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Volume X.—Number 40.
24-Hour Watches !
Discontinued By
: 'far Department
Order Went Into Effect
Tuesday at Observa
tion Posts
KEPT INTACT
Miss Lucille Clark Very
Successful In Reviv
ing Interest
Though Miss Lucille Clark, as as
sistant chief observer of the Kdenton
Air Warning Observation Post, has
•lone a splendid job since her appoint
ment, the War Department early this
week abandoned the policy of 24-
hour service. After the action was
announced over the radio Monday
night, C. K. Kramer, area supervisor,
on Tuesday morning received the
following telegram from Glenn O.
Barcus, brigadier general of the U.
S. Army, commanding the First
Fighter Command:
"This ik to inform you that the
War Department has determined that
until further notice, 24-hour contin
uous operation of all army air forces
ground observer corps observation
posts be discontinued. Upon receipt
of this telegram reporting should
cease immediately. The War Depart
ment has further directed that the
ground observer corps organization
be held intact and operated at infer-!
vals so that it can be fully reaetiv- ■
ated at any time.
“It is, therefore, directed that the!
observation posts now operating be
manned each Wednesday from 1 p. m.
to 5 p. m., Eastern War Time, com- j
mencing on Wednesday, October Id.
This wire is being sent district direc
tors, CM A area supervisors and chief
observers. Detailed instructions fol-j
low by letter.”
It is interesting to note that since i
Miss Clark assumed her duties as as-|
sistant chief observer, the number of
•atches filled last week jumped from
nit of the 56, as compared with
Id watches filled the previous
k. Last week, after Miss Clark
■>ent to no little trouble to enlist
volunteers, the number of those who
watched was 65 compared with 36 on
duty the previous week.
Those who served on the various
watches were: Lyii S. Byrum, K. X.
h Soars, Gordon Blow, George Hos
kins, Jimmie Partin, Jackie Layton,'
Joyce Moore, W. ,1. Yates, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Sexton, Thurman Harris,
Emma Blanche Warren, Louise -Afar--!
gan, Mrs. R. L. Pratt, J. R. Byrum,
.1. A. Curran, Ruth Goodwin, Rae
Martin, M. A. Hughes, A. E. Jenkins,;
Oscar Duncan, Martha Conger, Betsy
Goodwin, Virginia Johnson, Mary Lee
Copeland, Wilma Swain, 0. B. Perry,
Wood Privott, John Cleary, Sammy 1
Ross, Donald Vincent,. Henry F. Gur
ley, Jr., Elton Boswell, Mrs. C. E. 1
Kramer, Mrs. D. M. Warren, Lucille 1
Skinner, Mary J. Byrd, Emily Smith-!
wick, Mrs. C. P. Wales, Sara Hurdle,
Mrs. Jimmie Gibbs, J. Edwin JJufflap.!
Abe Martin, Mrs. R. A. Hollowell, I
Maude Miller, Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Hollowell, Frank Holmes, R. X.
Hines, M. P. Wilson, J. N. Pruden, R.
L. Spry. Jane Spry, Leon Leary,
Wm. Hassell, Jesse Williams, Philip!
McMullan, Johnny Thigpen, Nelle!
Perry, Mary Eliza White, Thurman]
Daughtridge, Xathan D.ail, W. J.
Daniels, Jim Wood and West Learv. I
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Edenton High School
Resumes Old Schedule
Edenton High School, which has
been on short schedule for three
weeks, will resume the usual sche
dule next Monday, when school will
be in session from 8:35 a", m. to 12:30
and from 1:15 to 3:05.
The short schedule was put into
effect in order to cooperate in har
vesting the cotton crop, many of the
children picking cotton after the
short schedule when school was dis
missed at 1 o’clock.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
T OME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TMK INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
WOODSMEN TAKE FLEDGE TO CUT MORE PULPWOOD
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Sale Os Beer And
Wine Banned Over
Week-end In County
! County Commissioners
Follow Suit of Town
Council
IN EFFECT NOV. 1
Reduction In Arrests
Noticed Since Ban
In Edenton
According to action taken by the
Chowan County Commissioners in
monthly session Monday morning,
the sale of beer and wine will be pro
hibited within the borders of the
county from 11:30 every Saturday
night until 7 o’clock Monday morning.
The order will go into effect on
Monday, November 1, and in the
meantime, Sheriff J, A. Bunch was
! ordered to notify all establishments
I selling the beverages of the action
taken and to see to it that the provi
sions of the order are carried out.
