tfi MFi -*T -Mn I ff PRODUCE WINNING DISPLAYS—First place winners in Die Christmas decoration contest, sponsored by Edenton Woman’s Chib, are pictured here. Gris Bond, son of Dr. and Mrs. Edward G. Bond, Pembroke Circle, looks at the Santa doorway display which won first place in the modern division. The outdoor display of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Harmon, West Queen Street, won first in the traditional division. The Chowan Herald BOX 207, EDENTON. N. C. 27932 Published evtry Thursday at Edenton by The Chowan Herald, Inc.. L. F. Amburn, Jr., president and general manager, 421-425 South Broad Street, Edenton. North Carolina 27932. TTIAiU V /ianA. Carolina vA Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, at the Post Office at Edenton, North Carolina, under the act of March 3, 1879. L. F. AMBURN, JR President and Gen Mgr. J. HD WIN BUFFLAP Editor HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager E. N. MANNING Mechanical Superintendent SUBSCRIPTION RATES; One Year (Outside North Carolina) —.——-—54.50 One Year (In North Carolina)——— $4.12 Six Months $2.25 Cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, etc., will be charged for at regular advertising rates. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1970- Times Reporters Continued from Page 1 It was here that a glittering reception was held in 1819 for President James Monroe. DISTINGUISHED COMPANY Sorni of Edenton’s own sons moved fam' iarly in the company of Monroe and his distinguished friends Washing ton, Jefferson and Madison. On the walking tour is the home of James Ire dell, who crowned a political career that began at 17 as deputy collector for the port by becoming, at 39, an Associate Justice of the First United States Su preme Court. Nearby is the home of Joseph Hewes, a member of the Conti nental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. A highlight of the tour is the Cupola House, built about 1725, one of the na tion’s architectural curiosities. Dominat ed by a huge cupola, it is celebrated as the finest example of Jacobean frame house south of Connecticut. The origi nal interior woodwork is preserved in the Brooklyn Museum, but has been handsomely and meticulously reproduced here. The walking tour concludes with old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, built in 1736 and restored in 1949 after being partly burned. The 1725 Communion silver is still in use. In the church grave yard, royal governors and the patriots who opposed them lie almost side by side beneath ancient oaks and old mag nolias. More than half the pleasure of visiting Edenton is in seeing places of historical or architectural interest nearly 30 of them clearly marked although not in cluded on the organized tour. Houses with West Indies-style verandas recall ihe days when Albemarle Sound was alive with ships from the Caribbean as well as Europe. PLANTATION HOUSES On the outskirts of Edenton, where trim town houses and neat gardens give way to tall forests and broad fields, are the plantation houses. The present plant er-owners are accustomed to seeing visit ors drive slowly up the groves of trees for a closer look at the old homes, flour ishing survivors of a genteel and com fortable way of life. Just outside the limits of the town and a good stone’s throw across Queen Anne’s Creek is the Gate House, built about 1750 and later enlarged when another house was moved alongside and joined to the original structure. Beyond the Gate House is Hayes, the colonaded mansion erected by Samuel Johnston, early Governor and first United States Senator of North Carolina. Mulberry Hill, a pre-Revolutionary brick home built in the substantial style of ' a Georgian town house, towers four stories above the wide sweep of its fields. NOVELS RECALL PAST Even the names of the venerable coun try homes Sycamore, Paradise, Green- HB—d—o. feSip bleard (L^Steen It will be noted that the two columns written weekly by Kate are missing again this week. For the information of her many friends and readers, she is now at home but too weak to do any writing. Though not quite ready to leave Albemarle Hospital, the doctors agreed to release her the day before Christmas in order to be at home for Christmas (provided she remain ed in bed and kept quiet). Os course, be ing home made for a very thankful and joyous Christmas day at the Bufflap home, where a son of the Missus, Martin Zim merman of Rocky Mount and my daugh ter, Miss Dorothy Bufflap of Elizabeth City went all out to prepare a sumptuous Christmas dinner and did anything possible to make the occasion one of the most de lightful anyone could want. Dr. L. P. Wil liams, Jr., examined Kate Monday after noon of this week and his report is quite encouraging, though it takes time to re gain strength. In the meantime (though it is a bitter pill for her) she is lying down most of the time and wishing she could walk around in the yard or down town—yes, and even sit in a boat at one end of a fishing line. She is so thankful and appreciative for the many beautiful flowers she has received, cards, telephone calls, visits and above all the prayers which have been offered in her behalf. “It’s so wonderful to have so many real friends,” she has repeated many times as tears trickle down her cheeks. o In the mail this week was a letter from Henry Bartholomew Cox of Oxon Hill, Md. In part the letter reads: “I am a collector of old letters and docu ments. If you, as no doubt one of the leading and best-known citizens of your town, know of any people in Edenton with old family papers they no longer need or want, I would certainly be grateful to you if you would let me know about them. I’m interested in mostly 18th century fig ures, but even up to the Civil War period, I’d gladly like to consider what may be still around. I’m not interested in reselling any of these to others, but only a private collector and a i historian. They would be for my own collection and writing inter ests.” Mr. Cox is especially anxious