1 of local and county newt I
I */ general interest.
Volume IX.—Number 45.
* Little Likelihood Os
I Christmas Street
* Lights This Year
Civilian Defense Coun
cil Urges Curtailment
Os Decorations
WAR MEASURE
Stores and Homes Not
Expected to Abandon
Window Decorations
E. W. Spires, chairman of the
p Chowan County Civilian Defense
Council, has been advised by Ben E.
Douglass, State director, that there
should be a curtailment of decorative
Christmas street lighting this year.
“The Office of Civilian Defense
discourages use of unnecessary and
potentially dangerous types of deco
rative lighting of streets in various
communities throughout the country
at the Christmas period,” says Mr.
' Spires’ communication. “This posi
tion is taken because of the use of
critical materials, consumption of
electrical power and possibility of an
attack, as well as to eliminate poten
tial fire hazards.
In area where dimout regulations
have been prescribed by military au
thorities, additional lighting of the
streets during the holiday season, as
practiced in former years, should be
prohibited in order to afford proper
protection to shipping along the coast,
from both submarine and air attacks.
According to Mr. Douglass, in
areas where no dimout regulations
exist, decorative street lighting is
not of itself considered objectionable,
provided in every case such lighting
must be so installed and supervised
that it can be quickly extinguished,
and provided no new equipment or
wiring involving critical materials is
purchased for the purpose.
1 It is not intended by such restric
tions, however, that individual stores
or hemes may not decorate their win
—Hrpri*vlfliftiryedrß, JSGvided
that such lighting conforms to appli
cable dimout regulations. Such
lights should not be on except when
occupants of the premises are avail
able to put them out promptly upon
an air raid alarm.
Jail Again Popular
Place During Month
Chowan County’s jail was again a
popular place during the month of
October, Jailer (Shelton Moore’s
monthly report showing that 65 were
confined. These prisoners were
obliged to remain in jail from one to
II days, resulting in an expenditure
to the county of $136.90, which in
cludes jail and turnkey fees.
Bank Os Edenton Will
i Close Armistice Day
In order to observe Armistice Day
as a holiday) the Bank of Edenton
■ will be closed all day next Wednes-
I day, November 11. For that reason
i patrons of the bank are urged to
transact their banking affairs ac
cordingly.
December Term Os
Superior Court Will
Convene Nov. 30th
jk . i
Judge R. Hunt Parker
Again Scheduled to
Preside
I With the December term of Chowan
L County Superior Court scheduled to
* begin Motyjay, November 30, the
£ County Commissioners at their" meet
ji ing Monday selected the list of 36
to serve during the term.
1 Judge R. Hunt Parker, of Roanoke
. Rapids, is slated to preside over the
•1, term.
Those chosen for jury duty are:
J. T. Byrum, C. S. Chappell, J. A.
;-. Currtan, Seth Cayton, Glenn Bunch,
i[ Geo. S. Harrell, E. J. Ward, J. I.
I Boyce, Mac Ward, John G. Wood,
A Llovd Bass, O. B. Perry, J- Q- Bass,
|O. M. Elliott, David Holton, Hoskins
L Bass, R. 0. Blanchard, Elsworth
H Blanchard, E. E. Privott, George Ben
|i nett, Eugene Baker, H. Tom Holto
jf well, J. M. Jones, James E. Wood,
fe’ Clarence P. Harrell, Fermo Ward,
§J. C. Nixon, W. M. Chesson, W. B.
t xr ft D^. c rv^:rp:
afhrry, Thomas O. Harrell, and R. B.
TOE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWtPAPER DEVOTED TO TEE IETERMMTM OF CEOWAN COUNTY
Women Join In
Intensive Drive To
Sell War Bonds
Women’s War Bond
Week Observed No
vember 22-28
STATEWIDE
Mrs. E. N. Elliott Heads
Chowan County’s
Drive
/
!
North Carolina women from Mur
phy to Manteo will join with women
of the nation in seven days of the
most intensive bond selling America
has known since Pearl Harbor when
Women’s War Bond Week is held
November 22-28, it is announced by
Mrs. Karl Bishopric, chairman of the
women’s division of the State War
Savings Staff.
During these seven days, thousands
of women volunteers will bombard
every crossroads, village and city in
the State with appeals designed to
swell the sale of stamps and bonds.
In Chowan County Mrs. E. N. El
liott has been named chairman and
under her direction J. G. Gampen,
chairman of the War Savings Staff,
feels confident that as the result of
the drive handled by the women,
Chowan County’s sales will take a
decided boost.
(bounty Offices Closed
On Armistice Day
All County offices will be closed
next Wednesday, November 11, in ob
servance of Armistice Day. Any one,
therefore, having business to trans
act, should take notice that the of
fices will be closed on that day.
