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Final Issue Clwr
Leatherneck At Base
Appears This Week
Last Paper Filled With
Pictures of Persons
And Activities
This week The Chowan Leather
neck, weekly newspaper of the U. S.
Marine Corps Air Stution, appeared
for the last time, its publication be- j
ing suspended due to the approaching J
abandonment of the Base by the
Marines <and subsequent occupancy
by the Navy.. Though ordinarily de-j
voted to timely and interesting news
of the lia.se,;tlie final issue, is devoted
almost entirely to a reproduction of ;
pictures of the Base which should;
serve as an interesting souvenir for j
those who have been stationed there, j
In a story entitled “A Backward :
Glance,” a brief resume of the devel-j
opment of the Base is recorded when ;
"only a stretch of barren land along |
the Albemarle 1 Sound was evident;
when MCAS had its beginning back
in May, 1942. Originally designated
as a site for a glider base, plans were
changed and the area became known
officially as a Marine Corps Air!
Station.”
“So now we go a-flying,” concludes I
the article, “at Cherry Point, El
Toro or perhaps the SoPac —reluc- I
tantly saying ‘Good-bye’ to MCAS,'
Edenton. Hello, Navy.” 1
Chaplain Henry Chase was the
first editor of The Leatherneck,'
which gradually improved both in ap- j
pearance and news content under an'
able and efficient staff. Lieut. I
Doris Ann Neely soon was made edi
tor, which position she held until
recently transferred to California.
She was succeeded by Lieut. Mary
Jo Baldwin. Corp. Helen Loux was
managing editor, Pfc. Ruth Webb and
Pfc. Margaret Biggart, reporters;
Sgt. R. L. Erpenbeck, reporter-artist
and photography was in charge of
Sgt. Hazel Swanson and Corp. P.!
Dagenais. ]
USO Club Moves j
Into New Quarters
On Broad Street j
Activities Long Since
Outgrown Rooms In
Hotel Building
Edenton’s I‘iSO Club, on Monday,;
Tuesday and Wednesday of this!
week, was moved from the Hotel!
Joseph Hewes building to its new
quarters at 300 North Broad Street,
the former Lillie V. Bond home, ;
which has been leased from the pres- 1
ent owner, Claud E. Small. The;
club is expected to be ready for the j
use of service men and women to
night (Thursday).
The new location provides more
room, as well as other acommoda- j
tions which were not available in the
crowded quarters in the hotel build
ing, where the club has been located .
since it was started Aug. 11, 1943. |
Some objection was registered in '
the neighborhood when it was learn
ed that the home was to be leased to
house the USO Club, but Director
Abe Martin advances the opinion that
the club’s activities wil be carried on
so as not to be objectionable on the
part of those living nearby.
Three More Boys
Enter Armed Forces
Three more white boys from
Chowan County left Thursday of last
week for Fort Bragg, where they
were inducted into the armed forces,
the trio having previously passed
their physical examination. The
three boys were Richard Dillard Dix
on, Jr., Gerald Wayne Blanchard
and Hubert Ray Forehand.
Four White Men Go
To Bragg For Exams
Four Chowan County white men
left Tuesday morning for Fort Bragg
to receive their final pre-induction
physical examination. The quartet
included Clarence Edward Bunch,
Welton Lee Twine, Lloyd James Wil
'•ams and Carlton Emerson Asbell.
FIRE AT ARMORY
Firemen were called out after 11
o’clock Tuesday night when a fire
was reported at the local Armory.
Upon arrival at the scene, firemen
found that a pile of coal beside the
boiler had become ignited. Fortu
nately, the fire was discovered in
time to prevent any serious damage.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
NEW B-29 SUPER-FORTRESS IN FLIGHT—The entire globe is the battle area of the long-range
bomber of the U. S. Air Force which received it baptism of fire in the memorable attack on an indus
trial center of Japan. Capable of carrying a heavy load of bomba over a long distance, the great
ahip can do well over 800 milea an hour and has a ceiling of more than 300,00 feet. It is powered
by four 18-cylinder radial air-colled engines of horsepower each. Inset, badge of the 20th Air
Ferce, the newly created global command.
IMPUTE REPORTS UP TO WEDNESDAY
SHOW THAT CHOWAN COUNTY HAS RAISED
SI,IRK IN INFANTILE PARALYSIS DRIVE
Enough Canvassers Yet to Report to Practically
Insure Reaching Quota of $1,637; National
Chairman Extends Campaign
Though reports are far from be
! ing complete, Chowan County, up to |
i Wednesday morning, had contributed 1
! $1,189.16 in the infantile paralysis!
