hi these column* will bo
famed o fair presentation
W fami and county news
•f f moral interest.
VOLUME X.—Number 31.
Chowan Red Cross Chapter
Ms National Organization
nr An Executive Secretary
Request Made By Ex
ecutive Committee of
Local Chapter
HANDLED $7,794
Duties Rapidly Increas
ing- For Chapter’s
Workers
With duties of the Chowan County
Chapter of the Red Cross rapidly
mounting, at a meeting of the Chap
ter’s executive committee held in the
Cupola House Tuesday night an es
fort was inaugurated to secure the
services of an executive secretary
for the local Chapter. Following a
general discussion of the Chapter’s
activities, a motion was unanimously
passed to request national headquar
ters to furnish a secretary in ordei
to more efficiently handle the work,
as well as relieve heads of the
Chapter, some of whom have more
work than they can properly attend
to.
Geddes Potter, chairman of Home
Service, was called upon to explain
the increasing scope oT his duties,
during which he told those present of
the amount of time necessary to make
visits and fill out various forms.
Mrs. J. W. Davis, secretary, pre
sented a financial report of the.
Chapter, which showed that the total |
amount of funds handled during the]
year was $7,794.17, of which amount
$1,(119.91 is now on hand. Os the
$7,794.17 handled, $4,872.21 was sent
to national headquarters. The re
mainder was used for local needs
some of which were $282.17 for home
service. $20.84 for first aid. $593.81
for kit bags, and $191.72 for surgical]
dressings. j
Every member of the executive I
committee felt that because of in
creasing demands on the Red Cross,
h have been accelerated due to
m S, Marine Corps Air Station
F gh work must be done to warrant,
executive secretary, and the hope \
was expressed that national Red
cross headquarters would comply with
the request.
Those present at the meeting on
Tuesday night were Mrs. J. N.j
Pruden, Mrs. J. W. Davis, Mrs. J. E.l
Wood, Mrs. D. M. Reeves, John A.j
Jolmes, Geddes Potter, Mayor Leroy
Haskett, W. J. Berryman and J. Ed ]
win Bufflap.
Citation Is Awarded
0. B. Perry For Metal
Contributed In Drive
i
Over 40,000 Pounds Se
cured By Chowan
Motor Co.
O. B. Perry, manager of the Chow
an Motor Company, has just received
a citation from the War Production
Board, Inter-Industrv Salvage Com
mittee, Washington, D. C., for his
outstanding contributions of scrap
iron and steel which he has collected
in connection with the National Sal
vage Drive.
Mr. Perry has disposed of in ex
cess of 40,000 pounds of scrap metal
during the drive.
REV. W. C. BENSON ACCEPTS POSITION AT
HAMPTON, VA., AS DIRECTOR OF USO CLUB
Serving on Fifth Year In Edenton Methodist
Church; Very Active In Many Phases of
Edenton’s Activities
The Rev. W. C. Benson, pastor of
the Edenton Methodist Church, has
been released by Bishop Claire Pur
cel! as pastor, and on Monday as
sumed new duties as director of the
USO Club at Hampton, Virginia.
This club is under Army-Navy Y.
M. C. A. management, and serves the
service men from Langley Field, Fort
Monroe and other troop concentra
this area. During the month
Mr. Benson spent part of his
W ,i in New York City taking
S in sociology and psychology
including case work in these fields.
These courses were given at Inter
national House and Union Seminary
and were coordinated by Dr. Dimock
from Williams College.
This new position that has been
THE CHOWAN HERALD
it HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
1| Rotary Guest |
I I
fifßL... H
ROBERT W. MADRY
Edenton Rotarians will Wel
lcome Robert W. Madrey, Gover
nor of the 189th District of
Rotary International, today when
he pays his official visit to the
Edenton Rotary Club.
County’s Schools
Open For New Term
Thursday, Sept 16
j Board of Education Ap
proves Routes For
School Buses
Both white and colored schools in
the County Administrative Unit will
open Thursday, September 16, ac
cording to Superintendent W. J.
Taylor. Mr. Taylor has all teachers
employed for the term except one at
Chowan High School, and he expects
to secure this teacher before the
| opening of school.
A meeting of white teachers has
‘ been arranged by Mr. Taylor to be
] held at Chowan High School on Fri-
I day afternoon, August 13, at 3
j o’clock, at which time instructions
! will be given regarding the school
[ term. Mr. Taylor will also meet with
his bus drivers at Chowan High
1 School Saturday morning at 8 o'clock.
The Board of Education has ap
proved the bus routes as arranged by
] Mr. Taylor, which are about the
I same as last year. No new buses
have been added, but the old buses
have been put in good condition.
