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Volume IV.—Number 31.
26 Beneficiaries Given
Awards By Security Beard
First Session of Local
Bo i Shows 51 Relief
Applicants
mostlynegroes
Allotments Range From
$3 to sll Per Month;
Checks Soon
Chowan County’s first, participants
under the social security program
were approved Tuesday morning at
a meeting of the County Welfare
Board. -
Fifty-one applicants for aid were
reviewed by the Board which result*
ed in only 26 cases being approved,
these being 21 for old age benefits,
four dependent children and one, a
blind case. Os the 51 applications
for aid, 44 were colored people and
seven were white.
The amounts recommended for
payment varied depending upon cir
cumstances surrounding the individ
ual cases. The average old age pay
ment will be $6 pet month, while an
average of 08 per month will be paid
to dependent children. Payments
range from $3 to fll per month.
W. M. Perkins, superintendent of
public welfare, said that at the
meeting Tuesday, first consideration
was given to those who had been
getting county aid, which was cut
off July 1. Twenty-five of the 26
who qualified for payments had been
on the county relief roll. Mr. Per
kins was also very emphatic in dis
cussing the welfare situation that
payments would be recommended
only from a need standpoint, the
general impression, it seems, espec
ially among colored sjtUens, is that
the qqty reqvfeefem.jto qualify
df
’dttgh made in each
case sad, as Mr. Perkins said, there
must be absolute need before pay
ments will be approved,
i There hate been » number of in
stances whert 66-year-old people who
have other means of subsistence
sought payments, one even appearing
in the welfare office claiming to be in
good standing and entitled to his old
age payment. He informed Mr.
Perkins that he had paid his dues,
25 cents, a year ago and now was
ready for his check. Mr. Perkins
-says a number, of letters have been
received in the county by old people
purporting to get them on the list
by payment of 2Q cents, which of
course is the work of some slicker
plying his fradulet tactics upon un
suspecting old folks, mostly Negroes.
There is no cost attached to any
“ application for aid under any phase
of the social security program, but
thorough investigations are made and
only those approved who have no
other way of securing the bare neces
sities of life. i
Checks will be made out at Ra
leigh and sent to the chairman of
the Board of County Commissioners,
who in turn will have them sent to
the proper person.
Floyd White Made
District Commander
v *
Floyd I. White was honored this
week at the State Legion Convention
held at Durham, when he was named
listrict .commander of the First Dis
trict. Mr. White succeeds C. E.
Kramer, and will begin his term
20 for a period of two years.
Ike Dwb, of Manteo, succeeds him
self asvice commander for the dis
trict. • '• SrjM
Sheriff J. A. Bunch and Robert L.
Pratt, acting as delegates from .the
Ed Bond Post, and Oscar H. Brown
and ISrnest White attended the con
vention, returning home Tuesday
night. The quartet report a very
pleasant trip and an interesting con
vention.
Auditor’s Report Os
Town Books Received
. —. _
,A. T. Allen &'Company, certified
public accountants of Raleigh, have
. completed the audit of town books
and have sent their report to Mayor
J. H. McMullan. Receipt of the re
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
HURRICANE data
SOUGHT BY AID OF
SMALL BALLOONS
E. R. Conger Urges Residents To Be
On Lookout For Tiny Gadgets
Released at Raleigh
E. R. Conger, displayman for the
U. S. Weather Bureau Storm Warn
ing Station at Edenton, has recently
received a letter from John J. Mur
phy, meteorologist in charge of the
weather bureau at Norfolk, inform
ing him that residents in this sec
tion may have an opportunity to as
sist in a project for investigating the
upper-air conditions in a hurricane if
any occurs this season, which will be
undertaken, as a co-operative effort
of the United States Weather Bureau
and the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, and which is expected to
give, valuable informatiion regarding
the structure of hurricanes.
The project calls for the release
during a hurricane, at Raleigh, of 57
sounding balloons to each of which
will be attached a tiny meteorograph
weighing but one and one-half
ounces.
