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isSSsgFBS] 1 ****** interest. | Volume Vlll.—Number 14 W. C. Benson’s Amateur Radio Station Selected To Handle Trunk Line Traffic Edenton and Raleigh f Only Towns In State Included In Net FOR EMERGENCY Greatest Radio Practice Drill Ever Undertak en on Friday Edenton and Raleigh are the two towns selected by the American Radio Relay League as member sta tions in trunk line “O” now being formed for emergency and defense communications work. This ama teur radio hook-up starts at Newing ton, Conn., and will pass through North Carolina on its way south and west. There will be two stations in each state through which it passes. The net will operate on 160 meter phone at 1806 kilocycles. Amateur station W4ATC at State College, and station W4GOB operated by the Rev. W. C. Benson in Edenton are the two North Carolina stations that will handle traffic in this net. This trunk line will have connections in and will arrange to handle messages to all' Army posts in the Carolinas and Georgia. Personal and social messages will also be handled. This service is free of charge. Amateur radio operators will participate next Friday in what is described by the Amateur Radio Relay League as probably the greatest radio practice drill ever undertaken—the origina tion and relaying of 3,700 separate radio messages between as many lo cal chapters of the American Red Cross and the latter’s headquarters offices in Washington, St.- Louis and -San Francisco. The test, sponsored by the Ameri can Radio Relay League is dedicated to perfecting the ability of the insti tution of amateur radio to serve the Red Crow at time, in the event 6f flood, eSrtKquatfe, hurricane, *Tre or defense emergency which might face part or all of the United States. Members of the league’s emer gency corps, a group of several thousand licensed amateur stations will transmit the messages to be originated by chapter chairmen iu the 3,700 communities. Amateurs throughout the nation will participate, answering radio calls of “CQ Washington,” “CQ St. Louis,” and “OQ San Francisco” to take the message traffic and relay it to its destination. Elaborate receiving set-ups organ ized by radio clubs in the three cities of destination will provide a corps of operators, working in shifts and as signed to comb various sectors of the ether, to listen for messages coming their way. The amateur 3600 and 7000 kilo cycle hands, which offer reliable do mestic communication day ahd night, are expected to carry most of the traffic. Messages will have 15-word texts, and will be addressed to one of the three destination cities. Each operator handling a message will be required to receipt by radio to the station from which he receives it—in the same manner as the handling of regular amateur message traffic. J. G. Campen Again To Speak At Rotary Because several matters were obliged to be considered at last week’s Rotary meeting, Representa tive J. G. Campen’s program time was encroached upon and he was un able to complete big resume of the recent session of the General Assem bly. Mr. Campen briefly enumerated various bills considered, but could not go into - details. For this Teason, Wood Privet!, who has charge of to day's program, has arranged with Mr. Campen to complete the program, going into details and furnishing in formation which will be of interest to the Rotarians. Dean Furniture Burns Moving To Edenton and Mm. W. W. Dean, who planned to occupy the M. F. Bond home on North Broad Street, had the misfortune to lose their furniture hy fire on Monday. The furniture was-being moved by truck from Can ton, and near Tarboro it was dis covered ablaze. The Tarboro fire department was called ont -but very little of the .-/furniture was saved. Mrs. Deah will be remembered as Mias Loretta Chappell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Chappell. sAr’ : - UMI fl| Ak- Bk Bp iBB®BBHBHI ___ ■ » Bk H M m I ml ■ ■I I I W IbIB j m B^M A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY « l i [Grand Jury Report Reopening of County Home Only Recom- J mendation Made Grand jurymen for the spring term of Chowan County Superior Court completed their work in record time, 5 submitting their report for the term i Monday afternoon. As was the case - with criminal cases, the report was 5 brief, including only one recommen -3 dation, that being the reopening of - the county home. The full report follows: ) j “We, the Grand Jury serving at i this Term of Court, beg to report that we have attended to all matters r ’ brought before us. r “We have inspected the offices of j the Clerk Superior Court, Register of Deeds, -Sheriff, Welfare and County , Superintendent and find that they j are equipped with the necessary sup -3 plies to do their work properly and 3 so far as we could learn from an ex s animation they are performing their 3 duties in a satisfactory manner, j “We inspected the County Jail and 3 find two colored male inmates there t * n- We find the jail clean and re { cently painted inside. 3 “We recommend a new rug for the a Sheriff’s office. 