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Volume V.—Number 46.
First District Meeting Ofi
American Legion Auxiliary
In Methodist Church Today
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r Program Will Begin at
* 11 O’clock Thursday
Morning
DINE ATHOTEL
High State Officers Here
To Take Part In
Meeting
Edenton will be host today to the
members of the First District Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary who will be
here in session at the Methodist
Church and afterward at a luncheon
at the Hotel Joseph Hewes. The
state president of the organization,
Mrs. Herbert Taylor, of Dunn, and
the state secretary, Miss Aurelia
Adams, also of Dunn, will both be
present and make addresses.
The meeting, comprising the units
of Manteo, Elizabeth City and Eden
ton, will be in charge of Mrs. R. E.
Leary, of Edenton, district committee
woman.
Mrs. H. L. Swain, area vice presi
dent, of Williamston, will, also be on
hand at the gathering and will make
a Bhort talk. The greetings of the
local host post will be made by Mrs.
W. B. Shepard, past president.
The exercises will start promptly
at 11 o’clock after the visiting dele
gates have all registered in the
church lobby. The full program for
the session at the church is as fol
lows:
Song, “America”.
Advancement of Colors.
Pledge to the Flag, Mrs. E. T.
Matson'
Invocation, Mrs. W. H. Saunders.
Preamble to the Constitution, Mrs,
S. W. Moore.
Greetings, Mrs. W. B. ShepaTd.
Response, Mrs. O. L. Hughes.
Business >,
Roll call of Units and reports,
Manteo, Elizabeth City and Edenton.
Special Music.
Address, Mrs. H. L. Swain.
Address, Mrs. Herbert Taylor.
Song, “Star Spangled Banner.”
Remarks, Miss Aurelia Adams.
Retirement of Colors.
Parent-Teachers
Stage “Oh Doctor”
At School Friday
Capable Cast Is Now
Making Excellent
Progress
8:15 OICLOCK
Proceeds Go to Equip
Lunch Room In
School |
A cast has been selected, rehearsals
are under way and from present in
dications one of the best home talent
productions ever to be presented in
Edenton will take place next Tuesday
night when “Oh Doctor,” will be stag
ed under the auspices of the Edenton
Parent-Teachers Association.
The play will be presented in the
new school auditorium, beginning at
8:15. It is a rollicking comedy pro
duced by the Triangle Producing
Company, of Greensboro, with Ruth
Arfderson delegated to do the coach
ing. Miss Anderson is highly pleased
with tiie cast and the progress made
at rehearsals and feels confident the
play: will be executed in a creditable
manner and provide a delightful
evening of entertainment.
James Wood, president of the
|l|j3nt-Teachers Association is very
|||||A interested in the play, espec-
that the proceeds will go en-
Award the establishment of a
Horn in the local school. It is
'"■’Rough will be realized to make
I the purchase of a stove, re-
Hor, pots, pans and other inci
■necessary in carrying out this
ST-, 4 Hious work among school chil-
Hlt is for this reason that Mrs.
hopeful that the new and
sSjjfepHl auditorium will be filled to
for the first time since its
jjPißiiiiiill are those who will take
sacrificing their time and
in an effort to cooperate
He newly organized association
John Richard White
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JOHN A, HOLMES
Mr. Holmes, superintendent of
Edenton schools, was signally
1 honored Saturday by being elect
ed president of the Northeastern
District of the North Carolina
Education Association at a meet
ing held in Greenville.
More Pictures Os
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Chowan’s Peanuts
Soon To Be Taken
Purpose to Photograph
Local Peanut Mills
In Qpet^ion
PUBLICITY
j Views Will Be Included
i In Folders Advertis
ing State
Edenton’s peanut market, which
came in for some recent desirable
publicity through the joint efforts of
the State Department of Conservation
and the Fox Movietone people, seems
to be slated for still more according
f to Bill Sharp, the State’s hospitality
advertising publicist, of Raleigh.
Sharp has written Mayor McMullan
• to “watch out for us again soon,”
adding that it is his purpose to get
over here with his caremamen as
soon as the local peanut plants are in
full blast, and take a series of still
photographs of the interior opera
tions for use in another of the State’s
guide folders which have been com
| ing out quarterly this year,
j The Mayor has replied to Sharp’s
, inquiry saying now is the time to do
| the photographing as the mills are in
full working order and. are well stock
|ed with this year’s crop of goobers
! which continue to come in daily. It
is the Mayor’s thought that Sharp
and his photographers will be on deck
almost any day now and some good
lively snaps will be taken.
