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Volume X.—Number 10.
Organization Set Up For
Start Friday Os Chowan
aunty’s Red Cross Drive
Quota <of $4,200 Largest'
Ever Asked For Pur
pose In County
NICE DISPLAY
b'eorge C. Cunney, Jr.,
In charge Canvass
At Air Station
Though W. J. Berryman, chairman
of Chowan County’s Red Cross War
Fund Drive, did not have a complete
list of canvassers Wednesday morn
ing, his organization was sufficiently
organized to assure the beginning of
canvassing for funds Friday. The
county’s goal is $4,200 this year, the
largest amount ever asked to be
raised in the county for Red Cross,
so that no little work remains to be
done during the next two weeks.
Residential canvassers in Edenton
will be in charge of Mrs. J. N. Pru
den, who is chairman of the Chowan
Chapter, while West Byrum will head
the group to canvass industries and
manufacturing plants. Mrs. Nathan
Dail has been selected to have charge
of the solicitation in all’retail stores.
In the Second Township Mrs. Percy
Smith will heed up the group of
canvassers, while Mrs. Llewellyn
Ward will act ; n the same capacity
in the Third Township. The Fourth
Township chairman had not been se
cured at the time The Herald went to
press. Mr. Berryman has also con
tacted the U. S. Marine Corps Air
Station and has been assured that a
creditable contribution can be expect
ed from that source. The Air Sta
tion has made splendid contributions
to every call for funds since construc
tion began and there is little doubt
but that the Red Cross appeal will
find even more generous response on
the part of base workers. George
ey, Jr.. Navy Auditor at the
t will be in charge of the can
' Jf‘ sere.
.ile the county’s goal seems like
a high figure to reach, Mr. Berryman,
as well as others interested in thei
Red Cross, feels certain that the |
county can easily raise the amount if |
everybody senses the great need of |
funds and makes a liberal contribu-|
ticn. Mr. Berryman also realizes
that time is limited on the part of
chairmen and canvasses and r or that
reason urges every person in the
county to plan their contribution
ahead of time and be ready to make
it when a canvasser calls. This, too,
would help to bring the campaign to
a climax at an early date instead of
stretching the efforts to raise the
quota throughout the remainder of
the month.
Many communities already have
the drive under way, and in not a
few reports have it that the quotas
have been approached and in some
cases already reached.
In connection with the drive, Mrs.
J. N. Pruden has arranged a very at
tractive Red Cross display in the
windows of the store formerly occu
pied by Flynn’s Grocery on the East
side of Broad Street and this display
has been claiming much attention on
the part of passersby. It gives the
average person a better idea of some
of the work done by the organiza
tion.
12 Colored Youths
Pass Examination
To Enter Service
10 Join Army While Two
Prefer Service In
Navy
Ten colored Chowan County in
ductees have been accepted and
sworn into the United States Army
and will return to Fort Bragg for
duty on Friday morning. These men
are requested to be at the Edenton
Armory at 8:60 o’clock, and will leave
on a special bus.
The group includes: Leslie H.
Phelps, Jr., Ernest Chandler, Ed
ward M. Holley, Hubert Granby, An
drew J. Holley, Miles Blanchard, Jr.,
R. Bembry, Samuel L. Felton,
X i W. McPherson and Clarence
■J nam.
o other colored boys who re
cently passed the physical examina
tion at Fort Bragg preferred to join
the Navy and were subsequently
sent from Fort Bragg to Raleigh for
further examination and sworn into
the Navy. These two were Joseph
Hathaway and William James C.
Moore.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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Where There’s A Will
There’s Also A Way
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Clyde Earnhardt, who claims High
Point as his home, apparently be
* believes in the old adage “where there
is a will there is away.” Earnharut,
on Sunday night, chewing on a sand
wich, entered the police station and
, asked Chief of Police G. A. Helms if
. he could sleep in the jail and be
, turned out Monday morning. The
. stranger said he had money, but
couldn’t find a place to sleep,
i Chief Helms referred him to the
, hotel, but when Earnhardt said the
, hotel was filled up, he was referred
i to Senator Herbert Leary’s rooming
house. Instead of going to the
rooming house, however, Earnhardt
went into Joe Habit’s case and im
mediately proceeded to start a fight.
