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IJnfgtcse columns mil be jSww ajair presentation I pfa6cefl;q?id county new? I Off%eneral interest. Volume IV. —Number 36. Bi-County Health Unit Is TOllave Office In Edenton Headquarters Located In Bask of Edenton Building COST $1,667 Miss Ruby Lentz Witt Continue as Nurse For Chowan Following the assured appropria tion of SSOO by Town Council in con junction wife $1,500 to be supplied by fee County Commissioners as Chowan's share in the Bertie-Chowan health service, a joint meeting of fee- Beilis of Health v of, fee two counties, was held' in fee Court • House at Windsor Friday night for the purpose -irf- organisation. J. A. ’Speight, chairman of the Bertie County Commissioners, was named chairman of the meeting and W. J. Taylor, of Edenton, secretary. - "lifter a thorough explanation by J, A. Pritchett of the State lavHSfla tive to fee district health depart ment, fee two boards unaniinotsly agreed to employ Dr. F. H. Garris, of Lewiston, as health officer, but as this was- not the regular A time for t appointing health officers, according £to law, the secretary was requested ±o write Dr. Reynolds to appoint Dr. 'HGarris or to approve fee action of fee Boards at Health in fee joint .meeting. t , • < pr. Garris explained fei|t fee bud jget had been worked out oU fee Ifesis of population of two counties, Which provided for Bertie to pay ffine-seventhg and Chowan two-seven \hs of fee amount, to be appropriated Lby the pm counties. The , budget, pMSPted for ten months due to.being - in mttttk and one fell tfftie nurse in flu was - A aSeritary engineer will divide his the two . counties. The health officers will ' givalwght half daya in' the office in .--Staffer and four half dasl in the ' Chowan office each week- A ?full time secretary will be employed in each county. , Bertie’s share calls for $3,880 and Chowan’s share $1,687. To these amounts the State will add $2,353 find the Federal government $5,950, making a total of $13,860 to be spent in the health service in the two • counties. » This entire amount will be utilized in the way of salaries, the schedule of pay being as follows: Health of ficer, $375 per month; sanitary in spector, $230 per month; three nurs es, $155 per month; dentist, $135 per month; two clerks, S6O per month; two contingents, S3O per month. According to a motion passed by the two boards, an advisory commit tee will be appointed from each of the said counties. The Bertte com mittee will be Dr, S. A. Saunders, H. W. Early and J. A. Speight. The Chowan committee has not yet been named. Those attending the meeting from Chowan were W. J. Taylor, Dr. L. P. Williams, Dr. J. A. Powell and Dr. WJi. Hart. i.' *. L. Jones, of Windsor, has been named sanitary inspector and the two nurses for Bertie will be • Miss Elizabeth G. Norfleet and Miss Nellie G. Phelps. Miss Ruby Lentz will serve as the nurse for Chowan County, while Miss Frye Pettus will be clerk in fee Edenton office. Local offices are now being set up bn fee second fleer- of fee Bank of Edenton, and though Miss Pettus was on duty Wednesday, little complished until carpenters have completed repairs. MelyinLayton Will Enter Wake Forest -a Edenton football fans may see another former E. H. S. star on a College squad, by reason of fee fact feat Melvin Layton, sparkplug of the local eleven the past two years, will enter Wake Forest-College. Layton plans to leave Edenton for Wake Forest Sunday a week where he will compete for a berth on the fresh men team. IKE LAYDEN LEAVES BURTON’S ■ P Iks Layden, who for fee past Sbv eral years has been an employee-of Burton’s Service Station, resigned wU1 Ü be Will ism S«*ton,“aJormer sm lftg II I view w A CUOfirß 3g ’ - St:, - - •*., THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEW f SPAPESjL DEMOTED TO THM INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY District Meeting Os Postmasters Held In Edenton On Sept. 17 Prospects of a district meeting in Ederitob of the North Carolina Post masters’ Association loomed brightly early this' week when C. E. Kramer, [ Edenton postmaster, received word from Wythe M. Peyton, president of fee Stats group, that the invitation to meet here had been accepted. WhflA' no definite arrangements have bbsa made, it is assured that , the ufceting frill be held Friday, Sep . tember 17. If plans work out it is | hoped to have Congressman Lindsey i Warren feat Senator Bob Reynolds i present fWfee occasion, as well as ' the presMent'-ef- the national organ » * > *• Mr. very active 1 in the ! Association and will . spare no- eflfofta to make fee meet- j ■ ing a success. ! SOFT BALL NOW ~:; .