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A group of Navy personnel rescued from the Jap prison camp of Cabanatuan In the Philippines, after three
years or suffering. Your heavier purchase of War Bonds in the Mighty 7th War Loan opening May 14 will
help rescue many more American prisoners. From U.S. Trctsurr
Beer Dealers Warned
To Operate Places
In Proper Manner
Advisory Group Is Ap
pointed to Work With
Col. Edgar Bain
Retail ; beef dealers of t'lvmv.m |
iiity heard a frank discussion of
er operation of establishment- at
,; ~*i eeting held in the Court House
,ay afternoon, when Col. Edgar
.1, Bain of (loldshoro, state director
of the North Carolina Comtni;
I'niter) States Brewers’ Kouudaii n,
Minced no words in saying that !.is
organization, intended to do all: io its
power r. tile interest of decent re
tailing of beer.
Co|. Bain likened retail beer opet
ators t< a hag of apples containing
one rotten apple, which in course of
11m,v would affect all of the apples in
a hag if not removed. In such cases
the, "rotten apple” in iieer establish
incuts, will he removed, for Ire. made
i: plain that if any place is not op
crated las it should be, the supply of
t - , r can very easily he cut off.
Co), Bain said he regretted to hear I
• t 'ai! bei r establishments ..'referred to
a- ‘beer joint's.” He said he was vit
ally interested in them being called
*' ~er parlors” as they should he if
p i erly operated. "
Ita.' iig his .remarks Col. Bain
asked hr v many of the beer dealers .
belong'd! to the Chamber of Com -.
pierce. Only one hand went up,
vhu h prompted the remark that
a lyoiie,'doing business here and who :
is not in sympathy with the Cham
ber l*f Commerce and being a mem-:
b i. was hot fit to be in business. -
Since the meeting, Col. Bain has
|; a inounced that county retail beer ;
d alers have named an advisory
committee to work with the North j
Carolina Committee - United States (
Brewers’ Foundation.
The committee is composed of
John Habit, A E. Byrum and Quin- j
ton Bass.
Local Rotarians Will
Elect Officers Today
■ v
Entire Membership of
Club Placed In Nom
ination
1 i
Rotarians at their meeting today ;
(Thursday) will elect officers and di- |
rectors for the fiscal year which will i
begin July 1. At last week’s meet
ing the entire membership was,
placed in nomination, so that any
member of the club is eligible for
"V of the offices. Though elected'
fy, the new officers will not be
died until July 1, the election'
ng place so far in advance in or
j<r to allow the new .president and!
secretary to attend the Rotary As
sembly, where much information and ,
instruction is given to incoming
presidents and secretaries.
H. A. Campen is president of the
club at present and has enjoyed a
very successful year thus far. He Is
very anxious to have every Rotarian
| present at today’s meeting in order
■ to participate in the important busi -
ness of electing officers.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC EXAMINATIONS IN
CHOWAN SCHEDULED APRL 27 TO JUNE 11
Parents to Take
Children to Nearest
Clinic
According to an announcement I
made Tuesday by the local Health
Department, pre-school clinic exam-,
illation- will be, held in < howan ■
County beginning Friday, April 2 1 .
until June 1.
The recent State-wide . vjniopi'ng j
cough law requires every school child
entering the first grade this year t"
produce a certificate of immunity
either having had the disease or the.
vaccine. \ cilia I piool lor the toriuer
will !•■ aeeepted but written certifi
cate.- signed by a physician ".ill be
nece.-, ary for tin* latter.
All vn.cilia! oils and imniuniza
tiuii- are free, including w looping
yt:U;.'li.
The State Board authorities are
advocating whooping cough vaccine
to hi' :• iw'ii infants front one month
of age oil and each year following a
booster shot, sinee 60 per cent of
all whooping cough deaths occur un
der one year of age. By protecting
all children and especially those be
tween one month and nine years, a re
ductiun of the incidence will j greatly
reduce exposure to small infants who
so often have a fatal outcome.
Parents of children are urged to
take their children to these pre- j
school clinics and di-cu-s. with their
doctor tiiti findings. A physical de
fect puts a child at .a disadvantage
with Ins schoolmates: To neglect it
is to neglect the most important part
of his preparation for school.
Anyone desiring immunization tor;
their younger children may take!
them to the pre-school clinic in their j
vicinity, The schedule as arranged
follows:
Edenton High School—April 27.
from 9 to 12 A. M.
Rocky Hock Central School—May
4, from 9:30 to 10:15 A. M.
Chowan High School (club house)—
May 4, from 10:30 to 12:30 A. M.
St. John’s School —May 11, at
9:30 A. M.
Triangle School—Mav 11, at 11:30!
