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Volume XlV.—Number 48.
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Renews Effort To Abandon
Passenger Service On Road
Last Vestige of Personal J
Travel Accommoda
tions For Public
2 trainsTinvolved
Claims Travel Has De
t dined Almost to Van
ishing Point
The Norfolk Souhern Railway
Company'is preparing an application
i- to the North Carolina Utilities Com
mission for authority to discontinue
passenger service on its Norfolk-
Raleigh run (Nos. 1 and 2), which,
if granted, will remove the road’s
last vestige of personal travel ac
commodations for the public.
The announcement, which came
from the company’s executive depart
ment in Norfolk, emphasized that the
application is being made because of
the tremendous losses being incurred
in providing passenger service, but
pointed out that the regular schedules
of the two trains would not be large
ly disturbed, so far as the handling
of mail and express is concerned.
A movement looking toward aban
donment of the two trains —including
not only passenger, but mail and ex
press service—was initiated last
Spring, but was abandoned when the
new management took over and an
nounced that the projects would be
considered further. The posting of
notices on the road’s proposal brought
forth protests from the communities
and railway unions affected.
,A spokesman for the road said the
application also seeks authority to
discontinue the operation of the two
trains on Sunday, and pointed out
that it has not been customary to
handle •ex’prefe'tm that-day.- -As for
the movement of mail on Sunday, he
added, adequate arrangements will
be made by the Post Office Depart
ment.
It was also announced that the nec
essary procedure through the Virginia
State Corporation Commission for
discontinuing passenger service to
Virginia communities on the Norfolk-
Raleigh run will be undertaken short
ly-
Company officials have posted no
tices in the North Carolina com
munities affected as to the road’s
application to the utilities commis
sion. Under North Carolina statutes,
, such notices must be posted 10 days
before the formal application is made,
following which a public hearing is
called if any concerted protest is
’made to the commission.
“Our final decision,” a road spokes
man said, “was that it would be ec
onomically impractical to 'Continue
this last passenger service consider
ing that such travel has declined al
most to the vanishing point and is
continuing to fall off. Local passen
ger trains, so far as our road is con
cerned, have served their day. Buses,
private automobiles arid airplanes
have put them out of business.” •
The two schedules now include 24
regular and 13 “flag” stops in each
direction. Their abandonment, ac
cording to the company spokesman,
“will not only result in a considerable
‘ saving but will make available for
the commercial market quite a num
ber of properties used exclusively for
passenger stations.” The distance be
tween the two terminals is 229 miles,
and the run, in each direction, is made
in approximately eight hours.
It was pointed out that all the com
munities served have auxiliary bus
or other passenger facilities, and a
few are touched by commercial air.
lines.
Band Fund Now
> Near Realization
In Neighborhood of SIOO
Needed Up to Tues
day Morning
\
Though the “thermometer” at the
Bank of Edenton on Tuesday morning
registered $5,800, The Herald under
stands that enough contributions have
been received. to boost the total to
less than SIOO of the $6,000 quota.
& A benefit dance is scheduled to be
t held in the Armory Friday night, as
fife the result of which it is hoped the
If quota will he reached.
■fpf by chance there are any who
with to contribute and have not done
so yet,° any amount should be sent to
Campon, treasurer*
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
r,
!|_ New Business J
Chowan County now has a
new enterprise, G. A. Boyce hav
ing recently started the manu
facture of wooden soft drink
crates at Ryland. An interesting
phase of Mr. Boyce’s new ven
ture is the fact that because of
the scarcity and extremely high
price of the necessary equipment,
. he made some of the machinery
needed -for the business himself.
Reports are to the effect that
he is doing a thriving business.
Six Chowan 4-H
Boys Enter Corn In
Chicago Exposition
International Affair to
Be Staged November
29 to December 6
Six Chowan Couny 4-H Club youths
are still first from North Carolina
to make entry in the International
Livestock Exposition and Horse show
which will be held at the Chicago
Stock Yards November 29 through
December 6. Each of these young
farmers will exhibit ten ears of hy
brid corn in the International Grain
and Hay Show which is a part of
the Exposition
All active in 4-H Club work and
each having raised one acre of corn
as (k club .project, these participants
are as follows: King George and
Kelly Byrum, James Monds, James
C. Boyce and Gerald Layden, all of
Tyner; and Herbert Raye Lane, of
Ryland.
