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ACTIVE IN POLIO DRIVE.—Pete Dail. left, oresideni of Eden
ton Jaycees, makes a contribution to March of Dimes with Sam
Cox, center, and. Oscar White, chairman, looking on.
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Volume XXXll.—Number 2.
AN EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION
Effective January 1, own
ership of The .Chowan Her
ald changed hands when the
publishers, J. Edwin Bufflap
and Hector Lupton sold their
interests in the paper to L.
F. Amburn and Jay Huskins
of Statesville. The new
owners formed a corpora
tion "which will be known as
The Chowan Herhld, Inc.,
with Mr. Amburn as presi
dent, Mr. Huskins as vice
president and Mrs. Mildred
Huskins, secretary. The for
mer publishers will serve -as
directors of the corporation.
The first issue of The Her
ald appeared on August 30,
1934. when a small struggling
daily newspaper was still in
existence in Edenton. A seri
ous depression was being
experienced at the time and
either because the two pub
lishers had little sense or had
an abiding faith in the mer
chants of Edenton and pros
pective subscribers to sup
port a weekly newspaper,
they -managed to borrow a
small amount Os money to
pufchase a “handful” o£
eqnipment and began pub
lishing a newspaper. Both
of the publishers are proud
of the fact that The Herald
is well-diked in Chowan
1565 Pilgrimage
' Wi Be In April
This spring the Pilgrimage of
Colonial Edenton and Country
side will be .held, sponsored by
the Edenton Woman’s Club. The
dates have been set for April 9.
10 and 11, according to Mrs. R.
J. Boyce, tour chairman.
Once again the people of
Edenton will open their'hearts
and doors to share with the pub
lic their priceless heritage, Mrs.
Boyce said.
It is the preservation, rather
than restoration that makes the
Edenton historic tour held every
two years one of the most out
standing of the home tours, she
adds. Its town and country
homes are nationally known for
their authenticity and fine scale
of preservation.
The town is indebted to its
home owners, who because of a
sense of responsibility for pre
p. serving the past, have so well
maintained these old homes, Mrs.
.Boyce relates. i
The tour is made possible
only by the generous opening of
these homes at personal sacri
fice and inconvenience to the
owners during the three-day
tour, Recording to the chairman.
Mr 9i Boyce said she is pleased
wiChVthe response so far ; by
home owners to open and is
Continued on Page 3, Section 1
1 CIVIC CALENDAR
March of Edam campaign it.
now in peogreae with e goal of
$3,500.
.Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F
fe A. M.. will bold a stated com
munication tonight (Thursday) at
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THE 'CHOWAN HERALD
County as well as in far
reaches of the nation and
even in some parts of the
world. It has become n
household fixture in many
homes so that many sub
scribers anxiously await its
arrival eveiy week.
The original publishers
have a great sense of grati
tude for the support given
to the paper over the years
in way of advertising, sub
scriptions, furnifihng ma
terial for news stories as
well as the many kind
words coming our way from
time to time.
The Herald’s editor has
been acquainted and very
fiiendly with the Statesville
folks for many years; and
has no reluctance in predict
ing that they will be an as
set to the community in
many way’s. They are news
paper folks and will make
an effort to improve The
Herald in erder to make it
an even better newspaper.
They like Edenton and hope
Edentonians will like them.
*f©[* it fWws a matter of -set
ting their sights on Edenton
more than a year ago in an
effort to purchase The
Herald. They plan no ma-<
terial change in the policy
Anti-Poverty Group Advancing
On Four Fronts In This Area
The local action group of the
Economic Improvement Council
has selected four areas for fur
ther study with eyes on federal
funds for the Economic Oppor
tunity Act of 1964 to support
them.
This action was taken last
week when the committees,
composed of 15 leaders in vari
ous community service organiza
tions and individual professions,
met office of Supt. Hiram
Mayo, committee chairman.
..Faced with 12 suggested areas,
the group cut them down to four
and Mayo assigned each of the
four to a committee for further
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Jaycees Pushing March Os Dimes
The March of Dimes Lifeline
will be held in downtown Eden
ton Saturday from 1 P. M., to 5
P. M., according to Oscar White,
chairman of the annual drive
here.
| White said a variety of talent
will be presented an Broad
Street, as part of the Lifeline
program to raise money for the
March of Dimes.
j Anyone interested in partici
pating in this talent show may
do so by contacting Pete Dai'..
482-2496. Contributions for the
dimes drive will be received dur- :
ing the program.
