Volume Xlll.—Numbei n>
Baseball Enthusiasts From
Four Towns Reorganize Old
Albemarle Baseball League
.». Jim Daniels Elected
By Unanimous Vote
As President
HOLTON SECRETARY
Season Begins June 2nd
With Four Games
Each Week
With baseball enthusiasts from
Edent-’:.. I left ford. Elizabeth City
and Windsor present at a meeting
hold in the Court House Friday night,
the Albemarle League was reorganiz
ed after several years.inactivity. With
A. W. Hofren of Hertford acting as
temporary chairman of the meeting,
•W. .lim Itanieis of Kdenton \vas elec
ted president of the league and Wal
ter Holton of Kdenton. secretary and
treasurer.
A director from each of the towns
represented was also elected and
these were W. W. Johnson of Wind
sor, Lorimer Midgett of Elizabeth
City, Graham liyrum of Edenton and
A. W. Hos ren of Hertford.
Various matters were decided at
this meeting, though it was left to the
directors to iron out quite a few im
portant details before the league be
gins operation. It was decided at Fri
day's. meeting to play four league
games per week and that each club
would keep the home game receipts.
However, any of the teams will he
allowed to play non-league, games as
a means of helping to raise revenue.
It was also decided that each team
would be allowed to carry four hired
•ut-of-town players, though no limit
was set as to salaries to'be paid. The
price of admission to games was al
so decided. The general opinion pro
ailed that there should lie a uniform
price iu each town and it was agreed
1 hat •’ 1 cents for adults and 25 cents
r children should be adopted.
During the meeting it was decided
open the league on Sunday. June 2,
Bit ' close August 21, which will in
de the regular season, as well as
ue play-off for the league cham
pionship The June 2nd date was
decided upon so that playing would
•ot interfere with the high school
baseball schedule in the various
towns.
Though only four towns were re
presented at the meeting, it was he
neved by those present that at least
two more towns. would agree to en
ter, making-, the league a six-club
cricuit. ■ •. .
Tlte matter of each team posting
a forfeit in order to insure continu
ance of a team bn the field was dis
cussed at length and finally was left
hi the hands of the directors to de
cide T! ■ amounts suggested ranged
fr< i • ■ ' ■ mi. A m.-cting of the
dir.-',. . scheduled to be lie Id to
night (Thursday)- to' settle this, as
well as other important matters in
order to get the machinery in readi
ness for the. ; opening of the league.
Clarence Cates, Jr.,
Re-enlists In Army
Clarence ('. Cates, signed up Tues
day for a three-vear re-enlistment in
the new regular army , and will have
his choice of the .branch of service and
overseas duty. Young Cates signed up
with »Sgt. Haul F. Fisher, Army re
cruiter, who is stationed in the lobby
of the post office every Tuesday from
9:30 A. M„ to 4:.' J ,O H. M. to‘accept
men for enlistment in the new regular
Army.
Many former service men are now
re-enlisting in the grade they held
at time of discharge even if they have
been out over 90 days, a new ruiing of
the Army.
CHOWAN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT
MEETINGS SCHEDULED NEXT SATURDAY
County Convention Saturday, April 27, In Court
House to Elect Officers and Delegates to
State Democratic Convention
Lloyd E. Griffin, chairman of the
Chowan County Democratic Executive
'ammittee, this week announced that
-nocratic precinct meetings would
held Saturday afternoon, April 20,
, 3 o’clock. The principal item of
business at these meetings will be to
elect delegates to the County Demo
cratic convention, which will be held
at the Court House Saturday after
noon, April 27, at 3 o’clock.
At the County Convention officers
will be elected as well as delegates
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
|_C. Os C. Meeing_|
At a meeting held Tuesday af
ternoon members of the Hoard
of Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce decided to bold the
general quarterly meeting of the
organization Friday, April 20.
The meeting will he held in the
, Court House at 8 H. M„ and
every member of the Chamber of
Commerce is especially urged to
at tend.
