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t/olnim -Number 17 |i McMullan Now pttending Sessions fr General Assembly Promises to Do All Pos mmto Improve Cho ; wan River Bridge J. ia. v McMullan left Edenton Tuesday lborning for Raleigh, where ’Will. Chowan County in /the General Assembly. / . Mr. McMullan did not commit him -1 NiijK any proposed legis lation, but had no hesitancy in say ing jthat He intended to do everything .within hta power to improve the Chowan Fiver bridge, which is too narrow for one thing and secondly that it is,in a bad state of repair, so far as the traveling surface is con ' cernfd. • fn response to many com plaints, the bridge was repaired a few years ago, but even then the ...bridge is inadequate considering the aqMwint of traffic crossing it byway of U. S. Route 17. . Mv McMullan was one of the prime movers for the erection of the bridge back in 1925, when he was Senator. He introduced in the Sen ate the bill calling for the construc tion of the bridge, and devoted no little of his time and effort to the jnwet. Ag to any local legislation, Mr. MOMullan stated emphatically that ttt it not his purpose to become in ■rolved ih any controversy. He stated ■hat if his constituents desire any Egislation, he will be willing and to hear from them. F'lfe, McMullan, for the present at . least, will be located at the Sir Walter Hotel. Two Edenton Girls Presented To Society Hisses Betsy Shepard Stewl-Frances Wood In y,; -eluded In Group ■■to {ldenton girls were among the bit 1948 debutantes presented Wfo North Carolina society last week Tit the annual Debutante Ball held in Raleigh. Tiy girls were Miss Elizabeth Coke Shepard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Shepard, and Miss Frances Benbury Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Wood. The ball, spon sored by the Terpsichorean Club of RAleigh, was held in Memorial Audi torium' Wednesday night of last week. Mies Shepard’s chief marshal was her brother, Thomas H. Shepard, and Lthey were assistant leaders in the [traditional debutante figure. Richard was Miss Wood’s chief fnjarshal. Shepard is a member of the junior claes at St. Mary’s School in Raleigh, luid Miss Wood is a student ■$ Randolph Macon Women’s College lot Lynchburg, Va. Warren Re-named County Physician Elected at Joint Meet ing Held Monday | Morning s| Dr. John W. Warren, who has served as county physician for quite |* few yehrs, was re-elected at a joint ■ meeting of the Chowan County Com ' missioners and the Board of Health morning. The election was gSor a two-year term, i Drij-W«f*en was the only applicant ■br the appointment. — — |Pro|Tain Is Scheduled Meeting Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & ’ ':f'.j Hi hold its weekly meeting SHBjß9H£Fhursday) in the Court ®aSMf>P'clock. Last week’s was c-alled off due to the that Richard P. Raer, *£sss%&*£ the 'lodge, urges all mem tonight. traggpeui, program chairman year, jflans to present a pro he of interest to IMPROVING ■Kd^Hplll|p-be pleased to learn ■HU ,i Beater forehand was able to ■F-otitJnrs »ft#-week. ■ Mr. Fore- Kami tv;:;]k:in a 'critical condition in r Chowan • Mtospit^ l f° r 11 da^s > but ' rallied-' #d is gradually recovering THE CHOWAN HERALDk «*&<*?«*♦ Ifi : f|a 5 ' iBPF*’ :.r<mf At'ißsbMw 9* . •' , s i *' 1 fa !-.IA C'BBl. ' J iMISiB %Mljm. *-•’ MtaSir mat m m : m lacSSSst JP mm* IWM ’ - - gs&ffistiifitis&as&Mr ''' CONFERRING WITH BERLIN VIA “TELE-CON”—Daily conference of military leaders in Wash- i ington with Berlin, Tokyo and other occupation headquarters are possible through use of the Army’s overseas communication network. Messages prepared by conferees at the Pentagon are sent over radio teletype and simultaneously projected on a screen for comparison with incoming messages flashed on an adjoining screen. Transmission is instantaneous and secret. Walter Holton Quits Post As President Os Albemarle League < Sends Resignation to Di rectors of League Last Week NO SUCCESSOR Thinks President From Town Not In League More Satisfactory r ’•'jOTM.'