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I of general interest.
Volume IV. —Number 35.
Schools Here Open Sept. 20
Faculty Gets New Teacher
H. J. Cheston Will Re
place Miss Pauline
Sprinkle
PERSONNEL LISTED
Advance Loses Teacher,
Colored Schools Open
September 23
Though tho Edenton white Schools
will not open until Monday, Septem
ber 20, Superintendent John A. Hol
mes is busy these days making plans
for opening day, for which ever
thing will be in readiness. Teachers,
too, have been employed which aside
from Miss Pafoline Sprinkle, will in
clude qjl of last year's teachers.
The vacancy caused by Miss
Sprinkle’s resignation will be filled
by Harvey J. Cheston of Washington,
D. C., who will teach mathematics.
Mr. Cheston comes highly recom
mended. He was an honor graduate
of Central High School of Washing
ton and later an honor graduate of
the University of Maryland. Last
year he taught in the Woodward
School for Boys in Washington.
High school teachers who have
been employed and their subjects
follow:
Miss Paulina Hassell, English and
Latin.
Mrs. George K. Mack, English and
French.
Mis. J. E. Debnam, English and
History.
Oscar Duncan, Science.
David Holton, History,, Mathema
tics and Athletic Co«ik „
: Harrey J. Chwtfln,
t Mn?Le«a
Club. ’
Elementary teachers follow:
/ First Grade —Fannie Sue Sayes and
Emily Smithwick.
Second Grade—Ruby Felts and
Emma Blanche Warren.
Third Grade—Myrtle Jenkins and
Mrs. J. W. Davis.
Fourth Grade—Mary Cody and
Lena Jones. f
Fifth Grade—Edna Goodwin and
Mrs. W. S. Summerell.
Sixth Grade —Mrs. David Holton
and Sara MacDonald.
Seventh Grade—Mrs. Lloyd Bunch
and C! D, Stewart.
A teacher was lost at the Advance
School due to attendance require
ments, leaving Ernest A. Swain and
Wilma C. Swain serving as teachers
in that school. It is hoped, however,
that state requirements can be met
thus adding another teacher.
Colored schools under the city ad
ministrative unit are scheduled to
open on Thursday, September 23,
teachers having already been em
ployed as follows:
High School—D. F. Walker, princi
pal; Flossie Hines, Annie A. Smith,
Richard L. Kingsbury, Alexander
Blaine and Roger Douglas, who is a
new teacher coming from Hampton,
Va.
The elementary, teachers are as
follows:
Santoria Reeves, Emma Foreman,
Dorthy M. Walker, Sarah F. Wilson,
Fannie Badham, Butler Holley, Eu
nice Herritage, Alice Slade, Tamar
McClenney, Joanna Holley, Matilda
Tillet and Birdie Mae Capehart, who
had been teaching at Morehead City.
Teachers in colored schools in out
lying districts will be as follows:
St. John’s—S. N. Griffith, princi
pal; Laura Luton, Sadie Badham
Hawkins and Elizabeth Brown-
Canaan’s Temple—Lawrette Cos
ton and Carrie Brown.
Pleasant Grove —Elizabeth Luton.
Ryah’s Grove —Mabel Bembury.
Cedar Grove—Sadie Bembury.
Virginia Fork—Vivian Hawkins.
Triangle—Elton Hall.
Rotary Inter-Gty
Meeting: Called Off
The regular Rotary luncheon will
be held at the Parish House today
(Thursday) at 1 o’clock. This meet
ing was expected to be called off due
to a scheduled inter-city meeting to
be held Monday night in Elizabeth
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
o m&* : *—
. Private Donations
Are Responsible For
Good Tennis Court
Although the tennis courts in
Edenton are on public property, there
is no fund of any kind for their
maintenance. Private subscription
, from a few individuals is responsible
for them. This season new nets, a
limer with quantities of lime, repair
ed back stops, grass cutting and
work on the courts have been paid
for by contributions from a small
group of people. Any further do
nation in order to keep tennis avail
-9 able to the community will be wel
comed and may be sent or brought
I to The Herald office to be turned
5 over to the proper persons.
i Senator Reynolds In
1 Ahoskie Sept. 6th
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’ Senator Robert R. Reynolds has
| accepted an invitation to attend the
* fifth annual tobacco ball to be held
1 in Ahoskie on the night of Septem
[ ber 6.
Senator Reynolds, who will be ac
companied by his secretary, Wesley
McDonald, will be guests of Alvah
! Early, clerk of Superior Court of
1 Hertford County, during his visit and
according to plans of the tobacco
I ball committee will lead the grand
march with the beauty queen, who is
I to be selected.
