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Volume IV —Number 23.
Chamber Os Commerce Meets Tonight
Social Security Program
In Joint Session Monday
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Two Boards Will Decide
On Most Important
Subject
SUPERINTENDENT
Pull Time Health Pro
gram For Chowan to
Be Urged, Also
N«xt Monday’s meeting of the
County Commissioners bids fair to
be one of the most important ses
sions of that body in some time.
There will be a joint session with
the new Chowan County Welfare
Board io settle upon the social se
curity program which starts July 1
And which is going to mean a lot of
expense. A preliminary budget esti
mate of this cost will be considered,
Also as will the very worth while
matter centering about the selection
of a county welfare officer.
And in addition to this joint ac
tion by the two bodies the county
commissioners will again be asked to
.give earnest consideration to a full
time health program for Chowan,
which of itself will necessitate anoth
er sizeable expenditure but which
will offer greater opportunities for
bettering the health lot of every
one of the more than 11,000 residents
of the county. In a sense this pro
posed health program will be a tri
county matter, the plan 'working
out in conjunction with Perquimans
and Gates Counties, Chowan’s share
to be something like $2,600 a year.
Representing the Eden jeon Rotary
UJ Club a?'its nearly elected president,
John W. Graham will appear before
the Commissioners in behalf of the
health program, as will firmer
county health officer J. A. Powell
who has been fostering the idea
from its conception.
But from a standpoint of more
important immediate action the so
called social security program,
which will really be an amalgama
tion of all county welfare matters
augumented by the great need for
security help to the aged and needy
who h«ye reached the age of 66
years, will be the real high spot in
Monday’s meeting. Except for the
selection of a county welfare board
comprised of W s J, Berryman t W.
D. Pruden and W. W. Byrum the
program Is all a matter of vague
ness yet, at least its cost and its
operation. There seems to be no
uncertqinity but that it will aggre
gate something like $30,000 annual
ly, and that this sum will have to be
secured in some way, whether by
higher taxation or through'enlarged
revenue from other sources.
’ In other counties' the welfare
boards are meeting this week pre
liminary to Mondays joint county
board sessions for .the purpose of
effecting organization. such as the
selection of a board chairman, but
it was announced yesterday no such
course would be pursued and
that the two bodies would meet to
gether to discuss and consider every
thing on Monday.
, The board has a number of appli
cations for the' Job as welfare officer,
which has been he* .down capably
for several years Vy W. J. Taylor,
but one anyhow, if not others' of
those who originally applied for the
job has withdrawn her application.
3he impression prevails that the
berth, which will carry a salary to
be fixed at the joint session, will
to Mr. Tayldr or to Mrs.
*
’ * poirffioft' Bweld;be» full time one
and that the ificumbent should be
paid sufficient to not necessitate
other work. The county authorities
are said not to hold to this theory,
however, and this point will be made
a subject of argument on Monday.
The newly named county welfare
‘ tard is not to consider
dications for old age assistance
*l*l 'or dependent children or blind
or 1 ns before July 1. Forms for
person U ch applications have not yet
f"” I *’ k ’•eived but may be ready for
>n, it was Said, within the
7eek *'
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. Estimates a, , of cities and
vftroiinß xfQlfu i/luista ah.a annWlTl
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
#SALE OF POPPIES
NETS ALMOST S7O
Auxiliary Members Appreciative For
Splendid Cooperation of Citizens
and Salesladies
Exceeding last year’s monetary re
turns, members of the Ed Bond Post
American Legion Auxiliary, are ex
pressing great satisfaction over
Poppy Day sales last Saturday. Mrs.
W. E. Baker, Auxiliary president,
and Mrs. Jesse White, chairman of
the poppy day committee, are each
confident the sales this year clearly
evidence the fact that Edenton and
its environs has not forgotten the
final.sacrifice made, by those who
struggled for the nation’s security*
One thousand of the little artificial
symbols of world war sacrifice were
sent on here from the disabled vete
rans at Oteen Hospital, where they
were made. Hertford has no Legion
post and some of the poppies were
sent up there for sale, also, and
were quickly disposed of.
