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FIRST PREMIUM BOOK—The Chowan County Fair year published
the first premium book in the fair’s 15 year history. Getting a preview of the 44-page
book is Mrs. Brenda P. Cuthrell, 9 Hawthorne Road. The books are being distributed
in the county this week.
County Fair Coming
Premium Book Published
Chowan County Fair will
open September 21 and ac
tivity in the area is already
under way.
The touch of fall in the air
this week got local fair of
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SAME JAM—If you haven’t
been to downtown Edenton in
the past few Saturday af
ternoons you’ve missed some
thing—a real traffic jam.
This was not the case for
about three weeks in a row
as the police adopted a “No
U. Turn” policy at the inter
section of Broad and Water
streets. Instead of the usual
merry-go-round of traffic,
motorists were routed either
east or west, thereby aleviat
ing a traffic problem.
An orderly flow of traffic
in the downtown area would
making shopping more con
venient, and help keep it in
downtown Edenton.
One way to encourage
downtown shopping and dis
courage talk of shopping cen
ters is to make the downtown
more attractive. Traffic is
one of the first hurdles to
be crossed.
We are amazed by the
apathy of local merchants.
INDUSTRY, TOURISTS
AND YOU —Some communi
ties attract industry. Others
are more likely to recruit
tourists. Those who have
necessary ingredients to en
joy a combination of the two
are in the minority.
Edenton is in an ideal sit
uation to provide a home for
new and expanded industry
while offering the tourist in
terested in history more than
is available elsewhere in
North Carolina.
This area is just beginning
to scratch the surface in
those fields. Therefore, the
outlook for the future here
abouts is most refreshing.
But just what does all this
mean to you, the citizen of
Edenton? It means a better
town with more services.
Following -is what the
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States figures 100 fac
tory workers bring to a
town:
359 more people,
91 more school children.
(710,000 more personal in
come per year,
(229,000 more bank de-
Three more retail estab
-05 more employees in non
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
ficicls excited. Too, they were
busy distributing a handsome
premium book—the first pub
lished here in the fair’s 15
year history.
The premium book lists the
That is simple arithmetic,
while the impact on the com
munity is tremendous.
In the field of tourism, it
is said two dozen tourists a
day mean as much as an in
dustry employing 100 people.
The arithmetic in this is also
simple.
Therefore, new industry
and expanded tourist trade
is important to the future of
this community. The two can
be mixed here with swell
results.
A NEW FRIEND: The
following letter received this
week indicates the charm of
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Channel 2
CHAPEL HILL. Tower
construction has passed the
mid-point at the University
of North Carolina’s new tele
vision transmitter at Colum
bia. More than 500 feet of
the 1,041 foot tower for
WUNB-TV, Channel 2, is in
place.
WUNB-TV, companion sta
tion to WUNC-TV at Chapel
Hill, is the first of four
transmitters under develop
ment in the University’s
state educational television
expansion. Both transmit
ters will receive programs
from the studios on the Uni
versity campuses in Chapel
Hill, Greensboro and Ra
leigh.
Alan B. Maclntyre, direc
tor of engineering for Uni
versity Educational Televi
sion, said today that the
transmitter and tower have
been delivered to the Colum
bia site and installation is
progressing rapidly.
The antenna itself and one
other major piece of equip
ment are expected to arrive
within the next two or three
days, explained Maclntyre.
“We expect to be ready to
H gin broadcasting in Sep
tember as we had planned,”
said Maclntyre.
Programs for use in
schools will be the first to
go on the air, according to
John Young, director of
television at the University
at Chapel Hill. “The five
in-school programs produced
and broadcast for the State
Department of Public In
struction will be put on the
air at Columbia just as soon
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, September 2, 1965.
various departments where
area folk can pick up a total
of $2,500.
W. A. Perry, president of
the fair association which is
operated by Edward Bond
Post, American Legion, said
1,500 premium books would
4>e distributed throughout the
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WoOdrow Slade, fair mana
ger for the past three years,
said exhibits have increased
every year and a record
number of entries are expect
ed this year.
