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In these columns will be found e fat* presentation I of locol and county news V/ jWlo* (U ttttCrCSt. [fvolume IX. —Number 33. Tax Rate In Edent on Set At SI.OO Official Title Os Glider Base Designated By Navy Asil. S. Marine Corps Air Station A ' <! Work Begins Erecting •Temporary Buildings On Site , ROAD IMPROVED Grading Under Way For Spur Track From Norfolk Southern ThJugb up until this week the i Government’s Navy project here was known as the U. S. Marine Corps Glider Base, Lieutenant C. G. Prahl, officer in the charge of the project, was this week notified by the Navy Department that the official title has been designated “U. S. Marine Corps Air Station.” There is no special significance in the change of the name except the fact that until the official title was announced, the name of the project actually described the particular kind of base being constructed. Again this week the principal work done at the site of the base was confined to engineering and clearing land, though workmen have now ac tually started erected temporary buildings for use. These buildings, when completed, will be occupied by the contractors and others connected with the base, who will move in as fast as space is made available. A crew of workmen are now grading for building a spur track f from the Norfolk Southern Railroad * into the base area in order to facili tate shipping of materials, and the road leading from the Sound Side Toad to Montpelier ha* l>«ien •improved so that no time will be lost in vehicu lar traffic. Workers in connection with the base are arriving daily, and the housing situation is becoming more complicated. On the whole, consid ering the size of the town, Edenton has done about as well as other j towns in housing defense workers, and but for Government regulations accommodations could be arranged for more. There are still a number of homes which would be available for apartments if bathroom facilities could be provided, but with freezing of these materials this work cannot be done. Edenton is now crowded, and with the information that at least 2,000 more will be employed when construc tion work gets in full swing, housing of the newcomers looms as a problem \ which is hard to solve. 15 ” I WINE SALES IN [DENTON ABANDONED .OVER WEEK-END BY (ROUP RETAILERS Five Sellers of Unfortified Wine Agree Among Themselves to Cooperate In Curbing Nuis ance Especially Over Week-ends II ' ■ I Following recent vigorous com il plaints and criticism directed at beer R and wine sellers in Edenton, which ■ developed into quite a-problem placed ■ in the lap of Town Council, five li- I censed retailers of unfortified wines ■ have come together and voluntarily m agreed amqjig themselves to sto'p the ■ sale of from 8 o’clock Saturday ■ night until 10 o’clock Monday morn- This action was revealed Tuesday ■ night at the meeting of Town Coun ■ cil, when Lloyd E. Griffin presented ■ a resolution signed by five licensed including Joe Habit, John ■*Habit, J» C. Edney, Vernon Halsey I and Herman Hall. I The text of the resolution follows: I “Whereas certain complaints have I been made to your honorable body, ■ .with reference to the sale of wine in I the Town of Edenton, whereby cer ■ tain individuals have become noisy ■ and boisterous, and one some occa ■ mons have disturbed the peace, and K Although we have no way of knowing K ffliat particular type of drink caused K the individuals complained of to be 1/ noisy and rowdy, but since the un- K dersigned are the onjy legally li ■ censed retailers of dhfortified wine KjEjthin the Town of Edenton, and ■FSiwce we are all of one mind to avert K the finger of suspicion from being in our direction, and in order |K to cooperate fully with the law en-1 W. CHOWAN HERALD it flu IE NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY y | Coming Back With gradual arrival of new comers and many more expected as the result of the construction of the Marine Glider Base, a new business in Edenton is being re vived, With the influx of many j people, the need of taxi service has suddenly developed, and on Tuesday night Town Council granted two licenses. These went to Harry Crummey and Arthur Chappell, while the Norfolk Southern Bus Corporation will also operate a bus between Eden ton and the base. Edenton has been without taxi service for at least 10 years, when Seth Sutton abandoned a taxi service after many years of operation. Red Cross Chapter Asked To Make Kit Bags For Soldiers Given to Boys Who Em bark For Duty on Foreign Soil QUOTAIS 400 Mrs: J. N.