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Volume XIII. — Number 26. Band Concert And Baseball * imes Will Be Feature Os Fourth Os July Celebration C. L. McCullers of Kins » ton Will Direct Band On Green STARTST O’CLOCK Colonials Will Play Two Games During Day With Hertford With the observance of the first peace tin?-? Fourth of July since the war started, Edenton’s business dis trict will he closed tight today (Thurs day) for practically no place of busi ness will open during the day. Os course, with gasoline and tires more available, . any will be going to the beaches ■:• visiting relatives and friends f r the day but for those who remain at home, a band concert will be provided and a baseball game on Hicks Field in the afternoon and at Hertford at night. C. L. M ‘Cullers, of Kinston, former director of a crack Edenton High School Band, has very generously agreed to come to Edenton for sort of a reunion with former band members and to direct a concert on the Court House green at 8 o’clock. In the neighborhood of 33 former Edenton hand members are expected to take part in the concert, and this group has held several rehearsals in prepara tion for toe concert. Those who have heard these rehearsals are very much impressed and look forward to a very creditable affair. Mr. McCullers will come to Edenton in time to direct a rehearsal Wednesday night prior to the concert the following day. Mr. McCullers wil lalso accompany K is young friends to Sandy Point irsday afternoon where he will be at a wiener roast. In speaking a hiri Sunday, Mr. McCullers .sked The Herald editor to urge all former ba. d members to attend the rehearsal Wednesday night if they played in the band while he was di rector or after he left Edenton. He was very much enthused over the prospect f directing his former pu pils and expressed the hope that many will turn out to hear them. The Edenton and Hertford baseball teams of the Albemarle League will play a game on Hicks Field in the afternoon at o’clock and at 8 o’clock the same two teams will cross bats under the lights on the Hertford dia mond. Rotarians Cali Off Today's Meeting Members Hear About Convention at Last Week’s Meeting; Due to the observance of the Fourth of July today (Thursday) the Edenton Rotary Club has called off its regular meeting. The club will meet as usual next Thursday, at which time new officers for the year will be installed. C. W. Overman will succeed Marvin Wilson as president of the club. At last week’s meeting, Dr. W. I. Hart, J. L. Chestnutt and John A. Holmes presented very interesting re ports of the recent Rotnry Inter national Convention held at Eliza beth City. Mr, Overman, the fourth member of the club who attended the convention, was not present Thurs day to make his report as the club’s delegate. Rural Section Thanked For Food Contribution Miss Rebecca Colwell, Chowan County Home Agent, has received a letter from Lee Marshall, executive director of the Emergency Food Collection, expressing the appreciation of the national committee for the contribution sent from the rural sec tion of Chowan County. Ik Accompanying the letter was a re ly pt for 600 cans of food and $171.51 • cash which was contributed by ru ral churches. The rural drive w a s sponsored by the county home demon stration clubs. TAX COLLECTIONS Little activity in payment of taxes during June is reflected in the monthly report of Sheriff J. A. Bunch. During the month Mr. Bunch collected $326.32 in 1945 taxes, which brings the total 1945 taxes collected to date to $80,289.59. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Bill York Installs ' Legion, Auxiliary Officers In Armory Large Crowd Feasts on j Barbecue Chicken Be fore Meeting Over 300 Legionnaires, members of the Legion Auxiliary and invited guests gathered at the Edenton arm ory Thursday night when Officers of “ j both organizations were installed. Prior to the installation ceremony I j chicken barbecue was served and : \ enjoyed by the large crowd. ■ j Present for the occasion was Bill '; York of Greensboro, new Department h Commander, who installed the offi , cers of both groups, and Amos May nard, a past Department Command- I er. i Mr. York spoke very interestingly about the inception of the American 1 Legion, its subsequent growth and plans for the future. It was his first 1 i address since becoming command ! er, aiid he made a very favorable j impression upon the large number who heard him. Officers installed were as follows: Commander William