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/ft these columns will be found * fair presentation of local and county news of general interest. Volume X. —Number 8. Red Cross Mass Meeting Tuesday vowan County’s Civilian Uef enseCouncil Nowßoasts Organization Well Prepared Certificates and Mem bership Cards Being i Distributed i SPIRES BUSY Equipment Is Added to Cope With Possible Emergencies Chowan County’s Civilian Defense Council has perfected one of the most elaborate organizatons ever attempt- j ed in this county, Chairman E. W. j Spires and his assistants have been busy recently preparing very attrac tive Certificates of Membership and also Identification Cards for the va rious organization members in the U. S. Civilian Defense Corps, which is headed up by T. C. Byrum as com mander. Another list is being prepared for all who have wo,n their “spurs” in the U.'S. Civilian Service Corps, under the leadership of Gilmore W. John son, Director. This list and the cer tificates will not be ready for several days, but will be published at that time. If any names have been overlooked by the various organization heads, these persons are asked to imme diately notify their superior officer at once and they will be placed on their respective lists. This is impor tant, because every person, whether jn *r. e Defense Corps, or the Service will be given protection under ,wtH d act of Congress, which has J) iated $3,000,000 for the care c vh persons who may become in jured, or lose their lives while in the line of duty in this organization. To benefit under this, names must be certified to Gilmore W. Johnson, Personnel Officer for this County. Headquarters at the Municipal Building have recently been equipped with a large panel control board, which is operated by means of differ ent colored thumb tacks. In this manner, it will be easy to keep an up-to-the minute record of every in cident during an air raid, or a prac tice drill. This is a big improvement over the old paper records used. The Council appropriated $175 for the purchase of two complete first aid outfits, including certain surgical in struments not heretofore available in Edenton, and also splints, bandages and medical supplies. One outfit is at Dr. R. H. Vaugh an’s office and the other at Dr. L. P. Williams’ office. Seven aides have been assigned to each of these of fices, all of whom have taken ad vanced first aid courses and have (Continued on Page Six) Methodists Observe Week Os Dedication Feb. 28 To March 7 Special Services Sched uled In Local Church During Week Edenton’s Methodist Church has joined in a nation-wide movement among Methodist Churches to ob serve a week of dedication which will begin next Sunday and continue through Sunday, March 7, during which time it is hoped that every member of every Methodist Church will rededicate his or her life to Chrißt and to Christian service. In line with this program, special three-minute addresses have been made the past several Sundays by laymen of the Edenton Church and special services will be held Sunday morning and night and Wednesday ar.a Friday nights of next week. lists feel that this is a most •rih .nt matter and are requesting v - ember of local churches, young old, to attend these services, which will be climaxed with services Sunday, March 7th, beginning with a communion service at the 11 o’clock hour on that day. A special free will offering will be taken in connection with these ser vices, to be used for emergency re lief work of the Methodist Church. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY | | New Holiday | Though the Bank of Edenton observes almost any sort of a holiday, bank officials and em ployees are looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to a new holiday added to the list, and when it is observed there will be no little rejoicing among all Americans, as well as those who are connected with the bank. The latter part of last week ! Vice President D. M. Warren posted a conspicuous sign on one j of the pillars in the bank which reads thus: NOTICE—WE WILL BE CLOSED ON THE DAY OF HITLER’S FUNERAL ‘THANK GOD.” 42 Chowan Negroes Ordered To Fort Bragg On March 4 Group Is Scheduled to Leave Edenton Arm ory at 8 A. M. Chowan County’s Draft Board has received a call for 42 colored men, who are scheduled to leave for Fort Bragg on Thursday morning, March 4, at 8 o’clock, for physical examina tion and induction. The boys will leave from the Edenton Armory and those accepted will be given a seven day furlough to return home before entering the service. Those ordered to report are: Lemon Bond, Joseph Hathaway, Theodore Roosevelt Norman, William Henry Banks, George Thomas Waff, Army Riddick, Sherman Washington El liott, Thomas Gilliam, James Clifton Beasley, Manuel Morris, Nathaniel Clark, Elijah