Volume XIV. —Number 13.
Nine Candidates Already in
Field For 11 Offices To ie
Filled In Election Hay Sffsj
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Four of Incumbents An
nounce For Re-elec
tion During Week
three Contests
Election Will Be Offici
ally Called at Town
Council Meeting
With nine candidates already defin
itely in the race for the 11 offices to
be filled in the May fi Democratic
Primary election, interest in the Town
election is gradually mounting. Since |
the last issue of The Herald, Mayor ;
Leroy Haskett officially announced •
that ho will seek re-election, J. t lar- :
cnee Leary announced that he will ,
again be a candidate for Councilman
in the First Ward, and W. J. Yates!
and J. Edwin Bufl'ap announced that
they will run for re-election as Coun
cilmen-at-large.
W’ith the nine candidates already in
the field, three contests have develop
ed thus far. For Mayor, Mr. Haskett
and J. L. Wiggins will be the con
testants. In the First W'ard, Mr.
Leary has Frank Holmes as opposi
tion, while for the two seats as
Councilnaen-at-large there are three
candidates, Yates, Buffiap and Kd
Habit
Os the present Town officials who
have not stated their intentions are j
J. P. Partin, Third Ward Councilman; !
Walter M. Wilkins, Fourth Ward
Councilman; Graham Byrum, Council
man in the Second Ward; W. H. Gard
ner, treasurer, and 0. B. Perry and
Geddes B. Potter, members of the
Board of Public Works. J. H. Conger, i
chairman of the Board of Public |
Works, informed The Herald last
Week that he will be a candidate for
re-election.
The election will be officially called
by Town Council at the next meeting,
April 8, at which time registrars and
judges of election will be appointed,
as well aa other legal requirements]
attended to.
Hervey Hearing Will
Be Held On Saturday
Foundation Will Seek to
Transfer Case to Fed
eral Court
Due to the sudden death of Judge
C. E. Thompson, the hearing which
was scheduled for last Saturday for
the Hervey Foundation to show cause
why the Town of Edenton should not
regain control of that part of the
Edenton Naval Air Station sub-leased
by the Town to the Hervey Founda
tion was postponed until next Satur
day morning, March 29, at 11 o’clock.
In the meantime the Hervey Foun
dation haa filed notice with Clerk of
Court E. W. Spires to the effect that
at Saturday’s hearing a motion will
be submitted to have the action trans
ferred to * Federal court.
Before hfc death, Judge Thompson
appointed William S. Privott as re- ■
ceiver, who has been acting in that
capacity.
WOMANLESS WEMNNG SCHEDULED 10
BE STAGED AT SCHOOL FttIDAY NIGHT
With Cast of Approximately 50, Entertainment
Expected to Attract Record Crowd; Sponsored
By Parent-Teacher Association
What is expected to be the high
light of local entertainment of the
spring season will take place Friday
night, March 28, in the High School
auditorium when a Womanless Wed
ding will be staged under the spon
sorship of the Kdenton Parent-Teach
er Association in collaboration with
the Junior class. Funds realized will
be used to aid the Juniors in staging
the Junior-Senior banquet to be held
in April.
Mayor Leroy Haskett wi'-l be tV
blushing bride and David Warren will
be the groom.
Others in the east are: Walter
Holton, the jilted maiden; A. P. Has
sell as Mr. Turnip Green: Bobby By
rum and Paul Hassell, ushers; John
Mitchener, aunt of the bride; Earl
Goodwin, uncle of the bride; H. A.
Campen as Mrs. Nosey; George
Twiddy as Miss Needza Man; Ernest
THE CHOWAN HERALD
A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY
j Promoted To SoV ?*' or j
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JOHN W. GRAHAM
On Friday John W. Graham
will take the oath of office as So
licitor for the First District, hav
ing been appointed by Governor
Gregg Cherry to succeed Chester
Morris, who was elevated to
Judge of the Superior Court.
Community Concert
Drive Is Under Way
| Goal For Next Season Is
Set at One Thousand
Members
With the campaign now in pro
gress to sell memberships In the
Community Concert Association, of-
I fioials are hopeful that for the next
season there will be 1000 members
enrolled. Last season, when the first
series of concerts was arranged, there
were between 700 and 800 members,
nd with the favorable impression
of the artists the * 1000 rank is not j
expected to be impossible. The final
date to secure memberships will be
April 5.
