Volume XIV. —Number 10.
Formal Opening Os Hospital Friday
Arrangements lade For
Public To Visit And Inspect
Plant Between 3 - 5 P. 1.
Only Matter of Hours j
Until Patients Will
Be Admitted
PERSONNEL LISTED
Auxiliary Boiler Being
Installed For Steriliz
ation Purposes
Again postponed by the necessity to
install an auxiliary boiler for the pur
pose of sterilization, it now appears
that the Chowan County Hospital at
the Edenton Naval Air Station will be
ready for operation within a matter
of hours. Everything in the hospital
itself is ready to receive patients, and
it is expected that the final handicap
will be completed today (Thursday),
after which everything will be in
readiness to operate.
Arrangements have been completed
to observe the formal opening Friday
afternoon, when the hospital will be
open for public inspection between the
hours of 3 and 5 o’clock. It is hoped
many people will avail themselves of
the opportunity to visit and inspect
the hospital prior to going into full
operation.
At present 57 beds and six bassinets
are ready for use, and what few items
were necessary when the Navy aban
doned the hospital have since been
added.
Adequate and competent personnel
has been secured and all are ready
\nd eager to get down to real busi
ly ess.
' Dr. Frank Wood, a native of Eden
ton, is medical director and surgeon,
while Miss Lucille Hall of Durham, is
business manager. Mrs. Margaret
Jenkins of Baltimore is anesthetist.
Miss Francis Tillett of Elizabeth City
is bookkeeper and Miss Grace Wilkins
of Edenton is secretary to Miss Hall.
Miss Michael Rath holds the import
ant position of laboratory and X-ray
technician. Miss Rath is a native of
Chatham County and a graduate of
the Duke School of Medicine.
Five graduate nurses are at present
employed and include Misses Anne
Tucker and Helen White of Hertford,
Miss Rosa Gosney of Greensboro, Miss
Virginia Early of Old Fort, N. C., and
Miss Nina Culbertson of Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Pearl Hall, mother of Miss Hall,
is hostess in the nurses’ home.
There are five nurses’ aides, who
are all Chowan County girls, includ
ing Misses Marguerite Ward, Colleen
Roberts, Lenora Cobb, Beulah Blanch
ard and Nina Emminizer.
Mrs. Carl Cease will be in charge
of the kitchen, having as cooks Lind
say Blount and Sawyer Belle Clem
mons, both of Edenton. Orderlies are
Lorenzo Collins and Herbert Gramby.
Albert D. Chestnutt, of Baltimore,
an ex-Navy man who was stationed at
the base, but decided to remain in
Edenton, is the fireman.
When the hospital is opened for
business there will be 57 beds avail
able, with 12 private rooms for white
patients and two semi-private rooms
for colored. The remainder of the
beds will be in roomy, clean and very
desirable wards. Those in charge of
the hospital are very well pleased
with the plant as a whole, and are
looking forward to being of great ser
vice not only to Chowan County, but
over a wide area in this section of
the State.
An oil burner la now enroute for
providing heat for the nurses' home,
and it ia expected this problem will be
solved within a few days. In the
meantime the nurses are making their
home in the main hospital as a tem
porary arrangement in order to speed
up the hospital opening.
CHARLES F. RUSSELL ILL
Charles F. Russell is seriously ill at
his home on North Broad Street, al
though on Tuesday night he was .
omewhat improved. Mr. Russell sev- 1
Kk al weeks ago suffered an attack, but <
J xovered and was able to return to '
nis work as night watchman for the .
Electric and Water Department. On ]
Wednesday of last week, however, he
again became violently ill and was in 1
aerious condition for several days.
ILL WITH MUMPS , (
Miss Dorothy Bufflap has been con- '
lined to her home since Tuesday of '
last week with a stubborn case of 1
mumps. She is somewhat improved, .
but still unable to leave the house. 1
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTT
[Time To Complajnj
Chowan County Commissioners <
will sit as a Board of Equaliza- ,
tion and Review on Monday,
March 17, at which time they will ;
hear any complaints relative to
the valuation of property in the j
county. This is the only time the
Commissioners can legally alter
any valuations, so that com
plaints must be registered at that
time.
