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Rictard L Player
Buys Morris Land
For Housing Project
Deed Executed For Over
12 Acres Late Last
Week
PRICE SIO,OOO
Expected That Work
Will Begin Soon After
January 1
Though practically nothing has
been heard relative to the Edenton
housing project for several weeks, it
is encouraging to learn that a deed
was executed late last week for the
purchase of part of the S. E. Morris
farm by Richard L. Player of Fay
etteville, contractor for Federal
housing projects.
The deed calls for over 12 acres of
the Morris farm along the Virginia
highway, the plot being back of the
several attractive homes now located'
just a short distance from Broad {
street. ,
Though the deed stipulates that
Mr. Player paid “SIOO and other valu- ,
able considerations” for the land, the ,
stamp on the deed indicates that the
price paid by the Fayetteville con- j
tractor was approximately SIO,OOO. ]
Though The Herald could not learn
, anything definite as to when the pro
' ject will be started, it is understood
that Mr. Player is hopeful of getting
actual work started shortly after
January 1.
Purchase of the Morris property is
reason for much encouragement on
the part of many in JJdenton who
azw anxious to see some relief in the
housing situation. A few months ago
the project was apparently on the
road to realization when suddenly
the proposed site on the Blades prop
erty in North Edenton was opposed
by housing authorities.
Mrs. Sarah S. Bunch
Pneumonia Victim
Beloved Rocky Hock
Lady Passes Away on
Christmas Morning
Mrs. Sarah S. Bunch died at her
home in the Rocky Hock section at
4 o’clock Saturday morning following
an illness of less than a week. She
became ill Monday of last week and
passed away on Christmas morning
after pneumonia developed.
Mrs. Bunch was 76 years old and
had the distinction of being the old
est member of Evans Methodist
Church, where she was a faithful :
member. She was a woman of
splendid character, and was known. .
and .loved throughout the county for
her kindly and charitable disposition.
She was a public school teacher for
about 30 years, having taught in
Gates, Perquimans and Chowan
counties.
„ Mrs. Bunch was born in Gates
County, but had been a resident of
Chowan County for approximately 50
years. She was twice married, her
first husband being Richardson
Bunch, for many years a County
Commissioner, and after his death
married his brother, Lemuel R. Bunch,
also deceased.
. > Surviving are three daughters,
■. Mrs. R. W. Stokley and Mrs. T. R.
Tynch of Edenton and Mrs. Ambrose
Cartwright of Norfolk Two grand
sons, Richardson B. Cartwright, in
the U. S. Army, and Julian Cart
wright of Norfolk, also survive.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at Evans Methodist Church
with the pastor; the Rev. Arthur
Stephenson, officiating. Interment
was made in the family cemetery.
. Pallbearers were J. P. Perry, El
bert Peele, William Dail, Jack Bass,
Eddie Nixon end Reuben Nixon. ■
Dick Badham Graduates
From U. S. Naval School
Naval Aviation Cadet Richard
Paxton Badham, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. P. Badham, was among a
group graduated from the U. S.
Naval Flight Preparatory School at
Williams College, Williamstown,
Young Badham graduated from
Porter Military Academy, Charles
ton, S. C., in 1942, and later attend
ed the University of North Carolina.
While at Porter he was awarded let
ters in football, wrestling, track and
fijSternitjr and has a cousin, Lieut.
W. B. Biggs, in the paratrooper,. |
THE CHOWAN HERAT JQ
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Unpopular j
According to Qhifef of Police J.
R. Tanner, little progress is be
ing made by Miiss Louise Coke,
Town Tax Collector, in the mat
ter of selling the cisy automobile
license tags.
These tags must be displayed
by January 1, and the police
plan a thorough check on cars on
which licenses must be displayed,
so thaltl owners are warned to
purchase and display the tags at
once. They are required to be
displayed on the rear of the car
and not on the front.
Ralph J. W. Hobbs
Among Graduates
School Os Medicine
One of 31 to Receive De
gree at Wake Forest
College
Ralph J. W. Hobbs, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. T. Hobbs, was among the 31
graduates of the newly formed Bow
man Gray School of Medicine at
Wake Forest College to receive the
degree of Doctor of Medicine on De
cember 20.
Dr. Hobbs received his A.B. degree
from the University of North Caro
lina in the spring of 1940, after
which he entered the Wake Forest
College School of Medicine, at that
time a two-year medical school.
After the Bowman Gray Foundation
permitted the building of a new four
year medical school at Winston-
Salem in 1940, he continued in the
newly formed institution to complete
his four-year course.
Dr. Hobbs is the youngest of a
group of four brothers and the third
to enter upon a humanitarian pro
fession, his brothers being Dr. J.
