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Volume Vt-Number 44.
Dr. Robert B. Drane Passes
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Away Wednesday Morning
In Watts Hospital, Durham
Funeral Conducted This
Afternoon at Old St.
Paul’s Church
* 88 YEARS OLD
Prime Mover of Affairs
During: Rectorship
. Os 56 Years
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Though not entirely unexpected,
the entire town of Edenton and the
adjacent countryside was inexpress
ably shocked early Wednesday morn
ing to learn that Rev. Robert Brent
Drane, D. D., North Carolina’s old
est and best beloved prelate, who,
for 66 years ministered with a .zeal
ousness and devotion as rector of Old
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church here,
had quietly passed away a few hours
before in Watts Hospital, Durham.
Word of the aged death
quickly spread about town and great
were the manifestations of sorrow
and sadness on the part of an entire
populace that loved Dr. Drane as a
friend and long-time spiritual ad
viser. It can truthfully be said
that no man had ever endeared him
self to a civic citizenship as had the
deceased, both in his church minis
trations in Edenton and in his person
• al associations with everybody.
-jT ‘ Funeral services have been hur-
yiedly called for 8 o’clock \fhis
(Thursday) afternoon at St. Paul’s
Church, and bid fair to be the largest
over held in the town from which the ]
deceased took his wife, the late!
Maria L. W. Skinner, by whose side
he will be buried in the church^rave
staftsaiaassM,
nently identified in the affairs of ■
North Carolina and adjacent states,;
were borti to the Drahes. Rev. C.
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Edenton Tackles j
, Kinston On Friday j
In Night Game
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Dope on Paper Shows
4 Teams on About an |
Even Basis
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According to dope as set down on
paper, Coach Dave Holton’s Edenton
High School football team should
meet Kinston High School Friday on,
about even terms. The game will be]
played in Kinston Friday night under ■
flood lights and will be a conference
tilt. j
According to the calculations, both.
Edenton and Kinston played the Eli-!
zabeth City Yellow Jackets and both'
were defeated by the Pasquotank
hoys by about the same scores. Coach '
Holton is, therefore, very optimistic
that his gridders will annex another
victory to this year's results, which
to date includes only the first game
victory over Columbia and a scoreless
tie with New Bern.
So far as scores are concerned, the '
Aces have made a poor showing to
date. In the seven games thus far;
played, Edenton has scored only 42;
points, 29 of which were against Co-'
Jumbia in the opener, while their op-‘
ponents have rolled up a total of 147'
points.
This fact, however, is not discour- J
aging to Coach Holton and a large
group of faithful 1 fans, who realize
that the squad this year is composed
almost entirely of new material,'
some of the boys playing football for
the first time. There is every pros
pect for developing a team on a par
with former Edenton outfits and
though the boys this season are ex
periencing the taste of defeat, Mr.
Holton believes that next year the
experience gained, and with the loss
of a very few players, will again see
the Aces able to turn back a major-'
ity of their foes. i
In the meantime the squad has
been practicing hard for the Kinston
game Friday night in the hope of
bringing back at least one more vie-.
toT £,
Friday night of next week the
Aces will tackle Williamston on the
local gridiron which promises to be a
SLlorTn. .euo* rtTUmto.
close on Friday, November 21, when
a return gam/ will be played’ with
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
\ Grand Old Man Dies j
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H iH I ■ V, j
DR. ROBERT B. DRANE ,
Early Wednesday morning, Dr. '
Drane passed away in Watts
Hospital, Durham. He held the
enviable distinction of having
served as rector of St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church for 56 years.
Longßetirement
Results In Shift Os
i Jobs In Postoffi^
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Nathan Dail TTransfer-
to Rural Route
! Carrier
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GOODWIN SUB
iNo Information About
I Scheduled Examina
tion For Vacancy
As the result of the retirement on
Tuesday of J. J. Long as rural mail
carrier, Nathan Dail has been trans
i ferred from the post office to carrier
of route 2, heretofore carried by Rod
ney Harrell. Mr. Harrell has been
| reassigned to route 2 which was car
j ried by Mr. Long. W. J. Daniels
I will continue as carrier of route 1.
| In the transfer of Mr. Dail, his)
vacancy in the office will be filled by
Bill Goodwin, who has been promoted;
to regular substitute, and taking his'
, place will be Charlie Swanne'r as
! temporary substitute. |
j Postmaster C. E. Kramer received
, this information Tuesday afternoon i
J and the change went into effect on I
Wednesday morning. Quite a fewj
‘(applicants anticipated taking exami
nation to fill the vacancy caused by
Mr. Long’s retirement, but no in
> formation is available as to whether
•or not the examination which was an
nounced, will be held.
Earlier this year a postoffice in
spector had recommended consolidat
ing the three routes into two when
! Mr. Long retired, but following an
'•outburst of protests and appeals to
Senator Josiah Bailey and Represen
tative Lindsey Warren the recom
; mendation was ignored and the three
i routes ordered continued by the
• postoffice department.
; Masons Os Second
I District Will Meet In
Harrellsville Nov. 6
' Masons in the Second District,
which includes Unanimity Lodge in
Edenton, Will hold a district meeting
in Harrellsville next Monday night.
