Volume Xlll.—Number 45.
Rotarians Sponsor
Court Os Honor To
Be Held Nov. 19th
Hector Lupton Jr., and
Polk Williams Eagle
Scouts
BARBECUE - 1 TINNER
Affair Will Be Held In
Ed Bond Post’s HalU
At Air Station
Kdenton's Rotary ('tub will sponsor j
a Boy Scout Court of Honor next |
Tuesday night, November 19, the as
fair scheduled to be held at the Ain- j
eriean Legion hall in the enlisted |
men’s club at the Edenton Naval Air I
Station. A barbecue dinner will be!
served at 7 o'clock to which all Scouts
and Scout -rs of the Albemarle Dis
trict and members of the Rotary
Club are invited.
The district Court of Honor will 1
begin at 8 o'clock, to which the pub- ;
lie is cordially invited to attend. It i
is hoped that many friends of the
boys and those interested in their,
work will attend the ceremonies.
The highlight of the affair will be
the awarding of Eagle Scout honors
to Hector Lupton. Jr.,*and Polk Wil
liams, who qualified for the promo
tion to Eagle Scout about a month
ago.
.John L. Goodwin, Jr., will be ad
vanced to Star Scout.
Frank Hughes will be promoted
to First Class Scout, and the follow
ing to Second Class: Mack H. Priv
ott, Byron P. Kehayes, W. O. Speight,
William A. Crummey, Gene Wins- j
low Taylor and Willie West, Jr.
Merit badges will also be awarded j
as follows:
Frank Hughes-—cooking, home re- j
pairs, personal health, basketry and I
wood carving.
Hector Lupton, J r.,--Basketry, bird
study, camping, pioneering and
marksmanship.
Polk Williams Swimming and
camping.
J (dm Goodwin--Personal health,
public health and swimming.
Charles L. Overman—Personal
leaUh and bird study.
White Way Extension
Sought By Petition
Practically Every Resi-j
dent In North Eden
ton Signs
Town Council at its meeting Tues-1
day night was presented a petition j
signed by practically every resident j
living on North Broad Street in j
North Edenton requesting the exten- j
sion of the whiteway through that 1
section of the city. The petition was j
referred to the Board of Public 1
Works.
Signatures on the petition included '
the following:
Mrs. W. W. Porter, Mrs. Pauline
Wiggins, Maybelle P, Sexton, Mi's. B.
F. Britton, J. L. Collins, C. W. Hay-j
man, Mrs. Tom Goodman, W. S. Sut- j
ton. Miss Bernice Williams, W. A.
Munden, William Adams, Mr. and I
Mrs. Robert Perry, Mr, and Mrs. FI. j
L. Hollowed, Mr. and Mrs. Harry!
Crummey, C. G. Brickie, Mrs. E. W.
Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Stal
lings, Mrs. George T. White, Mrs. O.
L. Brown, Mrs. W. A. Mills, Mrs. H.
T. Layton, Mrs. Ralph Hawkins, Mrs.
Will Morris, Paul M. Wallace, W. H.
Bunch, T. C. Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Spruill, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Adams,
Roland Ward, Mrs. P. J. Warner L.
R. Worrell, H. W. Layton, Mr. and
Mrs. George Shaw, G. C. Swain, Clyde
Hollowed, S. W. Moore, Martha Over
man, Oscar Overman and Z. T. Evans,
tesies extended.
Edenton Police Arrest
97 During October
Chief of Police George I. Dail re
ported to Town Council Tuesday
night that 97 arrests were made in
Edenton during October, of which
number 94 were found guilty.
Contrary to the monthly reports,
drunks did not lead the list, for there
were 36 automobile owners arrested
for not displaying city tags and 14 ar
rested for parking and traffic viola
tions. Drunks were third with 13
arrests, followed by nine arrests for
gambling, and eight each for speed
ing and assault.
Os the arrests 65 were white males
and three females, compared with 25
male Negroes and four females.
Fines amounted to $387.50 and
costs $692.55 or a total of $1,080.05,
of which $197.40 was turned over to
the town in way of officers’ fees.
During the month 40 calls were
answered, 24 street lights reported
out, 35 warnings given and five cour-
THE CHOWAN HERALD
4 IfiiX EEWBPAPMM DEVOTED If TEE IMTEEEETE OF CKOWAM COUNTY
Goodly Number At
Legion’s Fish Fry
Abo.,t iOO members of Ed Bond
Post of the American Legion and Le- j
gion Auxiliary enjoyed a fish fry at !
the Legion hall in the enlisted men’s I
eluh at the Edenton Naval Air St a
turn Mouday night. While no. pro-j
gram was arranged, the affair was j
' very enjoyable, planned primarily as i
j a get-together in observance of Ar-{
mist ice Day. Fish were served at 7
‘o'clock, so that the party was Over’
S' In time for the members to attend
the Edentop-Hertford football game
on Hicks Field at 8:15.'
