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I In these columns will be I found a fm presentation I of heal and county news 1 of general interest. Volume IV—Number 11. Edenton Fine Host To Governor And Assembly School Squabble Ended By An Agreeable Compromise Representative John F. White Agrees to Old Board Serving ADDS TWO MORE T. L. Ward and William' | B. Shepard Named as # r New Members That politics in Chowan County will continue to be serene and that alt concerned, in the squabble over the county school board as well as the Edenton Board of Trustees are satisfied is the outcome of a visit of about a dozen residents of the county to Raleigh Tuesday. A hearing had been granted the group by the Cal endar Committee of the Senate in reference to Representative John . ' White’s proposed change in the County Board of Education which was included in the school omnibus bill already passed in the House. However, even before the hearing materialized, a number of the, local ■delegation conferred with Mr. White, who apparently was in a compromis ing mood, and after going over the situation pro and con, agrefd to compromise and approve the present board, except, however, ..Mr. White - contended that he wanted to place two more men on the county board. This addition was not objected *|e -by those in the delegation, wftftgk eluded the members of the county board, and Mr. White will submit the ~ ; uaihes of T. L. Ward and WißijiiJß. w Shepard as ffie^Sfero bers, thus making a seven-mefliber board instead of five as at present. The compromise was a. very pleas ant one, both Mr. Whife and those opposing his proposal, all, leaving the conference very much satisfied that the whole matter had been closed and agreeing to forget all about it. The board as included in the om nibus bill includes Mr. White him self, T. L. Ward and Z. T. Evans. However, Mr. White and those op posing him signed papers to the ef fect that the bill would be amended in the Senate to include those nomi nated in the primary with the addi tion, of course, of Mr. White’s.ftrieca tion, T. L. Ward and Shepard. The measure sarily be returned to the Hfeuiie for concurrence, where with Mr. Whitqfc favoring the move, the amendment will no doubt be accepted and passed along with the entire school law. Those in the delegation interested primarily in Mr. White’s attitude to ward polishing the Edenton ad ministrative unit were anxious to know his feelings about the matter, and they, too, came back home very well satisfied with the assurance of Mr. White that he had decided to drop me entire school matter. Those making the trip Tuesday were D. M. Warren, W. D. Welch, , Thomas Chears, John A. Holmes, J: L. Wiggins, S. E. Morris, L. W. Belch, W. J. Taylor, A. D. Ward and Isaac Byrua. a \ E. H. S. Spotlight’ Is Signally Honored Edenton High - School was again Signally honored when last week John A. Holmes, superintendent, re ceived word from Joseph M. Murphy, '’-riHreetor of the Columbia Scholastic '•S-'Peese association, that the school . awarded ,fourth place in a national contest-*fei mimeographed school p»pets.-Ih: $* contest thews were al most I®oo papers and magaafatee coming from schools in practically every state in the Union. • Students should be especially com plimented upon their attainment es pecially so when the paper to be judged was one of the first issues by this year’s staff, and since which the - appearance and news content has f been greatly improved. _ - ■ — lions Plnn To Sponsor i Eye Clinic In County \ The Edenton Lions club held their ] * weekly meeting Monday night in Hotel Joseph Hewes with a good at tendance Oh hand. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY b 11 1 — " • Moat -ants to buy Erery child has the right to develop imd*r clean, wholesome, conditions. In declaring this right, this Society undertakes to use its influence to the end that children everywhere, through proper legis lation, both local and general, and through proper supervision and protection, may grow to manhood and womanhood free from crippling conditions caused by iusuffideuc nourishment, improper food, or unsanitary environment, and free, so far as possible, from danger of acci dent, wounding or maiming. (Articlt 2 of The CrifipUJ Child's "Bill of Rights.") EASTER SEALS GO. ON SALE MONDAY Proceeds Will Be Used to Maintain and Extend Benefits To Crippled Children W. J. Taylor, county welfare offi cer, ahnouhees that Easter seals will b« placed on sale Monday, March 22, in an effort to finance a program of tively printed with a small Miss dressed in green, one chubby arm in a brown crutch, but the other hand is free and outstretched toward the golden sunlight of opportunity which signifies “Joyous Life” (this year’s seal theme) for this and many such smnll crippled people. The seal sells for a penny each, SI.OO per sheet of 100—not a large sum, but an investment that pays big dividends in building sounder bodies, and brighter minds,. as the Chowan County League for Crippled Childpp continues its work. agepey'is state wide, being or fpr'the purpose of looking j&ter the' welfare of crippled child ren. Its