I Si Newspaper Devoted
[ To the Progress of the
I , Albemarle Area
Volume XXXI. —Number 33.
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Chowan County Fair Will
Be Held Week Sept. 28
Through Saturday, Oct. 3
Extra Stalls Are Con
structed For Animals
And Main Building
Is Improved
The Chowan County Fair,
sponsored lay Edward G. Bond
Post No. 40 of the American
Legion, will be held Monday,
September 28 through Saturday,
October 3, at the American Le
gion grounds on US 17 south.
A new livestock building with
20 stalls for animals has been
built and improvements made to
the main building for this year’s
Fair by the American Legion.
The Holiday Shows of Peters
burg, Va., have been engaged
to be on the midway with 20
concessions, 15 rides and 4
. shows.
Heading this year’s Chowan
Fair Association is W. A. (Bill)
Perry, who has been associated
with the fair for 14 years and
president the past two years.
Also serving again this year are
Woodrow Slade as Fair mana
ger and Earl White as secretary
treasurer.
Mr. Perry said, “we are look
ing forward to an outstanding
fair and urge all persons in the
county to participate.” Premium
list of awards will be available
in a few weeks, he said.
Committee members are 'Monk
Mills, E. L. Hollowell, Murray
Ashley, R. E. Leary, Dick Lovitt,
Carroll Byrum and Jordan
Yates.
Progress Is Made
dnCounty History
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Thomas Parramore In
Edenton For More
Information
While the Chamber of Com
merce has received an unusual
number of tourists and visitors
this week as compared to last
year, many of whom are seeking
a retirement location, a visitor
on Monday was of an entirely
different category.
The visitor was Thomas Par
ramore, history professor at
Meredith College in Raleigh. Mr.
Parramore’s visit concerned the
history of Chowan County which
he is presently writing and
which is sponsored by the Eden
ton Chamber of Commerce. Mr.
Parramore stated that his re
search had uncovered a large
amount of Chowan County his
tory proving its place in the po
litical lfe of the colonial period
when it served as the unofficial
capital of the state for more than
40 years.
Continued on Page 6 Section 1
20 Years Ago!
A* Found In The Files Os I
The Chowan Herald I
\
With cases of infantile paraly
sis reported in Bertie. Hyde and
Beaufort counties, the Chowan
County Board of Health took
definite steps to take precautions
to prevent development of any
cases in the county. Among the
recommendations were postpone
ment of the date of school open
ing, that children under the age
of 16 should be prohibited from
theaters and similar places of
amusement and that governing
bodies of various religious or
ganisations discourage all gath
erings of children under 16 years
of age.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Berry of
Edenton, Route 3, were notified
Coat'd, on Page 4—Section 1
Contract Is Awarded To Extend
And Remodel Local Post Office
A North Carolina firm, L. B. I
Gallimore of Greensboro, has |
been awarded a contract for ex-'
tension and remodeling at the
U. S. Post Office at Edenton.
The present structure will be
enlarged by 4,325 squwe feet.
The work will include altera
tions ,to existing construction,
plumbing, heating, air condi
tioning, ventilating, lighting and
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Revival At Rocky
Hock Will Begin
Sunday, Aug. 30
The Rev. Jack Wilder
Os Greensboro, N. C.,
Scheduled to Be Vis
iting Evangelist
A week-long series of evange
listic and revival services are
scheduled at the Rocky Hock
Baptist Church during the week
of Sunday, August 30, through
Friday, September 4. The evan
gelist for the week will be the
Rev. Jack Wilder, pastor of the
Florida Street Baptist Church,
Greensboro, N. C. Mr. Wilder
has served several pastorates in
North Carolina and is currently
serving on the General Board of
he Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina.
The services will begin with
the Sunday morning service on
August 30 and will continue
nightly through Friday night, j
September 4. The time of the 1
night services will 'be 7:45'
o’clock. A nursery will be pro
vided for those with small chil
dren. I
The pastor of Rocky Hock
Church, the Rev. Thurman W.
Allred, and the members of the
church extend an invitation to
everyone to attend each of these |
services.
Consumer Credit
Branch Adopts New
Of Hours^
Consumer Credit Branch of
Peoples Bank & Trust Company,
this week announces a schedule
of new banking hours.
The new hours are as follows:
Friday—9 A. M., to 7 P. M.
