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Volume Xl.—Number 31. ~
Pleased by U. S. War Department, Bureau of Pub!io Belationa
WACS IN NEW FIELD UNIFORMS—Left, members of the Women’s Army Corps, dressed in their overseas field uniform, set out
for a hike somewhere in England. Leading them is Pvt. Ann F. Dietrich, New Kensington, Pa. WACS have been assigned to behind
the-line jobs in France. Right, a group in their new field clothes take time out for a drink front their canteens and a “brush up' 1 on their
study of the French language. Left to right, Pfc. Lucille Collins, 829 Selby Avenue, St. Paul, Minn.; Pfc. Goldie Johnson, 720 Second
Street, Louisville, Ky.., and Pfc. Mollie Weinstein, 2554 West Euclid Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
R. L Martin Resigns
As Director Os Bans
At Edenton School
Accepts Position as Di
rector of Warrenton
School Band
EFFECTIVE AUG. 1
Superintendent John A.
Holmes Now Seek- I
ing Successor
Robert L. Martin has resigned as
ireetpr of the Edenton High School
land, effective August I, after serv-l
ing in that capacity for two years.
He succeeded Charles L. McCuliers
when the latter was forced to leave
to enter the Army, .
Mr. Martin has accepted a position
as director of the band in the War
renton school in Warren County at
a substantial increase in salary.
Before coming to Edenton, Mr. |.
Martin was for 21 years director of
the band at Roanoke Rapids, during j
which time he has the unique repu
tation of producing a band which
won State honors five years in
succession.
fn leaving Edenton, Mr. Martin
expressed no little regret, saying he
had fallen in love with the town, but
that under the present arrangement
of students owning their own instru
ments and. therefore, lost # so far as
the band is concerned when leaving
school, he could not do his best work
in developing and maintaining a cre
ditable band.
No successor has yet been secured
for Mr. Martin and Superintendent
John Holmes senses the possibility of
having difficulty in finding one.
Albert G. Byrum
President Os New
State Alumni Club
Hope to Enroll All State (
Alumni In New Or
ganization
Alumni of the University of North
Carolina met last week to organize a
Chowan County Alumni Club, the or
ganization being effected when “Pop”
Taylor, secretary of the General j
Alumni Association, came to Eden-j
ton in the interest of the organiz-,
ation.
Albert G. Byrunt was elected pres
ident of the Chowan Club, while
William B. Shepard was elected vice
president; C. W. Overman, secretary,'
and W. C. Bunch, reporter.
Another meeting was held Wed-1
nesday night of this week, and it is !
the hope of the officers to enroll ,
every alumni of the L^niversity.
OFFICERS PROMOTED
Five officers have recently been
promoted at the Marine Corps Air
Station. Promotions went to the fol
lowing: John Harney and Fred W.
Anderson from second lieutenant to
first lieutenant; Oscar Waterman, R.
W. Ircine and E. H. Winchester from
first lieutenant to captain.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TEE INTERNETS OP CHOWAN COUNTY \ H ,
BANK Os EDENTON DOES OUTSTANDING ■
JOB DURING FIFTH WAR LOAN DRIVE
Figures secured from the Bank of
Edenton show that the local institu
tion has done a splendid piece o»*
work in the recent Fifth War Loan
drive, for at the bank alone .$411,875 I
worth of bonds were sold toward the
county’s quota of $426,000, which does
not take into account the investment
of $418,000 in bonds purchased on
the bank’s own account and not al
lowed in the county’s quota.
Broken down, bond sales at the
bank were as follows up to the end
of the Fifth War Loan drive; Series
Wm. I. Cozzens Dies j
Suddenly As Resultj
Os Heart Attack
Funeral Held Wednes
day Afternoon In
Baptist Church
This community was shocked Sun
day morning when it was learned
that William I. Cozzens had died sud
denly at his home on West Gale
Street. Mr. Cozzens, though not in
the best of health, appeared not til
be ill and was about town mingling
with friends Saturday. At night,
however, he suffered a heart attack
and after being attended by a phy
sician, was put to bed.
Deceased was apparently resting
satisfactorily as late as 4 o’clock
Sunday morning when his wife went
to his bedside. However, when she
went to see him at about 9 o’clock,
she found him dead.
