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Volume XIV. —Number 22. \ C County’s Needs Total Over Million Requirements Os Schools Call For Use Os Greater Part Os Staggering Figure I < Court House Crowded When Problems Were Aired Tuesday MEET~AGAIN Committee of Twenty Will Make Survey and Recommendations At a mass metting held in the Court House Tuesday night the needs of Chowan County were listed with the estimated cost amounting to the staggering total of over a mil lion dollars. The Court House was packed with both white and colored citizens interested principally in ade quate school facilities for both races. The mass meeting was the out growth of persistent requests over a period of years for the County Commissioners to provide improve ments both in Edenton and in the County school unit. The Commission ers long have realized that the re quests were legitimate, but also re alize that the improvements will run into a huge outlay. For that reason they called this meeting for the pur pose of putting the various requests before the public in an effort to learn the wishes of the majority of citizens, and called upon the Cham ber of Commerce to act as a steering committee to call the meeting. Jesse Harrell, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Asso ciation, called the meeting to order id stated the purpose of the meet / He then entertained a motion elect a temporary chairman, after . hich W. J. Berryman was elected; to serve in that capacity. Mr. Berryman reiterated the pur pose of the meeting and called upon various persons to present ' state ments. He first called upon West Byrum, chairman of the County Com missioners, who stated that the nec essary improvements in Chowan County is a big order and that his Board was unwilling to take the re sponsibility of deciding what to do before submitting the needs and sub sequent cost to the citizens of the county. from the school needs, he said, Chowan needs a new jail and may be placed in an embarrass ing position if something is not done in this respect. He also called attention to the fact that women will serve on juries and for that reason it is imperative that toilet facilities be provided at the Court House. The need for a building to house the various county offices was also brought out by Mr. Byrum. He also listed steam heat for the Court House, which was planned several years ago. However, this latter im provement, he said, could be made without any part of a bond issue. Mr. Byrum suggested that the senti ments of those present be voiced re garding all of the proposed improve ments which could be included in a 5 or 10 year building program for the county. Thomas Chears, chairman of the Edenton School Trustees, was then called upon, who in turn asked John A. Holmes to present the needs of Edenton schools. Mr. Holmes in his opening re marks said it is not necessary to ar gue the merits of public education. He said his Board has realized for several years that it was necessary to enlarge schools for both races. Other than erecting the 12-room building on Oakum Street, nothing has been done for colored schools in Edenton in 50 years, he said. Mr. Holmes told of the deplorable con dition in the colored schools, with children being taught in various buildings about town which are not at all suitable for teaching. Mr. Holmes also told of the crowd ed condition in the white school, where it is necessary to teach child £■-. •> in the basement. If the enroll t increases, and he said it is ex ed to increase, a new class jm will be needed with no place •to provide one. No class rooms have been added sirfce 1924, he said. So, in Edenton, in both white and colored schools, he said, there is deplorable need of class rooms. Mr. Holmes stated that the County Commission ers were requested time and again to provide the necessary improve ments and at their request he had listed the present needs, which call (Continued on Page Five) THE CHOWAN HERALD | Speaks In Raleigh | V V«c.. : :.-. r JUST. Z . * « S, / Jt * jjfrJlra' ■/ 4 A Jjf HENRY A. WALLACE Former Vice-President Henry A. Wallace will speak in the Raleigh Municipal Auditorium Thursday night, June 5, at 8 o’clock on the subject “The Road to Peace.” Vaccination Clinics To Begin In Chowan County On June 2nd Schedule Released By Dr. S. V. Lewis, Local Health Officer Dr. S. V. Lewis, Health Officer, this week announced vaccination clinics in Chowan County during which vaccin ation will be given for typhoid fever, diphtheria, smallpox and whooping cough. The schedule for the clinics will be as follows: Monday, June 2,9, 16, 23 Bass Station, 9:30 to 10 A. M.; Macedonia, 10:30 to 11 A. M.; Rocky Hock Church, 11:30 to 12 A. M.; Peele’s Store, 12:30 to 1 P. M. Tuesday, June 3, 10, 17. 