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Volume IV.—dumber 48.
r Enlargement Os Fish
Hatchery Likely Be
Completed By Spring
Lindsay Warren Assur
ed Work Will Start
At Early Date
WPA PROJECT
p Last Congress Appro
priated $25,000 For
Improvements
Enlargement of the federal fish
hatchery on Pembroke Creek seems
slated for commencement soon, ac
cording to advices received this week
from Representative Lindsay Warren.
Mr. Warren who secured a $25,000
Appropriation for the hatchery work,
conferred with the Bureau of Fisher
ies officials in Washington the other
day.and was assurred the proposed ]
would be driven to completion
✓ by next spring. •'
The plan for the hatchery’s en
largement grew ;out of the recent
survey of the shad scarcity situation
by the State Board of Conservation
f and Development. It will include
the construction of a number of out
door breeding pools, much like those
already in use at- the hatchery, int»
which newly propogated shad and
game fish can be raised to an age
where they can take care of them-l
local waters. The State Board feels
that much .of the “gave the shad^’
Mfc Wedding At
j Theatre On Monday
Names of Principals Not
Divulged By Manager
Earnhardt
Though the names of the partici-
as well as the officiating minis
; 4*r:-are shrouded in mystery, a publie
> wedding will be held in the Taylor
Theatre Monday night. The cere
mony will be performed on the stage
at 9 P. M., 'between the shows. Mana
ger Jimmy Earnhardt would not di
vulge any of the names, believing
that the affair would create more in
terest.
The. theatre will be attractively,
decorated for the occasion and the
newlyweds will be presented with
presents from the following Edenton
merchants: Campen’s Jewelry Store,
Quinn Furniture Co., J. H. Holmes
Co., Byrum Hardware Co., S. Gander
s: son & Sons, Leggett & Davis, Bad
ham Bros., Preston’s, CuthreH’s De
partment Store, S. Hobowsky, Bank
of Edenton, W. D. Holmes, W. I. Coz-
Jfens, Goodwin’s Quality Store, J. A.
Sutton’s Drug Store, T. W.
■ones Hardware Co., Ziegler’s Furni-
Hure, Iredell Florist, and Mitchener’s
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
The weekly meeting of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. A A. M., will be
held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
The off last^week
Stefto be
present tonight in order to bolster
their standing in the attendance con
test now in progress.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE tNTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
I Another Warning!]
Stopped Up Chimney
Causes Court House to
Be Filled With Smoke
Recorder’s Court was postpon
ed for about an hour Tuesday
morning when it was next to im
possible to be in the Court House
on account of smoke. Shortly
after a fire was made in the old
stove to take off the chill the
stove and pipe smoked to such a
degree that in a short time the
entire court room was filled with
blinding smoke and choking
fumes.
Captain Dick Hall was soon on
the scene and at once attributed
the cause to a clogged flue. The
doors and windows were thrown
open to allow the smoke to es
cape, while many looked on and
wondered how long it will be be
i fore the ancient relic will be
properlydfrpreciated and equip
ped with a safe and adequate
heating system.
Bank Distributes
$15,800 To Members
Os Christmas Club
!
Largest Club Since Plan
| Was Inaugurated By
Bank of Edenton
300 RECIPIENTS
Books Open For Next
Year’s Club Until
Year
•mailed Wednesday by the Bank of
Edenton to members of the 1937
Christmas Saving Club. This amount
represents the largest payment in
( this form of savings since the plan
was inaugurated by the local institu
tion. The amount was distributed to
I approximately 500 members and for
the most part were in the smaller
denominations.
The club will be open for enroll
ment from now until the first of the
year and due to the popularity of
this form of saving, bank officials an
ticipate even a larger club for next
year.
Nutritional Director
Speaks Friday At
Beech Fork School
Through the courtesy of the Berk
ley Feed Corporation, the public is
cordially invited to attend an educa
tional meeting to be held at Beech
Fork school Friday evening, Dec. 3rd,
at 7:30 o’clock. N. K. Rowell will
act as chairman of the meeting, and
the speaker of the evening will be
Lyman Peck, nutritional director of
the McMillan Mills.
Mr. Peck is a graduate vetinarian
and a nationally known authority on
tiie care, sanitation, disease, and nu
tritional problems of livestock and
poultry. He will gladly advise any
one'on individual problems regarding
livestock or poultry. Probably no
better informed man has ever lectur
ed in this section so all are urged to
take advantage of this opportunity.
Refreshments will be served and
many valuable prizes will be given.
There will be no admission charges
and no obligations.
