ftONLYNEWSPA PER it PUBLISHED IN " CHOWAN COUNTY XXlll.—Number 5. = Nation’s Boy Scouts Celebrate 46th Anniversary Os Scouting During Week Os Feb. 6 To 12 rfiv- - '‘T Program Theme “On ward For God and My Country” ■ " ■»«* Boy Scouts in Chowan County will join the nation’s 4,100,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorers and adult leaders to launch their four year program “Onward For God and My Country” during Boy Scout Week which will be observed Feb ruary 6 to 12, marking the organi zation’s 46th anniversary. Dr. Arthur A. Schuck, Chief Scout Executive, says the new pro gram seeks “through organized and trained man power to give an in creasingly better program to an in creased number of the nation’s youth” and to “help today’s youth to ‘Be Prepared’ as citizens- of character, to be prepared in body, skill, spirit, will, and as a member of a team.” He declares it will give youth further opportunity to develop phy sical fitness, self-reliance, the ful fillment of one’s obligation to God, a sense of personal responsibility, a spirit of helping people, a will ingness to share, and an under standing of the government’s dem ocratic processes. During Boy Scout Week plans will be completed for the strictly nonpartisan 1956 National Get- Out-the-Vote Campaign which the Scout organization is sponsoring jointly with the Freedoms Foun dations of Valley Forge. Scouts distributed in 1952 more than 1,- 000,000 posters and placed 30,000,- 000 Liberty Bell doorknob hangers jn their first nation-wide get-out the-vote effort. This effort was said to be an important factor in <, |H|lncord turnout of sixty million toieveJ that four million arorfw and adult leaders can be of a’ gireat influence among parents, relatives, neighbors, and others to (Continued on Page Eight) 2,747 X-rayedln District During ’55 For Tuberculosis Report Made By Dr. B. B. McGuire, District Health Officer According to Dr. B. B. McGuire, district health officer, 2,747 people i were, chest X-rayed in the District Health Department during 1955. This does not include 1)5 made in Chowan County, according to the records from the Pasquotank-Per quimans-Camden-Chowan Tubercu-, losis Association. August led with 30, ranging downward to 179 in December. Each week two chest X-ray clin ics were held: Mondays, and Thurs days from 9-5, for contacts of TB patients, food handlers, and those who want a yearly chest check-up. This is done in cooperation with doctors, the Health Department, and cooperating clinics. “We are well along the road to prevention when we realize that tuberculosis, an avoidable disease, is not only an individual problem, 'but also a community responsibili ty,” says Dr. McGuire. “In 1954, ,2,013 cases were re ported in North Carolina, and in 1955 there were 1,951. This means everyone must work togetheg to help fight a disease that can be prevented, and is still a community problem. “It is a good idea to remember that no home is'safe from tuber culosis, until all homes are safe.” GRADUATES AT STATE John Edward Ward, son of Er nest J. Ward, Sr., of Edenton, was awarded a dipfloma 4n the graduat ing exercises held at North Caro lina State College in Raleigh last > , Ward is a graduate of the Tex-, "’tile'School and received a Bachelor , of Science degree in Textile Chem * __ _ _ - ------ - THE CHOWAN HERALD » . ."t:: '.:.:....z=r !j CHOWAN COUNTY 4-H CLUB WINNERS j \ _ r , ,-- ni - nr _ r^rTl , i.r.o.n-,-, rj * I rt VA '* • 25 I : f K IMN ****** Here are pictured the winners in the 4-H Club corn contest, sponsor ed annually by the Edenton Lions Club. The boys, left td right, are Gerald Harrell, Charles Chappell .and Sidney- White. Jr. The fathers, left to right are Lester Harrell, Sidney White and Carson Chappell. Charles Chappell was winner in the 10 to 12 year age group with 94.7 bushels per acre. Gerald Harrell won in the 13-14 year age group with 96.0 bushels per acre. Sidney White, Jr., was winner in the 15 year age group and above. He was also top county winner with 99.8 bushels per acre. Each