Volume XV.—Number 42.
Delegation At Meeting Os
Town Council Seeks Relief
From Noise At Lumber Mill
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Council Has No Juris
diction Is Opinion of
Town Attorney
SHORT~MEETING
Town Is Backing Cam
paign Against Rats
Next Week
Town Councilmen at their regular
meeting Tuesday night were confront
ed with a delegation of North Eden
ton residents who registered a com
plaint in connection with blowing of a
whistle at the Halsey Hardwood Com
pany and the release of excess steam
when the plant is not in operation.
At a previous meeting a petition was
presented signed 4>y over 50 people
living nearby, so that spokesmen for
Tuesday night’s delegation sought an
answer to the petition.
Town Attorney J. N. Pruden was
present at the meeting and after
hearing complaints and delving into
Town ordinances, he was asked what
authority Town Council had in effect
ing a remedy for the situation. Mr.
Pruden’s opinion was that Town
Council is a law-making body, and
that an ordinance is on the books
relative to nuisances, so that the only
remedy for those affected by the
blowing of whistles and noise caused
by releasing excess steaip is in the
courts. His opinion was that Town
Council has no jurisdiction in the
matter and that any grievance will
have to be settled in court.
Some time was given to discussion
of the rat control campaign which is
now scheduled to be held next Thurs
day, October 21. It was the general
opinion that citizens join wholeheart
edly in this campaign in order to
make it more effective. Mayor Leroy
Haskett, as well as members of the
Board, are appealing to every person
in Edenton to secure some of the poi
son bait and distribute it about prem
ises. The Town will cooperate and
place a large quantity at the city
dump. Mayor Haskett was authoriz
ed to work with County Agent C. W.
Overman in making the drive effec
tive and successful.
Anyone who will cooperate is urged
to place the order for poison bait
with Mr. Overman at once.
William P.'Jones, commanding of
ficer of the Edenton Cannon Com
pany, reported that some repairs to
the armory are absolutely necessary
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Larson Speaker At
Meeting Os PTA
Sextet of Students Pro
vides Special Music
At Meeting
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Associa
tion met Tuesday of last week, with
the president, Mrs. L. A. Patterson,
presiding, and Fenton Larson, prin
cipal of the Edenton school, making
a brief address.
A feature of the meeting was a
musical program directed by, Mrs.
David Browning, which included two
numbers, “Sylvia”, and “Dusolina”,
an Italian folk song, by a sextet,
members of which were Carolyn
Swindell, Syble Cayton, Marion Har
rell, Jane Spry, Jimmie Earnhardt
and John Harney.
It was announced that the PTA
district meeting will be held in Wind
sor Thursday, October 28. All mem
bers who plan to attend are asked
to contact Mrs. Patterson as early
as possible so that transportation
can be arranged. >
_ At the conclusion of the meeting
tea was served.
C. Os C. Directors To
Meet This Morning
Directors of the Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Association
are requested to meet this (Thurs
day) morning at 11 o’clock in the
Chamber of Commerce office. The
new president, Marvin Wilson,
* desires, the directors to review various
c projects and committee activities, as
well as to make new assignments.
Suggestions are invited from the
entire membership in' the town and
county to the end that the ensuing
L year will reflect even more activity
L than was the case during the pre
n vious year.
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At the annual meeting of the
Chowan Chamber of Commerce
and Merchants Association, held
Thursday night, Marvin P. Wil
son was elected president, suc
ceeding H. A. Campen. Mr. Wil
son is a former secretary of the
organization and will meet with
the directors at a meeting sched
uled for this (Thursday) morn
ing.
Dr. EUen Winston
Speaks In Edenton
Next Sunday Night
Third To Speak In Series
Os Meetings During
October
Dr. Ellen Winston, Commissioner
of Public Welfare for the State of
North Carolina, will deliver an ad
dress in the auditorium of Edenton
High School on Sunday evening at 8
o’clock on “The Church and the Crisis
In Society.” Dr. Winston’s address
will be the third in the current series
being presented by the Methodist
Church of Edenton on the theme “The
Church and the Contemporary Crisis.”
Having been born in Swain County
of North Carolina, Dr. Winston at
tered the public schools of North
Carolina. After her graduation from
i college, she attended the University
of Chicago, where she was awarded
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Dr.. Winston has had wide experience
in attempting to find solutions to the
basic problems of society. Immedi
ately following the completion of her
graduate studies at the University of
Chicago, she held various research po
sitions with a number of Federal
agencies, as well as with the National
Economic and Social Planning Asso
■ ciation and. with the Carnegie Cor
poration of New York. As a result
. of these activities and other interests
, she has written extensively in the
i fields of social and economic problems.
