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'A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
Volume XXXl.—Number 48.
Miss North Carolina Set
As Yule Parade Feature
(n Edenton December 4
State BPW President!
To Share Limelight'
With Reigning Beau
ty at Banquet
Plans are taking shape here
for a gala Yule parade at 4
o’clock Friday afternoon, Decem
ber' 4, to formally open the
Christmas shopping season in
the Chowan area.
The event, sponsored each
year by the Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club, will be
climaxed with a banquet at the
Masonic Temple, beginning at 7
P. M. Mrs. Bert Tyson, state
BPW president, and Miss Shar
on Finch of Thomasville, Miss
North Carolina, will be honored
guests at the banquet.
Mrs. Tyson and Miss Finch
will share parade honors with
Santa Claus as the units move
down Broad Street.
Mrs. Artie Ange is again
chairman of the parade and the
entire BPW committee feels that
the 1964 event will be one of the
best ever heid in Edenton.
Floats are being prepared and
several bands are expected.
Units are still being accepted by
the Parade Committee. There
fore, the number of participants
is not yet known.
Santa Claus will be on hand
to talk to the youngsters.
Bags of fruit and candy to the
children, thanks to the merch
ants of Edenton, working in co
operation with the Merchants
Committee of the Edenton Cham
ber of Commerce, Caswell Ed
mondson, chairman. Britton By
rum is in charge of merchant
contributions to this project.
Approximately S4OO is expected
to be contributed toward the
purchase of treats for the chil
dren. ' ...1
Tickets to the banquet. Which
is being promoted jointly by the
BPW and Junior Chamber of
Commerce, are $1.75. The ban
quet is open to the public.
Miss Finch, the reigning Miss
North Carolina, is a rising
junior at the Connecticut Col
lege for Women, New London,
Conn. She attended Thomasville
Senior High School and St.
Mary’s Junior College in Raleigh,
where she graduated from high
school in 1962.
She is a double major in so
ciology and English and is a
dean’s list studem.
Miss Pauline Calloway is co
chairman of the parade and Mrs.
John Ricks is hospitality ohair
man.
Miss Nor th Carolina Coming To Edenton
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Stare Hours
The story on store hours
may seem a little compli
cated but they are given
herewith to assist .many cus
tomers who will be shop
ping with Eden on merch
ants between now and
Christmas.
Saturday, November 28,
most stores will remain open
for the convenience of shop
pers until 9 P. M., and also
the two following Saturdays,
December 5 and December
12.
Starting Friday, Decem
ber 18, most all stores wilft
remain open EVERY NIGHT
until 9 o'clock until Christ
mas.
Stores will be dosed on
Christmas day and the fol
lowing day. A poll indicates
many stores will be closed
for the legal holiday Janu
ary 1, but a few stores, ser
vice stations and food stores
plan to be open.
JaycMs’DanceTt
Armory Wednesday
Music Will Be Fur
nished By Four
Kings
A Thanksgiving dance will be
held at the Edenton armory on
.Wednesday night, November 25,
beginning at 9 o’clock and con
tinuing until 1 o’clock. Music
will be furnished by the Four
Rings of Rocky Mount.
The Thanksgiving dance is
sponsored annually by the Jay
cees. Advance tickets can be
purchased by contacting any
Jaycee. The price is $3.00 per
couple.
For table reservations, call
Dickie Pate at 482-2246 or Sam
Bowen at 482-3544. “We’ll be
looking for you Wednesday night
at the Edenton armory,” say the
Jaycees. .
BANKS CLOSED THURSDAY
Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany and the Consumer Credit
Branch will be closed all day
Thursday in observance of the
Thanksgiving holiday. The banks
will be open as usual Friday
morning.
Extern, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 26, 1964.
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Progress 3' \ ’ng Made On Unified Piece Dye Works Plant
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Work is continuing on the huge new plant of United Piece Dye Works. Inc., on the Chowan
River, approximately 13 miles from Edenton. Plant officials said this week no date for the full
operation of the olant has been set but training programs are expected to begin right away. Much
of the basic machinery to be used by the coimp iny is already in place. United Piece Dye Works
is a newcomer to Chowan County and is expec.ed to greatly boost the economy in the entire Al
bemarle area. The company is one oi the largest independent textile dyers and finishers in the
business.
