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Volume Vl.—Number 16.
Huge Crowd Enjoys Spring
Music Festival Held In
EdentonJSunday Afternoon
i
Number Attending: Es
timated at From 3,000
To 8,000
BANDSPARADE
C. L. McCullers Appre
ciative of Cooperation
Offered For Event
A. crowd, estimated all the way
from 3,000 to 8,000 gathered in Eden
ton Sunday afternoon to hear the
spring l music festival' staged by the
Albemarle Music Festival Associa
, tion when approximately 800 mem
* bers of bands and glee clubs from the
Albemarle section performed much to
the delight of all present. The pro
gram was rendered in front of the
Edenton Armory, where on a large
platform the bands assembled and
glee clubs gathered immediately in
front of the platform.
. A large crowd had been anticipat
ed end a corps of highway patrolmen
were on the scene to direct traffic,
which was carried out with such pre
cision as not to cause any confusion
whatever’ despite the many cars in
town. The cars were systematically
parked on the fair ground.
- C. L. McCullers, director of the
Band and president of the
* Music Association, presided over thej
program and called upon directors of
varT> is bands to lead a number eachj
by the massed group. For the final
number Major C. D. Kutschinski, di
rector of State College Band, directed j
“Star Spangled Banner.” Other di
rectors taking part Were: Gene Got-,
man, of Elizabeth City, L. W. Ziegler,
of Plymouth, Walter Harrell, of
Ahoskie, and Carl Jacobson, of Bel*
haven.
Glee club singing was directed by
Miss Bertie Earp, of Fasquotanf
County, who occupied and led the glee |
club singers, from a small platform)
immediately in front of the band,
stand. For each number they filed t
■* in from the Armory, marching away j
, on each side of the large platform.
A special feature of the afternoon!
was community singing, led by Pat'
Alderman, of Kinston. Familiar
songs were used, which were entered
into heartily by the crowd surround
ing the platform.
At the conclusion of the program
at the Armory all of the bands
marched down Broad Street to the
waterfront and returned much to the
delight of many who lined the street.
In the Armory sandwiches and
drinks were furnished all who took
iPart on the program.
, Mr. McCullers was delighted at the
success of the affair and. in comment
ing upon it early this week express
ed his profound appreciation for the
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Fashion Revue At
High School Friday
32 Models~of Wedding
Dresses Dating Back
to 18$8
A fashion revue of brides of yes
terday will be presented at Edenton
High School auditorium Friday night
jfct 8 o’clock. During this unique
i-revue there will be 32 models wear-
Jrj&K wedding dresses dating from 1888
to 1939. In connection with this
there will be a dance of the’ minuet
by eight high school girls as well as
. popular end classical, music by Miss
I# Mary Moore, Mrs. Gordon Blow, Miss
® Sally Dixon and Mrs. Clarence Cates.
• The entertainment is sponsored by
St. Mary’s Guild, for which a small
admission will be charged.
Miss Sallie Dixon Is
*= Seeking State Honors
‘ Mi * 8 Sallie Dixon, of Edenton, will
I hong the group seeking State
s in the State-wide music con
st Greensboro. Miss Dixon se
a rating t’ highest district
•s, in a oA Sield at Elizabeth
in the group, and
give a good'\Bount of herself
le contest wifcli district cham
from every section of the
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TNE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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1 Fair Warning ~|
Fire Chief R. K. Hall com
plains that there is a growing
habit of young men not members
of the Fire Department attempt
ting to get on the fire truck
while on the way to a fire. Mr.
Hall stated emphatically Wednes
day morning that nobody except
regular firemen is supposed to
ride on the truck and issued the
warning that any others who
might be injured in an effort to
get on the truck do so entirely at
their own risk, and that the town
is not responsible for any acci
dent that might occur.
