I # ii ■ am nrfif COimmHf wM» 0€ I es local ini cSSfrMNm I mi oaMas ml •*— ■* ——-a | "/ gmracrM SHfEfwff, Volume VII. —Number 28. • t Numerous Matters Cause Town Council To Remain In Session Over Three Hours i ■ 4b - - * Much Time Used In De liberating on Sewer Connection NAME EMPLOYES Scouts, Band and Ath letics Seek Usual Ap propriations - ' Faced with many matters as the new fiscal year began, Town Council men on Tuesday night were obliged to work overtime and remained in •session until after II o’clock. With the beginning of the fiscal year, nat urally finances took a major role in the meeting. Though no budget was made, and will not be made until the town audit, a number of matters were discussed which will be con sidered by the finance committee witmn the next few days when a meeting will be held to formulate a tentative budget. This committee is headed by Dr. L. P. Williams, with W. M. Wilkins and J. Edwin Bufflap as the other two members. Os course, the entire board is very anxious to maintain the present SI.OO tax rate, but not until tentative fig ures are gathered together can any idea of the rate be arrived at. A general feeling, however,'- prevails a mong the Councilmen that it will be hard to keep the same rate if neces sary things are to be done during the year. Again a considerable amount of j time was utilized in discussing sew-j er connections instead of allowing! sanitary pfcivies to be erected about town. The town is practically 100 per cent sewered and after lengthy deliberation Dr. J. S. Chamblee, health oificer, was instructed to en force the requiring every house to’connect where Sewer age is available. Dr. Chamblee was present at the meeting and realized the problem confronting property owners, some of whom would like to connect but apparently are not able to pay for it. The cost of connection has been fig-! uled at about $66 per house, and Dr. Chamblee presented figures to show that any person with a satisfactory credit rating can secure a FHA loan \ of SIOO to S3OO, which can be paid , hack over a period of 36 months. Eighty per cent of this amount is j guaranteed by the government and, 20 per cent by the bank making the i lopn. Dr. Chamblee will very short -ly send notices to those who will be requested to make the sewer connec tion. The matter of a public toilet was also brought up and after quite a discussion, Leroy Haskett was in structed to investigate how much it would cost through a WPA project. A plan and price was submitted from .State health officials, the cost of -Which would be $689.39. Need for a public toilet has at va rious times been presented to the] Board and if it is agreed to erect .one, it would no dojubt be located on town property near t-h epower house. . Another complaint was registered ,-regarding burned peanut hulls litter ing property in North Edenton. Fol- Vwing this complaint Mr. Haskett reported that the Albemarle Peanut .Company contemplated installing t> screen in their stack, which is cal culated to improve conditions. Jbhn A. Holmes, who was accom panied by members of the city school board, asked for' an appropriation ifor the high school band as well as "sne for athletics at the school. He ssked for an appropriation of S9OO -Jor the band and S4OO for supple menting the coach’s salary. He re minded the Councilmen of the record hung up by the school since coaches’ salaries were supplemented, refer ring especially to Coaches Henry House, Leon Brogden and David Hol ton, and which he believed would continue under the new coach, James Maus. • William, Pj-ivott, who was spokes man for a delegation representing the American Legion, Lions and Ro-‘ tary Clubs, urged an appropriation j for Boy Scouts. The amount asked for is S3OO, which is deemed neces-j sary for proper maintenance of the Scout cabin and properly carrying out Scout work. • - N After hearing the requests and the merits presented in each instance, it, was thp, sense of the Board to «gain { appropriate S9OO for the band, SBOO. to the Boy Scouts, S3OO to the' Shepard-Pruden Library and 44001 for school athletics, provided this mount of'sl,9oo can be secured from | (Continued on tTve') THE CHOWAN HERALD , A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY V 1 — j New Commander rx-x-x-Xs::*:;.:-:: ux X •: • •••< '■ ■■ Z/gik . ■ ./ ■•tv '' • x 111' j JOHN A. HOLMES Mr. Holmes is the new com mander of Ed Bond Post, No. 40, of the American Legion, and was installed at a meeting held Fri day