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Volume Vl.—Number 13.
* Easter Seals Mow On Sale
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In Effort To Raise Funds
/To Help Crippled Children
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k jV. J. Taylor Sets Cho
■ wan’s Goal This Year
At SIOO
IN ALLSOHOOLS
Amount Raised Locally
Matched Dollar For
Dollar
This week was inaugurated a cam
paign to sell Easter Seals, the pro
ceeds of which will go toward work
among crippled children. The drive
to sell these seals will end April 8,
the day before Easter, and W. J.
Taylor, in charge of the drive in
Chowan County, hopes that from $75
to SIOO will be realized through seal
sales. This amount will be matched
(dollar for dollar by State and federal
funds for rehabilitation work in
Chowan County.
Mr. Taylor has placed, a quantity
of the seals in every school in the
county, and has set a goal of at least
one dollar’s worth sold in every
room. Business houses, too, have
been provided with the seals and it
is hoped customers will be reminded
to purchase them to help in this very
worthy cause.
“Today, in the United States, there!
are about 300,000 crippled boys and
girls,’’ advises Mr. Taylor, “which
means that many of them are denied
active pleasures which we, who are
fortunate enough to have sound.,
healthy bodies, take for granted
Football, basketball and skating are
impossible for them. Indeed, many
of them cannot even walk. And their »
spirits, although just as eager as
ours, are cooped up in bodies which j
will not do their wi^.
“Because of the of j
modern medical science ami Sfwcial |
ways of educating and training, the
time has come when much can be
done for crippled children; their limbs
can be straightened, their minds can
be trained; and they can be gainfully
placed in our modem world. In many
cases, a crutch can be thrown away,
so that the willing spirit of a human
being can be turned to its rightful
place in society.
' “To this end, the National Society
for Crippled Children was founded,
and every year, at Easter time, it :
sponsors a sale of Easter Seals, in j
uirder to provide a portion of money j
needed for this good work. In our j
(community, as in most every com
vnunity, a liberal part of the money
nised is used by the local organiza
tion whose business it is to help its
•crippled children; so that the Seals
we purchase or sell to others at a
•penny apiece may each of us
to aid a crippled boy or girl living
right here in our own community.”
Cotton Ginning Is
Less Than Third Os
Last Year’s Figure
Only l,29oliaies of 1938
Crop Ginned to March
I, Report Shows
Less than one-third, the amount of
cotton has been ginned in Chowan
County as was ginned to March Ist
of last year, according to a report
released by F. W. Hobbs, special
. agent for Bureau of the Census of
the Department of Commerce.
Figures submitted by Mr. Hobbs
show that only 1290 bales of cotton
were ginned in the country from the
crop of 1938 prior to March 1, which
figure compares with 4,616 bales gin
ned from the 1937 crop to the same
time last year.
J. 0. Parkin Speaks
To Rotarians Tonight
At Regular Meeting
With( last week’s Rotary meeting
called off on account of the Chamber
of Commerce banquet, the regular
meeting will be held tonight in the
Parish House at 6:80 o’clock. Pres
ident Bill Perkins urges every mem
ber of the club to be present.
J. C. Parkin, resident engineer,
will be the principal speaker for the
occasion, and will &o' doubt speak
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Help CRIPPED CHILDREN 1939
Mrs. B. W. Evans
Again Leads Forces
In Fight On Cancer
Campaign For Funds to
Begin Soon After
Easter
PICKINGHELPERS
Mrs. Wood Privott and
Miss Rebecca Colwell
Lieutenants
Again this year, during the month
j of April, Chowan County will direct
I its attention on the fight against
• cancer when the Women’s Field
I Army for cancer control will conduct
J a nation-wide drive for memberships
I and donations. The begin
shortly after Easter.
. Mrs. B. W. Evans will again serve
as captain of Chowan’s forces and
will be aided, as was the case last
year, by Mrs. Wood Privott and Miss
Rebecca Colwell, as her lieutenants
Mrs. W. W. Steinmates, of Elizabeth
City, is commander of the district
which comprises 22 counties, and just
recently entertained the captains of
her district at a luncheon at her home
in Elizabeth City, at which time Dr.
j Rawls, of Richmond, Va., was the
j guest speaker and very clearly defin
j ed the cancer control movement,
i Mrs. Evans is now preparing a list
of canvassers who will assist in rais
ing funds with which to continue to
wage war on this all too
disease. Despite a late st&rt, a very
satisfactory campaign was conducted
last .year, and with more known
about the work Mrs. Evans is hopeful
that this year’s drive for funds will
far eclipse those of last year.
