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VWme VIII. —Number 51.
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Chowan Red Cross Raising $2,500
Chowan County Organized
to Cope With Emergencies
Caused By War Activities
Committees of Defense
Council Meet Mon
* day Night
* MUCH INTEREST
Duties of Groups Ex
plained By Chairman
E. W. Spires
With chairmen of various commit
tees of the Chowan Defense Council
called together Tuesday night in the
Municipal Building by General Chair
man E. W. Spires, the organization
went on a working basis and before
long, if plans are carried out, should
be ready to cope with any emergency
which may arise. Mr. Spires called
for reports from the chairmen, and
explained in detail the duties of each
'committee named as part of the de
li sense program, and apparently each
one realises the gravity of the situa
tion and is ready and willing to per
form such duties as may arise.
Present at the meeting also was
' C. Leo Wilhelm, general field repre
sentative of the Red Cross for East
ern North Carolina. Mr. Wilhelm
explained that the work of the Red
Croifi will go on in war time just
as much so as in peace time and that
some pnases of tne work dove-tail
witn the defense program, lie as
sured those present that the Red
Cross can be depended upon for
help in any sort of calamity.
ue aiso explained in detail the Red
Cross first aid course, an instructors’
corpse and the course for nursing, es
raily emphasizing, the ’Setter -du«.
tne need for nurses. Because
5,000 nurses have gone into military
service and 6,000 more are needed,
there is a shortage, he said, and
the nursing course women
dSn learn enough about nursing to
prove a great help in time of need.
C. E. Kmmer, air raid warning
chairman, reported that nine posts
in the county are well manned and
that there is a splendid spirit of co
operation among the personnel. He
did report, however, that the work
is handicapped by having to use party
lines in Hie rural sections, and that
frequently those using the line re
ly ffse to give way to the observers.
I It is very essential, he said, that
■ when the words “Army flash” are
■ heard the line should be given over.
V. In this connection, Mr. Spires said
■ tlgit he had asked Highyay Commis-
I sion Carroll Wilson to use his efforts
I to secure a telephone at the Albe-
I marie Sound bridge.
I Fire Chief R. K. Hall reported at-
I tending a meeting of fire chiefs of
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All Sbr High School
[.Band Will Perforin In
I Henton February 2Q
I Plans and Program Dis
cussed at Meeting
I Monday.
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■. Edenton will again be host to the
I All Star High School Band of 100
gr selected players from various high
H schools of the Albemarle area at
i Edenton High School auditorium on
I .Friday night, February 20th.
gj a .meeting of Band Director at
H Juniper Lodge, near Plymouth, on
gPplonday night, plans for the program
jj were completed for this outstanding
■ musical attraction.
■ The Englehard Girls* Chorus, undor
9 the direction of Virgil F. West, of
H: Swan Quarter, of 50 members will
stalno be featured on the program
|mS|jbich will be largely of a patriotic
|8 na|»re.
■ PJans call for a brief talk during
Iptta evening concert by a speaker of
ml- State and; national fame.
|§ ti School bands who have submitted
I Oats of players for the oncoming
Edenton concert sre: Currituck Coun-
M ty, Perquimans County, Colerain,
■ Plymouth, Rorer, Washington, Bel-
Kflaven, Hyde County, Columbia, Cres-
IBpell and Edenton. Other Albemarle
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| Get Out Your Line |
As the result of recent rains,
especially lone of more than ordi
nary proportion last Saturday,
local mill ponds have been re
plenished with water to such an
extent that fishing is again
allowed.
Game Warden J. G. Perry or
dered fishing discontinuer sev
eral weeks ago when very little
water remained in the mill ponds,
but announced Tuesday that
fishing may be .resumed in Ben
nett’s and Dillard’s mill ponds.
