Volume XlV.—Number 33.
Arrangements Under Way
To Install Storm Sewer
Line Through Morris Circle
Youngster Narrowly Es
caped Drowning In
Flooded Area
poollreport
Councilmen Meet Early
For Brief Session on
Tuesday Night
Some idea of the interest taken in
the swimming pool at the Naval Air
Station is reflected in a report pre
sented by Nick George, who is sub
stituting as overseer during the ab
sence of Tex Lindsay.
From July 1 to July 15, 1,579 per
sons used the pool, of whom 803 were
adults and 776 children. The receipts
were .$232.60.
During the period from July 16 to 1
July 31, 1,974 used the pool, 7381
adults and 1,236 children, with re-j
ceipts amounting to $265-70.
, From August 1 to August 10,
999 used the pool, 346 adults and
653 children with receipts of $134.25.
t Town Councilmen studied the re
port at their meeting Tuesday night,
and during the consideration it was
decided to put the operation of the
pool on a more systematic basis.
Hereafter salaries of the life guards
as well as other employees will be
paid by the Town %nd inasmuch as
the Town bears the expense of the
pool’s operation, any surplus funds
will be placed in a separate town
fund to defray the expenses.
Town Councilmen met at 7:30
o’clock Tuesday night in order to al
low members to. see a portion of the
, baseball game, and during the brief
meeting very few matters were pre
sented for consideration.
During the meeting the Town
granted a beer license to Ed Habit to
sell beer on the street floor ;df>iiis ■
$ building on Broad Street Mr, Habit’s
license had been previously revoked
and it was re-issued after the pre
siding judge of Superior Court had (
agreed to the suspension
period of three years.
J. Edwin Bufflap, Street Commis
sioner, reported that he is proceed
ing with a project to install a storm
, sewer pipe line through Morris
| Circle to remedy a serious drainage
problem. He stated that 746 feet of ,
30-inch pipe will be necessary and
that the pipe alone will cost approxi
mately $2,000. The pipe will extend ;
from the culvert under the railroad :
track to the present smaller pipe
outlet near the residence of Mr. and :
Mrs. Joe Thorud. Only recently a ,
major portion of Morris Circle was •
seriously flooded and , but for the
timely arrival of C. McKay Washing
ton, little Charles Hollowell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hollowell, !
would have drowned. The boy fell
into the water and Mr. Washington
jumped in water over his head to
save the youngster. The water re- ,
ceded after Town employees removed
K two lard tins, a large quantity of
K tree rpots and a great deal of lum
lyber from the small pipe now across
Bathe -street.
ft Residents of Morris Circle have
K sighed a petition to have the vacant
■r area piped and the project has been
■ approved by the Town’s Finance
As soon as the pipe ar
■ rives and enough labor can be re
■ cruited, the line will be installed un- ■
■ der the supervision of Frank Hughes, (
■ Street Superintendent.
■ Fire Chief R. K. Hall reported that
■ there were only two fires in Edenton .
I during July, neither of which caused
I any serious damage.
1 White Births Exceed
I Colored During July
■ White births in Chowan County
■ barely exceeded colored births dur
■ ing Hie month of July, according to
■ the local Health Department. Figures
■ released this week show that there
■were 19 white births reported cora
■ pared with 18 colored births.
H| During the month six white deaths
■pare recorded, while there were no
■colored deaths.
■William .R. Israel
Attending Poultry
& School In Illinois
KWilliam R. Israel, who is employed
WKbf the Home Feed & Fertilizer Com
llKjty, left Saturday for East St.
three weeks attending the Ultra-
Wmi* Poultry Service School.
It, Israel is specialising in the
culling of poultry and the
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Parity For Peanuts
Results hi Brighter
Outlook For Farmers
Growers Will Receive
Highest Price In
History
The July 15 parity of 11.1 cents
per pound for farmers’ stock peanuts
set by the United States Department
of Agriculture and the peanut diver
sion program, acceptance of which
has been announced, promise a
“bright future” for peanut growers
and end users, peanut industry lead
jers say.
I Ralph McMillan, president of the j
[National Peanut Council, asserted 1
jthat “consumers will not find peanut
end-products as high as previously
thought, even though peanut farmers
will receive the highest price in his
tory per pound for their 1947 crop.”
