“The fight against polio is
far from worn 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 6.
Chowan Digs Out Os Sunday’s 8 -Inch Snow
DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE WRITES LETTER
TO MRS. CHARLES P. WALES THANKING
LOCAL LADIES FOR PROPOSED GIFT OF TEA
Spirit of Motive Splen
did Example of Feel
ing- Existing
THRILLED
Opportunity Still Open
To Make Contribu
tions of Tea
Mrs. Charles P. Wales, who has as
sisted in securing contributions for a
gift of tea to be sent to England in
memory of the ladies of the Edenton
Tea Party, and who has. acted as sec
retary in the movement, wrtte some
time ago to Col. R. W. Hills, secre
tary of the Victoria League in Lon
don, which was chosen as the organ
ization for the distribution of the
tea, and is now in receipt of a letter
from the Duchess of Devonshire,
chairman of the organization. Mrs.
Wafis’ letter explained to him the
idea in sending the gift as follows:
“Dear Col. Hills:
“On October 25, 1774, fifty-one
ladies of the village of Edenton in the
Colony of North Carolina, met to
gether and drew up resolutions de
claring that they would drink no more
tea until the ‘odious tax’ imposed by
Great Britain was removed.
“Now, in this year of our Lord
1947-1948, in the Town of Edenton,
in the commonwealth of North Caro
lina, USA, fifty-one or more descend
ants, in fact or in spirit, of those psy
triotic ladies, deeply conscious of the
valiant spirit of the British people
through the terrible days of ‘blood,
sweat and tears,’ and moved by the
drastic rationing now in effect in Eng
land, wish to express their friendship
and admiration by sending a gift of
tea to the Victoria League in memory
of the Edenton Tea Party ladies of
the past and in recognition of the tie
that binds us to a common ancestry
of courageous tea drinkers.
“Inglis Fletcher, author, who was
in England some months ago and was
in contact with the Duchess of Dev
onshire, chairman of your organiza
tion, recommended that we send the
tea to the Victoria League as the
channel of distribution, and His Ex
cellency, Lord Inverchapel, Ambassa
dor from Great Britain, to whom we
wrote, approved the selection of the
Victoria League and advised us that
the tea would be delivered to you
duty free.
“Five packages containing sixty
pounds have now gone forward and
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Clothing Collection
Scheduled Sunday
Snow Storm Prevents
Collection Being Made
Last Sunday
Though a collection or clothing for
overseas relief was scheduled to be
made last Sunday, the snow storm
made it impossible to carry out the
schedule. The drive, therefore, has
been postponed a week, so that the
collection will be made next Sunday,
February 8, beginning'at 2 o’clock.
J. L. Chestnutt, in charge of the
Edenton collection, says he will need
12 cars and drivers for the job and
asks all volunteers to please report
at the Municipal building by 2
o’clock. Boy Scouts will help in
gathering the clothing. -
Those who will make a contribu
tion are asked to have clothing
bundled and placed on front
where it can be plainly seen, so that
it can be collected without disturbing
* anybody. [
C. W. Overman is Chowan County
Chairman, and urges Chowan County
. people to make a liberal contribution
in order to help relieve suffering
among .millions of unfortunate
people.
Bunch Speaker *At
Rotary Last Week*
Edenton’s Rotary Club will hold
its regular meeting this (Thursday)
afternoon at 1 o’clock. All members
are urged to attend.
At last week’s meeting, W. C. i
Bunch, superintendent of the U. S. 1
Fish Hatchery, gave a very interest
ing address on fish culture, stressing .
the development of private fish ponds. '
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Though the unusually deep
snow which fell over the week-end
has pretty generally disappeared
on sidewalks, Mayor Leroy Has
kett calls attention to a city or
dinance which places the res
ponsibility for cleaning snow
from sidewalks upon those who
occupy buildings, both in the
business and residential sections.
Mayor Haskett,, therefore, ur
ges all concerned to see to it
that in case of further snows,
sidewalks be cleaned as soon as
possible.
J. W. Davis Elected
Chairman Trustees
Os Chowan Hospital
Succeeds Albert Byrum;
Miss Tillett Presents
Year’s Report
At a meeting of the trustees of
Chowan Hospital held Friday night
J. W. Davis was elected chairman to
succeed Albert Byrum, who has served
in that capacity since the trustees
were appointed at the outset of the
movement to secure a hospital. Mr.
Davis was a prime mover in securing
a hospital and has been keenly inter
ested in the local Institution. Other
officers elected were William P. Jones,
vice president; Marvin Wilson, secre
tary and W. H. Gardner, treasurer.
