Volume XlV.—Number 37:
‘Navy Department Disapproves
Lease Os Air Station Executed
By Town To Hervey Foundation
Action Disclosed at Spe
cial Meeting of.Town
Council Thursday
CITE RESERVATIONS
Judge Appoints William
Privott Permanent.
y Receiver
At a special meeting of Town
Council held Thursday morning of
last week, which was attended by
Captain J. T. Brown of the Fifth
Naval District; David Hervey, presi
dent of the Hervey Foundation, and
Raymond Umbaugh, who is conduct
ing cattle experiments in connection
with the Hervey Foundation, Captain
Broww presented a letter from Willis
R. Dudley, head of the Real Estate
Division, of the Navy Department in
which the Navy disapproved a lease
between the Town of Edenton and
the Hervey Foundation dated Sep
tember 18, 1946, and since which
time the Hervey Foundation has had
control of the major portion of the
Edenton Naval Air Station.
While it was not specifically men
tioned in the letter, Captain Brown
stated that at a conference in Wash
ington it was agreed that no lease
should interfere with the operation
of the air facilities at the base as an
air field and that at the very mini
mum, the air strips, hangar and pp
erations building should be reserved
for that purpose. He further stated
that in event an airport or flying
school is established at the base, this
enterprise should have priority over
any other buildings and equipment
needed, so that the lease in question
is counter to the desire of the Navy
to maintain an airfield.
According to the action of the
, Navy,-'the Hervey Foundatioii will be
obliged to vacate the Air Station un
less a lease is negotiated agreeable
to the Town, and which will have to
be approved by the Navy Depart
ment.
The letter from Mr. I Dudley fol
lows:
“Mr. Leroy H. Haskett,
“Mayor, Town of Edenton,
“Edenton, North Carolina,
“Dear Sir:
“Reference is made to the Revoc
able Permit, NOy (R)-4Q743, where
by the Navy Department granted to
the ■ Town of Edenton permission to
use and occupy property known as
the Naval Air Station, Edenton.
“Prior to the execution of said
pAmit on January 21, 1947, the Town
of Edenton entered into an agree
ment with the Hervey Foundation,
Inc., said agreement being dated
September 18, 1946. This agreement
was submitted by you for the ap
proval of the Commander, Naval Air
Bases, 'Fifth Naval District, who sub
(Continued on Page Five)
School Enrollment
| Up In Edenton Unit
4 More Children Reported
In White and Col
ored Schools
Based on the first day’s enrollment
in the Edenton school administrative
unit, there is an increase in both the
white and colored schools. Accord
ing to Superintendent John A. Hol
mes, 618 pupils enrolled the first day
in the white grammar grades, which
compares with 586 last year.
Ih the high school, 184 enrolled,
which is three less than on opening
day last year when the enrollment
was 187, but it is expected there will
be others who will enroll.
School opened Monday and after
the usual preliminary work a regular
schedule of classes was begun Wed
nesday morning/
In the colored schools in the unit
72 enrolled at St. John’s, 52 at Can
aan’s Temple, 47 at Ryan’s Grove
and 26 at Virginia Fork, all of which
registered increases.
Edenton colored elementary I
school 538 pupils were enrolled which
* compared with 509 last year. In the
high school 195 students were enroll
% qd as against 197 last year.
There was an increase of 10 pupils
tea in thq eighth grade with 129 enrolled
compared with 119 last year,
jfc S6-crowded are conditions at the
W colored school that the ( first to third
| grades are taught in shifts in the
same room.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
GOLF CLUB COMMITTEE AUTHORIZED TO
START WORK IMMEDIATELY ON COURSE
Sixty Members Enrolled Provide Funds Neces
sary For Construction; Marvin Wilson and
William Privott Drafting By-laws
At a meeting of members of the
Chowan Golf Club held Wednesday
night of last week, a committee was
appointed with authority to proceed
with the construction of a golf
course at the Edenton Naval Air
Station. This committee is com
posed of J. H. Conger, Ralph Parrish,
Dr. Frank Wood, J. Clarence Leary,
R. F. Elliott, J. P. Partin, A. L. Boaz
and L. A. Patterson.
