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CHOWAN COUNTY

Volume XXIII.—Number 43.

Annual Halloween Party InEdenton Is Scheduled To BeHeld Wednesday, Oct 31stAnnual Affair Sponsored By Edentdn Wo-

man’s Club Expected to Attract LargeCrowd of Children and Adults

{ Last Chance [Attention is called to the fact

that Saturday, October 27, is thelast day to register in order to vote

in the general election Tuesday*November 6. All young persons

i who willbe 21 by November 6 andall folks who have moved their resi-dence should visit their pollingplaces on Saturday and register so!that they will be eligible to cast aballot in the election.-'V\/WWW'

Aces Getting ReadyFor Expected ToughGame With AhoskieSquad Warned About

Danger of OverConfidence

Scaling one of the toughest hur-dles in an effort to win anotherAlbemarle Conference champion-!

ship by defeating the Hertford In-dians 14-0 Friday night, Coach BillBillings and his Edenton Aces arethis week concentrating on anotheropponent which might be as tough |or even tougher next Friday night.The Aces are scheduled to tanglewith the Ahoskie Indians on thelatter’s gridiron in an all-import-ant conference game. The Aceshave a perfect record in conferenceplay and further they have not beenscored upon by conference oppon-

’ enis. Ahoskie, an tho other hand,, Continued on Page, 3—Section 1 ;

ISilly Goodwin ChosenRepresent Chowan At4-H Electric Congress

The tenth annual 4-H Electric.Congress gets under way at Win-]ston-Salem Sunday, October 28, as

70 boys and 77 girls from coun-

ties throughout the state assemblefor this tenth anniversary session. '

Representing Chowan County at

the meeting is Billy Goodwin. 1Young Goodwin will join with

others in a program designed torecognize their achievements in4-H farm and home electric pro-jects, the best in their respectivecounties.

Highlighting the two day eventwill be the annual awards banquet,

Monday evening. At this timewinners from the four power com-pany districts will be recognized.Nantahala Power and Light Com-pany, Duke Power Company, Vir-ginia Electric and Power Company,

and Carolina Power and Light

Company will name the winnersfrom their districts.

Prize Winners InGrand Opening OsWestern Gas Service

Grand opening days at the West-ern Gas Service new store the lat-ter part of last week were more

successful than the fondest hopes

of Mrs. Irene Dunbar, manager.

During the three opening days andup until the closing hour Saturdaynight the store was crowded withvisitors who were pleased with thenew store and the merchandise on

display.At the close of the event four

i prizes were awarded, going to the• following:

[ First Prize—'Bernice Holley, 128. West Peterson Street, a $299.95 gas

range.Second Prize—Doris Toppin, 105

West Church Street, a ladies’ wrist

I watch.Third Erize—Mrs. Vernon Lane,

Route 2, a deep fat fryer.Fourth Prize—Mrs. Ethel Phil-

lips, 302 East Queen Street, a 20,-

| 000 BTU space heater.

JAYCEES MEET TONIGHTt Edenton’s Junior Chamber ofi Commerce will meet tonighti (Thursday| at 7 o’clock in the Pe-

nelope Barker Community house.» President Dick Dixon urges a full

attendance.

The annual community Hallo-ween party, staged annually by

the Woman’s Club in cooperation

with local business firms, will beheld Wednesday night, October 31,and the gigantic parade will assem-ble on the Court House Green at

6 o’clock.Club officials report a change in

judging this year. The pavade willmarch into the ball park where thecostumed youngsters will pass inreview before judges there. Theywill then enter the carnival areaoutside the ball park to partake ofthe host of goodies on hand forthem, talk to talking witches, drinkwitches’ brew, fish for prizes in thefish pond, see outdoor movies, takea hayride and enjoy the numerousother surprises on hand forthem.

Cash prizes will be awarded thisyear for the boy and girl adjudgedto have the best costume; boy andgirl with the most comical costume,and two prizes will be given for

floats entered(

in the parade.The carnival area will be bright-

ened up this year with newly paint-

ed signs and officials hint at possi-bly a surprise or two for the 1956party.

West Byrum, Jr., will head theparade as the Halloween clown andthe high school band will be on

hand to lend a festive musical spir-it to the occasion. The parade willbe supervised by members of theVarsity Club and Jaycees.

The Halloween party is stagedunder the sponsorship of the Wo-man’s Club and each year it is look-ed forward to with much anticipa-tion by the youth of the communi-ty. Merchants, business firms andindividuals contribute to the com-munity enterprise and Mrs. C. E.Britton is co-chairman.

