Volume XVl.—dumber la
City Councilmen Put
■ Machinery In Motion
1 For Election May 3rd
Registrars and Judges
Os Election Appoint
ed Tuesday
BOOKSOPEN
Friday, April 22, Dead
line For Candidates
To File
In compliance with the Town char
ter, Town Council at Tuesday night’s
meeting called an election for the
naming of city officials for the next
two years. The election will be held
Tuesday, May 3, with Friday, April
22 being the deadline for any pros
pective candidates to file with Town
Clerk R. E. Leary.
Officers to be elected in the elec
tion include a Mayor, Treasurer, one
Councilman from each of the four
wards, two councilmen to be elected
'at large, and three members of the
Board of Pub] ic._ Works.
Machinery was setf"Tri~rhotion for
the election when Councilmen from
the various wards appointed Regis
trars, Judges of Election and polling
places. These election officials and
polling places follow:
First Ward—J. J. Long, registrar;
W. A. Everett and Mrs. George C.
Hoskins, judges of election. Polling
place, Municipal Building.
Second Ward —Daisy Lee Cobb,
registrar; G. E. Cullipher and Char
lie Cayton, judges of election. Poll
ing place, Court House.
Twrd Ward—A. B. Harless, regis
trar; W. H. Parrish and Sidney Cam
pen, judges of election. Polling
place, W. H. Parrish’s store.
Fourth Ward—Mrs. Jessie L.
Porter, registrar; John Lee Spruill j
and R. L. Ward, judges of election. 1
Pbu'ng place, Percy Dail’s store.
<3terk R. E. Leary on Wednesday
ifrr’rni-'r places the registration books
in the hands of the registrars, who
will register voters up until the day
before election.
While members of Town Council '
officially called the election Tuesday '
night, no comment was made by any
of the present Board as to whether
or not they will seek re-election.
District Meeting Os
Scouters Tonight
Anniversary Crusdcle to
Be Considered at
Hertford
Tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock
a meeting of the West Albemarle
District, Boy Scouts of America,
will be held at Hertford, the meet
ing to be held at Hotel Hertford in
the form of a dinner meeting.
J. L. Chestnutt, chairman of the
district, emphasizes the fact that the
district joined the Tidewater Council,
Region 111 and the nation in the 40th
anniversary crusade of Boy Scouts
of America. Definite commitments
have been made to be accomplished
in the coming two years, so that Mr.
Chestnutt says, “It is necessary for
every one of us to take off our coats
and go to work for the boys of this
district so that the crusade goal will
be realized in terms of better Scout
ing for more boys.
Because of the importance of this
meeting, Mr, Chestnutt urges every
Scouter in the district to attend.
Town’s Tennis Courts
Will Be Put Into Use
With Edward Wozelka as spokes
man, a committee representing the
Varsity Club and the Jaycees appear
ed before Town Council in the in
terest of putting the municipal tennis
courts in shape.
The Councilmen decided to cover
the threq courts with asphalt with
the work to be done by Sam Finley,
Inc., which concern has paved the
streets in the cotton mill village.
|_ Warning! J
Edenton police have request
ed The Herald this week to make
an appeal to all motorists to
remove the switch key of their
car when leaving it. With no ,
key in the switch, say the police,
s temptation for stealing s car
will for the moat part, be elimin
ated.
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GEDDES B. POTTER
Taking the oath of office Fri
day afternoon, Geddes B. Potter
is now chairbtan of the Chowan
County Board of Education, suc
ceeding James E. Wood, who re
signed at the expiration of his
term of office.
Geddes Potter New
Chairman Os County
Board Os Education
Succeeds J. E. Wood,
Resigned; Same
Members
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Except for the chairmanship of the
Chowan County Board of Education,
all present members have been re
appointed by Representative J. H.
McMullan and his appointments rati
fied by the General Assembly.
Geddes B. Potter has been appoint
ed chairman of the Board, succeed
ing James E. Wood. Mr. Wood re
signed at the termination of his term
of office due to business reasons
igfrich prevented him from devoting
the aniount of time he felt the
chairmanship required.
