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Volume XVl.—Number 3.
Edenton Teacher Ini
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President Truman’s,
Inauguration Parade
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Miss Miriam Tate Scott, Edenton 4
High School Home Economics teach
er and niece of the newly elected
head of the State of North Carolina,
Governor Kerr Scott, will' represent
Edenton as well as the State of North
Carolina when she rides on the SISOO
float in the President’s parade today,
(Thursday). These honors seem to
come consistently to this winsome
lass of 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Scott of Burlington, for she
led the Inaugural Ball for her fath
er’s brother, the new farmer-Gover
nor, on January 6th in Memorial
Auditorium in Raleigh.
Miss Scott was interviewed in the
midst of her adoring students in the
high school, and asked how she felt
about the whole matter. “I’m thrill
ed to death,” she replied. The Gov
ernor’s niece will be one of five Tar
Heel *y°ung ladies who will ride on
the State float. She will be wearing
a business suit symbolizing employ
ment in business and industry, adorn
ed by a pretty corsage of roses, per
sonal gift from Mrs. Mattie C. Davis
of Iredell Florist. The other young
ladies will be wearing clothes symbol
izing the balanced status of the var
ious phases of economic and recreat
, ional life in the Old North State.
' On January 13th, Governor Scott
received the following telegram from
John A. Lang, President of the
Washington, D. C., Democratic Party;
“Wish to invite your niece, Miss
. Miriam Tate Scott to ride on North
Carolina float in Inaugural Parade
here January 20. If she can accept
I, will supply her with necessary in
formation about float immediately.
Best Regards. John A. Lang.”
Governor Scott’s secretary, Myrtha
Fleming immediately contacted his
niece. Os course, she accepted.
Miss Scott left Wednesday after
noon by car, with Miss Nancy Dar
den, another Edenton teacher and
checked in at the Gariy i«»l!uiei as*--**
her arrival in the evening. Rooms
at the hotel were reserved especially
for the North Carolina delegation.
' *and any other North Carolinians
checking in for the event.
Miss Scott was asked about her
plans while there other than the
parade. She stated that she would
visit her uncle, the Governor, at the
Sheraton Hotel and make no plans
until she had visited him. However,
she said, that due to the fact that
her mother would be visiting her
here in Edenton this weekend, she
wanted to be back as soon as she
could Friday. She anticipates riding
back with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Carl
ton and son Pat, who are also in
Washington for the inaugural parade.
A pleasant, unexpected surprise
by way of money gifts from
f* local -fjrms providing a little spend
* ing money for Miss Scott while at
the nation’s capital. T. Barrow,
president of the Barrow Bottling
Works, and Hector Lupton, business
manager of the Chowan Herald, pre
sented envelopes in person to the
attractive young teacher, just before
her departure Wednesday.
BBH Motor Company
Wiß Have Open House
All Day Saturday
Linwood R. Worrell, head of
B. B. H. Motor Company in Edenton
announces to the public that the
company will maintain open house
on Saturday, January 22 from 8 A.
M. to 9P. M. to enable interested
persons to view the spanking, brand
new 1949 Chevrolet which will arrive
for the show. Mr. Worrell speaks
moat enthusiastically about the new
models coming out this year and just
returned from a pre-view showing of
the various models at the auto show
; in Atlanta, Georgia.
According to the B. B. H. Chief,
fethe 1949 Chevrolet is a product of
1 three years’ development work and
Ktnore than a million miles of engin
-1 eering research. The latest model
&• has been completely restyled. Proud
f Chevrolet owners will tod it lower,
» wider and more distinctive, with
numerous body and chassis improve
ments added for comfort, safety and
convenience.
CELEBRATES 89th BIRTHDAY
jjjL. 3. M. Mortis, one of Chowan Coun-
IjfVs oldest citizens, celebrated his
|P 89th birthday anniversary Friday of
f hat week Mad in honor of the event
If an elaborate birthday dinner was
fM4 »t his home Sunday. Many rel
it atives were on band for the dinner,
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
tVarsity Club Receives j
New Steel Bleachers 1
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A set of steel bleachers which will 1
seat sixty and costing $175, has been 1
secured by the Edenton Varsity Club. I
President J. Gilliam Wood, Jr., stat- i
ed that they will be presented to the 1
Edenton High School Athletic Asso- 1
ciation. At present they will be used 1
. for basketball games at the armory. <
They can be used for a variety of i
purposes and will be a handy supple- ’
ment to present seating facilities. )
Officers Os Farm i
Bureau Will Be
Installed On Friday ;
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A. C. Griffin, president of the
Chowan County Farm Bureau, re- .
ports that the first regular meeting ;
, of the organization will be held to- ;
. morrow (Friday) night at 7:30 in ‘
’ the Community Building, at Cross
Roads.
