Y r olume Xlll.—Number 38.
Chamber Commerce Starts
Membership Drive Today;!
o 3es Set By Finance Croup!
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14 Men Appointed to So
licit Business Houses
And Individuals
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Parrish Urges Prompt |
Response By Those
Solicited
At a meeting this week of the Fin
ance Committee of the Chowan
Chamber of Commerce and Mer
chants Association it was decided to
begin a membership drive today II
(Thursday) in order to raise funds)
to operate during the new fiscal year. I
The following 14 men were appoint-js
ed to make the canvass: Geddes i
Potter, J. H. Conger, J. W. Davis, ,
Henry Cuthrell, J. Clarence Leary, 1
J. A. Mitehener, Jr., R. L. Pratt, Dave >
Holton, O. B. Perry, L. S. Byrum, 1
W. E. Malone, H. A. Camperi, Percy
Perry and William S’. Elliott.
The committee decided that the
minimum business membership shall
be SBO per year and that the indiv
idual membership fee shall be sls.
The latter does not include a busi
ness man but simply a person who
desires to belong as an individual, j
Individual memberships are required )
to be paid in one lump sum, while i
provision will be made for business )
memberships to he paid monthly if
so desired.
Ralph Parrish, vice president and j
chairman of the Finance Committee,
urges every canvasser to lose no time
in making solicitations. Commenting
on the drive, he had this to say:
"Like every business man today,
these men are exceptionally busy,)
therefore when they call on you, i
please do not put them off or ask:
they call back later. Take care :
„ matter then so that this mem
<‘P drive can be cleared up
* cly.”
Wildlife Club Plans
Fish Fry October 9
Group Votes to Affili
ate With State Or
ganization
At a meeting of the Chowan Coun
ty Wildlife Club Tuesday night it
was decided to stage a huge fish fry
Wednesday night, October 9, a* 7
o’clock at the Enlisted Men's Club.
L. S. Byrum, J. H. Conger and Mar
vin Wilson were appointed as a com
mittee to make the necessary ar
rangements. R. F. Elliott and P. S.
McMullan were appointed to arrange
a suitable program.
Though the club has been in exist
ence for almost .a year, it has never
been affiliated with the State organi
zation, so that at the meeting by
laws were adopted and a motion made
and passed to affiliate with the State
club as of October 1. Because of this
action, those members who have paid
dues will be credited with dues for
the new year 1945-47 and will in a
few days receive their cards.
Each present member will receive a
certain number of tickets to the fish
fry to be given to friends who are
interested in the club in the hop£ that
they will join. At the fish fry new
officers will be elected, for which
purpose George Hoskins, J. Clarence
Leary and J. Edwin Bufflap were ap
pointed as a nominating committee.
Ross Stevens, executive secretary
of the State club, attended the meet
ing and explained the primary pur
pose of the club which is to have the
fish and game division separated
from the Board of Conservation and
Development in order to improve
hunting and fishing throughout the
State. Arrangements were also made
to have Art Nuss, an expert bait
caster, come to Edenton on Novem
ber 13 for a demonstration for the
benefit of club members.
Edenton Police Now
ONew Headquarters
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.on’s Police Department raov
ea mto a new home Tuesday, when
headquarters were completed in the
Dixon building on East King street.
The police were obliged to move from
the Cozzens building which has been
leased for a long term of years.
The new quarters are very attrac
tive and even x more convenient than
the former location.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
4 HOME NKWEFAFMM DEVOTED TO VMM IMTMRMtTt OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Edenton Aces Drop
Season’s Opener To
| Greenville High 13-7
Greenies Score Twice
. Before Aces Get Into
Real Action
Traveling to Greenville Saturday
night, the Edenton High School foot
ball team dropped its first game of
the season to Greenville High School
by a score of 13-7. Coach Tex Lind
say as well as local fans were dis
appointed in the outcome, for the ,
Aces played far less impressively
than they have during practice ses- [
sions, and by comparison of the two
teams, Edentort should have come out 1
the winner. Very little defensive!
play was offered by the Aces, espec
ially during the first half, and as a I
result the Greenville boys in short
order scored two touchdowns which
was margin enough to win the game.
