Volume XVl.—Number 35. Polio Epidemic Is Likely To Break Previous Records Local Chairman Urges Contributions Dur ing Emergency The highest number of infantile paralysis cases ever recorded in a single week, a total of 3,422 new cases the week ending August 20th, has re moved all doubt of the fact that the 1949 jjolio epidemic will break all previous annual records, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has announced. The latest national figures bring total incidence to date to 17,306, as compared with 9,743 for the same period in 1948, with no incidence as yet in sight that this year’s epidemic peak has been reached, according to Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, National Foundation medical director. “Study of previous patterns of polio incidence show that the peak may come anywhere between mid-August and mid-September,” Dr. Van Riper explained. “But the mid-point of the epidemic, the date upon which there are as many new cases afterward as there have been before, never has oc curred before the second week in Sptember. “If the peak is reached early, the reduction in cases is slower than if it comes late. When the peak is reached late, the number of new cases reported drops rapidly.” This year’s record of cases, as shown on incidence charts, reveals a steep rise, week by week, since early spring without even temporary re cessions, Dr. Van Riper pointed out. “Although it is hoped each week from now on that we have passed the high point in numbers of new cases, this cannot be determined in ad vance,” he said. This year has been distinguished by an increased polio incidence to date, as compared with the previous yfear, in thirty-eight states, the records show. This, despite the fact that 1948 was second only to 1916 in num ber of cases. “As a result of an epidemic which over the nation is both intensive and extensive, the National Foundation ' has answered more calls for assist ance in more states even than during last year,” Dr. Van Riper concluded. “Money, equipment, nurses, physical therapists have poured out in a steady stream. No request has been denied, and medical care facilities; on the whole, are far better today than at any other time in history.” In view of the above information, J. Edwin Bufflap, chairman of the Chowan County Chapter of the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paral ysis, has been urged to appeal for contributions. Any contribution for the present emergency may be sent to Postmaster C. E. Kramer or Mr. Bufflap, who will forward the money to the proper source. Edenton Marines In Cleveland Air Races VMF-211 Will Ilelp to Demonstrate Capture Os Iwo Jima An interesting phase o‘s the air races to be held at Cleveland, Septem bed 3-5 will be a part on the program by marines of VMF-211, stationed at the Edenton Marine Corps Air Sta tion. VMF-211 will furnish support for Cleveland’s Seventh Marine In fantry Reserve Battalion which will be flown from Camp Lejeuene. Pill boxes and a replica of mount Suribachi will be constructed on the field for this maneuver. Supported by simulated naval gunfire VMF 211’s fighter planes and by Marine troop carrying HMX-1 helicopters landing supplies and evacuating “casualties,” the Marines will demon strate the capturing of Iwo Jima. One of the many'features of the event will be the “Marine Phantoms” of Cherry Point, who participated in the recent Air Show at the Edenton base. Revival Services Start At Chappell Hill Church Revival services will begin at the Chappell Hill Baptist Church begin ning Sunday evening, September 4, at 7:30 o’clock. ' The Rev. Herbert Miller of Hick ory, Va., will be the visiting minister. The public is invited to attend. • . • if'- x. ■; ■; .'v V THE CHOWAN HERALD. ——i ••• ■ I V .. »<«/•- • - 1 1 STRAIGHT DOWN FROM THE SKY—Marine assault troops, landed by Marine Corps helicopters, dash forward in simulated attack at Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia. The use of helicopters in carrier-launched, airborne raids, was demonstrated for members of the 81st Congress recently at Quantico. COACH GEORGE THOMPSON EXPERIENCING I HANDICAPS WITH FOOTBALL CAMHDAIESI Sends Interesting Letter to Parents of Boys In an I Effort to Secure Cooperation; Many of Last Year’s Veterans Will Be Missed 1 Coach George Thompson is facing no little difficulty in rounding out this season’s football team for Eden ton High School. Aside from losing the majority of last year’s first string players, which calls for train ing a group of raw recruits or some with very little experience, he is handicapped by some candidates fail ing to report regularly for practice, which is absolutely necessary if the Aces are to have a creditable grid iron combination. Another serious problem Coach Thompson is facing is the fact that a number of the parents are refusing to allow their boys to take part in football, obviously due to fear of in jury. This decision on the part of parents is preventing Coach