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VolumeXVl. —Number 32. t Y 1 '' ' ' — ■■ ' , “ Bids Opened Last Week For Construction Os New Chowan Hospital; Cost $313,413.90 Wrenn-Wilson Company OfOurham Low Con struction Bidder. h WILL HAVE 35 BEDS Work Expected to Get Under Way Within Short Time Another, and one of the most im portant steps in the long road to •realization of a hospital for Chowan County, was taken Thursday after noon, in the Chowan County Court House, when bids were opened for the construction of a hospital. Present for opening of the bids were members of the hospital trus tees headed by Chairman J. W. Davis; three members of the North Carolina Medical Care Commission including Bruce K. Jones, architect for the Commission; H. E. Hamilton, hospital administrator and M. H. Woodside, assistant administrator. The bids were opened by M. A. Hamm, Durham architect, who pre pared the specifications and will sup ervise construction of the hospital. There weer five bidders for con struction of the hospital with bids ranging from $274,528 to $200,000. The lowest bid of $200,000 was sub mitted by Wrenn-Wilson Construction Company of Durham. Other bidders and their figures follow: W. E. Baker Construction Company of Durham, $274, 528. Charleston Contractors, Charles ton, S. C., $250,000 J. i. Hardison, Washington, N. C., $214,892. Sparkling Construction Company, Greensboro, $207,000. -For the plumbing there were eight bidders with the low bid <jf $21,- 849.90 being submitted by Z. A. Nor ris of Wilson. Other plumbing bids-were “as fol lows: Corey Plumbing Company, Eden ton, $32,385. High’s, Inc., Wilson, $24,073. Ingram and Suggs, Durham, $34,- 550. Lloyd E. Copeland, Durham, $23,- 35( . New Home appliance Co., Elizabeth City, 329,000. Jack Sullivan, Inc., Rocky Mount, $24,545. W. M. Wiggins, Wilson, $23,577. There were nine bidders for heat ing, with the low bid of $22,994 sub mitted by Jack Sullivan of Rocky Mount. The other bidders were: D. and B. Pluming Company, Dur ham, $20,296. Deans and Baker, Wilson, $26,- 937. 7 tigh’s, Inc.. Wilson, $29,800. Ingram and Suggs, Durham, $31,- 400. New Home Appliance Company, Elizabeth City, $32,504. Z. A. Norris, Wilson, $26,107.97. (Continued on Page Ten) Miss Hazel Boswell Is Invited To Enter Reidsville Contest Beauty Show Scheduled September 9 and 10 By Jaycees Miss Hazel Boswell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Boswell, has re ceived an invitation to participate in the annual Harvest Jubilee Beauty Pageant sponsored by the Reidsville Junior Chamber of Commerce which is scheduled to be held in Reidsville , Friday and Saturday, September 9 and 10. The invitation Was tendered Mjgg Boswell by W. R. Henderson, chairman of the beauty pageant. (Continued on Page Ten) J. W. Davis New Trustee State Teachers College Governor Kerr Scott last week an nounced the appointment of J. W. Davis as a member of the board of trustees of the State Teachers Col lege of Elizabeth City, w,. Me. Davis will fill the vacancy s- , caused by the resignation of Mrs. P. so P. Gregory of Shawboro. Mrs. Greg | ory was recently reappointed to the board, but is unable to serve due ‘ to ill health. THE CHOWAN HERALD Colonials Maintain VA Game Lead In Albemarje League 13- Inning Battle Satur day Night With Eliza beth City Senators STANDINGS OF CLUBS W L Pet. Edenton ■ 36 20 .643 Plymouth 33 22 .600 Colerain 28 24 .538 Windsor 25 32 .439 Hertford 23 32 .418 Elizabeth City 20 35 .364 As of play through Tuesday night, the Edenton Colonials continue to lead the Albemarle League by 2% games. The Colonials have won 36 and lost 20, followed by the Plymouth Rams, who have won 33 and lost 22. Colerain is in third position, fol lowed in order by Windsor, Hertford and Elizabeth City. Edenton 1, Colerain 5 In Colerain Monday night the Co lonials were defeated by a 5-1 score. Herman Dowdy was on the mound for the Trappers, allowing the Colonials only she scattered hits. Outstanding fielding by Teague, Colerain second sacker, robbed the Colonials of sev eral hits which might have materia lized in runs. The only Edenton score was made in the sixth inning, while the Trap pers scored one run in each of the third, fourth and fifth and two in the seventh. Edenton 6, Colerain 5 The Colonials reaped revenge on Hicks Field Tuesday night when in a return game they downed the Trap pers 6-5 in a game in which both teams nude costly eric .s. Roger Miller went the entire route on the mound for Colerain, but was in serious trouble a number of times. Price went the route for Edenton and he, too, found himself in several bad holes. The Colonials drew first blood in the second inning when Fulghum doubled and scored on Leary’s single. In the sixth three more runs were added. Andrewsh' was safe on an error and when Bohonko bunted the throw to first base was wild and both runners were safe. Fulghum hit a long fly to left field and Andrewsh scored. Leary then doubled, scoring Bohonko and on a single by Murphy, Leary raced home with the third run of the