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Jhi lAm celnwhs will bt faaad 0 fair presentation as had aad county mm mg "»*W Ml. Volume XI. —Number 14. Colors P resented To Base On Su, tdu y Chowan County Meets Red 1 Cross 1944 Fund Quota; Amount Totals $7,851.67 $25 Above $7,800 Quota I Reported Monday Morning UP-HILIT FIGHT Berryman and Warren Pleased With Result 1 Os Drive Though it was an uphill fight, Chowan County reached its quota in the Red Cross War Fund drive Mon day morning, when D. M. Warren, treasurer, reported that the quota of $7,800 has been exceeded by $25. Since then, contributions have trick led in bo that Tuesday at noon con tributions totaled $7,851.67, or $51.07 above the quota. Both W. J. Berryman, chairman of the drive, and Mr. Warren, together with other workers, had set a goal of SIO,OOO in the drive, but even though that amount has not been realized gratification is expressed over the fact that the county has again lived up to its past reputation in raising the largest amount ever requested of it for Red Cross work. There are still a few more can vassers to be heard from, but it is not expected that these reports will add substantially to the amount now in hand. Though the national drive has been in progiess during the entire month of March, Chowan’s drive did not begin until Monday, March 13, in the hope that it would not drag along over a long period of time. How ever when first reports reached Treasurer Warren, returns did not come up to expectaions, and though both W arren and Berryman refused to believe that the quota would not be reached, they realized that a good deal of extra effort would be neces sary, if $7,800 was raised. Canvassers, as well as contributors, rallied generously, so that within a few days of the end of the drive there was still lacking something like SI,OOO which, of course, came in to again maintain a perfect record for Chowan County so far as Red Cross quotas are concerned. Both Berryman and Warren are delighted with the result and though the SIO,OOO goal was not realized, they feel that Chowan County has done a splendid job. They desire, too, to publicly thank each and every one who in any way contributed to the success of the drive either by so liciting of making contributions. Police Ready For Big Party Tonight Large Group Expected To Attend Affair In Armory In the neighborhood of 126 are expected to attend the Edenton Po lice Department’s party tonight (Thursday) in the Edenton Armory, when the police will be hosts to the members of Town Council, the Board of Public Works, Coun ty Commissioners, firemen, Shore Patrol, members of Division 2 of the State Highway Patrol, Sheriff J. A. Bunch and his deputies, the auxiliary police and a group of' prominent visitors including Sheriff C. V. Faulkner of Nash County; Thomas E. Creekmore, director of the SBI; Edward Scheldt, FBI agent in North Carolina; Lieut.-Commander James F. Ingoldsby, in charge of the Fifth Naval District Shore Patrol; Lieut. Lester Jones of the State Highway; Judge C. E. Thompson of Elizabeth City; Solicitor Chester Morris; Col. Karl Day and Lieut.-Col. Chester J. Peters, commanding officers at the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station, as well as a few others. The affair will begin at 7 o’clock, ,nd a delightful program has been arranged by Chief of Police J. R. Tanner, father of the idea. Barbecue and all the trimmings will be served, and the police are looking forward to one of the most pleasant occasions ever staged by the department. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Legionnaires Put Finishing Touches To Sunday’s Affair i Judge Leo Carr Speaker At Meeting Tues day Night | Though meetings are customarily ( held monthly, the third consecutive , weekly meeting of Ed Bond Post was held Tuesday night in the Court | House, at which time the finishing ■ touches were made to the Legion’s part in the celebration next Sunday , when Ed Bond Post will present col- < ors to the U. S. Marine Corps Air < Station. The Legionnaires, with fav orable weather, are expecting a large ; number of visiting ex-service men, in vitations having been extended to all < nearby Legion posts. , Jesse White, commander of the i Post, appointed Robert L. l*ratt to ] have charge of all Legionnaires who are expected to participate in the ( parade at the air station, and in order : to meet and greet visiting Legion- \ naires, a welcoming committee was named by White consisting of C. E. Kramer, Philip McMullan, Richard Elliott and Geddes Potter. Members of the Post are looking forward with much pleasure to the celebration and, unless the weather interferes, they expect the affair not only to be one of the