THE CHOWAN HERAL^g
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Volume j^^^umberl&
Chowan
On Greatest Drftf!
To Fight Can Jr
Contributions Will Be
Sought During En- -
tire Month
Chowan County this, week launched
its greatest drive for funds to fight
cancer.
The County has assumed a goal of
. SBOO as its share of the state’s $200,*
000 campaign.
Mrs. Ralph Parrish, Chowan County
Commander for the American Cancer
Society, • declared that she expected
the local goal to be reached soon and
believed Chowan County would go
well over its quota by the end of
April. .
“This is not a charity drive,” the
chairman pointed out. “On the con
trary, it is a campaign which benefits
alike every person in the community
—old, young, rich, poor—because can
cer is no respector of persons. Statis
tics show that cancer will strike one
out of every two families.
“Conservative doctors tell us that
from a third to a half of the people
who develop cancer can be cured, if
they receive early arrd adequate treat
ment. It is to finance a program to
save thft. lives that are being thrown
away needlessly—from 850 to 1,300
in North Carolina each year—that the
American Cancer Society needs funds.
At the same time, the Society’s pro
gram is aimed ultimately at stamping
cancer out completely through some
discovery yet to come from the re
search laboratories.”
The campaign chairman pointed out
that funds raised here will be used to
finance a three-fold attack on cancer
through research to find the causes
and cure for all types of cancer;
through public education in the symp
toms of early cancer and what to do
about the disease if it strikes; and
through service to cancer' patients.
“I am confident,'* Mrs. Parrish sai<L
- '“that people of Chowan f County t Wlfr
give their whole hearted support td
this campaign. I believe they will
consider the money they contribute
not as a donation j>ut as an invest
ment in protection for themselves and
their families.
A corps of volunteer workers has
been organized to call on as many
persons as possible during April to
ask for their contribution. The chair
man urged, however, that people not
wait for a solicitation call. Contri
butions may be sent to Mrs. Parrish
or Miss Rebecca Cohvell, County
Chairman.
The. colored Woman’s Club will be
4n charge of the colored contributions,
while Professor D. F. Walker will
head up the drive in the colored
schools. s
Junior Woman’s Club
Appealing For Shrubs
The Junior Woman’s Club is again
asking for shrubs of any kind and
small trees to be used on the com
munity playground.
The playground is being put in
' order this week and preparations are
in .the making to open the grounds
as soon as possible.
Anyone having shrubs or trees to
dispose call Mrs. Jimmy
Earnhardt who is in charge, and ar
rangements will be made to call for
and transport them to the grpunds at
the convenience of the donor.
County Will Dispose Os
Property For Taxes
County Attorney J. N. Pruden on
Monday was authorized, by the Coun
ty Commissioners to sell quite a few
pieces of property for which the
County holds tax foreclosure liens.
Practically all of the property was
taken over by the county for unpaid
taxes prior .to 1935. Mr. Pruden will
proceed to sell the property, small
pieces of latad for the most part, to
, the highest bidders.
_ “Homeless” J
Wanted —-A place to meet. This
is paramount ip the minds of
members of Chowan Tribe of Rpd
Men, who have been requested to
vacate their hall in the Bank of
* Edenton Building.'' The Red Men
hpve been meeting in the room
‘ on the second floor for about 35
yean, but due to the need for
more storage room for records
' and equipment, the Bank of
Edenton has requested the room
* for its own use.
W. Jim Daniels and l. Edwin
Bufflap were appointed Monday
Miss Susan Thigpen
; Wins Top Honor At
Music Festival Trials
Young Lady Will Repre
sent Region In Ra
leigh April 24
1 Edenton music Students made a
• splendid showing in the Northeastern
, Regional Music Festival which was
’ held in the Edenton High School au
ditorium Saturday morning. Miss
r Susan Thigpen was awarded superior
’ rating in the advanced group and will
I represent the region in the scholar
, -ship finals which will be held in Ra
' leigh April 24.
