SHOP IN EDENTON STORES DURING 4th OF JULY HOLIDAY
r A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
Volume XXXl.—Number 27.
Chowan County Joins Majority Oi
State In Giving Judge Dan K. Moore
Landslide Victory For Governor
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Robert Scott Narrow-!
ly Wins Over Cliff!
Blue For Lieutenant- i
Governor
Chowan County voters in Sat-'
urday’s second Democratic pri- 1
mary election joined the majori
ty of North Carolina counties in
favoring Judge Dan K. Moore
as North Carolina’s Governor.
In Chowan the vote was very
close with Moore edging Judge
Richardson Preyer by 45 votes.
Moore received 800 votes and
Preyer 755.
In the state, however, Mr.
Moore won by a landslide, being
given a majority of votes in 62
percent of the 100 counties.
Mr. Preyer was high man in
the first primary, but lacked!
enough votes to forestall a sec
ond primary. Dr. I. Beverly!
Lake was not so very far be-1
hind the two leaders with;
something like 217,000 votes. I
Dr. Lake threw his support to
Mr. Moore and Dr. Lake’s sup
porters in the first primary elec
tion obviously went for the most
part to Moore, which had quite
an effect on the easy victory for
the Western North Carolina can
didate.
In the other run-off election
for Lieutenant-Governor it was
a very much closer contest
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
Donald E. Dale Is
Given Promotion
— — >
Army Specialist Donald E;
Dale, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jessie R. Dale, Route 2, Tyner,
was recently promoted to Spe
cialist-Four.
Specialist Dale is a wheel ve
hicle mechanic with Battery A,
6th Howitzer Battalion, 16th Ar
tillery, Fort Chaffee, Ark.
He was graduated from Per
quimans County High School at
Hertford in 1962 and entered the
Army on August 7 of that year.
SECURITY COMMISSION
OFFICE CLOSED JULY 6
William A. Hollar, manager of
the Edenton Employment Se
curity Commission office, an
nounces that the office will be
closed Monday, July 6, in ob
servance of Independence Day.
All persons scheduled to re
port on that date are requested
to report on Monday, July 13.
20 Years Ago
At Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald
V /
# At a war bond rally $70,000
worth of bonds were sold which
exceeded the fondest hopes of
J. G. Campen and D. M. Warren,
co-chairmen of the Fifth War
Loan drive. The county's quota
was $426,000 and the goal was
in sight with less than $76,000
more to go.
Continuing in an effort to se
cure a hospital for Edenton, S. N.
Vance, a representative of the
Federal Works Agency, attended
a meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce in an effort to secure
federal aid in building and
equipping a hospital.
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
Structural Work On Pollocks
Swamp Watershed Nearly Done
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The structural work' on the
Pollock Swamp Watershed is al
most completed. About 21.5
miles of mam and lateral ditch
construction has been completed.
The dirt excavated from the
ditches has been. leveled for a
travel way along the edge of
the; ditches for maintenance.
Several bridges have been built
Twenty-five culverts for farm
road crossings have been instaD
ed. Eighty-nine smaller culverts
for surface inlets have also been
installed. The -travel way will
be seeded to some type of grass
th Jfci? l work has been going on
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j CHOWAN'S VOTE IN SECOND PHMMtY
! MOORE PREYER BLUE SCOTT
East Edenton 246 243 220 259
West Edenton 279 276 266 273
'Rocky Hock 56 93 37 97
’Center Hill 102 39 67 68
,Yeopim 44 34 37 37
Wardville 73 70 39 84
Totals 800 755 666 828
Ringing Bells Will Be Part Os
Independence Day Celebration
The Edenton Tea Party Chap
ter of the DAR will again spon
j sor the “Ringing of Bells” in
I Edenton as part of the nation
wide observance of Independence
j Day.
I On July 4th the Chowan
I Court House bell will be rung
(at 2 P. M„ and other bells in
.the community are asked to ring
at the same time.
