In then columns will he
found § fair presentation
of local and county mm
of general interest.
Volume Xl.— Number 5.
Chowan’s Contributions In
Infantile Paralysis Drive
• eak All Previous Records
Final Reports Send To
tal During Drive to
$1,251.05
$289.98 AtFtHEATRE
Expenses Incurred Are
Less Than $5.00, Says
Chairman
As final reports reached J. Edwin
Bufflap, Chowan County chairman
of the Infantile Paralysis drive,
Chowan this year has eclipsed all
previous records and more than
doubled its quota of $592, by contri
buting $1,251.05 during the cam
paign which lasted approximately one
week. When The Herald went to
press last week incomplete reports
placed contributions above the thous
and-dollar mark and since then va
rious amounts turned over to the
chairman boosted the total to the
above figure, which is in execss of
last year’s total when the county
was credited in the 1944 hand-book
with raising $1,206.80. Os this
amount, however, approximately one
half was contributed at the U. S.
Marine Corps Air Station, where at
the time several contracting firms
and many workers were employed in
constructing the base and were very
generous in their contributions.
Os the contributions credited,
$289.98 was raised at the Taylor
theatre and while this money is not
deposited in the Bank of Edenton
with the other money, it has been
sent to the moving picture industry
and, of course, half will be returned
and deposited to the credit of the
county.
The result of the campaign has
gone far beyond the most optimistic
hopes of the chairman and Miss
Lucille Clark, chairman of the Wom
en's Division. Miss Clark deserves
■1 credit for the success, for
# voted no little time and effort
cting and contacting a group
.nvassers, each of whom did a
splendid job. It was very encourag
ing to them, too, to meet with a
generous response on the part of
practically every one who was
solicited.
Additional contributions received
since last week’s report included
$53.55 more from the Marine per
sonnel at the U. S. Marine Corps
Air Station, where the campaign
was conducted under the direction of
Chaplain Henry Cbace, welfare of
ficer, who was ably assisted by Mrs.
Zebulon C, Hopkins, Mrs. Donald
Kline and Mrs.Me Ivin Griffin.
Mrs. B. W. Evans sent in contri
butions collected by Mrs. A. S. Bush,
which amounted to $12.35.
George C. Cunney, Jr., Navy audi
tor, also brought in another $3.00
contribution from the contractors
and Navy personnel at the base.
J. B. Small, Negro County agent,
reported additional contributions of
$3.50 from St. John’s School, SI.OO
from Virginia Fork School and $1.15
(Continued on Page Six)
Stores Are Complying
With Ceiling Prices
As a result of the recent survey,
the Chowan County Price Panel
found the following stores to be 100
per cent in compliance with com
munity pricing:
L. C. Briggs, A. E. Byrum, Mrs.
E. L. Copeland, A. S. Bush, Hollowell
A Evans, L. W. Belch, J. B. Ward,
Mrs. Boy Parks, A. T. Perry, G. A.
Hollowell, Broad Street Fish Market,
Pender’s, A. A P., G. M. Byrum, A.
S. Hollowell, H. M. Phthisic, J. O.
Perry, H, T. Layton, H. W. Layton,
Goodwin’s Quality Store, J. E. Peele,
Louis Harrell, J. F. Harrell, Henry
Bunch, C. P. Harrell, J. G. Perry,
C. T. Dixon, and Ashley’s Filling
Station.
Marriage Licenses In
Chowan On Increase
Marriage licenses in Chowan Coun
ty, for the last quarter, showed a de
cided increase over the corresponding
period last year. According to fig
ures furnished by Deputy Register of
Deeds Mrs. M. L. Bunch, 44 marriage
licenses were issued for the quarter
-»ding December 31, which compared
> IV for the same period last
noticeable increase in licenses be
„<»n during July, the quarter ending
September 30 showing 21 licenses is
sued as compared with 13 for the
same period in 1942.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
j—
|| Time Short _J
Saturday, February 5, is the
final date for listing property in
Chowan County without being
penalized. This date is five days .
longer than usual, which exten
sion was granted this year by the j
j County Commissioners due to so i
much sickness throughout the
county, as well as a hardship in
getting about due to the gasoline
and tire situation.
Only two more days remain j
after today (Thursday) to attend j
to this matter and County Tax
Supervisor P. S. McMullan urges
all who have not listied their
property to do so at once.
Marine Basketball
i
Team Will Oppose
Williamston Eagles
Game Scheduled to Be
Played In Edenton
Armory Tonight
Tonight (Thursday) at 8:30 o’clock,
in the Edenton Armory the Marine
Leatherneck basketball team will
tackle the Williamston Eagles in a
game which is calculated to be the
hardest fought game the local service
men have yet experienced.
