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1 and county news | ■fWMrat interest. ; rVIII. —Number 3. | Charter Changes Claim Attention Os 11 Town Councilmen «ind Fire Commis srs Targets of insideration TECOMMENT Increase of Council men’s Salary Also In cluded In Change - !m Consideration of a change in the 4 Town charter claimed the major at tention of Town Council at an un eventful meeting Tuesday night. By request Town Attorney John F. > White was present and, stated he would gladly prepare a bill calling for changes, but that he was convinc ed that the County’s representative as well as the senator would prefer the stnction of Town Council before any changes are made. The principal change in the charter has to do with the police and fire commissioners. Under the present charter no provision is made for these two Council appointments, al though Leroy Haskett and O. B. Perry aid the respective commission ers with no legal authority. Another contemplated change has to do with f salary of Town Councilmen. The salary now is $24 per year, which amount is suggested to be raised to $5 per meeting or S6O per year. Another change would strike from Mhe charter the requirement that the chief of police be present at all meetings of the Council. The various changes were discuss ed at length, but no definite action, it being agreed that citizens should know about the proposed changes and be given an opportunity to ex press their views before a bill is drawn up. The matter will be acted upon at the next meeting and in the meantime any comment is urged to be madg to the various membc.s of the board in order to determine what action should be taken. At the meeting Council approved ‘ an appropriation of SIOO from the Board of Public Works to be made for the Fire Department. This a mount will go into a fund for enter tainment, relief of members and in- Wfiidental expenses of the firemen. Joe Conger appeared before the (Continued on Page Five) Norfolk Police Will Recognize Licenses s os N. C. Workmen Heels Balk When Requested to Secure Virginia Tags DAIL REPORTS Car Owners Required to Return Home at Rea sonable Intervals ' g Reciprocal motoring agreements I between Virginia and North Carolina ■ which have been in effect without I interruption for several years but of I late objected to by Norfolk authori w ‘‘TSies, have been restored and will be I recognized hereafter, according to I information from Major Wood, Nor- I folk chief of police, Lieutenant W. I W. Blythe of the Norfolk national I defense area, and C. F. Joyner, Jr., I; assistant director of the Virginia L. Motor Bureau. I Complaints had been made that I jSi motprists here and from Perquimans I; - and Gates counties carrying North I Carolina licenses and temporarily at § work in various national defense pro | jects around Norfolk had been order- I ed to purchase Virginia car licenses despite the fact that they returned !| to their homes in North Carolina every week-end. I Sergeant George I. Dail took up I the matter with his superiors in Ra 1/ Hjfch, claiming that the requirement | was * violation of the reciprocal a | greement which allowed 60 days. Ralfigh officials made an investiga ffc tion and word came through Saturday ■I that North Carolina licenses would S be recognized for workers hereafter 1| "providing the owners return to H tifjgir homes at reasonable intervals.” 1 BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT : Ur. and Mrs. Bert Willis announce ■ heburth of a daughter, Millie Eli- THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Coming Later | With two members unable to attend, the committee appointed at a recent mass meeting to se lect officers for a Home Guard unit In Eden ton, failed to name a- captain, first and second lieu tenants. Five of the seven com mitteemen met Tuesday evening in the Municipal Building, and after comparing names proposed for officers, it was decided to ar range for a meeting as soon as possible, at which time all mem bers of the committee could be present and take part in this important meeting. J. W. Davis and Jasper L. Wiggins were unable to attend the meeting on Tuesday. Seed Loans Handled By Mrs. Grace Dobson Mrs. Grace Dobson will this yeai take applications for Government seed loans under the program of the Farm Credit Administration. Mrs. Dobson is secretary of the Edenton Merchants Association and will han dle applications in the Association’s office, Room 210 in the Citizens Bank Building. The applications will be ready in about two weeks, says Mrs. Dobson. Roy McMillan Dinner Guest Ed Bond Post Next Tuesday Night Local Post Will Accom pany Visitor To Hert ford, For Meeting CANDIDATE New Post Will Be Or ganized For Perquim ans County Edenton Legionnaires, members of Edward G. Bond Post, are looking forward with interest to the oppor tunity to meet up with Robert Le roy McMillan, of Raleigh, candidate for Legion state commander, who