Volume XVI. —Number 20.
Chowan Again Goes
Over Top As Cancer
Drive Conies To End
Mrs. Guy Hobbs, Com-1
mander, Gives Final
Report
THANKS ALL
$1,076 Raised With the
County Goal Set at
$1,050
Mrs. Guy Hobbs reported early this
week that the final report had been
received in connection with the recent
cancer drive and that the county ex
ceeded its quota by $26.22. Chowan’s
quota was set at $1,050, while contri
butions when tabulated amounted to
$1,076.22.
Mrs. Hobbs, who was county com
mander for this year’s cancer drive, is
very well pleased with the result, in
that the quota was increased from
SBOO last year. Mrs. Hobbs expressed
her thanks and appreciation to all who
in any way contributed toward the
ultimate success of the venture, espe
cially directing her thanks to the
Junior Woman’s Club, sponsor of the
cancer drive, and the members who
worked so hard and faithfuly during
the effort to raise funds.
Mrs. Hobbs especially singled out
the following who had no small part
in putting Chowan County over the
top in the drive:
Members of the Junior Woman’s
Club; Fenton Larson, in chrage of
collections in the white schools; D. F.
Walker in the colored schools; Lula
Tillett, colored section; Mrs. Bill Co
zart, Mrs. Willie Lamb, Mrs. B. L.
Knox, Mrs. Louis Harrell, Mrs.
Thomas Cross, Mrs. Tom Goodman,
Mrs. Paul Wallace, Mrs. W. L. Lang
dale, Mrs. Thurston Stallings, Mrs.
Robert Gray, Mrs. T. B. Smith, Mrs.
Preston Cayton, Mrs. Delia Hopkins,
Mrs. Ruby Rowell, Mrs. Gwendolyn
Smith, Mrs. Pauline Smith, ‘Mrs.
Magdaline Basnight, Mrs. Elizabeth
R. Wright, Mrs. Viva Wright, Mrs.
Gladys Ward, Mrs. R. W. Carden, Mrs.
William Wells, Miss Myrtle Waff,
Miss Rebecca Colwell, Mrs. Roy Win
slow, Mrs. Jacob Spivey, Mrs. Mc-
Coy Spivey, Mrs. O. M. Blanchard,
Mrs. V. W. Lane, Miss Inez Perry,
Mrs. W. M. Chesson, C. P. Harrell,
Mrs. P. L. Ward, Mrs. Leroy Bunch,
Mrs. Lloyd Chappell, Mrs. J. H. Hol
lowell, Miss Irene Copeland, Thomas
Jackson, Mrs. A. S. Bush, Mrs. Ray
Hollowell, Mrs. E. E. Privott, Mrs.
George Smith, Mrs. M. W. Jackson,
Mrs. W. A. Harrell, Mrs. I. E. Hal
sey, Jr., Mrs. Alvin Byrum, Mrs. O.
C. Long, Jr., Mrs. Fred Britton, Mrs.
Kermit Perry, Francis Bunch, Mrs.
Henry Bunch, Mrs. T. E. Chappell and
Mrs. J. M. Boyce.
While Mrs. Hobbs gives much cre
dit for the success of the drive to the
various chairmen and canvassers, she
says she realizes that without the in
terest and generosity on the part of
those who were solicited for contribu
tions, the drive would have fallen
short. She, < therefore, extends her
thanks not only to the group of work
ers, but to all who made contribu
tions, large or small.
Lions Club Ladies’
Night Next Monday
District Governor Joe
Hood Will Be Princi
pal Speaker
Edenton’s Lions Club will observe
Ladies’ Night next Monday night,
with the meeting scheduled to be held
in the Edenton armory at 7:30
o’clock. The meeting place was
changed to the armory due to the
large number expected to attend.
Lions and their wives from Hert
ford and Elizabeth City are expected
to turn out in goodly numbers and
local Lions will, no doubt, attend 100
per cent.
