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Volume IX—Number 21.
Question Mark Developing
Pertaining To Future Os
Edenton High School Band
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Director C. L. McCullers
About to Enter Ser
vice of Country
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Trained Many Boys and
* Girls Since Coming
* Here In 1936
With C. L. McCullers, director of
the Edenton High iSchool Band, ex
pecting shortly to enter the armed
forces, the future of this splendid
organization is developing into some
what of a huge question mark, and
in his leaving it is hard to estimate
the degree of regret on his part as
well fts the youngsters affected by
his wholesome influence.
Since October 15, 1936, Mr. Mc-
Cullers has contributed to the best
of his ability to training, musically
and morally, 142 of Edenton’s young
boys and girls, which training un
questionably has greatly benefited
the lives of most of these boys and
* viria. Each has gained, through this
training, a better understanding of
wm work, a greater sense of respon
sibility, more ability to meet folks
face to face, a more pleasing person
ality, as well as increasing their
power of concentration. The latter
was proved by a recent check-up on
grade averages of 37 graduates who
finished high school as band mem
bers. These youngsters made an av
erage increase in school subjects of
more than 2.7 per cent, after becom
ing band members as compared to
the same length of time in school
prior to entering the band, while at
the same time valuable recreational
pastime time has been provided which
no other organization in Edenton has
f » done.
The band has represented Edenton
on B 3 occasions in more than 50
communities throughout ftiis section,
and has in every case been praised
for cleanliness, good behavior ana
brilliant performance.
Some of the highlights of the
band’s accomplishments under Direc
tor McCullers include:
Judges’ decision as first place at
the Washington Tulip Festival and
won the trophy as the best band in
1940.
Acclaimed the Gallopade s out
standing band at Rocky Mount In
1939 and 1940, leading the Gallopade
parade the latter year.
First and only band to visit Ocra
coke Wand, where it played two con
certs in connection with Lindsay War
ren Week, July 2-4, 1939.
Led Cotton and Tobacco Festival
parade at Enfield in 1938 and 1939.
Was host to East Carolina All Star
Band in 1940.
Attended N. C. State American
I Legion Convention in Durham in 1941.
Won first prize of S2OO as best
band at National Peanut Festival
parade in Suffolk, Va., in 1941.
Attended Governor’s inauguration
in 1941.
i . Led parade at Wilson Tobacco Fes
| I tival in 1938 and 1940.
[ / Guests of Elizabeth City Band
and Miles Clark in April, 1942.
In . preparing to leave, Mr. Mc-
Cullers feels that citizens should be
acquainted with the financial status
of the band, the following figures in
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Annual Meeting Os
Merchants Group
i On Tuesday Night
New Officers and Direc
tors For Year Will
’i Be Elected
A . membership meeting of the
Edenton Merchants Association will
be held in the dining room of Hotel
Joseph Hewes next Tuesday night,
the meeting scheduled to begin
| promptly at 7:30 o’clock.
This will be the annual business
meeting, at which officers and direc
tors for the ensuing year will be
£* elected. Os interest to the members,
ft/ too, will be a general report sub
! mitted by Mrs. Grace Dobson, secre-
I tary.
1 Ralph Parrish, president of the As-
I' sociation, urges every member to
If* make a special effort to be present
I" and to be prepared to ask any ques
tions as well as gnake suggestions
£ relathe to the activities of the Asso
ciation.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY f
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Machine Gunner
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LINWOOD E. EDWARDS
■Known among his friends as
Pee-Wee, Lin wood E. Edwards
is now in a Navy training ■school
at Navy Pier, Chicago. Young
Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Edwards, is a seaman, sec
ond class aviation machine
gunner.
