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of general interest.
Volume IX. —Number 13.
Baseball Players Expected
To Arrive Over Week-end
To Begin Spring Training
Bingramton and Norfolk
Outfits Start Work
outs Monday '
STAY AT HOTEL
Town Turns Over Park
And Field House to
Visitors
Recruits of the Norfolk, Va., and
Bingampton, N. Y., baseball clubs
scheduled to arrive in Edenton
t "Saturday and Sunday, and begin
spring training Monday. While in
Edenton the group will make their
headquarters at Hotel Joseph Hewes.
The Norfolk players are expected to
train about 10 days or two weeks and
then return to their home grounds in
Norfolk to complete their preliminary
work-outs, while the New Yorkers are
scheduled to remain here for a month.
Both clubs are farms for the New
York Yankees.
Arrangements were made about
two months ago, the town turning
over the baseball diamond and field
_house to the visitors, and upon their
arrival the grounds will be in first
class shape for baseball practice.
Gene Martin, business manager of;
the Bingampton Club, was very fav
orably impressed with Edenton and;
the facilities offered when he was
here several months ago and is look
ing forward with much pleasure for
what he hopes will be a successful
training period.
The manager o' tne New York out
fit is Eddie Sawyer, who will report
< with his group of about 30 players.
The Norfolk club is expected to have
about the same number of recruits
from wJuch to pick a regular team.
The Bingampton club, members of;
, the Eastern League, will remain in
* Edenton until the latter part of April, j
leaving in;time to play a few exhibi
tion games on their return trip
north, arriving . 1
April 27. The league opeins Af>ril 29.
First work-outs will be between the
two clubs, but it is expected exhibi
tion games will be scheduled, thus
giving baseball fans an opportunity
to see at least several games.
Ship Joseph Hewes
Launched Sunday
Mrs. Richard D. Dixon
Chosen at Matron
Os Honor
On Sunday morning at 9:15 o’clock,
the 10,000-ton victory ship Joseph
. Hewes is scheduled to slide down the
ways at the North Carolina Ship
building Company dock at Wilming
ton. This is one of a group of simi
lar ships to be built and was named
in honor of one of Edenton’s out
s standing Revolutionary day leaders.
The sponsor at the launching will
be Mrs. Thomas Hewes, whose hus
band is a collateral descendant of
Joseph Hewes. Thomas Hewes was
formerly assistant secretary of the
U. S’. Treasury and at another time
was assistant secretary to the Secre
tary of State of the United States.
At the launching Mrs. Richard D.
Dixon will be matron-of honor, being
accompanied to Wilmington by Judge
Dixon and their son, Dick.
Reports Submitted At
Meeting Os C. Os C.
Nineteen members of the Chamber
of Commerce met Tuesday night in
the Municipal Building, when Secre
tary C. L. McCullers submitted a
report in which data relative to the
NYA shop was presented as well as
other information about activities of
the organization. During the meet
ing J. G. Campen reported that the
right-of-way for the Rocky Hock
road is being cleared and Thomas
Chears reported that he had made
an investigation relative to the lo
cating of government sponsored in
dustry here for processing food.
Rgepident J. W. Davis presided at
tjjpteetoig.
Cemetery Association
Meets Today At 4 P. M.
. There will be a meeting of the
Cemetery Association this (Thurs
day) afternoon at 4 o'clock, at the
home of Mrs. R. F. Tuttle. Mire.
Tuttle asks everybody who has
graves or who is interested in any
in the cemetery to be present at this
meeting.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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| “At Home” |
JUDGE RICHARD D. DIXON
For the first time since he was
appointed to the Superior Court
Bench, Judge Dixon will preside
over court in his home county
i when the spring term of Chowan
j Superior Court convenes Monday
morning.
AuxiliaryEntertaiiis
Members Ed Bond
Post Monday Night
Occasion Being Twenty
third Anniversary of
Organization
i ■ .’T”“ ~
a .Members of tho American Legion
Auxiliary on Monday night enter
tained Legionnaires in honor of the
23rd anniversary of Ed Bond Post,!
the affair being held in the Sunday!
