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Volume Vlll.—Number 26.
County Club Women Now
, Seeking Renewals And New
Subscribers For The Herald
Members of Demonstra
tion Clubs Making
Canvass
NOT CONTEST
Initial Reports of Work
Done Are Very En
couraging
* Following a meeting last Thursday
with representatives of the various
home demonstration clubs in Chowan
County, The Herald has made ar
rangements with the club women to
y solicit renewals and new subscrip
tions. Many of the subscriptions to
The Herald expire this month, but
before being dropped from the list
the subscribers will be contacted by
the club members in an effort to se
cure a renewal. *
The Herald has heretofore con
ducted a subscription campaign in or
der to keep the mailing list up to
date, in which case what money was
spent went to only a few people.
Under the present plan there is no
contest, but a generous commission
t is paid to the club women on the sub
scription money turned in. Club
members appeared very enthusiastic
over the opportunity to earn money
for their respective organizations and
already a number of the members
1 have met with gratifying response.
The Herald feels sure that these
club women will make a good job of
securing renewals and because every
reader is considered a distinct asset
to the paper, it is hoped that every
last subscriber will see fit to again
subscribe to the end that The Herald
can continue to be of service to a
section which needs publicity as well
as a mouthpiece to press its claims.
The club women will make an ef
fort to contact every subscriber, but
in event any are missed and any par
ticular club is favored to have credit,
the president of each club will ap
preciate knowing about it. Members
will make their report to their presi
dent, who will report to The Herald
for settlement.
Presidents of the various clubs,
all of whom are cooperating in the
circulation work, are as follows:
Enterprise Club—Mrs. W. A. Har
rell.
Hurdle’s Club Miss Catherine
Copeland.
Ryland Club —Mrs. G. A. Boyce.
Chowan Club—Mrs. E. L. Winslow.
Mrs. Winslow, however, has named
Mrs. E. N. Elliott to have charge of
the work for this club.
Ward’s Club—Mrs. D. A. Ward.
Byrd Club—Mrs. S. E. Morris.
Beech Fork Club Mrs. W. H.
Saunders. i
Center Hill Club—Mrs. J. T. White
Gum Pond Club Mrs. W. L.
Smith. Mrs. Smith succeeds Mrs. J.
R. Bunch, Jr., who will move to New
port News, Va.
Rocky Hock Club—Mrs. Percy L.
Smith.
Town Officials Meet
In Joint Session To
Talk About Finances
No Action Taken Re
garding Street and
\ Sidewalk Paving
' HARMONIOUS
Decided to Crack Down
On Those Who Fail
To Pay Taxes
In order to discuss town finances,
a joint meeting of Town Council and
the Board of Public Works was held
Tuesday night. The purpose of the
meeting was to ascertain if any
money was to be forthcoming from
E. & W. surplus funds with which to
undertake at least a portion of con
templated improvements, and after
quite a lengthy discussion the pres
ent status of making improvements
in the way of paved streets, sidewalks
and curbs and gutters remained un
changed.
There was no opinion expressed
that the improvements were not de
sirable, but as heretofore, the cost
involved and how Hie money should
be secured resulted in no action being
taken one way or the other.
It was the idea of Town Council to
secure enough money from the E. &
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Mrs. E. R. Conger
Victim Os Heart
Attack At Home
Funeral Held Saturday
Morning Largely
Attended
Another fine old matriarch of
Edenton passed on to her Redeemer
late last Thursday night when the
entire community was inexpressibly
shocked to learn of the sudden death
of Mrs. Harriet Gillingham Conger,
wife of Edmund R. Conger, at her
West Church Street home. While the
family and friends have realized for
several years that the devoted wife
and mother was slowly slipping away
her passing came unexpectedly to
ward midnight quickly following a
sharp heart attack.
Funeral services were held at St.
Paul’s Church, of which the husband
of the deceased is senior warden, on
Saturday • morning at 10:30 o’clock.
The Rev. C. A. Ashby, rector, offi
ciated there and later at the grave
(Continued on Page Eight)
Baptists Assemble
At Chowan College
July 7 To July 11
Entire Church Program
Covered By Various
Departments
LEADERSTO SPEAK
Interest In Assembly on
Increase Tear After
Year
The Chowan Baptist Assembly will
hold its annual session the week of
July 7-July 11 at Chowan College,
Murfreesboro. The faculty and lead
ership is composed of the outstand
ing Baptist leaders and workers in
North Carolina and Virginia. The
entire church program will be cover
ed in this instructive and interesting
program of study and fellowship
through the following distinct depart
ments: Preachers' School with Dr.
J. L. White as dean; W. M. U. De
partment with Mrs. J. Grady Brid
gers as dean; Sunday School Depart
ment with Rev. R. R. Jackson as
dean; Training Union Department
with John M. Elliott as dean. The
R. A. and G. A. work will be carriea
on under the W. M. U. Department.
