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Chowan Will Have N. Y. A. Exhibit At Raleigh May 19-20 Miss Adelaide Tuttle, Supervisor, Seeking Participants Examples of youth work and craft performed in Chowan County will be on display at the N. C. Youth Craft Exhibit and Conference to be held in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20, ac cording to Miss Adelaide Tuttle, NYA supervisor for Chowan, Bertie, Mar tin, Washington and Tyrrell Counties. The Conference, sponsored by the N. C. Council of Youth-Serving Agen cies, will combine an extensive exhibit of handicraft achievements by youths of North Carolina with an open forum discussion program dealing with immediate problems facing young people of today. John A. Lang, State NYA director, who is also president of the Council of Youth-Serving Agencies, reported to Miss Tuttle that present plans in dicate this conference will be highly successful in its efforts to give ex pression to the works and thoughts of Young Tar Heels. A number of outstanding speakers from North Carolina and other states have accepted invitations to partici pate in the discussion forums which are to be conducted all-day Saturday, May 20. The exhibit of youth crafts, arts and works will be open to the public beginning at 1 o’clock Friday after noon and will be on display all through the following day. The conference this year is an out growth of an exhibit sponsored in Raleigh last year by the National j Youth Administration which was I highly successful, according to Miss Tuttle. This year, however, the scope of the affair has been extend ed, and it is believed that the con ference will result in a clearer con ception as to the approach to prob lems of young people in their efforts to adjust themselves to modem con ditions. Any who desire to participate in the display should contact Miss Tut tle at Edenton as soon as possible. Dr. W. S. Griffin Unseats Fermor Hobbs (Continued from Page One) W. E. Bond was obliged to retire on account of moving outside the city limits. Returned to office unopposed Will be Mayor J. H. McMullan, who was given a vote of 498, the highest vote polled during the day. W. Henry Gardner as treasurer was given the next highest vote, which was 495. For the two councilmen-at-large O. B. Perry led J. Edwin Bufflap by 22 votes. Perry polling 445 and Bufflap 423. Mr. Perry is at present fire commissioner, and the latter is street commissioner. Or. L. P. Williams was also unop posed as councilman from the First Ward, where the vote was 133. As a comparison by vote, it will be recalled that in 1937 Mr. McMullen was given a vote of 217 for Mayor NOTICE OF APPRECIATION I want to take this means to thank those voters in Tuesday’s city election who marked their ballots for me as councilman-at large. Though there was no opposition for the two positions, I truly appreciate this vote, and as stated before the election, and which has been my purpose during the two years in office, I shall endeavor to fairly and fearlessly discharge my duties to the best interest of Edenton. J. EDWIN BUFFLAP ii TRUST YOUR CROP TO | WOOD’S FERTILIZERS ;; I: ii <mTIJUg !gj> ii “THE EMBLEM OF QUALITY” < ’ !: ’ j: They have proven to you for past several j • ;; years their quality and dependability. :: < > . ;; |; We look forward with pleasure to serving <. I you this season. :: | Manufactured By j> j HOW FERTUZER WORKS I Edenton, N. C* , |, j" Court Attendant | MARJORIE POWELL Miss Powell, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Powell, is among “Fourteen Pretty Girls” who will be seen in the Salem College May Court in Winston-Salem at 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Miss Powell is one of the queen’s attendants. William P. Jones Rotary President Club Defers Action on Change of Hour of Meeting At last week’s Rotary meeting, officers for the new year beginning July 1 were elected which resulted in William P. Jones being elected pres ident and J. Edwin Bufflap, vice president. Added to these to com pose the board of directors for the year, David Holton, Earl Goodwin, C. L. McCullers and William M. Per kins were elected. Mr. Jones, one of the youngest j members of the Club, has served well in a number of capacities and, is one of the most popular members of , the Club. He is a former vice presi dent, and under his leadership, Rotary in Edenton is expected to go forward. The proposition of changing the hour of meeting was also before the Club, but due to the allotted time be ing used for the election, this matter will also be decided at tonight’s meeting. as against 498 on