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(h <lmm mkmmt wit to M« Mr pntmMtm Volume Xl.—Number 8. Red Cross War Fund Drive In County Will Begin March 13 With Goal Set SIO,OOO ■■ - < Effect Organization at Meeting Held Mon day Night INTEREST KEEN Berryman Plans Meet ing With Colored People At the call of W. H. Berryman, chairman of the Red Cross War Fund drive, a goodly number of interested persons met in the Court House on Monday night, when machinery was set up to conduct an intensive house to-house campaign in order to reacn the county’s quota of $7,800. It was definitely decided at the meeting to begin the drive on Mon day, March 13, and the hope was ex pressed that the goal will be reached in a week or ten days, or surely be fore the end of the month, during which time the National campaign is in progress. The quota is the largest erver asked of the county for Red Cross purposes, but despite this fact, the opinion was expressed that Chowan County people know about the Red Cross and its worthwhile activities and are veTy sympathetic with the sort of work done. Because of this fact, those present expressed little doubt but that the quota will be reached and a tentative goal of SIO,OOO in way of contributions was set opt. I . t D. M. Warren was elected treas urer of the drive, and during the meeting he presented a number of pertinent facts in connection with the work of the Red Cross and ex pressed the hope that Chowan would, os in other drives back up this or ganization which is virtually at the side of all the boys now serving their country. Chairmen were appointed for the Second and Third Townships, the Rev. Frank Cale serving in the First Township and Dewey Berryman in the Third Township. Chaplain Henry Chace will have charge of contribu tions at the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station. Chairmen for the First and Fourth Townships are now being considered, but the appointments had not been made up to Wednesday. It is the purpose of the various chairmen to appoint a corps of can-] vassers so that practically every person in the county can be contacted and given an opportunity to contri bute during the drive. It is the desire of Mr. Berryman and his co-workers to have as many people as possible make a contribu tion, emphasis being placed on the fact that the work of the Red Cross touches, directly or indirectly, prac tically every person in the county. The fact is also stressed that if everybody will make a contribution, the burden of raising the quota will be more equally distributed, which after all, is the purpose of the cam paign. Mr. Berryman plans to call another meeting next week with the colored people, who will be able to handle their own campaign among the race, setting up their own organisation. Colored people annually contribute very generously to the Red Cross and Mr. Berryman is expecting a more generous response this year due to improved financial conditions. Scrap Moving- From Edenton Junk Yard Three carloads of scrap iron have been recently moved by S. Hobowaky, local junk dealer, with the prospect that two or three more carloads will be moved very soon. The local con cern, handicapped by shortage of labor, has been assisted by Isaac Hobowßky, of iScotland Neck, who has transported some labor to help load the scrap. Marvin Wilson Now Captain State Guard Following the transfer to Wash ington, N. C., of J. Frank White, Jr., who was captain of Company 26, State Guard, Marvin Wilson was re cently promoted to captain of the company. In the change, Leslie Morgan and Robert Bunch were also elevated to lieutenants in the outfit. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL Private Guy E. Hollowell, a mem ber of Company L, 321st Infantry, has been promoted to the grade of corporal, while serving in the United States Army. Corporal Hollowell is stationed at Camp San Luis Obispo, California. THE CHOWAN HERALD C. J. Peters Succeeds Colonel Z. C. Hopkins As C.O. At Air Station Colonel and Mrs. Hop kins Leave For West Coast Lieutenant - Colonel Chester J. ! Peters, USMCR, has succeeded Col onel Zebulon C. Hopkins as command- L ing officer of the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station, the new officer taking , over his duties as of February 8. Lieutenant-Colonel Peters in 1917 entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an aviation cadet, ‘ receiving his final instruction in , 1918 at Pensacola, Fla. From there | he went to Miami to join the First , Marine Aviation Force, and was com [ missioned a second lieutenant, later going overseas. After World War I, Lieutenant ’ Colonel Peters went back to college, ’ receiving his AB, BS and MS degrees , at the Colorado School of Mines, | Missouri School of Mines and the J University of Missouri. In 1928 he went back to the Marine ; Corps on