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w w mpp wfwd county vrwj Volume VIII. —Number 32. Gasoline Consumption Cut « For Night Driving Between 7 P.M.and 7 A.M. In Force \ < Operators Unanimously Support New National Defense Need TO REMAIN OPEN Considerable Loss In Business Experienced By Filling Stations Although entailing a heavy mone tary loss as well as causing great annoyance to many of their steady customers and the traveling public, A all filling station operators in ' * Chowan County and in Edenton prop er are complying with the national defense request to conserve gasoline by refusing to sell the fuel between 7 p. m. and 7 a. m. nightly. This general attitude on the part of oper ators all over the country went fnW> effect Sunday night, and will con tinue while the war stress is under way. Naturally, it is difficult to tell how much of a saving will thus entail throughout the county as some nights sales have been heavy and on other ► nights light, but the two chief whole salers in Edenton said it would be fair to say that about one-third of the heretofore daily wholesale pur chase would be lessened by reason of v the new movement initiated by Sec retary of Commerce Ickes. Nor would any of the retailers nor wholesalers- convert this “one-third” cut into a money value owing to the continued fluctuation in the price of the fuel. But it was said by sev eral of the operators “it will be a very substantial item.” But while there has been a general agreement as to compliance with the Ickes edict, it can be said empha tically the dealers have not been unanimous as to a “closed shop” daring the night hours, and for tiiat ‘reason all places remain open as Always, but WILL NOT SELL GASOLINE. Many of the dealers were ready to put up their shutters and lock their doors nightly between 7 and 7, re training from all sales of any nature, but because of restaurant operation by some filling stations —a greatei source rff revenue than gas or oil sales—no unanimity of viewpoint could be reached regarding closing. Most stations, too, do car washing, sell soft drinks, cigarettes and other “delicacies,” and above all are loaf ing places at nights for habitues, so (Continued on Page Eight) V Nine More Chowan ' Boys Sent To Fort Bragg Wednesday Again Large Group of Friends on Hand to See Boys Off * Nine more young men from Chow an County left Edenton Wednesday looming on the 10 o’clock Norfolk Southern bus for Fort Bragg, where they will be inducted into military service, provided they pass the final physical examination. As was the case on July 23, when 11 boys de parted for camp, a goodly number of friends of the boys were at the bus station to see them off. The nine boys to leave Wednesday were Walter Augustus Harrell, El bert Linwood Bunch, Edwin Lyn By rum, Ediward Lee Dail, Rochelle Blanchard, Earl G. Jackson, John L. Byrum, Curtis Trotman Leary and Leland Glenn Ward. The latter was scheduled to leave with the last group, but due to illness was excused until Wednesday. P var . . . AT SUMMER SCHOOL 6 _____ p Durward E. Harrell, of Edenton, Is one of 1,598 undergraduate and advanced students enrolled for the first summer session at Syracuse University. Students are registered from 32 states and Canada, England, Puerto Rico and Peru. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT .Mr. and Mrs. William David kTownson, 11, of Murphy, announce fe the birth of a son, William David, r IH, on Saturday, July 26. Mrs. fl Townson was the former. Miss Pearl | Elisabeth Whichard, of Edenton and THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THM INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY - - - - | Hurrah For Stork | That Chowan County’s birth rate far exceeds the death rate for the first six months of 1941 \waa revealed in a report to the County Commissioners Monday from Dr. Carl Reynolds, regis trar for the State Board of Health. Dr. Reynolds presented figures Showing that Dr. J. S. Chamblee, county health officer, reported 97 births as compared with 24 (deaths for the six months period and that there were four still births. Commissioners Change View To Advertise County Put Space In Newspaper Special Editions APPROPRIATE $l5O Favor Pamphlets Which Will Feature Entire County Chowan County Commissioners, at their meeting Monday, decided to re frain from placing county advertising in special editions of newspapers and instead to appropriate what has been set aside for advertising for use in securing attractive pamphlets or booklets which; —will advertise the county as a whole, to be handed out to the large number of visitors who usually desire some sort of literature. This method of advertising came about Monday when M. F. Bond, Mrs. George C. Wood and C. L. Mc- Cullers appeared before the Com missioners in quest of an appropria tion for advertising material Save for some pamphlets printed by the Bank of Edenton, one or two filling stations and Hotel Joseph Hewes, there is no material available to give to tourists, which is reason for no little embarrassment on the part of those showing visitors , around and who often are