Drive Progressing For Re-opening Os Old Chowan College Prospects Bright De spite Meeting With Many Obstacles By Jack Rider, Ahoskie The drive now progressing in Northeastern North Carolina to re open historic Chowan College in Mur freesboro strikes many most respon sive chords in hearts and homes throughout North Carolina and Tide water Virginia where graduates of the 100-year-old school now guide the thinking and footsteps of so many families. Much more than sentiment, how ever, enters into the labors and thoughts of the men and women who ought/ 0 •Juneral rjonie jit>|| Hc*j H Is there a friendly gate to our character? Does it invite others in to a friendly under standing? Have you a smile of welcome that makes others feel happy and comfortable in ' your presence? A favorable current of pub lic opinion results from a di rector’s earnest desire to serve with thoughtful ability and sympathetic consideration. 7 [unetal 4jomt pft.23l EDENTON J IN BOTTLES AND AT FOUNTAINS PeptirCola Company, Long Tttand City, N. T. PEPSI-COLA COMPANY OF ELIZABETH CITY. N. C. aBEIBEEJSEEISEpSEiaiSI3iai3IBiSfBEffIaiSJ3EI3ISfSISI3®SISJSMSrSI3MSJSMSJaMSMi3Mr? { 1947 WAS A KAISER - FRAZER YEAR! We are happy to have contributed to this accom -1 plishment and are grateful to our twenty-seven owners for their cooperation and endorsement. This week we will receive two KAISERS and one FRAZER MANHATTAN. These are our first 1948 a models and will be on sale at our new show room on Water and Dock Streets. ' ® i Enter KAISER-FRAZER $135,000 Free 1 Automobile Contest K/ — — I I Edenton Motor Company I are today fighting to bring back to life a school with a proud history and a noble background, for today with the educational facilities of North Carolina ever moving further and j further to the west, the need for a | revitalized and readily accessible seat of learning in the rich and long cul tured Albemarle becomes far more than an emotional consideration and demands positive action both from social and economic points of view. Celebrating its centennial next Oc tober, Chowan College is the last of four schools that flourished in Mur freesboro in the past 151 years, caus ing that colonial town to long be known as the educational center of Eastern North Carolina, j In 1911 the name of the school was changed to Chowan College and 2t) years later, in 1931, the school was made co-educational. Through wars, depressions and prosperity, the old school carried on, turning out hund reds of fine citizens who today are the backbone of the reopening that will be held next fall on the celebration of the beautiful old school’s 100th an niversary. The present drive is the result of many things. The faith of a few. I The work of many. The final realiza- j j tion of the pressing need. The re- ! moval of Wake Forest to Winston- , I Salem. The expensiveness of an I “away from home” education. The i geographical remoteness of all other Baptist schools in the State, insofar as Northeastern North Carolina is concerned. The loss of more and more of the “youth-power” of the Al bemarle and Roanoke-Chowan, which > leaves to enter schools 200 miles! away and never returns in body and seldom in spirit. The great need for more'trained men and women to de velop and extend the richness of their home lands. The desire in the hearts and minds of many to renew the broken cultural chain that has not been filled since the closing of Cho wan in 1942. The reopening of Chowan College has run onto some pretty deadly snags: Indifference, lack of under standing, plain stinginess, church con flicts; poor cooperation between the West Chowan and Chowan Baptist Associations, owners of the school, the desire among many to centralize education in the huge “diploma fac tories.” Today as you read this, men and women throughout this area are working and giving and Drive Direc tor the Rev. Lonnie Sasser of Mur freesboro, one whose faith persisted when others were laughing behind his back, says that the SIOO,OOO by January 15 goal is well on its way toward success. Another SIOO,OOO will be raised by opening time next fall and still an other $300,000 will be raised in the next few years for the expansion of the proud and historical educational center; since the men and women who are reopening Chowan College do not plan to merely “reopen,” they