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I m aamand intarail * I Volume Vin.— Number 34. Much Criticism Is . Aimed At Town’s Proposed Budget ' Elimination of S3OO For Advertising Causes Uproar OTHER COMPLAINTS Objections May Be Reg istered at September Meeting With no little comment, tempered with a great deal -of criticism, about the recently proposed town budget for 1941-42, the general opinion pre vailed this week that a special meet j ing of Town Council would be held ' J to hear several of the most outstand ing complaints. However, no spec ial meeting has been called nor is any contemplated, according to Mayor J. H. McMullan, who stated Tuesday that the budget has been made up, is open for inspection at the Municipal Building and is today published for the information of tax payers. 'Hie budget cannot be adopt* ed until the next regular meeting oi the Board on September 9, at which time, th/ Mayor stated, all com plaints will be heard and after con , sideration the budget will be adopted and put into effect. The Mayor is opposed to calling a special meeting for each group in terested in any particular phase of the budget, which could develop into > any number of special meetings, and after all, could not be effective un til the regular September meeting. At that time, therefore, all who ob ject to any portion , of the proposed budget should be on hand to register their objections. As reported in The Herald last week, the new tax rate as proposed, will be 95 cents, a reduction of fTve cents over last year. It i? this re duction to which there is no little criticism aimed, many expressing the belief tlul mWptgjnj'nir ,the, pi 4 SI.OO rate a surplus wotnd be realiz , ed by which some needed improve ments could be made. Another item which has caused a great deal of criticism is the elimi nation from the budget of a S3OO * appropriation with which to purchase '■ appropriate advertising material for the Town of Edenton. Many object to this action and undoubtedly a con siderable amount of pressure will be brought to bear on the Councilmen at their next meeting to include this appropriation. Much criticism has also been heard regarding a new appropriation of S3OO to equip and maintain the tennis courts near the Armory, when at the 'same time $l5O was sliced from the appropriation to the Edenton Band. Still another appropriation under fire is the S2OO included in the bud get for clearing up the indebtedness v «on the field house at the ball park. When the field house was built about 40 people signed notes guaran teeing payment of the debt, which has been reduced to about S2OO. Some of those who signed notes object to this being paid with tax-payers’ money, and this appropriation will no doubt be reconsidered before the budget is adopted. There are those, too, who look with little favor on SSOO being used to paint the ball park fence and stands. •* There has been some criticism also (Continued on Page Five! faculty At School Gradually Being Filled For Year p • # Industrial Arts Teacher Only Vacancy Now Remaining 1 Unless there an some unexpected resignations, Superintendent John A. Holmes’ worries over teachers for Um fast approaching school term are over, ex<vept in the case of a succes sor for Ralph Britt, industrial arts teacher, who has entered the United , 'States Army. • One of the chief worries of Mr. Holmes was a teacher to act as ath letic coach to succeed Jimmy Mans, and the Superintendent was all smiles and very much gratified to learn that .he had finally secured W. E. Bowman, of Greenville, Term., for i lie posftion. Mr. Bowman not only (yjfljg hung up an enviable record as a football coach, but has been very THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER UNVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY | Look It Over | In this issue of The Herald [(appears the summary of the Town of Edenton’s proposed bud get for the year 1941-42. It ap pears for the benefit of interest ed taxpayers so that it can be 1 studied and for the purpose of registering any objection to the expenditure of funds. The bud get ife also open for inspection at the Municipal Building and | will remain open .until the next ’ meeting of Town Council on Tuesday night, September 9, at which time any objections will be heard and action taken before it is officially adopted. 1 10,965 Pounds Os ■ Aluminum Sent : Here During Drive tE. W. Spires Reports | Collections From 16 Counties PITT LACKING L - ; Huge Pile of Aluminum 1 Stored at Hobowsky Warehouse E. W. Spires, chairman of Chowan | 'County Defense Council, has received and accounted to Theodore S. John son, director of civilian defense at Raleigh, for 10,965 pounds of alumi num sent to Edenton from 16 of 17 counties during the recent drive for discarded aluminum for use in de fense work. Edenton was designated as the concentration center for 17 eastern counties, all of which sent their collection to Edenton except Pitt County, which Mr. Spires ex- : pects was delivered to a nearer con- 1 The aluminium is being held in the Hobowsky Warehouse on East King Street awaiting orders for disposi- tion from Mr. Johnson. Os the 16 counties reporting to Mr. Spires, Halifax County turned