The Commissioners will meet
at 10 o’clock and continue in ses
sion until all complaints' are
heard.
Up-County Citizens
Make Another Bid
For Gym At Chowan
Group Appears Again
Monday Before Com
missioners
Upper Chowan County citizens, rep
resenting the Ruritan Club and Cho
wan Parent Teachers Association,
made another bid for a gymnasium
at Chowan High School when a deler
gation from both groups appeared be
fore the County Commissioners Mon
day urgently requesting some ar
rangement for the addition which is
considered necessary. While the Rev.
W. C. Francis served as principal
spokesman for the group, several oth
ers spoke in behalf of some provision
for the young people in that section to
participate in recreational activities.
At a previous meeting a tentative
figure of about $60,000 was arrived at
for a suitable building, but on Mon
day it was thought that a much less
expensive structure could be erected
which would fill the need. So anxious
are the up-county people to secure a
recreation building that an offer was
made to aid in raising funds for the
purpose.
The Commissioners admitted the
need is apparent, but faced with
other very costly school needs, again
expressed the opinion that both the
city and county school units should
compile a list of their actual needs
and arrive at a figure which will be
necessary to make the improvements,
after which a bond issue should be
voted on by the voters of the county.
This, apparently, rs about the only
way the Commissioners can and will
consider any school needs, for they
were frank in stating that they realize
something should and must be done
about the schools, yet the most im
portant angle is financing, which will
have to come through a bond issue.
Jurymen Chosen For
Next Term Os Court
Judge Everett Thomp
son Will Preside Over
April Session
Jurymen for the next term of Cho
wan Superior Court were drawn by
the County Commissioners as their :
monthly meeting Monday. The term 1
of court will convene Monday, March ‘
31, with Judge Everett Thompson of 1
Elizabeth City presiding. i
Those drawn for jury duty were as i
follows:
Fred Hoskins, Roland Ashley, N. E. '
Jordan, L. W. Privott, H. E. Bunch, 1
Lewis George Wilkins, Jimmie Jor- :
dan, Kermit L. Layton, Ellsworth <
Blanchard, J. D. .Ward, J. A. Webb, <
Jr., Thomas B. Wood, Sidney Cam- ’
pen, W. H. Heath, Henderson Ray <
Peele, A. M. Harrell, M. P. Perry,
Howard Overton, E. J. Ward, Thurs
ton D. Stallings, Thomas J. Hoskins.
Jr., J. T. Parrish, A. V. Aebell,' Mo- 1
Coy Spivey. Jacob Spivey, R. H. By- <
rum. George E. Hassell. J. A. Curran i
T. Erie Haste, Jesse W. White, C. C i
Privott, J. L. Collins, E. E. Privott (
Johnnie Bass, Fred Davennort and 1
H. V. Bass. !«
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, March 6,1947.
Most Sordid Crime In
History Os Edenton!
Committed By Hep
John Eggleston Held on
Charge of Raping 7- I
Year-Old White Girl
One of the most sickening and. dis
gusting crimes ever perpetrated in
Edenton occurred Thursday morning
of last week when an attempt was
made to rape little Margaret Alex
ander, 7-year-o!d daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, Ernest Alexander, who live on
the. old Hertford road about a quar
ter mile .. from W. 0. Speight’s, gin
house.
_ Shortly after the attack John T,
(Alligator) Eggleston, 30-year-old
Negro, was arrest d in Edenton by
-State Patrolman Clyde Fentress.
When confronted by the Negro, the
litLle giri identified him as the man
who committed the crime.
According to the little girl’s story
a> told by Sheriff J. A. Bunch, rhe
was on h, r way to school, being a
member of the first grade in the
Edenton school. Near the gin house
she riot the Negro, who ashed her to
go into the gin house to look at some
baby chicks. The girl refused, say
ing that she had to go to school. But,
according to her story, she was taken
by the hand and forced into the house.
