A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
f Albemarle Area
Volume XXXl—Number 46 ==
Group Os Merchants In
Edenton Holding Unique
Mystery Sales Promotion
Winners Will Receive
Gift Certificates For
Ability to Identify
Silhouettes
A new fun game,' “Mystery
Merchants”, begins today in The
Chowan Herald.
For the next six weeks you!
will be able to win valuable gift
certificates from participating
merchants if you correctly iden
tify the silhouettes running in
the paper. Three silhouettes will
run each week.
All of the 19 silhouettes will
be of prominent local merchants, j
If you can successfully identi-;
fy each group of merchants, clip I
the silhouettes- and the first per- j
son presenting the picture to the
merchant on Saturday will re-;
ceive a $5.00 gift certificate. The |
second prize certificate is worth'
$3.00 and the third person iden-'
tifying the merchants gets a $2.00 !
certificate.
Too, there will be a grand
prize each week. The grand
prize is a $60.00 gift certificate.
No purchase is necessary to
participate in the “Mystery Mer
chant” game—either in identify
ing the silhouettes or registering
for the grand prize.
Those registering for the
weekly grand prize must be 14
years of age or older and can I
register with the participating
merchants only once each day.
Employees of each week’s sea-
Cont'd. on Page 4—Section 1
Bass Appointed
State Chairman
Word was received last week
from Jaycee State headquarters
' that John Paul Bass of the
Edenton Jaycees was appointed
State Religious Activity Chair
man.
John Paul is* presently Religi-i
ous Chairman for the local Jay-1
cees, and has done a very out
standing job with the local pro
gram.
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
The Chowen Herald
Chowan County voters cast
1,314 votes for Franklin D. Roo
sevelt for a fourth term as presi-,
dent of the United States to;
166 for Thomas E. Dewey, the]
Republican candidate. Mr. Roo
sevelt was elected by carrying
30 states. j
Edenton Rotarians observed
Ladies' Night at which Edmund
Harding of Washington, N. C.,
was the principal speaker. ,
Philip S. McMullan was re
appointed lax supervisor for
Continued on Page 4. Section 1
Agriculture Census In Chowan
County To Begin November 23
Plans for taking the 1964 cen-1
sus of agriculture in Chowan'
County are announced by R.
Marion Riddick of Hertford,
newly-appointed census crew
leader for the county.
The job will be done in three
stages, the crew leader said.
First will come recruitment and
training of enumerators to count
all farms in the county. About
one enumerator for each 150
farms will be needed.
Shortly after November 19 the
Preaching Mission Scheduled
At St Paul’s Church Nov. 17-20
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Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church
will sponsor a preaching mission,
November 17 through November
20th with services each evening
at 8 o’clock. v s;;;
Jr^^ai a S e L G iS SB I
Ehoce*e afCMt> wil]
the*misaion. Rev.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
iOscarL White is
County Chairman
For March Dimes
Appointment Is An
nounced This Week
By J. Marse Grant,
State Chairman
Oscar E. White of Edenton has
I been named Chowan County
; March of Dimes director for the
• 1965 campaign which will be held
j in the month of January, accord
i ing to J. Marse Grant, State
I March of Dimes Chairman. In
i announcing the appointment, Mr.
I Grant said, “We are fortunate in
, having a man of Mr. White’s
j leadership abilities to direct the
Chowan County efforts against
birth defects which afflict one
out of every ten American fami
lies.
Mr. White is shop foreman at
Edenton Tractor & Implement
Company. He is married to the
former Sarah Brooks, and they
■ are the parents of two sons. Mr
and Mrs. White reside at 815
Continued on Page 2—Section I
Varsity Show At
Chowan Hi Friday
Theme of Play Will
Be Centered Around
“Showboat”
The Curtain will open prompt
ly at 7:30 o’clock Friday night,
November 13, to present the Va
riety Show which is to be held
I in the school auditorium at Cho
wan High School.
The , Chowanfan newspaper
staff is sponsoring the show, and
! the theme will be “Showboat”.
} The show will feature the Torch
es, Chantes, Dic-kaes, Rhythm
i Steppers, and acts from Edenton,
Gates County and Hertford.
I Admission will be 50 cents for
adults and 35 cents for children.
Garbage Collection
Cancelled Nov. 26
Town Administrator W. B
Gardner announces that due to
jthe observance of Thanksgiving
Day as a holiday, no trash will
be collected on the West side of
Edenton Thursday, November 26.
I Instead trash will be collected in
this part of town Friday.
A collection will be made all
over town on Saturday as usual.
I Bureau of the Census, an agency
•of the U. S. Department of
Commerce, will start the second
stage by mailing agricultural
census questionnaires to all ru
ral boxholdens in the county.