, For four years Dr. Winston was
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Junior Woman’s Club
Bridge Party Tonight
i Edenton’g Junior Woman’s Club
will sponsor a bridge party tonight
■ (Thursday) at 8 o’clock at Hotel Jo
-1 seph Hewes, when refreshments will
r be served and prizes awarded.
i The affair was planned in an ef
fort to help raise funds with which
r to stage another community Hollow
e’en party to be held on the play
grounds at Hicks Field, so that it is
hoped many will attend tonight’s
party.
f Those who desire to play bridge at
- the party are requested to bring their
i cards.
\ Licenses Necessary To
Operate Peanut Pickers
5 Register of Deeds M. L. Bunch
3 this week reminds peanut picker and
combine operators that they are re
i quired to obtain a license whether
1 the machines are used for public or
f private work. Securing licenses is
r required by law and they can now be
- had at Mr. 'Bunch’s office -in the
Court House.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 14,1948.
Junior Woman’s Club
Planning Hallowe’en
Party For Children
Affair Will Again Be
Held on Hicks Field
October 28
Again this year the Edenton
Junior Woman’s Club is planning to
sponsor a mammoth Hallowe’en party
on the playground at Hicks Field
for the benefit of the children of the
community. Last year’s party, it
will be remembered,' exceeded all ex
pectations both as to the calibre of
entertainment provided and the num
ber in attendance so that the success
of the affair was the general topic
of conversation in Edenton for sev
eral days later.
The party will take place Thurs
day evening, October 28, and ad
vance reports reflect an even more
outstanding affair than last year.
All children will be asked to meet
on the Court House Green at 6:30
o’clock, from where they wifi follow
the Edenton High School Band in a
parade to the playground.
An added feature which will please
the youngsters as well as grown-ups
will be a professional clown in the
person of Dr. L. S. Holland of Suf
folk. An effort was made last year
to secure Mr. Holland for the party,
but he was unable to attend.
The playground wifi be roped off
and extensively decorated appro
priate for Hallowe’en and no children
wjll be admitted unless they are in
costume.
Os course, all of the entertainment
in keeping with Hallowe’en wifi be
provided for the kiddies, and mem
bers of the club look forward to a
most delightful and successful party,
especially if last year’s first effort
is any indication.
H. A. Campen will again “engineer”
the affair, which is assurance that
nothing will be left undone for the
entertainment and enjoyment of the
kiddies.
Chowan County Rat
Campaign Postponed
Thursday, October 21, Is
Set as Definite Day
For “War”
To date orders have been received
from 80 people who wish to par
ticipate in the rat control campaign
originally scheduled for October 15,
says C. W. Overman, county agent.
Mr. Overman states that orders for
bait are coming in continually and
the Extension workers feel that it
wifi be well to continue the campaign
to Thursday of next week, October
21, thereby giving more people an
opportunity to get their ' orders in
and to make the campaign more ef
fective.
All people who are interested in
controlling rats on their premises
should take advantage of this op
portunity to cooperate with others
in killing out these miserable pests.
The red squill poison to be used in
this bait is deadly to rats but has
proven harmless to domestic animals.
“Remember, rats travel from farm
to farm and from building to build
ing,” says Mr. Overman, “therefore
it is necessary that every farm hav
ing rats cooperate in order to make
the program most effective.”
Orders for rat bait are being taken
at the County and Home Agents’ of
fices. It is SI.OO for a three-pound
package and 50 cents for 1 % pound
package.
“We don’t expect to postpone this
campaign again,” Mr. Overman in
formed The Herald, “so take ad
vantage of it by placing your order
for bait at once.”
| LIST HOUSES «HD ROOMS WITH C. OF C.
“Already we are getting in
quiries concerning living quarters
from officers and their wives in
New York City and Cherry
Point,” stated Peter Carlton,
manager of the local Chamber of
Commerce, early this week.
“Some folks have listed their
places with us as possible
sources, whether vacant at pres
ent or not. Housing will be more
acute than it. is now. We know
that the people of Edenton and
surrounding communities will
want to help relieve the situation.
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i War Not Inevitable
i But Action Needed,
i Says Robtßumber
i Series of Crises Proves
_ Deficiency, He Tells
Audience
[ “Living through a series of crises
, shows something is deficient in our
lives,” Stated Dr. Robert Lee Humber
in the school auditorium Sunday
night as the third speaker in a series
of meetings sponsored by the Meth
odist Church throughout October on
the general theme, “The Church and
, the Contemporary Crisis.”