1 Quantity Os Liquor
Now In ABC Store
Chowan County’s ABC liquor store
is rapidly nearing completion and un
less something unforseen occurs will
open fok business on Wednesday,
SeptonHfrrjl. A large quantity of
t ‘tßpWF' received and is now
stored in the Stock room ready to be
labeled and placed on the shelves.
I Following instructions of R. P.;
Badham, chairman of the board, and
1 M. F. Bond, his associate, who have
been handling the affairs pending the
i appointment of a third member, who
will be named today, the rear win
dow and door have been reinforced
with steel bars, put in with expan
sion bolts, as a precaution against
robbery as well as reducing the rate
on burglary insurance.
Rupert Goodwin, manager, and
John Lee Spruill, clerk, began their
duties Saturday and are hopeful that
all will be in readiness when they
are ordered to open for business.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 26, 1937.
PARENTS GREET
NEWSCBOOLPIAN
MOSTBOOKS FREE
Readers Must Be Rent
ed But Other Basal
Texts Loaned
; NEW SCHOOL BUS
r '
\ Chowan School to Open
i Sept. 13; Meeting 1 of
; Teachers Called
| According to the plan adopted by
the County Board of Education.
. known as the B Plan, parents will
welcome the saving effected in books
. this year for children attending
I school. Superintendent W. J. Tay
lor announces that this year all basal
text books from the first to seventh
grades will be loaned free of charge
and that under Plan B. supplemen
tary readers will be provided costing
from 50. to 70 cents for the year. In
the first grade there will be six sets
| of readers for each child which will
j be rented on a flat fee of 50 cents,
to be collected the first week of
school. In the second grade there
will be three sets for which the same
• charge will be made. Three sets will
' be furnished for the third, fourth and
i fifth grades at 60 cents, while 70
■ cents will be the charge made for
l the three sets in the sixth and seven
' th grades. One dictionary will also
I be furnished each of four pupils in
• the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
grades.
All Irigh school books can be rent
ed as heretofore, said Mr. Taylor,
but provision can be made to buy
■ books if desired by applying to him.
His office at present is filled with all
1 sorts of books, both free and rented
which will be ready for distribution
when school opens. Chowan High
> School’s supply will be sent to that
school for distribution while the oth
er stpaller schools in. Hie unit will be
! served from the superintendent’s of
fice.
| Schools in the county administra
tive unit will open on Monday, Sep
tember 13, but prior to the opening
day, Saturday, September 11, Mr.
Taylor has called for a teachers
meeting to be held at Chowan High
School at 10 a. m., when definite in
structions will be given relative to
school opening.
New bus routes have also been
arranged due to one added to the
fleet of school busses. These, how
ever, will not be made public until
the Board of Education investigates
and approves the contemplated routes
in order to make a check-up as to
President, Gevernor And Town Folk
All Speak Highly Os City Booklet
\ Anyway, He Got The Book! j
The Herald made a splendid selection when Mrs. George C. Wood j
was asked to present President Roosevelt with a specially prepared j
copy of Edenton’sl booklet at the Fort Raleigh celebration last week.
There were some cynical-minded ones who predicted that she would I
scarcely get close enough to see Mr. Roosevelt, much less present him S
with the book.
However, Mrs. Wood said she would present it to him, and she did. !
Despite the crowd that was held back, she overcame all obstacles and I
! forged through the lines, and succeeded in handing the book to Mr. j
I Roosevelt and had a brief chat with him.
“It is for me—my name is on it,’’ said the President and appeared !
| very grateful for the compliment.
In her remarks Mrs. Wood said, “I expect you’re too busy to read J
! it. but please give it to Mrs. Roosevelt. I know she will read the book J
I and perhaps at some future time will come to our beautiful town.”
j “Oh my,” replied Mr. Roosevelt, “Do you think I’m not that good?” !
Anyway, The Herald is thankful to Mrs. Wood for her efforts and |
| determination to place the booklet in Mr. Roosevelt’s hands, in the j
| course of which she received quite a thrill, and exhibited, if nothing !
! else* an unprecedented source of resourcefulness. |
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PEMBROKE CREEK
TO BE SNAGGED
Warren Secures Prom
ise Work Will Be
Started Soon
Congressman Lindsay Warren has
written Mayor Jack McMullan that
he has pt last succeeded in diverting;
SLQOO from the federal appropria-!
ti<m for Edenton Bay maintenance to-,
ward the removal of obstructions in ]
Pembroke creek and to deepen the
channel of that waterway up to the
fish hatchery.
The Mayor wrote the Congressman
last month saying the creek had
many unnecessary snags that inter
fered with boating and fishing and he
iTitpt that something be done to re
lieve the situation. The other daT
he got a letter from Warren enclose
ing copy of a communication from
Lieutenant Colonel John H. Carruth,'
of the U. S. Corps of at
Norfolk, in which the statement was
made that he would transfer the sl,-!
