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Volume X. —Number 39.
Chowan Meets Its Wat Bond Quota
Identon Ladies Protest
To Removal Os Trees For
Sidewalk On Eden Street
Hearing Granted at Spe
cial Meeting of Town
Council
LARGE DELEGATION
Proposed Sidewalk Will
Prevent Cutting Down
Crepe Myrtle Trees
Town Councilmen, on Tuesday
night, were confronted with what was
no doubt the largest and most in
fluential delegation to appear before
Town Fathers in recent years. The
special meeting of Town Council was
called in order to grant a hearing to
members of the Garden Club in con
nection with the construction of a
sidewalk on the north side of Eden
Street, plans for which would have
necessitated removal of a group of
old cre ( pe myrtle trees.
Town Council, at its September
meeting, agreed to lay a concrete
sidewalk on the street and plans j
were made to begin cutting down the i
trees last Monday morning. In the i
meantime, however, some members
of the Garden Club requested a hear
ing on the matter, which was granted
and the special meeting was called
for Tuesday night. In the delega
tion were approximately 25 Edenton
ladies and a sprinkling of men who j
weie vitally interested in the pro-j
posed project.
The petition for the sidewalk in
cluded that portion of Eden Street
from the Citizens Hank to the west
ern line of Luther Ashley’s property,
"V nd Town Council agreed to con-
J truet the sidewalk in order to pro
vide relief to property owners who
now find it very difficult at times
to even get to the street and get into
their homes due to parked auto-!
mobiles. ]
The chief spokesman for the Gar
den Club delegation was Mrs. C. T.
Hollowed, who said the Club had held
a meeting during the day and after
thoroughly discussing the matter, had
agreed upon three suggestions in an
effort to provide relief and, at the
same time, save the trees. Mrs.
Hollowed admitted that the strdfet is
very narrow and that the Council
men faced a difficult proposition in
providing necessary relief, but hoped
that some satisfactory arrangement
could be made without removing the
trees. j
The first suggestion was that no I
(Continued on I‘age Six) j
Elizabeth City Firm |
Tangled With OPAj
mette Firm Faces
Charge of Violating
Ceiling Prices
Judge 1. M. leekins, of Elizabeth
City, has signed a temporary re
straining order prohibiting the Jen-,
nette .Fruit and Produce Company, of
Elizabeth City, from violation of
price ceilings following a complaint
by OPA, Theodore S. Johnson, Ita-’
leigh district director, has announced. |
The restraining order temporarily!
restrains the Jennette Fruit and
Produce Company from buying or!
selling any of their commodities at|
prices above the OPA ceilings until a |
hearing before Judge Meekins in |
Washington, N. C-, on October 4. t
At that time the defendants are or- j
dered to appear and show cause why |
a preliminary restraining order should
not be issued.
The complaint by OPA alleges that
the defendants bought and sold cab
bage, lettuce and onions at prices.
above the legal ceiling prices. One*
example cited by OPA claims that
in August the defendants sold cab
bage, which had a ceiling of $3.60
per 100 pounds to retailers and in
stitutional users for $4.50 per 100
, pounds.
The action against the Jennette
firm, Johnson said, is part of a dis
trict-wide price ceiling enforcement
campaign on foods which is now
underway in 54 Eastern North Caro
lina counties.
"filF. CHOWAN HERALD
A Jib** i NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TME INTERNET* OF ENOW AN COUMTY
| About New TiresJ
Chowan County’s War Price
and Rationing Board has been
notified that Amendment 52 be
comes effective October 1, revis-
Section 503 as to the eligibil
ity for passenger car tires.
Under this amendment, holders
of “A” gasoline hooks are the
only ones ineligibile for tires.
Anyone with gasoline allotment
from HO to 600 miles per month
is now eligible for Grade 111 tires
only. Anyone with gasoline al
lotment in excess of 601 miles
per month is eligible for Grade I
tires.