Scheduled To Be In
Edenton Wednesday
Program Will Be Pre
sented In Auditorium
At School
Fourteen children, members of the
large family of orphans at Oxford
Orphanage, will appear in Edenton
Wednesday as guests of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M. The
singing class, now on a tour in the
eastern part of the State, will pre
sent an interesting program consist
ing of songs, recitations, dialogues
and rhythm band numbers in the au
ditorium of the Edenton school, at
night, beginning at 8 o’clock.
There will be no admission charged,
but an offering will be taken, this
being one of the methods of secur
ing funds with which to help In
maintaining the orphanage.
The youngsters usually present an
interesting and worth-while program,
and this year’s entertainment is said
to hold up the reputation of former
years.
S. C. Mills is chairman of the or
phanage committee of Unanimity
Lodge, and will have charge of ar
rangements. The children will be
guests overnight and Mr. Mills will
greatly appreciate hearing from any
one who will be willing to accommo
date any of the children.
Fishing Season Open;
Licenses Necessary
The season for fishing in inland
waters opened on May 20, according
to J. G. Perry, game warden, who
says that fishermen must have their
new license in order to fish without
violating the law. Mr. Perry also
calls the attention of fishermen to the
limit for the day’s catch and the size
of fish caught.
Presbyterian Church
Calls Regular Pastor
The Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr., of
Richmond, Va., arrived last Friday
to be pastor of the Presbyterian
Church here.
Mr. Crawford will be the first pas
tor to hold services in the local Pres
byterian Church since the Rev. Leon
ard Topping left around five years
ago.
Sunday School will begin at 9:45
o’clock each Sunday morning, with
preaching services starting at 11
o’clock. The young people’s services
will be held each Sunday evening at
7 o’clock.
Mr. Crawford wishes to announce
that a vacation Bible School has been
planned for the latter part of June,
and a revival service will be held
beginning June 28th and lasting
through July 3rd, with the Rev.
Gower Crosswell, of the Chinquapin
Presbyterian Church, holding these
services.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 21, 1942.
Legion Auxiliary .
Ready For Poppy
Day On Saturday
Efforts Will Be Made to
, Sell 1,200 Poppies
During Day
FUNDSNEEDED
Corps of Volunteers Of
fer Services as Sales
ladies In Drive
Poppy Day will be observed next
Saturday when 1,200 popples will be
put on sale by members of the Aux
iliary of Ed Bond Post of the Amer
ican Legion, and Mrs. Edna White,
president of the Auxiliary, is hopeful
that, as in former years, every poppy
will be sold.. Due to the present
world conflict, this year’s number of
poppies has been increased from
1,000 to 1,200.
In charge of the poppy sale is Mrs.
Jesse White, Poppy Day chairman,
who has also arranged to send a num
ber of salesladies to Hertford, where
a Legion Post has been organized,
but no Auxiliary has as yet been
formed. Mrs. White has an adequate
corps of volunteers who will work
the entire day, or at least until the
supply of poppies is exhausted, bring
ing the flowers of patriotic remem
brance to everyone in both towns.
Poppy Day has been observed by
the Legion and Auxiliary members
annually in America for the past 20
years. More than 13,000,000 of the
flowers have been made this year by
disabled veterans for the Auxiliary,
the largest number since the obser
vance of Poppy Day was begun 20
years ago. Orders for the poppies
from Auxiliary units everywhere
have been increased this year in an
ticipation of greatly increased de
f mand for the flowers of patriotic re
membrance.
Every man, woman and child is
asked to buy and wear a poppy on
■ Saturday in honor of the men who
have given their lives for America,
the proceeds going to bring relief to
veterans and their families, as well
as to answer calls for relief of needy
, families of men now in the service of
j their country. There is no particu
lar charge made for the poppies, but
\ the Auxiliary membership is hopeful
, that those buying the poppies will be
\ as generous as possible.
Tobacco Tags Present
1 Program Next Tuesday
One of the best known hillbillies
' groups of the South, the “Tobacco
Tags,” will present a program in the
■ school auditorium Tuesday night,
1 May 26, at 8:30 o’clock. The enter
tainment is sponsored by the Belle
1 Bennett Circle of the Methodist
Church.
