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Volume XV.—Number 14.
Town And Hervey Foundation Reach Terms
Drive Starts In Chowan To I
Raise Funds With Which To
Help Fight Against Cancer
Entire Month of April I
Designated as Cancer 1
Month
QUOTA IS SBOO
Leaders Hopeful Quota
Will Be Far Over ,
Subscribed
Today (Thursday) a drive will be
started to raise funds with which to
combat cancer. Mrs. Ralph Parrish,
commander for Chowan County, has (
been very busy arranging for the ;
drive and hopes the quota of SBOO ]
will be far oversubscribed. Miss
Rebecca Colwell is county chairman
and Mrs. Nathan Dail treasurer.
In commenting upon the scope of ;
the cancer program, Mrs. Parrish says
an allocation'-of more than $150,000
by the North Carolina Division of the
American Society was made for speci
fic activities designed to reduce can- :
cer’s death toll in the State.
The control activities range from
local information centers and treat
ment clinics, through a series of post
graduate medical courses for practic
ing physicians, to research projects
and a year ’round, state-wide public!
education program.
Biggest item in the $150,000 alio-1
cation is $50,381.32 assigned to in- 1
dividual counties for special control,
projects recommended by county
medical committees and approved by j
*tate, and offici'ls..
Nearly $46,000 was assigned to the
national research program, one of the
greatest in medical history, to help
find the causes and cure or a>l cancer.
The North Carolina Division is in
vesting nearly $24,000 in its state
wide educational program, which med
ical experts declare is vital to the
control of cancer today, and an ad
ditional $26,000 to the national educa
tional program. The latter includes
medical as well as lay education.
Care of indigent cancer patients,
who are unable to afford the cost
themselves, is provided for by a state
division fund of SB,OOO over and above
other funds included in the projects
in certain counties for indigent care.
Canvassers will solicit funds for the
Chowan drive and all are urged to
contribute liberally in the fight
against the nation’s No. 2 killer.
The drive is again-sponsored by the
Junior Woman’s Club.
Binghamton Players
Already In Training
First- Game
On Hicks Field Next
• Sunday
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Over 20 baseball recruits seeking
berths on the Binghamton baseball
club arrived early this week and the
youngsters began practice sessions
Monday under the direction of Mana
ger Buddy 'Hassett. Manager Hassett
was delighted with the baseball field
and the weather, saying everything
was fine and that with continued fav
orable weather he hoped to round out
a strong combination.
Another contingent of recruits for
the Manchester, N. H., club is expect- |
ed to arrive April 10, so that when
all are in the training camp there
will be in the neighborhood of 60 ball
players.
The first exhibition game is schedul
ed to 'be played Sunday afternoon on
Hicks Field at 2:30 o’clock, when the ;
Triplets will meet the New Bern out
fit. Wednesday of next week on Hicks
Field Norfolk and' the Triplets are *
scheduled to cross bats, while on -Sat
urday, April 10, Harrisburg will 1
come to Hicks Field for a game.
Sherwood Roberson
New Rotary Governor
Sherwood Roberson of Robersoa
ville was elected governor of the
189th Rotary District at the annual i
conference held in Raleigh this week. 1
The Edenton club was represented by
John A. Holmes E. Kramer, ,
who report a very successful confer- .
eD l£ery Rotary Club in the district ’
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Music Festival At
Local High School.
Saturday Morning
Pupils of Miss Julia Bur
ton Competing In
Contest
The National Federation Music Fes
tival is to, be held in the Edenton
High School auditorium Saturday
morning, April 3, at 10 o’clock. The
public is invited to attend.
The following boys and girls from
Edenton, students of Mi?-, Julia Bur
ton, are competing in the-contest'
Linda Leary, Ann Perkins, < Archie
Patterson, Theda Goodwin; 'Evelyn I
Bunch, Mike' Malone, Anna Partin, i
Mary Leggett Browning, Mary Ann
Elliott, Margery Thigpen, Carolyn
Swindell and Susan Thigpen.
Madeline Russell and Jacqueline
Wallace, students of MrS. Wood
Privott, are also taking part in the
contest.
Term Superior Court
Completed Tuesday
Five Criminal Cases D&*
posed of; Only One !
Divorce
Chowan County Superior Court, '
presided over by Judge Walter J.
Boone, adjourned Tuesday after six
criminal cases were tried, one divorce 1
granted and three civil cases disposed '
of. >
In his charge to the jury Judge ’
Boone complimented the county on I
the addition of a modern heating sys
tem, recalling that at his last appear
ance in Chowan dangerous stoves
were placed about the priceless build
ing. He also referred to the neatness ,
of the installation which, he said, was <
in keeping with the building.
