J A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
I Albemarle Area :■.*
Volume Number 16.
Cotton Program
Slashes Inequities
Farmers Have Option
To Plant Crop With
in Their Domestic
Allotment
Details of the new choice
program for upland cotton are
announced by the Department of
Agriculture. It is part of the
new cotton program just ap
proved by Congress aind signed
into law by President Johnson.
The new cotton' program
would work as follows:
The 16,000,000 acre national
minimum allotment will be re
tained for 1964, just as it was
for 1963. Farmers who comply
with their effective allotments
will be eligible for a price sup
port loan of 30 cents a pound
(basis middling one-inch cotton
at average location).
A national domestic allotment
Will be established. This is tire
number of acres required on the
basis of the four-year (1959-62)
average yield per acre to pro
duce cotton estimated to be
consumed domestically. It is
estimated that domestic con
sumption for the 1964-65 mar
keting year will rise to 9.6 mil
lion bales. At the four-year
average yield the national do
mestic allotment would be
10,766,000 acres. This is about
67 per cent of the 16,000,000 na
tional acreage allotment.
(Continued on Page B—Section 1
Masonic Play in
Edenton Tonight
Acacia Club of Nor
folk Will Visit Una
nimity Lodge
A special feature will highlight
the weekly communication of
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. &
A. M.. tonight (Thursday). The
Acacia Club Players of Norview
Lodge of Norfolk will attend the
meeting and present their annual
play which will emphasize some
important phase of Masonry.
A chicken pot pie dinner will
be served by members of the
Eastern Star at 7 o'clock and
the play will be presented during
the lodge’s meeting which will
begin at 8 o’clock.
W. M. Rhoades, master of the
Edenton lodge, urges all Masons
to attend the supper and the
play for which the Acacia Club
has gained quite a reputation.
rotarianb’ meet today
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House. The pro
gram will be in charge of Dr.
Polk Williams and President Hi
ram Mayo urges a 100 per cent
attendance.
20 Years Ago!
As Found In Tba Files Os j
The Ghowan Herald
A crowd of over 10.000 appear
ed at the U. S. Marine Corps
Air Station to attend the dedi
cation and presentation of colors
* by Ed Bond Post of the Ameri
can Legion. Principal speakers
were Governor J. M. Broughton
and Congressman Herbert Bon
ner.
Following a recommendation
by the Grand Jury that the
County Commissioners and Town
take necessary steps to
Leroy Haskett * toted J^p!
National Honor Society Chooses
David Holtoii As State president
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Pictured above is the new Cnesapeaxe Bay bridge- tunnel which was officially opened Wednesday of this week. This pholograDh looks north from the Virginia
Beach terminus. The two man-made islands in the center of the photograoh anchor Thimble Shoal tunnel which takes motorists under one of the Chesapeake Bay's
two deepwater channels. The structure which spans the 17.6 mile wide Chesapeake Bay where it meets the Atlantic Ocean has an overall length of 23 miles, in
cluding five miles of approach roads. Vital segments in the 17.6 m ; le long crossing that spans the 'mouth of the bay are two bridges over the waterways used by
pleasure and fishing craft; 12.2 miles of trestled roadways, four man-made islands and two tunnels. 1
Hospital Auxiliary
Can Claim Largest
Number Members
Organization Is High
ly Praised By Offi
cials; Over 500 Mem
bers Enrolled
As the result of a recent drive,
the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
has the largest membership in
the 17-year history of the organi
zation. Following a tabulation
of reports more than 500 are
now members of the organiza
tion.
The board of trustees, the
medical staff and the hospital!
administrator say this group of
fine women are the best friends
the hospital lias ever had. They
have worked tirelessly through!
the years to purchase much need-1
ed equipment for the hospitals
The things they have done arc
too numerous to mention but
the equipment they have pur
chased runs into the thousands
of dollars. Some of the most
recent purchases are a new anes
thesia machine for the delivery
room at a cost of $1,400, a car
dioscope and defibrilator for
heart patients at a cost of $1,600,
and a spectrophotometer at a
co6t of $1,400. They have re
decorated the nursery, purchased
an incubator for this department,
and an automatic suction ma
chine. All these have been pur
chased in the last two years.
