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Volume Xll.—NumbS
USO In Readiness
For Arrival Os New
* Navy Men At Base
Officials Regret Depart
ure of CASU-67
This Month
With November 15 marking the
departure of the CASU-67 and the
senior air group from the Edenton
Naval Air Station, the local USO or
ganization has thrown its energies in
to the task of taking care of an in
creasing number of Navy men expect
ed here the middle part of November,
and in December, who will be making
use of recreational and service facili
ties offered by USO.
Wade Cashion, director, urges all
volunteers, whose faithful and helpful
assistance in the past has served the
local program so well, to be particu
larly attentive of the schedule of
hours in effect for the month of No
vember.
It has always been the policy of
USO to bring into its relationship
with sendee men and their families
and friends as much of community
spirit as possible and the rendering of
such personal services to men away
from their own homes has been, and
will continue to be, one of the im
portant elements that distinguishes
our men of the armed forces. Since
the ending of the war has left many
of those in service with a lessening
sense of a goal ahead, the need for
building morale is greater now than
ever before.
The change in station, especially for
CASU-67 after a period of nine
months' duty here under the com
mand of Comdr. K. C. Huffman, will
lose for USO a number of friends.
Nevertheless, the arrival of the new
groups is awaited with eagerness. At
the same time, the friendship of all
base personnel, commanded by Comdr.
Bert H. Creighton, will continue to be
valued by USO.
Mrs. J. S. Davis, who has steered
the calendar committee so capably,
announces the following November
schedule: Monday, November 5, 12,
» " and 26, from 6to 8 o’clock, Mrs.
O. Elliott, and from 8 to 11 o’clock,
Irs. Charles Wilhelm: Tuesday. No
vember 6, 1", 20 and 27, from 0 to 8,
o’clock, Mrs. .1. S. Davis, and from 1 8 !
to 1! o'clock, Miss Fannie Sue Sayers;
Wednesday. November 7, 14, 21 and
28, from 6 to 8 o’clock. Miss Rebecca
Colwell, and from 8 to 11 o’clock, Mrs.
T. C. Cross; Thursday, November 1,
8. 15, 22 and 29, from 6 to 8 o’clock,
Mrs. Dan Carter, and from 8 to 11
o’clock, Miss Ernestine Jones; Friday,'
November 2. 9, 16, 23 and 30, from 6{
to 8 o’clock, Mrs. M. F. Bond, Jr., and
from 8 to 11 o’clock, Mrs. P. T.:
Owens; Saturday, November 3, 10,17
and 24, from 6 to 8 o’clock, Mrs. N. K.
Rowell, and from 8 to 11 o’clock, Mrs.
Paul Holoman and Mrs. J. Carroll;
Byrum.
Jurymen Selected
For Superior Court;
Mixed Term Will Begin
Week of Monday,
November 26
With a term of Chowan County Su
perior Court scheduled to be held the
week of November 26, the County
Commissioners on Monday drew a
jury list to serve for the mixed term.
Judge W. C. Harris of Raleigh is
scheduled to preside.
Those whose names were drawn
from the jury box to serve as jurors
include:
J. A. Wiggins, A. M. Harrell, J. L.
Collins, Clarence Lupton, Paul R.
Perry, A. E. Jenkins, Carlton Privott,
H. H. Lane, J. T. Layden, C. C.
Nixon, E. B. Boyce, M. C. Hobbs, T.
J. Jackson, Ralph Goodwin, Joseph
Northcott, M. J. Evans, H. M. Nixon,
E. C. Ward, R. W. Leary, Jr., Jimmy
Earnhardt, Vince White, R. F. Elliott,
Roland Ashley, J. E. Ashley, Ralph
Dail, J. J. Byrum, I. R. Blanchard,
Lloyd Overton, F. A. Ward, James
Baker, Tom Byrum, W. L. Smith, Es
ton Baker, W. W. Small, Lloyd E. 1
Bunch and Joe A. Webb, Jr. ,
i
Town And County
K Offices Close Monday
Town and Csunty offices will be ,
closed all day next Monday in order ,
for employees to observe Armistice ,
Day, which falls on Sunday, Novem- \
ber 11. Anyone who has important
business to transact should govern
themselves accordingly.
