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Volume IX.—Number 14.
Little Interest Apparent
In Contemplated Zoning
To Be Adopted In Edenton
Only 19 Present at Pub
lic Hearing Called
By Chairman
PLAN EXPLAINED
No Objection Register
ed as Leaders Ask
For Comments
■ If the number present at the public
hearing' called Thursday night by J.
L. Pettus, chairman of the Zoning
Commission of the Town of Edenton,
is any indication, there is little inter
est as to whether or not a zoning
ordinance is adopted” and the resul
tant restrictions go into effect. Only
19 persons appeared at the Municipal
Building, and of that number some
came in long after the meeting had
started and still others left before the
meeting closed.
Those who were present to hear the
discussion in whole or in part, were:
Mr. and Mrs. Julien Wood, Mrs. R.
P. Badham, J. L. Pettus, John W,
Graham, Mayor J. H. McMullan, Gra
ham White, Miss Inez White, J. Ed
win Bufflap, William Privott, Guy
Hobbs, C. H. Barber, J. G. Campen,
J. R. Byrum, S. C. Mills, G. A.
Helms, E. T. Rawlinson, Leroy Has
kett and Russell Cobb.
At the outset, Mr. Pettus explained
the purpose of the meeting, saying
that it was called in order to hear
any objections to the idea of zoning
as well as to discuss any alterations
to the proposed restrictions as con
templated. He gave a brief resume
of the activities of the Commission,
stating that much thought and time
had been spent in reaching the stage
at which the proposition is ready to
be submitted to Town Council for
final disposition. Mr. Pettus said 1
that 15 meetings were held by the
, k CjtMwiaflwt which , extended.
wsn Into The night and that a careful
snrvey of the town had been made
preparatory to drawing a map desig
nating the various boundaries for res
idences, business concerns and manu
faAuring enterprises.
This large map was displayed with
the proposed zoning clearly outlined,
which was explained by Mr. Pettus.
John W. ‘Graham, who has been close
ly associated with Mr. Pettus in much
of the ground work of the proposed
plan, read the preamble as well as
portions of a lengthy ordinance per
taining to the matter. Both Pettus
and Graham answered a number ot
questions asked, but in the main
there was no objection registered and
few changes suggested to the plan
as submitted.
The ordinance calls for two classes
of residence zoning, two classes for
business concerns and the manufac
turing area skirts principally the
territory along the city limits. There
is little difference in the two types
of residence zoning, one class allow
ing the operation of apartment
houses, tourist homes and the like.
There is also a slight difference, too,
in the two classes of business terri
tory.
Members of the Zoning Commission
are sincere in their belief that zoning
will be for the best interest of the
town, and made it clear that if
adopted, the law will be flexible
enough so that it will not have the
effect of binding growth of the town.
At present, it was pointed out, there
is no protection to property owners,
cases being cited that in many com
munities due to defense work as well
as other sudden influx of people,
many undesirable business enterprises
spring up practically over night
which lower rather than increase
property values.
Though an opportunity wias afford
ed any who so desired, there was no
objection registered at the meeting
Thursday night. Consequently, af
ter minor changes are made in' the
tentative ordinance, it will be ready
to be submitted to Town Council to
be enacted into law—or ignored alto
gether as the case may be.
First Aid (Film Feature
PTA Meeting Tuesday
Os interest to members of the
t Edenton Parent-Teachers Association
L at their April meeting will be a film
™ shown by Dr. J. S. Chamblee, of the
Berti e-Chowan Health Department,
' concerning first aid. The film is put
out by the State Board of Health.
f The meeting will be held Tuesday
1 afternoon, April 7, in the school li
brary at 8:30 o'clock, and is calculat
ed to be one of the most interesting
and educational A the year. For
that reason everaiUftfrer is especial
ly urged to be pmeßt .
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
In Alaska |
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HERBERT W. DALE, JR.
Enlisting in the U. S. Air
Corps in California in September
two years ago, Herbert W. Dale,
son of Mr. and Mite. Herbert W.