Here members of the Auxiliary
marshalled their forces early in the
day. Gay red hatted youngsters
from the homes of Auxiliarians were
on the streets scurrying here and
there all day, stopping everyone and
seldom missing a sale.
Before dark Saturday Mrs. White
reported ahe was confident the sales
would exceed last year, and after
returns had been made to her over
the week-end she said a total of
something like $69.80 had been real
ized, only a small part of which will
be retained for local use. Disabled
veterans and needy families of veter
ans will benefit by this addition to a
Stake-wide fund as collected Satur
day. ■ J
Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Whiti wish
to thank all the Auxiliary members
who participated in the one day
drive, and to particularly express
appreciation for the canvassing by
the children.
BIBLE SCHOOL TO
CLOSE ONFRIDAY
Appropriate Exercises
Be Held at Church at
8 (Vclock
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Attendance and interest in the
daily vacation Bible School being
conducted at the Methqdist Church
has held up well during the two
weeks session, Rev. George W.
Blount, the pastor, reporting that
the average attendance for the ses
sion is about 80. ' *
On Friday night at 8 o’clock the
school will close with appropriate
exercises and awarding of certifi
cates. Following the exercises a
social hour will be enjoyed in the
Sunday School rooms, at which re
freshments will be served and the
hand-work of the children completed
during the school may be seen.
The group which studied English-
American friendship will have a
British newspaper and an official
souvenir program of the Coronation
on display.
The vacation Church Movement is
now a very large enterprise. Last
year in the Southern Methodist
Church 2,363 schools were held
with enrollment of 133,634 'pupils.
North Carolina with 7390 pupils. -
orth .Carolina with. 7390 pupih-
A Cordial invitation is extended
to all to attend ,tt»e exorcises Friday
night.
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Jesse Craft Joins
The Herald Force
Jesse A. Craft on Monday morning
joined The Herald force as foreman
of the composing room. In this
capacity Mr. Craft will have charge
of the job printing department of
the paper. He is a printer of wide
experience and in him the publishers
are confident that the high quality
of job printing of which The Herald
has earned an enviable reputation
will be maintained.
Mr. Craft’s home is in Kinston,
but he has worked in some of the
best printing houses in Pennsylvania
and Virginia. He is an affable young
man and is vefy anxious to meet
and become acquainted with Herald
customers as well as citizens in gen
eral. _
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Edenton, Chowan County, North,Carolina, Thursday, June 3, 1937.
14.652 TREATED, IN
, CHOWAN COUNTY 1
AGAINSTTYPHOID
) Campaign One of Most
Successful Ever Held
In County
hazardSTreduced
\ More Than Half Cases
P Those of School Chil- |
dren and Teachers
Completing what he termed one 1
of the most successful campaigns of
I its kind put on in this county, Dr.
, M. P. Whichard, county health offi
' cer,. announced on Tuesday that
4.652 Chowan residents, more than
j half of whom were public sehool at
, tendants, have been inoculated
' against typhoid and diphtheria dur
’ ing the past six weeks.
“I will not say this campaign was
% the greatest or largest one ever con
ducted in Chowan county,” said Dr.
Whichard, “but I fully believe it will
prove to be the most successful
[ campaign attempted in this terri
' tory. In addition to the great good
| we feel has been accomplished and
| the minimizing of the health hazard
in these two dread diseases, I have
been much impressed by the fine
spirit of cooperation shoWn by every
! one.’” -
' Naturally the campaign was di
rected largely at the prevention of
, typhoid, of the total of which 4,355
inoculations were for that preven
‘ tion. But while at it and sensing the
need of diphtheria inoculations, also,
Dr. Whichard handled 297 diphtheria
cases.
While the health officer and . his
nursing attendant, Miss Parks, were
busy Tuesday Yhaking a detailed
‘ compilation of statistics of the work,
| Dr. Whichard made the hasty survey
as announced. He said that of the
county total of 4,652 cases treated
2,678 were those of school children
and teachers. The others, 1,977
treatments, were given those of pre
school age and adults.