Citizens Asked To j
Entertain Service
! Men And Women
i j
f
Hospitality Committee;
Anxious For Gener- i
ous Response
Members of the L’SO Hospitality!
1 Committee are especially anxious to i
see more people joining in the move- j
meat to entertain service men and
women in their homes, especially for
Sunday dinner or at any other time
for that matter. J. G. Campen is |
chairman of this committee, having
1 as his associates Mrs. George Wood,
Mrs. G, C. Dautridge, Mrs. George
P. By rum and Fred Wood.
A comparatively few Edenton peo
• pie have thus far entertained service
men and women in their homes, and
• in each instance the young men and
women were very appreciative of the
' hospitality accorded them.
’ Those who have entertained, so far
as the Hospitality Committee has
i been able to learn, are Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
i Bachman, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Byrum,
■ Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Elliott, Mr. and
i Mrs. George P. Byrum, Mr. and Mrs.
I Wood Privott, and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Elliott. There may, how
ever, be others who have entertained
j but have not reported to Mr. Campen
i! r»r his -committee.
. Mr. Campen, as well as committee
j members, is very anxious to see more
j Edenton people join in extending
! hospitality to the service people, and
| any who Will entertain in one way or
, another are asked to contact either
: the USO Club, Mr. Campen or any
I"f the above-mentioned members of
| the Committee; It is also requested
I that any entertaining done be report
| ed so that a record can be kept.
Lions Club Working
For 100% Attendance
At Next Week’s Meet
Oscar Duncan, president of the
■ Edenton Lions Club, as well as other
' officers, is gunning for a 100 per cent
meeting next Monday night. For the
meeting T. C. Byrum will have
| charge of the program and while he
has not divulged the nature of it, he
! emphasizes the fact that it will be
■! <>f particular interest to every mem
] her, and for that reason asks for a
i perfect attendance.
| At Monday night’s meeting of the
, club Chief of Police J. R. Tanner
j was admitted as a new' member and
j was immediately placed on the club’s
i Safety Committee.
E. H. S. Meets Tarboro
On Friday Afternoon
Edenton High School’s football
team will meet Tarboro High in the
| second game on their schedule Friday
afternoon on the Edenton field. The
game is scheduled to begin at 4
o’clock.
Little is known about the visitors’
strength, but it is expected they will
present a strong outfit, so that Coach
Veners is practicing his boys hard
this week in order to put up a stiff
fight.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, September 30, 1943.
Miss Lucille Clark
! Assistant Chief Os
Air Warning Post
Interest Gradually Lag
ging In Filling
l Watches
STOVE SECURED
Appointment Stimulates
Interest In Observer
Volunteers
Os late interest has been waning in
Edenton’s Air Observation post at
Hicks Field, which is strikingly re
flected in the number of Watches fill-!
ed last week. There are eight watch
es for each day which totals 56 for !
the week, out of which number only |
19 were filled, or just about one-:
third. At the outset of the Air
Warning service and the erection of
the observation tower, practically
enough had volunteered to fill every
watch, but the number has gradually
dwindled to such an extent that un- j
less some concerted action is taken,
the program, so far as Edenton is
concerned, is a complete flop despite
! the importance of the service.
In checking up the watches, The
I Herald learned that last week five
| watches were filled Sunday, three on
| Monday, two on Tuesday, two on j
I Wednesday, two on Thursday, one on
j Friday and four on Saturday.
I Those who filled these watches j
| were the following: K. N. Floars, L.;
S. Byrum, George Hoskins, Betty
i Thigpen, Rosa Asbell, Ann McMullan,
j Carolyn McMullan, W. A. Yates,
; John Mitchener, Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
William A. Sexton, Mrs. R. L. Pratt, 1
.J- A. Curran, J. R. Byrum, S. L. 1
Moore, M. A. Hughes, A. E, Jenkins,]
j Oscar Duncan, Mrs. P. T. Owens,
| Mrs. Zell Ward, Mary Lee Copeland,
! \\ ilma Swain, Wood Privott, Eva R.
