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Wm columns will be $ jak presentation E M ami county mom f pamerei Internet. Volume Xl.—Number 26. Fourth Os July Celebration Tuesday The Yanks Are Coming t " • Hr *■ •• • ( *,v P : ' '-• r - ' " --—? .**- ”~*«p‘ jfMjmiL ."i jaßgggwxik ' «£?*»•*.' :-?■?•' .3 !•■■■■ jB - J*h PPM |dM .-.i-te bbSHI Jfß T PI& A • j"j i ' jHLi -,. ''ySStxttam ilrnij Signet Corps Pboto t American assault troops land on a beachhead on the northern coast of France. Half-tracks towinff artillery and beached “Ducks" indicate that the landings of the first wave were successful. A long line of troops Is mov ing forward from center to far right. The smoke is from a barrage being laid down by naval forces to protect the landing. Fight by the side of these fighting men of ours by buying EXTRA War ‘Bonds during the fifth v\V:tr I/ a n. From U, S. Treasury '• , ■ .•■■■;. ; '. . '. '•'•■•. ••’.• ■' • •• • - ; ;•■••'• . , • • • . I • Chamder Commerce Seeks Financial Aid Os Federal > Works Agency For Hospital Meeting: Held With Rep resentative Tuesday Night DATA GIVEN j Meetings Held In Coun ty In Hope of Stimu- j lating Interest Continuing in an effort to secure a hospital for Edenton, a meeting of several members of the Chamber of Commerce was held Tuesday night with S. X. Vance, a representative | of the Federal'Works Agency, in an effort to secure Federal aid in build- j ing and equipping a hospital. Mr. Vance was sent from Richmond | and was given all the information, available relative to the need for a! hospital, as well as various other data which it is hoped will have some bearing on financial assistance. This information will be compiled by Mr. Vance and sent to the office of the Federal Works Agency, where it will be carefully studied and subsequent decision made whether or not the desired aid will be forthcoming. Mr. Vaive appeared favorably im pressed with the local picture and the need for a hospital, and while he said he did not want to build up any false hopes, he expressed the opinion that there was some chance of get-i ting help from the Layman Act fund. In the meantime interest In a, hospital is spreading and on Wed-, nesday night a meeting was held atj the Rocky Hock school in order to create interest in the project, as well as enlist membership in the organiz ation from that section. A similar meeting is scheduled to be held FVklay night at 8:30 o’clock at Cross Roads, where it is felt some members should affiliate with the or ganization and where again the idea of a hospital will be presented in the hope of arousing interest. Chowan Tribe Red Men Elects Officers Chowan Tribe of Red Men elected new officers for the six-month term beginning July 1 at the regular meeting Monday night. Herbert Raker was elected as sachem, suc ceeding W. C. Hollowell, who will be the new prophet. L. A. Bunch was elected as senior sagamore and M. M. Perry as junior sagamore. These officers will be installed at next Monday night’s meeting by Raleigh Hollowell, deputy Great Sachem for Chowan Tribe. THE CHOWAN HERALft A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE iNTMMMETE OF CHOWAN COUNTY j_ Hoodlum _| As the result of unadulterated vandalism, no little damage has been done to the old St. Paul's I Church property along Broad Street, it being recently discov- I ered that 13 of the tapered brick columns supporting the oler ! wooden fence have been broken ! off at about the level of the fence. Evidently some hoodlum with an exalted estimation of his | strength discovered that the mor tar holding the bricks had lost i its strength which required no i great amount of effort in push ing off the tops of the columns. The broken portions of the I columns naturally are strewn i along the fence in the church yard and the unwarranted dam age is reason for no little concern. While the police are wanking on a clue, no arrests have been made. Chaplain Wheeler At Baptist Church Sunday I.ieut. George Wheeler, chaplain at the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station, | will preach at the Baptist Churcn next Sunday morning at the 11 o’clock hour. The pastor, the Rev. j E. L. Wells, is very anxious to have . a large congregation present for the | occasion. Club Women Helpin ’- To Buy Hospital Ship Chowan County home demonstra tion club women are cooperating with other club women in the State and the State Nurses’ Association in selling enough war bonds to buy and equip a hospital ship. The amount required to realize this ambition is $4,000,000 in E, F and G bonds. Lieut. Thomas Chears Again On Battleship Friends of Lieut. 