Dr. Whichard said he hoped to
have a table made showing the in
oculations by districts and localities,
and that this would be prepared, he
hoped, for presentation to the county
commissioners on Monday.
1 Though the campaign closed on
Friday, May 21, covering a seven
Weeks period, there are. still an oc
casional few cojnjhg to Dr. Which
ard’s office to complete the series of,
treatments.
May Shows Increase
Contagious Diseases
In Chowan County j
That there has been a considerable I
increase during the month of May in.
the number of contagious diseases in
Chowan, County is evident by the re
port of Dr. M. P. Whichard, county
health officer, which will be submit
ted to the County Commissioners at
their meeting Monday. Dr. Which
ard’s report includes 22 cases of
communicable diseases with chicken- ’
pox far fn the lead, 11 cases being
listed. J
Other diseases and the number of
victims follow: Measles, 4; tubercu- 1
losis, 3; scarlet fever, 1; whooping
cough, 1; diphtheria, 1, and undulant ]
fever, 1.
Homes have been properly pla- •
carded by the health officer. j
Swimming And life
Saving Classes Begin
On Monday Morning j
The annual swimming and life
saving campaign held under the au
spices of Chowan Chapter of the j
American Red Cross will begin in
Edenton on Monday morning, accord
ing to Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman.
The classes this year will be in
charge of Melvin Layton, who con
ducted them very creditably last
year, after taking a special course
given by the Red Cross.
Mr. Layton is very anxious to in
struct a large number in the art of
swimming and life-saving and wish
es it to be known thajt any begin
ners who wish bo enter should notify
him before Friday of this week.
■ The junior and senior life-savers J
and swimmers will be instructed at
the Fish Hatchery, but Mr. Layton
was unable to say Wednesday after
noon just where he would be sble
to teach the beginners.
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44 GRADUATES AS
'BANQUET GUESTS
OF ROTARY CLUB
Young Folks to Be F*et
ed Friday Night at
Parish House
BAND TO PLAY
Annual Honor Custom
To Be Enlivened by
Snappy Program
The usual Thursday noon day
luncheon of the Edenton Rotary
will not be held today but in its
stead the Rotarians will be hosts to
the graduates of the Chowan and
Edenton High Schools on Friday
night at 7:30 o’clock in the Parish
House. Every member of the grad
uating classes of the two schools
has received an invitation from John
A. Holmes, secretary of the Club, to
be present for the occasion and it is
expected practically every one will
be on hand.
An appropriate program has been
arranged by C. E. Kramer, program
chairman, which calls for a 10 or 15
minute address by a representative
of each school and an entertainment
period under the direction of Rev.
C. Aylett Ashby. Mr. Kramer also
has arranged with Charles L. Mc-
Cullers, director of the Edenton
High School Band to have his organ
ization at the banquet and render a
number of selections.
Twenty-five graduates of the
Edenton school and 19 at Chowan
High School have been invited to the |
banquet as well as County Superin
tendent W. J. Taylor and the two ,
sehool principals, Pearly L. Baum- '
and Miss Paulina Hassell.
The-Rotarians are especially in
terested in students at both of these
schools and look forward with much
pleasure at meeting with the 1937
graduates.
Mr. Holmes has already received
quite a few replies from the stu
dents accepting the invitation to be
guests of the Rotarians and any
who have not so signified and expect
to attend should let Mr. Holmes
know at once so that proper ar
rangements can be made by the la
dies of St. Mary’s Guild, who will
serve the banquet.
At last week’s meeting of the
Club J. H. Conger, temporary presi
dent of the recently reorganized
Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Com
merce, addressed the Club in the in
terest of a live and aggressive or
ganization. The Rotarians welcomed
the idea of a commerce group to act
as a mouthpiece for the town and
county and agreed to join with the
Lions Club in soliciting individual
memberships, each member of the
Club being responsible for the so
licitation of two potential members.