Edenton Aces Tackle
Ahoskie’s Eleven On
Hicks Field Friday
.
Locals Have Edge In!
Series of Nine Games |
Played
Football fans should be in for an-j
other treat Friday night, when the,
Edenton High School Aces are sehe-
I duled to meet Ahoskie High School,
on Hicks Field. The game will start j
at 8 o’clock.
Ahoskie is expected to bring a
hard-fighting team, having already
defeated the Hertford Indians after
making three touchdowns in the clos
ing minutes of the gam**.
To date the Aces and Ahoskie have
met. on the gridiron nine times since
1927. In the series of games play
ed thus far Edenton has won five,
lost two and two games resulted in j
j ties. Tu 1927 two games were play-1
j ed, with Edenton winning both games I
j by the one-sided scores of 28-0 and ;
132-0. Again in 1930 Edenton won
| 27-0. In 1931 the two teams played
i two games, the first resulting in a:
i ii-t! tie and the second Ahoskie won
6-0. Two games were played in 1943, ]
the first being a scoreless tie and
the Aces winning the second game j
6-0. In 1944 Ahoskie won 12-7 and
in 1945 Edenton won 14-7. \
With the Aces showing great ini- j
proyement, Coach Tex Lindsay is!
expecting a hard battle, but if his
hoys continue the brand of ball they
have been playing, he confidently
expects another victory «
i The Aces got off to a bad start
and lost the first three games play
; ed to Greenville, Columbia and Hert-!
ford. Since then, however, playing
has rapidly Improved, so that the
i last five games played have been
j victories. Teams to bow to the Aces
! are Windsor, Franklin, Plymouth,
1 Mauteo and Hertford.
The final game on the Aces’ sehed
-1 ule is Friday, November 22, when
I they will me?t the strong Yellow Jac
kets of Elizabeth City on the latter’s
| gridiron. The Yellow Jackets have
ja powerful team and have not been
defeated this year. Os course, Eden
| ton will entei the game decidedly the
! underdogs, hut if they play the brand
I of ball they have dished out in the
| last several games, the Yellow Jac
! kets will know they were in a ball
game. Quite a few Elizabeth City
fans came over Monday night to see
the Hertford-Edenton game, and
j some of them admitted that the Aces
j will give the Yellow Jackets a lot
! of trouble.
Aside from Jimmy Cates’ injured
| knee, all of the Aces are in good eon
! dition for Friday night's game, and
it is expected that Cates, who played
part of the game Monday night, will
also be in shape for more strenuous
duty.
Unique Program At
Lions Club Meeting
Dr. Martin Wisely Ex-,
hibits Collection of
War Souvenirs
i
Members of the Edenton Lions
Club enjoyed a very unique program
at Monday- night’s meeting when Dr.
Martin Wisely presented a large col
lection of souvenirs he collected in
various countries overseas while serv
ing in the recent war. While the
collection in itself was very interest
ing, Dr. Wisely added to the interest
by presenting remarks in connection
with quite a few of the souvenirs.
Among the collection were two of
Herman Goering’s hats and a sports
man’s rifle, taken from Goering’s el
aborate hunting lodge and a set of
beautiful drinking glasses and other
items coming from Goering’s private
car.
Also in the collection were several
, kinds of fine linen and other items
which came from Hitler’s home, as
well as many other items secured in
various countries where Dr. Wisely
was stationed during the war.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 14,1946.
Louis Nixdh Victim
Os Auto Accident
! On Sunday Night
Three Others Injured;
i When Two Automo
biles Collide
IN BEAR SWAMP
Wm. M. Byrum, Jr., of
Perquimans Faces
Manslaughter
\tiolhi-r automobile wreck proved,
fatal to a Chowan County young!
man, when Louis Nixon. 18, soil of!
r Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Nixon of the j
i Rocky Hoi k sectioii, Was killed Sun j
'day night in the Bear Swamp see I
i tion of the county. In the same ae- j
i cident Ralph Peele and Willis Rae |
j Peele, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
I’eele. were also seriously injured
about the head and legs.
