Voliime %V.—Number 30.
Cannon Company
Showing Ability In
Fort Bragg Training
16 New Recruits Display
Keen Interest In Prac
tice Sessions
Captain William P. Jones, com
manding officer of the Edenton Can
non Company, states that the outfit is
being welded into a closely knit or
ganization ever since its arrival at
Fort Bragg last Sunday for two weeks
of intensive training. /
At this tremendous military reserv
ation, which is like a good sized city
in itself, the members of the company
are putting into practical use the in
struction received while at the Eden
ton armory on drill nights, each Fri
day, since its organization and Fed
v eral recognition In May, 1947.
Fifty-one men and officers are at
Fort Bragg taking part in the train
ing which ranges from basic training
for the raw recruit, to specialized
training such as transportation, radio
and communications, motor vehicle
maintenance, familiarization firing of
pistols, carbines and M.I. rifles, as
well as the .30 and .50 calibre ma
chine guns. Company observers re
port that the Edenton Guardsmen
showed a great deal of ability in the
handling and firing of the weapons
and responded quickly to military in
structions. The reaction among the
newest members of the company, six
teen youngsters who took the oppor
tunity to enlist-in the Edenton com
pany in preference to being drafted,
was most enthusiastic. Jones re
ports that the youngsters were re
luctant to leave the range, so inter
ested were they in firing the newest
and most modern weapons of the
United States armed forces.
Among the newest members of the
Edenton Cannon Company are Alva
R. Bunch,
Davenport, llorace ‘M. Henderson,
Dallas Jethro, Fred E. Keeter, Rich
ard H. Leigh, Louis B. Nixon, Wal
lace W. Nixon, Henry A. Powell, Wal
ter C. Purvis, Edgar H. Rogerson,
Edwin M. Small, Lee A. Small, Leon
ard C. Small, Benjamin F- Twiddy,
William H. White and Andrew L.
Whitson.
Edenton has had a National Guard
unit since 1916, when under Captain
Will Barrow, it was organized and
designated Company I, Infantry. This
unit was called out to service on the
Mexican border in 1916. Again in
1918 it was among the first units to
answer the call to the colors in World
War I. In 1923, it was again reor
ganized under Captain M. P. Which
ard and was designated a Medical
Company. Captain Whichard subse
' quently became a major. In 1940 the
Guard was called to duty and its
members served well during the last
war. The present company was or
ganized and activated in May, 1947,
with Mayor Leroy H. Haskett work
ing closely with Colonel Claude Bow
ers of Warrenton, commanding officer
of the 119th Infantry Regiment, of
which the Edenton Cannon Company
is a component.
The Cannon Company is an import
ant unit of the 119th Infantry, which
is part of the famous “Old Hickory'’
Thirtieth Division. In the place of
ambulance and stretchers of the old
Medical Company has come a formid
able array of tanks, weapons, carriers,
jeeps, “walkie-talkies,” carbines, M.I.
rifles, pistols, .30 and .50 calibre ma
chine guns.
There are 52 men and three officers
at Fort Bragg representing the Eden
ton unit. . The staff includes Captain
William P. Jones, comanding officer,
and Lieutenants Jesse L. Harrell and
Cecil Fry, platoon commanders.
Edenton Group WH
Attend Convention
Os Lions Next Week
Party of Five Scheduled
To Leave For New
York Sunday y
Edenton will be represented at the
- National Lions Convention in New
York City next week by five persons.
Mr. and Mrs. West Leary, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph E. Parrish and Dr. Wal
i . lace Griffin expect to leave Edenton
I Sunday for Norfolk, where they will
►.join representatives of North Caro
lina Lions Clubs east of Rocky Mount
THE CHOWAN HERALff
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CONTRAST IN ARMY CHURCH SERVICES—In a thatched chapel in New Guinea (left) American
soldiers attend Easter strmon by Army chaplain. With the sky for a dome and snow-soveied hills as
the walls to their cathedral, men of Company C, Ist Battalion, Filth Infantry Regiment, 34th Division,
attend church services conducted by .Chaptain Guv 0. .To"-'-. TWware. 0., in January, 1945.