Instead of going to school, she
went back home, where it was learned
that she had been attacked and the
police notified.
After his arrest Eggleston denied
the charge despite being identified by
the little girl. He appeared rather
unconcerned about being held in con
nection with the crime a,s he was coni
fined and question in the qroliee sta
tion, and up to Tuesday night did not
admit the crime.
Though quite a bit of feeling de
veloped in connection with the crime,
no disorder was apparent. However,
as a precautionary measure, Sheriff
J. A. Bunch removed the prisoner
from Chowan County Thursday night.
Up to Tuesday night, no date was set
for a hearing.
Creswell Boys And
Plymouth Girls Win
Basketball Tourney
Mary Trueblood of Rop
er Chosen as Queen
Saturday Night
Creswell High School boys and the
girls’ team from Plymouth won top
honors in the local basketball tour
nament held in Edenton the latter
part of last w-eek. Edenton’s two
teams, paired with Suabury High
School, were forced from the tourna
ment when the latter teams failed to
put in an appearance.
The finals were played Thursday
night with both boys’ and girls’ teams
from Creswell and Plymouth winning
out in the semi-finals and meeting for
the championship.
The Creswell boys had little trouble
in downing Plymouth, the score being
40-16.
The Plymouth girls’ team had a
hard fight on its hands and finally
edged ahead of the Creswell girls,
winning by a score of 18-13.
The climax to the tournament oc
curred Saturday night when a beauty
contest was held, with contestants
entered from the towns represented in
the tournament. Miss Mary True
blood of Roper won out as the queen
of the tournament.
Another feature Saturday night was
an athletic program arranged by
Coach Tex Lindsay. The program
opened with a basketball game be
tween sixth and seventh grade girls,
followed by a game between boys
from the same two grades.
Jimmy Cates gave a punching bag
exhibition, which was followed by a
boxing bout between Rodney Cayton
and Lyn Boswell. The match was de
clared a draw by Referee Jimmy
Cates. Ping pong and roller skating
was also enjoyed by a goodly number
of the young people.
MRS. DAVIS IMPROVING
Friends will be pleased to learn
that Mrs. J. S. Davis, who has been
er'tieallv ill at her home on .North
•R-ond Street for the past four weeks,
is much improved and able to be
down stairs. Mrs. Davis will be de
lighted to have her friends call and
see her.
Sentiment Develops!
For Another Series
Community Concerts;
! Membership Drive to Be!
Held During Week of j
March 31 - April 5
At a meeting of directors of the
local Community Concert Association
Thursday night, it was decided, in
view of the popularity of the concerts
already held, to conduct another
membership drive to schedule a series
of concerts another season. '1 he date
of the drive was set to begin March
.31 and end April 5, during which
time members:must join if-they desire
to attend any of the forthcoming con
certs. The campaign will be conduct
ed along similar lines as the last one
J. W. Davis and Mrs. R. F. Elliott
made the suggestion that the same
canvassers ’serve) in view of their
splendid results.
Mrs. Elliott stated that the 20-
piece St. Louis Little Symphony can
be secured for Edrnton if enough
memberships are secured, the sort of
talent depending upon the number of
members. It is the hope of many in
terested persons that since the con
certs have been so well received, many
more people will want to become
members.
, Mrs. Elliott also stated that tables
will be placed in the high school on
, the night of the final concert in order
to secure memberships. This plan
was adopted after it was pointed out
that it might be more convenient for
. members to join than to wait until
they are canvassed. It is permissible
to join before the membership drive,
according to Mrs. Elliott, but after
April 5 no mure memberships will be
sold.
At Thursday’s meeting Edmund
Scbwarze, secretary, was given a ris
ing vote of thanks for his interest
■ and work in connection with the con
, certs. Mr. Schwarze will soon leave
Edenton, so that R. F. Elliott was
chosen to succeed him as secretary.
