Volume l&V.—Number 25.
Air Show At Edenton Base Sunday Afternoon
PARKING METERS WILL REMAIN
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Decision Is Reached
At Special Meeting
On Tuesday Morning
Vote Results In 3-3 Tie
After Serious Con
sideration
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Mayor Haskett Casts
Deciding Vote In Con
troversial Issue
Meeting in special session Tuesday
morning, Town. Council voted to re
tain the parking meters. With the
8-month trial period terminated on
June 2, the Town had 15 days-to de
cide whether to have them removed
or not. Merchants almost as a whole
objected to the meters, claiming that
they were detrimental to business
and at the last meeting of Town
Council another petition was pre
sented requesting bepioval. y
The vote was a tie, with Mayor Le
roy Haskett voting to return the
meters. He stated that he had made
an extensive investigation and was
informed that business was generally
off regardless if various "towns had
meters or not. *
At Tuesday’s meeting a letter was
read from Peter Carlton, manager of
the Chamber of Commerce and Mer
chants Association, requesting a
county-wide “straw-vote” to deter
mine how many people were in fav
or and how many opposed to the
meters. Tim request was ' con
sidered in that not" enough time re
mained to inform the meter manufac
turers i| the meters were to be re- ]
moved. J i
Mayor Haskett also presented a ]
letter from the Karpark Corporation ■
stating that to date 69 towns now :
have meters and that of this number s
some 20 have a population less than <
Edenton, and that there is no infor
mation that any of the towns con- i
template removal. 1
The towns having meters follow: 1
Albemarle, Asheville, Beaufort, <
Bessemer City, Black Mountain, !
Boone, Brevard, Burlington, Burns- 1
ville, Canton, Charlotte, Clinton, Con- <
cord, Dunn, Edenton, Elizabeth City, 1
Elkin, Fayetteville, Forest City, Gas
tonia, Graham, Greenville, Greens- <
boro, Hamlet, Henderson, Hender- :
sonville, Hertford, Hickory, High 1
Point, Kings Mountain, Kinston, 1
Laurinburg, Lenoir, Lexington, Lin- i
colnton, Lumberton, Marion, Mocks- 1
ville, Monroe, Mooresville, Morehead <
City, Morganton, Mount Airy, Mount ]
Holly, New Bern, Newton, North Wil
kesboro, Oxford, Raleigh, Roanoke i
Rapids, Rockingham, Rocky Mount, ]
Rutherfordton, Salisbury, Sanford,
Shelby, 'Statesville, Sylva, Tarboro, i
Thomasville, Valdese, Wadesboro,
Warrenton, Washington, Waynesville,
Wilmington, Wilson, Winston-Salem
and Belmont.
The Councilmen were very serious
in their deliberation Tuesday, all ex
pressing the desire to do what is
for the best interest of the town.
Three members, J. Clarence Leary,
J. P. Partin and J. Edwin Bufflap,
voted to remove the meters, their ac
tion being based primarily upon the
almost unanimous request of the
merchants. Jordan Yates, Clyde Hol
lowell and Graham Byrum voted to
retain the meters in the conscien
tious belief that they have solved a
serious parking problem, have not
affected business and that in view of
the many towns how having meters,
it would be a backward step to have
them removed.
Mayor Leroy Haskett promptly
voted to retain the meters, after
which the meeting adjourned.
SOCIETY MEETS NEXT TUESDAY
The Women’s Society of Christian
Service will meet at the home of Mrs.
B. L. Knox, 801 Cabarrus Street, at
8 o’clock Tuesday, June 22.
CANNON CO. DRILLS FRIDAY
Edenton’s Cannon Company will
hold its regular drill Friday night,
■ and Captaih William P. Jones, com
’ mandrng officer, requests all members
of tiie outfit to be on hand. Last
week’s drill was called off.
FIRE AT PEANUT MILL
Edenton firemen were called to the
' nigfct, where a window sash became
ignited from hot ashes. Very Utti.
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Pictured above is Wiley Barham transferring from a plane piloted by
Carl Dunn to an automobile. This feat is only one of the many thrilling per
formances scheduled to be seen in the mammoth air shoW at the Edenton
Naval Air Station Sunday afternoon. The show is sponsored by the Edenton
Junior Chamber of Commerce, with proceeds going to the Chowan Hospital .
Auxiliary, West Albemarle Boy Scout District and the Junior Woman’s Club
playground project. A large crowd is expected to witness the thrills.
