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Volume XXXl.—Number 47“*“
Edenton Aces Scheduled
To Play West Carteret
In First Regional Game
Two Teams Will Meet
In Greenville Sta-1
dium Friday Night at
8 O’clock
Edenton’s Aces tangle with
West Carteret High School at 8,
o’clock Friday night in the first
round of regional grid playoffs'|
The game will be played at Fick
lin Stadium in Greenville. i
West Carteret captured the
Coastal 2-A Conference crown
last week wit!) an 'impressive
27-0 win over Beaufort.
Edenton is considered the fav
orite in this contest, having com
piled a 9-0-1 record in winning
the Albemarle Conference cham
pionship. The .Aces were un
defeated in regular season play,
but had a tie, 14-14, with Eliza
beth City. Elizabeth City is a
3-A club.
Should Coach .Jerry McGee’s
eleven win over West Carteret,
they will play the winner of the
Cary-Charles B. Aycock game
for the Eastern North Carolina
championship. And that is a
crown the Aces would like to
put on the shelf.
The Aces had an open date
last week and Coach McGee has
been gearing his squad for the
championship games. Reports |
from Hicks Field are that the lo
cals will be in excellent shape J
for the game Friday.
A large following of Eden-J
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11 Edenton Aces
Recognized On All
Conference Train
Five Chosen op First
Team; Two-on Sec
ond Team, Four Get
Honorable Mention
Eleven members of the # 1964
Edenton Aces’ squad have been
named to All-Albemarle Confer
ence honors —five of them to the
first team.
Two' local gridders were chos
eij for the second team and four
moire made honorable mention.
The five first' team members
include Hiram Mayo, Jr., and
David Holton, backs; Phil Har
rell, end, and Charlie Overton
and Perry Byrum, linemen. All
are seniors at John A. Holmes
High School. \
Wesley Chesson, a sophomore,
was named to the second team
hackfield while Durrell Am
brose, a senior, was chosen as
a lineman on the second squad.
Honorable mention honors
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MYF Cake Sale Will
Be Held Nov. 21st
Sponsored by the Methodist
Youth Fellowship, a cake sale
will he held at the Mitchene r
buildihg, corner of Broad and
Queen Streets, Saturday, No
vember 21. The sale will be in
progress from 10 A. M. to. 5
P. M. with all proceeds going to
a worthy cause.
Mystery Merchants Are Identified In First Week Os Fun Contest
Mrs. E. R. Wilson, Route 3,1
Edenton, is the first grand prize |
winner in • the “Mystery Merch
ant” contest being sponsored by
I£| local merchants. Mrs. Wilson,
who registered at Cuthreli’s De
partment store, wing $57 in gift
certificates.
Also, the three silhouettes
printed in last week’s paper
have been identified. They are
Britton Byruip of Colonial Motor
■ Company, Ed Taylor of Bridge-
Turn Esso Servicenter and Henry
Quinn of P & Q Super Market,
These merchants last Saturday
gave gift certificates to the first
three' persons identifying them.
gift certificates.
£ (Registration second
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Herald Published
Early Next Week
The Chowan Herald will '
publish ear y next week in
order to give our emp'oyees
a Thanksgiving holiday. All
advertising and news copy
must, therefore, be submitted
j on Monday.
United Piece Dye
Works Hangs Up
New Sales Record
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New Plant at Edenton
Expected to Increase
Capacity By at Least
One-fifth
The United Piece Dye Works,
one of the largest independent
textile dyers and finishers, re
ported record sales and record
i pre-tax earnings for the nine
I months ended September 30,
i j 1964, according to a report re
; leased by Charles Blount," Jr.,
; president.
>! Sales of $13,354,621 were up 1
llOVi% from $12,087,257 id the
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1 , corresponding period in 1963.
I Pre-tax earnings of $1,687,903
• j were up from $1,614,162.
Earnings after taxes amounted
to $918,953 versus $1,200,407 a
year ago. The report points out
that taxes were provided a‘t the
full rate in 1964, totaling $768,-
950. compared to only $413,755
in 1963 when a loss carry for
ward from years prior to 1960
| reduced tax liability.
.said that a new v plant just*
fudshed as Edenton would in
. crease overall capacity by one
‘ fifth and “relieve the heavy load
■ now building up in our other
[• plants and at the same time af
ford greater diversity of services
to our customers.’’
