VSJI tONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CHOWAN COUNTY — Volume XXll—Number 42, Bloodmobile Again Scheduled To Visit Edenton On Nov. 9 » ——— County Fell Down on Last Visit With Only 60 Pints of Blood * W. E. Malone, Chairman of the Chowan County Red Cross blood program, announced early this week that the bloodmobile will again be in Edenton Wednesday', November 9. Mr. Malone says the county’s quota is again 100 pints of blood and points out that at the last visit only 60 pints were donated, due no doubt to a hurricane threat. Os the 60 pints donated, Mr. Malone points out that 27 pints came from Marines and only' 27 pints from Chowan County civilians. There was no blood donated by colored people. Mr. Malone further points out that 86 pints of blood have been used at the Chowan Hospital since the last bloodmobile visit, 44 pints for white people and 42 pints for colored people. Any person 21 through 59 years of age who is in good health and weighing 110 pounds or more may give blood. Everyone is examined to determine if they can give blood before the blood is taken. Mr. Malone Calls upon Chowan County citizens to realize th e im portance of donating blood and hopes enough people will volunteer to meet the county's quota. Any one desiring to donate blood and has not been contacted is request ed to telephone Mrs. Ruth Phillips, phone 642 or Mr. Malone, whose telephone numbers are 328-W or 848-W. “If you do not have time to make an appointment,” says Mr. Malone, “just come to the armory between 9 A. M„ and 3 P. M., on Wednes day, November 9. Your donation may save someone’s life. Certainly it will be appreciated by some ill or injured person .vdvt.may Jiced blood.” . Col. Baker Reports Increased Interest In Cub Scout Pack Important Meeting Is Called For Monday Night, Oct. 24 A Cub Pack in Edenton becomes more of a reality as Cub Master Lieut. Col, R. R. Baker completes his organization. At a pack meet ing held Monday night Kermit Lay ton, Lieut. Frohman and Hubert Williford were added as assistant Cub Masters. The Cub Pack is sponsored by the Edenton Lions Club, under the di rection of a committee composed of President A1 Phillips, Tom Francis, Jesse Harrell, Herbert Hollowell and Earl Harrell. CoQ. Baker states that enthusi asm is running high and that there is every indication that there will be between 100 to 125 boys between the ages of 8 and 11 years old who, wish to join the organization. All boys of Cub Scout age who have not been contacted can get full information on becoming a Cub Scout from any of the above men tioned men. A meeting of Pack Leaders, Den Mothers and Den Chiefs has beeni called for Monday night,. October! 24th, at 8:15 o’clock at the Lions hall and Col, Baker hopes to have a full attendance. Ray Heck, Dis trict Scout Executive, has been as sisting in the organization of the Cubs and he is expected to be at the meeting on Monday night. Carroll Undergoes Minor Operation The Rev. R. N. Carroll, pastor of the Edenton Baptist Church, re turned home Wednesday afternoon from Winston-Salem, where he was a patient in the Baptist Hospital. Mr. Can-oil underwent a minor throat operation anu while he is making satisfactory progress, he will be required to refrain from nominal use of his throat for about a anontL. •». m.» THB CHOWAN HERALD ■-- • " !j Advance Sale Os [ Football Tickets Gerald James, principal of the Edenton Junior-Senior High School has announced that there will he : another advance sale of tickets for. Friday night’s football game w hen j the Edenton Aces meet the Hert-J ford Indians on Hicks Field. Advance tickets to this game, which is expected to attract another large crowd, can he purchased to -1 day (Thursday) and Friday until game time at Leggett & Davis Drug Store, Mitchener’s Pharmacy and Bill Perry's Service Station. Col. Lawrence Gets Eagles At Informal Ceremony Oct 10th Congratulated by Gen. Frank C. Croft of Cherry Point Colonel Hamilton Lawrence, com manding officer of the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station, re ceived his orders promoting him to the rank of Colonel from Brigadier General Frank C. Croft, Command ing General of 1 the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point on Monday of last week at an informal ceremony held in the General's of fice. Colonel Lawrence has the unique experience of not only being the first Marine to ever command a Naval Station, but also still is the only person assigned to his com mand. A few other interesting as pects about the Colonel are for one,! the fact that he was bom in