Rev. J. M. Duncan, the director-in
chief, will have as his associate direc
tor, Rev. E. R. Stewart.
Year after year this assembly has
been conducted by the Baptists of
Eastern North Carolina at Chowan
College and interest has been on the
increase from session to session.
This has been due to the fine instruc
tion, fellowship, and recreational
features sponsored by the Assembly
and this year’s program has been
planned with the idea in mind of
giving the Baptists of Eastern North
Carolina the finest program possible.
Those interested in any phase of the
Baptist work will find an ideal place
in this assembly for following this
interest under the direction of the
denomination’s strongest Baptist
leaders and teachers, who have spec
ialized on the courses which they
will teach.
Frank Holmes Leaves
September 15 To Train
With Naval Reserves
Frank Holmes, after signing up
with the Naval Reserves several
weeks ago, has been notified that he
will be required to report on Septem
ber 15. However, just where he will
go for training has not been stated
other than that it will be one of
three places, Annapolis, Northwest
ern University or Prairie State on the
battleship Illinois.
To join the reserves an applicant
must have a college degree and if ex
aminations are satisfactorily passed
he can soon be promoted to an en
sign. Mr. Holmes has received a
quantity of material for preparation
and is devoting considerable time to
study of the various subjects.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 26, 1941.
Machinery Set Up
For Registration
Os 21-Year-Olds
Chowan Youths Must
Report at Armory
Tuesday
7 A. M. TO 9 P.M.
, Blanks Will Be Filled
Out By Draft Board
Personnel
Chowan, which has already felt the)
effect of compulsory military train
ing by the operation of the first se
lective service act of last autumn,
. will feel it again next Tuesday when
. the heart of its young manhood,
, here and throughout the entire Unit
' ed States, will be required to form
ally register for training. Those so
obliged by Presidential proclamation
I will only be the boys who have reach
ed the age of 21 years between the
! date of the first registration, Octo
, her 16 last, and that of the second
! registration, July 1, 1941.
While the 21-year-old youths of
the nation subject to this registra
tion will run into the million or more,
it is not believed the registration in
this the state’s smallest county, will
reach even 100 of this total. In fact,
Brigadier General J. Van B. Metts,
the state director of the selective
service act, both of the first draft
and of this, has furnished the Chowan
draft board with a tentative quota of
but 90, and even credits will be al
lowed against this he writes for all
those of the 21-year-old-age who have
been or may hereafter be inducted
hy the local board.
The big thing in this new regis
tration is that every 21-year-old to
day must go to his duly designated
registration place between 7 a. m. and
9 p. m., next Tuesday. If the pros
pective registrant happens to be else
where next Tuesday and cannot reach
• his home sector jh time to register
he must present himself to the board
nearest where he happens to be.
Special arrangements, of course, will
be made for those boys within the
registration age who may be ill at
home next Tuesday or prevented
from registering by other causes be
. yond their control.
In a proclamation backing up the
President’s registration order Gover
nor Broughton, after outlining the
various provisions of the act, em
[ phasizes with pride that North Car
■ olina has responded nobly to every
, such call for service, that more than
. 450,000 men registered in the first
. draft “with hardly a murmur of dis
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: Bank Os Edenton
Closed July 4 And 5
Proclamation By Gover
nor Calls For Holiday
Saturday
Pursuant to a proclamation issued
, by Governor J. M. Broughton, the
Bank of Edenton will be closed Fri
day and Saturday, July 4 and 5. Be
‘ cause of this double holiday, and es
pecially over the week-end, officials
, are very anxious that patrons who
have pafrolls to make up should take
due notice.
The Governor’s Proclamation fol
lows:
“Whereas, July 4, ’941, a State
■ and National holiday, falls on Friday,
and „ *
“Whereas, by general consent,
i many businesses will enjoy Saturday,
, July sth, as a holiday and
i “Whereas, a request has been made
, by representatives of the banking
; interests of the State that Saturday,
, July 5, 1941, be declared a banking
. holiday,
“Now Therefore,
“I, J. Melville Broughton, Gover
nor of North Carolina, by virtue ox
authority contained in Chapter 120
of the Public Laws of 1933, by and
with the advice and consent of the
' Council of State, do hereby name and
set apart as a banking holiday Satur
» day, July 5, 1941; and on said day,
i all the ordinary and usual operations
i and business of all banking corpora
tions, State or National, in this
l State, shall be suspended, and during
i such period no banking corporation
! shall pay out or receive deposits,
' make loans or discounts, transfer cre
! dits or transact any other banking
business whatsoever except such acts
: as are authorized by the aforesaid
■ law.
