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KEEPING HIS DISTANCE—When it is too hot and dry to plow, farmers hereabouts come into Edenton to catch
U # P tl lf ,r bustaess transactions. In this instance, Rev. H. A. Valentine, Route 3, parked his mule and cart in front
° f ™ e Hwald office for a few minutes. The photographer caught the mule as he took a long look at the parking
with kee , pin * his d,stance - He doesn’t seem to be able to get used to the contraption, as thus is the
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'BLACK OUT NEEDED—
The time is long past due
fdi- the press of America to
re-examine 15 various policies
which influence the daily
flow of news and the creat
ing of opinions.
There are many fronts on
which to mount an attack.
But the first action should
be _ taken with regards "to
the race issue.
We are fed up with the
NAACP, CORE, SCLC, KKK
and all the rest. We don’t
think they are making news
and we are convinced the
press is blowing their activi
ties all out of proportions.
When we refer to the
“press” we include all media
—radio, TV, newspapers,
magazines, newsreels, and
others.
Before the “long hot sum
ymer” gets to sizzling, the
' press should take a second
look at their respective news
policies. The Negro organi
zations have had their share
somewhat lull before the
“intellectuals” get out of
of publicity. Now during a
college and start more dem
onstrations, they are further
agitated by the KKK.
If all these organizations
were black-listed by the
American press the air
would clear in 30 days.
Demonstrations without the
grinding cameras, well placed
microphones and questions
and big headlines wouldn’t
be half so much fun.
GOOD REPORT—SaIes tax
collections are generally ac
cepted as an accurate ba
rometer of business activity
in a community. This being
the case, Chowan County
business was good in 1964.
' The Department of Reve
nue reports that collections
in the county between Feb
ruary, 1964, and January,
1965, amounted to $318,369.
This was an increase of $30,-
704 over the same period a
year ago.
Chowan’s percentage of
increase was 10.67, which
was exceeded in this area
only by Dare County. The
state average increase was
8.19 per cent.
By comparison, Chowan is
doing alright! Bertie report
ed a. 2.39 per cent increase;
Program For Mentally Retarded Is Discussed
“Comprehensive Commun
ity Local Planning for the
Mentally Retarded in North
Carblina” was the subject of
the first of a series of meet
ings to be held this week in
various parts of the Tar
*Heel State.
i The first meeting was held
at the Court House in Eden
ton and several leading citi
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Camden, 3.13 per cent; Cur
rituck, 7.66 per cent; neigh
boring Perquimans, 5.01 per
cent; and Pasquotank, 8.82
per cent.
The report showed Cho
wan ranked 16th in the en
tire state in the percentage
of increase.
This indicates our mer
chants are stocking merchan
dise area folks like and more
people are shopping at home.
It is a good report but not
so good that it couldn’t be
bettet.
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POOR SUBSTITUTE —We
sat anxiously by awaiting
pictorial proof of the big
catch landed by Shelton
Moore and party on a re
cent fishing trip.
The story goes that Moore,
John Goodwin and Tom
Cross, all of Edenton, and
Eugene Ward of Wadesboro
caught 110 blues which
weighed a total of 1,000
pounds.
Shelton told the drugstore
cowboys about the ordeal of
catching the fish two at a
time with the entire catch
being completed in little
more than two hours.
We met mail after mail,
hoping the picture from our
Outer Banks would arrive
before our deadline.
The package from Aycock
Brown arrived Wednesday
morning. The attached cut
lines told about the big catch.
The photograph told another
story.
Pictured was Joe Conger,
Jr., Bruce Jones and Tom
Shepard packing one lone
flounder. The disappoint
ment was so great you will
have to wait another week
to see what Aycock sent.
CUT AT THE TOP—
Twelve Negro teachers in
Asheboro must go elsewhere
for employment next fall or
join the ranks of the unem
ployed.
. This is the result of re
cent - action by the school
board to close an all-Negro
high school in compliance
with the Civil Rights Act
of 1964. State school offi
cials admit this is only one
of many instances where Ne
gro teachers will lose their
jobs as school administrative
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• une, eastern area commun
■ ity coordinator of the N. C.
i Council on Mental Retarda
[ tipn; Carey Fendley, west
• ern area community coordin
i ator and Shannon P. Hall
• man, a planning associate.
