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Volume XI. —Number 22.
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TRIO PROMOTED TO EAGLE SCOUTS \
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BURTON JONES J. CLARENCE LEARY, JR. WEST BYRUM, JR.
The three Edenton Boy Scouts pictured above, members of Troop No. 170, will become Eagle Scouts
at a Court of Honor to be held in the Edenton High School auditorium Friday night. Promotion of
three boys to Eagle Scout at one time is one of the highlights of Scouting in Edenton, and brings
the number of Eagle Scouts in Edenton to eight. The public is cordially invited to attend the affair,
which will begin at 8 o’clock
Three Boy Scouts
Promoted To Rank
Eagle Friday Night
Dne of Highlights In
Eden ton Scouting
History
publicTnvited
Interesting' Program In
School Auditorium
At 8:30
What is'expected to be one of the
biggest events in Scouting ever to
take place in Edenton will be staged
at the Edenton High School audi
torium Friday night at 8:30 o’clock,
when three local youths will receive
the Eagle Scout award.
The youths are J. Clarence Leary,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Clarence
Leary; Burton Jones, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Jones, and West Byrum,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. By
rum.
These boys are members of Troop
170 which is sponsored by the Eden
ton Lions Club, their Scoutmaster
being Chief of Police J. R. Tanner.
Oscar Duncan and Nathan Dail are
assistant scoutmasters of the troop.
All parents and Scouts of the West
Albemarle District are urged to at
tend this court of honor. Scout of
ficials are very anxious to see the
general public turn out and fill the
auditorium. The ceremony is an im
pressive one, and it is very unusual
to have three boys get the honor at
the same time.
Philip S. McMullan, chairman of
the Advancement Committee for the j
West Albemarle District, will preside
over the Court of Honor. Appearing I
on the program will be John A.
Holmes, superintendent of the Eden
ton High School, who is widely
known for his interest in the Boy
Scout movement, and Lieut. George
H. Wheeler, chaplain at the U. S.
Marine Corps Air Station. Chaplain
Wheeler for 14 years before enter
ing the service was in charge of the
boys’ work program at a large YMCA
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Chowan County’s
Quota In Fifth War
Loan Drive $426,000
J. G. Campen Appealing
For United Effort In
Big Drive
J. G. Campen, chairman of the
Chowan County War Finance Com
mittee, has been notified that the
county’s overall quota in the Fifth
War Loan drive has been set at
$426,000, of which $93,000 is ear
marked for E (bonds. This is neces
sarily larger than the previous quo
tas, but the same is true in the
State and nation as a whole.
“I am counting on each and every
person in Chowan County to do his
or her part in upholding our county’s
tradition for meeting its full re
sponsibility,” said Mr. Campen, “and
I feel confident that if we join in an
united effort we will maintain this
record.”
The drive will begin June 12 and
continue until July 9.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME EMWMPAPMR DEVOTED TO TEE IMTMMEETM 0 E EMOWAE COOMTY
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CHARLES H. JENKINS
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W. T. CULPEPPER
Democratic voters in the First (
j Senatorial District in Satur
day’s Primary Election gave
Charles H Jenkins of Aulander
and W. T. Culpepper of Eliza
beth City a substantial lead over
Jerry Hughes of Elizabeth City
and J. Bart Fearing of Windsor
in the race for two District Sen
ators in the General Assembly.
Elliott Company’s
Building And Stock
Damaged By Fire
Nine Streams of Water
Used to Get Blaze
Under Control
DAMAGE $50,000
Assistance Rendered By
Equipment From
Air Station
Edenton experienced its most dis
astrous fire in a number of years
Tuesday night when the Elliott Com
pany building and a large amount of
merchandise was badly damaged by
fire and water. Though it was diffi
cult to arrive at a definite figure
Wednesday morning, Fir* "Chief R.
K. Hall said he Would roiighly esti
mate the damage at S6O,HjX). Chief
Hall said it was the most, disastrous
fire since the Farmers Pe§nut Com
pany plant was lost about 18 years
ago. 41
The fire was discovered about 19
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 1, 1944.
