Volume XIII. — Number 30.
Bond Issue Overwhelmingly .ed
’WAVY LEASES BASE TO EDENTON
Mayor Notified That
Granting Os Permit
Has Been Approved
Representative Expect- i
ed In Edenton Soon
To Execute Papers
letterTtuesday
All of Hospital Equip
ment Except Narco- ,
tics to Remain
According' to a letter received Tues-.!
day by Mayor Leroy Haskett from]
Captain J. M. Shoemaker, commander]
of the naval air bases in the Fifth ]
Naval District, the Navy has about |
completed negotiation for leasing the
Kdenton Naval Air Station to the
Town of Edenton. Only one phase of
the lease has not been cleared up,
which has to do with the Navy main
taining a fire-fighting crew at the
base.
In Mayor Haskett's letter request
ing leasing the base, he mentioned the i
use of government funds for main-!
tenance purposes, haying in mind an]
appropriation for fire protection. Ap
parently Navy officials were under
the impression that these funds were ■
requested for normal maintenance,
so that Mayor Haskett on Tuesday re
plied to his letter from Captain Shoe
maker making it clear that he had in
mind specifically fire protection.
Captain Shoemaker's letter to May-j
or Haskett follows:
"Reply is made to your letter of 29
uly, 1946, in which you express the]
Town's desire to takeover the Naval
Air Station at Edenton, North Caro- ]
linn.
"Your letter was referred to the
Navy Department in Washington and
I am happy to advise that the cog
nizant Navy Bureaus have approved
the granting of a permit to the Town
of Edenton to use the Air Station on
a revocable permit basis. The terms j
and conditions of the permit as set >
forth in your letter were considered
favorably by the Washington Bureaus
with the exception of the use of Gov
ernment funds by the Town for main
tenance purposes.
• “A representative of the Naval Air
Bases, Fifth Naval District, will visit
you and your Council in the near fu
ture and present conditions and terms
of agreement for your consideration
and acceptance, In the meantime, ]
this Command will proceed with the
inactivation of the station, removing;
personnel and certain strategic and [
critical items of equipment which the |
Navy Department considers in short i
supply to other activities,”
The base had been ordered closed
as of today (August 1) but Comdr.
Bert Creighton will be unable to re-1
move all of the material and equip- j
nient the Navy desires for some little j
time yet.
It is also understood that all of the j
hospital equipment will remain for
the use of Edenton except the remov
al of a large supply of narcotics.
Another All - Star
Game Is Planned
Directors of League Set
Monday, August 12
As Date
At a meeting of the Albemarle
League directors held at the Court
House Monday afternoon it was de
cided to play another all-star game
on Monday, August 12. Officials
also agreed to set August 15 as the
date for the final roster of players,
so that no additions will be allowed
after that date.
Gene Freeman of Colerain was
chosen to manage the southern part
of the league, while Hamp Hampton
vill be in charge of the northern por
an of the circuit. Each team will
l allowed 21 players from the three
teams in their respective half of the
league.
Local State Guard Unit
Plans Week In Camp
Plans are under way by the local
State Guard unit to spend a week’s
encampment at Camp Pendleton
August 15-23. Captain Marvin Wil
son .expects about 35 members of his
outfit to attend.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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A STUDY IN “EGG-BEATERS"—This is the initial landing of ths largest mass flight of heli
copters ever made. Nineteen R-6 and R-6 helicopters made the flight from Sheppard Field to San
Marcos, Texas. In the picture above five of the machines had come down safely. Airmen declare that
it won’t be long till they’ll be flitting about the country delivering mail at rural postofices, carrying
express and perhaps taking passengers for short swift trips.
STATE STEERING COMMITTEE DECLINES
TOWN OF BENTON'S OFFER OF PORTION
AIR STATION FOR USE AS COLLEGE CENTER
Members of Group Say Problem of Securing
Teachers and Lack of Library and Laboratory
Facilities Make Proposal “Not Feasible”
Despite offers made by Mayor Le-,
: roy Haskett on behalf of the Town of
Kdenton and efforts on the part of the
Chamber of Commerce to have a per-j
1 1 ion'of the Edenton Naval Air Station j
] used as a veterans’ college center, the
proposal was termed “not feasible”
i Monday at a meeting of the Cover-]
nor's State Steering Committee held]
in Raleigh to consider proposed sites
to take -care of the Overflow of col-1
! lege students.
One of the reasons advanced for
not looking favorably on the Edenton
j offer’was the lack of a college in this
j section of the State w hich could sup
! ply teachers for the center as well as
the argument of the absence at the
station of laboratory and library fac
ilities.
