Volume XIII. —Number 21.
Herbert Bonner Wins Better Than 2 To 1
Tver Robert Humber For Congressman;
Jenkins And Midgett Win In Senate Race
John Graham Defeats j
John White For Rep
resentative Seat
PRUDENTLOSES
Arthur Hollowell Wins
In Race For County
Commissioner
Over 1500 Chowan County voters
cast their ballots in the Democratic
Primary election held Saturday, in
which a number of upsets occurred.
Interest centered around the Con
gressional contest in which Herbert
C. Bonner, seeking re-election, was
opposed by Robert Lee Humber of
Greenville. Both candidates had a
large group of friends working in the
interest of their candidacy, but the
strength ahd popularity of Mr. Bon
ner was reflected in the fact that he
won over his opponent by better than j
a 2to 1 count. Every county in the j
First District turned in a majority for |
Mr. Bonner except Gates, where Mr. j
II umber received 47 more votes than j
Mr. Bonner. In fact, so heated was
the pre-election campaign that Mr. ;
Bonner’s sweeping victory exceeded j
even the fondest dreams of many of |
his most ardent supporters.
Chowan County polled 851 votes J
for Bonner and 684 for Humber, the J
East Edenton precinct being the only j
precinct to give Humber the largest !
vote. His majority in East Edenton
was 12 votes.
1 n the State Senate race, Charles !
H. Jenkins was by far the favorite of
the three candidates for the district’s |
two seats. Mr. Jenkins polled 1051 i
votes in Chowan County, followed by j
' rimer Midgett with 547 and Webb I
v arns with 468. Mr. Jenkins led
ry precinct in Chowan County.
** a entire district Mr. Jenkins led
o a vote of over 7,000. Midgett
was second with over 5,000 votes and
Williams third with slightly over
4,000 votes, so that Jenkins and Mid
gett will be the two Senators repre
senting the district.
For Chowan’s representative in the j
General Assembly, John Graham de- j
seated John F, White, a veteran of i
many previous campaigns. Graham |
topped White in every precinct in thcj
county, though in East Edenton pre- j
cinct the majority was only three i
votes. The total vote was 866 for j
Graham and 675 for White, or a rna- j
jority of 191 votes.
The major upset of the election]
was the contest for Prosecuting Attor- j
ney for Chowan Recorder’s Court, j
where Weldor. Hollowell, recently re-!
turned World War 11 veteran, de-j
seated J. N. I’ruden by a majority of
107 votes. Pruden led in both East
and West Edenton precincts, but Hol
loweJl’s strength in the rural pre
cincts offset the former’s lead in the j
two precincts. Hollowell led in each |
of the other four precincts, his great- i
est strength coming from Center Hill, 1
where he received 158 votes while J
Pruden received only 8 votes. The j
total Vote was 767 for Hollowell and j
660 for Pruden.
The closest race in the election de
veloped between Arthur Hollowell and
William E. Bond for Commissioner
from the First Township. Bond had
an advantage of 89 votes in the West
Edenton precinct, but in East Edenton
precinct Hollowell was given 304
votes to 177 for Bond, which offset
Bond’s lead, giving Hollowell a ma
jority of 338 votes. Hollowell will
succeed A. C. Boyce, one of the old
est Commissioners on the Board, who
did not seek re-election.
All other offices in Chowan County
were uncontested.
Posthumous Award Os
Navy And Marine Corps
Medal To Johnny Perry
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Perry on Fri
day received the Navy and Marine
Corps Medal which was awarded post
humously to their son, Johnnie Les
ter Perry, AMM lc. USNR, by the
Navy Department. Young Perry was
' -*• in action.
y were notified of the award
j ttain Mays L. Lewis, USN, act-
' hies of Staff, who offered to
a personal representative to
Edenton for the conduct and appro
priate presentation ceremony, but
Mr. and Mrs. Perry preferred to have
the medal sent by mail, which was
done.
