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Volume Xll.—Number 50.
Chowan County Apparently
Certain To Fail In Reaching!
' E” Quota In Victory Loan
Only $35,000 Os $85,000
Quota Sold Early
This Week
driveTover
Sales Through Decem
ber 31 Will Count,
However
■ i
Though Chowan county has far j
overscribed its overall quota in the |
Victory Loan drive, indications point j
to the fact that it will fall down in!
the E bond quota. Early this week W.,
H. Gardner, co-chairman of Chowan
county’s drive, reported that overall!
sales amounted to $500,000. The over
all quota for the county is $281,000,
so that it is oversubscribed by $219,-
000.
However, the E bond drive is not so
encouraging, for with a quota of $85,-
000 in E bonds for Chowan, sales
amount to only $35,000, or about $50,-
000 short of the goal.
Both Mr. Gardner and T. C. Byrum,
chairman of the drive, were hopeful
that Chowan would again meet the
quota and thus maintain a perfect
record, but early this week both prac
tically admitted that the county will
come up short in E bond sales.
The drive closed officially on Sat
urday but there is still one ray of
hope, for according to State Chair-;
man Clarence T. Leinbach, although
Ihe sale of Victory Loan market is
sues 2 1-2 per cent and 2 1-4 per
cent Treasury bonds and 7-8 per
cent certificates closed Saturday, all
Series E, F and G savings bonds and
Series C savings notes sold through
December 31 will be credited to the
Victory Loan drive.
Two Edenton Men
} injured In Wreck
Robert Henderson In
Suffolk Hospital Fol
lowing Crash
Louis Harrell and Robert Henderson
were painfully injured Monday near
Warwick Swamp when the automobile
in which they Were driving collided
with another automobile driven by a
colored man.
According to reports the Edenton
men saw the Negro cross a bridge;
and pull off to the side apparently
preparing to stop when suddenly he j
drove directly "in front of the Harrell
car. which was badly wrecked.
Mr. Henderson was taken to a Suf
folk Hospital, it was learned he had
a broken leg and possibly a fractured
skull. Mr. Harrell has an injured knee
cap and is suffering severe pain
about the ribs, caused by being
jammed against the steering wheel.
Christmas Parcels
Should Be Mailed
Without Delay
Only Early MAILING
Will Assure Delivery
On Time
Patrons of the Edenton postoffice
are urged to mail their Christmas
parcels and greeting cards now in
order to assure delivery by Christmas
day, according to Postmaster C. E.
Kramer.
Due to a shortage of transporta
tion facilities for handling the mails
created by the heavy movement of re
turning service men to their discharge
centers and homes, it is more import
ant than ever to get Christmas mail
ing done immediately. Mail matter
that is received in the postoffice after <
December 15th will stand a poor
’-ance of being delivered at its desti
.. : on by Christmas day.
METHODIST SERVICES
Preaching services will be held in
the Methodist church Sunday morn
ing at 11 o’clock, when the pastor, the
Rev. H. F. Surratt, will preach on the
subject “The Christmas Call To Wor
ship.” Special Christmas music will
be rendered by the choir.
Church School will be held at 9:45
Sunday morning and the Youth Fel- <
lowship meeting at 6:30 p. m. (
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Prevent TB
Buy. Christmas Seals
Over 200 Masons
Meet In Edenton
For District Meeting
H. A. Campen Installed
District Deputy Grand
Master
JARRETTSPEAKER
Westerner Is Delighted
With Trip To North
eastern Section
Over 200 Masons from the First and
Second districts, together with others
; from various other lodges gathered in
' the Edenton armory Friday night for
a joint meeting of the two districts.
Between 7 and 8 o’clock an oyster and
| barbecue supper was served, with
| wives of local Masons assisting, after
I which the armory was arranged for
.holding a Master Mason's lodge.
T. 11. Williford, master of Unanimity
Lodge presided at the outset, but aft
er H. A. Campen was officially in
• stalled by Clyde Jarrett as Deputy
Grand Master of the Second district,
the latter presided.
