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In these columns will be found a fair presentation » of local and county news of general interest. Volume IX. —Number 29. Work Starts On Marine Glider Base Richard Elliott Succeeds J. W. Davis As President Os Chamber Os Commerce , Officers Elected at Meet ing Held Monday Night < NEED SECRETARY Acute Housing Condi tion Claims Attention Os Members At a meeting Monday night at 6 o’clock of the Edenton-Chowan Cham ber of Commerce!' Richard Elliott was elected president to succeed J. W. Davis, who has served in this ca pacity for two years. At the same time J. Clarence Leary and West Byrum were elected 'as vice presi dents. Dr. W. I. Hart, treasurer, and the following as members of the board of directors: M. F. Bond, W. M. Wilkins, J. Edwin Bufflap, Earl Goodwin and T. C. Byrum. This group will meet shortly to elect a secretary. In opening the meeting, President Davis presented the financial report, and stated that the purpose of the meeting was to elect new officers for the year, which begins August 1. At the outset, he stated he had served! as president for two years, that he was not a candidate and would not be able to serve if elected. He, there fore, appointed a nominating commit tee to retire and select a president. This committee, composed of Julieti Wood, J. A. Moore, J. H. Conger, John W. Graham and West Byrum, selected Mr; Elliott, who was unani mously elected. Secretary C. L. McCullers was not! j present a* the cfteetijyr due to making arrangements to enter the ' atfliy.’ 1 This was occasion fer much concern on the part of Mr. Davis, who was high in praise of the services of Mr. McCullers, as well as members of the organization. In commenting upon the loss of Mr. McCullers, President Davis said he felt that the duties and responsibilities of the Chamber of Commerce would increase to such an extent that the services of an all time secretary would be absolutely necessary. This, of course, would have considerable bearing on finances and will necessitate both a larger membership as well as greatly in creased dues of members. The mat ter will be left in the hands of the board of directors. Mr. McCullers has been serving as secretary for two years in connection with his band duties, and though his time has been limited, Mr. Davis said 1 he did a splendid job and really did far more work than the average mem ber realized. Another matter to cause some con cern on the part of the Chamber of Commerce was the n&w Marine Glider Base, which finds Edenton wholly! unprepared to cope with a housing situation as well as adequate facili ties for serving food to the anticipat ed newcomers. A survey has oeen underway to learn if any vacant houses, apartments or rooms which can be rented, and though both Mr. McCullers and Mr. Davis have secur ed a list of available places, the need for living quarters and" serving of meals will far exceed present facili ties. For that reason, it was brought out at the meeting that every avail able room or rooms should be re ported to Mr. Davis or Mr. McCullers, who will cooperate until he leaves for (Continued on Page Five) $. W. TAYLOR PUNNING ERECT ANOTHER THEATRE FOR EDENTON Efforts are now under way by S. W. Taylor r owner of Taylor Theatre, to either build another new theatre or renovate a build ing in order to provide two thea tres for Edenton. This informa tion was released by Jimmy Earn hardt, manager of the theatre, Tuesday morning, who said that Mr. Taylor had three locations under consideration. He has de cided to provide another threatre, but, of course, either building or renovating will depend upon the s ability to secure materials for the purpose. The Taylor has enjoyed a generous patronage since the TPS: CHOWAN HERALD A h.'* 0 'VSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Chowan Lagging In Buying War Bonds Month Half Gone, Only One-fourth of Quota Purchased Unless there is considerable stimu -1 lus to purchasing war stamps and bonds in Chowan, the county will not ' equal previous records for buying its ■ quota for July. The month’s quota is $48,100, and up to Tuesday morning 1 J. G. Campen, county chairman of the war savings staff, reported that sales amounted to only $12,000. . With the month about half gone, Mr. Campen said, sales should be about double what they are, or around $24,000. However, he hasn’t aban doned the hope that the county’s quota will be reached and for that reason emphasizes the need for pur chasing bonds and urges every citizen; in the county to go the limit in buy ing in order to reach the month’s #! ota - Henry House Goes To Coach At U. N.C. Coached Edenton’s 1934 j State Championship Team | ” - MaWy-frieJWto in Edentou. were de lighted to read in Friday morning’s News and Observer that Henry J House, a former Edenton High