Volume XIII.—Num, c> x
Town Tak ts First Official Step To Pave Streets
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WINDMILL OVER A FLATTOP—One of the helicopters that will be used hr Joint Army-Navy Task Force
One at Bikini hovers just above the deck of its mother ship, the carrier USS Shangri-la. When this photograph
was taken the Shangri-la was headed through the Panama Canal en-route to the Pacific, Helicopters will be
used to make radiological reconnaissance patrols in the lagoon after the blast.
Paulina Hassell Is
Elected President
Delta Kappa Gamma
Group Entertained Over
Week-end at Camp
Seatone
In a meeting at Camp Seatone,
Manteo, on Saturday evening, Miss
" 'ina Hassell, of the local high
was unanimously elected to
Jf) as president of the newly or
d Pi Chapter of the Delta
.-pa Gamma Society, a State-Na
tional Fraternity in education,
Other officers elected to serve the
chapter are: Mrs. Mabel Evans Jones,
Manteo, first vice president; Mrs.
Mary Langston Evans, Manteo, sec
ond vice president; Mrs. George Win
siow, Elizabeth City, recording secre
tary; Mrs. George F. Hill, Elizabeth
City, corresponding secretary; Lena
M. Jones, treasurer, and Mary V.
O'Kriant of Jackson, parliamentarian.
By special arrangement, Dr. Lucile
Turner, incoming president of the
State Delta Kappa Gamma, and head
of the English Department at EaC
Carolina Teacher’s Training College, i
at Greenville, and Miss Hattie Par- I
rott, membership chairman of the fra-'
ternit'y, and an official from the State
Department of Education, Raleigh, J
conducted an initiation ceremony at
the meeting- on Saturday evening, at
which time the following candidates
were admitted into the fraternity.
Miss Mary Lee Copeland of Eden
ton, Miss Matilda Alexander of Cres
well, Mesdames George F. Hill and
George Winslow both of Elizabeth
City.
Mrs. Mabel Evans Jones, of Camp
Seatone, Manteo, was hostess to the
following members, and initiates of
Delta Kappa Gamma, during the past
week end:
Dr. Lucile Turner, Greenville; Miss
Hattie Parrott, Raleigh; Misses Alice
Strawn, Louise Swann, Agnes Fulli
love, Estelle Green, Mesdames C. A.
Bowen and Kenneth Brown, all of
Greenville; Misses Paulina Hassell,
Lena M. Jones, Mary Lee Copeland,
of Edenton; Mesdames George F.
Hill, and George Winslow, of Eliza
beth City; Misses Mary V. O’Briant
of Jackson, and Matilda Alexander, of
Creswell, and Mesdames Mary Lang
ston Evans, and Mabel Evans Jones;
both of Manteo. %
Three Local Masons
Receive Appointments
Three members of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., were
signally honored at the recent grand
lodge meeting and have received their
commissioners. H. A. Campen was
reappointed deputy grand master for
Second District and was also
led a class B certificate entit-
Wt ‘* m to instruct lodges in degree
- .. The Rev. W. C. Francis was
„,,pointed assistant grand chaplain
and also awarded a class A certificate
for lecturing lodges anywhere in the
State.
Richard Baer was appointed as a
member of the Board of Appeals.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Robert Lee Humber
Speaks Saturday On i
Court House Green
!
Free Sandwiches and
Pop Will Be Served
During Rally
AT 7 O’CLOCK
In Event of Rain, Affair
Will Be Held In
Armory
Robert Lee Humber of Greenville, j
who is opp<»sing Herbert C. Bonner as j
Congressman for the First Congress
ional District in the Democratic Pri
mary election on May 25, will speak
on the Court House Green Saturday
evening, May 18, at 7 o’clock. In an
nouncing the rally, the local Humber
campaign committee informed The
Herald that 1200 country ham sand
wiches are being prepared by the]
Chowan Woman’s Club, which will be
served free, together with ice cold
pop, to all who attend.
Everybody is invited to hear Mr. |
! Humber’s address, the committee stat- [
! ing that in event of inclement wea- i
ther, the rally will be held in the local !
armory.