Among the important business to J
be transacted will be induction of the ,
t new officers for the year 1949; E. D. ‘
i Byrum will make a report on the Na- ■
> tional Convention; plans will be ,
I made for attending the State Farm j
i Bureau Convention to be held in (
l Asheville, as well as other items of j
« interest to the membership,
t The election of officers took place |
• several months ago at a monster fish ,
• fry beld in the armory.
Water And Sewage
; School Scheduled
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School” will be held at the Chowan
• 'Community Building on Wednesday
5 morning, January 26 at 9:30 o’clock,
states C. W. Overman, county agent. (
’ All Chowan County farmers and farm .
: women are invited to attend. Miss ,
Rebecca Colwell, home agent, and ‘
; Mr. Overman have cooperatively (
5 planned this meeting. (
! The discussion subjects will be:
“The Farm Water Supply”, “Water ,
, Conditioners”, “Water Systems”, and _
’ “Sewage Disposal Systems and Their .
' Care”. ,
’ Howard M. Ellis, Extension engin- ;
i eer from N. C. State College, will 1
conduct the discussion. Those pres- <
s ent will have an opportunity to ask ]
i questions on their individual prob- 1
. lems, Overman says. )
t Many farm families have bad !
, water, some plan to install water
a systems and some have problems with
3 sewage disposal. “This is your op
- portunity to get information and
3 answers to many of your problems,” 1
3 Mr. Overman says.
Important Meeting
Os Local BPW Club ;
The Edenton Business and Proses- j
sional Women’s Club will hold its ]
f regular monthly business meeting
! Thursday night in the high school ]
» library at 8 o’clock. This meeting is (
5 the first to be held by the club in i
' 1949, and important business is on ;
] the docket for discussion. j
As a special feature for the even- <
5 ing, F. L. Larson, principal of the
3 Edenton High School, will show a <
r film strip and explain the report of <
t the findings of the State Education 1
t Commission. “This is a matter that ]
r concerns every person in North Car
olina,” says Miss Rebecca Colwell,
, president of the local Club, “and each
f member of the BPW Club is urged to
1 attend and take advantage of this op
- portunity, in order to be better in
[ formed on the subject.”
1 Miss Colwell also wishes to remind
, those who have not paid their SI.OO
i for the State project to-be prepared <
- to pay the treasurer at Thursday 1
I night’s meeting.
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Woman’s Society 1
Plans Food Sale
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» The Woman’s Society of Christian <
■ Service of the Edenton Methodist ]
t Church will sponsor a food sale con
i dating of home made cake, pie* <
■ cookies and candy. It will take place i
, on. Friday, * January l\, in Quinn i
( Bw»d ■ Streak, <
and commencing at 10 AM.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina,Thursday, January 20,1949.
Bonner Replies
To Peanut Quota
Cuts In Carolina
Joe Conger, director of the Chowan
County Chamber of Commerce, work- i
ing in conjunction with the Com- j
mittee on Agriculture, headed up by i
E. N. Elliott, contacted Congressman
Herbert C. Bonner with reference to i
the peanut quota situation. ,The fol- <
lowing letter was returned: “Today,
(Jan. 14), I have been in a peanut
meeting on certain phases in the i
handling of the future crops. After i
the meeting, I discussed with the of- ’
ficials of the Department of Agri- <
culture, the information you gave
me over the telephone this morning, i
They advised me that the cut in Vir- 1
ginia of 13% and in North Carolina
of 20%, is not correct and that all ■
States were cut straight across the
board based on the average acreage
of the 1943-1947 period. At this i
time acreage allotments were aband
oned on peanuts, a provision was <
written in the law providing that
when acreage allotment was again 1
invoked, the States of North Caro
lina and Virginia would not be allo
cated less than the allocation as ex
isted in 1941.
“Under the reduction for the :
1949 crop, Virginia’s allotment was
124,361 acres, which is less than their
acreage allotment for 1941, at which 1
time Virginia’s acreage allotment
was 141,108 acres for the 1949 crop.