Tuesday. Mr. Gard ner in the 1937 election received 213 votes compared with 495 this year. The same proportion in increased voting was also reflected in the votes i cast for members of the Board of Public Works and councilmen, Frea P. Wood polling the largest vote, 207, for the Board of Public Works, and Dr. Williams leading the vote for councilman with 90 votes. A special meeting of Town Council will be held, Friday night to canvass the vote and declare the election, and on Tuesday night at the regular meeting all city officers who were elected to serve for the next two years including the Board of Public Works, will take the oath of office after the old board transacts the reg ular business for the month. Appointments will be made at the regular meeting held in June, which includes town clerk, tax collector, fjre chief, employed firemen, chief of police and policemen and various po sitions in connection with organiza tion of Town Council. THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1939 Legionnaires Plan For District Meet In Edenton May 29 Department Command er Pennell Principal Speaker Floyd White, of Elizabeth City, district commander of the American Legion, was the principal speaker at the meeting of Ed Bond Post on Tuesday night in the Red Men’s hall. During his remarks, Mr. White stress ed the district meeting of the organ ization which will be held in Edenton on Monday, May 29. For this occa sion the department commander, Bur gin Pennell, of Asheville, will be the principal speaker and plans for the event are already in the making. The meeting will in all probability be held at Hotel Joseph Hewes, taking the form of a “Dutch” affair. Mr. White predicted a goodly num ber of Legionnaires from the posts at Elizabeth City and Manteo, which, ! together with Edenton comprise thej district. Entertainment for the meeting will be in charge of members of the Legion Auxiliary. Added Contributions To Easter Seal Sale The Herald is happy to publish four contributions to the crippled children’s seal sale which were not included in lists heretofore appear ing in this newspaper. W. J. Taylor, county chairman of the seal sale, has submitted the following contributions: Green Hall School $2.001 Pleasant Grove School 1.00 j Standard, Oil Company 1.00 I Gum Pond School I.oo' NOTICE OF APPRECIATION I want to take this means to publicly thank all of the voters in the Second Ward for their loyal support and willingness to go to the polls on such a disagreeable day as was Tuesday to cast a ballot for me as councilman from the Ward,. My majority was more than I had anticipated which makes me doubly appreciative and is an incentive for me to discharge my duties in their behalf to the best of my ability. GRAHAM M. BYRUM i am missing baby The Albemarle Natural Gas Co. JACOB HOBOWSKY, Manager. 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"Pyrofax” Gas ervice now offers special low rates to customers who use I this service for—te rn frigeration, water ■ heating or room heating—in addition I «» ™*in«. \r ' Mystery Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) and Richard Greene in “The Hound of the Baskervilles” at Tay.or Theatre, Edenton, today (Thursday). Berryman Renamed On Welfare Board Reappointed By Com missioners For Three Year Term W. J. Berryman was on Monday i re-appointed by the County Commis sioners for a three-year term as a member of the County Welfare Board. Mr. Berryman’s two-year appoint ment expired this year, which was the only term to be filled. The term of W. D. Pruden, State’s appointee on , the board, expired last year, at which time he was re-appointed for a term of three years. The other member ! I of the board, West Byrum’s term will j expire next year. Mr. Byrum was I chosen by Mr. Berryman and Mr. 1 Pruden. Cancer Campaign Falls Short of Goal (Continued from Page One) Ward, Mrs. W. H. 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Byrum, Mrs. H. W. Layton, Mrs. G. T. Gibbs, Mrs. H. T. Layton, Miss Bernice Wil liams, Mrs. W. A. Munden, Mrs. Las siter, Mrs. R. K. Hall, S. E. Morris, Mrs. M. L. Bunch, R. W. Leary, Jr., Mrs. E. J. Bunch, Mrs. James Boyce, Mrs. Hoskins Bass, Mrs. B. F. Fran cis, Mrs. J. A. Woodard, Miss Carrie Coke, Mrs. Herbert Leary, Horace Hurdle, C. E. Byrum, Raymond Mansfield, John Harrell, Mrs. N. K. Rowell, Miss Margaret Harrell, Mrs. J. P. Partin, Mrs. Richard Dixon, Mrs. J. A. Moore, Mrs. J. H. Conger, Mrs. W. D. Pruden, Mrs. freddea , Potter, Mrs. Ernest Jackson, Mrs. Fred P. Wood, Mrs. W. I. Hart, Mrs. T. C. Byrum. PAGE FIVE
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