He was a native of Beaufort Coun
ty, being born at Washington on
March 28, 1880. He came to Kden
ton about 30 years ago, where he
conducted a clothing store until
February of this year, when he re-j
tired and leased his building to the
Town of Edenton for use as police
headquarters. Mr. Cozzens was very
much, affected by recent notification
from the War Department to the ef
fect that his son, William I. Cozzens,
had been killed in action on
June 16. He was a member of the
Baptist Church and was one of the i
oldest members in point of member- j
shin of Chowan Tribe of Red Men. j
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ada;
Cozzens; one son, James Edward)
Cozzens, a member of the U. S. Army j
stationed at Camp Barkley, Texas;,
and three daughters, Mrs. H. J.
Barringer of Richfield, N, C.; Mrs.
L. R. Jolly of Portsmouth, Va., and
Miss Julia Belle Cozzens, a Red
Cross director stationed at Miami, j
Fla. A sister, Miss Julia Cozzens, of
Washington, N. C., also survives.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon in the Baptist:
Church with the Rev. E. L. Wells of
ficiating. Interment was made in,
Beaver Hill Cemetery.
Combat Swimming
Training At Base
With the opening of the swim
ming pool at the Marine Corps Air
Station on July 25, classes in combat
swimming are about to begin. Lieut.
Stanley Pechar is the instructor.
The grand opening of tfce swim
ming pool will be observed in the |
near future.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 3, 1944.
E, $108,675, or $15,675 above the
$93,000 quota; $16,700 in Series G,
$82,000 in 2'c per cent Treasury
bonds, $154,500 in 2 per cent Treas
ury bonds and $50,000 in W*. per
cent bonds.
These figures, of course, do not in- !
elude sales at the Taylor Theatre and
the post offices at Edenton and Ty
ner. Bank officials are very proud
of the record made during the drive,
which has sent purchases of bonds
during the war drives to over 2%
million dollars. 1
Chamber Commerce;
Planning Meeting In j
Yeopim Community
1
Efforts Continue to Add i
New Members to <
Organization
The Edenton - Chowan Coun t y j
Chamber of Commerce, continuing
its drive for new members, is plan - 1
ning a meeting to be held in the
Yeopim section and possibly other
meetings over the county. The time
and place of the Yeopim meeting will |
be announced in the very near future
and all citizens of that community
i are asked to attend.
Meetings held at Cross Roads and
Rocky Hock have been very success
ful and representative men from
those sections became members. It
is hoped that the meetings to be held , *
[in the future will accomplish the '
same good results. ; 1
It is felt by the members of the '
Chamber of Commerce that a large
: membership, composed of people 1
j from the county and the town, can '
! accomplish a great deal for Chowan!
County and every effort will be
made by the membership committee !
to contact possible members in all
sections of the county.
It will be impossible to visit all \
the people in the county who should i
belong, and all those who arq inter
jested are urged to get in touch wit ft j I
j the Chamber of Commerce in the
i Municipal building.
!
WAC Recruiter Again
j In Edenton Seeking ;j
i Much Needed Women
Corporal Evelyn Carsner, WAC
recruiter working out of the Durham
j office, returned to Edenton Monday
and will be here until Friday in the i
; interest of contacting prospective 1
WAC recruits. She is making her i
j headquarters at the post office, 1
where she will be delighted to inter- t
, view any women between 20 and 49 ;
years of age who may be interested, 1
or she will discuss the matter in her :
room at the hotel.
Corporal Carsner says 200,000 j
more WACs are needed and that un-j i
der the new regulations a recruit has <
the choice of various branches of the ; I
service, the job assignment as well, ’
as the initial station assignment. She
is a ver*-«itractive and pleasant re- j I
cruiter and is very anxious to secure j i
I a number of recruits from Chowan j
County. 1
Survey Under Way
Relative To Labor
To Harvest Crops.
Herman White Contact
ing County Neigh
borhood Leaders
Herman E. White, farm labor as
sistant, in contacting neighborhood
leaders throughout the county to ob
tain a survey of the labor situation j
On each farm in connection with !
harvesting cotton and peanuts.