Football Captain To
Be Selected Today
Special Program at Ex
ercises in School This
* Morning
Os especial interest is the program
in the opening exercises at the Eden-1
ton High School this morning at 8:45
o’clock. At that time a football pro
gram has been arranged and at which
time this year’s captain of the Aces
will be announced.
iCje interested football fans who
have seen practically every game'
have been seleted to name the most'
valuable member of this year’s squad
who will be named captain and inci
dentally will direct the team against
Burlington Friday. Each fan has
voted his choice secretly and the win
ning boy fall not be made known un
til late In the program this morning.
A beautiful trophy will be awarded
to the boy selected.
Any citizen interested is cordially
invited to attend the exercises.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 17, 1938.
I Teachers Elect John
A, Holmes President
Northeastern Group
Edentonian Honored at
District Meeting In
Greenville
OTHER~OFFICERS
Confidence Expressed In
State’s Educational
Leadership -
Edenton educationalists as well as
the town in general was much pleased
and gratified over the last week-end '
to learn that Superintendent John A.
Holmes, of the local schools, had been
selected, from many others, as presi
dent of the Northeastern District of l
the North Carolina Education Asso
ciation, and had been chosen unani-!
mously by a large gathering of en
thusiasts in session at Greenville.
The honor (jonferred on the local j
schoolman is a signal one and the re-,
cipient has been a subject of much,
congratulation since. !
The Holmes choice took place at
the sixteenth annual convention of the.
I organization. Mr. Holmes will suc
ceed D. H. Conley, of Greenville, in I
the presidency, and will have for his
coming year’s associate Principal J.
E. Miller, of Washington, as vice
president, and Mrs. Annie Wilson, of
Hertford, as secretary.
Resolutions were passed, at the
Greenville meeting expressing confi
dence in the educational leadership of
the State. Thirteen of the 19 depart
ments represented at the gathering
reported their roster of officers for
the coming year. C. D. Ward, princi
pal of the Winterville High School,
I was chosen to a three-year term as
| a director, and many interesting talks
anent the problems, sf the body were
made during the two days the asso
ciation was in session.
846 Bales Os Cotton
Ginned In Chowan
Chowan County’s cotton ginning
continues to show .little appreciable
gain toward last year’s ginning fig-1
ures, according to the latest report j
by F. W. Hobbs, special agent for the,
Bureau of the Census, Department of:
Commerce. |
The census report shows that only!
, 846 bales were ginned in Chowan j
, County from the crop of 1938 prior to
November 1, as compared with 3,124!
1 bales for the crop of 1937.
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Only Two Edenton
Fires During October
Edenton ranks among the highest
of the towns in the State in the mat-1
; ter of fire losses during the month ofi
, October. Fire Chief R. K. Hall re
ports that only two fires occurred in
October, with the loss less than $5.
Edenton Aces Play Final
Game Os ’3B Season Friday
Afternoon With Burlington
Holton’s Boys Have Won Seven Games Out of
Eight; Friday’s Tilt Expected to Attract
Record Crowd of Fans
Football fans will have their last |
opportunity on Friday to see the ,
1938 edition of the Edenton High
School football team in action, and
this only because Coach David Holton
at great expense scheduled a game
to be played here with the Burlington
High School. The game will be the
last of the season and whether the
' Aces win or lose it, closes a very'
| successful season, despite the fact j
that much heavier opponents played j
in practically every game.
The Aces have won seven games!
out of eight thus far played, losing!
only to tile Elizabeth City Yellow!
, Jackets and thereby slipping from i
J conference competition. However, I
since that game they have greatly
improved and are now playing a
brand of footbaff that would he a
credit to much larger schools.
Little is known about the strength
of the Burlington boys other than
that a very strong team is usually
put on the gridiron, playing such
teams as Greensboro, High Point and
Lexington.
