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Volume XII.—Number 9.
NAVY TAKES OVER EDENTON BASE
For Red Cross)
War Fund Drive Which Will Get Under)
Way In Chowan County Monday, March 5
Canvassers Named to
Make Solicitation In
Edenton
READYTO START
i
Chairman and Workers
Hope For Quick Rea
lization of Quota
.) . Clarence Leary, chairman of the |
lied Cross War Fund drive, stated,
early this week that an organization.
..has. been effected and that workers
are in readiness to begin canvassing
for funds next Monday, March |>th.
Canvassers for every section of the
town and county have been named,
and it is hoped that the, entire county
will be solicited. County canvassers
were listed last week.
Geddes Potter; chairman of solici
tations in the residential section, has j
appointed Mrs. YY. 11. ("offield to be
.ip charge of the canvassers on. the;
west side of town, while Mrs. Wal-]
lace. Jones will head up the 'canvass'.!
on the Ast side. Mrs. John laie'
Spruill will be in charge of the can- |
\ ass in North Edenton,
Mrs. Jones has named the follow
trig canvassers for the East side: j
Water St.—Mrs. Richard Goodwin.
Cast side of Oakum St.—Mrs. W. J. j
Daniels. |
West side of Oaku-m St.--Mrs.
Jack Mooney.
South side of Queen St. Mis. Wai- ;
ace Jones.
North side of Queen St. —Mrs. G. I
K. Kramer |
Court St.- Mrs. Marvin Wilson.
Broad St.—Mrs. Wood I’rivott arid i
Mrs. Guy Hobbs.
Eden St.—Mrs. W. I’. Goodwin. j
Church St.—-Mrs. W. G. Brunson. |
King St. —Mrs. A1 Owens and Miss
Mary Arrington Burton.
Mrs. Coffield, for the West side,
has named the following:
Broad St., Hicks to Freemason—
• Mrs. Albert Byrum; Freemason to
Queen, Mrs. J. L. Pettus.
Water St., Broad to Granville, and
King St., Ilroad to Granville—Mrs. J. j
It. Conger.
Eden St., Broad to Granville—Mrs. j
J. Frank White.
Fden St., Granville to Moseley— i
Mrs. Jim Wood.
Queen St.. Broad to Granville. '
north side. Miss Margaret Hines: I
south side, Miss Jessie McMullan. j
Queen St., Granville to Moseley (
and on railroad tracks—Mrs. West |
Byrum.
Church St., Broad to Granville,
South side, Mrs. Elton Forehand;
North side, Mrs. R. 0. Holland.
Church St„ Granville to Moseley—
Miss Jessie McMullan.
Gale St., Broad to GranvilU--Mrs. ,
W. J. Berryman.
Gale St., Moseley to Railroad—Mrs.
John Oliver.
Albemarle St., Broad to Railroad—
Mrs. W. H. Coffield.
Freemason, from Broad west
among white people, Mrs. W. H.
Coffield.
Hicks St., Broad to Railroad, Mrs.
W. H. Coffield.
Granville St.. East side, Mrs. L.
G. Plant; West side, Mrs. M. F.
Bond, Jr.
Moseley St., Church to Water—
Mrs. Fred P. Wood.
Blount St.—Mrs. Chas. Newcomb.
Pembroke Circle Mrs. W. E.
Sweetser.
Mrs. John Lee Spruill’s list of can- 1
vassers include:
Morris Circle—Mrs. T. G. Sheffield
and Mrs. Lloyd Allen.
Cabarrus St.—Mrs. W. C. Moore.
Johnson St.—Mrs. Russell Cobb.
East Side Main St. Second to end —
Miss Mildred Munden.
East Side Main St., Second to Park
Avenue—Mrs. Jesse Wiggins. '
West Side Main St.—Mrs. William i
Sexton.
Virginia Road—Mrs. L. S. Byrum. ;
In the Cotton Mill Village, Mrs. ]
Eva Alexander has charge of solici- 1
tations, her canvassers being as fol
lows:
Office Street—Mrs. Miles Twiddy.
