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Volume Xll.—Number 38.
C. Os C. Directors
Consider Highway
) 'flatters At Meeting I
Assured Route Changes I
Will * Not Interfere
With Hicks Field
MORE MEETINGS
I
Committees For Base- j
ball and Tourist Trade
Are Appointed
Directors of the Chamber of Com-:
merce met Monday afternoon at 6:30
o’clock, the primary purpose of the
meeting being to discuss the highway
situation. Marvin Wilson reported
that he had made a visit to the High
way Department office in Raleigh and
was informed there that the pro
posed highway changes would not in
volve the use of Hicks Field. The
Department plans to send a location
crew to Edenton in the near future to
work out a satisfactory location for
Highway 17. President J. Clarence
Leary appointed a committee com
posed of W. J. Berryman, G. B. Pot
ter and Marvin Wilson to confer with
highway officials on this matter. It
was also decided to contact the high
way officials about the paving of the
Rocky Hock road. This project was
started and abandoned because of
shortage of materials.
P. S. McMullan moved that a Re
tail Merchants Committee be ap
pointed to handle matters pertaining
to them particularly. After some dis
cussion this motion was carried and
M. A. Hughes. Arthur Hollowell,
Frank Elliott and John Mitchener
were appointed to serve on this com
mittee.
There was a genera! discussion on
the holding of general meetings of all
members of the Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Association and i
(1. B. Potter's motion that four ofj
such meetings be held each year was
passed. It was decided that these'
“etings should be held during the.
ths of October. January, April
t July and that all members be.
•d to attend them.
A committee made up of P. S. Mc-
Mullan, David Holton, Graham Byrum j
and Jimmy Partin was appointed to
investigate the proposed baseball
league for the Albemarle section. It
was strongly felt by all of the direc-j
tors that Edenton should have a team
in the league if one develops.
It was felt by the directors that \
the community should start now to
wards building up the tourist trade
in Edenton. Edmund Schwarze, J.
Edwin Bufflap, Jordan Yates, P. S.
McMullan and Ernest Kehayes were
appointed as a committee to study the
local situation and report such recom
mendations as they saw fit to the di-j
rectors. .
County Council Will
Meet September 27
Feature of Meeting Will;
Be County 4-H Club j
Dress Revue
The County Council of Home Dent- 1
onstration Clubs will meet on Thurs
day afternoon, September 27, at 3:15
o’clock in the Community House at
Cross Roads. All club officers are
urged to attend this meeting and club
members as well as non-club members
are invited.
Mrs. A. D. Ward, who represented
Chowan County at the State Council
meeting in Raleigh September 11-14,
will give d report of this meeting.
Final plans will be made for the
Achievement Day program to be held
in October.
A feature of the Home Demonstra
tion Club County Council will be the
County 4-H dress revue. Each con
testant will be judged on four points:
The costume, the posture and groom
ing of the girl, the costume on the
girl and the general effect and com
pleteness.
Approximately ten 4-H girls have
indicated that "they will enter a gar
ment. Cash prizes will be awarded
first, second and third place winners.
'ormer Local Teacher
J upervisor Os Pender
County Negro Schools
Miss Mary E. Harvey of Edenton
and teacher in the Pender County
Training School, has been appointed
supervisor of Negro school in Pen
der County. She is a former teacher
in Chowan County, having taught un
der Superintendent W. J. Taylor for
seven years. She is the granddaugh
ter of Mrs. Millie Bond.
«HE CHOWAN HERALD
A MOMM NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Telephone Company
Announces Plans To
Make Improvements
Outlay of $60,000 Will;
Be Made, According
To Officials
MORE LINES
Program Is Expected to
Be Under Way Within
l Next Few Months
! i
According to information from H.
W. Dewey, general manager of the j
Norfolk & Carolina Telephone &
Telegraph Company, the company is ;
planning considerable improvements)
and additions to its system which will
require an outlay of approximately |
$60,000. The contemplated improve
ments will be placed at Elizabeth
City, Edenton, Hertford and Manteo.
Five major items are included in
the proposed improvements which
will be aerial and underground tele
phone cables, underground conduits,
additional central office switchboard
equipment, additional long distance
telephone lines and extension of tele
phone service to more rural com
munities.
