Volume XIV. —Number 3.
Town Councilmen Wrestle
With Provisions Os Lease
To Base Until Midnight
Hervey Attorney Cites
Objectionable Phases
Os Lease
NOT SETTLED
Many Other Matters Up
For Consideration at
Lengthy Meeting
Although convening half an hour
earlier Tuesday night, Town Council
men remained in session until the
midnight hour, the major portion of
the time being devoted to considera
tion of the Navy’s lease of the Eden-,
ton Naval Air Station, as well as the
town’s sub-lease to the Hervey Foun
dation.
The Councilmen were called togeth
er at 7:30 to meet with David Hervey,
president of the Hervey Foundation,
and his attorney, Robert H. McNeal,
of Wilkesboro, who is practicing law
in Washington, D. C. Mr. McNeal
pointed out a number of provisions
in the latest lease returned to the
town from the Navy Department
which, he said, he thought should be
changed before the town signed the
lease.
Quite a few sections in the lease
were considered too binding by Mr.
McNeal, both on the part of the town
and, in turn, on the Hervey Founda
tion, suggesting that the Navy be re
quested to modify the language of
the lease in some respect. Principal
among Mr. McNeal’s objections was
a provision for immediate re-posses
sion of the base by the Navy. He
pointed out the unfairness of the pos
sibility of his client being required to
move without sufficient potice. An
ther feature of the lease not satis
*ctory was the provision allowing
the Navy to more or less share in the
profits of a sub-lessee and raise the
rental fee at will. Mr. McNeal stat
ed that operation of the base involved
an enormous expenditure and that if
the Navy made provision for sharing
in profits, it should be willing to as
sume some of the expense of opera
tion.
Many angles of the present, as well
as previous leases were discussed, but
even when the Councilmen adjourned
no definite action was taken concern
ing signing of the lease.
Comdr. R. T. Brinn of,the Naval
Air Station was also present«and was
frank in stating that the Navy has
been very lenient apd patient in wait
ing upon the town to decide upon the
final terms of a lease, pointing out
that the Navy was very anxious to
close out the matter in view of the
fact that money is being unnecessar
ily used to keep Navy personnel on
the base. Incidentally Comdr. Brinn
stated that all Navy men except one
chief are scheduled to leave the base
Friday, so that he urged the lease
matter to be straightened out before
that time. A suggestion was made
at the meeting to send a local delega
tion to Washington to confer with
proper Navy officials in the hope that
the lease will read as desired by the
town, but no definite action was taken
before adjournment. However, Mayor
Leroy Haskett- was instructed to con
fer with Mr. McNeal Wednesday
morning and contact Town Attorney
John W. Graham in Raleigh in the
hope that he can return to Edenton
long enough Wednesday night to ad
vise Town Councilmen before affixing
the signature to the lease.
Aside from a considerable amount
of time devoted to discussing the base
leases, the Councilmen transacted
quite a bit of other business. J. H.
Conger appeared at the meeting on
behalf of residents on West King
Street, who complain about trucks
and busses parked for long periods of
time, thus causing a great deal of in
convenience. An ordinance was sub
sequently passed limiting parking of
trucks, trailers or busses to not more
than 30 minutes.
(Continued on Page Six)
Attention, Taxpayers
In Second Township
) In a large advertisement last week
pertaining to listing of property for
taxes in Chowan County, an impor
tant line was omitt’d urder the Sec
ond Town: hip of which Paul Ober is
tax lister. Mr. Ober’s schedule ap
peared in the ad, but the fact that
he can be seen at his home on other
days from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. did not
appear.
Nevertheless, Mr. Ober will be glad
to list property at his home at any
time he is not engaged at the various
places in the township for the pur
pose.
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rears to pay their subscription at
once. Postal regulations and the
acute shortage of newsprint pre
vents The Herald to continue go
ing to those who are not paid in
advance, so that unless these sub
scriptions are renewed at once,
the names will be dropped from
our list.
Tourist Business
Looksj’romising
Peter Carlton Reports
Many Inquiries Being
Received
According to reports from the
Edenton Chowan Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Association,
not a day goes by without inquiries
coming in asking about tourist homes
ahd trailer camps in Edenton.
Two tourist homes, operated by
Mrs. Shelton W. Moore at 919 North
Broad Street, and Mrs. Dick Leary
at 214 Queen Street respectively, re
port that tourists have been shopping
off every night this week.
The Chamber regretted that it had
no trailer camps to recommend in this
area. There were several requests
from individuals making advance res
ervations on their way’ down U. S.
Highway 17. The Committee on
Tourist Trade composed of P. S. Mc-
Mullan, Edmund B. Schwarze, W. J.