I
Lloyd Burton Patient
In Albemarle Hospital
Lloyd Burton, Sr., is a patient in
Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City,
where he underwent a major opera
tion Friday. Mr. Burton was suffer
ing from an aggravated hernia, and
while he was in a serious condition
for a few days early this week he
rallied and is now making satisfac
tory progress.
Due to the scarcity of private
nurses, Mrs. Burton remained con
stantly at her husband’s bedside until
Tuesday night when she returned to
Edenton to spend the night.
' taken over by Mr. Benson in no way
takes him away from contact with re
ligious work. He continues to hold
membership in the North* Carolina
i Methodist Conference, and in con
nection with his work will direct the
religious program of the club, as well
as have supervision of the entire unit.
He will be close enough to Edenton
to visit here, he hopes often, and will
probably return here several times
during the month of August to fill
the Methodist pulpit unti^-other ar
rangements can be made tto the Dis
trict Superintendent, the flev. W. 1..
Clegg, of Elizabeth City. M
Mr. Benson was preach||g in the
local church for his fifth fcnsecutive
year, and a host of frienc® regret to
see him leave. "
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August. 5, 1943.
i Fall Term Superior !
Court Scheduled To
Begin September 13
Judge C. E. Thompson
I of Elizabeth City
Will Preside
MIXED TERM
30 Jurors Drawn For
Term Monday By
Commissioners
At Monday’s meeting of the Chow
an County Commissioners, jurors
were ehosesn for the September Term
of Superior Court which will convene
Monday, September 13. Judge C. E.
Thompson, of Elizabeth City, is sche
duled to preside over the term, whicn
will include both criminal and civil
cases.
The jurors chosen to serve during
the term are as follows:
Julius L. Hardison, A. It. Chappell,
W. G. Forehand, E. Z. Evans, O. M.
i Elliott, J. H. Asbell, B. M, Hollowed,
Jr., I. L. Harrell, Willie Crummey.
C. J. Wiggins, Earl Jones, L. C. Baker,
Ellsworth Blanchard, Clyde Hollo
well, K. J. Copeland, Fermor Ward
D. H. Berryman, E. B. Boyce, Luthei
Bunch, J. J. Byrum, Earl Bunch, W.
W. Harrell, Jacob Spivey, J. H.
Cuthrell, Isaac Byrum, Thomas Har
rell, E. B. Williams, Rupert Good
win, R. K. Hollowed, Herman Lay
den, W. L. Bateman, G. H. Privott
George Bennett, R. B. Hollowed,
Junius White and Mack Gregory.
Elizabeth Copeland
>| Appointed Librarian
i For Local Library
Newcomer Took Over
i Duties on Sunday,
August 1
’ Following her appointment by the
local Library Committee, Miss Eliza
; beth Copeland, certified State librar
ian of Ahoskie, took over the work
.at the Shepard-Pruden Memorial
; Library on August Ist. She is now
' serving as librarian.
, Miss Copeland is a graduate of
. E. C. T. C., at Greenville, where she
I assisted in the college library, and
j where she received her A. B. degree.
Following her graduation at Green
ville, Miss Copeland took graduate
‘ work in library science at George
, Peabody College, in Nashville, Tenn.
j There she received her B. S. and L. S.
' degrees. She has been employed as
! High School librarian at the Rey
’ i nolds High School in Winston-Salem.
] She has also served in the High
School in her home town.
Miss Copeland resides in the home
I of Mrs. H. B. Jones.
Rupert Goodwin
j Resigns Manager
Chowan ABC Store
| Effective Friday Charles
> Parker Will Act as
Manager
Rupert Goodwin, manager of the
Chowan ABC store, has tendered his
resignation, effective Friday of this
week. Mr. Goodwin was appointed
manager when the local store was
opened the latter part of 1937, and
has served in that capacity ,ever
since. Under his managership, the
store has been efficiently operated
and the business so carried on as to
result in very little criticism.
Mr. Goodwin expects to accept a
position at the U. S. Marine Corps
■ Air Station. He has been succeeded
as manager by Charles Parker, who
has been a clerk for several years.
Walter Mills has been added as a
new clerk.
Masons Change Hour
Os Meeting Back To 8
Effective tonight (Thursday)
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A.
M., will begin its weekly meetings at
8 o’clock, instead of 8:30. The
Lodge, a few months ago, set the
meeting hour half hour later for the
i convenience of some of the members.
Work in the first degree will be
' conferred tonight and all members
are especially urged to be present.
