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Volume IX.—Number 44.
Splendid Group Os Chowan
Mon Readily Sign Ip For
Enlistment In Homo Guard
49 Volunteer Services
Since Meeting Held
Friday Night
MUCH INTEREST
Captain Griffin Calls An
other Meeting In Arm
ory Friday Night
Early this week enough volunteers
had signed up to insure the organi
zation of a Home Guard Unit in
Chowan County, and Captain
"Lloyd E. Griffin, who has been com
missioned captain of the unit, has
\ called a meeting Friday night when
the men will officially enlist and an
organization will be effected. Captain
Griffin has notified State headquar
ters that everything is in readiness
to form the company and has re
quested blanks and other material
necessary for the dnit to begin to
function. He feels certain that this
material will arrive in time for the
meeting Friday night, which will be
held at the Armory promptly at 7:30
o’clock. This hour was chosen due
to the masquerade ball scheduled to
begin in the Armory at 9 o’clock. The
meeting will not last long and will
not interfere with the dance.
Every man who has submitted his
name as a member of the unit will
be notified by Mr. Griffin as to the
time and place of the meeting, and
it is expected that every one will be!
on hand.
Forty-nine have submitted their
names as candidates, and in thus do-'
ing subscribed to the following:
“We, the undersigned citizens of
Chowan County, believing it is neces
i sary, during the period of emer
gency now confronting the nation, to
have the protection of a Home Guard
Company in our county, feel that it
is our patriotic duty to assist m
every way we can in the protection of
our community against invasion and
sabotage, to submit our fiames as
candidates for the Home Guard unit
of Chowan County.”
Those who make up the list of
names follow:
Lloyd E. Griffin, Leroy Haskett,
William Adams, C. C. Cates, Herbert
Baker, J. E. Wood, Marvin Wilson,
John N. Bunch, Maynard Perry. J.
Kodney Byrum, Ralph Parrish, M. U
Flynn, Raymond Mansfield, Emmett
(Continued on Page Five)
Masquerade Ball In
Armory Friday Night
Affair Is Sponsored By
* American Legion
Auxiliary
What is expected to be one of the
most outstanding social affairs of
the season will take place Friday
night when a masquerade ball will be
held in the Eden ton Armory, spon
sored by the American Legion Auxil
iary'. The dance will start at 9
o’clock, and continue until 1 o’clock.
Advance sale of tickets began on
Monday of this week and from pres
t;.£nt indications a large crowd is ex
pected to enjoy the affair. It will
v he required, too, according to those
in charge, that every person entering
the Armory be masked.
Music for the ball will be furnished
by “Dillard” Dixon and his orchestra,
g group of local youngsters who are
making quite a name for themselves.
Vote Tuesday~[
Though there is no opposition
in Chowan for county offices in
the general election next Tues
day, Lloyd E. Griffin, chairman
of the County Democratic Exe
cutive Committee, is urging vot
ers to go to the polls sad cast
their ballot. There is opposition
. tor S*** offices, and for that
V.%n*M ovary Democrat Is re
quested to carry out his or her
duty to vote.
“Though a war is bsing wag
ed, says Mr. Griffin, “sur Gov
ernment must still carry on and
£«t lea. parties .Mhrdd
the men to perform responsible
duties. It to, therefore, the pa
tristic, duty of every dtiaen ts
•*wd«s the privilege of voting
fwr the personsbest qualified for
th. offices of trust.*’
I
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| Far Away |
GARLAND M. BYRIM
Having recently been promoted
to Ensign. Mr. By rum. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Isaac Byrum, is now
stationed at Tutuila in the Sa
moa Islands. He is a meteorolo
gist in the Southwest Pacific,
having entered the service on
June 6, 1941.
Wilson Succeeds
Graham As Judge
Recorder’s Court
Appointed By Commis
sioners At Meeting
Called Saturday
Marvin Wilson, at a special meet-'
ing of the Chowan County Commis
sioners Saturday afternoon, was
sworn into office as Judge of Chowan,
Recorder’s Court to fulfill the un
expired term of Judge John W. Gra- j
ham, who last week reported at the
Naval Operating Base at Norfolk.!