He was ordered to leave the case
by Habit, but the stranger resented
the request and told Mr. Habit to
leave himself and that he would run
the case.
Joe called the police and in less
than five minutes after making his
first request to sleep in jail, Earn
hardt was paraded off to the hoose
gow, but his request to leave Mon
day morning was not granted, for he
was charged with being drunk and
causing a disturbance.
Visiting Minister At
Presbyterian Church
Next Sunday 11 A. M.
Field Director of De
fense Service Will
Preach
j The Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr.,
I pastor of the Edenton Presbyterian
■ Church, has announced that the Rev.
jG. A. Wilson, of Wilmington, field
director of the Defense Service Coun
cil for Presbyterian Churches in
North Carolina, will preach in the
local Presbyterian Church next Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock.
Mr. Wilson is widely known
throughout the State and is in charge
of spiritual work pertaining to de
fense areas. Mr. Crawford says it is
a rare privilege to hear the visiting
preacher and extends a cordial in
vitation to the public to attend the
service.
In the local pulpit last Sunday
was the Rev. Albert C. Winn, a stu
dent at Union Theological Seminary
at Richmond, Va., whose subject was
“Stewardship of Life.”
The every member canvass has
been completed by the Presbyterian
congregation and from all reports it
has been entirely satisfactory.
Strict Regulations
About Deferment
Chowan Draft Board
explains rroceedure
To Be Followed
Because of no little trouble which
has developed relative to selectees
asking deferment, the Chowa,n Coun
ty Draft Board wishes to inform all
registrants as well as employees that
the proper time to ask deferment is
10 days after the date of mailing the
1-A classification card. When the
registrant receives his 1-A classifi
cation card he should immediately
let his employer know in order that
he might, if so inclined, ask for re
classification of the registrant within
the 10 days allowed.
After a registrant has received his
order to report fbr induction, his case
is supposed to be closed, except in
case of emergency. In a number of
recent cases deferment has been re
quested by employers just a few days
before a registrant was notified to
report for his examination, and it is
this situation which the Draft Board
wishes to clear up.
NEW SUPERVISORS
Mrs. W. H. Coffield, chairman of
the surgical dressings project, has
appointed two new supervisors to
assist with this work. Thdtwo ap
pointed are Mrs. Nathan Dail and
Mrs. J. Frank White, Jr.
Edenton, Chowan County. North Carolina. Thursday, March 11,1943.
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■ RED CROSS W4IyUJ N D
Symbolic of the role the Red Croc* b again playing, the 1943 Red Cross War
Faad poster depicts the organization as a mother minbtering to the needs of the
men of the United States armed forces and the vietims of war throughout the
world. The poster is an appeal to ail men and women for contributions to the
War Fund. Lawrence Wilbur, noted illustrator, designed the poster. Helen Mueller
b the model.
Basketball Teams
Guests Os Rotary
At Meeting Today
Both Outfits Have Hung
Up Enviable Records
During Season
Both the boys’ and girls’ basketball
teams of Edenton High School will
be guests of the Edenton Rotary
Club at the luncheon today (Thurs
day) in the Parish House at 1 o’clock.
The club last Thursday agreed to in
vite the boys and girls and their
coaches, Grady Love and Miss Myrtie
Cooper as special guests in recog
nition of the splendid record both
outfits hung up the past season.
The boys went through the season
undefeated until the last game, when
they were stopped in an extra-time
game by the Elizabeth City High
School. During the season they had
to their credit 14 victories with the
one defeat marring a perfect season.
The girls also went through the
season with only one defeat, that be
ing at the hands of the Hertford
team early in the season. The girls
have won nine out of the ten games
played.
Draft Board Receives
Two More Calls For
Men During Apri
Chowan County’s Draft Board,
this week, received its 37th call for
men from Chowan County to be in
ducted into the armed forces. The
call is for 15 white men on April 5,
and 15 colored men on April 22.
The list of selectees who will be
called has not yet been decided on.
Negro Group Sponsors
Unique Drive To Sell
War Stamps - Bonds
The Edenton Chapter of New
Farmers of America will sponsor a
Bond and Stamp drive to run through
March 23rd. During this time spec
ial emphasis will be placed upon and
note made of individuals induced to
buy War Bonds and Stamps. The
drive will begin with a Victory Ball
held in the school building on Fri
day night, March 23rd, and will end
in the form of a Quiz Contest on the
"Achievements of the Negro -in
America."