Blount, Joseph Nixon, James Edward Holley, Edward Moye Holley, Andrew Freeman, Joshua Zachary, Leslie Herbert Phelps, Tim othy Johnson, James Russell Bem bry, William Henry Felton, William Vernon Ward, James Louis Nowell, Ernest Chandler, Miles Blanchard, Jr., Charlie Davis Jordan, William Leroy Tyner, Albert Bond, William Nelson Hines, William Arthur Reeves, Lawamer Rountree, Charlie Haywood Austin, William Edward Ricks, Matthew Roosevelt Blount, Hubert Granby, William Edward McPherson, William Jame*: C. Moore, Samuel Lee Felton, William Henry Skinner, Wil lis Madrey Skitiner, Willie Lamberth, and Clarence Lescelles Badham (transfer from Norfolk, Va.) R. nuttieW Aid In Filing Tax Returns At Home March 2-5 Deputy In Office Four Days From 9 to 6 O’clock Deputy Commissioner of Revenue R. F. Tuttle will be in his office, 105 West Queen Street, in Edenton, on Tuesday, March 2, through Friday, March 5, to assist those who must file income and tangible tax returns in preparation of their returns. Mr. Tuttle will be in his office from 9 o’clock in the morning until 6 o’clock in the afternoon. Mr. Tuttle emphasizes the fact that the State Revenue Department re quests income figures to be prepared on one sheet of paper and deductions listed on another sheet. This will en able the work to be done expeditious ly and accurately and save much time for Mr. Tuttle, as well as those who seek his assistance. During this itinerary, Deputy Tut tle is not permitted to special appointments, so that filers ►will be served as they arrive at his office. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, February 25,1943. 3,265 Register For Point Ration Books Up To Wednesday Friday Last Day to Se cure Book at Eden ton Schools LARGECROWDS Long Waiting Taken Good Naturedly By Large Majority Edenton and Chowan County folks joined the rest of the nation Monday in registering for War Ration Book No. 11, which will provide for pur chasing many food items under the point system by which a limited amount can be bought by any one person, be he rich or poor, black or white. The scheme was adopted in an effort to assure a fair distribution of food which has or soon would have become scarce due to heavy de mands for men and women in the armed forces, as well as helping to feed our allies. In Edenton the registration began Monday afternoon at the white and colored high schools and on the first day it was necessary to stand in line a long time in order to finally secure the necessary coupons. Up to Wed nesday morning, Superintendent John A. Holmes reported that 3,265 books had been issued in Edenton alone, of which number 1,050 went to color ed people and 2,215 to white people. A report was not available from the county, where Superintendent W. J. Taylor arranged for all day regis tration at the Community Building at Cross Roads and at the Chowan High School. The registration is scheduled to continue through Saturday, but Su perintendent Holmes informed The Herald on Wednesday that his group of volunteers will not be able to serve on Saturday, so that Friday will be the last day to secure the necessary book at the Edenton school buildings. Edenton citizens are urged to take note of this fact so that all can be served by closing time Friday night. According to the schedule today (Thursday) all whose surnames be gin with P, Q, R, iS, and T, should register, while Friday Includes U, V, W, X, V and Z. Because of the fewer families in the last group, Mr. Holmes urges any who have not se cured their book to report on that day. During this week no items to be rationed were permitted to be sold by merchants, but beginning March 1, they may be purchased at the rate of 48 points per person per month, which will average about three cans per person. In anticipation of the rising prices of fresh staple vegetables because of the rationing plan, OPA has estab lished emergency price ceilings on to (Continued on Page Five) BOYS’ BASKETBALL TEAM GUNNING FOR PERFECT SEASON RECORD WITH ONLY ONE MORE GAME REMAINING TO BE PLAYED Coach Grady Love’s Outfit Has Won 14 Straight Games; Girls Drop One Game to Hertford Out of Nine-game Schedule Coach Grady Love’s Edenton High School boys’ basketball team contin-1 ued its winning streak and to date claim die enviable record of 14 vic tories with no defeats during the present season. With only one more game scheduled to be played, that with Elizabeth City on Friday night, Coach Love and the boys as well are hoping to go through the entire sea son with a perfect record. Wednesday of last week the boys had the closest call of the season when they played Chowan High on the latter’s court. At the final whis tle the score was deadlocked at 21-21, and at the end of the three-minute play-off, each team had scored two points, making the score 23-23. The rules provide