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Volume 13.
Mayor Leroy Haskett Calls
Edentonians To Observe
Clean-Up Week April 5-10
Housewives and Busi
ness Concerns Asked
c v To Take Part
AN ADVANTAGE
Town WiU Benefit From
Face-lifting, Says
Mayor \
With the arrival of spring-like
weather, Mayor Leroy Haskett this
week announced that clean-up and
paint-up week will be observed in
Edenton the week of April 5-10.
During the week designated, Mr.
Haskett urges housewives and busi
ness concerns to do their utmost in
cleaning up around their premises
in order to maintain a neat and tidy
appearance in the Town as a whole.
Cleaner and more attractive prem
ises will invite more customers, May
or Haskett points" out, 1 and more cus
tomers mean more money for more
improvements and modernization
which will in turn bring in bigger
sales.
“Beyond the immediate advantage
of a cleaner, safer , place to live,”
Mayor Haskett said, “communities
participating in clean-up drives will
also beliefit from the face-lifting
treatment in the neighborhood’s im
proved appearance, which in turn
helps to keep up property values.”
The Edenton Street Department
will cooperate in removing trash from
homes, and Mayor Haskett said he
hopes there will be general coopera
tion during the week to the end that
Edenton will be a cleaner and neater
' town in which to live. He referred
to many compliments he has received
by travelers passing through Edenton
relative to ; th|yddy appearance and
“*"• lrtfKis this 4(®Rtion will not only be
maintained, but rather become more
pronounced.
DavidC. Mobley To
Be Club Federation
Speaker On April 6
Art of Living Will Be
Theme of Address By
Noted Lecturer
/
According to Miss Rebecca Colwell,
Chowan County home agent, David
C. Mobley will be the speaker at the
Spring Federation meeting of home
demonstration clubs which will be
held in the Edenton High School aiu
, ditorium Tuesday afternoon, April 6,
at 2:30 o'clock. ■ '
Mr. Mobley, lecturer on The Art of
Living, and a specialist in homes for
better living, will give his More
Livable Homes demonstration talks
throughout North Carolina during the
month of April. Mr. Mobley’s tour
of North Carolina is made possible
through the cooperation of the State
Extension Service.
The More Livable Homes demon
strations consist of a wealth of illus
trative material on practical “fash
ions for the home” and demonstrated
with actual procedures for improving
home surroundings. As an authority
on his subject Mr. Mobley does not
term his work interior decoration but
rather Home Appreciation. The more 1
livable home is simply the expression
of. human love foi\color and comfort,
an unaffected and sincere answer to
that desire for pleasant surroundings
in dally life. Where and how we live
has much to do with the development
of our mental, physical and moral
fibre for we are unconsciously affected
by our home surroundings. I
During the past 15 years Mr. Mob
ley has conducted home furnishings
* institutes from coast to coast and has
jggiven graduate courses in the Univer
£|£ity of Chicago, New York Univer
, Bfy, Syracuse University, University
of Vermont and University of Utah.
• “Every home}” says Mr. Mobley,
- “must be made a place for mental and
■ physical comfort, a place where mod- i
era youth is contented to shape its •
, future.” k \
MRS. HARRISON IMPROVING n
Mrs. Luta Harrison, who has been i
a .patient »t Chowan Hospital, and 1
H yho was in a very serious condition-.<
has returned to the home of her sol?
John Burton Harrison. Mrs. Harri- i
c *°» improved considerably since 1
Owning borne. :
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
{Strengthens j
Crippled Hands
'4 1 1
To irop doll clothes is glorious
fun for this youngster. She has
learned to grasp the handle with
her crippled hand and push the
iron back and forth. She doesn’t
know she is gaining more control
with every movement, but the
therapist does. Her future skills
depend on special training made
possible through the purchase of
Easter Seals. Have you bought
yours?
April Cancer Control
Month; Plans Under
Way To Raise Funds
Local Drive Sponsored
Again By Junior Wo
man’s Club
With April designated as cancer
control month, the drive to raise funds
with which to combat cancer will be
gin in Chowan County next Thursday,
April 1. The drive, as was the case
last year, will be sponsored by the
Edenton Junior Woman's Club, with
Mrs. Ralph Parrish appointed com
mander. Miss Rebecca Colwell will
serve as chairman for the county and
Mrs. Nathan Dail is treasurer.
Mrs. Parrish has announced that
the County’s quota is SBOO, but she
is hoping that contributions will far
exceed that figure. Half of the con
tributions will remain in the County,
while the other half goes to the
State and national , organ'zations.
Coin boxes will be placed at various
places, where contributions can 'be
made, but the principal source of
revenue will come by and through a
canvass.
Mrs. Parrish calls attention to the
fact that cancer is the No. 2 killer.