000 from the $15,000 harbor mainte-]
nance fund, and would have the dis
trict snag boat put on the job as
soon as it gets repaired.
Colonel Carruth’s letter to the Con- ;
gressman was as follows:
“Reference is made to your letter j
of July 9,1937, and my reply thereto !
of July 12, 1937, relative to remo
val of obstructions from Pembroke
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GARDEN CONTEST
STiARTSSEPT. 25
Demonstration Clubs
Soon Enter Into Fall
And Winter Rivalry
Miss Rebecca Colwell, Chowan
home demonstration agent, announces
j a fall and winter garden contest, in
! which she urges all club members to
I participate. “Some homes have
j good gardens,” says Miss Colwell,
“but there are too many farm homes
that have only collards or turnip
greens growing during the fall and
winter months. Each farm home
should have a year-round garden
with a variety of vegetables.
“The only change that has been
made in the niles for the fall -and
winter garden contest this yeao, is
that each entrant will be required to
I fill out a questionnaire at the-close
'of the contest instead of writing a
j story. The story has been one of the
i chief worries of the Chowan County
; women who entered the contest and
i since this has been omitted there
should be a large enrollment. The
record books and questionnaires will
j not be hard to fill in and this contest
j should be of interest to the entire
j family, as well as being beneficial to
I the health of the family.”
The contest conducted by the Ex
, tension Service at State College, is
f sponsored by the County Council in
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This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year
Governor Says Town of
Which All N. C. Is
Justly Proud
ALSO
Appropriate to Broad
cast Says Frank
Smethurst
High praise for Edenton’s official
town booklet, off the Chowan Her
ald presses last week, ranging from
much commendation for its artistic
make up, dignified simplicity of ex
pression, pictorial attractiveness and
excellent printing engravure, to its
prospective usefulness as a histor
ic and industrial text book, with one
enthusiastic suggestion that its con
tents should be broadcast in connec
tion with the new state program of
1 advertising, keeps coming in daily
from local citizens and from differ
ent sections of the state.
Os course if the town wished to
be bombastic instead of calm about
it all it could state that even the
President of the United States, who
was presented with a specially bound
and embossed copy, went into ecsta
cies about it, and that Governor
Hoey, similarly honored with another
special copy, was equally charmed
with it. But in both instances such
bombast might be taking advantage
of presidential and gubernatorial
comment, but it is hoped and expect
ed that some slight expression of
enthusiasm may come from the
President later.
As for the Governor, he went over
the booklet carefully, referred happi
ly to much in it of which he was
cognizant, declared that it was evi
dence anew of a small North Caro
lina town’s ability to 4° a real job
when it set out to do so, which he
hoped would be the mission of other
state communities.
The Governor, also, dropped the
comment that the booklet was in di
rect line with the state’s present
campaign of advertising its varied
resources and was a worth while
piece of. mission work in this connec
tion.
Upon his return to Raleigh and
prior to his departure for a vacation
tour of the western states Governor
Hoey took it upon himsejf to send the
editor of The Herald this written ad
ditional comment, which is very
gratifying:
“Congratulations upon the Edenton
booklet, a copy of which I received
at Manteo and which I have read
with . interest and pleasure. This is
a fine presentation of a town of
which the whole of North Carolina
is justly proud.”
Everyone who has had the booklet,
and it will go out soon in substantial
quantities to all trade and tourist
centers of the eastern seaboard, have
spoken more than kindly of the com
petence shown by Edenton in writing,
editing, printing and publishing a
book of this sort without outside pub
lication help. To those who have
I been so flattering Edenton would
say “Thanks, but it was all but an
item in the day’s work and could be
repeated any time as easily as it was
initiated.”
Perhaps the most enthusiastic of
the volunteered comments came this
week in the shape of a letter from
Frank Smethurst, the managing edi
tor of and who has been editor pro
tern of the New and Observer, Ra
leigh, during the absence of Jonat
han Daniels. Modest always in his
praise but ever commendatory to an
extreme when a piece of writing hits
his fancy, Mr. Smethhurst turned
loose in great shape in a communi
cation Monday addressed to the edi
tor of the Herald, as follows:
“I thank you for the copies of the
booklet “Edenton” which you sent
me. It is an excellent piece of
work and completely in harmony
with the new aspiration of the State
to tell the world what it has to of
fer to permanent dwellers as well as
to occasional visitors.
“That ‘group of civic-minded busi
ness men’ sponsoring its publication
could hardly have invested so much
money to a better purpose. Those of
us who like to think that we know
something about our State, its past
and present, are frequently shamed
by the realization that, in many
respects, we only think we know.
“My old friend, Dr. N. Y. Gulley
at Wake Forest, used to admonish
his law classes in this fashion;
‘Young men, the finest thing in the
world 4 to know the law. The next
best is to know where the law is.’
“I dare say some devoted Eden
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