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Contribute To Chowan’s War F”~ J h i three columns will be femwd e fair presentation ht M md county hows f gmerel interest. Volume X.—Number 42 •- gistration For Ration Book Four October 26,27,28 Five Places Designated In County to Secure New Books 9 A. M. TO 5 P.M. Registrants Must Pre sent War Ration Book Three Registration for War Ration Book Four will be held in Chowan County Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 26, 27 and 28, the books be ing issued at the following places from 9 a. m. to 5 p. ni. Edenton White School. Edenton Colored School. Rocky Hock Central School. St. John’s Colored School. Chowan High School. I As in the previous registration applicants must appear alphabetical ly, Tuesday being set aside for those whose names begin between A and H, Wednesday, 1 to N and the remainder on Thursday. This book will last approximately four years and in order to be issued, it will be necessary to present War Ration Book Three. All residents are urged to go to the nearest school for registration on the days and between the hours specified, since no books will he issued at the local War Price and Rationing Board during the reg istration or for a period of two weeks or more after the initial regis tration. John A. Holmes, superintendent of city schools, has stated that the schools will again cooperate in the •■'gistration by closing school at 1 ’ock on the days specified in order wR* t teachers may assist in the work. PTA Lunch Room j Reopens For Year! I Food and Funds Still Needed For Opera tion of Room Children in the Edenton School on ! Monday resumed eating meals at the \ school when the lunch rooms was. opened with Miss Sarah Jones as | managed. For several years Miss j Jones has had charge of the lunch! room and to her interest and efficient management is attributed to a large extent the success of the project. Prior to the opening of the lunch room, the Edenton Parent-Teacher Association sponsored a house-to house canvass for canned fruits and vegetables to be served. The re- j spouse was gratifying, although not enough was contributed to take care of about 100 free lunches as has been given heretofore. Members of the| P. T. A. are hopeful that enough food will be coming in so that this worth-j while service can again be carried out during the schc*ol year. It was impossible to have the usual j summer garden this year, which pre-! vented the storage of quite a bit of j food, and this, coupled with the fact that Federal and State aid has been withdrawn, presents a serious prob lem for the P. T. A. in operating the lunch room. For that reason, empha sis is being placed on donations in both town and county, whether one has children in school or not. Square Dance In Armory Oct. 28 For Band And Senior Class Edenton High School’s Band is in need of funds, and in order to help meet the situation, a square dance is planned to be held in the Armory Thursday night, October £B, from 9 to 12 o’clock. for the dance will be fur nished by Sanders Orchestra of Ro anoke Rapids, a combination whose reputation is rapidly gaining favor 'ble recognition throughout the State. ♦ e outfit includes several musicians d were first taught by R. L. Mar .i, director of the Edenton Band, and who hopes a large crowd -will turn out for the affair. Proceeds from the dance will go to the Band and the Senior Class. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Misunderstanding As To Registrants In Two Classifications; 12 Units Necessary In 1 j Class 11-C and 111-C j Says Wiggins ■ There seems to have arisen a mis- j understanding as to the requirements; in Class 11-C and 111-C for farm l work, says J. L. Wiggins, chairman j of the Chowan County Draft Board. | “It is generally known,” said Mr..l Wiggins, “that in order for a regis-1 trant to be classified in either of the j above classifications he is required to show that he is making his 12 units. If after the farmer or farm laborer has harvested his own crops and has any spare time to work elsewhere 1 either on another farm, in a saw mill, S log woods, cotton gin or highway or any other place to earn extra money it is perfectly all right with the Draft Board to do so. In fact, it is , the desire and wishes of the Goveni ment that a man work all that is j possible for him to in order to pro duce _ more at this time. All indus tries are clamoring for more labor. | “The Draft Board wishes to state 1 further that any man who is now farming anil is covered by a 11-C or 111-C classification and who wishes to change his employer or to move to ! another farm to continue in the same line of work should ask permission from the Draft Board before chang-, ing so as to be assured of having 1 sufficient units to continue his farm classification. Otherwise, the regis trant might be subject to reclassifl ! cation into a class available for mili tary service.” New Yorker, Now Converted, Pays For j 1919 Railroad Theft i Follower of Father Di-■ vine Sends S2O to J. L. Pettus J. L. Pettus, trainmaster for the J Norfolk Southern Railroad, last week i received an unusual letter in which j was a money