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M mtmmm wM h W Omm mi commit mam A tmam hstereed. Volume Colors i "resented At Local Air Station Sunday * iitial Reports In Seventh War Loan Drive Pleases County Chairman Byrum Says It Reflects Trend of County to Again Meet Quota BIG JOB AHEAD Ten Community Chair men Named to Help Sell Bonds Though the Seventh War Loan j drive if only three days old, T. C. 1 Byrum, chairman of the Chowan i County War Finance Committee, on j Tuesday night was greatly encour aged over initial reports coming in from scattered portions of the county. Os course, these reports are far from being complete, but, said Mr. llyrum, it more or less reflects the trend of Chowan County people in the desire to again meet the quota set for the county. Incidentally, The Herald has been in error in previous statements lt'la tive to Chowan’s overall quota. It has been stated that the overall quota was $442,117, when as a matter of fact Mr, Byrum says it is $385,000. Os this amount, as has been stated, the Series K bond quota is $141,000. “1 feel confident that Chowan will again meet its quota in full,” said Mr. Byrum Tuesday of this week. “But to be successful means that some very hard work wilt have to be done by the workers and that t our citizens must realize the tin-1 portative of this particular war loan. All of us will haye to be willing to invest all that we possibly can in • r bonds.” Dr. t'y.rum said that though the in Europe lias been won, the 'gif m the Pacific is far Hum .ed ar.d while reports front the area are encouraging, it is necessary to provide plenty of fighting material which will hasten the end of hos tilities c.hd thus: the saving of many lives. Mr. By rum feeis encouraged With having, the support., of-.a corps of a. corps 1 capable community ; chair men, most of Whom have Had ex perience in previous drives, and who. to- says, are again vitally interested iii meeting the quota. These chairmen are as follows: Hast Edentoll—-M is. J W. Davis. West Kdenton Miss Margaret I 'ruden. Cowpen Neck Mrs. 1,. K. Km miiiizer. \ Kgi.n.a K'oad -Mrs. W'. A. Hat- i lie U: Rocky Hoi k -Mrs. Klhert l’eele. Center. Hill The Rev. Arthur Stephenson. ' liliuer: —Mrs. 0. M. Blanchard. \ eon • Mrs. J. L, Hassell. Among the colored race, County i Agent J. 1». Small wil be in charge: of the drive in the rural section, while in Edenton Prof. D. F. Walker will be ,n charge. Mr. Byruin again emphasized the Series L bond quota of $141,000, which must be purchased by indivi duals. "These are the smaller bonds,” ] It.- said, "and while some people might think that a bond or two of this denomination will make little! difference, it must be remembered j that if many of our people join in the] purchases, it will rapidly mount into { figures of no little consequence.” Mr. By rum on Tuesday did not re lease any figures of sales for the first few days of the drive, and due , to the size of the county’s quota, he urges everybody in the county to con-; sider seriously the need to back the government and then invest as much j . as possible as soon as possible. Dr. W. A. Leggett Now Patient In Hospital ■■ Friends will regret to learn that late last week Dr. W. A. Leggett was admitted as a patient of Park View Hospital in Rocky Mount, where he underwent treatment in the hope of escaping an operation. However, his condition had not improved satisfac torily and on Tuesday night it was learned that he would undergo an operation Wednesday. Cpl. Raymond Ward Vounded In Germany . and Mrs. Frank J. Ward on murday were notified by the War Department that their son, Corporal Raymond Ward, had been seriously wounded in Germany on Apil 30. He is now a patient in a hospital over seas. No other information was fur nished other than his mailing ad dress and the fact that his parents would be informed when it was changed. I THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY To the People of this Community The 7!h War Loan objective is four billion dollars in Series K Bonds. At this time last year American-' had oversubscribed two war loan - /TT~ void 3 quotas, each three billion 3IIV O tll I llYslklYialJ war loans. And yet 11 may be no higher than or even less than the combined amount you invested in bonds in the 4th and sth War Loans. Why should you continue to put every dollar above the cost of the necessities of living into ex tra bonds? 1. Uppermost you owe an obligation to your fighting men and women to back them to the limit as long as any enemy mili tary strength remains. 2. Think about Iwo Jima for a moment sacrifice on the battlefields is still away of life for your rela tives and friends in uniform. 