'A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
Volume XXXI. —Number 42.
Annual Halloween Party
Is Scheduled To Be Held
Thursday Night, Oct. 29
Date Changed Due to
Falling on Saturday
Night and a Football
Game Friday Night
Edenton’s annual Halloween
party at the playground, spon
sored by the Edenton Woman’s
Club, will 'be held Thursday
night, October 29, instead of
Halloween night Saturday, Octo
ber 31st.
As it was not deemed practical
to hold the parade and party
Saturday and Friday is football
night, the club members voted
to hold the party on Thursday
night this year.
Preparations for the gala
party are already under way by
the Co-chairmen Mrs. Robert
Ashley and Mrs. Tom Bass.
Assisting with the arrange
ments are Mrs. Stephen Long,
hot dogs; Mrs. J. D. Barnhill,
witches’ brew; Mrs. G. A. By
rum, apple stand; Mrs. Bruce
Jones, peanuts; Mrs. Hiram
Weeks, candy and gum; Mrs. Au
brey Hardison, fish pond; Mrs.
Charlie Small, talking witch; j
Mrs. Robert Bunch, Jr., movies;
Mrs. Elton Forehand, Jr., hay
ride; Mrs. Cecil Fry, popcorn;
Mrs. Thomas Ward, fortune tell
ing; Mrs. Alton Elmore, prizes;
Mrs. J. M. Thorud, general ar
rangements; Mrs. Chester Ste
vens, parade, and publicity, Mrs.
J. P. Ricks, Jr.
The party is made possible by
tlje generous contributions of 10-1
cal merchants.
Saturday Will Be
Tag Day For Band
Proceeds Will Go To
ward Purchasing
New Uniforms
On Saturday, October 17, the
band of John A. Holmes High
School will hold its annual Tag
Day. The proceeds of this drive
will go toward the purchase of
new uniforms, tentatively sched
uled for next year.
The band relies quite heavily
on Tag Day, which has been
very successful in the past, and
it is hoped that this year will
prove no exception. Remember: |
The band represents the town
and people of Edenton; they
must have the necessary funds
to represent it well.
20 Years Ago
A* Found In Tb* Filet Os
• The Chowan Herald
Town Council, at a joint meet
ing with the Board of Public
Workt, approved the expenditure
by the latter group of over S7O.- 1
000 or such amount as would be 1
required to install a water soft
ening system and the centralisa
tion of electric distribution, both
housed at the pumping station
on Freemason Street. ' (
Lieut. Col. Chester J. Peters.
Continued on Page 7—Section > ,
District Bar Association Offers
Constitutional Amendment To
Constitution Os United States
The annual meeting of the
First Judicial District Bar Asso-,
ciation was held Friday morning
at the Chowan County Court
House. President Phillip P,
Godwin of Gates County presid
ed. Edwin Gill, State Treasurer,
presented the keynote speech.
Mr. Gill spoke on the unbalance
of the three branches of the fed
eral government. He quoted
fnsn Judge -learned Hand and
emphasized that'the assertion, of,
power by any form or
of government results f rob* the |
" £i nd^ e Gi!!®t ! t^. t a h r e j
1| critical of the tfSt United,
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Music Director
1
! I
1 FRANCES MARSHBOURNE
The Rev. George H. Cooke,
pastor of Ballard's Bridge Baptist
Church, announces that Miss
Frances Marshbourne has ac
cepted the position of music di
rector at the church.
! Guest Speaker At
C. Os C. Banquet
Emphasis Is Placed on
I Annual Membership
Drive Which Started
j Wednesday Morning
| The dining hall at the Cho
wan Golf and Country Club was
filled to capacity Tuesday night
for the annual banquet of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce.
jAside from 'Chamber-*nemberfi,*g
goodly number of guests were
present, including representatives
of the George C. Moore Com
pany and United Piece Dye
I Works.
President Alton Elmore ex
tended a wann welcome to all
who were present and the invo
cation was given by the Rev.
E. C. Shoaf, pastor of the Metho
dist Church.
