Volume XV.—Number 26.
Eighty 4-H Boys And Girls
Attending First Camp At
Edenton Naval Air Station
I Youngsters and Those
In Charge Having
I Good Time
I REM AINA WEEK
I Groups Taken on Tours
By County Agent
1 Overman
Edenton’s first 4-H Camp at the
p Naval Air Station got off to a splen
did start Monday morning of this
. f week when about eighty 4-H boys
Eg *nd girls gathered at the huge bar
racks just back of the nurses’ home
.if which has been made available for
|J gatherings of this sort by the Town
|| of Edenton and County Commission
|jf ers.
|| The boys and girls attending the
camp came from Wilson, Perquimans
and Chowan Counties, and early this
A week they apparently were enjoying
’• the camp. They will remain the re-
I mainder of the week, with full pro
' grams arranged by those in charge.
P Miss Wilson and' Mr. Honeycutt
I of Wilson, together with Robert
Marsh, Chowan assistant county
agent; Miss Helen Jones, assistant
home agent, and Miss Rebecca Col
well, home agent, and G. W. Over
man, County agent, are looking after
ithe group of boys and girls and are
enjoying it about as much as the
youngsters themselves.
fl ' Regular classes are conducted in
y handicraft, nature study, swimming
■and first aid, which is interspersed
with popular recreational activities.
On Monday Mr. Overman conducted
a three-hour tour about Edenton,
taking about half the group. One of
t the places visited was The. Herald
office, where the boys and girls ap
peared very much interested in the
various operations -of printing a
weekly newspaper. They were ee
l pecially attracted by the operation
; » of a typesetting machine and a cylin
der press.
Mr. Overman plans to conduct the
other half on a tour today (Thurs
day).
The local camp was put in readi
>’ ness shortly before the first group
arrived, and with the various facili
ties it is expected that' next year
i more camps will be scheduled. Mr.
Overman had a number of queries
about the camp, but inasmuch as ar
rangements are made far in advance,
he was unable to furnish any definite ;
information, so that groups planned ,
to camp elsewhere. Favorable im- ;
I pressions of the local camp are ex
l pec ted to spread, so that next sum- •
mer will most likely see the camp
scheduled during most of the season.
Summer Meeting
• Os County Council
Wednesday, June 30
Winner of 4-H Dress
i Revue Will Be Named
At Meeting
The summer meeting of the County
Council of Home Demonstration
Clubs will held in the Community
House at Cross Roads on Wednesday
afternoon, June 30, at 3:00 o’clock.
All members are urged to attend.
Following the regular business
meeting Miss Helen Jones, assistant
home agent, will present the girls in
the County 4-H Dress Revue and an
nounce the winner who will represent
the county at 4-H Short Course in
Baleigh, August 23-28.
This contest is sponsored by the
Home Demonstration Council, and
the women are in seeing I
the girls model the dresses they'have
made as 4-H projects.
Advance, whichls the newest Home
Demonstration Club in Chowan Coun
ty, win be hostess at this meeting.
Member ABC Board
Elected On July 7th
Chowan County Commissioners and
the Chowan County Board of Educa
tion will meet jointly in the Court
House Wednesday afternoon, July %
at 2 o’clock. The purpose of the
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Kermit L Layton is
Elected Commander
Local Legion Post
Group of Officers Elect
ed at Meeting Held
Last Week
At last week’s meeting of Edward
G. Bond Post, No. 40, Kermit L. Lay
ton was .as commarider for
the ensuing year. The position will
not be new, for he has been acting
in that capacity since he succeeded
Walter Holton, who resigned due to
lack of time to devote to the duties.
Other officers elected at the meet
ing were: W. W. Byrum, C. M.
Speight and Ti C. Byrum, Jr., vice
commanders; Robert Marsh, adjutant;
E. J. Hobbs, assistant adjutant; R. E.
Leary, finance officer; J. W. White,
service officer; J. M. Boyce, assistant
service officer; Elwood Nixon, guard
ianship* officer; Hoskins Bass, ser
geant-at-arms; the Rev. W. L. Free
man, chaplain; Judge Richard Dixon,
historian; Nick George, athletic of
ficer; Charles P. Wales, welfare of
ficer; Walter Holton, Americanism
officer; W. P. Jones, national defense,
with William Privott and Bill Perry
as assistants; Hubert Williford,
graves registration; John A. Holmes,
Boys State; P. S. McMullan and Jesse
Harrell, Boy Scouts; R. L. Pratt,
Willis McClenney, John Lee Spruill,
Edmund Mills and Allen
Bunch, membership; Elbert Copeland,
publicity; Edward Wozelka, oration;
and Walter Bond, Sons of the Legion.