Elizabeth City Host
To District Rotarians
i
Group of Outstanding
Speakers Feature
Program
Rotarians from the 189th District
completed a three-day session in Eliz
abeth City Tuesday, during which Is
aac M. Bailey, of Raleigh, was elected
governor, succeeding John A. Holmes.
Mr. Bailey had no opposition. The
highlight of the meeting was an ad
dress .by Kenneth C. Royal!, under
secretary of war.
Other speakers were the Rev. S.
Wade Marr, Jr., Robert L. Patton,
philosopher and humorist, tile Rev.
Joyce V. Early, Hal S. Orr, W. Carter
Darrow, Theodore S. Johnson, H. Den
nett Jones, John A. Park, Dr. Frank
IF Graham, and Charles W. Pettengill,
past vice president of Rotary Inter
national.
A feature of the meeting was a
Naval and Coast Guard show at the
U.'S. Coast Guard Air Base.
Primary Entertainment
Draws Capacity Crowd
Edenton High School’s auditorium
was filled practically to capacity Fri
day night when the Primary Depart
ment presented “The Wedding of the
Flowers” in which over 100 of the
youngsters took part.
Each one played his or her part
well and much favorable comment
was heard from the large crowd who
witnessed the entertainment.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 16,1946.
i Farewell Dance For
Group Leaving Dase
Will Be Held Tonight
USO Affair Arranged
1 Complimentary to Men
of Hedron 5
Complimenting the men of Hedron
5 who will be leaving the local Naval
Air Station next week, the GSO of the
USO will hold an informal dance at
the club tonight (Thursday) from
8:30 to 12:00, K. S. T.
Chairman of the affair is Miss
j Becky Lewis. Other (ISO members,
| taking part in planning the dance •
j are: Misses Margaret Harris, Myrtle i
Edwards and Helen Carter, compris- j
ing the Publicity Committee: Essie)
Coffield, Carolyn Elliott, Joyce Moore, I
Dorothy Lee Chest mitt and Loretta j
Porta of the Decoration Committee;
and Emily Smithwick, Carrie Jones,
Laura Oates and Edna Wilkins of the
Refreshments Committee,
j Miss Mary Grey Byrum, GSO Pres
ident, has announced that local vet
| erans also will be welcome.
Herring Catches
| Spotty This Year
! Volume of Fish Handled
i Increased at Cannon’s
! Ferry Fish Company
With the herring season closed Fri- j
day of last week, reports vary as to
successful seasons, the catch being
spotty in that some fishermen have
caught more herring than last year
and on the other hand some hava
caught less. In any event, however,
fishermen realized a better return for '
their catch due to the absence of the
usual slump in prices. Last year the
prevailing price was sfi per thousand,
while this year the price ranged
around $lO per thousand.
Despite the spotty catches, the 1
Cannon’s Ferry Fish Company hand
led more herring than last year, Mrs. <
E. N. Elliott, secretary of the con
cern, reporting that 2,800,000 herring '
were handled this year as compared f
with 2,500,000 last year. i
Chief D W Ashley ;
Being Discharged
Chief D. W. Ashley, last of the
members of the Edenton Shore Pa
trol, is at Norfolk, where he will be
discharged from the Navy, and ex
pects to return to Edenton Friday to 1
spend a few r days before going to his 1
home in Richmond. The Shore Patrol 1
under the administration of Chief
Ashley has done a splendid job and at ‘
thfe request of Comdr. Bert Creigh
ton, commanding officer of the Eden
ton Naval Air Station, he was retain
ed after all the other Shore Patrolers i
were transferred in order to train i
members of the local base as military
police.
Edenton Baseball
Team Organized
To Enter League
Marvin Wilson Elected
President of Local
Outfit
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Tex Lindsay, Chosen as
Manager, Now Seek
ing Players
One step nearer to providing base- I
ball during the .summer materialized
Thursday nightwhen the Edenton
entry in the Albemarle League organ
ized a meeting held at the Court
House. Quite a few baseball fans
were on hand, and all appeared very
enthusiastic over the prospect league
baseball.
Marvin Wilson was elected presi
dent of the Kdenton club, with Tex
Lindsay as manager, L. S. Byrum, sec
retary and Irving Leigh publicity
chairman. The board of directors in
clude Graham Byrum, John Graham,
J. P. Partin and Earl Goodwin.
Mr. Partin acted as temporary
chairman and gave a resume of what
has been done thus far in organizing
the league. Mr. Lindsay presented
some ideas relative to securing uni
forms, but it is expected that the
high school suits will be used until
new ones arrive.
