Volume XVl.—Number 26.
• Edenton’s Colonials
Still Lead Albemarle
Race By One Game
Rain Tuesday Night
Postpones All Games
In Circuit
STANDING OF CLUBS
Club W L Pet.
Edenton l5 8 .652 :
Plymouth 14 9 .609
Colerain 13 9 .591 1
Hertford 11 11 .500 (
Windsor 1 8 14 .364 i
Elizabeth City 6 16 .273 *
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All games in the Albemarle
League were rained out Tuesday 1
night, which leaves the Edenton
Colonials leading the league race by ]
one full game. Plymouth, as of Wed- a
nesday, was in second place with a 1
14-9 record, followed closely by Cole- 1
rain with 13-9. Hertford is in fourth 1
place with 11-11, and Windsor in fifth 1
place 8-14.
The Elizabeth City Senators have 1
greatly improved their position and
while still in the cellar position, they '
have won 6, and lost 16, only two full
games behind Windsor.
Edenton 8, Hertford 1
After losing three consecutive
games, the Colonials jumped back in
the win column Monday night when
they easily defeated the Hertford
Indians 8-1.
Archie Lynch, on the mound for the
Colonials, pitched a masterful game |
except for streaks of wildness. He
gave up only' four hits, but was in
trouble a number of times as the
result of seven walks, a hit batter
and a wild pitch. In each case, how
ever, aided by sterling fielding by |
his teammates he managed to pull '
through with almost a shut out.
John Johnson started on the mound
far the Indians, but when he was .
shelled for five hits and four runs in j
the fourth, he was replaced by Monts
decoca. The latter gave up only one
hit, a home run by Parker, during
the remainder of the game.
The Colonials also scored three runs
on three hits in the third inning.
Art Hoch, Wake Forest College
player, was shortstop for the Colonials .
and led the Edenton hitting with three ‘
hits. He was slightly injured early in
the game when a grounder made a '
bad hop and cut open a place near
his ear. After first aid attention by
Dr. J. A. Powell, he continued to
Play.
Fans Pay Tribute
To Fred P. Wood
Stand In Silence at Mon
day Night’s Game on
Hicks Field
Baseball fans paid a tribute of re
peat at the game on Hicks Field Mon
day night between Hertford and the
Edenton Colonials to Fred P. Wood,
who passed away Monday morning
in a Rocky Mount hospital. Everyone
at the park stood for a minute in si
lence at the request of Marvin P. Wil
son, president of the Edenton Baseball
Club.
Many of the older fans remember
Mr. Wood as an outstanding outfield
er about 25 years ago, when he, to
gether with W. Jim Daniels and Ca
leb Goodwin, formed the Edenton
outfield, a combination which would
have been a distinct credit to any ball
club.
Not only was Mr. Wood a splendid
baseball player in his day, but, as
Mr. Wilson stated, he always showed
an interest in sports and the develop
ment of young people in the communi
ty.’
• It was a minute of absolute silence
as fans and players alike paid this
pasting tribute of respect to one of
Edenton’s most prominent citizens.
WilardM. Rhoades
Red Men Sachem
Officers Elected at Reg
ular Meeting Held
Monday Night
I I T — \ -
At Monday night’s meeting of
Chowan Tribe, No. 12, Improved Or
der of Red Men, Willard M. Rhoades
was elected Sachem, succeeding Leroy
Skinner.
Other officers for the ensuing six
month term are: Prophet, Leroy Skin
ner; senior sagamore, M. L. Flynn;
junior sagamore, Horace White.
THE CHOWAN HERALD.
Scouts Will Leave
For Gamp Darden
Sunday Afternoon
i -
Fourteen Edenton Boys
Will Spend Week In
Camp
On Sunday afternoon 14 Edenton
Boy Scouts will leave for a week to be
spent at Camp Darden Reservation
near Franklin, Va. The boys are
scheduled to leave the Boy Scout cabin
at 1 o’clock and will be in charge of
Lonnie Harrell, assistant scoutmaster,
and Charles Lee Overman, junior as
sistant Scoutmaster.
The group will return to Edenton
the following Sunday.
