Volume Xiy. —Number 8.
Town Edenton And Hervey
Foundation In Process Os
fie-negotiating Base Lease
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Attorneys and Repre
sentatives Meet In
Raleigh
new~Tease
Special Meeting Town
Council Held at Noon
Monday
Though somewhat at odds for some
time, the Town of Edenton and Her
vey Foundation are now in the pro
cess of re-negotiating for sub-leasing
a portion of the Edenton Naval Air
Station. Re-negotiation began Friday
of last week when David Hervey,
president of the Foundation, and his
attorneys met in Raleigh with John
W. Graham, Town Attorney for Eden
ton, and J. C. B. Ehringhaus who was
employed to assist Mr. Graham in
settling the matter. At the meeting
representing the Town of Edenton
was Mayor Leroy Haskett, Graham
Byrum, J. Clarence Leary and J. H.
Conger.
It will be recalled that the Town
terminated the Hervey Foundation
sub-lease several weeks ago, claiming
a breach of contract in failure to pro
vide proper heat to the hospital. The
Foundation ignored the lease termina
tion, charging that in some respects
the Town had violated some provi
sions of the lease. The Foundation
also expressed a desire to re-negoti
ate after the Town signed the final
lease with the Navy Department, and
since that time there has been more
or less of a misunderstanding among
all parties concerned.
The Town subsequently drew up a
new lease which was submitted to the
Foundation, but not being satisfac
tory, the Foundation in turn present
ed a proposition which was not sat
isfactory to Town Council. It was,
therefore, decided to arrange the
meeting which was held in Raleigh
Friday of last week. While there are
atiU some minor phases of the pro
posed lease to be ironed out, both the
Town and Foundation made some con
cessions at Raleigh in a compromise
agreement.
A special meeting of Town Council
was held Monday noon with Town
Attorney John W. Graham present.
Mr. Graham went over the proposed
lease with the Councilmen in order to
acquaint them with the changes made
in the previous lease and to consider
several phases which had not been
definitely settled at the Raleigh meet
ing. Mr. Graham was instructed to
re-write the lease in substantially the
same form as agreed upon in Raleigh
and a copy will be forwarded to the
Hervey Foundation for their signa
ture.
Under the new lease Raymond
Umbaugh, who heretofore sub-leased
from the Hervey Foundation will deal
with the Town of Edenton for the
portion of the base needed for his
cattle breeding project and scooter
bike project which is ready to go into
production.
The Hervey Foundation will manu
facture pre-fabricated houses and
plans are going forward to begin pro
duction.
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Farm Bureau Will
Meet Friday Night
Important Meeting In
Community Building
At Cross Roads
Rodney T. Harrell, secretary of
Chowan County Farm Bureau,
this week notified members that the
February meeting of the organization
will be held in the Community Build
ing at Cross Roads, Friday night,
February 21, at 7:30 o’clock.
At this meeting the secretary’s an
nual statement will be presented and
the officers for 1947 installed. Mat
ters of importance will also be dis
cussed, so that every member is
urged to attend.
Mr. Harrell also requests any
.lember who •is not receiving the
Farm Bureau paper to let him know.
MASONS MEET IN LEWISTON
Quite a few members of TTnanimitv
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., went to
Lewiston Wednesday night to attend
a meeting of the Second Masonic Dis
trict. The meeting was presided over
by H. A. Campen, district deputy
Grand Master, who presented 25-vear
certificates to a number of members.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY.
|_Fire InspectionJ
Fire Inspector R. K. Hall an
nounced Tuesday that he will
conduct a fire inspection in Eden
ton’s business section beginning
Monday, March 3. In anticipa
tion of this inspection, Chief Hall
urges all occupants df business
houses to clean up their prem
ises prior to his visit in order
to save time and possible em
barrassment.
Big Legion Dance In
Armory Friday Night|
New 19461P0rd Will Be
Awarded During the
Evening
As a climax to Ed Bond Post’s
awarding a 1946 Ford automobile to
some lucky person, a dance is sched
uled to be held in the Edenton arm
ory Friday night from 9 o’clock to 2.