Frank Hobbs of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
a practicing surgeon and surgeon
in-chief of orthopedics at the Bar
roness Earlonger Hospital; Glenn
Hobbs of Elizabeth City, and Dr.
Lloyd L. Hobbs of Blacksburg, Va.,
is a practicing dentist, and,den
tal surgeon for an army specialized
training unit at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute.
Dr. Ralph Hobbs is a member of i
Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, a past|
treasurer of Phi Chi; past secretary!
of the Bowman Gray School of Medi- j
cine and a former member of the j
Honor Council and Dance Committee. I
He will .begin his interneship in the
Barroness Earlonger Hospital at
Chattanooga, Tenn., on January 1,
after spending the Christmas holi
days with his parents. j
Mrs. C. D. Hollowell
Dies Os Pneumonia:
Funeral services were Weld Friday'
afternoon for Mrs. C. D. Hollowell,
who died at her home near Cross
Roads on Wednesday night of last
week. -Mrs. Hollowell was 59 years
old and succumbed as the result of j
pneumonia, following an illness of 10 j
days.
The services were conducted in!
Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church, with
the pastor, the Rev. John T. Byrum,
officiating. She is survived by herj
husband and several children.
Active pall-bearers were: Herbert j
Ward, Frank Ward, Henry Ward,!
William Reed, Thomas Berryman
and William Byrum. )
Honorary pallbearers were: Nor-j
man Hollowell, Bertram Hollowell, j
Fred White, Nearest Jordan, Ralph
Hollowell, Isaac Jordan, Ray Hollo
well, A. S. Bush, John Hobbs, John
Dave Hobbs, T. C. Byrum, 0. C.
Ward, J. P. Byrum, Alma Byrum, E.
L. Belch, E. N. Elliott, Carey Hollo
well, Tommy Hollowell, Baker Hollo
well, Joe Byrum, OliveT Jordan, H.
I. Ward, Llewellyn Ward, Tim Jes
sup and Kenneth Copeland.
AUXILIARY MEETS MONDAY
The Woman’s Auxiliary of St.
Paul’s Church will meet Monday af
ternoon, January 3, at the Parish
House at 4 o’clock. All members are
especially urged to attend.
MRS. HOWARD JACKSON ILL
Mrs. Howard C. Jackson is con
fined to her bed at fen* home on
South Mosely Street With a Severe
attack of arthritis. Her beauty par
lor, however, is open., for the con
venience of the public, being in charge
of two skillful operators, Margaret
Francis and Ruth Spruill.
ROT ARLANS MEET TODAY
Rotarians will meet'as usual today
(Thursday) in the Parish House at
1 o’clock. Because of the Christmas
holidays, the meeting last week was
called off, so that President R. N.
• Hines is urging a lit per cent a^
1 tendance today to start off the new
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_Jgdenton, Chowan Carolina, Thursday, December 30, 1943.
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Is the Sincere Wish of
' The Herald Staff to All Its
Readers and Advertisers
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Clegg Preaches At
Methodist Church
On Sunday Night
First Quarterly Confer- 1
ence Will Be Held
After Service
At 7:30 o’clock next Sunday night
in the Methodist Church, the Rev. 1
W. L. Clegg, of Elizabeth City, dis- 1
trict superintendent, will preach.
Immediately after the service, Mr. 1
Clegg will conduct the first quarterly j.
conference of the Edenton-Windsor 1
charge.
The regular worship service will be
held in the church Sunday morning \
at 11 o’clock, when the pastor, the i
Rev. H. Freo Surratt, will observe ,
Covenant Sunday, the theme of the ■,
service being “The Power of God In ;
the World.”
Special music has been arranged '
for both services.
Church school will convene at 9:45
Sunday morning and the Youth l'< I- 1 ;
lowship meeting will be held at 6:45j
j Sunday night. [
The public is cordially invited to.
| attend all services in the church.
Watch Night Service
In Methodist Church
Next Friday Night
Roll Call of Boys and
Girls In Service Will
Be Feature
-The Rev. H. Freo Surratt, pastor
iof the Methodist Church, has an
j nounced a watch night worship ser-
I vice to be held in. the church Friday
; night. The service will begin at 11 i
o’clock, and continue until one minute
past midnight.
| During the service several sea- ;
' tures have been planned, which in- i
eludes a roll call of the boys and !
| girls from the church who are now
l in the armed forces. Mr. Surratt is .
| especially anxious to have a relative .
ior friend of every one in service pres- :
j ent and express briefly some' infor
mation about each as their names are i
called. Special music has been plan
ned, and a cordial invitation is ex
tended to the public to attend.
Chowan Cotton Ginning
Far Behind Last Year
Cotton ginning in Chowan County
is trailing last year by 484 bales, ac
cording to a report of F. W. Hobbs,
special agent for the Bureau of the
Census. According to figures sub
mitted by Mn Hobbs, 6,110 bales
were ginned in the county from the
crop of 1943 prior to December 13.
