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Above is pictured a drawing of the proposed American Legion War Memorial, for which a vigorous
campaign is now in progress to raise a $35,000 building fund. The Memorial will be erected on the
lot owned by the Legion on the waterfront near the County Dock. In the tower will be displayed the
names of those from Chowan County who made the supreme sacrifice in the defense of their country,
while the remainder of the building will provide a home for various activities of the American Legion
and Legion Auxiliary, including a recreational facility for young and old, which will be available for
social and civic groups. Legionnaires are appealing to every person in Chowan County to show his
or her appreciation for what the veterans have done in the cause of freedom and the American way
of life by making a substantial contribution in order to bring to realization a long-standing dream.
Edenton Puts In
Bid For Veterans
Hospital Location
Inspection Team Shown
Four Sites on Trip
Thursday
Edenton put in a bid for the pro
posed 1,000-bed Veterans Administra
tion neuropsychiatric hospital Thurs
day of last week when a four-man
Veterans Administration hospital site
inspection party inspected four pro
posed sites. In the party were J- E.
McMurrer, C. T. Thomason, J. C.
Donahue and J. P. Haynes, who have
inspecting many sites in the
State. Accompanying the visiting
quartet were Mayor Leroy Haskett,
J. Clarence Leary, H. A. Campen,
Geddes Potter, J. H. Conger and Peter
Carlton.
Os the four sites visited, , it ap
peared that the members of the in
spection team were very favorably
impressed, although, of course, no
commitments could be made. Mem
bers of-the local delegation felt en
couraged, too, by the apparent inter
est taken in the proposed sites by the
visitors.
After the inspection the group was
. taken on a tour of the various points
of Interest in Edenton. The party
was scheduled to leave at 1 o’clock
for Washington, N. C., for another in
spection trip, but remained until 4
o’clock. They were visibly impressed
with the hospitality accorded them
and especially did they enjoy scan
ning over the old Masonic record
books.
Copies of Mrs. Inglis Fletcher’s
books will be autographed and sent
to each one as compliments of the
Chamber of Commerce. The visit
was climaxed by a cruise aboard J.
H. Conger’s yacht and upon their re
turn they were guests at a- steak din
' ner served at Hotel Joseph Hewes.
The cost of constructing the pro
posed hospital is estimated at $20,-
000,000, with an annual payroll of
$2,900,000. About 1,100 will be em
ployed at an average annual salary of
$2,900. If the hospital uses oil for
• heating, 1,000,000 gallons will be
consumed annually, and if coal is
used, the consumption will be 800,000
tons. Fresh vegetables and other
staples will be bought locally, so that
the hospital influence will be felt at
least within a 50-mile, radius of where
it is eventually located.
Meefag Postponed]
Due to the celebration of
Armistice Day next Tuesday,
November 11, which has been
declared a holiday by Mayor Le
roy Haskett, the November meet
| fag of Town Council has been t
postponed. The meeting has
been called by Mayor Haskett
November 18
THE CHOWAN HERALD,
I PROCLAMATION BY MAYOR HASKETT i
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j WHEREAS it is the custom on one day of each year for our citizens j
j to join with the remainder of the nation to render grateful tribute to j
| our war veterans and thank God for the armistice' which was signed s
j following the first World War, and giv4 well deserved honor and recog- J
| nition to the achievements of the men and women who took part in J
j all wars; and
I WHEREAS this year is an especially appropriate occasion to honor the j
| veterans of World Wars I and II and to emphasize the importance to j
| our nation of maintaining peace; and
j WHEREAS it is fitting and proper that our citizens set aside one day |
| to honor and pay tribute to those who served in the armed forces and |
[ contributed to the winning of the war and taking on the mantle of !
j guardian in peace,
I THEREFORE, I, Leroy H. Haskett, Mayor of Edenton, hereby pro- j
I claim Tuesday, November 11, 1947, Armisticd Day, and call upon all j
I citizens of Edenton to take part in observance of this day through the !
