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Volume X.—Number 19.
Registration For Sugar Is
To Be Held In
Chowan County May 17-19
Plans Announced Early
This Week By W. J.
Taylor, Chairman
AT FOUrTpLACES
Cooperation on Part of
Citizens Is Earnestly
Requested
\V. J. Taylor, chairman of sugar
registration in Chowan County, an
nounced early this week that pre
parations are being made to hold a
registration for sugar for canning
purposes at the Chowan Woman’s
Club Building and Rocky Hock Cen
tral School building for both white
and colored in the two upper town
ships, at the Edenton white high
school for white people, and the
Edenton colored school for colored
people in the two lower townships.
The dates set for this registration
are May 17, 18 and 19 between the
hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m.
In connection with the registration
Mr. Taylor has issued the following
instructions:
1. Applicants must state names of
consumers on whose behalf the ap
plication is made, and present War
Ration Book One of each consumer. I
Applications are to be made by oner
adult member of the family for all
members of the family unit. !
2. State the number of quarts of
canned fruit possessed by the individ
ual or family unit at the time of
registration.
3. State the number of quarts of
fruit canned the preceding calendar
year, at the time of registration.
4. State the number of quarts of
fruit to be canned during the period
(March 1 through February 29, 1944)
or which the application is made.
1 5. State whether sugar is to be
used for preserving.
6. State the excess sugar supply
as of the time of registration and
any subsequent reduction therein.
Boarding Houses and other Insti
tutional users must register with the
local Rationing Board for sugar used
for canning.
The purpose of the registration is
to afford each family or person as
convenient opportunity as possible to
register for the amount of sugar
needed for canning and preserving
purposes. However, provision is al
ready made for those who need sugar
for canning and preserving straw
berries. If the sugar is needed for
these purposes before the above dates
of registration, registration may be
made with the local War Rationing
Board any day between 9 a. m., and
3 p. m.
The registration centers in the up
per townships will be manned by the
club women as volunteers. Through
the assistance of Miss Rebecca Col
well, as heretofore, it is felt that a
sufficient number will volunteer their
services so that the registration will
be satisfactory.
The school centers in the two lower
townships, as heretofore, will take
care of the registration very satis
factorily. The teachers, students and
volunteer citizens of the community
have been very faithful and they are
counted upon to render the same
faithful service on the above regis
tration dates.
The cooperation of the public is
asked by appearing at the various
registration centers between 9 a. m.,
and 5 p. m., not to wait until a few
minutes before 5 p. m., and not to
wait until the last day. Registration
will begin at 9a. m., and close
strictly at 5 p. m. f and the 19th is
the last day.
A meeting of all volunteers in the
upper two townships is being called ,
at Rocky Hock Central School at 2
p. nu, FViday, May 14, and «at 4:45
p. m., at the Chowan Woman’s Club
Building. The purpose of this meet
ing is to familiarize those who are to
help register with the registration
forms and organization.
Shore Patrol |
Mayor Leroy Haskett has been
informed by Lieutenant-Colonel
Z. C. Hopkins, commanding of
ficer of the TI- S CnrpH
Air Station, that a shore patrol
will be inaugurated in Edenton,
with headquarters in the Munici-
Building.
This patrol will begin with
four men on duty as military po
lice, and will go into effect next
Saturday night.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
I Institute Director j
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Rv
'
GLADYS E. EVANS
As disaster field representa
tive' of the eastern area for the
Red Cross, Miss Evans will con
duct a disaster preparedness in
stitute in Edenton next Thurs
day, May 20.
1
New Schedule Os
Hours For Making
Surgical Dressings
Summer Schedule Will
Go Into Effect Next
Sunday
A new schedule of summer hours
has just been announced for the local
Red Cross surgical dressing workers,
which will go into effect next Sun
day. Beginning Sunday the group
will meet from 4 to 6 o’clock, instead
of 3 to 5.' On Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday the hours will be from
10 to 12 in the morning, 4 to 6 in the]
afternoon and 8 to 10 at night.
This schedule will be in effect un
til the summer is ended and it is
hoped that the new schedule will
make it more convenient for still
more volunteers to take part in this
very important and patriotic work.
There is more work to be done than
present workers can complete in time,
so that more volunteers are greatly
needed.
Important Meeting Os
Garden Club Monday
Edenton’s Garden Club will hold a
meeting in the Municipal Building on
Monday afternoon at 5 o’clock. Mat
ters of great importance are to be
discussed, so that every member is
especially urged to be present.
St. Paul’s Auxiliary In
Final Meeting Monday
The Woman’s Auxiliary of St.
