In then columns will be
found « fair presentation
•f local and county news
of gmtral Interest.
Volume X. —Number 1.
Architects And Engineers
At Air Station Win Awards
§*or Purchasing War Bonds
Two Certificates Pre
sented This Week By
J. G. Campen
90% BUY"3ONDS
Ensign Parrish Compli
mented By Adminis
trator For State
J. G. Campen, chairman of the
Chowan County War Savings Commit
tee, this week presented two certifi
cates of award to Olsen, Dietr ck.
Carr and J. E. Greiner Company,
architect and engineer contractors at
the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station.
-These awards were issued for at least
10 per cent of the gross payroll go
ing into U. S. war bonds and because
over 90 per cent of the employees of
the concern have purchased bonds.
The certificates presented by Mr.
Campen bore the signatures of Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., secretary of the
treasury; C. H. Robertson, State ad
ministrator, and Julian Price, State
chairman. In connection with tne
splendid record of the architects and
engineers, Mr. Robertson expressed;
his pleasure in issuing the two awards.
and complimented Ensign Milton K. |
Parrish (CEC) U. S. N. R., who is in |
charge of the campaign to purchase
war bonds at the air station.
Mr. Robertson’s letter to Ensign
Parrish follows:
“I have read with a great deal of
interest your letter of December 2,
and wish to apologize for my delay in
answering.
“The employees under contract
NOY 5700 of the Architect-Engineers
have certainly done a splendid job
with their part of the Payroll Sav
ings Plan installed at your Station,
and we are delighted to issue Certifi
eates of Award in recognition of such
fine participation. We are following
our usual policy in mailing to the
local Chowan County War Savings
(Continued on Page Two)
Dr. Chamblee Issues
Warning Regarding
Selling Os Sick Hogs
Instances Reported of
Deceased Hogs Sold
For Food
STIFF PENALTY
Health Officer Invites
Reports of Violation
Os Health Laws
As the result of many hogs in :
Chowan County being victims of i
cholera and other diseases, coupled!
with the prevailing prices being paid
for pork, the belief has been ad
vanced that meat unfit for human
consumption has been put on the
market as food. While no direct ac
cusations have been directed at any
particular hog grower, there is no
little comment going the rounds that 1
diseased and sick hogs have been
killed and sold as food.
The situation has been called to the
attention of Dr. J. S. Chamblee, I)is-i
trict Health Officer, who desires to 1
discourage such practices, if they do
actually exist, emphasizing the fact;
that such actions are in direct viola
tion of the public health laws of the
State and that rigid laws are in effect
’ for the punishment of any violators.
In regard to the matter, Dr. Cham
blee, early this week, had the follow
ing to «ay:
“It has been brought to my atten
tion that several people of Chowan
County have had hogs to die of chol
era or some other disease, or that the
hogs have become sick and that these
hogs have been dressed and sold to ’
the market or to individuals for hu
man use. I would like to remind the
people of Chowan County that it is in
direct violation of the Public Health
Laws of North Carolina for meat of
'' any but well and healthy animals to
be sold on the market or to individu
als for human, use and that any one
found guilty of violating this law is
subject to fine and imprisonment.
of this nature will report it to the
County Health Department, steps
wiH be duly taken to punish said
violator to the fullest extent of the
law"
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOUR NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TNE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| Ahead Last Year |
Up to Tuesday 268 more State
automobile licenses have been
sold for 1943 by Miss Goldie
Layton, branch manager of the
Carolina Motor Club, than were
sold last year at the same time.
Miss Layton reports sales of the
small tabs totaled 4,048 against
3,780 last year.
An unusual rush was exper
ienced the last day of December
when 785 licenses were sold,
while on January 2 another 533
were issued.
Big Oyster Roast
Is Scheduled For
Next Monday Night
Administrative Person
nel of Air Station
Special Guests
TOWN - AFFAIR
!
In Neighborhood of 200
Expected to Attend
At Power Plant
One of the largest oyster roasts'
to be held in Edenton in a long time ‘
will take place next Monday night j
when the annual oyster roast for
town employees wall be held at the
power house. The affair is scheduled
to begin at 7:30 o’clock and in the
neighborhood of 200 are expected to
participate in the occasion.
Annually Town Council stages an
oyster roast to which all Town em
ployees are invited, but, for this
year’s affair special guests will in
clude the administrative personnel
of the U. S. Marine Corps Air Sta
tion, which includes the Navy De
partment, North Eastern, Warren,
Reckham & Brooks, general contrac
tors, and Olsen. Deitrick, Carr & J.