A feature of the meeting will be an
address by Joe W. Hood of Wilming
ton, District Governor.
Piano Punils Present
Recital On Saturday
Piano pupils of Miss Dorothy Wil
liams will appear in a recital Satur-
Way afternoon at 4 o'clock in the High
School auditorium.'
A delightful program has been % ar
ranged, and the public is not only in
vited, but urged to attend and listen
to the young musicians.
THE CHOWAN HERAS
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| Scrap Paper DrJveJ
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce will stage another
scrap paper drive next Sunday
afternoon, May 21, when a col
lection will be made between the
hours of 1 and 3 o’clock.
The Jaycees are anxious to get
all the scrap paper possible, and
request anyone who has paper to
place it on the front porch or at
some convenient place where it
can be easily seen by the various
collectors.
Charlotte Bunch Is
Elected President
Os College Group
Local Girl Heads Bap
tist Student Union at
Woman’s College
Miss Charlotte Bunch, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice L. Bunch, has
been elected president of the Baptist
Student Union at the Woman’s Col
lege of the University of North Caro
lina.
Miss Bunch, a member of the rising
Junior class, is a music education stu
dent. She is active in many campus
activities, having been a YWA circle
leader, president of the Sophomore
YWCA, publicity director for the
Baptist Student Union and reporter
for the Music Education Club.
Dr. Geo. Crawford
Elected President
Chiropractor Group
Edenton Man Now Nom
inee For State Vice
Presidency
Dr. George T. Crawford of Edenton
was honored last week by being elect
ed president of the North Carolina
Chiropractor Physicians for the
Eastern District, which covers the
coastal area from Fayetteville east.
Dr. Crawford was elected president
at the quarterly district meeting held
at the Ricks Hotel in Rocky Mount
Wednesday, May 11. He was installed
at an informal banquet following the
business meeting.
Under the new by-laws of the State
organization, Dr. Crawford will au
tomatically become a nominee for the
vice presidency of the State-wide
society at the annual convention
which will be held in Raleigh May
27 to 29.
Tom Byrum Installed
President Os Jaycees
National and State Of
ficials Unable to At
tend Meeting
At a meeting of the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce held at Hotel
Joseph Hewes Thursday night, offi
cers for the coming year were in
stalled. The officers installed were
as follows:
President, Thomas Byrum; vice
president, Sam Allen; secretary, R. E.
Aiken, Jr.; treasurer, Luther Parks;
chairman of the Board of Directors,
Frank Holmes; directors for a two
year .term, Willie O’Neill; Thomas
Francis and Mike Byrum; directors
for a one-year term, Edward Wozelka.
Elbert Copeland and Kermit Layton.
Kermit Layton was also installed as
State Director.
Though it was expected to have the
national and state presidents attend
the meeting, it was impossible for
them to attend and take part in the
installation excercises. Both sent let
ters which were read at the meeting
expressing their regret at not being
able to be present, together with a
wish that the Edenton Jaycees will
have a sucessful year.
Following the meeting a dance was
enjoyed ( by the Jaycees and their
wives.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, May 19,1949.
Youth Day Sunday
Will Be Observed
At Baptist Church
Young People Will Be
In Charge of Both
Services
Sunday,“May 22, will be Youth Day
at the Baptist Church with the youth
of the entire Training Union Depart
ment carrying out both the morning
and night worship services at 11
o’clock and 8 o’clock respectively.
Scott Harrell will be in charge of
the order of service for the morning
worship and John Ward will be in
charge of the night service. Carolyn
Harrell will render a vocal solo as the
special music for the morning service
and the members of the Intermediate
and Young People’s Unions of the
Training Union Department will com
pose the choir. The speaker for the
morning will be the Rev. E. L. Wells.
Morning prayers will be led by Rhett
Miller and Gene Ward. The morning
offering will be received by Gene
Ward, John Edward Foxwell, Billy
Stallings, Francis Hicks, Gene Spruill,
Jasper Gray, Albert Lassiter and Os
car Griffin. Ushers for the morning
and night services will be Milton
Flynn and Burton Harrison.
