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HB volume Number 2. Infantile Paralysis Drive Jan. 17- 22 < T ,*r ****** ***** *********** *1 ij tn War Loan Drive Starts January 18th Chowan County’s Overall Quota Fixed At $363,000 With $99,000 In IE Bonds __ w D. M. Warren Appoint ed Vice Chairman For Chowan County BIG JOB AHEAD Chairman J. G. Campen Urges Early Purchase Os Bonds J. G. Campen, chairman of the Chowan County War Finance Com mittee, this week received notifica tion from the North Carolina War Finance Committee that Chowan’s quota for the fourth war loan cam paign is $1)63,000, of which amount $99,200 is asked to be raised through the sale of E bonds. The drive will begin Tuesday of next week, January 18, and Mr. Campen is hopeful that the county will again go over the top. In announcing the drive, Mr. Cam pen said, “Now, today, the responsi bility for the success of the Fourth \\ ar loan rests squarely upon our shoulders. Our job is to put our county over the top by investing every dollar that we do not absolute ly need in bonds. We have not fail ed to meet our quota in the first, second and third drives, and we can not fail now. So let’s Lark the attack.” In order to; assist Mr. Cain.pen in ‘he drive, D. M. Warren, president -the Hank of Kdentoit, has been ap nted as vice chairman, and to ..tiler, these two men will do their utmost in seeing to it that Chowan County raises the quota. The ap pointment was made by C. T. Lien bach, State chairman. Mr. Campen plans to call a meet ing of his organization in order to emphasize the importance of the drive, as well as lay plans for reach ing the quota. This meeting will be called just as soon as weather con ditions are more favorable, possibly before the week is gone. Chowan’s quota for the forthcom ing drive is somewhat less than in the third war loan drive, when the quota was $417,000, or a reduction of $54,000. In view of this reduction, both Mr. Campen and Mr. Warren feel sure that Chowan County people will rally to the call and thus reach the quota early in the campaign. State Chairman Leinbach is also asking each citizen in the State to meet his or her full responsibiliy in order for the State to hold up to its tradition of meeting its responsibility. County Offices Closed Wednesday Afternoon In keeping with the general ob servance of the Wednesday half-holi day, the County offices will close every Wednesday afternoon. Those having business to transact are urg ed to note the half-day closing. Change In Date Os Orthopedic Clinics For the benefit of those from Chowan County who attend the ortho pedic clinic held in Elizabeth City, announcement is made of a change in the date of the regular clinic. In stead of the clinic being held the last Tuesday in the month, January 25, it will be held on the preceding Tuesday, January 18. Ban Lifted | With Bennett’s and Dillards’ mill ponds amply replenished with water, Game Warden J. G. Perry on Thursday of last week called off the ban on fishing in those two bodies of water. The water, during the last few \ months, had vanished to such an 1/ extent that Mr. Perry became fearful that) what fish gathered fa the remaining water would perish. THE CHOWAN HERAI !> 4 mu mwuu umn ro ru mum or cmowam motr Rotary Speaker j .',3 r * 3H® UK 'S v- - 'MnsM* 1 l IpiMß I EDMUND H. HAKDI.NG, not ed Tar Heel humorist, who was the principal speaker at the Charter Night program of the Columbia Rotary Club Wednes day night. ; Local Rotarians Attend Charter Night fn Columbia Edmund Harding Prin cipal Speaker on ’ Program , Edenton’s Rotary Club will not meet as usual today (Thursday) , due to a majority of tin- members, on Wednesday night, attending char ter night of the Columbia Club, of | which the Kdenton Club is co-sponsor , with the Elizabeth City K<>turians. The program at Columbia was a very delightful affair, being presid |j ed over by Robert \V. Luther, presi ! dent of the Elizabeth City Club,! and O. W. Overman, of the Kdenton ' j Club, acting-as song leader. ( Greetings were extended from the; I Kdenton Club by R. N. Hines, presi-j 'dent, as well as from representatives ,i of otfier clubs who were present. ’ i The charter was presented by Dis j tfict Governor Robert W. Madry, of ! Chapel Hill, and w'as accepted by j Marshall A. Mathews, president of , the Columbia Club. J The principal address was made by Edmund Harding, of