I Following a fried chicken sup
per, Mr. Elmore introduced spe
cial guests and West W. Byrum,
outgoing president, spoke briefly
in reviewing some of the ac
complishments of the Chamber
I during the past year and urging
! members to continue to support
the organization.
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
Band Supper Friday
Night In Cafeteria
Sponsored by the Edenton
Band Parents Association, an
other supper will be served in
the John A. Holmes High
School cafeteria. The supper
■ will be served from 5:30 to 7:30
■ o’clock and will include, ham,
1 string beans, candied yams, rolls,
pie and coffee or tea.
Members of the association are
hopeful that a large number will
attend the supper in order to
( boost -the finances of the associ
ation and at the same time en
i joy a first class meal,
ported on the progress of the
committee’s work. Godwin stat
ed that the committee was meet
ing weekly for at least two days
and was preparing a recommen
dation to be submitted to the
1965 General Assembly.
The following officers were
elected for the coming year:
President, Martin Simpson, Jr.,
of Elizabeth City: vice president,
Silas Whedbee of Hertford; sec
j retary-treasurer, Wallace Mc-
JCown of Maoteo. Gerald White
Jpf Elizabeth City was renamed
If counselor for the district The
{Executive Committee elected
from the various counties are as
.follows: Camden, Dewey Wells;
I CurritacK, wltiqh
Sue McCown; Oates, W.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 15, 1964.
NOT SO RAPlD—Hitch your wagon to a hog and you wind up off the road. Kimberly
Colling, 4, of Salinas, Calif., is having a problem keeping this 250-pound pig, Snow
ball, on the main road. He detours to sniff flowers.
Chamber Os Commerce
Unanimously Supports
Big School Bond Issue
If Defeated, Chowan
County Might Have
To Raise Taxes For
School Needs
At the last monthly meeting
the boavd of directors of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
unanimously passed a resolution
in support of the sta ( te-wide SIOO
million bond issue for school
construction which will be voted
tnr~in the general' ! 'elee|tion No
vember 3rd.
Hiram Mayo, vice president of
the Edenton Chamber of Com
merce, emphasized the fact that
if the bond issue fails to pass,
it might be necessary for the lo
cal county government to raise
the necessary funds in order to
accomplish the present school
Continued on Page 6. Section 1
Medical Society
Has Program For
Care For Elderly
r
Information Is Avail
able For Everyone
Who Is Now 65 Years
Os Age
The Medical Society of the
State of North Carplina and the
state’s 77 county medical socie
ties and their 3,600 physicians
have launched an intensive edu
cational program to acquaint the
people with the broad range of
health care available to the
elderly,
Theodore S. Raiford, M.D.. of
Asheville, president of the State
Conl’d. on Page 4—Section 1
Young Democrats
Will Meet Tonight
Purpose to Organize
Young Democratic
Club
Announcement was made
early this week that a meeting
will be held for Chowan County
Young Democrats tonight (Thurs- ]
day). The meeting will be held|
at the Triangle Restaurant, when |
a “dutch” supper will be served
at 7 O’clock.
The purpose of this meeting
is to organize a Chowan County)
.Young Democrats Club, and all
young Democrats between the
ages of 21 to 40 are urged to at-;
tend.
Guest speaker for the meet
ing will b%7Tom Gilmore, out
going president of the North
Carolina Young Democrats Club.
For meal reservations any who
plan to attend should phone
Watershed Meeting
Scheduled Oct. 2d
Purpose to Determine
Interest In Organiz
ing Project
Due to a conflict in schedule
of some of those planning to at
tend the Bear Swamp Watershed
meeting last Tuesday night, the
meeting has been re-scheduled
for Tuesday night, October 20
at 8 o’clock. The meeting will
be held in the Center Hill Com
munity Building at Tyner.
Landowners in the Bear
Swamp watershed will hold the
meeting to determine the interest
in organizing a watershed pro
ject. Improvements would be
made under the Watershed Pro
tection and Flood Prevention
Act.
