Volume XlV.—Number 32.
New York Concern Chosen
To Act As County Counsel
In Proposed Bond Election
Reed, Hoyt & Washburn
Served County In Last
Bond Election
PRUDENPROCEEDS
Many Legal Angles Be
fore People Vote on
Matter
According to a motion duly passed
by the Chowan County Commission
ers at their meeting Monday, Reed,
Hoyt & Washburn of New York City,
will be employed as the county’s bond
attorneys for the proposed election
ofi a $400,000 bond issue for school
improvements which are deemed abso
lutely necessary. The New York con
cern was employed by the county for
the last bond issue. With this first
step taken toward the election on the
bond issue, J. N. Pruden, county at
torney, is proceeding with • the neces
sary legal steps in setting up the
election.
If the bonds should be approved by
the voters, it will be necessary for
the county to furnish legal opinion of
bond counsel with any bonds' offered
Tor sale in order for the county to re
ceive a favorable price for the bonds.
This opinion is demanded by the in
vesting public and is one of the ser
vices provided by the New York con
cern.
The bond counsel will prepare all
proceedings to be taken by the Com
missioners and the County Board of
Education, as well as the Board of
Trustees of the Edenton administra
tive unit. It will be necessary to fur
nish Reed, Hoyt & Washburn the
names of the schools in the county
system where any part of the bond
proceeds are to be expended. Like
information will have to be furnished
regarding each school in the Edenton
administrative unit.
This information is necessary be
cause the County Commissioners will
take no action toward authorizing
the bonds until appropriate resolu
tions are adopted by the Board of
Education and Edenton school trus
tees petitioning the Commissioners
to borrow money.
Before the question of issuance of
any bonds is submitted to the voters,'
the law requires that applications re
questing approval of the bonds be
.submitted to the Local Government
Commission by the Board of County
Commissioners.
There are many legal angles to
the proposed bond issue, which must
be attended to before the election is
called, so that the date for the'vot
ers to register their approval or dis
approval has not been determined.
Officer Vacancies |
, In Cannon Company!
First Three Grades Non-,
Corns Welcome to
I Join Outfit
Captain William P. Jones, com
manding officer of the Edenton Can
non Company, reputed to be the fast
est organized unit under the new Na
tional Guard setup in North Caro
lina, states that he welcomes appli
cations for three officer vacancies.
There are two Second Lieutenant po
sitions < and one First Lieutenant’s
post open for qualified men. Captain
Jones also invites those World War
II veterans under 30 who held any of
the first three grades of non-commis
sioned officer rank for possible ad
vancement to commissioned officer.
“You don’t • necessarily have 'to
come from Edenton, any qualified
men will be considered,” stated Cap
tain Jones.
The Edenton National Guard Can
non Company meets on Friday nights
at 8 o’clock in the armory. -
INo Sunday Services
m Methodist Church
lis Rev. and Mrs. H. F. Surratt
K now at Lake Junaluska, N. C„
Sphere Mr. Surratt is attending sum
■rijbr conference of the Methodist
Brfjjarch. %Pue to Mr. Surratt’s ab-
HEte, there will be no praching ser-
Uh Sunday in the Methodist
llßmrch. Church School and the
II noth Fellowship meeting, however,
Swill be held at the usual hour.
THE CHOWAN HERAL#
Cotton MiH Team
Wins Two Games
From Gates Boys
Oppose League- Leading
Sunbury Nine Here
Friday Night
The Edenton Cotton Mill baseball
team won two games over the week
end, one being a forfeited game from
Gates Saturday 9-0, when the Gates
team failed to put in an appearance.
On Sunday afternoon the Cotton Mill
team journeyed to Gates, where they
won 8-1.
Tom Hoskins was on the mound
for the locals, allowing only seven
scattered hits while his teammates
collected 12 hits off two Gates hurl
ers.
The Edenton team has won seven
out of eight games played.
A battle royal is anticipated Fri
day night on Hicks Field when the
local outfit will cross bats with
Sunbury, Tri-County League leaders.
