Volume XVI. —Number 36.
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DOLLAR DA YS FRIDA Y And SA Y
' Edenton’s Colonials
s Capture Semi-Final
Series From Windsor
Rebels’ Protest Results
In an Extra Game
Played
* FIVE STRAIGHT
Edenton Comes From
Behind After Losing
First Two
Edenton’s Colonials, after winning
the Albemarle League pennant for
the fourth consecutive year, went on
to win the semi-final series from the
Windsor Rebels, the final game be
ing played Saturday night on Hicks
Field, when the Colonials won 9-7 in
a thrilling game. The Colonials in
reality won five straight games from
. the Rebels due to a protest, which
required replaying one of the games.
The Rebels got off to a good start
in the semi-final series by taking the
f first two games. In the face of this
* handicap, the Colonials on Tuesday
night of last week stopped the Rebels
by a 3-2 count when Julius Moore of
Durham won over Moe Bauer 3-2. It
was a thrilling mound duel with
Moore allowing only three hits, while
the Colonials were able to touch
Bauer for only four hits. Art Hoch,
a teammate of Bauer at Wake Forest
College, secured three of the four
hits.
On Wednesday night the Colonials
knotted the series by winning in
Windsoi 7 to 4. Price was on the
mound for the Colonials and held the
hard-hitting Rebels to five scattered
‘ hits. The Colonials touched Gaskins
and Paige for 13 hits, with Messina
and Fulghum leading, each making
three. Trot Leary for Edenton and
Wally Taylor for Windsor hit home
runs in the game.
The Colonials won their third
straight game on Hicks Field Thurs
day night by a count of 8-4. The
game, however, was protested by the
Rebels. Wally Taylor in the first in
ning made a terrific wallop to deep
center field which Messina touched
vsith his glove, but dropped the ball
when he fell over the temporary
fence. After quite an argument, the
umpires ruled at the time that, ac
cording to ground rules, it was a two
base hit. Manager Grady Stott of
the Rebels contended that it was a
home run because the ball went over
the fence. Howard Gaylord, presi
dent of the league, sided with the
Rebels and upheld the protest. The
umpires’ decision resulted in the
Rebels scoring only one run in the
first inning, while if the home run
had been allowed they would have
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W. T. Harry New
Manager Os B6H
Employees Will Be Giv
en Outing at Ocean
View Saturday
A newcomer to Edenton is W. T.
Harry, who succeeds Linweod R.
Worrell as manager of the BBH Mo
tor Company.
Mr. Harry announces that the BBH
Motor Company will be closed all day
next Saturday, September 10, in or
der to treat the employees to an out
ing.
The local BBH employees will join
those of the BBH Motor Company of
Franklin and the Blair Motor Com
pany of Suffolk to enjoy the outing
at the Nansemond Hotel at Ocean
View. „
Davey Ward In Charge
Os Night Service At
Baptist Church Sunday
The regular Sunday night service
at. the Edenton Baptist Church will
be conducted by Davey Ward. The
service will be a congregational song
and praise service, divided into two <
parts. The first part will be request 1
numbers and the second part will be i
& song sermonette.
The public is cordially invited to i
attend. i
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Soon Open
With work going on feverishly
day and night for the last few
weeks, the new Edenton Belk-Tyler
store on Broad Street is rapidly
nearing completion and the opening
of the store is expected to take
place within a few days.
The store will be by far the lar
gest and most modern in Edenton,
and officials confidently expect
large crowds to attend the opening.
Many outstanding bargains will be
offered shoppers, so that everybody
is cordially invited to visit the
store.
Coon Hound Field
Trials Held Monday
Attract Big Crowd
More Than 500 Attend
And Over 50 Dogs
Participate
Chowan County’s Coon Club held
what was said to be the most success
ful trials on the old Bandon Planta
tion Monday, Labor Day. Over 500
people attended the event and over
50 coon hounds took part.
F. J. Price’s Blue won the finals
for both line and tree and, therefore,
was awarded the SIOO prize money.
Mr. Price said he understood that,,the
Chowan Club was only recently form
ed and that the field trials were the
best he ever attended. He said the
club was composed of a group of good
sports and in appreciation of his in
terest, he donated $25 to the club’s
treasury.
Winners in the various heats were
as follows:
First Heat—Line, Rover, owned by
M. J. Byrum; tree, Jack, owned by
Willie Joyner.
Second Heat —Line, Gable, owned
by C. C. Webb; tree, Trailer, owned
by John Stevenson of Norfolk.
Third Heat—Line, Big Boy, owned
by L. W. Thompson of Woodville;
tree, Pete, owned by Haywood Smith
of Winfall.
Fourth Heat—Line, Jennie, owned
by M. T. Harrell of Gatesville; tree
King, owned by Haywood Smith of
Winfall.
