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BEAUTIFICATION WORK CONTINUES—The Town of. Edenton, working in cooperationwith the Garden of Eden Club, is continuing an extensive beautification program in variow
sections of the community. The latest was at the intersection of U. S. 17 and Highway 32. The picture at left was taken before any work was done, A recent picture, right, shows tht
handsome plantings of shrubs and trees as well as a good stand of grass.
From The Yellowed Pages Os The Chowan Herald
39 YEARS AGO
The Chowan County Board
of Elections decided to call
for a new registration rather
than the relisting of the vot
ers in the county. Either of
the two methods were pro
vided for in new legislation
passed by the General As
sembly.
Father E. L. Gross, pastor
of St Ann’s Catholic Church,
informed hi s congregation
that he had been transferred
to St. Catherine of Siena
Church at Wake Forest. He
Taylor Theater
Edenton, N. C.
Wed., Thurs., FrL, Sat.,
April 22-23-24-25 (GP)
Peter Graves,
James Daly,
Daniels Girodano in
"THE 5-MAN ARMY”
Shil, Mon. and Tues.,
April 2s-27-28 (G)
Ingrid Bergman dnd
Anthony Quinn in
"A WALK IN THE
SPRING RAIN”
Wed. and Thurs.,
April 29-30 (X)
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was in Edenton three and one
half years and was replaced
by Father Arthur Racette
from St. Joan of Arc Church
at West Asheville.
Despite a sudden change in
temperature, the first con
tingent of 18 northern base
ball players arrived in Eden
ton for spring training for
the Pocomoke City and Read
ing baseball clubs. They
made their headquarters at
Hotel Joseph Hewcs.
I
One of the most daring rob
beries to take place in Eden
ton within recent years oc
curred when Campen’s Jew
elry Store was looted and be
tween $1,500 and $2,000 worth
of merchandise carried away.
Renovation of the Dixon
property on the corner of
Broad and King Streets was
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1978.
about completed for the A & P
store. The building was for
merly occupied by S. Gander
son & Sons. A portiton of the
building was leased to J. A.
Davenport for his Friendly
Meat Market.
Game Warden J. G. Perry
announced that the fishing
season was closed in all in
land waters, which included
creeks and mill ponds, until
May 10.
A rock fish dinner was
served local Rotarians at their
weekly meeting. The dinner
represented a debt paid to the
winners in an attendance con
test in which John Graham’s
side won out over Cal Kram
er’s group.
Doris Jean Leary received
a superior rating in the junior
music festival of the Federa- 1
tion of Music Clubs of the i
Northeastern District held in
Edenton.
That Edenton Boy Scouts
would be better able to carry
on their activities was as
sured when 28 local citizens
agreed to join a Boy Scout
Booster Club and make a
monthly contribution for its
operation.
The R. L. Chesson suit
against the Plymouth Pulp
Mill was again called in Su
perior Court. Twice before
the suit for damages resulted
in verdicts in favor of Ches- ;
son, but met with reversals
by the Supreme Court.
On the opening day of a
term of Superior Court a brief
service was sponsored by the
local Legion Post in conse
cration of the two flags which '
graced the judicial rostrum
on both sides. John A.
Holmes, superintendent cf,
schools, a Legionnaire, spoke
historically of the two flags, I
emblems of the United States
and the state of North Caro
lina. Judge John J. Burney,
also a Legionnaire, made a
stirring address in eulogy of
the two emblems.
The Edenton Garden Club
met at the home of Mrs. R.
Graham White, at which time
Mrs. White reviewed the New
York Flower Show held at
Grand Central Palace in New
York, which she attended.
Dr. F. H. Garris, who for
over two wears served as
j health officer for the Bcnie
-1 Chowan Health Department,
tendered his resignation to
resume private practice in his
home town of Lewiston.
The senior class of Chowan
High School presented their
class play, “Sunshine.”
Chowan County joined with
the rest of the nation in
counting noses in the decen
nial census to determine the
population of the Uniied
States. The six enumerator*
for Chowan County were:
Mrs. E. W. Spires, Mrs. War
ner Evans, Mrs. T. L. Ward,
Mrs. R. F. Elliott, Mrs. A. M.
Day and George Privott.
j Calvin Andrew Haste, 78,
I ij. 1 .jWjiifri
died very suddenly at the
home of his daughter, Mrs.
W. H. Dail.
Miss Rebecca Colwell, coun
ty home demonstration agent,
and J. W. Crawford, farm
agent, met with a group of
young people in the Commun
ity House at Cross Roads for
the purpose cf forming an
Older Youth Service Club in
Chowan County. Mrs. Percy
Smith and Miss Jessie Byrum
were appointed temporary
chairmen.
A grand jury report revived
a recommendation that cen
tral heat be installed in the
Court House to eliminate a
great fire hazard. “The value
c. e this building is inestimable
and it would be a reflection
RE-ELECT
0. C. Long, Jr.
to
Edenton-Chowan School Board
I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT
AND VOTE ON
SATURDAY, MAY 2
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on our present generation
should we allow' it to burn
when at a modest expenditure
it could be protected,” it w'as
stated in the report.
20 YEARS AGO
John F. White announced
that he would be a candi
date for County Representa
tive in the General Assembly
in which he was opposed by
Mrs. Raymond Carr.
At a meeting of .Chamber
of Commerce directors, the
results of a recent poll con
ducted among Edenton mer
chants in regard to holidays
was announced. The holi
days were Easter Monday, In
dependence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving and tw’o days
lor Christmas, but no holiday
on New Year's Day.
At a meeting of the Cho-
The Shell Game
Seems that when the Scotch Bonnet heard it had
been named as North Carolina’s official shell, it
took issue at the honor and almost deserted the
state’s beaches.
Since then, however, the shell apparently had a
change of heart (or was it a change of mussel?) and
has returned to the seashore by the hundreds.
This spring and summer don’t be Scotch - put
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