Mayor McMullan
Appoints Chairmen
Civilian Protection
Group to Prepare to
Cope With Any Local
Emergencies
In compliance to a request to form
a committee on Civilian Protections
for the Town of Edenton, Mayor J
H. McMullan, as chairman, has an
nounced and sent to Theodore S
Johnson, director of civilian defense
at Raleigh, the following appoint
ments :
Fire Protection—Fire Chief R. K
Hall, ‘ "
Police Protection—Chief of Police
G. A. Helms.
Air Raid Warden —C. E. Kramer.
/ Emergency Medical Service—Dr.
Roland H. Vaughan.
Emergency Public Works—W. W.
Byrum.
Emergency Utilities—R. N. Hines.
In making these appointments,
Mayor McMullan, as far as possible,
named the same chairmen who are
serving on the County Defense
Council.
Committees on Civilian Protections
are being organized in every city
over 2,500 population, with chairmen
of each committee expected to be
willing to study and plan for any
emergency duties. The organization
provides that the chairmen be in
structed in their particular duties
and their opportunity for service,
which means that instructors must be
trained in their various fields and
they, in turn, must direct the train
ing of others until all are taught the
udiments at least of personal and
ommunity protection.
In connection with the committee
t is also important that a small and
/ery select group be appointed to
work with the law enforcement offi
:ers to. be on guard against subver
ive acts and sabotage. This com-,
ftiittee must be kept confidential and
should work with great care and re
straint, but at the same time with
absolute thoroughness.
Mayor McMullan informed Director
Johnson that he is of the opinion
that the committee is necessary and
that the Edenton group can be de
pended upon to cope with any emer
gency which may arise.
Bank Os Edenton To
Have Two-day Holiday
Employees of the Bank of Edenton
will enjoy a two-day holiday for
Christmas, the hank being closed all
day Friday after Christmas. All
patrons of the bank are urged to re
member this holiday and transact
their business accordingly.
County Offices Closed
Two Days Next Week
All County offices will be closed
Friday after Christmas in order to
allow a double holiday for all County
employees. Any Important business
to be transacted on Friday should,
therefore, be attended to on Wednes
day./,
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ORCHESTRA PRESENTS BENEFIT
PROGRAM FOR THE RED CROSS
Edenton’s High School 'Orchestra
will present a program in tile school
auditorium this (Thursday) after
noon at 2:16 for the benefit of the
Red Cross. A silver offering will be
taken and tne public is invited to
I attend. I , r. v.. r,
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 18, 1941
Colored Student
Instantly Killed In
School Bus Wreck
Ruth Littlejohn Loses
life In Collision Tues
day Afternoon
OTHERSINJURED
Driver of Log- Truck Al
so Seriously Injured
In Crash
Ruth Littlejohn, 16-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and, Mrs. Johnson W.
Littlejohn, and a student at the
Edenton Negro High School, was in
stantly killed at 4:30 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon in a wreck that occurred
about six miles from town at the in
tersection of the Sound Bridge road
and Highway when a school bus and
a logging truck from Elizabeth City
collided, injuring eight other Negro
students and seriously injuring the
white driver of the truck, Hubert
Brinson, of Elizabeth City.
Brinson, who was pinned inside k
the cab of the truck beneath log pil-
I ing, probably suffered serious inter-
I nal injuries. The two other Negro
students badly injured were Michael
Coston and Evelyn McCoy. All three
I were rushed to the Albemarle Hos
pital in Elizabeth City.
Driver of the school bus was Penn
Arthur Wadsworth, who was unin
jured. He is said to have been a
L school bus driver for one year.
The school bus, with 13 high
school students of the Yeopim sec
tion, being driven back home after
the close of school, later caught fire
while being towed from the highway
and was demolished.
The accident occurred when the
bus attempted to cross the highway
from the old Sourjdsid.e road.
, Sergeant G. I. JDail and Patrolman
Jack Gaskill investigated the acci
dent.