Dale, of Tyner, has been promot
ed to Sergeant. He is now lo
cated in Alaska.
Cemetery Group
Elects Officers At
Annual Meeting
Mrs.' A. S. Smith Re
, tires Rrom Secretary
p, ship Held 21 Years
At the annual meeting of the
Beaver Hill Cemetery Association
held at the home of the president,
Mrs. R. F. Tuttle, Thursday, the fol
’owing officers were elected for the
year 1942: President, Mrs. R. F.
Tuttle; vice president, Mrs. E. S.
Norman; secretary, Mrs. C. E.
j Kramer, and treasurer, Mrs. W. S.
Privott. The above officers, with
the exception of the secretary, have
served faithfully for a number of
years and the selection of a new
secretary was made necessary by the
retirement of Mrs. A. S. Smith, who
for 21 years has been a most inter
ested, active and efficient officer.
It was with reluctance and deep re
gret that her resignation was ac
cepted.
The financial report was presented
by the treasurer and. approved by the
Association, as were other reports of
officers and committee chairmen in
charge of the work of the organiza
tion.
The only aim of the Association is
the care and upkeep of the cemetery,
for which a contribution of $1.50 a
year is asked from each lot holder.
This fund, with the exception of the
amount paid each year by the Ceme
tery Corporation for the care of the
unsold lots, constitutes the sole in
come of the Association. A commit
tee composed of Mrs. J. N. Elliott,
Mrs. E. S. Norman, Miss Corinne
Forehand, Mrs. R. C. Holland, Mrs.
L. G. Plant and Mrs. D. M. Reaves
will call on plot owners and their
cooperation is asked-
With such a limited sum available
for the work, it is only possible to
keep in order those lots for which
contributions have been received and
so the. necessity for the full coopera
tion of every one can readily be
realized.
In the past, five small trust funds,
administered by the Bank of Edenton,
have been established for the perpet
ual upkeep of lots, and the id,ea is
presented here for the thoughtful
consideration of all.
Bank Os Edenton Will
Be Closed Next Monday
April 6, Easter Monday, will be
observed as a holiday by the Bank
of Edenton, the institution being
closed for business the entire day.
Patrons of the bank are asked, there
fore, to transact their banking af
fairs accordingly.
Commissioners Will
Meet On April 7th
Because of the regular meeting of
the County Cqmmissioners falling on
Easter which will be observ
ed as a holiday, the April meeting
of the Board mil be held the follow
ing day, Tuesday, April 7.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 2, 1942.
Exhibition Gaines
Scheduled By Club
Now In Training
Binghamton and Nor
folk Outfits Round
ing Into Shape
IDEAL WEATHER
Veteran Chief Bender
Instructing Group of
Mound Prospects
With the arrival of seasonable
weather and a group of about 60
baseball recruits with the Norfolk
baseball club and the Binghamton, N.
Y., club, Hicks Field for several hours
each day is a veritable beehive of
activity. Managers of both teams,
Ralph Boyle of the Tars and Eddie
Sawyer, the Binghamton skipper,
gradually sent the boys through work
out until Wednesday, when they were
rounding in shape to begin practice
in earnest.
In all parts of the lot groups of
players gather for various instruc- j
tions, one of the most interesting to a
small group of local fans Wednesday
being in front of the bleachers where
Chief Bender, former Philadelphia
Athletics pitcher and hero of many a
mound battle, is instructing a group
of pitcher prospects. Chief Bender
is very careful about the position of
the feet, how the ball is held in the
glove while winding up and the fol
low through. A very congenial type
of man, the youngsters Wednesday
were very attentive to Bender’s in
structions and with little difficulty
adopted the style suggested by the
veteran.
Business Manager Gene Martin,
who arrived late last week when the
weather was rather raw, is delighted
, with conditions this week and says
I everything is working out fine. He
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E.H.S. Teams Win
Triangular Debate
Group Will Participate
In Elimination Con
test April 17-18
For the first time in several years,
both of the Edenton High School
debating teams triumphed in the an
nual triangular debate held Friday
afternoon. The query debated was
“Resolved, that the nations of the
Western hemisphere should form a
permanent union.”
