Volume XVl.—Number 5. =
Chamber Commerce
Considers Housing
Shortage In Edenton
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Estimated Base Reactiv
ation Will Need 1,100
Living Quarters
BOTTLENECK
Group Anxious to Co
operate With Garden
Club Tour
The most ‘acute problem facing
the membership of the Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Association
Is that of meeting the terrific hous
ing shortage in Edenton and sur
rounding territory in order to sat
isfy the increasing demands for same
as operations at the Edenton Naval
Air Station slowly gather momentum.
Marine officials informed the direc
tors of the Chamber of Commerce
that it is anticipated that housing
will be required for at least 1,100,
and this is based upon a 50 per cent
estimate. Mayor Leroy Haskett ap
peared by invitation at the meeting
on Monday in the Municipal Building
and furnished information on the sit
uation from the standpoint of the
town, none of which could be consid
ered on the bright side of the picture.
Directors Joe Conger arid John Gra
ham presented the activities they had
participated in on the matter during
the past week, including that of con
tacting Congressman Herbert Bon
ner and certain large insurance com
panies.
The crux of the matter hinges upon
the reluctance or flat refusal of lend
ing institutions to advance the
money for building due to the feeling
that no assurance is given as to the
permanency of Hie base. The Mar
rine officials want some kind of defin
*#a figures as to estimated housing to
care of the personnel. Local ob
jOHigs feel that private capital or
aMy.Hferce of capital, has a right to
'WritSKjLe basis upon which to guar
arifes Wpt investments, and that if
ref i u ' re
co>fßaPuflßKjwhi(Vnlwsi huge out
lays Mien they should be
in a pasitiMteia giva soma "indication
to justify, (Mb'’expenditures.
At the MftMit' fltyYlce President
I’hilip M Mullan, being tak
en of experienced opera
tors and observers cQgfidsNutea to as
certain an average hous
ing apart from Marißfe(3|Ne' require
ments. It was felt that Hus estimate
would perhaps encouraggridjfajME local
capital to go ahead and
upon local needs. It was alipa tlWfcight
that this would be the means, .per
haps, of unloosing the bfettlenesfc of
over-cautiousness on the part
contractors who have the doMltgv to
build if things look right. f. '
Another director brought <NlNfb the
fact that one particular eaacracter
was ready to go ahead and build but
that land had advanced so much «A
price as to become prohibitive. It
was the general impression that local
citizens had a stake, a big stake, in I
the opening of the base, and that nod
unnecessary obstacles should hU
placed in the way. Said one observer,!
“monetary values are relative, and!
land located somewhere out in the
Sahara Desert would be of no par
ticular value as part of a desert.
place a live community around it and
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Partial Report For
Christmas Seal Sale
Colored Contributions
Gratifying Says Mrs.
Holland
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While Mrs. R. C. Holland, treasur
er of ■ the Chowan County Christmas
Seal sale, has not heard from all
letters sent out, she is very much
gratified with the result of the drive,
and is especially appreciative for the
response in colored churches and the
schools.
Colored contributions dn the drive
were reported as follows:
Kadesh A. M. E. Zion Church, $6.55;
Welch’s Chapel, $8.00; Church of God
In Christ, $7.00; Warren’s Grove
Church, $8.00; St. John’s School,
$5.00; Pleasant Grove Church, $8.00;
Canaan’s Temple, $2.00; Providence
Baptist Church, $27.00; St. John’s
Episcopal Church, $14.00; Gale Street
Baptist Church, $8.00; colored school,
$79.16.
In the county white schools, con
tributions amounted to $51.88 and in
the Edenton school $40.90.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
1 Breath o’Winter |
After enjoying a long period of
spring-like weather, a sample of
winter hit this section Saturday
night. With the mercury taking
a tumble during the night, the
ground was covered with a coat
ing of snow Sunday morning and
flurries continued during most of
the day. However, by night
practically all of the snow had
disappeared, although the mer
cury hung around the freezing
mark.
Further west roads became ex
tremely dangerous for travel due
to a coating of ice and snow on
highways in many sections.
Plans Are Completed
For Red Men Dance
On Saturday, Feb. 12
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Crowning of Queen of
Valentine Will Be
Feature
Interest is mounting in the crown
ing of the Queen of Valentine, which
will take place on Saturday evening,
February 12, in the Edenton armory
under the sponsorship of Chowan
Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men.
The Queen will be chosen by popular
vote from among those in attendance
and marital status plays no part in
the eligibility requirements.
The committee, composed of Har
old Davis, Erie Haste and John R.
Lewis, stateT that tickets are now on
sale and placards have been placed
l in Windsor, Creswell, Roper, Colum
bia, Colerain and Hertford, so far.
