Volume XlV.— Number T.
Dr. Frank Wood Employed
As Surgeon For Hospital At
Edenton Naval Air Station
Miss Lucille Hall Will
Be Head Nurse and
Manager
HERE NEXT WEEK
Plans Are For Opening
Os Hospital During
January
Efforts in connection with opera
tion of the hospital at the Edenton
Naval Air Station have materialized
to such an extent that it is expected
the hospital will be ready'to accept
patients early in January. The lat
est news regarding the hospital is
the acceptance of Dr. Frank Wood as
surgeon and medical director, and
Miss Lucille Hall as head nurse and
manager.
Dr. Wood, a native of Edenton, will
come from Marion and is expected to
arrive Sunday, January 5. He has an
enviable reputation as a surgeon and
members of the hospital committee
and trustees consider the Town very
fortunate in securing him as a sur
geon. Negotiations have been in'pro
gress ever since the hospital trustees
accepted the hospital from the Town
after a temporary lease was signed
between the Town and the Navy De
partment.
Miss Hall is a native of Durham,
but will come to Edenton from Lum
berton, where she is presently em
ployed. She is expected to arrive to
begin her new duties Monday, Janu
ary 6. Miss Hall has the reputation
of being a splendid nurse and man
ager, and was sought after being
highly recommended by Dr. Wood.
Dr. Wood and Miss Hall, upon their
arrival, will proceed immediately to
make necessary arrangements for
■p. ening the hospital, and while it is
possible to set a definite date, it
expected that they can complete
arrangements some time during Jan
uary.
There will be, of course, a need for
nurses, and any Chowan County
nurses who are interested in accept
ing a position are asked to contact
either Dr. W’ood or Miss Hall after
their arrival.
Peanut Picking Is
About Completed
80% of Crop Reported
Passed From Farmers
To Millers
Favorable weather conditions dur
ing most of the fall enabled North
eastern North Carolina peanut grow
ers to complete picking operations
prior to Christmas except for a few
scattered lots. .Approximately 80 per
cent of this year’s North Carolina and
Virginia peanut crop has passed from
farmers’ hands to millers, according
to week-end reports by the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Prices paid growers at country
shipping points for farmers’ stock
peanuts during the week con f inued
mostly at CCC support loan levels ex
cept for a few lots of fancy stock,
which brought around 10 cents per
pound.
Shellers in the Virginia-Carolina
area reported an increase in inquiries
for future shipments.
Methodist Services In
Charge Os Students
Student Recognition Day was ob
served in the Methodist Church Sun
day morning, when they had charge
of the morning service at 11 o’clock.
Speaking orf*the program were Misses
Carolyn Elliott, Mary Griffin, Rosa
Asbell and Margaret Griffin.
The first three very ably told of
the church’s influence in their respec
tive colleges while the latter briefly
told about the Methodist Caravan
with which she is associated.
Miss Elliott is a student at Flora
MacDonald College, Mary Griffin at
* Oman’s College and Rosa Asbell at
CTC, Greenville.
During the service Miss Julia Bur
ton sang a solo.
ROTARY MEETS TODAY
Menton’s Rotary Club will hold its
weekly meeting today (Thursday) at
1 o’clock in the Parish House. Last
week’s meeting was abandoned due to
the Christmas holidays, so that Presi
dent C. W. Overman is very anxious
to have a good attendance.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A BQMA NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TEE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
Demonstration Glsiji
Meeting On Monday
Making Down Comforts
Will Be Feature of
Meeting
Chowan County home demonstra
tion clubs will meet at the Com
munity Building, Cross Roads, Mon
day afternoon, January G, at 2:150
o’clock. Miss Rose El wood Bryan,
extension specialist, will be at this
meeting and give a demonstration on
making down comforts. According to
the method used, a comfort can be
made for one-fourth to one-third the
cost of those ready-made.
Not only club members are urged
to attend, but the meeting will be
open to any women in the county who
may be interested.
Miss Rebecca Colwell, home agent,
has notified club members concerning
the meeting, but the hour has been*
changed from 2 to 2:30 o’clock since
the letters were sent out.
Thomas G. Wilburn
New Representative
At Edenton VA Office
World War Veteran As
sistant to Warren
G. Knight
Warren G. Knight, contact repre
sentative of the Veterans Adminis
tration, announces assignment to
the Edenton VA contact office of
Thomas G. Wilburn, contact repre
sentative. Mr. Wilburn is a veteran
of World War 11, with more than
three years service, 28 months of
which was spent overseas in the
China-Burma-India theater of opera
tions, where he was engaged in cryp
tographic services. Since his return
to the United States, and discharge
from the military service, he has been
engaged as a vocational and educa
tional advisor at the Separation Cen
ter, Fort Bragg, N. C., and comes to
the Veterans Administration with an
excellent background of experience in
veterans’ affairs. He is a graduate
of the University of North Carolina,
class of 1933, with a degree as Bach
elor of Science in business adminis
tration.