Other members of the Board who
were reappointed include D. H.
Berryman, Lloyd Briggs, Carey Ev
ans, G. E. Nixon and J. I. Boyce.
These Board members, together with
Chairman Potter,'took the oath of of
fice in Superintendent W. J. Taylor’s
office Friday afternoon, the oath
being administered by Clerk of
Court E. W. Spires.
After taking the oath of office the
Board held an organization meeting,
at which time W. J. Taylor was re
elected superintendent and named
the same district committee, compos
ed of B. W. Evans, Carey Hollowell
and Willie H. Saunders.
Hospital Auxiliary
Meets April 20th
A meeting of the Chowan Hospital
Auxiliary will be held Wednesday af
ternoon, April 20, at 3 o’clock in the
nurses’ home. Matters of importance
are scheduled to be discussed, so
that every member of the Auxiliary
is especially urged to attend.
Among the items of business will
be to make final plans for the organ
concert to be given by Hal Lyon on
May 5 in the school auditorium. Mr.
Lyon, an organist from Franklin, Va.,
presented two previous concerts in
Edenton, one in the Baptist Church
and another in the school auditorium.
He is a popular and outstanding ar
tist of this section, and it is expect
ed a large number will want to hear
him again.
Police Authorized To
Issue Courtesy Cards
At the request of Marvin Wilson,
president of the Chowan County
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Association, Edenton police have
been authorized to have printed
courtesy cards which will be placed
on cars of visitors for minor infrac
’ tions of the traffic laws instead of
a ticket requiring them to-report at
, police headquarters.
Mr. Wilson presented a number of
samples used in other towns, which
will be used in framing the Edenton
courtesy card.
Edenton, Qiowan County, North Carolina, tyursday, April 14,1949.
Members Os 6TU
In Charge Os Baptist
Service On Sunday
Young People Will Give
Echoes of Recent
Convention
The Rev. R. N. Carroll, pastor of
the Baptist Church, announces that
the Training Union Department of
the church will be in complete charge
of the evening worship service Sun
day night, April 17. These young
people will give echoes from the an
nual Regional Training Union Con
vention in Murfreesboro in which
some of them took an active part.
Barbara Jean Spencer, who had a
perfect record in the Junior Memory
Work Tournament, and qualified to
enter the State-wide tournament, will
demonstrate to the congregation the
value of the memory work in the
training program under the direction
of Miss Mildred Munden, Junior
leader. Misses Joan Cobb, Mary Ann
Elliott and Hazel Elliott will repeat
the clarinet trio which they gave be
fore the Friday night session of the
Training Union Convention in Mur
freesboro. Scott Harrell, who had a
part on the Saturday morning pro
gram of the convention, will present,
an interesting word picture of the
value of the features of the training
program as demonstrated in a very
interesting manner at the convention.
Members of the Junior Training
Union will sing in the choir and other
B. T. U. members will act as ushers
and receive the offering. N. J.
George, counselor of the Young
People’s Union of the Training Un
ion Department and who also took
an active part in the convention pro
gram on Saturday morning, will read
the Scripture lesson.
Lions Minstrel Nets j
S2OO For Local Club
Goodly Number Plan to
Attend Anniversary of
Hertford’s Lions Club
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W. J. Taylor, secretary of the
Edenton Lions Club, informed mem
bers of the club at Monday night’s
meeting that the recent minstrel and
jubilee netted the club approximate
ly S2OO after all expenses were paid
and about $35 going to the Edenton ,
Band. i
Mr. Taylor also informed the club
that the sale of Easter Seals, spon
sored by the Lions Clu%, is now in 1
progress, with children in the various
grades acting as salesmen and batch
es being sent through the mail.
Salesmen will also be on the streets
Saturday in an effort to sell the
seals, proceeds of which go toward
work among crippled children.
At Monday night’s meeting about i
' 30 Lions and their wives expressed
their intention to attend the tenth
anniversary meeting of the Hertford
Lions Club Friday night. Attending
the meeting will be Walter C. Fisher
of Ontario, Canada, first vice presi
dent of Lions International, and Ed
ward H. M. Mahan of Brevard, dir
ector of Lions International.