Edenton Team Is
Almost Ready For
Baseball Opening
First Game of Albe
marle League Played
On May 7
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j Edenton’s entry in the Albemarle
League is gradually being whipped
j into shape and by the time the sea
son opens on May 7, the local aggre
gation is expected to be able to offer
! plenty of opposition to any outfit in
j the circuit. Though no place is ab
, solutely cinched on the local line-up,
Manager Floyd Cayton has given the
following as likely starters: Wilbur
Wheakuv.sptcher; Tom Ambrose, first
base; Ernie Ambrose, shoSßtop; Lit
tle Bud Cayton, third base; Clyde Lee
Cates, center field; Harry Lassiter,
. right field; pitchers, Kirby Wright,
! Bus Wozelka and Ernie Ambrose.
1 Positions at second base and left
1 field are still wide open and for these,
j as well as any other position, Mana
) ger Cayton has issued a call to any
j one in the county who desires to try
I out for the team to report to him or
Clyde Lee Cates, captain.
The team has played two exhibition
games thus far afnd in both instances
team officials appeared very optimis
tic over prospects for a winning ball
club.
A final league meeting will be held
in Plymouth Friday, April 28, when
the schedule will be drawn up and all
arrangements made for opening of
the league. At present the following
towns have entered, each of which
will be required to deposit $25 as a
forfeit in event rules of the league
are not carried out: Edenton, Eliza
beth City, Plymouth, Perrytown, Oak
(Continued on Page Five)
Examination Monday
Decide Health Queen
i In anticipation of selecting Chowan
' County’s health queen, Dr. F. H.
Garriss, county health officer, will
examine all high school 4-H club
■ girls on Monday, April 24. From this
’group will be selected Chowan’s
health queen, who will be entered in
the district contest to be held in June
and will also be awarded a trip to
the State Short Course in Raleigh.
, The contest has been sponsored
. for several years by the Auxiliary of
\ the American Legion.
i Democratic Rally. ..
| In Plymouth Friday
r
, A Jeffersonian Rally of Young
i Democratic Clubs of the First Con
gressional District will be held in
, Plymouth at 4:30 o’clock Friday as-
I ternoon. For the rally D. L. (Libby)
Ward, speaker of the House of Re
presentatives, will be the speaker as
well as other celebrities.
After the rally supper will be
i served at the Washington County
County Home, where the Plymouth
[ band will furnish music and othpr en
> tertainment will be provided.
- Henson Preaches At
, Gatesville On Sunday
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» Rev. W. C. Benson, pastor of the
f Edenton Methodist Church, has ac
* cepted an invitation to preach the
3 baccalaureate sermon to the Gates
beginning it 11 o’clock.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, April 20,1939.
County Clubs Hold
Spring Federation
Meeting April 27
John A. Holmes Will
Make Principal Ad
dress to Women
SKIT ONPROGRAM
Visit Will~Be Made to
Kitchens In Contest
Last Fall
Home Demonstration Clubs of
Chowan County will hold their spring
federation meeting next Thursday,
April 27, in the auditorium of Chowan
High School. The meeting will be
gin at 10:30 o’clock in the morning
and will be the first federation meet
ing held by the present group of of
ficers. Present officers are: Presi
dent, Mrs. T. L. Ward; vice president.
Mrs. M. L. Hoffler; secretary, Mrs.
E. L. Winslow; song leader, Mrs. J.
Cameron Boyce; pianist, Mrs. P. L.
Baumgardner.
The principal speaker tor the occa- >
sion will be John A. Holmes, super-,
intendent of Edenton schools. Special j
music will also be furnished during ■
the meeting, which will be rendered
Iby the Chowan High School Glee
Club, as well as a solo by Miss May
belle Edwards.
As a special feature the Rocky
Hock and Beech Fork Home Demon
stration Clubs will present a very in
teresting skit, “Easier Ways,” which
will add to the pleasure of the meet
ing.
During the afternoon, the program l
calls for a visit to the various kitch
ens which won first places in the
kitchen contest held last fall. !
Lunch will be furnished by the 1
Chowan Club at a small charge.
