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To the Progress of the
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> Volume XXXl.—Number 11.
History of Chowan County
Planned To Be Published
By Chamber Os Commerce
Research and Writing
Scheduled to Be Done
During Summer By
Thomas Parramore
“Ye Towne on Queen Anne’s
Creek” was settled more than
300 years ago. Its name was
changed to Edenton and incor
porated as such in 1722. The
town’s history reaches far back
before the Revolution War and
the history of Chowan County is
even older. The history of Cho
wan County has never been
published but it soon will be,
it is announced by West W. By
rum, president of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce. The his
tory will probe the unpublish
ed facts and bring them to light
in a 100-page booklet.
The board of directors of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
decided that at long last Chowan
County should join the other
counties with a published history
and working through the State,
of North Carolina Department
of -Archives and History, have
obtained a fine young historian
and commissioned him to take on
the project, Byrum said. Re
search and writing will be done
this summer by Thomas Parra
more now on the faculty of the
History Department at Meredith
College in Raleigh. Mr. Parra
more has published a number of
articles on various aspects of
history in the eastern part of
North Carolina in the “North
Carolina Historical Review”. He
is presently working on his doc
torate at the University of
North Carolina.
“It was felt,” Byrum said,
“that the publication of a history
of Chowan County would not
only acquaint citizens and clags
xtxfm students-* throughbutT' the
state of North Carolina with the
important role Edenton residents
played in the early political and
economic life of the colony but
also would be a necessary ad
junct to the overall promotion of
the Hall of Fame For Patriots
of the Revolution in Edenton as
a National Shrine.”
Band Will Present
Concert On Sunday
N. Stuart Patten, director of
the John A. Holmes High |
School Band, has announced
that the band will present its ’
annual winter concert Sunday
afternoon, March 15. The con
cert will be presented in the
school auditorium at 3 o’clock.
Mr. Patten says that the pro
gram should be of interest to
all ages ,and he extends a cor
dial invitation to the public to
attend. There will be no ad
mission charge.
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald '
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Congressman Herbert Bonner
informed The Herald that as a
result of a hearing held in Wash
ington peanuts produced in 1944
would be supported at base pric
es to farmers of $l6O per ton
for Spanish, Virginia and Valen
cia types and $145 per ton for
runner types.
Following persistent urging on
the part of Edenton Rotarians
continued un Page 2—Section 1
Rocky Hock Baptist Revival To
Be Held March 29 To April 5
A week-long series of evan
gelistic and revival services are
scheduled to be held at the
Rocky Hock Baptist Church dur
ing the week of Sunday, March
29, through Sunday, April 5.
The evangelist for the week will
be the Rev. Jack A Holt, pastor
of the Elm Street Baptist Church
at Petersburg, Va. Mr. Holt is
and Southeastern Baptist Theo
the Sunday night service on!
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test Is
Set For March 14
45 Students at John
A. Holmes High Are
Scheduled to Take
Annual Test
Forty-five students at John A.
Holmes High School plan to take
the 1964 National Merit Schol
arship Qualifying Test, Cecil W.
Fry, principal, has announced.
The test will be administered
at the school at 9 A. M., Satur
day, March 14. All students who
wish to be considered for Merit
Scholarships to be awarded in
1965 should take the test at
that time.
The qualifying test is a three
| hour examination of educational
I development. The test is the
first step in the tenth annual
competition for four-year Merit
Scholarships provided by the
National Merit Scholarship Cor
poration and by sponsoring cor
porations, foundations, colleges,
associations, unions, trusts, and
individuals.
Continued on Page 4. Section i
Literacy Workshop
SetForMarch 16-19
Day and Night Ses
sions Scheduled In
Etteabeth City _
An opportunity to learn how
to teach non-readers to read and
write will be provided for those
who register to attend the Lit
eracy Workshop to be held
March 16-19 at Cann Memorial
Presbyterian Church in Eliza
beth City. Anyone wishing to
learn to teach illiterates may at
tend either the day sessions
from 10 A. M., to 2:45 P. M.,
or the night sessions from 7:30
to 9:30 o’clock. Those who at
tend the night sessions may en
i roll in a follow-up session at a
I later date if needed. The work
, of teaching illiterate people will
be done by those who have
learned the skills needed at the
workshop.
