Volume XlV—Number 5.
February 15th Final late
>let For Farmers To Qualify
For Soil Building Payments
About 275 In Chowan!;
Who Have Not Filed
Reports I
appealT MADE
•Secretary Price Urges
' Farmers to Call at
His Office
i
A final appeal to encourage all el
igible operators in Chowan County to
file their 1946 Soil Conservation Prac
tice report by February 16, 1947, is
being made, J. M. Price, secretary I
of the Chowan County AAA office,
advises. 1
“There are approximately 275 far
mers in the county who have not fil
ed these reports and unless they are
received by the above date, no pay
ment will be made,” he said.
Mr. Price pointed out that practice
reports will determine whether the
farmers are eligible to receive pay
ments and if they are, applications j
for payment may be signed at the
time practice reports are filed.
As a final warning, Mr. Price said,
“It is sincerely hoped that these 275
farmers will call by the Chowan
County AAA office between now and ,
February 15 and file their practice j
reports. We are proud of the con- ‘
servation records made by the far- (
mers in this county and we want
them to receive the payments that J
they have earned. Don’t let failure ,
to turn in your practice reports by
the deadline keep you from getting
vour payment. Call by the office to
day."
Picture Os Former
* Band Now Creating
Renewed Interest
First Band Trophy Also
On Display In Albe
marle Restaurant
Quite an interest in a band is being
aroused by reason of a picture of
F.denton’s famous band of several
years ago and the first trophy won
at the tulip festival held in Washing
ton, N. C., in 1940, being on display :
in the Albemarle Restaurant. The
picture was presented some years
ago by Miles Clark, Elizabeth City’s 1
No. 1 band enthusiast and has been
hanging in the high school.
Peter Carlton, Executive Secretary !
of the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of i ■
Commerce and Merchants Assoc ia- 1
tion, secured permission from Super-1
intendent John A. Holmes to place j 1
i the picture and trophy in the window j
of the Albemarle Restaurant after I
conferring relative to the reorganiza- j 1
tion of a band in Edenton. The two 1
mementos bring to mind the splendid 1
band which, under the direction of <
C. L. McCullers won praise in many , i
parts of the State.
Dr. William B. Selah '
Will Be Methodist Hour i
Speaker Next Sunday
Dr. William B. Selah, pastor of
Galloway Memorial Methodist Church,
Jackson, Mississippi, will be the
speaker over the Methodist Hour net
work Sunday morning, February 2, on ,
the subject “Character Is Fate.” j
Dr. Selah is a prominent Methodist ,
minister who served leading appoint- ,
menta in Kansas City, Memphis, ,
and Oklahoma City before moving to ]
Mississippi. He is a native of Se
dalia, Missouri, a graduate of Central, j
College with post graduate work at!,
Yale University. ! \
The program will be heard in this j,
vicinity over stations WPTF at Ra- ,
leigh, and WTAR at Norfolk at 8:30!
A. M. j
Chowan Cotton Ginning
> ’ar Behind Last Year 1
i
Choyran Ccuntv still trails last year 1
in the of cotton ginning, ac- 1
cording to F. W. sneclal ag -, nt ]
for the Brreau of the (7e ng i,«. Mr. |
■ Hobbs’ report sho.vs that only 983
bales of cotton were ginned in the
county from the crop of 1946 prior to i
January. 16. At the same time last|'
year 1,434 bales were ginned from I <
the 1945 crop. !
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY,
(_ PUL-EASE! J
Mrs. R. d. Holland, treasurer
of the Christmas Seal sale in
Chowan County, informed The
Herald this week that she has
still not heard from several who
before Christmas were mailed
a batch of seals. Mrs. Holland is
exceedingly anxious to complete
her report, and urges anyone hav- i
ing seals to return either the
cash or seals at once in order to
wind up the drive.
Lions Anniversary
Delightful Affair
On Monday Night
Local Members Honor
ed With Award of
Monarchs
Sixteen of the original members
who formed the first Lions Club in
Edenton wtre honored by Lions In
ternational when International Or
ganizer Larry Slater, who helped or
ganize the local club, bestowed the
chevrons of Charter Monarch and
Old Monarch upon the Lions Monday
night at the tenth anniversary of the
local club. The Old Monarch award
was made to those who had 10 years
of service. The Charter Monarchs
award was made to those who in ad
dition to ten years service were also
among the first members of the club.