inning. In the next inning two more rur.s were added. Hoch singled and Andrewsh walked. Bohonko was safe on a bunt, putting three men on base and no outs. Fulghum hit a grounder and Hoch scored. Leary was out on a low fly to second and Mur phy hit a fly to left field which was far enough out to allow Andrewsh to score. Pavlich hit a fly to end the inning. - > The Trappers scored their first run in the sixth. Umphlett singled and stole second. Fowler was safe on Ful ghum’s error and on the play Umph lett raced home. In the seventh Cole rain added two more runs. Cesky hit a home run over left field fence. Gos midas walked and scored on a double by Teague. Umphlett, who was safe on an error, was caught at the plate on Teague’s double, which ended the scoring. In the eighth the Trappers scored a run when Brooks*singled and scored on a single by Polizos. Again in the ninth the Trappers threatened, but were held to one run. Cosmidas and Umphlett singled in succession and the former scored when Teague hit a fly to center field. (Continued on Page Eight) A! Habit Chosen On 1949 All Stir Roster In Greensboro Attend ing Coaching Clinic For Week A1 Habit, 3on ol Mr. and Mrs. Ed Habit, left Sunday for Greensboro, where he is this week attending the North Carolina High iSchool All-Star games and coaching clinic. young Habit was included in the East All Star 1949 football raster. He played end for the Edenton Aces and was one of the outstanding players of the past season. Habit is 18 years old, stands 6 feet one inch and weighs 190 pounds. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 11,1949. BminummuMiHtimtiMmuiMmunumimnniuMinMiiupl | Abandoned j Eh"""" 1 0 | Thomas Byrunt, president of f the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commercei, informed The Herald early this week that the Jaycees have abandoned the collection of scrap paper. Reason for abandon ing the drive is that the Jaycees can find no sale for the paper. They now have a large shipment on fha.id for which they cannot ‘ find a buyer. In announcing the action, Mr. , Byrum said the Jaycees greatly j appreciated the splendid cbopera- tion and contributions of paper j during the time the scrap paper drive has been in progress. | Miss Audrey Pearce Wins Top Honor In 4-H Club Dress Revue Chowan Girl Wins First Place In Annual State ■ Contest Chowan County and Miss Audrey Pearce in particular were signally , honored in Raleigh last week, when ' Miss Pearce, 17-year-old 4-H Club , member, took top honors at the dress | revue held Thursday evening in con nection with annual 4-H Club Week held on State College campus, j Miss Pearce won the highest honor t with a r.avy blue rayon crepe dress with navy shoes and bag, straw hat, j two strands of pearls and white gloves. j Miss Pearce, a member of the ' Chowan Senior 4-H Club, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. ) Pearce of the Rocky Hock section. I Audrey has nine years of club work to her record, completing 39 , projects, some of them other than , clothing were room improvement, home beautification, cooking, canning, , better methods. She has held several ' offices in her club and the County s 'Council. , Among other things, her title in t eludes an expense-free trip to the , National 4-H Club at Chicago in De , cember. Audrey says she is planning to make most of her clothes that will t be needed for her trip. , Practically every county in the I State was represented in the var , ious contests, with 1,400 4-H Club , members participating. ‘ IN ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL , Mrs. Hoskins Bass is a patient in ’ Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City, , where she gave birth to a son Sunday morning. The child died, but Mrs. ( Bass is making satislactory progress. 1 ' NATIONAL GUARDSMEN WILL LEAVE NEXT SATURDAY FOR TWO WEEKS ENCAMPMENT i ■ i Edenton and Elizabeth City Companies Preparing ; For Intensive Training Period at Fort i Jackson, South Carolina i , BY PETER CARLTON i Yesterday (Wednesday) an advance * detachment of local businessmen, s clerks, farmers, post office clerks, and others of different vocations in life, donned their uniforms of the I new National Guard and departed for Fort* Jackson, South Carolina, for two weeks of intensive training man euvers. These men, headed up by * Captain William Ingram of the Eliz abeth City National Guard Service Company and including mess steward, ■ T/Sgt. William Perry, and Supply Sergeant John Lee Spruill, will pre pare the way for their brother guardsmen forming the main body of both the Elizabeth City and Eden- I ton guard companies, who leave in < , convoy this coming Saturday night s for the long trip by trucks, jeeps and • weapons carriers. Most of the men i who will participate in the maneuvers s trained with their buddies at Fort . Bragg last summer. While it is hot i there, and it is expected to be hot : at Fort Jackson, the men are so ; busy with their training impression i ! built up upon past experiences that 1 the National Guard