Volume XV.—Number 22.
Junior Chamber Os
Commerce Planning
I Mammoth Air Show
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{Some of Nation’s Top
j Aerial Performers on
Program
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Jaycees Going to Work
In Earnest on First
Project ’
The newly organized Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce has
] announced its first project, that of
| sponsoring an Air Show at the Eden-
I ton Naval Air Base, Sunday, June
I 20. The Chowan Hospital Auxiliary,
the Boy Scouts and the Junior Wo
! man’s Club playground will benefit
j from the proceeds.
' The Jaycees will bring some of the
nation’s top aerial performers to
j Edenton for this event. Those par
j ticipsrting in the show are Woody
Edmondson, men’s international aero-
J batic champion of 1948; Betty Skel
ton, women’s international aerobatic
i champion; Carl Dunn, who is best
known through the country for his
expert comedy flying; Tommy Boyd,
the batwing parachute jumper; and
Wiley Barham, wing walker.
Those attending the show will wit-
I ness some first class stunt flying.
I The tentative program consists of
’ the following: Aerobatics by Woody
Edmondson and Betty Skelton, a
handkerchief pickup from the ground
with the tip of the wing, aerobatics
with the plane engine dead, wing
walking, a performer hanging by his
legs from the landing gear of a
plane, a bat wing parachute jump
from two miles up with the chute
opening only 300 feet above the
ground, 'a drunk flying act, or “How
Not to Fly”, and many other amaz
ing feats.
The Jaycees are rolling up their
eleeves in preparations for the show.
The committees have been appointed,
and their advertising and ticket
sales will start within a few days.
Poppy Day Will Be
Observed Saturday
2,000 Poppies Received
By American Legion
Auxiliary
Chowan County will join the rest
of the nation in the observance of
Poppy Day next Saturday, May 29,
during which time the American
Legion Auxiliary will endeavor to dis
pose of 2,000 poppies. A group of
Girl Scouts will assist in the sale, so
i that it is expected to dispose of the
entire shipment. From early morning
until nightfall volunteer workers of
the Legion Auxiliary and Girl Scouts
will be on the streets offering the
~ memorial poppies to be worn in honor
I of the dead of the two world wars.
In exchange for the flowers they
will receive contributions for reha
bilitation work among the disabled
war veterans and for child welfare
work among children of veterans.
The poppies, which are crepe paper
replicas of the wild poppies that grew
L on the European battlefields of the
* two wars, have been made by dis
abled veterans working in hospitals
and convalescent workrooms through
out the country. '1 >
| Poppy Day activities here will be
directed by Mrs. D1 M. Reeves, Poppy
chairman of the Legion Auxiliary.
“Much depends upon the success of
) Poppy Day,” said Mrs. Reeves. “On
the public response to our Poppy Day
appeal depends the Auxiliary’s ability
to carry forward its work for the dis
abled war veterans and for the chil
li; dren from whom war has taken a
f. father’s support. We would not like
j?; to go to them with empty hands.
Poppy Day contributions give us the
means to serve them with more than
words of cheer. .
“But the poppy is more than a
badge for those who contribute to our
rehabilitation and child welfare work,”
she emphasized. “It is a symbol of
l, individual tribute to the war dead—a
| sign that the wearer holds in his
| heart a place of honor for those who
died for America.”
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
| CHOWAN HIGH SCHOOL’S 1948 GRADUATING CLASS
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Members of the 1948 graduating class of Chowan High School are pictured above. Top row, left
to right: Vandie Byrum, James Ray Winslow, Otis Chappell, fdndsey Ray Bunch and Earl Jordan.
