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volume VIII.-Number 39.
Herald Cooperating With
* Uncle Sam To Secure New
Men For Two-Ocean-Navy
Hector Lupton Named
Local Navy Editor
For Campaign
ATTRACTIVE ADS
Booklets Ready For Dis
tribution to Those
Interested
i
The Chowan Herald is included
among the group of North Carolina
newspapers selected to assist in ob
taining recruits for Uncle Sam’s fast
‘ growing two-ocean navy. A series
of advertisements, which begin today
in The Herald, has been scheduled by
Batten, Barton, Dustine and Osborne,
the advertising agency handling the
campaign for the Navy, and The
Herald has otherwise offered its co
operation in securing young men for
the service.
At the suggestion of Secretary of
the Navy Knox, Hector Lupton has
been' made Navy Editor to help in
giving ambitious young men infor
mation about the opportunities the
“Two-Ocean Navy” offers them for
* technical training and advancement
as they serve their country in its
emergency.
According to an announcement
made public in Washington, a limit-
ed number of additional men between
the ages of 17 and 50 will be given a
chance, by enlistment in the Navy or
Naval Reserves, to go to the top,
iwith big pay, in jobs which by their
aptitude and as a result of examina
tion they show themselves fitted,
from among nearly 50 different
trades and vocations. These include
such callings as aviation machinist,
dental technician, photographer, die
sel engineer, radio technician, elec
trician, welder, storekeeper and bak
er. Enlisted men may also qualify
for commissions as officers.
Jtaginniag this wrek, the « Navy
* plans for a limited time to accept
new qualified men for training. These
men will be sent to one of four Naval
Training Stations and may have a
chance to go to a Navy Trade School
i even before assignment to the fleet.
During this period they will be given
regular Navy pay and the Navy’s
free schooling is valued at hundreds
of dollars.
“Never in the history of the United
States has there been greater oppor
tunity for loyal young Americans to
serve their country and build their
futures than right now,” said Secre
tary Knox.
i In outlining the many advantages
offered by enlistment in the United
States Navy Mr. Lupton said, "It is
possible for a bright young man to
increase his pay seven times during
y his first enlistment and he can earn
as much as $126 a month This
monthly figure is actually worth
much more when it' is remembered
that the man has few living expenses
and is provided with the finest of
medical and dental care.
“You have all your food and lodg
ing, and also your original outfit of
clothing provided by Uncle Sam
free,” Mr. Lupton continued. In ad
dition there are free sports and en
tertainment—even .to the latest Holly
y wood pictures. On top of this you
get free travel and adventure in col
orful places—a thing few civilians
’ can afford.
“When you consider the size of this
country and the fact that the Navy
will select only 15,000 applicants a
month from many times that number
throughout the United States, the
quotation, ‘Many are called but few
are chosen,’ will apply to local young
men interested.
“Navy men are a ‘hand-picked’ lot.
Candidates must be men of more
than average intelligence and ambi
tion, of fine moral character and
must have the written recommenda
tion of at least two local towns
people.”
As Navy Editor, Mr. Lupton has
just received from Washington a sup
ply of free illustrated booklets for
* all men interested and, in addition,
will welcome inquiries from young
men who wish to look into the new
and greater opportunities the Navy
now offers for training for future
' * civilian careers as they serve their
country now in its emergency.
Popeye Cartoon Aid
In Navy Recruiting
Through the cooperation of King
Features, owner of the rights to
v Popeye, world-fajnous sailorman of
the comics, this cartoon is furnished
|y The Herald in connection*, with the
U. S. Navy’s campaign to enlist re
p emits. It is hoped 'this popular car
1. toon will be enjoyejl by Herald read
|f ers, as well as be of some aid fc se
£ curing young men w join the Navy.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
' Last Issue |
This may be the last issue of
The Herald for some subscrib
ers—that is unless they renew
their subscriptions at once. All
delinquent subscribers have been
notified that unless they renew
their subscriptions, their names
'will be dropped from the circu
lation list after this issue.
It is gratifying to have re
ceived so many renewals and
here’s hoping that if YOU are
not paid to date, YOU will re
mit before YOUR name is re
moved.
