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Volume IX - Number 3.
*Tqwii Council Authorizes
,Fjre Department Buy New
Nose and Other Equipment
ragmen Better Equip
ped to Meet Possible
Emergencies
3,000 FEETOF HOSE
i Gas and Oil Business of
f Town Will Alternate
Every 60 Days
*./ In order to be better equipped to
fight fires, especially during the
present emergency, Town Council,
at its meeting Tuesday night, author
ized the purchase of about $l,lOO
worth of hose and other fire fighting
equipment. Assistant Fire Chief J.
H. Conger appeared before the
Board and told just what the condi
tion is if a major fire or fires caused
by air raids should materialize.
An order was given for 600 feet of
2%-inch hose and 400 feet of 1%-
inch hose, which when received will
result in the fire department’s hav
ing 3,000 feet of hose in first-class
condition which would be dependable
for fighting a fire of any proportion.
Other equipment ordered included
soft suction hose for the large pump,
nozzles and Siamese couplings. In
connection with the recently appoint- i
ed auxiliary fire department, organ
ized in connection with various de- ;
sense moves, six hand pumps with a
short piece of hose were purchased,
one of which will be placed in each
of the six fire wards in care of the
t captain of the ward. These rigs can
be used in connection with preventing
damage by incendiary bombs and can
also be brought into play during or
dinary fires when a little water would
prevent a fire, or at least act as a
in preventing the fire spread
/'ing. /
-40 he matter also claiming a consid
erable amount Os attention was the
system of distributing the town’s oil
and gasoline business among the va
rious service stations. For many
years the business alternated among
the stations, remaining at one place
six months. This method has been
followed for many years and was
adopted when bidding for the busi
ness resulted in profits being prac
tically eliminated, so that it was
very little desired. However, at the
outset of the alternating system,
there • were only two or three stations
and how there are six, and as a re
sult it takes two years before the
business comes back to any one of
the Stations.
It was decided Tuesday night to
change. the length of service from
six months to every 60 days, effec
k tive as of January 1, and in order
I to prevent any misunderstanding the
(business will go to the various sta
■Kons in the following order: Gulf,
■Pridge Turn, W. J. Yates, Godwin’s,
burton’s, and the Triangle.
The street commissioner reported
| receipt of a letter from R. R. Roper,
district engineer of the State High
way and Public Works Commission,
to the effect that in the near future
it is .hoped to be able to put curbs
and gotten in North Edenton as far
as funds set up will allow.
During the meeting Clerk of Court
E.W. Spires was authorized to index
the Town’s back taxes for a three
year period at a cost of $25.
handy of the Town attorney for col
lection past due payments for cut
ting weeds on vacant lots and side
walk assessments. At the conclu
sion of the regular business, the
into executive "session
fofaHpaf time during which several
discussed.
’Course In Home
Nursing Planned
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MW Roland Vaughan
Consents to Conduct
Announcement was made early this
o** * ®* rs ' **' PrucJ en, Chowan
PounAy Red Cross Chapter chairman,
KiPiM* in home nursing will
bem started, and that Mrs. Ro
lf 1 Vaughan, who is a registered
§/Mp gwill be in charge of the
M. Deaves, Mrs. J. A.
■BHKKnd Mrs. J. L. Pettus have
by Mrs. Pruden to
of the registration for
|f!!|!|Kirotf,' and any who are interest
?*>.*. *''-|fcwring this valuable training
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
j Better Pay Now |
Tax payers have only a little
more than two weeks to pay
their 1941 taxes without being
penalized for delinquent pay
ment. During the remainder of
this month taxes will be collect
ed at par, but acting under or
ders of the County Commission
ers and the State law, Sheriff
J. A. Bunch will, beginning on
February 1, add a penalty of one
per cent. On March 1 another
one per cent will be added and
after April 1, an additional one
half of one per cent will be add
ed for each month until the tax
es are paid.
In order to avoid the penalty,
tax payers are urged to make
settlement with the Sheriff be
fore January slips away. •
Campaign Under
Way For Books To
Give Service Men
Local Library Sponsor
ing Drive In Chowan
_ County
Under the sponsorship of the
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library, a
campaign will shortly be launched
in Edenton to secure books for men
in the armed forces of the United
States. The campaign is in coopera
tion with the Victory Book Campaign
sponsored by the American Red
Cross, American Library Associa
tion and United Service organiza
tions, through which it is hoped to
secure ten million books for the
country’s service men.
The campaign officially began on
Monday, but the local drive will net j
get under way until posters and oth
er material is received. Joe Conger, j
Mrs. J. N. Pruden and Mrs. Edna
White have been appointed to con- I
duct the campaign in Chowan County,
and members of the Legion Auxiliary j
have volunteered their services.
