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Volume XlX.—Number 33, Work Is Started On Concrete Bleachers For Football Games Old Bleachers Are Torn Down By Street De partment Crew 200 FEET LONG Hoped to Be Completed In Time For Open ing Game Meeting in special session Friday morning, Town Council took definite steps to replace the wooden football bleachers on Hicks Field, which will be replaced by a concrete block struc ture. The proposed bleachers will be 200 feet long with 12 rows of seats, with a field house to accommodate the home and visiting teams. The Street Department was in structed Jo tear down the . present bleachers which last year were con sidered dangerous, so that late in the football season only the lower portion was used to seat spectators. Mem bers of the Street Department on Monday began tearing down the bleachers so that the site will be cleared before a contractor begins the construction of new bleachers. At Friday’s meeting C. B. Mooney was employed to prepare a plan and specifications for the new bleachers, which will be submitted to various contractors in order to bid for the job. It is hoped the bleachers, especial ly the seating portion can be com pleted in time for the first football game early in September. Os course, the field house under the bleachers will not be completed in time, but the old field house on the other side of the field will, be used until the new one is completed. trfppfc 1 ® Close August 31st Hundreds of Tar Heel History Students Seeing Drama Paul Green’s symphonic drama The Lost Colony, now being shown for its 12th season at Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island, will present its final performance for the year on Sunday night, August 31. Until that time there will be performances every night except Monday, August 25. The drama this year has attracted patrons from every state and many foreign countries. The drama has also attracted several hundreds of North Carolina history students who were given complimentary passes to the show. More than 1,500 4-H Club members have attended- the- show this year. They came from counties throughout the State. Many of the persons seeing the show season had witnessed perform ances previous years. One new scene, an Indian attack on Fort Raleigh, has added much to the second act and won the acclaim of all who have seen it. During this exciting scene, through, clever work of technicians, the fort in I which the colonists have taken re-1 fuge is set a fire. The scene is also a turning point in the drama’s love interest, as Eleanor Dare’s husband Captain Ananias Dare is slain by the Indians and from there on out her widow and John Borden lead the group j of colonists until they march away into the wilderness at the drama’s finale. By the end of the current season more than 600,000 persons will have seen The Lost Colony. The drama’s premiere Was on July 4, 1937. It was not shown during four war years. It is now the world’s longest-lived outdoor drama and it tells the story in pantomine, dance, song and the spoken word of Sir Walter Raleigh’s ill-fated attempts to establish a col ony in the New World that became America, and of an unsolved history mystery. Chestnuft Gives Bible Quiz At Rotai*y Meet J. L. Chestnutt was in charge of the program at last week’s Rotary meeting, when he presented a very interesting quiz on the Bible. He ask ed quite a few questions which the Rotarians were to answer true or : false. Frank Holmes, the club’s statisti-l cian, reported that the club had twoi' 100 per cent meetings within three weeks. ;. i THE CHOWAN HERALD Two Menton Boy Scouts Win Honor Billy Moore and Jerry Downum Initiated Into Order of the Arrow Two Edenton Boy Scouts, Billy Moore and Jerry Downum, were sig nally honored at Camp Darden, Va., Saturday, when they were initiated into the Order of the Arrow, honorary Boy Scout degree. The honor was conferred for their outstanding activities while in camp with the 'Edenton Boy Scouts earlier 1 this summer. The two boys were accompanied to Camp Darden Friday by Ben Brown ing and the trio returned home Sun day. Legion - Auxiliary Officers Will Be installed Tuesday Roy MacMillan Will Be Speaker and Install New Officers Edward G. Bond Post, No. 40, of the American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary will meet jointly Tuesday night of next week, August 26, in the Legion hut on the Edenton-Windsor highway. The meeting is scheduled A distinguished guest at the meet ing will be Roy McMillan, past De , partment Commander, who will speak and install new officers for the Leg ionnaires and the Auxiliary. Mr. Mc- Millan is an outstanding speaker, so that W. J. Yates, commdnder of the post, urges all members of both groups to attend the meeting. Badham Bros. Store Undergoes Changes Better Lighting, More Room and Convenient For Shoppers Badham Brothers store, one of Edenton’s oldest business establish ments, has undergone some interior remodeling, which makes it up-to-date and will make it more convenient and pleasant for their customers. The changes were made under the super vision of Mrs. Laura Harrell, who in- ( vites friends to visit the store at any time, if they are shopping or not. In the change a few counters were removed which resulted in more room and at the same time placing of mer