Volume XIV. —Number 7.
Edenton Being Sought As
Eastern Treatment Center
For Infantile Paralysis
i
State Representative Is
Impressed With Local
Hospital Set-up
12 nowln STATE
Desires Meeting With
Doctors and Hospital
Trustees
P. S. Randolph, State representa
tive for the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis, was in Edenton
Thursday of last week in the interest
of setting up here a treatment center
for infantile paralysis for the eastern
counties of North Carolina. Mr.
Randolph contacted Dr. Frank Wood,
medical director of the Edenton hos
pital at the Naval Air Station, and
after visiting the hospital plant, ex
pressed the opinion that conditions
are ideal for the establishment of
such a center.
Os course, Dr. Wood, did not give
a definite answer as to the policy
which the board of hospital trustees
will pursue, but saw no objection ex
cept the possible unfavorable reac
tion on the part of some people that
infantile paralysis victims are brought
to the hospital.
Mr. Randolph stated that while 12
treatment centers are now located in
hospitals at Greensboro, Wilmington,
Gastonia, Asheville, Winston-Salem,
Durham and Raleigh, the closest one
to this section is Raleigh. He
pointed out that when a victim of the
disease is discovered, time is an im
portant element, and for that reason
it was the plan to establish a center
nearer the counties in the eastern
part of the State.
It was also pointed out by Mr. Ran
dolph that any equipment needed at
the hospital for treatment of cases
and not already on hand will be pro
vided free by the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis. He also
informed Dr. Wood that the Founda
tion will provide a special course for
a nurse to be especially trained in
caring for victims and provision will
also be made to train a doctor if ne
cessary.
Mr. Randolph was very favorably
impressed with local conditions and
expressed the hope that he will be al
lowed the opportunity to come to
Edenton to discuss the matter with
local doctors, as well as the hospital
trustees. He expressed the belief
that ‘there would be no danger in
treating victims of the disease at the
local hospital and left hopeful that
the treatment center will meet with
the approval of those in charge of the
hospital.
W. P. Jones Leaving
Chowan Motor Co.
Plans to Devote Entire
Time to Spedic Food
Products, Inc.
William P. Jones announced Tues
day that, effective on or about March
Ist, he will have sold his interest in
the Chowan Motor Company to the
Perry brothers, O. 8., P. G. and J. G.
Perry. Mr. Jones says that he will
devote his full time to the peanut
processing business. He is a partner
in the Spedic Food Products, Inc., of
Edenton, which he and Richard Good
win organized on January 1, 1946.
The Spedic Company is now proces
sing blanched peanuts, salted peanuts
and roasted peanuts both packaged
and bulk. “The business has grown,”
says Mr. Jones, “to the point wherein
the efforts of both Dick Goodwin and
myself are needed in order that it
be *properly conducted. My associa
tion with the members of the Chow
an Motor Company, officials and em
ployees, has been very pleasant. The
only unpleasantness has been our in
ability to get enough automobiles for
our friends and customers.”
Farm Mutual Adjuster
Making Edenton Home
L. J. O’Connor, Farm Mutual In
surance adhister, is now making his
home in Edenton, having purchased
a home at Morris Circle, where he
and Mrs. O’Connor are now living.
Mr. O’Connor comes from the main
office of Farm Mutual at Columbus,
Ohio, and his presence in this locality
will mean an added service to Farm
Mutual policy holders.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OP CHOWAN COUNTT '
Mrs. Earl Goodwin Is
Elected President Os
Junior Woman’s Club
Cub Scouts Present In
teresting Program at
Meeting
At the regular meeting last week
of the Junior Woman’s Club, Mrs.
Earl Goodwin was elected president,
succeeding Mrs. R. H. Vaughan.
Other officers elected were Mrs. R. N.
Hines, vice president; Mrs. John W,
Graham, secretary; Mrs. J. N. Pruden,
treasurer and Mrs. Eleanor Buckley,
historian. These new officers will be
installed at the June meeting.
TKe Club voted to support the can
cer drive which will be conducted in
April and a donation was agreed to
be made to the marathon cloth pro
ject being carried on for the purpose
of rehabilitation of relief centers in
Greece. The Club also agreed to pur
chase school supplies to be sent to
children of Ethiopia, China and
Korea. The Club also went on record
as opposing altering the State Capi
tol.
Following the business meeting,
1 the Club was entertained by the Cub
Scouts in a skit in connection with
1 American Brotherhood Week, which
is observed the week of February 16-
23. Each Scout represented one of
the war-torn countries, depicting the
effects and results of the war, and
the struggle and hope for World un
derstanding and Peace. The program
was under the direction of Mrs. R.
; N. Hines and Mrs. Robert Smith.