Washington, N. C., a past district governor, who was , in his usual form and delighted all \ who were present. The Columbia Club begins its activ ities with 22 members, and with in terest at a high pitch, Rotary offi cials are expecting to hear about much progress in the Albemarle’s newest club. Captain “Billy” Gregory Under Knife In England Friends will be interested to know that Captain William T. (Billy) Gre- ; gory, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Gregory, a member of the 351st Engineer Regiment in England, was operated upon on December 26 for appendicitis. The family has been notified that he is getting along nicely, following the operation. St. Paul’s Auxiliary Meets January 17th The Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Paul’s Church will on Monday'; afternoon, January 17 aC3:3O o’clock, 1 1 in the home of Mrs. Jl A. Moore, i This is a very important meeting ': and all members are urjred to attend, i Members are asked t« please note < the change in time and place of j meeting. ' t *■ a Eden ton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 1371944. Drainage System In Bear Swamp Appears To Be Satisfactory Government’s Portion of Project Practically Completed RAINS GIVE TEST Progress on District’s Obligation Appears To Be Lagging During the last two .-weeks the first real rains have fallen on tile new Rear Swamp drainage system. While | these rains were quite heavy, the soil j was dry and in condition to take up j a large amount of the moisture, | though much surface water was mov ed in the drainage canal. County Agent C. W. Overman visited the drainage area at several points and in each instance found the water being adequately taken | care of with ample reserves. The | Federal Government’s portion of this, I demonstration drainage work is prac- I tically completed. j The drainage district is working on ' plans preparatory to doing the agreed I part of the work, but progress ap- J pears to be very slow. It is Mr. Overman’s hope that within the next four or six weeks the district will be j in position to and w ill open bids to | contractors for its portion of the 1 work. R. L Pratt Named Chairman Jackson Dinner Committee Postmaster Frank C. Walker Will Be Prin cipal Speaker According to information received by R. L. Pratt from Joe L. Blythe, the Jackson Day dinner will be held in Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh oil Monday evening, January 31. Frank 0. Walker, pastniaster gen eral of the United States and national chairman of the Democratic Party, j has accepted the invitation to make j the principal speech, and is sche duled to be introduced by Senator Josiah W. Bailey. Every indication is that attendance this year will surpass all previous dinners of this nature. Due to re stricted hotel facilities, the number! of seats will necessarily be limited, j Mr. Pratt has been designated as i chairman of Chowan County and has been assigned a quota of $l5O, which, entitles the county to six dinner tickets. Reservations will be made in order reports are received ac cording to Mr. Pratt. Series Advertisements Appealing For WACs In this issue of The Herald will be found the first of a series of ad vertisements through which appeals, are directed to young women to join ! the WAC. Many women are needed in the Army to replace men who can be assigned to more strenuous duty, i so any young lady who is willing to aid in the war is requested to join this woman’s 'branch of the service. There are 239 vital jobs listed from which a girl can choose upon enlist ing, most of which training will come in good stead after the war is over. Full information can be secured at : the local post office. ! White Births Ahead j' Colored In December, According to the vital statistics re- ; port released by the local health office, there were 12 births in Chow- j an County during the month of De ' cember. Os these, seven were white i and five colored. Eight deaths were reported during the months four be- ' ing white and the same number of colored. 