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Im «lNf Mhmw witt *•] frtmi a fair presentation I H Uod and county nows I as gmoral interest. Volume XI. — ■k A Happy Npui |pur The Chowan Herald -, / / '■» w/.]^^i ' MjgggA riNGE OF SADNESS AND ANXIETY AS EDENTON QUIETLY OBSERVES CHRISTMAS War Conditions and I). M. Warren’s Death Dampen Spirit GOOD BUSINESS Some Merchants Report Record Breaking Sales Christmas was quietly observed in Fdenton this year, a note of anxiety \ and sadness predominating; in many homes. In the first place, with many of Chowan County’s boys in the service, and some of them very far away from home and on dangerous battle fronts, there, obviously was some concern regarding their safety and welfare. Besides, adverse re ports coming from Europe that the Bermans in a great counter-attack, were pushing back the Americans at a rapid rate and at a great cost of lives and material, was reason for serious concern rather than for cele orating the day. Another damper on local celebrat ing was the sudden death of I). M. Warren, who died at his home on Thursday night. This cast a pall -of | sorrow over the entire community. ' Os course, the spirit of Christmas prevails despite sorrow and disap pointments, therefore in the various churches and in homes the birth of: Christ'- and what he means to the 1 world was again reason for joy. Services were held on Christmas Kve in various churches, all being well attended. For the most part two da;, woie devoted to the holiday, for practic ally all business houses were closed both Monday arid Tuesday, Mer chants report a splendid holiday trade, in some cases stores reporting sales breaking till previous records, despite the fact that merchandise is hard to get. The police report very few arrests during the holidays, those made be ing principally for intoxication. Tieut. Cullen Swindell Member Bomber Group Hitting Vital Targets Second Lieutenant Haywood C. j •Swindell, son of Mr. and Mrs, James ! D. Swindell, Jr., is flying as pilot with a B-24 Liberator bomber group ! of the 15th AAF in Italy that has completed one year of service over seas. His group has flown nearly 200 missions over strategically important targets such as Ploesti, Munich, ; Steyr. Schwechat, Regensburg, I Vienna. Weiqer Neustadt and Buda- j pest. During the 12 months over- j seas, his organization has taken a ! leading part in the destruction of the vaunted Luftwaffe, and opened the campaign against Ploesti by leading the first daylight attack on April i sth. It co-ordinated its heavy bom- ; bardment with the attacks on Anzio ’ and Cassino and later prefaced the Allied landings in Southern France by knocking out coastal installations i and gun emplacements. During the '■ group’s combat operations, it had > established several bombing accuracy records. Lieut. Swindell entered the armed I ’forces in November, 1942. ) ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fletcher Russell, Sr., announce the engage ment of their daughter, Sarah Susan Russell, to Lieut. John Warren Magee, U. S. M. C. R., son of Dr. and Mrs. John W. Magee, of Brook haven, Mississippi. The wedding will take place in the near future. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY C. B. Mooney, Sr., I Dies Suddenly On Visit In Occaquanj i Was Recovering After J Four Weeks Confftied In Hospital Charles I!. Mooney, Sr., died sud denly from a heart attack at the home of his son, Hubert Mooney, at Occuquan, Va., Tuesday. He was 66 years old. Mr. Mooney, five weeks ago, was taken to Tayloe Hospital in Washing ton, X. C., When. he suffered a heart attack. He remained in the hospital four weeks and appeared to be grud- I ually improving. After being home I a week, he accompanied his son to I Quantico on Tuesday and died short - , Iv after arrival. He was a contractor and had work ed in many parts of North Carolina j Pod Virginia, coimiig to Edenton to ' making his home about three years • ago. lie was- a man of kindly dispo sition, taking an active part in \ church work anti being a member of the Hapti.