The oath was administered by Clerk
of Court E. W. Spires.
Mr. Wilson was elected to office in
the May primary election which was
contested by C. T. Griffin, and will
begin the term for which he was
elected on December 1, when he will >
again take the oath of office.
Judge Wilson presided over a
session of Recorder's Court Monday
morning when several minor cases
were disposed of.
Chowan Infantile
Paralysis Chapter
Will Meet Friday
“T
Chairman McCourt An
nounces Election of I
Officers
All members ami non-members are!
hereby urged by the Rev. Father F.
J. McCourt, chairman, to be present
at an important meeting of the
Chowan County Chapter of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile Par
alysis at the Municipal Building on
Friday evening, October SO, at 8:00
o’clock, as election of officers will
be resumed, further preparations
made for the President’s Birthday
Ball and other important business
transacted.
November 7 Final Dale
«Pay Christmas Savings
At Bank Os Edenton
Though Christmas Savings Clubs
are usually paid promptly, there are
always a few which lag and some
which are not paid up. For the in
formation of those who are members
of the Bank of Edenton’s Christmas
Club, the deadline for making pay
ments in the 1948 club will he No
vember T. Alter that date no more
in Dm various denomina
tions will he accepted.
Bank officials, therefore, urge all
who are in arrears witl\ their pay
ments to catch up before the dead
line,
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 29,1942.
Rationing Board
Target Os Unjust
Wave OfCriticism
Some Enraged When
Supplementary Gas
Is Reduced
THANKLESS JOB
NoW Necessary to Sub
mit Tire Numbers to
Get Gasoline
“Pity the members of the 975 ra
tioning boards of the Southeast,” be
gan a recent Associated Press story
in the daily papers, “they toil some
times far into the night and on holi
days without compensation of any
kind—and their only reward often is
harsh words from those they try to
help.”
The above is especially true of the
Chowan War Price and Ration Board,
a group of loyal and patriotic men
who but for their patriotism would a
thousand times rather not serve on
the Board. It has been and still is a
thankless job, but especially has some
unpleasantness developed during the
week when it was necessary for some
of those applying for supplementary
gasoline to be cut back from a “C”
to a “B” ration book.
Members of the Chowan Board ad
mit that they have made some mis
takes in a scheme which at times has
been very difficult to solve, but after
all, they do not make the rules and
must be governed by the regulations
sent by higher authorities, irrespec
tive of how those coming under their
jurisdiction feel about the fairness of
them.
Albert Byrum, chairman of the
Board, is especially anxious for those
who apply for gasoline to know that
it is now necessary to furnish the
serial number of tires in order to se
cure gasoline ration books. This is
a new order and applies as well to
! those who already have their books,
jin which case these serial numbers
are required to be taken or mailed
to the local ration Board office. The
order applies to all applicants for
gas, irrespective of the kind of book
granted.
Chas. H. Jenkins
Motor Co. Now
In New Quarters
Concern Purchases and
Moves to Kramer Gar
age Building
Charles H. Jenkins Motor Com
pany, late last week, moved into their
new quarters in the Kramer' Garage j
building on Water Street, which has l
been purchased by the concern. The
adjoining Warren building was also
purchased, which will also be added
to the garage, being used principally
as a greasing department. The
Kramer building has been remodelled,!
making it up-to-date in every respect!
for carrying on of the concern’s |
business.
The Chas. H. Jenkins Motor Com
pany was formed in 1983, since
which time it has occupied the former
Hobbs & Ward Building on South
Broad Street, which was recently
purchased by the W. D. Holmes ■
Wholesale Grocery. The latter con- j
| eem has already placed some of its
I merchandise in the new quarters and
will move all of its stock and fixtures
as soon as possible.
REV. W. C. BENSON ROUNDS OUT FOUR
runs AT EDENTON CHURCH SUNMT
Congregation Hopeful That Pastor Will Be Re
turned; Civilian Defense Council Also
Requests His Return
Next Sunday will round out a
four-year pastorship of the Rev.