P. Jones. Vice Commander John W. Gra ham. First Vice Commander—Edward Wozelka. Second Vice Commander Willis McClenny. Adjutant ;• — Walter H. Holton. Finance Officer Philip S. Me-j Median. Service Officer Jesse Harrell. Assistant Service Officer Mrs. Will is McClenny. Guardianship Officer W. Cary Bunch. Sergeant At Arms— Luther Keet- 1 er. Chaplain Paul Holoman. Historian Carl Keeter. Athletic Officer - Raymond Ever ett. Child Welfare Mrs. Frank El liott. Americanism Officer - J. E, Ches nutt. National Defense Officer J. H. Conger. Graves Registration -- If. B. Willi- ford. Employment A. E. Jenkins. Boy’s State Officer G. B. Pot- 1 ! ter. ! I!oy Scout • James Bond. I Membership Officer - R. L. Pratt. ([John L. Spruill. j Publicity Officer William S. El liott. Orational Contest Edmund Sch- ] warze. Chairman Son’s of Legion J. W. White. New ofifcers of the Edenton Ameri-; ■ can Legion Auxiliary are: President—Mrs. Paul Holoman. ! ; Vice President Mrs. J. W. White. J Secretary Mrs. R. E. Leary. Treasurer Mrs. E. K. White. Sergeant At Arms - Mrs. H. B. Williford. Chaplain Mrs. Jordon Yates. Membership Chairman Mrs. D. M. Reaves. Taylor Reappointed As Truant Officer i 53 Children Disregarded Attendance Law Dur ing Past Term W. J. Taylor was on Monday re appointed school attendance officer for Chowan County by the County Commissioners at the same salary' of SSO per month. Mr. Taylor presented a report for the year which showed ' that he contacted and investigated 1 homes which involved non-attendance * of school children between 7 and 15 ‘ years of age numbering 53 children. ‘ Os the 53, only two homes involving children failed to cooperate satisfact- 1 ory, reported Mr. Taylor. MASONIC MEETING IS CALLED OFF JULY 4TH < Thursday being the Fourth of July, I the regular meeting of Uninimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will not be held tonight The master of the lodge, W. P. Goodwin, called off the meeting in order not to interfere wjth < the observance of the national holi- 1 day. , Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 4,1946. WRITING THE (SASGP OR THE PAI/VTIHG SV PtrPRIS /IV RVOEPe/VOCHCC RAUU t PHU.AOELPH/A) Independence Day We celebrate the creation of a societ* FOUNDED ON j the DIGNITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL , FREEDOM OF OPPORTUNITV , v ~ - • the responsibility of men j - TO LIVE AND WORK TOGETHER IN GOOD WILL. .. J Rain Playing Havoc With Baseball Games In Albemarle League Timmy Partin Taking Over Duties as Man ager of Team T Edenton’s Colonials have had more or less of a vacation during the week, having played only one game and two games being rained out. Wednesday of last week, which was to have been Ladies’ Day, was rained out, when the locals were scheduled to play Elizabeth City on Hicks Field. Again Sunday rain prevented the game be tween the Colonials and Camden ; which was to have been played on | the latter’s diamond, i The game which was played was ja thriller in Hertford Friday night, when the Indians scalped the Colon* j ials 4-1). It was a pitchers’ duel be lt ween Garland Little for Edenton and j Moe Bauer for Hertford, the latter I being given gilt-edged support by his j team mates, who frequently thrilled j the fans by making spectacular plays j which robbed the Edenton batters of I what looked like sure hits. Little was given rather ragged support which, added to the fact that the locals were unable to solve Bauer’s curves, en abled the latter to get the best of the argument. Both pitchers were in rare form, many of their opponents going down byway of the strike-out route. Bauer bad easy sailing, no Kdenton player advanced further than second base. The Hertford field was crowded with fans from all over the Albemarle. The game, however, was played un der protest by Edenton. Dave Holton, umpiring the bases, called a Hertford runner out at third base, but his de cision was overruled by Tom White, umpiring behind the bat. White's de cision was based on the argument that he had jurisdiction when the base um pire was on the first and second base line. Edenton, however, contends that Holton had jurisdiction In calling the play. The Colonials were scheduled to play Windsor here on Wednesday. Thursday’s games will be divided, Hertford scheduled to play in Eden ton as a holiday attraction in the the afternoon at 3 o’clock and play a return game in Hertford at 8 o’clock. Hertford is also scheduled to play in Edenton Sunday afternoon. Jimmy Partin will assume the role of manager due