Fifth Heat—Line and tree both
won by John Stevenson of Norfolk.
Sixth Heat—Both line and tree won
by Blue, owned by F. J. Price-of Nor
folk.
Seventh Heat—Line, Red, owned by
Cecil Byrum of Tyner; tree by Queen,
owned by Troy Toppin.
Harry Perry, president of the club,
is very much elated over the success
of the event and expresses his ap
preciation to all who participated.
Jaycees Meet Tonight
At Triangle Restaurant
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of Com
merce will hold a meeting tonight
(Thursday} according to the presi
dent, Thomas Byrum. The meeting
will be held at the Triangle Lunch
Room, starting at 7 o’clock.
Mr. Byrum is very anxious to have
every Jaycee present at the meeting.
George L. Thompson
Gets Master’s Degree
The School of Education of the
University of North Carolina has
awarded the master’s degree to 58
teachers and school administrators
for work completed during the sum
mer session. 1
Among those to receive this degree
was George L. Thompson, member of
the Edenton High School faculty.
Methodist Society „
Will Meet Sept. 13
The monthly meeting of the Wo
man’s Society of Christian Education
of the Methodist Church will be- held
Tuesday night, September 13 at 8
o’clock. The meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. L. C. Burton and
Miss Aurelia Layden. All members
are urged to attend.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 8,1949.
Cub Scouts Stage
Soap Box Derby In
Edenton Sept 24th
‘ Affair WilTße Held on
Moseley Street at
3 P.M.
R. E. Aiken, cubmaster of the
Edenton troop of Boy Scouts, states
f that plans are progressing for the
t Cub Scouts’ soap box derby, which
’ is scheduled to be held Saturday as
s ternoon, September 24, at 3 o’clock.
r The event will be held on South Mose
’ ley Street instead of Broad Street as
originally expected.
Any member of the Cub Pack No.
159 is eligible to participate in the
£ event. The vehicles must be home
made, said Mr. Aiken, in the form of
j a three or four wheel coaster wagon.
“ There is no restrictions on the width
, and length, and Cubs may secure help
from any member of his family in
building his “soap box.”
Each race will consist of three
heats in each day, with 10 points al
lowed for first place, seven points for
second and two points for third. The
three cubs with the largest number of
points at the end of three fieats will
I be judged winner of his den, and the
three den winners will compete in a
three heat race to determine the
grand prize winner.
Prizes in the race will be awarded
l as follo'ws:
Grand prize for winner of final race,
prize for each den winner, prize for
longest “soap box”, prize for best
bifilt “soap box”, prize for the short-
I est “soap box”, prize for most comi
. cal “soap box”, prize for largest
. wheels, prize for widest “soap box”
) and prize for narrowest “soap box.”
Mr. Aiken said the rules for the
derby provides for a Cub’s father or
, am adult of his choosing will be per
’ mitted to give the Cub one push to
’ get started.
; Legion Auxiliary
| Seeking Gifts For
Vets In Hospitals
Christmas Presents Will
, Be Sent to Three
i Hospitals
1 As in former years, the American
; Legion Auxiliary is planning to pre
! sent Christmas gifts to service men
who are still confined to hospitals, as
1 well as those who will go between
. now and Christmas. The plan is part
• of the Auxiliary’s rehabilitation pro
gram.
Mrs. Jesse White, rehabilitation
chairman for the Edenton unit of the
Legion Auxiliary, is urging every
member of the Auxiliary, as well as
the public in general, to contribute
gifts and the gifts will be divided
and mailed to three hospitals, Oteen,
Swannanoa and Fayetteville.
Mrs. White says there are 1,000
men at Oteen, 600 at Swannanoa and
400 at Fayetteville. These gifts are
for hospitalized men who can select
gifts of their choice to send home to
their families without cost to them.
Following are a few suggestions
for gifts:
Men—Shirts, ties, socks, hooks,
shaving sets, handkerchiefs.
Women — Hose, underwear, dress
lengths, bath powder, cosmetics box
ed), aprons, towels, bath sets, books,
gloves, costume jewelry.
Children — Clothes, socks, under
wear, dresses, stuffed animals, stuff
ed dolls and toys (boxed).
Apyone contributing gifts is ur
gently requested to have them in the
Leggett & Davis Drug Store by Sept.
27, as their gifts must be in by Oct. 1.
These dates are very important, as
the work is done by volunteer work
ers, and they have these shops* set up
so that the men will have plenty of
time to get their packages to their
homes by Christmas.
Lions Club Resumes
Meetings Each Week
Edenton’s Lions Club will meet
next Monday night at 7 o’clock and
thereafter will meet weekly. During
the summer the club has been meeting
only twice a month.
