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Hospital Auxiliary Play
"Night Os January 16th"
Friday, Saturday Nights
House Is Almost Sold
Out For Big Murder!
,'trial to Be Present
ed at Court House
, Did Karen Andre commit a
murder, or not? is the question
that must be answered by the
jury at the Ghowan County
k Court House Friday night, March
j 20, when “Night of January
The play, sponsored by the Cho
wan Hospital Auxiliary, and in
cluding all local characters, will
be presented again Saturday
night with both performances be
ginning at 8 o’clock.
The question will be answered
about 10 o’clock and no one
knows the answer yet. Prospects
are that the Court House will
be filled to capacity, as only a
few more seats remain to be
sold.
Patrons who will agree to
serve on the jury ere asked to
leave their names with- the door
V attendant as they enter the Court
House for the performance. Af
ter the clerk of court draws the
jury members by lot and swears
them in, the jury will listen to
evidence and render, the ver- j
diet on which will depend which'
1 of the two endings written for
' the play will be used.
Continued on Page Section 1
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Carey Evans Files
For Commissioner
Carey M. Evans of the Rocky
Hock section on Tuesday filed
with Philip S. McMullan, chair
man of the Board of Elections,
as a candidate for County Com
missioner from the Second
Township.
Mr. Evans is a former County
Commissioner, having been fleet
ed when the late Raleigfi* Peeie,.
after serving many years, de
clined to be a candidate. Mr.
Evans was defeated by T. O.
Asbell, incumbent, in the last
election.
Robbins Resigns As
Engineer For Town
i- Howard C. Robbins at Tues-
I day night’s meeting of Town
Council submitted a letter of
resignation as Street Superin
f tendent and Town Engineer. Mr.
Robbins has served in this ca
pacity since August of 1963.
In his letter of resignation Mr.
Robbins said:
“I hereby lender my resigna
tion effective as of the 13th day
of April, 1964. My reason for
resigning is to take a position
that I feel offers me a greater
opportunity for advancement in
my chosen field of endeavor.
“I would like to take this op
portunity to thank everyone with
whom I have been associated for
the cooperation and encourage
ment tha.t I have enjoyed While
being employed os Street Super
intendent and Town Engineer.”
MYF Sponsoring
Herring Supper
I Sponsored by the Methodist
! Youth Fellowship, a pickled
herring supper will be held' to- ,
jjfeight {Thursday) from 6 to 8
/ 6’clock. The young people are
charging a dollar a plate with
herring roe also served with the
plate.
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
W <* I
Due to what was reported a
I' nuisance on the part of a small!
army of bootblacks. Town Ceun
, cil authorised the police to marie!
off sones on Broad Street from
4 Qneen to King Street and on
King Street from Broad to Court i
Street the boys eouldj.
Ik Greensboro. j
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
liOnly 6 Candidates
Tile For Office Up
To Early This Week
> 11 a
Candidates Must File,
With P. S. McMullan
Prior to 12 O’clock!
Noon Anril 17
Up to Tuesday afternoon of
this week only six candidates
had filed for office in the May
Democratic primary election.
Philip S. McMullan, chairman
of the Chowan County Board of
Elections, v emphatically points
out that the deadline for any
candidate in the election to file
is Friday, April 17, before 12
o’clock noon. .Filing must be
done -with Mr. McMullan by the
deadline in order to have names
appear on the county ballots.
The Six candidates who filed
up to Tuesday of this week
were: B. Warner Evans for
J Continued or Page 5, Section 1
Exchange Student
At Rotary Meeting
Miss Nydia Morales
Os Costa Rica Will
Speak to Club
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish 'House.
A guest at the meeting will be
Miss Nydia Morales, a Rotary
exchange student from Costa
Rica. Miss Morales will speak
to the club after the dinner, and
President Hiram J. Mayo, urges
every Rotarian to be . present.
Enters Insurance
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FRANK M. HOLMES
The Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the United States an
nounces that Frank M. Holmes
has become associated as a rep
resentative with the Raleigh
agency.
