A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
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Volume XXXl—Number 11)7"
Edenton Sewage Disposal
Plant Is Now Completed
And Undergoing Testing
Expected to Be Ac-!
cepted By Town of
Edenton About May
15 to April 1
Edenton’s sewage disposal
plant has been completed with
sewage now going through in or
der to test the operation of the
plant prior to acceptance by the
Town of Edenton. R. N. Hines,
superintendent of the Electric &
Water Department, expresses the
belief that all of the kinks will
be worked out, so that it may
be accepted between May 15 and
April 1. Mr. Hines says that
due to weather conditions the
area of the plant is very muddy
so that it is not advisable for
people to drive around the new
plant and that the area will be
graded and seeded as weather
permits.
. Testing of the nearly $700,000
system began last week when it
was connected with existing
sewer lines.
The plant will provide primary
and secondary treatment of sew
age. It is located at the former
Naval Air Station on 22 acres
acquired by the town from the
' government.
The. town was first ordered to
cease pollution of local waters in
■ 1955 by the State Stream Sani-
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14 Poster Contest
At Chowan High
Winners Will Compete I
For District Honors
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The, first and second place
county winners in the 1964 Al
bemarle Poster Contest will be
selected in each of the/ three
grades participating Wednesday,
March 4atl P. M., at‘the Cho-j
wan Hjgh School. .
The 'students in the fourth,
fifth and sixth grades have been
studying conservation for the
past several weeks. At the end
of their study they prepare a
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Any Complaints?]
Chowan County Commission-1
ers will meet as a Board of
Equalization and Review Mon-1
day, March 16. The meeting
will be held in the tax super
visor's office in the rear of the
Hotel Joseph Hewes building, j
At their meeting the Com
missioners will hear complaints
regarding property valuation. It
is the only time the Commission
ers can legally charge property
valuations, so that any com -1
plaints should be registered at
this meeting.
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
P. Badham, Chairman of
lhe Chowan County ABC Board,
was notified that the value of
coupons to purchase liquor had
been cut in half.
Chief of Police J. R. Tanner
announced that he had ordered
and sent a check: for an inha
lator for the Police Department.
The purchase was made possible
from a successful police ball.
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Dr. McKay Guest Preacher For 1
Eden ton Baptist Church Revival;
I Dr. M. Ray McKay, of the
| Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Wake Forest, N. C.,
will be the guest preacher for
the annual spring revival at the
L Bdenton Baptist Church next
The revival opens with a spe
cial service on Sunday morning,
March 8, at 10 o’clock, during the
period usually devoted to the
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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MISS JEAN GOODWIN
Among 24 young women final- 1 ,
ists in the Katharine Smith j
scholarship competition at t
1 Greensboro this week is Miss
1 Jean Goodwin of Edenton, 1 <
’ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
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50 Jurymen Drawn To Serve At
March Term Os Superior Court
Chowan County Commissioners
at their meeting Monday morn
ing drew the names of 50 Cho-
Iwan County men from the jury
box, who will be summoned to
serve as jurymen at the March
. term of Chowan Superior Court.
I The term of court will begin
l Tuesday, Ma.ch 31, due to the
; observance of Easter Monday as
I' a holiday. It will be a mixed
term with Judge Albert W. Cow
per of Kinston presiding.
Those drawn for jury duty in-
the fallowing;
W. -T. Elliott, Jr., William L.
Owens, W. L. Hardison, Jr., M.
• S. Bass, D. H. Berryman, J. R.
Dail, J. Earl Jones, C. D. Sawyer,
D. G- Welch, Johnnie E. Owens,
Robert S. Hollowell, James E.
Ward, Guy Percy Williams, Rob
Dr. Lake To Speak
In Edenton Monday
Night March 9th
Guest of Lions Club
■ And Will Speak In
! Court House Follow
l ing Meeting
1 Dr. I. Beverly Lake of Ra
, leigh, one of the Democratic
, candidates for Governor, will
speak to the citizens of Chowan
; County Monday night, March 9.
Dr. Lake will he a • guest of
the Edenton Lions Club at its
■ meeting at the Edenton Restau
i rant at 7 o’clock. Following
; this meeting ,Dr. Lake will go :
|to the Court House to speak at
8 o’clock. i
The meeting is open to the
public and supporters of Dr. :
Lake are hopeful that many i
local people will hear what he :
has to say about his candidacy. 1
.town Council meeting
POSTPONED TO MARCH 17
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[ The meeting of Town Coun
cil, scheduled to be held Tues
. day night, March 10, has been
l postponed until Tuesday nighty
, March 17. Reason for the post
; ponement is due to Mayor John
,A. Mitchener being out of
town on the regular meeting
might.
vice at 7:30. The 11 o’clock ser
vice is scheduled to be broad
cast over the local radio station
for the special benefit of shut
ins and others who are unable
to attend.
