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In these columns will be found a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. Volume X. —Number 9. New York Office Approves Recommendation For USO i'ub Operated In Edenton Rev. W. C. Benson No tified of Action This Week WILL BEIN HOTEL YMCA Selected as Ag ency to Manage Operation After much time and energy used in study, correspondence and confer ences, the efforts of the Rev. W. C. Benson, chairman of the Service Men’s Recreation Committee, bore fruit this week when he was notified by Ernest H. Edinger, associate re | gional executive of the USO, that the New York office has passed favor ably on the recommendation to desig nate a UISO Club for Edenton, which S. was requested by Mr. Benson's com mittee. Mr. Benson was also informed that the YMCA has been selected as the agency to manage the operation, which meets with the approval of Mr. Benson and his associates. Henry Lisk, USO building consul tant and either Kenneth Dale, region al supervisor for USO-YMCA, or his associate, Vesper C. Smith, will, in a few days, contact Mr. Benson to undertake preliminary steps for the installation of the USO Club here, which will most likely be located in j; the Hotel Joseph Hewes Building. When completed, the USO Club will be headquarters for recreation for Marines who will be stationed at the f U. S. Marine Corps Air Station, as; . well as any other service man who j I happens to be in Edenton. L The project has been underway for several months and was the out i growth of a suggestion made at a v • of Ed Bond Post of the • i Legion in the Court House wed by a number of meet | x. carry out the idea. An or | was perfected and no little | y work has been done in an effort to I provide suitable recreation for the service men. Though the YMCA will manage the Club, it will be necessary for the jervice Men’s Recreation Committee to cooperate with the representatives in working out a program and facfll - ties that will meet the needs of the oys in uniform who visit Edenton. Lunch Room At CHS Hanging In Balance New Program Neces sary Due to Loss of WPA Aid L Because no further WPA aid will & be available, the lunch room at I Chowan High ;School is causing no little concern for the Victory Garden Committee of the school. At a nieet t ing held Tuesday night plans for a new program were discussed and de spite the uncertainty of operation of the lunch room next year, it was de cided to plant a school garden and tentative plans are to ask for volun teers to can what food is grown in t the garden. ! Another meeting will be held 1 March 17 at the school, at which the ‘ public is asked to be present in or der to adopt a program whereby the lu,nch room can continue to operate. Last Chance Chowan County’s War Price and Rationing Board, whose of fice is in the Citizens Bank Build ing, will be open to the public Friday night, March 5, from 8 o’clock until 10. At that time personnel of the office will take 'applications for War Ration Book 1. If any one has lost, mis placed or never secured Book 1, ; it will be necessary to submit an tion at the above mention- Ak This will be the last aity to apply for War ... Book 1, which is neces- I sary to have before Book II is ■ issued. Office hours of the local board are 8 to 12:30 on Mondays, Tues days, Thursday and Fridays, and 8:30 to 5:30 on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with lunch from 1 to H 3 o’clock. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY | “Vy Shore, Abie” | jit will be interesting to know that the little story about the placard displayed in the Bank of Edenton to the effect that a holi day has been declared on the day of Hitler’s funeral was carried in newspapers all over the country, and as ;a result letters of ap proval have been received by Vice President D. M. Warren from far distant points. Mr. Warren derived no little pleasure in reading these letters and one in particular claimed his special attention. It was a brief letter from Michael Lubin, a Philadelphia realtor, who con cluded his message: “On that day there will also be a Jewish holiday.” Negro Stabber Os Walter Adams Held For Superior Court Preliminary Hearing In Recorder’s Court Sat urday Afternoon In xi session of Recorder’s Court held Saturday afternoon, Private William Martin, Negro, was bound over to the next term of" Superior Court. Martin, on the night of January 16, stabbed Walter Adams, a white man, whose life hung in the balance for several days. Martin’s attorney, Herbert Leary’, after several witnesses testified, re quested Judge Marvin Wilson to dis pose of the case, but the latter ren dered an opinion that the crime was too serious and that he would send the case to the higher