Replacement of many items of the
plant will also be made w r hich could
not be provided during the war due to
critical shortage and restrictions
placed upon the use of strategic ma
terials used by the telephone in
dustry.
Mr. Dewey stated that he expected
that the expansion program will be,
well underway within the next few
months.
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Hard Surfacing Os
Town’s Dirt Streets
Considered Friday
i ■' i
Special Meeting of Town
Council to Meet Con
sulting Engineer
Town Council will meet in special!
| session Friday night, at which time,
A. C. Linberg, consulting engineer ofj
; Burlington, N. C., will be present to
j submit maps, estimates and other 1
data relative to the proposed project)
of hard-surfacing the remainder of
the dirt streets in Edenton.
Mr. Linberg was in Edenton a few!
weeks ago, at which time he secured j
information and made a preliminary i
survey in order to reach an approxi-,
j mate figure of the cost of the pro- !
I posed improvements.
At Friday night’s meeting the I
! Councilmen will, no doubt, decide if I
j they favor the improvements and if 1
'so, machinery will be subsequently'
, set up for calling a special election to!
| vote on a bond issue to finance the!
i project.
| Mr. Linberg’s plans will include!
j hard-surfacing of all present dirt
j streets, including those in the cotton
| mill village and North Edenton, as
well as constructing curb and gut-
T ters.
When the project was brought up
at a recent meeting of Town Council
W. J. Yates and J. Edwin Bufflap
were appointed on a committee to se
cure tentative figures "on doing the
work, and Mr. Linberg was subse-j
quently secured to furnish an esti-j
mate, and definite figures will be
presented at the special meeting.
LIEUT. WILLIAM A. HARRELL '
ON DUTY AT WASHINGTON
Lieut. William A. Harrell has re
ported to the Bureau of Naval Per-'
sonnel, Washington, D. C., for duty
after spending a leave with his fam
ily. Previous to his leave Lieut. Har-!
rell spent two years in the Pacific,!
first as executive officer on the USS
Catalpa and later as navigator on the
USS Tuscana. During this period of
duty in the Pacific he took an active
part in several major engagements
including Bougainville in the Solomon
Islands, operations in the Bismark
Archipelago, Palau Islands and Oki
nawa.
COMPLETES FURLOUGH
Cpl. Leonard J. Bass last week re
-1 turned to Fort Bragg for reassign
i ment after a 30-day furlough with his
' parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Bass. He
I was a member of the Ninth Air
■ Force, serving most of his time as a
■ cook. Cpl. Bass was ■' overseas 20
■ months and wears the ETO Campaign
• Ribbon and Good Cq&duct Medal.
• While overseas he was in England,
France, Belgium and Germany.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 20, 1945
Edenton Boy In I
Invasion Os Tokyo
Millard Ward’s Ship
First to Land Troops
On Jap Homeland
Millard N. Ward, S 1/c, U. S. Naval
Amphibious Forces, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest J. Ward, has sent home
the heretofore censored story of his
ship, the USS Waukesha (AKAB4).
The USS Waukesha, one of the new <
13,000-ton assault cargo transports 1 !
j with a complement of 36 officers and I
! 254 men, was commissioned February;
23 of this year in Brooklyn and joined
! the Pacific Fleet in April. ! i
After stop overs at the Marshall;
; and Caroline Islands, the Waukesha j
i dropped anchor in Butner Bay for a!
j prolonged operation at Okinawa. The 1
; ship was then ordered to Pearl Har
bor but was diverted to Guam for 36
hours, where her crew was furiously
loading troops and cargo of the
1 Fourth Marines for 23 hours when of
i ficial word was received of Japan’s
capitulation at 1100 Guam time, Aug-,
lust 15. After cruising for three
’days, the Waukesha then sailed up*
and down the coast of Japan for five,
: days with Admiral Halsey’s Third.
! Fleet as a unit of Admiral Radger’s!