This is the initial in a
i series of meetings that will
• be held on a local level, in
an effort to better coordin
i ate the various agencies that
work on mental health prob
lems and to acquaint the
public with this work.
- Dr, Cornwell pointed out
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Winners Are Selected
In Chowan 4-H Events
The 1965 4-H Dress Revue
and Talent Show was held
May 19 at Chowan High
School.
The setting for the event
was an Oriental Garden and
featured a Shinto Torii or
gateway which legend tells
us is the gateway to happi
ness and good fortune.
Mrs. Frances Voliva, as
sistant home economics ex
tension agent for Tyrrell
County, was narrator for the
dress revue. Mrs. Voliva
wore an oriental dress.
Carolyn Leake, from the
Ryland 4-H Club was win
ner in the senior dress di
vision and will represent
Chowan County in the Dis
trict Demonstration Contest
to be held in New Bern on
4-H’ers Conduct
Church Sunday
One of the four purposes
of 4-H Club work is spirit
ual development. Each year
4-H’ers all over the nation
conduct a church or vesper
service on 4-H Church Sun
day.
The 1965 4-H Church Sun
day service was held at the
Rocky Hock Baptist Church.
The service was conducted
by 4-H Club members from
various clubs in the county.
The sermon, “Miracles of
Yesterday, Today and To
morrow," was presented by
Durwood Copeland and Fred
White, 111. Glenn Bunch,
Jr., was moderator.
The Scripture was read by
Edna Earle Bunch and the
invocation by Keith Boyce.
Ushers were Fahey By
rum, Jr., Robert Bulls, Don
Evans, Donald Bunch, Lester
Ray Copeland and Joe Car
roll Byrum. The 4-H Choir
sang “How Great Thou Art”
and featured Connie Hobbs
as soloist.
Wilma Leigh Nixon was
organist for the service. Faye
Parrish led the 4-H proces
sion. Mrs. Fahey Byrum,
Sr., was coordinator for the
service, assisted by Mrs.
Carroll Byrum and Mrs.
Norman Hollowell.
that actually, “A good deal
can be done to help mental
ly retarded children and
adults.” He said, though,
that help should come early
and that it should be done
as close to the home as is
possible.
In this manner help can
be given to all cases ranging
from those described as very
mild to those described as
having profound handicaps.
He said that “better than
two-thirds of these cases can
help themselves and eventu-
Edenton, County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, May 27, 1965.
June 30.
Awards for the Dress Re
vue were as follows:
Blouse Division: Rhonda
Evans, Oak Grove 4-H Club,
first place; Arlene Chappell,
Oak Grove 4-H Club,-second
place; Janie Evans, Oak
Grove 4-H Club, white rib
bon; Marie Chappell, Oak
Grove 4-H Club,; white rib
bon; Marlene Chappell, '‘Oak
Grove 4-H Club, white rib
bon.
Boys’ Division: Teddy
Langley, Ryland Junior 4-H,
first place; Tony Langley,
Ryland Junior 4-H, second
place.
Junior Dress Division: Su
san Jordan, Ryland Junior
4-H, first place; Scarlett
Bunch, Ryland Junior 4-H,
second place; Gwendolyn
Ward and Joan Jordan, Ry
land Junior 4-H, white rib
bons.
Senior Dress Division: Car
olyn Leake, Ryland Senior
4-H, first place; Dianne Pee
din, Cross Roads 4-H, sec
ond place; Charlene Byrum,
Ryland Senior 4-H, third
place; Lib Small, Yeopim
4-H, fourth place; Carolyn
Asbell, Ryland- Senior 4-K,
white ribbon; Phyllis Bulls,
Center Hill 4-H, white rib
bon; Wanda Ward, Ryland
Senior 4-H, white ribbon;
and Sue Dail, Ryland Senior
4-H, white ribbon.
Prizes for the winners
were gift certificates donated
by the Belk-Tyler Company
of Edenton, Simplicity Sew
ing Books, tracing wheels,
tracing paper, and tailors
chalk. These prizes are de
signed to aid the 4-H’ers in
further sewing projects.
