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Volume Vll.—Number 19.
Address Os Govenor Clyde
Hoey To Graduating Class
Is Commencement Feature
Will Speak at Final Ex
ercise Next Wednes
. day Night
51 IN~CLASS
Dr. J. L.~Carrick Will
Preach Baccalaureate
Sermon
Featuring commencement exercises
at Edenton High School, which will
be held May 12 to May 15, will be
the address to the 1940 graduates
next Wednesday night by Governor
Clyde R. Hoey. Mr. Hoey, the State’s
ace speaker, was secured early and
his presence and address will un
doubtedly fill the spacious school
auditorium to capacity.
School closing erercises will begin
Sunday night when Dr. J. L. Carrick,
president of Chowan College, will de
liver the baccalaureate sermon. The
service will begin at 8 o’clock, the
various churches calling off the
night service to enable members of
the congregation to attend.
On Monday night the seventh
grade will hold its exercises, which
will be followed on Tuesday night by
class day exercises of the Class of
1940. The, finals will be climaxed by
Governor Hoey’s address Wednesday.
On Thursday night, May 16, a re
cital will be presented by the music
class taught by Mrs. Leon Lewis. A
recital by Miss Doris Jean Leary will
be presented tonight (Thursday).
There are 51 members of the Class
of 1940, who are as follows:
Beatrice- Alexander, Emm* Alex
ander, Dick Badham, J. M. Boyce,
Gene Bunch, Lfoyd Burton, Carroll
Byrum, Gray Byrum, Anne Chappell,
Essie Coffield, Gussie Cox, Laura
Dixon, Marguerite Elliott, Corinne
Forehand, Pattie Garrett, Ervin Grif
fin, Dixie Harrell, Thurman Harrell,
Jimmy Hassell, Emily Howard, Mere
dith Jones, Nelva Jordan, .Sarah
Lane, Marie Langdale, Doris Jean
Leary, Katherine Leigh, Sophie Mills,
Pauline Moore, Virginia Moore, Eli
zabeth Moran, Sarah Edith Oliver,
Vance Overton, Evelyn Perry, Mary
Privott, Robert Rawls, Catherine
Reaves, Daniel Reaves, Joe Rowlette,
Robert Satterfield, Murrey Small,
Sadie, Smith, Ammon Smithson, Car
roll Stewart, Edward Stokely, Helen
Swanner, Margaret Upton, Ernest
Ward, George Ward, Raymond Ward,
Emmett Wiggins, Leslie Yates.
Fitting Exercises
At Pettigrew Park
On Memorial Day
Interesting Program Is
Arranged By Tatem,
Gaither and Ashby
May 30th, being Decoration Day, it
is proposed to have memorial exer
cises at Pettigrew Park and Petti
grew Chapel. The Hon. C. W.
Ttatem, of Columbia, the Rev. B. W.
Gaither, of Creswell, and the Rev.
C. A. Ashby, of Edenton, are in
charge of the program.
At 10 a. m., there will be a memo
rial service in St. David’s graveyard
i ncharge of the Rev. B. ML Gaither,
With a service in St. David’s Chapel
at 11,. when Mr- Tatem will make an
introductory speech, and Mr. Ashby
will talk on the Pettigrew family.
This chapel is also known as Petti
grew Chapel, having been built by
the Rev. Charles Pettigrew in 1893,
and enlarged in 1856. Mr. Pettigrew
was the first elected bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, though
never ordained to that office.
There will be a basket lunch at
Lake Phelps at 1 o'clock, with Mrs.
Lucius McGowan, of Plymouth, and
the Rev. B. W. Gaither arranging
therefer. At 3 p. m., with W. L.
Whitley, -Esqr., of Plymouth, as mas
ter of ceremonies, speeches will be
made by a representative of the Uni
versity, which owns the Pettigrew
graveyard; Thomas Armstrong, of
Columbia, explaining the plans for
Pettigrew Park and the farming and
rehabilitation projects, whereby in
addition to putting the park in prop
er condition, over ten thousand acres
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
1940 Class Honored |
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GOVERNOR CLYDE HOEY
Members of the Edenton grad
uating class consider themselves
highly honored in having as their
speaker at the graduation exer
cises next Wednesday night
Governor Clyde R. Hoey.
20 Million Shad Eggs
Handled At U.S. Fish
Hatchery This Year
Largest Number In One
Season Since 1922 Says
Supt. W. C. Bunch
LESSCAUGHT
Albemarle Sound Shad
Are Superior to Those
Caught Elsewhere
Despite the fact that the catch of
shad in this section this year has
fallen below last year's ngure, more
shad eggs have been handled at the
United States Fish Hatchery here
than in the past 18 years. W. C.
