Volume XVI. —Number 24.
Miss Hazel Boswell
Wins Beauty Contest
Staged By Jaycees
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Eight Beauties Delight
Audience Saturday
Night
CLOSE~RACE
Winner Eligible to Com
pete For “Miss North
Carolina”
Three judges at the beauty contest
held Saturday night in the Edenton
Armory ehose Miss Hazel Boswell the
winner from eight specimen of Eden
ton’s most beautiful and attractive
young ladies who were contestants
in the pageant. According to the
votes as tabulated by the judges, it
■was a close race between Miss Bos
well, Miss Nelle Perry and Miss Caro
lyn Swindell, with Miss Boswell a
slight favorite.
Judges for the contest were C. Way
land Spruill of Windsor, J. H. McMul
lan of Edenton, both Representatives
in the North Carolina General Assem
bly, and Tony Scarangello, of the
Edenton Marine Corps Air Station.
Besides Misses Perry, Boswell
and Swindell, the other contestants
were Laura Skinner, Geneva Cayton,
Jean Brickie, Vera Boyce and Elwan
da Gibbs.
The pageant was sponsored by the
Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce
as a preliminary to the ultimate se
lection of “Miss America” who will
be crowned at a mammouth beauty
pageant to be held in Atlantic City.
As the result of the selection Satur
day night, Miss Boswell will compete
in the State contest to be held at
Morehead City," when “Miss North
Carolina” will be selected to represent
this State in the national pageant.
Miss Boswell was crowned “Miss
Edenton” by Mayor Leroy Haskett,
who also presented the young lady
with a beautiful corsage of roses.
Marvin Wilson was master of cere
monies.
Award Winners At
Chowan High School
Students Honored at Re
cent Graduating
Exercises
At the recent graduating exercises
held at Chowan High School awards
were presented to the following stu
dents for outstanding work in various
phases of their school work:
Mitchener Science Cup Lessie
Mae Davidson.
Mitchener Memorial to the most
outstanding freshman Beatrice
Evans.
Rotary Cup Mary Forehand.
Ruritan FAA Cup June Blan
chard.
Ruritan FFA Cup James Dail.
The Ruritan Cup was presented for
the first time this year.
Seven awards were made by the
Herff-Jones Company and to the fol
lowing:
Athletics—Jack Leary.
Activities Madge Capeland.
Citizenship George Byrum, who
also was chosen as the bus driver
who maintained the cleanest school
bus throughout the year.
Home Economics Martha Leigh.
Vocational Leon Bunch.
High School Music Bernice
White.
Elementary Music Joseph Wiggins
Kermit Layton New
Bible Class President
At a meeting of the Young Men s
Bible Class of the Baptist Church,
Kermit Layton was elected president
to succeed Nick George. Mr. Layton
will serve for a six-month term, and
in assuming the presidency he extends
a cordial invitation to all young men
to attend the class, which meets at
the church every Sunday morning at
9:46 o’clock, with Lloyd Griffin as
teacher.
Other officers elected were: Wil
liam Goodwin, vice president; William
Sexton, secretary treasurer; Lloyd E.
Griffin, teacher and W. C. Hollowell,
assistant teacher. „
ROTARY MEETS TODAY
• Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock in the
Parish House. All Rotarians are
urged to attend by the president,
James E. Wood. »
THE CHOWAN HERALD
| Clerk Resigns |
R. E. Leary at Tuesday night’s
meeting of Town Council tendered
his resignation as clerk, a posi
tion he .has held for 28 years.
Mr. Leary reluctantly decided
to give up the duties of clerk
both for Town Council and the
Board of Public Works, but stat
ed that with the greatly increased
amount of work and responsibility
in connection with the office, he
felt that his health will not per
mit him to continue.
