Volume XIII. —Number 9. Lights Are Authorized For Hicks Field Chowan County Red Cross Fund Raising Drive Will Begin Monday Next Week! Chairman J. Clarence Leary Announces That Machinery Is Ready QUOTA $2,500 Intention Is to Complete Drive By Saturday, March 9 J. Clarence Leary, chairman of Chowan County’s Red Cross Fund Raising Campaign, announced early this week that the drive will begin tomorrow (Friday) and he expressed the hope that it can be completed by Saturday, March 9. Last week Mr. Leary completed i his organization in Kdenton when j chairmen were appointed for the in itial gifts committee, industrial com mittee, business district and residen tial section. At the same time he named chairmen for the rural sec tions both among white and colored citizens. A meeting was held in the Munici pal Building Thursday night, when plans for the drive were completed. The county organization was effect ed Monday night when a meeting was held at the Community House at Cross Roads. Present at the meeting were Hugh T. Green, assistant field direc tor of Red Cross, and Miss Janet Cox, district supervisor, both of whom em phasized the importance of the drive and assisted in organization. Various chairmen nave already; chosen their canvassers, so that every-1 thing will be in readiness forthe 1 opening of the drive next week. The quota for Chowan County is $2,500, a little over a third of last year when it was $6,700, so that Chairman Leary' and his chairmen feel that there should be little trouble in sending; Chowan over the top in short order, j Os course, Mr. Leary will be very, anxious to learn how the drive is pro gressing and for that reason urges; the canvassers to make their rounds as soon as possible and to report their contributions without any more delay than necessary. Meeting Os Legion Auxiliary_On Friday Mrs. J. Paul Holoman, president of the Legion Auxiliary, calls atten tion of members that a meeting of the organization will be held Friday night at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. L. S. Byrum. All members, both new and old, are especially urged to attend. 1 FIDELIS CLASS WILL MEET The Fidelis Class of the Edenton Baptist Church will meet Tuesday night at 8 o’clock with Mrs. Gladys teen Pait. All members are urged to attend. BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN EDENTON MARCH t, 7 AND t Edenton, Columbia, Creswell, Roper, Plymouth, Windsor and Chowan Teams Already Entered; Thrilling Games In Prospect Coach Tex Lindsay this week stat ed that the annual basketball tour nament will be held in the Edenton armory on March 6,7 and 8. Coach Lindsay recalls that last year’s tour nament was a great success, afford ing several very exciting games with the Edenton boys winning the finals from a strong Windsor team and the Edenton girls losing in the finals to a very good Creswell team. Coach Lindsay also recalls that one forward on the Creswell girls’ team scored 22 of the 24 points tallied against Eden ton in the final game. Coach Lindsay says this year’s tournament again promises to be a very good one, with some fast and furious competition from both boys’ and girls’ teams. The teams enter ed for the tournament are Columbia, Creswell, Roper, Plymouth, Windsor, Chowan and Edenton. One other team from this section will also be entered if it can be obtained in time. This will give a total of 16 games counting both boys and girls. Eight games will be played, start ing Wednesday, March 6, at 2 P. M. and lasting until about 11 o’clock. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY i . i, | |_ Expired! _| Two years ago The Bank of Edenton, in appreciation of Cho- ! wan County boys in the armed forces, sent The Herald to all for I whom addresses could be secured. | The paper has been sent regular ly during the two years, and many report having received it ! fairly regular, and that it was I very much enjoyed. The two years’ subscription, however, will expire tomorrow, , March 1, so that what names re main on the service list as of March, 1946, will necessarily have to be dropped, unless the boys or ; friends renew the subscriptions. The final batch of subscriptions for service men will expire August 1, so that these, too, will be dropped unless renewed. Health Department Asking Cooperation Local Housewives Purpose Is to Help In Eradicating Venereal Diseases , I , I The local Health Department is . appealing for the cooperation of housewives in eradicating venereal diseases in Kdenton and Chowan . County. In this respect health of-j ,i fiends say cooperation is shown if; j these questions can be answered: | j 1- Do you have a health certificate .'on your maid, cook or servant signed and dated six months or less from’ the Health Department? ,! 