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George R. Nixon A
Firm Believer In
* "Old Lady Luck”
Navy Yard Worker Is
Winner of SI,OOO
War Bond
55,000 COMPETING
Chowan Man Donated
Day’s Pay To United
War Fund Drive
George R. Nixon, formerly of
Edenton, Route 2, but now a resident
of Portsmouth, Va., where he is a
master shipwright worker in the
Navy Yard, believes in luck, and
lucky days.
Last week, Nixon was presented
with a SI,OOO War Bond by the Co
operative Association, after a draw
ing was held in the Navy Yard in
which 55,000 employees participated.
Employees, to be eligible for the
drawing, contributed a day’s pay to
the United War Fund.
Nixon’s picture appeared in the |
Speed Victory, a weekly paper from J
the Navy Yard, last week, showing
him accepting the SI,OOO from J. H.
Overton, who represented the Co-op
Association.
Nixon has two sons now serving
in over-seas duty, Elwood Nixon, of
the U. S. C. G., and Lewis Nixon, in
the armed forces.
Barbecue Goes
Astray; Firemen
Eat Late Supper
Monkey Wrench Falls t
Into Plan to Enter-
T tain Ladies \
iidenton’s firemen were a disap- !
pointed group Friday night when
they had arranged' to have their ,
wives as guests at a barbecue sup- \
per. Firemen and the ladies assem
bled at the fire station at the ap- 1
pointed hour, and everything was in ,
readiness except the barbecue, which
was to have arrived from Rocky j
Mount on a bus about 6:30.
Finally telephone calls were made
and it was learned definitely that the
barbecue was placed on a bus. Other |
calls were subsequently made, but (
no trace of the barbecue could be
found.
The mystery was solved, when at ,
almost midnight, Archie Nobles, a
bus driver coming from Williamston. ,
brought the barbecue, informing a
few firemen still at the fire station
that it was left at the Williamston
bus station when transferred from I ‘
another bus. About a dozen firemen .
and their wives were rounded up to j.
enjoy a midnight lunch, while other 1 '
firemen received their barbecue I;
Saturday morning.
Phillips Tolpeak At
High School Finals;
On Friday, May 28
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Final arrangements have been *
completed for the commencement ex- i
ercises at the Edenton High School, J
as have been announced by Superin- 1
tendent John A. Holmes, of the city
unit. i
The opening night of this year’s ;
commencement will be on Friday ’
night, May 28, at which time the !
seniors will present a fascinating 1
entertainment, “Beyond the Port,” '•
representing the four-year cruise of '
the graduates. This evening’s enter- !
tainment, under the direction of Miss .
Lucille Clark, of the High School '•
Science Department, promises to be ■
one of unusual interest. <
On Sunday evening at 8 o’clock,
the baccalaureate sermon Will be >
delivered by the Rev. D. C. Crawford, 1
Jr., of the Edenton Presbyterian ‘
Church.
The final commencement address
will be made on Tuesday evening, I
May 30, at 8 o’clock, by Charles 1
) Phillips, head of the Public Relations
Department, at Woman’s College, I
Greensboro. After the address of
Mr. Phillips, the diplomas and other
merit distinctions will be awarded
to the winners. ]
One special award, greatly looked 1
forward to, is the annual awarding
of the Rotary Cup, which will be l
presented by R, N. Hines, president i
of the Rotary Club. 1
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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CLOSE-UP OF AN AERIAL BOMBING-In this photograph of a recent American air raid on
Rabaul, New Britain, the effects of bombs on enemy targets is apparent.! Japanese anti-aircraft gun
emplacements where guns and gunners will be put out of action may fee seen through rifts in the
jomb bursts. .
Former Edenton
Man’s Paintings In
Fine Arts Gallery
Richard Diamond Won
Honors In Bloomfield,
New Jersey
Richard B. Diamond, formerly of
Edenton, is now exhibiting at the
American Fine Arts Gallery, New
York City.
Mr. Diamond received the invita
tion to exhibit following an exhibi
tion of his work at Bloomfield, New
Jersey, where he won the jury
award for having the best picture in
the show. This picture, entitled,
“Third Day,” an impression of the
crucifying of Christ, was honored by
the jury, who said, “It is an abstrac
tion carried to a tangible realization
and while done entirely in greens
was handled in an exceedingly fine
manner.”
Since moving from Edenton, Mr.
Diamond has received many commis
sions to paint portraits. At present
he is associated with the Star Elec
tric Motor Co., of Bloomfield, New
Jersey, as a design engineer.
