Volume XV.—Number 27.
Plans Being Whipped Into
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Number of Queens Al
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INTERESTMOUNTS
i) Proceeds Will Go To the
Edenton High School
v Band
Plans are rapidly being completed
for the* bathing beauty contest and
water carnival to be staged at the
Edenton Naval Air Station swimming
pool on Saturday night, July 10. The
affair will get- under way at 7:30
o’clock and after the various events
at the mammoth indoor pool the cele
bration will be climaxed by an open
air dance on the seaplane dock at the
boat house. In event the weather is
unfavorable, the dance will be held in
the Edenton armory. Music for the
dance will be furnished by Buggs
• Bunny and his orchestra.
Lloyd Griffin, Jr., who is taking the
leading part in staging the event, re
ported early this week that beauty
queens have already been entered
from Edenton, Williamston, Windsor,
Hertford and Elizabeth City, and that
he expects several more from nearby
communities. Miss Nell Perry is
scheduled to represent the swimming
pool.
Mr. Griffin stated that three news
papermen, Herbert Peele of Elizabeth
City, Max Campbell of Hertford and
J. Edwin Bufflap of Edenton, will act
as judges to select the beauty queen.
H. A. Campen, president of the
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Association, which organization is
backing the affair, will act as master
of ceremonies and Congressman Her
bert Bonner is also expected to attend.
Swimming teams from Wilson, Ra
leigh, Tarboro and Kinston have al
ready entered the swimming con
tests, with interest centering <on the
University of North Carolina girls’
swimming team, which is also sched
uled to compete in the various swim
ming events. Diving and clown acts
will also be staged for the entertain
ment of the spectators.
Lloyd Griffin states that a group of
boys and girls are rapidly improving
in a water ballet exhibition, which
will be a feature of the water car
nival.
Adequate seating arrangements will
be provided around the large pool so
that every spectator will be able to
witness the various events during the
evening.
Sponsored by the Edenton High
School Bond, the affair is rapidly at
tracting interest and attention, and it
is hoped a large crowd will attend
the event, which is calculated to be an
annual affair hereafter.
VFW Post Sponsors
Square Dance July 6
Proceeds Will Be Used
To Buy Bass Drum
For Band
Henry G. Quinn, commander of the
local VFW ‘Post, announced early this
week that , the Post will sponsor a
square dance , in the Edenton armory
Tuesday night, July 6. The dance will
beghi at 9 o’clock and continue until
midnight, with the music provided by
the Happy Valley Boys. '
Mr. Quinn stated that the proceeds
of the dance will go toward purchas
ing a bass drum for the Edenton
Band, so that he hopes a large crowd
will attend the affair.
Automobile Inspection!
Lagging Says D. Skiles
D. Skiles, in charge of the State’s
No. 36 automobile mechanical in
spection lane, announcdd while in
Edenton over the week-end that the
next appearance of the lane in Eden
ton will be August 3-5 and that the
Anal appearance this year will be
September 16-18.
Mr. Sidles stated that automobile
owners are greatly lagging in having
their cars inspected, pointing out
that up to this week only 900 cars
have been inspected out of a total of
2,746, which must, by law, pass in
spection before tiie year runs out.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
[Again On The GojJ
For the first time in several
years all clocks on the Citizens
Bank Building are now in full
operation. Last week H. A.
1 Campen received new parts for
the clock mechanism which were
unobtainable during the war and
early this week the clocks were
again properly functioning.
The clocks are lighted at night
and chimes ring at one-quarter,
half, three-quarter and hour in
tervals. Operation of the clocks
will be welcomed by many Eden
ton people.
Pfc. W. I. Cozzens’
Remains Enroute
To United States
Young Edentonian Lost
His Life In Normandy
Invasion
, Mrs. W. I. Cozzens was notified
last week by Major Frank M. Green,
Jr., of the Quartermaster Depot,
Philadelphia, Pa., that the remains
of her son, the late Pfc. William I.
Cozzens, Jr., are enroute to the Unit
ed States.
The remains will be delivered to
the Quinn Funeral Home, though a
definite delivery date was not given.
However, the Quinn Funeral Home
will be notified three days before the
remains are shipped from Phila
delphia.
The remains of Pfc Cozzens will be
accompanied by a military escort
and arrangements will be made with
the local American Legion and VFW
Posts to assist at the service with
military honors.