School Lunch Room
Affected By Lack
, Os Federal Funds
Necessary to Add Extra
Five Cents For Milk
Served With Meal
Local school lunch room officials are
faced with a critical situation in that
Federal funds have beea practically
exhausted, so that with this aid lack
ing, some necessary changes will
have to be made. While the local
program has been hard hit, as of
March 1, about the only Change made
is a charge of an extra five cents for
milk. Up to that time meals were
served for 15 cents, which included
milk, for which the school was reim
bursed nine cents per plate. Now,
however, it is necessary to charge the
usual 15 cents for the meal and if
milk is desired, it will cost an extra
five cents.
It will, of course, be necessary to
ferret out other ways of cutting down
on lunch room expense, though those
in charge of the lunch room say an
adequate meal will continue to be
served the children.
Reason for the dwindling Federal
aid has come about by increased par
ticipation which is far beyond predic
tions made at the beginning of the
school year. At present there are
I, schools In the program with an
average of 289,520 pupils participat
ing daily. This is an increase of
77,911 pupils per day over last year’s
number.
Chowan PTA Meets
Tuesday, March 11
The Parent-Teacher Association of
Chowan High School will hold its
regular meeting Tuesday night, March
11, at 7:30 o’clock in the school audi
torium. All patrons are urged to at
tend.
The State program of the Parent-
Teacher Association is on “Health,”
and Miss Leary, county health nurse
is scheduled to be present and give a
short talk.
AUXILIARY MEETS FRIDAY
A meeting of the American Legion
Auxiliary will be held at the home
of Mrs. W. W. Byrum, 212 West
Queen Street, Friday night at 8
o’clock. Mrs. J. Paul Holoman, presi
dent, requests all members to attend.
’Town Os Edenton Charges
iHervey Foundation Broke
iontrset; Damages Asked
|_ At Last! _|
W. \V. Byrum, chairman of the
Chowan County Commissioners,
was informed this week by High
way Commissioner Merrill Ev- j
ans that the contract was let to
hard surface the road from Val
halla through Rocky Hock to
Cross Roads. The contractor has
arrived on the scene and work is
expected to begin very shortly.
Mr. By rum was also informed >
that the Cow pen Neck road go- |
ing by the Macedonia Church will |'
probably be hard surfaced during
the summer. j;
i j
Another Candidate Is
Seeking Nomination
: in Primary On May 6
i
t Frank Holmes Says He
i Will Be Candidate In
First Ward
1 That more interest is developing lit
• the Edenton Democratic Primary
, Election to be held Tuesday, May 6,
1 than was apparent in 1945, is reflected
’ in the fact that another candidate has
announced his intention to run for
office. The latest candidate is Frank
- Holmes, who will seek election as
Councilman from the First Ward,
now represented by J. Clarence Leary.
Last week George S. Twiddy an
nounced his candidacy as Councilman
from the Third Ward, while Mayor
Leroy Hasket, though not filing offi
cially, has made the statement that he
will definitely be a candidate for re
election. While there are rumors that
i there will be aspirants for other city
k offices, no prospective candidate has
officially notified Town Clerk R. E.
Leary.
L Mr. Holmes, the latest candidate, is
a graduate of the University of
North Carolina, graduating in 1940
with an AB degree in political science.
He is vice president and sales man
> ager of the W. D. Holmes Wholesale
t Grocery, Inc., he and his brother, Wil
r liam having taken over the business
- after the death of their father, the
1- lalo W, .D. Holmes. He is married
I ami has one child, the family making
f their home in Pembroke Circle. He is I
1 also a past president of the Edenton
• Rotary Club al>d a past Scoutmaster -
5 of Troop 156, Edenton Boy Scouts.
|
Wake Forest Alumni
To Meet At Coleram
; Next Tuesday Night
Former Governor J. M.