that in event of a sec ond play-off, the first team to score is declared the winner, and Howard Spruill saved the day by scoring a field goal on a beautiful shot from the center line, thus bringing victory to the Aces by a score of 25-23. Though eking out a victory, the boys lacked their usual form and for a Chowan Scheduled j Have New County i Board Os Education New Members Recom mended By Represen tative White EY AN S Board Is Reduced From Six to Five In Omni bus Bill If the House of Representatives approves, and there is no reason to believe that it will not, Chowan County is scheduled to have an en tirely new County Board of Educa tion. This was revealed in the bien nial omnibus bill appointing members and was introduced in the House last week. The bill provides for the appoint ment of T. Stillman Leary, R. H. Hollowed, Lloyd Briggs, R. Clyde Privott and T. Wallace Jones. These . will replace S. W. Morris, Mrs. Geo. C. Wood, T. L Ward, Z. T. Evans, L. W. Belch and W. B. Shepard. , The county will thus have a five- I member board, instead of six, and t will furnish four members who live , in the county unit and one in the . city administrative unit. Heretofore, . three members resided within the , city unit, with three living in the ; county unit. The new board was recommended by Representative John F. White and will, without doubt, be approved with , the passage of the bill. The terms • f office are for two years and the . new members will take office before t the first Monday in April. , Z. T. Evans resigned from the Board about a month ago. Rev. R M Williams i Be In Presbyterian Pulpit Next Sunday Subject Announced Is ! “The Pause That i Refreshes” Next Sunday morning at the 11 ■o’clock service, the Rev. R. M. Wil liams will occupy the pulpit at the ■ local Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wil liams is a student at Union Theolog ical Seminary at Richmond, Va., and will use as his subject “The Pause That Refreshes,” during which he will stress the practical anaylsis of the Scripture to personal use and applica tion. During the service special music will be rendered by Miss Lawless. The public is cordially invited to attend this service. great part of the game it appeared I as though they would have their per fect record marred. Spruill was high scorer with 10 points, followed by Rogerson with 9. For Chowan Fore hand led in scoring with 14 points. Both boys and girls tucked victories under their belts on the Edenton court Friday night at the expense of the Hertford outfits. The boys had comparatively easy sailing, finishing the game with the long end of a 45- 25 score, while the girls won by a 30-24 score. The girls’ victory avenged the only defeat of the sea son which was administered by the Hertford girls to mar a perfect re cord. Friday night’s game was a hotly contested affair, Edenton lead ing at half time by only a single point, 14-13. At the end of the third quarter, the score was tied at 20 points, but the Edenton girls played an inspired fourth quarter and forged ahead to lead 45-25 at the end of the game. Faye Parker led Edenton’s scoring (Continued on Page Five) > C Chairman W. J. Berryman Asking For Full Attendance To Plan War Fund Drive Off To Bad Startj Friday’s collection of tin cans, which opened Chowan County’s campaign to salvage tin for the Government, met with little suc cess. Though the entire town was covered by one of the Street Department trucks, comparative ly few cans were prepared and placed at the curb for collection. It is the desire of R. C. Holland, county salvage chairman, to se cure at least a carload of cans, but there will have to be far more cooperation in evidence if this is to be realized. Another collection will be made by the Street Department the third Friday morning in March, but in the meantime, cans may be deposited in the salvage bin at the corner of Broad and Water Streets. Victory Gardens Aim Neighborhood Leaders In County Plans Discussed at Five Club Meetings Held Last Week Chowan County’s neighborhood j leaders’ organization is staging J drive for 1943 Victory Gardens. Meetings were held with the leaders of Glidesn, Ryland, Center Hill, Cross Roads and Rocky Hock, when plans for the gardens were discussed. A sufficient number of Victory Garden bulletins was furnished each leader, so that a copy may be given to each family in the county. Each leader will contact the fami lies on his list, urging them to grow a year-round garden of sufficient size to furnish ample fresh vegetables for home use and for canning, and each family is being urged to can suffi cient fruits and vegetables to meet the needs in the family budget. In making these contacts, the neighbor hood leaders will also make a brief explanation of the point rationing program. County Agent C. W. Overman re ports a