Volume XIV. —Number 29.
Drivers Os Automobiles
Required Be Re - examined
To Get Renewal Os License
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Names Beginning With
A and B First to Be
Affected
othersTollow
Examiner Will Be In
Edenton Four Days
Each Week
B. H. Smith, automobile license ex
aminer for the State, calls attention
to the new Highway Safety Act,
which went into effect July 1, and
requires all automobile drivers to
take a re-examination within the next
four years. Drivers will be examined
in alphabetical order, with those
whose last names begiq with A or B
required to take the examination be
fore January 1, 1948. The C’s and
D’s will come up between January 1,
1948, and June 30, 1948. Schedules
for other drivers will be announced
later.
Experts in Raleigh, including Lan
don C. Rosser, Commissioner of Mo
tor Vehicles, and Col. H. J. Hatcher,
head of the Highway Safety Divi
sion, advise the A’s and B’s to get
their licenses notf instead of waiting
until the end of the year.
“Get them early and avoid the
rush,” they warn.
It is reported that the examina
tion is comparatively easy for a
driver who has studied ihis driver
manual and observes all the traffic
regulations on the roads\ and high
ways.
An applicant coming for re-exam
ination—or a person, getting his li
cense for the first time —is required
to take an eye test, with the poorest
visual reading permitted, with
glasses, to be 20-60. v \
Next, an applicant is given a
printed questionnaire, which is re
quired to be filled out. Here are
some sample questions:
What is the speed limit on open
highways, in business districts, in
residential districts?
More people have gone on record
as missing this question than any
other, as most of them give the old
speed limits. The 1947 General As
sembly fixed speed limits at 66 miles
per hour on the open highway, 20 in
business districts and 35 in residen
tial districts.
Some of the questions are direct—
you fill in the answers; others are
multiple choice, and others are true
false.
Examples:
1. In cities, who are more likely
' to be killed, pedestrians or drivers ?
2. If you hear an ambulance, po
lice car or fire truck coming, what
are you required to do?
3. How far from a comer at which
you are going to turn should you
give a signal?
4. What are the correct hand sig
nals for stop, right turn and left
turn?
When you have finished the ques
tionnaire, containing about 25 ques
tions, your examiner will shove you
a notebook filled with about 30 photo
graphs of road signs, intersections,
waving railroad signals, and side
roads to the left and right. You*
have to identify each sign and tell
what to do in each case. Naturally,
all good drivers know that a diamond
sign means a curve or winding road,
and warps the driver to reduce his
speed. Square signs mean caution,
and usually that a driver is
approaching a school, intersection, or
men working. Round signs indicate
railroad crossings and octagonal signs
.mean "Stop.”
Applicants must know their signs
and what they mean, or they lose out
In this third stage.
Next comes the final. stage, when
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Johnny Goodwin, Jr., Is
Injured While In Camp
With Local Boy Scouts
Johnnie Goodwin, Jr., one of the
Edenton Boy Scouts* now camping
at Camp Darden, near Franklin, Va.,
was injured in an accident at the
camp Sunday. Young Goodwin' was
in the act qf getting into a truck,
when _g* ;
boy was rushed to the Franklin Hos- i
pital at once, Where ft was learned
he had a sprained tnuscle in a leg.
Young Goodwin was brought home
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THE CHOWAN HERAMI
Band Concert On
Friday Pleases Big
Crowd Os Friends
Affair Revives Local In
terest In Reorganiz
ing: Band
Some idea of Edenton’s famous
band of a few years ago was gleaned
in the high school auditorium Friday
night, when a greater portion of for
-1 mer members presented a band con
cert under the direction of their for
mer director, Charles L. McCullers.
A goodly number of friends attended
i the concert and were high in praise
of the program, which resulted in
renewal of comment relative to or
ganizing a new band.
The group, prior to Friday night’s
concert, held several rehearsals un
der the direction of D. Skiles Und
Maurice Bunch, Jr. For the finish
ing touches, Mr. McCullers came over
from Kinston Thursday night to lead
a rehearsal and remained for the
Friday night program. He enter
tained the group at a weiner roast
at the armory prior to the concert,
and to say the least, the affair took
on the form of a homecoming for
both McCullers and his former band
members.
The numbers the band played on
the program were very well render
ed, and the performance, according
to some who heard it, will never be
forgotten. ,
L * Dunng the progranT&[rJl|cCull«V
made a few remarks, pointing out
file value of a good band to a com
munity and its effect in holding down
juvenile delinquency. He said if
peace is to be realized it is necessary
for people to know each other, and
a band is an excellent way of boys
and girls learning to know each
other in a community, the starting
point of an era of peace.
