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found a fair presentation
of local and county news
Os general Interest.
Volume 111. —Number 11.
Survey In Chowan To
Find Defective Sight
Cards Will Be Distri
buted Among School
Children
WITH LIGHT BILLS
Desire to Get Accurate
Information In En
tire County
The State Commission for the
Blind is making a survey of Chowan
County to locate every one who has
seriously defective eyesight or is
blind.
The city and county schools are
distributing survey cards for the
Commission, and the Town of Eden
ton will enclose one with each light
and water bill that is sent out this
month. In the County Schools, Sup
erintendent W. J. Taylor has arrang
ed for one child from each home to
receive a card; the Edenton Schools
will only give cards to children from
rural homes not having electric ser
vice, this arrangement having been
made with Superintendent John A.
Holmes.
However, in both cases the chil
dren will carry the cards home so
that their parents may write on them
the names and addresses of every
one known to them who either has
seriously defective sight or is blind.
Then the survey cards should be re
turned to the schools by the chil
dren. From the school they will be
collected into the respective superin
tendent’s office.
The cards going out in the light
and water bills are to be filled out in
jthe same way. Persons receiving
them should write on the cards the
names and addresses of those they
Iknow who have seriously defective
sight or are blind. Then the survey
•card should be returned to Town
Clerk R. E. Leary’s office when the
light bill is paid.
The Commission classifies as
“blind” any one who is unable to
read ordinary newsprint, even with
the aid of glasses. Those who have
“seriously defective sight” may still
be able to read some and to do their
daily work in a limited way. Some
of them only need proper glasses to
restore useful vision; others need
operations for cateract or some other
kind of eye treatment.
Persons ranging from infancy to
old age should be reported in the
survey, and both races. No consid
eration should be given to a person’s
ability or inability to provide for
himself financially.
Should any one fail to get a survey
card, he may report cases of serious
ly defective sight and blindness by
writing: State Commission for the
Blind, 405 Agricultural Building,
Raleigh. The Commission will fol
low up the survey and base its pro
gram on the needs disclosed.
Mrs. Roy E. Leary
Elected Auxiliary
District Secretary
The American Legion Auxiliary
helds its regular meeting on Friday
evening at Hotel Joseph Hewes.
The meeting was opened by the
president, Mrs. Jesse White, who
gave an interesting report of the
District meeting held in Manteo in
February. At this meeting, Mrs.
Roy Leary was elected district secre
tary for the year.
The two papers on “How to Be
come Good Citizens” were read. The
first prize winner in the essay con
test, Margaret Griffin, was the guest
of the Auxiliary, and read her paper.
The other paper, which received hon
orable mention, was written by Annie
Ruth White.
Mrs. Jesse White won the door
prize.
Sheriff In Upper
Chowan Next Week
Sheriff J. A. Bunch has arranged
to be in the upper end of Chowan
County two days next week for the
convenience of those who desire to
pay their taxes. On Wednesday,
March'* 18, he will be at Lloyd Briggs’
filling station at Gliden, and on the
following day he will sit at L. W.
Belch’s store at Center Hill.
Mr. Bunch is sacrificing this
time and hopes taxpayers in these
communities will meet him at the
times arranged and pay their taxes.
SERVICE LEAGUE TONIGHT
The Young People’s Service Lea
gue of »t. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
will meeti tonight at 7:30 o’clock at
the ParjmHouse.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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AMATEUR NIGHT
BIG SUCCESS AT
TAYLOR THEATRE
Second Program Tomorrow Night
Will Include Only Adult
Contestants
That amateurs or local talent is
appreciated in Edenton was clearly
demonstrated Friday night when the
Taylor Theatre was packed for the
first of a series of Friday amateur
nights. Every seat on the first floor
was occupied with many standing in
the rear of the theatre. Those ap
pearing on the program, which was
presented between the two picture
showings, made a very favorable im
pression and each group was given
tremenduous applause, making it
very difficult to decide the winner of
the contest. In fact the applause
was so great in two instances that
the first prize of $lO in cash was di
vided between Bill Cozart, of Eden
ton, and Miss Reta Shirley Messick,
of Washington, N. C.
