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Volume IX.—Number 4L <•
Chowan Assured Stale Guard Unit
Coanty Commissioners
Coßsidering Purchasing
Citizens Bank Building
Ask Option Until De
cember 31 to Make
Final Decision
PRICES3S,O®O
Would House Jail and
Various Offices of
County
CaAres pseseowt plans miscarry.
Chowan: OemanSy wffll, 3® tto
t-wire ©wn the Citiswus Ikarik Building,
artura toing totoe® Monday by the
County CtommisssMaers whereby an
option was gtanted until December
31 @ff this war to p®i«h*se»tbe build
tog. Xtegotiations w« made by W.
J. Btareyma® a®4 W. S. Privott,
representing the corporation owning
the *«»""* VmMfimy which is composed
of sense six or sewn individuals, who
the bnnMiiag- shortly after
the Mhsae of the Csti*e®s Bank in
1963. when hanks by the wholesale
dosed thiw«ha»* the ceemfcry. Sue*
«h»» tom* St has aarwd as office
space for varwms parposes.
The twtm to seffl O* building
mj mjf o® previdisg more adeepaate
»~/t up te-dafte jail. tocSßties, the idea
heTng pretexted that the top Door of
the bank hofflfiag «noM he remodeled
Into a 5*3, and a small auditorium
arranged for hoMfiog eoaat, thws pre
-ramting the pendr off prisoners be
foee the pdMre «■ «heir way
fkaaa jail to he tried. I* the Wild
ymug, tteCk. W llVmfT,
quarters for the Jailer as well as of
faces for the rariras branches i
hearty pmeraaneet, except possibly
the desk ts raw* a m& register of;
deedbv which offices weoM he more
minim imw mitl to remain in the Court
lll " > |ramt the Oeaaty » spending
wapnytbtog lake »«• per month for
office rent for warioßS agencies, and
iff the VniMinr ® peaehased ft wwnM
be the ptunrpase to eentraliae all gw
ble, thes saving the rent here as well
as —»kW it aware ranveniemt and
practical to rarey an the County's
ft was tentatively bdireed that a
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Stale Asked To
Take Over Road
Passiif tanetery
Association Asks Com
missioners' Aid In Im
proving Road
Jfomday„ wexe asked to tha
State Highway and PtaMk Weeks
Coanressmm to tohe ewer the read
Leafing ffrenn the city omits at
m3e Omagh a rather thickly popn-
Thre piece of mad, especially to
the atimdxry, has tong berai a searce
Omrtlj^Jtoseriatiea
|jya« VipaaOritoMP pM
toe tog to ItoMOrLiipmiiSp
MkhhjHr aba«t lipntu ml.
notoe Um psdSto utrewfc.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME imrffSAMK DEVOTED TO TEE IETEEESTS OF CHOWAM COUETT
j Captain Os Guard |
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LLOYD K. GRIFFIN
At the argent repaeat nf a
graap iatereeted in the argaaiaa
tien as a State Gaard ia Bdeataw ,
Mr. Griffin, early this week,
agreed to am ia the capacity
•f Captain as the proposed heal
■nit.
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Edenton Tackles
Henderson Team
Friday Afternoon
First Game of Season
To Be Played on
Home Field
starts! P. M.
Aces Bow to Tarboro
Outfit 19-7 Friday
Night
Breaking even to date with one
victory and one defeat. Coach Roy
Watson’s High School football team
will, on Friday afternoon, face a for
midable foe when the Henderson,
High School aggregation invades the
local gridiron in the first home game
of the season. The game will begin
at 4 o’clock, which will be in time
for some of the Marine Corps Air
Station football fans to witness
[ most of the game.
Henderson is reported to have a
strong outfit and in preparation for
a hard-fought game. Coach Watson
is taking his boys through strenuous
practices during the week. Though
defeated last Friday night in Tar
bora, the Edenton team showed con
siderable improvement over the pre
vious game when the Aces downed
Williamston 7-0, so that a good
game is in prospect Friday afternoon
when the local boys will have an op
portunity to show their wares be
fore the home fans.
In Tarboro Friday night the Aces
faced a much heavier and more ex
perienced team, bat despite this fact
Hie boys started off with a rush and
for a time it appeared that another
victory might he tucked under Hie
ML In toe opening moments the
stage was all set for a touchdown,
hot Clyde Sector missed a pass from
George Alma Byrum which looked
toe
first, secondhand' thud quarters, toe
Btenton, Chowan County, Nortii CKtifoa. Thursday, October 8,1942.
