Number 13.
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher'
Principal Speaker At
DAfi March Meeting
Lloyd E. Griffin Will Be
Weaker at Meeting
In April
The highlight of the March, meeting
of the Edenton Tea Party 'Chapter
of the N. S. D. IA. R. was a talk by
Inglis Fletcher, famous novelist and
authority on Colonial history. Mrs.
Fletcher dwelled on that period in
the History of North Carolina which
literally forms a lost era, the latter
portion of the 16th century. This per
iod, that of Sir Richard Grenville and
his ill-fated expedition is a vital one
in the history of the state, and Mrs.
Fletcher feels that a more concen
trated effort should be made to ob
tain further publicity for the expe
dition itself and more explicit and
detailed references concerning the per- 1
iod.
The feature of the coming April
meeting will be an address by Lloyd
E. Griffin, native Edentonian who is 1
executive vice-president and secretary
t of the North Carolina Citizens Asso
ciation, Inc. Mr. Griffin will speak
on the Constitution and the Bill of j
Rights. Should any non-members of
the chapter be interested in hearing
Mr. Griffin, they have been asked to |
get in touch with Mrs. John Kramer,
who will arrange for (them to he guests,
of the chapter at thiß time.
Umstead Rally In
EdentonOn May 1
Candidate For Governor
Will Be Principal
Speaker
Flans are underway for staging a
big political rally in Edenton on
Thursday, May 1, when the principal
speaker will be William B. Umstead
of Durham, one of the Democratic
candidates for Governor in the May
primary election. The rally is sched
uled to be held in the Edenton ar
mory, beginning at 5:30 o’clock, with
a free barbecue dinner served to all 1
who attend.
Supporters of Mr. Umstead’s can
didacy are expecting a large crowd,
with invitations extended to voters in j
Chowan, Bertie, Hertford, Gates, ■
Washington, Tyrrell, Hyde, Camden, ,
Perquimans and Pasquotank counties. I
The Edenton Colonials will play
their first* home game in the Coastal
Plain League the same night of the
rally and Mr. Umstead will be one of
the guests of honor invited to the ;
opening game. 1
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New Nurse Added To j
Health Department i
Mrs. Beatrice M. Ball is the most <
recent addition to the staff of the I
Health Department in Elizabeth City, j
Mrs. Ball received her training at
the New York University Bellevue ■
Medical Center, New York City, as a j
student in the nursing department of ]
Skidmore College, Saratoga ‘Springs, •
New York. She was graduated in ,
1951, and awarded a baccalaureate i
degree in Science, and in February of 1
1952 was licensed as a registered
nurse by the State of New York. :
Prior to her affiliation with the <
local Health Department Mrs. Ball <
was associated with the Visiting j
Nurse Service of New York City/
Specip ,;c * On Hoes .
T?»Urs To Rotarians 5
Edenton Rotarians heard a very in
teresting and informative treatise on
bees at their meeting last week, when 1
the speaker was W. A. Stevens, bee- (
keeping specialist from the Extension -
Service. Mr. Stevens had'with him ■!
a hive of bees in a glass case which
he used to show the organization of i
the colony.
Mr. Stevens very ably explained the ]
manner in which bees are born and i
the various duties they have to per- i
fora*.
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W. f «!P «. Wll REPRESENT
wWFmrSTROTC AT WEST POINT
• William Csrey Bunch, Jr., a junior ;
at Wake forest College. and Olin
Keid Hun+e- of Huntersville will go '
to West Poi"t April 24-27 -an the of
ficial Were of the Wake
Forest Go 1,n ’~p Reserve Train
ing Corp« -t th<» sesqnso"*'tonnißl ob
eervance n * * v " United gta+pß M*ls
- tary Acad"
Bunch ard Hunter are r-»det lieu
tenants In the Wake Forest ROTC
uait. The" W'-'re selected on the basis
«f military srd, academic ‘on ’iry ae
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THE CHOWAN HERALD,.
FIRST NURSING HOME FOR CANCER PATIENTS I
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The first Nursing Home in North Carolina for terminal care of indigent cancer patients was for
merly dedicated at exercises held at the site of the Home near Lumberton Sunday, March 23. Open
ing of this home, which has a capacity for 60 patients, is regarded as another important step in the
rapidly expanding program of the North Carolina Division of the American Cancer Society, of which
Mrs. George E. Marshall of Mount Airy is the State Commander and Executive Vice-President.
The Nursing Home will occupy a wing of the Robeson County Health Center and Welfare Depart
ment, pictured above, and will be known as the North Carolina Cancer Institute. It will be one of
only four such homes in the United States.
