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In these columns will be found a fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. Volume IV—Number 21. Byrum Named As Member Os Ceunty Welfare Beard « Personnel Completed to Handle Social Secur ity Legislation MEETING JUNE 7 Meet Jointly With Com missioners and Then Start Machinery With the selection of West W. Byrum as its third and final member the personnel of the Chowan Welfare Board, which will have the handling •of the State’s intricate but most important social security program in this section, was completed on Tues day. Along with the other two board members, W. J. Berryman originally selected by the Chowan •County Commissioners, and W. D. Pruden, picked as its representative by the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, the trio will meet with the Commissioners on Monday, ■June 7, and name a county welfare officer for which post there are num erous aspirants. W. J. Taylor is welfare officer at present and is out after the new berth which may or may not pay a substantially satisfying salary to be fixed by the county board and county commissioners in joint conference. Mrs. J. H. McMullan is, also, anx ious to get the post, and the belief today is the ultimate choice will lie between these two. The selection of Mr. Byrum and the completion of the county board personnel followed closely upon the action hy the Supreme Court of the United States upholding the consti tutionality of the Social Security Act with all its many ramifications, and supporting decisions by the same body that states were entirely within consonance with what the • govern ment and New Deal Administration has been advocating. The court’s many barrelled decision in this re gard has been mentioned as one of the most important rulings in sup port of the Administration. In Chowan as elsewhere through out North Carolina the Social Secur ity program will go into effect on July 1. Even now the program is not a matter of clear and definite understanding here, but sufficient is known to reach the conclusion the program will be an expensive one for Chowan. Various amounts have been mentioned as to the ultimate cost of the undertaking and the pre valent idea seems to be that it will aggregate something like $30,000 annually. '" . This does not mean, however, that this amount, or what the correct amount may be, will be an expendi ture in addition to what is now being spent for welfare work in the coun ty. On the contrary the various welfare channels of the county, as they have been operated under the guidance of the county commission ers, will be amalgamated into one cohesive whole and perpetuated by (Continued on Page Seven) J. H. Conger Speaker At Rotary Today Rotarians at their meeting today in the Parish House will hear of the progress made by the recently or ganized Chamber of Commerce when Joe Conger will be the principal speaker. Mr. Conger will in his re marks request each member of tlie Rotary Club to solicit two prospective members for Chamber of Commerce membership. Me will likewise ask the Lions dub, the other civic club in Edenton, to do likewise in order to quicldy establish a membership meeting to be held* June At last week's meeting O. B. Brown, departing from his own par ticular vocation, gave a very inter esting and enlightening address on the origin and development of iron. .Stores Begin Half Holiday Wednesday Starting next Wednesday practi cally all of Edenton’s business houses will close at 1 o’clock and remain closbd the remainder of the day, thereby affording clerks, and THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 27,1937. • BUY A POPPY ON uligik SATURDAY PLANS FOR POPPY SALE SATURDAY Auxiliary to Keep Cus tom Alive With Earn est Street Sale An appeal for general wearing of the memorial poppy in remembrance of the . World War dead on Poppy Day, Saturday, May 29, wa3 issued today by Mrs. W. E. Baker, presi dent of. the Legion Auxiliary. She asked that every person in Eden ton pay honor to the men of the city and of the nation who gave their Uvm in defense of the country by wearing a poppy on Poppy Day. “The poppy is the individual tri bute to the memory of the men who died in World War service,” said Mys. Baker. "Everyone can wear a *£Sppy to Show diet he remembers and is grateful for the gallant sacri fices made for America’s security and democracy. Every patriotic citizen will take part in the observance of Poppy Day. “The poppy is the symbol of the supreme sacrifice. It stands for the highest type of patriotism we can conceive. Wearing this little flower awakens in our hearts a deeper con ception of our duties to our country, it reminds us that life itself is not too much to give if our country. is in clanger and gives us inspiration to serve in peace with' the same spirit of patriotic devotion that inspired chose who died among the poppies of France.” Members of the Auxiliary will dis tribute poppies on the streets all clay Saturday, receiving in exchange ior them contributions for the Legion and Auxiliary welfare work among the disabled veterans and needy families of veterans. The poppies have been made by disabled veter ans at Oteen Hospital. T. B. CLINIC FOR COLORED PEOPLE BE HELD JUNE 10 Around 70 Positive Reactors Found As Result of Pre-School Examin ations by Local Physicians Colored residents will have an op portunity to be examined