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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 <jistinct
asset to the town and would go a long
way in providing recreation for citi
zens at night, which is and has been
very much lacking in Edenton for
! many years.
J. H. Conger, chairman of the
; Board of Public Works, was spokes
1 man for his group, stating that a com
[ mittee from the Chamber of Com -
[ merce appeared before his Board re
[ questing the lights to be installed so
[that night baseball could be played.
| Mr. Conger stated that while members
| of his Board were in sympathy with
I lighting the field, the matter of financ
ing the project presented a problem,
I and they doubted the wisdom of using
jE. & W. funds entirely. However, he
said, authority to use the money for
j the purpose rested with Town Coun
cil and that his Board would act ac
| cordingly.
Aside from the cost of installation,
j Mr. Conger estimated that for the
1 time the lights would be used during
the summer and fall, the current
would cost in the neighborhood of
$1,700 a year.
Tex Lindsay-, in charge of Edenton’s
recreation program and high school
coach, ventured the opinion that with
lights installed, revenue from base
i ball and football garnes, as well as
other activities at night would climb
to such an extent that after allowing
for athletic needs, enough would most
] likely- be left to make any necessary
j repairs to the athletic field and pos
sibly pay for the electricity used.
The lighting equipment will be or
dered at once and while the project
will be pushed along as much as pos
sible, the opinion was expressed that
the lights will not be ready until fall,
[ in time for the football season.
! Before adjourning, Town Council
also agreed to add an extra 40-gallon
j water tank in the field house to take
| care of the needs of the Binghamton
'baseball team when it trains in Eden
! ton this spring.
The accident occurred when the
i McCleney car ploughed into the rear
lof a truck-trailer which stalled on
- the highway. According to the driver
I of the truck, Eary M. Williams of
’ High Point, flares were placed along
* the highway, and he was in the truck
I cab when the collision occurred.
’ The McCleney family was on their
> 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
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