plan to go forward with a program that will give the students in this part of North Carolina and Virginia an op portunity to attend one of the best schools in the country, if not the largest. Meetings have been held in Jack son, Severn, Conway, Roxobel, Ahos kie, Elizabeth City, Lewiston and many more places; in each there has been no air of doubt, for now every one knows that Chowan College will T T TK CHOWAN HERALD, BLENTON,' N. C., THURSDAY JANUARY 1, 1948. — ' With ten - balow - zero weather greeting them upon their Novem ber arrival at training grounds in Big Delta, Alaska, troops of the Second Infantry Division partici pating in the Array Ground Forces Exercise Yukon, began their train ing in over-snow operations under Arctic conditions. The exercise hi scheduled to end In March of IMS. ARMY LMGUIBTB: Selected military personnel are now being trained in SI languages, including Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Per sian and Arable, In Army lan guage Schools here and oversea*. Length of courses varies with the difficulty of the language, Chinees involving Umjtmai study. WAR DEAD KBCORTS* Jta opportunity actively to partiehate in the nation-wide program of the return and reburial of their faPen comrsdes-in-arms is being offend to World War II veterans es the Enlisted Reserve Corps. Enlisted Reservists, who qualify for escort and ceremonial duty, may volun teer for six months or * j active service connected with turn program. ,* , SAFETY AWARD: The De partment of the Army has been awarded the National Safety Coun cil’s Award of Honor for Distin guished Service to Safety in recog nition of a reduction of 86 per cent in the Army accident rate in 1946 over the preceding year. NATIONAL GUARD: A total ; of 9,197 men enlisted in the Na- , tional Guard during the week end- ; ing November Bth, according to | Major General Kenneth F. Cramer, Chief of the National Guard Bu reau. This is the highest number of men to enlist in any one week since the campaign to recruit 88,888 men for the National Guard began September 16th. The Guard * total strength now is more than 179.000 . live once again. In the nearly one hundred years of its history 4,215 students have studied in this famous old school, and 1.021 have graduated. State’s Track tons $16,009,980 In 1947 Prices Received Gener ally Lower Than Paid During 1946 The value of sales of North Caro lina’s principal commercial truck crops in 1947 was estimated at $16,- 009,000. This is $3,633,000 less than the $19,642,000 realized from sales during the 1946 season. Sales of truck crops for fresh market totaled $15,100,000 this year compared with $18,890,000 in 1946. Sales for pro cessing amounted to $909,000 in 1947 compared with $752 000 last year. Ex cept for lettuce, cabbage and canta loupes, the value of sales of North Carolina truck crops was generally lower than in 1946. A total of 80,530 acres of commer cial truck crops were brought to ma turity by North Carolina farmers in 1947. This is 14,050 acres, or 15 per cent less than the 91,580 acres har vested in 1946. The value per acre for all truck crops In 1947 a .'oraged $199 which was 9 below that of 1946. The per aere return from fresh market sales was I’ss 11 a r in 1946 or $2lO compared with "2 in 1946. Per acre val :e 7 • for pro cessing was h gher than t • of last year, or $lO6 in 194/ Co a d with SB9 in 1946. Prices received for North Carolina truck crops were generally lower in 1947 than in 1946.. .Specific crops that were an exception to this were early Irish potatoes, green peas, let tuce, cabbage and beets, for which prices received were above those in 1946. However, 1947 prices received were well above the 10-year (1936-45) average. The most marked improve ment in prices received were for cab bage, which brought an average price of $52.34 per ton compared with $33.39 in 1946, and lettuce, which sold for $4.50 per crate compared with $1.50 last year. The 1947 growing season was un favorable to most truck crops. A late, wet spring with below normal temperatures retarded the planting seadbn. This was followed by dry weather in late spring and early sum mer. Yields for late summer snap beans, late summer cabbage, green peppers and watermelons were above those of last year, but for other truck crops yields were somewhat lower. Three