Paul’s Church will meet on Monday
afternoon, May 17, at 4 o’clock, in
the Parish House. This is the last
meeting of the year, and, instead of
the educational program, a business
meeting will be held. It is very im
portant that all members attend,
since there will not be another
meeting until September.
Doing Their Bit
Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank White,
Sr, are contributing their share
to the war effort, if boys in the
service imdan anything. Mr. and
Mrs. White have six sons in va
rious branches of the service, as
follows:
J. Frank White, Jr, Captain
State Guard unit in Edenton;
Fred F. White, stationed at
Camp Lee, Va.; Sgt. Ned M.
White, in 13th Armored Division,
at Gamp Beale, Calif.; William
A. White, in Signal Corps, at
Miami Beach, Fla.; Henry A.
White, stationed with Air Corps
at Greensboro, N. C, and Sam
uel P. White, in quartermaster
department at Indiantown Gap,
Pennsylvania.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 13,1943.
Meeting Tonight To
Perfect Organization
Os Air Warning Post
Interested Citizens Re-
I quested to Meet at
Court House
AT 8 O’CLOCK
Public Relations Officer
Scheduled to Attend
. Meeting
An important meeting will be held
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock, in
the Court House, when organization
of the local aircraft warning post
will be effected. Captain DeWitt M.
Smith, public relations officer of the
Ground Observer Corps’ regional of
fice in Norfolk, will be present at
the meeting to assist in the organiza
tion.
Sheriff J. A. Bunch, who is chief
observer of the Edenton post, as well
as C. E. Kramer, district director, in
vites all citizens in this area to be
present at the meeting in order to
perfect the organization with the
least possible loss of time.
Sheriff Bunch emphasizes the fact
that this air warning service is the
first line of civilian defense against
enemy air attack, and in fact it is
so important that the first fighter
command desires to have every ob
servation post on a 100 per cent basis
immediately.
More than a million volunteer ob
servers are now manning 12,000
posts on the Atlantic and Pacific
seaboards and it is believed that
Chowan County will hold a top place
in this service as it has done in all
other war services.
“If you desire to keep faith with i
i our boys on the battlefront,” says
. Observer Bunch, “be sure to attend,
this meeting.” There are already
about 75 who have offered their ser
| vices as observers in order to put
1 the post on a 24-hour basis, but to pre
vent any hardship on the part of any
one, in the neighborhood of 112 will
be needed. It is the purpose of both
Bunch and Kramer to have a sche
i dule so arranged that it will not be
1 necessary for any one person to
, serve more than a few hours every
• other week.
i The observation post on Hicks
1 Field is now ready for operation and
' provides as fine headquarters as will
i be found in this section. The obser
■ J vation post at Valhalla, for which
the County Commissioners agreed to
pay for material, is rapidly being con
i structed by volunteer workers in the
! neighborhood. In the meantime this
! post has not missed a single watch
i and the efficiency of the post will
, be hard to match by any other gToup
of observers.
ENTERS GENERAL HOSPITAL
Howard Jackson went to Norfolk,
Va., Wednesday to enter General
Hospital for observation and treat
ment.
Red Cross Chapter Plans
For Disaster Emergencies;
Sponsors Institute May 20
Miss Gladys Evans, Field Representative of Red
Cross Disaster Relief, Will Be In Charge of
Instructing Committee on Preparedness
Readiness for disasters resulting
from natural causes, expanding war
industry or enemy action will key
note a Disaster Preparedness and
Civilian War Aid Institute, sponsored
by the Chowan Chapter, American
Red Cross, to be held in Edenton
Thursday, May 20th.
Final plans for the institute have
been completed, according to Mrs. J.
N. Pruden, chairman of the local
chapter, who announced that Miss
Gladys E. Evans, disaster field repre
sentative for the eastern area,
American Red Cross, will conduct the
institute.
Mrs. Pruden stressed the vital im
portance of preparedness sq. ..that
prompt and adequate relief may be
administered in the event of disaster.
If you are well organized and pre
pared in advance for any emergency,
you have the jump on human misery
and suffering. Once the catastrophe
occurs, it is too late,” says Mrs.
Pruden.
The institute will provide an in
tensive review of the Red Cross
plan of disaster preparedness for
members of the local committee.
Consideration will be given not only
Mrs. West Byrum
Named Chairman
Poppy Day May 29
Asks For Renewal of
Faith In Those Who
Gave Their Lives
PLENTL FLOWERS
Arrangements In Mak
ing For Sale of Mem
orial Poppies
Poppy Day will be observed Sat
urday, May 29, with Mrs. West W.
Byrum being appointed by the Aux
iliary of Ed Bond Post to act as
chairman this year.
