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Volume XIV. —Number 15. 17 Candidates Now Entered In Race For Town Offices Primary Election May 6 Five More Announce Candidacy during Past Week FIVE CONTESTS All Incumbents Finally Decide to Seek Return To Office With fiv; more announcing their candidacy for office in the Town Dem ocratic Primary election May (i, there are now 17 candidates in the field for 10 offices to be filled. Those who have announced they will be candidates since the last issue of The Herald are J. i*. I artin, Graham Byrum, W. M. Wilkin-, David Holton and W. H. Gardner. All of the incumbents are now seeking r '-election, and at the time The Herai-i went to press five con tests have developed. These are for Mayor, *“th Mayor Leroy Haskett apd former Mayor J. L. Wiggins as candidates. The contest for First Ward Council man involves J. Clarence Leary, in cumbent, and Frank Holmes. It is Mr. Holmes' first hid for public of fice. In the Third Ward J. I’. Partin, incumbent, is opposed by George Twiddy, while in the Fourth Ward W. M. Wilkins, incumbent, has Clyde Hallowell as an opponent. Both Twiddy and Hollowell are seeking public office for the first time. For the two offices of Councilman at-large there afe four candidates. The latest to announce for this office is David Holton, who was elected in 1941 and defeated in the 1943 elec tion. The other candidates are W. J. Yates and .i. Edwin Bufflap. incum bents. and Ld Habit. Graham Byrum has no opposition Councilman in the Second Ward, 1 ' is the case with W. H. Gardner r treasurer and the three members of the Board of Public Works, J. H Conger, Geddes Potter and O. B. Ferry. Barter theatre Will Present “State Os Hie Union” April 23 Appearing Under Spon sorship of Junior Woman’s Club \ I Sponsored by the Edenton Junior Woman’s Club, the world famous Barter Theatre of Virginia will pre sent the 1946 Pulitzer prize play, “State of the Union,” in the Edenton High School auditorium Wednesday night, April 23, at 8:30 o’clock. Per mission to present the play has been granted by Howard Lindsay and Rus sell Crouse, who won the Pulitzer prize. The political satire, which ranks with “Life With Father” as one of the finest comedies of the contemporary theatre, was produced by Leland Hay ward and opened in New York No vember 14, 1945. The setting is Washington and New York, and the play satirizes political bosses, lobby ists, isolation publishers and bigots. “State of the Union” presents situa tions familiar to those who have fol lowed the political panorama during the last decade or two, and calls big wigs by their names. In capsule, it tells of the airplane manufacturer who is groomed for the presidency by political bosses, falls for the lures of a woman publisher, but is won back to the people by his faithful wife. The Barter Theatre, first state theatre in America, is a far cry from the depression inspired experiment that Robert Porterfield, founder and director, launched with a hope and a string bean at Abingdon in 1933. That was the year Porterfield led 22 hungry and unemployed fellow ac 'rs from the inhospitable sidewalks Broadway to the warm hills of his tive Virginia highlands. They 4>ened in the old Abingdon municipal auditorium, popularly called “The OF Opera House” (built in 1830) the night of June 10 to a full house and a box office that resembled the cor ner green grocery. Thus was born the first playhouse to function on the produce exchange basis. (Continued on Page Three) THE CHOWAN HERALD a mourn umwmfapk x devoted to tmb imtemeetm of cmowam coumtx Barter Pig Here Robert Porterfield, found er and director • of the Barter Theater of Virginia, is shown with the original “Barter Pig”, turned in at the box office in Ab ingdon for a season ticket in 1933. All royalty hams have come from descendants of this pig. The Barter Theater presents “State of the Union” in the Eden ton school auditorium April 23rd. The play is sponsored by the Junior Woman’s Club. LH. S Senior Play Is Scheduled To Be Presented April 18 Ten Members of Class Casted In “Ready Made Family” Friday night of next week, April 18, the Senior Class of Edenton High School will present its annual play, “Ready Made Family”, a three-act farce-comedy, beginning at 8 o’clock. The play centers around the theme of a widow and a widower who marry, only to find that they are getting themselves "ready made families”. The antics performed by the