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L DURY OF REV. JOSEPH BtBUNT CHESMK MERKS TO ORGAN M ST. PUL'S CHBREH Eooseph Blount Cheshire m of Raleish Writes to ! Rev. CA. Ashby Following Recent Artick Appearing In This Newspaper |: The Rev. C. A. Ashby, r*rtt»r of St. n Paul’s, had an article in The Chowan F Herald on the old organ now in that taken front the July issue of |The American Organist. Mr. Ashby ( sent a copy of the paper to Joseph B. Cheshire, 111, Esquire, an attor | ney of Raleigh. Mr. Cheshire replied ; by thanking him for the article and saying that he was going to put it in • the “Life of My Grandfather* Mr. . Cheshire states that his grandfather I was a native of Edenton, and that his / grandfather’s mother’s father, grand s father and great-grandfather were successively vestrymen and wardens h of St. Paul’s. H Mr. Cheshire sent with his tetter *Ahe following: / From a Biography of the Reverend ; Joseph Blount Cheshire (1814-18S9) ’ hy his son. the late Bishop Cheshire. \ This was written by Bishop Cheshire ‘ about 1912. [ “A curious story is told of the way in which the first organ was placed in I St. Paul’s Church. One of the lead ing men in the Vestry and in the community was Mr. Joseph Blount Skinner. He was a man of consid , erable ability, of large wealth, and of a generous nature. He had been • for some years married, but he had no son. Some of the ladies es the congregation undertook to raise mon ey for the purchase of an organ. Mr. Skinner was naturally one of the ‘ first persons to whom they applied. He received them most cordially, heard their statement and appeal, and then submitted to them a counter proposition: ‘You all go home, and pray for me, that I may have a son: and if I have a son, I will give an or gan to the Church.’ It is to be pre sumed that they all went home and prayed for the fulfillment of his hopes. At any rate, not very long after this, his only son was horn, the late Col. Tristram Lowther Skinner; and as a thank offering for him Mr. Skinner presented its first organ to ■ jthe Parish Church. “My father recollected having heard the foregoing statement at the - time: and also the sensation created in the community by the arrival of I the vessel upon which the organ had . foeen shipped from the North. The Master of the Edenton Academy celebrated the event by dismissing Iknale Weakness) AND HELP BUILD UP RED BL000! Lydia E. 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The Building and Loan Association will if be pleased to give you counsel in respect to contemplated Repairs or Alterations. ;; ► * > Talk It Over Today i F ifaiitun RuUhm mml Ba llvß IVH RHMVIHg IRV Loan Association ■■w wa ■» • up • • un w I WHO the school, in order that benchers and pupils might go down to tike wharf and behold the wonderful instrument. “The following Saturday, the ergam in the meantime having been put up in the Church, eager to see and to - hear this new marvel, he crept to the I Church door, and lying flat upon Ms I face on the threshold, and gradually i advancing until his head was within . the half opened door, he lay and lis ■ tened in breathless bliss white Miss i Betsy Blair practiced the music for ■ j the Sunday service. More than fifty ■ years afterwards, going to Edenton ; to officiate when his nephew, the Rev. Robert B. Drane, was married • to the daughter of Col. Tristram Lowther Skinner, and remaining over L Sunday, he declared that when the ‘Venite” was sung, it seemed to him that he heard the same strains to ; | which he had listened as Miss Betsy Btair practiced the Sunday music in those old days.* I The Organ Os St. Paul’s, Edenton The organ given by Mr. Joseph R. '1 Skinner at the birth of his son, was ’ replaced some years afterwards by a ' larger one. This was given by a Mr. | Coffield upon the marriage of his | daughter to Dr. Thomas Warren, his II daughter desiring him to do so in ( stead of making her an expensive * present. The old organ was there upon given, or sold—probably given— | Emmanuel Church, Warrenfeon, where it was used until about 1890. It was then given, or sold, to St. LukeV [ Church, Halifax, where it is still in| . use. I Joseph Blount Skinner Mr. Skinner was a generous mam, and something of a “character”. ■ i There have been few men just like I him. On Easter Monday, when in i accordance with the