to deter mine whether or not they are vic tims of tuberculosis at a clinic to be Leld Thursday, June 10. This clinic :3 the result of about 400 pre-school examinations made by Drs. J. C. Hines and O. L. Holly, of which 70 positive reactions were determined. The clinic will be in charge of Dr. E. P. McCain, superintendent of N. C. State Sanatorium, who will have a technician here to take X-Ray pic tures and while making pictures will make examinations of adults who avail themselves of Dr. Hines and Dr. Holly are very anxious that a great number be ex amined, stressing the fact that many are afflicted with the dread disease, but are unaware of it until it has reached the advance stages. Espec ially do they urge servants to be ex amined in order to prevent spread of tuberculosis among children. The clinic is endorsed by Dr. M. P. Whichard, county health officer and assisting in the examinations will be Miss Ruby Lentz, county health nurse. The clinic will be held above the *»• 10, 10 Z »„1« C *’ t ra2rad 0M £or examin *‘ I tension of tlmo. '• NO UNCERTAINTY ABOUT REMOVAL SHOPS Headquarters to Be at Murfreesboro and E. Gty MACK PROMOTED Big Loss to Town But Redistricting Given As Reason While no formal or official word has reached here as yet relative to the talked of removal of the State Highway Commission shops from Edenton to Murfreesboro and Eliza beth City sufficient “news” has got to town to convince pretty nearly f everyohe the shops are to go else-i where on July 1. In fact Commis sioner D. Collins Barnes, who has! succeeded Julien Wood in this dis trict, spoke frankly on the subject to a small delegation of Edentonians who called on him in Murfreesboro the other day, and said that the State Commission was making ani entire new sec up in its different' districts and Edenton and this wing of the Albemarle would be affected by the new plans. The State Commission met in Ra leigh on Tuesday and appointed engi- * neers for its ten new road districts.! The district engineer for the First District was mentioned in Die News & Observer as J. C. Gardner. While everything seems vague as yet as to what will be done in the district re vamping it is understood that R. R. Roper, who has been a district en gineer here, will be sent to Elizabeth 1 City, and that George K. Mack, Mr. Roper’s assistant, had been promoted to the rank of district engineer and' would be assigned duty at Murfrees boro. The transfer of the shops from Edenton where they have been in operation for the past decade ahy how, will mean quite a loss to the j town. A payroll, variously estimat-j ed at as high as $50,000 or $60,000 j a year, will naturally be cleared' elsewhere. In'other words that much money has been coming in as salaries for local workers who have largely spent it here. To slice off $60,000 from an ambitious little town’s in come is something to be deplored, naturally. A survey oi tne situation also in dicates that more than a score of families will be moved from the town to other locations, and to be frank about it none of the families are looking forward with much pleasure to the shifts. Nor is the town happy over their prospective departure. In addition the proposed changes will mean the scrapping of a plant here that cost originally, around $12,000 or $15,000. Os course the plant may be kept running with one or two workers to meet any repair work that may from time be neces sary on the public school buses, but even that has not been admitted. Soon after he had been chosen president of the newly reorganized Chamber of Commerce last week Joseph H. Conger headed a small delegation of Edentoians to Mur freesboro to complain to Mr. Barnes against the removal of the shop and, to see if something could not be done to continue the plant here. Mr. Barnes appreciated Edenton’s inter est but was emphatic in saying the Edenton shift was but part of a (Continued on Page Seven) Rotary Endorses Full Time Health Service John W. Graham, recently elected president of the Edenton ’* Rotary dub, will appear at the next meet ing of the Chowan County Commis sioners on Monday, June 7, to re present the club in Its endorsement of a full time health service, which action was taken by the club at its meeting last Thursday.' The matter was thoroughly pre sented by Dr.. W. I. Hart, who ex plained the benefits to be derived by the service and according to his in formation with the money now spent for health activities in the county little more would have to be raised. The Lions Club several weeks ago also went on record as endorsing the movement. Dr. Graham Speaker At N.Y. Medical Meet Dr. Wittiam A. Graham left j Edenton Sunday night for New York City, where he had been invited to ' Qf of a Ufarltool QA/»tofw ROOD LIGHTING IS ORDERED FOR SOFT BALL PLAY New League Now Ex pected to Get Going Next Week COST GUARANTEED Lighted Field Figured To Be Big Drawing Card Edenton’s soft ball league opening failed to materialize Tuesday night when the Lions Club and Masons were scheduled to meet in the first game of the season. Both teams were ready for the game, but the l lights which had been erected were | unsatisfactory and rather than begin play with inadequate light, league • officials postponed opening of the league until regulation lights are erected. ; An order for flood lights was wired Tuesday and upon receipt and erection the soft ball league will get j under