North Carolina’s allocation for 1949
under the program reducing all
states alike figures 242,463 acres,
which acreage is larger than that ex
isting in 1941, therefore, the figure of
242,463 applies. This, in all proba
bility, accounts for the misunder
standing that has occurred and is
talked about. Nevertheless, I am
getting a letter of explanation from
the Department of Agriculture and
will send a copy.”
Carload of Side
Dressing Secured
For Ose in Chowan
Through cooperation with Dr. E.
R. Collins, County Agent C. W.
Overman has obtained one carload of
30 tons of ANL side-dressing for one
acre corn demonstrations in Chowan
County for 1949. To date 109 farm
ers have made application for par
ticipation.
Each farmer participating is per
mitted to purchase 400 pounds of the
ANL which he agrees to use on one
acre of corn, following Extension
recommendations for making a high
yield of corn. Mr. Overman hopes to
have approximately 150 farmers, 4-H
Club members and FFA members
participate in this program and a
large percentage of them making
near or over 100 bushels of corn per
acre this year.
Fishermen Warned By
Chowan Game Warden
To Secure New Licenses
A meeting in the interest of Chow
an College was held Thursday night,
January 13, at the home of the Rev.
Mr. R. N. Carroll, attended by the
Baptist ministers of Chowan County
and Mrs. Percy L. Smith and Mrs.
Lloyd E. Bunch.
The Rev. Mr. G. M. Singletary of
Elizabeth City, general campaign
chairman, led the discussion in which
an organization was set up to place
a committee in each church for the
purpose of soliciting funds for the ■
campaign.
It was also decided to hold a
County-wide meeting in the interest
of the College at the Edenton Bap
tist Church on February 21 at 7:30
P. M.
17 EDENTON CONCERNS DROLL IN
HOSPITAL SAVING ASSOCIATION DRIVE
Mrs. J. W. Davis, chairman of the
Chowan Hospital Auxiliary Survey
Committee, reported Tuesday that 17
Edenton conecms had enrolled in the
Blue Cross-Blue Shield Hospital Sav
ing Association in a drive which is
in progress this week in .Edenton.
Here for the purpose of directing
this membership drive, sponsored by
the Hospital Auxiliary, are H. Strick
land and H. Pittman from the Chapel
Hill office, who are hopeful that many
other business firms and farm own
ers will enroll in this group protection
•gainst hospitalisation and surgical
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Edenton Scouters
Attend Annual
Council Meeting
Eight local Scouters attended the
annual meeting of the Tidewater
Council, Boy Scouts of Ahierica held
in the Portsmouth, YMCA this past
Tuesday evening. An entertaining
and interesting program was arrang
ed under the leadership of Council
President Forrest U. Ross.
George S. Twiddy, outgoing Chair
man for the west Albemarle Scout
ing District gave a resume of the
work carried on in the three counties
of Chowan, Perquimans and Gates.
He stated that the Council is seeking
a new Field Scout Executive to take
the place of Bill Warren, who recent
ly left the profession to enter the in
surance business in Kinston.
The new Chairman for the West
Albemarle District is Jim Chestnutt,
experienced scouter of years of ac
tivity. He will be assited by a large
corps or active scouters, among
Whom are P. S. McMullan, H. A.
Campen, Geddes B. Potter, Oscar
Duncan, A. B. Bonner, Charlie Over
man, Rodney Byrum, W. L. Freeman,
Dr. Wallace Griffin, Dr. Martin Wise
ly, Charlie Vann, Judge Marvin Wil
son, Dick Aiken, Pete Smith, John
A. Holmes, George Thompson, Ker
mit Layton, Fenton Larson and
others.
Those who attended the meeting in
Portsmouth were H. A. Campen, Jim
Chestnutt, W. L. Freeman, P. S. Mc-
Mullan, George Twiddy, Charlie
Overman, Geddes B. Potter and Peter
Carlton.
Farm Management
School Is Planned
A farm management school will be
held at the Chowan Community
Building Friday morning, January 21
at 9 o’clock, states C. W. Overman,
county agent. All Chowan County
farmers are invited to attend.
Subjects to be discussed are “The
Outlook fb-r 1949 Farming”, “Farm
Planning” and “Farm Records”. Mr.
Overman states that he will have a
team of farm management special
ists from N. C. State College to con
duct the discussions. Everyone pres
ent will have an opportunity to ask
questions and get as much benefit
from the meeting as possible.
