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Volume Xll.—Numfyc- 23.
Foursquare Is Urged
By Dr. J. Hemrt Miller
Speaking To 1940 Seniors
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Says World Now Is In
Mess Due to Lack of
Thinking'
40 GRADUATES
Final Exercise of Com
mencement Friday
Night
Taking his text from the 16th
verse of the 21st chapter of Reveia- i
tion, “and the city lay foursquare”,;
the Rev, J. Herbert Miller, district j
superintendent of the Elizabeth City:
District of the Methodist Church, ur- !
ged members of the graduating class j
of Edenton High School to live a i
foursquare life in his baccalaureate!
sermon delivered Sunday night in the j
school auditorium.
Despite a very warm night, the
service was well attended. The sen-|
iors occupied the front seats dressed j
in caps and gowns, while on the stage
were members of the Baptist Church !
Choir, who rendered several numbers
under the direction of Mrs. M. A. I
Hughes. Miss Agnes Chappell play- |
ed the piano. The Rev. Harold Gil- i
mer, rector of St. Paul’s Church, of
fered prayer and the Rev. E. L.
Wells, pastor of the Baptist Church,
read the Scripture lesson.
The Edenton High School sextet
also sang two numbers, the group
being composed of Charlotte Bunch,
Beverly Moore, Joyce Harrell, Betsy
Goodwin, Nolle Perry and Dorothy
Chestnutt.
“Life is the greatest thing in the j
world,” said the speaker, “for life is i
the sum and Substance of all things, j
Many people are just existing, but'
there is a vast difference between |
living and existing. This is what the
school has been endeavoring to bring \
before you in your four years as!
high school students. Life should be
foursquare, a symbol of beauty, sym
metry and completeness.
"Life is measured by the ability to
think;-.for as a person thinks he dis
tinguishes himself, life is enriched
and influences reach out into tin
world. Mail’s head was not made
for a hat rack, hut to think. Clear
thinking is one of the greatest needs :
of the world today, for it is necessary
to detect falsehoods from truth, and
only the man able to think will not be j
deceived. Clear thinking is needed to
discriminate between essential and
non-essential things in the world and
tq solve the great problems confront- (
ing the world. The world now-is in a
mess : which was brought about by i
failure of people to think for them- |
s>vives, but being guided by selfish |
motives of others. The world is
waiting' for such as you graduates j
who have the ability to think.
“The foursquare life includes the
ability to feel, upon which depends the !
ability to love. Many problems of j
the world are caused by lack of love,
ior love will take away petty jeal
ousies. The richest and fullest life]
ever known was Jesus Christ’s, for.
he loved everybody When we are t
able to love, then we will know some- t
thing about feeling.
“Then we must have the ability to j
act. Noble actions make character, I
and we must act by honest emotions.
Character is necessary for a success
ful life, but you yourselves must de
cide by what standards you will live.
"You must possess the ability to
have faith, an unshakeable and abid
ing faith in God. The thing that
brings men into fellowship with God
is faith. Many things cannot be de
monstrated or explained. Some
things you must accept and believe,
and unless you do, life will not be
full and complete. Unless your faith
is anchored in God, you will be swept
away, so I urge you to have faith in
God and trust him.”
In summing up his remarks, the j
Rev. Mr. Miller said if the ability to I
think, to feel, to act and to trust God ,
is realized, the graduates will have a
foursquare life comparable to the
words of the text.
There are 40 members of this
year’s graduating class, of which
Carolyn Elliott is valedictorian and
Magdalene Downing is salutatorian.
Members of the graduating class
include:
Helen Joyce Allen, Rosa Wilma
Asbell, Barbara Frances Barrow, Ar
tie White Bass, John Paul Bass, Lula
Bonham Bordeaux, Joyce Elliott
Brunson, Mary Leora Bunch, Lillian
Forehand Byrum, Roy Spencer Cay
ton. Bertha Virginia Crummey, Ro
bert Linwood Dail, Martha Magdalene
Downing, Carolyn Lee , Elliott,
Catherine Louise Francis, Elizabeth
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWMPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
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_Want Your Dog?J
Beginning Monday, June 11, '
Edenton police will begin a cam
paign to eliminate many unde
-1 sirable dogs which now roam the j
streets. Some of these dogs are
vicious and diseased and not only
jeopardize desirable dogs but citi
zens as well, so that some dras
tic action is necessary to remedy i
the situation.
For that reason, for a period
of two weeks owners who want
their dogs are requested to keep
j them tied or penned up in order
to escape the officers, who will
pick up stray dogs and proceed
to dispose of them.
