Vol. XXXII —No. 46.
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Two Plays Schedi | s d
The curtain will go HP to
jiight (Thursday) on another
first in Edenton—the presen
tation of two one-act plays at
' 1 a single performance.
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LOCAL PLAYMAKERS—The two above photographs show some of the characters
from the one-act plays to be presented by Edenton Little Theater tonight (Thursday)
and Saturday night. Wesley Chesson, Sheila Leairy and Leonard Small, top picture,
play the lead in “The Browning Version” while the three cast members of “The End
of the Beginning” are: Corinne Thorud, Jack Habit and Joe Conger, Jr.
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SESSION UNNECESSARY
—By the time you read this
a special session of the Gen
eral Assembly will have
modified the Speaker Barf
Law. And before most leg
islators can recoup their
personal loss from attending
the three-day session they
will be called back for an
other.
We didn’t see anything
wrong with the original bill.
However, we cannot v fuss
with the Britt Commission
and can live with, the new
law. .
By the same token we
argue that the session was
unnnecessary. Why didn’t
Gov. MPore wait until the
Federal Court had ruled ori
the reaonortionment suit and
take action on both questions
at the same time?
Vn is good for the Raleigh
economy to have the legis
lators in town every few
months, but it doesn’t make
- much sense to the ones who
i pick up the check.
STRAW PCfLL—The straw
poll conducted along The
Public Papade on. th# ques
tion of how best to select the
new school board members
generated about as much in
terest as the recent S3OO mil
. lion road bond issue.
1 When the final count was
'- made this week only 54 “bal
lots" had teen returned. Os
those participating in this
. poll -the vote was nine to one
in favor of electing members
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reahlt of attempts by the
-Chowan County Board of
Education to perfect a mer
THE CHOWAN HERALD
and “The End of the Be
ginning’’ will be presented
again- Saturday night.
Curtain time is 8 P. M.,
at John A. llolmes High
School /auditorium.
the merger, the city board
would have the new board
of seven members appointed
by the county commissioners,
town Council and school
board, members. The county
board wants them elected by
the people.
It is the contention of the
city board that some good,
able citizens will accept ap
pointment to a public posi
tion when they wouldn’t seek
the same post in a general
elSction.
• Administration of school
matters is the biggest public
business in Chowan Coqnty.
The combined budgets of
Edenton and county schools
is rapidly approaching, if pot
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Tillett Appointed To Federal Job
George E. Tillett, Edenton
attorney, has accepted a post
with the Department of Jus
tice as an assistant TJ. S. At
torney for the Eastern Dis
trict of North Carolina.
Tillett is the first Negro
to join the staff of IT. S.
Attorney Bob Cowan of Wil
liamston.
The 42-year-oW lawyer
will be sworn in at 10 A. M.
Saturday in Chowan 'County’s
historic court house. ' Su
perior Court Judge Joseph
Parker of Windsor wilf ad
minister the oath of office.
The public is invited to at
tend the ceremony. . ~
Tillett becomes the second
member' of the Chowan
County bar to join the East
ern District court Weldon
Holloweli has been on the
U. S. Attorney’s staff for
iT toSTwill
be assigned to work in the
For the past Seven years
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina 27932 Thursday, November 18, 1965.
“The Bro .5 £ Version”,
being directe ££‘ -s. Elaine
Williams, is ”3 xr ‘ ;dy, and
“The End of ,L sinning,”
a comedy di r 1 ay West
Byrum, Jr., £ mt two
different trei of the
modern domestic scene.
Byrum’s play is a domestic
comedy that illustrates the
hilarious result of a man
and his wife changing jobs
for one evening.
The entanglement that de
velops when Berrill
does the housework with the
help of -his nearly blind
neighbor, Barry Derrill, is a
situation that will not be
easily forgotten by all who
witness the performance.
Joe Conger, Jr., Corinne
Thorud and Jack Habit are
the three characters in this
play.
The Browning Version is
about the tragedy of every
day human relationships. The
theme of the play is thc < des
tructive force of hate* and
its bitter fruits.
The author, Terance Ratti
gan, has selected this theme
for his play from Robert
Browning's English transla
tion of the classic Greek
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Herald To Print
Ea rl y INiex t Week
The Chowan Herald will
publish early next week in
order to give employees a
Thanksgiving holiday.
All news and advertising
copy for the next publica
tion must be submitted on
Monday instead of the usual
Tuesday deadline.
Juvenile Held
A 15-year-old boy
has been charged with
breaking into the John El
liott home and stealing mer
chandise valued at SB7.
Police Capt. W. S. Clem
ents said the juvenile was
booked last Thursday as he
attempted to make this third
entry into the residence.
private practice of law in
Edenton. He said he hates
to leave this practice but the
challenges of work in the
Federal Courts is such that
he could not turn down the
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GEORGE E. TILLETT ,
Yule Shopping
Season To Open
With Big Parade
Plans are beginning to jell
for opening of the Christmas
shopping season in the Albe
marle area.
