“The fight against polio is
far from won and only
through the March of
Dimes can we supply the
sinews of war to carry it
through to the finish.’*
—President Truman.
Volume XV. —Number 5
Capella Choir Os
Wake Forest Will
Sing Here Feb. 27
»
Proceeds Go Toward the
Junior Legion Base
ball Program *
Announcement was made early
this week by Commander Kermit
Layton that the Wake Forest College
Capella Choir, under the direction of
Dr. Thane McDonald, director of
music at Wake Forest, will appear in
the local high school auditorium on
the night of February 27, sponsored
by the Edward G. Bond Post of the
American Legion.
Commander Layton, in disclosing
the arrangements made with the
Wake Forest group, announced also
that the proceeds realized from the
affair will be devoted entirely to the
Junior Legion baseball program dur
ing the coming summer.
A comparatively new organization
itself, the Capella Choir is composed
of 37 mixed voices, although the per
sonnel itself was selected altogether
from the main Wake. Forest Glee
Club of 75 members. The Glee Club
toured Eastern Carolina last spring,
appearing in Windsor and Ahoskie
in this section and the reception ac
corded the group was so gratifying
to the college officials that another
tour of college singers was planned
for this spring with the Edenton date
being a part of this tour.
Director McDonald has advised the
local Legion officials that his program
will consist of songs with which most
everyone is acquainted. In addition
to the regular choir program, the
group will feature the “choir within
a choir’’ idea in several vocal en
semble numbers, one of which is the
ever popular Male Octet, which was
organized in 1939. ,
Also featured on the program will
be a piano number . rendered by Miss
Lucy Rawlings of Conway, ehoir ac
companist. Miss Rawlings is widely
known for her ability as a pianist
and her presence with the Wake For
est Choir will add a great deal to the
program.
Commander Layton said that tick
ets for the affair will go on advanced
sale within a few weeks. The Auxil
iary of the American Legion, headed
by Mrs. Paul Holoman, has consented
to handle the advance sales and any
one desiring to purchase a ticket be
fore the night of the program may
do so from any member of the
Auxiliary.
Court Os Honor At
Lions Club Meeting
Next Monday Night
Tack and Frank Habit
Will Be Advanced to
Eagle Scouts
George Twiddy, chairman of the
West Albemarle District of Boy
Scouts, announced this week that a
Court of Honor will be held at the
Lions Club meeting Monday night,
February 2.
The occasion will be rather unique
in that for the first time in Scouting
history in Edenton two brothers will
be advanced to Eagle Scouts at the
same time. The two brothers are
Jack and Frank Habit, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. John Habit. These will be
the only Eagle Scout awards at the
Court of Honor, but a number of
merit badges will be presented various
Scouts and some Scouts will be ad
vanced to a higher rank.
The principal address for the oc
casion will be made by the Rev. W.
W. Finlator, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church of Elizabeth City. Bill
Warren, Field Scout Executive, will
also attend the Court of Honor.
Mr. Twiddy is looking forward to
a very delfghtful affair, which will
be attended by from 50 to 75 Scouts
and Scouters, together with members
of th£ Lions Club.
Cotton Mill Directors
Meet On February 11
According to Richard F. Elliott,
secretary of the Edenton Cotton Mill,
the annual meeting of the stock
holders will be held at the office of
the company Wednesday afternoon,
February if, at 4 o’clock.
At this meeting a Board of Direct
ors will be elected and other business
transacted. Stockholders have been
notified to attend the meeting or ap
point proxies to represent them.
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U. S. SIGNAL CORPS COMBAT PHOTOGRAPHER IN WORLD WAR ll—The art of photo
graphy made amazing strides in 1941-45 when 1,400 camermen were directed by the Signal Corps
in making both still and motion pictures of all activities of the Army. Above, a photographer ac
companies a patrol engaged with German snipers on the outskirts of Baffe, Belgium, in the Battls
of the Bulge. In this action 12 Nazis were killed.
No Report Turned In
As To Progress In
March Dimes Drive
Bad Weather Attributed
To Slowing Up Work
Os Canvassers
_____
Though the March of Dimes drive
began in Chowan County last week,
neither Chairman R. L. Pratt nor J.
Edwin Bufflap, chairman of the Cho
wan Chapter of the National Founda
tion for Injgntile Paralysis, has had
any reports from the canvassers. It
is believed that the very unfavorable
weather conditions have retarded the
work of most of the canvassers.
The quota this year is $2,200,
which is the highest amount ever
asked, from Chowan County, but
Chairman Pratt believes that if the
urgency for funds is considered by
people generally, the quota will again
be realized.