Besides Assistant Scoutmaster Har
rell, the Scouts going to camp Darden
include the following: Clifford Over
man, Jasper Holmes, Douglas Holland,
Bobby Whiteman, Jack Wright, W.
O. Speight, Tedcly Wright, Francis
Hicks, Douglas Spruill, Gene Ward,
John Goodwin, Sidney Campen, Byron
Kehayes and Charles Lee Overman.
Thompson Calls For
Boys 13 To 15 Years
Old To Play Baseball
Group Asked to Report
At Ball Park Friday
Afternoon
Coach George Thompson, in charge
of Edenton’s recreation program has
issued a call for all boys 13, 14 and
15 years old who are interested in
playing baseball to report at the
baseball park Friday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock.
Mr. Thompson is especially pleased
with the number of younger boys who
are reporting daily, but says there
is still room for more boys to partici
pate and benefit by the program.
Coach Thompson especially desires
the cooperation of parents and is anx
ious for them to know that the child
ren will not be expected to unduly
exert themselves, but that a systema
tic program will be carried out which -
will build stronger bodies.
With the younger group now pretty
well organized, Mr. Thompson is
ready to devote his time and attention
to the older group which he desires to
meet friday afternoon.
BPW Club Names
List Os Committees
Meeting Held Monday
In Mrs. Corie White’s
Office
Officers and committee chairmen
of Edenton’s Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club met Monday
night in the Employment Service Of
fice, at which time Mrs. Corie ’White,
president of the club, presented a
tentative list of committees who are
to work with the various chairmen
for the coming year. Each chairman
was requested to contact the mem
bers serving on her committee.
The following are the new com
mittee chairmen:
Membership, Mary Lee Copeland;
Finance, Mrs. Mildred 'Spruill; Pub
lic Affairs, Mrs. Myrtle Cuthrell;
International Relations, Fannie Sue
Sayers; Health and Safety, Dorothy
Roberson; Education and Vocation,
Kathleen Leary; Legislation, Emily
Smithwick; Press, Evelyn Leary; Pro
gram Coordinator, Mrs. Annie Mills;
Budget, Rebecca Colwell; Communi
cations, Elwanda Gibbs; Projects,
Mrs. Josie Ruth Carr; Hospitality and
Recreation, Mrs. Lala Smith; Ways
and Means, Mrs. Laura Harrell; Radio
and Television, Mrs. Anne Jenkins;
Publications, Inez Felton; Music,
Dorothy Williams; Parliamentarian,
Rebecca Colwell.
The group discussed further plans
for the July meeting, which will be
in the form of a basket picnic to be
held at the Nurse’s Home at the
Marine Air Station.
Polk Williams Cadet
Sergeant At McCallie
Polk Williams, son of Dr. and Mrs.
L. P. Williams, was appointed a cadet
i sergeant in the band at The McCallie
■ School,. Chattanooga, Tenn., for the
coming year. The appointment was
made at the final parade and 'drill
held during Commencement week.
Williams will be a member of the
Senior class, at McCallie this fall. »
Edenton,' Chowan County, North Carolina,Thursday, June 30,1949.
Almost All Os Town’s
Employees Will Get
Holiday Next Monday
In order to allow employees of the
Town of Edenton (except the police)
to celebrate the Fourth of July, a holi
day has been granted next Monday.
The Town office will be closed all
day and, of course, Street Department
employees will not collect trash or
garbage from Saturday until Tuesday
morning.
The Fourth of July is one of the few
holidays enjoyed by Town employees,
so that it is hoped citizens in general
will cooperate.
Os course, in case of an emergency,
Street Department employees will be
ready to go into action.
Fred P. Wood Dies
In Hospital At Rocky
Mount On Monday
Funeral Held Tuesday
Afternoon In Church
yard at St. Paul’s
Fred P. Wood, 54, died in Park
View Hospital, Rocky Mount, at
7:45 o’clock Monday morning. He had
been in failing health for the past
few years and had been confined to
the hospital for several weeks. De
ceased was president and general
manager of the M. G. Brown Co., Inc.,
local lumber concern, for 15 years. He
was also identified with other local
industries, having been a director of
the Edenton Cotton Mills, the Eden
ton Peanut Company and the Edenton
Building & Loan Assaciation. He was
also a partner in Wood & Gardner,
local insurance concern; a member of
the vestry of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, a former treasurer of the
church for 15 years, and a former
member of the Board of Public Works
of Edenton.