During the day poppies will be of
fered to everyone in Edenton by the
women of the Auxiliary, and no
price will be asked for the flowers,
the pennies of the children being just
as welcome as the dollars of the
wealthy. A poppy for every heart is
the goal.
“Faith in America with those who
have died in the nation’s service will
be pledged anew on Poppy Day,” said
Mrs. Byrum, in announcing prepara
tions for the annual distribution of
the memorial poppies. “The wearing
of a poppy is a personal pledge that
we will not break faith with those
who died, but will carry on to the
achievement of the things for which
they gave their lives.”
Contributions given to the Auxil
iary’s volunteer poppy workers will go
in their entirety to the rehabilita
tion and child welfare funds of The
American Legion and Auxiliary,
where they will help support the
Legion’s and Auxiliary’s efforts for
the disabled fighting men of both
| wars, and for the children of the
dead and disabled.
District Meeting Os
American Legion In
Hertford On Monday
Commander R. L. Pratt
Asking All Legion
naires to Attend
R. L. Pratt, commander of Ed Bond
Post of the American Legion, is call
ing upon every Legionnaire to- at
tend the district Legion meeting
which will be held in Hertford Mon
day night at 8 o’clock. Amos May
nard, of Greensboro, department
commander, is scheduled to be pres
ent, which will be a drawing card
for all ex-service men in the district.
Lloyd Griffin, a member of the lo
cal post, will take part on the pro
gram, being scheduled to make the
address of the meeting.
to the operation of the standard
Red Cross disaster set-up developed
through 61 years of experience, but
also to the details of chapter cooper
ation with the Office of Civilian De
fense and the Office of Defense,
Health, and Welfare, of which Mayor
Leßoy Haskett is chairman.
Since Clara Barton’s first relief
effort in 1881, the American Rea
Cross has given aid to sufferers in
more than 3,050 disasters and has ex
pended more than $155,000,000 in
emergency relief and rehabilitation.
More than $100,000,000 of this total
has been spent in the past 25 years.
Floods, fires, and wind storms ac
count for more than 80 per cent of
all natural disasters, Mr. Haskett
declared, pointing out that the Red
Cross must be prepared to meet a
disaster every three days.
At least one disaster every week
is to be expected in the 15 states
east of the Mississippi from Pennsyl
vania to the gulf, which now com
prises the Eastern Area. Floods and
windstorms are especially frequent,
the chairman said.
North Carolina is one of the states
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Leroy H. Haskett Succeeds
J. H. McMullan As Mayor
Edenton Effective M* 11
Be Patient |
i
Because of recent rains, grass
in Edenton has made considerable
progress and a number of inquir
ies have been made as to why
street department employees have
not started cutting grass. As
much as six months ago, the
street commissioner endeavored
to purchase a power mower to
replace a machine which was
badly worn, but due to war con
ditions a new mower could not
be purchased. The only alterna
tive was to send the worn ma
chine to Milwaukee to be rebuilt,
which was done.
Following a wire to the Mil
waukee concern, the street com
missioner was informed that the
mower had been finished and
would be shipped this week, so
that cutting grass will begin as
soon as the machine arrives. A
hand-mowing machine was pur
chased to be used temporarily,
but of course could cover only a
limited area.
W. D. Pruden Named
Chairman Os County
V-5 Naval Committee
Splendid Opportunity Is
Offered 17-Year-Old
Youths
W. D. Pruden has recently been
appointed chairman of the Chowan
County Naval Committee in connec
tion with the Naval Aviation Cadet
program, and naturally desires to get
across the information regarding the
qualifications, requirements and the
training schedule of the program,
which is known as the Navy V-5 pro
gram.
First of all, an applicant must be
17 years of age and must not have
reached his 18th birthday. He must
have a reasonable expectation of
graduation from high school by June
30, 1943, and must have a scholastic
standing in the upper half of the
male portion of the class. Boys who
are 17 and graduated from high
school any time* prior to June 30,
1943, and are currently not attending
college, or who are currently attend
ing college, are also eligible.
Assuming that an applicant quali
fies, he will be sworn in and enlisted
as an apprentice seaman, Class V-5,
USNR. He will then return home,
graduate and wait until he reaches his
18th birthday. Some will be sent to
colle t for a minimum of one year,
where they will actually be in the
Navy, receiving SSO per month, room
and board. Others will be called to
begin regular V-5 cadet training,
and will receive $75 per month, room,
board and uniform.