; The liefidt iR- according to State
, Patrolman Clyde Fentress, who in- 1
vestigated the wreck, occurred when
Nixon’s car collided with a car driv
|en by William M. Byi-uni, Jr., of
Route 2, Hertford. According to the
patrolman the accident occurred on a
curve and in an effort to avoid hit
ting the oncoming car. Nixon lost
control of bis cal". The Peele boys
were occupants of Nixon’s car. By- |
runv was al.-o badly injured in the.
wreck and all three were taken to
Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City.
Patrolman Fentress reported that
I Byruni was apparently driving on the
| left hand side of the road and that
j he w ill face charges of manslaughter,
i Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at Rooky Hock Bap- (
| tist Church with the pastor, the Rev.
!W. C. Francis, officiating. Interment r
' was made in the Nixon burying j
j ground in Rocky Hock.
Deceased is survived by his par- j
cents, two sisters, Ada Marie and i
Mary Lou, and five brothers, Thomas.
I Earl, Murray, ,J. C. and Leroy.
Rev. H. Freo Surratt
Returned By Bishop
To Edenton Church
Rev. E. R. Meekins New
Pastor For Chowan
Charge
At the annual conference of thej
Methodist Church held in Henderson j
last week, Bishop \V. W. Peele re
turned the Rev. H. Freo Surratt to
the local Methodist Church under
the same airangement as last year,
which calls for Mr. Surratt to serve ;
both the Edenton and Windsor I
churches. A change was made onj
the Chowan charge, however, with j
the Rev. Arthur Stephenson being
sent to South Camden and the Rev; ;
E. R. Meekins succeeding Mr. Steph-*
enson on the Chowan charge.
Both the Edenton and Windsor:
churches had requested a change!
back to the pre-war status, but they
were given to understand that a con
tinued shortage of preachers pre
vented such change being made this;
year. It is Mr. Surratt's eighth year
at the Windsor Church and fourth
year at Edenton.
The congregations of the Chowan 1
charge requested the meturn of Mr.
Stephenson, who has scried five
years, but lie was transferred to
Camden.
White Births Lead
Colored In October
For the first time in many months
I white births in Chowan County ex-,
ceeded colored births. According to
the vital statistics report of the local j
Health Department, there were It'
white Births reported during October, :
: compared with 10 colored.
Both races had the same number of j
deaths reported during the month, j
three each.
[Town Will Be Host)
» " 1 *
Town Council on Tuesday night
voted to invite the North Caro
lina League of Municipalities to
hold a regional meeting in Eden
ton" Monday, December 2. with
the Town acting as host. The
meeting is one of a series to be
held throughout the State and
will include about 40 people from
i 13 eastern counties.
The meeting will be held in the
i Court House and tentative plans
call for serving the visitors a
barbecue dinner.
Edenton Aces Down
Hertford Indians In
Armistice Day Game
Local Gridders Reap Re
venge For 6-0 Defeat
Earlier In Reason
SCORE" 18-7
Both Teams Fight Hard
Before Record Crowd
Os Present Season
Before the largest crowd of foot-j
ball fans of the present season, the!
Edenton High School Aces defeated |
their ancient rival, Perquimans High !
School, on Hicks Field Monday night '
i7i an Armistice Day return game j
18-7. In a previous game played !
'earlier in the season the Perquimans
Indians defeated the Aces 6-9.
The en*ire local lean- again played
a splendid brand of ball, with the'
line yielding gains on very few occa-j
sions and the defense so well clicking !
that the visitors failed to complete a
single pass. In the line Ross. Press
ley. Wboeh r. George Habit, .Manning,
Davenport and Lupton played out
standing ball, while honors were di
vided in the backfield between Hollo-i
well. Jack Habit, Byruni and Ward.
For the visitors Nowell and Si
mons looked best.
Hertford kicked to start the game
and Hollowed brought tin- ball back
to his own 19-yard line. In throe
stabs at the line the Aces gained only
8 yards and then punted. Hertford
had the ball, on their own 35-yard line
and on the first play was penalized
15 yards, Nowell broke through for
.3 first down hut on the next play
Stanch Davenport tore through the
line and threw Nowell, for a liOyaid
j loss. The Indians punted and the '
; Aces fumbled, giving the Indians the!
ball on their own 39. Hertford also ,
j fumbled but recovered and kicked
after three tries at the Edenton line!
yielded iinlv 8 yards. Dick Hollowell
; in a splendid run returned the hall ;
2" yards to the 45-yard line. He!
! then picked up four yards and on the!
i next play a pass io Wheeler netted
| 13 yards but the play was railed hack, j
j After Habit picked up 5 yards and!