chandise is now on a more systematic ; basis. The boxing at the show win dows was removed, which provides Imore light in the store. A special ladies’ hat department is located in the rear of the store, where a goodly number of hats are on display and a . series of drawers provides ample , storage for a stock of hats, j A small but attractive display of gifts will be seen in the stairway lead ing to the second floor, so that all in all the improvements adds consid erably to the display of merchandise and convenience for shoppers. r Dr. J. A. Mitchener In Cabarrus Hospital Edenton friends will be interested to know that Dr. J. A. Mitchener is a patient in the Cabarrus County Hospital at Concord. He underwent an operation August 9 and is now ( making satisfactory progress, though still a bit weak. When released from the hospital he will remain at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James Mitchener, before returning to Edenton. MASONS MEET TONIGHT A stated communication of Una nimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. A A. M., - is scheduled to be held tonight (Thurs ! day) in the Court House at JJ o’clock, t jW. A. Harrell, master of the lodge. < urges a full attendance and cordially i invites visiting Masons to attend. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 21,1952. U.S. Defense Bond Sales In Chowan In July Totals $15,926 Chairman A. B. Harless Announces Drive to Start Sept. 10 Sale of Series E and Series H United States Defense Bonds in Cho wan County for the month of July totaled $15,926.25. Total sales of 'E & H Bonds for 'North Carolina’s 100 counties were $4,753,634.00. This sales announcement is made by County De fense Chairman A. B. Harless based on the monthly sales report from Al lison James, State Director of the U. S. Defense Bonds Program, in Greensboro. Because of some changes in meth ods of reporting Defense Bonds sales, and the fact that all Federal Reserve Banks did not receive Series J and Series K bond stock in July, figures are not available for County and State sales of Series J and Series K Defense Bonds. These figures will be reported next month .along with the regular report of August E, H, J and K sales. County Chairman Harless, in expla nation of the above figures, stated that the young men and women in the Armed Services from North Carolina, have purchased through the Payroll' Savings Plan, during the first six I months of 1952, Series E Bonds' amounting to $2,030,953.00 as tabu lated by the Federal Reserve Bank. These purchases are in addition to the E Bonds purchased through the regu lar channels in the state, and have not been previously reported. This total amount of $2,030,953.00 has been pro-rated on a per-capita basis to each of the state’s 100 counties, and is in cluded in the 9tate and county sales figures quoted above. County Chairman Harless also re vealed that North Carolina will have a state-wide Payroll Savings Drive beginning September 10th and ending December 15th. The goal of this drive will be to increase by 20,000 persons participating in the Payroll Savings Plan for the Regular purchase of U. S. Defense Bonds. Nineteen-year-old Cor poral Jerry K. Crump, the only North (Carolinian to be awarded the Con gressional Medal of Honor—our coun try’s highest honor—during the Kor ean war, has volunteered to assist this Drive by personal appearances in industrial communities throughout the state. The drive will be officially opened with a Gaston County dinner meeting in Gastonia September 10th. State’s Tobacco Crop Down 92 Million Lbs. Estimate as of August 1 Set at 853,040,000 Pounds The 1952 North Carolina flue-cured tobacco crop is estimated at 853,040,- 000 pounds, according to a report is sued by the State-JFederal Crop Re porting Service. This estimate is bas ed on reports from growers showing the condition of the crop as of Aug ust 1. Hence, any improvement in the crop as the result of rains since August 1 would not be reflected in the August 1 estimate. A 1952 flue-cured crop in North Carolina of 853,040,000 pounds would be 124,600,000 pounds or 12.7 per cent less than the record 1951 crop of 977,640,000 pounds. The decrease in this year’s flue-cured crop would be more pronounced if growers had not planted 8.000 more acres than last year. The August 1 estimated crop of 853,040,000 pounds compares with the 1941-50 average North Carolina flue cured production of 722,736,000 pounds and the 1950 crop of 858J140,000 pounds. Hobbs Implement Co. Moves Into New Home One of Edenton’s business estab lishments, the Hobbs Implement Com pany, last week completed moving into a new home, which is located on East Church Street extended, a short dis tance from the Edenton Peanut Com pany. IFor over four years the busi ness was located on West Eden Street. The new and- modem, building pro vides more room, better service and allows a larger stock of parts as well as the addition of new lines of various kinds of equipment The concern has been incorporated with the following serving as offi cers: President A. C. Boyce; execu tive vice president, Guy C. Hobbs, and secretary-treasurer, Wesley Chesson, Jr. These officials are proud of the new building and invite their friends and customers to pay them a visit Edenton’s Colonials Have Even Break In •Last Eight fiames Holding on to