Greenville kicked to start the I
game, but fumbles forced the Aces
ito kick after only three yards were
[chalked up by Bobby Byrum. On
| Greenville’s first play, Jimmy Lee, |
I 185-pound fullback, raced for a;
touchdown with hardly a hand laid
:on him. On the next kickoff Edenton)
again fumbled twice, so that Green- )
ville got possession of the hall on j
Edenton's 10-yard line from where
in two plays little Jimmy Lee again !
crossed the pay-off stripe.
Apparently realizing that they
were in a football game, the Aces
; from this point picked up enthusiasm
: and were able to prevent further
scoring, although a 90-yard run was
made for touchdown by Greenville
but was called back due to a penalty.
Edenton scored its touchdown near
'the close of the first half, when a
series of first downs took the ball to)
'the Greenville six-yard line, from
where George Habit managed to
crash through the line to score. The
extra point was made by a pass from
Jack Habit to Stancil Davenport.
In the second half Edenton easily
outplayed their opponents, but lack
ed the push to score the necessary
touchdowns to defeat or even tie the
Greenville lead. During the game
Edenton chalked up 14 first downs
to 7 by Greenville, gained 202 yards
by rushing to Greenville’s 160 and
added 70 yards by passing to 35 by
the Grebnies.
Flaying the most consistent game
for Edenton Jack Habit. Started
Davenport and Russell Wheeler, the
latter frequently tearing through the
line to throw runners for losses or
stopping cold a runner who might
have made serious gains. Jack Habit
gained the most ground and stopped
a number of runners who penetrated
the line, while Stancil Davenport
thrilled spectators by snatching pass
es, as well as causing no little
trouble for Greenville runners coining
around his end.
Quite a few fans accompanied the
team to Greenville.
Irving Leigh Going
With Portsmouth Star
Irving Leigh, who for the last
nine months has been making Eden
ton his headquarters as representa
tive for the Suffolk News-Herald,
has tendered his resignation and ac
cepted a position with the Ports
mouth Star at Portsmouth, Va. He
will leave Edenton Friday morning to
assume his new duties as city and
sports reporter.
While in Edenton Mr. Leigh has
won many friends and despite his'
regret at leaving Edenton, his new
position offers a greater opportunity
for advancement in the newspaper
field.
Miss Essie Coffield has been em
ployed as Mr. Leigh’s successor in
Edenton to represent the Suffolk
newspaper.
County Council Will
Meet On Wednesday
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Miss Rebecca Colwell, Chowan
■ County home agent, calls attention
i to the fact that a meeting of the
i County Council of home demonstra
. tion clubs will be held Wednesday
i afternoon, October 2, at 2:30 o’clock
i in the Community Building at Cross
Roads.
All Council members, as well as
i others interested in this work, are
'invited and urged to be present.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 26,1946.
Drive In Progress
This Week To Stage
Series Os Concerts
Saturday Night at Six
O’clock Is Deadline
To Join
WORKERS BUSY
Edenton Allowed One of
Largest Selections to
Choose From
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Final arrangements were complet- j
ed Monday night for the campaign in’
progress this week to secure enough
members in the Community Concert
Association to guarantee a series of
outstanding concerts to be staged
in Edenton periodically during the j
next few months. The meeting was
held at the Court House and was
attended by practically all of the
workers who will canvass the entire
county for memberships.
Those present appeared very en
thusiastic over the prospect of stag
ling the concerts and belief was ex
pressed that at least 450 member
; ships would be secured, which is the
I minimum number necessary to pro
-1 vide the concerts.
' Present at the meeting was James
Wolfe of New York, organization
director, who explained the plan of
staging concerts and, of course, clear
ed up a number of questions asked by
those present. One question had to
do with tickets being transferable.
This, he said, provided for use of
tickets by other members of a family
•lor other friends and that tickets will
be honored in any other town where
ithe concerts are presented, providing
there is seating capacity.
Mr. Wolfe commented upon the
rich historical background of Eden
ton, saying that the concerts will add
to the cultural life of the community. J
He also statpd that if enough mem- ■
berships are secured, Edenton will,
have one of the largest selections j
from which to choose artists due to j
being so centrally located near larger
cities.