Sunbury thus far has won two
games' from Edenton, while Edenton
has one win over Sunbury, so that
the local outfit will try to even the
count.
Edenton’s starting lineup will be:
Fred Hoskins, c; Rogerson, lb; Tom
Hoskins, 2b; Roy Harrell, ss; Ward
Hoskins, 3b; Ambrose, cf; Martin, If;
Wheeler or J. Harrell, rs. Lloyd
Griffin is scheduled to pitch. He has
won four of five games thus far.
Modem Heating Os
Court House Again
Is Being Considered
Chairman Byrum Auth
orized to Secure Bids
For New Plant
The matter of providing a modern
heating plant for the ancient Chowan
County Court House again cropped
up at the County Commissioners’
meeting Monday. During the dis
cussion Clerk of Court E. W. Spires,
custodian of the building, related
several instances when but for his
timely arrival a fire might have dev
eloped on account of overheated
stoves. Mr. Spires also registered
a mild complaint that, though it is
I not included in his duties, he has
been required to act more or less as
•a janitor, and many times has been
i very much inconvenienced due to
I various meetings held in the building.
Frequently, he stated, he has been
I obliged to come from his home as
late as 11 o’clock at night in order
to be sure fires were safe after meet
ings adjourned.
The Commissioners agreed that Mr.
Spires should not be expected to
perform the duties of a janitor and
due to the fact that modem heating
has been considered a number of
times, Chairman W. W. Byrum was
authorized to secure bids for in
stallation of a safe and modem heat
ing plant, and present figures at the
next meeting.
Another Swimming
Class Starts At Pool
Another swimming course, sponsor
ed by the Red Cross Chapter and the
Recreational Department of the Town
of Edenton, with the cooperation of
the Chamber of Commerce, has start
ed at the Naval Air Station pool. The
classes, conducted by Peter Carlton,
executive secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce, are held at 2 o’clock
and are attracting a great deal of in
terest.
A course was recently completed
with the folfowing taking part;' Mrs.
Elizabeth Flynn, Charlotte Leary,
Ashley, Julia Wiehe, Billie* Rus
sell, Snookie Dail, George Hassell,
, Ray Rogers, Douglas Holland, Bobby
Whiteman, Stuart Holland. Pat Carl
; ton, Frank Northcott, Ted Wright,
Jack Wright, Alfred Wright, Jimmy
Dozier, James Edwards, (like Malone,
: Buddy Batton, Jasper Holmes, Jr.,
i Bobby Bunch, Evelyn Bunch, Mary
, Browning, Ben Browning and Doug
las Twiddy.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 7,1947.
Edenton Colonials
Continue Winning
Streak During Week
Locals Take Three of
Four Games; Lose
To Windsor
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
Edenton 32 11 .744
Colerain 29 17 .630
Hertford 22 21 .512
Suffolk 17 24 .415
Windsor 16 29 .356
Elizabeth City 15 29 .341
Edenton’s Colonials continued their
winning streak during the past week,
winning three of four games played,
the loss being to the Windsor cellar
ites Wednesday night of last week.
The Colonials came back strong on
Monday to avenge the loss by defeat
ing the Rebels 3-2 in a game cut
short by rain.
On Friday night the Colonials had 1
little trouble in defeating the Eliza
beth City Senators 11-4 on Hicks
Field. Sunday’s game with the Sen
ators in Elizabeth City was rained
[out, and following this rest, together
with no game scheduled Monday, the
Colonials went on a rampage Tues
day night to defeat the Hertford In
dians 11-2.
Edenton 7, Windsor 8
In a ragged game Wednesday
night of last week in which both
teams committed numerous errors,
the cellarite Windsor club defeated
the Colonials 8-7. Bo Bell was on
the mound and pitched effective ball
except in the third inning, when he
was touched for four hits which,
coupled with three errors netted
three runs for the Rebels. Bell was
replaced by Jordan in the eighth in
ning.
Cross started for Windsor, but in
the fourth inning the Colonials col
lected four runs and aided by errors,
scored five runs. Sallenger relieved
Cross in the fifth and held the Col
onials to five hits the remainder of
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3 Minute
News Digest
Girl Scouts of 26 nations this
week concluded the two-week tour
of American cities which followed
their 35th anniversary international
encampment at Camp Barree, Pa.
