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Vohime X. —Number 6.
Town Councilmen
Complete Month’s
Work In One Hour
>lice Ordered to Check
Up On Pleasure
Drivers
WAR ON DOGS
Concrete Bulkhead to
Be Constructed on
Water Street
With a price ceiling meeting sche
duled to be held at 8 o’clock Tuesday
night, Town Council convened in
monthly session at 7 o’clock, and
within the hour wound up the month’s
business so that members could at
tend the OPA meeting in the Court
House.
Aside from the payment of bills,
there was little other business,
though enough time was taken to
consider some means to protect Water
Street along the waterfront near
John G. Small’s fish house, provid
ing relief for drainage in North
Edenton, the dog nuisance and pleas,
ure driving.
The bank on Water Street is
being gradually washed away and in
order to protect the street, the street
commissioner was instructed to pro
ceed with building a bulkhead.
A complaint from residents in
North Edenton was registered by the
street commissioner relative to inade
quate drainage in front of some of the
property. The same matter was pre
viously complained about, and several
months ago it was understood that
the State Highway Commission would
utilize what funds the Town is en
titled to for maintaining highways
within the city limits to constructing
curbs and gutters as far as the
funds would permit. So far, how
ever, nothing has been done except
temporary relief by the street de
partment. Those who have com
plained advance the argument that
‘hey are tired of buck passing and
at they pay city taxes in propor
>n to any other citizen and are en
.itled to some consideration on the
part of the city. Nothing definite
was done, except that the street
commissioner agreed to contact high
way officials to see just what can be
expected in way of relief.
That too many wandering dogs
are in town was another complaint
registered at the meeting. It was
pointed out that far more dogs are
on the streets than licenses were
sold for and Chief of Police Helms
was instructed to check up on dogs
and if necessary round up all for
which dog licenses have not been
purchased.
Councilman Albert Byrum, who is
also chairman of the Chowan War
Price and Ration Board, stated that
he had been urged by OPA to request
local police to make a thorough
check on pleasure driving. He ex
pressed the opinion that the ban on
pleasure driving is being violated in
some instances and that a panel con
sisting of Judge Richard D. Dixon,
Judge Marvin Wilson and W. D. Pru
den had been appointed to pass on
violations. Mayor J. H. McMullan
subsequently instructed Chief of
Police Helms to inaugurate a check
up system in order to round up sus
pected violators. It was pointed out
that some people are going to the
theatre and instead of parking on
Broad Street, park their cars on side
streets in order to evade suspicion.
Police will hereafter stop any driver
who is suspected of violating the
order.
The Rev. S. N. Griffith also ap
peared before the Councilmen in the
interest of erecting sidewalks on
Oakum and Freemason Streets. He
was told by Mayor McMullan that
under present conditions no new side
walks are contemplated, but that the
matter has not been disposed of.
Fire Chief R. K. Hall extended all
members of the Board an invitation
to attend the Firemen’s oyster roast
to be held Friday night.
RATIONIN& 1
AT A GLANCE
The valid date for Period 4 coupons
was advanced to January 30, and will
be good until March 20. The unit
-'alue will be nine gallons.
) Class 3 Coupon Sheets (25 gallons
xed value) bearing numbers V
.J11829A9 to V-281840A9 inclusive,
have .Seen reported stolen from Wil
liamsburg, Virginia. Please report
any information regarding these
coupons to the Washington office.
Coffee
Stamp No. 26 valid since February
7 for one pound of coffee.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Evangelists
The Rev. and Mrs. Robert Me- i
Intosh of Ridgley, W. Va., who
will begin a series of revival
meetings in the Assembly of God
Church in North Edenton next
Sunday. The revival will con
tinue for two weeks.
Regional USO Office
Recommends Local
Recreation Center
Action Is Forwarded to
New York For Final
Disposition
The Rev. W. C, Benson, chairman
of the service men’s recreational com
mitee, was notified Wednesday morn
ing by Ernest H. Edinger, USO as
sociate regional executive, of Rich
mond, Va., that the Regional Confer
ence meeting in Richmond on Wed
nesday of last week had recommend
ed that the USO accept the invitation
to operate a center in Edenton for
service men visiting in the com
munity.
