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The Tax Books for the year 1947 are now in my
I hands for the collection of taxes. We urge you
to pay your taxes now and thus avoid the penalty.
wtiidi will begm on February 1.
| A PENALTY OF 1% WILL BE ADDED ON 1947
I TAXES NOT PAID BEFORE FEBRUARY 2. AN
OTHER 1% WILL BE ADDED MARCH 2 AND AN
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SHERp OF CHOWAN COUNTY J
, Blanchard; treasurer, Lassie Mae
Davidson; sergeant-at-arms, Ernest
1 Boyce.
I The Student Council is beginning
with five standing committees which
I are as follows: '
Publicity—Hilda King, chairman,
Naomi Boyce, Ruth Rogerson, Ralph
Hollowell, Jr.
House and Grounds —Ruth Wins
low, chairman, Ruth Boyce, Jossie
Morris, Marguerite Nixon, Bernice
White.
i - Social—Anna Lee Asbell, chair-
I man, Malcolm Copelatid, Audrey
Keeter, Anna Rea Chappell.
Library— Florence Morris, chaii*-
I man, Frances Byrum, Arlene Harrell,
Herbert Rdy Jordan.
Traffic Kelly Byrum, chairman,
Madge Copeland, Richard Leigh, Lil
lie Mae Bunch, Russell Chappell.
Room representatives have been
elected as follows: Senior, Sybil
j Chappell; Junior, Leon Bunch; Sopho
more, Martha Leigh; Freshman, Dorik
Jean Nixon.
The Council is very thankful to W.
J. Nickols, principal, Mrs. Owens, ad
visor, the faculty and members of the
Perquimans Student Council for the
1 efforts they have put forth in order
| to organize the" Student Council.
CHOWAN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
The Senior Class of Chowan High
School entertained the Chowan Ruri
tan Club Thursday, December 11, the
affair being ladies’ night. A very in
teresting program was presented.
Two members of the Senior Class
went to Norfolk to see the Freedom
Train.
( The members of the Senior Class
were entertained at a party Wednes
day, December 3, at the home of Mrs.
Tom Asbell. The affair was very en
joyable.
The Junior Class presented a 3-act
play, “Under Western Skies,” Friday
night, December 12,.in the school au
ditorium.
Miss Myrtle Sessoms, a former
teacher, was a visitor at the teacher
age' over the week-end.
THE CHOWAN EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1947.
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! Baptist Hour Speaker
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“Divine Light For Daily Living” is
the theme of “The Baptist Hour” for
1948, to be heard over station WPTF
at 8:30 A. M. each Sunday, January
1 through March. Dr. Kyle M. Yates
' of Houston, Texas, opens the series
on January 4th with the subject
‘ “Faith For Forty-eight.” Dr. Yates,
pastor of the Second Baptist Church,
5 Houston, will also be heard on suc
-1 ceeding Sundays in January on
“Love—God to Man,” “Repentance—
-5 Man to God” and “Justice —Man to
■ Man.”
Other speakers in the series will be
‘ Dr. Casper C. Warren, Charlotte, N.
C.; Prof. Charles Wellborn, Waco,
Texas, and Dr. Ted F. Adams, Rich
-7 mond, Va., who will be heard in Feb
ruary, and Dr. Duke K. McCall, Nash
ville, Tenn., who speaks in March.
A feature of each program of “The
" Baptist Hour” will be a favorite hymn
selected by a poll now being conduct
ed in the churches and among inter
ested listeners.
Hospital Notes
The following patients were admit
ted at Chowan Hospital for the week
ending December 15:
White Patients
Zack Evans, Edenton; Mrs. Charles
Evans and*baby boy, Merry Hill; Mrs.
Augustus Spruill and baby girl, Eden
ton; Herbert Leary, Edenton; Mrs.
Dennis Swain, Columbia; Cecil Hollo
well, Edenton; Mrs. Charles Swain,
Colerain; Stephen H. Long, Edenton;
Mrs. Henry Wright, Edentcr..
Colored Patients
Caroline Madrin, Harrellsville.
But A Well-Fed One
Teacher—“ Frank, what is a canni
bal?”
“Don’t know, mum.”
“Well, if you ate your father and
mother, what would you be?”
“An orphan, mum.”
j Town Council j
j Proceedings !
Edenton, N. C., Dec. 9, 1948.
The Town Council met this day in
the Town office at 8 o’clock P. M. in
regular monthly session. Present, L.
H. Haskett, Mayor, Clyde Hollowell,
i G. M. Byrum, J. Edwin Bufflap, W. J.
i Yates, J. Clarence Leary and J. P.
Partin.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read forinformation and
approved. I
On motion of G. M. Byrum, second
ed by J. C. Leary, E. & W. Depart
ment bills amounting to $10,070.86 are
ordered paid.
