In these columns will be
found € fair presentation
of local and county news
of general interest.
Volume X. —Number 2.
Owners Os Cars Rounded
Up For Alleged Violation Os
Unusual Conditions Re
sponsible For Change
In Plans
VERY AGREEABLE
Canvass Scheduled to Be
Held Latter Part of
January
Due to much sickness at the pres
ent time among members of the com
mittee for the celebration of the
President's Hirthday and among the|
other people of this county, and ow
ing also to recent prohibition of us
ing gas for pleasure, limitations of
heating fuels and other abnormal
conditions and circumstances, the
dance that was announced as the cli
max to the celebration of the Presi
dent’s birthday for the benefit of in
fantile paralysis victims has been
substituted by a house-to-house can
vass for funds, stated the Rev. Father
F. J. McCourt, chairman of the
Chowan County Chapter of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile Par
alysis. Father McCourt phoned the
suggested change to Ralph McDonald,
State chairman for the celebration of
the President’s birthday, and was
promptly assured of Mr. McDonald’s
hearty agreement and approval.
The State chairman said the latter
method should raise three or four
t mes as much and, with the elimina
tion of expenses of orchestra, print
ing, advertising, decoration, heat and
lights, Father McCourt feels that the
goal will be reached.
The co-chairmen of the campaign,
Mrs. W. H. Coffield, Mrs. J. X.
’ruden and Mrs. \V. H. Rolling, are
m .ithusiastic over the change, readily
and kindly agreeing jo personally,
make the ho (se-to-house canvass and
within the next few days will meet
with Father McCourt to plan their
respective routes.
Since a number of infantile paraly
sis cases have been brought to the
chapter’s attention and its funds are
low, everybody is hereby urged to
make as generous a contribution as
each one can afford to this praise
worthy cause when called on about
the latter part of this month. The
supply of paper coin collectors lias
been exhausted and 50 more tele
graphed for should arrive shortly.
i
Over 200 Present At
Town’s Oyster Roast
Held Monday Night
Both Food and Fellow
ship Feature Annual
Affair
Over 200 men, most of wh e
members of the administ rativt per
sonnel at the U. S. Marine Corps Air
Station, went to the power plant on
Monday night, ate their fill of steam
ed oysters, enjoyed, a season of fel
lowship and went away grateful to
the Town of Edenton for being guests
at the Town’s annual oyster roast.
The affair was originally planned
to be held out. doors, but duo to the
uncertainty of the weather, the
street department’s equipment was
moved from the plant Monday morn
ing and tables were erected which
fairly well accommodated the large
crowd on hand.
As usual at meal time, quite a few
were on hand at the appointed hour of
7:30 and immediately employees of,
the street department and electric
and water department went to work
and continued busy until about 10
o’clock, when the last ones gave up
and admitted they had enough.
A splendid spirit of fellowship pre
vailed throughout the evening and
before leaving many of the visitors
expressed their appreciation for bo
ng invited and were very complimen
| iry in their remarks regarding the
way the affair was carried out, as
well as the style in which the oysters
were served.
It was a very informal affair, the
groups as they arrived at the power
plant immediately finding a table,
where they were at once faced with
a pile of steaming oysters, which only
a few hours before were brought from
Belhaven. There was no speech
making and apparently every one at
tending thoroughly enjoyed the affair.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
| Walk Or Else |
Many inquiries have been re
ceived by The Herald relative to
driving automobiles to lodge
meetings, which is apparently in
the same category as pleasure
driving. As the result of an in
quiry on the part of this news
paper, the Chowan War Price and
! Ration Board, on Wednesday, re
leased a ruling on the matter by
Norman Shepard, chief attorney
for OP A.
, The ruling specifically included
’ civic clubs, fraternal groups ,
Parent - Teacher Associations,
book and bridge clubs, sewing
• circles and all other social or
[ ganizations.
