Volume Xlll.—Number 10.
Presbyterian Church Nearing Completion J!
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Though construction has been delayed for one reason or another at intervals, the new Edenton
Presbyterian Church is now nearing completion, and members of the congregation are hopeful that it
will be ready for occupancy in the very near future. The new church is located at the corner of West
Queen and Mosley Streets. During the construction of the church the congregation has been meeting
in a brick store room on East Queen Street.
Basketball Tourney
Is Now Under Way
In Edenton Armory
Champions Will Be De
cided In Games Fri
day Night
In the Edenton Annory Wednesday
afternoon what is expected to be a
very entertaining basketball tourna- j
ment got under way with six teams j
participating. Schools entering both
<oya’ and girls’ teams are Edenton,
Jreswell, Roper, Plymouth, Windsor
and Chowan. Columbia was schedul
ed to participate, but last week with
drew to take part in the Albemarle
Rural Tournament being held at the
Central High School near Elizabeth
City.
A thrilling tournament is in pros
pect, according to Tex Lindsay, who
has arranged for extra seating facil
ities for the crowds expected to wit
ness the various games.
Games were played Wednesday
afternoon and night and tonight
(Thursday). Games will be played'
beginning at 7 o’clock. The finals
of the tournament will be played!
Friday night beginning at 7:30 o’clock
when the champions of the tourna- ,
ment will be decided.
One of the highlights of the tour-!
nament will be the selection of aj
tournament queen from candidates |
presented by each school in the |
tourney. The queen will be selected,
Friday night and will be presented i
with a silver basket ball.
Rev. D. C. Crawford
Spikes Rumors That
He Intends To Resign
Declines Attractive Of
fers From Two Other
Churches
Though rumors have been in cir
culation for some time to the effect
that the Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr., in
tended to resign as pastor of the lo
cal Presbyterian Church, Mr. Craw
ford announced to his congregation
Sunday morning that he will remain
in Edenton. In making the announce
ment, Mr. Crawford admitted having
had two pastorates offered him, but
he said he did not feel that he had
been called from the local church.
Two very attractive pastorates had
been offered Mr. Crawford, one at the
Tryon Church at Tryon, N. C., and
another at the Trenton Church at
Trenton, Tennessee, but he express
ed the belief that it was his duty to
remain in Edenton to lead the con
gregation through an important per
iod when a new church is in the
course of construction.
LAYMAN’S DAY OBSERVED AT
EVANS METHODIST CHURCH
A Layman’s Day program was
given at the Evans Methodist Church
last Sunday afternoon. Appearing
on the program were B. W. Evans,
Mrs. Eddie Nixon, Mrs. M. P. Which*
ard, Miss Louise Wilson, Miss Ella
Mae Nixon and Mrs. B. W. Evans.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, Mair u c s*» te
BOY SCOUTS OF ALBEMARLE DISTRICT
ADD ANOTHER WEEKLY RADIO PROGRAM
Peter Carlton, Field Executive, Announces Pro
gram Will Be Broadcast Over WTAR Start
ing Saturday, March 9, at 5 P. M.
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Boy Scouts of the Tidewater Coun
cil will have an additional radio pro
gram beginning Saturday, March 9,
when they will be heard over WTAR,
Norfolk. This will mean two broad
casts weekly, one over WGNC, Eliza
jbeth City, at 9:30 Saturday morning
! and the WTAR broadcast scheduled
for 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon. The(
programs will in no way conflict with j
each other, but will greatly enhance I
the promotion of unity in the entire j
council.
Peter Carlton, field Scout executive, |
Pre - School Clinics |
In County Will Be
Held March 12 To 16!
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Protection Against Dis-j
[ ease Required Before I
Entering School
| Announcement was made this week
jby the Chowan Health Department
(that the pre-school clinics will be
i held March 12, 13, 15 and 16 at the
j following places:
Tuesday, March 12
f St. John’s School—9:3o to 10:30
j A. M.
Canaan’s Temple—ll to 12 noon.
Virginia Fork—l to 1:30 P. M.
Ryan’s Grove—l:4s to 2:15 P. M.
Warren’s Grove 2:30 to 3:20
P. M.
Wednesday, March 13
White Oak School—9:3o to 10:30
A. M.
Hudson Grove—ll to 12 noon.
Britts—l2:3o to 1:15 P. M.
