Contribute to
The Boy Scout
Fund!
Volume XV.—Number 33.
Scout Contributions
Now Only One-third
Os Quota For County
George Twiddy Reports
S4OO Collected Up to
Tuesday
George Twiddy, chairman of the
West Albemarle District, reported
Tuesday that the Boy Scout drive is
sadly lacking in. that only about S4OO
has been reported of Chowan County’s
quota of $1,200. Although the report
was incomplete, Mr. Twiddy express
ed some concern for the ultimate
success of the drive, for the reports
lacking included only Rocky Hock
and several of the lady solicitors in
Edenton.
Mr. Twiddy emphasized the im
portance of raising the quota, for
the amount is absolutely necessary
if the Chowan County troup of Boy
Scouts are to maintain membership
in the Tidewater Council. Due to
the apparent lack of success in the
drive, Mr. Twiddy stated that the
campaign will be continued in the
hope that $1,200 will \>e raised. He
urges all solicitors to report to him
, as soon as possible any contributions
they may have in hand, and to chpck
over their territory to see that no one
is missed.
Baptist Junior BID
In Charge Os Church
Service Ji Sunday
Young People Plan In
teresting Program at
Night Service
On Sunday night, August 15, the
Junior Training Union will have
charge of the church service at the
Baptist Church. The ttiembersL<of this
union will take part in an interesting
, and appropriate program including
f items of special music. Members of
the Intermediate Training Union will
sing in the choir and the Junior boys
will usher and receive the offering.
Included in the program will be a
demonstration of the Junior Memory
Work Tournament by Estelle Stall
ings who has just recently returned
from the State-wide tournament at
the Baptist Assembly Grounds near
Carolina Beach, known as the Sea
side Assembly. In this tournament
she was one of the four state-wide
winners with a perfect record and
this demonstration will be quite in
spiring.
These young Training Union mem
bers will provide the entire order of
service Sunday night under the direc
tion of the Junior B. T. U. leader,
Miss Mildred Munden and the spon
t sor of the Union, Mrs. R. N. Carroll.
The public is invited to attend and
observe the talents of these youthful
workers.
i Mrs. E. L. Ballenger
And Two Sons Leave
For Trip To Guam
Mrs. E. L. Ballenger, the former
Miss Dorothy Moore, and two sons,
Biff and Bill, of Norfolk, left Tues
! day morning by plane for San Fran
cisco, from where they will board a
Navy plane for a 9,000-mile trip to
Guam on the Mariana Islands, where
Mr. Ballanger is stationed as Chief
Boat Master in the U. S. Navy.
The Ballengers are former Eden
tonians, but have befen living in Nor
folk for the past five years, Mr. Bal
lenger leaving Norfolk in March for
a two-year tour of duty on Guam.
Mrs. Ballenger and two sons were
very much excited over their forth
► coming trip and the prospect of liv
| ing at least two years in the Pacific
islands, where a home iB already
ready for them overlooking the
ocean, together with servants.
Since leaving Edenton Mrs. Ballen
ger has taken up a career of writing,
which she will continue in far-away
ft Guam. A poet, who has confined her
work/ mostly to juvenile verses and
1 contributed to 12 magazines, she has
|| arranged to write a series of articles
K for “Our a naval magazine
published in Brooklyn, N*Y. Educa-
P tion, religion and clubs are Subjects
she has chosen already.
PH On the way to Guam, the Ballen
r gers will make stops at Pearl Harbor,
It- Johnston Island and Kwajalein. ,
' i ■ i
MRS/ JONES IN HOSPITAL
fc. Friends will regret to learn that
It Mrs. H. B. Jones is a patient in
j §T Chowan Hospital. -'She was admitted
| Sunday and latest reports are to the
! efFect that her condition is encourag-
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Old St. Paul’s Reveals Its Secrets
«
/ By PETER CARLTON
A great deal of excitement has been
1 caused and a great deal of interest
aroused as the floor of the historic St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church has been re
moved to make way for restoration as
I well as for research purposes. This
is the first time in 138 years that any
attempt has been made to delve into
the secrets contained in and about
the ancient shrine, which is the first
incorporated church in the State of
North Carolina.