, It is also a violation of the or
der to drive to an eating place ,‘
when other means of securing
meals are nearer. !
t
Volunteers Asked :
To Fill Kit Bags For
;i Men Going Abroad
550 Bags Made By Wo
men and Girls Groups
In County
SPLENDID JO**
Workers Asked to Meet
In Assembly Room at
; Cupola House
.i With 550 kit bags completed for,
! service men who leave for oversea'
duty, Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman |
, j of the Chowan Chapter of the Red:
[•Cross, is calling for volu> *eers to fill!
j these bags so that they may be irnrne-:
! diately forwarded to headquarters.
' She is asking any who will help in
this work to be in the Assembly,
, room of the Cupola House either to-
! morrow (Friday) afternoon and night
or next Monday afternoon and night,
during which time it is hoped to have
l all the kits ready for shipment.!
The afternoon meeting on both days
■ will be at 2:30 o’clock, while the
night meetings will be at 7 o’clock.!
' The kit bags were made by mem-,
i bers of the Chowan County Home :
Demonstration Clubs and students in!
> the home economic classes at the
Kdenton and Chowan High Schools,
1 and when filled, Mrs. Pruden says
, she believes will compare favorably
with kit bags sent from any chapter.
She is delighted with the work done
jin making the bags and hopes she
I will secure the same kind of coopera
• tion in filling them.
More Books Needed
For Men In Service
All Discarded Books Re
quested to Be Sent
To Library
Another Victory Campaign for
books has been launched ‘ to secure j;
reading material for men in the arm
ed forces, which is again sponsored !
by the American Library Association,! 1
the USO and Red Cross.
Last year in Edenton during the 1
campaign a house-to-house canvass
I was made as the result of which 1000
books were contributed for the pur
pose. Th : s year, however, no can
vass will be made, but just as urgent
appeal is made for discarded books,
which should be taken to the Shepard- ;
Pruden Library, where they will be i
forwarded to the proper place.
Joseph Long Promoted
To Major In Army
Joseph J. Long, Jr., has been pro
moted to major in the U. S. Army.
Major Long is stationed at Fort
Jackson, S. C.
MOVE TO SOUTH CAROLINA
Friends will be interested to know
that Mr. and Mrs. TV. E. Baker, form- '
erly of Edenton, have been trans- :
ferred from Hoffman: N. C., to
Orangeburg, S. C. *
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, January 14, 1943.
Special Meeting Os
County Merchants
Called Friday Night
;In Chamber of Com
| merce Rooms, Citizens
Bank Building
AT 8 O’CLOCK
Matter of Vital Import
ance to Every Mer
chant In County
i
J. G. Campen has called a meeting i
, for Friday night which is of vital
importance to every merchant in
; Chowan County, and for that reason
the is appealing to every merchant,
both large and small,* in the county j
; to be present.
1 The meeting will lie held in the
} Chamber of Commerce rooms in the
j Citizens Bank Building at 8 o’clock.
I So important is this meeting, says
i Mr. Campen, that unless proper steps
; are taken immediately there is a
1 strong possibility that some of the
; county’s merchants will be forced to
, close their doors during the year.
Mr. Campen further emphasized
• the fact that this is not a Merchants
[ Association meeting and that it is no
scheme to secure members in the As
sociation. FoFr that reason he is
very anxious to have every merchant
present whether he is a member of
the Association or not. “A matter
of vital importance to all merchants
has developed,” said Mr. Campen.
“and I hope every one will make a
I special effort to attend.”
Chowan County Is
Over The Top For
Christmas Seal Sale
j
• Mrs. R. C. Holland Re-
I ports Contributions
Totaling $601.38
Mrs. R. C. Holland, treasurer of
j Chowan County’s Christmas Seal Sale,
was very happy Wednesday morning
; when she was able to report that the
• County reached its quota of S6OO in
t the Christmas S6al sale. Contribu
tions received during the week
brought the total to $601.38, and a
few more who received the Seals have
! not made a return. These Seals are
requested to be sent in at once so
that the campaign can he entirely
j closed.