Wildlife Club Will
Meet Monday Night
Legislators of District
Invited to Attend
Meeting
Rodney Harrell, president of the
Chowan County Wildlife Club, has
called a meeting of the club which
will be held Monday night, January
6, in the Court House at 8 o’clock.
This is a very important meeting,
says Mr. Harrell, so that he urges
every member to make a special ef
fort to attend.
Senators Charles H. Jenkins and
Lorimer Midgett and Representative
John W. Graham have been invited
to attend the meeting in order to ac
quaint them with the purposes of the
organization.
Davises Will Observe
Fiftieth Anniversary
Os Wedding Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Davis will cele
brate their 50th wedding anniversary
Sunday, January 5. In honor of the
occasion the couple will observe open
house at their home on Court Street
Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 o’clock,
during which hours they will be de
lighted to have their friends call.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis request that no
presents be brought.
BIBLE CLASS MEETS TUESDAY
The Young Woman’s Bible Class of
the Baptist Church will meet Tues
day night at the home of Mrs. W. M.
Wilkins. Mrs. Jesse White, president
of the class, urges all members to be
present
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday', January 2,1947.
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Willis Edward Hinton of Hobbsville, above right, is pictured
receiving a Pontiac streamlined automobile from A. E. Jenkins,
manager of the Charles H. Jenkins Motor Company. Mr. Hinton is
the first injured veteran in Chowan County to receive a new auto
mobile. The order was given for the Pontiac November 28. 1,94(1,
and delivery made December 10. Mr. Hinton was injured in his left
leg while serving overseas.
90,575 Pieces Os Mail Navy Department
Dispatched By Post Returns New Lease
Office Over Holidays For Edenton Base
23,402 More Pieces Sent
Out From Edenton
Than Last Year
Edenton’s post office established
quite a record during the Christmas
period, December 16 to December 25,
when the office dispatched 90,575
pieces of letter mail, which is 23,402
more than was dispatched during the
same period in 1945, despite the fact
that the Edenton Naval Air Station
is practically abandon**!.
These figures include Christmas
greetings and first class letter mail.
The cash receipts of the office,
which are not released in conformity
with postal regulations, as a whole,
were somewhat lower than last year,
which is attributed to the closing of
the base and smaller demands for air
mail service.
FATHER OF MRS. NATHAN DAIL
DIES SUDDENLY AT MONROE
Mrs. Nathan Dail was called to
Monroe, N, C., Monday morning due
to the sudden death of her father, H.
V. Tucker, who died very suddenly
from a heart attack.
Death occurred while Mr. Tucker
was about his usual occupation.
SPEAKERS FOR METHODIST HOUR
Bishop W. W. Peele, Richmond, Va., will inaugurate the 1947
series of the Methodist Radio Hour Sunday morning, January 5,
when he speaks over the 45 station independent network of the
Southern Religious Radio Conference. This program will be heard
at 8:30 EST. Other speakers to be heard on Sunday mornings in
January are Senator W. Sparkman, Washington, D. C., President
Umphrey Lee, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, and
Bishop W. C. Martin, Topeka, Kansas. These broadcasts can be
heard in this territory over stations WPTF, Raleigh, and WTAR,
Norfolk, at 8:30 Sunday mornings.
Revised Instrument to
Be Considered By
Town Conned
Mayor Leroy Haskett is in receipt
of a new lease from the No w Depart
ment relative to the Town of Edenton
leasing the Edenton Naval Air Sta
tion. Several weeks ago a lease as
prepared by the Navy Department
was considered by Town Council, but
several objectionable features were
noted, resulting in re-writing of the
lease.
The new lease has been turned over
to John W. Graham, Town Attorney,
and will be further considered by the
Town at a meeting call- d for the
purpose. ,
Legion Auxiliary Will
Meet Friday Night
The Auxiliary of the American
Legion will meet Friday night at 7:30
o’clock at the home of the president,
Mrs. Paul Holonian. Mrs. Holoman
is very anxious to have a large at
tendance at this, the first meeting in
the new \ a
E. & W. Department Now
Occupy New Headquarters
On West Freemason Street
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March of Dimes
Director Named
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Ralph McDonald, of Winston-Sal
em, has been named North Carolina
State Chairman of the 1947 March of
Dimes which takes place January 15-
30, Basil O’Connor, president of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, has announced.
This is the fifth consecutive year
Mr. McDonald has headed the state
fund raising drive in the fight on po
lio. Widely known as an educator
and for his interest in educational
activities, Mr. McDonald has served
a term in the North Carolina State
Legislature and has been legislative
representative for the schools in his
state.
Mr. O'Connor, in making known
Mr. McDonald's acceptance of the
chairmanship, revealed that in cop
ing with the 1946 outbreaks of infan
tile paralysis the National Founda
tion sent to its chapters in the field
more than four million dollars in
epidemic aid through the end of Oc
tober.