Services will continue through
out the week, Monday through
Friday nights, at f:3O. No ser
vice is scheduled for Saturday
night and the series of services
win close with the 7:30 evening
service on Sunday, March 15.
Dr. McKay is Professor of
P4enton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 5,1964.
History tyiim
Be I
On Exhtbi llays
Display of Outstand-!
ing - Paintings Willi
Be on Broad Street
March 6 to 9
Os interest to people in this i
area will be the appearance of
the Mobile Museum of History,
North Carolina’s only traveling
museum. The museum is sched
uled to be stationed in front of
The Bettv Shoppe on Broad
Street Friday, March 6 through
Monday, March 9. It will be
open to the public from 9 A. M.
to 5 P. M., each day and there
will be no charge to visit and
inspect the exhibits. Exhibits
in the museum will feature an
exhibition of life in North Caro
lina during the first 100 years
of the colony and is part of the
program of the State Department
of Archives and History’s Mu
seum Division.
The exhibit is a tribute to Ja
cob Marling, a painter who
worked in the state during the
early days of the last century,
but will also include paintings
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i ert Ashley, Herbert Elton Har
rell, Jimmy C. Keeter, David Lee
Hollowell, John William Brabble,
Jepty Boyce, George M. Jordan,
i Woodrow Lowe, William Van
clease Clark, George W. Bunch.
Jr., William Edward Barrow,
: Haywood Blount, Hallett Elmo
: Chesson, Clyde B. Blanchard, C.
: H. Davis, Jr., Hershall Stallings,
Willis H. Bono, Rhy Boyce, No
lan B. Toppin, James E. Byrum,
Thomas Humphlett, Raymond C-
Bunch, Billy Duncan, Jack D.
, -Ee;jry, I*, Rhea AcLaihs, Theodore
Harris, W ; R. West, Robert D.
Waller, J, L. Winslow, L. B. Tay
lor, Hunter Hoggard, Watson
Earl White, Joseph Williams
Paul R. Perry, Frank P. Bunch.
Robert Lee Nixon and J. N. Jor
dan.
Sheriff Goodwin
Resigns As Court
House Custodian
Mrs. Bertha Bunch,
Register of Deeds, Is
Appointed to Post By
Commissioners
Sheriff Earl Goodwin on Mon
day resigned from his duties as
custodian of the Chowan County
Court House. Mr. Goodwin was
charged with this responsibility
following the death of E. W
Spires, who for many years ser
ved in that capacity.
Mr. Goodwin’s reason for re
signing is the fact that some
times for a day or more he does
not go to the Court House and
that he feels the custodian
should be a person whose office
is in the Court House to better
supervise the work necessary to
be done.
Mrs. Bertha Bunch, Register
of Deeds was, therefore, appoint
ed to succeed Mr. Goodwin as
Court House custodian.
Another Herring
Breakfast March 7
Sponsored by the Methodist
Men’s Club, another pickled her
ring breakfast will be served at
the Methodist Church Saturday
morning, March 7.
Breakfast will be served from
7 to 9 o’clock and those in
charge say they also expect to
be able to serve herring roe.
Quite a few Eden ton people
have patronized these breakfasts
in the past and another large
turnout is expected Saturday
morning.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
Parish Rev
Edenton’s New Sewage Disposal Plant
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Pictured above is an aerial view of Edenlon's new almost
$700,000 sewage disposal plant at the former Edenton Naval Air
Station. Sewage is now being pumped through the plant for
testing prior to being accepted by the Town of Edenton. The
picture was taken in the air by J. P. Ricks, Jr.
Pollock Swamp Watershed Is
Expected To Be Done By July
The main problem in the Pol
lock Swamp Watershed is too
much water too long. This has
jesuljjed from the accumulation
of debris and silt in the main
channels for the past century.
Flood water cannot run off
nearly fast enough and causes
for extended periods. The result
has been drowned crops, damag
ed roads and property.
The landowners in the water
shed organized the Chowan
County Drainage District No. 1.
The Drainage District, along
Gloomy Prospect
For Library Site
No Place In Sight In!