A ftfi-T W "a
Georp Major wine
Des As Resit Os j
AirAiif ifribnt
„ MpMBC WrliKiwli
Local Boy Was Captain
Os Hegvy Bomber
. Squadron
27 YEARS OLD
Latest Duties Was Fer
rying: Airplanes to
Great Britain
Mrs. Leila, Ml. Whittr.. lane- Tuncsfiay
night, received the' in
formation that her eldest swa.. CPpMua
George Major WWitar,, liuit died «s tth*
result of an airplane- a«n:u&ijitt.. <o»jp
tain White was stationed: at Mamtsw’S;
Field at Savannah,. Ga... hut died alt
Camp Stewart. Ga. Me would! have
been 28 years olid next mwatthi, ibuv
ing been born November -Bp wttn-x.
Details of the atvidemt vnew Hack
ing in the telegram received by Mrs.
White, but her son was ceounaadtor
of a heavy bomber squadron and tod
been engaged: ite ferrying alirpUauncs to
England, having only- recent!ty ire
turned from Great Britain byway off
.Africa.
Captain White' was graduated ffnami
Edenton High School in the clfeiss *ff
1382. He later gral'Uatted ffn-aan
Flshburne Military Airaddotiy and
Virginia Military tastiitnite.. After
entering the Army he graduated ini
the United. States Aiiir Corps iim lI!WW'
and rapufly advanced until! onfy aev- 1
eral months ago he was promoted to
Captain.
He is survived by has mother, on*
] sister. Miss Mary White, and a hooth
j er, Graham White, Jr... a student, alt
; the Virginia Episcopal! School’: ini
| Lynchburg, Va. His father. It- Grar
j ham White, was drowned eorliy this
! year near the Mtojoc-Loomis Luauber
11 Company plant at Winfall.
'; Funeral service® wiM be toftf at
j the White home on West Ctawk
Street Friday morning at tldSJIh
o’clock, with the Bgv. Edmund T.
Jillson. rector of Kofy Trinity Chwrch.
Hertford, officiating. Interment will!!
1 be made in Beaver Hfiffl Ctemetery.
First P. T. A. Meeting Os
New Year Next Tuesday
The first meeting of the new- year
for the Edenton Parent-Teacher As
sociation will be held Tuesday afiter
j noon, October tS, at oikilocfe. Ha
: the school library.. Mrs,. John F.
i White, the president, has dtechie-; to!
i hold meeting this year oa the second
Tuesday of each, month, and issues a
j cordial invitation to aH newcomers
I to attend.
Important matters will be discussed
at next meeting, and fi«r
that reason every member- is mrgeifi
J to be present.
Early Morning: Blare
Destroys Frame House
Edenton’s Fire Department was
called out about 4 o’clock Wedtowissy
morning to combat a Wage on East
; Carteret Street. A Imreutany flreme
house next to the rani-road was <pwm—
i nletely gutted, the- firemen fighting
the fire for about two. honors.. The
house was unoccupied and the orngr® ",
oF the fire is undetermined.
SOBOL MMBff HOLLI StTTIED |
Board of Hiucatm Lowers Bars Aiming CliiL
drm to Attend School of TWir Owicf
I '
Gas Ration Book:
| Should Be Cameo
\ On Owner's Person
Ration Board Having
Many Reports of
Lost Books
HARD TO REPLACE j
Machinery Set Up For
Fuel Oil
In County
Gin-si )iiue rationing members of the-
Cto>*:an CireMty War Price aaid Ra.-
thjaiE ißimurd conapla.l n that a llargw i
iMßunber of gasoline ration books are .
reposted Host, most of which are said ;
It® to taton from automobiles. Tltese j
rwemstorc desire to call to the at- j
ttedtijon as the general public tha 1
ratiwvn books should be carried on the i
perswn as owners and not left in. car:
oianpiartments or other places where;
Utoy -can to picked ap.
Reports have been made that en
tf're books have been miissl-rag, while
am some instarwes some of the cou
; pens haw been torn out of books.
fan -wader to replace lost gasoline
. ratown books it wSH require from
! swuem to IS flays so that thorough
■ uareatigatoom can be made before new
ranpoos or books are issued
Members of the gasoline rationing
: toaprd are L. H. W. J.