Concerts have been scheduled in
over 500 cities in the United States,
all being arranged on the same basis,
I which is non-profit, the membership
fees going to pay the artists select
ed and insuring attendance or at
least enough to pay those ivlio ap
pear. The more memberships ob
tained, therefore, will mean higher
class artists for the local concerts.
The campaign for memberships ,
absolutely closes Saturday night at [
6 o’clock, after which no more will )
be sold, so if any person has been j
missed who wants to join he must
see one of the workers before the j
deadline. Admission to any of the
concerts will be only by membership '
card. No tickets will be sold an any!
night any particular artist appears, j
Ache Ck-up meeting of the work
ers was held Wednesday night and j
the final push in the drive will be
made between now and Saturday
night at 6 o’clock.
In connection with the drive art.au- ,
tographed copy of Mrs. Dorothy Ca
ruso’s book, “The Life of Andre Ca
ruso,” will be presented to the work
er selling the most memberships.
If enough memberships are secured,
the board of directors will meet with
Mr. Wolfe Saturday night and select
the artists to appear on the local pro
grams.
First PTA Meeting
Os Year Tuesday
Parents Urged to At
tend In Order to Meet
New Teachers
I Edenton Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation will hold its first meeting of
the year next Tuesday, October 1,1
the school beginning at 3:15;
I o’clock. The guest speaker for the!
j occasion will be Joe McCracken,)
[superintendent of Elizabeth City;
schools.
1 Officials of the association are very
anxious for parents of children to
attend this meeting in order to meet
and become acquainted with new
teachers on this year’s faculty.
, Rev. Harold W. Gilmer
l Undergoing Check-ups
The Rev. Harold W. Gilmer, rector
r of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, left
i Tuesday for Rocky Mount, where he
i will remain several days while un
dergoing periodic check-ups at Park
51 View Hospital. He was accompanied
s ,by his daughter, Mrs. Dorothy War- j
ren.
Edenton Aces Meet I
Columbia In First
Home Game Friday
Contest Will Be Played
Under Lights at Hicks
Field at 8 O’clock
toughTgame
Coach Tex Lindsay I)is-j
appointed With Show
ing In First Game
j Edenton High School’s football
[team will play its second game of
the season Friday night on Hicks
Field, when the local boys will meet
Columbia High. The game is sched
uled to begin at 8 o'clock.
With their first game resulting in
a defeat Saturday night at the hands
of Greenville High School, Coach
Tex Lindsay is taking his squad
through strenuous practice sessions
in anticipation of "what he predicts
will be a very tough game. Columbia
on Friday night defeated Hertford,
a team composed almost entirely of
last year veterans, 6-0, so that Coach
Lindsay is impressing his boys with
the fact that they will have to play
a better brand of ball than they did
Saturday night if they expect to
| break into the win column. He says
Columbia has a fast and heavy team
which is far superior to previous
teams, and that the Aces will be ob
liged to play their best to ward off
another defeat.
Coach Lindsay was frank to ex
press his disappointment in the
showing made by his boys in Satur- j
day night's game. “We should have j
easily defeated Greenville,” he said, j
“The two touchdowns made by the!
Greenville team could have easily!
been prevented if our line would have !
put out. The defense was very weak
jespecially in the first half, when only;
two boys played anything like they
I are capable of playing.” I
I For Friday’s game. Coach Lindsay
'stated early this week, there are
likely to be some changes, so that
he would not release the starting
lineup, Which will depend upon the
spirit displayed and improvement i
shown during the practice Sessions..'
The backfield will most likely be
Jimmy Cates, Jack Habit,’ Andrew
Whitson and Bobby Byrum.
j Lindsay says his boys are capable
of playing a better brand of ball
than they did Saturday night and he
feels confident that a different foot-
Iball team will be seen in action Fri
! day night.
Christmas Seal Sale
Institute On Tuesday
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Dr. W. H. Parker Sched
uled to Be Speaker at
Luncheon Hour
M rs. J. A. Moore on Tuesday an- j
i nouneed that a one-day institute for
, Christmas Seal Sale chairmen in this
| district and their assisting Workers
i will be held in Edenton beginning
Tuesday morning, October 1, at 16
o’clock. The meeting will be held in
the I’arish House.
