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Volume XVl.—Number 28. Chowan County In Four County District Health Department Includes Chowan, Pas quotank, Perquimans And Camden EFFECTIVE JULY 1 Advantages Pointed Out By Joining of Four Counties Chowan County Commissioners at their meeting last week passed a motion that the county become a member of a four-county district health department comprising Per quimans, Camden, Pasquotank and Chowan counties. The arrangement is effective as of July 1. The Commissioners appropriated the sum of $4,608 which is Chowan County’s share in the budget. Dr. B. B. McGuire in a letter to j The Herald said the joint health de partment is one of which every per son in the counties can be proud. It will be the purpose of the Board of Heaith, he said, through the health officer, to expand public health in this district. Additional services and extensions of present services will be announced from time to time. “One important policy in public health,” said Dr. McGuire, “is that the health officer positively cannot prac tice medicine. No matter who calls, the health officer is not permitted to make calls unless* it is for consulta tion with the attending physician in cases where there is a suspicion of ■ communicable disease. “No one person or small group of persons can alone carry forward a : good public health program. Thirty five thousand people in this health district, being conscious of the use fulness of preventive medicine and willing to do their share, can carry forward a useful program. It will be our purpose to cooperate fully, in health work, with official agencies interested in health and with volun tary agencies as well. Among the latter may be mentioned the Tuber culosis and Health Association, Can cer Society, Polio Foundation, Heart Association, and civic clubs interested in phases of public health.” Tree Surgeon Now Working In Edenton C. C. Huie and Group of Workmen Arrive Monday . C. C. Huie, tree surgeon, arrived in Edenton Monday morning and is 1 how engaged in working on trees for the Town of" Edenton. Mr. Huie and his workmen have been employed to do such work on trees which cannot ( be done by the Street Department employees. Mr. Huie is very much in demand, but will do private work before he leaves Edenton if arrangements are made. Mr. Huie is in close touch with J. Edwin Bufflap, Street Commission er, so that anyone who desires private work to be done may contact Mr. Bufflap if he does not see Mr. Huie. C. Os C. Thanks Town For Use Os Municipal Building For Its Office At the monthly meeting of Town Council Tuesday night, Clerk R. E. Leary read a letter from the Chowan County Chamber of Commerce- and Merchants Association, thanking the Town for use of the Municipal Build ing as an office. The Chamber of Commerce recently moved to • offices on East King Street after using the front part' qf the Municipal Building for several years. * The letter, signed by Manager Peter Carlton, follows: “On behalf of this organization please accept sincere thanks for courtesies extended during the stay in the Municipal Building. If there is any way in which we can be of service please do not hesitate to call upon us.” Miss Betsy Shepard Touring In Europe Miss Betsy Shepard, daughter 6f Mr. and Mrs. W. B. 'Shepard, left last week for New York, from where she sailed for England. Miss Shepard will travel in Europe for six weeks. THE CHOWAN HERALD ► No Successor | Meeting jointly Monday night Town Council and the Board of Public Works failed to agree up- 1 on the appointment of a successor for Town Clerk R. E. Leary, who submitted his resignation after serving for a period of 28 yean as clerk to the two boards. The meeting adjourned without either group deciding upon a suc cessor to Mr. Leary and at pres ent the possibility is that each Board will appoint a separate clerk. Three written appliestapns were presented by Town Coundl, while a fourth name was presented by the Board of Public Works. Carlton Reappointed As Chowan Director Os Public Relations Report of Year’s Activi ties Submitted to Commissioners At the meeting of the Chowan County Commissioners held Wednes day of last week due to the Fourth of July holiday, Peter Carlton was re appointed director of public relations for Chowan County. Mr. Carlton presented a report of his acti' - ' v -es during the past year which included stories and photo graphs in newspapers and magazines, as well as a great amount of radio publicity. In closing his report, Mr. Carlton said: “Public relations are human relations —and good human relations help overcome serious misunderstand ings that could arise between people.” Mayor Haskett On Board Os Health Chowan County Accept ed in Four-County Setup The District Board of Health met at the Health Center Elizabeth City, Monday with S. G. Ethridge .presid ing. All members were present. The application of Chowan County to join this Health District was unanimously approved. Dr. J. W. R. Norton, State Health Officer, has appointed L. H. Haskett, Mayor of Edenton, as an ex officio member of the new District Board of