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In columns will bo journo s fair presentation mi bfof mnd countv nows as —•— —1 f— a—— Volume Vll.—Number 48. Defense Begins At * Home, Home Agent t Tells Club Women Miss Pauline Smith Is Speaker at Federal tion Meeting PRIZES AWARDED Chowan Club Winner of * Prize for Most Work Accomplished Hog£# Demonstration Clubs of Chowan County held their Federation meeting Wednesday in the auditor ium of Chowan High School with Mrs. M. L. Hoffler, vice president, presiding in thp absence of the pres ident, Mrs. T. L. Ward, who was called home on account of the death of her father. The meeting was opened by sinking “America” fol lowed by the invocation by the Rev. J. T. Byrum. Mr. H. D. Epting, principal of Chowan High School, ex tended a hearty welcome to all pres ent. Visitors were recognized by the president, afiter which Mrs. S. E. Morris, acting secretary, called the roll and read minutes of the last % meeting. Special music by Mrs. Gordon Blow, Miss Louise Wilson and Miss May Belle Edwards was » enjoyed by all. Interesting reports were given by the clubs, after which Mrs. 0. M. Blanchard introduced the speaker, Miss Pauline Smith. Miss ' Smith stressed the following points: The importance of the fpod supply in the defense program; That defense begins at home; The club women should help provide sufficient food and feed for home use and assist in every way they can with this work. She encouraged cooperation in the W home, and family councils for par- F ents and all children who are old U enough to participate; adding that ™ parents should make a special effort to make their homes attractive and pleasant so the young people may enjoy them. After singing “God Bless Arper ica” and repeating “The American’s Creed” a delicious luncheon was served by the Chowan Woman’s Club members. The meeting in the afternoon be gan with singing “We Believe In Our State.” Miss Colwell presented at tendance certificates for one year to the following club members: Pi Beech Fork Club—Mrs. G. H. Privott, Mrs. Paul Qber, Mrs. W. H. Saunders, Mrs. M. L. Hoffler. Byrd Club—Mrs. S. E. Morris. f Center Hill—Mrs T. E. Chappell, i Chowan Club —Mrs. E. L. Winslow, Mrs. Ernest Privott. i Continued On Page Eight) Local Merchants Begin Drive For Boost In Business # - Campaign Will Be In Progress Up Until Christmas At a meeting of the Edenton Merchants Association Monday night , i final plans were completed for the jJbig distribution of money prizes to 1 run weekly up to Christmas Day. The awards, made naturally to stim ulate trade during the pre-holiday season, will total around SI,OOO, and the first prize distribution will be by drawing at 3:30 p. m., next Thurs day, on Main Street, probably in the same locality as last year. An Association advertisement else where makes reference to the details in conjunction with the award cam paign, but it bears repetition that everyone making purchases during December in any of the Association It stores, and who registers at the place of purchase in order to be eli de, will be given a coupon the plicate of which, of course, will be luded among the many hundreds others in the weekly drawing. !t is the purpose of the Associa n to have the drawings every ursday afternoon up to Christmas f, and the lucky person, who must present when his name and num r are called, stands a chance of Iking away with a substantial EJprize. Last year the same type of txPbampaign was entered in to, but the fc," campaign ran over a three-month | period. This year, again the prizes ‘ make the campaign very attractive, L -a«d the Association is hopeful and IlSbAed that pre-holiday business THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY ' | Santa Again | Fire Chief R. K. Hall will again play the role of Santa Claus by repairing and painting discarded toys to be given to unfortunate children. Though not properly equipped to do this ■work, Mr. Hall could not refrain from again aiding in making lyoungsters happy when he over heard several the other day re fer to him as Santa Claus. Mr. Hall will begin this work next Monday and any who have discarded toys to be worked oh .should take them to him at the fire station immediately. Edenton Aces Tie New Bern 6 To 6 In Closing Game Local Boys Play Their Best Game of En tire Season A THRILLER f Noah Goodwin Hero of Game; Tom Shepard Defensive Star Decidedly the underdog so far as comparative scores are concerned and size of the boys, Edenton High School’s football team closed its 1940 season last Friday afternoon in a blaze of glory. For while ad vance dope figured New Bern High would defeat Edenton by from two to four touchdowns, an inspired Edenton team was able to turn in a 6-6 tie to wind up the season with three victories, five defeats and one itie game. Each member of the Edenton team turned in his best