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JULIA BURTON, CHARLOTTE
BUNCH IN MUSIC RECITAL
Mrs. Leon Lewis will present Julia
Burton and Charlotte Bunch in a
piano recital on Monday evening,
. June Ist, at 8 o’clock, in the high
school auditorium. The public is in
vited to attend.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SECRETARY
c.l McCullers reviews activities of
ORGANIZATION AS HE LEAVES FOR ARMY
Expresses Hope That Edenton and Chowan Coun
;■ ty Will Prosper In Modern Progress As In
Tradition and History
Because C. L. McCullers, secretary
of the Edenton-Chowaii Chamber of
Commerce, expects to enter the
United States Army in the very near
■ future, and thus his tenure of office
as secretary coming to a close, he
, has prepared a report of the activi
ties of the Association for the bene
fit of not only members, but the
“Citizenry as a whole. He has served
as secretary for 20 months, and
though the two years have been fill
ed with memorable events, and a
sense of pride should exist in what
has actually been achieved, yet Mr.
McCullers feels that none should be
entirely satisfied in what has actually
been achieved, urging that the Cham
ber of Commerce should look forward
to the years just ahead with greater
determination to build a bigger and
better Edenton and Chowan County.
“No one year’s work is complete
in itself,’ says Mr. McCullers, “for a
project begun this year may not
reach completion in two or three
years to come, but seed sown over
years past, if property nourished,
, will, some day, produce results.
There is a constant stream of work
Dr. H. Haddon Dudley
Speaker For Class’42
Graduating Exercise
“How Much of What Do
I Need” Was Subject
Os Speaker
AWARDS
122 Had Perfect At
tendance Record Dur
ing Past Year
Speaking to the Edenton High
School graduates Friday night, Dr.
H. Haddon Dudley, president of
Chowan College at Murfreesboro, con
tributed his share to the 1942 com
mencement exercises which all in all
were far above the average. Though
presenting serious admonition to the
young people, Dr. Dudley interspers
ed his remarks with a vein of humor
which made his address much to the
liking of all who heard him.
iSpeaking immediately following a
beautiful rendition of “America” by
a chorus led by Mrs. M. A. Hughes,
the speaker said “we can maintain
our liberty only by trusting in the
God of fathers.” As a prelude to his
address, the speaker paid tribute to
the schools of the land, which have
shown rapid progress in the face of
disastrous wars.
“It is very easy nowadays to be
tempted to make easy money and
make it quickly,” said the speaker,
which prompted the topic of his re
marks, “How Much of What Do I
Need?” He told the graduates that
they must decide how to grow, ad
vising that by grappling with various
problems tended to build character.
“During your school life you have
been obliged to take various kinds of
examinations at intervals,” said Dr.
Dudley, “but for the most part you
had some sort of idea what these
examinations would deal with and a
general idea of the kind of questions
to be asked. However, as you leave
school to take your place in society,
you will have examinations every dav,
not knowing when and what they will
be and -upo*i your decision will de
pend. to a large extent your success
in life.”
The gist of Dr. Dudley’s remarks
had to do with advising the graduates
to check on their mentality to fit the
job they have in mind as their life’s
work. “Do you day dream or follow
the urge to accomplish any particular
thing? Have you learned enough to,
■ be a good cooperative worker in so
ciety? Can you convey your ideas so
another fellow understands you ?
Have you learned to accept obliga
tions willingly and will you carry
out these obligations if your capacity
allows? Is there in your life an
unifying faith in God and man?”
“These,” he said, “together with
the fitting into a job the right kind
of personality, must be considered if
a successful career is to be antici
pated.