Third Po sition Over Goldsboro By 3V 2 Games STANDING OF CLUBS (As of Wednesday) iW IL Pet. Kinston 70 42 .625 Wilson 64 46 .582 Edenton 61 50 .550 Goldsboro 57 53 .518 Roanoke Rapids 55 58 .487 Rocky Mount 52 58 .478 Tarboro 40 62 .426 New Bern 37 73 .336 In eight games played during the week, the Edenton Colonials broke even, winning four and losing four. They are still in possession of third place in the league standing, leading Goldsboro by ZVz games and trailing Wilson by only 3% games for second place. Kinston still leads the league with a margin of five games ahead of Wilson. Home games for the Colonials dur ing the week will be: Tonight (Thurs day), Rocky Mount; Saturday, Tar boro; Monday, Kinston, and Thursday of next week, Goldsboro. | The last home game of the season is scheduled Sunday. August 31, when 1 the Colonials will meet Roanoke Rap > ids, Edenton 7, Tarboro 1 Tommy Reeves was in his old time form Wednesday night when the Co lonials defeated Tarboro on Hicks Field 7 to 1. Reeves allowed only four hits which, coupled with seven Tarboro errors made it easy sailing. The only Tarboro run was a home run clout by Catcher Olin in the fourth inning. It was Reeves’ 11th victory of the season. Jackson started on the mound for Tarboro but was relieved by Phillips ’ in the eighth after allowing 11 bits. Sam Mauney was the big gun in the j Edenton attack, registering four hits out of four trips to the plate and battSjLjp three of the Colonials’ sev eit TVfia. The Colonials scored two runs in the second, aided by four Tarboro errors. Parker singled and was caught trying to steal second. Inge and Griffin were safe on errors. Mauney singled and Inge was caught at the plate. Clark was safe on an error and Griffin scored. Maun ey scored later on a wild throw. In the third the Colonials added three more runs. Parker opened with a borne run and Inge and Griffin walked. | Mauney singled scoring Inge, and | Clark was purposely walked to fill the bases. Reeves hit into a double play. Ross Horton singled, scoring Griffin and Clark was caught at the 1 plate. In the seventh the Colonials added two more runs. Anderson sin gled and Evans walked. Mauney then hit his fourth single to score Ander son and Evans. Edenton 1, Tarboro 10 Tarboro turned the tables in Tar boro Thursday night then they swamp ed the Colonials 10 to 1. Tarboro batters went on a rampage to chalk up 15 hits, 10 off John Horton in 5 2/3 innings and five off White in 1 2 1/3 innings. The Colonials, while hitting the offerings of Liverman, managed for the most part to hit the ball in the hands of Tarboro play ers. Eight hits were made, with Sam Mauney again leading with three. Tarboro scored in every inning ex cept the fourth and fifth and in each of the first and seventh innings scor ed three runs. Nozzi and Long were the leaders in the attack with three hits each. Edenton 1, Roanoke Rapids 0 Monk Raines, star Edenton hurler, registered his 23rd victory of the sea son in Roanoke Rapids (Friday night, when the Cojonials won a pitching duel between Raines and Doxtator. Each pitcher allowed only four hits during the night, with Raines fanning 11 batters and Doxtator six. The Colonials scored tbeir winning (Continued on Page Twelve) Forest Ranger Will Purchase Pine Cones Forest Ranger Frank V. White an nounced this week that pine Cones and green burrs which are picked the first two weeks in October will be pur chased at $1.50 per bushel. PROMOTED IN KOREA Gale N. Winslow of Belvidere was recently promoted to sergeant while serving with the 45th Infantry Di vision in Korea. The 46th Division, which captured T-Bone Hill in June, also has taken part in the see-saw battle for Old Baldy near Chorwon. Prior to enter ing the army in January, 1951, Sgt. Wilson attended Wake Forest College. He formerly was employed by the N. C. State Highway Commission as an] instrument man. Schools In Client on Are Scheduled To Open September 3 TV Performers On | Lions Club Program Jackie Morris and Shir ley Harrell Present Demonstration The members of the Edenton Lions Club were treated to a very interest ing demonstration in home lighting by Jackie Morris and Shirley Harrell, members of the 4-H Club, at their regular meeting Monday evening. The program was under the direc tion of Miss Carolyn Biggerstaff, as sistant home demonstration agent. They were introduced by Assistant Agriculture Agent Robert S. Marsh. This demonstration was portrayed over TV Station WTAR in Norfolk on Friday a week ago and brought forth considerable and very favor able comment. “The eyes govern 87 per cent of , learning and activities 80 per cent, said Morris. Therefore, we can easi ly understand the great importance in proper lighting in the class rooms, the home, or in business,” continued the speaker. Nathan D. Bail was in charge of the Lions program and extended a most cordial welcome to Miss Bigger staff on behalf of the club. President Abraham Jenkins extend ed his thanks for the splendid pro gram. Dr. R. H. Vaughan and also J. Frank White, Jr., a native of Eden . ton, but presently located in Char ; lotte, were visitors. It was announced that there will . be no meeting on September Ist, La , bor Day. I Great Hope Revival Begins On Monday The Rev. *L. C. Chandler Os Atlantic Will Be Evangelist | The Rev. Lee A. Phillips, pastor of