North Carolina Newspapers

ft Ibee eolumns wiU be kmd $ fmk presentation ' bmd mm i twenty mw Volur:>e Xl.—Number 35. John Holmes Finding! Trouble In Securing T °achers For Schools o Weeks’ Search Re sults In Discouraat mi>- Prospect Fl\ E VACANCIES i‘resent Plans Call For Opening 1 of Schools September 18 '.loijit U«inus.. ;Uiperinteiid“iit of Edenl-m. ■ iviu.nied 1 -;t«' las v.<**»k a’ : makii,: official visits to Rotary ■ in t..< IN'.ith District. nr which.: g<<\ ol ndi., and; (luring which .ht • • -«>!«• :i desperate effort to secure t‘ ( f Lcrs . to. till vacancies on the K.it • . school faculty. Mr. Holmes returned somewhat discour aged so far as securing teachers is concerned. for he was unaide to sc cure any. and besides found 'that many schools are in the same fix. despite t’ ’ fact that, as much as ifoii per month supplement in same cases 1 has been oifered in admion to .the! State’s rate of pay. Mr. lie mes needs live teachers to comptcu his faculty for the coming year. - esc are a malheniatiis teacher ,1/ succeed Miss Myrtle Cooper, who has accepted a position ! in Washington, \. 0.; a science teacher to replace Miss Lucille i (’lark, who married after the close] of last year’s term and is now mak ing her home at Advance, X. C. ; a football coach, made vacant by the t'■signati n of Kockfellow Venters, who has accepted a position at Ro anoke Rapids; a band director, which, vacancy exists due to the resignation of ltobeit L. Martin, who wilt teach music arc direct the hand at VVar re.nton, and a public music teacher to succeed Mrs. M. A. Hughes, who has: giver, tip teaching. According to I). F. Walker, prin cipal ot the colored high, school, his teachers will all return unless there tic some resignations from now 1111- schooi (.pens. J. fay lor. superintendent of 1 bounty Administrative Ifnit, has one vacancy, --though lie is hav ‘.""g. some ditliculty in securing a teacher. The- vacancy was caused by the resignation ot the vocational ag i [culture teacher, Mitchener Hanks, who has accepted a position with the -•Soil. Conservation Department. • s " far as is known at present, schools ir Chowan. County will not ■ reopen until Monday September is. • n compliance with the request of the State Hoard, of Health and State school authorities, file postponement being recommended in view of the! serious utbreak of infantile para- ! lysis in the State. Thursday’s Waste Paper Drive Nets About 2,89 D Lbs. R. L. Meiggs Estimates Poundage Brought j: To Warehouse Uotarmi.s. I .ions and Legionnaires, together with a few other volunteers joined in a waste paper collection ! 1 i’llursda\ afternoon of .just Week,'. Which, -proved very successful. Teams, canvassed certain portions of streets | ' assigned :o them, and though in one or two instances tlie teams failed to function, the paper: which was put out was : collected and added to the drive. What paper was collected was taken to K. L. Meiggs’ warehouse in North Edenton, and because of his other duties, Mr. Meiggs has been unable to weigh it. However, he es timated that in the neighborhood of 2,890 pounds was secured in the drive. Due to lack of time, and labor, Mr. Meiggs will be unable to hale the paper, much of which is magazines, and will report the exact amount collected when *it is weighed, at the pulp mill. A splendid spirit of cooperation resulted in the drive as many house wives bundled paper and placed it on front porches to be picked up, so 1 “•at the county salvage chairman and ’hers of the committees from the ■ sponsoring organizations are well pleased with the result. HANK OF EDENTON CLOSED MONDAY FOR LABOR DAY Next Monday, September 4, being I,abor Day, the Bank of Edenton wiH be closed all day in observance of the holiday. Patrons are asked t«-transact their affairs accordingly, j THE CHOWAN HERALD A mOMM MMWMPAPMM DKYQTBD TO TMM UiTMAMOt I OT OMOWAM COUMTY | Commandeered Jap Transport on Saipan Jfann# Corps Photo TheM Marines found this ancient ox-cart and ox after they fought their way ashore over the beaches of Saipan. It had been used by the Nips to haul their supplies so our boys are using It to haul water. Sgt. Robert L. Bell. Mason City, 111., leads the ox while Cpl. Richard W. Bremmer, 2640 North Bawyrr Ave.. Chicago, 111., gets the ride. Back Hie or up with War Bonds. From U. S. Tr.jniry i D. M. Warren Chosen Chairman Boy Scouts In West Albemarle ‘ W- , /■ I; Local Banker Will Di rect Campaign to Raise Funds K. X. Hines, District Chairman of Hoy Scouts, has announced the se lection (if D. M. Warren as District Finance Chairman for the West At-, oemai le District I toy Scouts. The campaign to raise funds for the Tidewatei Council will he held in September, and .Mr. Warren will also serve a.