Kramer, Pattie Lou Plant, Sara Hur
dle, Hazel G. Gibbs, J. Edwin Buff lap,
Marvin Wilson, J. N. Pruden, K. L.
Spry, Jane Spry, W. J. Daniels,
Nati*n Dail, Annie H. Elliott and J.
G. Brothers.
Though participation in this im
portant service has been discourag
ing, interest has taken a decided
boost since last Saturday when Miss
Lucille Clark was appointed assistant
i hies observer and the service wos ex
plained by air warning service offi
cers in front of l-eggett & Davis
drug store. As the result of Saturday’s
efforts at least 20 persons expressed
their willingness to serve and Miss
Clark has been busy Soliciting other
volunteers in the hope that a full
(Continued on Page Five)
Revival Meeting
At Baptist Church
| Begins October 11
iThe Rev. Charles How
ard of Buies Cretfk
Will Preach
Revival meetings will be held in
the Edenton Baptist Church, begin
ning Monday, October 11, gud con
tinuing for 10 days. The preacher
for this series of meetings will be the
Rev. Charles Howard, who is pastor
of the Baptist Church at Buies Creek
as well as professor of Bible at
Campbell College.
In preparation for the revival, cot
tage prayer meetings have been ar
ranged for next week, which will be
held in the following homes at 4
o’clock in the afternoon:
Tuesday, October s—With5 —With Mrs. C.
T. Doughtie, Mrs. W. M. Wilkins,
Mrs. W. J. Berryman and Mrs. B. F.
Francis.
Wednesday, October 6—Mrs. Cam
Byrum, Mrs. R. W. Boyce, Mrs. Rus
sell Chappell and Mrs. E. J. Griffin.
Thursday, October 7—Mrs. John M.
Elliott, Mrs. H. B. Jones, Mrs. W
E. Hassell and Mrs. J. Frank White.
Friday, October B—At the church,
with the Rev. E. L. Wells leading.
Monday night, October 4 —At 8
o’clock, with Mrs. Gus Hughes and
Mrs. Kenneth Floars.
The Rev. E. L. Wells, pastor of the
church, is looking forward with much
interest to the services, and extends
a cordial invitation to everyone to
attend the prayer meetings as well
as the revival services.
Establishment Os
Restricted Areas In
Albemarle Sound
Target and Bombing 1
Activities Will Be
Carried Out
WATERS PATROLLED
Vessels' Must Obtain
Special Permission
In Area
Temporary establishment of re
stricted areas in Albemarle Sound,
pending promulgation by the Secre
! tary of the Navy, has been announced
by the United States Coa-t Guard.
The areas included will be used as
I target and bombing areas by naval
) aircraft, where live and dummy am
i munition will be used.
No vessel shall enter these re
stricted areas during hours of days
light without special permission front
the assistant captain of the port at
| Elizabeth City. The area will be pa
trolled and vessels will be warned
i not to enter. All operations will be
conducted during daylight hours, and
j these areas are open to navigation at
night. Vessels wishing to enter or;
leave Perquimans River, Little River 1
1 and Seuppernong River shall use the ;
.j areas excluded from the restricted;
areas.
“Buzzing” by plane will warn ves-j
j sels that they are in a restricted
. area and upon such warning they |
■ shall immediately leave the area.
, The restricted areas follow:
, Area One. Beginning at a point
, where the highway bridge intersects
, 1 the shore at Sandy Point; running
, I thence southerly along said highway
, j bridge 2,60® yards to the northern ;
, end of the draw in said bridge; run
, ning then 71 degrees true 25 miles to
, a point 3,200 yards due south of
. flashing green light No. One at the
, mouth of Pasquotank River; running
. thence due north 3,200 yards to *aid
, light; running thence 3,700 yards due 1
. west to the shore at Wade Point;
running thence along the northern:
. shore of Albemarle Sound to' the;
. point or place of beginning, except;
1 the following area at the mouths of
! the Perquimans and Little Rivers,
t which is excluded from this restricted
. area:
Beginning at a point on the shore i
j at Harvey Point, 1,900 yards 323 de
-5 grees true from red and black buoy
j “C” at the mouth of the Perquimans!