Some of the serious-eyed girls who
came to the Barree encampment
from battle-shocked areas found it
hard to understand the recreational
side of Scouting.
Voice of America faces competi
tion. The Voice of America which
started a second nightly radiocast
recently, now is being heard clearly,
state reliable sources in Moscow, but
is meeting stiff competition from
Soviet programs. Russia schedules
some of the most popular entertain
ment of the day during the same
hours.
Husband sees wife drown in lake.
Mrs. Margaret Flaherty, 40, of Troy,
N. Y., drowned recently while her
partially paralyzed husband, Dr.
Charles Flaherty, sat in rowboat a
few feet away, unable to help. Mrs.
Flaherty was syvimming beside the
boat when she sank in 40 feet of
water.
Sentenced for cruelty, Thomas
Cappola, 35, of New York City, who
imprisoned a dog without food or
water for one month, was sentenced
to a fine of $25 or five days in jail
on his plea of guilty.
Enlightened selfishness Texas .
style. Roy Cullen, Texas oilman,
I gave away $160,000,000 as casually
as if handing a lollipop to a child.
Says Cullen, “My wife and I are
selfish. We wish to see our money
spent during our lifetime, so that
we may derive great pleasure from
it.” This is not the first time the
oliman has given away millions. Dur
ing one week in 1945, he gave $4,-
600,1)00 to four Houston hospitals.
He is 65 years old now. They have
four daughters and ten grandchildren
whose future has been provided for
through trust funds. They won’t be
fabulously wealthy, but they will
never want as long as they live.
President Truman says nation has
surged to a pinnacle of “unpre
cedented prosperity”, but must
strengthen its defenses against in
flation.
Shirley Temple expects stork in
January. She is the wife of Actor
John Agar.
Fall Term Chowan
Superior Court Will
Convene Sept Bth
Judge R. Hunt Parker
Scheduled to’Preside
Over Term
Chowan County Commissioners at
their meeting Monday drew from the
jury box 36 names who will be sum
moned by Sheriff J. 'A. Bunch to
serve as jurors at the fall term of
Chowan County Superior Court which
will convene Monday, September 8.
Judge R. Hunt Parker of Roanoke
Rapids is scheduled to preside over
the mixed term of court, which in
cludes eight criminal cases.
Os the criminal cases the most
important ones include:
James Nowell, colored, charged
with assault with intent to commit
rape on May Lillian Jordan, also
colored.
William Byrum, Jr., charged with
homicide as the result of the death
of Louis Nixon, who was killed No
vember 10 in an automobile accident
in the Bear Swamp section.
Calvin Ray Ellis, charged with
highway robbery and larceny of an
automobile from Mrs. Sylvia Wins
low. Ellis is charged with ordering
Mrs. Winslow and her son from hei
automobile at a filling station in up
per Chowan County.
Those drawn for jury duty are as
follows:
Wilbur Modlin, George C. Wood,
Jr., Wallace J. Chappell, Henry
Smith, Marvin Smith, Fulton E.
Driggs, Epp Debnam, Henry T.
Lane, Bruce Jones, T. D. Boyce, D.
S. Skiles, Richard Copeland, Edward ,
Wozelka,- Albert Cullipher, A. E.
Jenkins, J. Gelbert Layton, E. R.
Eason, H. J. White, Percy W. White, ,
Guy C. Hobbs, Lycurgus Perry, Mack
Jordan, J. P. Perry, W. D. Moran,
John L. Parrish, L. A. Bunch, Car
roll Cason Goodwin, I. S. Davenport,
William T. Forehand, L. G. Layton,
R. L. - 'Hendrix, H. E. Lane, J. E.
Ward, C. W. Perry, Roy E. Lane, I.