I. was stresasd that tlu> affair isvopen
to the public as well as to the Red
Men and their wives and friends.
J. E. Bufflap, chief of records for
the tribe, reports that invitations
have been sent to Red Men tribes in
Elizabeth City, Washington, N. C.,
and Rocky Mount. It is expected
that many will turn out for the gala
event and the crowning.
The committee is looking for some
one in the community who knows 1
how to conduct a “promenade”. The
Queen will lead off with her escort '
after the coronation by a high rank
ing officer of the Red Men. The com
mittee is also planning on making the
affair more interesting by giving
away prizes to those in attendance, ’
in addition to those presented to the
Queen. “This is one night which
will be remembered for a long time,”
says Erie Haste. Dancing will be to
the strains of Buddy Butterton’s
“super-dooper” swingmen from Ports
nnouth, who is no stranger in
iEdenton.
(roup Chosen For
ffriangular Debate
Maty Lee Copeland and ■
K. Gelbach
Coaches 11
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V»#B ci P ation the annual Tri- j
Edenton High School
members of the 1949 de- }
biUhg tMm. The affirmative team l
w w 'W n l °f Nancy Boswell t
antSflMKMartin, with Gecola Ward 1
ani Fay nail being the negative de- ]
batafi. Sftftley Norris has been chos- <
en M altflAite.
MMMrPM’y Lee Copeland and i
GeoMnaSHnlelbach will serve as 1
coacMK Ipffmiis year’s team. 1
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Two Jfcft Injured In ■
Automobile Accident«
Walter Cross and Thad McCullers 1
of Portsmouth were painfully in- ‘
jured early Monday morning when a £
car driven by Thomas B. Garrett, also 1
of Portsmouth, turned over on High
way 17 about six miles north of e
Edenton. Garrett and another occu- I
pant of the car were only shaken up. i
The accident occurred when the car i
hit a muddy spot on the road, skid- <
ding onto the soft shoulder and over- j
turned. The injured men were.taken 1
to Edenton and treated by Dr. Mar
tin Wisely. j
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina,Thursday, February 3,1949.
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82d DIVISION ’CHUTISTS TO TEST NEW PLANE— Paratroopers
like these will put the new C-119 cargo and troop transport through
its paces during an air show at Hagerstown, MS., in March. They
will demonstrate loading of personnel and equipment aboard the plane,
which can transport 42 soldiers with their combat equipment, or nine
tons of cargo, for 2 000 miles.
Edenton’s PTA In
Favor Recent State
Education Report
Past Presidents Speak
On Founder’s Day
Program
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Associa
tion at its meeting Tuesday after
noon went on record as endorsing
the recent report of the State School
Commission on Education. Associa
tion members will convey their
wishes to members of the General
Assembly and in order to make the
appeal stronger, urge all citizens to
contact legislators in an effort to
have the recommendations go into
effect.
At Tuesday’s meeting the PTA
observed Founders Day, when three
past presidents spoke. These were
Mrs. James E. Wood, Mrs. John F
White and Mrs. Richard Elliott, each
of whom rehearsed the accomplish
ments of the association during her
term of office.
THIRD DEGREE TONIGHT
AT MASONIC MEETING
At the meeting of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., tonight
(Thursday) the third degree will be
conferred upon a candidate. In
preparation for the ceremony, the
degree team held a practice session
Tuesday night.
Richard Baer, master of tne lodge,
urges all members to be present at
tonight’s meeting, and a cordial in
vitation is extended all visiting
Masons to attend.
KED CROSS FIDO RAISING CIMMIGN WIU
GE HOG IN CHOWAN COUNTY MARCH M 5
Quota For County Set at $2,138; Herbert Hollowell
And West Leary Co-chairmen; Hector Lupton
Serving 4s Chairman of Publicity
Chowan County Chapter of the <
American Red Cross has set a quota
of $2,138 to be raised during the
1949 fund raising campaign, which
will be held March 1 to 15, according
to Herbert Hollowell and West Leary,
who are co-chairmen of the campaign.
Hector Lupton has been appointed
publicity chairman for the drive.
Mr. Hollowell stated this week that
he and Mr. Leary plan to enlist the
help of a large number of people in
the drive so that there will be no
burden placed upon any particular
person and also that the drive can be
completed within the specified time.
“The Red Cross makes only one
appeal a year for funds to carry out
the various program of service,” Mr.
Hollowell said. “This year we plan
to give everybody in Chowan County
an opportunity to contribute to the
Red Cross and to become a member
of the organization.”
Mr. Hollowell pointed out that the
Red Cross is continuing to meet
“the needs of the people as they
arise,” and on that basis seeks pub
lic support.
