Bp*df fa^’peseTtation
and coattty ttettfs
> wie V. —Number 3.
Gji) letters Hopeful Shad
pas Will Now Be Removed
Mgh to Protest State
Btorn Optimistic
son Rules to
jLwfiWy shortly after the publication
in last week’s Chowan
Rnouncing certain revolution
by the State Boaru
and Development
gill net fishing for sha>.
IS west of the new Albemarle
fishermen from here
®®®£ejr sections of the Albemarle
perturbed and on Tues
nrled their grievances to Ral-
They were given an all day
* end returned yesterday quite
tie., feeling that the State
would grant their requests,
j: no definite announcement
idle by the Board, which was in
again yesterday, the local
Eg said they felt certain the
Ison would be advanced this
■as to permit netting imme-
Mhstead of starting February
that all restrictions against
png west of the bridge would
hided for this year.
Bition to the delegations from
Errituck, Camden, Washington
mil counties, Chowan sent 7
I its leading gill netters, for
Kepresentative John F. White
I spokesman and made an im
fed plea. William B. Shepard,
jnener, the
bid some of the others from
te Tom Jackson and his two
■bon Brickie and Ed Spruill
EB*, the' latter of Macqeys. ’
HP' out« that shad prices
S4O to SSO a box in .Jan
j|ps|:'Bshen the season is closed.
v-T* Bed with $lO to sl2 in the late
||||f® the fishermen declared that
||||!®would be increased greatly by
|j|F§|®r and closing the season ear
||||||®soard offered several proposals
fishermen, with sentiment ap
|||P®y favoring advancing the
B date three days for ever}
ggjrejy® the closing date was advanc-
BH a 30-day limit. Should the
HHHadopt the proposal, the gill
would be open from Jan
||||||Wto April 5, rather than Feb
|jj||||®t to April 15, as at present,
B pound net season would be
Im January 15 to April 25,
• ®>f February 15 to May 1.
:Bi by Representative John
« Bie delegation from Chowan
Bhington Counties vigorously
the Board’s action of last
|||||||®r placing a ban on shad fish-
of the new highway bridge
RBthe Albemarle Sound.
declared that enforcement
la ban would amount to “com-
Bnnihilation of fishermen along
®ks and to confiscation of their
s|*!l*’!®He said that the ban would
|||||flfißhermen to move 12 miles
river to reach open waters.
|||||jßshepard pointed out that al-
Wmm the action was taken last
&®jpß>er, fishermen were not aware
ifKßnilmg until recently, after
Had .purchased new nets. Mosi
.V-- Hr fisliing is done in open row-
could not make the 12-
to open water during vary-
Shepard said there
gjr||H)out 12 fishermen on each side
SB|Hjiggested that the ban be de
lilllßfor two years until fishermen
1 ■ river, owning around 400 nets.
their investment from
■ Bets. The Board, in feeling out
Hent of the delegates, indicated
would be delayed one year.
||||Bre is no restriction on shad fish
|p|Hn Virginia, and Georgia and
Carolina permit shad fishing
Tthese states offer serious
HiHffliorc to North Carolina fisher-
Midgette, of Dare
cession was attended by about
Ijlbsnnei. from Dare, Chowan,
' i sHlngton, Currituck and Sampson
■y-L C. Boyd and P. G.
jj®P*ki of Sampson County, de
a^) r
I the Sound to reach upland
Funds Arrive
\ ' TA. Holmes on Friday received
l- iasUllment of the $31,500
THE CHOWAN HERALD
a 'Home newspaper devoted to the interests of chowan county
1938 Health Goals
For North Carolina
, 1. Make motherhood and baby
j hood safe by extending the pro
vision of competent medical care
. to every baby and prospective
mother.
2. Extend organized public
health service to the thirty-three
counties now without it. Increase
i the quality and quantity of work
i in counties enjoying organized
health work.
) 3. Inaugurate a n effective
t Statewide syphilis control pro
. gram.
i 4. Promote an adequate and
■ coordinated pre-school and school
i health service.