Second row, Tommy Leary, W. J. Nichols, Principal, Ernest E. Boyce, Jr., Vice President, Sybil Chap
pell, Mrs. P. F. Owens, Sponsor, and Jean Hollowell. Third row, Maxine Lane, Sarah Jordan, President,
Barbara Anne Perry, Treasurer, Edna Earle Ward and Lillie Mae Bunch. Fourth row, Sarah Jane v
Boyce, Secretary, Margaret • Smith, Francis Byrum, Gladys Boyce and Ruth Clary. Fifth row, Gladys
Griffin, Ruth Winslow, Josie Morris.AnneLee Asbell and Hilda King. r \_
EDENTON COLONIALS OPEN ALBEMARLE
LEAGUE SEASON NEXT MONDAY NIGHT ON
HICKS FELD WITH NEW PLYMOUTH TEAM
Organization Meeting Will Be Held Friday Night
In Court House, When Club Officers Will Be
Elected and By-laws Adopted For Year
The Edenton Colonials open the
regular Albemarle League season
Monday night, May 31st, here in
Edenton against Plymouth. Plans
are being made by the club officials
to make the occasion an auspicious
one. The Edenton Band will make
its first appearance at an athletic
contest and arrangements are being
made to have the first ball thrown
by Mayor Leroy Haskett with W. W.
Byrum, chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners, the first
batter. The band will parade down
Broad Street just before the game
and will have a section of the stands
reserved for its members.
Plymouth, the newest member of
the Albemarle League, will be play
ing its first game in league com
petition and is reported to be par
ticularly strong in the pitching de
partment: Kelly Lee, a former
Coastal Plain League pitcher, is
manager and he has gathered to
gether a formidable array of pro
fessional and amateur moundsmen.
Very little is known about the re
mainder of the Plymouth team but
reports indicate that it will be a
strong, well-balanced team.'
The Colonials will- have on hand
for the first game pitchers: Monk
Webb, Bill Herman, Nick Andriak
and Dick Stanley; catchers: Brantley
Aycock and Russell Wheeler; in-
Masons Os District Hold
Meeting At Williamston
Masons of the Second Masonic Dis
trict, which includes Unanimity
Lodge of Edenton held a district
meeting hi Williamston Tuesday of
this week. Present at the meeting
[were Grand Master Maxwell E. Hoff
man and Grand. Secretary Wilbur
I Mclver. .. <"i .
A session was held at 3 o’clock,
j which was followed by a supper serv
jed at 7 o’clock Several members of
1 Unanimity Lodge attended the meet
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I Binr A POPPY ON SATURDAY!
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 27,1948.
fielders: Claude Griffin, Red Rudden,
Johnny Bohonko and Gashouse Par
ker; outfielders: John Byrum, Trot
Leary, Joe Wheeler, Earl Goodwin
and Bill Briggs. John Byrum, who
has had two successful seasons man
aging the Colonials, will again be in
charge of the t'eam. Players to re
port later, after the various colleges
are out, include Art Hoch and Joe
Fulghum from Wake Forest, and
three pitchers from Richmond Col
lege and the University of Virginia.
After ten days of league play the
squad will have to be cut down to
its regular roster of fifteen men.
The organization meeting of Eden
ton Colonials, Incohporated, will be
held Friday, May 28th, at 8:00 P. M.
at the Courthouse. All stockholders
and those who wish to acquire stock
in the corporation are urged to be
on hand. By-laws for the operation
of the corporation will be adopted
and officers elected. The Association
which has heretofore operated the
baseball team will turn over every
thing to the new, organization and
its officers. Sale of stock will con
tinue and all those interested in
baseball are urged to take an active
part in the new corporation. Each
share of stock is valued at SIO.OO,
no individual may own moi'e than
ten shares and all shares are non
assessable.
Junior Woman’s Club
Meeting Is Postponed
Mrs. Earl Goodwin, president of
the Junior Roman's Club, announced
early this week that the June meet
ing of the Club has been postponed
until Wednesday, June 16. The usual
meeting time is the first Monday in
the month, but this month it is nec
essary to postpone the meeting.
RETURN TO LOUISIANA
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Baer and
children returned to their home in
Louisiana Sunday after spending a
week with Mr. Baer’s brother and sis
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard P.
Baer, U.
38 Boys Will Try
To Land Berths On
Junior Legion Team
Coach Nick George Calls
First Practice For
Next Monday
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Nick George, coach of the Ameri
can Legion Junior baseball team of
Edward G. Bond Post No.-40, an
nounced this week that a total of 38
boys have expressed their intention
of. seeking berths on this year’s team.