A small admission charge will be
made for these events and the entire
proceeds will be used to purchase
War Bonds and Stamps.
C’PCLE MEETS MONDAY
The Relle Bennett Circle of the
Methodist Ehurch will meet at the
home of Mrs. Paul Wallace next
nisdit. Every member of the
Circle is especially requested to be
present. x |
38-45 Year Did Men
Ordered Reclassified
By Selective Service
Purpose To Induce Mer
To Engage In Busi
ness of Farming
Selective Service this week ordered
local Draft Boards to put no more
men 38 to 45 years old in Class 4-H,
and to transfer men now in that clas
sification into the regular classes
This action has the effect of estab
lishing an order in which men over
38 would be inducted if and when the
armed forces determine they can be
used in the military establishment.
Men now in Class 4-H are to be
reclassified on the same basis as
younger men, except that an H will
be added to the class, which means
that men who have no cause for de
ferment other than age will be
placed in Class 1-A.
The primary purpose of the new
order is to induce men over 38 to go
into farming. The order provides
that any man over 38 who farms now
or who takes up farming by May 1
shall be reclassified promptly into
the farm deferment classes. Other
men over 38 are to be put into the
regular draft classifications as soon
as possible after May 1.
Mrs. Iva Belle Hughes
Ordered To lowa City
To Train For WAAC
Another Edenton lady, Mrs. Iva
Belle Spruill Hughes, has qualified
for enlistment in the Women’s Army
Auxiliary Corps and has been ordered
to leave Wednesday of next week for
lowa City, lowa, to undergo a period
of basic training.
Mrs. Hughes recently passed the
WAAC physical examination at Fort
Bragg and will enter the telephone
branch of the service. She is the
fourth from Chowan County to enlist
in the WAAC.
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Miss Lula May Smith
Leaves Next Week For
Basic WAAC Training
Miss Lula Mae Smith, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hendy Smith, Edenton,
Route 2, will leave Wednesday of
next week for Daytona Beach, Flor
ida, to begin eight weeks of basic
training in the Women’s Army Aux
iliary Corps. Miss Smith success
fully passed the physical examination
at Fort Bragg and will enter the
motor division of the WAAC.
She is the second girl to join the
WAAC from Edenton, Miss Mildred
Owens having left for Daytona Beach
Sunday. Mrs. Eleapor W. Epps was
the first in the county to enlist in the
| WAAC.
Few Matters Face Town
Councilmen At o
Meeting Tuesday Night
Bull’s Eye Again
Chowan County again went far
beyond its quota for sales of war
bonds and stamps during Febru
ard, J. G. Caimpen, chairman of
the county war savings staff, re
porting that the month’s sales
mounted to $79,475. The month’s
quota *was $21,035, so that the
county more than tripled its
quota.
Os the bonds and stamps sold,
the Hank of Edenton was credit
ed with $73,618.75, the Edenton
post office $5,575, and the Tyner
post office $281.25.
Mr. Campen has been inform
e3 that the March quota is
$23,138, a slight increase, but he
has little doubt but that the
quota will be easily reached.
Old Edenton Armory
Threatened By Fire
Late Monday Night
Firemen Answer Three
Calls Within Five
I Hours
Edenton’s old frame armory
I building on West Eden Street just
off Broad Street, was threatened by
flames shortly after 11 o’clock Mon
day niight when fire was discovered
I in the rear of the building. But for
1 the timely discovery of the fire and
prompt action on the part of fire
men, however, the building would
’ have gone up in flames, as it was
the building was saved, the damage
' being held to a minimum.
Tlie fire, of unknown origin, start
ed at a rear window and when fire
men arrived it looked as though the
1 building would go up in smoke. The
1 flames were checked, however, and
1 damage was confined to a portion of
the east side of the building and to
some material stored therein.
The building is used as a storage
room by Hiighes-Holton Hardware
Company and also houses some sup
plies of T. Wallace Jones, local
plumber, who owns the building.
The firemen were called out three
times within five hours Monday, a
roof fire being reported about 6
o'clock at a frame house on West
Carteret Street, where little damage
was done, and at about 7:30 o’clock,
a flue fire was extinguished at the
home of John A. Holmes, where no
damage resulted.