The committee pointed out that the
college centers are being established
in cities where teachers are already
available and that the necessity of
importing teachers for a faculty here
1 prevented acceptance of the offer.
F.denton’s offer was among those
from Camp Mackall at Hoffman, the
Laurihburg-Maxtpn Army Air Base,
Fort Fisher near Wilmington and
Plans Put In Motion
For Celebration Os
| Chowan Victory Day
Chamber of Commerce
Appoints Number of
Committees
I At a special meeting of Chamber of
Commerce directors Monday night, it
was decided to sponsor a Victory Day
celebration and home-coming day for
Chowan County veterans on Wednes
day, August 14. A feature, of the af
fair will be a parade, and it is expect
ed some army equipment will be
available to use in the parade.
Ed Bond Post of the American Le
gion will cooperate in the celebration
and the following committee was ap
pointed to make plans for the occa
sion: W. W. Byrum, Graham Byrum,
Shelton Moore, Robert L. I’ratt, 0. B.
Perry and Jordan Yates.
At the meeting various committees
were appointed to interest themselves
in the several facilities which are ]
available at the Edenton Naval Air
Station. These chairmen are as fol
lows: * ,
Public Utilities—R. N. Hines, G. B. I
Potter, J. H. Conger and J. Clarence
Leary.
Dispensary—J. W. Davis.
Airfield—E. W. Spires, P. S. Mc-
Mullan and Mayor Leroy Haskett.
Boat and Dock—G. B. Potter and
W. M. Wilkins.
School—John A. holmes.
Country Club—J. H. Conger, S. S.
Campen and Richard Goodwin.
Industry—P. S. McMullan.
Agriculture—Z. T. Evans.
RETURNS FROM GERMANY
Lieut. John G. Wood, Jr., returned
last week from Frankfurt, Germany,
and has been discharged from the
U. S. Army. Young Wood plans to
resume his studies at the University
of North Carolina in September.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday. August 1, 1946.
i Grove Park Inn at Asheville. The]
Steering Committee at Monday’s;
I meeting did not indicate which of the
] offers would be accepted,
j As the result of letters sent out by
i Mayor Lerqy Haskett in the interest
of securing a college freshman class
]at the Edenton Naval Air Station
' when it is officially turned over to the
I Town on a yearly revocable lease
] basis, a number of replies have been
received expressing appreciation for
Kdenton’s offer to utilize a portion of
the base for that purpose.
Among those replying to Mr. Has
] kett's offer were Governor R. Gregg
i Cherry; Dr. Frank Graham, president
of the University of North Carolina;
J. W. Harrelson, Chancellor of State
] College: Edward W. Ruggles, member
|of the Steering Committee of State
College; W. 1). Carmichael, Controller
of the. University of North Carolina;
• R. M. Grumman, director of the t'niv
] ersity Extension Division and a mem
jber of the Governor's Committee on
;College Centers; R. B. House, Chan
cellor of the University of North Car
lolina, and James Hillman, director of
the Division of Professional Service,
I Department of Public Instruction.
21 Edenton Scouts
Return On Sunday
From Week’s Camp
Jimmie Earnhardt and
G. W. Overman Tap
ped By Secret Order
Twenty-one happy Boy Scouts re
turned Sunday night from a week
spent at Camp Darden near Franklin,
' Va., 20 of whom are members of
Troop 156 and one Scout from Troop
170. C. W. Overman, scoutmaster of
Troop 156 and Tex Lindsay, scout
-1 master of Troop 170 cooperated in
leading the Scouts while at camp.
Members of Troop 156 attending
i j camp were: John Goodwin, Stanford
■ j Spruill, Billy Bond, Milton Flynn and
Mack Frivott of the Flying Eagle
,! Patrol under the leadership of Ernest
(White, Jr., patrol leader; Frank Wil
liams, Gene Taylor, Frank Hughes,
Byron Kehayes and John Ward of the
Lion Patrol under the leadership of
: Polk Williams, patrol leader; McKay
Phthisic, Charles Lee Overman, W.
O. Speight, Sherwood Chesson, Wil
liam Crummey of the Tiger Patrol
; and Clifton'Johnson from Troop 170
under the leadership of Hector Lup
ton, Jr. The staff consisted of Philip
McMullan, Jr., senior patrol leader;
Jimmie Earnhardt, scribe and C. W.
Overman, scoutmaster, who was re
lieved on Thursday by Tex Lindsay,
scoutmaster of Troop 170.