order for S2O from j Isaac Love, now living in New York! : City. “I am now a follower of Father j j Divine and his teachings are that we j should right our wrongs by paying j j ail old debts, return or pay for stolen | i convenient to most of the members, j goods, live independently by paying! cash for everything we buy and buy nothing on the installment plan,” j wrote Love. “We are taught to live soberly, righteously and Godly in tnis j present Jime. “Enclosed find ;y money order for j ) S2O for some things that I took from j your company many years ago, in i 1919 to be exact. I would not have j paid this debt but for Father Divine’s j | teaching, so give all credit or praise i i to him.” Mr. Pettus is unable to remember i the man, but is of the opinion he was ] employed in the transfer sheds in j | Norfolk at the time referred to. Nine Out Os 14 Boys Pass Physical Exam Os the 14 white men recently sent to Fort Bragg for their final physical examination, nine were accepted. Os this number one, James E. Lee, left Saturday for Raleigh to enter the U. S. Navy. Four others enter ed the U. S. Marines and will leave Friday. They are Joseph Carroll Griffin, Evere Marvin Boyce, Wil liam E. Forehand, Jr., and Steannie C. West. The remaining four, whose names have not been released, will enter the Army, and are scheduled to leave October 28. TRAINING FOR PILOT Aviation Cadet Cullen Swindell has finished his course at J Maxwell Field, Alabama, and has been trans ferred to the Lafayette School of Aeronautics at Lafayette, La, to con tinue training as a pilot. RETURNS TO FORT MACON Private First Class Cecil Hollowed left Wednesday for Fort Macon after spending a short visit with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hj)Howell. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 21, 1943! CHOWAN COUNTTS CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY TO RAISE QUOTA OF SS.IK) IN WAR FOND FOR 17 WAR RELIEF AGENCIES Following a “pep” meeting in tne j form of a barbecue dinner in the | Parish House Tuesday night, Chowan [ County’s War Fund campaign began | Wednesday morning, when a group of canvassers began the task of col -1 lecting $6,000 as the county’s quota ! in the national undertaking to raise ! $125,000,000 for support of the tar i flung USO—the home away from I home for our fighting men; comforts | for the “barbed-wire legion” of pris- I oners of war; food for starving! ' Greece; medical supplies for gallant Russia; aid for the Scorched earth of ' stricken China; assistance for hurnl- j reds of thousands of homeless refugees. Tuesday night’s meeting was for the purpose of securing final in- 1 struotions in the drive and impress} upon the workers the seriousness and importance of Chowan raising’ Its quota. Geneal Chairman J. H. Con ger presided over the meeting and after all had partaken of a delicious ■ plate of barbecue, presented a num- j her of pertinent questions relative to the drive, the answers for which were read by James E. Wood. John A. Holmes was called upon for a-few remarks, during which he W.L. Clegg Preaches At Methodist Church Next Sunday Night Fourth Quarterly Con ference Will Be Held After Service W. L. Clegg, superintendent of the Elizabeth City District, will preach at the Methodist Church next Sunday night at 8 o’clock in the first evening service in the church since the resig nation of the Rev. W. C. Benson as pastor early in August., Immediate ly after the service, the fourth quar terly conference will be held. This will be a very important meeting, and every church official is especially Urged to be present. Reports of the various church organizations should be prepared in order to .complete the year's work. The usual service will be held at the morning hour when Presbyterians and Methodists will worship jointly with the Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr., pastor of the Presbyterian Church, preaching. The Board of Stewards of the Methodist Church met in the office of John A. Holmes Wednesday night, at which time church activities for the j year were reviewed and plans made for closing the conference year. * Two Farm Bureau Meetings Tuesday Speakers Discuss Topics Os Vital Importance To Farmers Two Farm Bureau meetings were i held in Chowan County Tuesday,} Negro farmers meeting at Warren | Grove 'School at 2:30 o’clock and white farmers meeting at Chowan High School at 5 o’clock. At both meetings F. Flake Shaw spoke on “The Importance of Farm Organizations In Our Agricultural Program,” and Shields Alexander, of Scotland Neck, discussed the peanut situation in 1944. Featuring each meeting was a de lightful meal served, efforts inaugu rated to add to the Farm Bureau memberships. USO Dance Tonight In Edenton Armory Tonight (Thursday) from 9 to 11:30 o’clock, another USO dance will be held in the Edenton Armory, music for which will be furnished by the Weeksville Naval Base Orchestra Hostesses will be on hand and re freshments will be for sale. Two weeks ago'a similar dance was held in the Armory which was said to have been one of the most pleasant affairg ever held. emphasized the need for the fund in providing at least