Health. Another member from Chowan County will be appoint ed at an early date to give Chowan County equal representation on the Board of Health as governed by the population. The budget for the fiscal year July 1, 1949 to June 30,*1950 was un animously approved by the Board. There will be a decided increase in the number of people employed in the district. This is due to two reasons, first, one more county will be served, and second, there will be a large in crease in the service to the people. Provision is made for employment of a supervising nurse to coordinate the nursing service in the District as a whole. Six regular nurses will work full time in the four counties or an average of 1% per county. However, the district will be divided at an early date, giving each nurse around 8,000 people. This approaches the ideal for nursing service as set by the U. S. Public Health -Service. The people in the District should feel proud that there will be adequate nursing per sonnel here, since most areas fall short 6f this. Another announcement concerning additional service provided for .in- the budget will be made at an early date. , Methodists Call Off Sunday Night Services Night services at the (Methodist Church have been called off. The pas tor of the church, the Rev. W. L. Free man, announced that the Sunday evening services will be resumed af ter Labor Day, September 5. Sunday morning services and church school will be held as usual. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 14,1949. Edenton’s Colonials Regain First Place In Albemarle League Game Monday Night In cluded All of Base ball’s Thrills STANDING OF CLUBS W L Pet. Edenton 22 13 .629 Colerain 20 13 .606 Plymouth 20 14 .588 Hertford 15 18 .455 Windsor 15 19 .441 Elizabeth City 9 24 .273 Edenton’s Colonials this week are holding the lead in the Albemarle League race, occupying first place as of Wednesday by 23 points. The Colonials have won 22 games and lost 13, while the Colerain Trappers are in second place with 20 victories and 13 defeats. Plymouth, in the lead last week at this time, has dropped to third place with 20 wins and 14 losses, followed by the Hertford Indians with 15 games won and 18 lost. Windsor is right on the heels of the Indians, having also won 15 games, but hav ing 19 losses, one more than Hert ford. The Elizabeth City Senators, while still in the cellar position, have improved somewhat, having won nine games and lost 24, with a per centage of .273, which compares with .269 last week. Edenton 7, Colerain 1 On Hicks Field Thursday night the Colonials defeated Colerain 7-1, mak ing it a clean sweep of the two-game series. Leachman went the entire route on the mound for the Colonials, giving up seven hits. Brooks, Colerain catch er, made three of the seven hits. Roger Miller pitched the entire game for Colerain and allowed eight hits with Bohonko leading with three hits. The Colonials scored a run in the first, two in the fourth and two in each of the seventh and eighth in nings*. Edenton 1, Hertford 6 Hertford’s Indians took the mea sure of the Colonials on Hicks Field Friday night by a score of 6-1. The game got off to a hectic start due to arguments in the early innings, so that only two innings were played in almost an hour. Stanley, Johnson started on the mound for Edenton but was sent to the showers in the first frame. He was relieved by Lynch who pitched until the sixth, when Earl Goodwin went in. , Eller went the entire route for rfertford, giving up only four scatter ed hits. Edenton 3, Hertford 1 For a return game played in Hert ford Saturday night, the Colonials won by a score of 3-1. The Indians led all the way from the first in ning until the eighth by a 1-0 count, but in the eighth the Colonials rallied to score three runs. Bohonko went to second base when a high fly was dropped by Montsdeoca at first base. Parker followed with a single and Fulghum was walked. Doc Murphy tfien singled, scoring Bohonko. Park (Continued on Page Seven) Comdr ClarencelTSpe ight On Way To Korea As Chief Advisor To Korean Navy Comdr. Clarence M. Speight, U.S.C. G. retired, left Edenton Sunday on a long journey to Korea, where he has been appointed civilian chief advisor to the Korean Navy. He was accom panied by his wife Dorothy, son Peter and daughter Marcha. Comdr. Speight and his family will visit briefly in Norfolk and Tennesee on their way to San Francisco, from where they will sail for Korea. Comdr. Speight was born in Suf folk in 1910 and graduated from Maury High School in Norfolk in 1929. After graduation he was em ployed as a draftsman at the Stand ard Iron and Steel Company in Nor folk until 1930, when he entered the Coast Guard Academy, where he grad ; uated in 1934. | In 1934 he served on a ship in i Cordova, Alaska, until 1937. He later served on the USS Bibb, C.G. in Nor folk until 1939. He was promoted to Commanding officer on the USS Calypso, C.G., in Baltimore from 1939 J to 1940. From 1940 to 1942 he was commanding officer of the UiSS t Pandora, C.G., at Key West, Fla. He - was injured on the Pandora by an ■ explosion while on anti-submarine r