Volume XIII. —Number 8.
Binghamton Team Again Picks Edenton To T-ain
R«lcftM<l by U. 8. War Department, Bureau of Public Relatione.
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL CHAPEL IN THE PHILIPPINES—This quaint bamboo bouse of
worship in Grace Park, Manila, was built by soldiers of the 613th AAA Gun Battalion and dedicated
to the memory of President Roosevelt. Right, Army Chaplain Paul M. Bourns conducting the dedi
cation services. The chapel will be given to the native Filipinos apon the withdrawal of American
troops.
J. Clarence Leary
Sets Up Organization
For Red Cross Drive
Chairmen of Commit
tees Are Appointed to
Conduct Canvass
MEET TONIGHT
Chowan County Asked
To Raise $2,500 Dur
ing Campaign
, . Clarence Leary, chairman of the
lowan County Red Cross Fund Rais
ing Campaign, has completed his or
ganization for the drive, which will
be held during March in an effort to
raise the county’s quota of $2,500.
Mr. Leary has announced his var
ious chairmen, who will choose help
ers in order to canvass the entire
county and hopes these workers will
not only meet the quota, but go far
beyond it. Last year the quota was
$6,700, so that Mr. Leary feels that
this year there should be little troub
le in reaching the goal.
Mr. Leary’s committee chairmen
are as follows:
Initial Gifts Committee—W. H.
Gardner.
Industrial Committee—W. W. By
rum and Philip McMullan.
Business District—W. E. Malone
and Rodney Byrum.
G. B. Potter is chairman of the res
idential section, with Mrs. M. A.
Hughes and Mrs. Mary J. Coffield
captains of the west side, and Mrs.
T. Wallace Jones and Mrs. Richard
Goodwin captaiqs of the east side.
White rural section —C. W. Over
man and Miss Rebecca Colwell.
Colored rural section —J. B. Small.
Colored residents in Edenton—Prof.
D. F. Walker.
Mr. Leary has called a meeting of;
these chairmen, their workers and
any others interested in the drive to
night (Thursday) in the Municipal
Building, when plans for the drive
will be discussed.
Over 200 Lions At
Local Club’s Party
Edenton Club Hosts to
Elizabeth City and
Hertford Lions
Over 200 Lions and their wives or
sweethearts from Edenton, Hertford
and Elizabeth City gathered in the
local armory Wednesday night of
last week, when the Edenton club was
host to Zone 1 of Region 111.
The affair proved to be one of the
most delightful held by the local
-tub in recent months. James A.
>ver, of Nashville, governor of Dis
; 31-C and Sanford Aydlett of
' .abeth City, deputy district gov
.nor, were speakers on the program.
W. E. Malone, who arranged the
affair, requested each of the three
clubs to present a brief program of
entertainment, which provided plenty
of fun for those who were present.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
The regular meeting of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be
held tonight (Thursday) in the Court
House at 8 o’clock. Visiting Masons
are invited to attend.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
1 WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Following a recent discussion by the Chamber of Commerce
relative to parking and traffic problems in Edenton, the Police De
| partment, in order to learn the general trend of opinion, has had
1 printed self-addressed postcards on which appears nine pertinent
questions. These postcards will be passed around in the hope that
. the questions will be checked and the card dropped in the mail.
For the benefit of any citizen who happens not to get a post
card, the same information appears below, so that any person who
is interested is asked to clip from the paper, check according to
his or her opinion, and mail to the Police Department. Edenton.
Here arc the questions:
I Do you think a stop light should bo at King and Broad Sts.? £jJYes j [No
Do you think a stop light should be at Queen and Broad? j [Yes | [No
| Do you think a stop light should be at Church and Broad? □ Y es □H
.j One hour parking on Broad St. between Water and Queen? j [Yes | [No
' No U turns at King and Broad Streets?— □ V es □ No I
No U turns at Eden and Broad Streets ?. _—... j [Yes j }No
j Do you think tourists should be arrested for speeding?.-., j |Yes □H
Do you think the Police are enforcing the law too rigidly? □ Y es □H
j Do you favor 60-second parking in the business section?. _ | [No
•A i J
Rotarians Observe
Ladies’ Night In
Armory Tonight
Rev. Allen Brantley of
j Elizabeth City Prin
cipal Speaker
i
Members of the Edenton Rotary
• Club will entertain their wives at a
Ladies’ Night meeting tonight (Thurs
, day). The affair will be held in the
, local armory, beginning at 7:30
o’clock, with the meal to be served by
: members of the Auxiliary of Ed Bond
I Post of the American Legion.