Mr. George stated that practice will
begin Monday, May 31 and that the
first game will be played the week of
June 7. g
Among the boys who will take
part in the practice sessions are:
John E. Ward, Milton Wright, Er
nest White, Jr., Richard Hoskins,
William Carroll Smith, Jasper Gray,
James Roy Ausbon, Thomas Paul
Griffin, A1 Habit, Earl Goodwin, Wil
liam Crummey, Haywood Rogerson,
Gene Taylor, Gary Martin, Billy Alt
man, Gene Ward, Leon Bunch, James
Dail, Kelly Byrum, Billy Gray Leary,
D. H. Berryman, Jr., Horace Roun
tree, Ralph Hollowell, Russell Chap
pell, James T. Dail, James Crummie,
Alvin Britton, Frank Habit, Earl
Rogerson, Billy, Winslow, W. O.
Speight, Branch Bunch, Burton Har
rison, Emmit Eason, Carroll Cope
land, James Perry, Billy Ray Lassi
(Coninued on Page Twelve)
Billy Harrison New
State Jaycee President
Local members of the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce were delighted to
learn this week that Billy Harrison
of Rocky Mount was elected presi
dent of the North Carolina Junior
Chamber of Commerce at the State
Convention held at Winston-Salem.
Mr. Harrison is well known by
Edenton Jaycees, having taken a
prominent part in the organization
of the Edenton unit, which was spon
sored by the Rocky Mount Club.
FIRE SATURDAY NIGHT
Edenton’s firemen were called out
about 9 o’clock Saturday night, when
fire broke out in a one-story frame
house on East Gale Street.' The
house, occupied by a colore# family,
was completely gutted.
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Candidates Are Angling For
Votes Os John Q. Public In
Primary Election Saturday
Dean Leo W. Jenkins
Graduation Speaker
For Edenton Finals
Closing Exercises Begin
Sunday With Bacca- .
laureate Sermon
Closing exercises at Edenton High
School will begin next Sunday night,
May 30, at 8 o’clock when the bac
calaureate sermon will be preached
to the graduating class, their rela
tions and friends in the school audi
torium. The baccalaureate sermon
will be preached by the Rev. R. N.
Carroll and, as usual, most of the
churches will call off the evening
service due to the exercises.
The next event will take place
Wednesday night, June 2, when the
eighth grade graduating exercises
will be held in the auditorium.
Members of this year’s eighth
grade are:
Frank Thomas Adams, Jr., Audrey
Ruth Allen, Jackie Vernon Allen,
Donald Holton Batton, Martha Fran
ces Bennett, Elsie Juanita Bennett,
Ralph Graham Bennett, Emma Louise
Brabble, Donald Branch Bunch, Bar
bara Joan Cobb, Annie Ellen Cofield,
Gerald Wayne Collins, Harriet Gil
lingham Conger, Richard Carroll
Copeland, Jr., Marjorie Rae Daniels,
Charles Foster Davenport, Emmett
Earl Eason, Mary Ann Elliott, Elbert
Lee English, Lillie Mae Goodwin,
Isaac Mills Green, John Webb Griffin,
Flora Mae Hare, Louis Carolyn Har
rell, Lois Jeanette Harrell, John Bur
ton Harrison, Jr., Thomas Erie Haste,
Jr., Dorothy Ann Heninger, Grace
Elizabeth Hndsqn, Mearplene Hudson,
Frhnk Augustus' Hughes, Jri; Daphne
Carole Jackson, Margie Loretta
Jethro, John Redgnal Jones, Billy
Rae Lassiter, Edna Marcell Lassiter,
Robert Edward Lee, John Robert
Lewis, Jr., Milton R. Long, Helen Ar
lene Miller, Shirley Marlene Miller,
(Concluded on Page Six)
Memorial Service
Sunday Afternoon
By Local VFW Post
All Veterans Requested
To Meet on Green at
2:30 O’clock
William H. Coffield, Jr., Post of
Veterans of Foreign Wars will con
duct memorial services next Sunday
afternoon, May 30, Memorial Day,
at the graveside of a returned over
seas soldier in Beaver Hill Cemetery.