Music for the occasion will be fur
nished by Hal Thurston and his or
chestra from Rocky Mount.
The affair is expected to attract
many people not only from Edenton
but others from the surrounding ter
ritory.
During the evening a ticket will be
drawn which will entitle the holder
to the Ford automobile which, too,
will be an incentive for many to at
tend. Tickets will also be sold up
until the time of drawing.
Those in charge of the drawing say
the sale of tickets is somewhat dis
, couraging, so that friends are urged
to rally to the Legion in their effort
i to raise funds which will go toward
worthy Legion work. While the Le
gionnaires have use of the Officers’
Club, they have an ambition to even
tually build their own headquarters in
Edenton, so that a substantial build
ing fund is necessary. In the mean
time they propose to develop the Of
ficers’ Club to such an extent that it
will be a social center for various
groups throughout the county.
Lindsay Arranges
Tournament To Be
Played Feb. 26 To 28
Basketball Teams From
Nearby Towns Will
Compete
Coach Tex Lindsay announced early
this week that he has arranged a
basketball tournament which will be
staged in the Edenton armory Feb
ruary 26, 27 and 28. Both boys and
girls teams will take part in the con
tests, with teams entered from Eden
ton, Plymouth, Sunbury, Merry Hill,
Creswell, Chowan High School and
Roper.
The tournament will get under way
at 3 o’clock on the afternoon of the
26th with six games expected to be
completed bj 10 o’clock. Games on
the 27th will start at 6 P. M. and
run until about 10 o’clock, while the
finals will be played on the 28th.
Trophies will be awarded to first
and second place winners in the
tournament.
Coach Lindsay stated that a fea
ture of the tournament will be a
beauty contest with contestants en
tered from all of the towns partic
ipating in the tournament. This was
a very popular feature of last year’s
contests and Mr. Lindsay feels con
fident that many fans will turn out
to witness the games as well as the
selection of the beauty queen.
Gurney Forehand Home
Is Destroyed By Fire
Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Forehand had
the misfortune to lose their home in
the Rocky Hock section by fire last
week. The home, a two-story frame
house, wa3 totally consumed by the
flames, only a portion of the furni
ture on the first floor being saved.
Mr. and Mrs. Forehand are making
their home with a son nearby since
the loss of their home.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 20,1947.
Edw. G. Bond Post Os
American Legion In
Base Officers' Club
Open House on Tuesday
Night Attracts Large
Crowd
In the neighborhood of 250 Legion
naires, their wives and other guests
gathered in the Officers’ Club at the
Edenton Naval Air Station Tuesday
night in celebration of Ed Bond Post
of the American Legion taking over
the building as its future headquar
ters. The Post previously used the
Enlisted Men’s Club, which was aban
doned when the Town sub-leased the
Officers’ Club to the Post.
It was a merry gathering as the
guests milled from one end of the
building to the other, greeting one
another and commenting upon the
I splendid facilities for headquarters.
| A “Dutch” barbecue dinner was serv
ed in the spacious dining room, after
which a dance was held.
In the absence of W. P. Jones, com
mander of the Post, who was ill, Wal
ter Holto® acted as toastmaster, ex
tending a cordial welcome to all pres
ent and expressing, on behalf of the
Post and the Auxiliary, appreciation
to the Town Fathers for sub-leasing
the Officers’ Club. Mr. Holton stated
that it was the hope of the Legion
that civic and other "groups in the
County will use the facilities for vari
ous occasions, the only requirement
being that an application be made to
the Legion, so that the directors can
pass on the request and also that
there will be no conflict in dates the
club is to be used.
Mr. Holton and other members of
the Post urged all veterans of World
Wars I and II to become members and
special emphasis was placed on the
campaign to raise funds by disposing
of a Ford automobile. It was stated
that sale of tickets has not been as
brisk as was anticipated and that up
to Tuesday night about S7OO more
will have to be secured for the Post
to break even. A spirited drive was
put on during the meeting and quite
a few more tickets were sold before
the party broke up around midnight.
