Volume. XVI. —dumber 39.
First Soap Box Derby |
Staged In Edenton
Saturday Afternoon
Ralph Chappell Winner
In Interesting Cub
Scout Affair
ON MOSELEY ST. (
Various Races Packed I
With Thrills, Spills
And Everything
Ederton’s Cub Scouts and a goodly '
• number of parents and friends
thoroughly enjoyed the first soap box
derby ever to be held in Edenton Sat
urday afternoon. The races were held
on the incline on Moseley Street be
tween Eden and 'Blount Streets, where
the youngsters staged many thrills,
spills and about everything that
makes up a regular automobile race.
The race was in charge of Cub;
master R. E. Aiken, who expresses
his sincere appreciation for the co
operation he received in staging the
race. He was given the
many friends, the police blocked off
the street and especially does Mr.
Aiken thank the merchants who do
nated prizes. The concerns who gave
prizes, were, Hughes-Holton Hardware
Company, Byrum Hardware Company,
Byruf Implement & Truck Company,
Hobbs Implement Company, Bell’s
Goodyear Store, Western Auto Store,
Malone’s 5-10-25 c Store, Rose’s 5-10-
psc Store and Ralph Parrish. In ad
dition W. L. Wallace arranged to give
each boy participating in the race a
pair of roller skates.
Ralph Chappell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Chappell, was the winner
of the race.
In the preliminary races Eddie Stal-
Inigs came in firts, second and third
respectfully for Den 1.
For Den 3 Tommy Kehayes, Caleb
White and Jimmy Ross won in order.
For Den 4 Ralph Chappell was first,
Robert Boyce, second and John Kram
*r and Archie Patterson, third.
** Caleb White won the prize for the
largest soap box; Ronnie Wallace won
the prize for the best built vehicle;
Jerry Downum won for the most comi
cal; Ray Hollowell for the largest
wheels; Dallas Stallings for the small
est whee 3; John Kramer and Archie
Patterson for the widest soap box;
Arthur White for the narrowest and
Charlie Hollowell for the shortest
trip.
Judges for the races were Mayor
Leroy Haskett and J. L. Batton.
Mrs. Clyde Hollowell was den moth
er for Deni; Mrs. Horace White for
Den 3 and Mrs. Robert Boyce for Den
4.
Baptist Revival Will
Begin Next Sunday
Rev. Charles S. Bond of
Knoxville, Tennessee,
Guest Preacher
Announcement was made this week
by the Rev-. R. N. Carroll that revival
services will begin in the Edenton
'Baptist Church next Sunday, October
2 and will continue through Sunday
evening, October 9. The meeting will
begin Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
with services scheduled to be held
every morning, except Saturday at
10 o’clock and at night at 8 o’clock.
The guest speaker for the revival
meeting will be the Rev. Charles S.
Bond of Knoxville, Tenn., with speci
al music at each service by 1 the church
choir.
Mr. Carroll not only urges every
member of his congregation to attend
as many services as possible, but ex
pends a cordial invitation to tjie gen-
Wal public to hear the visiting speak
er.
“Dutch” Feed Planned
* By Chowan Red Men
On Monday night, October 10, Cho
wan Tribe of Red Men will hold a
“dutch” chicken salad supper in their
hall on Broad Street, at which time
ladies will be spedal guests. The af
fair is planned to engender interest
in the tribe •as well as in organizing
* a council of the degree of Pocahontas.
The supper will take place of the ,
regular meeting of the tribe, and the
committee in charge consists of A. i
5. Hollowell, G. E. Cullipher, Frank
Hughes, W. A. Munden and W. J. ,
Daniels.' '
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Mrs. Sallie H. Dilday
Dies In Hospital As
Result Os Burns
Mrs. Sallie H. Dilday of the Ryland
community died in the Chowan Hos
pital Monday morning as the result of
burns she sustained at her home Sat
urday night when a' stove exploded,
Mrs. Dilday was seriously burned and
was rushed to the hospital.