This recommendation has been for
warded to New York with a request
that the proposed operation should
have Y. M. C. A. as the operating
agency. Mr. Benson is, therefore,
awaiting further information from ac
tion taken in New York, which he
expects in a week or two.
Nine New Auxiliary
Police Sworn In
Replace Group Who Re
cently Joined State
Guard Unit
Due to a number of members of
the Edenton auxiliary police being
lost because of affiliation with the
Chowan County State Guard unit,
nine new policemen were sworn in
Monday night in the Municipal Build
ing by R. E. Leary, Town Clerk.
The auxiliary policemen now number
20, all of whom will within the next
few days receive a certificate of
membership which will be presented
by Clerk of Court E. W. Spires, chair
man of county civilian defense.
The new auxiliary police sworn in
Monday night were: T. B. Williford,
Julian E. Ward, J. W. White, L. M.
Johnson, Clyde C. Cobb, Richard P.
Baer, W. H. Parker, Paul M. Wal
lace and John Goodwin.
Type Os Airplanes
Studied At Meeting
To Be Held Feb. 19
Norfolk Officers Will In
struct Legionnaires
And Boy Scouts
On Friday night, February 19. a
group of officers from the Ground
Observers Corps at Norfolk, Va., will
be in Edenton to instruct Legion
naires and Boy Scouts in recognition
of various types of airplanes. The
ability to determine the type of
present day planes is very,necessary
in air warning service, wMch for a
great part will be handles! in the
county by Boy Scouts and * members
of Ed Bond Post of the ‘American
Legion.
The meeting will be in the
Court House at 8 o’clock,* and the
public is cordially invited to be
present.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, Febniary 11,1943.
D. M. Warren Elected
New Senior Warden
Os St Paul’s Church
Succeeds E. R. Conger
Recently Claimed
By Death
HINES SECRETARY
J. A. Moore Replaces
Warren as Junior
Warden
At the regular meeting of the
Vestry of St. Paul’s Church Monday
night, D. M.Warren was elected
Senior Warden of the Parish. This
position became vacant upon the re
cent death of E. R. Conger.
Mr. Warren, prominent in busi
ness and county affairs, has served
his church faithfully for a number of i
years in the capacity of secretary of
the Vestry and Junior Warden. In
addition to his interest in the local
church, he has also served his church
in diocesan affairs. At the present
time he is an associate member of
the Department of Finance of the
Diocese of East Carolina.
J. A. Moore, manager of the
Edenton Cotton Mills, was elected
Junior Warden. Since his return to
make Edenton his home a number of
years ago, Mr. Moore and his family
have been very active in the work of
St. Paul’s Church. Even during the
years that he lived away from Eden
ton he was in close contact with the
church here, which is the church of
his ancestors. His church interest,
too, is widespread. At the present
time he is a mgmber of the Executive
Council of the Diocese of East Caro
lina.
Upon the resignation of Mr. War
ren as secretary of the Vestry, R.
N. Hines was elected to this posi
tion. Mr. Hines follows his ances
tors in his deep interest in St. Paul’s.
Fred P. Wood, who has been treas
urer of the church for a number of
years, was re-elected to this office
the first of the year. Other mem
bers of the Vestry are Hon. Richard
D. Dixon, E. N. Elliott, W. E. Ma
lone, Marvin P. Wilson, E. A.
J. E. Wood and C. P. Wales.
Rotarians Celebrate
17th Anniversary On
1 Thursday Next Week
John A. Holmes JSchea
uled to Make Princi
pal Address
Thursday night of next week the
Edenton Rotary "Club will celebrate
its 17th anniversary, when Rotary-
Annes will be special guests of the
Rotarians at a night dinner in the
Parish House. Though no visiting
speaker will be secured, a committee
has been appointed and is now formu
lating a program which will be ap
propriate for the occasion. This com
mittee is composed of I)r. W. I. Hart,
H. A. Campen, J. E. Wood and J.
Edwin Bufflap.