All landowners in the water
shed and other interested per
sons are urged to attend. A
representative of the Soil Con
servation Service will explain
the program and then the peo
ple can decide What course of
action they would like to take.
This is the program that im
provements were made in the)
Burnt Mill Creek and Pollock)
Swamp Watersheds.
Parking At Library
Is Now Cleared Up
Thanks to the beautiful'
weather following the heavy,
rains and to the cooperation of|
the Police Department in check-j
ing cars which do not belong in
the parking area reserved for the)
library, it is reported that circu
lation of books has begun to in
crease. A new clock has been |
contributed to the library by Mr. |
Continued on Page 6-—Section 1 1
Punt, Kick And Pass Contest Is
Scheduled Saturday Afternoon
On Hicks Field At 3 O’clock
Tom Hopkins, chairman of the
Punt, Pass and Kick contest,
sponsored by the Albemarle Mo
tor Company, this week an
nounced that their popular con
test will be held on Hicks Field
Saturday afternoon, October 17
at 3 o’clock.
Assisting in the contest will
be Coach Jerry McGee and some
members of the Edenton Aces.
Mr. Hopkins reports that this
year’s registration is the largest
in the four years the contest has
been sponsored by the Albemarle;
Motor Company, Ipcal Ford deal-1
er. The Tord Motor Company |
sponsors this nationwide contest’
among boys eight years through]
13. 1
Prizes this year are better
Qian in former years, says Mr.
Hopkins, and include, foe tops
Miss Marshbourne
Is Music Director
At BadartTs Bridge
Accepts Position To
Direct the Children’s,
Young People and
Adult Choirs
Miss Frances Marshbourne,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Marshbourne of Spring Hope,
N. C., has accepted the position
of music director at Ballard’s
Bridge Baptist Church. She be
gan her duties October Ist, di
recting four children and young
people choirs as well as the adult
choir.
The choirs will be under the
direction of Miss Marshbourne
and the Music Committee of
Ballard’s Bridge. The committee
consists of Edgar Howell, Mrs.
Jane Joyner. Mrs. Norman Hol
lowed, Mrs. Laura Evans, Mrs.
Vivian Jordan, Mrs. Grace Bate
man and Mrs. Clara Boswell.
Miss Marshbourne attended
East Carolina College, where she
received a B.S. and a M.A. de
gree in education. She is pres
ently employed as first grade
teacher in the Edenton Element
ary Schools.
Rocky Hock Fish
Fry October 21
Proceeds Go Toward
Reducing Building
Indebtedness
Sponsored by the Rocky Hock
community, a fish fry will be
held at the Rocky Hock Com
munity Center Wednesday night,
October 21. The supper will be
served from 5 to 7:30 o’clock
and those in charge say anyone
can eat all they want for SI.OO.
The proceeds from the supper
will go toward reducing the
indebtedness on the community
building. Plates can be reserved
by calling Mrs. W. H. Saunders,
phone 482-4024 or Mrs. Marvin
Smith, phone 482-3026.
winners, a tour to the ‘White
House, to Dearborn, Michigan
and to the 1964 National Foot
ball League Championship game
when a contest will be held for
the national Punt, Pass and Kick
championship.
Registration for the contest
ends today (Thursday) so any
boy desiring to enter should con
tact Mr. Hopkins today. He
must be accompanied by a par
ent or legal guardian. Mr. Hop
kins points out that the contest
: ants will only punt, pass and
I kick a football, so that there
j will be no contact and no danger
!of injuries. t , /
J Mr. Hopkins is delighted with
ithe number of boys entered in
the contest and urges parents
and many friends to be at Hicks
wField to witness the contest.
Hiram Mayo Points
OutlmportanceOf
School Bond Issue
Says Chowan County
Will Be Faced With
Big Expense If Bond
Issue Is Defeated
Hiram J. Mayo, chainnan in
Chowan County for the SIOO
million school bond issue com
ments emphatically on the need
for 21 classrooms for the local
schools. This county will receive
$282,225.91 from the SIOO million
bond issue to be voted on No
vember 3rd. Mr. Mayo stated
that the urgent needs of the
schools depend on the success
of this bond issue.
