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Volume X. —Number 17.
Air Warning Observation
Post Completed And Soonl
For 24-Hour Service
Sheriff J. A. Bunch Is
Chief Observer of
Edenton Post
FINISSTIN AREA j
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Schedule For Group of
Observers Soon to Be
Arranged
Edeiiton's aircraft observation i> mi.
which has. created quite a lut of at •
. tention, is now completed and will
within a few days be ready for oper
ation on a - 1-limir basis. The tower,
located, back of the 1 toy Scout cabin,
is very attractive and when the in
terior is fitted up arid lights are in
stalled,. will be one of lire most at
tractive towers in this seci ion. It
was built with town and county
funds, while the furnishings will be
provided by the .Boy Scouts and
members oL Ed Bond Post of the.
American Legion. When put into
operation it will complete Chowan j
County’s air warning system, which |
is regarded as one of the most impor
tant arms of civilian defense. There
are about one million people on the
two seaboards who are volunteering
their services as observers.
Staff Sergeant Levitsky and Cor
poral Cal.eutt, of tlie Army Observa
tion Corps, with regional headquar-1
. ters in ! Norfolk,, were in Edenton :
early this week and said the post is
one of the finest, in this area, It;
will Ik' operated 24 hours per day j
with Boy Scouts, Legion and Legion .
Auxiliary members, volunteers from
tiie Lions and Rotary .Clubs, as well
as other citizens, offering their ser
vices as observers. Sheriff J. A.
Bunch is chief observer of the post
oui within a few days a schedule will
worked out so that no one obser-
W will be required to be on duty
■—* ger than from four to six hours
.very other week. A meeting will
be called of all volunteers in order
‘u arrange the schedule, so that the
post is expected to be in full opera
. ion in about a week. Sergeant
Levitsky and Corporal Calcutt, on
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Stores Begin Half
Holiday In June
Edenton merchants will, for the
most part, begin closing each Wed
nesday afternoon on June 2. At a
recent meeting there was a division
of opinion as to whether to begin in
May or June, and while one or two,
including Quinn’s Furniture Store
and Julian Ward’s Shoe Shop, will
begin the half holiday next Wednes
day, most all of the stores will begin
the first Wednesday in June and
continue throughout July and
August.
Navy Relief Dance
Nets About SISOO
Winners of Ten $25 Wa;
Bonds Announced
By Verlander
Though the Navy Relief dance on
Saturday night was held less than a
week after it was decided to have the
affair, profits netted approximately
$1,500, according to George C. Cun
ney, Jr., and H. S. G. Verlander, who
had charge. The dance was held in
the Edenton Armory and attracted a
large crowd of dancers from the sur
rounding territory. Music for the
affair was furnished by the U. S.
Naval Air Station Band of Elizabeth
City. .
A feature in helping to raise funds
for Navy Belief was the sale of
chances on ten $25 War Bonds.
Many tickets were sold and the
drawing took place during the even
ing. Under the arrangement, it was
not necessary for the winners to be
present, so Mr. Verlander, in charge
of this phase of the affair, furnished
the names of those winning bonds to
The Herald this week.
The winners, all but two of whom
A . citizens of Edenton, follow: E. T.
J wlinson, J. P. Perry, Harriett Con
ner, Mrs. C. P. Wales, Leroy Skin
ner, Herbert Hollowell, W. L. Lang
dale, R. K. Ritchie and Louis Stans
berry of Williamston, and Rupert
Cox, Route 4, Hertford.
Mr. Verlander today (Thursday)
will secure the necessary information
from the winners and subsequently
purchase and mail the bonds.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Hat In Ring |
CLYDE U. HOEY
Upon the heels of O. Max
Gardner's withdrawal as a can
didate tor Congress, Dinner Gov
ernor Cly(lC Hoey this week an
nounced he will be a candidate to
optHise Senator Robert Reynolds
in the 1944 Democratic primary
election,
Not Candidate
Mil LH.MJI m IJjlßUMinlLlll .IIIIILM.
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t). MAX GARDNER
Due to advice on the part of
his physician and family that a
strenuous campaign will endanger
his health, former Governor
Gardner has announced his final
decision not to be a candidate for
the U. S. Senate in 1944.
35 Pre-School Children
Treated Friday At Clinic
i
The second pre-school clinic was
held at the Edenton school on Friday,
when 35 children who will enter
school for the first time next Septem
ber, were examined and treated by
I Dr. J. M. Jackson and Miss Gladys
teen Hester of the local health office.
' This is the same number of children
as were treated at the first clinic.
The youngsters were vaccinated to
prevent diphtheria and smallpox, and
both Dr. Jackson and Miss Hester
were well pleased with the coopera
tion of parents.