The principal speaker for the oc
casion will be John A. Holmes, su
perintendent of Edenton schools,
while Postmaster C. E. Kramer has
been designated to have charge of
stunts, or some other feature to in
ject humor into the meeting. This
anniversary, coming at a time when
the club is showing no little progress,
is reason for a considerable amount
of interest and it is expected that
every Kotarian will be present, to
gether with his Rotary-Anne.
Annual Firemen’s
Oyster Roast Friday
City Officials Invited as
Special Guests of
Fire Fighters
Unless plans miscarry, the Eden
ton Fire Department will hold its an
'nual oyster roast Friday night. The
affair will be supervised by Fire
Chief R. K. Hall, assisted by Frank
Hughes, and will be held at the
Town’s power plant, beginning at
7:30 o’clock.
Special guests of the firemen will
be members of Town Council, the
Board of Public Works and the Police
Department
Meeting To Discussj
Ceiling Prices Draws
Big Crowd Tuesday
Representatives of OPA
Use Plain Language
During Discussion
* LAW HASTEETH
Group of Enforcement
Officers Will Follow j
“Teachers” j
*
Chowan County’s Court House was j
filled to capacity Tuesday night when i
merchants from Chowan, Gates, Per-j
quimans and Bertie Counties gather-|
ed to hear an explanation of the j
general maximum price regulation by
representatives of the office of Price j
Administration. The meeting was
I called to order by J. G. Campen,
chairman of the community service
of the local ration board, who im
mediately introduced A. A. Chappell,
field price officer from the Green
ville office.
Mr. Chappell briefly stated the.
purpose of the meeting and in turn
introduced various members of thel
Chowan price panel, which includes |
W. W. Byrum, Miles S. Elliott Hec
tor Lupton, Mrs, F. W. Hobbs, J. W.
White, Dr. W. I. Hart and Mrs. Geo.
C. Hoskins, clerk. He also intro
duced W. A. Linnehan, L. E. Ed
wards ajid Maurice Hill of the OPA
offices, who were on hand to speak
specifically to various groups.
Mr. Chappell, at the outset, said
that despite criticism and complaints,
the price ceiling regulation was
workable, satisfactory and the best
way to cope with present day eco
nomic problems.
He referred back to the general
price law emergency measure which
held prices to the 'March 1, 1942,
level, and at the time it was realized
that it could not be an adequate so
lution, but that subsequent rulings
' would follow. “These have been fol
; lowed,” he said, “and we are here to
■ night to enlighten you so that there
I need be no excuse for any merchant
• violating the purposes and intent of
, the ceiling regulations.”
He emphasized the importance of
making and keeping records of prices
in stores, which was provided for in
I the first measure. He also dwelt
1 upon the necessity of not only re
cording prices, but said that they
I must be filed with the local ration
| board. This is essential for two
reasons as it is a protection for the
r merchant and for the customer, for
l if any complaint is made, the re
cords can *>e seen m the ration board
office.
, “It is important and mandatory
that ceiling prices be posted,” said
Mr. Chappell. “This is not only a
certification of good faith, but is a
requirement of the regulation.”
Mr. Chappell said that full com
pliance with the regulation is a big
job but by no means impossible. He
J told his audience that the group on
hand Tuesday night from the OPA
\ office was there in the capacity of
! teachers and it was their purpose to
he as helpful as possible, but that the
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■ i ;
Infantile Paralysis
Drive Nets Total
Os Almost SI,OOO
Still Several Reports to
Be Received by Chair
man F. J. McCourt
With a few more late contribu
tions expected, Father F. J. McCourt,
chairman of the Chowan Chapter of
the National Foundation of Infan
tile Paralysis, has announced that
almost SI,OOO has been received for
the purpose, all of which was secured
by individual contributions. Reports
compiled by The Herald in Father
McCourt’s absence from the city,
show a total of $966.05.