Chowan Boys . Enlist In U. S. Army * Three Chowan County boys, Earl M. Toppin and Marvin Williams of Route 1, and William Ward of Tyner, were among 12 young men who re cently enlisted in the U. S. Army, ac cording to Master Sergeant C. B. Cayton, commanding officer of the Elizabeth City U. S. Army and Air Force recruiting office. According to Sgt. Cayton, white men with prior service in the Army, Navy, Marines or Coast Guard, who served outside the contmental limits of the United States after Septem ber 2, 1945, may now enlist for a three year assignment at Fort Lewis, Washington; Camp Hood, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Worden, Washington; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Fort Ord, .California; Fort Jackson, South Carolina, or Fort Dix, Jersey. Applicants will be elig ible for, grades up to and including the grade of sergeant. Sgt. Cayton says anyone desiring enlistment or information should ap ply at the Edenton Post Office Thurs day of each week or at 202 Kramer Building, Elizabeth City, any day ex cept Sunday. Willie Love Morgan Weds C.H. Shaw, Jr. Impressive Ceremony In Methodist Church December 20 Miss Willie Love Morgan, daughter of Mrs. W. M. Morgan and the late Mr. Morgan, and Charles Henry Shaw, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Shaw, of Riverside, Rhode Island, were united in marri age in a candlelight ceremony Sat urday afternoon, December 20, at 4 o’clock at the Edenton Methodist Church. The Rev. W. L. Freeman, pastor of the church, performed the double ring ceremony. Mrs. Kathleen Ross, organist of the church, rendered the wedding music and, Mrs. Frank Elliott sang two se lections. The bride was given in marriage by her brother, W. Leslie Morgan. She wore an ivory Duchess satin gown, fashioned with sweetheart neck, out lined with shimmering seed pearls in leaf motif, long sleeves which tapered to points over her hands and her bil lowy skirt extended from a basque bodice, buttoning up the back with self covered buttons, and forming a round peacock train. Her finger tip veil of imported illusion fell from a tiara of seed pearls. She carried a prayer book and white orchid. Mrs. Charles Payne of Elizabeth City, as matron of honor, wore an American beauty moire taffeta gown over crinoline fashioned with drop shoulder and wide bertha, cap sleeves and fitted bodice which extended to a full bustle back skirt. She wore a matching ostrich tip band in her hair and carried a nosegay of mixed flow ers. Phil Foster of Boston, Mass., was best man. Ushers were John Rich ard White, Guy C. Hobbs, Dr. C. N. Wright of Jarvisburg, and Roy Sim ons of Elizabeth City. Mrs. Morgan, mother of the bride, wore a black crepe sequin trimmed dress. Her corsage was a purple or chid which matched her hat. The bridegroom’s mother wore a black crepe dress with matching ac cessories. Her corsage was a purple orchid. The bride graduated from the Eden ton High School and Peace Institute at Raleigh. During the war she was head of the local OPA office. She was also chief clerk of the Veterans’ Gift Wrapping Materials and Greeting Cards For All Occasions CAMPEN’S JEWELERS NOTICE! To Chowan County TAXPAYERS ❖ The Tax Books for the year 1947 are now in my hands for the collection of taxes. We urge you to pay your taxes no wand thus a void the penalty which will begin on February 1. A PENALTY OF 1% WILL BE ADDED ON 1947 TAXES NOT PAID BEFORE FEBRUARY 2. AN OTHER 1% WILL BE ADDED MARCH 2 AND AN ADDITIONAL y 2 OF 1% WILL BE ADDED FOR EACH ADDITIONAL MONTH TAXES ARE UNPAID. ❖ * J. A. BUNCH SHERIFF OF CHOWAN COUNTY Administration office at Edenton. The bridegroom graduated from Duke University at Durham and served in the U. S. Navy during World War 11. After the wedding a reception was given at the Episcopal Parish House by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Morgan of Norfolk, at which time more than 200 guests attended. In the receiving line at the reception were Mrs. W. M. Morgan, Mrs. Charles H. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Shaw, Jr., W. Leslie Morgan and Mrs. Charles Payne. The couple left immediately follow-, ing the reception for a wedding trip to unannounced points. Out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wright, Dr. C. N. Wright, Miss Caroline Wright, Mr. an