The Red Cross services which are
expected to claim top priority na
tionally in next year’s expenditures
include Disaster Service and Home
Service, both basic program of the
organization. In addition, educational
programs of health and safety will
be continued.
Disaster relief during the fiscal
year ending July 1, 1948, requireda
Jack Habit Gets
U.N.C. Alumni Cup
For Best Athlete
Chowan Group Plans to
Make Annual Award
To Student
Jack Habit, ace halfback for the
Edenton High School Aces, was sig
nally honored at the meeting of the
Chowan Chapter of the University
of North Carolina Alumni Associa
tion held at Boswell’s Case Friday
night, when 1 he was awarded a beau
tiful cup for the highest scholastic
record and being the best all around
athlete in his class for four years.
According to Meredith Jones, pres
ident of the Association, the cup will
be an annual award, this being the
first year. Twenty-two alumni at
tended the meeting.
Guests al the meeting were Roy
Armstrong, director of admissions;
Bill Shuford, assistant to the sec
retary of the Alumni Association
and Crowell Little, coach of the
freshman squad at the University.
Mr. Armstrong presented a very in
teresting talk on existing conditions
at the University.
After the banquet, pictures of the
Sugar Bowl football game were en
joyed in the high school auditorium,
with Mr. Little giving the com
mentary.
SPECIAL MEETING
Town Council met in special session
r uesday night when the local housing
ituation was considered.
Emergency and rehabilitation expen
ditures from national Red Cross funds
totaling $12,171,000, Mr. Hollowell
reported. The Red Cross assisted
approximately 312,400 persons suffer
ing loss in more than 300 disasters
throughout the United States and
Canada.
“The Red Cross gave disaster re
lief in more than 600 counties last
year,” Mr. Hollowell continued, “in
cluding rescue, food, shelter, clothing
and medical care during the emerg- ;
ency period and assistance in re- •
building, repair of property, refur- i
nishing household goods, supplying 1
occupational equipment and other ne
cessities in the rehabilitation period.” <
Red Cross chapters have continued
their program of Home Service both
for service men and veterans and 1
their dependents. The peacetime ser- J
vice to service men has substantially j
increased since the draft has been 1
resumed. 1
In the last fiscal year, Mr. Hollo
well said, Red Cross chapters '
throughout the nation assisted 768,-
000 service men and their dependents
with problems involving financial aid,
.consultation and- guidance, govern- 1
ment benefits, communications, sup- ;
plying information and reporting. •
“A total of $9,251,000 was given in 1
financial assistance through the Home <
Service program in cases of service
men, veterans and civilians,” he 1
idded. 1
March Os Di . [ Standard Priming Cu «
I 328-230 S First St
Be Continued Until
i 94 Reached
Jaycees Planning To
Hold Ladies’ Night
On Thursday, Feb. 10
Joint Bingo Party Plan
ned to Help March
Os Dimes
At a meeting of the Edenton Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce held
Thursday night at Boswell’s Case,
it was decided to hold Ladies’ Night
at the case on Thursday night, Feb
ruary 10. A great deal of interest
has been aroused in entertaining the
wives of Jaycees, so that the meeting
is expected to be one of the most
outstanding affairs of the organiza
tion to date.
The committee appointed to ar
range for the meeting is composed of
Sam Allen, Junior Pruden, Bill
Holmes, A. L. Bridgford and Bill Co- 1
zart. Billy Harrison, State president,
will be a special guest for the oc
casion, and there will be other prom- 1
inent Jaycees on hand to enjoy the
affair. The committee has already re
ported that there will be no long
speech-making and that the meeting
will provide fun for all and will be
one long to be remembered.
President Frank Holmes reported
Thursday night that the board of di- 1
rectors had decided to hold a Jaycett
rummage sale some time in February
in order to raise funds. The com-'
mittee in charge of this project in- ■
eludes Horace White, James Mitch
ener, Mike Byrum, Emmett Dail and
Jack Bond. It was also reported that
the monthly bingo party will be held
in February, which will be a joint af
fair with the Junior Woman’s Club.
Prizes will be food made by Junior
Woman’s Club members, with the
proceeds going toward the March of
Dimes.
As a special guest Judge Marvin
Wilson attended the meeting, and |
spoke on the March of Dimes cam
paign now in progress. Mr. Wilson
especially emphasized the need for
funds and the hope that Chowan
County will reach its quota of $4,400.
The Jaycees have joined in the drive
by making individual contributions
and soliciting business houses and 1
industries in Edenton.
President Holmes reminded mem
bers that nominations of officers will
take place in April and urged mem
bers to begin thinking about who
they want as their officers for the
new fiscal year. Mr. Holmes also
called attention to the quarterly
meeting, which will be held in Dur
ham February 12 and 13, and re
quested any who are interested in at
tending to contact him at once.