winner was awarded a $lO cash prize at last week’s Lions Club meeting. USO Club Will Celebrate 15th Anniversary In Local Club Room Tuesday, Feb. 7 - ■ Civilians Requested to Visit USO Club For Occasion f Edentoti’s .USO Club will join,,in obcffliinaitlt lSth.aWJiversary the. organization vUieh •open house KjU be held at thfe club room jh Ho tel Joseph Hewes Tuesday, Febru ary 7. Open house will be observ ed from , 8 to 9 o’clock, and from 9 to 11 o’clock dancing will be ar ranged for service men and junior hostesses. In connection with the 15th an niversary the Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the DAR has offered to furnish guides for one day for the benefit of interested Marines and their wives who might want to visit points of historical interest. Tim Mooney family has also offered their services in way of music, singing and dancing to entertain service personnel. Father Francis Smith, chairman of the USO board of directors, is hoping that other individuals and _ organizations will offer their ser-! vices to help observe the USO birthday. Mrs. R. P. Badham, USO aide, says the USO has many needs, such as junior hosteses, playing cards, current magazines, records for the record player and calls attention that it will be a splendid gesture for Edenton people to invite the boys to their homes, escorting them to church services as well as oth er ways of making them feel at home. “They are with us,” says Mrs. Badham, “so let’s give them a big hand. They help us, so why not help them to make their stay in Edenton pleasant and long to be remembered ?” Both Father Smith and Mrs. Bad ham hope many of Edenton’s peo ple will visit the USO club especial ly during the birthday anniversary. Men Os Methodist Church Meet Tonight In the Methodist Church tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 o’clock, men of the church are invited to attend a barbecue dinner. At this meet ing officers for a Methodist Men’s Club will be elected, so that it is hoped all men of the church will attend. Reservations can be made by phoning the pastor, the Rev. J. Earl Richardson. His telephone number is 65-W. MASONS MEET TONIGHT Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will hold a stated communi -1 cation tonight (Thursday) at 8 J o’clock. Ernest P. Kehayes, mas ter of the lodge, urges a full at tendance. I Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 2,1956. New Pocahontas Officers Installed Mrs. Louise Prktt Now ! Pocahontas of Chow anoke Council ' New officers for Chowanoke Council No. 54, Degi'ee of Pocahon- \ tas, were installed at a meeting held in the Red Men hall Friday ' night. The installation ceremony \ was in charge of Mrs. Martha ' Crummey, Great Minnehaha of the Great Council of North Carolina, ‘ who was assisted by Mrs. Hilda Bass. The elected officers installed in eluded: Prophetess, Mrs. Myrtle Hollowell; Pocahontas, Mrs. Louise . Pratt; Wenona, Mrs. Dorothy Pav- • lich; Powhatan, W. J. Daniels; keeper of records, Mrs. Anita Bak er; collector of wampum, Mrs. Ed ,ith Buff lap; keeper of wampum, j i Mrs. Ellie Mae Parrish. | Mrs. Pratt, the new Pocahontas, • announced her appointments and < these officers were also installed as follows: ) First Scout, Mrs. Hazel Lassiter; I (Continued on Page Five) ( C OFFICERS OF OFFICERS’ WIVES CLUB, NAAS, EDENTON 1 — - ,it*tA fpwlf HI flit of v • frlgm r g>, jg • Hi""""' •% Jr HjMLa ■sWK#» 1 JMllSr * ..Jre****”* 1 ' * f ■g W «IIMk -Wm. ww- * W™- jGffL. % -i. ;i --i: \ V USSR *sai■ JA n *«? f A. a»yv. XSs£j.# * \ 4 # * • HL i L Jjl I m.JM , jfll fttfH I I B $ >#' fi H t' W. E. Malone, chairman of the Chowan County Red Cross blood pro gram, is proud to announce that three men, in Edenton are eligible for the two-gallon blood donor pins. The three, pictured above, left to right, are James Stillman, Joseph Swanner and H. A. Campon. The ! bloodmobile will be at the Edenton armory Wednesday, February 15. Town Councilmen And E. & W. Board Hold Joint Meeting Both Groups Present Proposed Improve ment Projects Town Council and the Board of Public Works held a lengthy joint I meeting Monday night, when May -1 or Ernest Kehayes called Hie riieet iing in order for the two groups to become better acquainted with the problems of each" board especially with a view to proposed improve ments. The meeting followed a ’Pluvious proposal of Mayor K-e --transfer $25 ! ,090 for E. & %*.