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is Use eotumns win b bmi • foir presentation H toed and county nows *t genord interest. Volume Xl. Town W. J. Yates GetWices On Fire Fighting Equipment Need New Truck! Emphasized at Meet- j ing Tuesday REO “SHOT” ! Adopt Resolution Rela tive to Hospital Con tribution Town Cuunoilmen, at their meet-' ing; Tuesday-—night, adopted the identical resolution adopted by ♦the County Commissioners last week having to do with the town’s contri bution of $25,000 toward a hospital. The resolution supercedes an original motion which merely authorizes the matching of a similar amount given by the county for a hospital, The new resolution is wider in scope, in that it stipulates that the amount should be paid to the Hank of Edenon, treasurer, for the bene fit of hospital trustees to be ap pointed, the manner of appointing said trustees,«. and giving authority to use the money for the purchase of a site.- if necessary, building, equipping, maintaining or expand ing a hospital or auxiliary buildings. The resolution also provides that the matter of a site for the hospital will not be vested only in the five trustees, but that this matter must lie decided at a joint meeting of tiie Toiirrty Commissioners, Town Coun cil, Board of Ihiblic Works and the t’howan County Medical Association, each member of the various groups having one vote. I). M. Warren, chairman of the Hospital Committee, appeared before the Couneilmen and expressed a de sire t-hat the resolution bo adopted in order to clarify matters and pre vent possible misunderstandin": later on. He again expressed his delight at the splendid response given to the appeal and said that with anticipat ed help Chowan County should have * m institution that will stand for * .ears as a credit and a monument to the generosity and cooperation of its citizens. During the .meeting, .W. J. Yates, 1 assistant fire chief, urged upon the members the necessity ot a new fire fighting apparatus to replace ; the old Keo engine, which has long since been practically us less. Mr. Yates said he felt a great responsi bility with only one engine which can be depended'-, upon in case of emergency and he presented facts which substantluted his argument for more adequate fire fighting equip- | ment Town Couneilmen agreed with Mr. • Yates’ views, arid he was instructed j to secure prices for a new engine, and when the prices are received a special meeting will be held for the • purpose of buying a new engine. rhe matter of maintaining a clean-, er business section xyas. also discuss- I •‘d and the Street Commissioner was I instructed to investigate and to in- 1 augurate a plan whereby merchants are to keep their t rash cans inside I their stores, where they will be call-J ed for by trash collectors. This will mean that a new schedule of trash ! collections will have to be arranged so that collections in the business district will be somewhat later than at present, in order to make the rounds when all stores are open. By ♦his method it is calculated that paper and trash will not be blown all over the street and will tend to present a cleaner business district. Before adjourning, the Council men voted to give every employee of the town $5.00 as a Christmas present. Christmas Dance For Officers At Air Station ! Next Saturday Night A Christmas dance will be held in th" Officers’ Club at the Air Sta tion next Saturday night, music for which will be furnished by the Sta tion orchestra. All officers are in vited to attend a frep buffet supper and refreshments which will be served from 6 to 8 o’clock. The Club will be appropriately decorat- I ed for the occasion, which promises | to be a very enjoyable affair Marines Enjoy Band 0 Concert In Armory Friday evening the U. S. Marine Corps Women’s Reserve Band from Camp Lejeune rendered a concert in the local Armory which was very much enjoyed by Edenton Marines. After the concert, a basketball game was played between the Var sity team of the Air Station and the Colerain Red Devils. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY ; j Honored In France J !| i I 1- • I i - \ :%v in i - : % ! W , ! Jms CI’L. FRANK BYRUM Serving with the 37t»:li Infan try in France. Cpl. Byrum, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Byrum, has seen stiff action and has re cently been awarded a wreath 1 around his infantry badge as a ( good combat soldier. 