asked for literature of one sort or another. Mr. Bond presented the matter to the Commissioners, advancing the ar gument that proper literature would be beneficial to the county and stressing the fact that every pro gressive county in the state is dis tributing literature setting forth the advantages of the particular county. Mrs. Wood, too, expressed the be lief that appropriate pamphlets and booklets should be available for dis , tribution and that the entire county should be publicized in the material.' Mr. McCullers, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, assured the Commissioners that the information to appear in the pamphlets would be in accordance with their wishes and promised to submit for their consid eration the material before it is turned over to the printers. Mr. Mc- Cullers is also very anxious to have printed a revised edition of the town booklet which was published several years ago. E. N. Elliott, one of the Commis sioners, said he (was not opposed to maging an appropriation for the ad vertising if the county as a whole was advertised. He is opposed, how ever, if the literature plays up Route 17 entirely and ignores Route 32. (Continued on Page Five) ! John Darden Named Plymouth Postmaster Congressman Herbert C. Bonner on Monday was called on by the Post Office Department to name an acting postmaster for Plymouth, North Carolina, to fill the vacancy caused by the sudden death of Post master George Hardison, who was appointed in 1933. Mr. Bonner recommended as acting postmasker, Judge John W. Darden, an outstanding citizen and leader in Plymouth and Washington County. 1 VISITS IN BROOKLYN Paul Olseon on Monday left by bus for Brooklyn, N. Y., where he will visit for a couple of weeks with his brother, Andy Olsson, who last week paid a surprise visit to Edenton Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 7,1941 Town’s Finances In Good Condition New Audit Shows Best Condition We Have Ever Seen, Says Auditor UTTLEDEBT Final Sewerage Bonded Indebtedness Is Now Wiped Out A. T. Allen, Raleigh certified pub , lie accountant who for many years has audited the town’s books, has completed the audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, and in conclud ing his work says, “We believe the Town is in the best financial condi tion we have ever seen it. All funds show a cash balance at the end of the yeaT, with operating surplusses added during the year and the budget not over spent in any fund.” According to the audit, the casa balance in several funds is as fol lows: General Fund $ 3,167.48 , Paving Fund 877.48 E. & W. Department 13,879.84 Sinking Fund 8,709.69 In the general fund* the total re venue collected for the year was $38,529.31, and expenses paid result ing in revenue collected in excess of paid in the amount ol $6,340.12. comparing' with the budget revenue actually received was $459.31 in excess of the anticipated amount and expenses were $2,372.03 less than the budgeted amount. In the paving fund, total revenue collected was $2,074.77 and expenses paid were $1,250, resulting in re venue collected in excess of expenses paid in the amount of $824.77. Re venue collected was $640.37 in ex cess of the anticipated amount in the budget and expenses were exactly the amount provided for in the budget. In the Electric and Water Depart ment, the income from electric cur rent to customers amounted to $45,- 490.44, while income from sale of Water was $11,787.28, which together with $3,000 charged to the town for current and water and sale of mer (Continued from Page Four) ‘Captain Dick’ Hall At Firemen’s Convention Fire Chief R. K. Hall left Sunday 1 for Asheville, where he is attending the ;State Firemen’s Convention in session August 4-7. He was accom panied by Fire Chief Jerome Flora, of Elizabeth City, and expects to re turn the latter part of this week. “Captain” Dick claims the proua distinction of being the oldest active volunteer fireman in the state in point of service. Commissioners Agree To Make Some Improvements To Chowan’s Court House Committee Interested First In Repairing Panel Room at Cost of About $300; Floor, Walls, Fire- ' places and Chimneys Claim Initial Attention Action has already been noted byi a committee recently appointed to recommend to the County Commis sioners contemplated improvements to the Chowan County Court House and at their meeting Monday, the Commissioners agreed to spend about S3OO for what the committee terms primary improvements. This com mittee was appointed several iweeks ago and at a meeting Friday night discussed just what should be done as initial steps to preserve and make more attractive the old Court House. Various suggestions were presented at the meeting, and it was decided to concentrate efforts to the panel room on the second floor. Mrs. C. P. Wales and Mrs. R. P. Badham, who represented the com mittee, appeared before the County Commissioners Monday and told the Beard that their committee re commended repairing the floor in the panel room, washing the paneling, repairing the old fire places and pointing up brick work in the chim , neys, repairing