This is just another in a
gram of activity
schedulec . o Edenton Junior '
[ Chamber o | imerce, sponsors
of the at 55 larch of Dimes
l drive - Ir n
Peanuts, g H ble money crop i
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 14, 1965.
of the paper other than to
make improvements which
will, in their opinion, be a
credit to Edenton and the
newspaper profession. The
change will bring in new
blood qnd more newspaper
experience. The former
publishers have had quite a
• few inquiries over the past
few years to sell The Her
ald, and would not have sold
now had they net believed
that the new owners would
be just as eager and cap
able to continue to publish
a creditable newspaper for
the community which will
lend its influence to the wel
fare and progress of the
entire Albemarle area.
So. now with The Herald
in new hands, the retiring
publishers solicit the same
generous patronage of ad
vertisers. subscribers and
news outlets to the end that
Edenton and Chowan County
will have a far better and
more up-to date newspaper.
Both former publishers
will be associated with tbe '_
new owners and will, as in
the past, devote their best
efforts toward a better Cho
wan Herald.
J. EDWIN BUFFLAP,
HECTOR LUPTON.
study. The areas are expansion
and improvement of a birth con
trol program and visiting nurses
for patients after they leave the
hospital; sanitation, kindergar
ten and day care centers for
children of working mothers.
Mayo told the group that the
council, a division of the Albe
marle Area Development- Asso
ciation, had requested a federal
grant of $37,342.89 to finance a
program development in the 10
county area. However, Mayo
said Chowan County should go
ahead with development of local
projects although some of them
Continued on Page 6—Section >
to Chowan County farmers, play
ed a big role in the March of
Dimes drive last Saturday.
Paul Twiddy, in charge of
peanut sales in the downtown <
area, said Boy Scouts sold 700
bags of goobers and realized a
net profit of $104.25 for the
March- of Dimes. Twiddy said
more than 20 Boy Scouts turn
ed out to sell peanuts, of the
Jimbo Jumbo variety, from 9:30
A. M., to 1:30 P. M. '
Twiddy said last year 300 bags
of peanuts were sold during the
sale and the March of Dimes
realized only sl6.
‘We think this year’s contri
bution is a big improvement,” j
Twiddy said.
Plans are already well under- 1
way for the Mothers March |
which will be held later in the!
month. The Mothers March is 1 i
Chowan Residents
Respond To Call
To Take Vaccine
HERTFORD—More than 52,000
residents of a rune-county area
in Northeastern North Carolina
visited Stop Polio Clinics Sun
iay to receive their second dose
of Sabin oral polio vaccine in a
•ampaign being sponsored by
he First District Medical So
iety.
“The 52,787 persons who tum
id out Sunday received the
ype one vaccine,” Dr. T. P.
irinn of Hertford, chairman of
he campaign, explains. The
igure was more than 7.500
ibove the 46.239 who visited the
-•linics back on November 15. to
eceive the type two vaccine,
lesidents of the area will go
>ack to the public clinics on
Sunday, February 21, to receive
heir final dose cf the three dose
ampaign. That will be type
three vaccine.
... Pasquotank led the counties L on.
ihe-first,, Stop, Polio Sunday back
in November- 15. Pasquotank
lad an increase Sunday to
10,995 from the first total of
I, but Bertie -Coqny led all
he nine in the number of doses
Sunday. Bertie totaled 11,007
is against its Novcrhber 15 total
>f 8.835.
Every county in the campaign
dad an increase Sunday. The
otals were Pasquotank 10,995;
Jamden, 2,411; Currituck, 2,899;
Perquimans, 4.259; Chowan 5,463;
Grates, 4,440; Dare, 2.296; Bertie.
11, and Hertford, 9.017.
The second Sunday totals are
expected to swell this week
when those who missed the dose
Sunday go to their county health
departments to get a make-up
dose. This will happen in all
the counties except Hertford
and Gates, where all the make
ups are going to be held in
April.
“We were again pleased with
the smoothness of the opera
tion.” Dr. Brinn says. “We had
very few problems Sunday. We
ran out of vaccine in a few
places because of the larger
crowds but We got extra sup
plies to those clinics so that in
only two instances were the
lines held up for any period of
time.”
Local Craftsman’s
Work Is Approved
H. C. Smith of Edenton was
among seven new craftsmen who
had their crafts approved by the
Albemarle Craftsman’s Fair
Screening Committee. The com
mittee met recently in Hertford.
Smith’s entry was wood carv
ing and wood inlay.
Others accepted by the screen
ing committee from Chowan
County are: Mrs. Earl Jordan,
Tyner, hearth brooms; Mrs. Fred
Castelloe, corn shuck chair bot
tom.
