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Volume VHI —Number 28.
First Lady Will Be Invited
To Attend Edenton’sPeanut
Festival Planned In October
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Program Will Be Fea
tured By Historic
Pageant
THREEDAYS
Idea Is to Make Celebra
tion Outstanding One
For the Albemarle
t Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife
of the nation’s President and migrat
ing First Lady of the Land, will be
invited to the Edenton Peanut Festi
val to be held in mid October. Sec
retary Charles McCullers, of the
Chamber of Commerce, made this an
nouncement Wednesday, stating that
a letter of invitation to Mrs. Roose
velt would go forward at once, and
that Congressman Bonner and Sena
tor Bailey would be urged to press
the request upon the author of “My
Day.”
Mr. McCullers said he wished it
clearly understood that the First
Lady’s presence here was not being
sought as a matter of town publicity
so much as the interest and pleasure
it was sure that Mrs. Roosevelt would
have from a visit to this historical
town, especially, during a celebration
so noteworthy as it is planned to
make of the Peanut Festival.
Os course, the Chamber secretary
and President Davis, who is also be
-1 hind the Roosevelt move, realize the
contingency of possible war trouble
with this country involved as inter
fering with any future traveling
plans of the genial Lady, and
while they are keeping their fingers
crossed, they are both hopeful that
some sort of an encouraging response
anent the proposed visit will come
from the White House.
En addition to the Roosevelt invita
tion, the festival committee, with
(SeneraF Chairman E. W. Spires in
. charge, are isuch over the
October prospects, particularly over
, the three night pageant idea. A con
tract for the pageant, which will be
historical in import, has already been
signed wit the John B. Rogers Pro
ducing Company, of Fostoria, Ohio,
and Myron Calvin, the company
agent, here last week, is already at
work with his plans. A special pa
geant writer of importance will be
engaged by the company to write tne
libretto for the pageant, and trained
histrionic teachers will be brought
here, it was said, to handle the train
ing of around 400 characters in the
cast.
Naturally, all the pageant details
■g have not been worked out as yet but
* enough has been learned to indicate
that the pageant would be given on
the nights of October 15, 16 and 17,
the three days the festival is talked
of for being held.
A well-known national speaker is
being sought for the opening of the
festival. A number of suggested
events for the day-time celebrations
have been talked of, such as a Gov
ernors’ Day and luncheon, sight-see
ing tours to historical points, opening
of the museum, a large parade of
pioneers in the peanut industry in
corporating educational floats, band
concerts, a home-coming day, athletic
events, baby show, street dance, mili
tary displays and pyrotechnics on
the water front.
In addition to all this there will
be, if plans do not miscarry, an agri
cultural and vocational exhibit in
charge of County Agent C. W. Over
man and Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Rebecca Colwell, and on each
evening after the pageant, dances
and coronation and queen’s baits
will be held in the Armory.
While all plans are in a formative
stage, enough has been gleaned to
indicate that Edenton’s importance as
the State’s peanut market guarantee
that the festival from start to finish
will be conducted on a dignified,
highly important plane, and will be
a noteworthy event in the entire Al
bemarle.
Meadow View Dairy
* Agpin Rates Grade A
W. Gaylord, sanitary officer,
reports that for the dairy grading
* period from January through June,
the Meadow View Dairy is the only
one in the county to be awarded
Grade A.
Mr. Gaylord recommends during
this hot weather that all consumers
place milk on cold storage imme
diately after it is delivered in order
|!to check the increase of bacteria,
thereby preventing milk souring
l' sooner than it otherwise would. The
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A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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Because of the Fourth of July
holidays, the regular meeting of
the County Commissioners was
not held Monday, but will be held
this (Thursday) morning at 10
o’clock.
At today’s meeting the year’s
budget will be considered, and ac
cording to tentative figures, It
* appears that due to the increas
‘ ed property valuation, the rate
! will be reduced Blightly. Last
year’s rate was $1.13 per SIOO
’ property valuation and unless
' present figures are greatly aiter
’ ed, the rate should be SI.OB with
a possibility of lowering it still
| further to $1.06.