Pfc. Cozzensj a member of the In
fantry, lost his life in the Normandy
invasion on June 16, 1944. He was
accompanying his commanding officer
-to discover where the Germans were
located. He was shot in the stomach,
and although mortally wounded, he
crawled back to his outfit where he,
died. He was buried in a cemetery
at La Combe, France, until the" re-:
mains were removed for shipment i
to America.
Skeet Shoot One I
Os Features For j
July 4th Holiday!
Teams Will Compete Forj
Top Honors at Skeet
Range
As part of the Fourth of July cele
bration next Monday, a big skeet
shoot has been planned at the skeet
range at the Edenton Naval Air
Station. According to Percy Perry
and Ernest Kehayes, who are plan
ning the affair, local teams will com
pete for top honors, with shooting
scheduled to begin at 8 o’clock Mon
day morning.
Everybody is invited to. attend, if
they shoot or not, apd it is hoped
many will turn out to enjoy the
affair.
While the various teams had not
been selected early this week, Perry
and Kehayes said the following will
no doubt take part : L. S. Byrum,
J. G. Perry, j. D. Elliott, Major Wal
ter Oakey of Hertford, Rodney By
rum, Elton Forehand, Fermor Hobbs,
Raymond Mansfield, M. M. Perry,
Watson White, R. D. Harrell, Kermit
Nixon, H. E, Woodley of Creswell,
M. A. Hughes, David Holton, Frank
Elliott, Roy Sawyer, Polk Williams
and, of course, Perry and Kehayes.
Employment Office
Closed On July sth
Mrs. E. K. White has announced
that the N. C. Employment office and
the Unemployment Compensation
Commission office will closed
Monday, July 6 in order to observe
the .July Fourth holiday. The office
will be open for business as usual on
Tuesday morning, July 6, at 8:30
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, July 1,1948.
I NEXT GOVERNOR |
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W. KERR SCOTT
In a run-off primary election held Saturday, W. Kerr Scott, for
mer Commissioner of Agriculture, outdistanced State Treasurer
Charles M. Johnson by over 36,000 votes for the Democratic nomina
tion of Governor of North Carolina. Scott trailed Johnson in the
May 29th primary election, but carried 62 of the State’s 100 counties
in last Saturday’s run-off election.
John Byrum Resigns
As Edenton Manager;
Parker Now Skipper
Colonials Holding Sec
ond Place In Tight
League Race
STANDING OF CLUBS
W. L. Pet.
Colerain 16 9 .640
Edenton 15 10 .600
Windsor 13 ,12 .520
Hertford 13 13 .500
Plymouth 12 13 .480
Elizabeth City 7 19 .269
I With only three games separating
{five clubs in the Albemarle League,
:the Edenton Colonials through Tues
| day-, night were in second place, top
• ped by Colerain, with 16 games won
land nine lost, and a percentage of
.640. The Colonials won 15, lost 10,
[with a mark of .600. Windsor is in
I third place with .520, followed by
Hertford with .500, Plymouth with
.480 and Elizabeth City .269.
Several changes have been made in
, the Colonial squad, among which was
{the resignation late last week of John
1 Byrum as manager. He has been
{succeeded by William (Gashouse)
■ Parker. Catcher Brantley Aycock
(was also released and is now playing
with the Windsor Rebels. Taking
Aycock’s place behind the bat is
George Pratt, who is no stranger
among Albemarle fans, having played
with Bertie County teams before go
ing to the International League.
Edenton 21, Elizabeth City 2
The Colonials fattened their batting
averages at the expense of five Eliza
beth City hurlers on Hicks Field
Tuesday night when the locals hung
up something like a football score of
21-2 against the cellar-dwelling Sen
ators. Lester Jordan, on the mound
for the locals, allowed seven hits,
which were well scattered.
TJhe ‘Colonials registered 24 hits
during the game with bingles in every
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| COUNTY BONDS SOU) TUESDAY
Officials Apparently Pleased With Interest Rate
Os 2.6549; School Work Held Up
Chowan County bonds in the
amount of $400,000 were sold
Tuesday in Raleigh under the di
rection of the Local Government
Commission, with the average
rate of interest being 2.6549.
Present at the sale were W. W.
' Byrum, chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners, and Coun
ty Attorney J. N. Pruden.
, Purchasers of 1 the bonds were
Kirchofer A Arnold Associates
and the Branch Banting A Trust
Company of Wilson. Messrs.