Members of the Street Department .
will also observe the holMay, al- l
though the business section will be ’
cleaned up in the morning as usual. ]
THE CHOWAN HERALD
HOME MEW WAFER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
veteran Administrator
On Part Time Schedule
Brooks B. Little, contract represen
tative for the Veterans Administra
tion, will begin an itinerant service j
| in Edenton every other Tuesday in the
I month, his first visit being scheduled!
for Tuesday, November 13. His pur
pose will be to promote prompt and
. efficient processing and adjudication
of. claims by advising and counseling
with claimants, beneficiaries and other!
individuals. He will render every j
possible service to discharged mem- 1
. bers of the armed forces and depend- j
, ents in claiming benefits under the Gli
, Bill of Rights.
Mr. Little will be in room 202, Citi- j
. zens Bank Building, next to the em
ployment office.
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All Contributors To
! Hospital Fund Asked
; To Meet Nov. 15th
r Purpose of Meetihg Is ! (
. To Discuss Location 1
Os Hospital <
The Executive Committee of the I
I Hospital Association has announced I
that there will be a meeting of all ’
. contributors to the hospital fund, and *
, any others who are interested, at the •
r Court House Thursday, November 15, 1
„ at 8 P. M. to discuss the location of'
1 the hospital. Authority for choosing'l
i the site is in the Town Council and ’
j the County Commissioners, but it is j 1
_|felt that these bodies should have the *
opportunity of knowing the sentiment'
of the people ill the community. '•
. Several sites have been suggested. I
and the trustees of the Hospital As- *
‘ soeiation have gone on record as fav
oring some portion of Hicks Field. It i 1
j is hoped that there will be a large!
number at the meeting so that any
; recommendations made at that time I
will indicate the desire of most of the |
1 people interested.
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McMullan Renamed
As Tax Supervisor
Same Tax Listers Also
Approved By County
Commissioners
P. S. McMullan was on Monday re
l appointed County Tax Supervisor by'
' the County Commissioners for the
j year 1946. The Commissioners also
| approved the appointment of the same
group of tax listers as last year,
! which were recommended by Mr. Mc
i Mullan as follows:
! First Township—Mrs, I’. S. Me-!
' Mullan. i
j Second Township—Percy L. Smith. I
i Third Township—T. A. Berryman.
Fourth Township Charles W.
I Parker.
Salaries for the supervisor and tax i
j listers will be the same as last year, j
John Albert Holmes Is
Awarded Bronze Star
By direction of the President, the.
Bronze Star Medal has been awarded!
to Staff Sergeant,, John Albert j
Holmes, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. 1
John Holmes. The citation aceom- j
panying the award follows:
“John A. Holmes, Jr., Staff Serge-1
ant (then Sergeant), Infantry Com- j
pany C, 254th Infantry Regiment, for
heroic achievement in action on April |
26, 1945, in the vicinity of Leipheim,!
Germany. Leading his squad in the)
attack through the town, Sergeant'
Holmes, when the enemy counterat
tacked, maneuvered his men to posi
tions in the rear of the- enemy. De
spite heavy enemy machine gun and
tank fire, he placed his squad and him
self in advantageous positions and
succeeded in repulsing the enemy
from' the town. When the enemy
launched a second counterattack,
Sergeant Holmes, with knowledge he
had gained of the enemy by his recon
naissance, proved of inestimable value
to the artillery forward observer in
inflicting many casualties on the ene
my and repelling the second attack.