J drive. County Chairman' J. Edwin
I Bufflap stated that of the canvassers
] named by him, as well as those ap-1
j pointed by MB's’ Emily Sniitliwick, |
I chairman of the Women’s Division, 15 |
I have made reports, leaving about]
the same number to be heard from,
The quota for the county is $1,637,
| therefore, while most of the canvass-j
ers to be heard from aie expected to
! have comparatively smalt contribu
tions, yet Miss Sinithwick and the
I chairman are optimistic that the
• quota will be reached,
j The largest contribution reported
I was made at the U. S. Marine Corps
Air Station, where the drive was in
1 charge of Lieut. Gladys Gott. Lieut-.' j
Gott, on Wednesday morning, report
ed having on hand SSOO, though still ;
i more was expected when she made
her final check later in the day. The]
climax to the drive at the Base was r
, a dance held in the Officers’ Club
| Tuesday night, which netted $328. j
i Os course, under the plan as
i adopted this year, this amount will
| be sent to national headquarters and,
in turn, half will be sent back for the.
Chowan County Chapter.
' T. G. Sheffield was in charge .of f
the drive among civilians at the ]
Base and on Wednesday morning he
reported having S2B, though his re-!
I port is incomplete. This contribution :
! will be deposited with local funds. 1
The second largest contribution
came from Taylor Theatre, where for |
several days, between shows, Mana
ger Jimmy Earnhardt gave an oppor- j
tunity for contributions to be made.
Mr. Earnhardt’s report is complete,
showing that $292.26 had been col
lected. The theatre, as was the case
last year, conducted the campaign in
cooperation with the moving picture
industry, therefore, the amount will
be sent to national headquarters, half
nf it being returned to the Chowan
Chapter.
Those canvassers who have re
ported up to Wednesday are Miss
■Tessie McMullan, Mrs. Thomas
Wood, Mrs. Guy Hobbs, Mrs. R. L.
Pratt, Mrs. L. W. Stallings and Mrs.
C. J. Wiggins, Mr?. L. S. Byrum,
Mrs. B. W. Evans, Mrs. W. C. Brun
son, Mrs. Frank Hughes, Mrs. Rich
ard Baer, Mrs. R. B. Hollowell and
Mrs. Earl Harrell, Mrs. R. C. Jordan,
Mrs. T. W. Jones and Mrs. O. T.
nought ie, Mrs. Leon Leary and Mrs.
O TI. Perry.
No report has been received from
either the'white or colored schools,
though Miss Smithwick said Tuesday
that in the Edenton white school
contributions are in the neighbor
hood of SBS. R. F. Elliott also es- j
timated over SIOO received at the
cotton mill, but only the SSS is in
cluded in the total reported, as of
Wednesday morning.
The chairman is hopeful that all
canvassers will make a complete re-,
port in time to appear in next week’s
issue of The Herald, when the a
mounts turned in by each canvasser
will be published, though individual
contributions will not b« listed. The
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 1, 1945
chairman urges every canvasser to
I make a report by the latter part of
1 this week so that the drive can be
! completed and the result sent to;
! State headquarters.
The national campaign has been
1-extended until February 15, Chair- ;
j man Buffiap, on Wednesday morning, j
| receiving the following telegram.
j from Ralph MacDonald, State chair
man:
“Basil O’Connor, president of the
National Foundation for Infantile
1 Paralysis, wires me today that due
to bad weather conditions in a great
part of the nation during drive, he is
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Local Methodists
Will Hold Quarterly j
j Conference Sunday
Rev. J. H~Miller; Dis
trict Superintendent,
Will Preach
: Services will be held at the Metho
dist Church Sunday morning at 11
| o’clock, at which the Rev. J. H.
! Miller, district superintendent of Eli
i zabeth City, will preach. Following
the sermon. Holy Communion will be
I observed and the first quarterly con
ference held, when each organization
of the church will be expected to
! submit a report as well as present
plans for the year.
Church school will be held at 10
o’clock Sunday morning and the
Youth Fellowship meeting at 6:45 in
the evening.
Firemen Os Edenton
Fight Columbia Fire
One of Edenton’s fire trucks was
sent to Columbia Thursday of last
week, when an appeal was made for
help because of a threatening fire
which broke out in the Fisher Inn.
The local firemen lost no time in
reaching the Tyrrell County capital,
where they fought the stubborn blaze
for four hours. Both Edenton and
Plymouth sent trucks.
j Abram Jenkins In
Veterans Hospital
Abram E. Jenkins went to the j
Veterans Hospital at Kecoughtan,]
Va., Friday, where he is taking j
treatments. Reports coming from!
the hospital are to the effect that|
Mr. Jenkins has lost considerable j
weight and that his condition is not;
so encouraging.
