Volume XlV.—Number 35.
Ed Bond Post Sets Goal At
$35,000 In Drive To Build
Memorial On Edenton Lot
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Committee Meets and
Lays Initial Plans
For Campaign
“BUELD~OR BUST”
Hope to Build Modern
Home on Waterfront
Property
Following the decision of Ed Bond
Post of the American Legion to erect
an American Legion Home in mem
ory of Chowan County’s war dead
and for the use of living war veter
ans, a committee has been appointed
and at a meeting last week a goal
of $35,000 was set to build the mem
orial.
Members of the committee, of
which Kermit Layton is genral chair
man, include Jack Bond, George
Bond, T. C. Byrum, W. J. Yates, Wil
lis McClenney, Skinner White, Lloyd
Briggs, John Lee Spruill, Henry A.
White, Bill Cozart and Dr. George
Crawford.
This group met Thursday night of
last week in the office of. Dr. Craw
ford, at which time tentative plans
for the drive were discussed. Mem
bers of the committee, as well as
many Legionnaires are of the opin
ion that now is the time to make an
effort to build a memorial and for
the drive they have adopted a slogan
of “Build or Bust.”
If and when a sufficient amount of
money is raised, the Legionnaires
plan to build an attractive home on
their lot on the waterfront at the
foot of Broad Street adjoining the
Thomas B. Wood roperty. The build
ing will be modern in every respect
and will be so arranged that it can
be used for business meetings for
both the Legion and Auxiliary as
well as a portion devoted to recrea
tion and ror both
groups.
The idea of a home of their own
has long been paramount in the
minds of the Legionnaires, and every
so often the topic has cropped up at
regular meetings, but nothing more
in a concrete way has been accom
plished. This time, however, the
Legionnaires are determined to go
all out in an effort to raise the nec
essary funds and most of them feel
optimistic about the ultimate raliza
tion of their goal.
Tentative plans call for a solicita
tion form of drive, but whatever
means will be adopted will not be
started until the early fall.
Lloyd Griffin, Jr.
Manager Os Pool
Succeeds Tex Lindsay;
W. J. Taylor, Jr., Act
ing asAssistant
Lloyd Griffin, Jr., has been appoint
ed manager of the swimming pool
at the Edenton Naval Air Station,
who will serve in that capacity until
[the close of the season, probably the
latter part of September. He has
for his assistant W. J. Taylor, Jr.
Both young men are excellent
swimmers and were chosen by Gra
ham 'Byrum and Jordan Yates, mem
bers of Town Council, who were
authorized to make arrangements
for the proper operation of the pool.
Mr. Griffin succeeds Tex Lindsay
as manager. Mr. Lindsay, due to
the approaching football season, is
unable to devote the necessary time
to the pool on account of football
' practice.
Junior Woman’s Gub
Meets Again Sept 10
• Edenton’s Junior Woman’s Club
' will resume its regular meetings
Wednesday, September 10, when
members will be asked to meet at
the club house at the Edenton Naval
Air Station at 1 P, M.
All members are urgently request
ed to attend this, the first meeting
following, the summer vacation.
Baptist Missionary
Society Meets Stept. 1
I The Woman’s Missionary Society
jib of the Edenton Baptist Church will
hpaeet Monday afternoon, September 1,
4 o’clock at the church for its regu-
Alar mpnthly meeting. Mrs. Raleigh
president of the society,
gpgyges members to try to attend
THE CHOWAN HERALD
|_Closed MondayJ
According to H. A. Campen,
president of the Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Asso
ciation, a majority of merchants
and firms will close their places
of business next Monday, Sep
tember 1, in observance of Labor
Day.
Mr. Campen also announced
that because of the fact that
* most of the local merchants want
to abandon the half holiday
Wednesdays, stores will begin
to remain open every Wednesday
beginning September 3rd.
Portrait Os Judge
Win. Bond Presented
To Supreme Court
Presentation Made on
Tuesday By Hallet
S. Ward *
A portrait of the late William
Marion Bond, Superior Court Judge
of Edenton was presented to the
State Supreme Court at the opening
of the fall term Tuesday morning.
The portrait was presented by Hallet
S. Ward of Washington, former First
District Congressman and life-long
friend of Judge Bond, in the Sup
reme Court room just prior to going
into the business of the fall term.
The portrait was accepted on be
half of the Supreme Court by Chief
Justice W. P. Stacey. ,
Jlidgß Bond’s portrait will hang
alongside portrait? of a number of
other Superior Court Judges and not
ed lawyers.
Demonstrations In
Forestry Next Week
Farmers Requested to
Bring Axes and Cross
Cut Saws
“Never in the history of the na
tion has it been so important to
conserve our timber resources as it
is now,” says Robert Marsh, assist
ant County Agent. “We are annual
ly depleting our forestry resources
much faster than we are producing
timber.”