3JJjomas Chears Jr., will be interested to know that he has been transferred to the battle ship Alabama. Lieut. Chears had been instructor in navigation at Sa vannah, Ga., and before beiafe trans ferred to Savannah was stationed on the battleship New York. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 29, 1944. R. N. Hines Elected District Chairman j For Boy Scouts I Group Completes Camp ing Course at Hol ley’s Wharf If ! R. X. Hines . has been elected. ■ chairman of the West Albemarle I)is-| trict of Boy Scouts, his election tak- ! ing place at a meeting held’ Wednes- | day night of last-week at Holleys Wharf. Mr. Hines succeeds A. W. llefren of Hertford, with the district taking in Chowan, Perquimans and dates counties, A troop camping course, the last! of three courses conducted by John A. Holmes, was held at Holley’s Wharf, with a number of the mem bers of the district committee spend- * ing the night along Chowan River.) Certificates will be awarded to ail who took the course at a meeting to be held in Hertford Tltursday night, j July 6, at 8 o’clock, The committee to arrange for this meeting is com posed of R. N. Hines Geddes Pot ter and John Habit. Those who took part in the eainp- J ing course at Holley’s Wharf in cluded H. A. Cam pen, R. N. Hines, i Geddes Potter, L. Q. Pierce of Sun | bury, C. W. Overman. Oscar Pun j Can, Albert Byrum. John Habit, \V. J. Taylor. Philip McMultan, W. K-. j , Malone, John A. Holmes, Dr. C. S. J I’ayire of Sunbury and Bob Graves, j Swimming Pool At Base Is Completed Tracing For Combat Swimming Fbst Con siderat’on • On the front page • t lis week’s Chowan Leatherneck a. pears a pic ture of the swimming pool at the local Marine Air Station. The pool is a, standard naval avia tion pool of the latest design and is furnished with the most modern wa ter purification equipment. The pool building houses the pool, which is 164 1 feet long and 75 feet wide, and in ad dition provides a spacious locker room, shower room, drying room and mechanical equipment room. When completely furnished the I 000 l will resemble a combat scene, with its jumping tower, cargo nets, climbing ropes and ladders, plane cockpit parachute jumps, stretchers, • rifles and knapsacks. Training for combat swimming I will receive first consideration in the ■ swimming pool program. However, • it is expected that the schedule will i oFrmit the use of the pool for recre ational purposes. Friday’s War Bond ! Rally Boosts Sales E To Tune Os $70,080 Many Prizes of All De scription Donated By Local People s: 5,000 IkISSES j Success Beyond Expec tation of Campen and Warren :_■• • 0. . .'. Though the crowd turning out' Friday night for’the war bond rally I was not as large as was hoped for, I the affair was quite a success and as j a result sales of bonds to the tune of $70,000 exceeded the fondest hope ! of J. <l. Campen and D. M. Warren, co-chairmen of the Fifth War Loan | drive in Chowan. The amount sold j was far rtiore than either expected. | Many and various prizes were of-1 sered to be sold at the rally by J Kdenton merchants and individuals, so that the sale, if anything, lasted longer than was anticipated. The auction began shortly after 8:30 o’clock and was carried on continu ously until about 10:30 o’clock. Francis Hicks was the auctioneer and did a splendid job in selling prizes of all kinds. Among the prizes Were hams, shotgun shells, aj live pig, a fancy rocking chair and] other it?.us too numerous to men tion. A feature injected into the sale! during the evening was; auctioning! off two kisses, which boosted the -.safe I by $15,000. Misses Corinne Fore-] hand and Mary Winborne , Evans 1 agreed that it was. their “patriotic, duty-”;'to .