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Volume IX. —Number 15.
Policy Os Tire Rationing
Board Changed In Order To
Reduce Work At Meeting
<
Applications Should Be
Filed During Week
With Secretary
PERMITSTUESDAY
Board at Present Badly
In Need of Filing
Cabinet
Heretofore being forced to remain
long into the night each Monday, the
;"k Chowan County Tire Rationing Board
on Monday night decided to change
■ the policy, thus eliminating the bulk
of the business to- be transacted at
the weekly meetings. Chairman Al
bert Byrum announced that hereafter
applications for tires should be pre
sented to the secretary, Miss Willie
Love Morgan, who will be on doty in
the Municipal Building daily from
8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Miss Mor
gan will check the applications to see
that they are properly filled in,
and they will be filed in the order
they are received, thus leaving the
principal duty of the board members
on Monday night to decide who can be
issued permits to purchase tires.
Heretofore all of this work has been
done Monday night, and it is the
opinion of the board that it should
not be necessary for them to be in
session for more than an hour or an
hour and a half.
When the quota has been decided
upon Monday night by the board,
Miss Morgan will issue these permits
the following day.
Mr. Byrum, however, stresses the
f importance of applicants calling for
their certificates, for they absolutely
cannot be mailed out. He also em
phasizes the fact that no application
ior tires should be made unless they
are needed. In this respect, the
J board during February issued a per
mit for a tire to an applicant, who
never called for it, and as a result
the county lost one tire-whM» could
have been used by some one sorely in
need. These certificates must be call
ed for within 30 days or else they are
void.
The tire board is working under a
great handicap, for there is no provi
sion for the purchase of equipment,
and at present there is no arrange
ment for filing the great amount of
material which is gradually accumu
lating. . Miss Morgan is obliged to
cram applications, rules and regula
tions, as well as other information
in large envelopes which are stored
in a comer of the Municipal Building.
The board appeals for the use of a
filing cabinet which may not be in
use and if there is one available, the
owner would confer a great favor by
getting in touch with Chairman Al
bert Byrum or West Byrum or Dr. |
Wallace Griffin, the other two mem
bers.
Nine new tire permits were issued
Monday night, as well as six re-tread
tires and seven tubes, which went to
the following:
New tires—J. I. Boyce 2, E. J.
Lane, H. A. Perry, J. E. Waff, W. Z.
Moore 2, M. E. Parks, Evans Mill.
Tubes—E. J. Lane, H. A. Perry,
J. E. Waff 2, W. C. Moore 2, M. E.
Parks.
Re-tread tires —J. C. Boyce and B.
W. Evans 2, Curtis M. Chappell, W.
W. Harrell 2, Chowan Board of Edu
cation.
At last week’s meeting 26 new
tires. 4 re-treads and 31 tubes were
(Continued on Page Five)
Furniture Store
Opens In Edenton
Newest Enterprise Now
Located In Edenton
Motor Co. Building
Edenton’s newest enterprise began
business this week, the new concern
being known as the Edenton Furiture
Company, located in the Edenton Mo
tor Company building on West Hicks [
Street.
The new store will be operated by
J. T. Gibbs, E. Q, White and Tom
Byrum, all of whom are well-known
throughout Chowan and adjoining
counties. Mr. Gibbs has for several
years been in the insurance business,
*" while Mr. White and Mr. Byrum have
been operating the lppal Ford agency,
Edenton Motors.
The new concern boasts a large
stock of new and used furniture and
extends a cordial invitation to the
public to inspect the stock whether
in the market for furniture or not.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Marion Copeland
Wins Honor Best
4-H Club Cake Baker
Winners Announced at
Legion-Auxiliary
. Meeting
CAKES CONSUMED
Youngsters Outline Pur
pose of 4-H Mobiliz
ation Week
At a joint meeting of Ed Bond
1 Post of the American Legion, the
Auxiliary and Junior Auxiliiary on
Tuesday night in the Red Men hall,
\ winners in the annual 4-H Club cake
contest were announced. The win
-1 ners, announced by Miss Thomasine
Ward, last year’s first prize winner,
were: Marian Copeland, first prize
winner; Helen Rae Evans, second, and
Frances Copeland, third, all members
of the Chowan 4-H Club.