Mr. Pratt calls attention to the
fact that while there has been no out
break of infantile paralysis in Cho
■ wan County, in the last two years
it is estimated that the number of
I children crippled in the United States
|by the disease has increased about
10% and in the last seven years al
most 45%. The majority of polio
victims are children under 10, and
only one-fifth of all reported cases
| are 15 years of age or over.
Adequate medical care in the case
of infantile paralysis is estimated as
beyond the financial resources of nine
out of every 10 American families.
Through the March of Dimes, how
ever, the American people guarantee
that no one suffering from this dis
ease need go without the best avail
able medical care and treatment for
lack M funds, regardless of age, race,
creed or color.
Dimes and dollars contributed to
the annual March of Dimes are divid
ed equally between the National
Foundation and its chapters. Each
chapter returns half the money raised
in its community to provide care and
treatment for infantile paralysis pa
tients in its own area. The other half
goes to national headquarters to
finance a nation-wide program of re
search, education and emergency epi
demic aid.
Mr. Pratt urges canvassers to make
every effort possible to contact every
person in the county and asks those
solicited to be as generous as possible
in order to help reach the county’s
quota.
Junior Class Sponsors
Square Dance Friday
The Junior Class of Edenton High
School will sponsor a square dance
in the Edenton Armory Friday night.
The dance will begin at 9 o’clock
with music furnished by the Happy
Valley Boys, a popular string band.
The public is cordially invited.
George Moffett New
Edenton Policeman
George Moffett has been employed
as an Edenton patrolman to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
E. R. Tplley. Mr. Moffett has had
previous experience as a patrolman,
having served with the Portsmouth
Police Department.
The new patrolman is married, his
wife being a native of Columbia.
BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY
WILL MEET MONDAY AT 3:30
The Missionary Society of the
Edenton Baptist .Church will meet
the church Mohday afternoon, Febru
ary 2, at 3:30 o’clock. All members
are urged to attend. '
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 29,1948.
|_ Final Warning J
Three weeks ago over 300 sub
scribers to The Herald were no
tified that their subscriptions had
expired. Most of these have re
newed, but a few have not re
sponded. This will be the last
issue ojf The Herald sent to this
group, as all delinquent subscrib
ers will be removed from the
mailing list next week.
St Louis Sinfonietta
Delights Big Crowd
At Edenton Concert
Owe of Best Perform
ances Ever Staged In
Edenton
One of the largest crowds ever to
greet an Edenton Community Con-
cert was on hand Wednesday night of
last week to hear the St. Louis Sin
fonietta in one of he best programs
ever presented in Edenton, according
to some who were present. The group
of musicians and their director, Paul
Schreiher, were greeted with thund
erous applause and at the close were
forced to refuse any more encores af
ter several were rendered.
It was the second of three concerts,
the next, the Apollo Boys’ Choir be
ing scheduled to appear April 7.
Among the numbers presented by
the group were “Adagio” by Arcan
gelo Corelli; Overture to “The Mar
riage of Figaro” by Wolfgang Ama
deus Mozart; Symphony No. 5 in B
flat major by Franz Schubert, includ
ing Allegro, Andante con moto, Menu
etto and Allegro vivace; Introduction
and Allegro by Maurice Ravel; From
San Domingo and Jamaican Rumba
by Arthur Benjamin. The closing
number, a collection by Jerbme Kern,
was especially well received, and in
cluded “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,”
“The Night Was Made for Love,”
“She Didn’t Say Yes,” “They Didn’t
Believe Me,” “Who,” “All the Things
You Are,” “The Song Is You,” “The
Jockey on the Carrousel,” “Long Ago
and Far Away,” “Bill,” “You Are
Love” and “Old Man River.”
This final portion of the program
was loudly applauded so that several
encores were presented.
Another delightful feature of the
program was a harp solo by Gertrude
Hopkins.
Leaking Boiler Prevents
Services On Sunday At
Local Methodist Church
Due to a leaking boiler, all services
were obliged to be called off Sunday
at the Methodist Church. A meeting
of the Building Committee was held
Tuesday night at the home of Mrs.
M. F. Bond, Jr., at which time J.
Edwin Bufflap, chairman, was in
structed to proceed to have*. tempor
ary repairs made. If these repairs
cannot be made at once, regular ser
vices will be held next Sunday in the
Sunday School annex, which can be
heated without the boiler.
The proposed building program was
also discussed Tuesday night, the
chairman being instructed to’ obtain
prices for making necessary repairs
to the interior and exterior of the
church, as well as make an effort to
secure a tentative estimate of the cost
of a new two-story building to house
the Church School classes, as well as
provide a ‘kitchen and recreation
room.
