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Volume XV.— NumberT£ =
Chowan Waters Not
Included This Year In
Fish Spawning Area
No Local Streams Will
Be Closed During
Summer
Game Warden Evans this week re
ceived information from Clyde Patton,
executive director of the North Caro
lina Wildlife Resources Commission,
relative to streams designated as
spawning areas and will, therefore,
be closed to fishing from May 1 to
June 30. '
According to information, there will
be no closed season in Chowan Coun
ty. The only designated areas in the
First district are in Camden, Per
quimans and Tyrrell Counties.
In Camden County the Dismal
Swamp Canal from the mouth to the
U. S. Government locks at South
, Mills, a distance of five miles, is af
fected.
In Perquimans County, the Per
quimans River from N. C. Highway
37 bridge to head, a distance of nine
miles.
In Tyrrell County, Alligator Creek
from Newfoundland bridge to head, a
distance of nine miles, and Riders
Creek from the mouth on Scupper
nong River to head, a distance of six
miles.
Legion Auxiliary’s
District Meeting
Friday, May 7th
Mrs. Floyd M. Chadwick
Scheduled to Be the
Speaker
Mrs. Paul Holoman, president of
the American Legion Auxiliary, an
nounced this week that a district
meeting of the American Legion Aux
iliary will be held at the American
Legion hut Friday, May 7. The
meeting will begin at 10 o’clock in
the morning with a complimentary
luncheon scheduled to be served at 1
o’clock in the dining room of the hut.
All members of the Edenton unit
who plan to attend this meeting are
urged to notify Mrs. Holoman at the
earliest time possible, and not later
than Tuesday, May 4 in order to
make proper preparations for serv
ing the meal.
Mrs. Floyd M. Chadwick, Depart
ment president, and other distinguish
ed guests attend the meeting, and
it is hoped the Edenton unit will
turn out 100 per cent.
Greenfield Dairy
Abandons Delivery
Os Milkln Edenton
I Church and Drig-gs Will
Continue to Serve
Routes
Milk customers have been notified
: by the Greenfield Dairy of Suffolk
* that, effective May 1, the concern will
| abandon milk distribution in Chowan,
* Bertie and Washington Counties. The
Suffolk concern has been distributing
milk locally since April, 1946, when
. it purchased the interests of M. W.
Jackson.
Steps have been taken, however, to
insure a supply of inilk, for a new
concern has been formed, the Albe
marle Dairies. Connected with the
. new organization are Jimmie Church
-• and Fultop Driggs, both of whom
have had experience in the milk busi
ness. Their supply of' pasteurized
Grade A milk will be purchased from
tiie Foreman Dairies in Elizabeth
City, and deliveries made as hereto
fore
The Greenfield Dairy expressed re
gret that it is impossible to continue
distributing milk locally and solicit
the patronage of their former custom
ers for the new concern.
l Employment Office
I, Hours Are Changed
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Mrs. Corie White, manager of the
N. C. State Employment office, an-
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 29, 1948.
CITIZENS OF TOMORROW
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Above appears another installment of “Citizens of Tomorrow.”
In the'picture appear, top row, left to right, Peggy Goodwin, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Rupsrt Goodwin; Mercer Darden, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Darden; Betty Jean Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
.W. E. Smith. Bottom row, left to right, Brenda Deane Mooney,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Mooney; Donald Byrum, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. T. Byrum and Avis Forehand, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
M. P. Forehand of Tyner.
Linda Ray Phillips,
Waiter Paul Herrin
Lead Baby Contest
Climax WilTße a Tom
Thumb Wedding on
May 13th
Linda Ray Phillips and Walter Paul
Herrin are respective leaders in the
girls’ and boys’ groups of the baby
contest being conducted by the Wes
leyan Service Guild, of the Methodist
, Church. The contest will'be climaxed
with a Tom Thumb Wedding on
Thursday, May 13, at the high school,
at which time the winners in the con
test crowned Kmg and Queen.
The standing of the youngsters in
the contest, with the number of votes
accompanying the five leaders, fol
lows:
Girls
Linda Ray Phillips 1,494, Rebecca
Ruth Boswell 1,217, Sandra Bunch
766, Ellen Basnight 699, Emily
Holmes 572, Suzanne Byrum, Irma
Jean Goodwin, Brenda Mae Stallings,
Mary Thorud, Ann Wells, Jo Ann
Leary, Muriel Bateman, Vickie Alls
brook, Jean and Joan Cayton, Hazel
Harrison, Barbara Layton, Marian
Lee Bunch, Patricia Byrum, Rena
White, Frances Swain, Carol Griffin,
! Anita Sexton, Patsy Mooney, Frances
Privott, Glenna Quinn, Lou Hoskins,
Ann Shepard, Lucy Holton, Sharon
Hare, Jean Holton,.Diana Churn, Ida
Campen, Mary Boyce, Betsy Campen,
Jenny Jo Truslow, Patricia Bunch,
Phyllis Twiddy, Sally Carr, Susan
Holmes, Gail Perry and Sally Brotton.