Mrs. Joe Conger, Jr., is chair-man of the party this year. Theyurge all children to attend and es-pecially to come dressed in cos-tumes.

Christmas Seal SaleScheduled To BeginIn Chowan Nov. 15Mrs. J. A. Moore Will

Again Serve as. Chairman

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Chowan County’s Christmas SealSale is scheduled to get under wayThursday, November 15, with Mrs.J. A. Moore again serving as chair-man. The local organization haswithdrawn from the four-countygroup and this year will operate in-dependently as the Chowan County

Tuberculosis and Health Associa-tion.

This year’s fund-raising drivewill again be conducted throughthe mail and by November 15 alarge number of letters containingself-addressed envelopes will havegone to citizens all over the county.Mrs. Moore hopes there will be gen-erous response to the appeal to

send in the money for the enclosedChristmas Seals.

Mrs. Moore calls attention to

the fact that 1,950 people in NorthCarolina experienced tuberculosisfor the first time in 1955 and thatsome of these people, perhaps, as-sumed that TB could only strikesomeone else. “However,” shesays, “no home is safe until allhomes are safe.”

By purchasing Christmas Sealsanybody can help provide fundsto support work which protects ailhomes from the disease.

Continued on Page s—Section 1

New DeSoto WritGoOn Display Oct 30O. B. Perry Much En-

thused Over New1957 Model

An all-new 1957 DeSoto, termedby the factory as “the most ex-

citing car in the world today," willmake its debut in Edenton Tues-day, October 30, at the Chowan Mo-tor Company’s showroom.

Featuring a completely newbody design, with a revolutionarynew suspension system and greatlyincreased horsepower among otherheralded improvements, the newDeSoto is described by O. B. Perry,manager of the Chowan MotorCompany, as “certainly the most

advanced car in 20 years, totallynew from road to roof and fromend to end.”

Mr. Perry has returned fromCharlotte where he attended asneak preview of DeSoto’s new 1957

Continued on Pace s—Section 1

MEN’S CLUB MEETS TONIGHTThe Men’s Club of the Methodist

Church will meet tonight (Thurs-day) at 6:30 o’clock. President Ru-fus Carraway urges eatery memberto attend.

Chowan High PTA Plans ForHalloween Carnival FridayFeature of Annual Af-

fair Will Be Cos-tume Parade

Chowan Parent-Teacher Associa-

tion will'holdits annual HalloweenCarnival at Chowan High SchoolFriday night, October 26. The af-fair will get under way at 6 o’clockwhen hot dogs, hamburgers, drinksand home-made ice cream will be

sold at the refreshment booth.The fun for the night will in-

clude many festivities such as thehouae of spooks, fish pond, country

store, plus many others. The high-

light of the evening will featurea costume parade with all childrendressed in their favorite Halloweencharacterization. Crowning of thekings and queens will be thp climaxof the popularity contest.

Garland Asbell, president of theChowan High School Parent-Teach-er Association, sends^thw^neMage

20 Years AgoAs Found In the Files of

The Chowan HeraldS.,

County Commissioners at a spe-

cial meeting received no objections

to Chowan County’s $53,066 refund-ing bead issue prior to a new bondissue sf $166,006 for school pur-

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Four high school boys were se-lected by Superintendent John A.Holmes to inaugurate a “SchoolSafety Patrol’’ to serve at street in-tersections to safeguard school chil-dren.

Large' crowd gathered at BeechFork School in one of the county’s

scheduled political rallies.Virginia Moore, eighth grade

student, was declared winner in abeauty contest held in the Edentonschool.

Mrs. Julien Wood to

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THE CftOWAN HERALDI ill nl North Carolina, Thursday, October 25,1956.

Jaycees Sponsoring‘Voice Democracy’Contest In SchoolsGraham White Chair-

man of ContestCommittee

Plans to conduct a community-

wide Voice of Democracy contesthae been announced by Dick Dixon,

president of the Edenton JuniorChamber of Commerce. The con-

test celebrates its tenth anniver-sary nationally this year.

Voice of Democracy is a broad-

cast script writing and voicing com-

petition which gives high school

students an opportunity to think,write and speak of the democraticprinciples which have made Ameri-

ca great. Contest entries are judg-ed on the content, delivery andoriginality of five-minute scripts on

the subject, “I Speak for Democ-racy.”

All 10th, 11th and 12th gradestudents are eligible to enter thecontest. Following school elimina-tions, a county winner will be se-lected to represent Chowan County

in the state contest. Four co-equalnational winners will be selectedfrom the 50 state and territorialwinners.