Mill Avenue—Mrs. Jasper Holmes. |
Queen Street—Mrs. Sam Wright, i
Church St.—Mrs. George Holland.
(Continued on Page Six) 1
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
IjFirst Contribution]
Having read in last week’s
! Herald that Mrs. W. H. Coffield
i had been named to direct the
canvass for the Red Cross War
Fund drive on the West side of
Edenton, Mrs. L. V. Marshall
has made the first contribution in
(he drive. Mrs. Marshall, a form
er Edenton resident, but now
living in Suffolk, Va., sent a
$1.(10 bill to Mrs. Coffield Mon
day, requesting it to be placed
among her contributions and, in
her letter, said, “One of the
nicest gifts Claire and I had for
Christmas was a year's subscrip
tion to The Chowan Herald. We
have enjoyed it from the very
first issue so. of course. I am
I able to keep lip with all of your
activities,’’
Mrs. Marshall will be remem
bered by many Kdentonians, hav
ing won many friends while
making Edenton her home.
Hospital Trustees
Meeting Architects
)johii Rowland of Kins
ton at Meeting - Fri
day Night
| Trust of t!,e propost d hospital
. >r Chowan Cpiinfr met Friday night '
with John J. Rowland, architect,
j ftom Kinston. This was the first of
| a series of meetings to be; held with ■
' -v..ri.<ws aehjteets.
Mr. Rowland, who is supervising J
the building of the Roanoke-Chovvan j
Hospital at Ahoskie, showed the plans j
ior that hospital and went into de-;
tail about the various features of a i
modern hospital building, and the!
■ cost of erecting one. Much interest!
was shown by the trustees in Mr.!
Rowland's, plans and remarks.
W; B. Rudolph, of the firm of
j Rudolph, Cooke and Van Leeuwen, of
j Norfolk, Va;, will meet with the board
jof trustees on Friday of this week.
It is hoped that through these meet
lings the trustees will be able to se
! lect an architect who will put the
| building of a hospital into effect as
soon as possible.
OPA Director At j
) Rotary Club Today
Theodore S. Johnson to'
Make Principal Ad
dress Today
Theodore Johnson, OPA District
Director, will be the pricipal speaker
at the Edenton Rotary Club meeting
today (Thursday) in the Parish
House at 1 o’clock. J. G. Campen is
in charge of the program and is de
lighted to have Mr. Johnson speak to
the Rotarians. I
Mr. Johnson, a splendid speaker, is
well-known to some of the members
of the local club, being a former Dis
trict Governor. He will, no doubt,
speak upon some phase of OPA ac
tivities, and President H. A. Campen
urges a 100 per cent attendance.
Baptists Will Observe
Week Os Prayer
The Woman’s Missionary Society of
the Edenton Baptist Church will meet
at the church on Monday afternoon,
March sth, at 3:30 o’clock. The
young people will have charge of the
program, under the direction of Mrs.
Mabel Ruth Senterfitt.
Beginning Tuesday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock, and continuing through
Friday afternoon, there will be a pro
gram each afternoon on Home Mis
sions, observing the March Week of
Prayer. Everyone is urged to at
tend all of these meetings.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 1, 1945.
leaders Os Girl
1 Scouts Appeal To
; Lions For Quarters
Comdr. Thos. J. Robert-j
son Guest of Club on
Monday Night
1 Misses Katherine Doans and Judy !
! Cozzens, who recently volunteered to I
j serve as Girl Scout leaders, were j
■j special guests', of the Edenton Lions 1
( Club at its meeting Monday night.,'
i Both young; ladies spoke briefly dur- j
jug which they asked the help and
cooperation of the Lions in securing I
a room or small building to be used
as Girl Scout headquarters. The ap
peal was referred to' the Boys’ arid
'•Girls’. Committee, of which J. Clar-i
' e.'ice Leary is chairman.