members of these families to prevent the mar riage and the surprise twist at the end promise laughs from beginning to end. This class is the same one which presented another farce-comedy, “Here Comes Charlie”, which was very well received last year. B. F. Askew, of the high school faculty, who did a very praise-worthy job of directing last year, is again guiding the students as director. Joyce Moore has been chosen as student director and prompter. Senior class officials who have seen rehearsals thus far predict that this year’s play will be as big a hit as was the one last year. The cast of four men and six wo men represents the best acting talent of the Senior Class. Those casted are: Beverly Moore, as a handsome widow of 40; Davey Lee Ward, as a good-looking boy of 20; Nelle Perry, playing a pretty young girl of 18; Charlotte Bunch, in the role of a child of 11, of the “Little lodine” type; Ruth Goodwin, acting the part of a dowdy-looking old maid of 50; Mar ian Alexander, portraying a vivacious girl of 17; Rodney Harrell, as a good looking 19-year-old boy; Juanita Harrell, as a typical Negro cook; Melvin Ashley, as a Negro handy man; and Erie Coffield, in the role of a business man-widower of 45. ■ -1 | Suit | In connection with the Town of Edenton’s suit against the Hervey Foundation, the latter, in connec tion with its answer, has institut ed a counter suit in which dam ages in the amount of SIOO,OOO are listed. The Foundation claims it wsa wrongfully charged in the Town’s complaint relative to breach of contract and that because of the suit and appointment of a receiv er its credit has been endangered and that loss from profits have resulted. Business damage is. listed at $75,000 while lost profits are list- * ed at $25,000 and continued dam age of SIO,OOO a month as a re sult of the litigation. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 10,1947. Student Council Club Women Os 16th Congress Meets In District Will Convene Edenton On Friday In Edenton Thursday i Theme of Meeting “The Mrs. Harriet Pressly of} Outlook of Youth’s Raleigh Principal Future” Speaker GOOD PROGRAM ALL DAyIsESSION Miss Charlotte Bunch Is Meet at School House President of Eastern With Lunch Served District At Armory On Friday of this week the eighth j Today (Thursday) the Sixteenth annual meeting of the Eastern Dis-I District Federation of Hogne Demon trict of the North Carolina Student stration Clubs will meet in Edenton Council Congress will be held at the when State officers arid representa- Edenton High School. The theme of tives from eight northeastern couli the meeting will be “The Outlook of ! ties ale expected to attend. Counties k outh’s Future.” lin the district include Camden, Oho-. . Registration of delegates will be wan, Currituck. Dare, Gatos, Hert in progress from 9to 11 o'clock in j ford, Pasquotank and Perquimans. j the morning, with the first genera! The meeting will begin at 10:30: business session scheduled to begin this morning in the high school audi-'l at II o’clock. Miss Charlotte Bunch torium. with Mrs. 0. S. Fairless, j is president of the organization and chairman of the Sixteenth, District, will preside over tHe meeting, i The presiding. Singing of “O Worship! devotional will be in charge of Davey the King” will open the meeting, fol- j Lee Ward. lowed by invocation by the Rev. H. F. i A welcome to Edenton High School Surratt. Welcome addresses will be will be delivered by Joseph Privott, delivered by Mrs. W. A. Harrell, vice president of the Edenton Student President of the Chowan Federation body, while John A. Holmes will also of Home Demonstration Clubs, and deliver an addresfc of welcome to the Mayor Leroy Haskett. The response , visitors. ‘ will be made by Mrs. T. C. Perry,! The principal address for the President of the Perquimans Feder- j morning session will be made by J. ation of Home Demonstration Clubs. G. McCracken, superintendent of Greetings will then be brought by Elizabeth City schools. Mrs - p . Gregory, vice president of Following Mr. McCracken’s ad- the State Federation of Home Dem dress, Miss Bunch will recognize of- onstraiion Clubs; Miss Verna Stanton, fleers, the roll will be called by assistant State Home Agent, and Martha Winslow of Goldsboro, sec- Mrs - Green, president of the retary, who will also read the minutes Sixteenth Federation Women’s Clubs, of the seventh anuual Student Coun- ext a s °l° will be given by Mrs. i cil