E. Greiner, architect and engineer
contractors, as well as some of the
Marines already here.
No special program has been ar
ranged save for a few welcoming re
marks by Mayor J. H. McMullan, who
will see to it that the administrative
personnel will know about the affair
and the proper ones invited. Aside
from the base workers, the members
of the Board of County Comm's
sioners will be invited, as well as
members of the Board of Public
I Works, Town Councilmen, Police De
j partment. Fire Department, those
employed in the Municipal Ruilding
| and members of the street department |
| and Electric & Water Department.
; Mayor J. H. McMullan appointed
t W. M. Wilkins and J. Edwin Bufflap
1 to make the necessary arrangements
(Continued on Page Two)
i
Little Progress In
Listing Os Taxes
Few Report to Listers
To Give In Their
Property
Though County Tax Supervisor P.
S. McMullan, as well as his corps of
tax listers, are very anxious to have
Chowan County citizens list their
taxes as early as possible, and no
little publicity has been given to this
listing, which must be done during
January if a penalty is to be evaded,
there has been little response thus
far. Undoubtedly, there will be a
large number who will put off this
listing duty until the last minute,
, and as a result make it unpleasant
for themselves as well as those em
ployed to do the work.
A schedule has been arranged for
the tax lister in each township, who
will also be glad to enter property on
the books at their respective homes
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. on the days
they are not scheduled to appear at
some convenient point. This, how
ever, does not apply to the First
Township, where the tax* lister will
be at the Court House daily from 9
a. m. to 6 p. m.
Those required to list taxes are,
therefore, urged to attend to this
matter as early as possible.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, January 7,1943.
I TAKING PART IN LAW MILL
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HERBERT R. LEARY JOHN FERNANDO WHITE
Senator Herbert R. Leary and Representative John
Fernando White left Edenton for Raleigh early this week
to take part in their respective branches of the State Leg
-1 islature which went into session Wednesday.
[ LOCAL LEGISLATORS AND COMMISSIONERS;
'CONSIDER SEVERAL MATTERS PRIOR TO
1943 MEETING OF N. C. GENERAL ASSEMBLY
i Truant Officer, Costs In Recorder’s Court as
As Salaries of Judge, Prosecutor and Clerk
I Claim Attention of Officials
Preparatory to their leaving for
! the 194.'] session of the General As-j
I senihly, both Senator Herbert Leary
and RepresenLitive John F. White
1 appeared before the County Commis
i sioners, at their meeting Monday,
' to discuss a few matters of interest
to the county.
One matter of concern to the Com
missioners is the present status of
school truancy in Chowan County.
Th's duty was taken away from the
Welfare Department by act of the
Legislature, and as a result it is no
; one person's particular duty to shoul
der the responsibility. Because of
the situation as it now exists, the
Commissioners feel that schooling in
many instancas is neglected and they
. asked both Leary and White to make
an investigation as to what proceed
■ ure to take to secure the services of
a truant officer.
! Another matter discussed was the
salaries of the Judge, Prosecutor
■ and Clerk of Recorder’s Court. These
salaries now are $62.50 per month for
1 both the Judge and the Prosecutor,
' and S2O per month for the clerk. It
is the general opinion among mem-
DriveltartedFor
Infantile Paralysis
Funds In Chowan
.M . .I.
Coin Collectors Placed
About Town Tuesday
Afternoon
ENDSJAN. 30
i 1
Dance In Armory Will
Climax County’s Ef
fort to Raise Money
With the placing of attractive;
coin collectors about town Tuesday,
Chowan County’s campaign was be
gun to raise funds in the March of
Dimes with which to combat infan
tile paralysis. These coin collectors
were distributed by Mrs. W. H.
Coffield and Mrs. W. H. Bolling, who
were very much encouraged in mak
ing the rounds. The first contribu
tion was made by Joseph Swanner as
soon as a coin collector was placed in
Cuthrell’s Department Store and
when one was placed in Joe Habit’s
Case it was immediately passed
around and every employee and cus
tomer in the case freely made con
tributions.
The campaign will be in progress
until President Roosevelt’s birthday,
on January 30, and will be climaxed
by a dance in the Edenton Armory.