Assistant Secretary
Os Agriculture Hill
Speaker For Festival
Program Is Practically
Completed at Meet
ing Tuesday
With only an orchestra still to be
secured and a few incidental arrange
ments, the program for Edenton’s
Peanut Festival on October 17, is
about complete. At a meeting of
committeemen with General Chair
mah E. W. Spires Tuesday afternoon
a tentative program was outlined
which is expected to undergo very
few changes.
One of Mr. Spires’ principal head
aches was relieved shortly after the
meeting adjourned when he received
a telegram from Representative Her
bert Bonner to the effeet that Grover
B. Hill, assistant se*»itafy of agri
culture, has accepted the invitation
to be the principal speaker for the
occasion.
Another headache still hovers over
the dance committee, members of
which have tried in vain to secure a
nationally known organization to
play for the coronation ball which
will be the climax to the celebration.
Last week Albert Byrum, H. A. Cam
pen, Frank Holmes and William
Perkins went to Richmond with the
intention of signing an orchestra
before leaving. When they returned
they thought they had either Jan
Garber or Little Jack Little lined up
(Continued on Page Four)
Baptist Meeting
Attracts Around
700 For Sessions
45 Churches Represent
ed at 136th Annual
Meeting
Forty-five churches representing
eight counties in membership in the
Chowan Baptist Association sent
around 700 delegates to the 136th
annual session of the Association
which wound up a two days’ meeting
in Ihe Edenton Baptist Church yes
terday, Wednesday. Two sessions
daily were held and prominent State
religious leaders were in attendance
and took part in the meeting.
Os the high church officials pres
ent were Dr. L. G. Grier, Superin
tendent of the Baptist Orphanage at
Thomasville; M. A. Huggins, general
secretary and treasurer of the State
Baptist Convention, Dr. Smith Hig
ginaon, superintendent of the Bap
tist Hospital at Winston-Salem, and
R. H. Satterfield, manager of the
Biblical Recorder, Raleigh.
Rev. E. L. Wells, Ed,enton pastor,
delivered the address of welcome on
Tuesday and among others who spoke
at the opening session were Rev. J.
L. White, of Elizabeth City, and Rev.
W. Frank Cale, of Center Hill, who
delivered the associations! sermon.
Other local speakers were W. J.
Berryman, who spoke in condemna
tion of intemperance, Mrs. C. T.
Doughtie, in a report on W. M. U.
work, and John M. Elliott, who made
an address yesterday on The Baptist
Training Union, in which he has
been a leader for several years. Rev.
Dr. A. B. Crabtree, of Richmond, Va.,
president of the Baptist seminary in
Brazil, delivered the missionary ad
dress on W ednesday ..morning.
Dinners wore served Mm dslsgstsn
on the church grounds on both days.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 25, 1941.
Merchants Plan
Trade Promotion
At An Early Date
Trade Event In Con
junction With Fes
tival Called Off
DONATE $25
Prompt Payment of
Bills Discussed at
Length
_ *
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Edenton Merchants
Association held the latter part of
last week tentative plans were dis
cussed for a gala Christmas opening
and trade promotion program. Fol
lowing presentment of various ideas,
President Ralph Parrish instructed
the Trade Promotion Committee,
headed by John Mitchener, to meet
as soon as possible and work out de
finite plans for the trade boosting
event.
Credit rating came in for some
discussion during the meeting, after
which it was unanimously voted to
schedule a series of advertisements
to appear in The Chowan Herald
stressing prompt payment of bills
and maintaining good credit wits
Edenton’s merchants.
Though it had been previously de
cided to stage some sort of a trade
event in connection with the Peanut
Festival, it was decided to abandon
the idea, but a donation of $25 was
ordered paid to the Peanut Festival
Committee toward the expense of
the celebration. It was also decided
to place an ad in The Chowan Herald
just prior to the Peanut Festival in
viting the public to attend the va
rious features in connection with the
festival.
The Association voted unanimously
to allow sls towards the expense of
sending Mrs. Grace Dobson, secre
tary, to the State Secretaries Con
ference to be held in Greensboro
October 12 to 14.