The swimming program. and other
water activities were conducted in
such a manner as to teach the Scouts
the very best methods. First swim
ming tests resulted in several First
Class Scouts being placed in the be
ginners group due to the imperfec
tion of some of their swimming
strokes; Through class instruction
on Monday,* Tuesday and Wednesday,
these Scouts improved their strokes
to the extent that they were advanced
to the top swimming group. The
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Annual Meeting Os;
Chamber Commerce
Called For August 5
Organization Expects to
Face Very Busy and
Important Year
; TO ELECT OFFICERS
Large Attendance De
sired to Discuss Plans
For New Year
; Marvin Wilson, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce announced
early this week that the annual meet
. ing of the organization will be held
Monday, August 5. The meeting
will be held in. the Court. House be
ginning at 8:30 o’clock.
At this meeting officers for the new
fiscal year will be elected as well as
a resume of what has: been done dur
. ing thei past year presented for the
. benefit of members, Mr. Wilson also
- stated that the ensuing year promises
. to be a very busy and important one,
so that plans for a program of ac
tivities will also be discussed,
i This meeting is for the entire
. membership of the Chamber of Com
. merer, so that every member is urged
-! to be present, not only to become bet- !
i ter acquainted with what has been ]
] and is planned to be done, but to of- ]
fer any suggestions which may be of]
: benefit to the organization. |
.1. Clarence Leary, president, will
preside over the meeting and he is;
very anxious to see a large number:
jof the members present,
i Mayor Jerome Flora
Thanks Firemen For
Assistance At Fire
: :
Letters Sent to Mayor,
r Fire Chief and As
) j sistant Chief
r
Last week Mayor Jerome Flora of]
Elizabeth City sent letters of appre- ]
, ciation to Mayor Leroy Haskett, Fire •
I Chief 11. K. Hall and Assistant Chief
1 W. J. Yates, in which he thanked the
; Edenton Fire Department for the ser
vice rendered in tlfe recent disastrous
■ Kramer Building fire.
■ Mayor Flora’s letter follows:
] “On behalf of the citizens of Eliza
beth City and the writer, I wish to ex
press to you our most sincere and
hearty thanks for the fine, efficient
and excellent service renderd by your
Fire Department on the occasion of
the disastrous fire in the Kramer
Building oh July 19-20, 1946.
“The Company responded to our
call for assistance with promptness
and within a few minutes after ar
rival was in action. The crew, under ,
the leadership of Chief Yates, gave
invaluable aid in conquering a dis
tressing conflagration.
“The spirit and enthusiasm which ]
was shown by your men reflects great ]
credit to a fine Fire Department.
“Please extend our grateful appre- 1
ciation to the members of the Fire
Department and be assured that we
stand ready at any time to serve you
in any capacity within our command.” ]
While Mayor Haskett expressed re
gret that the unfortunate fire occur- <
red, he expressed pleasure at being
able to be of some service, and held <
out the invitation to be called upon in
the future whenever an occasion 1
arises.
Only 397 Register Feeling
In Special Election Held To
Decide On Improvements
All Rent Controls 1
Remain Unchanged
Effective August 1
Notice of Increase Void,
Says Area Rent Rep
resentative
NO JULY REFUND
Supervisor on Duty In
Edenton Thursday
Mornings
“All rent controls are back un
changed as of June MO, 1946,” C. R.
Holmes. Area Rent Representative in
charge of this area, has informed
The Herald.
Continuing to discuss the revival
of rent control, Mr. Holmes said, “If
your landlord actually collected rent
in excess of Of*A ceiling for month !
of July, 1946, the. tenant cannot se
cure a refund of the excess rent paid
for July. However, for August and
thereafter, so long as the Regulation
remains in force in this area, the
landlord is entitled to receive only;
the OPA ceiljSig rent.
“Again, if your landlord has noti
fied you of an increase effective Aug
ust 1, 1946, the notice is void and the
tenant should pay only the ceiling
rent.
"If you have had an eviction notice
served oil you, or ejectment proceed
ings have been commenced against
■ you, check With our office to make
1 sure the proposed action is in ac
: cordance with the Federal Rent Reg
. illation. .
“Adjustments in maximum rents
of various accommodations are still
. available on grounds set out in the
Regulation, on petition. No increase
I may bo authorized except on written
j petition and order, and no tenant
; ' should pay an increased rent until he
has received a copy of the order
‘ granting the increase.
| “The Area Rent Office is located
I for the present in the Price Control
. Board office, 695 East Main Street,
! Elizabeth City, until permanent quar
ters can be secured. Our records of
j registrations, petitions, etc., appear
to have come through the fire in the
] Kramer Building in excellent condi
tion. We Will be short of forms
] however, for a few days.”
