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Volume Xll—Number 32.
County School Board Hits
j'nag In Beginning Work On
Chowan High Teacheragel
Purchase of Land For
Building Causes Mis
understanding
CHAIRMAN ILL
Another Meeting Called
For Today to Iron
Out Matters
More or less of a snag was en
countered in connection with the
erection of a teacherage at Chowan
High School at Monday’s meeting of
the County Commissioners, when
there developed more or less of a
misunderstanding relative to the pur-j
chase of land adjacent to the school
on which the teacherage is proposed
to be built.
Members of the Chowan County
School Board appeared before the
Commissioners in the interest of a'
definite commitment as to how the
money is to be secured to build the;
teacherage, saying that this infor
mation is necessary before any con-;
tract can be let. T. Wallace Jones,
spokesman for the School Board,!
also stated that no action had been
taken relative to the purchase of
land and that in reality if a contract
was let, the present status is that
there was no site secured upon Which,
to build the teacherage.
The Board of Education says a!
space 350x400 feet is necessary to j
build the teacherage, but the price!
of this much land, approximately!
four acres, is $5,000, while the entire
tract of Savage land adjoining the
school can be pureased for $6,000.
This situation arises due to the facti
that the portion to be used by the;
school would, it is claimed, greatly
■finish the value of the remainder'
\ the plot. Mr. Jones argued in
or of the Commissioners authoriz
-iig the purchase of the entire piece,
of ground and then selling the por-,
tion not needed, which lie claimed
would bring in enough to reduce the
county’s investment in land far be
low the $5,000 asked for the neces
sary amount. However, the opinion
of the Commissioners was that the
county should not go into the real
estate business and that when the
county owns land and wants to sell,
for some mysterious reason, the
value suddenly drops. The sale of
some of the abandoned school houses
and the ground going with them
throughout the county was cited as
examples.
The Commissioners at a previous
meeting agreed to authorize the ex
penditure of $38,001) for a teacher
age, which includes all the cost, to
gether with the land, this figure being
arrived at after an earlier estimate
was lyode of $20,000. However,
prices submitted will boost the cost,
of the teacherage above $38,000 ifi
the entire plot is purchased, and even
if $5,000 is paid for the necessary
land, which fact caused more or less!
of ari impasse at Monday’s meeting, j
The Board of Education stressed the!
fact that the land is necessary before;
any building can be started and that
work should be begun as soon as pos-!
sible if the teacherage is to he of any |
benefit for even part of the approach
ing school term. On the other hand,]
the Commissioners maintained that
they agreed to authorize the expendi- 1
ture of $38,000 and that the School
Board should keep the cost of the,
teacherage within that figure.
Adding to the complicated situation;
was the absence from the meeting of j
West Byrum, chairman of the County]
Commissioners, who was confined to)
his home on orders of his physician. j
However, it was expected that Mr. j
Byrum will have recovered from his
illness sufficiently to permit him to |
attend a meeting this (Thursday) as- 1
ternoon at 2 o’clock in the Court;
House, when the matter will be ironed j
out. Mr. Byrum, as chairman of the
Board, is better acquainted than other
members of his Board as to the.
method of raising the necessary
funds to erect the teacherage, so that j
it is expected that matters will be]
straightened out at today’. l ? meeting, j
In the absence of Mr. Byrum, E. N.'
Elliott presided over the meeting of
♦he County Commissioners.
WELFARE REPORT
Ninety-four persons in Chowan
County received old age assistance
during the month of July, Mrs. J.
H. McMullan, superintendent of pub
lic welfare, reporting that $1,326
was distributed. During the month
$404 was distributed among 13 cases
of aid to dependent children and six
blind cases received $129.
Mrs. McMullan’s report also in
cluded nisfciy of the other activities
of her department.
op CHOWAN HERALD
JTOJff NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Officials Os Army J
See Many Problems
Before Jap Defeat
Logistics An Important;
Phase of War In
Pacific*
An army task force, comprised of
four overseas veterans, outlined to
newspaper editors, at a meeting held
at Rocky Mount Sunday, the prob
lems facing the United States in
writing the end to the war with
Japan.
The old bottleneck, logistics, which
held up for two and one half years;
, the show down battles with the Ger
mans is again showing up in the]
plans drawn to defeat Japan. Logis- j
i tics, as explained by Colonel Cyril ]
; Bassich, veteran of the North Afri-,
can and Italian campaigns, one of the,
speakers on the program, is the art
of getting the right number of men
with the right amount of materials
at the right place at the right time.
Colonel Bassich outlined the tremen- 1
dous problem facing the army in
1 supplying the vast numbers of troops
lin the Pacific. He stated that by]'
I next year the Army will have more. I
men fighting the Japs in the Pacific] I
j than were used in the European war.