This will give farm and ranch
operators, who are required by
law to fill out the forms, a per
iod of time to consult their rec
ords and fill' in answers to the
questions.
In the final stage, enumerators
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zine for his unique work with
the rehabilitation of prisoners.
He was once featured on the
television program, "This Is Your
Life” in 1961.
f Mr. Jones is a graduate of
fNashotah House Seminary, Nash
otah, Wisconsin, following with
the chaplaincy of the Cook
County Jail and Chicago House
at Correction. He did further
graduate work at Butler, DePeul,
other Chicago universities, and
Studies.
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FOR THE YEAR 6939 —Westinghouse employes check the contents of a time capsule
which will be buried at the end of the New York World’s Fair. The capsule won’t be
opened for 5,000 years. It contains everything from Beatle records to Bible.
Stage Set For Mass Sabin
Polio Vaccination In Nine
Counties Sunday, Nov. 15
All Adults and Child- j
ren in Area Urged to
Cooperate In Fight
Against Polio
Thirty-seven clinic centers
will be in operation on Sunday,
November 15, to give residents
of a nine-county area in North
eastern North Carolina their first
doses of Sabin oral polio vac
cine. i
Dr. T. P. Brinn of Hertford,,
chairman of the Stop Polio Cam- ]
paign being sponsored by the]
First District Medical Society, i
says he hopes every person in
the nine-county area will get
the first dose of the vaccine, j
“It’s very simple,” Dr. Brinn |
said. “All you have to do is to j
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
Edenton’s Jayvees
Win Championship
Young Gridiron Stars
Undefeated During
Season
Edenton now has two confer
ence champions as the John A. '
Holmes High School Junior Var
sity completed an undefeated
season in the Albemarle Confer
ence Thursday at Plymouth.
The Jayvees set a pattern for
the Aces as they brought home
a 19-18 win fron* Washington
County. This was the fifth win
for the team in the conference.
The Little Aces compiled an
overall record of 5-1 this sea
son, taking a licking from
Elizabeth City 3-A Con
ference 14-7. 7
Continued from Page 7—Section 1
Williams Speaker
At Rotary Meeting
Edenton Rotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
at the Parish House. The princi
pal speaker will be Captain Tex
Williams, commanding officer of
the Const Guard: Air Base at*
Elizabeth City. ■
la S S^r«nt W aulnd ß^Tfor U this
$70,000 Distributed
By Christmas Club
New Club For 1965
Will Open Monday,
November 16
Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany this week mailed out I
checks totaling approximately
$70,000 to participants in their j
Christmas Club.
George W. Lewis, a bank of
ficial here, stated today that 1
checks went out earlier in the'
week to about 1,000 savers. j
Lewis said the 1964 savings
amounted to nearly $5,000 more
than was saved by area citizens
during the. 1963 season. He said
the total money saved and the
number of club members has'
increased each year. He predict
ed an even larger number in
1965.
The club begins in mid-No
vember and the money is dis
tributed by the bank the early
part of the same month a year
later. This allows savers am
ple time to do their Christmas I
shopping early.
At the same time Lewis re
minded area citizens that the
first payment on the 1965 club
will be due on Monday, No
vember 16. He said the Christ
mas saving club is a good way
to keep from coming up short
during the holiday season.
Mayo Optimistic About Plan
To Combat Poverty In Chowan
Superintendent Hiram Mayo of
Edenton City Schools believes
the federal anti-poverty program
can do a lot to aid Edenton and
Chowan County.
However,. he reported this
week that it would be at least
January 1, 1965, before sufficient
guides will be available from
Washington, D. C., to get the
program under way.
Mr. Mayo was Chowan Coun
ty’s official representative at a
meeting held in Elizabeth City
Monday when the program was
discussed. Chowan is one of 10
counties in the Albemarle Atm
Development Association, the
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Little Theatre Play
Will Be Presented
At School Tonight
Plenty of Laughs Is
Guaranteed For All
Who Attend Opening
Performance
Two elderly ladies who poison
. lonesome old gentlemen as a
J “kindness;” One of their broth
ers who thinks he’s Teddy Roo
sevelt and digs the Panama Ca
nal in the cellar, which the la
dies use as graves for their vic
tims; another brother who’s a
drama critic, but who hates
I drama; a brother whose resem
blance to Boris Karloff in looks
, and deed; his partner, a constant
ly inebriated quack plastic sur-
I geon; a cop who would rather
write plays than police the
neighborhood. These are just a
few of the wild characters that
I you’ll see in the Edenton Little
Theatre presentation of “Arsenic
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
Native Os Chowan
Joins Chemstrand
Dr. W. Joseph Privott, Jr., has
joined Chemstrand Research
Center, Inc., as a research chem
ical engineer, according to an
announcement by Dr. C. J.
