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jv olume V.—Number 47.
Annual Sale Os Christmas
[Seals Begins Monday In
Jrive Against Tuberculosis
Ask Coopera
tion of Citizens In
Raising: Funds
75% REMAINS HOME
Mrs. Moore Stresses Im
portant Part Played
By Seal Returns
No better immediate service can
be rendered by the citizenship of
Edenton and all of Chowan than in
the support of the annual drive
against tuberculosis, as started next
Monday through the offered sale of
Christinas Seals. These attractive
little letter and, package stickers,
peddled for a penny apiece or what
greater sum, you care to give, will be
presented to you for purchase by
many canvassers working under the
guidance of Mrs. J. A. Moore, the
county-chairman, and her chief aid in
this and other years, Mrs. R. C. Hol
land. Each will be a nail in the
tuberculosis coffin, so the sale is ex
pected to be large and the interest
generous.
“Help fight tuberculosis,” says Mrs.
. Moore in her appeal, and she adds,
“Let everyone know that 200 people,
usually between the ages of 15 and
145, die eadi day from this terrible
Hlisease. But it is both preventable
Hand curable, and your support of the
[Christmas Seal sale furthers this
end.”
Mrs. Moore goes on to say that,
f “The spread of tuberculosis can be
The known spreaders can
pmdsolated and taught simple rules
; of personal hygiene, thus they can
1 avdld passing on the tubercular germ
to thbe* with whom they in
- contact. ' The unknown spreader can
be located by measures with which
* every doctor and public health worker
pis thoroughly familiar.
■ “Tuberculin testing and X-raying
of children and grown-ups is one mod
ern method of curing T. B. used in
modern Sanatoria. One hundred
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"Oh Doctor” Well
Received Tuesday
Home Talent Play Spon
sored By Parent
fc Teachers
" Edenton enthusiasts showed their
’ interest in a goodly way Tuesday
night by attending the play, “Oh
Doctor,” by amateur local talent in
the High School auditorium. The
comedy, sponsored by the Parent-
Teachers Association, brought out a
. crowd that more than half filled the
auditorium, with everyone deriving
real satisfaction and enjoyment from
the production.
The proceeds from the play will go
far, it is said, toward helping the
newly formed local association to
equip a cafeteria lunch room at the
school. Mrs. James E. Wood, the
Association president, is hopeful that
|j the proceeds and privately solicited
1 funds will enable the sponsors to es
| tablish the lunch room before the
I Christinas holidays.
L The production Tuesday night was
fcput on by the Triangle Producing
Ktanpany, of Greensboro, but was
gjfrjaprised entirely of local players
each of whom had been coached and
’was letter perfect. Between the acts
pß|jrvey jj. Cheston, mathematical in
structor (on the school faculty, sang
“On the Koad to Mandalay” to the
"&6&gtfUft£.o2 everyone. The mem
bers each of whom gave
a creditable performance, were John
Rktord White, M*S. E. T. Rawlinson,
v.i Goodwin, Audrey Rowell, Char
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An
|V|iaiW December 1, 1938,
licenses will be on
gjlgaleibr Edenton at the office of
Street, opposite Hotel
SH Joseph Hawes. Passenger car
as truck and
Le&jr, branch manager, is very
fe licenses as eatfy as
- possible in order to avoid the
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! REV. GEORGE W. BLOUNT
3 Following three years of ser
vice with the local Methodist
t Church, Rev. Mr. Blount * was
transferred to the Spring Hope
Methodist Church in Nash County
at the annual Methodist Confer
* ence held in Elizabeth City last
| ■ week.
j Big Fall Festival In
; Armory Begins On
if Monday, Dec. sth
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l Affair Sponsored by N*-
* tional Guardsmen and
r Firemen
[ FULL WEEK
i Grand Ball Scheduled to
Be Held Friday Night,
December 9th
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Edenton national guardsmen and
members of the fire department are
I planning for enlivening festivities in
f! the Armory during the entire week
lof December 5, with a grand ball
| scheduled for the next to concluding
■ night, December 9. On the last night
a “Miss Albemarle” will be chosen
perhaps to vie -in competition with
the “Miss Albemarle” selected to re
present this section during the big
r bridge celebration last August. The
j ! winner in this contest will be awarded j
I I a beautiful fur coat.
l 1 The Armory affair is being run for
31 the benefit of the Ambulance Com
-! pany National Guard and for the
i 1 Edenton Fire Department. Admis
i sion charges are low and both organ
t izations expect to reap a substantial
i j profit.