Service personnel are now being re
] deployed to areas to set up huge
warehousing spaces needed ff>r the
mountains of supplies to be .hipped,
to the Pacific for the use of our
army. In this matter the United
j States must prepare these areas
(from scratch. Unlike in Europe,
where England was used as an arch- 1
or for one end of a conveyor belt
and where huge supplies were stored
up for the fight against the Nazes, 1
there is now no such area in the 1
Pacific and even though the Philip
pines no doubt will be used largely
for this purpose, these islands are
i still 1,500 miles front Japan and sup-
plies must be carried over the dis
tance, which will require time and *
much of it, in keeping troops sup-[ ll
plied. f
The Army expects to cut hack or- f
ders on certain types of war mate-•] a
rials but on the other hand, orders r
have already been increased on many 11
others. One such item increased is id
cotton shirts. The army estimated .j b
the need for five million of these for J
the next year, but this order has
; been increased to 15 million. War; P
production of medium tanks, joepsja
and other items will be cut down but l 1
• other steel items such as ducks,.used:
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I Hybrid Corn Crop j*
In Chowan Holding,
Up Under Rains
Peanut Dusting Handi- s
capped By Constant £
Downpours
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Hybrid corn demonstrations in u
] Chowan County appear to be with
| standing the wet weather very well, s
'according to C. W. Overman, county f
] agent. f
“Late corn is damaged consider- p
: ably by the wet weather,” says Mr. I
j Overman, “most of the damage oc
; curing where the supply of nitro-!p
j genous fertilizers was limited to 200, t
j pounds of nitrate of soda or less per | b
I acre. c
Heavy and constant rains last week!
j have continued to handicap sulphur] 1
dusting of peanuts, according to Mr. ]
Overman, who reports that six of the 1 c
16 4-H Club boys using the small i 1
portable dusting machine have been I ?
unable to make a second application.il
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Methodists Begin An \
Attendance Contest c
Beginning last Sunday, an attend
ance contest was begun in the Meth- s
odist Church School, with John A. i
Holmes’ class accepting a challenge J
by the Young People’s class taught
by Mrs. R. M. Johnston. f
At the close of the contest the win
ners will be guests of the losers at a .
picnic. Mr. Holmes’ class led the 1
young people the first Sunday, and ‘
much interest has been aroused in the i
school. J
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 9,1945.
Jap Airfield Blasted
Official V. S. N*ry Photo
Smoke and bursting bomba cover Installation* at Hlyamki airfield, Kyushu
Wand as Pacific fleet carrier-based plane, smother it with bombs. You
san help In building the ever-lncreaainj power needed to blast the Japs
mat of the war with continued puKhaaca pf War Bonds.
TtomU. S. Tretsury
Lack Os Quorum
Halts Appointment
ABC Board Member
Another Joint Meeting
Called For Thursday
Afternoon
Because the Chowan County Board
of Education and Board of Health
failed to have a quorum at a meeting
called Monday afternoon with the
County Commissioners, no appoint
ment was made to the Chowan Coun
ty ABC Board. The term of John
E. White on the ABC Board termin
ated August 1, so that he was not
reappointed nor was a successor 1
named, the law requiring that a
quorum of each three boards must
be present to appoint members to the
ABC Board.
Mr. White has applied for reap
pointment, and Richard F. Elliott
also has an application for the ap
pointment..
A joint meeting of the three
boards was subsequently called for
today (Thursday) at 2 o’clock in the
Court House, at which time it is
hoped that each group will have a
quorum so that the appointment can
be made. q
Office Hours Changed
At Health Department
For Health Certificates
The local Health Department de
sires to inform the public of a change!
in office hours for immunization and
blood tests for health certificates.
The new hours will be Friday
from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., and on Sat-j
urday from 9 to 12 A. M.
Anyone employing colored girls!
should demand a health certificate
from the employee within a very
few days or preferably before em-;
ployment, according to the Health
Department.
The department also wishes the
public to know that it will be glad
to furnish any desired information
before girls begin work, if they are
called.
TRAINING FOR HEAVY CRUISER
Linford C. Pierce, 29, seaman first
class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Pierce of Winfall, N. C., is at the
Naval Training Station, Newport, R.
I. preparing for duty aboard a new
heavy cruiser, the USS Fall River.
Pierce, who entered the Navy in
May, 1942, has already seen sea
duty.
His wife, the former Pearlie Hud
son, and their two children, Linford
and Judy, live at 305 East Queen
Street, Edenton.
