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Volume Vl.—Number 9.
Citizens Os Chowan Readily
Make Contibutions For
Relief Os Tornado Victims
Approximately SSOO In
Cash Soon Raised In
County
CLOTHING, TOO
Disaster Committee Will
Meet Friday Night In
In Cupola House
Shortly after recovering from the
shock caused last week by the disas
trous storm striking in Bertie Coun
ty and extending into Chowan Coun
ty, Edenton and Chowan citizens im
mediately set to the task of securing
funds and clothing for the unfortu
nate people affected by the storm.
On Thursday morning Mayor J. H.
McMullan appointed a central com
-1 mittee composed, of J. M. Jones as
' chairman, John Sikes, Geddes Potter
i and W. B. Shepard to solicit funds.
m This quartet at once added others to
i the committee and began a systema
tic canvass, the result of which has
been very gratifying. Though re
ports «a re incomplete, approximately
SIOO has been raised in cash and
many articles of clothing have been
secured for the relief of victims.
Red Cross relief workers soon ar-|
rived on the scene of the disaster,
and in company with Mrs. J. N. Pru
den, made a complete survey of the
area affected to ascertain the imme
diate needs of the sufferers as well
as what will be necessary for rehab
ilitation.
The funds collected locally will all
be turned over to the Red Cross,
whjph has combined the two coun
ties into one disaster unit and has
been directing relief work in both
counties in the way of food and cloth
ing.
Itay Wingate, Miss Allison and
Mrs. Schute, national Red Cross dis
aster relief workers, were in Eden
'ton, conferring with Mrs. Pruden and
together visits were made in the
• areas affected by the storm and all
have been in close touch with condi
tions existing and caring for those in
need.
These three will meet with the lo
cal disaster committee on Friday
night in the Cupola House at 8
o'clock to report what has been done
and what remains to be done in the
way of present needs and rehabili-j
(Continued on Page Five)
Meredith Jones On
Fair Way To Rating
As Jin Eagle Scout
, Elected Registered Sen
ior Patrol Leader on
Friday Night
\ 18 MERTTBADGES
Boys Praised By Lead
ers For Assistance In
v Tornado Area
Meredith Jones, outstanding mem
ber of the Edenton Boy Scout troop,
•t a meeting of the troop held Fri
day night, was elected registered
senior patrol leader. His election to
this position is the first in four years
-when Kermit Layton, now scoutmas
ter, received this honor. Meredith
second and first class requirements
J and has to his credit 18 merit badges
3 Ward the rating of Eagle Scout,
; • which is the highest honors to be be
'* stowed upon a Boy Scout. He has
H patrol leader
•ffie merit
hile George
rd honors in
>eing a first
ayton and his
or, are very
p and have
ellent service
the tornado
lor last week,
necessary to
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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| Faculty Honored |
Mrs. J. E. Wood, president of
the Edenton Parent-Teacher As
sociation, announces a meeting
I of the group on Tuesday after
noon, March 7, at 3:30 o’clock,
fnie meeting will be held in the
school building and, says Mrs.
Wood, a tea will be held imme
diately after the business session
: in honor of the school faculty.
Spring Festival Os
: Music Group Will
I Come To Edenton
; Decision Is Reached at
I Meeting In Hertford
Monday
i HELD APRIL 16 I
Agreed to Hold Festival
In Fall In Elizabeth
City
•
[ At a meeting of the Albemarle
, Music Festival held in Hertford on
Monday night, it was decided to hold
I the spring festival in Edenton. The
affair will take place on Sunday,
| April 16, whe.n 12 bands and 13 glee
| clubs are expected to participate.
The two towns most anxious to
stage the festival were Edenton and
Elizabeth City, but representatives
from the latter town, due to having
no indoor facilities in .eypnt of in
clement weather, graciously relin
' quished their desire to have the
1 festival in favor of Edenton. How
; ever, they were practically assured
that the fall music festival will be
held in the Pasquotank capital.
1 Os especial interest in the coming
event to be held in Edenton is the
■ fact that Major C. D. Kutchinski,
• director of the State College Band of
1 Raleigh, will be guest conductor of
* the massed bands, and Pat Alderman,
i well-known music enthusiast of Kin
■ | ston, will direct the mass chorus.
Governor Clyde R. Hoey will also be
invited to attend the festival.
Bands which will be represented in
the festival will be Edenton, Eliza
beth City, Pasquotank County, Curri
tuck, Ahoskie, Robersonville, Ply
mouth, Williamston, Roper, Creswell,
Columbia, Belhaven and Washington.
Glee clubs from the following
’ places will also take part on the pro
i gram: Washington, Belhaven, Colum
bia, CreSwell, Robersonville, Edenton,
Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County,
■ Camden, Currituck, Hertford, Roper
and Ahoskie.