Officers of the association empha
size the fact that quite a few people
desired to attend one or more of the
recent concerts but not having a
membership card, they were deprived
of the privilege of attending. Mem
berships for adults sell for $5.00
while student memberships are $2.50.
Especially outstanding artists will
be available for the next season, so
that if 1000 members are secured
those in charge of the drive express (
the opinion that some of the best
artists in the country will be heard in
Edenton.
A meeting of the canvassers is
scheduled to be held tonight (Thurs- (
day) at 5 o’clock in the Court House, i
when final plans for the membership
drive will be considered. James
Wolfe, representing Community Con
certs Service, is expected to arrive
next Monday to assist workers in the
drive for memberships.
Kehayes as the baby; David Holton,
nurse; Richard Baer, Grandpa; Har
vey Debnam, Grandma; Meredith
Jones, mother of the bride; Tex Lind
sa£, ring bearer; W. J. Daniels, best
man; Dr. W. I. Hart, maid of honor;
William Privott, minister, Earl Hol
mes and Ralph Parrish, trainbear
ers; Earl Harrell, pianist.
A number of fewer girls and
bridesmaids will be in the cast, which
will total around 50 people.
M's. Rupert Goodwin, chairman of
the PTA Finance Committee, has an
nounced that wonderful cooperation
is being realized in arranging the en
tertainment, and that everything is
going along splendidly for the show,
which will begin at 8 o’clock.
Tickets are now on sale and it is
hoped the auditorium will be filled to
capacity to see what is expected to
be an unusual and entertaining show.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 27,1947.
They watch him stride to the star of i'-:
H find they see themselves there, too, I i
jplll Por that star will be a reality
yPitk the help that comes from you
Chowan
Superior Court Will
Begin Next Monday
Presiding Judge Uncer
tain When Herald
Went to Press
Chowan County’s spring term of
Superior Court is scheduled to begin
Monday and though Clerk of Court E.
W. Spires has not been Informed as
to who will preside as judge specu
lation led to the belief that Chester
Morris, newly appointed judge, will
officiate. Judge C. E. Thompson, who
was slain by George Pritchard last j
week, was to preside over the term, j
According to the docket there are
five criminal cases to be tried, which
include the following:
State vs. Myrtle M. Ambrose, who
is charged with bigamy,
State vs. Woodrow Gay, charged
with breaking into Walter Bond's
, bakery and stealing 100 pounds of
1 sugar.
State vs. Joseph G. Hall, Jr., who
faces three charges, reckless driving,
driving without a permit and driving |
'with insufficient brakes. This case
was appealed from Recorder’s Court,
where the defendant was sentenced j
to 60 days, suspended on condition
that he pay $112.50 damage for Rob
ert Hofler’s car and pay a medical j
bill of SOS for treating Mrs. Alice j
Strickland for injuries sustained by I
her and pay court costs.
State vs. Kenneth F. Fitchett,
charged with drunken and reckless
driving. This case was also appealed
1 from a Recorder’s Court judgment in
t which Fitchett was given 60 days on
I the first -harge, suspended upon pay
(Continued on Page Ten)
Grand Master Os
j Masons Will Visit
Local Lodge April 3
Degree Work Will Fea
ture Visit of William
J. Bundy
William J. Bundy of Greenville,
Grand Master of Masons in North
Carolina, wall be a guest of Unanim
ity Lodge, No. 7, at its meeting
Thursday night, April 3. In honor of
his visitation, the local lodge has
withheld conferring of the third de
gree upon a candidate in order to ex
emplify the degree as the principal
entertainment for the Grand Master.
District Deputy Grand Master H. A.
Campen and the Rev. W. C. Francis,
both Grand Lodge officers, are well
versed in degree and ritualistic work,
and will direct the local degree team, '
which will hold a rehearsal or two 1
prior to the visit so that each mem- '
her will be thoroughly familiar with '
his part. It is the hope of both Cam
pen and Francis that for the occasion
the degree will be conferred letter
perfect. 1
Grand Master Bundy will make a
brief address during the meeting, and 1
an effort will be made to have a large 1
number of Masons present for the oc
casion. Light refreshments will be '
served following the degree.