patrol in the Caribbean Sea in 1942. - In that year he was retired, but re mained on active duty until the end i of the war in 1946. His last active duty 'Was training officer at the U. Few Matters Before Town Councilman At Meet Tuesday Night Proposition Presented to Insure All of Town’s Employees Town Co,uncilmen held a compara tively brief meeting Tuesday night, with members departing shortly be fore 11 o’clock. A greater portion of the time was devoted to considering an agreement between the Norfolk Southern Rail road and the Town of Edenton re garding crossing the railroad right of-way at Second Street as an ap proach to the Albemarle Court hous ing project. John W. Graham, repre senting the Edenton Housing Cor poration, presented the agreement, and while the Councilmen were in favor of signing it, they preferred to have an opinion from J. N. Pruden, Town Attorney. Mr. Pruden is spend ing a vacation in Nags Head, so that the agreement was taken to him Wed nesday for his advice. In anticipation of the new budget, H. A. Campen and John A. Holmes appeared at the meeting, each in be half of appropriations. Mr. Campen represented the Eden ton Band and requested an appropria tion for the band’s support. Last year the Town appropriated $1350, and Mr. Campen requested at least this amount and a slight increase if the Councilmen could see their way clear. Mr. Holmes requested an appro priation of S6OO as a supplement for the coach at school, who is recreation director for the Town and emplayed on a year-round basis. The requests were referred to the Finance Committee, to be included among the various appropriations when the budget will be considered within a few days. S. L. Wilson, field consultant for the Institute of Government, at tended the meeting and explained a blanket insurance policy covering Town employees which provides life insurance and hospitalization bene fits at a very low cost. No action was taken on this matter, but will no doubt be given some consideration when the budget is made up. Knee Pant League Now Very Close Race George Thompson, Edenton’s recre ation director, reports a very close race in the Edenton Knee Pant League, with two teams, the Dodgers and Athletics, tied for first place and the Tigers only one game behind. The Yankees met with some reverses, and while still very much in the run ning, occupy the cellar position. Coach Thompson says almost 60 boys are reporting daily for the games and that it is surprising to note how much improvement the boys have made in the calibre of their play. He still has room to use more boys who are interested in ylaying, and invites older people to come out to the ball park and watch the youngsters. S. Coast Guard Training Station at Groton, Conn. Comdr. Speight and his family took a liking* to Edenton and came here to live late in 1946. Both Mr. and Mrs. Speight have taken an active part in civic and fraternal affairs, amd have made a host of warm friends. Mr. Speight was for a time cubmaster of the local Cuib Scout troop, one of the Stewards in the Masonic lodge, where he was very active, and was also very active in the Edenton Rotary Club. While living in Edenton, Mr. Speight was a special representative for the Reliance Life Insurance Com pany of Pittsburgh. The company granted him a leave of absence to cover the period of time he will be on duty in Korea. Field Manager James I. Lankford of Norfolk will render every assistance to policyholders in this area during Mr. Speight’s ab sence. Before leaving, Comdr. Speight had this brief remark to say: “We want to thank everyone for the happiness and success my family found in Eden ton. We are already a little homesick and want The Chowan Herald mailed to Korea so we can keep up with the local happenings. We expect to return at some time and renew friend ships, which we have made in Eden ton and which we will cherish all of our lives.” Chowan’s Taxßate Set At .he As Levied Last Year i I DBG OWNERS I Better Buy Licenses Town Councilmen at their meeting Tuesday night decided upon a new policy of collecting dog licenses in the Town of Edenton. Heretofore Miss Louise Coke collected dog taxes, but hereafter the taxes will be col lected by the police. The opinion was expressed that many more dogs are in Edenton than licenses sold and due to Miss Coke obliged to remain in the Town office all of her time, it was agreed that the police are in better position to | check on dogs and collect the licens es. Police will receive the dog license tags from Miss Coke, who will keep a check on the number given out, but the police will handle the sale of tags. Swimming Classes To Start Monday At Marine Corps Pool Peter Carlton Again Se cured By Red Cross As Instructor Registrations are now' being taken ' for a limited number of youngsters from the ages of 11 years and up ; who “cannot swim”, to take free Swimming lessons under the expert supervision of a veteran Red Cross Water Safety Instructor. Classes will begin Monday and last for thirteen 1 days, only exclusive of Saturdays and ■ Sundays. ; Geddes B. Potter, Chowan County Red Cross Chairman