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Hospital Auxiliary
In Monthly Meeting
Group Plans Pencil Day.
Sale to Help Raise
' Money
The regular monthly meeting of the
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary was held
Wedneeday afternoon at 3:30 in the
Nurses’ Home, with the chairman,
Mrs. W. D. Holmes, Jr., presiding.
Approximately 40 members answered
to the roll call.
Mrs. Emmett Elliott, chairman of
the County Sewing Committee, re
ported on the number of garments
made and repaired during the month.
Misg Rebecca Colwell, chairman of the
Grounds Committee, reported more
bulbs and flowers had been donated to
the hospital and planted. She also
reported a 200-pound bag of fertilizer
had been given to the hospital by the
Home Feed & Fertilizer Company to
be used for the shrubs and flowers.
Mrs. J. W. Davis, chairman of the
Wards Committee, reported maga
zines and fresh flowers were distri
buted at the hospital twice weekly
and asked that anyone having flow
ers in their yards to be donated to
call her. Mrs. Davis also reported
special Mother’s Day favors of in
dividual white and red roses for the
patients and hospital personnel were
delivered at the hospital by the flor
ists of Edenton.
Mrs. Holmes thanked the members
of the Auxiliary for their assistance
in arranging flowers and receiving at
the hospital and nurses’ home during
National Hospital Day. She also
read a letter addressed to the Auxili
ary from Miss Frances R. Tillett,
superintendent of the hospital, ex
pressing appreciation on behalf of the
hospital staff and board of trustees
for the help rendered in this program.
The Auxiliary voted to proceed with
plans to purchase a steam food con
veyor for the hospital and authorized
Miss Tillett to secure prices and in-
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Mayor’s Proclamation
Whereas, citizens of the City of
Edenton served gallantly in the
defense of the United States of
America in two world wars and
many sacrificed their lives in that
service, and
Whereas, the memory of those
who so died will always be held in
highest honor in this city, and will
always be a source of patriotic in
spiration for us all, and
Whereas, this memory is bright
ened each year and honor paid to
the war dead by the wearing of the
Memorial 'Poppy on the Saturday
.before Memorial Day, now
Therefore, I, Leroy H. Haskett,
Mayor of the City of Edenton, do
hereby proclaim Saturday, the
twenty-ninth of May, to be Poppy
Day in the City of Edenton, and
urge all citizens to observe the
day by wearing the Memorjal
Poppy.
LEROY H. HASKETT,
Mayor of Edenton.
formation on this equipment.
Mrs. Richard Elliott reported the
Auxiliary will sponsor a Chowan Hos
pital-Pencil Day sale to be held in -the
near future.
Two new members were welcomed
into the membership of the organiza
tion.
The next meeting will be held on
June 16 at 3:30 P. M. in the nurses’
home.
Thigpen Sisters Play
At Rotary Meeting
Misses Susan and Marjorie Thig- ,
pen, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Thigpen, presented a program of
piano selections at last week’s Ro
tary meeting. Both girls played
numbers which drew the applause of
the Rotarians, with a number of en
cores being played. The program
was arranged by T. C. Byrum, Jr.
At the meeting today (Thursday)
Jack Mooney will be in charge of
the program.
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY.. MAY 27, 1948,
Rotary’s Attendance
Contest Ends Today
Today’s Rotary meeting will wind
up an attendance contest which has
been in progress for three months,
and counting meetings made up and
today’s attendance will determine the
winning side. William and Frank
Holmes are captains of the two sides
and at last week’s meeting
side was slightly in the lead.
The winners in the contest will be
entertained by the losing side Thurs
day, June 10, though no arrange
ments will be made until after to
day’s meeting. All Rotarians are
urged to attend today’s meeting by
the two captains.
JEWEL GOSPEL SINGERS AT
CANAAN TEMPLE SUNDAY
The Jewel Gospel Singers will ap
pear at Canaan Temple Church next
Sunday, May 30, and will present a
program at 3 and BP. M. Mrs. Mis
souri 'Smith is manager of the group
and their appearance is sponsored by
Ella Bowens.
The public is invited to attend.
Commander Layton
Urges All Veterans
To Purchase Poppies
‘'Pin on a poppy the first thing on
Poppy Day.” This was the appeal of
Kermit L. Layton, commander of the
Edward G. Bond Post of the Ameri
can Legion, to all war veterans in and
around Edenton, in a statement is
sued early this week.
“We can never forget those com
rades of ours who lost their lives in
war service,” said Commander Lay
ton, “so let us show the world that
we remember by wearing poppies on
'Poppy Day. We veterans should lead
the way in paying tribute to those
who didn’t come back, so pin on a
poppy the first thing next Saturday
morning.
“With our poppies we remember,
too, those other comrades who are
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and illness in the veterans’ hospitals.
They make the poppies, and the con
tributions we make for the little
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and the families of the dead. I am
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generosity on Poppy Day.”
Poppy Day will be observed here
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Women of the Legion Auxiliary and
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