Miss Thigpen’s performance was
1 very favorably commented upon by
Claude Cook of Wake Forest, profes
sor of piano, who was one of the
judges. He said Miss Thigpen stood
far out in front of the other talent
i competing. Ninety students partici
pated. Other judges were Miss Jose
; lyn House of the State School for the
Blind at Raleigh; Mrs. John Bonner,
' regional chairman of Elizabeth City,
and Mrs. Allen Easley, State chair
. man, of Wake Forest.
Ratings of the Edenton students
i were:
Primary I—Linda Leary and Ann
Perkins, excellent.
Primary 3—Theda Goodwin, excel
' lent. •
i Elementary I—Madelyn Russell,
superior. ,
. Elementary 2—Jackie Wallace, ex
; cellent.
Moderate Elementary I—Mike1 —Mike Ma
■ lone, excellent; Evelyn Bunch, very
good.
Medium —Mary Leggett Browning
and Mary Ann Elliott, very good;
Anna Partin, good.
Moderately Difficult Marjorie
Thigpen, excellent.
Difficult —Carolyn Swindell, excel
■ ifefit'rfSusan Thigpen, advanced,'su
perior.
Edenton Debaters
Win Fist Round
Group Will Compete For
District Honors on
April 15.
1
Both teams of the Edenton High |
School emerged victorious in the 36th
Annual Triangular Debate held Fri
day, in which Edenton, Hertford and
Elizabeth City competed for honors.
Both the Edenton negative and af
firmative teams won the unanimous
. decision of the judges.
' The focal negative team was com
posed of Susan Thigpen and Harold
Webb, and won over the Hertford af
firmative team in Elizabeth City. At
the same time Shirley Norris and
Marion Harrell, Edenton’s affirmative
debaters won over the Elizabeth City
negative team in Hertford.
The query was “Resolved that the
Federal Government should require
arbitration of labor disputes in all
basic American industries.”
The Edenton teams, by virtue of
their victories, will participate in the
district debate which will be held in
Greenville April 15, where six dis
tricts will compete. The final round
in the debate will be held in Chapel
Hill April 29.
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Drive For Boy Scout
Funds Begins Today
Goal of SLBOO Necessary
To Be Raised Before
: April 20
George Twiddy, chairman of the
West Albemarle District of Boy
Scouts, announced that a campaign
for funds for the Scouts of the dis
trict will get under way today (Thurs
day) and will continue until April 20.
The quota for the drive is SI,BOO.
The purpose *>f the drive is to raise
rhoney for necessary expenses* of the
Scout movement as well as assist in
retirement of indebtedness of two
Boy Scout camps, one at Camp Dar
den and the other at Panther Land
ing, near Moyock, a colored Boy Scout
camp.
JPhilip McMullan is assisting Mr.
Twiddy in staging the drive, at the
conclusion of which the executive
board of the' Tidewater Council will
be entertained at a dinner to be serv
ed at Cherry’s Case.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 8,1948.
I CITIZENS OF TOMORROW |
The Herald this week presents another installment of “Citizens
of Tomorrow.” Pictured above are: Top row, left to right, Wayne
Jernigan, son of Mj;- and Mrs. E. E. Jernigan of Tyner; Theda Good
win, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Goodwin; Bryant White, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. White. Bottom row, left to right, Bud Skiles,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Skiles; Mary Ann Hare, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Hare, and Dickey Weeks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Weeks.
4 Feature Speakers
For BTU Convention
Meeting In Edenton
Two-day Session In Lo
cal Church Begins
Friday
The interesting and helpful pro
gram of the annual Regional Train
ing Union Convention, meeting with
the Edenton Baptist Church April 9-
10, includes four featured speakers,
the Rev. W. D. Morris, pastor of the
Scotland Neck Baptist Church, speak
ing Friday night on “Following Christ
In Evangelism”;, State Representative
L. J. Newton, presenting color slides
ort"#flP>Fruitlanji and Seaside Baptist
Assemblies during the Friday night
session and also addressing the con
vention Saturday morning on the sub
ject “Training North Carolina Bap
tists to Follow Christ”; Dr. F. Orion
Mixon, pastor of the Tabernacle Bap
tist Church in Raleigh, preaching the
convention sermon Saturday morning
and using for his subject “Decisions
For Christ”; ex-Navy. Chaplain Wil
liam P. Milne, pastor of the Aulander
Church, sharing with those attending
the Saturday afternoon session his
observations of missions as he saw
it in the South Sea Islands and China
j while serving as a chaplain in that
theater of war.