Mr. Humber referred to conditions
in Europe, where, he said, “one false
move would release an avalanche
which would sweep humanity over
the precipice. One thing is certain,
we face .Providence and we should
pray to God that the curse of war
will not fall on three consecutive
i generations. Unless we banish war,
war will banish civilization.”
Mr. Humber said that this genera
-1 tion goes into the record as waging
two wars and the record cannot be
changed as he cited the number of
people killed and the damage wrought
by the two world conflicts. He em
. phasized the fact that in some coun
: tries the leadership has been lost for
several _ generations, saying that
■ “youth cannot be destroyed and ex
pect to maintain leadership”.
The speaker said war debt has
been pyramided on future generations
and that more morttey has been spent
for war the first 12 days in October
than has been saved for
of learning in 300 years.
“War is not inevitable,” said Mr.
1 Humber, “but in order to prevent it,
some action must be taken.” He
presented .an indictment • against
■ diplomacy, asking if diplomacy has
• ever presented a war. It means, he
said, either to surrender or flight
a criminal and that there should be
a middle ground as a means to settle
! matters beside wars. Treaties, res
-1 olutions and like instruments do not
prevent warjt?’.v stated. •
“Law breeds order,” said the
■ speaker, “and law is the basic foun
dation of any community. Under the
law man is free, but outside the law
I he is not free.” Mr. Humber then
explained the underlying principle of
the United World Federalists, which
Nriefly is policing the world on the
, same basis as any American com
-1 munity is policed, so that any guilty
culprit can be punished and not an
entire country for the violations of
law on the part of one or a small
group.
I , Every generation has a supreme
• task,” said Dr. Humber in closing,
! “and an Auditor is coming l to audit
the account of this generation. The
problem is in the hands of the Amer
! ican people.”
; Marguerite Nixon
■ Elected President
4-H County Council
! Other Officers Named
; At Meeting Held
Last Week
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At a meeting of the 4-H County
> Council held Wednesday night of last
. week, officers for the new year were
> elected. Marguerite Nixon was elect
ed president; Herbert Ray Lane, vice
i president; Clara 'White, secretary
- treasurer; Kelly ‘Byrum, assistant sec
-1 retary; Malcolm Copeland and Beat-
I rice Evans, song leaders; Audrey
Pearce, reporter and Flora Hare, as
-3 sistant reporter. These officers will
- be installed after the observance of
- Achievement Day.
• Twenty-three members were pres
ent at the meeting.
With the way prices of living
are now, no one would be averse
to adding a little to their in
comes through the renting of
rooms and apartments.
“Many people in the county
and on farms probably never
thought of the possibility of rent
ing rooms to tourists and to the
influx of people who will soon
flock to our community. Many
people realize good incomes from
this source alone. One man is
putting up a three-room apart
ment especially for this purpose.
Can some of you do the same?”
Marvin P. Wilson Elected
New President Os Chamber
Os Commerce Friday Night
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DR. ELLEN WINSTON
Scheduled as the third speaker
in a series of meetings each ,
Sunday night during October,
Dr. Ellen Winston, Commissioner
of Public Welfare for the state
of North Carolina will speak on
the subject “The Church and the
Crisis In Society” in the high ,j
school auditorium next Sunday
night at 8 o’clock. The series of ]
; meetings is sponsored by the
Methodist Church, but the public
is cordially invited to hear Mrs. <
, Winston.
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Ventriloquist At
School Auditorium j
On Friday Afternoon
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; Entertainment Sponsor
ed By School Athletic
' Association
1 Jimmy Nelson, popular ventril- 1
! oquist, humorist and entertainer, will
present a program with his mischiev
ous little friend, Danny O’Day, in the
1 high school auditorium Friday after
■ noon at 2:15 o’clock. The entertain
ment is sponsored by the High School
Athletic Association in an effort to j
! raise funds for the football team, so;
’ that it is hoped many will attend
' the performance. Mr. Nelson ?v
" pears under the direction of School j
Assemblies, of which Robert E. Roth
of Greensboro is director.
Mr. Nelson’s programs are infor
mational, clean and wholesome, a
feature of which is a short, instruct
ive description of ventriloquism, its j
origin and history. He has broad- j
cast for a number of weeks on a
coast-to-coast program “Junior Junc-
I tion”, and has been favorably com
pared with the best artists, including
Edgar Bergen and the Great Lester.
Mr. Nelson has had wide experience
| with school audiences, and his pro
' gram is designed to be both educa
tional and entertaining.
