In these columns will bo
found o fair presentation
of heal and county news
of general interest.
Volume IX. —Number 10.
Last Obstacle Removed In
Way Os Hard Surfacing 3.6
1 Miles Os Rocky Hock Road
New Right-of-Way Goes
Through Part of W. E.
Bunch’s Farm
CLAIMsTdAMAGE
Action Taken to Prevent
* Loss of Long Sought
And Needed Road
tyhat was possibly the last obstacle
in the way of building a new road in
‘J the Rocky Hock section was removed
Monday *when the County Commis
sioners passed a resolution guaran
teeing a right-of-way through the
W. E. Bunch farm at a cost not to ex
ceed SSOO. Os this amount the State
Highway and. Public Works Commis
sion has agreed to pay S3OO to Mr.
Bunch in the way of damage caused
by going through the farm, and S2OO
has been pledged by Rocky Hock
citizens living along the contemplat
ed improved road, who are very anx
ious to see work begun.
The road in question is 3.6 miles
long, running from the Vicinity of
Rocky Hock church al'ong the river
road toward Cross Roads to a point
beyond the home of R. N. Privott.
This particular road is much needed
and for several years has been dis
cussed and efforts have been made to
have it improved. It was only last
summer, however, when Highway
Commissioner Carroll L. Wilson met
with a large number of interested
Rocky Hock citizens and, while not
definitely promising the road at that
i time, said he would do all in his
power to have it included in work to
te done. One requirement he set
a*rth at the time was that there
Ihquid be no objection as to the
i%kt-of-way, if and iVten, the road
\ is built This was readily agreed
to, the only question raised at the
time Wring which end of the road |
would : te started firifc,^
Through Mr. Wilson’s efforts, the
Highway Commission agreed to build
the road, but when engineers laid
out the right-of-way, it passed
through Mr. Bunch’s land and he
claimed that it would greatly dam
age the farm. After dickering with
the Commission, Mr. Bunch refused to
grailt the proposed right-of-way on
the ground that it would practically
ruin the farm. *
Os course, the Highway Commis
sion could have condemned the prop
erty, but in the process of settling
the matter, Mr. Wilson feared the
amount, approximately $60,000 'would
be transferred to some other road
work and consequently the chance of
the road lost, possibly forever. The
Highway Commission definitely would
not pay more than S3OO damage, and
in order not to hold up work on the
road, the County Commissioners
agreed to assume the obligation of
damages over SSOO, S3OO of which, of
course, will be paid by the State and
which resolution was passed in order
to protect the State above that a
mount. The Commissioners felt that
a board of review will not appraise
the damages to Mr. Bunch at more
than SSOO.
A delegation coming from the sec
tiqn affected by the road appeared
before the County Commissioners on
Monday, headed by Representative J.
G.\ Cam-pen, <who spoke in its behalf.
At>, first the Commissioners felt that
the responsibility of the right-of-way
was a State matter, but upon consult
ing County Attorney W. D. Pruden,
they were informed that they had
the power to pass a resolution guar
anteeing the right-of-way, which was
subsequently done.
Basketball Teams
Wind Up Season
Loss to Roper Mars Per
fect Season For Girls’
Aggregation
Ending up a very successful year
of basketball, Ithe local Aces and
Acelets split a double-header with
Hertford in the Armory last Friday
night, the boys trailing Hertford 8
to~9 and the girls winning easily to
tlje tune of 15-9.
The season, as a wholte, of course,
wins successful, but the girls' team
far outplayed the boys’ team and
racked up a beautiful succession of
wins, losing only on? game to the
Roper girls’ team.
The Aces won five games during
the entire season, triumphing over
Columbia twice, Windsor twice, and
WilUamston once.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| Off Goes The Udj
Though Special Tax Attorney
J. N„ Pruden has been collecting
a satisfactory amount of back
taxes, the County Commissioners
on Monday authorized him to
take off the Rd and go the limit
in bringing delinquent taxes into
the county’s coffers. When tax
suits were ordered to be institut
ed, the Commissioners instructed
Mr. Pruden to bring suits for
back taxes only in excess of SSO.