J. W. Davis, West Byrum, J. Clarence
Leary, Albert Byrum and Marvin Wil
son were elected on the executive
committee, and J. W. Davis, W. H.
Gardner, J. H. Conger, E. N. Elliott
and W. M. Wilkins compose the
finance committee. J. G. Perry, L. H.
Haskett and W. H. Gardner were ap
pointed on the auditing committee.
Miss Frances Tillett, manager of
the hospital, reported that during the
year 634 patients had been discharg
ed and that both the white and colored
Hospital Auxiliaries are very active
and rendering splendid service. Mrs.
W. D. Holmes, Jr., is president of the
white Auxiliary, while Miss Nancy
Jones is president of the colored
Auxiliary.
Hospital officials were very favor
ably impressed with the progress of
the hospital, which is gradually at
tracting patients from all sections of
the Albemarle, and very compliment
ary remarks have been heard, regard
ing the treatment received.
Alumni Os U. N. C.
Plan Banquet At
Legion Hut Feb. 12
Picture of the Carolina- (
Duke Game Open to
Public
In the neighborhood of 200 alumni
of the University of North Carolina
are expected to attend a banquet to <
be held at the Legion Hut on the
Edenton Naval Air Station. The
banquet will be held Thursday night,
February 12, at 7:30 o’clock.
Tickets have been sent to the var
ious alumni chapters throughout the
section, and it is expected many will
be on hand for the meeting.
The dinner for the alumni will be
served by members of the Legion
Auxiliary.
A special feature of the meeting
will be a showing of the Carolina- ;
Duke football game. The picture
will be open to the public and will be
shown following the banquet at ap- <
proximately 8:30 o’clock. An invita
tion is extended to all football fans
to go to the base to see the picture
of the game.
AUXILIARY MEETS TODAY
The Woman’s Auxiliary of St. i
Paul’s Episcopal Church will meet <
this (Thursday) afternoon at 3:30 i
o’clock in the Parish House. Mrs. J. !
A. Moore, president of the Auxiliary, 1
urges all members to attend. i
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, February 5,1948.
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JACK HABIT
Featuring the Court of Honor held Monday night at the Lions
Club meeting, Jack and Frank Habit, brothers, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
John Habit, were promoted to the coveted rank of Eagle Scout.
Both boys are members of Troop No. 156. (Photos courtesy of
Stevens Studio, Elizabeth City, N. C.)
Future Os Edenton’s
Concerts Apparently
Hanging In Balance
Continuance Will De
pend Upon Meeting
February 10
Whether or not Edentonians will
have the opportunity to enjoy future
community concerts will depend upon
the attendance and interest shown at
a meeting which will be held in the
Court House Tuesday night, February
10, at 7:30 o’clock.
Present officials are frank in as
serting that while they believe the
community concerts are very enjoy
able and an asset to the community,
they positively will not continue to
shoulder the responsibility and efforts
necessary in staging the concerts. It
is, therefore, hoped that a goodly
number will be present at the meet
ing next Tuesday night, at which time
a new organization will have to be
formed if the concerts are to be con
tinued.
J. W. Davis has been president of
the local association for two seasons,
but feels that some , other person
should serve in this capacity. “It
isn’t right,” he said early this week,
“for a mere handful of people to con
tinue to shoulder the work and make
sacrifices of time, money and effort in
connection with selling memberships
' as well as other responsibilities.”
James Wolfe, New York represen
tative of the Community Concert As
sociation, will attend Friday night’3
meeting, at which time it must be de
cided if another contract is to be
signed. “Unless sufficient interest is
shown at this meeting,” stated Presi
dent ‘Davis, “our contract will not be
renewed.”
It is pointed out by some of those
most active in the local association
that but for the splendid cooperation
of adjoining towns, the Edenton con
certs would not have materialized.
Sales of memberships in Edenton have
been rather disappointing. This fact,
coupled with the information that
other nearby towns are desirous of
sponsoring their own concerts, adds
to the reluctance on the part of pres
ent officials to continue to serve.
The future of the Edenton con
certs, therefore, depends upon the
number who attend the scheduled
meeting, the interest shown and the
willingness on the part of enough to
carry on the work of the organization.
Chowan PTA Will Meet
At School February 10th
The Parent-Teacher Association of
Chowan High School will meet in the
school auditorium Tuesday night,
February 10, at 7:30 o’clock. The
public is cordially invited to attend
the meeting.
An executive meeting of the asso
ciation will be held at 7 o’clock.