Boys
Walter Paul Herrin 4,118, Danny
Long 2,837, Bud Skiles 1,450, Walter
Holton 1,126, Brad Williford 601,
Jimmy Douglas Jones, O. L. Brown,
Jr., Neal Hobbs, Johnny Byrum, Billy
Freeman, James Wiseley, Dick Weeks,
Tommie Parker, Louis George Wil
kins, Jr., William Carroll Bunch, Ed
ward Jenkins, Bo Lindsay, Richard
Baer, Stevie White, Mercer Darden,
Joe Mitchener, Arthur Baer, David
Parks, Richard Hollowell, Jimmy Par
tin,' Jr., Phil Harrell, Bill Cozart, Joe
Vail Porter, Danny Brotton, Joe Deb
nam, R. B. Keeter, Carroll Goodwin,
Jr., and Douglas Twiddy.
Rotarians Plan To
Entertain 4-H Boys
In Peanut Contest
Banquet Will Be Held at
Boswell’s Restaurant
May 13th
Plans are going forward by the
Edenton Rotary Club to entertain 4-H
Club boys who participated in last
year’s peanut project. A banquet is
scheduled to be held at the Boswell
Restaurant on the night of Thursday,
May 18, when it is expected most of
the 27 boys and their fathers will be
guests of the Club.
The committee in charge of the
banquet is composed of Robert Marsh,
Gilliam Wood and George Twiddy.
At last week’s Rotary meeting L. A.
'Patterson and David Warren were in
ducted as new members.
The attendance contest has boosted
attendance, and to date William and
Frank Holmes, the two captains, are
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McMullan Named
Representative To
National Council
Executive Committee of
Tidewater Council
Holds Meeting
Over a chicken dinner attractively
and deliciously served by Cherry’s
Restaurant last Thursday evening, the
executive members of the Tidewater
Council Boy Scouts of America met
and discussed ways and means of
bringing more of this wholesome ac
tivity to boys in this area.
Forrest U. Ross, vice president of
the Virginia Electric & Power Compa
ny and president of the Tidewater
Council, presided at the meeting.
Scouters from Norfolk, Portsmouth,
Virginia Beach, Princess Anne, Eliza
beth City and Edenton attended the
meeting. George S. Twiddy, chair
man of the West Albemarle District,
was host to the gathering.
During the meeting Philip S. Mc-
Mullan, Sr., head of the Edenton Cot
ton Mill and outstanding Scouter,
was elected unanimously to the honor
ed post of Council representative to
the National Council of the Boy
Scouts of America.
Harold Pace, Scout Executive and
Bill Warren, Field Scout executive,
represented the professional staff of
the Council.
Local members attending were
Oscar Duncan, chairman of Advance
ment; Geddes B. Potter, District
Commissioner; Charles Overman,
Scoutmaster of Troop 156; Dr. W. S.
Griffin, member of the Health and
Safety Committee; George S. Twiddy,
District Chairman, and Peter Carlton,
member of the District Leadership
Training Committee.
Mrs. C.P. Wales Will
Be Speaker For PTA
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will meet Tuesday afternoon,
May 4, at 3:15 in the school library, j
Mrs. C. P. Wales will be the principal
speaker and all members are especial- j
ly urged to be present.
METHODISTS TIKE FIRM STAND AGAINST!
MITTARISM AT CENTER HU CONFERENCE:
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Also Recommend That Industry and Total Re-i
sources of Nation Be Mobilized In Event !
Os Another War i
An outstanding feature of the Meth
odist Conference held at the Center
Hill Church last week was the adop
tion of resolutions aimed at militarism
and means of preserving world peace.
The Rev.' W. L. Freeman, pastor of
the Edenton Church, is chairman of
the committee on World Peace and
Temperance and.presented the recom
mendations and resolutions.