5 River; running thence 199 yards 143|
r degrees true to said red and black'
I buoy; running thence 100 degrees]
true 4 miles to a point 600 yards;
155 degrees true from Reed Point]
j Light; running thence 55 degrees
true 5350 yards to a point 600 yards
I 110 degrees true from red and black
j buoy “S” at the mouth of Little
| River; running thence 344 degrees
J true 3,700 yards to the shore at Mill
I Point (said point where a highway
II intersects the shoreline); running
J i thence westerly along the northern
| shore of Albemarle Sound to the
j point or place of beginning.
,1 Area Two—Beginning at a point on
the southern shore of Albemarle
Sound at Laurel Point 2,300 yards)
195 degrees true from Laurel Point 1
Light; running thence 2,300 yards 151
t degrees true to Laurel Point Light;
1 l'injiihg thence 81 degrees true 15.7!
mi>k to a point 6.400 yards due]
north 1 of Laurel Point; running thence,
r 6,400 y*rds due south to Lewis Point; j
' running 'hence westerly along the]
" southern drore of Albemarle Sound)
‘ to the point* or place of beginning, •
" except the following areas:
The area sotfh of a line drawn]
from 83 degrees true through iwioy
■]“S2” at the mouth- of Deep Cre«k |
• i channel, and an ares 300 yards on
either side of a line' drawn due
, north from flashing white light at
• j the entrance at Seuppernong Channel
’ |to the northern edge of the restricted
■ area are excluded from the above
stated restricted area.
i
Changre In Hours For
’ Surgical Dressing: Class
For the convenience of workers;-
• Mrs. W. H. Coffield, surgical dress
, ings chairman of the Chowan County
Red Cross Chapter, announces a
? change in the hour for making dress-
I ings each Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday afternoons. The new hours
' will be from 3to 5 o’clock, instead
i of from 4to 6.
i All workers are urged to notice
) the change, and Mrs. Coffield says
I there is still need for more volun
teers for this wort 1
At Only Half Way Mark
Monday Afternoon, Over
$200,000 Sold In 2 Days
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Trash Collection
Published To Aid
In Cleaner Town
Schedule Reprinted For
Consideration of Citi
zens In Edenton
Following up last Week's appeal by ]
Mayor Leroy Haskett for more coop-’
oration In maintaining a cleaner
town. The Herald this week, again
publishes the schedule of trash col
lection in the hope that it will be oT
benefit to merchants and housewives
in putting out trash and garbage for]
collection. The Street Department,]
as far as possible, makes daily col-j
lections all over town except Thurs
days and Saturdays. Early Thursday,
morning the town is swept, which
consumes much more time in collect-,
ing trash, so that on that day collec
tions are made first on paved streets
and the usual schedule followed as
far as possible until 5 p. m.
On Saturdays collections are made
from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., with another
collection made at 11 p. m., in the
business district.
The schedule, as near as can be
carried out, follows:
Beginning in the business section
at 8 am„ then starting on the west
I side at Church and Broad Streets,
] taking in .Queen, Eden, King, Water,
Granville t£X Carteret, Blount and
Mosley, whii'h usually lasts until
j about 10:30.
East side collections begin imme
diately thereafter at King and Broad
Streets, taking in King Street, Cotton
Mill Village, Church, Queen, Eden,
Water, Court and Oakum Streets to
Church. - _ —at
At 1 p.- ill., collections beghi ht
Gale and Oakimi, going the entire
length of Gale. Albemarle, Carteret,
Freemason, Peterson and Hicks
Streets, Oalcum from Chiifeh to col
ored school, Gtfan'vUle from Carteret
to Virginia Road a-ld North Edenton.