School ' football coach, had accepted a posi tion at the University of North Caro lina on the coaching staff. Mr. House will be assistant freshman] coach and will serve on the physical education staff. Mr. House is well remembered here, > for it was while coach at the local school that he put Edenton on the ] football map. He coached the 1934 j team which won the State Class I? j championship from Reid.sville 6-0, | and aside from that outstanding ac complishment, his boys went through the season unscored upon while they niled up a total of 236 points against their opponents. Again in 1935 Coach House’s team went into the State Class B championship game, losing to Mt. Airy in a hard-fought game 7-0. The strength of Coach House’s teams is reflected in the fact that many times the first string was obliged to play the entire game. He had very few reserves which fact played no little part in the defeat in 1935. After coashing two years at Eden ton, House went to Augusta Military Academy, where he coached five vears, after which he spent a year at j Carolina getting his Master’s degree | He was later coach at Rocky Mount j High School, resigning to return to his alma mater to coach. ( MASONS MEET TONIGHT The regular communication of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will be held tonight at 8:30 o’clock. All members are urged to be present for this meeting. present theatre was built In 1925, but with an influx of new comers due to the Marine Glider Base, the need for ahother thea tre has been realized. The Tay--. lor seats almost 1,040 persons and if, and when another theatre is built it is expected it will seat from 500 to 1,000, according to the ability to secure seats. ißoth Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have been in the moving'picture busi ness for many years, for a long time operating a picture show in the old armory on Eden Street, before building the present struc ture. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 16, 1942. | OATS NOT RATIONED - YETI | I ijr fl V/ / JiY 1\ \ 7 Shortage and rationing of automobile tires and gasoline doesn’t worry Maurice L. Bunch, genial Register of Deeds of Chowan County, very much. Always a lover of horses, Mr. Bunch rigged up a surrey and is here pictured with his wife and son and daugh ter, Maurice, Jr., and Charlotte, as they enjoved a Sunday ride. INYIiT®HOLDCOUNCILMENIN SESSION UNTIL NEAR MIDNIGHT HOUR Special Meeting Called For Next Tuesday Night To Set Salaries, Select Employees and Work On Year’s Budget Town Councilmen, on Tuesday, re mained in session until welt toward midnight, but despite the lengthy meeting, the setting of salaries of Town employees, selecting employees and budgetary matters were not reached. A special meeting will be called for next Tuesday night, at which time the Councilmen will name j Town employees, set salaries for the ' year and, no doubt, do some prelimi [ nary figuring on the 1942-43 budget. A considerable amount of time was | again devoted to discussing a zoning I ordinance. J. L. Pettus and John W. j Graham, who have spent much time, study and energy on the proposition, •were on hand to aecu*©- auituxeuation to proceed further and get a map de finitely setting forth the zoning ordi- ] nance scheme. A lengthy ordinance has been pre-! Peanuts Expected j ! Bring Fair Price I | I Marketing Situation Is Discussed at Meeting In Murfreesboro Six Chowan County farmers at- [ tended a meeting- in Murfreesboro■ Saturday, which was called, for the : purpose of discussing the peanut mar keting situation. Present at the meeting were many prominent pea nut growers from both North Car olina and Virginia. Flake Shaw, Mr. Thigpen and Mr. Oliver were the principal speakers at the meeting and brought out many points in the present and proposed peanut legisla ture that clarified a great many questions in the minds of farmers j and agents in this territory. According to the speakers, it ap l pears that the marketing situation of | the 1942 peanut crop is much more l favorable than has been anticipated : heretofore by a great many farmers lin this area. It was expressed at the j meeting that it was expected that this year’s crop of peanuts would be moved, at a fair market value to the fanners. Chowan County was represented at the meeting by County Agent C. W. I Overman, H. T. Hobbs, H. V. Bass, i T. A. Berryman, R. H. Hollowell and Z. T. Evans. Joint Service Sunday In Methodist Church With Methodists and Presbyterians holding joint services each Sunday night, alternating in each church, the service Sunday night will be held in the Methodist Church. The preacher twill be the Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr., pastor of the Presbyterian Church. J. H. HASKETT IN HOSPITAL J. H. Haskett went to Norfolk, Va., Sunday to enter