-NgARING CLOSE ' Pri-ta, MM sihedokd G,m«; Pwl Season spries to Determine League Champions \ HOW TrifeY STAND :.’ w L Pet | Lions — 4+. 7 3 .709 Masons ‘ 4 4 .509 ! Rotary —4 5 .444 Red Men 6 .333 4 ■ Though two league games ’ have been played during the week in Edenton’s soft bajl league, quite a | change resulted in fee standing. The Lions lead was clipped from .750 |tp .700 due to feeir third defeat at fee haftds of fee the latter ’ slipping in abend of the Rotarisns ts ; claim serimd plgOe -by. a half galqe ' margin. The Red Men. played np t game and - hence have not had % I chance to crawl oat of fee cellar. ;■ Last Wednesday night’s game I proved to be one of fee most inte . resting and well played games of the | season" when the Masons tripped the : fast-stepping Lions to the.time of ■ 4-1. The game was the fastest played of the season, having required i only 45 minutes. On the following night the Lions ; came back .strong, turning back a , stubborn Rotary team 10 to 5, but ; only after a batting rally in the last i inning, and aided by a couple of mis cues by the Rotarians. The game Friday night between the Masons and Red Men was can celled to permit a game between Win fall and local soft bailers. Tuesday night’s game between the Masons and Rotarians was rained out, with the Red Men and Lions 1 scheduled to play Wednesday night as The Herald was being printed. The official schedule comes to a ; close Friday, but a number of rain ed- out and cancelled games must be played to decide which teams will participate in a five game series to determine the league champions. Rotarians Enjoyed Inter-City Meeting Fifteen Edenton Rortarians and their wives attended the inter-city Rotary meeting- held' in Elizabeth City Monday pight, and all report one of. the moßt entertaining Rotary programs ever held in this section. A special feature was fee presence of a number of acton and singers who are participating in the Lost ! Colony pageant at Roanoke Island, all of whom, added considerably to the the evening. ;r -Rotariaa* of the Elizabeth’City, Manteo, Hertford and Edenton elubs, who are now part effe*iß7th dis trict, had an opportunity ' imeet George N. Mathews, district governor, who made a very favorable impression upon all Rotarians pres ent, and memben of the Edenton club look forward wife interest to his visit, to Edenton later in the year, Methodist Picnic On Friday Afternoon The Sunday School of fee Meth odist Church will hold a picnic at Eden House Beach Friday afternoon. ( It is fee purpose to leave fee church at 4 o’clock in fee afternoon and SEg b I i ptaseh3Sf k * d * Adults are asked to he at fee church wife feeir care- at fee stated I hour in order to furadsh adequate I twMportation for those who go on Edenton; Chicwan County, NorthfCarolina. Thursday, September 2, 1937. CAPEHART IS TO TAKE CAPTAINCY OF BOJ {SCOUTS Kermit Layton to Join Him Scoutmaster ASKS CQyERATION Trying PrSfem Meets Happy inclusion 1 V At iast Lying in a stale of dormancy for , many months duwtcr having no scout ; master, fee Boy Scout movement in - Edenton IHll vegjjr shortly take on i new life. The Efeenton troop has ; had no scoutmastjp since John W. , Graham was fongd to give up the post due to otjler activities and , though rageh haaSs-been printed and i spoken . relative Pp someone taking . charge of ..this grqup of boys, it was not until this vfeek that George Capehart consented to act in the capiircity of scoutmaater. i: Three organizations have been 1 working on the selection of a scout master some months, a commit ' tee having been appointed from the Liopa Club, Rotary Club and Amer ican Legion, and though no official me *sjiPtg' has been jheld by the joint coqjfeittee, it is alitoost certain they wid approve Mr. Capehart for the These* committeemen are: Lions, Clafence Leary, if C. Byrum and Hector Lupton; Rfeary Club, C. E. Kramer, M. F. Bo*d and William Jortes; American IMEon, W. W. By; rum, Geddes Pott&S’ and O. H. Brown* C. E. was named { general-chairman and ha 3 been very active in making various contacts in L .an eflPort fe secure