Ma- j nils, thns often complicating the situation when he returns to the IT. S. after a short visit to a for eign country such as even just go ing across th e border into Mexico even though he actually is a citizen of the United States. At the age of 14 he served as an apprentice seaman in the Royal Swedish Mer chant Marine aboard the “Abraham Rydberg/’ a square rigger, and! rounded Cape Horn in 1930. While I aboard ship, which was at sen fori Continued on Page B—Section 1 j John Waff, Jr., Resents One Os Statements Made By B. C, Snow At Meeting In Edenton Local Man Says Water j Os Town Used For All Purposes John Waff, Jr., manager of the Edenton Bay Fish Company, was up in arms late last week follow ing published reports of an address made at the Edenton Woman's Club meeting by B. C. Snow of the N. C. Department of Conservation and Development. Mr. Snow used as his subject, “Proper Sewage Disposal in Eden ton,” and in his remarks he made the statement: “The Edenton Bay Fish Com pany operates a fish-packing plant located at Edenton. This plant op erates throughout most of the year, I with major operations during the herring season. Plant operations J consist of washing and cleaning fish, packing and fish roe canning. Edenton Bay water is used for cleaning fish ro e ..." Mr. Waff emphatically denies the latter statement, saying that water furnished by the Town of Edenton is used for cileaning fish roe and that all water used at the plant for other purposes is also town j water. Mr. Waff feels that Mr. Snow’s statement did him a gross injustice and that it is also a reflection on the state and federal inspectors who inspect his plant. The Herald, too, is sorry about the mis-state ment, which was taken from Mr. Snow’s prepared remarks, , Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 20,1955. f col. Hamilton Lawrence receives “eagles” s —— Brigadier General Frank ('.Croft, right. Com manding General, -Marine Corps Air 'Station at Cherry Point, congratulates Col. Hamilton Law rence, Commanding Officer at the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station, aftqr reading the orders pro- civic calendar] r* Red Cross bloodmobile w ill make another visit to the Edenton ar- I mory Wednesday, November 9, from 9A. M., to 3 P. M. The coun ty’s quota is 100 pints of blood. Band Parents Association will serve a barbecue dinner at the ar mory Friday afternoon, October 27, beginning at 5 o’clock. Advance sale of tickets for Fri day night’s football game at Leg gett & Davis Drug Store, Mitchen er’s Pharmacy and Bill Perry's | Service Station. Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will j Continued on Page 7—Section 1 : Hearing Postponed On Tree Complaint Judge Chester Morris 111 and Unable to Hear Case Due to illness of Judge Chester Morris, the Town of Edenton was unable to reply to a restraining or der issued by Judge Malcolm C. Paul on October 3rd enjoining the town from removing a; tree in front of the property of Mr. and , Mrs. Henry Allen Bunch on Oakum Street. The restraining order was insti | gated by Mrs. R. S, Carr and Miss i Clara Wheeler, who live next to Mr. and Mrs. Bunch and object to removal of the tree. Town Attorney J. N. Pruden had an answer to the complaint prepar- I ed to present at the hearing before Judge Morris, but was informed that the judge was sick and could not hear the case. It is thought ■ the hearing will take place at the Gates County term of Superior j Court. -J LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenton’sLions Club will meet Monday night, October 24, at 7 o’clock. President A] Thillins urg es every memner 01 u e -hv> r no present ; moling the Colonel to his present rank. The pro motion took place in the office of Brigadier General Croft Monday afternoon, October 10, when, in formal ceremonies were held.—(Official L'SMC Photo). I Local V)/Oman’s Club Again Declared Winner Os Corbell I Cup For Outstanding Work Club Also Cops First Prize For Year Book Tim Kdenton Woman’s Club, for! the third consecutive year, won the (‘orbed! Cup for ifs outstanding ! work of the club year in District ; 36, at the annual meeting of the Sixteenth District of the North ) Carolina Federation of Women’s j. Clubs held in Elizabeth City Thurs-j j day of ;.last week. The club also won first prize on the year book, was presented an Honor Certificate for being a 10074 dub and was run ner-up for the Mary Fearing Pitch er, Mrs. John H. Bonner of Elizabeth City presided at the meeting and state officers attending included Mrs. Ray Pent, second vice presi-1 dent; Mrs. J. M. Jennette, third