advised when
to expect this. The committee
further advises that the public
keep up their shots of Salk vac
cine to continue their present
polio protection.
The Health Department will
issue new directions regarding
their immunization schedules in
view of the cancellation of the
Sabin or oral polio campaign,
according to Dr. T. P. Brinn of
Hertford, medical director of the
Committee.
Albemarle Mental
Health Association
Will Meet Tonight
The Albemarle Mental Health
Association will hold its annual
meeting tonight (Thursday) at 8
o'clock in the Winslow Memorial
parish of the Holy Trinity Epis
copal Church in Hertford.
The Rev. Heath Light, presi
dent of the association, urges
all members to attend. This is
the first full meeting since last
year’s membership drive. All
who paid a dollar are members
and expected to attend. All who
arc not members but interested
in the mental health of the coun
ty are invited to attend the
meeting and to enroll as a
member.
Dr. Peters from the State De
portment of Mental Health, will
be a guest and will report on '
mental health progress in our
area.
j 20 Years Ago
| As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
J. G. Campen, Chairman of the
Chowan County War Finance
Committee, reported that Cho
wan County reached its over-all
quota in the Fourth War Loam
drive, and that the quota of E
bonds was also over-sold by
$4,000.
Chief of Police J. R. Tanner
enlisted the aid of Boy Scouts
, in an effort to raise Chowan
1 County's quota of war bonds, and
the Scouts sold $24,975 worth of
the bonds.
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All-Practice Program Increases
Peanut Yield In Cliowan County
Chowan County peanut grow
ers are on a production spree.
They have boosted yields about
200 pounds per acre for the past
two years, and they don’t believe
weather should get all the
credit.
-Better farming is the main
reason, they say.
Getting more specific, County
Extension Chairman C. W. Over
man says credit should go to
the All-Practice Peanut Program,
which several groups in the
county have joined in promot
ing. .
All-Practice, as the name might 1
imply, pulls together the best!
information on peanut produc-j
tion as determined by research j
Overman says the results of i
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J. EMMETT WINSLOW
On Tuesday of this week J.
Emmett Winslow of Hertford an
nounced that he will be a can
-1 didate for Senator from the First
, District.
Friends Os Library
Seeking New Site
Cupola House Must
Be Vacated as Li
brary In July
The Friend of the Shepard-
Pruden Library met at the Eden
ton Restaurant last Friday at 12
o’clock with Mrs. E. N. Elliott
presiding. After the reading of
the minutes by the secretary,
• Mrs. Harry Venters, Mrs. George
&ack spoke of the „£morg*ocy
need of housing the library, since
the Cupola House has to be va
cated by July.
Mrs. Scoggin, director of the
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Speaks To Doctors
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DR. FLOYD W. DENNY
i As a final speaker for a series
of postgraduate courses held in
Edenton. Dr. Flovd W. Denny
I spoke to doctors Wednesday at
\ the Edenton Restaurant. Dr.
Denny is professor and Chair
man of the Deoartment of
Pediatrics at the University of
North Carolina School of Medi
cine and spoke about preventing
rheumatic fever and rheumatic
heart disease by properly treat
ing streptococci infections and
atypical pneumonia, another hard
to diagnose disease.
■ the program “have astounded
. me”. Many Chowan farmers
: echo his astonishment.
Here is why:
s Chowan peanut yields, which
1 averaged some over 1,800 pounds
per acre in 1961, reached more
i than 2,560 in 1963. That means
over $500,000 in added farm in
’ come. And that’s a lot of addi
• tional dollars in a county the size
> of tiny (when judged by farm
, J land) Chowan.
i i Ten Chowan farmers volun
| teered to demonstrate the AU
j Practice way of growing peanuts
:i in 1962. Local farm suppliers
;l furnished the seed, chemicals,
j fertilizer and machinery. Over
ilman supervised the demonstra
jtion plots. ... . .- v-
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Fde V Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 20, 1964.
County RepiM f|s|
Schedule Met i
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To Be Held Ton. s m
Purpose to Elect Dele
gates to County Con
vention Friday, Feb
ruary 21
Announcement was made early
this week that Chowan County
Republicans will hold a precinct
meeting tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock in the Court House. The
purpose of this meeting is to
elect delegates to the County
Convention, which will also be
held in the Court House Friday
night, February 21, at 8 o’clock.
At the Friday night meeting
delegates to the district and state
convention will be elected.
Chowan County Republican
Chairman Robert B. Smith urg
es all Republicans of the county
to be present at all meetings so
that Chowan County can have
as many representatives as possi
ble to attend the district and
state conventions.
Hospital Auxiliary
Drive ForMembers
Money Raised Will Go
Toward Purchasing
Gas Machine
A membership drive for the
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary is
scheduled to begin this week.