Under the expert guidance and su
pervision of J. Everette Fauber, ar
chitect and archaeologist, the church
is being completely dismantled, and
the plaster from the walls, the floor
ing and every part of the interior is 1
in the process of being carefully re
moved for restoration and research.
The vestry of St. Paul’s Church,
beaded up by J. H. Conger, has re
tained Mr. Fauber as director of re
search and architect. His experience
in this work includes work on the Wil
liamsburg project under John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., restoration of the in
terior of the old Presbyterian Church
at Fincastle, Virginia, and a present
engagement in similar work on the
York-Hampton Church at Yorktown, ,
Va. C. B. Mooney, local Edenton con
tractor, experienced in church con
struction work, is handling this end
of the activity.
P & Q Food Center
Plans To Open For
Business On Tuesday
Most Modern Independ
ent Grocery Ever Op
erated In Edenton
Edenton’s newest store, the P & Q
Food Center, expects to open its
doors for business on the northeast
corner of Broad and King Streets
next Tuesday morning, August 17,
at 8 o’clock. The new concern is a
partnership composed' of HaywJoa
Phthisic and Henry G. Quinn. Mr.
Phthisic has been in the grocery and
meat business for 12 years, operating
a store on the Edenton-Hertford high
way, a short distance from the Eden
ton city limits. Mr. Quinn has been
connected with chain grocery stores
for 11 years and has been manager
of the Edenton Colonial store for
about two years. He is a veteran of
World War II and served with the
Army in the European theatre.
The store, formerly occupied by
the A & P Tea Company, has been
completely Tenovated and has modern
equipment in every respect. It will
be a self-service store, with a full
line of groceries, vegetables, western
and native meats and seafoods. It
will be the most modern independent
store ever operated in Edenton, so
that both members of the partner
ship invite their friends to visit the
store.
Board Public Works
Adopts New Policy
No Adjustment Will Be
Made Hereafter For
Water Registered
Faced with many requests to ad
just water bills, the Edenton Board'
of Public Works has adopted a
policy which will be strictly adhered
to in the future. <
Hereafter the Board announces that
it will not be responsible for any
leakage or wastage on the customer’s
premises. It is felt that any leakage
on the customer’s side of the meter
i% a responsibility of the water user,
so that customers will be billed for
the amount of water registered on
meters with no adjustment allowed.
If any consumer of water feels
that the water bill is excessive, a
check should be made to determine
if there is a leak between the water
meter and the outlets.
Dr. George Crawford
Has Rotary Program
Dr. George Crawford will be in
charge of the program at the Ro
i tary meeting today (Thursday) at 1
o'clock in the Parish House. Dr.
Crawford will present a variety en
, tertainment entitled “Things Are
Not What They Seem”, which will
be of interest to every Rotarian.
■ Every member of the club is urged
; to be present by President J. E.
i Wdod.
At last week’s meeting Philip Mc
* Mullan presented a very Interesting
local angle of the Edenton Cotton
Mill. _
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 12,1948.
An intensive search for document
ary evidence is on in conjunction with
the work. Agents of the director of
research are making searches in the
archives of the Society for the Pro
pagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts, located in England. St. Paul’s
in Edenton was a mission field of the
Church of England under the juris
diction of the Bishop of London.
Agents are also studying files in Ful
ham Palace, home of the Bishop of
London and in Lambeth Palace, the
official residence of the Archbishop of
Canterbury.
The archaeological and exploration
work on the colonial relic has been
quietly in progress since May. Very ,
careful steps are being taken so as ,
not to mutilate any single object. As
yet no formal reports have been made •
to the vestry members, but Mr. Fau
ber states that considerable has been
learned about the interior arrange- ■
ments and appointments (furnishings,
pulpit, pews, altar) prior to 1775.