Prices to producers will be sup
ported at 90 per cent parity by means
of a loan and purchase support pro
gram by the Commodity Credit Cor
poration.
“The peanut industry has a bright
future as a result of these develop
ments,” Roy E. Parrish, chairman of •
the National Peanut Industries Com
mittee of 1947, commented. This
committee initiated the peanut div
ersion program whereby CCC would
buy second and lower grade shelled
peanuts from shelters.
“Farmers are guaranteed their
prices,” Mr. Parrish said, “and the
manufacturers should expect higher
quality shelled peanuls than they
have been receiving because shelters
may divert the lower grade shelled
peanuts into oil under this program
without undue loss.”
Peanut farmers are now receiving
on their 1946-47 crop approximately
100 per cent of last year’s parity of
9.55 cents per pound. Although CCC
is guaranteeing only 90 per cent of
the July 15, 1947 parity of 11.1 cents
per pound, the 1947-48 crop is ex
pected to bring peanut farmers great
er returns than ever before in pea
nut history.
The Department of Agriculture
purchase and loan support prices run 1
as follows: $203 for Spanish and '
Valencias east of Mississippi; $2Ol •
per ton for Spanish and Valencias j
west of Mississippi; $lB5 for runners
and $196 for Virginas. These are
base grade prices for peanuts which :
have a sound mature kernel content 1
of 65 per cent in the case of Vir
ginias and runners and 70 per cent <
for Spanish and Valencias.
Provision is made for an allow- i
ance of $2.90 per point on or off of
the grades are higher or lower on ■
Spanish and Valencias, $2.80 per i
point fob runners, and $3. per point 1
for Virginias. Thirty cents per ton
will be added for each 1 per cent of i
extra-large Virginias.
Navy Recruiter Now
In Edenton Tuesdays
Robert E. Baker, Chief Commis
sary Steward, U. S. Navy Traveling
Recruiter for the U. S. Navy Re
cruiting Station, Room 405 Post Of
fice Building, Norfolk, Va., announces
in the future he will be at the Post
Office Building in Edenton each
Tuesday from 2 p. m. to 6 p. m.
Chief Baker states that the Navy
Department has authorized Victory
World War II medals to be issued
to all Navy veterans who were hon
orably discharged, and served with
the Navy during World War 11.
When applying for medals, original
Honorable Discharge Certificate and •
original separation paper should be
presented. They may be obtained 1
at the nearest Navy Recruiting Sta- i
tion, or Naval Reserve Armory.
Chief Baker further states that >
some 86 ratings have been opened
up to second class Petty Officer, for
men discharged from the Navy over
three months, this offer expires
October 81, 1947. For more infor
mation see your Navy Recruiter at
the designated place.
RED MEN CALL OFF MEETING
With a baseball game scheduled to
be played on Hicks Field next Mon
day night between the Edenton Co
lonials and Suffolk, Chowan Tribe of
Red Men at their meeting Monday
night voted to call'off next week’s
meeting.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 14, 1947.
F.V. White Appointed
As Forest Warden In
New County Program
Appointment Made By
North Carolina For
est Service
NOW IN~TRAINING
Supplied Pickup Truck
And Fire Fighting
Equipment
Frank V. White, Route 1, has been
appointed as Forest Warden of Cho
wan County by the N. C. Forest Ser
vice. Warden White is a life long
resident of Chowan County and has
been engaged in farming in the
County for a number of years.
The appointment of Warden White
is the result of the recent action tak
en by the Chowan County Commis
sioners in which they agreed to co
operate with the N. C. Forest Ser
vice in forest fire prevention and con
•trol. Warden White will be supplied
Jwith a pickup truck and all necessary
equipment to combat forest fires in
the woodlands of Chowan County.
Heavy tractors and fire line plows are
available upon call to Warden White
and with these he will be able to cut
fire lines through the heavy woods
of the County.
Plans call for the erection of a for
est fire lookout tower in Chowan
County, but lack of funds will prevent
its construction until next year, ac
cording to Forest Service officials.
