Newspapers / The Chowan Herald (Edenton, … / Aug. 22, 1968, edition 1 / Page 8
Part of The Chowan Herald (Edenton, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
PAGE TWO I—S From The Yellowed Pages Os The Chowan Herald 30 YEARS AGO With one of the hardest schedules in prospect in the history of Edenton High School, Coach David Hol ton called a practice for football candidates and ap peared very optimistic of winning at least a major ity of games with larger schools, including Suffolk, New Bern, Tarboro, Eliza beth City, Franklin, Va., Ahoskie, Washington, Ply mouth and Williamston. The Edenton . Mackeys Ferry, an Edenton land mark since 1922, went out of existence by making its final trip across Albemarle Sound. Opening of the new bridge across Albemarle Sound and withdrawal of state support was a death blow to the ferry business. W. A. Everett, one of the ferry owners since it was organized and made the first trip on the initial fer ry, was on the Frances : Celebrating Zenith's Golden Anniversary! '.. V . Color TVS largest picture in beautifully compact fine furniture styled cabinetry f 1969j3 ! Giant 23" handcrafted quality OIAG. 295 sq. in. rectangular picture ■ • ■ *- ; —*• ■■: > S r n f In [1 | li |L — J j The DESCARTES . zVS2BH Majestic French Provincial styled compact console in genuine Cherry Fruitwood veneers and select hardwood solids. Cabinet features cabriole legs, serpentine-shaped apron, and simulated tambour doors. Illuminated VHF and UHF channel numbers, WORLD FAMOUS \ ZENITH QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE The most exciting feature in color tv AFC ZENITH AUTOMATIC FINE-TUNING CONTROL tunes color TV at the flick of a finger. Just flip the switch once and forget it—because i'. not only tunes the color picture—but keeps it tuned as you change from channel to channel. And it even perfects your fine-tuning m UHF channels—automatically. FULL ZENITH PERFORMANCE FFATURES • Zenith Super 50 Handcrafted Chassis • Super Cold Video Guard Tuning System • Sunshine* Color TV Picture Tube U NEW ZENITH 2-YEAR COLOR * > g PICTURE TUBE WARRANTY B Zenith Radio Corporation warrants the color picture tube ■ 3 in the Zenith Color TV receivers shown here to be free ( J) ,r °m defects in material arising ‘rom normal usage for two ! B years from date of original consumer purchase. Warranty ■ 3 covers repair of color picture tube, or replacement with ( tj rebuilt color picture tube, through any authorized Zenith i K dealer anywhe-e owner may live or move; transportation, ■ 3 labor and servce charges are the obligation of the owner. C jj Zenith replacement tube is also warranted for the full unex- ! R pired term of the original two-year warranty. a (HpWsEST YEAR YET TO GET THE BEST C ARISTOCRAT CLOCK RADIO • Battery Operated • Solid-State for Longer Life • Wakes you to Music Model Y2BO 8-transistor radio operates on 2 penHte batteries. Earphone lack. Clock has on/off switch; dial IghL Uses one “C" cal battery. Choice of 2 colors. &_ lacksoo’s Radn & TV Service W, Eden Street Phone 482-3519 Harrington on the final voyage. Well tanned by two weeks under a broiling lower Mississippi sun, local members of the Edenton Ambulance Corps returned by train from a training tour with 5,000 other State Guardsmen at Hattiesburg. W. C. Brunson was in a precarious condition in the Norfolk General Hospital following an accident in Larchmont, when a scaffold broke, throwing heavy blocks of concrete on him. Miss Clara Meade Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith, and a junior at Greensboro College, was chosen as Chowan Coun ty’s entry as beauty queen for the Albemarle Sound bridge celebration. She was chosen from a field of 23 aspirants. The Chowan Herald pub lished a special edition for the Albemarle Sound bridge f . THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST tt, IMS. celebration which contained 56 pages. Dr. Julian W. Selig of Elizabeth City, who had been operating a branch of his optometrical establish ment in the Citizens Bank building appearing once every other week for 15 years, gave up his Edenton branch. Under the supervision of Miss Rebecca Colwell, Cho wan home agent, and J. Frank White, Jr., Chowan’s clean-up and better homes campaign was granted a merit award from Better Homes in America with headquarters in West La fayette, Ind. Edenton was visited by a severe electrical and wind storm, playing havoc with trees and resulting in elec tric current being off about an hour. County