vice! president, and Mrs. W. J. P. Earn-! hardt, corresponding secretary. j Mrs. Earnhardt presented the 1 message from the president of the State Federation in th e absence of Homecoming Day King And Queen ■F 1 • _ If; ■ * k mmm Miss Mary Ellis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Ellis, was crowned Queen and Billy Forehand, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Forehand, was crowned hing Friday night when the Future Home makers staged their annual Homecoming Day at Hicks Field in Edenton. The ceremony took place during half-time at the foot hall game between Edenton and Tarboro. Both students are seniors n the Edenton Jiuuor-Senior High School—(Evelyn. Leary Photo), Mrs. Edwin P. Brown. Mrs. Ray Dent used as her sub j ject the theme of the North Garo j lina Federation, in which she urged th e club "'omen to take advantage i of all opportunities for service. Mt§. Jennette presented the pro -1 jeets for the Junior Clubs under the subject of “Unto The Least of These,” showing the work the jun iors are doing at Caswell and for | the Children’s Home Society. Mrs. Bonner made her yearly re port. and thanked the clubs for their splendid work. Reports from every dub represented were read by the club presidents. Members of the Junior and Sen ior Women's Clubs of Elizabeth City were hostesses for the occas ion. Coffee was served at the club building prior to the meeting and | luncheon was served at the Virginia | Dare Hotel, after which the re j maining business of the day wag j concluded. ' Officers for the new' year are Mrs. W. F. Britt, president, Mur- Continued on Page B—Section 1 ! Boy Scout Brive Scheduled To Be Held October 25th Plan Is To Complete Campaign In One Day Senator N. Elton Aydlett, chair man of th e 1956 Boy Scout finance drive for the Albemarle District, I has announced that plans have been completed to participate in a one day, state-wide, co-ordinated drive Tuesday, October 25, The drive will kick off at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday morning w ith “Early Bird” breakfasts in each of the 7 coun ties making up the Albemarle Dis trict. Senator Aydlett, in his opening remarks at a meeting of the chair men of each of the 7 counties, said, “It is indeed an honor for me to serve as chairman of a drive for the Boy Scouts of America. Th e Boy Scout Movement is doing a tremen dously successful work in training the youth of out country. “I sincerely hope to achieve the same success and get the same fine cooperation that Judge Chester Morris has had as chairman of the drive in the past few years. Judge Morris is an ardent supporter of Scouting and has often said that if every boy could receive Scout train ing we could practically close our juvenile courts and institutions and eventually our prisons.’ Aydlett added, “Attorney General J. Lindsay Almond, who spoke at a meeting of all campaign chair men in th e House of Representa tives on September 28, said, ‘For 13 years I presided as judge over a busy court. Many cases of juvenile delinquency came before me. Not one of them involved a Boy Scout. Continued on Page 4—Section 1 Band Parents Will Serve Supper Oct. 27 At a meeting of the Band Par ents Association held Tuesday night at the Junior-Senior High School it w-as decided to serve a barbecue dinner at the armory Fri day night of next week prior to.! the Edenton-Ahoskie football game. The dinner will begin at 5 o'clock and tickets will be sold by mem bers of the band. The purpose of the dinner is to help raise money to purchase uni forms for the band and C. B. Moon ey, president of the association, urges citizens to cooperate. Edenton Aces And Hertford! Indians Resume Old Gridiron Feud In Edenton Friday N ight a. : :—; k CHARLES H. WARREN W. J. Taylor, president of Pas quolank-Perquimans-Camden and Chowan Tuberculosis Association announces that Col. Charles H. Warren, Director of Vocational Re habilitation in North Carolina, will be guest speaker, at the fall meet ing of Pasquotank - Perquimans- Cnmden-Chowan Tuberculosis Asso. ciation scheduled to be held Thurs day night, November 3, at 8 o’clock in the Municipal Building in Hert ford. Jaycees Sponsor Doll Traffic Safety Project In Schools 800 Dolls Distributed Among First and Second Graders Logan Elliott, Chairman of the ! Public Safety Committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, an ! nounced this \veek that he has re- I reived 800 dolls which will be used by the Jaycees in connection wu'th hack to school: traffic safety. The dolls will be distributed this week among