Optometrist Opens
Office In Edenton
Dr. J. B. Pollock Located |
In Citizens Bank
Building
Edenton now has an optometrist in
the person of Dr. J. B. Pollock, who
has opened offices in the Citizens
Bank Building, and is now ready to
engage in practice. Dr. Pollock is
located on the third floor of the bank
building in offices formerly used by
Dr. Julian Selig of Elizabeth City, j
who until several months ago was in
Edenton one day every two weeks.
Dr. Pollock is a native of Norfolk,
but before coming here practiced in
Greensboro, being associated with;
Dr. Matthew Rones. He is a gradu
ate of Pennsylvania State College ot
Optometry at Philadelphia and while j
there served a year in clinics held at
the college. He is a member of |
Gamma Omego Phi. |
In opening offices in Edenton, Dr. |
Pollock said he felt confident that the 1
; territory warranted an eye specialist!
and it is his hope that many who
have heretofore found it necessary
to go to other cities for advice will
call during his office hours or make
an appointment for any convenient
time.
Fishing Allowed In
Commercial Waters
Game Warden Perry
Notified Regulations
Amended
According to a new regulation iti
effect, there is nothing in the fishing
regulations now which prohibits hook
and line or rod and reel fishing in
commercial waters from April 1,
1 through May 9. This information
was received by Representative John
F. White Monday from J. D. Chalk,
’ commissioner of the • Division of
1 Game and Inland Fisheries and was
' verified Tuesday when J. G. Perry,
Chowan game warden, was notified.
The Board of Conservation and
Development amended Rule 12 of the
inland fishing regulations by striking
r out that section which made it un
lawful to fish with hook and line in
s commercial waters for game fish dur
. ing the closed season from April 1,
, through May 9.
Mr. Perry, however, desires it to
be understood that there has been
1 no change in the law which prohibits
) setting of traps or baskets for or to
, take gams fish with_such equipment
Fair Attendants Are
Well Pleased With
Edenton Hospitality
Group of Eight Shown
Points of Interest
Monday
PICKARDALONG
Express Hope to Again
Meet Some Edenton
People at Fair
North Carolina’s attendants at the
New York World’s Fair were high in
their praise of the hospitality shower
ed upon them while here late Monday
afternoon and night. The group
was composed of U. B. Blalock, Jr.,
of Wadesboro, Paul Lambert, of
Cherokee, G. C. Courtney, Jr., of
Lenoir, Vait Gilmore, of Winston-
Salem, Miriam Johnson, of Aberdeen,
Corinne Jones, of Nashville, Frances
Roughton, of Old Fort, and Emma
Williamson, of Wilmington. The
party was accompanied by T. E. Pick
j ard, executive secretary of the Gov-
I ernor’s Hospitality Committee and
traveled in a special stream-lined
■ bus.
The attendants were met by Mayor
J. H. McMullan and a welcoming
committee of men and women and
immediately upon arrival at about 5
o’clock were taken on a tour to visit
the points of interest. After the
tour they were guests of the Cham
ber of Commerce at supper served at
Hotel Joseph Hewes, after which they
were guests of the Taylor Theatre.
I They spent the night at the hotel as
guests of G. H. Harding, the pro
prietor. The party left Tuesday
morning, each one expressing the
i hope that he would have occasion
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Pre-School Clinics
Begin On April 24
Parents Urged to Have
! Children Examined Be
fore Entering School
Dr. F. H. Garriss, health officer for
the Bertie-Chowan district, this week
announced that a series of pre-school,
clinics will be in progress in Chowan j
County, beginning Monday, April 24,!
through Friday, May 5. All parents |
who have children becoming six years i
of age before the first day of Octo
ber are especially urged to bring
them to one of these clinics for an
examination before entering them in
school.
: Dr. Garriss’ schedule will be as
follows:
April 24—Chowan High School at
9:30 a. m.; Center Hill school, at
| 1:30 p. m.
April 25—Edenton white school,
9:30 a. m.
' April 27—Edenton colored school,
j 9:30 a. m.; St. John’s school, 1:30
,p. m.