‘donate a kiss to the cause I and as they .". mounted, tire' auction ! stand erected on llroad street in : front of the ltank of Kdenton, bid ding was brisk until the bid of $1:5,000. .was knocked off to West:; I’yriim, who lost no- time in getting ' on the platform to “collect.” A. splendid spirit prevailed during the rally as Auctioneer Hicks en deavored to get the high dollar for every item he sold. The Bank of Kdenton remained open during the rally for the pur pose of issuing bonds, and though it • Was the first bond rally staged in Kdenton during this war, it Was conW side red-; very successful from every] standpoint. . District Supt At Methodist Church Next Sunday Night Third Quarterly Con ference Will Follow Service Two preaching services will be held at the Methodist Church next Sun day, the pastor the Rev. H. F. Sur ratt, preaching at the 11 o’clock ser vice in the morning, and the Rev. W, L. Clegg, district superintendent of Elizabeth City, preaching at tne night service at 8 o’clock. Mr. Surratt’s subject at the morn ing service will be “The Cute for Restlessness,” and holy communion Will be administered following the sermon. At the close of the night service, the Rev. Mr, Clegg will conduct the third quarterly conference. Church School will be held at 9:45 Sunday morning and the Youth FeP- ( lowship meeting at 7 p. m. State Resurfacing Route 17 Running Through Edenton West Queen Street, from Mosley to Broad Street, and Broad Street from Queen to the Triangle Service Station is undergoing a treatment of resurfacing of asphalt and stone, this portion of Route 17 going through Edenton being resurfaced by the N. C. Highway and Public Works Commission. The pxpense of this work will be deducted from Edenton’s fund set up by the Highway Commission tor maintaining highways through cities and towns. The work was begun Tuesday morning. Feature Arranged In Honor Chowan County Boys Who Are Victims Os Present War I Getting Close I Chowan County is gradually I nearing its $426,000 quota in the Fifth War Loan, so that on Wednesday morning the goal ap- | ■ parently was in sight with less I than $76,000 to go, I'p to Wednesday morning $350,000 worth of bonds had been sold at the Bank of Edenton alone, which does not take in sales at the Taylor Theatre and | the post offices at Edenton ana Tyner, and. of course, some of the canvassers are yet to be heard from. While the quota is expected to be reached, J. G. Campen and l). M. Warren, co-chairmen of ( the drive, desire to remind citi zens that $76,000 is no small amount of money, and that it will be necessary for many people to buy an extra bond if the county is to go over the top before the close of the drive on July 8. Over 200 Expected ! To Attend Rotary | Meeting Tonight) Inter-City Meeting; Ar ranged In Honor of John Holmes Oxer 2(10 Rutarians and Rotary ! i Amies, are expected to be in Eden,-.] ton tonight (Thursday) to attend an inter-city meeting planned by the j Kdenton Rotary Club in honor of ' John A. Holmes, who was elected governor of the 1 SDth Rotary Dis- ; trirt in May. The affair has been 1 : designated "John Holmes Night” and ] due Vo the number expected will be 1 held ii: the armory starting at 7:30: I o’clock. [ The meeting will be one of the I most elaborate, ever held by the local chib, various committees doing their best to make it interesting for the visitors and to pay proper tribute to the Edenton Rotarian Who has been j so honored by the district. Kotarians and their wives have been invited .and are expected to at tend from Hertford, Elizabeth City,! Manteo. Windsor, Afioskie, Engle- j hard and , Murfreesboro. A number : of other prominent Kotarians in the ; district are also expected to be on { hand, including R. W. Madry of Chapel Hill and Hal Orr of Rocky Mount, the two immediate past gov ernors. I The principal address will be made • by Wade Warr of Elizabeth City, 1 which is sufficient to warrant an In-1 terestmg program from the speak-! ing standpoint. Appropriate decora-1 tion's have been arranged for the oc casion and a number of prizes will T<e awarded during the evening, H. A. Campen will be in charge of j the features on the program and promises a number which will break | the monotony and add to the pleasure of those who attend. Marines Win Over Consolidated Sunday Before a large crowd