Due to the large number of Lions
and their wives expected to attend,
the meeting will be held at Harvey
Point
The Edenton Lions Club has a
special interest in the meeting due
to the fact that the local Lions spon
sored the Hertford Club 10 years
ago.
CONDITION OF CHOWAN RIVER RRIDGE
PRESENTED TO GOV. SCOTT WEDNESDAY
Group of Counties Concerned Over Important
Span; Information to Effect That Concrete
Pilings Are Badly Damaged
With a number of Eastern Counties
r concerned over the condition of the
Chowan River bridge, in the neigh
, borhood of 50 people representing
r five counties met in Edenton Monday
; afternoon to discuss the situation.
‘ The five counties represented were
1 Chowan, Bertie, Martin, Pasquotank
I and Perquimans. It is also expected
■ that Camden and Currituck will join
’ in the effort to have a new bridge
: built.
Present also at the meeting were
: Highway Commissioner Merrill Ev
l ans and Division Engineer T. J. Mc
i Kim, both of whom expressed their
opinion about the bridge. They ad
Edenton’s Home And
Tour Far More Successful Than
Most Optimistic Expectations
SINGS IN EDENTON APRIL 25
JULIE O’BRIEN j
Lovely and talented singing star, Julie O’Brien, will feature two <
appearances of Glen Gray and his Casa Loma orchestra in Edenton i
Monday, April 25. Sponsored by Ed Bond Post of the American (
Legion, a concert will be presented in the high school auditorium, (
after which the orchestra will play for a mammoth dance in the
Edenton armory. A capacity crowd is anticipated.
Dr. Griffin Will Not
Seek Re-election On
Board Public Works
Sees Merit In City Man- j
ager Form of Gov
ernment
What appeared to be the first rip
ple in Edenton’s political waters oc
curred Tuesday when Dr. Wallace S.
Griffin, a member of the Board of
Public Works, informed The Herald
that he positively will not be a can
didate for any political office in the
May city election.
In conjunction with his announce
ment, Dr. Griffin again reiterated
his opinion that a city manager form
of government is well worth consid
eration.
Dr. Griffin’s letter to The Herald
l follows:
“I would appreciate very much if
you would inform the public, through
The Chowan Herald, the following
statement:
“I wish to express my apprecia
tion to the citizens of the Town of
Edenton for having selected me, by
ballot, to again serve them as one
of the members of the Board of Pub
lic Works, during the past two
years. During this tenure in office,
as well as before, I would like to
state that a City Manager form of
government is well worth considera
tion by the citizens of Edenton.
“I shall not be a candidate for any
political office in the May city elec
tion.”
; mitted that the bridge is in bad
shape, but as on previous occasions
advanced the argument that the nec
; essary funds are not available to re
r build or even negotiate the sort of
. repairs to make the bridge as it
> should be.
: It has been learned that the con
crete pilings have deteriorated and
that some of the cement has been
■ washed away. In fact, a diver this
week inspected many of the pilings
and it is the purpose to construct a
• copper dam in order to adequately
determine the exact status of the
■ bridge’s underpinning. The roadbed
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Mrs. Leon Leary New i
President Os P.T.A.!
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Officers Elected Last 1
Week at Meeting of
Association j
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At last week’s meeting of the (
Edenton Parent-Teacher Association, (
Mrs. Leon Leary was elected presi- ,
dent to succeed Mrs. L. A. Patterson. (
whose term expired. Other officers
elected were Mrs. John F. White,
vice president; Miss Nancy Darden, >
secretary and Mrs. M. M. Perry, ‘
treasurer. These officers will be in
stalled at the May meeting.
The association agreed to pay the
expenses of a representative to the ’
PTA convention which will be held i
in Greensboro the latter part of this (
month, and it is hoped the new presi- i
dent will be able to represent the or- 1
ganization at the convention.
