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PAGE EIGHT Binghamton Triplets Again Pick Edenton For Spring Training Express Desire to Re turn In Letter to Lo cal C. of C. At the Town Council meeting Mon day night permission was granted the Binghamton baseball club of the Eastern League to use Hicks Field as spring training quarters. The club has trained in Edenton several years and in a recent letter to the Chamber of Commerce expressed a desire to return. The Councitmen agreed to allow the use Os the baseball field free of charge by the New York outfit, but felt that with the diamond in good shape, it should not be necessary to expect the Town to furnish any labor for the usual work necessary while using the field. Drive For Clothing Scheduled In Chowan C lined Pro’-i Page One as possible," of individual families and . persons in war-torn countries. The! goal is at least one shipload of hloth-| ing to provide warmth for children,' women and men who; are now in rags and shivering from cold. “Make your heart happier and your i life fuller" says Mr. Overman,' “by contributing every article of clothing | that can ire spared . such as: shoes, pants, sti shirts, coats, underwear, j hats, sew yg,supplies, picture books, | toys, gate s. dolls, feed bags, candles, ! tableware, spoons, forks, knives and ] any other article-that can be used by. destitute people,” say. Chairman Overman. "Starch your closets, at tics, chest? and every nook and corner for -such. a. tides. Any type of cloth ing is needed. All clothing must be in reasonable good repair and must be clean.. Do not bring in rags or ar ticles that are beyond repair and which can't be worn or used." M \SO\S MEET TONIGHT Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & : A. M., wiil hold its regular meeting j tonight, (Thursday) in the Court j House at s o’clock. The master of j the lodge, the Rev. W. C, Francis, urges a arge attendance. One Battle • -Serves Two c ° s lir piavors SAVE MONEY ON YOUR FOOD BILLS ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■l with easy...safe...wonderful to use ov*r in a single year.... ' Pubio Cooking reduce* the _ _ _ ordinary amount of meat * <■* n Q C (I DU shrinkage as much a* 26% ... # ▼ M W# * V hours, but in mere minutes... f wUd, or I^l aavw more of the natural food . - My Pretto Cooker htlpt me vitamins, minerals, flavors and I money on my food * color* .. . ideal for making / biUl , ..» highly nutritious soups and - IM4 .bites TO BE combination dishes, even with J auiaansn at sollOWSi left-overs... saves up to 76% «" S*** A WAR DID AS fOLLOWS, cooking time saves cooking .1 2or >, Ist Prls* $1,000.00 to Cash fuel costs. Pbbsto Cookers or j n 2nd Ms# P 50.00 to Cash are perfect, too, for canning Individual 3rd Ms. $500.00 to Cask smell auantities of all non-acid UnH , 4th Prise $150.00 to Cash foods during the season for out- 50 Additional Cask Nits ol of-season enjoyment. « $50.00 lock * t.OOOPrlx.sot I “Companion" presto Cooker loch 6-qua>j 4-quort 3-quart “Meolmostsr" "Cookmnrtar” , ‘Vs9«ma»ler” •IT YOUR PRESTO COOKER AND COOETUT ENTRY RLANKI NIRII Byrum Hardware Co. EDENTON, X. C. Methodist Society Will Serve Chicken Salad Supper January 29th Sponsored by the Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Metho dist Churchy a chicken salad supper will be held in the Church School annex of the church Thursday even ing from 6 to 9 o’clock. The proceeds of the supper will go toward the purchase of an electric stove for the parsonage. The public is cordially invited to attend. ■ | Jennie Ruth Nixon Weds James Peele In a simple ceremony at the Baptist parsonage Thursday afternoon, Jan uary 8, at 3 o’clock, Miss Jennie Ruth Nixon, daughter ;f Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Nixon, became the bride of James l’eele, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Peele. