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Mtftec-mtnned half tracks move along up to tho front alonr i dirt road on Saipan. Note effect of our
aheUbif on houses on both sides of tho road. Lend your dollars to help win tho war more quickly by buying
War Bonds. f rom U.S. Ttoaour y
Revival Os Lost
Colony Is Expected
July Os Next Year
Governor Is Principal
Speaker at Virginia
Dare Celebration
© SIOO,OOONEEDED
Chief Executive of Be
lief Funds Can Be
Obtained
lie viva of the production of The
Lost Colony drama and its establish
ment as a permanent attraction for
the State was projected as a focal
point of post-war development in
North Carolina by Governor J. M.
Broughton Friday at the Virginia
Diyre celebration at reconstructed
Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Island.
“Hatteras Seashore National
Park,” the Governor said, “in itself
will tend to attract many thousands
of people to this section of North
Carolina.” He expressed the hope
that the original Wright brothers
plane would be preserved at Kill
Pevil Hill as a permanent memorial
to this incomparable achievement. 1
Other developments whlcTi would j
give easy access to this historic part
of the State will he the bridges 1
which will ultimately span the Croa- J
tan Sound and Alligator River, the
Governor said.
“This section and the section as a
whole,” he said, “will feel the Lm
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Marines Will Play
LTA This Afternoon;
In Game Os Series -
Leathernecks Lose First
Game Saturday As- \
ternoon 6-1
Edenton Marines will cross bats,
with the Lighter Than Air Base of |
Elizabeth City this (Thursday) as-!
ternoon on Hicks Field at 4 o’clock.
This will be the second game of a
three-game series to determine the
two teams to participate in the play
off for the Service. League cham
pionship.
The Leathernecks lost their first
tie in the series Saturday after
• i in Elizabeth City, when they
i defeated by the Lighter Than j
c Base 6-1. The Marines took |
a batting slump during, the game and j
Lieut. Cochran, the coach, is hope- j
ful that his team will be able to turn !
back the visitors today and thus re- I
main in the running to play for the 1
championship.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
4 MOMM MMWMPAPKM. DMVOTMD TO TMM WISUKI OF MMOWAM COMMIT
ENSIGN THOMAS EIIIOIT HAS NARROW
ESCAPE FIVING HEUDIVER IN PACIFIC
Edenton Boy’s Plane Badly Damaged By Japs, i
But He Manages to Limp Back and Land
In Water Near Carrier to Be Saved
It has just been learned that En
sign Thomas Elliott, son of Mrs.
Thomas VV. Elliott, narrowly missed
losing his life in a dramatic story of
a squadron of dive bomber pilots
Hying the new Curtiss Helldivers
from an aircraft carrier in the in
vasion of Saipan and the battle of
five Eastern Philippines, which play
ed a vital and key role in the battle
of the Philippine: Sea.
a two-week period the
Helldivers from the carrier inflicted
tremendous damage on Japanese
warships ami shore installations, and
were Credited with smashing nine or
ten bombs into a carriei of the
Shokako class. Another bomb from
the same group blasted a carrier of
the Hitake class.
On Guam they made a series of
devastating strikes through the most
intense anti-aircraft fire any of them
hail ever witnessed. They also
bombed Chichi Jima and Iwo in the
Bonins and Pagan Island in the
Marianas,
Finally during the same fortnight
I four of the Helldivers set up a new
; record, claiming the distinction of
I getting closer to Tokyo than any sea
abased aircraft so far in the war.
I They flew 200 miles from the carrier ;
I on search assignments, reaching out
| nearer to the Jap capital than are
i the I’onin islands.
Some of the planes were forced
l down at sea, when they were dam
aged or ran out of gas because of
the great distance v..: "' tiro”
' ad to fly to catch the Jap fleet. All
' elldivers, however, were able to
return close eim gh to the Ai.icncnn
fleet so that their pilots arid crew .
members could be picked up by de
troyers or cruisers. Some of the i
rescued men did not get hack to !
their home carrier for three days. j
The first hig strike for the air I
Presbyterian Service
On Sunday Morning
Services will be held in the Pres-!
byterian Church on East Queen J
street Sunday morning at 11 o’clock,
when the pastor, the Rev. D. C.
