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lu thru , oiurpn j will it Ip*"* * 'a i* present or ion Os loro r >wi i iiunly ne-wi »' irtrr'iU interest Volume .111. X*jSsffjffim&fec <cw?fe'-1 Keleiueii by U. S. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations. WINTER FIGHT IN BELGIUM—Part of a U. S. Army convoy moving to the front line in Be : ium stops for rest in a beautiful snow-coven-ti valley. The men are reinforcements for units in ti V>nt line# imltlinv Iwnlt *l’*' (iH.nnifttt fillin'i‘T thrust. FOE.. : I ! EDEiiTON NOW ACUTE; PRIU, '.. imi di tOiISiDEiiING MATTER WXi SO I BOOSTS 19 PRICE OF WOOD Dealers Ask 5;)-Cent In crease lo Offset Cost Os Supplies COAfiHOUT Farmers A; ked to Cut And Sell Wood In j Emergency ' . V v ‘ } That :I< ..t• !' sh : rttice. exists .u Eden •'li ■> . >H| hasixed :• t a meeting >a !e . .-.,1u day aiteniooh by: \V. W !h Han., oViilu ianai: of. tin- Uival Price l'a .el tis the local War l*rice and Hilt: t ail; I'.ard. at which mem-' berse of t •• recently appointed Solid Fuels Cimr.miHee. wore invited. be cause o’ t ic lii i.ic i t-t :il .diipmonts. sale.' Iti.'.i !><■ a ndueOd t • half a ton per ‘ailiily. vy-i ioli, naturally re sults i: a create) dclll O' tor wed. Wood, too, yds scarce, the principal reason, advanced being that labor is not avai able t , cut win .i At the meeting a request on the part of one wood .dealer to increase the price of v. < d has i con- dpied, in this part culm ease the source of supply being in ci nipetition with Suffolk, whine, it veas reported a higher price is being offered than j that paid by i e lo- al Concern. The situation was reason f r no little come ii and, alter, del.berat ing at seine length, it was decided to have ali wood da.eis meet with the Price Panel Monday night to de termine if it wae acuially necessary to raise, the price of wood in order to realize a profit. I This meeting was held and wood dealers present included Mrs. W. L. BosweU, Leroy Harrow, John Habit, T. C. Cross, Raynici.'d Williams and Herbert Brewer. j Chairman Bynim discussed with the dealers the shortage of wood supply and asked for reasons why they are unable to secure wood at (Continued o n Page p.» CHOWAN COUNTY NOW IN MIDST OF 1)45 INFANTS PARALYSIS DRIVE IN EFFORT TO REACH QUOTA OF 51,631; FEW REPORTS IN Chairman, Swamped With Many Other Duties,, Appeals Vor Contributions Even If Not Solicited By Canvassers W'th Chi.wan County’s drive in the 194.’) fund-raising appeal of the National Fou-'lotion for Infantile Paralysis hi ginning Monday, little could he learned of the progress be-, ing made by the time The Herald ; went to press Wednesday. Only two , reports had been received at that time, both of which were very en- j couraging. The first report turned, in to the chairman was that of Miss Jessie MeMullan, who completed her canvass late last week, even before the drive was begun. Miss Mc- Mullan collected $28.50. Another incomplete report comes from the U. S. Marine Corps Air Sta tion, where the March of Dimes has THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY ~"~ m | _ Got Any? _J With the new USO Club on North Broad Street equipped with a spacious cloak room. Director Abe Martin reports the need for a qauntil y of coat hang ers. lie will appreciate any number of hangers which may be contributed and asks that they he brought to the 1 St) Club as i soon as possible. Mr. Martin also sta es that frequently sen ice people desire to play stringed instruments while at the Club, therefore, any one who is willing to loan a gui- j sir, ukulele, or banjo should con tact him. Dance At Base Honors Volunteer Workers On Recreational Project A special dance for volunteer! workers on the recreational project at the Marine Corps Air Station was hold Wednesday night in the Synthe tic Training Building. Music for the! affair was furnished by the Service Force Atlantic Fleet Orchestra from j the Naval Operating Base at Nor-' folk, Va. Marines shovelled, hammered, saw-. ed and painted for weeks so that Athol House, tennis courts and bowl ing alleys gradually rounded into realization for the benefit of those stationed at the Base. 'Every squad ron in the group was represented by these, volunteer workers, who have been highly praised for their efforts. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT Sanford A. Forehand, son of Mr and Mrs. Oliver J. Forehand, has been promoted from corporal to ser geant. Sgt. Forehand is a squad leader in the Lo2nd Infantry Division, now overseas. i been in progress several days. The j drive among the military personnel ‘ is being directed by Lieut. Gladys ' Gott and, on Wednesday morning, < .he reported contributions amounted [Yfcs sllO, this amount being realized! j by dimes dropped into glass contain-j ! ers placed at the Base, without j i any special appeal being made. Im-; I portance of the drive will be more j fully emphasized and Lieut. Gott! feels certain that this amount will be | appreciably increased. The' drive at j the Base will continue through Tues-j day of next week, the climrii being a dance Wednesday night atMthe Offi cers’ Club, the proceeds of Which will (Continued on rage Five) Chowan County .North Carolina, Thursday, January 25, 1945. Sale Auto License Plates In Edenton 176 Over Last Year i Increase In State Also | Reported By Carolina Motor Club Miss Goldie Layton, local manager jof the Carolina Motor Club, states j that automobile license plate sales in i Edenton show an increase of 176 ! over the same period last year. ‘ Sales to Tuesday were 4,215, as com | pared with 4,039 during 1944. | “Latest figures available on the ' sale of 1945 State license plates j show a State-wide increase of 6,073 | over the same period last year,” ae j cording to Coleman W. Roberts, i president of the Carolina Motor | Club. Total sales for 1945 through | the 10th of January were 354,338, as I compared with 348,265 for the same j period in 1944. Mr. Robert's stated: “that this | is the 21st year the Club has handled J the distribution of license plates for I the State, and all this time the j State has not lost one cent due to ■ bad checks or other, causes; whereas, | prior to this arrangement, the State j one year alone was holding bad j checks f.o rmany thousands of dollars: License plates are available at more places in North Carolina than they | are in any other State in the nation, j The Carolina Motor Club first under -1 took this work as one of its public i services on the invitation of Secre ] tary of State W. N. Everett, who was at that time responsible for license plate distribution. Under its ar rangement with the Club, the State saves money and the public enjoys a convenient, quick, over-the-counter service not equalled in any other State. “Former Director of the Motor Vehicle Department, L. S. (Pete) Harris, now executive director of the National Association of Motor Ve hicle Administrators, said a few years ago that state license plate distribution cost less in North Caro lina than in any other state. “Under the present law, car own ; ers have until January 31st to buy their 1945 plates, but anyone who puts it off until February Ist is most certain to be caught by patrolmen. All club offices are staffed short of help and many are inexperienced. We urge every one to buy their plates before the very last days of the month.” Marines Will Tackle Cherry Point Friday Friday night the Edenton Marines' basketball team will play Cherry Point in the Ed> vton Armory, which will be a league game. The re mainder of the schedule follows: January 31 N. C. Pre-Flight away. February 2—Convair here. February 7—Patrol Base here. February 9—Elizabeth City away. February 14 —A. E. S., Cherry j Point here. February 16—Camp Lejeune here. February 20—Cherry Point away. February 23—Harvey Point here. February 26—Jamesville away. February 28—LTA here. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ward of the Gliden section, a son, James! Daughtry, in Lake View Suffolk, Va., on January 7. Byrum Appeals For I j More Volunteers In I Ration Board Office 15 More Panel Assist ants Needed, Says Chairman WORK INCREASES This Month Marks 3rd Anniversary of Ra tioning Program “We are here to serve, not (■> ex ! erci.se power, ami the longer we I serve, the greater the respect we i have for the people we serve, Al bert H. livrum, chairman of the Chowan County War Price and Rationing Board, said this vveek. Commenting on the fact that this month marks the third anniversary of the establishment of the national OPA War Price and Rationing Board program, Mr. By rum said that lo cal boards have two purposes: to help hold the price line and to help distribute the available supply of war-scarce goods