Manager Lindsay, as well as other
fans, felt very enthusiastic over the j
prospect of having a creditable team.
Already such players as the following!
are listed as prospects: Trot Leary,
Shorty Perry. Pete Everett, Howard
Phipps, Ben Askew, Joseph Griffin
and others. Practice sessions are now
being held and anyone interested in j
landing a berth on the term is urged
to contact Manager Lindsay or re
port at Hi'las Field anv afternoon at
3:30.
Senior Class Play j
| Tomorrow Night;
“Here Comes Charlie”!
Title of This Year’s
Production
“Here Conies Charlie,” is the title
of the Senior Class play, which will
be presented in the high school audi
torium Friday night at 8 o’clock. The
play, a farce-comedy, will be present
ed in three acts, and from advance
reports the entertainment will be on
a par with the senior class perfor
mances presented in previous years.
Those taking part in the play will
be Ruth Muth, Rodney Harrell, Peg
gy" White, Bill Bunch, Francis Ches
son, Frances Wood, Erie Cofield, Bet
sy Shepard, Jo Mills, Davey Lee
Ward.
The play is directed by Benjamin
Askew.
Finals At Rocky
Hock On May 23
John A. Holmes Sched
uled to Deliver Com
mencement Address
Commencement exercises will be
held at Rocky Hock Central School,
Thursday evening May" 23rd at 8:00
o’clock.
Arlene Harrell lias been chosen
valedictorian and Doris Jean Nixon
saiutatorian. John A. Hobbes, super
intendent of Edenton city schools, will
deliver the commencement address.
The public is invited to attend these
exercises.
L. E. Griffin Speaker
For State Auto Group
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Griffin spent
the week-end in Pinehurst, while Mr.
Griffin addressed the State Automo
bile Association on Saturday evening.
Mr. Griffin spoke on the subject,
“North Carolina On Wheels.”
VACATIONING IN FLORIDA
The Rev. and Mrs. Harold Gilmer
and family left Tuesday* morning for
a week’s vacation at St. Augustine,
Fla. They" expect to return by Fri
day, May 24.
jCouncilmen Adopt Hospital
trustees’Recommendation
For Hospital On Hicks Field
Boy Scout Camporee
At Edenhouse Beach
Interesting: Session Is
Planned For Satur
day and Sunday
Boy Scouts of the West Albemarle
District will leave Saturday to: en
joy a camporee at Eden House 1
Beach, the affair to Tie in progress
Saturday and Sunday". Various Scout
ing contacts will feature the camporee,
which has been arranged by Charles
T. Griffin, chairman of Scouting ac
tivities.
Registration will open at 1:30 Sat- j
urday afternoon at the beach, and it j
is expected a goodly" number of boys
from each troop in the district will :
attend.
Coal Strike Cripples
Local Mail Service;
Trains Removed During;
Emergency Disrupts
Schedules
“For the duration of the emergen
cy caused by* the coal strike, our pos
tal service is going to be definitely
1 handicapped,” said Postmaster C. E.
Kramer early this week. “No doubt
your mail will be received late, in
| many" cases, but we promise that it
| will go through as promptly as pos
| si bio, and hope that our pat rons will
j bear with us until train service is
j brought back to normal basis.”
Effective Saturday of last week
southbound trains for Raleigh and
• intermediate points began operating
three days each week, Mondays, Wed
nesdays and Fridays. Mail for this
connection will close at 11:30 A. M.
' Northbound trains for Norfolk and
intermediate points will also operate I
j three days each week, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. Mail for
this connection will close at 1:30 I’. M.
No trains will operate on Sundays.
Star routes will run as usual stated
Mr. Kramer.
Federation Meeting
Thursday, May 30
Rev. C. wTDuling Will
Be Principal Speaker;
Dress Revue
The Chowan County Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs will meet
on Thursday, May 30. This will be an
all-day meeting with a pickle making
demonstration given in the Commun
ity House, Cfoss Roads, by Miss Ruby
Scholz, extension specialist, at 18:30,
lunch served by the club women at
12:30, and the afternoon meeting at
2 o’clock.
