A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
Volume XXXl.—Number 43
District Medical Society
Completing Plans For
Mass Sabin Polio Shots
Campaign Is Sehedul
-ted to Begin Sunday,
November 15 In Nine
■Eastern Counties
A concerted attack designed to
win the battle over polio will
bigin in a nine county area of
northeastern North Carolina on
Sunday, November 15, medical
leaders announced this week.
The campaign will be conduct
ed , in about 40 locations in the
nine county area and the resi
dents- of the nine counties will
be, asked to take Sabin oral polio
vaccine.
The vaccine, a colorless, taste
less liquid, will be administered
in three separate doses—all on
Sundays. Subsequent doses, to
be given by dripping several
droplets of the vaccine on sugar
cubes, will be administered on
Sunday, January 10, and Sunday,
February 21. Counties partici
pating in the campaign which is
being sponsored by the First
District Medical Society, are Ber
tie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck,
Dare, Gates, Hertford, Pasquo
tank, and Perquimans.
Members of the First District
Medical Society’s Stop Polio
'Committee are Dr. T. P. Brinn
of Hertford, chairman, Dr. K. L.
Van Horne of Windsor, Dr. Wil
liam K. Wassink of Camden, Dr.
David O. Wright of Edenton, Dr.
Charles N. Wright of Jarvisburg,
Dr. W. W. Harvey, Jr., of Man-
Continued on Pago 3, Section 1
Lions To Sponsor
Football Game Here
Players *Fo Be Former
Edenton Aces And
Ahoskie Indians
The Edenton Lions Club will
sponsor a football game Satur
day night, November 28. Mak
ing up the teams will be former
players for the Ahoskie Indians
and former Edenton Aces. The
game will be played on Hicks
Field at 8 o’clock.
Dr. Richard Hardin, chairman
for the project, states that tic
kets for the game are on sale
ia both Edenton and Ahoskie.
A very interesting game is in
prospect and a large crowd of
football enthusiasts from both
towns are expected to attend.
Proceeds from the game will
be used to further the aid to
the blind program.
Town Offices Closed
Friday and Saturday
Town offices will be closed
Friday and Saturday of this
week. The reason for closing is
to allow the offices to he moved
into the new Municipal Building
located at the foot of Broad
Street.
Business will be transacted as
usual, at the new location, on
Monday, October 26.
Eden ton Aces Hang Up Sixth
> Win By Defeating Bertie 20 • 0
Edenton’s Aces in defeating
Eertie High School’s Falcons Fri
day night added their sixth vic
tory of the season. The Aces
wefre far from being as impress
ive as they were last week in
holding the strong Elizabeth City
Yellow Jackets to a 14-14 tie.
' H teas a light but scrappy Ber
tie team which held the Aces
scoreless in the first and fourth
While winning 20-0, the game
was very costly for the Aces,
for Dwight Flanagan had his left
arm broken in a,play in the final
seconds of the fittt half. With
Flanagan out for the season, the
passing combi
, natibn will to some *M*nt weak
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Sales Specialist
A • M
JESSE CHIPMAN
Jesse Chipman, writer and ad
vertising executive of Retail
Trade Development Company,
who will speak at a sales party
and banquet Tuesday night, Oc
tober 27. The affair will be
held in the Masonic Temple.
Chowan Women Win
State Fair Honors
Three blue ribbons and one
red ribbon were received on ar
ticles entered in the State Fair
by women in Chowan County.
Mrs. W. H. Saunders, presi
dent of the Beech Fork Home
Demonstration Club, received a
blue ribbon and SIO.OO for a
large decorated cake and a blue
ribbon and $2.00 for her cookies.
Mrs. Sadie Hoskins, Edenton,
received a blue ribbon and SB.OO
for her knitted afghan and Mrs.
Louise Pratt, Edenton, received
a red ribbon and $7.00 for her
crocheted afghan.
History Os St. Paul's Episcopal
Church To Be Available Today
A. “History of Saint - Paul’s'
Episcopal Church in Edenton,
North Carolina” will be available
Thursday in the Parish office on
Gale Street.
Five years in the making the
compilation includes a guide to
| the churchyard epitaphs and an
up-to-date listing of burials.
[The illustrated book includes ar
ticles and addresses delivered by
several past members of the par
ish and vicinity.
| “Edenton Long Ago” by Rich
ard Dillard, M.D.;. “The Ministry
of the Reverend Robert B.
I Drane, D.D.” by Mrs. C. P.