The fair will officially open
at 3 P. M., September 21,
but Monday, September 20,
will be one of the busiest
days of the entire event.
That is when exhibitors will
be arranging their entries in
the various departments.
Judging will take place Tues
day morning.
Slade said September 22
and 23 have been designated
as School Days with passes
given out to students in
Chowan, Perquimans, Gates
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Transmitter
They are United States His
tory, Physical Science,
World History, Mathematics
and French Language for
the Elementary Schools.
“We expect to dedicate
the new Channel 2 facility
at Columbia in mid-Sep-
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Leary, Jones
Re-Appointed
School Trustees
R. West Leary and Bruce
F. Jones have been appoint
ed to the Edenton Board of
Education for a period of six
years.
Leary and Jones are now
serving on the board, having
been appointed to fill unex
pired terms.
Their re-appointment came
last Thursday afternoon at a
joint meeting of the Board
of Education and Town Coun
cil.
The members were recom
mended to the council by
their fellow members. No
other nominations were
made.
Earlier, town councilmen
accepted the bid submit
ted by J. H Conger & Son
to furnish fuel oil and kero
sene to thdi town. The bid
was 3.15 per cent discount off
tank wagon price.
Federated Mutual Insur
ance Company was awarded
the workmen’s compensation
insurance with a low bid of
$2,133.72. The same com
pany submitted a low bid of
$947.42 for comprehensive
fleet insurance.
West Byrum Agency was
low on the firemen’s insur
ance with a bid of $216.
The comprehensive general
liability insurance went to
Twiddy Insurance & Real Es
tate. Their bid was $1,254.71.
General Closing
Set On Monday
Edentonians are set for a
long weekend with most bus
iness establishments schedul
ed to close on Monday for
the Labor Day holiday.
All city and county offices
will be closed.
W. B. Gardner, town ad
ministrator;*' announced that
there will be no garbage
pickup on Monday. The
schedule for Tuesday will in
clude garbage collection
throughout the town.
Peoples Bank & Trust
Company’s two offices here
will be closed Monday.
Caswell Edmundson, chair
man of the Merchants Com
mittee of the Chamber of
Commerce, said most Eden
ton merchants will observe
this holiday.
LICENSE OFFICE
The Edenton Driver Li
cense office will be closed
Monday, according to J. E.
White. The office will be
open Tuesday. The hours are
8:30 A. M„ to 5:30 P. M.
Going Up
tember,” said Young. “We
will discuss plans in more
detail with officials in the
Columbia area when a dedi
cation date can safely be
set. This depends on the
rate of progress of construc
tion.”
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DR. A. F. DOWNUM, JR.
Practice Begun
By Dr. Downum
Dr. Allen F. Downum, Jr.,
son of Dr. and Mrs. A. F.
Downum, Sr., has returned
to Edenton to be associat
ed with his father in the
practice of optometry.
Dr. Downum is a gradu
ate of John A. Holmes High
School, where he was presi
dent of the Student Council
and was selected for the all
state football team.
He attended under-gradu
ate school at the University
of North Carolina and grad
uated from Southern Col
lege of Optometry, Memphis,
Tenn., where he was a mem
ber of Sigma Alpha Sigma
honorary scholastic fratern
■ ity and president of Phi
l Theta Ipsilon social fratern
-1 ity.
For the past three years
• Dr. Downum has served as
an optometrist in the U. S.
Air Force Hospital, Kees
ler Field, Biloxi, Miss.
He is married to the for
mer Patricia Bunch. They
have two children.
Students Return
F0r1965-66Term
School bells rang in the
1965-66 term in Edenton and
Cnowan County ’this week.
In the two Chowan County
schools 816 students reported
Monday, the opening day.
At Chowan High School there
were 507 registered with 309
attending White Oak Ele
' mentary School.