The leadership and devotion to duty
displayed by Sergeant Holmes reflect j
credit upon himself and upon the
Armed Forces of the United States. :
He entered military service from I
Edenton, North Carolina.” '
Sgt. Holmes is a member of the
regimental football squad overseas, '
which includes college and proses- 1
sional players and recently broke a 1
thumb while playing.
JOHN ASBELL PROMOTED
John H. Asbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1
J. H. Asbell, has recently been pro- i
moted to Yeoman Second Class, j
Young Asbell is now stationed at the i
Naval Air Station at San Diego, Cal. 1
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 8,1945.
Contributions For
United War Fund
Still Short $1,500
Chairman Taylor Urg
ing Canvassers to
Complete Work
W. J. Taylor, chairman of the
United Fund drive in Chowan
County, reported Tuesday afternoon
that up to that time contributions in
the drive amounted to approximately
$3,500, or $1,500 ’short of the $5,000
quota. Os the contributions in hand,
Mr. Taylor stated that in approxi
mate figures initial gifts amounted to
$1,030, while $1,074 came from the
rural area, where the drive is in
charge of C. W. Overman and Miss
Rebecca Colwell among white people
and J. B. Small heading up the drive
among the colored population. In
Edenton, where H. A. Campen is
chairman, contributions totaled 81,387.
While Mr. Taylor is more or less
dissatisfied with the amount raised
thus far, he is optimistic of ultimate
success, advancing the opinion that
quite a few potential contributors 1
have not been solicited.* To this end,
he urges canvassers to contact all who
have not been seen, so that everybody
will have an opportunity to share in
the drive. If and when this is done,
Mr. Taylor feels confident, Chowan,
will have reached its quota of $5,000.
Mr. Taylor is very anxious to com
plete this drive and, therefore, urges
1 various canvassers who have not com
pleted their work to do so at once, so
that he can wind up the campaign.
If there are any who desire to make ,
a contribution and have not been so
licited, Mr. Taylor will gladly receive
any amount.
Dr. George Crawford
Locates In Edenton
Chiropractor Expects to
Have Offices In Citi
i zens Bank Building*
Edenton is scheduled to have a
| chiropractor, Dr. George T. Crawford
I: having decided to begin practice here
as soon as oltices are available.
Dr. Crawford was stationed at the
Edenton Naval Air Station and hei
and his wife became so attached to;
■j Edenton and its people that they de-j
- cided to locate here, even after con
; | sidering several other towns,
f) Dr. Crawford attended Ohio North-1
; ern University in 1927-1929 and later
,! was connected with the 11. E. Good- 1
rich Rubber Company of Akron, 0.,
being in charge of auditing and bud-!
| get sales promotion in several states.:
' He then completed a four-year course'
lin National College of Chiropractic'
at Chicago, receiving the degrees of
! Doctor of Chiropractic and Physoi
i Therapy. In the summer of 1988 he:
interned at Chicago General Health.
| .Service, the largest drugless clinic in
; the. United States, where he specializ-:
ed in chronic and commonly called,
j incurable diseases. He enlisted in the
I Navy in the summer of 1942 as a
| Chief Pharmacist Mate, serving for a
[ year on the Atlantic Fleet. He was
I then sent to Central America for a
‘year, then to Key West and later to j
| Edenton, where he was stationed i
I seven months before being discharged
j on September 21.
Dr. Crawford hopes to secure of-'
i flees in the Citizens Bank Building. j
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j Veteran Film Shown
At Taylor Theatre
Today (Thursday) and Friday, the
motion picture short “What Every
Veteran Should Know” will be pre
sented at the Taylor Theater. J. L.
Wiggins, chairman of the Chowan
County Draft Board, urges every vet
eran who possibly can to see this pic
ture, for it presents information
which may be of advantage to all ser
vice men and women.
The short will precede showing of
the feature picture during the two
days.
Bank Os Edenton
Closed Next Monday
With Armistice Day falling on Sun
day, November 11, the Bank of Eden
ton will be closed all day Monday in i
observance of the holiday. Patrons <
of the bank are urged to arrange their i
banking affairs accordingly.