program is one of coopera tion with all agencies both public and private, lay and professional, to the end that every crippled child may inherit its birthright. Ibis is beauti fully stated in Article X of the Crip pled Child’s Bill of Rights” which reads: “In brief, not only for its own sake, but for the benefit of the So ciety as a whole, every crippled child has the right to the best body which modern science can help it secure; the best, mind that modem education caajprovide; the best training which .modem vocational guidance can give; the best position in life which his physical condition as best it may be, will permit, and the best opportun ity for spiritual development which (Continued on Page Five) r" ——«■ One Os Many Echoes * Following Big Day Windsor, N. C. March 12, 1937 Mr. Editor: Permit me to say that your Town Officers and Committees, having in charge the General As sembly Centennial, deserve un limited credit; and thanks far the perfect day they gave visitors and guests on Thursday, March 11th. As a former citizen of Eden ton, having taught school there in the fall of 1879 and spring of 1880, I wan proud of the historic city, and ita patriotic citizens. recollections of there > I went from the bay through to every section of the town. I shall not dwell on Eden ton’s growth; it speaks for I simply wish to compliment II visitors, guests, General Assent s My and home folks on the perfect I day we all enjoyed. I Permit me, again, to expreul I that - „ ~, E ft . fP, WINSTON. I Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 18, 1937. MISS MARY PERRY COUNTY WINNER IN ESSAY HONOR B. & L. Contest Prize Won By Local School Girl FINEPAPER Marguerite Etta Evans Os Chowan High Is Second In the presence of the high school student body and a sprinkling of visitors Miss Marguerite Etta Evans of Chowan High School and Miss Mary Perry of the Edenton High School vied for honors in the Kees ler Memorial Building and Loan Es say Contest in the Edenton school auditorium. The two essays by the young ladies represented the best presented in their respective schools, and decided the county winner, who will enter the district contest, the place and date of which has not yet been announced. Both papers were excellently pre . pared and delivered and contained convincing argument as to the good r accomplished by building and loan associations in way of making home ownership possible. i Miss Perry was unanimously voted the winner of the contest by three judges, Mrs. Lee Sledge, Rev. George Blount and Rev. Frank Cale, thereby - receiving first prize of $lO which 1 was given by the Edenton Building , and Loan Association. Miss Evans E received a $5 prize, which is also - given by the local association. < -" ' The. pySpes- were given to the win -3 ners by R. C. Holland, a director of i the association, who complimented 3 both contestants for the splendid es i says. i Mrs. R. E. Leary presided over the 3 contest and while tne judges were i reaching a decision, Miss Jennie Ruth McAlily rendered a delightful piano ( solo. > The contest was scheduled to have , been held tomorrow (Friday) but due r to conflicting school activities it was » to Tuesday morning. 1 General Assembly Pictures On Display ! In Herald Office Last week’s visit by the Governor ' and General Assembly came back in f great shape today through the re ceipt by B. Warner Evans of a se ’ ries of 32 photographic prints of [ groups and individuals snapped Air ing the celebration. The prints are in large size and about the finest 1 photographs ever taken in this town. ' Jack White, star photographer for 1 the Dunbar and Daniel Studio, Ra [ leigh, and who does much work of 1 this sort for the Associated Press 1 and metropolitan newspapers, sent J the pictures on to Mr. Evans for dis ; play and sale. 1 The photographs, which Mr. Evans ’ has placed on exhibition at The Chowan Herald office, where they 1 may be viewed by prospective pur chasers and where orders will he taken as well as by Mr. Evans, show Governor Hoey and about everybody local and State, who figured in the celebration. They will be on view at The Herald office for a week, any how, and will be open to observation toy anyone who may care to call and see them. '.-1, _ ■ . ■ Clothing: Leaders Will Meet Friday At 10 o'clock Friday morning in the Court House clothing' leaders of the various clubs of the county, to gether with Miss Rebecca Colwell, home agent, will meet with Miss Willie Hunter, extension specialist in clothing, for the purpose of con ducting a clothing leaders’ school. Miss Hunter will feature seasonal clothing at the school. That all chib members may benefit by this school is assured in that each clothing leader will give similar de monstrations in their home dub at the (first meeting following the JUNIORS AT MERRY HILL IPPOOL ELECT OFFICERS H w Tha ta»isr class of Merry Hill elected the follow- I lnsE to MS** as class officers: Presi- B##, Clan* Grumpier; vice presMent, H C||ia Gtaffib; secretary, Samuel P' Adapts* treasurer, Katie N. Phelps. CAKE, CREAM AND I JOLLITY FLAVOR i LEGION BJRTHDAY Local Post and Auxili ary In Anniversary Celebration 