Face of Vacating !
Cupola House |
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Tom Shepard and Mrs. E. N. I
Elliott appeared before the Cho
wan County Commissioners at
their meeting Monday morning
an behalf of the Shepard-Pru
:len Memorial Library. The
Commissioners were informed
that the library, now located in
the Cupola House, will be oblig-
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Typing Contest
Held At Chowan
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Teams and Teachers j
Enjoy Luncheon As- i
ter Contest
Tuesday morning, March 3, the
Chowan County Typewriting
Contest was held in the Chowan
High School Commercial Depart
ment. Miss Velma Lowe, a
member of the School of Busi-
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Ticket Sale Begins For Hospital
Auxiliary Play March 20 And 21
At the time of the suicide ofj
Ivar Kreuger, Swedish match [
king and financial juggler, re-j
! vealing the complicated failure
of his international interests, it
was rumored that he had only
faked his death, and really had
departed to South America, to
Uve incognito and in luxury on
a fortune that he had establish
ed there.
This story is the basis of the
play selected for presentation by
the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
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■ with the County Commissioners
i and the supervisors of the Albe
; marie Soil and Water Conser
i vaticuv District, made applica
i tion to the Secretary of Agri
culture for assistance in solving
: this problem. This application
; was made under the authority
: of the Watershed Protection and
■ Flood Prevention Act, a program
of the U. S. Department of Agri
. culture.
i The objective is to reduce
. flooding of low-lying crop and
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Leary Bros. Host
To Many Farmers
| Large Group Enjoys
! Barbecue Chicken
| In Armory
j In the neighborhood of 200
' Chowan County farmers and
. others gathered in the Edenton
; armory Tuesday night when
Leary Bros. Storage Company
: was host for a Smith-Douglass
barbecue chicken dinner. The
chickens were barbecued by the
Center Hill-Cress Roads firemen
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Mayo Is Chairman
For ECC Campaign
: Dollars For Develop
-1 ment Launched In
Eastern Counties
Letters to 857 former East
; Carolina College students in an
eight-county area of Northeast
ern North Carolina have been
; mailed as the ECC Alumni As
sociation launched its 1964 ‘ Dol-
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ias their next fund raising pro
j ject.
) The subject of the play is a
murder trial, and an unusual
feature of it is the recruiting of
12 members of the audience to
serve as jury. These members
will not be ‘ planted” in the
audience, but chosen by lot.
Jurors selected will be on a pro
fessional basis, for they will be
paws a refund amounting to the
price of their ticket to the show, j
High School Fair
Scheduled To Be
Held March 5-6
Exhibits From Vari
ous Departments In
School Will Be on
Display
The John A. Holmes High
School Fair, held annually at the
school, has been set for Thurs
day and Friday, March 5 and 6
in the school gymnasium.
There will be on display ex
hibits from the Science Depart
ment, Art Department, Industrial
Arts and Home Economics De
partments. The Fair is open to
the public, and the hours will
be from 7 P. M., to 9 P. M., on,
Thursday, March 5 and from 9 [
A. M., to 3 P. M., and 7 P. M.,
to 9 P. M., on Friday, March 6
Everyone is invited to come
to the school gymnasium on
these dates and observe these;
exhibits by the students from j
the 7th grades through the 12th'
grades.
29 JAILED IN FEBRUARY j
Jailer Bertram Byrum reports
that 29 persons were placed in
the Chowan County Jail during
February. Confinements ranged
from one to 15 days with the |
expense including jail and turn-|
key fees, being $197,37.
Lions Club Begins Campaign
For Sale Os 1964 Easter Seals
With Easter observed Sunday,,
March 29, this year, Edenton’s,
Lions Club has begun plans for j
the Easter Seal campaign.
Hector Lupton is chairman of
this year’s campaign, and Hay
wood Bunch will be treasurer.
Mr. Lupton stated early this
week that a goal of SI,OOO has
been set and 4iat letters contain
ing Easter Seals have been mail
ed throughout the county. It is j
hoped to close out the campaign !
by Easter Sunday, so that all j
who receive the Easter Seals are i
Preyer Speaks To i
Large Group Of 1
Chowan Citizens
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Strongly Endorses 4-
Laning of U. S. 17
From South Carolina
To Virginia Lines
Richardson Preyer, Democratic!
candidate for Governor of North I
Carolina, spoke to an enthusias
tic group which practically fill-1
ed the Chowan County Court'
House Wednesday morning.