W. C. Benson at the Edenton
Methodist Church, the annual
conference of the deueaaiaation
being scheduled to he held in
Wilaen the following week. In
nuaoaariag the dose of the
church peer, Mr. Benson last
Sunday pleaded far large congre
gations at next Sunday’s services,
when he plane to review hie four
years’ work with the local
church, which will no doubt in
clude saaae of the accempliah
anhtHaao which failed to nutter
isKifeh
130 Truck Owners Agree To <srap
From E very
Campaign To Collect Needed Material
ORGANIZATION PERFECTED FRIOAY FOR !
SERVICE MEN’S RECREATION COMMITTEE
- ■ .. V*
Committees Announced j
By Chairman W. C.
Benson
binford - PRESENT
J. A. Moore Elected Vice
Chairman By Central
Committee
■ i.
At a meeting held in the Court j
House Monday night organization of j
the Service Men’s Recreation Com-;
mittee was effected, when various
committees were appointed and per- j
tinent suggestions presented as to j
the procedure to follow. These sug-;
gestions were made by P. N. Binford,
of Norfolk, Va., field recreation re
presentative of the Federal Security
Agency.
Mr. Binford outlined the work that
should be done in connection with
the program and at the conclusion of
his remarks answered a number of I
questions asked by those present. He
said assistance will be given the local
project if needed, either through!
USO channels or direct grant from;
the Government. He also stated that!
Ire thought the Edenton project j
would be a good testing ground un-1
der the grant plan of the Govern
ment and that he had so advised cer
tain Government officials:
(Continued on Page Five)
Binford Speaker
At Lions Meeting
Club Will Furnish Lunch
To Inductees Leaving:
Tomorrow
T. X. Binford, field recreation re
presentative of the Federal Security
, Agency, was the principal speaker at <
[the Lions Club meeting on Monday
| night, when he spoke upon the nn
j portance of Edenton providing suit
! able entertainment and recreation for
| service men, especially since the town I
will shortly be more or less heail
j quarters for contingents of Marines | •
j stationed at the local air station.'
“Recreation for service men is de
| finitely necessary,” said Mr. Bin
ford, “in order to bolster the morale ;
of boys away from relatives and the 1
I surroundings of home.”
The speaker stressed the import
ance of all organizations joining in
an effort to arrange proper facilities,
which, he said, should be sort of a
’ club room, having comforts such as
! shower baths, toilet facilities, places
!to read, write and play games. He
expressed the belief that Edenton
will do its duty and said that in Ins
travels he found that North Carolina
has been the most hospitable to ser
vice men of. all the states he has
visited.
The club voted to help the PTA ,
| by paying for meals of two indigent ■
j children at the school lunch room
j during the school year. It was also
voted to furnish lunches for the boys ,
leaving for Fort Bragg tomorrow
1 (Friday).
Though it is customary for
Methodist preachers to remain
not over four years on one.
charge, it is generally understood
that the local congregation would
welcome Mr. Benson’s return,
which coupled with a recent reso
lution passed by the Chowan
County Civilian Defense Council,
asking for his return, strengthens
the belief that he will be return
ed for another year. Under his
administration the church has
showq considerable progress and
a friendly and cooperative feel
ing has prevailed between the
paster,, church officials and
■—burn of the congregation.
| New Judge j
MARVIN WILSON
Due to John W. Graham, judge
of ('hotoran County's Recorder
Court, reporting last week to the
Naval Operating Base at Nor
folk, Marvin Wilson was appoint
ed to fulfill Judge Graham's un
expired term by the Chowan
County Commissioners in special
session Saturday afternoon. Mr.
Wilson was elected to the posi
tion in the May primary and will
begin his own term on Decem
ber Ist.
Arch Rivals Meet
On Gridiron Friday
In Elizabeth City
James Butler, Former
Ace, Now on Yellow
Jackets’ Team
Two ancient Albemarle rivals'will'
lock horns in Elizabeth City Friday
afternoon when Coaeh Roy Watson's
High School Aces will play the Eli
zabeth City Yellow Jackekts. and us
in most of the games played on the
gridiron the Edenton team will again
be decidedly the under dog.
It will be Captain George Alma
Byrum’s fourth game against Eliza
beth City, and he has not yet tasted
victory over the Klizabeth City outfit.