TAX COLLECTIONS
Tax collections reported by Sheriff)
J. A. Bunch during July amounted
to $4,735.09, of which amount $179.-
49 was for 1944 taxes, and the re
mainder, $4,555.60, prepayments for
1945 taxes.
Lt-Col. Hugh Hines
Commands 1135th
Engineers In Europe
Rugged Outfit Bridged
Eleven Major Rivers
In Europe
Lieut.-Col. Hugh B. Hines, grand
son of Mrs. N. J. Hollowel! and
nephew of Mrs. Hector Lupton.
now commands the .1139th Engineer
Combat Group, which is part of the
crack XII corps in Europe.
The 1135 Engineer Group, acti
vated May 14, 1943, carried out as
sault bridging operations over 11
major rivers in France, Luxem
bourg and Germany. Three of the
largest—the second crossing of the
Moselle, ahd the Rhine and the
Main—were carried out in 14 days.
The last great river bridged by the
group was the Danube.
Operating exclusively with the
spearheading XII Corps, the 1135th
has built over 301) bridges for a to- i
i tal combined length of approxi-!
mately five miles of bridging. It
Was the 1135th which first bridged
the Moselle, the Sarre and carried!
•out the first assault crossing in his- !
torv of the Rhine River at Oppen-|
helm, March 22nd.
Colonel Hines was the first of
ficer assigned to the group, and has)
served as executive . officer during
. must of its campaigns. During the j
crossing of the Sauer and Our rivers)
|into the heart of the Siegfried Line!
—the most difficult single feat the;
, Engineers ever had—-Colonel Hines
! was in command.
Pfc. James M. Holley
Competes In Army
Track Meet In London
Private First Class James M. Hol
! ley, of 130 East Freemason Street,)
was on one of the seven 40-man teams j
representing the major commands of
the United States Army’s Communi-j
cations Zone in the European Theater
of Operations taking part in the track
and field championshpis held in Lon
don recently. The contestants hailed
j from Com Z supply bases in France,
) Belgium, Germany and England.
Pfc. Holley represented the Oise
Intermediate Section, France, in the
880 metre run.
The meet was won by the Oise In
termediate Section, a supply base in
France.
TOBACCO BARNS BURN
Edenton's Fire Department answer
| ed a call to the farm of William E.
j Bond on the Suffolk highway Satur-
I day afternoon when a tobacco barn
| caught fire. The firemen arrived too
late to be of any assistance, the barn
and contents being a total loss.
J. B. Webb the week before also
had the misfortune to lose two to
bacco barns by fire.
Eye Examination Clinic Is
Scheduled To Be Held In
Edenton School August 15
County Agents Os
District Discuss
I Pasture Program
Plan Demonstrations on
Few Farms In Each
County
! ‘ # •
County agents of the Northeastern
Extension District met at Windsor
on Friday to prepare plans for a
i pasture improvement program. Spe
cialists from the N. C. Agricultural,
l Experiment Station had previously)
j prepared a unique pasture improve- i
| ment program which they presented
and discussed with the county
agents. |
The plan calls for the county
agents establishing a small number
of good pasture demonstrations on a
few farms in each county.
Pasture is not only a source of
food materials but a good pasture
provides a very large supply of vita
] mins and minerals which are very
i essential in the proper growth and ]
; production of livestock. Many farms
,have considerable more livestock
; than they have adequate pasture for ]
and very few farms have good pas
tures. The purpose of this program
is to plan with the farmer adequate
pasture and feed production to meet
the needs of the livestock to be kept
lon the farm. A pasture properly
fertilized and seeded to adapted seed
mixtures will graze considerably
I more livestock per acre than the
* average pasture at present.
The corn production program stag
ed by the Extension Service and the
I Department of Agriculture, assisted
by a good growing season, is showing
great progress toward an increased
corn yield. It is hoped that "a con
centrated pasture program will like
• wise result in a considerable iii-
I crease in pastures and also a great
increase of good pastures.
The pasture program is starting
with fall sowings, which should he
1 made after September 1. Farmers 1
should begin at once to prepare their
I land that is to be seeded to pasture.
They should .make arrangements to
‘obtain the seed to be used and ob
tain the necessary fertilizer to go
on the land.
Jurors Chosen For
September Court
•Judge W. C. Harris of
Raleigh Scheduled
To Preside
In preparation for the September
! term of Superior Court. Chowan
Commissioners at their monthly
meeting Monday picked 36 names
:from the jury box, who will be sum-
I indued as jurors.
The list includes the following:
j E. J. Goodwin, William Jethro, C. H.
1 Barber, T. A. Berryman, J. C. Lane,
! George C. Wood, Thomas J. Hoskins,
W. Jennings Bunch, W. L. Hardison,
IJ. H. Thigpen, D. H. Berryman, Hos
kins Bass, George S. Harrell, W. H.