Stehman, director exploratory
research.
Dr. Privott comes to* Chem
strand from N. C. State, where
he earned undergraduate and
graduate degrees in chemical en
gineering. He is a member of
the American Institute of Chem
ical Engineers.
A native of Chowan County.
Dr. and Mrs. Privott are making
their home in Raleigh.
section is working on the federal
war on poverty;
In a report to W. E. Bond,
chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners, Mr. Mayo said
the area programs will have to
move at a slow pace until such
time as official guide-lines for
distribution of anticipated grants
are released.
However, participating counties
in the AADA have been urged
to establish, as preliminary steps,
working committees and draw
up suggested areas where work
is to be carried out
Chairman Bond indioated that
the Commissioners will move
Continued on Page 9, Section 1
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Town Councilmen
Make Few Changes
In Edenton Traffic
Council Meeting Con
ducted First Time In
Edenton’s New Mu
nicipal Building
Edenton’s Town Council has
adopted a traffic committee re
port which makes some drastic
changes in traffic patferns in the
town. Tuesday night’s meeting
was the first to be held in the
new Municipal Building.
At the meeting Councilman R.
Elton Forehand read tbe report
which said the changes would,
“while causing slight discomfort
to a very few, greatly benefit the
majority of the traveling public
and merchants.”
The committee went on to re
port that these changes are ne
cessary from the viewpoint of
pedestrian safety and well being
as well as the motorist.
The changes, to become effec
tive on December 1, include:
No left side parking within
Continued on Page 7. Section 1
Shriners Reschedule P aradeln
Edenton Saturday, Afternoon
Sudan Temple of the Shrine
at New Bern will conclude its
annual pilgrimage into Eastern
North Carolina here Saturday .
afternoon, November 14 at 3:3G
o’clock with a gala parade down
Broad Street.
The Shriners were scheduled <
to parade hare on September 12
but the event was called off be
cause of heavy rains. However,
Mayor John Mitchener invited <
the group to return and the new
date has just been announced.
Recorder Nelson B. Banks has |
announced that Potentate Her- i
bert B. Ruffin of Raleigh and j
other Divan officers of the
Mrs. W. D. Holmes, Jr. Named
Heart Group Region Secretary
Mrs. W. D. Holmes, Jr., has!
been named executive secretary |
of the Tidewater Region of the I
North Carolina Heart Associa-j
tion.
The appointment of Mrs. |
Holmes to this post was an-;
nounced by Jack Storey of
Greensboro, field consultant of
the state heart group. Mrs.!
Holmes attended a twe-day ad
ministrative course in Chapei
Mayor Speaker At
Auxiliary Meeting
Meetings Are Chang
ed to First Monday
In Month
Twenty-five, the largest group i
in several months, turned out at
the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
meeting Friday morning at the]
Parish House to hear Mayor |
John A. Mitchener talk about his |
trip to Russia and other Euro-.
pean countries. He described ]
life in Russia to be very in
ferior to our way of life. They
have extremely crowded living
conditions, sanitation systems
arfe poor and that deodorants
haven’t been discovered over
there yet. One interesting point
he brought out about the Com
munist party was that divorced
persons are not permitted to
join the party.
Another change in the Auxili
ary meeting time was announc
ed. Future meetings will be on
the first Monday at 10:30 each
month beginning in December.
Continued on Page B—Section )
Jayc&es Will Sell
Candy For Project
Edenton’s Jaycees will begin
selling peanut brittle candy to
night (Thursday) with proceeds
going for their annual Christmas
shopping tour for underprivileg
ed children of Chowan County.
Candy will Sell for SI.OO per
box and it is hoped that every
one will buy a box of candy
from a Jaycee for this very
worthwhile project.
>3.00 Per Year In Norti
Aces Trim Plymouth 33-7
Friday Night To Capture
Conference Championship
Officers Installed
For County Council
Achievement Day Pro
gram Held at Ar
rowhead Beach
Highlights of the 1964 year’s
work were presented by Mrs.
Fred Castelloe and members of
the Advance Home Demonstra
tion Club at the gnnual Home
Demonstration Fall Achievement
Day program, held at Arrow
head Beach and Boat Club on
Thursday, November 5.
Mrs. Lena M. Leary, Clerk of
Superior Court, installed county
council officers for 1965-66. They
are: President, Mrs. O. C. Long,
Jr.; vice president, Mrs. Wallace
Goodwin, Jr.; secretary, Mrs. Eu
gene Jordan, and treasurer, Mrs.