It claims one American person every
three minutes and one out of every
two homes. Last year cancer killed
189,400 men, women and children in
the United States, of which number
2,600 were North Carolinians.
The program of the American Can
cer Society has made considerable
progress throughout the nation in the
past few years as the result of a
three-fold program, education, ser
vice and research. Each contribution
received will help secure the funds
urgently required to continue this
program for cancer control. “Sub
scribers to this' cause will help ad
vance the cause and further the work
against this terrible killer,” says Mrs.
Parrish, who urges generous contri
butions.
Masons Being Lectured
By Rev. W. C. Francis
Local Masons are being instructed
in Masonic Work this week by the
Rev. W. C. Francis, master of Unani
mity Lodge, No- 7. who is also acer- ,
tified lecturer. Mr. Francis has met
with members Monday and Tuesday
nights, and will continue the instruc
tion at the meeting tonight (Thurs
day) and again Friday night. I
All members of the lodge are espec
ially urged to take Advantage of the
two remaining nights to receive this i
Kdenton, Chowan County, North Carolina Thursday, March 25, 1948.
Campen Director Os
Minstrel Sponsored
By Ldcal Lions Club
All of Proceeds of Af
fair Will Go to Eden
ton’s Band
According to Peter A. Carlton,
liason worker for the Lions Club
minstrel committee, the oragnization
considers itself fortunate in having
secured the services of H. A. Campen
l as director. Mr. Campen has out
lined plans to Carlton which call for
I rehearsals of the specialty and end
men beginning next week. Campen
! is most enthusiastic about the event
1 and feels that with the united co
operation of the members of -the
Lions Club which is the sponsoring
organization, and of the members of
the community who will be called to
participate, that the affair will be a
bang-up one and one which will pro
vide much entertainment for the com
munity.
It is hoped that the affair can be
put on within 30 days. However, it
all depends upon how much progress
is made at the rehearsals and upon
what conflicts arise from now on. All
the money will go for the Edenton
Band, and with this popular cause as
the basis for the minstrel, all feel
that the public will turn out in full
force for it.
Jaycees Hold First
Dinner Meeting At
Cherry’s Tonight
41 Charter Members of
Recently Organized
Junior Group
Edenton’s recently organized Junior
( Chamber of Commerce will hold its
firit dinner meeting tonight (Thurs
day) at 7 o’clock in the private din
ing room at Cherry’s Restaurant.
' President Frank Hdlmes stated that
1 dinner meetings of the organization
will be held hereafter the second and
fourth Thursday nights in each
month.
• The Jaycee charter is now in pro
cess of being prepared and is expect
ed to he received some time in April,
at which time charter night will be
■ observed. 1
There are 41 charter members of
the Junior Chamber, and any who join
from now on cannot be listed as
charter members. (
The charter members are: Sam D.
Allen, John H. Bond, Jacob M. Boyce,
William G. ißrotten, Lloyd C. Burton,
Jr., Murray F. Byrum, Thomas C. By
rum, Jr., Peter A. Carlton, Elbert H.
Copeland, Ernest R. Cullipher, Law
rence Dowd, J. D. Elliott, William S.
Elliott, Nick J. George, E. Griffin, A.
P. Hassell, Jr., W. Herbert Hollowell,
Jr., Frank M. Holmes, John A.
Holmes, Jr., William D. ’Holmes, Jr.,
Francis W. Hughes, William R. Is
rael, Kermit T,. Layton, Lewis E.
Leary, James Leigh, Willis J. Mc-
Clenny, Jack Moore, James W. Mit
chener, John A. Mitchener, Jr., El- 1
wood L. Nixon, Luther Parks, Paul i
L. Partin, William W. Perry, Daniel
P. Reaves, James M. Smith, Joe M. J
Thorud, Charles P. Wales, Jr., Em
mett ’ H. Wiggins, Edward H. Wo
zelka and Haywood S. Ziegler, Jr.
Majority Firms Will
Close Easter Monday!
Summer Half Holiday
Will Go Into Effect !!
April 7th J
In accordance with the usual pro- j
cedure as outlined by the members of r
the Chowan County Chamber of ,
Commerce and Merchants Association j
relative to closing business houses, a }
i poll showed that the majority favored ,
closing for Easter Monday and to be
gin the Wednesday afternoon closing
as of April 7 until further notice. }
As a result of this poll, President (
H. A. Campen has issued the findings
to the membership, the press and the (
publie. Shoppers are advised to take
due notice thereof and govern theu ;
buying accordingly. (
GOING TO WELDON
J. H. Aabell, connected -with the U. 1
S. Fish Hatchery here, will leave
April 1 for Weldon, where he will
supervise the hatching of striped bass. t
Mr. Asbell expects to be at Weldon
for three weeks. I
Prominent Baptists
Scheduled For BTU
Convention Program
Mr. knd Mrs. L. J. New
ton Will Represent
State Department
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North Carolina Baptist Training
Union 'Secretary, Harvey T. Gibson,
has announced that the State Training
Union Department will be represent
ed by Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Newton, who
will also appear on the program at
the annual Regional Training Union
Convention *in the Edenton Baptist
Church on April 9-10.
