Volume XV—Number 37.
EDENTON BASE WILL BE REACTIVATED
COLONIALS WIN
Edenton Outfit Wins Four
Consecutive Games After
Losing Opener To Windsor
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Former Major Leaguer
Chased From Mound
In Final Game
♦ FANS THANKED
Murphy Realizes Ambi
tion of Season By Hit
ting Home Run
After losing the first game in a
seven-game series for the Albemarle
League championship, the Edenton
Colonials won the next four straight
games from the Windsor Rebels,
winding up the series in a thrilling
game on Hicks Field Saturday night.
It is rather significant that in the
semi-final play-off the Colonials also
dropped the first game to the Hert
ford Indians and then went on to win
the next four games.
The Windsor team, in a desperate
effort to get into the running for the
championship, secured Jack Andrews,
former major league pitcher, for the
Saturday night game, but he was
less effective than Tutwiler, one of
the regular .Rebel hurlers. The Co
lonials lost no time in solving An
drews’ slants and chased him from
the mound in the first inning after
only one man was out and six hits
had netted six runs, one of which
jv&s a home run by Moc Murpjiy,
which finished the big pitcher. Tut
wiler relieved Andrews and from
then on it was a nip and tuck game,
with Tutwiler allowing only three
hits and no more runs.
Wade went the route for the Co
lonials and allowed only five scatter
ed hits, one of which was a home
run by Taylor in the sixth inning.
A capacity crowd was on hand to
witness the final game and at the
conclusion of the contest Marvin Wil
son, president of the Edenton Club,
thanked the fans for their interest
and loyalty during the entire season
which enjoyed very good attendance
throughout.
Edenton 6, Windsor 2
The Colonials got off to a good
start in the final game of the series
Saturday night, winning by a score
of 6-2. With Andrews on the mound,
Hoch reached first on an error by
Cross. Joe Wheeler then singled
and Hoch was caught out trying to
make third on the hit. Bohonko
doubled, scoring Wheeler and Parker
followed with a single, scoring Bo
honko. Leary singled and Fulghum
doubled, scoring Parker. It was then
that Doc Murphy realized his
season’s ambition to hit a home run,
the ball clearing left field fence. At
this point Andrews ' went to the
showers and Tutweiler went on the
mound. Pratt grounded out and
Wade fanned to end the hectic inn
ing.
The Colonials were unable to reg
ister any runs off Tutweiler, the
slender portsider allowing only three
hits the remainder of the game, a
single by Parker, a double by Bo
honko and a single by Fulghum.
The Rebels scored their first run
in the fourth when Taylor made two
bases on Joe Wheeler’s error. He
stole third base and after Bell
walked, Taylor scored on Thorne’s
grounder. The other Rebel run was
Taylor’s circuit clout in the seventh.
Taylor led the Rebels at bat with
two hits, while Bohonko, Parker and
Fulghum each registered two hits
for the Colonials.
Edenton 9, Windsor 8
The Colonials, after dropping the
first series game, came back strong
to even * Hie series 1-1 in Windsor
Wednesday night of last week, nos
ing out by a 9-8 score.
Page started on the mound for
Windsor, but was relieved in the
first inning toy White. Mauney, who
started for the Colonials, was also
called from the box in the first, and
was replaced :by Herman,
The Colonials went on a rampage
in ithe first inning when they scored
■ seven runs. Hoch, first up,, tripled
and Joe Wheeler walked. Bohonko
then singled, scoring H*ch. Wheeler
raced home on Parker’s' long fly and
Bohonko scored on Leary’s single.
Leary scored as the besult of two
errors. Fulghum doubled and scored
on Pratt's Single. Murphy scored on
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THE CHOWAN HERAL&-
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Most Valuable J
In a poll of managers and di
rectors of the Albemarle League,
Gashouse Parker, manager of the
Edenton Colonials, won out as
the most valuable player in the
Albemarle League this season.
Roy Allen of the Elizabeth City
Senators was the runner-up.
Parker was awarded a beauti
ful trophy, while Allen, who was i
voted the most valuable player for
the Senators, was awarded a trip
to New York and other prizes by
the Elizabeth City club.
Two New Officers
On Police Force
Newcomers Fill Vacan
cies Caused By Recent
Resignations
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Two new patrolmen have recently
been added to the Edenton Police De;
partment, filling the vacancies caused
by the resignations of F. J. Hill and
R. S. Banks.
William Harry Peele has been on
duty a few weeks and on Monday
John Alfred Jones began work as a
patrolman.
Mr. Peele’s home is in Plymouth,
where he served as coroner and rep- .
resented Washington County in the
General Assembly in 1945-46. He
hag a wife and one child. Mrs. Peele
is a teacher in the Plymouth school.