Boy Scouts Guests
Rotarians Tonight
Spires and Benson Pre
sent Fine Program
Last Week
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Edenton’s Boy Scouts will be
guests of Edenton Rotarians at the
weekly meeting of the club held to
night at 6:15 in the Parish House.
Each Rotarian has been made re
sponsible for one of the Scouts and
will call at his home for him short
ly before time of meeting.
The program for the meeting will
be in charge of C. H. Wood, and it is
hoped every Rotarian will be pres
ent to help entertain the boys.
The Boy Scouts are sponsored by
the Rotary Club, and this will be the
first occasion they have been guests
of their sponsors at a meeting.
Only two Rotarians were absent
from last week’s meeting, when an
interesting program was presented
by Cleric of Court E. W. Spires and
the. Rev. W. C. Benson.
Mr. Spires, who is chairman of
the Chowan County Defense Council,
briefly commented upon progress of
the organization and explained how
the duties of the several' committees
dovetailed with other committees,
so that with even more committees,
appointed than is provided by the
program, Chowan is rapidly working
out a system which should be able
to cope with almost any emergency
which may arise.
Mr. Benson, one of Edenton’s
three amateur radio operators, was
high in his praise of this group from
which the government has drawn
many radio men in the present emer
gency. He adipitted that at times
their conversations were bothersome
to' radio listeners, but that through
this talking back and forth, they
gained valuable experience, which in
turn is placed at the service of their
country. Mr. Benson has been chos
en as an amateur operator through
which messages may be sent of a de
fense nature.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 15,1942.
Red Cross First Aid
Course Scheduled Te
Start Monday, Feb. 2
Classes Will Be Con
ducted By National
Representative
FOR INSTRUCTORS
Hoped Training Will Be
Extended Into Every
Home In County
Mrs. J. N. Pruden, Chowan Red
Cross Chapter chairman, has been
informed that a representative from
national Red Cross headquarters
will arrive in .Edenton in time to be
gin teaching first aid on the evening
of Monday, February 2.
There has been some misunder
standing about this course in that it
will be to teach only those who are
willing to act as instructors and af
ter completion of the course impart
what they have learned to those who
are interested in securing this valu
able first aid information.
Those taking the course starting
February 2, must promise to teach
classes and in this way it is hoped
first aid training will be extended
into every home in the county, as
well as in schools, industrial plants
and the various clubs.
The instructors will be required to
complete a 30-hour course, which
will be for three hours every night
from Monday through Friday, and
during which the rudiments of first
aid will be taught so that each in
structor will be able to conduct class
es for those interested in securing
this training.
The first aid course will be a 20-
hour course, and will follow the
course for instructors.
Already some members of the
Legion Auxiliary have signified their
intention of taking the training, and
any who are interested should con
tact Mrs. J. N, Pruden as early as
possible.
Defense Chairmen
Asked Meet Friday
I Spires Calls Meeting at
Municipal Building
At 5 P. M.
County National Defense Chair
man E. W. Spires has announced a
special meeting of all chairmen of
the Defense Council to be held Fri
day afternoon at five o’clock, in the
Municipal Building. All chairmen
are urged to have their organiza
tion memberships completely set up
and ready to report by that time.
Mrs. John Badham
Gives Magazines To
Library At School
Due to the generosity of Mrs.
John C. Badham, the Edenton High
School now has issues 'of the Na
tional Geographic Magazine for 18
years, dating from 1923 through
1940.
Superintendent John A. Holmes
reported this week that the issues
have been sent to Greensboro to the
State Bindery and were received at
the school on Saturday. After be
ing bound, the issues made a set of
36 volumes with six issues being
bound in each volume.
CHOWAN SCHOOL CONTROVERSY WILL
COME TO HEAD IN COURT TRIAL FRIDAY
J. C. Nixon Called to Answer Charges Lodged
Against Him For Not Sending Children
To Rocky Hock Central School
A case that will probably
create a .great deal of interest
because of its unusual nature
will be heard in Recorder’s Court
Friday afternoon at four o’clock,
when J. C. Nixon is summoned
to appear to answer the follow
ing charge: “Being father of
Murray Leon Nixon and Will
Earl Nixon, children between the
ages of seven and fourteen years,
and having charge and control
of said children, did fail to cause
them to attend school continu
ously for a period equal to the
time which the public school in
the district in which said chil
dren reside, to wit, the Rocky
Hock Central School, was in ses
sion and said Children not having
been excused from attendance.”
Tire Rationing Board
Swamped With Auto
Owners After Tires
About 25 Appear at
First Meeting of Board
Hel| Monday Night
DIFFICULT TASK
All Tire Retailers Are
Appointed to Serve
As Inspectors
Meeting Monday night in the Mu
nicipal Building, the tire rationing
Board, consisting of A. G. Byrum,
chairman, W. W. Byrum and Dr. W.