Street Department
Has New Sweeper
Machine Here on Rental
Basis Until New Bud
get Is Made
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For the time being, at least, Town
i Councilmen are over their worries
’ concerning a street sweeper to re
-1 place the old tractor-drawn equip
■ ment which is completely worn out.
i At a special meeting of the Board
i Monday afternoon it was decided to
: secure a new self-propelled sweeper
' on a rental basis until a new budget
> goes into effect, at which time if the
sweeper is satisfactory all rental paid
i will apply oi\ the purchase price of
' the new machine.
i The sweeper is not of the pick-up
; type, sweeping trash* to the curb, but
i with initials trials there is so much
i improvement over the pld sweeper,
; that undoubtedly it will be bought
when the new budget is made up.
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Edenton Trio Special
t Guests E. City RechMen
A. S. Hollowell, great sachem of
* Bed Men in North Carolina, W. Jim
, JJaniels and J. Edwin Buffiap will go
to Elizabeth City tonight (Thunday)
! fcrhero they will be special guests at
ilkbanquet held by Pasquotank Tribe.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, March 2,1939.
More Invitations
Extended To Local
High School Band
Hyde County and Kins
, ton Request Services
Os Popular Outfit
DIRECTOR ACCEPTS
Governor Hoey Schedul
ed to Visit Hyde on
April 3rd
Aside from accepting an invita
tion to play at the Tulip Festival in
Washington, N. C., on April 14, C.
L. McCullers, director of the Edenton
High School band, has this week
been invited to play . for two other
occasions. One of the invitations was
to play at a music festival to be held
at Kinston on Wednesday, March 29,
when some 35 school bands will par
ticipate in the program. A parade
about three miles long will be held
in the afternoon and will include a
high school chorus contgst, amateur
program and mass chorus. The in
vitation was extended by Pat Aider
man, president of the Kinston Junior
Chamber of Commerce, and has been!
accepted by Director McCullers.
The other invitation comes from|
P. G. Gallop, of Swan Quarter, presi
dent of the Hyde County Chamber of
Commerce, who in writing to E. W.
Spires, asked him to use his influence
in having the band assist in welcom
ing Governor Clyde R. Hoey and his
party when he visits Hyde County on
April 3rd. j
“We know Edenton is with us in i
Hyde,” said Mr. Gallop. “We are
very anxious to capitalize right now,
when the Governor will be here, to
obtain advertisement and sell our
hospitality. Yet, we want the assur
ance of friends over a long period of
time. Our Chamber of Commerce
was organized to make friends, ad
vertise our good points and bring in
to our borders new blood and some
industry. We are anxious for the
best blood, however, and we feel
sure you can help.”
M. A. Matthew's, of Englehard, isj
also very anxious to have the local
band play for the occasion, ahd Direc- j
lor McCullers has gladly accepted the |
j invitation. Mayor J. H. McMullan,!
J. H. Conger, president of the local 1
Chamber of Commerce, J. Edwin 1
Bufflap and C. L. McCullers have j
been invited to be special guests for j
the occasion and all will attend. !
| Early Schools Os Edenton
1
Having contributed several very,
interesting articles to The Herald be- j
fore her death, the following was
written by Mrs. Nathaniel R. Tun
stall, who died at Statesville on July
28, 1937, at the age of 91 years,
i Acknowledgement is made to Mrs.
Charles W. White, daughter of the
writer, who sent the article to her
aunt, Mrs. Henry A. Bond. Mrs.
Tunstall was before her marriage
Miss Anne Maria Hudgins, of Eden
ton, a sister of Mrs. Henry A. Bond,
both of whom were bom in the old
'Cason house which was recently raz
ed to make room for the Sinclair Ser
vice Station at the comer of Broad
and Queen Streets. Written shortly
before her death, Mrs. Tunstall’s
treatise on early schools in Edenton
follows:
When I first remember there was
no free school in Edenton, but there
was a Parochial School under the
control of the Rector of St. Paul’s
Church. Only girls and small boys
were admitted. The teacher’s salary
and place of teaching were guaran
teed by the Rector, but I have been
told that the money was furnished
by one wealthy man of the Church.
Os that I cannot speak positively,
but I do know that no one could at
tend that school without the Rector’s
permission. Still Ido not think that
the pupils had to be members of his
congregation, for I recall a little girl
who went to that School whose fam
ily was Methodist. The teachers
were always cultured, not always
residents of Edenton, for I recall one
whose name was Saltonstall, very
frequently called “Salt-em-all,” who
came from New Jersey and of whom
her landlady did not approve because
she called the colored man Mister.
Afterwards a Free School house was
built and free school for three months
in the year and the Parochial School
was closed.
Some families, especially in the
County, employed a governess, but in
Town the little giris were taught in
snail groups by some lady who was
employed by til# fathers, to tMch
herself.