Two Edenton Boy
Scoots Selected For
Duty At Camp Darden
Hector Lupton Jr., and
Charles Overman, Jr.,
Now at Camp
Two Edenton Boy Scouts, Hector ,
Lupton, Jr., and Charles Overman,
Jr., left Tuesday for Darden Scout
Reservation at Sedley, Va., where
they have been chosen as camp of
ficials during the season which be
gins June 27 and will end August 1.
Young Lupton has been assigned
steward of the camp, with Overman
as his assistant. Another assistant ,
will be Jimmy Singletary of Norfolk.
Lupton is one of Edenton’s Eagle 1
Scouts.
Bill Warren, Scout Executive, will
again serve as resident camp direct
or.
According to the program of the
camp, which serves Boy Scouts of
the Tidewater Council, mornings will
be devoted to Scoutcraft projects
and waterfront instruction, while
afternoons will be devoted to troop
activities and special events. At
night camp fires will be the center
of attraction with games and* treas
ure hunts. Saturday nights will be
Indian Council-fire nights.
An outdoor chapel is offered adapt
able to Protestant, Catholic and Jew
ish services. Non-sectarian vesper
services will be conducted on Sunday
afternoons.
Baptist Vacation Bible
School Closes
The Baptist vacation Bible school !
will come to a close Friday morning
and commencement exercises will be
held Sunday night. Enrollment has
not been as large hs previous years
but the school has been a success in
every way.
• Both teachers and pupils have co
operated splendidly and the pastor, ,
the Rev. R. N. Carroll, desires to
express his thanks and appreciation
for the work done.
LEG BROKEN IN WRECK
Lester Jones had the misfortune
to have a leg broken in an. automd-
Wie accident Saturday night when
the car in which he was riding failed
to make » curve and. crashed into
a filling station near Tyner. Jones
was riding in the back seat of the
car driven by Gus Nixon when the
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. June 24,1948. ~
CITIZENS OF TOMORROW |
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Above appears another installment in The Herald’s “Citizens of
Tomorrow” series. Pictured are, top row, left to right: John
Goodwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Goodwin; Charles and Billy
Griffin, sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Griffin; Dallas and Carolyn Stal
lings, son knd daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Stallings. Bottom
row, left to right: Henry and Doris Ann Overton, son and, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Overton; Jimmy, Sidney and Jerry White,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. White; Delores and Leroy Barrow, daugh
ter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Barrow.
Lester Jordan Again
Back In Colonials'
Fold For Mound Duty
Colonials Leading Albe
marle League In Very
Close Race
STANDING OF CLUBS
W. L. Pet.
Edenton 12 7 .632
Plymouth 11 8 .578
Colerain 10 9 .526
Hertford 10 9 .526
Windsor 9 10 .474
Elizabeth City 5 14 .263
Lester Jordan, local speed ball
pitcher, again jojned the ranks of
the Edenton Golonials late last week,
hurling his first game Saturday night
against the Windsor Rebels. In a
ragged game afield for both teams,
Jordan managed to register a victory
before what was said to be the larg
est crowd of the season to date.
Jordan, since the season opened,
has been pitching for Concord, where
he has been doing very well,' but due
to a serious weakness on the Col
onials’ pitching staff, he was per
suaded to return to Edenton.
The Colonials up to Tuesday night
were leading the league with 12 wins
and 7 losses, followed by Plymouth
with 11 victories and 8 defeats. Cole
rain and Hertford were neck and neck
with 10 and 9.
The Colonials, in accordance with
league rules, have reduced the roster
to the 15-player limit, which includes
the following players:
Brantley Aycock, “Gashouse” Park
er, John Bohonko, Art Hoch, Doc
Murphy, Claude Griffin, Joe Fulghum,
Trot Leary, Joe Wheeler, John By
rum, Lester Jordan, Monk Webb, Bill
Herman, James Leachman and Neal
Wade. Stan Plos has been placed on
the temporary list due to an injury.
Tuesday night’s game with the
Windsor Rebels was rained out, a
heavy downpour late in the after
noon rendering the diamond too wet
to play.
Edenton 3, Windsor 2
In a thrilling game Monday night
in Windsor, the Colonials managed to
nose out 3-2. Herman, on the mound
(Continued on Page Seven)
Edenton Legion Juniors
Drop Pair Os Games
Edenton’s Legion Junior baseball
team dropped a close and /hard
fought game to Ahoskie’s Juniors
on Hicks Field Friday night 5-4.
Ralph Hollowell, Edenton twirier, al
lowed six hits, while his teammates
collected nine off Wafren, Early and
Umphlett. Hollowell had the better
of the argument, but six errors con
tributed toward the defeat.