I M. L Flynn Buys
; Cherry’s Grocery
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i Change In Ownership
[ Effected Saturday
> Afternoon
r Change in ownership of one of
- Broad Street’s grocery stores was
* effected Saturday when M. L. Flynn
> purchased Cherry’s Grocery from G.
- L. Boyce and took charge immediate
; ly. Mr. Flynn has had considerable
1 experience in the grocery business,
) having been manager of the local D.
; Pender grocery store for 14 years
■ and at the time he left the concern,
> on January 1, of this year, was the
oldest chain store manager in Eden
. ton in point of service,
i While with the Pender concern,
i Mr. Flynn made an enviable record
> an<l was considered one of the com
• pany’s most valuable managers. He
. has made many friends and won a
> host of customers for the chain
i store and hopes many of them will
. favor him with their patronage In his
, own business.
> For the present no change will be
; made in the store either as to policy
. or alterations. The name of the
j business will be Flynn’s Grocery.
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Bus Service To
Suffolk Revived
! Two Trips Daily Be
; tween Two Towns Be
gun Tuesday
i Bus service between Edenton and
[ Suffolk was inaugurated Tuesday of
i this week when the Norfolk Southern
■ Bus Corporation put into effect a
■ schedule which calls for two busses
• each way daily. For about 10 years
’ there has been no bus service be
tween the two towns, and not only
I will the schedule provide transporta
: tion from Edenton to ‘Suffolk, but
■ convenient connections have been ar
i ranged for points north.
The schedule which went into es
. feet Tuesday is as follows: Leave
Suffolk at 8:30 a. m. and 5 p. m., ar
i riving in Edenton at 10:05 a. m. and
6:30 p. m. Leave Edenton at 11:5b
; a. jn. and 7 p. m., arriving in Suf
folk at 1:30 p. m. and 8:30 p. m.
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1 Recruiting Officer
t For Navy Will Be
In Edenton July 10
Next Thursday, July 10, from noon
until 4 o’clock, a representative of
[ the Norfolk Navy Recruiting Sta
tion will be in Edenton for the pur
pose of interviewing young men who
are interested in the United States
Navy or the Naval Reserve. An7
young men interested are asked to
present themselves at the Municipal
Building (between the hours of 12
and 4 o’clock.
It is now possible for men who
are skilled at any trade to enlist as
petty officers in the Naval Reserve
for the specific trade in which they :
have had experience, and further
their knowledge along these lines.
QUIET FOURTH
Edenton experienced one of the
quietest Fourth of July holidays in 1
recent years. There were no acci- :
dents, nor was it necessary for the
police to make a single arrest over
tiie entire week-end.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 10,1941.
New Officers For
Edenton Lions Club
Installed Monday
Ralph Parrish Takes
Over Reins as Presi
dent For Year
LADIES^NIGHT
District Governor Nor
man Trueblood Prin
cipal Speaker
Installation of 1941-42 officers,
“Ladies’ Night,” at which most of
the wives of the members were pres
ent, and the initial appearance of the
new District Governor, Norman True
blood, of Hertford, brought out a
large attendance at Monday night’s
Lions Club dinner at the Hotel
Joseph Hewes. In addition to the
regular club membership with their
accompanying feminine attractions,
several visitors were also on hand,
and dinner was served for fifty in
all.
Governor Trueblood, chosen at last
week’s state convention at Asheville,
spoke but briefly to the club gath
erers, outlining his proposed program
for the coming year in which he ex
pressed the hope that every club and
every member would lend a hand in
furthering, and called attention at
this early date to the next convention
session at Raleigh in 1942, which, he
said, the Edenton club and all other
district clubs should now make one
of the attendance objectives. The
nearness of Raleigh to this district,
Governor Trueblood declared, should
make this possible.