Os this amount over half, $521.44
to be exact, was raised at the U. S.
Marine Corps Air Station under the
direction of H. S. G. Verlander, office
manager of North Eastern, Warren,
Beckham & Brooks. Mr. Verlander
submitted a detailed report which
showed that 664 made contributions
ranging from 25 cents to SIO.OO
It was Father F. J. McCourt’s in
tention to publish in The Herald
the name of every contributor and
the amount, hut not all of the can
vassers returned such a report. For
that reason the following is a report
as the canvassers turned in to Chair
man McCourt:
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j| Chamblee Resigns]
Dr. J. S. Chamblee, county
health officer, this week tendered
his resignation to W. J. Taylor,
secretary of the Chowan County
Board of Health, asking for it to
become effective March 1. Dr.
Chamblee has for several years
been health officer for the Bertie-
Chowan Health Department « <■
contemplates taking over simil. ,
duties in Nash County.
A meeting of the Board of
Health will soon be held to con- j
aider the resignation and decide j
upon a successor to Dr. Chamblee. j
Miss Lula May Smith
| Notified To Report j
iAs Recruit In WAAC
I
• Seven Prospects Receive
Applications From
Lena Jbnes
i
Miss Lula Mae Smith received or-j
ders Wednesday to report to Fort
Bragg on Monday, March 1, for ser-
I vice in the Women’s Army Auxiliary
| Corps. Miss Smith. 21, is the daugh
j ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith,
who live on Route 2, Edenton. She
was a member of the 1941 graduat
ing class of Edenton High School and
for tw'o years drove one of the
school busses. Transportation has
been furnished by the Government
a,nd Miss Smith will be the second
Chowan County girl to enlist in the
WAAC. She has a brother, Ser
geant James Smith, who is stationed
i in Louisiana.
Following the recent appearance in
Edenton of Major Ernest C. Mac-
Donald and Lieutenant Mary J. Nor
, ton in an effort to stimulate inter
i est on enlistments in the Women’s
( Army Auxiliary Corps, Miss Lena
| Jones, sponsor of the meeting. Miss
. issued seven enlistment papers to
; WAAC recruits, and Miss Smith’s
. application is the first to be heard
. from. Five of the applications were
> given to white girls and two to color- j
t ed girls.
f
Federal Income Tax
; Representative Here
February 17 And 18
1 ;
In order to assist taxpayers in
-1 filing their Federal income tax re-
I I turns, a representative of the Inter
> nal Revenue Service of the Treasury
> Department will be at the Edenton
■ Post Office Wednesday and Thurs
. day, February 17 and 18.
| Returns must be filed between
February 15 and March 15, and the
r '•“»reKentative will be glad to be of
1 as much service as possible.
; Revival Services At
■ Assembly Os God
? West Virginia Couple
Will Conduct Series
Os Meetings
Beginning next Sunday at Assem
bly of God Church in North Edenton,
and continuing for two weeks or more,
there will be an old-fashioned revival
meeting, conducted by the Rev, Rob
ert Mclntosh and wife of Ridgley,
i West Virginia.
Evangelist Mclntosh is an able
' speaker and has held successful cam
paigns in various places. He and his
wife are gifted musicians, and freely
use this talent in the services.
The public is invited to attend these
services every night except Saturday I
at S o’clock, and enjoy the soul-inspir- 1
ing gospel messages, and the hymns
of hope and comfort which have
meant so much to America in every
crisis.
“While we are fighting at the
battle front to retain Democracy and
Religious Liberty, may we also strive
to keep the home fires of prayer and
faith fidelity burning brightly,’’
says the Rev. J. Edward Garns, pas
tor of the church.
“In this crisis through which we
are passing, let us not forget the
source of power, which has brought
us safely through every other crisis,
since we have been a Nation.
