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] o f general interest? I volume IV.—Number 32 Bi-County Health Service Merger Now Seems Likely Chowan and Bertie Plan to Join In Statewide Program OMCEHERE Comity to Put up $1,500 If Town Allots SSOO Toward Cost Right now Chowan County seems pretty sure to be a party in the Statewide health unit service, with a secretarial and full-time nursing ser vice located in Edenton. Proposed consolidation with Bertie county, which has been agreed to tentatively, will make this possible, and many happy over the possible solution of a problem which has been somewhat bothersome for a couple of months. Under the plan outlined to the ■County Commissioners on Monday by State, Bertie and Chowan health officials, this county’s share for the proposed consolidation will be around $2,000, of which it was suggested the town of Edenton should bear a SSOO share of the cost. At a subsequent meeting of the town’s finance com mittee full tentative agreement was • given to this through the elimination of certain expenditures totaling around the asked for amount. Which means if the double-bar relled county and town plan goes through the consolidated service of the two counties will go into effect soon with Dr. F. H .Garris, of Lew iston, as the joint county health of ficer. Dr. Garris is at present, and has for the third year, serving i* tfc» capacity for Bertie alone, the consensus of opinion being that as lie was most conversant with all de tails of the work Chowan could well v endorse him for the consolidatM Former county welfare officer W. missioners on Monday wifi Dr. Gar ris, and. Dr, R. E. Fox, of the State Department of PaWic 'Health. Dr. Wi I. Hart and other town and coun ts health board members were, also, /on hand." Explanation was made at the outset that the original plan of several months ago' that Chowan should join with Gates and Ferqui . naans counties in jthe health unit ser vice had fallen through because of We failure of Gates and Perquimanis to join the endeavor, and that a sub sequent request that Chowan merge with Pasquotank and Dare counties in a similar way had met with no en couragement here because of the far from close priximity of the other two counties. Chairman D. M. Warren then read .. from a carefully prepared type written statement showing what benefits would acrue through an as sociation with the county neighbor lo the west, Bertie. The statement detailed how the service would be handled, each county having’ its own (Continued on Page Five) R. D. Dixon Rushed To Norfolk Hospital Friends were shocked Tuesday when news rapidly spread that Rich ard D. Dixon, • popular clerk of Chowan Superior Court, was rushed to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Norfolk. Va., suffering an scute attack of appendicitis. Mr. Dixon was accom panied by Mrs. Dixon and J. N.J • Pruden, Mrs. Dixon remaining with Immediately upon arrival Mr. Dix on was operated upon and while the appendix was gangrous, he was re ported Wednesday, to be making sat ,, '■ ■■ '■Ml.i.-I .... ... nr i <3 V -* W w nitc sciioois m # County Open Sept. 13 — - White schools in «the Chowan County administrative unit will open Monday, September 13, according to THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY »- V- Jury List Is Selected For September Term Os Superior Court In anticipation of the Septem ber term of Superior Court, the County Commissionrs on Monday empaneled the following as a jury list: O. M. Blanchard, J. E. Wood, A. White, J. C. Leary, B. W. Leary, Nicholas Muth, O. J. Fore hand, Eugene Baker, W. T. Fore hand, Chas. H. Wood, P. C. Ash ley. Albert Cullipher, J. R. Perry, i R. W. Carden, W. S. Perry, Henry S. Rogerson, A. D. Rountree, L. B. Harrell, J. Q. Bass, Josiah Elliott, Gordon Blow, D. R. Baker, C. R. Satterfield, J. T. Parrish, G W. Sawyer, J. H Asbell, E. M. Howell, C. R. Mason, W. H. Park er, J. R. Peele, Frank Miller, P. M. Forehand, Henry Corprew, E. L. Ward, T. A. Berryman R. F. Elliott. Court will convene Monday, September 13, with Judge R. Hunt Parker, of Roanoke Rapids, pre siding. Resettlement Office Will Be Located In Chowan Court House Forced to leave the old postoffice quarters due to the building being rented, the local resettlement office will shortly be removed to the Chowan County Court House. Per mission to. use the small room on ' the second floor formerly used as the sheriff’s office and later by N. K. Rowell, county agent, was granted by the JJounty Commissioners Mon ’ - W ■ df the Board, was vested with authority to have placed on the floor some ma terial that would eliminate any fire hazard, which appeared to be the greatest concern in allowing the room to be used. However, George C. Wood and