A very interesting program in i
the form of a skit was presented at |
the meeting by members of the fifth,
sixth and seventh grades. ;
Pre-School Clinics
Planned In County
Schedule Released This
Week By Health
Department
The local Health Department an
nounced this week that pre-school
i clinics will be held in Chowan Coun
ty on the following schedule:
1 April 19—Warren’s Grove, White
, Oak, Hudson Grove and Center Hill.
April 21—Edenton High School.
April 26—Chowan High School and
Rocky Hock School.
April 28—Edenton (colored) High
School.
The acting health officer and nurse
will attend each clinic, and parents
are urged to accompany their child
ren for whooping cough and diphther-
I ia \accinations.
; A child must besix years oM on or
before October 1 to be eligible to at
■ tend the clinics.
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Varsity Club Planning |
Womanless Wedding
! Announcement was made this week
i that the Varsity Club will sponsor
; a womanless wedding Friday night,
: April 22, at 8 o’clock, in the school
l auditorium.
’ Gas House Parker will he the bride
‘ in the entertainment and the remain
l der of the cast will appear in next
week’s Herald.
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Visitors High In Praise
Os Charming Homes
And Hospitality
BIG ‘TARTY”
Estimated That 5,000
People Visited Eden
ton During Tour
Edenton and Chowan. County’s first
Garden Club Tour, which was in pro
gress Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
was far. more successful from every
standpoint than the fondest hopes of
members <>f the Junior Woman’s
Club, sponsors of the project, as well
as many others in Edenton and
Chowan County who were interested
in the event.
Despite inclement weather Friday
morning, large crowds of visitors be
gan the tour, which with clearing
weather in the afternoon, gradually
picked up in interest and pleasure on
the part of those who came in con
nection with the tour.
Though no accurate record is avail
able of the number of visitors the
tour attracted, Mrs. Jimmie Earn
hardt, chairman of the committee ar
ranging for the tour, advanced the
opinion early this week that in the
neighborhood of 5,000 people visited
in Edenton and Chowan County dur
ing the three-day pilgrimage. Os
course, not that many people paid
visits to the various homes included
on the tour, but Mrs. Earnhardt stat
ed that many came to Edenton to
drive around and witness places of
interest. Aside from visitors from
many sections of North Carolina,
they came from as far north as Mas
sachusetts and represented many
other states. A number of buses
brought in throngs of people, while
some traveled in private automobiles
and others on Norfolk-Southern
buses.
In commenting upon the tour,
Mrs. Earnhardt said she was com
pletely overwhelmed with the suc
cess of the venture, and that words
fail to express her pride in Eden
tonians and people all over Chowan
County for their splendid help and
cooperation in staging such an un
dertaking which was carried out so
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Town Investigating
Community Chest
Marvin Wilson appeared before
Town Council Tuesday night in con
nection with the organization of a
Community Chest. He requested the
Councilmen to investigate the possi
bility of adopting an ordinance to
regulate solicitations for funds in
! Edenton.
i Mayor Leroy Haskett, J. Clarence
Leary and J. Edwin Bufflap compose
a committee to investigate ordinances
in operation in other towns having
community chests.
Band Organization
Meets Friday Night
A meeting of the band parent or
ganization is scheduled to be held in
the high school auditorium Friday
night at 8 o’clock. All parents and
members of various organizations, as
Well as any person interested in the
hand are urged to attend.
County Offices Will
Be Closed Monday
All county offices will be closed
Easter Monday, April 18 in order to
observe the holiday. Any important
business should, therefore, be trans
acted accordingly.
Four More Taxicabs
Allowed Operators
With an apparent increase in taxi
cab business, four persons at Tues
day night’s meeting of Town Coun
cil asked for a total of seven more
taxicabs. After considering the
matter, Town Councilmen allowed
each applicant one taxi.
The requests came front Harry
[Crummey, Arthur Chappell, Elmer
J Ashley and Worth Layton.
Rorilr Will I?o Closed
On Easter Monday
According to custom, the Bank of
Edenton will be closed all day Mon
day, April 18, in observance of East
er Monday. Due to the holiday, bank
ing business should be attended to ac
cordingly.