It has been the policy of the
Chamber of Commerce to hold
quarterly meetings, so that the
members may become acquainted
with what has been done and to
offer any suggestions which may
he beneficial, and for that reason
all members are urged to be pre
sent.
Health Department
Adopts Ordinances
Affects Control of Meat
And Sewage Disposal
In Edenton
At a: meeting of the local Health
Department ordinances were adopted
for control of. meat and sewage dis
position, which require the following
provisions: .
1 ■ -No person can install or build
residential sewage disposal without
having a permit from tin' Health
Officer or his duly authorized repre
sentative.
2 All septii tanks installed shall
have a Ihinii.iim working capacity of
slH> gallons.
■I All disposal plants shall he in
spected before job i.s covered ami
completed.
This ordinance was adopted to pro
tect property owners from unsatis
factory private sewage disposal
plants being installed by so called
"jackleg” plumbers. Copies of the
ordinance in its entirety may be seen
or obtained at tin- local Health De
partment'.
The meat ordinance as adopted in
part is as follows:
1 All meats transported to mar
kets-, shall be wrapped in clean cloths
or unused paper.
2 Meats transported to market
must he- so done in a clean vehicle.
Ibis ordinance in its entirety may
be seen at th.- local Health Depart
ment:
The-sewage disposal ordinance goes
ini" effect immediately, while the
n i-at ordinance goes into effect .'to
days from date of ratification which
Will he May 4, 1940.
IJSO Easter Dance
Monday, April 22nd
Faster Monday will see -the USD
club decked out in Faster bunnies and
Faster eggs and colored streamers for
the formal dance given by GSO mem
bers for service men and veterans
from eight, to twelve, April 22.
Every GSO member is scheduled to
be on hand to make the occasion an
enjoyable one and punch and cookies
will- be served during the dance,
DISCHARGED FROM NAVY
Harold E. Langsdale was among a
group to he discharged from the
naval service on April 10 at the U. S.
Naval Personnel Separation Center at
Great Lakes, 111.
to the State Democratic Convention,
so that all precinct delegates are urg
ed to be present.
The precinct meetings next Satur
day afternoon will be held at the fol
lowing places at 3 o’clock:
East Edenton—Court House.
West Edenton—Municipal Building.
Rocky Hock—Henry Bunch’s Store.
Center Hill—Vandy Boyce’s Store.
Wardville—George A. Hollowell’s
Store.
Yeopim—Harry Perry’s Store.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 18,1946.
Lions Club Sponsor
Os Court Os Honor
Next Monday Night
Three Boys Will Be Pro
moted to Rank of
Eagle Scout
OTHER AWARDS
Scouts, Scouters, Lions
Will I»e Served Bar
becue Dinner
Next Monday night should be an
outstanding event for Scouting in the
West Albemarle District when a
Court of lb .nor Will be held, the af
fair being- 'sponsored by the .Kdenton
Lions Club, and at which Lions, I’ov
Scouters and Scouts will enjoy a bar
becue dinner.
During the exercises three Scouts,
members of Troop 15(1,will be hon
ored by. being advanced to Eagle
Scout, These boys are Philip Mc-
Mullati. Jr., Hobby liyrum and W. J.
Taylor, Jr.
Advancements in Troop 170, which
is sponsored by the Lions Club in
clude the following:
Emmett Eason to second class.
Douglas Allen and Fred Keefer to
first class. .
Sonny Stillman to star.
Merit badges will be awarded as
follows:
Sonny Stillman, personal health,
public health, home repairs, swim
ming and pathfinding.
Douglas Alien, personal health
Johnny Thigpen, civics and path
finding.
In Troop 15(1, sponsored by the Ro
tary Club, the following boys will be
advanced:
Hilly Pond and Frank Hughes. Jr.,
to second class.
Frank Williams. Ernest White and.