This meeting will be attended by
; Seal Sale chairmen, State officers and
others who are interested. During
(the luncheon hour the meeting will
be addressed by Dr. W. H. Farker,
who is district health officer for
Northampton, Gates and Hertford
counties. He will speak on the sub
ject, “Public Health Aspects of Tu
berculosis Control.”
Mrs. W. J. Yates Hurt
When Struck By Car
Mrs. Jordan Yates was painfully
injured on Broad street late Tuesday
I afternoon when she was struck by a
car driven by Willis Bond. Mrs.
|Yates was crossing the street while
lit was raining and while she looked
for traffic before starting, her um
ibrella probably cut off her view. She
| was rendered unconscious for several
'hours and was painfully injured
about her shofilder and head.
Mr. Bond stopped his car immedi
ately waited for officers to ar
rive, but no arrest was made, the
cause of the accident being termed
unavoidable.
HOLMES LIONS CLUB SPEAKER
John A. Holmes was the principal
speaker at the Lions Club meeting
i Monday night. During his remarks
he traced the gradual progress of
: schools in North Carolina, going back
[to 1900 up to the present time. His
address was very much enjoyed by
members of the club.
Big Leagrr-L:uled To
Play Baseball Game Hicks
Field Friday Night Oct. 4
R. D. Dixon Named
Regional Counsel
War Assets Adm.
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Will Furnish Legal Ad
vice For Charlotte
Office
Former Judge Richard D. Dixon )
! has been named regional counsel for
the Charlotte region of the War As
sets Administration, according to an
iannouncement by J. K. Wilson, reg
ional director. David J. Craig, Jr.,
has been named as Mr. Dixon’s as
sistant.
Both attorneys are well known in)
he Garoiinas. Judge Dixon was, for)
several years, Judge of North Caro- '
lina’s Superior Court, in addition to j
holding other judgeships, while
Judge Craig served for a time as,
judge of City Court in Charlotte.
“As regional counsel,” said Mr.
Wilson, “Judge Dixon will furnish
legal advice for the Charlotte WAA j
office and perform ail necessary j
types of legal work as government
legal representative with the assist-)
ante of Craig. This work will include !
preparing any necessary legal docu
iments and reviewing any legal as
[pects of purchasers’ claims against
•the government. 1 am very happy to
ihave these gentlemen working with
) me.”
j Judge Dixon, who took over Mon
day: his new duties, bps been associ
ated for over a year with the War
Assets Administration and its pre
decessors, War Assets Corporation
and the Surplus Disposal Branch of
RFC. For the past 14 months he has
been in charge of WAA surplus dis
position at the Sales and Storage
Depot at Harvey Point Nava) Air
Station. j
According to Regional Director
Wilson. Judge Dixon was appointed
to the regional Counsel position early
in September, but Was delayed in as
suming his. new active duties until
his task at Harvey Foint was com
pleted.
Leon Halsey Named
Dos Week Chairman
Seven Point Objectives
Being Stressed Dur
ing Observance
Leon Halsey, proprietor of the
iHalsey Feed & Seed Store, has been
named committeeman for this com
munity for the observance of Dog
Week, which is being observed this
week, September 22 to 28, according
to an announcement received here
from National Dog Week head
quarters in New York City.
This marks the 19th consecutive
annual observance of National Dog
Week, a movement of non-profit
character which attempts to make
the dog more valuable to his owner
and more acceptable to the non-own
er. General chairman for 1946 is
Lowell Thomas, well-known lecturer,
world traveler and radio comnien-j
tator.
j The seven-point objectives include:
I 1. A good home for every dog.
2. Eliminate stray dogs from the
streets. 3. Better informed dog own
ers. 4. Teach consideration for dogs
. and all animals. 5. Emphasize the
dog’s use as a companion, helper and
home protector. 6. Secure fair laws
for dogs and their owners. 7. Teach
(respect for the rights of non-dog
) [owners.
| These seven points are more fully
•explained in an advertisement spon
sored by Mr. Halsey, appearing on
page five of this issue of The Herald.