Colonials Hanging
On To Leadership
In League Standing
Break Even In Games
Played During Week;
Three Rained Out
STANDING OF CLUBS
W. L. Pet.
Edenton 25 17 .596
Colerain 23 18 .561
Windsor - 23 19 .547
Plymouth 22 20 .524
Hertford 19 23 .458
Elizabeth City 13 28 .317
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Though the Edenton Colorinfls'wre
rained out of three games during the
week and broke even in the four
games played, they are still hanging
on to first place in the Albemarle
League standing as of Wednesday
morning. Games were rained out
Wednesday and Thursday nights of
last week and again Monday night,
when the Colonials were scheduled to
meet the Hertford Indians on Hicks
Field.
Os the four games played, the Co
lonials split with the Plymouth Rams,
defeated Windsor one game and were
defeated by the Hertford Indians in
Hertford Tuesday night.
The Colonials up to Wednesday won
25games and lost 17, with a percent
age of .595. Windsor and Colerain
are pushing Edenton hard for the
lead, and Plymouth is only three full
games behind the leaders.-'
Edenton 1, Hertford 5
Moe Bauer, ace hurler for Hert
ford, once again tamed Edenton bat
ters in Hertford Tuesday night, when
he let down the Colonials with five
hits, the final score being 5-1. Bauer
kept the five Edenton hits well scat
tered, so that he was pretty well out
of danger throughout the game.
The Colonials, however, made a bid
to upset the Indians in the ninth in
ning when, with two runners on the
paths, Trot Leary slammed the ball
far out in center field, which was lab
eled a home run. The Indian
fielder, however, made a sensational
catch, which put an end to the threat.
The Indians started early by scor
ing a pair of runs in the first inning
as the result of three hits, two of
which were doubles. They added a
run in each of the sixth, seventh and
eighth. Edenton’s lone run came in
the sixth as the result of two hits.
Saxon, new pitcher recently added
to the Colonial roster, was on the
mound. He succeeds Jack Leachman.
Edenton 5, Plymouth 4
Thanks to a home run, hit by Joe
Wheeler, the Colonials nosed out Ply
mouth Friday! night on Hicks Field
in a game which kept fans of both
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Mrs. B. F. Francis
Wins STBGroceries
Name and Date of New
Store’s Opening An
nounced Next Week
Mrs. B. F. Francis was the win
ner of $lO worth of groceries for sub
mitting the name accepted for Hay
wood Phthisic’s new store which will
be located in the building at the cor
ner of Broad and .King Streets, re
gjjfr vacated by the A & P Tea
Mr. Phthisic informed The Herald
Tuesday morning that the name of
the store and opening date will be
| announced in next week’s issue of The
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 22,1948.
|_Papers WantedJ
Copies of last week’s Herald,
July 15, are needed for use in
furnishing checking copies to ad
vertisers. Practically every ex
tra copy of the paper was sold
last week before the necessary
checking copies were laid aside,
so that The Herald will pay ten
cents for the first 15 copies
brought to the office. We hope
enough of our readers have sav
ed last week’s issue to take care
of the emergency.
Harrell Gas & Coal
Co. WH Move To
Hertford Location
Move Puts Concern In
Center of Territory
To Be Served
C. M. Harrell, Jr., -ftho recently
purchased the Tank Gas Company*
and subsequently changed the namei
of the concern to Harrell Gas & Coal
Company, plans to move his new
business to Hertford the latter part
of this month. He will be located on
the Hertford-Edenton highway near
Hertford.
In announcing the change, Mr.
Harrell says he will be nearer the
center of the territory assigned to
him, thus enabling quicker and better
service for all the customers in his
territory.
Revival Meeting At
Assembly Os God
The Rev. A. C. Duke of
Dawson, Ga., Guest
Speaker
The Rev. K. M. Gygax, .pastor of
the Assembly of God Church on East
First Street, North Edenton, an
nounced Tuesday of this week that a
mid-summer revival will be conducted
in the church beginning August 1 and
continuing through August 15.
The guest speaker for the meetings
will be the Rev. A. C. Duke of Daw
son, Ga. Mr. Duke comes highly rec
ommended as an evangelist, and the
public is cordially invited to attend
the meetings.
Many Friends Pay V
Respects To Mr. And
,Mrs. Cates Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. J. JW. Cates were de
lightful hosts Sunday afternoon when
they observed open house between 3
and 5 o’clock in celebration of their
50th wedding anniversary. Many
friends called during the afternoon,
during which greetings and congratu
lations were showered upon the
couple.
Refreshments were served as the
guests were invited to the dining
room.