2- Can you be sure about her health , conditions otherwise? The examination consists of the following diseases' Syphilis, gonor-[ rhea and tuberculosis, the hours for these examinations being Friday from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. and Saturdays from 9 A. M. to noon. j Executive Meeting Os I Chowan PTA March 5; The Parent-Teacher Association of| . Chowan High School plans to hold: an executive meeting Tuesday night, , March 5, at which all officers and members of the committees are es-j pocially urged to be present. The i meeting will be held in the High i School Library at 7:30 o’clock. The regular meeting of the PTA will be held the following Tuesday I night, March 12, at 7:30 in the school auditorium. Thursday’s games will begin at 7 P. M. with four games scheduled be i tween the winers of Wednesday’s i games. On Friday night the finals will be played, starting at 7:30 o’clock and i will be played between the two re i maining girls’ teams and the two I winning boys’ teams. Season* tickets for the tournament i will go on sale late this week, and Coach Lindsay is expecting record ! crowds. “Basketball attendance has improved 400% this year in Edenton,” said Coach Lindsay. “The teams have : made a good showing and expect to • do so in the tournament.” ! Extra seating facilities will be ar ranged for the large crowds expected | to witness the games, and the armory , will be comfortably heated if the , weather is cold. In commenting on the tournament, ! Coach Lindsay said, "We are dedicat ing this tournament to the fruitful i gains of our friendly competition in sports. We hope the people of Eden ' ton will turn out to witness the games , and excitement that appears only in . tournament competition.” Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 28,1946. ■ —. ... .1 ■— ■ \ I WAR VlCTlMS—Millions of garments, large quantities of food j and many medical supplies are provided by the Red Cross for dest«- ♦«te civilians ravaged by war. LITfIE INTEREST REFLECTED IN POLICE QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT LOCAL PROBLEMS Only 115 Out of 450 Return Card to Police Depart ment; Sentiment Opposed to Stop Lights; U Turns Also Apparently Unpopular That there is comparatively little i interest among people in Edenton! whether or not stop lights are install- j ed at several intersections, as well! as other police problems is reflected in the fact that of 450 self-addressed | postcards distributed by police among! people they thought would be inter- 1 ested, only 115 had been returned up’ to Tuesday of this week. The police ' had 500 postcards printed for the purpose of taking a poll and besides last week’s Herald carried the same i questions which could have been mail ed to the Police Department. . From the cards sent in, there is an overwhelming majority opposed; to stop lights as the following figures) reveal: Stop lights at King and Broad Streets, 14 voted yes and 08 no. Stop light at Queen and Broad Streets, 44 yes and 67 no. Stop light at Church and Broad Streets, 37 yes and 72 no. Votes for one hour parking in the business section was close, (12 votes being cast for the one hour parking and 51 against. As to U turns, 50 votes were cast j for U turns at King and Broad Streets ‘ New Plymouth ArnH DeSoto Cars Will Be On Display Saturday 1946 Models Can Be Seen At Chowan Motor Co. Show Room i Chowan Major Company announced i this week that they will have on dis-| play in their show room, on East) King Street, Saturday, March 2, the new 194 G DeSoto and Plymouth auto mobiles. The cars will be on display in dealers’ show rooms throughout the United States at the same time. The new cars embody more im provements than found in most pre-; war yearly model changes. The new 1 improvements are manifest in both I appearance and engineering advance-1 ments. Particular attention has been given \ to safety features, which have been 1 engineered into the basic design of, the car. Officials of the Chowan Motor Company are very proud of the new DeSoto and Plymouth and cordially invite everybody to come to their < show' room to see the new models. Edenton PTA Meeting Will Be Held Tuesday Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Asso ciatio will meet Tuesday afternoon of next week at 3:15 o’clock in the High School Library. John A. Hol mes, superintendent of schools, will be the speaker, so that a large at tendance is urged. BIBLE CLASS MEETS TUESDAY The Young Woman’s Bible Class of the Edenton Baptist Sunday School < will meet Tuesday night at the church. The meeting will begin at 7:30 and Mrs. M. M. Perry, the president, ur ges all members to be present. and 59 against. There was a wider j ! difference of opinion relative to U ’ turns at Eden and Broad Streets, 35! ] voting in favor of the U turn and 74 1 opposed. j Voting tended to favor arresting i j visitors for speeding, 82 votes being | cast yes and 27 no. Voting tends to show that the po- j 'lice are not enforcing the law too rigidly, for only 28 votes were cast! Stating ves, while 77 voted negative-1 ly. j The (ID-second douole parking rule) .in the business section apparently is giving general satisfaction for 71 : votes approved the regulation while; j 34 voted against it. Returned cards also contained quite a few other suggestions, some of which follow: Parking should be allowed on one i side of Oakum Street only. Several of these suggestions were registered, j Stop light at corner of Oakum and : Church Street. Several cards also! had this notation. Stop light at Granville and Queen j j Streets. t C ontinued on Page Five) Assistance