“It is with a sense of the growing
importance of the question of world
peace and with an awafeness of the
shadows of potential disaster that
hang over our heads at this moment
in history that this report on world
peace is submitted to this session of
the conference of the Elisabeth City
District,” said Mr. Freeman. “We are
deeply disturbed over the evident
movement of the world toward an
other senseless conflict, and call the
members of the entire Christian
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National Hospital
Day Observed in
Edenton May 12th
Chowan Hospital Will
Be Open For Inspec
tion During Day
The Women’s Auxiliary to the
Chowan Hospital met at the nurses’
home April 21 and elected to observe
National Hospital Day, May 12. On
that date the hospital will be open
for inspection from 2:30 to 5 P. M.
and from 7to 8:30 o’clock in the
evening. Members of the Auxiliary
will act as hostesses and guides, and
it is hoped the public will inspect the
plant and become familiar with their
hospital and the services it offers to
them and the community.
Mrs. W. D. Holmes, Jr., chairman,
annouhced that Mrs. R. G. White has
loaned a piano to the nurses’ home
for use as long as needed. A $5.00
Easter contribution by the American
Legion Auxiliary was used for pur
chase of frogs for vases and replen
ishing wash cloths.
Mrs. J. W. Davis requested more
flowers now that they are plentiful
and asked that anyone having flowers'
for the wards caliber.
Members were asked to save small,
screw top jars up to one quart size
and collect them from friends. These
are used to mail pathological speci- j
mens.
A committee, headed by Mrs. Char-!
les Newcomb was appointed to make!
a survey of the hospital kitchen and
report on its needs.
The group voted to suspend meet
ings during July and August with
committees intact and functioning.
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Red Men Move To
Legion Hut At Base
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Tribe Considering Pur
chasing Site as Per- ,
manent Home |j
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Chowan Tribe of Red Men will the 1
latter part of this week move its wig- 1
warn from the Bank of Edenton
Building, which has housed the tribe i
for something like 35 years. The Red 1
Men were requested to vacate due to 1
the bank needing the room badly for
storage purposes.
The tribe is contemplating buying |
a building for a permanent home, but \
until a definite decision is reached ;
meetings will be held temporarily at
the Legion hut. Permission to use a I
portion of the hut each Monday night
was granted by the Legion Club this '
week, so that furniture and parapher
nalia of the tribe will be stored in one
of the vacant rooms and the weekly
business transacted in the dining
room portion of the building.
Members of the tribe are hereby no
tified that next Monday night’s meet
ing will be held in the Legion hut
and any member desiring transporta- ]
tion is requested to be in front of the
Bank of Edenton by 7:30 o’clock.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will hold its regular meeting .
i tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock; All *
'members are urged to be present.
passion upon the troubled affairs of
1 His world and will enlighten our
minds and strengthen our wills. We
confess that we may not know the en- |
tire will of God in the present crisis,
but we submit that the following rec
ommendations and resolutions are in
conformity with our best knowledge
of the ethical teachings of Him who
is the light of the world.” i
1. We deplore the growing mili- ‘
tarization of our government The
Church is,, and must be, concerned
with any growing philosophy of mili
tarism that will endanger the civil
liberties of the American people or
that will lead other nations of the <
world to suspect that we have visions <
of empire of world domination. It j
remains for this nation to defend 1
democratic principles, but that will be 1
difficult, if not impossible, in a gov
ernment dominated by a military 1
clique. 1
2. We declare ourselves opposed at
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Auxiliary Speaker !!
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MRS. FLOYD M. CHADWICK
of Morehead City, Department
President of the American Legion
Auxiliary, will speak at the dis
trict meeting of the Legion
Auxiliary which will ho held ::t
the Legion hut Friday, May 7.
B & P Women's Club
Organized Tonight
Meeting Is Scheduled to
Be Held In Library
At School
That considerable interest prevails 1
in th* organization of a Business and
Professional Women's Club in Eden ]
ton is reflected in the fact that in the]
neighborhood of 50 women attended {
a meeting Friday night in the high;
'school library.
Present at the meetingwere Mrs.!
iJ. D. Spillman, president of the j
i Greenville Club, and Mrs. Chester
Walsh, district president, both of I
j whom outlined the program of a club
iand the fundamentals of the orgar.i
--] zation,
Mrs. T. B, Smith was elected chair
i man and Miss Rebecca Colwell co-.
!chairman. Miss Mildred Munden was
appointed chairman of the nominating
committee, who will present a slate of
officers to be voted on at the next
meeting.
Another meeting will be held to-;
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the;
library, at which time an organization
will be effected.
All business and professional
women of the community are urged
to attend tonight’s meeting in order
to secure as many charter members
as possible.
EHS Junior-Senior
Banquet At Legion
Hut Friday Night
Feature of Affair Will
Be Grand March at
9:30 O’clock
Plans have been completed for the
Junior-Senior banquet, which will be
held at the Legion hut Friday night,
beginning at 7:30 o’clock. The meal
will be prepared by mothers of the
Juniors and will be served by sopho
more and freshmen girls.
