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/» Urn odumns wtU be b**i $ fair presentation W bed mi county nows f morel Interoet. Volume Xl.—Number 46. Sixth War Loan Drive To Raise $348,000 Will Begin Next Monday; eeting of AH Workers; Called For Friday Night AT CROSS ROADS Cam pen Says No Time Now For Lagging on Home Front j. G. Cam pen, chairman of the Chnwar County War Finance Com mittee, met with members of the Executive Committee in the Munici pal Building Friday afternoon, when the Sixth War Bond drive was con sidered. Os course, the importance of Chowan County again meeting its quota was pointed out and, in order to perfect necessary machinery to this end, a general meeting was call ed for 'Friday night. This meeting will be held in the Community Building at Cross Roads at 8 o’clock, when all workers are especially urged t< be present. The meeting will be in the form of a j luncheon and, because definite plans will be made for the drive, it is very important that every member be on ! hand. Chowan County’s quota has been j set at $548,000, which is somewhat I lower than the Fifth War Loan, j when the quota was $426,000, there- j fore, Mr. Campen and his co-worker.- feel optimistic about the county again ! going over the top. Os the overall quota, Chowan ■ County citizens are asked to invest | SBI,OOO in Series F bonds, which is also lower than iu the last drive, 11 when the quota was $93,000. “Os I course, the fact that the quota is i less than before, does not mean that j there can be any let-up in the effort 1 to meet the goal,” said Mr. Campen. j ”It is my hope that the campaign! w ill not drag and that we will be "’lnong the first counties to be able to >ort that the quota has been I ched. ‘News from the war fronts is very I encouraging,” said Mr. Campen, "but that does not mean that we have any I reason to let up on the home front. ' Our hoys must continue to have all ; that it takes to bring our enemies to their knees and to have this material means that the folks back home must do their part until final victory is i achieved.” Mr. Campen, therefore, urges that ; everybody buy as many war bonds as he possilby can and as soon as he can. Chowan Honored On! Plaque For Record In Fifth War Loan ] Picture Recently Sent to j J. G. Campen, War Finance Chairman J. (1. Campen, chairman of the 1 Chowan County War Finance Com- [ inittee, has received a photograph 1 from Allison James, executive mana ger of the War Finance Committee, j showing a plaque which will be hung in the wardroom of LSM-198 in honor of Chowan County’s achievement in ! the Fifth War Loan drive. The wording on the plaque reads: | “LSM 198 is sponsored and made possible by the War Bond purchases i of the people of the following coun- ' ties of North Carolina: Cherokee, i Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Cumber- | land and Currituck.” i Sgt. Elbert L. Bunch’s Work Commended By Officer In Belgium Sergeant Elbert L. Bunch, at a Ninth Tactical Air Command Thun derbolt base in Belgium, has been commended by his squadron com mander for his excelent work, which has contributed to saving the lives of six pilots of the unit who made emergency parachute jumps. Sgt. ’unch. son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. nch, Route 1, is a parachute rig .• in Colonel Carroll W. McColpin’s -47 Thunderbolt fighter group. He graduated at the parachute rigger school at Key Field, Miss. Colonel McColpin’s group, a unit of the IX Tactical Air Command of the Ninth Air Force, is flying in close support of American Ground forces against the Germans. THE CHOWAN HERALD NOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY | Face t<> flree with Death j Army Slfnil Corps Photo This is ni of the most unusual pictures to come out of the war. Here is ’ • Jap sniper who had hidden himself in an American foxhole, then dug It I little deeper. But sharp eyed doughboys discovered him. Here you lot him. crouched down, miraculously dodging bullets and grenades that ijfanks (hot and lobbed at him. When this picture was taken he was alive, (Mt note the fear of death on his face. A few moments later he died in K (pH storm of American load. Back our boys np who are fighting such Imb m omm by buytng War Bond* [DENTON CAFES AND DRUG STORES FACE PCSSIDIUTY OF DEMO OIIT-OF-BOUNDS Drastic Action Will Be Ordered Within Week If Local Establishments Fail to Comply With Necessary Sanitary Requirements Mayor Leroy Haskett was call ed to the l'. S. Marine Corps Air Station Tuesday afternoon, where a conference with Lieut.