Volume XIV. —Number 22.
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County’s Needs Total Over Million
Requirements Os Schools
Call For Use Os Greater
Part Os Staggering Figure I
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Court House Crowded
When Problems Were
Aired Tuesday
MEET~AGAIN
Committee of Twenty
Will Make Survey and
Recommendations
At a mass metting held in the
Court House Tuesday night the
needs of Chowan County were listed
with the estimated cost amounting
to the staggering total of over a mil
lion dollars. The Court House was
packed with both white and colored
citizens interested principally in ade
quate school facilities for both races.
The mass meeting was the out
growth of persistent requests over
a period of years for the County
Commissioners to provide improve
ments both in Edenton and in the
County school unit. The Commission
ers long have realized that the re
quests were legitimate, but also re
alize that the improvements will run
into a huge outlay. For that reason
they called this meeting for the pur
pose of putting the various requests
before the public in an effort to
learn the wishes of the majority of
citizens, and called upon the Cham
ber of Commerce to act as a steering
committee to call the meeting. Jesse
Harrell, president of the Chamber
of Commerce and Merchants Asso
ciation, called the meeting to order
id stated the purpose of the meet
/ He then entertained a motion
elect a temporary chairman, after
. hich W. J. Berryman was elected;
to serve in that capacity.
Mr. Berryman reiterated the pur
pose of the meeting and called upon
various persons to present ' state
ments. He first called upon West
Byrum, chairman of the County Com
missioners, who stated that the nec
essary improvements in Chowan
County is a big order and that his
Board was unwilling to take the re
sponsibility of deciding what to do
before submitting the needs and sub
sequent cost to the citizens of the
county. from the school needs,
he said, Chowan needs a new jail
and may be placed in an embarrass
ing position if something is not
done in this respect. He also called
attention to the fact that women
will serve on juries and for that
reason it is imperative that toilet
facilities be provided at the Court
House. The need for a building to
house the various county offices was
also brought out by Mr. Byrum. He
also listed steam heat for the Court
House, which was planned several
years ago. However, this latter im
provement, he said, could be made
without any part of a bond issue.
Mr. Byrum suggested that the senti
ments of those present be voiced re
garding all of the proposed improve
ments which could be included in a
5 or 10 year building program for
the county.
Thomas Chears, chairman of the
Edenton School Trustees, was then
called upon, who in turn asked John
A. Holmes to present the needs of
Edenton schools.
Mr. Holmes in his opening re
marks said it is not necessary to ar
gue the merits of public education.
He said his Board has realized for
several years that it was necessary
to enlarge schools for both races.
Other than erecting the 12-room
building on Oakum Street, nothing
has been done for colored schools in
Edenton in 50 years, he said. Mr.
Holmes told of the deplorable con
dition in the colored schools, with
children being taught in various
buildings about town which are not
at all suitable for teaching.
Mr. Holmes also told of the crowd
ed condition in the white school,
where it is necessary to teach child
£■-. •> in the basement. If the enroll
t increases, and he said it is ex
ed to increase, a new class
jm will be needed with no place
•to provide one. No class rooms have
been added sirfce 1924, he said. So,
in Edenton, in both white and colored
schools, he said, there is deplorable
need of class rooms. Mr. Holmes
stated that the County Commission
ers were requested time and again
to provide the necessary improve
ments and at their request he had
listed the present needs, which call
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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HENRY A. WALLACE
Former Vice-President Henry
A. Wallace will speak in the
Raleigh Municipal Auditorium
Thursday night, June 5, at 8
o’clock on the subject “The Road
to Peace.”
Vaccination Clinics
To Begin In Chowan
County On June 2nd
Schedule Released By
Dr. S. V. Lewis, Local
Health Officer
Dr. S. V. Lewis, Health Officer, this
week announced vaccination clinics in
Chowan County during which vaccin
ation will be given for typhoid fever,
diphtheria, smallpox and whooping
cough.
The schedule for the clinics will
be as follows:
Monday, June 2,9, 16, 23
Bass Station, 9:30 to 10 A. M.;
Macedonia, 10:30 to 11 A. M.; Rocky
Hock Church, 11:30 to 12 A. M.;
Peele’s Store, 12:30 to 1 P. M.
Tuesday, June 3, 10, 17. 24
Virginia Fork School, 9:30 to 10
A. M.; Hancock (Dixon’s Store),
10:30 to 11 A. M.; Valhalla (Harrell’s
Store), 11:30 to 12:30 A. M.; Cross
Roads (Evans Mill), 12:30 to 1:30
P. M.
Wednesday, June 4, 11, 18, 23
St. John’s School, 9:30 to 10:30
A. M.; Canaan’s Temple School,
10:45 to 11:30 A. M.; Triangle
School, 11:45 to 12:30 A. M.