AUXILIARY MEETS MONDAY
The Woman’s Auxiliary of St.
Paul’s Church will meet next Mon
day afternoon at 4 o’clock, in the
Parish House.
|_ Beware! _|
Fire Chief R. K. HalL follow
ing two recent fires, desires to
call attention to the dangerous
practice of a few motorists
speeding ahead of the fire truck.
He wishes to discourage this
practice, as well as warn those
who are ahead of the truck,
that the law requires them lo
drive to the curb when the fire
truck is approaching.
Another matter which he com
mented upon was that no one ex
cept firemen are allowed to ride
i ‘ on the fire truck either to or
! from a fire. Chief Hall says he
is very anxious for the above
rules to be complied with, not
only because they are in accord
ance With the law, but in an ef
fort to prevent possible accidents
or even deaths.
Sgt. Jack Bond Listed
As Missing In Action
Staff Sergeant John Bond is re- 1
ported missing in action, according !
I to a telegram received from the War
j Department by his mother, Mrs. M. |
jF. Bond, Sr., on Monday. The tele
! gram stated that Sgt.: Bond has been
i missing since January 5,
; Young Bond, a; member of the in
fantry in the. Rainbow Division, was
stationed in France and had been;
j overseas since the latter part of
November,
PTA MEETS TUESDAY
The Edenton Parent-Teachers As
sociation will meet next Tuesday
afternoon, February 6, at 3:30,
o’clock, in the High School library.
OUTSTANDING LECTURER SCHEDULED TO
SPEAK IN EDENTON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9
Gerald Priestly, of London, Special Lecturer, Will
Speak on Topic “Today’s War and Tomorrow’s
World” In Court House at 7:30 P. M.
Gerald Priestly, of London, Eng
land, special lecturer of the Army
and Navy YMCA-USO, will speak
in Edenton Friday, February 9, at
7:30 o’clock, in the Court House,
when his subject will be “Today's
War and Tomorrow’s World.” Mr.
Priestly’s appearance in Edenton is
sponsored by the Edenton U.SO Club
and Ed Bond Post of the American
T«gion and the Legion Auxiliary.
The public is cordially invited to
hear this lecture.
Mr. Priestly is known on both
sides of the Atlantic as a competent
authority on International Affairs.
He has traveled extensively through
Europe, North and South America.
To use a Churchillian phrase, Ger
ard Priestly, “has stood on the watch
towers of History,” for he was in
Germany when Hitler came into
power, in Austria when the Nazis
marched into Vienna and in Czecho
slovakia at the time of the Munich
Crisis. Shortly before the outbreak
of war, he was the guest of the Ru
manian Government and spent con
siderable time traveling in Transyl
vania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece,
and Turkey.
Gerald Priestly was bom in Wind
sor, England, and educated for the
Christian Ministry at New College,
University of London. While a stu
dent at the University, he worked in
a Mission in the heart of the great
Edenton Effected By War
Production Board’s Orders
To Curtail Use Electricty
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!| Send ’Em In J
Though Mrs. J. A. Moore and j
Mrs. R. C. Holland, chairman and
treasurer, respectively, <if the
Christmas Seal sale, are well ji
pleased with this year’s cam- ; ‘
paign, the report is still incom
plete.
Mrs. Holland is very anxious
to submit her final report for the j
year, and she urges all who have ;
received hatches of the Seals to
either return them or the
amount represented at once.
Colored People In j
i Chowan Contribute
$5,000 For Hospital
Several Reports Still In-
I complete, Says Dr.
O. L. Holley
According to a report submitted to
The Herald Tuesday, colored citi
zens of Chowan County have either 1
contributed or pledged $5,000 toward
the Chowan County Hospital fund.
In charge of the campaign among the
colored people was Dr. O. L. Holley,
who had D. F. Walker as his secre-;
tary.
Though several collectors have yet !
to make complete reports, total cash,!
checks and bonds deposited with the 1
Central Committee by the Rev. J. E,j
Tillott, up to January 29, amounted
to $3,535.55. I)r. Holley reports,;
however, that enough pledges are
outstanding and confidently, expected
to be paid to boost the contributions
from colored citizens to $5,000 or
more.
i Edenton And Chowan
i Divide Double Bill
Edenton and Chowan High Schools
divided a double bill of basketball
| Wednesday night of last week, when
the local girls won 16-6. Goodwin
was high scorer for Edenton with 9
points, while Chappell, Ferry and
Jessup shared honors for Chowan.
The boys’ game was a thriller from
| start to finish, with the score being
tied during a great part of the game.
However, the up-county boys grad
ually forged ahead as the second half
came to a close, leading 25-17 when
the game ended.
