Volume XlV.—Number 36.
Edenton’s Colonials And
Cole rain Split First Two
Final Series Gaines Played
Largest Crowd Ever to
Attend Baseball Game
On Monday Night
THRILLING GAMES
Colerain Wins Second
Game Tuesday Night
By 2-0 Score
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With the Colerain baseball team
. winning four straight games from
Suffolk in the semi-finals for the Al
bemarle League championship, and
the Edenton Colonials winning four
if of the first five games played with
the Hertford Indians, the Bertie
County team and Edenton’s league
leading Colonials are now engaged in
the final series to decide the league
championship. As of Tuesday night
the two aggregations were dead-1
locked, each having Won one game
of the two games played. *
The Colonials won the opening
game of the series Monday night by
the sdore of 2-1 in a thrilling 10-in
ning game played before the largest
crowd of baseball fans ever to gather
on Hicks Field. The crowd was es
timated to number over 3,000, while
other estimates place the attendance
at a higher figure. Spectators were
packed like sardines in the grand
stand and bleachers, with the over
flow being several persons deep along
the first and third base lines. The
football bleachers far out {(tong right
field were also over half filled with
fans.
The game was thrilling from start
l to finish with Herman Vick for Eden
' ton opposing Ernie Johnson for Cole
rain on the mound. It was a pitch
ers’ duel of the first order with Vick
yielding only three hits and but for
three errors would have turned in a
a shut-out game.. Johnson was" also
• , stingy' with hits, allowing the Colo
i nials only six, pnly two of which
: were made in one inning.
The game was a scoreless tie until
the eighth inning when the Colonials
scored their first run. Joe Wheeler
walked and scored on a slashing
triple by Bohonko. Colerain knotted
' the score in their half of the ninth
when Evans was safe on Bohonko’s
error, but was caught at second base.
Batchelor then made' two bases on
Thome’s error in right field. He
went <to third on Fred Castelloe’s long
fly to left field, and scored on a bad
throw by Joe Fulghum.
The visitors threatened in the
tenth after Fairless singled, but a
double play cut short the rally.
i In the Colonials’ half of the tenth
Vick was safe on an error and scored
when Joe Wheeler walloped the ball
between left and center fields. Vick
raced home from first and the play at
the plate was called out, but Batch
elor dropped the ball, thus giving the
Colonials the game 2-1.
| M. Evans, Fowler and Fairljss
'Continued on Four)
1, EDENTON SCHOOLS READY FOR OPENING
NEXT MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8
Iw Pre-registration of All Children Entering School
For first Time on Friday Morning From
I 9 to 12 O’clock
I
K All schools in the Edenton City
■ Administrative Unit will open Mon
l day morning, September 8, accord-
B ing to Superintendent John A. Hol-
I mes.
I In the Edenton white and colored
1 schools there will be a pre-registra-
S tion of all first grade children and
I children entering the Edenton schools
1 for the first time on Friday morning,
i September 5, from 9 to 12 o’clock.
I White children will register at the
H white school and colored children at
H the colored school on North Oakum
I Street.
■ The State Board of Education has
I raised the book rental fee for high
I school students from $2.40 to SB.OO.
If All' high school pupils are requested
K to pay this fee on Monday morning,
S September 8.
If The schools will open with a full
of teachers in both white and*
schools.
lllfcThe white teachers are: High
Kool-Miss Paulina Hassell, Prin-
mrs. lUttiy *'*'*6f
RE* Grad°y h Debnam! £-
THE CHOWAN HERAL»
Local Playground
Proves Successful
Daily Average Attend
ance 43 For Three
Months
The Edenton playground, spon
sored by the Junior'Womans Club
and supervised during the months of
June, July and August by Miss Mary
Lee Copeland, has been a marked
1 success. Boys and girls of various
ages have enjoyed the swings, slides,
i seesaws and sandboxes. Bat tennis,
volley ball, basket ball and other
games have also been a part of the
recreational program at the play
ground.
I The attendance has been excellent.
The playground has been under
supervision each week day from 10
A. M. to noon and from 4 P. M. to
6 P. M. During these hours the av
erage number of children at the play
ground daily for each month was
June 42, July 54 and August 34,
making a daily average of 43 for
the summer months. This average
does not include the large numbers
that have enjoyed the park nights
and Sunday afternoons.
