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h Mm mUmmm wM I* HJSZZZZ Volume XII. —Number 35. Engineer Working On Project To Pave • local Dirt Streets A. C. Linberg of Bur lington Making Pre liminary Survey DITCHES~CLOSEI) Estimate of Cost Will Be Presented at Next Council Meeting A. C. Linberg, consulting engineer of The Linberg Engineers of Burling ton, N. C\, arrived in Edenton Thurs day of last week in connection with; the proposed project of paving the [ remainder of the dirt streets in Eden- j ton and piping open ditches now in ' town. Mr. Linberg came to Edenton at ] the request of W. J. Yates and J. tfdwin Bufflap, who were appointed j at a recent meeting of Town Council to secure an estimate of the cost in volved in the improvements in anti cipation of calling a special election to float bonds to do the work. Mr. Ljnberg has secured data per taining to the proposed work and re turned to Burlington Tuesday, where he will complete a preliminary sur vey and plans to attend the next meeting of Town Council to present the estimated cost and explain in de tail the work as planned. The proposed project calls for. placing hard surface material on! Oakum street through to Highway; 17, as well as all side streets, taking; in Granville street through to Route 32, Streets in the cotton mill vil lage are also included in the project, l as well as curbs and gutters on all streets paved. I James L Wood One • f Vice Presidents Os Peanut Council Meeting of Group Held Session In Raleigh Last Week At a meeting of the board of direc tors of the National Peanut Council held in Raleigh Thursday, James E. Wood was elected one of the three vice presidents. Growers and sliellers from the Vir ginia-Carolina section, representa tives from the colleges in the peanut states and others interested in the] peanut industry were guests of the: Council. | Representatives from all segments; of the industry were asked to ex press their views on the crop, on gov-j eminent policies and on the civilian trade outlook. Those from the Vir-j ginia-Carolina bdlt reported that the; crop was damaged about 25G due toj unseasona! rainfalls; COMDR. BERT H. CREIGHTON SUCCEEDS COMDR. T. J. ROBERTSON AS COMMANDING OFFICER AT EDENTON NAVAL AIR STATION i Change of Command Takes Place Friday After-! noon at Base With Impressive Ceremony; > Robertson Returns to His Home ; ——— |i In an impressive ceremony at the Edenton Naval Air Station Friday afternoon Comdr. Bert H. Creighton ( became commanding officer, succeed ing Comdr. Thomas J. Robertson, who was relieved of command and has 1 gone back to his home in Columbia, i S. C., to resume his banking duties. 1 Comdr. Robertson has been com- < manding officer of the base since 1 March I of this year, when it was of- ' ficially taken over by the Navy from the TJ. S. Marine Corps. He has ] been very popular among base per- : sonnel, as well as civilians and in i having, said he experienced sadness t _ leaving behind many cherished < B ndships, and joy, because of the 1 xlization that the calamity which oad thrown so many strangers to gether, has been successfully term- < inated. < A large group of Sailors and : Waves were lined up in front of the Administration Building for the cere- ’ mony and when the colors were pre sented and leading officers made an inspection of the men and women, ' Comdr. Robertson stepped to the i microphone and after reading the or ders, made his farewell address. WE CHOWAN HERALD HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TEE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY i -. • he" . The United States Navy’s mighty 45,000-ton battleship, the USS Missouri, will end her World War II j career in a blaze of glory on September 2 in Tokyo Bay, when she serves as the scene of the historic un conditional surrender of Japan to the United Nations. Proudly bearing the name of the home state of President Harry S. Truman, the fighting USS Missouri has been named by General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, as the locale of the formal ending of the war in the Pacific. Fleet i Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-chief of the United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean j • Areas, will sigh for the United States, General of the Army, MacArthur, for the Allied forces which fought in the Pacific. The USS Missouri was launched January 29, 1944. Construction was ordered June 12, 1940. Her keel was laid on January (1, 1941, at the New York Navy Yard.-—Official U. S, Navy photograph. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARRANGES MEETING WITH TELEPHONE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS IMPROVEMENT OF CONDITIONS Organization Handicapped By Lack of Materials As Well as Inexperienced Operators; Promise To Do Best To Give Better Service ! At the request of the Chamber of j Commerce, a conference was held • .Tuesday afternoon in the Municipal; [ Building with officials of the North; ; Carolina Telephone and Telegraph j j j Company relative to improving the i local telephone service. The officials [ s who met with a group of telephone customers were L- S. Blades, Jr., president; Camden Blades, executive (Vice president; and J. Evans Blades, secretary-treasurer. At the outset, L. S. Blades stated [that the three brothers appreciated 'the fact that they were called to dis cuss telephone conditions in Edenton j I and frankly admitted that they knew' (Conditions were far from what they would like. However, he presented the telephone company’s side of the| problem which had to do with in ability to secure materials to remedy, the service, as well as turn-over of labor which led to inexperienced aiid Hunters And Fishermen Will Meet Friday Night Friday night at 8 o’clock in the] Court House a meeting has been 1 scheduled at which it is hoped many; of the county’s hunters and fisher men will be present. The purpose of (the meeting, which was called by David Holton, temporary chairman, is jto consider formation of a club hav I , ing for its purpose the sponsoring of more game, fish and wildlife, j Ross O'. Stevens, executive secre-j tary of the North Carolina Wildlife j [Federation, Inc., is scheduled to bel ‘present at the meeting for the pur- , pose of explaining plans and purposes', of the State-wide organization. “It is with mixed feelings of sad-, j ness and joy that I take my leave to- ( day,” he said, “sadness because I am ] ‘ leaving behind many cherished ‘ friendships. Joy, because, with the realization that the calamity which l « has thrown us together has been sue-; cessfully terminated, I can now go; back home and take up my ordinary 1 way of life. “It is truly difficult for me to ex-j press in words my sincere thanks to j c all of you who have assisted me in j making this station a liveable mili- c tary activity. It has ever been my i desire, as your Commanding Officer, .! to handle matters of the station with understanding and justice. I sincere- t Iy trust that I have carried out this c desire as well as could be expected of a human being. There is no doubt 1 in my mind that I have been remiss ( in acknowledging appreciation tt» you t who have fulfilled the tasks assigned t to you with such merit—but although i I have not expressed my gratitude in t words, I can assure you that I have 1 always sensed a glow of pride and 1 pleasure. < (Continued on Page Five) < Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 3b, 1945 untrained help. Various complaints, for the most part having to do with long distance j calls, were registered by practically 1 all present at the meeting, some of j which were attributed to equipment i trouble and some to .lack of exper- J ienced operators. After quite a lengthy discussion from all angles, the telephone of ficials said they would make every effort to remedy the situation, though it would have to come about gradual ly. They expressed their apprecia tion for the patience of local tele phone users, and solicited continued i patience until the service can be im proved. In the meantime, they urged Kdenton customers to report any jcomplaints to the chief operator and ,then if no satisfaction was received, to call the business office in Elizabeth City, collect, and register com plaints. 60 War Prisoners Available For Use To Harvest Peanuts Those Needing Help Re quested to Meet at Court House Friday | According to County Agent C. W. | Overman, there will be 60 prisoners ,of war for use in the peanut harvest 'in Chowan County after September i lf>. Mr. Overman is asking that all pea nut growers in Chowan County who | will need prisoners of war this fall ito meet at the Court House in Eden | ton on Friday morning, August 31, at 10 o’clock. At this meeting definite plans for using the prisoners will be , made, states Mr. Overman. i At the present time there are 20 prisoners of war available to Chowan ! County farmers for general farm ' work. These workers for the present have to be hauled from and to the Ahoskie camp by the farmer. The wage rate is 30 cents per hour or I $3.00 per 10-hour day. Any farmers interested in using prisoners of war for any general farm work should, contact C. W. Overman, County Farm Agent. Job-Jumping For Men In 18 To 25 Year Group Is Still Under Control Despite the release of manpower; control hy other government agencies, I young men between 18 and 25 years of age are subject to the same pro visions that prevailed before the Japanese surrender. This information was released by the local Draft Board Tuesday in an effort to prevent job jumping. A statement received by the Draft Board from Selective Service head quarters states that registrants in the 18-25 age group are still subject to provisions of section 622.22-2, and if they leave employment for which they have been deferred without a favorable determination from their local boards, they will be placed in a class available for service in the arm ed forces. C. J. Wiggins Loses Life By Drowning While At Nags Head