Coach Holton is expecting a hard
fought game and in anticipation-of
Canvassers Work
For Memberships
In Red Cross Drive
Generous Response Re
ported By Mrs. Pru
den, Chairman
GOAL AGAIN S4OO
Quota Expected to Be
Reached By Thanks
giving,Day
Canvassers in the annual American
Red Cross Roll Call of new member
ships are reporting considerable pro
gress in the first week of the drive,
but by no means are anywhere near
the local chapter’s quota of S4OO, ac
-1 cording to Chairman Mrs. J. N. Pru
den. There is but one week more in
| which to bring out a full list of mem
bers in the town and county, and
1 from now until after Thanksgiving,
! when the drive ends, Mrs. Pruden is
j hopeful her canvassers will be on
their toes and miss no one.
i Preliminary reports of those who
have joined again, as turned in from
the Edenton workers, follow, and a
I similar list of returns from the coun
j ty will be made in next week’s issue
of The Herald:
Mrs. M. F. Bond, Jr., Canvasser —
Mrs. J. M. Harrell, Rev. George
W. Blount, Mrs. M. F. Bond, Jr.
Miss Audrey Rowell and Miss Mary
Moore, Canvassers—Sam Habit, Gus
Hughes, J. A. Mitchener, Jr., Mrs.
Gus Hughes, Wallace Jones, D. B.
Liles, Cherry Boycej J. A. Curran,
Earl Goodwin, Worth Spencer, Mrs.
H. H. Preston, J. A. Burroughs,
Anonymous, Badham Bros., P. T.
Oweiis, Leggett & Davis, Miss Au
drey Rowell, Miss Mary Moore, W.
D. Holmes.
Mrs. L. S. Byrum, Canvasser —
Triangle Filling Station, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Clarence Leary, Mr. and Mrs.
West Leary, Leary Bros. Storage Co.,
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Morris, Miss Inez
Felton, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Bunch,
Mr. .and Mrs. L. S. Byrum, Mrs.
' Robert L. Bunch, Mr. and Mrs. Willie
I Bunch.
j Mrs. W. C. Brunson, Canvasser —
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| Chowan (Club Women
On WPTF Program
J Many radio listeners were intersted
|in a broadcast last Thursday after
noon over station WPTF at Raleigh
! when four Chowan County club wom
en participated in a program. Those
taking part were Mrs. Percy Smith,
of the Rocky Hock club, Mrs. Wal
lace Goodwin, of the Enterprise club,
Mrs. E. L. Winslow, of the Chowan
| club, and Mrs. J. Cameron Boyce, of
the Center Hill club.
The quartet broadcast a very in
j teresting skit on home management
I and house furnishing which was writ
ten by Mrs. A. D. Ward, of the
Wards club.
the toughest rival of the season is
! working hard with his boys in order
to put up as good or even better
brand of play as they did last Friday
in Suffolk. All of the boys are in
fine shape and everyone is anxious to
register a victory as the season’s cur
tain is drawn.
The game has been widely adver
tised and one of the largest crowds in
j recent years is expected to be on
I hand. The dilapidated fence around
j the field has been temporarily re
! paired to prevent anyone seeing the
I game without paying. Police will
! also be on hand to patrol the field. A j
j large guarantee is necessary to secure J
the game and every person entering.
I the grounds must have a ticket or j
pay at the gate.
Much interest has been aroused on!
account of the game and a number j
of the stores will close during the
game in order to permit clerks to
witness the contest. Those who have
signified their intention to close be
tween 2:45 and 4:45 are:
C. E. Byrum, Ralph E. Parrish, A.
- and P., Floars Electric Co., Iredell
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Cross Roads Incoming Day
Now Claiming Attention Os
Woman’s Club Members
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Wanted To Buy
Copies Os Nov. 3rd
Issue Os Herald
One of the employees of The
Herald inadverently sold all copies
of the issue of November 3 for old
newspapers* This careless act
leaves The Herald, without any
copies for files or for use m sub
mitting checking copies to adver
tisers.
An SOS is, therefore, sounded
for friends of the paper to send or
bring their November 3 issue to
the office, for which five cents will
be paid for each copy.
Members Garden
Club Listen To
Lecture On Trees
Davey Tree Expert on
Hand to Show Many
Pictures
VERY INTERESTING
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; Beautification Program
Will Begin During
December
Practically a 100 per cent attend-
I ance of the Garden Club was on hand
' at a meeting Monday night at the
! home of Mrs. J. A. Moore on West
, King Street. As a special guest at
. the meeting was H. C. Wilson, of the
j Davey Tree Expert Company. Mr.
Wilson had with him stereoptican
. slides which very portrayed
many varieties of trees, as well as
showing forms of tree diseases. He
very cleverly explained each picture
as it was shown, much to the pleas
ure and enlightenment of those pres
ent. Many questions were asked by
the ladies, all of which were readily
answered by the tree expert.