3 “We" inspected the school buses . and find as follows: ? “Buses are in good condition except . those at the Edenton High School, i The floors of some of these were cov -3 ered with trash. j “We also recommend that the County Home be reopened.” _ Members of the Grand Jury were: j H. C. Jackson, foreman; N. E. Jor . dan, Lindsay Evans t Carey A. Priv » °tt> D. R. Sutton, Vandy Nixon, Louis ' Goodwin, J. E. Ward, W. H. Dail, s W. S. Jllliott, J. N. Smith, Elbert t Lay den, A. S. Smith, T. B. Williford W. J. Privott, G. T. Peele, C. W ’ Ward and R. ,C. Hollowell. ■ Easter Seal Sale Now In Progress t - ■ >ive to Be Made In 1 Schools on Monday, April 7 3 f With Easter just a little over a week away, a strenuous drive is now 5 in progress to sell Easter Seals for f the benefit of crippled children. The seals are now on sale in Edenton - and, according to W. J. Taylor, cbair - man of the seal sale in Chowan , County, a drive will be made on s April 7, to dispose of as many seals l as possible in the schools. Mr. Tay s lor is very anxious, that a large i number of the seals are purchased, i for half of the proceeds remain in i the county for aid of crippled chil i dren whom otherwise would not get E the attention which is so necessary. Mrs. J. Melville Broughton, who is vice president of the N. C. League for Crippled Children, expresses her purpose to exert all the influence r possible for the success of the Eas ter sale of seals, for this source of j revenue is the league’s sole reliance t for funds which are so tragically needed. In an appeal to the citizens of the • State, Mrs. Broughton asks for gen • e rous support of the campaign, s thereby enabling the league during . the approaching twelve months to broaden the type of work carried on. Mr. Taylor says there is room tu • this State as well as in Chowan , County for much work among crip pled children. I The State Ortho i pedtc Hospital is not able to take all , the most serious cases which need treatment. There is now a long 1 ; waiting list at-the institution and for that reason it is mandatory to encourage the establishment of coun ty clinics to take dare of those less seriously afflicted. There are already 40 or more of these dimes in opera tion, and in one of them recently 41 , crippled children received examina tion and treatment during a single , week. * ] FIREMEN MEET TONIGHT < I Tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’dock, ] the. monthly meeting of the Edenton i Fire Department will be held at the j Are station. Fire Chief R. K. Hall ( has called for a fire drill and for that i reason every fireman is requested to i be on hand. 1 Edenton, (ffiowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 3, 1941. Speed Feature Os Chowan Superior Court This Week W. T. Satterfield Order ed to Pay S6OO and Court Costs ON PROBATION Joe Habit Evokes Wrath Os Judge Henry L. Stevens Expressing elation at the oppor tunity to conduct court in the an cient Chowan County Court House Judge Henry L. Stevens, at the open ing of the spring term of Superior Court Monday, said every judge looks forward with pleasure to hold ing court in what he termed a jewel of antiquity. Referring to the tab let overhead, he said it was a thrill to him and a real pleasure to follow in the footsteps of those whose names are recorded on the tablet. Judge Stevens, working under somewhat of a handicap due to re cent confinement to his home at Warsaw by an attack of the flu, was very brief in his charge to the grano jury. He congratulated the county upon having only six cases on the criminal docket, all of which had to do with larceny. Because of that (Continued on Page Five) Parent Teachers Plan Recreational Project In Edenton Leaders Met Friday at Home of Mrs. W. D. Pruden Representatives of the Parent- Teacher Association and several civic clubs met at the home of Mrs. W. D; Pruden, president of the Parent- Teacher Association, on Friday even ing for discussion of a youth recrea tional project. Allan P. Olmstead, district WPA recreational director, explained the project, its requirements and meth ods by which it is operated. He mentioned various types of recrea tions introduced by WPA in other towns. The idea of this project was sug gested by Mrs. J. H. McMullan, chairman of the child welfare com mittee, for the development as well as the entertainment of the children of Edenton. Representatives were appointed from each organization to meet in the near future with Mr. Ilmstead for further discussion. The P. T. A. asks and hopes for the cooperation of all these organi zations to make possible this move ment. Pruden Renamed On Welfare Board For 3-Year Term Several Changes Made In Law Affecting Appointments W. D. Pruden was on Monday ap pointed to a three-year term on the Chowan County Welfare Board by the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare. Similar appoint ments were made at the same time for each of the 100 counties in the State. The County Commissioners, at their meeting Monday, -will choose a member of the board, whom to gether with Mr. Pruden, will select the third member. At present the board is composed of Mr. Pruden, W. J. Berryman and W. W. Byrum. Previously the County Commission ers were not