- Col. 11. C. Lane, commanding of ficer. Commander Hoyt an d Sta'-e Health Inspector Miller, he was informed that unless steps are taken immediately some drug stores and cases in Edenton will be declared out of bounds and. of course, no service men and women will be allowed to be served. Mayor Haskett was informed that at present fthere are many cases of trench mouth and dys entery among service men and women at the base, which are at tributed to eating and drinking while off the station, and that within a week a final inspection will be made by military and State health officials and unless Lt Col Sweetser I Speaks To Lions C. 0. of MOTG-81 Tells About Activities at Air Station Lieut.-Col. W. E. Sweetser, com- I mandiivg officer of MOTG-81 at the j local Air Station, was the principal j speaker at the Lions Club meeting on I Monday night, his remarks having to ■ Ido with activities at the Base. Col. j i Sweetser- discussed the B-2f> bombers j j at the Base, which are used for low I level bombing and strafing and nuis ance raids, and furnish excellent j training for pilots and ground crew men. Col. Sweetser paid tribute to men in the service who were form-: erly connected with large airlines, | who help with maintenance work and are unusually good at the joh. The speaker told the Lions that I radar is playing a very important part in this war, being used exten sively in blind flying and bombing. An excellent turkey dinner was served by the ladies and during the meeting Jordan Yates was reinstated as a member. John Mitchener urged , every member to make an effort to attend the county-wide hospital meet ing on Tuesday night. DAILY BIBLE READING Daily Bible reading between Thanksgiving and Christmas has been planned by some of the churches. Scriptures for this' reading will ap pear in The Herald next w r ttk. m Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 16, 1944. i health requirements are full) com plied with such places will be de clared out of bounds. If any local establishments fail to meet •he requirements, the names will be published in The Herald as well as The Chowan Leatherneck, the station newspaper. Mayor Haskett was called into | the conference Tuesday to be in formed of the seriousness of the situation and he was requested to prevail upon the various es tablishments. calling to the atten tion of owners that unless their places meet sanitary re quirements they will be unable to serve service men and women. Mr. Haskett, accordingly, has brought the matter to the atten tion of drug store and case own | ers, and he is hopeful that dras tic plans, as outlined, will not be i necessary. Famous Army Flier | Visits Air Station I Brig-.-Gen. Caleb Haynes;, On Brief Visit From Mitchell Field Brigadier General Caleb V. Haynes : of Mt. Airy, X. C-, was a distinguish j ed visitor at the IJ. S. Marine Corps ' ; Air Station Monday, flying here from , Mitchell Field, N. Y. General Haynes, a few months ago, 1 i returned from Burma and India, * | where he was in charge of an army 1 ! bomber command with General Chen- : i nault. He was a flyer in the first World War and was decorated by i President Roosevelt for flying to j Chile with medical supplies during j the earthquake several years ago. He has the proud distinction of hav | ing never had a crash and has been the subject of many magazine and newspaper articles. General Haynes’ sister, Miss Ra chel Haynes, and Mrs. Wood Privott were roommates at Woman’s Col lege, Greensboro, and Miss Haynes has frequently visited friends in Edenton. Mrs. Privott, advised of General Haynes’ arrival in Edenton, went to the local air station to greet him, where he was shown about the base by Lieut.-Col. H. 0. I>ane,. commanding officer. MASONIC MEETING TONIGHT Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., will hold its regular meeting tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. The first degree will be conferred. $50,000 Nucleus Contributed By Town Councilmen And County Conmissioners To Start Fund Build Hospital In Chowan LEGIONNAIRES PUT MACHINERY IN MOTION FOR ERECTION WAR MEMORIAL BUILDING Strong Finance Committee Named Friday Night At Barbecue Dinner to Launch Campaign to Secure Funds as Soon as Possible What has been the most forward step in. securing a war memorial for Chowan County war veterans mater ialized Friday night at a barbecue dinner sponsored by Ed Bond Post of the American Legion and the legion i Auxiliary. In the neighborhood of 100 Legionnaires and their wives, to- 1 gether with town and county