MRS. HUBERT WILLIFORD
RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
Hubert Williford, who has
been desperately ill for a few weeks
at Chowan Hospital, has improved
sufficiently so that Bhe was discharg
ed Friday. She was taken to, her
home, where she is gradually im
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Wildlife Group Holds
Two Day Session In
Edenton This Week
District Game Protec
tors and Biologists
Attend
Personnel of the North Carolina ,
Wildlife Resources Commission resid- .
ing in Commission District No. 1 at- ,
tended a two-day conference held in ;
t Edenton on Monday and Tuesday of ]
this week. The Edenton meeting was \
the first of a series of nine training (
conferences to be held throughout .
.the stattf-during the next two months, j
Attending the Edenton conference ■
I were district game protectors repres
| enting counties in northeastern North
Carolina and biologists assigned to
wildlife restoration projects.
I A highlight of the meeting was a ,
barbecue supper at the National
Guard Armory sponsored by the ,
Chowan County Wildlife Club. Pork -
for the barbecue was donated by ,
District Game Protector W. L. Small- ]
i wood, of Windsor.
I Designed to bring about a closer
coordination between field and ad
ministrational personnel of the Wild
life Resources Commission, the Eden
ton meeting featured technical dis
-1 cussions led by the Commission’s de
partment chiefs.
Guest speakers were: former
Superior Court Judge Richard Dixon,
1 Edenton; James B. Hubbard, U. S.
1 Forest Service, Elizabeth City; L. T.
i Gallop, vice president of the North
Carolina Wildlife Federation, Eliza
beth City; C. D. Fetzer, district sup
ervisor, U. S. Soil Conservation Ser- 1
vice, Elizabeth City; and T. M. Car- ’
ter, U. S. game management agent, <
. Washington, N. C. :
The second of the conference series 1
| was held at New Bern on July 21 and
22.
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1 Veterans Os Foreign
Wars Practice Degree
<
On Wednesday night of this week :
i the VFW degree was rehearsed in the
VFW hut at the Edenton Naval Air i
Station in preparation for conferring '
the degree upon some candidates.
The work was directed by Henry G.
Quinn, commander of the local Post,
with the various officers taking part. 1
Former Band Reunion
Planned Friday Night
Former members of the old Edenton
High School Band will hold a reunion
Friday night at 6:30 o’clock at the
Edenton armory, which will be fea
tured by a wiener roast. Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. McCuliers will be hosts for
the affair, and it is their desire to 1
have as many members as possible of ]
the famous band which attracted ]
i Statewide attention under the direc- i
! tion of Mr. McCuliers. s
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MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity 1 Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & 1
A. M., will meet tonight (Thursday) <
■ at 8 o’clock in the Court House. The ]
Rev. W. C. Francis, master of the 1
i lodge, is anxious to have a good at- j
• tendance, due to the fact that Paul <
Ober wili prdllde over a watermelon
slicing on the green following the i
meeting. j
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LIONS WILL MEET MONDAY j
i Edenton Lions Club will meet Mon- i
i day night at 7 o’clock. The club i
I now meets every* other Monday night, 1
which policy will be in effect during ]
1 the summer, so that President Martin
Wisely urges all members to attend 1
Monday night’s meeting. 1
Mayor Haskett Informed
Navy Is Now Considering
Taking Over Edenton Base
|_Army Worms (:
Army worms are attacking j
crops in spotted areas in Chowan '
County, says County Agent C. W.
Overman. These worms are par
ticularly fond of soybeans and
peanuts. Farmers are urged to
watch their fields carefully. In
fested fields should be dusted
with 30 to 40 pounds of 5% DDT
dust per acre. Repeat applica
tion if heavjf rain comes within
48 hours, Overman advises.
Watermelon Feasts
Are Scheduled For
Edenton’s Masons
Delicacy Will Be Fur
nished Tonight By
Paul Ober
Edenton Masons are assured of a
watermelon feast once a week so long
as the season lasts. This information
comes from Masons who grow water
melons, with Paul Ober of the Rocky
Hock section scheduled to furnish
the cream of his crop tonight (Thurs
day). The watermelon cutting will
take place on the Court House green
immediately afSr ue lodge com
pletes its business meeting.
Mr. Ober says he will have plenty
of watermelons on hand, so that it is
hoped many members of the lodge
will attend to enjoy Mr. Ober’s
generosity.
For next Thursday night the
watermelons will be furnished by
William A. Harrell and subsequently
others will bring in watermelons as
long as they last.
Bible School Ends
At Warwick Church
Over 130 Enrolled With
100 Having Perfect
Attendance
The Vacation Bible School of War
wick Baptist Church closed Friday
with a very successful school report
ed. More than 130 registered with
a perfect attendance of 100. Ralph
Harrell of Rocky Hock served as
principal. He was assisted by a very
able and cooperative group of work
ers.