{Unique Display In ]
| Rose’s Window To
j Help Sell Bonds
j
Plaque Carries Names 1
Os 19 Who Have Giv
‘ en Their Lives
No little interest is shown in the
window display at Rose’s 5-10-25 c i
Store which has for its purpose stim- ;
ulating purchase of war bonds in the j
Seventh War Loan. The display is j
) very attractive, including souvenirs
of the present conflict as well as
I appealing layouts which should stress '
the importance of purchasing bonus.
Among them is a miniature bowling
alley with Mussolini and Hitler pins j
i knocked down. The Jap pin remains
1 standing with the wording “Two down
and one to go.”
In the window, too, appears a min
iature plaque bearing the names of
those from Chowan County who have i
given their lives in the present con
flict. These include:
Marvin if Alexander, Louis A:
Bass, Woodrow Berry, Rochelle
Blanchard, Eisbury Chappell, William \
i 1. Cozzens, Jr., Herbert W. Dail, Jr..
Erie Forehand, Herbert Gray, Ed j
Habit, Jr., William Murriell Hurdle, ,
Charles M. Jernigan, Willis Edward
, Nixon, Alvin B, Parks, J. Lester I
Perry, Edward R. Stokley, Woodson j
Tetterton, George Major White and j
Shelton White.
Chaplain R. A. Egan
And Sgt 0. C. Long
| Speak For Legion
Returned Artilleryman
Says Hard Fight
With Japs
| Legionnaires and a few visitors
enjoyed addresses by Chaplain R. A.
Egan and Sgt. 0. C. Long at the
meeting of Ed Bond Post in the
Court House Tuesday night.
Chaplain Egan very interestingly
told of the duties and problems en
countered in the chaplaincy, while
Sgt. Long, who only recently returned
home from 44 months overseas, told
some of his experiences in the Pa
cific. He told his hearers that it was
no need to have the idea that the war
with Japan is an easy one and that
it will take still more hard fighting
to subdue them.
W. J. Taylor, Jr., Goes
To Brevard To Take
Aquatic Instruction
W. J. Taylor, Jr., left Tuesday for
the American Red Cross National
Aquatic School at Camp Carolina,
Brevard, where he will, take an in
structor’s course in swimming and
life saving. Upon completion of
these courses he will teach them in
the annual Red Cross swimming and 1
life saving classes sDonsored by the .
Chowan Chapter of the Red Cross.
CIRCLE MjEETS MONDAY
The Belle Bennett Circle of the
Methodist Church will meet Monday
night at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs.
J. Frank Miller on West Church
Street. All members are urged to at
tend.
Edenlon, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 7, 1945.
if* Planes on Iwo Jima
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Transport planes line an airstrip on Two .Tima waiting to evacuate wounded
Marines to a Navy hospital on Guam. Mt. Suribacbi is seen in the baok
i ground. Your heavier purchase of Bonds in the Mighty Seventh will assure
continuing care of our wounded. F-om rr. r. Tre.-imir*
E Bond Purchases i
In Chowan County
Mount To $81,300
County Still Far Behind
In Individual Bond
Purchases
timeTshort
:
Chairmen Appealing to
Citizens to Reach
E Quota
Purchases of E bonds in Chowan
County stepped up a bit during the
! past week, but still the county is far
i behind in meeting the quota of $141,-
; 000. Bales of this denomination on (
| Tuesday night amounted to $81,300.
according to \V. H. Gardner, vice
1 chairman, which is still $59,700 short
i of the goal.
T. C. Byrum, chairman of.the War
j Finance Committee, as well as Mr.
j Gardner, feel certain the overall quota
] of $385,000 will be met, but are no
little concerned about reaching the E
quota which, after all, is the most :
important phase of the Seventh War
Loan. Both are appealing to indivi
duals to purchase bonds to the limit ’
! to the end that Chowan will be among I
I those counties of the State to meet ,
its quota in full. ,
Both llyrurn and Gardner are con- | 1
vinced that many who are able have:
not invested in bonds during the drive ,
and on the other hand they are of the
opinion that others who have bought :
bonds are well able to increase their |
purchases. Both chairmen desire to ■ i
stress the fact that much more am
munition and material is still needed I
to defeat Japan and that for any to I
fail in his or her duty at this vital I
period of the war may prove disas
trous and result in many more lives | (
being lost and men wounded. (
The Seventh War Loan drive is ,
scheduled to end June 30, so that very j ]
little more time remains in which to j .
raise the quota. For that reason j |
every person in the county is urged !
to seriously consider the need for the j
government to have funds and invest:
as liberally as possible.
