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Volume XIII.—Num, c> x Town Tak ts First Official Step To Pave Streets HELICOPTERS TO FLY FROM SHANGRI-LA AT BIKINI | r~" — 1 ! " 1 ; 1 " ■a * .x*U*.<^.. v , “'I ; -~«r~w... -r. j&l *f : »^l[|^^Bje WBi jaBiiSMBMIBB MM WBtfflmßßfflßm: - -v. ..,1 -1 HHHnBsRUHnQBMESHnNHB - B^H^^H^BH^HHHflHM^^HHHHEgfpifj , Official U.S. Navii Photograph WINDMILL OVER A FLATTOP—One of the helicopters that will be used hr Joint Army-Navy Task Force One at Bikini hovers just above the deck of its mother ship, the carrier USS Shangri-la. When this photograph was taken the Shangri-la was headed through the Panama Canal en-route to the Pacific, Helicopters will be used to make radiological reconnaissance patrols in the lagoon after the blast. Paulina Hassell Is Elected President Delta Kappa Gamma Group Entertained Over Week-end at Camp Seatone In a meeting at Camp Seatone, Manteo, on Saturday evening, Miss " 'ina Hassell, of the local high was unanimously elected to Jf) as president of the newly or d Pi Chapter of the Delta .-pa Gamma Society, a State-Na tional Fraternity in education, Other officers elected to serve the chapter are: Mrs. Mabel Evans Jones, Manteo, first vice president; Mrs. Mary Langston Evans, Manteo, sec ond vice president; Mrs. George Win siow, Elizabeth City, recording secre tary; Mrs. George F. Hill, Elizabeth City, corresponding secretary; Lena M. Jones, treasurer, and Mary V. O'Kriant of Jackson, parliamentarian. By special arrangement, Dr. Lucile Turner, incoming president of the State Delta Kappa Gamma, and head of the English Department at EaC Carolina Teacher’s Training College, i at Greenville, and Miss Hattie Par- I rott, membership chairman of the fra-' ternit'y, and an official from the State Department of Education, Raleigh, J conducted an initiation ceremony at the meeting- on Saturday evening, at which time the following candidates were admitted into the fraternity. Miss Mary Lee Copeland of Eden ton, Miss Matilda Alexander of Cres well, Mesdames George F. Hill and George Winslow both of Elizabeth City. Mrs. Mabel Evans Jones, of Camp Seatone, Manteo, was hostess to the following members, and initiates of Delta Kappa Gamma, during the past week end: Dr. Lucile Turner, Greenville; Miss Hattie Parrott, Raleigh; Misses Alice Strawn, Louise Swann, Agnes Fulli love, Estelle Green, Mesdames C. A. Bowen and Kenneth Brown, all of Greenville; Misses Paulina Hassell, Lena M. Jones, Mary Lee Copeland, of Edenton; Mesdames George F. Hill, and George Winslow, of Eliza beth City; Misses Mary V. O’Briant of Jackson, and Matilda Alexander, of Creswell, and Mesdames Mary Lang ston Evans, and Mabel Evans Jones; both of Manteo. % Three Local Masons Receive Appointments Three members of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., were signally honored at the recent grand lodge meeting and have received their commissioners. H. A. Campen was reappointed deputy grand master for Second District and was also led a class B certificate entit- Wt ‘* m to instruct lodges in degree - .. The Rev. W. C. Francis was „,,pointed assistant grand chaplain and also awarded a class A certificate for lecturing lodges anywhere in the State. Richard Baer was appointed as a member of the Board of Appeals. THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY Robert Lee Humber Speaks Saturday On i Court House Green ! Free Sandwiches and Pop Will Be Served During Rally AT 7 O’CLOCK In Event of Rain, Affair Will Be Held In Armory Robert Lee Humber of Greenville, j who is opp<»sing Herbert C. Bonner as j Congressman for the First Congress ional District in the Democratic Pri mary election on May 25, will speak on the Court House Green Saturday evening, May 18, at 7 o’clock. In an nouncing the rally, the local Humber campaign committee informed The Herald that 1200 country ham sand wiches are being prepared by the] Chowan Woman’s Club, which will be served free, together with ice cold pop, to all who attend. Everybody is invited to hear Mr. | ! Humber’s address, the committee stat- [ ! ing that in event of inclement wea- i ther, the rally will be held in the local ! armory. Elizabeth City Host To District Rotarians i Group of Outstanding Speakers Feature Program Rotarians from the 189th District completed a three-day session in Eliz abeth City Tuesday, during which Is