Boy Scout Air
Station Saturday And Sunday, June 19 - 20
Swim Meet In Pool One of Features; Scouts Will
Also Assist at Air Show Scheduled For
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George S. Twiddy and J. Rodney <
Byrum, district chairman and chair
man of camping and activities res- j
pectively of the West Albemarle Boy
Scouts, announce a camporee, swim '
meet and air show which will be held I
at the Edenton Naval Air Station i
June 19 and 20. ]
Mr. Twiddy stated that for those (
new units in the' district who do not
have sufficient equipment such as i
tents to participate fully an the
camporee, a building will be avail- '
able in close proximity to the camp
oree field,where they can sleep. All I
cooking will be done by patrols on i
the Camporee field.
The swim meet will be held Satur
day night, so that the various troops
are urged to line up'entries. There <
will.not only be a winning troop for ]
the camporee, but also a winning ,
troop for the swim meet. Points for
the swim meet will be on the basis
of 5-3-1 for first, second and third '
places. There will be two classifies- :
tions, one for boys under 110 pounds i
and the other for boys over 110 .
pounds.
There will be eight events in the ]
swim meet, including free style, 25
yards; free style, 50 yards; back ;
stroke, 25 yards "for both classes; a <
pajama relay, candle race, funniest
dive and potato race.
In the pajama relay teams of three
will have a pair of pajamas and at
the start one Scout puts on the
pajamas, swims the width of the i
pool, climbs out, helps the second
Scout into the pajamas, who swims
the width of the pool, climbs out and
helps the third Scout into the paj
amas. The latter swims the width
of the pool to finish the contest.
In the candle Ace the Scouts hold
a lighted candle, get into pool and
swim the distance. If a candle goes
out the swimmer is disqualified.
The potato race will be similar to
the pajama race and rules will be
explained for all events prior to con
tests.
Registration and check-in for the
camporee will be held Satuiday af
ternoon from 2:30 to 5 P. M., with
supper and clean-up from 5 to 7:15,
after which the swim meet will be
held. At 9 o’clock there will be a
Council camp fire and taps blown at
10 o'clock.
On jSunday morning reveille will
be sounded at ’7 o’clock, with break
fast and clean-up taking place from
7:80 to 8:30. Church services will be
held on the camporee field from 8:45
to 9:15 with the Rev. W. L. Freeman,
pastor of the Methodist Church,
preaching.
From 9:30 to 10.80 there will be
an activities period during which var
ious contests mil be held. A general
swim period will be held from 10:45
to 11:30, after which lunch and
clean-up will be in progress until
12:45. From 12:45 to 1:16 camp
will be dismantled, the camporee field
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 17,1948.
cleaned up and at 1:30 the Scouts
will take part in the air show which ■
is sponsored by the Junior. Chamber
of Commerce. The Scouts will do .
good turns for this event by acting
as car parkers and line holders to i
keep back the crowds, as well as any
other ways which may develop.
Union Vacation Bible
School Is Under Way
A Union Vacation Church School
opened on Monday morning in the
Episcopal parish house. The school
represents the combined efforts of
the Episcopal, Presbyterian and
Methodist churches of Edenton, and
sessions will continue to be held from
nine to eleven each morning through
June 25. The following serve as in
structors in the school: Mesdames
Leroy Haskett, W. S. Spitzer, Percy
Perry, Roy Hassell, Harry Lassiter
and Frank Elliott; Misses Margaret
Griffin, Janie Mitchener, Mary Mc-
Donald Holmes, Faye Dail, Gecola
Ward, Suzanne Speight, Frances
Brown; and W. L. Freeman.
The program of the school is built
around four major emphases: in
struction in living in the home and
in the local, national and world com
munity; learning to worship, group
recreation, and self-expression
through handicraft activities. All
children of the cbWßMUiity between
the ages of four arid fourteen, re
gardless of church affiliation, are in
vited to attend.
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West Byrum, chairman of the
Chowan County Commissioners,
late last week informed The
Herald that the special meeting
of the Commissioners scheduled
for Thursday, June 17, will be
held the following day, Friday,
June 18, instead. The Commis
sioners will also convene at 9
o’clock in the morning instead of
10 o’clock as originally scheduled.
Reason for the change in the
meeting was brought about be
cause Mr. Byrum is obliged to
attend a meeting of the Com
modity Credit Corporation in
Suffolk on tee 17th, at which
time tee 1948 peanut program
will be fully explained.
' At Friday's meeting the var
ious - appropriations wtU be con
sidered preparatory to compiling
the 1948-49 budget for tee
County.