There were three blue rib
bon talent numbers selected
to represent Chowan County
in the District Talent Con
test. These were: Connie
Hobbs, medley of songs, ac
companied by Wilma Leigh
Nixon, Cross Roads 4-H
Club; “The Torches”, combo
group Phillip Smithson,
J. D. Peele and A1 Asbell—
Cross Roads 4-H Club and
Bernard Byrum, Ryland Sen
ior 4-H Club; “The Rhythm
Steppers”, a tap dance group
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ally adjust. ’ But he pointed
out that they must know
where to seek help.
Again emphasizing the im
portance of local treatment.
Dr. Cornwall said, “there
have been mistaken notions
that families couldn’t help
those who are mentally re
tarded. That’s why we have
big state institutions.”
“But now,” Dr. Cornwell
said, “we should start think
ing of help on a family and
community level. Local
Continued an Pare i. Sec, 1
Edenton Given
20-year Plaque
By Association
The Ocean Hhvay Associ
ation this week presented
the Town of Edenton a
handsome award for 20
years of active support to
the group.
Mayor John A. Mitchener,
Jr., was in Atlantic City,
N. J., to accept the award.
Also on hand was Mrs.
W. L. Bosweil, a director of
the Ocean Hivvay Associa
tion, and Mrs. Lena Leary.
Mrs. Boswell was re-elected
a director.
The plaque was one of
two given to North Caro
lina cities for continuous
support of the association.
One of the highlights of
the annual meeting was a
report that during the past
year the association has re
ceived 85,000 inquiries, which
is a new record and almost
double the old. Prior to this
year the total number of re
quests for information was
38,000.
Choral Group
Elects Officers
The Edenton membership
in the Albemarle Choral So
ciety held its final regular
meeting for the summer last
week at the Parrish House.
Dr. Clifford Bair, associ
ate professor of music at the
College of the Albemarle,
who has been directing the
group, will be engaged in
musical activities elsewhere
during the summer months,
after the COA graduation
exercises on May 30, at
which time the members of
the Edenton group will par
ticipate in the musical part
of the program. The com
jqencemenA exercises will be
held in the new gymnasium
auditorium of, the, COA at,
2:30 P. M. on May 30 and
the'public is invited to at
tend.
At the final regular meet
ing of the Edenton group
the following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. Nel
son Chears; vice president,
Mrs. Nell Jones; secretary,
Mrs. Marginette Lassiter and
treasurer, Sam Braswell, Jr.
The following committee
chairmen were named by the
new president: Public Rela
tions, Mrs. Lena M. Leary;
Programming, Mrs. Esther
Elliott; Arrangements, Mrs.
Paul Wallace; Librarian, Miss
Faye Cartwright. The new
officers, committee chairmen
and the out-going president,
Mrs. Ruth Phillips, make up
the Executive Committee for
the coming yeai. Announce
ment of the first fall meeting
of the choral group will be
made at a later date.
Mrs. Chears, the newly
elected president, has an
nounced that The Bartered
Bride and The Mozart Re
quiem records will be pur
chased for the music library
of the Edenton group and
that after they are received
a special called meeting will
be held for the purpose of
becoming more familiar with
these records and that they
will be used in performances
of the Choral Society dur
ing the fall.
“Poppy Day”
Here Saturday
“Wear a poppy to show
that you remember!”
This will be the appeal of
American Legion Auxiliary
Poppy Day volunteers to the
people of Edenton on Poppy
Day, May 29, states Mrs. J.
L. Chestnutt, the Auxiliary’s
poppy chairman.
“Some of the finest young
men of our city gave their
lives in America’s defense
during the three wars of the
past half century,” Mrs.
Chestnutt said. “We should
not lose the inspiration of
their service and sacrifice,
but should keep their mem- I
ory bright.”
Wearing a poppy on Pop
py Day is the individual act I
of tribute to the nation's war I
dead, the chairman said.
Poppies will be distribut- I
ed throughout the city by I
women and girls of the I
American Legion Auxiliary, I
working as volunteers under I
Mrs. Chestnutt •
The flowers have been
made by disabled war vet
erans working in hospitals
and workrooms throughout
the country.