Freezer Locker Plant
Will Open This Week
John Mitchener Invites
Public To Visit and
Inspect Plant
John Mitchener, owner of Eden
ton’s freezer locker plant, has an
nounced that the name of the new
concern is “Colonial Frozen Food
Lockers”, and that he will be ready
for business the latter part of this
week. Mr. Mitchener extends a cor
dial invitation to the public to visit
and inspect the freezer locker plant
on North Broad Street opposite the
Boy Scout cabin and especially re
quests those who have made appli
cation for lockers to make a check
to determine if the locker applied for
is the one preferred.
By reason of establishing the freez
er locker plant, Mr. Mitchener has
provided jobs for two returned war
veterans, having secured the services
of Elwood Nixon and Fred Hoskins,
who will operate the plant.
Masons Os Second
District Will Meet At
Lewiston February 19
A meeting of the Second Masonic
District, which includes the Edenton
lodge, will be held at the Lewiston
High School Wednesday, February 19.
A barbecue supper will be served at
6:30 o’clock, after which prominent
Masons of the State will take part
on the program.
The meeting has been arranged by
H. A. Campen, District Deputy Grand
Master, who urges many of the local
Masons to attend. The Edenton
group will leave from the Quinn Fur
niture Store at 6:30 o’clock. Mr.
Campen plans to present certificates
to members of Unanimity Lodge who
have been members continuously for
25 years, among whom are: T. C.
Byrum, H. A. Yert, Frank 0. Muth,
John H. Tucker, D. M. Reaves, S. C.
Mills, L. C. Burton, J. S. Davis, J.
L. Sutton, C. T. White, J. S. Mitchen
er and Herbert H. Smith.
Services Sundays At
Presbyterian Church
Preaching services are now being
held in the Presbyterian Church each
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Visit
ing ministers fill the pulpit, and the
public is invited to attend. Sunday
School is held every Sunday morning
at 9:45 o’clock.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 13, 1947.
Limited Amount Os
Business Considered
By Town Councilmen
Consideration of Situa
tion at Base Consumes
Most of Time
IMPATIENT
Special Meeting Asked
Over Week-end to Dis
pose of Matter
Aside from discussion of the situa
tion at the Edenton Naval Air Sta
tion, little other business came before
Town Council at its meeting Tuesday
night, so that the meeting was of
relatively short duration.
It was brought out at the meeting
that the Town had terminated the
lease to the Hervey Foundation sev
eral weeks ago on the grounds that
the lease had been broken in connec
tion with furnishing heat to operate
the hospital, and it was the desire of
the Board to have John W. Graham,
Town Attorney, and J. C. B. Ehring
haus of Raleigh proceed with court
action in order for the Town to get
possession of the entire base.
1 After the Hervey Foundation was
notified that the lease had been term
-1 inated, a charge was made by the
i Foundation that the Town had violat
ed provisions of the lease, so that the
i Foundation continued its operation at
I the base as usual. The Foundation
asked for a re-negotiation after the
final lease was signed by the Town
with the Navy and subsequently the
, Town submitted another lease to the
, Foundation, but up to Tuesday night
i the Councilmen had had no informa
i tion as to the action taken by the
. Foundation. However, Mayor Leroy
' Haskett stated that he was informed
. that a counter proposal was in the
I mail, which should have been received
. Wednesday.
i Anticipating receipt of the proposal
. from the Foundation, Mayor Haskett
was instructed to contact Town At
torney John Graham, requesting a
, meeting when he is home from Ra
leigh over the week-end, and to have
■ Mr. Ehringhaus and the Hervey
Foundation attorneys present, so that
no more time will be lost in settling
i the dispute relative to sub-leasing of
the air station.
The Town of Edenton has taken
i over the telephone, water and electric
services at the base, as well as plac
ing guards at the gate. It was also
suggested Tuesday night that the
main heating plant be secured, funds
for which are available from the
Navy. The Councilmen expressed
■ their opinion that too much time has
been lost in bringing the base situa
tion to a head and requested the
meeting over the week-end to finally
dispose of the matter.
During the meeting five or six ap
plications were presented for the po
sition of supervisor at the base for
the town, but no action was taken,
pending final settlement of the lease
with the Hervey Foundation.
SOCIETY MEETS MONDAY
A meeting of the Woman’s Society
of Christian Service of the Methodist
Church will meet Monday afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock in the Sunday School
room. All members are urged to at- 1
tend.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller
of Hertford, a son, Monday, February .
10, in the Colerain Clinic. Mrs. Miller
is the former Miss Margaret Spivey
of Edenton.
COU) WEATHER RETARDS COMPLETION
OF BOILER ROOM FOR HEATHS HOSPITAL
Dr. Frank Wood Says Hospital Will Be Ready For
Operation Within Five or Six Days After
Building Is Heated
Unusually cold weather for this
section the past several days has held
up completion of the new boiler room
for the hospital at the Edenton Naval
Air Station. The boiler room is be
ing constructed at the rear of the
hospital by the hospital trustees and
will eliminate the problem of fur
nishing heat from the main power
plant, which is calculated to be more
satisfactory as well as more econo
mical.
