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k i tkm mtmmm wM he Volume XIII.—-Number 2. Edenton Rotary Club Votes Unanimously To Sponsor VH Club Peanut Contest Project Aimed at Pro ducing: Better Peanuts In Chowan County RULES ADOPTED Climax Will Be Peanut Show and Auction In Edenton Armory At last week's Rotary meeting the; Edenton club voted unanimously to sponsor a peanut production contest; among white 4-H clubs in Chowan County, an idea presented at a prev-j ious meeting by C. T. Griffin. According to Mr. Griffin an over acreage of peanuts will naturally cause a decrease in price, so that it will be to growers’ advantage to pro duce more peanuts per acre and pea nuts of a better quality. It is the opinion that as the result of this con test growers will realize the advant age of up-to-date methods, for the 4- H club members are bound to abide by certain requirements in order to qualify in the contest. The purpose of the contest, so far as the Rotary club is concerned, is to encourage the production of better peanuts in Cho wan County. The requirements those entering the contest must follow are as follows: 1 — The participant must be a reg istered Club member by March 1, 1046. 2 The contestant must file with the county agent an application for entering the contest by March i, 1046. 3 The contestant's father or guardian must sign application agree ing for contestant to enter and abide by the contest rules. 4 The contest plot shall he •me acre. o -The contestant will be required perform the following on his or project: ! a)—Stake off a definite acre of ound for the project in which the sponsors will assist. .(b) —Take a representative soil sample of the contestant’s acre plot and send to state soil testing labora tory for analyzing. (e)—The contestant will be re quired to follow recommendations set, forth in the soil test report for liming and fertilization. (d) —The,contestant must use seed; peanuts which Will come up to the fol lowing requirements (1) Runner type seed are; not to grade less than 25 D. jumbo: (2) Bunch type must n o t grade less than.fancy. . (e) Seed peanuts must be treated with Acasari before planting. (fi I' ch eont l -.tout will he in quired t" dust the acre of peanuts with sulphur according to schedule recon w i.di d by the county agent.. (g) - - Each contestant 1 must apply proper cultivation to promote good growth and control Weeds and grass. (h) —The contest acre must be. stacked and picked separately so that an accurate record of the production ; of both peanuts and hay may be ob tained. j 6 Each contestant must keep an j accurate record of all work done on project and time required for same. 1 7 Contestant must keep an accu- i rate record and account of all mater- 1 ials used. 8 — All records shall be turned over to the sponsors. 9 All peanuts from contestant’s project shall be brought to a designat ed point and at a designated time, where they will be shown and offered for sale. The contestant reserves the right to reject any or all bids on his peanuts if he so desires. There will be no auction or sales fee charged. 10— Contestant must exhibit a sam ple of his project in the peanut show. The Rotary Club will offer attrac tive loving cups properly engraved to the contestant making the highest yield and the one making the best quality. Additional prizes will include cash given by the Edenton Peanut Com pany and the Albemarle Peanut Com pany. The Edenton Peanut Company will give S4O, S2O and $lO respective ly to the contestants winning first, second and third places for the best ■uality peanuts. The Albemarle Pea ) it Company will give prizes in the ame amount for contestants produc ing the greatest quantity of peanuts. In addition, the two peanut com panies will jointly offer prizes of $lO, $5 and $3 for the best 100 peanuts se lected by contestants from his project, when the peanuts are arranged in the armory. The Rotary Club will assist con testants in measuring and staking projects and will supervise taking of ’HE CHOWAN HERALD « HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY [_ At Last After several years of doubt as to the boundaries of the coun ty property at the County Home, a line has recently been establish ed. This fact was reported to the County Commissioners Monday and Commissioner A. C. Boyce was instructed to visit the proper ty in order to familiarize himself ‘ with the line. Mr. Boyce was also authorized to employ a timber cruiser in order to estimate the 1 amount of saleable timber on the property. Annual Parish Meeting At