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Drive Starts Today
To Raise $2,500 For
Edenton’s Colonials
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Amount Necessary For
Pre-Season Operat
ing Capital
STOCK U 0 SHARE
Directors Will Canvass
Practically Entire
County
After seriously considering the
rapidly approaching baseball season
for the Albemarle League, directors
of the Edenton Colonials are faced
with the necessity of raising a fund
of $2,500 prior to the Opening of the
league. This amount is deemed nec
essary as an operating capital to
meet various expenses prior to the
playing of regular league games. It
is expected that gate receipts will
take care of the club’s expenses, in
cluding salaries, when league play is
begun.
To raise the $2,500 the directors
have decided to make a canvass for
contributions or sale of stock, which
will begin today (Thursday) and it
is hoped the goal will be realized
1 within a week. During the canvass
the Town of Edenton and a major
portion of the County will be covered
in an effort to raise the necessary
funds. Directors themselves will
serve as canvassers and include Mar
vin Wilson, William S. Elliott, Henry
Cuthrell, Dave Holton, M. A. Hughes,
George Twiddy, Charles Wales, L. S.
Byrum, Joe Conger, Jr., Richard P.
Baer, 11, Percy Perry and West
Leary, the latter two having been
elected directors at the last meeting
of the Board. Members of this
group are hopeful that baseball fans
throughout the town and county will
contribute generously to the end
that the Colonials can get off to a
good start.
No permanent president of the
Edento,. Baseball Club h». • n been
elected, but until a selection is made
Marvin Wilson is acting as temporary
preisdent.
Gashouse Parker will again serve
in the capacity of manager of the
Colonials and has been going through
regular workouts in order to get a
line on players, some of whom are
members of the U. S. Marines sta
tioned in Edenton.
While the roster for the 1949
season has not been selected, direct
ors and other baseball fans feel
confident that the Colonials will again
have a creditable team to represent
Edenton.
I. Clarence Leary, Jr.
Is Tapped By Golden
Fleece AtChapel Hill
One of 17 Students to
Be Honored Monday
Night
J. Clarence Leary, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Leary, was signally
honored Monday night at Chapel Hill,
when he was among 17 University of
North Carolina students tapped by
the Golden Fleece, leading honorary
organization on the campus.
The impressive ceremonies were
held in Memorial Hall behind locked
doors, which included reading of
Jason’s search for the Golden Fleece
by Dr. Wilson T. Holmes.
Young Leary is the first, or at least
one of the few students from Eden
ton ever to be tapped by the Golden
Fleece, which honor is conferred for
outstanding students in various
school activities.
Colonials Play
Baseball fans will have an op
portunity to witness the advance
edition of the Edenton Colonials
in action on Hicks Field *Sunday
afternoon when they will cross
bats with the Elizabeth City
Senators in an exhibition game.
The game is scheduled to begin
at 3 o’clock.
The Colonials are also sched
uled to play an exhibition game
with the Senators on the Eliza
beth City diamond Saturday
night.
Several other exhibition games
; will be played until the Albe
it,:, marie League season opens.
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Dr. Jane S. McKimmon became
North Carolina’s first State Home (
Demonstration Agent in 1911 and .
served in that capacity until 1937. ,
Under her capable leadership a far
reaching program of adult and youth
education was begun which can be
seen today in improved homes, in
better communities and in the people
themselves.
Dr. McKimmon will appear on the
Cavalcade of America radio program
on Monday, May 2nd at 8:00 P. M.
over the NBC Network.
Talent Program Will
Be Held In School
Auditorium May 10th
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Search Being Made For
Possible “Stars of
Tomorrow”
In a search for local talent which
might develop into “Stars of Tomor
row,” a show is scheduled to be pre
sented in the Edenton High School
auditorium Tuesday night, May 10,
at 8 o’clock. The show is sponsored
by the W. 11. Coffield. Jr., Post, No.
9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Featuring the show will be an hour
and a half performance of youth tal
ent discovered in various cities and
will include Edenton talent, who will
perform for cash prizes and oppor
tunity. Auditions for the ’show will
be conducted in the school auditorium
next Tuesday night, May 3, at 8
o’clock.
Following the show a d;fnce will be
held in the Edenton armory with mu
sic furnished by Buddy Myers and his
orchestra.
Officers Os PTA Will
Be Installed Tuesday
Mrs. Leon Leary Suc
ceeds Mrs. L. A. Pat
terson as President
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Associa
tion will meet next Tuesday after
noon, May 3, at 3:15 o’clock in the
high school library.