The boiler room, of brick construc
tion, will have a high stack and will
house the boiler formerly used in the
Enlisted Men’s Club, which is thought
to be of ample capacity to properly
heat the building. The hospital trus
tees also plan to install a boiler left
on the base to heat the nurses’ quar
ters, which job will be tackled after
the hospital problem Is completed.
Capt L. A. Patterson
Chairman In Chowan
For Red Cross Drive
Plans to Complete Cam
paign In Edenton In
One Day
QUOTA $2,500
Nation Asked to Raise
$60,000,000 For Work
During Y ear
L. A. Patterson will this year serve
as chairman of the Red Cross Fund
Raising Drive in Chowan County,
succeeding J. Clarence Leary, who
was chairman last year. At a meet
ing with Miss Janet Cox, field repre
sentative, Tuesday night, Captain
Patterson and County Red Cross
Chairman Geddes Potter mapped out
tentative plans for the drive,' which
call for a very quick campaign.
Mr, Patterson, while stationed
in Edenton with the Marines, was a
captain and was among the last group
of Marines to leave the base before it
was taken over by the Navy. While,
in Edenton he made many friends and
became so attached to the town that
he decided to make this his home.
After leaving Edenton he was sent to
Quantico, Va., and since has been de
tached with the rank of Major in the
Marine Corps Reserve. His family, a
wife and two children, remained in
Edenton while he was stationed in
Quantico. He is a veteran of both
World Wars, having served as a flier
in the first war and as operations of
ficer in the recent conflict.
Captain Patterson, as he is known
among a large circle of friends, plans
to complete the drive in Edenton, or
at least the major portion of it, in one
day, Monday, March 3, and hopes the
drive in the entire county will be com
pleted within the week.
The quota for the county is $2,500,
aid having first hand information as
to the value of the Red Cross, he sees
no reason why the quota should be
hard to raise. Captain Patterson will
appoint a group of canvassers to con
tact every person in the county so far
as possible, and in the meantime
urges citizens to give some serious
thought to their contribution and to
be ready with it when they are con
tacted by the various workers.
In commenting on the drive, Cap
tain Patterson points out that never
in time of peace has the American
Red Cross been called upon to render
such extensive services to the mili
tary forces at home and abroad and
to veterans as now required. Ap
proximately 75 per cent of Red Cross
funds are still spent in war-related
services at heme and overseas. There
are still more than 2,900 workers
serving outside of the United States.
As the work in Army and Navy hos
pitals and other installations gradu
ally decrease during the next few
years, work with veterans and their
families will increase.
The national Red Cross goal for
1947 is $60,000,000, with the campaign
scheduled to continue through March,
which has been proclaimed by Presi
dent Truman as Red Cross Month. Os
course, Captain Patterson is hopeful
that the Chowan County drive will be
completed much sooner than the date
set up for the national effort. j
J. B. WEBB ILL
Friends will regret to learn that
J. B. Webb, prominent farmer living
near Edenton, is very ill at his home.
Mr. Webb was said to be a very sick
man Wednesday morning.
Dr. Frank Wood and Miss Lucille
Hall, in charge of operation of the
hospital, are anxiously awaiting heat
in the hospital and figure that every
thing will be in readiness to receive
patients within five or six days after
the building is heated.
The boiler from the Enlisted Men’s
Club has been moved to the new
boiler room and is now ready for
steam fitters to complete the work,
so that it is hoped this part of the
work will be completed in almost a
week. A corps of nurses and other
personnel have been employed and
are ready to go to work, but have
been granted a vacation until the
heat problem has been solved.
A meeting of the hospital board
of trustees was held Wednesday night
after the Herald went to press this
week.
Contributions In March
Os Dimes Drive Mount To
Over SI,BOO On Tuesday
| Red Cross Chairman |
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CAPTAIN L. A. PATTERSON
Named chairman for the Cho
wan County Red Cross Fund
i Raising Drive, Captain Patterson j
> is planning on raising Chowan’s
i quota of $2,500 in a whirlwind '
campaign starting March 3.
Booster Meeting Is
Planned By C. Os C.
Tuesday, February 25
Wade Marr of Elizabeth
City Will Be Princi
pal Speaker
Arrangements have been completed
by the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Association
to stage a “Boost Edenton-Chowan
County” party in the local armory
Tuesday night, February 25, at 7
o’clock. The meeting wall be in the
nature of a “Dutch Barbecue Supper”,
with each one attending expected to
: pay for his or her plate, figured at
$1.60.