* Pruden Ap pealing to Organiza tions For S4OO Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman of the Chowan Chapter of the Red Cross, has received a request to furnish 400 Red Cross kit bags for distribution to soldiers and marines embarking for foreign duty. The War Depart ment has indicated that thousands of these kit bags will be needed during the next few months and in order to meet the request several hundred thousands of these have been fitted by nearly 400 chapters throughout the country, and National Red Cross headquarters has received many ex pressions of appreciation from the men who have received the gifts a* well as from their commanding offi (Continued on Page Five) forcement officials of our town, and to assist in every way possible In maintaining a condition of law and order, “Therefore, we, the undersigned licensed retailers of unfortified wines in the Town of Edenton, in consider ation of the • premises, haves mutually agreed that we will not sell any wine from the hours of eight o’clock on Saturdays (P. M.), being one hour before the A. B. C. Store closes, un til 10 o’clock on Mondays (A. M.) And we have further agreed that ff any of us should disobey this agree ment then that person shall have his license to sell wine revoked.” Town Council appreciated the ap parent effort on the part'of dealers to cooperate in curbing a gradually growing nuisance and agreed to ac cept the terms of the quintet for a period of 30 days to see if there is any improvement in conditions. How ever, unless there is a marked im provement, enough evidence will be secured to justify the designation of one or more places as nuisances and licenses will subsequently be revoked. , The agreement to abandon the sale of wine between the hours set forth is substantially the recommen dation of J. L. Wiggins, who was the first to register complaint with Town Council several months ago, onhr the agreement was voluntarily eiwred anto by the dealers themselves in stead of it being forced upon them lby a Town ordinance. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 13,1942, Home Economics Program In Edenton On 11-Month Basis Increased Need Devel ops For Teaching De fense Courses MISS GRANT HERE Welcomes Opportunity To Assist Homemak ers of. Community Due to the increased need for per sons trained in home economics for the teaching of defense courses and other defense work, many of the schools of North Carolina are this year employing vocational home economics teachers for an additional month. The home economic program of the Edenton High School has been placed on the eleven months’ basis. Miss Josephine Grant returned on August 5 to assume her duties in this field. Before returning to Edenton, Miss Grant attended a two-day conference in Windsor for vocational teachers, where current problems in the field of home economics were discussed and plans for the year’s work were made. Prior to the opening of school, Miss Grant will spend much of her | time with the students of her classes ’ planning and supervising home pro jects. Special stress will be placed on student projects in food conserva • tion, fall gardening and care and re novation of clothing. In addition to this she offers her services to the home-makers of the community and will welcome an opportunity to assist them in any way possible. » j Lack Os Teachers j Source Os Worry : To Supt Taylor i : Problem Develops Unit Due to Number of Resignations i i SIX VACANCIES Opening of Schools on August 31 May Be Delayed Unless hindered by lack of teach ers, Superintendent of County Schools W. J. Taylor expects to open the 1942-43 term in his unit on Monday, August 31. Mr. Taylor is, however, at present experiencing some difficul ty in securing his quota of teachers, early this week reporting six vacan cies. He has contacted a number of applicants for the positions, but has had no assurance that any will ac cept. His teacher worries include three vacancies at Chowan High School and an entire faculty of three teach ’ ers at the Rocky Hock Central School. At the Chowan High School, Mr. Taylor is seeking a vocational agrr -1 culture teacher to succeed C. O. | Myers, Jr., who was called for armyj duty, while two other vacancies have resulted due to the resignations of Percy Parker and Miss Lottie Hood. At the Rocky Hock school Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wells and Mrs. Medlin Belch have resigned, leaving no teach ers at all for that school. Mr. Wells served as principal of the school. Mr. Taylor attributes much of the difficulty in securing teachers to the fact fl>at there is only an eight month term in his unit. Six Room House Means New Director For Band Says Supt. J. A. Holmes John A. Holmes, superintendent of Edenton schools, is in touch with a band director who is very anxious to come to Edenton, providing a six room house can be rented. This man has had two years experience in the U. S. Marine Band, two years with Sousa’s band, and for five years won first honors in State hi* school band meets. Any one knowing of an available six-room house is asked to contadt Mr. Holmes. Chowan Reaches Full Quotas In USO, Navy, Chinese Relief Drive $1,608 In Contributions Realized Monday Morning UP-HILLFIGHT Checks Mailed to Vari ous Funds Monday Afternoon Dogged determination on the part of the three chairmen of a consoli • dated drive to raise $1,600 for USO, Navy and Chinese relief was