Volume XVII. —Number 6.
Meeting Called To
Reach Decision On
Community Chest
Public Requested to At
tend at Court House
Tuesday Night
According to Herbert Hollowell,
chairman of the Chamber of Com
merce Community Chest Committee,
plans have been completed for a meet
ing to be held in the Court House next
Tuesday night, February 14, at 8
o’clock.
The principal speaker for the meet
ing will be R. L. Sheetz, manager of
the Norfolk Community Chest, who
will outline the plan and answer ques
tions which may not be clear in the
minds of interested persons.
With ao many drives for funds con
ducted during the course of a year,
there have been many expressions
advanced that Eden ton and Chowan
County organize a Community Chest
in order to eliminate so many requests
for contributions to worthy causes, as
well as the necessity quite frequently
to call upon the same people to serve
as canvassers in this or that drive. It
is thought that by having a Communi
ty Chest, one contribution will take
care of all requests and it will be less
burdensome on those who are in sym
pathy with various drives and are
called upon to make contributions as
well as solicitations.
Quite a few people think the com
munity chest should he organized, so
that several months ago the Chamber
of Commerce appointed a committee
of which Ur. Hollowell is chairman,
to make a study of the plan. As a
result of investigation and study the
meeting next Tuesday materialized at
which it is hoped definite action .will
be taken one way or the other. The
committee has made no recommenda
tions one way or the other, and it is
the hope that many citizens will at
tend so that the idea can be decided
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Various groups have been invited
to have a representative attend the
meeting and it Is thelwpe that the
Court House will be filled to capacity.
Scout Service At
Methodist Church
Sunday Morning
Service Planned In Cele
bration of 40th Anni
versary of Scouting
On Sunday morning, February 12,
at the 11 o’clock service, the Metho
dist Church of Edenton will join with
the Boy Scouts of America in the cele
bration of their 40th anniversary, ac
cording to an announcement by the
pastor, the Rev. W. L. Freeman. The
local Scouts will attend the services
in a body and will occupy seats reser
ved for them for the occasion.
The feature of the services will be
an address by the Field Scout Exe
cutive for the East and West Albe
marle Districts of the Boy Scouts,
William A. Sutherland, who recently
assumed his duties in this capacity.
Mr. Sutherland is a graduate of Vir
ginia Military Institute and is a vet
eran of four and one-half years in the
Army during the war. Os this time
he spent two years in the European
Theater of Operations and was return
ed to inactive duty with the rank of
captain. He is a native of Clifton
Forge, Virginia, and during his brief
tenure as Field Scout Executive has
made a large number of friends and
acquaintances in this area.
These services ate part of the local
Scout’s celebration of Boy Scout Week
which has been proclaimed by the
President of the United States, the
Governor of North Carolina, and the
Mayor of the Town of Edenton. In
announcing the services Mr. Freeman
said: "The Methodist Church is hap
py to participate in this celebration of
the Boy Scouts of America. With its
two and one-half million boys paiticir
pating in a program designed to
strengthen their faith, develop their
citizenship, and increase their self
reliance, the Boy Scouts are without
parallel as a character-building or
ganization. It is a pleasure for the
Church to make common catfee with
them in this high endeavor.”
Peter Carlton New
Justice Os The Peace
According to information from
Raleigh, Peter Cariton has been ap
pointed a commission as justice of 1
peace by Governor W. Kerr Scott. Ulp|.
to Wednesday Mr. Carlton had not re- 1
caved faia commission. >
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EXPLAINS UNIFICATION OF ARMED FORCES—Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson greeted 26 en
listed men from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps on the first, tour of Washington by out
standing servicemen saying “We are simply human souls looking for answers to questions long confused
about how we can best attain efficiency in the Armed Forces. We are ‘working together’ in the right
sense of the word. To borrow a Navy phrase, we believe that here we have a ‘happy ship.’ ” Left to
right, Secretary Johnson, Sgt. Ist Class Bennie M. Weeks, Aviation Boatswains Mate Ist Class Donald
J. Sailers, M/Sgt. Maurice O. White, Anderson, Ind.; Cpl. Curtis Duco, Chief Gunner’s Mate William
L. Stull, Eagle Rock, Va.
Persistent Rumors To Effect
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Marine Corps Air Station Is
To Be Closed As Os March 31
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Latest Report Greatly
Disturbs Many Eden
ton People
marinesTeaving
Up to Wednesday No
Official Orders Re
ceived at Base
Edentonians on Thursday of last
week again became very much dis
turbed over what is thought to be an
authenic report that the Edenton Ma
rine Corps Air Station will be closed.