in the largest amount of aluminum, which was 3,010 pounds, with Beaufort sec ond with 1,700 pounds and Martin third with 1,255 pounds. Chowan wias tenth in the 16 counties reporting with 330 pounds. Mr. Spires’ report of the aluminum collected is as follows: Beaufort __1,700 lbs. Bertie 170 lbs. Camden 96 lbs. Currituck 737 lbs. Chowan 330 lbs. Gates 320 lbs. Halifax 3,010 lbs. Hertford 780 lbs. Hyde 140 lbs. Dare 173 lbs. Martin 1,255 lbs. Northampton 665 lbs. Pasquotank 600 lbs. Perquimans 365 lbs. Tyrrell 100 lbs. Washington 520 lbs. Total i 0,965 lbs. Edenton Masons Visit Lodge In Norfolk Monday Fourteen Enjoy Meet ing With George W. Wright Lodge Fourteen Eden ton Masons journey ed to Norfolk, Va.. Monday night to return a visit to George W. Wright Lodge, No.. 346. The group left early in the afternoon to enjoy a few hours at 1 Ocean View prior to the meeting held in the Masonic Temple. The Virginia Masons were very ap preciative of their sister state’s dele gation and after a very enjoyable meeting during which greetings were exchanged, delicious refreshments were served in the dining room at the Temple. The Edenton group was composed of W. J. Daniels, G. A. Helms, J. Ed win Bufflap, John Lee Spruill, E. T. Rawlinson, Ralph Hawkins, Vernon Barrow, S. C. Mills, W. C. Bunch, Paul Olsson, Clarence Godwin, J. R. Byrum, Louis George Wilkins and H. A. Campen, and were joined at Norfolk by Willis Owens, E. A. Gibbs and I. J. Moran, members of Unanimity Lodge, and J. H. Haskett, J**» * member of the Naval Lodge at • Edenton, Chowati County, Norm Carolina, Thursday, August 21,1941. W.E. Bowman New Football Coach At Local High School John Holmes Lands An Able Successor to Jimmy Maus FINE RECORD Newcomer Also Out standing In Boy Scout Activities W. E. Bowman, of Greenville, Tenn., has been employed as teacher and coach in the Edenton High School to succeed Jimmy Maus. Mr. Bowman was graduated from Tuscu lum College, where he played foot ball for four years. He has been teaching and coaching in Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma for thirteen years, and he is highly recommended by every superintendent for whom he has worked, both as a teacher and as a coach. Mr. Bowman has attended the Duke University Coach ing School for the past two summers and Coach Wallace Wade has recom mended him for the Edenton position. During Mr. Bowman’s thirteen years of coaching, his football teams have played 150 games. These have resulted in 110 victories, 32 defeats and 8 tied games. During five of the seasons, his teams have been undefeated and untied. Two of his teams were unscored on. In 1929 Mr. Bowman coached a football team at Hartford, Alabama, that had claim to a State title. Again in 1931 Mr. Bowman’s football team at Dayton, Tennessee, had claim to a State title, and in 1936 bis team at Mangum, Oklahoma, won the South western Oklahoma Conference Foot ball Championship. Mr, Bowmah is a Triple Silver Palm Eagle Scout, and he has had considerable experience as a Scout master and as a counsellor in Scout camps. Unknown Negro Found Floating At County Dock Badly Decomposed Man Removed From Water Monday Morning NOT IDENTIFIED Dr. Warren Convinced Man Dead Before Entering Water Quite a sensation occurred at the County Dock early Monday morning when the body of a colored man was found floating_in the water. The body was seen by E. L. Hollowell and Herbert Granby, employees of the Edenton Street Department, as they arrived to go to work. The body has not been identified, but was said to be that of a man about 45 years of age. It had ap parently been in the water for a week or longer and had decomposeu to such an extent that no'identifica tion marks remained. Crabs had eaten away a considerable amount of the flesh. Dr. J. W. Warren was named coro ner by Clerk of Court E. W. Spires, and following an examination, Dr. Warren expressed the opinion that the man had been dead before enter ing the water by reason of the fact that the lungs floated in water dur ing the autopsy. However, due to the condition of the body, it could not be determined whether he was a victim of foul play. A coroner’s jury was summoned and following Dr. Warren’s examina tion, agreed that death came about by some unknown violent means. The coroner’s jury was made up of C. D. Stewart, W. M. Wilkins, J. P. Roberson, 0. B. Perry, R. W. Stokley and R. N. Hines. ' Despite efforts by Edenton police to learn from neighboring towns if the dead man could be identified, no information has been received of a colored man missing from any com munity. , Several Edenton people noticed something floating further from shore late Sunday afternoon, but thought the object was a floating log or some one swimming. The body was turned over to Willie Charlton, local colored undertaker, who buried it at the expense of the County, which together with the coroner’s fee of $26 and the coroner’s jury, will amount to something over :: ' . ' - ■' Chowan Farmers Now Have About $14,000 At Stake Amount Available For Completion Soil Build ing Practices NOTIFIED Urged to Secure Suffici ent Seed to Meet Needs For Extra Payment With farmers of Chowan County carrying out only 75 per cent of their required