Deceased was the wife of the late
Thomas J. Dilday. Surviving are two
brothers, John H. Lassiter of Ports
mouth; and three sisters, Mrs. Annie
Owens, Sophia Piland, both of Hobbs
ville, and Mrs. Taylor of Sunbury.
The body remained at the Williford |
Funeral Home until 1 o’clock Wednes- \
day afternoon when it was conveyed
to the Happy Home Church for ser
vices at 3 o’clock. The Rev. W. L.
Butler officiated and burial was made
in the church cemetery.
Aces Stage Upset
To Down Elizabeth
City Yellow Jackets
Local Boys Win 15 to 13
Despite Playing Role
• Os Underdog
Entering the game decidedly in the
role of the underdog, the Edenton
Aces on Friday night defeated the
Elizabeth City Yellow Jackets to
stage one of the biggest football" up
sets in the Albemarle in many years.
The * Aces squeezed by with a score
of 15-13. It was the first time the
Aces were victors over the Yellow
Jackets since 1937, when the Eden
ton team won by a scoje of 19-0.
Several times during the interven
ing years since 1937 the Aces had a (
gridiron machine which was calculat
ed to down the Jackets, and while a
few games resulted in close scores,
the Yellow Jackets usually had the ;
necessary strength and punch to wear
down the Aces and walk off the field 1
with the long end of the score.
Last year’s game resulted in a 7-7 ■
tie, but later the game was forfeited
to the Aces due to the Yellow’ Jackets i
using a player who was ineligible.
The Aces took the lead in the sec
ond quarter Friday night when Earl i
Goodwin scored a touchdown and ]
Gene Taylor kicked the extra point.
The Yellow Jackets tied the score as
the half ended when Pappendick pass
ed to Ward in the end zone. The
kick was good, sp at half time the
score w’as 7-7.
Early in the third quarter the Aces ;
added two more points when a Yellow
Jacket was downed back of the goal
line by Haywood Rogerson. The lead
was short-lived, however, for the Yel
low Jackets in a sustained drive from
the 42-yard line made another touch
down., The try for the extra point
failed, making the score 13-9.
Early in the fourth quarter Paulette
Lane picked up a Jacket punt and
raced to the Yellow Jacket 8-yard
line. The Jackets stiffened, but final
ly Earl Goodwin cracked through for
what proved to be the winning touch
down. Taylor’s kick for. the
point was blocked, so that the Score
was 15-13.
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Demonstration On
Sweet Potatoes At
Ryland October 4
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Specialist Will Be at
Randolph Ward’s
Field
County Agent C. W. Overman an
nounces that a sweet potato digging,
grading and packing demonstration is <
scheduled for Tuesday morning, Octo
ber 4 at 9:30 o’clock at Randolph !
Ward’s field at Ryland. This field is <
located across the road from the Her- <
bert Lane and Vernon Jordan homes. 1
Henry M. Covington, Extension \
sweet potato specialist .and 'Floyd
Hendrix will assist with the demon- ]
stration. A modern type sweet pota- i
to digger will be demonstrated. Prop
er grading and packing of sweet pota- •
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, 29, 1949.
LOOKING FOR PAPA AND MAMMA I
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Above is pictured a baby at the North Carolina Children’s Home Society
at Greensboro, one of North Carolina’s oldest, finest and best-loved agencies,
a society which receives and cares for babies who need homes and plages
them in homes that need and want babies. The Children’s Home Society
takes babies from any part of North Carolina who have no families to pro
vide for them. It gives them temporary care in its receiving home in
Greensboro and then places them in carefully selected foster homes, where
they will be legally adopted as the children of their new parents. Part of
the operating cost of the society is met by voluntary contributions, and at
present the Edenon Junior Woman’s Club is sponsoring a fund-raising cam
paign to provide money for this worthy cause. Bottles to receive contribu
tions are placed at Leggett & Davis Drug Store, Mitchener’s Pharmacy, Albe
marle Restaurant, Triangle Restaurant and Taylor Theatre. Any member
of the Junior Woman’s Club wjll also be glad to accept any contributions. It
is interesting to know that from 1917 through 1945 the Children’s Home So
ciety cared for lO chjldren from Chowan County. - _ .-.-_n_af.n.r
Wilson Names Group
Os Committees For
Annual C. Os C. Meet
'
Date of Meeting- to Be
Decided Shortly By
Committee
President Maiyin Wilson has named
a group of business people and mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce
and Merchants Association to posts
on the committees for the annual ban
quet and election of officers. The
meeting is to be held in October, the
date to be decided upon by the appro
priate committee chairman.