5. Safeguard family and com
munity health-by competent super
j vision -of milk and water supplies,
> public eating places, disposal of
i human wastes and general sanita
tion.
t 6. Immunize every baby be
, tween six and twelve months of
I age against diphtheria,
s 7. Extend laboratory services
i by the erection and furnishing of
a new State laboratory building. |
r 8. Prevent or remove the hand- j
t icaps that tend to deny any family 1
l the opportimity to honestly pro
vide themselves with “sufficient for !
( the needs of their bodies and the \
, demands of health.”
9. Work for the day when no 1
citizen shall suffer and die from a
preventable disease or injury. i
| Reported In Chowan
! Seven Cases Measles
County Since Jan. \
Practically All Have
Been Contracted Out
Os County
STAY HOME!
Dr. Garriss Explodes
Old Idea About Chil
dren’s Diseases
Since January 1 there has been
reported to the Health Department
seven cases of measles. All of these
but one or two were contracted out
of the County.
The Health Officer wishes to take
this opportunity to compliment the
people of Chowan upon their wonder
ful spirit of cooperation in helping
to control this epidemic.
“As yet we do not have any sure!
method of controlling measles except!
to keep your children away from it,” j
says Dr. F. H. Garriss. “There is a!
method of vaccination that is still ini
the experimental stage. We hope!
that in a few years it will be per
fected. The only advice we can give
you now is to keep your children
away from the measles, and if there
is any chance that your child has
been exposed to the disease, also
keep him home or away from other
children for ten or twelve days or un
til you are sure he is not going to
develop it.
“The old idea that a ‘child should
have the childhood diseases, while
young, and get them over with’ is a
terrible health fallacy. There is no
excuse whatever for any child to have
any childhood disease. We have
learned through experience that the
real danger resulting from measles,
whooping cough, diphtheria and scar
let fever, comes on any time from ,
fifteen to twenty years later. We
see so many young adults develop
heart or kidney diseases that date
back to a childhood disease. Besides
this latent danger, whooping cough
and measles often are complicated by
pneumonia and cause death or sinus !
and middle ear disease that leaves the
child debilitated for life.
“Parents, keep your children away
from childhood diseases.
“The present epidemic of measles
was brought into the County by chil
dren from here ' visiting friends in
Elizabeth Gil y or children from there
visiting in this County. Your child’s
safety and future health is worth far
more than the pleasure of a little ,
visit”
:
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Workers in a famous glass factory
Is* ■ ismisy . •• • v *
1 play instruments insdc of rioss.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 20,1938.
Annual Banquet Os
Chamber Commerce
Be Early In February
D. Colin Barnes Being
Sought as Principal
Speaker
HELD AT~HOTEL
Definite Date Set After
Conference With Mr.
Barnes This Week
Unless something interferes, the
annual banquet of the Edenton- 1
Chowan Chamber of Commerce will
be held early in February, sometime
between the Ist and 15th of the
month. This decision was reached at
a meeting of the executive committee
held Monday afternoon in the Muni
cipal Building.
It is hoped that Highway Commis
sioner D. Colin Barnes can be secured,
as the speaker for the occasion, hav-1
ing been selected from a number of
suggested speakers. In an effort to
have Mr. Barnes attend the meeting,
President J. H. Conger and Secretary !
J. H. McMullan will sometime this!
week go to Murfreesboro in order to j
I secure a definite answer from Mr. i
Barnes, and subsequently set a defin-!
itc date for the banquet.
! The banquet will be held at Hotel
i Joseph Bewes and it is expected to,
: attract approximately 100 members, j
] and those interested. President Con-i
ger expressed the hope that every j
| memlser of the organization will at- :
j tend, but made it clear that non- :
members would be welcome, and in
fact urges them to be on hand for'
the meeting.
In preparation for the banquet, J. j
A. Curran was instructed to arrange;
witfi W..JR. Horton, propriety ,\f. the
hotet, to accommodate the banquet-j
eers. C. D. Stewart was appointed
to have charge of the music in con
nection with the meeting, while Earl
Harrell will be asked to preside at
the piano.
