|£S?j3s££E| \ol^rTin^f ,na ”\ ■Vs »WBTWI. ;V I Volume IV—Number 20. 25 Graduates At Edenton School Wednesday Night < Jasper L. Memory of Wake Forest Princi pal Speaker awards” MADE Class Day Exercises an Unique Affair Held Out Doors Twenty-five members of the Eden ton High School senior, class receiv ed their diplomas Wednesday night, thus bringing to a dose their school career in the Edenton school. The graduates, dressed in neat caps and gowns, occupied the stage of the school auditorium to listen to an ex tremely interesting graduation ad dress delivered by Jasper L. Memory, of Wake Forest College. As in pre vious years, the auditorium was un able to hold the crowd of relatives and friends who ' were anxious to witness the final event in the com mencement exercises. Following the processional the in vocation was made by Rev, Frank Cale, after which Mrs. Gordon Blow's Glee Club sang two numbers, and Miss Pauline Sprinkle sang a solo. At this point Mr. Memory spoke, and again Mrs. Blow’s Glee Club pre sented two more numbers. John A. Holmes then presented the diplomas, after which she Rotary Cup and medals were awarded. The Rotary Cup, for the best all around student during the four years in scholarship, citizenship and extra curricula activities was awarded to Mabel Ruth Harrell, 0. H, Brown presenting the cup on behi 'f of the Rotary Club. The scholarship medal was award activities medal. ,: /■ T. • v The athletic .medal was‘awarded ■ to Melvin Layton. Special recognition was also ac corded Dorothy Bnfflap, who com pleted her lj year# in the Edenton school with a perfect attendance rises cam£so-Jt close with benediction The sen fora who were presented their diplomas includes: Edward Bass, Dorothy Bufflap, James Byrum, Wendell Copeland, Frances Dail, Thomas Francis, Mary Habit, Mabel Ruth Jarrell, Christine Hassell, Ewell Hobbs, Marguerite Hollowell, Melvin Layton, Lillian Mizelle, Kathryn Perry, Mary Perry, Wil liam Pierce, Dorothy Saunders, Pat tie Sitterson, Doris Small, James Stillman, Gladys Upton, Pearl Whichard, William Allen White, Myrtle Wilkins and Hattie Williams. At the same time seventh graders who next year will enter upon their high school career were presented their certificates. This group held exercises of their own Monday night, but on account of examinations not being completed the certificates could not be presented at that time. The 61 who received their gram mar grade diplomas were: Helen Asbell, Jack Barrow, Olivia Barrow, William Bazemore, Fearing Beale, Hilda Beale, Dora Dean Blake, James Bond, Doris Brown, Billy Brunson, Margaret Bunch, An nie Macon Byrum, Muriel Byrunu Murray Byrum, Sammy Cates, An nie Norman Chesson. Jimmie Chest nutt, Nancy Chestnutt, Thelma ....... ... bert Ruth* Selby, Mae Smith, Margaret Spivey, Cullen Swindell, Hettie Waff, Catherine Ward, Chris Ward, Ella Ward, Alice giite, Grace Wilkins, Beulah Wil- Zl <£ThJnd££ in the Edenton school turned in a per feet attendance record for the term. *J* j I THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY ' PERFECT RECORD ! Miss Bnfflap, a member of the Edenton High School graduating class; mi Wednesday aet a record for students to shoot at when 1 she completed her 11-year public ! school career in Edenton by hanging np a perfect attendance record. During the 11 years she > has not missed a single day nor has she arrived at school tardy any time, a l : ' Music Recital At . .« Colerain Tuesday [ hjpsic pupils of Mrs. C. T. Roebuck » wijLgrve a recital Tuesday evening ; 4t 8 o’clock in Hie Woman’s Clnb , hall at Colerain, to which the public is invited. Children taking part on the pro- BIBLE SCHOOL TO ‘START JONDAY ! Sessions Will Be Re sumed at Methodist Church i _— l The annual daily vacation Bible , School of the Metm>dist Church will , be held for two weeks, beginning I Monday, May 24th., at nine A. M. , Last year the school was a real , success, children from all denomina , tions of Edenton attending. This • year it is even more interdenomina tional with teachers from other i churches assisting in teaching. The 1 four departments of the school this , year and the teachers of these are: Beginners’ Department—Mrs. G. i A. Helms and Mrs. J. W. Munch. Primary Department—Mrs. W. J. i Daniels and Mrs. R. E. Leary. Junior Department—Mrs. W. E. Baker and Mrs. L. C. Lewis. Intermediate Department Rev. George W. Blount.. The assistants are Mrs. W. W. Byrum, Mrs. E. L. Ward, Miss Kath leen Barrow. The work of the school includes study, singing, and play, besides a brief devotional period each day. Services Continue At N. Edenton Church Evangelist L. K Dodge, of Dayton, Ohio, who is conducting revival meetings at the Full Gospel Taber nacle in : North Edenton, will con- R*r*. Mr. Dod!