active duty at the Naval ; Reserve Aviation base at Great Lakes 111. He remained there until 1935, during which time he assisted in organizing Marine Reserve Avia , tion squadrons. F'rom Great Lakes he went to Kansas City Naval Re serve Aviation Base where he served as commanding officer for a Marine unit. Prior to coming to Edenton, Lieu tenant-Colonel Peters was in charge of a cadet regiment at the Naval Air Station at Olathe, Kansas. | lie, Mrs. Peters and their two chil ; dren will make their home on West Eden Street in the house formerly , occupied by Colonel and Mrs. Zebulon C. Hopkins. | Colonel and Mrs. Hopkins left Edenton Friday for the West Coast. He was the first commanding officer , of the. Marine Air Corps Station, taking over his duties in October, 1942, and during which time he cap ably directed the growth of the ’ station. Colonel Hopkins is a native of Dover, Del., and was made a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1929. He received his flight train ing at the U. S. Air Station at Pen sacola, Fla., and was designated a naval aviator July 23, 1931. He is an engineer as well as a Marine Corps aviator. J Colonel Hopkins was awarded the , Haitian Order of Honor and Merit and diploma on April 11, 1934, by the president of the Republic of Haitii. Policemen’s Ball Very Successful Chief of Police Tanner Reports Receipts of Nearly SI,OOO From every angle, Edenton’s Po lice Ball, the first ever staged by the [ Police Department, waa a decided success Tuesday night. A large , number gathered in the Armory, where they danced to the music of ; Hal Thurston and his orchestra from Rocky Mount The band was at its best, therefore those who did not ■ dance also enjoyed the evening. A floor show was held as a fea i ture of the affair, during which i Buddy Robinson delighted the crowd with an exhibition of tap dancing. Chief of Police J. R. Tanner re ported on Wednesday morning that receipts of the ball amounted to ap [ proximately SI,OOO, and said that he . and the members of the department are delighted with the result. They | also desire to express their appre ciation to anyone who cooperated in , making the affair the success that it , was. > " 65th Anniversary Os Dime Society Feb. 29 The Dime Society of the Baptist ’ Church will hold the 65th anniversary | I of its organization Tuesday evening,, i February 29. The meeting will be I , held at the home at Mrs. J. J. Long' and all members are urged to attend. I Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February AIR MAIL PICK-UP LOOMS I j ■ • j-, .. ■. nva ■■■ HHM ■ ■ If the Civil Aeronautics Board grants permission, air mail will in the near future arrive and depart from Edenton in a 130-mile-an-hour manner, when Hawthorne Airways’ plans to provide air mail pick-up service here materialize. Photo shows plane of All American Aviation, Inc., which op erates similar service in Pennsylvania, about to pick up a sack of mail while specially “armored” pouch of incoming mail falls to the ground. Training Course For Scout Leaders Scheduled March 2 Session Will Be Held In Edenton School Library AT 8 O’CLOCK All Interested In Scout Movement Asked To Attend There will be an introductory training session for leaders in the Hoy Scout movement at the High School library on Thursday evening, March 2, at 8 o’clock. This training course will be given by the Leadership Training Commit tee, of which John A. Holmes is chairman. It will be for leaders, committeemen, parents, members of sponsoring institutions and others interested in Cubbing, Scouting andl Senior Scouting. Everyone who is interested or ac tive in Boy Scout movement should have this training. For those who expect to become leaders of Scouts, Cubs, or Senior Scouts, the Introduc tory Training Session serves as the first part of their training; for all others it provides enough information so that the aims and methods of the movement will be evident. ' Before receiving a certificate for the Scoutmasters’ Training Course, Skippers’ Training Course, the Ex plorer Leaders’ Training Course or the Cub Leaders’ Training Course each leader is required to complete , this introductory training. A large number of Scout leaders and others interested in Scouting is , expected to attend this course. They will come from Chowan, Gates and Perquimans Counties. Progress Noted On Housing Project Work Will Be Done By Jordan & Wilson of New Bern Progress is noted on the Edenton housing project, Mayor Leroy Has kett having been informed that the local site has been purchased from Richard L. Player, of Fayetteville, by Jordan and Wilson, of New Bern, (who will build the houses. Material has been placed on the sfte, including lumber and brick. In fact, work was scheduled to get un | der way Monday of this week, but , j due to weather conditions, it was 1 1 forced to