Lieut. Junius Davis
Returns From Korea
First Lieut. Junius W. Davis, Jr.,
of the- Army Medical Corps, has re
turned to the United States after sev
eral months’ service in the 34th
General Hospital in Seoul, Korea.
Lt. Davis is now assigned to duty in
the Station Hospital at Camp Stone
man, Pittsburg, California.
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FRANK HABIT
Brothers Advance
Together To Rank
Os Eagle Scouts
Jack and Frank Habit
Feature of Court of
Honor
Jack and Frank Habit, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. John Habit, and both out
standing athletes in the Edenton High
School, made history on Monday night
when they both were promoted to the
coveted rank of Eagle Scout at a din
ner and Court of Honor sponsored by
the Edenton Lions Club.
This is the first time in the history
of the Tidewater Council that two
brothers were promoted to Eagle
Scouts at the same time. Needless
to say, their parents, who were pres
ent at the meeting, were proud with
joy as they pinned the Eagle awards
on their sons, and in turn received
miniature Eagles from them.
Chairman of the Court Oscar Dun
can, and a member of the Lions Club,
paid high compliments to the mother
and father of the boys when he said
that they (the parents) were always
ready to respond to the call for any
worthy cause. He said that now it
was a privilege for the Lions Club
and for the Court of Honor to bestow
on their sons the high award of Eagle 1
Scout for their diligence in Scouting
and high moral character.
Scouts and Scouters from the West
Albemarle, including Troops 156 and
169, filled the room with their color
ful uniforms.
After welcoming the visitors,
President West Leary turned the pro
gram over to George S. Twiddy, dis
trict chairman. John A. Holmes pre
sented the Rev. W. W. Finlator of
Elizabeth City, who gave a stirring
address on the subject “Why Jesus
Appealed to Young Folks.”
After the awarding of merit badges
to Scouts present and the presentation
of the Eagle Scouts and parents to
the Court, Scoutmaster O. C. Long
took charge of the closing.
Others who spoke briefly were Bill
Warren, Field Scout Executive and
H. A. Campen, president of the Cho
wan County Chamber of Commerce
and Merchants Association. Mr. Cam
pen is the recipient of the Silver
Beaver, and it was appropriate for
him to make the charge to the Eagle
Scouts to carry on in true Scouting
tradition the principles of Scouting.
Chest X-ray Clinics
Scheduled Next Week
Because of weather conditions,
Harold Satterwhite was unable to be
present for the chest X-ray clinic
which the Health Department had
scheduled to conduct this week.
According to Dr. S. V. Lewis, health
officer, the clinic wall be held Tues- .
day and Wednesday of next week,
February 10 and 11. White people ;
will be X-rayed on Tuesday, while
Wednesday will be set aside for col
ored people.
Third Degree Tonight
At Masonic Meeting !
At the meeting of Unanimity -
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., tonight,
the third degree will be conferred *
upon a candidate. The Rev. W. ,C. <
Francis, master of the lodge, urges a i
full attendance.
SNOWFALL HAS CRIPPLING EFFECT ON ALL
LOCAL ACTIVITIES; TRAVELERS FORCED TO
ABANDON JOURNEYS DUE TOICT HIGHWAY
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_ Second Call _
In view of the fact (hat very
few put in an appearance last
Friday night for the purpose of
organizing a Junior Chamber of
Commerce, another meeting has
been called for next Friday night
at 8 o’clock. The meeting will
be held in the Court House and
will he attended by a delegation
! from the Rocky Mount Junior I
! Chamber of Commerce, sponsors
of the proposed Edenton or-
I ganization.
Postcards have been sent to
those who are invited to attend
the meeting, announcing the time
and place of meeting.
Weather Cripples
March Os Dimes j
Drive In Chowan
Only Few Reports Re-j
ceived Up to Wednes- !
day Morning
Chowan County’s March of Dimes
has been hard hit by the recent bad
weather, so that very few reports
have come in to either Chairman R.
L. Pratt or J. Edwin Bufflap, chair
man of the Chowan County Chapter
of the National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis. Not only is this the
case in Chowan County, but is more
or less the rule throughout the entire
State, for early this week Chairman
Pratt was notified by State headquar
ters at Chapel Hill that due to
the unfavorable weather conditions,
the drive has been continued until
Saturday, February 14.
Thus far the only reports to reach
Pratt or Bufflap came from Mrs. John
Graham, Mrs. Joe Thorud, Mrs. Wil
liam P. Jones, D. F. Walker for the
Edenton colored schools and a num
ber of contributions received by Mr.
