Volume XVl.—Number 11.
SITE APPROVED FOR HOSPITAL
Bill Introduced For
Edenton Election T o
Ban Parking Meters
Removal Obligates the
Town to Pay Balance
Due of $7,500
BILL "TABLED
J. H. McMullan Willing
To Discuss Matter
Over Week-end
On the strength of a petition bear
ing the signatures of approximately
150 persons asking for the permis
sion of the voters of the Town of
Edenton to express their will as to
whether or not the town shall con
tinue the operation of parking meters,
Representative J. H. McMullan on
Thursday of last week introduced a
local bill asking for a referendum in
which the question will be submitted
to the voters at the next regular
municipal election which will be held
in May. The bill was reported favor
ably by the House Committee on Fri
day and on Saturday it passed second
and third readings in the House.
Mr. McMullan’s bill as introduced
is as follows:
“Section 1. At the next regular
election which is held in the Town of
Edenton in 1949, there shall be sub
mitted to the qualified voters of said
town the question of whether or not
the Town of Edenton shall continue to
have and maintain parking meters.
“Section 2. At said election the
qualified voters who are in favor of
having parking meters in said town
shall vote a ballot on which are the
words “For Parking Meters” and
those who are opposed to having
parking meters in said town shall
vote a ballot on which are the words
“Against Parking Meters.”
“Section 3. If at said election a
majority of the votes cast on the fore
going subject are “For Parking
Meters,” the Town of Edenton may
continue to have and maintain park
ing meters, and the second para
graph of subsection 31 of G. S. 160-
200 shall remain in full force and ef
fect as the same applies to the Town
of Edenton.
“Section 4. If at said election a
majority of the votes cast on the fore
going subject be “Against Parking
Meters,” the Town of Edenton shall,
within 30 days after the results of
said election have been determined,
take down and dispose of said park
ing meters by either public or private
sale, without advertising, and the sec
ond paragraph of subsection 31 of
G. S. 160-200 shall be repealed insofar
as the same applies to the Town of
Edenton.
“Section 5. All laws and clauses of
laws in conflict with the provisions of
this Act are hereby repealed.
“Section 6. This Act shall be in
full force and effect from and after
its ratification.”
Since the introduction of the bill,
Mr. McMullan has been informed that
if the meters are voted out, the Town
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MISSMILDREO WARD. lIIST BACK FROM
GERMANY, CITES RED CROSS ACTIVITIES
After Serving In Mediterranean, Pacific and Eu
ropean Theaters, Edenton Girl Requests
Tour In Far East Next
Miss Mildred Ward, who recently
returned from Europe as a Red Cross
worker, was stationed in Bad Wil
dungen, Germany, as administrative
assistant to the budget director at
American Red Cross headquarters
for ETO. Later Miss Ward . was
transferred to the military welfare
service branch of Red Cross overseas
operations and worked at the field
director’s office in Salzburg, Austria.
“In addition to the usual work in
a field director’s office assisting ser
vicemen with emergency furloughs,
morale furloughs, dependency dis
charges, helping straighten out allow
ance and allotment trouble, health
and welfare reports, home conditions
reports* and loans and grants, to ser
vicemen, the War Bride program
| kept us very busy,” says Miss Ward,
u “The few months prior to the expir-
I ation of Ihe War Bride Act in De
cember, 1948, allowing servicemen to
transport alien dependents at govern
ment expense proved to be particular
ly hectic. Salzburg is a border town
and several border towns in Germany,
aa well as units scattered through the
' Tirol were under our coverage. We
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
jLions Club Minstrel
Rapidly Rounds Out
New, Bigger Show
Entertainment Schedul
ed to Be Presented
April Ist
With regular, rehearsals being held,
plans are rapidly being whipped into
shape for the annual Edenton Lions
Club Minstrel and Jubilee, which is
scheduled to be held Friday night,
April 1, in the school auditorium. As
heretofore, the proceeds of the enter
tainment will go toward blind aid,
the major project of the Lions Club.
This year’s minstrel is being
coached by Oscar Duncan and from
advance reports the show will be
even bigger and better than ever.
New songs, jokes and specialty num
bers, in fact an entirely new show,
will be presented this year and is ex
pected to attract a capacity house
when it is staged a few weeks hence.
‘The Spotlight Gains
National Recognition
Edenton School’s Paper
Wins Third Place
Rating
Edenton High School’s newspaper,
“The Spotlight”, won a third place
rating, it was announced at the Co
lumbia Scholastic Press Association
annual convention held in New York
City last week-end.
More than a thousand school
papers participated in the contest
and each paper competed with pub
lications from schools of similar
pupil population.
