A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
Volume XXXl.—Number 35
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Assignments And Fees
Released For Opening Os
John Holmes High School
1964-65 School Term
Is Scheduled to Be
gin on Wednesday
Morning, Sept. 2
With schools in the Edenton
unit scheduled to open Wednes
day, September 2, Cecil Fry,
principal of John A. Holmes
High School, early this week re
leased the pupil assignments.
Mr. Fry points out that any
student who may not be listed
should report to his office before
the opening day of school. Those
listed are requested to report to
their home room assignment on
opening day.
Only a half day schedule will
be held on opening day, Sep
tember 2, and no lunches will
be served that day. However,
a full day schedule will go into
effect Thursday, September 3,
when the lunch room will go
into operation.
The assignments as released
by Mr. Fry follow:
7th Grade
Mrs. Louise Marsh, Room 123:
Errl Chesson, Holly Colombo,
Sandy Davis, Bruce Efird, John
ny Etheridge, Louis Francis,
Eddy Goodwin, Elliott Harrell,
Marion Holmes, Stephen Kat
kaveck, Thomas Nawby, Ferrell
Pavlich, Marvin Robey, Bobby
Stewart, Jimmy Strickland, A1
Waff, Edna Alexander, Patricia
Ashley, Patty Barnette, Deborah
Barrow, Sarah Belch, Darlene
Bunch, Dabney Forehand, Essie
Harris, Nell Lassiter, Mildred
Layton, Teresa Lovett, Betty
Nixon, Pat Reaves, Terry Shaw,
Jessica Spruill, Nancy Williams.
7th Grade
James Kinion, Room 119: Ted
Bass, Johnny Barrow, Tommy
BwWfnafV. Carrotl Hoyce, Mike
Covington, Marshall Evans, Reg
gie Griffin, Alan Hughes, Mike
Jackson, Scott Keeter, Bill
Lewis, Jimmie Overton, Martin
Parker, Carroll Perry, Robert
Smith, Mac Washington, Dale
White, Susan Alexander, De
borah Burns, Joyce Craddock,
Kathy Dowd, Barbara Jean
Fanney, Jane George, Nancy
Grant, Kay Griffin, Gail John
son, Betty Jean Lee, Crystal
Page, Janet Sadler, Sheila Small,
Donna Thomas, Debbie Wilkins.
7th Grade
Mrs. Kathryn Holton, Room
125: Jerry Barringer, Arnold
Belch, Jimmy Bond, Cam By
rum, Bobby Cullipher, Dillard
Dixon, Tommy Forehand, Wood
won Furlough, Ikie Harrell, Ter
ry Jordan, Curtis Leary, C. Y.
Parrish, J. M. Parrish, Terry
Pike, Dossey Pruden, Tommy
Shepard, Morris Small, Larkin
Tysor, George Wheeler, Miriam
Bissette, Sharon Brabble, Sue
Continued on Page 3, Section 2
20 Years Ago!
A. Found In The Files Os
The Chowan Herald j
In a city-wide collection of
waste paper, over 100 men were
assigned to various streets to
make house-to-house calls in an
effort to round up as much pa
per as possible for the war ef
fort
Revival of the production of
The Lost Colony drama and its
establishment as a permanent at
traction for the state was pro
jected as a focal point of post
war development in North Caro
lina by Governor J. M. Brough
ton.
It waa learned that Ensign
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
Mayor John Mitchener Now On
Goodwill Mission To Europe
Mayor John Mitchener left on
Saturday for New York, where
he topk a jet plane for Europe.
Mayor Mitchener is a member
of the 1964 North Carolina Good
will Mission to Europe and the
Soviet Union. Mr. Mitchener
was invited to join the mission
as a result of his interest and
leadership and in the belief that
he would be an able representa
tive for this area of the state.
The goodwill mission was ar
ranged and designed to imple
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Peanut Meeting In
Edenton Sept Bth
Phases of Peanuts to
Be Discussed ißy
Experts
According to County Agent C.
W. Overman, a county-wide pea
nut meeting is scheduled to be
held at the Court House in Eden
ton on Tuesday night, Septembei
8, at 8 o’clock.
Mr. Overman says this should
be a very important meeting to
all peanut growers as well as
those who will be mechanically
harvesting and curing peanuts.