Last year’s revival of ringing
of bells to celebrate Independ
ence Day was a huge success lo
cally and nationwide.
Plans Made For
Knitting Contest
For Second Year
Local Judging of Con
testants Will Take
Place at the Chowan
County Fair
Knitters and crocheters from
Maine to California will be
needling their way to fame
against needlework hobbyists
this year as r contestants in the
1964 National Wool Needlework
Contest. To enable residents of
1 this area to participate, entries
, for the nationwide competition,
being held for its second sue
cessive year, will be submitted
for judging locally at the Cho
wan County Fair Which takes
place from September 28 to Oc
tober 3. No entries may be
made directly to the contest’s
national headquarters.
The contest which is being
held again under the joint spon
sorship of *the National Hand
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
112 In Chowan County
, Sign Petition In Favor
l .Os Governor Wallace!
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, According to a report from
■ Chowan County election officials,
i 112 certified signatures have
i been received petitioning the
I name of Governor George Wal
lace of Albama to be placed on
the presidential ticket in North
. Carolina in- the November elec
i tion.
! George Gelbach, a teacher at
! Frederick Military Institute in
Virginia, and a former John A.
Holmes High School teacher in
Edenton, Is circulating the pe
; tition.
Swamp Watershed. The actual
construction work has cost
around $140,000. This cost has
been shared by the local people
in the watershed and the fed
eral government J '
The benefits in reducing flood
ing of low lying cropland are ex
pected to return $3.10 for each
SI.OO spent on improvements.
The improvements are being
made under the Watershed Pro
tection and Flood Prevention
Act with the Chowan County
Drainage District No. 1, Albe
marle Soil and Water Conser
vation District and the Chowan
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Ibdentoß, | o'wan County, North Carolina, Thursday. July 2, 1964.
Congress has passed a resolu
tion declaring that the anniver
sary of the signing of the Decla
ration of Independence should be
observed each year by the ring
ing of bells throughout the Unit
ed States at the hour of 2 o’clock
: in the afternoon of the 4th day
of July.
Radio station WCDJ will
broadcast at various times Sat
; urday a program on Independ
ence Day.
Citizens are reminded to dis
play the flag on July 4th.
J. Eugene Perry
Named Chairman
For Auto Dealers
Appointment Is An
nounced By Presi
dent of N. C. Auto
Dealers Association
J. Eugene Perry, manager of
the Edenton Motor Company,
has been appointed area chair
man of the North Carolina Auto
mobile Dealers Association for
Chowan County, according to an
announcement made by E. B.
Gamble, president. He succeeds
N. J. George. Perry will act as
liaison officer between new car
and truck dealers in Chowan
County and NCADA and the Na-
Conlinued on Paste 6—Section 1
Local Radio Amateurs
In Field Day Exercise
Local radio amateurs partici
pated in the United States and
Canada field day exercises last
Saturday and Sunday at Ahos
kie.
Emergency transmitters and
power generators were set up
at isolated places to test the
equipment and procedure in
competition with other radio
amateurs all over the world.
The site chosen by the North
eastern North Carolina Radio
Club was at the fire tower near
Ahoskie.
Several thousand contacts
were made, during the 24 hours,
using emergency power en
tirely. Contacts were made with
Czechoslovakia, the Canal Zone,
Brazil and England.
The following radio operators
from Edenton attended the af
fair: Murray Ashley, J. J. Ross,
Jacob Hobowsky, J. P. Ricks,
Jr., Lyman Partin, Bill Garwood
and Curtis Forehand. Everyone
in attendance reported a very
interesting time.
Banks Will Close
Saturday, July 4th
Attention is called to the fact,
that Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany and the Consumer Credit
Branch will be closed Saturday,
July 4, in observance of Inde
pendence Day.