At Monday night’s gathering Ralph
Parrish, the new club president, was
duly installed along with other offi
cers, and as his first act made a
short but felicitious introduction of
the speaker of the evening.
John Mitchener, later installed as
the club’s new tail twister, and Guy
Hobbs, installed for the coming year
as lion tamer, reported on the work
of the committee on health and wel
fare and extension, of which they
are chairmen. Other committee re
ports were made by Jimmie Partin,
membership; Graham Byrum, civic
improvement; Leroy Haskett, attend
ance, and Oscar Duncan, installed
along with W. W. Byrum as new
members of the Board of Directors
for two years, on program work.
All of the newly installed officers,
including secretary and treasurer,
Walter J. Taylor, were duly elected
by the members, and each was pre
sented and made a few remarks.
Retiring President G. B. Potter,
who spoke earnestly of the delight
he had experienced in serving as head
of such a civic organization, was
given a past president’s button by
Secretary Taylor, who called atten
tion to the fact that Mr. Potter had
been absent only three times from
the home club but was in attendance
elsewhere at club sessions on these
occasions. The ‘Secretary, also, pre
sented a special emblem to Leroy
Haskett with instructions that he
must wear it at all meetings. Mr.
Haskett in turn presented Mr. Tay
lor with a “loving cup” on behalf of
the club, all the presentations and
the accompanying remarks occasion
ing much hilarity and a spirit of jolly
fellowship.
Miss Gussie Cox Again
Counsellor At Camp
Miss Gussie Cox left Edenton this
week for Camp Goodspeed at Cape
Henry, Va, where she has again ac
cepted a position as girls’ counsellor.
Miss Cox was a member of this
camp’s staff last summer.
CHOWAN COUHTY CLUB WOMEN GIVEN
EXTENSION Os TIME 10 GET RENEWALS
AND NEW SUBSCHBEOS FOR HERAIO
Chowan County club women turned
in a splendid report this week in
their drive to secure renewals and
new subscribers to The Chowan
Herald. Every club in the county,
through the club president, reflected
a great deal of activity on the part
of the workers, many renewals being
shown in the reports as well as quite
a number of new subscribers.
Os the various clubs working ,on
The Herald circulation, the Byrd’s
Club has to date been the most
benefitted, Mrs. S. E. Morris, presi
dent of this club, turning in splendid
reports.
Many club members appear very
appreciative for the opportunity to
boost their treasury by a generous
NYA To Continue
Office In Citizens
Bank Building
i Permission Secured By
Area One Personnel
Officer
OPENDAILY
Applicants Will Be. In
terviewed Every
Tuesday
Herman G. Gaddy, personnel offi-,
I cer for Area One consisting of 14
counties with headquarters in Wash
, ington, has just secured permission
to use the same office in the Citizens
Bank building as headquarters for
| NYA in Chowan County. This of
( fice will be kept open daily and each
, Tuesday an interviewer will be in
. Edenton for the purpose of inter
viewing all applicants, both white
and colored, who are interested in
[ availing themselves of the training
and work opportunities offered
through the NYA. ,
The NiYA offers a two-fold oppor
’ tunity to American youth—work ex
perience and related training. Inex
’ perienced youth are taught how to
[ work and at the same time they are
t given a form of related training
. which will enable them to see ail
' sides of the particular vocation they
, may be interested in.
• At the present time there are
i many different chances for youths
I to receive training: The Bricks agn
, cultural center in Edgecombe County
[ will accept additional colored youths
from this area. The Durham reha-
L bilitation center will take young
, white men with some small physical
. handicap, teach them a trade and at
l the same time correct the physical
e handicap. All youths between 16
and 26 who are interested in avail
s ing themselves of NYA training are
r urged to go to the NYA office in
, Edentrfh in the Citizens Bank build
. ing, second floor, each Tuesday to
talk over the proposition and be cer
’ tified training, v'
Fine Response To .