There still remains 20 children who
i have not been examined and treated
i and parents of these children are re
> quested to take them to the healtn
' unit’s office any Tuesday or Friday
. for that purpose.
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Again Over Top
1 Chowan County has gone be
yond its quota in the Second War
Loan drive, J. G. Cam pen, Chowan
County’s chairman, reporting
sales amounting to $308,818.75
up to Saturday. The County’s
quota is $231,900, thus Chowan
has gone over the top by
$76,918.75.
Mr. Campen is delighted at the
result of the drive, but stated
that of the amount of bonds pur
chased, the majority was by far
of the larger denominations. He
is convinced that on the whole
individual wage earners have not
bought bonds as liberally as they
could and is appealing to indi
viduals to purchase bonds of
smaller denominations to help
swell the total sates for the
month. He also urge* those who
have signed applications for
bonds to purchase the bonds as
soon as possible. |
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, April 29, 1943.
Edenton Lions Club
Has New Home In
! Mitchener Buildingj
, Rooms Renovated to
Provide Attractive
Meeting Place
MEET WEEKLY
I
Committees Appointed
To Install Modern
Kitchen
Edmaton’s Limis Club met on j
Monday night for the first time in
i what will be its future home on the
j second floor of the Mitchener Build
ing on the corner ol' Broad and
Queen Streets. The meetingswill be
held each Monday night are! at Mon
day night V meeting plans were made
for remodeling the rooms which,
when completed, will be an attractive
an d convenient home. . Arrange
ments provide for a modern kitchen,
where meals for the weekly meetings |
or special occasions can be prepared
Members at Monday night's mcet
, ing were very enthusiastic over the.
j prospect of again having a pernsa
j net it home, and President J. Clar-
I ence Leary appointed the following
committees to proceed with the ar
| rangements:
Table Committed—VY. W. Byrum,
Oscar Duncan and Hector Lupton.
Chair Committee—Leroy Haskett
and J. Frank White, Jr.
Silver, China and Cooking Ware—
I Nathan Dail, West Leaky and W. E.
j Malone.
Decorating Committee—-W. J. Tay
! lor, Kenneth Float's, Oscar Duncan,
j Sidney Campen, J. P. Partin, Mrs.
! k. C. Holland, Mrs. J. P. Partin and
Mrs. Sidney Campen.
| Scout Executive
Leavinj| Albemarle
Don King Accepts Po
sition In Sharon,
Pennsylvania
J Edenton, friends,, and more espec
-1 hilly those associated with him in his
| Soy .Scout work, will regret to learn
| that Don King, Albemarle Id Boy
I Scout, executive, plans to leave the
Albemarle in a few weeks to accept
: n similar position in Scouting in
Sharon, Pennsylvania, Mr. King
came to the Albemarle section about
] two years, ago when Scouting was at
a low ebb and through his untiring
efforts has stimulated interest which
has resulted in the addition of many
Boy Scouts, as well as the organiza
tion of new troops.
Mr. King has made himself very
popular with the boys and adults
, with whom he has been associated,
all-of whom regret to see him leave
, the section.
: PTA Operating Hot
Dog Stand At Carnival
In an effort to help raise funds
for the school lunchroom, the Eden
ton Parent-Teacher Association is
operating a hot dog stand at the
' carnival on the Fair Grounds this
week. The ladies are enjoying a
generous patronage, for which they
are very grateful.
FINAL FIGURES IN RED CROSS WAR FUND
DRIVE ROOSTS COUNTV TOTAL TO W
Those In Charge Express Appreciation of Splen
did Cooperation; Remainder of Contributions
Listed In This Issue of The Herald
With late contributions trickling in
to Millard F. Bond, treasurer of the
Chowan County Red Cross War Fund
drive, total contributions amount to
$6,060.52, or $1,860.52 in excess of the
$4,200 quota for the county. These
figures were released by Mr. Bond
on Tuesday, and so far as he knows,
winds up the drive.
The drive exceeded by far all ex
pectations, for at the outset the quo
ta appeared to be an unusually large
amount to raise, being far above any
previous sum asked by the Red
Cross. Though the task seemed
great, however, W. J. Berryman,
chairman of the drive, set a goal of
$5,000, so that he is more than
pleased with the final outcome. Mr.
Bond, too, early in the drive express
ed the hope that the county would
raise $5,000. He also is delighted
with the response being far above
what he expected.
Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman of
Modern Abattoir !
Being Erected To
! Aid Meat Dealers
J. A. Davenport Build
ing Up-to-date Plant
Near His Home
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j EASES SITUATION !
