Volume XV.—Number 40.
Fire Prevention Week Will l
Be Observed Throughout
WlOfNextWeeklnEdenton
- Observance Sponsored j
By Junior Chamber of
Commerce
PARADEPLANNED
Fire Chief Hail Calls At
tention to Huge Fire
Loss In Nation ,
Fire Prevention Week will be ob
served in Edenton next week, October
3-9, the observance being sponsored
by the Edenton Chamber of Com
merce. At the-request of the Jay
cees, Mayor Leroy Haskett has is
sued a proclamation calling upon the
citizens to cooperate in using more
precaution in preventing fires. The
proclamation appears on page nine of
this issue of The Herald.
In connection with the event, a
t banner is expected to be stretched
across Broad Street calling attention
to the observance, and a feature will
be a parade Monday afternoon at 4
o’clock, in which will appear the
' Edenton fire apparatus, the High
School Band and town and county of
ficials riding in automobiles. A short
film will also Be shown at Taylor
Theatre dealing with Fire Prevention
Week.
Though the Fire Department na
turally is cooperating with the ob
servance, Fire Chief R. K. Hall says,
“It is a fine thing to observe Fire
Prevention Week, during which the
dangers and destruction of fire are
emphasized, but when one takes into
consideration the number of lives lost
and the staggering loss and damage
done to property, every week in the
year, and every day, should be. ob
served in preventing fires.”
Chief “Hall pointed out that fires,
nearly all Os which could have been
prevented, cost the nation $54,706,000
in property loss during June, latest
month for which figures are avail
able. This was an increase of 7.6 per
cent over June, 1947, indicating that
fire losses are still going up.
June’s fire losses bring the total for
the 12-month period endiifg June 30
to a record breaking $709,839,000, the
greatest destruction period in United
States history.
There were an estimated 657,642
fires last year in the United States
urban areas, according to a survey
made by the National Board of Fire
Underwriters.
Os these fires, 360,901 are clas
sified as “building” fires, 235,873
were grass or brush fires, and the
other non-building fires totaled 60,868.
Residential fires accounted for 252,-
458 of the fires, or 70 per cent of the
“building” fires. They comprised 38
per cent of the total number of fires.
Fires in non-residential assembly
occupancies totaled 14,077. Fires in
mercantile occupancies were estimat
ed at 46,336. Manufacturing occu-
A. pancy fires totaled 22,751, storage
fires 6,976, and miscellaneous fires
18,303.
The survey included as urban areas
all cities over 2,500 population, and
was based on reports received from
fire chiefs of 1,720 cities. 'No attempt
was made to estiamte the number of
fires in rural areas.
The fire chiefs’ reports indicated
that in cities having a population of
2,500 or more, fires killed 5,200 per
sons in 1947.
Slwlcy Norris New
Editor OfSpoffiglit
I Other Members of Staff
Recently Chosen at
Election
As the result of elections held at
Edenton High School, Shirley Norris
was elected as editor of the Spot
light, the school’s paper, and Char
. lotte Leary as co-editor. Others on
the staff are: Bobby Edwarflsj art
editor; Jane Cray, fashion reporter; •
John Harney, business manager;
Laura Skinner, assitant business
manager; Rebecca Swanner, circula
«■ tion manager; Calvin Mills, staff
* photographer; Jack Habit, exchange
editor; Rhett Miller and Margaret
Ann Mansfield, sports reporters;
f Carolyn Swindell and Aubrey Har-
L rell, joke editors; Ethel White, Fay
LA Dail, Nancy Boswell, Virginia Down
■P Jng and Mildred Small, news report-
I ers.
5; The faculty advisor is Miss Mary
P Morris, high school • commercial <
! teacher. 1
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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M/SGT. HERBERT W. DALE, JR.
Funeral services were' held
Wednesday afternoon for Herbert
W. Dale, Jr., whose body was
brought from Alaska, where he
met death December 2, 1942, in
an airplane crash. Young Dale
is a s6n of Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Dale, and served in the AAF for
three years and two months.
Aces Will Tackle
Swansboro Eleven
On Friday Night
First Time Two Schools
Have Met In Grid
iron Contest
Though the Edenton Aces were
originally scheduled to play Manteo
High School on Hicks Field next Fri
day night, Coach George Thompson
was notified that the Dare County
team will be unable to fill the en
gagement. Following receipt of the
information, Coach Thompson began
a search to secure a game and early
this week scheduled Swansboro High
School.
This will be the first meeting of
the two schools on the gridiron, and
though little is known about the
strength of the Onslow County team, !