Dai I, J. Louis Harrell, A. E. Layden,
' Elsworth Blanchard, Fermor Ward,
!D. R. Baker, J. Frank Ward, Henry
] Brabble, C. W. Perry, J. B. Ward,
Alma Harrell. J. L. Bass, W. B.
jßhepard, W. W. Harrell, E. L. Brink
. ley, Vandy Nixon, W. R. Eason, M.
L. Bateman, Erie Jones, M. M. Perry,
jO. M. Evans. Frank V. White and,
■j J. T. Parrish.
1 The term of court will convene
Monday, September 10, with Judge!
! W T . C. Harris of Raleigh, scheduled
, to preside.
J. H. McMullan Honored
By New York Life Co.
J. H. McMullan was signally hon
i ored this week by The New York
Life Insurance Company when he
was presented a beautiful leather
bound rate book on which was in
scribed in gold letters: “Awarded
- to John H. McMullan for an out
. standing record Centennial Day,
- April 12, 1945.”
i Among the second year organiza
> tion leaders in the states of Virginia,
i South Carolina, North Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Florida, Mr.
> McMullan ranked eighth in new
- business written in April and had
jumped to second place in June.
This newspaper it circu
lated in the territory
where Advertisers wHt
realise food results.
$1.50 Pei- Year.
Three Local Groups Are
Helping Those Un
able to Pay
MUST BECERTIFIED
Patients Must Report
Not Later Than 12:30
In Morning
An eye examination clinic; will be
held on Wednesday, August 15, in
] the auditorium of the Edenton Grad
ed School on Court Street for the
; purpose of providing eye examina
tions for all persons in Chowan Co
j unty who need eye examinations and
who are not financially able to era
] ploy the services of an ophthalmolo
gist. *
The Chowan County Department
jof Public Welfare, the Chowan
Health Department and the Edenton
Lions Club will sponsor the clinic.
The North Carolina State Comnfis
j sion for the Blind will provide the
I professional services of an ophthal
! biologist and medical social worker.
; All persons in Chowan County who
wish to attend this clinic should
visit the County Welfare Depart-*
j ment before August 15 to be certi
. tied for admission to the clinic.
I Single vision lenses or children’s
glasses will cost $5.00. Cost of bi
focal glasses will be $7.00. These
glasses will be delivered to the Cho
wan County Department of Public
Welfare and must be paid for by per
sons receiving them. Those persons
who are unable to pay for their
glasses should make application to
' the Edenton Lions Club for finan
cial assistance. It has been the
practice of the Lions Club for a good
• many years to buy a limited number
1 of glasses for persons unable to pay
.' for them.
I Those attending the clinic are ask
ed to report between 9 and 11:30 A.'
M„ and no patients will be accepted
after 12:30 A. M.
Sgt. Joseph Parks
Being Redeployed
Directly To Pacific
Edenton Boy In Sixteen
> Months Continuous
Combat In ETO
Staff Sergeant Joseph C. Parks,
| with a P-47 Thunderbolt group in
j the European assembly area, is now
being processed at Camp Detroit in
the assembly area command as a
member of a fighter squadron in a
veteran P-47 Thunderbolt Group be
ing redeployed directly to the Pa
cific area.
Sgt. Parks is a crew chief with
the group, which in 16 months has
been in continuous combat in the
European Theater of Operations.
During this period, fighters of the
unit participated in the air offensive
over Europe and since the invasion
cooperated with ground troops in
France, Belgium, Holland and Ger
many, in five major campaigns. The
group wrought maximum destruc
] tion on enemy communications and
fortified positions, meriting numerous
commendations from units with which
it cooperated. His squadron has
been twice cited by the War Depart
ment as a Distinguished Unit. The
squadron received its first citation
for cooperation with ground forces
in repulsing a strong enemy attack
; in the vicinity of Aachen, Germany,
ion October 15, 1944. A cluster was
awarded for their extraordinary
heroism while assisting 9th Army
troops on December 6, 1944, in the
capture of Julieh, Germany.
| Sgt. Parks is the son of Mrs.
Lillie B. Parks, 806 Johnson street.
He has been overseas 16 months and
1 is authorized to wear the Distin
guished Unit Badge with one Oak
1 Leaf Cluster, the Good Conduct
Medal, the Bronze Star Medal and
ETO Ribbon with six campaign
stars.
I
FIRE TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Edenton’s firemen were called out
- Tuesday afternoon when a fire was
, reported at 111 East Gale street. It
, is supposed children in the home set
. fire to the curtains in one of the
; rooms by playing with matches. The
1 firemen were promptly on the scene,
so that very little damage was done*