‘‘ln attacking poverty, we
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
Jaycettes Plan To
Hold Rummage Sale
The Edenton Jaycettes held
their regular meeting on Thurs
day evening, March 5, at the
: Edenton Restaurant at 7 o’clock.
Mrs. Betty Rawls, president,
t presided.
During the course of business,
the club voted to help two needy
families at Easter.
It was also decided for the
club to hold a rummage sale
on Friday and Saturday, March
20 and 21.
| Two new members were rec
ognized. They are Mrs. Bar
bara Anderson and Mrs. Diane
Dail.
Mrs. Amanda Harrell was wel
comed to the meeting as a guest.
will be the morning service of
Sunday, April 5. Special music
is being planned for each of the
services. The time of the even
ing services "will be 7:30 o’clock.
A nursery will be provided for
those with small children.
Twenty-eight cottage prayer
meetings have been planned
during the next three weeks,
with a special mass prayer meet
ing being planned at the church
on Wednesday night, March 25.
'The announced theme for the
I week is “ . . . die love of Christ
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PIONEER LOCOMOTIVE—This locomotive, called the “Pioneer,” was built in 1851 for
the Cumberland Valley Railroad of central Pennsylvania. It is shown in the Smith
sonian Institution’s new museum of history and technology.
Local Citizens To Be Drawn By
Lot To Serve As Jury In Chowan
Hospital x4uxiliary Court Trial
Something new in theatricals
will be the feature of the even
ing when the Chowan Hospital
Auxiliary presents “Night of
January 16th” in the Chowan
County Court House on Friday,
March 20, and Saturday, March
21 at 8 P. M. There have been
plays before with vague end- 1
ings, but this is the first one ini
which the audience takes an in
tegral part in its development !
and conclusion. With an attrac
tive and talented young actress,
Ruth Phillips, who portrays the
leading part, on trial, the jury
selected from the audience is
given the problem of deciding
her guilt or. innocence. *
Baptist Revival
Will End Sunday
Dr. M. Rpy McKay of
Wake Forest Is
Preaching
Spring revival services are in
progress at Edenton Baptist
Church this week with Dr. M.
Ray McKay, Professor of Preach
ing at the Southeastern Baptist
Seminary in Wake Forest doing
the preaching and bringing
strong Gospel messages for each
service.
The choirs of the church are
rendering special music and the
church nursery is open for each
service to take care of children
from the cradle through five
years of age. The hour for ser
vices each night this week is
7:30 o’clock with the exception
of Saturday. There will be no
services on Saturday and the re
vival closes with the 7:30 o’clock
evening service on Sunday.
A warm invitation to attend
these services is extended to the
public.
Holt Speaker At
Lenten Serviee
The Rev. Robert Thomas Holt,
rector of Grace Episcopal Church
Plymouth, will be the speaker
Tuesday, March 17 at St. Paul’s
Church.
Mr. Holt was born in Phila
delphia, attended public schools
there, graduated from the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, and the
Philadelphia Divinity School.
The Rev. George Holmes, rec
tor of St. Paul’s Church, in an
nouncing Tuesday’s luncheon al
so reminds parishioners of pray
er groups meeting Wednesday
at 10 A- M., and 7:15 P. M.,
Holy Communion each Wednes
day at 10:30 A. M., and each
Sunday at 8 A- M.
(Luncheons begin, at 1 o’clock
and adjourn at 2.
MISS BARBARA TOWNSON
MEMBER HONOR SOCIETY
Miss Barbara Townson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William D.
Townson of Edenton, has been'
initiated into Alpha Epsilon
Chapter of Delta Delta Delta at
Brenau College in Gainesville,
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: J On the evening of the per- j
iformance, patrons may leave
j their names as candidates for
jury duty at the entrance to the
I Court House. These names are .
! given to the Clerk of the Court,
who places them in a drum, and
i the 12 that are drawn by lot
; will serve as members of the
j jury. The clerk addresses the
audience and explains that 12
jof them will be called upon to
come to the stage and decide ]
| upon the verdict. One by one |
1 j they come to the stage and take!
j their places in the jury box, j
; j are sworn in, and listen to the ■
; testimony. Both men and wo-1
j Continued on Page 3; Section l ■
[Masons Observe
j PastMasterNight
Old- Timers Conduct
Business Meeting
Os Lodge
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F.