Halloween Party
At Rocky Hock
Evening of Entertain
ment Planned For
Thursday, Oct. 29
The Rocky Hock Community
will stage its third annual Hal
iloween Carnival Thursday even
, ing, October 29. The affair will
be held at the Rocky Hock
Community Center and is sched
| uled to get under way at 6
I o’clock.
Included in the festivities will
i Continued on Pag* 2—Section I
19. Hiram Mayo broke through
for the first score. The second
touchdown was scored about
midway the quarter on a drive
from the Aces’ 15. Substantial,
gains by Iky Davis through the
line and Dwight Flanagan
around end, coupled with a pass
to Charlie Swanner and two to
Flanagan, the latter reached pay
dirt. ~. ,
The Aces’ final touchdown was
made about midway the third
quarter. Getting the ball on
the Edenton 49, Mayo grabbed
up the lion’s share of yardage,
Chesson raced from the Bertie
3? and was pulled down on the
4. Chesson cracked the line for
2 and on the next play he plow
ed through for the third and fi
nal score.
The Falcons never seriously
threatened to score and were
held to a total of 57 yards gain
-n» w
i deiense was strong wun uurreu
Edenton wan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 22, 1964.
Sales Party And
Banquet Set For
Tuesday, Oct 27
Event Off
8-Week Program Os
Outstanding Values
To Be Offered
Jesse Chipman, writer and ad
vertising executive of Retail
Trade Development Company,
will speak next Tuesday night,
October 27, to some 120 Edenton
employees. Mr. Chipman’s talk
will be entitled “Selling Is Fun
—When You Know How”.
Mr. Chipman is a graduate of
Southern Methodist University
School of Management and
Cumberland University Law
School. He was formerly Indus
trial Psychologist for the Kaiser
Iron and Steel Company.
The Sales Party will kick off
an 8-week program of excep
tional values and hundreds of
dollars worth of merchandise
prizes will be awarded shoppers
for knowing their home town
merchants. Watch for details
and rules in next week’s Herald
on how to play “Christmas Gift
time and Mystery Merchant Con
test”.
The “party” is planned for
Tuesday night at 7 p’clock at the
Masonic Temple.
Chipman contends that the lit
tle things make big sales. When
everyone sells goods, services
and ideas move faster and pros
perity is achieved, he says.
“The smaller town must think
of itself in terms of a shopping
center,” Chipman continued,
“And merchants and businessmen
must cooperate to bring this
image to the shopper.”
•Wale's; and the -tsageant, “"fTfe
Bells of Old Saint Paul’s”, to
name a few.
The articles are arranged to
describe the development of the
area from earliest periods and
continue to describe the first
church built in North Carolina
and its location.
Photographs include some of
the clergymen of
the past and interior and ex
terior views of the church build
ing both old and new.
Os particular interest may be
the article on the Old Corn-
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
P, P & K Contest
Very Successful
18 Prizes Awarded Top
Three Scorers In
Six Age Groups
Boys ages 8-13 registered 80
strong for the Punt, Pass and
Kick Contest which was held.
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock'
on Hicks Field. Eighteen prizes
were awarded to the top three
scorers in each of the six age
groups. The prizes consisted of
warm-up jackets, field goal place
kickers, footballs and walnut
plaques.
Winners of the 8-year-olds
were Jason Weeks, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hiram Weeks; Tony
Belch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Belch, and Scott Layden, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Layden.
Winners of the 9-year-olds
were Jay Caldwell, son of Mrs.
Arlene Caldwell; Dick Adams,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Continued on Pago 3, Section 1
20 Years Ago
Ak Found In The Files Os
The tihogrfß 'Herald
, .. .. -t
W. 3. Taylor of Chowan Coun-1
ty's United War Fund, reported
that $5,700 of the county's quota
of $7,300 had been raised in the
week-old War Fqnd drive.
Following recent heavy rains. 1
ftA building - - _ 1
• a^d
pcial Service At Woman’s Club Is
fcedonia Baptist Anxious To Have
Irch October 24 1 Floats In Parade
Young People Planned
And Will Participate
In Service; Adults In
vited To Attend
“Sharing Christ with the
Whole World” is the theme for
a special young people’s service
to be held at Macedonia Baptist
Church, next Saturday, October
24 at 7:30 P. M. ,
The young people have plan
ned and will participate in the
service. Two special numbers
wm be sung by tne youth Choir.
Even though this meeting is
primarily for young people,
adults are invited to attend.
This service will be a blessing
to all ages.
The nurseries will be open
for those who have small chil
dren. j
After the service there will be
a question and answer period.