PATIENT IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Richard Morgan entered Gen
eral Hospital in Norfolk Thursday of
last week, where she is receiving
treatments for a throat ailment.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| How Chowan County Voted
Congressman:
Herbert Bonner 250 280 86 110 66 59 851
Robert Lee Humber _ -262 229 46 59 60 28 684
State Senator:
Chas. H. Jenkins 330 371 95 118 86 • 55 1055
Loriiper Midgett - _l6O 194 60 77 31 25 547
Webb Williams - . 156 153 39 30 49 39 466
Representative:
John Graham - - 256 305 71 97 79 56 864
John White - 254 207 63 70 50 30 674
Prosecuting Attorney:
Weldon Hollowell .206 181 88 158 101 42 776
J. N. Pruden 260 307 28 8 23 38 664
County Commissioner:
A. S. Hollowell ----- .306 201 507
W. E. Bond -177 290 467
Leads Ticket
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CHAS. H. JENKINS
Leading the ticket in the Dem
] ocratic Primary election Satur
day, Charles H. Jenkins was re
elected one of the two State Sen-
I ators from the First District.
1 Lorimer Alidgett of Elizabeth
City outdistanced Webb Williams,
also of Elizabeth City, for the
I other seat.
School Closes But
! No Commencement
Exercises This Year
i
j No Graduating Class on
i Account of Adopting
12 Grades
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Though the Edenton High School
will close next Tuesday, June 4, there
will ho no commencement exercises
this year. This condition is caused by
the fact that there will be no gradu
ating class this year due to the twelve
grades system adopted in the school.
The eleventh grade, which would have
graduated this year, will begin the
twelfth grade.
The only exercises in connection
with school closing will be the promo
tion of from 50 to 60 students from
the eighth grade to the freshman
year in high school. These exercises
will be held in the auditorium Mon
day afternoon.
Group From Edenton To
Attend Rotary Meeting
Held In Atlantic City
Edenton’s Rotary Club will be re
presented at the International Ro
tary Convention to be held in Atlantic
City, June 2 to 7. The Edenton group
will include John A. Holmes, Dr. and
Mrs. W. I. Hart, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Chestnutt and C. W. Overman, all of
whom plan to leave Sunday morning.
LICENSES EXPIRE JUNE 30
B. Henry Smith, State automobile
license examiner, calls attention to
the fact that taxi, bus, truck and
chauffeur’s licenses expire on June 30
and should be renewed before that
time. Mr. Smith is in Edenton every
Wednesday, for issuing licenses and
urges drivers to attend to this mat
ter before the final date.
He will be glad to renew licenses
between 9 a. m. and 5 p. m.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 30,1946.
East
Edenton
West
Edenton
Rocky
Hock
Center
Hill
Wardville
Yeopim
Total
New Commissioner
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ARTHUR HOLLOWELL
In a close race in Saturday’s
Democratic Primary election, A.
S. Hollowell won over W. E. Bond
for County Commissioner from
the First Township, by a major
ity of only 38 votes. Air. Hollow
ell will succeed A. C. Boyce, vet
eran commissioner, who did not
seek re-election.
Memorial Services In
Washington County
Services at Pettigrew
Park and St. David’s
Church
Annual memorial services, which
have been conducted every year since
May 30th, 1939, will be held on Sun
day, June 2nd, near Creswejl, as fol
lows:
At Old Saint Davids Church on the
former Belgrade plantation at 11 A.
M., with morning prayer to be read
by the rector, the Rev. B. Wood Gai
ther, and a historical address to be
delivered by the county historian,
John W. Darden of Plymouth. The of
fering will be used for the establish
ment of a maintenance fund for the
old church. All guests will be asked
to share in a basket picnic dinner
after the morning devotions.
After luncheon, there will be a ser
vice at the Pettigrew Cemetery, on
Old Ilonava Plantation, now in Petti
grew State Park, seven miles south of’
Creswell. The speaker will be W. L.
Whitley of Plymouth, who has served
as chairman of the Memorial Day
Committee since its organization in
1939. The choir of Galilee Mission,
Lake Phelps, will lead the singing, and
the people who worship there will at
tend in a body. The Rev. Thomas
Davenport, caretaker of the Collins
Mansion, is chairman of a committee
on cleaning up the cemetery grounds,
and improving approaches. Miss Lona
Belle Weatherly, the resident mission
ary at Galilee Mission, will be direc
tor of all music for the day. Any vis
iting ministers will be asked to par
ticipate in the services.
These services are open to the pub
lic, and a cordial invitation is extend
ed to all who are interested.
BANK CLOSED TODAY
Today (May 30) being Memorial
Day, a national holiday, the Bank of
Edenton will be closed all day. Busi
ness will be resumed as usual Friday
Strong Man
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HERBERT C. BONNER
Despite strong opposition, Her
bert C. Bonner in Saturday’s
Democratic Primary election,
again proved his strength and
popularity in the First District
by defeating Robert Lee Humber
more than two to one. Mr. Bon
ner lead (lie vote in every county
in the district except Gates, where
Humber's majority was only 47,
votes.