Mr. Newton will address the con
vention during the Saturday morning
sessioh on the subject “Training N. C.
Baptists to Follow Christ.” All those
interested in the training program of
the church will look forward to hear
ing Mr. Newton.
In representing the State Depart
ment, Mr. and Mrs. Newton will pro
ject on the screen scenes in color in
troducing to the public the two new
Baptist - owned summer assembly
grounds—Fruitland Institute, at Hen
dersonville in the west and Camp
Davis at Wilmington in the east.
The varied program of inspiring ad
dresses, informing conferences, help
ful panel discussions, uplifting vocal
and instrumental music and interest
ing demonstrations is rapidly shaping
up and promises to be both interest
ing and helpful.
Each Training Union throughout
the Chowan and YVest Chowan Asso
ciations will be represented by dele-!
gates and all other members, pastors,
directors, leaders, workers and all in
terested in the training program of
the church are urged to attend every
session possible for instruction and
Fellowship.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the four sessions of this con
vention.
Aces Win Opener
l Over Washington
t
Whitson, on the Mound
For the Aces, Baffles
Visiting Batters
Edenton High School’s baseball
team ushered in the 1948 season Tues
day night on Hicks Field when they
I encountered little trouble in turning
back the Washington High School
Pam Pack 10-1 in the first conference
game with a fair crowd of fans in the
i stands.
Andrew Whitson, on the mound for
the Aces, appeared to be in mid-sea
son form and completely baffled the
visitors, eliminating 21 Washington
batters byway of the strike-out
route and allowed only three hits dur
ing the nine innings.
The Aces touched Alligood and
Brown, visiting moundsmen for 10
safe hits with Ray Harrell, Russell
Wheeler and Whitson each getting
two.
The Aces’ next conference game
will ibe Friday, when they journey to
Greenville, and next Tuesday they
I will be host to New Bern High on
j Hicks Field.
Red Cross Quota Is
Practically Assured
Only $34 Needed Tues
day Night to Reach
$2,000
<
t Herbert Hollowell, chairman of the ■
Chowan County Red Cross fund rais
ing drive, reported Tuesday night i
that he is practically assured the
county’s quota of $2,000 will be real- ,
ized. Contributions turned in up until
Tuesday night amounted to $1,896,
while Mrs. Julia Hines reported hav
ing S7O from colored people, but her
report was not complete, so that the
S7O had not been turned in.
The above two figures added to
gether totals $1,966, so that'Only $34
remains to be raised to reach the
quota.
Mr. Hollowell stated that not all
canvassers had made -their returns,
so that he is confident the $2,000 and
over will be realized as the result of
the drive. ' •
BANK OF EDENTON WILL BE
CLOSED EASTER MONDAY ,
In order t 6 observe Easter Monday,
a legal holiday, thq Bank of Edenton 1
will be closed all day March 29. Pat
rons are urged to note the closing.
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Architect Authorized To
Secure Bids To Consirisct
New Colored High School
Subscription Price
JlfHerald GoesJJp
It is with a great deal of re
luctance that The Herald is oblig
ed to announce an increase in the
annual subscription price of the
paper from $1.50 to $2.00, ef
fective immediately. Contribut
ing factors in making this de
cision is continuous rising pro
duction costs, the cost of news
print alone having more than
•doubled in price within the last
several years.
The new rate is also in keep
ing with the price charged for
some time by most of the State’s
weekly newspapers.
Term SuperiorCnurt
Will Open In Edenton
Or Monday Morning
Judge Walter J. Boone
Os Nashville Sched
uled to Preside
Chowan County Superior Court
will convene next Monday morning,
March 29, for the spring term of
j Court with Judge Walter J. Boone of
Nashville scheduled to preside. On
the docket are both criminal and civil
cases, so that a full term is expected.
On the criminal docket are the fol
lowing cases:
State vs. Clingman Holley. The
defendant is charged with the murder
of Milton Gatling. Both are Negroes.
State vs. Latimore Ballard, who is
charged with entering the home of
Charlie Gay and larceny of $730. The
money was recovered from the de
fendant by the Edenton Police De
partment. Both are Negroes.
State vs. Lee Perry, Negro, charg
fd with larceny of $245 from David
lorris.