To date the Marines have won all
of the games played and, coached by
Ensign Gaines, the outfit is gradually
being rounded into a smooth working
basketball machine. Practically all |
of the boys are former college play
ers and with stiffer opposition local
basketball fans may expect to see
some first class games. There is no
charge made to see the games. Coach
Gaines, as well as Lieutenant Griffin,
recreation officer, is very anxious to
schedule games and can be reached
by telephoning the local base.
Junior First Aid <
Course Completed
26 Young People Pass
Final Red Cross ,
Examination
i
Mrs. J. N. Pruden, chairman of the
Chowan County Red Cross Chapter,
lias announced the completion of a
Junior Red Cross first aid course,
which has been conducted in the high
school and taught by Mrs. R. E.
Leary. Os the class, 26 passed the
final examination and included the
following:
Helen Barrow, Helen Babb, Bill
Bunch, Helen Carter, Frances Ches
son, Dorothy Chestnutt, Richard E.
Coffield, Jr., Truman Daughtridge,
Myrtle Edwards, Richard Elliott,
Leonard Hare, Margaret Harris,
Leamon Jethro, Doris Jordan, Ann
McMullan, Ruth Muth, Nathan
Owens, Joseph Parrish, Dorothy
Privott, Betsy Shepard, Annie M.
Spruill, Bill Sutton, Juanita Waff,
Margaret White, Alice Williams and
Frances Wood.
Volunteers Needed As
Air Warning Observers
Though observers are on duty only
on Wednesday afternoons from 1 to
5 o’clock, Miss Lucille Clark, assist
ant chief observer, who has been
handling this work, is badly in need
of volunteer observers. The obser
vers are on duty for only one hour,
and if enough volunteer the time
will be reduced.
Any who will volunteer are urged
to contact Miss Clark as soon as
possible.
St. Paul’s Auxiliary
Meets On Monday
The Woman’s Auxiliary of St.
Paul’s Church will meet at the home
of Miss Margaret Pruden on Monday
afternoon, February 7, at 4 o’clock.
Mrs. Badham, who is the new presi
dent, urges all members to be pres
ent at tlje meeting. Visitors also ,
are cordially invited to attend.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 3, 1944.
Unique Method At
Theatre To Boost
Sale Os War Bonds
Ticket Given For Pre
mier Showing With
Purchase of Bond
WEEK OF FEB. 7
Batch of Tickets Sent
| To Four Bond Issuing
Agencies
In order to stimulate interest in
the purchase of war bonds of the
smaller denominations, Jimmy Earn
hardt, manager of the Taylor Thea
* tre, has announced a rather unique;
j method of witnessing the premier
showing of “Ali Baba and the Forty
Theives” at the theatre Saturday
night, February 12, at 11:15 o’clock.
Admission to this show will be only
by ticket which will be given to every
purchaser of a war bond by any is
| suing agent in Chowan County,
' which includes the theatre, Bank of |
Edenton, the Post Office and the
Post Office at Tyner. Tickets have
been sent to these four places and
will be given to everybody who pur
chases a bond during the week of
February 7.
The picture is new and filmed in
technicolor, starring Maria Montez,
Jon Hall and Sabu.
“War bonds are the best invest
ment you can put your money in
now,” says Manager Earnhardt, "so
back up our fighting forces in their
desperate struggle by buying more
bonds.’’
Office Hours For
Nurse Changed
; Public Informed to Take
Advantage of Vari
ous Vaccinations
The Health Department wishes to
notify the people of Chowan County
of the change in the Public Health
Nurse’s hours for office calls. Vac
cinations and blood tests will be
available to the public at the Health
Department in Edenton on Fridays
from 9 a. m., to 5 p. m., and at the
Cross Roads Club House on Tuesday
afternoons from 2 to 4. Heretofore,
these hours were 9 to 12 on Tuesdays,
Fridays and Saturdays. This change
was made due to the curtailment of
draftee examinations. •
Again the public is informed that
whooping cough, diphtheria and
smallpox vaccinations are available
on the days specified above.
Last year the Health Department
protected 27 children from whooping
cough, 28 from diphtheria, and 358
from smallpox. This number is un
usually low for the number of chil
dren in the county.
CHOWAN COUNTY REQUESTED TO TAKE
MORE ACTIVE PART IN SALVAGE DRIVES
Waste Paper, Kitchen Fats, Tin Cans and Scrap
j Iron Needed In War Effort; Plans Under Con
sideration To Handle Waste Paper
Chowan County is being called upon»
to put forth more effort in the sal
vage campaign, which has, for one
reason or another, lagged ever since
the need for various waste materials
has developed.
Though fats, scrap iron, tin and
other materials are needed, salvage
officials now claim paper is the No.
