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From The Yellowed Pages Os The Chowan Herald
30 YEARS AGO
Except for the place
ment of the inside seating
equipment, Edenton's pub
lic school auditorium,
which was under way since
the previous December,
had been completed. It
was said that 1,001 chairs
would be placed in the new
building.
Miss Elizabeth Cates was
named to represent Eden
ton at the Tobacco Expo
sition and Festival held 3t
Wilson.
Little Lillian Leary and
Philip (Big Boy) McMullan
were selected to represent
Chowan County as heralds
at the Albemarle Sound
bridge celebration. They
were scheduled to be
among the youngsters to
throw open a beautifully
decorated gate near the
middle of the bridge which
was to officially open the
three and one-half mile
span.
Celebrating his 50th year
as a volunteer fireman,
Fire Chief R. K. Hall was
attending the State Fire
men's convention at New
Bern..
Town Councilmen frank
ly were disturbed regarding
the parking problem in
Edenton. It was reported
tnat a lot behind Penelope
Barker Hotel (which stood
at the present Belk-Tyler
store) could be secured
upon a rental basis and
that Cam By rum was also
willing to rent his yard
space behind Hotel Joseph
Hewes for the same pur
pose. Councilman J. Ed
win Bufflap wan ordered to
ste what could be done
temporarily about lighting
the town tracts north of
the water works on both
sides of Water Street as
well as the “hitching post”
site further west on Water
Street. It was thought
maybe these latter
would meet the situation
as an emergency matter
and save the rentals asked
tor the other sites.
Mrs. Percy Smith gradu
ated at the short course at
Farm and Home Week held
at State College. Mrs.
Smith was the first dem- j
onstration club member of j
Chowan County to be so
honored during the 23
years of club work in the
county.
John Harrison Spruill,
the oldest white man in
C howan County, was honor
guest at a birthday dinner
held at the home of his
son, Harrison Spruill.
J. H. Haskett, Sr., was
recovering from an appen
dectomy at St. Vincent’s
Hospital in Norfolk.
Cadet Charles H. Wood,
Jr., was cited for academic
excellence in mathematics
at The Citadel, military
college of South Carolina, j
Members of Rocky Hock |
Home Demonstration Club ;
enjoyed a picnic at Cole- j
rain Beach.
Due to a tree falling |
over the main line between
Suffolk and Winfall, Eden- j
ton was without electricity j
for half a day.
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Taylor Theatre
EDENTON, N. C.
Wed. and Thun.,
August 14-15
Rosalind Russall and
Stalls Stevens in
"WHERE ANGELS GO,
TROUBLE FOLLOWS”
FIVE DAYS
Friday Thru Tuaoday,
Aug. 15 Thru 20—
Charlton Hatton in
-PLANET OF THE
APES"
With Roddy McDowalL
Kim Hunter and
James Whitmore
First Floor sfc-75c-SLM
Balcony 45c - Me
Wednesday. Aug. 21—
David McCollum in
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Due to over-crowded con
ditions at the Beech Fork
School, Superintendent W.
J. Taylor was requested to
obtain the willingness of
parents of the children of
the sixth and seventh
grades to be transferred to
Chowan High School.
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20 YEARS AGO
A great deal of excite
ment was caused and a
great deal of interest
aroused as the floor of his
toric St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church had been removed
to make way for restora
tion as well as research
purposes. Under the guid
ance of J. Everette Fauber,
architect and archaeologist,
the church was completely
dismantled, the placter re
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Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, August 15, 1968.
moved from the walls, the
flooring and every part of
the interior was in the pro
cess of being carefully re
moved for restoration. Four
graves with marble mark
ers, looking as though they
were laid but a few years
before, were uncovered.
Various unmarked graves
were also uncovered, one
under the altar. It was
the opinion of Rev. Harold
W. Gilmer, rector of the
church at that time, that
this grave probably held
the remains of Parson Earl,
the first rector of the
church and who figured
so much in the history of
Chowan County and Eden
ton.
Faced with many re
quests to adjust water
bills, the Board of Public
Works announced that it
would not be responsible
for any leakage or wastage
on customers’ premises.
The P & Q Food Center
opened for business on the
northeast comer of Broad
and King Streets, which
was the most modem inde
pendent grocery store ever
operated in Edenton. It
v/as a partnership com
posed of Haywood Phthisic
and Henry G. Quinn.
Architect Frank Benton of
Wilson was again author
ized to advertise for bids
on a proposed physical
education and garage build
ing at Chowan High
School. A former plan
was rejected due to bids
being considered too high.
Raymond C. LeHew ar
rived in Edenton to as
sume management of the
Edenton Colonial Store,
succeeding Henry G. Quinn,
who resigned to enter
business for himself.
Having recently returned
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from Germany, where he
was a judge of the War
Crimes Tribunals in Nuern
berg, Richard D. Dixon
announced that he plan
ned to open law offices at
114 West King Street.
Estelle Stallings, daugh
ter of Mrs. Willie West, a
member of the Edenton
Baptist Junior Training
Union, was declared a per
fect record winner in the
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