Urgent Appeal For
Boosting Purchase
Os More War Bonds
Sales In Chowan Coun
ty Appear to Be
Lagging
crucial - period
Important Statement Is
Made By Treasury
Department
With purchases of war stamps and
bonds somewhat lagging, J. G. Cam
pen, chairman of the Chowan County
War Savings staff, is urging Chowan
County people to Stretch a point and
invest more money to carry on the
war. Because of recent encouraging
news from the various theatres of
war, Mr.'Campen is of the opinion
that too many people fail to realize
that it is a time for increasing pur
chases rather than a dropping off.
He warns agaL.st over-confidence,
and in this connection has released a
statement received from the Treas j
ury Department by C. H. Robertson, I
State Administrates
The statement follows:
“The invasion of Sicily and other
news developments from battle fronts
during the past twenty-four hours,
have provided a slogan for our third
War Gian Drive. It is ‘Back the
Attack with War Bonds.’ As any
one knows who has read a news
paper or listened to news bulletins on
the radio, the United Nations are on
the march. The first rumblings of
the big offensive are being heard in
all the Axis nations. Thousands of
our men are storming Sicily. Tons
upon tons of bombs are dropping on
Germany. We are attacking Jap-held
territory as never before. This is a
great day for us. But it means that
the time has come for us to really
tighten our belts here on the home
front. We have come to a most
crucial period in the war, and the
success that we will have on' the
fighting fronts will depend to a con
siderable extent upon the degree to
which we here at home are willing to
work and sacrifice for ultimate vic
tory. It’s going to be a costly vic
tory. We have said that before, but
we must repeat it again and again
The real war has only now begun.
Billions of dollars more must be
spent to keep the material of war
going to our mep at the fronts.
Your Government must call upon you,
the American people, for that money.
Remember it is up to all of us here
at home to back the attack and to do
it more enthusiastically, more thor
oughly and with greater sacrifice
than any attack has ever been backed
by a home front in all history.
Everything is at stake. Everyone
must help to the very limit of his
ability.”
Dozen Boy Scouts
Spending Week At
Darden Reservation
Group Scheduled to Re
turn Home Sunday
Afternoon
Exactly a dozen happy boys, mem
bers of Kdenton’s Boy Scout Troop,
left town Sunday afternoon for a!
week’s stay at Darden Reservation, ]
near Franklin. Va. The only damper
I on their enthusiasm was that Scout
master C, W. Overman was, because]
of the press of duties, unable to spend j
the week with them. In his place,]
however, the Scouts will be in charge ]
of Mike Harris, assistant Scout
master, and William Leary, senior
patrol leader.
The Scouts will remain at Darden
Reservation a week, being scheduled
to return next Sunday. The boys in
the group are: Mike Harris, William
Leary, W. J. Taylor, Jr., Bobby By
rum, J. B. Gillespie, Philip McMullan,
Jr., Hector Lupton, Jr., Roy Cayton,
Sonny Stillman, Jack Habit, Burton
Jones and Calvin Mills.
Commissioners Meet
Day Later Next Month
Due To Labor Day
Because next month’s regular meet
ing of the Chowan County Commis
sioners falls on Labor Day, Septem
ber 6, the September meeting of the
Commissioners will be held the fol
lowing day, Tuesday, September 7.
This date was agreed upon at the
August meeting of the Board held
Monday morning.
Rotary Governor Robert W.
Madry Scheduled To Visit
Edenton Rotary Club T*
j Resigns |
REV. W. C. BENSON
Preaching in the Edenton
Methodist Church on his fifth
year, the Kev. W. U. Benson has
been released by Bishop Ulaire
Purcell to accept the position of
director of the USD Club at
Hampton. Ya.
New Schedule Os
Hours At Library
New Librarian Makes
Change Announce
ment Tuesday
Effective Monday, August 9, a new
schedule of hours will be observed at
the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary. This schedule, announced on
Tuesday by Miss Elizabeth Copeland,
new librarian, will be every week-day
from 10 to 12 o’clock each morning,
and from 4 to 6 o’clock in the after
noon. The library will be open four
nights each week, Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday, from 8 to 10
o’clock.
During the month of August the
library will not be open at all on
Sunday, but beginning September 5,
the usual Sunday hours will be
observed.
Miss Copeland invites the people to
visit the library as frequently as
possible and asks all to become ac
quainted with the new schedule of
hours.
NO FIRES FOR JULY
According to Fire Chief R. K. Hall,
the Edenton Fire Department was not
called out for a single fire in Edent<*n
during July. The firemenwere called
out once, however, but the call was to
help fight a fire out-of-town.