Charter Monarchs included: C. E.
Byrum, G. M. Byrum, T. C. Byrum,
W. W. Byrum, George I. Dail, 0. E.
Duncan, W. S. Griffin, J. Clarence
Leary, West Leary, Hector Lupton.
Ralph Parrish, G. B.’ Potter, W. J.
Taylor, J. Frank White, Jr., W. S.
Privott and J. A. Curran.
Old Monarchs included: K. N.
Floars and R. C. Holland.
District Governor Littlejohn Faulk
ner and his old running mate, Robert
Porterfield, lent further dignity to
the occasion which was held to cele
brate the 10th anniversary of the
founding of the Lions Club in Eden
ton.
The meeting was attended by Lion
Presidents and Lions and Lionesses
from nine towns and cities including
Wilson, Suffolk, Elizabeth City, Hert
ford, Williamston, Plymouth, Bel
haven, Tarbc.ro and Edenton.
The program was as follows: Call
to order oy President W. S. Griffin;
Singing of America led by Lion
Schwarze; Invocation by R. C. Hol
land; Introduction of Toastmaster
Larry Slater by W. J. Taylor; Ad
dress of Welcome by W. S. Privott;
Response by R. Porterfield; Enter
tainment by John Mitchener, Herbert
Hollo well, George Hoskins, Hector
Lupton and Peter Carlton; Recogni
tions by Toastmaster; Presentation
of Charter and Old Monarchs: Song;
all of which was followed by a dance, j
Held in the Enlisted men’s build
ing and served by the American Le
gion Auxiliary, it was considered a
success according to many reports of
those who attended.
Red Men Plan Weiner
Roast Monday Night
Members of Chowan Tribe of Red
Men will be treated to a weiner roast
which will be held in the Red Men
hall next Monday night. The com
mittee in charge of the affair report
ed at Monday night’s meeting that
the weiners will be served immediate
ly after the regular meeting.
Frank Hughes, sachem of the
tribe, stated that the business ses
sion will be brief, and urges all
members to make an effort to be
present. The tribe meets at 7:30
o’clock.
E. N. Elliott Elected
Director Os Bank
At a mee f! ng of th" directors of
the Bank of Edenton last week, E. N.
Elliott was el o ct"d as a member of
the board. M*. Elliott succeeds the
late W. D. Pruden.
AUXILIARY MEETS FEB. 6
A meeting of the Woman’s Auxil
iary of St. Paul’s Church will be held
Thursday afternoon, February 6, at
4 o’clock in the Parish House. All
members art urged to be present.
•Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 30,1947.
Reports In March
Os Dimes Beginning
To Reach Chairman
13 Canvassers Return
Contributions Up to
Wednesday
TOTAL $123.45
Robert L. Pratt Hope
ful Quota Will Be
Realized
Reports began coming in early this
week in Chowan County’s March of
Dimes drive in the fight against in
fantile paralysis, but not enough can
vassers reported to give any indica
tion if the quota will be reached in
this . oa-'s drive.
Up to Wednesday morning 13 re
ports were returned to J. Edwin
Buff'ap, county chairman, which net
ted only $123.45.
Those reporting were:
Ed Bond Post No. 40- .. .. $ 16.00
Mrs. Frank Elliott —. 9.00
Mrs. Clarence Cates 13.00
Mrs. J. S. Davis 1.00
Mrs. T. C. Cross 13.50
Mrs. Walter Hollowell 10.00
Mrs. R. N. Carroll _ 5.00
Mrs. Lee Moore , 7.50
Mrs. Richard Goodwin - 5.08
Chnwan Tribe of Red Men 25.00
Mrs. Jesse White 3.60
Mrs. L. M. Johnson 9.25
Mrs. Ralph Parrish 5.50
Robert L. Pratt, who is chairman
of the March of Dimes in the county
this year, has been very active before
the campaign got under way late last
week and is still making contacts. He
has urged canvassers to complete
their work as soon as possible, and
while somewhat disappointed that
more canvassers have not reported
and that the contribution is not larg
er, he still has hope that when aIL
canvassers have worked their respec
tive neighborhoods and made a re
port, the goal of $1,420 will not only
have been reached, but exceeded. He,
therefore, urges all workers in the
drive to complete their canvass and
submit their report to the county
chairman as. soon as possible.