reward ed with realization of Chowan Coun ty’s quota on Monday, when total con tributions amounted to $1,608.28. The amount prorides for a quota of S6OO for USO, and SSOO each for Chinese and Navy relief, thus Chow an County again goes over the top when called upon to contribute to three worthy causes. During the month of May the quotas were announced for USO, 1 Chinese and Navy Relief and to elim -1 inate a duplication of effort the three ’ drives were amalgamated. Geildes I Potter as USO chairman, J. H. I Conger, chairman of Navy Relief, ■ and Mayor J. H. McMullan, Chinese > Relief chairman, agreed to pool their efforts and following several meet -1 ings, T. C. Byrum was named chair • man of the consolidated drive. W. H. I Gardner was named treasurer. Can ■ vassers were appointed to make house-to-house calls and when their 1 work was completed, their reports ! showed contributions of about SI,OOO, [ leaving a deficit of S6OO. About the - middle of June, JJayor McMullan is sued a proclamation designating a week as War Relief Volunteer Week, during which it was hoped that the S6OO would be raised by volunteer contributions. However, as the re sult of this plan, only about SIOO was realized, leaving still a shortage of approximately SSOO. The three chairmen were somewhat 1 disappointed, but did not give up hope that the full quota would be reached. They continued to solicit contributions and on Monday, when ; only $l5O was needed to reach the goal, they put on the pressure, con tacted several who were financially able and civic-minded enough to con tribute the necessary amount. Checks for the various funds were mailed Monday afternoon, so that the various chairmen, though worn weary by the drive, feel that their j efforts have been crowned with suc cess. They are frank to say that they are glad the drive is over and desire to express their sincere appre ciation to those who made it possible for Chowan County to go over the top. Dr. Which ard Patient In Atlanta Hospital His many friends in Edenton and throughout Chowan County will re gret to learn that Dr. M. P. Which ard, former Edenton physician, now living at Murphy, N. C., was last week seized 'with an attack of angina and was rushed to the U. S, Veterans Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. It is understood that Dr. Whichard has the attention of the best doctors in the hospital and that he is getting j along splendidly. He would, no I doubt, be delighted to be remembered ' by his host of local friends, and for any who may desire to write to him, his address is: Dr. M. P. Whichard. i U. S. Veterans’ Hospital, Ward 2-A 5998, Peach Tree Road. Atlanta, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. George P. Bvrum had arrived in Murphy to visit the Which ards when Dr. Whichard became ill. Miss May Warren Hurt In Bus Accident Sunday ' Miss May Warren was painfully in jured and fortunately escaped serious injury Sunday afternoon when she narrowly missed being run over by a Norfolk Southern bus near her home on West Queen Street. Miss Warren ■was crossing the street at the time, and in order to evade running her down, the driver swerved the bus, causing the rear end to hit her a glancing blow, throwing her violently to the street. She was taken to the Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, after an examination bv her brother, Dr. J. W. Warren, who was informed Wed nesday that his sister is getting along very well. She suffered prin cipally from shock ond bruises. Councilmen Juggle Figures Until Midnight Hour At Meeting Tuesday Night ! | Missing! [ Though it has been generally ‘ believed that the grave of the Rev. Clement Hall was located at Mulberry Hill, all efforts to ; find it last week went for naught. Because the supposed resting place of this early day * missionary falls in the area to be used as a Marine Glider Base, it was expected to move the re mains. which resulted in a search for the grave. The Rev. Mr. Hall was an Epis copal missionary serving in this section prior to the Revolutionary War. and that he met with con siderable success is reflected in a letter sent back to England in which he stated that up to that time he had baptized 6.400 people. Fourteen Complete Red Cross Surgical Dressing Course Chowan County Chap ter Asked to Make 30,000 Dressings BEGINSEPT. 