Yates and Ernest Kehayes feel that
much of the trade is slipping by due
to lack of preparedness, accommo
dations and effective advertising.
Members Os PTA
Vote For Higher
Teacher Salaries
Legislators Informed of
Action Taken Last
Week
Meeting last week, the Edenton
Parent Teachers Association unani
mously adopted a resolution support
ing a 40% raise for teachers’ salaries.
The matter was presented by Mrs.
J. Clarence Leary, president, and
Representative John Graham and
Senators Charles H. Jenkins and
Lorimer Midgett were informed of
the action taken. John A. Holmes
presented facts and figures tending
to show that the increase was a fair
request, referring to the proposal as
the State’s No. 2 need.
Various committees presented re
ports, during which Mrs. Rupert
Goodwin stated that th% recent bazaar
netted $107.91 and that S4O wqrth of
canned fruits were given to the
school lunch room.
Miss Paulina Hassell. Mrs. Lloyd
Griffin and Misses Katherine Deans
and Myrtle Jenkins were instructed
to investigate the possibilities of se
curing films for the projector and
records for a phonograph.
Mrs. Lloyd Griffin’s class again
won the banner for having the most
mothers present at the meeting.
High School Teams
Meet E. City Friday
Edenton High School’s basketball
teams will play their second confer
ence game Friday night when both
teams will meet Elizabeh City in the
local armory. The games will start
at 7:30. The locals lost their first
conference game to Washington.
Colored Births Lead
White In December
Colored bir*hs in Chowan County
were far abend of white births dur
ing the month of December, the vital
statistics report of the local Health
Department showing that there were
22 colored births compared with 8
white. During the month three col
ored deaths were reported and one
white. Three colored stillbirths were
also reported.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 16,1947.
Rotarians Observe
Farmers Night At
Tonight’s Meeting
4-H Club Peanut Con
testants and Fathers
Guests
HARRILL_SPEAKER
Club Adopts Resolution
Requesting Widening
Chowan Bridge
Edenton Rotarians will observe
Farmers Night tonight (Thursday),
the affair scheduled to begin at 7
o’clock in the Parish House. The
Rotary Club’s guests will be the boys
who participated in the 4-H Club
peanut contest, sponsored by the club
and fathers of the boys. Among the
group will be Wallace Reid Peele,
Chowan youngster who was the win
ner of the State 4-H Club peanut
contest.
L. R. Harrill, State 4-H Club lead
er of Raleigh, has been secured to
make the principal address at the
meeting.
An interesting program has been
arranged for the occasion and it is
the hope of President C. W. Overman
that every Rotarian will be present.
The boys and their fathers have been
invited by letter and returns indicate
that practically all of the boys and
their dads will be on hand.
At last week’s meeting the club
adopted a resolution calling upon the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission to consider widening and
improving the Chowan River bridge,
which is in a bad state of repair and
plans are underway for temporary
improvements. Secretary R. N. Hines
was authorized to sign the resolution
and send it to A. H. Graham, chair
man.
The club also decided to stage a
contest to stimulate attendance. Earl
Goodwin and John Kramer were ap
pointed captains of the two sides, so
that an interesting contest is in pros
pect. The contest is to last three
months with George Twiddy and M.
M. Perry appointed to work out de
tails.
At Thursday’s meeting John A.
Holmes presented a very interesting
program having to do with the Ro
tary Magazine.
Local Legislators
Given Places On
! Many Committees
l
Each Senator Appointed
As Chairman of a
Committee
John W. Graham, Chowan County’s
Representative in the General As
sembly, and the First District’s too
Senators, Charles H. Jenkins and Lor
imer Midgett have been placed on
quite a few committees following the
appointment® announced by Speaker
Thomas J. Pearsall and Lieut.-Gov.
L. Y. Ballentine.
Mr. Graham was appointed on 11
committees including Banks, Courts
and Judicial Districts, Finance, Ju
diciary No. 2, Pensions, Public Utili
ties, Rules, Veterans Legislation,
Elections and Elections Laws and
Commercial Fisheries and Oyster In
dustry.
Mr. Jenkins, aside from being a
member of 17 Committees in the Sen
ate, was appointed chairman of the
Interstate and Federal Relations
Committee. Mr. Midgett was ap
pointed chairman of the Veterans’
Affairs Committee and appears or 16
other committees.
49 Edenton Arrests
During December
Forty-nine arrests in Edenton dur
ing December were reported by Chief
of Police George I. Dail. Drunks,
as usual, led the list with 19. follow
led by nine arrests for parking and
traffic violations, seven for disorderly
conduct and six for speeding. Forty
eight of the 49 were found guilty.
Os the arrests made 28 were white
males, one white female, 15 colored
males and five colored females.