Now, however, suits will be
brought to collect all back taxes
regardless of the amount, these
suits to be instituted by Mr.
Pruden as soon as he can com
plete the necessary legal details.
The Commissioners are deter
mined to clean up delinquent ‘
taxes even if property must be
bought by the county, which will
he resold and put back on the tax
\books.
Superintendent Os
Welfare Perkins
Leaves For Army
Position WilT Be Filled
Temporarily By Mrs.
J. H. McMullan
William M. Perkins, Chowan Coun
ty Welfare Superintendent, will leave
today (Thursday) for Fort Bragg to
enter the United States Army. Mr.
Perkins’ position will be filled tem
porarily by Mrs. J. H. McMullan
imtfl a superintendent is appointed
hrrt tire Welfare Board from three
names furnished by the State Board
of those who have passed the ment
examination. Mr. Perkins has been
granted a leave of absence during the
duration of war, by both the local
Welfare Board and the State Board.
Another vacancy will occur in the
local Welfare Office caused by the
resignation of Miss Margaret Satter
field, stenographer, who expects to
leave Saturday to accept a position
in Wisconsin. This vacancy will also
have to be filled by an applicant wno
has passed the merit examination.
In submitting his monthly report
to the County Commissioners Mon
day, the latter expressed their regret
that Mr. Perkins had to leave and
assured him that they were well
pleased with his work as welfare of
cer. Mr. Perkins, in turn, expressed
his pleasure at serving in his capa
city and thanked members of the
board for the cooperation he has re
ceived.
Another Shipment
Os Garments Sent By
Red Cross Chapter
Chowan County Chapter of the
American Red Cross this week made
another shipment of garments to the
Red Cross warehouse in Sea Girt,
New Jersey.
Included in the shipment were 38
boys’ shirts, 16 pairs men’s pajamas,
14 sweaters and two shawls.
32 Placed In Chowan
Jail During February
Though still below the average, the
number of persons placed in the
Chowan County jail during Febru
ary shows a gain over the two pre
vious months. According to Jailer
Shelton Moore’s report to the County
Commissioners Monday, 32 persons
were jailed during the month. These
prisoners were confined from one to
10 days and resulted in an expendi
ture of $74.20, which includes jail
and turnkey fees.
Sheriff’s Tax Collection
In February, $4,198.18
Sheriff J. A. Bunch, during the
month of February, collected $4,-
198.18 of the 1941 tax levy, Which
brought the year’s collections to date
up to The 1941 tax levy
is $78,080.89, leaving still uncollected
$24,909.57.
COLERAIN GIRLS WIN TOURNEY
The girls’ basketball team of Cole
rain won the Saturday
night in the finals against Merry
Hill.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 5, 1942.
Spring Term Chowan
Superior Court Wilt
Convene March 30
Judge Clawson L. Wil
; liams of Sanford Will
Preside
! mixe"dterm
Jury List Drawn Mon
day By County Com
missioners
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Thirty-six names were drawn from j
the jury box Monday morning by the j
County Commissioners, those whose
names were drawn to be sumonned
for jury duty in the Spring Term of
Chowan County Superior Court, |
which convenes Monday, March 30th.
Judge Clawson L. Williams, of San
ford, will preside over the session
which will be a mixed term of civil
and criminal oases.
Those drawn for jury duty are as
, follows:
W. F. Perry, Earl Jones, W. L.
Bateman, Henry Jordan, Herbert
Small, R. E. Cobb, J. A. Morgan,
Hutchings Winbome, Norman Hollo
well, William Jethro, W. I. Cozzens,
G. H. Harding, W. L. Hardison, C. A.
Perry, J. V. Lane, E. E. Boyce, Clyde
Hollowell, Sidney Campen, Cecil By
rum, C S. Morgan, J. T. Layden,
Rodney Byrum, J. L. Chestnutt, C. D.