The grand jury was composed of
Charles 'P. Wales, Jr., foreman, J. N.
Jordan, A. R. Spruill, Claude E.
Small, J. E. Brabble, William Holmes,
J. H. Conger, William H. Wells, R. A.
Mansfield, Kenneth Floars, C. A.
Perry, Earl Bunch, M. L. Bateman,
Lindsay Evans, W. D. Garris, W. H.
Heath, M. M. Perry and J. C. Saun
ders.
The Grand Jury reported conditions
satisfactory in the County offices and
recommended various minor repairs
to school houses. The Grand Jury,
too, commended the County - Commis
sioners for having a modern heating
plant installed in the Court House.
Clingman Holley, colored, who was
charged with the murder of Milton j
Gatling, colored, plead guilty to man
slaughter and was sentenced to 7 to '
• (Continued on Page Teni
New Fish Company :
At Cannon’s Ferry
Chowan River Fish Com- ]
pany Starts Opera
tion This Week {
i
Chowan County has another* new t
and substantial enterprise, the Cho- t
wan River Fish Company having be- i
gun operations this week. The con- 1
cem is located at Cannon’s Ferry, 1
next to the Cannon’s Ferry Fish 1
Company. '
The building of the new concern is
426 feet long, representing an invest- i
ment of between $40,000 and $50,000. i
The season’s capacity is one and one- t
half'million fish, while the daily ca
pacity is between 260,000 and 300,000. .
A test run .of the various machin
ery yas made Saturday, and operation
begun Monday morning. '• (
Nine -Chowan County men are in- <
■terested In the new concern, who are 1
J. C. Hendrix, Mark Hendrix, E. L. i
Brinkley, F. A. Ward, John Morris, <
Wilbur Modlin, Norman Hollowell, 1
j. T. Bynun and C. J. Hollowell. i
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 1,1948.
j CITIZENS OF TOMORROW |l
Today The Herald presents the first installment of pictures of
youngsters who will be the citizens of tomorrow. The pictures were
taken recently at Hotel Joseph Hewes by a photographer from the
Woltz Studios of Des Moines, lowa.
Pictured above are: Top row, left to right, Carolyn Long,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Long; Ginny Truslow, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Truslow; Mary White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. A. White. Bottom row, left to right, Jeanette Nixon, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Nixon; Frances Privott, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wood Privott; Joan Thomas Goodwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Goodwin. . - ,
Initial Winners In
Soil Conservation
Speaking Contests
Next Elimination Con
test Will Be Held Fri
day at Chowan High
The first of the elimination con
tests .'in the State-wide Soil Conserva-,
tion ‘Public Speaking Contest weP?
held in Chowan County last week.
Two contests were held, the first in
the Edenton High School and the
other in the Chowan High School. A
total of ten contestants prepared and
presented speeches. The speakers in
the Edetnon contest were Edna Wil
liams, John Ward, Jane Spry and
Charles Overman. Edna Williams,
Charles Overman and John Ward
were declared winners by the judges.
The speakers in the Chowan High
School contest were Billy Grey Leary,
Malcolm Copeland, Herbert Ray Lane,
Horace Evans, Horace Rountree and
Madge Copeland. The three winning
contestants were, according to the de
cision of the judges, Madge Cope
land, Malcolm Copeland and Herbert
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Visitor Impressed •
With Edenton Visit
C. Mickle of Taylorsville
Writes Pleasing Let
ter to Herald
As the reshit of seeing a postcard
depicting the Edenton Tea Pot, C.
Mickle of Taylorsville, N. €., recently
made a trip to Edenton* and the ef
fect of his visit is reflected in a letter
sent to The Herald this week.
Mr. Mickle’s letter follows:
Lured by a postcard showing a pfc
ture of the tea pot and the prospect
of seeing the coast, I spent the holi
days in your city and found it very
charming.
The people of Edenton were so help
ful in directing me to places of in
terest, Mr. and Mrs. Saunders in the
hotel and the two clerks and in lend
ing, me pamphlets, books, etc.; the li
brarian, and a young fellow I met in
the churchyard, not one of the cele
brated dead, but one very much alive
and deeply interested in the history,
although not a native. He told me of
a most attractive house not far from
the church. I just regret not having
had more time for discussing with
him and bringing to life those people
who lived so long ago.
