Volume XTfSfumber 27.
Overs,oooExpected
At Farm Home W eek
In Raleigh Aug. 8-12
Chowan Farm Men and
Women Urged to At
tend Sessions
FINE PROGRAM
Bob Hawk, Radio Quiz
master Scheduled to
Participate
More than 5,000 Tar Heel farmers
and homemakers ate expected to gath
er on the State College campus in
Raleigh early next month for what
promisee to be the most outstanding
Farm and Home Week program ever
held in North Carolina, John W. Good
man, assistant director of the State
College Extension Service, said this
week.
The four-day annual event, not
held last year because of a polio epi
demic, will begin with registration
on Monday, August 8, and continue
until Thursday night, August 11, when
Bob Hawk, national radio show quiz
master, will (preside over a grand
finale contest during which more
than $5,000 worth of farm machinery
and equipment will be given away.
Secretary of Agriculture Charles F.
Brannan, author of the much-discuss
ed Brannan farm program, will head
line a list of notable speakers for the
occasion. He will address a joint ses
sion of men and women on Tuesday
night.
Other featured speakers will be
Governor Scott, himself a farmer and
former county agent; Rep. Harold D.
Cooley of Nashville, chairman of the
House Agriculture Committee; Mrs.
Camille McGhee Kelly of Memphis,
Tenn., one of the best-known juvenile
court judges in the nation; and Mrs.
Raymond Sayre, President of Associ
ated County Women of the World.
Congressman Cooley .will speak on
proposed national farm legislation and
«then participate W * rqund-table
ussion on the same'subject with
Dr. J. H. Hilton, dean of the State
College School of Agriculture; L. Y.
Ballentine, State agriculture com
missioner; R. Flake Shaw, executive
secretary of the North Carolina Farm
Bureau; Harry B. Caldwell, master of
the State Grange; G. T. Scott, State
director of Production and Marketing
Administration) E. B. Garrett, State
soil conservationist; and Dr. I. 0.
Schaub, director of the State College
Extension Service.
In addition to the outstanding
speakers there will be excellent dem
onstrations and meetings of interest
to men and women. These will include
the latest information on Farm and
Home practices, and equipment.
The entertainment each night will
of special interest to the hundreds
of rural men and women attending
Farm and Home Week. There will be
talent contests each night which any
farm group or individual may enter.
Some suggestions would be choruses,
solos, musical instruments, recita
tions, tricks and stunts.
The grand finale will be held on
Thursday night with final contests,
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Richard H. Goodwin
Leaves For Scotland
Local Man Expects to
Be Abroad From 18
To 36 Months
Richard H. Goodwin left Wednesday
morning for New York, from where
he will take a plane for Scotland, ex
pecting to arrive there Friday night.
He rs connected with the M. W. Kel
logg Company and only recently re-,
turned from Kansas City, where he
has been located about a year and a
half.
Mr. Goodwin expects to be located
in Scotland from a year and a half to
three years. Mrs. Goodwin and eon
will go to Scotland a little later on
and while there the Goodwins will
live in Grangemouth, Sterlingflhire.
MAYOR RETURNS
Mayor and Mrs. Leroy H. Haskett
returned home Sunday night after a
2V» weeks vacation spent in Indiana,
West Virginia, Ohio and Illinois. Mr.
and 'Mrs- Haskett spent much of the
time as guests of Mr. Haskett’s bro
ther and sister-in-jaw, Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton Haskett in Rochester, Indiana.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Haskett report
their trip ais one of the ipokt delightful
vacations they have ever had.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
on «.c.Hlo««,rs
* - -»
1 Killed July 1 through July 4 13
Injured July 1 through July 4 173
Killed through July 4 this year 369
Killed through July 4, 1948 323
Injured through July 4 this year 4,202
Injured through July 4, 1948 3,477
From midnight Friday through mid
night Monday, 12 persons were killed
; in highway accidents and 163 were in
jured, the Highway Patrol reported.