Bill Cozart, who was accompanied
on the piano by his sister, Miss Or
phia Cozart, sang two numbers,
"Moon Over Miami,” and “Please
Believe Me,” while Miss Messick sang
two snappy numbers and gave an ex
hibition of tap dancing.
Another number which pleased the
crowd was the Honolulu Strummers
composed of Wilbome Harrell, John
Presley and his daughter, Myrtle.
This group played two Hawaiian
numbers and was a close contestant
for first honors.
Other amaeurs appearing on the
program included the Merry Hill
Ramblers, composed of Stevenson
White, Harry Bowen and Tal Out
law, who rendered string music.
Shirlel Todd, of Windsor, known as
Eastern Carolina’s harmonica king,
played a few numbers on his mouth
harp, being accompanied on a guitar
by Sumler Casper, also of Windsor.
George Jlarrison, also of Windsor,
and Sumler Casper presented a cou
ple of numbers on guitars. The Cor
prew brothers of Chowan County,
completed the program with music
on a mandolin and guitar.
The winners were selected by the
applause received upon their presen
tation on the stage after the entire
program was heard.
Manager Jimmy Earnhardt stated
Wednesday that the amateur pro
gram on Friday night will include
five or six acts by adults only and
that the following Friday’s list will
include only children. Later on, he
said, an amateur night will be held
including only colored talent.
Sauerkraut Supper
Served At Tonight’s
Masonic Meeting
Os especial interest to local Mas
ons is the information that tonight a
sauerkraut supper will be served im
mediately after the regular meeting.
This is an annual affair looked for
ward to with much pleasure by mem
bers of Unanimity Lodge.
The sauerkraut is furnished by F.
F. Muth, an honorary member of the
lodge, who for many years has been
serving a similar supper to his Mas
onic friends. Though Mr. Muth is
very ill at his home and will be un
able to attend, his son, Frank Muth,
will serve this delicacy, j which no
doubt will result in a good atten
dance at tonight’s meeting.
G. A. Helms, J. A. Crawford and
B. F. Britton, Sr., have made all ar
rangements for the supper.
Two Os Chowan’s
Triplets Now Dead
Though triplets bom to Fred and
Lucille Leary, colored tenants on the
farm of E N. Elliott, near Cross
Roads on Tuesday, February 25, at
first appeared healthy and most
likely to live, two of them have died.
One of the trio, all boys, died last
Thursday afternoon, the other pass
ing away Sunday night.
MRS. CALEB GOODWIN BETTER
News has been received here that
Mrs. Caleb Goodwin, who was se
riously ill at her home in Morganton
last week, is much improved. Her
mother, Mrs. S. A, White, and her
aunt, Mrs. A. W. Hefren, of Hert
ford, who were called to Morganton,
have returned. Mr. Goodwin and
their daughter, Miss Sara Ellen, were
both quite sick a few days last week,
Sal HI rapidly Improving no m>
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 12, 1936.
LITTLE BUSINESS
TRANSACTED AT
COUNCIL MEETING
Carroll Boyce Retained
On Police Force For
Another Month
REFUSE SIGN
Discuss Advisability of
Changing Traffic
Stop Light
Though little o£ importance came
before Town Council at the monthly
meeting Tuesday night, the session
lasted until after 10 o’clock. Those
on hand for the meeting were Mayor
E. W. Spires, A. G. Byrum, W. E.
Bond, Graham Byrum and Wallace
Jones.
Mayor Spires reported that $6,603
had been transferred to the Coun
cil’s general fund by the E. and W.
Department to pay for the city's
share of skilled labor in the erection
of an armory for Edenton. The
Council in turn passed a resolution
that this amount be appropriated as
a supplement on the WPA project to
provide a building for use as an
armory by the 115th Ambulance
Company and for civic purposes.
The matter of retaining Carrol
Boyce on the police force was also
discussed, the Town Fathers feeling
that his services are needed in view
of the epidemic of robberies in this
section. He was therefore retained
at least until the next meeting of
Town Council. Mr. Boyce’s activi
ties on the police force were highly
complimented, and but for the fact
that the amount of his salary was
not included in the budget, members
of the Board feel that he should be
employed permanently.
A request by W. R Horton, pro
prietor of the Hotel Joseph Hewes,
for permission to hang a neon sign
across the intersection of Broad and
King streets, was discussed. Mr.