Tliis survey is being made in view!
of the possibility of working out ar
rangements to meet labor shortage
on certain farms, first by assisting
farmers in working out swap labor
plans an<i, secondly, to use available f
war prisoners to. the best advantage, j
When the survey is completed the
Earn' Labor Advisory Committee
will work oil arrangements toward
meeting the labor shortage.
22,520 Red Cross
i Bandages Finished
During Past Month
I Miss Emogene Morgan
Leads In Number of
Hours Worked
According to the monthly report
of Mrsi W- H. Coffield, chairman of
surgical dressings for the Chowan
County Chapter of Red Cross; 22,520
bandages were made by the volun
teer workers in the Parish House
'luring the month of July.
During the month, Mrs. Coffield
reports 120 workers and 63 visitors,
who contributed a total of 784 hours.
Miss Emogene Morgan took top
honors relative to hours worked, the
report showing that she worked 36 1 a
hours. Mrs, John Badham was a
very close second, with 35'1 hours
to her credit.
CONGRESSMAN BONNER SPEAKER AT |
LIONS CLUB MEETING MONDAY NIGHT |
Members of Edenton Rotary Club Guests of Lions
Club In One of Most Delightful Meetings
Held In Edenton Recently
One of the most delightful meet- 1
ings held in Edenton recently ‘ took : <
place Monday night in the Lions den |
in the Mitchener Building when j
Edenton Rotarians were guests of ■
the Lions Club, the occasion being |
arranged due to the presence of i
Representative Herbert C. Bonner
and his secretary, Jack Spain.
Practically all of the Lions and I
Kotarians were present for the
meeting, which resulted in the most j
cordial fellowship and was climaxed
by a splendid meal served by the;
wives of Lions.
W. E. Malone, president of the
Lions Club, presided over the meet- j
ing and after the invocation by the
Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr., and sing
ing of America, the ladies lost no
Lions And Rotarians Vote
Unanimously To Sponsor
|Drive Collect Waste Paper
| Addresses Wanted)
With practically all of Chowan
County’s boys and girls now in
the armed forces receiving The
Herald, no little burden is
| Iw changing addresses every I
week. Despite the care taken in |
this respect in order for the j
boys and girls to receive their
copy of the paper, a few papers- (
have been returned for lack of
sufficient address. These ap
pear below and if any relative or
friend knows the correct address
of any. The Herald, as well as
the Hank of Edenton will deem
it a favor if the newspaper is
notified as quickly as possible.
Following are the names of
those whose papers have been
ret u rned:
W. E. Byrum
Lieut. L. W. Stallings.
Cpl. Robert M. Hobbs.
Pvt. S. J. West.
Lieut.-Col. J. E. Howarth.
Donnie D. Graham.
Edward T. Rankin.
C’pl. George A. Roberts.
Pvt. William A. Bunch.
Bottom Drops Out
Watermelon Prices
Early Shippers Receiv
ed as High as 38
! Cents Each
| Watermelon growers in Chowan
County who sold watermelons early
in the season realized good returns, 1
! but the price didn’t hold up very long
and as a result, growers now are ap
-1 patently accepting almost any price
j offered. First watermelons sold in
bulk from this year’s crop brought
from 35 to 38 cents each and a price
of SI.OO for single melons was not
i unusual.
Even before ehe peak of the crop, I
information was received to the ef
fect that northern markets were
glutted, which sent the price tumb
ling. so that for some time now the
price in hulk has been as low as 6
cents each.
Ma ny boats were loaded in Eden-j
ton this year, but early this week
only one remained to carry away a
large number of watermelons.
~
Lieut.-Col. Sweetser
Scheduled To Speak
To Masons Tonight
Lieut.-Col. W. E. Sweetser. com
manding officer of MOTG-81 at the
Marine Corps Air Station, will speak
; to Masons at the meeting of Unan
imity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M.,
tonight ((Thursday) at 8 o’clock in
, the Court House.
The lodge has been very busy of
late with degree work, but none has
been scheduled tonight in order to
hear Col. Sweetser. W. J. Daniels,
master of the lodge, urges all mem
bers to be present and he extends a
cordial invitation to visiting Masons
to attend.
time in seeing to it that the group
of men were waited upon.
At the conclusion of the meal C.
W. Overman was asked to lead in,
the singing of several songs familiar
to members of both clubs, all of
whom joined in heartily.