T. G. Sheffield and Commander
j Thomas J. Robertson were guests of
the club, the latter being command
ling officer of the Naval Air Station,
I which up until today was the U. S.
, Marine Corps Air Station. Com-
I inander Robertson said he was de- ■
lighted to be stationed in Edenton, j
' and that the Navy had a big order i
in meeting thr? standards set by the!
Marines, insofar as pleasant relations j
J» ween the base and Edenton is con-|
j cerned. However, he said, there,
should be no reason for a change in !
this pleasant and cooperative spirit j
arid that he will work to the end that j
I tie: same friendliness and pleasant
| relations should continue.
Methodists Change
Church School Hour
At a meeting Monday night of the
Board of Christian Education of the
j Methodist Church, various phases of
| church work were discussed and plans
| were adopted to increase interest and
j activity in the work. As a result of
toe discussion, the hour of the Church
| School was changed from 10 o’clock
to 0:45 Sunday in order to allow for
worship programs, which will be ar
ranged with the assistance of Mrs.
<l. A. Helms.
The various classes Will also or
ganize with officers elected, so that
any business of the class can be trans
, acted before the lesson is taught.
Various other phases of church work
I were also discussed, the meeting be
j ing in charge of John A. Holmes.
| chairman of the Board.
AUXILIARY MEETS FRIDAY
| A meeting of the Auxiliary of Ed
i Bond Post of the American Legion
| will be held Friday evening at 8
o’clock, at the home of Mrs. R. E.
Leary, on Blount Street. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULED j
IN EDENTON ARMORY MARCH 1,2 AND 3
Teams Competing 1 Include Edenton, Columbia,
Creswell, Roper, Chowan, Hobbsville,
Sunbury and Windsor
Beginning today (Thursday) and •
continuing through Saturday, a bas
ketball tournament will be held in
the Edenton Armory, the tournament
being announced early this week by
Tex Lindsay, coach at Edenton High
School. Teams participating in the
tournament will be Edenton, Colum
bia, Creswell, Roper, Chowan, Sun
bury, Hobbsville and Windsor.
Coach Lindsay reports that no lit
tle interest has been aroused in the
various towns, since these teams are
more or less on an equal basis, there
fore, the tournament should be very
interesting. The first game of the
series will begin this (Thursday) af
ternoon at 1 o’clock, when the Eden
ton girls will meet the Columbia
girls. At 2 o’clock Chowan and
Roper girls will meet, and at 3
| White Introduces j
Several Local Bills
! In General Assembly)
Edenton Limits Extend
ed Taking In Hous
ing Project I
SALARIES RAISED
Bill Also Providing For
Levying For Hospital
If Necessary
i ■
j Several local Dills have been intro
; it-ivd in the State Legislature now
•it session by Chowan County’s Re
j presentative, John F. White, one of
Which has already been passed and
! which extends, the corporate, limits of
; E Futon. The extension takes in the
| noy," housing project, on the S. E. •
! Mortis tract along the Suffolk high
; Way, a portion of which was already
j within the city limits. There are 35
j houses- in, the development, and ;
I (ieorn'e Jin dan. who had charge of the
j. project, expressed a desire that it. be,
incorporated long before the houses
••ere completed. On the strength of
lis request * water and sewerage ser
wice were provided by the town, as
well, as other services.
Another bill prefaced by Mr. White
will be introduced today (Thursday),
after coming from a committee hear
ing which calls for the increase in 1
salaries of Town Councilmen, the
j Mayor and members of the Board off
i Public Works. The mayor’s salary,
if the bill passes, will be S2OO an
| mially instead of SIOO, while the
j Councilmen and Board of Public
j Works members Will receive $5 p'er?
I meeting, instead of s2l per year.
; Representative White has also in-
I traduced a bill, which has already
j been passed, empowering the County
j Commissioners to levy not more than
10 cents on the SIOO property valua
tion for operation and maintenance
of the Chowan County Hospital, if the !
need develops. 1
Mr. White also named members of
the Chowan County Board of Educa
tion which includes a new member,
K. G. Blanchard from the Third Town- j
ship. Lloyd Briggs, a member of the
Board, is in the armed forces arid I
though still a member of the Board.