’lne Kev. D. Calhoun Johnson,
Southern Baptist Missionary to
''•'niinued on Par®. 3, Section 1
C of C Membership
Drive Doing Nicely
Chairman Says Best
Response In Four
Years
Reports from team captains so
liciting memberships in the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
for the next fiscal year indicate
a total of $8,295.00 paid in during
the first five days of the drive,
according to Alton Elmore, presi
dent of the Chamber.
Membership committee chair
man, Warren Twiddy, reports a
total of more than $1200.00 in ad
dition in pledges a total of
five new members. “We have
had the best response this year
than during the past four years,”
Twiddy said, "according to
Chamber of Commerce records
and all credit is due to the ex
cellent teamwork shown and the
organization planning prior to
the start of the membership
drive October 14th.”
Members already paid or
pledged now total 97, Twiddy
said. The membership drive
goal, Twiddy added, for the fis
cal year 1964-65 is $14,000.
“Team captains are making ev
ery effort to see every prospect
by the end of next week and it
is expected that the total mem
bership roster should reach 140.”
Eastern Star Will
Serve Covered Dish
Supper 6:30 Tonight
Members of Edenton Chapter
No. 302. Order of the Eastern
Star, will serve a covered dish
supper tonight (Thursday) at
6:30 o’clock at the Masonic Tem
ple.
This will be a free supper pre
pared for Masons and their
wives, as well as Eastern Star
members and their husbands.
Guest speaker for the occasion
will be the Rev. Richard Lucas
of Plymouth.
All members of both organiza
tions are especially urged to at
tend. The Masons will hold
their weekly meeting following
the supper.
Miss Pauline Calloway Elected
Chairman Os Craftsman’s Fair
Miss Pauline Calloway, Cho
wan County’s home agent, has
been signally honored by being
elected chairman of the 1965 1
Albemarle Craftsman’s Fair. The
i fair will be held in the Elizabeth
City National Guard armory
{Wednesday' and Thursday, April
21 and 22.
I Other officers elected were:
Mrs. W. I* Forbes of Camden
County, vice president; Miss El
sie Whaley of Pasquotank Coun
ty, secretary; George Attrix,
manager of the Elizabeth City
. Chamber pf Commerce, treasurer.
Discussions centered around
improvements for the permanen
'cy of the Craftsman’s Fair, es-
IpeciaHjr the establishment of a
.guild in the area for craftsmen
J who participate in the nnanal
.fair. A special committee was
appointed to investigate |)w sea
A Cash Prize To Be
Awarded For Best
Float In Parade
The Edenton Woman’s Club is
anxious to have a number of
floats in the Halloween Parade
preceding the annual party at
the playground Thursday, Octo
ber 29th.
A prize of $5 will be awarded
for the best float. The only limi
tation is your genius of imagina
tion in keeping with the Hallo
ween spirit.
Prizes of $3 each will be
awarded to the boy and girl with
the' best costumes, the most
original and the most comical.
These will be judged as children
pass in review on entering the
playground.
All children are requested to
assemble at the Court House
Green where the parade will be
gin at 5:30 P. M. Everyone is
invited to march in costume to
the playground where their ar
rival will mark the opening of
a gala evening of fun.
On arriving a canopy of color
ed lights will go on over the
three acre playground. Free tic
kets will be given for treats and
entertainment including the talk
ing witch, fish pond, hayride,
movies, fortune telling and other
activities.
The first party was held in
1944 by H. A. “Izzy” Campen,
who gave a party for his daugh-
Conlinued on Paye 6—Section »
Young Democrats
Club Is Organized
Group Elects Slate of
Officers To Serve
Coming Year
A Chowan County Young
Democrats Club was organized
at a meeting held at the Tri
angle Restaurant Thursday night
of last week.
George A. Byrum and Thomas
H. Shepard presided during the
first portion of the meeting dur
ing which time Mr. Shepard
spoke to the group on a topic
entitled “What is a Democrat?”
Robert Futrell of Goldsboro,
representing State Y.D.C. Presi
dent Tom Gillmore, presented a
charter to the newly organized
group and spoke on the pur
poses and aims of the Y.D.C.
Officers elected for the forth
coming year were: W. J. P.
Earnhardt, Jr., president; Mrs.
L. E. Davenport, vice president,
and Mrs. Sam Bowen, secretary
treasurer.
Walker High School
Offering Course In
Adult Education
An adult education program is
available at the D. F. Walker
High School for all who wish
to upgrade their education. This
program will involve persons
18 years of age and older who
have not finished high school
and are interested in taking the
General Education Development
examination leading to an equi
valent high school diploma.