Daily—9 A. M., to 4 P. M.
Saturday—9 A. M., to 1 P. M.
The bank now transacts regu
lar banking business, including
the acceptance of deposits, cash
ing checks and savings deposits, j
It also offers low intereset rates
for purchasing automobiles, fur
niture and appliances.
Curtis Twiddy, Jr.
Completes Training
I
Midshipman Second Class Cur
tis A. Twiddy, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Curtis A. Twiddy of |
Edenton, recently completed j
summer amphibious training at
the Little Creek Amphibious
Base, Norfolk, Va.
He and other midshipmen from
colleges and universities through
out the country received practi
cal training in sea assault war
fare aboard ships and on beach
heads.
This year’s training also in- 1
eluded a concept called “vertical
envelopment” in which troops
are airlifted from ships to the!
beach and behind enemy lines
by helicopters to cut off supply
lines, capture enemy positions
and envelop the enemy.
The training ended with the
midshipmen participating in a
full scale sea assault on a beach
head.
OOUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT
Edenton’s Town Council will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 8.
o’clock in the Municipal Build-1
ing. The regular monthly meet-1
ing was postponed from Tuesday,
night of this week due to Mayor!
John Mitchener being out of
town. j
| electrical work, painting and
| miscellaneous related repairs and
1 alterations.
The contract in the amount of
$210,000 will allow 330 calendar
days for completion of the
work. :
Bids were solicited and con
tract awarded by the Atlanta
Regional Office of General Ser
vices Administration.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 13, 1964.
ONE OF MANY —Arthur Hildebrand, 4, doesn’t plan on getting his college degree be
fore 1983, but his mother got hers this year. Mrs. Hildebrand received her master of
arts degree from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.
162,854 Books Are Circulated
By Pettigrew Regional Library
During Fiscal Year Just Ended
A total of 162,854 books were
circulated by the libraries and
bookmobiles of the Pettigrew
Regional Library during the fis
cal year which ended on June
30, 1964, it is announced by Mrs.
|J. Robert Campbell, chairman of
. the board of trustees. The pub
lic libraries which comprise the
Pettigrew Region are located at
the county seats of Washington,
I Chowan, and Tyrrell counties.
A staff of ten full-time and part
ffiTßoosted FoT
Parking Overtime
Effective August 15,
, Fine Increased From
5 to 25 Cents
Attention is called to motor
ists that, effective Saturday, Au
gust 15, an increase in overtime
parking fines will be enforced
in Edenton.
The fine after Saturday will be
25 cents for the first hour and
five cents for each hour there
after. Heretofore motorists were
taxed only five cents for over
| time parking.
I The new policy is in keeping
with a recent ordinance adopt
ed by Town Council and Chief
of Police James H. Griffin is
hopeful that motorists will have
no hesitancy in complying with
the new ordinance.
I
Outstanding Players
i At St. Paul’s Church
i Wednesday, Aug. 26
America’s nationally known
Bishop’s Company will appear in
person under the sponsorship of
St. Paul's Episcopal Church on
Wednesday August 26, at
8 o’clock, presenting highlights
I from George Bernard Shaw’s
I classic play “Saint Joan’’. This
play deals forthrightly and fear
lessly with the problems and
questions that lie heavy on the
1 conscience of the modern world.
“Saint Joan” is the story of a
Cont'd. on Page 4 —Section 1
Hot Dog Supper
And Bake Sale At
Ryland August 15
The Ryland 4-H Clubs will
have a hot dog supper and bake
sale at the Ryland Community
j Building on Saturday, August
115, from 6to 8:30 P. M.
I The profits from the supper
’ and sale will go toward pay
ing off the indebtedness on the
community building.
The public is invited to attend
and help support the 4-H clubs.
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, in
vites all Masons to attend.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions will meet
Monday night, August 17, at 7
o’clock at the Edenton Restau
rant Joe Thofud, president of
the club, urges a 100 per cent
attendance. * ft.
time employees serve the popu
lations of these three counties.
Two bookmobiles give service to
rural areas of the tri-county re
gion and supplement the collec
tions of six public school li
braries.