SUM U&BMSBOfWy SIT A tUM TO SWr
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Illness Os Judge J.
N. Pruden AbrupUy
1 Ends Court Session
■ Norman Outland Held
Attempted Rape
Charge
LARGECROWD
Two Cases Unfinished
When Court Adjourns
At Noon Hour
Unable to complete Tuesday’s ses
sion of Recorder’s Court during the
morning, Judge J. N. Pruden at about
12:15 o’clock adjourned court until
2 o’clock in the afternoon, and at
that hour the court came to an abrupt
end when witnesses, court attend
ants and spectators were notified
that during the noon hour Judge Pru
den was taken sick with a chill and
was forced to go to bed. The court
room was jammed and packed with
spectators, many being unable to get
inside the biulding, reminding one of
an important session of Superior
Court.
During the morning, testimony was
taken in the trial of five colored men,
I Roosevelt Hathaway, Robert Costen,
Haywood Blount, Anthony Coston,
and Wayland Coston, who were
charged with stealing seven bags of
peanuts from a barn on the farm of
C. Y. Parrish. All the Negroes,
except Blount, admitted theft of the
peanuts and that they sold them to
! the Albemarle Peanut Company, di
i viding the money secured. Blount
testified that he was stopped on the
road and asked to haul the peanuts
to the peanut company, which he con
sented to do, after being informed
that they were not “stolen peas.”
Each of the others testified that he
had no part in taking the peanuts
■ from the barn.
At the conclusion of the evidence,
Judge Pruden withheld a verdict and
unless he renders a verdict and pass
es sentence before Friday’s session,
the men will remain in jail until that
} time.
When Mr. Pruden adjourned court,
j the case of DeSoto Elliott and Wil-
I liam Mayo, Negroes, was just about
! half finished. The two men are
j charged with operating an automo
! bile under the influence of whiskey
j and careless driving. Five more wit
! nesses remain to be put on the stand
i (Continued on Page Eight)
i
I my Mother, who would be 115 years!
j old if she were living, tell about her [
school days there, and I recall the j
names of some of her classmates and j
friends. It was a Male and Female
Academy. The word “Co-ed” had
not been coined. The older boys and
girls always went there until the
time came for the girls to go off to
boarding schools and some of the
fortunate boys to go to College.
Miss Annie Bond taught six little j
girls at her home in the Cupola i
House, though then it was called!
Mrs. Bond’s house. The six pupils
were Helen Thompson, Joyce Hath
away, Bettie Paxton, Pennie Clayton,
Hibbie Moore and Anne Maria Hud
gins. I suppose it was a kindergar
ten, but we thought it High School.
I do not remember that she taught
us much of anything except to bow
when we told her “Good Morning,” to
be very quiet,when she said a prayer,
and to listen very attentively when
she read over two verses of Scrip
ture until we could repeat it next
morning. Most of us knew part of
the Commandments from hearing
them at Church, but not one could re
peat them entirely, so she would
read them to us over and over. I
knew that I must be very quiet onj
Sunday because that was the day the
Lord rested after having made “the
earth, the sea, and all that in them!
is,” but it sounded to »e “The earth,
the sea, and all that’s ,in the Mix.” 11
thought the Miz was some misty!
place of uncertain locality inhabited
by folks so unfortunate as not to have
been born in Edenton. Miss Marga
ret, who seems to have been the
housekeeper in the family of Mrs.
Bond and her four old maid daugh
ters, would give us cookies at recess,
and as a special treat, we would be
taken Into the parlor and. shown the
picture of Aunt Barker and told
about the Edenton Tea Party until I
am sure th# if I should meet the
Barkers (her husband’s picture was
there also) in the hereafter, I should
recognise them. There was another
picture of a young man with immense
ruffles on the front of his shirt. I
have triad hard to remember who he
was, but 1 cannot, but I do remem
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Rev. C. A. Ashby Elated By
, Fact That Pettigrew Park
, Will Soon Become Reality
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Mission Speaker |
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REV. GERARD BRIDGE
Coming to Edenton from La
trobe, Pennsylvania, Mr. Bridge
, will conduct a week’s mission at
. St. Anne’s Catholic Church, be
i ginning next Sunday.
Week’s Mission At
St Annp’s Church
Begins On Sunday
Conducted By Rev. Ger
• ard Bridge, of La
trobe, Penna.
ALL INVITED "
Services WiiT Be Held!
Each Night During
Week at 7:30*
i
Father Gross, pastor of St. Anne’s I
j Catholic Church, has announced that |
I a Mission will open at Mass Sun- 1
! day morning, March sth, at 10:30j
land continue throughout the week,|
j closing at the 10:30 Mass Sunday,!
j March 12th. The Mission will be!
| conducted by the Reverend Gerard j
; Bridge, O. S. 8., of Saint Vincent
Archabbey, Latrobe, Penna.