There has only been one child hurt
during the summer months. Albert
Ward lost his balance while running
backward to catch a tennis ball, fell
and broke his collar bone. There
has not been a single accident while
using the slides, seesaws and
swings'.
There has been much favorable
comment made to the supervisor
about the playground. People from
other North Carolina cities as well
as from other states, while visiting
in Edenton, eMfck-.jMay cttes While
passing through and stopping to let
the children play, have keen most
complimentary. The opinion general
ly expressed was how well Edenton
compared with and in many cases
surpassed other toWns and much
larger cities in its recreation park.
Amazement was also shown at the
fine cooperative spirit displayed by
the children.
People from Connecticut, Mass
achusetts, New York, Pennsylvania,
California, Georgia, Florida, South
Carolina and Virginia have been
among those from other states speak
ing favorably of the park.
In the opinion of the supervisor,
Edenton should be proud of its play
ground and ‘of the Junior Womans
Club for sponsoring a most worth
while project—one that affects the
town’s most priceless possession—
its boys and girls. It is to be hoped
that the town and its organizations
will continue to back the club in this
worthwhile undertaking.
The playground will be supervised
during the fall months from 4 P. M.
to 6 P. M.
6-
Mrs. Marie R. Davis, Elizabeth El
liott, Mary Lee Copeland, Bettie
Pearl Katherine Deans,
Minnie Hollowell, Mrs. Belle W. Grif
fin, Lena Jones, Myrtle Jenkins, Mrs.
Bessie H. Shepard, Ruby Felts, Car
rie Lpe Jones, Fannie Sue Sayers,
Emily Smithwick, Mrs. Wilma C.
Swain and Mrs. L. L. Lewis, Piano.
Colored Schools: Edenton—D. F.
Walker, Principal, Flossie Hines,
Burke C. Newsome, Joseph A. Ben
nett, Mrs. Onnie S. Charlton, Dorothy
Lee Exum, Samuel J. Baker, Alexan
der Blaine, Lula M. Tillett, Thomas
I. Sharpe, Mrs. Lillian E. Foxx, Mig
non Stallings, Emma Foreman, Mrs.
-Santoria Reeves, Mrs. Hattie Watson
Coley, Roberta Banks, Mrs. Fannie
Badham, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Barnes,
Elton C. Hall, Tamar McClengpy,
Lessie Wiggins, Mrs. Constance Jer
nigam and Queenie L. Gardner. -
St John School—S. N. Griffith,
Principal, Mrs. Floretta Blount and
f Mrs. Elizabeth L. Byrd. ,
Canaan Temple School—Mrs. Lau
retta Coston and Mrs. Carrie Brown.
Ryan Grove -jchool —Mrs. Mabel
B Coiling ♦ a <•%
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 4,1947.
September Term
Os Superior Court
Convenes Monday
Eight Criminal and Six
Civil Cases Appear
On Docket
The fall term of Chowan Superior
Court s scheduled to convene next I
Monday morning, with Judge R. Hunt
. Parker of Roanoke Rapids presiding.
Among the criminal cases on the
docket are the following: •
State vs. Thomas Small and Clifton
Bond, who are charged with larceny
of fish from nets owned by C. W.
Tynch and T. R. Tynch valued at
SSOO. Both were bound over to
Superior Court.
State vs. B. E. Winslow, who is
charged with giving a bad check to
J. A. Davenport for meat. Winslow
appealed from the judgment of Rec
order’s Court.
State vs. Joseph C. Hall, Negro,
charged with reckless driving, driving
a car without an operator’s license
and insufficient brakes. Hall appeal
ed from Recorder’s Court.
State vs. William Byrum, Jr.,
charged with manslaughter in con
nection with the death of Louis Nix
on in an automobile wreck.
State vs. James Newell, charged
with assaulting Mary Lillian Jordan
with intent to commit rape. Both
are Negroes.
State vs. Calvin Ray Ellis of
Portsmouth, charged with highway
robbery and larceny of an automobile
from Mrs. Sylvia Winslow in the
upper part of the County.
State vs. John McArthur Short,
charged with larceny of $67.50.