performance of the year, but really Noah Goodwin can rightly be given credit for sav ing the day. It was Goodwin who in the third quarter snagged a pass thrown by George Alma Byrum from the New Bern 45-yard line and with splendid blocking scampered like a breeze along the side line to score a touchdown and knot the score at 6-6. It was also Goodwin, who near the end of the game, outran and pulled down New Bern’s Brown, who was heading in a clear field for a, touchdown. In this quarter Edenton was threatening to score after Good win made three successive first downs on sweeping, end runs, carry ing the ball to New Bern’s 15-yard line. At that point George Alma Byrum picked up five yards on a line break but fumbled and recovered on the next play. On the following play Brown intercepted Byrum’s pass and ran 68 yards before he was overtaken by Goodwin, thus pre venting another touchdown. As stated, the entire team played a splendid game, but on the defense lfbtle Tom Shepard was easily the most outstanding. Playing guard, this little chap time and again, es pecially in the first half, tore through the line to break up many plays before they got under way. Rogerson also contributed his share to stave off defeat by kicking better than in any game this season. Ash-| ley and Smithson at ends did a splendid job, while Habit at tackle, gave a splendid account of himself. Gardner at guard gave a fine exhi bition and iates at center turned in his usual consistent game. George Alma Byrum, Forehand and Parks, aside from giving able assistance to Goodwin on his dashes for gains, played a steady game. Ike Byrum, Bass and, Edwards were called in and they also played a fine game. New Bern scored early in the sec ond quarter. At the end of the first quarter they were bidding for a score after carrying the ball to Edenton’s 10-yard line. At this point the Edenton line formed a veritable brick wall and in four tries the Visitors gainqd only six yards. From that point Rogerson kicked out to his own 28. Then New Bern be gan to click and by completing a pass followed by drives by Meadows and Fulcher, Warrenton broke through for a touch down. The visitors again threatened in the final period, but because of hold ing they were penalized several times, thus shattering their chances to win against a light but fighting team which was determined to shake off a defeat if at all possible. It was the last game of the sea son, and without a doubt the most exciting and best-played, bat only a handful of fans was on hand to wit ness it. Protect your home, ftom tuberculo- I bis uuy unsv as oe is. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 28/1940. m Where Lights Burn $ 'M m . m M W. m & ‘M <| If in these parlous times man’s inhum- 'M ft anity to man has made the people of this IJjj jg! little city forget that the season is ap ;<■; proaching when carolers chant the old j*; message of peace on earth, good will to men, Edenton merchants are reminding jjj them of it in delightful fashion, for it will ft jg: soon be that their stores will have their M formal Christmas openings. >; jg €| Already the work of decorating the I# streets has been completed. Again novel >; MK effects have been worked out in the street ;8K ft lighting to add a gayer note to Santa’s jgi coming arrival. £ ij: ffl From the very moment the first wreath jjj jg goes up or the first' figure of old Kris be- :J: jg; gins to appear in shop windows, there is a gj M contagion in the very air. Even the most >; jjj hard-boiled oldster begins to feel a little ft stirring of excitement around his heart as ift! jg the gay shop windows and festive decora- J tions bring thoughts of other Christmases W, when he was very young and the Christ- >! jjj mas spirit was so real that he felt he could & jg reach out and. touch it. jgj jjj fWe are abundantly blessed. Our shops jg will wear their decorations like a Christ jg; mas tree, and will not be disturbed. No id hideous hole will be made in plate glass Id windows by falling bombs. Lights will W. ft wink merrily through the frosty nights j* jg; undimmed by blackouts. When we con- g ;d sider what it would mean £e Londoners to jgj ■id have just one of our street lights burning >: jjj all night, we may appreciate more fully j* jg our gay “white way.” g jj; <fl May we all look forward to a Merry 'M 2 Christmas! ft •Wi ilrl Contributions Lag For Stocking Fund i . Only One Donation Up To Tuesday of This 1 Week [ Though money is needed for the i (Stocking Fund with which to pur ! chase presents, candy, nuts and > fruits for unfortunate children in | Edenton to be presented on Christ mas eve, Miss Louise Coke reports . that up to (Tuesday of this week only ! one contribution had been made. This is no small undertaking and in volves considerable work on the part 1 of Miss Coke and Mrs. 0. M. Elliott, ' sponsors of the