Bunch, superintendent of the Hatch
ery, said Saturday, the closing date
for taking shad, that 20 million eggs
were secured, which is the largest
number in one season ‘since 1922.
Reason for. the increase is not that
more roe shad have been caught by
any one fisherman, but that more
seines are in operation near Skin
ner’s Point in the Albemarle Sound,
a favorite spawning ground.
In this area H. C. Brickie no doubt
leads in the number of shad caught
for the past several years. Though
his seine is only about 800 yards
(Continued on Page Seven)
Garden Club Meets
Monday Afternooit
* ___ s
A meeting of the Edenton Garden
Club will be held at the home of
Mrs. J. A. Moore on Monday after
noon at 3:30 o’clock. At this meet
ing the program committee will show
Stereoptican slides of beautiful gar
dens in North Carolina which should
be of much interest.
Hostesses who will assist Mrs.
Moore will be Mrs. C. T. Hollowell,
Mrs. W. J. Daniels and Mrs. W. L
Hart, Jr. Ail members are especial
ly urged to attend.
Times Better
Sheriff J. A. Bunch, who, Sat
urday 12 months ago worked un
til past midnight taking in taxes
in order to prevent advertising
of property, fared better last
Saturday night. Not as many
this year yiitcd until the last
hour to pay, and that tax money
has been coining in more readily
this year is reflected in the fact
that the number of delinquents
is less than last year.
At the same time last year
The Herald published 560 delin
quents, which compares with 510
this year, or 50 more people who
paid their taxes earlier in 1040
than they did in 1030. Tax
payer have been wanted by ad
vertisements in The Herald as
well aa by poatcard by Sheriff
Bnneh that Wooertv wilt be ad
vertised on Monday May 6.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, May 9, 1940.
EDENTON’S POPULATION IS 3,914
Edenton’s latest population figure is 3,914. This information was
received Wednesday by The Herald from Denton W. Lupton, super
visor of the First District, Bureau of the Census, in Washington, N. C.
While Mr. Lupton released this figure, he told The Herald that
it was subject to revision and it is possible several more who might
have been missed will be added to this number.
This census shows that Edenton’s population has increased 273 in
10 years, the 1930 census giving the town a population of 3,641.
Chowan County figures were not completed Wednesday.
Finals At Chowan
High To Get Under
Way Sunday Night
Rev. J. T. Byrum Will
Preach Baccalaure
ate Sermon
30 IN CLASS
Dr. Carlyle Campbell
Graduation Speaker
Tuesday Night •
■ Commencement exercises at Chow
an High School will begin Sunday
night at 8 o’clock, when the bacca
laureate sermon will be preached by
the Rev. J. T. Byrum. At this ser
vice the graduates will enter to the
strains of “Marche Romaine’ by
Gounod, the invocation and benedic
tion being offered by the Rev’. J. T.
Stanford. The program will be in
terspersed by special music by the
Glee Club the direction of Mrs.
Gordon Blow.
Class Night exercises will be held
Monday night, when a very interest
ing program has .been arranged. The
affair will portray a Southern Ros
ary, the various stages of the pro
gram depicting youth in its fervor
and time in its flight. John L. Sav
age is valedictorian of the class and
Ruth Privott. salutAtcrrian.
Graduating exertises will be held
Tuesday night, when the principal
address will be made by Dr. Carlyle
Campbell, president of Meredith Col
lege. Dr. Campbell will be intro
duced by Superintendent W. J. Tay
lor, who will also award, seventh
grade diplomas. Awarding of med
als will be made by Principal Pearly
Baumgardner, who will also award
the diplomas. Special music will be
rendered by the Glee Club. Marjorie
Privott is chief marshall with the
following assisting: Dorus Copeland,
Eleanor Harrell, Ruth Byrum, Mary
Elizabeth White and. Emma Smith.
There are 30 members of this
year’s class which is made up of the
following: Charlie Asbell, Stanley
Blanchard, Henry Allen Bunch, John
Butler Byrum, Scott Byrum, Wallace
Chappell, John Ervin Copeland, Shir
ley Forehand, James Perry, Lester
Perry, George .Privott, John Logan
Savage, Marjorine Berryman,, Sarah
Berryman, Allene Blanchard, Vir
ginia Lee Blanchard, Beulah Bunch,
Elizabeth Bunch, Clara Mae Byrum,
Erlean Byrum, Geneva Chappell,
Doris Marie Copeland, Katherine
Copeland, Mary Louise Davidson,
Dixie Harrell, Helen Layden, Grace
Privott, Ruth Privott, Jessie Lee
Smith, lea Mae Stallings.
