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* ikm 1 9km* will k$ mmmm Volume Xl.—Number 39. United War Fund Drive In County Scheduled 4egin Wednesday, Oct. 11 Opening Date Changed ; At Meeting Tuesday Afternoon LEADERS LISTED j Pep Meeting Scheduled To Be Held Tuesday j Night, Oct. 10 i W. J. Taylor, chairman of the Chowan County War Fund drive, on Tuesday afternoon met with a group of his captains, at which time it was decided to open the 19-14 campaign on Wednesday morning, October 11. The opening date of the drive had been tentatively set for Monday, October 9, but the change was made principally in order to hold a pep meeting the night before canvassers begin their work. This pep meeting will, therefore, be held Tuesday night, October II), when in the neighborhood of 50 cap tains and members of the executive committee will gather at a “Dutch”, dinner .i, order to put the finishing touches to the campaign and stimu late interest among those who will j direct the work. West Byrum is | charged with the responsibility’ of arranging the dinner, it is the pur-1 uose to have an outside speaker for! this affair, it being thought that either Wade Marr of Elizabeth City, or Solicitor Chester Morris can be secured. Both are taking an active part in the drive. I). M. Warren was appointed by Mr. Taylor to ar range for the speaker. At Tuesday’s meeting it was decid ed to make an effort to raise the I county’s quota within a week. The ; quota is $7,500 and while this amount j; exceeds last year’s quota, the genera! opinion prevails that with hard work ••ud the right sort of cooperation the •. I can again be realized. *■« .r. Taylor and his workers were ouraged Tuesday afternoon when uptain Melvin Griffin reported that the proceeds of the Marine Corps variety show, which will be presented tonight (Thursday) and Saturday night will go into the fund. No charge will be made to service men and women to see the show, but civil ians may enjoy the show by paying 50 cents, which in turn will go to ward raising the county’s quota. .1. b. Carnpen was placed in charge of the sale of tickets and is hoping foi- a sell-out with the aid of the Roy Scouts. J. Clarence Leary is again, this year, captain for Kdenton and has appointed the following leaders: Virginia Road Extended—Mrs. L. S. Byrum and Mrs. K. W. Leary, Jr. North Edenton—Mrs. Jesse Wig gins and Mrs. Russell Cobb. West side of Broad Street from Hicks to Queen—Mrs. L. H. Haskett and Mrs. Francis Hicks. . East side of Broad Street from Carteret to Queen—Mrs. Wood Priv- I oft and Mrs. W. M. Wilkins. West Albemarle, Gale and Church Streets—Mrs. J. P. Partin and Mrs. M. A. Hughes. East Church, Queen, Eden and Court Streets—Mrs. T. W. Jones, ! Mrs. Jack Mooney and Mrs. Dick Goodwin. Broad Street, Queen Street to Water Street—J. Rodney Ilyrum and W. E. Malone. West Queen and Blount Streets— Mrs. West By rum and Mrs. J. Clar ence Leary. industry—A. B. Harless, Gordon (Continued on Page Five) Revival Services At Presbyterian Church Begins On October 8 Preacher Will Be the Rev. Walter Buhler Os Charlotte Evangelistic services will begin at j the Edenton Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening, October 8, announ ' the pastor, the Rev. D. C. Craw- 1 .pV , Jr., early this ivedt. The icher for this series of meetings j ill be the Rev. Walter R. Buhler, j pastor of Indian Trail PVesbyterian Church of Charlotte. Special services have been arrang- j ed for boys and girls every after-! noon at 4 o’clock, at which time choir | singing practice will be held for the young folks. The public is invited to attend all ! of the services. L THE CHOWAN HERALD A mOMM MMWMPAJMM DMVOTMD TO TUM IVyiMfW OT OMOWAM GQ9MTT In France PVT. HARLAN F. MIZELLE j A member of (he Field Ar tillery, Pvt, Harlan Forrest Mi zelle is now somewhere in France. He entered the service in January, 1943, and received his basic training at Fort Jack son, South Carolina. Air Medals Awarded At Edenton Station Three Officers Honored For Achievements Overseas Featured by a parade and review, MOTG-81 at the Marine Corps Air Station on Saturday, two officers were presented the Air Medal “for meritorious achievement on a trans port plane and cargo dropping mis sions in the Solomon Islands area August 23 to 25, 1943.” The two offjjers thus honored were Captain Arthur W. Du Bois, a pilot, and First Lieutenant Stanley Van Otterloo, a crew member. The medals were presented by Lieut.-Col.. W. E. Sweetser, commanding officer! of the group. •Later in the afterr.c.-i'., anutiters parade was held by station personnel in Connection with presenting an Air Medal and Citation to First Lieuten ant Richard P. Kessler, a veteran fighter pilot in the combat zone. This presentation was made by Lieut.