With the approach of fall weather,
Interest and activities are expected
to increase, go that President‘Hector
Lupton urges are members to be on
hand Monday night. <
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Miss Hazel Boswell
Represents Edenton
i In Harvest Jubilee
i Among 23 N. C. Con
testants Taking Part
In Big Event
> Miss Hazel Boswell, “Miss Eden
: ton” will represent Edenton in the
! fourth annual Harvest Jubilee to be
1 held in Reidsville, N. C., September
9-10. Miss Boswell will be among
. 23 contestants from North Carolina
i and Virginia seeking the title “Har
vest Jubilee Queen of 1949.” With
• her title the queen will win a week’s
trip to New York with all expenses
- paid for her and her chaperone, and
she will be interviewed by Powers
l and Conover model agencies. Or she
i may receive the equivalent in cash.
* Second and third place winners will
receive wrist watches and the fourth
i and fifth place winners will receive
■ silver keepsakes.
The beauty contestants will first be I
; seen by the public at the Jubilee Ball
: Friday night at Leader Warehouse.
At this time music for dancing from
! 10 p. m. to 2a. m. will be provided
■ by Benny Goodman and his orchestra.
1 The beauty contestants will be judged
in bathing suits Saturday afternoon
at Kiker Stadium. The Queen will
be crowned at the Coronation Ball
, Saturday night at Leader Warehouse.
- The dance will be, from 8 ’til 2 and
: music will be provided by Harold
Gale and his orchestra.
The fourth Jubilee will begin Fri
; day, September 9, with an all day
farm demonstration on the farm of
Carl Tuttle, Route -, Reidsville. At
this time L. Y. Ballentine, North
Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
will speak to those attending the
’ meeting. Friday night will be the
Jubilee Ball, and Saturday morning
therp will be a parade featuring the
beaity contestants in convertibles,
noted bands, and beautiful floats.
Saturday afternoon the festivities will
continue with relays and games in
Kiker Stadium, the bathing beauty
contest, and the Jubilee address, which
will be delivered by Thurmond Cath
‘ ham, Fifth District of North Caro
lina representative to the United
States Congress. The Festival activi
ties will conclude with three dances
■ Saturday night, the Coronation Rail,
a square dance at Smothers’ Ware
house, and a dance for colored people
at the local armory.
The Harvest Jubilee is sponsored
each year by the Reidsville Junior
Chamber of Commerce and is de
signed to bring the rural and civic
people closer together and to' make
Reidsville better known throughout
the State.
No More Definite
information About
Closing Local Base
Edenton Group Goes to
Washington to Pre
vent Action
Although no more official informa
tion has been received relative to the
status of the Edenton Marine Corps
Air Station since the announcement
that civilian employes would be re
duced from 262 to zero, Edentonians
are hopeful that the base will not be
closed as at first intimated.
A group of Edenton men made a
trip to Washington to confer with of
ficials and as the result of the trip
felt optimistic that the base will not
fall prey to Defense Secretary John
son’s economy axe.
Composing the Edenton group were
Marvin Wilson, J. H. Conger, J. W.
Davis, David Holton and J. Clarence
Leary. ‘
The delegation conferred with un
dersecretary of the Navy Dan E.
Kimball, Senators Clyde Hoey and
Frank Graham and Congressman
Herbert Bonner, as well as some
Marine Corps officials. The local ]
men stressed the fact that if the base j
closed it will result in an economic
hardship due to the substantial sums ,
invested in houses on the assumption
that the base was permanent. ]
Though no definite announcements !
were made, the local delegation feels i
very optimistic that the base will be i
continued. <
Attractive Bargains
Offered Shoppers By
Group Os Merchants
I FREE PARKING
| ON DOLLAR DAYS
Chief of Police George I. Dail,
in an effort to make it convenient
for shoppers in Edenton during
the Dollar Days, September 9 and
10, has conferred with Mayor
Leroy Haskett relative to making
all parking free on these days.
In accordance therewith, Chief
Dail has instructed his men to
cover the meters with paper bags,
presented by the Police Depart
ment as a contribution toward
making the event a success.
M. A. Hughes, chairman of the
Merchants Committee, expressed
deep appreciation to Chief Dail
I and Mayor Haskett for the splen
did cooperation
George I. Dail Sworn
In By Mayor As New
Edenton Police Chief
Oath Administered Fri
day; Pratt Willing to
Drop Down
Mayo.; Leroy Haskett on Friday of
last week administered the oath of
office to George T. Dail -as chief of
police for Edenton and Mr. Dail is
now serving in that capacity, suc
ceeding Robert I. Pratt.
Mr. Dail formerly .served as chief
when he succeeded J. R, Tanner is
-1945. He served as chief unfit Sep
tember, 1947,' when he . accepted an
appointment with the North Carolina
Automobile Mechanical Inspection
Department. When this department |
was abolished by the General Assem
bly, Mr. Dai! returned to the State
Highway Patrol, with which he was
connected when he first was appoint
ed Edenton’s chief of police:
When Mr. Dail resigned as. chief.