Former Edenton Colored Girl Designed
Hats Used In “Gone With The Wind”
Popular Picture. Will Be Shown Three Days at
Taylor Theatre Beginning Sunday Afternoon;
Manager Earnhardt Expects Large Crowds
“Gone With' the Wind,” the film
which has been attracting: record
breaking crowds wherever shown
thus far, will appear at the Taylor
Theatre for a three-day run begin
ning Sunday. The picture is a most
faithful filmization of Margaret
Mitchell’s gTeat story of the Old
South without deviation and practic
ally without elimination. Millions of
readers consider the novel one of the
greatest stories of all time. A faith
ful filming of that story must of
necessity make the picture one of the
greatest of movie history.
The first showing will be Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock, with matinees
during the three-day run at the same
hour. Night shows will begin at 8
o’clock. All seats are reserved and
the box office opens one hour before
each show begins.
Manager Jimmy Earnhardt is ex
pecting capacity crowds, despite the
fact that many have seen the picture
before. He Is very anxious that pa
trons of the theatre know that the
film has not been deleted, but will be
an exact repetition as shown at the
premieres and in larger cities.
Though not generally known, but
New Roof Certain
For Court House;
Contract Awarded
Warren, Boyce and Dix
on Committee In
Charge
COST~SIS33
Similar to Roofs On Re
stored Buildings at
Williamsburg
Following agitation and considera
tion of several years’ standing,
Chowan County Commissioners on
Monday definitely decided to place a
new roof on the Court House, which
aside from modem heating and wir
ing, will make the building up-to-date
and very attractive.
The estimated cost of the new
roof is $1,533.69 and will be a type
identical with those on restored his
torical buildings at Williamsburg.
Following the decision to secure a
new roof, Chairman D. M. Warren,
A. C Boyce and Richard. D. Dixon
were appointed as a committee and
empowered to enter into a contract
with N. W. Martin & Bros., of Rich
mond, Va., to put on the new roof.
The building has recently under
gone a complete clean up, the entire
interior'icing painted and attractive
and comfortable chairs added for the
judge and jurymen.
PTA Meeting Changed
To Friday, May 10th
The regular meeting of the Eden
ton Parent-Teacher Association has
been changed from Tuesday to Fri
day afternoon, May 10, at 3:30
o’clock. The meeting will be held
in the school library and at that
time a reception will be given in
honor of new officers and the school
faculty.
County Board Votes
For New School In
Rocky Hock Section
At its regular meeting Mon
day, the County Board of Educa
tion passed a motion favoring
the building of a central school
building for the three schools in
the Rocky Hock section. Super
intendent W. J. Tayloir was au
thorized to have plans and esti
mates of cost made immediately,
both by NYA and local contrac
| tors. *
picture is the fact that a former
Edenton colored girl created the
models of hats worn by members of
the cast. This person is Miss Mil
dred Blount, whose miniature hat
model's resulted in a contract to fur
nish the hats used in “Gone With the
Wind.” She is the seventh and last
child of Robert and Eliza Whitby
Blount. Only two and a half years
old when her parents died, she was
reared by an uncle and. aunt, Rev. and
Mrs. Haywood Pettigrew, in Eden
ton, and» later at the death of her
aunt went with another uncle and
aunt in Philadelphia.
As ■ a fitter, Miss Blount served
some of the world’s wealthiest wom
en in their homes and hotel suites.
She trained in art at Cooper Union
and City College in New York* A
long serge of illness has had h de
finite meaning in her life, and she is
strong in the belief that ability and
hard work will open an avenue of
opportunity for everybody regardless
of race.
Mian Blount ... is well remembered
by older members of her race, having
lived on East Queen Street with her
uncle and aunt as a young girl.
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The Herald’s Subscription
Campaign Officially Ends
Next Saturday Afternoon
| Friday" Speaker {
iiir r
J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON
Third of the gubernatorial can
didates to speak in his own be
half in Edenton, Mr. Broughton
will address Chowan County vot
ers in an elaborate political meet
ing to be held Friday night in
the Edenton Armory.
J. M. Broughton To
Address Chowan's
Voters Friday Night
Big Political Rally Plan
ned By E. W. Spires
And R. D. Dixon
5 TO 7-30 P. M.
Free Picnic Supper Will
Be Served on Lawn
At Armory
The most elaborate political rally
of the present campaign to be held
in Edenton will take place Friday
night in the local Armorj when J.
Melville Broughton, one of the gub
ernatorial candidates, will address
the voters of Chowan County. The
rally is scheduled to begin at 5
o’clock and continue until 7:30. Mr.
Broughton is the third of the seven
candidates to speak in Edenton in
his own behalf, having been preced
ed. by W. P. Horton and Tom Cooper.
Mr. Broughton will be introduced
by Richard D. Dixon, and E. W.
