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WoL XXXII.—No. 42. v-hf |uuU;c parade B. ELTON FOREHAND— One gray November after* noon just 11 months ago the office door was opened by a< smartly dressed man who spoke with a definite eastern accent. “Hey there,” he shouted. “What's going on here and don’t- tell me there is some new blood coming to The Chowan Herald!” Hector Lupton told him it was actually happening and turned to introduce R. Elton Forehand. It is hard to realize that in such a short period of Itime this prominent local citizen who put his friends above himself, has passed from among us. We liked Elton Forehand from the start. We soon came to respect him for his intelligence, his ability to get things done as well as his wit. ■We especially liked the manner in which he went about his business; quick to joke but even quicker to put you at ease when there was need for seriousness. In the short time we knew Elton Forehand we counted him as a true friend and cherished that friendship. His personality made this a real joy and made a newcomer feel at ease. He was a prominent local citizen if one ever lived. He started at the bottom and worked his insurance and real estate agency into a thriving business. He was x dead serious about his busi ness, yet giving more than six years of his time and talent to the citizens of Edenton a9 a councilman from his ward. We argued with him when he made the decision to not seek re-election. We had some heated discussions about the town’s business, but they always ended with Elton re minding us that everyone was working toward a bet ter community. We felt he Was making a healthy contri bdtibn to this development and .wanted to see him, re main behind the plow. He then realized that his health was failing and rather than give just a portion of himself to his community, he decided to step down. His, job and his community activities—to his church as well as the political phases of the area—had taken a great deal of his time and this devoted father wanted ijk spend more time with his family. The last discussion we had .with Elton Forehand he f wasn't a town councilman yet he talked about community projects such as the new fire station. Although he suffered greatly, he still thought of the community. Chowan Plays Big Role In Successful 1965 State Fair Nearly one million people went tlfrough the gates at the N. C. State Fair in Ra leigh last week and the fair was hailed as the biggest and best in history. Chowan County played f more than a passing role in this success. Two 4-H groups in the county entered exhibits at the fair and both won • handsome premiums. “Good Practices Pay Off” andjfcrell they did for Rod ney Jordan, a 4-fiTer whose i, Sensational yield of 177.5 t Bushel of corn per acre was 6 the topic for a display and won a fat SSOO first premium § at the fair. In the display, f Jordan’s practices followed to 4 get this tremedous yield | were outlined. tile display was first place 1 winner in the field crops I" Special exhibits competition. The prize money was ac v cepted by C. W. Overman, county agent, and will go into the 4-H Fund. M; The other winning exhibit I a meritorious award at a tliM jfcur 8 f a * r - THE CHOWAN HERALD R. Elton Forehand has written his last insurance contract, sold his last parcel of land and made his last contribution to the com munity. He has gone on to greater rewards for his talent was not put under the bush el but was out where it could shine. LATEST REPORT The morning mail brought the latest dispach to The Public Parade from our foreign correspondents—World Trav eler and Mrs. J. Edwin Bufflap, Esq. Elsewhere in today’s edi tion of The Heraid, our globetrotting employees re port from Ireland. But that was the first of last week. Now they have taken in Paris and Buff is probably further confused about the money exchange. From Paris he writes: Seen many wonderful sights in Paris today (Saturday) and go on a tour tomorrow, then fly to London for a day or two. Just having a wonder ful time being a ‘furriner’. Hope everything is going well.” Yes, everything must be great for the Bufflaps. They are apparently too busy to plan their return trip to in significant little ole Edenton. Or at least he ain’t said a word yet about coming home. That not only has us worried but is driving Pete Manning nuts as he is the one doing all the work. TOWARD TOMORROW— Just two years ago the vot ers in Pasquotank turned down a plan for merger of the city and county school systems. A joint statement from the boards this week indicates the same balloon is being hoisted. Since the issue was defeat ed at the ballot box a lot has happened. Elizabeth City adopted the closed door poli cy-only those students liv ing within the corporate limits of Elizabeth City can attend city schools. And the whole country has the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “A broader, qualitatively better instructional program can be offered to all school children, city and county, through joint planning,” the statement said. This is exactly what is be ing planned in Chowan. While Elizabeth City chose the “closed door” policy, Edenton City School Board formally adopted an “open door” policy. This policy has existed here, except for free transportation, for more than 80 years. It has now been put in writing. And the Edenton and Cho wan County school boards Continued on Page Four Mrs. R. L. Pratt, also of Edenton, won third place in the national wool contest with her crocheted afghan. Mrs. Eddie Nixon, Route 1, fig Mt *£?r, ¥ <i %><■:* _w' j^^^saflniHHHHl ■i , * rtßati fen ) ■ - iMp^^tiiiP^J» ■■■■ 11 iiiyV^s* ■f r <t. .i'»R tuS ’-'• Jr " • ' Kx*>-«. , (L C'tT IS*l§ JT •*&*[, ii" : iSi\ , |[4 v L'. a'a te?jjp ivl Hf ' a♦• : -L S* 4 /Wn '- fri BMmL bHhHt ' % «F ytf~ £ :Sf| I ..' - JIB i * '.Mil 1 .