Contest particulars are nowavailable in all county high schools.The contest is sponsored nationally

by the U. S. Jaycees, National As-sociation of Radio and TelevisionBroadcasters and the Radio-Elec-tronics-Television ManufacturersAssociation.

The Jaycee named to head thecontest committee is GrahamWhite.

Great Pocahontas111 Visit EdentonCouncil October 30

Covered Dish SupperWill Be Served at

7 O’clockMrs. Louise Lane of South Gas-1

tonia, Great Pocahontas of North jCarolina, will make an official visitto Chowanoke Council No. 54, Tues- iday night, October 30. A special;meeting of the Council has been jcalled the occasion, with the;meeting" scheduled to begin in the jRed Men hall at 8 o’clock.

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AnnualFarmßureauMeeting October 26Norman C. Larabee ofPasquotank CountyPrincipal Speaker

The annual meeting of the Cho-wan County Farm Bureau will be

held at the Chowan High School on

Friday afternoon, October 26, at! 4 o’clock, according to PresidentLester T. Copeland. A fish fry,

the annual business meeting, andan excellent address will be fea-tures of the program for all mem-bers and their families.

“It is very important that FarmBureau families be there prompt-ly at 4 o’clock,” Mr. Copeland says."You don’t want to miss our boun-tiful feed. The annual businessmeeting will be held in the audi-torium and officers for the 1957year will be elected. I urge you,

Farm Bureau members, to attendthis meeting and participate in the .business sessior\ and election.”(Continued on Page s—Section 1)

Mrs. Jim Bowers Will iDirect Dancing Class

Mrs. Jim announces thatshe will begin holding ballet andtap dancing classes for childrenfour years and older. Registrationfor the children will be held Mon- jday afternoon, October 29 in St. |Paul’s parish house from 1 to 2:30o’clock.

Classes will begin at the parishhouse on Friday, November 2, withthe time to be decided after a con-ference 'with pa rent's of childrenwho are enrolled.

Any parents interested in enroll-ing children in the classes are re-1ouested to call Mrs. Bowers at jphone 820-J.

DAR Bridge PartySchedued Nov. lstj

iSponsored by the Edenton Tea

Party Chapter of the DAR, a bridgeparty will be held in the Iredellhouse Thursday night, November1, beginning at 8 o’clock. Thosewishing to make reservations arerequested to call Mrs. A. B. Har-less as early as possible. Herphone number is 106-J.

Aces Defeat StrongPerquimans IndiansByScore Os 14To0Bruce White and JerryDownum Star In Im-

portant Victory

Disregarding accurate advancereports that the Perquimans In-

dians had an exceptionally strong

line this year, the Edenton Aces

on Friday night used battering ram

tactics to score two touchdowns and

win the game by a score of 14-0.The defeat was the first experienc-ed by the Indians in conferenceplay this season and it was alsothe first time they were scoredupon by conference foes.

While battering at the big Per-

quimans line, the Aces also put upa stellar defensive game and dur-

ing the night kept Tommy Mat-thews, flashy Indian halfback, pret-ty well bottled up. Matthews reg-

istered several neat gains, but wasunable to get by the hard tackling

Aces for a touchdown.For the Aces 'Bruoe White play-

ed his best game of the season.The hard-charging fullback addedyardage through the strong Per-quimans line on just about every

' try and most of the thpe he was

, downed carrying a couple of In*dians with him. He scored the

, first Aces’ touchdown late in the1 third period in a drive starting

!at the Edenton 49-yard line. Kra-

mer’s pass to Downum netted 27'yards, but practically all of the re-maining yardage to pay dirt wasmade by White’s terrific charging Ithrough the- line.

The Aces’ second touchdown was

made by Jerry Downum, when theIndians gambled for a first down on

their own 48-yard line. Billy

Bunch. Downum and White chalkedup first downs and Downum ram-

med over from the 10-yard linecarrying two Indian tacklers withhim. Downum and Billy Bunchalso played an outstanding defen-sive game, repeatedly stopping In-dian runners in their tracks. John-ny Kramer played a steady game at

quarterback and turned in a very

fine defensive performance. He al-so made good both attempts to kick

the extra points after the touch-downs.

The Aces as a whole played oneof their best -games of the season,with each lineman forming a

stumbling block in the way of op-posing ball carriers, breaking

through to throw runners for a lossand opening holes for Aces’ run-

ners. Credit is about equally di-

vided among Henry Overton, John-ny Speight, Ralph Chappell, Char-lie Small, Sherwood Harrell, Da-vid Fletcher, Sid White and Mar-vin Ashley.