Mr. Campen introduced various
members of the Grand Lodge, which
included Clyde Jarrett of Andrews,
t Grand Master of Masons in North
| Carolina, and Right Worshipful Mas
ter William J. Bundy of Greenville.
Mr. Bundy introduced Grand Master
Jarrett, who delivered a very interest
! ing address to what he termed the!
largest group of Masons on his pres
j ent trip throughout the state. It was
Mr. Jarrett’s first visit to the north
| eastern part of North Carolina and he
said it was most enjoyable and en
couraging to notice the interest in the
fraternity' reflected in the large num
ber present. “Masonry is alive and
advancing all over the state,” he said,
“and the Grand Secretary’s office in
: Raleigh is flooded with applications.” j
Mr. Jarrett paid tribute to the work
j being done by Masons in maintaining
the orphanage at Oxford and the,
Masonic and Eastern Star Home at |
Greensboro, and urged Masons to
continue this splendid work.
“Masonry can have a definite
place in winning the peace,” said Mr.
Jarrett, “and every Mason has a re
sponsibility to the boys and girls as
they return from the armed forces
after successfully bringing our ruth
less enemies to their knees.”
Quite a few of the visitors made
brief remarks during the meeting and
near the close a rising vote of thanks
was given members of Unanimity
and others who were responsible for
the delightful affair. W. Jim Daniels
led singing of “God Bless America,”
to close the meeting.
Lance L. Bufflap
Gets Navy Discharge
Lance Bufflap, Mo. M. M. 2-c, U. S.
N. R., was discharged from the U. S.
Navy at Camp Shelton, Va., Friday of
last week and is now spending some
time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. Edwin Bufflap. Young Bufflap has
been in the service over three years,
much of which time was spent over
seas on an LST.
He was a linotype operator in Wil
mington, N. C., when he enlisted, and
plans to return to his trade about the
first of the year, though he has not
decided where at present.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Kenneth Floars returned from Gen
eral Hospital in Norfolk, where he
underwent an operation for appendi
citis. Mr. Floars is gradually recov
ering from the operation.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 13,1945.
4-H Clubs Hold
Achievement Day
Saturday Afternoon
Winners Chosen For
Various Exhibits
Arranged
HARRILLSPEAKER
Edenton Concerns Fur
nish Refreshments !
And Cash Prizes
Chowan County’s 4-H clubs first
j annual Achievement Day was held
I Saturday in the local armory, when
L. R. Harrill, State 4-H Club leader,!
was the guest speaker. Mr. Harrill;
challenged the boys and girls to be- \
come better 4-H club members, thus 1
making the world of tomorrow a bet
ter place in which to live.
Sara Jordan, 4-H County Council
president, presided. After calling the
meeting to order, “A Ploughing
Song” was sung and the pledge of al
legiance given.
The Rev. A. L. G. Stephenson led
the devotional, which was followed by
; the secretary, Madge Copeland, call
i ing the roll by clubs.
Suzanne Speight, a member of t
Edenton Senior 4-H club, explained!
the purpose of 4-H Achievement Day. j
A boy’s individual demonstration on,
“Sharpening an Axe and Hoe” was;
given by Richard Leigh of the Eden-1
| ton Senior 4-H club.
Following the “Song of .."ealth”,
'Anna Lee Asbell and Sara Jordan of
the Chowan Senior 4-H Club demon-1
strated “Salads Using Cottage'
Cheese.” Nora Lee White gave a talk
i on “What We Did In 1945.” Later
Jack Leary discussed plans for the
coming year. Herman White, Jr., in
troduced the speaker, Mr. Harrill.
The program was adjourned by
| singing, “A Song Os The Open!
;; Country”, and giving the 4-H Club,
t pledge. Following the meeting re- 1
• freshments were served which were!
furnished by W. D. Holmes Whole-!
II sale Grocery, Pender’s, and Leggett
i & Davis.
•, . One of the most outstanding sea
• tores of the meeting was the exhi
bits arranged by 4-H Club boys and
j girls.