! Task Force 31, being one of a divi-1
j sion of six assault ships of the Am
phibious Forces carrying the Fourth
' Regiment of the Sixth U. S, Marine
! Division. Loaded with 137 Marine
I officers and men and 1,500 tons of
! combat cargo, the USS Waukesha
! steamed into Tokyo Bay at 0720 Aug- :
i ust 30, Tokyo time, to land the first
j Allied seaborne troops on the Jap-!
! anese homeland. Coincident with the!
| landing of Army airborne forces 15
j miles to the north, these veteran Ma-
I rine troops, spearheading the ■Navy’s !
| occupation forces, were landed in'
i regular invasion form at 0030 to
j seize and occupy the strategic Yoko-;
J suka Naval Base at the entrance to!
j the once heavily guarded Tokyo Bay.)
j After hitting the shore with his first
wave, Seaman Ward, who is skipper
of an amphibious landing craft, re-j
turned to his ship and began the task
of carrying cargo to the beach. This
unloading operation lasted for two;
days and now the USS Waukesha has
put out to sea once more.
Young Ward graduated from Eden
ton High School in 1943, and attended
Oak Ridge Military Institute for one
j year before entering the Navy in;
iJuly, 11)44.
! Fermor Hare On
! Enterprise When
Damaged By Japsj
Fermor Hane, son of Mr. and Mrs.)
G. C. Hare, who recently moved from
Chowan County to Whaleyville, Va.,'
J was stationed on the USS Enterprise,!
! termed the “fightingest carrier” in I
j the United States Navy, when the)
ship was damaged off Okinawa by a!
Japanese suicide plane.
The big ship was damaged 15
times in four years of fighting in the j
Pacific and the Japs reported it sunk|
six times. For its operations against
the Japs, the carrier earned the Presi
dential Unit Citation.
ONE FIRE IN AUGUST
Fire Chief R. K. Hafl reports only
one fire in Edenton during the month
of August. There was no damage,
he says.
i SGT. GOODWIN BACK IN STATES
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Goodwin
i have received a telegram that: their
i son, Thomas R. Goodwin, landed at
i Boston, Mass., safely Saturday and
. that he will soon be home. Sgt.j
, Goodwin has been overseas nearly 18:
months.
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COMING HOME FROM ITALY—These Infantrymen ars arrir. ‘
Ing at Casablanca on the first leg of}their trip back lo the United j (
States. They are leaving a B-17 Flying Fortress which brought then j (
from Italv ;
Red Cross Ready ;
To Assist Veterans
Advised to Contact Miss
Elizabeth Moore, Home j
Service Chairman !
With the end of the war the ar
med forces are ready for the great
est demobilization in history. The!
American Red Cross stands by to as
sist Chowan County’s returning vet
erans in securing the government
benefits to which they are entitled,
and to help them with the many!
problems they face in their return
to civilian life, Mrs. J. N. Pruden,'
chairman of the Chowan County j
Chapter, said this week.
Miss Elizabeth V. Moore. Home 1
Service Chairman, has just returned i
from Rocky Mount, where she attend- :
ed a conference on veterans’ claims
and benefits. At the meeting it was :
emphasized that the work of the 1
American Red Cross at home will of
necessity continue and in some re
spects will increase, particularly in
those services related to the service
man, the ex-service man and his
1 family.
Newest developments in veterans’
! claims and benefits were discussed
land a program planned which will en-f
able Chowas County Chapter to pro-;
1 vide the greatest possible service for;
returning service men. Veterans de-j
siring assistance are advised to con-j
tact the Chowan County Chapter at!
Ill) West King Street, Mrs. Pruden j
'said. The Home Service office there)
:is open from 10 A. M. to 1 P. M.
every day except Sunday, and from
! 2 P. M. to 4 P. M. every afternoon
| except Saturday ami Sunday.
Ed Bond Post Passes
Membership Quota
Mrs. Willis McClenny
First Legionnaire In
Chow an County
j
Ed Bond Post of the American
Legion this week passed its member
ship quota for the year, when 109'
members were enrolled as compared
with 106 members last year.
The local Post takes pride in an
! nouncing that it has added its first
woman Legionnaire, when Mrs. Willie;
McClenney joined the organization.!
! Mrs. McClenney was a members of!
! the Marine Women’s Reserve and was!