Vegetable Growers
Decide To Improve
Handling Os Crops
Committee Appointed to
Make Study of Im
proved Methods
At least a small group of vegetable
growers in Chowan County have
reached the conclusion that they can
greatly improve their methods of
harvesting, grading, packaging and
marketing their vegetables. L. L.
Johnston, Extension Marketing Speci
, alist, spending Friday afternoon
at the vegetable auction market ob
serving the quality of vegetables
brought in, making a study of the
selling price as compared with the
quality. For example, two lots of
unwashed and bruised squash sold for
75c and 90c per bushel basket re
spectively, while one lot of washed
and carefully handled squash sold
for $1.55 pgr basket. Beans and some
other according' ’as to
quality.
As the result of a recent meeting
of vegetable growers a Commuter has
been appointed to make a careful
study of improved methods of pre
paring produce for market, parti
cularly cantaloupes, and outlined a
demonstration plan in coopreation
with the county agent to be tried
this season. This committee consists
of Carey Evans, Lloyd Bunch, W. A.
Harrell, T. S. Leary and Clarence ,
Bunch.
L. C. Bunch and Edgar Pearce were
selected as a Committee to investigate
types of containers, source of supply
and prices of containers. On Thurs
day, Bunch and Pearce, accompanied
by County Agent Overman, visited the
Riverside Manufacturing Co. at Mur
freesboro and also Vernon Ramsey of
Suffolk, getting information on types
of containers and prices.
Several growers have agreed to
cooperate in trying the packaging of 1
cantaloupes and shipping in crates
with an attractive label as compared
with the old bulk method of handling
cantaloupes this season.
Commissioners Grant
Jurors Higher Pay
According to action taken by the 1
County Commissioners at their meet
ing Wednesday morning, jurors in I
Chowan County will receive a boost in I
i pay. Th9 pay for jurors in both Re
corder’s and Superior Court has been
$2.00 per day, but hereafter the pay
will be double, or $4.00 per day.
Rev. Paul Lemon New
Minister In Chowan
]
The Rev. Paul Lemon of Eureka ]
has accepted the pastorate of the <
Center Hill and Warwick Swamp Bapr ,
tist churches. Mr. Lemon succeeds j
the Rev. W. C. Francis, who recently i
resigned to accept the pastorate of a ,
church in Nash County. <
1 , j
Firemen Called Out
Two Times Sunday 4
Edenton’e firemen were called out ,
twice Sunday with very little damage (
resulting at both fires. _ j
The first fire occurred about noon 1
at the home of Ambrose White, be- 1
yond the city limits, where a leak in a
gas stove caused a blaze. <
About 7 o’clock -Sunday night the i
firemen were called «o~the Evans mill 1
on North Broad street, due to a cross
ed wire on an electric pole. The wires 1
repaired by employees of the 1
Virginia Electric Company. <
~Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 7,1949.
Edenton’s Colonials
Lose First Place Slot
In Albemarle League
Plymouth Heads Teams
As Result of Week’s
Play
STANDING OF CLUBS
W L Pet
Plymouth 16 10 .625
Edenton 17 12 .586
Colerain t__ls 11 .577
Hertford 14 13 .518
Windsor 12 16 .429
Elizabeth City 7 19 .269
Edenton’s Colonials lost ground
during the week and as a result were
shoved out of first place in the Albe
marle League. Plymouth, as of Wed
nesday morning, was in first place
with 16 wins and 10 losses, while
Edenton was trailing with a 17-12
record.
Colerain is in third place with a
15-11 record, followed by Hertford
with 14-13. Windsor, with a 12-16
record is in fifth place, while the
Elizabeth City Senators still are in
the cellar position with a 7-19 count.
Edenton 4, Windsor 5
Edenton lost a heart-breaker to the
Windsor Rebels in Windsor Tuesday
night, with home Tuns playing the
major role. The final score was 5-4
and was won by the Rebels in the
seventh when .Tependino walloped a
home run with two men on base.
Os the nine runs scored by both
teams, five were home runs clouts.