18 YEARSYOUNG Lively Speeches and Re ports Make Occasion Very Interesting: Mrs. than fifty persons got to gether in Red Men’s Hall Tuesday night in services commemorative of the eighteenth anniversary of the American Legion’s founding in Paris in the spring of 1919. About half were members of the local Legion post and the others were ladies and young folks identified with the Le gion Auxiliary. Commander John A. Holmes presided and the gayly cos tumed High .School band enlivened the proceedings at the outset, and made merry with the ice cream and cake provided at the finish. While the proceedings, naturally, had a semblance of solemnity about them, there was, also, plenty of friv olity and genial fun making. After Mr. Holmes had briefly outlined what the meeting was about and Adjutant Oscar H. Brown had read his regular report, the Commander called the past commanders and past Auxiliary presidents to the front row chairs for brief explanatory ad dresses. Mrs. M. P. Whichard gave a short history of her organization’s work, stating that it started with 32 charter members and still has 26 of those in its present member ship of 78. Mrs. W. E. Baker, the 1937 presi dent, who also shows her versatility by directing an orchestra in her leis ure moments, stated that the mem bership of the junior auxiliary total ed ten, and that the activities of both branches had so attracted State at tention the- Auxjliary was in line for one of the official honor cups. C. D. Stewart traced the beginning of the Legion, and told of its continuation Statistically, -mentioning that the lo cal post had received its second im petus in 1919 through reorganization in the office of W. D. Pruden. Oth ers who talked tersely were Postmas ter C. E. Kramer, O. H. Brown, Mrs. C. E. Kramer, Mrs. R. E. Leary, Mrs. Jesse White, and a fellow named Bufflap who could think of nothing but oyster roasts as an inducement for increased attendance. Mayor E. 'W. Spires, an invited guest, was, also a speaker. After the Commander had present ed a candled birthday cake, Mrs. Baker turned in a very artistic pla que emblematic of resolutions pass ed at the national convention last year in Cleveland having to do with the conservation of forest lands. Then there was some “official” wind up singing, at least there was much noisemaking around an imitation tree from no-man’s land by a quar tette composed of Kramer, Stewart, Duncan and Beany White, which started everybody home quickly. Warren Oldham Weds Rocky Mount Girl Friends in Edenton will be inter ested to know that Warren Oldham, a former resident, was married on Sunday morning. Mr. Oldham’s bride is Miss Garnet Fountain of Rocky Mount, the ceremony taking place at the home of the bride. Mr. Oldham for six years was em ployed as linotype operator with the Edenton Daily News, iater going to Elizabeth City and then to Rocky Mount, where he is now employed by the Evening Telegram. His bride is a charming and popular member of the younger set of Rocky Mount. The newlyweds passed through Edenton Sunday night stopping with Mr. and Mrs. Hector Lupton while enroute on a wedding trip to Wash ington, D. C. Upon their return they will make their home in Rocky Mount. NARROW ESCAPE Gordon Blow and William Jones narrowly escaped serious injuries Monday morning when Mr. Blow’s car left the road at the Winfall curve while on their way to Eden ton. The car was badly damaged, - but fortunately, except for cuts , about the head of Mr. Jones, the two I men are none the worse for their narrow escape. - Many Come As Strangers But Leave Staunch Friends _ —4> — f state" CHAMPION i M 6Ea LLOYD HOBBS “Long John” Hobbs a» he was known among his Edenton school mates, holds the North Carolina A. A. U. unlimited wrestling title and will represent his school, Appalachian State Teachers Col lege, in the national A. A. U. tournament to be held in Balti more. HOBBS ELIGIBLE FOR NATIONAL A. A. U. CONTEST Lloyd Hobbs, Appalachian Wrestler, Wins North Carolina Unlimited Wrestling Title Friends in this section will be happy to know of the enviable re cord madp by Lloyd Hobbs as a wrestler. Mr. Hobbs, a student at Appalachian < State Teachers' College at Boone, N. C., is a member of the school’s crack wrestling squad and though at present a junior, he has been out for wrestling for three years and in that time has taken part in 25 meets, winning 22 out of that numlber. He has won 20 straight matches and registered 77 points to his school’s credit as against 18 points lost. Over the week-end March 5-6 Mr. Hobbs won the North Carolina A. A. U. unlimited title which was contest ed by all the wrestlers in the state. This victory entitles him to a chance to compete in the national A. A. U. tournament to be held in Baltimore. Mr. Hobbs is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiliary T. Hobbs, of Chowan County and was an outstanding ath lete while attending Edenton High School. His many friends back home are proud of the record he has made and wish for him greater suc cess in his chosen athletic endeavor. Richard Rogerson, another Eden ton boy at Appalachian, also partici pated in the A. A. U. contest