is merely, going Revival Begins At Rocky Hock Church Sunday, August 28 < ■ Evangelist Will Be the Rev. George Norman Ashley Announcement was made early this week that a series of revival meetings will be held in the Rocky Hock Bap tist Church beginning with the night service on Sunday, August 28. The meeting will be in progress until Sunday, September 4, with services to be held each afternoon at 3 o’clock and night services at 8 o’clock. The preacher for the revival will, be the Rev. George Norman Ashley, a native of Chowan County, now pas tor of the Salem burg, N. C., Baptist Church. Mr. Ashley was born in Chowan County, son of the late George V. Ashley and Clara V. Satterfield Ash ley, descendants of the early English settlers who occupied the territory of Southeastern Virginia and North eastern Carolina. Mr. Ashley left Chowan County in 1921 g to attend Buies Creek Acad emy, from which he graduated in 1924. He then entered Wake Forest College, from which he received the B. A. degree in 1928. In the fall of this same year he entered the grad uate school of Duke University. In 1932 the degree of Bachelor of Divin ity was conferred upon him. In 1934 he received a scholarship from Duke University to attend the American School of Oriental Research in Jeru salem, where he studied during the fall and winter of 1934-35, and par ticipated in excavations at Bethel and Petra, which were directed by Dr. W. L. Albright, of Johns Hopkins University. In 1931 Mr. Ashley became as-» sociated with the Pineland College Schools as organizer and director of the Department of Religious Educa tion. The fall of the same year he married Miss Alice Freeman Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Jones, co-founders of Pineland Col lege Schools. During Mr. Ashley’s college and (Continued on Page Six) Gilliam Wood Speaker At Rotary Meeting- Gillam Wood was the principal speaker at last week’s Rotary meet ing, when he brought the Rptarians up to date on Chowan County’s road situation. Mr. Wood is a member of the county-wide committee which made recommendations to the County Commissioners relative to which roads should be paved under Governor Kerr Scott’s road building program. Mr. Wood rehearsed the activities of the road committee what the county may expect in way of improvements according to the program as outlined by H. G. Shel ton, First Division Highway Com missioner, when he was in Edenton to meet with the County Commis sioners. He brought out the fact that the county will be entitled to 37 miles or hard surfaced roads but that 34.5 miles were asked in order to allow a small reserve for any important re quests which may be made later. through routine training activities. This thought is being strongly nulli fied with the specialist type of train ing the men of the new National Guard are getting; a training which evolved out of the experiences of World War 11. In the old Guard there was much emphasis upon manual of arms and “hay foot—straw footing it around until it became monotonous.” While it is imperative that the men know the basic and necessary forma tions and movements for carrying out commands, since 1947 the new Na tional Guard blossomed forth in a different light, with the men becom ing specialists in weapons, supply, transportation, supply mechanics communications, personnel adminis tration, the feeding of large bodies of men with speed and good food, combat intelligence, counter intelli gence, roit control, and domestic dis turbance tactics. All of the facilities of visual and audio education, maps, talking pictures, slide strips, and practical on the job training workshop sessions are used for the training of the men who attend these classes un (Continued on Page Five) Thousands Thrilled At Air Show Saturday Afternoon 1 | Revival Speaker | iiUBIBTr ••• ' llPlliiiii : ili! A I|j; ,v . ; REV. GEORGE NORMAN 4SHLEY Many Chowan County people will be pleased to learn that the i the Rev. George Norman Ashley of Salomburg, N. C., will preach for the Rocky Hock Baptist , Church revival, which will begin Sunday night, August 28. Mr, Ashley is a native of Chowan , County and at present is pas tor of the Salemburg Baptist Church. Chowan Tops Quota In Opportunity Drive Sale of Bonds Amounts To $54,989.50; Quota , Was $34,000 County U. S. Saving Bonds chair man, T. C. Byrum, has announced that Chowan county successfully conclud ’ :d its Saving Bonds “Opportunity Drive,” on July 16, with total Series E Bond snies amounting to $54,989.50. The county E Bond quota was $34- ; 000.00. The state qnd national quotas also were achieved. North Carolina’s E Bond quota was $12,000,000, sales were $13,751,542.75, or 114.5% of quota. The national E quota was sl,- ■ 040,000,000, and sales were $1,216,- 230,000 or 117% of quota. This information was contained in a summary report of sales for the Op portunity Drive, issued July 28, by Allison James, State Savings Bonds Director in Greensboro. The report further indicated that 81 of the state’s 100 counties and the City of Rocky Mount, topped