April 28—Beech Fork school, 9:30
a. m.; Advance school, 11 a. m.
May 4 —Hudson Grove school, 9:30
a. m.; Warren’s Grove school, 1:301
p. m. |
May s—White Oak school, 9:30
a. m.
Edentonians Hear
Founder Os Rotary
Five Local Rotarians At
Meeting Held at
Hampton
At the meeting of the Edenton
Rotary Club tonight, no regular pro
gram has been arranged, President
William Perkins preferring to hear a
report from the delegates who at
tended the inter-city meeting held
Wednesday night at Hampton, Va.,
' at which Paul Harris, of Chicago,
i founder of Rotary, was special guest, j
, Those in the Edenton group at-;
tending the meeting were: William
I M. Perkins, George Capehart, John !
! Graham, C. L. McCullers and Thomp-'
; son Greenwood.
J. C. Parkin, resident engineer,
i spoke at last week’s meeting during
■ which he told the Rotarians that at
, the present rate of progress the road
connecting Edenton with the Albe
> marie Sound bridge road would be
i graded by August 1. However, he
i made it clear that the weather must
> be taken into consideration, explain
t ing that one or two dan of wet
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Three Contests Develop In
Election Os City Officials
To Be Held Tuesday, May 2
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1 Buy One! j
In an effort to present a clean
er and more sanitary town, the
Edenton Street Department is
attempting to encourage the use
of more closed metalic garbage i
containers. If as many as 50 j
agree to purchase a container,
an attractive price can be offered
and in view of this fact, Frank
Hughes, superintendent of the
street department, has been in
structed to canvass the homes
showing a sample of the contain
er and prices and secure signa
tures of those who will cooperate.
With the approach of warm
weather and with it the fly nuis
ance, it is hoped many will agree
to buy the containers and coop
erate in having a clean town.
Lions Club Observes
Second Anniversary
Meeting On Monday :
Delegation Will Attend I
Charter Night at
Hertford
Forced to be postponed on several
occasions, the second anniversary of
the Edenton Lions Club was cele
brated Monday night when a banquet
was held, at Hotel Joseph Hewes. The
affair was in the form of ladies’
night, wives of members attending
About 60 attended the banquet.
The principal speaker for the oc
casion was J. Barnett Napier, inter
national commissioner of I%'ns, who
delighted those present with a splen
did address during which he rehears
ed activities among Lions throughout)
the world. His address was inter
spersed with humor, which made it
appear all too short.
West Byrum, president of the club, |
presided over the meeting, while Dr j
W. S. Griffin acted as toastmaster.
Oscar Duncan led the singing while
special music was furnished by Jim
Daniels’ quartet. Rev. W. C. Benson
offered the invocation
The address of welcome was made
by R. C. Holland, and after Hector
Lupton introduced visitors, Past •
President W. S. Privott introduced
Mr. Napier.
The regular meeting next Monday
night has been called off and instead
a large delegation of Lions will go to
Hertford to attend charter night of
the Hertford Lions Club which was j
sponsored by the local organization, i
Many Appointments
For Silhouette Cutter |
Mrs. R. F. Elliott, in charge of ar-•
rangements for the visit in Edenton
tomorrow (Friday) of Miss Helen
1 Elizabeth Fisher , nationally known'
silhouette cutter, is very much en-1
couraged by the appointments she!
has received during the week. Among!
the appointments are even requests!
for silhouettes of pet dogs. Any oth
ers who desire appointments tomor
row should contact Mrs. Elliott at
once.
The expert will be in Edenton un
der the auspices of the Parent-Teach
er Association, which organization
will be paid a commission on all the
business done by Miss Fisher while
here. She will be at the Edenton
school.
Edenton Selected For
Next Area Meeting
Os Legion Auxiliary
Five members of American Legion
Auxiliary from Edenton attended the
Area meetirfe Held in Williamston
last Thursday. The town was at
tractively decorated with flags and
' Boy Scouts met all visitors with ban
kers of welcome. The meeting was
' held in the Presbyterian Church af
| ter which all were invited to the new
1 Legion and Auxiliary hut for lunch
‘ eon. There were approximately 135
1 members present and a very pleasant
day was enjoyed by all.