number of units to date in the soil- building practices program, approximately $14,000 is at stake for those who will comply with the requirements. There are still 1,900 units of soil building practices to be carried out in order to reach the county goal, and the additional 25 per cent can be earned by seeding hairy vetch, Austrian winter peas, crimson clover, or a mixture of these seed. Rye doesn’t count when seeded alone, but will count when seeded with the above mentioned seed, if the required a mount of other seed is used with the rye. Most of the seed can be obtained through the county office, as conser vation material, and the cost of same will be deducted from the 1941 con servation checks this fall. The 1,900 units, if carried out, mean that the farmers will receive the remainder of the payments due them, or approx imately $14,000, as the payments are based on the percentage of their soil-building goal carried out. It is to the farmers’ interest who have received notice that they do not have the required number of units carried out, to sign up for enough seed to meet their units. In order to assist the farmers in placing their orders for these seed and executing their 1942 farm plan, committeemen will be placed at dif ferent stores in the county in the near it. cure. Letters will be sent to all farmers, notifying them of these meeting places, and it will be to their interest to make plans to meet with the committeemen and get their farms in line for full payments. Taylor Announces Opening Os Schools In County System New Rocky Hock School Expected to Be Ready For Opening DRIVERS r SCHOOL Teachers’ Assembly at Chowan High Sep tember 11 ‘W. J. Taylor, county superintend ent of schools, has announced that white schools in his unit will open on Monday, September 15, with the col ored schools not beginning until Monday, October 13, due to many of the children being engaged in pick ing cotton. ' Mr. Taylor is hopeful that the new Rocky Hock Central school will be completed in time for the opening of school, progress upon which was somewhat held up due to difficulty in securing plumbing equipment. Though there will be some new faces on the faculty at Chowan High School, Mr. Taylor has secured all teachers and arrangements have practically been completed for the school opening. Nefw teachers will .be Miss Mildred Michael of Mount Olive, who will teach the first grade; Perry Parker of Sylva, N. C., teacher of mathema tics, who will also be athletic coach; Miss Dorothy Meyers of Hamilton, N. C.,-English and history teacher; Miss Helen Brett of Murfreesboro, who will teach history and English; Miss Lydia Hood of Vale, N. C., teacher of French and English. Gene Paul Barnett will again be principal of the school. At the new Rocky Hock school there will Be three teachers, these being Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Wells and Mrs. Medlin Belch. In preparation for the opening ot school, Mr. Taylor has announced a teachers’ assembly, which will be held at Chowan High School on Thursday, September 11, at which all teachers are expected to be pres ent. ' In connection with the opening of (Continued on Page Five) [ Bonus | Employees of the Albemarle Peanut Company were substan tially benefitted Saturday when evdry employee of the concern received a bonus ranging all the way from S3OO to S2O. The Company enjoyed a splendid business during the fiscal year just closed and in appreciation for the faithfulness and loyalty of the employees, a portion of the profits were distributed. Jt is the first bonus paid by the Company during its compar atively brief existence, and aside from being a distinct help finan cially, it created a general feel ing of satisfaction and a spirit of cooperation among those who received the. bonus checks. ! {Members Os Band j Very Well Behaved i Group In Camp i ! Letter Compliments Lo fi cal Youngsters Upon Their Conduct ■■ ' RETURN SUNDAY i ; Bay View Business Man Says Best Group In ! Camp In 30 Years That Edenton High School’s Band , is a well behaved group of young . sters is borne out since their return i ‘.Sunday from Bay View, where they , spent a week in camp. According to , Director C. L. McCullers, the camp [ was the best in the history of the band, and regarding their stay at Bay View, The Herald on Tuesday received a letter from G. E. Slade, one of the community’s most promi nent business men, highly compli menting the Edenton boys and girls upon the way they conducted them selves while in camp. Mr. .Slade’s letter follows: “It has been my pleasure to have had the members of the Edenton High School Band to stay here for the past week and I want to say (for publication, if you like) that this is one of the nicest groups of children ever to visit Bay View in the past thirty years of my stay here, and I thought you would like to know of my appreciation of the courteous way which these boys and girls have conducted themselves. “We all hate to see these folks leave us and want to congratulate their parents and their banjj director on their splendid training which re flects high standards of citizenship from their home community. “I certainly hope that Mr. and Mrs. McCullers will bring this fine group