the ceiling, placing a lock on the panel room door, ana providing janitor service. Mrs. Wales, as spokesman, also said the committee endorsed a pro position made by G. H. Harding, pro : prietor of Hotel Joseph Hewes, to i furnish heat for the Court Honse l. from the hotel's boiler and to replace Aluminum Starts Rolling Into Town From 17 Counties First Shipment of 3,010 Pounds Comes From Halifax County 330 LBS. INCHOWAN Defense Chairman E. W. Spires Optimistic Over Result If it takes, as the government says, about 20,000 pounds of discardea aluminum, melted and refined, to complete the necessary aluminum parts of one airplane, which is why the old metal is being collected throughout the nation, Northeastern Carolina seems likely to do more than supply this required quantity. Al ready Chowan Defense Chairman E. W. Spires is confident that the 17 counties so embraced and concen trating their collections here will to tal 20,000 or 25,000 pounds of the discarded aluminum. Chowan’s contribution, the small est of three counties so far turning in their supply, totals 330 pounds, 35 pounds less than the contribution of its neighbor, Perquimans County, which sent its supply here Tuesday. On Tuesday, also, two huge highway trucks arrived from Halifax County with 3,010 pounds of the metal, re presenting donations from five Hali fax towns. Aggregated this makes 3,705 pounds of aluminum so far in age at the Hobowsky warehouse at the foot of East King Street, and as there are 14 more counties to report Chairman Spires’ optimism is easily apparent. Most of the Chowan total was Edenton’s supply, as County Agent Overman and Home Demonstration Agent Colwell were unable to coax much of the unused stuff from coun ty cupboards. Objection Fails To Hold Up Upper County Road Though considerable progress has been made by the State Highway force in re-building the Obid-Piney Woods road, just recently taken over by the State, R. R. Roper, district . engineer, appeared before the County Commissioners Monday as the result of objection registered by one of the property owners in the neighborhood. Objection was made when the road as staked out went through some clear ed land and the work was temporal ily hfld up. The Commissioners were not in clined to have the objection of one man hold up the road, improvement, and instructed Mr. Roper to proceed according to the property line as sur veyed by W. J. Berryman. t blinds on the second floor. The Commissioners were reluctant to consider the heating proposition at this time due to the expense of plumbing and the increased price of materials which have taken a decided boost because of defense activities. Nor will any action be taken at this time relative to putting blinds on the building. This matter was consider ed some years ago, but it was found at that time that some old blinds in storage did not fit, evidently coming from some other building. Mrs. Wales also told the Commis sioners that it was the aim of the committee to later furnish the room with appropriate furniture as well as secure and hang portraits of out standing early-day Edentonians which would also include some of the most prominent judges and other officials. The addition of furniture and the hanging of portraits, she said, would create a greater sense of pride and responsibility on the part of local people and as a result, the old build ing would become a greater asset as one of the town’s show places. In authorizing the improvements' to be made, the Commissioners sug gested that a separate committee be named to supervise what is done. This committee will work with Clerk (Continued on Page Five) • Wilson Willing To Go To Bat To Maintain Present Route U. S. 17 Through Edenton | Unpopular _J Payment of taxes during July in Chowan County apparently was an unpopular pastime, if Sheriff J. A. Bunch’s monthly re |port to the County Commission ers on Monday is any indication. During the month the Sheriff collected only $272.24 for 1940 taxes, which brings the total collected of the $81,615.16 levy for the year to $69,502.03. Members Os Band Leave On Monday For Week’s Camp Group Will Spend Vaca tion at Bay View on Pamlico River retur¥aug. 17 Tentative Plans Point To Most Successful Camp Members of the Edenton High School band will leave Monday morn ing at 9:30 o’clock for Bay View on the Pamlico River, eight miles below Camp Leach, for a week in camp. The trip will be made in private cars and any of the members who have not made arrangements should see Director or Mrs. C. L. McCullers at once. The group will return Sunday, August 17. All meals will be served by the Bay View Hotel in the hotel dining room, which will eliminate the neces sity of taking provisions and cooks along. The campers will occupy three modemly equipped cottages near the hotel, each cottage being equipped with lights and water, both tub and shower baths, and all are well screened. Mrs. McCullers will have charge of the girls’ quarters and James H. Mc- Callum and Director McCullers will be in charge of the boys’ cottages. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Holmes and Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Perry will ac company the campers as chaperones. Emmett Wiggins will serve in the capacity of swimming instructor and life guard. The campers are urged to take the usual belongings, such as towels, soap, tooth brush, sheets and pillow cases, blankets, bathing suits, andj various games, if desired,. Each mem ber is also required to take his or her band instrument, but no uniforms will be needed. The cost of the camp will be $7.50 per person, which includes all actual expenses except spending money. As there are not sufficient beds in the cottages to accommodate all camp ers, some 15 or 20 army type folding cots will be needed, and if any of these can be furnished Mr. McCullers should be notified. Mr. McCullers has already arrang ed a camp schedule running from 8 a. m. to 11 p. m., which includes usu al camp activities and three band re hearsals daily. Holmes Angling For Two Teachers On School Faculty Edenton School Schedul ed to Begin Monday, September 15 With the opening of Edenton’s school scheduled for September 16, Superintendent John A. Holmes is still angling for two members of the faculty, both of whom are causing him some concern. To date he has no successors for Ralph Britt, who was teacher of industrial arts, and Jimmy Maus, history teacher and athletic coach. Mr. Britt will not return to Eden ton due to entering military service, ‘ while Mr. Maus is expected to accept a position in Mt. Airy. All other members of last yearns faculty are expected to return fox duty when classes begin just a little over a month hence. T*U k ekmt- L iairiiiii II 999 OVMF Wf wktrt Advmtiam pR rtoHtt good rtmdft. $1.25 Per Year Highway Commissioner Speaker at C. of C. Meeting ONLY ONEPROMISE Frankness and Cold Facts Feature of Address Although the attendance was les sened somewhat beyond expectations Tuesday night’s Chamber of Com merce dinner at the Hotel Joseph Hewes proved an enjoyable affair, and the 43 diners present were treat ed to a stirring, wholesome, frank address by State Highway Commis sioner Carroll L. Wilson, Roanoke Rapids news publisher. Commis sioner Wilson was open and above board in saying that he had no promises of construction work to make, that his interests would al ways be in his district promotion, and that he could give assurance that he would fight to the last for the continuance of Ocean Highway No. 17 on its present route, and for the widening of that thoroughfare from the Perquimans County line in to Edenton. This, and the additional spontan eous statement that he hoped the much-talked of federal highway from north to south would be found tra versing the First District, were each provocative of much applause. Inci dentally, he remarked that federar highway maintenance may be ear marked for defense projects on coast al North Carolina, and in that case this section would, be a beneficiary. Mr. Wilson proved himself an en tertaining talker, particularly be cause of his honesty and frankness in statements, and the general im pression after the dinner seemed to he that the Chamber had chalked up a good mark in having him as its summer speaker. Cue of J"... Wil son’s most attentive listeners, who smiled and nodded in approval at his comments, was his one-time prede cessor in office, Julien Wood, After the meal, the two conversed animat edly for some time. County Judge John W. Graham presided at the speaking after the guests had enjoyed a well served cold supper and had raised the raf ters with “God Bless America,” and Parson C. A. Ashby had read a short Episcopalian invocation. Mr. Gra ham was happy in his welcoming fe licitations to all, introducing various out-of-town guests, and turning the formal introduction of Mr. Wilson over to Clerk of Court E. W. Spires. (Continued on Page Five) j Peanut Festival Group Asked To Meet On Friday Very Important Meet ing Called By Chair man Spires E. W. Spires, general chairman for Edenton’s Peanut Festival to be held during October, has called for a meeting of the various committees to be held Friday night, August 8. This meeting will be held at 8 o’clock in the Municipal Building and, ac cording to Mr. Spires', it is so impor tant that every member of the va rious committees is especially urged to be present. It will be remembered that the contract to stage an elaborate pag geant has been oancelled, and due to this fact definite plans must he dis cussed as to just what sort of cele bration will be staged. PERFECT FIRE RECORD Edenton had a perfect fire record during the month of July, Fire Chief R. K. Hall reporting that no fire alarms had been sent in during the entire month. VESTRY MEETS TONIGHT An important meeting of St. Paul’s vestry has been called for tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. Every member is especially urged to be present. t ’: CIRCLE MEETS MONDAY The Belle Bennett Circle of the Methodist Church will meet Monday night at 8 o’clock, at the home of 1 Mrs. Alfred Owens, on East King i Street. All members of the group are especially urged to attend.
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