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lm Mm nlmw will be fommd § fmr presentation of ond comity now t of gonoroi interest. Volume XI. —Number 48. Drive For Hospital Picks Up Steam Canvassers Selected From Every Section of County To Help Raise FundsNecessary' _____ .'•> Biggest Movement Ever Undertaken For Lo cal Purposes STARTS~TODAY Conger, Berryman and Byrum Leaders of Three Groups Today (Thursday) Chowan County citizens begin a campaign of greater magnitude than any movement ever i undertaken for local purposes, when a corps of canvassers will go into ac- ! tion to raise enough money to assure' the erection of a hospital. A hospital j in Chowan County has been a dream of long standing, but nothing con crete was done until the beginning of the Chamber of Commerce’s fiscal I year, when the erection of a hospital was designated as the No. 1 project. | Since that time no small amount off preliminary work has been done, j which was climaxed by the recent ap-, poarance ot Dr. W. S. Rankin, direc-j tor of the Duke Foundation and an I address by him relative to erection and operation of a hospital. Those j who are most vitally interested in; securing a hospital, and these are many, have come to the definite con clusion that the time for wishing and waiting is a thing of the past, and that if the dream of a hospital is to come true, the time for action is now. j Several recent meetings have 1 been held in connection With a drive, to raise funds with which to build a hospital, but possibly the mot effec-j five one was held Monday night in lie Municipal l'.uilding, when . can-[ assers from every section of the county were present and listened to' a stirring address by D. M. Warren, who has gone all-out in the hospital • drive. In fact, he has been granted a leave of absence for tv.„ weeks 1 from his banking duties by the board of directors, ami this time will he j devoted entirely to engineering the campaign. It is his hope that the| necessary amount will be contributed | or pledged during that time. For the campaign the county has been divided into three groups, with .1. H. Conger, W. W. Byrum arid VV. j •I. Berryman selected as leaders. Air. Conger’s territory includes the First and Fourth Townships, while Mr. By rum is leader in the Second Township and Mr. Berryman is in charge of contributions in the Third Township, Each of these leaders has chosen a ; . number of prominent citizens in the j various communities to serve as ini-j tial gift committees and others will no doubt be called to help in the canvass. Mr. Conger's conimitt.ee includes O. B. Perry, .1. K. Wood, Geildes Potter, Fred P. Wood, .John Mitchen er, J. G. Campen, ,1. W. Davis, I’. S. McMutla n, R. N. Hines, J. Clarence j U'ary. K. W. Spires, Marvin Wilson, B. H. Haskett, J. R. Tanner, L. S. | Byrum, Albert Byrum, W. H. Card- 1 ner, Rodney Harrell, J. Lyn Perry, C. P. Harrell, Mrs. Frank V; White, .1. W. Goodwin, Jack Webb, George Wood. Mrs. James Hassell, W. .1. Taylor, T. W. Jone and David Holton. This group met at 5 o’clok on Wed nesday afternoon in order to be in readiness for the drive which began Thursday morning. W. W. Byrum’s committee is com-1 posed of W. W. Harrell, W. V. By- j rum, P. G. Perry, T. S. Leary, W. H. Pearce, Z. T. Evans, Lindsay Evans, I Medlin Belch, B. W. Evans and Elbert Peele. These members also met on Wednesday afternoon in order to iron out all details in connection with the drive. Mr. Berryman’s committee is com posed of J. E. Baker, T. A. Berry man, D. H. Berryman, R. 0. Blanch ard, E. G. Blanchard, Rudolph Jordan, J Isaac Byrum, T. L. Ward, and E. N. Elliott. This group met at the home of Mr. Elliott Wednesday night in order to perfect an organization for the canvass in the Third Township. ’ Because of the amount of money necessary to be raised, these can vassers are asked to contact every home in the county and to urge as large contributions as possible. How ever, eonidering the size of the terri tory to be covered, the canvassers are few, therefore, citizens are urged not to wait to be called upon, but to con tact the canvasser nearest them and let the amount of their contribution be known. The canvassers are also THE CHOWAN HERALD MLHOMM NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY */ | requested to report each day so that the progress of the drive will he I available. j Boiled down into hard figures, Chowan County must raise about $ 125,000 to erect the sort of hospital desired. Os this amount the Town arid County have appropriated $50,.