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h Haw setsmm wM ho lgftg= Volume Xll— Number 4l. United War Fund Drive Is Scheduled To Get Under Next Monday Morning Machinery Set Up at j Meeting Held Monday Afternoon G0A1755,000 Workers Asked to Re port at End of First Week At a meeting Monday afternoon plans were completed for Chowan County’s United War Fund drive,' which is scheduled to get under way Monday, October 15, in an effort to, raise at least $5,000. This quota was I adopted last week when various chairmen, together with Chairman W. | J. Taylor and other officials, agreed that the State headquarters’ request | for $7,485 was too large. j In charge of the various groups of canvassers are J. H. Conger, chair-1 man of the initial gifts committee; j H. A. Campen, chairman of the white people in Edenton; Miss Rebecca Col well and C. W. Overman, who will have charge of the drive among white people in the rural section; D. F. Walker heads the committee which will canvass colored people in Eden ton and J. B. Small and Mrs. Onnie S. Charlton will handle the drive among rural colored people. Aside from the USO and various relief agencies included in the United War Fund beneficiaries, the local Boy and Girl Scouts will also benefit, so that the drive has an especially local appeal. In fact, were it not for the! United War Fund arrangement, drive after drive would be necessary, so that Chowan County people are urged; to take into consideration the many) agencies involved and make contribu-t tions as liberal as possible. It is hoped that Chowan County’s iota will be reached in short order, ) 1 Chairman Taylor has requested . chairmen to make a report at the ■d of the first week in order to de-i (ermine how much progress has been mad". It is. therefore, necessary for! the canvassers to report promptly to! their respective chairmen. Various chairmen will meet with ; their groups of canvassers before the; drive begins Monday and all will be! provided with receipt books and lit-1 erature which4b*xplains the great need ' for the War Fund. The drive is na tion-wide and Mr. Taylor, and his as sociates are hopeful that Chowan County will, as in previous drives, •■meet and even surpass its quota. Legion’s Auxiliary Has 65_ Enrolled! Members Urged to At-1 tend Area Meeting j In Farmville Beginning at 10 o’clock Friday] morning, October 19, an area meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary Will he held at Farmville. and it is j hoped by local Auxiliary officials] that many from Chowan County will attend. The Ed Bond Auxiliary now has passed its membership quota, four new members having recently been enrolled, membership up to 65. The quota is 61. Other ap plications are in the hands of pros pective members, so that it is expect ed the membership will be boosted when applications are turned in. Any wife, mother, daughter or sis ter of a service man is eligible for membership and provision has been made that if a Legion membership is secured for a man in the service relatives will be eligible for Auxili ary membership even if the service man is still in uniform. S/Sgt. Golden Frinks Is Discharged From Army S/Sgt. Golden Frinks has been honorably discharged from the Army and returned to his home here last week. Sgt. Frinks had been in the service three years and 11 months, ’7 months of which were spent over sas. Most of the time overseas Sgt. ’rinks was stationed in Iran, Per sia, but he was sent on detail duty to Bagdad, Jerusalem, Italy and In dia. He was a member of the trans portation corps and played no small role in transporting supplies to Rus sia when the Germans were pushing ' the Russians back early in the war. ■ Sgt. Frinks wears the Good Con duct Medal, the American Theater and Middle East Campaign Ribbons. THE CHOWAN HERALD 4 WMF A PER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY |_Football ClassicJ Whal will be the football classic of the Albemarle will take place on the Edenton grid iron Friday, October 19, when Edenton High School will meet ' its ancient rival, the Elizabeth i City Yellow Jackets. The game 1 is expected to attract the largest , crowd of the season and will take on the air of a college game in that the now famous Elizabeth ; City High School Band will ac- < company the team and perform i before the game and between 1 halves. ; Edenton will enter the game decidedly the underdog, but , Coach