Miss Pauline Calloway, home
economist of Chowan County, is
chairman of the 1965 Craftsman’s
Fair which will be held April
21-22 in the Elizabeth City Na
tional Guard Armory.
The Seventh Annual Albemarle
Craftsman’s Fair is co-sponsored
by the Home Demonstration
Clubs of the Albemarle Area and
the Elizabeth City Chamber of
Commerce.
Miss Calloway and Mrs. Ross
Ing Lis. Route 2, Edenton, chair
man of the Fine Arts and Crafts
Council of Albemarle Area, were
among those serving on the
[screening committee. . : '
again carried out by the Jay
cette Club.
White reminded Edentonians
that 700 times a day a defective
child is born to bitter disappoint
ment. “It is the tragic truth
that one in every 10 American
families experience the suffer
ing caused by the birth of a
defective child,” White said.
“Through the March of Dimes
you can help stop some of this
heartbreak. You can help by '
contributing to the Lifeline Sat
urday afternoon.”
The 1965 goal of the March
of Dimes here is $2,500. The
Jaycees hope to go over the top '
with the many activities which
White and his committee have 1
worked out.
Throughout the United States i
today there are 50 March of i
Dimes Birth Defects Centers, as- ]
Charter Membership
Is Set For Hall Os
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ACTIVITY SET ON HALL OF FAME J. Gilliam Wood, left, president of the local Hall of
Fame for. Patriots of the American Revolution, and the group's executive secretary. James M.
Robinson, here display the charter granted by the Secretary of State. A dinner, at $25 per plate,
has been scheduled for January 19 lo raise $3,000 to finance a pre-campaign survey in Ihis area. It
has been estimated that $1 million will be needed to make the Hall of Fame a reality. It would
be one of the finest tourist attractions in Southeastern United States.
Town Os Edenton’s Finances
In Good Shape At Mid-Year
The Town of Edenton is in
sound financial shape after the
first half of fiscal 1964-65 and
Mayor John A. Mitchcncr has
credited the town administrator
County Seeks Bids
For Building Work
Chowan County Board of
t Commissioners have called for
' bids on work to be done in the
court house.
W. E. Bond, chairman, said
sealed bids will be opened by
the commissioners at their reg
ular monthly meeting on Feb
| ruary 1. The bids will be re
; viewed at that time and if they
i are in line a contract will be
awarded.
The work to be done includes
. renovations of the courtroom,
walls in the office of the Clerk
. of Court, the Register of Deeds
i and the stairwell to the second
, floor.
I It is anticipated that the work
■ will be completed prior to the
next session of Superior Court
s which begins March 29. Also,
> the court house will be head
: quarters for the annual Pilgrim
l age of Home and Countryside,
sponsored every other year by
the Edenton Woman’s Club,
s In the courtroom, the invita
-1 tion for bids states that the
i entire room and furnishings are
I to be redone. The plaster is to
l be repaired and repainted, the
benches are to be stained as well
i as the semi-partition at the rear
’ of the room and the part of the
t floor which is not covered,
s Work on the court house has
: been recommended by .the Su
perior Court Grand Jury.
filiated with top medical schools, j
Such a center is in existence in
North Carolina, at the UNC
Medical School at Chapel Hill.
At the UNC center, as well as i
the others throughout the coun- I
try, the “team approach” is used.
Thus, an infant born with most
of an arm missing is of concern
not only to the pediatrician but
to an entire group of medical
specialists which could also in
clude an orthopedic surgeon, a
prosthetic technician, neurolo
gist and a social worker.
White said without The Na
tional Foundation and the March
of Dimes, these centers proba
bly would not be in existence.
Too, he said North Carolina is
fortunate to have one located
in this state where more money
comes back from The National ,
Foundation than is collected. (
with bringing about this con
dition.
At the regular January Coun
cil meeting - Tuesday night.
Mayer Mitchener said Ederiton
is “now beginning to reap the
rewards of the office of town
administrator.”
His remarks followed annual
reports of 1964 activity from the
police, fire and street depart
ments. The statement was
prompted by material covered,
in the reports which indicate the
departments under Administrator
William B. Gardner arc func
tioning at. peak efficiency and
lend to the sound financial con
dition of Edenton.
Earlier Mayor Mitchener and
individual Cauncilmen praised
Continued on Page 6, Section 1
The Chowan Herald Is Sold To New Corporation
The .Chowan Herald has been
sold by J. Edwin Bufflap and
Hector Lupton to The Chowan
Herald. Inc., an Edenton corpora
tion owned by L. F. Amburn.