A similar report spread like wild fire
1 about two weeks ago, when a delega
] tion was hurriedly mustered together
and traveled to the nation’s capital to
plead with the powers that be,
through Senator Frank Graham and
Representative Herbert Bonner, to
prevent closing of the base. At that
time the delegation was given to un
derstand that the status of the base
will remain unchanged, at least until
the end of the fiscal year, June 30.
The report brought back from
Washington allayed the apprehension
of many local people to say the least,
and it was the sincere belief that the
base would not close for at least
several months. It was further hoped
that the base would be permanent.
OLast Thursday’s report, however,
was to the effect that definite orders
went out to cease operations at the
base as at March 31 and in that event
would most likely be completely in
activated by about June 30.'
Despite the reports, however, Col.
R. E. Hopper, commanding officer of
the base, up to Tuesday night had re
ceived no directive from his superiors,
so that the closing is based solely on
reports, which, however, are said to
have gone out from Washington and
are expected to be received momen
tarily.
In the meantime the tactical air
group had been scheduled to leave for
the Caribbean for manuevers. Many
of the group have already left for the
maneuver area and what remains will
be gone by Saturday. 'Which means
that only the station group now re
mains at the base.
'Due to lack of official orders from
Washington, no little anxiety prevails
among Edenton people, and is is still
hoped that- the closing report is an
error.
. Whether the base is closed or not,
there is a noticeable exodus of fatmi- ,
lies of Marines, so that quite a few
rooms, apartments and houses are for :
rent or for sale.
1949 Tax Collections
Leading* Last Year
According to the monthly report of
Sheriff J. A. Bunch, tax collections
during January of this year are ahead
of the collections for January, 1949 t
Total 1949 taxes collected as of Janu- :
| ary 31 amounted to *96,757,25 which
compares wfth *90,073.14 collected
I January 81 of last year for 1948 taxes.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February9,l9so.
Rotary Club Will
Entertain Boys In
4-HPeanutContest
Banquet Wffl Be Held
Tonight Irt Parish
House at 6:45
Tonight (Thursday) the Edenton.
. Rotary Club will entertain the Cho
wan County 4-H Club peanut contest
ants and their dads at a banquet. This
banquet will be held at the Parish
House at 6:45 o’clock.
At the meeting winners for the 1949
peanut growing contest will be an
, nounced and prizes awarded. The
prizes have been donated by the Eden
ton Peanut Company and the Albe
marle Peanut Company.
This is the fourth year that the
contest has been sponsored by the
Edenton Rotary Club in cooperation
with the two peanut companies. All
boys who participated in the contest
are urged to attend the banquet and
bring some adult member of the fami
ly, such as their dad, uncle, or older
brother-with them.
“Chowan County boys are very
fortunate in having the local firms
and a civic organization sponsor this
contest,” says Assistant County Agent
Robert S. Marsh who checks the re
sults. “We express appreciation to
the Edenton Peanut Company, the Al
bemarle Peanut Company and the
Edenton Rotary Club on behalf of the
club boys and the Extension Service.”
Lions Club HoMs
Very Lively Meeting
Motion Killed to Award
Certificate to Father
less Lions
In a ceremony, described be mem
bers of the Edenton Lions Club as one
of the most impressive they had ever
witnessed, W. W. Byrum, Jr., was in
ducted into the dub as the youngest
“Cub Lion” by his father, West By
rum, chairman of the County Board
of Commissioners.
Explaining to the inductee the prin
ciples of Lionism, Byrum stated “the
honor you can confer upon yourself
depends entirely on the manner in
which you conduct your daily life be
fore your fellow man. You must be
ever mindful of the cardinal princiiples
of life as well as Lionism.
“You will be judged by your zeal
for patriotism, civic pride, morality
and the operation of our governmental
functions. I can think of no organi
zation which is striving more to pro
mote the principles of good govern
ment and civic development than this
in which you are becoming a pert”
Commenting upon the ceremony,
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Plans Are Complete
For Valentine Dance
: On Saturday Night
l Affair Is Sponsored By
Chowanoke Council
Os Pocahontas
l Plans are complete for the Valen
• tine dance in the Edenton armory
- Saturday night, the affair being spon
i sored by the Chowanoke Council, De
-1 gree of Pocahontas. Music for the
dance will be furnished by Eddie Sam
) pie and his orchestra of Elizabeth
. City.
