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tm tkut Mtmmm *M fte fmmdj fmtr pr—mtfm 3 fsasrrf fatfarwf?’ Volume XIII. —Number 5. Victory Clothing * Jrive Extended To Friday, February 15 Sunday Afternoon’s Col lection Very Sat is factory p •‘n’rpriTin (y- a - n Op'- ' I*h More /- -' ? ab ? e Despite a di :r;re; :\We day Sunday. J. L, ( h stn -chairman of the Chowan Co nty Victory Clothing Drive, is well pi asod with the amount of clothing; colie-,ted Sunday after noon. While Mr. Chestnutt early this week had not made an accurate check, he estimated that in the neigh borhood of 8,000 pieces of clothing, shoes and bedding were collected dur ing the afternoon. While the response has been very gratifying, Mr. Chestnutt states that he has been requested to continue the; drive dntil February 15. During that time there will be no more canvasses made, but any who desire to contri- , bute clothing, shoes or bedding are requested to take it to one of the I three receiving depots, which are the Police Station, Chestnutt Cleaners or the Triangle Service Station. Mr. Chestnutt early this week ex pressed the opinion that there are some people who want to make a con tribution but have not gotten around to gathering up the articles and then there are others, he believes, who have forgotten about the drive. It will be greatly appreciated if Chowan County people will make an extra ef fort to gather up all clothing not needed and take it to one of the of ficial receiving depots as early as possible. All bundles should be label d so that the number of pieces in \ e bundle are known and a message .< the unfortunate ones who receive ne clothing may also be attached to the bund' - Lula White Flower Shop New Business Now Open For Business At Home On W. Church Street A new enterprise began operation in Edenton this week when Mrs. Lula White announced the opening of the Lula White Flower Shop, w-hich will be located at her home, 203 West Church Street. Mrs. White returned from Norfolk Saturday night, where she completed a special course in floral designs and corsage work, and is now prepared to furnish floral designs for any oc casion. Her shop will occupy the first floor of her home and she invites all of her friends to visit her. Chowan USD A Council Studies Nash Survey Members of the Chowan County U. S. D. A. Council have reviewed the farm facts survey made of Nash County, and County Agent C. W. Overman believes such facts so ar ranged for Chowan County will be of great value to farmers in finding weak spots, planning programs of, work and serving as an inventory as j to where to start from on a long-time] program of agriculture in the coun-1 ty. Several changes were suggested to the state office in order to make a survey more adaptable to Chowan County. GOODLY NUMBER OF RED MEN AT OYSTER ROAST TUESDAY, In the neighborhood of 60 members of Chowan Tribe, No. 12, Improved Order of Red Men, attended an oyster roast held Tuesday night at the power plant. The affair was very much en joyed and was arranged by A. S. Hol lowell, William R. Israel, Frank Hughes and Asa Griffin. |_FM Warning_l Chief of Police George I. Dail this week reminds automobile owners that today (Thursday) is the deadline for cars to be operat ed without displaying city license plates. Any cars operated after today without, the city tags will make the owners subject to ar rest. THE CHOWAN HE...,;LJ A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY SS ' Hi * * # y i 41 - - 'V i ] a, ' ’ - W Ms 1 j ‘"l ■ Released by U. S War Department, Hureau of Public Relation*. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE YEAR THAT BROUGHT VICTORY—TweIve months ago American troops were fighting heroically in the “Hattie of the Bulge” in Belgium and poised for the landing on Luzon in the Philippines and the isolated isle of Iwo Jima. New Years was observed as a national day of prayer. Left, the Dean of Salisbury Cathedral is presented with the colors by the commanding officers of the Central Base Section in England. Right, while buzz bombs roared overhead American soldiers on the docks of Antwerp attend New Years mass in a ration warehouse. j Negro War Veterans! •Os Chowan County .Organize Legion Post Post Named After First Two Local Negro Casualties Sixty-one Negro veterans of World Wars I and II met at the Edenton colored high school Friday night, when a post of the American Legion was organized. Assisting in organiz ing the post were two members of Ed Bond Post, John A. Holmes and Jesse White, post commander and ad jutant and finance officer respectively. Hoth Legionnaires gave advice and offered suggestions relative to a suc cessful post and Mr. Holmes delivered a very inspiring