Thursday, June 5, 12, 19, 26
Center Hill Intersection, „9:30 to
10:30 A. M.; Ryland (Ward’s Sta
tion), 10:45 to 11:30 A. M.; Arthur
Byrum’s, 12 to 1 P. M.; Sign Pine
(A. T. Perry), 1:15 to 2 P. M.; Gli
den, 2:15 to 3 P. M.
Health Department—Wednesdays,
1 to 5 P. M.; Fridays, 9 to 12 noon;
Saturdays 9 to 12 noon.
Health Department
Now Has Plenty Os
Smallpox Vaccine
Treatment Resumed Af
ter Receipt of New
Shipment
According to Dr. S. V. Lewis, dis
trict health officer, it has been im
possible for the past several weeks
to vaccinate children against small
pox during the pre-school examin
ations in Edenton and Chowan Coun- ]
ty due to lack of vaccipe. However, 1
Dr. Lewis stated Monday of this 1
week that an ample supply of small- ■
pox vaccine has been received. 1
Parents of children in Edenton and :
Chowan County are, therefore, ad- <
vised that the Chowan County Health '
Department will be glad to vaccinate 1
such children as may be brought to
the Health Department office or to :
any one of the scheduled vaccina- •
tion clinics throughout the county.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 29,1947.
Finals At Chowan
High School Will
Begin Friday Night
[ J. G. McCracken Gradu
ation Speaker Tues
day Night
19 IN CLASS
Rev. E. R. Meekins Will
Preach Baccalaure
ate Sermon
Commencement exercises will be
gin at Chowan High School Friday
night, when Class Day will be ob
served in the auditorium at 8 o’clock.
The entertainment will be in the form
of a play “Seniorella,” with the fol
lowing taking part: Vivian Wiggins,
Naomi Jordan, Eugene Jordan. Ralph
Harrell, Jack White, Marie Casper,
David Ward, Ann R. White, David
Ober, Dorothy Berryman, Jennie
Ruth Nixon and Wallace Reid Peele.
Other members of the graduating
class of 19 are Ida Margaret Cope
land, Elizabeth Copeland, Sarah Mae
Copeland, Elmira Miller, Robert Tur
ner, George Bunch, Jr., and Louis
Monds.
During the program the following
will act as fairies: Mary Emma Per
ry, Ida Ann Blanchard, Evangeline
Copeland, Peggy Perry, Carolyn Hol
lowell, Ann Hollowell and Clara Gav
Lane. Heralds will be Lindsay Ray
Burch and Earl Jordan. Special mu
sic will be provided by a trio com
posed of Mrs. Marguerite Burch, Miss
Louise Wilson and* Miss Edna Wil
kins. The mascot of the class is Dina
Jean Blanchard and the herald is
Jack Nixon. Mrs. R. R. White will
be accompanist.
The Rev. E. R. Meekins will preach
the baccalaureate sermon Sunday
night, June 1, at 8 o’clock in the au
ditorium. The Scripture will be read
by the Rev. W. C. Francis and bene
diction by the Rev. John T. Byrum.
Graduating exercises will be held
Tuesday, June 3, at 8 o’clock, when
the principal address will be made by
J. G. McCracken, superintendent of
the Elizabeth City public schools. He
will be introduced by Superintendent
W. J. Taylor.
Vivian Wiggins is valedictorian of
the class and Ralph Harrell saluta
torian. Diplomas wMI be presented
by T. J. Jessup, principal of the
school. Serving as marshals will 'be
Sibyl Chappell, Ruth Winslow, Sarah
Jane Boyce, Jean Hollowell and Hil
da King.
THIRD DEGREE SCHEDULUED
FOR MEETING OF MASONS
W. O. Elliott, master of Unanimity
Lodge, No, 7, A. F. & A. M., has an
nounced that the third degree will be
conferred upon two candidates at the
meeting to be held tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o’clock. All Masons are
especially urged to be present.
S. W. Taylor Patient
At Duke Hospital
Friends in Edenton will regret to
learn that it was necessary to am
putate one of S. W. Taylor’s legs,
the operation being performed Mon
day at Duke Hospital in Durham. Mr.
Taylor was a patient for several days
in the Chowan County Hospital be
fore going to Duke.
Information Wednesday of this
week was to the effect that Mr. Tay
lor is getting along as W’ell as can
be expected. Mrs. Taylor has been
with him since he was taken to Dur
ham Wednesday of last week.
EdentonColonials Rounding In Shape For
Opening Os Albemarle League On Sunday
Local Aggregation Victorious In Eleven of Thir
teen Exhibition Games Played; Play First
League Game Monday Night
Winning 11 of 13 exhibition games
played up through Tuesday night,
the Edenton Colonials are gradually i
being whipped into shape for the
opening of the Albemarle League
Sunday, June 1. The Colonials are 1
not scheduled to play on the opening
day, the first game being on Hicks
Field Monday night with the Hert
ford Indians as the attraction.
