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Volume XXXl—Number 50.
Airport Commission Gets
Consideration Os Council;
Library Letter Approved
Upgrading Two Com-||
munity Service Fa-|
cilities Discussed at.
Meeting
Shepard - Pruden Library and , •
Edenton Municipal Aiiport were |
priority discussion topics Tues
day night by Edenton Tow n j
Council .and a lion taken coulfj!
mace both more worthwhile j
community service centers.
The Council voted approval of,
a' letter of intent to contribute I
$15,000 towards construction of a '
modern new library building. '
However, the Chowan County
Commissioners must put up
$20,000 before the new structure j
can be a reality. j ;
After hearing a report on in
adequate facilities now .used and
the importance of good library
service for the community, Coun- j
cilman George A. Byrum said it
is time to take some definite)
, steps toward securing adequate
quarters for the library. He said I
the Council and county should:
act now while federal matching |
funds are available.
At the present time Chowan,
County qualifies for a 46% grant.
from the federal government for j
library construction. Therefore,
the city and county share of a
$65,000 project would be about
$35,000. I
Tom Shepard, representing the
library, said it was the library
board’s intent to purchase prop
erty from the Cupola House As
nightlly at the church for five
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Mystery Merchants Identified In Fun Contest
The winner of $57 in gift cer-j
tificates for the grand prize in |
this week’s mystery merchant
contest is George W. Askew of
Route 2, Windsor. Askew regis
tered at Scott Tire & Recapping
Co., last week.
Too, it was revealed today that
merchants whose mystery silhou
ettes appeared in The Herald last
week wqre Scott Harrell of
Edenton Tractor & Implement
Company; Henry Cuthrell of
Cuthrell’s Department Store, and
Melvin Braxton of Goodyear Ser
vice Store.
Three more silhouettes appear
in this week’s paper and if you
can identify the mystery mer-
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Edenton Basketball
Teams Undefeated
Coaches Appear Opti
mistic For Success
ful Season
All three basketball. tggxos. aL
John A. Holmes High School are
undefeated in the first games of
the young 1964-65 season, i
The Aces of Coach Jim Kihion
have won three straight games
although practice was limited to
just a few days prior to opening
of the season due to the football
playoffs.
Kinion's Aces Tuesday night
hit on 41 per cent of their shots
from the floor as they complete
ly outclassed Williamston, 50-37.
Earlier, the girls’ team, coach
; ed by Miss Sally Lytch, downed
the sextet from Williamston, 41-
17. The Junior Varsity boys al-
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| Scottish Rite Club
I Dinner December 11
I The Chowan Scottish Rite Club
• will hold a ham and turkey sup
per at Sandy Point Beach Friday
night, December 11 at 7 o’clock.
I Members attending are re
quested to take a toy or clothing
which will be distributed among
underprivileged children. Each
one attending is also asked to
take a gag gift to be distributed
among the members.
1| chants, take the silhouettes to
I their store Saturday. If you are
1 among the first three persons to
..present the silhouettes to the
merchants you will receive a gift
certificate. Each merchant pic
tured in the silhouettes gives
gift certificates.
The voice of the mystery mer
chant also appear on WCDJ.
1 You can qualify for the week
■ ly grand prize of $57 in gift
: certificates just by registering at |
f any of the 19 participating stores.
* Yo must be at least .14 years of
' age and can register only once
each week.
r This contest, sponsored by the
i Merchants Committee »t the Ed
- enton Chamber of Commerce,
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iiidenton, Chowan County, i\orth Carolina, Thursday, December! 0^964
Mayo Named To
Head Anti-Poverty
Group In Chowan
Local Committee Will,
Plan to Work With
Nine Other Counties
In the Albemarle
Hiram Mayo, superintendent of
Edenton schools, has been named
chairman of Chowan County’s
Coordinating Committee for
Community Action Program Pro
posals for the Economic Oppor
tunity Act of 1964.
Mayo heads a 13,-metnber com
miftec Which has befc'n appoint
ed by the Board of Commission
ers. The local group will work
in conjunction with' nine other
counties in the Albemarle area
in preparing areas in which to
work with federal funds provid- I
ed by the anti-poverty program.
Named to serve with Mayo are
C. C. Walters, Miss Pauline Cal
loway, Charles Overman, Dr. Isa
Grant, Mrs. Carolyn McMullan,
John Mitchener, Leo Katkaveck,
Mrs. Elizabeth Byrd. Fletcher
Lassiter, Mrs. E. N. Elliott, Wil
liam Hollar and the Rev. T. W.
Allred,
Mayo has said it will be after
January 1, 1965; before guides
will be received from the federal
government concerning programs
which will be approved for fed
eral firnds.
(civic calendar .
John A. Holmes High School
Music Department will present a
concert of Christmas music in,
the school auditorium Sunday j
afternoon, December 13, at 3
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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 aetzer Texaco, Goodyear
Service Store, P & Q Super
Market, Ross Jewelers, Western
Gas Service, Belk-Tyler, Eden
ton Tractor & Implement Com
pany, Albemarle Motor Com
pany and Bridge-Turn Esso
Servicenter,
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The five men pictured above have a total cf IBZ years ot service with tne Department of interior
of the U. S. government. All members of the Branch of Fish Hatcheries, U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, they got together in Edenton recently when W. C. Bunch, second fiom left, retired after 43
years of continuous service with the department. Left to right are: F. F. Tanner of Charles City.