I “Done at our capital City of Ra
■ ledgh, this 6th day of June, in the
\ year of our Lord one thousand nine
i hundred and forty-one and in the one
> hundred and sixty-fifth year of our
American Independence.”
H. A. Campen Now
Chairman Os Scout
Troop Committee
Elected at Meeting Held
Last Thursday
Night
KING PRESENT
Group Now Angling For
Man to Act as Scout
master
At a meeting Thursday night of
the newly appointed Troop Commit
tee for Edenton Boy Scouts, H. A.
Campen was elected chairman of the
committee with John W. Graham
named secretary, and, Hector Lupton,
treasurer. The meeting was called
for the purpose of organizing the
troop committee and to discuss)
Scout activities with Donald King,!
field executive.
Mr. King has been employed by
the Tidewater Council and is located
in Elizabeth City in the interest of
Boy Scout work in the Albemarle
section, and as the result of the
meeting the troop committee feels
certain it will have his wholehearted
cooperation and can call upon him
at any time for help and advice.
The new troop committee was nam
ed after recent action of the Edenton
Rotary Club, when that organization
agreed to act as sole sponsor of the
local troop, which until that time was
sponsored jointly by the Rotary and
Lions Clubs and the American Le
gion. The troop committee is now
composed of H. A. Campen, C. E.
Kramer, C. W. Overman, John W.
Graham, Geddes Potter, Hector Lup
ton and Charles Wales, Jr.
After discussion at length of Scout
activities at Thursday night’s meet
ing, the matter of selecting a scout
master developed into the principal
item of business. It was thought
Charles Wales would agree to serve
in this capacity, but for a number of
reasons he said he would not accept
the appointment.
No progress to a leader was
i made at the meeting, but Chairman
Campen informed those present that
, he would approach likely prospects
and call a meeting as soon as possi
ble to choose a scoutmaster.
Mr. Wales reported that there are
several splendid Scouts who have
maintained an interest in the troop
and who would form a nucleus about
which a good troop could be organiz
ed. In the-meantime, if necessary,
Mr. Campen, a former scoutmaster
and an outstanding one at that, may
organize the troop until a leader can
be secured.
PTA Still Needing
More Fruit Jars
Mrs. John FVWhite Will
ing to Call For Con
tributions
With the canning season in the
offing, the Parent-Teachers Associa
tion’s supply of fruit jars is still in
adequate to take care of the antici
pated yield of the garden project.
A large number of jars were contri
buted, for the purpose during the re
cent observance of Jar Week in the
schools, but even still more jars are
needed.
The Association is appealing for
more fruit jars and in event anyone
has any contribution she is asked
to contact Mrs. John F. White.
Red Men Elect New
Officers Next Week
At next week’s meeting of Chowan
Tribe of Red Men new officers for
the next six months will be elected.
Final nominations were made at this
week’s meeting with present officers
advanced, leaving a contest only for
junior sagamore, for which several
candidates are in the field.
C. H. Barber will be promoted to
prophet, Ernest White will be the
new sachem and Percy iSmith will
advance from junior to senior saga
more.
All members of the tribe are es
pecially urged to be at next week’s
meeting to take part in the election.
Theatre Discontinues
Shows On Sundays
During Hot Weather
As in previous years, the Taylor
Theatre has discontinued Sunday
shows for the summer, the last Sun
day show taking place last Sunday.
The Sunday shows, according to
Manager Jimmy Earnhardt, will be
resumed early in the fall.
Double Conference Called
In Edenton For Explanation
Os Second Draft Provisions
McCullers Becomes
Rotary President At
Next Week's Meeting
Incoming Head One of
Most Active Mem
bers of Club
At next week’s Rotary meeting, J.,
Edwin Bufflap will preside over the
Edenton club for the last time as
I president, yielding the gavel and I
j Rotary bell to Charles L. McCullers, I
who was elected president of the club
at the election held at the April;
10th meeting. Mr. McCullers has ■
been one of the most active members
! of the local club and under his ad- j
ministration the club is expected to
increase in interest, membership and |
Rotary activities.
As Mr. McCullers becomes presi
dent he will have Frank Holmes as
vice president, together with the hol
lowing as members of the board of
directors: J. Edwin Bufflap, H. A.
Campen, R. N. Hines, C. E. Kramer
and C. W. Overman.
Chamblee Pleased
With Response To
Clinicsfor Servant
Sharp Teeth Placed In
Law 8y1941 General
Assembly
PENALTY FIXED
I Household Servants Re
quired to Have Health [
Certificate
1 Dr. John S. Chamblee of Edenton,
director of the county health depart
ment is well pleased, with the coop
eration which his venereal disease
1 clinics have received from domestic
servants who are required to present
their employers with certificates
which show the condition of their
health.