Pauline Calloway Honored In
Washington, D. C., Nov. 14-18
Miss Pauline Calloway was
one of the four Home Economics
Agents who received distinguish
ed service awards at the meet
ing of the Nationa.l Home Dem
onstration Agents Association in
Washington, D. C., November 14-
18. The other agents are Miss
Fleta Harrelson, Elizabethtown,
Mrs. Dorothy Wilkinson, Oxford,
and Mrs. Sallie Ward, Lexing
ton.
Miss Calloway' has been home
economics agent in Chowan
County since 1959 and has de
veloped special skills in restora
tion and refinishing furniture.
Workshops have been conducted
for homemakers in housing and
house furnishings, clothing con
struction, hat making, tailoring,
and other areds.
She is president-elect of the
Eastern District Home Economics
Agents Association and has serv
ed as chairman of committees in
the district and other organi
zations. At present she is east
ern area vice president of the 1
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Anyone over the age of 14 can
register with the participating
merchants throughout the week.
This contest, sponsored by the
Merchants Committee of the Ed
; enton . Chamber i of Commerce,
Caswell Edmondson, Chairman,
; has the following merchants tak
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rxienton, Chowan County. North Carolina, Thursday, November 19, 1964.
Progress Being Made For Post Office Improvements
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Progress continues to be made on the spacious addition to the U. S. Post Office building on Broad
Street. Shown here is a big crane pounding aw iy on pilings driven at the site. Contractors re
port work on the $210,000 project is moving along according io schedule. When the addition is
completed it willl give Edenton a modern Post Office structure with sufficient space to provide
adequate mail service for this area for many years +o come.
Shoplifting Becoming Reason
For Much Concern In Edenton
Shoplifting in Edenton is be
coming big business. And mer
chants are taking steps to curb
the actions of people who take
thousands of dollars from the
area each year.
Police Chief James Griffin told
a group of merchants at an early
morning meeting recently that
rth£ shoplifting-.here,- per capita,
would rank with that in towns
the size of Greensboro and
larger.
The chief explained the best
methods of handling the prob
lem and pledged the full co
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Miss Pauline Calloway
; North Carolina Federation of
Business and Professional Wo
i men’s Clubs.
The award will be presented
on Wednesday, November 18, in
11 Washington, D. C.
ing part:
Edenton Motor Company, The
Betty Shoppe, Cuthrell’s Depart
ment Store, Colonial Motor Com
pany, Bill Perry’s Texaco Ser
vice, Edenton Furniture Com
pany, Joe’s Drive-Jn, Byrum
Hardware Company, Phthisic’s
Super Market and Scott Tire &
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operation of the Police Depart
ment with merchants in curbing
this crime.
“Shoplifting is now a criminal
offense in North Carolina,” the
chief said. “The penalty for vio
lation of this statute is SSO fine
or 30 days in jail.”
, Chief Griffin advised the mcr
*r
cha&i* --'Mi call police when they
suspect someone of shoplifting
and his departmen will take
the proper action. “We can only
work in this field with your
help,” he added.
The chief said Edenton is for
tunate in having a good juvenile
judge to handle cases where un
derage persons are apprehended
for shoplifting offenses.
Alton G. Elmore, manager of
Belk-Tyler's store, arranged for
a film on shoplifting which was
shown to interested merchants
at the Taylor Theatre. The film
illustrated various methods used
to acquire different items.
Elmore said a friendly word
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Marr Speaks To
Rotarians Today
Edenton Kotarians will hold
their weekly meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 1 o'clock
at the Parish House.
Program Chairman McDonald
Dixon, has announced that the
principal speaker will be Wade 1
Marr of Elizabeth City. Mr.
Marr is very, well known in
Edenton. He has served as pres
ident of the Rotary Clubs at
Elizabeth City and Ralpigh and
has served as international di
rector of Rotary.
President West Byrum urges
every Rotarian to make a spe
cial effort to attend the meet
ing.
Recapping.
; Also Setzer Texaco, Goodyear
- Service Store, P& O Super
- Market, Ross Jewelers, Western
- Gas Service, Belk-Tyler, Eden
- ton Tractor & Implement Com
i pany, Albemarle Motor Com
s pany and Bridge-Turn Esso
c Servicenter.