Mrs. Thomas Cross and Mrs.
Leonard Small have been named
co-chairmen of the drive and
have made plans to make a
thorough canvass in order to en
roll members. The dues are
only SI.OO per year and it is
hoped the membership will break
all records this, year.
Money secured through the
membership drive will go to
ward purchasing a gas machine
to be used in the delivery room,
which is a very worthwhile pro
ject.
Record Peanut
Yield In County
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H. O. West, local ASCS office
manager, reports that with ap
proximately 99% of the 1963
peanut marketing cards returned
to the county office, the aver
age yield is 2,475 pounds per
acre.
This is the highest yield that
has ever been made in Chowan
County. It compares with 2,187
pounds per acre in 1962, and it
is hoped that 1964 will be even
better.
Bishop Wright At
St. Paul’s Sunday
Church Rites Will Be
Administered at
Annual Visit
The Right Rev. Thomas Henry
Wright, D.D., Episcopal Bishop
of the Diocese of East Carolina,
who lives in Wilmington will be
at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Sunday, February 23.
This is the occasion of the
Bishop’s annual visitation and a
number of persons will be pre
sented to him for confirmation.
The laying on of hands will be
preceded by the ministration of
Holy Baptism for several per
sons.
All members of the parish and
friends are cordially invited to
hear the Bishop address the con
gregation. It is probable that he
will mention some interesting
facts concerning his recent of
ficial sojourns to South America
and Africa.
Following services at 11
o’clock, a coffee hour will be
held in the Parish House in his
honor and in honor of the newly
confirmed members of the
church.
Bishop Wright will meet with
all to be baptized and confirmed
in the church Saturday evening
at 7:30 o’clock. He will also be
present at the Church School at
9:30 o’clock. ■
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WINDY ClTY — Technician peers through window at
model of the Centaur space vehicle which is being tested
in a Washington, D.C., supersonic wind tunnel.
Largest Crowd On Record At
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Varsity Club’s Sports Banquet
Held In Armory Monday Night
What was no doubt the larg
est number ever to attend turned
out for the Edenton Varsity
Club’s annual sports banquet in
the Edenton armory Monday
night.
Tom Bass, president of the
club, was master of ceremonies
and expressed his sincere 'ap
preciation for so many being
present for the affair. A
sumptuous barbecue chicken
dinner was served, which was
prepared by members of the
Center Hill-Cross Roads Fire|
Department and served by a
group of ladies of (Tie Cfenter
Hill community.
Mr. Bass introduced a num-1
ber of special guests, including j
Revival Services At
Macedonia Church
To Begin March 30
Rev. James E. Duncan
Os Hylas, Va., Will
Be Guest Evangelist
For Meetings
Macedonia Baptist Church has
voted to cooperate with the
plans for the 1964 Baptist Jubi
lee revival. The revival at
Macedonia is scheduled to be
held from Monday, March 30, to
Sunday, April sth. The Rev.
James E. Duncan, pastor of the
Berea Baptist Church of Hylas,
Va., will be the guest Evange
list.
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BANK CLOSED FEB. 22
Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany and the Consumer Credit
Branch will be closed all day
Saturday, February 22. The
closing is due to the observance
of Washington’s birthday, which
is a legal holiday. Important
banking business should, there
fore, be transacted accordingly.
Youth Attempts To Break Into
Office Os Postmaster Chestnutt
Despite a brightly lighted lob
by at the Edenton Post Office,
an attempt was made sometime
Friday night to gain entrance to
Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt’s of
fice. The molding was carefully
removed from around the glass
in the office door with what
appeared to be a screwdriver
and neatly piled against the
wall. The glass, too, was placed
against the wall.
The break-in attempt was dis
covered by Edenton police, who
each night turn out the lights
in the lobby and lock the out
side door, which Friday night
was a short time before mid
night. The thief was apparently
frightened away, for nothing
was missed in the Post Office
nor was anything disturbed in
the office or other jtarts <rf the
i building.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Mayo and
I Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Fry, as well
as Ray Jones of Elizabeth City,
i who in turn very humorously
introduced Bill George, who was
the principal speaker. Mr.
: Jones and Mr. George were
: classmates at Wake Forest Col
lege.
; Mr. George, a member of the
world champion professional foot
i ball team, the Chicago Bears, de
; lighted his audience as he told
: about professional football tram
ming and rehearsed some humor-!
i J ous experiences during his Ipngj
i football career, as well as re
ferred to the ability of a num-'
! ber of his professional football
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Revival Meeting At
Immanuel Church
ii Begins February 22
Guest Evangelist Will!
Be the Rev. Harold!
