mer Edenton Boy
I eriences Thrill On
lie Sam Destroyer
fShip Carrying: Ara
bian King: to Meet
President
Johnston, 18, a
seaman, was a crewman of an
■ic Fleet destroyer that carried
Ibn Saud from the Arabian
t Jiddah to his historical meet
ith President Roosevelt,
reach Jiddah, the destroyer had
is through the Suez Canel into
ed Sea. When the royal party
persons embarked, American
i were treated to a sight rem
it of Biblical times,
luge tent was erected on the
istle, completely covering the
rd gun mount. In it the King
served a banquet for the ship’s
s, and saw the new film “Fight
ady."
:orral for sheep, brought along
pply food for the royal party.
*built on the stem of the ship
g the depth charges.
>ut the dedot- were piled the
nal belonging* at the King’s
ters, household and guards—
rugs, great trunks and stores
ruit and rice. Charcoal fires
kept burning night and day and
eir glow the topside party pre
food and thick Arabian coffee
proved impossible for the ship
>iack out” after sunset. An
ican destroyer resembling noth
o much as an Arabian camp in
lesert was a new experience for
that experienced brand of Am
*s seaman, the destroyer sailor,
mston was graduated from the
ton High School, but his mother
lives in Elizabeth City. His
r, Ralph E. Johnston, is a chief
keeper in the U. S, Navy.
iy More War Bonds
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cannot stav in the blood
to health, there would
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I Burning, scanty or too frequent urina-
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ff iof the kidneys and help them to
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blood. They contain nothing harmful.
Get Doan'* today. Use with confidence.
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DOANS PILLS
NOTICE! j
TO CHOWAN COUNTY |
TAXPAYERS 1
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By order of the Chowan County Commission. I
ers, I will on Monday, May 7,1945, advertise prop- I
erty for sale for 1944 delinquent taxes, the sale I
to be held on Monday, June 4,1945. 1
PAY YOUR TAXES NOW AND SAVE THIS EXTRA f
• EXPENSE AND EMBARRASSMENT f
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J. A. BUNCH j
Sheriff of Chowan County ■'
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The man she loves, Claudette Colbert tells Fred Mac Murray, is sad-eyed
Gil Lamb. But Fred doesn’t believe it and proves his point in ’’Practically
1 Yours” at Taylor Theatre, Edenton, today (Thursday) and Friday.
Mary Goodwin Elected (
To Reign Over May Day i
Festivities At Louisburg 1
Miss Mary Goodwin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Goodwin, has 1
been elected by popular vote to reign
over the May Day festivities at
| Louisburg College on Saturday, May J
5. Miss Goodwin’s maid of honor
will be Vivian Creech of Smithfield
i and she will have 12 court attend- J
ants.
Miss Goodwin has chosen Martha |
Kinie of Liberty and Dorothy Coth
ran of Rougemount as her flower
girls. She has also chosen Sue Eat
man of Middlesex as her crown
bearer. |
The May Day Festival is sponsored
by the Physical Education Club un-!
der the direction of Miss Marjorie
Crisp.
Leon Twiddy Member
Crack Engineer Unit
Pfc. Leon Twiddy is a member of
the Sixth Army Group in France
| which has constructed two of the |
longest Army-built railroad bridges
in France, cleared a lMs-mile blown
up tunnel, rebuilt miles of demolished
railway tracks, all typical of the
large-scale engineering feats of the
344th Engineer Regiment in keeping
pace with U. S. Seventh Army troop*
in General Jacob L. Devers' Sixth
Army Group.
Veterans of 32 months overseas,
these men have done construction .
work in England, Algeria, Italy and j
France. They have built 35 highway ;
and railroad bridges and maintained J
approximately 2,000 miles of road in ;
France.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1945.
1 1 Town Council
!» Proceedings I
Edenton, N. C., April If), 194j>.
j The Town Council met this day in
the Town Office at 8 o’clock P. M. in
regular monthly session. Present,
iL. H. Haskett, Mayor, J. Clarence
I Leary, W. M. Wilkins, W. J. Yates,
iJ. Edwin Bufflap, J. P. Partin and G.