In order that farmers and other
woods owners of Chowan County may
become acquainted with improved
forestry practices, and be shown
how to make their woods pay better,
a series of forestry demonstrations
have been planned during the first
week of September, according to Mr.
Marsh. These demonstrations will
be held at several different points
throughout the county, and will be
in easy reach of every farmer in the
county. Howard J. Doyle, an ex
perienced forester, will help conduct
the demonstrations, and everyone is
welcome, regardless of where he
lives. The schedule qf demonstra
tions is as follows:
Tuesday morning, September 2,
9:00 o’clock, H. T. Hobbs, Paradise.
Tuesday afternoon, September 2,
2:30 o’clock, Lloyd Burton farm, Yeo
pim.
Wednesday morning, September 3,
9:00 o’clock, W. H. Dale, Rocky
Hock.
Wednesday afternoon, September 3,
2:30 o’clock, T. L. Ward, Ryland.
(Thursday morning, September 4,
9:00 o’clock, J. C. Hendrix, Ryland.
Thursday afternoon, September 4,
2:30 o’clock, Elton Jordan’s, Tyner.
Friday morning, September 5, 9:00
o’clock, E. V. McClenny, Suffolk
Highway, just beyond Zell Ward’s.
Farmers are requested to bring
their sixes and cross cut saws, as
timber will actually be thinned in
some plots.
REVIVAL AT CHAPPELL HILL
Revival services will be held at
Chappell Hill Baptist Church begin
ning August 31st and last through
September 7th.
Services will start at 8:00 o’clock
each night with the Rev. Mr. Stuart
of Hamilton N. C. as guest minister.
The public is invited to attend.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 28,1947.
Corn Tour Planned
In Chowan County
Wednesday, Sept 10
Opportunity to Observe
Various Corn Breed
ing Plots
A corn tour will be conducted in -
Chowan County on Wednesday, Sep
tember 10, says C. W. Overman,
County Agent. All farmers of'Chow
an County and others interested are
invited to attend. Each person
should bring his lunch, but cold
drinks will be provided, says Mr.
Overman.
On this tour there will be an op
portunity to observe corn breeding
plots and methods of selection, one
of the major steps in hybrid seed
production. The group will also
visit cross pollination fields and ob
serve hybrids and varieties in tests.
Through cooperation r with farm
ers, Mr. Overman is conducting six
corn variety and hybrid test demon
strations. Here may be observed
many of the local varieties and most
of the best hybrids on test. These
are located on various types of soil,
so that those making the trip can
see for themselves which looks the
best.
Mr. Overman urges all farmers to
take time out and benefit by this
tour. A schedule of stops will ap
pear in next week’s Herald.
4-H Group Pleased
With Raleigh Trip
Many Express Hope to
Attend Annual Affair
Next Year
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Chowan County’s 4-H boys and
girls who attended the 15th annual
4-H Club Week in Raleigh last week
are very enthusiastic over the trip
and must of them have expressed
the hope to attend next year. The
youngsters were among 4-H members
from every county in North Caro
lina who learned how “To Make the
Best Better.”
Demonstrations and instructions
were held on timely subjects and
while the club members had a very
busy day which began at 6:30 in
the morning and lasted until 10 at
night, they found plenty of time for
recreation and many of them engag
ed in swimming, softball and base
ball. Various livestock judging
teams competed in judging contests
at the college barn and great interest
and enthusiasm was displayed by
each contestant.
Club members were taken on a
tour of the State College campus
and also on a tour of Raleigh. On
the tour of Raleigh they were taken
[ through such interesting places as
the State Capitol, State Museum and
the Governor’s mansion.
[ Commissioners Meet
. Tuesday Next Week
1 Chowan County Commissioners
| will hold their monthly meeting
Tuesday morning of next week, Sep
; tember 2, instead of the usual first,
1 Monday in the,month.
| The change of meeting was made
| on account of the observance of
1 Labor Day, which falls on September
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SCHOOLS IN CHOWAN COUNTY UNIT
Wll OPEN MAY, SEPTEMBER Nth
Teachers Scheduled to Meet Saturday Morning,
September 6; Four New Teachers at Chowan
High School; Bus Routes About Same
Schools of the Chowan County unit
will open Monday, September Bth, ac
cording to Superintendent W. J. Tay
lor. A meeting of the teachers will
be held Saturday morning, Septem
ber 6, at 10 o’clock in the Chowan
High School building.
School bus routes have been routed
as heretofore, with a few minor ex
ceptions. The buses are in good con
dition mechanically and Nos. 1, 4 and
13 will be replaced as soon as re
placements can be delivered. Two re
placements have been promised by
the end of the second week in Sep
tember, and one by the first of Sep
tember.