Mystery Merchants Identified In Fun Contest
The second winner of the $57
grand prize in the “Mystery
Merchant” contest is David Lee
Hollowell, Box 165, Tyner. He
registered at Edenton Tractor &
Implement Company.
As grand prize. winner he will
receive gift certificates from
Edenton merchants who are par
ticipating in the popular con
test.
Bruce Jones of Albemarle Mo
tor Company, Bill Perry of Bill
Perry’s Texaco Service, and
Haywood Phthisic of Phthisic’s
Super Market, were silhouetted
in last week’s paper. They were
the “Mystery Merchants” in the
second week of the six-week
contest.
Saturday these merchants
gave out valuable gift certifi
cates to 1 three persons
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BILL PERRY
Bill Perry's Texaco Service
Home Demonstration Clubs Os
District Meet In Edenton Dec. 2
Home Demonstration Club
members from the 16 counties in
the Eastern District will meet
Mitchener And Hines
At Electric Meeting
Mayor John A. I.litchener and
Dick Hines, superintendent of
the Electric & Water Depart
ment, were among representa
• tives who last week attended an
[ Outdoor Lighting Institute in
I Hendersonville.
'the institute, held at General
Electric Company’s plant in
Western North Carolina, was
sponsored in this area by Vir
ginia Electric & Power Company.
Mayors and electric department
: officials from 27 area municipali
ties were in attendance Novem
ber 17-18, as the guests of
VEPCO.
J. R. Haden of Williamston,
VEPCO district manager, arrang
ed the bus trip. .
The group traveled into West
ern North Carolina in time to
witness evening presenta
tion, “The Crossroads of Light”,
on the first day. The remain
" ing schedule included talks, dis
cussions and a tour of the manu
facturing plant.
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Edenton’s IM4 Christinas - pa
rade will be held Fridfy, De
» camber 4. beginning at 4 P. M.
• Another caficsr clinic will be
' held at the Elizabeth City Health
DwßfttfiMl Mdiy afternoon
[ December 1 o'clock.
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who identified them.
Registration for this week’s $57
grand prize has already begun
and the winner will. be an
nounced in The Herald next
week. Also, three new silhou
ettes appear in the advertisement
by “Mystery Merchants” and 'if
you can identify them, take the
silhouette to their respective
stores early Saturday and if you
are among the first three with
poper identification you win a
gift certificate.
: However, you do not have to
1 do anything but register at the
i 19 participating stores to qualify
i in the grand prize contest. The
; only two conditions in this phase
•of the contest is that you must
; be 14 or older and can register
■ only once each day throughout
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BRUCE JONES
Albemarle Motor Company
i at the First Methodist Church 1
in Edenton Wednesday, Decem
ber 2, for a program planning
meeting.
I District officers, along with
’ County Council officers, from the
1 1 three Federated Districts in the
: Eastern District, will plan their j
respective meetings. These;
1 meetings will be held in the'
spring as follows:
t District 20, composed of Car
teret, Craven, Jones, Onslow and
j Pamlico counties, will meet in
Carteret County.
District 24, composed of Beau
fort, Hyde, Tyrrell, and Wash-
I ingtor. counties, will meet in
' J Washington County,
j District 25, composed of Cam
iden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare.
, I Gates, Pasquotank and Perquim
ans counties, will meet in Dare
J County.
County Chairmen in the areas!
of education, safety, family life, j
citizenship, health, international,)
music, and public relations will
plan their year’s activities.
Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, district
chairman of the Health Com
mitted, will preside at the health
session.
Mrs. R. W. Humphries, Gates
County, state officer, will pre
side at the joint assembly.
The meeting will begin at 9:45
A. M. Lunch will be served 1
to the group, and they will ad
journ in the afternoon.
, RED MEN MEETING
i Chowan Tribe No. 12, Improv
, ed Order of Red Men, will meet
Monday night, November 30, at
( 7:30 o’clock. Ered Keeter, sa
t chem, urges a large attendance.