Mr. Jones comes from Greensboro,
where he served on the police force 1
for nine years. He is married and ,
has two children.
Both officers are here without their
families until they can secure ade
quate living quarters.
Band Concert Will
Be Held In School
Auditorium Tonight
Director H. W. Williams
Anxious to See Large
Attendance
Friends of the Edenton High
School Band will' :be pleased to learn
that the group will present a concert
in the High School auditorium to
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. The
concert was announced by H. W. Wil
liams, director, who succeeds Ben
Stevenson. Mr. Williams served as
a bandmaster for 30 years in the
United States Navy, having retired
in 1945.
Director Williams, . who has been
instructing the band five weeks, has
become greatly attached to members
of the Edenton Band and is very
much pleased with the material with
which he has to work. “They are a
splendid group of youngsters,” he
said, “and I am very optimistic that ;
we will have a band of which the
community will toe proud.”
Mr. Williams stated that the num
bers which will be played in to
night’s concert will be: Military Es
cort,. Ambition, Activity, Norma’s
Dream, Mutual, Project, Normal,
Safety, 'Summitt and Star Spangled
Banner as the closing number.
Parents and friends of band mem
bers are urged to attend and listen
to the concert, and it is hoped the
auditorium will be filled to capacity.
Hospital Auxiliary
Meets In Library
The Negro Woman’s Hospital Aux
iliary will hold its regular meeting
Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock in
the Brawn-Carver Library.
. Each member is asked to be pres
ent and bring along a friend. ‘
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, September 9, 1948.
I CHAMPIONSHIP
Trot Leary Leading 1
Colonial Slugger
Lester Jordan Is Lead
ing Pitcher During
Season
According to Herbert Nixon of
Hertford, statistician for the Albe
marle League, Trot Leary was the
leading hitter for the Edenton Co
lonials during the regular season with
a percentage of .373. He was topped
only by Roy Allen of Elizabeth City
with a mark of .384, though Allen
played in 51 games as compared with
65 for Leary.
Colonial battens in order follows:
Bohonko .322, Fulghum .315, Stalls
.294, Parker .285, Joe Wheeler .259,
Russell Wheeler .258, Murphy .243,
Pratt .233, Hoch .230 and ißyrum .200.
In the pitching department, Lester
Jordan has the best record, having
won 11 and lost 2 games for an aver
age of .846. Don Helms of Elizabeth
City tops Jordan by 29 points, though
Helms played in less games. He won
seven and lost one for an average of
.875.
The Colonials completed 53 double
plays and one triple play during the
season.
Red Men Change
Place Os Meeting
Tribe WiliUteet In Old
Dining Room at Hotel
Joseph Hewes
Effective next Monday night, Chow
an Tribe of Red Men will hold their
weekly meetings in the old dining
room at Hotel Joseph Hewes. The
local tribe for about 35 years met
in the hall over the Bank of Edenton,
but several months ago was obliged
to vacate due to the bank needing
the space.
Since vacating the Bank of Edenton
building, the Red Men, due to the
generosity of the American Legion
Post, have been holding their meet
ings in the Legion hut. Furniture
and paraphernalia are stifi stored at
the Legion hut, but will be moved
within a short time.
1 All members are urged to attend
next Monday night’s meeting due to
the important matter of a building
program which will ibe considered.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Having missed several meetings
due to the baseball games, a meet
ing of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F.
& A. M., is scheduled to be held to
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. All
members are urged to attend.
LEAVES FOR REVIVAL
The Rev. W. 'C. Francis will leave
Sunday for Council, N. C., where he
will conduct a revival meeting. He
will remain in Council for a week.
MRS. CAROLYN McMULLAN GRANT SEEKS
SHOES FOR POOR CHILDREN IN FRANCE
Former Edenton Girl Sees First Hand Great Need
To Help Unfortunate Children Coming From
All Parts of France and Europe
Mrs. Carolyn McMullan Grant,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mc-
Mullan, who is now living in St. Cloud,
France, is appealing for shoes which
she be delighted to distribute
among unfortunate children in France.
Mrs. Grant has written a letter to
the editor of The Herald and asked
to have it published, in the hope that
some local people will contribute
shoes. The letter follows:
“Heading The Herald gives me an
idea of the work that local clubs are
doing for clothing drives and Euro
pean food parcels. Perhaps funds
and energies for campaigns of this
sort have been exhausted, since so
much of both have been tapped.
“But I have run up against a des
perately bad need for children’s shoes
which I can’t resist asking you to
publish.
“Across the street from me here in
St. Cloud is a boarding school for
mentally deficient children. Most of
them are orphans from all parts of
France and Europe. (One child was
bom in a concentration camp).