Members of the Junior Union of
the Training Union Department will
compose the choir for the night ser
vice. Special music will be rendered
by Billy Bunch, Jimmy Harrison, Er
rol Flynn, and the evening prayers
will be led by Scott Harrell, Keith
Emminizer and Eddie Ray Stallings.
Those speaking on the program, “The
Holy Spirit Is Our Leader,” are
Charles Lee Overman, Carolyn Swin
dell, Charlotte Leary, Joan Cobb, Billy
Earl Russel, Mack Privott. Ray Hol
lowell, Freddie Duncan, Billy Boyce,
Ralph Hawkins, Bruce White and
Bobby Pratt will receive the offering.
Miss Agnes Chappell, church or
ganist, will play for the morning ser
vice and Mary Ann Elliott will play
for the evening service.
The public is cordially invited to
worship with these young people at
both services.
Miss Joyce Brunson
Graduates As Nurse
At General Hospital
Exercises Will Be Held
In Norfolk Friday
Night
Miss Joyce Brunson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brunson, is
among a group of 13 nurses who will
graduate from the Norfolk General
Hospital School of Nursing at com
mencement exercises which will be
held Friday night at 8 oclock in St.
Andrew’s .Episcopal Church, Norfolk.
The principal speaker for the grad
uation exercises will be the Rev. Bev
erly Tucker White, rector of St. An
drew’s Church. William P. Woodley,
president of the Board of Directors,
will present the diplomas; Miss Mary
Lowe Green, RN, director of the
| School of Nursing, will award school
pins, and Mrs. Ruby Felton Brock,
vice president of the Norfolk Protest
ant and Norfolk General Alumnae As
sociation, will present the alumnae
scholarship.
A. B. HARLESS AND DAVID HOLTON ARE
CO-CHAIRMEN IN CHOWAN COUNTY FOR
GETTING OUT VOTE FOR ROND ELECTION
Local Pair Will Spearhead Drive to Get Voters’
Support In Special Election June 4 for Huge
Bond Issue For Better Schools and Roads
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> A. B. Harless and David Holton,
1 both of Edenton, have accepted co
-1 chairmanship of Chowan County’s
Committee for Better Schools and
i roads, it is announced by John Mar
shall, Raleigh, executive secretary of
> Better Schools and Roads, Inc.
[ Harless and Holton will spearhead
■ a county drive for the voter’s support
> of the better schools and roads pro
■ gram, which faces its biggest test on
; June 4, when the people of North
; Carolina will vote on the issuance of
i bonds for school and road building.
[ The appointment of the .two Chowan
County men and their acceptance as
i leaders of the local effort marks the
• beginning of a statewide program to
inform all Tar Heels of the need for
Jaycees Sponsoring
Clean up Week May
22 To 28 In Edenton
Feature oFAffair Will
Be Offering Brooms
For Sale
Sponsored by the Edenton Junior
Chamber of Commerce another clean
up week will be observed in Edenton
during next week, May 22-28. A rath
er unique feature of the event will be
the sale of good quality brooms. Dur
ing the week Jaycees will canvass the
homes in Edenton for the purpose of
selling brooms and on Saturday, May
28, a booth will be installed in the
business section, where brooms will be
on sale. With the proceeds from the
sale of brooms going to the Edenton
Band, members will also help to sell
brooms.
The clean-up week has the approval
of Mayor Leroy Haskett, who appeals
to every person in Edenton to cooper
ate. It is the hope that not only in
teriors of houses be cleaned up, but
that premises in general be made
neater and more attractive. “We had a
very successful clean-up week just
prior to the recent Garden Tour,’’stat
ed Mayor Haskett, “but there is still
room for some improvement. For this
reason I am appealing to Edenton peo
ple in general to cooperate with the
Jaycees to the end that Edenton will
be more attractive and at the same
time by purchasing brooms our
splendid High School Band will bene
fit by the sales.”