State vs. Fred Brown Cowen, who
appealed a conviction in Recorder’s
Court on a drunken driving charge.
Civil cases listed on the docket in
clude J. Roy Winslow vs. G. B. Mor
gan and Brooks Morgan. Winslow
is suing the Morgans for alleged
personal attack on him.
Herbert S. Small vs. Farmers
Cotton & Peanut Co. Small is suing
Farmers for allegedly breaking a
contract to purchase his crop of pea
nuts.
Nora W. Griffin et al vs. J. E.
Waff. Mrs. Griffin is contesting
Waff in regard to a boundary dispute.
J. H. Ward vs. Albemarle Lumber •
Co. Ward is suftig for damages to
his car by a truck owned by the de
fendants.
Maggie S. Reeves, et als vs. Char
lie Stallings, et als. This case in
volves selling of some property for
division among the heirs.
Fleishel Lumber Co. vs. M. M.
Nixon, et ai. This suit was brought
on account of an alleged debt.
Albemarle Motor Co.
Adds New Services
The Albemarle Motor Company this
week announce the addition of a dust
proof painting department as well as
a complete body gnd fender repair
department to its already up-to-date
plant on West Hicks Street. The
concern has secured the services of
expert body men, so that now any
kind of body or repair work can be
done in the plant.
T. Wallace Jones is very much en
thused over the additions, and says,
‘‘We can now fix your wrecks like
new cars.”
The Albemarle Motor Company is
the local Ford dealer.
Edenton Cannon Co/ /
Changes Drill Night
Effective this week the Edenton
Cannon Company of the N. C. Nat
ional Guard will hold its weekly
drills on Wednesday instead of Fri
day nights as heretofore.
The change was made due to the
wishes of the majority of the mem
bers.
• COUNTY DEBT REDUCED
W. W. Byrum, chairman of tike
Chowan County Commissioners on
Tuesday was authorized to pay $2,-
729.51 of the Ceunty indebtedness.
The amount represents $1,422.50 for
school building coupons due Septem
ber 15 and $1,307.01 for road and
bridge coupons and Edenton graded
school coupons due October 1.
CLASS NEXT TUESDAY
The Young Woman’s Bible Class
of the Baptist Church will meet
Tuesday night, September 9, at 8
o’clock in the church. Mrs. Wallace
Goodwin iB president of the class »nd
urges all members to be present.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ‘
: Mr. and Mrs. Julian Long announce
the birth of a daughter, Carolyn’
Paige, August 19, at the G^SWsufc
Vet Administration
Officesln Edenton
Will Close Sept 13
Warren G. Knight Has
Been In Charge Since
Office Was Opened
Warfen G. Knight, contact repres
entative of the local VA Contact Of
fice, announced Tuesday that the of
fice will be closed effective September
13. This action comes as a result of
an overall reduction of 364 employ
ees ordered for the Branch No. 4
area, which comprises Virginia,
Maryland, North Carolina, West Vir
ginia and the District of Columbia.
Mr. Knight stated that the offices
to be closed were selected on the bas
is of their volume of work and prox
imity to veterans served, and that
the veterans in this area are urged
to contact the VA Contact Office in
Elizabeth City or the Regional Of
fice in Winston-Salem, whenever
they have questions relative to their
benefits or entitlements under exist
ing laws.
Mr. Knight has been in charge of
the local office since July, 1946, when
the office was established. He is a
veteran of World War I and World
War II having served a period of
four years in the Army and was last
separated from military service on
March 10, 1944, at Fort Custer, Mich
igan.
Chowan Corn Tour
Postponed A Week;
Scheduled Sept 17
Change Made to Enable
State Specialists to
4 Attend
According to County Agent C. W.
Overman, the date for the com tour
of Chowan County has been changed
from Wednesday, September 10, to a
week later, Wednesday, September 17.
The change has been made in order
•to enable some of the field crop spe
cialists from N. C. State College to be
present.
The tour will cover actual corn
breeding work being done in the field % .
Crossing plots where hybrid corn is
being produced will be observed.
Then hybrid and variety tests will be
visited where the performance of
most of the hybrids recommended for
this area will be observed and those
on the tour can compare for them
selves, says Overman.