A. M.
Edenton Colored School and at the |
Episcopal Kindergarten on East
Church Street—Mav 18, at 9:30
A. M.
Virginia Fork School—May 18, at
10:45 A. M.
Rvan’s Grove School—May 18, at
11:30 A. M.
Warren’s Grove School—May 25,
at 9:30 A. M.
Green Hall School—May 25, at
10:30 A. At.
Center Hill School—May 25, at
11:30 A. M.
White Oak School—-June 1, at 9:30
A. M.
Hudson Grove School—June 1, at
11 A. M.
Britts School—-June 4, at 12 noon.
FIREMEN CALLED OUT
Edenton’s Fire Department was
called out Monday afternoon when a
fire threatened to break out in the
apartment of Lloyd Bunch on East
Queen Street. An oil heater in the
bath room flared up, and while the
house was filled with smoke, no dam
age was caused by fire.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. West Leary,
on Monday night, April 23, at their
home, a daughter.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 26, 1945.
Navy Chaplain At
Local Presbyterian
Church On Sunday
The Rev. Thomas Hun-;
ter Will Preach at
11 A. M.
The Rev. I>. t . Crawford. Jr., pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church, an-.:
miunced Tuesday that Navy Chaplain ;
Thomas 11. Hunter of Johnstown,
Pa., a minister in the Presbyterian
t’huiX'l), I . S. A., will preach in the'
local Presbjterian Church on Fast
Queen Street next Sunday morning
al t 1 o’clock.
The Rev. Mr. Hunter is now sta
tioned temporarily at the Edenton
Naval Air Station, lie is a graduate |
of the McCormick Theological Sent- j
inary of Chicago, and is. now com- j
: pleti.ng his indoctrination training at.'
[the Chaplains’ School at Williams
burg, Va.
The public, is cordially invited to
:.attend the service.
Pfc Erie Forehand
Killed In Germany
Chowan County Boy a
Member of Patton’s
Third Army
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Forehand have
been officially notified by the War
Department that their son, Pfc. Erie
Forehand was killed in action in
Germany on March 28. He was 26
years old and was a member of the
infantry in General George Patton’s
j Third Army.
| Pfc. Forehand entered the Army
j October 6, 1941, having served three
years and six months when he lost
his life. He spent 26 months in the j
Bermuda Islands and then returned
to the States, where he was subse
quently stationed at Camp Pickett,
Va.. and Camp Butnor, N. C., going
overseas again in January of this I
year. .
Mr. and Mrs. Forehand have an- f
I other son in the service, Sgt. San
i ford Forehand, who is with the Ninth
Army now in Germany. Both sons
spent Christmas at home with their
parents.
Infantryman’s Badge
Given Jesse Copeland
Private Jesse E. Copeland, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Copeland, Route
3, has been awarded the Combat In
fantryman’s Badge for gallant per
formance of duty in ground combat
against Hie enemy.
Private Copeland is fighting with
the Black Panther Division, one of
the Allied units battling 60,000 Ger
mans in the French Atlantic port
cities of Lorient and St. Nazaire. He
is a member of the 66th Infantry
Division.
Aircraft Observers
Get Certificates For
Honorable Service
Officials High In Praise
of Loyalty and Sacri
fice of Volunteers
Volunteers in the Aircraft Warning l
Service in Chowan County last week
received attractive Certificates of
Honorable Service, which were award
ed by the Aircraft Warning Service
of the Army Air Forces First Fight
er Command. The certificate is a
testimonial of loyal and faithful vol
unteer service and certifies Unit the.
recipients are members of the Army
\ir Forces Aircraft Warning Service,
Reserve. The certificates were issued
a. Mitchell Field, Now Vol k, and are •
signed by Col. Stewart W. Towle, Jr.,
commanding officer of the Air Corps.
Accompanying each certificate was a
letter from Henry i,. Stimson, Secre
tary of War, in which he in part said:
“The aircraft warning centers, at
which so many of \ou have served :
and to which so many others have re
ported as ground observers, are
closed The Aircraft Warning Ser
vice, on a reduced scale, will be ab
i sorbed into installations used for the j
I training of fighter pilots. The re
”, -suiting savings in military personnel
• and equipment will he substantial.
“This does not mean that the War
| Department is of the opinion that all
j danger of enemy bombing has pass- j
i ed. On the contrary, a small-scale j
! sneak raid is still within the eapa- j
bilities of our enemies. We must
win this war in Europe and Asia,
I however, and the calculated risk we
are assuming in reducing our air de- j
sense measures is justified by the of
fensive power we will thereby re
! lease.
“This war has a long way to go.
