Volume XV.—Number 28.
Some Os South’s Prominent
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SwimmersWillTakePartln
Edenton’s Water Carnival
Bathing Beauty Contest
Will Precede Swim
ming Events
crowd Expected
About 1,000 Seats Will
Be Arranged Around
Huge Pool
Some of the most outstanding
swimmers in the South are scheduled
to participate in the water carnival
which will be heW at the Edenton
Naval Air Station swimming pool
Saturday night. Among those who
will take past in the event are Jim
Kelly of State College, AAU cham
pion breast stroke swimmer; Bill
Ward of State College, who holds the
Southern free style record; Miss
Frances Kennedy of Raleigh, who
won the 1947 Teague award for the
most outstanding woman athlete, and
Miss Randy Hudson, who holds the
Southern AAU breast stroke record
and is trying out for the Olympic
games.
Lloyd Griffin, Jr., who is doing the
lion’s share of arranging the affair,
stated Tuesday that swimming teams
have been entered from Raleigh, Wil
son, Tarboro, Kinston, Goldsboro and
the University of North Carolina
girls’ team, all of which will partici
pate in the various contests.
Mr. Griffin also stated that the
program will not be monotonous, in
that a number of stunts have been
included on the program as well as
diving by both men and women. Of.e
of the stunts will be a man diving
through fire.
The . swimming contests are only
part of the outstanding show, for a
bathing beauty contest will also be
held, in which the Queen of the Al
bemarle will be chosen. Already ten
beauty queens have been entered and
still more are expected. Any club or
organization desiring to enter a con
testant should contact Mr. Griffin at
once. Contestants are required to be
at the pool by 7 o’clock.
The beauty queens will be viewed
from a float in the huge pool, and
will be judged by a group of news
paper men.
Another feature on the program
will be a water ballet, originated and
developed by Mr. Griffin.
The beauty contest and water car
nival is expected to attract a large
number of people, and Mr. Griffin in
. formed The Herald that approximate
ly 1,000 seats will be arranged
around the pool so that every spec
tator will be able to see the various
events. The affair will start at 7:30
o’clock and will be climaxed by an
open air dance at the boat house,
where the winner of the beauty con
test will be crowned Queen of the Al
bemarle. MuSic for the dance will be
furnished by Buggs Bunny and his
orchestra.
The affair is sponsored for the
benefit of the Edenton Band, which
will play prior to and during the
evening’s entertainment at the pool
under the direction of Ben Stevenson,
band director.
Attractive trophies and medals
have been secured which will be
awarded the winners in the various
events. The Chamber of Commerce
has cooperated in arranging for the
entertainment and H. A. Qampen,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, will act as -master of cere
monies. Lloyd Griffin, Jr., is chair
man, and stated Tuesday that Con
gressman Herbert Bonner, Charles L.
McCollers of Kinston, as well as other
prominent Mends have been invited
to be guestß.
The beauty contest and water car
nival should result in rather unique
entertainment, and it is hoped many
will attend in order to justify jim
ilarf and even mure outstanding pro
grams in the future.
Hotel Coffee Shop Wfll
Close For Two Weeks
s mti I’lliiodt
G. C. Saunders; proprietor of Jo
seph Hewer Hotel, announced' tU*j
Leek that the Hotel Coffee Shop will
Clow next Saturday and remain clos
ed Until Monday, July 26. Mr. San
der, decided to cloae for. the two-
THE CHOWAN HERAIP
Curtain Drops This
Week For Legion
, Junior Ball Teams
Edenton Boys Next to
Bottom With Three
| More Games on Tap
Edenton’s American Legion Junior
[ baseball team ends the season this
week with three games on tap. On
1 Wednesday Edenton’s Juniors went to
‘ Ahoskie. Tonight (Thursday) the lo
[ cal boys will play Ahoskie on Hicks
Field. The Ahoskie boys have but to
| win one of its remaining two games
to be the champions for Area One.
’ Friday night will see the curtain
: come down on Legion baseball with
[ the Elizabeth City team coming to
j Edenton.
Coach Nick George states that con
siderable difficulty has been experi
enced this year in having the boy 3
turn out for every game. This was
’ caused by some of the boys working
on farms. However, Mr. George
says the team has improved very
much since the beginning of the sea
-1 son. He urges a large crowd to turn
out for the remaining games which
will encourage the boys.
The standing of the Area One
L Teams as of Tuesday of this, week is
: as follows:
Won Lost
1 Ahoskie 9 1
Roanoke Rapids 9 3
Edenton 2 6
Elizabeth City 1 10
Quiet Fourth Os July
Observed In Edenton
No Accidents and Very
Few Arrests Made
By Police
The Fourth of July holidays pass
ed very quietly in Edenton and Chow
an County, with no serious accidents
reported. The weather was very
warm, so that many people sought
relief from the heat by going to the
beaches along the Albemarle Sound
and the swimming pool at the Eden
ton Naval Air Station.