Directors present at the meeting
were: Ralph Parrish, O. B. IPerry,
Dave Holton, John Mitchener, Guy
Boyce and H. A. Campen.
Economic Group
Favoß Improving
Channel In Bay
Appropriate Action Ne
cessary to Support
Project
Mayor J. H. McMullan, on Tuesday
morning, was notified by H. A.
Megalla, assistant secretary of the
National Economic Conference, that
the project for improvement of the
channel from Edenton Bay into Pem
broke Creek to the United States
Fish Hatchery, which has been ap
proved by the War Department and
tentatively included by the House
Committee in the forthcoming Rivers
and Harbors bill, is apparently in the
class of public works which the Na
tional Economic Conference desires
to see authorized by Congress at
this time.
It appears that there will be much
opposition to the bill and it seems
wise for those interested in any
project in the bill to take appropriate
action to support it. There is good
reason for the opinion that the bill
will stand or fall as a whole.
City Officials Invited To
Attend Suffolk Festival
Mayor J. H. McMullan is in re
ceipt of an invitation from the exe
cutive committee of the National
Peanut Exposition, inviting him, as
well as members of Town Council, to
attend the second national peanut
exposition to be held in Suffolk
October 30 and 31.
John Henry Powell, chairman of
the Invitation Committee, expressed
the hope that Mayor McMullan, as
well as as many members as possible
of Town Council attend the exposi
tion.
Perkins Host To Rotary
Directors At Breakfast
William M. Perkins was host to a
group of Rotary Club directors at a
breakfast served at Hotel Joseph
Hewes Tuesday morning. As tne
group enjoyed a splendid breakfast,
various Rotary activities were dis
cussed.
Those wfio joined Mr. Perkins were
President C. L. McCullers, C. W.
Overman, Frank Holmes, John A.
Holmes and J. Edwin Bufflap.
Dr. Hooks Likens
Hitlerism To TB
Germ In World
Both Thrive on Suffer
ings of Their Inno
cent Victims
WORKERS MEET
Parish House Scene of
Interesting Meeting
Tuesday
In an interesting analogue para
lelling the incidence of the germ of
tuberculosis and the ruthlessness of
Hitlerism in the Old World today,
Dr. W. Borden Hooks, dapper young
tubercular expert of Tarboro, closed
a session of a score or more Christ
mas Seal sale enthusiasts for the
Northeastern District, held on Tues
day at the Parish House.
Dr. Hooks spoke at the end of a
cold, plate luncheon given by the
Parish ladies, and at an earlier morn
ing session addresses were made by
Frank W. Webster, executive secre
tary for the State association, and
by Walter S. Page, Jr., of Winston-
Salem headquarters, an association
field worker. The latter dwelt large
ly upon publicity methods which
should be employed locally to encour
age the coming sale of the TB seals
after Thanksgiving. Mrs. J. A.
Moore, the local chairman, was in
charge of the gathering, and Mrs.
C. M. Griggs, Elizabeth City chair
man, introduced Dr. Hooks at the
luncheon.
Actually Dr. Hooks’ text was
“Protect Your Home From Tubercu
losis as part of the National Defense
Program,” and it was in this con
nection that he likened Hitlerism m
Europe to the ravages of the TB
germ, declaring his indifference to
the welfare of his own people and
those he has already conquered was
exactly similar to the indifference
shown by tl;*se in America who re
fuse to listen to advice relative to
combatting the “White Plague.”
Whereas the German Gestapo
thrive on the sufferings of their vic
tims so does the tubercular germ
thrive on lack of interest taken here
by those coming in contact with oth
ers who have the disease. But simi
larly, said the speaker, the air fleet
and naval armada of Britain in their
struggle to dethrone Hitlerism can
be compared with the tiny Christmas
'Seal, which this year will shine forth
like a beacon of hope, can be reckon
ed as a sign of salvation and surety
everywhere where civilization re
mains untouched.
The various methods of detection
and treatment were touched on by
Dr. Hooks, and while billions of dol
lars are now being spent in national
defense, other millions are to be
sought through Seal sales to help
those in dire physical need. The
speaker was warmly applauded at
the conclusion of his twenty-minute
talk.