Continued on Page 6. Section 1
Temple wil be in Edenton for
this big event.
According to the Divan official,
seven of the uniformed parade
units of Sudan will participate
in the parade. They will be
joined by city and county offi
cials in the trek down Broad
Street and planners are hopeful
that the nice sunny weather
which is now being enjoyed will
continue through Saturday.
The Temple units, dressed in
full colorful regalia, will be the
band. Oriental Band, clowns,
Chanters, Legion of Honor, mo
tor patrol and Sudan Patrol.
Continued on Page 7 —Section <
| Hill last week in preparation for
j her new duties.
Mrs. Holmes will serve Heart
] Associations in Bertie, Chowan,
j Currituck, Gates, Hertford and
I Perquimans counties. These lo
cal heart groups are divisions of
| the North Carolina and Ameri
‘.can Heart Associations.
■] The new executive secretary is
la former state regent of the
Daughters of the American Reyo
l lution.
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| MASONS MEET TONIGHT
A stated communication of
I 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
-1 vites all Masons to attend.
Mrs. Loraine Simpson Is Now
Chamber Commerce Secretary
Mrs. Judy Earnhardt has re
signed as office secretary of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce
to accept a position as office
manager with the George C.
Moore Company of Edenton.
Mrs. Earnhardt will begin in
her new position Monday, No
vember 16.
Taking Mrs. Earnhardt’s place:
in the Edenton Chamber of Com-.
Noted Button Collector Speaker
At Local DAR Chapter Meeting
Mrs. Elizabeth Craig Stewart
of Stinson Lake, New Hamp
shire, noted button collector,
will speak on and display Revo
lutionary Uniform buttons at the
luncheon meeting of the Edenton
Tea Party Chapter, NSDAR,
Wednesday at 1 o’clock at the
Edenton Restaurant.
Mrs. Stewart, who lectures on
her varied collection of buttons,
is president of the Belknap But
ton Club, a member of the New
Hampshire State Button Society
ahd served for three years on
the board of directors of the Na
tional Button Society.
She is a member of the
Daughters of the American Rev
olution and a former regent at
the Plymouth, New Hampshire
NSDAR Chapter.
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| Local Boys Upset the
I Dope Bucket That
Game Would Result
In Toss-up
Edenton again reigns over the
Albemarle Conference.
They were crowned here Fri
day night when the horn sound
ed ending their championship
game with arch rival Plymouth.
The score was an impressive
33-7 in a game played before a
crowd estimated at more than
! 3,000.
I
This was the game lated by
many arm chair quarterbacks as
a toss-up. But it was one in
which Coach - Jerry McGee had
I fired his grid squad to a fever
j ish pitch.
j There were just too many
Aces in the deck as the Ply
fouth Panthers were dealt a
j bust hand. The victory gave
jthe locals of John A. Holmes
High School a 9-0-1 season. The
tie was a 14-14 bruiser with
Elizabeth City, champions in
another conference.
I The game last week brought
I back memories of 1960 when the
j powerful Aces rolled over Ply
, mouth in going to the confer
ence championship. Like this
year, both the Aces and Panth
ers went into that game unde
feated in conference play. And
the Aces won.
j How did Edenton break wide
| open a game which, was believed
to be one of the closest of the
year? The Aces contained Bobby
Hall better than any team this
year. And on the credit side.
Quarterback David Holton Walta
ed around the gridiron all even
-1 ing throwing strikes in every
l direction.
! It was a wonderful display of
versatility by the senior back
who heaved four touchdown
passes, kicked extra points, ran
when his receivers were bottled
up and mixed his plays suffici
ently to keep the opposition in a
definite state of confusion.
Continued on Page 8, Section 2
feme calendar]
First District Medical Society
will sponsor clinics on Sunday,
i November 15 in nine northeast
jcm counties to help stamp out
! polio.
I Edenton’s Little Theater will
present "Arsenic and Old Lace"
jin the John A. Holmes High
School auditorium Thursday and
I Saturday nights, November 12
and 14.
Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the
American Legion will meet
I Tuesday night, November 17, at
the Triangle Restaurant. A
1 Continued on Page 6—Section i
■ j merce office is Mrs. Loraine
. 1 Simpson of Perquimans County.
Mrs. Simpson is a recent gradu
ate of the Industrial Education
’ School held last year under tine
Federal Manpower Training Act.
, where she took refresher courses
in bookkeeping and stenography.
The former Loraine Harris, Mrs.
Simpson is married to Lester
■ j Simpson and has a 12-year-old
i daughter.
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MRS. ELIZABETH STEWART
She ii visiting in Hertford as
the guest of Capx. aid Mrs. Na
thaniel Fulfonk