‘ Both banks will be open Mon
day, July 6, so that important
banking business should be
transacted accordingly.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL
CLOSE MONDAY, JULY 6th
The local Health Department
wiH be closed July 6,
in observance of independence
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sWinners In Second Primary Election
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DAN K. MOORE
Governor lieutenant-Governor
In a landslide. Judge Dan K. Moore of Canton easily defeated
Judge Richardson Preyer of Greensboro in the second Democratic
primary election held Saturday. Robert W. Scott of Haw River
narrowly squeaked by Clifton Blue of Aberdeen for Lieutenant-
Governor. Chowan County was in both winners’ column.
Hope Os Playground Site
For New Fire Station In
Edenton Out Os Picture
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School Trustees Re-i
fuse to Release or
Trade Property on
Broad Street
One of the most prominent
sites for a new fire station in
Edenton has gone out of the
picture as the result of action
taken by the Edenton school
(trustees. Town Councilmen for
a long time have been consider
-iag- a-stU—for.-Jhe- new
and part of the playground ad
joining the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Cuthrell was considered
the most practical.
The area in question was deed
ed to the school trustees some
years ago and the town sought
release of this particular por
tion for a new fire station.
However, a letter to W. B.
Gardner, town administrator,
from Superintendent Hiram J.
Mayo puts at rest any 'hope of
scouring the property for a fire
station.
Mr. Mayo’s letter follows:
Cont'd. on Page 4—Section 1
Ryland Ruritans Will
Hold Barbecue Supper
The Ryland Ruritans will have
a barbecue chicken and barbe
cue pork supper Saturday night,
July 11, from 6 to 8 o’clock at
the Ryland Community Build
ing. The profit will be used to
pay off the indebtedness on the
community building.
Ruritan members may be con
tacted to purchase a ticket.
1 Also the young adult Sunday
School Class of Happy Home
Church will have all kinds of
homemade cakes for sale at the
supper. The profit on the cakes
will go toward helping build a
classroom for this class.
Everyone is urged to attend
the supper and bake sale and
support the Ruritans and Sun
day School Class.
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Pictured above la the mein channel of PoSoek Swamp Watershed
near the lower end after completion. This project includes about
21.5 miles of main and lateral ditch construction. A travel way
will be established along the edge el M channel for access and
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ROBERT W. SCOTT
Leroy Heninger Is
Red Men Sachem
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New Officers Elected
At Meeting Held
Monday Night
Members of Chowan Tribe No.
12, Improved Order of Red IVJen,
elected officers for six months
'at a meeting held Monday' night.
Leroy Heninger was elected
sachem for the next six months,
succeeding Thomas Jackson.
Other officers elected were: Pro
phet, Thomas Jackson; senior
sagamore, Robert Whiteman;
junior sagamore, Clyde Hollo
well; keeper of wigwam, Louis
Craddock and trustee for 18
months, William Barrow.
These officers will be install
ed at a meeting Monday night,
July 6 by Guy Williams, triball
deputy Great Sachem.
Edenton Girls Return
From Music School
Three members of the Concord
Choir of the Edenton Baptist
Church returned home Wednes
day night from Ridgecrest, N. C-,
where they attended a music
school.
The girls included Gayle Oli
ver, Artie Bass and Ann Har
rell. They were accompanied by
Miss Frances Marshbourne, coun
selor.
EDENTON POST OFFICE
WILL BE CLOSED JULY 4
Edenton’s Post Office will be
closed Saturday, July 4. in ob
servance of Independence Day.
There will be no city or rural
deliveries, nor will any of the
windows be open.
Mail will, however, he placed
in lock boxes and dispatched as
usual. , . .
Democrat Leaders
Meet In Greenville
Monday, July 6th
Group Will Consider
Party Policy Making
For General Election
In November
Chowan County Democrats will
be represented at the district
meeting of county chairmen and
'vice-chairmen when members of
'the State Campaign Committee
i are selected, it is announced by
!Tom H. Shepard, county chair
| man.
The party leaders are sched
uled to meet Monday night, July
6 at 7 o’clock at the Holiday Inn
jat Greenville with Lunsford
Crew, state Democratic chair
j man. Mr. Crew will meet in all
. congressional districts next week.