D. Jordan.
Progress Noted In
Chowan Golf Club
Budget of $6,000 Now
Only SBOO Short of {£
Goal
i
With the Finance Committee of the
recently organized Chowan Golf Club [
going into full action this week,
President J. H. Conger is very much (
encouraged over the prospect of suc
cess and is very optimistic that be- (
fore the week is out enough members
will have been secured to assure j
$6,000 which is needed to construct
an up-to-date nine-hole golf course
at the Naval Air Station.
After the committee had contacted [
a group of prospective members early '
this week, President Conger reported j
that $5,200 was in hand and that
a number of other prospects had not
been contacted. With only SBOO
more to be raised, Mr. Conger feels !
sure that eight more members can be :
rounded up who will pay the initial
SIOO payment in order to insure the
course.
Members of the Finance Commit
tee are J. H. Conger, Richard Elliott,
William P. Jones, J. P. Partin, A. L.
Boaz and H. A. Campen, any one of !
whom will be glad to discuss the golf
course program with any one inter
ested.
Baptist Leaders At
Association Meeting
Two Southern Baptist Sunday
School leaders, J. N. Barnette and
A. V. Washburn from Nashville,
Tenn., will be the guests of the Cho
wan Baptist Sunday School Associa
tion this week-end in Elizabeth City.
Mr. Barnette is secretary of the
Sunday School Department of the
Southern Baptist Sunday School
Board, and Mr. Washburn is director
of training.
Saturday evening at 7:30 o’clock
there will be a Sunday School ban
quet at the First Baptist Church in
Elizabeth City for the pastors, Sun
day School superintendents, depart
ment superintendents and Associa
tional Sunday School officers. On
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock there
; will be an A9sociation-wide Sunday
School meeting at Blackwell Mem
orial Baptist Church. The distin
guished guests will be on the program
both at the banquet and the Sunday
afternoon meeting.
i Chowan Baptist Sunday School
> Leaders are urged to attend the meet-1
fags. I
166 Citizens Os Rocky Hock
Sign Petition Requesting
New Auditorium At School
Report Gs Health
Department Shows
Great Deal Activity
Dr. S. V. Lewis Submits
Detailed Record to
Commissioners
In a report of the Chowan County
Health Department for the second
quarter of 1947, which was presented
at the County Commissioners’ meet
ing Monday, a great deal of activity
is reflected. The report, submitted by
Dr. S. V. Lewis, district health of
ficer, itemizes the activities in every
phase of the work.
Os especial interest is vaccinations,
the report showing that 384 smallpox
vaccinations were administered, 101
for diphtheria, 7,231 for typhoid
fever and 167 for whooping cough.
In connection with tuberculosis
control, four individuals were admit
ted to medical service, one admitted
to nursing service, one X-ray exam
ination in clinic, 32 field nursing vis
its made, 7 admitted to sanatoria, 14
tuberculin tests given and six flouro
scopes on TB patients.
Reportable diseases were: Gonorr
hea 9, measles 3, syphillis 16, tuber
culosis 7, whooping cough 7.
Vital statistics showed that during
the quarter there were 161 births, 50 \
of which were white and 111 colored.
There were 13 deaths, six white and
seven colored.
Local Peanut Men
Hold National Jobs
J. E. Wood and West
Byrum Both Shelter
Delegates
James E. Wood, of the Edenton
Peanut Co., has been appointed a 1
aheller delegate from thje Virginia- 1
Carolina area to the board of direct
ors of the National Peanut Council. 1
Mr. Wood is also a member of the I
Advertising-Publicity Committee of'
the Council. W. W. Byrum, of the !
Albemarle Peanut Co., is also a shell-]
er delegate from the Virginia-Caro- 1
lina area, a member of the board of
directors, and a member of the Bud
get-Finance Committee of the Coun
cil.
The Council, with headquarters in ;
Atlanta, Georgia, is the trade as
sociation of the entire peanut in-;
dustry from grower to manufactur- j
ing end user. Last year’s crop j
brought farmers alone more than
$275,000,000.
The National Peanut Council was
organized to improve the quality of
peanuts and methods of. production
through research and to promote the
use of peanuts and peanut products
through advertising and publicity.
The Council has recently announced
an annual SI,OOO award to the indiv
idual or individuals making an out
standing contribution to the peanut
industry.