aac M. Bailey, of Raleigh, was elected governor, succeeding John A. Holmes. Mr. Bailey had no opposition. The highlight of the meeting was an ad dress .by Kenneth C. Royal!, under secretary of war. Other speakers were the Rev. S. Wade Marr, Jr., Robert L. Patton, philosopher and humorist, tile Rev. Joyce V. Early, Hal S. Orr, W. Carter Darrow, Theodore S. Johnson, H. Den nett Jones, John A. Park, Dr. Frank IF Graham, and Charles W. Pettengill, past vice president of Rotary Inter national. A feature of the meeting was a Naval and Coast Guard show at the U.'S. Coast Guard Air Base. Primary Entertainment Draws Capacity Crowd Edenton High School’s auditorium was filled practically to capacity Fri day night when the Primary Depart ment presented “The Wedding of the Flowers” in which over 100 of the youngsters took part. Each one played his or her part well and much favorable comment was heard from the large crowd who witnessed the entertainment. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 16,1946. i Farewell Dance For Group Leaving Dase Will Be Held Tonight USO Affair Arranged 1 Complimentary to Men of Hedron 5 Complimenting the men of Hedron 5 who will be leaving the local Naval Air Station next week, the GSO of the USO will hold an informal dance at the club tonight (Thursday) from 8:30 to 12:00, K. S. T. Chairman of the affair is Miss j Becky Lewis. Other (ISO members, | taking part in planning the dance • j are: Misses Margaret Harris, Myrtle i Edwards and Helen Carter, compris- j ing the Publicity Committee: Essie) Coffield, Carolyn Elliott, Joyce Moore, I Dorothy Lee Chest mitt and Loretta j Porta of the Decoration Committee; and Emily Smithwick, Carrie Jones, Laura Oates and Edna Wilkins of the Refreshments Committee, j Miss Mary Grey Byrum, GSO Pres ident, has announced that local vet | erans also will be welcome. Herring Catches | Spotty This Year ! Volume of Fish Handled i Increased at Cannon’s ! Ferry Fish Company With the herring season closed Fri- j day of last week, reports vary as to successful seasons, the catch being spotty in that some fishermen have caught more herring than last year and on the other hand some hava caught less. In any event, however, fishermen realized a better return for ' their catch due to the absence of the usual slump in prices. Last year the prevailing price was sfi per thousand, while this year the price ranged around $lO per thousand. Despite the spotty catches, the 1 Cannon’s Ferry Fish Company hand led more herring than last year, Mrs. < E. N. Elliott, secretary of the con cern, reporting that 2,800,000 herring ' were handled this year as compared f with 2,500,000 last year. i Chief D W Ashley ; Being Discharged Chief D. W. Ashley, last of the members of the Edenton Shore Pa trol, is at Norfolk, where he will be discharged from the Navy, and ex pects to return to Edenton Friday to 1 spend a few r days before going to his 1 home in Richmond. The Shore Patrol 1 under the administration of Chief Ashley has done a splendid job and at ‘ thfe request of Comdr. Bert Creigh ton, commanding officer of the Eden ton Naval Air Station, he was retain ed after all the other Shore Patrolers i were transferred in order to train i members of the local base as military police. Edenton Baseball Team Organized To Enter League Marvin Wilson Elected President of Local Outfit PROSPECTS BRIGHT Tex Lindsay, Chosen as Manager, Now Seek ing Players One step nearer to providing base- I ball during the .summer materialized Thursday nightwhen the Edenton entry in the Albemarle League organ ized a meeting held at the Court House. Quite a few baseball fans were on hand, and all appeared very enthusiastic over the prospect league baseball. Marvin Wilson was elected presi dent of the Kdenton club, with Tex Lindsay as manager, L. S. Byrum, sec retary and Irving Leigh publicity chairman. The board of directors in clude Graham Byrum, John Graham, J. P. Partin and Earl Goodwin. Mr. Partin acted as temporary chairman and gave a resume of what has been done thus far in organizing the league. Mr. Lindsay presented some ideas relative to securing uni forms, but it is expected that the high school suits will be used until new ones arrive. Manager Lindsay, as well as other fans, felt very enthusiastic over the j prospect of having a creditable team. Already such players as the following! are