Johnnie Goodwin to first class.
Jimmie Earnhardt and Hector Lep
ton, Jr., to life.
Philip McMullan to bronze pain - .
Merit badgi -will be awarded as
follows:
Philip McMullan, Jr., business.
Hector I.upton, Jr., civics, friend
ship, athletics, carpentry, bookbind
ing, life saving and woodwork.
Jimmie Earnhardt, athletics, safety,
firemanship, carpentry, woodwork;
cooking, bugling and life saving.
• lack Habit, rowing, plumbing, civ
ics woodwork and safety.
Polk Williams, carpentry, civics,
life saving, woodwork and pigeoil
raising,
Richard Baer, chairman of the
West Albemarle District, is hopeful
that many of the Scouters in the dis
trict will be present and is of the
opinion that the affair will add now
interest in Scouting throughout the
district.
Scouts who will be advanced and
awarded n orit badges qualified at a
Hoard of Review last week consisting
of P. S. McMullan. Ernest Kehavcs
and George S. Tuiddy.
Rev. E. L. Wells Will
Preach Final Sermon
As Pastor On Sunday
Special Music Feature
Os Sunday Morning’s
Easter Service
A feature of the service at the Bap
tist . Church Sunday morning at 11
o’clock will be a special program of
Easter music by the church choir.
During the service the Rev, E. L.
Wells, pastor, will also deliver a brief
message.
Mr. Wells Will preach his final ser
mon as pastor of the church Sunday
night, after having served for over
85 years. The Rev. R. N. Carroll, who
has accepted a call as pastor of the
church, is expected to arrive in time
to preach at both sermons on Sunday,
April 28.
George Norris Enlists
In Army Air Corps
George Norris, a member of last
season’s high school football team,
has enlisted in the U. S. Army and
left Monday for Fort Bragg for his
physical examination. He enlisted in
the Air Corps for a period of three
years and expects to become an avi
ation mechanic.
Young Norris was named on the
All-Albemarle football team as cen
ter, the position he played with credit
on the local team during the sea
son.
Binghamton Plays !
Greenville As Easter
Monday Attraction
Triplet Officials Turn
Receipts of Game Over
To Local Lions Club
LEAVE TUESDAY '
Token of Appreciation
For Cooperation on
Part of Citizens
With Easter .Monday sell duh d to :
he a geiimal holiday in Kdonfon,
member.--' <>i: th I d a.Urn 12 ms Club
and officials of the Binghamton base
bad club hay e arranged to play a
game of baseball on Hicks Field Mon
day : - .--Tly, hoar:was ,
inil ./ .- . tali: . day morning a
The H.-r aid ' .■. p- .1. u as |
expeeted -t i - yume v. ill begin at ,
2 n't o’clock.
i Trip-let; will cross bats w ith j
..the Greemy,!." ck.b of the Coastal j
Plain League, which is manage*! by I
Virgil I’ayn . form, r Wake Forest
star, and reports are to the effect
that he has rounded up a fast com- !
bination, and hopes to give Bingham
ton. a higher class team, a hard
fight.
The game was arranged by mem
bers of the Lions Club after Business
Manager Bill McCofry and manager
Garland Braxton of the Binghamton
Club agreed to turn receipts over to
the Lions Club for Use in aiding the
blind. Both officials are well pleased
with t'.vir reception in Edenton and
very generously agreed to play the
game as a token of their appreciation
| for the cooperation they have receiv
ed while training' in Edenton,
Both arc very anxious to see a
1 large crowd at Monday’s game in or
der far fans to get some idea of the
team which has been rounded out hc
■ fore returning to Binghamton to be
gin the season. Tim outfit is si bed
I tiled to lea*.- tin- following day for
!lm home port so that it will be the
last opportunity to see them in action
in Kdenton.
This will lie only tin- second exliiln
■ tion game played in Edenton. It was
expected to play six or seven home
games, but Mr. McCory met with
transportation problems which pre
vented th*- games being scheduled.