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Third Degree Tonight
At Masonic Meeting
i At tonight’s (Thursday) meeting
1 of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., the third degree will be con
ferred upon a candidate. Attendance
Uhas been greatly affected during re-
I cent weeks due to the general in
terest in baseball games, so that W.
:' P. Goodwin, master of the lodge,
' .urges all members to try to attend.
: j Refreshments will be served at the
i [close of the meeting, with Hubert
.Williford and Jack Mooney being in
charge.
$1.50 Per Year.
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Record of Edenton Co
lonials Caught Atten
tion of Buddy Lewis
PITCH
Game Arranged By Ed
Bond Post of Ameri
can Legion
Buddy Lewis’ all-star aggregation
[of North and South Carolina Major
(League ball players have consented
!to oppose the Edenton Colonials, Al
bpmarle League champions, in an ex
hibition tilt at Hicks Field Friday
night, October 4, at 8 o’clock.
The game will feature the hurling
(of Edenton’s Lester Jordan and the
i Brooklyn Dodgers' Rube Melton. Only
j hitch in the scheduled lineup is pos
sibility of Brooklyn playing in the
[World Series, thereby removing Mel
ton as the All-Stars flinger.
Negotiations have been going on
for several weeks and according to
Dave Gillespie of Gastonia, business
manager for the major league nine,
the reputation of the Edenton Colo
nials was the determining factor in
I selection of the Albemarle League
I team.
j Loral fans will have an opportunity
jto glimpse their star hurler, Lester
Jordan, tangle with the big-leaguers.
There are those in town and county
who believe that Lester is major
league timber after witnessing his
phenomenal rise from Class C profes
sional ball to the Toronto Maple
Leafs of the International League.
Lester left the Maple Leafs early
this season after winning six games
against two losses. A salary alter
cation with Toronto President Peter
Campbell led to the parting of the
ways for Jordan. Under Have Hol
ton’s tutelage, Lester is again back
in shape and rarin’ to go. In prep
aration for the coming contest the
, ex-Toronto hurler is working out
each seasonable day for what looms
to be his greatest pitching assign
ment to date. During the current
'Albemarle League season, his record
of sixty-five scoreless innings
brought nationwide attention on the
sports pages of metropolitan dailies.
| William “Spec” Jones, Commander
of the local Ed Bond American Leg
ion Post, closed the deal late Tues
day afternoon with Dave Gillespie,
j Major Leaguers to perform with
the All-Stars are: Buddy Lewis, Gi!
Coon, Roy Scarborough, Jake Early
and AI Evans from the Washington
Senators; Aaron Robinson, Bill John
son and Tommy Byrnes of the New
;York Yankees; Taft Wright, Joe
Haynes and Ralph Hodgin from the
Chicago White Sox; Jimmy Brown
from Pittsburgh; and Rube Melton
from the Brooklyn Dodgers.
All Day Institute At
St Paul’s October 3
Rev. James F. Ferney
hough of Fayetteville
Will Be Leader
Next Thursday, October 3, an all
day Sunday School institute of the
Edenton Convocation will be held in
> St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The
[Rev. James F. Ferheyhough, rector
of St. John’s Church at Fayetteville,
'N. C. f Will be the leader.
The Rev. Harold W. Gilmer, rector
of St. Paul’s, announces the follow
ing services at his Church:
Sunday, September 29, fifteenth
Sunday after Trinity, St. Michael and
all angels, 8 A. M., the Holy Com
munion; 9:30 A. M., Church School;
11 A. M., office of morning prayer
'with sermon; 7:30 P. M., Young
People’s Service League.
Tree Expert Expected
In Edenton Shortly
C. C. Huie, of Statesville, a tree
expert, was a visitor in Edenton over
', the week-end and while here was en
gaged to do some work on Edenton’s
■ trees. Mr. Huie is no stranger in
■ j Edenton, having (jeen in charge of
the annual tree work which was in
■ terrupted by the war, the last work
. being done in 1941.
, Mr. Huie is now in business for
himself and expects to be able to
1 come to Edenton in about two weeks.
; While here he will be available for
i work desired done by various in
dividuals.