Tragedy Occurs While Party Was Enjoying Week’s Vacation For the second time this summer I tragedy by drowning saddened an! Edenton family, when C. Jesse Wig- . gins drowned at Nags Head Wednes-* day of last week shortly after noon. | Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins, together with Mr. and Mrs. John F. White and Mr. land Mrs. Ernest White were spend ing the week at Graham Byrum’s • cottage at Kitty Hawk. I Mr. Wiggins, together with some of the ladies, went bathing and when the latter decided to go to the cott age. >l.. Wi;, gins remained to swim I ja while longer. Very shortly after ward he was heard calling for help and was seen struggling in the rough water a short distance from shore. C. T. Griffin, who is spending the summer at Nags Head, happened to ; hear Mr. Wiggins and immediately , grabbed an inner tube on shore, . waded as far out as he could and then threw it toward the struggling • man. Mr. Wiggins, according to re- : • ports, grabbed for the inner tube, hut missed it by about a foot and then went under the water, not to be seen , again until the dead body was wash- ‘ ed toward shore. Coast Guardsmen , were soon at the scene and though artificial respiration was resorted to, there was no sign of life remaining. , Deceased was 49 years old, a na- , tive of Gates County. He came to | Edenton about 21 years ago, and was widely known as a lumber man ~ and in recent years operated tug , boats and a pile driver throughout f , this section of the State and Virginia. ,• Before establishing his own business, } he was employed by the M. G. Brown c Lumber Company as a buyer of tim ber. He was a good swimmer and I ’had long and varied experience on the water, so that news of his drown ing came as a great shock to the;* j many friends of the family in Eden-1 ton. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Paul-j line Wiggins, and a son, Sgt. Emmett I r Wiggins, a member of the Marine' k [Corps, now stationed at Cherry Point. Two sisters, Mrs. A. S. Bush, iof Cross Roads and Mrs. Lula Koun [ tree of Gates also survive and two brothers, Nurney Wiggins of Gates; •and J. S. Wiggins of Trotville. An- 1 1 other brother, Charlie Wiggins, died I j Monday at his home near Suffolk. b Funeral services were held Friday • t I afternoon at the graveside, in the a Wiggins graveyard in Gates County, ji* with the Rev. E, L. Wells officiating, jr All Edenton Stores jt Closed Labor Day 5 T] All of Kdenton’s stores and busi- ' ness houses will be closed on Monday, . September .2, Labor Day, according to ' an announcement made Tuesday by, j . Mrs. Hazel Gibbs, office secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Citizens J! are requested to note the closing and . transact their business accordingly, j. Bank Os Edenton |J Closed Labor Day t Next Monday, September 3, the j Bank of Edenton will be closed all I* day in observance of Labor Day. Im- v portant banking affairs should, there- t fore, be transacted accordingly. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL VIEET TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK n Chowan County Commissioners will f meet Tuesday morning of next week f at 10 o’clock instead of Monday, the b change in meeting being due to the J observanae of Labor Day, September c 3. 1 Mayor Haskett Furnishes List Complaints Aimed At Operation Edenton School M %■■/■■■ ' ’ '• ■ J • . • V m f i ~ % jlip I W* : i jjjfl ' $ Ji 1 - A MEm,' ■ MEE DR. IVAN M. PROCTOR Dr. Proctor of Raleigh is chair man of the Cancer Committee of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina for the coming year. He will also serve as chairman of the executive com mittee of the North Carolina Division of the Field Army of the American Cancer Society. Dr. L. P. Williams On Medical Society Cancer Committee Group Includes Physi cian From Each Con gressional District Fir. 1,. P. Williams Im- been ap pointed as a member of the cancer committee of the 'Medical- Society of the State of North Carolina, the Com luittee being Composed of one physi cian from each of the 12 Congres sional districts in the State. Dr. Ivan M. Proctor of Raleigh is chairman of the committee. In accordance with an act passed by the 1945 General Assembly; the cancer committee, of the State Med ical Society will consult with the North Carolina State Board of Health regarding the development of a can cer control program for North Caro lina. Momliers of the cancer committee will also serve on the executive com mittee of the North Carolina Divi sion of the Field Army of the Ameri can Cancer Society. Mrs. George E. Marshall, of Mount Airy, is State commander of the Field Army. WEST ALBEMARLE SCOUTERS GO ALL-OUT TO BOOST INTEREST AMONG BOY SCOUTS Scout Government Day and Scout Circus Unani mously Agreed Upon at Barbecue Supper Held Friday Night at Richard Baer’s Home Spurred on bv a barbecue supper j Friday night at the. home of Richard Baer, district chairman of West Al bemarle Boy Scouts, a group of Scouters apparently' went