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. R. N. Carroll in the presence of | a few relatives. i The bride wore a tan gabardine suit with brown coat and accessories. Her corsage was of pink roses. After a short wedding trip to Western North Carolina, Mr. and Mrs. Peele are making their home in Chowan County. i i Goodwins Dissolve The Men’s Store Partnership j Effective Monday of this week, J Carroll Cason Goodwin and Earl i Goodwill, brothers, dissolved partner ship in The Men’s Store, a popular I Edenton concern in operation for the past. 18 months. Earl Goodwin pur i chased his 'broker’s interest in the ( store and will takeover the manager- ; ship. ! A January sale has been arranged, . beginning today (Thursday) during | [ which practically all items in the.store j have been materially reduced, some being marked below cost. Some idea of the savings offered can be seen in the store’s- advertise ment in this issue of The Herald. Funeral Held For Mrs. Charlie Belch Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Georgia Belch, 72, who died at her home in the Mace donia section last week, following a j lingering illness.. Deceased is survived by her hus band, Charlie Belch; two sons, Horace | Belch and Harry Belch; a daughter, i Ruth Belch and a sister, Mrs. George j Goodwill. The services were held in the Macedonia Church with the Rev. J. T. Byrum officiating. Burial was made in the church burying ground. Active pallbearers were Bill Good win, Hoskins Goodwin, Edward Good win, Wood Perry and Elton Jordan. Honorary pallbearers were Charlie Boyce, Woodrow Lowe, Claude Hughes, Asa Griffin, Bristoe Perry, Henry White, C. N. Keeter, Sanford Bass, C. P. Harrell and Erie Jones. RETURNS FROM COROLLA Frank V. White, Chowan County- Forest Warden, returned Friday from Corolla, N. C., where he spent a few days helping to supervise the plant ing of 30,000 seedlings. Mr. White made his headquarters at the Whale head Club and thoroughly enjoyed the trip. THF. CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON N. C., THURSDAY JANUARY 22, 1948. Annual Meeting Os Farm Bureau Jan. 26 Feature Will Be a Fish Fry and Election of Officers According to J. E. Raker, president of the Chowan County Farm Bureau, ,the executive committee has planned to hold the annual meeting of the or ganization in the Edenton armory i Monday evening, January 26, at 6 o’clock. • * This occasion is for all members of j the Farm Bureau and their wives and husbands and it is hoped a large number will attend. A feature of the meeting wiil be a fish fry, but each one is requested to bring along corn bread. At this | meeting new officers will also be i elected, another reason why members should turn out in large numbers. Secretary J. A. Webb, Jr., has sent "eply cards to all members, which are requested to be returned at once so that proper preparation can made for the fish fry. Colerain Man Dies In Norfolk Hospital 1 S. J. Pierce, 57, of Colerain, died in De Paul Hospital, Norfolk, Sunday night at 9 o’clock* Deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Penelope Pierce; six sons, Mack. Hezzie, Joseph I’., Selie, Jr., Bill and j Harry Lee : Pierce; four daughters, j Mrs. Fannie Mae Pierce and Missj j ladonia Pierce of Colerain, Mrs. Min-j j nie Harison of Aulander and Mrsi (Betty Scott Baker of Robersonvilie: a brother, Claude Pierce of Windsor j and a sister, Mrs. Johnnie Harrell of j Merry Hill. .Funeral services were held at Cape- j hart’s Church Tuesday afternoon with i the Rev, Mr. Huggins officiating. In- I terment was made in the family | cemetery. PERSONAL ITEMS Miss Lou Ann Moore of Long Beach, Calif., and Stuttgart, Ark., spent the week visiting H. S. Ziegler, Jr., in Edenton, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Myers and children of Newport News spent the week-end with Mrs. Myers’ mother, Mrs. Charles F. Russell. Miss Artie Bass, who has been em ployed by a construction company in Norfolk, is spending several weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. V Bass. Miss Anne Sutton of Greenville, N. C., spent the week-end with Miss Suzanne Speight. Mrs. William C. Dail will return to her home in Newport News today (Thursday) after spending several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Carter. Miss Sadie Day, manager of The Betty Shoppe, has returned from Ox ford, where she underwent an opera tion in the Granville Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. George S, Twiddy are gradually recovering from an attack of the flu. Nicol Smith Lectures In Edenton January 30 (Continued from Page One) and these tablets were left