Realizing the importance of
the position and the necessity for
a new clerk to be made acquaint
ed with the many duties of the
office, Mr. Leary agreed to re
main for a reasonable time until
he can acquaint his successor
with the various duties to be per
formed. ,
Three Teams Tied
For Leadership In
Albemarle League
Windsor and Plymouth
Also In Tie For Sec
ond Place
STANDING OF CLUBS
W. L. Pet.
Edenton 8 4 .666
Hertford 8 4 .666
Colerain 8 4 .666
Windsor 6 6 .500
Plymouth : 6 6 .500
Elizabeth City __ 1 11 .083
Through Tuesday night the Albe
marle League race developed into a
heated contest in the league standings
with Edenton, Colerain and Hertford
tieu for first place, Windror and Ply
mouth tied for second place and Eliza
beth City far in the cellar position.
Edenton, Colerain and' Hertford
each have won eight games and lost I
four with a percentage of 666. Wind
sor and Flymouth have each won six
and lost six, with a percentage of 500.
The Elizabeth City Senators have won
only one game and lost 11, for a per
centage of .083.
Edenton 4, Plymouth 9
Although out-hitting the Plymouth
Rams in a game played in Plymouth
Tuesday night, the Colonials lost the
game by a score of 9-4. The Colonials
collected 10 hits, while the Rams con
nected safely nine hits. Trot Leary
led the Edenton attack with three hits.
Earl Goodwin started on the mound
for Edenton but was replaced by Les
ter Jordan in the seventh inning af
ter Plymouth scored two runs, enough
to win the game. Cecil Hudson, form
er Suffolk hurler, went the entire
route on the mound for the Rams.
(Continued on Page Five)
T Wallace Jones
Area Chairman For
Automobile Dealers
Recent Appointment Is
Announced By Presi
dent of State Group
T. W. Jones, local Ford dealer, has
i been appointed area chairman for the
, National Automobile Dealers Associ
; ation to stimulate active participation
i in the association’s! national programs
1 throughout Chowan County,
i Mr. Jones was selected as area
i chairman by a committee of the Nat
; ional Association and NCAPA offici
; als. The appointment was announced
i by P. L. Aberflethy of Charlotte, di
rectot of NADA for North Carolina,
. and M. Brack Wilson of Smithfield,
i president of the State Association.
NADA is the largest retail trade
, association in the country with a
membership of more than 34,000 new
automobile and new truck dealers.
The national organization is widely
; known for its sponsorship of highway
s safety and other public interest pro
> grams, and its policy of supporting
, the highest standards and ethics of
retail automobile merchandising.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina > Thursday, June 16, 1949.
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Pictured above are two heart-rending scenes at the recent disas
trous fire at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, appearing through the
courtesy of Dr. Wallace S. Griffin. At the top Dr. Griffin snapped
his camera just as the majestic steeple in flames left its support and
crashed to the ground. The lower picture gives some idea of the
damage done and was taken after the fire was practically out and
firemen on the scaffolding were searching to see that there were no
more flames in or around the old historic building.
Red Cross Water
Safety Instruction
Course At Colerain
Chairman Geddes Pot
ter Issues Call For
Enrollment
Geddes B. Potter, chairman of the
Chowan County Chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross, has issued a call for
young men and women who desire to
obtain valuable training as qualified
water safety instructors. The course
will begin on June 20 at Colerain
Beach beginning each afternoon at
4 o’clock and lasting until 7 o’clock.
Thirty hours of instruction are re
quired for first time instructors. Oth
ers may take refresher instruction in
accordance with the policies of the
Red Cross Water Safety Division.
Mr, Potter asks all young men and,
women who are interested to report
immediately to Peter A. Carlton at
the local Chamber of Commerce office
in Edenton to register for the course.
Free transportation to and from the
Beach will be furnished.
Majorettes To Stage
Street Dance Friday
Sponsored by the majorettes of the
Edenton High School Band, another
street dance is scheduled to be held at
the end of Broad Street Friday night,
June 17. The dance will begin at 8
o’clock and continue until midnight.
The young ladies are staging the
dance to raise funds to purchase
necessary equipment, so it is hoped
many will attend.
NO MASONIC MEETING TONIGHT
Due to recent action taken by Una
nimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M.,
whereby only one regular communica
tion is held during June, July and
August, no meeting of the lodge will
be held tonight (Thursday).