fairly among all citizens.” “Locally, our board has maintained a tremendous volume of activity in both price and rationing fields,” he said. “We are still short of volunteer 1 help,” Mr. Byrum said. "We parti cularly need price panel assistants to advise merchants on their ceiling price problems. We could use 15 of ) these assistants, who could help in the valuable work of holding the war time price line and assist in pre- j venting inflation. “The recent return to rationing of j almost all canned food and fresh meat has imposed an additional bur ! den on our ration boards. To handle ! the increased workload, we need ad ’ ditional volunteers. We :|>ed them ‘ badly. “Anyone who vyould like to volun teer a few hours weekly should ap- I ply to Miss Willie Love Morgan, j Chief Clerk of the Board, at the Citizens Bank Building, Edenton. Volunteers will be received enthus ’ iastically and can be certain that their help will be appreciated.” $243 Realized By !l Hospital Benefit \ Large Crowd on Hand For Affair Held In Armory It will be interesting to learn that proceeds from the Chowan County Hospital benefit held January 13, sponsored by the Chamber of Com merce with talent furnished by the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station, through the courtesy of Lieut. Col. H. C. Lane, commanding officer, net ted $243.50, which amount was turn ed over to Mrs. Hazel Gibbs, secre tary of the Chamber of Commerce. The program, which drew a large crowd to the Armory, consisted of a basketball game between the Eden ton Marines and Harvey Point, a war dog demonstration and a dance, wdth music furnished by the Station orchestra. In charge of arrangements was Lieut. Louis F. Bottino, recreation officer, who expresses his apprecia tion for the cooperation on the part of service people and civilians who contributed their services as well as patronized the affair, making it a success. 4-H Clubbers Provide Program At Meeting Os County Council Officers of all county home dem onstration clubs ate urged to attend a meeting of the County Council,! which will be held Saturday after- j noon at 3 o’clock, in the Community j House at Cross Roads. An interesting program is assured by the following 4-H Club members: Marguerite Nixon, Gladys Copeland, Kelly By rum and Jack Leary. The Ryland club will be hostess for the meeting. METHODIST SERVICES Preaching services will be held in the Methodist Church Sunday night, when the pastor, the Rev. H. Freo Surratt, will preach on the subject, “Crusaders.” Mr. Surratt has ar ranged for a group of Youth Fellow ship members to have charge of the worship service. J Church school will be held at 10 o’clock Sunday morning, and the Youth Fellowship meeting at 6:45. ALBERT G. BIRUM ELECTED PRESBEHT OF CHOWAN COUNTS HOSPITAL TRUSTEES AT ffiMMffiTß! HETIfiG HELD ON FOAY "Help Me Win MY Victory" ■ —i - - t “Tomorrow’s America will be as strong as today’s children” is the sound advice of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Chowan County citizens have an oppor tunity to share in helping make tomorrow's America strong by 1 contributing in the Infantile . j Paralysis campaign, now in pro | gress. Don’t fail to help in this worthy cause. Chowan is asked to con ribute $1,637. Display At Byrum’s I Tribute To Chowan j Men In Service 17 Killed and Five Still Listed as Missing In Action Byrum Hardware Company has ar ■ ranged an attractive window, the dis- I play being a tribute to those from Chowan County who have been killed pr reported lost in action during the present war. Flags provide the prin cipal decoration and figures appear which reflect Chowan's part in the great conflict. Cp to the present 844 from Chow an County have entered the armed forces and of this number, as far as information is available, 17 have made the supreme sacrifice, while! five others are still listed as missing! in action. The Byrum display is timely and is I attracting no little attention on the j part of passersby. Dime Society Meets Tuesday, January 30 The Dime Society of the Baptist Church will meet Tuesday evening, January 30, with Mrs. H. B. Jones, the president. Every member who has not paid the extra dollar is urged to bring it to the meeting, so that Mrs. Doughtie, the secretary, will not have to call for it later. EDENTON PLACED ON PROPOSED ROUTE OF ALL AMERICAN AIR PICK-UP SERVICE