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■■■■■■■■■■■■ tm fthlW M*NMM W * *• fmmd * fair presentation •f M mmd county mum •T gmarol interest. Volume XII. —Number 8. Red Cross War Fund Drive Starts March sth Impressive Ceremony Held In C«L%,%ise ' ' irday When Brig. Gen. John KenHN| | Presents Bronze Star Medal To Mrs. Nixon f I Says War Is Like Prize I Fight—Enemy Bleed ing and Groggy —- 1 In a very impressive ceremony in I the Court House Saturday morning, I "Mrs. Elizabeth Nixon was presented I a Bronze Star Medal, awarded post § humoualy to her son, Willis E. Nixon, 1 who was killed while fighting in I France on July 11. 1944. The pre- I sentation was made by Brig. Gen. | John T. Kennedy, commanding officer I of Fort Bragg, a goodly number of * friends being present for the occa -1 sion. J. L. Chestnutt, commander of Ed i Bond Post of the American Legion, ; presided over the meeting, which was < opened by a very appropriate prayer y by Chaplain George Wheeler. Mrs. M. A. Hughes then led the group in ; singing “The Star Spangled Banner.” ’ General Kennedy was introduced by I John A. Holmes, who told the au ; dience that the General had won the 1 Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest military honor, and that he | had served with General Pershing in the first World War. In ojfenibg his remarks, General Kennedjft Who was accompanied by Lt. Vaeder Slice, aide-de-camp, paid tribute to the American Legion, say ing members could always be depend ed upon for cooperation. He told his l hearers that he was delighted to be in Edenton to render the service he was called upon to perform, saying that the people of this section have a I right to be proud of the historical i significance, achievements and type of people produced in this part of 4 North Carolina, where there is to be j found patriotism and a willingness I to sacrifice for freedom and liberty. I “I have come today,” said General V Kennedy, “to pay tribute to such a I man. ‘ bout 12 years ago three small ■ >t together and decided to rule ■ld and make all slaves,” jed the speaker. “Hitler rose ■ : u, ~ower, boasted to the Germans and got them to believe that today he would rule Germany and tomorrow | the world.” The speaker told of the Germans ; over-running country after country until Mussolini decided to reap the fruits of Hitler’s successes and gave France the stab in the back. “They continued to make progress, and the • days were dark,” said General Ken | nedy. “Only England stood between the brutal dictators and the Demo- ‘ I cratic peoples of the world until we 1 were stabbed in the back at Pearl I Harbor by the Japs. American peo .§ pie are patient and long suffering, j i but our policy of a small armed force almost led to disaster. However, (Continued on Page Five) Misses Judy Cozzens And Katherine Deans iGirl Scout Leaders s | Young Ladies Volunteer To Work With Local Scout Group 4 Miss Judy Cozzens, staff aid of the i Edenton USO Club, and Miss Kathe rine Deans, a member of the Edenton ' school faculty, have volunteered as Girl Scout leaders, which fact has boosted interest in the Girl Scouts. The Girl Scouts are sponsored by the Edenton Parent-Teacher Association and, though the idea has been dis | cussed for about a year, little pro jgress has been made due to the fact .■that no one could be secured to take ■over the leadership responsibility. A meeting of the executive commit- X tee of the P. T. A. and the Girl I Scouts committee of the Association ■ was held Friday, at which time it was ■ announced that Misses Cozzens and ■Deans had volunteered as leaders. ! Now, however, the leaders and Girl ! ■Scouts face another problem, which is I ■a handicap to progress of the Girl | ■Scouts in Edenton. It is necessary j ve a room or small building in i P& to meet, therefore, an appeal is [ • J .'or any kind of quarters suit (V .or holding regular meetings. ■Anyone who can furnish a room or ■ small building is asked to contact ■ Mrs. Nathan Dail, president of the ■P. T. A. Her telephone number is ■ 287-W. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Mayor L.H. Haskett Voices Regret Over Marines’Departure Says He Has Always Re ceived Splendid Co operation I With little more time remaining for the Marines to be stationed in Eden ton, Mayor Leroy Haskett on Tues day had the following to say re garding the approaching departure of ! the Leathernecks lyid some members j of the Navy who have been stationed j at the base: j “In the spring of 1943 Edenton Jiad its first Marine to arrive and in a few short weeks we had a good sized group of men, both officers and en listed personnel, and in August- of 1943 the Marine Women Reserves landed in Edenton. From then until this date we have been one large family. At no time have I called on the commanding officer for anything but what he was glad to help us and has at all times cooperated 100 per cent. "We have learned to love them. We have enjoyed having them located here with us, and we regret so very much that they have to move on. As Mayor of Edenton I extend to each ! and every one a special invitation at : any time to come back to