3. The self-interest motive is at a new high. Civilian goods are now scarcer than ever before. Every' dollar you spend for non essentials works for higher prices. THE EDITOR , I . Teachers Guests Rotarians Friday At Parish House W, J. Bundy of Green ville Principal Speaker For Occasion Tomorrow (Friday 1 night the Fden ton. Rotary Club will entertain teach ers of the Edenton school at a ban quet to be held in the Parish House beginning at 7:30 o’clock. Aside : front the teachers, kotary-Annes have ! been invited, so that a goodly number is expected to he present for the occasion. The principal speaker for the af fair will be W. J. Bundy of Green ville. Mr. Bundy at present is senior : grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Masons in North Carolina, and has a reputation for being a delightful af ter-dinner speaker. i In charge of rthe program are C, ; T. Griffin, Richard Baer and John A, ‘ Holmes, R. N. Hines, secretary of the club, has sent postcards to all members of the club in an effort to ascertain how many to prepare for. Lions Club Observes Eighth Anniversary Delightful Affair Held Monday Night With Ladies Present Kdenton Lions on Monday night celebrated their eighth anniversary', which was observed as Ladies’ Night. A very delightful program was ar ranged for the occasion with Neil Hester, of Raleigh, former district governor, as the principal speaker. Mr. Hester w r as in rare form, per forming in his usual after-dinner fashion, but at the conclusion of his remarks became more serious when he emphasized the importance of the Seventh War Loan and urged the generous purchase of war bonds. A dinner, with roast turkey as the principal item, was served, after which the program was carried out under the direction of John Mitch ener as toastmaster. Aside from a good turn-out on the part of members of the Edenton Club, Lions were also present from Williamston, Elizabeth City and Hertford, the latter group including Archie Lane, deputy district gov ernor. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 17, 1945. Baseball Game On Edenton Diamond Friday Afternoon Naval Air Station Out fit Has Won Five Straight Games IN LEA( » IIE Team Reported Better Than Last Year’s Marine Champs Edenton baseball fans will have an opportunity to see the Edenton Naval : Air Station baseball team in action i Friday afternoon at •’> o’clock, when | : the outfit meets the Consolidated Air- | I craft team of Elizabeth City in a | Service League game. . I j The Edenton Air Station team, is j j again this year ill the league, which | I also includes Harvey I’oint, I’atrol ■ I’lane Base, Lighter Than Air Base, Coast Guard and Consolidated Air craft. The Edenton team has hung up an enviable record thus far this sea son, having won all of five ganu> played, two of which were league games. The last victory was a thrilt jer when last Sunday the Edenton ! team won a 12-inning game from Pa trol Plane Base in Elizabeth City 7-5. The local team is said to dte better than last season’s Marines, who won the league championship. It boasts j a number of former big league play ers, among whom are van Etnan, an outfielder formerly with the Colum bus Red Birds of the American As sociation, This chap is setting quite i a pace, having already live circuit clouts to lvis credit. Hatcher is another big league play • or, having been farmed out by the St. Louis Browns. Asirier, one of the members of the squad, played with Utica in the_New Vork State League. Chief. Foster is coach of the team, and though many of the games will, be played on the diamond at the base, arrangements have been made to play I some games on the Edenton diamond I for the benefit of civilians who enjoy the national pastime. B. W. Evans Buys Wilkes Veneer Mill Plant Expected to Be In l Operation In Two e Weeks r ,- ■ ' “ v | 1! Warner Evans on Saturday pm • chased the Wilkes Veneer Mill, locat ed on the northeast corner of Hicks Field, which was sold under a mort ' gage held by the Bank of Edenton. r Mr. Evans has decided to operate the f mill at full capacity and hopes to be A able to he operating in about two weeks. The name of the mill under the , ownership of Mr. Evans will be the ' Edenton Veneer Mill. The plant is • located on town property, the lease f for which will expire in about 18 1 months, so that Mr. Evans’ plans be .) yond that time are indefinite at present. However, if after that I time, the operation of the mill is j satisfactory, he expects to replace i the more or less obsolete machinery ; with more modern equipment and ! operate on a larger scale. I S. R. Cobb, who has had a con- I siderable amount of experience in the mill under the ownership of J. L. Wiggins, has been employed bv Mr. I Evans as superintendent, and will have charge of the operation of the plant. . JOHN HOLMES LEADING All GOVERNORS IN ROTARV WORLD IN NEW CLUBS FORMED I Governor of 189th District Has Five New Clubs to r His Credit, With Three More Now In * Course of Organization According to a report of the ? Rotary Internationa! Extension Committee, John A. Holmes, gov i emnr of the 189th Rotary Dis r trict, is out in first place and j possibly leading all District Governors in the Rotary world. To date Governor Holmes has 5 five new clubs to his credit, with 1 three more now in the course of organization. His record will , be even better than the report 1 from the Extension Committee ' as of April 30, at which time he was credited with only four new clubs. Edenton USD Club Moves Into New | Broad Street Home Building Renovated Fol- j lowing Disastrous Fire Feb. 1 NOT