Os the books circulated to pa.
trons during the past fiscal year,
67,863 were loaned to adults and
94,991 to juvenile readers. The
regional library added 1,916 vol-
Continued on Page 5. Section )
New Store Opens
On Broad Street
Meyer’s Store Plans
Grand Opening hln
Hobowsky Bldg.
A new store is scheduled to
open in the building formerly
occupied by S. Hobowsky on
Broad Street. The new con
cern is known as the Meyers
Department store and will be
operated by Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Meyers, who at present op
erate Meyers Department store
at Enfield. Mrs. Meyers is the
former Fannie Hobowsky. Miss
Esther Hobowsky will serve as
manager of the new store.
The grand opening of the'
Edenton store will be held Fri
day, August 14, when the doors
open at 9 A. M. Many special
bargains will be offered in con
nection with the grand opening
and the public is cordially in
vited to attend.
The store will carry a full
line of up-to-date merchandise
for men, women and children,
much of which is prominent
brand lines.
Band Members Will
Meet Monday, Aug. 17
The John A. Holmes High
School Band will meet in the
high school bandroom Monday
morning, August 17, at 9 o'clock.
During this meeting the maga
zine campaign will be started,
and a new more convenient time
for band rehearsals will be ar
ranged.
All band students are request
ed to be present.
Fewer People Living On Farms
And More Working Off Farms
In Chowan AccordingTo Census
The following information was
contributed by Chowan County
farmers to the County Commis
sioners through their township
listers. Township reports have
been summarized and county to
tals adjusted for incompleteness.
These data should be considered
preliminary trending the avail
ability to check data from other
sources.
Farm Land Uses
All land in farms: 1962, 83,931
ceres; 1963, 85, 989 acres.
Harvested cropland: 1962, 29,-
672 acres; 1963, 31,604 acres.
Soil improving and crop fail
ures: 1962, 746 acres; 1963, 883
acres.
i Idle cropland: 1962, 4,432 acres;
1963, 3,722 acres.
Homecoming And
Revival Planned At
Ballard's Bridge
“Senior Citizens Day”
Scheduled to Be Ob
served Sunday, Sep
tember 6
The Rev. George H. Cooke,
pastor of Ballard’s Bridge Bap
tist Church, announces that a
homecoming and revival will be
held at the church September
6 to 13.
The Rev. Dalton Carrington,
pasto of the Franklin Heights
Baptist Church at .Kannapolis,
N. C., will be the guest minister
for this series of services.
September 6th is designated
“Senior Citizens Day”, at which
time all the members over the
agfe bf 65 will be* honored at the
11 A. M„ worship hour. Each
family is requested to sit togeth
er for the morning service and
afterward enjoy dinner on the
church grounds.
R. W. Long Will Be
Speaker At Rotary
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House.
The program will be in charge
of J. Edwin Bufflap, who has
secured R. W. Long of Raleigh,
as the speaker. Mr. Long is a
community development special
ist with the North Carolina Ag
riculture Extension Service and
is in much demand as a speaker.
President West Byrum is hope
ful that every Rotarian will be
present.
Pete Dail Speaker
At Jaycette Meeting
Edenton Jaycettes held their
monthly meeting Thursday night,
August 6, at the Edenton Res
taurant, with Mrs. Betty Rawls,
president, presiding.
A feature of the meeting was
an address by Pete Dail, presi
dent of the Edenton Jaycees,
who spoke on the topic “Leader
ship”. The remarks were very
appropriate in that the Jaycettes
will elect new officers at their
September meeting.
Mrs. Mary Hardison was wel
comed as a new member.
Improved pasture; 1962, 2,181
acres; 1963. 2,130 arres.
Unimproved open pasture:
1962, 228 acres; 1963, 375 acres.
All other land, woods, waste:
1962, 46,672 acres; 1963, 47,275
acres.
Major Crops (Harvested Acres)
Corn, harvested for all pur
poses .1962, 8,608 acres; 1963,
not listed.
Corn harvested for grain: 1962,
not listed; 1963, 9,860 acres.
Cora, out green for silage: 1962,
not listed; 1963, 30 acres.
Other crops cut green for sil
age: 1962, not listed; 1963, 3
acres.
Cotton: 1962, 3,177 acres;
1963, 2,725 arres.
CVbttnuad on P«®s s—Sactton 1
New Enrollment
At Chowan High
Expected Be 495
Teachers Requested to
Attend a Meeting at
School on Monday
Morning, August 24
An enrollment of 495 is ex
pected when students report for
registration at Chowan High
School on Wednesday morning.