One of the most attractive places to
me was the “gate house,” lodge or
what you may call it at the approach
to Hayes house. I fell in love with
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MEETING HOUR CHANGED
Effective next Monday night, April
5, Chowan 'tribe of Red Men will
change the hour of meeting from 7:30
to 8 o’clock. This v change is made
annually in order to make it more
convenient for farmers who are mem
bers of the tribe to attend the
meetings. *
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Dr. F. Orion Mixon
To Preach Sermon
At BTU Convention
Well Balanced Program
Planned For Sessions
April 9 and 10
The sermon for the annual Re
, gional Training Union Convention in
’the Edenton Baptist Church Friday
and Saturday, April 9-10, will be
preached by Dr. F. Orion Mixon, pas
tor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church
in Raleigh, on Saturday morning,
April 10. Dr. Mixon’s subject will be
“Decisions For Christ.”
Dr. Mixon is well known through
out the Southern Baptist Convention,
and especially so in North Carolina
and South Carolina, because of his
general activity in the Baptist pro
gram and particularly for his activity
in recent' years in the Evangelistic
Crusade For Christ in North Caro
lina. Not only the training union
constituency but also the other church
members of the region will be glad
of this opportunity to hear Dr. Mix
on on Saturday morning, April 10.
In addition to the four regular ses
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Meeting Os PTA Is
Scheduled April 6
Members Urged to At
tend Lecture on Art
Os Better Living
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The Edenton Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation will-meet Tuesday afternoon’/
April 6, In the High School audi
torium following the lecture by David
C. Mobley, which is scheduled for 2:30
o'clock.
Mr. Mobley, who Is on a toar of the
State and appearing here under the
auspices of the home demonstration
clubs of Chowan Coubty, Will speak
on “The Art of Better Living.”
Mrs. L. A. Patterson, president of
the PTA, is extending the invitation
from Miss Rebecca Colweff, home
agent, to members of the organization
to attend the lecture, and she hopes .
many will avail themselves of the op
portunity.
A special feature of the meeting,
according to Miss Mary Lee Copeland,
program chairman, will be 'the first
concert by the Edenton High School
Band. Director Ben Stevenson' has
been making rapid progress with the
boys and girls and it is expected
some of the PTA members will be
surprised when they hear the band in
its first concert.
SOCIETY MEETS MONDAY
The Woman’s Missionary Society of
the Baptist Church will meet Monday -
afternoon at 4 o’clock at .the church.
The president, Mrs. Raleigh Hollowell,
urges all members to attend.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to .Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Swan
ner at the Chowan Hospital, Tuesday
night, an 8%--pound baby boy.
Satisfactory Agreement Is
Arranged So That Action Is
Not Tried In Federal Court
Half Holidays J
In keeping with the policy be
ing followed in most of the towns
of the Albemarle, Edenton mer
chants will begin observing the
Wednesday half-holidays as of
April 7.
President H. A. Campen and
A. L. Boaz, chairman of the
Merchants Committee, urge all
j citizens of Edenton, Chowan
County and those who come here
i to trade to govern their buying
| accordingly.
Baby Contest Now
Being Planned By j
Methodist Group
Proceeds Will Be Used
For Improvements
To. Church
The Wesleyan Service Guild of the
Methodist Church is conducting a
baby contest from April 10 to May 10
in connection with a Tom Thumb
Wedding, at which time little Miss!
Edenton and Master Edenton will be !
crowned Queen and King. Each busi
ness firm will be asked to sponsor a
baby, one of their choice, or one from '
an eligible list of babies from one to
four years of age. The fee for spon
soring these babies will be $5.00.
Those already signed are: Albe
marle Peanut Company, Sanitary !
Cleaners, . Hughes-Hoiton Hardware
Company, Spedic Products, Campen’s ;
Jewelers, The Men’s Shop, Chowan
Motor Company, Dixie Grill, Ameri-1
can Legion, Taylor Theater, The Bet-1
ty Shoppe, Preston’s, Edenton Supply
Company, A & P Store, Western
Auto Associate Store, Tots and Teens,
Bridge Turn Service Station, Tri
angle Service Station, The Little Tri
angle, Edenton Furniture Company,
Leary Brothers Storage Company,
Jimbo’s Jumbos, Mitchener’s Pharm
acy, Griffin Grocery, Leggett & Davis
Drug Store, Colonial Stores, The
Chowan Herald, Badhani’s, Bell’s
Goodyear Store, Habit’s Grocery, W.
J. Yates Sinclair Station, Gulf Ser
vice Station, Cuthrell’s Department
Store, Harrell & Company, The Bank
of Edenton, Ward’s Shoe Shop, Anne
Jenkins Beauty Shoppe, Ralph E.