Mr. Holmes is at the. Chowan C'oun
;
jty Court House every Thursday
morning to answer any questions and
see landlords and tenants about their
I rent problems in so far as they are
I I affected by the Federal Rent Regu
lation. j
John Holmes Speaker
At Methodist Church
Next Sunday Morning
The Rev. H. Freo Surratt, pastor ;
of the Edenton Methodist Church, has
']been granted a two weeks’ vacation
and he and Mrs. Surratt left Monday
. morning to spend the two weeks at
Lake Junaluska. During their ab
; sence, John A. Holmes will speak at
the morning service at the church
next Sunday, while the night meeting
the following Sunday has been called
off.
Donald Somers Rotary
Entertainer Next Week
i
Donald Somers, professional actor!
of New York, who is playing the part
of Old Tom in “The Lost Colony” j
pageant at Roanoke Island, will pre
sent a program at the Edenton Ro
tary Club’s meeting Thursday of next
week. Jack Mooney will have charge
of the program and secured the ac- [
tor, who is a college classmate of
Mrs. Mooney, to entertain the Rotar
ians.
" i
JOHN G. WOOD VERY ILL
John G. Wood is confined to his
home at Hayes a very sick man. Mr.
Wood became violently ill while in his
office at the Home Fertilizer Company 1
Monday and had to be removed imme
diately to his home.
Reports Wednesday morning were i
to the effect that he was resting com- ■
fortably. ]
$1.50 Per Year.
Proposition Is Defeated
By Voters Saturday
About 3 to 1
98 VOTE~“YES”
236 Previously Signed
Petitions Asking For
Paving
RESULT OF VOTE
For Against
j First Ward - 16- 99
Second Ward 24 77
Third Ward . 17. 76
Fourth Ward _ _ . 41 47
Total ... . ... ... . .98 299
4
Three hundred ninety-seven Eden
ton voters on Saturday overwhelming
ly voted against a bond issue which
would have authorized Town Council
to sell a maximum of 8370,000 for
permanent improvements whi c h
would have included paying practic
ally all of the remaining, dirt streets,
installing curbs and gutters and im
j proving the present storm drainage
system. Though quite a lot of inter
est developed concerning the propos
ed improvements a week or more
prior to the special election, not as
many people voted oir the issue as
] was expected.
Not a single one of the four wards
'registered a majority of votes in fav
or of the bond issue, the closest vote
being in the Fourth Ward, where 41
! votes were cast in favor of the bonds
and 47 voted against. In the First
Ward 115 Cotes were cast. 16 being
for the issue and 99 against. The
Second Ward registered 101 votes, of
which 24 were in favor of the issue
and 77 opposed. In the Third Ward
93 persons voted. 17 being in favor of
the issue while 59 voted the opposite
way.
During the day 397 voters cast
ballots, of which only 98 voted to sell
bonds for improvements and 299 vot
ed unfavorable, so that the election
was lost about 3 to 1.
It is interesting to note that 236
persons owning property signed pet
itions asking for the improvements,
even counting the cotton mill as one
signer, so that there must have been
little interest on the part of many of
the signers or else there was a change
of attitude between the time petitions
were circulated and signed and hold
ing the election.
While it would hardly have had any
.bearing on the ultimate result of the
proposal, the election brought to light
that the Town’s registration books
are in a terrible condition and that
many voters are not familiar with
voting methods. It was learned that
there are on the books names of vot
ers who have been dead a quarter of
a century, that some have moved
away many years ago, and of course
many voters were unable to vote be
cause they had moved to another
ward and some could not cast a bal
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Mrs. Corie White
Lions Club Speaker
Figures Presented In
Connection With Em
ployment Office
A. I*. Hassell had charge of the
j Lions Club program at Monday
' night’s meeting and presented Mrs.
I Corie White, supervisor of the local
office of the United States Employ
jment Service. Mrs. White informed
the Lions that during the month of
June her office had 900 applications
for jobs, of which 679 were World
War II veterans. Mrs. White said
1 107 placements were made of which
! 49 were veterans.
From January to June of this year
there were 5,641 callers at the local
office, 3,952 being veterans. During
the same period 545 persons were
plated, of whom 324 were veterans.
Mrs. White stated that this area
includes Camp Lejeune, Elizabeth
City, Greenville, Kinston, Morehead
City, New Bern, Plymouth, Washing
ton and Williamston and that the lo
cal office moved to second place in
which placement work is based on
placement per person.