The present interior of the structure
was begun around 1810. Exploratory
trenches are being made in salient
places. Every bit of dirt is being
screened for artifacts and relics. Two
coins have been found, one dating
back to 1782. Four graves with :
marble markers looking as though
they were laid but a few years ago,
were uncovered. Various unmarked
nz CITIZENS OF TOMORROW ! |
Above appears the final in
stallment of The Herald’s aCTM - *.
series of youngsters' pictures - *s • ML. Ufc *
who will he the citizens of to- aß* JEssl.
morrow. Pictures here are. .* *. 0 ' y '• V ‘tr J 3Jfc
left, Kathryn Wozelka, j
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. i§ f
H. Wozelka. and Betty White, -- ,■ 11
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. *’ t
B. White. |
Another Try For
Jids On Chowan
' School Addition
Frank Benton Author
ized to Again Adver
tise For Prices
The Chowan County Board of Edu
cation at its monthly meeting last
week devoted a portion of the time
to reviewing a new sketch of the pro
posed physical education and garage
building at Chowan High School. A
former plan was rejected due to bids
being what was considered too high,
so that the Board instructed Frank
Benton, - Wilson architect, to make
new plans and specifications on a
less elaborate scale.
Mr. Benton was instructed to ad
vertise for bids on the new proposal.
Superintendent • W. J. Taylor was
authorized by the Board to purchase
chair* for the lunch rooms at the
Rocky Hock and Chowan High
Schools.
Midshipman Burton
Jones Now Cruising
On USS Princeton
Midshipman Burton Hathaway
Jones, USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Jones, 112 Blount Street, is par
ticipating in the two-month Naval
Reserve Officers’ Training Cruise
aboard the aircraft carrier USS
Princeton.
Young Jones reported aboard the
carrier in San Francisco, Cal., and
departed for the Hawaiian Islands ,on
June 26. During the week spent en
route to the islands and for ten ad
ditional days the midshipmen under
went intensive training.
True Hawaiian hospitality was ex
tended the visitors when Hawaiian
bands and hula girls greeted the ship
with “Alohas” and entertainment in
port. Parties,, dances and fours of
the islands were conducted to provide
a welcome break for the future re
serve officers.
After departing from Pearl Har
bor, the Princeton was to proceed to
San Diego, Cal., to participate in am
phibious operations and training ex
ercises. The midshipmen are sched
uled to return to San Francisco on
August 21st, and then to the colleges
and universities from which they
came.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will meet tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock- No meeting materializ
ed last week due to the baseball
game, so that all members are urged
|to attend the meeting tonight.
graves were also uncovered, one un
der the altar. It is the opinion of
the Rev. Harold W. Gilmer, rector of
the church, that it holds the remains
of some high church personage, prob
ably that of Parson Earl, the first
rector of the church and who figured
so much in the history of Chowan and
historic Edenton. His home, Bandon
Plantation, is presently owned by
Mrs. Ingfis Fletcher, writer of his
torical novels on Edenton and the Al
bemarle. But whether or not the re
mains in the unmarked grave in the
apse (semicircular portion of the
church) are those of Parson Earl, re
mains for research to determine. No
one has done more to make this
church. Parson Earl and many of
the personages living in Edenton in
the colonial days appear living and
vital as did Chowan’s Inglis Fletcher,
author of “Men of the Albemarle,”
“Lusty Winds For Carolina,” “Ra
leigh’s Eden” and “Toil of the Brave.”
Her new book will appear in October ]
entitled “Roanoke Hundred.” Her t
books, based on former inhabitants of i
Edenton, weave a romantic story of ]
the days when Edenton was the proud ]
mistress of the Albemarle and the ]
home of the royal governors. Com
ing back to the church edifice, the
present structure was begun in 1736
and finished in 1774, the year of the (
(Continued on Page Eight)
Rapond C. LeHew
1$ New Manager Os
Local Colonial Store
Number Improvements
Contemplated In
Store
Raymond C. LeHew arrived in
Edenton Saturday to assume manage
ment of the Edenton Colonial store,
succeeding Henry G. Quinn, who re
signed to enter business for himself.
Mr. LeHew was transferred from
Richmond and has been employed by
the Colonial Stores for a period of
11 years.
Mr. LeHew is a veteran of World
War 11, having served in the Army
4!4 years, two of which were spent
in the European theater as a member
of an Armored Division. He is
married, with no children, and is
seeking an apartment or small house.