Manager Gashouse Parker hit two
homers for Edenton, while Stott, W.
Taylor and Tependino hit home runs
for the Rebels.
Herman went the entire route for
the Colonials, while Corriher for the
Rebels occupied the mound the whole
game.
Edenton 2, Windsor 4
Windsor’s Rebels, aided by two
home run clouts, defeated the Eden
ton Colonials Thursday night on Hicks
Field by a score of 4-2. Quite a
factor, too, in Edenton’s defeat was
Moe Bauer, pitching for Windsor this
season. Bauer put the brakes on
Colonial batters, letting them down
with only five hits, two of which were
made by Art Hoch, Bauer’s teammate
on the Wake Forest College team. |
Bill Herman was the Colonial
moundsman, but gave way to Schadel
in. the final inning.
Tepedino and Wilhelm made the
two Rebel home runs, each of which
came when a runner was on base. The
Colonials scored a run each in the
fourth and seventh inning.
The game was well played through
out by both teams.
Edenton 10, Elizabeth City 4
In Elizabeth City Friday night the
Colonials had little trouble defeat
ing the Senators 10-4. In this game
the Colonials 7 fattened their hatting
average a bit by chalking up 18 hits.
Hoch and Bohonko led the attack with
three hits apeice, while Parker,
Fulghum, Phillips, Pavlich and Good
win each made two.
The Senators used two pitchers,
Spitzer and Sharp, hut the Colonials
apparently the slants of both. Earl
Goodwin went the entire route on
the mound for Edenton, giving up
only three hits.
It was a close ball game for six
innings with the score tied 2-2 at
the beginning of the seventh. In the
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STUART STEPHENSON CONSIDERED ONE
OF LEADING ALABAMA SPORTS ROOSTERS,
Referred To In Feature Newspaper Article Writ- C
ten By William O. Smith, Jr., as Montg-om- J
ery’s Sports Good-Will Ambassador I
■■ i
I
Friends of Stuart X. Stephenson of
Montgomery, Alabama, a former
Edeniton boy, son of Mrs. S. X. Steph
enson and the late Mr. Stephenson,
will be interested in a feature news
paper article appearing in the Mont
gomery Advertiser-Alabama Journal,
which refers to Mr. Stephenson as one
of Alabama’s leading sports boosters.
Mr. Stephenson is president of the
Southeastern League and former
sports editor of The Advertiser.
The article goes on to say:
“Stephenson was selected by The
Advertiser’s 3ports staff as Sportsman
of the Week because of the outstand
ing work he has done promoting ath
letics in this section, especially base
ball.
“Stephenson’s career in sports start
ed in his home town of Suffolk, Va.,
where he played baseball, football and !
basketball in high school. ; <
“His .greatest love then was base- a
ball. ‘I was just a mediocre pitcher,’
he said. ‘The only thing that 1 had a
on the ball besides hope was control.’
Chowan Committee
Will Make Survey
Os Unpaved Roads
, Recommendations Will
Be Presented After 1
Study
One of the most important items
of business transacted by the County
Commissioners at their meeting Wed
-1 needay was the appointment of a
’ county-wide committee to make a sur
vey of the county’s unpaved roads
’ and to present a recommendation to
1 the County Commissioners as to the
roads to be paved and listing them in
order of their importance.
This committee was deemed essen
tial in order to share in Governor
Scott’s road building program, au
thorized in the recent huge road bond
election.
W. J. Berryman was named chair
man of the committee and Gillam
Wood secretary.
Members of the committee appoint
ed by the Commissioners follow:
First Township—W. J. Berryman,
J. H. Morgan, H. T. Hobbs and W.
,H. Hollowed.
Second Township—Stillman Leary,
R. H. Hollowed and W. T. Bunch.
Third Township—Carey Hollowed,
T. A. Berryman and Vernon Jordan.
Fourth Township—Gillam Wood, J.