Binghamton Triplets
And Denver Baseball
Team Begin Training
Lefty Gomez Here as
Manager of Bingham
ton Triplets
IbH'ruits for the Ringhamton and
Denver baseball teams arrived in
Edenton over the week-end to begin
spring training on Hicks Field. To
gether with the r«x>kies came officials
and Binghamton sports writers who
will keep their newspapers well in
formed regarding the training and
development of players.
Leon Hamilton, business manager,
| and Billy O'Donnell, veteran trainer
i of the Triplets, arrived earlier in the
week and have been kept very busy
completing arrangements for the ar
rival of the prospective ball players.
Vernon (Lefty) Gomez, former New
York Yankee pitching star, is man
ager of the Binghamton team, while
Marty McManus, a former big league
player and at one time manager of
the Boston Red Sox, is manager of
the Denver outfit.
Both Hamilton and Gomez are well
I pleased with the Hicks Field set-up
j and appear very optimistic for a suc
cessful training season, provided the
| weather does not interfere. The first
work-out was held Monday, despite a
| prolonged rainfall during the night,
land with the mercury dropping con
j siderably Tuesday and Tuesday night,
[they hope the weather man is correct
in his prediction that warm weather
is in the offing.
No little interest has developed due
to the big league teams training here,
which will, of course, mount as the
Albemarle League completes plans
for opening of the local league sea
son.
Mr. Hamilton has announced that
I at least six exhibition games vvill be
j played on the Edenton diamond.
These games will be as follows:
Friday, April 4 —Wake Forest Col
lege.
Saturday, April s—Rocky Mount.
Sunday, April 6—Norfolk.
Tuesday, April B—Hartford.
Sunday, April 13—Norfolk.
Tuesday, April 16—Edenton.
All games will start at 2:16 P. M.,
except the April 15 game, which will
be a night game, starting at 8 o’clock.
Boy Scout Troop
Will Be Revived
Members of Lions Club
Decide to Back Troop
Number 170
According to action taken by the
Edenton Lions Club, Troop No. 170,
Edenton Boy Scouts, will be revived.
The troop was sponsored by the Club
and had been very active under the
Scoutmastership of J. R. Tanner be
fore he moved to Greenville. Since
then interest gradually waned, so
that now it is the purpose to put the
troop back on an active basis.
At Monday night’s meeting Presi
dent Wallace Griffin appointed the
following as the Troop Committee:
George Hoskins, Tex Lindsay, Peter
Carlton, Kenneth Floars and G. B.
Potter. This group was instructed
to proceed with reviving the charter
and appointing a Scoutmaster.
Governor Sherry Appoints
Chester Harris Judge And
John W, Graham Solicitor
New Judge
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CHESTER MORRIS
Governor Gregg Cherry on
Monday appointed Solicitor ( Hes
ter Morris Judge of the Superior
Court to succeed the late Judge
C. E. Thompson.
Graham Appoints
Practically All New
Board Os Education
Lloyd Briggs Only One
Os Present Board
Remaining
Mem hers of C howan Count) V Board
of Education, along with those of
other counties in the State, were
made public Friday, and with the ex
ception of only one, Repr 's-ntative
John W. Graham appoint- d an entire
ly new Board. The one member re
maining on the Board is Lloyd Briggs,
who has been inactive since he enter
ed and subsequently discharg'd from
the armed forces.
Those constituting the n> Board
are James E. Wood, J. I. Boyce, D.
H. Berryman, Lloyd Briggs, G. E.
Nixon and Carey Evans.
Members of the pres, nt Board are
T. Wallace Jones. Lloyd Briggs. E.
G. Blanchard, T. S. Leary, R. li. Ttol
lowell and R. C. I’rivott. The terms
of these members expire April 1 of
this year, so that the new members
will go into office at that time, and
will elect a superintendent and three
district committeemen-
PTA Will Elect Officers
At Meeting On April 1
Mrs. J. Clarence Learv, president
of the Edenton Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation, calls attention to the meeting
which will be held in the school li
brary Tuesday afternoon, April 1, at
3:15 o'clock.