The following committees have been
appointed:
Nominating Committee - Chairman
Geddes B. Potter; members Henry
Cuthrell,- Henry Quinn, Joe Conger,
Sr., J. W. Davis.
Program Committee - Chairman,'J.
C. Leary; members, R. F. Elliott,
Marvin Wilson.
Arrangements and Decorations -
Chairman, William P. Jones; mem
bers, J. H. Conger, Jr., J. M. Boyce,
Edward Wozelka, H. A., Campen,
Frank Elliott, George Twiddy.
Meal Committee - Chairman, Her
bert 'Hollowell; members, Mrs. Jim
Daniels, Tom Byrum, J. G. Wood, Jr.
Tickets and Sales-Chairman. Earl;
Harrell, members; Jimmy Earnhardt,
Frank Holmes, Louis George Wilkins,
R. E. Aiken, Clyde Hollowell.
Review of Award Candidates-Chair
man, John Graham; members, P. S.
McMullan, Mrs. Clara Preston.
Publicity- Chairman, J. E. Buff lap;
members, William Cozart, Dave Hol
ton.
It is expected that all committees
will meet this week and outline their
plan of action.
Auxiliary Os Legion
Plans Membership
Drive For One Week
Campaign Will Be In
Progress September 29
Through October 15
Plans for'a membership campaign
to give G. Bond Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary increased
strength for its activities during the
year ahead h£tve been announced by
Mr 3. James M. Bond, unit president.
The campaign will begin September
29, and continue through October 15,
with enrollment of the unit’s 1950
quota as its goal.
The campaign will be directed by
Mrs. Roy E. Leary, membership
chairman of the unit, assisted by her
committee. Invitations to come into
the activities of the Auxiliary will be
given to all eligible women in the city.
“We feel that it is especially im
portant for the wives, mothers, sisters
aind daughters of veterans qf both
World Ways to be members of the
Auxiliary at this time,” said Mrs.
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i Befk-Tyler Opening
Proves Gratifying
To Store Officials
Crowd and Sales Exceed
Fondest Expectations
Friday and Saturday
J. R. DuLaney, manager of Eden
ton’s new Belk-Tyler store, as well as
other Belk-Tyler officials were de
lighted with the response on the part
of people of this area to the store’s
opening Friday. Sales as well as the
number of peoole attending the open
ing day exceeded by far the fonde&t
expectation of the most optimistic of
the officials.
W. W. Massey, manager of the
Elizabeth City store, spent all day
Friday in the Edenton store. He has
had much experience in opening new
stores and clocking people, and stated
that between 12,000 and 15,000 people
entered the store on the opening day.
Mr. Massey told the Herald that as
many as 3,000 people were in the
spacious two-story store at one time.
So" great were the crowds that,
aside from the regular employee's, it
was necessary to draft clerks from the
Belk stores in Elizabeth City, Wil
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School Teachers
Guests Os Rotary
Affair Tonight In Par
ish House Starting at
7 O’clock
Tonight (Thursday) members of
the Edenton Rotary Club will be hosts
to the school teachers of Chowan
County, one of the most delightful an
nual affairs of the local Rotarians.
The dinner will be held in the Parish
House, starting at 7 o’clock, and it
is expected that practically all of
the teachers in both city and county
administrative units will attend.
President George Twiddy has ap- •
pointed Meredith Jones to have charge
of the party, though a number of
committees have been appointed to
assist.
Lions See Pictures Os
International Meeting
Nick George entertained members
of the Edenton Lions Club Monday
night when he showed pictures of the
recent Lions International Convention
held in New York. The film was ex
tremely interesting and delighted the
members.