Features of the afternoon program
at 2 o’clock will be an address by the
Rev. C. W. Duling, pastor of Hert
ford Baptist Church, and the County
4-H Dress Revue under the direction
of Miss Virginia Bailey, assistant
home agent. <
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Tuberculosis Meeting
Will Be Held Tonight
Jesse L. Harrell, secretary of the
Chowan County Tuberculosis Associ
ation, announces that a meeting of the
association will be held tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the Court
House. All members of the association
and any who are interested in com
batting the disease are urged to at
tend.
At the meeting Ralph Parrish, pres
ident, says the Constitution and by
laws will be presented for adoption,
so that a good attendance is desired.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Willie H. Bunch, local garage oper
ator, entered General Hospital, Nor
folk, last week, where he underwent
an operation. He is reported as gradu
ally recovering from the operation.
$1.50 Per Year.
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i Preliminary Action Un
! der Way Prior to Call
ing Special Election
$270,000 Estimate
Hospital Group Exhaust
Source of Possible
Sites
Town Council at its meeting Tues
day night acted bn two very impor
tant matters, one of which was the
first official step in paving dirt
j streets, installing curb and gutters
and storm drainage. The other was
approving the recommendation of the
j Chowan County Hospital for placing
ja proposed hospital on Hicks Field.
A. L, Linberg, consulting engineer
;of Burlington, was present at the
meeting and presented a brief report
| relative to the paving project, stat
j ing that li petitions had been prop
: erly signed and that the estimated
I cost of the improvement would be
j $270,000. v _
The estimated cost is based on pav-
I Ing all streets for which petitions
I have been signed 28 feet between cur-
Jbing with the exception of Oakum
I and Freemason streets which will be
j 30 feet between curbs; standard con
j Crete curb and gutter; six-inch con
| Crete pavement in the cotton mill vil
i lage and other streets to be paved
i with 4-inch crusher-run base and hea
vy treatment of tar and chats sur
face; necessary storm water drainage
system and sewer and water connec
tions run out from the mains to the
back of curbing to service vacant
lots and houses not now served.
The first legal step taken was to
adopt a resolution that the town ac
cepts the petitions which require
property owners to pay half of the
cost and the town the other half and
that the assessments will be payable
over a period of ten years. Adoption
of this resolution was necessary be
fore arrangements are made with
bonding companies, and when these
negotiations are completed, the next
step will be for Town Council to call
a special election to vote on a bond
issue. W. D. I’ruden, Town Attorney,
was present at the meeting and ex
plained the legal procedure necessary.
In view of the joint meeting called
for Monday, June 3, to consider a
site for a hospital, the Councilmen
voted to approve the recommendations
of the hospital trustees to place the
hospital on Hicks Field. It was point
ed out that the trustees exhausted all
efforts to secure a suitable site, but
that Hicks Field was the logical place
for the hospital.
Fire Chief R. K. Hall presented a
drawing of a proposed new building
for the Fire Department, the sugges
tion being advanced that the town
lot on the northeast corner of Broad
and Water streets could be sold for
enough to purchase a lot farther up
Broad street in order to provide ade
quate quarters and at the same time
be nearer the residential section, thus
being able to provide better fire pro
tection.
The problem of drainage in North
Edenton was again aired, and Mayor
Haskett reported having wired T. J.
McKim, district engineer for the State
Highway Commission, Tuesday morn
ing, inquiring what has been done
about a proposed projfect Mr. McKim
promised to work out relative to erec
ting curb and gutters. Conditions are
deplorable and many complaints con
tinue to be registered by those affec
ted, so that every effort is being made
to have the state remedy the situation.
During the meeting J. H. Conger
was granted permission to erect a
100,000-gallon gasoline storage tank
on the waterfront, with the provision
that it will conform to all state and
local requirements.
Liniuel McVaughn, was granted a
taxi drivers permit.
Chief of Police George Dail was
authorized to purchase a digest of
criminal laws to aid the police de
partment in reaching decisions when
court officials are not available.
George Twiddy, local insurance
man, appeared at the meeting in the
interest of securing some of the
town’s insurance business, stating
that his concern can save the town
a considerable amount of money. He
also stated that insufficient insurance
was carried considering replacement
value. ,