Parrish and Broad Street Grocery.
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Pre-School Clinics
Begin On April sth
Parents Urged to Fur
nish Vaccination In
formation
According to an announV'enitn by
the local Health Depart moot, pre
school clinics will beg?a in Chowan
County April 6 and continue until
April 29 for both white and colored
children.
The Health Department aalls at
tention to the North Carolina law,
which requires children to b* six
years old on or before October f be
fore they are allowed to enter schotA
Parents are also urged to know when
and for what their children were vac
cinated in order to give this informa
tion at the pre-school clinics.
The schedule of the clinics follows:
April s —Chowan High School,
9 A. M.; Rocky Hock School, 1 P. M.
April 12—Edenton High School, 9
A. M.
Colored Schedule '
April B—Canaan8 —Canaan Temple School, 10
A. M.; St. John’s School, 1 P. M.
- April 15 —Warren’s Grove, 10 A.
M.; Virginia Fork School, 1 P. M.
April 19—Edenton High School,
9 A. M.
April 22—Grfen Hall School, 9
A. Iff.; Center Hill School, 1 P. M.
April 29 —'White -Oak School, 9
A. M.; Hudson Grove School, 11 A.
M.; Britts School, 2 P. M.
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$1.50 Per Year.
Foundation Ordered to
Pay $5,500 Within
Ten Days
RENT~5262.50
Town Council Considers
Future Operation of
Air Station
Being at odds for over a year, dur
ing which time a suit and counter suit
were instituted, the Town of Edenton
and Hervey Foundation, after many
hours of negotiating last week at
Federal Court in Elizabeth City, came
| to terms agreeable to both parties in
connection with sub-leasing a nortion
of the Edenton Naval Air Station.
; The case was scheduled for .trial be
fore Judge Don Gillam in i ederal
j Court, but aside from the judge hear
-1 ing the attorneys for both sides state
(their respective cases, it was not
j tried. Judge Gillam urged a com pro
(mise so that the matter might 1)e
settled without a trial, which was sub-
I sequently done.
| The case was more or less crowded
out by a lengthy trial involving the
Norfolk Southern Bus Corporation
and the Virginia Dare Transportation
Company, which consumed the greater
portion of the term.
Former Governor J. C. B. Ehring
haus and Solicitor John W. Graham
) were the attorneys for the Town of
Edenton, while R. H. McNeill of
Washington, D. C., and J. Kenyon
Wilson of Elizabeth City represented
the Hervey Foundation.
Charging that the Hervey Founda
tion failed to keep its contract in
providing heat to the hospital, the
Town instituted suit for $50,000 and
! subsequently William S. Privott was
appointed by the Superior Court as
| receiver for the Naval Air Station
property, on the charge that the Her
| vey Foundation was insolvent or about
ito become insolvent.
The Hervey Foundation denied the
insolvency charge and claimed that
due to the receivership, great damage
and embarrassment resulted. A coun
ter suit for SIOO,OOO was, therefore,
instituted. The case was moved from
Superior Court to Federal Court, and
ever since the suits, relations between
the Town and the Foundation have
been anything but pleasant.
In Federal Court Attorney Ehring
haus presented a motion to dismiss
the counter suit against the Town,
which motion was allowed by Judge
Gillam, and upon the mutual desire to
effect a compromise, the Town agreed
to withdraw its suit against the
Foundation.
Quite a few proposals were ex
changed during the negotiations, with
every member of Town Council being
at Federal Court and most of Friday
afternoon remaining in session until
about 6:30 o’clock, when the final
agreement was reached.
The final agreement designates the
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Federation Meeting
Scheduled Tuesday
David C. Mobley, Art of
Living Specialist, Will
Be Principal Speaker
Next Tuesday afternoon, April 6,
David Mobley, a specialist on the art
of living, will be the speaker at the
Spring Federation meeting of home
demonstration clubs. The meeting
wffl be held in the Edenton High
School auditorium, beginning at 2:30
o’clock.
Mr. Mobley’s address is looked for
ward to with a great deal of pleasure
in that his tour of North Carolina is
made possible through the cooperation
of the State Extension Service. Dur
ing the past 15 years he has conduct
ed home furnishing institutes
throughout the nation and has taught
graduate courses at the University
of Chicago, New York University,
Syracuse University, University of
Vermont and the University of Utah.
1 Not only are all members of demon
stration clubs urged to attend the
meeting, hut a cordial invitation is
extended! the public to hear the noted
lecturer.