message. I There was a general desire among the colored veterans to organize a post and subsequently officers were elected as follows: Golden Frinks, post commander; Willie Goodwin, vice commander; James M. Holley, adju tant and finance officer; William Bac-' cus, sergeant-at-arms; Edward M. 1 Holley, historian; Charlie Jordan, chaplain; George R. Sutton, assistant chaplain. Application has been made for a charter, the name of the post being the Jernigan-Granby Post. This name was chosen in honor of Charlie Jerni gan and Haywood Granby, the first two colored men to lose their lives in the recent war. The next meeting of the post will be held at the colored high school Fri-[ day, February 8. An effort is being made to contact all colored veterans, all of whom are invited and urged to become members. Mayor Haskett Urges Blore Care Arranging Garbage For Collection i Mayor Leroy Haskett registered a 1 complaint this week which has to do! with a few people placing garbage j and trash out for collection which is i not placed in receptacles, this causing [ unsightly conditions along streets and back of the few business houses. He also stated that a few unsightly racks have been constructed to keep dogs from turning over garbage cans, which j helps to detract from the appearance [ of streets. | He again appeals to citizens to de-i j posit trash in containers and offers [ the suggestion that these containers i be taken off the street as soon after j the town’s trash trucks pass as pos- Health Department Abandons Clinics At Community House Tuesday, January 29, was the last clinic conducted in the Community Club House at Cross Roads. From that date on it will be neces sary for everyone to go to the Health Department in the Edenton Bank , building for all clinic services. Fridays, 9 to 6 o’clock and 7:30 to [ 8:30 P. M., and Saturday mornings will be devoted to vaccinations of all types. A venereal disease clinic will be held every Friday from 10 to 4 o’clock and at night from 7:30 to 8:30 o’clock. The Health Department wishes to express its appreciation to the Wo mah’s Club at Cross Roads for the generous use of their building, and ex pressed regret that it has become ne cessary to discontinue the use of it. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 31,1946. [AVERAGE WOODLAND IN CHOWAN IS FAILING TO PRODUCE ENOUGH UMBER Conclusion Reached After Tour Os County By County Agent C. W. Overman And John L. Gray, Extension Forester, Os Raleigh Average woodland in Chowan Coun ty is not producing approximately one-half the wood and timber it should. This is the conclusion of Coun ty Agent G. W. Overman after ob serving the wooded and cut over land in the county along with an Exten sion Forester. John L. Gray, Extension Forester, of N. C. State College, spent a few days recently in Chowan County as . sisting the County Agent in forestry work. First, they travelled over many sections of the county observing the woodland and cut over areas. It was found, in a great many instances. . that logging operations had cleared ip all of the old pines on good pine land leaving no seed trees for re - i ding. These areas have grown up in scrub bushes, briars, gums and oak hat . is . just a dense wilderness pro ducing practically nothing. The y found numerous areas of long small pines with very little top; these were! . found to be growing about $5.00 1 j worth of timber per acre per year—[ [ the slow growth being due to the very! j limited leaf area. Had these pines | been thinned properly 20 to 25 years i I ago they would now be approximately I 18 to 20 inches in diameter instead, of 10 or 12. During the tour they established timber thinning demonstrations with Lloyd C. Bunch and Russell H. Byrum of Enterprise community. These plots of thrifty young pine are located on [ the road where they are easily observ ! ed in passing. These farmers plan to 16 Boys Initiated [ In Chowan F. F. A. New Officers Installed With Wallace Peele President Chowan High School chapter of; Future Farmers of America held their first F. F. A. meeting Thursday night under the leadership of the new agriculture instructor, S. E. White. Sixteen boys were initiated into the F. F. A. organization. The following [officers were installed: President, I Wallace Reede Peele; vice president, Eugene Jordan; secretary, David i Ward; treasurer, Robert Turner; watch dog, Otis Chappell. The organi zation has approximately 50 mem bers. BIBLE CLASS MEETS TUESDAY The Young Woman’s Bible Class will meet at the Baptist church Tues day night, February 6, at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. M. M. Perry, the president, urges all members to be present. MASONS MEET