Coach Thompson is of the opinion
that the visitors will give the Aces a
tough game. Swansboro thus far
this season has defeated Burgaw
High School 7-0 and played a 6-6 tie '
game with the Wilmington Jayvees
eleven.
Friday night’s game will begin at .
8 o’clock, with the Edenton Band on
hand to liven things. It is hoped '
that a large crowd of fans will again (
be on hand to witness the game.
Coon Dog Trial At
Local Base Saturday
25 to 30 Dogs Expected
To Participate; Free
For Spectators i
J. R. Byrum, president of the
Chowan County Wildlife Club, early <
this week called attention to the coon i
dog field trial which will be held at i
the Edenton Naval Air Station Sat- <
urday, October 2nd. The trials will ■
begin at 10 o’clock Saturday morning
with something like 25 or 30 dogs :
participating.
Mr. Byrum stated that the trials i
will be held out in the open where 1
spectators will be able to see the <
winners. “It will be something new ;
in the way of sport,” said Mr. By- i
rum. “It will be free, so that we :
are hoping many will be on hand to <
'enjoy the event.” <
BPW Club Officials
Will Meet October 1!
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A- meeting of the directors, officers i
and committed 'chairmen of the Eden- 1
ton Business and Professional Wo- s
men’s Club will be held Friday night, 1
October J, at 7:30 o'clock in the Em- 1
ployment office, located in -Room 204 i
in the Citizens Bank building. 1
Every one of the above officers is 1
especially urged to attend this meet- 1
ing. , <
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 30,1948.
Edenton PTA Will
Hold First Meeting
Os Year October 5
Active Year Is Planned;
Mrs. Patterson Names
Executive Board
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will open its season on Tuesday,
October 5, when a meeting is schedul
ed to be held at 3:15 in the high
school library. An address by Sup
erintendent John A. Holmes will head
the program, followed by a talk by
Principal Fenton L. Larson. A so
cial hour will follow.
The organization is planning a full,
active year under the instruction of
the district director, Mrs. W. H.
Bryan of Ahoskie, who met with the
executive committee here on Friday
afternoon of last week.
Mrs. Bryan explained in detail the
objectives of the National Congress
of Parents and Teachers, of which
the local PTA is a unit. The four
point program of the National Con
gress is: (1) School education; (2)
Health; (3) World Understandings
and (4) Parent and Family Life Edu
cation.
Mrs. Bryan also urged the attend
ance of more members to the district
conferences, the first of this district,
No. 9, to be held in Plymouth on
October 28; the State Convention in
the spring and the summer institute.
Invaluable information will be obtain
ed from these gatherings, so that it
will be possible to follow the outlines
of the Congress. She suggested, too,
that the local unit work this year to
secure a charter.
Mrs. L. A. Patterson, president,
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Rotary Club Will Be
Host To Teachers
At Base Tonight
Affair Will Be Held In
Legion Hut Starting
At 7:30 O’clock
Tonight (Thursday) the Edenton
Rotary Club will entertain Rotary
Annes and school teachers at a
banquet to be held in the American
Legion Hut at the Edenton Naval
Air Station.
The Rotary committee in charge of
the banquet reported at last week’s
meeting that the principal speaker
for the occasion will be John Thom
ason of Greensboro, executive direc
tor of the United World Federalists
of North Carolina. Mr. Thomason
will also speak to school students at
the high school at 6:15 Thursday
evening.
Practically all of the teachers, as
well as Rotary Annes are expected
to attend the banquet, which, from all
indications, will be a very delightful
affair.
Serious Crisis Faces National Foundation
For Infantile Paralysis Due To Epidemic
With State’s 1949 March of Dimes Quota Set at
One Million Dollars, Chowan County Chapter’s
Quota Will Be Doubled Over Last Year
J. Edwin Bufflap, chairman of the
Chowan County Chapter of the Na
tional Foundation For Infantile Para
lysis, was notified this week by Basil
O’Connor, president of the national
organization, that a national financial
emergency exists. The emergency is
caused by the unprecedented drain on
the national epidemic aid fund.
“A serious crisis faces the National
Foundation and many of its chapters
as a result of the major outbreaks of
infantile paralysis this summer and
the steadily mounting costs of patient
care,” says Mr. O’Connor. “It ap
pears at this time that 1948 may be
nearly as great an epidemic year as
1946. It goes without saying, of
course, that we are going to take care
of this year’s patients.