Crawford, Jr., will preach on the
subject, “Good News: Victory Over
Sin.”
The general public, and especially
the service personnel, is cordiall> in
vited to attend.
FIRST DEGREE TONIGHT
AT MASONIC MEETING
At tonight’s (Thursday) meeting
of Unanimity Lodge, No* 7, A. F. &
A. M., the first degree %ill be con
ferred upon a Candida*. W. Jim
Daniels, master of the lodge, urges
all members to be present and ex
tends n cordial invitation to visiting
Masons to attend.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 24, 19^
■ group came at Guam. Though anti- j
■ aircraft lire was intense, the pilots
i bombed and strafed the area. Alto
gether the carrier launched six
; strikes against Guam during one
day. After the first flush of com
bat, the air group settled down to
the hard job of landing, refueling,
grabbing a bit to eat and taking off
again. Two Helldivers on search
patrol returned after being overdue
to report that they bombed and
strafed an enemy vessel they de
scribed as “an oversized junk,"
leavihg it listing and burning.
On the first attempt to strike
Chichi Jima, the target was missed
because of a cloud cover, but Hell
divers, Avengers and Hellcats
wheeled back and found it. Tile at
tack was made through heavy anti-|
aircraft tire, but mV aircraft opposi- 1
tioti was encountered.
Many hair-raising escapes were I
experienced during raids, one of
which was that of Ensign Elliott. i
The Helldiver of Ensign Elliott
was badly damaged. One-third of
one of his propellor blades had been
shot away, he had several holes in
his wings, and the spinner was shot
off the nose of his plane. His div
! ing flaps were part way open and
would not close. Young Elliott man-'
aged to limp back to his carrier and
landed in the water alongside. He
and his rear seatman, Robert R.
Scussel, of Paterson, N. J., were j
saved.
jVv bole d' t‘e Eastern
Philippines the group was ordered
oack to an advance base to replenish
i sto.es lidij to obtai i replace
• nieiits. As it . steamed northward j
around the Marianas, a strike was
i launched against Pagan Island. The!
i striking force wrecked eight aircraft
> on the ground, six ships in the har
i l»or and an airfield.
USO Hostesses For
Month Os September
Mrs. Wood Privott has announced;
| the following Edenton ladies who will j
serve as hostesses at the I SO Club
during the month of September:
Mrs. Clyde Carpenter, Mrs. C. C.
Brill, Mrs. C. P. Wales, Mrs. J. Car
roll Byrum, Mrs. Boyd Harless, Mrs.
William E. Bond, Mrs. George P.
Byrum, Mrs. E. T. Rawlinson, Mrs.
Geddes It. Potter, Miss Agnes Chap
pell, Mrs. J. Lester Forehand, Mrs.
Leon Leary, Mrs. C. T. Doughtie,
Mrs. Leroy Haskett, Mrs. P. S. Mc-
Mullan, Mrs. H. F. Gurley, Mrs. W.
W. Byrum, Mrs. J. Clarence Leary,
Mrs. W. E. Malone, Mrs. John M.
Privott, Mrs. O. M. Elliott, Mrs. J. H.
McMullan, Mrs. Marvin P. Wilson,
Mrs. Nathan Dai! and Mrs. Haywood
Ziegler.
Each of the above are urged to re
member their houn on duty.
i Farmers Permitted
Purchase Lumber
For Essential Uses
Certificate iVlust Be Se
cured at Local AAA
Office
FOR REPAIRS ONLY
No Lumber Available
To Construct New
Residences
Fanners .of Chowan County are
: entitled to rated orders for lumber
.! if they use it for essential mainten
! ante and repair of implements and
farm service buildings, according to
■I. M. Price, Secretary to the county
AAA committee.
A “Farmers’ LumbeV Certificate”
is a rated order, he said. A dealer
who fills a farmer’s order supported
by a certificate may extend the rat
ing and place a “certified and rated”
order with his supplier for replace
ment of his stock. “During this time
of lumber shortage,” Mr. Price said,
“the use of Farmers’ Lumber Certifi
, cates is the only way we can be sure
! of keeping enough lumber in the
i yards to meet essential farm needs.”