second cooperative home or chard fruit tree order entered during last week, when 132 trees comprised the order. Blackout Scheduled During This Week Unless a blackout warning is given before The Herald is printed Wednes day night, citizens should be on the alert for a warning, which was sche duled for some time this week. Oth er than during the week, no further information is known as to when it will occur, so that if it was not held Wednesday night, the time cannot be far off. In this connection, West Byrum, cheif air raid warden, urges citizens to thoroughly acquaint themselves with the signals, especially as re gards the all-clear signal. This is not a sound of the siren, but will be given by turning on street lights, radio announcement or by wardens in various sectors. Considerable confusion resulted in Raleigh Tuesday night when the second blue signal was mistaken for an all-clear alarm, when in reality the warning is a safeguard against the return of enemy planes. Rotarians Enjoy 17th Anniversary Banquet Fifty Rotarians, their wives and specially invited guests, were present at the Edenton Rotary Club’s 17th anniversary banquet Thursday night at the Parish House when the prin cinal address was made by John A. Holmes. The meeting was a very eniovable affair with C. E. Kramer in charge of the stunts and C. W. Overman leading the singing. Mr. Holmes delighted the gathering with a humorous address on the origin of woman, comparing the Biblical story with an 'M legend. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.5‘0 Per Year. Chowan County Asked To Raise $4,200 This Year NEED IS GREAT Canvassing System Will Again Be Used For Contributions Chowan County faces another ner culean task when it will soon start a campaign to raise $4,200 as the County’s quota in the Red Cross War F’und drive. W. J. Berryman will again be general chairman of Chowan County’s campaign, and though he realizes Chowan County’s quota is a high figure to shoot at, he feels optimistic that Chowan will again rise to meet the issue and raise the amount asked. This year there will not be an an nual Roll Call, but in its stead, all who make a contribution will be en rolled as members of the Chowan County chapter. In this nation the 1 Red Cross will endeavor to raise $125,000,000 for the war fund and leaders in the movement feel that the amount will be forthcoming. Last year Chowan was asked for $2,500 as its quota, and Mr. Berry man was proud to report that the quota was exceeded, the contributions amounting to about $2,600. Mr. Berryman, again this year, j plans to conduct a canvass for funds j and has called a mass meeting to be j held next Tuesday night in the Court House at 8 o’clock. At that time the | purpose of the drive will be explain ed and i. achinery put into motion to start tile campaign shortly there after. Os course, as in previous cam (Continued on Page Five) Merchants Warned To Keep Accurate Records Os Prices Necessary Also to File Prices In Office of Ration Board Meeting Tuesday night, members of the Chowan War Price and Ra tion Board discussed the importance of merchants keeping accurate re cords of merchandise as well as dis playing ceiling prices and filing prices in the local office. It' was emphasized that all mer chants must file the following items in the Ration Board office by March 20: Breakfast cereals, rice, sugar cane and beets and canned vegetables. At the same time it was pointed out that though some items must not be filed in the office, it is absolutely necessary that a record is made and kept in the store and merchandise priced accordingly. These items include dried fruits, lard, dry edible beans, coffee, canned fish, cooking and salad oils, hydrated shortening and other shortening, can ned citrus fruits and juices, evaporat ed and condensed juices, pure maple syrup and pure cane syrup, flour and flour mixes. Service concerns must also main tain a record of their business, which includes automobile repairs, servicing and storage, bicycle repairs, boat re pairs, cleaning, dyeing and pressing, clothing repairs, mending and renew ing, electrical appliance repairs, farm equipment repairs, gas appliance re pairs, hat cleaning and blocking, laundering, linen supply service, lock repair and key making, motorcycle repairs, phonograph repairs, radio repairs, refrigerator (household) re pairs, rubber goods repair, rug clean ing or repairs, safe deposit rental, sewing machine repairs, shoe re pairs, sporting goods repairs, stove repairs, tool sharpening and repairs, typewriter repairs, vacuum cleaner re pairs, washing machine repairs. This is only a partial list of the items to be listed and if any are in doubt about the servicing, they should call at the ration board for further information.
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