THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XlV.—rNumber 27.
Tentative County Budget
Figures Reflect Increase
In Tax Rate Os Ten Cents
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Commissioners Juggle
Figures All Day
Monday
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Agree to Adopt State
Forest Fire Control
Program
Though figures are not final, indi
cations are that the Chowan County
tax rate for the year 1947-48 will be
sl.lO per SIOO property valuation,
which is an increase of 10 cents over
the SI.OO rate of the last fiscal year.
This rate was tentatively set by
the County Commissioners after an
all day session of figure juggling
Monday, at which time the various
department budgets were considered.
Bach budget was carefully scrutiniz
ed, with seme requested appropria
tions sliced by eliminating here and
* there a number of items which were
deemed not absolutely necessary.
The rate of SI.H) was tentatively
set by the following levies:
Bonds $ .49
Schools .30
Social Security .11
General County .20
Total sl.lO
In comparison with last year’s rate,
the social security 11-cent levy is
three cents above last year. Schools
is up one point, bonds less four points
and general county up 10 points.
Tentative figures for the county
general fund calls for an anticipated
expenditure of $61,343. To meet this
amount, $43,543 is anticipated from
the ABC store, leaving $17,800 to be
raised by taxation, which requires a
20-cent levy.
Expenditures in the general county
budget includes expense of operating
the county government such as list
ing taxes, sheriff’s expenses, elec
tions,. accountant, treasurer, court
house expenses, register of deeds,
coroner, jail, outside pbor relief, ag
riculture, health, contributions and
gifts, Superior Court, clerk of Su
perior Court, Recorder’s Court and
Juvenile Court.
A considerable amount of time was
devoted to studying the school bud
get, some of the time concerning a
bus for the transportation of the
school’s athletic teams. The Varsity
Club recently sponsored a project to
raise funds to purchase a bus, but
only approximately SI,BOO was sub
scribed. This amount was offered
the Edenton school trustees with the
understanding that $2,000 be put in
the budget to purchase the bus. This
item resulted in a considerable
amount of discussion and finally re
sulted on a thumbs down policy by
the Commissioners. This amount
was, therefore, dropped from the city
school budget.
The total county school budget as
finally tentatively agreed upon calls
for an appropriation of $39,406, of
which $13,678 is for the county unit
and $25,728 for the city unit.
Os the $13,678 in the county unit,
$10,566 goes for current expenses,
$2,000 for capital outlay and $1,112
for debt service. In the city unit cur
rent expenses require $21,229 and
capital outlay $4,500.
Non-tax revenue for schools was
estimated at $8,600, of which $6,000
is anticipated from fines and forfeit
ures, $1,500 from poll taxes, SSOO
from dog taxes and S6OO from in
tangible taxes. There was a balance
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Three Young: Men
Enlist In Air Force
Sergeant Paul Fisher of the U. S.
Army Recruiting team, reports that
three local young men have enlisted
in the regular army air force and
were sworn in Friday for three-year
enlistments. The trio is composed of
Roger Haskett, son of Mayor and
Mrs. Leroy Haskett; Rodney Harrell,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney
Harrell; and Thomas Ward, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ward. 'They were
sent to San Antonio, Texas, for their
basic training.
The recruiters are in Edenton
every Thursday, and will be glad to
furnish any information to young
men regarding enlisting in the army.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. A
A. M., will hold its regular meeting
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in
the Court House. With no-baseball
game scheduled, W. O. Elliott, mas
ter of the lodge, urges a full attend
ance.
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H. P. (PAT) Taylor
Announcement was made this
week by H. P. (Pat) Taylor of
Wadesboro that he will be a can
didate for lieutenant-governor
in the Democratic Primary in
May of next year.
3 Minute
News Digest
Editorial in “The New-Record” of
last week. “A Merchants’ Associa
tion Needed. This is not first time
we’ve written an editorial on the need
of a Merchants’ Association for Mar
shall and probably will not be jlte
last time. We are greatly handicap
ped without some association of this
kind.”
Senator Clyde Hoey (D-NC) favors
restoring of funds to Ag Department.
Urges Senate Appropriations Group
to fully restore sums asked by Presi
dent in budget for the year beginning
July 1.
Halsey Mills at Creswell burned
down last Friday evening. Loss es
timated at around $75,000. Dick
Baer of Edenton, General Manager.
Millions of feet of lumber were lost.
Fire still burning on Monday. Fire
originated near boilers around mid
night. Edenton Fire Dept, valiantly
worked to save. But lack of water
supply made task hopeless.
Tomato plant flights help South
Georgia. Permit plants to be ship
ped from Georgia one day and set out
in Midwestern states the next. Geor
gia Agricultural and Industrial De
velopment Board points out that air
transportation holds great promise
for this industry where time is im
portant element. Cabbage, onion,
pepper and broccoli plants have also
been shipped to distant points for
transplanting.