With stores and business houses elos
led, a large crowd is expected be
on hand to witness the game.
Methodist Revival
Meeting Will Begin
On Sunday Night
Rev. B. (\ Reavis, Pas
tor of Church In Hert
ford, Will Preach
At 7:80 o’clock Sunday night evan
gelistic services will begin in the
Methodist Church, to continue
throughout the week. The preacher
for this series of meetings will be
j the Rev. B. C. Reavis, pastor of the
j Hertford Methodist Church, and the
; public is cordially invited, to attend
all of the meetings,
Holy Week is being observed at
the church with services being held
each evening at 7:30 o'clock. The last
of. this series of meetings will be held
tonight (Thursday) and Friday, with
Holy Communion to be observed to
j night.
Services will be held in. the church
I Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, when
; the pastor, the Rev. IF F. Surratt,
will preach on the subject “The True
Victory.” Special Easter music will
feature the service.
Miss Julia Burton In
Joint College Recital
Miss Julia Burton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Burton, and Miss
Edith Brown, Fayetteville, were pre
sented in a joint recital by the
Greensboro college school of music on
the night of April 12 in Odell audi
torium. Miss Burton, soprano, is a
candidate for the B. M. degree in
music education. She will be present
ed in piano recital on May 14.
For her opening numbers Miss Bur
ton sang Mi Chiamano Minii by Puc
cini, Contemplation by Widor, La
Cloche by Saint-Saens, Following
Miss Brown’s organ selection. Miss
Burton sang Haydn’s She Never Told
Her Love, Head’s Nocturne, Hope’s A
Caution, and Ronald’s Love, I Have
Won You. She was accompanied by
Miss Betty Swofford.
Three Contests In Chowan
County Arouses Interest In
May 25th Primary Election
|_General Holiday
Faster Monday will he gener
ally observed as a holiday in
Edenton, the Chamber of Com
merce reporting early this week
that all stores and hii-im hous
es, with the possible exception
of drug stores will In- dosed the
entire day.
County and i'i'y offices, will, be
closed, a> well as the Bank of
Edenton. Members of the Street
Department will also he given a
holiday, so that trash and gar
bage will not lie collected from
Saturday until Tuesday morn
ing.
Because of the general holiday.
Edenton citizens atre requested
to arrange their affairs accord
ingly.
Rotary Club Elects
New Officers Today
i j
C. E. Kramer Empha
sizes Principal Ro
tary Objects
I C. F. Kramer, charter member of
j the Edenton Rotary Club who has the
! distinction of having a perfect atten
dance for over 20 veers, was the
I principal speaker at last week's moet
! ing. Mr. Kramer said that in the
rush and strain of affairs it is alto
get her possible that some Rotarians
i forget the fundamentals of Rotary
- and for that reason he emphasized
\ tin- four cardinal objects of Rotary;
i At today’s (Thursday) meeting "f
' fivers and directors for tin- Rotary
•year, which begins July 1. will b,
.elected. Every member of tin- club is
requested to be present and take part
in this important matter.
First Service In
New Presbyterian
j Church On Easter
Open House Expected
To Be Held Early
This Spring-
The Rev. I>. C. Crawford. Jr., pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church, an
{ nouneed this week that tin first <er
i vice in the new Presbyterian Church
iat th** corner of Queen and Mosley
I streets will he hold Easter .Sunday
'morning at II o'clock, at which time
he "ill deliver an appropriate Fas
; ter message. Special Easter it si.* - will
I also h<- rendered. During tie- morning
ja baptismal service will he held and
I new members w ill he received and
| welcomed into the Church.
Mr. Crawford also stated that the
: entire building is expected to be conr
j pleteil late in the spring, at which
i time open house will be observed,
1 An invitation is extended, to the
. general public to attend the service
i on Easter morning.