listed as prospects: Trot Leary, Shorty Perry. Pete Everett, Howard Phipps, Ben Askew, Joseph Griffin and others. Practice sessions are now being held and anyone interested in j landing a berth on the term is urged to contact Manager Lindsay or re port at Hi'las Field anv afternoon at 3:30. Senior Class Play j | Tomorrow Night; “Here Comes Charlie”! Title of This Year’s Production “Here Conies Charlie,” is the title of the Senior Class play, which will be presented in the high school audi torium Friday night at 8 o’clock. The play, a farce-comedy, will be present ed in three acts, and from advance reports the entertainment will be on a par with the senior class perfor mances presented in previous years. Those taking part in the play will be Ruth Muth, Rodney Harrell, Peg gy" White, Bill Bunch, Francis Ches son, Frances Wood, Erie Cofield, Bet sy Shepard, Jo Mills, Davey Lee Ward. The play is directed by Benjamin Askew. Finals At Rocky Hock On May 23 John A. Holmes Sched uled to Deliver Com mencement Address Commencement exercises will be held at Rocky Hock Central School, Thursday evening May" 23rd at 8:00 o’clock. Arlene Harrell lias been chosen valedictorian and Doris Jean Nixon saiutatorian. John A. Hobbes, super intendent of Edenton city schools, will deliver the commencement address. The public is invited to attend these exercises. L. E. Griffin Speaker For State Auto Group Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Griffin spent the week-end in Pinehurst, while Mr. Griffin addressed the State Automo bile Association on Saturday evening. Mr. Griffin spoke on the subject, “North Carolina On Wheels.” VACATIONING IN FLORIDA The Rev. and Mrs. Harold Gilmer and family left Tuesday* morning for a week’s vacation at St. Augustine, Fla. They" expect to return by Fri day, May 24. jCouncilmen Adopt Hospital trustees’Recommendation For Hospital On Hicks Field Boy Scout Camporee At Edenhouse Beach Interesting: Session Is Planned For Satur day and Sunday Boy Scouts of the West Albemarle District will leave Saturday to: en joy a camporee at Eden House 1 Beach, the affair to Tie in progress Saturday and Sunday". Various Scout ing contacts will feature the camporee, which has been arranged by Charles T. Griffin, chairman of Scouting ac tivities. Registration will open at 1:30 Sat- j urday afternoon at the beach, and it j is expected a goodly" number of boys from each troop in the district will : attend. Coal Strike Cripples Local Mail Service; Trains Removed During; Emergency Disrupts Schedules “For the duration of the emergen cy caused by* the coal strike, our pos tal service is going to be definitely 1 handicapped,” said Postmaster C. E. Kramer early this week. “No doubt your mail will be received late, in | many" cases, but we promise that it | will go through as promptly as pos | si bio, and hope that our pat rons will j bear with us until train service is j brought back to normal basis.” Effective Saturday of last week southbound trains for Raleigh and • intermediate points began operating three days each week, Mondays, Wed nesdays and Fridays. Mail for this connection will close at 11:30 A. M. ' Northbound trains for Norfolk and intermediate points will also operate I j three days each week, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Mail for this connection will close at 1:30 I’. M. No trains will operate on Sundays. Star routes will run as usual stated Mr. Kramer. Federation Meeting Thursday, May 30 Rev. C. wTDuling Will Be Principal Speaker; Dress Revue The Chowan County Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs will meet on Thursday, May 30. This will be an all-day meeting with a pickle making demonstration given in the Commun ity House, Cfoss Roads, by Miss Ruby Scholz, extension specialist, at 18:30, lunch served by the club women at 12:30, and the afternoon meeting at 2 o’clock. Features of the afternoon program at 2 o’clock will be an address by the Rev. C. W. Duling, pastor of Hert ford Baptist Church, and the County 4-H Dress Revue under the direction of Miss Virginia Bailey, assistant home agent. < The public is cordially invited to attend. Tuberculosis Meeting Will Be Held Tonight Jesse L. Harrell, secretary of the Chowan County Tuberculosis Associ ation, announces that a meeting of the association will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the