fund, which can be ' greatly lessened if those in sympathy with the cause will make their con tributions at once. There will be a list of about 100 | children who will be remembered if sufficient funds are forthcoming, but it causes a hardship on these ladies to appropriate an amount for each child and do the buying at the last minute. They are doing this work . solely for the joy they get out of ’ making little children happy, and will greatly appreciate contributions , at once. Firecrackers Cause Os Fire At Scout Cabin Fire at the Boy. Scout cabin near | the Armory last Friday night had , the town pretty well excited for a while as it was feared the attractive ! little structure might be destroyed. . The apprehension was needless, [ however, as the blaze was confined i to several army tents stacked on . the back porch, which were de i stroyed before the firemen could reach the scene. * The trouble was caused by a num ; ber of rascal pranksters who tried , to toes lighted firecrackers into the . cabin during a session of the Scouts. The firecrackers missed their in tended mark, but did land among • the tents, and the consequent zc* suit was obvious* Cotton Ginning In | County Mounting More Than Third More Ginned to Date Than Last Year More than three times as much cotton has been ginned in Chowan County prior to November 14, than at the same time last year. This in formation is revealed by the census report of F. W. Hobbs, special agent for the Bureau of the Cen sus, Department of Commerce. According to Mr. Hobbs, 2,857 bales of cotton were ginned in the county from the crop of 1940 prior to November 14, as compared with 765 bales from the 1939 crop. Thanksgiving- Holiday For Local Rotarians Edenton Rotarians will not meet Thursday as usual d.ue to the Thanks giving holiday. Due to the inter-city meeting at Robersonville last Thurs day night, the local club has missed two regular meetings. However, reg ular. meetings will be resumed next Thursday at 1 o’clock. Two Edenton Men At Press Meeting Hector Lupton and J. Edwin Buf flap will leave early Saturday morn ing for Durham, where they will at tend a meeting of the executive committee of the North Carolina Press Association. The meeting will begin at 10:30 a. m., after which the group will be guests of Henry Dwire at a luncheon and the Duke-Pitt football game. Bank of Edenton Closed All Day Thanksgiving Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, the Bank of Edenton will be closed all day to observe the holiday. Patrons of the institution are urged to note the holiday and arrange their bank ing affair, accordingly. | | A Day Earlier | This copy of your Chowan Herald reaches you one day ear ly this week. This is because of the observance of /Thanks giving Day on Thursday which will be a holiday for Herald employees. By going to press a day ear lier, it was. necessary, of course, to omit some of our rural cor % respondence which is usually turned into type on Tuesday. Other local news stories also had to be left out this week due ito interruption of our regular schedule. We’re sorry, but print ers like a day off occasionally, too. Red Cross Roll Call Is Still Incomplete As End Approaches Campaign Is Scheduled To Close Thanksgiv ing Day HOPE FOR GOAL Chowan Chapter 33rd on State List Last Year With enrollment figures growing daily but still very incomplete, the annual Red Cross Membership Drive which 'has been under way now for ten days and which is officially sup posed to close on Thursday, ’Thanks giving Day, to make ready for the Christmas Tuberculosis Seals cam paign which starts then, has brought encouraging results, but has not yet come up to expectations. Mrs. J. N. Pruden, Chowan chapter chairman, is -hopeful, however, that last minute efforts will show a quickened inter est and bring the campaign’s quota of SSOO for the county. Interesting statistics submitted by Mrs. Pruden show the percentage of chapter memberships in North Caro lina to be over 5 percent of the popu lation in Chapter territory. A great er number of the State chapters are centered about cities and towns, however, whereas in this section the chapter runs throughout Chowan county. Last year’s figures in this regard, while encouraging, show that Chowan Chapter percentage was but 3.47, or thirty-third on the list of State chapters. This year it is be ing intensively planned to drive this 1 percentage above the four percent , mark, even up to five percent, if possible. Because of the many outlying sec ! tions and the large number of can vassers at work, naturally the re ports coming in to Mrs. Pruden are slow in arriving, but next week the Chairman hopes to make a more de tailed report. Mrs. Pruden was greatly encour aged by the splendid contribution ffom the Edenton colored school, which turned in $35.37. Colored School R. D. Russell, 9-A Grade, 8-B Grade, 