some relief for war victims and explained the meth od of distribution to various agencies which number 17, together with the local Boy Scouts. D. M. Warren was also called upon to speak and very feelingly said that over 6<lo Chowan County boys and girls are now in the service of their country making all kinds of sacrifices and enduring untold hardships. “This group comprises the cream of our citizenship,” he said, “and Clio wan County cannot afford and will j not fail to measure up to what is ex- ; pected of it.” Mr. Warren made a I fitting comparison with a football [ game, comparing our bovs and girls in service with the cheerirg section yelling for their team to “hold that line.” He said he imagined he could hear our boys and girls calling back i to “hold the line on the home front while we do oer dead level best to bring back victory.” George C. Cunney, Jr., Navy audi-| tor, who has charge of contributions at the l'. S, Marine Corps Air Sta tion. reported that he already had $1,20(1 toward the quota and felt very (Continued on Page Six) PTA Plans Another Womanless Wedding Friday, October 29th About 100 Characters Expected to Take Fart In Entertainment What is calculated to attract a ca-j parity audience, as well as furnish an evening of delightful entertain ment is another Womanless Wedding to be held Friday night, October 29, j under the sponsorship of the Parent-, Teacher Association. A similar en tertainment was held several years ago which was very much enjoyed by a packed house and resulted in a sizeable sum for the Association. The affair will again be held in the # school auditorium. About 100 characters are expected to take part in the entertainment, with the first rehearsal scheduled to he held next Monday night at b o’clock in the school auditorium. Characters for the wedding are now being sought and their names will appear in next week's Herald. Members of the PTA who are ar ranging the entertainment and will direct it are Mrs. W. D. Pruden, I Mrs. J. W. Davis, Mrs. James E. j Wood, Mrs. Richard Elliott, Mrs. i John B. Harrison and Miss Lucille I Clarke. Miss Edna Goodwin Resigns As Teacher Mrs. M. M. Perry Now Teaching Fifth Grade In Edenton School Miss Edna Goodwin has resigned j as teacher of the fifth grade in the Edenton school, the resignation going into effect Monday of this week. Miss Goodwin has taught in the ele mentary department of the school for 11 years and gave up teaching to become associated with her sister in operating Hurdle’s Dress Shop m Elizabeth City. Mrs. M. M. Perry succeeds Miss Goodwin and began her duties Mon day morning. She is a former teach er in the county schools. Lions Change Hour Os Weekly Meetings According to action taken at Mon day night’s meeting, Edenton Lions ' will meet every Monday night at 7 i o’clock, instead of 7:30 as heretofore. The change was made because the new hour of meeting will be more , convenient t omost of the members. A feature of Monday night’s meet ing was the playing of Bingo with > War Savings Stamps awarded the i winners. Oscar Duncan and Nathan ; Dail had charge of the game, which provided a great deal of pleasure. Father F. J. McCourt Resigns As Infantile Paralysis Chairman J. Edwin Bufflap Elected Successor at Annual Meeting Though a small crowd responded to the call of Father F. J. McCourt to attend the annual meeting of the Chowan Chapter of the National j Foundation for Infantile Paralysis on Friday night, a quorum was present and business was transacted. Father McCourt presided and after stating j the purpose of the meeting, said it j would be impossible for him to again j serve as chairman, a position he has ■ held since the chapter was organized , I several years ago. Despite his re- , marks, a motion was made to re-elect ■ill officers; but.before, presenting the motion, Chairman McCourt empna- , ; tii-ally declared that while he was greatly interested in the work of the ■ chapter, his church duties have multi- ; | plied to such an extent that it was ; absolutely impossible to devote as 1 much time to the work of the chapter’ < us it required. Mrs. W. 11. < of field, who was vice chairman last year, also tendered her } resignation prior to the meeting due i to practically all of her time being devoted to supervising the making of : surgical dressings for the Red Cross Chapter. Following- consideration of filling : the two vacancies, J. Edwin; Bufflap j was nominated to succeed Father Mc :.’Court as chairman for the new year. The former reluctantly agreed to serve when elected, stating that he, ton, is burdened with many duties and would rather see another elected to the chairmanship. The election, however, was not changed. Mrs. 0. M. Elliott was subsequently elected j vice chairman to succeed Mrs. Cot ; field, while \V. H. Gardner was re j elected treasurer and J. G. ('ampen. secretary. In relinquishing the chairmanship, Father McCourt stated that a few' cases of county aid for infantile j paralysis victims are under observa tion and that at the present time the i chapter’s bank balance is $641.56. The new chairman plans to call a meeting in the near future to deter mine what sort of method is