!! "" Walter Holton, who last summer served as president of the Albemarle Baseball League, tendered his resig nation to the board of directors last week. The termination of the presi dency is effective immediately. Mr. Holton had more or less of a stormy administration due to a num ber of complicated situations which arose during the season and, of course, his decisions were not always to the liking of all concerned. In relinquishing the presidency of the league, Mr. Holton said that he thought it best for the welfare of the loop was to have a president who does not live in any town which is repre sented in the ' league. Or in event that is not accomplished, he believes, that at least the presidence of the league should rotate in the towns which have teams playing in the league. No successor to Holton will be named until a meeting of the board of directors can be arranged. “Day Os Advance” Will Be Observed By Methodist Church Group “The Day of Advance” service for Epiphany will be held at the Edenton Methodist Church tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. A good program has been prepared by the Woman’s Society of Christian Service and the Wesleyan Service Guild. All ladies of the church and visitors are invited to attend. Rotary Meets After Two Weeks Holiday After calling off meetings for two successive weeks due to the holiday season, the Edenton Rotary Club will meet today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. . President James E, Wood urges every Rotarian to make a special effort to attend in order to get off to a good start for the new year. James E. Newby New , Hertford Postmaster Effective January 1, James E. Newby became postmaster of the Hertford Post Office to succeed Silas M. Whedbee, who has served in that capacity for 10 years. Mr. Whedbee resigned in order to resume the practice o flaw in Hert ford. Mr. Newby, a veteran of World War 11, hag been connected with the Hertford "Post for 14 years, and his appointment* as Postmaster was announced by Congressman Herbert Bonner. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 6,1949. j N. C. Little Symphony Coming To Edenton Friday, February 18th Free Concert For School Children at School In Afternoon at 2:30 Thomas Byrum, chairman of the Edenton Symphony Association, stat ed Wednesday morning that he had been informed that the North Caro lina Little Symphony will present a concert in Edenton Friday, February 18. The concert will be presented in the school auditorium at 8:30 o’clock with a free concert for school children at 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon. Membership tickets are now on sale by Mr. Byrum and Herbert Hollowell at Leggett & Davis Drug Store, and it is hoped those who ,have not se cured memberships will do so as soon as possible. J. 0. Creech Elected Bible Class President Officers of John Holmes Class Elected Sunday Morning - —) — New officers for the Adult Bible Class of the , Methodist Church School, of which John A. Holmes is teacher, were elected at the meeting of the class Sunday morning. J. O. Creech was elected president, a position he held for a number of years in another school before com ing to Edenton. George Smith was elected vice president, Harry Lassiter secretary and Mrs. Zell Ward treas urer. Mr. Creech succeeds William Adams as president and plans a pro gram which will create more interest in the class in the hope that attend ance will be greatly increased. Edenton Masons Attend Installation At Hertford Eight members of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., were , guests of Perquimans Lodge, No. 106 of Hertford Tuesday night, when of ficers of the Perquimans lodge for the year 1949 were installed. The installation ceremony was performed by Charlie Griggs of Elizabeth City, and J. S. McNider acted as marshal. At the conclusion of the meeting a Brunswick stem supper was served by the Hertford lodge. Members of Unanimity Lodge at tending the meeting were the Rev. W. C. Francis, H. A. Campen, C. T. Griffin, Peter Carlton, W. A. Harrell, Willard M. Rhoades, C. H. Wood and J. Edwin Bufftap. Varsity Club Elects GfllamWoodAsNew President For Year: < New Officers Chosen at j Meeting of Club Held Monday Night 1 At a meeting of the Varsity Club ' held Monday night, Gillam Wood was ' elected president, succeeding J. H. i Conger, Jr. Other- officers elected were Bill Cozart, vice president; Ed ward Wozelka, secretary, and Parker . Helms, treasurer. Two new directors were also elected, George Thompson for a three-year James Coz zens for