night. Outsider Urges Continuation Os Edenton’s Band Roanoke Rapids Man Says One of Best Ban^ls WRITES - CAMPEN Director McCullers Has Three Requests to Di rect Bands That the welfare of Edenton’s High School Band has attracted at tention outside the confines of this town is evident by a letter received by J. G. Campen, president of the ! Edenton Merchants Association. The 1 letter was written by W. Graham Lynch, of Roanoke Rapids, as fol lows : “Concerning C. L. McCullers’ high school band, I see in the News & Observer that your band may be dis continued, you as president of the Merchants Association should do: whatever you can to keep Mr. Me-] Cullers and your band. That’s one' of the best bands I’ve heard in any high school.” Since the uncertainty of Mr. Mc- Cullers’ salary has developed and the I fact appeared in newspapers, Mr. McCullers has had three different offers to take over bands. However, he likes Edenton and up to Wednes day had not given any answer to re quests for his services. He remains hopeful that arrangements will be made whereby he can continue to work with the local band. Mrs. M. L Hoffler Is New President Os Chowan Council! Group Will Hold Picnic j At Eden House on August 8 The Chowan Council of Farm Women met July 2nd at the Com munity. House at Cross Roads for the regular meeting. The meeting was 1 opened -by the singing of “Follow i the Gleam,” followed by the Club Woman’s Collect. The minutes were ] read and approved and the roll was i called. Seventeen members were 1 present, representing the following. | clubs: Advance, Beech Fork, Byrd, t Center Hill, Chowan, Enterprise, and i Ryjand and Ward, ij The Radio program, which was to i have been given by Wards Club from i! WCNC, was postponed because of the i i Potato Festival. •]' A letter of "thanks” to the dub I 'from Sarah Hurdle was , ' read. The (Continued On Page Five; Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, July 11,1940. New Officers For Legion-Auxiliaries installed On Friday John A. Holmes New! Commander of Ed Bond Post JOINTMEETING Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt Is. President of Women’s Branch At a joint meeting Friday night of Ed Bond Post of the American Le gion, the Auxiliary and Junior Aux iliary officers for the year for each group were installed. For the two adult groups, Thomas J. Wood, re tiring commander, officiated, while Mrs. R. E. Leary, retiring president of the Auxiliary, installed the junior officers. John A. Holmes, who has served in the same capacity before, was in stalled commander of the post, while i Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt succeeds Mrs R. E. Leary as president of the Auxiliary. The new Legion officers are: Com mander, John A. Holmes; first vice commander, S. W. Moore; second vice commander, J. C. Boyce; third vice commander, T. L. Ward.; adju tant and finance officer, T. J. Wood; service officer, C. E. Kramer; ser geant-at-arms, H. C. Jackson; chap lain, J. L. Chestnutt. For the Auxiliary, the new offi cers are: President, Mrs. J. L. Chest nutt; vice president, Mrs. D. M. Reaves; secretary, Mrs. C. E. Kram er; treasurer, Mrs. S. W. Moore; | chaplain, Mrs. Ernest White; ser geant-at-arms, Mrs. Graham Byrum.. The Junior Auxiliary officers are:! President, Martha Conger; vice president, Mary Griffin; secretary, Mary MacDonald Holmes; treasurer, Charlotte Bunch; sergeant-at-arms, Lillian Byrum; chaplain, Nelle Perry Wrestling-Boxing Card Is Completed For Next Thursday Eddie Pope vs. Roug-1 house Tuggle Prin- i cipalJSvent BATTLE ROYAL Spencer Adams Will Box Jack Thomas of j Norfolk | Local Red Men have completed ar- i j rangements for wrestling and boxing I matches to be held next Thursday ] night on the athletic park. The af fair is being sponsored by the Red Men and what proceeds are realized : will go into the widows’ and or- ] phans’ fund of Chowan Tribe. For some time there has been a desire to stage wrestling and boxing bouts here and if the affair next Thursday attracts enough fans, other bouts will be arranged. Thursday night’s program has been widely ad vertised and indications point to an! evening of excitement and thrills for j those who attend. The principal event of the evening' will be a wrestling match between 1 Eddie Pope of Rocky Mount, south ern light heavyweight champion, and Roughhouse Tuggle of Atlanta. This bout in itself should be worth the price- of admission. Pope weighs 179 pounds, while Tuggle weighs 180. it ] calls for a time limit of 90 minutes i and two out of three falls. The semi-final will be another wrestling match between Dutch I Green of Washington, D. C., and Joe I Kirkland of Baltimore, Md. Green weighs 176 pounds and Kirkland 178. The time limit for this match is one hour and two out’ of three falls. j For boxing fans a bout has been! scheduled between Spencer Adams j of Colerain and Jack Thomas of Nor folk. Both boys weigh 155 pounds, and plenty of action is promised. Another feature of the evening will be a battle royal which consists of five colored boys put in the ring with the last one regaining declared the winner. The boys will be blind folded. No Fires In Edenton During Month June Edenton had a perfect fire record during the month of June, Fire Chief R. K. Hall reporting that not a single alarm was turned in during the month. Many Valuable Historical Papers Are Uncovered While Rearranging Masonic i Lodge Room In Old Chowan Court House OFFICIAL FIGURES REI CENSUS IN FIRST | C. Os C. Meeting | A meeting of ithe Edenton- Chowan Chamber of Commerce will be held tonight at 7:30 o’clock in the Municipal Build ing. Many matters of importance are scheduled to be considered jmcluding policies to be pursued during the year, and evejy mem ber of the organization is espec ially urged to be present. No Let Up On Study Os Shad Shortage In Nearby Waters Group of Bacteriologists j Make Tests of Local j Waters TO REPORT LATER I Study Pollution as Det | rintent to Propaga tion of Fish Continuation of the federal shad survey under way here for the past ] three years to ascertain if possible; the reasons for the shortage of this | 'Treat enibie fish, became evident the ] past ten clays when M. M. Ellis, chief bacteriologist of the University I of Missouri, and four assistants, all working under the tutelage of the j Bureau of Fisheries, came here and i have since been making tests of the ! waters in the various adjacent Albe- ] I marie streams to learn if there has! I been pollution sufficient to be a de- j j triment to the shad. ! Mr. Ellis, who has been collabor- i i ating with W. C. Bunch at the local | hatchery, said it was not his purpose | now to give any statement as to shad shortage, but that he would re- j j turn here in September and make re- i | port of his findings to the govern-1 I ment’s chief culturist, Harry Can-1 ] field, who has been here off and on I I from the start of the survey. The Missouri bacteriologist said I he had taken samples, especially of the Roanoke River waters in the, thought that polution from the pulp \ mill at Plymouth may be. responsible. 1 Also samples of the Chowan and] j Cashie Rivers, and of the Sound have | i been taken. His labors have taken ] i him as far east as around. Manteo. ] The State fish commission boat undei charge of Captain Nelson has been 1 at his command during hi ssojourn here. The Ellis party left for home on Sunday. i 4-H Boys And Girls Go To Jamestown Camp July 15 -20 i —.— . i Ten Girls From Chowan County Plan to At- j tend Affair • i Four-H boys and girls from seven; counties, including Chowan, will Camp at Jamestown, Va., July 15 to | 20. Ten from Chowan County have ! already arranged to attend the camp! I and any others who expect to go i should notify Miss Rebecca Colwell, home agent, immediately. Aside from the usual camp activi ties visits will be made to Williams burg; Mariners’ Museum, and other places of interest, which insures a very pleasant trip for those who go. The counties, aside from Chowan, to be represented in the camp will be Tyrrell, Washington, Bertie, Hert ford, Gates and Perquimans. - Those from Chowan who are sche duled to attend the camp are: Edna [ Earl Asbell, Madeline Bass, Myra : White, Louise Bunch, Eloise Bunch, i Evelyn Goodwin, Evelyn White, Mil ; dred Harrell, Virginia, Hope Perry, Ihomaaine Ward. ® LEASED FORK® DISTRICT IN STATE a . Chowan County Given Credit For 11,569 In habitants Compilation of all figures for the 1940 population and agriculture cen sus for the First District was com pleted late last week, W. A. Everett receiving official figures from Den ton W. Lupton, district supervisor at Washington, N. C. Counties and cit ies in the district are included, as well as the farms within the area. The official figures are as follows: County Population Farms Beaufort 35,366 3,265 Camden ;_h ! 5,439 563 Chowan ____■ __11,569 1,007 j Currituck . 