Mrs. J. A. Moore is also very well
j pleased with this year’s drive, when
j the quota was substanially boosted
for the county, and she, together
with Mrs. Holland, desires to express
their thanks and appreciation to
every one who purchased the Seals,
as well as to those Who assisted in
the drive.
Contributions heretofore not ac-,
knowledged in The Herald include |
the following:
jj. B. Webb, Mr. and Mis. .J. X.
Oglesbv, Sheriff and Mrs. J. A.J
Bunch, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Waff, Jr,,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, Mr. and I
Mrs. J. Tyncb, Mrs. E. S. Norman, j
Mrs. B. F. Francis, Mr. arid Mrs. J.!
W. White, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Harrell, j
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wiggins, Mr. and
Mrs. L. G. Bateman.
• I
Bank Closed Tuesday
For Lee’s Birthday
■ - I
Next Tuesday. Jam ary 19, is
; Robert E, birthday, which holi
day wiil be observed by the Bank of
Edenton. The bank will, therefore,
be closed all day so that patrons are
requested to arrange their banking*
bus ness accordingly.
Greater Albemarle
Calls Off Meeting
A meeting of the Greater Albe
marle Association, which was sche
duled to be held tonight (Thursday)
in Plymouth, has been postponed
due to the gasoline situation. Host
for the meeting was to have been
Floyd Cohoon, who had planned a
quail supper.
Directors Os Bank Os
Edenton Meet Today
Directors of the Bank of Edenton
will hold their annual meeting this
(Thursday) afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The meeting will be held in the di
rectors’ room and due to the splendid
report for the year, every director is
especially urged to be present.
Town Councilmon
Face Little Business
: At Meeting Tuesday
Criticism Directed at
Filling Station on j
Broad Street
MAY BE PADLOCKED
Ask Commissioners to
Transfer Radio to -i
Police Station
■|
I Little business was presenter to
j Town Council at.its monthly meeting!
[ Tuesday n gilt, one of the most im-j
; I portant items being the acquisition of j
a short wave radio for the police de
! partinent. E. W. Spires and T. C. \
: j Byrum, on behalf of the Civilian De
ri sense organization, urged Town Coun
' j oil to purchase a suitable radio which
1 j would not only aid the '.Civilian' De
’! sense program, but would also be of
' invaluable service to the Police De
-1 partment.
At present, the police have a small,
radio, the reception of which is very;
poor and is altogether inadequate forj
1 police duty. The Couneilmen agreed
' j that the radio is necessary, but ad-:
\ vanced the opinion that possibly the 1
', County Commissioners would enter'
;| into an agreement to transfer the
J radio in the Sheriff’s Office to the:
Municipal Building. To substantiate |
1 this idea was the arg invent that the
’ i Sheriff’s Office is closed at night,
I whereas the police are on duty 24
hours every day, and that any mat
j ters pertain ng to the county could
very readily be relayed to the Sheriff.
Besides, it was pointed out, due to
| the office set-up and nature of their
work much time is spent at police!
headquarters by Sheriff J. A. Bunch j
and highway patrolmen. So much
merit .was seen in the change and, the
II folly of having an identical machine'
• j only about 100 yards away, that Al
- hert Byrum and David Holton were
! appointed to confer with the County
I Commissioners relative to moVlng the
j Sheriff’s! radio to the police station..
Another matter claiming the atten
tion of the Council.pen was a small
filling Station on North Broad Street,
i the scene of a shooting affair Sun- !
day. The place was termed a nuis-j
: ante of the first order and if some
. of the Couneilmen would have had,
t their way, it would have been pad-1
. locked as soon as officers could have
: J arrived on the scene. Following a I
t discussion, during which severe criti-j
, cism was a : nied at the place, Mayor|
iji I. H. McMullan was instructed toj
i! confer with Town Attorney W. D.
