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Contribute to The Boy Scout Fund! Volume XV. —Number 34. J. L. Wiggins Again Chosen As Selective Service Board Chairman Chowan County Geddes Potter and Wal ter Holton Will Be Associates SEEK SECRETARY Initial Registration Is Scheduled to Be Held August 30 In preparation for the forthcoming selective service program, J. L. Wig gins has been asked to serve as chairman of the local board, with Geddes Potter and Walter Holton as associates. Mr. Wiggins served in the same capacity during the draft for the recent War, so that he is well 'acquainted with the duties involved. A clerk to the Board -vttll be ap pointed, and any desiring the posi tion are asked to file an application, which are available at the police station. All men within the eligible age group must register, regardless of time spent in military service. How ever, veterans with three or more months service before V-J day will not be called. Dates for draft registration were fixed as follows: 1. Persons bom in the year 1922 after August 30, 1922, shall be regis tered on Monday, August 30., 2. Persons born In the year 1923 shall be registered on Tuesday, Aug ust 81, or Wednesday; September 1. 3. Persons born in the year 1924 shall be registered on Thursday, Sep tember .2, or Friday, September 3. 4. Persons bom in the year 1925 shall be registered on Saturday, Sep tember 4, or Tuesday, September 7. 5. Persons born in the year 1926 shall be registered on Wednesday, September 8 or Thursday, Septem ber 9. 6. Persons born in the year 1927 shall be registered on Friday, Sep tember 10, or Saturday, September 11. 7. 'Persons born in the year 1928 shall be registered on Monday, Sep tember 13, or Tuesday, September 14. 8. Persons born in the year 1929 shall be registered on Wednesday, September 15, or Thursday, Septem ber 16. 9. Persons born in the year 1930 before September 19, 1930, shall be registered on Friday, September 17, or Saturday, September 18. 10. Persons who were born on or before September 19, 1930, shall be registered on the day they become 18 or within five days thereafter. ( Only those youths in the 18- through-25 age group who are at present in the armed forces, or who are members of a reserve component on extended active duty, are exempt from registration. L W. Cowan New License Examiner Stationed at Police Sta tion Mondays Through Wednesdays E. W. Cowan of Windsor is now stationed in Edenton as a State auto mobile license examiner, succeeding E. M. Ballenger, who resigned. Mr. Cowan has his headquarters at the Edenton Police Station, where driv ing licenses can be renewed. He will be on duty in Edenton every Monday through Wednesday from 9 A. M. to ' SP. M. Drivers whose last names begin with the letters E, F and G have un til December 31 to .have their driving licenses renewed and Mr. Cowan states it is rather surprising to note that so few of the drivers in this category have been examined. He, therefore, urges automobile drivers to report to him as early as passible in order to elhhinate inconvenience when more report as the time grows shorter. Carlton Switches To Ahoskie Radio Station Peter Carlton who has been broad casting sinoe 1945 over various radio stations, including WTAR in Norfolk, k WCNC and WGAI in Elizabeth City, ■ shifts his programs to the new 1000 Watt station in Ahoskie, beginning with this coming Sunday at 2 P. M. The Ahoskie statidn comes in strong at 970 on your dial,” states i Carlton. He made no comment as to I why the shift was made, except that I he working with Herbert THE CHOWAN HERALD Three Edentonians Escape Injuries In Wreck At Manteo Two Lost Colony Choir Members Killed In Collision Jimmy Chestnutt and Dorothy Lee Chestnutt, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt; Peggy White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her man White and Carl Downey of Clif ton Forge, Va., riding in an automo bile driven by Jimmy Chestnutt, nar rowly escaped serious injury when the car was sideswiped near ithe Waterside Theatre at Manteo Thurs day night by a car driven by Ben C. Midgett, Jr., of Manteo. The Chestnutt car swerved into a "ditch and was badly damaged, but fortunately none of the occupants were ihjured. The Midgett car, after sideswiping the Chestnutt car, collided with an automobile containing choir members of The Lost Colony, resulting in two being killed and five others seriously injured. Those who lost their lives, were Millard Shea of Englewood, N. J., and Warren Sloan of West Grove, Pa. Midgett is charged with man slaughter. Herald's Editor Is Named On National Newspaper Group Meeting Scheduled to Be Held In Chicago on ■ November 18 Orrin Taylor of Chicago, president of the National Editorial Association, early this week announced a list of newspaper men to serve on the local and national advertising committee of the association. Forty-seven states are represented on the list, with the North Carolina representative being J. Edwin Bufflap, editor of The Chow an Herald. A meeting of the national com mittee is scheduled to be held at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago on Thursday, November 18, which is expected to be attended by every