This is the first time that “The
Spotlight” in its present make-up
has entered in national competition
and the judging was done by experts
in the school publication field. The
Association states that the rating
is of more significance than the com
petitive element.
“The Spotlight” has been in ex
istance at the local high school for
twenty-six years and up until the fall
of 1947 it was published by a mimeo
graph, at which time the lay-out was
changed into newspaper form. Shir
ley Norris is the editor-in-chief.
had trouble getting some of the war
brides come into the office so that we
could check their necessary documents
for travel to the United States, and
the two field directors for whom I
worked were kept quite busy jeeping
around the Alps hunting out war
brides, checking their papers and
making sure that they had enough ,
money. After checking their doc
uments we would call our representa
tive at EUCOM Headquarters who in
turn would advise the military that
everything was in order, and govern
ment travel orders would then be cut.
“As far as gripes against Red
Cross,” stated Miss Ward, “a number
of former servicemen say, ‘Well, Red
Cross never did anything for me’.
During the war and until March of :
last year our clubs and their many
facilities were open to, all service- ,
men. There was always a Red Cross ;
worker available in a hospital to dis
tribute comfort articles, assist in ;
recreational therapy, assist a patient
in countless ways, as well as the ;
usual field director duties. t
“Maybe those servicemen never '
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• Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina,Thursday, March 17, 1949.
McMullan Bill Is In
Hopper To Secure
Money For Bridges
1 View In Mind to Assure
Rebuilding Chowan
River Bridge
In an effort to secure funds with
which to rebuild the Chowan River
bridge, Representative J. FI. McMul
flan,. last week introduced in the Gen
eral Assembly HB No. 678, which has
to do with the disposition of the pro
ceeds of gasoline and oil inspection
fee collections. If enacted into law,
’ the bill provides that all proceeds of
the gasoline and oil inspection fund
be paid over to the highway fund for
use in those districts in which exists
natural barriers such as mountains or
, rocky terrain, swamps and rivers.
> It is estimated that this fund will
, total $2,400,000 and that instead of
going into the general fund, it would
5 be earmarked for equalizing the cost
’ of construction and maintenance of
! highways, in which category the Cho
. wan River bridge would be placed.
In the bill Mr. McMullan sees the
earliest possible opportunity to re
build the bridge.
1 Mr. McMullan’s bill reads as fol
-1 lows:
! “Section 1. Section 119-23 of the
. General Statutes, 1947 Cumulative
Supplement, is hereby rewritten to
read as follows:
> “ ‘Section 119-23. Payment into
■ State Treasury; Gasoline and Oil In
. spection Fund.—-Gasoline and oil in
spection shall be one organization in
activities, accounting and reporting
under the Department of Revenue.
All monies received under the author
ity of the inspection laws of this
State, on and after May 1, 1949, shall
be paid into the State Treasury and
I kept as a distinct fund. t<» be styled
I the Gasoline and Oil Inspection F’und,
and the amount remaining, in such
fund, realized from collections made
’ on and after Mav 1. 1949, at June 30
arid December 31 of each year shall
be turned ovpr to the highway fund
by the State Treasurer.
“‘All proceeds of the gasoline and!
oil inspection fund naid over to the [
- highway fund shall be set up in a
: separate and distinct fund known as
the Highway Equalization F'und and
shall be used as a special fund to
equalize highway construction and
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Contributions For
Red Cross Brive
Now Net $1,468
Chairmen Urge Reports
To Be Sent In at
Once
According to Herbert Hollowell, co
chairman with West Leary of the
Chowan County Red Cross fund rais
ing drive, the amount collected up to
Wednesday of this week is $1,468.53.
still $699.47 short of the county’s
$2,138 quota.
Os course, this report is still in
complete, with none of the county
canvassers reporting and not includ
ing a number of scattered reports in
Edenton. Both Hollowell and Leary
are very anxious to wind up the drive
and, therefore, urge reports to be sent
| in at once.
1 Returns received during the week
were as follows:
Business District, East Side: Paul
Wallace and Rill Wells, $232.27.
North Edenton Business Firms: L.
S. Byrum, $71.00.
Residential, East Side (white):
Chairmen, Mrs. Lloyd Bunch and
Mrs. T. W. Jones. Workers: Mrs.
W. C. Brunson, $8.50; Miss Lena
Jones, $9.00; Miss Mary Arrington
Burton, $16.00; Mrs. Bill Goodwin,
$5.75; Mrs. T. W. Jones, $27.50; Mrs.
H. S. Ziegler, $21.00; Miss Elizabeth
Elliott, $13.40; Mrs. George Norris.
$29.70; Mrs. Lloyd Bunch, $15.00.
Residential, West Side (white):
Chairmen, Mrs. J. M. Jones, Jr., and
Mrs. Mabel Holton. Workers: Mrs.
