Volume XIII. Number 42.
Chowan County Hospital
Now In Control Os
P daval Air Staticn Hospital
Sub-Leased By Town of j
Edenton at Special
Meeting 1
CATTLE ARRIVE
Comdr. Brinn Releasing |
Buildings as Rapidly |
As Needed
t
Mayor Leroy Haskett on Thursday j
afternoon of last week.signed papers'
turning over to the Town of Edenton j
the hospital at the Edenton Naval Air |
Station, the transaction taking place!
in the office of Lieut.-Comdr. R. T. j
Brinn-,' commanding officer of the!
base, who represented the Navy De-!
partment. Mayor Haskett immedi-|
ately called a special meeting of
Town Council for Thursday night and J
called in members of the Chowan i
County Hospital board of trustees
and the doctors of the town, inform-!
ing theni of what had taken place, |
and just several hours after the Town !
gained control of the hospital it was
sub-leased to the hospital trustees,!
the lease being signed by Albert By
rum, chairman of the trustees.
Before releasing the hospital to!
the Town an inventory was made of ■
supplies and equipment in the hos-;
pital which accompanied the tease.!
Comdr. Brinn informed The Herald
that the Navy will keep the hospital
open awaiting the Town to move in.
A chief pharmacist mate and phar
macist first class are standing by so
that everything will be in order and
accounted for when the trustees ac
tually take over the hospital.
At tin special meeting quite a
lengthy discussion followed relative
to proper steps to be taken to put the
‘spitai in operation. A motion was
isequently made and passed that a
nmittee bp appointed to formulate
ians apd endeavor to employ a sur
geon so that the hospital can he put
in full operation as soon as possibly.
The committee named included VV. W.
By rum; .). W. Davis and Marvin Wil
son.
Town and county officials, doctors
and members- of the hoard of hospital
trustees no t a prominent surgeon at
and members of the board of hospital
the base Wednesday morning, but the j
result of this meeting had not ma
terialized in time to be carried in this j
issue of The Herald.
Tile hospital is ready for operation
just as sooii as personnel can be se- I
cured, and this phase of the hospital!
project will be completed as soon as!
possible. The building formerly j
used by officers of the WAVES has !
been turned over to the Town and!
will bo used as quarters for the!
nurses. This building contains mo-!
dernly furnished rooms and is with-]
in a short distance of the hospital.
It Will be interesting to know that
the value of the inventory of equip
ment and supplies in the hospital
amounts to $37,491.12, and some of
this equipment is unable to be pur-'
chased today and may he for a long
time to come.
It is the purpose of Comdr. Brinn,
representing the Navy Department,
to turn over various buildings and
equipment as they are needed and as
the requests are received by the Her
vey Foundation he will call in Mayor
Haskett to execute the proper papers
to complete the transaction. Heavy
transportation equipment was re
leased to Mr. Hervey this week.
Robert Hervey, brother of David
Hervey, president of the Hervey
Foundation, to whom the Town has
sub-leased the base, arrived Monday
and will assist in preparation for the
manufacture of pre-fabricated houses.
Equipment has been shipped and is
expected to arrive any day.
On Tuesday three carloads of
cattle, about 150 head, arrived at the
base and more are on the way. These
cattle will be used by Raymond Um
baugh, who will be in charge of the
scientific breeding of high grade
cattle.
Considerable progress has been
made at the base during the past
week or more, so that the Hervey
Foundation is gradually getting
■■heir projects underway.
SENIOR 4-H CLUB MEETS
The Chowan 4-H Club of Chowan
- High School held its regular meeting
on October 14, when plans were dis
cussed by Robert Marsh, assistant
county agent, to those who were in
terested in buying a heifer.
Miss Shaw, assistant home demon
stration agent, talked to the girls
about Achievement Day which will
be held November 2nd at the Edenton
armory.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A MOMM MEWEPAPME DEVOTED TO THE INTEREETE OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Chowan County Well
Represented District
Rally Os Democrats
Large Crowd Gather at
I Wiiliamston Meeting i
Monday
j Chowan County was well repros- |
I ented at the Democratic meeting of i
! the First District held in Williams- j
ton Monday, which was the largest |
! attended of a series of seven pre- !
election rallies recently held in the;
State. With many prominent Demo
| crats present, the principal address
j was made by Congressman Herbert
i C. Bonner.
; Mr. Bonner cited tile record of the '
Democratic party in the State and
i nation during the war, stating that'
these officials' deserve re-election on
the face of their records.
Governor R. Gregg Cherry also
| spoke during the meeting and paid j
I tribute to the First District, point-!
ing out the many "firsts” in this!