will be here next Tuesday evening and be entertained at dinner at the Hotel Joseph Hewes at 6 o’clock. After the meal, the members and their guest will proceed to Hertford where Mr. McMillan and the others will participate in the establishment of a Legion post in the Perquimans county seat. McMillan, a prominent Raleigh at torney and former professor at Wake Forest, has many friends in the Edenton post who are behind him in his state candidacy. While he had no World War service abroad he has been prominent in Legion affairs and has received much support from the various state posts. His visit here will be one of his first visits to Chowan. It was originally intended to have Mr. McMillan address the local post next Tuesday night, but this was found to conflict with previously made plans for the Hertford organi zation meeting, so the dinner at the hotel before going to Hertford was arranged instead. C. E. Kramer, who has been keenly interested for some time in drumming up Hertford memberships reports that around 30 have signified their desire to affiliate with the proposed new post. Mc- Millan will speak there and all the local Legionnaires who can do so are urged to attend the local dinner and journey to Hertford later where a joint meeting of Ed Bond Post, Eli zabeth City and Manteo posts will be held at the Perquimans Court house at 7:30 o’clock, BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Chap pell, at their home near Ryland, on January Bth, a son. | County Physician Dr. John W. Warren was ap pointed as county physician {at a meeting of the Chowan County Board of Health held Monday afternoon in the Municipal Betid ing. There was but one other application for the position, Hist being Dr. Roland VaughannrTfce vote was 3 to 2.-fin f»vw, j»f , Warren. , Members of the Bonn! of ~ Health are Mayor J. H. Me- Malian, D. M. Warren, Dr. E. P. Williams, Dr. Roland Vaughan, W. J. Taylor and Dr. W. I. Hart, Jr. i Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 16, 1941. Committees Chosen To Plan Presidents Birthday Celebration Affair WiUße Featured By Dance In Armory January 28 ENTERTAINMENT Meeting of Committee men Will Be Held Next Tuesday Various committees in connection with the celebration of President Roosevelt’s birthday were appointed at a meeting with General Chairman C. L. McCullers in the Municipal Building Tuesday night. The cele bration will take on quite an elabo rate air with the highlight being a dance in the Armory. This year’s celebration willl be held Tuesday night, January 28, and aside from the principal dance, other fea tures will be held including a special entertainment in the Armory from 9 until 10 o’clock. Music for the dance will be furnished by Jimmy McCallum and his orchestra. Committees appointed at Tues day night’s meeting are: Sports—Jimmy Maus, Grady Love and Ralph Britt. Publicity—Hector Lupton, J. Ed win Bufflap and Audrea Rowell. Dance —Ned White, Frank Holmes. Button Sales—Mrs. E. N. Elliott, co-District chairman, Mrs. W. I. Hart. Decorations Mrs. J. Clarence Leary, Mrs. W. W. Byrum, Mrs. G. B. Potter, Mrs. J. W. White, Mrs. R. P. Badham. Entertainment—Miss Mary Eliza beth Cates, Miss Orphia Cozart, Mrs C. C. Cates and Mrs. M. A. Hughes. Ticket Sale—F. W. Hobbs. Special Gifts—John W. Graham, Mrs. J. W. Davis, Mrs. F. P. Wood. School Committee—John A Holmes. Junior President’s Ball—Mrs. E. C. White, Miss Lena Jones, Mrs. C. L. McCullers. Lecturer —C. E. Kramer. A meeting of all chairmen, as well as committee members has been called by Mr. McCullers to be held next Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock in the Municipal Building, at which time plans will be perfected for the celebration. Every committeeman is especially urged to be present at this meeting. Mrs. W. D. Pruden Consents To Act As President Os P, T. A. Mrs. John F. White’s Resignation Read at Tuesday’s Meeting At the meeting of the Parent- Teacher Association Tuesday after noon, the resignation of Mrs. John F. White was read to the members and following a discussion of the sit uation, Mrs. W. D. Pruden, vice president, agreed to act in the ca pacity of president until the end of the year. A roll call showed that 57 new members had been added to the or ganization. During the report of various com mittees, Miss Edna Goodwin, chair man of the library standardization committee, reported that an order is being arranged for books, which will bring the library up to standard. Mrs. J. W. Davis, chairman of the forum, announced ..that the third forum will be held Tuesday night, and urged as many members to at tend as can. “Early Albemarle His tory” will be the topic for discussion, with Hugh T. Lefler of the Univer sity of North Carolina, leading the discussion. Miss Lena Jones and Mrs. T. C. Byrum were named as co-chairmen of the membership committee and it is hoped many new members will join the organization. Plans were also