Berry pickers quit Hamburg, lowa
farm because couldn’t stand deafen
ing noise of a horde of locusts in
trees near strawberry patch they
were working.
Marylanders rap airport plan at
D. C. hearing. Hundreds protest
saying it would be menace to shipp
ing. Owners of property nearby
state it already scared away pros
pective purchasers of property near
the site. Navy proposed building
$12,000,000 Naval Academy airport
Maryland gets ,40 million dollar
hospital. War Department claims
it will be “the greatest medical re
search center in the world.”
Report from Metropolitan Life In
surance Company states records show
one third of those killed by lightning
were * struck while standing under
trees.
Red Men Will Install
Officers Monday Night
Officers for the next six-month
term will be installed Monday night
by Chowan Tribe of Red Men. The
installation, ceremony will be con
ducted by W. J. Daniels, Great Senior
Sagamore.
The officers who will be installed
are George T. White, prophet; John ‘
R. Lewis, sachem; Robert Whiteman, 1
senior sagamore and William J. '
Wright, junior sagamore. 1
A large attendance la requested.
Building Committee
Recommendations
Go To County Group
Small Crowd on Hand
At Mass Meeting
Friday
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Commissioners Are Ex
pected to Take Some
Action Monday
As was the case at previous meet
ings in connection with Chowan
County’s ten-year building program,
a comparatively small crowd was on
hand in the Court House Friday night
to hear the recommendations of the
building committee, members of
which made an investigation and
thorough study of conditions and ac
cordingly arranged five projects in
order of their importance, in the
opinion of the committee as a whole.
The project claiming first priority,
according to the recommendations, is
building a unit which will provide
adequate class rooms for colored
children in Edenton.
Second on the list is.also a unit to
be built on Hicks Field which will
provide class rooms for the overflow
of children in the Edenton white
school.
A gymnasium and addition to the
auditorium at Chowan High School
. was ear-marked as project No. 3.
The addition of an auditorium at
the Rocky Hock school was listed as
project No. 4.
The No. 5 project is a central
grammar school for colored children
in the county unit.
J. W. Davis, chairman of the com
mittee, stated that the work of the
committee had been completed, with
the recommendations made. These
recommendations have been passed on
to the County Commissioners, in
whose hands will be the authority of
carrying out the entire or any part
of the program.
West Byrum, chairman of the Com
missioners, thanked the committee
for the interest taken and the dis
patch with which their duties were
performed and the apparent unselfish
recommendations presented in an ef
fort to solve the problem facing the
county.
The County Commissioners will
most likely take some definite action
at their regular meeting next Mon
day.
Closing Exercises Os
Bible School Tonight
Program Will Be Given
In Parish House at
8 O’clock
Closing exercises for the daily
vacation church school conducted
jointly by the Methodist, Presbyter
ian and Episcopal Churches will be
held in the Parish House tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock. The closing
date was changed from Friday night
in order not to interfere with the
celebration of the Fourth of July.
The school has been very interest
ing and successful, according to the
Rev. H. F. Surratt, director, who is
high in praise of those who have
taken part, and hopes many will at
tend the closing exercises to see
what has, in part, been accomplished
during the two weeks the school was
in operation.
In the neighborhood of 75 pupils
were enrolled in the school, with the
following teachers participating:
Beginners—Mrs. Walter Holton,
Mrs. Erwin Griffin, Mrs. K. J. Eyer
and Mrs. J. A. Smyer.
Primary—Misses Peggy White,
Susan Thigpen, Reba Comer, Mary
Griffin and Mrs. Leroy Haskett.
Juniors—Mrs. Frank Elliott, Miss
Margaret Griffin and Miss Carolyn
Elliott.
Refreshments will be served after
tonight’s closing exercises with the
following in charge: Mrs. W. W. By
rum, Mrs. W. H. Coffield, Mrs. Paul
Wallace, Mrs. P. G. Perry and Mrs.
John Dobson.
Cotton Blooms Found
In Fields Saturday
Louis Boswell and E. L. Ward both
reported finding cotton blooms in
their fields Saturday. Usually July
4 is considered early for cotton
blooms to appear, so that apparently
the crop is pretty well advanced de
spite advance weather conditions
early in the season. -
Edenton’s Colonials
Holding Grip To Lead
In Albemarle League
Local Team Wins Three
Os Four Games Play
ed During Week
.761 PERCENTAGE
■ Game Lost to Windsor,
Breaking Rebels’ Los
ing Streak
W L Pet.