Senator David Clark, s'tate
chairman of the Steering Com
mittee, emphasized the statewide
needs. He pointed out that in
the event that the bond issue is
not approved that each county
will, through necessity, have to
find ways and means to build
their much needed classrooms.
Work Is Started On
Edenton Directory
Harry O. Stone, editor of Wing
.Publications of Columbia. S. C.,
■began work Wednesday on gath
ering information for an Edenton
directory for 1965.
Mr. Stone is employing local
people to help in taking a cen
sus and gathering other infor
mation which will be included in
the directory. A house to house
canvass will be made.
Mr. Stone’s office is in the
Hotel Joseph Hewes, from where
he will direct the work of gath
ering the necessary information.
Town Gouncilmen Considering
New Fire Station With Cost Far
Beyond What Was Anticipated
Meeting Monday night instead
of Tuesday night, due to the j
Chamber of Commerce annual)
banquet Tuesday night. Town I
Council disposed of a full agen-'
da and Councilmen were dis
missed about 11 o’clock.
A goodly amount of time was
devoted to consideration of a
new file station. An architect’s
drawing and floor plan prepared
by Jack Pruden .showed a beau
tiful and commodious type
building of colonial design. What
caused considerable concern,
however, was the fact that the
cost of the building would ap
proximate SIOO,OOO which is far
Lions To Sponsor |
Candy Sale Oct. 19
Canvass of Town Will
Be Made Between ;
6 and 7 P. M.
Edenton's Lions Club will
sponsor a Halloween Trick or!
Treat candy sale Monday night, I
October 19. The club hopes I
that many people will purchase
the trick or treat candy to dis
tribute to the goblins on Hallo
ween night.
Members of the club are re
quested to meet at the Edenton
Restaurant at 5:45 o'clock to re
ceive their candy. They will
then canvass the entire town be
tween 6 and 7 o’clock, after
which the regular meeting will
begin at 7 o'clock.
Proceeds from the candy sale
will go toward the Lions Club's j
work among the blind.
License Examiner’s !
Office Closed Oct. 19
J. E. White, local driver li
cense examiner, has announced
that his office in the police sta
tion will be closed all day Mon
day, October 19. The examiner
will be attending an in-service 1
training school at Chapel Hill
on that day.
Hie office will be open as
usual on Tuesday.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication at
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.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
District Medical Society
Launches Campaign To
Win Battle Against Polio
Honorary Chairman
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JUDGE HUBERT !E. OLIVE
Judge Hubert E. Olive, promi
nent figure in North Carolina po
litical, religious, civic and social
affairs, who has been named
honorary chairman for the 1964
Christmas Seal Campaign in
North Carolina.
’64 Christmas Club
Closes October 31st
I
The Peoples Bank & Trust
Company announced early this
week that the 1964 Christmas
Savings Club will close Satur
day, October 31. After that date
no more payments will be ac
cepted for the 1964 club. Mem-1
bers are, therefore, urged to
catch up delinquent payments
before the closing date.
above what was expected and
anticipated to build the new fire
station. After a lengthy discus
sion it was decided to hold a
joint meeting with the Board of
Public Works to determine if it
might be any possible way to
finance the building as proposed
by Mr. Pruden. This meeting
is scheduled to be held Monday
night, October 26.
W. E. Bond, chairman of the
Chowan County Commissioners,
aliended the meeting on a three
phase mission. Mr. Bond ex
p.'lined the forthcoming prop
erty revaluation and mapping in
Cont'd. on Pag* 4—Section 1
* Student
At Rotary Today
Edenton Rotarians will meet
.this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
j o'clock in the Parish House. A
feature of the meeting will be
a visit by a Rotary exchange.
| The visitor will be John Rozen
• baum from Panama. He will be
accompanied by Tom Collins,
president of the North Carolina
i Wesleyan College at Rocky
| Mount.
| President West Byrum urges a
100 per cent attendance at this
meeting.