The well balanced program of ad
dresses, vocal and instrumental mu
sic, talks, conferences, demonstra
tions, a panel discussion, screen pro
jections and a banquet will be divided
into four sessions: Friday afternoon
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Second Quarterly
Conference Sunday
At Methodist Church
The Rev. J. Herbert Miller, super
intendent of the Elizabeth City Dis
trict, will peach at the morning ser
vice in the Methodist Church Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock. Immediately
following the service the second quar
terly conference will be held with
Mr. Miller presiding.
All organizations of the church are
requested to have reports ready and
to have a representative on hand to
make a report.
Chowan High Seniors
Will Repeat Play
Chowan High School’s Senior .Class
will present a second performance of
“Aaron Slick From Punkin’ Crick”
Friday night, April 9 at 8:00 at the
High €>chool Auditorium.
The public is invited.
| PROCLAMATION BY MAYOR HASKETT j
WHEREAS one of every three who now die of cancer could be j
'saved- through early detection and prompt treatment, and
1 WHEREAS it already has been demonstrated that the death rate j
from, cancer, -which is responsible for one in every eight deaths, could J
be reduced by an informed public and existing medical skill, and j
WHEREAS the people of Edenton always have shown a progres- j
sive attitude toward all worthy public health enterprises, !
THEREFORE, I, Leroy H. Haskett, Mayor of the City of Edenton, (
/do hereby proclaim April as CANCER CONTROL MONTH, and request j
that the citizens of Edenton do observe it as such.
I further request that all individuals, institutions, businesses and
organizations within this city cooperate and assist the American Can
cer Society In its campaign during ApriL „
Given under my hand and the seal of the City of Edenton, State
of North Carolina, this fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand, nine hundred and forty-eight.
(Signed) LEROY H. HASKETT, .
(Seal) Mayor of Edenton.
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Marvin. Wilson Files
For Re-election As
Judge County Court
Saturday, April 17th Is
Deadline For Candi
dates to File
Marvin Wilson on Monday of this
week filed with L. S. Byrum, chair
man of the Chowan County Board of I
Elections, for re-election as Judge
, of Chowan County Recorder’s Court.
Judge Wilson has served three terms
ak Judge, having been elected to the
Ent office in 1942. In announcing
mdidacy, Judge Wilson express •
s appreciation for the help and
rt accorded him in previous
primaries and solicited the votes of
his many friends. j
On the surface there is little in
terest in the forthcoming Ma^ - pri
mary election. So far, counting
Judge Wilson, there are only three i
candidates for county offices. Those
who have expressed their intention
of seeking office are J. H. McMullan,,
Representative in the General As
sembly for Chowan County; Weldon j
Hollowell, Prosecuting Attorney for
Recorder’s Court, and Mr. Wilson for
Judge.
Os course, Chowan County has
two other candidates, John F. White
and John W. Graham, who are seek
ing the office of District Solicitor.
Walter Cohoon of -Elizabeth City is
a third candidate for this office.
The deadline for candidates to file
is Saturday, April 17.
Edenton Jaycees Will
Hold Meeting Tonight
Tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock the
regular meeting of the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce will be held in
the private dining room of Cherry’s
Case. At this meeting plans will be
considered for the forthcoming char
ter night celebration, so that every
member is requested to attend.
Chaplain Harry Hand
Rotary Club Speaker
Chaplain Harry Hand was the prin
cipal speaker at last week’s Rotary
meeting, telling the Rotarians some
thing about the customs and his ex
periences while serving with the U. S.
Army of Occupation in Japan. Mr.
Hand’s remarks were extremely in
teresting, after which he answered
many questions asked by the Rotar
ians.
An attendance contest is now. in
progress, so that President Richard
Elliott is expecting a 100 per cent
meeting today (Thursday).