The dance will be held on one of the
nights of the week of January 24,
though the exact date has not yet
been determined. This feature of
the campaign will be in charge of
Mrs. J. N. Pruden and a corps of as
sistants, and it is hoped that through
the dance a substantial amount will
(Continued on Page Five)
• i bers of the bar that because of the
. amount of work entailed, these salar-J
' I ies are not enough. The Commis-;
sioners, on the other hand, agree!
that in recent months court duties I
, have ncreased, but advance the ar
gument that in a few more months
court cases will dwindle and that the
present salary, under those circum
stances, will be adequate and possi
bly more than will be justified.
i With the matter considered from
i all angles, it was decided that a fair;
ij procedure will Ire to set a minimum!
and maximum salary by statute, I
giving the Commissioners power to
i make adjustments as seems adyis
i able. It was decided that the mini
■! mum salary of the judge and prose
i cutor should be SSO per month and j
■ not over SIOO per month in each
' case. The clerk’s salary under the i
plan, would be $25 per month as a
i minimum, and SSO as a maximum.
■ Undoubtedly Chowan’s two members
; will be enabled to have such a local
■ bill passed.
, Some cons deration was also given
; to the costs charged in Recorder’s
(Continued on Page Five)
Chowan More Than
Quadruples Quota Os
i Bonds In December
Sale of Series E Bonds
Alone Amounts to
$94,018.75
QUOTA $22,750
Campen Expects Total!
Sales to Push Quar- |
ter Million M°rk
Chowan County more than quad-
rupled its quota of war bond pur
chases in December, and this amount j
includes only the Series E bonds or
those from $25 to SSOO. F and G
bonds, those of larger denominations,
are not included in this report, and
when the sale of this series is report
ed by the Federal Reserve Bank to
J. G. Campen, chairman of the
Chowan County War Savings Commit
tee, he anticipates the entire county
sales of war bonds for December will
reach approximately a quarter of a
million dollars.
During the month sales of Series E
bonds amounted to $94,018.76, while
the county’s quota was $22,760. The
sale of bonds was distributed as fol
lows: Bank of Edenton, $87,700; Post
office, $6, 92c; Tyner Postoffice,
$393.76.
North Carolina’s quota for January
1 has been boosted to $11,600,000 which
also increases Chowan County's quota
to $27,678.76. However, Mr. Campen
is very optimistic that there .will be
l|fetle trouble in reaching this quota
in January.
Hog Situation k Juowan
Becomes Alarming As Loss
Os SIOO,OOO Is Estimated
... If You Can |
According to the Chowan War
Price and Ration Board, stamp
No. 28 in War Ration Book No. 1
is- now good for one pound of
coffee. Os course. Dr. W. S.
Griffin* in charge of this phase
of the rationing program, adds
lf ‘if and where you can find any
coffee in Edenton.’’
Commissioners Dropj
Idea Os Purchasing
Citizens Bank Bldg.
| Not Practical For Use
As Jail and County
Offices
! HAI) "OPTION
j First Floor Would Have
To House Jail, Says i
Architect
Chowan County Commissioners, on
! Monday, voted to discontinue consid- j
I oration of purchasing the Citizens!
! Bank Building, at least for the dura-!
j tion of the war. Some months ago
j the Commissioners were impressed j
j with the idea of buying the building
and remodeling it that it would j
house all of the county offices, as well:
as provide a modern jail on the thiru j
floor to replace the present obsolete
building.
The matter went so far that the
' Commissioners secured an option on
1 the building for $35,000 and subse
j quently had architects make a survey
as to the practicability of revamping l
the building for county purposes. As
the result of this investigation, the
architects who build the structure re
ported that, in the first place a jail
1 could not be erected on the third
floor unless proper reinforcements
were installed, the report showing,
that a jail would require 135 to 160
pounds per square foot, while the 1
specifications, when the building was
erected, provided for only 75 pounds
per square foot. Under these condi
tions, the jail would have to be pro
vided on the first floor, which the;
Commissioners thought very little of. ;
The architects were frank in ad
mitting that they would like to have
the job of remodeling the building,
but for the purposes intended, they
were just as frank in stating that the 1
building is not practical. The matter!
was, therefore, dropped, and the old 1
jail will continue to house those who
violate the law.