Final Warning
Over 600 subscriptions to The Herald expire during May and
each one of these subscribers has been notified that his sub
scription has expired. Many of these subscribers have sent or
brought in their renewals, but there are some who have neglected
to attend to this matter.
The Herald circulation list will be corrected over this coming
week-end, so that this will be the last issue of The Herald sent to
those who have not renewed. The Herald, therefore, urges all
who have not renewed their subscription to do so immediately if
they do not want to miss an issue-
J
Interest Mounting
In Knee Pant Ball
Among Youngsters
Over 60 Report Under
Direction of Coach
Thompson
Coach George Thompson reports
quite a bit of interest among young
sters of the town in the proposed knee
pant baseball program. Already, says
Mr. Thompson, in the neighborhood of
60 boys are now taking part in the
games and more expected-
Due to the number of boys report
ing at Hicks Field and the problem of
getting organized, Mr. Thompson has
arranged a schedule whereby boys
between 8 and 9 years of age are re
quested to report at 9 o’clock each
morning Monday through Friday.
Boys between 10 and 12 years are
asked to report at 10:30 o'clock.
Although Mr. Thompson is very
much encouraged by the number of
boys reporting and the interest shown,
he says there is room for more boys
and hopes they will take advantage
of the recreational program.
A game was played Friday morning
which was very interesting and result
ed in a 6-3 score in five innings. This
game was played by the older boys of
the group and Mr. Thompson said he
will soon be able to arrange games
among the younger boys, who are now
being tayght the fundamentals of the
game.
BPW Club Scheduled
To Meet Tonight
Edenton’s Business and Profession
al Women’s Club will hold their
monthly business meeting tonight
(Thursday) in the High School library
beginning at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. Corie White, president of the
club urges all members to attend and
bring their dues.
I Officials Os Edenton
Take Oath Os Office
At Meeting Tuesday
[Paper Drive Sunp";
Again next Sunday, June 19,
the Edenton Junior Chamber of
Commerce will conduct a waste
paper drive. The Jaycees, under
the direction of Emmett Dail,
chairman of the drive, will make
collections between the hours of
1 and 3 o’clock.
Anyone having any kind of
waste paper is requested to place
it on the front porch or any other
place where it can easily be seen
by the collectors.
Col. Hopper Writes
! Letter Regarding
Swimming Pool
Obliged to Conform to
Orders From Superior
Officers
Col. R. E. Hopper, commanding of
ficer of the Edenton Marine Corps
Air Station, this week presents a let- j'
ter to further exlpain why it is im- i
possible to open the swimming pool !
to the public.
Col. Hopper’s letter is self-explana- j j
tory and follows:
“In last week’s issue of the Herald,! j
Mr. Bufflap explained to you why the ! 1
, swimming pool could not be opened ; j
to the general public. I wish to make
it clear that the regulations control- ]
ling attendance at the swimming pool,
movies, etc., are promulgated by the ;
Department of the Navy, and Head
quarters, U. S. Marine Corps. They ;
are not, and I repeat, hot decisions ..
i of the local Commander. The use ofjj
i the golf course by certain civilians j ’
of this area was made a separate is-j
sue and specific authority of Head- ]
' quarters, Marine Corps, was obtained ;
to do this, only after the golf, course j.
was made a separate facility, not con
nected with recreatfbn funds. . j]
“The Navy Department and the I
, Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps, I <
have their own reasons for not open
■ ing the swimming pool to the general
public. They perhaps realize how dis- I
ficult it is to watch, and control a
1 large group of kids, some swimmers
and some not, in a pool the size and
depth of the standard combat training
’ pool. It is reasonable to assume that
; the United States Government does
; not wish to make itself liable to law- ■
suit that would likely be initiated
i (Continued on Page Seven)
Melvin Q. Layton
: Athletics Director
At Chowan College
f Edenton Boy Resigns as
- Coach at Burlington
! School
- ■
Melvin Q. Layton, son of Mrs. H.
T. Layton and the late Mr. Layton,
has been named director of athletics
tat Chowan College at Murfreesboro.