Fines amounted to $379.50 and
costs s4l-9.15 or a total of $798.63,
of which $120.50 was turned over to
the Town Clerk in way of officers’
fees.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Pruden Forehand of
Tyner announce the birth of a son,
on January 11. The baby weighed
10 pounds. Mother and baby are
getting along nicely.
Progress is Being j
Made For Opening
Os Local Hospital |
Dr. Frank Wood and
Miss Lucille Hall Se
curing Personnel
MEET DOCTORS
Phases of Hospital Con
sidered at Meeting
Last Week
Though handicapped in some res
pects, Dr. Frank Wood, surgeon and
medical advisor, and Miss Lucille
Hall, head nurse and manager of the
hospital at the Edenton Naval Air
Station, are gradually getting things
in shape in the hope of having the
hospital ready for operation by the
end of January. Dr. Wood and Miss
Hall on Thursday night of last week
met with Edenton doctors and a
gro|p of hospital trustees to talk
over the situation and their plans at
the hospital. During the meeting a
committee from Town Council was
requested to visit the base Friday
morning in the interest of securing
from various buildings as much mat
erial as possible which is needed to
get|the hospital in operation.
Inis committee met with David
Hervey, president of the Hervey
Foundation, to whom the Town of
Edenton has sub-leased the greater
portion of the base, and Raymond
Umbaugh, scientist in charge of cattle
breeding. Mr. Hervey consented to
the use of material stored in build
ings covered by his lease providing
a memorandum is signed to the ef
fect that the various items were
moved and that he could secure pos
session of them if and when he needs
them.
In the meantime, Dr. Wood and
Miss Hall are proceeding in securing
personnel for the hospital and get
ting things in readiness for accept
ing patients.
Thomas J. Bell Dies
After Long Illness
Funeral Services Tues
day at Ziegler Fun
eral Home
Thomas J. Bell, 70, passed away
at his home on West Queen Street
Sunday afternoon shortly after 1
o’clock following a period of failing
health extending over a period of five
years, the last six weeks of which he
was bedridden.
Deceased was a native of Chowan
County and for many years was em
ployed in various capacities by the
M. G. Brown Lumber Company.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Chetta Brett Bell, a daughter, Mrs.
W. C. Moore, and a son, Thomas J.
Bell, Jr., of Greenville, a brother,
Capt. I’. H. Bell and a sister, Mrs.
Emma Kearns of Washington, D. C„
also survive, as well as several grand
children.
Funeral services were held at the
Ziegler Funeral Home Tuesday after
noon at 3 o’clock with the Rev. H.
F. Surratt, pastor of the Methodist
Church, of which Mr, Bell was a
member, officiating. Interment was
made in Beaver Hill Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were W. W.
Ryrum, J. Clarence Leary, J. A. Cur
ran, Paul Wallace, William R. Israel,
R. F. Elliott and Raymond Mansfield.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr. W.
A. Leggett, Dr. L. P. Williams, L.
L. Lewis, D. B. Liles, G. E. Cullipher
and T. J. Wilder.
Red Men ‘Pounding’
At Next Meeting
At Monday night’s Red Men meet
ing it was decided to hold a “pound
ing” next Monday night for one of
the members of the tribe, it being
hoped that all members will partic
ipate. Cash contributions will also
be in order.
The Red Men also adopted a reso
lution requesting the State Highway
and Public Works Commission to
widen and make permanent repairs
to the Chowan River bridge.
Annual Parish Meeting
Os St. Paul’s January 22
Wednesday night, January 22, at 8
o’clock the annual Parish meeting of
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church will be
held in the Parish House. At this
time vestrymen will be elected and
other business transacted. A large
attendance on the part of the con
gregation is desired.
March Os Dimes Drive In
Chowan Scheduled Begin
Next Monday, January 20
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PETER CARLTON
On January 1 Peter Carlton
assumed his new duties as full
time executive secretary of the
Chowan County Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Asso
ciation. It is the first time in the
history of the organization that
it has had a full-time secretary.
Lions Club Adopts
Resolution Calling
Widening Os Bridge
Plans Shaping Up For
Tenth Anniversary
Meeting
Edenton Lions at their meeting
Monday night adopted a resolution
requesting the State Highway and
Public Works Commission to widen
and make permanent repairs to the
Chowan River bridge, which is now
being temporarily repaired. The
Lions alsp accepted a recommendation
made by the Chamber of Commerce
to be represented at a joint meeting
in the near future of all local or
ganizations, public and school officials
at which time a definite proposal will
be made toward organizing a band
in Edenton.
A. P. Harrell was in charge of the
program which was in the form of
a quiz. Geddes Potter won first
prize and Nathan Dail second.