The meteorograph will automati
cally record temperature, pressure
and humidity values on a smoked
glass plate, only slightly larger than
a postage stamp, during the bal
loons ascent.
The balloons, which are filled with
hydrogen gas, burst at maximum
heights of about 10 to 20 miles re
leasing the meteorograph, which is
suspended beneath the halloon by a
40-foot length or rubber cord.
In order to proven: serious dam
age te the instrument when it strikes
the ground, the meteorograph is at
tached to a light framework formed
of throe thin bamboo sticks .about
four' fbet long, fixed at thajr ean-
Ws «o1»ato be fifutually pwrpmdta*
d§r.. i ■ ~ s.V . »
. Attention to the meteorograph
will be attracted by five little red
colored flags, fastened to the frame
work, and anyone finding any of the
instruments is urged to preserve it
carefully, refraining from tampering
with the delicate apparatus, and re
turn it by parcel post to the U. S.
Weather Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Upon its receipt, payment for its
return will be made to the finder.
ROTARY ENTERS
SOFT BALL CLUB
IN LOCALLEAGUE
New Schedule Calls For
Four Regular Games
Each Week
MORE INTEREST
; Season Will Conclude
With Series For City
Championship
Rotarians this week entered a club
in Edenton’s soft ball league, thus
making a four-club circuit. As a re
sult of this entry a new schedule has
been drawn up and though the Red
Men far out-distanced the Lions and
Masons who have been playing since
June 2, the standing of the clubs will
begin all over again. It is the pur
pose of league officials to play a
schedule of games terminating on
Friday September 3, after which the
; teams occupying first and last place,
as well as the two middle teams will
play a series of games, the winners
of the two series to play a series for
the leagqe championship.
The new schedule calls for four
games a week, Tuesday night, Wed
nesday afternoon and Thursday and
Friday nights, thus calling each team
in the league into action twice a
week. ,
The Rotary Club decided to enter
the league last Thursday when it was
agreed to" allow them several substi
tutes due to their limited member
ship and inability to place ten men
on the field for egch game. It is ex
pected that the Rotarians’ entrance
in the league will simulate interest
attendance'' pmes which to
! date has been far below expectations.
Included In the Rotary lineup will be
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, July 29,1937.
UNC ALUMNI DAY!
ATMANTEOEVENT;
SATURDAY, AUG.7
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Four Edenton Alumni I
Named On Special
Committee
47 IN COUNTY
Julien Wood Selected as
Honorary Chairman
For Occasion
Alumni of America’s first state
university will gather August 7 on
Roanoke Island—site of America’s
first English Colony—for an alumni
reunion sponsored by the Dare Coun
ty Alumni-Alumnae Club of the Uni
versity of North Carolina. The day
has been officially designated as Uni
versity of North Carolina by D. B.
Fearing, director of the celebration
being held this summer commemorat
ing the 350th anniversary of English
civilization in America.
Dr. Frank P. Graham, President of
the University, is scheduled as the
principal speaker at a “dutch” lunch
eon-reunion at the Nags Head Beach
Club as a feature of the day’s pro
gram. Paul Green’s “The Lost
Colony” will be presented in the
huge amphitheatre near Manteo at
8:15 o’clock in the evening, the per-]
formance being dedicated to the Uni-:
versity. Professor Green and Fred
erick H. Koch, head of the Carolina
Playmakers, have been largely re
sponsible for the historic pageant
that is the core of the summer’s
celebration.
Designation of August 7 as Uni
versity of North Carolina Day is in
recognition of the part played by the
University in the celebration being
held. here. In addition to the aid
furnished by Professors Green and
Jtoch, the Pt*yuwk«* <h*ve givwi
frebly of. their the
success .of 'the " pageant;'-'President
Graham -is a vice-president of the
Roanoke Island Historical Associa
tion and additional local alumni of
the University were prominent in
engineering plans.