in com memoration of the occasion. Another strange Indian legend has it that Christ’s body lies in His tomb in Kashmir and Smith visits this shrine. He made his first trip over the Burma Road by car, a journey cov ered in his best-seller of a few years back, “Burma Road.” Offering his services to the gov ernment immediately after Pearl Har bor, Nicol Smith became a part of the personnel of OSS. He was sent first to Vichy, France, and then entrusted with the secret and hazardous mission of organizing the OSS operations in ! Thailand. How he accomplished this 'final clearance OF ALL WINTER MERCHANDISE Coats and Suits Sweater and Skirts Dresses Hats Fur Coats and Evening Gowns Robes Costume Jewelry * ». Preston’s _J thrilling mission is recounted in all its graphic detail in his book, “Into Siam.” Smith is very much in demand and appears in Edenton only because of a long jump in his itinerary. Tickets for his illustrated lecture are now on sale and the proceeds will go to the Panel Room Committee. Euthrell’s Staging Big January Sale Beginning tomorrow • (Friday) Cuthrell’s Department Store will stage a huge January Clearance Sale which will be ii. effect for 15 days. During the sale practically every item in the large stock of merchandise has been drastically reduced in order to ( move quickly to make room for large shipments of spring merchandise. Many of the bargains offered dur ing the sale are listed in a full page advertisement appearing in this issue of The Herald. Firemen Responded To 38 Fires During 1947 Fire Chief R. X. Hall reports that for the year 1947 the local Fire De partment answered a total of 38 calls ’ in which property involved amounted to $315,200, but damage was held down to $1,130. As the result of the ) 38 alarms, 503 men reported for duty 1 and time fighting fires totaled 24'1 hours. Hose laid amounted to 3,375 feet, ladder raised 112 feet and 30! pounds of chemicals used. During the year Chief Hall con-] demned six houses, five were repaired i and one torn down. j CENTER HILL CLUB MEETS I The regular meeting of the Center (Hill Home Demonstration club was y~ m 1 ' —1 ■" " v More and (jet Less ? , f PENDABLE/ genuine first quality thermostats 600X16 (hi no; sAreT T y-«ip*owr* Jggb for ah cas ; sl2 S^rXSmr Mg&j AMTI-FREf-ZES ONLY ‘ IeSITtS Hl® * r2A/?on other sizes.. 98c similar saving HEAVY-DUTY fi&UtKIR 1 IGNITION POINTS StflfNS- RED I J SUSST'&if Robber Blade AUTO FAR ° ,AMBEIi 1 30c *’*ts? a.v L "*« *• S Q- 75 ““c i' ; ' PEDAL FITS MOST OADS CARScRiwt-t r " v Re*. 19c 11. 2 DAYS ONLY *«• faiardonts! WHV 8E SATISFIED WITH lESS THAN THt PROTE* TION IT OFFERS f' ni„ * , Gallon— jj.55 s called to order January 9, at 2:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. J. C. Boyce by the president. The minutes of the previous meet ing were read and approved. The roll •call was answered by twelve members. Those taking part on the program were Mrs. Medlin Belch, Mrs. J. A. Wiggins, Mrs. Joe-'Byrum and Mrs. T. E. Jernigan. Mrs. Medlin Belch and Mrs. E. L. Belch gave a report of the hospital again urged all club members to join. Plans for a joint meeting in Feb- j NOTICE TO BICYCLE OWNERS j I New bicycle License Tags are now past due for the new fiscal year and I are on sale at the Edenton Police Sta ll tiOn. Every owner of a Bicycle is re- | I quired to buy and display a tag qn his J I or her Bicycle. Save embarrassment | | by complying with the law. | 1 Robert L. Pratt j I Chief of Police | cs>*o Guaranteed I Spindle ©OLT^ETS 'lf 11 II FOR. MOST popu ■ C® .4~S_ S tAR CARR. U (ill |I AS LOW AS **” $1.42 -jUI For Most Cart 6- 85 11- 65 t,.h» OWNED and OPERATED by | r L. T. DUNBAR i 204 SOUTH 'BROAD STREET PHONE 487 W ruary were discussed with a covered . dish supper in view. Miss Colwell discussed the year books and suggestions given for con ducting a meeting. Mrs. W. C. Francis, recreation lead er led the group in a calendar game and Mrs. Boyce, hostess served hot tea and salad. The group adjourned at five o’clock. Too Late To Classify FOR RENT 5-ROOM APART ment. Unfurnished. Good loca tion. Call 298-J. ltc STEERING WHEEL I «£* 39c &" $«.T$ /J EQUIPMENT IYPC. XXjKI GUARANTEED. StUMi as low as L^W;- 60c <y
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