Tex Lindsay feels confi- , dent that his boys will give a 1 good account of themselves. The , Elizabeth City school will operate 1 on a half-day schedule on that day, so that many of the students will also accompany the team and help swell the crowd. < Rotarians Planning Hallowe’en Party On Tuesday, October 30 School Teachers and Ro tary Anns Will Be Special Guests ! Plans are now in the making by] the Edenton Rotary Club to stage a j Hallowe’en party on the night of j Tuesday, October 31), at which Ro-| tary Anns and teachers <>f the Eden ton and Chowan High Schools will be! special guests. For the occasion ail! who attend will be urged to wear! costumes and preliminary plans 1 ! point to a very enjoyable affair. Committees have been appointed: j to make the necessary arrangements ! j and include the following: Decorations—R N. Hines, C. T. Griffin, Llovd Bunch and H. A. Cam-] 'pen. i Entertainment—C. W. Overman,] David Holton, R. M. Johnston and ; Wade Cashion. Refreshments—Richard Baer, Er- I nest Kehayes, Frank Ho|mes and’ j Earl Goodwin. Costumes—Dr. W. I. Hart, R. F.j Elliott and the Rev. IX C. Crawford,] Jr. Methodist Conference Held In Upper Chowan The Rev. J. Herbert Miller, Dis-! j trict Superintendent of the Methodist} Church, spoke at the Center Hill) 'Methodist Church Sunday at the 11 j o’clock service when the Fourth Quar- ] | terly Conference of the Chowan ] Charge was held. Representatives of] the four churches, Anderson, Bethany, ] Center Hill and Evans were present. Reports for the year showed eight new members added to the roll dur ing the year. In addition to their regular budget these churches had raised about S6OO during the year for the relief of conditions brought on by the war. World Wide Communion Sunday was also observed by the church in connection with the Quarterly con ference. Mr. Miller did not reveal whether the present pastor, the Rev. Arthur 1 Stephenson, who is finishing his fourth year on the Chowan charge, will be returned or sent to a new i work. Cpl. Archie Layton Home From Overseas Cpl. Archie Layton, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Layton, arrived in Eden- ' ton last week after t being honorably i discharged from the U. S. Army. 1 Cpl. Layton entered the service June : 5, 1942 and had been overseas since i April 14, 1944. A member of the 79th Infantry Division, Cpl. Layton participated in t the battles of Normandy, Northern I France, the Rhineland and Central Europe. He wears the ETO Cam- i paign Medal with four service stars, 1 the Distinguished Unit Badge, the < Good Conduct Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, Expert Infantry Combat i Badge and Purple Heart. c Cpl. Layton was wounded in France t on September 14, 1944. < Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 11,1945. Red Cross Home ' Service Chairman Tells About Duties Requests Made Which . Cannot Be Handled Locally WILLINcTtO HELP j ! . Chapter Works Under] Regulations By Army ; And Navy “Citizens of Chowan County need aj clearer understanding of Red Cross j< policy and functions,” says Miss] I Elizabeth Moore, Home Service chair-11 man of the Crowan County Red] I Cross Chapter, "in order that the! s local chapter may more effectively] 1 serve the service men and veterans of: < this county:” ) The largest number of requests re-: 5 eeived by the Home Service office, ac- j * cording to Miss Moore, deal with fur- 1 s loughs. In cases of severe illness or 1 death, when the service man’s pres- '• ence is desired, the family should first wire or telephone the service man, if i he is in this country, and then report I to the Home Service office the name < of the doctor attending the patient. < Red Cross verifications must give the. 1 doctor’s diagnosis and his opinion of j I the need for the service man’s pres- ' ence, otherwise they cannot *be sent. ] 1 Wherever Red Cross touches the life. 1 of a service man, it works under regu- ] c lations laid down by the Army and ! the Navy and must obey them scrup-1 ulously. ] ; In cases involving agricultural fur-j : loughs, the family should notify the; ' service man of the existing conditions; and the need for his presence. The] ! service man must then make his own ! request to his commanding officer,! ; who will release him or not according !to military' necessity. Since there is ( 1 ! no authority such as a doctor who can' j be consulted in such cases, the