Jr„ and associates. The sale wa
effective January 1.
Bufflap and Lupton, who have
published the weekly newspaper
in Edenton since 1934, are re
maining with the paper in their
present capacities. Bufflap will
be editor and Lupton advertis
ing manager.
The former owners and the
new corporation officials ex
plained that ( the purpose cf the
sale was to bring younger, ex
perienced Help into the organiza
tion.
Amburn, who became associ
ated with The Herald on No
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MAYOR BUYS PEANUTS.—Mayor John Mitchener was among
the first to purchase peanuts from Boy Scouts last week to support
dimes drive. Makinq the sale is David Copeland.
$3.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Local M W Post
| Will Host Meeting
VFW Post No. 9zBU of Edcn
j ton will be host for a meeting
of the N. C. Veterans of Foreign
Wars and its Ladies’ Auxiliary,
District 1. Sunday. January 17.
A joint meeting will begin
with a luncheon at 1 P. M. and
will be conducted by District
Commander John L. Bass of
Edenton,
Department Surgeon Howard
Atkins will be the guest of the
VFW and speaker for the lunch
eon.
Ladies' Auxiliary membership
award will be presented at the
joint meeting by District Presi
dent Wilma Dean Bunch c.f
Elizabeth City Post No. 6060.
District No. 1 is comprised of
posts and auxiliaries at Ply
mouth 4023. Edenton 9280. Sun
bury 7312. Elizabeth City 6060.
Windsor 888 and Ahoskie 7317.
vcmbcr t, IDC>4. has been named
president and general manage*
of The Chowan Herald. Inc
Mrs. J. P. Huskins of Statesville
is secretary-treasurer. Director;
of the corporation in addition tc
Amburn and Mrs. Huskins arc
J. P. Huskins of Statesville anc
Bufflap and Lupton.
The new owners pledged theii
best efforts to continue to make
T.he Herald one of the most re
spccted hometown newspaper';
in North Carolina.
Ambum said he has been “in
love with Eden ton” since his firs!
visit here in February, 1984.
Since moving to .Chowan County
he has been extremely impressed
with the friendly and sincere
manner of. the people in this
section, he relates.
“This newspaper expects to
A Newspaper Devoted
To the Progress of the
Albemarle Area
Event
Fame
$3,000 Is Needed
To Finance Survey
By New York Firm
A charter membership dinner
of the Hall of Fame For Patriots
of the Revolution will be held
Tuesday, January 19, at Chowan
Golf and Country Club This
will mark the start of a local
fund raising campaign to meet
the cost of a study to determine
the feasibility of the Hall of
Fame project.
J. Gilliam Wood, Hall of
Fame president, said 120 tickets
at $25 eachi have gone on sale
to raise the $3,000 necessary for
a pre-campaign survey.
In addition to making a sub
stantial contribution to this pro
ject of the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce, the holder of a ticket
will be entitled to a dinner which
begins at 7:30 P. M., on Janu
ary 19. At this time more de
tailed plans concerning the Hal!
of Fame project will be dis
cussed.
The study or survey will be
conducted by the nationally
known counseling firm of Tam
blyn & Brown of New York
City.
The $3,000 fee, winch repre
sents only the actual cost of the
survey, is expected to be raised
prior to the dinner through the
sale of the $25 tickets. Halt of
Fame officials indicate , that the
Charter Membership dinner will
also serve as a real test of local
interest in the project.
The survey will determine the
best sources to approach and
the organizational methods to lie
used, during the major fund
raising effort to establish the
Continued on Pag? 6. Section 1
Masons Schedule
District Meeting
A meeting of the First Ms
sonic District will be held at
Hall Lodge No. 53 at Indiantown
in Camden County Friday night,
January 15. A dinner will he
served at 6:30 o'clock, so that
local Masons planning to attend
are requested to meet at
Rhoades Shoe Shop in time to
leave at 5:30..
continue asi a working partner
n the future development (if the
community," Amburn stated.
He added that plans are al
eady underway to broaden the
ocal news coverage—both with
■tories and pictures. "The Her
ald has been a driving foroe in
this entire Albemarle area' for
Tver 30 years and will continue
in that role,” he said.
Amburn,. a native of Yadkin
IViunty. was associated with an
iftemoon daily, the Statesville
Tecord & for a num
her of years.' His Experience in
cludes all phases of journalism
circulation, news and feature
writing, photography and adver
tising. For two years prior to
coming to Hdentan he was co
manager OK, Vance Motor Inn in
Statesville, a luxury hotel.