School Department of the Baptist j
Church. The Legionnaires were wel
j corned by Mrs. Edna White, president ,
of the Auxiliary, after which the \
chaplain offered prayer. j
A feature of the meeting was the;
singing of the entire group of patrio
| tic songs, which was led, by T. C. ■
Byrum. After the musical program, j
refreshments were served, just prior ‘
to which Mrs. White presented John |
1 Holmes, Legion commander, with a
lovely cake birthday bearing 23
'•andles.
The following Legionnaires and
Auxiliary members enjoyed the par
, ty: Mr. and Mrs. John A. Holmes,
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wood, Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Kramer, Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse White, Mr. and. Mrs. J. L.
Chestnutt, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Bunch.
Mr. and Mrs. Rofiert L. Pratt, Mr. |
and Mrs. Geddes Potter, Mr. and Mrs. |
Roy E. Leary, Mrs. C. D. Stewart, I
Mrs. Edna White, Miss Nannie 1
Ward, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Byrum,
Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Moore, Mr.
- and Mrs. W. C. Bunch, Mrs. D. M.
Reeves, Mrs. L. S. Byrum, Mrs. Wood
Privott, and two visitors, Mr. and
Mrs. Blanchard, of Hertford.
Chowan And South Mills
In Dual Debate Friday
Due to Moyock’s High School sev
eral months ago dropping out of the
triangular debate to be held Friday
afternoon, Chowan and. South Mills
High Schools will stage a dual debate
, on the query, “Resolved, that the
natioris of the western hemisphere
1 should form a pe/mtment union.” The
i debate will be held at. 2 o’clock in the
respective schools with Chowan’s as-:
firmative side debating at home and I
the negative debaters going to South
Mills.
Chowan’s team is composed of the j
following: Affirmative, John Win
borne Privott and Charlotte Elliott;
negative, Virginia Hope Perry and
Mary Winbome Evans.
Frank Holmes Be In
Charge Rotary Program
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
as usual at 6:15 tonignt (Thursday),
when the program will be in charge
of Frank Holmes.
At last week’s meeting, R. Flake
■ Shaw, State executive secretary of
: the American Farm Bureau, and his
assistant, Joe Williams, were guests
of the club. Mr. Shaw, briefcy but
very pointedly, explained tifc farm
parity program especially egjphasiz
ing Hie low percentage of national
farm income as compared, with other
incomes.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 26, 1942.
10 Issued Permits
To Buy New Tires
By Rationing Board
Appeal Made By Chair
man Byrum For Desk
Or Filing Cabinet
Permits to purchase 10 new tires, .
11 tubes and three re-treaded tires
were issued by the Chowan County
Tire Rationing Board at its weekly
meeting Monday night. As usual,
the rear of the Municipal Building
was filled with applicants for tires,
with the applications gradually pil
ing up thus creating a waiting list
far in excess of the number of tires
allocated.
In view of this fact, the work of
the board is crippled due to having no
facilities for filing applications, as
well as the sundry material used in
connection with the rationing. Al
bert Byrum, chairman of the "board,
on Monday night asked The Herald
to make an appeal for the use of a
filing cabinet or desk to be used in
connection with the work, which
would facilitate the work of the board
as well -as enable a more systematic
manner of handling the unpleasant
and difficult duties of tire rationing.
At present the only means of keeping
records and other information is a
number of manilla envelopes, which
is confusing to say the least and
greatly handicaps proper functioning
of the board. If there is anyone
willing to loan the board a filing
cabinet or desk, they will confer a
favor upon Mr. Byrum by letting him
Iknow about it.
Those receiving permits Monday
night were: C. H. Barber, retread
tire and, tube; Edenton Ice Company,
two retread tires and a tube, and a
tube to the following: Clarence
Bunch, Thomas B. Wood, J. E. Ash
ley, E. L. Belch. J. Roy Winslow,
1 M. J. Tynch, Leeßoy Barrow, J. C.
: Boyce, Thomas E. Francis and Curtis
M. Chappell.
John Savage Stars
At Mars Hill College
Tyner Athlete Awarded
“Best Sportsman”
| Medal
i John Savage, son of J. L. Savage,
Jof Tyner, was an outstanding cage
j performer at Mars Hill College.