In connection with the meeting sup
per will be held at the Harrellsville
school building at 7:16 o’clock.
A goodly number of Edenton Mas
ons are planning to attend the meet-;
( ing.
| Rotary Called Off
Due to the funeral Thursday
afternoon for Dr. Robert Brent
Drane, whfch will be held at S
o’clock, the regular Rotary
Meeting today has been called
off. It will be necessary to nse
th. Hou. to garr. lunch
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday., November 2, 1939.
! In Concert November 9
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Above is pictured Hal Lyon of Franklin, Va.. who together with
j a group of outstanding singers will present an organ and choral
concert in the Edentca Baptist Church Thursday njgni, November 1.
Gov. Hoey Appeals
| For Cooperation Os
Employers Os N. G.
Asks Time Be Granted
For Pending Special
Camp Training
ORDERSNOV. 1 j
Unfortunate to Disrupt
Business, But Protec- ;
tion at Stake
Realizing the present uncertainty
of world affairs, and the necessity
for North Carolina to be ready for
any emergency, Governor Clyde R.
•Hoey, eommander-in-chief of the
State’s military forces, has issued the
following statement in an effort to
secure the cooperation of business
communities in North Carolina that
will be affected by the pending or
ders for special training of those men
now in the National Guard.
The Governor has the following to
say:
i “Under the directions of the Pres
ident of the United States, the War
Department has allotted an increased
I strength of 753 men to the organiza
. tions of the North Carolina National
[ Guard, which will bring the total
J strength to 4,013, and has ordered
J that armory training at the home sta
tion of each unit be increased from
one to two drills per week until
January 31, 1940. !
“In addition, the National Guard
is required to hold maneuvers or
undergo field training for seven days
within the period mentioned.. It may
be necessary to hold this field train
ing for the seven days consecutively,
mobilizing either entire Regiments
or Battalions’ at points not far re
moved from the stations of the units.
“The personnel of the National
Guard are' natqrally and largely em
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State PTA Head j
Speaks At Local
Meeting Monday
T_ I
All Parents of Adjoin
ing Counties Invited
To Attend
i Special emphasis is being given the
• regular monthly meeting of the
Edenton Parent-Teachers Association
to be held Monday night, the presi
dent, Mrs. Richard Elliott, especially
urging all parents not only from
Chowan, but also in adjoining coun
ties to attend.- - •
At this meeting the principal
speaker will.be Mrs. Doyle D. Alley,
of Waynesville, State president of
the organisation. Edeqton members
feel highly honored in !being able to
secure Mrs. Alley to speak on this oe-j
easion and believe it will be of great
benefit to til parents who |vail them
selves of the opportunity to hear her.
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Edenton On Air
Every Wednesday
From Ho 4 P. M.
Studio Equipped In Rose
Room of Hotel Jo
sephjlewes
DIAL 1370 V
Programs Exclusively of
Local Talent Are
Planned
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Dans are now under way to have j
a broadcasting station in Edenton, j
with a program every Wednesday af
ternoon from 2 to 4 o’clock. Ar
rangements were completed early this
week when Paul Moyle, program di-j
rector, and Tommy Williams, chief |
announcer of WCNC, Elizabeth City, j
made arrangements with G. H. Hard- (
ing to equip a studio in the rose,
room of the hotel.
Mr. Moyle said, he plans to present !
programs composed entirely of local )
talent or any Other program of a
local nature which will be of interest,
to radio listeners.
The first program will be broadcast
next Wednesday, November 8, Mr.
Moyle announcing that for the initial
broadcast Mayor J. H. McMullan
will make a brief address to be fol
lowed by selections by the High
School Band and glee club and other
local talent to be selected in the
meantime.
' Those in charge of the Edenton
station are desirous of broadcasting
local talent exclusively and on that
account anyone who has a desire to
appear on the programs may leave
his name at The Chowan Herald
office.
For the information of radio lis
teners, the Edenton program may be
heard by dialing to 1370.
Auxiliary Os Legion
Meets Friday Night
Members of the American Legion
; Auxiliary are advised that the regu
. lar meeting of the group will take j
'■place Friday evening at. 8 o’clock in l
j the Auxiliary room at the Armory. |
This is the first meeting of the new
year and the president, Mrs. R. E.
Leary, urges every member to make
| a special effort to attend. It is hop
ed that all members will cooperate
with the officers to the end that this
will be made the best year in the
history of the unit.
Masons Will Attend
Lewiston Oyster Roast
Tonight’s Masonic meeting has been
called off and instead many of the
local Masons will go to Lewiston.
The Lewiston lodge will stage an
oyster roast at 6 o’clock this after
noon, to which an invitation was ex
tended the Edenton Masons.
Hie group going to Lewiston will
meet ht Quinn’s Furniture Store, and
plan t» leave in the neighborhood of
4 o’clock. J. R. Byrum, master of the
Edenton lodge, urges as many mem
ben as possibly can to join in the
visit ito the Lewiston lodge.
