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I ml toed mid county mw I Volume VIII. —Number 25. C. o/* C. Arranges Peanut Festival Williamston And Tarboro Play Regular Coastal Plain League Baseball Game on Edenton’s Hicks Field Next Wednesday John Byrum and Wil liam Cayton on Op posing Teams GAME AtTo’CLOCK Both ClubiT Willingly Agree to Transfer Game With final arrangements complete and interest and enthusiasm growing daily, a record crowd is expected to witness the Coastal Plain League baseball game between Williamston and Tarboro to be played here Wed nesday afternoon. The Edenton High School band will parade down Main Street to the ball park, with the con test slated to start promptly at four o’clock. A number of the players on both teams will not come to Edenton as strangers, for both rosters list an Edenton boy and Tarboro also has several members of the Pocomoke City team which trained here two years ago. And then everyone re members “Slim” Gardner, of James ville, who pitched for the Williamston Martins when they were members of the old Albemarle loop, along with Edenton, Hertford and Elizabeth City. “Slim,” whose age is listed at “somewhere between 30 and 40”, broke into professional baseball last season, and was considered one of the oldest “rookies” in the history of baseball. For the Williamston Martins, our Johnny Byrum will Be holding down third base. Johnny came to the Mar tins this season as an outfielder, where he has given a very creditable showing, but was switched to the hot corner when Babe Tuckey suffered a broken nose and a slight concussion resulting from a ground ball which took a bad hop. Byrum’s rifle-like throws And lightning speed has plac ed him high in the minds of Williams ton fans, a large number believing he is one of the best rookie players on the squad. The Tarboro line-up at second base will be “Little Bud” Cayton, a small package of dynamite at the plate and a flashy fielder around the keystone sack. “little Bud” has made quite a name for himself in the Coastal Plain circuit this season, being rated as one of the best men in the loop in working double plays. (Continued on Page Five) Troop Committee For Edenton Boy Scouts Appointed Group Asked to Meet Friday Night to Organize Following the Edenton Rotary Club assuming sole sponsorship of the Edenton Boy .Scout Troop, a new troop committee has been appointed which will be composed of six mem bers instead of nine under the joint sponsorship of the Rotary and Lions Chibs and Ed Bond Post of the American Legion. Those appointed on the new troop committee are C. E. Kramer, H. A. Cam pen, C. W. Overman, John W. Graham, Geddas Potter and Hector Lupton. J. Edwin Bufflap, president of the Rotary Club, is anxious for this group to meet and organise, and for that reason has called a meeting for Friday night at the Municipal Building. Os these members a chair man will be elected, as well as a sec retary and treasurer, and subse quently a scoutmaster will be ap pointed. The troop, after a considerable amount of misunderstanding ano wrangling, has been officially regis tered in the Tidewater Council, as the result of which local Scout activi ties will be reorganised and the work should run much more smoothly. Charles Wales had been serving as scoutmaster until recently, when due to the unsatisfactory arrangement with the Tidewater Council, he re signed. He is expected, however, to agree to serve as Hie scout leader. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTi OF CHOWAN COUNTY Coastal Plain League President Approves Transfer Os Game Here Next Wednesday Ray H. Goodmon Will Be On Hand For Game, Which He Considers Good Will Builder Among Eastern Carolina Towns In permitting the regular Coastal Plain League baseball game between Williamston and Tarboro to be played in Edenton next Wednesday, Presi dent Ray H. Goodmon, president of thfe Coastal Plain League, issued the following statements: “I am heartily in favor of such a transfer, for I believe it not omy builds better good-will among the towns of eastern North Carolina, but it also allows a number of fans to see the calibre of baseball played m the Coastal Plain circuit who, to date, have not had that opportunity. The Coastal Plain has always ranked Band Heads For Durham Monday For Legion Parade Ed Bond Post Awarded Honor of Leading Procession '■ •* On Monday morning some 59 mem bers of the Edenton High School Band will leave by a chartered Nor folk Southern bus for Durham, where they will participate in the American Legion parade in connection with the State convention. Chowan County will be signally honored in that Ed Bond Post has been -granted the priv iege of leading the parade by reason of the fact that the organization had the best record this year of enrolling members. Because Ed Bond Post was desig nated to lead the parade, local Leg ionnaires were very anxious to have the band participate and in lightning like speed $125 was raised last week to defray the bus and other expenses to transport the band to Durham. Quite a number of members of Ed Bond Post are expected to be on hand for the parade, which from advance information, will be a feature of the convention. Robert L. Pratt, Rich ard D. Dixon and C. E. Kramer are delegates from the local post and Graham Byrum and West Byrum will also attend the convention sessions. Wives of several of the Legionnaires will accompany their husbands. Rotarians Meet Next Week On Wednesday Instead Os Thursday Stepped Up a Day to Meet With Tarboro Rotarians Due to the Coastal Plain League baseball game between Williamston and Tarboro which will be played in Edenton next Wednesday, the Eden ton Rotary meeting will be trans ferred from its usual meeting hour at 1 o’clock Thursday to Wednesday at 1 o’clock. This change was agreed upon at last week’s meeting when It was learned that many of the Tar boro Rotarians expected to accom pany the baseball team to Edenton and that a joint meeting would be appropriate for the occasion. Among the visiting Rotarians ex pected to attend the meeting will be Carter Darrow, district governor, whose home is in Tarboro and who has not attended an Edenton Rotary meeting since early in his adminis tration. MRS. VANN IMPROVING Friends will be pleased to know that Mrs. C. S. Vann, who has been very ill at her home for (he past six weeks, k gradually improving. She is, however, still confined to her bed. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 19, 1941. among the best Class D leagues in the country, and the people of this section of the State feel proud of such a distinction,” stated the league president, adding, “I will attend this special attraction, and will do all within my power to furnish the best umpires of the loop in an effort to give the faithful baseball enthus iasts an exceptionally well-played contest. The fans of Williamston and club officials have been very kind to change the site of the Tarboro- Williamston encounter to your fair town and I feel sure that each one of (Continued on Page Eight) Ralph Parrish Will Attend Convention Os State Merchants Defense Problems For Retailers Theme of Meeting Ralph Parrish, newly elected pres ident of the Edenton Merchants As sociation, has been delegated to re present the local organization at the State Merchants Association conven tion which will be held at High Point on June 23-24. Mr. Parrish plans to attend the convention, to which any member of the association is also invited- The convention theme will be “De fense Problems Ahead for Retail ers” and will include a group of prominent speakers, among whom will be Governor J. M. Broughton. • Inasmurh as the convention will constitute North Carolina’s Leading Retail Event for 1941, and all of its discussions will deal with problems which are of interest to retail mer chants generally, officials of the North Carolina Merchants Associa tion and of the Host City associa tion unite in extending a cordial in vitation to all retail merchants of the State to attend the convention, hear the helpful addresses, partici pate in its deliberations, profit by its constructive ideas, and enjoy the fine entertainment and good-fellowship of the occasion. Second Registration Under Selective Service Act Will Be Held In Nation July 1 Local Draft Board Will Have Registrars On Duty At Armory From 7 A. M. to 9 P. M.; Every Man Who Is 21 Since October 16,1940, Must Register In compliance with a proclamation by President Franklin Roosevelt call ing: lor a second registration day in order to increase and train the per sonnel of the armed forces of the United States, every man in the United States and its possessions who has attained his 21st anniversary of the day of his birth since October 16, 1940, most register with his local Selective Service Board on July 1. Men required to register in this sec ond registration are those who were bom on or between October 17, 1919, and July 1, 1920. Aliens, as well as American clti zend, who become 21 years of age be fore midnight July 1, 1941, must register, State Director J. Van B. Metts stated, and he also pointed out that aliens between the ages of 21 and 36 years who have come to the United States since the first regis tration on October 16, 1940, and have not yet registered, must register on Past Masters Os Unanimity Lodge Back In Harness 12 of 16 Living Former Masters Attend Spe cial Meeting SPLENDID TIME C. W. Sawyer Presented Beautiful Past Mas ter’s Jewel One of the most interesting Ma sonic meetings held in recent years took place Thursday night when Past Masters’ Night was observed by Unanimity Lodge No. 7. Os the 16 living past masters, 12 were present, as well as Thomas J. Wood, a past master of Virginia, who is now a member of the local lodge. At the outset G. A. Helms, master of the lodge, requested present offi cers to surrender their stations and places, all of which were filled by past fmasters, as follows: W. S. ’Sum mered, master; C. H. Wood, senior warden; W. M. Wilkins, junior war den; J. R. Byrum, treasurer; J. Ed win Bufflap, secretary; W. S. Grif fin, senior deacon; E. W. Spires, junior deacon; A. S. Hollowell and W. C. Bunch, stewards; C. W. Saw yer, tiler. The other past masters at the meeting were E. R. Conger, who last year was awarded a medal for being a Mason for over 50 years, and E. T. Rawlinson, who has twice served as master. R. E. Liles and Morris Worriner, both past masters of George Wright Lodge in Norfolk, and C. W. Ander son of the same lodge were also pres ent. They were accompanied by 1. J. Moran of Norfolk, a member of the local lodge. AiM-Msr promir ■ • t visitor was S. E. Phelps of Windsor, district deputy Grand Master of the Second District, and C. R. Godwin, a member of the (Continued on Page Five) Edenton Trio Meets With E. C. Directors Following up the idea of joint meetings of the directors of the Edenton and Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce, an Edenton trio went to Elizabeth City Monday night to enjoy a luncheon with Elizabeth City directors at the Virginia Dare Hotel. The affair was very delightful, dur ing which the ‘general opinion was expressed that by occasional joint meetings a spirit of cooperation would develop between the two groups and that what helps one town in the Albemarle helps all others. President Roland Garrett, as well as all other directors, were delighted to have the Edentonians present, who were Secretary C. L. McCullers, Dr. W. I. Hart and J. Edwin Bufflap. There was no business transacted, the meeting being confined to a so cial affair. July 1. Special arrangements will be made by local boards to register men who cannot appear before the local board because of illness or incapacity. Men subject to registration who are in mates of asylums, jails, penitentiar ies, or