This contest, sponsored by the
Merchants Committee of the Ed
enton Chamber of Commerce,
Caswell Edmondson, chairman,
has the following merchants tak
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-In, Byrum
Hardware Company, Phthisic’s
Super Market and Scott Tire &
Recapping.
Also Setzer Texaco, Goodyear
Service Store, P & O Super
Market, Ross Jewelers, Western
Gas Service, Beik-Tyler, Eden
ton Tractor & Implement Com
pany, Albemarle Motor Com
pany and Bridge-Turn Esso
Servicenter.
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HAYWOOD PHTHISIC
Phthisic's Super Market
10 Counties Cited
For Federal Kelp
Chowan Included In
Group For Aid In
Urban Planning
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner has announced that he has
i been advised that the Urban Re
newal Administration of the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency has approved a federal
grant under the Urban Planning
Assistance Program to aid the
following ten counties of the
Albemarle area of North Caro
lina in the preparation of com
prehensive plans for the growth
and development of these coun
ties.
The counties are: Camden,
Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates,
Hyde. Pasquotank, Perquimans,
, Tyrrell and Washington.
| The total cost of planning work
| in this Albemarle area is $32,400.
Congressman Bonner stated that
approximately two-thirds of this
amount will be covered by the
Federal Grant.
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20 Years Ago
As Found In The File* Os
The Chowan Herald
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Through efforts of the Student
Council ond the Edenton Police
Department, school-boy patrols
went an duty at , tour ' street
crossings directing children on
their way to school across dan
gerous intersections.
Chowan County joined with
the rest of the nation in raising
its share in the Sixth War Loan
New Scoreboard j
Expected On Hicks
Field Next Season
Edenton Jaycees Col-l
lecting Funds For!
Major Improvement
On Hicks Field
When the Aces of John A.
Holmes High School rare into
Hicks Field next fall to open
their 1965 grid season they will
be greeted by a handsome elec
tric scoreboard.
This was assured last week
when members of the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce
secured $1,306.75 in only a mat
ter of days toward this project.
With Larry Knox as chairman
of this special project, the local
Jaycees lived up to their billing
as “young men of action”. In
less than a week they had rais
ed sufficient money to insure
the purchase of the scot eboard
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Albemarle Players
Decide On Play
“South Pacific” Wili
Be Presented In
February
Rodgers and Hammerstcin’s fa j
mous musical “South Pacific’,!
has been selected as the Albe-1
marie Players’ first musical and |
second production of the season. |
The Elizabeth City group is
now in their sixth season of
little theatre work.
The award winning musical I
played for several years on I
Broadway and won populai ac- I
claim on the road. Originally
starring Mary Martin and Ezio
Pinza as the Navy nurse Nellie
Forbush and the French plant
er Emil Debecque, whose love
story brought out such songs as
“Some Enchanted Evening" an-l
“Bali Ha’i”, also “Bloody Mary”,
“I’m in Love with a Wonderful
Guy”.
The play requires an unusual
ly large cast of men and women.
Persons who may be interested
in being a part of this play arc
asked to be at the Love’s State
Theatre in Elizabeth City on No
vember 29 at 4 o'clock for in
terviews and information.
The Players also announce the
selection of Roy Askew as the
director. Mr. Askew is the Eliz
abeth City High School drama
teacher as well as senior English
instructor. He also produces and
directs the annual Senior Follies
Askew has appeared in several
college plays and musicals and
in many of the players’ produc
tions. He urges those people
with musical and dancing back-'
grounds to attend. The produc-1
tion date is February.
Aces On Rampage In Friday Night’s Game At Greenville.