The following were first, second and
• third place winners of each exhibit,
m listed in order:
, 1 Biscuit - Ruth Boyce, Hilda Rae
Harrell, Norma Harrell.
. j Cake and Pie Jean Hollowell,
J Betty Cole Bateman, Judy Hollowell.*
‘ i Canned Foods Vivian Wiggins,
’ Jean Hollowell, Jane Wiggins.
J Dresses Anne Rogerson, Vivian >
! Wiggins, Beatrice Evans.
'I Aprons Ruth Boyce, Shirley El-j
_| liott, Hilda Rae Harrell.
J Needlework and Small Articles—'
! j Marguerite Wilson, Sara Jordan,!
.! Hazel Jackson.
Corn Franklin Perry, Wilburj
, Harrell, W. O. Speight.
; Peanuts Edgar Ray White,!
, j Thomas Leary, Thomas Paul Griffin, j
Chickens Horace Rountree, j
1 1 Charles Lee Overman, Clifton Earl;
I Boyd.
jl. Tobacco Maryland Harrell.
. Sweet Potatoes Rufus Smithson,
J Jr.
‘| Judges of exhibits were Mrs. E. N
y (Continued on Page Two)
» Weldon A. Hollowell
Promoted In Japan
■ Weldon A. Hollowell, son of Mrs. An-;
me Hollowell, Route 1, has been pro-|
1 moted from technician fourth grade to :
• staff sergeant in recognition of prov-.
en ability with an artillery battalion.
Sergeant Hollowell is a member of
! Maj. Gen. Paul J. Mueller’s 81st In-
I fantry “Wildcat” Division which iSj
• now occupying Aomori Prefecture,!
Northern Honshu.
SANITARY INSPECTOR SAYS HO REASON
TO BE ALARMED ABOUT EDENTON MILK
No Cows Found Affected With Either Bangs
Disease or Tuberculosis; Sanitary
Conditions Being Remedied
, W. C. Lackey, sanitary inspector
• for Bertie, Chowan, Gates and Hert
ford counties called on The Herald’s
editor late last week following a
news story pertaining to the reported
i contamination of milk in Edenton. The
; story referred to a report issued at
the Naval Air Station in which base
personnel were advised not to drink
any milk purchased in Edenton.
The report aroused no little inte
i rest, but Inspector Lackey said there,
is no reason to be alarmed. He re
. ported that cows had been tested for
Rangs disease and tuberculosis and
Fire Department
Gets New Truck
Replacing Old Reo
Edenton Now Provided
With Better Fire
Protection
| YEAR - COMING
Old Truck Stored In
Armory And Held For
Emergency
Edenton now has added fire pro
tection in that a brand new fire
truck arrived late last week and is j
now ready for action. The truck,
| American LaFrance equipment
; mounted on a Ford chassis, is cap
able of pumping 500 gallons per
minute and is equipped with a 400-
gallon booster tank which will, it is j
expected, be used in the majority of
fires where a small quantity of water j
is needed., -«*•>».
I
It is possible to use 1,1 1-2 and
2 1-2 inch hose at the same time in
fighting a fire and the truck carries
a 20-foot extension ladder and a roof
ladder.
The truck was ordered almost a
| year ago, December 29, 1944, to be 1
; exact, and its arrival has boosted in-j
I terest among the volunteer firemen !
due to the fact that they are now
j better equipped to fight fires.
The new truck replaces a Reo
which has been in service 24 years, i
having been purchased in 1922 and
j during which time it has done valiant
j service. It is now stored in the arm
i ory and after some repairs are made
will be held in readiness for any
emergency, so that there will be three
trucks which can be put into action.
The cost of the new truck is ap
proximately $4,800, which was one of I
j the contributing factors in boosting
i the 1945 city tax rate.
Business Section
To Be Lighted
For Christmas
Many Lights Now Being
Installed By Town
;1 Employees
s,
! For the first time in four years,
! Edenton’s business section will take
j on a Christmas air in that the usual
; pre-war decorations will he installed.