I section. He referred to teachers'
! pay and said he believed the incom-j
ing General Assembly will make,
some effort to raise the scale of pay. !
He expressed concern over the fact j
that many teachers have gone into!
other fields because of higher sal - ]
aries.
The Governor urged the people to
have patience relative to improving
roads, citing the handicap of lack of
equipment and materials brought
about by war! conditions and the de
sire to spend funds economically.
A feature of the meeting which
drew thunderous applause Was a tri
bute to the late President Franklin
l>. Roosevelt by Miss Anne Kilpat
rick, a Greenville High School girl.
Elbert Peele of Wiiliamston, for
mer State Senator called the meet
ing to order and then turned it over
to W. 11. Uinstead, State chairman.
Mayor John L. Hassell delivered the
address of welcome.
Other prominent Democrats pres
ent were Lieut.-Gov. L. Y. Ballentine.
j Charles M. Johnson, State Treasurer:
I Auditor George Ross l’ou, Secretary
j of State Thad Eure, Clyde A. Erwin,
I superintendent of public instruction;
j Attorney General Harry McMullan,
| W. Kerr Scott, commissioner of ag
riculture.; William P. Hodges, in
surance commissioner: Hathaway
| Cross; paroles commissioner; R.
i Bruce Etheridge, conservation dir-
I ector and Banking Commissioner
i Gurney P. Hood.
I Chowan County Democrats attend
ing the meeting were Mayor Leroy
Haskett, John W. Graham, I„ C.
Burton, West llyrum. J. Clarence
Leary, T. C. Byruin, R. C. Holland,
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Elliott, R. H. Hol
lowed, E. W. Spires, Sheriff J. A.
Bunch, Herman White, C. E, Kramer,
W. Jim Daniels and Lloyd Griffin.
Demonstration Clubs
Achievement Day Be
Observed October 30
Mrs. Martin Wisely Will I
Be Principal Speaker
For Occasion
The Achievement Day meeting of j
Chowan County home demonstration]
clubs will he held in the Rocky Hock
school Wednesday afternoon, October
30, at 2:30 o'clock with Mrs. W, A.
Harrell presiding.
* The speaker for the occasion will
he Mrs. Martin Wisely, a native of
England, who will speak on the sub
ject “England In Peacetime.” Mrs.
Wisely will also give the audience
an opportunity to ask questions
about England.
The Center Hill Club will have
charge of registration, Beech Fork
and Rocky Hock clubs the decorations
and the County Council is offering a
door prize.
The county report of club activi
ties will be given by the Byrd and
Enterprise clubs. Each year a dif
ferent club is responsible for plan
ing and presenting the combined re
port at the fall meeting.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the meeting.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 24, 1946.
j PERFORM HERE FRIDAY |
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Kthel Bartlett and Kae Robertson, duo-pianists, who will appear
Friday night at 8:30 o’clock in the Edenton High School auditorium
j in the first of three concerts sponsored by the Community Concert
Association. Originally scheduled for January 14. their appearance
was advanced in order to have one of the concerts before the
Christmas holidays. _
j A PROCLAMATION
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WHEREAS, the Post Office Department at Washington is sponsoring
! National Air Mail Week from October 27 to November 2, 194<> and,
WHERTAS, the development of air mail is and has been of great im
portance to the business concerns and the people of this city, and,
WHEREAS, I believe the citizens of Edenton should take an active in
terest in the future development of air mail.
NOW. THEREFORE, 1, Leroy If. Haskett, Mayor of tile City of Eden
ton, do hereby designate the week of October 27 - November 2 as Air
Mail Week and do call upon our people to make proper observance of
this week by liberally patronizing the air mail and otherwise evidenc
ing their appreciation of the efforts of the Post Office Department to
provide this necessary service for our city.
Done at the City of Edenton this 22nd day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and in the one
hundred and severity-first year of our American independence,
(SEAL) LEROY H. HASKETT, Mayor.
Edenton Chosen As
Home Station For
National Guard Unit
General J. Van I>. Metts
! Praises Work of State
Guard During-War
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| Mayor Leroy Haskett this week
! was notified by J. Van 15. Metts, ad- !
: jutant general of the National j
Guard, that Edenton has been set- ■
eeted as the home station for the
Medical Detachment, ll!(th Infantry,
for the reorganized North Carolina
National Guard. The strength of the
I organization for Federal reorganiza- j
tion is two officers and 40 enlisted
meii, with a maximum strength of
eight officers and 107 enlisted men.