most outstand ing ever held by the Post, but in Edenton as a whole. Officers and personnel at the air station are also cooperating in every respect to make the occasion successful and delightful and because of the opening of the base to the public and the program as arranged, a record crowd is ex pected to be on hand. The principal speaker at Tuesday night’s meeting was Judge Leo Carr He brought greetings from his Post in Burlington and stressed the re sponsibility resting upon Legion naires not only now but after the war as well. “Legionnaires have an opportunity (Continued on Page Six) 40 Adults Attend Training Course In Scout Cabin Meeting Friday This Week Instead of Thursday In the neighborhood of 40 men were on hand in the Boy Scout Cabin Thursday night when the first of a series of lessons in Scout training was held under the leadership of John A. Holmes, chairman of the district leadership training commit tee. In connection with the lesson, Mr. Holmes spoke on the subject, “The Boy,” which proved very inter esting to those present, including men interested in Scouting from Edenton, Hertford and Sunbury. A very delightful evening was en joyed by the group, which is now organized into troops and proving of great interest to the men. The training course includes seven lessons to be taught weekly and due to the police party tonight, the meeting will be held Friday night instead of Thursday. Plymouth Rector At St. Paul’s Sunday Air Easter service will be held Sun day morning in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, at which time the Rev. Wil liam Daniels of Plymouth will preach. The service is scheduled to be held at 9:30 o’clock, and an invi tation is er r ided to the public to attend. £ Because jrehis service, the Sun day School Thour has been changed from 9:45 to 11 o’clock. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 6, 1944. Criminal Docket In I Superior Court Ends I Tuesday Afternoon I Jury Returns Verdict ol < Not Guilty In Knife Slaying CARR PRESIDING Gambling Target Fc* Lambasting In Charge To Grand Jury With a charge of slaying on j the docket, a large crowd of court at- > tendants filled the Court House Mon day morning when Judge Leo Carr, < of Burlington, opened the April term i of Superior Court. i The criminal docket was completed \ late Tuesday with civil cases begun Wednesday morning. 1 With several asking to be excused i principally due to lack of help, the , Grand Jury was finally made up of W. A. Harrell, foreman; Earl Good- i win, W. M. Wilkins, J. H. Conger, C. i N. Keeter, C. T. Griffin, R. C. Nixon, Earl Harrell, Henry Smith N. J. Goodwin, S. W. White, C. B. Mooney, Jr., Thomas J. Jackson, W. S. Baas, C. W. Jordan, H. I. Ward, H. V. Bass and Walter Umphlett. In quite a lengthy address Judge Carr charged the jury, placing spec ial emphasis on gambling and main taining a wholesome community where service men and women may spend their leisure hours. “The grand jury is a very impor tant organization functioning with law enforcement machinery,” he said.; “It is true that some work of grand! juries of the present day might he eliminated,” he said as he referred! to double work in going over cases (Continued on Page Fivei Jury Drawn For May Term Court Session Will Depend or Number of Cases Docketed ! In anticipation of holding th special May term of Superior Court the County Commissioners at their meeting Monday drew 24 names who Will be required to serve as jurors Os course, if there are not enough cases on the calendar to justify hold ing the term of court, a request will be made to Governor J. M. Broughton to have the session called off. Those drawn for jury duty are: B. C. Hare, O. N. Jordan, W. H. Saunders, George C. Wood, T. E. Haste Graham Bvrum, H. Tom Hollowell, E. T. Parks, D. G. Welch, Emmett Dale, Percy M. Harrell, Paul Ober, Lloyd E. Bunch, W. T. Byrum, W. C. Brabble, J. T. Hollowell, John Parrish, O. C. Perry, William S. Morris, C. H. Barber, Raeford Brab ble, W. M. Chesson, N. E. Jordan and William Corprew. TWO LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED IN RIVER AND HARBOR DILL PASSED IN HOUSE Congressman Herbert Bonner Successful In In cluding Pembroke Creek and Chowan River Projects; Senate Now Considering Bill Congressman Herbert Bonner In formed The Herald late last week that he was able to include at least two local projects in the recent River and Harbor bill which passed the House on March 20, and is being considered in the Senate. One of the projects recommends the improvement of Chowan River to provide for a channel 12 feet deep and 80 feet wide from the mouth to the confluence of the Nottoway and Blackwater Rivers, Va., including a cut-off channel of like