Application With Civil Aeronautics Board By All American Aviation, Inc., Pending For System Os 22 Routes In Ten Southeastern States Edentoh is included on one of a, system of 22 air pick-up routes in j 10 southeastern states which wilt be sought by All-American Aviation, Inc., in an application which the com pany will file with the Civil Aero nautics Board within the next week, it was announed by Halsey R. Bazley, president. All American is now’ the only operator of Air Pick-up routes, the development of which the company has pioneered. Its present lines serve 118 cities and towns in six Middle Atlantic states. The system is now’ in its sixth year of operation.j The 22 routes will serve 65 com-j inunities in Virginia, 113 in North j Carolina, 47 in South Carolina, 66 In | This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.50 Per Year Os her Officers Selected To Serve For i c i d Os One Year CALTIOU A edited port a i*t IV i atters AI so Considered Members of the Board < 1 rus j tees, appoin d to build and operate j Chowan County’s proposed hospital, held its first regular meeting on Friday, January 19th, at the Munici pal Building. All of the members were present except Webb Harrell, who was prevented from attending by illness. J. Clarence Leary acted as tempor ary chairman. By-laws were tenta tively passed and the following of ficers were elected to hold office for one year: President Albert G. By rum; vice president, J. H. Conger; treasurer, Henry Gardner, and sec retary, Marvin Wilson. An Executive Committee, composed of Albert G. Byrum, Marvin Wilson, J. H. Conger, W. W. Byrum and John G. Wood, was selected. This committee will be charged with the construction of the hospital and its operation after construction, sub ject to the whole board of trustees. Albrt G. Byrum, Henry Gardner, J. W. Davis, J. Clarence Leary and W. M. Wilkins were appointed to com pose a Finance Committee. The Au diting Committee will be Webb Har rell, Leroy Haskett and E. N. Elliott. These are permanent committees ana the personnel composing them will serve until the first regular meeting j in 1946. j The question of a constitution and j permanent by-laws was discussed. and a committee composd of J. H. 1 Conger, John G. Wood and Mar in j Wilson was appointed to a’tend to this matter, A general discussion I oil the selection of an architect and i other 'matters pertaining to the: con • -traction of the building followed. It was the consensus of the meeting j that the members of the, Board in spect as many hospitals as possible i before getting too far in tire ques j tibn of construction. The meeting j adjourned after the secretary nad : been instructed to stay in touch with Dr, W. S. Rankin of the Duke Foun dation and State officials interested ill the hospital question. Lehman R. Ward Is Missing In Belgium lu>hman Randolph Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph S. Ward of Ryland, has been reported as miss ing in action in Belgium, as of De cember 17, according to a telegram j from the War Department to his j parents, on Friday night of las* week. /. -• Pvt. Ward, a graduate of Chowan i High School, worked at Planters, in j Suffolk, Va., prior to joining the I army in March, 1943. i Pvt. Ward’s wife and small daugh l ter, Janie, live in Neosho, Mo. He j married while in training in Missis ! sippi. MASONS MEET TONIGHT Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F'. & A. M., will hold its weekly meeting tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. A special meeting of the lodge will also be held Friday night at the same hour for the purpose of conferring a degree. (Tennessee, 27 in Alabama, 30 in j Georgia, 49 in Kentucky, 4 in Ohio, 5 in Mississippi and 19 in West Vir ginia. All American’s lines now cov er 37 communities in West Virginia Edenton appears on the proposed route from Richmond, Va., to Ra leigh via 23 intermediate stops, in-, cluiling West Point, Va., Williams burg, Va., Y orktown, Va., Hampton l’hoebus-Ft. Monroe, Va., Newport News, Va., Norfolk-Portsmouth, Va., Virginia Beach, Va., Suffolk. Va., Elizabeth City, N. C„ Hertford, N. C., Edenton, N. C., Plymouth, N. C., | Windsor, N. C., Williamston, N. C., i W ashington, N. C., Greenville, N. C., I Tarboro, N. C., Rocky Mount, N. C„ I Wilson, N. C., Zebulon, N. C.
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