24 Virginia Fork School, 9:30 to 10 A. M.; Hancock (Dixon’s Store), 10:30 to 11 A. M.; Valhalla (Harrell’s Store), 11:30 to 12:30 A. M.; Cross Roads (Evans Mill), 12:30 to 1:30 P. M. Wednesday, June 4, 11, 18, 23 St. John’s School, 9:30 to 10:30 A. M.; Canaan’s Temple School, 10:45 to 11:30 A. M.; Triangle School, 11:45 to 12:30 A. M. Thursday, June 5, 12, 19, 26 Center Hill Intersection, „9:30 to 10:30 A. M.; Ryland (Ward’s Sta tion), 10:45 to 11:30 A. M.; Arthur Byrum’s, 12 to 1 P. M.; Sign Pine (A. T. Perry), 1:15 to 2 P. M.; Gli den, 2:15 to 3 P. M. Health Department—Wednesdays, 1 to 5 P. M.; Fridays, 9 to 12 noon; Saturdays 9 to 12 noon. Health Department Now Has Plenty Os Smallpox Vaccine Treatment Resumed Af ter Receipt of New Shipment According to Dr. S. V. Lewis, dis trict health officer, it has been im possible for the past several weeks to vaccinate children against small pox during the pre-school examin ations in Edenton and Chowan Coun- ] ty due to lack of vaccipe. However, 1 Dr. Lewis stated Monday of this 1 week that an ample supply of small- ■ pox vaccine has been received. 1 Parents of children in Edenton and : Chowan County are, therefore, ad- < vised that the Chowan County Health ' Department will be glad to vaccinate 1 such children as may be brought to the Health Department office or to : any one of the scheduled vaccina- • tion clinics throughout the county. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 29,1947. Finals At Chowan High School Will Begin Friday Night [ J. G. McCracken Gradu ation Speaker Tues day Night 19 IN CLASS Rev. E. R. Meekins Will Preach Baccalaure ate Sermon Commencement exercises will be gin at Chowan High School Friday night, when Class Day will be ob served in the auditorium at 8 o’clock. The entertainment will be in the form of a play “Seniorella,” with the fol lowing taking part: Vivian Wiggins, Naomi Jordan, Eugene Jordan. Ralph Harrell, Jack White, Marie Casper, David Ward, Ann R. White, David Ober, Dorothy Berryman, Jennie Ruth Nixon and Wallace Reid Peele. Other members of the graduating class of 19 are Ida Margaret Cope land, Elizabeth Copeland, Sarah Mae Copeland, Elmira Miller, Robert Tur ner, George Bunch, Jr., and Louis Monds. During the program the following will act as fairies: Mary Emma Per ry, Ida Ann Blanchard, Evangeline Copeland, Peggy Perry, Carolyn Hol lowell, Ann Hollowell and Clara Gav Lane. Heralds will be Lindsay Ray Burch and Earl Jordan. Special mu sic will be provided by a trio com posed of Mrs. Marguerite Burch, Miss Louise Wilson and* Miss Edna Wil kins. The mascot of the class is Dina Jean Blanchard and the herald is Jack Nixon. Mrs. R. R. White will be accompanist. The Rev. E. R. Meekins will preach the baccalaureate sermon Sunday night, June 1, at 8 o’clock in the au ditorium. The Scripture will be read by the Rev. W. C. Francis and bene diction by the Rev. John T. Byrum. Graduating exercises will be held Tuesday, June 3, at 8 o’clock, when the principal address will be made by J. G. McCracken, superintendent of the Elizabeth City public schools. He will be introduced by Superintendent W. J. Taylor. Vivian Wiggins is valedictorian of the class and Ralph Harrell saluta torian. Diplomas wMI be presented by T. J. Jessup, principal of the school. Serving as marshals will 'be Sibyl Chappell, Ruth Winslow, Sarah Jane Boyce, Jean Hollowell and Hil da King. THIRD DEGREE SCHEDULUED FOR MEETING OF MASONS W. O. Elliott, master of Unanimity Lodge, No, 7, A. F. & A. M., has an nounced that the third degree will be conferred upon two candidates at the meeting to be held tonight (Thurs day) at 8 o’clock. All Masons are especially urged to be present. S. W. Taylor Patient At Duke Hospital Friends in Edenton will regret to learn that it was necessary to am putate one of S. W. Taylor’s legs, the operation being performed Mon day at Duke Hospital in Durham. Mr. Taylor was a patient for several days in the Chowan County Hospital be fore going to Duke. Information Wednesday of this week was to the effect that Mr. Tay lor is getting along as W’ell as can be expected. Mrs. Taylor has been with him since he was taken to Dur ham Wednesday of last week. EdentonColonials Rounding In Shape For Opening Os Albemarle League On Sunday Local Aggregation Victorious In Eleven of Thir teen Exhibition Games Played; Play First League Game Monday Night Winning 11 of 13 exhibition games played up through Tuesday night, the Edenton Colonials are gradually i being whipped into shape for the opening of the Albemarle League Sunday, June 1. The Colonials are 1 not scheduled to play on the opening day, the first game being on Hicks Field Monday night with the Hert ford Indians as the attraction. The Colonials will have five hired players which includes J. D. Thorne, Joe Fulghum and Snooky Hollowell, who were members of the team last Commencement At Local High School Begins On Sunday R. M. McMillan of Ra leigh Will Be Gradua tion Speaker EXAMS