The importance of quality pea
nuts to meet the demand will be
discussed. The grading and mar
keting of peanuts for the 1964
season will be explained.
Particularly important in har
vesting and- curing peanuts is
that of doing the job right for
best quality. Extension Agricul
tural Engineering Specialist John
Glover will discuss this phase of
the program and will answer
your questions. Joe Sugg of
the North Carolina Peanut
Growers Association and Astor
Perry, Extension peanut special
ist, will discuss the quality and
marketing phases.
Library Book Given
In Appreciation Os
Edenton Hospitality
The Shepard-Pruden Memorial
Library will be open every Wed
nesday afternoon until next
June. ,
The library feels very highly
complimented to have had' a
visitor from Alexandria, Va.,
spending a week in Edenton for
the purpose of doing research in
early Colonial history of the re
gion. On a previous trip to the
area, Mrs. Alfons Roth had found
such a wealth of material that
she resolved to return and take
more time for her work.
She and her husband and fam
ily live in a house in Alexandria
built in 1760. When she reluct
antly departed after a week she
gave a donation for a book to be
selected soon in gratitude for
the hospitality of the town.
Classes Scheduled
At Baptist Church
School to Run From
September 1 to No
vember 17
Classes will begin Tuesday
night, September Ist, at 7:30
o’clock in the Seminary Exten
; sion Center at the Edenton Bap-
I j tist Church. The Rev. Norman
I I Harris of Hertford will teach a
[course in New Testament; Miss
i Beverly Barbee of Elizabeth City
. will teach a course in music lead
ership, and the Rev. G. D. Heath
'of Elizabeth City will teach a
course in contemporary theology
for ministers. The director of
the school is the Rev. Norman
Burnes of Creswell, and Raleigh
Hollowell of Edenton is regi
strar.
The school will run from 7:30
until 9 o’clock each Tuesday
evening from September the Ist
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■tion and the U. S. Government
Cultural Visitation Exchange
Program.
The group will visit Belgium,
Denmark, Sweden, the Soviet
Union, Czechoslovakia and East
and 'West Germany. The dele
gation will meet with govern
ment officials and people gen
erally in the countries to be
visited and be able to tell them
the story of the democratic sys
tem and learn how they conduct
their government activities.
Mayor Mitchener is expected
to return Wednesday, Septem-
Iber 9.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 27,1964.
Farm Bureau Will
Hold Meeting hi
Armory Sept 3rd
Walter Lowery of N.
€. Farm Bureau Will
Be Principal Speaker
At Annual Meeting
With golden brown fried chick
en and all of its trimmings and
a host of good fellowship, the
1964 annual meeting of the Cho
wan' County Farm Bureau will
>e held at the Edenton armory
•n Thursday afternoon, Septem
>er 3, at 6:30 o’clock, according
o David Bateman, president.
Mr. Bateman says that Farm
Bureau members and thfir wives
jr husbands are invited and urg
ed to attend.
Following an anticipated de
icious meal will be the annual
business meeting of the county
organization. President Bateman
will give hjs report for the year.
Officers and a board of direct
ors will be elected for the en
suing year.
Following the business meet
ing, Walter Lowery of the North
Carolina Farm Bureau will speak
to the group, Mr. Bateman says.
Bateman says he doesn’t know
what Mr. Lowery will talk about,
but,whatever it is, he knows that
it will be good and well worth
hearing.
Rocky Hockßevival
Begins August 30
Services Each Night
Through Friday,
Sept. 4
Revival services will begin at
Rocky Hock Baptist Church on
Sunday morning, August 30, at
the 11 o’-cleek leryioe and con
tinue through Friday night, Sep
tember 4. Services will be held
each night at 7:45 o’clock
The guest evangelist will be
the Rev. Jack B. Wilder of
Greensboro. Mr. Wilder is pas
tor of the Florida Street Baptist
Church. He has served several
pastorates in North Carolina and
is at present a member of the
General Board of the Baptist
State Convention in North Caro
lina.
Special music for the services
will be provided during the ser
vices and the pastor, the Rev.
Thurman Allred, extends a cord
ial invitation to the public to
attend any or all of the services.