Forum By BPW Friday
iNight In Court House
Clerk of Court Spires
Will Be Principal
Speaker
1 In keeping with the program of the
f Business and Professional Women’s
Club, of which this week has been
- proclaimed as National Week, the
women ,of the Chowan County or
ganization wifi hold a forum in the
Court House at 8 o’clock Friday even
ing of this week.
Clerk of Court E. W. Spires wifi
speak on the subject of the various
* political parties and their candidates.
Also an open forum will follow, in
which questions and answers wifi be
forthcoming, as well as a general
discussion of the political parties.
In view of the approaching <?eneral
Election, the subject should prove
an interesting one and the general
public is cordially invited to attend,
Miss Rebeccd Colwell, president, an
nounced today.
Due to the theme of National Bus
iness Women’s Week being “Use
Your Vote in ’4B”, everybody is urged
to register before October 30 and
cast their ballot in the general elec
tion Tuesday, November 2nd.
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! Annual Banquet Held In
American Legion Hut
At Air Station
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166 PRESENT
Gillette Urges Develop
ment of Ports and
Waterways
One hundred sixty-six persons at
tended the annual banquet of the
Chowan County Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Association
which was held at the American Le
gion hut Friday night. A delightful
turkey dinner was served by mem
bers of the Legion Auxiliary.
.President H. A. Campen presided
over the meeting, which was opened
by singing “America”, led by C. W.
Overman, and invocation by the. Rev.
Harold W. Gilmer.
Following the dinner J. Clarence
Leary, a member of the nominating
committee presented the slate of of
ficers, all of whom were subsequent
ly elected as follows:
President, Marvin Wilson; vice
president, P. S. McMullan; treasurer,
James Bond; directors, H. A. Cam
pen, Edward Wozelka, Miss Sadie
Day, J. E. Wood, J. P. Partin, Earl
Harrell, E. N. Elliott, Percy Perry,
Herbert Hollowell, Walter Holton,
M. A. Hughes, R. N. Hines, John
Graham, George Twiddy, J. H. Con
ger and J. Clarence Leary. Im
mediately following the election, the
officers were installed by John A.
Holmes.
Next on the program was award
ing certificates to past officers and
directors of the organization. Post
humous awards were made to Frank
Wood, Thomas Shepard, H. G. Wood,
M. F. Bond, Jr., J. G. Campen, W. D.
Pruden as past presidents; D. M.
Warren as past director. Other
'awards went to the following: J. H.
McMullan, John A. Holmes, J. H.
Conger, J. W. Davis, J. Clarence
Leary, Ralph Parrish, Jesse L. Har
rell and Geddes Potter as past presi
dents; R. N. Hines, past vice presi
dent; E. W. Spires, Fred P. Wood,
P. S. McMullan, John Mitchener, O.
B. Perry, William P. Jones, ,Guy
Boyce, L. S. Byrum, R. H. Bachman,
T. C. Byrum, W. M. Wilkins, David
Holton, Earl Goodwin, Frank Elliott,
W. E. Malone, Henry Gardner, J.
Edwin Bufflap, J. R. Peele, John W.
Graham, R. F. Elliott and H. A.
Campen as past directors; W. J.
i Berryman, Marvin Wilson, Mrs.
Charles I’. Wales and Mrs. Grace
Dobson Sawyer as past secretaries
on a non-professional basis.
Walter Holton, president of the
Albemarle League, nresented the
i beautiful William S. Elijott trophy
to Marvin Wilson, president of the
Edenton Colonials, which will be
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Junior Woman’s Club
Again Wins Honor At
16th District Meeting
Awarded Silver Pitcher
Second Time For Out
standing Work
Edenton’s Junior Woman’s Club
was signally honored at the annual
meeting of the 16th District held
last week at Murfreesboro, when for
the second time the club was award
ed a silver pitcher for outstanding
club in the district. Members of the
Edenton Club who attended the meet
ing were Mrs. John Kramer, Mrs.
Ralph Parrish, Mrs. R. N. Hines, Mrs.
David Holton and Mrs. Frank Holmes.
Eighty-two women were present
from the Various clubs in the dis
trict, with a delightful program
which culminated with a tour of
Chowan College. Those taking part
on the program were Miss Frances
Carawan, Mrs. E. S. Britt, Miss
Ethel Parker, the Rev. W. F. Taylor,
Mrs. H. L. Evans, Mrs. P. P. Gregory,
Mrs. Edwin P. Brown, second vice
■ president of the N. C. Federation of
Women’s Clubs, and Mrs. James A.
Gupton, president of the N. C. Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs, who made
■ the principal address. Special music
I was provided by Miss Ann Campbell
I and the Murfreesboro High School
• Glee Club under the direction of Miss
Frances Carawan.
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