local I Red Cross cannot verify the need. , ] Similarly, when a service man has re- j ' quested discharge, the local Red' ! Cross cannot make any investigation ] I unless the service man’s commanding] officer requests it through the Red | Cross at his base. Red Cross service to veterans con sists chiefly of assistance with claims. In addition. Red Gross cooperates closely with all community agencies | which serve veterans and is always • | ready to refer a veteran to the agency ; best able to help with his particular, i problem. j Regardless of its willingness to] I help whenever help is needed, Red Cross cannot overstep the regulations] ■ laid down by the armed services, nor] ; undertake to give assistance in cases' ■ which properly belong to other agen- 1 I cies in the Community. Comdr. Creighton j | Red Men Speaker (Traces Growth of Naval ! Aviation and Urges Strong Navy I Commander Bert Creighton, eom-j manding officer of the Edenton Naval!- Air Station, spoke to a goodly num-l ber of the members of Chowan Tribe; of Red Men Monday night, during which talk he interestingly traced , the growth and effectiveness of Naval aviation since he served in the first World War as well as more adequate training of pilots. He explained the training of pilots and the duties at , the local station, where they are finally trained to go aboard plane carriers. At present, he said, the Edenton! station is scheduled to be a perman-J ent base and only this week more'* men arrived to be stationed here. As he has heretofore stated, Comdr. Creighton urged a strong Navy in peace time and informed his listeners that the Navy was releasing men as rapidly as possible. i By reason of the fact that the base ! will be permanent, the speaker pre- i dieted prosperous times in Edenton, i but regretted the fact that there are ’ so few apartments or houses readily available for families of those who i will be stationed here. ] His address was very enlightening < and was very much appreciated by 1 the Red Men who were present. He was introduced to the tribe by J. Ed- i win Bufflap and at the conclusion of 1 his remarks refreshments were serv- 1 ed. | Before departing, Comdr. Creighton 1 invited the Red Men to attend the 1 celebration of Navy Day at the sta- 1 tion which will be held Saturday, < October*27. t Wlamston High Victim Os Edenton In Thrilling Game Jack Habit and R. G. Henderson Run Wild SCORE 19 TO 6 Visitors Throw Scare By Scoring Early In First Quarter With Jack Habit and R. G. Hen-! derson running wild, and supported! by a group of determined team mates, I the Edenton High School football] team on Friday afternoon added itsj second victory of the season by de-1 feating Williamston High to the tune of 19-6 in a hard-fought game. The! game was thrilling throughout with' spectacular plays both on offense and 1 defense, keeping the spectators in] suspense until the final minutes of the game, when the Edenton boys secured a commanding lead. Williamston scored early in the first quarter and things appeared to be serious until early in the second quarter when Edenton made a touch down and the extra point to go in the lead 7-6. Several scoring threats by the visitors were stopped and Eden ton added a touchdown in both the third and fourth quarters but failed to make the extra point in both cases, so that the final score was 19-6. Edenton kicked to start the game! and in three plays the visitors made a first down, after which Tom Brand on ran 11 yards and the next play netted 12 yards on a pass, the ball being on the Edenton 18-vard line. Another first down put the ball on the 8-yard line, front where in two plays the Visitors scored their touch down. Try for extra point failed.; Following the kick, Edenton lost thej ball on downs and Williamston! fumbled as the quarter ended. In the first three plays of the sec-] ond quarter, Habit and Henderson* made a first down, which was fol lowed by a thrilling pass to Powell, which was dropped at the 2-yard line. Henderson then plunged through the; line to score and a jfass from Hen derson to Habit was good for the ex: tra point. Williamston completed a! 15-yard pass but was called back for] being off sides and on the next play, fumbled so that the visitors kicked. I Henderson fumbled the ball at mid-] field and on the next play Brandon* raced for a first down. A pass fail ed and Williamston was given an off * side penalty, after which Brandon again got loose and ran 20 yards for a first down on the 22-yard line. On the next play Jack Habit intercept ed a pass, followed by a five yard gain on a long end run and then made a thrilling run Which netted .