Paul Harrell Will Be
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Ordained As Baptist
Minister On Sunday
Service In Rocky Hock |
Baptist Church at
4 P. M.
Paul Harrell, son of Mrs. Oscar J.
Harrell, will be ordained a Baptist
minister at a ceremony to be held in
the Rocky Hock Baptist Church Sun
day afternoon, June 20, at 4 o’clock.
For the occasion the Rev. Frank Cale
of Culpepper, Va., will deliver the
ordination sermon and D. D. Gross,
a student in the Department of Re
ligion at Duke University, Durham,
will give the ordination prayer and
charge to the candidate.. The Rev.
W. C. Francis, pastor of the Rocky
Hock Church, and the Rev. R. N.
Carroll, pastor of the Edenton Bap
tist Church, will also take part in
the service.
Mr. Cale baptized Mr. Harrell and
desired to have the honor of preach
ing the ordination sermon.
Mr. Harrell will be examined at
the Rocky Hock Church Friday night
at 8 o’clock by a Council of ministers
of the Chowan Baptist Association.
Mr. Harrell recently graduated at
Crozer 'Baptist Theological Seminary
at Chester, Pa., where he has been
a student for three years. He has
the honor of being the third student
to make an A grade for all three
years and was awarded a prize of
SSO for being the best all-around .
student. Prior to entering the Cro- '
zer Seminary, he was a student at |
Buies ©Reek,, the University of Rich
mond and Columbia University in
New York City.
Following his ordination Mr. Har
rell will go to Roanoke, Va., where
he has accepted the assistant pastor
ate of the Calvary Baptist Church,
which has a membership of 2,500.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the ordination service in the ►
Rocky Hock Church Sunday after
noon.
Dr. Martin Wisely
President Os Lions!
Club Officers Elected at i
•Meeting Held Mon- j
day Night <
Dr. Martin Wisely was elected j
president of the Edenton Lions Club 1
at the meeting Monday night. Other 1
officers elected were J. Rodney By rum, '
first vice president; Jesse Harrell,
second vice president; John Goodwin, i
third vice president. New directors i
elected include Herbert Hollowell, 1
and George Hoskins. Old directors
still in office include Earl Harrell and i
G. B. Potter. W. J. Taylor was re- 1
elected as secretary-treasurer.
Other officers are: A. P. Hassell, ;
chorister; Nick George, tail twister; ]
Bruce Jones, Lion tamer. Earl Har- ■
rell, in addition to his other office as ;
director, is also official. pianist. Im
mediate past president is West Leary.
The Lions are sponsoring a donkey
baseball game on the night of July 2
i in order to raise funds to carry on
their charitable enterprises with the
blind and others.
Many of the Lions are making pre
parations to attend the 'State Con
| vention, starting this coming Sunday
at Greensboro.
Farm Bureau Will
Meet Friday Night
Control of 801 l Weevil
Will Be Principal
Topic Discussed
E. S. White, secretary of the Chow
an County Farm Bureau, announces
a meeting of the organization which
will be held Friday night, June 18,
at 8 o’clock in the Community Build
ing at Cross Roads.
A feature of the meeting will be
a discussion of the latest methods
of controlling the boll weevil. A
taoving picture on soil formation
will also be shown. Every member
of the Farm Bureau is especially
urged to attend.
Famous Aerial Artists Will
Present Many Outstanding
Stunts To Thrill Spectators
| Heap Big Chief
W. JIM DANIELS
At the aitnual meeting of the
Great Council of Red Men of
North Carolina, held early this
week at Nags Head, W. Jim
Daniels of Edenton was elected
Great Sachem of the order.
Swimming Classes
Now In Progress
Under Peter Carlton
Stresses Importance of
Everybody to Learn
To Swim
“There’s more to swimming than
just staying on top of the water or
being able to take a header into the
water,” says Peter A. Carlton, Red
Cross water safety instructor, who is
a graduate of the National Red Cross
Aquatic School at Brevard, N. C., and
former Scout executive of the Albe
marle. -The various swimming courses
as prescribed by the National Red
Cross, from beginner, intermediate,
swimmer and advanced swimmer, and
including junior and senior life sav
ing courses, are designed to prevent
accidents as well as to save victims
of water accidents.
Mr. Carlton is beginning his third
season of teaching swimming classes
in the Albemarle. His first season
was conducted at the Coast Guard
pool in Elizabeth City, and the sub
sequent sessions have been held at
the Edenton pool.
