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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
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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
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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.
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where Advertisers will
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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.