August 26, according to J. P
Snipes, principal. Registration
will begin at 8:15 o’clock.
Teachers are requested to re
port at 9 o’clock Monday morn
ing. August 24, for a meeting
conducted by Superintendent C-
S. Walters. General faculty
orientation will continue through
Tuesday, August 25.
According to Mr. Snipes, all
teaching positions have been
filled except for high school
mathematics. New instructors
this year include Miss Mildred
Byrum, 6th grade; Mrs. Rita
Lane, 7th grade and Leon Brog
den, Jr., social studies and ath
letic coach.
A half day schedule will be
observed Wednesday, August 26,
with a full schedule in operation
on Thursday, August 27. The
lunch room will he open on
Thursday, August 27.
Edenton Aees Begin Football
Practice Saturday, August 15
Jerry McGee, coach of the
Edenton Aces, announced early
this week that football practice
will begin Saturday, August 15.
Practice sessions will be held
daily at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing and at 7 o'clock each night,
with Assistant Coach Billy Hard
ison assisting.
Prospective players were giv
en their physical examination on
Tuesday night of this week and
all of the boys appeared to be
in excellent physical condition.
Coach McGee has issued a call
for all junior varsity and varsity
boys to report for the first prac
tice Saturday.
Annual Revival At
Providence Church
Rev. W. H. Tolbert of
Irvington, Va., Guest
Evangelist
The annual summer revival is
scheduled to be held at Provi
dence Baptist Church beginning
Sunday, August 16 and continu
ing through Friday, August 21.
The Rev. F. H. LaGarde, pas
tor of the church, announces that
the Rev. W. H. Tolbert, a native
of Alabama, will be the guest
evangelist. Mr. Tolbert is pres
ently pastor of the Sharon Bap
tist Church at Irvington, Va.
The public is cordially invited
to attend any and all of the
services, which begin each night
at 8 o'clock.
Varsity Club And
Red Men Play Finals
In Softball League
The Varsity Club and Red
Men advanced to the finals in.
the Edenton Softball League last
week with victories over the Na
tional Guard and Jaycee No. 1
team.
The Varsity Club defeated the
National Guard two games 11-8
and 12-3. The Red Men defeat
ed the Jaycee No. 1 team 25-7
and 12-2. The Jaycee No. 1
team won the second game 14-6.
The first of the final games
was rained out Monday night.
The series for the championship
will be the best out of five
games.
Anderson Revival
August 16 To 23
Revival services will be held
at the Anderson Methodist
Church Sunday, August 16,
through Sunday, August 23. The
services will be held each night
at 7:45 o’clock.
Guest evangelist will be the
Rev. George Miller, pastor of the
church. Special music will be
under the direction of Weldon
Byrum and Mrs. Judy Felton.
The public is cordially invited
to attend ail of the services.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
“Chowan County Night"
At Lost Colony Showing
Saturday Night, Aug. 22
New Camp Gale In
Perquimans To Be
Dedicated Aug. 16
General Public Invit
ed to Visit Chowan
Baptist Association’s
Youngster Camp
As a fitting climax to the first
season of camping activities at
Camp Gale, which is owned and
operated by the Chowan Baptist
Association, a service of dedica
tion for the camp will be held
on the site Sunday afternoon,
August 16. at 3 o'clock. The
general public and members of
the 58 churches composing the
association are cordially invited
to attend. A special invitation
is extended to all who made con
tributions to the camp whether
financial, in terms of labor, ma
terials or other items which
Continued on Page 4. Section ,
This year’s prospect looks
rather bright, according to Coach
McGee, who is encouraged over
the fact that 16 lettermen will
be out for the team, and a good
ly number of promising players
are coining up from the junior
varsity. He is especially pleas
ed with the backfield candidates
and says if he can develop good
tackles and ends, the Aces
should be a formidable outfit
this season.
The Aces will be around a
nucleus of six backfield men and
10 linemen. The backfield men
are David Holton, Hiram Mayo.