Annually the gala Christ
mas parade in downtown
Edenton is the signal that
everything is in readiness,
for a visit from Santa Claus.
This will come about on
Friday, December 3.
Miss Jean Clark, parade
chairman for the sponsoring
Business and Professional
Woman’s Club, said at least
20 floats will be in the pa
rade this year. There are
promises of new and differ
ent floats for this parade.
Three bands have been
engaged—the John A. Holmes
High School Band, the D. F.
Walker High School Band
and the highly regarded
Elizabeth City High School
Band.
Clowns always add some
thing special to a parade and
the children will not be dis
appointed as the fun makers
will be on hand December 3.
Homecoming Queens and
other area beauties will be
in the parade as if moves
from Hicks Field down Broad
Street to Confederate Plaza.
Miss Clark assures all
area kiddies that she has
communicated with the
North Pole and Santa Claus
will definitely make his first
official visit to Edenton to
participate in the parade. He
will also greet the children
when the parade ends.
There will also be treats
for the children, donated by
local merchants.
' “We are concentrating on
quality this year and hope to
have a real nice parade for
everyone to enjoy,” the
chairman said.
Two Local Clubs
Win Cash Prizes
' A libn’g " share of prize
money in last week’s Current
Events Quiz sponsored by
the Raleigh News & Observ
er is coming to Edenton.
Edenton Rotary Club de
feated the local Woman’s
Club in a match and was
later judged weekly winner
in the contest. This was
worth SSO.
The Woman’s Club then
tied the Chapel Hill Toast
masters’ Club for second
prize and will share the $35
prize.
So, in addition to a lot of
fun, two local clubs will re
ceive a total of SBS for their
efforts in this promotion.
feate Is Picked
For Lions Bowl
The annual Lions Bowl
football contest will be held
in Ahoskie on Saturday, No
vember 27, according to Leo
Katkaveck, head of the local
’ committee.
1 Former members of the
Edenton grid squad will be
gin drills next week in prep
aration for the contest with
• Ahoskie. The game is alter
: nated between the two cities
■ and goes to Ahoskie this year
1 having been played in Eden
ton in 1964.
appointment. “I am grati
fied by the support I have
received since opening my
office in Edenton,” he said.
Tillett added that he has
enjoyed a “wonderful experi
ence with the local bar” and
the area should be proud of
the high calibre of men, who
are members of the Chowan
bar. /
A native of Edenton, the
appointee is a son of Rev.
and Mrs. J. E. Tillett. He
attended local schools, A&T
~ College in Greensboro and
received his law degree in
1953 from North Carolina
College in Durham.
He was employed at Me
chanics and Farmers Bank in
prior to returning
hotne to begin the practice
of law.
Tillett is married ,to the
former Naomi Ramseur of
Kings Mountain and they
have two children. They re
side on Paradise Road.
He is a, member of Gale
Street Baptist Church where
he is chairman of the trus
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HONOR VETERANS William Coffield Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars presented
a salute to all veterans here last Thursday in a simple ceremony at Confederate
Plaza. Pictured in front of the monument at the foot of Broad Street are: Col. Ed
Bass, Chief George Bissette, Sgt. Rav Briley and Chief Mack Rogerson. They rep
resented the four branches of service—Air Force, Coast Guard, Army and Navy—of
the local VFW post.
Senator Jordan Plans
Address For Edenton
Senator B. Everett Jordan
of Saxapahaw will speak
here November 29 at a Soil
Conservation Service ban
quet.
£joyd G. ’Biinch, eh airman
Os the local board of distric t
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SEN. EVERETT JOriDAN
Hollowell Given Post
STATESVILLE The Tar
Heel Chapter, 30th Division
Association has elected E. L.
Holloweli of Edenton as its
president for the next year.
At a recent convention at
Vance Motor Inn here, the
delegates also voted to meet
at Fontana Dam in May,
1966, and in Edenton in lNo
vember, 1966.
Holloweli, who has been
active in the Tar Heel Chap
ter for a number of years,
was vice president for the
East during the 1964-65 ad
ministration of Raymond
Dean of Raleigh. W. E.
(Monk) Mills of Edenton was
named to succeed Holloweli
as vice president.
Other Officers elected to
serve with Holloweli and
Mills were: Captain Frank
Swan of Andrews, vice presi
dent for the West; John
Gunter of Madison, vice
president for' the Central; vJ.
B. Liles of Raleigh, secre
tary-treasurer; and Rev. W.
H. Jackson of Raleigh, chap
lain. »»
J. P. Huskins, president
and general manager of the
Statesville Record & Land
mark delivered the banquet
address, for the mid-year
convention.
