LawlsChangedfor Who Enter School First Time h __ | jess Rigid Regarding Date Child Becomes Six Years Old For several years the North Caro na School law has decreed that a hild must be six yfears old on or be jre October 1 before he can be en jlled in the public schools. The last ession of the General Assembly ranged that law and gave the State Oard of Education the power to set date other than October 1 if the ' Oard thought advisable. Last Thursday the State Board of Iducation met and changed the date pom October 1 to October 15. The attorney General has ruled that any laid bom on October 16 will be six | ears of age on October 15. I f This fall any child will be enrolled the public schools whose birth date ills on October or prior to that date. | Children whose birth date comes be j ween October 1 and October 16 did ; ot attend pre-school clinic. Superin gfepdent John A. Holmes states that it •pll be necessary for every child to resent an immunization certificate efore he or she can be enrolled in ' he Edenton city schools. The State 3W requires every child to have im munization from whooping cough, iphtheria and smallpox. The super ntendent urges parents who expect o enroll their children in the first rade in September to see their family hysician or go to the Health Depart i lent in the Bank of Edenton. This lust be done before the child can be nrolled in school. The Parent-Teacher Association will | perate a kindergarten in the Edenton llementary School (white) this fall. To child will be enrolled in the kin ergarten unless he or she will be five ears old on or before October 16.- arents who are interested in enroll ig their child in the kindergarten liould contact Mrs. Boland Vaughan, resident of the Parent-Teacher Asso iation or Mrs. John F. White. iar Registrations In State Increase ,233,173 Vehicles Regis tered During First ; 4 Six Months North Carolina motorists bought 9,- 24 new cars and 1,971 trucks in une according to a report from Miss oy Ingram, director of the State Mo >r Vehicles Department’s registra on division. The new vehicles registered last tonth, brought the state’s total mo or vehicle registration for the first ix months of the year to 1,233,173. For the corresponding period last ear 1,170,322 vehicles were register d. . . Chevrolets, Fords, and Plymouths, l that order, were the most popular lodels in the passenger car line. And Chevrolet, Ford, and GMC trucks rat -1 highest among the truck buyers ecordihg to Miss Ingram. ~ DEPENDABILITY O DAYTON UC Uc OUT of the murky darkneti comes a broad beam of light. > Another..,. then another ... and the airman knows that here is the landing field. He can depend on the air-beacon to guide him to safety. Our dependability will guide choice of correct ap pointments. and a ceremony of quie* simplicity. Scientific skill and understanding cnar j acteriite our ttafT Jlbatj r v f»NCcaE jJJ L lIUMMIfV XyMPATHITIcA Py\W ; : M U tßvica '-j ky.ii I iIUMJ Tyf tl jWILLIFORDB Hihal Ij . * “HONE 25I*EDEHTQN HI ■II ■ -iM£,of JHf MBEMARtt ■II EDENTON MARINES CLOSE BASEBALL SEASON Edenton Marines closed their current baseball season with a 5-I'loss to Point. The Marines had a record this season of 25 victories and seven defeats for the year. Leading batters for the Marines were Willison, who hit .377, Hyder with .360 and Burke with .336. Hyder led the team with the most hits, collecting 40, most runs 43 and runs batted in 36. In the pitching department, Plater had a record of 5-0, Hyder 1-0, Willison 10-2, Clem ents 2-1 and Reid 7-4. Reid had the lowest earned runs scored against him with 2.17 runs per game and was the most reliable pitcher on the squad. Wil lison had a total of 109 strikeouts to his credit in 92 innings pitched. The team, coached by First Lieutenant Gil Carroll of Raleigh, is pictured above as follows: Top row, left to right, Banko, manager, Perazzo, Reid, Plater, Willison, Clements, Hyder, Juth, Beasley and Carroll, coach. Bottom row, left to right, Figueroa, Burke, Redfearn, Sneller, Constantine, Chandled, Harrison and Sweiger. New Vacation Book Now Available Free Featuring new and different North Carolina vacation attractions, a new edition of “Variety