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
Baptists Planning
i Meetings In Area
Budget and Work of
Association Will Be
Discussed
The Finance Committee of the
Chowan Baptist Association's
Executive Committee is schedul
j ing area meetings over the next
two weeks to publicize the
Association’s 1964-1965 operating
I budget. Teams of two represen
tatives from the Finance Build
ing Committee and the Execu
tive Committee will -meet in sev
eral areas of the Association
with groups from the churches
in each area.
On Tuesday, August 18. at 8
P. M., the following meetings
I Cont'd. on Page 2—Section 1
i
1 Recreation Program
Closes August 14
Jim Kinion, summer recreation 1
| director, announced early this
week that the Edenton Recrea
-1 tion Department will close Fri
! day. August 14. for the sum
| mer.
1 Mr. Kinion directed a very
j successful program during the
summer in which many partici
pated.
County ASC Committee ill
Be Elected By Mailing Ballots
According to A. C. Griffin, |
Chairman of the Chowan County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee, com
munity committee elections will
again be held by mail.
A slate of nominees will be es
tablished for each community.
Farmers who are nominated
should be currently active farm
ers who are well qualified for
community committee work and
will be representative of all
sections of each community in
the county.
Any eligible voter can get any
name placed on _the slate of
nominees by getting six eligible
voters to sign the petition and:
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Miss Jean Goodwin of
Edenton Among the
Cast of Characters
This Year
Announcement wag made
this week that “Civ ".van Count;,*
Night" will be observed at the
Lost Colony Saturday night,
August 22. The Lost Colony is
presented at the Waterside
Theatre on Roanoke I . and.
The showing of the 1“61 pro
duction will end Sunday night.
August 30. It ha;, been showing
since June 23 every nig .< ex
cept Sunday at 8:15 o’clock.
The final showing tin yea.,
however, will be on a Sunday
night.
A special program is being ar
ranged foi the "Ohoa.no County
Night” performance wd.h the
Edenton Chamber of < o n men e
furnishing information about
Edenton and the conn;;, it. is
hoped many from Chowan
County will attend the perform
ance Many ticket;; have been
distributed throughout "'the coun
ty which will admit ape: son. .for
$2.00 instead of the regular
|H ice of $3.00.
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
Chappell’s Hill
Revival Aug. 17-23
The Rev. .lo<* Buck of
Whitcville Will Be
Evangelist
The Rev Terry Jones an
nounced this week that the an
nual revival si r\ n ■ at Chap
pell's Hill Rapt "* Church, nr,.
Tyner, will be he I the week of
August !7 through :ho 23rd
The Rev. Joe Buck, pa tor of
Whiteville Grove Bap:; ■ Church,
will he the vi stui ■ evangelist
Mr. Buck will he ~ .indent a
Southeastern Bapti • Seminar-*
:bis fall. He is a gradua
Campbell Cobej. Mi Jane re
ports that Joe Him !< a el
friend of hi; and i nit m- -nows
great promise in the woi r. of the
ministry.
The services •• id begin er h
evening a! 8 k with special
music from various chons in the
community. The public is in
vited to attend all of Mies? .ser
vices.
rCIVIC CALENDAR j
"Chowan County Night" will
bp observed at a showing of
"The Lost Colonv” at Ike Mant?o
Waterside Theater Saturday
night, August 22.
Edenton Acer, will ; begin foot
ball practice Saturday morning,
August 15 at 3 o'clock.
The Bishop s Company oi Bur
bank, California, will present
Ihe play "Saint Joso" a! St.
Paul's Episcopal Church V/e-d
--| nesday nighJ, August 2b. ct 3
o'clock •
j Chowan County Fair will bo
held the week of Monday, Sep
tember 2.8 through Saturday, Oc
tober 3 at the American Legion
grounds.
Ryland 4.1 t Clubs will hold 3
hot dog supper and bake sale
at the Ryland f >mununity Build,
ling Saturday night. August 1)
j from 6 to 8-30 o'clock.
Continued on I’age 3, G'-Mion I
| turn in to this office by Au
gust 19, 1964.
Any person nominated by a
proper petition will be included
on the slate of nominees if
found willing to serve and eligi
ble. Any person nominated by
a petition found to be ineligible
will be notified of such deter
mination prior to completion of
the slate of nominees. This per
son may appeal lo the County
Committee any time prior to the
date set for completion of the
slate of nominees which will be
August 24, 1964. The present
County and Community Commit
tees will add additional names
to the slate as they consider
desirable.