dimensions through a sharp bend near Riddicks ville, N. C., at an estimated first cost of $15,000, with annual maintenance of $500; and modification of the ex isting project for Blackwater River, Va., to provide for a channel 12 feet deep and generally 80 feet wide from the mouth to a point just down Chowan Negro One]| Prisoners To Return < Home On Gripsholm George Baker Welch Is Listed Among Latest < Group Exchanged J ON CATTLE BOAT Worked Between U. S. And England Prior To Outbreak War t Among the last group of American * prisoners exchanged with Germany which recently arrived on the Swed ish ship Gripsholm, was one from Chowan County, George Baker Welch, a colored man who formerly lived in the upper part of the county. Welch f was listed as George Welch and gave e his home as Edenton for which rea i son an intelligence agent recently t conferred with Mrs. Belle Parker in r order to identify the man. t Mrs. Parker recalled a colore c family named Welch which was well thought of in the community, having resided near the Welch homeplaca j, in the Tyner section. She remem- j bers very well Aunt Mary Isaac r Welch, the mother of Baker, as h f was known, who was a high type c colored woman having the respect of \ a large group of white friends. c The repatriated prisoner was a c fine type and highly respected color- r ed boy when he left the community -\ before war was declared to work on , a cattle boat going to England, and ( it is thought he was later taken \ prisoner by the Germans. . - i Easter Service In i Methodist Church Rev. H. F. Surratt An nounces Service at 9 A. M. Special Easter services will be held in the Methodist Church Sunday morning at 9 o’clock, instead of the usual 11 o’clock hour. The subject of the pastor, the Rev. H. F. Surratt, will be “The Living Christ,” and special Easter anthems will be ren dered by the choir, including “Christ Is Risen,” and a solo, “An Angel Said Unto Mary,” by Miss Helen Willis. A service will also be held Sunday night at 8 o’clock, the sub- j ject being “The Afterglow of! Easter.” Beginning Monday of this week, the Rev. Mr. Surratt has been hold- 1 ing special Holy Week Services with his subjects centering about the Cross. Tonight (Thursday) at o’clock, the subject will be “lougimus, the Roman Centurian,” and Friday night the subject will be “The Watch at the Cross.” Immediately following the Easter 1 morning service, Church School will be held and the Youth Fellowship meeting will take place Sunday even ing at 7 o’clock. stream from the Seaboard Air Line i Railway bridge at Franklin Va., a I distance of 14.5 miles, including cut off channels of like dimensions through two bends at Cherry Grove and Georges Bend, and a turning basin of 3.2 acres at Franklin, Va., : at an estimated first cost of $120,000, with annual maintenance of $3,500; ' subject to provisions. Another recommendation includes improvement of Pembroke Creek to 1 provide a channel 80 feet wide and 12 feet deep from the improved channel in Edenton Bay upstream 500 feet; thence 50 feet wide and 8 feet deep to the wharf of the United States fish hatchery, at an estimated first cost of $9,500, with annual mainte nance of S3OO, subject to certain provisions. Public Allowed To Enter Reservation To Witness Outstanding Celebration Service Men And Women Allowed To Vote In Elections Must Apply For Absen tee Registration And Ballot Men and women in the armed forces o£ the United States are grant ed by the State of North Carolina the special opportunity and right to register and vote in the 1944 pri mary and general elections, although they may be absent from their home county. Persons desiring absentee registra tion and vote must be absent from his or her home county and serving in the military, naval, auxiliary, merchant marine or other armed forces. They must be 21 years old, or will become 21 by November 7, 1944, and must have been a resident of North Carolina for one year and of the voting precinct for four months proceeding November 7, 1944. Temporary absence in military ser vice does not interrupt voting resi dence. Another qualification is that the applicant npust be able to read and write any section of the State Constitution. Applications must be filled out and addressed to the Chairman of the County Board of Elections, which in Chowan County is L. C. Burton. For the benefit of those desiring to apply for absentee registration and ballots, the proper form appears elsewhere in this issue of The Herald. St Paul’s Vestry Now Plan Another Church Restoration D. M. Warren Principal Speaker at Meeting Os Auxiliary Speaking to the Woman's Auxil iary of St. Paul’s Church on Monday afternoon, D. M. Warren, Senior Warden of the parish, called on