Center Hill—1:30 to 2:05 P. M.
Green Hall—2:ls to 3:30 P. M.
Friday, March 15
Rocky Hock Central School. | '
Saturday, March 16
Edenton Colored School.
Chowan County Health Depart- j
ment, 9 to 12 noon.
The clinics will be under the direc- i
tion of Dr. W. P. Jordan, health of- ‘
ficer, and his staff.
Parents of children entering school i
for the first time this fall are urg- *
ently reminded to bring their children
to the clinic, along with certificates
from a doctor or Health Department
showing proof of their immunization.
Protection against whooping cough,
diphtheria and smallpox is required
of each child before entering school.
Parents are also cordially invited
to attend the clinic with their chil
dren in order to learn and discuss the
findings with the doctor and correct
any defects that may be found.
Commissioners Allow
75 Cents Per Day For
Meals Os Prisoners
Chowan County Commissioners at
their meeting Monday voted to allow
Herman White, jailer, 76 cents per
day for meals of prisoners in the
county jail. Heretofore 66 cents has
been allowed, but with rising cost of
food this amount was considered too
small to properly feed prisoners.
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will head up the new program in the (
same fashion as the one now broad- 1
cast over WCNC, being of a com- 1
mentary type and having to do with!
up-to-the-minute Scouting news items!
of the Albemarle as well as other ;
activities of the Council, flavored with
national and international notes.
This type of program, Mr. Carlton
asserts, allows great latitude in pro-;
| viding interesting programs and {
1 hopes Scouters will tune in as well!
ias submit any suggestions for im-:
( proving the programs.
Woman’s College
Alumnae Meet In :
New Bern May 4th
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Chowan Alumnae Asked
To Arrange to At
tend Meeting
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The Alumnae Association of Wo
man’s College of the University of
North Carolina is planning a region
al meeting in New Bern Saturday,
May 4, at 2:30 P. M. at the Woman’s!
Club. Chancellor Jackson and Dean j
Harriett Elliott will attend and speak
on the subjects “The College and the
Responsibility of the Alumnae For
Its Future” and “The World Today
and the Relationship of the College!
to It”. Miss Clara B. Byrd, executive!
secretary and Miss Grogan, alumnae j
president, will also be present.
All alumnae of Edenton and Chow
an County are especially urged to
keep this meeting in mind and plan
to attend if possible.
For any further information call
or see Mrs. Wood Privott, chairman
for Chowan County.
JOHN WHm GIVES
ATHLETIC FIELD IT CHOWAN HIGH SCHOOL
Signs Agreement Tuesday Night For Considera
tion of County Board of Education; Requires
Name “John F. White Athletic Field”
John F. White on Tuesday
night offered as a gift to the
Chowan County Board of Educa
tion four acres of the Savage
farm for use as an athletic field
at Chowan High School. The
property, which recently came
into possession of Mr. White, ad
joins the present school property
and Mr. White has agreed to give
a deed for four acres which will
be suitably located for a football
and baseball field or such other
recreational activities necessary
for the school’s needs.
Mr. White’s offer was made in
The Herald office Tuesday night,
when he called the editor, W. J.
Taylor, Chief of Police George I.
Dail and Mayor Leroy Haskett to
serve as witnesses to his agree
ment.
{The Bank Os Edenton
Inaugurates Charge
(For Writing Checks
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Customers Are Notified
Each Check Will Cost
Five Cents
STARTS APRIL 1
Balance of Sufficient
j Size Will Offset New
Service Charge
i Checking account customers of the •
Bank of Edenton last week were no
tified that beginning April 1 a ser
vice charge of five cents will be made 1
for each check charged to an account. 1
This action was taken, according to!
bank officials, to offset the expense in!
keeping records, as well as in keeping |
I with the policy of almost all banks. { i
The new charge will principally af
fect those having small balances in
the bank, for if a balance is sufficient
it will offset the activity costs.
In computing charges each account
will be allowed an earning credit of
12 cents for each SIOO minimum bal
ance maintained during the month.
Against'this credit allowance will be
applied the cost of service rendered
on the following basis: Each check
paid, five cents, plus a monthly main
tenance of account, if active, of 36
cents.