The Commissioners passed the re
solution at the request of a commit
! tee from Town Council Composed of
W. M. Wilkins and J. Edwin Bufflap.
Town Council, at its August meeting,
placed a ban on the sale of beer and
1 wine between the above-named hours,
which action was prompted in the
belief that it woiftd reduce drunken
ness over the week-ends. That it has
had the desired effect is reflected in
: a report by Chief of Police J. R.
| Tanner, showing that in July there
: were 34 arrests for drunkenness,
while in August the arrests dropped
to 11. There were 13 arrests made
for assaults in July as compared with
i 6 in August, Five were arrested for
j affrays in July with no arrests made
in August. During July there were
I six arrests made for disorderly con
duct, while in August the number
dropped to two.
dropped to two. Chief of Police
Tanner also reports that only one
arrest has been made by Edenton
police on Sunday in the past seven
Sundays.
Since the ban went into effect in
Edenton, some complaint has been
registered on the part of Edenton
dealers, who contend that they have
been discriminated against in that
beer and wine could bp, purchased
outside the city limits. It was due
in part to this complaint, but more
particularly to prevent the establish
ment of small “joints” just outside
the city limits which prompted the
appointment of the committee from
Town Council to ask the Commis
sioners to follow suit.
The right of towns and cities to
regulate the hours above stipulated
was granted by the last session of the
General Assembly.
College Alumni Asked
Contact Mrs. Haskett
Though the purpose is mope or less
of a secret, all alumni of Buies Creek
Academy or Campbell College are re
quested to contact Mrs. Leroy Haskett
’this week. Quite a few of the alum
ni are known, but it is believed there
are others in town, so that will be
to their benefit to get in touch with
Mrs. Haskett. w
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 7, 1943.
| Stores Open |
Mrs. Hazel Gibbs, secretary of
the Edenton Merchants Ass4>cia
tion, announced Tuesday after
i noon that effective next Tuesday,
j October 12, Edenton stores will
remain open each Tuesday night,
i This action was taken for the
benefit of the service boys and
girls located near Edenton, who
have liberty and arrive in town
too late to do any shopping when
stores close at the usual hour.
Mrs. R. F. Elliott
Aids In Enlistment
: Os Recruits In Wac
k
Appointed By E. W.
; Spires, Civilian De
fense Chairman
' A concerted campaign to increase
1 the enlistment of young women in the
L omen’s > Army Corps throughout
j Carolina is now under way and
" | will continue to Decmber 7. As the
' | result of plans set in motion by R.
E .I- McMillan, State director of the
• Office of Civilian Defense, and Mrs.
Walter G. Craven, State director of i
1 j the Service Corps of Civilian Defense,
> -Mis. R. h. Elliott has been appointed
- j chairman of the recruitment coni-
I mittee of W ACS in Chowan County
• by E. W. Spires, chairman of the
1 Chowan County Civilian Defense
• Council,
Mrs. Elliott will organize a com-]
> mittee in an effort to secure WAC en-!
listments and will report her activi
! ties to Lieutenant Lucy Q. Page, who!
‘ 'f on Governor J. M. Broughton’s]
at Raleigh working through
- Civilian defense. Headquarters dur
ing the all-out campaign will be
A maintained in OCD offices in Raleigh ;
bj Lieut. Page, who is serving asi
liason officer between the Governor, 1
OCD and the WAGS. |
’ General George C. Marshall. C si
1 Army Chief of Staff, in a message'
1 to Governor Broughton, explained,
the Women’s Army Corps is in urgent
1 need of more recruits to replace sol
-1 aiers needed for combat service, and
‘ asked the aid of all North Carolinians
in fostering interest in the WACS
I am °ng eligible young women.
Schools In County j
Change Schedule!
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Colored Schools Reopen!
Monday After Being
Closed Month
W'. J. Taylor, superintendent of thei
Chowan County school unit, has an- 1
nounced that Negro schools in his
unit will reopen October 11, after
having been closed for a month on
account of cotton picking. The short
schedule will be continued from 8 j
a. ra. to 1 p. m., to October 18.
The white schools, Chowan High
and Rocky Hock Central, will go oil
the long schedule from 9 a. m. to 3:30
p. m., on October 18.
Registration For
New Liquor Book |
Begins Oct. 11th
Hours to Register 10
A. M. to 5 P. M. Until
November 30
AT COURT HOUSE
Rules Stricter to Secure
Sales Permit Book
Number 2
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l ( Members of the Chowan County
i ABC Hoard met Tuesday afternoon, •
| at which time plans were perfected j
I for the issuance of sales permit book
N«>. 2, which will be necessary to pur- J
' ; chase whiskey after December T.j
■; I’resent books will be usuable until'
1 November 30. \
In Chowan County any person'
| eligible to secure the sales permit.