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Boy Scout DriveFor Funds About

To Get StartedJohn W. Graham Will

Again Serve asChairman

The Boy Scout finance drive kick-ed off this week in Chowtn County ]under the leadership of John W. IGraham. The local drive for funds jis sponsored by the Edenton RotaryClub, and under Mr. Graham’s lead- [ership last year the drive was very!successful.

Mr. Graham was appointed by jSen. N. Elton Aydlett, drive chair- jman of the Albemarle District.

Tile drive is part of the state- lwide, coordinated Boy Scout, finance!campaign under the leadership ofthe governors of North Carolinaand Virginia. Although the Alhe- 1marie District is part of a nationalBoy Scout organization, the goal of$7,500 will all be spent in the dis-trict on developing a program for1,300 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and!Explorers.

Juniors AtChowanWill Present Play i

Friday, Nov. 9thEntire Cast Now Re-

hearsing For “MeAnd My Shadow”

‘“Me and My Shadow”, an up Jroarious comedy by J. Vincent Bar jrett, has been chosen by the Junior IClass of Chowan High School as it.- .

annual production to be presentedin the school auditorium Friday;night, November 9, at 8 o’clock.!'Proceeds' from tlfc p:ay willused to help finance the Junior-!Senior prom in April.

Rehearsals are under way andmembers of the cast and all stagehands are working hard to give a!gala performance. The play is un-der the direction of Mrs. LouiseWilson.

David O. WilliamsCompletes Course As

Highway Patrolman

Patrolman David O. Williams of

Edenton completed a 12-week pro-

fessional training course Wednes-day, October 17, and was graduated jat ceremonies in Chapel Hill, State*Highway Patrol Headquarters hasannounced.

Sixty-two troopers attended theschool which was conducted for thehighway patrol by the Institute ofGovernment.

While at Chapel Hill Patrolman iWilliams was drilled intensively inthe principles of scientific law en-forcement. He studied driver edit-j

i cation, accident investigation andI reporting, pursuit driving, traffic'

j laws, firearms, first-aid, jurisdic-j| tipn, and a variety of other police j

subjects.

I Immediately following gradua-tion exercises Patrolman Williams

' went to his assigned duty stationin Edenton. headquarters said.

Present, strength of the highwaypatrol, including the new gradu-ates, is 581 officers and men.

Scottish Rite PartyWill Be Held FridayNight In Edenton

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| Robert L. Pugh, Past| Grand Master, Will

Be Speaker

! Sponsored by New Bern Consist-;i ory No. 3 of New Bern, a Scottish!i Rite party will be held Fridaynight, October 26, in Edenton’s Ma-!sonic Temple. The party, a ladies’!nicht affair, is scheduled to begin •at 7 o'clock.

Acting as toastmaster for the oc-j.casion will be 11. A. Campen and;the invocation will be given by L. 1E. Francis. Ernest P. Kehayes, imaster of Unanimity Lodge No. 7,

will give the address of welcqne.Tho principal speaker will be

Robert L. Pugh, past Grand Mas-jter of the Grand Lodge-of NorthCarolina, whose subject will be“Scottish Rite Masonry." Mr. Pughwill be introduced by C. T. Gris jfin.

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Featuring the program will be ¦vocal selections by Mrs. James M.West, soprano, and August H. Lau- i ¦be, baritone. They will be accom-panied by Mrs, Garrison A. Farrow, j-

New’s7 PlymouthOn Display Oct 30

First Showing Will BeHeld at Chowan

Motor Co.The Chowan Motor Company will j

join automobile dealers throughoutthe nation in displaying the new.1957 Plymouth next Tuesday, Oc- 1tober 30, in the showroom on West!Water Street. Lower, wider andmore powerful, the new model rep-resents a complete change in styl-ing, body structure and chassis. *

The 1957 Plymouth models are 1Continued on Page s—Section 1

ACHIEVEMENT BANQUETSponsored by the Chowan Coun-

ty Council of Home DemonstrationClubs, a demonstration achievementbanquet will be held Tuesday night,October 30, at 7 o’clock. The ban-quet will be served in the AdvanceCommunity Building and Mrs. Mat-tie Halsey, president of the Cho-wan County Council, expects agoodly number to attend.

[CTVTC CALENDAR!!Red Cross blood mobile will again .

visit Edenton Wednesday, Novem- 1her 14.