State vs. Albert E. Lassiter. The
defendant is charged with assault on
C. W. Hayman, Deputy Fish Commis
sioner. Lassiter appealed from a
sentence in Recorder’s Court of 60
days, suspended on payment of SSO
fine and costs and showing good be
havior for 12 months.
The civil docket includes the fol
lowing:
Maggie S. Reeves, et als, vs. Charlie
Stallings, et als.
J. H. Ward vs. Albemarle Lumber
Co.
J. A. Wheeler vs. Straus Company,
Inc.
George Holley vs. D. H. Berryman
and T. A. Berryman.
M. M. Nixon, et al, vs. Farmers
Cooperative Exchange.
Norma B. Sudano vs. Norfolk
Southern Railway Company.
Motions and divorce cases will be
heard at the convenience of the Court.
Methodist Stewards
Vote To Be Sponsor
Os Local Cub Pack
At a meeting of the Board of
Stewards of the Methodist Church,
which was held after the service Mon
day night, it was unanimously voted
that the church sponsor the Edenton
troop of Cub Scouts. The troop,
since its anauguration several years
ago, has been sponsored by the Pres
byterian Church.
J. L. Pettus, chairman of the Board
of Stewards, stated he will appoint
a Cub Pack committee within a few
days.
Bridgford Speaker
At Rotary Meeting
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet at
10 o’clock today (Thursday) in the
Parish House, and with ah attendance
contest in progress, a 100 per cent
meeting is anticipated.
At last week’s meeting A. R. Bridg
ford, manager and operator of the
Edenton Air Service at the Naval Air
Station, was the principal speaker,
invited by Frank Holmes, who was in
charge of the program. Mr. Bridg
ford explained the mechanics of his
school, during which he pointed the
advantages his operations can have
in the community if utilized.
Buy
Easter Seals!
Bids Will Be Opened In
John Holmes’ Office
On April 14'
18 cIass”ROOMS
$400,000 Bonds Will Be
Sold at About Same
Time
At a meeting of the Edenton school
trustees held Tuesday, Architect
Frank Benton of Wilson was authoriz
ed to secure bids for the construction
of a new colored school building. Mr.
Benton will advertise for bids, which
will be opened in Superintendent John
A. Holmes’ office on Wednesday af
ternoon, April 14, at 2 o’clock.
The new building will be built on
the plot along Oakum Street just
north of the present building. It will
■ be a two-story fire-proof structure
containing 1 class rooms, a library
and home economies department.
. On Friday County Attorney J. N.
Pruden, Superintendents W. J. Tay
' lor and John A. Holmes and West By
ruin, Chairman of the County Com
-1 missioners, went to Raleigh to confer
, with the Local Government Commis
sion, through which the bonds will be
sold, to iron out various legal angles
1 preparatory to selling the bonds. It
l was decided to sell the entire issue of
$400,000, which will go on sale at or
about the same time the contract is
let to meet the new building.
Specifications are in the process of
, being prepared for the white school
: building on Hicks Field and the
’ physical education building at Chowan
i High School, but plans are to proceed
i as soon as possible on the colored
. school.
Town - Hervey Suit
Scheduled For Trial
In Federal Court
Many Summoned to Be
On Hand Wednesday
Afternoon
With the Northeastern District of
Federal Court in session this week in
Elizabeth City, one of the cases, the
Town of Edenton versus the Hervey
Foundation, is scheduled to come up
for trial. The Town entered suit
against the Foundation for breach, of
contract and asked $50,000 damages
arising principally in connection with
, furnishing heat to the hospital. The
Foundation subsequently filed a count
er suit against the Town of Edenton
for SIOO,OOO following the appoint
ment by the Court of a receiver for
the Naval Air Station property.
Quite a few in Edenton have been
summoned to appear at the trial
which was expected to begin Wednes
day afternoon. Among those sum
moned are members of Town Council
and the board of trustees of the hos
pital, as well as others.
Car Inspection Lane
Now In Jperation
Many Automobile Own
ers Advised of Minor
Defects
A State Motor Vehicle Department
mechanical inspection lane went into
operation on Granville Street, be
tween King and Water Streets, Mon
day morning, in charge of D. Skiles.
The first three days were devoted to
orientation of automobile mechanics
and inspection of public-owned ve
hicles, though a number of courtesy
inspections of private cars were
made.
The lane will be in operation until
April 3, and motorists are reminded
that the State law now requires every
motor vehicle to he inspected at least
once during 1948. If no defects are
found, a sticker Will be placed on the
windshield, but if defects are found
the repairs must be made and then
checked before a sticker is given.
Many motorists are more or less
surprised to find a number odf defects
checked on their card after the in
spection, whifeh has to do primarily
i jwith devices and parts of cars con*
tributing to safety in driving.