PRIMARY GRADE OPERETTA
. The Primary Department . of the
, Edenton High School will present an
j operetta, “The Wedding of the Flow -
j el's.” tht> night of May 10. The cast
will include over one hundred little
tots. Practice has already begun ami
the children are very enthusiastic.
SUNRISE SERVICE ON COURT HOUSE GREEN
EASTER MORNING, APRIL 21,6:30 O’CLOCK
Exercises Will Be Held In Court House In Event
Weather Is Inclement; Interesting Pro
gram Arranged For Occasion
Arrangements have been com
pleted for a sunrise service Eas
ter morning, April 21, at 6:30
o’clock on the Court House Green,
weather permitting. However, in
event of inclement weather, the
exercises will be held in the Court
House as scheduled.
Jimmy Earnhardt, Jr., will be
gin the service with a bugle call
and during the program the
Edenton High School sextet will
sing. Mrs. Frank Elliott is sched
uled to sing a solo and Easter
Per Year.
Prosecutor, Representa
tive and Commissioner
Contested Offices
RACE FOR SENATE
Herbert ( . Con her and
Robert Lee Humber
Opponent ;
Viiii :ast Saturday, bet a,: .hi dead •
t‘■ idat.-.s f '.,- >r office
in lb- - M,y. 25;h Deinnyrat Primary
• left or), three focal c.< utqsts will total
•to -.icidat* voting ,ti -th. - election:
All p.rvs, ricuiidfeii:.- fii. *1 for ry
.'. oh. ‘- ■ J except A. C, • ;,•*-. . veteran
mem let' of ,t hr Board (rs 14*iu nty ,Coni
missiouers. M: - . Boyi'i served as
comi'ossioni'i - since March, 1938, when
he -tu'ceeded the late J. T. Satterfield
and, .next to J. A. Webb, is the oldest
1 member >n tho I’oard in point of ser-
V-'c F I ■ ~ ..i seek i . i lection
when A. H. Hollowel! and W. E. Bond
, auruKHici d. that they Would be candi
dates.
L’tiopposed for re • lection are Mat
j vin Wilson, judge of Recorder's
Court; E. VV. Spires, Clerk of Court:
J. A. Bunch, sheriff; W. W. Byruni.
County Commissioner-at-large, and J,
R. I’eele, E. N. Elliott, and J. A.
Webb as County- Commissioners for
the Second, Third and Fourth Town
ships, respectively.
J. N. I’ruden, at present I’rosecut
ing Attorney of Recorder’s Court, is
opposed by Weldon Hollowed, while
John V,. Gi ah.am is a candidate for
Repros* titativo in tilt- General Assent
(Continue': '>n Pa :.e Four)
Easier Story In Colors
At Baptist Church
“The Complete Easter Story will he
presented it f!l color s! <L - s in the
' Sunday Sch" auditorial -of the
1 Baptist Chut'cn Sunday evening at
d:45 o’clock, to which th-- public i.->
cordially invited. Accompanying the
slides will he scripture reading by
John Senterfitt.
The same slides- will li, presentist
in the school library Friday morning
it: order to give the children an op
portunity to witness the slides.
I
Second Degree Tonight
I At Masonic Meeting
the e, ting of I’naiiimity Lodge
N 7. A. F, ,v A. M.. tonight (Thurs
day ) llv S 'Confl degree will he con
i' i-r dup ■ a -'cat'didatc. W. I Good
win. is - .r-) - "f the lodge, urged ad
Ma pn sent and extend.- a
' cordial iiivitafion to visiting Masons
1 .to at: - nd.
r-suy '
CASTER
i selections will be sung by those
i present.
The principle address for the
occasion will be made by the Rev.
! IV. C. Francis, who will deliver
an Easter message. The Revs.
Harold Gilmer, H. Freo Surratt
and 1). C. Crawford, Jr., will also
take part on the program.
The service is non-denomina
tional, so that it is hoped that
members of all churches will at
tend the service.