Business was at a standstill Mon
day, when practically all business
houses were closed. About the only
entertainment, aside from the mov
ing picture theaters, was baseball
games, the Edenton Colonials play
ing at Plymouth Monday afternoon
and the same two teams playing be
fore one of the largest crowds of
the season on Hicks Field Monday
night.
Police also report a very quiet
holiday with the only arrests being
one or two drunks. »
Fisheries Meeting At
Morehead City July 26
Deputy Fish Commissioner Cage
W. Hayman has been notified that
the Division of Commercial Fish
eries of the Department of Conser
vation and Development will meet
in Morehead City Monday, July 26.
This meeting will be held at 10
o’clock in the administration build
ing at the Section Base.
At that time problems and com
plaints of commercial fishermen will
be considered, so that any local fish
ermen who are interested are urged
to be present at the meeting.
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Load Os Logs Crash
From Truck At Triangle
• An accident which could have been
wry serious occurred-at the Triangle
- Service Station about noon Tuesday
i when a. load of logs slipped from a
1 track as it* was rounding the curve
■ on Highway 32. Fortunately no one
; happened to be walking near the
- truck at the time, but only a short
l; time before two children were at the
spdt tvhere the logs cradh- ’
wTKfe Tbjjk belbiffeed'tfl Kramer Bros.
1 Co., of Elizabeth City,
t of Police Pratt stated
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' Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 8,1948.
FLIES FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND—The Air
Force’s needle-nosed stubby rocket plane XS-1 has flown at a speed 1
in excess of that of sound, it was announced by Air Secretary W. •
Stuart Symington. Test flights wefe made by Capt. Charles E. Yeager,
25-year-old American ace.
Jack Mooney Bids
For Pitching Berth
On Edenton’s Team
Throws Three Balls and
That Ends His Very
Brief Career
JOKE FOR FANS
Stunt Arranged Due to
Striking Resemblance
To Monk Webb
Standing of the Clubs
Won Lost Pet.
Colerain 19 12 .613
Windsor 17 13 .567
Edenton 18 14 .563
Plymouth 15 16 .494
Hertford 16 17 .484
Elizabeth City 9 22 .290
Very few Edenton baseball fans
knew that Jack Mooney was very
much interested in baseball, much
less that he could play, so that it was
no little surprise to see him in un
iform Monday night and actually go
on the mound for the Edenton Colon
ials. His stay was very brief, for
after a batter missed the first ball,
and the second throw was called a
ball, the Plymouth hitter smacked a
hit to left field. That was the end
of Jack’s career in the Albemarle
League.
Interest in Jack’s appearance was
aroused when announcer Marvin Wil
son informed the fans before the
game was started that the Webb
“brothers” were warming up along
the third base line, one a left-hander
and the other a right-hander, but
that he did not know which one would
start the game. The right-hander
paraded to the mound, and Jack made
his debut as a pitcher, lasting just
as long as he could throw three balls.
Fans were puzzled when Jack be
gan to pitch, some expressing won
derment at what might have happen
ed to the management of the Colon
ials. However, it was soon revealed
that the whole affair was a joke in
that Monk Webb, the Colonial pitch
er, and Jack Mooney look exactly like
brothers.
The incident put the fans in good
spirits and *the game then actually
began with Monk Webb on the
mound. >
During the week the Colonials
broke even, winning three games and
losing three, and as a result dropped
into third position in league stand
ing with a percentage of .563. They
have won 18 games and lost 14.
Edenton 8, Plymouth 3
The Colonials chalked up two runs
in the second inning on one hit, aid
ed by the wildness of Nolan, Ply
mouth’s moundsman, and an error.
Murphy doubled, Pratt walked and
Webb was safe on an error, filling
the bases. Murphy scored on Joe
Wheeler’s grounder and Pratt scored
oto Hoch’s fly to center.
The Colonials went on a rampage
in the fifth to score four runs on four
hits. Leary doubled and Parker, next
up, homered over the left field fence.
Murphy then singled and scored when
Webb doubled. Wheeler and Hoch
walked, filling the bases, at which
time Wade Hardfson replaced Nolan
on the mound for Plymouth. Webb
scored on Bohonko’g grounder. The
Colonials added a pair of runs in the
eighth inning when Hoch tripled and
Leary got next to one of Hardison’s
fast balls to send it soaring over the
fence in center field for a home run.
Plymouth's 'three runs were scored
&übl! °2 * walk > 'single,
Webb went the entire route on the
mound for Edenton, giving up only
seven hits, which were well scattered.