Byrum and Pruden were present
N. C. Board Os Health
Engineer Views Ditch
Along Park Avenue
Effort Made to Elimin
ate Odor and Breed
ing Mosquitoes
O. M. Caton, an engineer with the
State Board of Health, was in Eden
ton Friday of last week in order to
make a survey relative to elimina
tion of obnoxious odors emanating
from the ditch on Park Avenue lead
ing from the Evans Veneer Mill to
the storm sewer on Broad Street.
Many complaints have been regis
tered by residents in the vicinity of
the ditch, as a result of which an in
vestigation was recently made by Dr.
S. V. Lewis, health officer, Mayor
Leroy Haskett, J. Edwin Bufflap,
Street Commissioner and Frank
Hughes, Street Superintendent.
Dr. Lewis presented the problem
to the State Board of Health which
resulted in Mr. Caton being sent to
secure first-hand information. It was
learned that not only is there a very
unpleasant odor at times, further
that the ditch breeds mosquitos. Mr.
Caton thoroughly investigated con
ditions and will submit a written re
port on the survey and suggestions
to remedy the situation.
Trio Os Local Ladies
Going To New York
Mrs. George Harrell, Mrs. W. Jim
Daniels and Mrs. A. S. Hollowell ex
pect to leave Edenton Monday morn
ing for New York City, where they
will remain about a week.
While in New York Mrs. Harrell
will purchase merchandise for Bad
ham Bros, and Mrs. Daniels will re
plenish the stock of her Tots & Teens
Store. Mrs. Hollowell will spend
the time visiting her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Rollins Guild,
who are now living in Brooklyn.
They expect to return home Friday
of next week.
in order to register any objection
to bids.
Both Byrum and Pruden, as
well as other County officials,
were well pleased with the sale in
that the interest rate is some
what lower than anticipated dur
ing the bond issue discussions.
While the bonds have been
sold, work on school improve
ments has not been started due
to the fact that initial bids were
considered too high. Officials
have ordered a revision of plans
and specif cations in an effort to
bring the cost down.
W. Kerr ScotfWinner Over
Chas. M. Johnson In Second
Primary For Governorship
|__Chowan’s Vote |
Scott Johnson
East Edenton ___l97 110
West Edenton : 201 118
Rocky Hock 42 23
Center Hill 79 24
Wardville 64 32
Yeopim 44 15
Totals : 627 322
Lions Club Staging
A Donkey Baseball
Game Friday Night
Prominent Members Ex
pected to Ride Stub
born Donkeys
Edenton Lions Club has arranged
to stage a donkey baseball game on
Hicks Field on Friday night, July
2, which should furnish plenty of
hilarious entertainment. The unique
game will begin at 8 o’clock, with
I the proceeds going toward the Lions
blind aid fund.
Dr. Wallace Griffin is in charge of
the game and has about rounded up
I his lineup, though he may be obliged
to make some last-minute substitu
tions after he explains the rules of
the game before starting. He has
I arranged two teams which he believes
1 will be evenly matched, calling one
the Red and the other the Blue team.
, The starters for the Red team will
no doubt be a brother battery, J.
Clarence and West Leary; T. C. By
rum, first base; W. J. Taylor, second
base; R. C. Holland, third base; May
or Leroy Haskett, shortstop; West
Byrum, John Mitchener and A. E.
t Jenkins, outfielders.
On the Blue team will be another
■ brother battery, Graham and L. S.
Byrum; Gus Hughes, first base; Os
, car Duncan, second base; Hector
Lupton, third base; Cecil Byrum,
. shortstop; William Privott, Ralph
f Parrish and W. J. Yates, outfielders.
Dr. Griffin also stated that he will
. have the following, and no doubt
• still others, in readiness to finish the
, game from where some of the
: “regulars” give up: John L. Good
win, A. P. Hassell, W. E. Malone,
i Earl Harrell, Johnnie Curran, Ralph
i Parrish, L. T. Dunbar, Rodney By
) rum and, of course, he himself will
5 be ready to play if needed.
' Many Edentonians remember two
' previous donkey baseball games play
.ed in Edenton several years ago,
- vjhich delighted large crowds of
- spectators.