Chowan Is Lacking
Only S2O Os Quota
For Christmas Seals
Mrs. R. C. Holland Still
Has Hopes That S6OO
Will Be Raised
•
Though lacking about S2O of reach
ing the county’s S6OO quota from the
[sale of Christmas Seals, Mrs. R. C. J
Holland, treasurer of the county’s j
campaign, is still hopeful that this!
small amount will be forthcoming so
that the county will be eligible for the
honor roll. Mrs. Holland stated early
this week that there are still a num
ber of instances where stamps were
mailed and neither the stamps nor a
contribution returned. She is, there
fore, hopeful that enough will trickle
in from these parties to raise the
total contributions to S6OO.
Mrs. Holland expressed her appre
ciation for the cooperation of workers
at the U. S. Marine Corps Air Sta
tion, where almost SIOO worth of the
Seals were purchased. Contributions
received and not heretofore acknowl
edged in The Herald follow:
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hollowell, Mr.
and Mrs. S. A. Leary, Mr. and Mrs.
C. B. Mooney, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Tynch, Mr. and Mrs. Stillman Leary,
Mrs. Minnie B. Ward, Mrs. J. H. Bell,
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Marriner, Miss
Sarah H. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. J. I.
(Continued on Page Two)
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County Is Now Without
Necessary Veterin
ary Services
ASK STATE AID
Representative White
Will Ask For $50,000
Appropriation
Being without the services of a
I veterinarian, the hog situation in
Chowan County has reached alarm
ing proportions, it being conserva
tively estimated that hog growers al
].'ready have lost in the neighborhood
of $11)0,000 due to diseased hogs
which have died from cholera, swine
plague or other ailments.
The matter was discussed Monday
at the. meeting of the County Com
miss oners, when just prior to his
! dej ture for the session of the
General Assembly, Representative
John F. White requested the Commis
sioners to clothe him with authority
to bring as much pressure to bear as
he possibly can on Governor J. M.
Broughton to provide some relief,
both as to veterinary services and
..»• method whereby the diseases
now playing havoc with Chowan
County hogs might be diagnosed.
I Mr. White told the Commissioners
' that he had visited a number of farms
where hogs have been successfully
raised heretofore. He is convinced,
1 he said, that the county not only
i needs a veterinarian, but it is his
; j further opinion that due to the im
j portarice of Chowan’s hog crop, pro
-1 visions should be made for diagno
-1 i sis of ailments so that an intelligent
remedy can be provided for the
' | causes of the various diseases,
j Chowan County has had two capa
j ble veterinarians, but both have en
' tered the U. S. Army. These were
! Dr. P. W. Tedder and Dr. L. A.
1 Deese, the county being without a
'.veterinarian since the latter left
several months ago.
It is Mr. White’s purpose to call
I' the, matter to the personal attention
1 of Governor Broughton, who has the
' authority to furnish experienced
technical men if they are available.
If-, these men are not available, Mr.
! White expressed the possibility that
; with (the size of the hog crop in
! Chowan County and the importance
1 1 of food, it may be possible that a
! ; veterinarian would be of more service
1 here than in military service.
1 R. C. Holland, another hog raiser,
was also present at the meeting in
support of Mr. White’s idea to Secure
) i relief. Mr. Holland has lost some
■ hogs and in support of a diagnosis
system, he said it was very evident
i that many of his hogs are not devel
, oping properly which leads him to be
lieve that something is wrong which
1 might be remedied if an intelligent
’! diagnosis could be made. The situa
tion has become alarming within the
(Continued on Page Five)
County Provides
1 Burying Ground
For Chowan’s Poor
Commissioners Buy Plot
Os Eight Lots In
Beaver Hill
Chowan County hereafter will have
| more respect for the poor of tne
county, or those unable to be provided
| a decent last resting place. This
! came about at Monday’s meeting of
| the County Commissioners when they
voted to purchase eight lots in the
new development of Beaver Hill
Cemetery which will be known as the
county burying ground. These lots
will be at the extreme northern end
of the cemetery in a new section soon
to be surveyed west of the main
cemetery and adjoining the newest
addition which is about practically all
sold.
The plot will accommodate 64
bodies, which the Commissioners be
lieve will take care of the County’s
needs for a good many years, unless
some sort of a calamity occurs.
At present the County has no bury
ing ground, County charges for yearn
having been buried in an unsightly
field north of the cemetery, which has
lacked a great deal of being a credit
to any county. Reason for the Com
, missioners’ action resulted after an
i investigation when a marker was re
, cently placed at the grave of a soldier
who was buried in the Held.