A feature of the meeting will be
i the installation of new officers for
■ the year, so that it is hoped all mem
i bers will be present.
The new officers are Mrs. Leon
Leary, president, who succeeds Mrs.
L. A. Patterson; Mrs. John F. White,
vice president; Miss Nancy Darden,
secretary, and Mrs. M. M. Perry,
treasurer. ,
Quarterly Conference
Os Methodist Church
Next Sunday Night
At next Sunday night’s service at
the Methodist Church the second
quarterly conference of the church
will be held immediately following the
regular service. Reports are expected
from the various church organiza
tions.
District Superintendent J. Herbert
Miller of Elizabeth City will preach
and thf public is cordially invited to
attend.
"Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Hiursday, April 28,1949.
Town Adopts New
System For Billing
Users Os Electricity
Simple Post” Card Will
Be Mailed Each
Month
For the information of electric
users, the Board of Public Works
has adopted a new system of records,
which goes into effect for May bill
ing. Instead of the usual slip of
paper mailed in an envelope stating
the amount due, a simple post card
will be sent to all electric customers
of the Town of Edenton.
This postcard should be taken to
the Town office when paying the bill, 1
the amount of which will appear on
the postcard. For those who mail i
their remittance, the one end of the
postcard is perforated and the small 1
stub should be detached and mailed,
together with the check or cash in
payment of the month’s bill. i
Os course, there has been no
change in the payment of bills, ;
which are due on or before the 10th ;
of each month, and the Town reserves ;
the right to discontinue service after
the 10th of the month succeeding i
date of bill for non-payment.
Attention of the new system is
called to all electric users, because i
there is quite a tendency to lay
aside postcards, which in this case
is very important.
Edenton Red Man
Play Softball Game
On Saturday Night
Chowan and Pasquo
tank Tribes Meet at
8 O’clock
What should provide no little en
tertainment will be a softball game on
Hicks Field Saturday night at 8:30
o'clock, When Chowan Tribfe of Red
Men will cross bats with the Eliza
beth City Red Men. The local Red
skins have been practicing in prepara
tion for the event, and on Wednesday
night played a practice game with the
Varsity Club.
Pete Manning and Lonnie Harrell
are managers for the Edenton Red
Men and believe they have rounded
out a team which can defeat the
visitors.
It is hoped a large crowd will at
tend, as the proceeds go toward the
Red Men’s building fund.
Easter Seal Sale
Nets Lions $286
J. H. McMuilan Will Be
Guest Speaker at
Next Meeting
At the Edenton Lions Club meet
ing Monday night, Earl Harrell re
ported that $286 had been realized
through the Easter Seal sale, but
that the report was incomplete. Dur
ing the meeting a prize was pre
sented to Oscar Duncan for his ef
forts in directing the recent Lions
Club minstrel, as well as another
present for Mrs. M. A. Hughes for
her valuable assistance as pianist
for the show.
It was announced at the meeting
that the election of officers will be
held at the meeting on Monday, May
9, and that Representative J. H.
McMuilan will be guest speaker at
the meeting next Monday night.
Secretary W. J. Taylor informed
the club that five pairs of glasses
had been purchased in the Club’s
blind aid program.
The Lions are keenly interested in
the 4-H 'Club corn contest sponsored
iby the Club. Six bushels of hybrid
i com have been given to 34 boys who
have entered the contest. This corn
has been donated by Leary Bros.
Storage Company, Home Feed &
Fertilizer Works, Byrum Hardware
Company and R. C. Holland.
Miss Nelle V. Perry One
j Os May Frolics Sponsors
1 Miss Nelle V. Perry, daughter of
! Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Perry, was one
■ of the four sponsors ,of the May
Frolics held at the University of
North Carolina the latter part of
t last week.
i Miss Perry’s escort was Bruce
• Jones, Jr., also of Edenton, a mem
ber of Sigma Nu.
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Interest Now Centers Around
Mayoralty Contest In Ele
For City Officials Next Tuesday
FOOD BAZAAR SCHEDULED IN CONNECTION
with mown snow in hotel on Mtv e
Elizabeth City Women Chosen as Judges For the
Flower Show; Hope Is Expressed That Affair
Will Create Enthusiasm and Cooperation
With the flower show, sponsored by
the Edenton Junior Woman’s Club,
scheduled to be held Friday, May 6,
emphasis is made on the food bazaar
which will be held in connection with
the show. Cakes, candies, cookies,
pies and delicacies of all kinds, made
by members of the club, will be on
sale during the show.