Advance information says there will
) j be a change of program every night
i [ with music, dancing, comedies and
> beautiful booths of interest and
j! amusement. Bingo and other like
3 games will be offered to those who
t attend. -
1 Oh the opening day, Monday, there
- will be a street parade at 4:30
B o’clock in which a high class road
band and the local high school band
-3 sters will officiate.
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| Baptists Observe
i Week Os Prayer
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.Tib® Woman’s Missionary Society of
r the Edenton Baptist Church will ob
> serve next week as Week of Prayer,
- beginning Monday afternoon at 3
! o’clock, and continuing each after
i noon. The junior organizations will
> have part on the program.
Circle members will please note
that all Circle meetings will be post
poned this month.
Masonic Meeting Is
Called Off Tonight
As is the Case every Thanksgiving
Day, no meeting of Unanimity Lodge,
No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be held to- '
night.; The basons are at present
being solicited for a contribution for
the annual Thanksgiving offering for
the Oxford Orphanage, and any other :
friends who feel disposed to contri- :
bute to this worthy cause can do so
by'Beeing J. A. Curran, who ia chair
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, November 24, 1938.
Purchase Os Band
Bus Is Making But
Very Little Headway
Civic and Fraternal Or
ganizations Slow to
Respond
NEED~SI2OO
Masons Only Organiza
tion to Agree to Make
Contribution
Just what course will be taken in
the attempt to raise enough money to
purchase a bus to transport Edenton’s
popular high school band is at pres
ent a puzzle. The latest attempt to
secure the major portion of $1,200,
Hie amount necessary, among the civic
and fraternal organizations has ap
parently gotten nowhere. The only
definite assurance given J. H. Conger,
W. M. Wilkins and E. W. Spires, the
committee appointed to try to raise
the money, was from the Masonic
lodge, which organization obligated
to pay S2OO, with strings attached.
Provision was made by the Masons
that they would contribute that a
mount provided enough was promised
from other organizations.
The matter was placed before the
Rotary Club last week and while
every Rotarian realized the necessity
for a bus, no definite action was taken
or method suggested to raise the
$250 the club was asked to contribute.
The Lions Club also felt kindly to
the idea, but a material raid has just
been made on the treasury as the re
sult of over a SIOO deficit in the re
cent series of entertainments sponsor
ed by the club. It is doubtful if the
club at present would obligate a $250
contribution.
Chowan Tribe of Red Men was ask
ed for a S2OO donation toward the!
purchase of a bus on Monday night,
but while the members of the lodge
are sympathy with a bus, the
tribal hy-laws specifically
for what the tribe’s funds
may be uied and prohibits the ex
penditure as requested. The Red
Men did, however, agree to solicit
members of the tribe for contributions
if it is thought enough money can be
raised. \
The American Legiofi Post as well
as the Legion Auxiliary will also be
asked to contribute when these two
organizations next meet. •
The committee has met with no op
position to the idea of buying a bus
for the band, the feeling being unan
imous that the band is one of the best
advertising mediums of the town and
that a bus is necessary. But on the
other hand, they have also,, met with
the almost unanimous qiandry of
where the money is coming from.
It was previously hoped the board
of trustees of the school would pur
chase a bus, but upon investigation it
i was learned that the school laws
| would not permit.
Bishop Darst At St.
Paul’s Next Sunday
Bishop Thomas C. Darst, D. D., I
will be at St. Paul’s Church next i
| Sunday at 11 A. M., to confirm a 1
class. The public is cordially invited
to the service.
While in the city the Bishop will
be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. D.'
Minton Warren. '
Fall Meeting Os Federation
Os Demonstration Clubs
In School Auditorium Doc. 2
Public as Well asOub Members to Attend 1
Meeting; Illustrated Lecture By Prominent
Home Economist
On Friday, December 2, the fall
meeting of the Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs will be held in
the Edenton High School auditorium.
The meeting has been called for 7:30
o’clock at night, and while it is pri
marily for clul> members, the public,
both men and women, are. cordially
invited to attend. An interesting
program has been arranged and it is
especially hoped every club member
will be on hand.
The meeting will be presided over
by Mrs. S. F. Small, president of the
group. Miss Pauline Gordon, home
management specialist of Raleigh,
will also >ttend and will introduce the
principal speaker for the occasion,
Miss Shank, home economist
for the Vfrgioia rower., unu Electric,
Company, of Norfolk, Va., who willj
Returns From Red
Cross Membership
Drive Incomplete
Roll [Call Scheduled to
Close on Thanksgiv
ing- Day
NEW MEMBERS
Campaign Will Continue
Until All Reports
Are Sent In
Although the annual Red Cross
membership roll call is scheduled to
end today, Thanksgiving, and with
highly encouraging reports already
made, Chapter Chairman Mrs. J. N.