first and second grade pu pils in both white and colored Continued on Page s—Section 1 . Fair In Progress During This Week Officials Expect At tendance to Increase During Week Chowan County’s Fair: sponsored by Ed Bond Post No. 40 of the American Legion, opened Monday night and will continue through next Saturday at midnight, j A goodly number of visitors were ; : on hand on opening night, so that with favorable weather fair offi : cials are expecting the crowds, both day and night to increase. Quite a few attractive booths 1 and displays have been arranged for the fair, as well as exhibits of automobiles and farm machinery. ' 1 For entertainment the Virginia I I | Greater Shows are on the midway, ' j presenting various kinds of rides and games. j Inglis Fletcher’s Book Is Eligible For Award ; Fifty-three books by North Car . olina authors are ineluded in the . preliminary list of works eligible i for the four literary awards to be . I announced at the annual meeting of I the State Literary and Historical , Association on December 2. .; Twenty-two works of fiction are (eligible for the Sir Walter Ralleigh i' Award, which includes The Scots- Inglia ©etcher. , " 4, "—^ SLOW DOWN , AND LIVE/ V 4* i Negro Circulation Is i Greater Than Was Anticipated All librarians of The Pettigrew Region will attend the convention of the N. C. Library Association at High Point, with headquarters at the Sheraton Hotel. The librarians are Miss Harriet Leary, Shepard- Pruden Memorial Library, Edenton; Mrs. C. E. Ayers, Washington County Public Library, Plymouth; Mrs. Ruth Reynolds, Tyrrell Coun ty Public Library, Columbia; Mrs. Verdie Alexander, Alligator, Book mobile Librarian for Negroes; Mrs. F. Bryan Harris, Plymouth, 'Book | mobile Librarian for white people, and Mrs. Eugenia R. Babylon, Reg | ional Director. In accordance with announced plans, both bookmobiles will begin regular runs next month beginning I Monday, October 31. Each run will i be made every four weeks. In Cho . wan County schedules ar e forming for white residences and it looks now' as though it wall take fiv e to six runs to cover the county. Cho wan High School and Rocky Hock Central School will be served and all possible will be done to supply them with needed books. Most stops will be at private homes, for one family if necessary but prefer ably for several families. Chowan County will be covered November 10, 11, 14. 15. 17 and 18 if neces sary. Schedules will be published be fore runs are made, which will nec essarily be somew'hat uncertain the first time. Remember to put a white “flag” in your mailbox if you desire a stop which has not been scheduled. Preliminary runs are being worked out and the names of those contacted who wish stops will be published, but other stops may be added. Four runs have been made for colored residents and the circula tion is much greater than anticipat ed, according to Mrs. Babylon, who accompanied Mrs. Alexander. Oak Grove and St. Johns Schools were served with most favorable re sponse, Books checked out by adults are mostly non-fiction in cluding history, psychology, soci ology, government, religion, poetry, I applied science, music, and many cookbooks. Books for colored are supplied by the Brown-Carver Li i hrary. Edenton aiid by colored branches in Washington and Tyr rell counties. It will be necessary to build up these libraries to sup ply th e bookmobile, if the circula j tion in Chowan County is a fair ex | ample of the Region. 1 The four runs will b e made again November 7,8, 10 and 14. Anyone wanting a stop not scheduled, put a white “flag” in your mailbox or send a request to the Browm Carver Library. Circulation of books among col ored people were as follow's: Octo ber 10, 168; October 11, 260; Octo ber 13, 178; October 17, ——. Grand Opening Os Bail’s Superette To Be Held This Week Prizes and Bargains Offered Friday and Saturday Percy Dail this week announces , the grand opening of his new Dail’s i Superette which will take place 1 place Friday and Saturday of this I week. The Superette is located in a newly constructed building at 806 North Broad Street with a full I, line of brand new merchandise. For opening days free £ifts will ■ be given to all and for the kiddies :| there will be free rides on the Lone *1 Ranger’s hors e and balloons. As i j a special feature Mr. Dail will give away a basket of groceries every 1 hour on the hour beginning Fri day morning at 10 o’clock. : Many bargains in food will be i offered during th e opening days ■ and Mr. Dail cordially invites ev erybody to visit his new Superette.