-t Church. He was also a j member of Unanimitv Lodge, No 7, | A - &A- M. Surviving are two sons, ('. B. Mooney, Jr., of Edenton, and Hubert Mooney, of Occuquan, and one daugh ter, Mrs. Lillian Valentine, of Wash ington, D. C. Funeral services will he held Fri day, alternpon at 3 o’clock in the Edenton Baptist Church with the pastor, the Rev. I-. L.Wells, officiat ing. Masonic : rites, will be hold at the graveside. Horse And Mule Clinics Are Planned In January i Plans are now being made by County Agent C. W. Overman to hold horse and mule clinics.in every com ' munity of Chowan County early in January. During these clinics all farmers will be urged to take ad | vantage of the opportunity to have | their work stock given a thorough i examination by a competent veteri ! narian and also given any treatment ] found to be needed. Rotary Meeting Today ] Has Been Called Off j Due to the Christmas holidays, to j day's Rotary meeting has been cail ;ed off. At last week’s meeting, it' ; "as agreed to contribute the cost of ! the meal to the Christmas Seal Sale ; in the fight against tuberculosis. The regular meeting will be held ] next Thursday at 1 o’clock in the ] Parish House. j At last week’s meeting Mrs. Inglis Fletcher was the principal speaker, who, during her remarks, said the Albemarle is so rich in history that ] many interesting novels could he ] written about any number of sub ! jects. SOCIETY MEETS MONDAY The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Baptist Church will meet on Monday afternoon, January 1, at 3:30 o’clock, at the church. Every member is urged to begin the new year by attending this first meeting. HOLIDAY VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. Henry Francis, of Norfolk, Va., were the guests of his brother, Louis E. Francis, and Mrs. Francis, during the holiday*. Eden ton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 28, 1944. | Dies Suddenly □ ; ■■ I ! ' V DAVID MINTON WARREN' Without showing any symp * toms of being ill, I). M. Warren, after attending to his usual du ties at the Rank of Edenton on ’ Thursday of last week, died shortly after he retired, as the result of a heart attack. Dr. Whichard Weds Miss Willietta Evans Marriage Takes Place In i 1 Evans Church at High ! Noon December 26th i In the presence only of members ‘ of the families and a few friends, the ] marriage of Miss Willietta Evans,j sister of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Warner Evans of Edenton, to nr. Murray I’aimer Whichard, of Mur phy, N, C., took place at high noon Tuesday, December 26, in Evans Methodist Church. A nephew of me bride, the Rev. Edward Crawford Williams,' of Christ Presbyterian j Church, Hempstead, New York, as-| sisted by the Rev. A. C. L. Stephen- 1 son, pastor of the church, performed I the ceremony. For the occasion the altar was decorated with evergreens and white flowers and illuminated with cathed ral candles. Miss Helen Walton Ev- j ans, a sister of the bride, gate a j short program of classical music im j mediately preceding the nuptial I VOWS. i The bride, who \vas given in mar-j nage by her brother, wore a fuchsia j wool suit with black accessories and i a corsage of orchids. Mrs. Whichard, the daughter of the late Zaehariah Winborne and Etta Hudgins Evans, has for several years been at the head of the Eng lish Department of C.ulf Park Col lege, Gulfport, Miss. Dr. Whichard, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Alfred Whichard, has practiced medicine in Edenton, ahd is now at the head of the Cherokee-Clay-Gra ham Health District. Out-of-town guests who attended the wedding include the Rev. and Mrs. Edward Crawford Williams, of Hempstead, Long Island, N. Y.; Mrs. Kelly White, of Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. William Townson, Jr., of Mur phy, N. C.; Lt. Frances ,B. Evans, of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Miss Ruth Evans Pardee and Miss Jenny Reitsma, of Washington, D. C.; Miss Bonnybel Evans, of Manteo, N. C.; Mrs. Mur dock Martin and small daughters, Frances, Christine and Joanna, and Harvey S. Pardee, of Ravinia, III.; Murdock Martin, UISNR, of Norfolk, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Max Jackson, of Rockwood, Tenn., and Miss Louise Wilson, of Chapanoke, N. C. Property Must Be ;j Listed For Taxation i During Next Month i Township Tax Listers Arrange Schedules For Listing Beginning next Monday and con-' j tinuing throughout the month of | j January, all property in Chowan! ■ County must he listed for taxation | for the year 1945. List takers in the four townships have arranged a i schedule for listing property, and it | is hoped this will be done at an early j date and thus avoid a penalty which I is provided for failure to list during ! the month. Tax listers are also required to j make records of crop acreage for the i year 1941, which includes acreage I for each crop harvested during the year. The number of people living. ,pn farms on January 1, 1945, must j be furnished, as well as the number lof threshing machines, combines. I peanut pickers, farm tractors and ! trucks. j Tax listers are as follows: First Township—Mrs. P. is\ Me -1 Mullan. Second Township P. L. Smith. J Third Township T. A. Berryman, j Fourth Township 0. W. Parker, i j, The scheduled, as arranged by each tax lister, will be found in an advertisement on page 2 of this is sue of The Herald. 