Mrs. Louise Wiley Is
Injured InFall 12 Feet]
Rushed to Albemarle
Hospital Monday In
Serious Condition
Mrs. Louise Williams Wiley, 24, I
who lives on North Broad street, was 1
seriously injured Monday when she 1
fell to the ground from a porch on
the second floor. Mrs. Wiley was 1
cleaning on the second floor and as <
she leaned against a rail, it gave way. 1
She grabbed to a post, which also 1
gave way, throwing her violently to 1
the ground 12 or 13 feet below. I
As the result of the fall Mrs. i
Wiley’s back was broken, the lower
portion of her body was paralyzed (
and' she also suffered internal in- I
juries. i
CASU Team Trims
Coast Guardsmen
To Lead League
Large Number of Fans
See Team In Action
First Time Sunday
II VICTORIES
Games on Edenton Park
Next Saturday and
Sunday
Though the CASU baseball team
of the Edenton Xpvaj Air Station ami
the Coast Guard team of Elizabeth
City were tied for first place in the
Service league, with four victories
ami no defeats, CASU had little dif
ficulty Sunday afternoon in pushing’
down Coast Guard 12-2, to claim the
league leadership. The game was
played on Hicks Field before a good
ly crowd of baseball fans, many of
whom witnessed for the first time the
CASU outfit; in action.
Coupled with a series of. errors.
CASU went first info the lead in.the !
first inning, when four runs were ,
scored before the visitors settled |
down. From then on it was a nip and
tuck affair until the eighth inning,
when the CASU batters put their j
bats to working and scored seven ,
runs. One other run was scored in
the third inning.
Coast Guard made their two runs I
in the sixth when Domina sent the;
ball over the left field fence for a i
home run with a man on base. It (
was his second clout over the fence, j
but the first one went foul by several j
feet.
CASU played a bang-up game 1
from start to finish with Asmer on |
the mound pitching superb ball, being:
given gilt-edge support by his team- :
mates. Asmer, former Utica, N. Y. i
hurler, fanned eight of the visitors j
and at no time was he in any ap
parent danger. Lembo, owned by
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J. P. Partin Elected
President Os Lions
Other Officers Named at]
Meeting Held Mon
day Night
Edenton Lions at their meeting
Monday night elected J. P. I’artin as
President for the fiscal year which
begins July 1. He will succeed W. E.
Malone.
Other officers elected were Edmund
Schwarze, first vice president; J. A.
Curran, second vice president; M. A.
Hughes, third vice president; John
Mitchener, tail twister; Nathan Dail,
Lion Tamer; Oscar Duncan and G. M.
Byrum, directors; W. J. Daniels,
song leader and Earl Harrell, pianist.
Dr. W. S. Griffin was elected dele
gate of the club to attend the dis
trict convention, which will be held
in Kinston this month.
Commissioners Facing
Possibility Os Increasing
Chowan County Tax Rate
11 Budget Mfisting j
Chowan County Commission
ers will meet in special session
Monday, June IS. at which time
the budget will be tentatively
made up for the year 1945-46.
By that time West By rum, chair
man, and County Accountant E.
W. Spires expect to have com
piled anticipated expenditures
and revenue for the fiscal year to
be considered by the Commis
sioners.
The budget will be adopted at
the regular meeting in July.
Joint Vacation Bible (
School Is Arranged!
i By Three Churches
Episcopalians, Presby
terians and Metho
dists Cooperating
A union vacation Bible school will
be held in Edenton for two weeks be- 1
ginning Monday, June 18, which will ■
be held Monday through Friday of !
each week from it to 11:80 o'clock
each morning.
Pastors cooperating it: the Bible |
;! school are the Rev I). C. Crawford, ;
! Jr., pastor of the Presbyterian
j. Church : the Rev. Harold W. Gilmer. |
rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church;
: and the Rev. H. Fro Surratt, pastor
' of the Methodist Church.
Departments will be provided for •
J hog,nners. Which; includes boys and '
girls from four to five years .old.;
k * These classes will lie held in l.ie Par ;
1 ish House of the Episcopal Chnhch.
The intermediate department will
also meet in. the Parish House and
will, include boys ami girls from 12 to
1 U years old.
1 j The , primary department for buys
hi and girls from 6 to 8 years will liieet
‘ j - fit the Presbyterian Church.
The junior department, taking in j
, buys and girls from 9 to If years. .
i will meet at the Methodist Church. i
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Desire For Soft
Ball On Increase
Committees Appointed
By Four Local Or
ganizations 1
Agitation for playing of soft ball,
I at night is going the rounds and al- i
j ready the matter has been presented j
I before the Rotary and Lions clubs.!
j the Masons and Red Men, the four ;
| organizations which several years;
| ago purchased flood lights, when j
I no little interest prevailed.
The lights are now stored away |
1 mid it is hoped that these will again |
j be installed on Hicks Field so that
( there will be some form of recreation
: at night.