At that time new PTA officers wall
be elected, and Mrs. Leary urges
every member to make a special ef
fort to be present.
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH 1
SEA SCOUT TROOP
Meredith Jones Unanim<
Skipper; Ship Commi
Various Church
Sponsored by the Vestry of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church, Edenton now
has a Sea Scout troop well under
way, with a Ship Committee named
and a Skipper chosen to have charge
of the group.
The Ship Committee appointed by
the Vestry includes eight men, more
or less representatives of the various
denominations in Edenton. The Com
mittee is composed of J. H. Conger,
Jr., chairman, George Hoskins, Oscar
Duncan, J. Edwin Bufflap, R. F. Tut
tle, A. P. Hassell Erie Haste and
William O. Elliott.
This group met Tuesday night of
last week, when Meredith Jones was
unanimously elected as Skipper of
the troop. Young Jones is an Eagle
**’er Year.
Vacancies Caused By
| Death of'Judge C. E.
Thompson
i STRONG BACKING
Graham Issues State
ment of Appreciation
For Honor
Governor Gregg berry on Monday
j announced the 1 appal:;’ "lent of Solici
i tor Chester Morris f idge of the
'Superior Court to. s , reed the late
Judge C. K. Thompson of Elizabeth
City, whose fife we; -' fifed out with
sh it gun blast bj G . go Pritchard
Sunday night, March Ui.
At the Sartre time Governor Cherry
announced the appoint : -nt of John
.W. Graham of Ed. Mo:; to. succeed
• .Mr. Morris as Solicitor of. tin Firs 4 ’
Solicitorial Histrict.
i
] Both of the appointees had the
; hacking of a large number of friends,
! who recommended both men for the
. offices, and these recommendations
' and endorsements had no little bear
! ing on the Governor’s selections.
I Mr. Morris was sworn in office
Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock in
] the State Capitol by Associate Jus
] tice Wallace W. Winbome, a native
of Chowan County. Mr. Graham re
quested to continue as Chowan Coun
ty’s Representative until Friday of
i this week, when he, too, will be ad
ministered the oath of office by Jus
; tice Winborne.
Mr. Graham tendered his resigma
' tion as Representative to L. C. Bur
ton. chairman of the Chowan County-
Board of Elections, so that a succes
sor can be named. However, due to
'the possibility that the General As
sembly will adjourn Within a few
; days, there is little likelihood that a
'successor will be named to attend
j what remains of the present session,
j Upon learning of his appointment
j as Solicitor to succeed Chester Mor
! rts, Mr. Graham had this to say:
"To Governor Cherry I wish to ex
press my deep appreciation for his
confidence in appointing me to this
important office. At the same time 1
wish to join with every other resident
of the First District in expressing my
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Junior Woman’s Club
Now In New Quarters
First Meeting April 11
In Canteen at Air
Station
: Mrs. Roland Vaughan, president of
the Junior Woman's Club, has an
pounced that the club will hold its
next meeting in the n-w clubhouse,
S the former canteen at the Edenton
Naval Air Station, on Friday, April
111, at 1 o’clock, at which time lunch
eon will be served.
I Mrs. Charles Doak, of Raleigh, ex
ecutive secretary of the N. C. Fed
: eration of Women’s Clubs, will be a
guest and a hundred per cent attend
ance is urged as a very interesting
I program is being planned.
I Any member without transportation
; will be picked up at Cherry's Res
taurant. *
YESTRYSPONSORING
FOR EDENTON BOYS
ously Elected to Serve as
ittee Appointed From
Denominations
Scout and much interested in Scout
work. At this meeting the need of
a Sea Scout Troop was emphasized
and much interest manifested in the
project.
The troop will have a minimum of
five boys and Skipper Jones was sub
mitted a list of about 16 names of
men from which he will choose two
to four Mates, or assistants.
Plans are also under consideration
for securing a proper boat for the
Sea Scouts and William L. Warren,
Field Scout Executive, has been con
tacted, who will attend a meeting to
be held within a few days, at which
time he will furnish information re
garding the operation of a Sea Scout
troop.