Va„ 36 years; Bunch; Glenn Adams of Hoffman, 31 years; A. C. Fuller of Atlanta. Ga„ reqional sup
ervisor. 34 years, and Charles Moore of Hoffman, 38 years. Bunch, at the time of his retirement,
was manager of the Edenton National Fish Hatchery.
Farm Bureau President Urges
Support For Tobacco Program
David Bateman, president of
the Chowan County Farm Bu
reau said this week the Decem
ber 15 tobacco quota referendum
is “a decision between prosperity
and poverty.”
Bateman was speaking in favor
of a big majority for continued
support for what he termed “the
urgent need for complete grow
er support” of the flue-cured to
bacco program.
By law, a flue-cured tobacco
referendum is held each three
years throughout the five states
producing the crop. Growers
must approve the program by a
two-thirds majority in order to
20 Years Ago
As Found In The Files Os
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That a hospital in Chowan
County was considered a neces
sity and that Chowan County
citizens were willing to back
the movement with their money
was reflected in the fact that
within three days over SBO,OOO
was either contributed or pledg
ed for the purpose of building
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Christmas Concert
Sunday. Dec. 13th
The John A Holmes High
School Music Department will
present a concert of Christmas
music on Sunday afternoon, De
cember 13, at 3 o’clock in the
Holmqs High School auditorium.
The Elementary Chorus, Junior
High, Chorus, High School Glee
Club and High School Band Will
perform.
j The general public is urged to
attend. Admission is free.
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maintain marketing quotas and
price supports on tobacco.
Any person sharing in income
from the production of flue-cured
tobacco is eligible to vote in the
quota referendum. Bateman said.
This includes landlords, tenants,
sharecroppers and their wives.
“Just carrying the referendum
won’t be enough this year,” the
Farm Bureau leader said. “Con
gress will be watching this vote
closely to see if we really want
to keep our tobacco program.
We’ll be on mighty shaky ground
in Congress if we don’t make the
biggest showing ever in favor of
the program.”
Loss, of the tobacco program,
according to Bateman, would
mean immediate termination of
price supports. “We would be
faced,’’ he warned, “with a dras
tic decline in farm land values,
the loss of rental values, stabi
-1 lization losses on over 900 mil
’ lion pounds of tobacco,, and an
average market price of less than
’ 30 cents per pound. We’d be
out of business almost over^
| night.”
Bateman, at the same time,
urged support in the December
15th vote for the 1965 cotton pro
gram, and the three year assess
ment and promotional programs
for tobacco and peanuts.
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Legion And Auxiliary ;
Party December 15th,
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Members of Ed Bond Post No. |
1 40 of the American Legion and j
the Legion Auxiliary will hold a ,
■ joint Christmas party Tuesday j
1 night. December 15. The party,
. will be held at the Legion build- j
ing at 7 o’clock and all members:
i of both organizations are urged (
1 to attend. .., l
Carroll Boyce New,
Master For Masons
Members of Unanimity Lodge
No. 7. A. F. & A. M., elected
officers for 1965 at a stated com
munication of the lodge held on
Thursday night.
Carroll Boyce was elected
master to succeed W. M. Rhoades.
Other officers elected were: R. T.
Pickier, senior warden; Clarence
White, junior warden. R. E.
Leary and W. P. Goodwin were
re-elected treasurer - and secretary
respectively. Richard P. Raer
was elected to a three-year term
as trustee. Mr. Baer succeeds
J. Edwin. Bufflap, whose term
expired. The other two trus
tees are L. E. Francis and T. B.
Williford. 1
Officials Os County Given Oath
Os Office On Monday Morning
It was swearing-in time here I
Monday and one of the busiesl <
people in Chowan County wa. ,
Mrs. Lena M. Leary, clerk of ,
court.
Her official duties started
early in the day when she went :
to Chowan Hospital to adminis- :
ter the oath to W. E. Bond, vet- i
eran member of the Board of ,
Commissioners. Mr. Bond has
been hospitalized for the past
few weeks, but is reported to be
improving.
Mrs. Leary then attended the
opening session of the Commis- ,
sioners in the court' room, where ;
other members of the board took
their oath. Re-named to the i
commission were J. Clarence
Leary, Dallas Jethro, Jr., and C. 1
J. Hellowell A newcomer is C. '
M. Evans.
Others taking the oath of of-
Holiday Shopping Season
Ushered In With Gigantic
Parade Through Edenton
Santa Claus came to Edenton
last Friday. So did Miss North
Carolina. And so did thousands j
of other people.
The occasion was the annual i
parade Which officially opened
the Christmas shopping season.
The event was billed as the big
gest and finest ever and when
the last unit made its way
through the throngs crowding
onto Broad Street, the Business
and Professional Women's Club
had lived up to the billing.