48 Are Examined | By Health Officer ! For Tuberculosis a Belief That Many Older People Are Infected In County Chowan County’s Health Officer, up m i OmpYting IS chest Vxamina ! turns, believes there is a considerable number of eider people in the. county j infected with tuberculosis who should ! he examined. The majority of the known con tacts of active cases have been* checked in this group. All have been notified and given appoint ments, however, some were Unable to appear. Very few people have of their own accord come for this ex j animation Expectant mothers are urged to| take advantage of this examination, I ! due to the fact that infected mothers | j have very little chance of recovery, and their babies, unless taken out of ] their presence immediately after . birth, become infected with tubetcu- I losis. } Findings on these patients, that i were fluoroscoped are as follows: There were 23 white patients and 16 i were negative for active tubeculosis, j three were found to have the child hood type of infection, two had | healed childhood type infection and one moderately advanced healed tu berculosis. One was advanced to have an X-ray. There were 25 colored patients ! and 22 were negative for active tu berculosis. One childhood type in fection, to be checked again in six. months, 7 prenatals examined, one | i cavity and density on right side due to a lung abscess. This patient was advised to have an X-ray. Moderate ly advance healed fibroid in one pa | tient, one old tubercular patient for a check-up and no evidence of activ , ity was found but was advised to : have another check-up in six months, | one chronic fibroid tuberculosis !| throughout both lungs but not ac ! tivc. A neursm on right side prob ably due to syphilis. Another was found to have a calciferd small cav ity, no other activity found. Anewr sym probably syphilitic. Once child hood type infection healed. The two with Aneiirsym findings have been placed under treatment for syphilis, one already under treatment. * The place for these examinations lis the Chowan County Health De | partment, Bank of Edenton Building, i and the time is from 10:30 to 12 noon every Friday. NEW USO AT PLYMOUTH A new USO Club has been opened at Plymouth and welcomes all ser vice personnel. Friday and Satur dav it is open from 2 o’clock to 11, and Sunday* from 2 to 7. Junior hostesses will be on hand to enter tain service men. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 14, 1944. J vJ Helping Hand Society Anxious To Help ! Those In Need During Christmas Season In tin effort to see to it that no person in Chowan County goes lacking for necessary food, clothing or fuel during the Christmas season, the Helping Hand Society will minister to all ( those who actually need such assistance. The Helping Hand Society is a secret group able and de- j siring to be of service to the unfortunate of the County who for some reason or other may have been overlooked by other agencies, and tiny information relative to circumstances will he treated in strict confidence. Those comprising the Helping Hand Society realize that under the system of public welfare there may be some in need | who because of rules and regulations as set forth may not be entitled to assistance '.and yet be obliged to go without some of I the necessities of life, It is this group, as well as others whose unfortunate circumstances are not known, that the Helping J Hand Society wishes to reach. To receive aid from the Helping Hand Society is very simple. All that is necessary for the party who needs help is to write, or cause to be written, a letter addressed to the Society in care of "The Chowan Herald, stating some of the circum stances, as well as giving name and address. Upon receipt of (his information an investigation will bo made at once and if there exists any need, aid will be given. There need not be any hesitancy on the part of any person to write, for any informa tion will be held in confidence by the Helping Hand Society, a small group whose identity will also not be revealed. ; r\ Number Places In ; Edenton Criticized | By Mayor Haskettj Appealing For Town to Be Cleaned Up For Christmas “Some time ago, said Mayor Leroy ] Haskett Tuesday morning, “I had |an article in The Herald relative to j cleanliness of premises about town. I People in Edenton have been very [ cooperative, for which I am very appreciative. However, in a check up over the week-lid, I have come across quite a few instances where, if something was done, would add greatly to the appearance of Edenton.” Mayor Haskett listed the follow ing complaints: Two old cars parked on street on way to cemetery. I«irge amount of trash and debris on new project on Brown property. Much trash and a number of bote I ties in front of Griffin’s Stables. | Trash and boxes on side of Holmes I Wholesale Grocery. Side of Meiggs Furniture Store,! ' pieces of old furniture which should j be removed. Trash and debris, at Sutton and Perry’s Tin Shop. Lots of trash at Earl Jones at ! Oakum and Church Streets. Garbage cans and containers on i streets in Mil] Village. Empty bottles at Bus Station and ; Cherry’s Sandwich Shop. Glass and empty bottles in front of Small’s Paradise on Oakum Street, i Trash in alley between White's j Barber Shop and Leggett & Davis j drug store. Old cars on Broad Street at John Habit’s service station. The above is not a very good ex ample of a clean