Volume XV. —Number 45.
HUMAN ELECTED PM
Edenton’s Schools Joining
In Observance Os American
Education Week Nov. 7-13
Tuesday Will Be Observ
ed as Visitation Day
In Schools
dinnerTLanned
Students Will Serve In
City Government Po
sitions Monday
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Edenton’s schools will join other
schools all over North Carolina in
the observance of American Educa
tion Week November 7-13. Fenton
Larson, principal of the Edenton
school, has been very enthusiastic
over the observance and hopes that
both students and parents will be
greatly benefitted.
Tuesday will be observed as school
visitation day, when it is hoped
parents will visit the schools between
the hours of 1:15 and 2:15 in the
afternoon.
A PTA meeting will be held at 2:30
o’clock, when Miss Rosalie Andrews,
field representative, will be the prin
cipal speaker. A dinner will be serv
ed at 6:30 o’clock in the Parish House
for teachers and members of the
school board. The dinner will be
served by members of St. Mary’s
Guild.
Another feature of the week will
be taking over of the Town govern
ment by students on Monday. Quite
a bit of interest has Keen aroused in
this phase of the week, and those
who will serve in- the various capac
ities were released early this week
by Mr. Larson.
Aubrey Harrell will be the Mayor,
replacing Leroy H. Haskett. Glenn
Twiddy and Peggy Williams will
take the place of G. M. Byrum and
W. J. Yates as parks and playgrounds
commissioners. Ann Harless will be
Street Commissioner for the day, re
placing J. Edwin Bufflap. Joyce
Webb and Lucy Coffleld will serve as
the Finance Committee in place of
J. Clarence Leary and J. P. Partin.
Mary Ann Elliott will take the place
of Clyde Hollowell.
In the Town office, Laura Skinner
will take' over the duties of Town
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Drive In Progress
For Little Symphony
Memberships Must Be
- Subscribed By Satur
day Night
Thomas Byrum, chairman of the
local Little Symphony Association,
announced early this week that the
drive for memberships to secure the
North Carolina Little Symphony for
a concert in Edenton got under way
Monday, and that the drive will close
Saturday.
A group of workers are canvassing
the community in the hope that
$760 will be raised through member
ships, which is necessary to book the
orchestra. The' concert is scheduled
to .be presented in Edenton some time
in February;.
In event any person who is inter
ested in purchasing a membership has
been missed, Mr. Byrum will be de
lighted to secure a membership card
for them before the drive ends.
4-H Achievement Day
On November 13th
According to County Agent C. W.
Overman and Miss Rebecca Colwell,
home demonstration agent, the Chow
an County 4-H Club ‘ Achievement
Day is scheduled to be held on Sat
urday, November 13.
Prises will be awarded on the
[ basis of dub exhibits and also in
| dividual exhibits, and. it is expected
IftiM affair will be very interesting
and worthwhile.
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| ROTARY VISITOR j
Sherwood L. Roberson
4 Today at the meeting of the
Edenton Rotary Club, Sherwood
L. Roberson, District Governor
of the 189th District of Rotary
International* will pay an official
visit to the Edenton Club.
Portable Bleachers
VarsityCJub Topic
Orchestra Secured For
Club’s Christmas
Dance
Portable bleachers again came in
for lengthy discussion at Monday
night’s meeting of the Edenton Var
sity Club and President Joe Conger
explained fully the manner in which
the bleachers were to be constructed
after which the club voted to ad
vertise for bids from local metal
smiths to construct one section of
bleachers in ' the near future. \
The bleacher situation has been
one of the main topics of discussion
for the club since it began function
ing again this winter following a
summer lay-off. It is considered the
club’s number one project at present.
According to President Conger, the
. section to be built first will measure
9 by 16 feet and will be capable of
seating* 55 persons. They will be
built primarily to fit into the Eden
ton armory but will be available for
use out of doors as well. The
bleachers will be of steel with wood
seats- and will greatly increase the
seating capacity at any athletic
event or for any occasion for which
they are used.
Gilliam Wood, chairman of the
dance the club is sponsoring Christ
mas night, announced that he had
secured a band for the dance and the
club voted to sign the contract prof
ferred by the band agent. The band
is one of the finest collegiate orches
tras in Carolina and is led by R. L.