Martin Kellogg, Jr., of Manteo, is
general chairman of local arrange
ments for the University Day. Isaac
P. Davis, a University Trustee, of
Manteo, is president of the sponsor- 1
ing, alumni-alumnae group. Cooper-1
ating with them is J. Maryon Saun-i
ders, University Alumni • Secretary.
Alumni groups in 18 northeastern
counties have been incited to send
representatives to the rally. In
these counties there are 1,375 former
students of Chapel Hill alone.
Counties in which alumni groups
have been extended special invita- 1
tions to the University Day on Au- 1
gust 7 include Beaufort, Bertie, Cam
den, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edge
combe (including Rocky Mount),
Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Mar
tin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Per-:
quimans, Pitt, Tyrrell and Washing
ton.
A special committee has been nam-j
ed from Chowan County to cooperate |
in plans for the Manteo rally. J. H.
McMullan of Edenton, is chairman
of this committee. Other members
are John A. Moore, W. Dossey Pru
den, and Julien Wood, honorary.
chairman, all of Edenton.
There are 47 alumni of the Chapel'
Hill institution living in Chowan
county.
Methodist Preacher
Leaves For Vacation
Rev. George W. Blount, pastor of
the Edenton Methodist Church, left
Sunday night for Wilson, where he
will spend his vacation with his
mother. He will be gone two weeks
and during his absence the Wednes
day night prayer service as well as
the Sunday night service will be
called off.
Next Sunday morning at the 11
o’clock service John A. Holmes will
substitute for Mr. Blount, while on
the following Sunday morning R. T.
Malloy, a student at the Duke school
of religion, will preach.
C. D. Stewart Supt
Os Methodist S. S.
C. D. Stewart, a steward of the
Methodist Church, was named by the
quarterly .conference held Sunday
October 1, replaces J. Edwin Buffilap,
who has acted as superintendent the
REHABILITATION
iOFCUPOLA HOUSE
UNDER WAY SOON
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I Grand Old Mansion to
| Be Repainted White
! With Green Shutters
NEW PANELING
Generous Response For
. Funds Makes Restor
ation Possible
Perhaps one of the greatest bits of
civic improvement Edenton has at
tempted in a half century is about
to get under way with the rehabili
tation of the old Cupola House. The
place, which has been rdther shabby
looking of late, is soon to be repaint
ed' and as touch additional effort as
can be made possible with limited
funds will be attempted to restore
the main room of the ancient man
sion, now occupied by the town
library to its original fine paneled
condition.
Recently the Cupola House Associa
tion moved in the matter and sent
out earnest appeals for funds. The
responses, while yet insufficient to
do all that is desired, have been very
generous and will permit the paint
ing and reproduction repaneling.
| - The house, always white in color
, but very drab in recent years, will
again be given a double coat of en
during white paint and will once
more be scintilating object of at
tractive appearance to tourists and
the town generally. The shutters
will, of course, be painted green, as
wilt be the roof of the edifice. . s
.As Edenton well knows the house
was built by Frances Corbin back in
1758, and is the oldest dwelling ex
tant in North Carolina today. It was
Spring the ownership of the Bond
Jeters that museum of
fereda large sum, for much of the in
terior paneling in the library room,
Mid was able to purchase it. It is
to pat this room back in as near as
possible its; original state that new
paneling exactly like what was there
before will be reproduced and placed
into position.
These improvements will again
make the old mansion the coveted
beauty spot it has always been in
I town, and much pleasure is being
I evinced by* the prospective work.
Local Band Returns
Today From Manteo
she Edenton High School band will
return today from Manteo, where
they took part in the program Wed
nesday of the celebration commemo
rating the 350th anniversary of the
birth of Virginia Dare. Members of
the band were accompanied by C. L.
McCullers, director.
The trip was made possible by the
: Rotary Club, Lions Club, American
Legion and Chamber of Commerce,
each organization appropriating sls
! toward the expense.