of fans Sun day afternoon, the Edenton Marines had little difficulty in defeating Con solidated Aircraft of Elizabeth City 10 to 3 in a Service League game. The I.eathempoks lost little time in getting next to the slants of Morri sette, who was relieved in the third inning by B Fearing, who was more stingv with giving up hits. Milakowski went the entire route for the Marines, giving up nine hits, which were pretty well scattered. The Marines are now in second place in the league, being led by Harvey Point by one game. MASONS MEET TONIGHT Tonight (Thursday) the weekly meeting of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M. will be held in the Court House at 8 o’clock. W. J. Daniels, master of the lodge, urges a full attendance, a special invitation being extended to visiting Masons. I This newspefer it drew ££ ’ xx PHBHPMwwMIte. <+>l.so Per Year Appropriate Address to Be Made By Chaplain George Wheeler TWO BALL GAMES Tickets For Events on Sale By Chief of Po lice Tanner Arrangements have been complet ed for Edenton’s Fourth of July cere bration next Tuesday which should, with favorable weather, be an out standing and interesting affair. Aside front the tentative program. as previously announced, anotner feature has been added in way of a tribute in honor of the Chowan County boys who have either lost their lives or have been reported missing in the present war. This feature will take place between the two baseball games at Hicks Field, at which time Chaplain George Wheeler will, make an address in honor of these boys whose names will be called over "the loud speaker. At the close of this ceremony taps ’ will be played by Corpora] Virginia Clawson. Chowan County boys who have been reported lost ,or missing ; ami who will he honored include Herbert Gray, George Major White, Herbert Y\Dale, J r., Rochelle Blanchard, Woodson Tetterton, Louis A. Bass. William . Coffield and Marvin Alex ander, the last two of whom were reported missing. The celebration will get under way at 1:30 o’clock with a game of base ball between the Marine Women Re serves of MOTG-81 and the station headquarters team. ,At the comple tion of this game the tribute will be paid to Chowan’s boys. The. next event will be a game of baseball between the Kdenton Ma- , rines and the strong Cherry Point team. Cherry Point has the reputa tion of being one of the best service teams in the. country, and was sche duled as an outstanding attraction for those who attend rather than for the purpose of tucking another vic tory under the belts of the Marines. The Marines realize that they will face, a formidable aggregation, but are determined to put up a game fight in order to provide an interest ing game. At 7:45 a boxing match has been scheduled which will include seven or eight bouts of thft>e rounds earn. All of the participants had not been lined tip when The Herald went to press, but some fast and interesting boxing is assured. This portion of the celebration will be in charge of Technical Sergeant Ray McKnight, boxing coach at the base. Following the boxing an exhibition wrestling match is scheduled, at the conclusion of which an exhibition of Jiu Jitsu tactics will he provided. The climax of the celebration wilt be a dance in the Armory, with the music to be furnished by the station orchestra Which is fast gaining a reputation for providing splendid (Continued on Page Five) Lieut Harry Gaines Sent Jo Florida Lieut. L. E. Cochran Takes Over Coaching Duties at Base Lieut, (jg) Harry Gaines, who has been stationed at the Marine Air Station, has been transferred to Jacksonville, Fla. Lieut. Gaines, in connection with his other duties, has been basketball and baseball coach, both of which teams have hung up an enviable record under his direc tion. Though Lieut. Gaines has been stationed in Edenton about a year, he was unable to secure living quar ters here, so that his family made their home in Williamston and he was obliged to travel back and forth every day. Lieut. Gaines’ coaching duties have been taken over by Lieut. L. E. Cochran, athletic officer, who will finish out the present baseball sea son and had charge of the team last Sunday.
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