<; • s£* . Bag® 'w^' : r- ; : r " CHOW AN AT STATE FAIR— The four pictures above illustrate how well Chowan County was represented at the Mtt» Fair in Raleigh, which closed Saturday. A 4-H display, top left, buUt around Rodney Jordan’s 177.5 bushel corn yiiU won a first premium of $506 for the county. H. C. 8 mith, local craftsman, is shown demonstrating his skill in a booth. Don Evans, far right in picture at bottom left, Won third place In the tractor driving contest. He is pic tand with Walter Newiin of Me bane and Eddie Bennett of Chandler. Another outstanding exhibit at the fair was built by the Negro 4-Ben in the county and won a §225 meritorious award. ._. _ - —.... -- u ' A A : -''/„ ./ ** „ ■ 'ljmk •>&! , / Ml * / /ft’/. Jf IjjK ■- .L- 9 '"- -'.v'-i'-i v/-. . * . •- 4 /*> ft ly Mr DIRECTORS The directors of two one-act plays to be presented next month by Edenton Little Theate- ar e «■* 1 p'Mno over nlans for the fall production. Mrs. Elaine Williams will direct one play while West Bvrum, Jr., Lnue Theater president, will direct the other. Town Halloween Party Scheduled November 1 Edenton’s annual Hallo ween Party, sponsored by the Edenton Woman’s Club, will be staged Monday, Novem ber Ist, at 5:30 P. M. Prep arations are under way for some 1,500 costumed guests. The party, thought to be the largest free Halloween Party in the states is made Band Tag Day To Be Saturday Mrs. Teddy Burns, 810 Johnston Street, is ch&frnian of Tag Day being sponsored by the Band Parents in downtown Edenton Satur day. The annual tag day solici tation began Monday and will be concluded in the area Saturday. Merchants and friends of the band will be contacted by the Band Par ents with contributions go ing toward the purchase of instruments, music and uni forms. All Band Parents are ask ed to return their cards to Mrs. Burns. Band Parents again ask lo cal citizens to be generous with their contribution for this project. Edenton, won first place in the culinary division for her entry of canned huckleber ries. She also won second place for canned fish. vs Eden wan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, October 21, 1965. possible by the generous contributions of local mer chants. The gala party is being held on Monday as Hallo ween comes on Sunday this year. However, the change in day will in no way affect the traditional party with its talking witch, bobbing apples, hay rides, goodies and other treats. Prizes will be awarded for the best, most comical and most original costumes for boys and girls. The parade preceding the parly "will leave the Green at 5:30 P. M., with the chil dren in costumes marching to the music of the John A. Holmes High School Band, up Broad Street to the play ground. At the playground the multicolor canopy of lights will go on over an en chanting and bewitching evening of entertainment. All booths, rides and food will be free. On hand to be sure every thing is as it should be will be “Izzy” Campen Father of the Halloween Party. It was “Izzy” who originated the idea of the party when he gave an elaborate Hallo ween party for his daughters. Continued on Page Seven Mrs. W. H. Saunders, also of Route 1, Edenton, won the second place ribbon for her large decorated cake. Don Evans of Chowan Big $2 Million Peanut Crop About Harvested Overman Sees Record Yield Os 2,500 Pounds About 90 per cent of what is hoped to be a $2 million peanut crop in Chowan Coun ty has been harvested. C. W. Overman, county agent, said this week will about complete the combin ing of peanuts in this area. He estimates that about 90 per cent of the peanuts are being combined. “Things look mighty good in our entire area,” Overman said. He added that it could well be the best yield year in the county’s history. With reports coming in of quite a few 3,500-pound-per acre fields, Overman is hope ful that the countywide av erage of 2,500 pounds per acre can be realized. Farm records indicate the 1963 crop averaged 2,487 pounds per acre, a county record. Last year fall rains hurt the crop and the aver age fell to 2,447 pounds per acre. With 6,200 acres of pea nuts planted this year in Chowan County and an aver age price of 12 cents per pound, it would put the crop over the $2 million figure if the 2,500-pound-per acre figure is realized. Overman credited a good harvesting season with giv ing the farmers a good pea nut year. He said farmers have been slipping up on the 2.500 pound average by good farm practices. The county agent said farmers have found they must properly test their soil, use the right chemicals, and place their peanuts closer to gether in the rows. Combining is becoming an increasingly more popular manner of harvesting each year. This has brought the local crop into the dryers at a fast pace over the past 35 days some farmers even working Sundays to harvest the crop. Murray Tynch of Valhalla Produce Company is typical of area farmers who have prepared for the influx in combining of peanuts. He has expanded his operation (Continued on Page Seven) County placed third in the state tractor driving contest at the State Fair. He was awarded a trophy for his driving excellence. INSPECTS PEANUTS—CharIie