There was every ingredient ne
cessary for a fine parade. There
were gala decorated floats, in
cluding one with a pretty girl
riding atop a car. There were
bands, with good music and
high stepping majorettes. There
were Air Force F.OTC members
who did precision drills all
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Chowan And Perquimans
Seek Toll - Free Service
Among Three Exchanges
Library Officials
Renew Effort For
New Library Home
Town and County Re
quested to Appropri
ate Total of $35,000
For Purpose
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary officials have renewed
their request for adequate facili
ties while federal matching funds
are still available.
Chowan County Commission
ers this week were asked to ap
propriate $20,000 toward the cost
of a new sructurc and furnish
ings. Eden ton’s Town Council
will be asked to put up $15,000
land the remainder of the esti
-1 mated $65,000 cost will be borne
by federal grant.
I J. Clarence Leary, vice chair-
I man of the board of commission
ers, said it is evident a new li
brary is needed. Other members
of the board expressed a simi
' lar opinion; however, no action
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GuesT Will Speak
I For Churchwomen
The Rev. Don Raby Edwards,
rector of SI. Stephen's Episcopal
Church in Goldsboro, will be the
, guest speaker at the St. Pauls
Churchwomen’s luncheon meet
ing on Tuesday, December 15 at
• 1 P. M.. at the Parish House.
Mr. Edwards, a delegate to the
recent General Convention, will
: report on and show slides of that
i very important church meeting.
All of the churchwomen are urg
ed to be present to meet and
i hear Mr. Edwards.
fice were Judge William Privott
of Recorder’s Court; W. J. P.
Earnhardt, Jr., solicitor of Re
corder's Court; Mrs Bertha B.
Bunch, register of deeds; Mrs.
Margaret H. Floars. assistant
register of deeds; Coroner Car
roll A. Boyce; Treasurer George
C. Hoskins; Tax Supervisor W. P.
Jones and County Attorney John
W. Graham.
At a session Monday night.
County Board of Education mem
bers being sworn in were Dr. A.
F. Downum, O. C. Long, Jr., Eu
gene Jordan, Frank L. Williams
and N. J. George.
Tax listers to be sworn In for
service include: Mrs. Pattie
Byrum and Mrs. Annie Martha
Hare, First Township; Henry
Bunch, Second Township; T. D.
Berryman, Third Township and
Ward Hoskins, f ourth Township.
along the parade route. And
1 there was a crisp late afternoon
j December weather—and no rain.
I By the time Miss Sharon
I Finch of Thomasville, reigning
! Miss North Carolina, got seated
‘ 1 atop an elaborately decorated
' Jaycee float at John A. Holmes
High School, an estimated 7.000
' 1 people had lined the parade
( i route down to Water Street. The
| i presence of Miss Finch, a beau
’ i tiful lady with an abundance of
' personality, Santa Claus just
about had to take a back seat
in the 1964 version of the Yule
! parade. *'
I j Although hundreds of children
, | crowded around the decorated
I I platform in front of the Cupola
; J House, Miss Finch was the first
1 one to put a “bug” in Santa’s
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Resolution Is Passed
To Ask Telephone
Company to Make a
Study of Idea
Chowan and Perquimans
county officials will request The
Norfolk & Carolina Telephone &
Telegraph Company to make a
study oi costs involved in toll
free telephone servietr "between
Edenton - Hertford - Su'ihury ex
changes.
Commissioners in both coun
ties Monday passed resolutions
requesting such a study. These
requests, along with pledged co
operation of Gates County offi
cials in the Sunbury area, are
expected to be forwarded to
telephone company officials in
the near future.
The request for such a study
initiated with the Edenton Cha.ni
l her of Commerce.
Alton Elmore, Chamber presi
. dent, and James M. Robinson,
executive vice president, appear
ed before the Chowan and Per
quimans boards to ask their as
sistance in bringing about such
. a study.
Elmore said toll-free phone
j service is not new in closely knit
areas such as is the case witii
, Edenton-Hertford-Sunbury.
He said a survey would be
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Holiday Business
Reported As Good
Adequate Selection of
Merchandise Avail
able For Shoppers
Merchants in Edenton arc gen
erally very well pleased witfi
holiday business, according to
Caswell Edmundson, chairman of
the Merchants Committee of the
Edenton Chamber of Commerce.
A preliminary survey indicates
that business is booming here
and this was especially true over
the week-end.
Last week started out with
snow and sub-freezing tempera
tures Monday and Tuesday. La
ter in the week the rains came
with milder temperatures, how
ever, it cleared., in time for the
Yule parade.
The downtown area was
crowded prior to the parade in
spite of the weather. Indications
were that many stayed around
following the parade to shop as
stores stayed open until 9 P. M.
The rains Saturday didn't drive
shoppers away as the downtown
area was crowded throughout the
day.
Stores will remain open to 9
P. M., on Saturday, December 12
and December 19. Starting Fri
day, December 18, most all
stores win remain open every
night Until 9 o’clock until Christ
mas. j _ r . .
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