1 1 I One death under one month was ' i alio reported. [ i Recent Snowfalls ; May Result in New Ordinance For Town ! Likely Merchants Will Have to Move Snow From Sidewalks CARNIVAL SEASON ! Various Matters Hold Councilmen In Long Session Tuesday T.iough enough matters we r e brought up at the meeting of Town j Council Tuesday night to keep the ! | Councilmen in session over three! hours, very little definite action was ! ' taken on any important business.; One item, however, developed as the result of this section’s two recent snows, and Councilmen J. Clarence Leary and J. Edwin Bufflap were instructed to contact Town Attorney \V. D. Pruden relative to the adoption ■of an ordinance which will require | merchants to clean snow from the' abutting sidewalks in the business' section within a certain number of 1 hours after every snowfall. Os course, snow in any sizeable amount in Edenton is very rare, so that the two experienced thus far this winter is reason for the idea of j coping with any subsequent snow j problem. At • present there is no' ordinance pertaining to removal of] j snow, it being the custom of the; . Street Department as far a- possi- i j tile,- to move snow and ice from side- J j walks in the business section. There; ~is a strong possibility that . legisla tion, will be passed which Will re-j quire merchants hereafter to see to it! that snow is removed from sidewalks! in front of their places of business. ' That the carnival season is in the! Offing was reflected in the fact that three requests were made for per mission to bring in outside entertain- ; ment. Ihe Lions Club and Ed Bond , Post of the American Legion were I given permission to book a carnival, J with a strong possibility that re-j quests for sponsoring a carnival will be made later by the Fire Depart- j ment and Chowan Tribe of Red Men. thief of Police J. R. Tanner was also given permission to stage a police hall for the benefit of the! Police Department. Chief Tanner; expressed the desire of the depart- - ment to purchase necessary police equipment with any profits which might accrue from the ball- Accord ing to tentative plans, the ball will ! ke held the latter part of February for one night only. No dates were set for the carnivals, though it was the sense of the Councilmen that at least JO days should elapse between ! | the appearance of any carnivals and ! that no carnival should be allowed 1 to remain longer than one week at a , time. Many other matters were brought] up during the meeting, but got no further than a discussion pro and con. Local Examination Not Necessary For Draft Registrants Tightening 7 of Defer ments Among Those From 18 to 21 i -- i ' According to new draft regula- 1 tions, local physical examination of registrants will be eliminated on February 1. Instead registrants call ed for induction will be given physi cal examinations at induction centers first, and if they pass, they will re turn home for a period of 21 days, after which they will be called for!' active duty. The plan will do away J with examination by local doctors prior to the call for a physical exami- j nation at induction centers. '» The Selective Service also annou- ' ced a tightening of deferments, es-1 pecially those from 18 to 21. This' regulation is expected to eliminate': all deferments for this group except i those classified as farmers. i Canvass Os Citizens Again Decided Upon As Method To Raise County’s Quota | Coming To USO | -• % iioj Jk. > flj - WARREN LEE TERRY, wide ly-known comedian, will present | a program in his own style alt the Edenton I 7 SO Club next Monday night at 8:30 o’clock. Popular Comedian Scheduled To Be At USO Club January 17 1 Warren Lee Terry Will | Entertain Service Men And Women Warren Lee Terry, foremost Amer- j ican exponent of Gilbert and Sullivan ] comic operas, will give a lively Gilbert and Sullivan program at the] i V .MCA ISO Club in Edenton on I J January 17. For 14 years Mr. Terry! I was leading comedian of the Chau-j j tauqua Opera Association, Chautau- ‘ qua, X. Y., and during the past! | summer was principal comedian of the Metropolitan Comic Opera Com-] pany. New York City. In 1943 he j , made approximately 100 appearances 'at Army and Navy USO Clubs. Mr. Terry’s streamlined Gilbert land Sullivan program is an hour of unique entertainment consisting of stories of the famous collaborators and their Oyer-popular light operas; songs and amusing ancedotes. This gifted comedian brings wit and un derstanding to stage and lecture plat form, arid his charming personality is well known in all parts of the i United States. Services In Methodist Church Sunday Morning i Preaching service will be held in the Methodist Church Sunday morn ing at 11 o’clock. Due to the illness of the