Judges for the flower show will be
Mrs. H. D. Walker, president of the
Elizabeth City Garden Club, Mrs. J.
Henry Leßoy and Mrs. W. T. Cul-
Club Members Plan
To Celebrate Home
Demonstration Week
Special Programs Will
. Extend Throughout
Month of May
National Home Demonstration
Week will be observed May 1-7, giv
ing recognition to the organized club
work of farm women. The theme,
“Today’s Home Builds Tomorrow’s
World” is the goal toward which
these women work—to make better
homes that the world may be a better
place in which to live. Their pro
gram of work includes all phases of
homemaking, giving the members the
opportunfiy Os getting the latest in
formation from research in this field.
In Chowan County clubs are or
ganized in each community with of
ficers and project leaders who work
with the home agent in making and
carrying out plans for the organiza
tion and improved practices in home
and community activities.
Although Home Demonstration
Week will be observed nationally, the
club women of Chowan County are
spacing their special programs and
publicity throughout the month of
May On May 17 and 18 they will
have two floor finishing demonstra
tions in the County, the next week
they will sponsor the 4-H Club
Dress Revue, and as a climax of the
month’s activities, on May 25, they
will have a tea and flower show.
Hal Lyon Concert
In School May sth
Arrangements Can Be
Made For Request
Numbers
Next Thursday night, May 5, Hal
Lyon will present an organ recital
in the Edenton High School Auditor
ium, the recital being sponsored by
the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary. The
performance will start at 8 o’clock,
with the proceeds going to the Hos
pital Auxiliary, so that it is hoped
a large audience will greet the talent
ed musician.
Mr. Lyon’ has played the organ
from early childhood and gained a
nation-wide reputation at a young
age in theater organ solo work. His
' first organ teacher was C. Albert
' Scholin, who is now head of the or
gan department at Columbia College
! in Missouri. Later he studied at the
American Conservatory in Chicago
under Frank Van Dusen. Further
organ insttftiction was received from
1 Dr. Alexander McCurdy of Curtis
Institute in Philadelphia, and also
from Frederick Kinsey, organist and
Choirmaster at Riverside Church in
New York.
For the past 15 years Mr. Lyon
1 has been organist and choirmaster
iat the Franklin Baptist Church in
' Franklin, but recently resigned to
■ devote his time entirely to concert
> work.
. Mr. Lyon presented two previous
• concerts in Edenton so that his ability
! is well known. In event any special
selections are desired, either Mrs.
jR. F. Elliott or Mrs. Albert Byrum
- should be notified before the concert
so that the requests can be made.
pepper, both of Elizabeth City.
The flower show will be an all day
affair, with prizes being offered for
the most beautiful flowers and the
most attractive arrangements.
It is hoped that the flower show
will create as much enthusiasm and
cooperation as last year and that 1
many will enter exhibits.
Mrs. Sidney Campen is general
chairman of the event and will be glad ,
to give any information desired.
W. E. Malone Named ;
President Os Band
Parents’ Association
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Directors Elected and,
Meeting Called For i
May 4th
At a recent meeting of the Eden
ton Band Parents’ Association, W. E.
Malone was elected president to serve
for the year 1949-50. Other officers :
elected included Mrs. M. M. Perry,
secretary and H. A. Campen, treas
urer. The executive directors elected ,
include R. N. Hines, S. F. Hicks, C. T.
Griffin, Mrs. West Leary and Mrs.
Wallace Goodwin.
Directors representing the various
organizations are as follows:
Lions Club, W. E. Malone; Rotary
Club, John A. Kramer; American
Legion, C. M. Speight; Masons, C. T.
Griffin; Red Men, Erie Haste; Jay
cees, Willie O’Neal; Varsity Club,
J. M. Boyce; VFW, T. E. Parker, Jr.;
Business and Professional Women’s
Club, Mrs. West Leary; Parent-
Teacher Association, Mrs. R. N.
Hines; County Council of Home
Demonstration Clubs, Mrs. Wallace
Goodwin.
A meeting of the Board will be
held Wednesday night, May 4, at 8
o’clock in the band room. While
every member of the Board is urged
to be present, parents of band mem
bers are also invited to attend.
Elliott Withdraws
As E. & W. Candidate
Makes Decision After
Conferring With At
torneys
Though filing as a candidate for
the Board of Public Works in next
Tuesday’s election, Richard F. El
liott on Tuesday withdrew from the
race in which there were five candi
dates for the three offices.