COMPLETE Oakum Street Building- Secured For Colored i USO Club Edentim’s ISO flub is now estao ! lislied in its new quarters at .300 X. 1 ; Broad Street, it has been announced j | by Abe Martin, director of the club. The building, destroyed by fire on ! February 1, has ben completely re | built and renovated and is probably I | better in many respects than it was j before the fire. The old plaster has ■been removed and replaced with new, I and new oak floors cover the old. | February 1, has been completely re ] painted and the building throughout 1 is in excellent condition, , While the new furnishings are not . yet complete, Mr. Martin said the j facilities are sufficient to make them , available to the service men and wo j men while waiting for shipment of additional furniture, drapes and inci ■ dental accessories. i The porch and yard are to have i furniture for seating and games and ■ an out-of-door fireplace will provide t i facilities for barbecues and corn anil ■ | oyster roasts. Out-door game courts ■ I are also to be included. : j A dedication of the building and ; j grounds, together With an open house j to the public will he held in the hear f uture. ■ j The new committee .of'.management j will meet tonight (Thursday t at ,s. 1 r o’clock .at the new club to plan the ' program. Members of the commil . tee of management are: John A. Holmes, chairman; W. W. Byrum, J vice chairman; Mrs. James E. W ood, secretary, Henry Gardner, J. 11. Cou ■ ger, li. \. Hines, W. J. Taylor, Coin mander Thomas J. Robertson. John Habit, Mayor Letov Haskett, Mis. E. N. Elliott, Mrs. B W. Evans, J. I. Chestnutt, J. H. McMullan, John i Mitehener, Jr., Marvin Wilson and J. A. Moore.; The colored Odd Fellows ■ huiiiiing at the corner Os Oakum and Gale streets has been secured for a I SO lor the colored service people: The building will be renovated- and ruin pletely furnished with adequate' fa cilities for recreation and social as ■ fairs. This . club will : be operated as an extension of the present club and an advisory committee of colored people . will be organized to. prov ide volunteers needed to carry on. the club activities. Cancer Drive Meets Quota But Lacks SSOO Goal Set By White J. W. White early this week re ported that while he had not yet reached his goal of SSOO in the can ■ cer drive, he had secured between s $350 and S4OO, which meets the i quota assigned to Chowan County. ; Mr. White was hopeful of getting SSOO and if there are those who wish to make a contribution and have not ! done so, lie will be delighted to re ceive it as soon as possible. Outstanding Orchestra At CPO Club May 19th The Chief Betty Officers’ Club at the Mayal Air Station anticipates a splendid party Saturday night, May 10, when Admiral King’s colored fleet band is scheduled to furnish music. Many from the base, as well as in vited civilians are expected to be on hand to hear this group of musicians. The five clubs organized thus far under Mr. Holmes’ adminis tration are at Fremont. Four Oaks, Warrenton, Milton and Vance boro, the latter club hav ing just received its charter. Four District Governors are tied for second place, each har ing three new clubs to their cre dit. These are Burchard A. Winne, Johnstown. N. Y.; Elliott Dunwood, Macon, Ga.; Samuel G. Gorseiine, Battle Creek, Mich., and Emmor Roberts, Vincetown. N. J. Ed Bond Post Os American Legion Arranging Program In Conjunction With Base Club Women Asked 1 Follow 7x7 Plan In ; Purchasing Bonds. $200,000 Goal For State Demonstration Club Members i ( * During the last war bond drive the 1 t I Federated Club Women, Home Dent- 1 j onstratiori Club women and Nurses 1 Association in North Carolina bought ; and equipped a hospital ship, “The < Larkspur.” It is appropriate that the ] goal for the Seventh Whir Bond drive ] j should be to continue to help care for , I the wounded. ! At a recent meeting of the State | Executive Board the goal of $2.00,000 1 j was set for Home Demonstration Club 1 .j members in North Carolina. This jis equivalent to the investment of f $5.00 for each club woman, the amount needed to care for otic 1 wounded soldier for one day, How j ever, everyone who can. should, foi ‘ low the 7x7 plan: Each home dem onstration club woman investing the , ’ amount necessary to care for a ’sol dier- seven days ($35.0(H in the Sev 1' outli War Loan drive. “Think what this, would mean if;' : every woman in Chowan County ac-' ( . I'epted as her responsibility the. ex- I peii.ses of: one wounded soldier,” says : ♦ Miss Rclietea Colwell, Home .Agent, j who is vice eh: lit inaiV of the Women’s i Division in, Chowan Counf}:. "Let’s' ; make the necessary sacrifices and : roach this goal." - Chnwan County club, women sho itii , tv port sales and purchases of bond.