Those making the trip were: Em
mett Wiggins, George Alma Byrum,
Shelton Moore, Carrol Stewart,
James Mitchener, West Byrum, Jr.,
Maurice Bunch, Alec White, Norma
j Perry, Catherine Reeves, Millard
I Ward, Clarence Leary, Jr., Albert
1 Holmes, Dee Skiles, Durward Har
rell, John Briggs, Ed Parker, Ed
Habit, Elton Forehand, Daniel
Reeves, Hey wood Ziegler, Lester
Stewart, Raymond Ward, Ruth By
rum, Lloyd Griffin, Jr., Tommy Cross,
Ernest Swanner, J. M. Boyce, Parker
Helms, and Hubert Brown.
Three Injured Tuesday
In Automobile Mishap
Three young Hertford men were
badly cut up early Tuesday after
noon when a truck in which they
were riding slipped on the shoulder
of the Hertford highway at Parker’s
curve and turned over. The truck
was being returned to Windsor and
was full of empty milk bottles. Most
of these were broken and it was into
the shattered glass the car occupants
were hurled and severely gashed.
William Landing, l l7, was injured the
worst, receiving several deep head
cuts and wounds about the face, neck
and shoulders. George Butler and
Fenton Butler, brothers, were the
other riders who were brought into
Dr. Powell’s office with numerous
lacerations.
AT FURNITURE SHOW-
W. M. Wilkins returned home on
Wednesday from High Point, where
he, together with his brother, J. H.
b Wilkins, attended the furniture ex-
Another District Office
Is Taken Out Os Edenton
VIRGINIA DARE
STAMPS ON SALE
AFTER AUGUST 18
Postmaster C. E. Kramer Reports
Having Already Received
Many Requests
That there will be a heavy demand
for the special stamp issued by the
Post Office Department commemora
tive of the three hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the birth of Virginia
Dare is apparent by the fact that
Postmaster C. E. Kramer reports
having already received many re
quests for these stamps.
This stamp, of the five-cent denom
ination, will be available at the
Edenton Post Office after August 18.
The stamp is one inch square and
is printed in light blue. It is being
issuer in sheets containing 48 stamps.
The central design is enclosed in a
large .upright oval, and depicts Vir
ginia Dare in the arms of her moth
er, who is seated in the dooryard of
their cabin home, which is partly
visible in the background. The fath
er stands close by holding a musket.
Arranged vertically at the left of the
central oval is the wording “U. S.
Postage” in white-face gothic style.
In a similar position and style, at the
right, is the designation “5 Cents.”
At the bottom of the stamp arranged
in two lines, is the wording: “In
memory of Virginia Dare. Bom Roa
noke 1587.” This is in dark modified
script.
Joint Rotary Meeting
At Colerain Aug. 9th
Aside from presenting the matter
to the local club today, all arrange
ments have been made for a joint
meeting of the Windsor and Edenton
Rotary Chibs to be held at Colerain
Beach? o* Monday evening, August 9. ■
The ladies of Colerain will serve a
barbecue chicken supper to . members
of the two clubs, Rotaryannes and a
number of specially invited guests.
Plans for the joint meeting were
completed at the meeting of the
Windsor Club Monday night,
at which C. H. Wood and C. E.
Kramer of the local club were pres
ent.
WEBB NAMED TO
ABC BOARD AND
ACCEPTS BERTH
Entire Board Sworn In
And All Will Go to
Raleigh Today
BONDS APPROVED
Study Conditions Else
where Before Making
Start Here
Following a second joint meeting
of the County Commissioners, Board
of Health and Board of Education,
held Friday afternoon, Chowan
County’s Alcoholic Board of Control
is now complete. The second meet
ing was necessary to name a third
member of the Board when W. D.
Welch refused to serve after being
appointed Monday of last week.
J. B. Webb was subsequently nam
ed and has agreed to serve on the
Board. At the meeting Friday four
men were nominated for a place on
the Board, these being R. H. Hollo
well, B. W. Evans, Hector Lupton
and Mr. Webb.
On the first ballot Mr. Webb led
the field with six votes, Mr. Lupton
following with five votes and one
each for Mr. Hollowell and Mr.