offi- • vials as special guests, enjoyed a splendid meal, after which the sub-; ject was discussed and machinery was put into motion to raise the amount of money necessary for the construe- ! tiori of a suitable building. To have charge of a fund raising campaign a finance committee was appointed. This committee is com posed of John A. Holmes, W. H. Gardner, T. C. Byrum and K. L. Pratt. Immediately after the meet ling, this group met and discussed! i ways and means of raising the neces j sary amount, which will be principal- ' 17,430 Pounds Os Paper Is Collected During Past Mouth Local Street Depart ment Complimented By Mill Officials During the month of October 17,430 j pounds of waste paper was sent from! Edenton to go into the war effort, this amount being Salvaged by the Street Department and being shipped to the .North Carolina Pulp Company at Plymouth. All of this paper was cardboard.! magazines and newspapers, there he-; ing no more demand for loose or bated ; papers. Due to the pressure of private as-, fairs, R. 1,. Meiggs has discontinued : the weekly collections of waste pa per, but if those having cardboard, newspapers or magazine.- will notify; either Frank Hughes or J. Edwin Bufflap. it will be called for and will go into the war effort. A great deal of waste paper has gone from Chowan County and the Street Department has been compli mented by pulp mil! officials for the grade of paper collected, as well us | for the neat way it was prepared for | shipment. Officers Wives Club Will Meet On Friday Showing Special Films 1 Arranged as Feature Os Meeting A meeting of the Officers’ Wives Club will be held Friday, November 17, at 2 o’clock, at which time Mrs. T. E. Tyler will be hostess. The! meeting will be held in Room 108 in j the Synthetic Building at the Marine! Corps Air Station, where a special showing of films will be featured.! Following this portion of the pro-, gram, tea will be served in the Of ficers’ Club. Mrs. W. E. Sweetser is president of the Club, and she urges every member to be present. Services Announced At St. Paul’s Church Sunday services at St. Paul’s J Church have been announced by the I Rev. Harold W. Gilmer, rector, and include Holy Communion at 8 a. m., Church School at 9:30 a. m., and morning prayer with sermon at 11. The Rev. Joseph S. Huske, vicar of i the Episcopal Church of the Advent, Williamston, will be the guest speaker Sunday morning. Friday, November 17, intercessions at 6 p. m. Thursday, November 23, Thanks giving, 11 a. m., office of morning prayer with sermon. Ily by contributions. So much inter ; est in the memorial was created that several present voluntarily of- t sered to contribute as much as SIOO jt ! each. While the contributions were , appreciated, no call was made for , pledges at the meeting, but efforts ; Care now under way to raise funds. j J. L. Chestnutt, commander of Ed ; Bond Post, presided over the meet- ( lug, during which quite a few made ; brief remarks, all of which were in ) i favor of the memorial and for steps 'to be taken immediately to raise the j , 'money necessary. U During the meeting music was fur- j; ■nished'by'the Island Serenaders with j, two special features by a sextet of j; high school girls, composed of Betsy i Goodwin, Nelle Perry, Dorothy Lee ( Chestnutt, Charlotte Bunch, Joyce j : Harrell and Beverly Moore. Another feature that delighted (Continued on Page Six) Young People In ; Charge Os Baptist Service On Sunday Intermediate Age Group Plans Interesting Program The intermediate Department of I the Training Union of the Baptist Church will have charge of the even ing worship service Sunday night, 1 November 19, at 8 o’clock./ An interesting and helpful pie gram, “Alone With tied,” Has been i prepared and will be presented by ■ the Training Union':- members of the rages of 15 arid 16 years. Clarence Leary. Jr., is the group captain in I charge of the program. Charlotte i Bunch is president of the Union. In cluded in the order of the program ' J is special music to be rendered by a | sextet of girls from this Union: : I 'Charlotte-' -Bunch. Betsy Goodwin;, i Node Perry. Joyce Harrell, Dorothy Lee Chestnutt and Joyce Brunson. ' The -extet will sing “The Lord’s, ft Prayer.” ■j The; leader of this group of the! •j Training Union is Mrs. Mabel Harrell; Senterfit, and the sponsor of the; .: group is 'Miss Edna Mae V\ i 1 kins. J. ( ■j L. Chestnutt, who is associate direc tor of the Training Union Depart ment of the church, will lead the or-, der of the service. i This program is the third in a