j the Great Hope Baptist Church, an- I n.ounces that a revival meeting will be , gin in the church Monday, August I 25 and. will continue through Sunday, j August 31. . The visiting evangelist will be the Rev. L. C. Chandler, pastor of the , Baptist Church at Atlantic, N. C.. with Mr. Phillips being in charge of the singing. Services will be held each night during the week beginning at 8 o’clock and a cordial invitation is extended the public to attend. Beauties On Parade At Monday’s Game Young Ladies Bid For Honor as “Miss Coas > tal Plain” Baseball fans on Hicks Field Mon day night witnessed a sample of pul chritude throughout Eastern North Carolina, when six beautiful young ladies participated in another phase ' of the beauty contest to select “Miss Coastal Plain.” The affair helped to boost the attendance, which was 1 one of the most encouraging crowds of the season. The young ladies walked to home plate first in evening gowns and then in bathing suits, with each one and as a group receiving a big hand from 'the fans. The choice of the judges was not made known, for as they ap pear in each park in the circuit the name of the winner is sent to league headquarters and when they have ap peared in all parks, President Ray Goodman will announce the winner. The girls who appeared Monday night and the teams they represent are as follows: Edenton —Miss Dorothy Heninger. Kinston —Miss Lou Smith. Roanoke Rapids—'Miss Bruce Carr. Rocky Mount—'Miss Dorothy Mont ford. 1 Tarboro —Miss Cora (Lee Warren. Goldsboro —Miss Martha Ann Rose. ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock in the ] Parish House. President W. T. Harry urges every Rotarian to be present. gear. I Registration For Begin ners Thursday and Fri day, August 28-29 NEW TEACHERS Still Few Vacancies on White School Faculty; Colored Complete According to Superintendent John A. Holmes, schools in the Edenton administrative unit will open for the 1952-53 term on Wednesday morning, September 3. (School will open at 9 o’clock, when all pupils in the elementary school, including the first grade through the sixth grade, are to report in the au ditorium of the old school building on Court Street. Those children who are in the seventh grade througli the twelfth are asked to meet in the gymnasium at the new school house on Hicks Field. Under the direction of Band Di rector Ernest Gentile, a band concert is planned at the gymnasium prior to assigning members to their vari ous classes. Early this week Mr. Holmes was still short a few- teachers to fill va cancies. He needed teachers for the , first and fourth grades, a teacher for the commercial department and an English teacher. For children entering school for the first time this year a registration will be held at the elementary school Thursday and Friday, August 28 and • 29. Enest A. Sw-ain, the principal, . will be in charge of the registration. New members of the faculty as of [ this week were Gerald James, who . comes from Gibsonville to succeed James O. Powers as principal; Mrs. E. B. Edwards of Edenton, who will teach French; Miss Joyce Swinson, home economics, who taught at Weeksville last year; Mrs. Ruth Bunch, a former teacher, w-ho will f teach the fifth grade, and Miss Louise Hines, who taught at Hertford for two years, as librarian. ( Less difficulty has been experi enced in filling the faculty at the colored school, where there were eight vacancies and all are already filled. The new teachers are James Wilhorte, a graduate of Wilburforce f'College in Ohio, w-ho will teach history , and direct the band; Dorothy Fortune, . vocational home economics; Joan Har t ris, health and physical education; , Esther Shipp, primary teacher; Roxie Lowe, primary teacher; Ruby C. Ly ; ons, primary teacher, and Mrs. Avies . D. Lowery and Mrs. Dayse J. Dixon. . grammar grade teachers. Coon Club Plans Labor Day Trial Affair Will Begin at 9 A. M. Near Bandon ! Plantation Featuring the celebration of Labor . Day, September 1, will be a coon dog j field trial, which will be held at Fit Field near Bandon Plantation, about 10 miles north of Edenton. The trial will begin at 9 A. M., with an entry fee of $3.00 being charged ' and the purse 100 per cent of the en try fee. 1 Refreshments will be for sale on the : grounds and signs will be placed ' along the road leading from Route i 32, ( The affair is sponsored by the Cho ' wan County Coon Club and the public 1 is cordially invited to attend. There will be no admission charged. W. J. Taylor Attends School_ Conference Superintendent of County Schools 1 W. J. Taylor returned home Friday morning from Mars Hill, where he attended a three-day School Superin ' tendents’ Conference. Between 200 and 250 school officials attended the Conference, at which Charles H. Car ; roll, who will succeed Clyde Irwin, was a prominent guest. Mr. Taylor says the Conference was unanimous in the opinion that Mr. Carroll was the best choice co take over the position • left yacant by Mr Irwin. i' Mr. and Mrs. Taylor returned home byway of the Blue Ridge Parkway . and visited relatives at Rutherfordton. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Mrs. Ernest Kehayes returned home s Sunday from Norfolk , General Hos ’ pital, where she spent four days un ‘der observation.
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