Overman Chowan County agricultural agent, is shown inspecting some of what may be a record-b raking yield of peanuts in this county. The county agent says a 2,500 pound-per-acre yield is possible this year. Local Officials Pleased With Survey Response Superlatives are flowing freely throughout the area this week following a laf>(sr survey which in spite of short notice saw 1,350 peo- Aces To Host Hertford In Homecoming Game Bertie is the latest victim of the powerful Edenton Aces and the local gridders hope to add Hertford to that distinguished list of scoreless teams at Homecoming here Friday night. The Aces take a perfect record this year in seven outings and 19 straight vic tories into the tilt at Hicks Field. Game time is 8 P. M. and a record crown is ex pected to be in attendance for the festivities. Coach Jerry McGee hopes to have Quarterback Wes Chesson back in form for the Hertford contest, although the junior star has been on crutches all week. Chesson injured his foot in the Eliz abeth City game but played another outstanding game in the 21-0 victory over Bertie last week. In that game he further hurt the foot and a team physician put him on stilts for the week. Except for bumps and bruises, Chesson’s injury is the first one of any conse quence this season among the Aces. At Bertie last week, Full back Ikey Davis came back into his own as he scored two of the Edenton touch downs and picked up 115 yards in 24 tries. It was a familiar role for Davis who was keyed on the week be fore by the 3-A Yellow Jac- Bishop Often Visited In Edenton By GRADY L. E. CARROLL Pioneer Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury, “gretatest of the circuit riders” and vir tual Founder of American Methodism, first came to North Carolina for mission ary endeavors in June, 1780, and last passed through the state early in 1816 only a few weeks before his death. In this interval of 36 years, the famed ecclesiastical lead er visited the state some 72 times. Nearly always he was accompanied by a travel ing companion, sometimes pie respond. - This was the first survey of this type ever held in the Chowan County area. A big modern industry. kets from Pasquotank. A much improved Bertie squad yielded touchdowns in the first two periods but held the Aces scoreless in the final two— the same number of quarters Edenton has failed to score in six other contests. Edenton scored on three of the four times they got hold of the ball in the first (Continued on Page Six) R. E. Forehand Taken In Death Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for R. El ton Forehand, 109 W. Gale Street. The services were held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church with Rev. George B. Holmes officiating. Burial was in Beaver Hill Cemetery. Mr. Forehand. 41-year-old prominent insurance execu tive and former town coun cilman. died at 2 A. M., Fri day at his home. He had bill ill for four months. A native and life-long resi dent of Edenton, Mr. Fore hand conducted R. Elton Forehand Insurance & Real Estate Agency. He served six years on Edenton Town Council from 1959 until May, 1965. He was an active member Continued on Page 8 I two. For all of his persistent ef forts to establish and strengthen the Methodist Episcopal Church in America —that was its original name has been called ‘‘The Morning Star of North Ca rolina Methodism” by one contemporary church histor ian. Bishop Asbury, almost frotn the time of his arrival in the American colonies from England in 1771 until near his last days, kept a Journal of his many religious activities and leadership. For Single Copy 10 Cents which makes small appli ances, is interested in locat ing a plant in Edenton if sufficient labor is available for staffing. Therefore, on Friday, October 8, company officials requested a labor survey and set the date as October 14. W. A. Hollar, head of the local Employment Security Office, said because of the short notice only a small percentage of available labor could come in to sigh up for this survey. Nonetheless, he said everyone is well pleas ed with the response. Hollar said the 1.350 is right much below the actual number of people available for work from Chowan. Gates. Perquimans and Tyr rell counties. He said the survey actual ly got iittle response from Washington and Bertie coun ties. The one-day survey limited the number of peo ple who could come, Hollar said. George Alma Byrum. head of the Edenton Chamber of Commerce industrial commit tee. said his group is cer tainly very well pleased with the response. The company officials here were pleased with the applicants who were interviewed at random, By rum said. Byrum lauded the work done by Hollar and the Em ployment Security Commis sion as well as the time lo cal people spent in organiz ing and participating in the survey. Robert W. Moore, chamber executive vice president, said he had never seen such won derful response on such short notice: “It is almost unbelievable,’’ he added. The firm requesting -the survey is expected to make their plans -known within the next few days. many generations, this. Jou rnal was out of print and not available. In r6c4nf years, Drr Elmer T. Clark, eminent historian of 'Hie Methodist Church, and other scholars have re edited this famous literary work and made it available for scholars and others. From this Journal, we learn that Bishop Asbury’s itineraries through the; -state brought him to hjtec Edenton on^
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