Plans Made For
Emergency Food
! Collection In Drive
Campaign In Rural Sec
tion Will Also Be
Continued
Wednesday night J. L. Chestnutt,
Chairman of the Emergency Food
Collection in Chowan County, met
with members of his committee and
formulated plans for the collection of
food for starving people in war-torn
countries. Members of Mr. Chestnutt's
committee are Charles P. Wales, Jr.,
representing the Rotary Club, A. P,
Hassell from the Lions Club, J, A.
Curran from the Masonic Lodge, W.
J. Daniels from the Red Men, Mrs.
Frank Elliott from the American Le
gion, Mrs. Robert Pratt from,the Le
gion Auxiliary, Mrs. Oscar Duncan
from the TTA, Miss Rebecca Colwell
| and Irving Leigh.
j Because The Herald was already
printed at the time of meeting, no
| report could be included in this is
sue, but Mr. Chestnutt is very anxious
! for Chowan County to make a eredit
-1 able contribution.
| Through , the home demonstration
I clubs of the county, about 500 cans of
j food have already been contributed,
i but Miss Rebecca Colwell stated early
this week that the drive in the rural
section will continue as long as the’
! drive in Edenton, and while no house
! to-house canvass has been made con
tributions may be left at the follow- j
mg places:
Mrs. W. A. Harrell, Enterprise;
Airs. R. H. Hollowell, Cross Roads;]
Mrs. George Smith, Edenton; Mrs.]
•S. E. Morris, Edenton; Mrs. Erie Uni-'
phlett, Yeopim; Mrs. T. L. Ward, Hy
land: Miss Inez Perry, Gliden; J. E..
Bail’s Store, Advance; N. Bunch’s!
Garage, Center Hill; Henry Bunch’s j
Store, Rocky Hock; Elbert Peele’s j
Store, Rocky Hock, and the Home I
Agent’s’office, Edenton.
Baseball Fans Meet
To Study Problems
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First Game of League
Is Scheduled to Be
Played Sunday
Edenton baseball fans held a meet
ing Monday night, the principal items
discussed being problems relative to
transportation to and from games
played in Hertford and Elizabeth City
as well as finances. The opening game
of the revived Albemarle League is
scheduled to be played next Sunday,
June 2.
MISSIONARY GROUP WILL
MEET MONDAY AFTERNOON
The Missionary Society of the Bap
tist Church will meet at the church
Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock, at
which time the G. A.’s will present a
program. The Fannie E. S. Heck me
morial offering will also be taken at
this meeting, so that every member is
urged to be present.
BIBLE CLASS MEETING
The Young Woman’s Bible Class
of the Baptist Church will meet Tues
day night at the church. The meet
ing will begin at 8 o’clock and all
members are urged to attend.
Movement Now Under Way
To Secure Series Concerts
To Be Presented In Edenton
J Unseats Veteran j
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JOHN W. GRAHAM
Coming out of Saturday’s
Democratic Primary election with
a majority of 191 votes, John W.
Graham will succeed John F.
White, veteran legislator, as
Chowan County’s representative
in the General Assembly.
|_Come On, MaclJ
C. L. McCullers, former Eden
ton Band director, now executive
secretary of the Kinston Cham
i her of Commerce, has written
The Herald for an opinion rela
tive to a plan to stage a band
concert on the Court House Green
on the night of July 4. Mr. Air-
Cullers states that he has had re
plies from a number of Edenton
people to the effect that a “play
able” band could be gotten toge
j ther and present a program not
I too bad to listen to.
Air. AlcC'ullers says he would
i be delighted to come to Edenton
for sort of a reunion with his for
mer band member friends and
prior to the concert enjoy a com
munity swim and weiner roast at
Sandy Point. Air. AlcCullers will
welcome any opinions from his
host of Edenton friends regard
ing the idea.
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Demonstration On
Pickle Making At
Cross Roads Today)
Federation Meeting at
Chowan High During
Afternoon
Today (Thursday) a pickle making j
j demonstration will be held at the
! Community House at Cross Roads by!
Miss Ruby Scholz, extension sppcial- ]
ist. The demonstration will begin at j
10:30 A. AI., and continue until 12:30,:
when lunch will be served.