Edenton’s affirmative debaters,
Winifred Hollowell and Margaret
Griffin, defeated the Hertford nega
tive at Elizabeth City, while Fontaine
Pettus and Nelle Skinner, Edenton’s
negative debaters, were given the
decision, in Hertford over the Eliza
beth City affirmative team.
By means of winning both debates,
the Edenton group is entitled to par
ticipate in the elimination debates
to be held at Chapel Hill April 17
and 18, when the contenders for the
State title will be determined.
Debating in Edenton, the Elizabeth
City affirmative side won the de
cision over the Hertford negative
team.
what the - - -
Elizabeth City Requests Check From S. Hobow
sky For 1,890 Pounds of Scrap Aluminum
Contributed During: Drive
What was no doubt one of thej
greatest surprises ever received by.
Jake Hobowsky, local junk dealer, 1
occurred late last week when in a
letter from J. Henry Leßoy, of Eli
zabeth City, he was requested to
send a check to Miles Clark for Pas
quotank County’s contribution of
scrap aluminum in the recent nation- '
wide drive to secure this metal.
Mr. Leßoy’B letter follows:
“Several months ago there was
shipped to you from Elizabeth City
1,890 pounds of aluminum. We un
derstood that you were to remit for
this amount at the regular market
price. Mr. Miles Clark was in charge
of the committee which collected and
forwarded this aluminum. Up to this ;
time’ Mr. Clark tells me that he has
received nothing from the proceeds of
this shipment.
“Won’t you please let check come
forward promptly for the amount due
for this aluminum, payable to Mr.
Miles dark, chairman aluminum com
mittee, or to the undersigned, as
chairman of the Pasquotank County
Defense Council. A prompt answer
will be greatly appreciated.”
First Os Series Os
Public Forums Td
Be Held Tonight
Dr. W. D. Perry of Uni
versity of N. C. Will
Be Speaker
AT 8 O’CLOCK
Interesting Series Spon
sored By Edenton
Rotary Club
Sponsored by the Edenton Rotary
Club, a series of public forums will
be held this summer, the first of
which will take place toni gh t
(Thursday) when the speaker will be
Dr. W. D. Perry, teacher of sociology
at the University of North Carolina.
.The subject of this forum will be
“Youth Problems.” As usual in
meetings of this kind, Dr. Perry
will speak upon the subject chosen
and later the meeting will revert to
a round-table discussion when ques
tions may be asked. (
The forums will be held in the
library at the Edenton school, begin
ning at 8 o’clock, and it is the hope
that many will attend and/ benefit by
them.
For several weeks the series of
forums have been discussed, by the
, Rotarians, it first being planned to
have them in connection with the
regular dinner meeting at 6:15 on
Thursday night. However, it was
! only this week decided to have the
regular Rotary meeting at the usual
time and the forums at the library
[ at 8 o’clock. This arrangement was
: made in order to make it convenient
for more people to attend.
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(High School Gives Up
Baseball This Season
Tire Situation Prevents
I Carrying Out Sched
ule of Games
Though at the Edenton High
School there is plenty of good base
ball material this year, for the first
time in the history of the school, it
will not u f‘. represented by a basebal’
team on the field. This announce
-1 ment was made this week, the rca
son advanced being that because of
the 're situation it would be very
difficult to carry out a schedule,
; and for that reason it would not be
! possible to play many games.
1 This athletic training will not be
altogether lost, however, for some
; of the time usually devoted to base
: ball will be directed to spring foot
| ball training.
