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F rom The Herald Yellowed Pages 30 TEARS AGO A new water line was put in operation in North Edenton serving residents on Oakum Street as well as Johnston Street and en abled any home in that section to use city water. Robert C. Chesson was awarded $2,668 against the Kieckhoffer Container Company of Plymouth in his SII,OOO suit for breach of contract. | Rev. Kelly Wigfield, pas tor of the Full Gospel tabernacle in North Eden ton, preached his final ser mon before leaving for Alton, N. Y., Where he ac cepted a call. He was suc ceeded by Rev. Andrew Stirling of Buxton. ' The junior class of Eden ton High School presented '‘East Lynn,” a melodrama of the 1850 period. J. Rodney Byrum was installed as new master of JUnanimity Lodge No. 7, A. ?. & A. M, succeeding E. . Rawlinson. anti gasoline PORE FIREBIRD* CUTS ENGINE WEAR TO KEEP POWER UP Get better mileage, lower repair bills, a better-running car! Only Firebird contains Tri-tane additives, proved to cut engine wear. up with Winslow Ofl Company jSF Hertford, N. C. j!¥ BE SURE WITH EURE Ilf I 1 PER CENT TAX INTEREST WILL BE ADDED TO ALL 1968 CHOWAN COUNTY TAXES NOT PAID BEFORE '' February 1,1969 * ~ «? Interest will increase every month your taxes 'remain unpaid after February Ist. This is re-' f .quired by state law. <> PAY NOW-SAVE ’ AVOID THE INCREASED INTEREST | A * AA ( Any Taxpayer who cannot pay his, or her taxes in one paymentcan make partial payments until paid. Your co operation will be greatly appreciated.' EARL GOODWIN SHERIFF OF CHOWAN COUNTY , Mayor J. H. McMullan, on behalf of the Town of Edenton, signed a WPA project for the erection of an athletic center on Hicks Field. The improvement called for the removal of the unsightly grandstand and half-tom down fence around the baseball park and in its place to be e-ected a substantial grand stand and bleachers as well as a modern and sturdily constructed fence. The cost to the town was $1,313. “Aunt Lizzie” Bunch celebrated her 100th birth day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ida Reed, at Center HilL J. Craig Haste was in stalled sachem of .Chowan Tribe of Red Men. As a gesture of apprecia tion for their faithful ser vice, Town Council staged an oyster roast for all town employees at the power plant. Herbert Godley, 16-year THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY Is. INI. old white boy of Hancock Station, narrowly escaped serious injury when he was run down by Clayton Rob erts while riding a bicycle on the highway without lights. Her many friends in Chowan County were de lighted to learn that Mrs. J. B. Spillman was re-ap pointed by Governor Clyde Hoey as vice chairman of the State Unemployment Commission. J. W. Cates, superinten dent of Edenton Cotton Mills, appeared before Town Council, appealing for relief in the way of improvements to streets in the cotton mill village. Former Mayor E. W. Spires presented a petition to Town Council which was signed by 31 residents in North Edenton request ing something to be done to improve drainage on North Broad Street from the Triangle Filling Station to Oakum Street. He pointed out that curbs and gutters were the only solu tion. Edenton owners of beach property were interested to learn that a standing re ward of SSO was open to anyone for information re sulting in arrest and con viction of any persons rob bing, damaging or tres passing upon property on the Nags Head Beach, Soundside and Kitty Hawk beaches. The appointment of B. Warner Evans as chairman of the annual Jackson Day Dinner Committee in Cho wan County was announc ed by John D. Larkin, Jr., of Jones County, state chairman. Considerable progress was being made by em ployees . of the Edenton Street Department in trim ming trees in a beautifica tion program started by Town Council. Announcement was made at The Citadel, the Mili tary College of South Ca re, lina, that Cadets W. H. Coffield, Jr„ and Charles Wood, Jr., qualified as second class gunners in coast artillery weapons. A Chowan County grand jury recommended that windows be screened at both white and colored schools in Edenton and also Chowan High School toilet windows. 