be postponed. Work on the j buildings is now expected to be I started in a day or two. R.L. Meiggs Agrees To Handle Salvage Os Waste Paper Newspapers, Magazine* And Cardboard Will Be Collected PAY 15c 100 LBS. Edenton Boy Scouts Will Also Conduct Drive For Paper Arrangements were completed this week for Chowan County to join in the salvage of waste paper, one of the phases of the war effort in which, save for an abbreviated drive about a year ago by the Boy Scouts, the county has hot yet taken part. It. L. Meiggs has agreed to go into the collection of waste paper, includ ing newspapers, magazines and card | boards, all of which is the No. 1 item of salvage material needed at the ' present time. He will pay 15 cents per hundred pounds and will, of course, in turn place it into needed channels by disposing of it to the North Carolina Pulp Company a Plymouth. Mr. Meiggs says he is willing to handle the waste paper salvage which will mean added responsibility to his present duties, and that his contlnu ■ ation will depend upon the coopera tion of citizens in making waste pa* per available. He has arranged for a collection i in the residential section of the city : every Wednesday afternoon, at whfcn time anyone who is willing to cooper -1 ate should place the paper where it i can be seen and conveniently col lected. It is very necessary mat [ newspapers and magazines be tied in separate bundles and that cardboard boxes be flat and also tied in bundles. Mr. Meiggs also stated that he will cooperate in the collection of tin cans in that if they are properly prepared , and placed at the curb, he will collect them while on his round every Wed -1 nesday afternoon. His first collec tion will be made on Wednesday as • temoon of next week, so that any who have waste paper to contribute or sell are requested to place it at the curb. Arrangements have also been maae by Mr. Meiggs to buy the paper at his place of business at the corner of Broad and Water Streets for tne time being and in the meantime, ne , is making an effort to secure a build ing for storage purposes. State salvage officials have made frequent visits to Edenton in the in terest of the salvage program and are very anxious to have Chowan , County join with other counties in ; rounding up as much waste paper as i possible. ! To help stimulate interest in the (Continued on Page Five) 1 Proposed Plan Includes Edenton On Important Air Mail Pickup Delivery Line Rotarians Will Be “Kids” For One Night At Least Scheduled to Play Bas ketball Game With Boy Scouts Edenton Rotarians will be “kids” again, according to an affair an nounced by President Dick Hines, who has arranged for a basketball team to be picked from the club to play a team selected from Troop No. 156 of the Boy Scouts, which is sponsored by the club. , President Hines has already secur ed the Armory for Friday night, March 3, when the game will be ( played, and though the Rotary team 1 has not been selected, no little in terest has already been shown. The proposition was presented to the Scouts at their meeting Friday night, and the Scouts at once accepted the challenge. They even predict that they will easily trim the socks off the Rotarians. Dave Holton, a former high school, coach, will have charge of the Rotary l outfit and has his eyes peeled on such players as Mint Warren Gus Moore, Izzy Campen, John Holmes, Charlie Wood, Cal Kramer, Bob Martin, Joe Campen, Chaplain Henry Chace as well as a few others. He expects, however, to have to press into play practically every member of the club before the game is fin ished. He also states that the “boys” will be attired in regulation basket ball paraphernalia, therefore specta tors should get an eye full. The starting line-up will probably be announced at today’s Rotary meeting. Holton will hardly call for | any practice of his outfit, expressing fear that if they engage in practice some of them will hardly be able to' participate in the game. An admission will be charged to see the game, with the proceeds go ing in the Rotary Club’s student loan fund. Call Extended To Rev. Charles Best As Rector St Paul’s Congregation Awaiting Definite Answer to Invitation After preaching a preliminary ser mon in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Wednesday night of last week, the congregation extended a call to the Rev. Charles Best to accept the rec torship, which has been vacant since the resignation of the Rev. Louis F. Schenck several months ago. The Rev. Mr. Best is at present rector of Grace Church at Darlington, Md. He is a graduate of Johns Hop kins University and the Episcopal Seminary at Alexandria, Va. A large number of Episcopalians , turned out last week to hear the Rev. Mr. Best, and though he is a young man, in the ministry only five years, he made a very favorable im pression which resulted in an imme diate call. He was accompanied by his wife, both of whom were guests of honor at a reception, after the service, in the Parish House. It s understood that Mr. Best has had other calls, so no definite answer was promised St. Paul’s congregation for a week or more. E. K. White Promoted To Warrant Officer Elbert K. White, son of Mrs. H. C. Barber and the late Herbert White, of Paradise Farm, received the com mission of warrant officer as a chief engineer on January 21, after com pleting a course in maritime engi neering, Transportation Corps, Water i Division, United States Army. He is • stationed at the Port of Embarkation l at Seattle, Washington. 