Each organization has appointed a
j committee in the interest of organiz
ing a team and this group will meet ; 1
j very shortly in an effort to revive the j
sport. (
I A league was organized several
years ago, which created quite a bit
iof interest and the opinion has been -
| advanced that if the lights are in- '
(stalled quite a few will take advant- '
I age of the opportunity to play at]
j night. I '
j Miss Winifred Hollowellj,
i Is Awarded Scholarship
To Wake Forest College
| Miss Winifred Hollowell, daughter ]
of Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Hollowell, j 1
was awarded a scholarship to Wake
Forest College at commencement ex
ercises held at Mars Hill College on
May 25, where she was a member of
the graduating class.
' The scholarship was awarded Miss
Hollowell for being one of the most
outstanding students at Mars Hill.
HOME FROM COLLEGE
Miss Mary Eliza White, who at
tended Mars Hill College during the
past term, is spending some time with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank
White, Sr., before returning to sum
mer school at Mars Hill.
This newspaper it circu
lated in tht territory
where Advertisert wHt
realise food results.
$1.50 Per Year
Three Projects Call For
An Expenditure of
$61,500
ALL-DAYMEETING
Frown Upon Levy For
Edenton Administra
tive School Un.t
With three projects involving the
expenditure of $61,500 during the
next fiscal year beginning July 1,
Chowan County Commissioners re
mained in session all day Monday,
adjourning after 6 o’clock. These
expenditures necessarily affect the
year’s budget and, of course, the tax-
I rate, so that'serious and lengthy con
i sideration was devoted to each pro
ject.
In the first -place, a new jail is es
timated to cost $35,000, This will be
a modern jail which for a number of
years has been the target for recom
' inundations on the part of grand jury
t after grand jury. The old building
1 will be torn down, the commissioners
, being of the opinion that it would be
! false economy to try to repair or re
model it to comply with prison re
! quirements.
At the meeting Frank Benton,
architect, was authorized to proceed
with specifications and to advertise
for, bids. The specifications will pro
vide for a boiler of large enough ca
pacity to heat the jail, jailor’s house
and the Court House. The boiler
will be equipped with three pumps
for heating the three buildings. For
many years it has been, felt that
i stoves plaited in the Court House are
dangerous tire hazards, so that the
Commissioners have in mind heating
~ the iitiildii (g w i til - stean i.
; The next most expensive project
j will be the ereetion of a teaciierage
•it C '-an High School which is es
j titrated to cost $20,000. The need
: for tins building is keenlyJ'elt by the
■Commissioners in that there is no
place tor teachers to live who are
employed in the school.
Coupled with the above projects.
Uie County has an opportunity to
purchase ,3(1 acres , of the J. L. Sav
! age land adjoining the present school
; property on which the teaciierage will
• he eon-trueted and most of which will
jbe needed for future development of
( the school such" as a garage, gymna
sium. playground and the possibility
of. a .district agricultural school being
located in Chowan County.
the cost of this plot of ground is
•jitij.iuO. Ot course, the Commission
ers lee I that for the present half of
the 30 acres would take, care of the
needs, hut for 15 acres .the price
would he $-*,oi>o, the reason . being
advanced that dividing the plot
wmild greatly decrease the value of
the other half. For that reason, the
Commissioners, while not definitely
committing themselves, left the im
pression that it would be false ec
onomy to buy only half the land at
$5,(100, when twice the amount could
be bought for $1,500 more. Option
on the plot was extended until June
18, when a tentative budget will be
prepared by the Commissioners.
W hat was the cause of concern to
the Commissioners was the fact that
the three projects would cost $61,-
500 and to meet this expenditure
they have SIO,OOO in war bonds. Ac
cording to the amount of indebted
ness paid during the year, the county
can sell bonds to raise $21,000 and it
is expected that $20,000 can be bor
rowed from the State Literary Fund
to help build the teacherage. So
that on one side of the ledger ap
pears an expenditure of $61,500 and
on the other the prospect of raising
$51,000 or a deficit of $10,500, which
would have to be raised by taxation,
unless some other form of revenue
is provided. According to present
property valuation a 13 cent rate in
crease in the rate would be necessary
to raise the amount.
The rate at present is 80 cents on
the SIOO property valufftic , and
while nothing definite has been de
cided relative to the budget, offhand
estimates were advanced that the
rate would be advanced even as high
as SI.OO. The Commissioners, how
ever, will meet Monday, June 18, for
the purpose of working on the bud
get, at which time every effort will be
made to hold down expenditures as
much as possible to the end that the
tax rate will not be raised any more
than is absolutely necessary.
Several requests for appropriations
were presented at Monday’s meeting,
all of which were put in the hopper
for consideration at the meeting on
June 18. One matter, however, was
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