a hospital for ex amination and treatment. He has been in poor health for some time. Mrs. Heywood Cothrane, of Norfolk, Va., came and accompanied her fath er to Norfolk. pared and Mr. Graham outlined va rious sections of the proposed zoning law, which developed into more or less of a round table discussion. The j matter has been before the Council I several times and the Zoning Commis sion has arrived at the point, after 1 securing the map, that it is up to j Town Council to say whether or riot I the ordinance should be adopted. Several changes were suggested on j Tuesday night, the principal one be-j ing to have only one residence zoning, i About the only difference in this 1 change will be to allow more than two family units living in any one house. Another will change the east ern end of Water Street and Oakum to King Street from a residential j area to a business area. After a lengthy discussion, Messrs. (Continued on Page Two) ; Another Group Os White Men Leave ! For Army Tuesday Eleven Colored Men Will Leave For Induction July 22nd At least one or more Chowan County boys will leave on four differ ent days for Fort Bragg, either for induction in the Army or to be exam ined preliminary to induction The first group will leave Tuesday, July 21, when 24 of a call for 35 white men will leave for Fort Bragg for examination. Those in this group will coiupose Kermit L. Layton, John 'S. Skiles. Elmer C: Ward, Paul T. Byrum, Lawrence A. Cay ton. George F,. Morris, George W. Lassiter, Rob-J ; ert M. Hobbs, Hallett D. Hobbs, I Joseph C. Byrum, Melvin A. Byrum,j Clayton McD. Ward, Jr., Elton Fore hand, Joseph Vail, Vernon M. Sitter son, Howard B. Warren, Harvey L. Cayton, Jarvis H. Chappell, Elbert H. Copeland, William E. Sutton, Lester Ashley, Herbert C. Byrum, Joseph A. Ross, Paul E. Chappell and i Henry Wright Gaff. | The second group to leave will be j ion Wednesday, July 22, when 11, colored men who have already been: examined at Fort Bragg, will return for induction. This group will leave the Armory at 9 o’clock, when a departing program will be presented by colored friends of the boys, and will include Joseph A. Bennett, acting corporal, Charlie Wood, Bill Jordan, Lawrence C. Collins, John J. Bond, Alphonso Hathaway, Lonnie R. Rum ble, George A. Roberts, Oscar Elliott, V. S. Twine and George W. Halsey. Seven others of this group who left Edenton for examination on July 7. were detained for a re-check, two of whom were accepted. These two were Ralph _Riddick and Robert Bembry. Riddick will leave for Fort Bragg on July 23rd, while Bembry will leave the following day. The local draft board has two more calls awaiting, one for 35 white men on August 6, and 45 colored men on August 26. The men comprising these groups have not yet been an nounced. Lieutenant Prahl Arrives In Edenton Tuesday Night To Be In Charge Os Project Budget Os Town $4,064 To Good Unexpected Calls Re sults In Deficit In Some Budgets Though Town Council, at its meet ing Tuesday night, did not reach the setting of salaries of Town employees, or work on the budget for the year 1942-43, the financial affairs for the past year are in good shape. While several funds in the various depart ments were sightly over-spent, the budget as a whole shows a balance of $4,064.17. Total appropriations for' . the year amounted to $46,349.50, of i which amount $42,285.33 was spent. In the administrative department, a balance remains of $301.74, while in the street department the balance is $4,995.37. The major portion of this balance is due to an appropriation of $3,900 for a WPA project for street and sidewalk improvements which did not materialize during the year. A deficit is shown in the Police De partment, Fire Department. Health, ! Department and miscellaneous expen i ses. The Police Department deficit. was $233.25, which was due in part! to purchase of guns and ammunition j j for use in any emergency. Purchase i ! of fire hose was responsible in large! , j part for the deficit of $829.01 in the ! I Fire Department’s budget, while the] Health Department deficit was only . ; $1.25. Expenditures for miscellan- j• i pous expenses were $169.43 above the j ' appropriations. Rationing Os Sugar In Chowan In Line With OPA Wishes Due to the fact that there has been considerable diversity of opinion as to how much sugar should be allowed consumers for home canning pur poses, and subsequent criticism di rected at Dr. Wallace S. Griffin, a , member of the Chowan County War , Ration Board, it is interesting to note . from a letter sent out by the OPA that one pound of sugar is to be is- ] • sued for every four quarts of fruit to be. canned, plus one pound per], person per annum to be used in mak- ; ina ? jams, jellies, preserves, etc. Some county boards have been ai-l lowing only five pounds of sugar per