Horton as well as members of the
Board realize that such a sign would
be of service to strangers coming in
town who want to stop at a hotel
and are unfamiliar with the location.
However, there is an ordinance pro
hibiting this and the Councilmen
were of the opinion a precedent
would be set which might prove em
barrassing later on. The Councilmen
were of the belief that an attractive
corner sign answering the same pur
pose could be erected on one of the
buildings at the intersection.
The matter of the stop light at
the corner of Queen and Mosely
streets came up for some criticism
by the Councilmen, it being the opin
ion of some that a blinker at the
same location would be more effec
tive than the stop light. It was
thought that the stop light would
better serve the purpose at the cor
ner of Church and Oakum streets,
which is a blind corner. However,
the town’s finances in some instan
ces are now in the red and the out
lay for a new blinker was deemed
inadvisable at this time.
Athletic Club To
Organize Tonight
Due no doubt to the inclement
weather and the observance of Lent
a small crowd responded to the open
ing dance of the Albemarle Athletic
Association Tuesday night in the
club room over Ed Habti’s dry clean
ing works. An orchestra from Cole
rain furnished music, but very few
couples were on hand to dance.
A meeting of the organization will
be held tonight in the club room
when the organization will be effect
ed, officers elected and charter mem
bers enrolled. Any one who is in
terested in joining the club is urged
to attend.
R. H. Goodwin Faces
Embezzlement Charge
R. H. Goodwin, prominent Chowan
farmer, was charged with embezzle
ment in a warrant sworn out this
week before Clerk of the Court W.
H. Pitt in Hertford, and which is re
turnable next Tuesday at the regu
lar session of the Perquimans County
Recorder’s Court.
Mr. Goodwin was named adminis
trator of the estate of W. Clyde
Elliott, when the latter and his wife
were shot to death a number of years
ago in the Beech Spring section of
Perquimans County.
The warrant was sworn out by M.
M. Elliott, son of the murdered man,
who claims that Mr. Goodwin mis
appropriated for his own use ssl of
his father’s estate as well as other
fund* now in his hands.
Commissioners Refuse SIOO,OOO
School Building At Cross Roads
Rev. George Blount
Special Speaker At
Rotary Meet Today
Rev. George W. Blount, pastor of
the Methodist Church, will be the
principal, speaker at the weekly
luncheon of the Edenton Rotary Club
today in the Parish House. The pro
gram will be in charge of Millard
Bond, chairman of the vocational
service committee.
Due to illness, W- S. Privott, who
was scheduled as a speaker at last
week’s meeting, was unable to ap
pear. As a substitute program,
Rev. C. A. Ashby conducted an “in
telligence” test in which Jesse White
and J. Edwin Bufflap competed to see
which one could thread a needle in
the quickest time. Jesse White was
the winner of the contest. Another
feature on the program was the
putting together of a pasteboard box
in which C. H. Wood, M. W. Jackson
and D. M. Warren competed. Mr.
Warren easily won out over his
“rivals
D. M. Warren, also in a few brief
words explained the seriousness of
the school situation in Chowan Coun
ty, telling the Rotarians that it was
a matter affecting the County as a
'whole in which each tax payer will
be called upon to pay his proportion
ate share.
“Sandy” Graham On
State-wide Radio
Hook-up Tonight
Those who are politically-minded
will be interested to know that ever
a State-wide radio network A. H.
(“Sandy”) Graham, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor, will speak to the people of
North Carolina on tonight (Thurs
day), from 8:30 to 9:00 o’clock.
Included in the radio network will
be radio stations in Raleigh, Char
lotte, Greensboro and Asheville.
These facilities will afford an oppor
tunity for Mr. Graham to be heard
in every county of the State.
Mr. Graham in this State-wide ad
dress will give his views on the im
portant problems of State govern
ment which affect every citizen, such
as public schools, roads, old age pen
sions, control of alcoholic beverages,
the sales tax, and State finances.
Major Whichard Gets
Plans For Armory
Allocation of WPA funds for the
erection of National Guard Armories
here, in Wilson, New Bern and five
other places in the State was an
nounced in Raleigh on Tuesday-
Coupled with the announcement was
the receipt yesterday by Major M.