From reports already turned in,
some canvassers were very agreeably
surprised in several instances by the
generous contributions made by those
solicited, while in other instances it
was thought the amounts should have
been larger.
Both Mr. Pratt and the county
chairman have pointed out that this
year’s quota is larger than last year
and at the same time there will be
lacking the generous contribution
from the Edenton Naval Air Station
which has been credited to the county
during the past several years. For
that reason Edenton and Chowan
County people obviously will have to
be more generous than in previous
years if the county’s quota is to bp
realized.
Chowan County has gone beyond its
quota every year since the infantile
paralysis drive was inaugurated, and
both the March of Dimes chairman
and' the county chairman are hoping
that this year will not be an excep
tion.
In event any person has been
missed by the canvassers; Mr. Pratt
or the county chairman will be de
lighted to receive contributions in any
amount.
It was hoped to complete the drive
by Friday of this week, but Mr. Pratt
is very anxious to have the canvassers
solicit as many people as possible
even if the work is not completed
during the time set. However, h" is
very anxious to wind up the cam
paign as early as possible.
PTA Will Observe
Founders’ Day Feb. 4
Edenlon's Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will meet Tuesday afternoon,!
February 4, at 3:15 o’clock in the
school library. At this meeting
Founders’ Day will be observed and a
social hour enjoyed, so that Mrs. J.
Clarence Leary, president of the as
sociation, urges every member to
make a special effort to be present.
Cora E. Bond Given
Major Part In Play
Miss Cora E. Bond, daughter of
Mrs. E. W. Bond, has been chosen to
play a major role in John Van Dru
ten’s “I Remember Mama,” when it
is presented by the senior class and
Chi Pi players of East Carolina
Teachers College on February 28 and
March 1.
AT CONVENTION
J. L. Chestnutt left Edenton Wed
nesday morning for Durham, where
he is attending the annual convention
of the State Cleaners Association. He
expects to return Friday morning.
8,10/ Shares Os
Building And Loan
Stock In Force
Directors Re-elected at
Annual Meeting Held
Tuesday Night
INTEREST .066806
Attendance Largest In
History of Local Or
ganization
W’ith 8,107 shares of stock in force
in the Edenton Building and Loan
Association, easily a majority of the
shares were represented Tuesday
night at the annual meeting of the
organization held in the Court House.
Some members of the association
since the organization was formed
stated that the attendance was the
largest and most representative dur
ing the intervening years.
After the roll call of stockholders
to establish a quorum, F. W. Hobbs
and R. E. Leary were elected chair
man and secretary respectively for
the meeting.after which all directors
were re-elected for the year. These
included K. W. Hobbs, A. G. Byrum,
J. W. Davis and L. C. Burton repre
senting the membership and R. C.
Holland, F. P. Wood, T. C. Byrum
and J. Clarence Leary the stock vote.
These directors met immediately after
the meeting and re-elected R. P. Bad
ham as the ninth director. The direc
tors will most likely re-elect Mr.
Hobbs president and Mr. Leary sec
retary at the next meeting of the as
sociation.
During the meeting a few ques
tions were asked pertaining to the
operation of the association, which
brought forth very favorable com
ment relative to the way affairs have
been handled. J. A. Moore especially
S»ed his congratulations to the
association’s officials for the results
attained duiing the year.
Despite the handicaps experienced
in building and repairing homes, the
association earned a net rate of in
terest of .066806 during the year.
Dr. J. F Hobbs Made
Fellow International
College Os Surgeons
Chowan Native One of
Three Honored In
Detroit
I)r. J. F. Hobbs' of Chattanooga,
Tenn., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T.