allowed to name one of their body to the welfare board, but according to the present set-up they may do so if they desire. Another change in the law has ti do with naming the welfare superin tendent. Heretofore, the welfare board met in joint session with the County Commissioners to select the superintendent, whereas after the expiration of the present two-year term this appointment will be the re sponsibility of the county welfare board. Nearly Hundred Attend Masonic Banquet At Hotel Rev. W. C. Benson Pinch Hits as Principal Speaker TRACESMASONRY Says Christianity, De mocracy and Masonry Now on Defensive Nearly 100 Masons, their wives and a number of especially invited guests gathered at Hotel Joseph Hewes Tuesday night to attend the annual banquet of Unanimity Lodge, : No. 7. The affair was very enjoy able and was said to be one of the most pleasant banquets held by the ■ local lodgemen in recent years. G. A. Helms, master of the lodge, • presided until he turned the gavel i over to Dr. Wallace S. Griffin, who acted as toastmaster. The invoca • tion was offered by W. C. Bunch, • lodge chaplain, while E. W. Spires, ; past Grand Historian of the Grand : Lodge, introduced the speaker of the i evening. ■ The committee in charge of the ! banquet experienced no little diffi i culty in securing a speaker. 'Several ; weeks ago Judge Henry L. Stevens, (Continued On Page Four) Spring Federation Meeting Tuesday i At Chowan School ; Miss Sallie Brooks Will Be Principal Speaker For Occasion In the auditorium of Chowan High : School on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 „ o’clock, the Spring Federation meet . i'ngOU! Chowan. Cortij hojne deraon . stration clubs will be held. For the occasion the principal speaker will be Miss Sallie Brooks, assistant ex tension nutritionist of Raleigh, and her subject will be “Afternoon Tea.” The meeting will be presided over by Mrs. M. L. Hoffler, president. The speaker will be introduced by Mrs. T. L. Ward. Special music has been arranged for the meeting, which will be furnished by County Agent C. W. Overman, with Mrs. Gordon Blow pianist. At the meeting, Miss Rebecca Colwell, home demonstration agent, will announce the winner in the county mail box improvement con test which has been in progress sev eral months, as well as the winner in the yard improvement contest which was sponsored by Mrs. P. P. Gregory of Shiawboro, president of the 16th district. County winners will be eligible to participate in a contest for district honors. Red Cross Sends More Garments For Aid British Local Sewing- Room Will Be Closed Until Af ter Easter Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman of the Chowan County Red Cross chapter, reports that on Wednesday another shipment of locally made garments was shipped to the Red Cross export warehouse at Jersey City to be for warded to England. Included in this shipment were 50 layettes of 25 garments each, total ing 1,250 garments, seven dresses six sweaters, one shawl and two op erating gowns. Mrs. Pruden also announced that the local sewing room at the Cupola House will be closed for two weeks, but will be re-opened after Easter. This was done because many of those participating are unusually busy due to the Easter holidays and also be cause Mrs. Pruden will be out of town for some time. \ ON DEAN’S LIST Major L. H. Baer, dean of Marion Institute at Marion, Ala., has an nounced the names of 35 students who made the highest academic aver ages for the month of February. Included on the dean’s list is Billy Shepard, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. ShepanL Election For Town Officers To Bo Held Tuesday, May 6; Interest Gradually Mounts d Bp||p' (AW \tlll N;*/ V iPb I : \v m\ \ I i| 25 School Children Go To Washington Friday Afternoon About 25 Edenton school children, together with Mrs. C. L. McCullers and Miss Edna Goodwin as chaper ones, and Miss Margaret Harrell will leave Edenton at 2 o’clock Fri day afternoon on a trip to Washing ton, D. C. The group will motor to , Norfolk, where they will board a boat scheduled to reach the national capital at 7 o'clock Saturday morn ing. They will be met by a bus which will make a tour of Washing ton, as well as taking in Alexandria and Mount Vernon. An entire day will be spent in Washington, which incidentally will be one of the days the cherry blos som festival will be in progress. The party is expected to return home about noon Sunday. Five Fire Alarms During Past Month According to Fire Chief R. K. Hall, the fire department was called out ! five times during the month of March. In each instance, however, the damage was less than five dol l«v which means a clean slate for I the month. Lions Anniversary Banquet Tuesday Many Visiting Lions Expected to Attend Banquet At Monday night’s meeting of the Lions Club final arrangements were 1 made for the observance of the : fourth anniversary of the club which ; will be in the form of ladies’ night ; on next Tuesday night. The affair , will be held at Hotel Joseph Hewes. beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Walter Cohoon, prosecuting attor ney, of Elizabeth City, will be the principal