Farmers who need lumber should
j apply to the Chowan County AAA
! office in Kdenton for certificates. The
j county AAA committee is authorized
to issue certificates when the lumber
j will be used to maintain and repair
farm buildings, other than dwellings,!
] or maintain and repair farm impie-i
j merits or for other approved Uses es
j seutial to food production, or to eon-'
struct necessary buildings, other than
:! residences, when the cost will not
j exceed SI,OOO (luring the calendar
J year for any particular farm. The;
committee also may issue certificates
for lumber needed for. emergencies.'
1 For construction which must be ap-
I proved by the War Production Hoard,
the committee also receives farmers’
applications and makes recommenda
tions, but does not issue certificates.
Farmers’ Lumber Certificates can-;
not be issued for lumber to be used :
for dwellings, .Mr. Price said. Deal-;
ers are expected to have small
amounts of lumber to sell to civilians
in general for the maintenance of
dwellings and for other uses for;
which no rated orders are issued.
John A. Holmes On
; Official Rotary Visit
Also Scouting For Band
Director and Foot
ball Coach
■John A. Holmes, governor of llo
tarv District, No. 189, is this week
making official visits to Rotary clubs
in the central part of the State. Mr.
Holmes left on his visitation trip last
; week and is expected to return home
the latter part of this week.
Incidentally, while visiting Rotary
| clubs he is also scouting for a foot-’
1 halt coach and band director to suc
ceed Rockfellow Venters and Robert
1.. Martin, who resigned. Mr. Vent-1
1 ers has accepted a position in the j
Roanoke Rapids school, while Mr.;
i Martin will go to Warrenton.
Chowan Draft Board
Seeking Whereabouts. j
Cecil Linwood Ashley
Chowan County’s Draft Board is
anxious to learn the whereabouts of
j Cecil Linwood Ashley, to whom
! papers have been sent at his last
; known address and have, been re
turned. If anyone knows the young
man’s address, the Draft Board will
appreciate it, for unless he is found
within a reasonable time, he will be
reported delinquent and his name!
turned over to the FBI.
NO SERVICES SUNDAY
IN METHODIST CHURCH
Due to the Rev. H. Freo Surratt,
pastor of the Methodist Church, be
ing on vacation, there will be no
preaching service in the church next
Sunday. The adult Church School
will, however, convene at 9:45 Sun
day morning.
Services in the church will be held
Sunday morning, September 3, at 11
o’clock, when the Rev. Mr. Surratt
will preach and administer the Holy
Commuiyon.
Over 100 Men Are Assigned
To Various Streets And Will
Make Hause to House Dalis
■ i
jjjecord Incomej
Edgar Pearce Realizes
.152,500 From Aere
Os Tomatoes
What is believed lo be a record
for income per acre, especially
in Chowan County, has hetvn es
| tablished by Edgar Pearce In
the Rocky Hock section. Aside
| from farming, Mr. Pearce has
been doing a thriving business
, by operating a hot house for the
, growing of vegetable plants.
,1 This summer Mr. Pearce
■ i planted exactly one acre in to-
I matoes, from which he realized
, i $2,500, and if any other acre in
! Chowan County has produced a
j greater income, The Herald
I would like to hear about it.
Chowan County’s
' Name Slated To Go
On Fighting Ship
: Honor Awarded Due to
Success of Fifth War
Ixian Drive
J. G, dampen, chairman of the
'l Chowan County War Finance Com
mittee, has been notified by the
j Treasury Department that because of
the result of the Fifth War Loan
drive, Chowan County has qualified
to have its name on one of the BSM
fighting ships being built by the
j F. S. Navy, and that arrangements
are now being made for placing the
1 county's, name on a plaque to be as
, fixed on one of. these tine fighting
ships.
Mr. Campen, together with other
workers iii the drive, will be invited
to attend the launching, which is cal
culated to be a very colorful cere
mony, followed by a dinner for all
the invited guests. The time and
place of the launching is confidential,
and will he released at the proper
time by the Navy Department.
Both Mr. Campen and I). M. War
ren, co-chairmen in the Fifth War
Loan drive, are delighted with this
information and proud of the fact
that the county will be so honored.
Final figures on the Fifth War
Loan drive show that Chowan’s over
all.sales totaled $571,780.50 against
a quota of $426,000, while the Series
E bond quota was $93,000 and sales
soared to $129,980,50.