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j Facilities Provides For
! Butchering For Other
Meat Dealers
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With the Government’s .strict re-'
quirvinrnfs relative to slaughtering!
cattle, which has cao.-'-.l some con-j
corn among the Chowan County l
butchers even to the advancement of I
a sngge.- ion that' the County Coin- 1
niis.-'hmer.- consider the ere-tion of
ah abattoir, relief is m sight with
the decision -if J. A. D:n nport to,
erect a slaughter house, and cold Stor- j
ago plant. : ' ; ,j
j The building will . be.. li'xh l ! feet,!
‘ erected near Mr. Davenport’s .home |
on the Edenton-ilei!ford highway a|
short distance from the city limits.
It will be. modern and up-to-date in
every respect and when completed j
will meet any of the rigid r.pecifica-,
tions required by the State.
Mr, Davenport expects the abattoir
to be completed in about two weeks
and when put in readiness for opera
tion, he will not. only use it for his.
own needs, but plans to butcher for
any other dealer, charging, of course,
for the service. This arrangement
solved a problem which faced all
dealers in meat, Who otherwise could
not afford to build a plant to meet
requirements.
Final PTA Meeting
Scheduled Tuesday
Dramatization of Eden
ton Tea Party Fea
ture of Meeting
Edenton Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will hold its last meeting of the
school year next Tuesday afternoon
in the school auditorium. An inter-!
esting program has been arranged
and for that reason the meeting will
start promptly at J'.JjO o’clock. A j
feature of the meeting will he aj
i dramatization of the Edenton Tea
Party, which will be enacted by
j members kt Mrs. Lloyd Griffiri s
; class.
Following the program, the busi
ness meeting will be held in the
school library in order to wind up
the year’s affairs, after which
the new officers will take charge. At
the conclusion of the meeting tea will
be served by Miss Josephine Grant’s
home economics class. All members
of the Association are especially
urged to be present.
Auxiliary Os St. Paul’s
Meets Next Monday
The Woman’s Auxiliary of St.
Paul’s Church will meet Monday af
ternoon at 4 o’clock, in the Parish
House. This is the monthly business
meeting, and all women of the parish
are urged to be present. A cordial
invitation to attend is extended to all
visitors and strangeTS in Edenton.
the Chowan County Chapter, risked
no guess on the amount which would
ultimately be raised, but even before
machinery was set up for the drive,
expressed confidence that the county
would reach the quota assigned to it.
“The people of Chowan County have
never failed in any Red Cross appeal
for funds,” she said, “and I am per
suaded that when all contributions
are made, Chowan will again give as
much or even more than is asked.”
Mrs. Pruden this week received an
Honor Certificate for distinguished
achievement in the drive, and she de
sires to express her gratitude and
appreciation to all workers, contri
butors and any who in any way had
anything to do with making the drive
so successful
In this issue of The Herald appears
the remainder of the list of those
who made contributions during the
drive. *
'Leroy Unopposed
As Candidate For Mayor 01
Edenton In May 4 Election
| Next Mayor j
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LEROY 11. HASKETT
Being the only candidate to
file for the office of Mayor In
the May 4 election, Mr. Haskett
will be Eden ton’s next Mayor,
going into that office without
opposition.
Ohesson-Kieckhefer
Container Company
Suit Again Argued
Only Case to Be Consid
ered During Entire
Term
I GetlitiE off to a day late start
. due to the observance of Easter
Monday as a hob !;r . the April term
of Chowan Sup. Court will most
likely oe devoted in its entirety 4b a
: retrial of the suit, brought by Koboit
. 1.. (T, e-son against the Kieckhefbr
i Container Company of Plymouth,
j Judge Walter Pone, of Nashville, is.
! presiding over the term.
! Another holdup of the trial oeeur
. red Tuesday when a, jury was select
ed. Aside from the 24 jurors sum
moned, it was necessary for Sheriff
J. A. Bunch to call lt> talismen before
, the jury satisfied both plaintiff and,
defendant attorneys. In the neigh
borhood of four hours was consumed
in selecting the jury, which is com
posed of D. G. Welch, Junius White,
J. D, Bunch, J. L. Chestnutt, R. C.
Hollowell, U. G. Humphlett, Louis
Goodwin, Leslie Nixon, W. A. Barrow,
L. S. Byrum, J. O. Perry and R. L.
Ward.
This is the third time the suit has
been tried in the Chowan Court. It
' was sent to the State Supreme Court
on two occasions and was once before
a referree, the latter sending it back
to the county for re-trial on the
grounds of error in testimony.