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P & Q Super Market t
“Arsenic And Old
Lace” Enjoyed By
Large Audiences
Local Group Highly
Praised For Talent
Shown In Two Per
formances
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About three months of con
| stant rehearsal, memorization and
I hard work, tesulted in an out
standing success for the first of
ficial presentation of the Eden
ton Little Theatre.
The play, “Arsenic and Old
Lace,’’ was thoroughly enjoyed
by an audience of almost 600
last Thursday and Saturday
| nights. The audiences both
nights broke out in resounding
applause at the conclusion of
the show and during the show in
happy appreciation of the talents
of Fran McCaskill, Katherine
Aman, Charles Overman, Glenn
Mabe, West Byrum, Wesley Ches
son, Sandra Nixon, Frank Kob
erts and others who comprised
the cast.
The play was produced and
directed by D. Ross Inglis. At a
party after the final perform
ance, Mr. Inglis announced that
future plans are under way for
such as poetry readings and the
next production scheduled for
spring. See "Frankly Speaking”
in today’s paper for more Little
Theatre news.
Rocky Hock Itakc
Sale November 25
The Rocky Hock Community
Center will sponsor a bake sale
Wednesday, November 25. The
sale W'il! be held in front of the
Belk-Tyler store, beginning at 9
o’clock.
All kinds of cakes, pies, can
dy, cookies and many other good
things to eat will be on sale.
Advance orders for special
kinds of cakes can be placed
with Mrs. W. H Saunders, phone
482-4024 or Mrs. Marvin Smith,
phone 482-3026.
Work Os Property Revaluation
In Chowan Begins This Week
The N. C. General Assembly
has passed a law requiring coun
ties to revalue all the property
in each county every eight
years. The lasl revaluation in
Chowan County was in 1957.
Therefore, the next revaluation
will have to be put on tax books
January 1, 1966. k
The County Commissioners
have awarded, the contract for
this work to the Southern Ap
praisal Company of Greensboro
and their representatives are
here to start this work. They
will be doing the Town Os
Edenton and adjoining property
Christinas Parade
In Edenton Will Be
Held Friday, Dec. 4
Santa Claus Will Be
On Hand to Distri
bute Fruit and Candy,
To Youngsters
Along with Santa Claus Eden-j
ton’s Christmas parade Friday,
December 4, will feature Mis'-. |
North Carolina and the state
president of the Business anal
Professional Women’s Clubs.
The parade which begins at 4
o’clock will also j”" 1 »i I
bands and floats. Santa Claus
will meet after the paraue won I
the children and mve them bags •
of fruit and candy,
The annual paiade is spon
sored by the Edenton Business
and Professional Women’s Club
in cooperation with the Cham
ber of Commerce. Mrs. Howard
Ange is parade chairman and
Mrs. John W. Ricks is hospi- j
tality chairman.
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OFFICES CLOSED NOV. 26 j
All Chowan County offices
will be closer! Thursday, No-j
vember 26 for the usual Thanks
giving holiday. The offices will
I open at the usual time on No-;
■ vember 27.
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Agriculture Census Begins
In Chowan County On Nov. 28
Enumerators for the 1964 Cen
sus of Agriculture will start call-
I ( ing on farmers of Chowan Coun
* ty on Monday morning, Novem
| ber 23, County Extension Chair
man C. W. Overman has an
nounced.
Enumerators are local men and
, women hired temporarily by the
i Bureau of the Census, an agency
I of the U. S. Department of Com
i merce, to count the commercial
farms in the communities where
* the enumerators live.
j The purpose of the visits is
|to collect census questionnaires
•that farmers in the county have
I I been filling out since the forms
. were mailed to all rural boxhold-
I ers several days ago. Farmers
r and ranchers were thus allowed
i a period of time to consult their
1964 business records and to fill
1 out the forms before the enurner-
Assessments Set For
j Water-Sewer Project
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I Assessment tor current sewer
| and water expansion projects in
I Edenton were set Monday right
, by Town Council at a joint meet
ing with the Board of Public
. Works.
] Following a complete appraisal
of the situation, the Council es
tablished an assessment, of $3.77
per foot for sewer construction
and $1.59 per foot for water lines.
~ It was emphasized by William
Gardner, town administrator
that these assessment figures
deal only with current sewer and
water expansion projects in
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20 Years Ago]
As Found In The Files Os j
The Chowan Herald
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Definite steps were taken at a
county-wide meeting toward se
curing a hospital for Chowan
County when the County Com
missioners and Town Councilmen
agreed to make a contribution of
$25,000 each.