- City And County Offices |
Closed Easter Monday j
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Both county and city officials will!
i observe April 6, Easter Monday, as aj
holiday. As a result, offices for both |
• the city and county will be closed the i
entire day. Members of the street |
i department will also be given the]
- day off. The usual trash collection
> will be made Saturday, and collec- j
tions resumed Tuesday morning.
j As a matter of fact Edenton was
I chosen as the concentration center
for 17 eastern counties for the alum
inum campaign, the metal being
brought here after which it was
handled and crated by Mr. Hobowsky
i without one cent of remuneration.
The aluminum was subsequently ship
ped to a smelting concern and the
government notified of the amount so
that there would be no mistake as to
the amount to be paid for by the
smelters. The money paid for the
aluminum by the smelters was paid
to the government for use in defense
activities, the aluminum coming from
the various counties being, therefore,
an outright contribution to the gov
ernment with no county or individual
expecting to be paid for the con
tribution.
Mr. Hobowsky, as well as E. W.
Spires, Chowan County Civilian De
fense chairman, were notified of
the amount of aluminum sent to
Edenton from each county and their
figures were in turn furnished to the
State organization of which Theodore
S. Johnson, of Raleigh, is director.
Judge Dixon Dismisses
Case Against J. C. Nixon
In County School Squabble
Inland Water Sport
Fishing Closed From
April 7 To May 19
Because of some misunder
standing among sport fisher
men relative to fishing in inland
waters during the current season,
the following is taken from the
game and inland fishing laws:
“It shall be unlawful to fish or
take fish by any means whatso
ever in inland fishing waters of
North Carolina from April 6 to
May 19, of each year, both dates
inclusive.”
The inland waters included in
the ban on fishing include all
rived; apd their tributaries or
portions of same together with
all ponds and lakes in the State
inot included in commercial fish
ing waters.
Came Warden .1. G. Perry was j
notified on Wednesday, howe er,
that the open season will be tx
tended one day, thus permitting
fishing on Easter Monday, after j
which the season will be closed j
until May 20.
Sale Easter Seals
Will Begin Today
Edenton Lions Club Will
Sponsor Three-day
Campaign
Edenton’s Lions Club will again
this year sponsor the sale of Easter
seals, the proceeds of which will go
toward helping crippled children.
W. J. Taylor has been named county
chairman of the drive, with Grady
Love in charge of ssrles ir*thc Eden
ton schools and J. Paul Barnett di-1
recting sales in the county schools.
The campaign this year will be
short, beginning today (Thursday) j
and continuing through Friday and
Saturday of this week.
Mrs. J. Melville Broughton is. vice j
president of the N. C. League for j
Crippled children and has made aj
special appeal for the generous sup- (
port of the seal sale, for by this |
method alone depends the league’s J
ability to continue its fine record of j
service and its plans for reaching and j
helping an ever larger number of |
crippled children.
Half of the money received will re-j
main in Chowan County for use in I
the work among crippled children, j
while the other half will go to the j
State organization.
Mr. Taylor has arranged for a can- 1
| vass to be made by school children -
■ with a slogan “something from every- 1
| body.” No quota has been set up, but j
ia goal of sll6 is aimed at, which is!
! based upon one penny from every j
| person in Chowan County. The 1940
j census gives Chowan’s population as j
; 11,600.
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Two Chowan-Born Men
Candidates For Officers
Os Alumni Association
Worthy of note in the current is
sue of the Alumni Review, University
of North Carolina Alumni Associa
tion is the announcement that two
Chowan-born men have been nominat
ed for president and vice president
of the Association for the year
1942-43. Justice J. Wallace Win
borne, of Raleigh, is a candidate for
president, and Brent S. Drane, of
Washington, D. C., is vice presiden
tial candidate. Justice Winborne is
the youngest son of the late Dr.
Robert H. Winborne, who was a
practicing physician in the county for
43 years, and Mr. Drane is the oldest
son of the late Dr. Robert B. Drane,
for 55 years rector of St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church.
They are being voted for by mail
ballot in the election which closes
April 20.