Moving Os Penelope
Barker House Hits
Snag; Work Halted
Contractor Leaves Job; Three Sponsoring Or
ganizations Now Making Effort to Secure
Another Contractor
George Alma Byrum, moving
spirit in the preservation of
the Penelope (Barker house, in
formed The Herald early this
week that at present moving
the large frame house is at a
standstill due to the fact that the
three organizations sponsoring
the project have no moving con
tractor.
Negotiations had been complet
ed with a contractor and work
was began, but the matter of in
surance in the form of public lia
bility, property damage and a
performance bond had to be taken
out. The contractor and the three
local organizations were not able
to place this, insurance because of
the short term of the risk.
Armory Friday Night
Effort to Raise Funds to
Complete Teen-Age
Club Room
Sponsored by the Teen-Age ‘Council,
a teen-age dance is scheduled to be
held in the armory Friday night from
8 o’clock until midnight. The dance
is for the benefit of the Teen-Age
Club in an effort to raise money for
the treasury with which to purchase
equipment for the club room, which is
located under the auditorium at the
graded school building.
The dance was decided upon at a
joint meeting of the club directors
and council directors and suggested
by the children themselves, who are
very anxious to complete and continue
operation of the club. The club room
is proving popular for boys and girls
between the ages of 12 and 19.
Tickets for the dance are now on
sale and it is hoped many will buy
one, even if they do not go to the
dance, in order to help the youngsters
in their worthy endeavor.
The Teen-Age Club is sponsored by
the EdentonWoman's Club.'
Evangelistic Services At
Presbyterian Church
Evangelistic services are in progress
this week at the Presbyterian Church
and will terminate ‘Sunday night'
when the service begins at 8 o'clock.
Preaching powerful sermons is Dr.
W. Twyman Williams of Hampden
(Sydney Sollege and Appomattox, Va.
The pastor of the church, the Rev.
Herman L. Cathey, extends a cordial
invitation to everybody to hear the
guest minister at all the remaining
services of the series.
cording to Lt. Col. Joseph Terrell,
head of the ROTC program at the
college. A total of 36 colleges from
the Third Armv will send representa
tives to the anniversary program.
The ROTC students wHI have per
sonal eecorte during -their stay at the
Academy. They will nadid-nate in the
uvular routige of West Point cadets
orr 1 vrU I’ve *e rooms with their
cadet hosts Rneeh n»d Hunter wi’l
li»pr-n e-vr T>ofn+ on A "ril 22
—’d to the college on
April 28.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 27,1952.
(Being held np for such a long
time, the contractor accepted oth
er jobs, so that the local organi
zations are without a mover. This
contractor was the only one who
had given a bid out of the six con
tractors who were contacted.
A new effort is now being put
'forward to secure a mover in the
very near future. Movers in Nor
folk, Richmond, Williamsburg and
in North Carolina are being con
tacted in the hope that someone
will accept the job.
Mr. Byrum says any informa
tion which will lead to acquiring
a mover will be greatly appre
ciated, for there is only a short
time remaining to save the Penel
ope Barker house.
Hiliis®™
Minstrel April 4th
N. J. George Director;
Show Will Be Bigger
And Better
Under the direction of N. J. George,
Edenton Lions Club will present its
fifth annual minstrel Friday night,
April 4, at 8 o’clock in the elemen
tary school auditorium. Indications
are that the show will be bigger and
better than in previous years, includ
ing a new group of songs, jokes,
stunts and special acts.
Members of the cast are rehears
ing and according to Mr. George the
show is progressing very nicely.
Each year many people look for
ward to seeing the Lions minstrel and
it is hoped the show'will this year
attract a capacity house.
The Edenton. High School Band will
give a concert in the auditorium at !
7:30 o’clock on the night of the min
strel. Bandmaster Ernest Gentile
states that the hand has been putting
in extra practice sessions in prepara- ]
tion for the concert and promises an
extra special program.
Mr. George stated that the follow
ing end men had been named:
Ben Perry, George Thompson, Med
lin Belch, John Mitchener, Bill Co
zart and Willis Hooper.
Tickets for the minstrel are now
on sale at Leggett Davis Drug
Store and Mitchener’s Pharmacy.
Annual Meeting Os
WMU On Wednesday
Interesting Program at
Ballard’s Bridge Bap
tist Church
On Wednesday, April 2 the 48th
annual meeting of the Woman’s Mis
sionary Union of the Chowan Baptist
Association will be held at Ballard’s
Bridge Baptist Church. The morning
session will begin at 8:45 o’clock and
the afternoon session at 1:30 o’clock.
Interesting programs have been
arranged for both sessions, with Miss
Ruth Provence being the principal
sneaker at the morning session and
Dr. F. Orion Mixon, president of Cho
wsp CWHewe. be’uf the principal
oftp-rno^^.