Thomp son from working with a few boys who, he thinks could be developed into outstanding players. Mr. Thompson admits that some times a boy is the recipient of hard knocks and bruises on the football I field, but points out that this is true in all walks of life and that ex perience on the gridiron stands a boy in good stead to meet the pro blems he is bound to encounter in subsequent years. So concerned is Mr. Thompson about the attitude of some parents toward football that he has sent a letter to all in the hope that they will reconsider their decision and al low their sons to try for the team. Mr. Thompson’s letter follows: “Dear Parent—Your son is a can didate for the football team of Eden ton High School, and rightfully he de serves this privilege as long as he meets the qualifications and require ments that make him eligible for par ticipation. I am more than glad to spend my time working with these 1 boys in trying to train and develop ' them for the duties and responsibili ties they will soon assume as citizens of their community. ' “I sincerely believe that your son will derive benefits from participating in athletics that he will not find elsewhere. Majiy. people overlook the values to be derived from playing football. They say that these boys get nothing more than burpps and bruises. It is very true that the play ers receive more than their share of hard knocks during their playing careers, but I should like to know of any walk of life in which men are not called upon to face setbacks. We in thd coaching profession realize that these setbacks are not always a physical nature, but we believe if a young man learns at an early age that it is imperative for him to come back and work harder than ever after he a tough blow, he will have the makings of a success ful citizen. “On the football field your son will be given the opportunity to dis play his skills and competitive spirit against other boys with the same alertness and courage and persistence that will be required of him when his school days are over and he steps out into the busies world. “On a Successful football team, a boy must learn to work with hi 3 teammates, in a cooperative spirit, ‘ and to subordinate his personal inter ests for the good of his team. , “It is important, if your son is to ■derive benefits from football, that he make an honest effort to attend each practice session. I understand that (Continued on Page Seven) . • ' I - , Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 1,1949. Dollar Days Will Be Observed By Stores. On September 9-10; \ Most of Stores Cooper- 1 ating By Offering ‘ Big Values I C M. A. Hughes, chairman of the Merchants Committee of the Chamber j of Commerce and Merchants Associa tion, stated that the agreed dates for j the dollar days among the merchants , are September 9 and 10, Friday and , Saturday. Good values are expected ( to be offered the buying public. , Most all of the stores in Edenton , will be participating, and citizens are ' urged to look for the dolar day pen- ‘ nants in the windows of those stores offering, money saving values for the occasion. Absolutely no cuts in prices will be allowed after the dol lar days, it is stated. Mr. Hughes also announced that, : according to agreement among the * business firms, the half day closing 1 on Wednesday afternoons ended with ‘the month of August. Laboi Day will be observed and all stores will be closed on September 5. j Edentou’s Colonials ' Win Pennant Fourth 1 Consecutive Year Manager Gashouse Par ker Given Much Cre dit For Success Eder.ton’s Colonials, under the man- 1 agership of Gashouse Parker, won the ] Albemarle League Pennant for the i fourth consecutive year after winning 1 from W’indsor on Hicks Field Thurs- 1 day night 4-3. , f The Colonials wound up the regular 1 season 2% games ahead of Plymouth, : having won 45 games, lost 25, with a 1 percentage of .643. Plymouth held a firm grip on sec- ( ond place and Colerain was in third < place. Fourth place developed into a j ■ red hot race between Windsor and j : Elizabeth City, with the Rebels in the i lead by one full game. The fourth place team was not decided until Sat urday morning, when a meeting of the Albemarle League directors was held in the Court House. The Eliza i beth City Senators registered a pro test against Windsor claiming that : the Rebels in a game with the Sena- 1 i tors had more men hr uniform than 1 the league rules allowed, as well as i using two players who were claimed 1 to be ineligible to play. The directors were deadlocked in their voting and < President Howard Gaylord voted in 1 favor of‘ Windsor. Had the protest 1 been upheld the two teams would i i have had to play another game to 1 decide the winner. s Baseball fans by and large give (Continued on Page Eight) i Mrs. J. Edwin Bufflap Dies Sunday After Four Months’ Illness Funeral Service Held In Methodist Church on Tuesday Afternoon 9 Mrs. J. Edwin Bufflap passed away at her home on East Church