■ Pruden Wednesday relative to the
proper legal proceedure to padlock
the place. Peter De Jesus, operator
i of the station, is now in jail foljow-
I mg the shooting of Edward Boyce
. Sunday afternoon.
Women Os County
Asked For Discarded
Silk And Nylon Hose;
j Collection Centers Will
Be Established In
Retail Stores
Both the Navy and War Depart
ments have requested large stocks <>{
'silk and nylon to be pro. ide 1
1 through the salvage of silk ami, i ;-yl* or j
I stockings. These: are .essential, in ..the j
production of. Certain war '.materials:!
and the supplies on hand are lim’ted.
The. public, therefore, is. asked t de
nate afl worn and discarded, washed;;
•silk and nylon stockings for use of the
• Government in the war effort.
Miss Rebecca Colwell, chairman of
the Women’s Division of the County
Salvage Committee, says collection
centers w{ll be set up in all retail
stores having women’s and misses’
hosiery departments, where women
in the county who have silk or nylon
hose to donate may take them. Or
they may either take or send their
contributions to a home demonstra
tion meeting if they are not near a
collection center.
Still Opportunity To
Buy Trees And Plants
Prior to Christmas, orders for
fruit trees, pecan trees, strawberry
and dewberry plants throughout the
county amounted to about $250.
There is still an opportunity to be
included in the order if needs are re
ported at once to either Miss Rebecca
Colwell or C. W. Overman. Cash
must accompany the order.
House-To-House Canvass
For Funds Will Take Place
President’s Birthday Ball
! Record Breaker
I
Now a three million dollar in- !
stitution, the Bank of Kdenton’s
1 latest report is by far the beat
in the history of the hank. As
) of December 31, 1942, deposits
amounted to $2,862,869.05 which
compares with $2,091,903.35 on
December 31. 1941.
Gains have been ma d e in
practically every department, the
I Christmas Club going far ahead
of previous years both in the
number of members and the
amount distributed prior to the
holidays, Storks and bonds ha\e
increased from $154,762.49 last
December to $437,642.50, 'while
cash on hand and due from banks
is $1,530,440.90 compared with
$940,088.77 last December.
Red Cross Canteen
Course Will Get
, i
j Under Way Friday
Mrs. Cale and Miss An
derson Will Serve as
Instructors
START 3:30 O’CLOCK
| Classes Will Be In
structed In Edenton
High School
Mrs. J. X. Pruden, chairman of the
1 Chowan Chapter of the Red Cross,
has announced that a Red Cross can
teen course will be given by the
Chowan Chapter, beginning Monday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the home
economics room of the Edenton High
jSc hool. Mrs. Frank Cale and Miss
‘ Marie Anderson will serve as iii
, structure of the course.
All those who have completed the
Red Cross nutrition course are eligi
j ble for this course, as well as those
! who have received the Red Cross
! certificates as canteen aides.
Mrs. Pruden would like it to be!
generally known that the Office ofi
Civilian Defense and the American
National Red Cross have an official
agreement that the Red Cross is the
agency responsible for furnishing the
basic necessities for relief of suffer
ing caused by enemy action or fire,!
flood or epidemic, and because of this
fact in this present period of emer- j
gency it is necessary to organize im-i
mediately the chapter’s canteen corps:
so as to provide volunteer workers'
for group feeding if any disaster,
I occurs.
j Mrs. Pruden, therefore, requests!
I that all who are qualified for this:
course be present to enroll in the,
class when it begins next Monday
! afternoon.
Edward P. Boyce
Shot In Throat
Injury Follows Argu
ment In Filling
Station
i
Edward P. Boyce was rushed to ]
j Taytoe Hospital in Washington, X. C., i
Sunday night as the result of a bul
let lodged in his throat following an
argument with Peter Dejesus, opera
tor of a small filling stat on on
North Broad Street. DeJesus and
Boyce were tusseling when the form
er pulled out a revolver and fired
toward Boyce’s head, the bullet
entering the front of his throat, but
not going through his neck.