Privott, Paul Wallace, Earl G. Har
rell, E. J. Goodwin, M. L. Hoffler,
. James Dail, John A. Bunch, Harry
f Perry, H. C. Wozelka, Curtis Chap
pell, J. H. Ward, Richard H. Byrum
and W. E. Sutton.
County Furnishes
$l5O To Be Used In
; Interest Os Defense
1—
l Town Council Will Be
i Asked For Same
l Amount
t
j Chowan Comity Commissioners, at
their meeting Monday, sensed the
[ serious need for proper defense pre
* cautions and, after discussing the
1 matter, agreed to make available
$l5O to be used in connection with
’ the purchase of equipment to be used
1 by air raid wardens, fire wardens and
1 auxiliary policemen, as well as other
’ necessary expenses of the county tire
rationing board.
' The matter was presenteo by J. H.
' Conger and West Byrum, who briefly
' explained the duties of the defense
volunteers, who, it was pointed out,
contributed their time and should not
be called upon to personally bear the
! expense of any equipment needed in
the interest of civilian defense.
' It was also pointed out that mem
bers of the tire rationing board are
required to do some traveling in con
nection with their duties, with no
provision made for any expense en
tailed.
The $l5O was promised providing
• Town Council set aside a like amount
and the understanding that the fund
will be used for necessities only and I
; that orders will be approved by some
| member of each govenir.g body.
Rotary Club Votes
To Sponsor Forums
r Committee Appointed to
Make Necessary Ar
rangements
» At last week’s Rotary meeting, the
r Edenton Club unanimously agreed to
, comply with a suggestion made by
, John A. Graham, that the Club spon
, sor a series of public forums. A
. committee was subsequently appoint
[ ed to make the necessary arrange
ments, which includes John A.
Holmes, C. D. Stewart and Mr. Gra
ham.
[Tentative plans call for one forum
each month which will .be held follow
ing the Rotary dinner, to which the
> public will be invited.
Before last week’s meeting ad
i joumed, William M. Perkins, who
! leaves today for service in the Army,
• was voted an honorary member for
I the duration.
AUXILIARY MEETS FRIDAY
’ The monthly meeting of the Auxil
iary of Ed Bond Post of the Ameri
can Legion will be held Friday night
’ at 8 o’clock, in the Rose Room at
r Hotel Joseph Hewes. Every member
is especially urged to be present.
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J. G. Campen Seeks
Re-election To Seat
In General Assembly
Legislator Served on 12
Committees In 1941
Session
FIRST TO ANNOUNCE
Friends For Some Time
Urged Him to Run
For Second Term
J. G. Campen this week announced
| that he will be a candidate in the
May primary for re-election as re
presentative of Chowan County. In
: making the announcement, Mr. Oam
| pen said that many of his for
some time had urged him to seek re
election to return to the General As
sembly, and because of this fact and
the belief that his past term’s exper
ience will enable him the better to
serve his county, he decided to again
go before the voters for re-election.
Mr. Campon served in the 1941
General Assembly, the first time he
held the office, during which he was
appointed to serve on 12 committees.
These committees included the power
ful appropriations committee, agricul
ture, roads, commercial fisheries,
conservation and development, coun
ties, cities and towns, drainage, edu
cation, game, justices of the peace,
libraries and printing.
This is the first announcement to
be made for the office.
J. H. Leßoy Speaker
At Annual Banquet j
Red Men Tonight
Affair WilT Be Held at
Cross Roads Com- I
munity Building ,
j Tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock,
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will hold
its annnal banquet at the Community-
Building at Cross Roads, where up
wards of 100 members of the Tribe
and their wives are expected to Oe
present. Plans for the affair wen
completed at Monday night’s meet- [
ing. i
The principal speaker for the oc
casion will be J. Henry Leroy of Eli
zabeth City, who early this week ac
cepted an invitation to address the
Red Men and their wives.
