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Nation’s Boy Scouts Celebrate
46th Anniversary Os Scouting
During Week Os Feb. 6 To 12
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Program Theme “On
ward For God and
My Country”
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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
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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
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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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
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Civilians Requested to
Visit USO Club For
Occasion
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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.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 2,1956.
New Pocahontas
Officers Installed
Mrs. Louise Prktt Now !
Pocahontas of Chow
anoke Council
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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
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Pictured above are the officers of the Officers’ W ives Club of the Edenton Naval Auxiliary Air Station. Mrs. A. H. Ackerman, fourth from left, past presi
dent, is congratulating Mrs. L. K. Davis, the newly- elected president. Other members of her board, left to right, are: Mrs. Ralph Lngtmann Mrs. John
Read. Mrs. Jay McDonald, Mr«. Hamilton Lawrence, Mrs, John Basher Mrs. Ear! Carpenter Mrs. H. M, Roth and Mrs. P, F. _
25 Enroll In Third
Class Os Volunteer
Nurses’Aide Work
Earnest Group of Lo
cal Ladies Meet at
Hospital
On Monday night, January 30, an
earnest group of women mqf. at
Chowan Hospital to begin a third
| training class as Red Cross volun-
I teer nurses’ aides. The majority
I of the class are wives of military
I personnel stationed at the Edenton
Air Base. The community is fbrtu
nate and proud to have such affine
spirit of cooperation and service
shown from this source. *
Mrs. Helen Shields and Mrs.
Virginia Bunch, registered nurses,
teach the class, according to the
regulations of the American Red
Cross and will be assisted with lec
tures by the medical staff of the
hospital.
Those enrolled for the course
are as follows:
Marjorie Harrell, Sylvia Bunch,
Norma Jean Winter, Margaret Mi
randa, Margaret Carpenter, Betty
Lemon, Pauline Hicks, Jean Smith,
Adah E. Ester, Bessie Eddins, Pau
line T. Richardson, Beverly Keyes,
Maxine Turner, Mary I.ou McKee,
Kani Metz, Marilyn Butler, Nancy
Jennings, Nina Lovvrey, Marie
Leech, Sallie Hartman, Nell Perry
.Tones, Betsy Chesson, Betty Dixon, .
Lois Anderson and Joe Barrier.
Luther C. Parks And (
Gene Perry Join In
P & P Texaco Service
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,Anrrojwicement .is rqade 'FErafc.Lu-.j
ther Partis joiner} in parinersh'ipy’
with Gene Perry, who fm'met'ly op- '
crated Gene Perry’s Texaco Ser- i
vice. The name of the new concern ,
has been changed to P & P Texa
co Service.
Mr. Parks has for the past 10
years been employed as parts man
ager at the Albemarle Motor Com
pany and Mr. Perry has operated 1
the service station for four years. :
The new concern will be equipped 1
for complete service station needs ’•
and garage service. They rent U- 1
Haul trailers and maintain a 24- i
hour wrecker service, with me- •
chanies on duty at all hours. 1
Mr. Perry will be in charge of 1
the service station and Mr. Parks ]
will be in charge of the service de- 1
partmerit. (
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Methodist Revival
Week Os March 18th
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The Rev. J. Earl Richardson, pas-:,
tor of the Edenton Methodist J
Church, has announced that a re- |
vival will be in progress at the
church the week of March 18.
The visiting evangelist for the i
revival will be the Rev. Fred Dup
lissey, pastor of the North Gates :
Charge.
TWO GALLON BLOOD DONORS ]
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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.
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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.
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; St. Paul’s Auxiliarv n
Will Meet Feb. Bth -
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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
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Will Visit Edenton
On February 15th
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I civic calendar]
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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,
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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.
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HAVE YOU
JOINED THE
MARCH OF DIMES?
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j Three Edenton Donors
' Eligible For Two
Gallon Pins
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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
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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,