This is the first of a series of
meetings planned for this winter.
Others will be announced later. The
purpose of these meetings is to give
farmers information and answers to
many problems that arise in farm
work. “If farmers will attend these
meetings we will be justified in hold
ing them. Small or no attendance
will result in a waste of time and ex
pense,” Overman says.
“Mr. Farmer, this is your oppor
tunity to attend and help your coun
ty agent plan meetings to fit your
needs,” comments Overman.
County Council Will
Meet On January 27th
The Chowan County Council of
Farm Women will meet next Thurs
day afternoon, January 27, at 2:30
in the Community House at Cross
Roads. Mrs. J. Wallace Goodwin
will preside.
Being the first meeting of the
year, it was emphasized that it was
most important for all members to
be present. The Byrd Club will be
hostess to the gathering.
MEETING CALLED TO
DISCUSS CHOWAN COLLEGE
R. E. Evans, Fish and Game Ward
en for Chowan County, announced
that fishing licenses are now avail
able from all agents in the state.
Special permits are now available for
gill nets to take non-game fish from
inland waters, but can only be secur
ed froin the warden.
ing the Blue Cross-Blue Shield hos
pitalization program, the representa
tives will be delighted to furnish any
information desired.
Local firms who enrolled as groups
up to Tuesday indude the foUowing:
B. & B. Venetian Blind Co., Chow
an Motor Co., Edenton Ice Co., Bank
of Edenton, Cam pen’s Jewelry Co.,
Byrum Hardware Co., M. G. Brown
Co., Albemarle Peanut Co., Edenton
Peanut Co., Leary Bros. Storage Co.,
Chestnutt Cleaners, Quinn Furniture
Co., C. B. Mooney A Son, B. B. H.
Motor Co., Chowan Hospital, Thomas
B. Wood, Farms and Halsey Hard
wood Co.
Meters Being Used
In March
Drive To eb. Ist.
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1 WARNING!
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Local residents are advised
' that it’s time to be getting their
Edenton automobile tags. Feb
ruary Ist is the deadline and
Miss Louise Coke, Tax Collector,
: backed up by Chief of Police
! R. L. Pratt, urges getting them
now. Cost one dollar in the
’ Town Office, cost in the police
: department—2 bucks.
189th District
i Rotarians Plan
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i May Convention
Largest district meeting ever held
■ by Rotarians of the 189th District is
1 planned for the Dare Coast this year,
" according to Lawrence Swain, presi
-1 dent of Manteo Rotary Club which
will be hosts to the group.
1 The convention starting May 1 and
1 continuing for three days will be pre
‘ sided over by District Rotary Presi- •
- dent Sherwood L. Roberson of Rober
r sonville. Each of the 87 clubs in the
District have signified that they
would send several delegates to the
convention.
In addition to the year around
hotels here in Manteo and on the
Dare Beaches at Nags Head, Kill
Devil Hills and Kitty Hawk, those
which open only for summer resort
business will be open for the recep
i tion of convention delegates. As
l several hundred delegates are ex
-1 pected to be in attendance, each
, hotel is expected to be open by
; early May.
Headquarters for the group 'meet-.
2 ing has not yet been announced but
1 Ras Westcott’s Casino on Nags
’• Head, one of the largest ballrooms
1 in the South, will be made available
' if needed. There will be an annual
' banquet and several social features
' for the delegates and their Rotary j
1 Anns, it was stated. Just what the
• social events will be had not vet been
announced. By early May under
normal weather conditions, it is
• warm enough in the Nags Head area
L “ for surf recreation.
1 Prominent Literary
; Figure Passes Away
John Curtis Underwood, poet, liter
ary figure of international note, and
the great-grand nephew of “Stone
wall” Jackson, died Friday night,
January 14, at his ranch near Santa
Cruz, N. M.
Among his works were . “The Iron
Muse”, “Literature and Insurgency”,
“Processionals”, “American’s” “War
Flames”, “Trail’s End”, “Pioneers”,
f “Interpreters”.
The poet numbered many well
) known writers in the U. S. among
3 his pupils. In 1925 he gave SI,OOO in
i prizes for free verse, and SI,OOO in
prizes for painting. The first prize
3 in poetry went to Witter Binner. One
3 of the prizes was won by Ruth New
) bold Vail, of Edenton, who studied
3 under the poet for a number of years.