'j BterryroaTi and Geddes Potter, who
tow also been sworn in to ration
: fine*] i>wL, whSch wiilj go into effect 5*
•tto near future. Application wiM
tove to be made for fuel oil ration
- books, whiidi wil follow practicall y
1 tto same procedure as gasoline ra
toraing.
The ©oamd desires the general
pobliic to know that when applying
for saupplementary gas it is absolute
li Hy necessary- that the old books be
pmesentbed and that no coupons should
to tora therefrom.
Garden Chib Meets
Monday Afternoon
Mrs. C. T. HolloweTl. president of
tto Gaupden Chub, announces a meet
ing off tto -daub to be held in the
MaabcHpa! Building Monday after
Mi®* at 5 o’clock. Very important
matteiES wniilll come before the club at
thiis tiiirae and aIS members are espec-
SaDliy- urged to be present.
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Workers Busy Making:
More Surgical Dressings
Bed Cross workers are busily en-,
gaged makmg surgical dressings,
material for which arrived last week.
. Tto todies are working on a quota of
dressings, which is the number
asked to to made in September, but
begs* w’ork only Sunday after the
mtatwreal arrired.
The -dressings are made in the
Esmh House each Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday, the hours each
■day toiintg l* to 12 a. m., 3 to & in
tto afternoon, and 8 to W at night.
Tto Sunday hours are 3 to 5 1
oi'idlwnck to tto afternoon. Much ton
tuo«lt is totog shown in this effort
to to swroettoing for tto war effort
and tto dressings are rapidly being
rempMtad.
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tikfe ebb sUcmA
Lloyd E. fir if fin Agrees
To Serve As Captain And
Help In Its Organization
| First Marine |
Frihcate First I'ttass Robert W.
Bte»dti»f' fe. tto first l. S. Mai vac
6<* artnivv to .-.ftflenton to ranuec
ttto* widih tto- l. tv Martoe I'wrps
Aid- Stattom. Btotow arris od Tnes
dtay. ftetog trans-.fovv'd frwni tto
New Knvw Rase.. His specific i
(Duty ics- to to to charge wf tto
Mariiße Carps stare hawses,
where udreudN cmiunpmie'ict has ar
ttowfi amd ito hetog stared umtil
tto Mairtoas ocraipv tto base.
Tto- newcomers home is to
Watteohuiry. Omni, amd ttong-h
hew omlly a few. days, to says to !
is very favorahlj. itoipressjed with j
Edratwn amd feefts eertato to wriill j
enjoy his stay here. He expects
mere Maritoes to arrive to btowt
a week to asete* hibni to beeping
track of the eqmipenemt.
Amusement Ca.
WB Show Next i
Week hi Edenton
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Entertainment Sponsor
ed By Edenton's
Lions Club
BSegtoming: next Momtday and coart
tanwtingr thrwagftiwiit the w«ek. the
Central Aiuucwiiuintt Ompomy will
present modes* rides and stows at
Hicks Fiolß. tto affair brirng spum
sored by tto Edeniti®* lions Club.
He Co-m paaiy Hats appeared to Eden
twn several! tomes amd toiiis year toasts
a larger mummiser off ribs os well as
other eatteettaiimimentt features.
Tie contjpawy wiillll foature- Chil-
Jtms Day om Friday, havi-ng for
theiir pleasuare a meimy g® remind., ti-'t
i o-wheel,. reHlk® pHane. chair plane,
Ferris- wheel,. Btoftfiae swing and ki-ddto
ante i&tees. ~
There- wiilin ailsw. be free arts during
the week and amrangeimenits bare boon
i made fo* pieotty <®ff ffbnn amd entertam
-1 ment for eveeyooe wto attends.
Quota Os Red Cross
Kits Expected To Be
keatty Exceeded;
Enough Money Already
In Hand to Furnish
400 Kits
Though wfgwrtts are far frenn com- J
ptete, Mrs. J.. X. Ptnudem,. chairman
:nf tto Ctowa® Couraitty Red Cr-«s:
- Chapter,, no: Ttosday reported that
- she had iim bami aitout emoaogh morney'
to fuarmiislh 4W* BBed Oftss kits for
seeviee mew wto wiil be sent abroad..
The 4001 kitto is Chw«-antis quota, hunt
Mrs. Prisdesr to rertaiinn tout this will
to far easreeded accordiimig to the
geuereus respMta* to tor appeal to
ftermtoh the kies.