Another meeting of the executive,
committee will be called next week to
set a definite date for the banquet
and proceed with plans to make the
affair a complete success.
Building & Loan
Meeting Monday
Association’s Rate of In
terest Earned For
Year .072627
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of, the Edenton Building and
Loan Association will be held at the
j Court House on Monday night at 8
' o'clock. Reports of the year’s busi
| ness have been mailed to every stock
| holder with a request that their
I shares of stock be represented at the
1 meeting.
| Proxies have also been mailed to
be signed and turned over to a
stockholder, who will be present so
that enough stock will be represented
to conduct the usual business.
Secretary R. E. Leary’s report
shows that the Association’s net rate
of irtTSrest earned for the year is
.072627, with assets amounting to
$211,607.04.
E. H.S. Grid Warriors
Presented Sweaters
Eight more Edenton boys are now
the proud possessors of sweaters
given in recognition for their services
on the Edenton High School football
team the past season. The sweaters
were presented to the boys on Fri
day, the happy recipients being Billy
Shepard, Tom Byrum, Bill Whichard,
Elwood Nixon, Durwood Harrell, D.
Skiles, Meredith Jones and A. J.
Mason, as one of the managers.
Boys who had already been given
sweaters were presented with a star,
with Pete Everett, captain of the
squad, receiving a crescent.
County Council Meets
Saturday Afternoon
A meeting of the Chowan County
Council of home demonstration clubs
will be held in the home economics
room at Chowan High School Satur
day afternoon at 2:80 o’clock.
All club officers and county project
leaders are members of the County
Council and should attend this very
imnortAnt meetincr,
. ■ ‘
rfdMr i''v ; T*m ■ • - voiw a'v
Edenton Is Assured
i Emergency Hospital
Under Br.J. A. Powell
Dr. Roland Vaughan Is
Added to Present
Staff
ON MODEST SCALE
Dr. Powell Scoffs at Ex
aggerations In News
paper Story
What gives promise of being one
i of the most important innovations of
benefit to Edenton and this section
became apparent this week when an
nouncement was made that Dr. J. A.
Powell was planning to establish an
emergency hospital in connection with
his offices in the Citizen Bank Build
ing. While the proposed arrange
ments will naturally be on a modest
scale at the outset, building space
j controlled by Dr. Powell will permit
of their enlargement as conditions
may require.
To carry out his idea thoroughly
I Dr. Powell has already arranged foi
a second associate in the person oi
j Dr. Roland Vaughan, an unmarried
: young native of Richmond, Va., who
j has had a special training and later
! extensive experience in surgical work.
He will report here for duty around
February 15.
! Dr. Vaughan will be identified with
I Dr. Martin Wiseley, who is of about,
j the newcomer’s same age and who
; has been associated with Dr. Powell
since he gave up his one-time East
King Street offices and removed to
the first floor of the bank building,
j Dr. Vaughan is a graduate of the
! University of Virginia and after giad
j uating there entered the United
States Public Health Service at Bal
| timore, where he served about 18
months. For the past 18 months he
has been assistant surgeon at the
Virginia State Penitentiary.
In talking about the hospital pro
posal Dr. Powell declared the new ar
rangements were in no sense strictly
personal but would be for the benefit
of the entire professional fraternity
of Edenton and nearby sections, and
that patients from other doctors
needing major emergency surigal at
tention such as could not be handled
otherwise would be welcome for ob
servation by himself and staff in the
new quarters, and that if operations
were necessary and desired they
would be carried out.
Dr. Powell rightly feels the hospi
tal, small as its initial scope may be,
will fill a long felt want in this
neighborhood and would be an espec
ial relief in cases that have hereto
fore and at present have to he hur
ried elsewhere. Minor operations
tike tonsil removals, fractures and i
such like, will be handled comfort
ably and easily at the new hospital,
and other operations not viewed as,
of highly major importance will, also,
be performed.
At present Dr. Powell rents thei
entire first floor of the bank build- 1
ing. He already has established ar. j
elaborate X-Ray and operating room, |
well lighted and air conditioned, and ;
suitable adjoining rooms to accommo- i
date beds have been similarly prepar- \
ed. In addition to the nurse now in 1
service at the offices extra nurses j
will be on duty as required.