Rev. Lewis Schenck
Accepts Call Rector
St Paul’s Church
Considered One of Out
standing Ministers In
North Carolina
The Rev. Lewis F. Schenck, rector
of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, of
Windsor, has accepted a call to serve
as rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, succeeding the Rev. C. A.
Ashby, who resigned recently and is
now making his home at St. Augus
tine, Florida.
The Rev. Mr. Schenck has been
rector of St. Thomas Church for the
past two years, where he is credited
with accomplishing outstanding work.
He is considered one of the most
successful young ministers in the
State. His home was originally in
Fayetteville, where his father is now
senior warden of St. John’s Church.
He is a nephew of Judge Michael
Schenck, on the State Supreme Court
bench, and Paul Schenck, prominent
insurance broker, of Greensboro.
Mr. Schenck will begin his rector
ship at St. Paul’s on December 1.
He is married but has no children.
PTA In Lengthy
Meeting Tuesday
Local Lunch Room Is
Awarded Certificate
Os Efficiency
In quite a lengthy meeting Tues
day afternoon members of the Par
ent-Teacher Association listened to
explanations of two important school
itoatters, one relating to the school
amendment which was voted on in
the general election Tuesday and the
other having to do with the school
equalization bill. Lloyd Griffin was
the speaker on the fdrmer .question,
explaining in detail the purpose of
consolidating the various school
groups into one. He especially em
phasized the duties of the board
which will be certification of teach
ers, improving the courses of study,
improving and looking into the meth
ods of training and supervising in
struction. The new Board of Edu
dation would be composed of one
member appointed from each district,
plus the Lieutenanwfeovemor, State
Treasurer and SuKsrintendent of
Public Instruction. S
The school equantion bill, ex
plained by John ABlolmes, would
(Continued onTPage Fire)
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 5,
I CHOWAN COUNTY’S VOTE
c ss S . e
I*. 1 Jtje * "g 'E
s-s !-? Is Is | t I
'U. S. Senator: Ww <** ox > > h
Josiah W. Bailey (D) 94 111 22 37 48 19 331
Sam J. Morris (R) 3300006
Congressman:
Herbert Bonner (D) 92 108 21 37 48 19 325}
J. C. Meekins, Jr. (R) 3 3 o o o o 6
Solicitor:
Chester Morris 97 113 19 37 48 19 331
State Senate:
Herbert Leary 95 no 26 37 48 19 335
Merrill Evans 92 107 20 37 48 19 323
House of Representatives:
John F. White 93 no 18 37 48 19 325
Clerk Superior Court:
E. W. Spires 96 114 26 37 48 19 340
Sheriff:
J. A. Bunch 97 113 26 37 48 19 340
1
Treasurer:
George C. Hoskins 97 114 26 37 48 19 341
Judge Recorder’s Court:
’Marvin Wilson 95 113 21 37 48 19 333
Prosecuting Attorney:
W. S. Privott 93 112 22 37 48 19 331
County Commissioners:
D. M. Warren 94 114 22 37 48 19 334
J. A. Webb 93 H 3 22 37 48 19 332
E. N. Elliott 93 113 22 37 48 19 332]
J. R. Peele 93 «« *5 37 4» »9 3231
A. C. Boyce 94 113 20 37 48 19 331
School Amendment:
For 43 Si 3 IS 6 3 *2l
Against 30 5 2 12 5 *8 4 121 !
Solicitorial Amendment:
For 38 52 3 *6 6 9 12 4
Against 15 35 * 2 2 14 2 80
CHOWAN COUHTYS VOTE INGENEML j
ELECTION UGHItST OECORDED IN TEMS
Deadlock Develops In School Amendment Vote,
Each Side Securing 121 Votes; Little Interest
As Only 341 Go to Polls During Day
Chowan County, as well as the
State as a whole, turned in a very
light vote in the general election
held Tuesday. Chowan’s vote was
the lightest in many years, only 341
votes being cast in the six precincts
in the county. Little interest in
voting was shown throughout the’day,
and when the polls were closed about
the only persons present were the
election officials who were tabulating
the vote.
An interesting vote, however, de
veloped in the school amendment, the
county’s voters breaking even, 121
voting for the amendment and the
same number opposing the adoption
of the amendment. The solicitorial
amendment, received 124
favorable votes, while 80 voted
against the amendment.
Os course, there was no opposition
on the local ticket, while on the
State ticket only U. (S. Senator Jo
siah W. Bailey and Congressman
Herbert C. Bonner had opposition.
Chowan County gave both of these
Officers Elected For
Chowan’s Infantile
Paralysis Chapter
Group Now Investigat
ing One Local Vic
tim of Disease
At a meeting of the Chowan Coun
ty Chapter of the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis held on
Friday night in the Municipal Buikl
ing, officers for the year were elected.