Those who baked cakes for the
contest, in addition to the winners,
were Mildred Harrell, Alene Dale,
Mary Winbome Evans, Geraldine
Perry, Hilda Smith, Joyce Chappell,
Virginia Hope Perry and Thomasine
Ward, who was not eligible to win a
prize.
As usual, refreshments at the meet
ing included the cakes entered in the
contest by the 4-H Club girls, which
were served together with ice cream
and soft drinks, much to the delight
of those present.
Prior to serving the refreshments,
the 4-H girls presented a very inter
esting program having to do with the
objective of 4-H Club mobilization,
which is being observed this week.
The program, in the form \>f a dia
logue between several of the mem
bers, brought out the purpose of mo
bilization which is to enroll every
4-H Club member and as many other
i rural boys and girls as possible in
activities which will help win the war,
namely to develop additional enthus
iasm for national unity among boys
and girls, to impress upon boys and
girls the fact that all must help in
an all-out war effort, to inform all
of specific things to do, and to fur
nish information and assistance which
will help to do these things.
The girls brought out the import
ance of production and conservation
of food, especially emphasizing the
necessity of increasing the planting
jof vegetables. Reference was also
J made to a broader meaning of conser
vation as applied to care of the home,
household materials, clothing and
even to cooperation in collecting
scrap metal, rubber, paper and rags
in the interest of defense. Buying of
Defense stamps and bonds was stress
ed and the group completed the pro
gram by repeating the mobilization
for victory pledge.
Mobilization Week will close Sun
day, with 4-H Church Sunday to be
observed in every church in Chowan
County either the second or third
Sunday in April, and which will be
attended by most of the 4-H Club!
members.
At the conclusion of the meeting, j
John A. Holmes, commander of Ed j
Bond Post, thanked, on behalf of the!
Post and Auxiliary, Miss Colwell sor 1
arranging the cake contest and hav
ing her group as guests of the Post
and Auxiliary.
Rotary Officers Will
Be Nominated Today
At today’s .Rotary luncheon, nomi
nation of officers for the new Rotary
year will be held. The election will
take place at next week’s meeting.
C. L. McCullers has been president
of the club during the past year, and
the club has shown considerable pro
gress. He will, however, join the
armed forces at the termination of
1 the present school term.
Every member of the club is espec
ially urged to attend today’s meeting.
County Pays $3,025
In Refunding 1 Bonds
D. M. Warren, chairman of the
Chowan County Board of” Commi
ssioners, was authorized at the meet
ing held Tuesday mominjf to pay
bonds, amounting to $3,025 which will
be due May 1. The amount repre- '
sents road, bridge and culve* refund
ing bonds and one school refunding
bond.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 9,1942.
District Boy Scouts
In First Aid Meet
At Armory Friday
Court of Honor Schedul
ed to Be Held at
Same Time
publicTlnvited
Boys From Various Out
fits In District Will
Participate
Boy Scouts of the Albemarle Dis
trict will hold a first aid meeting in
the Edenton Armory tomorrow (Fri
day). There will be no admission
charged, and. the public is cordially
invited to attend.
Scouts from troop? - Edenton,
Hertford, Elizabeth City, South Mills,
Gatesville and Sunburv will partici
pate, each troop entering its boys in
six Scout teams, one boy to act as
patient; the other five to administer
first aid.
Problems will be read, and slips
given to team captains, such as: A
boy riding his bicycle skidded; when
found is in a dazed condition, blood
spurting from a hole in leg through
which a bone is protruding. The
team will then get a two-minute
period in which to discuss the pro
cedure, then a 10-minute period in
which to prepare the patient for
judging. Judges will be quaified
First Aid Instructors, who are also
men interested in Scouting. Chief
Judge will be Ralph Scheaffer, of
Norfolk, Va.