Mr. Underwood visited Edenton
several times and is remembered by
many here as a most interesting and
colorful personality.
1 FHA Organized At
. Chowan High School
i A chapter of Future Homemakers
-of America, consisting of thirteen
home economic students, has been
oiganized at Chowan High School.
The chapter held its first meeting
January 13 in the home economics
room. At this first meeting the
chapter officers were elected and the
regular meeting time was arranged.
The officers elected were June Blan
chard, pres.; Dorothy Ann Asbell,
• vice pres.; Madge Copeland, sec.;
- Pearl Ann Hollowell, treas.; and
r Lottie Ann Leary, reporter. The
charter members, other than the of
-3 fleers are Dorothy Eason, Annie
: Belle Byrum, Clara Bunch, Lillian
- Bunch, Betty Cole Bateman, Ruth
c Boyce, Rita Hollowell, and Frances
, Ann Goodwin, a former member of
i the Colerain F. H. A. chapter. The
i club sponsor is Mrs. Daniel Reaves.
, The Future Homemakers of Amer
eka is a national organization for
. girls in high school who are at pree
i ent enrolled in homemaking classes
- or have completed ehtetes in home
making.
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Place Dimes In
Parking Meters To
Help Fight Polio
$2.00 Per Year.
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Judge Marvin P. Wilson, President
of the Chowan County Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Associa
tion, announces that the Town Coun
cil and the Police Department has
endorsed the plan of using parking
meters as depositories for the “March
of Dimes” campaign. Speaking as
campaign chairman, Judge Wilson
stated that the meters will be used
for this purpose until February Ist.
Inasmuch as dimes do not register in
the meters, it will facilitate the col
lection for the polio drive.
House to house soliciations will
begin today (Thursday) and last
through Saturday in an effort to
raise Chowan County’s share towards
the support of this program.
Mr. Wilson pointed out that all of
the National Foundation’s epidemic
funds were expended in the polio
epidemic of this past year. North
Carolina got $1,450,000 or approxi
mately one-quarter of the national
expenditure. “For this reason alone,”
he said, “all of North Carolina’s com
munities should willingly back the
campaign. While it is true, we in
the eastern section of the State were
not hit by the epidemic, let us be
grateful that enough funds were
available to fight it for our sister
communities elsewhere in North Car
olina. May it never happen, but we
could be next.”
J. H. McMullan On
Many Committees
J. H. McMullan, Representative for
Chowan County at the General As
sembly in Raleigh, has been assign
ed to the following committees for
the session: Agriculture: commer
cial fisheries; conservation and de
velopment; counties, cities and
towns; drainage; education; finance
higher education; . judiciary No. 1;
justices of the peace;, library ; public
j welfare; roads, and trustees, of the
University.
New Missionary Is
Seeking- Home Here
An appeal is being made by mem
bers of the Chowan Baptist Associa
tion to the residents of the various
counties including Chowan, to help
find a home for the new Association
al Missionary, Dr. L. H. Dawson
and his family, consisting of his
wife and four children. Dr. Dawson
and family expressed a willingness
to live in either the town or county,
provided the house is near a school
for children.
Dr. Dawson was called to fill the
vacancy left by the resignation of
the Rev. D. P. Brooks, who is now
living at Lexington. He will serve
some 5!) churches in the I<‘ counties
of the Association. The Missionary
was a classmate of Dr. R. E. Wall,
I pastor of the Blackwell Memorial
Baptist Church in Elizabeth City,
and is a graduate of the Baptist
Theological Seminary, of Louisville,
Kentucky.
Anyone knowing of an available
house is urged by the Rev. W. W.
Finlator to get in touch with him in
Elizabeth City, or with any Baptist
minister who is a member of the As
sociation.
TB Association Is
Sponsoring Contest
The Tuberculosis Association of
Chowan County is sponsoring an
essay contest among the ninth and
twelfth grades of the three high
schools of the county. The essay
will be on tuberculosis, and must be
written on or before February 7.
The papers will be judged by a
State tuebrculosis official with $lO
going to the first prize winner and
two prizes of $5.00 each for the next
best papers.
23 4-H Clubbers
At Council Meeting
Twenty-three 4-H Club members
representing all of the clubs in
Chowan County were present at the
4-H County Council meeting which
was held Wednesday night of last
week at the Cross Roads Community
Building.
Among the important matters dis
cussed were projects which tnmstre
national recognition, as well as plana
for the 4-H Chib camp this summer.