Commercial Fishermen
In Area Have Excellent
Season With Herring
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ASSISTS SCHOOL PROGRAM—Gene Perry, right,
owner of Edenton Motor Company is shown here pre
senting Chowan High School with a new Rambler to use
for driver’s education. At left is Supt. C. C. Waiters
with Troy L. Perry, driver’s education instructor, pre
paring to get into the car.
Mrs. Bunch, Hollowell
Take Legion Positions
The Edward G. Bond Post
No. 40 and Auxiliary held
a joint installation of offi
cers for the coming year
1965-66 last week at the
American Legion Hut.
A ham and turkey dinner
was served promptly at 7
P. M., to the members and
guests which included De
partment Commander Leroy
S. Lakey of Charlotte, Past
Department Commander Mar
vin Burton of Raleigh, H. V.
Beaman of Gatesville, new
ly elected First District
Commander and E. J. Hobbs.
Commander of Seth Perry
PRODUCE EXCHANGE
OPENING SET FOR JUNE 7
The Chowan Cooperative
Produce Exchange at Val
halla will open at 1 P. M.
June 7. L. C. Bunch is
president of the group.
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FESTIVITIES—Mrs. Bertha Bunch, president of the legion auxiliary, and
*; r , l?ht ’ comm *? der Edward G. Bond Post 4«. American Legion ianse
at recoat installation ceremonies to talk w ith state legion officials. At left is Leroy
S .V ake T * >f Ch) * r *® department comma nder. Marvin Burton of Raleigh, past dot
partment commander, ig second tram right, ? v a **
Post, Elizabeth City.
Dept. Commander Lakey,
the installing officer, was
high in his praise of the lo
cal Post and especially for
exceeding its membership
quota by 50 per cent.
The newly elected officers
are:
Commander, E. L. Hollo
well; first vice commander,
William A. Hollar; second
vice commander, Gilbert H.
Johnson; adjutant, Richard
Lovett; finance officer, Roy
E. Leary; chaplain, Woodrow
Slade; sergeant-at-arms, Troy
Toppin; historian, J. L.
Chestnutt; and post service
officer, Skinner A. White.
Auxiliary officers include:
President, Bertha Bunch;
vice president, Agnes Hollo
well; treasurer, Iris Mills;
recording secretary, Mildred
Spruill; corresponding secre
tary, Louise Pratt; sergeant
at-arms, Billie Holoman; and
historian, Jessie Porter.
Single Copy 10 Cents
New Unloading
Points Helpful;
Big Catch Noted
Fishing in the Albemarle
Sound and Chowan River
was exceptionally good this
season, according to Tom
Belch, president of the Cho
wan River Fishermen's As
sociation.
Belch reports that while
prices remained quite low,
the volume of fish taken
from the two bodies of wa
ter was the best of any time
in recent year::.
It was reported that 13
million pounds of herring
was taken from the river
and sound this year. Five
million pounds of herring
was handled as Belch's re
cently organized Edenton
Fish Company at Cannon’s
Ferry.
The commercial fishing
was aided this, sc son by the
addition of- more unloading
points on the river and
sound. Bedell said there are
now 10 different unloading
points on the river alone.
He said the availability of
unloading points allows (lie
fishermen to make more
trips to heir nets.
Belch added that the her
ring season runs from Janu
ary to May 15 and the Cho
wan River is one of the best
areas for catching this fish.
It os’ estimated that 90 per
cent of the herring taken
from this area goes for crab
bait and fish meal. Com
mercial crab fishermen find
that herring is the best
available bait.
Many of the herring taken
from the river were frozen at
Peele Brothers Fishery for
shipment at a later date.
This is a modern new fish
ery which opened this sea-
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Memorial Day
Closings JNoled
Memorial Day, falling on
Sunday, will find several
public establishments closed
on Monday of next week.
Postmaster J. 1.. f’hestnntt
reports that the Post Office
will be closed Monday.
Town and county offices
will be closed.
Also, both Peoples Bank
& Trust Company’s main of
fice and Consumer’s Credit
Branch will be closed Mon
day.