town,” said Mayor Haskett, “but we an- all-out for ini- I prpvements and are endeavoring to have a clean and neat town over the holidays.” Baptist Youngsters Will Observe White Christmas On Sunday The Primary Department of the Edenton Baptist Sunday School will observe White Christmas next Sun day morning during the Sunday- School hour. The superintendent urges every child, teacher and other officers of the department to carry something worthwhile to be given to persons less fortunate. All Edenton Stores Closed On Christmas Mrs. Hazel Gibbs, assistant secre tary of the Chamber of Commerce, announced on Tuesday that all stores in Edenton will be closed on Christmas Day, Monday, December 25. Mrs. Gibbs also stated that an effort has been made to have all stores remain closed Tuesday in cele bration of Christmas, but that there is some opposition, so that only the dry goods stores have definitely de cided to close for the two days. Mrs. Inglis Fletcher | Guest Os Honor Os i Officers Wives Club Christmas Tea Planned | At Base Tuesday, December 19 Members of the Officers' Wives Club will stage a Christmas tea in honor of Mrs. Inglis Fletcher mi Tuesday afternoon, December )9. at o’clock. The affair will be for of ficers’ wives and their guests and i will take place in the west wing of the Officers’ Club. The receiving line will be compos ed of Mrs. AY. E. Sweetser, Mrs. 11. Lane, Airs. John Carter, Mrs. Inglis Fletcher and Mrs. George Wood. Mrs. Fletcher will speak to the group and Mrs. Roy Delhi will sing, accompanied by Miss .Mary Moore, j After the program, tea will be served, poured by Mrs. T. C. By ruin, j Mrs. Charles P. Wales, Mrs. John 1 Carter and Mrs. H. C. Lane, ( Spec-' cial arrangements have been made I for admittance of guests at the Base j Airs. Eric VV. Harslem is chair man of the affair, and she will be I i assisted by Mrs. L. A. Patterson. ' -Mrs. Conrad Morgan is chairman j- of the refreshment committee. T. B. Williford Is j Elected Master Os | Unanimity Lodge All Officers Will Be In stalled at Tonight’s Meeting At last week’s meeting of Unani mity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., officers for the year 1945 were elected. T. B. Williford was elected master to succeed W. J. Daniels. W. P. Goodwin was elected as senior warden; W. O. Elliott, Jr., junior warden; Charles H. Wood, treasurer, and J. Edwin Bufflap, secretary. The above-named officers, together with the other officers appointed by j the new masters will be installed I at tonight’s meeting of the lodge. ] H. A. Campen will have charge of the installation ceremony. GEORGE C. WARD RECEIVES RATING AS FIRST-CLASS M. M. George C. Ward, U. S. N„ son of j Mr. and Mrs. Julian E. Ward, re-1 ceived his first-class rating as a j machinist mate on December 1. He| joined the Navy in September, 1942.; CITY AUTO TAGS ON SALE City automobile licenses are now j on sale by Miss Louise Coke at the | Municipal Building. These tags are; required to be purchased and dis played on automobiles before Janu ary 1, 1946, therefore, owners of au tomobiles are urged to get their tags as soon as possible. | Individual Contributions To Chowan County’s Hospital Fund Boosted To $95,000 | Master Os Masons |j j • . I T. B. WILLIFORD Members of Unanimity Lodge. No. 7, A. F. & A. M., on lasi Thursday, night elected T. B. Williford as master of the lodge for the year 1913. He suc ceeds W. j. Daniels and will be installed, along with other offi cers at tonight’s meeting. Campen Concerned i About Lagging Os Sixth War Loan Overall Quota Early This Week *121,000 Short of Goal I; _ ,1. Ci. Campen, chairman of the Chowan County War Finance Com mittee, is no little concerned about lagging of purchases of war bonds during the Sixth War Loan. Early this week, Mr. Campen reported that Chowan lacked 8121,000 of meeting its Sj!4K,OOO over-all quota, and that .1 Series E bends lacked $16,0(10 of the i SBI,OOO quota. The drive ends next j ( Saturday, and Mr. Campen is urging I I a brisk pick-up in bond buying. “Clii/wan County has not fallen | down yet on a war bond drive,” said j 1 Mr. Campen Tuesday, “and we do: not want to do so this time when ! we hear from across the seas that ! our men, ill some instances,.. are | handicapped due to lack of fighting j material when the enemy is on the j run. I urge - all who have not I bought bonds to do so at once, and ■ I those who have bought and are able 1 I to do so to buy an extra bond.” Captured Nazi Leads Lost Edenton Soldier Back To Own Lines Private First Class Richard Mor gan, of Edenton, who is with the.) 26th (Yankee) Infantry Division ini France, discovered a new way to get , back to his lines after being lost in enemy territory, but he doesn't re-j commend it as a standard procedure. ! Pfe. Morgan was returning with , his company after a woods-elearing j mission recently' when a German J sniper opened fire. The men scat tered so well that Pfe. Morgan