, & A. M„ observed Past Masters’
Night at its meeting held Thurs
day night. After opening the
meeting, W. M. Rhoades, present
master of the lodge, called upon
past masters present to fill the
I various stations and places, with
I the old-timers conducting the
business of the meeting.
Living past masters of Una
nimity Lodge include the fol
lowing:
Continued on Page 6—Sivtion 1
Students Will Play
Faculty Friday Night
An interesting basketball game
is in prospect Friday night,
March 13, in the John A. Holmes!
High School gymnasium. At that
time a team made up of students
will tangle with a team com
posed of faculty members.
The first game is scheduled to
begin at 7 o’clock and it is i
hoped a large crowd will turn;
out to see the excitement.
Chowan Contestants Winner Os
Three Places In Poster Contest
The Albemarle Conservation
poster contest for Chowan Coun
ty was held last Wednesday,
March 4 in the Chowan High
School Library. The winners
were as follows:
Fourth Grade First place.
Leigh Waller, Edenton Elemen
tary; second place, Vann Ward,
Chowan.
Fifth Grade—First place, Peg
gy Francis, Edenton Elementary;
second place, Nancy Twiddy.
Edenton Elementary.
Sixth Grade—First place, Tom
my Bass, Chowan, and second
place, Holly Colombo, Edenton
Elementary..
The contest is held after sev
j eral weeks of studying conser
vation and then preparing a
poster on some phase of con
servation.
1 The event is sponsored in the
Plans For Moving
Old School House
[BAR Meeting Topic
|W. S. Tarlton, Super
! intendent of Historic
Sites Will Be Speak
er at Meeting
Officials of the North Carolina
Department of Archives and His
tory will meet with the Edenton
.Tea Party Chapter, DAR, at a
j luncheon meeting Wednesday as
; ternoon, March 18, at 1 o’clock
■ at the Edenton Restaurant.
| W. S. Tarlton, superintendent
|of historic sites, will assist in
i deciding op a location and mak
ling arrangements for moving ofj
I the old schoolhouse at Bandon
Plantation to the Iredell proper
ty.
James Craig, authority on fur
niture, will address the chap
ter on early furnishings includ
ing craftsmen of Chowan Coun
ty.
The regular meeting was post
poned from March 11 to March
18 due to the State DAR Con
ference being held in Raleigh.
Attending from the Edenton
chapter are Mrs. Wood Privott,
district director, Mrs. J. P. Ricks,
Jr., regent, Mrs. David Redfield,
historian, and Mrs. John Bond.
Ted Hardison Wins
Salesman Award
I
Edenton Boy Assigned
Wear-Ever Dealer In
Wake County
Success as a salesman while
earning money for his college
expenses and a horticultural!
! science degree has turned a N. C.
State graduate into a full-time
sales representative.
His success also won him SSOO
as the company’s top student
salesman in the United States
and earned N. C. State an un
| restricted grant of SSOO.
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
county each year by the Chowan
District Supervisors of the Albe
marle Soil and Water Conserva
tion District, Lloyd C. Bunch,
Joe Webb, Jr., and Fahey By
rum.
First place winners will be
presented a check for $lO and
second place winners a check for
$5.00 for their achievement.
Judges for the event were
Mrs. Ila White, home economics
agent in Perquimans County; W.
O. Lambeth, area conservation
ist, SCS and Roger Spivey, coun
ty forester.
On Friday, March 6 the win
ning posters were entered in the
district contest consisting of
Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquo
tank, Camden and Currituck
counties, held in Elizabeth City.
Chowan County came home with
Continued on Rage 4. Section 1
Edenton Woman’s
Club In Contest
For Improvements
Story Presented Re
garding Work and
Accomplishments In
Edenton
The Edenton Woman’s Club
has entered the Community Im
provement Contest sponsored by
the Sears Roebuck Foundation
and the General Federation of
Women’s Clubs.
Mrs R. J. Boyce, chairman of!
the contest, reported that Eden- j
ton’s story covered community |
work and accomplishments dur- j
ing the last two years with par
ticular emphasis on the club’s!
beautification work on the Court
House Green, the issuing of the
Carolina Charter stamp here,
and the completion of the sewage
disposal plant.