Mr. Elliott is a member of the
Chowan County ABC Board and in
withdrawing from the race made the
following statement to The Herald:
“After talking with Attorney Gen
eral Harry McMuilan and Town At
. torney J. N. Pruden, I find it will be
; necessary for me to withdraw my
; candidacy to become a member of
; the Board of Public Works. I wish
to thank all my friends for their in
■ terest shown in my announcement.”
■ After Mr. Elliott filed, there was
i some comment whether or not he
• could legally serve on the Board of
i Public Works and the ABC Board,
i which led him to confer with Mr.
i McMuilan and Mr. Pruden.
! Mr. Elliott’s withdrawal leaves
i four members in the Board of Public
Works race, J. H. Conger, Ralph
i Parrish, Richard P. Baer, 11, and Dr.
■ J. A. Powell.
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’ Mrs. George Harrell
Undergoes Operation
t Friends will regret to learn that
I Mrs. George Harrell is a patient in
. Chowan Hospital following a major
i operation Saturday morning. Mrs.
t Harrell, according to latest reports,
is making satisfactory progress.
>52.00 Per year.
Haskett and Campen In
Race For No. 1 Office
In Edenton
BOTH CONFIDENT
Voters Will Express De
sire Regarding Park
ing Meters
Though up to 6 o’clock Friday af
ternoon of last week only eight candi
dates had filed for office in the muni
cipal election which will be held Tues
day of next week, May 3, before mid
night there was more or less of a
scramble, so that 15 candidates had
filed, resulting in four contests.
At 6 o’clock the eight who had filed
were Leroy Haskett for Mayor, W. H.
Gardner for Treasurer, J. Edwin Buff
lap and W. J. Yates for Councilmen
at-large, J. Clarence Leary for
Councilman from the First Ward,
Graham Byrum for Councilman from
the Second Ward, Clyde Hollowell for
Councilman from the Fourth Ward,
and J. H. Conger far the Board of
Public Works.
Before midnight, H. A. Campen
filed with Clerk R. E. Leary for
Mayor, George Twiddy filed as Coun
cilman from the First Ward, A. B.
Harless filed as Councilman from the
Third Ward, C. T. Griffin filed as
Councilman from the Fourth Ward
and Ralph E. Parrish, Richard F. El
liott, Richard P. Baer, 11, and Dr. J.
A. Powell filed as candidates for the
Board of Public Works.
As a result there will be a contest
for Mayor, Councilman from the First
Ward, Councilman from the Fourth
Ward and for the three members com
posing the Board of Public Works.
Those who will have no opposition
are W. H. Gardner, who will succeed
himself as Treasurer; Graham By
rum, Second Ward Councilman; J. Ed
win Bufflap and W. J. Yates, Coun
cilmen-at-large and A. B. Harless,
Councilman from the Third Ward. Mr.
Harless will succeed J. P. Partin, in
cumbent, who decided not to seek re
election.
Os course, interest in the election
centers in the Mayoralty race with
Mayor Leroy Haskett and H. A.
(Izzy) Campen as opponents.
Mr, Haskett has served several
terms as Mayor, following one term
as Councilman, and is regarded as a
first-class vote-getter.
In behalf of his candidacy for re
election Mayor Haskett said:
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May Day Festival
Scheduled May 4
Varsity Club Will Loan
Portable Bleachers to
Seat Audience
Sponsored by the Beta Club of
Edenton High School, the May Day
Festival will be held on the Court
House Green next Wednesday after
noon, May 4, at 5 o’clock. Miss Mir
iam Scott is faculty advisor and this
year’s affair is expected to be as
outstanding as previous perform
ances, with members of the high
school and grammar grades par
ticipating.
A contest is now in progress to
determine the King and Queen of
the court, with votes being sold at a
penny each. The winners for the
honors will be determined at the
close of the contest Saturday after
noon at 6 o’clock.
An interesting feature of the en
tertainment, which always attracts
a large crowd, will be the portable
bleachers, which have been loaned
for the occasion by the Varsity Club.
While the entire cast of the festi
val has not been released, the crown -
bearers will be Tommy Parker, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Parker, and
Pat Mooney, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. B. Mooney.
[_ New Club J
i In an effort to organize a Coon
Hunters’ Club in Chowan County,
a meeting has been arranged to
i be held in the Court House Fri
day night, April 29, at 8 o’clock.
All who are interested in this
, sport are urged to attend in or
der to form the new organization.