: Special features of the evening will
- be a program by Miss Mary E. Upton,
- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Up
ton of Norfolk. Miss Upton is a stu
» dent of the Mollie Lang Shoemaker’s
, Baton and Dance School in Norfolk
! and aside from appearing on various
I kinds of programs in Virginia and
t North Carolina, has appeared on radio
1 and television programs. During in
. termission several numbers will also
• be sung by the Albemarle Four Quar
tet, local colored group.
The armory will be attractively dec
-5 orated in the Valentine motif, and
) the ladies have been working like Tro
t jans to make the dance attractive and
. successful.
> Tickets for the dance have been on
- sale under the direction of Mrs. Hos
» kins Bass, who should also be contact
> ed for table reservations. Her tele
’ phone number is 153-J Mrs. Horace
White will also take table reserva
tions. Her phone number is 402. The
tables will not be held later than 10
o’clock Saturday night.
, Mrs. Horace White, Pocahontas of
the Council, is general chairman of
the dance, the first major project of
the organization, and hopes the as
: 'air will be successful. The dance was
sponsored in the hope of raising funds
for the new lodge.
Refreshments and home-made sand
wiches will be sold during the dance.
Day Os Prayer Will
Be Observed Feb. 24
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Miss Mamie Hogg, chairman for the
observance of World Day of Prayer in
the Methodist Church, announced this -
week that an appropriate program :
will be presented in the Methodist j
Church Friday night, February 24, at
8 o’clock.
"We feel that the town as a whole
has a definite part in this program,”
said Miss Hogg, “and hope that many
will attend.”
Miss Hogg has requested every or
ganization in town to be represented ;
and says she has had almost 100 per
cent cooperation. The program will
be announced in next week’s Herald.
IN DUKE HOSPITAL
'Herman White, Chowan County jail- <
er, left Tuesday for Duke Hospital, i
where he will undergo treatment. \
Edenton Boy l lßuts
Will Occupy Offices
In Edenton Friday
[jot too LATEjJ
Though some of the Christmas
seals sent out before the holidays
have not been returned, Mrs.
James Mitchener, treasurer of the
Christmas Seal sale, says it’s not
too late to send in either a con
tribution or the seals.
However, Mrs. Mitchener urges
a return to be made at once, so
that the drive can be completed.
She urges anyone returning the
seals or contribution to be sure
to write their name on the enve
lope so that proper credit can be
given.
Over 200 Present At
Scouts’ Celebration
In Armory Tuesday
Scouts Give Demonstra
tions; 1950 Officers
Installed
In the neighborhood of 200 Boy
Scouts, their parents and Scouters
gathered in the Edenton armory Tues
day night to celebrate the 40th anni
versary of Scouting. The celebration
was a decided success from every
standpoint and was thoroughly enjoy
ed by the boys and the adults.
Designated as Parents’ night, H. A.
Campen, Silver Beaver, acted as toast
master. Invocation was offered by
the Rev. W. L. Freeman, after which
the group was served a delicious meal
, consisting of all kinds of sandwiches,
cookies and soft drinks. A group of
ladies served the dinner under the di
rection of J. R. Byrum.
At the conclusion of the dinner
troop committeemen were recognized
from Troop 155 of Hertford, Troop
126 of Edenton, other visiting troops,
Cub Packs, leaders and den mothers.
J. L. Chestnutt, district chairman,
1 made the address of welcome and Cub
Scouts had charge of the opening cere
mony. Troop 156 then conducted in
vestiture and charter presentation of
Troop 169.
, Scoutcraft demonstrations were
then conducted, which included a dem
onstration by Cub Scouts, first aid
i demonstrations by Troop 155 of Hert
ford and knot tieing and uses by
i Troop 156 of Edenton. „
! Next on the program was a district
Court of Honor conducted by Oscar
Duncan, district advance chairman.
Officers for 1950 of the West Albe
marle District were then installed by
William Sutherland, District Scout
Executive.
[ Before the Scoutmasters’ Benedict
ion, led by Troop 156, which closed
the meeting, appreciation was voiced
for all who helped to make the cele
bration such a successful and enjoy
able affair.