Mr. McCullers’ pride in the band
was evident and he made the state
ment that so long as he can come to
Edenton he will have a band concert
at Ifeast once a year. At the conclus
ion of his remarks, he asked if those
present would do something about
organizing a band and his question
was greeted with a round of ap
plause.
As a climax to their performance,
the band played several numbers at
the baseball game Saturday night
where, too, a thunderous applause
reflected the pleasure of the large
crowd who heard it.
Red Men Will Install
Chiefs Monday Night
Installation Held Off
v For Two Monday
Nights
Officers for Chowan Tribe of Red
Men will be installed at the regular
meeting next Monday night, July 21.
The Installation has been postponed
the past two Monday nights,’but :
with no baseball game scheduled for .
Monday night of next week, it is
hoped that a goodly number of the
members will be present.
The new sachem of the tribe is J
John R. Lewis, who succeeds George
T. White. The installation will be ,
conducted by J. Edwin Buffiap, who !
this week received his commission as
deputy Great ■ Sachem for Chowan
Tribe. • 1
_ All members of the tribe are esp<-> 1
cially urged to attend next week’s *
meeting.
Center HOI Young j
People Plan Lawn 1
Carnival On July 22 j
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The Young People’s group of the) *
Center Hill Methodist Church will
sponsor a lawn carnival, Tuesday <
night, July 22nd beginning at 6 i
o’clock, on the Methodist parsonage 1
lawn. Many features of a real car- 1
nival will be present such, aa for
tune-telling, hot-dogs, lemonade, pop
corn and ice cream for sale. The 1
b*by, contest in progress will 1
that public is 1
[cordially vited to attend.
NorthTtefolina, Thursday, July 17, 1947 ===
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A careless pedestrian teas to blame, for the wrecking of this truck
and the death of its driver. At the medestrian suddenly crossed the
road, directly in front of the truck, the driver swerved off the road
way and his machine overturned In the ditch where it immediately
caught fire. Driver was pinned in the'front teat and burned to death
before he could be extricated
Colonials Continue
Winning Streak In
Albemarle League
Drop Thrilling Game to
Colerain Saturday
Night
WIN3OTJTOF4
Colerain Shoves Hert
ford Indians Out of
Second Place
STANDING OF CLUBS
EDENTON 23 7 .767
Colerain 18 14 .563
Hertford 16 13 .552
Suffolk 14 14 .500
Elizabeth City 11 21 .344
Windsor 9 22 .290
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Edenton’s Colonials continued their
winning streak, chalking up during
the past week three victories to one
defeat, thus stretching their lead in
the Albemarle League standing. The
Colonials have won 23 games as
against only 7 losses since league
play started.
On Tuesday night Col&ain again
defeated Hertford 12-3, as the result
of which the Bertie County team
shoved the Hertford Indians out of
second place. Suffolk also won from
Elizabeth City Tuesday night 5 to 4,
making the sixth straight victory for
the Virginia entry, which has climbed
into fourth place in league standing.
In a wild game played in Windsor
Tuesday night,> the Colonials nosed
out the Rebels 15-13. The game de
veloped into a hitting frolic, with
both teams batting the ball all over
the lot.
Windsor was leading in the seventh
inning 13-7, when the Colonials be
gan to solve, the slants of Pinyuon,
Rebel hurler. Eight runs were chalk
ed up by the Colonials in the last
three innings. Pinyuon was very ef
fective in the early* stages of the
game, for in the first three innings
no Colonial player reached first base.
The Rebels romped on Vick in the
first inning, scoring seven runs, so
that he was replaced in the second
inning by Jobie Griffin. The latter
fared little better and after five ih
nings J. D. Thorne was called in to
finish the game.
Pinyuon was ordered from the
game by the umpire in the eighth
inning and the veteran Ted Miller
finished the game.
John Byrum probably saved the
game for the Colonials in the eighth
inning when he stabbed a fly ball
headed to clear the fence with the
bases loaded.
Edenton 4, Colerain 2
Herman Vick maintained a perfect
pitching record Friday afternoon in
Colerain when the Colonials, came, off
the Colerain diamond with a 4-2 vic
tory. Vick had hard sledding in the
first inning, when Colerain scored
two runs, but became more effective
as the game progressed. The Colo
nial managed to score a run in the
second inning, and with the score 2-1
until the ninth inning, the Colonials
staged a rally to score three runs.