Continued on Page 8, Section 2
Elizabeth Ross On.
EOC Chapel Choir
East Carolina College’s 38-
voice Chapel Choir presented a
musical program at the W. M.
Hooper Elementary School at
Moyock Wednesday evening.
Later this month, the group
will present its spring concert
at East Carolina in Austin Au
ditorium. The program is sched
uled for Tuesday, April 21.
Included among members of
[the choir is Miss Elizabeth Ross
[of Edenton, daughter of Mr. and)
Urn. i: ,F Ross. |
| Young Holton, son of Mrs.
Holton and the late
J David Q. Holton, is an out
: Standing number and leader of
M#r school, David, a four-star
[athlete, is also a member of the
fllUKtent Council and the Debat-
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 16, 1964.
Two Contests Develop
For Office In Democratic
Primary Election In May
Opposition For Coun
ty Commissioner and
Board of Education;
April 17 at Noon Is
Deadline to File
With the deadline for candi
dates to file for the May Demo
cratic primary election just
around the corner, practically
all incumbents have signed on
the dotted line. Philip McMul
lan, Chairman of the Chowan
County Board of Elections, points
out tiiat 12 o'clock noon Friday,
April 17, will positively he the
last opportunity for filing for
any of the offices to be filled.
As Qf Wednesday morning of
this week only two contests had
developed. These were for
County Commissioner from the
Second Township and member of
the County Board of Education
from tile Second Township. For
the Commissioner, there arc
three candidates, T. O. Asbell,
incumbent, and C. M. Evans and
Palmer Tynch. For member of
the Board of Education in the
Second Township the candidates
are Garland H. Asbell and Mar
vin L. Evans.
Mr. ]\4cMullan points out that
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
District Meeting
Os Legion April 21
Session Will Be Held
At Ed Bond Post
Building
The First District Meeting of |
the American Legion Department
of North Carolina will be held
at the Legiorrflut in Edenton on
Tuesday night, April 21, at 7
o’clock. A dutch supper will be
served.
Department Commander L. J.
| Phipps of Chapel Hill will be
the guest speaker. First Division
[Commander I. P. Davis of Man
teo will also be present, as well
as many other distinguished Le
gionnaires.
District Commander J. L.
Chestnutt urges a large delega
tion from each of the following
posts: Edenton, Elizabeth City,
Gatesville, Hertford and Manteo.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
Elected President
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Meeting at Camp Lejeune High
School Saturday, April 4, the
National Honor Society elected
David Holton of Edenton as
president.
Jaycees To Install
Officers April 23
Pete Dail Will Be New
President of Eden
ton Group
New officers for the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce
will be installed at a dinner
meeting scheduled to be held
Thursday night, April 23. The
meeting will be held at the
American Legion building be
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Baptist Training Union Contestants
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Pictured abeve are those who participated in recent annual
Baptist Training Union elimination contests held at the Macedonia
Baptist Church. The contests are sponsored by the Chowan Bap
tist Association. First row. Ml to sight. Carolyn Long. Bethel;
Tommy Long. Bethel; Debra Wallace. Macedonia; Hetiie Wallace,
| Macedonia; Barbara Wallace. Macedonia. Second row. Faye Long.
Bethel; Sandra Hare, Macedonia; Lib Snow. Reynoldson; Mrs. M.
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Sanford Names Richard Dixon
Chowan Coimly Chairman For
John F. Kennedy Library Fundi
Governor Terry Sanford has
announced the appointment of
Richard Dixon of Edenton to be
chairman for Chowan County in
the state-wide drive to raise
North Carolina’s portion of funds
for the John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Library.
Dr. Billy Graham will he one
of the featured speakers paying
tribute to President John F.