At 2 o’clock a Federation meeting
will be held in the Chowan High
School auditorium, when the princi
pal address will be delivered by the
Rev. C. W. Duling, pastor of the Hert
ford Baptist Church. A feature of tins
meeting will be 4-H Club dress revue. I
All club members are urged to at
tend and both meetings will be open
to any person interested.
Typhoid Clinics To Be
Held June 13 To July 11
A series of typhoid clinics will he
held in Chowan County, according to
an announcement this week by the
local Health Department. The clinics
will be held from June 13 to July
11, the schedule to appear in The Her
ald at a later date.
IMPORTANT MEETING OF
LEGION POST ON TUESDAY
An important meeting of Ed Bond
Post of the American Legion will be
held Tuesday night at 8 o’clock in
the Court House. Every member of
the Post is urged to be present.
THIRD DEGREE TONIGHT AT
MASONIC LODGE MEETING
At tonight’s (Thursday) meeting of
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A.
M., the third degree will be conferred
upon two candidates. All Masons are
cordially invited to be present.
$1.50 Per Year.
I i Meeting Will Be Held
Tonight In Hotel
Coffee Shop
UNIQUE PLAN
Memberships Will Be
Sold As Only Method
Os Admission
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in an effort to secure a series of
outstanding concerts in Edenton. a
: meeting of the Edenton Community
Concert Association will be held to
night (Thursday) in the coffee shop
:at Hotel Joseph Howes to discuss
plans and signing a contract. Present
at the meeting will be James Wolfe,
director of community concerts, who
has arranged to have the concerts in
a number of North Carolina eotnmuni
. ties.
A preliminary meeting was held
last week at the home of Air. and
■ Mrs. Richard Elliott when officers
j were elected as follows: J. A. Davis,
president, J. H. Conger, vice presi
dent; Edmund Schwarze, secretary;
W\ H. Gardner, treasurer: Mrs. Rich
ard Elliott and Mrs. J. E. Wood, co-
I chairmen of the membership commit
; tee and J. E. Wood, publicity chair
man.
11 Representatives from the Rotary
and Lions Clubs, Woman’s Club and
Parent-Teacher Association have been
appointed to attend tonight’s meeting
1 m an effort to help in the organiza
tion.
The plan is to sell memberships in
the organization which will entitle the
holder to attend any performance of
community concerts wherever they
are presented. It will be the only
method of admission, for no tickets
will be sold either before it concert
or at the door. The number of mem
berships sold will determine the type
of artist to appear for a concert,
the local organization having the
privilege of selecting the artists de
sired from a large group. Every dot
I lar paid by memberships will be spent
for artists and attractions and local
expenses incident to the performan
ces. Enough memberships, however,
must be secured during a week's cam
paign to make possible a minimum
of three major concerts, or else the
association will not function.
I The association is self supporting,
operating on an economically sound
j plan which does away entirely with
! financial work, for the concerts will
i not be scheduled unless enough mem
berships are secured to pay for the
1 artists selected. For that reason, the
] more memberships secured, the better
j artists will be available,
j No little interest has developed re
liative to the prospect of staging a
series of concerts, so that it is hoped
any who are interested will be pre
j sent at tonight’s meeting.
Sale Os Poppies Net
I Over $320 Saturday
Youngsters Sell 2,000 on
Streets; Record For
Local Auxiliary
Airs. 1). M. Reaves, I’oppy Day
Chairman of the Legion Auxiliary, re
ports that over $320 was realized
Saturday through the sale of poppies,
j more having been sold than in any
previous year. Because 1,500 poppies
were sold last year, 2,000 were or
i dered this year, and again every one
of the poppies was sold.
Due to the splendid work of the
Girl Scouts and a few other boys and
girls who volunteered, very few, if
any, people in Edenton were not ask
ed to buy a poppy.
Faye Dail and Carolyn White were
awarded prizes offered by the Auxili
ary for selling the greatest number
of poppies.
Both Mrs. Reaves and Mrs. Paul
Holloman, president of the Auxiliary,
desire to express their sincere appre
ciation for the splendid work of the
young salesmen, as well as the gener
osity on the /vrt of the many peo
ple who bought poppies, in making
the drive such a success.
BRIGHT JEWELS MEET
The Bright Jewels, children’s soci
ety, of the Evans Methodist Church
met Saturday afternoon. After a pro
gram was given in the church, games
were played and refreshments were
served on the church yard. Twenty
nine children and two adults were
present.