The fire towers in the neighboring
counties of Bertie, Gates and Per
quimans will work with Warden
White until such time as Chowan has
a fire tower.
Warden White is now attending a
week’s training course in Elizabeth
City to acquaint himself with Forest
Service work, including law enforce
ment, fire fighting procedure, main
tenance and operation of equipment
and other -Forest Service activities.
Interest Developing
In Idea Local Dairy
Several Farmers Dis
cuss Matter With
County Agent
According to County Agent C. W. •
Overman, two or three Chowan Coun
ty farmers are showing some inter- ;
est in the milk situation in the county
and the local Chamber of Commerce
is very much interested in helping i
to establish at least sufficient milk
production locally to supply the Town
of Edenton and County.
“At the present time there is no
dairy in. the county,” says Mr. Over- ;
man, “and only two or three farm- i
ers are bringing in surplus milk. (
The supply of milk for the Town of ’
Edenton is being trucked in from ;
Suffolk and it is my understanding ]
that the milk is being shipped from ;
the West into Suffolk to provide this
supply.”
Several of those interested have ;
discussed this matter with the county |
agent and feel that there is a great
opportunity for some dairying in- ’
dustry in Chowan County.
President Os Legion
Auxiliary Ends Life
News of Tragedy Shock
To Many Local Aux
iliary Members
Local members of the American
Legion Auxiliary were grieved Mon
day when they learned that their re
tiring president, Mrs. T. W. Bird of
Charlotte ended her life by swallow
ing ant poison. News of the tragedy
was sent by Auxiliary headquarters
•to Mrs. Paul Holoman, president of
the*Ed Bond Post Auxiliary.
, Mrs. Bird was well known and ad
mired by many members of the local
Auxiliary, gome of whom wer£ inti
■rfately associated with her ih Auxili
ary affairs, so that the news was re
ceived with a great deal of regret.
She had been active in’ Legion Auxili
ary work for 10 years.,
Funeral services were held • Tues
day afternoon in the First Methodist
Church in Charlotte. •-
• MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Ledge, No. 7, A. F. A
A. M., trill meet tonight at 8 o’clock.
$ - ’ j. ’ * /' ■*.
Halsey Hardwood Company Will
Move Plant From Creswell Site
To Blades LandOn Oakum Street
Edenton Colonials !
Win Three Os Five
Games During Week
Meet Second Place Cole- ‘
rain Team Tonight
On Hicks Field
STANDING OF CLUBS
W. L. Pet. ,
EDENTON 35 13 .729 ‘
Colerain 32 18 .640 :
Hertford 24 23 .511 ’
Suffolk 19 29 .396 i
Windsor 19 31 .380
Elizabeth City 17 32 .347 (
Edenton’s Colonials had rather :
hard sledding during the past week,
turning in three victories of the five
games played. Suffolk and Windsor .
downed the league leaders, while the i
locals turned in two wins over Suf-l'
folk and defeated Windsor once.
Edenton 9, Suffolk 2
On Hicks Field Thursday night ,
the Colonials had little trouble in ,
defeating Suffolk 9-2. Edenton bat
ters touched Parr, Suffolk hnrler for
four hits, one of which was a circuit
clout by Trot Leary, in the first inn
ing and with three runs scored, Ar- .
cher was sent to the mound at the
start of the second inning. The
scoring started when Joe Wheeler
walked. Bohonko doubted, scoring i
Wheeler and then Leary hit one far
beyond the center fielder for a home
run. -Fulghum and Griffin also singl
ed in this inning and the basqs were
loaded when the last man was put
out.
Archer held the Colonials pretty
well in check until the eighth, when
four runs were scored on two hits.
J. Wheeler singled, Leary and Ful
ghum walked, filling the bases. Wil- .
bur Wheeler then walked, forcing in
J. Wheeler. Griffin singled scoring
Leary and Fulghum and W. Wheeler
scored on a throw to second. The
Colonials added a run in each of the
fifth and sixth. In the fifth Fulghum j
walked, McLawhorn sacrificed and
John Byrum singled, bringing in
Fulghum. Leary singled in the sixth |
and scored on ari error of Fulghum’s (
grounder.
Suffolk’s runs came in the second
and seventh.