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THREE NEGROES INDUCTED ]
Three Chowan County colored boys
left Edenton Tuesday for Fort Bragg,
where they will be inducted into the
armed forces. The trio was composed '
of James Calvin Simpson, Elmon Fel- 1
ton, Jr., and Ulysses Bryant '
Union Services In
Methodist Church
I Thanksgiving Day
Ministerial Association
Makes Decision at
Meeting Monday
■ ! At a meeting of the Chowan County!
it Ministerial Association Monday morn-'
i ing it was agreed to hold union
ij Thanksgiving services at the Edenton
•j Methodist Church on Thanksgiving
t. Day. November 22, at 11 A. M. The
, Rev. D. il. .Lawrence, pastor of the'
■; Assembly of God Church, was select
>|ed to bring the message. Ministers
> of Edenton and the county will be
i given an opportunity to assist in the
i j service,
i The following schedule for the next
i six weeks was worked out in eonnec
i j tion with its duties as auxiliary
i chaplains at the Edenton Naval Air
. Station. Where they are to conduct
ij Protestant services each Sunday
|; morning at 10 o’clock: the Rev. D.
■ C. Crawford, Jr., November 11 and
. December 9: the Rev. H. Freo Sur-
i 1 ratt, November 18 and December 16;t
, the Rev. Harold W. Gilmer, November
i 25 and December I (>.
Present at the meeting Monday
i were the Revs. H. Freo Surratt, D. C.
, Crawford. Jr., D. B. Lawrence, Harold
ij W. Gilmer, John T. Byrum and Ar
.! thur Stephenson.
Election of officers is to he held at
; the December meeting.
Special Guests At
USO Dinner Session
| Committee of Arrange
ment to Hear Activ
ity Reports
■ Tonight (Thursday) at 6:45 at the
j Parish House, the Edenton USO com
mittee <>f management will meet in
dinner session to hear program and
1 other activity reports of the local ser
vice, organization. Meeting with them
, as special guests will be Kenneth S.
. Dale, YMCA-USQ regional super
! visor, L. I!. Avison, assistant regional
> supervisor, of Richmond. Va.. and
Mrs. Dale. |
! Wade Cushion,, director, has an
jbounced that dinner plans have been
• completed by the Volunteer Service |
: Organization Under the direction of
1 Mrs. J. S. Davis and Miss Rebecca
[Colwell: Assisting with preparations l
I are Mrs. L. 8, Byrum, Mrs. W. J. j
I Yates. Mrs. M. S. Elliott, Mrs. West
Byrum, Mrs. W T . E. Hassell, Mrs. T.
jC. Byrum, Mrs. H. A. Campen, Mrs.
i Albert Byrum, Mrs. C. K. Kramer,J
j Mrs. J Augustus Moore, Mrs. I). M.j
j Carter, Miss Mary White and Mrs. N. j
j K. Rowell,
Those serving will be the following
| members of the (ISO: Betsy Shop-.
: ard. Carolyn Elliott, Mary Gray By- 1
. rum and Edna Wilkins.
Composing the committee of man
| agement are: John A. Holmes, chair
man, W. H. Gardner, J. H. Conger, i
It. N. Hines, W. J. Taylor, Comdr. i
Bert H. Creighton, John Habit, Mayor 1
Leroy Haskett, W. W. Byrum, E. N.!
Elliott, Mrs. B. W. Evans, Mrs. James!
E. Wood, J. L. Chestnutt, J. H. Me-;
j Mullan, John A. Mitchener, Jr., Mar-j
I vin Wilson and J. Augustus Moore. I
James L. White Named
House Wiring- Inspector |
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; With contemplated electric service j
Ito be extended throughout the rural!
section of Chowan County by the Al
bemarle Electric Membership Cor-1
poration, the County Commissioners!
appointed James L. White as house j
wiring inspector for the organization.