In fact Edenton has won only threej
games out of 17 games played since
1926. Eleven victories have gone to!
the Yellow Jackets.
Edenton has only five letter men
and only four of them played in the
Peanut Festival game last year. Os
the 1941 line only Hoskins Bass re
mains. The other line men will be
playing for the first time again- 1
the Aces’ arch foe. Sammy Ross!
has won a starting berth at center.
(Continued on Page Six>
Foster L Sawyer j
Reported Missing
When Wasp Sank
Married Former Eden
ton Girl; Member Lo
cal Masonic Lodge
With the daily newspapers on
Tuesday announcing the sinking of
the aircraft carrier Wasp, which was
reported destroyed by the Japanese
on September 15, friends in Edenton
learned that Mrs. Foster Sawyer,
early this week, had received a tele
gram that her husband, one of the
Wasp’s crew, was reported missing.
Mrs. Sawyer is the former Miss
Eleanor Sawyer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Sawyer, resi
dents of Edenton, and now living at
Hilton Village, Va.
The reported uussing man was one
of the newest members of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. ft A. M., and had
many warn friends in Edenton.
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This newspaper k etram
<■ fi < Tiiii!tr <l si
rwSa goad ramka.
$1.50 Per Year.
! Chairman Holland Re
ports 140,000 Pounds
Already on Hies
JUST STARTED
i
All-out Drive For Two
Weeks Will Climax
Campaign
Though Chowan County’s drive for
scrap has thus far been confined
principally to school children search
ing for the much-needed metal neces
sary to continue and even . bolster
production of war materials, R. C,
Holland, Chowan County’s Salvage
chairman, reported Tuesday that ac
cording to a very conservative esti
mate about 140,000 pounds of scrap
had been collected, all of which is
deposited at the various schools ex
cept a large pile at the official sal
vage depot on town property at the
corner of Broad and Water Streets,
which w:*s contributed by the Charles
H. Jenkins Motor Company last week
when they moved to their new quar
ters on Water Street.
Mr. Holland is very optimistic
that Chowan County will make a
favorable showing as compared with
other North Carolina counties when
the Chowan drive is completed. He
is still unable to set the date for the
final two weeks all-out drive as a
climax to the campaign. This date
will be announced when, in his opin
ion, it will be most opportune to en
list the aid of the majority of rural
people who are and have been for
some time concerned with the har
vesting of cotton and peanuts. Mr.
Holland is convinced that there are
thousands and thousands of pounds
of scrap metal scattered throughout
the county and feels that under his
scheme the greater portion of this
will be gathered in this hour of need.
This week Chairman Holland se
cured the signatures of truck
owners from one end of the county
to the other who have agreed to haul
at least one load of scrap metal for
the Salvage Committee if called upon
to do so. These trucks range from
one-half ton to six-ton capacity and
will he capable of moving an enor
mous amount of material. The truck
(Continued on Page Two)
Fuel Oil Consumers
Must Register Prior
To November Ist
Necessary Forms Dis
tributed Today By
Oil Dealers
Chowan County’s War Price and
Ration Board was notified Wednes
day that forms for registration of
fuel oil and kerosene for heating pur
poses, including heating of water,
will lie distributed by local oil deal
ers today (Thursday i. These forms
must be filled out by the consumer
and returned to the Ration Board be
i fore November J.
The remaining portion of the fuel
i ration program, which has to do with
the use of oil for lighting, cooking
I and other purposes, has been delayed
• until after November 1.
Blackout
——
Though not scheduled by the
Civilian Defense Council, Eden
ton. as well as all of Chowan and
several surrounding counties, ex
perienced a total blackout Mon
day night when electric current
vanished at the midnight hoar
and remained off until about 10
o’clock Tuesday morning. As the
result, every kind of industry
was paralyzed and many prob
lems developed in homes where
electricity is used for refrigera
tion and cooking. Places of
business, such as grocery stores
and eating establishments were
also greatly handicapped, being
forced to wait on customers by
use of tallow candles or kerosene
1 lights.
A defective atwitcb at the Win
fall station was the cause of the
trouble, which was net discovered
until a check-up had been made
of maay miWm of line, where it
I was expected the trouble wan
cmhsAs