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Final Exercises Os
Edenton Graduates
Held Tuesday Night
Charles Phillips Deliv
ers Address to 1944
Graduates
smaljTclass
Sarah Russell Valedic
torian and Winner of
Rotary Cup
With Charles Phillips, head of the
Public Relations Department at Wo
man’s College, Greensboro, deliver
ing the commencement address Tues
day night, one of the smallest grad
uating classes in several years com
pleted its high school career. Mr.
Phillips made a splendid address in
the course of which he presented
timely advice to the group of young
people who now enter upon a new
and perhaps more difficult and re
sponsible phase of their existence.
Commencement exercises began
Friday night when class day was
observed. This feature attracted a
'large number of friends and rela-1
tives who were delighted with the
program, which in the main depicted I
a voyage of the Seniors from the
time they entered high school until j
they reached the Port of Graduation.:
The stage setting was especially ap
propriate, a large ship having been
built on the stage for the purpose.
The exercises began with an address j
by Hazel Cobb, salutatorian of the
class. Hurley Ward took the part of:
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Col. W. E. Sweetser
Speaker For Legion
A meeting of Ed Bond Post of the j
American Legion will be held Tues
day night, June 6, at 8 o’clock. The
meeting will be held in the Court
House, at which time Col. W. E.
Sweetser, commanding officer of
MOTG-81, will be the principal
speaker.
All members of the Legion are
urged to attend, and visitors are
cordially invited.
CHOWAN COUNTY’S VOTE
GOVERNOR:
Cherry 156 169 37 29 33 29 453
McDonald 165 133 39 69 47 34 477
Boyd 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
U. S. SENATE::
Hoey j 188 225 58 51 50 35 607
Morrison 74 48 8 36 20 15 201
Ritch «. 71 0 2 1 5 16
Simmons . . 2 4 0 0 1 3 10
Newton 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
LIEUT. GOVERNOR:
Halstead 180 182 37 64 33 44 540
Ballentme 53 65 4 10 18 5 156
Lyda ■___ 4 9 4 2 7 3 29
SECRETARY STATE:
Eure 234 239 52 84 72 52 733
Crawford 28. 30 2 6 0 3 69
AUDITOR: *
Pou 173 218 30 48 43 42 554
Hunter 56 44 13 23 12 7 155
TREASURER:
Johnson 210 237 38 70 55 44 654
Phipps 29 27 5 8 0 7 76
STATE SENATE:
Jenkins 197 193 62 49 . 61 54 616
Culpepper 168 152 47 72 54 33 516
Hughes 73 70 8 19 10 18 198
Fearing 62 87 13 36 11 12 220
Gregg Cherry Aud Clyde Hoey Winners
In Democratic Primary Held Saturday;
Jenkins And Culpepper Win Senate Race
WINNER IN GOVERNOR’S RACE
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GREGG CHERRY
In a three-cornered race for Governor K, Gregg Cherry of
Gastonia, in Saturday’s Democratic Primary Election, led Dr.
Ralph McDonald, his nearest competitor, by almost 50,000 ma
jority, Olla Ray Boyd, the third candidate, received slightly more
than 1,000 votes.
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President Lions Club
Club Names New Offi
cers at Meeting Held
Monday Night
Edenton Lions at their meeting
Monday night elected officers for the
i year, which resulted in W. E, Ma-
I lone being named president to suc
ceed Oscar Duncan.
Other officers elected were: John
Mitchener, first vice president; Ken
| neth Floars, second vice president;
sJ. P. Partin, third vice president; J.
R. Tanner, Tail Twister; J. R. By
rum, Lion Tamer; W. J. Taylor, sec
retary and treasurer; Earl Harrell,
pianist; Edmund Schwarze, music di
rector. R. C. Holland and L. S. By
rum were elected to the Board of
Directors for a two-year term, serv
ing with J. A. Curran and A. E. Jen
kins. These new officers will be in
stalled in July.