- 000, which means that the drive must net an additional $75,000. If this is accomplished, the Duke Foundation ; will grant a supplement of about 20 ' per cent, thus making approximately $150,000 available for a hospital. | Several thousand six-page pam phlets have been printed, which brief | ly sets forth pertinent facts regard ing a hospital. Some of these were I distributed at the various churches | Sunday and others will be passed put | so that a general idea can be formed 1 as to the need of a hospital, the meth od of financing and other particulars. It is hoped that every one receiving j one of these pamphlets will read it carefully, and having been- informed, ’ j decide to make a generous cpntri , bution. : At Monday night’s meeting the I tlueo leaders, spoke briefly in Support I of tli(> drive and expressed their be | lief that people in their respective i communities will be liberal in their i contributions. Following their re j marks, Mr. Warren spoke at length , about the hospital, in whieh he is vitally intere.-ted, ■‘Why have you come to this meet ing?” asked Mr. Warren at the out j set. “Because each one of you has | been selected by a committee front i vuur tow nship ;utd because you are . one of the most public-spirited people ! m your community. The fact that ; you have left your home on such an j unpleasant evening (it: had been rain i ingi is proof that you are interested , jin a hospital and you have accepted i the responsibility to your township and county.” Mr, Warren did not want to mini i mize the job ahead and stated that ; the amount of money necessary to ! be raised represented more than the j cost of building every church in t Chowan County at the time of eree j tion. “But,” he said, “I have not the j slightest doubt that it cannot be . raised.” He explained that a hospital will not be a profitable investment in the I I matter of dollars and cents. It is to.-j j while it will not be a charity hospital j or second county home, it will be an institution which will be available to the poor and to those heeding hos-j pital care. "You will receive no monetary re-! turn for your investment,” said Mr. j j Warren, “but you will be far better j paid by the satisfaction and comfort in knowing that you have done your part in providing a hospital that will serve this community. Mr. Warren said that how is the opportune time to get a hosputal, mentioning the fact that aid has been promised from the Duke Foundation. He also referred to the Broughton Hill, which is scheduled to be brought before the next Legislature, w'hich I provides for aid in erection arid oper ation of hospitals. He emphasized the fact that if Chowan County has plans under way for a hospital, there w ill he a far better chance of secur i mg aid if the bill is passed. In closing his remarks, Mr. Warren ; i urged the canvassers to give serious! | consideration to the drive and to \ make a reasonable sacrifice before j i asking others to contribute. “If God j ! has prospered you,” he said, “you j are under a moral obligation to con-1 tribute to this very worthy cause.” I He also called to the attention of the ! canvassers the fact that any gift to, the hospital is deductible from annual J income before paying State and t Federal taxes. As an afterthought, Mr. Warren mentioned a list of Edenton lawyers; who were educated in the Edenton} schools, went to college and returned; !to their home-town to practice. On | the other hand, it was rather signif icant when he mentioned 14 doctors who were also educated in the Eden ton schools, but after completing their training sought other communi ties in which to practice. This con dition will he eliminated, in his opin ion, if Chowan County has a hospital. As the result of the meeting. Mr. Warren, J. W. Davis, who called the meeting, as well as all present felt very much encouraged and appeared optimistic about raising the money. MASONS MEET TONIGHT Edenton Masons will confer the third degree at tonight’s meeting. FMenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 30, 1944. First Week Nets I Less Than Third i 6th War Lean Quota i Chairman Campen Re ports Lagging In E Bond Sales i On Monday morning J. G. Campen,; chairman of the Chowan County War, Finance Committee, reported that the first week of the Sixth War l/iat>] drive netted overall sales in Tlie amount of $136,000, a little over one third of the $348,000 quota. While this first report is very encouraging, Mr. Campen is somewhat concerned about the E bond sales which, he I says, are not up to par if the county is to meet its E bond