a term. J, D. El liott is a director whose term empires next year, and the retiring president also becomes one of the directors. Mr. Conger was highly praised for his accomplishments as president and before relinquishing the gavel, he ex pressed his appreciation for the co operation and support he enjoyed on the part of the club’s membership. Midget basketball teams, including boys from the sixth to ninth grades, was one of the projects discussed, and one of these games is scheduled to be played Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the armory. The club also discussed the port able bleacher project, and it is hoped the bleachers can be secured within a j few months. Nick George, J. H. Conger, Jr., and i Elbert Copeland were appointed as a committee to revise the constitution and by-laws of the club and to repost ■ at the next meeting. State Agrees Take Over Fork Road Request Made to Main tain Mile of Old Halsey Road In Yeopim Chowan County Commissioners have been notified by the State High way and Public Works Commission that at the latter’s meeting held on Thursday, December 2, it was ap proved to add to the State highway system a short piece of road in upper Chowan County. The road to be taken over is known as the Fork Road, a distance of 1.8 miles. The County Commissioners at their meeting Monday passed a resolution asking the State Highway and Public Works Commission to take over a portion of the old Halsey road in the Yeopir* section. The road leaves N. C. Highway No. 37 at the Cofield store and is practically impassable in places. The request calls for the State maintaining the road for at least one mile. Important Meeting Os * Negro Hospital Group The Negro Hospital Auxiliary will meet-Saturday afternoon, January 8, at 2 o’clock in the Brown-Carver Library. The purpose of this meet ing is to finish some old business and make plans for the new year, so that it is very urgent that all mem bers attend the meeting. Visitors, as well as new members, are also invited to be present. District March Os Dimes Meeting In Edenton On Friday Mrs. E. J, Griffin Dies Suddenly At Home Late Tuesday Night Victim of Heart Attack After Attending Meet ing of Bible Class Mrs. Imogene Griffin. 71, widow of the late Dr. E. J. Griffin, died sud denly at her home, 219 East Queen Street, about midnight Tuesday. Mrs. ■ Griffin had been in her usual health and earlier in the evening attended a meeting of her Bible class at the ; Baptist Church, and had not com- 1 plained of not feeling well. Deceased, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ike E. Story of near Eure, was a graduate of Woman’s College in Greensboro, and had been a public school teacher for 30 years, teaching in Edenton, Gates and Perquimans counties. She was also very active in church and civic affairs. Mrs. Griffin is survived by one son, Dr. Wallace S. Griffin of Edenton; two sisters, Mrs. E. M. Hill of Boy kins, Va., Mrs. Oro S. Pittman of Norfolk, and five brothers, H. L. Story of Marshall, N. C., Lonnie Story of Boykins, Va., P. D. Story of Suffolk, W. Carey Story of Gatesville and J. W. Story of Suffolk. A brief funeral service will be held at the home this (Thursday) after noon at 2 o’clock, with the Rev. E. L. Wells officiating, assisted by the Rev. R. N Carroll. After the service the body will be conveyed to Gates Coun ty, where interment will be made in the family cemetery near Eure. Dr. David A. Chase Locates In Edenton Will Be Associated With Dr. George Crawford, Chiropractor Dr. Daniel A. Chase has located in Edenton and will be associated with Dr. George T. Crawford in chiropractic practice. Dr. Chase graduated from the Lincoln College of Chiropractic in June, 1948, and passed the North Carolina state board examination in the upper bracket last summer. He has recently finished six months of post graduate work in X-ray inter pretation and pediatrics at the Lincoln Clinic in Indianapolis, In diana. Dr. Chase joined the U. S. Army in 1942 and was injured in tank maneuvers and medically discharged in August, 1943 due to a permanent injury. This injury in walking was corrected by a doctor of chiropractic in Detroit several years later and caused Dr. Chase to take up the four years of special study to become a chiropractic physician. An office will be set up in