speaker for the occasion, and visiting Lions and their wives are expected from Hertford, Eliza beth City, Williamston and Ply mouth. Following the hotel meeting, a | dance will be held at the Armory. United States C. Os C. Official Will Attend Meeting On May 6 Another meeting of the Edenton- Chowan Chamber of Commerce which should be of interest is sche duled to be held Tuesday night, May 6, which /will be attended by L. P. Dickie, of Atlanta, Ga., southeastern division manager of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. This meeting will be a dinner meet ing at Hotel Joseph Hewes, and Mr. Dickie will be the principal speaker. Mr. Dickie is on a tour and Eden ton is included in the only three stops to be made in North Carolina, the other two cities being Wilson and Goldsboro. Members of the board of directors of the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce will be specially invited guests. Fire Inspection Will Begin Next Monday Fire Chief R. K. Hall wilt on Mon day start his usual spring fire in spection, beginning in the business section. In view of this fact, he has asked occupants in the business sec tion to clean up their yards and premises prior to his arrival for in spection. | This newspaper is drew | lated in the territory I where Advertisers iM I realise good results. $1.25 Per Year Gossip Has It There Will Be Plenty Opposition For Offices NONE~FILE Deadline For Filing Is Now 10 Days Before Election , With election of town officials to be held Tuesday, May 6, just a little more than a month away, no candi date had filed up to Wednesday after noon', according to Town Clerk R. E. Leary, with whom the filing must be made. For some two or three weeks, how ever, the town election has been tne I source of conversation at several quarters, with several names ad , vanced as possible candidates for i mayor as well as councilmanic posi tions. It had been generally under- I stood that Mayor J. H. McMullan - will not be a candidate for re-elec tion, which no doubt had its effect i in the advancing of names as his i successor. Mr. McMullan, however, I on Tuesday said that while he will • make no bid for the position, he will > accept and serve if the public desire* • to have him in office. 1 Os course, at this early date, no definite statement has been made by | any one as to his intention to file for mayor, but heard in the gossip have been mentioned, aside from Mayor McMullan, the names of Rich -1 ard Elliott, Joe Conger, Leroy Has kett, J. L. Wiggins and Dr. P. W. Tedder. As to the councilmen, no definite statement has been made by any one of the present incumbents as to whether they will again seek re-elec -1 tion or not. It is supposed, however, ; that they will be candidates, but none have filed as yet, nor made any de ’ finite statement one way or the other. Gossip has it, too, that there will be opposition to present councilmen, though names of prospective candi dates are not as numerous as those for mayor. It is occasionally talked that there will be opposition in every . ward as well as for councilman-at | large, but just who will comprise this opposition isn’t known at the present time. In only one instance , has The Herald learned of a likely • candidate, it being thought that T. Wallace Jones, a former member of the Board, will announce for council man-at-large. Likewise, it has been heard that • the Board of Public Works will have • some opposition, but as in the case s of the councilmen, if there are any ( prospective candidates they have not let it be generally known. Members of this board also have made no ■ statement as to whether or not they . will seek re-election. As to the treasurer, there has been . no mention of any opposition to , Henry Gardner, incumbent. j According to a bill passed at the ! recent session of the General As . sembly a deadline has been estab . lished for candidates to file for of fice. Heretofore candidates were at t lowed to enter the race until mid night of the day before election. Under the law now all candidates for town offices are required to file notice of their candidacy at least 10 days before the date of holding the , election, which will be Friday, > April 25. At the next meeting of Town ■ Council the registration books will ! be ordered open for registration ot voters as well as registrars and judges of election will be appointed. Recruiting Officer In Edenton On April 17 L. D. Miller, chief machinist mate of the U. S. Navy, who has been transferred to the recruiting service, will' be in Edenton Thursday, April 17, to secure enlistments in the > Navy. Chief Miller and his assist ant will be at the Municipal Buildiny, i where young men may enlist or se cure any information relative to the service. Edenton Band To Play In Gallopade Parade C. L. McCullers, director of the ■ Edenton High School Band, on Wed ■ nesday morning received an invita i tion to play in the parade in connec ) tion with the Gallopade celebration - in Rocky Mount on Thursday, May 1. 1 The invitation has been accepted and - the youngsters are again expected to make a favorable showing.
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