; stationed at the Edenton Air Station 1
! when she met and married Mr. Me-j
j Clenney. She joined the Marines in
! St. Louis, and thus has.the distinction I
; of being the first woman Legionnaire!
I in Chowan County.
! Revival Adds Members
To Macedonia Church
Eleven new members were added
; to the Macedonia Baptist Church as
a result of revival services held there;
last week, seven coming by baptism
and four by letter. Dr. R. E. Wall,
pastor of Blackwell Memorial Baptist
Church of Elizabeth City did the
preaching. The Rev. J. T. Byrum is
pastor of the church.
Dr. Wall also held revival services!
for Mr. Byrum at Bethel and Bal- j
lards Bridge Baptist Churches. The
total number of new members added
to Mr. Byrum’s three churches is
nineteen.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A.
i M., will hold its weekly meeting to
! night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the
Court House.
Local Police Decide!
To Stop Warning For
| Ignoring Traffic Law
Chief of Police George
Dail Lists 11 Grow ing
Violations
MUST^TOP
Arrests May Be Expect
ed If Practice Is
Continued
1
Chief of Police George 1. Dai! in
formed The Herald early this week i
that up to the present time the Po-j,
lice Department has tried to warn
every person about minor violations j '
of the traffic laws, but that it is now '
time for more drastic action. “Most 1 ;
of the violations endanger the lii'ej
and property of others and they will j
have to stop,” said Chief Dail. “It is
not the desire of the Police Depart- !
ment to cause any person to be em- 1
barrassed or have them pay a fine,
but in the interest of safety and!
rights of others, there must be an end
to merely warning violators and more!
drastic action taken to curb viola- i
tions.”
Among the violations which are.
j most noticeable of late and which the
j police intend to break up are the fol- 1
j lowing: I
1— Double parking on Broad Street
over 60 seconds.
2 Speeding in town.
3 Riding bicycles on sidewalks, i
4 Parking cars on and across side-!
walks.
5 Making V turns at King and)
Broad streets, Eden and Broad streets 1
| and in middle of blocks.
1 0— Parking out of line.
7—Backing into intersections and!
! across cross-walks.
: B—Parking in safety zones,
i 9—Parking too near fire hydrants.)
1 10—Parking on left side of street
, at Post Office and other streets.
! It—-Parking in private driveways.
Masons Discuss
Building Temple
Strong Sentiment For
Selling George Wash
ington Chair
Ways and means for the construe--!
: tion of a Masonic Temple again be-j
I came a subject for considerable dis-
I cussibn at the regular meeting of
j Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &j;
A: AL, Thursday flight.
Possibilities of acquiring or con
structing a temple for the lodge have
I been discussed many times in the past
, with little progress having been
! made. However, increased interest
. and vigorous efforts on the part of
the membership bid fair to indicate
! that possibilities along this line will
soon develop into probabilities.
Reports of fabulous offers for the
i historical old chair which legend says'
; was brought to this country from)
; England in early colonial days and:
j once seated George Washington as!
master of a Masonic Lodge in Alex-j
! andria have prompted suggestions j
'that confirmation of these offers be
j sought with a view to sale of the!
| chair as a source of funds to help)
! finance the construction of a temple.]
Although it is quite apparent that
j the lodge would be reluctant to part,
'with the historical old chair, a size-]
able faction of the membership firm- !
!y contends th-t a temple would be of)
; much greater value, a more fitting
monument and is much more desir-!
j able, to Unanimity Lodge than the
) chair. Therefore, it appears that,
; should the right offer be obtained
(and other 'means be not available,
j preference for the temple could pos-j
| sibly win over and the chair of an
j tiquity, an emblem of superb craft-!
I manship, mellow with age and closely;
] associated with various historical j
1 legends, might be disposed of in favor!
j of a Masonic temple.
T. R. Williford, master of the
lodge, at last week’s meeting ap-!
pointed a committee to investigate a
possible site and ways and means to!
raise funds for building a temple.!
This committee is composed of E. W. 1
Spires, C. H. Wood, the Rev. W. C.
Francis, Richard Baer and H. A.!
Cam pen.
