Volume XV.—Number 44.
Edenton’s Multi-Million Dollar
Peanut Market Opens This Week
DeliveriesToTwoMillslncreasing
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Local Millers Especially Urge Growers to Be Sure
Crop Is Thoroughly Dry and In Good Con
dition Before Picking
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Edenton’s multi-million dollar pea
nut market, the largest Jumbo mar
ket in the world, officially opened this
week and already both of its mills,
AlbeWrle IPeanut Company and the
Edenton Peanut Company, are in
operation. Initial milling, they re
port, reveals only poor to fair quality
but they are hopeful that later pick
ed peanuts will materially improve
in grade if not in weight.
Only light picking has occurred to
date but with favorable weather
deliveries to the two mills should
greatly increase in volume the week
of November 1.
Edenton’s two plants clean and
shell thousands of tons of farmers
stock annually not only from Chowan
County but from the whole Carolina
area. Both are quality millers and
this year they especially urge all
growers to make sure that their crop
is thoroughly dry and in good con
dition before picking. This is highly
essential this season as end-users
are not only quality but price con
scious. In this connection it is re
ported that many processors are us
ing substitutes whenever possible
due to price.
Damaged peanuts as well as for
eign material carry a penalty and
damp peanuts are not wanted by
either the mills or the Government.
Last season damp peanuts could be
purchased for diversion into oil but
this year it can only be done at a
much heavier discount.
It is generally believed that sup
port prices will prevail but should
the crop exceed trade requirements
both mills have been designated Gov
ernment buying agencies and will buy
.for Commodity Credit Corporation.
, Should this condition develop support
[ prices will be paid but growers must
deliver to the platforms of the par
ticipating agencies.
Students Take Over
Town’s Government
For One Day, Nov. 8
Feature of Observance
Os American Educa
tion Week
Members of the Student Council
will • have charge of the Town of
( Edenton’s government, for at least
one day, according to plans worked
out by Mayor Leroy Haskett and
Fenton Larson, principal of the
, Edenton school.
With the observance of American
I Education Week from November 7 to
• 13, the students will ' serve in every
{ department of the town’s govern
• ment as a feature of the observance
j on Monday, November 8.
j Those who are chosen to serve in
1 the various offices will also attend
i the November meeting of Town
t Council Tuesday night, November 9,
• in order to gain an insight on the
j workings of Town Council.
Bird Dog Field Trial
At Base On Nov. 3rd
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Public Invited to Enjoy
Day of Sport By Cho
wan Wildlife Club
| J. R. Byrum, president of the Cho
i wan County Wildlife Club, announced
a early this week that there will be a
* T bird dog field trial held at the Eden
|. ton Air Station on Wednesday, No
• vembeif 3rd. This trial is sponsored
' by the Chowan Wildlife Club, and is
‘ an amateur field trial only. Any dog
' having won in a field trial before is
disqualified to participate.
All dogs must be from Chowan
County. Entrance fee will be $2.00
per dog, and all money will go back
to the dogs as prizes.
Si Those taking part in this trial are
. i required to have their dogs registered
jk at the gate by 8 o’clock, and the draw
jft ing will take place at 8:30 o’clock.
||. The public is cordially invited to at
g tend the trials and enjoy the sport,
■ which will be free.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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The Rev. W. L. Freeman, pas
tor of the Edenton Methodist
Church, announced early this
week that “owing to circum
stances beyond our control the
address of Dr. Mark Depp on
next Sunday evening in the
Edenton High School auditorium
has been cancelled.” The address
of Dr. Depp was to have been
the final in the series on “The
Church and the Contemporary
Crisis”, sponsored by the Metho
dist Chnrch of Edenton.
The series brought to Edenton
on previous Sunday evenings
during this month Chancellor
Robert B. House of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, Dr. Rob
ert Lee Humber, vice president
of United World Federalists, Dr.
Ellen Winston, Commissioner of
Public Welfare for the State of
North Carolina, and Dr. Sylvester
Green, editor of the Durham
Morning Herald.
Mr. Freeman gave no reason
for cancellation of the final
speaker, but it is presumed to be
due to the apparent lack of in
terest and attendance to hear
these outstanding speakers.
General Election On
Tap Next Tuesday
Apparently Little Inter
est to Choose Presi
dent of U. S.
The stage is all set for voters in
Chowan County to join with the vot
ers of the entire nation to select a
President of the United States in a
general election to be held next Tues
day, November 2. Despite the ap
parent interest throughout the nation,
there is no evidence of any degree
of interest locally. Polling places
will be open to vote from 6:30 A. M.
to 6:30 P. M.
With no local contests, a com
paratively light vote is expected. A
number of Democrats have made
statements that they will not vote
for either President Truman, Demo
cratic candidate, or Governor Thomas
Dewey, the Republican aspirant.