The educational campaign of last
winter and spring more than justified
the time and labor that went into it.
Many cases of women have been re
ported who discovered they had can
cer by visiting a physician after re
ceiving the Army’s message or, quite
las important, who in finding they
did not have cancer, were freed from
I months and even years of former se
cret worry. Divisions of the Army
have in certain states, aided those
unable to pay to reach centers of
treatment. Plans are being prepared
for cooperation with hospitals and
physicians in following up patients
who have been treated for cancer and
collecting adequate records regarding
them. Dr. Thomas J. Parran, Sur
geon General of the United States
Public Health Service is authority for
the statement that last year’s work
of the Army was of enormous value |
in preparing the way for enactment |
of legislation giving the country the
National Cancer Institute.
35th Annual Meeting
Os W. M..U. April 6
In Corinth Church
The 35th annual meeting of the
Woman’s Missionary Union of the
Baptist Church, will be held on Thurs
day, April 6. at the Corinth Church,
near Elizabeth City. The program
for this meeting has already been ar
ranged which will include outstanding
addresses by prominent church work
ers. The meeting will begin at 10
o’clock with both morning and after
noon sessions scheduled.
CAKE SALE SATURDAY
The Chowan Woman’s Club will
sponsor another cake sale at Quinn
| Furniture store in Edenton Satur
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, March 30,19397
Criticism Is Made
Regarding Stones
Found In Chowan
Greensboro Man Re
grets First Stone Got
Out of State
MARKING TIME
T. E. Chappell Awaiting
Reaction Following
Letter Published
Following newspaper stories re
garding the discovery of a stone near
Center Hill which is thought to be a
marker of the grave of a group of
Lost Colonists massacred by Indians
in the year 1591, a number of letters
have been received here by promi
nent citizens criticizing this commun
ity for ever allowing the first stone
to get out of North Carolina as well
as now seeking advice from Georgia
historians relative to the latest find.
The gist of the criticism is aimed at
the claim that professors of the Uni
versity of North Carolina or other
North Carolina institutions are as
capable of doing the necessary re
search work as people in another
state and concludes with the sugges
tion that the General Assembly ought
to pass a law forbidding the removal
from the State of relics of such
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Safety Program At
Meeting Os P. T. A.
Nominating Committee!
Will Also Be Named I
Tuesday
Mrs. J. H. McMullan, publicity
chairman of the Edenton Parent-
Teacher Association, calls attention
to the meeting of the Association
which will be held Tuesday afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock at the school building.
At this meeting a safety program will j
be rendered under the supervision of |
Mrs. J. W. Davis, who will be assisted j
by Miss Edna Goodwin’s class.
Os importance, too, will be the
naming of a nominating committee
which will recommend new officers of
the Association lor the next year.
The president, Mrs. James E. Wood,
urges all members to be present.
Triangular Debate
On Friday Morning
Affair This Year Chang
ed to Morning In
stead of Night
Departing this year in holding tri
angular debates at night, the annual
debate will take place Friday morn
ing at 10 o’clock. Another departure
from the usual custom also will be
the fact that neither team in the de
bate will participate on home soil.
Heretofore, the affirmative side de
bated at home.
As in former years the triangle j
in which Edenton is placed includes i
Hertford and Elizabeth City, the!
oldest group since triangular debates'
were begun. This year’s query, a
very timely one which should attract
many, adults, is that the
United States should establish an
alliance with Great Britain.”
Edenton’s affirmative team will de
bate the Elizabeth City negatives at
Hertford, while the Edenton nega
tives will debate the Hertford affir
mative team in Elizabeth City. De
! bating in the Edenton school will be
the Elizabeth City affirmative and
Hertford negative teams.
Edenton’s debaters are: affirmative,
Carl Keeter and Gussie Cox; negative,
Edward Stokely and. James Hassell.
In changing the time of debate
from a night hour to morning, those
in charge of the affair are of the be
lief that by having the student body
at least as an audience, the debaters
will be more impressed with their ef
forts than by facing a mere handful
of interested spectators who have in
past years attended the debates at|
night.
Cemetery Association
Meets At 3:30 Tuesday
An important meeting of the La
dies’ Cemetery Association will be
held at the home of Mrs. R. F. Tuttle
Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
, All membdi* are urged to attehd.