Heath was on the mound for Eden- j
ton and gave up six hits, while the (
Colonials gathered 12 hits, four off ,
Parr in one inning and eight off Ar- j
cher. ,
Edenton 5, Suffolk 1
In a return game played in Suf
folk Friday night the Colonials again
defeated the Virginia outfit 5-1. The
game was a pitchers’ duel between
Vick for Edenton and Manager Hol
land for Suffolk. Vick gave up five
hits while the Colonials made only
four hits off Holland.
Wilbur Wheeler, who was on leave
from the Army, was behind the bat
and caught one of the best games
I witnessed by many of the fans.
I Edenton scored two runs in the
'third and one each in the fourth and
fifth, while Suffolk’s lone tally came
in the last half of the ninth inning.
Edenton 3, Suffolk 7
In a rained out game played in
Suffolk Saturday night, the Colonials
were defeated 7-3, the victory break
ing a losing streak for the Suffolk
team. Herman Dowdy, on the mound
I for Suffolk, was in rare form, al
lowing the -Colonials only four scat
tered hits and retired 12 batters by
way of the strike-out route.
While the Suffolk batters register
ed only six hits, the Colonials used
four pitchers in an effort to win the
game. The Virginians took to the
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Veteran Physician In
Colerain Passes Away
Dr. Luther A. Nowell, 78, veteran
Colerain physician, died at his home
Monday as the result of a cerebral
hemorrhage. He practiced medicine
in Colerain for more than 40 years
and was a pioneer of Bertie County
in many respects. He helped or
ganize the Bank of Colerain and was
its president at the time of his death. !
He was also instrumental in organiz- i
ing the Chowan Roanoke Telephone •
Company.
Funeral services were held Wed- ;
neaday morning at the home with <
the Rev. P. T. Worrell and the Rev. •
Oscar Creech officiating. Interment
was made in Hillcrest Cemetery at
Colerain.
Special Days For
Lost Colony Over
Coming Week-end
Showings Also Schedul
ed For Three Monday
Nights
The Lost Colony’s program of
special days for its tenth anniversary
season will come to a climax this
week-end, with Dare County* Veter
ans’ Homecoming Day scheduled on
Friday, Greater University of North
Carolina Day on Saturday, and Vir
ginia Dare Day on Monday (August
18).
Veterans’ day will feature a par
ade beginning at 3 o’clock, an ad
| dress by Representative Harold D.
j Cooley of Nashville at the Manteo
[High School, and a dinner on the,
school grounds, given by the Dare j
County Board of Commissioners. 1
Music for the occasion will be fur
nished by the Fifteenth Air Command
Band, from Fifth Naval District
Headquarters in Norfolk. Cooley
will be introduced by Representative
Herbert C. Bonner of the First North
Carolina District. The program Will
end with the night’s performance of
The Lost Colony.
Representatives of American Le
gion and Veterans of Foreigri Wars
Posts from Elizabeth City, Edenton,
Plymouth and Hertford will join
Dare County veterans in the parade,
for which the Coast Guard Company
of Elizabeth City will furnish the
color guard.
Lenoir Chambers, editor of the
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, will be the
principal speaker on Saturday, ap
pearing at a luncheon in the Caro
linian Hotel for alumni of N. C.
State College at Raleigh, the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, and Woman’s College at Greens
boro. The president of the univer
sity, Dr. Frank P. Graham, will
make a short talk at the theatre just
before Saturday night’s performance
of The Lost Colony.
The Lost Colony Company will
give a special Virginia Dare Day
performance Monday night. Other
Monday performances are scheduled
on August 25 and on the last day,
September 1. During other weeks
the showings are held Wednesday
through Sunday nights.
Two Edenton Girls
Will Participate In
Wilson Celebration
Nelle Perry and Hazel
Boswell Will Repre
sent Edenton
Two Edenton girls are scheduled
to participate in Wilson’s sixth an
nual North Carolina Tobacco Ex
position and Festival today (Thurs
day) and Friday.
Miss Hazel Boswell is scheduled
to compete with a large group of
princesses from other towns for the
title of Queen of the 1947 festival.
Miss Nelle Perry is numbered
among the group of girls who will
compete in the bathing beauty pro
gram.