The principal speaker for the oc
casion will be Wade Marr, well
known orator and civic worker of
Elizabeth City, who can be expected
to deliver an interesting and profit
able address.
Peter Carlton, executive secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, is now
busy disposing of tickets for the
booster meeting and he, as well as
officers of the organization hope many
will be on hand so that the meeting (
proves worth while.
Anyone desiring reservations can
obtain them by contacting the Cham
ber of Commerce office in the Muni
cipal Building or telephoning 302. A
number of members also have a group
of tickets for sale.
Aid Given Taxpayers
In Filing Returns
J. N. Robbins, deputy collector of
internal itvenue, announces that a
deputy collector will be in the AAA
office in the basement of the Edenton
Post Office each Monday to give any
advice or assistance needed in prepar
ing Federal income tax returns.
Any person whose total income in
1946 was sboo or more is required to
file a return.
The collector will be in the office
from 9:30 A. M. to 12 noon and from
1 to 5 P. M. There will be no charge
for this service.
Warren G. Knight At
VA Training School
Warren G. Knight, local VA con
tact representative, is now in Wins
ton-Salem attending a training school
at the Veterans Administration Reg
ional Headquarters. The training,
which is an advanced course to fam
iliarize contact representatives with
all benefits available to veterans, will
continue through February 27. Thom
as G. Wilburn, contact representative,
is in charge of the local office during
the absence of Mr. Knight.
PIANO RECITAL FRIDAY
Piano pupils in the lower grades of
the Edenton school will play for the
students and teachers of the grammar
grades Friday morning, February 14,
at 11 o’clock in the school auditorium.
All parents and friends are invited.
$1.50 Per Year.
Chairman R. L. Pratt
Considers Campaign
Completed
WELL "PLEASED
Half of Amount Raised
Will Remain For Any
Local Needs
With additional contributions in the
March of Dimes turned in up to Tues
day afternoon, the total stood at
$1,795.03, when Chairman Robert L.
Pratt decided the drive should net at
least SI,BOO. He immediately went
out and met up with R. C. Holland
and E. W. Spires and succeeded in se
curing $5.00 pi ore from the former
and $2.00 from the latter, so that the
total amount raised in the drive up to
Tuesday night was $1,802.03. The
county’s quota was $1,420, thus it has
been oversubscribed to the tune of
$382.
The success of the drive i 3 very
gratifying to Mr. Pratt, as well as J.
Edwin Bufflap, chairman of the Cho
wan County Chapter of the National
j Foundation for Infantile Paralysis,
| both of whom were not very much
I encouraged with initial reports. How-
I ever, very satisfactory work was done
by other canvassers, so that the quota
has again been passed despite the fact
that there were no contributions
coming from the Edenton Naval Air
Station, which aided materially in
meeting previous quotas.
Contributions not previously ac
, knowledged include the following:
I Previously reported $1,597.34
i Edenton Colored School 47.16
Mrs. J. W. White, additional 1.00
George Twiddy, additional-_ 13.00
Mrs. D. M. Reaves 4.00
County Schools 57.60
City Schools 82.03
Total $1,802.03
In last week’s report a contribution
of $10.71 from Kadesh A. M. E. Zion
Church and $4.15 from the Pleasant
Grove A. M. E. Zion Church was not
acknowledged. These amounts, how
ever, were included in the total re
ported.
Mr. Pratt and the county chairman,
highly elated over the success of the
drive, desire to express their thanks
and appreciation to all workers for
their splendid assistance, as well as
those who made contributions in the
drive, all of which went to help Cho
wan Gouty go over the top.
Arthur Kent Sings
To Capacity House
Second In Series of Con
certs Pleases Many
Music Lovers
Bolstered by music lovers from
many nearby towns, the Edenton High
School auditorium was filled to capa
city Monday night to hear Arthur
Kent, Metropolitan baritone, present
the second of a series of concerts
sponsored by the Community Concert
Association. A generous group of
numbers were sung by the singer, in
cluding several request numbers which
especially pleased the large audience.
Archie Black, who accompanied Mr.
Kent on the piano, also came in for
a generous amount of applause. He
also presented several selections fol
lowing intermission.
The large audience appeared well
pleased with Mr. Kent’s concert, many
referring to it as even better than
the first one presented shortly before
Christmas.
Both artists were introduced by
James E. Wolf, organization director,
who aided in forming the local asso
ciation several months ago.
Lions Will Entertain
Participants In 4-H
Gub Corn Contest
Holding a brief meeting Monday
night in order to allow members to
attend the concert presented by Ar
thur Kent, Edenton Lions decided to
entertain 4-H Club boys participating
in the 1946 corn contest which was
' sponsored by the Lions Club. No def
i inite date was set, but it is planned
• to stage the affair before February -
i passes. Fathers of the boys will also
. be guests of the Lions for the occa
sioa.