P. Whichard of architectural plans
and drawings for the new building
to be erected on the old fair grounds
on North Broad Street. Work on
the armory will be started, it is ex
pected, within the next two weeks.
The armories will all cost the same
amount, $25,200, and will be uniform
in appearance.
Methodist Zone
Meeting March 17
In Hertford Church
A Zone meeting of the Chowan-
Perquimans Missionary Societies will
be held in the Hertford Methodist
Church on Tuesday, March 17, begin
ning at 10 A. M. and will continue
throughout the day. Interesting
speakers will appear on the program
and the meeting is calculated to
draw a large crowd.
DAN MORAN UNDERGOES
VERY SERIOUS OPERATION
Dan Moran was carried to Protes
tant Hospital, Norfolk, Va., Monday
morning, and late that afternoon
was operated on following an attack
of acute pancreatitus. Mr. Moran was
stricken Saturday night and since
has been very ill. He is getting on
as well as could be expected, after
such a serious operation, but he is
very ill yet.
METHODIST MISSIONARY
SOCIETY MEETS MARCH 18
The Missionary Society of the
Edenton Methodist Church will have
their regular meeting next Wednes
day afternoon at the church at 3:30
o’clock. All members are urged to
plan to attend.
MR. PERRY BETTER
O. B. Perry has been very ill with
pneumonia. Miss Frances Evans is
nursing him. His condition was re
ported to be somewhat better Wed
nesday! ULii
200th Anniversary
Os St. Paul’s Church
Be Observed May 14
Members of St. Paul’s congre
gation are looking forward with
much interest to a special service
which will be held on May 14
commemorating the 200th anni
versary of the building of the
church.
Special features in connection
with the celebration will be a pa
per read by John W. Graham
concerning the history of the
church, while Mrs. Henry Bond
will tell of her personal recollec
tions of the Parish. The 53rd
annual convocation of the Diocese
of Eastern Carolina will be held
at the church the same week with
Bishop Thomas C. Darst in charge.
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Speakers Secured For
Club Federation Meet
On Tuesday, March 31
That their is much interest among
the club women of Chowan County
is apparent from the fact that al
ready the program is almost com
pleted for the spring federation of
Chowan demonstration dubs which
will be held on Tuesday, March 31,
at 2:30 o’clock.
While the program isn’t ready to
be announced, Miss Rebecca Colwell,
Chowan home agent, has given the
information that the two principal
speakers for this event have been se
cured. They are: Mrs. J. L. Weller,
president of the Norfolk Federation
of Garden Clubs and recording secre
tary of the Virginia Federation of
Garden Clubs, which is made up of
29 clubs. Mrs. Weller holds a certi
ficate in flower arrangement as well
as judging and staging flower shows.
Her topic for discussion to Chowan
women will be “Flower Arrange
ment.”
The other speaker will be Richard
S. Orr, of Norfolk, Va., who will
give an illustrated lecture on land
scape gardening.
The meeting will be held iri the
Edenton High School, and it is ex
pected a large representation of the
County’s club women will attend.
Revival Starts Sunday
In Assembly Church
Rev. Kelly Wigfield, pastor of the
Pentecostal Assembly of God in
North Edenton, announces that a
series of revival meetings will be
held in his church beginning next
Sunday. The revival will continue
for two Weeks or possibly longer, ac
cording to Mr. Wigfield, with ser
vices being held at 7:45 every even
ing.
The revival will be in charge of
Rev. and Mrs. G. T. Owens, of Okla
homa.
Chowan Game Warden
Explains Fishing Laws
Due to the fact that he has been
asked many questions regarding the
fishing laws, J. G. Perry, Chowan
County game warden, this week
made the following statement to The
Herald:
“It shall be unlawful for any per
son or persons, firm or corporation
to set or place fish traps, fish slides
or fish baskets, or to take or kill
fish in any of the waters of North
Carolina designated as inland fishing
waters by any means br method
whatsoever, except with hook and
line, rod and reel, or by casting, pro
vided that shad and herring may be
taken with skim or gill nets of not
less size bar than one and one-half
inches on Friday and Saturday of
each week from January 1 to May 1,
of each year in inland fishing
waters.”