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4-Day Conference
Ends Wednesday
AtStPaul’sChurch
Outstanding Speakers to
Take Part on Various
Programs
Goodly numbers were on hand at the
various meetings of the Redemptive
Life Conference held at St. Paul’s
Parish House from Sunday to Wed
nesday of this week. Outstanding
speakers for the conference were the
Rev. F. Walter Williams, Miss Elean
or Snyder and Miss Mary Louise Vil
laret. <
The conference opened Sunday
morning with the observance of Holy
Communion and a sermon by the Rev.
F. Walter Williams. Conference No.
1 vis held at 7:30 o’clock Sunday
night.
A men’s luncheon was held Monday
at noon, when Mr. Williams also
spoke. At 7:30 o’clock conference No.
2 was held.
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock a
fecial meeting of Parish leaders was
held and at 7:30 o’clock conference
No. 3 was held.
The meeting Wednesday morning,
began at 10 o’clock with observance
of the Holy (Communion and presen
tation of the V. T. O. A coffee hour
was held at 10:30 and at 11 o’clock a
meeting was held for women only,
when the speakers were Miss Eleanor
Snyder and Miss Mary Louise Villaret.
Conference No. 4 was held at 7:30
o’clock Wednesday evening.
The Conference was very successful,
showing the great awakening that
has come about in the church and pro
vided spiritual help for the future.
Chowan Hospital
Auxiliary Very Busy
Splendid Reports Pre
sented at Meeting
Last Week
At the regular meeting of the Cho
wan Hospital Auxiliary last week
there was a splendid report of ac
complishments. Mrs. A1 Stanton,
house committee chairman, told of the
month’s work of Mrs. David Holton
with flowers and other services and
thanked the classes taught by Miss
Lena Jones and Mrs. L. F. Ferguson
for Washington and St. Patrick tray
favors.
Mrs. .Rodney Harrell, 'Sr., and Mrs.
Raymond Carr have solicited funds for
Bible§, which will be placed by each
bed by Easter.
Mrs. L. A. Patterson and Mrs. E. N.
Elliott reported mending and making
many sheets, spreads, pillow cases,
operating gowns, etc.
Mrs. L. S. ißyrum and Mrs. Wallace
Goodwin have enrolled 194 paid mem
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Polk Williams Member
Os Alpha Epsilon Delta
Twelve sophomores at Wake Forest
College were initiated into Alpha
Epsilon Delta, national honorary pre
medical fraternity, at a recent meet
ing.
Among the initiates was Polk Wil
liams, of Edenton, son, of Dr. and
Mrs. L. P. Williams.
Trainin'* fl n, " ,a< ' «•
TTp|<? Em* r'-’L
James Byrum, Cub Scoutmaster
calls attention to *. pnmr.t.
course in Ob Sco”**-** •• ~ ’
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Opening Os Spring
Term Superior Court
Postponed One Day
Gives Up
Robert Leo Doucette, 22-year
old white man, walked into the
Edenton police station about 7:30
o’clock Monday morning telling
Captain Robert L. Pratt that he
wanted to give himself up.
Doucette told Officer Pratt that
he had stolen a yellow Fiord con
vertible car in Virginia Beach and
was tired of driving a stolen car.
He said he was a native of Massa
chusetts, but had been living in
Portsmouth, Va. He was turned
over to the FBI.
Billy Brooks Made
Baseball Coach At
Wilmington School
Announcement Made By
Leon Brogden, Ath
letic Director
Edenton sport fans will be interest
ed in an announcement made last week
by Leon Brogden, former Edenton
High School Coach and now athletic
director of the New Hanover County
school system at Wilmington, that the
Wilmington High School baseball
team will be bandied this year by
Billy Brook% son-in-law of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Bunch. Brooks will be
assisted by Jap Davis.
Coach Brodgen was obliged to give 1
up baseball coaching this year be
cause he felt it was necessary to di
rect his attention to other important
phases of the athletic setup in the
New Hanover county schools.
Brooks went to Wilmington last
fall when he joined the high school
athletic department as an assistant
to Brodgen and Davis during the suc
cessful-football campaign which end
ed in a state championship for the
New Hanover eleven. The Wilmington
team is the defending champion in
the Class AAA Eastern Conference.
He broke into the New York Giants’
farm system, in 1947, seeing sendee
with Manchester, N. 11., and with
Danville, Va., of the Piedmont circuit, j
The 1948 season found Brooks in. the
lineup of the New Bern Bears of the
Coastal Plains, and the next year he
played in the fast semi-pro’ Albemarle
loop.