Percy Smith, sachem of the Tribe, j
will call the meeting to order and
after singing “America,” and the in- j
vocation by Clayton Hollowell, dinner j
will be served by members of the!
Chowan Woman’s Club. Special mu
sic will be provided by the Chowan
trio, composed of Mrs. Gordon Blow,
Miss Louise Wilson and Miss May
belle Edwards.
Mr. Leßoy will be introduced by
William Privott and J. Edwin Bufflap
will act as toastmaster.
Classes In Nursing
I Will Start Monday
Mrs. Vaughan and Miss
Hester Will Act as
Instructors
Red Cross home nursing classes
will .begin in Edenton next Monday
under the direction of Mrs. Roland
P. Vaughan and Miss Gladysteen
Hester. The classes will begin at 4
o’clock in the afternoon in the library
at the Edenton school, and all wh.o
have enrolled are urged to be present
at that time.
In the neighborhood of 70 have
enrolled to take thd' course.
State School Dentist
Working In Schools
Dr. H. S. Zimmerman, of Winston-
Salem, State School dentist, began
work here Monday at the Edenton
Graded School. Dr. Zimmerman, who
is working in conjunction with the
Bertie-Chowan District Health De
partment, will be here about nine
weeks working in both the city
schools and the county schools.
FLYNN’S GROCERY MOVES
M. L Flynn this week moved his
grocery store from the building be
tween Preston’s and Goodwin’s Qual
ity Store across the street in the
building formerly occupied by C. E.
Byrum’s meat market. 1
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Basketball Tournament To
Be Held In Edenton Armory
Latter Part Os Next Week
j Seeking Re-election {
P|S!|6g
IB
J. G. CAMPEN
This week Mr. Campen an
nounced that he will be a candi
date for re-election as Chowan
County representative in the
General Assembly.
Kramer Apinted
Aircraft Warning
District Director
] j
j Appointment Made By
Brigadier - General
John McDonnell
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That Chowan j bounty’s
warning service is directly under the'
War Department was made know n
this week when Postmaster C. E,
Kramer was notified that he has been
made district civil director of the air-,
craft warning service for Chowan i
County by John C. McDonnell, briga
dier general of the U. S. Army.
In a letter to Mr. Kramer, Gen- j
‘ oral McDonnell' said the successful.
defense of the eastern seaboard is,
to a great extent, dependent upon the
ability of the ground observer system
to accurately and quickly report the
■ detection of enemy airplanes,
j To insure uniformity and. complete.-
i ness of the organization of this lm
| portant civilian branch of the air
| craft warning service General Mc-
Donnell has established in the Nor
folk region the office of civil direc
tor. The duties of this office will be
to represent him in his contact with
the already existent civilian organi
zation established and functioning.
The State of North Carolina is un
der the direction of W. F. Nufer,
whose deputy is J. H. Rose, from
whom Mr. Kramer will receive in
structions as to the method in which
the interceptor command desires to
operate and organize the ground ob
server system and to whom will he
referred any problems of the admin
istration of the posts.
Mr. Kramer is the representative
of General McDonnell in this district
and he fully realizes the responsibil
ity and importance which the position
entails.
Mr. Kramer says posts in Chowan
County are all located and that oper
ation will be up to 100 per cent in
short order.
Square Dance Friday
Benefit Boys’ Cagers
A Square Dance, sponsored by the
boys’ high school basketball team
will be held Friday night, March 6, in
the local Armory from 8:30 to 12
o’clock. The proceeds from the
dance will be used to buy basketball
jackets for the team. A small ad
mission will be charged.