Chairman Campen states that Cho
wan’s August quota for war bond
sales is $36,000, and feels certain
that this quot* will be reached.
.
Private Junius W. Davis
Transferred to Medical
College South Carolina
Private Junius Davis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Davis, is among a
group of students at the University
of North Carolina who will complete
a two-year medical course on Sep
tember 9 and will subsequently be
I placed in leading medical colleges
1 throughout the country.
The list of students and the schools
j to which they will be transferred
was announced Monday by Dean W. i
Reece Berryhill and includes the
name of young Davis, who is one of
three students who will be trans
ferred to the Medical College of
South Carolina at Charleston.
Harry Lee Spruill
Injured On Vessel
Harry Lee Spruill, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Spruill and a member of
the Merchant Marine, was seriously
injured while working on his ship in
Norfolk last week. He was taken to
the Marine Hospital, where he Is
now a patient and gradually recov
ering from his injuries.
Another member of the ship’s
crew, who was trying to save the
life of the Edenton boy, was killed
in the accident.
This mi tsfoom It cirtm-
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tio .drives Urged to
s'eartvi Homes For
Wiij e Paper
BEGINs’aT 2 P. M.
Workers Asked Deposit
Collection In Meiggs
Warehouse
Arrangements have been complet
ed for a city-wide collection of waste
paper which will get under way
| shortly after 2 o’clock this (Thurs
day) afternoon, when Rotarians,
Lions, Legionnaires and several other
volunteers will make a house-to
house canvass in an effort to round
up as much paper as possible. The
I drive is especially aimed at bringing
j from homes newspapers, magazines
and cardboard which may be stored
away and of no further use.
Housewives are urged to gather
this paper and tie it in bundles so
that it can he easily handled, being
particular to tie newspapers in one
pile, magazines in another and card
. board separately. It is not the pur
pose to collect any loose paper in the
drive, for salvage officials have been
notified that this sort of paper is not
desired.
The entire town has been divided
into small sections, which have been
assigned to teams of two or more
from the sponsoring organizations
and these eolleuters will not wt?
cover the territory assigned to them,
but will stop at every house in
their search for paper.
Those canvassing will use indivi
dual cars, and when their territory
has been thoroughly worked, they are
asked to take what paper they have
to R. L. Meiggs’ warehouse in North
Edenton, where it will be weighed
and bought by Mr. Meiggs at 35
cents per hundred pounds. Mr.
Meiggs’ warehouse is located back
of his home and will be open during
the afternoon so that paper may be
deposited inside. The money derived
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Demonstrations On
Preparing Tobacco
August 25 And 28
Eight Farms Selected
In County to Instruct
Growers
Eight demonstraitioins in preparing
tobacco have been arranged in Cho
wan County, which will be held Fri
day, August 25, and Monday, August
, 28. J. E. O’Hara, an experienced
government tobacco grading special
ist, will assist County Agent C. W.
Overman in conducting these demon
strations. Mr. O’Hara will show to
bacco growers and those who work
in tobacco how to properly grade and
tie their tobacco to meet present
market demands in order to receive
highest prices.
Tobacco grading demonstrations
| last year were fairly well attended
and growers who took advantage of
the demonstrations have reported
i very helpful results.
“Every tobacco grower and his to
bacco workers should take advantage
of this opportunity,” says County
Agent Overman, “and attend the
demonstration most convenient. The
demonstrations will start promptly
on the time scheduled and will last
about one hour.”
A schedule of the demonstrations
follows:
Friday, August 25
Brayhall-Valhalla Llovd C. Bunch,
9 A. M.
Cowpen Neck, A. C. and Flovd
Griffin, 11 A. M.
Macedonia, Gilbert Harrell, 2 P. M.
Cross Roads and Center Hill, C. D.
Hollowed, 4:30 P. M.
Monday, August 28
1 1 Edenton and Upper Yeopim, Guy
! (Neal) Hobbs, 9 A. M.
Hayes Farm, W. E. Ambrose.
11 A. M.
1 Yeopim, Albert Byrum’s farm.
* 2 P. M.
I Edenton-Hancock, Claude E. Small,
4:30 P. M.