all-out in an effort to boost interest in Scouting in the entire Albemarle area. Chair man Baer asked for reports of var ious chairmen, all of whom reflected the fact that no little activity has been in progress and that these ac tivities, as well as new ones, will be pushed forward. One of the highlights of the meet ings was a decision to observe a City Government Day during early: fall, when Boy Scouts will fill the positions of all local government of ficials. The idea received the unan-. imous approval of all present, and it is confidently expected that the Mayors and city officials of all towns, in the Albemarle having Boy Scout, troops will consent to allowing the Scouts to serve for one day. It was the general opinion that the idea, would not only create interest among the Scouts and their parents, but| that the experience would be educa tional for the boys who participate.* A committee from the West Albe-! marie District was appointed to con- j fer with East Albemarle District of-! ficials in the hope that the entire Al- j bemarle will be in charge of Boyi Scouts on one and the same day. The! committee appointed by Chairman I Baer includes John A. Holmes, C. T. This newspaper it circu lated hi the territory where Advertitere wm reaUee good remit*. $1.50 Per Year Bill of Particulars Re quested By John A. Holmes 20 COMPLAINTS Trustees Will Consider Mayor’s Letter at Next Meeting Following a request from John A. Holmes, secretary of the Board of ! Trustees of the Edenton School Ad ! ministrative Unit, for a hill of par ticulars relative to a discussion of ! criticism at a recent meeting of Town Council, Mayor Leroy Haskett on [Monday submitted a list of 20 com ; plaints he has recently received aimed ! at conditions at the Edenton school. Mr. Holmes' request followed a news story in The Herald in which it was stated that at the June meeting iTown .'.Council-men devoted no little ; time to a discussion of various com plaints presented at the meeting. The matter again bobbed up at the •last meeting of Town Council, when Mayor Haskett stated that it was his desire to dispose of the matter.* Both a joint meeting of Town Council and the School Trustees, and furnishing the bill of particulars as requested were considered, it finally being de cided to furnish the School Trustees a list of complaints. Mayor Haskett’s letter to Mr. Holmes follows: “In reply to your request for a hill of particulars pertaining to recent I discussion of school conditions at a | meeting of Town Council, at which a number of criticisms were listed com ing from various citizens, 1 beg to • submit the complaints as received. Members of Town Council were not instigators of these complaints, which came as more or less of a surprise, and \\ptv the subject of the Counci i - men's discussion, reference to which ■ was embodied in the story appearing in Tin- Chowan Herald, to which you referred in your letter. “Members of Town Council have no feeling toward any particular member i of the School Trustees or member of p the faculty, but if the complaints as enumerated have any foundation, j t.ien, as citizens, members of Town • Council feel that conditions should be . remedied in the interest of our chil • dren and better schools for Edenton. ; "The complaints as received follow: 1— No discipline to he given to teachers as a whole. 2 Teachers never visited by au thorities unless on request. !j -Lessons not prepared by chil dren and teachers not able to get them. Children pay no attention to teachers’ request. 4- Children remain from class if they dislike the teacher. Lessons not (Continued on Page Five) •{Griffin. J. Clarence Leary, Philip McMullan and Geddes Potter of Edenton, V. N. Darden, George White, Dr. A. B. Bonner and Howard Pitt of Hertford, and Dr. Payne and L. Q. Pierce of Sunbury. Another affair calculated to boost interest is a proposed Scout Circus, I which is planned to be held possibly ; in April or May of next year. This is expected to be quite a drawing ■ card and will be held in the Armory in order to accommodate the crowd. Scouts who will take part in the ; Government Day and Scout Circus will be selected more or less on a coni • petitive basis, so that the best quali fied boys will be used in each case in : order to make the affair a success. I The committee appointed to plan ■ for the Scout Circus is composed of [C. T. Griffin, chairman, P. S. McMul- :ilan, H. A. Campen, J. R. Byrum, the :: Rev. 1). C. Crawford and Dr. A. B. Bonner of Hertford. Many Boy Scout matters were en thusiastically discussed during the | meeting which was attended by ! Scouters from Edenton and Hertford, ,'and Peter Carlton, new Scout field | executive, who promised his whole hearted support in putting Scouting :to the forefront in the Albemarle. | At th« conclusion a rising vote of j thanks was given to Chairman Baer ; and H. A. Campen for providing the I I barbecue, which could not have been '. better.
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