Jack Habit will be toastmaster and
the program includes a piano selec
tion by Miss Julia Burton, invocation
by Nick George, a song “Come to the
Mardi Gras” by the Juniors, a toast
to the Seniors by Miss Susan Thigpen,
response by Bobby Byrum, solo by
Miss Julia Burton, toast to the faculty
by Jimmy Cates, response and fare
well by John A. Holmes and singing
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Frozen Food Expert
Wifl Be Here Today
Demonstration Planned
At Hotel For Benefit
Os Local Ladies
This (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30
o’clock Miss Irma Harding will pres
ent Mrs. Jean Creasy, noted food pre
paration expert in a demonstration of
proper preparation and cooking of all
types of frozen foods.
The demonstration will be held at
Hotel Joseph Hewes and anyone in
terested is urged to attend.
The demonstration is sponsored by
Byrum Implement k Truck Company.
$2.00 Per Year.
Machinery Is Set Up
For Primary Election
In Chowan On May 29
L. S. Byrum Names Reg
istrars and Judges of
Election
Machinery was set up this week for
Chowan County’s Democratic primary
election on May 29, when L. S. By
rum, chairman of the Chowan County
Board of Elections, announced the ap
pointment of registrars, judges of
election and voting places for the six
county precincts.
Registration books will be open
May 1, 8 and 15 from 9 A. M. to sun
set, and members of the Board of
Elections urge any voter if he or she
] is not sure that their name is on the
primary books to check with the
registrar in his precinct.
Challenge day will be May 22 from
I 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
There is only one contest for county
; offices, that being for Representative,
j in which J. H. McMullan and Eugene
JW. Perry are candidates. All other
I officers are unopposed with all the
incumbents filing for re-election.
I The registrars, judges of election
and voting places as announced by
Mr. Byrum, follow:
East Edenton: Registrar, Miss
j Sarah H. Jones; judges of election,
iW. P, (Speck) Jones and W. M. Wil
kins. Voting place, Court House.
West Edenton: Registrar, J. J.
Long; judges of election, Mrs. G. C.
Hoskins and M. A. Hughes; voting
place, Municipal Building.
Rocky Hock: Registrar, W. H.
Pearce; judges of election, W. H.
Saunders and Tom Tynch; voting
i place, Henry Bunch's store.
Center Hill: Registrar, R, H. Good
win; judges of election, Ralph Good
win and E. D. Byrum; voting place,
same as last year.
Wardville: Registrar, G. A. Hollo
well; judges of election, T. A. Berry
\man and C. J- Hollowell; voting place,
]G. A. HolldwellV'store. *
Yeopim: Registrar, T. .T. Hoskins,
Sr.; judges of election, H. A. Perry
land T. J. Hoskins, Jr.; voting place,
H. A. Perry’s store.
Flower Show Held
Friday Big Success
Nearly 100 Exhibits En
tered In Outstand
ing Affair
Many visitors were agreeably sur
prised when they entered the former
dining room of Hotel Joseph Hewes
Friday where the Edenton Junior
Woman’s Club staged a flower show.
Almost 100 exhibits were arranged
in the room which brought forth the
most complimentary comment. Not
only were the flowers very beautiful,
including many kinds, but the dis
plays were artistically arranged.
Miss Martha McClenney won the
grand prize, an engraved silver bowl,
for her exhibit of Herbert Hoover
roses.
Quality prizes went to Mrs. Sidney
Campen and Mrs. T. E. Chappell.
Mrs. Campen was awarded a blue rib
bon for an iris arrangement, while
Mrs. Chappell received a red ribbon
for a Dutch iris arrangement.
In the most artistic arrangement
group Mrs. Guy Hobbs, Mrs. T. E.
Chappell and Mrs. Joe Truslow won
blue ribbons. Mrs. Hobbs exhibited
a yellow iris arrangement. Mrs.
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Spring Training Ends
For Baseball Teams
Last Group Left For
Northern Headquar
ters Wednesday
Spring training periods for Bing
, hamton, N. Y., and Manchester, N. H.,
baseball teams have come to an end,
the Binghamton outfit having left
Edenton Wednesday of last week and
the Manchester aggregation left Wed
nesday of this week.
Both clubs hung up impressive rec
ords In exhibition games played, so
that the managers of both teams
headed homeward entertaining op
timistic hopes for a strong club dur
ing the regular season. Conditions
were favorable for spring training, so
that there was splendid opportunity
to discover the abilities of the many
recruits who reported to make bids
tor berths m the team."