The proposed nine-hole course will
be located at the southern end of the
base, in the vicinity of the officers’
club and will be in the neighborhood
of 6,800 yards. The committee will
have the services of a golf»profes- 1
sional in the construction of the
course, and it is hoped that work will
be started and the work completed in
time for use before the season is out.
A committee was also appointed to
draft a set of by-laws for the club
and this committee is composed of
William Privott and Marvin Wilson.
It was reported at the meeting,
which was attended by a goodly num-
Legionnaires Plan
Definite Program
For Memorial Fund
Important Meeting Held
In Hotel Wednesday
Night
Wednesday night in Hotel Joseph
Hewes an important meeting of the
Finance and Building Committee of
Ed Bond Post of the American Le
gion was held to approve the final
plans for raising a $35,000 fund
needed to build a Legion memorial
home on its lot on the waterfront.
Over 30 prominent and influential
men of Chowan County were espec
ially invited to attend the meeting.
It is hoped that these 30 men will
pledge themselves to solicit SI,OOO
each from among their friends and
business acquaintances.
Plans are nearing completion to
incorporate a memorial room within
the home in which will be displayed
in dignity a roster of all of Chowan
County’s war dead.
Because Wednesday night’s meet
ing was in progress as The Herald
was being printed, next week’s paper
will carry a report of the results.
Prior to the meeting, however, in
terested Legionnaires expressed the
belief that the slogan “Build or Bust”
will be adopted and that the idea
will be put into action.
St. Paul’s Auxiliary
Resumes Meetings
The Woman’s Auxiliary of St.
Paul’s Church will meet Friday af
ternoon, September 12, at 4:30 in the
Parish House. A full attendance is
desired so that the work for the fall
may be organized.
Members will please take notice of
the change in the day and hour of
meeting.
' *
Hall Finds Hospital
Fire Equipment OK
Fire Chief R. K. Hall last week
made a thorough inspection of the
Chowan Hospital, carefully explain
ing fire equipment, hose and wall ex
tinguishers. in the hospital, the
nurses’ home and nurses’- aide annex.
He found everything to be in perfect
condition so that he was well satis
fied with the inspection.
Hospital officials, too, were deligt
ed to have Chief Hall make the in
spection and were Vfery complimen
tary about the way he did his work.
. DR. LEGGETT IN HOSPITAL
Dr. W. A. Leggett, who has been
in ill health, was taken to the Norfolk
General Hospital Tuesday of last
week. According to reports early
this week, his condition is gradually f
improving.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 11,1947.
ber of golf enthusiasts, that 60 mem
bers had joined the club, so that
funds are now in hand to pay for the
construction of , the course. Each
member has paid an initiation fee of
SIOO, which nets $6,000, the estimate
submitted to put a golf course in
playing condition. Golf fans feel
very fortunate in being able to secure
a course for this amount, for similar
courses have cost several times more.
Os course, equipment is available at
the base to do much of the work, and
a portion of the Officers’ Club will be
used as a club house, all of which
goes toward reducing the cost of the
< new yenture.
Those who have signed up as mem
bers and paid their fee include the
following:
A. L. Boaz, W. E. Bond, A. C.
Boyce, Mrs. Pattie C. Brown, J. Ed
win Bufflap, G. M. Byrum, T. C. By
rum W. W. Byrum, A. G. Byrum,
H A Campen, Peter Carlton, George
W. Capehart, J. H. Conger, J. W.
(Continued on Page Seven)
MyiSeasiiiM
Open September 19
Aces Scheduled to Meet
Kinston In Opener on
Hicks Field
According to Coach Tex Lindsay,
prospects are bright for a good foot
ball team at Edenton High School,
with the season scheduled to open
Friday night, September 19, when the
Aces meet Kinston High on the local
gridiron. The second game will be
Friday night, September 26, when
u C u H^ rd Indians will invade
Hicks Field. Both games are calcu
lated to be thrillers and will no doubt
attract a large crowd of fans.