11-A Grade, 5-A Grade, Mrs. B. A. Halsey, Miss Annie C. Porter, 1-A Grad.e, Mrs. A. R. Slade, 2-A Grade, ! Mrs. M. M. Tillett, 2-B Grade, 1-B Grade, Miss T. R. McClenny, 11-A Grade, A. Blaine, 10-A Grade, B. C. Newsome, W. R. Slade, 4th Grade B, Sixth Grade, D. F. Walker, Mrs. S. F. Wilson, B. F. Holley, Miss E. E. Foreman, Miss B. M. Capehart, Miss F. L. Hines, Mrs. F. B. Badham, Third Grade, Mrs. Dorothy Walker, 5-B Grade, Miss Elizabeth Strain, Mrs. E. D. Heritage, 3-B Grade, 8-A Grade, 9-B Grade, 7-A Grade, Mrs. S. L. Reeves, 4-A Grade. Mrs. Wallace Griffin, Canvasser— Dr. W. S. Griffin, Mrs. E. J. Griffin, Mrs. B. F. Britton, Mrs. C. T. Doughtie, Chowan Motor Co., C. E. Kramer, Eva R. Kramer Mrs. Lee'Moore, Canvasser—Mrs. , A. T. Bush, Mrs. J. A. Mitchener, Mrs. Earl Goodwin, Mrs. Lee Moore. Mrs. Elton Forehand, Canvasser— R. G. White, Mrs. R. G. White, S. W. Taylor, Mrs. S. W. Taylor Mrs. John Beatty, Canvasser —G. H. Harding, Mrs. G. H. Hardjng, Mrs. John Beatty, Miss Myrtle Jen kins, Miss Ruby Felts, Wm. M. Perkins, Miss Emma Blanche War ren, Mrs. J. E. Debnam, Dr. P. W. Tedder, H. J. Cheston, Mrs. Myra Brinkley, Miss Margaret Brown, Harvey W. Thomas, Geo. P. Folk, Mrs. Geo. P. Folk, John Beatty. Miss Kathryn Shump, Canvasser— Mrs. J, C. Dail, Mrs. G. R. Lassiter, Graham Byrum. Mrs. E. W. Spires, Canvasser — i Mrs. M. G. Jones, T. W. Jones, Mr*, i Nathan Dail, Miss Estelle Privott, • Mrs. Pattie Rea, J. R. Griffin, E. W. j (Continued on Page Six) This newspaper it circu lated in the territory whore Advertisers will rootiee good reemilt. $1.25 Per Year. Christmas Seal Sale Will Begin On December 3rd Appeal Is Made For Generous Purchas ing of Seals FUND E^HIAUSTED Despite Lack of Funds, Milk Has Been Fur nished The annual sale of Christmas Seals for the cure and prevention of tuberculosis will begin in Edenton on Tuesday, December 3. The death rate from tuberculosis is still appalling. In North Caro lina 51 people in each 100,000 died from this terrible disease last year. Thousands more have it or have a tendency toward, it. However, over a 25-year period, there has been a consistent and grad ual decline in the death rate from this disease. In 1914, 138.2 persons in each 100,000 died, while last year’s figures show a decline of more than 60 percent. Scientists and doctors have shown that tuberculosis, although conta gious, is also preventable and cur able, but before it can be brought under control it is necessary to teach the mass of people to take ad vantage of preventive measures, and it is also necessary to provide facil ities for early diagnosis and treat ment. The funds for these control meas ures have to be raised to a large ex tent by the sale of Christmas ‘Seals. Last year Chowan County sjave less than two cents per people gave generously, while a large number of people, probably unaware of the great need, gave nothing. A report of the amount collected and the way it was spent has already been published in The Chowan Her ald. The treasurer, stated in that report that all the money was gone. Milk for needy persons could not be discontinued, so the local organi zation is beginning the year in debt, which is all the more reason why there should be no lagging in buying seals. Those in charge of the Christmas Seal sale urge everybody to give the matter thoughtful consideration and contribute as generously as possible to the cause. Tuberculosis can be stamped out will you help? Bonner Seeking Non-Rigid Air Base Bn Carolina Coast Matter Discussed With Navy Department Officials Congressman Herbert C. Bonner on 'Saturday visited the Navy De partment, Bureau of Aeronautics, having a conference with Admiral Arthur B. Cooke and Captain C. E. Rosendahl, regarding the location of a non-rigid air base on the North Carolina Coast between the Virginia Line and Cape Hatteras. Captain Rosendahl advised Mr. Bonner that he would visit this area during the latter part of this week and make a thorough inspection of all sections. Mr. Bonner gave Cap tain Rosendahl a memorandum of various cities thait had been in touch with the Congressman’s office offer ing locations. The Navy Department has such a base at Lakehurst, New Jersey, and it deems it necessary to have an additional base on the South- Atlantic Coast. After a careful study the area in question seems to be the most logical. Postmasters Os First District Give Watch To Lindsay Warren Edenton of course, is included in the 53 First District towns whose postmasters will present Comptroll er General Lindsay C. Warren with a gold wrist watch on Thanksgiving Day. The former Congressman is expected to spend Thanksgiving at his Washington, N. C., home and it ,4s there the presentation will be , made as “a token of appreciation , for many courtesies” Mr. Warren has extended the donors.
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