Street, Sunday night at 8:20 o’clock, after an illness of four months, during which time she was a patient in Cho wan Hospital as well as General Hos pital, Norfolk. Mrs. Bufflap, a native of York, Pa., was 57 years old and moved to Edenton with her family about 26 years ago, and in that time won a host of friends. Surviving are her husband; a son, Lance L. Bufflap of Wallace, N. C.; a daughter, Miss Dorothy Bufflap, at home; four brothers, Roy, Harrison, Wilson and Spurgeon Geesey, all of York, Pa., seven sisters, Mrs. Cora Glatfeller, Mrs. Elsie Keasey, Mrs. Gertie Glatfeller, Mrs. Naomi Buser, Mrs. Ada Fantom, Mrs. Alma Wortz and Mrs. Flora Wampler, all of York County. A granddaughter, Miss Son dra Bufflap of Williamston also sur vives. The body remained at the Williford Funeral Home until 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, when services Were held in the Methodist Church with the pastor, the Rev. W. L. Freeman, officiating; Interment was,, made in the Beaver Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Mayor Leroy H. Haskett, A. S. Hollowell, John A. Holmes, Frank Hughes, Vernon Bar row and W. J. Daniels. Registration On For Pre-School Children Principal Fenton Lar son In Office All of This Week Fenton Larson, principal of the Edenton High School, announced that pre-school registration will be held in his office at the high school during this week for children entering the local school this year for the first time from JJie first through the twelfth grades. Mr. Larson emphasized the fact that children just starting school must be six years old on or before October 1, 1949 before they can be enrolled. Newcomers in Edenton hav ing children in other grades should also have them registered before the opening day of school. Red Men Relief Chiefs Review Duties Monday According to Willard M. Rhoades, sachem of Chowan Tribe of Red Men, the relief chiefs of the tribe met for the first time in three years Monday night in the new and modern Red Men’s hall. The degree chiefs have for their duties the reviewing of cases of dis tress entitling fellow members to sick benefits. This is one of the attractive features of the Red Men’s organiza tion in addition to death benefits and, of course, the fellowship. The tribe meets each Monday night at 7:30 o’clock. Health Dehase of the health work: ■ I—Films are purchased by the Tu >erculosis and Health Associations in ;he four counties their funds are ’rom Christmas Seal Sales and are )oth limited and unpredictable. 2 These funds are now most ex laustea. 3 These associations have set iside funds for the mass X-ray survey scheduled for December, 1949, and lanuary, 1951). 4 Facilities for the X-ray are ;low in operation and only a few can >e made in an afternoon. 5 The clinic is Thursday after 100ns. 6 The department is always pleas :d to make films for anyone whose jhvsiciaii requests it. Bring your re luest signed by your doctor. 7 Films cost almost SI.OO each. If .'ou can pay for your film we can do nany more for those who cannot pay. 8— If you are ill, or close contact >f a tuberculosis patient, or if your ictor sends us written request for an X-ray, come any Thursday afternoon. You will be more than welcome, but— -9 Be sure to come to the mass X-ray truck in December or January! You will know where and when 11 :orae. We want every position in our health district over 15 years of age to have an X-ray, not only for tuber miosis, but many other chest ebn-. lit ions 10 — This survey will he entirely Free of charge. Veterans Requested Secure Information To Get NSLI Refund Proper Forms Must Be Filled Out Giving Ne cessary Data Veterans of World War II eligible for the special National Service Life Insurance dividend are urged by Jim Caldwell, director of the N. C. Veter ans Commission, to start rounding up now all the information needed to complete applications. The dividend is payable to World War II veterans who held, or still hold National Service Life Insurance issued between October 8, 1940, and December 31, 1947, and who kept their insurance in force for three months or longer. Information re quired to complete the form includes: (1) all serial numbers assigned while in service; (2) date of birth; (3) members of all insurance policies is sued while in. sen-ice and (4) Vet erans Administration claim number, if any. Forms are available at all the dis trict and county Veterans Sendee offices and froni post offices of all the (Continued On Page Eight) Colonials Guests Os Rotary Club Today Rotarians Will Enter tain Albemarle League Champs at 1 O’clock Members of the Edenton Colonial baseball team will be entertained to day (Thursday) by the Edenton Ro tary Club at the weekly luncheon in the Parish House at 1 o’clock. The Co lonials have won their fourth consecu tive Albemarle League Pennant and are now engaged in a play-off series with Windsor for the championship. President George Twiddy urges all Rotarians to attend the meeting. i,., ... « m ar.