, M. Byrum.
The minutes of the previous meet-
I ing were read and approved.
I On motion duly carried, the Collec
-1 tor is authorized to advertise un
collected taxes the second Monday in
May, the 14th, for sale the second
Monday in June, the 11th.
On motion of J. E. Bufflap, sec
| onded by J. C. Leary, E. & W. bills
amounting to $7,247.53 are ordered
j paid.
On motion of J. P. Partin, second
ed by W. J. Yates, Town bills amount
ing to $719.29 are ordered paid as
follows:
The Texas Go., $88.79; Standard
Oil Co., $40.85; Sinclair Refining
Co., $24.93; The Chowan Herald,
$12.00; Hughes - Holton Hardware
Co., $15.14; Owen G. Dunn Co.,
$45.50; Whirlwind Lawn Mower
Corp., $238.36; Bertie-Chowan Health
(Department, $175.00; E. E. Goodwin,
$5.00; W. H. Bunch’s Garage, $3.85;
Edenton Ice Co., $2.50; lvlenton
Laundry, $3.00; S. Hobowsky, $3.75;
C. B. Mooney & Son, $19.00; A. S.
Smith Co., $6.30; R. K. Hall (salary
firemen), $25.00; N. C. Tel. & Tel
Co., $10.32.
The following resolution was in
troduced bv J C. Leary, seconded by
J. E. Bufflap, and unanimously
adopted:
That for the election of Town of-
I fleers to be held in accordance_ with
i the law on Tuesday, May 8, 1945, the
Registrars and Judges of Election
I and Polling Places shall Ik- as fol
lows : _
First Ward—R. H. Bachman, Reg
istrar, and J. J. Long and H. T. Mil
ler, Judges of Election. Polling
Place, Municipal Building.
Second Ward—o. C. Davis, Regis
trar, and C. T. Poughtie and George
Everett, Judges of Election. Polling
Place, Court House.
Third Ward—L. S. Byrum, Regis
trar, and W. H. Parrish and S. S
Campon, Judges of Election. Polling
Place, W. H. Parrish’s Store. ]
Fourth Ward—W. T. Gordon, Reg* ;
istrar, and R. L. Ward and H. W, j
Layton, Judges of Election. Polling
Place, H. W. Layton’s Store. j
That the Registrars shall keep the f
registration books open for the reg- ,
istration of voters at some conveni
ent place for twenty (20) days jirior
to the said election.
The Town Clerk shall cause a
written notice in the following form
to be posted in each ward of the
Town for twenty (20) days prior to
said election and publish in a news
paper published in the Town of Eden
ton a sufficient number of days to
give due notice:
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the
election for Mayor of the Town of
Edenton and six Councilmen, one
Councilman to be elected from each
I ward of the Town and two to be
elected by the Town at large, a
Treasurer and three members of the
Board of Public Works, will be held
in accordance with law, Tuesday,
May 8, 1945.
The Registrars will keep the
hooks open at some convenient place
for a period of twenty (20) days
prior to said election. All candi
dates for any of the offices above
named are requested to notify the
undersigned Town Clerk on or before
the 27th day of April, 1945, in order
that their names may be printed up
on the ballots.
This the 10th dav of April, 1945.
I R. E. LEARY, Town Cleric.
The Town Clerk is authorized and
directed to have printed necessary
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1 Mouwi iMFOtra. wCSWIi
i .. ■' ttUM »if PtOOfTWia
*lm helping them get what Joe died for! *
Mike and Teny are too young to remember their
fattier.
Joe died In Africa, at Kaaaerina Paaa, in a
battle that already aaema long, long ago . . .
Died for his country—though Joe might
have put it differently. What America meant to
Joe was mostly Mike and Tony: the opportu
nity it meant for his kid*.
A college education. A real start in tha
world, and freedom to grow in.
And they're Doing to have Itl
I’m buying War Bonds—and keeping tham.