CHOWAN AND PERQUIMANS COUNTIES ARE
NOW PLACED IN DEFENSE RENTAL AREA
No Landlord Allowed to Charge Higher Rents
Than Were Received Prior to March 1, 1942;
Registration Scheduled Friday
Both Chowan and Perquimans
Counties have been added to the Eli
zabeth City Defense Rental Area, by
order of the Office of Price Admin
istration. The order went into ef
fect Sunday, August 1. The two
counties will be under the supervision
of Thomas -J. Markham, area rent
director, who will meet any one from
the two counties in his office in the
Kramer Building, Elizabeth City, to
discuss any problems regarding rents.
Markham explained that the high
lights of the regulations are that “no
landlord can demand or receive ana
no one can offer nor solicit more
than the rents charged as of March
1, 1942, unless there has been between
that date and August 1, 1943, a
major capital improvement as distin
guished from ordinary repair and
maintenance, or there has been an
increase or a decrease in the number
of dwelling units.” He added that
he wished it understood that no land
lord can evict a tenant except as set
forth by regulations.
For the convenience of landlords
in Chowan County, Mr. Markham
was in the (jourt House from 11
o’clock to noon Wednesday, and will
again be at the Court House today
This newspaper fa drew- I
fated in the territory I
where Advertisers wUt f
realise good results. j
$1.50 Per Year.
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Office*' Directors
I -our Before
.. _gular Meeting
OFFICIAL VISIT
President R. N. Hines
Urging 100 Per Cent
Meeting
Robert W. Madrey, Governor of
the 18th District of Rotary Interna
tional, which includes 52 clubs front
High Point to Manteo in the upper
half of North Carolina, will pay his
official visit to the Edenton Rotary
Club at the meeting today (Thurs
day) in the Parish House at 1 o’clock.
The Club’s officers and directors
are asked to meet with Governor
Madrey at 12 o’clock in the Parish
House, prior to the regular meeting,
in order to plan for the year’s work,
as well as discuss Rotary matters in
general. President R. N. Hines is
therefore, very anxious that every of
ficer and director be present at that
time, and also urges every membei
of the club to attend today’s meeting
in order to register a 100 per cent
meeting with Governor Madry on
hand. Aside from meeting with the
officers and committee chairmen to
discuss matters of club administra
tion, Mr. Madry will address the club
following the luncheon.
Mr. Madry is one of 135 governors
of Rotary International who are
supervising the activities of 5,100
Rotary clubs and 205,000 Rotarians in
more than 50 countries throughout
the world.
, An active member of the Chapel
* Hill club for the last 15 years, Mr.
Madry was nominated for the District
Governorship without opposition at
the annual Conference in Rocky
Mount last April and was elected at
the 1943 convention of Rotary Inter
1. national in St. Louis in May.
j He is working overtime to take care
Hos his Rotary duties this year, for he
, j has several other jobs. His regular
job, which he has held 20 years, is
. director of the University News Bu
reau, the official news distributing
] agency of the University of North
.Carolina. He is also Mayor of
i j Chapel Hill.
In addition to these duties, he has
! been serving since April, 1942, as
State Director of Press Publicity for
. the War Finance Committee of the
■ Treasury Department, the organiza
tion that promotes the sale of war
' bonds, and for the last several years
i as State Publicity Chairman for the
Infantile Paralysis Campaign, the
Easter Seal Campaign for Crippled
Dental Society.
He served as president of the
Chapel Hill Rotary Club several years
. ago, and during his administration
Chapel Hill won the first District
Governor’s Achievement Award,, pre-
I Sented to the Club making the best
> record that year,
(Continued on Page Five)
(Thursday) at t(ie same hours.
At the request of an OPA official
out of Atlanta, Mayor Leroy Haskett
has appointed a group of ladies to
meet Wednesday for a course of in
struction and will meet again Thurs
day morning to review’ and conduct a
round-table discussion.
On Friday morning from 9 to 5
o’clock in the evening, these ladies
will be at the Armory for the pur
pose of helping and instructing land
lords in the proper registration of
property. All property rented as
homes, apartments, or even rooms,
must be registered at once.
The group w’ho will meet at the
Armory, representing the Town of
Edenton, are Miss Janie Mitchener,
Miss Louise Ward, Miss Mary Lee
Copeland, Miss Paulina Hassell, Mrs.
Margaret Dail and Mrs. Juanita B.
White.
Representing the offices of the U.
S. Marine Corps Air Station, Col.
Zebulon B. Hopkins appointed the
follow’ing: Mrs. James Haworth, Mrs.
H. A. Patterson, Mrs. Ivan Frantz,
Mrs. A. C. Ketter, Jr., Mrs. Rex
Bishop, Mrs. Henry Chace, and Mrs.
Zebulon B. Hopkins.