, Edenton * 16 5 .761
Hertford 13 6 .684
J Colerain —-——lo 11 .476
t Elizabeth City 8 11 .421
s Suffolk 7 11 .388
f Windsor 5 15 .250
Edenton’s Colonials continued their
, winning streak during the past week,
3 being credited with three victories in
four starts and hanging on to a 3V2
game lead in the Albemarle League
’ ra ce. Up to Wednesday the Colonials
a won 16 games and lost 5, with a per
' centage of .761, leading the Hertford
Indians with a .684 mark.
Edenton 6, Windsor 2
1 Wednesday night of last week
ir Windsor fell prey to the Colonials on
9 the Windsor diamond by a score of
6-2. Fitch was knocked out of the
s box by the Colonials in the second in-
I ning when four runs were chalked up.
He was relieved by White, who held
t the Edenton team to one run the rest
3 of the way. Thorne was on the
mound for Edenton and had things
j pretty much his own way. Trot
1 Leary led at bat with three hits out
of five times at bat.
Edenton 6, Colerain 0
3 In Colerain Friday afternoon Her
i man Vick, latest addition to the Co
; lonial pitching staff, held the Bertie
1 team to a scant four hits, turning in
1 a 6-0 victory. While Vick was turn-
F ing a splendid performance, his
t teammates connected for 10 safe hits
off Johnson which netted six runs.
. Joe Fulghum was leading hitter with
; three singles out of five times at bat.
. Thome connected for a home run in
; the seventh, scoring a run ahead of
1 him. Trot Leary was credited with a
. triple, his only hit of the game.
* Edenton 4, Windsor 7
On Sunday afternoon in Windsor
| the Colonials dropped a game to the
1 cellarites 4-7. It was the first win
. for the Windsor team in 14 games,
the league’s « record losing streak.
The Rebels soon solved the slants of
F Jobie Griffin and scored three runs in
the first inning. He was relieved by
Thorne in the first inning, but before
[the Windsor bats were silenced, four
more runs were scored. Thorne, how
ever, was master of the situation af
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Paul Conant Speaks
To C. Os C. Group
> Urges Use of Collective
Powers In Shaping
Legislation
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Paul Conant, National Affairs Ad
visor for the United States Chamber
i of Commerce, met with a special com
i mittee on Tuesday at 4 o’clock in the
1 Chamber of Commerce office. H. A.
Campen, president of the organiza
-1 tion, stated that Mr. Conant, who
! covers ten states in the above capa
-1 city, urged the members present to
utilize their collective powers in help
, ing to shape the course of legislation
1 that is being turned out in Washing
ton, D. C., thereby protecting them
selves as business men, and also do
. ing a service to the citizens of their
community.
Mr. Conant pointed out that the
. fallacy exists among citizens of small
communities to the effect that any
-1 thing that they say or think would
1 not make much difference in national
affairs. He emphatically insisted
, that this was wrong reasoning, and
, that the representatives of the home
. community or State, in this case,
Senator Clyde Hoey, Senator Wil
liam Umstead, and Congressman
Herbert Bonner, wanted to hear the
opinions of the people back home.
Describing the services of the United
States Chamber of Commerce in pro
viding daily legislative briefs to lo
cal chambers, Mr. Conant' advised
that a special committee on national
| affairs be appointed to be active in
analyzing and studying all legisla
tion that is turned out or that is
about to come out and which would
affect the country in their import,
with a view to correcting bad legis
lation.
Edenton Heads Albemarle
In Celebrating John Paul
Jones Day On Next Sunday
| Missing |
George Holley, colored, of the
i Welch’s Chapel community, re
ports that his wife, Elnora Boy
ce Holley, has been missing
since .Saturday, June 21. When
last seen she was wearing a
light plaid red, white and green
skirt and white blouse. She also
had a blue top coat,
i She is six feet tall, weighs 130
pounds and has a dark complex
> ion.
• Any information regarding
the missing woman should be re
ported lo the Edenton police or
, George Holley at Welch’s Chap
-1 el.
Colored Playground
Will Be Presented
| On Fourth Os July
. Program Arranged at
1 3:30 Under Old Syca
more Tree
Plans are about completed for the
• presentation of a community play
ground for the use of colored child
ren by the local colored Woman’s
■ Club, the playground being located
• at the corner of Freemason and
i Oakum Streets. A few pieces of
1 equipment have been installed and
• on the afternoon of the Fourth of
i July at 3:30 o’clock under the old
i sycamore tree a program will be pre
• sented, to which parents are cordially
1 invited to bo present and bring their
• children.
1 Talks will be made by several
noted men on the upkeep and care of
1 the playground. The program will
begin with the children singing
“Lift Every Voice and Sing”, “God
• Bless America” and “America the
; Beautiful”. The program will close
1 with the national anthem, “The Star
, Spangled Banner.”