Mr. White added Mr. Blanchard. ;
Other members renamed are T. W.!
Jones, Clyde Privott, Stillman .Leary, j
it. H. HollovveM, Lloyd Briggs and ■
E, G. Blanchard.
Edenton PTA Meets
Tuesday Afternoon j
The Edenton Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation will hold it regular meeting
on Tuesday afternoon, March 6, at
3:30 o’clock, in the High School Li
brary.
All members are urged to attend.
HEAR FROM SONS
Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Jordan of Tyner ;
have received word that their oldest j
son, Sgt. lister Jordan, had taken
part in the invasion of the Philip
pine Islands and that their youngest
son. Pvt. Ralph Jordan, is with the
Seventh Army in France.
' o’clock the Creswell girls will play
Hobbsville. Sunbury drew a tie.
The boys’ games are scheduled to
• begin at 4 o’clock, the first contest
being between Creswell and Roper.
!{ Sunbury and Windsor will play at 5
o’clock, followed by Edenton and
Hobbsville at 6 o’clock, and Chowan
vs. Columbia at 7 o’clock. There will
■ be no games played Thursday night
due to the weekly meeting of the
i State Guard in the Armory.
Winners will play in brackets for
’ the championship of the tournament,
i first team playing the second team,
■ and the third and fourth teams and
so on. Trophies and medals will be
awarded first and seepnd place win-
I ners in the final play-off, which will
take place Saturday night.
Lt.-Col. Henry Lane Turns
Over Air Station To Comdr.
Thos. J. Robertson Today
|_one Way StreetJ
Edenton's Police Department
lias erected a one-way traffic
sign at the corner of Granville
and Eden Streets, which means
that traffic on West Eden Street,
from Broad to Granville, must
enter from Broad Street and that
parking will he allowed only on
the north side of the street.
Town Council, at a recent
meeting, declared only one-way
traffic on this portion of Eden
Street in order to eliminate a
crowded arid serious traffic con
dition caused by a very narrow
thoroughfare, coupled with park
ing and traffic allowed both
ways. I nder the old system, it
was not possible for two ears to
pass at any point where cars
were parked,
The ordinance provides for
SI.OO for any violation.
Comdr. Robertson
i Speaker For Legion
Meeting Scheduled to
Be Held In Court
House March (>
Members of Ed Bond Post of tin-
American Legion will have an uppor
t unity to hear Comdr. Thomas J.
Robertson, new commanding officer
"f the Naval Air Station at Pdenton,
when he will be the principal speaker!
■ at a meeting to be held in the Court
House .on Tuesday night, March 6, at.
S o clock. Comdr. Robertson is him-.
' self a legionnaire, having served in
j the ,\avy during the first World War.
j He will be introduced by Chief Law-!
j retire Fierce of the Shore Patrol,
i J. 1.. (Ibestnutt, commander of the
1 Post, urges every member to be pres- j
! out and extends a cordial invitation]
; to visitors to attend.
.' . t
Murray Byrum Is
• Injured In Action
Edenton Boy Member of
Patton’s Third Army
In Germany
Mr. and Mrs. Graham By rum have
i been notified by the War Depart
ment that one of their sons, Pvt. l
Murray Byrum, has been wounded |
while fighting in Germany, the cas-i
ualty occurring on February 17, i
though the extent of the injury was |
( riot given.
j Pvt. Byrum is a member of the I
318th Infantry of General Patton’s
| Third Army which has been in trie
j thick of the fighting in Germany, j
oung Byrum landed in Germany on j
January 29th and has taken part in j
many tough engagements with the '
enemy.
Pvt. Melvin Griffin
Injured In Germany
Mrs. Melvin Griffin has been noti
fied by the War Department that her
husband, Pvt. Melvin E. Griffin has
been wounded in Germany, where he
was a member of General Patton’s
Third Army.