to be m pursued in celebrating President Roosevelt’s birthday, which is the principal means of raising funds for the local chapter. Surgical Dressings Lagging Due Lack Os Enough Workers Mrs. W. H. Coffield Ap peals, Again For Volunteers “We on the home front must not! lag- or let down on our duties,” said Mrs. W. H. Coffield, chairman of the Red Cross surgical dressings project | Tuesday, in again appealing for more j volunteers to help with this work. ; Production for the month is falling behind due to lack of enough workers, ! and Mrs. Coffield urgently appeals u> i the people of the town and county to I rally to this phage of home front war j work,which is so important at this particular time. Mrs. Coffield also directs her ap- \ peal to wives of service men now in | Edenton in that their aid will greatly ; boost production, if they volunteer. Only recently the September quota was shipped for emergency distribu tion on land and sea, but the October quota is shaping up slowly. The call for surgical dressings will continue for a long time, says Mrs. Coffield, so that workers are as necessary as ever before. Mrs. Coffield and her asso ciates will welcome any who will vol- : | unteer in this important work, whlcn is earned on at the Parish House. • Portion Os Edenton’s Streets Resurfaced , Early this week work was begun in resurfacing Broad Street from Queen to the County Dock, Water Street and a portion of King street. | This work will be completed this , an< l aside from being attrac , tiw W 'H help to preserve the hard surface, which on these particular streets was in had shape. This newspaper is drew- I lated ks the territory I where Advertisers wtU I reader good results. j $1.50 Per Year Housing Situation In Edenton More Acute Than Ever Arrival of Service Men’s Wives Taxing Town For Quarters CANVASS MADE Nearby Towns Also Be ing Searched For Spare Rooms W ith the recent arrival of several hundred service men’s wives in Eden ton and the existing shortage of fa cilities, the housing situation has be come very acute. Despite a survey made Saturday and renewed efforts to locate rooms, conditions have been eased only slightly. From the sur vey it was found that only 80 rooms were available, and Mrs. Hazel Gibbs, secretary of the Chamber of Com merce and Merchants Association, ancl Abe Martin; director of the USO Club, are at their wits’ end to solve the situation. Telephones are kept busy in an ef fort to locate sleeping and living quarters and efforts have also been made to find rooms in nearby towns in the emergency. Several have been located in Windsor and in Washington ; County. So acute is the 'situation that a suggestion has been made that cots be placed in the local Armory, where a woman’s dormitory could be set up to help meet the emergency. The situation has also renewed regret that Edenton’s proposed housing pro ject has apparently gone by the Board at a time when it could have been of great value. :• • Any person willing to rent a room or group of rooms will confer a great favor bv contacting either Mrs. Gibbs or the USO Club. Sale Os Christinas Seals Begins Nov. 22 Dr. Julian Miller of Charlotte Chairman For State Dr. Julian S. Miller, editor of the Charlotte Observer, was chosen as the State chairman of the 1943 Christmas Seal Sale Campaign by the executive committee of this organi zation. This is the second year that North Carolina has had a State chair-- 1 man.' Mrs, J. Melville Broughton served last year in this capacity arid was the first State chairman, Monday, November 22, is the open ing date of this campaign and it will last through Christmas Day. The j sale of Christmas Seals for the sup port of local and state tuberculosis I program will not be included in the United War Fund campaign. Eleven million dollars has been set for the national goal. North Caro li'na has set $150,000 as its part of . the nation’s goal. Last year $9,000,- | 000 was raised in the nation and j $123,411 in this State. The per cap-; j ita for North Carolina in 1943 was [ 3.4 cents. The national per capita for | 1942 was 7 cents. Ninety-five cents I out of every dollar raised in this 1 campaign is kept in the State for | tuberculosis control. Five cents is j given to the National Tuberculosis I Association for its services to the i State and local organizations. j ' War Bonds Prizes In Red Men’s Drive To Boost Membership War Bonds have been offered as prizes by both the Great Council or the United States and the Great Council of North Carolina to Red Men tribes in a membership drive ; which will continue until near the end jof the year. According to the pro gram, it will be possible for any tribe to win three war bonds and any member of a tribe a similar numoer. Aside from these prizes, Charles Wallace of Gastonia, Great tSachem in North Carolina, will offer cash prizes to members securing the larg est number of new members, j Chowan Tribe, which boasts several . members who heretofore have made | enviable records for securing new , members, is taking part in the drive . and hopes to add a goodly number of new and re-instated member*.
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