General repairs to buildings are
and will be completed by the time
schools open.
Four new teachers for Chowan
High School to date have been em
17 Chowan County
People Attending
Farm-Home Week
Enthusiastic Group Left
Edenton Early Mon
day Morning
_ Fifteen Chowan County women
and two men left Edenton Monday
moming for Raleigh, where they are
attending Farm and Home Week.
In the group were Mrs. W. A. Har
rell, Mrs. E. E. Privott, Mrs. R. T.
Harrell, Mrs. S. F., Small, Mrs. H.
C. Goodwin, Mrs. S. E. Morris, Mrs.
J. W. Skiles, Mrs. R. H. Hollowell,
Mrs. W. J. Bunch, Mrs. Drew Welch,
Mrs. C. W. Tynch, Mrs. Fred White,
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Jordan, Mrs.
H. B. Jones, Miss Rebecca Colwell,
Chowan Home Demonstration Agent,
and County Agent C. W. Overman.
Others in Chowan County who
could not see their way clear to spend
the entire week in Raleigh are urged
to attend the State Federation pro
gram Thursday of this week. Miss
Dorothy Thompson will speak Thurs
day morning and General Dwight
Eisenhower will speak Thursday
night.
Those interested in attending
Thursday’s program should go to the
Home Agent’s office and get a regis
tration card.
Second Swimming
Course Completed
Members Receive Certi
ficates for Finishing
Work at Pool
Having completed the swimming
course of instruction for Intermed
iates, the following will receive cer
tificates:
Allison Campen, Mrs. Elizabeth
Flynn, jf*at Carlton, Stuart Holland,
Ben Browning, Mary Leggett Brown
ing, Ted Wright, James Edwards,
Jasper Holmes, Jack Wright, Alfred
Wright, Ray Rogerson, Sid Campen,
Jr., and Buddy Batton. Additional
candidates who will receive certifi
cates for qualifying in the Beginners’
Course include Barbara Leary, Mrs.
Peter Carlton, Jimmie Harrison and
Dollie Kehayes.
The courses were given at the
Edenton pool under the sponsorship
of the Town of Edenton, the Ameri
can Red Cross and the Edenton
Chowan Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association. They began
on August 5 and ended on August
22, and were taught by Peter A.
Carlton, Red Cross Water Safety In
structor.
Revival At Bethany
Church Sept. 1 to 6
The Rev. J. T. Byrum, pastor of
the Bethany Baptist Church, announ
ces that revival services will begin
■ on Monday afternoon, September Ist
’ and continue through Saturday, Sep
tember 6. Afternoon services will
be held at 3 o’clock, with evening
services beginning at 8.
The Rev. R. N. Carroll, pastor of
i the Edenton Baptist Church, will be
> the guest minister, with Jim Daniels
. leading the singing.
The public is invited to attend.
ployed, filling all vacancies, except
the seventh grade position. Two
teachers are now being considered,
and it is hoped that by the time
school opens these vacancies will be
filled. There still exists the teacher
principal vacancy in the Rocky Hock
Central, but efforts are being made
to find a teacher for this vacancy.
W. J. Nichols takes over as the new
principal at Chowan High School this
year. Mrs. Nichols will also teach
in the primary grades. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Nichols come highly recommend
ed, having had a number of years of
teaching experience in other North
Carolina schools. He is a graduate
> of the University of North Carolina
i and has completed most of his work
toward the Master’s Degree at Duke
i University. He will teach mathe
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Edenton ColonliNSiplure
First Two Games In Series
For League Championship
j New Agent |
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! MISS HELEN JONES
Beginning September 1, Miss
Helen Jones of Dover, N. C., will
assume the duties of assistant'
home demonstration agent in
Chowan County. Miss Jones suc
ceeds Miss Hazel Shaw, who re-
I signed prior to her wedding,
which will take place Septem
ber 7th.
Miss Helen Jones Is
New Assistant Home
Agent For Chowan
Will Succeed Miss Hazel
Shaw, Who Will Be
Married Sept. 7
Miss Helen Jones of Dover, N. C.,
will succeed Miss Hazel Shaw, who
resigned as assistant home demon
stration agent in Chowan and Per
quimans Counties, effective Septem
ber 1.
Miss Jones graduated with a voca
tional rating at East Carolina Teach
ers College, Greenville, N. C., in June
of this year. She has spent two sum
mers in Beaufort County working as
a trainee in Extension work. Her
time will be divided between Chowan
and Perquimans Counties, and she
will work chiefly with the 4-H Club
girls.
Ruritans Observe
First Anniversary
Interesting Program at
Community House on
Friday Night
At their meeting Tuesday night at
the Community House at Cross
Roads, the Chowan County Ruritan
Club celebrated its first anniversary.