urges those Who 1 desire to participate to sign up im mediately at the office of the Chowan 1 County Chamber of Commerce, 106 East King Street. Peter A. Carlton, who has conducted Red Cross swim- 1 ming classes for the past three years, ,jhas again been secured by the or- ; ganization to teach the youngsters. The Red Cross has received the full cooperation of Colonel R. E. Hopper, Commanding Officer of the Edenton ’ Marine Corps Air Station, in making ' these “Save a life by learning to sw'im” classes possible in the modern ' indoor pool. All children will leave by ’ bus at Jenkin’s Motor Company at 1:20 o’clock Monday afternoon. They ! will receive one full hour of instruc tion, after w'hich all must leave the pool together and be back in town | at 3:45 P. M. by bus. Mr. Potter explained that the reas on only the larger boys and girls are being allowed is due to the 1 fact that the flooring has been re moved and the little folks would not be able to stand up in the pool. Bootblack Boys Causing Nuisance Boys Ordered to Meet at Police Station Friday Afternoon i At Tuesday night’s meeting of Town : Council it w r as reported that more or . less of a nuisance has developed in f Edenton relative to bootblack boys, i After a discussion of the situation, : it was decided to require the bootblack r boys to shine shoes at the curb . rather than against buildings and . show windows. This method will be i given a trail and if it does not work - satisfactorily, other methods will be r considered. ) In view of the new policy, Chief of i Police R. L. Pratt is calling a meet -5 ing of all the bootblack boys at the r police station Friday afternpon at l 4:30 o’clock, at which time they will - be given full instructions if they expect to continue shining shoes. i 1 Geo. Twiddy Installed President Os Rotary i George S. Twiddy was installed *as 1 .president of Edenton’s Rotary Club li at last Thursday’s meeting. Mr. o Twiddy succeeds James Wood. Other officers will be installed at - the meeting today (Thursday) and f Mr. Twiddy urges all Rotarians to be I present $2.00 Per Year. 'Rate Decided at Meet ing of Commissioners Last Week LONGMEETING Expenditures of Opera tion During Year $242,719.77 After consideration of various re quests and juggling figures, Chowan County Commissioners at their meet ing held .Wednesday of last week in stead of the first Monday due to the July fourth holiday, set the tax rate for the fiscal year 1949-1950 at $1.27, which is the same rate as was in effect for the past year. The amount appropriated in the budget for the current fiscal year’s expenditures is $242,719.77. Os this amount, however, $127,- 429.00 is anticipated from other than ad valorum taxation, which means that $115,290.77 must be raised by way of tax rate. Funds anticipated from sources oth er than ad valorum taxation include $58,189.00 from ABC store earnings. Os this amount $26,000.00 is on hand and additional earnings during the fiscal year are placed at $32,189.00. Then for schools $12,397.00 is an ticipated of which $6,500.00 is from fines, forfeitures and penalties; $1,250.00 from intangible tax; $2,- 800.00 from poll tax; $1,047.00 from dog tax and a balance of $400.00 in each of the county and city admini strations. The social security budget calls for an appropriation of $69,587.00, of i which amount state and Federal aid amounts to $56,843.00, bringing the county’s social security appropriation down to $12,744.00. Funds necessary to liquidate the county’s bonded indebtedness during the year total $48,455.68. The general fund requires $72,- 439.00, less the ABC earnings of $58,- 189.00, brings the requirement down to $14,250.00 For schools the requirments call for $51,848.09, less $12,397.00, or a levy of $39,451.09. The $1.27 rate made up as follows: Bonds . $ -57 General County .41 Schools —..i— - . -41 Social Security __________ .14 Total The rate of $1.27 was calculated on a property valuation of $9,500,- 000.00. Lions Will Install Dfficers Monday All Members Especially Urged to Attend Meeting New officers for Edenton’s Lion Club will be installed at the club’s meeting Monday night at 7 o’clock. Hector Lupton will succeed Dr. Mar tin Wisely as president. An interesting program has been arranged for this meeting, so that every member of the Club is especially urged to attend. Mission Study Class At Methodist Church Next Tuesday and Wednesday nights, July 19 and 20, the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church will conduct a mis sion study class in the church, start ing at 8 o’clock each night. The title of the textbook to be used will be “Newness of Life.” Tuesday night’s leaders will be Mrs. J. H. Thigpen and Mrs. Roy Hassell, while Wednesday night’s leaders will be Mrs. W. L. Freeman and Miss Mamie Hogg. It is hoped many ladies of the com munity will attend. RICHARD HINES, JR., ILL i Richard Hines, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Hines, is seriously ill in Ohowan Hospital. The youngster developed pneumonia following an 1 accident a few weeks ago, at Oole ! rain when he fell down an embank ment and broke a leg.