* will bring a message to the sick and afflicted, on what the Bible says about healing and how to obtain it. Special pray er for the sick will be offered at this service for all who request it. Sunday night the evangelist will bring the message on the story of the two terrible Auburn New York State prison riots, deaths and es- I principal keepers murdered by con- Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 20,1937. SOn BALL PLAY TO BE STARTED TUESDAY NIGHT 4-€lub League Formed; Lions and Masons In First Game BY FLOOD LIGHT Twice a Week Schedule Through to August Announced Edenton’s soft ball league will de finitely get under way Tuesday night when the Lions and Masons will play the first scheduled game on Hicks Field. The second game will take place the following Friday night when the Red Men and Rotary teams clash in their first game. Floodlights have been erected on the diamond and in preparation for the first game Jim Daniels, mana ger of -the Masons’ aggregation, has ' called Tor a practice at 6:30 tonight. GraHlam' Byrum, manager of the Lions, has his team practically se lected and will hold a practice Fri day night, at which time it. is ex pected a few innings will be play ed with candidates for the Red Men team. Raleigh Hollowell, manager of the Red Skins is hopeful of putting a strong team on the field and urges every Red Man who is interested to report Friday night at the ball park. Millard Bond was chosen manager of the Rotary team and while the mem , bership is limited, he is hopeful of furnishing plenty of opposition for the teams in the circuit. Graham Byrum at a meeting held last week was elected president of * the league, but inasmuch as he is ! manager of one of the team 3he thought it unwise to act as president and suggested someone who was not ’ affiliated with any of the represent*. tive organizations. Gus Hughea waa N isiiljaequ.ently selected as president at I ft meeting of club representatives held, Tuesday afternoon. Games will be played Tuesday and t Friday nights beginning promptly at 8 o’clock. Soft ball rules will be adhered to, which call for a 10-man team, four fielders being used in stead of three as in regular baseball. The rules also specify that the ball must be pitched to the batter under handed and no baseball spikes are permitted by any player. 1 ; The Beason begins next Tuesday ' night and will come to a close on August 13, .which schedule allows four complete series of games in which all clubs will have competed equally. It is the purpose to close league (Continued on Page Seven) ♦ : Cupola House Exhibition Great Success, Substantial Sum Made 4> A KZ'— ——————— I —■ ■ * ' Outside of the delightful social side surrounding the affair and which brought visitors here from many distant climes, last week’s five day exhibition of colonial antiques in the Cupola House was a marked success in other ways. The Garden Club, which sponsored the exhibit, realized sufficient by admissions and daily luncheon and tea service to add to what had been previously guar anteed privately in assuring a new appearance to the famed old Corbin mansion as well as the grounds about it. Os the 318 visiting guests who signed the exhibition roster, enjoyed the attractive display of ancient re minder of Edenton yesterdays, and partook of the fine gastronomies! hospitality of the Garden Qub la dies, one registered from as far away as Medan, Sumatra, another f»m Oslo, Norway, two from Lon don, England, while from the United States names were signed with homes >in . .California, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and a dpzen nearby states. Os course it must not be assumed that sufficient curios ity was aroused in these foreign spots to bring residents from them here for the exhibit, but they were in this section, heard of the display, and wasted no time getting to it, and all spoke of it as a superlative exhibition. The exhibit started on Mlay 12 and ran through to last Sunday night. Sunday was undoubtedly the "beat day” insofar 4a attendance went. It might have been referred to as "Edenton Day,” for from after hSU? and with townsfolk. Chairs and tables were scattered about the lawn aim a Chamber Os Commerce Is Reorganized With Joseph H. Conger As The President ■— —i Liquor Question Will Be Voted Upon July 6 County Election Board Sets That Date For Voters* Decision NOTICES POSTED First Registration June 12; Regular Election Rules Prevail Voters of Chowan County will have an opportunity on Tuesday, July 6, to cast their ballot in favor of or against the establishment of an ABC liquor store in the county. This date was definitely settled