Presiding over the meeting was
Father F. J. McCourt, who at a pre
vious meeting agreed to continue to
act as chairman.
Other offices filled Friday night
were: Vice chairman, Mrs. W. H.
Coffield, treasurer, W. H. Gardner,
and secretary, J. Edwin Buffiap.
During the meeting Chairman Mc-
Court reported investigating ore ease
i of infantile paralysis, finding that it
1 is necessary to secure braces for a
colored child. He was instructed to
make further investigation before or
. dering the necessary equipment at
the expense of the local chapter.
•
candidates almost a ldO per cent,
vote, for Bailey received 331 votes,
while his Republican opponent, Sam
J. Morris, received only six votes.
Herbert Bonner received 325 votes
and J. C. Jieekins, Jr., Republican,
also received six votes. The six Re
publican votes were cast in Edenton
and West Edenton precincts, three
being recorded in each side of town.
Democratic candidates for the State
Supreme Court and Superior Court
Judges had no opposition, each one
in the county receiving practically
the same vote. The votes ranged
from 324 to 316. These candidates
included Walter P. Stacey, Chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court; Michael
Schenck and Emery B. Drewery, As
sociate Justices of the Supreme
Court, and the following Superior
Court Judges: R. Hunt Parker, Claw
son L. Williams, W. C. Harris, H. H.
Clement, F. Donald Phillips, Frank
M. Armstrong, Julius A. Rousseau,
J. Will PI ess, Jr., Zeb V. Nettles and
Felix E. Alley.
Edenton Aces Hosts
To Manteo Friday
Game Will Be Initial
Meeting on Gridiron
Os Two Schools
New rivals will clash on . the
Edenton gridiron Friday afternoon
when Manteo High School is sche
duled to meet Coach Roy Watson’s
Edenton Aces. This will be the first
meeting of the two schools on the
football field and from advance re
ports another good game is in pros
pect.
Little is known of the strength of
the Roanoke Islanders except that
Ahoslrie found in them a hard team
to overcome, and Ahoskie in turn
threw a scare into the Scotland Neck
outfit, a team having little trouble
in defeating Edenton, though the
Aces were handicapped by having a
few players oat of the game due to
injuries.
Friday’s game* will begin at 3:30
instead of 4 o’clock, and at present
the eqaad is in good shape to pot up
stiff opposition.
Home Guard Unit
Holds First Meeting
In Armory Tuesday
Group Very Enthusias
tic as They Take Oath
Os Enlistment
GET FIRST~WESSONS
Unit Will Meet Every
Tuesday Night For
Drilling
Though scheduled to meet Friday
night, the first meeting of the newly
organized Home Guard unit for
Chowan County was held Tuesday
j night in the Edenton Armory. The
; meeting was postponed from Friday
night due to a masquerade ball to be
held later in the evening which would
have conflicted with the Home Guard
meeting.
It was an enthusiastic group which
gathered in the Armory Tuesday
night, at which time 44 signed up
for enlistment in the unit and took
the oath of enlistment. There were
a few others who intended to jom:
but were prevented from being pres
ent at the meeting, but who w'U have
signed up before the next meeting,
Lloyd E. Griffin, captain of the
outfit, explained the purpose and im
portance of the Home Guard to the
recruits and during the evening ex-
I plained formations, positions and va
rious commands, all of which claimed
i the undivided attention of every per
| son present.
Captain Griffin announced that, the
I two commissioned officers and three
!of the non-commissioned officers
| would be announced within the week,
j and that 11 more non-commissioned
, officers would be named later, at a
{ time when he could better judge who
j would be the best suited for the va
rious offices.
Mr. Griffin plans to go to Raleigh
j today (Thursday) to make arrange-,
j ments for the furnishing of uniforms J
! and equipment.
f It was decided Tuesday night to!
I have the weekly meeting of the unit
' every Tuesday night at 8 o’clock,
; when at least two hours will be con
sumed in drilling and other training
necessary to put the unit in proper
working order in event its services
are needed in an emergency.
Captain Griffin is delighted w-ith
the calibre of the men who have vol
unteered and feels that the local unit
will compare very favorably with
other units organized throughout the
State.
McMullan Again
Tax Supervisor
Re-appointed For 1943
Monday By County
Commissioners
Philip McMullan having the only
’application before the County Com
missioners Monday, was subsequent
ly unanimously appointed tax super
visor for Chowan County for the
year 1943.
Mr. McMullan, in his application,
requested the Commissioners, if they
appointed him, to confirm the ap
pointment of the following tax list
ers, which was done:
Second Township—Percy L. Smith.