1 Principal business will be the
j selection of a man and a wo
man to represent the district on
the 22 member State Campaign
| Committee.
Campaign plans, coordination
:of the state, district and county
| campaign procedures will also be
1 discussed. Crew explained that
the State Campaign Committee
is the principal policy making
group for the November election
and the members serve as liaison
with the state and county cam-
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
Boaters And Fishermen Warned
To Be Careful Over July Fourth
Edenton Chamber of Com- 1
merce President West W. Byrum
reminds boaters and fishermen (
that the week of June 28th
through July 4th is National I
Safe Boating Week in North i
Carolina. With the July 4th 1
week-end certain to witness I
more pleasure craft afloat than <
at any other time during the i
summer, both boat owners and i
passengers should be certain that <
all adequate life-saving devices
be aboard. J
Records on file at the North i
Carolina Wildlife Resources <
Commission show that as of June <
25, more than 40 boating acci- i
dents have occurred on the pub- <
lie waters of the state with 26 (
Rotary Officers
Installed Today
West Byrum Succeeds
Hiram J. Mayo as
President
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
at the Parish House.
At this meeting new officers'
for the Rotary year will be in-1
stalled, with West Byrum suc
ceeding Hiram J. Mayo as presi
dent.
Zech Bond is the new vice!
president, While William D.l
Holmes, Jr , will again be treas-j
urer and Britton Byrum, ser
geant-at-arms. The directors are
Dr. Polk Williams, Jack Habit,
J. D. Barnhill, Zech Bond, Bill
Holmes, William A. Hollar and
Alton Elmore.
All Rotarians are requested to
attend the meeting.
Sgt. David Blount
An Expert In Firing
Army Sgt. David Blount, son
of Mrs. Evelyn S. Blount of
Edepton, qualified as expert in
firing the M-14 rifle in Ger
many, June 15.
The versatility of this light
weight rifle allows the individual
soldier to fire it automatically,
mount a bayonet for hand-to
hand combat, or to launch a rifle
grenade against enemy armor or
personnel in fortified positions.
Sergeant Blount is assigned to
the 317th Engineer Battalion’s
Headquarters Company in Ger
many as a ration distribution
chief.
The sergeant is a 1948 gradu
ate of D. F. Walker High School
and was engaged in fanning be
fore entering the Army-
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Edenton Merchants Plan
Three Big Trading Days
As July 4th Celebration
[ Cotton Blossoms]
S .. j
Paul Ober, Rocky Hock farm
er, was the first to report pick
ing a cotton blossom for this
year. Mr. Ober picked a full
' sized blossom Saturday and
brought it to The Herald office.
Tuesday morning of this week
I Dick Lowe of the Advance ccm
j munity brought two cotton blos-
some to The Herald office.
CionaiirorGr
| At Baptist Church
Very Impressive Ser
vice Held Sunday
Night
A very impressive coronation
| service for the Girls' Auxiliary
i was held at the Edenton Baptist
Church Sunday night at 7:30
o'clock. The theme of the ser
vice was “We’ve A Story To
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fatalities, Byrum said.
More than 9,000 boats were
checked during the month of
May in North Carolina by the
State Wildlife Protectors who are
responsible for enforcing safe
boating laws and regulations. Os
those checked 555 were being
operated in an unlawful manner
with 40 failing to have life-sav
ing devices aboard, Byrum add
ed.
Most of the fatalities, Byrum
said, were from drowning, but
nearly all of these accidents
could have been averted if boat
owners and passengers had taken
proper precautions and had op
erated their boats in a prudent
and courteous fashion.
Rev. E. Cliff Shoaf
Returns To Edenton
Year’s Methodist Ap
pointments Made
Thursday
With appointment of ministers
taking place Thursday at the an
nual Methodist Conference held
at Burlington, the Rev. E. C.