New State Patrolman
Stationed In Edenton
today Edenton be
comes mote a police center than ever
in its history. Highway Patrol
Corporql George I. Dail is to have an
SSL*frfflaTSife
sonable young fellow who has been
in the service for two years, has been
transferred to this point from High
jto »pp6»r •* tne Merry uni uign
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 2, 1937.
Christmas Seals Go
On Sale In Edenton
Today lnT.B.Fight
All Workers Asked to
Meet This Morning 1 In
Cupola House
buyTlotj
Revenue Used to Fight
Number 1 Killer of
Young People
Canvassers and committee work
ers who will participate in the
Christmas Seal campaign, which
starts today, will meet this morning
with Mrs. J. A. Moore, the campaign
chairman, in the Cupola House.
Stamps and final instructions will be
distributed, and the drive for this
noteworthy cause will begin imme
diately and last until Christmas
morning.
Mrs. Moore, who is being chiefly
assisted this year by Mrs. R. C. Hol
land, as drive treasurer, is expected
to tell her associates today that tu
berculosis, for which the sale provides
an opportunity of eradication, is
| everybody’s problem, and that its un
-1 discovered dangers are multifold. She
will say that this disease is still
the number 1 killer of young folks
l in the 15 to 40 age group, and that
while a decline has been noted in the
death rate nationally, it actually
went up last year.
To bring this problem vividly to
everyone’s attention at this season
the sale .of the cheery little seals is
fathered throughout the nation. Ev
! eryone should have a part in the
campaign, of course, and Mrs. Moore
is hopeful the sale this year will ex
ceed any past annual figures. |
The seals are attractive and can
? be -nsed-tsnr avid packages,
> but not as regular stamps. This
’ year’s seals show a gayly colored pic
; ture of an ancient town crier ringing
! in a message of health and cheer.
Line Fence Cause Os
Long Court Session
Considerable time was consumed
in Recorder’s Court Tuesday morning
when a case was heard regarding a
■ farm land property line. B. C. Hare
was charged by S. F. Small with un
lawfully removing a common fence
protecting lands and crops without
consent and permission, and without
giving 90 days notice. The testimony
for the most part pertained to the
line between the two pieces of prop
erty and after a lengthy hearing Mr.
Hare was adjudged not guilty.
Employment Office
In New Quarters
Seven Offices Now Used
-In Citizens Bank
Building
Wednesday was moving day for the
Edenton district office of the North
Carolina Employment Service, and
though it was a tiresome job, Director
R. B. Cobb and his associates entered
heartily into the task and are now
comfortably located in the Citizens
Bank Building.. Seven offices on the
second floor have been secured in the
bank building, one of which will be
used by Mrs. Chas. P. Wales, local
representative of the Unemployment
Cpinpensaition Commission. The other
offices will be used for Employment
Service purposes.
That considerable activity prevails
in the service is evident from Mr.
Cobb’s report for November which
shows that' 10S placements were
made by the Edenton office during
the month. Os this number 84 were
men, 24 women and one veteran.
One hundred seven new applica
tions were alßo registered during the
same period, 78 being men, 29 women
and one veteran. There were also
126 renewed applications, 77 of which
were men, 49 women and four veter-
Chap Serves Firemen
Steak Supper Friday
Members of tile Edenton Fire De
partment will enjoy a steak supper
Friday night at Chappell’s Restau
rant. This supper will be served by
Mr. Chappell in token of his appre
ciation of services rendered by the
firemen at a recent fire.
SCV
Red Cross Roll Call
Goes Over The Top
In Chowan County
Mrs. J. N. Pruden Re
ports $398 Collect
ed During Drive
STILL INCOMPLETE
; Chowan School and Col
ored Workers Still to
Be Heard From
Over the top with a bang was the
i Christmas Roll Call score in the re
i cent Red Cross drive in Chowan
; County. The official quota set for the
i county was 350 new members as
. against only 300 last year, and yes
: terday Mrs. J. N. Pruden, Chapter
: chairman here, reported that incom
plete returns indicated the campaign
; had turned in 363 members and
$398.00 in cash, which she and her
canvassers rightly view as very gra
tifying.
The drive ran for two weeks prior
to Thanksgiving Day, and was an
earnest one. Mrs. Pruden said all
the canvassers reported a great in
terest on the part of those approach
ed, and that membership declinations
were very few. Everyone wanted to
join, she stated, but not everyone had
the wherewithal at the moment.
Included in the incompleted figures
to be yet turned in are those from
the Chowan High School and from
three of the colored canvassers who
haven’t as yet been contacted.