Work Resumed On
Road Leading From
i Bridge To Edenton
■ Activities Forced to Be
Abandoned Early In
February
25 WORKING
: Link Connecting With
Route 17 Still Unable
To Be Paved
Os great interest to local citizens
is the statement of J. C. Parkin,
i resident engineer, that work was re
■ sumed Monday morning on the new
road leading into Edenton from the
, Albemarle Sound bridge highway. A
. force of 25 men resumed grading ac
• tivities which, due to unfavorable
[ weather conditions, was forced to be
i abandoned about the first of Feb
, ruary. With a continuation of the
present summer-like weather, rapid
progress is expected to be made on
• the new connecting link, but Mr.
; Parkin was unable to predict any
certain date as to when the road
• would be completed.
Though work has been resumed on
this new road, Mr. Parkin said the
condition of the short stretch in the
bridge highway still unpaved, leading
into U. S. Route 17 will not permit
completion at the present time.
Plans In Making For
Big Music Festival
| Over SIOO Needed To
Cover Expense For
Affair April 16
With the approaching day of the
Albemarle Music Festival to be held
in Edenton, on April 16, a committee
met the Municipal Building-Mon
day afternoon to make arrangements
j for the staging of the affair. Accord-
I ing to investigations made by C. L.;
j McCullers, president of the Associa-1
tion, something over SIOO will be
necessary to perfect arrangements
which include erection of a stand and
providing free drinks for the visitors
who take part on the program.
Various suggestions were made to |
raise the amount of money necessary, I
which finally resulted in the decision j
to canvass business places to contri-'
bute toward the expense. Mr. Me- 1
Cull.ers expects at least 5,000 people
to come to Edenton to hear the pro
gram, in which about 800 will parti
cipate.
Fishing Season
Closes Saturday!
J. G. Perry Urges Full
Compliance With
Law
J. G. Perry, Chowan County game J
warden, is very anxious to remind
I those who love to fish that the closed
| season for inland fishing waters will
! go into effect April 1, and continue
■in effect until May 9. The game and
fishing-laws are very specific regard
ing fishing with hook and line, rod
and reel or by casting during this
period, and the game warden hopes
the law will not be disregarded in j
order to prevent embarrassment as,
well as court costs.
Mr. Perry also emphasizes the
manner in which fish may be taken J
in inland waters, warning against the j
use of fish traps, fish slides, fisli'
baskets or any other method except
with hook and line, rod ard reel or
by casting.
Two Filling Stations
Make Improvements
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Considerable improvements are now,
under way at two of Edenton’s filling I
stations, both of which will be morel
attractive and enable better service
to their patrons.
Lloyd Burton is tearing away half;
of the brick garage at the rear of his :
filling station which will provide an'
entrance for motorists coming in
Church Street from the bridge road.
At the Triangle filling station L. S.
Byrum is placing a plate glass win
dow in one side of his station as well
as making interior alterations which
will add to the convenience of his
patrons. I
Town Council And E. & W.
! Department AgreeToEquip
Edenton Armory With Seats
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Hyde Celebration Is
Forced Be Postponed
To April 10 and 11
' According to information from
the Hyde County Chamber of
Commerce, it has become neces
sary to postpone the program as
arranged for April 3 and 4 to
1 April 10 and 11. This postpone
, ment was decided upon due to the
uncertainty of adjournment of the
, Legislature and Governor Clyde
Hoey’s likely inability to attend
on the former dates. The change
in dates also better suits the con
venience of Congressman Lindsay
: Warren, who feels more certain
! that he can attend on the new
dates.
1 According to P. G. Gallop and
I R. E. Tunnell, president and ?ecre
-1 tary respectively of the Chamber
of Commerce, the program will be
carried out precisely as arranged
before the change in dates were
made. Locally the postponement
does not affect those who plan to
attend, the new date being just as
satisfactory as the former.
Revival At Baptist
Church Ends With
! Tonight's Service
1 Many Added to Church
Membership During
Meeting
WELLSPLEASED
Dr. Zeno Wall Likes
Edenton and Edenton
Likes Him
i
One of the most successful revival
meetings, especially in point of at
tendance, ever held at the Edenton
> Baptist Church will come to an end
j with the service tonight at 8 o’clock
I Ever since the services began Monday
|of last week large crowds have at
tended each meeting to hear Dr.
Zeno Wall, of Shelby, preach and |
through his powerful sermons a<
goodly number will be added to the
church roll, most of whom are young
’ people of the Sunday School who will
be admitted into the church through
the ordinance of baptism.