Vacationland” has just been published by the Department of Conservation and Development, ' from which a copy may be obtained ! free on request. The book is in handy pocket size , with 96 pages and cover. It is pro , fusely illustrated, many of the scenes being in full color. It was produced [ by the staff of the State News Bureau 1 under the direction of Charles Park er, State Advertising Director. Covering all parts of the State, the i book features the coast on the front ,• cover and the mountains on the back and has a colored map extending i across the center spread showing the , different resort regions of the State, ■ bringing out the Piedmont winter re sorts with special emphasis on the Mid-South. !Town Council Proceedings in—.—V Edenton, N. C., July 14, 1953. The Town Council met this day in regular session at 8 P. M. Members present: Mayor Leroy H. Haskett, J. Clarence Leary, G. M. By rum, Clyde Hollowell, George A. By . rum, J. Edwin Bufflap, and John , Mitchener, Jr. /vvvvvvvvvvv '^ /v ' AA/vvvvvvvwvvvvv>,^/N/ ' / '^' >A/vvvv>^,/vvvvvvvvvvvv ' / V vv »AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/»/^^IVSAA^VNA/^^AA^^WWW^rWWWV/WW\^>WVWWVWW^» nil AT A PERFORM CR! 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Phone 147 105 to 109 E. Queen Street Edenton, N. G CHAS. H. JENKINS & COMPANY EDBNTON WILLIAMSTON WINDSOR AHOSKIB _ AULANDER 1 THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. N. C- THURSDAY JULY 23, 1953. Motion was made by G. M. Byrum seconded by Clyde Hollowell, that a contract be made with the Ack Ack Exterminating Co., of Portsmouth, Va., for a rat control program at the > town trash dump. Cost of said con tract to be $15.00 per month. Mo tion carried. Motion was made by G. M. Byrum, seconded by J. Clarence Leary, that Henry N. Hassell be granted a fran chise to operate a taxicab in the Town ' of Edenton. This franchise is grant ed with the understanding that Har ry F. Crummey shall reduce the num ber of taxicabs in his (Crummey’s) franchise to three. Motion carried. Motion was made by G. M. Byrum, seconded by Clyde Hollowell, that Mrs. Mildred Spruill be given a refund of $1.39 for taxes paid for the year 1948 on lot number 42 in North Edenton if approved by the Town Attorney. Motion carried. Motion was made by George A. By rum, seconded by J. Edwin Bufflap, that the low bid submitted by the J. C. Parks Service Station for furnish ing the Town of Edenton with gaso line, oil, grease, tires, tubes, batteries and other miscellaneous items during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, be accepted. Motion carried. Motion was made by J. Edwin Buff lap, seconded by Clyde Hollowell, that E. W. Department bills in the amount IxSTU QURL BEAUTY SHOP For Style and Beauty Broad Street Edenton PHONE 605 of $8,491.85 be paid. Motion carried. Motion was made by J. Clarence Leary, seconded by J. Edwin Bufflap, and duly carried that the following i Town of Edenton bills in the amount of $1,857.59 be paid: The J. F. W. Dorman Co., Inc., $56.00; The Wilson Daily Times, $3.46; Pine-No-Ca Chemical Co., $27.50; Sinclair Refining Co., $413.67; The Of fice Supply Store, $17.01; Thurston 'Motor Lines, Inc., $6.84; J. O. Litch- I ford, $30.00; The Chowan Herald, $22.65; Bishop Laundry, $6.00; W. J. Berryman, $10.00; Ralph E. Parrish, $1.11: The Texas Co., $41.89; Frank Twiddy, $2.50; M. G. Brown Co., $262.58; E. W. Spires, Clerk Superior Court, $64.00; Byrum Implement & Truck Company, Inc., $2.75; Hobbs Implement Co., $42.08; Byrum Hard ware Co., Inc., $1.84; J. N. Pruden, $287.99; Campen’s Jewelers, $50.00: Hughes-Holton Hardware Co., $69.55; Edenton Tractor & Implement Co., $16.00; A. S. Smith Machine Co,, $19.36; W. H. Bunch’s Garage, $135.- 04; Chas. H. Jenkins Motor Co., $7.47; E. R. Tolley, $30.00; Byrum Grocery, $4.30; Jones Truck Line, $110.70; N. C. Tel. & Tel. Co., $19.30; Thos. E. Winslow, $20.00; R. K. Hall, Chief, $76.00. There being no further business, the Council adjourned. ERNEST J. WARD, JR., Clerk. “The King of Swine” BIG TYPE OIC Service Boars, fifed Gilts and Pigs S. R. MINTON MERRY HILL, N. C. r count em! 1 W-° BILLS... 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