1 vital material needed in the war
effort. No scrap paper campaign
has been held in Chowan County
principally because of lack of facili
ties to handle it if collected. How
ever, this week J. Edwin Bufflap,
county salvage chairman, has con
ferred with R. L. Meiggs, who ex
pressed some interest in buying waste
paper or collecting what paper in
town is desired to be contributed.
Mr. Meiggs, early this week, gave
no definite answer, desiring to go
further into the matter of the ex
pense involved in securing a paper
baler, as well as other details in con
nection with the handling of the
paper.
Some months ago tin cans were
collected by one of the Street De
partment trucks, but when the num
ber of cans put out rapidly dwindled
the collection once a month was
abandoned. However, arrangements
will be made to collect tin cans by
Scouts To Observe I
34th Anniversary
Week Os Feb. 8-14
Charter Will Be Pre
sented to New Troop,
Number 170
TWO TROOPS NOW
Boy Scouts Will Attend
Church In Body on
February 13
Edenton's two Boy Scout troops
will join with the rest of the nation
in observing tlie 34th anniversary of
Boy Scouts during the week of Feb
ruary 8 to 14. Since the recent or
ganization of a new troop of Scouts,
Edenton now has two troops, one
being No. 156, of which County
Agent C- W. Overman is scoutmaster,
while Chief of Police J. R. Tanner is
scoutmaster of the new' troop, No.
170.
I During the observance of national
| Boy Scout Week all of the Scouts
will be required to wear their uni
forms at all times, and arrange
ments are being made to attend the
Baptist Church Sunday morning,
February 13th, in a body.
Other features are being worked
out for an interesting program during
the, week, one of which -will be the
presenting of a charter to the new
troop.
Blackout Ordered
For Next Tuesday
Signal Scheduled to Be
Sounded at 9:30
O’clock
According to information from R.
Walker Martin, director of civilian
protective. ’.'nr the North Carolina
office of Civilian Defense, a blackout
and practice air raid drill will be held
in this section next Tuesday night,
February 8.
The first signal is scheduled to be
given at 9:30, and the all clear at
10:10 o'clock.
West Byrum, chief air raid war
den, desires every member of the
county organization to remember the
time and date and be ready for duty j
in whatever capacity held.
Stamp No. 40 Good
For Canning Sugar
Under amendment 112 of Ration
Order 3, sugar stamp No. 40 in War
Ration Book 4 became valid Febru
ary 1 for five pounds of sugar to be
used for home canning for fresh
fruits.
This stamp Will be valid to Febru
ary 28, 1945, and will be considered
part of the home canning allotment
of sugar that will be available to the
consumer for this canning season.
i the regular trash trucks if the cans
are properly prepared and kept apart'
from the usual garbage. Besides,
anyone who so desires may deposit ]
cans in the bin next to W. D.
Holmes Wholesale Grocery.
There is a great need, too, for [
waste kitchen fats, which are now
purchased by Goodwin’s- Quality
Store, Pender’s, the Friendly Market
and the Dixie Grocery on the Eden- 1
ton-Hertford road. Four cents per *
pound will be paid for the fats and ‘
as a premium two meat ration points *
will be given for each pound bought.
These stores were designated to buy (
the fats in order to make it more (
convenient to collect by the Norfolk 1
Tallow Company.
Os course, scrap iron is also much ,
in need and anyone having any of j
this material should sell it to either ,
T. C. Cross or S. Hobowsky in Eden
ton. Local scrap piles have been ;
and are being reduced by movement j
of metal to the steel mills.
The chairman, as well as those in- f
terested in doing all they can to help 1
in the war effort, is very anxious to (
see Chowan join wholeheartedly in ,
salvaging anything which can be ,
transformed into materials for bring
ing the war to an end as soon as
possible.
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Chowan County Far From
$363,000 Quota In Fourth
War Loan, $227,000 Short
| In Alaska |
LESTER ASHLEY, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Ashley, who
has been stationed in Alaska
for 14 months. “I would like to
be on she Carolina Coast for a
while,” wrote the Edenton boy,
“but The Herald is a very wel
come visitor and keeps me in
touch with home.”
Open House Will '
Be Held By USO
Saturday, Sunday
j
Occasion Is Observance
Os Third Anniversary
Os Organization
Open house will be observed by j
the Edenton USO Club Saturday
and Sunday in connection with the'
third nation-wide anniversary of the |
organization formed in the interest;
of service men and women.
Abe Martin, director of the local j
USO Club, Has planned for the club!
room to be open Saturday afternoon |
for the general public at which time !
visitors will be greeted and shown;
throughout the local quarters.
On Sunday afternoon open house
will be observed for mothers, fathers,
wives and sweethearts of men in
Chowan County who have gone off
to war. Many of these relatives of
service men have heard something
about USO, but have never been to a
ISO Club, By visiting the club they
will get some idea of the facilities |
and services which USO is offering to
their boys,
Sunday evening open house will be
held for all officers of nearby camps
and naval stations. Most of these
officers, because of their rank, have
been reluctant to visit the USO club,
and it is the hope of Director Martin
and his associates that many will
visit the club on this occasion.