“The sphere of opportunity is un
limited,” Dr. Dudley said, “for the
more discoveries which are made, the
more there is to be discovered and the
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y to be done and in these times of dis
: tress and uncertainly, it behooves
! each of us to redouble our efforts on
' the basis of service to our commun
i ity, our nation and our fellow man.”
i As a parting message, Mr. Mc
■ Cullers made this statement:
“Every day of my stay in Edenton
■ has been most pleasant and my work
. with the good people here has been a
[ constant joy and as I go into the
• Service, I leave you with the con
i fidence that this work will continue
; and hope that it will be my good
. fortune to come back some day and
i find Edenton and Chowan County rich
in the prosperity of modem progress,
as it is now wealthy in tradition and
l history. Thank you for your splen
' did cooperation all along and may
t your efforts continue for the up
building and advancement of dear old
> Edenton and Chowan.”
t Below Secretary McCullers lists
> some of the activities of the Chamber
i of Commerce since the annual meet
, ing July 1, 1941:
Secured largest membership in the
’ history of the organisation totaling
■ 136 memberships held by 81 sub
(Continued on Page Three)
Chowan Democrats Name
W. D. Prudcn Chairman Os
County Executive Group
In Australia
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E. L. HOLLOWELL, JR.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollowell
received a cablegram on Mother’s
'Day, May 10, from their son, E.
L. Hollowell, Jr., to the effect
that he had arrived isafely in
Australia and was feeling fine.
[ocaTDeieries
Must Be Limited
Effective June Ist
Federal Regulations Al
low Only One Deliv
ery Per Day
MANDATORY
Some Edenton Merch
ants Have Already
Reduced Service
New federal regulations limiting
the scope of local deliveries will not
be effective until June 1, it was an
nounced by Mrs. Grace Dobson, sec
retary of the Edenton Merchants As
sociation. Originally, the regulations
were to have been effective May 15,
but the date was postponed because
of inability of some local carriers to
effect route changes.
“Edenton merchants for some time
have voluntarily reduced deliveries,’'
said Mrs. Dobson, “but we hope that
the customers now will appreciate
the fact that this new order makes
reduced delivery service mandatory.
No Edenton merchant has it within
his discretion to provide extra ser
vice.”
Mrs. Dobson pointed out that the
regulation prohibits the making of
more than one delivery per day to
any customer. It also forbids “call
backs” in case a customer is away
when the first delivery is made. The
prohibition against call-hacks in
cludes pick-up service, such as laun
dry collections.
The secretary explained that the
order also forbids special deliveries,
and this is interpreted to mean a de
livery by vehicle made at the special
instance or request of a particular
person other than as a part of a reg
ular scheduled delivery service.
“I am sure,” said Mrs. Dobson,
“that Edenton people will cooperate
willingly and cheerfully in the obser
vance of this war measure.”
11 New Tire Permits
Issued Monday Night
Permits for 11 new tires, 12 tubes
and 12 recap tires were issued by the
Chowan Tire Rationing Board at its
meeting Monday night.
Those securing new tires were: F.
E. Driggs, farmer, tire and tube; L.
G. Layton, farmer, tire; W. B. White,
farmer, tire and tube; G. M. Byrum,
Edenton, tire and tube; C. W. Ward,
logging and farming, tire and tube;
E. V. Bunch, trucking and farming,
tire and tube; Virginia-Carolina
Transportation Co., common carrier,
tire and tube; Lester A. Deese, veter
inarian, tire and tube; J. D. Small,
farm agent, tube; L. M. Johnson,
mail carrier, 3 tires.
Retreaded tires were issued to the
following: Chowan County Board of
Education, school transportation, tire;
Barrow and Goodwin, bottling soft
drinks, 2 tires; Thomas O. Harrell,
farmer, 2 tires; J. C. Pearce, fishing,
2 tires; Eli T. Byrum, farmer 2
tires; J. Wallace Goodwin, tire; C. D.
Privott, tire; T. L. Ward, tire.