Ahoskie took an early lead, scor
ing a run in each of the second and
third innings; added two in the sixth
and marked up the deciding run in
the seventh. Edenton scored once in
each of the fourth, fifth, sixth and
seventh innings.
The local boys again lost to the
Elizabeth City Juniors Monday night
in Elizabeth City 5-2. The. Edenton
team made an early start by scoring
two runs in the first inning, but the
Elizabeth City boys tied things up in
their half of the .first. This was the
end of Edenton’s scoring, while the
Elizabeth City team added a run in
each of the third, fifth and sixth.
Each team made five hits, with A1
Habit on the mound for Edenton and
Hewitt for Elisabeth City. '
Junior Chamber Os
Commerce Air Show
Attracts Big Crowd
Congressman Bonner Is
One of Distinguished
Visitors
Edenton’s air show Sunday after
noon, which was sponsored by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce, at
tracted a crowd of people estimated
between 2,500 and 3,000. Adding
interest to the occasion was* Con
gressman Herbert Bonner, who flew
to Elizabeth City, from where he
came to Edenton in a helicopter. Con
gressman Banner spoke briefly over
the loudspeaker, being introduced by
Judge Richard D. Dixon.
Mr. expressed his pleasure
at witnessing the show and com
plimented Frank Holmes, president
of the Jaycees, and his group for
staging the event.
The Edenton Band was on hand
and played several numbers before
the show got under way. The young
sters were given a hearty round of
applause.
Top flight aerial artists partici
pated in the show, including pretty
Betty Skelton, Carl Dunn, Woody
Edmondson, Wiley Barham and Tom
my Boyd.
All of the artists thrilled the
spectators, but what was ho doubt
the greatest thrill was when Boyd
soared skyward, out of sight at
times, and executed a bat wing de
layed parachute jump. He landed
with the greatest of ease, remaining
on his feet in front of the crowd.
Barham also performed a thrilling
stunt, when he grabbed a rope ladder
on a speeding plane while riding in
an automobile and later transferred
from the ladder to his car while
speeding down the air strip.
Five planes from Norfolk were on
the base for inspection and long
lines formed as one by one they
were allowed to enter the planes.
The show was a decided success
from the standpoint of entertain
ment, though financially the Jaycees
just a little better than broke even.
Aphids Attacking
ChowatfsTobacco
Overman Says Practic
ally Every Field Now
Infected
Aphids have attacked many tobac
co fields in Chowan County, accord
ing to County Agent C.-W. Overman,
who reports that a few fields are
heavily infested and the growers are
very much alarmed. Mr. Overman
says he has made arrangements to
obtain a limited supply of vapatone
XX for spraying this week.
Practically every field visited last
week showed some infestation, ac
cording to Mr. Overman, who says
this is the first year plant lice have
attacked tobacco in this county to :
any extent.
James Mitchener Gets
His Pharmacy License
James W. "Mitchener was among
20 candidates who were granted
licenses to pharmacy in
North Carolina as the result of ex
aminations held at Chapel Hill last
week.
And Water Carnival Being
Planned At Edenton Pool
t
Captain Wm. P. Jones
Secures Information
Regarding Draft Law
17-18 Year Olds May En
list In Guard But Must
Register When 19
Due to the passage by Congress of
the Selective Service Bill, i many ques
tions have been asked by young men
in Chowan County regarding enlist
ment in the National Guard.
In order to be properly informed,
Captain William P. Jones, command
ing officer of the Edenton Cannon
Company of the National Guard, con
tacted Adjutant General J. Van B.
Metts, who on Wednesday morning
informed Captain Jones as follows:
He was of the opinion that 17 and
I 18 year old men may be accepted for
; enlistment in the National Guard, al
though they will have to register up
on reaching their 19th birthday.
Veterans with less than 12 months
active service, ages 19-25, will not be
drafted, provided they are members
of the National Guard.
Men other than veterans, ages 19-
25, are not subject to draft provided
they enlist in the National Guard
prior to the date President Truman
signs the bill.
Men 19 to 25 who were discharged
from the National Guard before
reaching their 26th birthday must
register and be subject to the draft.
Captain Jones reported that three
men enlisted in the Edenton Cannon
Company Tuesday and that a re
cruiter will be on duty at the armory
Monday through Saturday from 9 to
11 o’clock each morning and from 1 to
4 o’clock each afternoon.
i
Voters Os Tarheelia
Will Choose Governor
In Election Saturday
Supporters For Johnson \
And Scott Predict Vic
tory For Each
Chowan County’s voters will join :
the other 99 counties of the State in
electing a Governor For North Caro- ,
lina next Saturday in a run-off elec
tion between Charles M. Johnson and j
W. Kerr 'Scott, the two high candi
dates in the May 29th primary elec
tion in which there were six candi- 3
dates.