- chairman for the three counties of I’erquiihans, Chowan and Gates. He will select a chairman from each community of the three counties and hold a joint planning ..meeting in map plans for the drive and officially open the. campaign on September IT. The budget of the Tidewater Coun ci I .for the . coming year as set by the Executive Hoard, is st>n,(|dn. This money is to lie raised in tiie nine counties of the Council for the purpose of serving the. institutions that use the liny Scouts of America program. j A chairman for each of the fol- . lowing communities will be selected: Sunhury Hobh.-viile. Gatesville. Win fall, (tales, Ilertlord and Itelvidoiv. These chairmen will he invited to at tend the regular meeting of the li'leiiton Lions Club Monday, Sep tember 11, after which the district finance meeting will be held in the Lions’ den in the. Mitchener Building. ( Wm. Elliott Released From U. S. Army On Medical Discharge i William S. Kllintt returned home Sunday after receiving a medical discharge from the C. S. Army. Mr. Klliott entered the Army at Fort ] Bragg on February lti of this year and while undergoing training had the misfortune to break Mime hones in an ankle ami heel. On March 1 he entered the hospital at Fort Hragg and was later sent to a gov ernment hospital at Augusta, (ia. While Mr. Elliott can get around, lie has been instructed to be very | careful in the use of the injured leg. __ Some (Grocery Stores 'j ' Continue To Observe j Wednesday Closing Though the Wednesday half-holi day was scheduled to terminate this week, Mrs. Hazel Gibbs, assistant secretary of the Chamber of Com-. merce and Merchants Association, Informed The Herald Tuesday morn-' ing that practically all grocery stores will continue to observe the half: ; holiday each Wednesday throughout | the vear. i Legion Auxiliary Meets With Mrs. M. L. Bunch The American Auxiliary will meet Friday night,* September i 1, at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. | Maurice T,. Bunch. All members are | urged to attend. I - =--■ - ’ v H Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August Ml, 19W. I Early Cotton I ■—■ i —— Already this week in some sections of Chowan County cot ton pickers have been at work in '■he fields picking this year's crop, which on some farms has matured much earlier than many know anything about. For a week or more much cot ton has been ready to be picked, especially in those fields where it was a fleeted by rust. Chaplain Wheeler Speaker For Lions Stresses Fad That In dividuality Develops Personality Chaplain George Wheeler was the principal speaker at the Lions Chib meeting Monday night, using as his j subject "Individuality.”. Chaplain Wheeler made a very interesting ad dress, stressing the fact that indivi duality develops personality. "Be yourself." he told the Lions, “or you’re, counterfeit. Don’t try to dup licate your neighbor because "carbon < copies’ soon fade.’’ During the meeting a new mem ber. Georce .Jordan, was added to the club, being installed by U. C. Holland, Two visitors. Allen Cross: and Fail .lonian, were also present at the meeting. The paper salvage committee front the club 'reported that (luring the. drive held Thursday afternoon an es timated total of ,2,8110 pounds <d paper was collected. A singing session was also enjoyed during the evening, this feature be ing led by Edwin Sehwarze. Officers' Wives Club Will Resume Meeting First Meeting of Group Since Beginning of Hot Weather The first meeting of the Officers' Wives Club since meetings were abandoned' during the hot weather will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Clifton Brill, 12 West Church Street. A feature of this first meeting of lie Fall will be an address by Mrs. J. K. Tyler, who will tell about Captain and Mrs. Melvin Griffin’s trip to Germany in Ht.'lfi. All old members of the club are urged to be present, and newcomers are also cordially invited to attend and join the club. Nutrition Class To Be Held September 9th Miss Helen Lindsley, home eco nomics teacher at Edenton High| School, will teach a nutrition class; in the school’s home economics room 1 beginning Friday afternoon, Sep l tember 8 at 3:30 o’clock. Edenton Youth Gets Out Os Hertford Jail Twice In Three Days Morgan Hudson Sought I»y Officers on Jail Breaking Charge Morgan Hudson, slender Edenton ' young man, broke jail in Hertford Tuesday for the second time within three days. , He was arrested .Satur day charged With being drunk on the highway and broke .out of the I’m • (|uimans ('minty jail .Sunday evening ! by tearing out window facing an squeezing through the space bet weenj the wall and window bars. He was caught