Mooneys Entertain
At Lions Meeting l
With W. J. Daniels in charge of
i the program at the Lions Club meet
ing Monday night, members enjoyed
a musical program rendered by Mrs.
C. B. Mooney, Jr., and her daughter,
, Brenda Dean. The youngster de
. lighted the Lions with her singing,
■ while Mrs. Mooney also rendered a
number of piano selections.
This newspaper it circu
lated in the territory
where Advertiser! wMf
reaUae good resulti.
$1.50 Per Year.
Grand Jury Discovers
Poor Transportation
For Colored Children
Recommends That Im
mediate Action Be
Taken
repairsTneeded
One School Bus Ordered
Replaced as Soon as
Possible
.According to the report of the
Grand Jury, which was completed at
the conclusion of the September term
of Superior Court last week, con
ditions in Chowan County are in
good shape, with no recommendations
made except in respect to transporta
tion of colored children to and from
school. ”We had brought to our at
tention something about the school
transportation,” read the report,
“and after examination we find that
we have colored children who live
I more than two and a half miles from
school w ithout transportaion, and
we, therefore, recommend to the
| Chowan County School Board and to
the Board of County Commissioners
lof Chowan County that action be
taken immediately to provide such
transportation.”
The report also reflects the fact
[that the Grand Jury complied with
i Judge W. C. Harris’ instructions to
! carefully examine school buses, for
in the report, one bus Was recom
-1 mended to be replaced and quite a
few defects listed as to other buses.
; Several necessary repairs were al
'so noted at several of the schools
and at the keeper’s house at the
i County Home repairs are needed
which should have already been done,
according to the report.
More Members Join
Local Wildfife Club
Up to Tuesday 39 Names
And Dues Turned Over
To Club’s Secretary
Membership jn the Chowan County
Wildlife Club is gradually increasing
( and up to Tuesday of this Week 39
names and dues had been turned over
'to P. S. McMullan. secretary and
treasurer of the new organization.
) Besides, it is understood that one of
the members has 35 more members
enrolled, but these names had not
been turned oyer to Mr. McMullan up
to Tuesday.
David Holton, president of the
club, will announce the directors of
the club early next week, as well as
the next meeting of the group.
Members enrolled with Mr. McMul
lan to date include:
J. H. McMullan, David Holton, J.
| Edwin Bufflap, J. A. Bunch, L. S. By
■ rum, R. F. Elliott, Sidney W. White,
jC. N, Keeter, J. W. Cates, R. W.
! Leary, Jr., J. E. Wood, Thomas B.
I Wood, A. B. Harless, John Saunders,
Joe Conger, Ernest Kehayes, Mack
i Jordan, John Mitchener, Richard
] Baer, Henry Gardner, J. R. Byrum, ,T.
| J. Ross, Clarence P. Yeingst, E. B.
i Schwarze, L. C. Burton, Kistler Phil
lips, C. E. Byrum, P. S. McMullan,
i L. M. Johnson, Marvin Wilson, O. E.
Duncan, W. W. Byrum, Jordan Yates,
; Lloyd C. Bunch, C. B. Mooney, Jr.,
Louis Bunch, J. Clarence Leary, Joe
( Webb and G. B. Potter.
Cpl. David R. Mizelle
Now At Greensboro
Cpl. David R. Mizelle, son of Mr.
j and Mrs. David P. Mizelle, Route 3,
; has reported to Greensboro for as
| signment to an Air Force installation
jin the LTnited States. Cpl. Mizelle
I recently returned to this country
j after having spent 16 months in the
j European Theater of Operations.
At this station he is going through
; a record and classification procedure
! prior to assignment. This is a
station in the Personnel Distribution
Command’s chain of Redistribution
! Stations, and also provides entertain
! ment and relaxation for Cpl. Mizelle
j during his stay.
| SEE MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES
Five Edentonians returned home
I early Monday morning after spending
! the week-end in Washington, D. C.,
. where they witnessed baseball games
, between the Washington Senators and
• Detroit Tigers. In the group were
, West Leary, J. P. Partin, Frank
i Hughes, John Lee Spruill and J. Ed
win Bufflap.