Giiuiing at the same time last year
from the 1942 crop was 6,694 bales.
P. T. A. MEETS JANUARY 4
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will hold its monthly meeting
Tuesday -afternoon, January 4, at A
o’clock, at the school building. This
being the first meeting of the new
year, every member is urged to
attend. v.
LH?NS MEET NEW MONDAY
Edenton Lions wjll meet as 'usual
next Monday night, the meeting thiß
week having beep called off due to
the Christmas holidays, president
Dscar Duncan is very anxious to
have every member of the club pres
ent for the first meeting in the new
yew. - *
New Lions Troop Os
Boy Scouts Enjoy
Christmas Party
T. C. Byrum Host to New
Troop Which Now Has
16 Members
Edenton Lions troop of Boy Scouts
enjoyed a delightful Christmas party
Tuesday night in the Scout cabin,
with T. C. Byrum being the host. A
tree was arranged and during the
evening various gifts were presented
to the boys, as presents from Mr.
Byrum.
This troop, recently sponsored by
the Edenton Lions Club, now has 16
wide-awake boys, with Chief of Police
J. R. Tanner as Scoutmaster. His .
assistant Scoutmasters are Oscar I
Duncan and Nathan Dail.
C. W. Overman, Scoutmaster of ‘
Troop 156, which is sponsored by the
Edeiiton Rotary Club, was also a (
gue gt the party which resulted in ' ,
a general good time for all who were j
present.
Five Injured In
Automobile Crash
On Oakum Street
Joe Tom Perry, Colored,
Held on Charge of
Reckless Driving
\ Colliding of a wood truck of the
Byrum Hardware Company and a
Ford touring car at the corner of
Oakum and Freemason Streets on
Friday afternoon resulted in the se
rious injury of one colored man and
less serious injuries to four other
colored men. •
Ira Grissom, of Valhalla, a pas
senger in the Ford, was seriously cut
and crushed about the head and was
rushed to a hospital in Washington,
North Carolina.
Others less seriously injured were:
James Wilson, William Sharp and
Joe Tom Perry, driver of the Ford,
and another whose name could not
be learned. Perry is being held on a
charge of reckless driving.
Paul Henry Capeliart was driving
the wood truck, but no charges were
lodged against him.
First Pre-Pearl Harbor
Father Now In Army
Chowan County’s first pre-Pearl
Harbor father left Edenton Monday
for Fort P.ragg to enter active duty.
in the U. S. Army. The first of this
group was Willie Warren Spruill,
father of three children. He was
one of three white men to be in
ducted, the other two being Robert
White Goodwin and Edward Wheeler.
Christmas Quietly
Observed In Edenton
Christmas was ' very quietly ob
served in Edenton, which is reflected
in the fact that only three arrests
were made over the week-end. Two
of the arrests were for drunkenness
end one for drunken driving, accord
ing to Chief of Police J. A. Tanner..
STUDYING ENGINEERING
Private Durward Harrell has |
been assigned to the Army special
ized training program at Syracuse
University, Syracuse, N. Y., where
he is studying basic engineering.
Private Harrell is a graduate of
Porter Military Academy.
Baptist Speaker
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Dr. W. R. White, of Nashville, 1
Tenn., who will make the first' j'
of a series of Baptist Hour !
broadcasts on Sunday evening, i <
January 2, at 8:30 o’clock. The
broadcast will be carried by 29
| stations, including Kuleigli and
Norfolk. j
Mrs. W.O Elliott, Sr.
Passes Away Early :
On Tuesday Morning
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Deceased In 111 Health!
Following Accident j
In April
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Mrs. Williom O. Elliott, Sr., passed j
away at her home here at 1 o’clock ■
Tuesday morning, her death terra i-!
Mating a period of ill health lasting:
almost a year. Mrs. - Elliott bad.'been'!
more or less of an invalid since April, :
when she fell and as a result sus
tained a broken hip. She was 72 .
years old, the Widow of the •*.*» v.
O. Elliott, Sr., who was the very suc
cessful manager of the Edenton Cot
ton Mills for many years.
Mrs. Elliott was born in Hertford
and before her marriage was Miss
.Annie Thatch Shannonhouse. She i
has lived -in Chowan .County .for- some 1
thing like 50 years,
i Surviving are one .daughter,- U! ,
i Zene Elliott, of Edenton; and seven r
j sons, George Elliott of Huntsville, <
Alabama, Norman Elliott of Norfolk, •
j Va,, and Oscar M. Elliott, Jule El- 1
j llott, William O. Elliott, Jr., Rich- j
: ard and Frank Elliott, all of Edenton. <
A brother, W. T. Shannonhouse, of
Norfolk, Va., also survives. ' j';
Funeral services - will be conducted ;
at the home at II o’clock this j;
(Thursday ) morning, with the Rev. E. I:
L. Wells, pastor of the Edenton Rap- ■;
tist Church, officiating.