A very interesting program has
1 been arranged for the affair, with
• the principal address to he delivered
by the Rev. Allen Brantley of Eliza
beth City. A solo by Mrs. Frank El
liott is also included on the program
as well as music by Misses Dorothy
and Thelma Lowe.
John A. Holmes will act as toast-
I master, and it is expected that every
member of the Club will be present.
The meeting will take the place of
the regular mid-day meeting today
and it was voted last week that the
meeting would not be counted in the
attendance contest now in progress.
Veterans Listed In
[ Employment Office
For Work In County
Chowan County’s Draft Board has
i been informed by the U. S. Employ-
I ment Office that there is now on file
. a number of discharged veterans who
■ are eligible for work and if those in
’ need of labor will apply at the em
• ployment office they will be able to
. relief.
The local Draft Board has also re
i ceived numerous complaints regard
’ ing the Government paying weekly
• benefits to returned veterans when at
the same time farmers and fisher
men are badly in need of and clamor
ing for help. The Draft Board is try
r ing to work both in the Interest of
i veterans and the public in securing
: employment, so that any veterans
> desiring work are urged to contact
the employment office.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 21,1946.
March Os Dimes In
Chowan Ngts $1,573.58
With a few small contributions!
coming in during the week for the |
March of Dimes drive, Chowan Coun
-1 ty’s contribution as of Tuesday of
, this week amounted to $1,573.58. Os
this amount $1,234.46 was deposited
locally with W. H. Gardner, treasurer,!
and $339.12 came from contributions!
at Taylor Theatre,
Mr. Gardner has prepared his re
port and will send half of the amount]
to State headquarters. The other |
half remains in the county for use!
in connection with the fight on infan- 1
tile paralysis.
MEMBERS OF CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
CONSIDER ASKING TOWN OF EDENTON TO
TAKE OVER MAINTENANCE OF CEMETERY
I |
Small Group of Edenton Ladies Becoming Weary
Os Carrying Burden Since 1914 Under
Many Discouraging Handicaps
A small, very small, group of Eden- which was to go toward upkeep. This
ton ladies, who for many years and price has remained the same and
under great handicaps have shoulder- even then it is impossible to collect
ed the responsibility of maintaining for all of the lots, so that the revenue
Beaver Hill Cemetery, have just is not sufficient to pay a competent
about decided that they have had man to perform the work necessary
enough and are now endeavoring to to be done. For the last few years
be relieved of their burden. These Mrs. H. S. West has been caretaker
ladies, realizing that under present and she has done the best she could,
conditions they are unable to main- which is very much appreciated by
tain the cemetery as it should be, will officers of the association, but they
appear before Town Council at its realize that the work requires a man,
next meeting in an effort to persuade and that under present conditions the
the Town to take over the upkeep of revenue is not sufficient to pay such
the cemetery. salary as is required by a competent
It is pointed out to The Herald that man.
up until 1914 the cemetery was cover- The small group of women, and only
ed with broomstraw, except for a few four were present at the annual meet
graves which were kept up by indiv- ing of the association last week, say
iduals. In 1914 three women, de- some people are very considerate in
ploring the situation, formed the regard to conditions as they exist,
Cemetery Association in order to pre- while others are eager to criticize the
sent a more attractive resting place work being done under present cir
for those who have passed on. These cumstances.
three women were Mrs. R. F. Tuttle, Town Council will be asked at the
Mrs. E. S. Norman and Mrs. S. W. next meeting to make some tempor-
Taylor and Mrs. Tuttle has served as ary arrangement to keep up the
president ever since the Association cemetery and most likely efforts will
was organized. be made later to extend the corporate
At the outset it was decided to limits of Edenton in order to include
charge every lot owner $1.60 per year the cemetery, now just over the line.