The Colonials will have five hired
players which includes J. D. Thorne,
Joe Fulghum and Snooky Hollowell,
who were members of the team last
Commencement At
Local High School
Begins On Sunday
R. M. McMillan of Ra
leigh Will Be Gradua
tion Speaker
EXAMS THIS WEEK
Baccalaureate Sermon
By Rev. H. F. Surratt j
Sunday Night
On Sunday night, June 1, in the
Edenton High School auditorium,
commencement exercises will get un
derway, when the Rev. H. F. Sur
ratt, pastor of the Methodist Church, I
will preach the baccalaureate sermon.!
The service will begin at 8 o’clock,
to which the general public is cor
dially invited. Special music will
be provided by a high school choir.
Graduating exercises for the eigh
th grade will be held on Monday
night at 8 o’clock, when 65 members
of the eighth grade will be presented
their certificates of promotion to
high school. This program will be
in the form of a play and is expect
ed to attract a capacity house.
Class Day exercises will be held
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. This
phase of the school finals will, no
doubt, also attract a large number of
friends and relatives of the grad
uates. The theme will be “Through
the Portals”, the exercises having an
enclosed garden as a background.
Erie Cofield is valedictorian of the
class and Charlotte Bunch is saluta
torian. Ruth Muth will present the
last will and testament of the Senior
Class, while the prophecy will be
presented by Davey Lee Ward. Mel
vin Ashley is class giftorian, Helen
Carter.class poet and Nelle Perry
class historian. Class mascots are
Jimmy Tt>.V!! and Anne Jenkins.
Graduation exercises for the Sen
ior Class will be held Wednesday
night at 8 o’clock, when the gradua
tion address will be made by Hon.
R. M. McMillan, prominent Raleigh
attorney. Mr. McMillan is well I
known in Edenton, being a past de
partment commander of the Ameri-1
can Legion and a past national vice I
commander. Diplomas will be pre-1
sented by Superintendent John A. I
Holmes.
There are 45 students in this year’s
senior class, but those who graduate
will be determined this \veek as the
result of final examinations which
i are now in progress. Included in the
class are two service boys who took
the Army’s general education test
and have four credits toward the 16
required. Superintendent John A.
Holmes also reports that five other
former Gl’s received their four cred
its as the result of taking the Army’s
general education test as of January
30. These were Leon Spruill, Lu
ther Keeter, Sam Ross, Jr., James
A. Smith and 1). Skiles.
Junior Legion Boys
Get Gold Baseballs
In an impressive ceremony at the
high school Tuesday, over 20 mem
bers of last year’s Junior Legion
baseball team were presented gold
baseballs in recognition of their ser
vices during the season. The trophies
were late in arriving, but the boys
were none the less appreciative for
the nice present.
The baseballs were presented by
Walter Holton, who is Commissioner
of Area One this year, and was as
sisted in the program by Superinten
dent John A. Holmes.
year. The two newcomers are
Brantley Aycock, a catcher who
comes from Atlantic Christian Col
lege, and Vincent Di Lorenzo, a pit
cher from the University of North
Carolina. Garland Little was ex
pected to be numbered among the
Colonials, but he recently signed up
with the Tobacco State League.
Other local players who have and
will no doubt see action during the
season are Joe Wheeler, Claude Grif
fin, Buck Wheeler, John Byrum, who
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Town Adopts An Ordinance
i Regulating Activities On
Edenton Naval Air Station
| The Pay-Off
Edenton’s Rotary Club will •
meet at Ernest Lee's Country '
| Club tonight (Thursday) at 7:30
o’clock instead of the usual
meeting in the Parish House at
1 o’clock. Tonight’s affair is the
climax to a recent attendance
contest in which the losing side,
t of w hich Earl Goodwin was cap
tain, will entertain the winning
'l side captained by John Kramer.
The contest was very success
’! ful in boosting attendance and
I was very close throughout, it
being necessary to extend the
closing date due to a tie score
at the time the contest was first
scheduled to end.
Every member is requested to
1 be present at the meeting to
’ night.
Hazel Boswell Will
i Represent Edenton
: In Wilson Festival
Mayor Haskett Will Al
so Choose Edenton
Bathing Beauty
1 j Mayor Leroy Haskett last week
selected Mist Hazel Boswell as “Miss
‘ Edenton” to participate in the To
bacco Festival which will be held in
Wilson August 14-15. Severat Eden
ton yoiyig ladies were considered for
the honor bj Mayor Haskett, who al
so consulted John A. Holmes, super
-1 intendent of Edenton schools.