Farm Bureau Meeting
Friday, August Bth
According to J. A. Webb, secretary
of the Chowan County Farm Bureau,
there will be a meeting of the or
ganization at the' Community Build
ing at Cross Roads Friday night,
August 8, at 8 o’clock.
President J. E. Baker has several
important matters to discuss with
the membership, so that every mem
ber is urged to attend the meeting.
NOAH GOODWIN IMPROVING
Friends will be pleased to learn
that Noah Goodwin is gradually im
proving after being in very ill health
for four months, part of which time
was spent in DePaul Hospital, Nor
folk.
Mr. Goodwin’s son, Noah, Jr., and
family have moved from Florida,
where Mr. Goodwin gave up his em
ployment in order to take charge of
the Goodwin farm after his father
became ill.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Nix
on, on Tuesday morning at their
home in the Rocky Hock section, a
■daughter.
$1.50 Per Year.
?
Ask For Project to Be
Included In First
Bond Issue
NOT (OVERLOOKED
Believe Auditorium Can
Be Added Later With
out Selling Bonds
Chowan County Commissioners
were presented a petition at their
meeting Monday which requested the
addition of an auditorium to the
Rocky Hock school to be included in
the first bond issue proposed by the
county. The petition, signed by 166
residents of the Rocky Hock section
of the county, read as follows;
“We, as citizens of Chowan Coun
ty and patrons of the Rocky Hock
school, are asking your honorable
board to reconsider the building of
an auditorium at Rocky Hock school
as proposed by the County Board of
Education and Building Committee.
“We feel that if a bond issue pass
ed, we should be recognized along
with the other proposed projects on
the first issue. Your help will be
very much appreciated”
The petition resulted in quite a bit
of discussion during which the Com
missioners informed Henry Bunch,
who was asked U present the peti
tion, that they gathered from the >
petition that signers apparently were
of the opinion that the Rocky Hock
(Project had been omitted from the
building program, which is not the
case. Chairman West By rum stated
that the Building Committee has rec
ommended five projects, of which .the
Rocky Hock auditorium was fourth
on the list and that it was believed
that a $40,000 bond issue is as much
as the county can stand at this time
and this amount will take care of
only the first three projects as rec
ommended.
Mr. Byrum further stated that it
is impossible for the county to un
dertake all five projects at one time
and that memhers of his board were
of the opinion ?that by the time the
first three projects get under way,
or at least by the time they are
completed, enough funds will have
accumulated to construct the Rocky
Hock auditorium without a bond is
sue.
I Mr. Byrum emphasized the fact
I that the Rocky Hock project had not
[been abandoned or overlooked, but
| that it was as much a part of the
overall program as any other pro
ject, except that it will be taken in
turn as recommended by the building
committee.
A few Rocky Hock citizens who
accompanied Mr. Bunch expressed
the belief that folks in their section
were rather under the impression
jthat the project had been abandoned,
.which more or less prompted the
large number of representative citi
zens to sign the petition.
Melvin Layton Named
As Coach At Edwin
M. Holt High School
Melvin Layton has been chosen
coach of the Edwin M. Holt High
School near Burlington, where he
will coach football, baseball and
basketball. According to coach Lay
ton, football practice will begin
August 19, the first time the school
has played football in ten years.
Coach Layton graduated from
Wake Forest College at the last
term with a BS degree in physical
education.
Father Os Mrs. Frank
Elliott Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Frank Elliott was notified by
telephone Sunday that her father,
Howard J. Holcomb, had died sudden
ly the same day at his hqme in Erie,
Pennsylvania. The information was
that he had passed away while sitting
in a chair at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott left immedi
ately for Erie, where funeral services
| were held Wednesday afternoon.
METHODIST SOCIETY WILL MEET
WITH MRS. WEST W. BYRUM
A general meeting of the Woman’s
Society of Christian Service of the
Edenton Methodist Church will be
held at the home of Mrs. West W.
• Byrum Monday night at 8 o’clock. A
• fall attendance is requested, and the
i members are urged to note the
change of meeting place.