The Ford will be awarded the per
son holding the lucky ticket at the
Legion dance to be held in the arm
ory Friday night, February 28. Rules
of the drive provide that the winner
will not have to be present if his or
her ticket is drawn.
Forestry Problems
In Chowan County
Subject Os Meeting
Two Demonstrations In
March Planned, Says
Robert S. Marsh
Six Chowan County farmers on
Thursday night met with Assistant
County Agent Robert S. Marsh and
E. J. Sylvester to discuss forestry and
woodland problems in Chowan Coun
ty. Mr. Sylvester told the farmers
how much timber is being lost every
year due to fires, unnecessary cutting,
improper thinning and bad forestry
practices in general. It was planned
to have R. W. Graeber, State Exten
sion Forester, conduct the meeting,
but he had another meeting at Hert
ford and was unable to attend until
late.
Mr. Marsh states that plans are
under way to have a timber thinning
demonstration, in March of this year
and also a demonstration in the pre
vention of forest fires.
David Holton Buys
19 Hertford Houses
David Holton was a heavy buyer
of the houses sold at public auction at
Woodland Circle in Hertford Saturday
morning. Os the 31 cottages sold, Mr.
Holton purchased 19.
The group of houses were erected
during the war when the Harvey
Point Naval Air Station was in op
eration, the project aiding in the
bousing shortage due to manv de
fense workers and families of service
men going to Hertford while stationed
at the Harvey Point base.
J. Chirenee T earv, Jr.,
Patient In Hospital
Friends will regret to learn that
Clarence Leary, son of Mr. and
J. Clarence Leary, a student at the
University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, was obliged to enter Rex Hos
pital at Raleigh Monday morning.
Young Leary is suffering from a
stomach ailment.
Officers Elected For
Albemarle League At
Meeting In Hertford
Most Likely That Cir
cuit Will Include Eight
Teams This Year
At a meeting of representatives
from eight towns held In Hertford
Monday night W. H. Oakey, Jr., of
Hertford was elected president of the
Albemarle Baseball League for 1947,
succeeding W. J. Daniels. Walter
Holton of Edenton was elected vice
president and Kader Harris of
Elizabeth City, secretary and treasur
er.
Teams represented at the meeting
were Windsor, Colerain, Edenton,
Plymouth, Hertford, Elizabeth City,
Camden and Suffolk. All except
Suffolk and Plymouth were members
of the Albemarle League and it is
expected that these two will enter
the league, making it an eight-team !
circuit. The league will no doubt j
begin a regular schedule about June!
1-. Graham Byrum represented
Edenton as a director of the Edenton
club.
It was decided that each team
should schedule five regular games
per week and that each club will be
allowed to hire as many as five non
resident players. According to the
schedule the season will allow for 60
games to be played.
The directors voted to require each
club to post a bond of SSOO at least
30 days before the opening game,
which will be forfeited for failure to
comply with the rules of the league
or if the season is not completed.
Each club was given the privilege of
setting the admission price for home
games with the home team keeping
all of the gate receipts.
A committee headed by Pratt
Fearing of Elizabeth City was ap
pointed to investigate the umpire sit
uation. Adoption of by-laws for the
league and defining territory from
where various teams may secure
players was postponed until the next
meeting of the directors, which will
be held in Hertford on Monday night,
March 17.
Tkat there is much interest in the
league is reflected in the fact that
in the neighborhood of 200 baseball
fans from the various towns attended
Monday night’s meeting.
Plans Are Complete
For C. Os C. Booster
Meeting On Tuesday
First Man and Woman
Os County Will Be
Chosen
Plans are about completed for the
Chamber of Commerce “Boost Eden
ton-Chowah County” which will
be held in the Edenton armory Tues
day night of next week. Peter Carl
ton, executive secretary, says tickets
are not selling as fast as had been
hoped, but that the number already
disposed of assures a goodly number
on hand from .the town and county.