Mr. Page spoke of the methods
used and to be used in publicizing
the Seal sale this winter, dwelling on
the numbers of those who should be
considered as prospects, and advising
a booth to be placed in the post of
fice, stuff ers to be put in pay en
velopes, and a special public school
day, all to acquaint everyone with
the need of participating in this
fight.
Chowan Receives
5,606 Lbs. Surplus
Food In August
377 Persons In County
Helped to Tune of
$345.87
A. E. Langston, State director of
comodity distribution for the State
Board of Charities and Public Wel
fare, said this week that Chowan
County received 5,606 pounds of sur
plus food supplies during the month
of August worth a fair market value,
of $345.87.
General recipients served with
commodities numbered 377 persons
in 114 cases, while 304 persons com
prising 117 relief cases were certi
fied during the month as eligible to
receive the commodities.
With the general opening of
schools in September the school lunch
program will be greatly increased,
Langston said.
Total state distributions during
August amounted to 2,660,264 poupas
valued at $141,995 and reached 160,-
347 needy individuals.
N. C. Highway Commission
Votes Down 17-A Over
Albemarle Sound Bridge
Be Careful, Boys |
Newspaper stories relating the
capture of Several sturgeon m
nearby waters has claimed the
attention of Deputy Fish Com
missioner Cage Hayman, who
asked The Herald to let its
readers know that it is unlawful
to catch or have in possession
sturgeon taken from the waters
of North Carolina.
This ruling is designated as
Rule No. 163 of the rulels and
regulations of the Department of
Conservation and Development.
Important Bundles
For Britain Radio
Program On Oct 2
Dinner For Americas
Scheduled to Be Held
In New York
Information received by Mrs.
Julien Wood is to the effect that
Bundles For Britain will have its
first important nation-wide broad
cast of the fall season on Thursday
night, October 2, from 11 p. m. to
11:30 p. m., on the Columbia net
work. The program will be broad
cast over about 75 stations, and Mrs.
Wood is hopeful that many local ra
dios will be turned to one of these
stations to hear the program.
The occasion will be a “Dinner
For The Americas,” in the famous
Sert Room of the Waldorf-Astoria in
New York. The dinner will mark the
active entry of many of the Pan-
American countries into the work
Bundles For Britain is doing. The
entire evening will be typically
Latin-American, including music, en
tertainment and the menu.
Mrs. Robert Livingston Clarkson
is chairman of the dinner committee,
which includes Mrs. Vincent Astor,
Lady Clark Kerr, Mrs. Alexander C.
Forbes and Mrs. Cornelius Vander
bilt.
The Ambassadors and Ministers of
seven South American and Central
American republics are honorary
sponsors of the affair. These in
clude Their Excellencies Senor Don
Manuel de Freyre y Santander, Ac
bassador of Peru; Senor Don Felipe
A. Espil, Argentinian Ambassador;
Senor Don Francisco Castillo Nejera,
the Mexican Ambassador; Mr. Car
los Martins, Brazilian Ambassador;
Senor Dr. Aurello F. Concheso, Am
bassador of Cuba; Senor Dr. Don
Luis Fernando Guachalia, Bolivian
Minister; and Senor J. M. Troncoso,
Minister of the Dominican Republic.
An elaborate entertainment pro
gram has been planned. Xavier
Cugat and his orchestra will furnish
the music and Juan Arvizu, Latin-
American Troubador who is a favor
ite in twenty-one South American
republics as well as in the United
States, will be one of the featured
artists.
Every worker for Bundles For
Britain, no matter where the branch
is located, can participate in this
festive occasion for through the
courtesy of the Columbia Broad
casting System it will be brought
right into homes from 11 p. m. to
11:30 p. m., Eastern Standard Time.
It will also be sent by short wave
1 to all South American countries from
10:30 to 11:30 p. In.
Miss Ruby Lentz Now
Taking Post Graduate
Course At Chapel Hill
Friends will be interested to know
that Miss Ruby Lentz, public health
nurse for Chowan County Health De
partment, has given up her work
here for this winter. Miss Lentz, on
Tuesday, entered the University of
North Carolina, where she is taking
. a post graduate course in public
health nursing.