We are only just entering upon its
; crucial phase and victory lies far
ahead beyond many Id iy battles.
flit* War Department sincerely hopes
i that you will not relax your war es
, fort, and urges that you transfer to
one of the many remaining vitally
important jobs the loyalty and self
sacrifice you have shown in your
work for the Aircraft Warning Ser
vice.
“The War Department is deeply
grateful for the important service
you have rendered your country.”
"It has been almost two and one
half years since that Sunday in 1941
! when t housamls of. pat ri<>t i< A hieri -
1 cans sprang to the defense of their
: country by manning round-the-clock
watches at observation posts, filter
I centers and information center.-."!
■ said Col. Towle, “ft .is my convic
tion that there never existed a morn
: sincere and loyal group of Americans
[ than those, who volunteered' for this
1 work.
"\ ou have done a splendid job and
have successfully accomplished your
particular mission which must now]
be terminated because of the develop- j
; meats of our strategic situation. |
Now with the war almost entirely in";
j its offensive phase. I hope: and. be- |
i iieve that you will turn your patriotic
I efforts into other forms of work j
! which will help to support the attack
I and bring the day of victory nearer.” '
Lt. Col. Charles A. Gayle of the j
I Air Corps had this to say regarding
I the volunteer observers:
“Although there is no yardstick 1
with which the value of the services !
of ground observers can be measured,
you should certainly feel proud of
the knowledge that this nation has
not been Subjected to aerial bom
bardment. It is not unlikely that
the enemy’s knowledge of the exist
ence of our warning service was a
great deterring factor. That many
lives were saved by the vigilance and
quick action of alert observers, and
that the training of fighter pilots
was advanced through the efforts of
I observers are in themselves contribu
tions of inestimable value.”
Rev. D. C. Crawford
Repeats Address On
Juvenile Delinquency
The Edenton Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation will hold its final meeting of
the school year on Tuesday after
noon, May 1. The meeting will be
held in the High School Library at
3:30 o’clock. At this meeting officers
for 1945-1946 will be elected and in
stalled.
The Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr., pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church, has
consented to repeat the talk on
“Juvenile Delinquency,” which he
made a few weeks ago to the St.
Paul’s Auxiliary. Everyone who
heard this talk was impressed by its
timeliness and it is hoped that many
of the PTA members will take ad
vantage of the opportunity zt hear
ing it.
Chowan County’s Overall
Quota Seventh War Loan
Drive Is Set At $442,147
Coveted Assignment
Given Nelson Powell
Stationed In Rome
Edenton Girl Red Cross
Staff Assistant at
Corso Club
According to a story sent from the
American Rod .Cross in Italy, when
M ss Nelson Powell of Edenton ar- ,
i lied in Italy this month to begin her .
: oversells duties with tile American (
Red Cross, she had no idea that she
I would draw the most coveted assign- (
oient in this theater, being stationed ,
|in Rome. And if someone had told
her that two weeks later she would
on having lunch j with Ambassador 1 ,
1 Alexander C. Kirk and Edward J.
Flynn, she would never have believed :
it. But this is . war and anything
car. happen -and usually does.
Nelson is a Red Cross staff assist
rant at the Corso Club, which is the j
i largest American Red Cross club in
j the Mediterranean theater, Formerly j
j the Ruspoli palace, the club, which
j Was built during the tilth century,
: boasts a theater which seats 1,200
] soldiers, a bath house with JO tubs
and showers, and 40 rooms devoted to
music, books, games, four snack bars
and a ballroom for dancing.
Hast week she and a dozen Ameri
can soldiers were invited to be the
. luncheon guests of Ambassador Kirk.
Guest of honor for the occasion was
Edward .1. Flynn, who was in Rome
at that time on business for the late
President Roosevelt.
It is not unusual foi Ambassador
Kirk to invite soldier- and Red Cross
girl- for luneh or dinner. However, ,
the experience was definitely an no
usual one for Nelson, who has been
walking on. air for a week ,
Miss Powell is a daughter of Dr ,
and Mis. J A. Powell
<
Five Negroes Guilty
Os Bootleg Charges
Arrests and Convictions |
Follow Investigation
Os ABC Agents
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Five local -Negroes were found <
i guilty in Recorder’s Court Friday of I
; bootlegging, the group being, round
ied up last week by Chief of Police .[
J, R. Tanner arid Sgt. George 1. Dail j
j of the State Highway Patrol, follow- '
j frig recent investigations by State,
I ABC agents. i :
Charles, alias “Rabbit” White was i
found guilty on three charges. Judge
Marvin Wilson sentencing him to 12
j months on the roads, suspended upon':
j payment of SSO and costs and being
j placed on probation for five years. j
Jeff Williams and Walter Lewis. •
alias “Big Time Shorty” Lewis were
found guilty on two charges, both
being sentenced to 12 months on the
roads, which was suspended upon
payment of SSO and costs and placed
on probation for five years.