R. C. Holland was called upon for
qn address of welcome, during which
he said, “This is a happy Occasion;
in the life of the Lions Club, for it :
has -been our desire ever since we
have been in our new quarters to sit
around the festive board with the
| entire membership of the Rotary
Club. We are glad to have the Ro
j tarians as our guests, and we re
new our pledge to cooperate in any
project for the good of Chowan
(Continued on Page Six!
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where Advertieers uut
atatt lArvm ** wm
A.50 Ter Year
Respond to Appeal of
Chairman of County
Salvage Committee
j VITAL NEED
I Governor Asks Town to
Kefraio from Burn
ing Paper
That the salvage of waste, paper
is becoming more acute is.', reflected'-'
in a letter received this week by
Mayor Leroy Haskett from Governor
J. M. Broughton urging the Town to
refrain from burning paper and
cardboard at the trash pile.
In all the letters and literature re
ceived by J. Edwin Bufflap, county
salvage chairman, from State heau
t quarters the need of waste paper is
I parainounted and referred to as the
| most vital item needed at present in
| the war effort.
Governor Broughton’s letter to
Mayor Haskett follows;
“The very fine work of the sal
j vage organizations in the State of
North Carolina is and has been ap
preciated, and many local organiza
tions have done outstanding work in
; this war effort.
“1 have been informed by N. E.
Edgerton, chairman, and George K.
Snow, executive secretary of the
State Salvage Committee, that waste
paper is now the most critical item
on the list of salvage materials. In -
fact, I am informed that the Gover
j nors in somg of our states under
! their War Powers Acts have issued
I proclamations making the burning of
; waste paper a misdemeanor. I do
not believe that the patriotic people
of North Carolina need such drastic
action as this in order to bring home
to them the seriousness of the need
for salvaging waste paper.
“1 am requesting you, as Mayor of
your city, to cooperate with local
salvage committees in their work to
the extent of your ability—to see
, that no salvagable waste paper or
cardboard is burned at your garbage
, and trash disposal points and that
’ you; continue to give to your local
sil-w 1 i.-rganiz..tions all possible
j assist-.nee in their work,
i "I feel confident that your fine
city is already doing a splendid job
along this line anti that the official
cooperation of your city can be
: counted upon.”
The matter has been seriouslv.con
sidered by Mr. Bufflap, who is also
Street Commissioner, and plans have
been made to; save all salvage paper
ami cardboard collected by the town’s
] trash, trucks, which heretofore has
j been burned. It is expected that this
will result in saving quite a lot of
j paper and thus be a credit to Chowan
; County in the salvage program.
At the meeting of the Lions Club
Monday night, at which the Rotar
ians were special guests, President
W. E. Malone had a letter from the
county salvage chairman requesting
the Lions Club to sponsor a paper
collection drive on a Sunday after
noon. The same proposition had
been presented to the Rotary Club
i !. as t- Thursday. President Malone
? called upon Mr. Bufflap to present
his idea which was accordingly done.
The latter, in his remarks, stated
that Chowan County had done a
splendid job in war loan drives and
in every other drive for funds in
connection with the war effort, but
he felt that the salvage campaign in
| Chowan has been more or less of a
| flop. He told the group present that
j he "as virtually drafted to the ehair-
I manship after both R. C. Holland
and R. N. Hines resigned, and that
! at times results are very discour
aging.
I Though the meeting had extended
! beyond the regular adjournment
j hour, the matter was discussed and
when put to a vote, it was voted
unanimously that both clubs will
sponsor the drive.
Mr. Bufflap explained that at pres
ent R. L. Meiggs collects paper each
i Wednesday afternoon, but that he h'
convinced that quite a lot of igper
and magazines are stored away
which would be brought out if the
two clubs would sponsor a drive.
| The proposed drive, as well as the
i efforts of the Street Department to
salvage paper at the trash pile, is
not intended to conflict with the
! collections made by Mr. Meiggs, but
is calculated to result in an extra
amount of paper which otherwise
- might not get into circulation.
| President Malone and H. A.
Campen, president of the Rotary
Club, agreed to appoint committees
from their respective clubs, the mem
-1 bers of which will confer and safe a
date and plan for the drive.