their quotas. t ' County Chairman Byrum said that the continuing excellent support of the peacetime Savings Bonds drives by the people of the county, state , and nation not only enables our na -1 tion to properly manage its national debt and help keep our economy on an even keel, but is helping to build ■ up community and personal reserves of future buying power. He stated that the “Opportunity Drive” has given particular impetus (Continued on Page Seven) Coon Hound Field Trials On Labor Day Affair Will Be Held on I Bandon Plantation; Starts at 9 A. M. ’ Officials of the Chowan County i Coon Club announce a coon dog field trial which will be held on the old ; Bandon plantation, 12 miles north of ■ Edenton, on Labor Day, Monday, i September 5. The trials will be for ■ coon dogs only and will begin at 9 o’clock in the morning. Refresh i ments will be provided on the grounds. There will be no admission to wit i ness the trials, but an entry fee of , $3.00 will be charged for dogs taking part, with a guarantee of 100 per cent of entry fee less heat money, which will be SIO.OO. Winners will be based on 60% tree and 40% line. ! At the conclusion of the trails dogs will be auctioned and trucked out. Harvey Perry is president of the club and Willis G. Joyner, secretary and treasurer. $2.00 Per Yeas. $> Jet Planes Hold Many Breathless During Performance braveTheat “Marine Phantoms” and Col. Carl Put On Won derful Show The air show' staged by the Marines at the Edenton Air Station Saturday I afternoon thrilled a crowd estimated lat between 4,000 and 5,000, Though the afternoon was very hot, the crowds braved the heat to watch the hair-raising performances of jet planes as well as the awkward an tics of a helicopter. Without doubt, the show provided the opportunity for many people to look upon the fastest moving objects they ever witnessed, for one of the planes traveled scarcely higher than the buildings at about 600 miles per hour. To open the show at 3 o’clock the famous “Marine Phantoms” of Marine ( Fighting Squadron 122 put on a spectacular exhibition flying in close formation at a speed of about 400 miles per hour. All kinds of stunts were presented for the benefit of the onlookers. The quartet composing the “Marine Phantoms” were Lieut. Dick Smith, Lieut. Mac McManus. Lieut. Mac Magill and Major Doe Evert on. Following this performance Lieut. Col. Marion E. Carl, USMC, held many of the spectators breathless as he roared by in a jet plane at a speed estimated at around 600 miles per hour. He also flew straight up ward at a terrific speed and then headed earthward until he gracefully straightened out the plane. Col. Carl broke the official speed rcord of the World at Muroc Dry Lake when he attained a speed of 651.4 miles per hour. Some twenty planes of Marine Fighting Squadron 211, stationed at the base, also gave a demonstration of attack. They flew in squadron for mation and furnished thrills for the spectators:. Another feature was a performance by Lieut Steward Graham in a heli copter from the Coast Guard Air Station at Elizabeth City. The crowd was dehghted with this performance as the machine slowly moved back ward, forward, sideways, straight up and down and hovered motionless in the air. A demonstration was also made in picking up a man and then returning him to the same spot, giv ing some idea of the usefulness of the helicopter in making rescues where another type plane would be useless. After the show the spectators mil led through the hangar, where the “Flying Marine” Band furnished mus ic and a carnival was arranged with the usual carnival games. For the benefit of those attending the show a number of planes were open for inspection. Ramps were erected so that there was easy ac cess to the planes. Long lines formed in front of the planes as many people took advantage to look into the cock pit as well as other parts of the ma chines. Quite a few people left the base after the air show, while many ling ered to enjoy the carnival. , - - Richard F. Hopper On Naval Training Cruise 1 Richard F. Hopper, Naval ROTC student at Duke University, left Nor folk Tuesday of last week for a seven-weeks naval training cruise. Hopper, a sophomore at Duke, is the son of Col. R. E. Hopper, command ing officer of the Edenton Marine Corps Air Station, and Mrs. Hopper. The 10-ship task force, headed by the battleship Missouri, will visit Cherbourg, France, and Guantanamo, Cuba. Over 1,200 midshipmen from the U. S. Naval Academy and eight civilian universities are participating in the cruise which is designed to pro vide “on the job” training for future Naval officers. The same task force recently re turned from an earlier training cruise that 55 Duke NROTC students partic ipated in. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Mrs. George S. Twiddy, who re turned to Chowan Hospital for a sec ond operation, is gradually improving. She ha 3 progressed sufficiently so that she was brought to her home Wednesday.
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