I.many channels open to them, I respectfully request all stores and !
I business houses to close for the day in order to allow everyone in I
| Edenton to take part in observing the holiday. I urge all flags to be |
' I displayed and for everyone to join with the Legionnaires in making j
j their celebration an outstanding success.
Herein unto I have set my hand and seal this third day of No- j
J vember, 1947. j
| (Seal) LEROY H. HASKETT, Mayor of Edenton. j
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Jurymen Drawn For
Next Term Os Court
Judge R. Hunt Parker
Os Roanoke Rapids
Will Preside
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In preparation for the November
term of Chowan Superior Court,
which will convene Monday, Novem
ber 24, the County Commissioners on
Monday drew the names of 36 Cho
wan Qounty men to serve as jurors.
Judge R’. Hunt Parker of Roanoke
Rapids, is scheduled to preside over
the court.
Those drawn for jury duty are as
follows:
M. F. Bass, Curtis M. Chappell, A.
R. Spruill, J. Wallace Goodwin, Brady
C. Hare, J. W. White, Clarence G.
Brickie, John A. Bunch, Henry Jor
dan, Thurman R. Harrell, M. L.
Flynn, W. B. Shepard, S. F. Small,
Thomas J. Jackson, Jr., J. J. Alex
ander, W. E. Malone, Leslie Morgan,
Leroy Boyce, E. B. Williams, William
Jethro, Earl Goodwin, Rudy Parks,
J. M. Jones, J. L. Chestnutt, K. J.
Copeland, William C. Lamb, Edward
Wells, R. S. Ward, I. E. Halsey, Jr.,
W. T. Bunch, Milton E. Bunch, Gil
bert Harrell, H. M. Bunch, H. T.
Copeland, Raymond B. Bunch, Lloyd
Overton, Jr.
PTA Bridge Party
Scheduled Nov. 13th
Mrs. Leon Leary, finance chairman
of the JTA, has announced a bridge
papty sponsored by tile organization
Thursday, November 13, in the school
library from 8 to 11 P. M.
Table prizes will be given and each
member is asked -to bring a wrapped
prize to Mrs. John White or Mrs.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 6,1947.
Hallowe’en Party
Outstanding Affair
Many Favorable Com
ments Made By Both
Young and Old
What has been very generally re
ferred to as the greatest thing ever
done in Edenton was the Hallowe’en
party staged on the community play- j
ground at Hicks Field Friday night, I
which was sponsored by the Junior
Woman’s ■ Club and planned by Mrs.
Rppert Goodwin, chairman of the
Playground Committee. Mrs. Good
win secured the services of H. A.
Campen, who “engineered” the affair,
going all-out in an effort to make' the
party worth-while. As a result the
occasion was one of the
standing events ever staged in EMen
ton. ,
The party not only attracted a
large crowd of youngsters, but adults,
too, were there in large numbers to
enjoy the affair. Vari-colored lights
were strung all over the playground
and all kinds of amusements were
available for the youngsters to en
joy.
A feature event was a parade, in
which all Os the boys and girls in
costume participated. Prizes were
given for the best costnmes and the
most comical, and these went to Son
dra Warden; Tex Lindsay’s children,
dressed as a drummer and majorette;
Mary Etta Perry and Sarah Kemp
Wood as a South American team, and
Martha Wood and Ruth Rea Elliott'
in a colored mammy and baby pair.
Another feature was a Marinette
show presented by Mrs. Frank Elliott
and Mr. and,Mrs. John Ross. Fortune
telling was also very popular, with
Mrs. John Kramer and Mrs. E. T.
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J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Scheduled To Speak
Here Armistice Day
Campaign For Legion
Memorial Home Now
Under Way
With November 11 practically at
hand, Legionnaires of Ed G. Bond
Post of the American Legion invite
their friends from Chowan and sur
rounding counties to enjoy to the full
est the Armistice Day celebration in
Edenton Tuesday of next week.