Lee. It has 15 pieces and a vocalist,
and boasts one of the finest reed
sections in collegiate circles.
Bill Brotton reported that the foot
ball trophy which the’ club will pre
sent to the player on the Aces
eleven voted the most outstanding
has arrived and he displayed it for
of the club. The trophy,/
a beautiful piece standing better than
12 inches tall, is on display now in
the window of Leggett & Davis’ Drug
Store In Edenton. The trophy, which
will be an annual project for the
Varsity Club, will be given to the
player who best fills five different
points established by, the club. They
are sportsmanship, cooperation, lead
ership, ability and attitude.
BANK CLOSED NOVEMBER 11
Due to Armistice Day, which will be
observed Thursday, November 11, the
Bank of Edenton will be closed all day
in observance of the holiday. Patrons
are asked to arrange their banking af
fairs accordingly. ‘
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 4,1948.
Herbert Raye Lane
And Clara Dixon Win
In Electric Contest
Affair Sponsored By
Virginia Electric
Company
1 Clara Dixon and Herbert Raye
Lane were listed among the county
winners in the North Carolina 4-H
Club Better Methods Electric Con
test for 1948, as determined by the
Agricultural Extension Service.
The two 4-H clubbers attended thef
4-H Club Better Methods Electric
Congress in Raleigh Monday and
Tuesday as guests of the Virginia
Electric & Power Company, sponsor
of the contest in 16 eastern counties,
including Chowan.
The 4-H Club Better Methods Elec
tric Contest is sponsored nation-wide
by the Westinghouse Educational
Foundation and is conducted in North
Carolina by the Agricultural Exten
sion Service. The Virginia Electric
& Power Company has sponsored the
1948 contest locally in the 16 coun
ties in its service area in the state,
as a part of its program for the
betterment of agriculture. \
The purpose of the 4-H Club Better
Methods Electric Contest is to find
means of improvement in the ways
of doing things electrically, on the
farm and in the farm home. For
example, the 4-Her selects a chore
that' is taking a lot of time and using
up'.much humao energy that car. be
done quicker and easier the electric
way. This chore is studied and a re
port made, comparing the present
I way with the electric way, including
» improvements that should, or could,
be made. Eventually, the State win-i
, ner receives an all-expense trip to
Chicago to the. National 4-H Club
Congress in December and competes
with other state winners for the
National Awards, consisting of six
S2OO scholarships.
Red Men Decide To
Buy White Building
Chowan Tribe of Red Men, at its
meeting Monday night instructed the
j building committee to proceed with
the purchase of the John F. White
building on East Queen Street, now
1 being used by the Edenton High
1 School Band for rehearsing.
While the Red Men plan to meet in
| the building Monday nights, there is
no intention to interfere with the band
so that both the band and Red Men
1 will use the. building.
; The Red Men plan eventually to
add a second story to the building.
COMMUNITY HALLOWTEN PARTY AGAIN
RESULTS IN AN OUTSTANDING SUCCESS
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. Edenton Junior Women’s Club Very Appreciative
For Cooperation on Part of Many Who Helped
! In Various Ways to Stage Affair
I Favored with ideal weather and in
terest at a high pitch, Edenton’s com
munity Hallowe’en party Thursday
night lived up to and even exceeded
| expectations and was considered an
outstanding success from every angle.
Youngsters by the hundreds gath
ered on the Court House green around
, 6:30 o’clock and shortly thereafter
. the huge crowd began to parade to
[ the playground, moving along the line
jof march like swarms of bees. In the
' parade were various sorts of floats
l and costumes including almost every
. kind imaginable. Leading off the pa
| rade was Dr. L. C. Holland of Sus
, folk, who is a professional clow®, ac
' companied by his duck “Pink Lem
' onade.” Then followed the Edenton
' High School Band, the members of
which were also in costume. Then
followed the merry-making youngs
ters and the various floats.
Upon reaching the playground all
; the youngsters were obliged to pass
s over a platform, where they were
t judged for prizes and given tickets
i with which to secure free refresh
• ments, which included hot dogs, pop
and drinks. Amusements of various
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Voters Os Chowan County Give
President Truman Big Majority
In Tuesday’s General Election
Dr. Lloyd L. Hobbs
Alumni President At
Appalachian College
Native of Chowan Very
Active In Affairs at
Blacksburg, Va.