Lions Plan To Give
Christmas Baskets
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! Chowan Trio Sings at
Monday Night’s
’ Meeting
, Following their usual custom, the
, Edenton Lions Club will again give
. Christmas baskets to poor children
. in the County, W. B. Gaylord report
ing at Monday night’s meeting that
’ 25 baskets will be prepared.
I The club also agreed to allot $lO
. to the Health and Welfare Committee
, to purchase necessities for a local
I tuberculosis patient in a hospital.
During the meeting the Citizenship
. and Patriotism Committees asked the
I club to consider the possibility of
, purchasing a radio for the Armory.
. A special feature of the meeting was
a very enjoyable program of popular
. songs rendered by the Chowan trio.
■ Number Local Stores
1 Plan To Close Two
Days For Christmas
i
1 Members of the Edenton Mer
■ chants Association have agreed to
- close their stores on Christmas Day
and on Friday, the following day.
As The Herald went to press, the
stores reported as closing were:
Cuthrell’s, Quinn’s, Goodwin’s Gro
r eery, Western Auto Associate Store,
l Flynn’s Grocery, Preston’s, Campen’s,
- S. Hobowsky, Badham Bros., Atlantic
1 and Pacific, Pender’s, Elliott Co., and
t Spivey Stores, Inc. Ward’s Shoe
- Shop and Mae Jackson, Beautician,
t will also observe the double holiday.
Community Singing
On Green Sunday
* Community singing at the Christ
-1 mas tree on the Court House Green
> Sunday night will begin at 6 o’clock,
r Mrs. Julien Wood announced this
i week. •,
, The hour has been changed from
- 6:30 to 6 in order not to interfere
with the evening meal or with Sun
day night church services. The ear
? lier hour will also give the children
) a better opportunity If attending the
i program. I
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- MASONS MEET TONIGHT
) Because tonight ywill be the last
i meeting in the year of local Masons,
i imnortant business /will be transacted
vmrev euwume seesss a- w •iwuowvww%^
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Farmers In Chowan
Almost Unanimous
For Cotton Quotas
Only One Negative Vote
Cast In Referendum
Held Saturday
VOTING”HEAVY
Program Carries In Belt
By Vote of Over
95 Per Cent
Chowan County cotton growers
lacked only one vote in turning in an
unanimous vote in favor of marketing
quotas for 1942 in the referendum
held Saturday. This lone dissenting
vote was registered in Edenton Town
ship, the other three townships go
ing 100 per cent for the quotas.
The vote in the State gave crop
control its most overwhelming appro
val when more than 95 per cent of
the farmers who voted cast ballots
to continue the quotas. Voting was
unusually heavy despite the preval
ence of inclement weather throughout
the cotton belt. In the State, as a
whole, 65,917 votes were cast in
favor of quotas, while only 3,386
votes were cast against.
Returns from other cotton grow
ing states, which comprise 19 states,
the vote showed a majority of about
88 per cent in favor of the quotas.
North Carolina’s vote is very gra
tifying to agricultural leaders in
that it indicates that cotton growers
are satisfied with the program which
balances production with demand and
gives every farmer his fair share of
the limited cotton acreage.
Os the North Carolina counties
voting in the referendum, there were
only four which showed any appre
ciable . opposition to the program.
TheseAvere Harnett, Aohnstou, Ruth
erford and Sampson, the latter re
cording the most opposing votes,
where 579 were cast as against 1,265
in favor of the quotas.
Chowan County farmers cast 380
votes, of which 379 favored the quo
tas and only one opposed. The vote
follows:
For Against
Edenton Township -—127 1
Middle Township 93 0
Upper Township lO4 0
Yeopim Township 55 0
Total 379 1
Contributions Lag
For Stocking Fund
Enough Children Listed
Already to Exhaust
Present Funds
That not as many poor children of
the community will be able to enjoy j
Christmas as was the case last year j
through the Christmas Stocking)
Fund., was evident early this week
when Miss Louise Coke reported that
contributions received by her amount
ed to only S6O as compared with
sllO last year. Miss Coke, together
with Mrs. O. M. Elliott, is shoulder
ing the job of furnishing stockings
to as many poor children as funds
will allow, and unless more contribu
tions are received they already have
a list which will exhaust funds on
hand, and more requests are ex
pected.