Playing regular center for the high
j ly successful Mars Hill “Lions” dur
| ing the past season, Savage also
i showed up well in the W. N. C. Gold
i Medal Tournament, played recently
,t in Asheville.
Steadily improving during the reg
ular seiason, “Big John” was slowed
down by a sprained ankle received in
an Alabama intercollegiate tourna
ment. Mars Hill represented North
Carolina and were consolationists.
Despite the ankle, Savage gained a
I starting berth on the Mars Hill All-
Stars, who were to enter tournament
i warfare. He was given the nod over
| a former All-Southern pivot man.
! Great for capturing rebounds, Sav- (
i age also managed to slip his six feet
| three inch frame from under his op
ponents goals for his share of the [
j baskets.
[j Because of outstanding qualities, j
; “Big John” was chosen All Tourna- j
! ment and for his sterling brand of j
i play was awarded, the “Best Sports
-1 man” medal. These medals added to j
the gold statuette given to members j
. of the winning team, gave the Tyner
■ product an arm full of deserved tro
■ phies.
! A quiet, likable boy, John is a
I: true sportsman. Savage is also a
star first-sacker for the Lions nine.
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Red Men Will Visit !
| Virginia Tribe Friday
Trip Will Take Form of
Hay Ride Due to Tire
Shortage
From 15 to 20 members of Chowan
Tribe of Red Men plan to go to Car
rollton, Va., Friday night to be guests
of White Swan Tribe, No. 89. The
trip will be rather unique in that it
will be in the form of a hay ride, for
> due to the tire shortage the group
[ >vill travel in a large truck filled with
, hay. V
The delegation will leave from Val
i halla at 6 o’clock, with Edenton mem
bers being requested to meet in front
of the hall at 5 o’clock in order to
meet the rural members at the ap
pointed time.
Judge R. D. Dixon
Will Preside Over
Spring Term Court
Replaces Judge Claw
son L. Williams of
Sanford
Because of a transfer of judges,
Juclge Richard D. Dixon will preside
over the spring term of Chowan Su
perior Court which convenes in Eden
ton Monday morning. Judge Dixon
will replace Judge Clawson L. Wil
liams, of Sanford, who was scheduled
to preside, but who was transferred
to Moore County to conduct a two
weeks civil term of court.
Next week’s term of court will be
the first held in Chowan County by
Judge Dixon since he was appointed
to the Superior Court Bench by Gov
ernor J. M. Broughton.
The court will be a mixed term
with the three principal criminal
docketed, one being I’ennd.olpha
Wadsworth, colored, charged with
homicide in connection with a school
bus wreck in which a colored student
was killed. Another will be J. C.
Nixon, connected with a school con
troversy in which he is charged with
failure to send his children to the
Rocky Hock Central School to which
they were assigned by the County
Board, of Education. The third case
is Eddie Forehand, who will appear
in two appeal cases, in both of which
he was charged with drunken driving.
The civil docket is as follows:
Chesson vs, Kieekhefer Container
Company, Jackson vs. Perry, Davis
vs. Winslow and Waff, Holley vs.
Welch, Kelly Furniture Company vs,
Griffin, G. C. Wood vs. Russos, F. C.
Wood vs. Russos, Deans vs. Boyce,
Foister vs. Sutton Drug Store, Griffin
vs. Evans, Bunch vs. Riddick, Little
john, Administrator, vs. Priest Lum
ber Company et als.
Triangular Debate
Friday Afternoon!
| Edenton’s Debaters Will
Appear at Hertford
And Elizabeth City
Eenton High School’s debating J
team will participate in the annual \
triangular debate which will be heli! 1
.at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, emu-’
peting with Elizabeth City anil Her*-
ford Schools in the oldest triangle in .
the State. The query this year is
‘.Resolved, that the nations of the
Western hemisphere should form a
permanent union,” which, due to
present world-wide conditions is ex
tremely timely and will no doubt
result in a very interesting debate.