“Many of the nations of the world
are established on the foundations of
intolerance and tyranny, but from
i the very beginning of the first set
tlers, in our own America, they
. came not for money, or fame, but to
1 worship God according to the dic
| tates of their own hearts. May that
. zeal and ambition that permeated our
r forefathers always and for ever be
t the outerior desire of our hearts.
“Let us seek first the Kingdom of
God and His righteousness. Come to
church, we’ll be expecting you.” I
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will ■
realize good results. J
$1.50 Per Year.
New System Os Air
Raid Signals Go Into
Effect r '’ jary 17th
_ v a v outlined at Meet
ing of Defense Groups
Monday Night
COLORS" SAME
Defense Council Buys
Radio Set to Be Used
On 24-hour Basis
A very interesting night meeting
of the' Citizens Defense Corps unit
of the Chowan County Civilian De
fense Council was held in the Munici
pal Building Monday at the cay of
T. C. Byrum, commander of this unit.
County Chairman E. W. Spires and
Vice Chairman W. W. Bvrum, (Mr.
Byrum is also chief air raid warden)
led the discussion regarding the new
rules which will become effective at
12:01 a. m., February 17th, pertain
ing to air raid warnings and signals.
“The color code will remain as
heretofore, i. e., yellow, blue, red and
white,” explained Mr. Spires. “The
yellow will indicate that the key men,
only, are to be notified by head
quarters so that they may stand by
until it can be determined if the
suspected danger is really approach
ing.
“The blue will call for a general
blackout alarm by one long continu
ous blast of the sirens. This meajis
that street lights and buildings are
to be blacked out, but traffic may
proceed by using low beam, or their
parking lights.
“The red will require also a black
out, but this will be a total blackout
and no traffic will be permitted to
move, except certain cases of an ex
tremely urgent nature, or military
traffic; and, of course, the Civilian
Defense members, but lights on their
vehicles must use the hooded arrange
ment, or travel without any light, the
same as heretofore. The public
warning under the red will be given
! by two short blasts of sirens followed
I a few seconds later by two more
1 blasts, which is the same signal as
we have been using.
“The red color warning, which is
almost sure to be followed by anoth
er blue (one long blast), which means
that the blackout will remain in
force, the Defense units remain mo
bilized, but traffic may again pro
ceed under the restricted low beam
lights, or parking lights. This is a
precaution against the enemy planes
coming back for a second attack.
"All of these signals will be furth
er supplemented by a flashing on and
off of the street and also of the
house lights,” said Mr. Spires, “and
no signal will he given on the sirens
for the ALL CLEAR. The street
lights will again be turned on and an
nouncement made over the radio.
Sector wardens will also assist in
notifying the citizens when the all
clear is given.”
Chief Warden W. W. Byrum re
quested all key men to call meetings
of the men and women in their
groups and explain these new regu
lations. “We must be careful not to
Confuse these with the signals given
over the same sirens in calling out the
regular fire department, which are
six short blasts,” said Commander
T. C. Byrum.
Chairman Spires reported that the
additional high frequency radio set
has been received and that applica
tions have been prepared requesting
permission for the operation of these
sets. These applications are being
forwarded to the Federal Communi
cations Commission by the Rev. W.
C. Benson, Director of Communica
tions in the Defense Council?- One set
I is to be fixed at headquarters in the
j Municipal Building and the, other will
be portable-mobile. - By this means,
instant communication can he estab
lished between headquarters and any
point in the county, by sending the
mobile set to that point by automo
bile.
The Council also voted at this
meeting to purchase a radio set for
use at the Police Department in
maintaining constant communication
with the Highway Patrol broadcast
ing station at Williamston on a 24-
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1 No Rations Today]
The office of the Chowan
County Wax Price and Ration
Board Will be closed to the public
all day today (Thursday). This
action is necessary in order to
allow the office personnel to at
tend a meeting to be held in Eli
sabeth City regarding the joint
rationing program for registra
-1 tion and distribution of War Ra
-1 tion Book No. 2.