and sentenced Tuesday in Perquimans Recorder's Court to (>() plays on the roads, suspended upon payment of Sail and court costs. The voting man was placed in the jail Tuesday morning awaiting pay ment of the fine,when it was learned Inter in t tie day that he made his escape the second t ime by -qa-'e/.ing through the same. hole. Officers are searching for tile 2u > ear-old youth, and when appro hen'ded he will fact- a jail-breaking charge. Durward Harrell Now Second Lieutenant Durward E. Harrell , was com missioned a second lieutenant Aug ust. 2.2 in the Army of the I nited States upon successful cumpleiion of. ih'e i '(beers' Candidate course at the ■'Bantiv "School. at Fort Denning, (ieorgia. The now lieutenant enlisted in the. \rmy on June I. It'42, and served w ith the IIITG at Camp Wheeler. f» ~ before going to Officer Candi date Sohool four mouths ago: lie held the rank of corporal before be ing, commissioned. Lh;nt. Harrell is a graduate. of .Edenton•' High School and attended Syracuse University- at Syracuse. Hew \ oik. where he Was promt ueut as a . football and baseball player and member of Beta Theta' Hi. fra ternity. At the Infantry School; world’s largest institution of its kind, the j local officer took a four, months' : course to fit him for his sew re sponsibilities. The course covers the I technique of handling all the varied modern infantry weapons and the tactics of leading small infantry units in combat. It also includes study of many varied subjects which future officers must know along the lines of administration, military and laW - . ' Air Station Fool Now ! On Full Time Schedule With combat training swimming | lessons jn session daily Monday; through Friday from 8 A. M. to j noon and from 2 to 6 o’clock in the j afternoon at the Marine Corps Air 1 Station swimming pool, a schedule , has been arranged whereby the pool j may be enjoyed by officers, Women Reserves, enlisted as well as wives and friends who will be al lowed to swim with members of their . sex in accordance with the schedule as arranged for each group. Leathernecks Qualify To Flay Harvey Point Team For League Championship Nutrition Group Is T Appointed To Aid j In Food Program; {‘Object to Get Nutri tional Value Out of Available Food ; '• ucii :tiic ('’liinvari: Nutrition (jmi-’ i •m-itteo !»'!; ins its , Sepleinbei ’aelivi- j tics iii the Food Fights for Freedom t lirogiam. it will he all out for nutri- I lion. Dining lids inonth each house wile in Chowan . • oiiiitv w ill he reached by , the committee in its drive to make everyone nutrition conscious. The committee, like :t,UO(i others ; • !! tilt* nation, .will, emphasize the importance of getting the greatest ; nutritional value out of the avail able, food supply. It is all part of i 'he plan to make America a nation 1 i of well-fed and strong people. I Attention is called to the need for | more foods of high vitamin, protein and mineral value in the diet. The importance of storing, preparing and cooking food in away that will pre j,serve the value of the food, and also i 1 on preventing wust-cv in preparing and I I >p]'\ ingf is st ressed. i 1 o help the women of Chowan : ( oiint.v t<» help themselves m get j ting tin* most '»ut "f this prcFgranu ( th»* cdi.njhitt.ee asks that each iirie of tuciii get a “Jlasic , ' tuiMi gujdf t" | hahg in :i ir kitchen, jiiis will aid 1 : The hunieutaker in ..jna-king, meals - j liala.’H »• and t" chouse alts-r nat i ves for sr;m." funds. Members ot tne local Nutrition < *"imiiit tee incliid.i'S the following-: Mr>-. Roland 11. \ aiighah, !>», 1., t\ ; C-illiaiiis. hr. V\ all ace S. Griffin. YV. ‘ .1. J aydor. t.’. \\ . Overman. 1 >r. J. Ai. Jackson, (iiadysteen I’ait, John { Ar Holmes; .Ml.-. J. H. AlcMLilian. < Miss Helen Eindsley. Mi-- Edna Mae Wilkins and Miss Keberra C"l --well. i Fletchers Purchase “Bandon” Property Plan to Make Historic Shrine Their Future Home i Mr. and Mrs. John Fietchei have, luH.cliasod. Itaruion,; one of. ..CiioWaii t' •indy's historical sites, where they p'aii to make their future home. ; I taiisicr of' file property was con sufnmated last- week, after.'n**g' i tta- 1 .’ions had been eonipieted with J. Lester ’.Forehand; owner In ,1. 11. McMUJia: . Ait. and Alts. Fletcher fell in love 1 with ‘'l’andon" when they first saw it .on, a visit to ('ho.wan ( ount) .seve- . ral yeai-.s ago, iind * at that, time Airs, h ietcher expressed ,a desire to nave it.as a home. Hapdon, l.a mile.