Edenton Aees Throw Big Scare
In Elizabeth City Yellow Jacket
Camp By Playing To 14-14 Tie
Outweighed and outplayed in]
the first half, Edenton’s Aces I
came from behind 14-0 at the
end of the first half Friday night
in Elizabeth City to wind up
with a 14-14 tie score and threw
;a terrible scare in the Yellow
Jackets’ camp in the few remain
ing seconds of the game,
t The Yellow Jackets scored a
touchdown and extra point in
the first eight plays after re
ceiving the ball at the start of
the game. The hard-hitting
Jacket bail carriers tore through
the Edenton line on almost every
play and from the Aces’ 21-yard
line Tommy Kidd connected
viith a pass to Gary Hess, who
circled end to score. Jerry
Warren’s kick was good for extra
point.
The Aces had tough sledding
in the second quarter also, but
managed to hold back the charg
ing Yellow Jackets until near
the end of the half, when they
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Over 70,000 Residents
In Nine Counties Are
Urged to Take Sabin
Oral Polio Vaccine
On November 15
Plans for a massive, saturation
campaign to win the battle over
polio in the nine counties mak
ing up the First District Medical
Society in northeastern North
Carolina, were announced early
this week.
Dr. T. P. Brinn of Hertford,
chairman of the First District
j Medical Society's Stop Polio
Committee, said more than 70,000
residents of the nine counties
| will be expected to receive Sabin
I oral polio vaccine in the cam
[ paign which will open on Sun
| day, November 15, in public
I clinics conducted over the area.
I Counties participating in the
' Stop Polio campaign will be
Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck,
1 Dare, Chowan, Perquimans,
( Gates, Hertford, and Bertie.
The vaccine, a colorless, taste
less liquid, will be administered
in three separate doses, all on
, Sunday, starting on November
| 15. The vaccine is given by
dropping several droplets of the
vaccine on sugar cubes which
the person receiving the vaccine
then eats. No injection is re
quired and health officials and
| Continued on Page 6—Section »
Aces Will Tackle
Bertie Friday Night
‘ Local Boys Will Try to
[ Hang Up Sixth Vic
tory of Season
Edenton’s Aces, greatly en
couraged with their 14-14 tie
game played with Elizabeth City
I Friday night, are this week pre
paring to meet the Bertie High
| School Friday night. The game
i will be played on Hicks Field,
beginning at 8 o’clock.
The Bertie boys lost to the
Williamston Green Wave 6-0 Fri
day night and reports are to the
effect that they are developing
into a more rugged team as the
season progresses.
The Aces thus far have won
five games and played one tie
game, so that they will try on
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
I CIVIC CALENDAR !
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Edenton's annual Halloween
Party ic scheduled to be held
Thursday night, October 29 'in*
1 : stead of Halloween night, Oc
' lober 31.
ALbemarlc Motor Company's
1 Punt, Pass and Kick contest will
{be held on Hicks Field Saturday
J afternoon, October 17 ,at 3
, o'clock.
Young Democrats between the
j age of 21 and 40 will meet 101 l
ll night (Thursday) at 7 o'clock at
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
[recovered an Edenton fumble on
I the Aces' 46. Chalking up three
successive first downs, the Jack
ets moved to the Aces’ 10-yard
line, from where Bob Burgess
scooted around left end to score
and Warren’s kick for extra
point was again good. On the
last play of the half the Jackets
intercepted a pass on their 15-
yard line.
The second half was a differ
ent ball game altogether, with
the Aces fired up and dominat
ing the play. After the ball ex
changed hands two 'times, Jim
Elliott fell on a Jacket fumble
on the Jackets’ 2-yard line, from
where Hiram Mayo crashed
through the line for the Aces*
first score. David Holton could
not spot a receiver, so he raced
'around end for the extra point
The Aces, fired up by scoring
and the Jackets apparently very
much distressed over the Eden-
Continued on Page 9, lection 1'