discussed for a hobby show for children which is planned to be held in the near future. The association agreed to cooperate with the sponsors of the North Caro lina Symphony to appear in Eliza beth City in Hie nefc fotftre. SOCIETY MEETS MONDAY *’-A meeting of the Woman’s Society of Christian Education of the Metho dist- Church will be held Monday afternoon at 3r30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. W. C. Benson. Edenton Merchants Will Stage Dinner Friday Next Week Membership Asked to Gather at Hotel Jo seph Hewes AT 7 O’CLOCK George Arrington of Ahoskie Will Be Prin cipal Speaker To arouse renewed interest in its work and to encourage a more vig orous membership the Edenton Mer chants Association will hold a mem bership dinner at the Hotel Joseph Hewes at 7 o’clock on Friday night of next week, January 24. George Ar rington, secretary of the Ahoskie Chamber of Commerce and of the Ahoskie Tobaco Board of Trade and Ahoskie Merchants Association, will be on hand at the dinner and will make an address on “The service your Merchants Association owes you and the Service you owe your Merchants Association.” Mr. Arrington is a forceful speak er and the local organization consid ers itself fortunate in securing him for the evening’s speaker. A large membership attendance is expected for the occasion. The decision to have the hotel dinner next week was reached at a meeting of the association’s board of directors held Monday night at which Ralph Parrish, who is officiat ing as the association’s head in the absence of President J. G. Campen, presided. There was a free round table discussion as to the associa tion’s work and chances for improve ment, and the dinner date was de cided on. Local Sled Men Visit Smithfield Jan. 24th Chowan Tribe of Red Men, at the meeting held Monday night, accepted an invitation from the Smithfield, Va., tribe to pay a visit to the Vir ginia tribe on Friday night, January 24. At that time the Smithfield Red Men will celebrate the 49th anniver sary have invited local Red Men as special guests. The local delegation to make the 1 visit is expected to number at least twenty-five. Founder’s Day Is Theme Lions Club Meeting Monday William S. Privott Re views Life of Lions Founder Following a rather interesting edu cational program inaugurated by T. C. Byrum and the induction of John Ross and Grady Love as new mem bers, William S. Privott addressed the Lions Club members at their supper Monday night on Founders’ Week of the organization, calling particular attention to the fact that the occasion was the 61st birthday of Melvin Jones, of Chicago, who started, the Lions International in 1917 and who has since seen it grow, according to Mr. Privott, into the largest civic fraternal body in the world with a membership of 300,000. The Privott talk about the Lions founder was a-delightful surprise to those who listened. Jones, the speak er said, was bom in Arizona Janu ary 13, 1880, amid the thrilling set ting of Indian raids and wild, western life, and as a young man moved to Chicago to become a prominent law yer there, and later an insurance broker. Membership there in many social bodies convinced him there was an opportunity for one unified national body and in 1914 he started with this end in view, the commence ment of the Lions International de veloping at a meeting in the Hotel LaSalle, Chicago, in June 1917. Jones then abandoned his personal business career and devoted himself entirely to the new organization, continuing from that day to now as secretary and treasurer of.the inter national body. The growth of Lion ism is the spirit behind, it of Melvin Jones, Mr. Privott said, and the speaker was warmly applauded at the conclusion of his remarks. J. Clarence Leary will be in charge of next week’s Drosrram. Legion’s Guest ML J Jjflß JgnHHR J| I R. L. McMILLAN Mir. McMillan, candidate for commander of the North Caro lina department of the American Legion, will be the dinner guest at Hotel Joseph Hewes of local Legionnaires Tuesday evening at 6 o’clock. Mr. McMillan was to have been the speaker at the Ed Bond Post on the same night, but instead he, together with Post members will journey to Hertford to assist in organizing a post for Perquimans County. Troop Committee Names Chas. Wales New Scoutmaster Succeeds Wade Leary, Now In Military Training WELL QUALIFIED Leader Wants to Meet Boys at Scout Cabin Friday Night All Edenton citizens interested in the furtherance of the Boy Scout movement here, especially the mem bers of the local troop, wilQ be much gratified to know that Charles P. Wales, Jr., a Scout himself in other days, has been named as Scoutmaster for the Edenton rangers to succeed Wade Leary, who recently resigned to go into war reserve training in Alabama. Wales was picked for the job unanimously at a meeting of the troop committee Monday night, and will take over his new duties Friday night at a meeting at 