Another fire occurred Tuesday at
noon, when an oil stove caused a
blaze in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Harrell on Oakum Street. The
damage was slight.
Clinic Wednesday
For Food Leaders
Held In Connection With
Food Conservation
Program
Cowan County’s Nutrition Com
mittee, in connection with the State
sponsored food conservation program,
will hold a one-day clinic for sector
heads and block leaders in the home
economics room of the Edenton
school next Wednesday morning at
10 o’clock.
Mrs. R. H. Vaughan, chairman,
urges all those privileged to attend
to do so, as it is essential that every
one producing food have first-hand
information on modern methods of
conservation.
Those attending the class will be
prepared to instruct others seeking
this information.
Miss Rebecca Colwell, Chowan
County home agent, will be in
charge.
RETURNS*TO UTAH
Captain Edward Litchfield has re
turned to Bushnell General Hospital
in Brigham City, Utah, afteT visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L.
Litchfield. Captain Litchfield has
been sick since November 28, 1942,
but is improving rapidly now and ex
pects to go back to duty soon.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers will
realise good results.
$1.50 Per Year.
Another Request For
Sidewalk Paving on
Eden Street
mayoiTsick
Citizens Warned About
Burning Grass and
Trash
Town Councilmen had very little
business to transact at the monthly
meeting Tuesday night, though some
time was again alloted to discussing
sidewalk paving and the construction
of an observation tower for airplane
spotters in Edenton. Albert Byrum,
mayor pro tern, presided over the
meeting in the absence of Mayor J.
H. McMullan, who is ill. ,
Luther Ashley again appeared be
fore the Council requesting a side
walk on West Eden Street. Pre
viously a petition was signed asking
for a sidewalk on the north side of
Eden Street from the Citizens Bank
property to Granville Street, which
was tabled when some of the prop
erty owners concerned objected to
cutting down a row of crepe myrtle
• trees in the path of the sidewalk.
Mr. Ashley was asked to secure a
1 new petition calling for a sidewalk
from the Citizens Bank property to
, the western line of his property,
' which, of course, would affect some
of the trees, but the owners of the
property in front of which the trees
are located are willing to have them
cut down.
r Eden Street is very narrow and
. creates a dangerous situation for
’ pedestrians who are obliged to walk
on the street, cars park on one side,
I which adds to the danger of those
. people living on the street who have
j no sidewalk upon which to walk.
Mr. Ashley will attempt to secure
I the signatures of the property own
, ers of the majority of the frontage
, affected and submit the petition at
the next meeting of Town Council.
C. E. Kramer was present at the
meeting to explain the need of an
, observation tower which led to a
, number of suggestions, ranging from
using the field house at the ball park,
• erecting a house on top of the Ar
mory or the Citizens Bank building
and providing a suitable tower on top
of the grandstand. W. M. Wilkins
and David Holton were appointed to
confer with the County Commission
ers, and with authority to act, rela
tive to constructing a tower which
will complete Chowan County’s sys
tem of airplane warning service.
At previous meetings, the County
Commissioners and Town Council
’ agreed to appropriate $l5O each for
the erection of a tower on Hicks
Field, but a bid on a proposed build
ing was $468. Mr. Kramer had noth
ing to say regarding the exact site
or the construction of the tower
other than that it had to meet army
requirements for carrying on this im
portant work.
Another matter claiming the at
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Miss Sara McDonald
Resigns As Teacher
In Edenton School
Popular Faculty Mem
ber Accepts Position
In Texas City
Miss Sara McDonald, for 15 years
a member of the Edenton school
faculty, has tendered heT resignation
as teacher, effective Wednesday of
this week. Miss McDonald has been
very popular among faculty mem
bers as well as students and re
luctantly resigned in order to accept
a position in Texas City, Texas, near
Galveston.
Miss McDonald has accepted a po
sition as a member of the office per
sonnel in the plant of the Tin Pro
cess Company, a new government
defense enterprise. She will work in
the capacity of a pay roll clerk at a
much higher salary than is paid
teachers, and no little regret is ex
pressed by Superintendent John A.
students because she is leaving the
local school.
Miss McDonald’s home is in Bishop,
Ga., but even during her vacations,
she has had The Herald follow her
in order to keep in touch with what
was going on in Edenton.