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|ll» it*N cotmnu iM ha I /bwn d i fair > lof local and county news \ef general interest. Volume VII. —Number 40. Much Activity In Chamber Os Commerce Reflected In * Meeting On Tuesday Night Spires and Graham Re port on U. S. Route 17 Meetings Held MANY PRESENT Clean-up Committee Al so Makes Satisfac tory Report About 25 members of the Edenton-, Chowan Chamber of Commerce left Edenton early Wednesday morning to appear before the meeting in Ra leigh of the State Highway and Pub lic Works Commission in an effort to prevent closing of through traffic over the Williamston fill during the period of reconstruction. This trip was one of the major matters for discussion at the mem bership meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, night, at which almost 50 were present. John W. Graham was chosen spokesman for the local delegation, which was join ed in Raleigh by delegations from Elizabeth City, Windsor and Will liamston. Hertford was unable to send a delegation, but a strong tele gram was sent supporting the pro -1 posal. f Mr. Graham had a number of vital " statistics to present to the Commis sion as well as several avenues to argue upon to prevent limited traffic during the winter or even closing the highway altogether during the recon struction period. Continued interest in the Chamber of Commerce was reflected in the at tendance Tuesday night as well as the part taken by maiiy present. P President J. W. Davis presided and during the evening expressed his ap preciation at the way members of: ) (Continued Page Five* Aces WiU Tackle Williamston Highs Friday Afternoon . Coach Maus Encourag ‘ ed By Last Week’s Showing With one victory under their belts, , Edenton’s High School football war-i riors will play one of their major j games next Friday afternoon when they tackle the Williamston High school eleven. The game will be the second to be played on home soil and after their splendid showing last Friday will undoubtedly draw a much larger crowd of fans. That it will be a closely contested I game is evident because of the fact that last Friday while the Aces were trouncing Columbia 39 to 0, the Wil liamston outfit was defeating Ayden by about the same sort of score, so according to dopesters, the two teams! should be very evenly matched. * i Coach Maus, while well-pleased with the showing made by his boys last Friday, observed a number of wrinkles which needed ironing out, and with practice directed in that direction this week he believes his team will perform better Friday 'f than it did last week. The band will again .be on hand to play priop to and during the game which is scheduled to begin at 3:15. Special Meeting Os Council On Friday Codification of. Charter jr And Ordinances to Be Discussed iY. Mayor J. H. McMullan has called a special meeting of Town Council to tpbe held Friday morning. At that | time William R. Shelton of the State project staff of the Federal Works | Agency of WPA wiM be present to discuss completion of codifying the : town's charter and all ordinances as now appearing on the statute books. This project was sponsored by the k" institute of Government and repre ■ Mints a job which would have cost the town several hundred dollars. The i town’s ordinances are now in such |i shape as to make it comparatively I ejfcy for the councilmen to eliminate ||k:-those which are obsolete. I ■ THE CHOWAN HERALD A tit&kM HWWMPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS or CHOWAN COUNTY V | Grateful | In “carry on” messages of thanks, all similar in tone and purport, from the officers and men of Company D, sent just before their -departure for Fort Jackson Monday, members of the Rotary and Lions Clubs and local Legionnaires were giv en to understand in no uncertain manner that the Company D boys surely were grateful for the fine hospitality showered upon them Monday {night by the Lions and at the joint Rotary and Legion dinner in the armory last Thursday night. The best of luck was wished the three organ izations, and much success in all their undertakings was ordained for them by the departed and f joyful soldiers. Edenton’s Citizens Give Much Clothing To Aid Unfortunate 730 Pounds Shipped to ! Headquarters In New York ANOTHER BOX Those In Charge Appre ciative For Generous Cooperation That Edenton citizens are in sym pathy with England’s fight agairisl dictators and at the same time have j sympathy for the homeless refugees was reflected in the generous re sponse last week in the Bundles For Britain canvass to secure clothing for these unfortunate people. Dur ing the drive 730 pounds of wearing apparel were sent to headquarters in New York with another large box ready to be sent. From New York the collection will be shipped direct to England for distribution. Among the collection was clothing of all kinds, all in wearable condi tion and included everything from | hats to shoes. Many items were as