to the fact that Tex Lindsay will be away for some time on a vacation at his former home, Nacogdoches, Texas. RETURNS FROM CAMP The Rev. Harold W. Gilmer, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal church, re turned Saturday from Camp Leach, where he lectured on church history. ..J rfßobertOlarshNew Assistant To County ilAgentC-W. Overman Chooses Chowan County After Having- Many Other Offers Robert S. Marsh on Monday be gan his duties as assistant farm • agent for Chowan County, having ar ’ rived in Edenton Friday from his home on a farm near Monroe. Mr. ’ Marsh Will assist County Agent C. W. 1 Overman, the County Commissioners having only last week provided in 1 their budget for the acquisition of an assistant agent. He began his new 1 duties Monday. 1 Mr. Marsh, a graduate of N. C.! j State College was connected with the j ' j Farm Security Administration in ; ’ Charlotte for about a year before he j entered the Army, having received . his Army discharge in March. He j was in the service four years and j I four months, much of which time he ' I was stationed on a troop transport ship. He is a single man and at ! present is living at the home of Mrs. C. N. Griffin on North Broad street. ' i While he will assist Mr. Overman ' in general, the greater part of his time will be devoted to Work among 4-H dubs. Mr. Marsh had offers from almost every section of the state, but follow -1 ing a visit to the eastern section, he says he was very much impressed and decided to accept the Chowan County proposition when it was offered to him. 41 Signed Up For 4-H Club Camping Trip Plans are rapidly being completed for the 4-H Club camp on Roanoke Island, July 8-13, and according to the Chowan agents 41 club members have signed up to attend the camp. Os this number there are 24 girls and 17 boys. It is not too late for any 4-H club boy or girl to file an application, but no more applications will be consid ered later than this week. The cost of the camp is sll, of which $1.0!) must be paid with the application. | HOLDING LINE J Despite the fact that OPA has practically lost its grip on prices, Edenton merchants, so far as The Herald can learn, intend to hold the line on present prices. The general feeling is that pre sent prices allow a fair profit and that they will continue on the same level unless and until they are found to pay higher prices for the merchandise they pur chase. Secretary Os Farm Bureau Emphasizes idiice Os Tobacco Referendum Vote Commissioners Add Finishing Touches To Budget; Rate Is SI.OO Minor Changes Made But Not Enough to Affect Rate Chowan County Commissioners at their monthly meeting Monday re viewed the proposed 194fi-47 budget and while making a few minor changes, adopted the rate of §I.OO on the hundred 'dollar property valua tion, as tentatively set at a special meeting last week. About the big gest change made in the original figure was an increase in salary for | Mrs. J. H. McMutlan, superintendent of Public Welfare, whose salary was boosted from SIBO per month to S2OO. This did not affect the 8-cent levy I for Social Security, and was allowed ; in view of the fact that the depart j ment was without the services of a j case Worker, which was dropped from . | the Original welfare budget. ■ | Little other than routine business I . j was transacted during the morning, j but a meeting was held with the •* Board of Education in the afternoon ! j for the purpose of appointing a mem- • I her of the ABC Board which result- j Med in Richard F. Elliott succeeding R. P. Badham. Parrish Installs New Group Lions Officers Quartet Delights Mem bers at Meeting Mon day Night Ralph E. Parrish, a past president of the Edenton Lions Club iqfttalled; new officers of the club at Monday , night’s meeting, when Dr. Wallace j Griffin succeeded J. P. Partin as pre sident. It is the second time Dr. Gris-1 fin has been president of the club.! ] Other officers installed were: E. I>. j Schwarze, first vice president; J. A. j Curran, second vice president ; M. A. j ' Hughes, third vice-president; W. J. j i Taylor, secretary and treasurer; A; P. j Hassell, lion tawer; Walter Holton, I | tail twister. The club was especially delighted to hear a quartet render several num bers as a program feature. The quar tet was composed of W. J. Daniels, C. H, Wood, C. W. Overman and Zed- j die Perry of Aulander. The singing i was directed by Mr. Daniels. Council Meeting j Friday Afternoon | Center Hill Club Hostess! At Tea Honoring New Agent According to Miss