At the start of the 1950 diamond
call, Brooks was in the New England
league, but he later moved into the
ranks of a semi-pro circuit in, Nova
Scotia, Canada where he gained his
top success as a manager.
Coon Hunters Club
Will Meet Tonight
The Chowan Coon Hunters Club will
meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock
in the Court House. According to
Muriel Byrum, secretary-treasurer, 1
this will be an important meeting, so ’
that every member is urged to at
tend.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House. President J. L. i
Chestnutt is very anxious to register
another 100 per cent meeting.
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ANNUSUANCERCRUSinF WM RTOMIN
CHOWAN COUNTY TUESDAY OF NfXT WEEK
This Year’s Quota Boosted to $1.155; Mrs. T. €. By
rum, Jr., Commander, Ursres Full Cooperation
In Drive to Reach County’s Goal
Mrs. Thomas C. Byrum, Jr., County
Commander for the 1952 Cancer Cru
sade in Chowan County, this week an
nounced that the drive will begin
Tuesdsv, April 1.
m '.<- Ayr ‘Chowan County has
v.po- cps a* f 1.155 as nart of the
-•''"‘a-rer <"S"s*de which has as
i ‘--r —--‘-ir of *16.000,009.
it ■ • •\r Mr<*. PvrnTn
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C»*v!V/n
$2.00 Per Year.
Session Will Open at 10
O’clock on Tuesday
Morning
MIXEDTERM
Judge Clawson Williams
Unable to Arrive on
Monday
Solicitor Walter Cahoon of Eliza
beth City early this week notified
Clerk of Court E. W. Spires that the
spring term of Chowan Superior
Court will begin Tuesday morning,
April 1 instead of Monday as previ
ously scheduled. The delay of one
day was caused by the inability of
Judge Clawson L. Williams of San
ford, who will preside, to arrive Mon
day. Those who have been summoned
for jury duty have been notified by
Sheriff J. A. Bunch to the effect that
they need not report for duty until
Wednesday morning.
It will be a mixed term of court,
with the following civil cases on the
calendar:
Town of Edenton vs. Hervey Foun
dation, Inc.
W. H. Bright vs. Elizabeth B.
Swindell.
Mabel G. Bright vs. Elizabeth B.
Swindell.
W. H. Bright vs. T. A. Czemiak.
Mabel Bright vs. Elizabeth B. Swin
dell.
Wallace Goodwin Vs. Richard
Greene.
Clyde P. Berry vs. H. C. Brink
ley.
Lena Holly Greene vs. O. R. Spi
vey.
Motions and divorce cases will be
heard at the convenience of the court.
Criminal cases scheduled for trial
are the following.
H. C. Bradford, charged with lar
ceny and aiding and abetting in the
commission of larceny.
Wavne Canady, larceny and aiding
and abetting in the commission of
larceny.
James B. Curbeam, assault with a
deadly weapon.
Jack Ray, larceny.
Vernon Leroy Knapp, burglary.
Arthur White, Jr., forgery.
George Gray, Jr., embezzlement.
Bennie Lee Preece, careless and
reckless driving
A habeas corpus proceeding has
| also been issued for Wayland White,.
Jr., who is charged with larceny and
receiving stolen property. White is
now serving time on the road.
Masonic Degree Will
Be Conferred Saturday
By Crack Degree Team
A goodly number of Edenton Mas
ons expect to go to Williamston Sat
urday night to witness the exemplifi
cation of the third degree in the Wil
liamston High School gymnasium at
8 o’clock. The degree will be con
ferred in full regalia by the degree
team of Excelsior Lodge, No. 261, of
Charlotte, which has the reputation
of being among the best in the State.
Excelsior Lodge adopted this plan as
a means of raising money for Oxford
Orphanage. There will be no charges
of any kind. A free will offering for
the orphanage will be taken up. All
of this will be turned over to the in
stitution. The expenses of the team
will be borne by the members of the
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back. Give to conquer Cancer.”
As in past years, the Woman’s Club
has charge of the cancer drive in
Edenton and Chowan County. Assist
ing the Woman’s Club are the Home
Demonstration Clubs. These dubs
will have charge of canvassing the
county under the leadership of Miss
Rebecca Colwell and Mrs. R. M.
Gradeless.
“Know 1 edge of the symptoms of
•nncer is a highly important weapon
! n fight'"." the disease,” says Mrs.
Rvrum. “smce improved cure rates
""end o” "eople going to their doc
] - « nrVio- eariv detection is possible.
T <rnoranco n* the danger signals of
! cancer usually delays diagnosis until
the disease has reached an abnormal
stage. Let’s all join the American
Cancer Sodety and strike back."