; Appeal For Air Raid
Alarm Volunteers
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C. E. Kramer Encourag
ed By Cooperation
Assured
C. E. Kramer, Chowan County air
alarm chief, is very well pleased wltn
the cooperation offered by civic
i clubs, as well as other organizations
in carrying out the proposed air
raid alarm program in the county.
Mr. Kramer has been instructed to
establish nine posts throughout the
i county, all of which have been se
lected except two.
During the period of drill Mr.
Kramer is asking for 20 volunteers
for each post, where a chief and as
sistant chief will be in charge to di
rect those who will volunteer for
duty. The complete set-up will be
announced in about a month, when
tests will be carried on in an effort
to detect airplanes as they pass over
head.
Mr. Kramer urges everybody who
is interested in the protection of
this country to volunteer for service
during the tests. These volunteers
will later be called together to re
ceive instructions and drill for active
duty.
commission on subscription money
collected and are taking advantage
of this opportunity in splendid shape.
The time limit for club members
to solicit renewals and subscriptions
; was Saturday of this week, but work
ers asked for an extension of time,
which was granted by The Herald
publishers. The club women ad
vanced the argument that because
so many of them have been so busy
at this time with summer work,
coupled with the extremely hot
weather they could not cover the ter
ritory they had planned. For that
reason they were allowed until Mon
day, July 21, to secure renewals and I
new subscribers. I
Financial Matters Force
Town Councilmen To Hold
Long Session Tuesday Night
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With the town’s annual budget
in the making and numerous re
quests being made for funds, It
(now appears that despite an in
crease in property valuation, the
tax rate will be boosted. Os
course, figures are only tentative
and with some information still
lacking, the new rate has been
estimated to range all the way
1 from the present SI.OO to as
high as $1.20.
Os course, the budget has not
(been considered by the finance
1 committee, nor Town Council as
1 a whole, but the general im
pression prevails that it will be
! necessary to increase the rate
1 this year.
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Dance And Floor
j Show Tonight In
Edenton Armory
; Affair Being Sponsored
By Edenton Rotary
Club
Tonight (Thursday) beginning at
j 9:30 o’clock, a dance and floor show
; will begin in the Edenton Armory,
the affair being sponsored by the
] Edenton Rotary Club. Music for the
dance will be furnished by Berk
| Motley and bis orchestra from Wash
ington, D. C., which organization
will stop over in Edenton enroute
, to Florida to fill an engagement.
The floor show will feature 15 ar
tists, including Sunny Lee, and from
advance reports, the show in itself
is well worth the price of admission.
The dance has -been widely adver
tised and due to the prominence of
the orchestra, a large crowd of dance
enthusiasts is expected to be on hand.
Advance tickets have been on sale
at the drug store and by members
of the Rotary Club, which will close
at 6 o’clock tonight, after which time
1 the regular admission fee will be
charged.
Boy Scout Meeting
Tonight At Cabin
Former Scouts Asked to
Meet With Scout
master
All former Boy Scouts are asked
to meet with C. W. Overman, the new
Scoutmaster, and members of tne
troop committee at the Scout cabin
tonight (Thursday) at 6:30 o’clock.
This will be an important meettng,
having some bearing on the reorgan
ization of the Edenton troop and for
that reason boys who are interested,
as well as every member of the troop
committee, are especially urged to be
present.
Extension Granted For
4-H Club Members To
Go On Camping Trip
An extension of time for 4-H Club
members to enroll for the 4-H Camp
was announced Wednesday by County
Agent C. W. Overman and Home
Agent Miss Rebecca ColwelL The
time was extended from the week of
July 21st to Saturday, July 26.
Already 33 have enrolled to at
tend. the 4-H Camp at Jamestown,
Va., and any others interested in at
tending should contact either Mr.
Overman or Miss Colwell and make
a deposit or SI.OO as part of the
camp fee.