De Jesus, when arrested, told police
officers he shot in order to get
Boyce away from him.
Another shooting affair occurred
last week when John Henry Alexan
der, 32-year-old crippled Negro, shot
Katie Leary, 15, in the abdomen.
Police say Alexander shot the girl
•when he told her he was going to
shoot her and she replied that he
would not. The girl was also taken
to Tayloe Hospital and Alexander
was arrested.
Preliminary hearings for both De
i Jesus and Alexander will depend
upon the progress of the two victims. 1
This newspaper It drew I
lated in the taw*' y I
where Advert* <*• \ I
realise goad
;
vi.so Per Year.
Majority of Cars Parked
In Vicinity of Taylor
Theatre Sunday
i
VICTIMS CITED
Stern Measures to En
force Latest Ration
ing Scheme
Though accurate figures could not
be learned, a number of automobile
owners on Sunday were cited to ap
pear before the Chowan War Price
and Ration Board for alleged viola
tion of the ban upon pleasure driv
ing. Most of the victims were
rounded, up. !in the vicinity of the
Taylor Theatre, when an OPA agent
recorded licenses and tagged the
cars with notices summoning the own
ers to appear before the local Board
to show cause why their gasoline
rations should not be reduced or cut
off completely. m
According to OPA instructions the
proceedure in all cases calls for al
leged violators to appear before ra
tioning boards fdr a hearing. OPA
investigators, or State, city or coun
j ty police have forwarded to the State
and district offices the names of vio
lators and these will be sent to the
' proper boards.
At the hearings alleged offenders
will have the opportunity to present
reasons why their gasoline rations
should not be interferred with, and
facts developing at the hearing will
direct; the action of the boards in
reducing, <>>• revoking rations.
There are two kinds of actions
which the OPA ran make in enforcing
the rationing program. Philip Welt-'
ner, regional OPA attorney, explains
1’ em .as follows:
“1, Revocation order: When a
person, has abused t!«* rationing
privilege, the local rationing board,
or the State director may penalize
the offender by revoking or modify-
I ing the ration privilege. The penalty
can touch only the revocation or
modification of the particular com
codity.
“2. Suspension order: The OPA
: administrator has the right to su
spend a person from receiving the
commodity itself, by suspending de
! livery to and acceptance of the ra
tioned commodity by the offender.
The administrator has delegated this
authority to various other persons.
“In a suspension action, the person
j may be prevented from receiving the
| particular commodity in question as
i well as any other rationed commodity
on the theory that if a person cannot
; he trusted in handling one commodity
he cannot be trusted in handling
j another. This is a drastic action,
i and would be taken only in excep-
I tional cases. The acton would not be
j takoi, in all probability, in connec
tion with the enforcement of the ban
j against pleasure driving.”
Senator Herbert
Leary Named On
Eleven Committees
Evans, District’s Other
Senator, on Fourteen
Committees
Getting down to business at once,
! Lieutenant Governor Harris named
; his committee appointments last week
!on the opening day of the Senate
meeting. It is intersting to note
that Senator Herbert Leary was nam
ed on 11 committees, of which he is
chairman of the Consolidated Statutes
Committee.
Committees of which Mr. Leary is a
member are: Courts and Judicial Dis
tricts, Judiciary Committee No. 1,
Conservation and Development,
Claims, Congressional Districts, Con
solidated Statutes, Library, Justices
of the Peace, Trustees of the Univer
sity, and Senate Expenditures.
Merrill Evans, the First District’s
other Senator, was named on 14 com
mittees, which include: Appropria
tions, Constitutional Amendments,
Agriculture, Education, Public Roads,
Distribution of Governor’s Message,
Journal, Manufacturing, Labor and
Commerce, Water Commerce, Rules,
Public Welfare, Propositions, and
Grievances, Printing and Penal Insti
tutions. Mr. Evans is chairman of
the Manufacturing, Labor and Com
' merce. committees.