She said that there will be
Continued on Page 4—Section 1
Fishermen’s Association Will
Meet At Rocky Hock March 16
The Commissioner of Com- 1
mcrcial Fisheries, Dr. David A. !
Adams, and the chairman of the J
Commercial Fisheries Commit- j
tec of the .Department of Can- j
servation and Development will j
be the guests of Chowan Rivei-
Fishermen’s Association at a
public meeting at Rocky Hock
Community Building at 4 o'clock
Monday afternoon. March 16. I
According to Thomas Belch, |
president of the Chowan River
Fishermen’s Association, Dr
Adams tand Mr. Rogers have vis
ited various commercial fishing
centers in the state, but this will
be their first trip to the im
portant inland fresh water fish
ery on Chowan River and Al
bemarle Sound.
Pre-School Clinics
Begin March 18
All Children Entering
School Required to
Be Immunized
According to the local Health)
Department, requirements for
children entering school this fall I
are immunizations for smallpox,
diphtheria, whooping cough,
tetanus (lockjaw) and poliomye
litis and a physical examination.!
A pre-school conference day
will be held at Chowan High |
School Wednesday morning, |
March 25, at 9 o’clock. i
1
Pre-school clinics will be he’d |
at White Oak Consolidated
I School Wednesday morning,
| March 18, at 9 o'clock. Other
clinics will be held at the Eden
ton Elementary School Wednes
day, April 1, and at D. F. Walk
er High School Wednesday,
April 8. Both of these clinics
will begin at 9 A. M., and con-
I tinue throughout the day with
children to be presented at as
signed times.
Parents with children begin
ning school in September are re
quested to bring their children
at the times designated and to
the school that they will attend.
Miss Gail Hare
In College Flay
Miss Gail Hare, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Worth H. Hare of
Route 3, Edenton, was a member
of the cast of the play ‘ The
American Dame” by Philip C.
Lewis, produced by the Warren
Wilson College Drama Workshop,
Swannanoa, N. C„ which was
directed by David Hempleman.
The play is a rollicking comedy
with lightning punches and is in
the form of a play-out, a new
type of dramatic experience.
Miss Hare is a graduate of
John A. Holmes High School,
class of 1963.
i Warren Wilson College is own
ed and operated by the Board
of National Missions, the United
Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Edenton Chapter "No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night, March 16,
at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Elton Boswell,
worthy matron, urges all mem
bers to attend.
a&UU Per Year In North Carolina
Dr. I. Beverly Lake Backs
4-Laning Os U. S. 17 And
Free Schooling In State
Cub Scouts Stage
Blue-Gold Banquet
17 Boys Receive Merit
Badges For Work
Accomplished
j Cub Scouts, along with their
families, enjoyed the annual
(Cub Scout Blue and Gold ban
-1 quet on Tuesday night, Feb-
I ruary 25. Despite l ain, there
was a large crowd present to
enjoy eating together as well as
seeing the many things each boy
made for their woodwork pro
ject.
Mike Covington won first
''•'nlinued on Par- 3. Section 1
I Fishermen from along the
j length of Chowan River, from I
I the Shipyard, Mackey’s Ferry,
j Pea Ridge and Durants Neck |
j areas of Albemarle Sound are i
j expected to be present to meet
Dr. Adams, Mr. Rogers and
members of their staff. L. W.
Gurkin, Jr., of Plymouth and
Lorimer Midgett of Elizabeth
1 City are members of the Com
imercial Fisheries Committee
and are also expected to attend
the meeting and acquaint them
selves with the problems of the
fresh water fishermen.
Following the meeting Cho
wan River Fishermen’s Associa
tion plans to serve hot refresh
ments to those who have at
tended the meeting.
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66 On Honor Roll
j At Holmes High
List Is Released This <
Week By Principal
Cecil Fry ;
| Cecil Fry, principal of John |
jA. Holmes High School, this j
| week released the Honor Roll J J
for the fourth six-weeks period. .
There were 66 students on the j
Honor Roll as follows:
I . i
7th Grade—Shirley Alexander,
, Lynda Byrum, Susan Hare, i
i Rosemary Holmes, Rita Mayo, i
' Amy O’Neal, Helen Pruden, i
(Sandra Wynn, David Copeland,|t
i Mike Ervin, Jeff Mabe, Ronnie (
Rogerson, Mickey Watson and i
Emmett Wood.