Prior to his address coffee and
doughnuts were served.
Tom Shepard presided over
the meeting and called upon
Mrs. Ed Bond for a few remarks, j
Mrs. Bond reported upon the
activities of ‘ Women For Prey
er” in the county and said Mr.
Preyer was the answer to the
needs of Chowan and this sec
tion of the state.
Mr. Preyer was introduced by
Mayor Jonn Mitchener.
In his opening remarks Mr.
Preyer said it was an honor to
be in Edenton, the beginning of
the nation, and said he was I
glad to see so many women
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Mrs. Bertha Bunch
Is Candidate For
Register Os Deeds
Another candidate filed for
re-election in the forthcoming
Democratic primary election
scheduled to be held in May.
Mrs. Bertha Bunch filed with
the Board of Elections Monday
afternoon to succeed herself as
Register of Deeds for Chowan
County.
Mrs. Bunch for many years
was deputy Register of Deeds
while her husband held the I
position and has been re-elected E
every succeeding election since!
her husband’s death.
Mrs. Bunch says that if she
is re-elected, she will continue
Ito strive to perform the duties
of the office with courtesy and
efficiency.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Southern Properties
Offer Historic Parson
Earle School To DAR
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i DR. I. EHVERLY LAKE |
Sponsored by lhe Edenton
j Lions Club, Dr. I. Beverlv Lake
|of Raleigh, one of the Demo
cratic gubernatorial candidates,!
will be a guest of lhe club on’
Monday night, March 9. Fol
lowing lhe meeting Dr. Lake
I will speak at the Court House
|at 8 o'clock. The public is in
vited to hear him.
.requested to send in their con-i
: tributions just as soon as possi
■ | ble.
Last year’s Easter Seal cam
'jpaign was the most successful
| ever held in North Carolina, it
. is pointed out, however, that the
; North Carolina Society for
; Crippled Children must look to
■ j the .future, if it is to be success
j ful in its efforts to improve ser
;j vices to the handicapped, it
j must have a very real increase!
Jin funds for 1964. Plans fori
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Frank Wood, Jr., Is
I Awarded MIT Degree
| Frank Wood, Jr., of Edenton,
has received the master of sci
ence degree in chemical engi- j
neering from the Massachusetts!
Institute of Technology.
| Mr. Wood is among 263 grad-1
|uate and undergraduate students]
who received degrees fromj
M.I.T. in January. t
Watershed Work Progressing
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Main channel of Pollock Swamp just above N. C. 32 after con
struction. Sixty-five ton dragline in background performing the
work. Construction will include 21.5 miles of main and lateral
ditch construction in the 14.475-acre watershed.
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School bus traveling flooded road in Ihe Green Hall section In
the Watershed.
For Quick Results . . .
Try a Classified Ad I
In The Herald
Tea Party Chapter Is
Faced With Raising
Funds to Move House
To Iredell Property
The Edenton Chamber of Com
merce was in receipt of a letter
Tuesday from Southern Proper
ties, Inc., developers of Arrow
head Beach and Boat Club on
the Chowan River. The letter,
| according to West W. Byrum,
president of the Chamber, was
in answer to one written by the
j Chamber asking if Southern
Properties would donate the
Parson Earle building on the for
mer Bandon Plantation, which
I Southern Properties recently pur-
I chased from Mrs. Inglis Fletch
er. The Southern Properties
people were pleased to offer the
historic Parson Earle schooihouse
'building to the community with
, i out cost. However, the moving
i expense of the building would
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Leary Is Candidate
For Commissioner
J. Clarence Leary late last
week announced that he will
seek re-election as County Com
missioner in the May Democratic
primary election.
Mr. Leary was appointed to
fill the unexpired term of Gil
, Ham Wood when Mr. Wood was
appointed as a member of the
State Highway Commission. He
also Was elected to serve a full
term at the expiration of Mr.
Wood’s term.
In announcing his candidacy,
Mr. Leary said he would devote
his best efforts and judgment
relative to the .affairs of Cho
wan County as a,whole in the
interest of progressive but eco
nomical government.
if CIVIC calendar]
John A. Holmes High School
Fair will be held Thursday and
Friday, March 5 and 6 in lhe
school gymnasium.
Ladies' Day will be observed
| today (Thursday) at the Chowan
| Golf and Country Club.
I Tickets are now on sale for
the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
| play, "Night of Januarv 16th ,
ito he presented in the Court
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