1 Warrant Officer White received a 1 rating of excellent. He was a mem -1 her of the Ambulance Company of the State Guard, when it was muster > ed into service shortly after the out break of the war. Thu ntwspafer k drm lated im Im tmkmw whan Advartktn wm «p 1.50 Per Year Representative of Air Line In Edenton Monday WILL SPEED MAIL Information Given For Presenting to Aero nautics Board Air mail planes will snatch Eden ton mail off the ground at speeds up to 150 miles per hour without damage even to packages marked “fragile,” according to officials of Hawthorne Airways, whose projected pick-up route will connect this city with Richmond and Rocky Mount and 21 other communities along the route. Details of the high speed pick-up and delivery system by air were ex plained to a group of Edenton men in the Municipal Building Monday afternoon by Edward N. Hoyis, veter an pilot and representative of the Hawthorne Airways, who was here to make a survey of local facilities. He also was in search of necessary data to be presented to the Civil Aeronau tics Board when the application is made to operate the proposed air mail pick-up and delivery routes. The proposed service was developed six years ago by All American Avia tion, Inc., and has been successfully operated in routes covering West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio and parts of New York State for the past four years. Secret of the successful operation is the elec trically controlled winch which al lows the initial shock of pick-up to be absorbed gradually, thus prevent ing damage to mail. The pick-up itself is relatively simple and requires very little equip ment. Two poles 15 feet high are erected in any open field about 20 feet apart. The mail sack is at -1 tached to a large loop of rope which ! is hung between two supports at the j top of the poles. The mail plane, j dangling a hook, swoops low over the field and engages the rope. In the meantime incoming mail is dropped a second before pick-up. Since the mail is contained in a sack with a special “armored” head, no damage is done to the mail. A mail handler in the rear of the airplane sorts the mail, handles the winch and, more or less like a bombardier, takes care of the dropping. Needless to say he’s a busy man. The ground facili ties are handled by a local person employed by Hawthorne Airways to meet the plane. The equipment used in this type of service is single engined aircraft of the Stinson Reliant type and flown by one pilot. Powered with a 300 h. p. engine, the craft has a cruising speed of around 130 miles per hour. Later Hawthorne Airways hopes to add twin-engined equip ment which will permit carrying pas sengers as well, thus providing a much needed feeder system between here and points served by main trunk air lines. Hawthorne Airways has filed ap plication with the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington. D. C., for six Board in Washington, D. C., for six important air mail routes in Virginia and the Carolinas. Two and a years of intensive research work have already been spent in choosing routes which would give these cities and towns optimum service. Hawthorne Airways is headed by one of the South’s best-known avia tion figures—Beverly E. Howard. Howard is rated as an oatstanding acrobatic pilot and is also head of the Hawthorne School of Aeronautics, a large Army Air Forces Contract Pilot School at Orangeburg, S. C.- Hawthrone Flying Service, Inc ’ erators of S. C., municipal airport; Air Sendees, Inc., sole spec s' ° n , f ? med Washington. I>. C. National Airport, as well as several other Hawthorne flying or ganizations. In over eleven yean no civilian has been killed in Haw thorne’s extensive flight operation* High Official Os Red Men Visits Local Tribe Tom Boswell, of Elizabeth City, peat senior sagamore of Red Men m North Carolina, visited Chowan Tribe at its meeting Monday night. Mr. Boswell will be elevated to Great Sachem at the Great Council meeting to be held in High Point in May, and m his remarks Monday night, he urged local Red Men to make an ef fort to increase membership in the Tribe.
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