Celebrating its silver anniversary
this year, the Grain and Hay Show
will show exhibits from many of the
continent’s most prominent grain
growers, representing 29 states and
Canadian provinces. Judges are top
men in crops improvement, and their
awards are considered the final court
of grain and hay judging.
Cash prizes in the crops contest
have this year been increased more ’
than 50 per cent to make this show
evqn more interesting than shows of
past years.
The Grain __ Show is only one of
many major attractions of the world’s
largest livestock show. Chief enter
tainment feature will be evening and
afternoon horse shows in which some
of the country’s finest riding horses
will compete. Farmers and stockmen
from 39 states and provinces will
show an estimated 12,000 animals in
the various classes of the cattle,
sheep, hog and horse competitions of
the colorful eight-day event.
Bank’s Christmas
Club Sends $50,000
To 1,000 Members
New Club Scheduled to
Open December 1 With
Only 1,000 Accepted
As the result of the Bank of Eden
ton’s 1947 Christmas Saving Club,
$50,000 late last week was distributed
• among the 1,00(1 members.,
The 1948 Club will open liext Mon
day, December 1, and W. H. Gardner,
vice president, says that only 1,000
books have been purchased, so that
no .more members will be enrolled
this year. For the past few years
late comers werie unable to be enroll
ed, so that those desiring to enter
this popular plan of Christmas Sav
ing are urged' to do so before all of
the books are used.
Legion Canvassers
Requested To Report
All chairmen 0$ solicitation teams
in the Legion Memorial Home drive
are requested to attend a meeting
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock in.
the Court House. Each chairman is
requested to bring all signed* pledge
cards and collections so that a semi
final report may be completed.
$1 *d ■% .
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, November 27,1947.
THANKSGIVING f
The spirit and season of thanksgiving go back to '
THE PILGRIM FATHERS BUT OUR CELEBRATION
OF IT AS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY WE OWE TO
Her goal was attained in 1864 when President Lincoln
ISSUED A PROCLAMATION ASKING *MV FELLOW-CITIZEN 6
IN EVERY PART OF THE UNITED STATES,..TO OBSERVE
THE LAST THURSDAY OF NOVEMBER AS A DAY OP
THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE..."
FROM THAT TIME ON, THIS PAY HAS STOOP AS A SYMBOL
OF FAMILY UNITY ANO NATION-WIPE THANKS6MN6.
College Color On Tap
As Aces And Yellow
Jackets Play Friday
Famous E. City Band
Puts On Delightful
Program
MANY ON HAND
Aces Throw Score Into
Jacket Camp But Lose
In Final Quarter
Football fans on Friday night wit
nessed a sample of college color when
the Edenton Aces and Elizabeth City
Yellow Jackets met on Hicks Field
in a homecoming game played be
fore approximately 2,000 shivering
fans. Prior to the game the famous
Elizabeth City High School Band
paraded up Broad Street to the foot
ball field, together with Miss Doris
Miller, chosen as “Miss Edenton” and
Miss Nancy Cropsey, “Miss Elizabeth
City.” At the football field the band
members separated to form a long
doublf line through which the Yellow
Jackets came on the field to the
wild cheers of Elizabeth City fans.
Between halves ceremonies were
held in the middle of the field during
which Harold Webb, president of the
Edenton Student Council presented
the visitors a trophy of friendship
after which the band presented a very
interesting drill which compared very
favorably with doings on
gridiron.
Though considerably outweighed,
the scrappy Aces dominated and out
played their heavier opponents dur
ing the first three quarters, but due
to lack of reserve material the Eden
ton boys weakened in the final quar
ter, during which the visitors scored
their three touchdowns to win the
game 20-6.
Elizabeth City kicked to start the
game and the Aces were forced to
kick but the Yellow Jacket receiver
fumbled the ball which was recov
ered by the Aces. The Aces were
penalized 15 yards for holding and
being unable, to gain, again punted.
The Yellow Jackets in turn punted,
and the Aces also were again forced
to punt. The Yellow Jackets then
chalked up two first downs but the
Edenfon line strengthened and the
visitors kicked as the'quarter ended.
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Thanksgiving Service
At Methodist Church
At Sunday’s services of the Metho
dist Church, the pastor, the Rev. W.
L. Freeman, announced that a
Thanksgiving Day service will be held
at 10 o’clock Thursday morning. An
appropriate sermon will be!preached,
to which the public is cbrdially in
vited to attend.