Pratt, which included $lO from G. H.
Harding of Virginia Beach and $lO
from the Varsity Club.
Chairman Pratt realizes that
weather conditions have been very un
favorable ever since the drive started,
and though initial reports are rather
discouraging so far as meeting the
county’s quota is concerned, he recalls
last year’s experience, when it ap- j
peared that the quota would fall far [
short, but when all reports were in \
Chowan again went over the top.
This year’s quota is s2,2tiO, the larg
est the county has ever had, but Mr.
Pratt has an optimistic outlook and
says he will not believe Chowan will
fall down this year until the final re
port is made. He realizes that it will
be hard to collect $2,200, and for that
reason urges canvassers to see as
many people as possible and to stress
the importance of securing more
funds with which to fight infantile
paralysis. He desires reports as
soon as possible, which should be de
livered to him or to The Herald office.
A report of the amount of contri
butions will be carried in next week’s
issue of The Herald.
Basketball Games
Called Off Due To
Shortage Os Coal
Mayor Appeals For Ces
sation of Activities
In Emergency
Early this week Mayor Leroy Has
kett called upon Coaches Nick George
and Tex Lindsay to cancel all basket
ball and other recreational activities
which require heat in the armory. The
for Mayor Haskett’s action is
the fact that there is no coal in Eden
ton and no assurance when any more
will arrive, coupled with the fact that
many homes have very little or no
coal at all in the face of the longest
period of cold weather in many years.
• Mayor Haskett appealed to the
coaches to refrain from using coal for
any recreational purposes until the
present emergency is eased.
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Church Services Called
Off and Schools Also
Closed Monday
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! Groups Spend Sunday
Wading in Snow and
Making Snow Men
j With eight inches of snow falling
from about 5:30 o’clock Sunday morn
ing until shortly before noon, Eden
ton and Chowan County experienced
I its deepest snow, in over 20 years. It
is recalled that on March 2, 1927,
more snow fell over a longer period
of time and had a more crippling ef
fect than Sunday’s precipitation. It
was in 1027 that the roof of the old
j Edenton armory on West Eden Street
leaved in under the weight of the
I snow.
Local people were surprised to
j wake up Sunday morning to find
i everything blanketed with snow. Os
course, the weather was cold, but it
was sleeting and raining practically
; all day Saturday and Saturday night.
I So disagreeable was the weather Sat-
I urday that practically all stores in
i the business section closed their doors
around six o'clock.
The snow had a crippling effect on
all activity. All church services were
called off and schools were not opened
until Tuesday morning. For a while
electric current was off on Sunday
and telephone service was also dis
rupted.
Traveling was almost impossible
and many people were stranded in
Edenton until Monday. A large num
ber of Northern travelers heading
South spent the night in Edenton,
the Joseph Hewes Hotel being filled
to capacity, as well as tourist homes.
At the hotel it was necessary for Mr.
Sanders to press into service the old
dining room in order to serve break
fast to over-night guests.
Many cars were stalled in the snow
and it was a common sight to see
groups pushing and pulling as cars
slipped and turned in the snow and
icy streets. Fortunately, no accidents
were reported.
State Highway crews on Sunday
morning cleared the main arteries of
traffic and on Edenton streets the lo
cal Street Department, not equipped
to handle snow, put into service a
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Directors Os C. Os C.
Planning For Annual
Banquet Very Soon
Outstanding Man and
Woman For 1947 Will
Be Named
At a meeting of the Board of Di
rectors of the Chowan County Cham
ber of Commerce and Merchants As
sociation, held last week after this
paper went to press, the members of
the Board made plans to hold the an
nual banquet and to again sponsor the
awarding of prizes to the outstanding
man and woman of Chowan County
for the year 1947.
The date of the banquet was not
definitely set, but given leeway ten
days before or after February 25, to
allow for conflicts in dates in secur
ing a speaker and procurement of the
armory for the event.
Chairmen appointed by President
H. A. Campen included Marvin Wil
son, in charge of arranging the pro
gram and securing the speaker: Mere
dith Jones, in charge of providing the
meal. The committee on awards was
not selected as yet, nor were the
qualifications and the method of the
selections disclosed at this time.
Aid Being Solicited
For Maggie Felton
Friends #f Maggie Felton, colored,
whose home was burned early last
week, have been busy collecting cloth
ing, furniture, food and cash for the
unfortunate woman. The collection is
sponsored by the Jernigan-Granbv
Post of the American Legion, and
anyone desiring to make a contribu
tion is urged to contact the Rev. J.
A. Stringfield, phone 416-W.