Mr. Perry further desires fisher
men to observe the closed seasons
and bag limits on the various species
of fish. It shall be unlawful to fish
or take fish by any means whatso
ever in inland fishing waters of
North Carolina from April 1 to May
10 of each year, both dates being in
clusive.
Mr. Perry is especially anxious
that fishermen become acquainted
with the law relative to the sale of
g'"v- fi s h. It shall be unlawful for
any A son, firm or corporation to
buy, selK r fer for sale, or to ship at
any time ' fish caught in inland
fishing wateK Commercial fisher
men, however, may ship or sell robin,
rock, red fin ana white perch.
This newspaper is circu
lated In the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Also Deem Central High
School For County
Out of Question
WILL MEET AGAIN
Receptive to Expendi
ture of $50,000 at
Cross Roads
The. puzzling school situation con
fronting the Chowan County Com
missioners regarding the erection of
a school building to replace the one
burned at Cross Roads and necessary
repairs to the Edenton building or a
new building was thoroughly discuss
ed at a joint meeting of the Commis
sioners and the County and City
education boards on Monday after
noon, In opening the meeting D. M.
Warren, chairman of the Commis
sioners, stated briefly the purpose of
the gathering, after which he re
quested both boards to make their
requests known.
W. J. Taylor, as spokesman for
the County board, reiterated the
needs for upper Chowan, and refer
red to the plans submitted to the
Commissioners last week which call
ed for an up-to-date plant costing in
the neighborhood of SIOO,OOO.
John A- Holmes, superintendent of
City schools, was asked to submit
the request for his board, which held
a special meeting earlier in the day
to discuss their plans. Mr. Holmes
told the Commissioners that his
board recommended the building of a
central county high school costing
approximately SIOO,OOO and -spend
ing $15,000 on necessary repairs to
the present building which would
be used for elementary grades, or if
this Would not be done to spend
$30,000 to repair and enlarge the
present building.
The recommendation of a central
county high school brought vigorous
protests from members of the Coun
ty board as well as from a number
of residents in the County who were
present at the meeting. W. J. Tay
lor was very frank in saying that
the idea was unwise and impractical
due for the most part to the trans
portation problem. He further told
the Commissioners that there are
401 pupils enrolled at Cross Roads,
120 of whom are high school pupils,
with the possibility of an enrollment
of approximately 700 if an adequate
building replaced the one burned.
This would be brought about, he
said, by the most likely addition of
32 pupils from Beech Fork, 19 from
Elmo, 71 at Center Hill, 48 from
Gum Pond, and 91 at Oak Grove.
Mr. Holmes in explaining his
board’s request, said a new heating
plant is absolutely • necessary in the
present building as well as a new
roof, changes in toilet facilities, and
if additions are to be made, a new
auditorium will have to be privaled.
W. D. Pruden, the city’s attorney,
was asked to explain the legal side
of the situation during which he
said the law requires that if the
Commissioners allot any amount to
one school, district, the other district
is entitled to an allotment in pro
portion to the enrollment. The mat
ter of the insurance of $17,000 on
the burned building was also explain
ed by Mr. Pruden, who said that if
the insurance money, which belongs
to the County, is used to pay off the
remaining indebtedness of the Cross
Roads school, the Commissioners will
have to assume the indebtedness of
the Edenton district, which is in the
neighborhood of $50,000.
In order to get an idea as to the
sentiment of the County as a whole,
Mr. Warren allowed a number in
the audience to express their views
in the matter:
W. D. Welch said a central County
high school was entirely out of the
question and that it is absolutely
necessary for a building for both
high school and elementary pupils to
be at Cross Roads. He explained
that even now there are times when
busses must leave their starting
point about day break in order to
get the children to school in time
and for the addition of the extra
miles to come to Edenton would
work an extreme hardship upon the
children as well as the parents.
L. W. Belch was also of the opin
ion that the school should be placed
at Cross Roads, and Rev. John By
rum, who said he hadn’t given the
question considerable thought, was
of the opinion that a school at Cross
Roads was for the best interest of
the children of Upper Chowan.
Mrs. E. L. Winslow and Mrs. R.
H. Hollowell both were not in the
least uncertain in their desire for
the school at Cross Roads in prefer
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