Bth Grade Priscilla Baer, !
Carol Bryant, Judy Goodwin, I
Carroll Lassiter, Alyson Ward,
Lanse Adams, Steve Davenport,
Malcolm Dixon, John Graham, 4
Wayne Hollowell, Don Jordan,
Frankie Katkaveck and Henry j 1
Wells. i 1
9th Grade—Linda Ashley, Gail!
Cozzens, Anne Graham, Ann 1
Continued on Page B—Section 1 1
MASONS MEET TONIGHT 1
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. 1
Rhoades, master of the lodge, i
invites all Masons to attend.
Jean C ood win One Os 12 To Wi n
Reynolds $4,800 Scholarships
Twelve high school seniors
were announced Monday as win
ners of Katharine Smith Reyn
olds Scholarships at the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Greens
boro. Each is worth $1,200 a
year and renewable for four
years, ranking among the most
valuable scholarships available
to North Carolina students.
The young women will enter
UNC-G’s freshman class next
fall assured of full financial sup
port. The scholarships were es
tablished in 1962 by the Z.
Smith Reynolds Foundation of
Winston-Salem in honor of Mrs.
Katharine Smith Reynolds, wife
of the founder of the Reynolds
Tobacco Company. She was an
alumna of Normal College,
UNC-G’s earliest predecessor.
One of the 12 winners was
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Gubernatorial Candi
date Speaks to Group
In Court House Mon
day Night
Dr. I. Beverly Lake of Raleigh,
one of the Democratic guberna
torial candidates, was guest of
the Edenton Lions Club at it?
meeting Monday night. He alsc
held a press conference at the
Eden Motel during the afternoon
and at 8 o’clock spoke to a
gathering in the Chowan County
Court House.
The Lions Ciuo, under the
chairmanship of E. L. Hollowell,
inaugurated >a plan to have all
candidates for Governor as
guests of the club and to speak
afterward to citizens of Chowan
and nearby counties.
Chowan Democratic Women
held a coffe hour in the panel
room of the Court House Mon
dav night following Dr. Lake’s
address.
At tne press conference Dr.
Lake heartily endorsed making
(U. S. 17 a four-lane highway.
.He said it also needed straight
i cning and other improvements.
He pointed out that a route
through North Carolina from
the Chesapeake Bay bridge-tun
nel was primarily an engineer
ing problem and that the recom
mendations of experts should be
Cont’d. on Page 3, Section 1
Rudolph Bale Wins
Insurance Award
He and Wife Given a
Fre# Trip to Mexico >
City April 2
M. Rudolph Dale, local repre
; sentative for the Federated In
surance Companies, has won an
achievement award as one of
the companies’ top producers
during 1963.
As a result of his outstanding
sales record, Mr. and Mrs. Dale
will attend a meeting of the
companies to be held in Mexico
City. They will arrive there
April 2. Visits to Taxeo and
Cuernavaca are also on the
agenda, with departure from the
Mexican capital for home sched
uled for April 7.
One hundred and twenty-three
top producers of the company
from 19 states and Canada will
make the trip to Mexico, where
they will be presented with the
companies’ Honor Club achieve
ment award.
(civic calendar]
John A. Holmes High School
Band will present its annual
winter concert Sunday after
noon, March 15, at 3 o'clock in
the school auditorium.
Tickets are now on sale for
the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
play. "Night of January 16th'',
to be presented in the Court
House Friday night. March 20
and Saturday night, March 21.
at 8 o'clock.
Chowan Fishermen's Associa
tion will hold a public meeting
at Rocky Hock Community
Continued on rage 6—section *
Miss Irma Jean Goodwin of
Edenton, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Goodwin, who rep
“esented the First District. Miss
3oodwin plans to study English,
sociology or political science at
UNC-G.
Miss Goodwin is an outstand
ing student at John A. Holmes
High School. She is a member
of the National Honor Society,
editor of the Yearbook, she was
president of the junior class and
won the junior physics award.
She served as chief marshal and
is a member of the Student
Council. She was a delegate to
Girl’s State in the summer of
19*3, where she was elected at
torney general. In the senior
superlatives she was listed as
“Most IntemjMtr and “Most
Likely to Succeed.” _