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Year Recommended
As Term For Future
Chowan Grand Juries
Judge R. Hunt Parker
Presiding Over Term
Os Superior Court
CROWDPRESENT
Only One Criminal Case
Disposed of During
First Day
Judge R. Hunt Parker called the
November term of Chowan Superior
Court in session Monday morning, but
during the day only one case was dis
posed of, that being State vs. Joe
Manly and Willie B. Manly, who were
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon and violation of a suspended
sentence.
The jury found Willie Manly not
guilty, while Joe Manly was declared
guilty of simple assault and fined $lO,
plus court costs and payment of sl3
to Dr. J. W. Warren for services ren
dered Calvin Russell, prosecuting wit
ness.
The court room was crowded with
spectators.
Selecting a grand jury was the first
order of the day, with the following
names called to serve in this capa
city: J. M. Jones, Earl Goodwin, S.
F. Small, Gilbert Harrell, J. W. White,
Thurman R. Harrell, I. E. Halsey, Jr.,
W. T. Bunch, M. F. Bass, R. S. Ward,
J. Wallace Goodwin, Brady C. Hare,
H. T. Copeland, H. M. Bunch, Milton
E. Bunch, John A. Bunch, Thomas J.
Jackson, Jr., and K. J. Copeland. J.
M. Jones was appointed foreman and
Thurman R. Harrell, secretary.
Judge Parker delivered quite a
lengthy charge, most of which was a
rehearsal of the grand jury system
and the duties devolving upon a grand
jury. He especially charged the jury
men to contact the County Attorney
and chairman of the School Board to
ascertain if all bond forfeitures in
the various courts, including Justice
of the Peace courts, had been turned
over to the school fund.
The Grand Jury completed its re
port by Monday night, and in it was
included a report that County Attor
ney J. N. Pruden and J. E. Wood,
chairman of the Board of Education,
had been contacted and it was learned
that there were no delinquent bills or
forfeited bonds to be collected.
The Grand Jury was well pleased
with conditions as found at the jail
and surroundings. A recommendation
was made that a State trooper check
all school buses for operating condi
tions and the .qualification and con
duct of each driver more thoroughly
and more frequently checked. The
recommendation called for inspections
at legst once a week, the group hav
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Hervey Foundation Accepts
In Principle Town’s Offer
For Future Base Operation
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_ Fair Warning! J
According to Miss Goldie
Layton, branch manager of the
Carolina Motor Club, 1948 auto
mobile licenses will go on sale
at her office at 103 West Eden
Street next Monday. December 1.
Miss Layton is expecting increas
ed sales this year, so that she
urges automobile owners to se
cure their plates for passenger
cars, trucks and tractors as early
as possible.
“Those who wait until the last
minute to buy their licenses,”
said Miss Layton, “stand good
chances of standing in line for a
long time, thus causing inconven
ience and hardship on themselves
as well as this office.”
Thanksgiving Dance.
Scheduled In Armory!
On Next Friday Night!
Sponsored By Junior'
Woman’s Club For
Benefit of Band
A feature of the Thanksgiving holi
day will be a dance in the Edenton
Armory Friday night, starting at 9
o’clock and continuing until 1 o’clock.
The affair is sponsored by the Eden
ton PTA with proceeds going toward
the Edenton Band fund.
Music for -the occasion will be pro
vided by Roy Cole and his orchestra
from Chapel Hill, who is well known
among local dance enthusiasts. J
Mrs. C. M. Speight, Mrs. Walter
Holton and Mrs. C. B. Mooney are in '
charge of table reservations, appli
cations for which should be made im
mediately.
Very little more is needed to meet
the band quota of $6,000, so that it
is hoped many will attend the dance
and help put the drive over the top.
WOburHarreiTWins
Honor As State 4-H
Peanut Champion
Chowan Boy Awarded
Free Trip to National
4-H Club Congress
Wilbur Harrell, 4-H Club member
of the Rocky Hock community, has
been declared 1947 State 4-H Peanut
Champion, according to L. R. Harrill,
State 4-H Club leader. Wilbur is be
ing awarded a free trip to the Na
tional 4-H Club Congress at Chicago,
November 30 to December 4.
This was Wilbur’s third year with
a one-acre peanut project. His yield
this year was 2,384 pounds on his
acre. He cooperated with the Exten
sion agents very closely in following
the latest recommended practices in
peanut growing. Lester Harrell, his
father, gave him wonderful coopera
tion in his project work.