Mayor J. H. McMullan was also a
specially invited guest present as
were Frank Hughes and J. Edwin
Bufflap, of the city street depart
ment. The latter two are at present
directing their attention to trimming
trees and other beautification work
in town which will soon get under
way. Timely advice was secured
from Mr. Wilson and as a result a
contract was made to secure the ser
vices of a Davey tree expert to assist
the town’s street force in trimming
trees as well as removing those which
are dangerous. This work will be
done during December.
The arrangement will be carried
out under a small appropriation pro
vided for in the town’s budget for
the inauguration of a beautification
program.
At the close of the meeting Mrs.
Moore served fruit juice and wafers
to her guests.
BANK HOLIDAY
The Bank of Edenton will be clos
led all day next Thursday, Thanks
giving Day, and. customers are urged
to take knowledge of this' fact and
arrange their financial affairs ac
cordingly.
Union Service On
Thanksgiving Day
Rev. C. A. Ashby Will
Preach In Methodist
Church at 11 A. M.
The Methodist Church and St.
Paul’s Church will have a union ser
j vice on Thanksgiving Day at the
] Methodist Church, at which the Rev.
!C. A. Ashby will be the preacher,
j The service will begin at 11 o’clock,
I and it is hoped many members of both
i congregations as well as others at
i tend.
Envelopes for the Thompson Or
phanage will be sent out by the Epis
copal Church and may be given in at
this service or at the service on
Sunday at St. Paul’s.
The loose offering taken during the
service will go toward the Methodist
Orphanage assessment. I
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This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Unique Scheme to Raise
Funds For Commun
ity Building
HUSTLERS
New Building to Be Lo
cated Opposite Cho
wan School
Mid-county women who were oblig
ed recently to pledge themselves by
bonded note for Chowan’s 55 percent
share of the WPA grant for a com
munity house at the Cross Roads, are
out with fire in their eyes to make
the entire section get behind them in
relief of the note obligation. And to
this end they have decided, upon a
novel and distinctive method in the
shape of an “Incoming Day” celebra
tion to which all their friends and
neighbors throughout the section will
be invited and asked to bring with
them gifts of any sort, ranging from
a new Jefferson nickel or dozen eggs
to a bag of peanuts or bale of cotton,
or even a mule, colt or worn-out
critter, for sale in support of the
movement.
Though no definite date has been
set, the plan has early December as
the time and, of course, Cross. Roads
as the spot. If the weather continues
Indian Summery and the day is sun
shiny and clear the gathering spot
may likely be outdoors. And if the
day set is an inclement one the show
will be rounded up in the school au
ditorium. But all that will come
later as soon as the invitations are
out designating the Incoming Day
celebration.
Actually the occasion is being
sponsored by the Chowan Woman’s
Club to which all the credit will go
for the community' house. A small
corps of club members tried to razzle
the County Commissioners into pledg
ing the county on the WPA project
but the best they tty' was to get
a “yes, we will if you wiii give us a
note guaranteeing the county’s
share.” The women were not to be
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Lively Comedy At
Chowan School On
Friday Night At 8
“That Watkins Girl”
Presented By School
Faculty
8 O’CLOCK
Black Face Skit by Bel
videre Girls Will Be
Specialty
Not to be outdone by the recent
amateur theatricals in Edenton the
faculty of the Chowan High School is
counting on a large attendance to
morrow night in its school auditor
ium, when “That Watkins Girl,” a
rip-snorting lively comedy centering
in the mountains of Colorado, will be
presented by special arrangement
with the Willis N. Bugbee Company,
of Syracuse, N. Y. The performance,
which will be enacted by the school,
coached previously by Miss Nell
Sample, wjll start at 8 o’clock.
The comedy cast will be headed by
the school’s principal, P. L. Baum
gardner, who will take the part of an
old mining sourdough, a type of act
ing in which he has gained promi
nence on the Thespian boards pre
viously and in which he is said to be
letter perfect, J. I. Boyce, J'.
P. Barnett, Misses Marian Fiske,
Pearl White, Eunice Hobbs, May
Belle Edwards and Louise Wilson
complete the cast. The scene will be
an autumnal one and laid in the
mountain shack occupied by Sour
dough Baumgardner.
Mrs. Gordon Blow will provide the
pianistic rhythm during the progress
of the enlivening comedy which will
be interspersed by specialty numbers
in music by Mrs. Fred Poyner, Mrs.
R. Marvin Mann and Mrs. George
Meiggs, of Moyock, as well as a
special black face skit by the Misses
Evelyn Banks White and Marjorie
Perry, of Belvidere.
Special arrangements for parking
cars have been made in the rear of the
school in order to make egress easier
I after the performance.
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