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From The Chowan Herald Yellowed Pages
-30 YEARS AGO \
'School needs in Edenton
and ChoWan County were
paramount in deliberation of
t,IS e County Commissioners
and onq/ question over a
year’s ,/standing was finally
sealed when the majority
vote sanctioned the borrowing
of $4,000 with which to con
struct a central school build
ing in the Rocky Hock sec
tion. The purpose was to
close schools at Oak Grove,
Gum Pond and ißeech Fork
and build a new school near
the Rocky Hock Church,
Which was , considered the
most central point. There
had been divided sentiment
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
for the new school when two
delegations were on hand to
support their related views.
A vote by the Commissioners
was tied, so that Chairman
D. M. Warren cast his vote in
favor of a loan to erect the
new building.
Chowan County Commis
sioners passed a resolution
requesting the State Highway
and Public Works Commis
sion to improve the Long
Beach .Road as requested by
William B. Shepard.
Though the 1940 census
gave Edenton a population of
3,914, it was the opinion that
more people than that were
living here. A report from
the local post office showed
4,914 people served by city
carriers, besides 120 who had
boxes and 116 general deliv
ery patrons, so that it was
[calculated that the population
[was slightly over 5,000.
W. D. Holmes, who had
been seriously ill at his home
for two weeks, remained in a
critical condition.
After 38 years in business
i n Edenton, J. H. Jlolmes sold
| his interest in the J. 11.
| Holmes Company to L. Snyd
er of Norfolk, Va. Mr. c
Holmes’ reason for selling his i
business was given as ill I
health. The business was t
started in 1902 with Mr. i
Holmes and the late J. A.
'Woodard as partners. 1
Edenton Boy Scouts were
entertained jointly by the
Rotary and Lions Clubs and
Ed Bond Post of the Ameri
can Legion at a banquet held
at the Parish House. Honor
guests were W. H. Gardner,
Jr., and Meredith Jones, who
recently attained the rank of
Eagle Scout.
The Ashley brothers and
Roy Evans, popular radio and
stage entertainers, presented
a program at Gum Pond
School.
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Carson Davis near Gliden was
the scene of a happy gather
ing when a large number of
relatives and friends gather
ed for a birthday dinner for
Mrs. Harriet Parks, who cele
brated her 70th birthday.
J. Maynard Fleetwood, 53,
died at his home near Bethel
after an illness of several
months.
Chowan County was in
! eluded in 29 North Carolina
counties reporting no traffic
fatalities for the first four
months of the year.
Sheriff J. A. Bunch report
ed that in the neighborhood
'of 500 pieces of property
| were sold for delinquent 1939
’ taxes.
Dr. Roland Vaughan, con
nected with the Powell Clinic
here, was married in Balti
more, Md., to Miss Ruth Mil
ler of Baltimore and Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., in old St. Luther
an’s Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B.
Wood of Mulberry Hill were
hosts at a dinner in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. Blucher Ehring
haus, newlyweds.
20 YEARS AGO
According to an announce
ment made by the office of
the district engineer, Corps of
Engineers, U. S. Army at
Wilmington, the North Caro
lina State Highway and Pub
lic Works Commission had
■ inadbjapplicsttciT for -approval
of plans for the reconstruc
tion of the bridge across Cho
wan River on Route 17 be
-1 tween Windsor and Edenton
and the construction of “a
temporary bridge for use dur
ing the period cf reconstruc
tion. The olans submitted
showed the proposed perma
nent bridge at the same loca
, t:'on as the existing bridge,
and having a double opening
swing type draw span with
each opening having a hori
, zontal clearance of 80 feet
[ and a vertical clearance of
. 10.7 feet at mean low water.
* At a meeting of Ed Bond
Post of the American Legion
Robert L. Pratt was elected
. commander to succeed John
W. Graham
j Daisy Alice W’ard, 14-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Ward, whose life
hung in a balance for three
Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, July 16, 1970
enter the cash register but 1
failed. The group of Ne
groes was apprehended in 1
months after an accident at 1
her home when she was ter- !
ribly burned, passed away in
Chowan HospitaL So badly
was she burned that she lost
about 65 per cent of her skin
from her neck down. A fund
of $13,000 had been raised in
an effort to save the girl’s
life.
An interesling display and
one which was hoped would
impress automobile drivers
was placed at the foot of
Broad Street, where the
Edenton Police Department
and North Carolina Highway
Safety Division constructed a
miniature graveyard and
table showing how many fa
tal accidents had occurred on
North Carolina highways.
Edenton’s waterfront was
lined with spectators to wit
ness a water carnival spon
sored by Byrum Hardware
Company. A feature of the
event was the selection of
Miss Dor e n e Alexander,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Alexander, as “Miss Wa
, ter Queen.” J. M. 'Boyce won
, top honors in the free-for-all
, race, driving a Johnson Sea
. Horse on a hydroplane. Oth
er race winners were David
. White, R. L. Ward, 'Emmett
[ Wiggins and Ted Boutwell.
. An attempted holdup oc-
I curred at the Blue Bird Case
when six Florida Negroes en
. tered the case and ordered
, Vernon Halsey to hand over
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while he was gene the would
be holdup men attempted to
Elizabeth City after Chief of
Police George Dail reported
the incident over the redio.
Miss Betsy Wood, daughter
of Mts. Fred P. Wood, was
signally honored at com
mencement exercises of the
High School Department of
St. Mary’s School in Raleigh
when it was announced she
was the winner of the vale
dictory award, a beautiful
book entitled "World Famous
Paintings.” The award rep
resented the highest scholastic
average of the class.
Miss Peggy White, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
White, was among a class of
39 seniors who graduated
from the Baptist Hospital
School of Nurses at Winston-
Salem.
A pipe organ for St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church arrived in
Edenton and was being in
stalled.
With the Edenton Marine
Corps Air Station practically
closed, the prospect of con
tinuing golf on the base
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LEG BROKEN
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Has
l kett’s son, Roger K. Haskett,
; of Portsmouth, Va., had the
misfortune to fall off their
■ cottage at Kitty Hawk last
s Friday and broke his leg.
He is now in Portsmouth
t General Hospital and will be
• there for a good while.
Yets Comer
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any VA office).
Q. My National Service
Life Insurance is still on the
term plan, and I am thinking
of converting it to a perma
nent plan. If I do, will divi
dends still be paid on my
policy?
A. If dividends are being
paid on the term plan, the
converted policy will con
tinue to draw dividends. How
ever, on the Modified Life
policy, dividends generally
will be less than those on
other plans.
Q. I will be separated
from military service in the
near future. How long will I
have to convert my Service
men's Group Life Insurance?
A. You must make appli
cation for conversion and pay
the first premiums before the
expiration of 120 days after
separation or release from ac
tive duty.
Q. Where may I obtain' a
record of discharge-of a man
who was in the Navy during
the years 1915 to 19i8?
A. You might write to the
Officer in Charge, National
Personnel 'Records Center
(Military Personnel Records),
9700 Page Boulevard, St.
Louis, *Mo. 63132.
■Recent law enlarges VA's
definition of “children” for
purposes of veterans’ bene
fits, and increases benefits to
nearly 51,000 children by 10
per cent.
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