Edenton Aces Face
Strong Outfit Friday
Night On Hicks Field
Game Is Transferred to
Edenton Due to Con
flict of Activities
Edenton’s Aces, who up to Wednes
day won two conference games and
lost one, are scheduled to meet one
of the strongest baseball teams in the
Northeastern Conference when they
cross bats with Roanoke Rapids on
Hicks Field Friday night at 7:45.
The game was originally scheduled
to be played in Roanoke Rapids but
was transferred to Edenton due to
conflicting activities in Roanoke Rap
ids. A return game will be played
in Roanoke Rapids Tuesday of next
week.
Wednesday afternooq the Aces were
scheduled to play in Greenville.
Andrew Whitson, the Aces’ star
pitcher, is slated to start on the
mound against the strong visiting
aggregation. , Coach Tex Lindsay re
ports that his boys are showing con
; siderable improvement, especially in
| their hitting ability, so that he looks
forward to a good game Friday night,
i and hopes fans will turn out in big
numbers.
'I Wednesday night of last week the j
i Aces had little trouble in defeating
'New Bern 17-0. Whitson was on
I the mound for four innings, during
which he did not allow a single hit.
[He was relieved by Albert Lassiter,!
[who allowed only .two hits in four in- i
jnings. A1 Habit pitched the final
inning and after issuing a base on
balls retired the next three batters
to face him.
j Russell Wheeler, Earl Goodwin and
Whitson were the big guns at bat.
Wheeler hit two doubles and a single,
accounting for five runs and scored
four himself. Whitson connected for
a home run and by a double sent two
runs across the plate. Goodwin made
two hits, one of which was a triple.
On Friday night the Aces lost a
10-inning battle to Kinston 7-5, The
.visitors were leading all the way to
'the ninth, when the Aces scored three
iruns to tie the score at 5-5. In the
tenth, however, the visitors scored
two runs to walk off the winner.
Whitson and Jones, the Kinston
pitcher, staged a pitchers’ duel, with
Jones having a little better of the
argument. He allowed only five hits,
i while the Rgd Devils touched Whit
-1 son for seven. Both teams played
ragged in the field, the Aces being
charged with eight errors and Kin
ston with six.
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Clean-up Week Is
Extended One Week
Mayor Appealing For an
All-out Effort During
This Week
Mayor Leroy Haskett has extended
clean-up and paint-up week in Eden
ton through this week, and in an
nouncing the continuation of the ob
servance stated that he hopes local
citizens will go all out the remainder
of the week to clean up and paint up
in order to improve the appearance
of homes, business houses and the
town in general.
Mayor Haskett reported that many
ffeople last week cooperated in clean
ing up, but that the observance was
far from what he had anticipated,
so that he decided to allow another
week in order to bring more results.
He, therefore, appeals to every citi
zen to make some effort in the move
ment to make Edenton more at
tractive.
Raymond Ward’s Chair
, Is Donated To County
On behalf of the relatives of the
late Raymond Ward, Roy Leary ap
peared before the County Commis
sioners Monday ,to offer the County
a rolling chair which belonged to
Mr. W.ard.
The Commissioners accepted the
gift with thanks and will have the 1
chair placed at the disposal of the
Welfare Department.
Mrs. Luta Harrison
Returns From Hospital
Mrs. Luta Harrison has returned
from a Washington hospital and is
at the home of her son and daughter
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Har
rison. She is gradually improving
and will be delighted to have friends
visit her.
$2.00 Per Year.
Methodists’ Baby
Contest Gets Off
To Excellent Start
Many Local Firms Join
In Sponsoring Baby
To Raise Funds
The Baby Contest, conducted by
the Wesleyan Service Guild of the
Edenton Methodist Church, for the
benefit of a Building and Repair Pro
gram, has a full roster of Edenton
firms sponsoring babies for this con
test. Mitchener and Leggett & ftavis
Drug Store have been designated for
the two central voting places. Pic
tures of all contestants will be plac
ed on a poster with their names and
sponsors, together with a container
for votes; which will cost a penny a
vote. Winners will be crowned kißg
and queen at a Tom Thumb wedding
in May.
