“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. ll ■■ Volume X!V.—Number 7. Chowan County Again Digging; 15-Inch Snow Frank Holmes Elected As Temporary Chairman Os JuniorChamberCommerce Organization Temporar- 1 ily Formed at Meeting Held Friday Night MEET AGAIN FEB. 20 ; | Rocky Mount Group on Hand to Add Their Support In the neighborhood of 25 young men of Edenton whose ages range from 21 to 35 years gathered in ithe Chowan County Court House and af ter hearing addresses by a group of Rocky Mount -young men, voted to or ganize a Junior Chamber of Com merce in Edenton. Subsequently, a temporary organization was effected with Frank Holmes elected temporary chairman; John Mitchener, temporary secretary, and the following as mem bers of a temporary organizational committee: Edward Wozelka, Byrum, Elbert Copeland, Bill Perry and Larry Dowd. This committee was instructed to proceed with plans for*a permanent organization and. another meeting called for Friday night, February 20, at which time it is hoped many more young men of the town will be on hand. During the meeting the names of 67 prospective members of the new organization were read, and each one of those present Friday night was asked to bring one who was ab , sent to the next meeting. * Frank Holmes acted as chairman and -after stating the purpose of the meeting called upon members of a group from the Rocky Mount Junior Chamber of Commerce to explain the purpose and activities of a Junior Chamber of Commerce. In the Rocky Mount group were Billy Harrison, national director of the Junior Cham ber of 'Commerce; Quillen Ward, president of the Rocky Mount Jay * cees, Jack Bennett, Clarence Win stead, Garland Kincheloe, Marvin Weaver, Donald Wilhalt and Roger Derby. The visitors spoke in support of a Junior Chamber" of Commerce, point ing out how advantageous it can be to •as well as providing splendid training for members so that when they reach the age of 35 and are automatically dropped, they will be better experienced and equip ped to make outstanding members of a senior Chamber of Commerce. . Notice was taken of editorial comment ■ in The Herald, and without an ex ception the visiting speakers were emphatic in their statements that a Junior Chamber of Commerce in no way is in competition with a senior Chamber of Commerce, but rather supports and can become a strong arm of the senior group. It was pointed out that there is little pos sibility of any members of the Jay cees who are members of the Chamber ' of Commerce withdrawing their mem bership of financial support, and that the younger men will ‘ be eager and ,willing to undertake movements of a beneficial nature which the senior members are reluctant to tackle, knother argument in favor of the (Continued on Page Eight) |_ Postponed _ » Due to unfavorable weather conditions Tuesday night, the ' scheduled meeting of the* Eden - ten Community Concert Associa tion was called off and will be held instead Monday night, March 1, at 7:30 o’clock in the Municipal Building. k This meeting will determine -I? Whether or not the Edenton con / certs will be continued. If ' enough interest is shown and vol unteers offer their services in carrying on the program, a con tract will no doubt be signed. However, if little interest is re flected, present officers of the as * sedation are frank in saying they will not continue to serve and, of course, the next concert, the Apollo Choir, will be the final concert in Edenton sponsored by the Community Concert Associa tion. All who are interested In the Community Concerts are, there fore,-urged to attend the meeting on Monday, March 1. 0 s THE CHOWAN HERALD I Choir Director | Hw i wßgpy : * M i-A .... aJllllllCi * M Ms |H DR. THANE McDONALD Shown above is Dr. Thane Mc- Donald, director of music at Wake Forest College, who will lead the Wake Forest A Capella Choir when it appears in Edenton on the night of February 27 at the High School auditorium, under auspices of the local American Legion Post. Entire proceeds realized from the affair, accord ing to Commander Kermit Lay ton, will go toward sponsorship of a Junior American Legion ath letic program during the coming summer. March Os Dimes In ; Chowan Is Lagging As Per First Reports Local Contributions up To Wednesday Total * Only $599.59 Checking up for the first time this week on the progress of the March i of Dimes drive, Chairman R. L. Pratt I reports that Chowan County’s contri butions are badly lagging and that up to Wednesday morning was scarcely more than one-fourth of the $2,200 quota. According to reports received up to Wednesday, contributions totaled only $599.59. Os course, the weather has badly crippled the progress of the drive, so that the report is very in ‘ complete. Ho-vever, with the num- J ber of reports in, both Mr. Pratt and I the county chairman are somewhat - disappointed over the amount received i thus far, and unless a considerable boost is noted in reports yet to be re | ceived, the quota will be greatly lack ing. i Chairman Pratt '’is rather resigned to the fact that the weather is. pri marily responsible for the poor show ing to date rather than f % business were transacted at the meeting of Town Council Tuesday night, the Council men remained in session until after 11 o’clock. However, one phase of the meeting