, Refreshments will be served and
’ those attending are requested to
1 bring a small offering to help defray
r the expense of the refreshments,
i “Truly the dream of every member
-of the Woman’s Club has become a
. reality,” said one of the club merii
. bers. For a long time efforts have
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Junior Legion Team
1 Meets E. City Tonight
Starting In Final Lap
Lack of Interest Likely
To Result In Drop
ping Program
Edenton’s Junior Legion base
bailers, going into the final stretch
of their current season, will meet
Elizabeth City’s Jackets tonight
(Thursday) on Hicks Field, starting
at 7:45.
While the local boys are definitely
out of the race, the Jackets are still
in the running and have a good
chance of advancing to Area cham
pionship play, but a victory over
Edenton tonight is almost a neces
sity to this cause. They are push
ing Roanoke Rapids for the runner
up spot in the league, but will have
to win- most of their remaining
games, two of which are against
Edenton. Ahoskie has virtually
sewed up the top spot. The first and
second clubs at the end of the sea
son advance to Area play-offs against
winners from Leagues I and 11.
The remaining home games on the
schedule for Edenton are: July 8,
Elizabeth City; July 9, Roanoke Rap
ids, and July 11, Ahoskie.
Melvin Layton, Edenton coach, was
injured in an automobile accident last
Friday night, sustaining a broken
arm and other lesser but painful in
juries, and will be out the rest of the
season. Walter Holton, Post Adjut
ant, will handle the club through the
remainder of the race.
William P. Jones, Edenton Ameri
can Legion Post Commander, has said
that from the standpoint of the
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U. S. Navy Offers Co
operation In Staging
Program
ALL INVITED
Band, Mine Sweepers
And Huge PBY Is
Promised
“John Paul Jones Day,” Edenton,
the former Colonial capital, and
home of the patron of “John Paul,”
Joseph Hewes, will take the lead in
paying homage to the “father of the
American Navy” on Sunday after
noon, July 6, commencing at 2 o’clock
on the Court House greeri.
According to Mayor Leroy Has
| kett, who has asked the Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Associa
tion to be in charge of the program
in cooperation with the other organi
zations of the town and county, Cap
tain O. R. Swigart, assistant chief of
staff of the Fifth Naval District, with
headquarters in Norfolk, Va., will de
liver the principal address. He also
states that the NAvy promised to
send its crack band, two mine sweep
ers and a huge PBY to lend color to
the occasion. Lieut. Comdr. T. Brinn
of the Weeksville Air Station, is con
veying the personal invitation of the
Edenton officials to the commandant
of the Coast Guard Station and to the
commanding officer of the air base
to be also present.
All organizations of Edenton and
Chowan County and of the surround
ing counties, together with the citi
zens and officials, are invited to the
celebration. The ships and flying
boat will be open for inspection by
the public. Other recreational facili
ties available will be a baseball
game between the Edenton Colonials
and Suffolk on Hicks Field at 3
o’clock, swimming in the tremendous
pool at the Edenton Naval Air Sta
tion and the movie theater. There
are numerous eating places in Eden
ton to accommodate the public, and
it is expected that there will be a
large crowd on hand for the occasion.
Halsey Hardwood
Company’s Plant
Destroyed Oy Fire
R. P. Baer, 11, President,
Thanks Edenton Offi
cials For Help
As the result of a fire of undeterm
ined origin near the boiler room, the
boiler room and saw mill of the Hal
sey Hardwood Company near Cres
well was leveled to the ground early
Saturday morning and, together with
the loss of a large number of green
logs nearby, damage was estimated
in the neighborhood of $75,000.
The fire was discovered shortly af
ter midnight Friday and at once calls
for help were sent to nearby towns.
The Edenton Fire Department rushed
one of its trucks to the scene, but
with no water supply available, there
was little the firemen could do in
checking the blaze. What water is
carried on the truck soon became ex
hausted. The truck returned to
Edenton and was again called Satur
day morning when the blaze took on
new life.
Richard P. Baer, 11, of Edenton,
is president of the concern, and in
commenting upon the fire early this
week, expressed his thanks and ap
preciation for the cooperation of
Edenton officials and firemen in offer
ing their services to help combat the
blaze. Mr. Baer was in New York
City at the time the fire was discov
ered and was notified by his secretary
shortly after it was discovered. C. T.
Griffin, superintendent of the mill,
was at Nags Head, and was on the
scene a few hours after the fire was
discovered.
The mill has been in operation since
1940, and Mr. Baer is being urged to
rebuild the plant near Edenton.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John J. Ross,
a son, William Alexander, Thursday
morning, June 26, in the Chowan
Hospital. The newcomer weighed 9
pounds and 13 ounces. Mother and
son are getting along fine.