Johnson led the field by approxi
mately 10,000 votes, followed by Scott
in second place. Mayne Albright,
third man, polled over 76,000 votes, so
that Scott asked for a second pri
mary.
Both candidates and their support
ers have been very busy in an effort
to win votes in Saturday’s election,
and due to the keen rivalry, some
shady charges and counter charges
have been made by both candidates in
order to win the ballots of the State’s 1
voters.
Os course, both camps predict vic
tory for their respective candidate
and in some cases a close vote is pre
dicted, while there are many others
who believe that their favorite can
didate will win by a large majority.
On the "whole, there is comparative
ly little interest in the election, so
that the principal worry on the part
of workers for each candidate is to 1
get the voters to go to the polls.
Voting in the six Chowan County
precincts will begin at 6:30 o’clock
Saturday morning and the polls will
close at 6:30 P. M.
Base Worker Burned
By High Tension Wire
While working at the Edenton
Naval Air Station Thursday after
noon, (Paul Breeding happened to
catch hold of a high voltage electric
wire, causing severe burns. He was
rendered unconscious and taken to
the Chowan Hospital where he was
treated by Dr. Frank Wood.
Breeding was burned on the top
of his head, right hand, feet and
back, but is gradually recovering.
The accident occurred when Breed
ing slipped and in an effort .to pre
vent falling, grabbed bold of the
high tension wire.
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Outstanding Swimmers
Scheduled to Take
Part In Event
JULY 10TS DATE
UNC Girl?~Team Will
Compete For Honors
In Meet
Plans are in the making for a
bathing beauty contest and water
carnival to be staged at the Edenton
Naval Air Station on Saturday night,
July 10, beginning at 7:30 o’clock.
The affair is expected to be an annual
event, the first one of which is being
arranged by Lloyd Griffin, Jr., and
William S. Privott. This, the first
annual water carnival, will be spon
sored by the Edenton High School
Band, and expectations are that the
affair will attract a large crowd.
Mr. Griffin, who is a life guard at
the pool, stated this week that swim
ming teams will be entered from
Tarboro, Wilson, Raleigh and the
girls’ swimming team from the Univ
ersity of North Carolina. The UNC
girls’ team will be featured by a
member who is the national AAU
champion and is trying out for the
Olympic games.
Another outstanding swimmer in
the meet will be Snooky Proctor of
Tarboro, who is an AAU swimming
champion.
Mr. Griffin stated that all styles
of swimming will be entered in the
meet, but that a feature will be div
ing and clown stunts, which should
entertain spectators as much as the
swimming contests themselves.
A climax to the affair will be a big
dance starting at 9 o’clock, for which
music will be provided by Buggs
Bunny and his orchestra. Intermis
sion will take place at 11 o’clock, at
which time the queen of the beauty
contest will be crowned and present
ed a trophy. Mr. Griffin early this
week, stated he expected to stage
the dance in the armory, but that
there was a possibility that the build
ing will not be available. For that
reason, he will announce the place
of the dance later.
Seating arrangements will be pro
vided around the pool so that every
spectator will be able to see all of
the events. The pool is the largest
indoor pool on the east coast, and it
is hoped many will attend the affair,
so that more entertainment of similar
nature will be scheduled.
Mr. Griffin is at present teaching
a group of teen-agers a water ballet,
which will also be one of the features
of the show.
A float will be arranged in the big
pool, on which the various bathing
beauties will march in order to select
the queen. The judges will be three
newspaper men in the Albemarle.
Potatoes As Feed For
Hogs WiH Be Tried
in Chowan County
Six Carloads Furnished
By Production Market
ing Administration
According to County Agent C. W.
Overman, arrangements have been
made with seven farmers to conduct
demonstrations on feeding surplus
Irish potatoes to hogs. The potatoes
will be cooked and fed in place of
about one-half of the grain ration.
It is planned to give a good feeding
of the cooked potatoes once each day.
Six carloads of potatoes have been
ordered for this work, says Mr. Over
man. The potatoes are being fur
nished free by the Production Mar
keting Administration delivered to
Edenton. Records will be kept in
an effort to try to determine the
gains in weight attributed to po
tatoes.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will meet in regular session
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock; All
members are urged to attend.
ROTARY MEETS TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1
o’clock in the Parish House. Last
week 11 Rotarians were absent, so
that President Richard Elliott urges
all members to be present.