These two ladies, despite the a
mount of hard work involved, realize
a great deal of joy in furnishing
stockings ta the poor and naturally,
the more children who are made hap
py, the more pleasure they have in
their unselfish efforts.
Stockings are given to poor chil
dren regardless of their denomina
tional connections, and if any inter
ested in this worthy cause desire
to make a contribution they should do
so at once so that necessary arrange
ments can be made.
Change Announced
For Listing Os Taxes
In First Township
With tax listing to be done during
the month of January, tax listers in
the First Township will have to per
form this duty at the Court House
instead of at the Municipal Building
as heretofore. The change was an
nounced thij week by County Tax
Supervisor Philip McMullan, and was
made because of more convenient
quartets at the Court House.
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Machinery Set In Motion
At Mass Meeting Monday
To Raise Emergency Fund
| Two-Day Holiday J
Members lof the Edenton Street
Department will enjoy a two-day
hoi.day on Cnnstmas, employ* es
being given Friday as an extra
holiday. Citizens are, therefore,
advised that no trash collection
will be made all day Friday.
The trucks will cover the entire
town Wednesday and clean up
the business section after stores
close Wednesday night as is the
custom every Saturday night,
with regular collection of trash
being resumed Saturday morn
ing. i
Christmas Seal
Sale Continues To
Be Encouraging
No Figures Available
As Result of Drive
To Date
With reports of sales gradually
being received by Mrs. R. C. Holland,
treasurer of the Christmas Seal Sale
drive in Chowan County, it is hoped
that the County’s quota of $350 will
be reached, though no figures were
available early this week. Both
Mrs. Holland, as well as Mrs. J. A.
MtHirw; -chairman, are very anxious
to hear from every person to whom
Seals were mailed, whether the Seals
are purchased or not. The local or
ganization is charged with every Seal
sent here and for that reason the re
quest is made that those Seals which
have not been bought be returned to
Mrs. Holland at once.
Splendid response has been made
by many citizens *and in commenting
upon the cooperation shown, Mrs.
Holland expressed especial apprecia
tion to Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Jackson,
who have given a very generous dis
count on the thousands of quarts of
milk purchased through the Chowan
County organization in the fight
against tuberculosis.
An appeal is made to everyone to
purchase seals —as soon as possible,
and as many as possible.
Additional names given to The
Herald this week of those who have
purchased Christmas Seals are:
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bunch, Mr.
and Mrs. D. M. Reaves, Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Wood, Miss Rebecca Colwell,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bolling, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy E. Leary, Mr. and Mrs. E.
! L. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Parrish, 1
| Miss Jessie McMullan, Mr. and Mrs. I
i v.. li. Pearce, Dr. and Mrs. W. 1.1
! Hart, Mrs. J. N - . Elliott, Miss Zene
Elliott, Mr. and. Mrs. J. A. wurn.ir
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nixon, Mr. an:
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Shipment Os Woolen
Garments Ready For
Bundles For Britain!
A shipment of woolen garments
and shoes is being collected here for
Bundles for Britain this week and
shipment will be made within the
next few days.
Mrs. Juhen Wood has announced
that she will be glad to receive such
articles from those wishing to make
a contribution.
Junior Red Cross Has
100% Membership
The Junior Red Cross, an organi
zation sponsored by the local Red
Cross, gives every boy and girl *in
the elementary and high schools an
opportunity to do his or her bit,
whether it be large or small. This
year every room from the first grade
through the eleventh, has a 100%
membership. Boys and girls and
teachers have contributed freely, and
because of such loyalty and coopera
tion there is a surplus this year. It
is planned to use the funds in some
way that will be of the most ad
vantage to the worthy cause locally.