Broughton Principal
Speaker
Alumni of Wake Forest College will
gather in a reunion Tuesday night of
next week when a barbecue chicken
dinner will be served at 7:30 o’clock
In the community building at Cole
rain. The affair is sponsored by four
Colerain alumni of Wake Forest, Tom i
Belch, Melvin Perry, Joe Jenkins and t
Elliott Harrell. (
The principal address for the OCC&- J i
sion will be made by former Governor i
J. M. Broughton, and among other i
distinguished guests will be Jim 1
Weaver, athletic director, and Prof, i
J. G. Carroll of the Mathematics De- i
partment. ;
The dinner will be free to Wake
Forest alumni, and provisions will be 1
made to accommodate 150. Any i
Wake Forest alumni are invited to at- i
tend, but an intention of attending 1
must be reported to Walter Holton a« i
soon as possible. Mr. Holton stated |
Tuesday night that up to that time l
115 had already asked for roserva- <
tions, so that any other planning to 1
attend should notify him as early as 1
possible.
$1.50 Per Year
Judge Thompson Names
William S. Privott as
Receiver
LONG AT ODDS
Defendant Require 1 to
Answer Summons on
March 22 nd
With officials of the Town of Eden
'on and the Hervey Foundation being
at odds for a few months, court pro
ceedings ; w re instituted Monday of
this week, when David Ilervey, presi
dent of the Foundation, was served a
complaint and summons by Sheriff J.
A. Bunch, Earlier in the day Everett
Thompson of Elizabeth City, Superior
Court Judge, signed receivership pa
pers and subsequently appointed Wil
liam S. Privott as receiv; r. Mr.
Privott on Tuesday assumed charge of
the base, according to Judge Thomp
son’s order.
Reason for the court a tion was
based on the charge that the Hervey
I Foundation had broken its contract in
several ways, the principal one of
which was failure to furnish adequate
heat for the operation of a hospital,
the major reason for the Town of
Edenton being interested in leasing
the base from the Navy.
Due to the charge of breach of con
tract, the complaint asks ?s<\(>oo or
some ether large sum as damages,
taking into consideration that due to
failure to furnish adequate h at for. a
hospital, it has been necessary for the
Town of Edenton to erect a brick
boiler room, move a boiler from an
other section of the base and has suf
fered considerable other monetary
loss due to failure of the Hervey
Foundation to carry out its terms of
the sub-lease.
The legal angle of the court action
was handled by John W. Graham,
Town Attorney, and J. C. B. Ehring
haus of Raleigh.
Provisions of the complaint require
the Hervey Foundation to appear on
March 22 at 11 A. M. to show cause
why the Town of Edenton should not
regain control of that part of the
Edenton Naval Air Station sub-leased
to the Foundation.
In the meantime, Mr. Privott has
accepted the receivership on a full
time basis and is now engaged in tak
ing an inventory and will be in com
plete charge, according to the court
order, until the matter is finally
settled.
Several weeks ago Town Council
terminated the sub-lease of the ITer-
I vey Foundation due to the hospital
heating requirement, hut a- counter
charge was made that the Town had
also failed to carry out its Contract,
so that while the action of the. Foun
dation is not known at this writing, it
is logical to expect that it will fight
the receivership, thus culminating in
court trial.
Carlton Will Resume
Radio Broadcasts On
Sunday, 1:30 To 1:45
“Let’s Be Neigh body”
Programs Weekly
Over WCNC
Sponsored by three local business
men, Peter Carlton, Executive Secre
tary of the Edenton-Chowan County
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Association, goes back on the air
again after a lapse of three months,
with his own program entitled “Let’s
Be Neighborly.” Beginning this com-,
ing Sunday, March 9, it will continue
for 12 more consecutive Sundays from
1:30 to 1:45 P. M.
As Field Scout Executive with the
Boy Scouts, Carlton had charge of all
radio programs and wrote, directed
and participated in the majority of
them over WCNC of Elizabeth City
and WTAR of Norfolk. Both pro
grams ran concurrently for 44
months, >ne in the morning the
other in the afternoon. He received
high praise from Dr. Elbert K. Fret
well, Chi°f Scout Executive, for this
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