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Volume Vlll.—Number 42.
Edenton Peanut Festival Friday
T own Sponsors NY A W ork Shop
Town Council Appropriates
S6OO To Provide Building
Current And HeatForYear
Project Definitely As
* sured Monday By
NYA Official
READY~TO MOVE
Efforts Now Directed at
Renting a Suitable
Building
Town Councilmen, at their monthly
meeting Tuesday night, unanimously
agreed to sponsor a NYA wood-work
lng and ship carpentry work shop,
which will employ approximately 50
young men between the ages of 17
and 25 years. The shop will be mov
ed from the Manteo area, where it
has been in operation for several
years.
That the shop was definitely assur
'ed for Edenton was revealed Monday
when R. E. McGlaughan, work pro
jects officer, conferred/ with a num
ber of members of the Chamber of
Commerce and accompanied Secre
tary C; L. McCullers, John W. Gra
ham, W. S. Privott and J- Edwin
Bufflap' abouft town to inspect possi
ble- headquarters for the shop.
At Town Council’s meeting Mr.
Graham presented the matter, which
to secure the project means that the
town musi provide a building, lights,
water and heat. Mr. Graham was
not in position to say what building
could be secured for the purpose, but
expressed his opinion that one could
be rented and put into proper shape
4t an outlay to the town of not more
than S6OO a year, which would include
repairs as well as the necessary ex
pense of heat, water and light.
The payroll of the boys and the
instructors will not be less than
$1,600 per month, with the likelihood
that it will increase to SI,BOO and
possibly the addition of other pro
jects which would boost the payroll
still higher.
rlt is a certainty that a national
defense ship-building training project
will be added which carries
rating and would develop a much
needed group of workers.
Mr. Graham explained in detail the
proposition, after which the Council
men very readily agreed to provide
the necessary requirements to have
the shop moved here. Mr. McGlau
han, on Monday, said he was ordered
to move the shop at once, so that a
location must be secured as soon as
possible. It is expected that the
Chamber of Commerce committee
will be able to make arrangements
for a building before the end of this
week.
7 The 50 young men, who will be
employed locally and ‘ from nearby
towns, will work in two shifts under
capable instructors. They will in
clude boys who have finished school
but have no particular work to do,
training them in some useful trade.
I It was explained that in the shop
many things can be made for coun
ties or municipalities or any tax-sup
ported agencies, such as desks, tables,
benches and the like, the only pro
vision being that the organization
furnish the material.
School Grounds
Will Be Enclosed
Six Foot Wire Fence
Erected for Safety of
Children
By the latter part of this week a
new six feet wire fence will sur
round the Edenton High School
grounds, which is being erected to
protect the school and school property
as well as to keep the school children
safe within the property bounds dur
ing recess.
The fence will include five gateß
th\t will be kept locked at night.
Superintendent John A. Holmes ex
pressed himself as being well pleased
with the work and said that the coh
atruction of the fence will be an add
e<s- safety measure in protecting the
fmQm. of the' school children, as well
W jiaeping out prowlers at night who
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY '
Festival Speaker j
GROVER B. HILL
Scheduled to make the princi
pal address at Edenton’s Peanut
Festival Friday is Grover B. Hill,
assistant secretary of agricul
ture. Mr. Hill will speak from
the speakers’ stand on the Court
House Green.
SteteMßßegir
Favors Restoration
Os Tea Party House
Mrs. Joseph Silversteen
Visitor In Edenton
Last Week
A further step toward the possible
final restoration of the old Tea Party
dwelling of Elizabeth King occurred
last week when Mrs. Joseph S. Sil
versteen, State regent for the D.A.R.,
of Brevard, visited with friends at
Hotel Joseph Hewes. Mrs. Silver
steen has interested her organization
in the restoration here and came to
Edenton to look over what is left of
the old house in the way of usable
timbers. What she found pleased her
she said, and she returned home on
Saturday determined, she declared, to
bring the matter up at the next D.
A. R. meeting. In her view there is
nothing more historically important
in Edenton than the Tea Party House,
and its restoration, she said, will be
a great thing for the town and for
the thousands of visitors who come'
here every year.
MASONS CALL OFF MEETING
Master G. A. Helms has called "o?f
the regular meeting of Unanimity
Lodge tonight (Thursday) due to
preparations being made for the
Peanut Festival tomorrow, and the
Peanut Jamboree to be held tonight.
Governor Coming |
GOVERNOR J. M. BROUGHTON
1 Governor and Mira. Broughton
were among- the first to accept
an invitation to attend Edenton’s
first Peanut Festival. The Gov
ernor will crown tire queen of the
festival as yell as introduce As
sistant Secretary of Agriculttire
Grover B. Hill.
Edenton, Chowan County, Nortfc Carolina, Thursday, October 16, 1941.
Official Pfogramj
Edenton Peanut Festival
October 16 and 17, 1941
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Thursday, October 16
5:00 P. M. Registration of Princesses from all counties.