Coaches Tex Lindsay and Nick
George have been holding regular
practices, with about 35 boys in uni
f°f,m wu of , those out for berths > R us-
Hlk i Whe ! T’ , B ° bby Byrum . Jack
Habit and Andrew Whitson show the
most promise in the backfield. Paul
Hassell and Earl Goodwin look best
at ends. For tackle positions, Hector
Lupton, Jr., Edgar Rogerson and
George Habit have been showing up
well, while Edgar Gay, Haywood
Kogerson, Jimmy Earnhardt and A1
Habit are showing up well for guards.
The center position is causing most
concern for the coaches, with Frank
Habit and Mickey Wright, both small
boys, showing up best. .
CHOWAN COUNTY FARM BUKEAU BEGINS
DRIVE TO SECURE aUOTJI OF Sl7 MEMBERS
President J. E. Baker Stresses the Necessity For
Farmers to Join In Order to Help In Solving
Many Problems With United Front
J. E. Baker, president of the Cho
wan County Farm Bureau, this week
announced that the quota for this
county is 617 in the North Carolina
Farm Bureau’s simultaneous drive
for 100,000 members in the State this
year.
“We will do our best to go ‘over
the top’ in the campaign,” Mr. Baker
said. “This is not just an ordinary
drive. This is a campaign to enroll
in the Farm Bureau every farmer in
the State who is concerned about the
future of agriculture.
“You only have to look at the
Farm Bureau record, nationally and
in the State, to know that this is an
organization working for the welfare
of the farm folks and the general
public.”
Mr. Baker pointed out that the
Farm Bureau offers a leadership that
has proved successful over and over
again. Hq added that the Farm Bu
reau not only looks into the problems
of farmers but goes far beyond that
by sponsoring sound methods of cor
rection.
ITown Councilmen
Complete Business
In Hurry Tuesday
Two Ordinances Passed
I And Other Matters
Transacted
Meeting an hour earlier Tuesday
night due to the final game of the
baseball series, Town Council lost no
time in transacting a considerable
amount of business.
Two new ordinances were passed,
one which will prohibit operation of
any mechanical or electric loud speak
er or amplifier outside of any build
ing or place of business within the
corporate limits of the Town, exclud
ing public property, for the purpose
of attracting attention, advertising or
playing music. A fine of SSO or not
more than 30 days in jail is provided
for violation of the ordinance.
The second ordinance provides for
. cars stopping at the police station at
the gate of the Edenton Naval Air
Station when entering or leaving the
base. The operator of any vehicle is
required to come to a complete stop
and for violation, a fine of SSO or 30
days in jail is provided.
Jimmy Earnhardt appeared at the
meeting to complain about the in
crease in theater license as provided
i for in the revenue act. No action,
however, was taken.
W. W. Byrum and J. W. Davis,
members of the executive committee
of the Chowan Hospital, appeared at
the meeting requesting the use of
Athol house at the base for Dr. Frank
Wood. They reported that the hospi
tal is now on a safe footing and pro
gressing nicely, and that a saving of
SIOO per month would be realized if
Dr. Wood lived in the Athol house.
It was also pointed out that the orig
■ inal intention was for Dr. Wood to
| occupy the house when negotiations
were made to come to Edenton.
Mayor Leroy Haskett informed
them that they can be assured of the
cooperation of Town Council, but
that under present conditions at the
base, no definite action could be taken
at the meeting.
Another request by the Edenton
Bay Packing Company for the use of
the waterfront and former bowling
alley was in the same category.
S. E. Morris and Percy Smith ap
peared in behalf of the draining pro
ject in Morris Circle. They presented
arguments for continuing the storm
sewer to the Suffolk highway, and the
Street Commissioner was authorized
to comply with the request in order
to make a complete job.
The Electric arid Water Depart
ment was requested to place a light
in the second block on Cabarrus
Street.
Before the month’s bills were paid,
the Golf Club was assured that a
lease will be executed for the con
struction of a 9-hole course at the
Edenton Naval Air Station.