Chowan Pooler Contest Winners
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! naenion Elementary, tint in fourth grade; Nancy^Twiddy,
Edenton,. Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday. March 19.1964
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Pictured above is a scene in the play "Night of January 16th" which will be presented in the
Chowan County Court House Friday and Saturday nights, March 20 and 21. The play is spon
so? i f“ 4 “ v the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary and promises to orovide entertainment of the first calibre
with the cast including all local talent. Seated, left to riohl, is Nathan Owens, Thomas Chears and
Frank Holmes. Standing, left to right, Frank Roberts, Mrs. W. J, P. Earnhardt, Jr., Mrs C A. i
Phillips and Keith Reeve.—Photo by J. P. Ricks, Jr.
W. Lunsford Crew Speaker At
Democratic Women’s Meeting
In Edenton Monday Afternoon
Chowan County Democratic
Women will hold a luncheon
meeting on Monday afternoon,
March 23. The meeting will be
held at the Edenton Restaurant
beginning at 12:30 o’clock and
all women of the organization are
especially urged to be present.
Guest speaker at the meeting
will be W. Lunsford Crew of
Roanoke Rapids, state chairman
of the State Democratic Execu
tive Committee, to which posi
tion he was elected in August,
1963.
Preyer Guest Df
Lions March 23rd
Candidate For Gover
nor Will Also Speak
At Court House
Edenton Lions will hold their
weekly meeting Monday night.
March 23, at 7 o’clock' at the
Edenton Restaurant. Judge Rich
ardson Preyer, Democratic can
didate for Governor* will be
guest of the club in keeping
( with the Lions Club program to
have all gubernatorial candidates>
visit the club and speak to local
citizens.
Judge Preyer will speak at the
Court House at 8 o’clock follow
ing the Lions Club meeting, and
the public is cordially invited
to hear him.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
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,
invites all Masons to attend.
Mr. Crew is a native of North-1
ampton County but has practiced'
law in Roanoke Rapids since!
: 1941 except for three years dur-l
• ing Wdrld War 11, when he serv
ed as a lieutenant on the Air
: craft Carrier Natoma Bay and
won a presidential unit citation
: after his ship was hit by a Japa
nese suicide plane,
i Mr. Crew, a lifelong Democrat,
first went to the State Senate
• in 1953. He was re-elected to
. serve in 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961
i Continued oi. Pay* s—Section I
Caseworkers Will
Meet In Edenton
Session Begins at 10
A. M. Wednesday,
March 25
The Northeastern District Case
! worker’s Association will hold its
semi-annual meeting in Edenton
Wednesday, March 25, at St.
, Paul’s Parish House.
The morning session at 10
o’clock will feature a talk by
, Ivan Valentine, Assistant Direc
tor of the Department of Com
munity Colleges, Raleigh. 'His
.topic will be ‘Education Oppor
tunities Through the Department
of Community Colleges.”
After lunch at the Edenton
Restaurant, the group will have
its business meeting. Presiding
will be Miss Lelitia Blount, child
welfare worker in Pasquotank
County and chairman of the as
sociation.
Jaycettes Rummage
Sale March 20 - 21
The Edenton Jaycettes will
hold a rummage sale of used
clothing Friday and Saturday,
March 20 and 21. The sale will
be held in the Hobowsky build
ing on South Broad Street on
Friday from 12 o’clock noon to
5 P. M., and on Saturday from
10 A. M. to 5 P. M. 'I
High School Band Presents
Outstanding Program Sunday
Despite a very inclement da.\
a goodly number braved the rai
Sunday afternoon to attend th<
winter concert of the John A
Holmes High School Band. /
very delightful program was pre
sented in the school auditorium
which brought much applaus*
and very favorable comment or
the part of those who heard th<
.program.
•A feature of the program was
a number by a newly organized
•dance orchestra. This number
too, was very well received by
the audienee despite the fact
that very few practices have
-been held.
The'numbers on the program
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;Dr. George Shriver
Preaches At Baptist
Church On Sunday
j Fills Pulpit at Both
Services In Absence
Os the Pastor, the
Rev. R. N. Carroll
Dr. George Shriver of the
Southeastern Baptist Theolo
gical Seminary in Wake Forest,
will make a return visit to the
pulpit of the Edenton Baptist
Church Sunday, March 22, in
l)i£- absence of the .pastor, the
Rev. R. N. Carroll. He will
preach at the 11 o'clock morning
service and at the 7:30 evening
service.
