From The Yellowed Pages Os The Chowan Herald -39 YEARS AGO Congressman Lindsay V Warren was notified at his ft ome in Washington, N. C, by Harry Hopkins, WPA administrator, that President Franklin Roose velt had approved a WPA project for a community building at Small’s Cross Roads amounting to an ex penditure of $5,448. Lively interest was tak en in the recently organiz ed Parent-Teacher Asso ciation when 75 were pres ent at the high school au ditorium. Mrs. James E. Wood, , president, reported that 40 new members had joined the organization. A big show was staged in Edenton’s business 'sec tion for taking pictures for use in Fox Movitone News reel. A large pile of peanuts was placed at the comet of Broad and Eden Streets by the Albemarle Peanut Company. The street was closed to traffic and lined with white stripes to King Street as 25 contestants propelled peanuts only by their nose. James Small nosed out just a little ahead of Em mett Wiggins to win the contest. A change in ownership of one of Edenton’s gro I CHRISTMAS for a DOLLAR AT THE | DOLLAR STORE I 204 N. POINDEXTER STREET I Elizabeth City, N. C. I WE SHARE OUR PROFITS WITH YOU I ... COME SEE - AND SAVE! . . ■ JojfOUS I CJood Wishes for Peace iiL JEll Once again the Season has come when we observe lr| the birth of our Saviour. May it be a time from j fftfcj [ which all of us may renew our inspiration and In fl TlTiri ■ rinds j our faith. May His Divine and Eternal Presence y*w / \ be with you and all those dear to you. oyf -■ * i ' Albemarle Electric Membership Corp. OWNED BY THOSE WE SERVE HERTFORD, N. C. L- v . > . cery stores was effected when Guy Boyce purchas ed the J. A. Curran Gro cery in the heart of Eden ton’s business section. Edenton Rotary Club’s bowling team had little difficulty in defeating the Red Men in 5 the first of a series of gamds in a tour nament held at Chappell’s Bowling Alley. Fireworks was injected into an otherwise un eventful meeting of Cho wan County Commission ers when the Board of Education made an effort to persuade a loan with which to erect a new building at Chowan High School. The Commission ers turned thumbs down on this proposal. Right much interest was evidenced when it be came known that Hotel Joseph Hewes was pur chased by Grayson M. Harding from the South ern Loan and Insurance Company of Elizabeth City, which concern was trustee for bondholders. As one of 18 meetings throughout North Caro lina, the North Carolina League of Municipalities met in the Chowan Coun ty Court House with May or J. H. McMullan presid THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1968. ing. Civil damages totaling $19,117.35 and punitive damages totaling SIO,OOO more were claimed in a suit filed in Superior Court growing out of the automotive death of P. J. Warner. The action was brought by the widow against Gilbert Hollowell, driver of the truck caus ing the fatality, and Eden ton Ice Company, by whom Hollowell was employed. R. N. Privott, as he drove his car to a peanut field, alighted from the car and walked around it, fell dead as the result of a heart attack. A Young Democratic Club was organized with John W. Graham elected president. F. W. Curran, one of Edenton’s oldest residents, was very ill at his home on West Queen Street. John A. Holmes was elected president of the Northeastern District of the North Carolina Edu cation Association. Little Shirley Mizell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Mizell, had a narrow escape when she was struck by a highway truck in front of her home on East Eden Street. Following three years of service with the local Methodist Church, Rev. George W. Blount was transferred to the Spring Hope Methcdist Church in Nash County. Rev. W. C. Benson of Mount Olive succeeded Mr. Blount. Funeral services were held for Patrick Dale, who died at his home near Center Hill. One of the county’s oldest citizens, Mr. Dale was 88 years old. J. C. (Dick) Leary, after a courageous fight against angina pectoris, passed away. Edenton National Guard men and members of the Fire Department were planning for enlivening functions in the armory for an entire week with a grand ball scheduled to choose “Miss Albemarle.” James Cozzens was se lected as the moat valu able player of the Edenton High School football team. The team closed a season in a blaze of glory by win ning eight out of nine games. gcuuca. 20 YEARS AGO Chowan County citizens voted 5 to 1 for the reelec tion of Harry S. Truman as president of the United States. Truman won over Republican Thomas E. Dewey in one of the clos est presidential elections in the history of the nation. Thomas Byrum, chair man of the local Little Symphony Association, an nounced that a drive was under way to secure mem berships. Portable bleachers for Hicks Field caused a very lengthy discussion at a meeting of the Edenton Varsity Club and the club voted to construct one section of the bleachers in the near future. Clara Dixon and Her bert Raye Lane were list ed among the county win ners in the North Caro lina 4-H Club Better Meth ods Electric Contest for 1948. Dr. Lloyd Hobbs, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hobbs, was elected president of the Appalachian State Teachers College Alumni Association. Members of William H. Coffield Post No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars, were appealing for contri butions to build a home for the post. Miss Mary Evans Good win, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Goodwin, and Jefferson Davis Sewell, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sewell of Monroe, were united in marriage in Edenton Baptist .Church. Judge Richard D. Dixon was principal speaker at the Chowan Ruritans’ an nual ladies’ night banquet. Clifford Overman, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Over man, carried off top hon ors at the 4-H poultry show and sale held at the armory. At a very enjoyable turkey dinner at the Par ish House the Edenton Business and Professional Woman’s Club received its charter. In response to a called meeting of the Edenton Country Club, a goodly number of golf enthusiasts met to consider the future of the golf course after the Marines occupy the Edenton Naval Air Sta tion. J. H. Conger, presi dent, presided over the meeting and was very op timistic that the local club would have use of the golf course after the base was reactivated. Students of Edenton High School took over the town’s government as a feature of the observance of American Education Week. Out of a total of 353 live births in Chowan County in 1947, records proved that 80 occurred outside a hospital or in circumstances unknown. This meant that 77.34 per cent of the county’s live births occurred without benefit of hospital facili ties for mother and child. R. C. 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