7:30 with the Scouts at the Scout cabin on North Broad Street. Wales’ selection is a fortunate one. Brought up as a boy in the Scouting cause, he has had identification with the movement in various northern summer camps, and has always taken a great interest in the cause as well as in all boyhood- In view of the threatening war clouds just now hov ering above the country, the job Wales has taken offers much oppor tunity at the present time. The new Scoutmaster is in addition sergeant at-arms of the Edenton Rotary Club and is identified with his father in the operation of the Edenton Laun dry. The troop committee, which has been at work since Leary’s resigna tion and picked Wales as first choice is comprised of William S. Privott, Hector Lupton, T. C. Byrum, J. C. Leary, West Byrum, H. A. Campen, Geddes Potter and C. E. Kramer. County Offices Closed All Day Next Monday County offices will be closed next Monday all day in order to observe Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Lee’s birthday falls on Sunday, January 19, in which case the following day is observed as a holiday. Thankful C. L. McCullers, director of Edenton’s High School Band, de sires to publicly thank all who in any way contributed to the fund making it possible to purchase hew band uniforms. The new suits were ‘worn' for the first time last week at Governor J. M. Broughton’s inauguration and weye reason, together with the local outfit’s performance, for a great deal of favorable comment. BHffiffiffiMHMffiffiffiHffißiMk. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realise good results. $1.25 Per Year Early Albemarle History Topic Os Open Forum Friday Discussion Will Be Led By Hugh T. Lefler OfU.N.C. AT 7:3OO r CLOCK Meeting Will Again Be Held In library at High School The third of a series of six. month ly open forums will be held Friday night in the library of the Edenton High School. The forum will begin at 7:30 o’clock. Because of the topic of this partic ular forum, it is expected that many more will be on hand, than has been the case of the two previous forums. The topic for discussion will be “The Early History of the Albemarle,” which should be of especiall interest to many of Edenton’s citizens, as well as to high school students. The topic will be discussed by another able speaker, Hugh T. Lefler of the History Department of the University of North Carolina. Mr. Lefler is co-author with Ray New some, head of the University History Department, of a text book on North Carolina history, which has caused considerable controversy among State school officials. The book had been approved for use in schools, but later was supplanted by one written by Jule Warren, a member of the State school commission, and has created quite a bit of comment. These forums are presented through the cooperation of the Ro tary Club, Lions Club, Ed Bond Post of the American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Merchants Association, Parent-Teacher Association, Legion Auxiliary and Garden Club, and be cause the topic for discussion takes on a local aspect the heads of these organizations are especially anxious to have their groups well represented. The nature of the subject should provoke many questions which the speaker will be glad to answer. Rotarians Endorse Monument In Honor Os Gen. Pettigrew Resolution Unanimous ly Passed at Meeting Friday Night l IN PETTIGREW PARK Rev. C. A. Ashby Push ing For Erection of Fitting Memorial Edenton’s Rotary Club, first to adopt a resolution presented by the Rev. C. A. Ashby, now an honorary member of the club, seeking the es tablishment of Pettigrew Park, now a reality, is again first to pass a resolution in an effort on the part of Mr. Ashby to have a monument erected in the park in memory of General James Johnston Pettigrew. The resolution was presented by Sec retary John A. Holmes at Friday night’s meeting of the dub and was passed unanimously. The resolution follows: “Whereas, The Rev, C. A. Ashby, of Edenton, is pushing for a monu ment to General James Johnston Pettigrew, to be located in Pettigrew Park and has secured the full en dorsement of Governor Broughton for such a project, “Therefore Be It Resolved, That the Edenton Rotary Club heartily recommends the appropriation by the Legislature of sufficient funds to erect such monument, and “That the secretary be instructed to send a copy of this resoQution to Governor Broughton, a copy to the Presiding Officer of the Senate, and a copy to the Speaker of the House.” Provisions of the resolution have already been carried out by Secre tary John A. Holmes. BANK CLOSED MONDAY Due to Robert E. Lee’s birthday, a legal Southern holiday, falling on Sunday, January 19, the Bank of Edenton will be dosed all day next Monday to observe the holiday. Patrons of the bank are, therefore, asked to transact their business ac cordingly.
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