Pictures on exhibit in Americani
Fine Arts Galleries are “Regenera
tion” and “Main Street, Jackson
ville, N. C.”
“Regeneration,” an oil, is a sym
bolic picture depicting the birth of
the new generation and is done en
tirely in blues.
“Main Street, Jacksonville, N. C. ” j
a water color, is a view of the main
street of Jacksonville, after a rain|
storm.
Service Men Enjoy
Breakfast Parties
At 11. S. 0. Club
The Java Club breakfast parties,
which are being sponsored this
month by the ladies of the Edenton
Baptist Church, at the USO Club,
soy service people, are very popular,
and the appreciation shown by the
guests is most gratifying, state the
ladies in charge.
For the past two Sunday morn
ings, the ladies have served on an
average of 30 breakfasts to the ser
vice men and women. The meals
are prepared, cooked and served
from the club kitchen. “A touch
and flavor of home, away from
home,” is the way the guests de
scribe the coffee, eggs, waffles and
jam, so generously furnished and
served to them for the past two
Sunday mornings from 9 to 10
o’clock.
Mrs. J. G. Campen, under whose
interested sponsorship these break
fasts are being sponsored from the
church, has done an outstanding job.
Beginning June 1, the schedule will
be open for other churches, or or
ganizations who wish to sponsor the
breakfast clubs.
Clyde R. Hoey To Talk
At Rotary Club Today
Clyde R. Hoey, former governor of
North Carolina, will speak at the
Rotary Club Thursday at 1:30 p. m.
Mr. Hoey will speak just after the
regular luncheon meeting of the club,
and the public is cordially invited to
hear him.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 18, 1944.
Marines Go To Aid
Os Party Stranded
In Albemarle Sound
At midnight, May 15, Lieut.-Col
onel Chester J. Peters, commanding
officer of the local Marine Corps Air
Station, was awakened by an urgent
call from Chief of Police J. IJ.
Tanner. It had been reported to
Tanner by George Barnhardt, of
Tarboro, that Lynn Bond, prominent
Tarboro lawyer, his son. Lynn Bond,
Jr., and George Barnhardt, Jr., had
left Belhaven for a boat cruise
through the Pungo river into the In
land Waterways, and on into Eden
ton via the Alligator river and the
Albemarle Sound.
No word had been rceived by mid
night, May 14, and the families be
came alarmed.
Chief of Police Tanner asked that
Lieut.-Colonel Peters send out a
searching party. At approximately
7:30 Tuesday morning, May 16,
headed by Corporal Emmett Wiggins,
an Edenton lad, who knows these
waterways, and who had at some re
cent time piloted a towboat through
them, a searching party composed of
Staff Sgt. John Sabo, Pfc. W. E.
Weigand and Pharmacist Mate 3-c
! Edward Garabedian, shoved off in a 1
crash boat to find the stranded
party and to lend a helping hand. ;
The 36-foot cabin cruiser, with a
Ford engine, was sighted about 9:15
a. m., drifting about in the choppy
waters of the Albemarle Sound. The
j cruiser was attached to the crash
I boat and towed to the boat house at
! the Edenton U. S. Marine Corps Air
I Station.
| Lyn Bond and his crew would not
j abandon their ship, even after help- 1
came. They stayed aboard, all the j
| way. back as they were towed in.
I. W. J. Huffman, execu
i tive officer at the local Air Station,
I flew over the water, sighting the
! boats about 35 miles from their des
tination, and immediately informed
the families, w'ho were anxiously
awaiting information.
Chief of Police J. R. Tanner,
Lieut.-Colonel Chester J. Peters and
Lieut.-Colonel W. J. Huffman await
ed the safe anchoring of the adven
turous cruiser boat at the Air/Station
boat house at 1:45 Tuesday after
noon, when the bedraggled, barefoot
ed crew came ashore. With un
daunted spirit and calm determina
tion, the crew started for the home
shores, after rest and repairs.
C. of C. Drive For
Members Making
Splendid Progress
J. W. Davis and J. H. Conger,
chairmen of the membership drive,
now being carried on by the Cham
ber of Commerce and Merchants’ As
sociation are well pleased with the
response to the drive. In a state
ment this week, they said, “The
membership drive being carried on
by the Merchants’ Association is
making very satisfactory progress,
and we expect to reach our $3,000
goal very shortly. We now have on
hand over $2,500, with several more
corporations and individuals to be
contacted for membership.”
It is expected that the drive will
end this week with outstanding re
sults.