Robert L. Pratt was named acting
chief and has been serving in that
capacity since.
Mr. Dail’s reappointment as chief
has not caused any friction or ill-feel
ing on the part of Mr. Pratt. In fact,
the need for an extra patrolman has
been called to the attention of Town
Council a number of times and it act
ually was Mr. Pratt's suggestion that
if Mr. Dail could be persuaded to ac
cept the position, he (Mr. Pratt)
would be willing and glad to be re
lieved of Nio responsibilities. Th- ad
dition of Mr. Dail to the local Police
Department will, members of Town
Council believe, make far better and
more efficient police protection and
e smoother working Police Depart
ment.
F. V. White Narrowly
Misses Watery Grave
Frank V. White of Edenton, County
Forest Warden almost drowned try
ing to save a woman who had called
for help while swimming in the surf
at Nags Head this past Monday, La
bor Day. Mr. White was swimming
nearby when he heard this call for
help from a nearby woman who im
mediately passed from view beneath
the water. White swam out over the
breakers to reach her. He was over
taken by the waves and soon in the
grasp of the undertow and found him
self in difficulty. White says, “that
if it weren’t for the Life Guard there
on hand, there would have been two
less persons on this sphere.” It hap
pened around 3 o’clock a little ways
from Mann’s Pier.
Fire Inspection Will
Begin October Ist
Fire Chief R. K. Hall informed the
Herald that he will begin his annual
inspection October 1 and in view of
that fact he urges a general cleaning
up of furnace rooms.
Mr. Hall emphasized the fact that
he is unable to inspect basements and
furnace rooms when they are filled
with all kinds of things which should
not be there and asks the cooperation
of everyone.
Standard Printing Co J&Y ear.
-820-230 S First-. Ht
Goodly Number of Local
Stores Cooperating
In Event
MANY BARGAINS
Idea Planned In Effort
To Stimulate Trading
In Edenton
Wise shopers from all over Chowan
County and neighboring counties are
expected to follow the dollar day
pennants to Edenton’s value stores
this coming Friday and Saturday,
September 9 and 10. A number of
Edenton merchants are joining to
gether to present “Dollar Days”, two
of the greatest value-packed shop
ping days in the history of the city.
“Dollar Days” will feature unequal
led merchandise at unsurpassed
prices and courteous service. The
merchandise as advertised will rep
resent the best values available to
shoppers. These merchants have been
1 buying special merchandise for some
time to bring to their customers
, during “Dollar Days” a variety of
merchandise at attractive prices.
Shoppers need only to look for the
“Dollar Day” pennants and signs in
store windows to identify those
stores participating in “Dollar Days”.
Everything possible is being done
to make shopping in Edenton pleas
ant, profitable and comfortable.
Everyone is urged to take advantage
of the unequalled bargains which
will be. offered in Edenton during the
two-day . event and to make .shopping
in Edenton a habit.
Good values are available in .Eden
ton stores not only during “Dollar
Days”, but year ’round. “Dollar
Days” weiv planned for , embers of
the merchants division of the Chow
an County -Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association by tile trade
! promotion committee. M. A. Hughes
jis chairman of this group. Others
lon the committee include Haul Wal
lace, Wiimer Malone, Henry Cuthrell
and Frank Elliott.
Rebecca Swindell
Supervising Nurse
For Health Dept.
Scheduled to Report For
Duty In District on
October 15th
The Board of Health announces the
appointment of Miss Rebecca Swin
dell of Fairfield as supervising nurse
for this health district, and will re
port for duty October 15. She is
well qauiified for the position, hav
ing obtained her R. X. degree from
Leigh Memorial Hospital in Norfolk,
Va. She did post graduate work at
the University of Michigan and re
ceived her B. S. Degree at Ann Ar
bor. For some months she did coun
ty public health nursing with the
Kellogg foundation in Michigan. She
did public health nursing at Fred
ericksburg and Roanoke, Va.
Mi ss Swindell was on the teaching
staff with the Metropolitan nursing
service field training unit in Nash
ville, Tenn., for some months. For
the last three years she has been edu
cational director with the Wake Coun
ty Health Department at Raleigh.
She is registered in North Carolina.
Virginia, New York, a member of the
American Nurses Association, the
North Carolina State and district
nurses association and also a member
of the American Public Health As
sociation.
Dr. B. B. McGuire, Health Officer,
says the Board of Health feels fortu
nate in obtaining a person so well
qualified for this important work. It
is planned to eventually use this dis
trict for advanced field training in
public health nursing for this and
other States.
BI.RTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Pratt an
nounce the birth of a son, Stanley
Webster Pratt, bom Tuesday after
noon, August 30, in Chowan Hospital.
The youngster weighed 8 pounds,
13% ounces.