Enrolled in the present classes are
Mrs. M. L. Flynn, Carolyn Swindell,
Lucy Coffield, Kristin Johnson, Alli
son dampen, Fred Wood, Jr., Charles
Knox, Casper Davis, Billy Moore,
Eric Johnson, Douglas Holland, Jim
my Ross, Ann Coffield and Ann Har
less.
The present classes will be conclud
ed on June 19 with the successful can
didates receiving certificates. Fred
Wood, Jr., and Douglas Holland are
trying for the Red Cross intermediate j
certificate;' Mrs. M. L. Flynn and Al- ■
lison (Dampen are working for the ■
“swimmers” certificate, having com
pleted the two previous Red Cross
classes and the remaining successful
candidates are expected to be award
ed “beginners’ certificates.”
Third Degree Tonight
At Masonic Meeting
At the meeting of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., tonight
(Thursday) the third degree will be
conferred upon a candidate. The
Rev. W.' C. Francis, master of the
lodge, urges all members who pos
sibly can to be present.
Dr. Junius W. Davis, Jr.,
Takes Position At Duke
Dr. Junius W. Davis, Jr., has ac
cepted a position at Duke Hospital,
Durham, N. C., where he will ba as
sistant resident physician in the De
partment of Pediatrics. Dr. Davis
left Edenton for Durham Monday.
$2.00 Per Year.
Five Planes Also Sched
uled For Inspection
Os Public
STARTS AT3 O’CLOCK
Show Sponsored By Ed
enton Junior Cham
ber of Commerce
Everything is in readiness for the
mammoth air show which will be
staged at the Edenton Naval Air
Station next Sunday afternoon,
starting at 3 o’clock. The show is
sponsored by the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce, with the pro
ceeds going to the Chowan County
Hospital, the West Albemarle Dis
trict Boy Scouts and the Junior
Woman’s Club Playground project.
Various committees composed of
Jaycees have been very active in
connection with the show, so that a
large crowd is expected to be on
hand to witness the many thrills.
Frank Holmes was informed Tues
day morning that Congressman Her
bert Bonner will attend the air show.
Congressman Bonner will fly from
Washington to Elizabet hCity and
will be on hand for a demonstration
in connection with the show.
Outstanding aerial artists will
take part in the program which is
scheduled to last two and one-half
hours. Betty Skelton, who was
crowned “Miss Florida Aviation of
1947” will be on hand with her
plane “The Little Stinker” to do a
number of stunts. She has gained
an enviable reputation in many air
shows and her racing and stunts are
considered outstanding by aerial
critics. One of her feats will be pick
ing up a ribbon with the wing of her
plane six feet from the ground while
flying at a speed of 120 miles per
hour.
Carl Dunn, famous stunt pilot, will
present some stunts which will make
chills creep up and down the spines
of sepctators. One of his feature
acts is “How Not to Fly”, which in
cludes a number of difficult and thrill
ing stunts. He also reaches over 2,-
000 feet, cuts off the motor and per
forms a number of feats before land
ing on one wheel at a precision point.
He is also scheduled to pick a hand
kerchief from the ground with a six
inch hook attached to the wing of his
plane while in flight.
Dunn is a former test pilot for
Grumann Fighters and served as a
flight instructor during the war.
Woody Edmondson, a veteran flier,
has been in the business 18 years.
He has made test flights for plane
manufacturers and also was a flight
instructor during the war. He has
participated in many air races. His
part in the program will be well
worth seeing.
Tommy Boyd and Wiley Barham
are other performers in the show.
Boyd will execute a bat-wing delayed
i parachute jumy from 10,00 feet in
■ which he bails out of the plane and
■ by use of a special batwing apparatus
■ heads toward terra firma at a high
rate of speed, maneuvering with the
■ use of his suit and finally pulling the
chute rip cord some 300 feet above
• the ground.
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Barham is the wing-walker and will
give a hair-raising exhibition, along
with other special stunts, including
transferring from a speeding plane
to a car while both are traveling at a
high rate of speed.
Aside from the above mentioned
stunts, many other features will be
presented for the entertainment of the
large crowd which is expected to be
on hand.*
Another feature will be five planes
which will be on the ground for the
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W. H. Gardner, Jr., One
Os Graduates At Yale
William Henry Gardner, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gardner, was one
of the 15 students from North Caro
lina among the over 1,800 candidates
for degrees at Yale University’s
247th commencement which will be
gin Saturday and runs through Tues
day of next week.
Young. Gardner will be awarded a
degree in Master of Engineers, but
will not be present for the occasion,
having returned home last week. His
diploma will be mailed to him.