Edenton to i I visit with us, or return to live as a : | citizen. We are going to miss them so very much and wish them the very be t of luck, no matter where they g >, and trust it will be very soon that they will be able to return to their respective homes as citizens with the war over. We will always remember them for their good conduct in Eden ton." John A. Kramer New Cashier At Bank Former Bank Examiner Began Duties Mon day Morning On Monday morning of this week John A. Kramer assumed the duties as cashier of the Bank of Edenton. ■ succeeding W. 11. Gardner, who has 1 heen Dromoted to executive vice pres ident, following the recent sudden death of D. M. Warren Mr. Kramer is well qualified for the position, coming here from Ra- Jeigh. where he has been connected with the Banking Department of North Carolina. He has served as a bank examiner for 12 years and be cause of his wide experience in the banking business, directors feel verv fortunate- in securing his services with the local institution. Mr. Kiumer is a native of Elizabeth City and is a cousin of Postmaster C. K. Kramer. He is married and has a son four years old. While the new cashier is acquainted with many Edenton and Chowan County people, he is very anxious to meet and be come acquainted with all who now do business with the bank, or any whq may desire to do so. Cecil Byrum Patient In Norfolk Hospital Cecil Byrum was taken to General Hospital in Norfolk,- Va., Tuesday. He underwent an operation Wednes day. Mr. Byrum was accompanied to Norfolk by his brother and sister in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Byrum. Inspection Os Business Section Early In March Fire Chief and Building Inspector R. K. Hall has announced that he \ will make an inspection of the Eden : ton business district during the first week in March. Chief Hall, therefore. ' requests that all premises be cleaned j up before he makes his visit. BUNCOMBE VISITOR Edward Loftin, member of the House of Representatives, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs.. John F. White over the week-end. Mr. Loftin re presents Buncombe County and ac companied Representative White to Raleigh Monday morning. Ike . Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 22, 1945. j Hero Honored i WILLIS E. NIXON ! Awarded the Bronze Star Meda 1 posthumously, Willis Nixon's mother, * Mrs. Elizabeth Nixon was presented the medal by Brig. Gen. John Ken nedy at a public ceremony held Sat urday morning in the Court House. Nep Fined SSO For Violation Os Jim Crow Law By F. W. Hobbs Milton Chapman and Sister Taken From Bus Saturday So far as The Herald can learn, the first violation of the Jim Crow law in Edenton was tried by Justice of the Peace F. W. Hobbs Saturday. The case developed upon arrival of a Norfolk Southern bus, when it was reported that a Negro passenger re fused to occupy the colored section of the bus. According to the police, Milton Chapman, 24-year-old colored man, and his sister, Beatrice Chapman, 23, j were on their way from New York to j Greenville. The pair sat near the ; front of the bus, where it was neces | sary for white people to stand, while there were some vacant seats in the j rear of the bus. : During the trial, testimony was offered that when the bus driver ask | ed the colored parties to take seats j in the rear of the bus so that white people could be seated. Chapman sar castically replied, “Are we fighting the Civil War over again?” winding up his remarks by saying, “I’m not moving an inch. Period.” The Chapmans, police say, claim Greenville as their home, but the man has lived for the past 12 years in New York. Both defendants entered a plea of guilty and Justice of the Peace Hobbs fined each SSO and costs, but remitted the fine for the girl. Chap man was obliged to pay $59 before proceeding to Greenville. Elizabeth Copeland Resigns As Librarian Accepts Position With Curtiss Publishing Company Miss Elizabeth Copeland has re signed as librarian of the Shepard Pruden Memorial Library, her resig nation going into effect Wednesday. February 28. Miss -Copeland has accepted a posi tion with the Curtis Publishing Com pany of Philadelphia, where she will be connected with the research de partment. The new position offers a splendid opportunity for advancement and, while Miss Copeland says she regrets to leave Edenton, she feels that she could not very well decline the new position offered her. Miss Copeland has been the local librarian for about a year and a half, coming to Edenton from Ahoskie in August, 1943. ’ During her stay here she has displayed her knowledge and efficiency in library work and has won a host of friends who regret to see her leave. No successor had been secured early this week. IMPROVING Mrs. Ernest Hollowell, who has been quite sick for the past month, is gradually improving. Much Activity Is Reflected In Report Red Cross Chapter Mrs. J. N. Pruden i’roud Os Accomplishments During Year OF FI CERS~LIST El) | Many Hours Contiibut ed By Group Volun teer Workers ' i With the Red Cross War Fund ! drive about to get under way, Mrs.! J. N. Pruden, chairman of the Chowan j County Chapter, has