Hobbs, Route 1, was one of three
Chattanooga surgeons who last week
were l.i'adc Fellows of the Interna
tional College of Surgeons at the
tlth assembly and Convocation held
in Detroit, Mich.
The International College of Sur
geons was organized and registered
in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1935. The
organization was formed “to create
a common bond among the surgeons
of all nations . and to promote the
highest standards of surgery thro
ughout the world, without regard to
nationality, creed or color, and is [
dedicated to the principle of Louis!
Pasteur: ‘Science belongs to no
Country, because knowledge is the,
patrimony- of humanity, the torch
which enlightens the world'.”
— ;
Miss Neanie Bunch
Graduates As Nurse
M iss Neanie E. Bunch, daughter of
M”. and Mrs. W. C. Bunch, U. S. Fish
Hatchery, graduated from the School
of Nursing, Norfolk General Hospital,
January 15. Miss Hunch entered the 1
School of Nursing under the United
States Nurse Cadet Corps, and since
her graduation, has accepted a posi
tion on the graduate nursing staff of
Norfolk General Hospital.
Square Dance Saturday
Night In Local Armory
Sponsored by the Junior Class of
Edenton High School, a square dance
will be held in the Edenton armory
Saturday night, February 1. The af
fair will be in progress from 9 to 1
o’clock with music furnished by the
Virginia Ramblers.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Peele, Edenton Route 1, on January,
18, an 814 -pound son. Mrs. Peele is
the former Miss Marie Copeland of
Tyner. Both mother and baby are
doing nicely. i
Hervey Foundation Ignores
Termination Gs Town’s Sub
Lease Os Naval Air Station
[demonstration
Miss Rebecca Colwell, Home
Agent, announces that a demon
stration on the use of sewing
machine attachments will be held
in the Court House next Wednes
day, February 5, at 1:30 o’clock.
While the demonstration is held
primarily for clothing leaders,
anyone interested in using sew
ing machine attachments is cor
dially invited to attend.
Miss Willie Hunter, Extension
clothing specialist, will give the
demonstration.
Athletic Pageant
In Local Armory
Thursday, Feb. 6j
Parents as Well as Chil-!
dren Urged to At
tend Affair
Tex Lindsey, in charge of the local
recreational program, announces that
on Thursday night, February 6, an
athletic pageant will be presented at
| the armory, starting at 7:30 o’clock.
; A nominal charge will be made to
cover some of the expense involved,
i Mr. Lindsey says a number of
' events will be presented such as box
ing, basketball, relays, punching bag
activities, rope climbing contest, bar
' chinning, ping pong, badminton,
skating and singing. The entire pro-
I gram should offer interest and en
: lightenment as to the benefit of rec-
I reational activities and exercise to
: good health, and fits in very well
with the good health program in ,
North Carolina. ,
i Mr. Lindsey hopes a large crowd
will turn out for the affair. Parents :
especially are urged to be on ham!
and bring children. He also expects!
school boys and girls from surround- '
ing schools to be present.
Telephone Company
Expanding Services
Plans CalPFor Tele
phone Available to
Every Home
Employees of the Norfolk & Car
olina Telephone & Telegraph Corn- ,
pany. of Elizabeth City are now en
gaged in extending telephone service!
in sections of Edenton previously
not served; Lines are being placed ,
in North Edenton, where many new ,
houses have recently been built, as
well as on the cotton mill village.
When the expansion program is i
completed a telephone will be avail- ]
able to every home in Edenton, many i
requests having been made to the ,
company who heretofore could not ;
be properly served. |,
Pupils Forego Party
To Aid Polio Drive ;
: ji
Members of the Good Deed Club, ]
of Miss Lena Jones’ Fourth Grade, 1 -
decided to postpone their party, 1
scheduled for Friday afternoon, and :
donate the party funds of $1.43 to i
the collections being made through- i
out the school to aid March
of Dimes.