- book must register at the Court
! I House, where the registration will be- 1
gin next Monday, October 11 \] and I
| continue through November 3®. The |
' hours for registration will lift, every
week-day from 10 a. m. to S? p. m.
Members of the local board are very
anxious that those who desire the
i permit book register as early as
possible and not wait until the last j
' minute. They also warn that there!
will be no books issued during De- ]
cember and by waiting too long may '
result in failure to receive the book.
Provisions of the registration vary
jin some respects to those of the first j
j registration. For instance, every ap
j plicant will be obliged to identify
himself or herself by presenting the
\\ at Ration Book No. 3,. and these
I ration books shall show full identifi
cations including age, sex, weight,
occupation and signature. In this
registration sales permit books Will
' be issued only to an applicant in the
' county in which he or she resides.)
I No books will be issued to a non-1
| resident, if the applicant resides in
j one of the other ABC counties. Such,
I persons must make application in j
t their home county.
It will also he required that per- 1
sons living in non-ABC counties make I
application only in their nearest ABCj
Count). No permit books will De
i issued to any service man located in
1 any military camp in any county east
|of Durham or Moore counties. Ar
| rangemeuts have been made with the
| commanding officers of all camps
j located in control counties for the
| issuance of books to the men under
i their command.
j Ail sales permit books which have
i been intentionally tampered with,
such as binding being removed and
coupons from other books placed
j therein shall be taken up and the
I holder thereof shall be denied the
privilege of re-registering.
ENTERS HOSPITAL
1 Mrs. Earl G. Harwell is leaving to-!
day (Thursday) for Norfolk, Va., >
where she will be confined for several j
days after undergoing an operation. I
MASONS TO MEET
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A„ F. &j
A. M., will Hold its regular meeting
tonight (Thursday). There will be!
work in the second degree and all ]
members are urged to attend.
11Important Meeting!
Every citizen is urged to attend I
the annual meeting of the Chow- |
an Chapter of (lie .National Foun
dation of Infantile Paralysis
which will be held on Thursday
night, October 14, at 8 o’clock, in
the Court House. ■>
Father Francis J. McC'ourt is J
chairman of the local chapter and
he is especially anxious to have a
large attendance, due especially
to the fact that new officers are
to be elected.
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Fourth War Ration [i
Book Will Be Issued
Latter Part October.
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Schools Again Called J
Upon To Aid In t
Distribution ;
t
Y\ ar Ration Book Four, which will j
; last approximately two years, will be
| iS.-uvd to more than 120,000,000 per- •
| sons through schoolhoUse distribu- i
j lions' during the last ten days of 1
October, the Office of Price Admin- i
istration has announced. i
Time and places where the public t
may obtain the new ration book will t
be announced locally as Regional <
OPA offices .'complete arrangements :
for its distribution. The book will be i
used early in Xovember. i
"We have called on the schools '•
again to distribute this ration book,” 1 ;
OPA officials said, “because there :
was not enongh time between com
pletion of mailing Book Three and ■ i
the date when Book Four will be used :
to organize the necessary facilities to ;
handle applications by mail. Their ;
ability to do the job quickly arid of-; 1
ficiently, arid their willingness to ■;
; undertake the tremendous responsi- ■
■ hility involved in distribution of ra
tion books has been proved- in the.
1 Past.
“lip to this time." OPA said, "we'
J have had. to issue a new ration book
j every four or five:months. As one
; book has come off the presses, the
next one in the series has had to go
' | into production. We have now work
led out a plan, however, which will
■ make War Ration Book Four last at
| least 96 weeks."
■j Mar Ration Book Four combines
point and unit stamps. It has eight
j pages containing a total of 384
l j stamps, printed on safety paper in
;| blue, red, green and black inks.
'lhere are 96 unit stamps printed
jin black irik. Tho word "Spare" ap
; pears on 72 of these stamps, which
j can be used in case additional ration
currency is needed for any of the
programs. 1 waive of the stamps
have the Word "sugar” printed on
them, and an equal number are desig
-1 nated for coffee.which is no longer
.rationed. Xow that coffee rationing
-1 has been suspended and ration
i stamps are not required to buy it,
' this strip of 12 coupons also can lie
used as spare stamps.
The front cover of the new ration
| book has spaces for the name and
I address of the person to whom the
book is issued, and the following cer- r
I tificatipn appears above the. space
provided for the signature: “In ac
cepting this book, I recognize that it
remains the property of the United j
States Government. I will use it only
in the manner and for the purpose
authorized by the Office of Price
| Administration.” .