The chairman of the Junior Red
Cross wants to thank the youth of
Edenton for its wonderful contribu
tion to such a worthy cause.
This newspaper k drew
leted k i the terrUery
where Advertisers wm
reeUae good resmlts.
$1.25 Per Year
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Entire County Has Been
Classified Into Vari
ous Groups
CHMRMEN NAMED
r nose Is to Secure
County’s Quota In
Record Time
At a mass meeting held in the
Court House Monday night, with W.
J. Berryman presiding, machinery
was set in motion to raise Chowan
County’s quota of $2,500 for the Red
Cross Emergency Fund. The cam
paign is part of a plan to raise fifty
million dollars in the nation for use
by the Red Cross in the present
emergency.
Mr. Berryman, who was named
Chowan County chairman, at the out
set explained the purpose of the
meeting as well as emphasized the
importance of raising the amount
asked. There was some question as
to when to start the campaign, but
because of the great need, Mr. Berry
man insisted upon beginning imme
diately and as the result, various
committees were appointed and ef
forts begun Tuesday morning to se
j cure the amount.
The entire County has been classi
fied with a chairman chosen for each
group, who has the authority to
name assistants to the end that no
time will be lost in the hope that in
a whirlwind campaign the entire
quota will be reached.
Officers of the Red Cross Emer
gency, War, ReJMf C^njr ! t‘ie H are:
Chairman, A. 3. uSt ynattf, " ''irit
chairman, Mrs. J. N. Pruderi; secre
tary-treasurer, M. F. Bond, Jr,; exe
cutive committee, W. J. Berryman,
Mrs. J. N. Pruden, M. F. Bond, Jr.,
E. W. Spires and J. H, McMullan.
The groups as classified and the
chairmen appointed at the meeting
Monday night are as follows:
Ministers—Rev. C. A. Ashby.
Industries—West W. Byrum.
Professional Men—J. N. Pruden.
Retail*Firms —Ralph Parrish.
First Ward, Town of Edenton —
Mrs. W. I. Hart.
Second Ward, Town of Edenton—
Mrs. H. R. Leary.
Third Ward, Town of Edenton —
Mrs. J. 'S. Davis.
Fourth Ward, Town of Edenton —
Mrs. Wood Privott.
Yeopim—Mrs. J. L. Hassell.
Center Hill—Rev. Frank Cale.
Wardville —Mrs. E. N. Elliott.
Civic and Fraternal—G. B. Potter.
Rocky Hock —Mr. and Mrs. Kerniit
Perry.
Advance—Mrs. A. C. Griffin.
Enterprise-—Mrs. Wallace Goodwin.
(Continued on Page Five)
Hod Williams And His
Orchestra Will Play
For Christmas Dance
Tea Dance Scheduled
For Afternoon Has
Been Abandoned
Hod Williams and his orchestra
have been secured to play for the
■ Christmas dance scheduled to be held
in the Edenton Armory next Thurs
day. Williams was booked when
Sidney Campen and Hector Lupton,
who are managing the dance, learned
that the Duke Ambassadors, previous
ly scheduled, could not fill the en
’ gagement due to a number of the
members being enrolled in the R. O.
T. C., and who are, subject to leave
l for military duty.
> Williams and his aggregation have
i been heard over the radio and the
, orchestra is now on a tour in Florida,
i coming here especially for the occa
s sion. A feature of the orchestra is
> Miss Kay Howard, who is an accom
-1 plished singer.
I It had been previously planned to
- stage a tea dance on the afternoon
t of Christmas Day, but this feature
5 has been abandoned, there being only
- the night dance beginning at 10
o’clock. The Armory will be appro
-1 priately and elaborately decorated
f for the occasion, and present pros
- pects are that a large number will
be on hand to enjoy the affair.
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