John Bohonko started the rally with
a single, Trot Leary then triple*},
scoring Bohonko and knotted the
score. Leary scored on a wild throw
to the plate when Fulghum hit a
grounder, and Fulghum scored later
on a hit by Tborne.
Thorne and Claude Griffin led the
Colofiials’ hitting with two hits each.
Fdwler led at bat for the, Bertie team
with three hits out of four times at
bat '
Kdont-n 4, Cghgali 5
The Colonials lost a thrilling game
Miss Lucille Hall
Leaves Position At
i Chowan’s Hospital
> Begins Duties With Vet
erans Administration
On August 15th
REGRETS TO LEAVE
Worked Faithfully In
Early Stages of Lo
cal Hospital
Miss Lucille Hall, superintendent
a “ d H i S ' n * manager of the Chow
tlth th« h Se TT ed her conn ection
with the hospital this week. Miss
hosni/T heW the position since the
hospital opened, coming here in
i«. Tie,i f f this , year and
great deal of preliminary work prior
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1 Miss Hall left Edenton Tuesdav
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3 Minute
News Digest
Two million Southern farm workers
to be replaced by mechanization with
m next 20 years. Report to House
Agriculture sub-committee by Dr.
Frank J. Welch, dean of the School
of Agnculture 0 f Mississippi State
College. Recommends alternate job
program and elimination of “monop
olistic practices” in the South. Also
recommends development of new in
dustry.
British Jook to helicopter to un
snarl traffic tangle. Depends on
mass production, which is expected to
be in full swing by next spring.
Plans will b$ made for flat roofed
air ports” on principal buildings.
Fifteen hundred pilots ride Alpine
currents in Switzerland. Mountain
soaring virtually untried in United
States or Canada. Offerer spectacular
scenery and unexpected thrills due t<f
the nature of tricky Alpine currents.
Soaring movement very strong in
Switzerland.
Aid to Europe urged to ease Unit
ed States food glut While Ameritah
consumers are still forced to pay
sky-high prices for food and millions
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Interest In Golf Course At
Edenton Naval Air Station
Is Now Gradually Mounting
Swimming Classes
Started Wednesday
At Air Station Pool
All Invited to Take Ad
vantage of Opportu
nity Offered
On Wednesday afternoon Tex Lind
say, recreational director for the
Town of Edenton, in cooperation with
the Chowan Chapter of the Red
Cross, began a series of swimming
classes at the Naval Air Station pool.
I Mr. Lindsay stated that he hopes
. many will take advantage of the op
portunity to learn to swim.
Dr. R. H. Vaughan, chairman of the
Health Committee of the Chamber of
, Commerce, which is also cooperating,
urges all who cannot swim to avail
themselves of this opportunity, point
ing out that a large percentage of
deaths by drowning can be reduced if
more people know how to swim.
All who desire to learn to swim,
and the classes are open to all from
seven years of age up, are requested
1 to enroll at the pool with Mr. Lind
say..
Those who will assist in teaching
the various classes are Ben Askew,
Emmett Wiggins, Lloyd Griffin, Jack
t Habit and Peter Carlton.
! Trot Leary Leading
: Hitter For Colonials
l
7 Only Edenton Player
j Hitting Above the
r .300 Mark
p Trot Leary leads the Edenton Co
■ lonials in the hitting department, ac
cording to statistics released by Bill
1 Cozart, statistician for the Albemarle
- League. Leary is the only Colonial
t player hitting over the .300 mark, his
t percentage being .340. Claud Grif
f fin is in second place with a mark of
3 .288 and Joe Fulghum third with a
• .286 rating.
According to the statistics, which
i include games through Saturday,
t July 12, Fulghum leads in runs bat-'
t ted in with 31. Trot Leary and J. D.
i Thorne follow with 20 each. Claude
s Griffin is next with 17, followed by
- Buck Wheeler and John Bohonko
) with 11 each.
Trot Leary heads the home run hit
i ters with four, followed by J. D.
i Thorne with three. Joe Fulghum and
' John Bohonko are credited with two
3 home runs each, and Joe Wheeler and
Brantley Aycock each have made
: one.
Trot Leary leads in three-base hits
- with five, followed by Claude Griffin
and Joe Fulghum with three each.
Joe Wheeler Buck Wheeler, J. D.
Thorne, Herman Vick, John Bohonko
and Ben Askew have one triple each
to their credit.