John Pope, who are connected with the resettlement office and who appeared before the Com missioners in behalf of new quarters, assured the Commissioners that very seldom are there more than two or three in the office at one time and that the time required in which to transact business is very brief. The move is expected to be made within the next two weeks. DONKEY BALL IS AGAIN SCHEDULED Game Will Be Played Friday Night at 8 O’clock ;V Another donkey baseball game will be held in Edenton Friday night which no doubt will draw a capacity crowd of spectators in search of a lot of fun. At a previous game played at Hicks Field one of the largest crowds ever to gather at the baseball diamond witnessed a game played between the Rotary and Lions Clubs, causing favorable comments and requests from residents as far as Gates and Bertie counties to be in formed when another game is played. Two local teams will perform Fri day night, one selected from the Masons and Lions, which will try their skill at playing baseball and riding donkeys against a team picked from the Rotary Club and Red Men. Players from all four clubs in the soft ball league will participate, the proceeds from the game going to ward payment of the flood lights erected on the diamond. The game will begin at 8 o’clock, taking place of the scheduled game between Masons and Rotarians. Line ups had not been selected at the time 'Hie Herald went to press, but it will be the purpose to use as many of the league players as possible dur ing the contest. Ji; Considerable publicity has been made concerning this fun-provoking event and barrihg unfavorable weath ] i'F'i r. . j? . 1 /: r l; ■ V b kdenton, Chowan. County, I ELEANOR DARE WITH HER BABY ) Katherine Cale, English actress, 'as Eleanor Dare with her baby, Vir ginia Dare, in a scene from Paul Gr sen’s pageant-drama, “The Lost Colony.” This is one of many illustrations in the edition of the play just published by the University of tyorth Carolina Press. WITH WEBB OUT ABC APPOINTORS MUST TRY AGAIN i Latest Appointee Re signed Tersely Mon day Morning AUG. 11 NEXT DATE But Badham and Bond Carry on Heroically With Full Power A further muddle over the person nel the Chowan ABC supervising ■ board, brought'about Monday by the Unexpected resignation of the latest 1 third member appointee, J. B. Webb, leaves the county still perplexed as! to who will be the operating em-! ployees in the proposed liquor store now being remodeled for occupancy in the White property to the north of Sutton’s Drug Store. Much in terest'is being continually evinced in these selections , but it can be said authoritatively nb choices for store! manager or clerks will be announced j until after a further meeting to pick; a successor to Mr. Webb next Wed-j nesday morning at 10 o’clock. Mr. Webb’s declination to serve! came surprisingly out of a clear sky and was embodied in a terse letter to; the County Commissioners.presented, 1 at their August meeting Monday. Al though he had accepted the berth at the time of his selection, had'been formerly sworn in and furnished the 1 required security, and had,, also, ac-j companied Chairman R. P. Badham! and his associate Millard F. Bond on; a visit to the State ABC board in Raleigh, and in addition had joined with Mr. Badham and Mr. Bond in signing a lease for the White prop erty, Mr. Webb remained silent in his written resignation as to the reasons behind his retirement. It is understood, however, that Mr. Webb, a confirmed “dry,’’ has never been enthusiastic about the ABC sit uation and that his family have op posed his going along as a serving member. Mr. Webb, an earnest nearby farm resident, has felt, though, that despite all such pre judices his position on the board (Continued on Page Five) Edenton Recipient Os Nice Slice Os National Publicity ■ 4 *■ ?■'*■ —il (P— BP ® Whether many newspapers are in sympathy with the Eastman-Scott Advertising Agency’s scheme in pub licizing North Carolina, Edenton on Sunday was awarded a nice slice of publicity which no doubt appeared in 22 Hearst newspapers all over the country as a result of Mildped Sey dell’s recent visit to town. Following appears Mrs. Seydell's story wjiich appeared %In Sunday’s edition of The Atlanta Georgian: Mayor McMullan complains that Edenton, __orth Carolina, is tto blessed with its historic reputatio. Visitors are 8o l d*srwhshned with its relics of colonial they forget to notice that it is the second largest peanut market in the world! the we• TOWN TAX RATE MAY SOAR FROM SI.OO TO sl.lO Tentative Figure Set by Finance Committee For Approval budgetlSigher Overdrafts, Salary In j creases and Welfare Reasons if to keep step with the counta of- which it is the center, Edentata, l too, stands