Walkers Give Books
To Local Library
Beautiful Bound Classics
Included In Gift By
Newcomers
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Walker,
newcomers to Edenton, recently pre
sented the Shepard-Pruden Memorial
Library a group of books, many of
them beautifully bound classics.
Below is a list of the books given:
“A Tale of Two Cities,” by Dickens;
“Fathers and Sons,” by Turgenev;
“Pride and Prejudice," by Austen;
"Essays, Poems and Addresses,” by
Emerson; "Rubaiyat,” by Khayyam;
“Robinson Crusoe,” by Defoe; “The
Praise of Folly,” by Erasmus;
“Autobiography," by Franklin; “Pro
gress and Poverty,” by George;
“Benjamin Franklin,” by Van Doren;
Best Known Works of Cooper; Best
Known Works of Shakespeare; Select
ed Works of Thackeray; Favorite
Works of Scott; Best Known Works
of Plato; Best Known Works of
Zola; Favorite Works of Dickens;
Best Known Works of Irving.
Buy More War Bonds
This newspaper k drab I
lated in the territory I
where Advertisert al I
rtoHae pood results. 1
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$1.50 Per Year
j Chairman Campen Calls
Meeting of Bond Com
mittee Today
AT 4 O’CLOCK
Sales Early This Week
Amount to Only
$136,000
According to J. G. Campen, chair
man of the Chowan County War Fi
nance Committee, the county is lag
ging in the purchase of bonds in the
Fourth War Loan drive in which
Chowan’s quota is $363,000. Up to
Monday morning of this week sales
amounted to $136,000, which is far
from the goal with only 13 more
days to go.
The situation is causing no little
concern on the part of Mr. Campen
and D. M. Warren, his assistant
chairman, both of whom are very
anxious for Choawan to maintain its
record in meeting previous war loan
quotas.
Another disconcerting angle to the
drive is the fact that of the total
quota, $99,000 is expected to be
raised by the sale of E bonds. How
ever, early this week the sale of
these bonds amounted to only $52,-
000, so that due to the small amount
|of the bonds, sales will have to
I pick up considerably if the county is
i to meet what is expected of it.
Chairman Campen has called a
meeting of the Bond Committee,
which will be held this (Thursday)
afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Munici
pal Building, at which time ideas
will be presented and plans discuss
ed as to ways and means of stimulat
i ing bond sales, especially in the E
! series.
VV hide the success of the drive ap
| pears gloomy at present, both Cam
| pen and Warren feel that Chowan
• will rally to the cause and buy
: enough bonds to meet the quota be
: fore the end of the drive. At today’s
j meeting a bond sale rally or some
! other means may be devised in an
* effort to materially boost sales.
| In connection with the drive,
j Chairman Campen has released the
| following statement by Commander
I Melvyn H. McCoy, U. S. N., one of
j the survivors of Japanese terrorism
j now in this country, which speaks
i for itself. Commander McCoy, who
| escaped from a Japanese prison camp,
■ speaking on behalf of the men still
in Japanese hands, has requested
that this message be transmitted to
the American people, especially at
this time when huge sums of money
are needed to carry on the war:
Jap brutality is beyond descrip
tion. 1 would not wish any more’ of
our boys to have the same ex
| perience. I am sure that if those
prisoners still in Jap hands could
send a message to the United States
they would ask that the home front
back them up by buying as many
war bonds as they can during the
Tourth War Loan drive.
And if we can get a message back
to them that Americans are support
ing the fighting front, I am sure
that their spirits would be given a
needed lift, despite the brutal treat
ment.
“I urge all of you—those with
brothers, sons and fathers who are
seeing action in the Pacific Theatre
—to back them up by buying bonds
so that they would have the neces
sary supplies to avenge our men who
have suffered at the hands of the
Japs.
“There is no way that we who stay
at home can avenge this revolting
cruelty. What we can do is pathetic
ally little. If all of us put every
cent we can into war bonds it would
still be only the humblest gesture to
the boys who are doing the fighting,
the suffering, the dying.”
Edenton Girls Down
Hertford; Boys Lose
In games Monday night Edenton
and Hertford High Schools divided
honors in a double-header, when the
Edenton girls won from the Per
quimans County outfit 15-9.
Edenton’s boys again were forced
to hang on to the short end of a 26-
23 score with the Hertford boys.
LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET
WITH MRS. LYN S. BYRUM
The Auxiliary of the Ed Bond
Post of the American Legion will
meet Friday night with Mrs. Lyn S.
Byrum, at her home on Virginia
Road. All members are urged to be
present.