Present for the occasion was a dele
gation from the Sunbury Club, spons
ors of the Chowan club.
President Medlin Belch welcomed
the visitors and Joe Byrum, former
president of the Sunbury club, re
sponded, saying his club felt proud
and honored in being the sponsor of
the fine Chowan club.
A feature of the meeting was a
I program carried on by Peter Carlton
and John Mitchener of Edenton. They
started by presenting humorous phil
osophy and wound up the program
with a humorous quiz. Little Stewart
Hollowell also brought down the
house by playing his ukulele and
yodeling.
Singing was led by T. J. Jessup and
trfe invocation and blessing wa3 of
fered by the Rev. E. R. Meekins.
_Ready To WorkJ
Frank V. White, newly ap
pointed Forest Protector for
Chowan County, this week re
ceived heavy equipment for the
construction of fire lanes in local
woodland. He is ready to carry
on this work and anyone inter
ested should apply to him as soon
as possible.
A charge of $6.00 per mile is
made for constructing gre lanes.
$1.50Per year.
McLawhorn Puts First
Game on Ice By Hit
ting Home Run
THRILLING GAMES
Colerain Has Edge Over
Suffolk By Winning
Two Straight
With the curtain drawn on the Al
bemarle League regular baseball
season Sunday, the Edenton Colon
ials began the semi-final series Mon
day night on Hicks Field when they
defeated the Hertford Indians 6-1.
Hertford’s ace hurler, Moe Bauer,
was pitted against Edenton’s Lester
Jordan, with the latter having the
best of the argument. Jordan was
in good form and allowed the visit
ors only three hits, two of which
came in the third inning when the
Indians scored their lone run. Brig
man singled and scored on Young’s
single. The other hit was made by
Young in the first inning.
The Colonials touched Bauer for
nine hits, the big inning being the
third, when four hits produced four
runs. Edenton’s nine hits were made
in the first five innings, after which
the batters went down in order.
The game was played in record
time before one of the largest crowds
of the season. The Indians played
errorless ball, while the Colonials
miscued three times, but the errors
did not prove costly.
In the Colonials’ half of the third
inning Byrum started off by sing
ling. Jordan sacrificed and Joe
Wheeler tripled, scoring Byrum. Bo
honko was hit by a pitched ball and
Leary singled, scoring Joe Wheeler.
Fulghum then singled Over second
base and before Cayton could recover
the ball Bohonko and Leary crossed
the place. Edenton’s other two runs
were produced in the fifth. Fulghum
doubled and McLawhorn, next up,
connected with one of Bauer’s fast
balls, which sailed over the left
field fence for a home run.
The Colonials won the second round
in the series race in Hertford Tues
day night in a thrilling game played
before a crowded house by a score of
2-0.
J. D. Thorne for the Colonials and
Gilkerson, Indian hurler, tied up in
a pitchers’ duel, each of whom was
very stingy with his hits. Both
teams were credited with four safe
hits, although there was some ques
tion about a long fly John Byrum hit
near the left field fence in the third
inning. The official scorer registered
it as an error on the Indian left
fielder, which put the hits for both
teams on an even basis.
Aside from both pitchers being in
splendid form, their respective team
mates played air-tight ball, with
many spectacular plays on both sides
cutting down what appeared w'ould
be safe hits. Gilkerson fanned eight
Colonials while Thorne had seveu
strike-outs to his credit.
Edenton’s pair of runs came in
the seventh inning. Bohonko, first
up, hit a slashing triple between
right and center field and Leary fol
lowed with a double scoring Bohonko.
Fulghum walked and McLawhom
sacrificed, after which Griffin walked
filling the bases. Buck Wheeler then
hit a fly to center field on which
Leary scored. Byrum fled out to
end the scoring for the night. The
Colonials threatened to score again
in the eighth when Bohonko and
Leary singled, but Gilkerson tighten
ed and pulled out of the hole.
Nowell, Gilkerson, Young and
Smith each made a hit for the In
dians, while Bohonko and Leary div
ided the four Edenton bingles.
The two teams were scheduled to
play again in Edenton Wednesday
night and again in Hertford tonight
(Thursday).
In the Colerain-Suffolk half of the
semi-finals, Colerain has the edge,
having won the first two games play
ed. The Bertie outfit won the initial
I game in the series Monday afternoon
in Colerain 3-1. DiLorenzo for Cole
rain opposed Dowdy in a pitchers’
I duel, with DiLorenzo yielding six
• hits while Dowdy allowed five hits.
In Suffolk Tuesday night, Colerain
walloped the Virginia team 19-1.
The Bertie boys romped on Schadel
and Carr for 20 hits.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
The weekly meeting of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., is
scheduled to be held tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o’clock in the Court House.