A. Webb, Jr., and J. D. Swindell.
Family Relations
Meeting July 7th
Specialist Will Speak at ■
Cross Roads at 3 :
O’clock
Mrs. Corinne Grimsley, Extension t
Specialist in Family Relations, will j
hold a meeting in the community f
house at Cross Roads on Thursday ]
afternoon, July 7, at 3 o’clock. (
F’amily life leaders in the Home .
Demonstration clubs, rural ministers, \
teachers, PTA Presidents, and the ,
county nurse and librarian are urged
to attend this meeting. Also repre- ■
sentatives from any other agencies ]
I especially interested in promoting \
living in the county, j <
Masonic Meeting At i j
7:30 O’clock Tonight
i
Richard P. Baer, master of Unani
mity Lodge, No. 7, A. F; & A. M., i
announced Tuesday that the regular c
monthly meeting of the lodge will
be held tonight (Thursday). Mr. Baer f
stated that the hour of meeting will
be 7:30 o’cloclj, instead of 8 o’clock, f
due to a scheduled baseball game.
Mr. Baer urges members to be t
present promptly at 7:30, so that 1
business can be attended to in time c
for those who so desire to attend the r
ball game.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICES
Services at the First Christian ■
Church have been announced as fol
lows by the pastor, the Rev. E. C,
Alexander:
Bible School, Sunday morning at
10 o’clock. Morning service at 11
o’clock. Young People’s meeting at
6:30 P. M. Evening service at 7:30
o’clock. Wednesday evening prayer
service at 7:30 o’clock.
“Although Stephenson is still one <
of the state’s biggest boosters of 1
sports, he says he has ‘put all my ath
letic eggs in the bag and concentrate 1
on fishing and golfing for my own en- (
tertainment.’ 1
“He reached the pinnacle of his (
sports boosting career in 1938 when t
he was named president of the South- c
eastern League. He helped reorgan- I
ize the league in 1937 and served that c
year as the league’s executive sec re- i
'tary. He has served as president t
every year of the loop’s operation t
since 1938, except for one year, 1942. t
“He came to Montgomery in 1928 e
after five years of sports writing in s
Philadelphia, Pa., and Asheville, N. C., c
and immediately took over the reins
as sports editor of The Advertiser.
“For ten years he held that job.
He resigned on March 15, 1938, be- t
cause he 3aid he thought ‘the pastures i
might be greener in other endeavors.’ s
“Stephenson thinks that the fans s
toughened him up for the job of t
(Continued on Page Nine) 2
Californian Sends
Check For Building
Fund A^l^lul’s
| Cotton Blossom
a West Coast
Though there had been some j
doubt that cotton would be in WRITER E’T'ITTTID
bloom in Chowan County before mUt ' a UK
July 4th, some fields defied ad- Ip. , _ _
verse weather conditions to send * I3IIS 10 Make ToUF of
!r.»{ SET Wor " ! South In Not Too Dis-
W. Sanford Bass of th# Ma- tailt Flltlire
cedonia section was the first to 1
bring a cotton blossom to The Richard M. Cantwell, a subscriber
Herald office this year. Mr. Bass of The Hearld who lives at Sausalito,
found a number of blossoms in a California, this week sent a very in
cotton patch Friday morning and teresting letter to the editor in which
picked one to bring to The Herald was enclosed a check for $5.00 as a
office - contribution to the building fund of
Earl White of the Green Hall St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, recently
section brought in several bios- destroyed by fire. Mr. Cantwell ex
soms which he picked Tuesday. pressed regret that this calamity has
~ fallen upon Edenton, and in reading
Interest Mounts In ££* tzszzz
For the benefit of Herald readers,
n—l. I Mr - Cantwell’s letter follows:
Knee Pant League sis
check to cover the subscription to your
Two Teams Are Now In un “ ,he “ d of ,h ' cu ™"‘