Mrs. Clinkscales To
Speak To Rotarians
a
Junior Woman’s Club
Special Guests at To
day’s Meeting
James E. Wood, president of the
Edenton Rotary Club, artliouneed at
last week’s meeting that Mrs. Pauline
Clinkscales of Elizabeth City will be
the principal speaker at the Rotary
Club’s meeting today (Thursday) at 1
o’clock in the Parish House.
Mrs. Clinkscales has the reputation
for being a splendid speaker, so that
all Rotarians are urged to attend to
day’s meeting.
As a special feature, members of
the Edenton Junior Woman’s Club will
be guests of the Rotarians.
At last week’s meeting Col. William
B. Rosevear was the principal speaker
and during his remarks rehearsed
some of his experiences and views
about the Army and paid special tri
bute to the National Guard. He had
as his guest William P. Jones, com
manding officer of the Edenton Na
tional Guard unit.
West Byrum, Jr., Now
Home Service Chairman
For Red Cross Chapter
Geddes B. Potter, chairman of the
Chowan Chapter of the American Red
Cross, announced this week that he
had appointed West Byrum, Jr., as
home service chairman for the Cho
wan Chapter.
This is a very important position
in connection with Red Cross activi
ties, and Mr. Potter is delighted that
Mr. Byrum has accepted the appoint
ment.
better schools and roads and to im
press upon all voters the significance
of the June 4 bond election for the
economic and social life of North
Carolina.
By their acceptance of co-chairman
ship, Harless and Holton also become
directors in the non-profit, non-parti
san citizens’ organization Better
Schools and Roads, Inc.
The co-chairmen said their first job
will be to encourage registration of
voters for .the election. In this con
nection, however, they pointed out
that no special registration is requir
ed. Any citizen now on the registra
tion books of his or her precinct can
vote, and citizens who are not already
registered may do so on May 21 at
their polling places, they said.
Local Band Members
Outdo Themselves In
E. City Band Festival
| Play In Raleif h |
The Edenton High School Band
will leave this (Thursday) morn
ing for Raleigh, where it will
participate in the mammoth pa
rade to be held in connection with
the Spring Ceremonial of Sudan
Temple.
The invitation for the band to
take part in the parade was ex
tended at the request of Edenton ;
Shriners, who are confident that 1
the local bandsters will compare 1
favorably with the many other
high school bands which will be in 1
the line of march. •
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Dispatching Clerks
At Local Post Office:
Make High Grades
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William Sexton Gets !
Perfect Mark In
i
Examination
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Three dispatching clerks at the 1
Edenton Post Office received splendid j
ratings in an examination held last ,
week. The examination Was conduct
ed at the Post Office by S. B. Davis, 1
division superintendent of railway
mail service. ;
The three clerks examined were •
William Sexton, Parker Helms and 1
Oscar Duncan. Sexton hung up a ,
perfect mark with 100, while Helms’
rating was 99.75 and Duncan’s 99,50.
In the prescribed time the clerks •
handled 624 cards, making 119 sepa
rations.
Postmaster C. E. Kramer is proud
of the rating made by the trio of
clerks, in- that their efficiency in the
examination is reflected in the service
rendered by the local Post Office.
L P. Felton, Jr., 21,
Drowns At Colerain
Falls Overboard While
Attempting to Crank
Outboard Motor
L. P. Felton, Jr., 21, drowned in
the Chowan River at Colerain about
5:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. The
accident occurred when young Felton
was attempting to crank an outboard
motor and fell overboard.
Deceased, who was a filling station
manager at Colerain, is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Annie Minton Felton;
a daughter, Tommie Ann Felton; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Felton,
and three sisters, Mrs. D. W. Paige
of Greenville, Mrs. W. P. Harrell of
Edenton and Miss Barbara Ann Fel
ton, at home.
