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From The Yellowed Pages Os The Chowan Herald 30 YEARS AGO Following many news paper stories regarding the 'discovery of <a stone near Center Hill which was thought to be a marker of the grave of a group of lost colonists massacred by Indians in the year 1591, a number of letters were re ceived by prominent citi zens criticizing this com munity for ever allowing the first stone to get out of North Carolina as well as seeking advice from Gear gig historians relative to thie latest find. The gist of criticism was aimed at the chum that professors of the University of North Caro lina or other North Caro lina institutions were as capable of doing the ne cessary research work as people in another state and concluded with the sugges tion that the General As sembly ought to pass a law forbidding the removal ifcdm the state of relics of such momentous historical significance to the state. Os great interest to local ,) citizens was the announce ment that work was re sumed on the new toad leading into Edenton from the Albemarle Sound bridge. A force of 25 men resumed grading activities. TRY MILLER’S Esso Station MIDWAY, N. C. tot Fishing Tackle Minnows Worms - Crickets and Ice Phone 482-4296 Open I A. M. to 6 P. M. VOTE QUINN The Only Candidate with Continuous Government Experience in Edentoris Present Growth. EXPERIENCE COUNTS VOTE QUINN Special savings on Ford Pickups- America’s No.l sellers Now you can get No. 1 savings on jeSZZZ&W j±*_ America's No. 1 sellers! Special prices I on specially equipped F-100 Include: wheel covers, vinyl roof, power brakes, power steering, Cruise-O-Matic, air conditioning, and more! Every truck § comes with Ford’s exclusive Twin-I- Beam suspension. And handsome, hefty camper you can't beat the Ranger Camper. RangScSwer r M Jf W >J\ 1969 F-100 Ranger Pickup mSBBQipr Ford Dealers’ No.l Sale • SEE YOUR FORD DEALER Meeting in joint session, Town Council and the Board of Public Works agreed to purchase 700 chairs to toe placed in the Edenton armory. The senior class play. “Oh, Professor,’’ was pre sented in the high school auditorium. Those taking part were Durwood Harrell, Betty Wales, Herbert Hot lowell, Mildred Owens, Mary White, IMyda Weaver, Mary E. Moore, Parker Helms, Bill Cozart, Anna Wood and Chrystal Greg ory. Mrs. S. W. Taylor re turned home from Duke Hospital, where she under went an operation. J. G. Perry, Chowan County game warden, re minded those who love to fish that the closed season for inland fishing was in effect and would continue until May 9. Various improvements were under way at Lloyd Burton’s filling station and the Triangle filling station by L. C. Byrum. Mrs. B. W. Evans was again named captain of Chowan County’s forces for the cancer campaign with Mrs. Wood Privott and Miss Rebecca Colwell as her lieutenants. Already engaged for four major affairs in other counties, the Edenton High School Band accepted an invitation to participate in the annual Gallopade to be held in Rocky Mount. John A. Holmes, super intendent of Edenton schools, arranged for an exhibit of 150 of the fin est productions of recog nized masterpieces of art to be placed on display to students and the general public in the schools. At a meeting <of the Eastern Regional Conven tion of the Baptist Train " THE CHOWAN HER ALP. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL 24, 1969. ing Union held in Wind sor, John M. Elliott was was elected president. Leroy Haskett caused a ripple in local political waters when he announced that he would be a candi date for Councilman from the Third Ward, then rep resented by Albert Byrum. Chowan County coffers were enriched to the tune of $7,000 when a check was turned over to Chowan County Commissioners from, the Chowan County ABC Board. Sponsored by the Eden ton Lions Club, a Liens Club was organized in Hertford with 20 members enrolled. L. N. Hbllowell was elected dpresident. A house packed to the doors greeted the presen tation of “Celestial City’’ at the colored high school in which 127 participants held the large audience spellbound. Fifty-two were added to membership in the Baptist Church as the result of a revival in which Dr. Zeno Wall of Shelby was the guest evangelist. 20 YEARS AGO Another, and one of the most important steps to ward the realization of a new hospital in Chowan County materialized when a site for the proposed hospital was recommended Senator Sam Ervin Says: Continued from Page t imperative the need foT congressional action to re store the original meaning of the Taft-Hartley Act. The union’s right tc regulate its internal affair) must end where its rule) , conflict with a man’s jot rights. This is expiicitl] and repeatedly empbssizet in the Taft-Hartley Act Union rules which impost fines strike at the verj heart of a man’s job—hj) right to be paid for work ing. When the beard and the Supreme Court affirm a union’s power to deprive a man of pay for working they strike at a fundamen tal provision of this act. Congress has the respan sibility to redress a situa tkxn where its ifllent ha been disregarded. Nowhen is this need more eviden than in the union fin cases. Proposals to cor rect this state of affair have been in Congress to years. Legislation to rem