Masons Call Off Meeting
Tonight Due To Revival
Tonight’s Masonic meeting has
been called off by Unanimity Lodge,
No. 7, this action being taken due to
the revival meeting in progress at the
Methodist Church. The Masons will
not attend services in a body, but
all members are urged to go to
church instead of the regular lodge
meeting.
No Parking
Following insistent demands on
the part of West Eden Street
citizens for a sidewalk, which has
resulted in an investigation of
property lines by a committee
from Town Council, temporary
relief has been authorized by
Town Council by the passage of
an ordinance Tuesday night pro
hibiting any parking on West
Eden Street from Broad to Gran
ville Streets.
Signs are now being prepared
to inform drivers of automobiles
and present parking lines will be
blacked out. For violation of the
ordinance, a fine of $5 may be
imposed.
This newspaper it drew I
lated in the territory [
where Advertisers will '
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$1.50 Per Year.
Offir*- .ay Sworn
1 c * .ace By Clerk
R. E. Leary
ORGANIZE
Greater Portion of Meet
ing Spent In Execu
tive Session
Leroy Haskett, who had no opposi
tion in the Town election held last
week, succeeded Mayor J. H. Mc-
Mullan at the May meeting of Town
Council held Tuesday night. Mayor
Haskett was the first to take oath
of office, and was followed by Treas
urer W. H. Gardner; members of the
Board of Public Works, W. W. By
rum, J. H. Conger and O. Branning
Perry; Councilmen-at-large, J. Edwin
Bufflap and Jordan Yates, and the
four ward councilmen, J. Clarence
Leary, Graham Byrum, J. P. Partin
and Walter M. Wilkins.
The old Board was called into ses
sion by Mr. McMullan and after pay
ment of the month’s bills, the new
Bo„ard was sworn in and proceeded
with the current month’s business.
In relinquishing the gavel of au
thority to his successor, Mayor Mc
| Mullan had this to say:
“Members of the 229th Council of
. the Town of Edenton:
“Edenton received its first charter
in the year 1717. So this is the 228th
year of the Town’s incorporation.
I “It was my privilege to preside
1 over this body in its 189th annivers
ary, and I have noted great changes
in the problems of municipal govem
[ meat as it affects us. Then the Town
Council was composed of a Mayor and
four* Councilmen. There was no
Board of Public Works, no organized
Fire Company or Health Depart
ment. We did have an active Police
i Force, however, because there were
i 13 flourishing open bar rooms on
- Cheap Side. The total revenues of
; the Town were about $6,000 and our •
- only extraordinary expense was a
contribution of $l5O to the military
: company. We had no stock law and
i it became necessary to have the town
fenced with gates where the roads
merged with our streets, in order to
; keep the stock out. It happened that
1 our fence did not prove pig tight or
bull strong and my administration
became greatly embarrassed thereby.
Mr. E. R. Conger succeeded me as
Mayor and his daughter triumphant
ly exclaimed, ‘Papa will see that
there are no pigs in this town.’
“The members of the Council then
were W. O. Elliott, Sr., M. F. Bond,
Sr., J. R. Wheeler and Jim Howell. I
called them all ‘Mister’ because the
youngest was 20 years my senior.
My association with these seniors
was most cordial and our friendship
continued through life. My associa
tion with you gentlemen has not been
one Whit less cordial, though I am
many years the senior of any of you
City Fathers. I have served on many
governmental bodies in my life, but
I can truthfully say that I have never
been associated with a more sincere,
cooperative and efficient body of men
than those who constitute the Town
■Council, the Board of Public Works
and our administrative employees. I
cannot conclude my remarks without
paying tribute to the efficiency and
| courtesy of our administrative em
ployees, Mr. R. E. Leary, our indis
pensable Clerk, our Collector, Miss
Louise Coke, who, too, is unexcelled,
and Miss Cecelia Spivey, who is the
personification of courtesy.
“The administration of the affairs
of this town is a high and respon
sible trust and I feel grateful to our
administrative employees for the fine
service they have rendered my ad
ministration.
“It now comes my happy privilege
to surrender the gavel to my succes
sor, Mayor Haskett, and to wish him
and the 229th Council joy and fe
licity and success in the administra
tion of the great trust which is now
in their hands.”
Before Mayor McMullan left his
seat, J. Edwin Bufflap took the lib
erty to reply to the parting remarks
to say that he personally, and felt
sure he expressed the sentiments of
the remainder of the Board, wanted
to express pleasure at having served
with Mayor McMullan as well as the
other two departing members, Al
bert Byrum and David Holton, and
that while it was no reflection on the
incoming members, there was a feel
ing of regret to see the trio leave the
official family.
In taking over the reins as the
Town’s chief executive, Mayor Has
kett said he appreciated the honor
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