THIS WEEK Baccalaureate Sermon By Rev. H. F. Surratt j Sunday Night On Sunday night, June 1, in the Edenton High School auditorium, commencement exercises will get un derway, when the Rev. H. F. Sur ratt, pastor of the Methodist Church, I will preach the baccalaureate sermon.! The service will begin at 8 o’clock, to which the general public is cor dially invited. Special music will be provided by a high school choir. Graduating exercises for the eigh th grade will be held on Monday night at 8 o’clock, when 65 members of the eighth grade will be presented their certificates of promotion to high school. This program will be in the form of a play and is expect ed to attract a capacity house. Class Day exercises will be held Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. This phase of the school finals will, no doubt, also attract a large number of friends and relatives of the grad uates. The theme will be “Through the Portals”, the exercises having an enclosed garden as a background. Erie Cofield is valedictorian of the class and Charlotte Bunch is saluta torian. Ruth Muth will present the last will and testament of the Senior Class, while the prophecy will be presented by Davey Lee Ward. Mel vin Ashley is class giftorian, Helen Carter.class poet and Nelle Perry class historian. Class mascots are Jimmy Tt>.V!! and Anne Jenkins. Graduation exercises for the Sen ior Class will be held Wednesday night at 8 o’clock, when the gradua tion address will be made by Hon. R. M. McMillan, prominent Raleigh attorney. Mr. McMillan is well I known in Edenton, being a past de partment commander of the Ameri-1 can Legion and a past national vice I commander. Diplomas will be pre-1 sented by Superintendent John A. I Holmes. There are 45 students in this year’s senior class, but those who graduate will be determined this \veek as the result of final examinations which i are now in progress. Included in the class are two service boys who took the Army’s general education test and have four credits toward the 16 required. Superintendent John A. Holmes also reports that five other former Gl’s received their four cred its as the result of taking the Army’s general education test as of January 30. These were Leon Spruill, Lu ther Keeter, Sam Ross, Jr., James A. Smith and 1). Skiles. Junior Legion Boys Get Gold Baseballs In an impressive ceremony at the high school Tuesday, over 20 mem bers of last year’s Junior Legion baseball team were presented gold baseballs in recognition of their ser vices during the season. The trophies were late in arriving, but the boys were none the less appreciative for the nice present. The baseballs were presented by Walter Holton, who is Commissioner of Area One this year, and was as sisted in the program by Superinten dent John A. Holmes. year. The two newcomers are Brantley Aycock, a catcher who comes from Atlantic Christian Col lege, and Vincent Di Lorenzo, a pit cher from the University of North Carolina. Garland Little was ex pected to be numbered among the Colonials, but he recently signed up with the Tobacco State League. Other local players who have and will no doubt see action during the season are Joe Wheeler, Claude Grif fin, Buck Wheeler, John Byrum, who (Continued on Page Five) Town Adopts An Ordinance i Regulating Activities On Edenton Naval Air Station | The Pay-Off Edenton’s Rotary Club will • meet at Ernest Lee's Country ' | Club tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock instead of the usual meeting in the Parish House at 1 o’clock. Tonight’s affair is the climax to a recent attendance contest in which the losing side, t of w hich Earl Goodwin was cap tain, will entertain the winning 'l side captained by John Kramer. The contest was very success ’! ful in boosting attendance and I was very close throughout, it being necessary to extend the closing date due to a tie score at the time the contest was first scheduled to end. Every member is requested to 1 be present at the meeting to ’ night. Hazel Boswell Will i Represent Edenton : In Wilson Festival Mayor Haskett Will Al so Choose Edenton Bathing Beauty 1 j Mayor Leroy Haskett last week selected Mist Hazel Boswell as “Miss ‘ Edenton” to participate in the To bacco Festival which will be held in Wilson August 14-15. Severat Eden ton yoiyig ladies were considered for the honor bj Mayor Haskett, who al so consulted John A. Holmes, super -1 intendent of Edenton schools. Mayor Haskett was considerably I influenced in selecting Miss Boswell I due to her showing in the 1946 May I Day exercises held by the Edenton ;High School, when she was chosen 'as May Queen, accompanied by Bobby Byrum as King. Miss Bos well’s name has been entered with John G. Thomas, manager-director of the Wilson Tobacco Festival. Edenton will be one of 50 North Carolina cities entered in the festi val, the rule being that the