The tour will start about 9:30
o’clock from the County Agent’s of
fice and will be over by 4 o’clock or
before. Each person attending should
take his own lunch and cold drinks
will be provided. If time permits,
the group will visit some soybean va
riety tests and a Ladino Clover pas
ture.
A schedule of stops on the tour will
appear in The Herald next week.
Badham Bros. Present
Fall Fashion Show
Badham Bros, staged a fashion
show on the second floor of the store
Friday afternoon, when a group of
attractive Edenton girls modeled the
latest in fall dresses and coats. A
goodly number of women were on
hand and apparently enjoyed the
display of the new wearing apparel,
which was explained by Mrs. Laura
Harrell as the girls paraded before
the audience.
The who acted as models
were Hazel Boswell, Marie Seigle
Hoffler, Ruth Goodwin, Nelle Perry,
Gecola Ward, Patsy Taylor and Suz
anne Speight.
Fire Chief Hall Urges
Cleaning Os Chimneys
Fire Chief R. I£. Hall early this
week announced that it is very im
portant at this particular time to
have chimneys and flues cleaned be
fore the arrival of cool weather. If
anyone is unable to have this work
done, Chief Hall stated ttyrt he can
make arrangements to secure a com
petent person to do the work. He,
therefore, urges any who need chim
neys cleaned and have no way of do
ing it to contact hi mas soon as pos
sible. t ,
Chief Hall will make an inspection
of ail furnace rooms during the last
week in September and urges all who
uA furnaces to check their equip
ment to see that it 1b in safe condi
tio*.
Has • ■■ -,y, .
Lightning Strikes Esso Oil
Tanker During Electrical
Storm Saturday Afternoon
Creamery Meeting
Fails To Materialize
Breakdown of Bus Pre
vents Dairy Special
ist’s Arrival
Though a meeting was scheduled
for Friday afternoon to discuss the
possibilities of establishing some
dairying in Chowan County, A. C.
Kimery, Extension dairyman of N. C.
State College, who planned to attend
and speak at the meeting, did not ar
rive due to a bus breakdown in
Rocky Mount, so that the meeting did
not materialize.
Robert Marsh, assistant county
agent, says another meeting will be
held in the near future and he hopes
it will be well attended.
‘‘The problem of milk cows ade
quate to meet the needs of the county
is acute,” says Mr. Marsh. “In 1890,
in Chowan County, according to the
U. S. Census, there were 623 farms
and on these farms there were 618
milk cows. In 1945, according to the
census, there were 1,048 farms in
Chowan County, but there were only
495 milk cows. This is a very seri
ous situation and something should be
done about it. Since the present
acreage will probably be under the al
lotment plan next year, this extra
land might well be devoted to grazing
crops for milk cows.”
Revival At Ballard’s
Bridge Starts Monday
Revival services will begin at Bal
lard’s Bridge Baptist .Church next
Monday afternoon 3 o’clock, ac
cording to the pastor, the Rev. John
T. Byrum. Preaching during the
series of meetings, which will con
tinue for a week, will be the Rev.
Frank Morris, pastor of the Lee
Street Baptist Church of Richmond.
W. J. Daniels will be in charge of
the singing during the revival.
Services, will be held daily at 3 and
7:45 P. M., and the public is cordially
invited to attend all meetings.
Susan Thigpen Head Os
Youth Fellowship Group
At a meeting of the Methodist
Youth Fellowship held Sunday night,
new officers were elected for the year.
Miss Susan Thigpen was elected
president, succeeding Peggy White.
Suzanne Speight is the new vice
president succeeding Ruth Muth and
Betty Thigpen will serve as secretary
and Faye Dail as treasurer.
All members are urged to be pres
ent next Sunday night when Suzanne
Speight and Alvah Bunch will be in
charge of the program.
GARAGE MAN HURT
T. A. Czerniak, a mechanic’s help
er at the Chowan Motor Company,
was painfully injured Tuesday morn
ing, when one of his hands was bad
ly mashed. Czerniak was helping to
unload a heavy piece of equipment
from a freight truck, when it fell
on his hand.
He was taken to a local doctor,
who in turn sent the injured man to
the Chowan Hospital, where he is
getting along as well as can be ex
pected.