TONIGHT Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. *M., will hold its weekly meeting to : night (Thursday) in the Court House at 8 o’clock. Visiting Masons are cor i dially invited to attend. i . I ILL WITH PNEUMONIA Mrs. J. M. Baker of the Yeopim sec i tion, mother of Mrs. A. S. Hollowell, : is suffering from an attack of pneu , monia. Mrs. Baker early this week was i reported being somewhat improved. UNDER SPECIALIST’S CARE Mrs. Cecil Byrum was taken to Nor • folk Tuesday and is in care of a spe cialist. thin about 1.0 acre each year for getting their fire wood and a few saw logs. On this basis, in the course [ [ of 10 years they will have thinned 10 or more acres each. By that time they can come back and take out a few more saw logs and harvest some more fire wood. The County Agent is in a position to help farmers in forestry manage ment and efficient marketing of tim ber. This work must be done on a demonstrative basis rather than per sonal service. Demonstrations on scal ing and estimating timber can be con ducted with groups of farmers in several communities of the county thus showing the farmers how to eva luate their timber and market it in telligently. Farmers are urged to call on the County Agent for such demon strations in their community and as sist with arranging and holding same. ; Cut over lands and sparsely set areas ! should be gradually cleaned and set 1 j back to pines. Any farmer who has, | such land can clean set one or more' ' acres each year and within a few ; years he will cover a good many acres. [ Pine seedlings from the State Forest j Nursery are $2.50 per thousand and they can be set by boys and girls ] or any other labor on the farm under! I; supervision. It is the agent’s hope that Chowan County farmers will become far more forestry farming minded. Thousands of acres now idle can easily be put back to producing pines and other i profitable timber. Captain T. 6. Diggs j Gets Bronze Star Former Kadesh Pastor Active In Pacific Theatre Edenton friends will be pleased to ■ learn that Captain Thomas O. Diggs, who is a captain in the chaplain’s - corps. United States Army, was re , cently awarded the Bronze Star i medal. The aw-ard was made for meri ; torious achievement in direct support [ , of military operations against the ene , my at Munda, New Georgia, British I Solomon Islands, Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, Moratai, Netherlands , East Indies and Zamloanga, Minda nas, Phillippine Islands, from March 3, 1944 to September 2, 1945. Chaplain Diggs will be remembered as pastor of| Kadesh A. M. E. Zion church, where he made a splendid re -1 cord before enlisting in the chap laincy. BAPTIST MISSIONARY WILL MEET MONDAY The Missionary Society of the . Edenton Baptist Church will meet Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at . the church. Mrs. W. J. Berryman w-ill be in charge of the program. Every one is cordially invited to attend. ROTARY MEETING TODAY > With an attendance contest in pro i gress, another well attended meeting is in prospect today (Thursday) at the meeting of the Edenton Rotary Club. The score is very close and the cap • tains, J. E. Wood and David Holton, • are urging every member on their side to attend today. ! Program Ready Forj: Next Legion Meeting j Tuesday February 5 : ' Mrs. Frank Elliott And ] Mrs. Willis McClenny [ In Charge , < t An interesting program is in pros- 1 pect for the next meeting of Edward G. Bond, No. 40, American Legion, ’ which will be held in the Court House i Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. The pro gram has been arranged by Mrs. Frank Elliott and Mrs. Willis Mc- Clenny, two women members of the Post, who plan to combine business and pleasure. A piano will he moved to the Court House from the high school by Hu bert Williford so that group singing and other entertainment can be en joyed. The committee is planning to pack a lot of laughter and pleasant entertainment in a half hour’s pro gram, and it is hoped that all veterans 1 from World Wars I and II will be on 1 hand. * s Health District Will 1 Meet In Edenton On 1 Thursday, Feb. 7th 4 The first meeting of the new set- ( i up of the Chowan-Bertie-Gates Health , i District is scheduled to be held in ( [ Edenton Thursday night, February 7. ) The meeting will be held in the Mu nicipal Building at 8 o’clock. Mayor L. H. Haskett and Dr. Wallace Gris- f fin are the Chowan County represen- t j tatives on the Board. Hobbsville Divides l Basketball Games ] Hobbsville High School and Cho- - i wan High divided a twin bill of has- - ketball Friday night. Hobbsville boys defeated the Chowan boys by a 29-23 [ score, while the Chowan girls won the | victory over Hobbsville by a 5-3 j