Edenton’s debaters, as usual will ;
appear away from home, Winifred j
Hollowed and Margaret Griffin, as-;
firmative debaters, meeting the Hert
ford negative debaters in Elizabeth j
City. Fontaine Pettus and Nelle j
Skinner will uphold the negative side j
of the argument against the Eliza- ’
beth affirmative at Hertford. In :
the Edenton school, the Hertford as-1
j firmative debaters will argue with
the Elizabeth City negative team.
Neutral judges Will he chosen for
!each debate.
t
Chowan’s Board Os
! :
Elections Appointed
Philip McMullan, L. C.j
Burton and George
Leary Named
! Meeting in Raleigh Saturday, the j
! State Board of Elections, after tak- 1
ing the oath of office for a four-year
term, appointed county boards of
election for the 100 counties in the
State. In making the appointments,
Chairman W. A. Lucas, of Wilson,
pointed out that the county boards
should not have organization meet
ings for three weeks and that mem:
bers not reappointed should resign
so that new members can qualify im
mediately and begin preparations for
the primary election on May 20th.
such as issuing absentee ballots to
men in the armed services.
There was no change in the Chowan
County Board of Election, the ap
pointments including Philip S. Mc-
Mullan and Lloyd C. Burton as the
Democratic members, and George W.
I,eary as the Republican member.
I
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will hold its weekly meeting
tonight in the Court House at 8
o’clock. All members are urged to
attend.
Ability Os Americans To
Laugh Is Source Os Power
Marvin Blount Tells Lions
• Lions Speaker
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MARVIN K BLOUNT
At the Edenton Lions Club’s
fifth anniversary banquet on
Tuesday night, one of the most i
outstanding affairs in the club’s
history. Marvin K. Blount, of
Greenville, N. C., delivered the !
principal addresb.
Loci Music Pupils
Awarded Honors In j
Saturday’s Contest
| Mary Griffin For Second
Time Wins Superior
Rating
Music pupils of both Mrs. Wood
j PrU'ott and Mrs. L. L. Lewis madc-V
j splendid showing in the State junior
I music competition festival of the
i northeast division held Saturday in
| Murfreesboro. The. contest was held j
; under the auspices of the National
Federation of Music Clubs.
Os Mrs. Privott’s pupils, Mary
Griffin, who last year won a superior !
■ rating and played in the State con
vention held in Wilmington, was
again awarded a superior rating and
will be invited to play in the State ;
contest to be held in Charlotte. Three
other pupils of Mrs. Privott also won
an excellent rating Saturday, these'
; being Margaret Williams, Ann Me- j
; Mullan and Carolyn Swindell.
Two of Mrs. Lewis’ pupils were
j awarded the superior rating and will \
| also be invited to play in the Char-1
j lotte contest. These were Charlotte
I Bunch and Betsy Thigpen. Betsy
Wood and Marian Harrell were
awarded second, or excellent, rating,
and Suzanne Speight was awarded
| the rating of good.
Important Corner
Being Made Wider
Part of the Edenton street depart -1
i ment force is now at work cutting off !'
! the northwest ccjrner of Broad and ■
; Queen Streets, in front of the Bride* -
i Turn Filling Station. This work is
being done in order to provide more
room for large trucks and trailers to
| make a turn at this important inter-
I section, thus reducing the possibility
jof accidents. When the improvement
i is completed about six or seven more 1
I feet will be provided for turning the
; corner by vehicles turning north cm
| Broad Street, or continuing south, on
|U. S. Route 17.
In the near future the southeast j
corner will be cut off, thus also pro
viding more room for busses as well .
as trucks and trailers which turn j
south on Broad Street.
Draft Board Asked
For 50 More Men
Chowan County’s draft board has
received a call for 50 men, 30 of
whom are white and 20 colored. The
white group is scheduled to go to
Fort Bragg on April 16, while the
colored boys will leave on April 23.