Beginning with the parade, sched
uled for 10 A. M., and ending with
the big dance at the armory at 9
P. M., the day will hold attraction for
almost everyone.
All activities and groups participat
ing in the parade are urged to be at
the armory by 9:30 A. M. The pa
rade will advance down Broad street,
ending at the Court House Green.
Former Governor J. C. B. Ehring
haus is to be the guest speaker for
the occasion, speaking on the Court
House Green. This in itself should
be a big drawing card.
Outboard motor boat races and
commercial fish boat races are to be
held off the waterfront immediately
, following the speaking.
After the family picnic lunch at the
Fair Grounds, a band concert will be
given just prior to the football game
which is scheduled for 2 P. M.
For those who enjoy group singing
a community sing is scheduled in the
armory for 7:30 P. M.
The feature of the evening will be
the dance at 9 P. M., at which music
will be furnished by “Stormy” Weath
ers and his University of North Caro
lina orchestra.
The Legionnaires began their drive
to raise $35,000 to build a Memorial
Home on their lot on the waterfront
and while canvassers have been so
liciting, no report as to the response
with which they have met was avail
able when The Herald went to press.
Legionnaires are very anxious to
stage a creditable Armistice Day cele
bration and to that end urge the full
cooperation of every Legionnaire as
well as other citizens.
Mayor Leroy Haskett has issued a
proclamation declaring a holiday, in
which he requests all places of busi
ness to close for the occasion.
Mrs. Wales Heading
1947 Style Tea, Party
Plans to Send One Hun
dred Pounds of Tea
To England
As a gesture of good will, Mrs.
Charles P. Wales is leading a move
ment to send 100 pounds of tea from
Edenton to England, an item which is
rationed to the British. The 1947
style Edenton Tea Party is meeting
with some degree of success in that
10 pounds has already been sent to
England. Anyone desiring to share
| in the project is requested to send as
many of tea as desired to
Mrs. Wales. ‘
While in England this summer,
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher learned that the
Victorian League in London was a
suitable channel for distribution and
the'British Ambassador at Washing
ton informed Mrs. Wales that the tea
would be sent free of duty.'
HKm FOUNDATION DESIRES TO SETTLE
BASF PROPERTY LITIGATION OUT OF COURT
President David E. Hervey Writes Open Letter to
Mayor Leroy H. Haskett and Town Council;
z Suggests Forgetting the Past
In aif apparent effort to settle out
of court the litigation proceedings be
tween the Town of Edenton and the
Hervey Foundation, to which the
Town sub-leased the greater portion
of the Edenton Naval Air Station,
David E. Hervey, president of Hie
Foundation, on Tuesday released a
letter which he has written to Mayor
Leroy Haskett and Town Council.
His letter in full follows:
-“Gentlemen:
“Judge Gilliam in our hearing in
Elisabeth City in September implied,
•at least, thet you and we should ne-
Lack Os Board Os Elections
Chairman Delays Date For
Vote From Mid - December
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J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON
Early this week former Gov
ernor J. Melville Broughton an
nounced his candidacy for United
State Senator in the Democratic
primary election to be held in
May.
Chowan Hospital
Auxiliary Forming
First Meeting of New
Group November 12
At Hospital
Plans are underway for the organi
zation of a much-needed Chowan
Hospital Auxiliary that will reach
every woman in the county. The
American Legion Auxiliary; the
Chowan and Edenton High School
Parent-Teacher Associations, the
Junior Woman’s Club, all the Home
Demonstration Clubs, and every
church Society in Edenton and
throughout the county have been
asked to name a representative for
the Hospital Auxiliary. Each rep
resentative, or an alternate, is ex
pected to attend the meetings, and
is responsible for reporting to her
group and enlisting their help in var
ious planned activities.