quota of $31,000. Mr. Campen is especially anxious that the County reaches its E bond quota before December 16, for in that event Chowan will receive special recognition. Canvassers are now at work in the drive and it is hoped that the county will reach its goal before the end of . the drive, as has been the case in the i previous drives. Standard Oil Company Allocates $1,500 In 6th War Loan To Chowan J. A. Buglass, Field Supervisor, , with headquarters in Elizabeth City, - has announced that the Standard Oil I Company of New Jersey had purchas ed war bonds in the amount of $50,- 000 in North Carolina in connection with the Sixth War Loan drive. In line with the company’s policy of I allocating this purchase among the 100 counties . of North Carolina in proportion to each county’s quota : Chowan Countv has been allnted | $1,500. I Smith - Douglas Pony Team In Town Today Os interest .to Edenton youngsters and older persons, too, Will be the appearance on the streets today (Thursday) at 2:30 o’clock, of an 8- pony team. The ponies and wagon | are the property of the Smith-Doug j las Fertilizer Company and have at- I traded much attention wherever they 1 have appeared. ! The team will be driven on Broad j Street and will also go to the school j building for the benefit of school • children. ! Doughties Hold Annual Thanksgiving Dinner ... —— Captain and Mrs, C. T. Doughtie entertained at their annual Thanks giving dinner on Thursday, Novem ber 23rd. Among those enjoying the delightful affair were: Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lassiter and Mary Lee Lassiter, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Eure, of Cora peake; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jackson, Misses Kathleen, Gwendolyn and Sarah Page Jackson, of Elizabeth City; Dr. and Mrs. I. A. Ward and Jarvis Ward, of Hertford; Mrs. P. L. Sloop arid daughter, Ruth Ann, of Mt. I lia, and Miss Marguerite Ward, a member of the school faculty at 1 ’o!umbi.a. i Important Meeting Os Legion December sth r | j An important meeting of Ed Bond I Post of the American Legion will be | held in the Court .House on Tuesday night. December 5, at 8 o’clock. The j principal speaker will he the Rev, Harold Gilmer, rector of St. Paul’s I Church. Because of very important business ito come up, every member of the I Post is urged to attend by Comnmn j der J. L. Chestnutt. Silver Tea December 7 In Methodist Church A Silver Tea will be given by the Laura Griffith Bond Circle of the Methodist Church in the Sunday School room on Thursday night, De cember 7, at 8 o’clock. The public is i cordially invited. BIBLE CLASS TO MEET The regular monthly meeting of the Young Woman’s Bible Class of the Edenton Baptist Sunday School will be held Tuesday evening, December 5, at 8 o’clock, at the home of Mrs. Raleigh Hollowell. All members are urged to be present. ! Robbers Carry Off [ i Safe Os Chas. H. lenkins Motor Co. Found Along Wild Cat j Road; Valuable Pap- | ers Recovered . —_ j j. Some time Thursday night or early : ; Friday morning robbers broke into | : I the Charles H. Jenkins Motor Com ! pany on Water Street and carried : j away a safe weighing in the neigh r : borhood of 800 pounds. Entrance to I I the building was made by forcing ( | open the door on the east side of the ' building, where apparently a small ! truck hacked up upon which the safe ! was carried away. Though little money had been placed in the safe, it did contain many : valuable papers pertaining to the business, as well as some war bonds. Loss of the papers, such as titles and I accounts, was reason for no little concern on the part of Charles H. Jenkins, the owner, and A. E. Jenk • ins, the manager. Extensive search was begun after ■ ! the robbery was discovered and on ( Saturday morning A. E. Jenkins | j found the safe along the Wild Cat: j Road, several miles from town. The j door of the safe had been broken, ! but fortunately all the valuable pn- I pers were still in the safe. The war , bonds also were left by the robbers, j who took what money was in the safe, , j which amounted to less than SSO, and ,) gasoline coupons. I | The same night a safe was. stolen - from the Towe Motor Company in ■ Hertford, which was also found later i: a few miles from Hertford. The robbers have not yet been ap f! prehended, for they left practically ;! no clues, which leads officers to be , lieve it was the work of a well-or , j ganized ring. I I .'