Awards have been purchased by J.
Holland Webster, of Elizabeth City,
and one of these will be given to each
team that qualifies—Bs% for stand
ard or 95% for proficient. While
only one award will be given to each
team that qualifies, this will entitle
the individual Scouts to purchase and
wear similar awards if they so desire.
Two of the medals are in Campen’s
Jewelry Store on exhibition.
The District Boy Scout Court of
Honor will be held in connection with
the First Aid meet, with several local
Scouts in line for some awards.
Scoutmaster Charles Overman,”' "the
Troop Committee,* Board of Review
met this week, iij order to be ready
for the Court.
PTA Enjoys First
Aid Film Shown At
Monday's Meeting
Lunch Room Now Re
ported Free of All In
debtedness
At the meeting of the Edenton
Parent-Teacher Association Tuesday
afternoon a feature was the showing
of a first aid film sponsored by the
State Board of Health, which proved
very interesting and instructive to
those in attendance.
During the meeting, Mrs. W. D.
Pruden, president, told members that
the P. T. A. State convention would
be held at Greensboro April 8 to 10,
at which time the local lunch room
would receive a certificate for its
efficiency. Very satisfactory re
ports were submitted by the lunch
room chairman and treasurer which
showed that the Association is now
free of debt. This fact is a source of
satisfaction to all of the members.
Superintendent John A. Holmes re
ported that Miss Julia Weathering
ton of the State Department of Pub
lic Instruction, had inspected the ele
mentary library and that all that is
now required to be rated an accredit
ed school is a bulletin board, 26
books for supplementary reading and
locked cabinets. These were assured
after school closes, so that next year|
the school can claim an accredited
rating.
The high school now has the ac
credited rating and with the minor
requirements necessary for the ele
mentary department, the entire
school will be accredited.
Mr. Holmes also gave a favorable
report on the public forum held last
Thursday night, and announced the
second forum on April 30, when Phil
lipps Russell of the State Department
of Journalism will speak on the topic
of current affairs.
1941 Taxes Collected
In March $3,695.63
Sheriff J. A. Bunch reported to the
County Commissioners Tuesday that
during the month of March the 1941
taxes collected amounted to $3,695.63.
This brings the total 1941 taxes col
lected to date to $56,972.40, leaving
uncollected' $21408.49 of the
$78,060.89 tax levy.
d'
Bob Feller, Fred Hutchinson, Ace Parker
And Sam Chapman Scheduled For Action
On Edenton Diamond Sunday Afternoon
Negro Killed In
Automobile Wreck
Near Cross Roads
Pasquotank Man Dies
Instantly In Crash
Monday Night
SPEEDING CAUSE
— ________
Driver of Car and Girl
Rushed to Washing
ton Hospital
In an automobile wreck Monday
; night, near Cross Roads, John Pendle
j ton, 24-year-old Pasquotank Negro,
was almost instantly killed, and Alex
■ Morris, Chowan County Negro and
| driver of the car, and Marie Dillard,
colored, a passenger, were rushed to
a Washington, N. C., hospital in a
\ serious condition. Two other girls,
Beulah and Bernice Dillard and a
| third man, Cecil Johnson, were also
, injured in the crash.
• The Dillard girls are Chowan Coun
ty residents living on Percy Smith’s
farm. Johnson is from Dunn, but
has been working in Elizabeth City.
The wreck occurred, according to
Johnson, when a car passed Morris,
who told his companions that his car
could travel just as fast. Despite
warning, according to Johnson, Morris
speeded up the car, during which he
lost control and ran off the highway.
The car is said to have turned over
several times, throwing some of the
occupants a distance of about 50 feet.
The car was totally wrecked.
The injured were brought to
Edenton,\where they were treated by
: Dr. L. PT williams and Dr. O. L»
Holley. Sergeant George I. Dail in
vestigated the wreck.