I good as new and und.oubtedfly will ! serve a worthwhile purpose when they reach their destination. Mrs. Fred Wood and Mrs. M. F. Bond, Jr., who were in charge of the canvass, were very well pleased, the result being far beyond their ex pectations. They desire to express I their appreciation to those who so willingly contributed of their time to gather up the material as well as to those who so freely gave toward the cause. They also wish to, thank 1 Mrs. A. T. Bush, who allowed her ! building on King Street to be used ! as a depot for assembling and pack ing the clothes for shipment. Mrs. R. P. Badham and Mrs. Julien Wood, chairman and co-chairman respectively, are likewise elated over the success of the canvass for cloth ing and are continuing the campaign to raise funds for the cause. They stress imperative need to aid Britain by contributing money and clothing in order to support and save for future generations the freedom of thought, word and deed upon which the greatness of America is also built. , BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT . Bom to Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Boyce, at Parrish Memorial Hospital, Ports mouth, Va., on Saturday night, Sep -1 tember 28th, a girl. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Carey Mc- Clenny, at their home in Green Hall, on Thursday, September 26th, a son. | Oldest CitizenJljj John Harrison Spruill, Chowan County's oldest wWte . critically ill at 'th#'honiMi<pfijbia iV , son, Lawson SpruM, on Paradise , Road. Mr. Spruill, 92 years of {age, is unable to take nourish ment and all hopes of his re covery have been abandoned. He had been id good health until several months agoftince which . I time his sight has HM. ttfWfr•'Si' i('r . ';••. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 3,1940." Company D Enters First Peace Time Training Period Local Outfit Leaves Ar mory Early Monday Morning AT FORTJACKSON Sadness Prevails Sun day as Relatives Say ! Farewell Company D, 105th Medical Regi ment, marshalled up to the full and; required quota of 50 men, left Eden- j ton early Monday morning for a year’s peace-time training at Fort J Jackson, and according to postal cards from the boys they are happy and satisfied. The Company traveled in four am bulances, two trucks, one station wagon and a number of private cars carrying Captains Martin Wisely and Pearly Baumgardner and others. Even so everything was crowded as the boys steamed out of the Armory j at 6 a. m. Monday, and much of the i troop’s equipment had to be left be hind for pick-up yesterday by one of the trucks returned for the purpose. The last minutes of the company were exciting. In the first place the recruits sent up from Wilmington for replacements were not needed so ! complete was the last minute rush | of local enlistments, and the requir- I ed quota of 50 was made up by Sat ! urday. In addition to the 44 names of Company men published last week the six new ones taking over instead of the fellows from Wilmington were: Richard Lucas, Rocky Mount;] Dennis Williams and Grady Harden,! Dardens; Elisha Green, Major Ward and Dayland Minton, of Gatesville. Then, also, the Company expected to get off for Fort Jackson Saturday morning but Captain Wisely was wir ed from division headquarters at Henderson that the Fort was not ready at the moment for the men ! and delayed the start until Monday. This was at least satisfactory to j ! mothers, sweethearts and families; of the soldiers, a large crowd of 1 whom gathered about the Armory! Sunday to say farewell. However,! at dawn Monday the boys got on j their way amid a fanfare of much bugling, and Edenton deeply hopes they will get back as planned and not have to go to war. For the information of those who wish to communicate with members of the Company, the address, unless subsequent changes are made, will be, “Company D, 105th Medical] Regiment, Fort Jackson, Columbia,! South Carolina.” Monthly Meeting Os Firemen Held Tonight Edenton’s firemen will meet in monthly session tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Fire Chief R. K. Hall urges every fireman to be present, LEGIONNAIRES AND ROTARIANS GIVE ROUSING SEND-OFF THURSDAY NIGHT TO DEPARTING MEMBERS OF CO 0 Over 150 Men and Women Attend Farewell Party Held In Armory; Richard Dixon Tells of Chowan’s Past Military Activities i Officers and men of Company D,' 105th Medical Regiment, were given a rousing farwell party last Thursday night when they were guests of the Edenton Rotary Club and Ed Bond Post of the American Legion. About 150 men and women gathered in the Armory, where the affair was held,, : and a hurriedly prepared program went off to the liking of all who at-j tended. John A. Holmes, commander of Ed Bond Post, presided, with the principal address being made by Richard D. Dixon. J. Edwin Bufflap, 1 in behalf of the Rotary Club, made a brief address of welcome, and was | followed by remarks by Mrs. J. L.j