Firemen Schedule
Barbecue Chicken
Supper Sept. sth
The Center Hill-Cross Roads
Volunteer Fire Department has
scheduled a chicken barbecue
supper which will be held Sat
urday, September 5. Supper will
be served at the fire station from
5 to 8 P. M. As usual, plates
will be $1.25 for adults and 75
cents for children.
A feature of the supper will
be a drawing for an outboard
motor which will be held at 8
o’clock. All proceeds from the
supper will go for purchasing
additional equipment for the fire
department.
“Meet The Aces”
Clinic Friday Night
Purpose to Introduce
Squad Members to
Football Fans
Coach Jerry McGee announced
early this week that he plans
to hold a ’’Meet the Aces Clinic”
Friday night, August 28. The
clinic will be held in the John
A. Holmes High School gym
nasium beginning at 7 o’clock.
The purpose of the clinic is
to introduce members of the
Aces’ squad to football fans
while not in uniform. The clinic
will be in charge of Coaches
McGee and Billy Hardison, who
will speak on offense and de
fense as well’as explain penalties
called by officials and the signs
which inform fans.
Both men and women football
fans are urged to attend the
clinic and meet this year’s edi
tion of the Aces.
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the above picture to the T & T Fish Market last week. Mr. Fod
rey says this is a picture of the original clock in the Governor's
home when Edenton was the capital of the state, which is now in
his possess.cn. He says he bought the clock in a second-hand
furniture store in Edcnfon many years ago, and relayed this in
formation in event any person or group in Edenton might desire
to buy the clock.
Edenton Publicized On Cover
Os ShrineiV Magazine Tied Fez'’
Edenton will receive some ex
ceptional publicity in an early j
edition of a monthly magazine
published by the Sudan Temple
of New Bern, N. C., with the en
tire backcover space devoted to
the Edenton story, according to
West W. Byrum, president of the ;
Edenton Chamber of Commerce.
The magazine entitled “Red:
Fez” is read by 7,800 members |
of this Masonic order through-
Brown-Carver Library
Now In New Building
Due to the Brown-Carver Li-1
brary moving to the former D. C |
Beasly store next to the present;
library on Oakum Street, library j
services will be discontinued |
Wednesday through Saturday of j
this week.
.The new library will open forj
service in the new location Mon- 1
day, August 31.
Band Parents Association Lists
Various Fund Raising Projects
With the magazine campaign
by the John A. , Holmes High
School Band in progress until
Friday of this week. Mrs. How
ard M. - Ange, president of the
Band Parents Association, ha?
announced a series of other fund
raising projects during the school
year.
The schedule as released by
Mrs. Ange which has been ap
proved by school officials and
accepted by the Band Parents
Association, is as follows:
September 20—Sunday dinner
from 12 o’clock noon to 2 o'clock.
October 12-17 Tag Week.
Kick-off parade Monday after
noon at 4 o’clock.
October 16—Ham supper from
| out North Carolina and with
• j readers in every state in the
■; Union and several foreign coun
■ tries, will devote its back cover
'space free of cost. Byrum said,
i except for printer’s cuts made
i from photographs which will be
I supplied by the Chamber.
The backcover space has been
(donated by one of the oldest
printing firms in North Carolina,
Continued on Page 6. Section 1
Ryland Ruritans
Schedule Supper
I Sponsored by the Ryland Ruri
| tan Club, a barbecue chicken and
I barbecue pork supper will be
j served Saturday, September 19.
I The supper will be served from
j 6 to 8 o’clock at the Ryland
! Community Building,
j Tickets are now on sale by
' the Ruritans, who hope a large
| number will be on hand.
'>:3o P. M., to 7:30 o’clock.
Saturday. November 14—Join
he Band Wagon. Proceeds will
go toward' new uniforms.
Friday, December 11—Turkey
supper and bazaar.
Friday, January B—Ham sup
per and pastry sale.
Sunday, February 14—Buffet
supper with a Valentine motif.
Friday, March 19—Fried chick
en supper.
Friday, April 23—Fish fry and
pastry sale.
Saturday, May 1, May Day.
Mrs. Ange says supper hours
are from 5:30 to 7:30 P. M., and
dinner hours frofn 12 o’clock
noon to 2 o’clock. Additional in
formation will be released prior
to the date of an event listed.