It is requested of all mothers of
the contestants who ha've not done
so, to carry three small pictures to
the Betty Shoppe as soon as possible
in order for the contest to get under
way. ;
; | Contestants sponsored by the fol
lowing firms: - Edward Jenkins spon
sored by Albemarle Peanut Co.;
| Mary Boyce, by Sanitary Cleaners;
(Walter Holton, by Hughes-Holton
Hardware Co.; Betsy Camptn,.by.
Spidie’s; Ida Campen, by CampenV
Jewelry Store; Mercer Dunbar, by
[the Men’s Shop; Dickie Weeks, by
j Chowan Motor Co.; Walter Paul
[Herrin, by Dixie Grill: Frances Priv
ott, by Taylor Theatre; Jo Anne
Leary by Betty Shoppe; Charles
Wood, 111 by Preston’s; Johnny By
rum by Edenton Supply Co.; Deanne
Churn by A & P; Carol Griffin by
Western Auto Store; Patsy Mooney
by Tots & Teens; Phil Harrell by
Bridge Turn Service Station; Brenda
Mae Stallings by Triangle; Linda Ray
Phillips by Little Triangle; Lon
Hoskins by Edenton Furniture Co.;
Donny Long by Leary Bros. Storage
Co.; Joe Debnam by Jiinbo’s Jumbos:
Billy Freeman by Mitchener’s Phar
macy; Richard Hollowell by Griffin’s
Grocery; Gail Perry by A. L. Perry
Roof & Sheet Metal Co.; Glenna
Quinn by Colonial Stores; Sally Carr
by Badham’s; Gi-Gi Holton by Bell’s
Goodyear Store; Arthur Baer by
Habit’s Grocery; Neal Hobbs by W.
J. Yates Sinclair Service Station;
Hazel Harrison by Gulf ; Service Sta
tion; “Bo” Lindsay by CuthrelTs
Dept. Store; James Wisely by The
Bank of Edenton; Rena White by
Ward’s Shoe Shop; Mary Thorud by
Anne’s Beauty Salon; Anne Wells bv
[Leggett £ Davis Drug Store; Susan
[Holmes by Ralph Parrish; Jimmy
Douglass Jones by Broad Street
Grocery; Muriel Bateman by Chowan
Herald; Emily Holmes by W. D.
Holmes Wholesale Co.; Vicki Alls
brook by Nu Qurl Beauty Shop;- Jim
Partin, Jr. by Forehand Jewejers;
Jenny Jo Truslow by By rum Hard
ware Co.; Brad Williford by [Lula
White’s Florist; Pat Byrum by[ By
rum Implement & Truck Com
pany; Bill Cozart, Jr., by Hotel Joseph
Hewes; David Parks by Albemarle
Motor Co; O. L. Brown, Jr., by
Brown’s Esso Station; Susan Bjtrum
by Edenton Ice Co., Inc.; Lucy Helton
by Texas Co.; Bud Skiles by Bafrow
Bottling Works; Sandra Buncli by
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PTA Chooses Groupi
. To Nominate Officers
After hearing David C. Mobley
deliver his lecture on the Art of
Living at the Spring Federation meet
ing of home demonstration Clubs
Tuesday afternoon, the Parent-Teach
er Association held a brief business
meeting. The most important busi
ness was appointing a nominating
committee to present a slate of of
ficers. *
Those appointed were Mrs. Nathan
Dail, Mrs. Ernest Swain and Mrs.
Paul Wallace.
The pre-school clinic was also dis
cussed and the following members
were delegated to assist in the clinic:
Mrs. Wood Privott, Mrs. Rodney, By
rum, Mrs. Oscar Duncan, Mrs. Lloyd
Bunch, Mrs. J. Clarence Leary and
Mrs. Nathan Dail.
| Due Warning
Fire Chief R. K. Hall this
Week complains that there is a
I growing tendency on the part
of motorists to park within Are
hydrant zones, as well as in
I private driveways. Mr. Hall
s emphasizes that both these prac
tices are violations of the lqw
and warns those who are guilty
r to refrain from the practice tra
! less they desire to become in
volved with the Isw.