Edward Wozelka, $20.00; Mrs. Albert
Byrum, $12.00; Mrs. Richard Hines,
$4.00; Mrs. W. H. Gardner, $36.00;
Mrs. Walter Holtor. and Mrs. J. M.
Jones, Jr., $25.00; Mrs. Paul Partin,
$8.50; Mrs. M. A. Hughes, $18.00;
Mrs. Wood Privott, $20.00; Mrs. Oscar '
Duncan, $11.20; Mrs. Leland Plant,
$2.00; Mrs. P. H. Bell, $5.00; Mrs. A.
E. Jenkins, $8.00; Mrs. James Mitch- :
ener, $27.00; Miss Martha Conger,
$172.00; Mrs. John Graham, $4.00; ’
Mrs. Scott Harrell, $4.00.
Group Os HospifJu Aiithorities
i Recommend Property Os Town
Near Leary Bros. Warehouse
CONGRESSMAN BONNER FORCES REPLY
REGARDING EXPANSION OF FAMES AT
H. S. HSH HATCHERY LOCATED AT EDENTON
; Acting Director of Fish and Wildlife Service Ad
vances Reasons For Discontinuing Propa
gation of Shad Since 1947
For a long time Congressman Her
bert C. Bonner has been interested in
' expansion of the facilities at the
U. S. Fish Hatchery, at Edenton, and
from time to time he has talked with
officials of the Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice. On each occasion Mr. Bonner
was informed that an investigation
would be made and a report submitted
to him.
Just the other day Mr. Bonner call
ed the Service, stating that he
thought sufficient time had elapsed
and that he should have received a
reply.
Wednesday of last week Mr. Bon
ner received a letter from the Fish
and Wildlife Service signed by M. C.
James, acting director, which is not
very encouraging concerning resump
tion of shad propagation at the Eden
Glen Gray Orchestra
Scheduled To Plav
•*- i
!n Edenton Anri! ?th
k
Concert In High School
■* Dance Later In
Armory
At a meeting Friday night of of
ficials of Ed Bond Post of the Ameri
can Legion a contract was accepted
with Glen Gray and his orchestra to
appear in Edenton Wednesday night,
April 7.
According to information from Le
gion officials, the renowned orchestra
will present a concert in the Edenton
High School auditorium from 7 to
8:30 o’clock, after which the aggre
gation will play for a dance in the
Edenton armory starting at 9 o’clock.
Legionnaires are very enthusiastic
in being able to secure the Glen Gray
band and are expecting capacity
crowds both at the concert and the
dance.
VFW Post Meets
In New Quarters
j Henry Quinn Re-elected j
Commander at Meet- I
ing Tuesday Night
The Wm 11. Coffield, Jr., Post 93.80,
Veterans of Foreign Wars of U. S,
held its first meeting in the new post I
home, over Mills Barber Shop. Tubs- j
| day night of this week. Members of |
I the post have leased this building and j
have done all repairs themselves and ,
will in the near future have an “open j
house” night, at which time the pub
lic will be invited to inspect the
building, as well as view numerous
war trophies and souvenirs.
The principal business transacted
Tuesday night was election of new
officers for the coming year which
are as follows:
Henry G. Quinn, commander; Lewis
White, senior vice commander; Bill
Crummey, junior vice commander;
Jack Bond, chaplain; Elwood Nixon,
adjutant; James Bond, quartermaster
and Ed Parker, service officer.
This group of officers will be in
stalled in the near future.
GUEST SPEAKER AT CHRISTIAN
CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING
Thomas P. Inabinett, director of
the Department of Religious Educa
tion for North and South Carolina,
wall be guest speaker at the First
Christian Church at the Sunday morn
ing service.
The pastor of the church, the Rev.
E. C. Alexander, invites the general
public to attend.
\
ton hatchery, with some of the blame
Mr. James’ letter to Congressman
Bonner, which may be of interest to
Herald readers, follows:
“My dear Mr. Bonner: This is with
reference to your telephone conversa
tion with me on Wednesday, March 2,
concerning the resuming of shad pro
pagation activities at the Edenton,
North Carolina, fish cultural station.
“The only shad eggs taken at this
station since 1941 have been inciden
tal to regular white perch and striped
bass spawning activities or for
perimental purposes. The seine fish
ery which has been the source of eggs
was closed down during the war, be
ginning in 1941, because the Navy
took jurisdiction of the fishing
grounds for war purposes. Since
that time the State of North Carolina
has restricted fishing during the
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Missionary Will
j Preach At Baptist
Church On Sunday
Young People of Train-,
ing Union In Charge ;
Os Night Service
It was. announced early this week
that in the absence of the Rev. R. N.j
Carroll, pastor of the Edenton Bap
tist Church, Dr. L. H. Dawson, Ban
tist Assoeiational missionary, will
preach at the morning service next,
Sunday.