Members of Ed Bond Post No.
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to the town limits starting this
week through Decembea.
The County Commissioners
feel that it will be advantageous
to the property owners to have
someone present if possible when
these men call to make the ap
praisal and call to the attention
of the appraisers all features re
garding the construction and
condition of the property. These
people have been instructed to
make a second trip back to the
property in order to see the in
side of buildings so that a fair,
appraisal can be accomplished
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53.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Lloyd Griffin Discusses
Price Os Freedom During
Veterans Day Talk Here
4,573 People In |
! Chowan Take First!
I Sabin Polio Dose 1
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•Total of 46,2.39 Doses
l Administered In 9-
County Area Clinics
! Held Sunday
Dr. T. P. Bunn of Hertford,
chairman of the First District
Medical Society’s Stop Polio
Committee, expresses apprecia
tion to the hundreds of volun-,
teer citizens who manned public
[polio clinics last Sunday during
the first of three Stop Polio Sun
days m a nine county area of
, Northeastei n North Carolina.
| “Cur entire operation ran very
smoothly anrl we are indebted
j to hundreds of volunteer citizens
jin the nine counties who worked
all day in the clinic programs,"
Dr. Bi inn said
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| ator came calling. The purpose
of the questionnaire is to furn
ish needed, up-to-date informa
tion on U. S. agricultural pro
duction and resources.
During the visits, enumerators
will also review forms and as
sist farmers in completing th.e
answers to any questions that
the farmers were unable to an
swer. Filling out the form is
required by the Census Act.
Enumerator visits are being
conducted in Chowan County ac
cording to the following sched
ule;
November 23 - Begin Second
Township and Third Township.
November 25 Begin First
Township.
December 3 Begin Fourth
Township.
The following enumerators for
Chowan County have been ap
pointed;
Upper Chowan—Mrs. Bernice
Langley.
Middle Chowan—Mrs. Dotme
gan L. Rogerson.
Edenton Mis. Elizabeth B
Perry.
Yec;.im Mis. Betsy S. Has
sell.
Lloyd Griffin Veterans Day Speaker
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Lloyd Griffin, left, executive vice president of N. C. Citizens As- ;
sociation. is pictured here with Comznassder E» L. Hollowed,
Commander of Edward G. Bond Post Ho. 40 of the American
Legion, just pri~r to the Veterans Day observance at the local
post. Approximately 150 people turned out to hear Griffin, am?
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j 150 Hear Edentonian
j Speak at Edward G.
I Bond Post of Ameri
| can Legion Banquet
Lloyd Griffin, executive vica
president of the North Carolina
Citizens’ Association, has warned
against too much centralization
of power in Washington in a
Veterans Day address to the
American Legion.
“I have often wondered how
much of our personal liberties
we would be willing to surrender
to Washington if the pot was
sweetened a little more,” he said
here as he spoke Novemoer 11
at Edward G. Bond Post 40.
, 1 He traced the total surrender
, of personal liherties in commu
nistic countries and added; “And
• in this country my fears of a
j change in government are ad
dressed to that generation called
! upon to' live in the next great
depression. Then, when food,
j clothes, and jobs are handed out
, from Washington, will our peo
i pie be willing to surrender their
liberties if some dictatoi is on
hand to ask a Congress to give
1 him dictatorial powers?”
,! Griffin said because of our po
’ sition of world leadership among
the nations we should have a
1 strong central government, fully
I capable of dealing with-.inter
national problems. “But at the
. same time.” he continued, “we
. believe this power should be
. limited to foreign affairs and
.[should have no application to
the domestic affairs of the
. states.”
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Speaking on the subject “The
, Price of Freedom.” Griffin said
t the dominant idea of the found
ing fathers of this nation was
life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. He said Joseph
Hewes of Edenton was among
’ those who subscribed to this
idea.
“We have fougjit two world
wars to maintain that freedom,"
I Griffin said. “Freedom cannot
be preserved by weak people. A
! philosophy of government which
counsels the people to take the
> road of least difficulty is not
the voice of freedom.
“When the people of a local
- community or a state are con
fronted with local problems, de
- dine to cope with them and
shift their responsibility to
- Washington, they are traveling
the road which leads to an aban
donment of this priceless herit
age of freedom.”
“Our forefathers lived danger-
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