Local Cops Again Do
Good Piece Os Work
Without Any Clue, Man
age to Round Up Ver
non Harris
Edenton’s police have again done
a splendid piece of work in appre
hending Vernon Harris, Negro, as
the person who two weeks ago stole
sl6 from John Habit’s Filling Sta
tion and assaulted Louis and C. H.
Craddock when he was discovered in
the station.
Without any clue whatever to work
on, the police rounded up Harris,
and in Recorder’s Court Friday
Judge Marvin Wilson declared him
guilty on four counts. Harris was
charged with larceny of sl6, assault
ing Louis Craddock, assaulting C. H.
Craddock and a charge of vagrancy.
The defendant plead not guilty to
the first three counts, but guilty on
the fourth. The court, however, de
clared him guilty on all charges and
he was sentenced to six months for !
larceny, 30 days on each of the as
sault charges and 30 days for !
vagrancy.
Youth Rally Monday
Night In Court House
A Church of God youth rally will '
be held in the Chowan Court House i
Monday night, February 7, starting ]
at 7:30 o’clock. The Rev. Rassie
Davis, pastor of the church, invites i
everybody to attend. <
Prior to the rally a fish fry will ’
be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. :
Braxton Gay on Broad Street. ’
$2.00 Per Year.
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Chairman Marvin Wil
son Reports $1,200
Collected
FARSHORT
Those Not Contacted
Are Urged to Make
Contributions
Though he has not had a complete
report, Judge Marvin Wilson, chair
man of the Chowan County March of
Dimes, informed The Herald Tues
day night that contributions thus far
in the drive amounted to between
$l,lOO and $1,200. He said canvass
ers were still working, but that it
must be expected that every person
in the county will not be seen for a
contribution. In view of this fact,
Mr. Wilson urges any who have not
been solicited to send a contribution
either to him or W. H. Gardner, the
treasurer.
While Chowan’s report is far from
complete, Mr. Wilson is more or less
disappointed in the amount of money
in hand from those who have report
ed. In view of the urgent need for
funds in the face of a State and na
tional emergency, Mr. Wilson is
rather of the opinion that of the re
ports sent in contributions should be
at least double the amount.
Chowan’s quota is $4,400, double
last year, which is the case in every
county in the State due to the emerg
ency which exists. Because of last
year’s epidemic, national funds ap
proached the vanishing point, with
about one-fourth of all the funds be
ing sent into North Carolina, hardest
hit State in the country. In view of
this fact, it is necessary to build up
a reserve for future emergencies, so
every county is asked to double last
year’s quota.
With only a little more than one
fourth of the county’s quota realized
to date, Mr. Wilson stated that Cho
wan County cannot afford to fail down
this year, so that he said the drive,'
.which was to huvß endi.T? Mcrit'ay of
'this week, will continue in the hope
of reaching the $4,400 goal.
Mr. Wilson has had splendid co
operation on the part of individuals
and various organizations, hut he
pointed out the fact that contribu
tions have been smaller than neces
sary if the quota is to be realized.
In many cases, he pointed out, con
tributions of $5.00 or SIO.OO were
made, when at least $25.00, $50.00 or
even SIOO.OO could have been made.
Os course, nothing can be done about
that, except to appeal to every citizen
in the county to be more generous at
a time when it is absolutely neces
sary to raise funds in the interest of
caring for children who may become
victims of infantile paralysis.
While it is true that no funds were
needed in Chowan County last year,
most of the money held by the Cho
wan County Chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
was sent to State headquarters to
supplement funds from the national
organization for use in North Caro
lina. The situation might be re
versed in time to come, so that it
might be necessary to -use all local
funds, which would not go very far if
a number of children fell victims to
the disease, in which case an appeal
would have to be made for outside
financial assistance.
Thus far the Chowan County 7 Chap
ter has been able to answer the ap
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B & L Re-elects All
Present Directors
Rate of Interest Earned
During Past Year
Was .0634
At the annual meeting of the Eden
ton Building & Loan Association
last week, all of the directors were
re-elected. The directors are A. G.
Byrum, J. P. Partin, J. W. Davis,
R. C. Holland, Fred P. Wood. T. C.
Byrum, J. C. Leary and R. P. Bad
ham. These directors are scheduled
to meet Thursday, February 10, at
which time they will elect a president
and secretary. F. W. Hobbs is now
president and R. E. Leary, secretary.
A goodly number of stockholders
attended the meeting, when, among
other things, the annual statement
was read which showed that the net
rate of interest earned for the year
was .0634.