Rebecca Col well, Chowan County Home Agent, an open council meeting will be held at the Community House at Cross Roads Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock. It is hoped that every club will be well represented. Present at the meeting will be Miss Hazel Shaw, new assistant home agent, and following the business ses sion the Center Hill club will be hos tess at a tea in her honor. At a meeting of club presidents last week they discussed several items of business which will be presented at the council meeting. Lot To Be Sold For Accumulated Taxes Chowan County Commissioners on Monday authorized J. N. Pruden, special tax attorney, to sell at pub-, lie auction the O. D. Moore lot on East Cemetery Street. Back taxes on the property have accumulated to over S2OO, so that the owner, rather than pay the taxes turned the deed over to Edenton and Chowan County. The sale will be held at the court house door and the procedes will go toward liquidating present taxes due. $1.50 Per Year. <♦> ■ j Says Outcome Will Af fect Economic Future I In Post War Era I! ELECTION JULY 12 Voting In Chowan Will Be In Court House 7 A. M. to 9 P. M. The outcome of the tobacco referen dum on July 12 will not only affect the welfare of growers in 1947 but also largely determine their econo mic future in the post war era, says R. T lake Shaw, executive secretary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau in a communication addressed to farm leaders in North Carolina. He points out that the only purpose of an adjustment program is to keep a property balanced relationship be tween supply and demand. Therefore, he and his organization favor the pre sent marketing quota system, with, such increases or decreases in pro duction as may be deemed neces sary to meet requirements of the consumer. Again he points out that tobacco farmers can produce sufficient tobac co to meet the requirements of the consumer, and that marketing quotas have resulted in much more efficient methods of production, j There are 335 thousand farm fami lies engaged in the production of f flue-cured tobacco. “Tobacco has been the principal crop in North Carolina, and to a lesser degree in all other j flue-cured belts, for many genera tions,” Shaw says. “It has been the foundation of the economic life of . j the community in which it was pro | duced. “Prior to the marketing quota sys j tent, when farmers planted according , to their own inclinations and with I out regard to the requirements of de pliand, the economic level of the to bacco farmer was near the bottom. J His standard of living was low. His I family had no luxuries and were de prived of many of the necessities of life. His farm buildings, in many in stances, were dilapidated because he was without money to keep them in | repair. Only in rare instances did the [children of tobacco farmers have the | advantages of an education in insti | tutions of higher learning, j “It is important that every tobacco ■grower votes his conviction on July 12.” ! Chowan County growers will be giv en an opportunity to express their wishes at the court house, where the polls will be open from 7 a. m. until: ‘J p. m. Richard F. Elliott Is ; Elected As Member j Chowan ABC Board i j Succeeds R. P. Badham, j Who Has Been Chair man Since 1937 I Meeting jointly Monday afternoon, I members of the County Commission ers and Hoard of Education unani mously elected Richard F. Elliott as a member of the Chowan County ABC board. Mr. Elliott succeeds R. P. Badham, who has served as the board’s chairman ever since the li quor store was opened in 1937. Mr. Badham did not present an application for re-appointment, Mr. Elliott having submitted the only ap plication to the two boards. The ap pointment, effective as of July 1, is for a period of three years and Mr. Elliott has already entered upon his new duties as a board member, to gether with Hector Lupton and John F. White, Other Chowan Boys Lost In Recent War Since the appearance in The Herald last week of a group of boys listed as being killed by the War Department, J. L. Wiggins, chairman of the Cho wan County Draft Board, calls at tention to the fact that, aside from the list published by the War De partment, eight others have lost their lives. The group, as furnished by the Draft Board includes the following, all white: Herbert Gray, Woodson Tetterton, Alvin B. Parks, William I. Cozzens, Willis E. Nixon, Shelton White, J. Lester Perry and Woodrow Berry.
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