- i'roni Kdentoii. is situated -along the Cho wan River and Was the forniei iioine ' of, the Rev. i Uiniei Faih*. wiio was affectionately called "1 ’arson” Farle. a circuit rider during the Revolution ary period, who wasi rector of St. Haul’s Church. . " I’arson Karle’' was a f iery pat riot and it was at "Hamion" that he es tablished the first classical school for I boys in North Carolina, the iinitial school having beep founded at a. ! place called Sarum. near the Gates i County line. The Fletchers are very well and tavorahly known in Edenton and Chowan County, having spent no lit- i tie time here when .Mrs. Fletcher was • gathering material for her books, "Men ot Albemarle” and “Raleigh’s Fden . They presented the county | with a portrait of George Monk, ; ! Duke of the Albemarle, which hangs i iin the panel room of the Court House. [ Mr. and Airs. Fletcher are now at | Santa Ana, California, and their : auuiy friends are looking forward j with a great deal of pleasure I - when they come east to make their ] ! home in the county. IN GREENVILLE HOSPITAL i Mrs. A. L. Hawkins is a patient in the Greenville Hospital, having 1 undergone an operation Friday of last week. She is reported as get ting along as well as can be ex pected. This newspaper it circu lated in the territory where Advertisers w* fOOttwo food fffffffl. jllo Per Yea; Edenton Outfit Defea-s LTA In Semi-Final Series THRILLING GAMES Second Game For lop Honors 0:1 Hicks Field Next Sunday A:!o• o.'i:,C ; ■■ Jisi :ga jo* at a thrco-gaoM- -■ i,, to deter..line who will ■.■ participate in tile chii l .ipioiisliip, .-cl c.- in the Albemarle 'Service, 1 League, tin- Fdentoii; Alariiies came . hack Striing to defeat the '■.•Lighter Tlian Air isa.se of Elizabeth- -City ■'Thursday . afternoon and . again Sun day : af‘ei noon, botii games being played on Hicks Field here. Fans who were oh hand were treated to a splendid brand of baseball in both games, the score in each instance , being J! to 1 in favor of tile Marines. As the result of tlie semi-final series, tin- Leathernecks will play a , tiii;ee-game series for the league ! championsliip w ith tin* Harvey Point ! Naval Air .Station outfit, the: latter team having Won in a semi-final series w ith the , Coast Guard of Elizabeth City'. J lie first game of the filial series was Scheduled to be played on the Harvey ..Point diamond Wednesday afternoon, the game being in pro gress. weather permitting, at the time Tile Herald .was being printed. A return game is seiied ed to be played on Hicks Field iiA Sunday afternoon, starting at d o clock, if. the third game is necessary to de cide the championship, the two man agers will toss coins to determine on which diamond the final game will be played. The Marines in the last two games have shown quite an improvement, playing mole the brand of hall they did early in the season, when they hung up a long string of victor es. Coach Cochran, who has been assist ed by Lieut.-Col. William Huffman, ail old-time baseball player him self, believes that if the* hoys can continue their heads-up basebali, they- stand as excellent chance of tucking the league .championship un der their belts. fhursday afternouii’s game was a nip and tuck affair between Allen for LTA ami Stevenson for the Ma rines. Alien gave up only three hits, all. of which, however, came in the fifth inning, and coupled with an error, netted three runs and the game. Stevenson allowed only five hits, which were scattered so that not more than .one was made in any one inning. The visitors scored their ruii in the sixth inning on a walk and a. single; aided by an er ror. The Marines played a better game on the field, being credited with two miscues, while the visitors wade five errors. ■Stevenson went the .entire route wit.il, Mold ton on the. receiving end for the .Marines. Allen, win. made two of his team’s, five: hits, had Dodo as a battery mate. Sunday afternoon’s game, played before a large crowd, was a thriller from start to finish. Stevenson and (Continued on Page Six) Wilson Reports On Hospital Progress I Manned to Have Coun ty-wide Meeting In Near Future At a joint meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Com merce and Merchants Association and a special Hospital Committee held Thursday afternoon, Marvin Wilson, secretary, made a report of his investigations into the hospital situation covering his recent visit to State and Duke Endowment Fund authorities. After considerable discussion it was decided at the meeting that as soon as possible, a county-wide meet ing should be held to inform the people of the plan and purpose of the hospital. A finance committee was provided for. to be appointed by the President and Secretary, which was authorized to invite a speaker for the occasion. As soon as arrangements can be made, it is planned to have this mass meeting of all the people of Chowan County at the Court Hause for a general discussion of the subject.