Will White and Ferdinand Booth ,
both faced one charge and were sen- ;
fenced to six months on the roads. ;
suspended upon payment of $25 and •
costs and placed on probation for
three years.
Chief Petty Officers’
Club Opens At Base
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Members of Town Council, the '
) Board of Public Works, their wives ■
! and a number of other invited civ
ilians were guests of the Chief Petty
Officers Club which was formally
opened Saturday night at the Naval j
Air Station.
The feature of the evening was
music furnished by a Naval orchestra
from Norfolk, which included some
musicians who before they entered
the service were members of some
of the nation’s most outstanding
bands. The affair began at 9:30
o’clock and continued until midnight,
during which the service people as
well as civilians had a very enjoy
able time.
ATTENDING CONSISTORY
H. A. Campen and Richard Baer
left Edenton Tuesday morning for
New Bern, where they are attending
the Spring Reunion of the Scottish
Rite Consistory.
This news pa far it circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers win
realise good results.
$1.50 Per Year
Preliminary Plans Dis
cussed at Meeting-
Saturday
OPENS MAY 14
Bonds Purchased Until
■ Then Count Toward
County’s Quota
Saturday morning at 11 o’clock T.
C. Ryruni, who succeeds the late J.
G'. Campen as chairman of the Cho
wan County War Finance Commit
tee, and VY. H. Gardner, who is the
successor of the late D. M. Warren
as vice chairman, met with co-chair
men of former War Loan drives in
an effort to lay preliminary plans
for the Seventh War Loan drive in
Chowan County. .
The. meeting was held in the direc
tors' room at the Bank of Edenton
and present for the occasion was W.
H. Woodard of Greenville, chairman
of Region 1, who offered informa
tion relative to the drive.
Mr. Byrum has announced Chowan
County’s overall quota in the drive
jas being $385,00(1, of which amount
the Series E Bond quota is $141,000.
The latter figure is far above the in
dividual quota in any of the previous
War Loan drives. In the Sixth War
Loan, Chowan’s overall quota was
$348,000, of which $94,000 was set as
the E Bond quota. Final figures sub
mitted by Mr. Campen before lie died
showed that overall sales totaled
$442,147. while F Bond sale.- amount
ed to $109,425. So that the overall
quota was oversubscribed by $94,147
and purchases of F Ronds went
$28,425 above the quota:
The drive will officially start Mon
day . May 14, but All*. Byrum says all
bonds purchased from now until the
Start of the drive will count in the
quota.
Both Air. Byrum and Mr. Gardner
sense a distinct loss in the sudden
death ol All Campen and .Mi. Warren
since tlie Sixth War Loan, for both
contributed much of their time and
energy in the various loans, and in
fact they practically single-handedly
set up the machinery for and con
ducted the various drives. However,
both the new chairman and vice
chairman realize the importance of
the forthcoming Seventh War Loan
ami the necessity for Chowan County
to meet its quota m both classes of
bond.-. They plan, therefore, til fol
luu similar lines adopted by their
predecessors and, of course, will ap
peal to all workers in former drives
to again help in raising the county’s
quota. Every quota has thus far
been met. and it is the hiqie that, de
spite the size "f thy amount to be
raised, the county will maintain its
perfect record.
In this Seventh War Loan the
Government is asking the largest
sum in investments by individuals in
the history of America, so that Cho
wan. like all other counties, has an
increased F bond quota. The quota
for the nation is fourteen billion dol
lars, of which amount seven billion
dollars, or half, is the amount set up
to be raised by E Bond purchases,
Clarence Leary Given
Certificate Os Honor
Presented For Distin
guished Achievement
In War Fund Drive
Mrs. J. X. I’ruden, chairman of the
'Chowan County Red Cross Chapter,
early this week received an attractive
Certificate of Honor which is to be
awarded J. Clarence Leary by the
American National Red Cross for dis
tinguished achievement in the 1945
War Fund drive.
The certificate is signed by Basil
O’Connor, chairman of the American
Red Cross, and O. M. Chester, na
tional chairman of the 1945 Red
Cross War Fund.
Mrs. I’ruden has already presented
the certificate to Mr. Iz»ary, who
modestly stated that it was not he,
but the people generally in Chowan
County who made the 1945 drive such
a splendid success.
“We are glad, indeed, to attach a
Certificate of Honor recognizing the
distinguished achievement of your
War Fund chairman in leading your
chapter toward the attainment of its
1945 War Fund goal,” wrote Francis
P. Simerville, regional director of the
Southeastern Area, in sending the
certificate to Mrs. Pruden