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'mere was plenty of action in FicfcUn Stadium in ureenville Friday night as tha Ectenion Aces
downed West Carteret 26-20. to advance to the finals in Eastern 2*A play. The Herald camera
recorded seme of the highlights of the game. Above left. Coach Jerry watches the action
with Quarterback David Holton. Jr., as other anxious players gather areund. At right. Hiram
Mayo is shown being slopped after a nice gain as the Patriots gang up on him, Wesley Chesson,
on ground in bottom left photo, blocked Jimmy Hall to shako Ikey Davis loose ess a 66-yard touch
down run. Then a short time later Chesson eluded would be tackier* to turn in a fancy run of hie
own. The Aces tangle with Cary. High School in Greenville Wednesday night fee the Eastern tX«
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Eastern 2-A Grid Crown
Sought Wednesday By
Edenton Aces And Cary
Term Os Superior
Court To Convene
Monday Morning
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Judge George Foun
tain of Tarboro Is.
Scheduled to Preside
Over Session
A mixed term of Chowan
County Superior, Com-t opens
here at 10 A. M., Monday with
Judge George Fountain of Tar
boro presiding.
The first two days of the term
will he for the trial of criminal j
cases. ■ Solicitor Walter W. Co-1
boon of Elizabeth City will |
prosecute the docket.
Mrs. Lena Leary, clerk of
court, reports that approximate
ly 16 criminal cases will he set
for trial. Most of the cases are
on appeal from Recorders Court.
The Chowan County Bar Asso
ciation has set the civil calendai |
with 13 cases on the docket, j
Civil matters are expected to
be called beginning Wednesday j
since the criminal docket is so
short.
Town Considering
New Insurance Plan
All Property Fully In
sured Under Blan
ket Policy
The advantages of public in
stitutional property insurance
was explained to members of
the Edenton Town Council Mon
day night at a special meeting |
by two Raleigh insurance cxe-1
cu lives'.
Murray Jones and Jack Smith,
representing Aetna Insurance
Company, said municipalities
can get adequate coverage of
all property by grouping it for
blanket coverage in one policy.
One estimate is that since the
new Municipal Building has
been completed, town property
is in excess of $430,000.
Councilman Elton Forehand,
agent of record for the town,
was instructed to have his com-,
mittee study the values placed
on municipal property for the j
purpose of insurance. Too, oth- j
!er companies will be asked to
[hid on the insurance once the
I values have been settled.
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Local Eleven Downs
West Carteret Team
In First of Cham
pionship Bids
The Edenton Aces hope to
complete an undefeated season
I Wednesday night and in doing so
! wrap up the Eastern 2-A crown
in a championship game with
Cary. The locals last week suc-
I cessfully cleared the next to last
hurdle in the championship route
with a hard fought 26-20 win
over West Carteret in Ficklin
Stadium at Greenville.
Reports out of Wake County
are that the Aces will have
their hands full in the cham
pionship tussle. Cary is said to
have a strong aggregation and
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The Eastern 2 A champion
ship football game will be
played in Ficklin Stadium in
Gieenville Wednesday night,
November 25. Game lime is
7:30 o'clock. The Edenton
Aces will pley Cary in the
championship tilt.
1 Coach Jerry McGee is putting
- his team through torrid drills
i in preparation for the contest.
The Aces were not as sharp in
I the West Carteret game as (hey
| have been in previous encoun-
I tors. Some of it was charged
’to Ihe open week while they
| waited for other conferences to
complete their schedule. How
ever, Coach McGee is expected
to have his team honed to the
sharpest point for the final game
of the season.
The gridders of John A.
Holmes High School completed
the season and copped the Al
bemarle Conference crown with
a 9-0-1 record.
A large crowd was on hand in
the big East Carolina College
studium in perfect footbai!
| weather to witness the Edcnton
| West Carteret battle in the first
| round of the regional play-offs.
And those in attendance didn’t
have time to settle in their seats
from the opening kickoff be
fore fireworks by West Carteret
brought them to their feet. The
West Carteret team struck like
lightning and their initial play
caught the Aces with their duces
showing.
Bill Milchcncr put his healthy
toe into the pigskin to open the
game. West Carteret returned
it to their 45 yard line. On I lie
first play from scrimmage George
j Broadstreet snagged a pass from
j John Lee and raced 65 yards he-
I fore Hiram Mayo, in a despera
tion tackle, hauled him down on
the one yard line. On the next
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