The Young People’s Training Union;
will be in charge of the night ser
vice, with the theme being “Faithful;-
to the Bible”. The following young !
people will take part in the program: I
Charles Overman, Keith Emminizer, |
Betty Letcher, Hazel Boswell and
Charlotte Leary. The choir at the'
evening service will also be composed
of members of the Intermediate
Training Union.
FOORTH INSTALLMENT OF CHOWAN’S
SHOW PLACES IN GARDEN CLOD TOUR
Special Tags Will Be Issued For Ai’Jome’ Ds of
Visitors Allowing Free Parking During
Tour; Hostesses at Various Homes
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The following four i emtrysid,
[homes appear in this issue of The,
Herald as the fourth in a series of
articles on the Colonial Home ami:
. Garden Tour being held in Chowan 1
.County April 8-9-10.
Visitors will be received in each
home by hostesses compriseed of
members of the Junior. Woman’s
Club, Edenton Tea Party Chapter of
the D.A.R. and friends of the own
ers.
The police department is welcom
ing visitors to the tour by issuing i
special tags for automobiles allowing
for free parking. The lot to the
north of the police department will
be used for parking chartered busses.
With the exception of “Albania”.,
which will be open both morning and I
afternoon hours, the following homes i
are open for inspection from 2 to 5
P. M. only for the three days:
MULBERRY HILL
Blount—Wood
This distinguished house is located
on Albemarle Sound, five miles from
Edenton. The plantation was estab
lished by Captain James Blount, 1689.
One of the few brick houses in Chow
an County. Similar in design to
Smallwood-Ward house at New Bern.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wood have
recently restored this beautiful house
$2.00 Per Year.
Final Approval Is Now
Being Awaited From
Washington
ALL OPTIMISTIC
Most Logical Site From
All Angles Is General
Opinion
Another, and one of the most im
portant steps toward the realization
of a new hospital in Chowan County
materialized Tuesday when a site for
the proposed hospital was recom
mended. The recommended site is
a piece of town-owned property ad
jacent to Leary Bros. Storage Com
pany, on which was formerly located
a pumping station for the Electric &
Water Department.
The recommendation was made by
seven representatives of the Medical
Care Commission, the State Board of
Health and the United States Public
Health Service. This group was in
Edenton Tuesday conferring with the
Chowan Hospital trustees, together
with whom various sites were visited
and considered from all angles.
The opinion was advanced that
the town property just north of
Leary Bros. Storage Company is the
most logical from the standpoint of
water, sewer and electric facilities,
and more economical and convenient
than any other site proposed. The
transportation problem will.also he
eliminated if the hospital is erect<d
jon this site
\ While the group was very erhbus
• ias!ic about the site, firm aim j 1
‘Will have to come from. Wa Irngton,
but spokesmen expressed confidence
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I Four More Concerns
Join Local C. Os C.
Mravin Wilson, president of the
j Chowan County Chamber of Coni
j merce and Merchants Association,
welcomed four more new members
to the organization this week. They
are the Corey Plumbing Co., Inc., a
[new concern now located at 1(19 West
; Freemason Street, R. H. Kerman,
I manager; B & B Venetian Blind Co.,
J. M. Boyce, proprietor: Carolina
; Service Station, Bill Jones, pro
i prietor; Victory Cab Company, Harry
Crummey, president. Mr. Wilson ex
i pressed satisfaction over the way
.business houses, firms and companies
of various types are joining the com
mon effort to promote the welfare of
the town and county.
and 'make, their residemv here,
j . ALBANIA
. Cox—;Brown
On the western .- ie of thr*iown of
Edenton, a few hundred yards off
J Route 17, is Albania, built with end
walls in the porches, pierced with,
windows. A ery few examples, of this
Charleston Custom remain. Dr. ltd
ward Warren, who was given the
title of Bey by the Turkish Govern
ment, lived here at one time.
It is the home of Mrs. M. G.
I Brown.
CLEMENT HALL
Hoskins—Bond
On Route 32, one mile north of
, Edenton, is plantation of Clement
[Hall, Rector of St. Paul’s Church,
• Edenton, from 1742 to 1758. The
house was built by Richard Hoskins.
It has been recently restored by
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bond, who
make their home here.
ATHOL
Skinner—U. S. Navy
One of a group of colonial houses
. prevalent in the Albemarle, circa
1830. Athol is on the Albemarle
i Sound, not far from Mulberry Hill,
within the Marine Air Base, and is
the residence of the Commanding
Officer.