Tie For Leadership ou may wonder what interest we
Os T pomip have in the neWjs of Edenton. Well,
VJI DCdgUC it’s this way: The writer spent some
of his early years in Elizabeth Citv
HOW THEY STAND and in addition his father was a na-
W. L. Pet. tive ‘Tar Heel’ from Fayetteville and
Dodgers 4 3 .571 Wilmington. And during many family
Yankees 4 3 .571 discussions anent the ‘High Cost of
Athletics —-- 3 4 .428 Living’ on the Pacific Coast, I made
Tigers —-: — 2 4 .250 the assertion that living costs were
much lower in North Carolina, and
Interest among Edenton’s youngs- especially along the seaboard, than
ters playing knee pant baseball is at here on the Coast and to prove it I
fever pitch with two teams, the Dodg- sent along a dollar bill for some is
ers and Yankees in a tie for the sues of a small town paper, chosen at
league lead. The Athletics are only j random, to prove my point. But alas
one full game behind and the Tigers , it appears that once again my wife
are in the cellar position, through not j was right. Rents, property and food,
too far away to replace one of the I seem to be about equal’ here and
other teams. j there. Except for collard greens, with-
Coach George Thompson announced out which I can get along right com
a number of changes which has ap- fortabiy, and fat back, ditto, its about
patently evened up the strength of all a standoff. In fact your ‘P & Q’ and
teams. The Dodgers traded Bobby o ur local ‘Safeway’’ ads could have
Gray to the Tigers for Pay Bunch, been written by the same person, as
while Tom Bass, a newcomer, was you may observe from the copy of
added to the Tiger lineup. Wayne the Sausalito News which 1 am s’end-
Keeter goes to the Dodgers from the ing a |ong for whatever interest you
Tigers. might find in looking it over.
Coach Thompson says there is still “This surely is an interesting con
room for more boys and he will wel- dition—here are two towns something
come any boys who report to play. over 3,00(1 miles apart and yet the
Wednesday morning the Tigers de- integration of our economy ’is such
seated the Athletics 15-0, while on that jt di ff ers i n detail to such a
Tuesday morning the Yankees won sma]l degree over this great distance
from the Athletics 7-6. and area
Mr. Thompson is very much en- “Apart from the economic angle,
thused over the earnestness of the both Mrs. Cantwell and myself find
boys and invites any grown-ups to t be Her a ld a source of lively interest
drop around at Hicks Field during the each week W(? follow the do j ngs 0 f
morning and watch the boys play. the Edentonians and the affairs of
~ . your city because of different views—
Dopant Uoauw Rome slie is * ntereste<^in the historical past
ElCLulll RCdVy IldlllO especially in regard to many famous
* old places in the region in and around
PoilCf! Prnn ilortlOfTO Edenton, while 1 like to look over the
LmUSn Is till UdllldzLlf s <ia notes an<! P 1 :a] items, re
Ul up (Continued on Page Ten)
In Chowan County Mans Will HI
T trfSTwK lc - New Officers Today
Downpours George Twiddy Succeeds
County Agent C. W. Overman re- JameS E. Wood aS
ports that excessively heavy rains last ,
week have done considerable damage i rCSIQCnt
to many Chowan County crops, parti-
cularly tobacco. “Practically every At the meeting today (Thursday) of
field of tobacco is showing little to the Edenton Rotary Club, officers for
much water damage,” says Mr. Over- the new year will be installed. At this
man. “Some tobacco fields are show- meeting James E. Wood, outgoing
ing practically 100 per cent water president, will turn over the gavel
damage, .some of which may be a to George S. Twiddy, who will be
total loss.” president for the next 12 months.