According to the new manager a
third checker will be added to the
local store in order to relieve conges
tion and a number of improvements
will also be made to the interior of,
l the store to make it more convenient
for customers.
Estelle Stallings
Wins State Contest
Is Youngest Contestant
Ever Competing From
Edenton Church
Estelle Stallings, daughter of Mrs.
Willie West and a member of the
Edenton Baptist Junior Training
Union, was declared a perfect record
winner in the State Junior Memory
Work Tournament held at the state
Baptist Assembly Grounds near Caro
lina Beach on August 4. Estelle was
one of four winners with a perfect
record and she is the sixth contest
ant from Edentin to enter the con
test in recent years under the direc
tion of Miss Mildred Munden, Junior
B. T. U. leader.
At the age of ten years she is the
youngest contestant to ever go out
from the Edenton Training Union
and this adds to the remarkability of
her achievement. In order to qualify
for the state tournament, Estelle won
fn the Associational Elimination
Tournament at Elizabeth City and
at the Regional Tournament held in
Edenton during the annual regional
convention of the Training Unions
of the Chowan and West Chowan As
sociations. She is the'granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Chappell of
Hertford.
Edenton’s Tax Rate Set At
$1.50 For Hext Fiscal Year
In Long Meeting Tuesday
Colonials Leading
Albemarle League
Three Full Games
Local Team Wins Five
Os Seven Games Dur
ing Week
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
W. ' L. Pet.
Edenton 39 23 .629
Colerain 35 25 .583
Windsor 30 31 .492
Hertford 29 31 .483
Plymouth 27 32 .458
Elizabeth City 22 40 .355
Winning five of the seven games
played during the week, the Edenton
Colonials maintained the lead in the
Albemarle League, standing out in
front of Colerain by three full games
as per Wednesday of this week. Dur
ing the week the Colonials defeated
Colerain twice, Elizabeth City once,
Windsor once and split in two games
played with Plymouth. The Colonials’
percentage is .629 with 39 games won
and 23 lost thus far in the season.
Edenton 12, Plymouth 6
In Plymouth Tuesday night the
Colonials reaped revenge for a defeat
, the previous night in Edenton. The
Colonials collected 12 hits off Demp
sey and Andrews to win 12-6. The
Colonials scored in every inning ex
cept the first, fourth and ninth, with
Manager Parker hitting a home run
in the second.
Plymouth got next to Herman, on
the mound for Edenton, in the second
inning, when four runs were register
ed,, two of which were home runs. He
was relieved by Wade, who held the
i Rams to three hits for the remainder
i of the route.
Edenton 3, Plymouth 7
On Hicks Field Monday night the
Colonials dropped a game to the
Plymouth Rams by a 7-3 count. It
was a case of too much Ted Miller,
former Windsor pitcher who is now
playing with Plymouth. The veteran
i moundsman allowed the Colonials
. only eight hits, which were so well
scattered that they never caused any
. serious threat, and at the same time,
to help his own cause, Miller hit a
i home run with a runner on base, as
well as a double scoring another run
• ner.
The visitors scored first in the
I third when Ferrell singled and scored
on Walker’s single. In the fourth
, Ellis walked and romped home on
. Miller’s double. Two runs were made
i in the fifth when Livick walked and
; Holliday slammed out a home run.
In the eighth two more runs were
added when Ellis singled and Miller
, hit a circuit clout. Another run was
chalked up in the ninth when Holliday
doubled -hnd scored on a single by
■ Ellis.
Th6 Colonials were held scoreless
until the eighth when Stalls was safe
on an error. Murphy singled and
Russell Wheeler slammed out a neat
double, scoring Stalls and Murphy.
Another run was scored in the ninth
when Joe Wheeler doubled and scor
-1 ed on Parker’s grounder.
, Monk Webb went the entire route
on the mound for Edenton, and was
touched for 11 hits. Ferrell, Walker,
; Miller, Holliday and Ellis made two
hits each for the visitors. For the
Colonials Webb and Murphy led at
bat with two hits each.