Dr. Powell commented as “ridicu
lous” certain portions of a newspaper:
story Tuesday and said the emer
gency hospital idea will be carried
on in a modest way, but that he and
his associates hoped the idea would
warrant expansion which will be done
if and when conditions justify.
Local Tennis Courts
Likely Be Improved
In order to furnish adequate facili
ties for playing tennis, as well a.,
beautifying the northern end of
Hicks Field, Mrs. W. E. Baker is
this week soliciting contributions to
improve the tennis courts. She is
well pleased with the response made
early this week and if there are any
who desire to assist in the way of
making a contribution, they should
call Mrs. Baker this week.
The work will, no doubt, be done
through a WPA project.
Mid-Term Exams Start
Today In Local School
Mid-term examinations begin in
the Edenton school today (Thurs
day). Students generally are in a
nervous state of mind, their principal
worry being certain as to whether or
not they will be able to come out
with passing marks.
1 Anthony Eden Named First
Honorary Edenton Citizen
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, Edenton Troop Os
Boy Scouts Will
Organize Tonight
Another meeting of the ’Troop
Committee of the Edenton Bey
Scouts has been called for tonight
„ (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the
Scout cabin. Scoutmaster George
Capehart says that at this meet
ing all necessary arrangements
will* be made to register the Eden
ton troop in the Tidewater Council
" and National headquarters.
j Committees Named
; To Handle Birthday
s Party On January 29
| Duties Will Be Assigned |
[ At Meeting Called For
’ Friday Night
MUCH INTEREST
i
Chairman Kramer Very
t Optimistic Affair Will |
; Be a Success
t Enlisting the cooperation of the
’ American Legion Auxiliary, Ed Bond
[ Post of the American Legion, the
' Rotary Club and Lions Club, as well
J as others in the county Carroll
Kramer feels very optimistic that
’ Chowan County’s celebration of
President Roosevelt’s birthday will
be a success. The party will be held
Saturday night, January 29, in the
new Edenton Armory in the form of
' a fiddlers’ convention and both round
' and square dancing, with activities
scheduled to begin at 8 o’clock. The
- Edenton High School Band will also
’ cooperate in the affair, rendering a
! band concert as well as a number of
! drills.
| Interest in the fiddlers’ convention
has taken an upward rise since the
announcement that Scarboro Mizell,
of Windsor, will act as conductor.
t
Already Mr. Kramer is assured
that representatives from Gates,
i Pasquotank, Bertie, Perquimans and
Hertford counties will enter the con
! test and he feels certain that follow
ers from each of these counties will
help swell the crowd of Edenton and
Chowan people who are expected to
attend.
While the amount has not been
. definitely decided upon, prizes will be
awarded during the evening, first and
, second prize money going to the best
string band, the best violin solo, best
guitar player, best banjo player, best
mandolin player and best harmonica
I player.
| Mr. Kramer has announced that
i those from the Legion Auxiliary who
| will assist in the celebration are:
| Mrs. Howard Jackson, Mrs. M. P.
! Whichard, Mrs. Julian Ward, Mrs. R.
S E. Leary, Mrs. W. B. Shepard and
: Mrs. C. E. Kramer.
I The Legion Post committeemen
I are: G. B. Potter, W. W. Byrum, R.
L. Pratt, W. E. Baker, J. C. Boyce
‘j and Frank Ward.
Rotarians named to help are: John
A. Holmes, O. H. Brown, W. P. Jones,
; C. D. Stewart and J. Edwin Bufflap.
The Lions committee is composed
1 of W. S. Privott, J. Clarence Leary,
W. W. Byrum, Hector Lupton and
Kenneth Floars.
Others who will be pressed into
i service include E. W. Spires, C. L.
McCullers, Thompson Greenwood,
Roy L. Spry, J. L. Hassell, Charlie
Swanner, H. C. Goodwin and John
Perr^.