Court House. All members of the association and any who are interested in com batting the disease are urged to at tend. At the meeting Ralph Parrish, pres ident, says the Constitution and by laws will be presented for adoption, so that a good attendance is desired. UNDERGOES OPERATION Willie H. Bunch, local garage oper ator, entered General Hospital, Nor folk, last week, where he underwent an operation. He is reported as gradu ally recovering from the operation. $1.50 Per Year. <a. - i Preliminary Action Un ! der Way Prior to Call ing Special Election $270,000 Estimate Hospital Group Exhaust Source of Possible Sites Town Council at its meeting Tues day night acted bn two very impor tant matters, one of which was the first official step in paving dirt j streets, installing curb and gutters and storm drainage. The other was approving the recommendation of the j Chowan County Hospital for placing ja proposed hospital on Hicks Field. A. L, Linberg, consulting engineer ;of Burlington, was present at the meeting and presented a brief report | relative to the paving project, stat j ing that li petitions had been prop : erly signed and that the estimated I cost of the improvement would be j $270,000. v _ The estimated cost is based on pav- I Ing all streets for which petitions I have been signed 28 feet between cur- Jbing with the exception of Oakum I and Freemason streets which will be j 30 feet between curbs; standard con j Crete curb and gutter; six-inch con | Crete pavement in the cotton mill vil i lage and other streets to be paved i with 4-inch crusher-run base and hea vy treatment of tar and chats sur face; necessary storm water drainage system and sewer and water connec tions run out from the mains to the back of curbing to service vacant lots and houses not now served. The first legal step taken was to adopt a resolution that the town ac cepts the petitions which require property owners to pay half of the cost and the town the other half and that the assessments will be payable over a period of ten years. Adoption of this resolution was necessary be fore arrangements are made with bonding companies, and when these negotiations are completed, the next step will be for Town Council to call a special election to vote on a bond issue. W. D. I’ruden, Town Attorney, was present at the meeting and ex plained the legal procedure necessary. In view of the joint meeting called for Monday, June 3, to consider a site for a hospital, the Councilmen voted to approve the recommendations of the hospital trustees to place the hospital on Hicks Field. It was point ed out that the trustees exhausted all efforts to secure a suitable site, but that Hicks Field was the logical place for the hospital. Fire Chief R. K. Hall presented a drawing of a proposed new building for the Fire Department, the sugges tion being advanced that the town lot on the northeast corner of Broad and Water streets could be sold for enough to purchase a lot farther up Broad street in order to provide ade quate quarters and at the same time be nearer the residential section, thus being able to provide better fire pro tection. The problem of drainage in North Edenton was again aired, and Mayor Haskett reported having wired T. J. McKim, district engineer for the State Highway Commission, Tuesday morn ing, inquiring what has been done about a proposed projfect Mr. McKim promised to work out relative to erec ting curb and gutters. Conditions are deplorable and many complaints con tinue to be registered by those affec ted, so that every effort is being made to have the state remedy the situation. During the meeting J. H. Conger was granted permission to erect a 100,000-gallon gasoline storage tank on the waterfront, with the provision that it will conform to all state and local requirements. Liniuel McVaughn, was granted a taxi drivers permit. Chief of Police George Dail was authorized to purchase a digest of criminal laws to aid the police de partment in reaching decisions when court officials are not available. George Twiddy, local insurance man, appeared at the meeting in the interest of securing some of the town’s insurance business, stating that his concern can save the town a considerable amount of money. He also stated that insufficient insurance was carried considering replacement value. ,
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