The appointment was made subject to i
the approval of A. T. Lane of Hert-!
ford.
I The electrification program will be
financed by the Rural Electrification |
Administration and includes many
prospective customers in Chowan,
Perquimans, Pasquotank and Camden
counties.
USO Regional Director j
Rotary Guest Today
Kenneth Dale, of Richmond, reg
ional USO director, will be guest of
the Edenton Rotary Club at today’s
meeting in the Parish House at 1
o’clock. Mr. Dale will make the prin
cipal address at the meeting. •
President Marvin Wilson urges
every ‘ member of the club to be i
present. •
ENTERS ARMY :
Joseph Hurley Ward, Chowan i
County white youth, left Edenton Oc
tober 29 for Fort Bragg, where he i
was inducted into the Army. i
| Urgent Appeal j
An urgent appeal is being made
by the Auxiliary of Ed Bond Post,
! American Legion, for walking
canes, old or new, to be donated
for use in North Carolina veter
ans’ hospitals.
The call is urgent and a most
worthy one, and Auxiliary mem
bers will greatly appreciate any
donations, which may be left at
The Chowan Herald office, and
will be immediately sent on to
! Moore’s Hospital at Swannanoa. j
where there is a great need for
1 them al present.
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Program in School j
Monday Mornhg
For Armistice Day!
Public Invited to At
tend; Begins at 11
i O’clock
: ’i Plans have been completed for the|
. presentation of an appropriate Arm
istice Day program in the Edenton
.'High School Monday morning at 11'
o’clock. A special speaker will be se-:
I cured for the occasion, and the pub
lie is cordially invited to attend.
This will he the only Armistice Day
■j celebration in Edenton, so that it is
hoped many will he on hand.
Education Week
November 11-17
Parents Urged to Visit
Schools Some Time
During Week
, American Education Week. Novem-;
her 11-17. will he observed in the
i Edenton city school and community.
I Posters, asking patrons to visit the
. school during thal we k arc h ung
, displayed irv the s;<>r. windows, and
invitations have been sent tit every;
parent of a boy or girt in school.
I Parents and other friends are urged
I to visit the school during the week to
( get better acquainted with the teach
ers and with the work being done in
! 1 school.
• | The ministers are wholeheartedly
cooperating by agreeing to use the!
topic “Emphasizing Spiritual Values”,
t ‘in Sunday, November 11. The civic
, | clubs, the Lions and the Rotarians, i
too, are expected to have appropriate 1
programs.
American Education W eek is spun-•
sored by the National Education As-!
I sociation, the American Legion, the
j United States Office of Education and
| the National Congress of Parents and
, Teachers. The observance was first ;
! celebrated in 1921, It grew out of
1 conditions revealed by the draft of
• W’orld W'ar I, showing that one-fourth •
of those called to serve their country!
were physically unfit and an equal
I number were illiterate,
t The purpose of American Education:
• Week is to call the attention of the
! public each year to the vital role Os
| education in our democracy and to.
; recognize the fundamental place of !
j religion in human affairs. The* edu
| rational authorities realize that wej
| cannot win an enduring peace unless
we work for that peace as vigorously)
!as we worked to win the war, and,
I that education for the general vtel-j
! fare, for the common good is certainly
j one way to insure a lasting peace./
; Thus, this, the 25th anniversary/of
: American Education Week is built
| around the general theme “Education
I to Promote the General Welfare.” (
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Christmas Saving- Club |
Closes November 12
This year’s Christmas Saving Club
at the Bank of Edenton will close next
Monday, November 12, and, as usual,
there are a few who are in arrears
with their payments. Bank officials
informed The Herald this week that
i no more payments will be accepted for
j this year’s club after Saturday, No
| vember 17, so that all who have not
paid up should do so at once.