“The North Carolina State Guard, j
organized for the purpose of taking
over the duties of the North Carolina
National Guard while that organiza
tion was in Federal service, has ren
dered the State a great service,”
said General Metts, “and its members
are to be commended for their ex-
I cellent performance of these duties.” j
Junior Woman’s Club
Announces Dance To
I>e Held On Nov. 29 j
Kdenton’s Junior Woman's Club
has announced that a Thanksgiving
dance will be held in the Edenton
Armory on the night of November
27. Roy Cole and his 14-piece or
chestra from Chapel Hill will furnish
the music for the occasion. This
orchestra has been in great demand
and featuring the organization will
be George Denias, baritone, who will
render vocal selections during the
evening.
ATTEND RED MEN MEETING
W. J. Daniels and J. Edwin Buf
flap will leave early Friday morning
for Charlotte, where they will attend
a booster meeting of the Eighth Dis
trict of the Improved Order of Red
Men. Mr. Daniels is Great Junior
Sagamore of the State organization.
They expect to return Saturday
night.
Gl’s Voting During
[ War Must Register i
To Vote In E ection!
Registration Books of i
County Will Be Open
Again Saturday
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With the general election scheduled j
Ito be held Tuesday, November 5, j
Lloyd C. Hurt on. chairman of the!
| Chowan County Board of Elections, j
! calls attention to voting regulations
j affecting foimer service men who vot
|ed during .the war under the GI Bill
; of Rights.
All such persons are required to
1 register in person, if they are not
registered in their respective wards
or townships, before they can vote in j
j the. coming election, according to Mr. i
j Burton, who urges all former service ;
men to make cure they, are eligible to j
vote before going to the polls,
Books for registration were open
Saturday, October 12 and 19, and will
again be open Saturday, October 2<>,
at which time any qualified voter may
j register, In the coming election it is
! necessary to be registered in one of
• 'he six precincts in the county, for
1 names on the registration books in
! the four Edenton wards will not make j
ja voter eligible to vote in the general
election.
There appears to be some misun
derstanding in Edenton relative to
names being on the registration i
books. There are two sets of books i
in the county. All voters in the
Town of Edenton are required to be
registered in one of the four wards in i
order to be eligible to vote in a Town
election, while these same voters c
must also be registered in either the |
East or West Edenton precinct in. or- i
der to be eligible to vote in a county I
or general eiectipn.
i
Betty Thigpen Member <
Os College Honor Group !
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Miss Betty Thigpen, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thigpen, was one 1
of four students at Louisburg Col
lege to be initiated into the honor
sorority Alpha Pi Epsilon last week. (
Miss Thigpen spent the week-end <
visiting her parents.
Bartlett And Robertson
Duo-Pianists, Appear At
School House Friday Night
Edenton Aces Meet 1
Franklin, Va., Team
Here Friday At 6:30
Time (’hanged In Order j
To Prevent Conflict
With Concert
With two victories and three de- ;
feats thus far this season, the Eden- •
ton Aces will face one of the tough- j
est opponents Friday evening when;
they are scheduled to play the !
Franklin. Va., high school. The vis-;
iters come here with a record of not j
being scored upon this year, one of
the games being a (>-() victory over
the Hertford team.
The two schools have met only
twice on the gridiron before, Eden-j
ton having won on both occasions. I
In 193(1-' the score was 7-b, While in '
1938 the Virginians were trounced
32-0. '
Coach Lindsay, greatly encouraged
•by the playing of his boys Friday'
1 night, is expecting a tough game
! and continues to iron out wrinkles
jin the daily practice sessions. "If
; the Aces play the brand of hall they
j played Friday,” says the coach, “a !
; battle royal should develop during!
the game.”
! An effort was made by coach Lin- J.
dsay to have the game played to
night (Thursday ) due to the concert |
; scheduled to be presented in the. high !
school Friday night. Franklin, how ;
ever, could not Come Thursday , so j
an arrangement was made to play'
Friday evening at 6:29 o’clock so
that there will not be a conflict be-!
tween the football game and the eon- j
cert. W’ith the game starting at 6:30,
it should be over in time for foot
ball fans to go to the school in time
, to hear all of the concert!
Herbert Dale, Jr., Is
Buried In Alaska
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| Grave Identified: Re
mains to Be Returned j
To United States
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Herbert W. Dale has been advised
by.. the-W'ar Department that his sou.
the late Staff Sergeant Herbert W.