The idea of foregoing the party,
and donating the funds came from
Harrell Bairington. a member of the
group, who made a motion to that
effect, upon which the entire class i
voted unanimously to make the don-1 <
ation. j
Officers of the club, which is quite j 1
active in the room are: President,; I
Mike Malone; vice president, Daryl i
Allen; secretary, Essie McClenny and |
treasurer, Billy Hardison. 1
i
Third Degree Tonight |i
At Masonic Meeting ;
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will hold its weekly meeting
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
During the evening the third degree <
will be conferred upon two candidates,
so that W. O. Elliott, master of the
lodge, urges a large attendance.
$1.50 Pei* Year.
Situation Now Becom
ing More Complicated
Every Day
KEYS REFUSED
J. C. B. Ehringhaus Se
cured to Assist Town
Attorney
Due either to misunderstanding or
disagreement relative to the terms of
the Town of Edenton’s sub-lease of
the greater portion of the Edenton
Naval Air Station to the Hervey
Foundation, the situation has reached
a point which is complicating and
and embarrassing to both the Town
and the Foundation, as the result of
which Town Councilmen voted to ter
minate the sub-lease and the Founda
tion ignored the action taken by the
Town last week.
| Following signing of the Navy De
partment’s lease by the Town of
j Edenton, which instrument super
j sedes the former temporary lease, a
; special meeting of Town Council was
! held Wednesday night of last week,
when David Hervey, president of the
Foundation, and his attorney, Robert
M. McNeal, were present. Mr. Mc-
Neal was called in due to the argu
ment which developed regarding heat
ing the hospital and nurses’ quarters,
as well as in connection with the final
lease signed by the Town with the
Navy, which apparently was not alto
gether to the liking of his client.
Mr. McNeal suggested re-negotiation
between the Town and the Founda
tion, but the Councilmen preferred to
go into executive Session Inf .re de
ciding. so that Mr. Hervey and Mr.
McNeal left the meeting.
After deliberating until near the
midnight hour, during which Town
Attorney John W. Graham was con
tacted by police radio in Raleigh, the
Councilmen voted to terminate the
sub-lease to the Hervey Foundation
on grounds that their contract had
been broken relative to properly
heating the hospital.
Mr. Hervey was informed about the
action taken, and in a letter informed
Town Council that he did not recog
nize termination of the lease, and fur
ther accused the Town that it was
guilty of violating terms of the lease,
in particular referring to removal of
some things from one building to an
other, as well as using a crane to
move a large tree stump in Edenton,
the latter, however, being done by
Navy personnel.
Saturday afternoon Mr. McNeal and
his son, both representing the Hervey
Foundation, met unofficially with a
few members of Town Council to dis
cuss re-negotiation of the Hervey
sub-lease. They presented two propo
sitions and were informed that a spe
cial meeting would be held Saturday
night to consider them.
In another lengthy meeting Satur
day night, by a very close vo- ■, it was
decided by the Conn ' r. ;>> re-ne
gotiate, but both of the Hervey pro
positions were rejected. Tentative
terms of a lease agreeable to the
Councilmen were outlined to Mr. Gra
ham, who was instructed to prepare
the lease to be submitted to the Foun
dation. This lease is nothing like the
Hervey propositions and at the time
of going to press The Herald had not
learned the outcome!
The gist of the first Hervey propo
sition is to let the original sub-lease
stand except that the paragraph per
taining to the Foundation serving
heat; light and sewerage to the hos
"it- ! ho eliminated. The Town would
be required to take over this respon
sibility, for which the Foundation
agrees to pay $250 per month as a
contribution to the hospital.
In the other proposal the Founda
tion asks to take over 18 main build
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PEANUT MARKET STRONGER
Active buying of peanuts for Ca
nadian markets stimulated the farm
ers’ stock and finished goods markets
in the Carolina-Virginia area during
last week. Good quality farmers’
stock peanuts were slightly stronger
at 9% to 11 cents per pound. Off
grade and low quality offerings con
tinued to move at Commodity Credit
Corporation loan prices. The finished
goods market was slightly stronger
for cleaned Jumbos and Fancys.
Shelled mediums and extra large were
also slightly stronger.
W. M. S. MEETS FEBRUARY 3
The Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Edenton Baptist Chuych will
meet at the church Monday afternoon,
February 3, at 3:30 o’clock. All mem
bers are urged to attend.