The affair will be a "Dutch” bar
becue dinner, with each person attend
ing expected to pay $1.50 for his or
her ticket.
Wade Marr of Elizabeth City will
be the principal speaker for the occa
sion, and another interesting feature
will be the naming of Chowan Coun
ty’s first lady and man citizen. This
honor will go to the man and woman
chosen for his or her outstanding ser
vice on an all around basis to the
town and county.
Secret committees from various
organizations have been appointed to
make this selection.
During the meeting President Jesse
Harrell will present a brief outline of
the work accomplished by the organi
zation, as well as plans for the future.
Sugar Stamp No. 53
Will Expire March 31
Spare Ration Stamp No. 53, good
for five pounds of sugar, will expire
on March 31 instead of on April 30
as originally planned, A. D. Simpson,
Jr., OPA regional sugar executive,
has announced in Atlanta. A new
stamp, good for 10 pounds of sugar,
will be validated effective April 1, he
said.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
The Rev. and Mrs. W. Frank Cale,
Jr., announce the birth bf a son, Wil
liam Franklin Cale 111, on February
10, at Louisville, Ky. Weight 9 pounds
and 13 V* ounces.
Edenton I’ >.idi Is Now
Expected To Be Ready For
Operation In About Week
David Warren Home
Service Chairman For
Red Cross Chapter
Geddes Potter, chairman of the
Chowan County Red Cross Chapter,
announced this week the appointment
of David Warren as home service
chairman foi the chapter. Mr. War
ren succeeds Miss Elizabeth Moore,
who resigned recently and is now
with her sister in Boston.
Mr. Warren, a veteran of World
War 11, is well qualified for the po
sition, which requires no little amount
of time and thought, and Mr. Potter
expressed his pleasure that Mr. War
ren accepted the appointment.
Chairmen Selected
For Red Cross Drive
In Chowan County!
Capt. L. A. Patterson,
County Chairman, Is
Ready to Start
Captain L. A. Patterson, chairman
of Chowan County’s Red Cross Fund
Raising drive, has named his various
chairmen arid has arrangements about
complete to begin the campaign to
raise the county’s $2,600 quota.
As previously reported, Captain
Patterson is hoping to complete the
drive in Edenton in one day, namely
Monday, March 3. Os course, some
canvassing will be done prior to that
time, for plans are completed to have
the industries and business houses
solicited before March 3.
People in Edenton will be canvas
sed on the day designated and chair
man Patterson urges every person
to have his or her contribution ready
and if they leave home to make ar
rangements to have it passed on to
the canvasser. He requests cooper
ation in this respect to the end that
(canvassers will not be obliged to
| make back calls.
j Various chairmen appointed by
I Captain Patterson are as follows:
I Industries —P. S. McMullan and J. j
H. Conger.
Business District, West Side—Er-j
nest Kehayes and Henry Cuthrell. (
Business District, East Side—Frank !
Elliott and Earl Goodwin.
Residents, West Side—Mrs. M. F. 1
Bond, Jr., and Mrs. Charles New-!
comb.
Residents, East Side—Mrs. John i
Elliott and Mrs. Marvin Wilson.
Edenton Schools—-Miss Emily
Smith wick.
Rural Section—C. W. Overman.
Willie Charlton is chairman of the
colored division and has named the
following chairmen:
East Side — Mrs. J. A. Hines.
West Side—Mrs. Annie F. Holley.
Colored Schools—Prof. D. F. Wal
ker.
Colored Rural Section—J. B. Small.
New Source Os Milk
Supply For Edenton
Edgewood Dairy of Eliz
abeth City Making
Deliveries
Effective Tuesday of this week
Edentonians had a new source of
milk supply when the Edgewood
Dairy of Elizabeth City began,de
livery of Grade A pasteurized milk.