Henry G. Quinn, commander of the
Post, has announced that the service
at the graveside will be held at 3
o’clock and that all veterans of both
wars are requested to meet on the
Court House green at 2:30 o’clock,
from where they will march to the
cemetery, headed by the Edenton
High School Band.
8 The general public is cordially in
vited to participate in the service,
which will be in charge of the VFW
Post, and the Rev. R. N. Carroll
leading the devotions.
Red Men Candidates
Initiated In E. City
Since meeing temporarily at the
Legion hut, local Red Men have been
unable to initiate some candidates
who have joined the tribe. As a re
sult, quite a few candidates are
awaiting the degree work, so that
arrangements have been made to
have the degree conferred by Pas
quotank Tribe in Elizabeth City.
According to the arrangement, all
candidates will be taken to Elizabeth
City Thursday night, June 10 to be
come full-fledged members. .
Bank Os Edenton Will
Be Closed On Monday
Due to Memorial Day, May 30,
falling on nei't Sw>d*y, Hie Bank of
Edenton will be closed the following
Monday fi order to observe the holi
day. Patrons of the bank are, there
fore, reminded to transact important
business accordingly.
WO Per Year.
U. S. Senator and Gov
ernor Race Holding
Spotlight
VOTE 6*30~T0 6:30
Solicitorship Race Also
Creating Much Local
Interest
With speeches, radio addresses,
newspaper advertising, placards and
all sorts of literature directed to the
voters of the State, the battlelines
are in readiness for John Q. Public
to cast his vote for the various of
fices to be filled in the Democratic
Primary election which will be held
next Saturday, May 29.
Statewide interest, of course, cen
ters in two contests, United States
Senator and Governor, although there
are contests for Lieutenant-Governor,
Secretary of State, State Auditor,
State Treasurer and Commissioner
of Labor. Herbert Bonner is again
a candidate for representation in
Congress, but has no Opposition.
Local contests include the two
Senators from the First District, the
office of District Solicitor and Chow
an County’s representation in the
General Assembly.
No little effort has been put forth
by the candidates for Solicitor, in
which the candidates are John W.
Graham, incumbent, John F. White,
both of Chowan County, and Walter
W. Cohoon of Elizabeth City. All
three candidates are making a strong
bid for votes and the general im
pression is that this contest will re
sult in a second primary election.
For the First Senatorial District’s
two Senators there are three candi
dates, J. Emmett Winslow of Hert
ford, W. I. Halstead of South Mills
and Joe N, Vann of Ahosk.V
* There ‘'•are two"' candidates for
Chowan’s seat in the State Legis
(Continued on Page Seven)
Edenton Cub Scouts
Hold Final Meeting
Os Year On Tuesday
Methodist Church Takes
Over Sponsorship of
Troop
Cub Scouts of Pack 159 will hold
their last Pack meeting next Tuesday
night before disbanding for the sum
mer months. Several prospective
Cubs are expected to attend with their
parents.
The meeting will be held at the Boy
Scout cabin at 6 P. M. with athletic
Contests outdoors if the weather per
mits. Several advancements are to
be awarded, including Wolf Gold Ar
row Point to Fred Wood, Wolf Gold
and Silver Arrow Points to Johnny
Speight and Bear Silver Arrow Point
to Patrick Carlton.
This will be the last meeting of the
Pack under the sponsorship of the
Presbyterian Church. The Methodist
Church is to sponsor the Cubs in the
future. The Rev. W. L. Freeman and
several of the new committeemen are
expected to attend the meeting as
guests in anticipation of becoming the
active leaders next fall.
The climax of meeting Tuesday
night will be roasted hot dogs with
all the trimmings for everyone.
Auxiliary Postpones
Hospital Pencil Day
Sale of Pencils Planned
In Order to Help
Raise Money
The scheduled Pencil Day sale by
the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary has
been postponed until a later date,
according to officials of the Auxiliary.
The Pencil Day sale was planned for
next Saturday, May 29, but due to
the observance of Poppy Day, the -
sale was postponed in order not to
conflict with the Legion Auxiliary’s
annual affair.
During ‘Pencil Day, Hospital Aux
iliary members will sell pencils for
the purpose of raising funds for the
organization. ■