member of the committee, the pur pose being to discuss local and nation al advertising and formulating an active program which will prove of valuable assistance to all newspapers. Russ Waller of Des Moines, lowa, is chairman of the committee and Carlyle Reed of LaMesa, California, is co-chairman. Much Activity In Employment Office Many Types of Jobs Are Listed In Office Files . According to Mrs. Corie White, supervising interviewer of the local : North Carolna Employment Office, i there is much activity in the. local s office and a beneficial service is being i rendered the public. Through the , local office and its affiliates it is pos i sible for almost any type of appli ! cant to obtain work satisfactory to ( both employer and employee. I “This service, which is free,” says Mrs. White, is being used more and tiriore by the public as it realizes the advantages offered. Jobs of almost every nature have .been filled. Calls l for physicians, laborers, teachers, ■ Secretaries, radio personnel, clerks, » bookkeepers,' salesmen, investigators, , ’school principals, cooks and house , hold help have been or are listed 1 currently in our files.” ; Mrs. White says she gets a thrill out of seeing someone placed through i the local office. Members of the staff i screen and analyze an applicant’s > "background, and qualifications. Em : ployers are coming to rely on this i Important service before hiring per- Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina; Thursday, August 19,1948. C. Os C. Officers Will Be Elected At Meeting October 1 Nominating Committee Os Five Named to Present Slate otherlFusiness • Directors Start Action | Regarding Telephone Service At a meeting of the Board of Dir ectors of the Chowan County Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association it was decided to enter complaints regarding poor telephone service in Edenton and Chowan Coun ty directly to the Public Utilities Commission in Raleigh. In accordance with their instruc tions, manager Peter Carlton wrote 'a complete letter to Stanley Win bourne, head of the Commission, cit ing the type of complaint which has been lodged with the organization. 'Chamber officials report that ft is im passible to delay action any longer relative to petitioning the Utilities Commission for relief, inasmuch as the poor service has gone on for too long a time. Company officials in Elizabeth City had been contacted and while assur ance was offered as to the bettering of the service, continued complaints from local businessmen and citizens force further action”, stated a mem ber of the Board of Directors. The major complaint revolved around the lack of promptness of tele phone personnel in removing the con nection after a call was completed, so that further necessary phone calls could be acted upon. Several busi ness men reported having to run to neighboring business houses to ask the operator to please remove the plug so that another call could be put through. President H. A. Campen 'appointed a nominating committee for the election of officers for the new term, to be elected and installed on 'October 1 at an. annual banquet. Past presidents J. Clarence Leary and 'Jesse L. Harrell, and directors Gilliam Wood, Jr., R. F. Elliott and A. E. 'Jenkins, constitute the committee. For many months the office of the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants 'Association has been bombarded with letters from radio engineering com panies seeking to interest the local citizens in a radio station. One letter aroused a good deal of discussion and stated that an interested party was *willing to put up the initial $15,000 if an amount equal to SIO,OOO could be raised among local people, to start a $25,000 corporation. No ac tion was taken on the matter, how ever. Other matters on the agenda in cluded finances, memberships, dues and industrial development. Two Edenton Cops Resign On Monday Too Long Hours and Low Pay Given as Reasons Eden ton’s Police Department lost I two patrolmen at one time Monday 1 of this week, when F. J. Hill and R. S. Banks resigned. The reason ad vanced by the officers for their resig ! nations was too long -hours and un satisfactory salary. Edenton police are required to work 12 hours a day and seven days a week. Mr. Hill has been on the force for [ 4% months and will return to Wil son. Mr. Banks has served for three [ months and returned to Perquimans . County. » Chief of Police R. iL. Pratt has . wired Mayor Leroy Haskett regarding ■ the resignations, so that no successors > have been employed. Mr. Haskett, to gether with Mrs. Haskett, is spending i a vacation in Mississippi visiting their | son, Roger Haskett, so that Chief * Pratt will carry on with an abbre t viated force until Mayor Haskett j returns. - Mrs. Frank Hughes ’ Breaks Arm In Fall j —_ Mrs. Frank Hughes had the mis -1 fortune to break an arm Tuesday l morning. The accident occurred when f she was hurriedly leaving her garden 3 near her home carrying a bucket con - tabling beans. In her haste she 3 tripped and fell with her entire - weight pressing upon the arm which was forced against the bucket. Summary Os Town’s New Budget Now On File In Clerk’s Office Any Objection Can