“firhds to add to approximately $15,000 in Powell Bill funds in or der to begin a program of improve ments in Edenton. \ The town only recently employ ed Tom Rivers, an architect, to make a survey of Edenton, after which he recommended a long list of improvements. These recom mendations included more adequate drainage, closing ditches and con structing curbs and gutters. Add ed to these improvements is widen ing Oakum Street between Church and Queen Streets and suggestions have been made for a new Munici pal Building and transforming the present Municipal Building in its (entirety into a fire station. However, the Board of Public | i Works also brought to the meeting | [ a proposed five-year improvement j i and expansion program, which, if it | 'is carried out, will wipe out alii I surplus funds as well as come up ' at the end of five years SB,OOO in ' j the red. The E. & W. Board’s proposed i program is made up of nine ma-1 jor projects, together with-an. $lB,- j 000 annual appropriation during the j five years to the town’s general j fund. (Continued on Page Eight) | Jealous Suitor Kills: Girl Friend With .22; Willie Elton Taylor In 1 Jail Charged With Murder I Jacqueiin Costoh, 23-year-fdd col ored woman, who lived on North Granville Street, was almost in stantly killed about midnight Sat urday Ayhgn she was shift by Willie Elton Taylor, Who lives, oa West Freemason Street. According to Edenton police Tayr , lor used a .22 calibre gun, sending * two bullets ink* the side of the victim which lodged against the backbone. The shooting occurred on West AP '■marie Street, where Taylor is reported to have called the girl from a house of a friend and shot her down in a jealous rage. ® Edenton police arrested Taylor about 1:30 o’clock Sunday morning! at the . home of a friend On East 1 : Gale Street. He was charged with murder and placed ill the Chowan County jail without privilege of 0 bond. He will be given a prelimi- J nary hearing in Chowan Recorder’s (Court Tuesday, February 7. I I' ; St. Paul’s Auxiliarv n Will Meet Feb. Bth - i i a A luncheon meeting of the Wo- 1 e ' men’s Auxiliary of St. Paul’s Epis [ copat Church will lie held in the ; Parish House Tuesday afternoon, (February 14, at 1 o’clock. o Mrs. I.amont Edgerton of Golds- d ! boro will be. the guese speaker for j ii the occasion, and Mrs. L. A. Patter- i F | soil, president of the Auxiliary, j u | urges all members to attend. ' t * BlooßMNleAgam Will Visit Edenton On February 15th rj . _ _ _. I civic calendar] v ? Red Cross bloodmobile will be at the Edenton armory Wednesday, February 15. Chowan County’s quota is 100 pints of blood. Edenton Marines will sponsor a benefit boxing show with Cherry Point in the Edenton armory Sat urday night, February 25, begin ning at 8:30 o’clock. Annual meeting of the Albe marle Mutual Burial Association will be held in the office of the Williford Funeral Home Monday afternoon, February 6, at 1 o’clock. St. Paul’s Woman’s Auxiliary will meet in the Parish House Tues day afternoon, February 14, at 1 o'clock. The Fidelia NCO Wives Club will hold a business meeting Tuesday night. February 7. at 8 o’clock in Ih t . game room of the Staff NCO Club. Adult programs on “Simple Par ly Refreshments” will be held at the Edenton Junior-Senior High School Wednesday afternoon, Feb ruary 8, at 3 o’clock and at Cho «an High School F’riday afternoon, February 10, at 3 o’clock. Edenton’s USO Club will observe 15th anniversary of USO Tuesday, (Continued on Page Five) Rotary Club Will Entertain Aces At j Meeting March 1 Feature Will Be Film Os Duke-Ohio State Football Game Edenton Rotarians will entertain members of the Junior-Senior High School football