Dale, Jr., who was killed in action, is '!]
interred in the Post Cemetery at Fort ,'
Richardson, the grave being No. 71 ,
in the third row of plot 11. The
cemetery is located at Anchorage, j
Alaska, and is under the constant,
care and supervision of the United
States military personnel,
Mr. Dale has also received a picture !
of the cemetery as taken on Mem
orial Day showing wreaths and flag
decorations on each grave. In the
background can be seen a part of the j
mighty Chagach Mountain range.!
standing as silent sentinels.
The War Department has also no- )
titled Mr. Dale that the department is
authorized to comply, at government
expense, with the feasible wishes of
the next of kin regarding final in
terment, here or abroad, of the re
mains of his son.
Mr. Dail has decided to request the
body of his son be returned to the;
United States and buried in Arlington '
Cemetery.
Youths Becoming 18
Must Still Register
According to the Chowan County
Draft Board there has been no
change in the Selective Service laws!
relative to the compulsory register-]
ing of young men becoming 18 years! ,
of'.age. Every boy in Chowan Conn- :
tv is required to register at the!
Draft Board office on the day he be-1 j
comes 18 years of age. However, if j
the day is Sunday or a holiday the j
registration must be made on the fol- ,
lowing day. ,
The Draft Board reports several j
instances of misunderstanding con- ,
cerning the registration require- ;
ments of 18-year-olds, so that at- ,
tention is called to the law still being (
in effect.
DIME SOCIETY MEETS TUESDAY
The Dime Society of the Baptist i
Church will meet Tuesday night at 8 I
o’clock at the home of Mrs. J. C. Dail. <
All members are urged to attend. I
OSTS
First of Series of Three
Concerts Scheduled
For Edenton
AT B:3(T O’C LOCK
Artists Reported to Be
Leaders In Their
Field
On Friday night at 8:30 o’clock
members of the Community Concert.
Association will have an opportunity
to hear the first concert of the ser
ies assured by the recent enrollment
in the organization when Ethel Bart
lett and Kae Robertson, famous duo
pianists Will present a program in
the high school auditorium. The ar
tists were originally scheduled to ap
pear January 14, but local members
were desirous to have a concert he
fore the Christmas holidays, so ar
rangements were made to have the.
' concert Friday night.
Over 700 members have joined the
association and only those holding
membership cards will be admitted
to the concert. These members are
in Edenton and Chowan County, with
a goodly number living in nearby
towns, so that a creditable audience
should he on hand for tile first con
cert.
Edmund Schwarze, secretary of the
association, has announced that the
; artists will play request: numbers
during the evening, but that any re
quests must be sent to the Hotel Jo-
I soph Hewes by tonight (Thursday ).
Bartlett and Robertson are lead
ers in their field of entertainment
• and are so much in demand that they
; give, over a hundred concei ts a year.
They have toured South America
j and South Africa as well as all of
Europe, the United States and Can
ada, They have played four times
with the New York Philharmonic-'
! Symphony, five seasons with the Cin
cinnati Symphony, four times with
i the Washington National Symphony,
twice with the Chicago Symphony
and Rochester I'hilharmonic, as well
as with other major orchestras. They
are, according to prominent critics,
the best beloved piano duettists in
: the world.
National Air Mail
Week Be Observed
Oct. 27 To Nov. 2
New Low Rate For Air
Mail Being Tested
During Week
National Air Mail Week will be
observed October 27 ,tn'.November 2,
Inauguration of the new tive-eent
United States flag rate October 1 im
mediately brought a sharp rise in the
ai r mail volume, says Post master C.
E. Kramer. Rapid air mail service,
offered for the first time at a low
postage rate, should stimulate com
merce, business leaders here believe.
For that reason, they are encourag
ing large air mailings during the na
tion-wide air mail promotion week.
The I’ost- Office Department has
taken a leaf from the book of Ameri
can business, reducing the air-mail
rate from 8 cents to 5 cents an ounce
and simultaneously offering better
and faster service. The Post Office
has borrowed the proven principle
that by getting more customers for a
good product at a reduced cost the
unit cost of delivery is cut, A lower
price requires one thing to succeed—-
larger volume.
Business men want to have the
live-rent rate continued. A policy of
enlightened self-interest suggests
that alt promote air mail during this
period when the new low rate is be
ing tested.
Meanwhile, Postmaster Kramer re
ported air mail letters are being re
ceived at the post office with incor
rect postage affixed. The five-cent
rate applies anywhere that the Am
erican flag flies, including all United
States possessions. It is also applic
able to the armed forces abroad and
to Canada and Mexico.
STATE GUARD ENTERTAINS
Wives and members of the fam
ilies of State Guardsmen of Company
26 were entertained at a barbecue
chicken dinner Monday night. About
65 enjoyed the affair.