Baptist Assembly
At Chowan College
Week of June 7-12
The Chowan Baptist Assembly
will be held at Chowan College,
Murfreesboro, June 7-12, with Rev.
Oscar Creech, of Ahoskie, as direc
tor in chief, and Rev. D. S. Demp
sey, of Hertford, as assistant.
The deans of the various depart
ments are: (School of Prophets, D.
S. Dempsey, Hertford; Sunday
School, Rev. J. R. Link, Windsor;
B. T. U., Rev .D J. Robinson,' Win
ton; W. M. U., Mrs. Sallie Parker,
Jackson.
Hie teachers for the week are as
follows; ,
School of prophets, Dr. B. W.
Spillman, Expository Preaching;
Dr. Hersey Davis, New Testament.
Sunday School Department, J. O.
Walton, iSome Learning Processes;
Miss Marie Riddick, What Do
Teachers Do?; Finley Johnson,
Building a Standard Sunday School.
B. T. U. Department, W. D. Mor
ris, Senior, Planning a Life; Miss
Mable Starnes, Intermediate, In
vestments in Christian Living; Miss
Eloise Miller, Junior, Studying for
Service.
W. M. U. Department, W. M. S.,
Dr. C. G. McDaniel, A Century for
Christ in Christ; Y. W. A., Mrs. C.
G. McDaniel, Christianity, China
Creations; G. A., Miss Mary Her
ring, Torch Bearers in China; R. A.,
T. G. Britt, Torch Bearers in
China.
There is a class for everybody,
and it is hoped that this will bej
the largest and best encampment j
ever held. »
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Permanent Organization To
Be Effected At Gathering
NED WHITE LUCKY
TO BE ALIVE TODAY
Revived After Hours of Efiort When
Pulled From Surf Sunday at
Kitty Hawk
Ned White is making satisfactory
progress at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank White, Sr.,
on West Eden Street following what
could have been no closer approach
to death. He narrowly escaped
drowning at Kitty Hawk Sunday
while enjoying the week-end at the
beach. White, around the noon
hour, entered the surf for a swim,
but before he was in the water very
long was carried out by a strong
undertow. Fortunately at the time
friends were on the beach and but
for the heroic efforts of “Hook”
Scott, Tommy Williams and Charles
Hollowell, of Elizabeth City, he
would have met a watery death. The
three contributed to the task of
bringing White to shore.
Upon being landed on the beach,
Coast Guardsmen immediately be
gan the work of resuscitation and
worked unceasingly for hours in
bringing the apparently dead youth
to life.
He was brought to his home Mon
day morning and ordered to remain
quiet for several days. Though he
had several unsatisfactory nights, it
is expected he will soon be able to
be outdoors.
CLUB MEMBER OF
COUNTYHONORED
Ufrs. A. D. Ward Elect
ed President of Six
teenth District
Chowan County was signally hon- j
ored Tuesday in Hertford when Mrs. 1
A. D. Ward, of Gliden, was elected
president of the 16th district at the
meeting of home demonstration
clubs. Mrs. Ward has been very
active and efficient in club work in
her home county, at present serving
as secretary of Ward’s Club, and
for the past two years acting as
president of the County Council.
About 75 club women of Chowan at
tended the district meeting, and all
were very much gratified at the
selection for Mrs. Ward for this im
portant post. * :
It was estimated that 600 club
women from the district were pres
ent for the meeting at which Dr.
Leon Meadows, president of East
Carolina Teachers College at Green
ville, was the principal speaker. Mr.
Meadows delivered an extremely in
teresting and appropriate address in
the course of which he emphasized
the physical, spiritual, health and
educational phases of home life.
E. H. Brant, landscape architect
for the Highway Department, also
gave a very enlightening address on
highway beautification.
The next meeting for the district
will be held in Edenton next spring,
to which the club women look for
wawj, with much interest.