■Dr. Shriver is professor of
Church History at the South
eastern Seminary, which mot
Continued on Page 2—Section )
C. J. Hollowell Files
For Commissioner
Carey J. Hollowell early this
week filed as a candidate for
'County Commissioner from the
'Third Toynship in the May
Democratic primary election.
Mr. Hollowell has served as
a Commissioner for about 10
years. He was first appointed to
fill out the unexpired term of
the late Emmett N. Elliott.
Chowan Beta Club
Will Present Variety
Show Friday Night
| The Beta Club of Chowan
High School will present a Va
riety Show in the school audi
torium Friday night, March 20,
beginning at 7:30 o’clock. The
show will be composed of local
talent and will include Chowan’s
version of the Beatles. A charge
of 50 cents will be made for
adults and 35 cents for school
children. All pre-school children
will be admitted free.
The public is cordially invited
to attend and it is hoped a ca
pacity crowd will attend. Pro
ceeds from the show will aid the
Betas in attending the Beta Con
vention which will begin in Ra
leigh Friday, April 10.
■nder the direction of N. Stuart
’alien, director, were as follows:
Hall of Fame, by Olivadoti;
Irlando Palandrino, by Haydn;
esu, Joy -of Man’s Desiring from
’Cantata 147” by Bach; Melody,
>y Harper with Ronnie Sawyer,
;oloist; Tropical Trumpets by
Lengsfelder with John Bunch,
Tommy Leary, Judy Byrum as
cornet soloists.
Following a brief intermission
the following numbers were pre
sented:
A Festival Prelude by Reed;
Hot - Cha Cha Cha, by Osser;
Joshua’s Jump, by Flanagan;
Concert Overture in G Minor by
Lillya and Isaac and Die Meis-|
tersinger by Wagner. '
Edenton Tea Party
Chapter Is Praised
At State Meeting
Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr.,
Local Regent, Run
ner-up In a Junior
Member Contest
Restoration work by the
Edenton Tea Party Chapter of
the OAR was praised at the 64th
annual state conference of the
North Carolina Society, Daugh
ters of the American Revolution,
in Raleigh last week.
Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr., regent,
was named runner-up in the
Stale DAR Outstanding Junior
Member Contest. The Edenton
Chapter yearbook was awarded
a blue ribbon.
Mrs. Ricks reported to the \
conference on plans for moving i
the old Parson Earle school
house at Bandon Plantation to
the James Iredell property and
dedicating the school to Inglis
Fletcher. Contributions for the I
work, which is expected to cost j
about $1,500, were sought.
Mrs. Wood Privott of Eden
ton, district director, reported at
the Wednesday night session on j
the various work in the district!
Continued on Page 3, Section l ’
Winners Announced In Science
Fair At Holmes High School
Winners in the recent Science
Fair held at John A. Holmes
High School were released Ibis
week. The winners will receive
a free ticket to the World’s Fair
in New York and will exhibit I
their projects in the District Sci-{
ence Fair which will be held in
Greenville Friday, March 20.
Complex Matters
Hold Councilmen
In Long Session
Despite Rumors, Grif
fin Will Not Resign!
As Chief of Police;
Streets Renamed
Edenton’s Town Council met
{ in a very lengthy session Tues
day night, when the Councilmen
were faced with a number of
items which required consider- '
able discussion. The meeting :
continued in session well beyond ■
the midnight hour. j
The first item on the agenda i
Continued on Page 4. Section i i
Winners In High School Science Fair
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John A. Holmes High School. In top picture are winners in the
S«uor Division, left to right. Betsy Hardin. Barbara Wallace.
Hiram Mayo. Jr.. J*m Bass. Joe Conger UI and Gary Ross. Junior
DieUion winners in the bottom picture are, left to right, Helen
Pnrden, CarroU Lassiler. Grace Sawyer. Wesley Chesson, Ann
HaxxrtL Glares Va«a and Chris Y enters.—J. P. Ricks. Jr. photos.