Pruden has not yet been able to com
plete her returns from the outlying
, county districts and was not in a posi
tion to say yesterday whether Cho
wan’s full qouta had been reached or
not. Until these returns have come
in Mrs. Pruden says the roll call will
be temporarily continued in both
Edenton and the county.
In addition to those joining in the
first week of the drive, new members
who signed up in Edenton since last
Thursday were:
Mrs. J. S. Davis, Canvasser—R. D.
Dixon, R. C. Holland, Mrs. Leon
Leary, J. L. Chestnutt, J. S. Davis.
Mrs. J. S. Davis.
Mrs. O. H. Brown, Canvasser—Mrs.
Ben Howard, Mrs. Jimmy Earnhardt,
Mrs. J. L. Wiggins, Mrs. Walter S.
White, Miss Fannie Sue Sayers, Mrs.
J. N. Pruden, Ben Howard (contribu
tive member), Mrs. O. H. Brown.
Mrs. J. F. White, Canvasser—Mrs.
Clyde Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. Graham
White, Mrs. W. S. Privott, L. L.
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Fans Select James
Cozzens As Most
Valuable ’3B Player
Hard Playing Center Is
Presented With Beau
tiful Trophy
As has been customary the past
several years in Edenton High
School, at the close of the football >
season one of the boys is selected as
the most valuable player during the
year and with this honor goes the
title"of captain of the team.
The boy thus selected this year was
James Cozzens, who was chosen for
his outstanding play at the pivot posi-,
tion. He was awarded a beautiful I
trophy at chapel exercises Wednesday •
afternoon in the school auditorium,;
the trophy being presented by The j
Herald editor.
The method of selection is made in j
the following manner: Ten local;
i football fans who have seen prac- j
!tically every game and for no reason
! what ever should feel partial to any |
-particular boy casts one vote each for (
the boy whom he thinks was most;
j valuable to the team during the sea
son. The votes were secretly cast I
1 with James Cozzens winning by a
i very slight margin over Pete Everett.
give an illustrated lecture on kitchen '
planning and color.
Winners will also be announced 1
and prizes awarded in the kitchen
contest which has been in progress 1
among the club members and which !
will terminate just prior to the meet
ing. Another prize will also be
awarded to the club making the 1
highest score.
Another interesting feature will be
the naming of the winners in the Ball 1
and Kerr canning contests, which 1
contests have aroused considerable
interest among club members.
Miss Rebecca Colwell, home agent, :
has also arranged for the awarding
of perfect attendance certificates at
this meeting to the women who have
, not massed a club meeting between 1 1
| November, 1987, and November, 1938. 1
High School Football Team
Closes 1938 Season Friday
Afternoon In Blaze Os Glory
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| Union Service |
A union Thanksgiving service j
will be held by the Episcopalians
and Methodists in the Methodist
Church Thursday morning at 11
o’clock. Rev. C. A. Ashby, rector
of St. Paul’s Church, will preach
at this service. The offering will
go to the orphanages, the Epis
copalians using what is included
in envelopes provided for the
purpose while the loose offering
will be used by the Methodists.
An invitation is extended to
members of all denominations to
attend the service.
Rev. W. C. Benson
Os Mount Olive New
Pastor In Edenton:
Named to Succeed Rev.
G. W. Blount at Meth
odist Church
IN CHARGE SOON
Mr. Blount, Here Three
Years, Goes to Spring
Hope, Nash County
Edenton Methodists read with in
terest on Monday the announcement
that the conference in session in
Elizabeth City had made a change in
pastorates in EdentoJTand that Rev.
George W. Blount, who libs been here j
for three years, had been transferred
to Spring Hope in Nash County,
j Rev. W. C. Benson, of Mount Olive,
[ was named to succeed Mr. Blount in!
the local charge. Unlike his prede
cessor he is married.
The local changes came as some-i
what of a surprise as it was thought;
! Rev. Mr. Blount would be given a
1 fourth year in Edenton, as is fre- i
quently done. Bishop Purcell, in con-j
; ference with his presiding elders, ex- j
pressed himself as feeling the local
divine would enjoy a field of greater l
usefulness in Spring Hope, and so \
assigned him.
Rev. Mr. Benson comes here highly
| recommended as a minister of force
and pleasing personality. At the
| time of going to press it was not
! known whether the two pastors would
I take over their new charges this
! coming Sunday or not. This is usu
i ally the result of consultation be
! tween the outgoing and incoming pas
; tors.