7:00 P. M. Banquet in honor of Princesses and Escorts. Hotel
' Joseph Hewes.
9:00 P. M. Goober Jamboree (Square Dance) on Broad Street.
Music by the Bertie Broadcasting String Band.
Friday, October 17
10:00 A. M. Concert by Massed Bands on Court House Green.
11:00 A. M. Beauty Contest at Taylgj Theatre to select Queen of
Festival.
11:30 A. M. Address by Honorable Grover B. Hill, Assistant Secre
tary of the United States Department of Agriculture.
On Court House Green.
12:30 P. M. Buffet Luncheon for Invited Guests and the Bands.
2:00 P. M. Floral Parade.
3:00 P. M. Annual Football Game. Elizabeth City High School vs.
Edenton High School.
3:45 P. M. Coronation Queen of Festival and presentation of the
Harding Trophy (between halves at football game)
by Governor J. Melville Broughton.
5t06 P. M. Boating Trips on Albemarle Sound.
8:00 P. M. Fireworks Display at Athletic Field.
10:00 P. M. Festival Ball at Armory (Music by Barney Rapp and
His New Englanders).
11:00 P. M. Grand March at Festival Ball in honor of Queen and her
Court of HoHor. dir- , . .
‘Battle Os Albemarle’
Friday Drawing Card
For Peanut Festival
Interest Mounts in Foot
ball Game Between
Edenton - E. City
PLENTYCOLOR
Yellow Jackets Have
Won 10 of 13 Games
Played
Whether or not a peanut festival
is in progress Friday afternoon will
no doubt be of little concern to a
large number of Edenton football
fans, as well as probably an equal
number from Elizabeth City, for at
3 o’clock two ancient high school
football rivals, Edenton and Elizabeth
City, will meet in the Albemarle’s
football classic of the year As ever,
interest in this game is at fever heat,
and followers of both teams predict
victory and a hard-fought game.
Stock in Edenton’s chances of vic
tory has been boosted considerably
since the first of the season, follow
ing the showing made thus far by
Coach W. E. Bowman and his limited
crew of players. To date Columbia
and Williamston have been victims of
Bowman’s boys, both teams being
handed the short end of a 12-0 score.
Then last Friday when the dope
pointed to a defeat at the hands of
the highly tooted Tarboro outfit, the
Aces, entering the game decidedly
the under dogs, the two teams played
to a 6-6 tie. ; I
Edenton’s hopes for a victory lie
in the fact that the Yellow Jackets
from Pasquotank have lost a group
of last year’s veterans which un
doubtedly has weakened the team.
Edenton, likewise lost a number of
regular players, who have been re
placed by younger and less exper
ienced boys. Coach Bowman has,
however, developed a well-function
ing machine, which should provide
plenty of trouble for the visitors.
One of the weak points which wor
ries Coach Bowman is lack of re
serve material.
The Edenton squad, as well as
the coach, believe Friday’s game is
just about the toughest on the sche
dule, and the boys have gone through
stiff practice sessions in preparation
for the game.
The two schools have been arch
rivals since 1626, during which time
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Agents For So-called
Civil Service Schools
Operating In County
Several Persons Reliev
ed of Money on Pro
mise of Jobs
CHARGE $75
Warning Embodied In
Regulations of Merit
System
Information has reached The Her
ald that representatives of so-called
civil-service correspondence schools
have been operating in Chowan
County and have succeeded in reliev
ing several people of as high as $75
upon the promise that farm youths
would receive the courses offered
which would enable them to pass gov
ernment civil-service examinations
and that the boys would be guaran
teed positions as the result of taking
the course.
Several misinformed persons have
fallen victims to the offer as pre
sented, but the matter in one in
stance, was reported to Postmaster
C. E. Kramer, who says the United
States Civil Service Commission has
no connection whatever with such
courses. In fact, under the merit
system, the Civil Service Commission
warns against just such operations as
have been going on recently in this
county.
The following will be found in a
book published by the United States
Civil Service Commission regarding
Federal employment under the merit
system:
“Persons interested in examina
tions should be on their guard against
the misrepresentations of certain so
called ‘civil-service schools’ which
claim to give training for civil-ser
vice examinations. It is wise to in
vestigate their claims before enroll
ing for courses. None of them has
any connection whatever with the
Civil Service Commission or with any
other branch of the Government. The
Commission has no agents who so
licit applications for civil-service po
sitions, or who sell ‘civil-service’ cour
ses. It does not recommend any
school. No school is given advance
information about the need for civil
service employees or the need to an
nounce examinations. None is given
information about examination ques
tions or any other information Vhich
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With Favorable Weather
Celebration Promises To
Be Very Much Os Success
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25 Years Service
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THOMAS CHEARS
On Monday, September 28, Mr.