Funeral services will be held at the
Colerain Baptist Church this (Thurs
, day) afternoon at 3:30 o’clock with
the pastor, the Rev. P. T. Worrell, of
, ficiating. Burial will be made in Hill
crest Cemetery at Colerain.
Valhalla Auction
Block Will Open
Monday, May 23
Francis Hicks Secured
Again to Serve as
; Auctioneer
Next Monday, May 23, the Chowan
Mutual Produce Exchange will open
its auction block at Valhalla, with a
f sale scheduled to be held at 1 o’clock
in the afternoon.
, Again this summer Francis Hicks,
> well known auctioneer, will conduct
. sales, during which beans, cabbage,
■ spinach, butterbeans, com, cucumbers
. and other farm products will be sold
. to the highest bidder.
i W. H. Harrell, secretary and treas
■ urer of the Exchange, says that sales
: will be held promptly at 1 o’clock each
day.
$2.00 Per Year.
Local Youngsters Steal
Goodly Portion of
Show
WIN MUCH PRAISE
Frank Hughes, Jr., and
Carolyn Harrell King
And Queen
Members of the Edenton High
School’s up and coming band, under
the direction of Howard Williams,
outdid themselves in the Tidewater
Albemarle Band Festival held in
Elizabeth City Thursday and Friday
of last week, and as a result won a
great deal of praise in competition
with hundreds of youthful musicians
from Eastern Carolina and Virginia.
In the line of march of the parade,
the Edenton Band was greeted with
applause that exceeded any of the
other bands, according to many people
who witnessed the various programs,
and in other phases of the festival
the local outfit did themselves proud,
so that not only parents of the young
sters, but citizens in general are even
more proud of the band than ever be
fore.
That the feeling of pride is not
confined to Edenton people alone, Ls
reflected in a letter receivd by Band
Director Williams from George Ben
nett, director of the famous Eliza
beth City High School Band. “The
Edenton Band had the best looking
members and uniforms,” said Mr.
Bennett, “and it was one of the best
bands participating in the festival.”
That the local outfit made a decided
hit during the festival was evident by
the many other complimentary re
marks heard during the celebration.
Frank Hutches, Jr., and Carolyn
Harrell were crowned King and
Queen respectively of theEdenton
Band, with crowns being placed on
their heads by Governor Kerr Scott.
Each band participating in the festival
had a King and Queen, all of whom
were crowned bj the Governor.
Individual honors 'vere also w. n by
some of the Edenton Band : ’.''fibers
iti the various competitive contests.:
Medals, were won by Burton Harri
son for a trumpet solo, Francis Hicks
also won a medal for a trumpet solo,
and Mike Malone won a medal for a
baritone solo,
A plaque was awarded Sharon Lup
ton, Richard Hines, Jerry Smith and
Marjorie Thigpen, who . won first
place in a saxaphone quartet.
Eight of the band’s 13 majorettes
also won medals for their outstanding
performance. The eight included
Betsy Duncan, Marietta Perry, Dor
othy Henninger, Mildred Small, Betty
Letcher, Kitty Campen, Sybil Cayton
and Peggy Williams.
The band as a whole was also
awarded a beautiful plaque.
Band Concert In
School Auditorium
On Friday Night
Silver Offering Will Be
Taken to Stage Party
For Band Members
Edenton High School’s Band is
scheduled to present a concert in the
High School auditorium Friday night
at 8 o’clock. A silver offering will be
taken in order to raise funds for the
purpose of staging a party or some
other form of recreation for members
of the band.
The band performed so creditably
in last week’s Band Festival in Eliza
beth City that it is hoped that the
auditorium will be filled to capacity
as a token of appreciation for the ef
forts of Director Williams and the
progress made by the band members.
White Births Lead
Colored During April
For the first time in many months,
white births led colored births in Cho
wan County According to figures re
leased by the local Health Depart
ment, there were 16 white births dur
ing April as compared with 13 color
ed births.
During the month there were four
white deaths reported, while there
were five colored deaths. Two color
ed stillbirths were also reported dur
ing the month.