Members of the Roll Call who join
ed since last week’s issue of The
Herald are: Mrs. Tom Bell, Mrs. J.
C. Badham, Jack Badham, L. C. Bur
ton, Bridge-Turn Service Station,
Mrs, Clarence Cates, Mrs. Fermor W.
HobfeMrs. Leon Leary, Mrs. John
Elliot^'Mrs. GedrgTT^rjrMW:'W.
J. Taylor, Mrs. Dan Carter, Mrs. M.
S. Elliott and Miss Pattie Winborne.
Mrs. Julia Hines, canvasser among
the colored residents, turned in the
following members:
Mrs. S. N. Griffith, Mrs. Dinah
Robins, Mrs. Rosa Bright, Dr. O. B.
Hines, Dr. O. L. Holley, Willie E.
Charlton, Mr. and Mrs. H. Hathaway,
Rev. L. G. Nichols, Mrs. L. G. Mcßae,
Mrs. S. J. V. Etheridge, Mrs. Noami
Hicks, Chester Hawkins, Miss Delilah
Holley, Miss O. A. Smith, Mrs. Louise
Capehart, Mrs. Ruth O. Jones, Elton
Hall, V. D. Jones, Warren’s Grove
Baptist Church, M Circle Gale Street
Baptist Church, Walter White, Mrs.
Harriett Wood, Mrs. Carrie V. Brown,
Mrs. Julia A. Hines.
Mrs. Theresa Blaine also turned in
the following names:
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Troop Committee
Selects Officers
Three Gvic Organiza
tions Asked to Contri
bute $75 Each
Concerted action having for its
ultimate aim the merging of the
Edenton Boy Scout troop in official
membership with the Tidewater Boy
Scout Council, which has its execu
tive headquarters in Norfolk, Va.,
was shown Tuesday night when re
presentatives of the Rotary and Lions
Clubs and the American Legion Post
here, met in the Scout cabin, elected
officers and pledged themselves to
hurriedly raise $225 to make- the
membership possible.
The present plan is to secure
pledges of $75 each, if possible, from
the three outside organizations re
presented at Tuesday night’s gather
ing, and to secure it by December 15,
so that the local troop may start
operating as a Council member on
the first of the year.
William S. Privott, president of
the Lions, was elected chairman of
the troop committee, and W. D.
Holmes, of the Rotary Club, was
chosen treasurer, with Hector Lupton,
also a Lion, named as secretary.
Those present Tuesday night in
addition to these three were Geddes
Potter, Oscar Brown, West Byrum,
C. E. Kramer, Jesse White, and
Scoutmaster George Capehart and his
assistant, Kermit Layton.
Membership with the Tidewater
Council carries with it certain advis
able and necessary prerogatives, the
conferees thought, and a lively effort
will be made at once to. raise the re
quired amount. Os the $225 so se
cured, $26 will remain in the local
Scout treasury aB an operating capi-
| 11. D.C. Disbands |
Action Taken When No
One Would Serve as
President
Due to inability to secure
someone to act in the capacity of
president of the organization,
Beil Battery Chapter of the Unit
ed Daughters of the Confederacy,
disbanded last week. This action
was taken at a meeting of the
Chapter at the home of Mrs.
Julien Wood, when the election
of officers was scheduled to take
place.
Mrs. George P. Byrum has
served as president of the,Chap
ter for the past nine years and
emphatically expressed her in
ability to continue. It was after
no one agreed to accept the
presidency that it was decided
to disband. What money is in
the treasury was voted to be sent
to the Confederate veterans as a
Christmas present.
EH.S. Football Team
Guests Os Lions Club
Next Monday Night
Club Members Desire to
Honor Boys For Fine
Year’s Record
SPELLING MATCH
W. R. Horton and Ged
des Potter Champion
Spellers In Club
One of the most enjoyable pro-
in many weeks was enjoyed
at th4 weekly meeting of the EdeiiCfct
Lions Club Monday night in Hotel
Joseph Hewes. The program was in
charge of Leroy Haskett and Caleb
Goodwin and included an old-time
spelling match and a balloon blowing
contest.
W. R. Horton carried off honors
for the night by reason of the fact
that he was first to blow up a balloon
until it burst and besides was the
last man standing on one side in the
spelling match. Geddes Potter was
the last man to be spelled down on
the opposing side.
The club voted unanimously to en
tertain Edenton High School’s foot
ball team at next Monday night’s
meeting. Included with members of
the squad will be Superintendent .