Agent N. K. Ro well pointed out that Cho wan County needed several hundred milk cows. Gross income from sales by the Chowan ABC store for the first 11 months of its existence was reported as totaling $76,810.20, of which $5,000 had been turned over to the county general fund as its share of the profits. The new Albemarle Sound bridge was thrown open to traffic and it ap peared as though pretty nearly everyone in Edenton and Chowan County had made the trip and express ed universal approval of the span, which was to be dedicated a few days hence. The Warwick Missionary Society entertained at the home of Mrs. Maebelle Winslow featuring the 25th anniversary of the Girls’ Auxiliary. Mrs. D. M. Reaves, her son Dan and daughter Catherine left for Astoria, Oregan, to visit relatives and Mrs. Reaves, new president of the American Legion Auxiliary, planned to attend the national con vention of the Auxiliary to be held in Las Angeles. Miss Adelaide Tuttle, NYA supervisor, attended a two-day conference in Ra leigh, where a $1,500,000 - appropriation for NYA con Notice To Administrators, Executors and Guardians! The law requires an ANNUAL ACCOUNT to be made each year and an INVENTORY to be filed within 90 days after quali fying’. If your Annual Account, Inventory or Final Account are past due, we respectfully urge that you file same at once, as we are required to report all such cases to the Grand Jury, which will convene at the Sep tember term of Chowan County Superior Court, September 9th, YOUR COOPERATION WILL BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED! LENA M. LEARY Clerk of Superior Court Wedding invitations I in the best of taste f Printed announcements of your 1 happy event are always distinctive and socially correct. THE CHOWAN HERALD L struction in North Caro lina claimed the principal ! attention. 1 20 YEARS AGO In preparation for the ■ forthcoming selective ser : vice program, J. L. Wig i gins was asked to serve as > chairman of the local i board with Geddes Potter and Walter Holton as asso : ciates. Jimmy Chestnutt and Dorothy Lee Chestnutt, son : and daughter of Mr. and i Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, and Peggy White, daughter of • Mr. and Mrs. Herman White, ridihg in an auto mobile driven by Jimmy Chestnutt, narrowly es caped serious injury when the car was sides wiped near the Waterside Theater at Manteo. Edenton’s Colonials won six straight games and clinched the Albemarle League pennant for the third consecutive season. Mrs. Frank Hughes had s the misfortune; to break an > arm when she tripped and f fell while carrying a bas [ ket full of beans from her E garden near her home. i While members of the r Edenton baseball team were . in Colerain chalking up a decided victory, they were . being robbed of their cash and watches in the field house at Hicks Field after donning their uniforms for the game. Chief of Police Robert L. Pratt reported that $603 in cash and five watches were stolen. F. J. Hill and R. S. Banks, two Edenton police men, tendered their resig nation, the reason advanc ed being too long hours and unsatisfactory salary. The police worked 12 hours a day and seven days a week. Members of the Edenton Business and Professional Women’s Club joined a statewide campaign to get all eligible people to vote. Their slogan was “Use Your Vote In ’48.” Misses Elizabeth Coke Shepard and Frances Ben bury Wood were included in the list of debutantes to be presented at the Debu tante Ball in Raleigh. ■* The Board of Public “Works agreed to take over ■ the electric line from John. I son bridge through Hayes farm with all necessary rights of way to be given 1 to the town by J. G. Wood. Mrs. Sam T. Holmes, 65, : passed away at her home ■ on Oakum Street after an illness of several years. Awards Banquet For SCS Employes I An awards banquet for a I number of Soil Conserva , tion Service employees was | held recently at the Shera ton-Sir Walter Hotel in . Raleigh. Charles W. Bart lett, state conservationist, t presented Superior Per , formance Awards to 24 em. . ployees. In addition, one local office unit was pre sented a citation for su perior performance. A to tal of five employees re ceived 30-year Length of Service Awards. ] Dr. Albert G. Edwards, j minister of the First Pres -1 byterian Church, Raleigh, . delivered the principal ad . dress. Superior Performance , Awards indicate that the l employees or unit have , made a very significant , contribution to local un , del-standing of