Nicol Smith Presents
‘Valley In the Clouds’
Film On Friday Night
Famous Author and Ad
venturer Will Also
Present Lecture
Edentonians and people in this sec
tion will have the rare opportunity of
hearing Nicol Smith, famous world
traveler and lecturer, who is sched
uled to appear in the school audi
torium Friday night at 8 o’clock. Mr.
Smith, who is a noted author and ad
venturer, will present his new all
color moving picture “Valley In the
Clouds,” which he explains and com
ments upon as it is shown.
The picture is a story of Jammu
and Kashmir, which was taken in
a large city in Kashmir,
where he remained for several weeks
while making a film based on the life
of a Mohammedan family.
Nicol Smith’s career was launched
at the early age of 17 when he pad
died the entire length of the Danube
in a canoe. During that same sum
mer’s vacation from Stanford Uni
versity—he is a native of California—
he had himself hoisted over the cliffs
j of the Pindus Mountains by the Cele
brated Monks of the Kalabacca
Monastery and he also s\4hm the
Hellespont.
An amazing series of adventures in
the South Seas followed. On Moorea
he was captured by the 300-pound
daughter of an island chieftain, es
caped to a Tahiti-bound steamer only
to be shipwrecked and returned to
civilization byway of the Fiji Islands
on a convict boat taking prisoners to
Noumea in New Caledonia.
This accidental contact with con
victs led, four years later, to a trip
to the penal colonies in French
Guiana and Devil’s Island. With his
rare gift for detecting the interesting
and unusual, Nicol Smith found fas
cinating lecture material among the
murderers, gamblers and other mem
bers of the world-famous penal colony.
In Dutch Guiana, Nicol Smith sailed
up the Kabalebo or "River of Death”
and was officially adopted into the
Areqak tribe. He has also toured the
Balkans, Russia and the Scandinavian
countries, but it is the Orient that
holds the deepest fascination for him.
His first expedition to Hainan in the
China Sea was in 1937, and his ex
plorations on this mysterious and al
luring isle were continued during an
other expedition in 1939, ending
shortly before the Japanese took over
Hainan.
Mr. Smith is in great demand and
will appear in Edenton only through
the influence of Mrs. Inglis Fletcher
and the fact that he had an open date
while traveling from one engagement
to another.
Tickets are on sale for the lecture
and it is hoped many will avail them
selves of the opportunity to hear the
distinguished lecturer. The proceeds
will go to the Panel Room Committee.
Methodist Women Will
Stage Chicken Salad
Supper Tonight 6 To 9
Tonight (Thursday) from fi to 9
o’clock, a chicken salad supper will be
served in the Church School annex at
the Methodist Church. The supper
is sponsored by the Women’s Society
of Christian Service with the pro
ceeds going toward paying for an
electric stove at the parsonage.
Tickets for the supper are on sale
at Mitchener’s Pharmacy, Leggett &
Davis, The Betty Shoppe, Badham
Bros, and with Mrs. George Dail at
the Bank of Edenton. Preparations
have been made to serve 100 persons,
so any who plan to attend are asked
to secure a ticket.
Asa C. Griffin Elected New
President Os Chowan Farm
Bureau At Annual Meeting
22 Edenton Girls
Reach Tenderfoot
Rank Girl Scouts
Impressive Ceremony In
Parish House Satur
day Night
In a most impressive ceremony
held in St. Paul’s Parish House Sat
urday night, 22 Girl Scouts were
awarded pins, the girls having com
pleted the necessary requirements for
the attainment of Tenderfoot rank,
Mrs. John Graham, Edenton’s very
capable Scout leader, conducted the
ceremony and told the objectives of
Girl Scouts. Her assistant, Mrs.
Meredith Jones, Jr., gave a brief his-,
tory of the origin .of the organization.
Mrs. Jones also presented the pins
and congratulated each for her splen
did work.
The color guard was presented by
the following officers: Harriet Con
ger and Marietta Perry.
The investure service closed with
the singing of Taps and the solemnity
of the occasion changed swiftly to
one of hilarity by the program which
consisted of several original skits en
acted by Sharon Lupton, Betsy Dun
can, Lou Jordan, Mary Ann Elliott
and Ann White.
A social hour, which the girls ar
ranged themselves, was enjoyed by
the visiting parents. Delicious
sandwiches cut in the shape of the
Girl Scout emblem were served with
hot chocolate.
Those receiving the Tenderfoot
pins were Barbara Learv, Lou Ellen
Jordan, Mary L. Browning, Ann
White, Barbara Dail, Hazel Elliott,
Thomissa Goodman, Marion Goodwin,
Billie Russell, Betsy Duncan, Allison
Campen, Mary Ann Elliott, Carolyn
Harrell, Lezion Owens, Martha Wood,
Kitty Campen, Marjorie Thigpen,
Juanita Alexander, Ann Hawkins,
Evelyn Bunch, Ruth Rea Elliott and
Sharon Lupton.