There is little' belief that either
Henry Wallace, Progressive, or Gov
ernor J. Strom Thurmond, ( States’
Rights party candidates, will receive
many Chowan County votes.
Aside from President and State of
ficials, the voters in this district will
cast their ballots for Herbert Q. Bon
ner for Congressman, J. E. Winslow
and W. I. Halstead for State Sen
ators, Walter Cohoon for solicitor.
In the county the Democratic can
didates have no opposition and in
clude the following: J. H. McMullan,
Representative; Marvin Wilson, Judge
Recorder’s Court; Weldon Hollowell,
County Solicitor; Maurice Bunch,
Register of Deeds; George C. Hos
kins, County Treasurer; W. W. By
rum, A. S. Hollowell, J. R. Peele, E.
N. Elliott and J. A. Webb, County
Commissioners.
PTA Meet Postponed
To Tuesday, Nov. 9
Due to the observance of National
Education Week, the Edenton Parent-
Teacher Association meeting will be
.postponed from November 2 to 9.
The meeting will be held in the school
library at 2:30 o’clock with the guest
speaker being Miss Rosa Lee An
drews, field representative of the
North Carolina Education Association.
BPW Club Square
Dance Saturday Night
Edenton’s Business and 'Profession
al Women’s Club will sponsor its
fourth square dance in the Edenton
armory Saturday night, October 29.
This affair will be in the form of a
Hallowe’en barn dance and the
armory will be appropriately decorat
ed for the occasion.
Favors and prizes will be given
and'a large attendance is expected.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, October 28,1948 =
Lions White Cane
Sale Saturday To
Help Blind People
Proceeds of Sale Will Be
Used For Work In
County
The White Cane sale, sponsored by
the Edenton Lions Club, will be held
Saturday as the culmination of a week
of an enrollment drive held by the
North Carolina State Association for
the Blind. Local Lions have enrolled
in the association, so that all of the
funds derived from the sale of the
white canes will be used locally to pay
the salary of a case worker and work
among the blind in the county.
School girls will sell the canes Sat
urday and it is hoped citizens in gen
eral will generously support the drive.
To give some idea of the work done
by the case worker, W. J. Taylor, sec
retary of the Lions Club, reports the
following activity for the months of
July, August and September, which is
typical of the work done throughout
the year.
Thirty-eight home visits were made
for varied purposes, including adjust
ment*services and working with blind
individuals as much as possible.
Ten eye examinations were author
ized and arranged, and glasses secur
ed for six persons. Arrangements for
hospitalization for medical eye care
was made for one person, and reports
reveal that two other persons need
treatment at a medical center to cor
rect conditions responsible for blind
ness. Arrangements were made for
one child to have milk to supplement •
an adequate diet.
The case worker tried to initiate I
| interest in crafts wherever possible, j
Four peopl" made leather articles for ;
sale, ten people crocheted rugs, five
people helped cultivate gardens. A
talking book machine was received
and talking book records were order
ed by this person. Instructions in
learning to read and write Braille
were given to one person. Braille
reading material was secured for two
persons.
The Edenton Lions Club purchased
a violin for a blind girl who attends
a school for the blind, and the case
* worker presented her with the violin.
Brive Begins Nov. 1
For Little Symphony
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Orchestra Concert
Thomas Byrum announced Tuesday
that a membership drive for the
North Carolina Little Symphony Or
chestra will begin Monday, Novem
ber 1, and continue throughout the
week. If enough memberships are
secured, the concert will be presented
in Edenton some time in February,
with a free concert in the afternoon
for school children.
Mr. Byrum stated -that the mem
bership fee is $2.40, and that' $750
will have to be raised to secure the
concert. He also stated that a holder
of a membership card is entitled to
attend any concert presented in the
State by either the Big or Little Sym
phony Orchestra.
Members of the local organization
are Tom Byrum, chairman; the Rev.
W. L. Freeman, vice chairman; Mrs.
Corie White, secretary, and Earl Har
rell, treasurer.
This group hope enough people will
be interested in order to bring the or
chestra to Edenton.
BAPTIST W. M. U. INSTITUTE
IN LOCAL CHURCH TUESDAY
A study and community missions
institute of the Chowan Baptist As
sociation Women’s Missionary Union
will be held in'the Edenton Baptist
Church Tuesday, November 2. The
institute will begin at 10 o’clock in
the morning.
Mrs. Gordon -Maddrey, the State
mission study chairpian and Mrs. W.
E. White, divisional community mis
sion chairman, are among the out
standing teachers.
All leaders from the 60 churches
in the association are urged to attend
and each is requested to bring lunch.