Chestnutt, president of the Legion Auxiliary. John P. White, com- j mented upon the loyal attitude of Company D members in immediately f hiring up fey service to prepare to' defend America instead of waiting j to be drafted. Robert L. Pratt gave a. brief history of orgatdzation of the present ambulance conipany, when in 1922 the idea was advanced by Dr. { M. P, Whichard and together tiw two 1 men were instrumental in starting j tiie organisation. William Joma, fan* 1 Mrs. R, F. Elliott 1$ Again President Parents - Teachers Re-elected at Meeting Held On Tuesday Afternoon 28 REGISTER Richard Dixon Speaks ! To Group on Opera tion Juvenile Court • ________ Because of her splendid and effi cient work as president last year, j Mrs. Richard Elliott was honored Tuesday afternoon by re-election ta ! that post as head of the Parent- Teachers Association at a meeting of the Association held at the high school here, and at which Richard D. Dixon made an interesting and in structive talk on the operation of the Chowan Juvenile Court, advocating, also, the creation of a Court of Do mestic Relations in this county. ! Previously Mrs. D. M. Reaves had j been chosen as 1941 president of the J Association, but was obliged to de cline the position, and it was for this reason that Mrs. Elliott, after some difficulty, was unanimously prevailed upon to serve again. Mrs. W. D. Pruden was re-elected vice president of the Association, Mrs. Ernest Stillman was named sec retary, and Mrs. West W. Byrum, treasurer. Twenty-eight members were registered by the secretary and an unusually interesting session was enjoyed Tuesday. The Associa tion will meet next on November 5, at the same place. ] After outlining the usefulness of ] juvenile courts, of which, as court clerk, he is head in this county, Mr. Dixon said Chowan would be greatly benefitted by a court of domestic re lations and urged that the legislature be asked to have this established. In this connection he said: “The law provides for such courts in the larger | cifies and. counties of the State, but I think that the protecting arm and i shield of such a court should be set ! up in every county -of North Caro ] lina. In Chowan and other counties | where there is no such court, those most unfortunate disputes between ! man and wife—such as non-support, i abandonment and sometimes actual I assault are brought out in the glar i ing light of the public tribunal, with hundreds of spectators, avid for a sensation, hanging on every word, sometimes of the most intimate sort.] “It seems to me that the county courts should be clothed with such power—to hold such courts behind j closed doors with the prime object in view to mend, broken homes and hearts and bring man and wife to gether once more. It is a heart rending sight to see such couples in open court, airing their personal dif ferences, their children by their sides, some with the mother and others siding with the father. This public ity and this procedure tends to wid ening, rather than healing the breech, vContinued On Page Eight) mediate past president of the Rotary j Club and a new recruit in Company D, also made a few remarks express ing his pleasure at being connected | with the company. Captains Martin Wisely and Pearly j Baumgardner were called upon for a j I few remarks, the former highly praising the personnel of the-outfit j ' and expressing his appreciation for, [ the interest shown by local citizens j in the company. Captain Baum- j gardner, because of numerous quer- 1 ies, explained in detail just what the' 1 duties of the men in the company : are in event of hostilities. | At the conclusion of the program i ! several rousing numbers were played by the Edenton High School Band, j and dancing was enjoyed at the con clusion of the affair. Mr. Dixon, in his address, had this ] to say: J “For over 240 years Edenton and Chowan County behr, the distinction of having supported almost continu ously one or more units of troops, I always ready, always prepared to de ' fend the homes knd fire-sides of her j people; ready to risk their lives in' 1 (Continued on Page Six) 1 • Z~)- >. ... I .. FiveAfbemarleTownsSend Delegations To Raleigh To Oppose Changing Route 17 Rotary Speaker At Today’s Meeting j Ei | ! i dr. balfh w. McDonald \Now State Forum Counselor, i Dit. Ralph McDonald will speak | to Edenton’s Rotarians at theiir meeting in the Parish House at 1 o’clock today (Thursday). Bonner Makes First Bid For Election In j Rally On October 10 J. M. Broughton Sched uled to Make Princi pal Address AT HERTFORD Leading Pol tical Fig ures In 14 Counties Expected Congress nominee Herbert C Bonner’s first public bid for election in the First Congressional district , will be made from the platform with j J. Melville Broughton, democratic i nominee for Governor at the district rally in Hertford on October 10, Plans for the rally, the fourth to be held in the State since the Demo- j crats opened campaign headquarters