first 50 of the 114 cities entering a represen tative will be permitted to enter a contestant. Within a week or two Mayor Has kett will also select an attractive young lady to represent Edenton in the bathing beauty contest in con nection with the Tobacco Festival. Mayor Haskett has been especially invited to attend the affair along with other' Mayors of the State. Cub Pack Weiner Roast Friday Night Interesting Program In Making at Home of Archie Patterson Cub Scouts of Pack 159 will hold its last pack meeting for the sum mer at 6:30 o’clock tomorrow, (Fri day) evening at the home of Cub Scout Archie Patterson. All Cubs, cub parents and cub graduates are expected to be present in addition to Scoutmaster C. W. Overman. The meeting has been called for 6:30 o’clock in order that some of the Cubs’ excess energy can be dis sipated in the form of athletic con tests prior to an outdoor wiener roast. The major business of the even ing will be the advancement of Cub Clifford Overman from Wolf to Bear rank, awarding Wolf gold and silver arrow points to Cub Jimmie Harri son, initiating two new members, Bland Smith, Jr., and Jimmie Ross into Cubbiqg and the graduation of Richard Hines into a full fledged Boy Scout from Cubbing. At this, the last pack meeting for ■Richard Hines, he will be awarded Lion gold and silver arrow points and the highest award of all, that of Webelos. Cubmaster C. W. Over man and several ex-Cub Scouts, now Boy Scouts, are to be present to wel come Richard -into the Boy Scouts. . it *% i;iV> raTV *B.r.« I Action Taken at Special- Meeting Held Thurs day Night BOTH GATES OPEN Opening of Swimming Pool Planned Within Few Days Meeting in special session Thurs day night of last week, Town Coun cil considered and subsequently adopted an ordinance regulating ac tivities of persons while on the prem ises of the Edenton Naval Air Sta tion, which has been leased from the Navy Department by the Town of Edenton. The ordinance makes it unlawful for any .person to drive a motor ve hicle on any road, street or driveway located within the boundaries of the Air Station at a speed in excess of 35 miles per hour. Provision is made, however, for faster driving by j the driver of an ambulance or anotfi ! er vehicle in an emergency so long |as such driver does not endanger I life or property. Further provision of the ordinance forbids any person to drive a motor I vehicle on any road, street or drive | way within the Air Station which has been designated and marked “Restricted”. It is provided, how ever, that only authorized represen tatives or employees of the Town of Edenton may drive on any part of ■ the Air Station for emergency pur -1 poses and for purposes of inspection, ' repair and maintenance of build -1 ings or facilities located on the prem ises. The ordinance will not affect employees or authorized representa tives of any sub-lessee of the Town in entering restricted areas as may be necessary for the performance of their duties. The ordinance further requires any person or group of persons us ing the premised for picnics or other recreational purposes to first obtain permission for such use from the Chief of Police of Edenton. Another section of the ordinance prohibits any person to enter any un occupied building unless it be a authorized representative or em ployee of the Town of Edenton, who may enter such buildings for the pur pose of inspection, maintenance and protection of the buildings. Os course, the ordinance exempts from its provisions representatives or employees of the United States gov ernment or duly appointed receiver, who may make inspections. For violation of the ordinance, which is now in force and effect, and upon conviction, the guilty party or parties will be subject to a fine not to exceed SSO or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Another matter given serious con sideration at the meeting was open ing of the swimming pool at the Air Station. It is the general opinion (Continued on Page Eight) Progress Noted In Controljf Malaria Edenton Is Headquar ters For Northeast ern Section Quite a bit of progress is reported in the malaria control program in Chowan County which is sponsored by the State Board of Health and the Chowan County Commissioners. Dur ing the campaign every householder will have an opportunity to have his or her home sprayed with DDT in an effort to wipe out mosquitoes and flies, both of which carry germs of many kinds, the anopheles mosquito especially being credited with spread ing malaria. There is no charge for this service and householders will be notified a day or two before members of the* crew plan to spray the home. Edenton is headquarters for the northeastern section of the State, with work being done in 10 counties. Many houses have already been sprayed and the work will be con tinued until the entire area has been served.