I This newspaper it atom- I
loted in the tatfUary I
where AdvarUiert st|
TJwint.inflf Co
rer Year.
{Succeeds B. W. Evans,
Who Held Position
Nine Years
NAME DELEGATES
Gas and Tire Situation
Will Have Effect on
Attendance
Chowan County Democrats, meet
ing in a county convention Saturday
afternoon elected W. D. Pruden as
chairman of the county executive
committee, succeeding B. W. Evans.
It is a position held for nine years
by Mr. Evans, who succeeded C. E.
Kramer in 1933, when the latter was
appointed Edenton postmaster.
Aside from Mr. Pruden, Mrs. E. N.
Elliott was re-elected vice chair
man, and E. W. Spires was elected
secretary to succeed Richard D.
Dixon, who resigned following his
appointment as Superior Court judge.
After calling the meeting to order,
Mr. Evans requested the chairmen
of the various precincts to retire in
order to name the new officers, alter
which Mr. Pruden presided.
The principal order of business
was to elect delegates to the State
Democratic Convention which will
convene in Raleigh Friday. The gas
oline and tire situation had its effect
upon those who could and would be
able to represent the county, and af
ter discussion, it was agreed to name
all who were present as delegates,
in addition to a few who were not
> present. The delegates, therefore,
will be W. D. Pruden, B. W. Evans,
J- G. Campen, T. C. Byrum, John W.
Graham, Charlie Griffin, John F.
■ White, R. C. Rolland, Charlie Belch,
T. L. Ward, J. N. Smith, Mark
Bunch, Frank V. White, R. A. Beas
ley, Mrs. W. D. Pruden, Mrs. George
Wood, Mrs. John Lee Spruill, W. H.
Dail, E. W. Spires, J. Edwin Bufflap,
Marvin Wilson, R. L. Pratt, J. A.
Bunch, T. Wallace Jo’-esi, Philip Mc-
Mullan, J. N. Pruden, T. A. Berry
man, Medlin Belch, W. J. Taylor,
Maurice 1,. Bunch. M-s. A. S. Bush,
j Mrs. E. X. Elliott, Hector Lupton,
! and W. H. Pierce.
; j Chowan County is entitled to 10
I votes in the State Convention, it be
' I ing agreed that if 20 could attend,
each delegate would be entitled to
j half a vote and that if under 10 at
tend, the strength of each delegate
’ | would be increased so that the entire
' countys vote could be cast in any
’ matter coming before the Conven
tion.
Before the meeting adjourned, a
t rising vote of thanks was tendered
l Mr. Evans in token of appreciation
' for his interest and services as chair
man for the past nine years. Mr.
‘ Evans said he was grateful for the
I expression of thanks, and that while
the chairmanship required a consider
able amount of work and time, he al
, ways endeavored to perform the du
‘ ties t’o the best of his ability and
that he will continue to be interested
in the progress of the Democratic
’ Party.
Delegates to the County Conven
! tion were:
East Edenton—R. L. Pratt, Mrs.
. 1 John Lee Spruill, J. A. Bunch, C. T.
Griffin, Marvin Wilson, Shelton W.
j Moore, E. W. Spires, Miss iSallie
I I (Continued on Page Eight)
10,765 Apply For
War Ration Books
In Chowan County
114 Refused Books Due
To Excess Sugar
On Hand
Figures turned over to Miss Willie
’ Love Morgan, secretary of the Chow
! an Rationing Board, by W. J. Taylor,
Chowan sugar and gasoline adminis
| trator, show that 10,765 applications
were made for war ration books in
’ the recent sugar registration. Os
this number, 10,651 books were is
’ sued, the remaining 114 receiving no
' books due to having an excess amount
, of sugar on hand. During the regis
[ tration 583 stamps were taken from
. books issued which represented more
sugar on hand than was allowed at
the time.
| In the county 66 retailers and
5 wholesalers and 34 institutional and
. industrial applications were pre
sented.