! Two Episcopalians At
General Convention
Held In Cleveland
I The Rev. Lewis F. Schenek, rector!
of St. Paul’s Church, and «J. A. Moore !
are attending the General Conveir-j
tion of the Episcopal Church being!
held in Cleveland, Ohio, from Octo- -
her 2 to 11.
1 n the absence of the Rev. Mr.
Schenck services will be conducted
next Sunday by E. A. Swain, and the
following -Sunday the Rev. A. J.
Mackie, of Belhaven, will read morn
ing prayer and preach.
Blue Ridge Buddies
Entertain Tonight
Tonight (Thursday) the Blue Ridge -
Buddies, radio entertainers from I
radio station WCNC at Elizabeth
I City, will appear in person in the
I High School auditorium. The enter
! tainment will begin at 8:30 o’clock,
J instead of 8 o’clock, as previously an
:: nounced. The radio team comes to
j Edenton under the sponsorship of the
s Belle Bennett Circle of the Metho-
I dist Church, and a large crowd is'
I anticipated. t
This newspaper is drew I
Utad In the territory j
where Advertisers wdt I
reaAee good restske. t
$1.50 Per Year
Portrait Os Duke Os
Albemarle Presented
To County Monday
Interesting Program Is
Arranged For Unique
Occasion
PUBLIC INVITED
Picture of George Monk
Is Gift of John and
Inglis Fletcher
What is looked forward to with
a great ileal of interest on the part
of many Kdentoniahs is the presen
tation of the portrait of George
Monk, Duke of Albemarle, which wit!
take place in the Assembly Room of
the Chowan County Court House next
Monday morning, October 11, at 11
o’clock. The portrait is a gift of
John and Inglis Fletcher and was
painted by a sister of Mr. Fletcher.
The portrait will hang in the As
sembly Room which has just been
renovated. The walls and ceiling
have received a new coat of paint as
near the original color as it was
possible to determine. The floor of
the room has also been repaired and
treated, so that the entire room takes
on an historical air and has greatly
added to the attractiveness of the
room. The work was done under
direction of the Chowan County
Commissioners and was in charge of
a group of people desginated the As
sembly Room Committee.
In connection with the presenta
tion of the portrait by the Fletchers,
invitations have been extended to a
number of out-of-town friends, Mr.
and Mrs. Fletcher, now at Wilming
ton, X. C., are expected to be present
for the affair, and a note of delight
was sounded Tuesday: afternoon when
it was learned that Dr. C. C. Critten
den, secretary of the North Carolina
Historical Commission, will also be
' present.
While no invitations have been ex
tended locally, the public is cordially
invited to be present for the presen
tation and the interesting program
which has been arranged for the
occasion.
United War Fund
Drive Committee
Will Meet Friday
Conger Calls Group to
Discuss Plans For
Raising $6,000
With only tentative plans made for
the L nited War Fund drive in Chowan
County, J. H. Conger, chairman, has
called a meeting of the executive com
mittee to be held Friday night at 8
o’clock, in the Municipal Building, at
which time a definite date for the
drive will be decided upon and other
arrangements completed to raise the
comity’s quota of $6,000.
The drive is nation-wide and is
1 scheduled to begin about the middle
of the month, although the various
committees have the privilege of set
ting the dates and the length of the
| campaign. It is Mr. Conger’s pur-
I pose to wind up the drive in about
two weeks, and he feels certain that
; the quota will be reached. Though no
j solicitations have been made, it is
i understood that already a substantial
| amount has been promised during the
I drive.
j The object of this drive is to raise
j funds for the following purposes:
i-USO., United iSeamen’s Service, War
j Prisoners Aid, Belgian War Relief
: Society, British War Relief Society,
French Relief Fund, Friends of Lux
embourg, Greek War Relief Associa
tion, Norwegian Relief, Polish War
Relief, Queen Wilhelmina Fund, Rus-
I sian War Relief, United China Relief,
United Czechoslovak Relief, United
Yugoslav Relief Fund, Refugee Relief
Trustees, t nited States Committee
for the Care of European Children,
and the local Boy Scouts.
By having one drive for funds
there will be no duplication of effort
and annoyance on the part of those
I solicited. The drive includes prac
tically every need for funds except
for the Red Cross, which will be a
separate drive.
Mr. Conger requests that every
member of his committee be present
at Friday night’s meeting so that all
details of the drive can be ironed out
and made ready for the solicitation
’ on the date set.
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