series of four evening worship ser vices to be sponsored by the organi zations of the church during the; month of November. Much interest ! is being shown in these services and! the public is cordially invited to attend. Prices Set For Fire Wood Sold Retail Effective at Once, Ac cording to Ration Board , According to the Chowan County War Price and Rationing Board, the Office of Price Administration has announced that flat prices have been set on all kinds of fire wood sold at retail. The following prices, which are effective immediately, apply to all wood yards and sellers of fire wood to consumers and are their maximum ceiling prices: Slab Pine Wood, $2.50 per cart load; SIO.OO per cord. . Split Pine Wood, $2.75 per cart load; $ll.OO per cord. Slab Oak Wood, $3.00 per cart load; $12.00 per cord. Split Oak Wood, $3.50 per cart load; $14.00 per cord. Mixed Hard Wood, $2.50 per cart load; SIO.OO per cord. Dry Kiln or Planing Mill Wood, $2.50 per cart load; SIO.OO per cord. Green Pine Wood or Saw Mill Ends, $2.00 per cart load; SB.OO per cord. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good remits. $1.50 Per Year Dr. VV. S. Rankin Ex plains All Phases of Hospital Operation *IOO,OO(TnEEI)ED I). M. Warren Says Ne cessary Amount Can Be Raised Definite steps were taken at a county-wide meeting Tuesday night toward securing a hospital for Chow an County. when the County Com missioners and Town Councilmen agreed to make a contribution of $50,000. each governing body to give $25,000. The meeting, held in the Court House, was well attended and, as the result, interest in a hospital has taken a decidedly upward boost. J. W. Davis called the meeting to order; after which W. J. Berryman was called upon to offer prayer. Mr. Davis briefly stated the purpose of the meeting and then called upon | Marvin Wilson, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, who intro 4l.eed Dr. W. S. Rankin, director of I the Duke Endowment, who was the I principal speaker. At the outset of his remarks, Dr. Rankin said he was gratified at the number present ami at the type of people comprising the audience, which reflected the interest aroused in se curing a hospital. “Things heeded will come to pass," said Dr. Rankin, “ami Chowan Count} is a logical place for a hospital. There will be one here.” To substantiate the need for a hospital, Dr. Rankin said that one is needed for every 30,000 to 35,000 population group and about .35 miles apart. He .'aid that the northeastern paid of the State is dehospilalized and that a hospital here will not only •serve Chowan County, but portions of Washington, Perquimans, Gates and Hertie, which surely will comjmse a population group of ,35,000. Dr, Rankin then presented statis tics relative to the average amount of sickness, death and hospital needs for an average population group. These do not change much, he said, and average figures are that for 1,000 population about nine days or one-fortieth of the time will be claimed by sickness and that about one-fortieth of the time patients will be in bed. For 1,000 people 214 per sons need hospital care and IVi oth ers are not in bed hut are ill. He said .3.75 persons per 1,000 need some sort of hospital treatment. Tty comparing the population to be served by a local hospital, Dr. Ran kin said, there are about 131 people in the area who need hospitalization, hut that, of course, it was out of the j question to consider constructing a hospital with that many beds. "Some (Continued on Page Five) J. A. Moore Elected Head Cotton Group Edenton Man Is Chosen President of Manu facturers Friday J. A. Moore, general manager of the Edenton Cotton Mill, was signally honored on Friday of last week, when he was elected president of the North Caroina Cotton Manufacturers Asso ciation at the annual meeting held in Charlotte. Mr. Moore attended the meeting and was accompanied by Philip S. McMullan. C. B. Mooney Patient In Tayloe Hospital C. B. Mooney, Sr., was, on Sunday, taken to Tayloe Hospital in Wash ington, N. C., where he is in a critical condition. Mr. Mooney was the vic tim of a heart attack and there is grave concern regarding his recovery, though he was resting easier on Wednesday. Capt. Frank Williams Awarded Bronze Star Captain Frank L. Williams, son of Mrs. George C. Wood, has been awarded the Bronze Star for valorous conduct in action against the enemy, while fighting in Italy. Captain Williams is now with the Third Infantry Division of the Seventh Army in France.
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