S. Griffin, was swamped with re
quests for information about tires
and tubes when approximately 25
citizens appeared before the board.
The board wishes to state that it is
anxious to cooperate with the citi
zens of the town and county and it
sincerely wishes that tires could be
provided for every applicant. Citi
zens can readily sense the difficulty,
however, from the amount of tires
the county can supply each month.
During January the county may sup
ply only eight tires for passenger
cars, motorcycles and light trucks
and only seven inner tubes may be
sold. The allowance for trucks and
buses is 24 tires and 20 inner tubes.
At Monday night’s meeting, it was
decided to appoint all tire retailers
as tire inspectors. Previously it had
been announced that the Bridge-Turn
Service Station and the Gulf Service
Station would serve as tire inspec
tors for the county, but now all tire
retailers have been called to serve
as inspectors. Now, any car owner
can have his tires inspected at the
inspection point he prefers.
All inspectors, the board stated,
should write in the car owner’s appli
cation either of three tire conditions:
“Good, capable of being re-treaded
or re-capped, or bad.” No inspector
is allowed to recommend the issuance
of a certificate by the board if' the
tires can be re-capped or re-treaded.
The names of persons to whom
t ; res have been issued, the size and
number of tires will he published in
a weekly list.
I Farmers and others with trucks
who ’feel that it is absolutely neces
sary to have a new tire or tube in
order to continue their work may
; secure a blank to fill out from any
of the tire inspectors. When pro
perly filled out by both the applicant
and the inspector, the blank should
he brought by the applicant to a,
meeting of the tire rationing board
which meets, until further notice,
every Monday night at 8 o’clock in
the Municipal Building. j
For further information for farm-!
ers, part of the regulations on cer- ;
tifieates issued in Class E-9 reads j
as follows:
“No truck equipped with tires or
tubes for which a certificate has been |
issued should be used to deliver
milk or other foods to a consumer
for personal, family or household use,
or to deliver any commodities,
whether such deliveries are to be
made by a department store, grocery
store, or similar sales outlet.”
Bank Closed On Lee’s
Birthday Next Monday
Because of Robert E. Lee’s birth
day, which will be observed next
Monday, January 18, the Bank of
Edenton will be closed all day in ob
servance of the holiday. Patrons of
the Bank are urged to take due no
tice and transact their banking busi
ness accordingly.
The controversy developed af
ter the completion of the new
Rocky Hock Central School,
which supplanted three schools
scattered about the Rocky Hock
section. Mr. Nixon contended
he had a right to send his chil-.
dren to the school at Gross
Roads, where they were ignored
on the grounds that they had
been assigned to the new school,
built to care for the children in
the three former schools which
have been abandoned.
The warrant has been sworn
out by W. J. Taylor, superin
tendent of the county schools,
acting under orders of the Coun
ty Board of Education.
Attorney W. D. Pruden will as
sist bounty Solicitor John F.
Whits in prosecuting the case.
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Chowan County Goes Over
Top In Campaign For Red
CrossWarEmergencyFund
.t,
| Best Report |
Attention is called to the
statement of the Bank of Eden
ton which appears elsewhere in
this issue of The Herald. The
report includes condition of the
bank at the close of business on
December 31, and is by far the
best report ever enjoyed by the
bank, deposits totaling $2,094,
903.35, while loans and discounts
amounted to $1,266,173.83.
The report, submitted at a
meeting of the board of direc
tors, was reason for a feeling of
satisfaction on the part of the
bank officials, reflecting as it
does, continual growth of the
local institution.
Holland Tells Lions
About Campaign To
Secure Scrap Iron
Best Speakers Selected
At Request of Lions j
International
R. C. Holland was the principal
speaker at the Lions Club meeting
' Monday night, speaking about the
proposal to collect scrap metal, es
pecially on the farms throughout the
county to be used in making defense
material. He was very anxious that
the attention of fVmers be called to J
i the important part scrap metal can
j play in national defense. It was Mr. i
1 j Holland’s belief that thousands of
i pounds of metal can be gathered
j from farms which is of no use what-!
■j ever to the owners, but can be a big j
factor during the present emergency,
j A campaign for the collection of
| old iron, steel and automobile tires
is in the making when farmers will
be notified where they can deliver
I the metal and what price will be;
i paid.
A communication from Lions In-'
ternational requested the names of;
the best speakers in the Club for use j
in informing the public regarding,
[ national defense problems as they I
develop. Those submitted to the na- 1
tional organization were the Rev. W.
t C. Benson, R. C. Holland and Wil
j liam Privott.