Miss Carolyn Elliott
Writes Play At Flora
MacDonald College
Original Production Is
Very Well Received
By Audience
Miss Carolyn Lee Elliott, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Elliott, wrote
and directed a play, “Adam’s Apple”,
a one-act comedy, which was pre
sented last week by the Flora Mac-
Donald College student dramatic club,
“Highland Players”. The play was
the first original play written by a
member of the club since it was or
ganized. Miss Elliott is a sophomore
at the college
The comedy cantered around the
typical showman of the past decade
and was a very creditable production
from the standpoint of performance
and the ability and originality of the
author, alike. The dialogue was en
tertaining and kept the audience in
an uproar of mirth.
Margaret Oliver of Whiteville play
ed the title role. Others in the cast
were Helen Sherill of Fayetteville,
Verniese Woodward of Murrell’s In
let, S. C„ and Jane Hobbs of Wil
mington.
Junior Chamber Os
Commerce Is Planned
According to post cards sent to
a group of Edenton men under 35
years of age, an effort will be made
to organize a Junior Chamber of Com
merce in Edenton. A meeting is
scheduled to be held Friday night in
the Municipal Building at 8 o’clock,
when the idea will be discussed.
The cards were signed by Frank
Holmes, who will, no doubt, have
charge of the meeting.
Edenton PTA Will
Meet Next Tuesday
Edenton Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will meet Tuesday afternoon,
February 3, at 3:15 o’clock in the
High School Library-. A full attend
ance is urged.
- lion
i'iiuw in Force
#1.50 Per Year.
i Alonza Edwards Says
Farmers Now Facing
Big Job
MANY PRESENT
! Appeals For Unity In
Interest of Agricul
tural Pursuits
! Between 200 and 300 members oi
the Chowan County Farm Bureau
their wives gathered in the Edentor.
armory Monday night to attend the
annual meeting of the organization
A feature of. the meeting was a fish
fry which was served shortly after *!
o’clock. It. was one of the most suc
cessful fish fry's ever staged at the
armory, those in charge preparing
rock fish to perfection.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by the Rev. W. C. Francis ana
after the: meal. C. W. Overman leu
the group in singing several familiar
1 songs. President J. E. Baker presid
:ed over the meeting and in a feu
brief but appropriate words welcomeu
; those who were present. The princi
pal speaker for the occasion was
Alonza Edwards, vice president of the
State Farm Bureau, who was accom
panied by J. A. Shackelford, presi
dent of the Lenoir County .Farm Bu
reau. Mr. Edwards was introduced
by C. W. Overman.
At the outset, Mr. Edwards told his
; hearers that the principal purpose of
the Farm Bureau is to strive for
financial security in behalf of farm
ers. He reviewed progress made in
the State, but emphasized the fact
that farmers must not dwell in the
past but that it is necessary to press
forward. He said that during the
last 15 years the farmer has almost
come up to the level of other groups,
but that in 1948 they are facing a
changing world.
The speaker said that heretofore
there was a Congress who saw eye to
eye wdth farmers, but that this con
dition has changed, in that among
the first appropriations cut by the
Republican-dominated Congress was
agriculture. He rehearsed conditions
when 450,000 farmers lost their
homes and pointed out that the Farm
Bureau was instrumental in passage
of a law> protecting farmers in way
of parity prices for crops.
Mr. Edwards spoke about the
Steagall bill which, as written into
the law, terminates two years after
the war. The bill which has been a
great help to farmers, will terminate
this year, 1948, and was passed by a
sympathetic and energetic Congress.
The majority of Congressmen now,
said Edwards, come from industrial
centers and the present Congress is
not as friendly as in the past. With
the passing of the Steagall bill. Mr.
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Clothing Drive In
Chowan County is
Now In Progress
Collection Will Be Made
In Edenton Sunday
Afternoon
“The national clothing drive is on,”
states C. W. Overman, county chair
man.
The clothing collection in the rural
areas started on Wednesday and will
continue throughout the week. Any
person having bundles of clothing
which were not picked up during the
week should take them to their church
next Sunday.
The collection in Edenton will be
conducted next Sunday afternoon at
2 o’clock. Boy Scouts, assisted by
adults, under the direction of J. L.
Chestnutt, will cover the town.
Mr Overman urges everybody to
have their contribution for the drive
ready. Money contributions are also
needed and will be accepted.
Mrs. Grahapi Byrum
Patient In Hospital
Mrs. Graham Byrum is a patient in
General Hospital, Norfolk, where on
Thursday of last week she underwent
a very serious brain operation. While
in a precarious condition for several
days, reports on Wednesday were to
the effect that she was apparently
showing some signs of improving.