The son of Mrs. H. G. Wood and
the late Mr. Wood, he was born in
Tarboro, but lived all of his life in
Edeaton. He graduated from Edenton
High School in 1911, after which lie
attended Warrenton High School for
one term. He entered the University
of North Carolina in 1913 and gradu
ated in 1917. He was a member of
the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
After leaving the University in 1917,
he attended officers training school in
Oglethorpe, Ga., and was assigned to
the Coast Guard Artillery at Fort
Monroe before being sent overseas in
World War I.
Uoon his discharge from the ser
vice, Mr. Wood worked for the old
Chowan Oil and Fertilizer Company,
which plant was just across Johnson
Bridge leading to the Hayes farm.
He then went to work for the Edenton
Cotton Mills, from where he joined
the M. G. Brown Lumber Company
and was president and general man
ager at the time of his death.
Deceased is survived by his wife,
the former Elizabeth Roberts of
Gatesville; a son, Fred P. Wood, Jr.;
a daughter, Betsy Wood, and his
mother, Mrs. Mary P. Wood.
Funeral services were held at the
graveside in St. Paul’s Episcopal
Churchyard, Tuesday afternoon at
4 o’clock. The Rev. Harold W. Gilmer,
rector of the church, officiated, assist
ed by the Rev. Gray Temple, of Rocky
Mount. The body remained at the
Ziegler Funeral Home until the hour
of burial. The family requested no
flowers.
Pallbearers were Billy Pruden,
Hyman Phillips, Glliam Wood, George
Wood, John Wood Foreman, Dr.
Frank Wood, Thomas Wood and Jam
es E. Wood.
BAR Chapter Meets
In New Quarters
Assembly Room Recent
ly Redecorated In
Iredell Home
Edenton’s Tea Party Chapter of the
DAR met in the new assembly room
of their chapter house, the former
James Iredell home on East Church
Street Wednesday afternoon of last
, week at 4 o’clock. Eleven members of
the chapter attended the meeting with_
Mrs.. J. M. Jones, Regent, presiding.”
Routine business was transacted at
the meeting and refreshments were
1 served by Mrs. Ralph Parrish, hostess
for the afternoon.
The new assembly room has been
recently redecorated with oyster white
walls and the handsome panelling has
been painted Williamsburg green.
OFFICES CLOSED MONDAY _
All County and city offices will be
closed all day next Monday, July 4th,
Interest Mounting
In Local Knee Pant
League For Boys
Boys Play In Earnest; 1
Thompson Much
Encouraged
League Standings
W L Pet
Athletics _ 2 1 .666
Dodgers 2 1 .666
Yankees 2 1 .666
Tigers 0 3 .000
Coach George Thompson is very
much encouraged with the progress
shown in the Knee Pant Baseball
League, which includes boys from the
ages of 8 to 12. Fotir teams are now
engaged in a league race which in
cludes the Athletics, Dodgers, Yankees
and Tigers, with games played Tues
day morning resulting in a tie be
tween the Athletics, Dodgers and
Tigers trailing the league.
Mr. Thompson says it is very in
teresting to watch how earnestly the
boyfl engage in the game and the real
interesting games played at times.
The Athletics were undefeated until
Tuesday morning when they were
defeated by the Dodgers 11-7, throw
ing the two teams into a tie for first
place. Steward Holland, on the mound
for the Dodgers, had a little better
of the argument with Stacy Lamb,
Athletic pitcher.
The Yankees, with Lefty Bobby
Perry on the mound, downed the
Tigers 5-2. Errol Flynn was the pitch
er for the Tigers.
The regular lineups for the four
teams in the league follows, al
though there are many substitutes
who also are called on for action:
Yankees —Ray Ward c, Bobby Perry
p, Bobby Pratt lb, Donnie Lassiter
2b, Billy Eason ss, John Speight 3b,
Milton Adams If, Terry Bennett, cf, |
and Carroll Hollowell, rs.