Contract Is Awarded
For Gym-Garage At
Chowan High School
Building and Architect’s
Fee Will Amount to
$70,650.70
At a second opening of bids Tues
day, contracts were awarded for the
construction of. a gymnasium and gar
age at Chowan High School. The en
tire cost of the project amounts to
$70,650.70, which includes the 5% ar
chitect’s fee.
The contract for general construc
tion was awarded J. L. Batton & Bro.
for $52,995. W. M. Wiggins of Wil
son was awarded the heating contract
for $6,791. High’s, Inc., of Wilson
was awarded the contract for plumb
ing and fixtures for $5,350, and the
electric wiring contract went to Hub
Electric Company of Greenville' for
$2,150, for a total construction cost
of $67,286, plus the architect’s fee.
An appropriation of $75,000 has
been set up for the building, so that
the balance will be used for purchas
ing equipment, including bleachers,
chairs, furniture, etc.
The building will be cinder block
and brick, with a 20-year guaranteed
roof. It will be provided with shower
and dressing rooms for boys and
girls, an office, waiting rooms for
men and women, a serving counter,
ticket booth and will seat 600 people.
The floor will be concrete with a
50x80 wood covering in the center for
a playing court, which will be up to
high school standards.
Attached to the gymnasium will be
a building which will house the school
garage. It is expected that the
building will be completed ir. about
six months.
Hertford-Edenton
Meet On. Gridiron j
| Next Friday Night
Os 25 Games Played, In
dians Hold Edge of
12 to 10 Victories
Two ancient gridiron foes, the
Edenton Aces and the Perquimans
Indians,will meet in a football game
Friday night at 8 o’clock on Memorial
Field in Hertford, which is expected
to attract a large crowd of fans from
both teams. The rivalry between
the two teams dates back to 1926,
When Edentpn High first began to
play football.
Twenty-five games have been play
ed during that period, with the In
dians claiming a slight advantage,
having won 12 games. The Aces
won 10 and there were three tie
games played. Last year the two
teams met twice, with the Aces tak-
I ing both games 13-0 and 14-13.
This year the Hertford outfit has
been among the leaders in. the Albe
marle Conference, while the Aces
have a perfect record in the North
eastern Conference. Edenton has
won six games played. Os course,
the Edenton-Elizabeth City game re
sulted in a 7-7 tie, but reports have
it that the game was forfeited to
Edenton due to the Yellow Jackets
playing an ineligible player. Other
victims of the Aces are Greenville,
Swansboro, New Bern, Roanoke Rap
ids and Tarboro.
Both Edenton and Hertford squads
are expected to be in good shape for
the game, and while the Aces are
considered to be somewhat stronger
than Hertford, a battle royal is ex
pected.
The Edenton Band is expected to
accompany the Aces to Hertford and
help encourage the boys to down
their arch rival.
Edenton Featured In
DAR Souvenir Booklet
Mrs. J. M. Jones, regent of the lo
cal DAR Chapter, is in receipt of a
beautiful souvenir program booklet
which was printed in connection with
the dedication of administration and
music buildings at Crossmore school
at Crossmore, N. C., October 22.
In the booklet appears many at
tractive pictures of North Carolina
scenes, ‘with one page devoted to
Edenton, which features the famed
Edenton Tea Party House. All of
the historical sites are listed, with
the page sponsored by Edenton ad
vertisers.
The booklet was distributed among
national DAR .officers and honor
guests, with a number sent to local
people.
Stage Is Set For Mammoth
Edenton Hallowe’en Party
For Local Kiddies Tonight
Party Feature
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Pictured above is Dr. L. C.
Holland of Suffolk and his duck
“Pink Lemonade” as they will
appear in Edenton’s mammoth
community Hallowe’en party to
night (Thursday). Dr. Holland’s
hobby is clowning and he is a
professional in the field.
Legion Auxiliary
Will Again Send
Gifts To Veterans
Contributions Must Be
Delivered Before No
vember 12
As in former years, the American
Legion Auxiliary is planning to pre
sent Christmas gifts to service men
who are still confined to hospitals,
as well as those who will go between
now and Christmas, The plan is part
of the Auxiliary’s rehabilitation pro
gram.
Mrs. Jesse White, rehabilitation j
chairman for the Edenton unit of the
Legion Auxiliary, is urging every
member of the Auxiliary, as well as
the public in general, to contribute
gifts and the gifts will he divided
and mailed to three hospitals, Oteen,
Swannanoa and Fayetteville.
, Mrs. White says there are 1,000
men at Oteen, 600 at Swannanoa and
400 at Fayetteville. These gifts are
for hospitalized men who can select
gifts of their choice to send home to
their families without, cost to them.