Red Men Plan Visit
To E. City Tonight
Tonight (Thursday) members of
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will form a
delegation to visit Pasquotank Tribe
in Elizabeth City, the affair being a
return visit. At last week’s meeting
of the local tribe 19 Pasquotank Red
Men visited Chowan and it is hoped
a larger number will comprise the
local delegation tonight.
Those who expect to participate in
the visit are asked to be in front of
the Bank of Edenton by 6:45 o’clock.
This newspaper it circu
lated in the territory
where Advertiser t wilt
realite food resulti.
$1.50 Per Year.
$125,000 Amount Os
Victory Loan Bonds
Purchased Thus Far
Amount Represents E
Bond Purchases of
Only $15,000
Though Chowan County’s drive in
the Victory Loan has not reached high
gear as yet, T. C. Byrum, chairman of
the Chowan County War Finance
Committee, reported Tuesday that up
to that time $125,000 worth of bonds
had been purchased, of which amount
approximately $15,000 represented K
bonds.
Chowan's overall quota is $281,000,
of which amount $85,000 is expected
to come from purchases of E bonds.
Os course Mr. Byrum and his co
chairman, W. H, Gardner, feel cer
tain Chowan County will again reach
both quotas, but they call attention to
the need for more spirited purchasing
of E bonds. Up to Tuesday the over
all quota was somewhat less than half
reached while at the same time the E
bond quota was just a little over one
-1 sixth of realization. “It is obvious,"
said Mr. Byrum, “that our people will
have to buy K bonds more freely if
we are to again meet our E bond
' quota, which for this drive is $56,000
less than in the Seventh War Loan.
We met all other war loan quotas, and
we should be more willing than ever
to meet the Victory Loan quota now
that the war has been won, and help
to bring our boys back home and get
our country back to something like
normal.”
The Victory Loan will continue un
til December 8, but both Byrum and
Gardner are hopeful that the quota
will be reached before that time.
They, therefore, urge everybody to
buy Victory Loan bonds to the full
extent of their ability and to do so as
soon as possible.
Bar Association Will
Meet Friday In L City
Willis Smith of Raleigh
I Principal Speaker
For Occasion
Members of the Elizabeth City Bar
Association will be hosts to members
’of the Bar throughout the First Ju
j dicial District of North Carolina at a
• meeting to be held at the Elizabeth
City Court House at 11 o’clock Fri
. | day, November 9. At this time, Hon.
' Willis Smith, native of Elizabeth City
, and a prominent Raleigh attorney,
i and president-nominate of the Ameri
■jean Bar Association, will be the prin
cipal speaker.
Following the business meeting, the
members of the entire First Judicial
District Bar Association will have a
’j fish fry at Elizabeth City Beach, near
' Elizabeth City.
Miss Audrea Rowell
Now With USO Club
.i
Accepts Assistant Di
rectorship Succeeding
Mrs. Barrow
Miss Audrea Rowell has accepted
f)he position as assistant director of
the Edenton USO Club, succeeding
Mrs. Alma Barrow, who has served in
this capacity for about a year.
Miss Rowell is amply qualified for
the position, having served as junior
| hostess at Camp Butner’s Recreation
i Center and later as director of recrea
tion activities at Buckingham Air
Field at Fort Myers, Florida. Just
prior to accepting the directorship
Miss Rowell was employed in the ad
vertising department of WHN radio
station in New York City.
Miss Rowell is a graduate of
Edenton High School and later gradu
ated from the University of North
Carolina, where she majored in dra
matics.
Trio Os Masons Attend
Grand Lodge Meeting
H. A. Campen, Richard Baer and
the Rev. W. C. Francis, members of
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., attended the 158th annual com
munication of the North Carolina
Grand Lodge of Masons held in Ra
leigh Tuesday and • Wednesday, the
trio representing the Edenton lodge.
Mr. Francis went to Raleigh Mon
day in order to take the examination
for proficiency in ritualis
tic work which was held by the Grand
Lodge.