Boy Scouts Gather
5,000 Pounds Paper i
Mayor McMullan Is In
formed of Great Need
As War Necessity
County Agent C. W. Overman is
Scoutmaster of Edenton Boy Scout
' Troop, No. 156, and reports that the
troop, consisting of 16 boys, are col
lecting scrap paper under the Na
tional Defense Program. Approxi
mately 5,000 pounds of paper have
been collected to date.
Mayor J. H. McMullan has been
advised by Leon Henderson of the
Office of Price Administration that
since war has been declared, waste
paper has risen in importance as an
r.bsolutely necessary war material in
that all of the supplies turned out by
our factories for use on the home
front as well as the fighting front
must be packed in cartons largely
made from waste paper.
! Mayor McMullan was urged by the
Administrator to leave no stone un
turned to make sure that every scrap
of waste paper in the community is
collected and to get behind the con
tinued collection of this vital war
supply, pushing it to the fullest.
Any one having any scrap paper
should contact Mayor McMullan,
Mrs. J. M. Jones or Scout Master C.
W. Overman, who will see to it that
it is collected by the Boy Scouts.
28 Boys Enrolled In
Junior First Aid Class
Under the direction of Donald
King, of Elizabeth City, district
Scout executive, 28 Boy Scouts and
other boys of 'Scouting age are tak
ing the junior Red Cross first aid
training course.
These classes, the first of which
was held Wednesday of last week,
will continue every Friday night for
eight or ten , weeks from 7 to 9
o’clock, in thereout Cabin.
This newspaper it circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers wilt
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
Treasurer Bond Reports
Contributions Total
ing $2,593.41
$93.41 OVER GOAL
Names and Amounts of
Money Given Pub
lished In Herald
With scattered reports reaching
M. F. Bond, treasurer of the Chowan
Red Gross War Emergency Fund,
the county has gone over the top,
the contributions totaling $2,593.41,
or $93.41 above the quota of $2,590
j set for Chowan. Though the drive
| started off with a bang shortly be
| fore Christmas, contributions later
began to lag and for a time there
j was some concern as to whether the
j county would reach the goal. How
l ever, canvassers remained at their
| posts and with one report after
[another coming in, the goal was in
; sight last week when only $205.88
! was lacking.
I Both W. J. Berryman, chairman
j of the campaign, and M. F. Bond are
appreciative for the splendid work
[ done by the canvassers and desire to
I thank every one who contributed
i and helped to put Chowan on the
I honor list.
Mr. Bond has kept an accurate re
cord of all money turned over to him
and has, so far as he knows, given
to The Herald the name of every con
tributor, together with the amount
for publication. In only one instance
has lie not been able to furnish
names, which was for a deposit en
tered in the Bank of Edenton for
$13.78 for which he could not ascer
tain the names of contributors. It
was the purpose of both Mr. Berry
maj Mr. Bond to publish tb
names of all who aided in the diive
| and if any were inadverently left
out, The Herald will gladly ac
knowledge their contributions, if no
tified.
Though the goal has been reached,
it is expected that subsequent calls
j for funds will be made and if there
| are any others who desire to contri
• bute, Mr. Bond will gladly receive
the contribution and acknowledge it
j through the columns of The Herald.
The names of those who contri
j buted, as well as the amount, and
whose names have not yet been pub
lished are a follows:
Enterprise
j Henry Haste __ $ 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Harrell __ 2.00
Eleanor Harrell _ .50
Mrs. Bristoe Harrell .25
! Mrs. Russell 1.00
: Mrs. John Bonner 1.00
Mrs. Joe Ward ! 1.00
! Mrs. David Hare .50
t Miss Mary Nixon .25
j Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Harrell 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Small 1.00
Mrs. W. W. Haste 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Perry 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Harrell 5.00
Miss Minnie Harrell 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. L. C/Bunch 1.25
Lloyd Morning .25
Joe Morning .50
(Continued on Page Seven)
Red Cross Asked
To Knit Garments
For Armed Forces
Need Great, So That
More Volunteers Are
Necessary
Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman of
the Chowan County Red Cross Chap
ter, has received a call for knitted
garments for the country’s armed
forces, which will take precedence
over the knitting now in progress for
civilian relief. There is a great need
for these garments, Mrs. Pruden was
informed by national headquarters,
and of course, the local chapter will
answer the call. Wool for the gar
ments has been ordered and is ex
pected to arrive soon.
Mrs. Mattie Davis and Mrs. E. T.
Rawlinson are co-chairmen of the
local Red Cross knitting forces and
any person wishing to help by knit
ting should contact either of these
two ladies.
Instructions will be given at any
time at the Iredell Florist Shop ex
cept Friday nights, when Mrs. Davis
will instruct a group of colored wom
en from 7 to 9 o’clock.