way. The paraphernalia comes from Atlanta, and a definite date for opening of the league cannot be made at this time, but it is hoped {arrangements can be made to be ready by next Tuesday night and ‘ certainly not later than Friday night. ! It was expected to rig up lights by using aluminum dish pans as re flectors, which were used several years ago for a night football game, but due to the layout of a baseball diamond proper lighting effects were not secured. A number of those vi | tally interested in soft ball play im mediately arranged to guarantee the expense of proper flood lights which | will cost between S2DO and S3OO. ! Members of the Lions Club individ ually pledged enough to cover the clubs’ proportionate part of the ex pense, the Red Men took similar ac tion. Jfopday night, except that the Tribe wiR. be responsible for the • cost. League officials were also as- J sured by the Masonic Lodge that I their share of the cost would be I guaranteed, leaving only the Rotary Club to determine whether or not the club, either as a whole or indi vidually will guarantee one-fourth of the cost. Considerable comment has been heard about the cost of the lights, but those who have guaranteed the money feel certain that it will easily be raised by admissions to the games, and even if insufficient gate receipts are taken in, there are a number of other entertainments that can be held to raise the money. The present set-up calls for a four-club circuit including the Lions, Rotarians, Red Men and Masons. There is some speculation that the Rotary Club will not enter the lea gue, but in that event another club will take its place. Soft ball teams are being organ ized in Hertford and Elizabeth City and from both towns comes the sug gestion that games be played be tween teams from the three towns. Os course these games would not interfere with the league here for they would be played on nights when there was no league games scheduled. These games alone should draw i good-sized crowds and help defray the cost of light installation. Then there has been the suggestion that the Bloomer Girls might be scheduled for a game, which it is calculated would command a crowd equal to the one recently to witness the donkey game. Another suggestion has been made that just as soon as farmers are over their present rush a num ber of mules could be borrowed to stage another donkey game between two clubs. In the meantime members of all four organizations are gathering nightly at Hicks Field in order to be in shape for the opening game. St. Paul’s S. S. Called Off During Summer Next Sunday will be the last ses sion of St. Paul’s Sunday a vacation being taken until fall. The officers and pupils are asked to keep up their duplex envelopes during the summer, and to place on the plate at church or to get to Miss -Betty Wales, the treasurer, who will see that due credit is given by the financial secretary, Mr. Thomas M. Griffin. The Sunday School is in good shape, has had a splendid school year, and it is hoped that the church services will attract the children, when in town, during the hot weath er. The picnic will be at Eden House again, with Superintendent Billie Whichard in charge. Plans will be Whirlwind Campaign Plans For C. Os C. Membership <3 . Graduates Guests Os Rotary At Banquet To Be Held Next Week Graduates of the 1937 class of Edenton and Chowan high schools will be honor guests of the Edenton I Rotary Club next week. This deci sion was reached at the weekly luncheon of the Club last Thursday but the exact date of the banquet will be decided today Thursday) at the Club luncheon. * C. E. Kramer, chairman of the 1 progranj committee, together with * John A. Holmes, is already at work _ arranging an appropriate program 3 which without a doubt will be en -1 joyed by the graduates as well as 1 the Rotarians. 1 Invitations will be issued to each 3 graduate who will be requested |o 3 signify whether or not he or she 3 can attend the banquet in order to make proper preparations. > The Rotary Club is vitally inter i ested in both schools, each year pre t senting the Rotary Cup to the most 3 outstanding senior in the graduating - class, and the Club looks forward 3 with interest to the banquet given in 1 honor of both classes. s LIVELY INTEREST IN BIBLESCHOOL j 84 Members Take Part In Daily Vacation Study i Getting off to fine start Monday . morning, interest and attendance at - the daily vacation Biby School being s held at the Methodist Church is in - creasing each day. On the first day - 75 enrolled in the school, while on i Tuesday tt\e figure jumped to 81, ; and on Wednesday 84. The school • will continue for two weeks, at the t end of which appropriate commence * ment exercises will be held in the i church. t children apparently greatly - enjoy the sessions which include l singing, class work, hand work and a play period. With the attendance j increasing each day, it is the belief ( of Rev. George W. Blount, pastor of 5 the church, that it will reach at r least 100, and he issues a general in » vitation to children of all denomina -5 tions to enroll in the school. An efficient corps of teachers have 3 very generously offered their ser vices for the school and those who 3 have been meeting and teaching the children daily are: Mrs. G. A. ’ Helms, Mrs. J. W. Munch, Mrs. R. 3 E. Leary, Mrs. Lee Sledge, Miss . Kathleen Barrow, Mrs. Frank Muth, 3 Mrs. W. E. Baker, Mrs. L. C. Lewis, Rev. George W. Blount. Miss Mary Elizabeth Cates is acting in the ca pacity of pianist and secretary. ; Capt. Leon Billington Leaves Chowan Herald t l ' Leon Billington, who has been 1 foreman of The Chowan Herald Job • Department for the past three years, 1 will sever his connection with The i Herald Saturday. Mr. Billington 1 has been a valuable employee and is *• given credit for producing first class l work which would be a credit to l printing- offices in cities much larger 1 than Edenton. f Mr. Billington has not definitely 1 decided upon where he will go, but 3 it is altogether likely that he will ■ open a printing plant of his own in * Hertford in the near future. 