Ed Bond Post And
Auxiliary Plan Joint
Meeting Sept Ist
Affair WiiTße Held
At Center Hill Com
munity Building; W.
S. Privott Speaker
E. L. Hollowell, commander of
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American Legion, announces that
a joint dinner meeting of Ed Bond
3 ost and the Legion Auxiliary
will be held at the Center Hill
Community Building Tuesday
night, September 1. A fried
chicken dinner will be served by
the ladies of the Center Hill
community at 7:30 o’clock.
Mr. Hollowell states that
guests may include families of
the Legion or Auxiliary mem
bers and veterans.
William S. Privott will be the
speaker of the evening and will
inform the group on issues that
are vitally important to the vet
erans and their families. Mr.
Privott, now judge of Chowan
County Recorder’s Court, was
an active officer in the Navy
during World War II and has
been active in both Legion and
veterans affairs.
The dinner will be a “dutch”
affair. Tickets are $1.25 each
and may be obtained by contact
ing any of the following: Mrs.
Iris Mills, Troy Toppin, Skinner
Whiteor E. L. Hollowell.
Commander Hollowell urges
all members of the Post and Au
xiliary to join in the support of
the purpose of the American Le
gion and Auxiliary and to make
a special effort to attend and en
joy the fellowship of the event
Revival Planned At
Church Os Christ
Services Each Night
Aug. 31 Through
September 5
A series of revival meetings
will be held at the Edenton
Church of Christ in the old Ma
rine Chapel beginning Monday,
August 31 through Saturday,
September 5. A service will be
held each evening at 8 o’clock.
Guest evangelist for the re
vival will be Homer Styons. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend all services.
Charm And Fashion
Show Sept. 17 - 18
An Alice Bell Charm and
Fashion School will be held in
Edenton Thursday and Friday,
September 17 and 18. This
charm school, sponsored by Cho
wan Home Demonstration Clubs,
will be held in John A. Holmes
High School auditorium.
Personal appearance, poise,
how to improve the figure, diet,
relaxation, personality, social
graces, personal hygiene, make
up, walking and the latest fash
ions will be discussed by Miss
Bell in the two-day school.
Tickets will be sold by all
Home Demonstration Club mem
bers for anyone wishing to pur
chase them.
Warwick Revival
Begins August 31
Rev. William A. Tif
fany Will Be Guest
Evangelist
Rev. Warren L. Rollins, pastor
of Warwick Baptist Church, an
nounces that revival services
will begin in the church Monday
night, August 31. The services
will continue through Sunday
night, September 6.
The Rev. William A. Tiffany,
pastor of the Kerrs Creek Bap
tist Church, near Lexington, Va.,
will be the visiting evangelist.
Special music will be present
ed by. the church choir, under
the direction of Albert Hobbs
and by the young people of the
church.
Services will begin at 8 o’clock
each night. Members and friends
of the church are cordially invit
ed to attend all services.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Rector St. Paul's Church
Requests Proper Respect
For Churchyard By Public
Guest Evangelist
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REV. JACK B. WILDER
At revival services to be held
at Rocky Hock Baptist Church
Sunday, August 30 through Fri
day night, September 4, the Rev.
Jack B. Wilder of Greensboro
will be the guest evangelist.
Two Edenton iris
Are ’64 Debutantes
Barbara Townson and
Susan Holmes In
cluded In Group
The Terpsichorean Club has
announced that the Warren Cov-,
ington Orchestra will play for
the North Carolina Debutante
Ball in Raleigh September 11-12. j
The Covington Orchestra is ‘
recognized as one of the nation’s
(top dance bands and this will be
their fifth Deb Ball engagement.
They will play for both formal
dances at the Sir Walter Hotel
on Friday and Saturday nights
and the Saturday morning dance
at the Carolina Country Club. I
Again this year, the Bob Smith
Orchestra from Fayetteville will
be playing on Friday night for
the formal presentation of the
Debutantes at Memorial Audi
torium.
The dances at the hotel will
be limited to Debutantes and
their marshals.
Among the list of 1964 debu
tantes are two from Edenton,
Miss Susan Ellis Holmes, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Dan
iel Holmes, Jr., and Miss Bar
bara Whichard Townson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Da
vid Townson, Jr.