Chowan Baptist j
Missionary Union
I Meets May 25th
; Lnteresting Program Is
I Arranged In Warwick *
Baptist Church
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Next Thursday, May 25, the Wom
; an’s Missionary Union of Chowan
■ County will convene at Warwick 1
Baptist Church, with sessions sche- 1
! duled for both morning and after- '
noon, starting at 10:30 o’clock. The *
' theme of the meeting will be “The 1
: Unchanging Christ In a Changing i
World.”
j An interesting program has been
prepared, with the following taking I
j pa it: Mrs. Curtis Chappell, .Mrs. I. E. 1
; Halsey, Mrs. Clarence Harrell, Mrs. •
.j C. T. Doughtie, Mrs. A. D. Ward, 1
■ j Mrs. C. J. Hollowell, Mrs. J. I. I
, I Boyce and Joseph Privott. *
, Principal addresses for the meeting 1
i 1 will be made by the Rev. Herbert P. *
Miller of Sunbury, and Miss Sophie |‘
! Lanneau, of Wake Forest and China, j 1
! the former speaking at the morning j
.] session and the latter in the after-)
, noon. 1
I I Special music will be provided by 1
j the Edenton Baptist Church and
j young people from Warwick Church. •
I A pageant will be presented by the ‘
I I young people from Rocky Hock *
I Church. • | 1
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Marine Corps Team :
Wins First League;
Game; Score 4 to 3;
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The Marines made their league
debut before a capacity crowd at the j
Hicks Field Ball Park Sunday as-i
ternoon and defeated the Lighter- j
Than Air Base 4 to 3. t
Lieut.-Col. Chester Peters, com- ,
manding officer of the Marine Corps r
Air Station here, threw the first ball (
to pitcher Stevenson for the Marines. )
The Marines opened the first in- s
ning with a two-run out burst on a ]
walk to G. Fasick, sacrifice by Plott, f
single by Pollick and a fly ball to (
centerfield by Bear. Added another ]
run in the sth on singles by G. ]
Fasick, Plott and Pollick. The Sail- ,
urs came back in the sixth to score j
one run on a walk to Allen, sacrifice (
by Spring and a single by Tatum.
Masler hit one over the left field ]
wall for a home run, Tatum doubled,
Rodner got on by an error which
scored Tatum to tie the score 3 to 3.
Stevenson was then relieved by Mali- ,
, kowski after walking Whitt. Mali- 1
i kowski got the next man to hit a (
ground ball to him for an easy out. ;
The Marines came back in their half j
, of the eighth to push across the
, winning run on a walk to Bear, sac- i
. rifice by C. Fasick and a single by ]
Lonegran. Pollick and Lonegran j
lead the Marines in hitting as both
collected 3 for 4. j
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Red Men Quartet At
Great Council Meeting I
1 Four members of Chowan Tribe of i
Red Men attended the annual meet- 1
ing of the Great Council held in i
High Point the first part of the
week. The quartet was composed of
. A S. Hollowell, W. J. Daniels,
Raleigh Hollowell and J. Edwin
Bufflap. , ]
Ideal Soldier j
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Pfc. William (Buster) Knox,
son of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Knox,
whose duties as performed in a
bombing squadron overseas have
attracted a superior officer to
such an extent that a very com
plimentary letter was written to
the boy’s mother.
Chowan Growers
See Peanut Seed
Demonstrations
Peanut Growers Treat;
53,500 Pounds of Seed
Peanuts For Planting
Peanut seed treatment demonstra- 1
tions and community seed treatment
days were held in 12 communities <
last week, according to County Agent
C. W. Overman’s report. A total of
82 peanut growers treated 53,500
pounds of seed-peanuts.
Metal 50-gallon drums were used
for treating the seed peanuts. One
hundred pounds of seed peanuts were
placed in the drum, two ounces of
Arasan were sprinkled over the seed
and the drum was rolled on the ,
ground approximately 100 feet, then ,
turned up on each end to further
mix the fungicide with the seed, af
ter which it was rolled back. It re- 1
quired approximately five minutes j
for the complete operation of treat- ]
ing 100 pounds of seed in a drum.
Three drums were provided in order (
to enable each grower to work as
promptly as possible.
Treatment of seed peanuts last ‘
year increased stands from 30 per
cent to over 300 percent over un- (
treated seed. On the farm of K. J.
Copeland, of Route 1, Edenton, un- *
treated seed gave about one-fourth 1
stand, treated seed in the rows right
beside same gave a perfect stand j 1
containing 135 plants per 100 feet. ’
As a result of the effectiveness of 1
peanut seed treatment, many grow- 1
ers are purchasing Arasan and 1
treating their own peanuts individ
ually.