Daniels* Side Wins
In Masonic Contest
W. Jim Daniels and his fellow
Masonic members were Victorious
over G. A. Helms and his teammates
in the attendance contest of Unani
mity Lodge which came to a close
Thursday night. The contest created
considerable interest among the (
lodgemen and resulted in the best
attendance the'' lodge has enjoyed in j
many years. The membership as to
possible attendance was about evenly
divided with the Daniels’ side win
ning by a scant four majority.
The agreement called for a ban
quet at the expense of the losing
side which will take place next
Thursday night. Ladies of the
Colerain Woman’s Club have invited
the Masons to have the banquet in
their Club Hall and it is almost cer
tain that the invitation will be ac
cepted. However, at the meeting'
tonight the place will bq definitely
decided upon and plans made for
the banquet. All members are urged
iby W. M. Wilkins, master of the
j lodge, to be present in order to
make proper arrangements.
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r Large Attendance Urg
ed; Secretary, Too, to
I Be Chosen
SESSION IMPORTANT
[ Encouragement Shown
By Report Member
. ship Drive
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Encouraging reports from those
1 who have been conducting the drive
1 this week for memberships in the
; reorganized Chamber of Commerce,
continue to be made to President
Joseph H. Conger, and give evidence
that a largely attended permanent
; organization meeting of the body is
likely for tonight at the Court
House. So far the reports to Mr.
Conger show a 100 percent coopera
, tion upon the part of every one ap
proached, and any differences of
viewpoint which have been evinced
will be threshed out at tonight’s
gathering.
The permanent organization meet
ing has been called for 8 o’clock and
in addition to the ratification of
those officers chosen temporarily
last month, if there is to be such a
ratification, a Chamber secretary will
be elected and, undoubtedly, his
salary decided upon. Every one
knows that an alert and aggressive
secretary is the key man in all such
bodies, and that without such a hus
tler the organization will have hard
sledding. He must be a man, it i 3
argued, who is a “go getter," some
one approachable by others and who
knows how to do a little approaching
himself, an individual of high mental
intelligence who can put his thoughts
on paper as well as express them
vocally, a. rkii&p writer and
expert publicity spokesman for the
to’vn.
j These are spoken of as fcvt a few
I of the qualifications that should be
| possessed by a secretary, and in its
l free and easy and perfectly frank
way in deciding such matters it can
be said that tonight’s gathering will
have no definite candidate in mind
for the job. - Several names have
been suggested, or talked of, but it
is Mr. Conger’s idea, to have the
subject threshed out in open meet
ing. And it is for that reason he
wants a‘ large crowd on hand if
possible so the discussion may be
general with a unanimity of opinion
expressed.
Os those most mentioned for the
berth are Mayor J. H. McMullan, ex-
Mayor E. W. Spires and John A.
Holmes. All three have shown in
many ways they can get things done
civically and are hustlers. The fact
that McMullan is city executive may
interfere with his selection—other
communities reckon their mayors as
top high and none have employed
them in other civic capacities such
as this. On the other hand there
has been some talk that the job and
j the salary that would go with it
would augument the mayoralty, make
of it a more important berth, and
certainly permit the incumbent to
devote full time to both offices.
As for Spires his retirement from
the mayoralty because of health
and a desire to centralize upon per
sonal business affairs, may prompt
him, it is understood, to refuse the
berth if offered to him. His interest
in the Chamber is keen, however,
and tonight’s meeting may hear his
views on the matter. Mr. Holmes,
always heretofore called upon when
any secretarial work of any sort in
any kind of civic affair, and always
without recompense, has shown his
availability by this type of gratitous
labor. He was secretary of the de
funct Business Men’s Association.
However, much else of importance
1 will be discussed at tonight’s meet
i ing and Presilent Conger repeats he
! ing and President Conger repeats he
hopes for it. A permanent director
ate to work with and advise the
.President in all matters is especially _
deemed an important selection.
HALF HOLIDAY BEGUN
Edenton stores on Wednesday
closed at 1 o’clock thus beginning
the Wednesday half-holiday plan
which win be in effect during June,
July and August. Practically every
place of business closed except the
hardware stores and difug stores, snd
of course, the filling stations.
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