,The Colonials gathered six hits off
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Cannon Company
Leaves Sunday For
J 5 Days In Camp
Strength of Local Out
fit Frozen at 60 Men
And Three Officers
NO MORERECRUITS
Group Scheduled to Re
turn From Fort Bragg
On July 25th
Officers and enlisted men of the
Edenton Cannon Company will leave
Sunday for Fort Bragg, where they
will spend 15 days camping with the
National Guard. The outfit is sched
uled t£ return July 25.
Capthin William P. Jones, com
manding officer of the company, says
that the outfit’s strength has been
frozen at 60 men and three officers,
and that no more enlistments can be
taken except replacement of any men
who are now in the company. Fif
teen new recruits were added to the
company before receipt of orders to
freeze the strength at 60 men and
three officers.
Members of the Cannon Company,
about 95 per cent of whom will go to
camp, are:
Captain William P. Jones and First
Lieutenants Cecil W. Fry and Jesse
L. Harrell.
First Sergeant Skinner A. White.
Staff Sergeants Walter E. Mills,
William W. Perry, John Lee Spruill,
Hoskin S. Bass and Richard B. Davis.
Sergeants Thomas J. Hoskins, Wil
liam E. Barrow, Peter A. Carlton and
Lester A. Jones.
Corporals Wayland C. Moore, Wil
liam H. Stokley, Herman G. Meadows,
William N. Hare, Carl L. Keeter, Wil
liam J. White, Alfred W. Wright,
Herman F. White, Jack H. Barrow,
George P. Holland, John R. Lewis,
John H. Oliver, Jr., Ernest L. Hollo
well.
Privates First Class Otha G. Ben
nett, Roland G. Evans, Jasper L.
Holmes, Claude E. Rogerson, Robert
W. Smith, Edward L. Wheeler, Robert
L. Whiteman, Rupert E. Wright, Rob
ert C. Hassell and Samuel T. Wright.
Privates Robert D. Oliver, Thomas
J. Turnage, Thomas S. Harris, James
B. Edwards, Wallace W. Nixon, Ben
F. Twiddy, William A. White, Louis
B. Nixon, Joseph K. Swanner, Robert
Gray, Kenneth H. Wright and San
ford P. Cayton.
The following are also privates who
have recently enlisted before the
strength of the outfit was frozen:
Horace M. Henderson, Thomas W.
Fleetwood, Henry Allen Powell, Rich
ard H. Leigh, Leonard C. Small, Lee
A. Small, Andrew L. Whitson, Dallas
L. Jethro, Jr., Edwin M. Small, Fred
E. Keeter, Alva R. Bunch, Alvin R.
Britton, Stancil Davenport, Walter C.
Purvis, Charlie W. Swanner and Ed
gar Rogerson.
jjax Boost UkeJyJ
Chowan County Commission
ers, meeting Wednesday of this
week due to the Fourth of July
holiday, were in session most of
the day with the 1948-49 budget
taking up most of the time.
With a mass of figures in front
of them, the Commissioners, at
noon had not arrived at the tax
rate for the year, but with what
information was at hand it ap
peared that the new rate will be
$1.27 pet hundred dollar property
valuation. This included 14
cents for interest for the $400,09*
county bonds just sold. ,
Os coarse, at noon Wednesday,
when The Herald went to press,
the tax rate waa not final.
Severe Electrical Storm On
TuesdayNightCausesGreat
Deal Os Damage In Edenton
County Council Plans
To Have Excursion
In PlaGe Os Picnic
4-H Dress Revue Fea
ture of County Coun
cil Meeting
The Chowan County Council of
Farm Women met in the Community
House on June 28, with Mrs. Wallace
Goodwin, the president, presiding, who
opened the meeting by singing Am
erica an dreading the Scripture.
Old and new business was attended
to. The Council voted to have a bus
excursion to Ocean View August 25
instead of the county-wide picnic.
The Home Demonstration Club women
and their families will go and take a
picnic lunch. Club recreation leaders
should be contacted for cost of trans
portation and to make reservations.
The bus will make convenient stops
in the county.
The Farm and Home Week pro
gram, which will be held at State Col
lege, Raleigh, August 30 to Septem
ber 3, was announced. Mrs. Wallace
Goodwin was elected delegate to rep
resent the Council, with Mrs. C. P.
Harrell, Advance Club president, as
alternate. The hope was expressed
that every club will be represented by
at least one member.
Tentative plans were made for the
Fall Federation which will be a din
ner for club members and their hus
bands the latter part of October or
early in November.
An added attraction at the meeting
was the 4-H dress revue put on by
Miss Helen Jones, assistant home
agent. Those taking part in the
senior group were Lois Privott, Hilda
Rae Harrell, Peggy Perry, Flora Mae
Hare, Earlene Parks and Mary Sue
Elliott. In this group Lois Privott
won first place.