For more information contact
the principal of the school.
sibility of such a guild.
The board also appointed a
committee to work out plans byj
which crafts within the 4-H ]
clubs can be encouraged and
promoted, as well as invitation
extended to them to participate
in the 1965 Albemarle Crafts
man's Fair.
To participate in the Albe
marle Craftsman’s Fair, the
handiwork of the various crafts
men must be approved by a
screening committee appointed
by the board. This year’s first
screening will be done on De
cember 8 with the time and
{dace to be announced later.
Anyone interested can communi
cate with the home economics
extension agent in their county
or the Elizabeth City Chamber
of ft < ft*- i- J
Aces Prepare To
Meet Ancient Foe
Hertford’s Indians
Local Boys, Favored
To Win, Will Try to
Hang Up Seventh
Victory of Season
Edenton’s Aces will try to add
their seventh victory of the sea
son Friday night, October 23,
when they run up against the
Perquimans High School Indians.
The game will be played in
Hertford, beginning at 8 o’clock
and is expected to attract a
large crowd of Edenton fans.
The Aces threw a surprise in
the Indians’ camp last year when
the Edenton team was the under
dog. The Aces came out on top
of a 9-7 score. The Indians lost
a number of outstanding players,
including the Combs twins, so
that this year the Aces are favor
ed to win. Comparative scores
are favorable to the Aces, but
the Edenton boys and Coaches
Jerry McGee and Billy Hardison
have a suspicion that the Indians
v/ill be fired up for this game,
so that no stones are being left
unturned in practicing for the
game.
The Aces will he without the
services of Dwight Flanagan,
star halfback, who broke an arm
in Friday night’s game.
The John A. Holmes High
School Band and the Perquimans
Marching Unit will be on hand
to entertain spectators at half
time.
Vegetables Listed As Being Very
Important To Local Economy
In the interest of stressing the
importance of vegetables to this
area, the following information
is presented by the Publicity
Committee of the Chowan Coop
erative Produce Exchange:
In the late 1939’s vegetable
production had become important
in Chowan County and adjoining
areas. The area is located with
in overnight transportation of a
large portion of the United
States population. Yet, in these
early days efficient marketing
was a problem.
In an effort to help solve the
marketing problem, in 1939 the
43 On Honor Roll
At Holmes High
List Is Released This
Week For First Six
Weeks Period
Cecil Fry, principal of John
A. Holmes High School, this
week released the honor roll for
the first six weeks period.
There are 43 students listed on
the honor roll for this period and
they are as follows;
7th Grade
Patricia Ashley, Dabney Fore
hand, Jane George, Pat Reaves,
Debbie Wilkins, Cam Byrum,
Dillard Dixon, Stephen Katka-
Continued on Page B—Section 1
METHODIST WOMEN TAKING
CALLS FOB CHICKEN PLATES
The woman of the Methodist
Church will be delivering chicken
salad plates today (Thursday)
at 12 noon and from 5 to 6:30
P. M. To order, call 482-3269 or
482-3579 Wednesday afternoon
and Thursday. Plates are SI.OO
each.
[ CIVIC CALENDAR
Members of the local Eastern
Star Chapter will serve a cover
ed dish supper tonight (Thurs
day) at 6:30 o'clock for Masons
and their wives and Eastern Star 1
members and their husbands.
Chowanoke Council No. 54.
Degree of Pocahontas, will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock.
Edenton's Junior Chamber of
Commerce will meet tonight
[ (Thursday) at 7 o'clock at the
Edenlon Restaurant
Edenton's Aces will play the
Perquimans High School Indians
Friday night. October 23, at $
o'clock on the Hertford football
field.
Edenton’s annuel Halloween
Parly is scheduled to he held
Thursday night, October «t to-
Cuntinutd oo Puvt SfofiQß j
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Local Woman's Club Wins
Top Honors At District 16
Meeting Held In Conway
Guest Speaker
<
REV. D. CALHOUN JOHNSON
The Rev. D. Calhoun Johnson,
Southern Baotist Missionary to
Northern Chile, who will be
guest speaker for the special
young people's service at Mace-,
donia Baptist Church Saturday
night, October 24.
Police Department
Changes Phone No.
The Edenton Police Depart
ment, as a matter of convenience
to the public, has had their
telephone number changed. Ef
fective Saturday, October 24, the
new number will be 482-4444.
Chowan Mutual Exchange was
organized by some 70 member
growers. The market was locat
ed at Valhalla on U. S. 32 north.
The first auction market season
was in 1939.