all women to accept the great responsi bilities which are theirs at this time. He said: “If you fail, St. Paul’s will fail temporarily. If you do not sup port the Church School, the Church School will fail temporarily; if you do not support the Young Peoples’ Service League, the Service League will fail temporarily; if you do not support the church financially, its plans will fail temporarily; but you will fail permanently. St. Paul’s is bigger than the individual, and it will continue to live; but if you fail it, you will fail permanently.” He then stated that the Vestry is planning another restoration of St. Paul’s, the last one having been be gun in 1806. He called on the wom en to help support this movement by assisting in raising the necessary funds. Records show that the women have always been active in this work, and he asked that the present Wom an’s Auxiliary follow the example set by their ancestors. Mr. Warren cited an incident in Lloyd Douglas’ book, “The Robe,” in which religion is likened to a kit of tools to be used to build with, in stead of a house in which to live a stationary life. He closed his talk with this remark, “St. Paul’s Church is not finished. We cannot afford to put down our kit of tools—our reli gion.” ROTARIANS MEET TODAY Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet in the Parish House today (Thurs day) at 1 o’clock. President R. N. Hines is very anxious to have a good attendance in order to boost the club’s average, especially due to the fact that Secretary John A. Holmes is a candidate for district governor. This newspaper it circu lated m the territory where Advertisers w&t realise good results. <4.50 Per Year Gov. Broughton and R. L. McMillan Special Guests | PROGRAM 3P. M. Gate Opened 1 P. M. to Allow For Tour of Grounds With favorable weather, many peo ple are expected to attend and wit ness the presentation of colors to the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station by Ed Bond Post of the American Le gion next Sunday afternoon. With wholehearted cooperation on the part of officials and personnel at the base, many will take advantage of the op portunity to get their first glimpse of the base and gain some idea of the activities there. The celebration proper will not get under way until 3 o’clock, but the program, as arranged, calls for open ing the west gate of the base to the , public at 1 o’clock for the purpose of a tour through the operations and , synthetic training buildings and wit -1 nessing demonstrations of trainers • and a movie film. From 3 to 3:20 , o’clock, the adjutant will call for a . battalion parade, after which colors . will be presented by Governor J. M. Broughton and R. L. McMillan, na tional vice commander of the Amer ican Legion. The parade will march before the reviewing party at 3:40. re viewing party Will be computed of Governor J. M. Broughton, Mayor Leroy Haskett, Judge Richard D. Dixon, R. L. McMillan, Col. Karl S. Day, Lieut.-Col. Chester J. Peters, Lieut.-Col. W. E. Sweetser, Jr., Lieut.-Col. W. J. Huffman and rank ing officers from the Cherry Point Air Station. The troops in review will pass with Capt. Henry Gurley as commanding officer of the troop; Capt. R. L. Tompkins, adjutant; MT Sgt. E. L. Jones, sergeant major, and Corp. Virginia Clawson, field music. The formation, as planned, will be as follows: Cherry Point Band; headquarters squadron, Capt. W. R. Cunningham, commanding officer; WR Squadron, Ist Lieut. J. K. Rob erts, commanding officer; MOTG-81 (Color Company), Capt. F. J. Wade, commanding officer; MOTG-81 Squadron, Capt. J. S. Reed; com manding officer; Navy, with Chief Pharmacist Mate R. L. Hicks, and members of Ed Bond Post of the American Legion and visiting Le (Continued on Page Six) Annual Meeting Os C. Os C. Scheduled Wednesday Night Affair WiUße Held at Ernest Lee’s Place At 8 O’clock Though somewhat belated, the an nual meeting of the Chowan County Chamber of Commerce and Mer chants Association will be held on Wednesday night, April 12. The meeting will take place at Ernest Lee’s Place on the Windsor Highway, starting promptly at 8 o’clock. One of the pricipal items of busi ness will be Hie election of officers, though a program has been arranged which will be of interest to all who attend. Tickets are now on sale for the meeting, which will be a dinner af fair, and President J. G. Cam pen urges all members to make a special effort to ibe present. Bank Os Edenton Be Closed Easter Monday In order for employees to observe Easter Monday as a holiday, the Bank of Edenton will be closed all day next Monday. Patrons of the bank are urged to transact their business accordingly.
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