1 The Herald greatly regrets losing the services of Mr. Billington, who l will be replaced by J. A. Craft, of I Kinston, and who also has the re > putation of being a first class print er. He will arrive in Edenton Sun day and begin work Monday morn ing. Veterans’ Graves Be Decorated Sunday k ; In commemoration of Memorial i Day next Sunday all graves of war ; veterans in Edenton will be deco } rated under auspices of Bell Battery i Chapter of the United Daughters of 1 the Confederacy. In order that this » work is carried out in detail, Mrs. . George Byrum, president of the 1 Chapter, has appointed the following 1 decoration committees: l For leaver Hill Cemetery—Mrs. i, Walter Whits, Mrs. - Sidney McMul - lan and Miss Margaret Pruden. St. Paul’s—Miss Mary Pruden. s Baptist Cemetery—Mrs. A. T. e Bush. ►[ Catholic Cemetery—Mrs. W. Si •JSuramerell. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.25 Per Year w Organization Functions Quickly and Actively; Meets Next June 3 SI,OOOBUDGET Drive Chairmen Named to Comb County For Members That J. H. Conger, temporary president of the newly reorganized Chamber of Commerce, is anxious to have a proper functioning organiza tion was evident this week when on Monday night he called a meeting of the executive committee and plan ned for a whirlwind membership campaign to the end that a com plete membership would be secured and plans ready for the election of permanent officers at the next meet ing which • will be held Thursday night, June 3. At the meeting Monday night chairmen were named for the va rious classifications in Edenton and Chowan County, who formulated a budget in the hope of raising SI,OOO which amount it is felt is needed to effectively carry on the work of a live and aggressive organization. The following were named to budget and solicit memberships among the various groups: Industries —J. L. Wiggins. Professional Men—W. S. Privott. Merchants—W. M. Wilkins. Filling Stations and Garages—(X B. Perry. i Individual Members—E. W. Spires. Mr. Conger stated that it was not his idea to carry on a long-drawn out campaign, but rather that a large number take part and complete the drive in a few days, and in order to accomplish this irajias asked the Lioffs ams IBftilSiMirE»ft«ton’ two civic clubs, to assist. It was sug gested that each member of the two clubs be given two names of pros pective members and for that mem ber to be responsible for the solici tation of the two on his list. Membership in the Chamber of Corrimerce, according to the schedule drawn up, ranges from SSO for the larger industries and business houses to $5 as individual dues. That there is a very real need for an active Chamber of Commerce, especially at this time, was the opinion of every one present at this meeting. It was felt that an in creasing number of occasions are arising when the town should have an official and unified mouthpiece, in the absence of which the town and section would greatly suffer. The membership drive will get under way either the latter part of this week or early next week, and it is the hope that everyone, mer chants, professional men, industrial men and private citizens realize the need and importance of a live Cham ber of Commerce for the town and readily agree to join when approach ed by the canvassers. The next meeting has been set for June: 3rd, when everyone who has joined will have a voice in electing permanent officers for the organiza tion. Mr. Conger as temporary presi dent, already senses duties of a Chamber of Commerce and together with a few others last week went to see D. Collins Barnes, highwa’ com missioner for the district, in an ef (Continued on Page Seven) Masonic Contest Will Come To Close Tonight Tonight’s Masonic meeting winds up an attendance contest which has been in progress the past two months, and which meeting is ex pected to draw another record crowd. As the contest now stands W. Jim Daniels’ side leads G. A. Helms’ side by a scant three-majority and both leaders predict victory after tonight’s meeting. The losing side will be obliged to • stand the expense of a banquet - which in all probability will be r served next Thursday night at the f Woman’s Club at Colerain, the ladies i of which have invited the Masons to . come to Colerain for the affair. 5 Considerable interest has prevailed f all during the contest with splendid meetings being held every Thursday . night. - About 26 members of the lodge attended services in z body Sunday night at the Methodist Church, when the pastor, Rev. George \V. Blount, preached a splendid and very appro -1; priate sermon for members of the • fraternity.
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