“We have made friends among them
and have had plenty of opportunity to
ICoon Dog Field Trial
At Base October 2
Dogs In Seven Eastern
Counties Eligible
To Enter
J. R. Byrum, president of the
Chowan County Wildlife Club, an
nounced this week that the club will
sponsor a coon dog field trial, which
will be held at (he Edenton Naval
Air Station Saturday, October 2nd.
Mr. Byrum stated that this is the
first coon dog trial ever to be held
in Chowan County and that any dog
in Bertie, Washington, Perquimans,
Pasquotank, Chowan, Gates and Ty
rrell counties are eligible for entry
in the trial provided it has not won
in any other field trial. The trial is
for amateur dogs only, stressed Mr.
Byrum.
Entrance fee will be $3.00 per dog,
with all money secured going into
prizes, and Mr. By rum stated that it
is hoped $75 will be raised as a final
prize.
The trial is scheduled to start at
10 o’clock, so that dogs should be
entered as soon as possible with any
of the following committee: John
Bunch, Will Bunch, Troy Toppin,
Harry Perry or J. R. Byrum.
Mr. Byrum stated that the trial
will be free, so that all who are in
terested are invited to attend and
have lots of fun.
Important Meeting
Os Hospital Groups
Future of Hospital Will
Be Subject of Business
To Be Transacted
An important joint meeting of the
board of directors of the Chowan Hos
pital and the Hospital Auxiliary is
scheduled to be held Wednesday af
ternoon, September 15, at 3:30
o’clock at the Nurses’ Home.
The business at this meeting will
have to do with the future operation
of the hospital, so that it is urgent
that every member of both groups
attends.
E. W. Spires Speaker
At Rotary Meeting
•Clerk of Court E. W. Spires was
the guest speaker at last week’s Ro
tary meeting, and was introduced by
Lloyd Bunch, who had charge of the
program.
Mr. Spires during his remarks ex
plained ,to the Rotarians some of the
duties of a clerk of court.
The Rotary ‘Club will meet today
(Thursday) at 1 o’clock, and Presi
dent James E. Wood urges a full at
tendance.
see how badly they need shoes.
“The French government supposed
ly supplies the school director with
essential clothing, but although each
child has a pair of shoes, they are old
shoes and hardly ever fit. Feet are
crowded into the clumsiest, heaviest,
ugliest shoes imaginable.
“There are perhaps 50 children
from 4 to 12 years of age.
“In summer shoes are not the prob
lem that they will be in winter, but
! winter is not far off.
“I know that shoes discarded by
plenty of Edenton families would be
i deeply appreciated. (At least the
i soles aren’t wooden).
"If any person or any group feels
able to contribute shoes that are new
i or otherwise, I will be delighted to
i arrange a depot where they can be
collected and mailed.
“If exact sizes are desirable, I can
• supply those, too.”
’ Mrs. Grant says she enjoys reading
The Herald and sends her regards to
her many friends in Edenton. Her
address is: Mrs. Carolyn McMullan
Grant, 8 Avenue Eugenie, Seine et
Dise, St. Cloud, France.
Approved By Secretary Os
Defense Forrestal For Use
As Marine Corps Air Base
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District Meeting Os
Jaycees Will Be Held
In Edenton Oct 2-3
Bid Accepted Over Sev
eral Other Town In
District
Frank Holmese, president of the
Edenton Junior Chamber of Com
merce, was notified Wednesday that
Edenton’s hid had been accepted as
the place to hold the district Jaycee
meeting. The meeting is scheduled
to be held October 2 and 3 and will
attract in the neighborhood of 200
Junior Chamber of Commerce mem
bers in the District.
Clubs represented in the district in
clude Ahoskie, Beaufort, Belhaven,
Bethel, Clinton, Edenton, Enfield,
Farmville, Goldsboro, Greenville, Har
kers Island, Kinston, Marshallburg,
Morehead City, New Bern, Newport,
Plymouth, Roanoke Rapids, Rotoerson
ville, Rocky Mount, Scotland Neck,
Spring Hope, Tarboro, Wallace, Wash
ington, Weldon, Williamston, Wil
mington and Wilson.
Edenton’s bid was accepted in com
petition with several other towns for
the honor.
Colonials Will Play
Henderson Outfit
Here Friday Night
Series Also Sought With
• Suffolk or Petersburg,
, Now In Play-offs
Gashouse Parker, manager of the
Edenton Colonial baseball team, an
nounced Wednesday morning that a
game will be played with the Hender
son team on Hicks Field Friday night
at 8 o’clock.
Henderson is a strong semi-pro
outfit, so that the game should be a
real battle.