Offered | In Figuring Federal j Income Tax Returns John N. Robbins Will Be In County Agent’s Of fice March 4-8 ; John N. Robbins, deputy collector | of internal revenue, will be in the of ifice of County Agent C. W. Overman in the basement of the Post Office building from 9:30 A. M. to 1 P. M. each day from March 4 to March 8 inclusive for the purpose of giving taxpayers advice or assistance need ed in preparing. their Federal income tax returns. Although most taxpayers have al ' erady made substantial payments on I their 1945 Federal tax through with j holding from their wages or direct I payments to the Collector, all tax -1 payers whose total income (before j deductions or exemptions) in 1945 was SSOO or more must, nevertheless, file annual returns on or before March 15, 1946, as provided by law. Even though a taxpayer’s total in come for 1945 might have been less than SSOO, he might wish to file a return to claim refund of taxes with held. Masons Hold District Meeting In Windsor A goodly number of Edenton Masons went to Windsor Wednesday night to attend a meeting of the Sec ond Masonic District, of which H. A. Campen is district deputy Grand Mas ter. Masons from the entire district at tended the meeting, which was pre ceded by an oyster roast at the rail road station. Mr. Campen presided over the meeting and was very much encouraged by reports from the var ious lodges. Board Public Works Given Green Light By Councilmen AtSpecial Meeting Monday j Red Cross Instructor j j g- Lee Jaskson Green, special field representative for First Aid, Water Safety and Accident Bre l’ vention Service of the Red Cross, j is now conducting a 30-hour course at the splendid swimming J pool at the Edenton Naval Air ; i Station. The course began Mon 1| day and is scheduled to continue until March 8. r| " - Home Service Office Os Red Cross Now Open Only Half Day * j Fewer Men In Service; ! Reason For Shorter Hours •i Miss Elizabeth Moore, Home Ser i vice Chairman of the Chowan County Red Cross Chapter, announced this | j week that the home service office will j Ibe open each morning from 10 to 1 • j o’clock instead of all day as hereto fore. j This change in schedule has come ; about, says Miss Moore, due to few er men in the armed forces and the gradual falling off of service needed | since the termination of the war. Miss Moore’s office is at her home jon West King Street and though it will be open only on certain hours,' [she says emergency services will be I attended to at any time. Missionary Group Will Hold Week Os Prayer ! The Missionary Society of the | Edenton Baptist Church will meet at the church each afternoon next week at 3:30 o’clock. Monday afternoon will be the regular monthly meeting. | Beginning Tuesday through Friday [ the Week of Prayer for Home Mis-| sions will be observed. Every one is invited to attend these; meetings. H A ■ ■ MM. M M m m m _ _ FORMER CHOWAN FAMILY PRACTICALLY WIPED OUT AS RESULT OF AUTO WRECK Six Members of Percy McCleney Family Killed When Car Crashes Into Truck Parked on High way; Offering at Rocky Hock Church Sunday As the result of a terrible auto mobile wreck, a former Chowan , County family was practically wiped out fcarly Wednesday morning of last week. In the wreck, which occurred ten miles south of Oxford, Percy McCleney, 42; his wife, Mrs. Lillie Hill McCleney, 43; their twin son and 1 daughter, Percy, Jr., and Elizabeth, 17; Franklin, 2, and J. L. McCleney, 14, are dead. Five of the party were killed almost instantly, while the lat ter died in the Granville Hospital at Oxford Wednesday night. Two other sons, James Edward, 11, and Willie Lee, 9, escaped death but were seriously injured and are now in the Granville Hospital. James Edward has both arms and both legs broken, while Willie Lee has one arm and one leg broken. Both are report ed to be gradually improving. $1,50 Per Year. I Cost of 87,000 to Come From Water and Elec tric Earnings ASSET TO TOWN Equipment Expected I*e Ready In Time For Football Season i : j-- ■ Edenton’s Board of I’ublic Works on Monday night was authorized to in stall lights on Hick Held, the ap proximate cost of instatin' ion being around $7,000, which amount will come front electric arid water earn ings. The action was taken at a joint meeting of Town Council and the Board of Public Works, called especi ally to consider the matter. Quite a little discussion preceded passing of the motion by Town Coun cil authorizing the expenditure, during which the principal thought considered was if it was advisable to spend $7,000 for the lights entirely from water and electric earnings rather than resort to some other means to raise the money. The general impression prevailed that the lights would be a way to attend the funeral of Mrs. McCleney’s uncle, Arch Hill, in Ran ; dolph County, who was killed the : previous Monday by a falling tree. According to Patrolman C. M. Byrd, , Mr. McCleney apparently was driving . and his wife, baby and daughter were on the front seat and were instantly i killed. The other four children were i on the back seat, two of whom were i thrown forward, one being killed in stantly while the other died later in j (Contirued on Page FTvei