-Col. Chester J. Peters, commanding offi- 1 cer of the station. Legion Post Passes Quota For Members The Rev. Sidney Math ews Speaker at Meet ing Next Tuesday Ed Bond Post of the American Lee ion will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday night, at S:o’clock, in the Court House. The principal speaker for the occasion will be Past De partment Chaplain Sidney Matthews, Episcopal rector of Washington, North Carolina. legion officials are very much elated over the result of the member ship drive in that the quota for the Post has been set at 90, while al ready 95 members have been enrolled with prospects for still others to be added. First Year School Children Must Prove Have Been Vaccinated Parents of children who have re cently entered school their first year must prove within, the next two weeks, by certificate to the teacher, that their children have been pro tected against diphtheria and small pox. According to the local Health Department, anyone unable Jto prove this, must be protected agarKst these diseases immediately either *by their family physician or the Health De partment • The hours at the Health Depart- 1 ment, when this work will be done, are. each Friday from 9 a. m. to S, p. m., and Saturday mornings from 9 to 12 o'clock— Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 28, 1944. Marines’ Variety Show Is Ready For | Two Day Showing Advance Reports Indi cate First Rate En tertainment —. . . | CIVILIANS PAY Proceeds Will Be Con tributed to United War Fund ■ Everything is in readiness for the presentation tonight (Thursday) and again Saturday night of the Marine /orps variety show, “A Slight Touch f Genius,” which will begin at 8 o’clock each night in the Edenton school auditorium. From advance re ports, the show will provide enter tainment deluxe and the auditorium accommodating 1,000 people is ex pected to be filled lor both per formances. The show was planned primarily for the entertainment of Marines, therefore, there will be no charge for them to see the show. However, a charge of 50 cents will be made to all civilians, the proceeds of which will be given to the United War Fund drive in Chowan County. The cast for the show includes: Majors E. V. Mendenhall and R. Thompson, Captain 11. W. Jackson, Lieutenants H. R. Graves, 1L Lind quist, W. lluhmann, W. G. King, R. Randolph, C. E. Robbins, V. R. Wolff, G. 1L W. Graff, J. Lienesch, R. C. Orris, \V. Bell; T. Sg't. J. De Luca, RhM. 3-c Marion Green; iSgrs. R. V\ enrich, Esther Holcomb, Virginia l’aylor; Corps. E. W. Londregan, G. Cottrell. H. D. Porter, C. L. Scar borough, \\. I*. Mayercin, T. F. Bell, Rose! I a Kih be, Maurine Finley; Pfcs. and i’vts. D.'-Fredericks, Helen Artz, G. F. Welch, G. Sickliek, Margaret Biggart, R. S. Slurtz, S. Ferraro, W. Doolaii, J. Austin, Margaret McNear, •V Bright, R. Battista, Dorothy Jor dan and B. Chadwick. Captain James R. Depew is re placing Lieut. H. Stevenson as stage manager. J. W. Carnpen is in charge of the sale of tickets among civilians, and has enlisted the aid of Boy Scouts to endeavor to have a sell-out. It is hoped that civilians will turn out en masse, not only to see a good show, but at the same time help in raising ; Chowan County's United War Fund quota of $7,500. Roomer Found Dead In Bed At Colony Inn Frank Overton Evident ly Victim of Heart Attack Frank Overton, about 55 years old, was found dead in his room at Colony Inn Monday morning, evident ly the victim of a heart attack. The | discovery was made by Mrs. Henry: Powell. Deceased was a bookkeeper at the Marine Corps Air Station, and ; had been rooming for some time at the Colony Inn. The body was removed to the Ziegler Funeral Home, from where it was taken later in the afternoon to Elizabeth City at the request of a sister, Mrs. Sallie Cartwright, of Camden, who is the closest survivor as far as could be leanred Tuesday. Mr. Overton, before retiring, was apparently in his usual health and it is presumed that he was stricken with a heart attack during the night. Methodists To Observe World-wide Communion World-wide communion will he ob served at the 11 o’clock service in the Methodist Church Sunday morning, when the pastor, the Rev. H. F. Sur ratt, will preach on the subject, “At the Lord’s Table.” Communion Sun day will be available for all Chris tians throughout the world. All members are asked to go to church or camp chapel during the day for Holy Communion. A loyalty visita tion is being made among the mem- [ bers of the Edenton Methodist Church 1 for this purpose. At Sunday morning’s service there will be a reception of new members, a result of the recent visitation by six teams made up of a minister and a layman. A special solo will be ren | dered by Miss Helen Willis. | At the Church School hour rally day will be observed and Church ; School officers and teachers installed. The Youth Fellowship meeting will be held at 7 p. m. German Prisoners Os War Helping Harvest i Chowan Peanut Crop I County’s Quota of Pris oners Reduced Mon day to 55 FAIR WORKERS Applications Being Tak en at County Agent Overman’s Office , ! Due to shortage of farm labwr, l(,e i man prisoners of , war an being ! I used to stack peanuts in Chowan! j County, A. C. Boyce, K, Small ; and S. F. Small using 40 Friday and ' Saturday, and A. C. Boyce, J- D. .Swindell, W. L. Boswell and S. r. Small using 55 on Monday. The county’s quota is 70 prisoners from the Ahoskie camp, but due to the limited number in camp tiie quota on Monday was reduced by 15. The cost of prisoner labor is 25 cents per hour, plus the cost of. . transportation, which is contracted and prisoners placed as near fields as practical. Their work day is eight I hours and they are allowed to be out I of camp a maximum of 12 hours, j Each prisoner receives 80 cents per, I day for his labor. ; Prisoners are stacking around 36 stacks per man per day under favor ,; able conditions and good supervision. The farmer is required to furnish a w hite man to supervise the work, and he is required to be along with the prisoners while they are working, • and naturally good supervision re sults in more and better work done. Applications for prisoners to work I are being taken at County Agent ( . W. Overman’s office. Contracts are signed and deposits made in advance. 1 The prisoners are being scheduled on farms on a basis of need for addi tional labor and men available. Farmers are urged to cooperate in every way possible with County Agent Overman and Thomas C’iiears, farm labor assistant, in using these workers to the best advantage in helping to harvest Chowan's peanut mop. M. V\. Jackson used prisoners three "lays last week in harvesting ensil , age and reports a good job and was satisfied with their work. J.G. Carnpen Senses ] Lack Os Interest In: | Buying War Bonds I Less Than One-sixth of Quota Bought Up to j September 15 i J. G. Carnpen, chairman of the Chowan,County War Finance Com mittee, is somewhat concerned over the apparent lack of interest in buy ing war bonds since the close of the • fifth war loan drive. Chowan Coun ty’s quota for September is $36,000, I and up to September 15, Mr. Carnpen i reports sales amounting to only; ■ $5,500, or less than one-sixth of the ' quota. “We must make our monthly qUo-j tas between drives,” said Mr Cam pen, “as this is just as important ai successful periodic drives to accom plish the overall objectives of the war financing program. As we move closer to victory, we must not get the idea that the war is practic ally over. Nothing could be farther from the truth, for though the end with Germany is in sight, the Japan- i ese war is a tremendous undertaking, and victory will come high. The European War was expensive, but al most everything in the Pacific war will cost more. It will require more j transport costs and we will need more I of everything to bring the treacher ous Japs to their knees. “Did you ever stop to think howj much money it costs to maintain the i II to 12 million men and women in' our Army and Navy? Whether the I men are actually fighting or not, | . they must be fed, housed, transported from one training center or battle j | area to another, cared for in a hun- j ! dred and one different ways. That j all costs money and will continue to j until the last man is back in civilian clothes I “It isn’t hard to find many Impor tant reasons why our government . must have the financial support of I everyone, and have it for many months to come. For that reason, l I I hope Chowan County people will re , j sume purchasing bonds to the end 1 j that the monthly quotas will be 1 reached regularly.” # Chowan FarirtMVMMts Concentrated Drive To Get New Members On October 2 | Wins Gold Medal J ! A \ m * \ i / ■ $ sk. * SGI. JOSEPH SPUI 11.1. After being in the South ’ Pacific for six months, Sgt. Joe Spruill has been awarded a gold medal, as well as a good conduct medal. He enlisted in the Army January. 11, 1942. New Rector Secured For St. Paul’s Church The Rev. Harold Gilmer Will Become Rector On October 1 After being without a lector for almost a year, St. Paul’s Church will ( have" a rector beginning Sunday, October 1. Church, officials an- , nounced early this week that the < Rev. Harold L, Kilmer had accepted a temporary rectorship ami will con duct his first service on October 1. The church has had ho rector since the resignation of the Rev. la-wis , Sclienck, who resigned December i. of last year to accept a call at Bur- , lington, X. C„ and though no little . effort has been made in the mean- , ! time to find a new rector, it was only j , this week that a man was secured, | The Rev. Mr. Gilmer comes 10 Kdenton highly recommended. He j has been professor of church history and philosophy at Du Bois Memorial . |Church Training School at Monteagie. Tennessee, where he rendered a , great service. The new rector and Mrs. Gilmer i will: arrive in Edenton Friday and i wilt make their home in an apart- I ment at the Parish House, The Rev. Mr. Gilmer will be pre- j stented to St. Paul’s congregation on! Sunday, October 1, by Bishop Thomas C. Darst and, of course, church offi-j cials are very