’ Manager Parker also stated that a
’ five-game series has been arranged
with the loser in the Suffolk-Peters
' burg series now in progress. The
series is scheduled to begin when the
’ winner is decided and, being proses
! sional ball, fans will have an oppor
tunity to see some good games.
J. L Batton & Bro.
: Awarded Contract
Herald Story Reported
Award To Virginia
Concern
A premature report appeared in the
August 26th issue of The Herald,
when it was stated that a contract
had been awarded E. W. Faucette,
Boykins, Va., contractor, to erect an
( educational building at the Edenton
L Baptist Church.
I At the time the story was written,
‘ it appeared as though the Virginia
firm would be given the contract, but
due to some developments in connee
, tion with the contract, it was award
ed to J. L. Batton & Bro., of Edenton.
The cost of the addition to the church
. will be $70,000, with work expected to
start very shortly.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
■ Mr. and Mrs. Pasquel A. Annunzi
’ ata of Norfolk announce the birth of
a daughter, Patricia Annunziata, on
1 Monday, August 30, at DePaul Hos
pital. Mrs. Annunziata is the former
’ Miss Marion Copeland, daughter of
! Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Copeland of Tyner.
i METHODIST SOCIETY WILL
MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
; ’the Woman’s Society of Christian
» Service of the Edenton Methodist
• Church will meet at the home of Mrs.
i Roy Hassell on East Queen Street
: Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
$2.00 Per Year.
Expected to Be In Oper
ation By March Ist of
Next Year
LARGE~PAYROLL
Final Action Depends
Upon Joint Chiefs
Os Staff
News rapidly spread Friday that
the Edenton Naval Air Station will
be reactivated for use by the United
States Marine Corps due to the ex
pansion of the Marine Air Force.
From various sources came the infor
mation that Secretary of Defense
Forrestal had approved reactivating
the Edenton base following a recent
survey made by chiefs of staff of the
Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air
Corps.
Congressman Herbert Bonner called
The Herald editor by telephone Fri
day morning, saying that he had just
been informed that Secretary For
restal had approved reactivating the
Edenton base due to expanding the
Marine Air Force. Mr. Bonner stat
ed that it was his opinion that the
base will be ready for the Marines by
March 1, .1949, and that according to
what he understands, when in full
operation the annual payroll will be
approximately $5,000,000, aside from
substantial sums which will be spent
for equipment and supplies.
The exact number of Marines to be
stationed at the base is uncertain, due
to the fact that final action regarding
the Edenton base will depend upon the
decision of the joint chiefs of staff
and Secretary of Defense.
Mr. Bonner stated that he recently
questioned quite a few leading Eden
ton citizens regarding reopening of
the base and that he found sentiment
practically unanimous in favor of the
government taking over the base.
Mr. Bonner also stated that con
sideration will be given to the hos
pital now operated by the Town and
County, as well as those who are now
on the base under a sub-lease from
the Town of Edenton. He said he
felt sure that the government will be
willing to allow reasonable time to
work out plans in which to vacate.
Mr. Bonner, however, stated that it is
out of the question to expect civilians
to operate the hospital at the same
time the base is occupied by the armed
forces. Just what will be done about
the hospital is at this .time a big
question mark.
Another source of information re
garding reactivation of the base was
received by T. C. Byrum from U. S.
Senator William B. Unistead. Mr.
Umstead sent to Mr. Byrum a copy
of a letter which was written to the
Senator by John Nicholas Brown, as
sistant Secretary of Navy for Air.
In the letter it was stated that the
contents were not for publication at
that time, but later Mr. Umstead
wired Mr. Byrum that the information
contained in the letter was no longer
confidential.
Mr. Brown’s letter to Senator Um
stead follows:
“A study of the base facilities re
quired to meet the Naval and Marine
Corps expansion program recently au
thorized by Congress reveals an urg
ent need for additional operating fa
cilities on the eastern seaboard, with
every indication that this need will
become more critical within the im
mediate future. In order to alleviate
this situation, plans are being made
to reactivate several former Naval
Air Stations, including the former
Naval Air Station, Edenton, North
Carolina.
“The plans regarding Edenton will
not become final until the overall con
tinental aviation base expansion plans
of the Navy and Air Force have been
jointly studied by the two services and
approved by the joint Chiefs of Staff
. and the Secretary of Defense. Sub
• ject to that approval it is the Navy
j Department’s proposal that the for
. mer Naval Air Station, Edenton, be
reactivated as a Marine Corps Air
r Station on or about 1 March, 1949.
The facilities at Edenton are pres
ently leased to the Town of Edenton
for public use. The town in turn has
‘ sub-leased portions of the property to
i various public and private enterprises.
; Although preparations must be made
in 'advance if the air station is to be
t ready for operations by next March,
- every effort will be made to proceed
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