CITY HALL DRESSED UP
Painters this week have been put
ting a fresh touch to the Municipal
Building, both the interior and exter
ior of the building being painted.
The fire station, too, is being dress
ed with a coat of paint, which even
includes the floor of the entire build
ing.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. T. Wallace Jones
have announced the birth of a daugh
ter, Elsie Virginia, on June 25th, in a
I Norfolk, Va., hospital. Mother, and
* baby are getting along nicely.
In Inf L A.
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$1.25 Per Year
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Requests Made For a
Number of Appro
priations
PRUDENRESIGNS
Indications Point to an
Increase In Town’s
Tax Rate
With a new budget in the making,
members of Town Council remained
in session until about 11 o’clock on
Tuesday night, during which time a
number of requests were made for
appropriations. Among these were
requests for improving and main
taining the tennis courts, an appro
priation for the Chamber of Com
merce, Boy Scouts, Ocean Highway
membership and a school appropria
tion.
H. A. Campen, chairman of the
Boy Scout troop committee, asked
for a S3OO appropriation, as has been
made for several years and from
which a scoutmaster was paid. C.
W. Overman has accepted the scout
mastership without any salary, but
Mr. Campen pointed out that the ap
propriation is necessary to make
some necessary repairs to the Scout
cabin if the building is to be saved.
He told the Councilmen that new life
has been put into the Boy Scouts
and that the troop will very shortly
be a going concern.
Wood Privott appeared before the
Board in the interest of the tennis
courts. It is the only recreation pro
vided by the town, be said, and he is
very anxious to see the courts main
tained by the town for the benefit
of those who enjoy the sport. An
appropriation of $25 was approved
with which to secure new equipment
and maintain the Courts, with the
provision that no one will be allowed
to play longer than 45 minutes at a
time if there are others yjho -vrnh to
play. Improvement of the court
will be under the direction of David
Holton and Jordan Yates, parks and
playgrounds commissioners.
E. W. Spires, who previously asked
for an appropriation for the Cham
ber of Commerce in order to expand
activities of that organization, again
urged that serious consideration be
given to this appropriation. He
also emphasized the need for main
taining membership in the Ocean
Highway Association, and the check
for $125 as annual dues was ordered
mailed to the secretary. With no
little agitation on foot to change
Route 17, it was considered a neces
sity to maintain this membership.
John A. Holmes requested the
same appropriation for the Edenton
school. This amount is $1,300, of
which S9OO is for the band, and S4OO
is to supplement the athletic coach’s
salary. The request was referred to
the finance committee, which is com
posed of W. M. Wilkins, Albert By
rum and J. Clarence Leary.
Assistant Fire Chief J. H. Conger
presented his budget for the Fire De
partment, which soared to $9,100 as
compared with $5,700 last year. This
increase is due to a request for a new
fire truck which will cost in the
neighborhood of $3,400. Mr. Conger
explained that the one fire truck is
now about 20 years old and that it is
inadequate in case of emergency. The
general opinion of the Councilmen
was that a new truck should replace
the old one and Mr. Conger was,
therefore, authorized to secure prices
to be presented to the finance com
mittee.
Another matter to consume a con
siderable amount of time was an ef
fort to prevent S. Hobowsky from
using the lot in the rear of houses
on Oakum Street as a junk yard. A
number of complaints have been reg
istered, citizens objecting to the junk
yard being at their backdoor. The
idea of zoning was discussed at
length which led to the calling in of
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Louise Coke Hangs Up
Tax Collection Record
Miss Louise Coke has made quite a
record with collection of taxes during
the past year, according to her re
port submitted to Town Council on
Tuesday night. Os the entire levy
Miss Coke has accounted for all of
the taxes except seven-tenths of one
per cent.
She actually collected 90 per cent
of the taxes, while about $2,900, or
about 9.3 per cent, is held by the
town in the form of sales tax certi
ficates, leaving only $224.36 on the
tax books, of which amount there is
a few duplications and property list
ed out of city limits. •