20 YEARB AGO W. C. Bunch, superin tendent of the U. S. Fish Hatchery, was stocking lo cal waters with sports fish. Thousands of blue gill bream were supplied to farm ponds, Bennett’s Mill Pond, Dillard’s Mill Pond and Pembroke Creek. Due to an epidemic of infantile paralysis, Marvin Wilson, chairman of the March of Dimes, reported that Chowan County’s quota was $4,400, double over the previous year and greater than ever. Mr. Wilson also reported that Chowan County was very fortunate in that no cases of infantile paralysis de veloped. Chowan County farmers were warned to take spe cial precautions to protect themselves against erysip elas when butchering hogs. Mrs. Barlow Harrell, 70, died at her home in North Edenton. The senior class at Cho wan High School presented a three-act comedy, “Little Miss Spitfire.” Joe Privott was elected treasurer of the freshman class at the University of North Carolina. Judge Marvin Wilson was the winner of a spell ing bee held at a Rotary Club meeting. Mrs. Udvarnoki, mission ary from Hungary, brought an inspiring message to a large group of the Wom an’s Missionary Society of Edenton Baptist Church, Richard P. Baer, newly installed master of Una nimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., entertained new ly elected and appointed officers at a barbecue chicken dinner at his en closed barbecue pit at his home on Blount Street. The United States Navy again officially became in possession of the Edenton Naval Air Station and 15 guards went on duty at the gates as well as various buildings on the base where materials were stored. J. W. Davis was elected chairman of the board of stewards of the Methodist Church, succeeding John A. Holmes. Philip McMullan, man-, ager of Edenton Cotton Mills, again appeared be fore Town Council to re quest paving streets in the cotton mill village. The cotton mill agreed to pay half of the cost, estimated to be $3,260. The Council men were in sympathy with the project and Mayor Leroy Haskett was in structed to confer with the Electric and Water De partment to ascertain if the town s share of the cost was available. Captain Mildred Smith, Army Air Corps nurse, ar rived from Japan to spend some time with her broth er and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Smith. Funeral services were held for Lieut. William Continued on Page 4 Sunday School Lesson Continued from Page 2 sincerely, we will be en riched beyond measure, as the paralytic and his friends were enriched. We must put away from us all prejudices, all the critical attitudes that are so easily assumed, and we must not close our minds— either to Christ or to our fellow men. Jesus lived joyously; He lived a life of service; He was warm and human. He dispensed mercy and power. And while we cannot lay claim to His very special kind of power, we can (and should) strive to lay claim to His other attributes; we can be warm and human; we can serve, and be merci ful if we but strive hard enough. We can respond that much. If we will let ourselves become acutely aware of Jesus’ presence in our in nermost being, we will truly savor life both in this world and in the next on outlines of Dm Interna tional Sunday «>M Lea* International Council at RiHgiops Education and i used by ponaMou). rSUPER"^ToLLARn I swpewide thsoount prices-bibwdm I t T I * I ? | FEATHER YOU# j l w/th the % I mmg& ! | FROM OUR,.. I \ Inventory Clearance j * q/jj OC/JQ t * OiSCOOHT CIEAHARCE J \%OFF.UAOIES PRESSES! *6.99 *3-97 *<297 » $ ASSORTED STYLBSS. COLORS' $ * ANOTHER GROUP... 5.99 497 3.97 f | AND ANOTHER... 4.99 3.97 3.97 * * AND THESE, TOO/... 3.99 2,97 7.97 | i FfSH NET HOSEs,u St- ft ,99 t/foo 3/s7<* « t LACHES’CAPRISsmston 2.99 2.00 f. 67 * | NEHRU BLOUSES 2.99\ 2.00 7.67 | J LADIES’ BLOUSES 2.99 2.00 f. 37 | | FUR LINED HOUSE SHOES f-99 7.50 100 * t GIRLS' GO-GO BOOTS 2.99 2. 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