other similar institutions on July 1 will be registered by the war den on the day they leave the institu tion. Men subject to registration on July 1 who are away from home and can not, except at great expense and in convenience, return to their own lo cal boards to register, may appear before the nearest local board and will be registered there. Such men should be cautioned, however, to give their permanent addresses when reg istering, General Metts said. Men who are required to register on July 1 and fail to do so will sub ject themselves to severe penalties, (Continued on Page Eight) E.W.SpiresNamedGeneral Chairman of Celebration at Meeting Held Wednesday Baseball Moguls faWjagjpWßßgte ’ - ‘ '. r'PfZi RAY H. GOODMON Energetic Coastal Plain Lea gue President, Ray H. Goodmon, will attend the game here Wed nesday, being very much in favor of the transfer and appreciating the interest shown by the local fans in the league this season. Jt: FRANK RODGERS Skipper Frank Rodgers will bring his Williamston Martins here Wednesday afternoon for a regular scheduled game with Tarboro. The well-liked manager advises that he will have one of his best hurlers ready for action on that day. Lions Show Interest In Swimming Pool Need Emphasized at Meeting Monday Night A swimming pool for Edenton was the principal topic discussed at the Lions Club meeting Monday night, when a number of the members em phasized the need for a pool. While no definite action was taken toward the construction of a pool, a commit tee was appointed to discuss ways and means whereby docal youngsters would be enabled to enjoy bathing during the summer months. A number of the Lions met after the meeting with a committee from the Chamber of Commerce to discuss the possibilities of a swimming pool or other arrangements for bathing facilities. The idea is only in a for mative state, but in connection with the movement samples of water from several locations will be sent to Ra leigh to be analyzed to ascertain its fitness for bathing in the hope of se curing a site along the Sound if plans fail to materialize for the con struction of a modem pool. David Holton Leader For Rotary Program Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet as usual at the Parish House today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock. David Hol ton will be in charge of the program and promises to present a program of interest to the members. For that reason every member is urged to be present. ITkit ntmtpftr it tkmb ArlrJ la whmt Advtrtktn r*mt good rtmm. $1.25 Per Year Date Has Been Tenta tively Set For Friday, October 17 BIG EVENT Committees Appointed To Arrange For Affair Following closely upon its formal June meeting proposal of two weeks ago, the Edenton Chamber of Com merce went on positive record Wed nesday as endorsing the idea of hold ing a peanut festival here, and set October 17 as a tentative date for the affair. The festival will be something out of the ordinary, will run from morn ing well on into the night, with fire works and a dance as the windup, a monster parade with floats toward noon with numerous bands and mili tia in the line of march, perhaps, from Fort Bragg or some other re servation, maybe an overhead aero nautic exhibition, also, with planes from Langley Field, a yacht and mo tor boat regatta on the waters of the sound in the afternoon with the Coast Guard aiding and showing ela borately in this, including moving picture and radio operators on hand, and much else, of course, the whole through the operation of concessions and other amusements to be as self supporting as possible. Os course, at this early four months ahead date everything is in a formative period with discussion as to plans and procedure still in the air, but enough can be said to declare positively here and now, there will be a real peanut festival Edenton on or about the date proposed, far exceeding in importance and publicity the smaller festival of the same na ture held here several years ago, and outrivaling even the supposedly greater festival held yearly at Suf folk, Va. The idea of holding a peanut festi val in Edenton, the State center of the industry, has ever been a topic of talk about town, but it remained for the Chamber of Commerce, in the (Continued on Page Five) Margaret Spires Wins Scholarship At Duke University Edenton Girl Received Highest Grades at Greenville Miss Margaret Spires has been no tified by Dr. David T. Smith, head of the School of Medicine at Duke University, that she has been award ed a scholarship in the 'School of Medicine. These scholarships are highly cov eted and it is said that several hun dred applications were filed from al most every State in the Union. The minimum requirements are two years of study in a standard college. Miss Spires has been specializing in science, chemistry and kindred subjects at the East Carolina Teach ers’ College in Greenville, for the past two years with the hope of ind iting one of these scholarships. Although many of the applicants had four years of college work to their credit, it is understood that Miss Spires’ selection for one of these scholarships was based entire ly upon her grades, which were said to have been the highest of any suo mitted to the Board of Awards. Miss Spires received the highest grades in the Sophomore Class at Green ville this past year. iShe plans to specialize in laboratory technology and may possibly add X-ray work to her course later on. Miss Spires is the daughter of former Mayor and Mrs. E. W. Spires of Edenton and is a graduate of the Edenton High School. She was a member of the debating team during her senior year and went to Chapel Hill in the finals that year. She was a member of the Edenton Hign School Band and has pipy®* in the college band at Greenville during her two years there. She plays the cor net.
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