s scoutmaster for fee Mr. CapifeaH has jtmsented to act r as Bcoutmaster 'Srbil/ . on condition r that’he wffl full ■ of the. scout troop, court of honor, and citizens,, in general. He Is a young man who realizes the ambi tions and stored up.energy in a group of youngsters and should, with the proper support, muster together a troop that will be a credit to the town. The scout cabin, which was given the Scouts by- J. A. Woodard, is in itself a credit to the community and with a scoutmaster to lead them, a group of interested boys will no doubt make their presence felt and much good will be accomplished. Kermit Layton, who has had con siderable scout experience and for a time held the troop together, will assist Mr. Capehart as assistant scoutmaster. Mrs. M. V. Horton, of Farmville, was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Pattie Brown, on Wednesday. Booklet Continues To Attract Notice Favorable Responses Keep Coming’ In From Re cipients; John Park Calls It “A Pippin”; Mildred Seydell Says “It’s Splendid” With requests pouring in to re-i ceive copies of the booklet on Eden ton and many congratulations as to the workmanship of the book as well as the contents, Edenton is realizing even more publicity than was expect ed at the outset. Quite noticeable, .too, has been the increased number of vision, in town since distribution of thesiooSi was begun and when the entire 5000 have been broadcast *those interested in ' the booklet be rlieve ’more' people will become ac *with Edenton’s historical past as well as present opportunities, resulting in much benefit to the town. m Space in The Herald will not permit listing those who have re quested copies nor all the nice things written in about the booklet, but just a few appears this week to give an idea of the reception given the booklet by some who have re ceived or seen a copy. Robert P. Beamon of the National Bank of Commerce in Norfolk, Va., in a letter to Richard Dixon, had this to say: "I Appreciate very much the booklet you sent me regarding Edenton,; and I have read it with a great deal of interest and visiter, has written thusty: “Congra . i iWN TAX RATE MY YET REMAIN A| old maximum Anticipated Boost of 10 ~Y>nts Checked By Committee %l RATELIKELY Btfpd Decrease Will Off ffset Proposed In | creases though it was believed at an eatiier meeting of the finance com mgtee of the Town Council that t would be a boost possibly of into on the hundred dollars in city tax rate, at a check-up ng held Monday night members e committee comprising Albert n. Dr. L. P. Williams and J. i Bufflap, it is believed the it has been arranged which will lecessitate a boost and will no remain at an even dollar as .'ear. though expenses in practically every department in the general fund hfee been raised somewhat, fee stltet paving and outstanding bonds hsAe been decreased which, together wsh a higher valuation, will offset thy added expense. Outstanding bonds total $27,200, of wqich $13,200 is or will be due dur ing the year, which together with $L)432 as interest represents $14,632 to ’*be raised in this department. Os thk amount SI,OOO is anticipated frefn uncollected taxes and $4,921.97 haA already been collected for retire ment of bands, ileaving $8,710.03 to be raised through taxes. A levy of 29* cents will raise this amount and hay been recommended by the finance co6nilKi6< Jftere has been an increase in property valuation in Edenton, this yfer taping $3,100,000 as against In fee general fund the budget calls for $31,404 as against $30,055 last year which figure was arrived at by the following appropriations: Administrative, $3,481.50; Police De partment, $4,875; Fire Department, $5,422.50; Health Department, $500; Street Department, $11,200; other expens-y, $5,925. To raise these amounts a tax levy of 71 cents will be necessary, bringing the total tax rate to SI.OO. At the former meeting the finance committee allowed the same levy for bonds, which it was learned Monday had been decreased enough to slice 1 off 10 cents on that department. The tentative budget will be sub mitted to Town Council, possibly at a called meeting, and unless some added expense is added, and the re port is approved, tax payers will welcome the news that their taxes will not be any higher this year. i tulations on the pamphlet, it was splendid.” G. A, Foote, Norfolk broker, wrote Mr. Dixon as follows: “I am very grateful to you for sending me a copy of ‘Edenton.’ I have read it through from cover to cover, and I not only enjoyed it but I admired the well-bred presentation of claim for economic preference.” John Park, publisher of the Ra leigh Times, used following clip ping in his newspaper: "A booklet, setting forth the his torical, Industrial and agricultural attractions of Edenton, has just been published by a group of busi ness men of that place. “Numerous half-tone pictures of historical places and people are used to illustrate the booklet which gives several interesting anecdotes from life in Edenton many decades ago. “In the back of the new publica tion, which J. Edwin Bufllap, editor of Tie Chpwan Herald, calls Eden , ton’s ‘first real try at publication,’ are ‘quick facts about Edenton.’ In cluded in that Hat are statistics on i altitude and area, population, indus ! trial, foreats, commercial, fishing I transportation, farm products, finan cial Standing, labor, water, nronici i .pal aad power divisions.” l| Commenting in a latter, Mr. Park (Continued on Page Eight) I Quorum Indifference May Arouse Court Criticism — <s> Taylor Explains New Health Service To Members Lions Club The Lions Club held their weekly meeting Monday night in Hotel Jo seph Hewes with a goodly number of members present, some of whom have been out of town spending va cations. Secretary W. J. Taylor consumed the greater portion of the time informing club members about the full time health service setup for Chowan and Bertie counties. A meeting of the health boards of the two counties was held in Windsor Friday night and Mr. Taylor pre sented the minutes of the meeting, for which he acted as secretary, and explained In detail the benefits to be received from the service. The Lions Club was original spon sors for a health service for Chowan County and on numerous occasions members of the club sacrificed time and effort to put the program across. The club is justly proud of the part it had in urging adoption of the service and Mr. Taylor in no uncer tain terms said the Lions should be given credit for keeping the subject alive which resulted in its ultimate consummation. Virginius Spry One Youngest Engineers On Larger Vessels Friends of Virginius Spry, who made a flying visit to his mother, Mrs. Mary Spry, over the week-end, - Will be interested in the following clipping taken from a Portland, Oregon, daily newspaper: “When the steamsmp Julia Luck enbach makes port tomorrow or Tuesday, this vessel will have in ! charge of her engines one of the youngest chief engineers on vessels in fee intercostal, sAfufcb, ' youngest. This engineer, is V. H. Spry, 30 years of age. \, “Spry, it is said, is on his first voyage in charge of the engines of the big'ship, but he has been going] to sea for many years. For nine . years he was with Chief Engineer , Haigh on the Dorothy Luckenbach. Under the tutelage of this old engi neer he went up from oiler, water tender and fireman to his present berth. . “Besides looking after his engines, , Mr. Spry has one hobby and this is , fishing for salmon. If the ship is in port long enough he may be found off Point Defiance for a whirl with ’ the big fish. Last year while fishing \ off Duwamish he and another engi neer went overboard. His mate couldn’t swim. There was quite a story before a rescue was made.” Will Os Z. W. Evans Probated By Dixon The will of the late Z. W. Evans, recently probated before Clerk of Court Richard D. Dixon, named his son, B. W. Evans, as executor of the estate. Mr. Evans’ kindly disposition is reflected in his last request in that he expresses his wish that some for whom he held notes be given the privilege of renewing after his death in order to prevent any hardship. The value of the estate, cancelling any money given to his children, is estimated to be $57,542 and benefi ciaries in the will include his widow, Mrs. Beatrice W. Evans; his children, Mrs. John G. Small, Willietta Evans, B. W. Evans, Esther Evans, Frances Evans and Helen Evans, and two grandchildren, Ruth Pardee and Etta Pardee. Mrs. T. J. Etheridge Dies Wednesday As Result Os Shock Mrs. T. J. Etheridge, 76, died at her home on Oakum Street at 4:15 Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Ethe ridge, when informed two days ago that her husband had little longer to live, collapsed and died Wednes day as a result of shock. Mr. Ethe ridge, on Wednesday afternoon was in a serious condition, being in a profound coma and will not live more than 24 hours in th& opinion of Dr. M. P. Whichard. Funeral arrangements have not been made pending developments in Mr. Etheridge’s condition. masons Abet tonight The weekly meeting of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. Sc A. M., will : bo held tonight at 8 o’clock. All members are urged to attend. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.25 Per Year So Stated at Meeting to Complete ABC Board Personnel FIFTH TRY NEXT September 7 Set as Date to Name Associate of Badham and Bond Another attempt to complete Chowan County’s liquor control board went awry last Thursday morning when a quorum was lacking by the Chowan County Board of Education, thus preventing the selec tion of. the third member to com plete the liquor board. A quorum was present from the County Com missioners and Board of Health, but according to law a quorum must be on hand from each of the boards whose duty it is to appoint members of the liquor board. Only two mem bers of the Board of Education were present, these being S. E. Morris, chairman, and W. B. Shepard. Representing the County Commis sioners were Chairman D. M. War ren, A. D. Ward, J. A. Webb and W. H. Winbome, while the Board of Health had present Mayor J. H. Me- Mullan, Dr. J. A. Powell, Dr. W. I. Hart and D. M. Warren. Complaint was registered by most of those in attendance at repeated called meetings to select fee third member of the board whiejh to date has met with failure and fee sugges tion was made that those who were present select the third man witipput a quorum present from ail bpanti. It was suggested ti# if *if com plaint was made it to fee person named, then another meeting could be called to rescind fee action taken Thursday. Hewever, D. M. Warren, chairman of the County Commission erß. who Acted, in fei|.-*M£<»eitx of chairman W the joinr imeemg, reused the question of a qfcortkn,' stating that critical eyes will be upon .every action of any person having any thing to do with the ABC store, and for that reason he objected to wink , ing at the law regarding the method of selecting members of the board which calls for a quorum from each board. Mr. VVarren, however, looked with disfavor at the necessity for meeting so often to complete the board and frankly asked S. E. Mor ris, school board chairman, if he knew for a certainity if members of his board purposely refused to meet because they were opposed to liquor. “It is a duty thrust upon members of the three boards,” said Mr. War ren, “if they are opposed to a liquor store or not, and I am afraid if this duty is not carried out before the next term of Superior Court we will be in for some sharp criticism from the presiding judge.” Subsequently the meeting adjourn ed to meet Tuesday, September 7, in regular session, at which time it is hoped the final member of the liquor board will be selected. Monday is the regular meeting day for the County Commissioners as well as the school board, but both groups will meet Tuesday due to September 6 being Labor Day. In the meantime the two members, Chairman R. P. Badham and M. F. Bond, have gone ahead with the work in connection with the ABC store which opened Wednesday with Rupert Goodwin acting as store manager and John Lee Spruill as clerk. Chowan’s ABC Store Opened Wednesday Though only about 250 cases out of a possible stock of 700 cases of liquor for the Chowan County ABC store was on hand, the store opened for business Wednesday at 1 o’clock. There was nothing unusual connected with the opening, Manager Rupert Goodwin reporting that during the first hour about 50 bottles of liquor were sold. The first purchaser of liquor from the new store was John F. White, Chowan County’s repre sentative. The store will be open every week day from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.,. with Mr. Goodwin and John Lee Spruill acting as clerks. Os course all holidays will be observed in ac ; cordance with State liquor law. BANK CLOSED LABOR DAY The Bank of Edenton will be closed all day Monday, September 6, in ob ' servance of Labor Day, a national 1 holiday. Patrons at fee bank are 1 urged to arrange feeir banking busi ness accordingly. ; 1
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