Chears rounded out a quarter of
a century as a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Edenton
Graded School, 20 years of which
has been in the capacity, of
chairman.
Edenton Garden
Club Postpones Its
Fall Flower Show
Committee Decides Rain
Is Necessary Before
Staging Affair
The Garden Club annua! fall Flow
er Show, scheduled for early October,
will be postponed until late October
or early November, it was learned
Monday at the monthly meeting of
the club at the Hotel Joseph Hewes.
The committee reporting, Mrs. W.
I. Hart and Mrs. Albert G. Byrum,
told the members that a survey of
Edenton gardens had been made and
that it would be impossible to stage
a flower show until after a rain.
A large delegation from the local
club is expected to attend the State
Garden Club School in Rocky Mount
on October 27-28. The invitation
from Mrs. F. M. Dunstan, of Wind
sor, asking the entire attendance of
the club at a meeting at her home is
also expected to draw a large num
ber.
A committee consisting of Mrs. J.
W. White, Mrs. J. Clarence Leary
and Mrs. J. A. Moore was appointed
to gather and send garden seed to
Great Britain.
Mrs. Chas. T. Hollowell, who was
in charge of the program, made a
short talk on the culture of chrysan
themums.
A letter from the -State Garden
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Popular Visitor
CARROLL L. WILSON
Highway Commissioner Wilson
will be one of the Peanut Festi
val’s distinguished guests Friday
when he will introduce Governor
J. M. Broughton to the festival
throng on the Court House
Green.
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Speaking, Parade, Foot
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And Dance Some of
Days Features
MANY EXPECTED
Everything In Readi
ness as Committees
Submit Final Report
To General Chairman
Spires Tuesday Night
Unless Mr. Weather Man decides
otherwise, the stage is all set for
Edenton’s first annual Peanut Festi
val Friday, which, at this writing,
promises to be a more successful af
fair than was at first anticipated.
With the various committees putting
the finishing touches to their work,
there appears to be no stone left un
turned in the interest of staging a
celebration which will be of interest
and credit to the town. At a final
meeting Tuesday afternoon
of committee chairmen with General
Chairman E. W. Spires, everything
appeared to be in readiness and only
awaiting the arrival of Friday and
the crowds of visitors expected to be
on hand.
The celebration is expected to at
tract many visitors, and especially
encouraging to Chairman Spires is
the fact that practically every invita
tion sent out to prominent people has
been accepted. Among the visitors
will be Grover B. Hill, assistant sec
retary of agriculture, who will -ake
the principal address; Governor and
Mrs. J. M, Broughton, Mayor and
Mrs. Richard Reynolds, of Winston-
Salem; State Highway Commissioner
Carroll L. Wilson, and many other
prominent people throughout North
Carolina.
The day will be a holiday in Eden
ton. All county and city employees
will take the day off to enjoy the
day’s program, -both white and color
ed. schools will be closed and practic
ally all business houses will also be
closed.
The festival will actually get un
der way today (Thursday), when at
5 o’clock this afternoon princesses
from the various counties will regis
ter at Hotel Joseph Hewes, and
where at 7 o’clock, a banquet will be
held in honor of them and their es
corts.
At 9 o’clock tonight a square dance,
termed a Goober Jamboree, will be
held on Broad Street in front of the
Municipal Building. The music for
this affair will be furnished by the
Bertie Broadcasting String Band, and
is expected to attract a large crowd
who will catch the spirit of the fes
tival.
To begin the day of the festival a
band concert will be given on the
Court House Green at 10 o’clock Fri
day morning with all visiting bands
taking part. One hour later the
queen of the festival will be selected
at the Taylor Theatre, where the
young lady will be chosen by out-of
town judges.
The next event will take place on
the Court House Green, where a
speakers’ stand will be arranged on a
large trailer. Here Chairman E. W.
Spires will act as temporary chair
man, and will ask the entire assembly
to sing “God, Bless America,” accom
panied by the bands, and call on the
Rev. Frank Cale to offer the invoca
tion. Mr. Spires will then intro
duce R. C. Holland, who will act as
master of ceremonies. Mr. Holland
will call on J. W. Davis, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, sponsors
of the Peanut Festival, for a few re
marks and Mayor J. H. McMullan,
who will deliver a brief address of
welcome. Following the Mayor’s re
marks, Mr. Holland will recognize
distinguished visitors, after which he
will present Highway Commissioner
Carroll L. Wilson, who in turn will
introduce Governor J. M. Broughton.
Governor Broughton, after a few re
marks, will introduce Mr. Hill, the
principal speaker of the day.
At the conclusion of the speaking,
the' assembly will be asked to sing
“Star Spangled Banner” accompa
nied by the bands and led .by County
Agent C. W. Overman.
At 12:30 a buffet luncheon will be
served by the Chowan Women’s Club
on the town lot at the corner of
Broad and Water Streets. Five hun
dred plates will be prepared for in
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