conserva [ tion and natural resource . development needs as well . as on-the-ground applica , tion of planned conserva tion measures. The Soil Conservation Services pro vides technical assistance to locally organized Soil and Water Conservation Districts and to indivi dual cooperating landown ers. Those receiving Su perior Performance Awards include Everette G. Bare foot, Smithfield; J. Hall Campbell, Raleigh; Karl E. Graetz, Raleigh; William B. Harrell, Shallotte; Sher rod W. Holleman, Raleigh; Martha P. Kelly, Lumber ton; Quentin W. Patterson, Hillsborough; Robert E. Powell, Graham; George Stewart, Statesville; Wil liam T. Wood, Walnut Cove; John R. Highsmith, Robert E. i _1 til'll- Knit PRE-PAIRED... you and Butte’s l* t ' „ Ip 100% double wool j vj/ ensembles designed jMk. with you in mind. jr****! 'Ww A. Crochet trim on / l \ V / open jacket with I V \ IJF i matching skirt and | \ \| W ; shell. Beige,Black, J /■ | Iff Wine,Green, Blue. I A 11 / Wine, Green. J J &• Sizes 8-18. $46.00 s -'* - J \ Pont VmQIW wool r - i Mrs. W. E. Miller enter tained at a weiner roast at the Edenton Naval Air Station In honor of her twin daughters, Arlene and Marlene, who celebrat ed their 14th birthday. Mrs. J. A. Powell receiv ed a letter from a German woman, Mrs. Olga Gee Horton, Lumberton; Chas. L. Hunt, Raleigh; Willie H. Modlin, Williamston; Jas per B. Simpson, Statesville; Garland E. Still, Jr., Mocks ville; Frank J. Veach, Cam. den; Mary B. Ennis, Ra> leigh; Jimmy Ray Best, Raleigh; Jesse Ray Stev ■ ens, Raleigh, and Carlton B. Taylor, Raleigh. A local unit citation went to the Louisburg office. Employees in this unit in clude Wilton U. Smith, Talmadge H. Edwards and C. Eugene Bobbitt, Jr. Thirty year service awards were presented to John H. Banks, Newton: Baseball Team Enters Finals Edenton’s representative in the Martin County Base ball League dumped Rob ersonville in a doublehead er Sunday at Chowan High School and played Wil liamston Wednesday night with the final game Sun day. Bill Herman, manager of ■the local entry, said the score in Sunday’s tilts were 8-6; and 7-6. Carl Gerber and Pete Hunter were the winning pitchers. Pete Paul led the hitting with six hits in seven trips to the plate in the two contests. Family Prida Many a man is proud of his father and mother merely because they are the parents of a fine fel low like himself. —Beacon, Philadelphia. Pa. wald, expressing thanks for a coat contributed by Mrs. Powell during a Chowan County clothing drive for overseas relief. The letter was written in German and was translated by Miss Margaret Muth. Due to stray, vicious and diseased dogs roaming the William H. Cato, Concord; Martha P. Kelly, Lumber ton; George Stewart, States ville, and Hubert M. Wil lis, Lumberton. Joe Covington of Eden ton, F. A. McGoogan of Perquimans, Ed Craft of Plymouth, W. C. Smith of Martin and J. B. Litchfield of Northampton were pre sented 25-year awards and Adrian Meads of Pasquo tank received a 20-year award. For many years the Soil Conservation Service has honored deserving em ployees by presenting them appropriate awards. These are either in the form of certificates of merit, cash awards or in some cases both. FOR SALE Investment and Income Property Excellent Location 4-UNIT GARAGE S INDIVIDUAL UNITS— -4 APARTMENTS ARE COMPLETELY FURNISHED, ONE PARTLY LOOK THIS ONE OVER AND MAKE AN OFFER 219 E. QUEEN STREET streets, Chief of Police R. L. Pratt requested owners oi dogs to keep them from roaming the streets. With Mrs. Inglis Fletch er’s new book, “Roanoke Hundred” soon to be pub lished, she reviewed Paul Green’s symphonic drama “The Lost Colony” and said the lesson is so obvious that she wished every youth in the country could see it. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Henry Ward announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Myrtle Bunch Ward, to Curtis Trotman Leary, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lee Leary. Miss Mary Louise Scott of Weeksville and Edgar Earl Hollowell of Cross Roads community were united in marriage in Elizabeth City. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Muller Brimm of Rich mond, Va., announced the engagement of Mrs. Brimm’s daughter, Miss Muriel Craven Robinson, to Thos. Wm. Elliott, Jr., son of Mrs. T. W. Elliott and the late Mr. Elliott of Edenton.
The Chowan Herald (Edenton, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 22, 1968, edition 1
8
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75