court. Bond was set at SSOO. At the same time Harvey Cayton and Eva Hudson were tried on a charge of cohabitation. Each was found guilty and sentenced to 30 days, suspended upon payment of $25 and costs. Judge Wilson later chang ed the woman’s sentence to five days in jail on condition that she leave the county. Lions Club Meets Tuesday At IP. M. Weekly Meetings Will Be Held In Parish House Next Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock, the Edenton Lions Club will meet in the Parish House with dinner being served by members of St. Mary’s Guild. The hour is a de parture from the usual meeting time which since the club was organized has been on Monday nights. The change in both the day and hour of meeting was necessary in order to be served by the group of ladies. The club’s meetings will be held* weekly at the same place and hour and every member is especially urged to be present at the first meeting under the new arrangement. Dr. J. M. Jackson New Health Officer Assumes Duties Monday Succeeding Dr. J. S. Chamblee Dr. J. M. Jackson, on Monday, as sumed the duties as health officer for the Bertie-Chowan Health Dis trict, succeeding Dr. J. S. Chamblee, who resigned to accept a similar posi tion in Nash County. Dr. Jackson comes from Currituck County, where he'was health officer for the Camden- Currituck District. He is highly re commended by the State Department of Health, as well as Virginia health authorities, where he was employed before coming to North Carolina. Edenton. Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, March 4,1943. Campaign Begun To Banish Malaria i In Chowan County; Elaborate Project Spon sored By Federal Government AFTER “SKELTER” Lieut. Ralph D. Bruno i Will Be Officer In Charge Under the direction of the L . Lj I Public Health Service and Lie Stuu Board of Health, Edenton and Cim an County will benefit by an anti malaria campaign, which was assuie Monday when Charles Leonard, sani tarian for Chowan, Bertie and Gx.‘-es Counties, informed the County Com- j. missioners that an extension pro gram is under way to eliminate ma laria along the eastern seaboard, es pecially in the vicinity of defense centers. The campaign will be a drive to eliminate mosquito breeding rather than to treating the disease, a pro ject undertaken about 15 years ago by the Rockefeller Foundation under the direction of Dr. M. T. Boyd and which was very successful. The expense of the project will be borne by the Federal Government, which includes labor and equipment, except that the county will be re quired to furnish a garage or build ing to house trucks and supplies and an office for the man in charge. Chairman D. M. Warren was author ized to work with the health officials in securing adequate housing facili ties. Lieutenant Ralph D. Bruno arrived in Edenton Monday and will be in charge of the project. He will be lo cated in Edenton. About 30 men will be employed in this work which will be carried out along the same lines as was done by the Rockefeller Foundation in and near Edenton. M. L. Flynn Goes Out Os Grocery Business Edenton’S business section is minus another business which resulted on Saturday night when M. L. Flynn de cided to give up his grocery business in the building next to Byrum Hard ware Company. Mr. Flynn has oper ated a grocery store for about two years and attributed his decision to close to difficulty in securing mer chandise as well as labor problems. There are now three vacant stores in the business section, the one re cently vacated by Ralph Parrish’s Western Auto Store, Flynn’s present store and the one he previously oc cupied on the other side of Broad Street. Legion Auxiliary Will Meet On Friday Night The Auxiliary of the Ed Bond Post of the American Legion will meet Friday night at 8 o’clock in the Red Men’s Hall. Mrs. R. L. Pratt, presi dent, requests every member to be present for this meeting. POINT RATIONING CREATES NEED FOR VICTORY GARDENS IN TOWN AND COUNTY Scarcity of Food Anticipated Unless Vacant Land Is Converted to Raising Vegetables For Consumption In Homes Point rationing is causing both ru- I ral and town people to realize more than ever, the importance of produc ing and conserving food for home use. The average number of cans of food that each person can buy is four per month, which is much less than the majority of town or city families have been buying. Neither can these people buy home-canned foods from the farm women without giving their stamps from War Book No. 11, and the farm women cannot accept these stamps unless they #are registered with OPA just as the merchants register. Faced with this fact, people who have not had gardens before are plan ning to have Victory Gardens this year. There are five good reasons for this, namely: 1. War demands more food—for home use, for our fighting men, and for our Allies. 