Various committees reported upon
progress of the tenth anniversary
observance of the club on January
27, interest in the affair being in
creased by A. he report that Larry
Slater, who organized the Edenton
club, will attend the meeting and
take part on the program.
Legion Will Award
Ford In Drive To
Raise Post Funds
$775 Offered In Prizes
For Selling Most
Tickets
Ed Bond Post of the American Le
gion have a brand new Ford auto
mobile, secured from the Albemarle
Motor Company, with which they
plan to raise a considerable fund for
Legion work. In order to stimulate
sales, the Legion is offering eight
cash prizes to the persons selling the
most tickets during the contest.
These prizes aggregate $775, with
first prize bring SSOO.
The contest will start today
(Thursday) and end on or about Feb
ruary 22, when the Ford will be
awarded the: winner. To stimulate
interest in the contest Edward Bass
has agreed to manage the drive and
plans to go into every community in
this section, where the Ford will be
exhibited and tickets sold.
GRAHAM BANK ATTORNEY
At a meeting of the board of dir
ectors of the Bank of Edenton
Thursday of last week John W. Gra
ham was appointed as the bank’s at
torney, succeeding the late W. D.
Pruden. Mr. Pruden held the posit
ion for about 25 years.
351.50 Per V ear
Chairman R. L. Pratt
Calls Meeting of All
Chairmen Today
AT COURT HOUSE
Worst Epidemic In 30
Years Reported Dur
ing 1946
Robert L. Pratt, who this year is
Chairman of the March of Dimes,
succeeding J. A. Moore, who served
last year, has called a meeting of
various chairmen for today (Thurs
day) in the Court House at 5 o’clock
when plans will be set in motion for
Chowan County to raise its quota in
the fight against infantile paralysis.
Mr. Pratt announced this week that
he plans to begin the drive on Mon
day, January 20, and hopes Chowan
County will be as liberal as in pre
vious years, when the quota has al
ways been oversubscribed. Last year
Chowan County was credited with a
contribution of $1,566.82. Neither
Mr. Pratt nor J. Edwin Bufflap,
chairman of the Chowan County-
Chapter ,of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, have been in
formed what this year’s quota for
Chowan County is, but both are hope
ful that as much will be raised as
last year.
Reason advanced by both Pratt and
Bufflap for no decrease in contribu
tions is the fact that the nation has
just undergone the worst infantile
paralysis epidemic in 30 years, with
more than 25,000 cases reported by
December.
Basil O’Connor, president of the
National Foundation, at a meeting
of the organization’s state advisors
on women’s activities in New York
early in December, pointed out that
as a result of the drain on its re
sources in aiding those stricken in
the 1946 epidemics, the National
Foundation as never before in its his
tory is in need of additional funds.
At least $24,000,000 must be raised
in the 1947 March of Dimes, January
15-30, he stated, adding that 1947
represents the most crucial of the
National Foundation’s nine years.
Half of the $24,000,000 goal would
go to the organization’s chapters for
patient care, $5,000,000 for research,
$5,000,000 for epidemic aid and $2,-
000,000 to replenish the genera!
working fund.
Committee chairmen who are ask
ed to meet this afternoon are as fol
lows :
American Legion—Mrs. Willis
McClenny.
Legion Auxiliary—Mrs. Joseph
Thorud.
Junior Woman’s Club—Miss Er
nestine Jones.
Lions Club—Linwood R. Worrell.
Rotary Club—George Twiddy.
Rural Communities—C. W. Over
man and Miss Rebecca Colwell.
City Schools—J. A. Holmes and
Miss Lena Jones.
County Schools—W. J. Taylor and
T. J. Jessup.
Colored City Schools—D. F. Walk
er.
I Rural Colored Communities—J. B.
Small and Esther Burgess,
r Colored People in Edenton—Dr. O.
L. Holley.
Theater Contributions Jimmy
Earnhardt.
i Mr. Pratt has appointed J. Edwin
Bufflap, Bill Cozart and Essie Cof
i field as his publicity committee.
All of the above chairmen are ur
gently requested by Mr. Pratt to at
tend today’s meeting.
Gilmer W. Johnson
Employed In Raleigh
Friends in Edenton will regret to
learn that Gilmore W. Johnson has
left Edenton to accept a position with
the vocational department at State
College, Raleigh. Mr. Johnson has
been located in Edenton for five
years, where has was connected with
the Farm Production Credit Asso
ciation and M. M. Nixon in the manu
facture of farming implements.
Mrs. Johnson and two children are
stijl in Edenton, but plan to join Mr.
Johnson in Raleigh as soon as living
quarters are secured.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Ldtige, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will hold its weekly meeting
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in
the Court House. The first degree
will be conferred during the meeting
and W. O. Elliott, master of the
lodge, urges a good attendance.
Jimmy