held in Boone, going to the finals, but los ing by a time decision to Ellis of Davidson. ' Anyway, Governor Clyde Hoey Liked It State of North Carolina Governor’s Office Raleigh March 13, 1937. Mayor E. W. Spires, Edenton, North Carolina. My dear Mayor: I wish to thank you sincerely for your courteous hospitality upon the occasion of our recent visit to Edenton... was most de lightful throughout. You had planned everything and the entire program was executed with such perfection that the day was filled with most delightful en tertainment and everyone of us enjoyed every minute of our stay in your splendid city. I would have you convey to all the people of Edenton my sincere appreciation for the many courte sies extended to me and my entire party, and Mrs. Hoey joins me warmly in expressing her sincere thanks. Your wonderful dinner was the crowning event of a most happy day, and I would have you know that we shall long remember the marvelous toast which you render ed in such a happy style. With sentiments of high person al regard, and hoping to have the opportunity of visiting Edenton again, I am Yours very truly, CLYDE R. HOEY. I ■ ■■ .■ I I!■ I ... > This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.25 Per Year Y Great and Impressive Day In Every Way For Town GOODTIME Bill Passed to Spend Money to Advertise The State Little in size but huge in spirit Edenton opened its gates to the out side world last Thursday, and great was the onrush to get inside them. From all the four quarters of North Carolina and its sister state on the north a vast crowd of visi tors came here to mingle with Gov ernor Clyde R. Hoey and the Gene ral Assembly in a gesture of obei sance to the time, two centuries or more ago, when “Ye Towne on Queen Anne’s Creek” actually was the capi tal of North Carolina. Numerically an accurate statement of the size of this visitation of obei sance would (be difficult, but an esti mate never is. There have been crowds in Edenton before, twice when they were even larger than last Thursday, for instance on the occas ion of the Hewes monument dedicat i ion and when the Chowan bridge was formally opened to traffic, but this last visitation (brought easily 1,200 or ■ 1,500 strangers from everywhere, and not a single one of them left as a stranger. That was the keymark of last 1 Thursday’s party many came as strangers—all left as friends. Eden ' ton is satisfied with that realization. By -this late quite ' probably it was all j about. About 195 years ago the col , onial Grand Assembly met here for 1 the first, and wrote into the statutes of North Carolina early day laws 1 that have endured since. TVo years I ago the legislature of Virginia honor | ed its first capital, Williamsburg, by , holding a one-day session there. Par son C. A. Ashby was attracted by the gesture and single handed set out to have the idea duplicated in this state. 1 Until bwo months ago, even less, his efforts proved futile. But Repre sentative John F. White agreed to 1 help and introduced a resolution, that went through with a whoop, bring ■ ing the governor and law mill here, also, for a one day session of com memoration. And they came! By special train and bus and private cars, yes, two of them by airplane, they came! And with them came easily a thousand others, which might not be so many in New York or Chicago, but in Edenton, oh my! And as if Divine Providence or Jupiter or some other astral cause was in hearty sympathy with the idea, just remember what a wonder ful day it was, meteorlogically and otherwise. The skies were blue and cloudless, the air was balmy and brightly sunshiny,—even May in all its glory could not have been better. But except to repeat it was a great day in every way, that Eden ton’s hospitality was unsurpassed, and that everyone had a corking time, let the storv start at Raleigh at 8 o’clock last Thursday morning. I There a long train of special cars greeted Governor Hoey and his fami ■ ly, his council of state as it is called, ; a. half hundred or so other state of ' ficiais, and the entire, not a few, but the entire General Assembly, about 400 of them altogether. The Nor folk Southern did itself proud, too, with this special of nine cars and locomotives, Pullman cars at that with a -particularly fine one for the Governor, observation platform and all, on the rear. Through the eastern Carolina to bacco belt, up through the south Al bemarle counties, over the long rail road bridge near here, and into the little, exasperatingly unobtrusive little railroad station at the foot of East Queen street, went and came the special. Rolling through one little town after another groups gath ered to cheer and wave the solons and their governor on their way, and in the cars the customary Biblical readings and silent prayers that, of course, go along with special trains of this sort, were this time avoided. An hour before the train got in Sheriff J. A. Bunch, chairman of the committee on town transportation of the guests, had lined up neatly a hundred automobiles, while Mapor E. (Continued on Page Five) v ■ . ,
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