will most likely result in a better un | derstanding and closer cooperation be ! tween the local Cannon Company and the Town of Edenton. Captain Wil- I liam P. Jones, commanding officer of the National Guard unit, attended the meeting and explained the government set-up and the desire' to be an asset to the community. He stated that the outfit realizes the intended purpose of the Edenton armory and that it is I desired not to conflict with activities in the armory. Mr. Jones and Town Councilmen had a sort of heart-to-heart talk con : cerning the Cannon Company, after i which it was agreed that there should j be no misunderstanding and that from now on there should be more friendly and cooperative relations. Mr. Jones also called attention to some neces sary repairs to the armory, stating that as a taxpayer, it was his opinion that these repairs should be made at once, and that it is false economy to put off repairs which will mean only larger expenditures later on. Town Attorney J. N. Pruden pre sented a tentative lease for the Cho ■ wan Hospital calling for occupancy of ithe Naval Air Station dispensary for a period of 99 years, contingent, of course, upon the Town’s lease with the government. The lease calls for use by the hospital of the dispensary, the Athol house, nurses’ home, BOQ 37-A and the field between the hospi tal and BOQ 37-A, the Quonset hut, building No. 35, together with all per sonal property owned by the U. S. government in the specified buildings. The Councilmen also complied with a request from the PTA to make Court Street, between Church and Queen a one-way street. Hereafter motorists be required to enter this street from Queen Street. The request was in order/to elimin ate congestion as well as make walk ing safer for children. Coach Tex Lindsay also made a re port of the recreation program and Peter Carlton, manager of the Cham ber of Commerce and the Rev. David B. Lawrence also were present in be half of a convention of .the Assembly of God Church to be held in Edenton. I Car Insper Vn $1.50 Per Year. Section Is Experiencing Second Crippling: Fall In Two Weeks BUSINESS HURT Opening of Schools De pends on Opening up Os Roads Hardly before fully recovering from an 8 to 10-inch snow which blanketed Chowan County last Sun day a week ago, the second deep Snow virtually paralyzed the entire eastern section of the .State with th> snowfall in Edenton and Chowan County measuring from 15 to 18 inches. Snow began to fall in small pow dery Hakes about 10:30 Monday morn ing and continued without interrup tion until near noon Tuesday during which, at times, the flakes became larger and fell in such volume that it was difficult to see across a street A brisk wind whipped the snow so that in many places drifts were formed as much as five and six feet deep. It was the deepest snow ever witnessed by many people in Chowan County, especially the younger group, for it was claimed by not a few to be even a heavier snow than the one which occurred on March 2, 1927. This snow' had an even more crip pling effect on the county than last . Sunday’s. With the snow about 12 inches deep early Monday morning, which made walking very difficult, ami with a blinding show storm still in progress, very few braved the ele ments to go to their places of bust - ness and as a result many stores in Edenton remained closed ali day Tuesday and those who ventured to their stores devoted most of their energy to removing some of the snow from tfye sidewalks. In most in stances it was merely a path, so that, up to Wednesday morning very ’few sidewalks were cleared and those that were formed banks of snow along the curb from four to five high and even higher at some places Traveling was extremely hazardous, so that warning after warning was sent out over the radio for motorists to keep off the highways due to dangerous traveling conditions. As a result Edenton was crowded with (Continued on Page Five; E. W. Spires Must Be Notified For Use Os Chowan Court House With the desire to hold various meetings in the Court House, Clerk of Court E W. Spires, custodian the building, again calls attention to the necessity to make reservations with him for use of the building. Mr. Spires states that he keep> a record of scheduled meetings, and un less he is informed of all meeting - there is likely to be a conflict and two or even more groups gather for a meeting at the same time. Any per son, therefore, desiring to hold a meeting in the Court House must in form Mr. Spires, who Will be able to say if the Court House has been pre viously reserved. | Appreciative Miss Frances Tillett, manager of the Chowan Hospital, called The Herald Wednesday morning in order to publicly thank mem bers of the local Cannon Company for the help rendered Tuesday after the local snow storm. Headed by Captain William P Jones and Edmund Mills, sev eral men fought their way in a jeep to the hospital, carrying with them Dr. Martin Wisely, Miss Jenkins and supplies neces sary for Dr. Frank Wood to per form an operation. Roads were opened by the National Guardsmen, who also waited until the operation was over in order to bring Dr. Wisely' back to town. Miss Tillett was high in her praise of the work done and stat ed that Edenton should be prows tp hare such an organization in its midst.