COMMISSIONERS AUTHORIZE BIDS FOR
MODERN HEATING PLANT AT COURT HOUSE
Architect Frank Benton Presents Plans at Meet
ing Monday Calling For Oil Burning Hot Water
System Which Will Heat Entire Building
Chowan CJounty Commissioners on ;
Monday took another step, beside j
talking, toward the ultimate modern i
heating of the historic Chowan Coun
ty Court House, when they authoriz- i
ed Architect Frank Benton to adver- 1
tise for bids for installing a heating
systerii.
Mr. Benton was present at the
meeting with blue prints of the plans
| which call for an oil burning hot
water system which will heat the en
tire building.
i The plans call for the erection of
: a boiler room at the northeast cor
i ner of the building. The addition
• will be 10x15 feet, which will pro
vide ample room for a larger or ad
ditional boiler if and when a new
$1.50 Per Year.
•
Men Jump Overboard as
Bolt Sets Fire to Gas
Laden Vessel
ONE MAN~DROWNS
I Many Citizens Watch
Weird Spectacle Dur
ing Torrent of Rain
Edenton Bay was the scene of
stark tragedy Saturday shortly be
fore noon when during a severe elec
trical storm lightning struck an oil
tanker about a mile from shore, sett
ing fire to the boat and resulting in
the drowning of John Hartley Spar
row, 28-year-old seaman of Matthews
County, Virginia.
The boat, an Esso delivery tanker,
had unloaded 50,000 gallons of gaso
line at the local Standard Oil Com
pany dock and with about 60,000
more gallons on board was proceed
ing to other points to deliver the
remainder of the cargo. The bolt of
lightning set fire to the boat and ap
parently fearing that the gasoline
would explode, all of the seven-man
crew except two, Captain Archie
O’Neal and Second Engineer Frank
Gatewood, jumped overboard. O’Neal
and. Gatewood fought the flames, aid
ed by torrents of rain which helped
prevent the fire from spreading. The
fire was finally extinguished and for
tunately there was no major explos
ion.
Many Edenton citizens saw the
lightning strike the boat, the subse
quent fire and men jumping over
board and immediately J. H. Conger
went to the scene in his yacht, Em
mett Wiggins in his speed boat and
Frank Hughes and Bill Davis in a
skiff with an outboard motor. As* 4 , <
of the men overboard were picked
up and brought to shore on Mr. Con
ger’s yacht.
One member of the crew said he
saw Sparrow floating from the stern
of the boat, apparently hurt and
feebly calling for help, but was un
able to assist the unfortunate man
who was engulfed in gasoline and
flames.
Later several boats went to the
site of the accident and about 3
o’clock Sparrow’s body was recovered
by Frank Hughes, B. Henry Smith
and Frank Hughes, Jr. Dr. John
Warren, coroner, reviewed the body
and pronounced death was caused by
accidental drowning. Sparrow was a
veteran of the recent war, having
gone through many battles but for
tunately was not injured.
The local Red Cross Chapter issued
dry clothing to the members of the
crew and facilities at the fire station
were thrown open to them.
Members of the crew were Archie
O’Neal of Washington, N. C., cap
tain; First Mate A. Dorsey Wills of
Newport News; Chief Engineer W.
H. Snell of Norfolk; Second Engineer
Frank Gatewood of Norfolk; Cook
Eddie Racikee of Baltimore; Bill
Davis of Washington, D. C., and
Sparrow.
Officials of the Standard Oil Com
pany arrived in Edenton later in
the afternoon and after inspecting
the tanker and damage done, the boat
left to complete its delivery of gaso
line.
MASONIC MEETING TONIGHT
# Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., is scheduled to meet tonight.
jail is built so that the Court House,
jail and jailer’s home will be heated
from the central plant
Radiators will be installed in the
main court room, the Register of
Deeds and Clerk of Court offices, as
well as in the County Tax Supervis
or’s office on the second floor and the
Masonic room. In the panel room on
the second floor heating units will be
suspended from the ceiling.
Mr. Benton was unable to estimate
how much the project will cost but
as soon as he secures bids, the Com
missioners will meet in special ses
sion to consider awarding * contract
for both the erection of |tte boiler
room and the installation of the heat
ing pliant.