Band Concert Tonight
On Court House Green
Weather permitting, the Edenton
High School Band will render a con
cert Thursday night at 7:15 on .the
Court House Green. The high school
, chorus will join the band in singing a
number of patriotic selections in
keeping with President Roosevelt’s
request for more bands, and these
concerts will be continued throughout
the summer.
The public is especially asked to
he present and participate in the
singing program.
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This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers wM
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Spring Term’s Criminal
Docket Completed
Tuesday
LEGAL~BATTLE
Negro School Bus Driv
er Freed on Homi
cide Charge
Taougii Solicitor ■ Crater'- Morris
was detained Monday morning due to
tire trouble, Judge Richard D. Dixon,
presiding for the first time over
Superior Court in Chowan County,
proceeded promptly with the prelimi
naries and with dispatch cleared up
the criminal docket by Tuesday morn
ing, then adjourned court to begin
I civil cases Wednesday morning.
! “he have now come upon uncertain
j aim it. .10/,, »c.Ai Judge
I w.-vou in beginning ..is charge to the
! graha jury, “alt over the world na
! tions are falling by tne way side, one
| after znotner are being caugnt up
j in this onward rush of unscrupulous
dictators and reduced to the vassel
age of slaves. It seems that free
dom and democracy are about to
perish from the face of the old world.
“At such a time and in such a
dark hour, it behooves us here in
America to pause, to take stock, and
to make an inward, soul-searching
examination of ourselves, to see if we
are truly following the paths set be
fore us by our fore-fathers and if not,
to change our course and revert to
the faith and ideals of the founders
of this Republic.
“There is no better place to take
this account of ourselves than right
here in the county, the unit of gov
ernment in these United States, and
to see if we are standing four-square
behind the constituted authorities.’’
At this point he referred, to those
who very often say, “The court
j house is thctiast ♦atai’* F want to go
j in. You don’t get justice there.”
The judge admitted there are mis
takes made in the courts as mistakes
are made in every human agency,
but that men who talk in such vein
| are the very first to run for the
| protection of the strong arm of the
j law when danger threatens or to
: seek the ever-watchful arm of justice
when their rights are endangered.
!He asked of the grand jury “What
! sort of a county, what kind of civili
j zation would you have right here in
j this county should your court house
| be torn down and all lawful proceeds
i come to a stop ?”
I Judge Dixon was very specific in
j his instructions to the grand jury, re
j ferring to them “as sort of a clinic
jin the civil body of this unit, the
same as a group of physicians will
I conduct a clinic on our physical
j bodies,” and very clearly defined
i their varied and important duties.
He was especially sincere defining
i their duties, referring to the passing
upon bills of indictment and exami
nation of witnesses, as well as the
power to make presentments.
The usual instructions were given
relative to the various forms of of
i senses and investigation of public of
fices arid; institutions. Os these, the
judge was very specific regarding
those appointed to handle other peo
ple’s money, referring particularly to
| executors, administrators and guard
ians. He also dwelt upon the care
of aged citizens and innocent chil
dren caught in the trap of adverse
financial conditions, comparing the
present program of old age assistance
and aid to dependent children with
the former method of the county com
missioners in the counties of the
State allowing just enough to keen
body and soul together.
“We do not have to point to the
plains of Russia and the Pacific to
find battle and murder and sudden
death,” said the judge as he referred
to battles going on right here in our
fair land of Carolina, “it is known as
the battle of highways and leaves in
its wake murder and sudden death,
the screams of the injured and, the
moans of the dying.” He contributed
just one reason for this slaughter,
“Violation of the law,” emphasizing
small violations which sooner or
later bring disaster. He paid tri
bute to that small but brave and ef
ficient band, the State highwav oa
i trol, who all too often are criticized
for carrying out their dutv.
! In closing his remarks to the
' grand jury. Judge Dixon said he was
■ deenly grateful for the manifestation
‘ of interest and friendship on the part
I of those in the audience who came
■ no doubt because it was his first
i term of court in his home countv
and that it was his ambition to coo
> duct himself in the capacity of iudwe
: in such w*v -a* to at least bring no
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