On motion of J. C. Leary, seconded
by G. M. Byrum, Town bills amount
ing to $2,073.13 are ordered paid as
follows:
Blue Ridge Stone Corp., $76.69;
American LaFranee-Foamite Corp.,
$6.69; Whirlwind Lawn Mower Corp.,
$6.33; Snap-on Tools Corp., $23.54;
Interstate Equipment Co., $7.04; S.
Hobowsky, $25.30; W. J. Yates,
$39.00; E. E. Goodwin,- $5.50; J. A.
Davenport, $77.20; Chestnutt Clean
ers, $73.50; Edenton Laundry, $3.00;
A. S. Smith Co., $24.15; The Chowan
Herald, $7.00; Edenton Ice Co.,
$110.00; 8.8. H. Motor Co., 96c; W. H.
Bunch’s Garage, $238.63; M. G.
Brown Co., ’535.24; T. J. Jessup,
$263.00; Edenton Supply Co., $1.40;
J. B. Braswell, $9.15; Lula White’s
Flower Shop, $10.00; Karpark Corp.,
$576.23; R. K. Hall (salary firemen),
$33.00; W. S. Privott, $400.00; N. C.
Tel. & Tel. Co., $21.58.
Upon motion of J. E. Bufflap, sec
onded by W. J. Yates, it was ordered
that the proposed contract between
General Electric Company and the
Town of Edenton relating to switch
gear equipment, dated November 5,
1947, be accepted and that the execu
tion of the same is hereby authorized.
There being no further business,
the Board adjourned.
R. E. LEARY, Clerk.
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gtice To Voters j
owan County Board of Elections has appointed the fol- l
Registrars and Judges of Election for the Special Bond T
• be held Tuesday, January 20, 1948: f
EAST EDENTON PRECINCT '*
Miss Sarah Jones ,i
Election 0. C. Davis and C. C. Cates
ce - Court House ■
WEST EDENTON PRECINCT |
J. J. Long i
Election M. A. Hughes and Mrs. George C. Hoskins ’ •
ce Municipal Building
YEOPIM PRECINCT ' ’
Registrar H. A. PerVy
Judges of Election T. J. Hoskins and Thomas Hoskins, Jr. 7
Voting Place H. A. Perry’s Store f
;; ROCKY HOCK PRECINCT ?
{Registrar , W. H. Pearce s
Judges of Election Tom Tynch and W. H. Saunders l
Voting Place Henry Bunch’s Store J
CENTER HILL PRECINCT J
<. Registrar R- H. Goodwin «
T Judges of Election Ralph Goodwin and E. D. Byrum 1
Voting Place • ti. Same as- Last Election i
; ' WARDVILLE PRECINCT |
, Registrar _ ' G. A. Hollowell t *
Judges of Election _.T. A. Berryman and C. J. Hollowell
Voting Place G. A. Hollo well’s Store
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Books open for Registration December 27, January 3 and Jan
uary 10. (
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Challenge Day, January 17.
< > Election, January 20. . * j
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j r L. S. BYRUM, Chairman J
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Minutes of Board of
i Public Works
Edenton, N. C., Dec. 3, 1947.
The Board of Public Works met
this day in the Town office at eight
o’clock P. M. in regular monthly ses
sion. Present, J. H. Conger, chair
man, O. B. Perry and W. S. Griffin.
The following bills were examined
and approved for payment:
Modern Typewriter Service, $7.00;
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.,
$13.50; News and Observer, $51.77;
Portable Light Co., $32.82; Norfolk
Stationery Co., $11.45; Signal Engi
neering Co., $46.16; Norfolk Southern
Bus Corp., 85c; Standard Oil Co.,
$28.37; The Texas Co., $31.42; Rem
ington Rand, Inc., $329.18; Tidewater
Supply Co., $75.22; Electric Equip
ment Co., $565.29; Wood & Gardner,
$716.03; Chowan Herald, $28.50; E. P.
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Jones, $102.80; W. D. Holmes Co.,
$16.75; R. N. Hines, $50.00; Dail ft
Ashley, $10.50; J. .H. Conger, $6.91;
Edenton Ice Co., $15.50; Willie Bem
bry, $2.90; Byrum Hardware Co.,
$20.45; W. H. Bunch’s Garage, $6.50;
M. G. Brown Co., $390.79; Graybar
Electric Co., $796.57; Railway Express
Agency, $4.37; Leggett « Davie,
$1.40; Va. Electric & Power Co.,
$3,832.06; N. C. Tel. & Tel. Co,
$44.92; general salaries paid for No
vember, $2,828.88; total, $10,070.86,
Received from Collector for tßttal
and merchandise, $9,482.33.
Amount of disbursements in excess
of receipts, $588.53.
On motion duly carried the Super
intendent is authorized to get prices
to extend the White Way through
North Edenton.
There being no further business,,
the Board adjourned.
R. E. LEARY, Clerk.