I found himself alone and lost. It was 1 growing dark but he kept moving in the hopes of finding his way back. Suddenly he came upon a Nazi tank. Ft’s hatch cover was open and a ( Jerry sniper was peering in the op- I posite direction. VYhen Morgan cov i ered the sniper he threw down his rifle and surrendered. The Jerry started off toward the American lines with his hands over his head and Morgan allowed himself to be led. Soon the Jerry proved he; | knew the way by arriving at a for \ward Y'ank position. C. J. Wig-gins Loses Fingers In Accident O. J. Wiggins met with an unfor ! tunate accident in Washington, N. C., j Friday, as the result of whih he lost ’ j the first three fingers on his ieft ! phand. Mr. Wiggrns was attempting .j to tie a barge to a dock when, in some manner, his hand caught in a rope. The fingers were so badly crushed that it was necessary to am putate them, which was done in a Washington hospital. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.50 Per Year | Contributions Are Com i ing In From F ormer Edento.,ians | DRIVE CONTINUES | Colored People Expect I To Ra'se *G,OC() To ward F'und Chowan County's Hospital Fund is continuing to grow, early tnis I week I>. AI. \Varreii, chair, ;an of the Hospital Comaiittie, reporting that contributions have mounted to $05.-. 000 with still more in sight. This 'amount does not include the $50,000 contributed by the Town and County. I T.ie drive will continue, stated Mr Warren, until a check til eontribu tors can be made and every person in the county is given an opportunity to make a contribution. Interest in 1 the hospital continues, spreading to ! former residents of the town who | still have a warm spot in their hearts j for Edenton Several substantial I contributions have already been I made by former Edentunians and others are confidently expected. The latest contribution came from a trained nurse, who. complimented the town on its effort to secure a hos pital and said that she wanted to , have .some part in it. j The colored people, who began a | campaign only last week, are also |. meeting with general approval and i a willingness to help. Their drive is I still hi progress, too, and those in j charge, have reported to Mr. Warren that he can, expect, at least $6,000 :| wneti . the filial, reports are ill. •School ■■■■children are at-o showing j quite a h t of interest, n movement 1 row being- liii foot in every white and colored school in the county for each i grade .to raise enough to purchase a i s2.i. War Bond for the hospital fund. Again, last Saturday, a booth was | set up in front of the Bank of Edenton and volunteers worked in shifts in order to take contributions or pledges or explain the hospital program. At toe meeting of Town Council Tuesday night permission was grant ed to the Chamber of Commerce, sponsor.- of the hospital movement. I to post the name of every contribu- I tor to the fund on the front office j window. This will he done in about (u week, so that any who have not ' made a contribution should do so at once in order to be included in this ; “honor roll.” When the solicitors turn in their final reports, temporary hospital headquarters will be located in the Chamber of Commerce office, where it is expected that contributions will continue to be made for some time. Mr. YVarren, and his co-workers are I delighted over the success of the drive, contributions already soaring i far beyond their fondest hopes at the I outset, which means that a largef' i and better hospital than at first an i iici (iated will be Chowan’s reward for the generosity of its citizens. Jane Unger Is Elected To Serve As President Servicemen Wives Club The weekly meeting of the Ser ! vicemen Wives Club was held Fri -1 day afternoon, December 8, at the 1 USO Club. The election of new of | ficers was held and the following | members will resume office as of j January 1, 1945: Jane Unger, presi | dent; Margaret Shugert, vice presi dent, and Tony Karak will remain secretary and treasurer. Further plans were made for the Christmas party to be held at the USO on Friday evening, December 22nd, for ail enlisted personnel. The meeting adjourned and the refreshment committee served deli cious hot chocolate and cookies. A drive is now on for new mem-. I hers. Wives of servicemen are asked to go to the USO on Friday after ! noon and join the club. CAI’T. EDW ARD BASS MARRIES ARMY NURSE IN AUSTRALIA Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bass were informed this week in a letter from their son, Captain Edward Bass, that he and Lieut. Lola Allon were married in the Methodist Church in Brisbane, Australia, on November 22. Capt. and Mrs. Bass spent two weeks honeymooning in Australia before returning to their respective posts of duty. The bride’s home is in Willis, Michigan. She is now serving with army nurses in New Guinea.
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