A Mission is a course of religious j
exercises, daily Mass sermons, in
structions, public prayers and bene
diction of the most Blessed Sacra
j ment, given for the benefit of the
! people.
j “The principle object of a mission,”
I says Father Gross, “is to excite the
people to greater fervor in regulat
ing their lives according to the sacred
truths of our holy faith. It is also
given to dispose them to a worthier
and more frequent reception of the
sacraments. The Mission accomplish-,
es these objects by presenting to the |
minds of the faithful the great j
truths of religion clearly, forcibly
and consecutively, and by giving
(Continued on Page Eight!
IH. AsbeH Raised
To Fish Culturist
i I
I Succeeds W. €. Bunch,!
Who Was Promoted I
To Superintendent
John H. Asbell, who for a number
of years has been apprentice fish cul
turist at the United States fish
hatchery, was informed this week
that he had been promoted to fish
culturist, effective February 1, 1939.
Mr. Asbell succeeds W. C. Bunch, who
, was appointed superintendent of the
, hatchery following the death of W.
i S. Vincent.
In advising Mr. Asbell of his pro
. motion, Charles E. Jackson, acting
i commissioner of the Bureau of Fish
; eries, said: “The interest which you
• have shown in your work is appre
! 'dated and I am glad that it has been
; possible to secure this promotion for
i you.”
Mr. Asbell’s promotion causes a
1 vacancy at the hatchery, bat his sue
i csssor baa not yet been appointed by
Bureau «f Fisheries.
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This newspaper is drab
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good remits.
$1.25 Per Year.
| Affixing of Signatures
To Lease All That
Remains
200 ACRES
Though Ridiculed, Lo
cal Rector Never
Lost Hope
One of the most delighted people
in Edenton Tuesday morning un
. doubtedly was Rev. C. A. Ashby, rec
tor of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
after he read in the Raleigh News
and Observer that apparently all that
remains to make Pettigrew Park in
Washington and Tyrrell counties a
certainty is the affixing of signa
tures to a lease for 200 acres of land
for a period of 99 years. Mr. Ashby
was the instigator of the Pettigrew
State Park idea and as much as five
years ago spent a considerable a
. mount of his time speaking, writing
and making vital contacts in an effort
to arouse interest in the project. At
first, he received very little encour
agement, but undismayed, he fought
what can advisedly be termed a one
man battle, using every opportunity
available to talk and write about the
transformation of this attractive and
historical area into a park. As time
rolled on, occasionally from here and
there a favorable remark was made
relative to a park in the Lake Phelps
territory which in each instance fan
ned into a flame a spark of hope
which Mr. Ashby had not permitted
to die.
Regarding the project, the News
and Observer had this to say:
“A scratch of a pen is all that is
now required to bring into being
Pettigrew' State Park, the newest ad
dition to the State park system, it
was announced yesterday by State
Forester J. S. Holmes of the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment. 9 ¥
“The lease for the 200 acres of land
which is being transferred by the
i Farm Security Administration to the
Department of Conservation and De
velopment for a period of 99 years
to become Pettigrew State Park has
I been completed and has received the
I signature of Director R. Bruce Eth
( eridge of the department and now
i requires only similar endorsement by
j the L T . S. Secretary of Agriculture.
“The new' park area is on the
| shores of Lake Phelps in Washington
(Continued on Page Five)
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| Dr. Tedder Rotary
Speaker Tonight
Veterinarian Will Tell
Rotarians About Ani
mal Diseases
Dr. P. W. Tedder, local veterinar
ian, will be the principal speaker at
■ the meeting of the Rotary Club to
| night in the Parish House at 6:30
[ o’clock. Dr. Tedder will tell of his
work among the farmers of the sec
tion and comment especially upon
various diseases common among farm
animals.
At last week’s meeting Federal
Judge I. M. Meekins, of Elizabeth
City, delivered a splendid address up
on Abraham Lincoln, which was high
ly commented upon by all who heard
| him.
! Methodist Stewards
Combine Two Offices
At a meeting of the Board of
Stewards of the Methodist Church
held Monday night, the duties of sec
retary and treasurer were combined
into one office with B. F. Britton
chosen to serve in this capacity. The
change was due to the death of Oscar
H. Brown, who had been treasurer
1 of the board. Mr. Britton had been
acting as secretary and will here
after perform the duties of both of
fices. A successor to Mr. Brown op>
the board was named.
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; Chowan Senior Play
Given On March 10
The Senior Class of Chowan High
School is busy at present practicing
i for the senior play which wilfa be nr
- en on Friday, March Iff. llw titig
r of the play will be “Aunt Tiljne Goes
to T\mn.*
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