“Many of this year’s polio pa
tients,” Mr. O’Connor said, “will re
quire hospitalization and care for a
long period of time. The aftercare
of these patients will be more ex
pensive than treatment in the acute
stage. The high cost of epidemics
points up the real need for the ser
vices of public-spirited men such as
Mr..McDonald. His efforts will prove
of great value in the forthcoming ap
peal.”
Christmas Quietly
Observed Locally
Police Have Very Little
To Do Until Week
end Arrives
With every place of business in
Edenton, including drug stores and
restaurants, closed on Christmas day
and very few open on the following
day, business*was more or less at a
complete standstill during the latter
part of , last week. As a result Christ
was was generally very quietly ob
served.
Police, ‘too, report little activity
but, as usual, there was more activity'
over the week-end, the principal
trouble being with drunks. The most
serious disturbance was Thomas Ed
Harris, colored, being cut Saturday
night by Lyman Sutton, also colored.
The cutting was the outcome of an
argument at Small Paradise on
Oakum Street, six stitches being ne
cessary to close a gash on the fore
head of Harris.
Sutton was arrested Sunday morn
ing.
REV. W. C. FRANCIS SPEAKER
AT MISSIONARY MEETING
The Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Edenton Baptist Church will
meet at the church Monday afternoon,
January 6, at 3:30 o’clock. The Rev.
W. C. Francis will be the speaker’
and every member is urged to attend.
The public is cordially invited.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Colon Sawyer of
Newport News, Va., announce the
birth of a son, Colon Warren Saw
yer, 111, who was born at the Buxton
Hospital on Wednesday, December 18.
Mrs. Sawyer is the former Miss Pearl
Nixon of the Rocky Hock section of
Chowan County. |
$1.50 Per Year.
Equipment Is Already
Moved to Temporary
Building
PLANT
Change Expected to Af
fect Location Os Other
Town Departments
Preliminary to extensive improve
ments to electric service in Edenton,
headquarters for the Electric and
Water Department have been trans
ferred from the old power plant at
the foot of Broad Street to West
Freemason Street. The switchboard
and other equipment has been moved
to the new headquarters.
While a temporary building has
been erected on the Town property
on Freemason Street, tentative plans
call for a modern and up-to-date
building when materials are more
plentiful.
With the former plant vacated,
there has been some discussion rela
tive to making arrangements for the
police to use quarters owned by the
Town and thus eliminate the expense
of paying rent. One suggestion has
been advanced that the Fire Depart
ment move into the power plant, thus
I making way for the police to use the
present Fire Department quarters.
The Street Department is shame
fully crowded in its present portion
of the power plant, so much so that
there is not sufficient room to house
equipment and causing many handi
caps to the department.
The Street Department absolutely
needs more space, so that if none is
allowed in the change, a request will
be made to Town Council to build an
addition adjoining the present head
quarters.
Moving of the Edenton and Water
Department headquarters was made
primarily as a means of preventing
loss of electricity, as well as dividing
circuits so that the load will be re
duced on certain lines and at the
same time prevent interruption to
fewer users when it is necessary to
make repairs or correct other electric
j problems as they arise.
Couple From Cairo
| Visiting In Edenton
; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
I Dickson at Home of
i Mrs. J. C. Dail
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dickson have
arrived in Edenton from Cairo, Egypt,
to spend some time with Mrs. Dick
son’s mother, Mrs. J. C. Dail. Mrs.
Dickson, the former Miss T \n ie Dail,
has been stationed in Cairo' tor oyer
two years in connection with UNRA.
Mr. Dickson is a native of London,
England. He was a member of the
British Army and since his discharge
has been personnel officer in charge
of displaced persons in Cairo. He
served under Sir Bernard Montgom
ery in his famous Desert Rat outfit
and is a veteran of the bloody battle
of El Alemein. He was wounded in
the Salerno invasion.
The couple was married in Cairo
early in the spring of 1946.
Cotton Ginning 487
Bales Less Than 1945
Chowan County’s reduced cotton
crop is reflected in a report of F. W.
Hobbs, special agent for the Bureau
of the Census, which shows that gin
ning in the county is 487 bales less
than last year as of December 13.
According to the report, 934 bales
were ginned from the 1946 crop prior
to December 13, which compares with
1,421 bales ginned at the same time
last year from the 1945 crop.
UNIVERSAL WEEK OF PRAYER
BEGINS ON SUNDAY MORNING
Observance of the Universal Week
of Prayer will begin in most of the
churches throughout Chowan County
next Sunday morning. The general
theme of the observance is “For This
Cause I Bow My Knees.”
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. A. F. &
A. M., will meet tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock in the Court House. Due
to last week’s meeting being called
j off, W. O. Elliott, master of the
I lodge, urges all members to attend.