Methodist Society
Will Meet Tuesday
A general meeting of the Woman’s
Society of Christian Service of the
Methodist Church will be held next
Tuesday night at 8 o’clock at the
home of Mrs. P. T. Owens. A full
attendance is desired.
“The North Carolina Farm Bureau
now has 62,000 members,” Mr. Baker
said,, “but before this drive is over
the membership will total more than
100,000. That total will represent a
lot of hard work, but the member
ship committeemen, under the leader
ship of A. C. Edwards, Hookerton, is
all ready to do the work to combine
the great strength of this State’s
farmers into a solid organization able
to meet the problems of the future.”
Mr. Baker said many of the new
memberships would come from efforts
of farmers to join the “Edward A.
.O’Neal Parity for Agriculture” Club.
The group is composed of those join
ing the Farm Bureau and bringing in
nine other farmers or business men
before November 15 aiyj is named
after the president of the American
Farm Bureau.
A. C. Griffin is chairman of the
drive in Chowan County, during
which it is hoped every Chowan
County farm family will become a
member. The county will be can
(Continued on Page Three)
Colerain Wins Albemarle
, LeagueChampionshipFrom
Edenton In Thrilling Game
I Home Builders |
Linwood Ward and William
Leary on Saturday took a trailer
to Raleigh, in which they will
live while attending State Col
lege during the next term. The
two hoys built the trailer during
the summer, which is up-to-date
in every respect and was moved
to Raleigh in order to escape
the handicaps of the housing
shortage.
Young Ward built the trailer
itself, while Leary added the
built-ins. Friends who have seen
the trailer -were very much im
pressed with its completeness. |
Both young men will return to
Raleigh to take up their studies
in about a week.
September Term
Os Superior Court
Completed Tuesday
Judge R. Hunt Parker j
Disposes of Ten* Crim
inal Cases
Judge R. Hunt Parker wound up
the September term of Chowan Su
perior Court about 4 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon, during which time he dis
posed of 10 criminal cases, granted
one divorce, signed a consent judg
ment and ordered a survey of land in
a boundary dispute.
B. E. Winslow' was sentenced to
eight months on the roads as the re
sult of giving a bad check for $220.64
to J. A. Davenport for meat. The de
; fendant admitted it was not the first
time he w'as arrested for writing
worthless checks.
Joseph C. Hall, Jr., was found
guilty of reckless driving, driving a
car without an operator’s license and
insufficient brakes. Prayer for judg
ment was continued for a year on
condition that he pay $112.50 for
damages to Robert E. Hofler’s car,
$35 to Dr. Martin Wisely for treat
ing Mrs. Alice Strickland, who was
injured, pay the court costs and not
operate or drive an automobile for
one year.
James Nowell Was found guilty of
assaulting Lillian Jordan with intent!
to commit rape. He was sentenced i
to 12 months on the roads, suspended |
by being placed c*i probation for!
three years and payment of court
costs.
John McArthur Short, charged with 1
larceny of $67.50, was sentenced to
six months on the roads.
Fred Brown Cow'an was found not
guilty of drunken driving.
Thomas Small and Clifton Bond
pleaded guilty to larceny of fish from
nets valued at less than SSO. Each
was sentenced to 12 months, suspend
ed upon being placed on probation for
three years. Small was ordered to
pay a fine of SIOO, cost of court and 1
pay $33 for part of the fish. Bond
was fined $67 and ordered to pay $22
for fish.
iContinued on Page Five)
Move Started To
Form OAR Chapter
Mrs. J. M. Jones and
Mrs. John Kramer
In Charge
Mrs. J. M. Jones has been appoint
ed organizing regent and Mrs. John
Kramer as assistant in an effort to
organize a chapter of the DAR in
Edenton. The National Society of
DAR’s is desirous of organizing a
chapter here and has enlisted the
services of Mrs. Jones and Mrs.
Kramer.
Anyone interested in joining the
Society is requested to get in touch
with either of the two ladies. Mrs.
Jones’ phone number is 255-J, while
Mrs. Kramer can be reached at
348-J.