John A. Holmes, Coach David Holton
and Manager Junius Davis. The
Lions are expecting a very enjoyable
affair and are looking forward with
interest in having the football boys
as their guests.
Miss Reed Returns
To Telegraph Office
Local users of the Western Union
will be glad to know that Miss Marie
Reed, formerly office manager here,
has returned to the Edenton office in
the same capacity after several
months teletype training in four oth
er North Carolina communities.
Since Miss Reed has been elsewhere
the local office has had two managers,
young Benjamin Franklin at present
in service at Mount Olive, and Miss
Bertie Noble, who has been in charge
for the past two months. Miss Noble
will continue with Miss Reed before
she leaves for another station.
LICENSED TO WED
Two marriage licenses were issued
Saturday by Mrs. M. L. Bunch, de
puty register of deeds, to the follow
ing couples:
Lester Griffin and Vivian Dail,
white, both of Chowan County.
Richard Hines and Nancy Lee
Weeks, colored, both of Chowan
County.
TWO SERVICES SUNDAY AT
CHAPEL ON HILL VILLAGE
Rev. R. H. Walker, of Edwards,
N. C., will preach at the Christian
Chapel on the Hill Village Sunday,
both morning and night. Everybody
is invited to attend.
FLUE FIRE
Firemen were called to the home
of Charlie Jones, colored, on West
Albemarle Street, Wednesday morn
ing. Cause for the alarm was a flue
fire with very little damage resulting.
Board Education Meets Monday
The monthly meeting of the
County Board of Education will be
held Monday morning.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers pill
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Edenton Business
Section Catching
Christmas Spirit
Beautiful Yari - colored
Electric Lights Al
ready In Place
BUY AT HOME!
Windows Look Christ
masy and Adequate
Stocks on Hand
If good old Santa Claus, who has
the male population pretty well bust
ed each late December, doesn’t get
side-tracked and stranded elsewhere,
he is very likely to slip in here quiet
ly some dark night inside of the next
couple of weeks, and turn on a blaze
of Edenton decorative glory. His
henchmen have already started
stringing the customary street illum
inations, and his merchant friends
who have promised to cooperate
heartily with him, are putting on
their best Yuletide bib and tucker,
and guarantee window and inside
store displays just a bit better than
ever before in the history of this
town of much history.
Os course Santa Claus is responsi
ble for all this but he has had the
1 street department at work on the
wire illuminating plans fo i him. His
own little round belly won’t permit
him to climb ladders as nimbly as
the town workers, so he has passed
that ordeal over to others. And the
others have made a start that is a
start and which will be finished be
fore this week is out. But like all
matters of frugality, in which Eden
ton excels, the town won’t think of
using up a single mite of red, white
and blue Christmas electricity before
December 15.
Seme of the ■ howevef,
may beat the town and ClaC.s
to it. One sumptuous Christmas trod
is already on display in green and
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St. Paul's Elects
Vestrymen Dec. 6
Year’s Work Will Also
Be Reported By Offi
cers of Church
There will be a meeting of the
congregation of St. Paul’s Church
next Monday night, December 6th, at
8 o’clock, in the Parish House, for the
purpose of electing vestrymen, hear
ing reports of organizations and any
other business the body wishes to
take up. AH members are urged to
attend, and officers of all organiza
tions will report.
The vestry is now making the
Every Member Canvass for the pur
pose of raising the budget for 1938.
Will those interested in St. Paul’s
see that their pledge cards are turned
in to the vestryman from whom they
received same. The vestry meets on
the night of the 13th to report the
result of the canvass.
ROTARY MEETS TODAY
Following a called-off meeting last
week, the Edenton Rotary Club will
have its usual luncheon at 1 o’clock
today in the Parish House. A good
program has been arranged and
every Rotarian is urged to be pres
ent.
LOYAL WORKERS MEET WITH
MRS. SMITH TUESDAY NIGHT
The Loyal Workers Class of the
Methodist Sunday School will meet
on Tuesday night, December 7, with
Mrs. Harry Smith on North Granville
Street. All members are urged to
attend.
Os Mail Star Route
Change In Schedule
Change in the schedule of the Nor
folk-Wilson star route went into ef
fect Wednesday. The mail truck now
leaves Edenton for Wilson with ell
north and south bound mail at 4:30
P. M., instead of 6 P. M. All mail
to be carried on this truck must be
deposited in the Edenton office by
4 P. M.
The truck going to Norfolk will
hereafter leave at 5 A. M., instead of
6 A. M. In order for mail to be dis
patched on this route it must be in
the local office by 6 P. M. the prsr
vious day.
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