2. The Government will take an even larger part of commercially canned foods in 1943 than in 1942. 3. Meat will be rationed. This will require use of more vegetables for a balanced diet 4. Certain foods will be scarcer Friday March 12th, Set As Chowan County’s Red Cros: Fund Drive In Effort To Reach $4,200 Quota 11,081 Register In Chowan County For War Ration Book II I >754 Register In Eden ton and 3,327 Up County VOLUNTEERS HELP ; Last Opportunity Fri day to Apply For Book I To secure Book No. 11, an applicant must have Book No. I, and for the benefit of those who failed to secure the first book and therefore cannot be issued Book No. 11, the Chowa,n War Price and Ration Board will be open to the public Friday night from 8 to 10 o’clock in order to take ap plications for Book No. I. Incident ally, this will be the last opportunity to secure this ration book, so that any who do not have it should make application at the appointed time. According to figures submitted by John A. Holmes and W. J. Taylor, 11,081 War Ration Books No. II were issued in the registration held in the schools last week. Os this number 7,754 were issued in the Edenton white and colored schools and 3,327 were issued at Chowan High School and the Community Building at Cross Roads. For the registration, school teach ers again offered their services, as i well as a large number of other vol-j unteers; and after the first, day j during -.vtfreh these volunteers bet'afne accustomed to the proceedure, the work was carried out with dispatch and there was little Waiting neces sary on the part of those seeking the books, which now are absolutely! essential to purchase any kind of j food included in the rationed list. Mr. Holmes was unable to com pare his figures with those who reg istered for War Ration Book No. I, and while Mr. Taylor did not have ex act figures, he said there were fewer who registered for the point ration ing coupons than for the first book. Masonic Lecturer In Edenton This Week P. C. Stott, of Wendell, assistant grand lecturer of Masons in North Carolina, arrived in Edenton Monday to spend a week with members of Unanimity Lodge for the purpose of giving instruction. Mr. Stott, a blind man, will be delighted to work with Masons any time during the day or at night, and it is hoped many of the members of the local lodge will take advantage of his visit and meet with him for the purpose of receiving in struction. ! and prices higher. 5. If you do not | grow your own food in 1943, your family may not be properly fed. Special attention should be given to building up the organic matter of the soil. This can be accomplished by plowing under stable manure or poultry manure, leaves, grass or like material. In planning a Victory Garden, if space is available, there should be one-tenth of an acre for each member of the family on which 10 or more different kinds of vegetables are grown during the year. Every family should grow their own plants, such as tomato, pepper, cab bage and collards. Small wooden boxes, trays or shallow tubs may be used. Fertile soil taken from areas where field or vegetable crops have not -been grown should be used for this purpose. Sow seed thinly and pack the soil lightly after sowings. These seed boxes may be placed in windows or sun porches where it is warm and where the young seedlings ' will have the benefit of the sun. In Australia " Wmmm 'aomm W V. , mm JOHN E. HARRELL Information has been recently received that John E. Harrell, stationed in Australia, has been promoted to corporal. Harrell is the son of B. L. Harrell and was among the first boys to leave Chowan County for army dutjy when the local Ambulance Com pany was mustered into service. E. City Mars Hope | Os Perfect Record For L H. S. Cagers Edenton Boys Lose Only Game Friday Night ot 15 Played Edenton High School boy’s basket ball team’s hopes of hanging up a perfect record for the season were blasted Friday night when the final game on the schedule was lost to Elizabeth City by a score of 24-22. The game was played in Elizabeth City and two extra periods were j necessary to decide the winner. The game was marked by undue rough ness and as a result 22 fouls were called during the game. The Elizabeth City team held the edge at half time when the score j stood 13-9, but the Aces gradually overcame the lead and when the final i whistle blew the count was knotted at 20-20. In the extra period each team tallied two more points and at the whistle the score was again dead locked. It was then decided by the two coaches to play until the first team scored, and it was then that Elizabeth City edged out ahead. Court Officials Get | Boost In Salaries County Commissioners, However, Let Court Costs Alone With the passage of a bill by the! | General Assembly which empowers] the Cou,nty Commissioners to fix! court costs and set the- salaries of the Judge, Prosecuting Attorney and Clerk of Recorder’s Court anywhere from SSO to SIOO for the Judge and Prosecutor, and from $25 to SSO for the clerk, the Commissioners, on Monday, granted increases for the three officers. The salaries for the Judge and Prosecutor were boosted from $62.50 to $76 per month, while the clerk will receive $25 instead of S2O per month. The Commissioners, how ever, declined to alter present court costs. To warrant the salary increases, it was pointed out that more work is necessary by the officials, figures presented showing that in 1940 there were 124 cases tried with costs amounting to $504 and fines $793. In 1941 there were 124 cases tried which resulted in $585.50 in costs and $1,651 in fines. Figures jumped in 1942 to 130 cases which netted $792 in costs and $4,362.85 collected in fines. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.50 Per v ear. s> New Plan Adopted Al locates Quota For Townships CONFIDENT Inclement Weather Re duces Crowd at Mass Meeting Tuesday night outdoors was very disagreeable, and as a result only about a dozen persons attended the mass meeting called by W. J. Berry man for the purpose of planning a campaign to raise Chowan County’s quota in the Red Cross War Fund drive. Though numbers were small, interest was not lacking and machin ery was put into' motion to start the drive on Friday, March 12. Mr. Berryman presided over the meeting and asked for the election of officers, which resulted in his re election as chairman of the drive; M. F. Bond as secretary and treas urer, and J. Edwin Bufflap, public ity chairman. Mr. Berryman said it was hardly necessary to explain the purposes and the wonderful work done by the Red Cross, both in peace and war times, but he did emphasize the need of more funds this year due to the war and the increased demands made on the organization. The local chapter’s quota is $4,200, while the nation as a whole is asked to raise $125,000,000. He asked for expres | sions for the welfare of the chapter and especially the War Fund Drive, ! and it was then that several veterans *of the first World War told of the i good accomplished by the Red Cross, j who saw the organization in action. It was decided to again adopt the i system of house-to-house canvassing ! for funds, and it was also agreed I not to ask the churches or other or ! ganizations to contribute as a group ! which, it was pointed out, would tend ! to defeat the purpose of the cam | paign. In only one respect will the drive | differ from last year, when the quota ] of $2,500 was exceeded by SIOO, the : contributions amounting to $2,600. This year each township will be allo cated a quota, which was broken down by Mr. Berryman on the basis of taxable values in each township. Under this plan, the First Township will be asked to raise 63 per cent of the quota, or $2,646. The Second Township will be asked to raise $672, or 16 per cent; the Third Township ! $462 or 11 per cent, and the Fourth Township $420 or 10 per cent. Mr. Berryman went a bit further in his plan of allocating, dividing the * quotas between the white and colored people in each township. In this j breakdown the white people in the First Township are asked to raise $2,380 and the colored people $266. In the Second Township, the white ! quota will be $404 and the colored $268. In the Third Township, the quota for white people will be $393 and $69 for the colored, while in the | Fourth Township, $351 is the white (Continued on Page Five) Jimmy Partin Host To Members Lions Gub A very delightful meeting of the | Edenton Lions Club was held Mon j day night when members were enter i tained by Jimmy Partin at his home jon West Gale Street. A splendid j meal was served during the evening, when almost a 100 per cent meeting materialized. A brief business meeting followed I the dinner during which the com ; mittee appointed to secure a perma nent home for the club reported progress. The club is planning to erect a building of its own, or possi bly purchase a building which would be transformed into a home for the club. Another Blackout E. W. Spires, chairman of the Chowan County Civilian Defense Council, has been notified that another test blackout has been called for Chowan County by the blackout will be held Friday, MarcU 19, from 8:50 to 9:22 I o’clock. > T. C. Byrum, commander of the 1 local Civilian Defense Corps, 1 urges ail citizens to remember I the date and acquaint themselves with the new black-out signals.
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