upon Fri day morning when the Chowan Coun ty Board of Electors held a meet ing after receiving a written re quest fer such an election signed by every member of the Board of Coun ty Commissioners. The commission ers passed a resolution asking for the election at their monthly meet > ing on the first Monday in May. The meeting of the Election Board 1 Friday was held at the call of the chairman, R. P. Badham, with A. S. 1 Smith and L. C. Burton present, ■ composing the full board. The writ ten request from the Commissioners was presented asking that a special election be called under the provis ions of the act of the General As sembly of North Carolina of the re gular Session of 1937 entitled, “An Wet to provide for the manufacture, ’ sale; and control of alcoholic bever ! Jh North Caroling” Jo detfcr muta whether a county Mquar con trol store or stores shall be set up and operated in Chowan County in ; accordance with the provisions of ; said act. *- Upon motion of L. C. Burton and 1 seconded by A. S. Smith it was un -1 animously adopted and resolved that such election be called pursuant to such request and in accordance with said act to be held July 6, 1937, and that the Board give public notice thereof for at least 20 days before the opening of the registration books by publishing such notice in The GhoVfan Herald, a newspaper publish ed in the Town of Edenton and Cho wan County, and by posting the notice in each voting precinct in said county. The notice appears in this issue (Continued on Page Seven) “family dinner,” as the sponsors called it, was served to more than 100 guests. Four young girls, clad in costumes descriptive of the olden days, no doubt dug out from attic trunks or chests, added to the quaint attractiveness of the scene and proved themselves additionally cap able as waitresses. The happy youngsters were Anna Wadsworth Wood, Betty Wales, Myda Weaver, and Mary Doyle White. As for the exhibit proper it. would be futile to attempt to enumerate the hundreds of beautiful pieces of furniture, glass ware, rugs, quilts, silver, portraits, paintings, loaned so generously from so many Edenton homes. It might be sufficient to say that while the old mansion was over- ' crowded with tlij£;exhibitsit.took oS 1 the temporary appearance of the period i w Vi.. hi i- i » ....... V ' .. _ V -■ —t Stores Close Half Day Wednesdays During Summer Beginning Wednesday, June 2, practically all of Edenton’s mer chants will close their places of business at 1 o’clock and remain closed for the remainder of the day. This half holiday will be in effect during the months of June, July and August, thus affording owners and employees opportunity to enjoy half day of profitable recreation during the hot summer months. In order to make the store closing a success, all who are co operating bespeak full cooperation on the part of customers and urge shopping to be arranged accord ingly. The list of those who will ob serve the half holiday will be found in an adevtisement appear ing in this issue of The Herald. I ■ S Silver Tea Friday By Loyal Workers The Loyal Workers Bible Class will give a Silver Tea in the Sunday School Room of the Methodist Church on Friday night, May 21, at 8 o’clock. A good program has been planned. The public is cordially in vited. MAYOR AND NEW COBNCILSWORN Town Governing Body Takes Over Reins Os Office Edenton’s’ new Towrt Council was officially sworn in last Wednesday night, with Clerk R. E. Leary offi ciating. Council was opened by the old board under which business was transacted, following which the new board took charge. J. H. McMullan was first to take the oath of office and as he was es corted to his seat by E. W. Spires, retiring mayor, the latter wished him well as the city’s’ new chief executive. W. H. Gardner then took oath of office as city treasurer, followed by the councilmen, A. G. Bvrum. W. E. Bond, O. B. Perry, L. P. Williams and J. Edwin Bufflap. G. M. Byrum, Second Ward council man. was absent The only business transacted by the new Board was to set up an or ganization which included Dr. L. P. Williams as Mayor pro tern; W. E. Bond, street commissioner; A. G. Dr. L. P. Williams and J. Edwin Bufflap, Finance Committee: G. M. Byrum, Park and Playground Commissioner, and O. B. Perry, Fire Commissioner. In leaving office Mr. Spires com plimented the efficiency of the Street Department, which for the past four years was under the supervision of T. W. Jones .who was defeated by a T. W. Jones, who was defeated by a man-at-large. Tribute was also paid the entire Board by Mr. Spires for the splendid cooperation and sympa thetic understanding enjoyed while he acted as Mayor and which he hoped would