Cnntritoftions mcerred during: the
week by- Mbs. Puniteiii were tto fri-i
ltortogr Mbs. M. G. Rrow*. 1; Mrs.
2. A. Wwdard. 5; Mbs. V. X Grn
fhana, sft: Mr. amd Mbs. ftwpt Folk.
St Miss Saphto Wood. Dr L T.
Vfliaiev 5; Mbs. V. O EEBott. Sr,
5; Miss Ctow Btomck. t; Mra. X. E. ;
It Cltewam TWhe rs M Ift Sc
Mtot Ctorie Cbke. £; Km PatoKma
Ha»e«. 1; Mtos Crane The lira f,
1; Mss Mearyjra Chuhmt. 1; Eton- *
SdSSI Gait tapK % Mbs. 1
Mft" «to' whfth'tito
send ev- |ha he Mbs. Ftelft In.
bSkltoT, JL T.i JL £efito
UM aepßtOWk
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This mtmspmpm k
iilii lin»ii|
$1.50 Per Year.
Town Council and Com
missioners Match Ap
propriation By State
53 pTlmt
Uniforms and Neces
sary Equipment Fur
nished By State
I AVit&the Oooswfy- CoewntomMeetK.
| amd Town Oautcll aeeetieg 'Josmtly
31 eiday affterti-wiim. a State (jdiuud
' lain i t was practkaKy for
| Cb-mwan County. Tli:i' two g-Dverstamg
j todies agreed to app-r-'ipriiate 30M. -or
| the pin-ip-Mrtitwi-ate part for the fisacal
year, wfeieh, willl inaitoh a similar
amount apiprepriatei by the State ffi»r
TBaiirotenanve- of a amet.
This actfom folfowedi a saeetioag
i told Saturday afftermwti'm In tto Court
| House when, tto purposes «»ff a State
j Guard was evpliatneii to tto heads off
! vari-ats organ Aat fonts by tieneral
| Jam*-- W. Jenkins. Cobomeii WilJsam
| A. Sharpe and Major Hugh Dortch.
I Those attending tto meeting imclwded
: F. W. Spires. J. CL Campem. L. S.
Hynnwn % G. A. Helms. R. L. Pratt. J.
X. FTudeu, J. A, Bunch. L. H. Has
kett. C. W. Overman. \V. M. Wilkins,
R. X. Hines. J. Edwin Buffflap and
' Miss -Mary Lett Thyfor.
After General Jeakirts presented
tto matter, it was tto general wpnmhwa
of all those present that a unit
sh 'uid to- organized and a committee
was subsequently appointed to ap
pear before the County Comnaissfor
ers and Town Council in ait effort to
secure tto necessary appropriatwim.
tlenerai Jenkins said to was very
anxious to see a unit i* Edemtom. and
that to would tike to have at least
two units in tto Albemarle section.
He also stated that a number off oth
er towns would funsb at tto oppor
tunity to organise, but that under
present conditions Edemtom was a
logical town for a branch off the or
ganization.
“The Guard is the first lime'off de
fence.’' said General Jenkins, -and
- the only means off organized protec
tion and security in am emergency.
Ts this community nee-ted tto ser
vices off an armed force »t would bo
necessary to await Federal troops
and you are a long way from ava-li
able troops.”
Following this tmeetimg a delega
tion: called on. Lloyd E. Utriffffsn, a
veteran and champion mairksmanmam
-in tto last war. to see iff to would
[ serve as commanding officer. Sir-
Griffin, at first, was reluctant to »c-
I cept. tto captaincy, but- when the ism
| poirtance of tto unit was- explained,
to felt that it was his patriotic duty
| to serve and subsequently agreed to
Ito made captain amd assist in organ
(Continued on Page Two!
Chowan Democrats
Wl Meet Satvday
Plans For General Ejec
tion In November to
Be Discussed
Lloyd E. Griffin, chairman of tto
Chowan County Executive Committee,
has called a meeting of the members
of the committee to to told Satniday
afternoon ia Ore Court House at 4
o’clock. With the general election
mdjr ewe month hence. Mr. Griffin
dasi>es plans for tto eke-
Memhers. of this committee are:
L. E. Griffin, chairman: Mbs. K.
X. Effiott, vice chairman: E. W.
gpireft secretary, George C, Hoskins,
East Edenton—R. L. Pratt, ehair
nam; Mis. John Ue SpraflL, vita
Weak EAreten—John W. Graham.
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