Wilbur is 17 years old. This marks
his seventh year in 4-H Club work.
During this seven year period he has
conducted 4-H projects as follows:
Five corn projects, three peanut pro
jects and two pig projects, a total of
10 projects. His total net earnings
have amounted to $920.24.
Wilbur has been an active 4-H Club
member during this period, holding
various offices in his club, attending
4-H camps, attending annual 4-H
short courses at N. C. State College,
taking part on programs and other
activities.
“It is gratifying to a County Agent
to have 4-H Club members of this
type who continue to be active in 4-H
Club work and help others as well as
themselves,” commented County
Agent O. W. Overman upon the ac
complishment of young Harrell.
JUST A REMINDER
The congregation of St. Paul’s
Church is reminded that today (Wed
nesday) is the day on which Thanks
giving contributions of food are to
be taken to the church.
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ißuvGtetmas
#1.50 Per Year.
President David Hervey
Not Willing to Pay
Court Costs
$2,000 RENTAL
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Writes Open Letter to
Mayor Haskett and
Town Council
Replying to a proposition made by
the Town of Edenton, David E. Her
vey, president of the Hervey Founda
tion, to whom the Town of Edenton
sub-leased the greater portion of the
Edenton Naval Air Station, late last
week wrote an open letter to Mayor
Leroy Haskett and Town Council that
his organization accepted the pro
posal as to future operation in prin
ciple. Mr. Hervey, however, objects
to that portion of the proposal where
jin the Foundation is asked to pay
$5,000 and all court costs in way of
arbitration of litigation now pending
j between the Town and Hervey Foun
-1 dation.
j Mr. Hervey states that the latter
ideals with past events, and in that he
also claims great damage as the re
j suit of the appointment of a receiver,
| he is willing matter to be de
' cided by the courts,
i Mr. Hervey’s letter in full follows:
1 “We wish to thank you for your
letter dated November 8, proposing
arbitration of the litigation now be
tween us and a basis for future op
erations.
“We wish to discuss this latter por
tion of your proposal (namely that
concerning future operations) first,
as we believe this portion of your pro
■ posal, with slight modifications, is ac
ceptable to us. First: the list of
buildings you have made should in
! elude three more buildings which we
are now actually using and without
which even our present activities
would have to be reduced, thereby de
creasing our payroll, and also ham-
Iper our future growth. We are now
| using four buildings in the storage
area instead of the three you men
tion. The other two buildings are
No. 11 (where we do our woodwork
ing and research) and the galley
building. In addition, we need build
ings No. 5C and SD, but would not
insist on them if you have prospec
tive tenants. Second: We believe
that your rental price of $2,000.00 per
year would be acceptable (even though
the original lease called for only SI.OO
and the fact that we would be re
stricted to a much smaller portion of
the base). We note that under your
proposal we are still to maintain the
buildings and facilities w« use, at our
expense. Also, that other facilities
on the Naval Air Station will be avail
able to us as we need them at a
rental, proportionate to the above,
provided they are not under lease to
someone else at the time. Third: We
would pay you for water and sewage
services at the same rate we are now
paying. Also, that you contract to us
electrical energy at your standard
schedule 6 rate, which is in line with
our present power requirements.
Fourth: That in addition to all the *
items in buildings listed and which
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Legionnaires Called
To Work Saturday
Requested to Report at
Home Site Equipped
With Tools
All Legionnaires of Post No. 40 are
requested to report at the site of the
proposed War Memorial and Legion
Memorial Home Saturday morning,
November 29, at 6 o’clock.
Each one is asked to bring a ham
mer and saw and a wrecking bar if
possible. These tools, together with
man power, are needed to tear down
part of the old oyster bar and to con
struct a building office on the north
east corner of the lot.
The committee in charge, consisting
of Commander Walter Holton, Build
ing Chairman Kermit Layton, Willis
McClenney and George Crawford,
urge all members to report for work
on time, so that the entire work can
be completed by noon.
Library Hours Again
On Regular Schedule
With the boiler repaired, regular
library hours have been resumed, ac
cording to Mrs. Sidney McMullan, li
brarian.
The library hours now are from 10
to 12 A. M. and 3 to 5 P. M. every
day; 7:80 to 9 Monday and Thursday
nights, and 3 to 5 P. M. on Sunday.