These group representatives, the
wives of the doctors in the community
and the wives of the Hospital Board
of Directors, will meet regularly, but
every woman should consider herself
a member and feel welcome always
to attend.
Wednesday, November 12, at 3
o’clock is the appointed time for the
first meeting, to be held at the Chow
an Hospital. There will be adoption
of by-laws,, election of officers and
discussion of projects.
Miss Frances Tillett, manager of j
the hospital, is delighted with the I
prospect of active, functioning com
mittees for visiting, flowers, sewing,
library, grounds, etc., —and feels that
many worth-while projects can be
undertaken. The Hospital Auxiliary
offers the women of Chowan a great
opportunity for wonderful service.
The colored people of ’ the com
munity will soon announce the date
and plans for their organizations to
be built along similar lines.
gotiate for settlement of our law
suit out of court. As you know, we
have been endeavoring to do this ever
since you first took action against us
last February notifying us to vacate
these premises. At that time we ne
gotiated a new lease agreement with
you, but before it was placed into ef
fect you, for some reason unknown to
us, suddenly took action Against us,
throwing the matter into court, suing
us for $50,000 damages to the Naval
Air, Station property, declaring us in
solvent or in imminent danger of in
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Awaiting Appointment
Os Successor to Late
L. C. Burton
little Comment
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No Complaint Register
ed With Commission
ers Monday
With some of the necessary legal
steps taken care of, the Ghowan
County Commissioners at their meet
ing Monday unanimously passed a
resolution setting Tuesday, January
20, as the date for an election to vote
on a $400,000 bond issue for the pur
pose of making necessary school im
provements in the county. The Com
missioners were rather anxious to call
the election about the middle of De
cember, but due to certain develop
ments time did not permit.
One of the difficulties was the fact
that the Chowan County Board of
Elections has .been without a chair
man since the death of Lloyd C. Bur
ton. His vacancy as a member of
the Board must be filled by the State
Board of Elections, where a similar
situation exists. A State chairman
has been appointed, but until Monday
had not qualified, so that no succes
sor to Mr. Burton on the Chowan
Board could be appointed. A local
1 chairman is necessary in order to put
the election machinery in motion,
which provides for a certain length
of time to elapse, as well as naming
registrars, judges of election, polling
places, have ballots printed and the
like.
County Attorney J. N. Pruden has
attended to the legal phases of the
election to date, but there are still
other requirements which must be
met before the election can be held.
It was in order to allow ample time
to properly carry out all these re
quirements that the January 20 date
was set rather than before Christmas.
The bond issue will be for $400,000
which, if carried, will be used for
building additional class rooms for
the Edenton colored and white schools
and a physical education building at
Chowan High School. The project for
class rooms is estimated to cost
$325,000, while the Chowan High
School addition is calculated to cost
$75,000.
Monday’s meeting of the County
Commissioners was designated as a
time when any complaints could be
registered in connection with the pro
posed election, but no one appeared to
complain so that they proceeded to set
the date for the election. In fact,
the Commissioners have heard little
comment one way or the other re
garding the issue, but they are hope
ful that it will be carried by the vot
ers of the county in order to remedy
present deplorable school conditions.
The project is part of a ten-year
j improvement program recently adopt
ed following recommendations of a
county-wide committee.
Norman Cordon To
Sing Here Nov. 20th
Planned By Junior Wo
man’s Club For Bene
fit of Hospital
The date has been set for the con
cert by Norman Cordon, well-known
Metropolitan Opera Star, for Novem
ber 20tlh The concert is being given
for the benefit of the Chowan
Hospital.
Tickets will go on sale next week
at both Leggett & Davis and Mitch
ener’s.
The concert is scheduled to begin
at 8:30 in the High School
Auditorium.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will meet tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock. A H * asons are urged
to attend.
W. M. WILKINS IN HOSPITAL
Walter M. Wilkins was admitted
in Chowan Hospital Monday of this
week. Reports Tuesday night were
to the effect that he was making
satisfactory progress.