Despite the unusually hot weather
during the week, both the exhibit
and the demonstration given at the
closing exercises Friday evening
showed that much work had been
done. * The Rev. W. C. Francis, super
intendent, seemed greatly pleased
with the visible results.
Attendance Drops
At Swimming Pool
Reason Is Attributed to
Uneasiness About In
fantile Paralysis
William Prfvott, who is operating
the swimming pool at the Edenton
Naval Air Station for the Town of
Edenton, reported Wednesday morn
ing that attendance has fallen off to
such an extent that it hardly seems
practical to continue use of the pool.
Mr. Privott gives his reason for the
lack of attendance to the uneasiness
concerning the outbreak of infantile
paralysis, for with the current ex
tremely hot weather, the pool ordinar
ily would attract a large number of
children and adults.
Dr. S. V. Lewis, local health officer,
makes regular analysis of the water
in the pool and has not issued any
statement to the effect that it is dan
gerous to use the pool. Mr. Privott,
therefore, takes it that there is no
immediate danger to swim, smd will
keep the pool open until sudi time as
he is advised otherwise.
Up until Wednesday noon there
had not been any report of polio vic
tims in €fl»wan County. *"*
$2.00 Per Year.
Advised Not to
Plan Any Elaborate
Program
| CAPT. BROWN HERE
Definite Information Is
Expected In Few
Weeks
Though no further definite infor
mation materialized since Wednes
day of last week, Mayor Leroy Has
kett has been notified that the Eden
ton Naval Air Station is being con
sidered for reopening by the Navy
Department.
Captain J. T. Brown of the Fifth
Naval District, through whom the
Town of Edenton negotiated leasing
the base for SI.OO per year, was in
Edenton last week and informed
| Mayor Haskett that if the Town con
templated any elaborate undertaking
or changes at the base, his advice
was to hold up doing anything at
. present. Captain Brown was not in
position to give any further infor
mation other than the fact that the
Navy Department was considering
taking over the base.
Mayor Haskett was led to believe
that if the action is taken by the
Navy, a definite statement will be
given within a few weeks. Mr. Has
kett also stated that it is his belief
that if the station is reactivated,
something like $400,000 will be spent
for reinforcing the runways, which
he understands will be for the pur
pose of landing heavy"**,
planes. The runways were construct
ed for lighter aircraft.
The above is the extent of Mayor
Haskett’s information, so that he as
well as many others are anxiously
awaiting word as to whether the
Navy will again occupy the base.
Holton Will Enter
Hound In Michigan
Trials Next Week
Rocky Hock Shorty Will
Be Shipped Next
Week
David Holton, local beagle hound
enthusiast, plans to enter his prize
dog, Rocky Hock Shorty, in the
Beagle Field Trials Circuit to be held
in Michigan. While in the circuit the
dog will be handled by Beryfl Bishop,
a professional trainer of Asheboro,
who has the reputation of being one
of the best trainers in the country.
Mr. Holton expects to ship his
beagle hound next week in order to
■ participate in the trials which will be
: gin early in August. This same dog
> placed second among 22 hounds at
; the North Carolina Field Trials held
at Salisbury in March, so that Mr.
Holton is very optimistic about the
showing in the forthcoming event.
Two Insurance Agents
Win Trip To Georgia
| Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Elliott and Ru
dolph Dail left Wednesday for Sa
vannah, Ga., to attend a convention
of the Home Security Life Insurance
Company. Elliott and Dail were
1 awarded a free trip to the convention
as a reward for their outstanding pro
duction.
Mr. Elliott has the distinction of
having one of the highest production
: records for the year in the entire
i Home Security Company.
Hasketts Guests Os
Insurance Official
Mayor and Mrs. Leroy Haskett
i were guests at a party given by K. B.
t Johnson, district manager of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
in Norfolk Friday night from 6 to 12
' o’clock, which was held in honor of
the promotion-of an insurance agent
, and the presentation of medals to two
* employees in recognition 0 f 30 and 20
’ years service with the company, re
■ spectively.
, Mr, Haskett will have been connect
> ed with the Metropolitan 20 years
1 next January 21.
* MRS. PRIVOTT LEAVES HOSPITAL
i Mrs. W. S. Privott, who has been
- seriously ill at Chowan Hospital, was
* discharged Friday of last week.
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