Layton, a graduate of Edenton High
- School, was a star on various athletic
r teams and later attended Wake For
t est, where he was a member of the
r Demon Deacon football team.
After serving in the U. S. Navy as
2 athletic director, he accepted a posi
-1 tion as coach at the E. A. Holt High
School at Burlington, from where he
* moves on to Chowan College.
Chowan FHA Enjoys
Week At Nags Head
A part of the Chowan High School
chapter of the Future Homemakers.of
America enjoyed the week of June
sth at Nags Head under the super
vision of Mrs. Daniel Reaves, home
economics teacher, and Miss Louise
Wilson, English and history teacher.
The week consisted of further train
ing in home economics and plenty of
fun on the beach.
Members participating were Lottie
Ann Leary, Betty Cole Bateman, Ruth.
Boyce, Rita Hollowell, Annie Belle
Byrum, Clara Bunch and Dorothy Ann
■ Asbell.
$2.00 Per Year.
2v
y?Sflt C . Court Voted
jorate City
, Limits
ORGANIZE
Firemen Now Under a
Blanket Insurance
Policy
In a rather lengthy meeting held
Tuesday night, Edenton town officials
took the oath of office and Town
Council subsequently set up an organi
zation for a two year term. The oath
of office was administered by Clerk
R. E. Leary.
As the result of the recent election
only one new face appears on Town
Council, that being A. B. Harless, who
succeeds J. P. Partin as councilman
from the Third Ward.
The picture is quite different on
the Board of Public Works, where on
ly one of the old members, J. H. Con
ger, remains. The new members of
the Board are Ralph E. Parrish and
Dr. J. A. Powell, who succeeded Dr.
W. S. Griffin and O. B. Perry.
Clerk Leary first administered the
oath of office to the Board of Public
Works members. Town Council then
went into session as the old Board in
order to pay the bills for the past
month. Having completed this duty,
the members were sworn in, as well
as W. H. Gardner as Town Treasurer.
Quite a few matters were presented
to the Councilmen, and though the
hour was late, it was decided to per
fect an organization for the ensuing
two years, so that the following ap
pointments were made.
Mayor pro tern J. Clarence
Leary.
Finance Committee - J. Clarence
Leary and A. B. Harless.
Street Commissioner J. Edwin
Bufflap.
Parks and Playgrounds Commiss
ioners Graham Byrum arid W. J.
Yates.
Fire Chief and Building Inspector
R. K. Hall.
Assistant Fire Chief W. J. Yates.
Tax Collector Miss Louise Coke.
Acting Chief of Police Robert L.
Pratt.
Clerk R. E. Leary, who will serve
only until a successor has been ap
(Continued on Page Twelve)
New Blood Bank In
Edenton Considered
Interested Group Meets
To Consider Program
For Project
Representatives of Edenton’s civic
organizations, churches, doctors and
officers of the Edenton Marine Corps
Air Station met in the Chowan Court
House last week for the purpose of
discussing plans for establishing a
blood bank program in Chowan Coun
ty. Geddes Potter, chairman of the
Chowan County Chapter of the Am
erican Red Cross, presided.
Miss Janet Cox, general field rep
resentative of the Red Cross, and
Miss Margaret Margraves, special
blood program representative, were
present to explain the program.
Miss Margrave pointed out that in
order to establish a successful blood
bank program, it is important that a
good working committee be selected,
which should be composed of an
overall blood program chairman, don
or recruitment chairman, volunteer
services chairman, who will appoint 15
volunteers to assist at the center, pub
lic information chairman and a medi
cal advisory chairman. The mobile
unit can be sent to Chowan County
every four months, she said.
Another meeting was held Thursday
morning in the Municipal Building
with field representatives, Geddes
Potter, Dr. Frank Wood, Herbert
Hollowell, and other interested per
sons to further discuss plans for the
formation of a blood bank.
Edenton Lions Club
Meets Monday Night
Edenton Lion’s Club will meet next
Monday night at 7 o’clock, in their
summer schedule of two meetings a
month, the first and third Mondays,
i during the summer.
The local club will be fully repre
! sented at the State Lions convention,
which will be held Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday at Wrightsville Beach.