Jjkj.oo Per Year In North Carolina
Second 8-Hour Shift Will
1 Be Added Next Monday
At U. S. Lumber Co. Mill
Guest Speaker
W. LUNSFORD CREW
Guest sDeaker at a meelinq of
j Chowan County Democratic Wo
j men Monday afternoon at 12:30
o'clock at the Edenton Resiau
| rant will be W. Lunsford Crew,
Chairman of the State Democrat
• ic Executive Committee.
In the senior division the win
ners were as follows:
Biological
First Place—Hiram Mayo, “A
Parakeet’s Chronometer”,
j Second Place Barbara Wal
lace, “Do Plants Get Dizzy?”
Third Place Betsy Hardin,
■ Continued on Page 3. Section 1
Revisits Edenton
RICHARDSON PREYER
In Edenton Monday night,
March 23, as guest of the Eden
ton Lions Club, Judge Richardson
Preyer will speak to the general
public at the Court House at 8
o'clock following the Lions Club
meeting.
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14 More Workers Em
ployed; Output Will
Be Doubled In Floor
ing Mill
Next Monday, March 23, the
United States Lumber Com
pany’s oak flooring mill at the
former air station property near
Edenton will put on a second 8-
hour shift, adding 14 workers to
the present payroll, it is an
nounced in a joint statement by
L. L, Lester, Jr., president, and
Mayor John A. Mifchener.
The oak flooring mill, in pilot
plant operation the past six
weeks since March 9, has em
ployed 40 persons. Additional
indirect employment would in
clude the hardwood lumber
mills supplying the rough boards
and a number of truck drivers,
Lester said.
Capacity of the flooring mill
naturally will be doubled, Les
ter said, by the second shift,
production then totaling 50.000
feet of flooring daily. The en-
tire production of the flooring
) is being sold to others rather
I than Lcsco Homes, Inc., Mar
tinsville, Va. Buyers of the
flooring are in both North and
South Carolina, with some on
i Virginia’s Eastern Shore, it was
istated.
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Elizabeth Moore
AuxSiarySpeaker
Meeting Held Earlier
Due to Play This
Week
The Chowan Hospital Auxili
ary met a week early due to its
I play “The Night, of January 16th**
which will he premiered this
| coming Friday night. Rehears
(als are hitting on a high note of
j perfection and excitement is
j building up as the advance
ticket sales are going fast. Tick
ets are on sale at Hollowell’s
and Mitchcner’s drug stores at
$1.50 each.
In the absence of the presi
dent, Mrs. Jack Leary, Mrs, Ro
land Vaughan, vice president,
Continued on Page 3—Section 1
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Methodist Layman
i J Lenten Speaker At
St. Paul’s Church
Dr. George G. Ritchie. M.D.,
of Richmond, Va., a Methodist
layman, will conclude the Lenten
scries of addresses at St. Paul’s
| Episcopal Church on Tuesday,
I March 24.
Dr. Ritchie, a native Virginian,
is a graduate of the University
lof Virginia in medicine. He is
now a general practitioner in
Richmond. He plans to return
to school for graduate work in
| the field of psychiatry.
J His outstanding work among
youth crossing denominational
! lines makes him a most valuable
influence in a large area. Dr.
Ritchie is well known in both
Virginia and North Carolina for
his interest in religion-medicine.
Luncheon will be served at 1
o’clock in the Tarish House on
j Gale Street with the Church
j women of the parish serving.
,Wm. E. Bond Files
For Commissioner
William E. Bond early this
| week announced and filed as a
i candidate for County Commis-
I sioner from the First Township,
i Mr. Bond is now serving as
I chairman of the Board.
(civic calendar!
Wortheastem District Case
workers Association will hold its
semi-annual meeting in Eden ton
Wednesday. March 25. beginning
at 10 A. M„ in St. Paul's Parish
House.
Chowan County Democratic
Women will meet Mondey after
noon, March 23, at 12:30 o'clock
at the Edeolon Restaurant.
Omwntwrig^On.
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