1 White Teachers And Students Given Two Weeks For Holidays Kdenton’s white schools closed on I ,j Friday, December 15, for the Christ-j i mas holidays and will remain closed] until Monday, January 1, thus al lowing a two-weeks holiday for stu dents and teachers. Many of the students and teachers; accepted temporary jobs during the Christmas season, thus helping out ] ] during the shortage of help. ( The colored school closed Thursday j of last week for the holidays and: 1 will also resume studies on Monday, ] ' January 1. Schools in the county unit closed; , Friday of last week and will re open on January 1. Watch Night Serv/ce In Methodist Church j Watch night services will be held; |in the Methodist Church next Sun- i j day night to usher in the New Year. I The service, according to the pastor, l the Rev. H. F. Surratt, will begin at! ]ll o’clock and close at midnight, and the public is cordially invited to attend. At the 11 o’clock service Sunday morning, Student Recognition Sun-: day will be observed. Church School will be held at 10 o’clock, and the Youth Fellowship meeting at 6:45 Sunday evening. Firemen Pay Tribute To Members In Service In the fire station now appears an attractive plaque on which appears the names of six volunteer firemen now in the armed forces. The pla- : que, shield-shaped, has the wording 1 “Now Serving Our Country,” and on each side appears an American Flag. Those whose names appear on the plaque are John Lee Spruill, Luther Parks, W. N. McCleese, Eugene Cobb, S. A. White and Willie Spruill. CALES HOME ON VISIT The Rev. and Mrs. Frank Cale, of Louisville, Ky., were visitors in Edenton and Chowan County during the holidays. David Minton Warren Dies Suddenly Thursday Night As Result Os Heart Attack - j j_ Puzzled _J With the death of D. M, Warren, the editor of The Her ald feels that confidence wiil not ■ be betrayed in informing readers ] that it was Mr. Warren who was I head of the Helping Hand So ciety. newly organized group whose purpose it was to see to it that nobody in Chowan County suffered for want of food, elotli ing and fuel. Apparently, the only person in whom Mr. Warren confided in this matter was The Herald’s editor, nor did he reveal to the editor any of the others who 1 were associated with him in the ! effort to secretly provide relief ; to those in need. One letter was received and turned over to Mr. Warren the day before he died, but there is no way of knowing who the oth er parties are who were sharing 1 their money with him to help the needy. Mr. Warren stated that the Society was a continu ing group, therefore, if any member contacts the editor, the , l same confidence will he pledged fi to the end that the purpose of the Society is carried out. i ' ; Crusade For Christ : Disrict Meeting In Methodist Church » i ■ : Bishop W. W. Peele One Os Several Promi nent Speakers One of three district meetings in connection with the Crusade for j Christ being conducted by the Metho dist Church will be held in EdentOn on Wednesday night of, next week. 'January 5, at 7:5(1 o’clock. At this meeting Bishop \V. \V. Peele, of Richmond, Va., will lie among the speakers, as well as fir. D. G. Childs, prolessor at Duke l Di versity;. District Superintendent J. H. Miller, of Elizabeth City, and : several other prominent Methodists. ! j The Rev. H. F. Surratt, pastor of the Edenton Church, promises a very ; interesting- and beneficial meeting, | and hopes a large congregation will Ihe on hand to hear the visiting ] speakers Lieut. Robert Harrell Awarded Pilot’s Wing’s Lieut. Robert S. Harrell; son of 1 Mr. and Mrs. Rodney T. Harrell;, was awarded pilot’s silver wings and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Forces at gradua tion exercises held at Illytheville ; Army Air Field in Arkansas, re cently. The winning of his wings marks the successful completion of three | phases of flying training—primary, ! 1 basic and advanced. 4-H Council Presents Christmas Pageant The 4-H County Council of Chow an County met at the Community I Building at Cross Roads on Decem ber 12, when a pageant, “Pageant j For Christmas,” was presented. I I Sarah Jordan played the part of j Mary, the mother of Jesus; Tommy! Leary, Joseph; Audrey Bunch, Mary Bunch, Audrey Bierce and Christine Harrell, angels; Jack Leary, shep herd, and Malcolm Copeland, Gerald I-ayden and Howard Bass, wise men. 1 Frances Bunch recited a poem, [ “Carols ‘For Christmas.” Joseph Privott presided over the meeting in the absence jnf Fred Hunch, president. At the conclusion of the meeting games were played , and songs were sung by members of ; the Council. MASONS MEET TONIGHT Though the meeting of Unanimity j I/vdge, No. 7, A. F„ & A. M., was: called off last Thursday night, the regular meeting will be held tonight I at 8 o’clock in the Court House. 