Mrs. D. M. Reaves extended an in
vitation for the next Area meeting
to be held in Edenton which was gra
ciously accepted.
Members of the Edenton Auxiliary
that attended the meeting were Mrs
D. M. Reaves, Mrs. Roy Leary, Mrs.
, T. J. Wood, Mm. Shelton Moore and
Mm. W. E. Baker.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
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j Raleigh Hollowell Will
Oppose Graham By-
I rum In Second
JOHN G. SMALL OUT
Tuesday, April 25, Dead
| line For Candidates
To File
Interest in the city election to be
held Tuesday, May 2, took an upward
trend Wednesday when Raleigh Holl
owell announced that he would be a
candidate, seeking the office of coun
cilman from the Second Ward. Mr.
Hollowell will oppose the incumbent,
Graham Byrum, who is also seeking
re-election. It is Mr. Hollowell’s first
attempt at public office and. an inter
esting contest should develop in this
ward, which has more votes than any
other.
Another contest which will be close
ly watched is being waged in the
Third Ward, where Leroy H. Haskett
is opposing Albert Byrum, present
councilman from that ward. Both
men are very popular and both are
already hard at work lining up ward
! votes. Mr. Byrum is chairman of
j the finance committee of Town Coun
cil, which is one of the most import
j ant committees in the administration,
and it is the first time he has had. op
position since he was appointed to
fill the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of M. F. Bond, Jr.
In the First Ward, John G. Small,
who had previously announced his in
tention of opposing Dr. L. P. Wil
liams, stated Wednesday morning
that after considering the matter,
and due to so much of his time being
consumed in private affairs, he would
not enter the contest. This leaves
Dr. Williams unopposed at present.
Walter Wilkins, in the Fourth
Ward, has no opposition to date, as is
also the case with the two council
| men-at-large, O. B. Perry and J. Ed
win Buffiap. Mayor J. H. McMullan,
j too, had no opposition up to Wednes
day, nor has there been any intima-
I tion of any candidate announcing for
I the office.
While Dr. W. S. Griffin has filed as
a candidate for the Board, of Public
Works, little comment has been heard
relative to the outcome. The pres
ent board is composed of Fermor
Hobbs, chairman, Fred P. Wood and
West Byrum, all of whom seek re
• election.
Henry Gardner, treasurer, is also
unopposed.
With the election only 12 days off
and the dead line for candidates to
file fixed at April 25, next Tuesday,
! there appears little likelihood that
many more candidates will enter the
field, though rumors have it that a
j contest will develop for the council
j men-at-large positions.
! Greenville Man Buys
| Chappell Restaurant
Paul Hill Takes Over
Management Tues
day Morning „,
Chappell’s Restaurant changed
management Tuesday, when the own
er, Arthur Chappell, sold out to Paul
! ! Hill, of Greenville. Mr. Hill is a
! , restaurant man of over 20 years ex
-1 perience, operating places of business
lin a number of the State’s largest
i cities. Edenton and the location of
j the restaurant appealed to him, and
! he is confident that the establishment
j can be operated on a scale that will
fjbe a credit to the town. Aside from
angling for the tourist business, he
i plans to inaugurate a menu at mode
> rate prices which should also appeal
i to townspeople. The restaurant will
■ continue under the same name.
1 Mr. Chappell decided to sell his
restaurant on account of his other
i activities, and will continue to oper
• ate the recreation hall next to the
restaurant.
1 Primary Grades Give
Operetta Friday Night
! “Over the Garden Wall,” an oper
• etta by the primary grades of the
Edenton school, will be rendered on
i Friday night at the school auditor
ium. About 100 children will take
i. part in the entertainment, and ac
i cording to practices held an evening
of real pleasure is introspect.