evil custom of ► the day, the pews in St, Paul’s were i being rented for the year, he is said : to have been much provoked, and to . have shown his seal for the temporal i interests of the Parish by running up the prices upon the bidders, with the r result of finding most of the pews > first put up “knocked down” to him- I self. But as he continued to bid upon f all that were put up. one of the I “bears* of this ecclasiastical market t asked him what he proposed to do r with so many pews. “I will put my r Negroes into them, sir,” he replied iin a great heat. “The Church shall ,be supported, sir.” Knowing that he I might do what he said, they there upon not only bid better prices for the remaining pews, but were glad to take his superfuous pews off his hands. Original Father—My son has original ideas. Teacher—Especially in arithmetic. Herald Want Ads Bring Results THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, It C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1942 * ... Deep in the recesses of the jwaghe, Tarzan and Jane perform the every day duties of the household, in this scene from "Tarzan’s New York Adven ture,” at Tuyliror Theatre, Edenton, three days, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Johnny Weiswwallw and Maureen O’Sullivan again play the leading roles. I Taylor Opens New > Movie Season With *| Schedule Big: Shows With September starting the mew,j mo vie seasom and Sol Bowing a trip to; Charlotte Hast week hy Manager Jimmy Earnhardt, a schedule has been, completed for the biggest pic tures in movie history to be shown at Taylor Theatre. 1 To give some idea o>f what unovie- I goers may expert to see an the near j | future- at the Taylor, Manager Earn- ! hardt has secured the foil Dewing: Johnny Wetemtsaltier in “Tanan’s New York Adventure*; Retty Grabfle and John Payne Bn “Footlight Serenade;* Ray MiWami and Retty Field in “Are Husbands Necessary?*; Monty Wool toy and Roddy Mc-Dowall in “The Pied Piper*; William Dowell and I Hedy Lamarr in “Ctrossroante*; Laurel and Hardy in “A Haunting We Will Go”: Shirley Temple in “Miss Annie Rooney*; Ray Mil Hand, Paulette God dard and many others in “Reap the Wild Wind*; John Sheppard and Linda Darnel in “The Loves of Edgar Allen Poe*; Glenn Miller and Orches tra. George Montgomery and Lynn Bari in “Orchestra Wives*; Gary! Cooper -and Teressa Wright in “The Pride of the Yankees*; Jean Gahin ; and Ida Lupino in “Moo® Tide*; * Brian Donlevy and Robert Presto® in “Wake Island”; Clark Gable and,! Lana Turner in “Stomewhere Til Find] You*; Ring Crosby and Fred As taire in “Holiday Inn*; Rud Abbott ! and Lou Costello in “Pardo® My .J Sarong”; Stonja Hemie and John I Payne in “Iceland*; Greer Garson | and Walter Ptdgeo» in “Mrs. Mimi-.j ver.” Other pictures to be released in thet late fall include; “Panama Hattie*,! “The Gay Sisters,* “Desperate Jour-1 ney.” “Now Voyager* “Talk off the 1 Town,* “A Yank At Eton,* “Yankee I Doodle Dandy," “My Sister ESteem* j “TV Flying Tigers,* “Eagle Squad-1 ro*u” “Tales of Manhattan.* The best westerns with the favorite !| western stars are hooked to play on Saturdays. Revival At Bethany Church In Charge Os Durham Preacher Revival services, which will con tinue for a week, will begin Sunday night, September ft. in the Rethany I Methodist Church, off which the Rev. Arthur Stephenson, of Center Hill, is I pastor. Services will be fcrti both; afternoon and night, with tine preach er for the meeting being the Rev. J. W. Hoyle, off Durham. Mr. Hoyle will be assisted! hy D. C. May, a prominent Raptist layman, off Dwr * bans. Robert If. Francis Promoted In Navy Robert M. Francis, son off Mr, and Mrs. Louis E. Francis, who enirsted in tike U. S. Navy, has been promoted to third-class aviation mettatemith through the Bureau of Navigation. The promotion will go into effect I dirikc 9tflmbnr. Mr. Francis visited his patents over the week rad. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Friends were glad to leant that ; Mia. Jobs M. Elliott. Sr, who was rushed to General Hospital. Norfolk. I Ya, tart week, had recovered suffi ciently hy Thursday to be retained to har borne, where she is getting dng wB, though still very weak. “THAR SMS BLOWS T" SAGA OF THE SEAS Another thrilling tale hi which one of the few snrririag captains of the of gterioas days that will never come again. Don’t miss this new chapter In the reptneahn 13th feme of m AMERICAN WEEKLY suctat^aSmbcax a \ ■ Great Hope Church Revival September 7 Beginning Monday night, Septem i her T, revival services will be held !at the Great Hope Baptist Church, with the Rev. W. R. Stephens, of Elizabeth City, preaching. The congregation of the church has extended a call to the Rev. Frank Cale to become pastor of the church, and it understood that he will accept the pastorate following the forth coming revival meeting. NATHAN EVERETT WRITES Mackeys—Early in June Mrs. Nan Everett’s son, Nathan, a pharmacist! jin the U. S. Navy, left New Orleans i for a destination unknown. In a re cent letter to his mother post-mark - |ed Moffett Field, California, Mr. Everett writes: “We’re really getting! down to serious drilling and physical examinations. I can run, jump, and do almost anything now ... getting us tough for a tough job. Whenever the time comes, I will try to do my part and do it willingly.” A Question “How old are you, my little man?” j “I don’t know, sir. Mother was ; 36 when I was bom, but now she is lowly 24.” msy n'»y uy"—"Vt* l —w 1 " »ir ■» y ■ ■w• (Announcement: i TO MY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS* WE HAVE mSTALLED THE LATEST APPROVED TYPE .! Cotton Drying and Cleaning r Equipment In Our Center Hill Gin j We Buy j ! Seed Cotton - Cotton Seed j I Peanuts-Soy Beans and Corn I We Solicit | Custom Ginning and Exchange Cotton j 1 Seed for Cotton Seed Meal Your patronage will be appreciated and we will endeavor to please you. Mr. J. I. Boyce will continue as manager. ' &W. EVANS <' ■ i nrAfow ..4fo* i 14fo« >*bH Catholic Services At 10:30 Coming Sunday Holy Mass will start Sunday, Sep tember 6th, at 10:30 a. m., in St. Ann’s Catholic Church, announced the Rev. Father F. J. MeCourt, Pastor, who will preach on “The Catholic Church’s Regulations of the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony.” Everybody is invited to these and to all other services on every first and second Sunday of the month at 10:30 a. m., and every third, fourth and fifth Sunday of the month at 8 a. m. Confessions are heard beginning half hour and ending five minutes before every service. Revival Comes To Close At Anderson’s Church Revival services closed on Sunday night at the Anderson Methodist Church, of which the Rev. Arthur Stephenson, of Center Hill, is pastor. Large congregations attended the services which resulted in five addi tions to the church, all of whom were baptized Sunday morning. Mr. Stephenson preached during the re vival. GEORGE WARD JOINS NAVY George Case Ward, son of Mr. and, ' Mrs. Julian Ward, will go to New port News. Va., Monday to begin a six-year enlistment in the U. S. Navy. He has been working at the Naval [ Mine Depot at Yorktown, Va.. for the ( past few months, but left there Sat ' urday to spend a few days at home before entering the service. He pass ; ed a perfect physical examination. % G*W mgrcg star c.,,.., -', -1 1, *2.15 FULL QUART j GOODERHAM & WORTS LIMITED, PEORIA,.ILLINOIS '* - . Bethel Church Revival Drawing Big Crowds A series of revival meetings began Monday afternoon in the Bethel Bap tist Church, with services being held in the afternoon at 3:45 and in the evening at 8:45. The meeting is scheduled to .continue through the first Sunday in September. Preaching during the meeting is the Rev. Frank E. Morris, of New port News, Va., pastor of the Ivey Memorial Baptist Church. Splendid congregations have been attending the services, to which the public is invited. ! merry" hill * ♦ • Mrs. Edison Knowles was called to New Bern Thursday on account of the serious illness of her sister. Mrs. R. I. Collins. Mrs. Francis Everett, Buddy Collins and Miss Hester Ricks spent the past week-end in Richmond, Va. Mrs. Johnnie Everett, Miss Eliza beth Chesson and Mrs. William Liver mon were in Plymouth Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Edison Davenport and Miss Mary Davenport went to Windsor Sunday. CARD OF THANKS We wish to take this means to thank our friends and neighbors for the many kindnesses shown us at the time of the death of our husband and father. William Thomas Davis. We gratefully appreciate the deeds of kindness and the words of sympathy, also the floral tributes. THE FAMILY PAGE THREE
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