! Service Men’s Wives ! Enjoy Tour In Town The Service Men’s Wives Club met Friday afternoon in the USO Club, - sometime being devoted to organist-! » ing a basketball team, discussing a r Christmas bazaar and planning va . riotis programs for each succeeding , Friday. Miss Julia Cozzens, who is . in charge of athletic activities, was 1 . introduced to the group. Leaving the USO at"2:3o o’clock, | j Mrs. Sue Hall conducted the girls on j j! a tour of places of interest, the sea- I | ture event being a resume of George l j Washington’s chair in the Masonic room by J. Edwin Bufflap. Returning to the club room, the! hostesses, Jan Hall and Mary Jarvis, 1 served tea and home-made cookies. ’ The club Welcomes every wife of a service man and urges them to take , advantage of the opportunity to make i friends and enjoy the get-together . meetings every Friday afternoon at; . 2 o’clock, . 1 . ; [Prayer For Foreign [j Missions Next Week! I : ii A Week of I’rayor for Foreign Mis-; [I sions will be observed each after j noon next week, December 4 to 8, at ’| 3:30 o’clock, at the Baptist Church, j All are urged to attend and bring a j ;! Lottie Moon Christmas offering to be i used entirely for Foreign Missions. 1 \nxiliary Os Legion Will Meet Friday i The American Legion Auxiliary | will meet Friday evening, December] 1. at 8 o’clock, at the home of Mrs. J. j IL. Chestnutt. All members are in- j j vited to attend and have a part in I I discussing and planning many inter- J esting features of auxiliary work. St. Paul’s Auxiliary Will Meet Monday! The Woman’s Auxiliary of St.: Raul’s Church will meet in the Parish 1 House on Monday afternoon, Decem ber 4, at 4 o’clock. It is hoped that all women of the parish will be pres ent, as important business will be dieussed. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. arid Mrs. T. C. Coxe, Jr,, an -1 nounce the birth of a son, Richard | Badham Coxe, bom October 20, in the McLeod Hospital at Florence, S. C. 1 Mrs. Coxe is the former Miss Emily Wood Badham, MRS. HASTE IMPROVING Mrs. Joseph A. Haste is gradually improving after several weeks of ill- I ness. She is, however, still confined to bed at her home. [Judge Nimmock Commends |Chowan County For Effort |To Have Hospital Erected ; Doctors Endorse I Chowan Hospital^ Adding weighl to the move ment for a hospital in Chowan County is the fact that every doctor, dentist and pharmacist in Edenton is in sympathy with the project and has approved plans now under way. Early this week the signatures were added to the following: “We have read or heard dis- j cussed the proposed hospital . prospectus and plans, and we heartily approve the general ; plans thereof.” Those signing the statement follow: , J. W. Warren. M. D. L. P. Williams, M. D. j R. 11. Vaughan, M. D. O. L. Holley, M. I). ’| W. S. Griffin, D. D. S. W. 1. Hart, I). D'. S. .1. A. Mitchener, Pharmacist. W. A. Leggett. Pharmacist. ; John Mitchener, Pharmacist. J. W. Davis, Sr.. Pharmacist. [ Mrs. Ella Ziegler Dies After Short Illness . .-"‘r 4. Mrs. Ella J. Ziegler, 83. widow of 1 the late Louis F. Ziegler, died at her , home early Tuesday night. Mrs. -■] Ziegler had been ill for only about a ■ week and was apparently improving iat the time she died. Fine was a na j the of Elizabeth City, coming to ] Ktleoion 60 year. ago. i Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. . : Susie K.vman of W ashington, I>. C., ; Mrs. Ada Lee of Hendersonville, Mis. ( Elia Minton of Merry Hill, and Mrs. 1 Elizabeth Stephenson of Montgomery, Ala., arid one son, Hey wood Ziegler . of Edenton. A half-brother, Lloyd . Sawyer, and a half-sister, Mrs. Mary : Sawyer, of Elizabeth City, also sur . vive. j Funeral services will be held on j Thursday afternoon at 2:30 in the j Episcopal Church, with the Rev. [ Harold Gilmer, rector, officiating. Interment will follow in Hollywood Cemetery in Elizabeth City FT A Meets Monday Instead Os Tuesday Thg Edenton I’arent-Teacner As.-o --; ciation will hold its regular meeting j next Monday afternoon, December 1, I at 3:15 o’clock, in the High School ] f Library. The date of this meeting ] has been changed from the regular! | time, Tuesday, to Monday, because of ] a conflicting meeting at the school on j Tuesday. v . Members will please make a note of j this change. There was a large at tendance at the November meeting, and it is hoped that even more will ( be present at this time. i. . i Katie Dail Parham Arrives In Egypt Mrs. .1. C. Dail received a telegram ! Monday informing her that her] j daughter, Mrs. Katie Dail l’arham, ] | had arrived safely in Cairo, Egypt. | j Mrs. Parham is connected with the j United Nations Relief