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Louis George Wilkins
And T. E. Parker Meet •
Somewhere Overseas
Among letters received this week
by The Herald from boys in the ser- ]
vice was one from T. E. Parker, Jr., ,
now in the European Theatre of ,
Operations. Aside from expressing ;
his appreciation for The Herald, he .
stated that after 13 months in the .
European Theatre of Operations, he
finally met a boy from the old home- (
town. “That person,” said young ,
Parker, “was none other than Lieut. ,
Louis George Wilkins, U. S. N. It. ,
was really great to see him, and we
talked about an hour, or rather un
til he had to go back on duty.”
Police Arrests Total
51 During April
Edenton police made 61 arrests
during the month of April, drunks
leading the list with 19. Violation
of whiskey laws came second with
seven arrests, followed by five for
assault with deadly weapons.
Twenty of the cases were tried
before a Justice of the Peace. 15 in
Recorder’s Court, with the remainder
pending.
Fines collected totaled $325, costs
$358.35 and officers’ fees paid over
to the town were $73.80.
Arrangements have been made
with the Street Department to mark
off the south side of Church Street
in the block where the Edenton
Laundry is located in order to elimi
nate congested parking.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
The regular meeting of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. A A. M., will be
held tonight at 8 o’clock.
I This ntmspapr it threw-
I luted hi the tfffitUEjf
1 where
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$1.50 Per Year
Housing Projects
Present Problems
For Town Officials
Supplement to Bring
Water and Sewer to
Town’s Standard
JOINT MEETINGS
35 Houses In North Ed
enton and 15 on Old
Brown Property
With Edenton’s housing project in
North Edenton making rapid pro
gress, town officials have been con
fronted with a problem which has
been discussed at length and has re
sulted in two joint meetings of Town
Council and the Board of Public
Works, one of which was held Friday
night and another Monday night.
The problem has to do with water
and sewer connections and street im
provements at the above-named
tract, where 35 houses are now in the
course of construction, as well as for
15 more houses on the site of the
M. G. Brown Lumber Company which
was destroyed by fire several years
ago.
According to George Jordan, the
contractor, a certain amount of
money is provided per unit to take
care of water and sewer service and
street improvements, which are to be
hard surfaced streets and concrete
curb and gutter. The amount allo
cated for this purpose will not per
mit installation in keeping with the
town standards, therefore, some ar
rangements must be made if town
officials expect the work to meet
their specifications.
Mr. Jordan frankly told town offi
cials that unless the town supple
mented the amount to be spent per
unit, he would proceed according to
his plan which would pass FHA in
spection, but would not be in keeping
with the policy of the town.
Members of the Board of Public
W orks feel that if the work is done
according to Mr. Jordan’s specifica
tions, it very likely will be a matter
of only a short time before a consid
erable amount would be necessary for
repairs or even for installations in
keeping with the town’s policy.
Therefore, a supplement now would
in reality mean a saving in the long
run.
After discussing at length, it was
decided to allow Mr. Jordan to in
stall the work according to town
specifications for which he would be
supplemented in the amount of
$7,000. This amount does not in
clude any street work, the entire ex
pense of which will be borne by the
contractor.
At the North Edenton site, eight
of the houses are in the city limits,
while 27 are outside the city, though
under the arrangement of a supple
ment, Mr. Jordan has agreed to in
corporate the entire tract.
Because the Brown tract is within
the city limits, Mr. Jordan stated
that no amount has been allowed for
water and sewer installations, nor for
street improvements, it being the
obligation of the town to make the
connections and provide a street.
This matter was the subject of the
Monday night’s meeting.
Under the proposed plan, the
homes on the Brown tract will be lo
cated around a semi-circle formed by
the extension of Blount and Eden
Streets, curving at the western end so
may drive in on one street
and ’come out on the other. This
plan was approved, instead of the
original one, which provided a dead
end street in both instances, with a
circle for turning around at the end
of each street.
Marvin Alexander
Reported Missing
Parents Receive Tele
gram From War
Department
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Alexander
were informed by a telegram from
the War Department last Wednesday
night that their son, Pfc. Marvin
R. Alexander, a 19-year-old soldier,
has been missing in action in The
European War Area since April 28.
The telegram also stated that a de
tailed letter would follow soon.
Pfc. Alexander was a member of
the Senior Class of the Edenton
High School last year, and played on
the football team for a year or so.
He joined the Army May 19, 1943,
being inducted at Fort Bragg
through the local Draft Board.