The next meeting of the National
Board, at which members may be
admitted Will be in October. Mem
bers admitted in October and De
cember are exempt for next year’s
dues.
$1.50 Per Year.
Fans Overrun Park to
Witness Final Game
Os Series
j WON 40UT OF 7
!
DiLorenzo Silences Co
lonials’ Bats, Allowing
Only Three Hits
Before the largest crowd of people
ever on the Edenton baseball dia
mond, Colerain on Tuesday night won
the fourth and deciding game in the
j final series for the championship of
| the Albemarle League from the
j Edenton Colonials by a score of 3-0.
DiLorenzo, Colerain Hurler, was in
| splendid form, allowing only three
hits, two of which were singles by
Trot Leary and a double in the ninth
inning by Joe Fulghum.
Lester Jordan, Edenton’s pitcher,
was touched for eight hits, and while
these bingles were pretty well scat
tered, he received ragged support.
Four Edenton errors were responsible
for all of Colerain’s runs. The Co
lonials were held in check through
| out the game and only twice were
they able to threaten to score. In
j the fifth three men were on base and
| again in the seventh two men were on
l base with no outs, but necessary hits
could hot be produced to send run
ners across the plate.
Colerain scored its first run in the
second inning. R. Castelloe was safe
on Joe Wheeler’s error and scored
later on a single by Fairless. The
other two runs were made in the
sixth. Fowler and K. Castelloe
singled, and both scored on two er
rors by Buck Wheeler.
The crowd attending the game was
by far the largest of the series, which
has drawn spectators from ail over
the section. On Tuesday night the
grandstand, bleachers, the football
bleachers, and temporary seats were
filled to capacity, with many fans
lined up along the right and left field
lines, and some even standing far out
in center field on the baseball dia
mond itself.
The two teams were evenly match
ed and interest has been keen
throughout the series.
.Monday Night’s Game
With five unearned runs distribut
ed, three going to Colerain and two
to the Edenton Colonials, the Bertie
outfit evened the final series 3-3 on
Hicks Field Monday night. The Co
lonials’ pair of runs were scored on
an error by Fowler in center field,
1 while three bad throws, two at sec
j ond base and one at home plate, ac-
I counted for Colerain’s scores.
The Colonials outhit Colerain, reg-
J istering nine hits .off Johnson, on the
| mound for the visitors, while Vick,
1 who started for Edenton, gave up five
hits in six innings and Thorne, who
replaced Vick in the seventh, allowed
two hits the remainder of the game.
Colerain scored a run in the first
inning after successive singles by
Sangalli and Fowler, Sangalli scored
on a bad throw at second to catch
Fowler. The visitors’ other two runs
were made in the .sixth, Sringclli
doubled along the third base line and
1 Fowler, next up, singled. After Di-
Lorenzo fanned, Sangalli scored on a
bad throw at second base to catch
. Fowler. Fowler later scored on a
bad throw at the plate.
Edenton’s counters were made in
the third inning. McLawhorri singled
and Askew was hit by a pitched ball.
Joe Wheeler and John Byrum ground
ed out and then Fowler dropped Bo
honko’s long fly in center field, allow
ing the two runners to scamper home.
This ended the Colonials’ scoring, al
though several times tieing and win
ning runs were on base, but the ne
cessary hits were lacking.
Vick and McLawhorn led the Co
lonial batters, each making- three hits
out of four trips to the plate. Bo
honko connected safely twice and
John Byrum was credited with a hit.
Sangalli, Fowler and Batchelor
each made two hits and the other hit
was credited to Fairless for Colerain.
(See BASEBALL, Page Seven)
Revival At Macedonia
Church Starts Monday
According to the Rev. John T. By
rum, revival services will begin at the
Macedonia Baptist Church Monday,
September 16, at 3 o’clock. The Rev.
L. L. Jessup of Newport News, will
preach during the meeting, and W.
Jim Daniels will direct the music.
Services will be held during the
week at 3 and 7:45 P. M„ to which
the public is cordially invited.