Tigers-—Lyn Perry c, Errol Flynn p,
Faye Bunch lb, Ralph Hawkins 2b,
John Smith ss, Wayne Keefer 3b, Ed
die Stallings cf, Jack Overman rs,
ifiliy Miller If.
Athletics Jimmy Harrison c, j
Stacey Lamb p, Chan Wilson lb, Os
car White 2b, Albert Ward ss, G.
A. Hollowell 3b, John Lee If, Tommy
Kehayes cf, John Kramer rs.
Dodgers—Steward Holland c, Skeet
White p and If, Bobby Gray lb and p,
Ray Hollowell If, Larry Lynch ss,
Clarence Lupton 3b, Billy Bunch 2b,
Roy Gray cf, Kenneth Cleland rs.
Prospect For Little
Activity In Edenton
On Fourth Os July
Business As a Whole Ex
pected to Be at Vir
tual Standstill
With no special program planned
for next Monday, July 4th, except an
afternoon baseball game, the pros
pects are that there will be little or no
activity in Edenton.
According to the Chamber of Com
merce, practially every business house
in Edenton will be closed all day for
the observance of Independence Day.
, The Edenton Colonials will break
the monotony in the afternoon when
, they meet the Plymouth Rams on
Hicks Field at 3 o’clock. A return
game is scheduled to be played in
Plymouth at night which will no
doubt attract a goodly number of
Edenton fans.
Os course, quite a few will take ad
vantage of the week-end holiday to
1 visit relatives, go to the beach or
* enjoy some other form of recreation.
The Fourth of July every year turns
what is hoped to be a joyous occasion
1 into one of tragedy and sorrow so that
The Herald would add its small voice
in urging all holiday observers to be
careful, and as stated elsewhere in
this issue “Be Alive on the Fifth.”
Orphan Guest Os
Methodist Society
Mildred Rogers, an orphan in the
l Methodist Orphanage at Raleigh, will
be a guest of the Woman’s Society of
' Christian Service of the Methodist
’ Church from July 3 to the 17th. The
society sponsors" the young lady and
will entertain her for the two weeks.
Miss Rogers will arrive on July
3rd and anyone who will entertain her
for a portion of the time is requested
, to contact Mrs. T. B. Williford. Mem
bers of thg Guild will also assist in
entertaining the young lady.
| Directs Lost Colony
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Samuel Selden, director of “The
Lost Colony” since its premiere <
in 1937, believes the show this 1
year will be the best and most
complete in the history of the
famous symphonic drama by i
Paul Green.
Director Selden, who is head
of the Department of Dramatic
Art at the University of North
Carolina, bases his belief that the
Lost Colony when it opens July
2 in the Waterside Theatre on
Roanoke Island will be better than
ever before.
Marketing Specialist
Speaker At Meeting
Vegetable Growers
Says N. C. Has Worst
Name For Harvest
ing Produce
!
E. L. Johnston, marketing specialist ,
with the North Carolina Extension
Service, was the speaker at a meet
ing of Chowan County vegetable
growers held Friday night at the
Rocky Hock Central School. Mr. 'John*
iston directed his remarks to better *
handling and packing of vegetables. |
“North Carolina produce has the [
name of being the worst in the nation
from the standpoint of harvesting,
handling, and preparing for .market,”
said Mr. Johnston. “Since things are
more normal and buyers are more
discriminating, it is becoming harder
and harder, to sell products which
. are not properly prepared and pack
aged. Housewives will pay more.for f
|California potatoes than North Caro-1
jiina potatoes, simply because the Cali
fornia potatoes are clean and free,
from bruises. This is true not only 1
of potatoes but of all other farm
i products, and farmers must grow
1 ; what consumers want and display it:
in an attractive manner if they are to j
get the maximum returns for then
products.”
Softball League Is !
Expected To Begin
Play Next Week
Coach George Thomp
son Needs Few More
Teams
According to Coach George Thomp
son, in charge of Edenton’s summer
recreation program, a local softball
league will start play next week. Up
to Tuesday of this week only three
teams had definitely signed up to
play, these being the Varsity Club,
' Red Men and National Guard.