team, their coach es and managers at a meeting of the club Thursday afternoon, March 1, at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. The Rotarians annually entertain the Aces long before this date, but the affair has been postponed in order to secure a film of a promi nent football game for the enter tainment of the boys. Warren Twiddy has been suc cessful in securing a film of the Duke-Ohio State football game, but not before March 1, so that the meeting to have the football boys as guests of the club was postpon ed until that date. EASTERN STAR MEETING Edenton Chapter No. 302, Order of the Eastern Star, will meet Mon day night, February 6, at 8 o’clock in the Alasonic Temple. Mrs. Frances Wilkins, worthy matron, urges every member of the chap ter to be present. tT ~ HAVE YOU JOINED THE MARCH OF DIMES? -3> j Three Edenton Donors ' Eligible For Two Gallon Pins » 5 W. E. Malone, chairman of Cho i wan County’s Red Cross blood pro r gram, announces that another visit . of the bloodmobile will be made in . Edenton Wednesday, February 15. The bloodmobile will again be 10. . cated at the Edenton armory from i 9 o’clock in the morning until 3 ; o’clock in the afternoon. ’ Mr. Malone states that the coun , ty’s quota will again be 100 pints ’ of blood and calls attention to the • fact that on the last visit the coun ty contributed only 71 pints, and of this number 41 pints were do nated by Marines, so that civilians donated only 30 pints. “Certainly the county is indebted to our Marine Air Station,” says Mr. Malone, “because our local hos pital used a total of 74 pints of Mood during the last quarter of 1955, Fifty two pints went to white people and 22 for colored people. We are not even meeting our own county needs.” Any person from 21 years of age through 59 and who is in good health weighing 110 pounds or more may give blood. Anyone 18 years old or younger may give blood with the consent of their parents. All volunteers are exam ined to determine if they can give I blood before it is taken. A file card system is now up to-date so that anyone desiring to know their own type of blood or how many pints have been donated this information will be given by going to the armory on February 15th. “Uemembe*;,” urge , Mr. Mail tic, “Your donation of blood may save somebody’s life. Most certainly it will be greatly appreciated by some ill or injured person who may need it.” Mr Malone Is proud to announce that three Edenton men will re (Continued on Page Eight) Adult Programs To Begin February Bth Demonstration Also at Chowan High School February 10 Mrs. Sylvia Matthews, Virginia Electric and Power Company Home Economist in this area, will give a demonstration on “Simple Party Refreshments” at the first of a se ries of adult meetings to he held in Chowan County. Her demonstration can bo seen in Edenton Wednesday afternoon, February 8, at 3 o’clock in the home economics department of the Fidert ton Junior-Senior High School. Mrs. Matthews will be at, the Chowan High School Friday after noon, February 10 at 3 o’clock: Mrs. Mack Rogersop. and Miss Delphis Rawls extend a cordial in vitation to ths public to attend these meetings. Mothers are to be reminded that the FHA girls will furnish entertainment for the chil dren that accompany them. Refreshments will be served and some lucky person will win the door prize. Cancer Clinic Will Be Held February 3rd The Northeastern Cancer Center will hold its next clinic on Friday* February 3, in Elizabeth City at i the Health Center with registration beginning at 1:00 o’clock. A free chest X-ray will be given anyone wishing it along with the examina tion of the five areas of the body where cancer is most easily found and cured. There are no limitations as to sex, race, physical or economic status at the center. However, there are age requirements. Wo men should be 35 or more; men should be 40 or over unless refer red by a doctor or unless one of the “Seven Danger Signals” are pres ent. Examinees are asked to bring £ robe or housecoat with vh«m,