Third Township—T. A. Berryman.
Fourth Township—C. W. Parker.
The tax lister or listers for the
First Township will be appointed
later by Mr. McMullan, subject to the
approval of the chairman of the
Commissioners, D. M. Warren.
Permits Issued For
New Tires And Tubes
At Monday night’s meeting of the
Chowan War Price and Ration Board,
the following permits were issued for
new tires and tubes and recapped
tires:
New Truck —U. S. Post Office
Dept., Edenton, mail,'2 tubes; Briggs
* Spivey, R. F. D., Edenton, common
carrier, tire and tube; J. C. Boyce-
B. W. Evans, Edenton, hauling, tire
and tube; C. W. Ward, Tyner, farm
er, tire and tube.
New Passenger—Willie Charlton,
Edenton, ambulance service, 2 tires
and 2 tubes; C. H. Davis, Tyner,
logger, 2 tubes.
Truck Retreads—J. I. Ward, Tyner,
farmer, 2 tires.
Passenger Retreads—Charles W.
1 Parker, R. F. D. Edenton, fanner, 2
tires; Henry J. Smith, R. F. D.,
Edenton, farmer, 2 tires; T. R. Holl
owell, Tyner, farmer, 2 tires.
Obsolete Tires—T. J. Dilday, Ty
ner, fanner, 2 tires; David P. Mizelle,
1 Route 3. Edenton,. cotton mill la
borer, tire.
I This newspaper k dr»l
lr' yks the tmHem I
$1.50 Per Year.
Chowan County’s
Scrap Piles Grow
To 300,000 Pounds
This Figure Conserva
tive Estimate By
Holland
NOT ALL, YET
Urgent Appeal Made
For Saving of Tin
Cans
Following a visit throughout the
County, R. C. Holland, salvage chair
man, early this week estimated that
the various scrap piles at schools had
increased from 140,000 pounds last
week to 300,000 pounds, • which, he
said, is a very conservative figure.
Mr. Holland is well pleased with the
response of school children through
out the County and while he expects
the various piles to continue to grow,
he also expects thousands of addition
al pounds to materialize when he an
nounces the final two-weeks all-out
drive. At that time he expects to
secure a great deal of scrap iron
scattered about the County which
had not been gathered by the school
children, and some- which is too
heavy for them to move.
Mr. Holland has a group of “spot
ters” throughout the County who
will report the exact location of this
metal, and with 130 truck owners
already pledged to haul at least one
load, Chairman Holland feels cer
tain that during the final two weeks’
drive the poundage for Chowan will
take a decided boost above what has
already been rounded up. He has
not yet decided exactly when he will
announce the two-weeks all-out drive,
but will announce the date when he
feels certain that date will be the
most opportune time to assure the
cooperation and help of those living
in the rural sections.
Mr. Holland, also, is urging house
j wives and others to save tin cans,
j which are- also needed in the war
effort. He asks everybody to save
their cans and to store them about
the premises, so that when there is
a sufficient accumulation, arrange
ments will be made to collect them
and store them at the official sal
vage depot on Town property at the
corner of Broad and Water Streets.
By cutting both ends of the can it
can be easily flattened out so that
little space will be necessary to store
about the home until they are coE
lected. Mr. Holland also advises
that the cans must be clean, paper
removed, and placed where they will
not rust.
District Governor
Rotary Club Guest
Hal Orr Visitor at Meet
ing Held Wednesday
Instead Thursday
Edenton’s Rotary Club met in the
Parish House Wednesday instead of
the usual Thursday meeting this
week. Reason for the change was an
official visit of Hal Orr, of Rocky
Mount, Rotary governor for the 189th
Governor Orr made a splendid ad
dress after dinner during which he
emphasized the opportunity Rotar
ians have under present day condi
tions to prove tneir worth as well as
after the war is ended when leaders
will be needed in reshaping a wax
torn world into one of peace and the
pursuit of happiness. Mr. Orr ex
pressed an abiding faith in Rotary,
which includes leaders in every walk
of life, and as every member of a
great symphonic orchestra performs
his particular duty to create a great
musical effect, so he urged every
Rotarian to perform his particular
duty in working out plans for the
future welfare of each community
and the world at large.
At the conclusion Mr. Orr met
with the Club’s directors to discuss.
Rotary matters.
Lions Club Furnishes '
33 Red Cross Kits
Thirty-eight more Red Cross kits
will be furnished by the Chowan
: Chapter as the result of two contri
, buttons Reported during the week.
Mrs. J. N. Pruden received a check
for $33 from the Edenton lions Club
- and $5 from'the Ryland Home Dem
, onstration Club and community.
The Chapter has gone far over the
top of 400 kits, the county’s quota.