30 More White Men
Ordered To Fort j
Bragg April 16th
Group Will Leave In
Special Bus From
Local Armory
Thirty white selectees will leave
Edenton next Thursday, April 16, for
Fort Bragg, where they will receive
their final physical examination and
be inducted into the army. The
group will leave in a special bus
from the local armory, where the
young men have been ordered to re
port.
The group includes the following:
Louis Chester Pierce, who volunteer
ed; Archie Henderson Layton, John
Lee Spruill, Clarence Thomas Hollo
well, Jimmie Jordan, Ernest Whitson,
Richard Bruce Harrell, Melvin Percel:
Perry, Leland Glenn Ward, William!
Preston Jones, Wilbur F. Wheeler,;
Noah Bateman, Gibson H. Mitchell,
James B. Stillman, Melvin Conroy
Bunch, John Martin Harrell, Jr.,
John Richard White, Joseph Eugene
Perry, Eldridge Johnson Faulkner,
Jr., John Wiggins Wheeler, David
Minton Warren, Jr., William Lloyd
Jackson, Henry F. Bond, Brice Ever
ett Ashley, Leon Twiddy, Horace
William Belch, Ned Miller White,
Edward Exsom Everett, Robert
I Puchy Gay, George Andrew Hugho,
Transfer.
Twenty colored men will be sent
to Fort Bragg on April 23 to be in
ducted into service, this group hav
ing already been examined, but whose
names have not yet been released by
the local draft board.
Owners Os Cemetery
Lots Urged Pay Dues
\
During the month of April all lot
owners of Beaver Hill Cemetery are
requested to pay dues for 1942, which
applies to all except those who pre
fer to attend, to their own lots. Dur
ing the month all lots will be put in
good condition, but after this month
only lots paid for will be kept up by
those employed to do this work.
The Association cannot employ a
regular keeper to look after lots and
receive nothing from lot owners, ac
cording to officers of the Association.
| Better Pay Up |
Complying strictly with the
i law, the Chowan County Commis
! siomers will advertise delinquent
1941 taxes on the first JVlonday
in May, the names of delinquents
I to appear in The Herald the fol- j
lowing Thursday. The sale of this
property will be hel(d at the
Court House door the firl t Mon
day in June.
I Fourth Registration j
Scheduled To Be
: Held On April 27
[!
i All Men Between 45 and i
’ 65 Years of Age Will i
i Have to Register
•
i The fourth registration for selec
> tive service will be heM on Monday,!
April 27, at which time all men from :
. | 45 to 65 years of age will be required
ij to register. The registration includes
t all men born on or after April 28,
1877, and on or before February 16,
, 1897, and therefore those who have
attained their 45th birthday on or be
.! fore February 16, 1942, and have not
,; attained their 65th birthday on April j
'I 27, 1942.
. This registration will take place j
. from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m., and all men I
• within the age limit are required to j
» register. Registration centers will |
, be at the Edenton Armory and at the i
Community Building at Cross Roads.
; Farm And Home
Tour Os County Will
Be Held April 15th
! Men and Women Invited
To Join In Unique
Event
Under the direction of Miss Re
becca Colwell, home demonstration
agent, and County Agent C. W.
Overman, a farm and home tour in
Chowan County will be staged next
Wednesday, April 15. This tour has
been planned for both men and wom
en who will go and will include visits j
to yards which have been improved I
during the last two years as well as j
some farm demonstrations.
The tour will start in the upper
end of the county at the home of C.
C. Copeland, near Ryland, where the
group is asked to meet at 10 o’clock.
Those going from Edenton or vicinity
are requested to meet at the Post
Office at 9:30 a. m.
All who go on the tour are asked
to take a picnic lunch, with dinner
| scheduled to be eaten at the Com
| munity House at Cross Roads, where
the Chowan Woman’s Club will serve
tea and dessert at a small charge.
After dinner the tour will continue
to Edenton, where it will terminate.
John Harris, extension landscape
specialist, will accompany the group
on the tour.
Rotarians Change
Hour Os Meeting
Club Voted to Return to
1 O’clock Meeting In
stead of 6:15
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock, the
time of meeting being changed from
6:15 o’clock. The change was voted
upon last week and will, it is believed,
be a more convenient meeting hour
for most of the members.