Christmas Seal Sale is scheduledto get under way in Chowan County!Thursday, November 15.

Chowan High School Parent-Teacher Association will sponsor 1its annual Halloween Carnival at

Chowan High School Friday night.October 26, beginning at 6 o’clock.

Scottish Rite Party will be heldin Edenton Masonic Temple Fri-day night, October 26 at 7 o’clock.

Methodist Men’s Club will meet

at the Methodist Church tonight(Thursday) at 6:30 o’clock.

Demonstration Achievement ban-quet will be held in the AdvanceCommunity Building Tuesday night.October 30, at 7 o’clock.

Eastern District 4-H RecognitionDay will be held in Edenton Sat-urday, October 27.

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J. Carroll Holmes ofHertford Principal

Speaker

The Eastern District 4-H Recog-nition Day will be held in EdentonSaturday, October 27. Delegateswill assemble at the Chowan Coun-ty Court House at 10:15 A. M., af-ter which they will be taken on atour of the Cupola House, CourtHouse, St. Paul’s Church, and other interesting places.

The group will assemble at theMasonic Temple at 12:30 P. M.,where they will have lunch and re-ceive awards. J. Carroll Holmes ofHertford will deliver the main ad-dress. He will be introduced byMiss Florence Cox, District HomeAgent.

John Piiand, District Farm

80 Girls EnrolledIn Edenton’s NewGirl Scout Troop

f Preparations Now Be-| ing Made For Inves-

ll titude Ceremonies

j The Girl Scouts of Edenton havejcompleted organization with a to-

; tal registration of 80 girls, com-j prising four troops. The troopshave been meeting for two weeks,making preparations for investitureceremonies at which each girl Will-become officialy a member of theGirl Scouts of America.

Troop leaders are: Mrs. JohnHyneman, Mrs. Earl White, Mrs.Helen Bowen, Mrs. Patt Spiars,

| Mrs. Angela Cathcart, Mrs. MollyHester Holmes, Mrs. RobertShields, Mrs. R. J. Boyce, Mrs. El-

. len Case.

Troop Committee members are:Mrs. Scott Harrell, Mrs. John Gra-

i ham, Mrs. P. C. Ashley, Mrs. W. T.Harry, Mrs Frank Holmes, Mrs.Frank Collins, Mrs. Medlin Belch,Mrs. Earl Richardson, Mrs. J. C.Rice. Mrs. Wood Privott, Mrs. W.

; D. Holmes, Jr., Miss Coleen Ward! and Mrs. W. E. Zane.

This comprehensive programwould not have been made possible .without the splendid effort giventhe program by interested adults inthe community. The Girl Scoutswould like to express particular an-preciation to the following indi-viduals and organizations:

Edenton Woman’s Club, Officers’Continued on Pace K—Section l

Bloodmobile AgainComingToChowanOn November 14th

Quota For County IsIncreased By 10 to

15 Per Cent

Joe Swanner, Chowan Countyblood program chairman, has beenadvised that the bloodmobile willagain appear in Edenton Wednes-day, November 14. The bloodmo-bile will again be stationed at theEdenton armory, where blood canbe donated from 9 A. M., to 3 P. M.

In a letter from the TidewaterRegional Blood Bank Mr. Swannerwas notified that as of October 1each Red Cross Chapter was askedto increase its regular quota by 10to 15.percent. Chowan's quota hasbeen 100 pints, so that the countywill now be expected to donatefrom 110 to 115 pints,

i The regional center recently re-ceived a wire from Eastern AreaHeadquarters stating the American

i National Red Cross has been re-| quested by the Federal ifivil De-! sense Administration to collect400,000 units of whole blood dur

j ing the next 15 months, which is* reason for the increased quota.

Mr. Swanner is hopeful Chowanwill meet its increased quota and

; urges more people to “make a dateto save a life.” 0)

District 4-H Recognition DayIn Edenton Saturday, Oct. 27

Agent, will recognize tv-man B. Dixon, Assistant State 4-HLeader, will announce the districtwinners.

All active 4-H members in theEastern District who submittedproject records for the district andState competition on October 1,1956. those who participated in thedistrict demonstration contest in1956. members of judging teams in1956, and those who submitted in-dividual cron r for the lii.-trict and S*ate competition r.1955 are eligible to attend the Dis-trict Recognition Day.

The Eastern District is compris-ed of sixteen counties, and this isthe second • time that the recogni-tion has been held in Edenton. theevent being, held here in 1955.Edenton is fortunate for havingbeen selected fa* this event*

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