Rehabilitation | Administration. CEMETERY ASSOCIATION TO MEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON The Cemetery Association will meet i Tuesday afternoon, December 5, at 4 ] o’clock, at the home of Mrs. R. F. I Tuttle. All members are urged to be present. I ON WAY HOME Private Herman C. Wheeler, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Wheeler, is ex pected home very shortly after two years in New Guinea. Young Wheeer is a member of a coast artillery battalion. BOYS VISIT PARENTS Maurice L. Bunch, Jr., RM 3-c, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Bunch, left Sunday for Portland, Maine, after spending a week's furlough with his parents. Logan Elliott, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Elliott, left Friday for Camp Gruber, Okla., after spending five days visiting relatives and friends. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.50 Per Year His Honor Digresses From Instructions to Grand Jury FEW CASES TRIED Criminal Docket Com pleted First Day of Court Session Judge Q. K. Nimmock, who is pre siding over a term of Chowan County Superior Court, in charging the i Grand Jury Monday morning confined ! his remarks principally to the duties 1 and functions of that body, but di- I gressed long enough to commend I Chowan County upon its efforts to i secure a hospital. i “1 have read in the papers,” said ] Judge Nimmock, “that the County Commissioners and Town officials j have appropriated $50,000 toward the ■ election of a hospital. 1 was glad j when I read about the action taken by the two governing bodies, and I they are to he highly commended in this matter. A hospital is not only j an institution for the sick, and when I it has been in operation for a year ! or two. you people in Chowan County ! will wonder how you got along • Without one for so long. It is an absolute necessity, and I hope you will meet with success ill raising the funds necessary." The Grand Jury was composed of the. following; John M. Elliott. G. B. Rotter, .1. L. Chestnutt, Milton Copeland. C. R. Satterfield, Russell Byrum. J. E. Ward, Sidney W. White, J. A. Wiggins, J. W. Keeter, Fred , Ashby, J. C. Lane, C. A. Perry, W. -1_ Smith, }’. 1.. Smith, L. A. Bunch, G. S. Goodwin and F. A. White, The criminal docket was completed Monday, only four cases coming up for trial. The most important ease, in which ■Scott Bazemore, colored, was charged with second degree murder, was con tinued until the April term of court. Bazemore is charged with killing Heywood Bond, also colored. J E. Mngurn. T. T. DeMarco and D. S. Waxhurg, three Marines, plead guilty to temporary larceny. They were charged with larceny of an au tomobile belonging to Mrs 1 . Elizabeth Sykes, who lives near Colerain. The ear Was stolen at the Country Club : ami found wrecked near Tarboro. They , entered prayer for judgment, which was continued until the April term of court, upon payment of cost-. Wilbur Newsome, IS-vear-old col ored youth, was sentenced to 12 months on the roads on a charge, of ; breaking and entering the home of Albert Byrum anil stealing $lO. He I plead riot guilty, but a verdict of ■ guilty Was returnod. J. C. Berry, who was chargeti with reckless driving, was released upon a j directed verdict of not guilty. One divorce was granted Monday, that being Mary V. Bennett from Alvin T. Bennett. i Civil cases were begun Tuesday l morning, the first of whieh involved E. E. Boyce vs. John F. White and j Fermor Ward. The case had to do with a land boundary dispute. I On Tuesday a divorce was granted Ben Walker front Dora Walker, i Leary Bros. Find Truck ; Abandoned In Elm City I,oary Bros. Storage Company, on Sunday morning, recovered one of their trucks which had been missing since Tuesday. The truck, driven by W. W. Hamilton, a white man, was sent to Raleigh to be loaded and, when the driver wired J. Clarence Leary for some money, Mr. Leary had a suspicion that something was i wrong. M hen the truck failed to return and no further word was received from the driver, the State Highway Batrol was notified and a search was begun. The truck was found aban doned at Elm City Saturday after noon by the chief of police, and was brought back to Edenton Sunday. It was also learned that the driver used the truck as a scheme to pur chase gasoline. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Carr announce the birth of a son, Charles Albert Carr, Jr., on November 20, at Me morial Hospital, Danville, Va. Mrs. Carr is the former Miss Sarah Badham.
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