Edenton In Movies
| At Taylor Theatre
I Peanut Scenes Will Be
Shown Locally For
Three Days
Theatre fans now have an oppor
tunity to see the recent movietone
pictures taken in Edenton. The film
is scheduled to be shown in the Tay-|
lor Theatre Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. Manager Jimmy Earnhardt j
received a telegram from Fox Movie-1
tone in New York that the film was
shipped by air express Monday
! night.
Considerable concern had been evi
denced when the pictures were not
released as soon as expected and
fears were expressed that the film
would not be shown at all. However,
J. fi. McMullan, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, Jimmy Earn
hardt, manager of the theatre, and
officials of the State Board of Con
servation and Development used their
influence with the movietone folks
which resulted in the picture being
shown in many theatres and its sub
sequent release for the local theatre.
Mr. Earnhardt expects to see capa
city houses during the three-day
showing of the film here, which should
be of interest to every Edenton citi
zen as well as many living without
its borders.
It is calculated that these Edenton
pictures will be viewed by thirty
million people and is one of the best
slioes of publicity the town has ever
shared in.
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This newspaper is circu
ited in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Little Aces Down Hard
Fighting Burlington
Team 13-0
EIGHT VICTORIES
Holton’s. Boys Roll Up
207 Points to 28 By
Opponents
Edenton High School’s football
team closed its 1938 schedule Friday
afternoon in a blaze of glory when
the unexpected happened and the
scrappy little Aces turned back a
much heavier and hard-fighting Bur
lington high school outfit 13 to 0.
It was the final game of the season
and ran the total of victories for the
year to eight out of nine games
played. Fans were thrilled from the
very start when the game took on a
nip and tuck aspect, but vent was
given to their enthusiasm about mid
! way of the first quarter when the
! locals scored their first touchdown.
Burlington tried desperately to match
the count and it was a battle royal
until the forepart of the final quarter
when Edenton again shoved over
another counter.
Os the teams falling victim to the
1938 edition of the Aces were Colum
bia, Tarboro, Plymouth, Washington,
Williamston, Franklin, Suffolk and
Burlington, the perfect record being
marred only by the 7-0 whipping at
the hands of the Elizabeth City Yel
low Jackets.
That Coach Dave Holton has devel
oped a strong offensive as well as de
fensive aggregation is evident by the
fact that during the season a total of
207 points was rolled up while op
ponents we«e able to score only 28
points, some jjf which were registered
j while Coach Holton was using nis
! second string boys.
It would be hard to signal out any
1 one or two boys as the most out-
I standing players for in almost every
! instance the team functioned as a
| unit, every boy playing his respective
| position with equal credit. Os course
. ball carriers often take the spotlight
and in this respect Pete Everett,
j William Cayton, Fred Hoskins and
: Durwood Harrell earned every bit of
j the credit given them. Everett, es
-1 pecially, demonstrated his powerful
| driving ability as well as twisting
j and evading would-be tacklers. Cay
! ton, while not possessing as much
power as Everett, has time and again
displayed remarkable ability in open
field running. Hoskins also comes
in for a share of praise for his line
smashing drives and aiding his team
mates by blocking. Harrell, too, de
voted much of his energy to blocking
and on several occasions added yard
! age when called upon to carry the
, ball.
In the line Meredith Jones, James
! Smith, .Tames Cozzens, Billy Shepard
!'and Tom By rum caused no end of
| worry to opposing backs who found
| a veritable brick wall in their at
: tempts to break through and on the
offense tore gaping holes in oppor.-
1 ents’ lines for their own teammates.
|At end Robert Chesson and Dee
Skiles performed well. All in all
every boy who participated in any
of the games is due a great deal of
credit. Those on the squad who had
a taste, at one time or another, or
who wished they were in the fray
i were: Dick Badham, Irvin Griffin,
Gray Byrum, Merrill Byrum, Tom
I Wilder, George Alma Byrum, Joe
I Rowlette, Lester Ashley, Murray By
i rum, Sam Cates, Lloyd Burton, Tom
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Chowan Club Agrees
On Monday, Dec. 14
For “Incoming Day”
Chowan Woman’s Club let it be
known yesterday that they had
tentatively agreed upon Wednes
day, December 14, for their In
coming Day celebration at Cross
Roads. The occasion, being spon
sored in the hope of relieving the
mid-county women from their ob
ligation toward a community house
which the WPA has agreed to go
halves on, will circle about an all
day program of interest. There
will be speaking and music and
band playing by the Edenton High
School youngsters in gay regalia,
and in addition the occasion will
be made a school guest day, mean
ing, perhaps, that every high
school scholar and parent will be
urged to invite and bring some
one with them.
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