St. Paul’s Sunday The Rev. Harold W. Gilmer, rec tor of St. Paql’s Episcopal church, j announces that the annual Parish; meeting for the election of vestrymen; and transaction of important Parish j business will be held in the church at; [ the close of the evening prayer Sun- ! day night. All communicants of Ca nonical voting age are urged to be; present as matters of vital importance are to be considered and acted upon, j Mr. Gilmer announces the following j ! services for next Sunday, the First; Sunday after Epiphany: 8 a. ih., Holy; Communion; 9:30 a. m., church school; j 11 a. m., office of morning prayerj i with sermon; 8 p. m., office of evening ' prayer and Parish meeting. Bond Brothers Lease Cherry’s Sandwich Shop Change in ownership of an Eden ton establishment took place Sunday j morning when Jack and James Bond, brothers, took over Cherry’s Sand . vvich Shop at the corner of Broad and King streets which for several • years has been operated by Guy L. .! Boyce. The brothers leased the busi ! ness with an option to buy. Both young men have recently been ; discharged from the Army, Jack hav ,j ing been a prisoner of war in Ger i many for about five , months, while) James was a tail gunner on a super-1 ; fortress in the European Theatre. !■ : —■■ I Flynn Brothers Hurt In Bicycle Accident ■ Errol and Milton Ward Flynn, sons of Mr. and Mrs, M. L. Elynn. wore painfully hurt Sunday morning, when ! the youngsters, were riding a ’bicycle-. The accident 1 occurred * wlu-n Errol's foot caught in the wheel of Ill’s broth-, er’s bicycle, throwing both- hoys to ; the street on their, faces. X-ray pictures show that. Errol’s left ankle Was fractured, it being necessary to cut six spokes in the; the wheel to free the foot, John W. Graham Now Lieut. - Commander | John W. Graham of Edenton, son of! j Mrs. W. A. Graham, has been pro j moted to the rank of Lieutenant j Commander in the U. S. Navy, the . promotion taking effect on January 1. For the last two months Lieut. ~ Comdr. Graham has been stationed at the Navv Department in Washington, D. C. soil samples and required information. The sponsor will also arrange the place and time of the peanut show and sale and will arrange for disinter : ested judges to judge projects and ex hibits. In commenting upon the contest Mr. Griffin points out that the Virginia ; North Carolina area averages 1,175 pounds of peanuts per acre, which compares with 800 pounds in Alaba • ma, 650 in Florida, 550 in Georgia and ; 450 in Texas. The climax of the contest will be a peanut show and auction of peanuts . grown by those in the contest at the armory, and Mr. Griffin predicts that the peanuts sold will bring far more ■ than the market price. While arrangements have been , made for awarding loving cups by the ; Rotary Club and cash prizes by the ■ Albemarle and Edenton Peanut Com > panies, it is hoped Edenton merchants ■ will see fit to supplement prizes in order to further stimulate interest in • the contest. If any desire to offer , prizes they are requested to contact • James E. Wood, Earl Goodwin or , Marvin Wilson, for no solicitation will : be made. • A publicity committee has been ap - pointed in connection with the contest ' and includes J. Edwin Bufflap, C. T. f Griffin and C. W. Overman. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 10,1946. I min iunininnin[7| PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, millions of self-respecting people in the war-devastat- i I ed lands of Europe, China and the Philippines, struggling for survival | j I against hunger and disease and cold, are in dire need of clothing, shoes \ j I I and bedding, and are subject to death from exposure, and I WHEREAS, the 25,000,000 of these destitute people who benefitted : j | through the first United National Clothing Collection are only a frac- i | | | tion of those in need, and WHEREAS, the meeting of this urgent need overseas will serve I . I not only to relieve suffering humanity, but will aid liberated peoples I j [ I to revive their economic life and enable their rehabilitated countries to : j ! I contribute a full share towards the creation of a lasting peace, and WHEREAS, the President of the United States has said that the | 1 | | need is imperative and justifies a second appeal to the American peo- I } i I pie, and f WHEREAS, the Victory Clothing Collection is an effort to meet j-j i the great emergency, i j NOW, THEREFORE, I Leroy H. Haskett, Mayor of Edenton, urge j I r all religious, educational, patriotic, civic, fraternal, business and labor \ | groups to cooperate in this collection of clothing, shoes and bedding for f = overseas relief so that the national goal of 100,000,000 garments in ad- l l dition to shoes and bedding may be reached. Also I urge contributors I I to attach good-will messages to their gifts of clothing. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and ; i caused the seal of the Town of Edenton to be affixed on this eighth day \ \ of January 1946. : | (Seal) LEROY H. HASKETT, \ I Mayor of Edenton, N. C. j j 3“ I Plans Discussed j For Clothing Drive In Chowan County - . .1 Chairman J. L. Chest j nutt Meets With Group Wednesday DRIVE JAN. 21-26 - i Three Receiving Depots : Will Be Used During Drive Plans Were discussed Wednesday night for Chowan County’s Victory; ; Clothing Collection, when J. L. Chest-; i nutt, county chairman, met with rep-) resentatives from various organiza tions in the Municipal Building, ~ Plans call for the collection to be made during the week of January 21- ) 26, and Mr. Chestnutt is hopeful that | j the . drive will be even more success ful than the one sponsored last year jby the Lions Club when a large amount of clothing, shoes and bedding) ; was collected. j Mr. Chestnutt has arranged for ; three receiving stations, which will be at the Police Station, the Triangle ,| Service Station and his own pressing shop. The police will serve as security . officers and will move the clothing [ from each of the receiving depots to la warehouse daily or when necessary in order to prevent a. great accumu lation at any of the places, j .Representatives from the various . organizations who will help in the drive are as follows: Rotary Club - ■ R. M. Johnston. 4 Lions Chili - Tex I.indsay, American -Legion Willis McClen [ noy.. '■ ■]. ;. , A. American Legion Auxuliary . Mrs 1). M. Reaves. .Masons --- J. Edwin Bufflap. Red Men -■W. J. Daniels. . ) I’. T. A.— Mrs. Frank Hughes. Police Chief of Police George Day. In the.rural section the drive will be in charge of Miss Rebecca Colwell, ; home agent, and C. W. Overman, ■ county agent. Mr. Chestnutt urges every one in the county to search their homes for any discarded clothing, so that it will be ready to be collected during the drive. CHOWAN COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH NOW ABOLISHED AS NEW LAW GOES INTO EFFECT 1 Board of Seven Chosen to Serve Three County < Units Effective January 1; Mayor Haskett and ' Dr. W. S. Griffin Represent Chowan j According to action taken by the last General Assembly, the Chowan County Board of Health has been abolished as of January 1 and in its) ' place is a district board with rep-; resentatives from Chowan, Bertie and Gates, the three counties comprising ; the District Board of Health. i In the re-writing of Section 130-66 of the General Statistics of North : Carolina the State Health officer is : directed to choose three or more ex 1 officio of District Boards of Health which are found by the con i solidation of two or more counties. ; The statute designates the naming of i at least one ex officio member from 1 each participating county, including . one chairman of a county board of • commissioners, one mayor of a town 1 which is the county seat and one county superintendent of schools. These ex-officio members are re ; quired to hold an annual meeting the . first week in January of each year for the purpose of electing public Infantile Paralysis j| i Drive In Chowan To ! Be Held Jan. 21-26 J. A. Moore Acting As Campaign Chairman For First Time QUOTA $1,420 Workers From 17 Coun- ;« ties Meet In Eden ton Saturday J. A. Moore, chairman for Chowan County’s 1946 infantile paralysis drive, ; stated this week that he plans to con duct the drive the week of January / j 21-26, and is hopeful that Chowan ) County will again, register its interest ; iii combatting the disease by exceed ing last year's contribution. Mr. M onre has been notified by state headquarters that the 1946 quo-; ■ ta for Chowan County has beeiv set at j $1,420, which is somewhat smaller j than last year when the quota was | $,1,63.7, In 1944 the quota was only • $592. In each case the county over • subscribed its quota, for in 1943 con-. ■ tributions amounted to $1,206.80, in • 1944, $1,224.85 and in 1945, $1,858.22. | Mr. M pore also calls attention to the ■ fact that while Chowan County was • . fortunate enough not to have an in- 1 - fantile paralysis epidemic, as was the; case in many counties in the state, there have been 13 cases of infantile ; (Continuedmi Page Five) Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr.. Is Lions Club Speaker The Rev. I*. C. Crawford. J p:is ‘ w of Ihe Presbyterian church, was ( the principal speaker at the I.ions Club meeting Monday night, when his ' subject was "Juvenile Delinquency.’’ I Mr. Crawford’s address was well re ceived by the Lions, the girt of his re marks being that present day trouble is not so much juvenile delinquency as lit is parental delinquency. During the meeting the Lions dis cussed plans for a zone meeting to be t held in Edenton February 14. Tex ) Lindsay volunteered to represent the t Lions Club in the Victory Clothing ; Collection which is scheduled to be 1 held the week of January 21-26. j } members. The public members shall ' be four in number, one of whom shall 1 be a dentist, one a physician, one a * registered pharmacist and the other one shall be a public spirited citizen. Where either of the three specified public members cannot be elected be- £ cause there is no such person resi- t dent in the county, this place shall be > filled with a public spirited citizen. 1 The public members shall be elected £ or appointed for a period of four years, one for three years, one for two years ar*i one for one year, and thereafter one member shall be elect- < ed each year for a term of four 1 years. s The Board of Health shall elect its 1 chairman, who shall not have the ‘ right to vote except in case of a tie. A majority of the members of the ( District Board of Health shall con- : stitute a quorum and the district t health officer shall act as secretary. 1 According to the new law State ’ (Continued on Page Five) Improving Os Rocky Hock Road Once More Crops Up At Meeting Commissioners JvJ. B. MeetingJ W. J. Taylor, temporary chair man of a group whose purpose is to organize a Chowan County Tuberculosis Association, has call ed a meeting Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock in the Municipal Building of the nominating com mittee are: M. A. Hughes, YV. W. Byrum, (J. B. Potter, J. A. Moore, J. P. Partin, L. 11. Haskett, J. E. Bufflap, Y\. ('. Francis, A. G. L. Stephenson, Dr. R. H. Y’aughan, Mrs. R. C. Holland, and Mrs. J. A. Moore. Baseball Meeting On Friday Night Local Entry In League Depends Upon Inter est Shown Following the appointment by the Chamber of Commerce of Philip Mc- Mullan and J. P. Partin to represent the organization at the recent meet ing held in the interest of organizing an Albemarle baseball league, the two men have called a meeting to be held in the Court House Friday night at 8 o’clock. The general impression prevails that baseball fans in Chowan County are very anxious for Edenton to enter a team if the league, is formed, so that /Friday night’s meeting was called for the purpose of determining definitely how much interest actually exists. For that reason both Partin and McMullan urge attendance on the part of fans from both Edenton and the county. If enough interest is shown by at j tendance at the* meeting, it is the pur pose to discuss local angles of putting a team on the diamond and to orga nize, so. that everything will be in. readiness for the scheduled league j meeting in Edenton on Tuesday night, i January .15, when representatives |. from various towns' interested in en tering a club will be present and defi nite action will most likely be taken | one way or the. other regarding forin- I ing a league. Miss Mildred Ward Now In Pacific Area Mildred C. Ward, daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. J. H. Ward, Route 1. Eden pti. lias arrived in the Pacific Ocean An a 1o serve .as an American lj.-d. Cross hospital secretary. Previously •Miss Ward was wi:b the Red Cross in tile Mediterranean Theater of Opera tions. Double Basketball Bill On Tap Tonight .),\ ’■ ■ ■ : l Both boys’ and girls’ basketball teams of Edenton High school will, play their second game of the season tonight (Thursday) in the Edenton armory, when they meet the Chowan j High school aggregations. The first j girne will start at 7:30 o’clock. Both teams lost the first game of [ the season to Windsor last week. | Lt. Comdr. Thos. Chears Placed On Inactive List Lieut.-Comdr. Thomas Chears re-; turned to Edenton Wednesday of last week after being placed on the Navy officers’ inactive list. Lieut.-Comdr. Chears served 20 months in the Paci fic and when discharged was gunnery officer on the USS Alabama. He plans to return to Charlottesville, Va., to resume the practice of law. RETURNS FROM PACIFIC S. Sgt. Isaac L. Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Jordan of Tyner re turned home after 21 months in the South Pacific. S. Sgt. Jordan received his discharge at Fort Bragg on De cember 24, 1945. BAPTIST HOUR SUNDAY Dr. Robert E. Humphreys, pastor of the First Baptist church of Owens boro, Ky„ for 18 years, will be the speaker for the Baptist Hour next j Sunday, January 13, his subject being “The Source of Peace.” The program of the Baptist Hour originates from Atlanta again this year and the broadcasts cover the territory from the nation’s capital to the Gulf and westward to include Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Missouri. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory where Advertisers wHt realist good results. $1.50 Per Year. ! Highway Officials Lose Sight Os Former Action CALL MEETING Chamber Os Commerce Committee Presents Matter I On behalf of the Chowan County Chamber of Commerce, Marvin Wil lson and Geddes Potter appeared be- I fore the County Commissioners Mon- I day urging the Board to again offi -1 daily designate improving the Rocky Hock road as the No. 1 project for | Chowan County, Mr. Wilson, who act ed as spokesman, informed the Com-' j missioners that apparently the High ) way Commission has no record of any preferred projects in the County de spite the fact that the minutes of the Chowan Commissioners several years ago contain a notion to that effect. The commissioners remember ed very vividly having met with former Commissioner Carroll Wilson and, after designating the road as the No. 1 project, met at the Rocky Hock school with a large group of interest ed citizens to discuss the; project. Since that time, however, Mr. Wil son has been succeeded by Merrill Evans as highway commissioner for this division and J. C. Gardner re tired and is succeeded by T. J. Mc- Kim as district engineer. According to Marvin Wilson, his impression is that there is no record in Raleigh of the No. 1 or aiiy other projects in the county, when as a matter of fact the location of the road was decided upon, a survey made, and part of the grad ing actually done. In Chowan County the general im pression has been that highway funds were earmarked to improve the Rocky Hock road from Valhalla through the Rocky Hock section and joining Route 32 above Cross Roads. Later, how ever, Mr. Gardner expressed the opin ion that with Federal aid the road could be extended to Cannon’s Ferry and join Route 32 further up the coun ty, Abe new road being a little, over 22 miles long. Marvin Wilson told the commission ers that the Highway Commission does not recognize any project and, therefore, requests the commissioners • to make a restatement, to. present to the present highway officials. lt is also remembered that .at the time the Rocky Hock road Was chosen, as the No. 1 project, the Chowan County Commissioners selected two alternate projects, the road running from Center Hill to Sign pine and hard surfacing tile Sound road in the hover end of the countv. Another desired improvement brought out at Monday's comwission <•!>' meeting was hard surfacing a road through tile Coupon Neck sec tion. However, upon.tile strength of the report made by Marvin Wilson and I Geddes Potter, the county eomhvissron j ers decided to call another meeting ; with State Highway officials in order to present the needs and wishes of 1 the county relative to road improve- I ments. The date of this meeting will depend upon when the highway of ficials can come to Edenton, LEAVING HOSPITAL SATURDAY ; Mrs. W. B. Small is,expected to re | turn home Saturday from the Norfolk ; General Hospital. Mrs. Small has been i a patient in the hospital for four weeks, and is gradually recuperating. ENTERS HOSPITAL Mrs. N. L. Ward was taken by am bulance to Norfolk General Hospital, Saturday afternoon, after having been very ill, the past two weeks, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. L. Flynn on Virginia Road. Mrs. Flynn and Mr. Ezzell Ward accompanied their mother to the hospital. BETTY THIGPEN ILL Miss Betty Thigpen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thigpen, is con fined to the home of her parents on Oakum street, having been brought home from Louisburg College, where she is a student, by her mother last week. Miss Thigpen had just returned from Urbana and Champaign, 111., where she attended the National Methodist Student Council, and be- I came ill with the flu. She will return to Louisburg when she recovers from her illness. AUXILIARY MEETS TODAY The Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Paul’s church will meet today (Thurs day) at 4 o’clock in the Parish House. Members and visitors are urged to at tend.