lively Troop Os Boy
Scouts Organized In
Rocky Hock Section
|O. C. Long, Jr., Scout- j
master of New Or
ganization
TWO PATROLS
Believed Forerunner of
Other Troops In West
Albemarle District
Chowan County now has another,
troop of Boy Scouts, a troop having!
been organized last week with 0. C. j
Long, Jr., as Scoutmaster. The new
troop came into existence at a meet-!
ing held in the Rocky Hock school!
and is sponsored by a group of in- 1
terested citizens of the Rocky Hock;
section. Present at the meeting and'
assisting in organizing the troop :
were Geddes Potter, district commis
sioner of the West Albemarle Dis
trict and Peter Carlton, field Scout
executive. Twelve boys were pres
ent and Thomas Leary was chosen as
senior patrol leader.
Boys enrolled in the troop are Sher
lon Layton, Aubrey Harrell, Ralph
Harrelf, Howard Bass, Raymond Lay
ton, Billy Leary, Isaac Harrell, Mary
land Harrell, Thomas Leary, Jack
Leary, Wilford Goodwin, David Ober,
Carroll Evans Wilbur Harrell and
Edward Parrish. A. E. Spivey is as
sistant scoutmaster.
The group of boys was divided into
two patrols, and will be known as
the Indians and the Owls. Aubrey
Harrell is patrol leader of the Indians
and Raymond Layton is assistant
leader. Eor the Owls, David Ober is
patrol leader and Jack Leary the as
sistant leader. As soon as proper
papers are completed and the boys
pass the Tenderfoot requirements, the
troop will be chartered. Before de
parting, the group sang songs and
practiced knot-making under the lead
ership of Scoutmaster Long and Al
fonzo Spivey, assistant scoutmaster. ■
From the spirit as evidenced by!
the boys and leaders, Mr. Potter says:
the indications point to a very strong
j and active troop.
| Scoutmaster Long, a discharged
| veteran of World War 11, is sold on
I Scouting and told the boys that one
jof the first questions asked when
joining the Army was, “Were you aj
Boy Scout?”, and that invariably |
those who were Scouts made rapid
advancement. J
Richard Baer, district chairman, ex- |
| presses confidence that the new troop j
j is only a forerunner of many troops j
(to be organized in the West Albe-j
marie District, which includes Cho-1
j wan, Perquimans and Gates counties, j
I Mr. Baer expects troops to be or-!
] ganized at Cross Roads, Yeopim,!
1 Gatesville and Corapeake, queries al-j
(Continued on Page Six)
IPlayersWilltfeginToCheck
In At Hotel Joseph Hewes
As Headquarters March 23
I ; ,t
| County Tour |;
At (lie invitation of the Cho
wan County Commissioners and
the Chamber of Commerce, High
way Commissioner Merrill Evans
of Ahoskie has promised to come
to Edenton during the first week
in March, at which time he will 1
accompany representatives of the
two organizations throughout the
County in order to become thor
oughly acquainted with road con
ditions.
I I Recently the County Commis
■! sioners prepared a list of prefer
red road improvements and Mr.
I] Evans will be taken over these
• roads as well as other secondary
roads which need attention on the
part of State forces,
t
; Chamber Commerce
Considers Number Os
; Problems At Meeting
Committee Appointed to
Study Installation of !
j! Stop Lights
i i
! A goodly number of Chamber of
j Commerce members attended the
I quarterly membership meeting held
in the Court House Friday night,
when a number of local condition
were discussed.
1 * Clarence Leary, president, pre-1
j sided over the meeting, and at the
I outset called on Marvin Wilson, sec
| retary, to present a report of activ
, j ities of the organization during the
I ] last quarter.
,j Following Mr. Wilson’s report, a
discussion of road conditions in the
I county developed, as well as the
! freight situation in Edenton and traf
, sic conditions.
No little time was devoted to con
; sidering traffic, some advocating stop
'j lights at certain intersections. The
! discussion culminated in the appoint -
i ment of Geddes Potter, Hector Lup
! ton, J. A. Moore and Philip McMullan
I on a committee to make an investiga
! tion and submit recommendations to
I Town Council at the next meeting. I
| Before the meeting adjourned Jesse
i Harrell and J. P. Partin, who are en-j
j tering the furniture business, W. P.j
I Jones and Richard Goodwin, who will
j soon be engaged in the manufacture
|of peanut products, and Haywood
j Jones, who has opened a new hard
j ware store, were welcomed into the
! organization.