prepared a re- j port of the activities of the Chapter! during the past year, as well as the! financial report. Os course, Mrs. Pruden is vitally j interested in and proud of all ac . complidhments, but she places empha . sis on the work of the Home Service, which during the year has rendered service to 603 service men’s families. Besides serving service men and their 1 families who live in Chowan County, the Chapter has served Marines and their families at the U. S. Marine i Corps Air Station. “Service of this ' nature usually necessitates the em ployment of a paid executive secre k tary,” said Mrs. Pruden, “but the ser . vices of the local Chapter’s Home ' Service chairman has been given without salary. All work in every | ( service connected with the Chapter ! has been administered without cost to the Chapter.” The financial report of Mrs. J. W. Davis, treasurer, shows that expendi tures during the year were $2,103, > which were as follows: fi Home Service lj: $1,200.00 ? ! Surgical Dressings 122.00 • i First Aid 12.00 1 Home Nursing _ 26.00 s junior Ked Cross . . ; 120.00 “ Administration ■-_■!.■ 7.00 f I Roll Call 67.50 • Production, including kits 548.50. l > Total $2,103.00 Garments and articles made by vol * I unteer production service from March 1 \ t, 1944, to March 1, 1945, were as ' j follows: ' Filled kit bags for service men going overseas, 576; unfilled kit bags, 232; women’s and children’s gau -5 ments, 214; hospital bedside bags, 70; sewing kits, 65; knitted garments, 65. * The number of hours worked ini 1 making these garments and kits : were 3,064, with 178 workers partiei- ’ • paring. r ’ From January 1. 1944, to January • I, 1945, there were 146,350 surgical j ( dressings made, which required ( 5,021 V 2 hours, which was done by 799 L volunteer workers. It is interesting 1 to note that since the Chapter began . I making surgical dressings in Septem | her, 1942, to January 1, 1945, a total . of 368,070 have been made. To do ' this required 16,967 hours, which , were contributed by 2,325 workers. During the year seven home nurs ing certificates and nine first aid certificates were issued. So that officers of the Chowan j Chapter may be better known, Mrs. J. N. Pruden submitted a list together I with the report of activities. They | are as follows: Chairman, Mrs. J. N. Pruden; vice chairman, W. J. Berryman; treasurer, 1 Mrs. J. W. Davis; secretary, Mrs. S. M. McMullan; chairman of the Dis aster Committee, L. H. Haskett; chairman of Home Service, Miss Elizabeth Moore; chairman of Volun teer Special Services, Mrs. J. H. Con ger; chairman Surgical Dressings, Mrs. W. H. Coffield; chairman Home , Nursing Service, Mrs. D. M. Reeves; chairman First Aid Service, Mrs. J. E. Wood; chairman Nutrition Ser vice, Miss Rebecca Colwell; chairman I Canteen Service, Mrs. T. Wallace Jones; prisoner of war representa i tive, the Rev. H. Freo Surratt; pub -1 licity chairman, J. Edwin Bufflap; f chairman Junior Red Cross, Mrs. , Eleanor Buckley; nurse recruiting , renresentative, Mrs. Gladysteen Pait. Ex-officio members of the Executive 1 Committee include John A. Holmes, ( W. J. Taylor, Geddes Potter, D. F. t Walker and Dr. 0. L. Holley. a— - ■ ■ —— i Charlotte Elliott ECTC > May Court Attendant 1 Miss Charlotte Elliott, daughter of Mrs. Thomas W. Elliott, has been elected to be junior attendant at the May Court to be held at'East Caro b lina Teachers College. Miss Elliott , has also been elected junior college marshal. • Mass Meeting Wednesday Nights Boost Interest In Reaching County’s Quota 11 ; Homeless | Now that the Edenton Girl Scouts have finally secured two leaders, Misses Judy Cozzens and Katherine Deans haling volun teer d to serve in that capacity, the organization faces the handi cap of not having a regular 1 meeting place, which is necessary if the Scouts are to make proper progress. The girls are seeking a room j or small building of some kind in which to meet and carry on other activities connected with Girl Scouting, so that if any person can furnish either, they will be doing the Girl Scouts a great favor by contacting either of the two leaders or Mrs, Nathan Dail. president of the Edenton Parent- Teachers Association, sponsors of the troop of Girl Scouts. Capt Melvin Griffin : Lions Club Speaker ; Expresses Sincere Re gret at Having to Leave Edenton j Captain Melvin F. Griffin, who, on 1 j Monday night attended his last meet ij i?ig of the Edenton Lions Club, prior i i K> leaving Edenton, was the principal , | speaker for the Li oils. Captain G1 ' I fin spoke about a visit.ln.