B. Sightler of Green
ville, S. C.
Revival services will begin j
Saturday, February 22. at jm-.J
manuel Baptist Church. The;
Rev. Bob Ware, pastor of the,
church, will be the speaker fori
i the first part of the series of |
meetings. Each night, Saturday j
through Wednesday nights, be-1
ginning at 7:30 o'clock nightly, |
Mr. Ware will bring the mes
sages.
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FIRST DEGREE TONIGHT
AT MASONIC MEETINGi
A stated communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. W. M.
Rhoades, master of the lodge,
says the first degree will be con
ferred on a candidate, so that a
large attendance is requested.
On Saturday Edenton police
arrested 16-year-old Solomon
Jackson Jolly, who is charged
with breaking and entering. Po
lice say he admitted to the
break-in and that he was look
ing for money. The young man
is also charged with entering the
workshop at John A. Holmes
High School and stealing tools.
He is also charged with stealing
a cash box containing some
money and postal supplies from
Henry Bunch’s car. Mr. Bunch
is a substitute rural mail carrier.
Police recovered all the stolen
items.
Jolly is currently under a
three years probation sentence in
connection with thefts from purs
es of members of the Baptist,
Church Choir in January and
for breaking into a private home.!
Miss Elizabeth Ross!
Places Art Work
On Exhibit At ECC
Group of Paintings I
On Display In Lewis!
Gallery In the Rawl
Building
A senior from Edenton in the
School of Art at East Carolina
College has placed a collection
of her works on exhibit in the I
third-floor Kate Lewis Gallery in
Rawl Building on the campus.
Elizabeth Ross, a graduate of
the John A. Holmes High School
at Edenton, opened her exhibit!
to the public last week. The
show is the third in a series ol
displays this winter quarter in
the Art School’s “Senior Exhibi
tion” program.
The exhibit includes five oil
paintings, including three figure
studies and one landscape; nine'
India-ink wash drawings; three
pen-and-ink drawings; one pas
tel painting of the artist’s broth
er, and one woodcut and litho
graph.
Miss Ross enrolled at East
Carolina in 1960 and chose paint
ing as her major field. She has
studied under the direction of
Tran Gordley, professor of art.
The student artist is a mem
ber of Tau Sigma, scholastic fra
ternity for BS candidates; and
Delta Phi Delta, national honor
ary art fraternity. She ranks
scholastically in the top ten of
her class.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John James Ross, Miss Ross is
a candidate for graduation at
ECC June 14 and plans a teach
ing career in the fall of 1964.
‘Women Os Year’
;. Honored Tonight
BPW Banquet Will Be
Held At Center Hill
At 7 O’clock
The 1963 “Woman of the Year”
will be named and honored at
the Edenton Business and Pro
fessional Woman’s Club’s annual
Bosses’ Night program tonight
(Thursday).
The guest speaker will be 1
Mrs. John A. Winfield of Pine
town, president of the North :
Carolina Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs.
The banquet will be held at 7
o’clock at the Center Hill Com
munity Building with Center
Hill Home Demonstration Club
serving the meal.
Democratic Women
Will Meet March 23
For Annual Meeting
Chowan Democratic Woman’s
Club will hold its annual meet
ing Monday afternoon, March 23
at 12:30 o’clock at the Edenton
Restaurant.
A special guest at the meet
ing will be Lunsford Crew, State
Democratic Chairman, so that it
is hoped every member will
make plans to attend.
Baptist Trustees Offer
For Sale Stock Os
Edenton Cotton Mills
William S. Privott, chairman
of the board of trustees of the
Edenton Baptist Church, an
nounces that the trustees will
receive sealed bids for the pur
chase of 30 shares of common
stock of the Edenton Cotton
Mills.
Bids must be submitted to Mr.
Privott prior to 12 o'clock noon
on Monday, March 2.
Hospital Auxiliary
Will Meet Fridav
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Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
will meet Friday afternoon, Feb
ruary 21, at 3 o’clock at the
Parish House. Dr. Ed Bond will
present a film at the meeting
having to do with heart di
seases.
Mrs. Jack Leary, president of,
the Auxiliary, calls attention to |
the fact that the meeting will
be held at the Parish House and
urges as many members as possi
ble to attend. j
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Herbert Bonner Honored
At Appreciation Banquet
i By Chowan County Friends
BPW Speaker
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MRS. JOHN A. WINGFIELD
The Edenton Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club will
hold its annual Bosses' Night
Sanquet tonight (Thursday) at
:he Center Hill Community
Building, at which time Mrs.
John A. Wingfield of Pinetown,
president of the North Carolina
Federation of Home Demonstra
tion Clubs, will be the principal
speaker.