6,685 787 Dare I 5,881 56 Gates 9,957 1,313 ] Hertford 19,268 2,030 ] Hyde 7,839 1,000 Martin 26,094 2,4 k ! Pasquotank :20,775 846 Perquimans 9,765 1,061. ! Pitt 61,237 5,761 | Tyrrell ___________ 5,549 599 Washington ______l2,33l 2970 j Total 237,755 21,59 g City Population Farms Washington 8,537 Belhaven 2,353 8 South Mills .479 7 j Edenton ______ 3,834 1 j • Manteo 562 — 1 j Gatesville 297 1 I Ahoskie 2,311 11 ; Winton : 733 9 Murfreesboro 1,550 16 ] Swan Quarter 266 4 j Ocracoke 492 6 1 Williamston 3,966 4 i Robersonville- 1,407 91 | Elizabeth City 11,778 2 , Hertford 1,956 8 r | Greenville 12,710 5 Farmville ___, 2,978 3 : Ayden 1,882 3 Bethel 1,332 ! Columbia :__ 1,083 | | Plymouth 2,459 ; ; $563.91 Now Total i | Raised For Relief ] i In Chowan County More Contributions to j Fund Trickle In Dur ing Past Week ! Despite the fact that Chowan ' | County has exceeded its minimum j quota* of SSOO for aid of European I refugees, Mrs. J. N. Pruden. county chairman, reported Tuesday that con tributions continue to trickle in, of which she is very appreciative. Up to Tuesday afternoon a total of $568.91 has been collected during the ■ drive, which in its early stages ap- I peared very discouraging. I Mrs. Pruden is quite elated over , the fact that Chowan’s quota has j been raised and will appreciate any | further contributions. Suffering is great in the war-torn areas where the Red Cross is doing its utmost to ] relieve the unfortunate victims. J Those who have made contributions ! during the week are: i Edenton Ice Company, ABC Store ! personnel, Mrs. Dan Carter, Mrs. | Rupert Goodwin, W. C. Bunch, J. M. 1 Jones, J. H. Asbell, George Goodwin, 1 Mrs. W. W. Bunch, Mrs. E. C. White, Miss Clara Wheeler, Mrs. R. D Creecy. Campen Is Director Os State Merchants Edenton was well represented as well as honored at the annual North Carolina Merchants convention in Elizabeth City Monday and Tuesday. A goodly number of merchants at- j tended the convention and J. G. I Campen, president of the youngest' member of the state organization,] was elected one of the directors foi, the year. MASONS MEET TONIGHT The regular communication of ■ Unanimity Lodge A, F. ft A. M., will , be held tonight at 8 oclock. All members sire urged to attend. * •;, v -r "> K '. ' ' ■ This newspaper k circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will reaUte good results. $1.25 Per Year. Interesting Incidents as Early as 1775 Are Recorded UNDERSTEPS C. W. Sawyer, Master, Expects to Propertly Store Latest Find Though Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., can boast of being in possession of the lodge’s minutes since it was organized in 1775, a number of Other historically valuable papers were found last week in the course of remodeling the old lodge room. Yellowed by age, these pa pers record lodge happenings as far back as 1775, some referring to bills paid, others to applications for mem bership, demits from the lodge and | the like. C. W. Sawyer, master of the lodge, , has spent a great deal of time deiv . ing into the papers which were found , under the old master’s steps* when ; they were removed to be replaced With new ones. He is collating the papers, but this week was far from ! tne end of the job. He feels that, among the papers are some which are as valuable as tiiose making up i the ancient minutes of the- lodge, and plans to carefully preserve them as part of the lodge’s old relics. Though the entire group of papers have not been read, Mr. Sawyer as sorted a few which will no doubt be of interest to many Herald readers. For instance, an application for membership is dated January 22, 1775, even befoup the lodge had re ceived its charter, by Henry Vande wa.e'c. in his own handwriting the applicant wrote: "Having a great de i sire to become one of your society, shoulu you find me worthy, will lay j me- 1 uniter the obligation ‘and much oblige. GtiifierS-m, ' am your humble servant, Henry Yande water.” Another petition dated March 4, 1777 is that of George B. Russell, who presented the famous George Washington chair to the lodge on July 6, 1778. This petition, too, is • in Mr. Russell’s own handwriting and 1 is as follows: “To the Worshipful Master, War l dens and brethren of Lodge Unani > mity, Edenton, N. C.; I “Gentlemen—Having a great opin | ion of your society for some time, I ] would have petitioned before this time, desiring to be made a Mason only my health has not been good. And flattering myself Uat 1 shall ] be happy to enjoy part of me friend ] iy socie..., should y