Be Registered Until Sep tember 14 BATE~SI.SO Estimated Expenditures $7,172 Higher Than -Last Year In this issue of The Herald ap pears a summary of the Town of Edenton’s proposed budget for the year 1948-49, which is published for the benefit of taxpayers. It will re main on file in Town Clerk R. E. Leary’s office for public inspection until .the next regular meeting of Town Council on Tuesday night, Sep tember 14, when it will be adopted. Any taxpayer, therefore, who has any objection to make regarding the budget as proposed has a right to register his or her objections before September 14. It will be noted that total estimat ed expenditures amount to $89,182.53, which is $7,172.63 higher than last year’s figure of $82,009.90. A good ly portion of the increase is attribut ed to attorney’s fees, which are $6,- 124.00. Five thousand dollars of this amount went to J. C. B. Ehringhaus for representing the Town in the Hervey ease and most of the re mainder to John W. Graham for the ! same reason. Slight increases are noted in each department except the Police Depart ment, which is a little less, and the appropriation for parks and play grounds, which is the same, $3,000.00. For administrative purposes expen ditures lare estimated at $5,295, which compares with $4,977.48 last year. The police appropriation is $15,127.50, , as compared with $15,675.36 last year. For the Fire Department the , appropriation is $8,965.20, while last year it Was $7,407.85. The Health Department’s appro- is SI,OOO as against $864.86. last The request was for a larger amount, but only SI,OOO was provided. The Street Department budget this year is $39,137.92, while last year it was $33,816.00. This year’s budget provides for an increase in salaries for the employees, a new trash truck , and the paving of Johnson Street. For parks and playgrounds $3,000 is provided, the same as last year. For the cemetery the budget calls for an appropriation of $1,720.56. Last year the amount was $1,606. Estimated revenue aside from tax ation is calculated to be $24,868.37, which leaves $64,500 to be raised from taxation. The Town’s property valuation is $4,300,000, so that the $1.50 tax rate will raise the amount necessary to balance the budget. Boy Scout Drive At Half Way Mark Only S6OO Turned In to Chairman of Drive, W. J. Taylor . George Twiddy, chairman of the West Albemarle Boy Scout District, reported Tuesday of this week that the Boy Scout drive for funds appear ed to be a failure in that up to that time only about S6OO had been con tributed, which is only half of the county’s quota. Chowan County was asked to raise $1,200 during the drive, a goodly portion of which is ear marked for membership in Tidewater Council. W. J. Taylor is chairman of the drive ift Chowan County and reports that although the report is incom plete, there are very few more can vassers to be heard from. Mr. Twiddy has stressed the fact , that the quota is absolutely necessary if Chowan County Scouts are to re main affiliated with the Tidewater Council. He did not elaborate on plans to finally reach the quota, or what will be done if the amount is not raised. Rotarians Treated To Program Os Magic Rotarians at their meeting Thurs day enjoyed an unusual program, when Dr. George Crawford proved i his ability as a magician. Many mystifying tricks were executed by Mr. Crawford, which greatly delight ed -every member present. Edenton Coloißlßllln Pennant Third Consecutive Year In Albemarle League B. & P. Women’s Club Back Campaign To Get People To Vote Miss Colwell and Miss Copeland At Council Meeting ' Members of the Edenton Business and Professional Women’s Club who attended the State Summer Council meeting last week-end were Rebecca Colwell, president, and Mary Lee Copeland, vice president. One of the State projects selected by this group is the sponsoring of a campaign to get all eligible people to vote. Their slogan will be “Use Your Vote in ’4B”. Detailed plans for this were outlined by the state chairmen and the campaign will get underway dur ing National Business Women’s Week, October 10-16. They also discussed opportunities for women in policy making posts in North Carolina. The Business and Professional 1 Women’s Clubs throughout the state will encourage voters to know the qualifications of the candidates, and to understand provision for proposed , amendments to the constitution of North Carolina. ' Members of the Edenton Business , and Professional Women’s Club are urged to attend the following meet ings to be held this fall: Meeting of the 7th District to be , held in Ahoskie on Wednesday, Sep tember 22, and the annual mid-year state council meeting which will be held in the Hollywood Hotel in South- * ern Pines November 20-21. Two Edenton Girls Will Make Bow To Society On Sept 10 Frances Wood and Bet- : sy Shepard Among 135 Debutantes Misses Elizabeth Coke Shepard and Frances Bembry Wood were included in the list of debutantes who will be : presented at the Debutante Ball < which will be held in the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium on Friday, Sep tember 10. This year’s debutantes number 135 girls from all parts of North Carolina, from which one will be chosen as