“ This financial emergency is being
handled in two ways. First, we are
asking chapters in all states where
the incidence is not unusually high to
contribute as much as possible to the
national epidemic aid fund. Second,
we are requesting chapters in all
states with high incidence to pool
their resources' on a state-wide basis,
thereby affording an opportunity for
maximum use of all March of Dimes
funds within a state for care of pa
tients in that state on a cooperative
basis. Only in this way can we avoid
dipping into research reserves at a
Dr. R. B. House Will
Be Speaker In Local
School Sunday Night
First In Series of Five
Planned By Metho
dist Church
Dr. Robert B. House, Chancellor of
the University of North Carolina,
will deliver the opening address in
the series of services being conduct
ed by the Methodist Church of Eden
ton on the theme, “The Church and
the Contemporary Crisis”, at 8
o’clock Sunday evening, October 3rd,
in the auditorium of Edenton High
School. The address of Dr. House
will be on the subject, “The Church
and the Crisis in International Af
fairs”.
Dean House is well-known through
out the state of North Carolina
through his many addresses and bac
calaureate sermons. A native of
Halifax County, Dr. House received
his A. B. degree from the University
of North Carolina, his Master’s de
gree from Harvard, and has been
( awarded an honorary LL. D. by
Lenoir-Rhyne College. As an under
graduate he was active in YMCA
work, winner of the Eban Alexander
Prize in Greek, president of Phi Beta
■ Kappa, and editor of The Carolina
1 Magazine. During the first World
1 War Dr. House served as a first
lieutenant with the 25th Division in
France. 1
Prior to his appointment as execu
’ tive secretary of the University in
’ 1926, Dean House had taught at
1 Greensboro High School, had served
as secretary and archivist of the
’ North Carolina Historical and Liter
ary Commission, and had been a
member of the Summer School
faculty at State College. He has
also served as a member of the Pub
lic Archives Commission of the
Aemrican Historical Commission. His
popularity with the student body of
the University of North Carolina was
> well demonstrated by the fact that
in a student poll conducted on the
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Wildlife Club Will
Meet October 4th
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i Election of New Officers
! Principal Item of
.[ Business
> The regular meeting of the Chow
• an County Wildlife Club will be held
■ Monday night, October 4, at 7:30
■ o’clock in the Court House. The prin
i cipal business to be transacted at
l this meeting will be the election of
t new officers for the year. Because of
’ this important affair, all members
are urged to be present and take part
: in naming the slate of officers.
I Present officers are: President, J.
I R. Byrum; vice president, Carey Hol-
I lowell; secretary, Oscar Duncan; and
treasurer, George Hoskins.
time when our polio research is begin
ning to show' real pronjise, or appeal
ing to the public for special funds be
fore the 1949 March of Dimes.
“North Carolina, has been classified
under the second group, and a state
pool already has been set up under
the leadership of the North Carolina
Polio Fund Committee. I urge you
to cooperate to the fullest extent with
your committee. The success of our
program, in your community and
every community, depends on immedi
ate action. We are in this battle to
gether. I know you will not fail
America’s children.” •
Information from the State office
is to the effect that all 1949 county
quotas will be doubled over last year,
and that the State’s quota wall be a
million dollars.
Chowan County had no polio cases
during the present epidemic in North
Carolina, so that half of all local
funds was sent to State headquarters
some time ago to help meet the state
emergency, leaving little more in the
local treasury for use in event any
polio cases developed.
This county fell far short of its
quota this year, so that the local
chapter is being urged to make plans
to receive more support in the next
March of Dimes campaign which will
be held in January.
Flaits Ire Completed For
Junior Chamber Commerce
District Meeting Oct. 2-3
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Sunday Speaker j
DR. ROBERT B. HOUSE
Beginning a series of Sunday
night services throughout Oc
tober, planned by the Rev. W. L.
Freeman, pastor of the Edenton
Methodist Church, Dr. Robert B.
House, Chancellor of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, will
speak at the first service Sunday
night at 8 o’clock in the Eden
ton High School auditorium. The
public is cordially invited.
Edenton Aces Play
Elizabeth City High
7-7 Tie Game Friday
Yellow Jackets Rally In
Closing Minutes to
Tie Score
Although outplaying the Elizabeth
City Yellow Jackets in Elizabeth City
Friday night, the best the Edenton
Aces could do was to wind up with a
7-7 tie score. . It was the first tie
score registered in the 21 times the.
two schools have met on the grid-,
iron since 1926.
The Aces were out in front 7-0 from
the latter part of the second quarter
until the waning seconds of the game,
when a series of Yellow Jacket passes
clicked to net a touchdown and the
extra point made to tie the score.
While both teams made 11 first
downs, the Aces gained over 200
yards on the ground, while the Jack
ets were held to only 91 yards. In the
air, however, the Jackets completed
six of nine passes, almost all near the
end of the game, which netted 83
yards, while the Aces gained only 12
yards by the air route.
The Aces were penalized four times, |
as the result of which they lost 40
yards. There were no penalties called
against the Yellow Jackets.