- and bis. J wife made to Germany several years before the outbreak of war. at which , time, he said, one could se ise a feel ing that Hitler’s ambition for power | would not stop in Germany. He told, 'of attending the Olympic games, where all the athletes were required | to pass before him, but that lie was : conspicuous by his absence when -the American athletes passed his booth. During his remarks, Captain Grif fin very feelingly expressed his re gret at being obliged to leave the i local base and Edenton. He was very j j appreciative for the splendid friend- 1 | ship and fellowship enjoyed in the . j club, which he said was typical of the \ j town as a whole, saying both he and j his wife were treated royally and j j that the pleasant associations will be j j vividly remembered throughout the! j remainder of his life. He said that j (the town as a whole had been very; friendly and cooperative with the | base and he expressed the hope that ! the same splendid relations will eon-j tinue when the base is taken over by the Navy. — ] Baptist Missionary ! Society Study Course February 27 And 28 The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Edenton Baptist Church will j have a mission study at the church on February 27 and 28, beginning at 3 ; o’clock each afternoon. The book, j “Epochs of Home Missions,” will be studied. Teachers for the classes are Mrs. ! .1. S. Davis, Mrs. Jesse White, Mrs. j J. Clarence Leary and Mrs. John Senterfitt. All teachers are espec ially urged to attend. Four More Chowan Men Enter Army Four white men left Edenton on Thursday of last week for Fort Bragg, where they were inducted in , to the armed forces, having previous ! ly passed the physical examination. The quartet was composed of Rob [ ert Carlton Privott, Levy Nicholson Toler, Cecil Gilbert Byrum, Jr., and ’ Archie A. Nixon, a transfer from the Portsfouth, Va., board. Mary Goodwin Elected Louisburg May Queen ’ Miss Mary Goodwin, daughter of i Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Goodwin, a stu i dent at Louisburg College, has been ■ elected May Queen of the Louisburg i College student body. The annual 1 1 May Court will be held on the college campus May 5. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers will realize good results. $1.50 Per Year Miss Mary Howard Pre sents Account of Work Done In Pacific QUOTaTs $6,700 Chairman J. Clarence Leary Has Organiza tion Effected J. Clarence Leary, general chair man of the 1945 Red Cross War Fund drive in Chowan County, announced early this week that the campaign for funds will begin Monday, March 5. The county’s quota this year is $6,700, which is slightly less than last year, when the quota was set at $7,800, and which was raised in an up-hill fight. This year, however, Mr. Leary is hopeful that the quota .will be realized in less time. Aside from a large group of can vassers, Mr. Leary is supported by W. H. Gardner and J. H. Conger as chairmen of the initial gifts commit tee and George Hoskins as treasurer. Frank Holmes is publicity chairman for the drive. Geddes Potter ha oeen appointed chairman of the so licitations in the residential section, while West Byrum and Philip Mc | Mullan will be in charge of contribu- I tions in the business section and among the industries. County Agent iC. W. Overman and Miss Rebecca Colwell, home demonstration agent, will handle contributions among the rural sections of the county. Among i the colored people J. B. Small, Negro County agent, will work among his people in the rural sections and in Kdi -fti it Pn>f D. .F. Walker will 1 tie.-W' up the drive. Mr. Potter, on Tuesday, stated that be had 'divided the town into hall', with Mrs. W. H. Coffield in charge of Collections on the west ; side and Mrs, Nathan Dail conducting I the campaign on the east side. Both ladies will name a group of canvass i ers to contact the various homes in an effort to give every person in Edenton an opportunity to make a i contribution, . Impetus to the drive resulted on Wednesday night when a mass meet i ing was held in the Court House, at [ which Miss Mary Howard was the ; principal speaker. Miss Howard has : been in the Pacific for two years and ! she graphically told of the splendid | work done by the Red Cross and how ; it is appreciated by those in the arnt ! ed forces. In announcing the start of the j drive, Chairman Leary said that he I realizes that to reach the goal of (Continued on Page Fivei R. F. Tuttle Again Offering Assistance In Filing Tax Returns Deputy Commissioner at Home Office March 12, 13,14 and 15 R. F. Tuttle, deputy commissioner of the North Carolina Department of Revenue, will be at his office, 105 W’. Queen Street, Edenton, March 1, 13, 14 and 15, to assist those needing assistance in the preparation <*f their State returns of income taxes for the year 1944, as well as other years not accounted for. Office hours will be 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. All married men receiving an in come of $2,000 or more, and all single persons receiving SI,OOO or more, all partnerships and all corporations are required to file returns. A married woman with income of SI,OOO or more, is required to file her return separate from her hus ! band’s. In other words, husband and ; w 'ife cannot file a joint return. All persons, irrespective of a mounts, owning stocks, bonds, notes or mortgages, as well as merchants having accounts receivable on their ' books, are required to file an intan gible tax return. Severe penalties apply to those who fail to file the : necessary returns, whether taxable or ! non-taxable. • Mr. Tuttle will be glad to offer any assistance needed on the above dates.
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