i • person for home canning purposes, ] while others have set a maximum • of i • seven pounds, and others eight pounds i • per person. i' The problem of determining bow j much sugar should be allowed an ap-j ■ plicant is a difficult one, the respon-j sibility for decision being placed with the local boards. Dr. Griffin has! ; been very conscientious in his duties] ! regarding rationing of sugar and has j; I allowed, a maximum of seven pounds, 1 ; j which compares with authorities that , generally a maximum of eight pounds; 1 per person-is enough to can all the' fruit necessary for one person. I SUB-BOARDS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL GASOLINE RATIONING APPOINTED Gasoline Users Must Present Application to Boards In Respective Communities; Ap plications Must Be Filled Out In order to expedite tTie supplemen-, tal gasoline rationing in Chowan | County and at the same time relieve the Chowan County War Ration Board, sub gasoline rationing boards were appointed Tuesday night at a meeting held in the Court House. Sub-boards were named for Edenton, Rocky Hock and Cross Roads, and it will be the duty of these boards to receive applications for supplemental ration cards today (Thursday), Fri day and Saturday. The sub-board at Rocky Hock will be composed of Z. T. Evans, E. L. Pearce and J. Gibson Perry, who will sit at the Rocky Hock Central School Friday and Saturday, July; 17-18, from 9 a. m., to 5 p. in. |S?rSI I where Advertisers tm I \ realise good results. $1.50 Per Year. | Site Will Be on Albe marle Sound Between Two Bridges 2,OO(fACRES Plan Calls For Three Runways Each 6,000 Feet Long With some engineers in connection with the construction of a Marine Glider Base near Edenton arriving as early as last Thursday, and others gradually arriving, definite progress on the base began Wednesday morn ing following the arrival Tuesday night of Lieutenant C. G. Prahl (G. E. 0.) U. S. N. Lieutenant Prahl will be in charge of the construction of the base and early Wednesday morning was very busy consulting with engineers and architects who had been awaiting his arrival for the past several days. Lieutenant Prahl will temporarily have his headquarters in the Rose Room at Hotel Joseph Hewes, where he will have a corps of about 18 as sistants including office workers, engineers and inspectors. He, at first, intended to be located in the Armory, but because the engineers, architects and others connected with preliminary work of the project are temporarily located in the Court House, he preferred to be nearby in order to keep in close contact with progress of the project. Lieutenant Prhal is married and was joined Wednesday by his wife and several-months-old daughter. They will make their home at the hotel. While there has been much specu lation relative to the location of the base, Lieutenant Prahl, on Wednesday morning, told Ttie Herald editor that it will be located on the Chowan County side of the Albemarle Sound, between the Norfolk Southern rail road bridge and the Albemarle Sound vehicular bridge, but up to that time the particular site of land to be used had not been definitely decided upon. Approximately 2,000 acres of land will be necessary for the project, which will include three run-ways, each being 6,000 feet long. Os course, actual construction of the base pro per will not get under way for about a month, according to Lieutenant Prahl, who estimates that about 2,000 will be employed when the actual work of construction gets under way. Much preliminary work is necessary, which will claim the attention of en gineers and architects for several weeks. While Lieutenant Prahl and his as sistants are located in the hotel, and the engineers and architects in the Court House for the time being, they will move later into headquarters which will he erected at the base. When completed, the base is esti mated to be occupied by 500 officers and 1,50(1 men. Two contracts have been awarded for the construction of the base, one for the engineering and architectural design, and one for the construction. The former contract was awarded to Olsen, Deitrich, Carr and J. E, (Continued on Page Five) The Cross Roads sub-board is com posed of R. H. Hollowell, E. N. El liott and J. P. Barnette, and will sit at the Community House today (Thursday) and Friday from 9 a. m., to 5 p. m. In Edenton the sub-board will meet at the High School today (Thursday) and Friday from 9 a. m., to 5 p. m., and while the members were not de finitely selected when The Herald went to press, a group of volunteers will he on hand to receive applica tions. These boards were appointed to approve supplemental gasoline ration cards for such passenger cars or mo i toreycles as prescribed in the regu (Continued on Page Five)
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