I Hollowell lost 4, another pass . to
j Wheeler was good for 9 yards, hut j
j the Aces were penalized and th, n '
I punted. With the Indians in posses
sion of the ball on their own 40, the
Aces were .again penalized for being
off sides. Nowell gained 9 yards and
then crashed over for a firsr down.
In two plays another first down was
made, but Jack Habit threw. Nowell
for a big loss as the quarter ended,
i Hertford punted on the first play
jin the second quarter. It was Kden
ton's ball on their own 32. and unable
to gain, the Aces punted. Hertford
fumbled and it was the Aces’ ball on'
I the Hertford 42. Edenton fumbled]
| hut recovered, netting an 8-yard loss i
! and on the next play Wheeler nabbed !
j a pass for a 25-yard gain. Hertford ]
I then intercepted a palk on the Eden
! ton 35, but was forced to punt. Hoi- j
(Continued on I’age Six)
Richard D. Dixon On
His Way To Germany
Deputy Secretary Gen
eral American War
Criminal Court
Richard D. Dixon left Edenton
i Monday for New- York preparatory to
leaving for Germany where he will
a*-t in the capacity of deputy secre
tary general of the American War
Criminal Court? set up to try other
Nazis at Nurenburg. Mr. Dixon had
I already passed his physical exami
, nation and expected to leave by plane
I from an airport in Massachusetts
I Wednesday of this week on a cross
( ocean flight. He received his orders
ito leave from the War Department
! thttflatter part of last week.
Mr. Dixon expects to remain in
j Germany about a year, during which j
j time many Nazis will be tried for
j war crimes. Mrs. Dixon expects to
j join her husband in Germany next
' spring.
EDENTON GROUP ATTENDING
ADVANCED MASONIC DEGREES
H. A. Campen, Richard Baer, T. C.
Byrum, Dr. George Crawford, C. T,
Griffin and B. E. Beason, all mem
bers of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A.
F. & A. M., are at New Bern in con
nection with conferring higher Mas
onic degrees. Both Mr. Campen and
Mr. Baer are scheduled to take part
in conferring Bne of the degrees.
The local group expects to return
home tonight (Thursday).
| Welfare Meeting In
Plymouth Thursday I
A meeting of the Northeastern
District of Public Welfare will be
held in Plymouth today (Thursday).
Mrs. J. H. McMullan, Chowan County
Superintendent of Welfare, is vice
president of the district and will at
tend the -meeting. W. J. Taylor,
superintendent of county schools,
will also attend and is scheduled to
I speak on the program.
The meeting is one of a series of
six being held over the State to ac
quaint the public with the aims ami
projects of North Carolina’s social
Welfare program.
Legionnaires Ask
For Use Os Officers;
Club At Air Station
I, , :
I Building Also Desired
In Connection With
Country Club
John W. Graham. L. S. Byrum, Ed
' ward Wells and Edmund Mills repre-'
sent ing a committee from Ed Bond
I‘ost,of the American Legion ap
peared before Town Council Tuesday
night to request the use of the of
,fi«£rs club at the Edenton' Naval Air
Station as Legion and Auxiliary head
quarters. The Legion is now using
the enlisted men’s club, which is re
ported as not being satisfactory, prin-j
cipally due to the large area and dis- i
fieldty in Keating.
Mr. Graham Was speaker for the
committee and, while plans are not
complete, he said it was the purpose
of the Legion to form sort of a club
which citizens, not members of the ■
Legion, 'entil'd. join in order to enjoy j
the use of the club. Tentative plans
also call for arrangements to serve
j meals and provision made for ar- !
; oommodating any large assemblage
which might be necessary for any oc
casion. j
! The officers club is also desired by
a recreation committee for use as a
country club, so that Town Council;
! voted to have, the committees from .
' both groups meet and work out a ;
plan, whereby both organizations
! might he able to use the facilities and
, report at the next meeting of Town 1
[''Council' before any definite action is j
| taken by the Town Fathers,
During Tuesday night's, j meet ing!
Harrison Spruill requested sewerage
service, extended to his Ikmie, w hich
was referred to the Board of Public
Works.
A group of residents, from Pem
broke Circle registered a complaint
regarding large boats and barges be-"
ing docked in the creek adjoining the,
project which, they complained, is un
sightly and undesirable. The matter
was referred to Town Attorney John
iW. Graham to determine just how
! much authority the Town has in pro-,
j hihiting docking, of water craft in
| question, '-T
Dr. J. E. Andrews
> Locates In Edenton
j Served In Navy For 29
] Years; Office In Hotel
Building?