Mr. Kramer has called a meeting
of all committeemen for Friday night
at 8 o’clock in the Municipal Building
wh«n duties will be assigned to each
member. It is hoped every one will
be present so that there will be no
delay in whipping into shape final
arrangements for the celebration.
Chairman Kramer is very anxious
to be able to report a creditable
amount as the result of this enter
tainment especially because funds
will not only be used nationally to
fight infantile paralysis, but will be
distributed so that many victims not
living near large centers will be able
to receive benefits.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
The regular communication of
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A.
M. will be held tonight at 7:30. All
members are urged to attend.
1
This newspaper it circu
lated m the territory
where Advertisert pM
realise goad results.
SI.2S Per Year!
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Great English Descend
ant of Charles Eden
Given Distinction
SENDS ACCEPTANCE
Ambassador Acknowl
edges Proffer For
Cabinet Member
Edenton, town of many honorary
citizens, added to its roster this week
when Anthony Eden, British cabinet
member and away-back-descendanf of
Royal Governor Charles Eden, for
whom Edenton is named, accepted
the distinction voluntarily conferred
upon him by Mayor J. H. McMullan.
The acceptance came in the shape ot
an official, dignified letter from the
British Embassy in Washington, D.
C., and bore the signature of Am
bassador R. C. Lindsay personally.
Ambassador Lindsay wrote:
“My dear Mr. Mayor:
“Mr. Anthony Eden has received
your letter of the 26th November
with its enclosures, in which you were
good enough to inform him that the
City of Edenton had conferred upon
him its honourary citizenship.
“In accordance with my instructions
I have to inform you that Mr. Eden
greatly appreciates the honour which
has been conferred upon him. He
had also read with interest the book
let which you sent to him.
“Yours sincerely,
“R. C. LINDSAY.”
Mr. Eden holds a warm spot in his
heart for Edenton, early day home of
his distinguished ancestor, and this
latest action emphasizes that fact.
That he will be a visitor here event
ually is generally believed, and when
he does Edenton will tear loose with
the hospitality it win bestow upon
him.
A half dozen years ago Mayor Mc-
Mullan, then a private citizen, wrote
the British peace negotiator, describ
ing the charms of Edenton and seek- *
ing some knowledge as to Sir An
thony’s relationship to the ancient
governor. Mr. Eden responded vol
umniously, regretting he had never
traced back his ancestry, but thought
he was more closely akin to the Gov
ernor’s brother than to the governor
himself. He added that when he got
to it he would visit America and
make Edenton his main objective.
Last August, or eariier in the sum
mer, the Mayor wrote him again say
ing President Roosevelt intended to
honor the first English white settle
i ment in this country by appearing at
the Paul Green pageant in Manteo
and urged Mr. Eden to be there, too.
To this Sir Anthony again responded
expressing his regrets a second time,
saying that Manteo was a long way
from London and his engagements
just wouldn’t let him come here much
as he would like tr.
Then came tne town’s official book- 4
let, and the Mayor inscribed and sent
one to Mr. Eden with an accompany
ing letter stating Edenton had con
ferred the rank of honory citizen up
on him, a distinction which the towm
proudly made. It was to this the—
Lindsay letter came in reply this
week.
County Committee
Meets On Friday
1938 FarmProgrram WilP
Be Discussed In Office j
Os County Agent J
Fifteen members of Chowan Coun-fl
ty and community committee irfl
charge of the 1938 farm progranA
have been asked to meet with Count®
Agent N. K. Rowell in his office isl
the post office building Friday
noon at 2 o’clock.
Commenting on this meeting, Mr.
Rowell said, “It’s a big job and we J
are trying to do all we can to help I
the farmers of our county. We
they will cooperate and share in
government payments, but it is
compulsory, and if some farmers r®[
fuse to comply with the
laid down to secure government
ments, we just cannot help it
they will be the losers.”
At Friday’s meeting the 1938 pro s -1
gram-will be discussed and plans !
made for carrying out all the detail* j
Later Mr. Rowell plans to hbhu
meetings in various sections *,j
county for the purpose of furtifl - j
quainting farmers with the pr®
of the new program. 11111118