Supt. C. C. Walters said
this is a better attendance
than on opening day last year
■ but some 32 students less
than at the close of the 1964-
, 65 term.
The superintendent said
the opening of schools was
without incident.
At Chowan High School
' the first Negro to enter the
1 school in history enrolled
■ Monday. Willie A. Twine,
; Jr., Route 1, Edenton, is a
1 member of the ninth grade
class.
Edenton City Schools open
ed Wednesday while the first
official day will be recorded
today (Thursday).
While enrollment at the
■ school is expected to in
crease no attendance figure
was available at press time.
Supt. Hiram J. Mayo has
announced that a successful
teacher orientation was held
Monday and Tuesday and the
• schools were read for the
new year.
All schools in the county
and city will be closed Mon
day.
2 Girls Locate
Lost Pocketbook
A pocketbook which ap
parently was lost two years
ago, was found Sunday at
Arrowhead Beach.
Identification in the pock
etbook, containing sls, listed
the owner as William Rich
ard Henry of Hebron, Ky.
The honest finders were
Margaret G. Carter of
Hobbsville and Janet Alice
Rountree of Gatesville. The
pocketbook was turned over
to Deputy Troy Toppin.
Work Is Underway
On New Library
Edenton Construction Com
pany this week began work
on the new Shepard-Pruden
Memorial Library;
The new structure will be
located on West Water Street.
Bids on the project were
let recently and construction
is expected to take six
months.
The library beard was suc
cessful in obtaining a federal
grant to go with local monies
to erect and furnish the new
Aces Are Ready
For Pasquotank
In Opening Tilt
Edenton Aces open the
1965 grid campaign here at
Hicks Field Friday night in
an encounter with Pasquo
tank Central.
Coach Jerry McGee has
announced the selection of
Charles Swanner and Dwight
Flanagan as co-captains for
the team. Swanner is a
senior end while Flanagan,
also a senior, runs from the
halfback position.
As Coach McGee and his
assistant, Marion Kirby,
wound up pre-season drills,
they reported the squad in
excellent condition.
Wesley Chesson, a stand
out gridder last year as a
sophomore, has been moved
into the quarterback slot to
replace David Holton. Ches
son is six feet one inch tall
and is weighing 180 pounds.
Coach McGee has been
extremely pleased with the
manner in which Chesson
has developed in pre-season
drills. “He’ll do a real job
for us,” the coach pre
dicted.
Joining Flanagan in the
backfield behind Chesson
will be two other seniors—
Jim Elliott and Ikey Davis.
Elliott had a severe knee
injury late in the season last
year but is showing little
loss of speed and drive. He
and Davis both stand five
feet 11 inches tall and weigh
185 pounds.
At the end position oppo
site Swanner will be Bill
Potts, a five foot 11 inch
140-pounder. Potts is a
junior.
Bill Griffin, one of the
most outstanding linemen in
the East last season, will be
starting at tackle. “The
Jolly Green Giant,” as Grif
fin is affectionately known,
stands six feet six inches
tall and weighed in at 240
pounds. He is a senior.
Mike Overton, a junior,
will be at the other tackle.
He is five feet 11 inches tall
and weighs an even 200
pounds.
The guard positions will
be filled by Billy Wallace
ahd Bob Bass. Wallace, the
only sophomore among the
starting 11, is five feet 10
inches tall and weighs 168
pounds. Bass, a senior, is
five feet eight inches tall
and tips the scales at 160.
Bill Mitchener will re
turn at center. Mitchener,
at six feet two inches tall
and 180 pounds, is the
team’s kicking expert He is
a senior.
Coach McGee said the
above mentioned players are
his starting offensive squad
and some changes are made
on defense.
“We are very shallow,”
the coach said as he count
ed only 22 varsity players.
“The redeeming feature is
that we feel all of the boys
are capable of playing.”