Edenton now has another physi- ]
cian. Dr. J. E, Andrews having de
cided to locate here and has estab-1
lished his office in the Hotel Joseph j
Hewes building next:to the office of
Dr. J. W. Warren. Dr. Andrews, a
native of Washington County, has
served for 29 years in the Medical
Department of the L T nited States
Navy and is now on terminal leave, i
expecting his honorable discharge
within a few* weeks.
Dr. Andrews, his wife and daugh
ter, Betty, 17, are making their home
in Pembroke Circle, and while they
have already made many friends they j
are very anxious to meet and become
acquainted with many more Edent
tonians.
Two Negro IMinisters
Return For New Year
Two Methodist colored ministers
were returned to Edenton churches
for another year at the annual con
ference held last week in Elizabeth
I City. The Rev. W. C. Sapp was re
turned to Kadesh A. M. E. Zion
Church and the Rev. E. J. Harris
, was also returned to the Pleasant
Grove A. M. E. Zion Church.
It is the Rev. W. C. Sapp’s second
year at Kadesh and in returning he
. has expressed his appreciation to
| both white and colored people in
; Edenton for the cooperation he has
received and he hopes this same
i spirit will continue during the new*
! church year.
$1.50 Per Year.
Istatfi’fjr' 1 health
i Vugram is Gaining
Widespread Interest
General Assembly Fac
ing Responsibility For
Its Adoption
no. Tneed
Schools and Highways
Need Health to Com
plete Triangle
. .—_ ....
! Enthusiastic approval of the pro
posed good health program for North
I Carolina has been voiced by Gover
' nor R. Gregg Cherry.
“The time is no\y ripe for tack.l-.-.
1 ing this big problem of health.”
Cherry said Saturday night in a
j state-wide radio address opening the
Good Health Association’s education
; at publicity campaign. “Certainly, in
the past and under less opportune
conditions we have met the challenge,
iln our poverty we built a great
school system. In spite of our debts
and deficits we built a great public
highway system. Now we should
complete the triangle and build a
great health system.”
Observing that the foundation for
“a balanced and more humane pro
gram for more adequate medica!
! care was laid at the 1945 session of
i the General Assembly,” Cherry said
i. that, the next Legislature meeting in
January “will face the responsibility
of developing the program.”
The Good Health broadcast on
i which the Governor appeared origin
ated in Hollywood and featured all
j North Carolina stars there. Kay Ky*
ser, of Rocky Mount, served as mas
ter of ceremonies. An estimated
million listeners throughout the state
comprised the radio audience.
Kyser lauded the efforts of Good
i Health leaders in the drive for a pro
gram of better health for North Car
olina, “A beacon light is being lit,”
he said, “which w ill lead the way for
j other states to follow a precedent
; in American history is being estab
lished;’’ ■■ : v,
For the remarks of Governor
Cherry, the program was switched
j from Hollywood to Raleigh where a
] number of Good Health leaders met
1 with .civic and state government
heads to "listen to the broadcast.
Dr, 1, G. Greer, of Thomasville,
.Superintend* nf of the Baptist Or
phanage there and president of the
Good Health Association, introduced
t . Governor Cherry.
“North Carolina’s number one need
is good health,” Dr. Greer stated.
“And the state is going to do some
' thing about it. Big people, little
people, poor people—all are joining
hands together, and nothing can stop
this progressive march.”
Ruritans Decide To
Sponsor Scout Troop
Up County Club Plans
Community Thanks
giving Service
The Chowan Ruritan Club held its
, regular monthly meeting last week
j in the Chowan Community Building,
j The Rev. Duling of Hertford made
the address of the evening and Miss
! es Edna Wilkins. Louise Wilson and
Mrs. Marguerite Burch, accompanied
by Mss Helen Evans, sang several
selections, A turkey dinner was
served by the Kyland Home Demon
| st rat ion Club.
The club voted to sponsor the or
ganization of a “Boy Scout Troop",
the organization to be made as soon
as possible. Various members of
the club volunteered to equip the
j high school basketball team with new
uniforms and equipment.
On Sunday evening, November 24,
ft 7:30 o’clock, the Ruritan Club will
old a Community Thanksgiving ser
vice in the school auditorium. A vis
iting minister will deliver the ser
mon. The churches of the county,
all denominations, are invited to at
tend and worship at thft service.
The Chowan Ruritan , Club will
celebrate “Ladies Night” on Tuesday
night, December 3. All members are
urged to attend this meeting.
Tenor In Recital At
Local School Monday
* George Matthews, well knows
i tenor, will appear in a recital Mon
i day night, November 18, in the col
> ored high school auditorium. The re
* cital will begin at 8:15, to which the
public is invited.