Mayor Haskett was considerably
I influenced in selecting Miss Boswell
I due to her showing in the 1946 May
I Day exercises held by the Edenton
;High School, when she was chosen
'as May Queen, accompanied by
Bobby Byrum as King. Miss Bos
well’s name has been entered with
John G. Thomas, manager-director
of the Wilson Tobacco Festival.
Edenton will be one of 50 North
Carolina cities entered in the festi
val, the rule being that the first 50
of the 114 cities entering a represen
tative will be permitted to enter a
contestant.
Within a week or two Mayor Has
kett will also select an attractive
young lady to represent Edenton in
the bathing beauty contest in con
nection with the Tobacco Festival.
Mayor Haskett has been especially
invited to attend the affair along
with other' Mayors of the State.
Cub Pack Weiner
Roast Friday Night
Interesting Program In
Making at Home of
Archie Patterson
Cub Scouts of Pack 159 will hold
its last pack meeting for the sum
mer at 6:30 o’clock tomorrow, (Fri
day) evening at the home of Cub
Scout Archie Patterson. All Cubs,
cub parents and cub graduates are
expected to be present in addition
to Scoutmaster C. W. Overman.
The meeting has been called for
6:30 o’clock in order that some of
the Cubs’ excess energy can be dis
sipated in the form of athletic con
tests prior to an outdoor wiener
roast.
The major business of the even
ing will be the advancement of Cub
Clifford Overman from Wolf to Bear
rank, awarding Wolf gold and silver
arrow points to Cub Jimmie Harri
son, initiating two new members,
Bland Smith, Jr., and Jimmie Ross
into Cubbiqg and the graduation of
Richard Hines into a full fledged Boy
Scout from Cubbing.
At this, the last pack meeting for
■Richard Hines, he will be awarded
Lion gold and silver arrow points
and the highest award of all, that
of Webelos. Cubmaster C. W. Over
man and several ex-Cub Scouts, now
Boy Scouts, are to be present to wel
come Richard -into the Boy Scouts.
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I Action Taken at Special-
Meeting Held Thurs
day Night
BOTH GATES OPEN
Opening of Swimming
Pool Planned Within
Few Days
Meeting in special session Thurs
day night of last week, Town Coun
cil considered and subsequently
adopted an ordinance regulating ac
tivities of persons while on the prem
ises of the Edenton Naval Air Sta
tion, which has been leased from the
Navy Department by the Town of
Edenton.
The ordinance makes it unlawful
for any .person to drive a motor ve
hicle on any road, street or driveway
located within the boundaries of the
Air Station at a speed in excess of
35 miles per hour. Provision is
made, however, for faster driving by
j the driver of an ambulance or anotfi
! er vehicle in an emergency so long
|as such driver does not endanger
I life or property.
Further provision of the ordinance
forbids any person to drive a motor
I vehicle on any road, street or drive
| way within the Air Station which
has been designated and marked
“Restricted”. It is provided, how
ever, that only authorized represen
tatives or employees of the Town of
Edenton may drive on any part of
■ the Air Station for emergency pur
-1 poses and for purposes of inspection,
' repair and maintenance of build
-1 ings or facilities located on the prem
ises. The ordinance will not affect
employees or authorized representa
tives of any sub-lessee of the Town
in entering restricted areas as may
be necessary for the performance of
their duties.
The ordinance further requires
any person or group of persons us
ing the premised for picnics or other
recreational purposes to first obtain
permission for such use from the
Chief of Police of Edenton.
Another section of the ordinance
prohibits any person to enter any un
occupied building unless it be a
authorized representative or em
ployee of the Town of Edenton, who
may enter such buildings for the pur
pose of inspection, maintenance and
protection of the buildings.
Os course, the ordinance exempts
from its provisions representatives or
employees of the United States gov
ernment or duly appointed receiver,
who may make inspections.
For violation of the ordinance,
which is now in force and effect, and
upon conviction, the guilty party or
parties will be subject to a fine not
to exceed SSO or imprisonment not to
exceed 30 days.
Another matter given serious con
sideration at the meeting was open
ing of the swimming pool at the Air
Station. It is the general opinion
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Progress Noted In
Controljf Malaria
Edenton Is Headquar
ters For Northeast
ern Section
Quite a bit of progress is reported
in the malaria control program in
Chowan County which is sponsored
by the State Board of Health and the
Chowan County Commissioners. Dur
ing the campaign every householder
will have an opportunity to have his
or her home sprayed with DDT in an
effort to wipe out mosquitoes and
flies, both of which carry germs of
many kinds, the anopheles mosquito
especially being credited with spread
ing malaria.
There is no charge for this service
and householders will be notified a
day or two before members of the*
crew plan to spray the home.
Edenton is headquarters for the
northeastern section of the State,
with work being done in 10 counties.
Many houses have already been
sprayed and the work will be con
tinued until the entire area has
been served.