-, to-' Miss Colwell. Edmund Schwarze Elected Commander 1 Local Legion Post; First Veteran of World War II to Head Lo cal Organization At a meeting of Ed Bond Rust of < , the American Legion held last week, j Edmund 11. Schwarze was elected < j commander to succeed J. L. Chest- t mitt .Mr. Schwarze has the distinc- • j tion of being: the first veteran of t IVNorld War II to he commander of ] J the local post, while another World 1 j War II veteran, W illiam S. Elliott, t i was elected second vice commander, t The principal speaker at the meeting t was Lieut, Cotndr. K. ('. Huffman of {I the Edenton Naval Air Station, whose remarks had to do with aviation. ‘ Officers elected and who Will be in- i ■ stalled at the first meeting lit July, | were: , Edmund B. Schwarze, commander; j Shelton Moore, first vice commander; ] William S. Elliott, second vice com- I mander; W. J. Yates,, third vice com ' mander; J. W. White, adjutant and : finance officer; John A. Holmes, ser- j j vice officer; J. L. Chestnutt, assist-! i ant service officer; Robert L. Ihatt, sergeant-at-arms; W. C. Bunch, 1 chaplain. ! T. C. Byrum was elected chairman ! of the delegates to the Legion Con j vent ion and Edmund Schwarze, sec retary. West Byrum was also elect- ( etl a delegate, with W. J. Yates, J. W. | White and Willis McClenny, alter- ! i nates. Scouts Return From Edenhouse Camporee^ It was a happy group of Boy Scouts : who returned Sunday from Eden- ' house Beach, where a camporee was ] held over the week-end. A number ] of parents of the boys visited them Sunday and were delighted to see how the Scouts operated the camp and enjoyed the various activities. JOHN A. KRAMER IN HOSPITAL i John A. Kramer, cashier of the Bank of Edenton, was suddenly stricken with an attack of appendici tis Thursday of last week, when he ] was rushed to the Albemarle Hos pital in Elizabeth City. He was im- ' mediately operated upon, and accord ing to latest reports he is making ] satisfactory' progress. This newspaper is circu lated im tht territory when Advertisers eM realiss good results. $1.50 Per Year Huge Air Show at 4 O’clock Feature of Program GATES~OPEN 2:30 For Second Time Public Will Have Access to Edenton Station Another gala day is in store for Edenton and surrounding territory next Sunday, May 20, when Ed Bond Post, No, 40, of the American Legion will present colors to the Edenton Naval Air Station. For the occasion Comdr. Thomas J. Robertson will al low the base to be open to the pub lic, which will, no doubt, attract a large crowd. It will be remembered that when the local Legionnaires presented col ors to the base when it was a Marine Corps Air Station, the crowd in at tendance far exceeded all expecta tions of the Legionnaires and officials of the Marine Corps. The gates to the base will be open to the public from 2:30 to 5 o'clock, with all visitors requested to be off the base by fi o’clock. According to the program its ar ranged jointly by the Legionnaires and officials of the Air Station, a band concert will be held from 3:15 to 3:3U by the Norfolk Naval Band, and presentation of the colors wilt follow .-from 3:311 to 4 o’clock. A fea ture of the afternoon will be a huge air show, which’ w ill take place im mediately after the presentation of the flags, which will include beauti ful. American and Navy flags. (jovemoi U. Gregg. Cherry, Con gressman Herbert Bonner and high ranking naval officials of the Fifth Xij.ta! . District, have beeii invited to lit- present, so. that the. affair prom ises to lie even .more outstanding than tlte one held for the Marines on 'Sunday. April, it. 1 !*4l. when an esti mated crowd ut lIJKHi witnessed the pi esen tat ion of colors and took ad vantage of tin first time the Edenton base was opened to the public. During tlie afternoon the swim ming pool anil recreation hall will be open to the public. Barking facili ties will be arranged with guides and the Medical Department standing by in case any emergency arises. Ed Bond Bust has had the colors for some time, the presentation be ing held up pending a convenient date for high ranking naval officials to. attend. Only late last week it de veloped that next Sunday would be the most, convenient date, so that preparations for the affair were hur riedly put .in motion, and Legion naires are hopeful that again many will be on hand for the occasion and enjoy the hospitality offered by of ficials at the Air Station. Baptist Missionary Union Will Meet In Edenton Bn May 24 Dr. Arthur L. Gillespie, Missionary, Schedul ed to Speak The Woman’s Missionary Union of Chowan County will meet in the Edenton Baptist Church Thursday, May 24, beginning at 10:30 o’clock in the morning. The theme of the meet ing will be “Christian Stewardship.” The address of welcome will be made by Mrs. R. R. Hollowell, With Mrs. W. M. Dale making the re sponse. The devotional will be con ducted by Mrs. A. D. Ward, followed with a solo by Betty Cole Bateman,. “Our Watchword” will be given by Mrs. T. Sloans Guy, which will be fallowed by a quartet number, “Bring Ye All the Tithes Into the Store house.” The feature of this session will be an address by Dr. Arthur L. Gillespie, who has been a missionary to China for 13 years. Mrs. J. T. Senterfitt will lead the devotional for the afternoon session, which will begin at 2 o’clock. An ad dress will be delivered by Mrs. W. E. White, with special music and a pageant to be presented by Edenton young people.
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