Marshall Brothers, Jr., of the Edge
wood Dairy, stated that his firm has
served Elizabeth City, Nags Head
and Manteo for the past 20 years and
feels sure many people are acquaint
ed with his product while served at
Nags Head during the summer.
Prices for milk will be the same in
Edenton as has been charged in
Elizabeth City for the past year,
with delivery scheduled to be made
every other day. Mr. Brothers says
he secures his milk fresh daily and
for that reason feels sure Edenton
neople will be pleased with his pro
duct.
Anyone desiring to be served by
Mr. Brothers is asked to drop a card
to P. O. Box 187, Edenton, and their
needs will be promptly attended to.
Prices are quoted in an advertise
ment appearing on page two in this
issue of The Heraldt
SI "') Per Year.
Group of Steam fitters
Complete Their Work
Wednesday
NEW BOILER ROOM
i
Nurses Quarters Next
Problem Scheduled to
Be Tackled
With steamfitters working like
Trojans in the new boiler room erect
ed at the hospital at Edenton Naval
Air Station, it was expected that
steam Could be furnished to heat the
hospital Wednesday of this week, so
that, unless something unexpected de
velops, the hospital should be ready
for operation in about a week’s time.
Dr. Frank Wood and Miss Lucille
Hall, in charge of the hospital, were
obliged to abandon preparatory work
(due to lack of heat, but did make
| enough headway that they are of the
opinion that everything can be in
j readiness five or six days after the
building is properly heated.
The new boiler room is of brick
construction and is in keeping with
the main hospital building. In it is
housed the boiler formerly used to
heat the large administration building
while the base was being constructed,
so that the general belief is that the
boiler, equipped with an automatic
stoker, will amply provide sufficient
heat for the hospital.
Os course, another heat problem
faces the hospital trustees, that be
ing the nurses’ quarters. It is pro
posed to move a boiler left at the base
to the building which will be occupied
by the nurses, but this problem will
not be tackled until heating the main
hospital building is entirely out of the
way. In the meantime, the corps of
nurses have agreed to live in the hos
pital until heat can be provided in
their quarters. This arrangement will
be only temporary, however, and it is
planned to provide heat in their quar
ters as soon as possible.
Final Contributions
In March Os Dimes
Now Total $1,82513
Final Report Turned In
This Week By Miss
Rebecca Colwell
With Miss Rebecca Co!v ll turning
in $23.60 during the win Chav an
County’s contribution in tlv March of
Dimes drive now totals $1.825.6” Up
to last week the amount was $1,892,03
and with Miss Colwell’s report, Chair
man R. L. Pratt stated that be con
sidered the campaign clos <J.
Miss Colwell's repor- included
$10.35 collected by Mrs. Ray Hollowel!
and Mrs.'A. S. Bush in the Cross
Roads community, and $13.25 by Mrs.
R. T. Harrell in the Enterprise com
munity. So far as Mr. Pratt knows,
all canvassers have made their re
ports, so that he will send in his re
port to the effect that Chowan’s con
tribution in the drive to combat infan
tile paralysis is $1,825.63.
Half of this amount will remain in
Edenton for any local needs, while
Treasurer W. H. Gardner will send
the other half to State headquarters
in Chapel Hill.
In closing the drive, Mr. Pratt
again’ expresses his appreciation for
the splendid cooperation he has re
ceived on the part of various chair
men, canvassers and contributors.
While at the outset of the drive he
felt somewhat doubtful if the $1,420
quota would be realized, yet he had an
unexpressed desire that the county
would raise as much as SI,BOO.
J. Edwin Bufflap, chairman of the
Chowan County Chapter of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile Para
lysis, personally congratulated Mr.
Pratt for the efficient manner in
which he handled the drive, and again
expresses his thanks and appreciation
to any and all who in any way con
tributed to the county’s success in
again exceeding its quota.
Post Office Will" Be
Closed On Saturday
Edenton’s post office will be closed
all day Saturday, February 22. in
observance of Washington’s birthday.
There will be neither city nor rural de
liveries, but mail will be distributed
and dispatched as usual.