‘lit yards. Williamston intercepted a pass as the half ended. During the (C ontinued on Page Two) Merchants Adopt ! Hours For Business Regular Schedule Ar-; L ranged to Eliminate Confusion j The Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, composed of. M. A. Hughes, John Mitehener, Frank Elliott and Arthur Hollowell, meti Monday afternoon to discuss opening! and closing hours for the merchants' of Edenton. J. Clarence Leary and Marvin W’ilson, president and secre-l tary of the Chamber of Commerce, met with them. A preliminary meet-j ing was held Friday’ at which it was* decided that the committeemen would! , contact as many businessmen of the town as possible and get their views on the subject. As a result of the polling of the merchants, the following schedule was adopted: Drug stores open each day at 8:00 A. M. and close at 9:00 P. M.: hardware stores and gro cery stores open at 7:00 A. M. and close at 6:00 P. M. except Saturdays when the closing hour will be 9:00 P. M.; drygoods, clothing, variety and notions stores will open at 9:00 A. M. and close at 6:00 except Satur days when they will remain open un til 9:00 P. M. The merchants contacted were very much inclined to effect a schedule that would be uniform and expressed their intentions of cooperating with the committee in bringing this about. It is hoped by all concerned that all the merchants of the town will work together in making this program suc cessful and eliminating the confusion that has existed before. Board Public Works Wants To Acquire Alley Back Os Lower Broad Street Block |_ Navy Day _J Though arrangements are not complete, plans are now in the making for an elaborate celebra tion of Navy Day at the Edenton Naval Air Station on Saturday, October 27. In connection with th<* cplehra ] tion, it is expected that the high * light of the day will be an air | show w hich will equal or possibly 1 j surpass the one held August 30. when the 32nd birthday of naval aviation was observed and visit ors were thrilled as they watch ed the many planes going through various breath-taking performances. Open house will be observed, and officers of the station hope a large crowd will he on hand to help celebrate the day. Edenton Tackles Ahoskie On Friday i Local Team Has Edge On Victories Since 1927 Greatly encouraged by winning both games already played of their schedule, the Edenton High School: football team will journey to Ahos kie Friday afternoon to tackle the' Hertford County outfit. It will be' the purpose of the Edenton boys to ] avenge last year’s defeat when ; I Ahoskie won 13-7. | Friday's game will be the ninth' I meeting of the schools since football, .was inaugurated in Edenton in 1927.! ' t that year Kdeißoii w n two games 28-n and 32-0. No games wore play ed in 1928-29 an<i in 1930, Edenton again won 27-o]. In 1931 the two teams played to a t!-6 tie and in the, second game Ahoskie won (>-0. For the next 12 years no games were j scheduled between the two teams and in 1942 a scoreless tie was played | and Edenton won the second game ! 6-0. Last year only One game was play ed which resulted in a victory for Ahoskie 13-7. so that, of the eight games thus far played between the two schools, Edenton has won four,’ Ahoskie two and two tie games. Edenton’s players are suffering not injuries from last week’s game other than a few bruises, so that they will be in good shape for the game and hope to continue their winning streak,' 59 Attend Wiring- Meetings In County , Fifty-nine people attended home! j and farm wiring meetings held last week at Rocky Hock and Cross Roads, the meetings being sponsored joint-] jly by the home and farm agents.! j Miss Pauline Gordon of the N. C. ] ! Agricultural Extension Service at' j State College conducted the discussion and demonstration, and both framers* ] and fram women participated freely! in asking questions and seeking ad-[ vice on the subject. Miss Norma Perry Placed On Dean’s List * . - Making the Dean’s list at The ' Woman’s College for the current semester are 142 members of the j senior class, who qualified by virtue' * of their grades on work during the. j spring semester of their senior year. • Among