The Elizabeth City football. field
was crowded with fans from Elizabeth
City and Edenton, with the crack
Elizabeth City High School Band per
forming in college football style,
which delighted the huge crowd
of spectators.
For the Aces, Russell Wheeler,
Earl Goodwin and Jack Habit should
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Mrs. Corle B. White
Lions Club Speaker
Film Presented at Meet
ing Showing Various
Handicaps
Mrs. Corie White, manager of the
Edenton Employment Office, was the
principal speaker at the Lions Club
meeting Monday night, when she
spoke about the employment of the
physically handicapped. She explain
ed that the ranks of the handicapped
have swollen in .recent years not only
by disabilities incurred on the battle
field, but by accidents in factories, in
homes, on the streets and highways,
on farms and by illness and disease.
Following her remarks a film was
shown by Robert Marsh, in which
was featured the various handicaps
experienced by thousands of persons.
$2.00 Per Year.
In Neighborhood of 200
Visitors Expected to
Attend
TOUR PLANNED
Ahoskie Jaycees Assist
ing Edenton Group in
Staging Affair
Plans were completed this week
for the Eastern District meeting of
the Junior Chamber .of Commerce
which will be held in Edenton Satur
day and Sunday, October 2 and 3.
The Edenton Club will be assisted by
members of the Ahoskie Club in hold
ing the meeting, with Jaycees from
both towns taking active parts in
various phases of the get-together
meeting.
The meeting will begin at 2:30
Saturday afternoon, when registra
tion at Hotel Joseph Hewes will be
in progress until 5 o’clock. From
5:30 to 7 o’clock a cocktail party will
be held at the Legion Hut Cocktail
lounge. At 9:30 an informal ball will
begin in the Legion hut ballroom,
which will be a gala affair. Many
decorations and novelties will be pro
vided to make the party attractive
and interesting.
At 9 o’clock Sunday morning break
i fast will be served at the Hotel Jo
seph Hewes Coffee Shop, and from
10 to 12:30 the Jaycees will attend
to district business. While the busi
ness meeting is in session a tour of
Edenton has been arranged for the
Jayceetes and other Jaycees not at
tending the meeting. This tour will
be conducted by Mrs. Charles Wales.
From 1 to 2:30 o’clock a luncheon
] will be held at the Legion Hut. This
will be a rather informal affair, with
possibly brief remarks by outstanding
Jaycees. For those’who desire to
play golf, this recreation will be in
progress from 2:30 to 6 o’clock. The
Edenton Country Club has thrown
open the golf course for use by the
Jaycees free of charge.
Included in the district are 29
Junior Chamber of Commerce Clubs,
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Rev.E. LWellsWill
Fill Pulpit Sunday
Hour of Evening Ser
vices Change to 7:30
October Ist
Both morning and evening services
1 will be held at the Baptist Church
Sunday, the morning service at 11
o’clock and the evening service at
7:30 o’clock. The Rev. E. L. Wells
will preach at both services in the
1 absence of the pastor, the Rev. R. N.
Carroll. It is expected that Mr. Car
roll will return around October 8, in
| time to fill the pupit for both services
on Sunday week, October 10.
It is customary to change the meet
ing hour for all evening services of
the Baptist Church each year in Oc
tober. Accordingly, the Bible study
hour, led by W. J. Berryman, will
change its meeting hour this Friday,
October 1; the evening worship ser
vice Sunday night and the mid-w'eek
prayer service Wednesday night, led
by Scott Harrell, will all be held at
the new hour of 7:30 P. M. The
Training Union will begin meeting at
6:15 P. M. Sunday night.
Special attention is called to this
change in hour applying to all even
ing services of the Church from Oc
tober 1 through the duration of the
fall and winter months.
New Books Received
By Edenton Library
The Shepard-Pruden Memorial
Library has just received a group of
new books, according to Mrs. Sidney
McMullan, librarian.
Included in the list are:
“Tomorrow Will be Better,” by
Betty Smith; “Shannon’s Way,” by
1 A. J. Cronin; “A Candle for St.
Jude,” by Rumer Godden; “Loved
One,” by Evelyn Waugh; “Lucinda
Brayford”, by Martin Boyd; “The
Cleft Rock,” bv Alice Tisdale Hobert;
“The Heart of the Matter,” by Gra
ham Greene; “It’s Greek to Me,” by
, Willie Snow Ethridge; “Melissa,” by
Taylor Caldwell; “Westward Ho!,”
i by S. J. Perelman; “The White
i Leopard,” a tale of the African bush,
s by Inglis Fletcher; “The Permanent
. Goethe, 1 r by Thomas Mann.