Shoaf was returned to the
Edenton Methodist Church. It is I
Mr. Shoaf s second year for the I
Edenton church and members of I
the congregation are delighted
that he was returned for another
year. Mr. Shoaf was also ap
pointed district director of Chris
tian vocations.
The Rev. R. L. Jerome was
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
SAVINGS & LOAN OFFICE
WILL HE OPEN JULY 4th
The Edenton Savings & Loan
Office- will remain open Satur
day, July 4. The office will,
however, be closed Monday,
July 6 in celebration of Inde
pendence Day.
Norfolk Couple Donate Land
For Skinnersville Civic Center
Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Rough
ton, Sr., cf Norfolk, Va., former
residents of Washington County
and owners of Rough ton Pontiac
Motor Company in Norfolk, do
nated 14 acres of land with
growing timber, a two-story
dwelling, a one story cottage
and tool shed, all to be used for
a community center for Skin
ners ville in Washington County.
The property is known as the
Albemarle - Grill site where
the highway goes to Columbia
and Plymouth.
Plans for the future are a ball
diamond, tennis court and play*
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Stores Open All Day
Saturday, July 4th;
Event Given Wide
Publicity
Edenton merchants have agreed
to remain open Saturday, July 4,
instead of closing in order to
observe Independence Day.
In connection with the store
opening, merchants have plan
ned three big days of savings in
order to attract shoppers to
Edenton. These big days will
be observed today (Thursday)
Friday and Saturday, during
which many special bargains will
be offered to shoppers. During
the three days many timely
items have been drastically re
duced which will prove to be
money-saving purchases.
Edenton merchants have de
clared an all-out war on prices
on timely merchandise for the
home and family, and they are
hopeful that many people in
Chowan and nearby counties wul
celebrate the Fourth of July by
realizing considerable cash on
merchandise they need at pres
ent.
The three bargain days are
sponsored by the Merchants
Committee of the Edenton
Continued on Page 6—Section 1
Bill Goodwin Wins
IJ.N.C. Scholarship
Edenton friends will be inter
ested to know that Bill Good
win, son of Mr. and Mrs. W P.
Goodwin, was one of six stu-
I dents at the University of North
Carolina School of Journalism
to be awarded merit scholar
ships for 1964-65.
Young Goodwin won the Ger
ald W. Johnson scholarship. All
winners have a 3.0 journalism
average and a 2.5 overall (B and
C-plus).
Goodwin is now on a cruise
with the Naval Reserve and in
a letter to him, forwarded to his
parents Dean Norval Neil Luxon
had* this to say:
“Dear Bill
Congratulations on making
the spring semester Dean’s List.
“I know that all the members
l of the staff of the School of
1 Journalism join me in these con
gratulations because in doing
cutstanding work you are meet
ing the primary responsibility
for being a student.
“About twice as many made
the Dean's List this spring as
did last fall, which indicates to
me that the quality of the stu
dent body is improving.
“Best wishes for a pleasant
summer.”
[ CIVIC calendar]
Edenlon merchants will ne
open for business Saturday, July
4 and plan to hold special bar
gain sales Friday and Saturday,
July 3 and 4.
Bells in Edenton will ring al
2 o'clock Saturday, July 4, a?
pari of the celebration of Inde
pendence Day.
Ryland Ruritans will hold a
barbecue chicken and barbecue
pork supper at the Ryland Com
munity Building Saturday night,
July 11 from 6 to 8 o'clock.
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
ground. Mr. Roughtcn also
plan# to contribute for a chapel
to be erected.
The first meeting was held
June 22 at the site with Mrs.
Howard M. Ange of Edenton
prAiding. The group voted to
name the organization “Skin
nersville Civic Cento-, Inc.”
The following officers were '
elected for the coming year: ,
Delbert Patrick, chairman;
Charlie W. Ange, vice chair- .
man; Jennie Arnold, secretary
and Viva Ange, treasurer.
The Skinnersville Civic Can- 1
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