County Council Will
Meet September 2nd
“Refreshments” will be a dem
onstration presented by Miss
Helen Sue Shuey, VEPCO home
economist from Elizabeth City,
at the Chowan Home Demonstra
tion County Council meeting
Wednesday afternoon, September}
2. at 2 o’clock. The Council will I
meet at the Rocky Hock Com
munity with Gum Pond Home
Demonstration Club as hostess.
Tickets for the Alice Bell
Charm School will be distributed
to each of the Home Demonstra
tion Clubs and dates will be set
for Achievement Day and Hus
bands Supper.
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.
List Os Nominees Selected For
Community Committee Election
The incumbent community I
committeemen from each of Cho
wan County’s three communities
met in the ASCS office Wednes
day afternoon and selected the
following slate of nominees for
the 1965 ASC committee elec
tion:
A Community—A. C. Boyce,
Tom Brabble, Roy Emminizer,
Leonard Hare, Mack Jordan,
Morris Small, Jarvis Skinner,
Ed Speight and Wallace B. (Cow
boy) White.
B Community—Charlie AAell,
Elton Boswell, Edward Bunch,
Wallace S. Byrum, Alvin Evans,
George Jordan, Preston Monds,
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Rev. George Holmes
Points Out Disgrace
By People Supposed
To Be Civilized
The Rev. George B. Holmes,
rector of Saint Paul’s Episcopal
Church in Edenton, requests of
the general public that it exert
some effort in helping to main
tain the churchyard 'bordering
on Gale, Broad and Church
Streets. 7
Said Mr. Holmes, "Saint Paul's
Parish was laid out by the town
fathers in the early part of the
118th century as a place set aside
for public worship, but you
would never know it now.
“My first ritual every morn
ing is to pick up the b.eer cans
I and whiskey bottles on both the
town property and church prop
erty. Many of these are thrown
from passing automobiles and no
regard is taken for grave mark
ers nor sidewalks where people
must walk. The same thing is
true of the playground on North
Broad Street, too, which I think
is a disgrace coming from peo
ple who are supposed to be civi
lized.
"Every day our sexton, who is
a very conscientious person, and
I pick up paper, cups, orange
peelings, cigarettes and any
number of things belonging only
;in trash cans. Broad Street par
! ticularly is a disgrace and both
* motorists and pedestrians share
in this unsightliness,
r “People apparently do not
hesitate to pull pieces of our
fencing out (once the cost was
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Colonial Furniture
Company Will Open
Every Friday Night
i Johnny Woolard, manager of
i the Colonial Furniture Com
pany, announces this week that
beginning Friday night, August
28, his store will remain open
Friday nights until 9 o’clock,
i The Colonial Furniture Store
is now located on West Water
Street and in the new building
more space is provided for the
display of a complete line of
home furnishings.
Jaycee Family Night
At Arrowhead Beach
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will observe “Family
Night” at Arrowhead Beach to
night (Thursday) at 7 o’clock.
President Pete Dail urges every
Jaycee and his family to attend
the outing.
(civic calendar]
A county-wide peanut meeting
is scheduled to be held at the
j Court House Tuesday night/ Sep
tember 8, at 8 o’clock.
Center Hill-Cross Roads Vol
unteer Fire Department will hold
a chicken barbecue supper at the
fire station Saturday, Septem
ber 5 from 5 to 8 P. M,
Chowan County Farm Bureau
will hold its annual meeting in
the Edenton armory Thursday
afternoon, September 3, at 6:30
o'clock.
A "Meet the Aces" clinic will
be held in John A. Holmes High
School gymnasium Friday right,
August 28. beginning at 7 o'clock.
Ryland Rurilan Club will
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I Wallace Peele and Thomas G.
Rogerson.
C Community Lyman C.
Blanchard, Leon W. Byrum,
Louis A. Chappell, N. D. Chap
pell, Wallace Chappell, Wilbert
Hare, David Lee Hollowell, E. M.
Howell and Radolph C. Ward.
Ballots containing the names
of the above nominees were
mailed to all known eligible
voters on August 20, since the
committee election will be held
by mail this year. Farmers are
urged to mark their ballots and
return them as soon as possible,
but no later than Septendoer 11,
1964.