The climax of the celebration will
be the coronation ball which will be
held in the Big Star Warehouse,
when Tex Beneke and the Glenn
Miller Band will play for the dance,
which will be informal.
4-H Club Week In
Raleigh Aug. 18-23
Four H Club Week will be held in
Raleigh at State College, August 18-
23. A special 4-H broadcast cover
ing the highlights of the program
during the week will be carried by
Station WPTF at 11:06 each day.
Miss Hazel Shaw, assistant home
agent, calls this to the attention of
4-H Club members in Chowan Coun
ty, in order that they may keep up
with the program that is being car
ried out.
$1.50 Per Year.
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Removal Result of Hard
Work on Part Local
Chamber Commerce
SISO,OO(fPAYROLL
President R. P. Baer II
Appreciates Interest
And Help
H. A. Campen, president of the
Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Association,
announced early this week that
through the efforts of the Industrial
Committee, of which J. W. Davis is
chairman, the Halsey Hardwood
Company, Inc., will move its plant
to Edenton. Mr. Campen announced
that Richard P. Baer, 11, president
of the concern, on Thursday of last
week had signed a 20-year agree
ment with L. S. Blades of Elizabeth
City by which the lumber company
leased around 21 acres of land for
operation of the business. The land
is located along Oakum Street, north
of the Edenton colored school.
• The Halsey Hardwood Company
• has been operating at Creswell since
(1940, and was recently damaged by
a disastrous fire which necessitated
practically rebuilding the plant in
its entirety. Because of this fact
the local Chamber of Commerce at
once contacted Mr. Baer in the in
terest of moving his plant to Eden
ton, and following a series of ne
gotiations the lease with Mr. Blades
was subsequently signed last week.
The new plant will include a mod
ern and up-to-date six-foot band saw
mill, a dry kiln and planing prill. It
is estimated by company officials
that between 126 and 150 persons
will be. employed by the organization
at the mill and in the logwoods, with
a payroll of at least $150,000 per
year. In addition, approximately
S3OOO per week will be spent on
materials purchased in nearby areas.
The Halsey Hardwood Company
is a North Carolina Corporation, with
affiliates in Baltimore, Md., and in
other states. Richard P. Baer, 11, is
president of the concern and has
made his home in Edenton for sev
eral years. He is prominent in local
and State Masonic circles and has
been very active in Boy Scout work.
He is past chairman of the West Al
bemarle Scouting District, a former
member of the executive board of
Tidewater Council and former dele
gate to the National Council, Boy
Scouts of America.
Charles T. Griffin is general mana
ger of the organization.
Determining factors in bringing
the concern to Edenton was the fact
that the site secured offered an ade
quate water supply, fire protection
and railroad facilities.
Mr. Baer expressed his personal
appreciation to Chamber Commerce
officials and the Industrial Committee
for their interest and untiring efforts
in helping to work out the many de-
in connection with securing the
Oakum Street site. He also com
plimented John F. White, local at
torney, for the important part he
played individually and in coopera
tion with the Chamber of Commerce
in the ultimate consummation of the
lease. “The citizens of Edenton
can well be proud of the important
work being done by their Chamber
of Commerce and Merchants Asso
ciation,” he said.
New machinery has been purchased
for the plant, and some is already
on the way, but Mr. Baer is unable
to say just when the concern will be
ready for operation.
Cotton Mill Outfit
Trims Gatesville 5-4
The Edenton Cotton Mill baseball
team turned back Gatesville on Hicks
Field Saturday night 5-4. In the box
for the visitors was Carlton Eure,
former Albemarle League hurler,
who was very stingy with hits. Kirby
Wright was on the mound for the
mill boys. Edenton had a big third
inning when four runs were scored.
[Crabtree singled, Ward Hoskins was
1 given a free pass and Russell Wheel
er was Safe on an error, filling the
bases. Keeter bunted on a squeeze
play and three runs were scored on a
bad throw.
Gatesville tallied their four runs
In the sixth inning and Edenton’s
other run was scored in the seventh.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Haywood
Jones, Friday morning at their home
on the Windsor highway, a 694 -pound
son, Jimmy Douglas Jones.