Presbyterians Meet j
On Sunday Morning
Very Important Congre
gational Meeting Fol
lows Service
|
The Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr., pas- 1
tor of the Presbyterian Church, has!
returned after about a month’s ab
sence and will preach in his church
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
At the close of the service a con
gregational meeting will be held to
receive annual reports, plan for the
every-member canvass and transact
such other business that might come
before the meeting. Because of the
importance of this meeting, every
member of the church is especially
urged to be present.
Dime Society Observes
Its 66th Anniversary
The Dime Society of the Baptist
Church will meet Tuesday night, Feb
ruary 26, at 8 o’clock with Mrs. J. J.
Long. At this meeting the society
wall celebrate its 66th anniversary, so
that every member is asked to bring
as many pennies as the society is old.
Every member is urged to attend, for
an enjoyable meeting is in prospect.
Only one charter member of the
society remains, she being Mrs. Rena
Cheshire.
$1.50 Per Year.
i v* a Tease With
Bcsp ta Tv
NEED MORI WATER
Story In Binghamton
Sun Complimentary
To Ederion
| Definite information that the Bing
hamton baseball club .;i train in
Edenton was received this week, when
Mayor Leroy Haskett received a let
ter from W. C. McCorry, business
manager of the club, stating that the
baseball recruits will arrive in Eden
ton March 23rd. Edmund Schwarze,
manager of the Hotel Joseph Hewes.
has also been in communication with
club officials and has arranged for
■ the baseball players and officials to
] make the hotel their headquarters.
That the Binghamton officials are
| delighted to return to Edenton for
training is reflected in a story in the
Binghamton Sun, written by Sam W.
Nash, Sun sports writer, under a
1 , streamer head across the sports page,
| “Trips To Train at Edenton, N. C.”
“On March 23,” stated Mr. Nash,
“the boys will start checking in at
the Joseph Hewes Hotel preparatory
to beginning spring training in the
second Triplet camp to be conducted
in that pleasant little town on the
shores of Albemarle Sound. It will
■ be the Triplets’ first southern train
, ing grind since 1942.
“With the exception of the first day
in camp in 1942, every day was bright,
sunshiny and warm at capacious
Hicks Field, which has a right field
fence 525 feet from home plate. The
center field picket line is situated
more than 600 feet from the platter
and the only field which was a para
dise for the righthand hitters was
left field, where it was nothing to line
a ball over the fence 230 feet from
the dish.
“It was then that sports writers
got their first glimpse of many boys
who today have places in the major
leagues. Ken Gables reported there,
fat and heavy, but today he is on the
Pittsburgh Pirates’ staff of flingers.
Al Lyons of the deadly right arm,
who used to cut them down at third
or home on drives to right field, to
day is on the Yankee roster.
“Old Chief Bender was on hand
|to help out with the young flingers.
j These included Bumpsy Barnett, Jack
j Hawkins, Forrest Main, Roy Pitter,
I Kent Sterling and Jack Robinson,
! most of whom went into the service.
Robinson pitched for the Naval Air
Base at Norfolk and Pitter was an
outstanding star on Red Ruffing’s
team on the West Coast.
“Souchock, by the way, is on the
Yankee roster, and like the others,
has been in active sendee. One or
j two of the boys did not make Eden
(Continued on Page Five)
R. F. Tuttle Offers
Help To Taxpayers
j March 2,4,5 And 6
State Returns Must Be
Filed Before March 15
Deadline
R. F. Tuttle, deputy collector for
the State Department of Revenue,
will be in his office at his home, 105
West Queen Street, March 2,4, 5 and
6 from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., for the
purpose of assisting taxpayers in fil
ing their State tax returns.
Any person subject to filing a re
turn must file the return with the
Department of Revenue on or before
March 15. Any unmarried man or
woman, having an income of SI,OOO
or more during the year 1945, and
any married man having an income
of $2,000 or more must file an income
tax return.
Any person owing on December 31,
1945, intangible personal property,
such as money on hand, accounts re
ceivable, notes, bonds, mortgages or
other evidences of debt, or shares of
stock of corporations (not wholly in
this State) must file an intangible
tax return.