Kennedy in Kenan Stadium in \
Chapel Hill on Sunday, May 17, |
to close the North Carolina drive
for contributions to the Kennedy
Library. All persons contribut-
Library Trustees Rent Badham
House For Temporary Location
With the Shepard-Pruden Me
morial Library obliged to move
from the Cupola House, an
nouncement has been made that
the library trustees have rented
the Badham house on the corner
of Broad and Church Streets.
This location will be rented for
S6O per month and will serve as
temporary quarters for the li
brary.
In the meantime efforts are
Junior Livestock
Show Last Week
Very Successful
The tenth annual Chowan
Junior Livestock Show and Sale
held Wednesday of last week at
the Privott and Asbell ware
house at Cross Roads is said to
be the most successful ever held.
The affair was sponsored by the
Chowan and Ryland . Raritan
Clubs.
Eleven steers were shown by
Continued on Page 7—Section t
; ing $lO in Chowan County will
receive tickets to the Chapel
i Hill event from Dixon and mem
i bers of the local committee.
: j Members of both political
; j parties were appointed by Gov
jernor Sanford to sponsor the
/drive in .North Carolina .for the
1 1 library which will house historic
; papers that came into the na
tion’s possession during Presi-
I dent Kennedy's term.
I Democrats on the State Com-
I mittee for the Kennedy Library
I include U. S. Senators Sam J.
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under way to raise sufficient
funds to purchase a site for a
permanent home for the library.
The library must be moved
from its present location due to
■ the building being renovated to
be used as a museum.
Some repairs and changes are
necessary at the Badham house
before the library can he used,
but it is hoped the change can
lie made by the first of May.
Plans Shaping Up
For Flower Show
Scheduled In Barker
House April 23
And 24
| About 25 invitational arrange
merits in addition to the usual
flower arrangements and horti
cultural exhibits will be on dis
play at the Edenton Woman’s
Club flower show Thursday and
Friday, April 23 and 24 at the
Barker House. The theme of
the show will be North Carolina
the Beautiful.
Entries will be accepted from
8 to 10 o'clock Thursday morn
ing. The show will open
Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock
[and close at 5 o’clock. Friday
hours are from 9 o'clock to 5
Continued on Page 3, Section !
J C Ranch Elected
To Membership In
Angus Association
J C Ranch of Edenton. has
been elected to membership in
the American Angus Association
at. St. Joseph, Missouri, an
nounces Glen Bratcher, secre
tary.
This membership was one of
812 issued to breeders of regis
tered Aberdeen-Angus in the
United States during the past
months ': _
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
AAA Travel Counselors
Schedule Stop In Edenton
On Eastern Carolina Tour
Old ScMouse
I To Be Moved To
Iredell Property '
| Contributions Sought
! To Pay For Moving
And Building Foun
dation
Parson Daniel Earl's school- 1
house at Bandon Plantation will
be moved to the James Iredell
property in honor of Novelist
Inglis Fletcrer the latter part of
thus month. Contributions are
being sought to pay for moving
the 18th century building and
for constructing a foundation.
The building will be moved on
a barge down the Chowan Riv
er some 10 miles to Edenton by
- Waff Brothers.
The 63-acre estaete has been
Isold to Southern Properties, Inc.,
developers of Arrowhead Beach
next to Bandon. The company,
|at the request of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce, donated
the schoolhouse to the town
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I
I Glaucoma Clinic Is
Scheduled April 29
Free Examinations at
Armory For Those
Above 35 Years
Sponsored by the Edenton,
Hertford and Windsor Lions
Clubs, a free glaucoma detection
clinic is scheduled to be held
April 29. The clinic will be
held at the Edenton National
Guard Armory from !) A. M., to
4 P. M. Cooperating in the clin
ic will be the Bertie-Chowan-
Perquimans Medical Society, Ber
tie, Chowan and Perquimans
(Health Departments, Bertie, Cho
wan and Perquimans County
Welfare Departments, N. C. As
sociation for -the Blind. N. C. So
ciety for the Prevention of
Blindness and N. C. Commission
‘ for the Blind.