The State Board of Health will
; send a nurse here to work for Miss
Lentz during her absence, and she is
expected to arrive about October Ist.
I .I, -
NO ROTARY MEETING TODAY
Because of the point meeting of
, the Lions Club, Rotary Club and
Chamber of Commerce directors on
• Tuesday night, there will be no
: meeting of the Rotary Club today.
The regular Thursday meeting will
be held next week.
re*mto*eem+i
$1.25 Per YeaF~
Edenton Citizens Up In
Arms Early Friday
Morning:
WIRES~GET HOT
Wilson, Absent From
Meeting, Unaware of
Airing Matter
With the appearance of a brief
statement in the News and Observer
Friday morning that the State Hign
way and Public Works Commission
would consider a request, principally
from Washington County citizens, to
designate the highway across the
Albemarle Sound bridge as U. S.
17-A, Edenton citizens were no littie
bestirred and at once proceeded to
send telegrams and make telephone
calls in order to prevent the estab
lishing of an alternate route to tne
Ocean Highway.
It was understood that no little
effort was put forth in Washington
County to secure signatures to a
large number of postcards with a
printed request that the Highway
Commission designate the bridge
road as 17-A. Citizens in Edenton,
Windsor and Williamston objected to
the method employed in trying to
convince the Highway Commissioners
to mark the proposed alternate
route and, of course the three towns
vigorously protested.
Telegrams were sent to the Com
mission by the Edenton-Chowan
Chamber of Commerce, Merchants
Association, Rotary Club, Lions Club,
the Town of Edenton, as well as
many individual telegrams. The gist
of the telegrams was to the effect
that to take action on the strength
of a batch of postcards would be un
fair and that Edenton, Windsor and
William;-:on should have an oppor
tunity to be heard on the matter be
fore final action was taken.
The Herald editor sent a personal
telegram to Carroll Wilson, First
Division Commissioner, who happen
ed to be in Winston-Salem at the
time attending the Young Democratic
Clubs Convention, and in a telephone
conversation expressed surprise at
receipt of so many telegrams, and
saying that he knew nothing about
the 17-A matter being scheduled to
be aired. However, he stated, that
he had put in a telephone call to
Raleigh and would request no action
to be taken until he could get there.
He was opposed to the 17-A idea and
asked The Herald editor to inform
those concerned that he would use
his efforts in preventing the alter
nate route.
In less than an hour, Mr. Wilson
again called The Herald from Wins
ton-Salem, giving the information
that the Commission had just a few
minutes before rejected the alter
nate route after a thorough discus
sion of all angles concerned.
The three towns most vitally af
fected, if an alternate route were
established in that a great amount
of traffic would be lost, advance the
argument that a considerable amount
of money has been invested over a
ing the Ocean Highway, and that in
period of 10 or 15 years in develop
view of this fact they are not will
ing to sacrifice tourist traffic. Be
sides, the distance from Edenton to
Washington is several miles shorter
byway of Edenton, Windsor and
Williamston than it is over the Al
bemarle Sound bridge route through
Plymouth. Added to this argument
is the fact that the present Ocean
Highway route is lacking the dan
gerous curves which are encountered
on the suggested alternate route.
Advertising signs within less than
50 feet of highways in the State, ex
cept in particular circumstances as
set forth hereunder, will be unlawful
in North Carolina, after November
Ist, according to a resolution adopted
at the meeting in Raleigh Friday.
The Commissioners also reduced
the maximum speed limit at Oteen,
site of the U. S. Veterans Hospital
in Buncombe County, to 35 miles per
hour for all vehicles, granted vaca
tion and sick leave privileges to em
ployees formerly on an hourly basis
but now on a salary footing, awarded
six road contracts, approved 66.75
miles of county road construction
recommended by the Engineering De-.
partment, and passed on several oth
er matters coming to its attention.
Deferred for later discussion was
consideration of a reorganization
program at Caledonia Farm. This
' matter probably will be reviewed at
[ the October meeting,
t The resolution concerning signs a
i long the highways provides that re
, strictionß shall not apply Jp signs
1 beyond the limits of the.SfSte High
(Continued on Pag^Bight)