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Volume XXll—Number 42,
Bloodmobile Again
Scheduled To Visit
Edenton On Nov. 9
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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
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THB CHOWAN HERALD
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!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”
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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]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Several of Coach Bill
ings Boys Victims
Os Injuries
One of those games that no coach
of a title contender wants to play
confronts Edenton’s Coach Bill Bill
ings Friday night at Hicks Field—
a contest with Hertford, an ancient
rival whose only hope for a suc
cessful season rests on a victory
over Coach Billings’ Aces.
Kickoff time —8 P, M.—will find
Hertford, a team that has yet to 1
win this season despite several
good showings, in a do-or-die try j
to whip Edenton, a team that needs
victories in all of its remaining
games to return to the playoffs
that brought it the North Carolina
Class A Championship last fall.
Coach Billings fears that his
Aces : —hit hard by injuries to Half
back Jerry Downum, End Johnny
Kramer and All-State Candidate
Quarterback Stuart Holland—will
let down just enough to allow Hert
ford to upset them. H e experienc
ed quite a scare last season against
Hertford when the Aces, one of the
best teams in the school’s hist'—y,
barely eked out a 20-13 victory
over the fired-up Hertford eleven.
And the likeable mentor says
that he knows “Hertford will be
just as ready for us this season as
they were last. They want to win
this game worse than any other!
■ one on their schedule. They have
nothing to lose and everything to
gain. I know they’ll be at their:
peaks for us.” I
.• And; though Hertford hasn’t won 1
CbwHwooA nn Pflffn ?—.C'vtmij
$2.00 Per Year In North Carolina
Bookmobileßoutes
Scheduled T o Begin
Monday, Oct. 31st
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| TB Speaker
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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
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| Greater Shows are on the midway,
' j presenting various kinds of rides
and games.
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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.
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SLOW
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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.