Vegetable erowerTtn this area
found the auction market to be
a considerable asset in vegetable
marketing. During the early
1950's many grower members
felt the need for market im
provement.
In 1956 the market was reor
ganized into the Chowan Coop
erative Produce Exchange with
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
W.M. Wilkins Dies
After Long Illness
President of Quinn
Furniture Co. Since
Opening In 1924
Waiter Maron Wilkins, 71. died
at 8:40 o’clock Friday night at
Chowan Hospital, after an ill
ness of six months. A native
of Duplin County, he was a son
of George Clinton Wilkins and
Zelphia Ann Quinn Wilkins.
Before coming to Edenton in
1924, Mr. Wilkins served as post
master at Beulaville. Coming to
Edenton, he and his brother, J...
H. Wilkins of Elizabeth City
formed, the Quinn Furniture
Company. Inc., of which he ser
ved as president until his death.
Until his health began to de- j
cline, Mr. Wilkins took an active !
part in community affairs. He!
served as Town Councilman;
from the Fourth Ward, after
Continued on Page 2—Section I
Chowan FFA Chapter Wins
Third Place Woodland Clinic
The Chowan FFA Chapter won
third place in the third annua]
Albemarle FFA Federation
Woodland .Clinic held at Camp
Perry in Perquimans County-last
Thursday afternoon. Clifton
Beaman, Keith Boyce, ThomaS
'Evans and Hubert Jordan par
ticipated on the Chowan team.
The Chowan Chapter was pre
sented an award of $5.00 for
their achievement in winning
third place by Glenn Mabe of
Union . Bag Camp Paper Corpora
tion. Union Bag Camp Paper
Corporation furnished, the prizes
for the contest.
The Albemarle Federation con
sists of FFA Chapters from Cho
wan, Gates, Camden, Perquim
ans, Pasquotank and Cuiritudk
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'Awarded Corbell Cup
As Most Outstanding
Senior Club In The
District
The Edenton Woman's Club
took top honor at the District 16
meeting held in Conway Thurs
day. The club was awarded the
Corbell Cup as the most out
standing senior club in the dis
, trict.
The Edenton Club’s scrapbook,
year book and press book won
blue ribbons with the press
book selected as the best in the
district to compete in the state.
An honor club certificate was al
so awarded.
Mrs. T. B. Smith received the
Ethel Parker Cup for the best
water color. Local awards were
accepted by Mrs. Warren Twid
dy, club president
Mrs. Fred Bunch, state presi
dent, attended the meeting
celebrating the District’s 25th
anniversary.
Others attending from here
were Mrs. Zech Bond, Jr., Mrs.
J. M. Thorud, Mrs. W. J. P.
Earnhardt, Sr., Mrs. R. J. Boyce,
Mrs. Wesley Chesson. Jr., Mrs.
Alton Elmore and Mrs. J. D.
Elliott.
C of C Committee
Seeking Hangar
At Local Airport
Letter Forwarded To
Airport Commission
Chairman
Earlier this week, according to
Chairman Nick George of the
Aviation Committee. Edenton
Chamber of Commerce, the fol
lowing letter was forwarded to
Dr. Richard Hardin, Chairman of
the Airport Commission:
“At a meeting of the Edenton
Chamber of Commerce Aviation
Committee October 19, 1964. a
motion was unanimously passed
that the Airport Commission be
contacted with a request for said
Commission to petition the Eden
ton Town Council to consider
construction, at the earliest prac
tical date, of a hangar at the
airport of a size to accommodate
a minimum of six aircraft and tx
provide a work area to be used
to service both resident and
transient aircraft.
“Further, that the Airport
Commission suggest to the Town-
Council that such a facility be
financed with funds accruing
from airport property and build “
ing rentals that would be avail
able above the normal project
ed yearly maintenance costs.
‘The Aviation Committee of
Continued on Page 4. Section 1
Local Cub Scouts To
Meet October 27th
The monthly Pack meeting of
the Edenton Cub Scouts will be
held Tuesday night. October 27.
at 7:30 o’clock. The meeting will
be held at the Scout Cabin and
Cubmaster Tommy Cross urges
all members to be present.
and Perquimans FFA Chapter
won .secoßd place and was pre
sented an award of $lO..
Hardy Plyler of Gates was pre
sented $5.00 for having the high
est individual score in the con
gest r t * . * . -j .‘ v
The vocational agricultural stu
dents studied all phases of wood
land management as part of their
regular study and then a team
from each chapter participated
in the eontest. •
This contest is she only one
of its type in Norsb£arosina end
it certainly is- a contri
bution toward ,
woodland owners in the itold of
woodland managHQent.