baek again next year and I assure them that I will do all I can to make them comfortable and happy while they are at Bay View.” Pete Everett Gets Generous Slice Os National Publicity Former Edenton Star Will Enroll at Wake Forest College Unless it is Paul Spencer, former Edenton High Schiool football star who has been a member of the Ala bama football team, Pete Everett has come in for the nicest slice of publicity ever handed out to an Eden ton athletic. The publicity was em- bodied in Eddie Brietz, Associated Press sports roundup of last Friday, which was written by Sid Feder who was pinch-hitting for Brietz. The column appeared in daily newspapers throughout the country using the As sociated Press and as a result has been read by millions of sports fans. The comment in The Round-up was as follows: “Pete (Red) Everett, who’s had the college scouts excited through five years at Edenton, (N. C.) High and Porter Military Academy, has decided on Wake Forest College . . . for which Pea Head Walker isn’t shed ding any tears.” Local fans will remember Everett as a human dynamo on the Edenton football team, and he continued star ring when he entered Porter. It will be interesting to note Ever ett’s record at Porter, where in his first year he was made captain of the football and baseball teams. Last year he was again captain of the football and baseball teams, and (Continued on Page Fire) . TUt nmmpmmr k dram M fa tka tan Pan *brs Advardtan pm raadaa good ramdta. $1.25 Per Year | District Boy Scout Meeting Held In Edenton Tuesday Tidewater Scout Execu tive Outlines Pro gram For Year interestTmounts Edentonians Appointed On Each of District’s Committees Representatives of the Albemarle District of Boy Scouts met in Eden ton Tuesday night, at which time the district was completely organized and a program put into effect which should bring Scouting to the fore in Albemarle counties. Representa tives were present from Elizabeth I City, Hertford and Edenton, the only I troop not being represented being Gatesville. The meeting was presided over by Holland Webster, of Elizabeth City, district chairman, and with interest at high pitch, the meeting developed into one of the most encouraging in a long time. Mr. Webster called upon the various committee chair men for reports, and while the or ganization is still in its infancy, con siderable progress .was reported. 1 H. Travis Thompson, Scout Execu tive for the Tidewater Council, was present and in a very able manner presented the Scout program for the year and explained the specific du- I ties of the various committees. He ■ felt very much encouraged by the in -1 terest shown and the number present r and expressed the belief that with 1 the arrival of cooler weather and the ' opening of school there will be no ! trouble in lining up the Scouts and - inaugurating a program which will hold the interest of the boys during > the summer season. The various committees for the Al ■ bemarle district were completed with ■ the addition of an Edenton man on ■ each committee. These were as fol lows: Camping and Activi^v-- Jtj vA. ! 1 Campen. i Cubbing—Charles Wales. Health and Safety—Dr. L. P. Wil liams. Organization and Extension -J. Edwin Bufflap. Scout Advancement John A. Holmes. Rural Scouting—C. W. Overman. Public Relations—Hector Lupton. Finance—John W. Graham. Civic Service —C. E. Kramer. Training—Geddes Potter. Inter-Racial—David Holton. It was decided that the Council should hold regular monthly meet ings, which will hereafter be held the third Wednesday night in the month. The meetings will rotate, with the next one scheduled to be held in Hertford. At the conclusion of the meeting ham sandwiches and soft drinks were served, with Scouts Lester Stewart and Gordon Huffines in charge. Mov ing pictures, taken recently at the Darden Boy Scout Reservation by Miles Clark, of Elizabeth City, were also shown, which gave those present some idea of the Reservation and ac tivities of the Scouts while in camp. Standard Station To Be Built On Satterfield Lot R. K. Hall, building inspector, this week issued a permit to Clifton Sat terfield to erect a service station on his property on the northeast comer of Broad and Gale Streets. The sta tion, it is understood, will be leased by the Standard Oil Company and when completed will be the last word in service station equipment. This is the'second service station now in the course of erection, only last week J. Clarence Leary begin ning a station on North Broad Street which will be leased by the Texas Company. Ed Habit Opens New Beer Garden Business Ed Habit, local cleaner and dyer, has opened a beer garden in Edenton, the new business being located at the northern end of his present building, which was partitioned off for the purpose. It is Mr. Habit’s purpose to later add a lunch counter in connec tion with the beer garden. Commissioners Change Date For Sept. Meeting Due to. the regular September meeting of the County Commission ers falling on Labor Day, Monday, September 1, the meeting has been postponed until the following Mon day, 'September 8, at 10 a. m. The change has been authorized by Chair man p. M. Warren.
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