Delegates to the meeting
TURKEY SHOOT
The Center Hill-Cross Roads
Fire Department'will spon
sor a turkey shoot Satur
day from 3 P. M., to 9 P. M.
at the rural fire station.
supervisors, said Senator Jor
dan has accepted an invi
tation to address the North
eastern Area District Super
visors’ fall meeting at Na
tional Guard Armory.
The dinner meeting will
begin at 6:30 P. M. District
leaders and supporters from
the 19 northeastern-counties
of North Carolina will at
tend the meeting.
Bunch said the dinner will
be served by Center Hill-
Cross Roads Fire Depart
ment. Tickets are available
from the local supervisors,
Bunch, Joe Webb, Jr., Fa
hey Byrum or George Lewis
at Peoples Bank & Trust Co.
The guest speaker, a lead
ing Tar Heel industrialist,
was appointed by 'Gov. Luth
er H. Holges to the U. S.
Senate on April 19, 1958, to
succeed Senator W. Kerr
Scott, who died in office.
In November. 1960, he was
elected to a full term which
ends in January, 1967.
He is a Methodist and
Democrat.
termed it one of the best
ever held by the association.
The associatiation is com
posed of veterans who were
in the 30th Division prior
to January 1, 1960. _ i
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AT CONVENTION—E. L. Holloweli of Edenton. left. Is the new president of the
Tar Heel Chapter, 3*th Division AssocUti on. The officers were elected recently at a
convention In Statesville. Shown with him are; J. B. Liles of Raleigh, secretagy
treasurer; Raymond Dean of Raleigh, past president; J. P. Hoskins, convention speaker
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Stamp Program
Underway Here
It will be at least two
months before a true picture
can be painted of the new
food stamp program in Cho
wan County.
Mrs. J. H. McMuHhn. wel
fare director who is also
charged with the responsi
bility of administering the
food stamp program, said
while no hitches have de
veloped in early stages of
the program it will take
time for it to reach a num
ber of people.
The director said since
anyone seeking stamps under
this program must put up a
certain amount of cash, it
will tak e , at least two
months for some to work out
the financial arrangements.
No one is given food
stamps unless they make a
financial contribution. The
way the program is worked
a puts up a certain
amount of money and bonus
stamps are given according
to need and other considera
tions.
Early this week 55 fami
lies had'been certified since
the program got underway
on November 1. There were
218 individuals in households
of the first 44 families certi
fied.
The number of persons re
ceiving assistance under the
program in this state during
October increased 14 per cent
over the number taking part
in the program during Sep
tember.
Single Copy 10 Cents
2-A Football
Playoffs Begin
At Hicks Field
The Edenton Aces and
Havelock Rams square off at
Hicks Field Friday night in
the first round of area grid
competition. The highly re
garded Aces are heavily fav
ored in the contest.
Game time is 8 P. M.
Principal Cecil Fry said ad
mission will be $1.50 for
adults and student tickets are
75 cents. Students must pur
chase their tickets prior to
the game as none will be
sold at the gate.
Coach Jerry Mi Gee an
nounced this week that
Quarterback Wes Chesson
will definitely start for the
Aces. Chesson, slowed by a
foot injury since mid-season,
will direct the offensive unit.
McGee said his star quarter
back will not play defense.
“We are about in top con
dition,” the coach said. “We
have continued to progress
and the boys are ready for
the game.”
Edenton rolled up 10
straight victories in regular
season play to again capture
the Albemarle 2-A Confer
ence crown. If they win Fri
day they will no doubt play
Ahoskie, a conference foe
that gave them their stiffest
competition of the season.
Bill Griffin, a Shrine Bowl
choice, will lead the rugged
forward wall for the Aces.
Mike Overton, Bill Bass. Bill
Wallace, and a host of others
who have turned in outstand
ing performances this season
will be up front.
In the backfield with
Chesson will be co-captain
Dwight Flanagan who has
had a great season; Ivey
Davis, the hard driving full
back who has averaged more
than 100 yards per game; and
Jim Elliott, a halfback that
got progressively better all
year and turned in his best
individual performance two
weeks ago at Plymouth.
The Aces yielded touch
downs only three times dur
ing the 1965 campaign while
averaging 34 points per
game.
Havelock's Rams, winners
of the Coastal Plains con
ference, is a team crippled
by injuries to key members
which came at almost the
same time.
The Rams are also the only
team in the state to play the
number one team in three
separate classes Ayden in
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Holiday Closing
Dates Proposed
Most Edenton stores will
be closed Christmas and
New Years for holidays.
The Merchants Committee
of the Edenton Chamber of
Commerce recommended the
one-day closing for each
holiday at a meeting held
last week.
Britton Byrum. committee
chairman, said also it was
the recommendation of the
committee that downtown
stores begin staying open un
til 9 P. M.. each night from
• December 20 through Decem
ber 24.