! Employees of the Electric and Water
: Department on Monday morning put
| up wires for the purpose of stringing
I many vari-eolored electric lights
| which will, no doubt, materially help
I to boost the Christmas spirit.
R. N. Hines, superintendent of the
I department, stated Monday that it
j was his understanding that the lights
will begin to be lighted nightly about
10 days before Christmas.
“Gifts For Yanks Who
Gave” Program Ends
Latter Part of Week
i Members of Ed Bond Post of the j
j American Legion and the Auxiliaryj
are now in the midst of the “Gifts!
i For Yanks Who Gave” program!
through which gifts are being sought;
j for the 20,000 service men and worn- j
en in North Carolina hospitals,
Any member of either organiza- j
! tion will be glad to accept gifts or|
'! they may be left at Leggett and
| Davis or Mitchener’s Drug Store, but
. contributions must be made before 1
j December 16 in order to reach those
1 confined in hospitals.
that none were found to be affected.
Mr. Lackey stated that all milk con
tains a certain amount of bacteria, a
fact which apparently he believes
some people do not realize. He ad
mitted, however, that while he did not
have his complete set of instruments
in Edenton to make an accurate test
of the bacteria, a microscopic view of
the specimen tested led him to esti
mate more bacteria than should be in
the milk. The reason for this he at
tributed to sanitary conditions, which
he stated late last week were being
remedied.
Mass Meeting Tonight In
Court House To Consider
Tuberculosis Association
|_ Attention! _j
Next week's issue of The Her
ald will contain t h e usual
Christmas greetings from adver
tisers to their customers, so that
the paper will he somewhat larg
er. Though still handicapped by
lack of enough help, the publish
ers will be hard pressed, so that
it is altogether likely that it will
' not he possible to contact all
those who desire to convey
Christmas greetings.
Any, therefore, who have not
been solicited and desire to carry
a greeting are urged to telephone
The Herald, phone 35, at once, as
it will be impossible to accept
any advertising after Tuesday
noon of next week.
Lions Club Plans j
Christmas Party
Next Monday Night
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Committee Appointed In
Interest Os Reviving
Band
, Edenton's Lions Club will celebrate
its annual Christmas party next Mon
day night at 7:30 o'clock in their
>| hall, when members’ wives will be en-j
. tertained. The program committee has
’; arranged an interesting program and
the affair promises to be one of the
highlights of the club during the
, year.
President J. P. Panin at this week’s
meeting appointed a committee to
meet with a committee from the Rot
ary .Club in the interest, of reviving
a band at Edenton High School, and
i the two committees were scheduled to
i. meet Wednesday of this week. The
Lions committee is composed of West
Leary. A. K. Jenkins and Hector Lup
■! ton. The Rotary committee includes
, Ear! Goodwin, Lloyd I’unch an d
, Frank Holmes.
W, J. Taylor, secretary' of the club,
i who is vitally interested; in the tuber- (
: miosis condition in Chowan county,
. was the principal speaker Monday
;■ night. He called to the attention of
the Lions startling facts regarding
~ tuberculosis in the county and urged
every member to attend the mass
• meeting called for tonight (Thurs
. day) in the interest of organizing a
,! Tuberculosis Association in Chowan
county.
Miss Betty Thigpen
Chosen Delegate At
National Conference
j j
' ;
Local Girl Also Among
Honor Students At
Louisburg College
Friends will be interested to learn
! that Miss Betty' Thigpen, a student at j
;| Louisburg College, has been elected at j
; the college as a delegate to the Nat-!
! ional Quadrennial Methodist Student j
' Conference to be held at Urbana, 111.!
The conference will be held fromj
December 28 to January 1, and Miss
Thigpen will leave a day or two be
fore the meeting convenes.
Miss Thigpen was among a group
of Louisburg students who won high
scholastic rank at the mid-semester
period. President Walter Patten spoke
briefly of their accomplishments at a
recent chapel service and invited each
one to the rostrum, where he greeted
them with a hearty handshake and a
word of congratulation.
FRANK HUGHES ILL
Frank Hughes, superintendent of
the Edenton Street Department, has
been confined to his home several
days by an attack of the flu. Mr.
Hughes was forced to go to bed Fri
day, but is now gradually improving.
W. C. SKINNER IMPROVING
William C. Skinner of Hayes, was
brought home Friday from DePaul
Hospital, Norfolk, where he had been
a patient several weeks following an
attack of cerebral hemorrhage. Mr.
Skinner is now gradually improving
at his home.
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Speaker From State
Association Is
Promised
AT 8 O’CLOCK
Conditions In County
Arouses Many Lead
ing Citizens
! Tonight (Thursday) in the Court
House a mass meeting will be held in
the interest of an organized fight
against tuberculosis which, it is hop
ed, will be attended by many people.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at
8 o’clock.
With the recent discovery of many
: positive cases in schools throughout
fthe county, coupled with other de
; velopments, not a few people are very
] much concerned about the appalling
situation and are desirous to see
i something done both in prevention and
j cure of the disease.
The mass meeting is the outgrowth
; of the last meeting of the county com
missioners, when they called in Mrs.
1 J. A. Moore, Mrs. J. H. McMullan and
, W. J. Taylor for consultation relative
to present conditions,
Mr. Taylor, who is vitally concern
ed. agreed to call a mass meeting for
tonight and subsequently Contacted
' the North Carolina Tuberculosis as
; sociation in Raleigh, the purpose be
ing to secure someone from the of
fice to come to Edenton as a speak
er for the occasion. Mr. Taylor was
■ informed, however, that under pro
; visions, of the Christmas Seal sale no
drive for funds would be allowed un
til the seal sale is over. He was fur
. ther advised that to be most effective
■ any local tuberculosis association
should be affiliated with the state or
ganization, which fact, was not taken
, into consideration when the idea of a
local group was first advanced.
At any rate Mr. Taylor v. as as
sured that a ivpresonta; ive front the
State Association will Ic present at
tile meeting, so..that all who are in
terested in. curbing the disease should
attend and become fully acquainted
not only with present conditions but.
arrive at some id( a about what might
|bo done to remedy them.
PTA Now Planning
To Conduct Forum
Invitation Extended To
Dr. Frank Graham
To Lead
■ At last week’s meeting of the
Edenton Parent Teacher association
jan interesting program on Ameri
canism was presented by Miss Mary
L. Copeland’s sixth grade pupils. This
grade also won the attendance for
having the largest number of mothers
present at the meeting.
, The association has extended an in
: vitation to Dr. Frank Graham, presi
-1 dent of the University of North Caro
j lina, to lead a forum at the high
! school in the near future on the sub
ject “Federal Aid For Schools.” Dr.
Graham is an authority on the subject
1 and is constantly in demand in lead
ing such meetings, so that the or
j ganization is hopeful that he will be
j able to accept the invitation.
An interesting report of health sur-
I veys made in Chowan County was
made by Mrs. Gladysteen Pate of the
j district health office, who stated that
over 1,400 children in Chowan County
had been given the tuberculosis test
within the past few weeks. She also
reported on the X-ray clinic held this
week in Edenton.
Mrs. Paul Wallace, lunch room
chairman, reported that during the 27
school days in November 8,416 lunches
were served in the school lunch room,
or an average of 366 per day.
Mrs. J. Clarence Leary, president,
presided over the meeting.
MRS. BUNCH IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Will Bunch, who lives in the
Evans church community is in the
Leigh Memorial Hospital, Norfolk,
where she is being treated for a knee
ailment.
BRIGHT JEWELS’ MEETINGS
The Bright Jewels, children’s socie
ty of the Center Hill Methodist
church, will meet Friday night at 7:30
o’clock with Louis Early Stephenson.
The Evans Church Bright Jewels
will meet the following Friday, De
cember 21, with Stephen Burch, Jr.