The colored boys have already been
examined and will be immediately in
ducted into service, but the 30
white men will be examined upon
their arrival and those who pass the
physical examination will remain in
camp.
Counting the latest call, Chowan
County will have furnished 132
I men through the selective service
i draft, 78 being white men and 54
colored.
This newspaper it circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers wM
realise good results.
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Candidate For Congress .
Speaker at Annivers
ary Banquet
SILENT ON~POLITICS
Nearly 100 At Meeting
Tuesday Night at Ho
tel Joseph Hewes
Nearly 100 Lions, their wives and
guests gathered at Hotel Joseph
Hewes Tuesday night to celebrate
the fifth anniversary of the Edenton
Lions Club. The affair was one of
the most outstanding in the history
' of t’ae club with a splendid spirit of
fellowship pervading the entire even
ing. President Ralph Parrish pre
j sided at the outset and after a num
ber of songs lrd by C. W. O oiTiian,
i pie...ice i f- r-.: iar.ee t«- tin tional
flag and tho invocat on by R. C.
Holland, Mr. Parrish turned the
meeting over to William Privott a=
! toastmaster.
| After a delightful turkey dinns.,
j the guests were welcomed by W. J.
| Taylor, which was responded to by
; District Governor Norman Truebloon
jof Hertford. At this juncture of the
program Billy Brunson and Mary
j Ayres brought down the house with
I a sample of present-day jitterbug
j dancing.
j The principal speaker for the oc
! casion was Marvin K. Blount, ot
' Greenville, who despite the fact that
, he is a candidate for Congress, said
j not a word about politics or his can
-1 didacy. He was introduced by De
puty District Governor Wallace S.
Griffin.
' Following Mr. Blount’s address,
President Parrish presented a key to
| Kenneth Floars from Lions Inter
national for outstanding work, while
; Secretary W. J. Taylor was pre
i sented a plaque with nine flags re
presenting the countries where Lion
ism has been adopted. Following a,
number of songs, the dinibg rOfim
was cleared and dancing was enjoyed
with music being furnished by C. L-
McCuller’s High School orchestra.
• Humor and good fellowship prevail
ed throughout the meeting and as
Mr. Blount was introduced he used
this as a theme for his remarks.
“The ability of Americans to laugh
in the face of adversities as well as
in times of success,” he said, “is a
great source of strength and power.”
The would-be Congressman said
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Ship Will Be Named
j In Honor Williamson
Launching Scheduled to
Take Place at Hous
ton, Texas
Judge Richard D. Dixon, who has
; been in communication with Governor
J. M. Broughton relative to the nam
j ing of one of the victory ships in
| honor of Hugh Williamson, has been
informed that the name has been ac
cepted by the Maritime Commission
and . that the hull of the ship has al
ready been laid. Mr. Dixon was
further informed that the Hugh Wil
liamson .will be launched later in the
summer at Houston, Texas, where it
is being"built.
Williamson was probably U.e most
versatile of the men of his day. He
first studied to be a preacher, but
turned to the study of medicine and
surgery, being named surgeon general
| of the North Carolina troops during
j the Revolutionary War. He was,
! too, a scientist and collaborated with
Benjamin Franklin in experimenting
with electricity. He was a member
of the Contintental Congress, a signer
iof the Constitution. Together with
| a brother he was connected with a
i large shipping and mercantile busi
ness in the West Indies. Williamson
also wrote a history of North Caro
lina in two volumes. It was while
in London on one occasion that Wil
liamson heard that a confidential re
port had been made to the British
War Department from America treat
ing on the resistance to England in
the Colonies, and when he walked in
to the war office he was mistaken for
a messenger or clerk and asked for
his documents. The man' in charge,
thinking Williamson was one of au
thority in the government, handed
over the information which was sub
i sequently given to George Washing
-1 ton and Franklin.
■ Mr. and Mrs. Dixon expect to be
l present when the Hugh Williamson
is launched.