Services have been held twice daily
except Saturday for the last ten
days and while not only is the pastor,
j Rev. E. L. Wells, delighted by the fact
i that through these meetings a num
[ ber will be added to the church, he
is also made happy in the belief that
j members of his church have been
greatly helped and strengthened spir
itually by the efforts of Dr. Wall.
While in Edenton, Dr. Wall made a
host of friends and frankly admitted
| during his sermon Sunday that he was
(falling in love with Edenton and its
people.
Methodist Stewards
Guests C. D. Stewart
Every member of the Board of
j Stewards of the Methodist _ Church
! was present at a meeting held Tues-
I day night at the home of C. D. Stew-
I art. After a delightful sea food
' supper, a business session was held
j during which various reports of
| church work were made. These re
| ports were very encouraging and in
cluded constructive plans looking to
ward early repairs to the church and
parsonage property.
Before adjourning, a brief prayer
service was held with attention fo
cused on a successful revival meeting
I
j Masons Attend Church
| Services In A Body
Edenton Masons on Sunday night
I attended services in the Baptist
j Church in a body, occupying reserved
j seats in front of the church. Again
next Sunday night members of the
local lodge have been requested to
meet in front of the Methodist
Church to attend the revival meeting
in progress at that church in a body
J. R. Byrum, master of the lodge,
was delighted at the splendid turn
out last Sunday and urges every
member to be on band next Sunday.
This newspaper is circu
lated mi the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
. $1.25 Per Year.
Order Placed on Tues
day Afternoon For
700 Chairs
COST $1,848
County Commissioners
Asked to Make Con
tribution
Meeting in joint session Tuesday
afternoon, Town Council and the
Electric & Water Department agreed
to purchase 700 chairs to be placed
in the Edenton Armory. The meet
ing lasted two hours, beginning at
five o’clock and ending at 7 o’clock.
During this time the proposition was
thoroughly discussed as to paying
for the new Armory equipment, hear
ing salesmen explain their product
and. then deciding on what type of
chair to be purchased.
Three salesmen were on hand with
samples of chairs, prices for which
ranged all the way from $1.60 per
unit to $3.20.
However, before entering into any
negotiations, W. D. Pruden, attorney
. for the Town, was consulted regard
ing the legality of buying chairs at
this time. Mr. Pruden frankly told
those present that the Council could
not legally spend any money not al
j lowed in the budget, and that any -
thing over SI,OOO would have to be
advertised for bids. All of the sales
| [ men, however, were very willing to
l wait for payment until the year’s
budget goes into effect after July 1.
The sort of seat decided upon is a
very beautiful and substantial chair,
not of the ordinary folding type, but
rather a regular auditorium-type
chair which can be folded and stored
while not in use. The order calls foi
700 chairs made up of 100 in groups
of two chairs and 600 in groups of
four. It was decided that this ar
rangement would be most satisfac
tory, both as to ke«wfrtr chairs in
line as well- as preventing the likeli
hood of being loaned out for various
affairs as well as being carried out
of the building. The cost of the
chairs is $2.64 per seat, making trie
outlay $1,848.
The E. & W. Department and Town
Council will bear the brunt of the
expense of the chairs, but just how
this will be apportioned will not be
decided until the monthly meeting of
the County Commissioners next
j Monday. D. M. Warren, chairmar
,of the Commissioners, was present!
at the meeting, but while he could
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Senior Play, “Oh,
Professor” Given
At School Tonight
Entertainment Promises
To Afford Plenty of
Laughter
Tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock, in
the high school auditorium, will be
presented the Senior Class play,
“Oh, Professor.” The play is the
same one scheduled to have been
presented last year, but which was
prevented on account of alterations in
progress at the school. The play has
been coached by Mrs. Epp Debnam
and promises to provide an evening
of splendid entertainment.
Included in the cast of characters
are: Durwood Harrell, Betty Wales,
Herbert Hollowell, Mildred Owens,
Mary White, Myda Weaver, Mary E.
Moore, Parker Helms, Bill Cozart,
Anna Wood and Chrystal Gregory.
The play centers around a young
man meeting the girl of his dreams
in Paris, and in order to escape the
very affectionate Parisian returns to
America only to be followed by the
girl. Very amusing complications
develop as he disguises himself which
afford a continuous stream of laugh
ter.
Mrs. Taylor Returns
From Duke Hospital
After spending ten days in Duk>
Hospital, where she underwent an
operation for removal of tonsils and
a nasal obstruction, Mrs. S. W. Tay
lor returned to her home Wednesday
i accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. John
Bowen Wiggins. Mr. and Mrs.
Wiggins returned to Durham the
same night.