be accorded his succes sor. to the end that Mr. McMullan would make a name for himself far above that he made as Mayor in .1907. Mr. Bpires urged the new council members not to reduce sala ries of town employees, mentioning that though some have been raised since they were drastically cut, there are still others who are underpaid. He expressed the hope that taxes will be paid more promtply to facil iate work of the Council which has been handicapped, especially this year, due to slow return of tax money. “Too much emphasis has been placed on the duties of Mayor,’’ said Mr. Spires, “and I hope the Chamber of Commerce is re-organized and be gins to properly function which will relieve the Mayor of many respon sibilities which should not be placed on the shoulders of Hie executive.’’ Though he is out of office. Mr. Spires said he will not lose interest in the town and will gladly cooperate in any movement for the betterment and advancement of This newspaper is circu lated m the territory where Advertisers will realize good results . $1.25 Per Year <9 Steps Taken at Lively Court House Meeting Tuesday Night DUES $5 Officers Chosen and a Permanent Organiza tion Set for June 3 Despite several other attractions in town Tuesday night, about 36 business men of Edenton gathered in the Court House at the call of Mayor J. H. McMullan to reorganize the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce. Considerable interest was shown in reviving this organization, the need for which has been keenly felt for many months. Mr. McMullan opened the me 1 ting and after stating its purpose /* led a committee to select a tern ry organization to act until a/ _»na nent s% of officers are elected at a meeting to be held Thursday night, June 3. This committee, composed of J. W. Davis, R. P. Badham, L. H. Haskett, A. G. Byrum and J. A. Curran, presented the following to act as temporary officers: President, J. H. Conger, vice presidents, W. D. Pruden, W. S. Privott and John W. . Graham; chairman membership com mittee, W. M. Wilkins; chairman finance committee, M. F. Bond; chair man entertainment committee, C. E. , Kramer; chairman publicity commit , tee, J. Edwin Bufflap; chairman t parks and playgrounds committee, t W. W. Byrum; chairman highways ( committee, Julien Wood; ebairman . new industries committee, J. L. Wig gins; chairman public relations com mittee, E. W. Spires; chairman city , beautification committee, Mrs. J. A. ‘ Moore. W. M. WiJtklns, chairman of the | membership ’'•committee, with such assistance a3 he may deem necessary, will begin a canvass for member r ships immediately in the hope that practically 100 per cent will be signed up when a permanent organi zation is set up June 3rd. The membership fee was discussed s at the meeting, which finally was r decided to be $5.00 for individual . members and the committee will s meet later to decide what should be i expected from corporations and mer r chants. Interest displayed at the meeting s augurs well for an active Chamber ■ of Commerce, a number of move , ments having already been suggest- I ed which is in line with the duties ' of a Chamber of Commerce. It was i suggested that a committee meet , with D. Collins Barnes, State High • way Commission for this district, in • the interest of preventing a possible • removal of the highway shop from • Edenton, and urging a road leading into Edenton from the new Albe ' marie Sound bridge road. O. H. Brown In Charge Program At Rotary Oscar H. Brown will be in charge of the program at the Rotary Club luncheon today in the Parish House. Mr. Brown hasn’t divulged the na ture of the program, but without a doubt he will present something that will interest members of the Club. At last week’s meeting John W. Graham, who together with W. D. Holmes attended the Rotary Con vention held at Newport News, Va., gave a splendid report of the meet ing. Summer Schedule At Local Library » v, : f Mrs. Sidney .McMullan, librarian at the Shepard-Pfuden library, has announced the summer schedule for the Library, which will go into effect Monday, May 24. The public is urged to note .the following schedule, which will begin Monday: The Library will be open from 10 to 1 each morning, except Sunday. Monday and Friday nights the hours will be from 8 to 10, and Sunday afternoons from 4 to 6. MASONS MEET TONIGHT The regular Masonic meeting will be held tonight at 8 o’clock in the Court House. Only two more meeting nights remain in the attendance con test and another large crowd is ex pected to be present tonight. BANK CLOSED TODAY The Bank of Edenton win be closed all day today (Thursday) in cele bration of Mecklenburg Day; a legal holiday in banking circles.