anxious to have a large i f congregation present to meet the newcomers. Edenton PTA Meets Tuesday, October 3 In First Meeting Os Fall The first meeting of the new year t i for Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Asso- j ciation will be held Tuesday, Octo ber 3, in the high school library, at , which time Chaplain George Wheeter will speak. At the close of the 1 meeting refreshments will lie served by the home economics department, i A large attendance is desired for i, this meeting and newcomers in Eden ton and parents who have children : 1 going to school for the first time are extended a special invitation to be j present. Elsbury P. Chappell Is Killed In France j Private Elsbury Chappell, son l of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Chappell, of I the Tyner section, was killed in ac | tion in France on August 25, accord ing to a telegram received from the | War Department by his parents. | Young Chappell entered the Army in February, 1942, and received his I basic training at Fort Knox, Ky. He was a member of the field artillery. He was sent overseas in December, 1943. Surviving, besides the parents, are three sisters, Mrs. Hillard Bunch of ‘ Sunburv, Mrs. .Tames Scheer of Kala mazoo, Mich., and Miss Edith Chap pell of Norfolk, Va.; one brother. Sgt. [ Gilbert Chappell, now in service in : New Guinea, and a niece, Karen i Scheer. 1 Thu newspaper It drew loioi Av Ms mSm mSL * $1.50 Per Year J. E. Baker Heads Cam paign To Boost Local Membership GOAL 50(TmEMBERS Gioups Responsible For increased Peanut income Chowan County's Farm Bureau is joining with other bureaus through out the Slate in an effort to greatly increase, memberships in this im portant farmers’ organization. The local campaign will begin next Mon day, October 2, and though the Bu reau now has something like 200 members, a goal of at least 500 members has been set. The Farm Bureau is primarily a farmers’ organization, though its in fluence affects not only farmers, but any business or professional man who serves the farmer. The organi zathm aims to help farmers solve problems of coining peace. Farm prices have been relatively high be cause of war demands for greater production, but with the coming of peace, there will again come prob lems of surpluses and low prices. It is then that the Farm Bureau will fight for farmers’ interests and the greater the membership, the more weight the organization will have in fighting for the farmer’s welfare. The Chowan County drive will be in charge of J. E. Baker, who urges every former member to enroll, and then contact neighbors and friends to the end that practically every farmer in the county will become a member. Membership dues in the Farm Bu reau are only $3.00 per year, while associate memberships are $lO and up to any amount a concern may de sire to contribute. One phase of the accomplishments of the Farm Bureau alone is enough to warrant many memberships in Chowan County, for it was the effort of the State and National Farm Bu reaus which resulted in the increased price for peanuts. This one effort alone meant an added income of ap proximately $140,000 to Chowan pea nut growers. W. A. Harrell is president of the County Farm Bureau; R. O. Blanch ard, vice president, and R. T. Harrell, secretary and treasurer. The execu tive committee is composed of D. M. Warren, J. B. Webb, R. H. Hollowell, J. H. Morgan and J. C. (Dick) Leary. Any of the above named officers will be more than pleased to explain the advantages of belonging to the Farm Bureau, as well as. take any applica tions for membership. Edenton Boy Wins “Wings Os Gold” Claude M. Williams Is Commissioned an Ensign Claude M. Williams, 20, son of Mrs. C. M. Williams of 908 N. Broad Street, won his Navy “Wings of Gold” and was commissioned an En sign in the Naval Reserve recently following completion of the prescrib ed flight training course at the Naval Air Training Bases, Pensacola, Fla., the “Annapolis of the Air.” Having been designated a Naval Aviator, Ensign Williams will re ceive operational training before be ing assigned to a combat zone. St. Paul’s Auxiliary Meets Next Monday The Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Paul’s Church will meet on Monday afternoon, October 2, at 4‘o’clock, in the Parish House. This will lie a business meeting, the first one of the fall, and it is hoped that every woman in the parish will make a special effort to attend. Visitors in the parish will be welcomed at this meeting and all others of the Auxiliary. Bishop Thos. C. Darst At St. Paul’s Sunday The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst of Wilmington, will preach Sunday morning at 11 o’clock in 9t. Paul’s Church. Bishop Darst is very well and favorably known among members of St. Paul's congregation, as well as by maay other people in Edenton. Therefore, a large congregation is expected to be present at the service.
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