Pvt. Griffin is now a patient in a
hospital in France.
St. Paul’s Auxiliary
Will Meet March Bth
The Woman’s Auxiliary of St.
Paul’s Church will meet on Thursday
afternoon, March Bth, at 4 o’clock, in
the Parish House. Members will
please take notice that the meeting
is to be held on Thursday instead of
on Monday.
This newspaper is circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers wA
realise good results.
$1.50 Per Year
Marines Have Occupied
Base Since Early Por
tion of 1943
- REGRETJLEAVING
New Commanding Offi
cer Desires Continued
Friendly Relations
What has been known as the U, S
Marine Corps Air Station, located a
j few miles from Edenton, is now the
i Naval Air Station, Edenton, N. C„
• the change taking place today
j (Thursday), when the last contingent
| of Marines left after officially turn
ing the base over to L'ncle Sam’s
' Bluejackets. The last Marine to
• leave the base was. Lieut, Col. Henry
('. 1 -me. who was commanding ol'fj
. cere and I who -transferred' authority as
commanding off.'or to Commander
Thomas J. Robertson,. , who Will be
commanding officer of the station.
For softie, time Marines have beil t
gradually departing, arid on Wed
nesday Col. Lane went to Cherry
Point to report in with his command.
! He returned to the local base today
to officially turn the base over to
j Commander Robertson, after which
i he returned to Cherry Point.
J Work was begun on the Edenton
' ba.-e “arl\ in August, 1942, at which
time it was scheduled to be a glider
However, irefore it was com
pel! . Jans wen changed so that it
ho - designated as a Marine Corps Air
Si .iioii. Early in 1943 Marines be
an arriving and in June of the same
ve.ai Kdentonians got their first
gntujise of a Marine Woman Reserve,
when the young ladies began arriving
at the base in order to release Ma
, ruies tor combat; or more strenuous
duties.
Colonel Zobuioii Hopkins Was the
: first: commanding officer of the base,
i and when he was transferred to the
West Coast and subsequently to the
Pacific, Lieut.-Col. Chester J. Peters
became the commanding officer. Fol
! lowing Col. Peters’ tragic death in a
| plane accident on the night of Octo
| her 4, 194 1. Lieut.-CoL Henry C.
Lam» became the commanding officer
1 until today.
During the Marines’ stay in Kden
toii a .very friendly and cooperative
spirit has prevailed, therefore, the
i -Marines as well as Edenton as a
whole; regret that they must leave,
j Commander Robertson, L'SNR, the
new commanding officer, is a native
of Columbia, South Carolina. He is a
veteran of the .last World War, when
he enlisted in the Navy while a stu
dent at Vale University. After the
war, he resumed, his college career
as \ ale. Before his present enlist
ment in the Naval Reserve, he was
president of the First National Bank
| at Columbia. S. C„ a position he still
j holds.
The new commanding officer re
ceived his flight training at Key
! West and Pensacola, Florida. He is
j married and has two children, a son
i now a student at West Point, and a
j daughter, who is a student at Chat
j ham Hall, Virginia.
Comdr. Robertson has been inform
; ed of the splendid relations existing
i between Edenton people and the Ma-
I fines and expressed the hope that the
| same conditions will continue. He
I told The Herald that, according to
what he has observed and learned
while in Edenton, the Marines have
, set a high mark to shoot at. but that
he saw no reason why the Navy
could not follow in the same foot
steps and that he would direct his ef
forts toward that end.
i Os course, Comdr. Robertson has
■ his own ideas as to the kind of train
ing which will be carried on at the
air station and as to the number of
men who will be stationed here, but
this information could not be re
leased by him.
.. Asked about the housing situation,
Comdr. Robertson said that most of
I the men realize the situation, which
is practically the same near all mili
. tary projects. However, he express
’ ed the hope that homes will become
i available for those already here and
1 those to come later. For families to
’ b® with service men, he said, ma
s terially helps the morale and the men
are better behaved.