a chance of raising its I tax rate for the ensuing year. At I a meeting the finance committee of ! Town Council Monday night it was tentatively agreed, subjeot to ap proval, of course of the town council, that the Edenton 1937-38 rate would likely have to be boosted to sl.lO, or around that figure ,as against a pre sent rate of sl. ■Several things conspired to pre | vent the finance committeemen from ! holding the forthcoming rate to a ■ lower figure. A recommendation j agreement that the town bear a share | of the Bertie - Chowan health unit service, as endorsed by the county i commissioners Monday, stuck an un [ expected SSOO in the proposed bud get. A further inclusion of $250 to keep the town’s contractural welfare obligations was, also, included. Re -1 cent salary raises to most of the j town employees and the prospective ! appointment of a third pollcenAn, | also had to be reckoned with, so the new rate, except the E & W Depart ment comes heroically to the rescue, may have to take a boost when final ly approved by Town Council. / The committeemen learned that last year’s budget had been over spent something like SSOO, but. act ually the general fund was some thing over $6,000 in the red, which overdraft has been taken care 6f by E & W earnings. Cause for figures appearing in red in this fund was occasioned by anticipated collection of back taxes which did not materia lize. This amount, too, will have to be reckoned with in making up a workable budget. trialism.’ We have the raw mater ial at our very door which is pro cessed by our various manufacturing plants. The stoek in all of our in dustrial plants is locally owned and widely distributed. “The labor used is native-born and wedded to the community in which it was reared. All of these enterprises are financed Joy a local bank, the stock of which is locally owned. In addition t othis, the executive officers of these enterprises are native citi zens. “None of these enterprises have been Jp serious financial condition. And there has never been a. strike or suggestion of one i the etotire indus- But after all, Mayo* McMullan, Edenton, does have a St. and ' whereas other cootmunitioi can have prosperity they can't have,a church (Contiauod on Page ■») Chowan County Tax Rate Will Be Boosted To $1.30 —— ..... . . - < An Unusual Health Report For July That health conditions in Chow an County are in first class shape is evident by Dr. M. P. Whichard’s report as health officer made to the County Commissioners Mon day. Two cases of measles were the only quarantineable diseases reported for the month of July, which is rather unusual. The county jail and county home were both in good condition also according to the submitted report. Rotarians Enthused Over Joint Meeting At Colerain Monday Edenton Rotarians are looking for ward with much interest to the joint meeting of the Edenton and Windsor Rotary Clubs which will be held at Colerain next Monday night at 7 o’clock, and according to reports the Colerain ladies, who will serve a barbecue chicken dinner, are equally anxious to prove their ability as hostesses and are optimistic that: their treatment will warrant a return j visit from the Rotarians C. E. Kramer is in charge of ar-| rangements for the Edenton Club and j the latest check up revealed that about 35 will attend from Edenton, including Rotarians and their wives, or as Secretary John A. Holmes wrote in a circular letter, “some other fellow’s wife.” The Windsor Club will be in charge of the program and if a live-wire club means anything a program com paring favorably with the menu will be on tap, which will include special music by Scarborough Mizelle 6and ■ his group of music-making singefrs. At the Rotary meeting today Mil lard Bond will be in charge of the program and plans to present an uni que program consisting of a group of national items of interest taken from David Laurence’s United States News. * At last Thursday’s meeting W. M. Perkins , superintendent of public welfare, was the pincipal speaker and during his remarks traced the thought of welfare work from time; immemorial to the present social se curity program. NCSES OFFICE IS TO BE (WTINOED Encouraging Response To Chamber of Com merce Protest Pressure by the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce directed against the permanent removal to Williamston of the local district of 'fice of the North Carolina State Em ployment Service, has brought a happy response from R. Mayne Al bright, of Raleigh, director of the state organization, saying the change is only an administrative one, means in no way the abandonment of the office here, and that on the contrary “should not effect the usefulness and efficiency of the Edenton office.” Mr. Albright’s