Citizeiir are urged to study this
schedule a-xd if they desire to co
operate can He of no little assistance
in helping to make EdVnton a cleaner
| and more attractive
Writ. Leary ftuflfers
Broken Le£. While
N Practicing- Football
j WiJlihim I-eary, one of the Meiuvirt
I High Scixool football recruits, haPdhe
I misfortbw* to have a leg brof^b 1
while practicing last week. The ac
sident occurred when another boy fell
u;v>n him, the? leg being broken near
the ankle. Leary was a new but
prom 'Sing Candidate for the squad
and had- taken part in practice only
twice before he was injured.
Public Health Group
Meets October 25-26
The North Carolina Public Health
Association will hold its annual
meeting in Raleigh oh 1 Gttober 25 and
26, xyith headquarters at Sir Walter
Hotel.
The registration desk wifi open at
10 a. m., Monday and the' first meet
ing will begin at 2 p. m., shbrp. There
will be a supper meeting at 8 p. m.,
when the guest speaker wilY be Dr.
James K. Hall, psychiatrist, director
of the Westbrook Sanatorium, Rich
mond, Va.
This newspaper it circu
lated In tie territory
$1.50 Per Year.
Business Men Called In
To Face Discourag
ing Situation
quiciTaction
Sales of Bonds Reach
$425,i25 Wednesday
Afternoon
Chowan County went over the
top in its Third War Loan quota
late Tuesday afternoon, when
I). M. Warren, president of the
Bank of Edenton, notified J. G.
Campen, chairman of the County
War Finance Committee, that
sales amounted to $417,280. The
county's quota in the drive was
$417,000. and since going over
the top sales up to Wednesday
noon totaled $425,125.
With Chowan County, early this
week, scarcely over the half-way
mark in the Third War Loan quota,
no little concern was evidenced by J.
G. Campen, chairman of the County
War finahCS Committee; 1), M War
ren and W. H. Gardner, efhrt
bers of the committee. As the situa
tion stood, it was Very apparent that
Chowan County would fail to meet its
quota, which fact called for imrae
: diate* action if the county was to
■ maintain its record in previous war
I loan drives and be able to line up
* vvith neighboring counties
! Swift action was taken, and as a
result, Chowan again met its quota
Which for the Third War Ixian is
; S4I7,(MKi.
I Up to Monday, sale of bonds in
the county totaled something like
1 $215,000, or a little over half of the
I quota. It was a discouraging situa
tion, so that a group of prominent
i business men were contacted by tele
-1 phone and asked to meet in the direc-
I tors’ room at the Bank ?f Edenton at
. 2 o’clock. The purpose of the meeting
j was not divulged, but when all had
arrived, D. M. Warren painted a very
] discouraging word picture of the
; county’s showing in the drive when
! other nearby counties were either fast
approaching or had already met their
quotas.
“Chowan County has over 600
young men and women in the service,”
said Mr. Warren, “and we cannot af
ford to allow a large number of these
young people to read in The Chowan
Herald that vve failed to meet our
I quota, the money for which goes to
! properly equip our fighting forces and
j hasten the day of victory. Many of
1 these boys and girls, both, in this
]< country ami overseas, read The Her-'
_ j aid, ami fro in information 1 ha\-e re
(reived, they read practically every
word in it.
“We have never failed in a war
bond drive, and only in one instance
has the county fallen short for its
month’s war bond quota, that being a
month when tlm quota was boosted
(Continued on Page Five)
PTA Holds First
- —«...—> 'fr"' '
, Meeting Os Year'
Tuesday, October F
Spe4al Invitation Ex
tended to Parents
To Be Present
The Edenton Parent-Teacher As
sociation will hold its first meeting
of the year next Tuesday, October 5,
at 3:30 p. m., in the High School
library. A large attendance is urg
ed. for plans for the year will be dis
cussed. It is hoped that all parents
and other interested people will avail
themselves of this opportunity to
meet others for the good of the
school and community.
A special invitation is extended to
all parents who have recently moved
to Edenton, and to those who have
children entering school for the first
time.