j in Raleigh, were announced by Arch' T. Allen, secretary of the Democratic j State Executive committee. With nominee Broughton as the; principal speaker will go from head- j quarters State Chairman Emery B. Denny, Mrs. P. P. McCain, vice) chairman, Ralph W. Gardner, presi dent of the Young Democrats, and Secretary Allen. The First district meeting will be held in the State Theatre at Hertford! which will hold a bigger crowd and offers more comfortable seating ar- j rangements than the Perquimans ] County court house, Secretary Allen explained. Leading political figures from the fourteen counties on both sides of the Albemarle Sound and most of the j candidates for State office will be at Hertford, Allen said. Catherine Reaves In College Band Addition of twenty-one new mem- j bers of the Woman’s College band is | ' announced by George E. Henry, direc -1 tor of the band and member of the ' faculty of the school of music. | The fifty-five piece band, organized lin 1937 as the first all-girl college J band in the South, plays for athletic ' events and community programs as well as in concerts during the year, j Uniforms, designed by members of I the band, are yellow woolen dresses 1 with .white belts and shakos, j Among the 21 new members of the ' band is Catherine Reaves, of Eden -1 ton, a former member of the crack j Edenton High School Band. | Card Party | Edenton Parent-Teachers As sociation will sponsor a sub scription cart party on Wednes day, October % at the Parish House. JLnyone desiring to re serve a table should contact Mrs. \ Albert Byrum, Mrs. Earl Good \win or Mrs. W. O. Elliott, Jr. flayers are requested to bring 1 tsheir own cards. I This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers wVI realke good results. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■j $1.25 Per Year. C. of C. Committee Vis its Elizabeth City and Hertford FIGHT LOOMS Unfair Cards Distribut ed to Travelers at Plymouth | Following persistent rumors of an organized effort to change U. S. Route 17 across Albemarle Sound bridge from a point several miles from Edenton, thus cutting off Edenton, Windsor and Williamston, these three towns are up in arms and were on Wednesday represented by strong delegations at the meeting of the State Highway and Public Works Commission in Raleigh. The rumors were tracked down by ; a committee of the local Chamber of ! Commerce named by President J. W. ! Davis, who called upon the Board of \ Directors of the Elizabeth City i Chamber of Commerce when it was ; rumored that Elizabeth City was ; joining with Plymouth and Washing ton in an effort to either designate the bridge road as No. 17, or mark it an alternate route, 17-A. This committee went to Elizabeth City j last week and was reliably informed ; that Elizabeth City had no desire to I tamper with the route in any way. Hertford, too, was visited and a group of representative business men headed by Mayor Vivian Darden also expressed no desire to enter into | a controversy regarding changing of ! the route or designating an alternate route. Both Elizabeth City and Hertford agreed to send a delegation to Raleigh Wednesday to support Edenton, Windsor and Williamston delegations in their fight to prevent any change whatever to the present routes. <’ * Adding to the interest in appear (Continued on la.e Mattress Project Transferred To Old School Building | Lack of Heating Facili ties Reason For Mak ing Change Chowan County’s Federal mattress project, which has been in operation jin the Forehand peanut warehouse, . was on Saturday transferred, to the old colored school building on West Church Street opposite the Edenton Laundry. Reason for the change was be cause of lack of heating facilities in the warehouse and though somewhat | cramped for room in the school j house, Miss Rebecca Cohvell is of the ] opinion that the project can be car ried on satisfactorily at the new | location. Baptist Revival ! Begins Sunday Rocky Mount Minister Will Preach During Meeting Revival services will begin ir Edenton Baptist Church next Sunday the meeting being scheduled to con tinue for 10 days. For these special meetings the Rev. J. W. Kinchloe. pastor of the First Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, will preach. The Rev. Mr. Kinchloe is an able preach er and in his home-town has the happy faculty of meeting strangers and making them feel welcome. He is a splendid preacher and will no doubt attract large congregations during his stay here. The visiting preacher will arrive Monday and preach his first sermon of the meet ing Monday night. Special music during the revival period will be rendered by the Church choir, and a cordial invitation has been extended by the pastor, the Rev. E. L. Wells, to the general public to attend as many of the meetings as possible. Services will be held twice daily, at 10 o’clock in the morning and at 7:30 at night.
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