The new policy has been uie subject
of much discussion since it was an- ■
nounced, but bank officials say the 1
| policy is in operation in practically
: all banks.
jFrank W. Webster
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j Speaker For T. B.
| Meeting March 14|
Organizational Meeting
' Called By Temporary !
Chairman Taylor
j W. J. Taylor, temporary chairman
■of the proposed Chowan County Tu-;
i berculosis Association, has called an
j organizational meeting of the asso- 1
ciation for Thursday night, March 14,!
!at 8 o’clock in the Court House. At,
.this meeting a slate of officers is!
scheduled to be named so that the j
I organization can begin functioning. |
| For that reason Mr. Taylor is very
(anxious that all who are interested;
! in the association will attend.
Mr. Taylor also announced that
Frank W. Webster, executive secre
tary of tin* North Carolina Tubercu
losis Association, will attend the
meeting and be the speaker for the
evening.
Infantile Paralysis Fund
Receives Boost Os $13.05
| Another contribution to the March
1 of Dimes fund was made Thursday
1 of last week, bringing the total col
lected during the drive to $1,58ti.(!3.
The latest report was turned in by
W. J. Taylor, the amount being $13.-
1 05, representing contributions from
1 the following county colored schools:
Britts, $1.00; White Oak, $3.00;
Center Hill, $3.05; Warren’s Grove,
$2.00; Hudson Grove, $2.00 and
Green Hall, $2.00.
Mr. Taylor, superintendent of
county schools, was very much
elated over Mr. White’s generous
offer and said he would call a
special meeting of his Board for
the purpose of considering ac
ceptance of the land.
Mr. White’s proposal, witnessed
by the above mentioned group, is
as follows:
“The undersigned, John F.
White, offers to the Board of
Education of Chowan County four
acres of land adjoining the pres
ent Chowan High School prop
erty for the consideration of one
dollar ($1.00) for the purpose of
building an athletic field, pro
vided further that the athletic
field is named, called and known
as the "John F. White Athletic
Field.”
Tour Os County Roads With
Highway Officials Friday
Planned By Commissioners
| Electricity Off_)
Users of electricity are ad
vised that current will be cut
off Sunday afternoon from 12:30
to about I o’clock, this being
necessary in order.to make re
pairs at the sub-station in Eden
ton.
K. N. Hines, superintendent
of the Electric & Water Depart
ment. stated that usually the
current is not off as long as an
nounced, but that it may require
that much time to make repairs
necessary.
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Two Local Teachers
Chosen As Members
Delta Kappa Gamma
Mrs. Lloyd Griffin and
Miss Lena Jones Hon
ored Saturday
Mrs. Lloyd E. Griffin and Miss Lena
Jones, two members of the Edenton
school faculty were among seven toj
be admitted into the Delta Kappa!
Gamma Society, a national honor;
fraternity, at a meeting held Satur-'
day morning in the high school lib- (
rary. Other new members admitted
were Miss Mina Holloman of Ahos
jkie, Mrs. Joe Holmes of Creswell,
j Miss Mary Parnham of Murfreesboro,
Miss Mary Vann O’Briant of North
; ampton County and Miss Fannie Al- j
| drich of Beil Arthur,
j The meeting was in charge of the i
! Delta Kappa Gamma state president,
| Miss Hattie Fowler, of Lenoir Rhyne
| College, Hickory, who was assisted by
! Miss Hattie Parrott of Raleigh, mem-.
| bership chairman, and a state found
(er of the organization. Also assist
j ing in the meeting was; Miss Cordelia
1 Camp, a state founder, now professor
jof education at Western Carolina
| Teacher’s College, Cullowhee.
. Other members attending the meet
[ing were Miss Paulina Hassell of
I Edenton, Mrs. Mabel Evans Jones and
| Mrs. Mary Langston Evans, both of,
j Manteo. : , |
A delicious luncheon was served at|
11:30 o’clock by the school Home Ec-j
onomics Department, under the super-1
vision of the teacher, Mrs. Fred Hos-i
kins, after which Miss Camp spoke!
inspiringly on the purposes and ac- i
complishments of the fraternity.
The chapter will be the guests of I
' Mrs. Mabel Evans Jones, at Camp
Seatone, Manteo, on the week-end of j
.May 11.
Commissioners Sit
As Board Os Review
Monday, March 18th
Date Fixed By Law to
Hear Complaints Re
lating to Values
Chowan County Commissioners will
meet as a Board of Equalization and
Review in the Court House on Mon
day, March 18, for the purpose of
reviewing and equalizing property
values as they appear on the tax
books.
This is the time set aside by law
for hearing complaints and is the
only time the Commissioners can le
gally change any valuations, so that
any complaints should be filed at the
meeting set aside for the purpose.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will meet tonight at 8 o’clock
in the Court House. The first degree
will be conferred upon a candidate,
so that all members are urged to be
present by W. P. Goodwin, master of
the lodge.
AUXILIARY MEETS TODAY
The Auxiliary of St. Paul’s Episco
pal Church will meet this (Thursday)
afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Parish
House. All members are especially
urged to be present.
$1.50 Per Year.
Merrill Evans Plans to
Spend Entire Day In
County
startlq A. M.
Chowan’s Wishes as to
Road Improvements
Will Be Presented
At the invitation of the County
| Commissioners, 'Merrill'. Evans, high
| way commissioner for the First Div
ision, is scheduled to arrive in Eden
; ton tomorrow (Friday) morning, the
! purpose being to take him on a tour
iof Chowan County’s roads. The
tour is the outgrowth of a previous
suggestion made by Mr. Evans and
T. J. McKim, division engineer, who
, urged the County Commissioners to
I prepare a list of roads desired to
be paved, taken over by the State
I or improved.
The Commissioners, following re
commendations of the Chamber of
Commerce, have chosen a preferen
tial list of roads to be paved and
others to be maintained by the State
and these will be visited FViday
when Mr. Evans and Mr. McKim
arrive. A genera! tour of the coun
ty has been planned in order to ac
quaint the highway officials with
1 road conditions throughout the coun
| ty.
'j W. W. Byrum, chairman of the
({County Commissioners, on Monday
! urged as many members of his
, board as possible to make the trip,
(i so that no particular road is over
looked on the tour. The group ex
pects to leave from the Albemarle
1 Peanut Company office about 10
o’clock, so that anyone having any
suggestions or complaints to make
lis asked to contact Mr. Byrum be
j fore leaving on the tour,
j According to plans, the group
will visit the Yeopim section of the
county first and upon their return
will have dinner in Edenton. In the
afternoon the upper end of the coun
ty will be visited, so that at the close
of the day it is expected that Mr
Evans will be pretty well acquaint
ed with road conditions and needs
throughout the county.
Spring Term Chowan
Superior Court Will
Convene On April Ist
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List of Jurors Selected
By County Commis
sioners Monday
With a term of Chowan County Su
: perior Court scheduled to begin
Monday, April 1, the County Com
missioners on Monday picked from
the jury box 36 names of citizens
who will be summoned by Sheriff J.
A. Bunch for jury duty.
Judge Henry L. Stevens of Warsaw
is scheduled to preside over the court,
which will be a mixed term.
Those chosen for jury duty are as
follows:
J. E. Baker, P. El. Saunders, C. B.
Boyce, Everett Haste, L. E. Emmin
izer, J. Elton Jordan, O. M. Eason, G.
E. Nixon, Leßoy Barrow, Gilmore W.
Johnson, Floyd Griffin, Carey A. Pri
vott, Haywood Phthisic, C. E. Asbell,
W. B. Hassell, J. F. Perry, C. W.
Goodwin, E, A. Bunch, E. Z. Evans,
M. E. Parks, Lloyd Parrish, J. W.
Hollowell, E. R. Eason, Johnnie Bass,
H. C. Brinkley, Leroy Boyce, J. R.
: Bass, Robert A. Boyce, C. P. Harrell,
O. B. Perry, W. T. McClenney, K. J.
■ Copeland, B. W. Evans, A. D. Ward,
: Jr., John H. Harrell and R. A. Tark
• ington.
Jury List For County
Is Ordered Revised
Chowan County Commissioners on
Monday ordered Register of Deeds
; Maurice L. Bunch to revise the names
; in the jury box in order to bring the
i list up to date. It has been several
, years since the list has been revised,
i so that at present it contains names
’ of citizens who have died, moved
from the county and some who are
not physically able to serve as jurors.
TAX COLLECTIONS
Sheriff J. A. Bunch reports that
during February he collected $5,189.03
i for 1945 taxes, which amount boosted
r the total of 1946 taxes collected to
date to $68,442.43.