edy this situation should bi passed without further de lay. by hospital authorities. The recommended site wss a piece of town-owned prop erty adjacent to Leary Bros. Storage Company, on which was formerly located a pumping station for the Electric A Water Depart ment. Rap. J. H. McMul tan introduced a bill in the General Assembly to allow the town to sell municipal ly owned property to Cho wan Hospital and convey same by deed. On the strength of a pe tition bearing approxi mately 150 signatures ask ing for permission of the voters of the Town of Edenton to express their 1 will as to whether or no.t the town should continue the use of parking meters, Rep. J. H. McMullan intro duced a bill in the General Assembly for a referendum in which the question was to be submitted to the voters at the next munici pal election. In an effort to secure funds with which to re build the Chowan River bridge, Rep. J. H. Mc- Mullan introduced a bill in the General Assembly which had to do with the | disposition of the proceeds of gasoline and oil inspec | tion fee collections. [ Congressman Herbert i Bonner forced a reply re Russell Jenkins, What makes you think that the Peoples Bank Master Charge Card is better for you than the others? "Think? I know that Peoples IB fi Bank Master Charge Card is the Bp JhP w’ best one for me. That's because o';' JfcS&kß it offers me a lot more. Not v* ** B only can I use it at more than * n casa Y ou on t k now . country, but it also makes me P |an where 1 can write m Yself eligible for Peoples Personal a ' oan whenever I want to. Credit. 1 P a Y on, Y a small amount of interest from date of transfer to billing time and if I repay jgr^^k the loan within 25 days after m 0 |k receiving statement, it doesn't cost me anymore. Or, if I want, f r I can spread my payments out . /jap over several months through Come to think of it, my my regular Master Charge Peoples Bank Master Charge monthly billing. Card is like having ready money . in my wallet. In a lot of ways 2« w it's even better than money." |RM|)££l w -Swvk.nw»siic«io«\ ./ Mambar F.0.1.C. garding expansion of facili- ti ties at the U. S. Fish c Hatchery in Edenton and was given reasons by the t Fish and Wildlife Service 1 for discontinuing propoga- c tion of shad since 1947. Edenton High School’s ' newspaper “The Spotlight ’ I won a third place rating at the Columbia Scholastic ] Press Association’s annual convention held in New York City. i William H. Coffield, Jr., I Pest No. 9280, Veterans of 3 Foreign Wars, held its first i meeting in the new pest < home over the Mills Bar ber Shop at the corner of 1 Broad and King Streets, ] when Henry Quinn was 1 , elected commander. ] Susan Thigpen and Brenda Dean Mooney won • top honors in a music : i oontest held in Greenville i sponsored by the N. C. s Federation of Music Clubs. J. A. Wiggins and John N. Bunch of Chowan Coun s ty were elected members ■ of the board of directors of ■ the Albemarle Electric • Membership Corporation. Cecil Fry, a member of ' the Edenton High School ! faculty, narrowly escaped ! serious injury while ass.c.t --’ ing in removing the foot ball goal posts at Hicks t field, When a top bar ■ crashed to the ground, hit ting Mr. Fry a violent lick ■on the head. Henderson Thomas Lay ton, 62, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home on North Broad Street. Edenton friends regret- Blooms Hide Bulb Leaves When daffodils and tul ips fade their leaves stay in place to mature, turning yellow, finally dying down, not to reappear until an other spring. There is nothing attrac tive about those dying leaves but they must grow to manufacture food for the bulbs underground. Quick - growing annuals will hide those dying leaves. Choose kinds that will tolerate dry soil, for the bulbs need a dry pe riod after blooming in or der to “ripen”. Seeds of sweet alyssum or bachelor’s buttons can be sown over the bulbs in autumn or in early spring. Or, seedlings of mari golds or zinnias can be transplanted from a seed bed and set between the leaves. Any of these annuals will hide the foliage and quick ly fill in the area left bare after it dies. ted to learn that Mr. and Mrs. Walter Holton planned to leave Edenton to make their home in Winston- Salem. A joint meeting of Edenton, Plymouth and Windsor Rotary Clubs was held at the Parish House. George Harris, 12-year cld Edenton boy, narrowly escaped fatal injuries when he crashed through a false ceiling while playing on the roof of the auditorium of the Edenton school. Miss Gertrude Carraway, state regent of the N. C. Daughters of the American Revolution, complimented Support and Vote For Ail James C. (Pete) Dail i Councilman-at-Large TOWN OF EDENTON For Quick Results ... Try a t Herald Classified Ad! PAGE 5-C Edenton Tea Party Chap ter for purchasing the James Iredell house. Edenton firemen were called out when fire broke out in the engine room of one of Emmett Wiggins’ tug boats docked in the Edenton harbor. Raymond Tarkington was transferred back to Eden ton from Henderson as rep resentative of the Farm Bureau Insurance Com panies of Columbus, Ohio. Edenton High School’s auditorium was filled to capacity when high school students presented “Gypsy Rover.” t
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