Keep FAITH WITH OUR FIOHTFRS
—RUT WAR ROHOS FOR KSUPSI
The Bank of Edenton
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“SAFETY FOR SAVINGS SINCE 1894”
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
ballots to be used in said election
and to provide ballot boxes and other
necessary supplies.
The Mayor is authorized to fill by
appointment vacancies which may
occur in the offices of Registrars and
Judges of Election.
There being no further business,
the Board adjourned.
R. E. LEARY, Clerk.
Edenton, N. C., April 4, 1945.
The Board of Public Works met
this day in the Town office at eight
o'clock P. M. in regular monthly ses
sion. Present, J. H. Conger, chair
man, O. B. Perry and G. B. Potter.
The following bills were examined
and approved for payment for the
month of March, 1945:
N. C. State Board of Health,
I $16.00; Hajoca Corp., $21.07; Mathie-
I son Alkali Works, $16.63; Tower-
Binford Electric Co., $6.50; Noland
I Notice Os Town Election j
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Notice is hereby given that the election for Mayor of the < >
Town of Edenton and six Councilmen, one Councilman to be <►
v r
elected from each ward of the Town and two to be elected by ;;
the Town at large, a Treasurer and three members of the Board J *
of Public Works, will be held in accordance with law, Tuesday, (I
May 8, 1945. That the Registrar and Judges of Election and 2!
Polling Places for each Ward are as follows; 2 I
FIRST WARD; R. H. Bachman, Registrar, and J. J. §
Long and H. T. Miller, Judges of Election. Polling Place, Mu- 22
nicipal Building. 21
SECOND WARD: O. C. Davis, Registrar, and C. T. 2!
Doughtie and George Everett, Judges of Election. Polling I
Place. Court House. y
THIRD WARD: L. S. Byrum, Registrar, and W. H.
Parrish and S. S. Campen, Judges of Election. Polling Place, y
W. H. Parrish’s Store. J [
FOURTH WARD: W. T. Gordon, Registrar, and R. L. \\
Ward and H. W. Layton, Judges of Election. Polling Place, ([
H. W. Layton’s Store. 2!
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The Registrars will keep the books open at some conveni- 21
ent place for a period of twenty (20) days prior to said elec- 21
tion. All candidates for any of the offices above named are re- <>
quested to notify the undersigned, Town Clerk, on or before the <*
27th day of April, 1945, in order that their names may be
printed upon the ballots. j|
This the 10th day of April, 1945. $
R. E. Leary, Town Clerk f
Co., $13.8(1, Mueller Co., $29.68; Tay
lor-Colquitt Go., $1,022.26; McWane
Cast Iron Pipe Co., $637.15; Elec
trical Equipment Co., $975.78; Gray
bar Electric Co., $370.63; Thurston
Motor Lines, 85c; N. S. Bus Corp.,
65c; Byrum Hardware Co., $7.90;
Leary Bros. Storage Co., $30.00; W.
D, Holmes Co., $3.25; R. N. Hines,
$50.00; Chowan Motor Co., $27.70;
Tom Williams, $16.65; Robert Boyce,
$3.00; Russell Chappell, $4.80; Post
master, $10.00; Railway Express
Agency, $1.88; Texas Co., $2.13;
Sinclair Refining Co., $21.45; N. S.
Railway Co., $107.41; Virginia Elec
tric & Power Co., $2,206.50; N. C.
Tel. & Tel. Co., $15.46; general sal
aries paid for month of March,
$1,628.40; total, $7,247.53.
from Collector for current
and merchandise, $7,268.81.
Amount of receipts in excess of
disbursements, $21.28.
R. E. LEARY, Clerk.
They're the safest investment on earth.
I n less than tan years now, I’ll have four dol
lars for every three 1 put in. That'* ae good aa a
33% pay raise! That money will go a long way
to educate the kid*, to establish them in Ufa
the way Joe wanted.
And it’a comforting to know the money's
there, if I need it—againat any emargancy that
may come.
Joe did Ilia part for our children. I’m goinff
to do mine. I’m keeping my War Bonds— and
buying aa many new ones aa I can.
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