1 Volunteers Will Be In structed Next Week At Parish House Fourteen Edenton ladies will today • (Thursday) complete a 10-hour surgi cal dressing course sponsored by the Chowan Chapter of the American Red Cross. The class includes Mrs. ■ J. W. Davis, Miss Maude Miller, Mrs. j R. E. Forehand. Mrs. J. M. Price, Mrs. M. G. Brown, Mrs. J. H. Conger, Mrs. R. G. White, Mrs. W. J. Berry man, Mrs. D. M. Carter, Miss Sarah Jones, Mrs. John Wood, Mrs. C. T. Doughtie. Mrs. W. H. Coffield and Mrs. R. C. Holland. This group of ladies will act as In structors, who will teach volunteers to make surgical dressings in the Parish House Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week, the ciass beginning at 10 o’clock and J lasting until noon. Actual work on making a quota of! 30,000 dressings will begin Septem- j ber 1, and due to the great amount of work involved, a large number of volunteers are expected to enroll. Mrs. W. H. Coffield is surgical! dressing chairman, while Miss Co-1 rinne Forehand is the instructor. THE AMERICAN ORGANIST MAGAZINE FEATURES ST. PAUL’S CHURCH ORGAN New York State Senator Emerson Richards Writes Story After Visiting- Edenton and Stumbling Upon Discovery By C. A. ASHBY, Rector. Last spring the Hon. Emerson! Richards, State Senator, New York! City, one of the outstanding organ j designers of America, visited Edenton j and especially to see the old organ in j St. Paul’s Church. James N. Rey nolds, an organ builder of Atlanta, suggested that Senator Richards look up this organ. The Senator played on it for some time, made a most careful investigation of it, taking notes, and asked me many questions about it, the most of which, I regret to say, I could not answer. In the July last issue of The American Organist, the leading maga zine devoted to organs, appears an article by Senator Richards telling of his trip here, and much about the old organ. The most of it is highly tech nical, telling of what is in the organ, its stops, manuals, its wind pressure and so on. which would be interesting only to one understanding organs. I will give what seems to me the most interesting part of his article to the' 1 average layman; 1 This newsfkfO k drum latod In tie twtUom token Adoortkm mm reohuo good nssdte. $1.50 Per Year. Year’s Budget Calls For An Expenditure of $49,314.25 SALARIES^RAISED . • Auditor’s Report Shows $34,425.69 as Cash Balance j Though last year experiencing what was the lowest tax rate in re cent years, 95 cents on the $lO9 property valuation, Edenton taxpay ers for the year 1942-43 will go back to the SI.OO rate which had been levied for five successive years prior to last year. The SI.OO rate was set at the meet ing of Town Council Tuesday night, when Council men juggled figures, ! shaved here, added there and finally ; agreed at about the midnight hour, that the Town’s affairs could be handled by a SI.OO rate. Tentative figures, as submitted by the Finance Committee, would have required a rate of $1.17, but these figures, not at all conservative, and including everything brought to its attention, were presented merely as a working basis. Each item was con sidered separately, and though it is realized that unforeseen problems may materialize during the year, some surplus was included in the j “Other Expenses” fund to take care ! of any minor emergency. I The total year’s budget calls for an j expenditure of $49,314.25, which is j divided as follows: Administrative, | $3,986.50; Police Department, $lO,- i 227.75; Fire Department, $5,150.00; Health Department, $585.00; Street Department, $20,000.00; Other Expen ses, $9,365.00. To offset this amount, estimated revenue, aside from taxa tion, was figured at $15,314.25, leav ing $34,000 to be raised by taxes. The property valuation is $3,400,000, which with a SI.OO rate will raise the j necessary amount. [ Little time was consumed in pass ! ing on the Administrative phase of the budget, calling for an expendi ture of $3,986.50. Most of these items vary very little, the amount be ing slightly in advance of last year, when $8,926.50 was budgeted. 1 Considerable time was consumed or the Police Department budget, when there was considerable dissatisfac tion relative to proposed salaries. Tentative salaries were: $165 per month for the Chief of Police, $l4O j for one night policeman and $125 j for the other night policeman. Then, ! too, the matter of employing two i more policemen was discussed at j length. It was finally agreed to pay Chief of Police G. A. Helms $175 per j month, R. L. Pratt $l5O, and Joe I Bunch $l4O, with a salary of $125 i per month set for any new patrolmen (Continued on Page Five) j This is an Erben organ, built by i Henry Erben. a New York organ ! builder, who, the Senator states, en , joyed the highest reputation as a builder in the post-Colonial period. To quote from the article: “One glance at the organ case, and we knew we had stumbled upon a real discovery. We were allowed to in vestigate, and upon gaining access to the organ gallery we found the massive cupboard doors that guarded the console wide open and beneath the music rack was an ornate silver plate inscribed with the words: ‘Manufac tured by Henry Erben, New York.’ There was no date. But a survey of the whole instrument leaves the Im pression that it is of the vintage of 1820. The organ is enclosed in a characteristic Erben case of classic design, with square columns above the impost, breaking the front into three panels, and supporting above the carved capitals, a rather heavy, carved cornice.” Then begins the technical descrip -1 tion. from which take a little. The I (Continued on Page Five)
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