Two Speakers For
Auxiliary Meeting
Marvin Wilson and Ma
rion Hamm on Pro
gram Feb. 15
Mrs. M. F. Bond, Jr., chairman of
the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary, calls
attention to a meeting of the organi
zation which will be held in the nurs
es’ home Wednesday, February 15, at
3 o’clock.
Marvin P. Wilson, a member of the
hospital board of directors and Mar
ion Hamm, architect for the new hos
pital, will speak at the meeting. They
will discuss the progress made on con
struction of the hospital, and it is
hoped a large number of the members
will attend.
Bible School Convention
Scheduled For Feb. 12
The Washington-Tyrrell County
Bible School concention will meet
Sunday, February 12, at Saints De
light Church of Christ. The theme of
the convention will be ‘‘The Place the
Bible Holds In the Bible School.”
The Rev. Preston Cayton will be the
principal speaker and there will be
Beveral other interesting features. The
ptiUUc b cordially invited.
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Feature of 40th Anni
versary Celebration
Os Scouting
BEGIN AT 9 A. M.
Belief That Brief Train
ing Will Help Make
Better Citizens
I Boy Scouts will fill city offices Fri
day as a part of the observance of the
40th anniversary of Boy Scouting be
ing celebrated this week. The Scouts
are required to report at the Munici
pal Building Friday morning at 9
o’clock and take over the reins of
government.
The Scouts are very much enthused
over the idea and will no doubt do
their best to perform the duties of
various offices, some of whom, how
ever, will have the regular officials
at their side to offer what assistance
f may be needed.
Rupert Williams will serve as
Mayor, substituting for Mayor Leroy
Haskett.
Councilmen will be as follows:
Charjeg Lee Overman, Larry Brown,
Clifford Overman, Jimmie Harrison
and Bobby Whiteman. The collector
will be Ben Browning while Sid Cam
pen will serve as Town Clerk, Miles
Williams as treasurer and Douglas
Spruill as assistant clerk.
In the Fire Department Sonny Boy
Wright and Douglas Holland will be
on duty as chief and assistant chief
respectively, while Jesse Owens, Lloyd
Goodwin and George Harris will be
firemen.
In the Police Department Ted
Wright will be chief, Osa Dai], Cap
i tain, and Wayne Keeter, sergeant,
with Albert Ward, Mack Cayton and
, Carroll Jones listed as patrolmen.
: Billy Moore will be Street Com
missioner and Eddie Stallings superin
tendent.
• For the Electric and Water Depart -
[ ment Pat Cayton, Aubrey Twiddy and
i Ray Rogerson will be on duty.
, The plan to allow the scouts to fill
city offices has the approval of Mayor
, Leroy Haskett and all other town of
i ficials in the belief that the brief in
cumbency will be good training for
■ the boys and permit them to become
: better acquainted with the duties and
responsibilities of officials which go
■ toward making better citizens.
! 19,592 Chest X-rays
Made In Mass Survey
For Health District
Follow Up Unit Making
| Large Films at Hert
ford and E. City
A grand total of 19,592 X-rays were
made in the four county health unit
in the recent survey. Pasquotank
county had 10,097; Chowan, 4,037;
Perquimans, 4,326, and Camden coun
, ty, 1,132. While Camden county to
tal appeared low and Pasquotank high
in proportion to population, it is true
that many Camden county people
were X-x-ayed in Elizabeth City.
Final results of the survey are not
complete, since many persons in all
four counties who were requested to
have a large film made have not done
so. It is of special importance that
all persons come at once for this large
film. This request for a large film
by no means indicates that the person
has active tuberculosis, but instead, it
is necessary to rule out active pul
monary tuberculosis. These films are
made each week day 9 to 4:30 except
Friday P. M., and. Saturday P. M., at
the Health Center.
A follow up unit making large films
is at the Health Office in Hertford.
Films will be made from 9 A. M., to
1 P. M., each day from February 9
through February 17, Sundays and
Mondays excepted. Letters from the
i Health Department are requested to
, be taken to Hertford or Elizabeth City
1 for a large film without delay.
Second Degree Tonight
At Masonic Meeting
At the meeting tonight (Thursday)
of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., the second degree will be con
ferred upon a candidate.
Hubert Williford, master of the
lodge, urges a good attendance.