the hotel at Columbia, where Dr. Chase will meet patients each Tuesday and Saturday. The remainder of the time he will be in Dr. Crawford’s of fice in the Hotel Joseph Hewes building. Mrs. Tom Bell Breaks Leg In Fall At Home Friends will regret to learn that Mrs. Tom Bell is a patient in the Chowan Hospital, where she is con fined due to a broken leg. Mrs. Bell had the misfortune to fall off a step at her home on West Queen Street Tuesday afternoon of last week which resulted in the fractured limb. According to reports from the hos pital, Mrs. Bell is getting along very nicely. Lions Club Will Resume Meetings Next Monday Edenton Lions Club will resume the regular weekly meetings next Mon day night after missing two meetings during the holidays. President Mar tin Wisely is very anxious to have a 100 per cent meeting to start off the new year, so that every Lion is espe cially urged to attend Monday night. $2.00 Per Year. r Dinner Will Be Served At Mrs. J. A. Moore’s Home AT 6 O’CLOCK Victim of Polio Epidemic Will Be Special Guest At Meeting March of Dimes workers from 13 northeastern counties are expected to attend a district pre-campaign dinner meeting which will be held Friday evening at 6 o’clock at tl|e home of Mrs. J. A. Moore on West King Street. The meeting was originally scheduled to be held in the Parish House, but Mrs. Moore, Who had agreed to serve a turkey dinner, was informed that due to the possibility of the Parish House being needed by St. Paul’s Church, it would not be convenient to use the building. For that reason Mrs. Moore agreed to serve the din ner at her home. All those who have notified Marvin Wilson, March of Dimes chairman for Chowan County, that they will attend the meeting have been advised of the change by the Chapel Hill office. Mr. Wilson expects over 25 to attend the meeting, which will include Dr. Ralph McDonald, State chairman, Mrs. Caro Mae Russell and Philip Randolph from the State office in Chapel Hill. Mr. Wilson has been working on aid Tuesday night that a victim of infantile paralysis will be brought to the meeting. The victim is a boy from Tyrrell County, who was strick en during last summer’s epidemic, and after receiving treatments at a hospital, has practically recovered and back on the way to normal health. At the meeting workers will be re liably informed as to the infantile paralysis situation in North Carolina and the nation as a whole, and plans discussed to raise quotas in the vari ous counties, which have been doubled over last year in order to meet a na tional emergency. Mr. Wilson has bee nworking on Chowan County’s plan of action in the drive and will very shortly after Fri day’s meeting begin the campaign. He calls attention to the great need for funds and hopes every person in the county will contribute generously in an effort to raise the county’s quota, which is $4,400. Annual Meeting Os St Paul’s Parish On Sunday Night Election of Vestrymen Among Business to Be Transacted The Rev. Harold W. Gilmer, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, an nounces that the annual meeting of the Parish will be held Sunday night, January 9, at 8 o’clock. Transaction of business, approval of the Parish budget, reports of or ganizations and election of vestry men are on the agenda. All members of the congregation are urged to be present and par ticipate in the business to be trans acted. Red Men Will Install Officers Monday Night Officers for Chowan Tribe of Red Men will be installed at the meeting of the tribe on Monday night in the old dining room of Hotel Joseph Hewes. The installation ceremony will be in charge of W. Jim Daniels, Great Sachem of Red Men in North Carolina. Not only the elected and appoint ed officers of the tribe, but all mem bers are urged to be present for the installation. The officers were supposed to have been installed at this week’s meeting, but was postponed due to the absence from the city of Mr. Daniels. •> J. N. PRTTDEN RE-ELECTED AS ATTORNEY FOR COUNTY At the meeting of Chowan County Commissioners Monday morning, J. N. Pruden was re-elected as county attorney- for a two-year term. Mr. Pruden has been attorney for the county since he was appointed to serve the unexpired term of the late W. D. Pruden. I
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