At last week’s meeting Dr. W. D.
Perry, of the University of North
Carolina, was the principal speaker,
telling of his work as procurement
officer at the University. After the
Rotary meeting, Re conducted the
first of a series of public forums
sponsored by the Rotary Club in the
school library.
This newspaper it drew
lated in the territory
where Advertisers torn
realize good results.
$1.25 Per Year.
! Naval Reserve Club Will
Cross Bats With Bing
hamton’s Outfit
PLAY~AT 3:30
Game Expected to At
tract Large Crowd of
Baseball Fans
, Baseball fans of this section will
have an unusual opportunity on Sun
day to witness some major league
players perform when the Bingham
ton club, training in Edenton, will
cross bats with the Norfolk Naval
j Base outfit. Included in the line-up
of the Norfolk aggregation will be
! such players as Bob Feller, Sam
Chapman., Fred Hutchinson and Ace
! Parker, who are now in the service
I of their country.
Feller, well known the country over
i as the “boy wonder” pitching star of
! the Cleveland Indians, will be among
| the Naval Reserve team and is ex
j pected to be on the mound for several
| innings against the Binghamton slug-
I gers.
Chapman, Philadelphia Athletics
! star, will also be remembered by base
| ball fans and will be seen in action
! during the game.
Freddie Hutchinson is a prize
| hurler of the Detroit Tigers, who has
also made a name for himself in base
ball and will most likely be seen in
action Sunday.
Ace Parker, also a member of the
club, needs no introduction in this
| section, for not only has he played
I a stellar brand of baseball with the
! Philadelphia Athletes, but his ex
i ploits on the gridiron at Duke Uni
| versity are well remembered, as well
,as his outstanding record in proses
-1 sional football.
| These four players in themselves
will undoubtedly attract many base
ball fans from nearby towns and with
favorable weather the local baseball
park is expected to pyesornt a crowd
reminscent of the old days when
Edenton was really baseball minded.
Aside from this quartet, the Naval
Base team boasts a string of other
good players, so that fans as early as
last Sunday’s game predicted the
] Binghamton boys are in for a sound
j whipping.
Manager Eddie Sawyer, however,
| has had favorable weather to put his
j boys through the paces and feels
j that with his team at almost in sea
son shape, a battle royal will result.
The outfit has been strengthened
this week with the acquisition of
Shelton McCornell, who reported here
from San Francisco.
Gene Martin, business manager of
the Binghamton team, is very optim
istic over the progress shown by the
team, and is looking forward to a
! large crowd next Sunday.
! Two exhibition games have already
■ been played, one last Saturday after
| noon with Norfolk, and the Sunday
j game with the Elmira club, training
at Tarboro. The Binghamton club
lost to the Norfolk outfit 6 to 1,
while on Sunday they took the long
end of a 6-3 score. In this game
(Continued on Page Two)
C.T. Griffin Seeking
Recorder Judgeship
Only Two Candidates
Thus Far For Prim
ary May 30
Charlie T. Griffin, on Wednesday,
‘SJeaX .inoj .ioj iii.redea ur pa.vias
announced his candidacy for the of
fice of Judge of Recorder’s Court in
the Primary election scheduled to be
held Saturday, May 30. Mr. Griffin
is a former county prosecutor, having
1932 to 1935. Since that time he has
been out of public office.
John W. Graham, present judge, ex
pects to join the U. S. Navy and for
that reason will hardly be a candi
date for re-election.
Mr. Griffin is the second candidate
to announce for office, the other be
ing J. G. Campen, who announced his
candidacy a few weeks ago for county
representative in the General Assem
bly.
While there are rumblings of other
candidates announcing for office,
Campen and Griffin are the only two
thus far to express their intention to
run. The deadline for filing as can
didates in the election of county offi
cers is Saturday, April 18, when
names must be in the hands of the
Chowan County Board of "Elections
before 6 p. m.