Spires, Chowan County manager for
Broughton, will act as master of
ceremonie sfor the occasion,
(Continued on Page Seven)
‘Wedding Os Flowers’
Be Presented Friday
An entertainment which will un
doubtedly attract a large crowd will
be held in the high school auditorium
Friday night when 63 of Edenton’s
most attractive children will present
a one-act operetta, “The Wedding of
Flowers.”
The play is under the direction of
Mrs. John F. White, Mrs. W. O.
Elliott, Jr., Mrs. W. I. Hart, Jr., and
Mrs. Walter Jones. Mrs. C. B.
Mooney is the musical director. The
play will get under way at 7:45
o’clock and indications point to one
of the most entertaining events to be
held in some time. Tickets are now
on sale for the play.
Who'll Win?
Listed below, in alphabetical
opder are the names of the active
workers remaining in The Her
ald’s circulation drive which
comes to its official close Satur
day afternoon at 4 o’clock.
The position of the name does
not denote the standing in the
race.
ig. IMrs. Bessie Allen.
vraJames F. Arnold.
■Mirs. Vergie Baker.
•Mrs. A. S. Bush.
Mrs. Wehley Chesson.
Mrs. Hoyt Davenport.
Mrs. E. J. Langdale.
Mrs. Roy Parks.
Mrs. MAM. Perry.
Walter Bnvch Turner,
gs Mrs. Wilde White.
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This newspaper is circu
lated h the territory
where Advertisers vUI
realist good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Prizes For Seven Weeks
Work Awarded By
Three Judges
CLOSESAT 4 P. M.
Announcement of Win
ners as Soon as Votes
Are Tabulated
It is only a matter of hours now
until The Herald’s circulation cam
paign closes and .the various con
testants are working with feverish
haste to make their final stand for
victory before the clock strikes 4
Saturday afternoon. That is the last
hour of the contest and the judges
will declare the campaign officially
closed at that time.
The three judges who will count
the final week’s business and tally
the votes cast during the contest are
Mrs. E. N. Elliott, W. H. Gardner
and. W. M. Wilkins.
•Just as soon after 4 o’clock Satur
day as the judges are able to com
plete the tabulation of votes and
make their report, the prizes will be
awarded to the winners.
Three hundred dollars in cash will
be awarded to the person polling the
greatest number of votes in the en
tire campaign and SIOO will be a
warded the second place winner.
Third prize will be SSO.
The final tabulation of votes and
subscriptions will be made by the
committee of judges and neither of
the publishers will handle any of
this final week’s contest business.
Workers will make their final reports
Saturday, placing their reports in
the sealed ballot box, located at The
Herald office, and this Mox “will not
be opened, until after the judges
have officially closed the campaign.
The announcement of the prize win
ners will be made as soon as the
tabulation is completed.
Don’t try to figure out just how
many subscriptions or votes it will
take to win for you will surely fail
to get enough. Don’t be afraid of
having too many votes —for you can
not have too many. It would be
much better to win the big first prize
of S3OO by having a million votes too
many than to lose it by a mere hand
ful.
The stage is set —the judges are
reedy and the prizes await the
claiming. The end is but a few hours
(Continued on Page Seven)
No Faculty Change
At Edenton School
All Teachers Reelected
At Meeting of Trus
tees Friday
Unless any resign between now
and opening of school in the fall,
there will be no change in the faculty
of the Edenton school, all of the
tealhers in the high school and ele
mentary grades being re-elected at a
meeting of the school trustees Fri
day.
Those elected are: Miss Paulina
Hassell, Thompson Greenwood, Miss
Lucille Clark, Miss Margaret Brown.
David Holton, Harvey J. Cheston,
Mrs. J. E. Debnam, Miss Josephine
Grant, Ralph Britt, Mrs. James
Speight and C. L. McCullers in the
high school. For the elementary
grades the teachers will be: C. D.
Stewart, Miss Sara MacDonald, Mrs.
Lloyd Bunch, Mrs. C. L. McCulllers,
Mrs. M. A. Hughes, Mrs. W. S.
Summerell, Miss Edna Goodwin, Miss
Lena Jones, Miss Mary Cody, Mrs.
W. B. Shepard, Miss Myrtle Jenkins,
Miss Ruby Felts, Miss Emma Blanche
Warren, Miss Emily Smithwiek and
Miss Fannie Sue Sayers.
Grammar Grade Finals
Held At 8 P. M. Monday
Commencement exercises of the
Edenton grammar grades will be
held Monday night at 8 o’clock. The
program will’ be divided into two
parts, the first being a band concert,
while the second, part will be taken
up by seventh grade graduation,
during which a play entitled “No Suit
For Bill" will be presented. The
valedictory will be given by Sarah
Russell and the salutatory by Hurley
Ward. Diplomas will be presented
at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon.