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■■■■■■■■■■■■■ As Mkass ooktmmt sstf A fmmdtMr fr-mstokm •i gmtrd Arfer mt. Volume Xll.—Number 51. Organization Tuberculosis Association Approved At Thursday’s Mass Meeting Committee Appointed to Nominate Officers For Group viewsTdiffer Organization Expected To Be Effected Af ter Holidays Although there were some conflict ing opinions at the mass meeting held Thursday night relative to organizing a Chowan County Tuberculosis Asso ciation which is to be affiliated with the State association, a motion was finally passed approving the formation of an association. Quite a few inter ested persons attended the meeting, which was presided over by W. J. Taylor as temporary chairman. Mr. Taylor stated the purpose of the meet ing and called upon Lathan Miller, as sistant executive secretary of the N. C. Tuberculosis Association. Mr. Mil ler said tuberculosis scares people, many of whom are sensitive and hide the fact that they have the disease. “The objective of all Tuberculosis As sociations, national and local, is the dissemination of information concern ing tuberculosis and spurring activity to eliminate it,” he said. “A bill is in Congress to appropriate five million dollars to make available more hos pital beds in more hospitals for tu berculosis patients. "Almost 70',! of the national popu lation have tuberculosis germs,” he said, “and all localities need a group to unite in the fight, so that there is need to raise money for stamping out the disease.” Mr. Miller stated that $70,000,000 was spent in 1944 in the nation fight ing tuberculosis and that the danger s still growing. He said tax funds "X ('uid not be expected to pay for all / this work. He told those present . mt he was very much encouraged bv increased interest in the situation in < 'howaii County. The principal objection to organiz ing an association affiliated with the State association was the belief that 25'! of all money raised in the county would go to the State group, but Mr. Miller explained that only 257! of the money raised during the Christmas Seal campaign goes out of the county and that all money secured at other times remains in the county. He also explained how the 25C<> going to the State association is used, which for the most part goes for educating the public about tuberculosis, case find ing and rehabilitation of arrested cases of tuberculosis. Mrs. Hartwell Hurt, field Secretary of the State as sociation, accompanied Mr. Miller, After a number of persons express ed their opinion both for and against organizing, the motion to organize was passed. Mr. Taylor subsequently appointed a committee, the duty of which is to present recommendations for officers of the association. Mr. Taylor will, most likely, shortly after Christmas, call another meeting, at which officers will be nominated and the organization effected, including adoption of a constitution and by laws. At that meeting he plans to again have field workers of the State association present to assist in or ganization. Those appointed by Mr. Taylor to serve on the interim committee are: M. A. Hughes, W. W. Byrum, Geddes Potter, J. A. Moore, J. P. Partin, Mayor Leroy Haskett, J. Edwin Buf flap, the Rev. W. C. Francis, the Rev. Arthur Stephenson and Dr. R. H. Vaughan. The committeemen repre sent various organizations throughout the town and county, and were chosen in the hope that those nominated for offices will include men or women in terested in the fight again tubercu losis. Shelton W. Moore Resigns As Jailer Shelton W. Moore has resigned as Chowan county jailer and has been succeeded by Herman White. Mr. Moore, who has held the position for 13 years, has moved to his new home ) North Edenton. He will continue i duties as deputy sheriff. County Offices Close Three Days Next Week In-keeping with the policy of state affairs, Chowan county offices will be closed all day Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week in ob servance of the Christmas holidays. Any important business matters, therefore, should be transacted ac cordingly. THE CHOWAN HERALD it HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY T, j Stores In Edenton I Close Two Days | According to Mrs. Hazel Gibbs, office secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, all stores in Eden ton will be closed Tuesday and j Wednesday of next week in ob- | servance of Christmas. Beginning tonight (Thursday) I the stores will remain open every night through Monday until 9 | o’clock for the benefit of Christ -1 mas shoppers. > I ' Rotarians And Lions ! Favor Reviving Band At Edenton School Rotary Club Requests Directors to Appro priate S2OO : Committees from the Rotary andj ’ Lions clubs met last week in the in-! terest of reviving the Edenton High 1 School Band and at the Rotary club’s 1 meeting Thursday the members pres ‘ | ent voted to recommend to the di-j I rectors that the club contribute S2OO I from the treasury if the band is re-: ’ vived. , Earl Goodwin, chair nan of the Ro-j . tary committee, reported that both . committees were in favor of again : having a high school band, but that , more time was requested to confer with Superintendent John A. Holmes . to ascertain how many inst ruments j . were available as well as the approxi-; ! mate cost of equipping a band and securing a director.. Due to the Lions ’ Christmas party Monday night, no , action was taken, but at the next regular meeting the matter will be brought up. ,| Due to being ill at his home, the in . formation was, not available from Mr. . Holmes before last week’s Rotary meeting, but all information will be ] gathered by the committees to report . back to the clubs. Town Employees Get Two-Day Vacation J Employees of the Town of Edenton I . j will enjoy a two-day holiday for) I j Christmas, the offices being closed I j Tuesday and Wednesday in keeping j . with the general policy adopted in, j Edenton. Members of the Street Department! . will collect garbage Monday and; , clean up the business late Monday j night, but no further rounds will be • made until Thursday morning. . Edenton people are urged to note the two-day holiday and refrain from ’ placing trash and garbage in front . of their homes until Thursday. • Bank Os Edenton ; Closed Two Days . Pursuant to a proclamation issued . by Governor Gregg Cherry, declaring Wednesday of next week a legal , banking holiday the Bank of Edenton . will be closed all day Tuesday and 1 i Wednesday in observance of the' Christmas holiday. ! Regular business will be transacted 1 Monday after wh"ich the institution 1 will be closed until Thursday morning. . Patrons of the bank are urged to ar- 1 • range their banking affairs accord- I ingly. ’ TOM SHEPARD ON WAY HOME Tom Shepard, RM 2/c, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Shepard, is expected to arrive home Friday to spend the holidays with his parents. Young Shepard has been stationed on Guam ■ • for a year and a half. , HANKE FAMILY MOVES , Lieut, and Mrs. John D. Hanke and son, Johnny, left Monday to make . their home in Troy, Illinois. Lieut , Hanke will be discharged December k 20 at Chicago, 111. TAKES PRE-CLINIC TESTS Miss Emily Russell spent Monday, i Tuesday and Wednesday in Winston- 1 ; Salem taking pre-clinical tests and ex- ! aminations prior to her entrance in ; > March in the School of Nursing at I Baptist Hospital. r RETURNS TO CRAIG FIELD Sgt. Earl Jackson, son of Joseph 1 , Jackson, returned Monday to Craig ' - Field in Alabama after spending a two weeks furlough at home. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 20,19457 John Holmes Again Governor Os Rotary ! 189th District Reduced To 37 Clubs In Recent Redistricting John A. Holmes has the distinction of being Governor of the 189th Rotary- District for the second time, having been appointed by the Board of Direc tors of Rotary International to serve from January 1 to June ”0. Mr. Holmes last year was Governor, of the 189th District, but since that time the. 189th and 190th districts j were'shuffled around, so that three ! districts were formed, leaving one for j which no governor had been elected. Edenton remains in the 189th Dis trict which now has only !:7 clubs in-] stead of 63 as originally, and Bert Weaver, who was elected to succeed, Mr. Holmes as governor of the 189th was, shifted to governor of the 190th District. - Edenton Rotarians are proud of the appointment and paid tribute to Mr. Holmes at last week’s meeting. The Edenton club vigorously pro tested to the redistricting idea, but protests were to no avail. Masons Install New 1946 Officers J Ceremony Is Performed Thursday Night By H. A. Campen At last week’s meeting of Unanimi ty Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., of ficers for the year 1946 were install ed, the ceremony being performed by H. A. Campen, district deputy Grand Master, with W. J. Daniels acting as marshall. The officers installed were as fol lows: W. P. Goodwin, master, W. O. Elliott, senior warden; the Rev. W. C. Francis, junior warden; C. H. Wood, treasurer; J. Edwin Bufflap, secre tary; Richard Baer, senior deacon; Harrell Pratt, junior deacon; Hubert Williford and Jack Mooney, stewards; B. H. Smith, tiler and W. J. Daniels, Chaplain. Johnnie Saunders Plans Leave Edenton Johnnie Saunders, who has been connected with the Supply Depart ment at the Naval Air Station for al most three years, has tendered his resignation, effective next Friday. He will leave Friday for his home at Reedville, Va., to spend the holidays, after which he will accept a new posi tion, possibly in Chicago. During his stay in Edenton Mr. Saunders has made many friends, who regret to see him leave. He only re cently composed a dance number, “Tonight In Dreams,” which he and his friends feel optimistic will become popular among dance orchestras. RED MEN CALL OFF MEETING Chowan Tribe, No. 12, Improved Or der of Red Men, has called off its reg ular meeting next Monday night due to the Christmas holiday. Regular meetings will be resumed the follow ing week. |*s | 365 jp uiiiiioTimio mmm, \ m It occurs to us that the Ideal and spirit of Christmas should he of three hundred and sixty-five days dura tion. So, right now, please accept our sincerest Best Wishes for every day of the Aew Year. HERALD PUBLISHERS Mayor Haskett Makes 2-Day Trip j | Compares Conditions As They Exist In Several Tow ns Mayor Leroy Haskett last week spent two days visiting various cities, going as far as Raleigh and Smith field in order to compare conditions as they exist in.•Edenton. While on this trip Mayor Haskett had a confe rence with Attorney General Harry McMullan and th • Institute of Gov ernment at Chapel Hill relative to ! zoning an I parking problems. Mayor Haskett upon nis return re ported that from the information he gathered by conferring with various : city officials Edenton is more len ient so far as parking is concerned, land that the problem is more satis- I factory in Edenton than in any town ; contacted. In his travels Mayor llas i kett said he found no town which al- I lowed double parking for any length of time, and that by comparison he was told in some towns that Edentonj is ahead of most of them in meet ing the parking problem. Lions Club Enjoys Christmas Party One Os Most Delightful Meetings Os Year Monday One of the most enjoyable Lions] club meetings of the year was held Monday night in the Lions den, when the annual Christmas party was stag ed, with wives of the members as special guests. The room was very attractively and appropriately deco rated for the occasion, a feature of the evening being presenting gifts to the ladies on behalf of the club. A sumptuous turkey dinner was served buffet style, which was in charge of a group of attractive Ed enton girls. Baptist Entertainment Sunday Is Called Off Mrs. C. T. Doughtie, superinten dent of the Primary Department of the Baptist Sunday School, announces that due to so many children being sick with flu the annual Christmas entertainment will not be held Sun day morning, December 23, as planned. The white Christmas will be observ ed, however, and old Santa Claus will leave a package for every child. Mrs. Doughtie urges ajl children to be on time and to bring a package for white Christmas to be distributed among those of the community who are less fortunate. FIRE CHIEF HALL BETTER Fire Chief R. K. Hall, was able to be out Monday after being confined to his home for more than a week due to an attack of the flu. CITY AUTO TAGS ON SALE City automobile tags are now on sale at the Town office and automo bile owners in Edenton are reminded that these tags must be purchased 1 and properly displayed before January 1. Edenton Takes On Aspect Os Normal Christmas For First Time In Four Years _ Wintery! _J| Edenlon and Chowan County Ibis week experienced a real taste of winter, with Monday reported the coldest day- of the year. Coupled with a sharp drop in the temperature, snow fell the latter part of the week in such quantity that scenes typical of northern winters were in evidence every where. J. Pugh Roberson j Dies After Three Months Illness Funeral Services Held At Home Tuesday Afternoon Joseph Pugh Roberson died at his home on Court street about 8 o’clock Monday morning, where he had been j confined for nearly three months suf- I sering from rheumatism and dropsy. He was 58 years old and though suf- I sering during his illness, he appeared | very much brighter Sunday and ex-] ] pressed a desire to attend to his bust- j i ness Monday. Mr. Roberson was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Roberson. His father, familiarly known as “Uncle Jimmy” was Edenton’s chief of police for over 50 years and was known throughout the eastern part of the United .States for inis uncanny pn ; lice work. Deceased, aside from assisting his father, v as for ninny \ • ar.. a barber, but for the last few years operated a wine store on I! road street. Surviving are liis wife, Mrs. Ida Register Roberson: a daught r. Griz.- zelle, and a granddaughter. Ida. A sis ter, Mrs. Howard Chappell, also sur vives. | Funeral services were held at the: home. Tuesday afternoon, with the Rev. E. L. Wells, pastor of the: Bap tist church officiating, i Interment was made in Beaver | Hill cemetery. Pallbearers were R. C. 1 Holland, Hector Liipton, Ernest White, J. N. Pruden, John F. White,; I and J. Edwin Bufflap. Ration Board Office In Municipal Building Friday of last week all of what re mains of the Chowan County Ration! Board was moved to the Municipal j Building, so that what business re ]. mains to be transacted in connection | with rationing can be attended to by] contacting Miss Willie Love Morgan,] ! whose office is in the Town Council ] chamber. Jacob Asbell Dies At Home Saturday Jacob Asbell, well known Chowan 1 county farmer and fisherman, died at I his home along Pembroke Creek early Saturday night following an illness of five weeks, death resulting from cere bral hemorrhage. He was 72 years old and was a native of Chowan county, having lived for many years in the Macedonia section before moving to Edenton several years ago. Mr. Asbell was a devout Baptist and until his health prevented he was a regular attendant at the Baptist church, where he was a member. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pat tie Asbell, and a brother, Jesse As bell. Funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon with the Rev. E. L. Wells officiating. Interment was made at the homeplace. Pallbearers were Sidney Ward, Clincy Briley, James By-rum, Elijah Harrell, Hunter Hoggard and A. C. Griffin. MASONIC DEGREE TONIGHT At the meeting of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., tonight (Thursday) the first degree is sched uled to be conferred upon a candidate. The new officers for 1946 will con duct the meeting, so that a large at tendance is requested. HOME ON FURLOUGH Pfc. Walter L. Jones, son of Mrs. Maggie Heckstall, is now home on a 60-day furlough. Young Jones has been in the Army 27 months and has recently re-enlisted. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Adverti s will realise good ♦ Per Year. Business Section Again Brightly Illuminated At Night BRISK Return of Many Veter ans Adding Joy to Occasion ] For the first time in four years, (Christmas in Edenton is taking on a j near normal aspect, one of the contri j buting factors being an illuminated ] business section with many vari-col -1 ored bulbs criss-crossing Broad street from Water to Queen streets and on ; King street from Broad to the hotel. A large star also appears at the in tersection of Broad and Church streets. It is the first time the streets have been decorated since the start of war, so that it is a welcome sight to both old and young, and tends to cre ate more of a Christmas spirit than during the dark days of war. Added, too, to a more joyous Christ mas season is the fact that many have returned from the armed forces, many are on their way home and there is the satisfaction of loved ones still having relatives in uniform to know that they are not subject to be a tar get for the steel of a strong and cruel i enemy. j While merchandise is still limited, j Edenton’s merchants managed to se cure many items which are useful and ! appropriate as gifts, and apparently all are enjoying a splendid business. For the convenience of shoppers, all ; stores, will begin tonight (Thursday) keeping open nights until 9 o’clock, so ■ that up until Christmas eve business is expected to be very brisk,: All Stores in Edenton: ate;Scheduled to re main closed Tuesday and Wednesday, ; thus providing an opportunity' for 1 merchants and employ,- s to enjoy a ; . two-day holiday for Christmas. Program At Methodist Church Galled Off Due To Many Sick Children Though a Christmas entertainment was planned to be presented in the j Methodist Church Sunday night by Church School pupils, it was deemed, advisable to abandon the idea early this week. Reason for calling off the j program was due to so many of the ] children having parts being sick. The program was in charge of Mrs. 1 W. C. Moore, who, together with the | superintendent, decided to call it off when it was learned that quite a few jof the children were sick. The usual ] presents will be distributed among the children Sunday morning. Holiday Hours For Chowan Draft Board By order of Selective Service, the ! office of the Chowan County Draft ] Board will be closed from 5:30 p. m. j December 21 until 8:30 a. m. Decem i ber 26. Also from 5:30 p. m. Decem j ber 29 until 8:30 a. m. January 2. j The office will also be open on Janu ! ary 5. ! Anyone who needs to attend to any Selective Service business is urged to ' see the board before the close of busi ness on December 21 or immediately ; upon reopening of the office on the , above date. Rotary Club Begins Attendance Contest At last week’s meeting of the Ed enton Rotary Club it was decided to stage another attendance contest in an effort to improve the club’s stand ing in the district’s attendance stand ' ing. The club’s membership will be i equally divided, with James E." Wood and David Holton chosen as captains , of the two teams. The contest will be ; gin January 3 and continue for three , months. At the conclusion of the con test the winners will be entertained at the expense of the losing side, with provision made that half of the ex , pense be borne by those members whose absence was responsible for losing the contest. METHODIST SERVICES Preaching services will be held in the Methodist Church Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock, when the service will be in keeping with Christmas, a feature being singing of Christmas carols. . Church School will be held at 9:45 i Sunday morning and the Youth Fel i lowship meeting at 6:30 Sunday even ing.
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