5 New’ officers for the new year will have charge and T. B. Williford, master of the lodge, urges every member to be present. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers wiU realize good results. SLSO Per Year Entire County Shocked As News of Death Rapidly Spreads BURIED SATURDAY I Edenton Business Hal s For Hour Luring Funeral ] Not. only Edenton, hut Chowan , j County as a whole,'; suffered a severe blow Thursday night of last-week, ! when David Minton. Warren died suddenly at his home, the victim of a heart attack. Mr. Warren appear I ed to he in his. usual health during I the day, having attended the Rotary J meeting at 1 o’clock, after which he ! performed his duties ; t the Bank of j Edenton. He returned to the bank ] after supper and worked until about ; 9:30 on the hospital fund. Upon re ! tunring home, he retired and while in bed he suddenly slumped and was dead before a doctor could arrive. He died about 11:30 o’clock. Mr. Warren, 54 years old, was a native of Chowan County, son of the j late Thomas D. and Sally Wright I Warren. He received his early edu- I cation in Edenton and later gradu ated from the Poughkeepsie Business College in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In early manhood he began working in a bank, later going to Suffolk to work in a wholesale house. He re turned to Edenton in 1912 to become a clerk in the Bank of Edenton and was gradually promoted until he was I elected president in March, 1943, to succeed the late Julien Wood. Mr. Warren was elected cashier of the hank in 1917, acting Continuously in that capacity until 1942, when, due 1 to a period of ill-health and a desire to. relieve him of seme of his respon sibilities, . the director.- elected him executive vice president. Mr, Warren was associated with i many of Edenton’- business activi • ties, being, aside from his bank con nections, u director of the Albemarle Peanut Company, the Edenton i’ea ' nut Company, the Edenton Cotton : iuiiis ami the M. G. Brown Lumber Company. He was chairman of the Cotipty Commissioners since March, . 1:943, when he succeeded the late Julien Wood. A prominent member :j of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, he has served for many years as senior ; warden of the church and was well i known throughout the entile Diocese. He is a charter member of the Edenton Rotary Club, being a past president, and at the time of !;ls death was vice president of the duo. Mr. Warren was very much inter ested in the candidacy of John A. Holmes as governor of the 189th' Rotary District and had no little to do with the ultimate success Os the campaign. Mr. Warren’s latest outstanding achievement and one which appar ently gave him a great feeling of satisfaction was his personal direc tion of a drive for funds,with which - to build a hospital, as the result of 1 which the town and county each male an appropriation of $25,000 and in dividual contributions have almost reached the SIOO,OOO mark. He was exceedingly happy over the success of the drive which, though not en tirely completed at the time of his death, brought joy to his heart in j the fact that enough money was • contributed and pledged to assure a j hospital. He was granted a two . weeks’ leave of absence from the ■ Bank of Edenton to personally direct the drive and in about half that ] time accomplished what The Herald believes could not have been accom plished by any other person in the i county. Mr. Warren was generous almost Ito a fault ami many of his kindly deeds are known only to those who were beneficiaries of his tender and sympathetic feeling for any who ! needed advice and other forms of j assistance. He, more than anyone else in the county, knew the pulse of | the people, and at all times had at his fingertips pertinent information j klong practically every phase of the ] county’s activities. He loved Chow , an County and had frequently ad , vanced his opinion that _£howan was | the best county in the State. He was very careful in the disposition j of taxpayers’ money, as well as any ] other money entrusted to him. He I w:ls , however, one of the county’s most progressive and far-sighted citizens and could be counted upon to agree to appropriate funds for those things which were necessary and for ; the betterment of the community. Mr. Warren’s death cast a pall of sorrow over the entire community, (Continued on Page Three)
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