Mr. Thompson is hoping that the
league will comprise six teams and
1 asks any business firm or organiza
-1 tion which will sponsor a team in the
; league to contact him at once. There
! is also a possibility that a team or
: two from the Marine Air Corps Sta
-1 tion will be included.
A softball field has been put in
shape near, the baseball diamond, so
that everything is in readiness to
„ begin league play just as soon as
enough teams have been secured.
Early Morning Blaze
! Damages Sutton House
Edenton’s firemen were called out
' about* 12:30 o’clock Sunday morning
1 when fire did considerable damage to
! the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Sutton on North Oakum Street.
Fire Chief R. K. Hall estimated
the damage to the building caused
by fire and water at $2,500 and dam
age to furniture at S7OO.
The origin of the fire is unknown
and the loss was partially covered
by insurance.
' *>2.00 Per Year.
Pleasure Seekers
Urged Keep Safety
In Mind On July 4th
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Lead In Holiday
Hazards
Going somewhere over the Fourth
of July ?
If you are, then plan your trip safe
ly. But even if you stay home, keep
safety in mind for the Fourth of July
| holiday—one of the most dangerou.s
i week-ends of the year.
That is the advice of the National
Safety Council, which is coordinating
a nationwide'campaign to hold down
'the usual upsurge in accidental deaths
during the Independence Day celebra
tion. One hundred and thirty na
tional organizations, as well as state
and city public officials, are cooperat
ing in the effort.
Motor vehicle accidents lead the
list of holiday hazards, the Council
said. Drowning from swimming and.
fishing accidents is the second biggest
risk. Other deaths are due to fire
works and firearms, sunstroke and
heat exhaustion, food poisoning, falls
and miscellaneous accidents.
The death toll for the month of
July last year was 8,700, the Council
said. While it is impossible to de
termine the exact number of deaths
from aIL causes occurring during the
Fourth of July holiday, the Council
said the total was well above the
average for other days of the month.
The Council expects more pleasure
seeking holiday motorists to pile into
more cars and roll up more miles dur
ing this one week-end celebration than
ever before in the nation’s history.
More than 33 million motor vehicles
will be on the move during the holi
day. The increasing number of new
cars on the road and the substantial
! rise in gasoline consumption this year
indicate a heavy death toll—unless
everyone is fully aware of the holiday
hazards and makes a real effort to
avoid them.
“There are two ways to hold down
deaths daring a holiday period such
ias the Fourth,” said Ned H. Dear
born, president of the Council.
“One is for police, beach guards
and others who have some authorita
tive control, over public , safety ,to be
especially alert and vigorous in their
enforcement of sane rules of public
behavior,
“The other is for all of. us to rec
ognize that holidays are danger days,
and to drive a car, walk across the
'street, swirrt, fish or otherwise con
duct ourselves in a safe and prudent
manner.
[ .“If everyone would keep in mind
the words 'Take It Easy on the
Fourth —Be Alive on the Fifth,” this
Fourth of July would bring much less
1 1 ragedy and much more pleasure.”
Band Will Play In
Belhaven July 4th
Participate In 50th An
niversary of Found
ing of Town
Edenton High School’s band has
been invited and will participate in
the 50th anniversary of the founding
of the Town of Belhaven, which will
be celebrated three days, July 2,3,
and 4.
The local band will take part in
the portion of the celebration which
will be held July 4th.
Among features of the celebration
will be Tar Heels Afloat, ski show,
carnival, beauty contest, torchlight
water parade, ball games, fashion
show, free fish fry and square and
round dances.
Rotary Club Will End
Year At Meeting Today
At the meeting today (Thursday) of
the Edenton Rotary Club, James E.
, Wood will officiate for the last time
, as president, the new Rotary year
; beginning July 1. At last week’s meet
ing, so all Rotarians are urged to at
very happy if there would be a 100
per cent attendance at today’s meet
ini, so all Rotarians are urged to at
-1 tend.
George S. Twiddy is the new* in
; coming president and will be installed
> at the next meeting of the club.
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BANK CLOSED JULY 4
[
1 The Bank of Edenton will be closed
all day next Monday, July 4th, in
order to celebrate Independance Day,
i a national holiday.
I Any important banking business
should 'be transacted accordingly.