Red Men Elect New j;
Group Os Officers;
A. S. Hollowell Declines
Collector Post A'fter
Serving 25 Years
Members of Chowan Tribe of Red
Men on Monday night elected new
officers, the result of the election be
ing as follows:
Prophet, Erie Haste; sachem, W.
C. Hollowell; senior sagamore, Her
bert Baker; junior sagamore, L. A.
Bunch; chief of records, Raleigh
Hollowell; collector of wampum, J.
Edwin Bufflap; keeper of wampum, i
W. J. Daniels; keeper of wigwam, l
. W. A. Munden.
A. S. Hollowell, who has served
the tribe as collector of wampum for
almost 25- years, declined to accept
the office again, due to so much of
his time necessary in conducting his
grocery business, so that Mr. Bufflap,
who has been keeper of wampum,
was elected to the office and was re
placed as keeper of wampum by Mr.
Daniels, who served in that capacity
for many, years until two years ago.
The new officers, as as those
to be appointed by; the hew sachem,
will be installed at next Monday
night’s meeting, at which' time all of
| the officers, as well as other members,
. are especially urged to be present.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
1 1 The regular meeting of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be
! held tonight in the Court House at
: 8 o’clock. Inasmuch as last week’s
meeting was called off, W. J. Daniels,
’ the new master of the lodge, is very
anxious to have a large attendance.!
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Per Year
Weather Prevents
Christinas Program
Planned For Sunday
Steady Downpour Until
Few Hours Before
Starting Time
ABANDONED
Idea of Staging Celebra
tion New Year’s Eve
Also Given Up
With a steady downpour of rain
which began Saturday night and con
tinued until early Sunday afternoon,
Edenton’* community Christmas
celebration was forced to be aban
doned. The affair was scheduled to
be held at 6:30 Sunday night around
the beautifully decorated tree on the
Court House Green, but those in
charge were of the opinion that even
if it was not raining, the ground
would be too wet to carry out the
program, which included singing of
Christmas carols, as well as vocal
and instrumental features.
Early this week General Chairman
Leroy Haskett conferred with C. W.
Overman, Robert L. Martin and
Chief of Police J. R. Tanner, who
arranged the program to be rend
ered. It was at first decided to have
the program on New Year’s eve, but
because of so much sickness, uncer
tainty of the weather and other con
flicting affairs, the idea was abandon
ed, so that while the program was
ready for rendition, it will not be
held.
Income From Sale
Os Christmas Seals
Passes S9OO Mark
M He!! sui4 ’sj R-%
port Still Incomplete,
However
Though all report* still have not
been sent in, Mrs, R, C. Holland,
treasurer of tile Christmas Seal sale,
reports that over .S9OO has been re
ceived during this year’s campaign.
The goal set for Chowan County was
$650, so that over $250 more than
the quota has been realized from
those people interested in contribut
ing toward the fight against tuber
culosis.
Mrs. Holland is very anxious to
wind up affairs of this year’s cam
paign and for that reason urges
anyone who has a report or any
funds on hand to send them to her
at once.
Both Mr*. Holland and Mrs. J, A.
Moore, chairman of the drive, are
delighted with the success of this
year’s efforts and desire to express
their sincere appreciation to each and
everyone who contributed, as well a*
to those who otherwise helped to
make the sale such a complete
success.
Alvin Parks Alternate
As Annapolis Student
Alvin B. Parks, son of Mrs. Belle
Parks, was last week appointed by
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner as
an alternate for an appointment to
the Naval Academy. Congressman
Bonner announced the appointments
of four North Carolina men to An
napolis and two to West Point, the
local boy being named the first of
three alternates for Joe Elwood
I Weatherly, Jr., of Elizabeth City.
' Young Parks is now an aviation
! cadet at Keene Teachers College, at
Keene, New Hampshire.
Raymond L. Dail In
Armored Division
Private Raymond L. Dail, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Luther C. Dail, has ar
rived at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas,
where he has been assigned to the
16th Armored Division.
Young Dail joined the U. S. Army
on September 27, 1943, and was lat
er assigned to the 16th Division,
which is a unit of America’s Armored
Command. Camp Chaffee is located
near Fart Smith, Arkansas.
GIFTS FOR PATIENTS
Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman of
the Chowan County Red Cross Chap
ter, reports that the chapter filled 25
Christmas baskets with confections
and gifts which were presented to
patients in the dispensary at the U.
IS. Marine Corps Air Station.