pastor, the Rev. H. F. Surratt,] last Sunday night’s service was obliged to be called off, therefore, j all members are urged to make an' effort to be present Sunday morning.' Church school will convene at 9:45; Sunday morning, and the young peo- 1 pie will meet at 6:45 p. m. Bank Closed Jan. 19 For Lee’s Birthday Wednesday of next week, January 19, the Bank of Edenton will be closed all day in observance of the i birthday of Robert E. Lee. Matters of importance should, therefore, be transacted accordingly. John W. Graham Now Lieutenant In Navy John W. Graham, son of Mrs. W. A. Graham, has been promoted from Lieutenant Junior Grade to Lieuten ! ant in the U. S. Navy. The promo j tion was received January 1. At present Lieutenant Graham is j stationed at the Harbor Entrance I Control Post at Fort Story, Virginia IMPROVING Friends will be glad to learn that j ■ Mrs. Harriett Parks, who has been j quite ill at her home near Gliden, is j now convalescent. la-rxujl $1.56 Per Year Miss Lucille Clark Ap pointed Chairman of Women’s Division j QUOTA IS $592 Drive For Funds Will Be In Progress Only One Week Chowan County’s drive for funds with which to fight infantile paraly sis will be held next week, according to J. Edwin Bufflap, chairman of the , Chowan County Chapter of the Na tional Foundation For Infantile Para lysis. This year’s plan will corre spend with that of last year, when a house-to-house canvass was made, and incidentally was the most suc cessful drive since the organization of the lcjal chapter. Miss Lucille Clark has been ap pointed as chairman of the Women’s division in Chowan County. Mary Pickford, screen star, is chairman of the national women’s division, and following Miss Clark’s appointment, sent her the following telegram: “Delighted at your acceptance as county chairman of women’s division. Please proceed immediately to ap . point another outstanding woman in | every community in your county to work under your direction. Wire me ] name anil address as they accept. I | consider assignment for women one j of the most important in euliie eam ] paign and am fully confident that ]we can do a magnificent job. I will | dp everything 1 can to assist in this j cause. Speed is essential.” 1. A dance was also considered as a j means to raise funds, but due to the I inability to secure a dance chairman, j Jhis feature of the drive was aban ; doried. The canvass for funds was very successful last year when the amount raised was $1,206.80, with a quota of $216, or almost six times ; the quota. | This year’s quota for Chowan j County has been set at $592, and the chairman is hopeful that the county j will maintain its record in meeting what it is asked for. The entire I county has been set up in sections, j so that no great amount of work will 1 be required of those who have been asked to help in the drive. Os course, it is taken that practically everyone knows the purpose of raising funds, ! which go toward combatting infantile I paralysis and aiding those who are | afflicted with the disease. Fifty per cent of the amount raised will go to the National Foundation, while the other half remains in the county for local purposes. Miss Clark has arranged for a cam paign in the schools of the county, and Jimmy Eamhart, manager of the Taylor Theatre, will again co operate, together with theatres throughout the nation in an effort to raise funds. Canvassers during the drive and their territories follow: I Virginia Road—Mrs. West Leary. North Edenton—Mrs. Robt. Bunch, Mrs. Russell Cobb and Mrs. R. L. 1 Martin. i Broad Street, from Triange to Queen Street—Mrs. Guy Hobbs and Mrs. R. L. Pratt. West King Street —Mrs. Richard D. Dixon. East King Street—Mrs. Frank Hughes. Colonial Square—Mrs. R. P. Bad (Continued on Page Six) Can You Help? | Attention of the people of Edenton is again called to the acute shortage of living quarters in Edenton, and those who can possibly do so, are requested to furnish rooms to help relieve this shortage. Wives of many of the members of the U. S. Marine Corps stationed at Edenton de sire to live near their husbands and there are some who are un able to locate in Edenton due to inability to secure rooms. Anyone who can furnish a room or more should inform the * USO Club or Mrs. Hazel Gibbs, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Asso ciation.
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