Evans, for Chowan, was high j
; scorer with .13 points. Habit led;
' Edenton’s scoring with 7 points.
dockyard area of London’s East End.
He made his first visit to the United
States as a student, receiving the de
gree of B. D., from the Hartford i
i Theological Seminary and S. T. M., '
■ from the Latin American Department
■ of the Kennedy School of Missions,
i For over four years he occupied the
i distinguished pulpit of the Church
of the Divine Paternity, New York '
■ City, and during two summers he
1 preached at the American Church in
Paris.
Gerald Priestly is a member of the
faculty of Springfield College and
. has been professor of Modern His- 1
tory for the 323rd College Training 1
Detachment of Aviation Students.
For the past two years he has been 1
i associated with the Special Program
i Department of the Army and Navy
• Y. M. C. A. As an unofficial British
i Ambassador of Goodwill, he has ad
■ dressed thousands of men and women
i in the army camps and airfields
: across the country on conditions in
Britain, Europe and South America
• and the problems which will confront'
us all in the World of Tomorrow.
, Gerald Priestly has visited over 2501
USO Clubs and spoken in the leading;
■ colleges, churches and Service Clubs
i in 46 States. For many years, he
, was a member of the London Central
' Y. M. C. A., destroyed by the Nazis,
i and has visited many of the Y. M. C.
: A.s in Europe and South America.
This newspaper it circu
lated in the territory
where Advertiser! t rOt
realize good resultt.
$1.50 Per Year
White Way and Theatre
Marquee Now Less
Brilliant
USERS~NOTIFIEI)
Maximum Conservation
of All Uses of Elec
tricity Urged
In conformity with the War Pro
duction Board’s request for curtail
ing the use of electricity as a part
of the over-all war time fuel con
servation program of the United
States government, local electric
users were this week notified by
Richard N. Hines, superintendent of
the Electric and Water Department,
to comply with the recent order.
Uses of electricity prohibited un
der the order are as follows:
1. Outdoor advertising and out
door promotional lighting.
2. Outdoor display lighting ex
cept where necessary for the conduct
of the business of outdoor estab
lishments.
3. Outdoor decorative and out
door ornamental lighting.
4. Show window lighting except
1 where necessary for interior illumina
tion.
5. Marquee lighting in excess of
60 watts for each marquee.
6. White way street lighting in
excess of the amount determined by
local public authority to be necessary
for public safety.
7., Outdoor sign lighting w : sh
limited specified exceptions which
you will note in the. Order.
Mr. Hines urges those affected by
the . order to undertake immediately
whatever arrangements are neces
sary to keep within the provisions
of the order, which becomes effec
ti vo ti iday (Tilursday).
Any consumer who violates the or
der is subject to penalties prescribed
by Federal law, which may include
discontinuance of electric service, at
the direction of the War Production
Board. Under the terms of the or
der, Mr, Hines is required to report
to the War Production Board the
name and location of any consumer
who refuses to abide by the provi
sions of the order.
Voluntary compliance in elimina
tion of uses of electricity as set
forth in the order is requested by
local E. ■& W. officials, as well as
maximum conservation in other uses.
Accordingly, the marquee at Tay
lor Theatre will be materially dim
med, though shows will be in pro
gress as usual. Then, too, outdoor
electric signs will be dark and the
white way lights will not be as
numerous, all of which should have
the effect of calling to the attention
of citizens that a war is in progress.
Lt-Col. H. C. Lane
Speaker For Legior
Meeting Tuesday, Feb
ruary 6, In Court
House
Lieut.-Col. Henry C. Lane, com
manding officer of the U. S. Marine
Corps Air Station, will be the prin
cipal speaker at the meeting of Ed
Bond Post of the American Legion,
which will be held in the Court
House on Tuesday night, February
6, at 8 o’clock.
This will be the last meeting of the
Post while the Marines are still in
Edenton, therefore, there will be no
further opportunity to have any of
them speak for the Legionnaires.
Commander J. L. Chestnutt urges
every member of the Post, as well as
other friends, to be present to hear
Col. Lane.
ST. PAUL’S SERVICES
Services at St. Pall’s Episcopal
Church have been announced by the
rector, the Rev. Harold W. Gilmer,
as follows:
Sunday, February 4, Scxagesima,
8 a. m„ The Holy Communion, plain
celebration; 9:20 a. m., Church
School; 9:45 a. m., Men’s Class; 11
a. m., The Holy Communion, high
celebration; 8 p. m., meeting of the
Vestry.
Friday, February 2—6 p. m., Inter
cessions.
Monday, February 5—4 p. m.,
Women’s Auxiliary.