Dr. Lloyd Hobbs of Blacksburg,
Va., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hobbs,
was recently elected president of the
Appalachian State Teachers College
Alumni Association. He was honored
with the position at the annual busi
ness session of the AAA at Boone
during homecoming day.
Dr. Hobbs, after graduating from
Edenton High School, attended Ap
plachian State Teachers College in
1936 and 1937. Later he attended the
Medical College of Virginia, where he
received -the degree of DDS, and is
now practicing in Blacksburg.
Dr. Hobbs is president of the
Blacksburg Baseball Association, on
th<? board of stewards of the Metho-1
di£t Church, on the health committee
of the Montgomery County Com
munity Federation, on the advisory
committee of the Montgomery County
Life Saving Crew, member of the Rex
Phipps Dental Study Club, member
of the Montgomery County Medical
Society, on the staff of New Altamont
Hospital at Christiansburg, Va., and
class manager of the Alumni Asso
ciation of the Medical College of Vir
ginia.
Dr. Hobbs was not present when he
was elected alumni president, due to
illness in his family, but expressed
his thanks and appreciation for the
honor bestowed upon him.
Christmas Saving Club
Will Close November 8
Henry Gardner, executive vice
president of the Bank of Edenton. an
nounced Wednesday morning that the'
bank’s Christmas Saving Club will
close next Monday, November 8, and
that no more payments will be ac
cepted after Saturday, November 13.
It is hoped that the Christmas Sav
ing Club checks will be mailed out by
Thanksgiving.
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and drinks, musements of various
kinds were also provided, so that as
the youngsters and adults milled
around the playground it took on the
air of a small county fair, and every
body apparently was enjoying the
affair to the utmost. The party, as
was the case last year, was the sub
ject of no little amount of praise by
the citizenry as a whole.
Prizes were awarded for the most
original and most comical floats in
the parade. Little Sandy Paige won
the most orijjCial prize, while a team
composed of Jimmy Patterson and
Sandra White won the most comical
prize.
For costumes, the prizes went to
the following: Walter Leggett Hol
ton, who was dressed like Popeye, for
the most domical and Roland Vaughan,
moat original, dressed as a surgeon
Kathryn Wozelka and Barbara War
den were the second prize winners.
The party was again sponsored by
the Junior Woman’s Club, with Mrs?
Robert Smith chairman of the com
mittee arranging the affair. Mrs.
Smith, as well as members of the
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Edenton Aces Meet!
Washington High In
Edenton Friday Night
Game Considered One of
Toughest On Edenton
Schedule
Coach George Thompson’s Edenton
Aces will face tough opposition Fri
day night on Hicks Field, when they
are scheduled to meet the Washing
ton High School in a conference
game.
Washington is considered on e of
the strongest teams in the conference,
though on paper, the Aces should
hold the upper hand. The Washing
ton outfit was defeated by Elizabeth
City, so that by comparison of scores
the Aces should have the advantage.
However, Coach Thompson is not re
lying on statistics, so that he is
warning his boys that it will take the
best they have to chalk up a victory
over the Washington team. The
Aces fell victim to the Beaufort
County boys last year, so that there
is a desire for revenge which, coupled
with the desire to keep on the un
defeated list, should inspire the Aces
to play a bang-up game.
Members of the local squad are in
pretty good shape for the contest,
and are anticipating one of the
toughest games of the season.
v The game will start at 8 o’clock,
with the band on hand to whoop it
up for the home team.
It is hoped that a large crowd will
be on hand to witness the game.
Rotary Governor At
Edenton Club Today
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Meeting Will Inaugur
ate Another Attend
ance Contest
Beginning today (Thursday) the
Edenton Rotary Club will inaugurate
another attendance contest which will
be in progress for the next three
months. Frank and William Holmes,
veterans at conducting attendance
contests, were named by President i
J. E. Wood to again lead the two ,
teams during the contest. The club
will be divided with each captain tak
ing half of the membership.
An effort is also being made to
engage in an attendance contest with
the Hertford and Plymouth Rotary
Clubs, with a report expected at to
day’s meeting.
At last week’s meeting Fenton Lar
son was inducted as a new member
by C. W. Overman and after lunch
the Rotarians adjourned to the Taylor
Theatre, where a March of Time pic
ture was shown by Jimmy Earnhardt
as his program.