Evans. On the second ballot the
latter two were eliminated and Mr.
Webb won out over Mr. Lupton 9 to
4.
Immediately after the election of
Mr. Webb the question of salaries,
which had been set at the previous
meeting, was discussed. There ap
peared to be considerable criticism
and dissatisfaction in paying the
Board chairman $75 per month and
the other two members $4 per diem.
Following some discussion, Mrs.
George Wood, a member of the
school board, offered a motion that
each member of the Board j be paid
$25 per month. The question was
debated pro and con with ague fav
oring a higher salary for the dhair
(Continued on Page Five)
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year
&
District N. C. Employ
ment Office Shunted
To Williamston
WHATNEXT?
Third Time Since Janu
ary Administration
Shuns This Town
Expansion and reorganization of
the administrative set up of the
North Carolina State Employment
Service has apparently dethroned
Edenton as a district headquarters of
the service and will continue it here
after as but a branch office. The
change will go into effect on Monday
and Williamston has been designated
as the place for the district office
which has been operated so success
fully for several years out of here.
Memoranda from Raleigh sets
forth that the expansion plan is but
part of a movement being made in
establishing the service as a perma
nent state organization to be identi
fied with the State Unemployment
Compensation Commission. In addi
tion to abolishing Edenton as a dis
trict office similar action has been
taken doing away with district offices
in Morganton, Kinston, Bryson City
and Salisbury.
Lessened funds of late have, also,
made the move necessary, stated R.
Mayne Albright, the state director,
who further explains the service is
actually 'being made an adjunct of
the social security program now in
operation in the state. It is expected
that by November 1 Social Security
funds will be sufficient to take ovqjr
the entire work of operating the ser
vice.
. The transfer of the office from
hge to WajUiamston wjU lave some
“timet, at the .moment unknown, upon
the clerical force heretofore running
the local headquarters. Mrs. Ran
dolph Holoman, the supervising chief
here, will naturally go to Williamston
or elsewhere, but what will happen
to Miss Edna Stephenson, Mrs. H. C.
Wozelka, Miss Mildred Munden and
Floyd I. White, the other office work
ers is yet problematical.
It is naturally assumed that inas
much as a branch office will be main
tained some one of the present force
will be left in charge of it, but until
the transfer actually goes into effect
on Monday just who it will be was
not known as The Herald went to
press.
The new district office will con
tinue the control of all the thirteen
Albemarle counties as heretofore,
while the branch office from here will
have supervision only over Bertie,
Hertford, Gates, Perquimans and
Chowan, with no certainity now
Bertie will be thus included.
The reorganization-expansion move
became known quietly here last week.
The local chamber of commerce at
once got busy in an effort to have
the local office continued as a dis
trict headquarters. Letters and tele
grams were dispatched asking that
this be done but so far no response
further than the published stories
yesterday of the proposed state
changes has been received.
Reduction in funds and in activi
ties of the temporary National Re
employment Service was cited as
another reason for consolidation of
district offices.
“Until the present time, the State
Employment Service has operated on
$75,000 of State funds plus approxi
mately $20,000 of local funds, both
of which were matched by equal
amounts of Federal funds,” Albright
said. “This has been sufficient to
provide operating costs for 19 offices
and salary and travel for 79 mem
bers of the personnel of 216. The
remaining 37 offices and 137 em
ployees have been dependent upon
NRS funds, the temporary nature
and uncertain status of which pre
vented the growth and development
of a permanent service with trained
personnel and adequate premises and
equipment.*’
Albright said that later additional
local offices may be set up in com
! munities which are considered centers
of industrial activities.
Two years ago, on August 3, 1935,
the State Employment Service was
changed from 32 to 15 districts.
“In ooler to meet the require
ments of the United States Employ
ment Service and the Social Security
Board, operating jointly in tbe-ad
: ministration of unemployment ceas
pensation, It was found necessary
further to reduce the number of dis
tricts,” Albright said.