(Continued on Page Two)
Richard D. Dixon
i
Plans To Open Law
Offices In Edenton
' Former Judge Will Be
Located at 114 West
King Street
l
: Friends will be interested to learn
■ that Richard Dillard Dixon plans to
t open law offices in Edenton, which
i will be located at 114 West King
l Street.
i Mr. Dixon was for many years
1 clerk of Chowan Superior Court, and
i is a former Judge of the Superior
: Court of North Carolina. He re
• cently returned from Germany, where
’ he was a judge of the War Crimes
Tribunals at Nuernberg.
Contribute to
The Boy Scout I
"TSulffer Year.
Leasing or Selling Town
Lot Now Under Con
sideration
BUSY "SESSION
Police Headquarters to
Be Moved to Former
Power Plant
Faced with many matters, includ
ing consideration of the 1948-49
budget, Town Councllmen were held
in session until almost 1 o’clock Wed
nesday morning.
The proposed budget was present
ed by the Finance Committee, com
posed of J. Clarence Leary and J. P.
Partin, and after each item was tak
en up separately, the budget was ap
proved with practically no changes.
The rate for the year will be $1.50
per SIOO property valuation, the
same rate as last year. Except in a
few cases, the budget calls for pretty
much the same expenditures as last
year, with the total'amount of an
ticipated expenditures totaling SBB,-
181.53.
Based on anticipated revenue of
$24,550 aside from the tax levy, $63,-
000 must be raised by taxation. With
the city’s property valuation being
$4,200,000, a levy of $1.50 is neces
sary to raise the amount needed.
For administrative purposes the
budget allows $5,295. The Police De
partment calls for $15,127.50, the
Street Department $39,137.92, which
includes a new trash truck and pav
ing Johnson Street. The Fire De
partment is allowed $8,465.20, ceme
tery $1,720.56, parks and playgrounds
$3,000, Health Department SI,OOO and
other expenses $14,436.35.
West Byruin and J. H. Conger,
representing the Country Club, re
quested the Town to provide Build
ing No. 60 at the base free for oc
cupancy of Billy Biggs, golf pro. No
action was taken.
The colored Legion Post was given
the frame home on town property on
Freemason Street, which will be mov
ed and used as Legion headquarters.
During the meeting a petition was
presented signed by 24 residents on
West Albemarle Street in the vicinity
of the cemetery asking for the ex
tension of a water main. Agreement
was made to furnish the town suit
able right of way for location of the
main and to pay connection charges
when a bill is presented. The Council
men authorized the Board of Public
Works to install the water main.
The matter of either leasing or
selling the Town lot on the north
west corner of Broad and Water
Streets was considered, and J. Clar
ence Leary and J. Edwin Bufflap
were appointed to investigate the ad
visability of either leasing or selling
and to report back as to the amount
to he realized in each case.
Mrs. John Kramer appeared in be
half of the playground appropriation,
which was reduced from S3OO to $l5O.
Peter Carlton requested an appro
priation of SIOO which was to be in
way of payment for service as public
relations officer and to be applied
toward the purchase price of a
camera. The request was denied.
A letter was presented from David
E. Hervey in which he requested
schedule 7 instead of schedule 6 for
electricity used at the base. Mr.
Hervey stated that he is overcharged,
which violates both the spirit and
letter of the agreement arrived at
in Federal Court in Elizabeth City,
so that all electric bills have been
paid under protest.
Town attorney J. N. Pruden ruled
that there is no violation of any
agreement in that several schedules
of electric rates are now in effect for
individual and commercial consumers,
the same varying with the amount of
electricity consumed. A copy of Mr.
Pruden’s ruling was sent to Mr.
Hervey.
In considering the budget, provis
ion was made for changing police
headquarters from East King Street
to the northern end of the Town
plant on South Broad Street. This
move will save the Town present rent
paid for headquarters and it was the
consensus of opinion that the Broad
Street location will be more appro
priate for police headquarters.
I
KERR SCOTT EXPECTED TO
ATTEND LEGION MEETING
Kermit Layton, commander of Ed
i Bond Post of the American Legion,
I informed The Herald Wednesday
• morning that he expects Kerr Scott,
• recently elected Governor, to attend
s the meeting of the local post next
I Tuesday night, when he will install
new officers.