the group on the Dean’s] list is Miss Norma Perry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 0. B. Perry, which entitles her to unlimited cuts and special academic and social privileges for the term. ] 10 More Local Colored Boys Take Final Exam; Ten mbre Chowan County colored; boys left Edenton Monday for Fort I Bragg for their final pre-induction examination. In the group were: Fred Douglas Coston, Roy Edward Nixon, Hersey David Copeland, William Earl Brooks, Willie Lee Morris, Fred Louis Satter field, John Bond, Willis Augustus Carter and Earl Ed Johnson, Jr. MRS. LEARY IMPROVING Mrs. Ida Leary, who has been se riously ill at her home for several weeks, is gradually improving, ac cording to reports early this week. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers wM realise good results. $1.50 Per Year. j Idea Is For Property Owners to Pay For Strip of Land $3,000 INVOLVED Parking on West Queen Street Prohibited By Ordinance • J- H. Conger. c hairman of the Roard of Public Works, together with Superintendent R. N. Hines, appear ed before Town Council Tuesday night in the interest of acquiring an ; alley back of the business houses on the east side of Broad street between ; Water and King streets, and request ed authorization to purchase a strip of land 12 feet 8 inches wide from Mrs. Fred Drane extending from Water street to the end of her pro perty running north. Mr. Conger i stated that the property can be pur chased for $2,000, with the provision that a cyclone fence be erected along | Mrs. Drane’s line by the Town. The i fence is estimated to cost in the ! neighborhood of SI,OOO. It is the purpose of the Board of ] Public Works to have the property ] owners involved pay the $3,000, with ( the cost pro-rated, so that acquisition I of the alley will be no expense to the town. It was also explained that the ! sanitary sewer back of business j houses is in bad shape and must be | replaced. This line now crosses pri vate property and with the town own ing the alley, the new line could be S far more easily replaced. In one in stance, a building owned by J. M. Vail is built over the present line, Mr. Hines reported that of the pro perty owners contacted, all but three agreed to pay the proportionate part, but at the meeting, J. Edwin Bulllap | contended that while it might be al right for the property holders to pay, their proportionate part for the land] in that it would provide: a back en trance. he did not see why the pro perty holders should be asked to share * in the erection of the fence. The matter was thoroughly discus sed, and W. M. Wilkins and Graham Byrum were appointed as a commit tee to make an investigation of the proposition before any action is tak-. en. Another problem confronting the , Council men was the matter of pro viding parking spaces for doctors. In order to legally furnish parking stands, the doctors will be swoin in (Continued on Page Five) IG. Perry Resigns | As Game Warden Unable to Devote Entire Time to Position as Now Required J. G. Perry, Chowan County game | warden, has resigned after 14 years of service in this capacity. Mr. Per ; ry’s resignation followed the require j ment of a full time game warden by ' the Department of Conservation, say- I ing his private affairs would not per : init him to continue the position un j der those conditions. In announcing his resignation, Mr. Perry expresses his sincere apprecia tion to the sportsmen of the County for their interest and cooperation while he has been game warden. A successor has not yet been an nounced. Hqbert Elliott Not Casualty Os Army Many friends were much concern ed last week when a story appeared in The Virginian-Pilot stating that Pvt. Hubert Elliott was officially de ! clared dead by the War Department. The Hubert Elliott referred to was ; not the son of Mrs. John M. Elliott, i Sr., as many friends at first thought. ; MINISTERS POSTPONE MEETING The Chowan Ministerial Associa tion deferred its meeting from Mon day, October "8, to October 15th. Ministers of the County are invited to attend. The place of meeting is at the office of the Rev. D. C. Craw ford, Jr., at Edenton. It is under stood that Perquimans County minis ters will also be invited. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Cam pen, Sunday, October 7, in the Medi cal Center, Elizabeth City, a daugh ter.
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