February 12 1948
The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday, February 12, 1948
Propose Museum
The introduction in the House of Representatives of a bill for an appropriation toward the construction of a building at Kitty Hawk to house the original Wright Brothers airplane has been suggested by Director Christopher Crittenden of the State Department of Archives and History in a letter to Rep. Herbert C. Bonner of the First Congressional District.
Crittenden's letter followed a statement by Bonner in Washington last week to the effect that he is interested in seeing the plane, the “Kitty Hawk”, brought back to North Carolina.
Dr. Crittenden and J. W. Goodwin, station manager of Eastern Airlines here, have recommended the establishment of an aviation museum and possibly an airport at Kitty Hawk, site of the flight of Wilbur and Orville Wright on December 17, 1903.
The Kitty Hawk area “could be made into a mecca for private pilots all over the country to see the plane site of the Wright Brothers' flight,” they stated.
Further reading: Wright Brothers National Memorial North Carolina
August 30 1948
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Monday, August 30, 1948
Raleigh Lad Chess Champ
WINSTON-SALEM—Russell Chauvenet of Charlottesville, Va. the present Virginia champion walked off with the title in the 24th annual North Carolina Open Chess Tournament which ended here today.
He completed six rounds of Swiss System play without a loss or a draw.
Gerry Sullivan Jr., of Knoxville, Tenn., current Georgia Open title holder finished second while Kit Crittenden, 13 - year - old Raleigh schoolboy wound up in third place to become North Carolina's chess champion.
While Sullivan and Crittenden had identical game scores of four wins and two losses the Sonneberger-Carlson method of breaking ties gave the former second position by a one-point margin. The Raleigh youngster decisively defeated the Georgia champion in the final round to become the youngest player ever to win the State title in North Carolina. He succeeds W. J. Peters of Durham who finished seven.
Charles Muller, D. B. Bryan and Dr. J. U. Gunter of Durham, finished ninth, 10th and 11th respectively, in the class A division.
John Gragg and Lee Eastburn of Winston-Salem were in a virtual tie for first place in class B. They were to hold a play-off today to decide the championship. Durham's Oliver Upchurch was third.
With 20 players representing four states entered the tournament was the largest and strongest ever staged officials said Martin Southern of Knoxville president of the Southern Chess Association who finished fourth in the Open, complimented the officials.
The date and site of the 1949 tourney will be announced at a later date but it was learned that Durham has put in a bid for it. The State tourney was held in Durham last year.
October 18 1948
The Durham Sun, Durham, North Carolina, Monday, October 18, 1948
Durham Wins Chess Match
The Durham Chess Club defeated the Raleigh Chess Club 8-3 Saturday night at Raleigh. The match was played across 11 boards. The occasion for the match was coincidental with the presentation of inscribed trophies to the Class A and Class B winners of the recent North Carolina Chess Association Championship Tournament. M. H. Upchurch secretary-treasurer of N C C A presented the North Carolina championship cup to Kit Crittenden, 13-year-old schoolboy of Raleigh.
As reported in Chess Review monthly chess periodical, Kit is the youngest state champion in the country. In the 1947 meeting held in Durham during December, 1947, young Crittenden placed last in Class B. Upchurch said that the association is proud to be able to sponsor and inspire the younger members.
Lee M. Eastburn, of Winston Salem, also was present to receive the Class B trophy.
A summary of the match follows with the Durham players listed first
W. J. Peters—½; Kit Crittenden—½; Dr. G. C. Harwell—½; Wm Teiser—½; Dr. A. G. Ashbrook—0; Albert Barden—1; M. H. Upchurch—1; C. J. Curry—0; J. M. Scales—0; Dr V. Pikner—1; J. P. Crumpacker—1; A. K. Darby—0; S. A. Agnello—1; W. S. Marshall—0; Dr. Paul Zilsel—1; A. Torfilli—0; H. S. Leonard, Jr—1; Lee M. Eastburn—0; David Rogers—1; W. L. Wing—0; Mrs. Muriel Harwell—1; R. E. Hogan—0; Total: Durham — 8 Raleigh — 3.