communication was in response to a letter and resolution of explanation and regret sent him by the. Chamber of Commerce. He ex pressed his thanks in replying, stated that under the present plan of oper ation Currituck, Camden, Dare and Pasquotank counties will be handled through the Elizabeth City branch office, that Edenton will continue to look after Chowan, Perquimans, Gates, Hertford and Bertie, and that Williamston will only serve Martin, Washington, Tyrrell and Beaufort. He closed by expressing assurance of the bureau’s desire to cooperate in serving the employment needs of Edenton and Chowan county. Another letter reached the com merce chamber from Commissioner A. L. Fletcher of the State Depart ment of Labor, promising to do what ever he could to ease the local situa tion and expressing a willingness to receive a delegation from the cham- This newspaper it dress lated in the territory where Advertisers wM realise good ressslts. $1.25 Per Year "Khfmsmmmmmmsmsmmmssmmmsssmsmmmmsmm ❖ ~ Social Security Does Its Expected Part—Cost Os Schools, Too BUDGETSIOI,4BI Even So, Rate Is Twenty Points Lower Than Anticipated Faced with an increased budget total of $17,915, largely due to the new social security program and other health and charitable obliga tions, the Chowan commissioners wrestled long and patiently with the county tax rate problem on Monday, and by much perspiratory squirming and readjustment of submitted figur es were able to hold the rate for the ensuing year down to $1.30 per SIOO of valuation. While the $1.30 rate decided upon is an increase of 11 points over the rate for last year, it is actually 20 points if not more lower than the board anticipated. Preliminary bud get figures, the puzzle over what so cial security was and would cost, had led all hands to the belief a rate of $1.50 was likely, and one offical even intimated two weeks r.go the rate j might be nearer $1.60. But when the board met on Mon day Chairman D. M. Warren and his j associates set the $1.30 rate as the i maximum to be allowed. Contrary to the usqal proceedure, the commis sioners fixed the rate first, if it can be so expressed, and then pruned and readjusted- the budget to keep within this allotted figure. As for the finally approved budget its total was fixed at $101,481 for 1937-38 as against a budget of $83,- 566 for the prior year, a working ex cess of $17,915. * Statistically the budget ailotuudita to "the ensuing year as compared with similar allotments for 1936-37, showed tabularly in this wise 1937-38 1936-37 Social Security $ 6,502 Schools 19,089 11,631 Bonds and Interest- 53,060 46,435 Health charity and General Co. Fund 22,830 25,500 $101,481 $83,566 By shifts here and there the board was able to prune two four-point cuts ; in the budget by transferring funds from both the bond and general coun ty funds, which have a substantial re serve. Another saving of a higher rate was the decision not to levy for a SI7OO welfare item which amount is anticipated from profits of sales by the forthcoming ABC store. The social security item is, of course, a new one, but in no sense appregates all the welfare expenses of the county as expected expenditur es for “Health and Charity,” not enu (Continued on Page Eight) Part Os Ivy Ordered Removed From Old Chowan Court House That the ivy which covers the outside j>i the vault adjacent to the clerk of superior court’s office in the ancient Chowan County Court House has not been removed this week is no doubt due to the fact that on Tuesday Richard D. Dixon, clerk of court, was rushed to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Norfolk, Va., following an acute attaek of appendicitis. Mr. Dixon, at the meeting of the County Commissioners Monday, was instructed to have the ivy removed because it was thought that the thick growth was detrimental to the inter ior of the vault as well as to the old records stored in them. It was called to • the attention of the Commissioners that the interior walls remained damp causing the plaster to become loose, the moisture even penetrating the records which include some of the oldest papers in the State, dating back to 1659. It was also brought out that after hav ing the vault closed for a day or two mold collected on the walls and floor which condition, if flowed to continue, Would have a ruinous effect l on the valuable documents. The opinion was expressed that the ivy permitted a certain amount of seepage which was the major cause of the trouble, the Commissioners therefore ordering the ivy’ removed. However, amimbar of complaints have already been made to the ef fect that the condition be rem edied from gather than p?‘- ’’"-H A 5 If- 5#
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