Maternity And Infancy
Ginic Held Wednesday
The Maternity and Infancy Clinic
was held Wednesday afternoon at
the offices of the Bertie-Chowan
District Health Department in the
Bank of Edenton Building. Dr. L. P.
Williams was in charge of the clinic.
Lunch Room Installed
At Hudson Grove
The Hudson Grove Colored School
has recently installed a lunchroom,
which is being operated through the
1 school Parent-Teacher Association.
This newspaper h circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers wM
realise good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
15 Teams Will Partici
pate For District
Honors
THREE~DAYS
First Games Will Be
Played Wednesday
Afternoon
Winding up the current high school
basketball season, the Edenton boys’
and girl's’ teams will be hosts and
hostesses at an Amateur Independent
Basketball Tournament to be held
at the Edenton Armory on March 11,
12 and 14 for basketball teams in
this district.
Basketball Coaches W. E. Bowman
/and Grady Love have released tne
names of the participating teams as
follows: Powellsville boys, Columbia
girls, Hertford boys and girls, Ahos
kie boys and g-irls, Elizabeth City
boys and girls, Roper boys and girls,
Plymouth boys, Chowan boys and
girls, and Edenton boys and girls.
■ The first games will be played olf
!on Wednesday afternoon with fqur
j full games scheduled at the hours of
! two, three, four and five o’clock.
There also will be four full games
played on Wednesday night, Thurs
day night, and Saturday night with
the games starting each night at
the hours of seven, eight, nine and
ten o’clock.
Each 1942 Tournament will award
27 magnificent trophies and 20 mod
em beautiful individual player a
wards. Among the trophies will be
' the 1942 Championship Team Trophy,
the 1942 Second Place Trophy, the
1942 Third Place Trophy, trophies for
each Championship Team Player, a
trophy to each player on the Second
Place Team, bronze trophies to ptay
; ere on the Third Place Team and
! three medals to be awarded to out-
SiandinWi players of thcVeumey.
: i Awards to be presented will include
a beautiful Sportsmanship Medal
awarded at each tournament, five
All-Tourney Honor Medals, seven
, Honor Merit Medals, a special medal
i for the manager of the Champion
; ship Team, a “Dead Shot" Award to
| the player making the most spectac
. ular shot of the tournament, and
two High Point Awards, one awarded
,j to the player making the highest
number of points in one single game
and one to be awarded to the player
making the highest number of points
in the entire tourney.
The tournament should create a
great deal of interest here, particular
i !y since this will .be the first basket
ball tournament to be held at Eden
ton. It will, no doubt, bring a large
| number of fans from the schools and
• towns entering tournament players.
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Fire Chief R.K. Hall
Explains Method To
j Fight Fire Bombs
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Panic Only Thing: to Be
i Afraid of, Warns
Veteran Chief
Fire Chief R. K. Hall has outlined
i the latest methods of fighting fire
bombs approved by the U. S. Office
|of Civilian Defense. “Everyone must
know what to do in case of an air
attack,” said the Chief, “not only so
we can keep fire damage as low as
, possible, but also so we can all face
1 such an emergency with calmness
and self-confidence. Panic is the
1 only thing to be afraid of.
1 “The two-pound magnesium bomb
is the type military authorities ex
; pect will be used,” the Chief conti’n
' ued, “and, depending upon conditions
! when you find a bomb, use either
• sand or water spray on it. Wait
about a minute before attacking it,
so as to be sure all the violent sput
tering is over. Then, if the bomb
has not set fire to surrounding com
i bustibles, it can be covered ■with
sand, dumped into a metal pail and
: removed from the premises.
“But if the bomb has started a fire
1 by the time its violent reaction is
‘ over, water spray must be used. Be
careful never to let a solid stream
■ strike the bomb, because that may
cause an explosive reaction. The
source of water may be a garden hose
or any fire extinguisher containing
- water or a water solution. However,
1 since water supplies may fail during
, a raid, it is unsafe to depend on
s garden hose. That is why fire extin
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