I Very Important Meeting Os
ChamberOf Commerce Will
Be Held On Tuesday Night
| RETIRES |
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JUDSON J. LONG
On Tuesday morning Mr. Long
j completed his final round deliver
ing mail as a rural carrier. He
is now retired after 34 years of
| faithful service out of the Eden
tun office.
J. J. Long Retires
After 34 Years As
Rural Mail Garrier
Veteran Postman Makes
Last Delivery Tues
day Morning „
REACHES~AGE LIMIT
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Recalls Many Experi
! ences During Horse
And Buggy Days
With 34 years of service behind
| him, J. J. Long on Tuesday morning
| delivered mail as an Edenton rural
mail carrier for the last time. He
J was retired Tuesday, having reached ,
, the age limit of 65 years, which an- ’
j niversary occurred Sunday.
! Mr. Long during this span of
j years has encountered many amusing
! as well as trying experiences while ,
, delivering the mail. He vividly re-
I calls the early days in the service ,
when with a horse and buggy he
would start out in the morning with i
no degree of certainty as to when .
he would finish his day’s work and
arrive home. It was not unusual for
him to be obliged to leave his horse .
and trudge many weary miles, ever
remembering and being inspired with
the injunction instilled into the very
soul of every mail carrier that “the
mails must go.” In those days, too,
it was necessary for him at times to
use two horses, one resting a day!
while the other tramped the muddy
and sometimes snow covered roads
over his route.
With the advent of automobiles as
a means of delivering mail, Mr.
Long’s lot even then was not a bed
of roses. Many miles of unpaved and
■treacherous roads had to be traveled
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Bandon Property
Be Sold Saturday
Lester Forehand Land
To Be Sold In 14 Con
venient Units
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An auction sale of property which
will no doubt attract many prospec- ]
tive buyers will take place Saturday'
when the property known as the old i
Bandon Place or Holly’s Wharf land j
will be sold. The property, contain-'
ing 1,700 acres, will be subdivided;
into small tracts, while the timber |
i tract of about 1,000 acres will be sold
, in four units. The farm units will
i front on the highway.
In connection with the auction sale
a free barbecue dinner, will be served
on the grounds, and special music
[ provided.
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! BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mr*. Frank Perry, of
■ Merry Hill, announce fee birth of a
> daughter at the Windsor Hospital, on
October 28th.
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This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers wiU
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
First Meeting For Or
ganization Since New
Year Started
MEETING AT 7:30
All Merchants Are Es
pecially Urged to Be
On Hand
Millard F. Bond, Jr., president of
j the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of
Commerce, has called a meeting of
the organization to be held Tuesday
night, November 7th, at 7:30 o’clock.
The meeting, a very important one,
will be held in the Municipal Build
ing and all members of the Chamber
of Commerce are especially urged to
be present.
This is the first meeting of the or
ganization since the new year started
and it is hoped that every member
will be present to enter into discus
sion of all matters of concern to the
community.
The merchants are especially urged
to attend. From the first of Novem
ber until December 25th, is harvest
time for the farmer and affords the
merchant his best opportunity to put
his best foot forward. It is planned
at this meeting to devise ways and
means of making Edenton the most
attractive shopping center in Eastern
North Carolina. To do this will re
quire the full cooperation of ail citi
zens and business men.
Each member will be given his
committee assignment at this meet
ing.
34 More Turkeys
For Release In
Chowan County
Game Warden J. G. Per
ry Receives Second
Shipment
Game Warden J. G. Perry this
week received another shipment of
34 wild turkeys which will be re
leased in various parts of Chowan
County for the benefit of sportsmen.
Previously Mr. Perry received 30
turkeys, which together with the lat
est shipment will be distributed
about the county and released after
,the season for shooting turkeys end.s.
The season will open on Thanksgiv
ing Day, November 30, and lasts un
til February 15.
Mr. Perry is also expecting a ship
ment of quail within a few days
•which will be released to replenish
the countryside.
The game warden is very emphatic
in his warning that all who hunt se
cure the proper licenses, stating that
any violators of the game laws will
be dealt with strictly according to the
law.
Lions Club Planning
Another Dental Clinic
At the Lions Club meeting Monday
night one of the principal matters
to be discussed was another dental
clinic. This clinic, again on a county
wide basis, will be held in the near
I future, but a definite date was not set
Monday.
Again there was almost a 100 per
cent attendance, the Hallowe’en motif
being carried out during the supper.
Legion Will Present
Talks In Schools
Ed Bond Post of the American Le
-1 gion is planning a series of talks in
, the schools of Chowan during Amer
| ican Education Week which will be
observed Nopember sto 11. Thomas
|J. Wood, new commander of the
i Post, has arranged for addresses to
|be made by himself, C. E. Kramer,
i John A. Holmes and Rev. W. C. Ben-
I son. Others will no doubt be added
to the list.
Cotton Ginning Report
According to a report of F. W.
Hobbs, special agent for the Bureau
of the Census, Department of Com
merce, 430 bales of cotton were gin
ned in Chowan County from the erop
of 1939 prior to October 18, as com
pand with 494 bales of the crop of
1938 at the same date.
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