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Negro Electrocuted
By High Tension Wire
: James Shannonhouse Is
Instantly Killed Sun
! day Night
i James Shannonhouse, 16-year-old
[ Negro youth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
1 Shannonhouse, was instantly killed
, Sunday night when he supposedly
. stepped on a high tension wire while
r on his way home at* Hayes. Young
Shannonhouse, a* student in the Eden
ton colored high school, came across
q tree which had blown down across
the road, tearing down an electric
wire. He climbed a fence and when
walking around the tree, apparently
■ stepped- on the electric wire, causing
k instant death.
The young man was a member of
the Albemarle Four, local colored
quartet, and his quartet members
sang one of his favorite hymns at
funeral services which were held in
the Providence Baptist Church Wed
nesday afternoon. *
Bank Os Edenton Will
Be Closed On July sth
In order to observe the July Fourth
holiday, which falls on next Sunday,
the Bank of Edenton will be closed
all day Monday, July 5. Patrons of
the bank are urged to note the clos
ing and transact important banking
affairs accordingly.
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First Time Runner-up
Has Won Out In Race
For Governor
CHOWAN FIRST
Winning Candidate Car
ries 62 of State’s 100
Counties
Chowan County joined many other
North Carolina counties Saturday in
rolling up a vast majority of votes
for W. Kerr Scott in the run-off prim
ary election with Charles M. Johnson
for Governor of North Carolina. Cho
wan Went for Scott in the first prim
ary election in May, and on Saturday
polled 627 votes for Scott, while John
son’s vote was 322. Scott carried
■ every precinct in the county by sub
, stantial majorities.
Voting dropped off in the run-off
election, when 949 votes were cast as
. compared with 1,252 in the May prim
ary. In the first election 636 votes
went to Scott, 460 for Johnson and the
remainder to the other four candi
dates.
Scott supporters were more in evi
dence and more active than Johnson
followers in the last election, much of
the credit going to David Holton and
. A. B. Harless, who not only stumped
i Chowan County for Scott votes, but
also extended their efforts into Per
quimans County, which was also in
the Scott column.
With a light vote and only two can
didates to check, Chowan election of
ficials effected quite a record in tabu
■ lating and reporting the result of the
contest. Just 20 minutes after the
polls closed, Clerk of Court E. W.
, Spires had a complete report, and
only a few minutes later The Herald
editor had the complete report for the
county in the hands of the United
Press, the News and Observer and
radio station WCNC in Elizabeth City.
Chowan County was credited with
having the first complete report in the
election.
Scott carried 62 of the State’s 100
counties and upset a precedent by be
ing the first runner-up in a guberna
torial second primary to win out in
a subsequent election. He led John
son by over 36,000 votes.
Shortly after 9 o’clock Saturday
night, when returns were piling up a
substantial majority for Scott, Mr.
Johnson conceded defeat and not only
congratulated the winner but prom
ised his continued loyalty and support
1 of the Democratic party.
The statement made by Mr. John
son follows:
“The Democrats of North Carolina
have selected Mr. W. Kerr Scott as
their nominee for Governor. I extend
my congratulations to the nominee for
1 the fine vote he has received from the
people of this State.
; “I have conducted a clean, hard
campaign and have lost. I extend to
all of my loyal friends who have
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Certificates Earned In
Local Swimming Class
i According to Red Cross Water
Safety Instructor Peter Carlton, the
following candidates are eligible for
5 swimming certificates as a result of
having successfully completed the
prescribed course of progressive
swimming instruction, as outlined by
the American Red Cross:
j Beginners—Jimmy Ross, Charles
; Knox, Ann Coffield, Carolyn Swindell
j and Capers Jordan.
j Intermediates Fred Wood, Jr.,
; and Douglas Holland. Allison Campen
, has completed all the requirements
. except one for swimmer certificate.
3 It is expected that she will meet this
3 requirement this week.
: Geddes B. Potter, chairman of the
, Chowan County Chapter of the Amer
j ican Red Cross will issue the cer
r tificates as soon as the grades are
processed through headquarters,
f It is hoped that in August several
j classes in Junior Life Saving and
3 Senior Life Saving can be given for
t those young men and women waiting
, to receive this instruction for their
. emblems.
Two Edenton Girls At
Methodist Assembly
t Misses Susan Thigpen and Faye
Dail left Edenton Monday morning
i for Louisburg College at Louieburg,
, where they are attending the Metho-
L dist Young People’s Assembly.
P The two young ladies, who are rep
- resenting the Edenton Methodist
r Church, will spend the entire week
at the Assembly.