Those persons 35 years and *
over are eligible to attend the
clinic free of charge and the ex-
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Play Will Fetfure
Meeting Os PTA
Meeting Is Scheduled
For Tuesday Night,
April 21
Edenton's Parent-Teacher As
sociation will meet Tuesday
night. April 21, at 8 o'clock at
the Edenton Elementary School.
A feature of the program will
be a play, “Johnny's Birthday
Surprise", which will. be pre
sented by Mrs. J. J. Ross' kin
dergarten class and Mrs. Jolin
F. White's third grade pupils.
All PTA members are especial
ly urged to attend.
John Flours Is Nominated For
Aeliievement Awards Program
John Floars of John A. Holmes
High School has been nominated
for the annual Achievement
Awards Program, sponsored by
the National Council of Teach
ers of English (NOTE). *
For the seventh year, the.
Council is conducting the na-1
tional awards competition to'
grant recognition to outstanding
high school seniors for excel
lence in English. The writing
abilities and literary awareness
of. each nominee will be judged
by local and state committees.
NCTE will announce the win
ners in December, 19M, and will
bend their names to every U. S.
college and university with the
recommendation that these stu
dents be considered for scholar
For Quick Results ...' T
Try a Classified Ad
I In The Herald
Group Will Be Enter
tained Friday Morn
ing, April 24 From
10:30 to 12:30
The Edenton Chamber of
Commerce will be host to 30
travel managers and counselors
of the American Automobile
Association Motor Clubs, news
papers. magazines, radio and TV
travel writers, on Friday, April
24. it is announced by West W.
Byruin, president of the Cham
ber. Byrum stated that the
travel counselors will come from
17 states in the east and from as
far west as Nebraska.
The Chamber has arranged an
Edenton tour for the counselors
from 10:30 to 12:30 followed by
a luncheon at the Edenton Res
taurant. Mayor John A. Mitch
ener will extend to the travelers
an official welcome to Edenton
at the luncheon and arrange for
an official police escort for the
group as they enter the com
munity after they leave a tour
of the Outer Banks in the morn
ing and as they leave for Eliza
beth City in the afternoon.
“Travel industry readers say
that similar ‘educational’ tours
for AAA Travel Experts is one
of the best methods to promote
travel in any part of the county,"
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
Winners Named
In BTU Contests
Annual Event Recent
ly Held at Mace
donia Church
The Annual Training Union
Elimination Contests, sponsored
by the Chowan Baptist Associa
tion, were held recently at the
Macedonia Baptist Church. M. J.
Tynch, Sr., Association Training
Union director, presided as rep
resentatives from several church
es participated.
Hettie Wallace and Debra Wal
lace of the Macedonia Church
competed in the junior memory
work drill. Both were declared
winners and will compete in the
regional tournament scheduled
for May 27 at the Edenton Bap
tist Church.
Carolyn Long and Tommy
Long of the Bethel Church and
Barbara Wallace of Macedonia
competed in the intermediate
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(civic calendar]
Thirty AAA travel counselors
will stop over in Edenton Fri
day, April 24, from 10:30 to
$12:30 on a tour of Eastern
North Carolina.
Edenton's Parent-Teacher As
sociation will meet Tuesday
night, April 21, at 8 o'clock at
the Edenton Elementary School.
Edenton Woman’s Club an
nual flower show will be held
at the Barker House April 23
and 24.
A rabies clinic will be held at
the office of Dr. L. A. Deese
Wednesdays, April 22 and 23
from 1 to 5 P. M.
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ship assistance.
According to James R. Squire,
executive secretary of NCTE.
the achievement awards pro
gram is part of a comprehensive
(program undertaken by the
'Council in cooperation witl<
I American schools to encourafc?
' improvement in English langu
age and literature at all grade
levels. The Council is also co
operating with Project English,
a national program sponsored by
the U. S. Office of Education for
improving English instruction.
By stimulating interest in Eng
lish studies and by supporting
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