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Chowan Farmers
For '63 Programs
H. O, West, local ASCS office
manager. reported early thisi
week that a total of $187,045.84
was paid out by ASCS to Cho
wan County farmers in 1963.
Following is a breakdown .of
the various program payments:
ACP $ 30.994.88
Feed • grain payments 143.357.00
Wool incentive pay
ments 194.96
Conservation reserve
payments 10,372.00'
Wheat stabilization
payments 1.627.00
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BANK CLOSED FEB. 22 |
Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany will be closed all day Sat
urday, February 22. The clos- 1
ing is due to the observance of:
Washington's birthday, a nation
al holiday.
Guest Evangelist
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REV. HAROLD B. SIGHTLER
At evangelistic services at
Immanuel Baptist Church begin
ning Salaraay, February 22. the
Rev. Harold B. Sightler, pastor
of Tabernacle Baptist Church at
Greenville, S. C., will preach
Thursday night through Satur
day night, February 29.
Chairmen Appointed To Serve
In Chowan's Heart Fund Drive
W. J. P. Earnhardt, chairman
of the Chowan County Heart
Fund, has announced that seven
residents of Edenton and Cho
wan County are serving as chair
men of working committees for
the 1964 Heart Fund drive in
Chowan County.
The Heart Fund drive, con
ducted here by the local Heart
Association, began February 1
and will continue through Sun
day, February 23, when Heart
Sunday will be observed.
Mr. Earnhardt has appointed i
I Keith Reeve as city chairman:'
| James M. Bond as special gifts
|chairman; Mrs. Carmen Reeve,.'
Heart Sunday chairman; Logan
Elliott, business days chairman:l
i Gerald McGee, city special!
For Quick Results . . .
Try a Classified Ad
In The Herald
About 75 Gather to
Pay Tribute to Con
gressman at Country
Club Friday Night
In the neighborhood of 75
Chowan County friends of Con
gressman Herbert Bonner gather
ed at the Chowan Country Club
Friday night to attend a Herbert
Bonner Appreciation banquet.
Gilliam Wood presided over
the meeting and at the outset
stated that no arrangements had
been made for long speeches. It
was, he said, only a gathering of
some of Mr. Bonner’s closest
friends in Chowan County in or
der to express their appreciation
for what he has done for Cho
wan County, the state and the
nation in his long service as
Congressman for the First Dis
trict.
John W. Graham harked back
to a meeting held in the Chowan
County Court House in 1940,
when he placed Mr. Bonner’s
name in nomination to succeed
Lindsay Warren when President
Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed
Mr. Warren as Comptroller Gen
eral of the United States.
J. Clarence Leary, who has
been a strong Bonner campaign
worker every time there was any
opposition, said it has been a.
pleasure to work for a man who
is so much interested in the peo
[ pie of his district.
J. H. Conger, a very close
friend of Mr. Bonner over many
years, paid tribute to the Con
gressman who has so well rep
resented his district for so many
years.
J. W. Davis said Mr. Bonner
has ably lived up to what is ex
pected of a Congressman and
has done ail he could by repre
senting his district with dignity;
and honor.
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| Mrs. Earnhardt, Jr.
Represents N. C. At
Show In New York
| Edenton friends will be inter
ested to learn that Mrs. W. J. P.
| Earnhardt. Jr., has been select
ed one of four ladies to represent
I North Carolina at a gala 10-day
sports, vacation and' travel show
opening Friday. February 21, at
the New York Coliseum.
Mrs, Earnhardt will serve as
hostess at the North Carolina
booth,’ assisting Miriam Rabb and
Ted Davis of the State News
Bureau.
Headquarters for the Not 111
Carolina group will be at St
Moritz Hotel at New York.
Mrs. Earnhardt will fly to New
York today (Thursday) and ex
pects to return Sunday. March ).
CIVIC calendar!
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Annual Bosses' Night banquet
of the Edenton Business and
Professional Woman's Club will
be held tonight (Thursday) at 7
j o'clock at the Center Hill Com
munity Building.
Chowan Democratic Woman's
i Club will hold its annual meet
ing at the Edenton Restaurant
Monday afternoon, March 23, at
12:30 o'clock.
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
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events chairman; Miss Emily
Holmes, poster chairman, and
Harry Venters, rural Heart Week
director.
A number of activities have
been undertaken in an effort to
raise a substantial contribution
in Chowan County.
In commenting upon the Heart
Fund drive, Mr. Earnhardt had
this to say:
“Your Heart Fund is the na
tion’s Number One defense
against heart attack, stroke, high
: blood pressure, inborn heart de
fects and many other forms of
| heart and blood vessel disease
; which are responsible for more
than half of all deaths in the
I United States. It suppo-ts your
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