In the junior group were Audrey
Pearce and Pearl Halsey. Audrey
Pearce won first place and Pearl Hal
sey second. The winners were award
ed 4-H pins, All those taking part
were presented 4-H pencils.
At the close of the meeting the
Advance Club served delicious re
freshments.
Services Called Off
For Last Sunday At
Methodist Church
Too Dangerous Sunday
For People to Be In
Building
Members of the local Methodist
congregation were deprived of both
Church and Church School services
Sunday due to repairs being made
to the interior of the building. Dur
ing the week carpenters started to
repair what was at first thought to
be minor damage done by termites,
but it was discovered that the timber
holding the weight of one side of the
high steeple had been transformed
into a substance no stronger than
cork. Only a small portion of the
wooden shaft had not been eaten by
termites, so that a considerable
amount of work is necessary to make
adequate repairs.
At a conference of some of the
church officials Saturday afternoon it
was deemed unsafe to have children
| in the building so that Church 'School
was called off after the pastor, the
| Rev. W. L. Freeman, cancelled the
morning service.
A new roof has been put on the
church and quite a few other repairs
are necessary.
It is thought enough progress will
be made during this week that ser
vices will be resumed next Sunday.
Ice Truck Catches Fire
On Tuesday Morning
One of the Edenton fire trucks was
called out of town Tuesday morn
ing, when one of the ice trucks be
longing to the Edenton Ice Company
caught fire between Edenton and the
Sound bridge. *The firemen arrived
in time to save the truck, which is
believed to have caught fire as the
result of a crossed wire on the
battery. r t feirs >
$2.00 Per Year.
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Many Trees and Large
Limbs Blown Down
Blocking Streets
LASTS ABOUT HOUR
Several Days Required
To Clear Town of All
Rubbish
Striking with sudden fury shortly
before 9 o’clock Tuesday night, a se
vere electrical storm played havoc in
Edenton for about an hour, and dam
age is estimated to almost equal that
of the disastrous September storm of
several years ago.
The downpour of rain was accom
panied with a great deal of sharp
lightning and a wind of gale force.
While lightning did not strike, the
heavy wind blew down many trees and
large limbs so that several streets
were blocked until Wednesday morn
ing, and the entire town covered with
debris.
Trees were blown down on King
Street, Eden Street, Church Street,
Queen Street, Broad Street, Water
Street, Oakum Street, and on the
cotton mill village. Some of the
trees and large limbs fell over electric
wires, which made their removal dif
ficult.
Signs and trash containers were
blown about the street and the large
baseball sign placed at the intersec
tion of Broad and King streets was
carried back and forth on King
Street during the storm. Many screen
doors were torn off hinges or other
wise badly damaged the Sand
which Shop plaster was shaken from
the walls. At the Spedic Food Pro
ducts plant on Hicks Field the roof
was carried away. Many .window
panes were blown out and several
chimneys were leveled by the terrific
wind.
A large limb fell on Wood Privott’s
automobile on West Eden Street,
damaging the hood, and on Oakum
Street a large pecan tree fell on the'
house occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
George Norris. Quite a bit of damage
was done in many yards by either
trees or large limbs being blown to
the ground. The Court House green
was littered with leaves and limbs, as
was the general condition all over
town W'ednesday morning.
What damage was done in the
county, if any, could not be learned
as The Herald went to press Wed
nesday.
Members of the Edenton Street De
partment began work when the wind
abated, but it will be several days be
fore all of the trees, limbs, leaves and
other debris can be removed. Some
of the trees fell across streets and
sidewalks, so that efforts of town
employees Wednesday morning were
directed to opening up the streets
and sidewalks which were blocked.
A tremendous amount of water fell
during the storm, so that several sec
tions of the town were also flooded.
14 Local Boy Scouts
Now AtCamp Darden
Group Will Return to
Edenton on Sunday
Afternoon
Fourteen Edenton Boy Scouts, ac
companied by their Scoutmaster, C.
W. Overman, are spending this week
, camping at Camp Darden. The group
j left Edenton Sunday, being taken
| there by Francis Hicks, Dr. Martin
I Wisely, R. E. Aiken, Jr., and Philip
, McMullan.
The boys will return next Sunday,
with George Twiddy, Geddes Potter,
i John Goodwin and Clarence Speight
i driving their cars to Camp Darden
as transportation.
Resident Os Marion
Patient In Hospital
Chowan Hospital on Tuesday re
’ leased a pat’eht, who most likely
i came the fartherest distance to un
. dergo an operation. D. M. Curtis,
. whose home is in Marion, was dis
r charged Tuesday after undergoing a
i major operation and was accompanied
] home by his daughter and brother,
j Dr. Frank Wood was Mr. Curtis’
i physician while he practiced in Mar
i ion and he wanted him to perform
the operation which was necessary.