Claude Griffin and Brantley Aycock
are tied for two-base hits, each hav
ing five. Trot Leary is next with
four and John Bohonko with three.
J. D. Thorne, Joe Fulghum and Les
ter Jordan have two each. Buck
i Wheeler and John Byrum are credit
- ed with one each.
! Following are the team’s batting
. averages:
I G. Ab. R. H. Pet.
s Leary 26 106 27 36 .340
> C. Griffin 27 104 14 30 .288
Fulghum 28 112 25 32 .286
> J. Wheeler 22 79 20 21 .266
■ B. Wheeler 19 70 10 17 .243
Aycock 23 97 24 23 .237
Thome 28 100 12 23 .230
Vick ._ 14 47 2 10 .213
i Bohonko 21 77 12 16 .208
iJ. Byrum 15 48 9 10 .208
. Askew 9 16 0 3 .188
I Ellington 4 11 2 2 .182
Jordan 10 32 2 4 .125
Nick George —7 16 3 1 .063
iJ. Griffin 6 14 0 0 .000
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! Two Youngsters Enter
► Methodist Orphanage
i Zelma Faye and Toby Marlette of
East Queen Street were admitted to
the Methodist Orphanage, Raleigh,
. last week.. According to Superinten
dent Barnes of the Orphanage, the
yowuters are getting? along fine, but
would like to hear from theft friend*
in Edenton.
$1.50 Per Year.
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19 on Hand at Meeting
Called By Trio Inter
ested In Golf
WILL MEET FRIDAY
9-Hole Course Possible
At Considerable Sav
ing For Construction
Nineteen men on hand at a
meeting held Friday night, the pur
pose of the meeting being to get an
, opinion of the group relative to or
ganizing a golf club and building a
I golf course at the Naval Air Station.
• The meeting was called by J. H. Con
ger, J. P. Partin and A. L. Boaz, who
5 are vitally interested in golf, with
. Mr. Conger presiding over the meet
ing-
, Mr. Conger pointed out that land
■ is available at the base for a 9-hole
course, and that equipment on the
site could be used in the work, thus
. materially reducing the cost of con
• struction. It was also pointed out
f that a friend of one of the group,
who laid out the Fort Bragg course,
one of the best in the Army, would
lay out the Edenton course if a club
is organized.
Quite a bit of enthusiasm developed
at the meeting, and all present ap
parently were interested in seeing
a golf club formed. J. H. Conger
was elected temporary chairman of
an organization committee, and it
was announced that another meeting
will be held Friday night at the
Court House at 8 o’clock. At that
time plans for financing a golf club
will be discussed.
‘ Those present at last Friday’s
I meeting saw in the organization of
a golf club not only an opportunity
to provide a very popular and whole- -
’ some pastime for local people, but
an attraction for golf players from
other sections of the State and na
tion.
Any person interested in golf is
urged to attend the meeting Friday
night, and it is hoped a concrete
start will materialize in the organi
zation of a golf club.
Mrs. Watson Bell
Planning To Open
New Kindergarten
New Modern Building
Will Be Erected For
Purpose
Mrs. Frank Watson Bell, who was
formerly with the Cherry Point Air
Station kindergarten, announced this
week that she plans to open a mo
dern kindergarten in Edenton on or
about September 15. Mrs. Bell will
be assisted in the work by Mrs. Myda
Price.
Children between the ages of 4 to
6 years will be enrolled and Mrs.
Bell is now ready to take applica
tions at 209 West Queen Street or
can be reached by telephone No. 45-J.
Mrs. Bell will erect a modern
building at the residence of Mrs. J.
H. Bell on West Queen Street, which
will be built according to kinder
garten specifications and will be
modern in every respect. Mrs. Bell
is a former Edenton resident and
will be delighted to have a goodly
number enroll in her new enter
prise.
White And Colored
Births Tied In June
White and colored births in Chow
an County were tied during the
month of June, with each race hav
ing 11, according to a vital statistics
report of the local Health Depart
ment. During the month five white
deaths were reported and two col
ored deaths, as well as two colored
stillbirths.
Clerks At Post Office
Make Splendid Marks
Four clerks in the Edenton Post
Office made splendid grades in an
examination which was conducted in
the local office Monday. Deapite the
fact that the examination was com
plicated, W. P. Goodwin and William
Sexton turned in ratings of 100 and
Oscar Duncan and Parker Helms
made a mark of 99.72.
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