Rains also have held up the dust- Mr. Twiddy has been very active
mg program to control boll weevil in in Rotary affairs and members an
cotton. A few growers began dusting ticipate a successful year under his
last week and the first of this week, administration. Every member of the
Cotton growers are urged to start' Club is urged to attend today’s meet
their dusting program for boll weevil ing.
control just as soon as the weather
permits, making 4 to 5 applications Softball League Will
of 20% Toxaphene, 10 to 12 pounds D xr __ -
per acre, per application at 5 day in- Kegllt JN ext Monday
tervals. Although no severe infesta-
tion of boll weevil has been observed Coach George Thompson informed
to date, practically every cotton field The Herald Wednesday morning that
examined has weevils in it and a few the Edenton Softball League will most
small spots have shown a high per- likely begin next Monday evening at
centage of young squares punctured. 6 o’clock on the softball diamond at
Hicks Field. Games will be played
GEORGE GELBACH AT DUKE during twilight until lights can be in-
George K. Gelbach, a member of stalled at the diamond,
the Edenton High School faculty is Fve teams are definitely in the
attending Duke University for the league, including the Red Men, Jay
summer session. The Duke summer cees, Varsity Club, National Guard
session started June 14 and will con- and a Navy tearh from the base. Mr.
tinue through July 21 and from July Thompson also expects one or two
22 through August 31. Marine outfits to join the circuit.
Though there had been some )
doubt that cotton would be in
bloom in Chowan County before
July 4th, some fields defied ad
verse weather conditions to send
forth blossoms before the na
tional holiday.
W. Sanford Bass of Ma
cedonia section was the first to
bring a cotton blossom to The
Herald office this year. Mr. Bass
found a number of blossoms in a
cotton patch Friday morning and
picked one to bring to The Herald
office.
Earl White of the Green Hall
section brought in several blos
soms which he picked Tuesday.
Interest Mounts In
Knee Pant League
Two Teams Are Now In
Tie For Leadership
Os League
HOW THEY STAND
W. L. Pet.
Dodgers 4 3 .571
Yankees 4 3 .571 <
Athletics 3 4 .428
Tigers 2 4 .250
Interest among Edenton’s youngs- ,
ters playing knee pant baseball is at
fever pitch with two teams, the Dodg- >
ers and Yankees in a tie for the i
league lead. The Athletics are only ]
one full game behind and the Tigers j
are in the cellar position, through not - ■
too far away to replace one of the j.
other teams. ,
Coach George Thompson announced
a number of changes which has ap- :
parently evened up the strength of all ;
teams. The Dodgers traded Bobby ,
Gray to the Tigers for Fay Bunch, ]
while Tom Bass, . a newcomer, was ,
added to the Tiger lineup. Wayne ]
Keeter goes to the Dodgers from the j
Tigers. j
Coach Thompson says there is still
room for more boys and he will wel- c
come any boys who report to play. ,
Wednesday morning the Tigers de- ;
seated the Athletics 15-0, while on
Tuesday morning the Yankees won t
from the Athletics 7-6. .
Mr. Thompson is very much en
thused over the earnestness of the |
boys and. invites any grown-ups to
drop around at Hicks Field during the (
morning and watch the boys play. j
Recent Heavy Rains | (
Cause Crop Damage
In Chowan County
Tobacco Especially Vic
tim of Last Week’s
Downpours
■County Agent C. W. Overman re
ports that excessively heavy rains last
week have done considerable damage
to many Chowan County crops, parti
cularly tobacco. “Practically every
field of tobacco is showing little to 1
much water damage,” says Mr. Over- 1
man. “Some tobacco fields are show- i
ing practically 100 per cent water
damage, some of which may be a
total loss.”
Rains also have held up the dust
ing program to control boll weevil in i
cotton. A few growers began dusting 1
last week and the first of this week, i
Cotton growers are urged to start- <
their dusting program for boll weevil i
control just as soon as the weather
permits, making 4 to 5 applications j
of 20% Toxaphene, 10 to 12 pounds
per acre, per application at 5 day in
tervals. Although no severe infesta
tion of boll weevil has been observed
to date, practically every cotton field
examined has weevils in it and a few 1
small spots have shown a high per- 1
centage of young squares punctured, t
GEORGE GELBACH AT DUKE i
George K. Gelbach, a member of i
the Edenton High School faculty is
attending Duke University for the
summer session. The Duke summer -
session started June 14 and will con- i
tinue through July 21 and from July ‘
22 through August 31.
$2.00 Per Year.