leader of the ball. Eight others will be chosen as assistant leaders. All others will take part in the elaborate debutante figure, a feature of the ball. The ball is sponsored annually by the Raleigh Terpsichorean Club of which Joseph B. Cheshire, Jr., is pres ident. William J. Ward is chairman of the ball and Miss Elizabeth Grimes is chairman of the girls’ committee. Miss Shepard is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Shepard and Miss Wood is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Wood. Ball Players Robbed Os Cash And Watches Field House Ransacked While Playing Game In Colerain While members of the Edenton Co lonial baseball team were in Colerain Tuesday night chalking up a decided victory, they were being robbed of their cash and watches which were left in the field house at Hicks Field after donning their uniforms for the game. Chief of Police R. L. Pratt re ported the loss of $603 in cash and five watches, with Pitcher Monk Webb possibly the heaviest loser. He was relieved of $250. Police have no clues as to who com , mitted the crime, . but have several suspects who will be questioned. Chief Pratt, who is operating the Police Department on an abbreviated scale since the resignation of two pa trolmen Monday, called for assistance of the FBI in solving the crime, and Walter Spence of Elizabeth City was sent here Tuesday night shortly after the robbery was discovered. Contribute to The Boy Scout Fund! $2.00 Per Year. Play-off For Champion ship of League Begins Saturday Night RUTH HONORED Colonials Will Receive Gold Baseballs From Campen’s Edenton’s Colonials won six straight games since Wednesday of last week and their victory over Colerain on Hicks Field Monday night clinched the Albemarle League pennant for the third consecutive season. During the week the Colonials made clean sweeps of two-game series with Hert ford, Elizabeth City and Colerain, winding up as of Wednesday of this week with 45 victories and 23 defeats and a percentage of .662. Colerain, in second place, had 38 wins and 29 losses with a percentage of .567. The Colonials have two more games to play to wind up the 1948 league season. These two games are with Windsor, one being played Wednes day night of this week shortly after The Herald was printed, while the closing game will be played in Wind sor tonight (Thursday). While Edenton and Colerain are definitely in the play-off series, a hot race is in progress to determine the other two teams. Windsor, Hertford and Plymouth are neck and neck, and it may take the final game to deter mine the contenders. The Elizabeth City Senators have no chance to win out for play-off honors. The play-off series to determine the two teams to battle for the league championship is scheduled to begin Saturday night, with the first game to be played on Hicks Field, starting at 8:30 o’clock. The Colonials are winding up the regular season in a whirlwind finish and at Monday night’s game Marvin Wilson, president of the Edenton Club, announced that as a token of appreciation for the splendid brand of ball furnished by the Colonials, each player will be awarded a gold base ball by Campen’s Jewelers. During the season votes have also been tabu lated for the most popular Colonial player, who will be awarded a wrist watch by Forehand Jewelers. This award will be announced at the first game in the play-off series Saturday night. A note of sadness pervaded Monday night’s game when Marvin Wilson announced just prior to the game with Colerain that Babe Ruth, home run king, had died in New York. Mr. Wilson paid brief tribute to Ruth, em phasizing his contribution to the great American pastime. As a token of respect, the large crowd of fans and baseball players stood in a minute of absolute silence. Edenton 10, Colerain 1 In Colerain Tuesday night the Co lonials continued their hitting spree to pound Blackwell and Dowdy for a total of 14 hits, which netted 10 runs, hanging up a 10-1 victory. Webb, on the mound for Edenton, was in excellent form, allowing only seven scattered hits and only one run, that being a home run wallop by Fowler in the second inning. Black well started on the mound for Cole rain, but was chased to the showers in the seventh and replaced by Dowdy who finished the game. The Colonials scored one run in the fourth, two in the sixth, five in the seventh and added two more in the final frame. Bohonko and Trot Leary contributed to the scoring, each hit ting a home run, Bohonko when one was on base, and Leary cleaning the bases when three mates were on board. (Continued on Page Eight) B & P Women’s Club Picnic This Afternoon This (Thursday) afternoon the Edenton Business and Professional Women’s Club will hold a picnic on the grounds of the nurses’ home at the Naval Air Station, the affair scheduled to begin promptly at 6:30 o’clock. First on the program is swimming in the pool at the base, after which a brief business meeting will be held. ; The business session will be followed 1 by a picnic lunch. Every member of • the club is urged to turn out and ! bring a lunch, which will be spread I in picnic fashion. , i In event of inclement weather the • affair will be held in the Chapel near the hospital.