A feature of today’s meeting will
be a visit of Sherwood L. Roberson
of Robersonville, District Governor
of the 189th District. Mr. Roberson
will speak during the meeting and
will hold a club assembly with officers
of the club at 12 o’clock.
Legion Auxiliary Needs
Presents For Veterans
Mrs. Jesse White, rehabilitation
chairman for the Legion Auxiliary,
again reminds the general public that
the Auxiliary plans to distribute
Christmas gifts to veterans in hos
pitals, and is hopeful that there will
be a generous response. The gifts
will be sent to veterans in hospitals
at Oteen, Swannanoa and Fayette
-1 ville.
Gifts should be sent to the Eden
tbn Furniture Company before No
vember 11 so that they will reach
their destination on time.
jffl’er Year.
Governor Dewey Con
cedes Defeat Wednes
day Morning
close Tight
209 Less Ballots In Cho
wan Than In 1944
Contest
In one of the closest Presiden
, tial elections held in the history
of the nation, Harry S. Truman,
Democratic candidate, won out
over Governor Thomas E. Dewey,
Republican opponent, in Tuesday’s
general 'election.
While President Truman was
out far in front in popular vote,
the electoral vote standing re
mained in doubt until shortly be
fore noon Wednesday, when Gov
ernor Dewey conceded defeat.
Chowan County citizens in Tues
day’s general election voted for the
return of Harry S. Truman as Presi
dent of the United States by more
than 5 to 1 over the other three can
didates, Thomas. Republican;
Henry Wallace, Progressive, and J.
Strom Thurmond, States’ Rights.
President Truman received 1,067 of
Chowan’s 1,271 votes cast Tuesday,
which was 209 less than the votes
cast in the 1944 Presidential election,
when 1,480 people voted.
Governor Dewey lost strength in
Chowan since 1944, for in that elec
tion, in opposition to the late Presi
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt, he re
ceived 166 votes as against 124 oh
Tuesday.
As was expected, those Democrats
who had opposition for district and
State offices, led by overwhelming ma
jorities.
J. M. Broughton polled 1,134 votes
for U. S. Senator as against 64 for
I John A. Wilkinson, Republican.
W. Kerr Scott led George M. Prit
chard, Republican, for Governor by a
count of 1,172 to 46.
For Lieutenant-Governor H. P. Tay
lor led Kyle Hayes 1,132 to 44.
Thad Eure polled 1,151 votes for
Secretary of State, while Janies S.
Dockery received 42 votes.
Henry L. Bridges led M. V. Hick
man for State Auditor 1,127 to 42.
Brandon P. Hodges received 1,128
votes for State Treasurer, while Ben
j L. Spence polled 43 votes.
Harry McMullan, for Attorney
General, received 1,152 votes, with
Herbert F. Seawell, Jr., getting only
43 votes.
For Superintendent of Public In
struction Clyde A. Erwin polled 1,132
votes and Buford T. Henderson 42.
D. S. Coltrane polled 1,125 votes for
a short term of Commissioner of Ag
riculture. L. Y. Rallentine, for the
regular term, received 1,129 votes,
while Watt H. Gragg, Republic&n, re
ceived 42 votes.
William P. Hodges received 1,128
votes for Commissioner of Insurance
and Deems H. Clifton 42.
For Commissioner of Labor, Forrest
H. Shuford received 1,131- votes, with
M. K. Harrill getting 42 votes.
For Associate Justice of the Su
preme Court, Sam J. Ervin, Jr., re
ceived 1,128 votes against 42 for Rob
ert H. McNeill.
Chester Morris, F. Donald Phillips
and Dan K. Moore, Judges of the Su
perior Court in the First, 13th and
20th Districts respectively, had no
opposition. The vote, in above order
was 1,144, 1,125 and 1.127.
Herbert Bonner polled 1,148 votes
for Congressman from the First Dis
trict and Zeno, O. Ratcliff received 43
votes.
The Progressive party made little
headway in Chowan, with William T.
Brown getting five votes for tJ. S.
Senator, Mary Price six votes for
Governor, Kenneth Harris five votes
for Lieutenant Governor, C. O. Pear
son five votes for Attorney General
and John W. Stubbs five votes for
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