Aside from court officials, a mere
handful of spectators have been at
tending court, which will most likely
drag along until late Thursday af
ternoon or Friday morning before it
goes to the jury. Much time is be
ing consumed in reading the testi
mony presented at former trials,
though no new witnesses have been
introduced.
In the suit Robert L. Chesson
charges breach of contract by the
pulp mill and in previous trials was
awarded damages to Which the de
fendant appealed. Attorneys for
Chesson are J. Henry Leroy and
John Hall of Elizabeth City, while
the pulp mill is represented by Z.
Vance Norman of Plymouth and W.
D. Pruden.
Going Up! |
An interesting display i n the
Bank of Edenton is a high stack
of paper arranged in thermome
ter style along one of the columns
and representing the number of
war bonds sold by the institu
tion. A sign on the table reads:
$955,000 war bonds sold by this
Bank since Pearl Harbor.” At
the top of the display is another
sign reading: “Help Make a
Million.”
Officials of the bank are con
fident that the million dollar
mark will be reached and it is
the belief that the display will
hasten the accomplishment.
This newspaper It drab I
la ted hi the territory I
where Advertisers will l
realise good results. j
$1.50 Per Year.
Two Contests Develop
As Deadline For Fil
ing Passes
LITTLE INTEREST
Election of Officials Will
Be Held Tuesday,
May 4
| . With i.-r meht iuiii-uj.iivmtient by
j Mayor J, Jl. MvMukan-1.-iul lie would
I hut he a : candidate for re-eiectiop and
El''- filing tut tlie of flee-late Saturday
i a. ernouh by Leroy yH&ykett, the lat
ter hvs.no opposition ju; .the city.
I. <-! i-ct.ii'ji to In.- .held next, 1 ue.sday,
I.May 4. Haskett was known to have
{aspirations to -be Mayor, but until
j Saturday.he had nut definitely;stated
j .whether he would run' lu r -Mayor or
.. ilnian from the Third Ward.
| 11" was a candidate for Mayor in the
1941 election, >vhe.n he trailed Mayor
MvMulhm by 58 Votes in . a three
cornered contest. He is. a former
Councilman, having served one term
as Councilman from his Ward. It
was during his tenure of office that
lie was appointed Police Commission
er, but because the charter does not
make .provision for such an' appoint
ment, the end for which the appoint
i meat was made nipt with very little
: success.
j . In announcing his candidacy for
. Mayor. Mr. Haskett said He has no
axe to grind, that it is not his pur-
I pose. to take advantage of any per
;; son. hut that his decision was prompt
; ed solely because he has a great deal
of interest in the town and its af
fairs in every respect. He says he
will devote his efforts to haying a
dean town morally as well as from
a cleanliness standpoint, to see to it
that every citizen gets a square deal
with no partiality shown, to which
end . ’ e. appeals fur the full, ooopera
-1 tion. i.if the general public.
With, last Saturday, being the
deadline f,.r candidates to file for the
election, only two contests have de
veloped, which forecasts very little
interest in tiie election of t iwn offi
| rials next Tues lay. -Tin two i .infests
I will he fur Third Ward Councilman
i : ■ i fur the two (’■■ ■ Breen-at-large.
1: the Third Ward Jimmy Partin
and .1.1.. Pettits are candidates for
Councilman to succeed Albert Byrum,
who decided not to seek re-election
because of so much of his time being
j required with the Chowan War Price
.| and Ration Board, of which he is
chairman. Partin filed last week,
while Pettus filed Saturday. Mr.
Pettus was a candidate for Council
man-at-large in the 1941 election. It
is Partin’s first bid for public office.
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Dillard Dixon’s Band
Planning To Stage An
Amateur Show Soon
Plans are progressing rapidly for
an Amateur Night, featuring “Dil
lard” Dixon and his orchestra for the
benefit of the High School Band, to
be presented sometime in May.
All amatuers having any talent and
desiring to participate in the contest,
are asked to see R. L. Martin, local
band director, as soon as possible.
Methodisfßevival
Begins On May 10
Rev. B. C. Reavis of
Hertford Will Do
Preaching
On Sunday, the Rev. W. C. Ben
son, pastor of the Edenton Methodist
Church, announced that a series of
revival meetings will be held in his
church, beginning Monday, May 10,
and continuing for a week or 10
days. He urged his congregation to
be much in prayer to the end that the
revival will be a success.
The preacher for this series of
meetings will be the Rev. B. C.
Reavis, pastor of the Hertford Meth
odist Church. Mr. Reavis is an out
standing preacher in the conference.
He preached five years at Park
Place Methodist Church at Greens
boro, which is the church for Woman’s
College of the University of North
Carolina. He is serving his first as
signment on the Hertford Charge,
where he is very popular and is
meeting with no little success in his
work.