Congress. Frank Elliott, followed by roll calk Items of business to be considered and minutes and the report of the ( include tha appointment of standing treasurer. Mrs. C. A. Perry. The committees by Miss Bunch, nerniin- Iri-dup xvill then sing “Hail Club Wo-! ation of candidates for offices and an- men, Crowned Through Service”. Re nouncements. This session is sched- (Continued on Page Eleven) uled to end at 12:30, and at 12:45 a luncheon for official delegates and ad- PM O flnLolOf'C lA/lfl visors will be served in the school Lf|.W« UuUdlCI 0 If II ] ibr«iry. The second general session will convene at 2 o'clock, which will open I U I IIhT I .imTP\T with campaign speeches. The dele-1 I * HHIgUIUI • UUIIIUOI gates will then adjourn to discussion j _____ groups where topics in keeping with A n „H IQ the theme “The Outlook of Youth’s jGO 10 GreeilV llle April lO Future” will be presented. Leonard: To CoiTipctC For Dis- Fulghum of Goldsboro High School j . . , TT and Joe Taylor of the Grainger High i XFICI HOIIOrS School at Kinston will lead the dis- : cussions. Edenton High School’s debating j Following this phase of the pro- team won both sides in the triangular (gram Erie Cofield, treasurer, will debate held Wednesday of last week (present his report, committees will when the affirmative debaters won | report and election of officers take out over the Elizabeth City negative ‘place. Final announcements and rec- team in Hertford and the Edenton ( ognition of new officers will follow negative debaters in Elizabeth City with the meeting scheduled to adjourn were declared winners over the Hert at 5 o’clock. ford affirmative team. Friday night, a dance for the dele- Edenton's affirmative debaters were gates will be staged at the armory. Marian Alexander and Harold Webb, Music will be furnished by aii or- while upholding the negative side chestra from East Carolina Teachers were Su.-an Thigpen and Peggy College. White. The query debated was, “Re- President Bunch, Mrs. John Mor- solved, That the Federal Government gan, faculty advisor to the Council, Should Provide a Complete System and the Councillors are looking for- of Compulsory Medical Care to Citi ward to a successful Congress, offer- zens.” ing much information which will en- By reason of winning both sides able many high schools to more es- of the debate, the Edenton debaters ficiently exercise student self-govern- 1 will go to Greenville Friday of next ment. week to compete for district honors. Student Council Congress Meets In Edenton On Friday i Theme of Meeting “The Outlook of Youth’s Future” GOOD PROGRAM Miss Charlotte Bunch Is President of Eastern District On Friday of this week the eighth annual meeting of the Eastern Dis trict of the North Carolina Student Council Congress will be held at the Edenton High School. The theme of the meeting will be “The Outlook of Youth’s Future,” . Registration of delegates will be in progress from 9 to 11 o'clock in the morning, with the first general business session scheduled to begin at II o'clock. Miss Charlotte Bunch is president of the organization and will preside over tHe meeting.' The devotional will be in charge of Davey Lee Ward. A welcome to Edenton High School will be delivered by Joseph Privott, vice president of the Edenton Student body, while John A. Holmes will also deliver an address of welcome to the visitors. The principal address for the morning session will be made by J. G. McCracken, superintendent of Elizabeth City schools. Following Mr. McCracken’s ad dress, Miss Bunch will recognize of ficers, the roll will be called by Martha Winslow of Goldsboro, sec retary, who will also read the minutes of the seventh anuual Student Coun cil Congress. Items of business to be considered include the appointment of standing committees by Miss Bunch, nomin ation of candidates for offices and an nouncements. This session is sched uled to end at 12:30, and at 12:45 luncheon for official delegates and ad visors will be served in the school library. The second general session will convene at 2 o’clock, which will open with campaign speeches. The dele gates will then adjourn to discussion groups where topics in keeping with the theme “The Outlook of Youth’s Future” will be presented. Leonard Fulghum of Goldsboro High School and Joe Taylor of the Grainger High School at Kinston will lead the dis cussions. I Following this phase of the pro gram Erie Cofield, treasurer, will (present his report, committees will ; report and election of officers take 1 place. Final announcements and rec ognition of new officers will follow with the meeting scheduled to adjourn at 5 o’clock. Friday night, a dance for the dele gates will be staged at the armory. Music will be furnished by ah or chestra from East Carolina Teachers College. President Bunch, Mrs. John Mor gan, faculty advisor to the Council, and the Councillors are looking for ward to a successful Congress, offer ing much information which will en able many high schools to more ef ficiently exercise student self-govern ment. ENLISTMENT IN EDENTON CANNON UNIT OF NATIONAL GUARD Wtl BEGIN FRIDAY NIGHT IN ARMORY: FULL STRENGTH IS 101 Annual Payroll Is Estimated at Approximately $20,000; Wm. P. Jones Commanding Os ficer And Jesse Harrell First Lieutenant Cannon Company, 119th Infantry, Third Division of'the National Guard has been designated for Edenton by Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts ak of April 1, and a recruiting period will begin in the Edenton armory Friday night at 8 o’clock. * William P. (Spec) Jones has been named Captain and commanding of ficer of the outfit, and Jesse Harrell first lieutenant. In order to be rec ognized by the Federal Government, the company must have two officers and 30 men, though the full strength of the company is 101 men, made up as follows: One captain and commanding of ficer, two first lieutenants, two second lieutenants, one first sergeant, three technical sergeants, four staff ser geants, 10 sergeants, 16 corporals, 11 technicians fourth grade, 11 techni cians fifth grade, 29 privates first class and 11 privates. The age limit is from 18 to 55 and any qualified enlisted man is eligible for the three remaining commissions of lieutenant. Organization of the company means an approximate payroll in Edenton of $20,000 annually. The pay scale for members for each drill night is as follows: First Sergeant ——— $5.50 Technical Sergeant 4.50 Staff Sergeant —— 3.38 Suck Sergeant _ —>—- 3-33 Corporal . __-3.00 Technician Fourth Grade 3.33 Technician Fifth Grade 3.00 Private First Class ——— 2.67 Private --- The company will be a part of the 30th (Old Hickory Division) which broke the Hindenburg Line in the First World War and played an im portant role in the last war. It will be under the command of Major Gen eral John Hall Manning of Raleigh. (Continued on Page Seven) lAbT* ty Town Council t/iricially Calls Election For Edenton Officials Tuesday, May 6th 1 Note, Parents!_| Parents of white and colored children from six months to six years are asked to bring them to the Health Department on the second floor of the I’ank of Eden ton or take them to a private physician to he vaccinated for diphtheria, smallpox, whooping cough or typhoid fever. Hours for‘administering these vaccinations in the Health De partment are Fridays from 9 \. M. to noon and Saturdays froni 9 A. M. to 12 o’clock noon. Mrs. Nathan usil 1 Names Chairmen In Cancer Drive Chowan County’s Goal Is Set at $800; Great Need For Funds • Mrs. Nathan Dail, chairman in Chowan County for the Cancer Drive, this week announced the various chairmen who will have charge of the canvass for funds. The drive will be held the week of April 14-19, .during which a goal of SBOO for the county has been set. Those named by Mrs. Dail to have charge of the canvass are as follows: Mill Village—Clarence Cates. Rural Section—Miss Rebecca Col i well. ! North Edenton- —Mrs. William | White. Colored Section—Prof. D. F. Walk |e'r. ( The town proper, Morris and Pem broke Circles, industries and business (houses will be solicited by members j of the Junior Woman’s Club, sponsors (of Chowan’s drive. | “Inescapable is the fact that 184,- (300 Americans will die of cancer in 1 1947,” says Mrs. Dail. “That is 520 j every day or one every three minutes. ‘Tragic as those figures are, it is even more appalling to know that on the basis of today’s knowledge, 30 to 50 per cent of cancer’s victims might be saved through early rec ognition and prompt treatment. This year 55,000 Americans—some of them probably residents of Chowan County —need not have died had they been aroused to the danger signals of can cer that give first warning.” Mrs. Dail calls attention to the fact that money contributed helps finance research to find the cause of cancer, thus developing new hope for thousands and helps pay for equipment that some day may