Following are a few suggestions
for gifts:
Men —-Shirts, ties, socks, books |
shaving sets, handkerchiefs.
Women—Hose, underwear dr-ss I
lengths, bath powder, cosmetics (box- j
ed), aprons, towels, bath sets, books
gloves, costume jewelry.
Children —Clothes, socks, under
wear, dresses, stuffed animals, stuff
ed dolls and toys (boxed).
Anyone contributing gifts is ur
gently requested to have them in the
Edenton Furniture Company store
by November 12, as their gifts must
be in by November 15. These dates
are very important, as the work is
done by volunteer workers, and they
have these shops set up so that the
men will have plenty of time to get
their packages to their homes by
Christmas.
Inglis Fletcher Speaker
At Colonial Dames Meet
A meeting of the Albemarle Com
mittee of the North Carolina Society
of Colonial Dames of America was
held Tuesday morning at Williams
ton, the business session taking place
at the home of Mrs. F. E. Wynne
and luncheon was served at the home
of Mrs. J. G. Staton.
The Albemarle committee takes in
most of the eastern part of the state,
so that representatives were on hand
from many communities.
At the conclusion* of the luncheon
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher made the prin
cipal address, directing her remarks
to her\ recent book “Roanoke
Hundred”.
Edenton Colonial Dames attending
the meeting were Mrs. C. P. Wales,
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher, Mrs. W. A.
Graham and Mrs. Richard D. Dixon.
$2.00 Per Ytear.
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[No Effort Being' Spared
To Make Party Out
standing Affair
STARTSAT 6:30
Removed to Armory If
Unfavorable Weather
Materializes
With the cooperation of the
Weather Man, Edenton should wit
ness one of the most outstanding af
fairs staged in many years tonight,
when the Community Hallowe’en
Party is staged on the playground.
Preparations are going on at a rapid
pace, and H. A. Campen, who is
“engineering” the event, as well as
Mrs. Robert Smith, chairman of the
committee of the Junior Woman’s
Club, sponsors of the party, say
everything will be in readiness.
Among the many outstanding
features will be the antics of Dr. L.
C. Holland of Suffolk, a professional
clown, and his duck “Pink Lemon
ade”. Dr. Holland has participated
in many similar affairs and parades,
so that he should help attract a large
crowd.
The party will begin at 6:30 o’clock
when all children in costume are re
quested to assemble on the Court
House green, from where they will
march to the playground. Leading
the parade will be Dr. Holland and
the Edenton Band, all of whom will
be in costume. Children are especial
ly urged to have floats, ponies, goats,
bicycles, wagons, wheelbarrows or
any other sort of vehicle which will
add to the merriment and interest in
the parade.
A prize will be awarded the most
original costume as well as the most
comical, with three judges placed
along the line of march to decide the
winners. The winners will be an
nounced at the playground.
All sorts of entertainment will be
provided at the playground and free
refreshments will be served. In order
to more equitably distribute these, a
card will be given each child in cos
tume, which will be punched at the
various, booths. . Mr. Campen stated
that if the weather is not favorable,
j the party will be transferred to the
armory. No effort is being spared
in making the party one long to be
remembered, so that the Junior
Woman’s Club is very anxious to
have all of the children participate.
BPW Club Charter
Presented Tonight
Interesting Program at
Parish House Start
ing at 7:30
Edenton’s Business and Profession
al Women’s Club will celebrate
charter night tonight (Thursday) at
7:30 o’clock in the Parish House,
when the local club will be presented
its charter. The presentation will be
made by Mrs. Catherine Walsh, dis
trict director.
Miss Rebecca Colwell, president of
the club, is expecting a very delight
ful meeting, with a program which
should please all who attend. The
program, which will follow a dinner,
includes:
Invocation, the Rev. E. R. Meekins;
address of welcome, Miss Mary Lee
Copeland; response, Mrs. Ruth
Meeks,, of the Greenville Club; solo,
Mrs. Frank Elliott, accompanied by
Miss Dorothy Williams; Edenton
BPW song, written by Mrs. Irene
Ruffin; greetings, Mrs. J. B. Spill
man of Greenville; presentation of
charter, Mrs. Catherine Walsh; club
collect and song "Good Night Ladies”.
Delegates from other BPW Clubs
in the district will attend. Presi
dents of local civic clubs and town
officials have been invited, so that
the affair is calculated to be a high
light in the history of one of Eden
ton’s newest and most active or
ganizations.
IN DANCE FIGURE
Miss Mary Griffin, daughter of Mr.
i and' Mrs. Lloyd Griffin, who is vice
■ president -of the senior class at
Woman’s College, Greensboro, took
; part in the first class formal dance
, Saturday evening. Miss Griffin took
. part in the figure, escorted by Paul
Bissette of Wilson.