Flanagan played only sev
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JASPER L. WIGGINS
J.L Wiggins, 86,
Taken In Death
Captain Jasper L. Wiggins,
112 West Church Street, died
at his home Friday at 6:30
P. M. He was 86.
A native of Southampton
County. Va., he was the
youngest of 10 children born
of Mary Parker and John
Bowers Wiggins on February
16, 1879. He was the hus
band of the late Bessie By
rum Wiggins whom he mar
ried in 1901.
He served in Company I.
4th Virginia Volunteers in
the Spanish-American War,
following which he came to
Edenton and spent over 60
years of his life.
As a very young man he
became a captain in the
North Carolina National
Guard, resigning in 1908.
During his long life in
Edenton he owned and op
erated the Wilkes Veneer
Company and served in many
civic capacities. He was a
member of the Town Council
from 1915 to 1921. He was
elected mayor in 1925 and
served eight years. He was
also a member of the Local
Board, Selective Service, for
10 years.
As long as he was phys
ically able, he was an active
member of Edenton Baptist
Church, serving as Sunday
school teacher, Sunday school
superintendent, Deacon and
Trustee of the church.
He is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. James L. Has
sell, Sr., of Edenton; a sister,
Mrs. James F. Kitterman of
Norfolk, Va.; three grand
children and six great-grand
children.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at Edenton
Baptist Church with Rev. R.
N. Carroll officiating. Burial
was in Beaver Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were James L.
Hassell, Jr., Jasper W. Has
sell, Dr. Sidney Kitterman,
Richard Branch, James S.
Branch and Joe Wiggins.
Williford Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange
ments.
TEEN-AGE DANCE
A teen-age dance will be
held at Arrowhead Beach
Saturday from 8 P. M. to 11
P. M. A band has been en
gaged for this dance.
Single Copy 10 Cents
Trio Being Held
Following Theft
Df Expensive Rig
Three young Norfolk, Va.,
men are being held in Cho
wan County jail in lieu of
$4,000 bond each on charges
of auto larceny.
Judge William S. Privott
Tuesday found probable
cause in cases where Wil
liam Joseph Bullard, Doug
las Carlton Belroft and
James Melvin Lawson were
charged with larceny of an
SIB,OOO tractor - trailer rig
Sunday. All the defendants
are 17 years of age.
The trio was picked up
by Police Chief James Grif
fin at a garage after they
had allegedly abandoned the
rig outside Edenton.
The tractor - trailer was
stolen earlier in the day
from Bill Perry Texaco Ser
vice on North Broad Street.
It was owned by Darf Cor
poration. The truck was
abandoned when an axle
broke.
The defendants are sched
uled to be tried in Chowan
Superior Sourt which opens
here September 13.
In other cases called by
Solicitor Thomas Chears, Jr.,
Judge Privott took the fol
lowing action:
Joseph Richard Forehand,
reckless driving, non suit.
Elijah (Pete) Privott, bas
tardy, six months, suspended
upon payment of $5 per
week for support of the
child and the costs for which
the county is liable.
Melvin Earl Barrington,
larceny and false pretense,
called and failed, capias or
dered.
Lonnie Richard Lane,
driving drunk, six months,
suspended upon payment of
S2OO fine and costs.
Willie Morris, assault with
a deadly weapon, 12 months,
suspended upon payment of
$25 fine and costs and doc
tor and hospital bills.
Thomas Twiddy. larceny,
nol pros.
Russell Paige, non support
of his children, was ordered
to pay the costs of court and
$45 per week for support of
the children.
The following waivers
were recognized:
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Cancer Society
Plans Meeting
The annual meeting of the
Chowan County Unit, Ameri
can Cancer Society will be
held September 13 at 8 P. M.
in the Municipal "Building.
Dr. Polk Williams, presi
dent, said new officers will
be elected at this time and
final plans will be made for
the forthcoming funds cam
paign.
An educational film is also
being secured for this meet
ing.
All persons in the area in
terested in the Cancer Socie
ty are encouraged to attend.