score. j In the boys game Briggs with 10 [ , points lead Hobbsville while Ward ■ | with 9 paced Chowan. The girls’ game ; was a close contest and was featured . . by close guarding. In previous games ' . played on the Chowan court Hobbs- * 1 ville won both games. This was the 1 second game the Hobbsville girls have ] lost during the season. E. J. Holder Science 1 Teacher At Chowan j E. J. Holder of Windsor has accept- , j ed a position in the Chowan High 1 School as social science teacher. Mr. : Holder is a graduate of Wake Forest College and has had four years teach ing experience in the Leaksville High School. Prior to his accepting the po- : sition here he has served 52 months in the armed forces of the U. S. and held a commission as captain in the parachute infantry. He served in the ! Pacific theatre. ELTON FOREHAND NOW ON WAY HOME FROM PACIFIC * I Roy Elton Forehand, Jr., 22, sea-! man, first class, of Edenton, is re turning to the United States on the heavy cruiser U. S. S. St. Paul after several months of sea duty. The St. ■ Paul, flagship for the Yangtse River i Patrol Forces, left Shanghai January , 7 and is to arrive at San Pedro, • Calif., late this month. , The cruispr, commissioned in Feb ■ ruary, 1945, took part in the final as ! saults on Japan with the Third Fleet. This newspaper is circu lated in the territory when Advertisers mil realise good results fit. on Per Year. Only Half Os Quota In Infantile Paralysis Campaign Is In Hand Chairman J. A. Moore Has Only Half Os Reports QUOTA $1,420 Canvassers Urrcd To Turn In Reports Immediately J. A. Moore, chairman of the March of Dimes campaign in. Chowan Coun ty, reported Tuesday that approxi-' .-'lately half of the county’s quota of : $1,420 had been turned in, and that just about half of the canvassers had made a report. Os the reports turned in thus far, Mr. Moore has observed that they are somewhat below those ! of last year, but he is hopeful that, as in previous years, the quota will be [ exceeded when all reports are in. Reports up to Tuesday did not in clude the schools, the money deposited in the banks placed about town, nor any of the rural sections, where sub stantial contributions have been re ceived in previous years. Mr. Moore is very anxious to wind up the campaign and for that reason urges all canvassers to make their re ports as soon as possible. He realizes the fact that it is very probable that some people have been missed by the canvassers and in that event he hopes they will send or bring their contri butions immediately either to him, or W. H. Gardner at the Bank of Eden ton or The Herald office. Building & Loan Annual Meeting All Members Os Board Os Directors Are Re-elected Stockholders of the Edenton Build ing & Loan Association met in an nual session Monday night in the Courthouse, and after a roll call of stock a quorum was registered and the usual business transacted. F. W. Hobbs, president, was unable to at tend the meeting due to illness, so J. Clarence Leary was asked to pre side. The annual statement was referred to which showed increased assets, while the net rate of interest earned during the year was .062267, slightly below last year, when the rate was .064604. During the meeting all of the pre sent directors were re-elected, which includes L. C. Burton, T. C. Byrum, A. G. Byrum, J. W. Davis, ,J. Clarence Leary, R. C. Holland, F. W. Hobbs and Fred P. Wood. These directors will meet February 7 and elect of ficers for the organization. New Hours At U. S. Employment Office Effective Monday of this week, a change has been made in the hours of the U. S. Employment Service, lo cated in Room 204 in the Citizens Bank Building. The office this week began operat ing on a 40-hour week schedule, so that it will be open from 8:30 to 5:30 each day through Friday. Under the new schedule, the office will not i be open Saturdays. Gurnie Hobbs Slated To Serve In Germany Pfc. Gurnie Hobbs returned home last week from Florida, where he was I stationed before being discharged. Pfc. Hobbs was a criminal investiga tor and has re-enlisted in the regular Army Air Corps. He expects to leave about March 1 to be stationed in Ger many. Meeting Os Legion Auxiliary Friday The monthly meeting of the Auxi liary of Ed Bond Post of the Ameri can Legion will be held at the home of Mrs. C. E. Kramer Friday night at 8 o’clock. All members are urged to be present. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Born to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hobbs Monday morning at their home on North Broad street, a son, Guy, Jr. The new comer arrived on the same date as a sister, who was born five years ago.
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