Some housewives are not acquaint
ed with the law. Some cooks and
persons employed in private homes
have been hanging back and have not
been reporting for periodical exami
-1 nations. It is on account of these
laggards that the 1941 General As
sembly placed in the law sharp teeth
which will increase the effectiveness
of the public health program.
Before accepting a job as a house
hold servant the applicant must pre
sent the prospective employer with a
certificate which shows (1) that he
or she has been examined within two
weeks prior to the d.ate; (2) that he
or she is free from contagious in
fectious and communicable diseases,
and (3) that they do not have any
venereal disease which might be
transmitted to members of the fam
ily. The law also provides that at
least once a year or as often as the
employer may require, domestic ser
vants must be examined.
The section which provides punish
ment for failure to comply was add
ed by the recently adjourned Legisla
ture. It specified that any domestic
servant who fails to obey the meas
ure upon conviction shall be fined
not more than SSO or imprisoned for
more than thirty days.
Richard Dixon Chosen
Legion Representative
Along with the almost unanimous
selection of R. C. McMillan, of Ra
leigh, as state commander of the
American Legion, Richard D. Dixon,
Chowan court clerk, was chosen at
Durham on Tuesday as the First
District representative at the nation
al convention of the Legion in Mil
waukee, Wis., next September. Upon
his return from Durham Wednesday,
Mr. Dixon said he expected to attend
the mid-western gathering.
The Edenton man’s selection, some
what of a coveted district honor,
was part of the smooth working ma
chinery in connection with Com
mander McMillan’s victory. Mr.
Dixon promoted the McMillan candi
dacy in the First District and saw
every vote in the District cast for the
victor in the contest. Mr. McMillan
was feted here last winter while an
overnight guest of Mr. Dixon’s.
This newtpefer it rkotb
loted ht the territory
where Advertisers |M
reatiee good retake.
$1.25 Per Year
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Groups Meet at Munici
pal Building and
Court House
VERY IMPORTANT
One of Three Meetings
To Be Held Through
out the State
To aid in the operation of the new
and second selective service draft,
which goes into national defense
I registration everywhere in the United
States on Tuesday next, a double
| conference concerning the medical
| and administrative provisions of the
act for the eastern part of the state,
. will be held in Edenton next Wed
nesday night at 7:30 o’clock.
I At that hour the two groups will
' have the act explained to them by
Major Elmus D. Peasley, the state’s
[ medical officer, and by a second offi-
I cer from the asministrative side of
' the state’s selective service organiza
tions at Raleigh. Medical and ad
ministrative officers from the In
duction Station will, also, be present
to participate in the conference.
Arrangements hare been made for
the medical group which has been
estimated, as around 30 from the va
rious counties in the district, to meet
at the Municipal Bidding Wednesday
night, and the administrative group,
approximating around 100 others,
will gather at the same hour for
conference at the Court House.
Advance notice of the conferences
sent recently to Chairman Jasper L.
Wiggins, of the local draft board,
specify that the medical group con
ference Will be devoted to a discus
sion of the medical problems of ex
amining physicians, while the other
group, which will be attended by
board members, clerks and steno
graphers of local boards as well as
government appeal agents, will con
cern the operating problems of the
selective service. ••
I Two other similar group meetings
l in the state will be held, one at Dur
ham on the night of July 1, and the
other at Rocky Mount on the after
noon of the same day the meetings
are being held here.
While the registration of all pos
sible draftees under the second selec
tive service act will have been carried
out, as commanded, and told of else
where, on July 1, next Wednesday’s
conferences, will, of course, bear en
tirely upon the subsequent operation
of this new act and the selection of
those viewed as eligible under the
draft’s provisions.
The meetings are viewed as highly
important to all those involved in the
operation of the act, and it is the
especial command of the state direc
tor at Raleigh that a large attend
ance be on hand at both conferences.
Edenton High School
Band Invited To Play
For Duke-Tennessee
Local Youngsters Win
Praise In Legion Pa
rade at Durham
HENDERSON FIRST
Fail to Win Any of Cash
Prizes Offered By
Legionnaires
With a group of parents anxiously
waiting for them, Edenton’s High
School Band members returned about
1 o’clock Tuesday morning from Dur
ham, where they participated in the
American Legion parade. Though the
outfit failed to win any of the cash
prizes, Director C. L. McCullers was
invited to bring his organization to
Durham on October 4 to play for the
Duke home-coming day when the
Blue Devils will tackle Tennessee. He
gladly accepted the invitation.
The Ed,enton outfit was among the
bands at the head of the parade and
comment from Edenton people, who
were in Durham, as well as along the
line of march was to the effect that
the youngsters played as well or
better than they ever .did and that
the drills were perfectly executed.
However, other bands, larger in num
ber and more resplendent in new uni
forms.'won out in the cash awards.
Thv. .enderson band won first prize,
with the Elizabeth City band taking
second place.