save many lives. “During April, the American Can cer Society must raise at least $12,- 000,000 to continue the multi-million dollar research program which has already been instituted for the pur pose of finding the cause and cure of cancer,” says Mrs. Dail. “We dare not delay or halt this work when American lives are at stake.” A&PChangesTo Self Service Store Closed Three Days In Order to Make Neces sary Alterations After being closed since Saturday, the local A & P store reopened its doors this (Thursday) morning prac tically a new store. The establish ment was closed in order to make the necessary changes to operate a Self- Service store, by which customers can wait on themselves, go to the •fcashie? and leave without the neces sity of waiting for a clerk to attend to their wants. . The entire interior of the store has been renovated and redecorated for the purpose, with merchandise at tractively and conveniently displayed, properly priced, so that the customer .knows the price of each item pur chased. For this opening of the new Self- Service plan the A & P has a full line of merchandise, some of which is listed in an advertisement appear ing on page ten of this issue of The Herald.' $1.50 Per I Registrars and Judges Os Election Named To Serve POLLING PLACES Registration Books Will Be Open 20 Days Be fore Election Town Council Tuesday night offi cially called a Town election for Tues day, May 6, and subsequently set up ' machinery for carrying it out. In the (election the following will be elected: Mayor, treasurer, three members of the Board of Public Works, two coun cilmon-at-large and one councilman | from each of the four wards. The following registrars and judges )of election were appointed by the |(Councilmen from the respective 1 wards: First Ward—J. J. Long, registrar; | H. T. Miller and W. A. Everett, 1 judges of election. Voting place, the Municipal Building. Second Ward—O. C. Davis, regis trar; G. E. Cullipher and C. T. Dough tie, judges of election. Voting place, 1 Court House. ' Third Ward—L. S. Byrum, regis -3 trar; Sidney Campen and W. H. f I Parrish, judges of election. Voting e | place, W. H. Parrish’s store. ’! Fourth Ward—Paul Holoman, reg istrar; R. L. Ward and Thurston | Stallings, judges of election. ? 1 Registrars are required to keep the • j registration books open for the reg -1 istration of voters at some convenient ‘ place’2o days prior to the election. At Tuesday night's meeting the '[Councilmen emphasized the fact that (to vote in the Town election, it is ne ‘ cessary to be registered on the Town (books. There are some voters who "(are registered on the county books s and are of the opinion that this en -3 titles them to vote in a city election. s There are two separate sets of books, so that to vote on May 6 a citizen must be registered on the book in 1 either of the four wards. 1 Town Clerk R. E. Leary on Wed • nesday morning notified the regis -3 trars of their appointment and all 1 have agreed to serve. ) * \ Rev. Lee Sheppard ; Listed As Speaker For Training Union . j ‘ | Convention Opens April 18 In Aulander Bap tist Church , Among the outstanding speakers on , the program of the annual Regional Training Union Convention in Au r lander, April 18-19, is the Rev. Lee , Sheppard, pastor of Pullen Memorial , Baptist Church in Raleigh. Mr. Sheppard will preach the annual con vention sermon during the Saturday morning session. His subject will be i“The Book’s Message—Go Ye." Mr. (Sheppard is very popular with the Training Union fortes of the State and is very active in promoting such work among the Baptist youth. He has been pastor of I*ullen Memorial Church for quite a few years and this [ church would be considered that of the Baptists attending N. C. State College. For this reason he is inti mate with the problems and outlook of college students and other youth of the State. This well qualifies him ’ to bring the annual sermon to the ’ (Continued oh Page Eleven) i [Hospital Booster! 1 ( One of the most enthusiastic boosters for the Chowan Coun ty Hospital is I. E. Halsey, who I was a patient seven days while undergoing an operation for ap , pendicitis recently. Mr. Halsey is high in praise of his treat ment, saying he cannot begin to say what he would like to say in behalf of his treatment on the I part of Dr. Frank Wood and the l entire staff. Mr. Halsey says he could not » have fared better in every respect in any hospital anywhere.