East
Edenton
West
Edenton
Rocky
Hock
Center
Hill
Wardville
Yeopim
Total
3 To 1 Winner i
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CLYDE R. HOEY
Leading a field of five candi
dates, Clyde R. Hoey easily out
distanced Cameron Morrison for
United States Senator in the
Democratic Primary Election
held Saturday. I
Baptist Revival
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Will Begin Sunday
Dr. C. B. Howard of
Buies Creek Will Be
Preacher
Beginning Sunday night, a series
of revival meetings will begin in the
Baptist Church, with the evangelist
being Dr. C. B. Howard, professor of
Bible at Buies Creek College and
pastor of the Baptist Church there.
Dr. Howard conducted revival
meetings in the local church last
year, during which he won a host of
friends who will be delighted to
learn -that he will return to preach
during the meeting. Services will
begin Sunday night and run through
the following Sunday, with meetings
scheduled to be held at 10 o’clock
each morning at 10 o’clock and each
I night at 8 o’clock.
The pastor, the Rev. E. L. Wells,
invites the generl public to hear Dr.
Howard.
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Per Year
Voters In Chowan Give
Slight Lead to I)r.
McDonald
SMALL VOTE
Halstead Trails Ballen
tine For Lieutenant
Governor
With no local contests in Satur
day’s Democratic Primary Election,
Chowan County registered a small
vote, less than 1,000 voters casting
ballots for State officers and two
Senators from the First District.
Little interest was apparent in the
various contests until about two
weeks before election, when the race
for Governor developed into a heated
campaign, which was, no doubt, re
sponsible for a goodly number of the
votes which were cast.
Gregg Cherry easily won the
nomination for Governor over Dr.
Ralph McDonald and Olla Ray Boyd,
Cherry’s majority mounting to some
thing like 50,000 in the State.
Dftyd’s vote was negligible, less
than 2,000 votes going to him.
With five candidates for the U. S.
Senate seat now occupied by Robert
Reynolds, who was not a candidate,
Clyde R. Hoey was given a large ma
jority, easily outdistancing Cameron
Morrison, his nearest opponent.
Ritch, Simmons and Newton each
received a comparatively very small
vote.
L. Y. Ballentine won a one-sided
contest for Lieutenant Governor over
W. 1. Halstead and Jamie T. Lyda.
Thad Eure, too, piled up a one
sided vote for Secretary of State
over W. N. Crawford, as did also
George Ross Pou for State Auditor
and Charles M. Johnson for State
Treasurer. Pou’s opponent was
Fried S. Hunter, and L. J. Phipps
opposed Johnson.
Though Cherry won handily, Mc-
Donald carried Chowan County in a
close race with a majority of 24
votes. Voting was very close except
in Center Hill, where McDonald had
a majority of 40. In East Edenton
Cherry led by only one vote, while in
Rocky Hock McDonald led by two
votes. West Edenton gave Cherry a
majority of 36 votes, while in the
Wardville precinct McDonald led by
14 votes, and Yeopim added four
more votes to McDonald’s majority
in Chowan. Boyd received one vote
in East Edenton and another in
Center Hill,
Hoey was the favorite for U. S.
Senator, having received 607 votes,
compared with 201 for Morrison, his
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Benefit Baseball
| Game Scheduled By
Marines On June 11
Proceeds Go For Hos
pitalization at Weeks
ville Hospital
price"so"cents
Women Reserves Will
Also Play Cherry
Point Girls
Though the Edenton Marines have
been playing a good brand of base
ball, for which no charge has been
made to see, a game, in fact two
games, will be played Sunday after
noon, June 11, for which everyone
will be asked to pay 60 cents.
This will be a hospital benefit
game, with proceeds going to the
Family Hospital Association at the
Naval Air Station at Weeksville, for
the benefit of dependents of enlisted
men and officers of the local air sta
tion. At present it is necessary to
send local patients either to New
River or Norfolk, while arrange
ments are now made whereby they
can be sent to Weeksville, a much
nearer point.
Special equipment and rooms have
been provided to take care of local
needs, at the Weeksville hospital, for
which a quota of $2,000 is asked.
The benefit game on June 11 will,
therefore, be one of the means in
augurated to raise the quota, and it
is hoped service men and women, as
well as Edenton citizens will turn
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