West Leary also made an interest
ing report of the regional meeting
held in Greenville September 19,
which also was very much enjoyed.
That interest ip the club has in
creased since the curtain was drawn
on the baseball season, is reflected
in the fact that Secretary W. J.
Taylor reported that the club had a
100 per cent attendance on September
19, and on Mdhday night the club re
ported a 98 per cent attendance. r
Chamber Commerce
Is Now Planning For
Prevention Os Fires
Hat In Ring
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J. WILLIAM COPELAND
Announcement was made early
this week by J. William Copeland
of Murfreesboro that he will be a
candidate for Senator from the
First District in the Democratic
Primary to be held in 1950.
J. William Copeland
Will Be Candidate
For Seat In Senate
Murfreesboro Man First
To Announce His
Candidacy
Though an election for Senators
rom the First Senatorial District will
not be held until 1950, J. William
Copeland of Murfreesboro was a visit
or in the Herald office Monday and
stated that he will be a candidate for
one of the Senate seats,
Mr. Copeland, the first to announce
his candidacy, was born in Woodville,
N. C., on June 16, 1914, a son of Nora
Benthali Copeland and the late L. C.
Copeland. He attended Guilford Col
lege, receiving his A.II. degree in
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Farm Bureau Now
After New Members
Effort Will Be Made to
Secure More Than 600
Members
Chowan County’s Farm Bureau is
now conducting a membership drive,
during which it is hoped: more than
600 members will be enrolled. The
present Farm Bureau membership is
634, but officials emphasize the face
that more people in the county should
be a member of this organization,
which has for its primary purpose
the welfare of rural families.
Machinery for the drive is now be
ing set up, and it is hoped every
person contacted will either renew
his or her membership or become a
new member.
BPW Club Planning
Game Party Oct. 11th
Edenton’s Business and Profession
-1 al Women’s Club will sponsor a bene
fit game party Tuesday night, Octo
ber 11, starting at 8 o’clock. The party
will be held in the old dining room of
Hotel Joseph Hewes. Anyone inter
ested in taking part should make table
, reservations with Mrs. West Leary or
1 Mrs. Percy Smith.
The party is being held to raise
funds with which to purchase chairs
for the Club’s meeting room at the
hotel, and it is hoped many will par
ticipate.
PTA Will Meet In
Library October 4th
Edenton’s Parent-Teachers Associ
ation will meet in the school ljbrary
Tuesday afternoon, October 4, at 3:30
o’clock. At ,this meeting the PTA
will entertain at a tea in honor of
new teachers as well as parents of
new school children.
Mrs. Lena Leary is president of the
Association and especially urges
teachers and parents to attend the
meeting.
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$2.00 Per Year.
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Cash Prizes Will Be Giv
en Children For Best
Posters
PARADE^IRRANGED
Number of Features to
Be Staged Week of
October 9-15
The Fire Prevention Committee of
| the Chowan County Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Association re
leased to the Herr.’d a list of prizes
to be awarded to the best three post
ers on fire prevention, from among
the white and colored school children
with duplicate prizes for colored and
white in the town and county.
The prizes are as follows:
First, $4.00; second, $2.00; and third,
$1.50. The money is contributed by
the fire insurance firms of R. C. Hol
land, Wood and Gardner, Wood and
Berryman, Miss Goldie Layton and
George S. Twiddy. The posters are
to be judged by T. C. Byrum, Hector
Lupton, W. L. Freeman, Corie White,
Mrs John Graham all of whom repre
sent respectively the Jaycees, the Li
ons, Rotarians, Business and Profess
ional Women, and the Junior Wo
man’s Club.
All posters must be in the Chamber
of Commerce Office, 106 East King
Street by 5 p. m. on Monday, October
3.
School chairmen are as follows:
W. J. Taylor for county schools; Fen
ton Larson for the Edenton white
schools, and D. F. Walker for the col
ored schools in Edenton.
The Fire Prevention Committee,
headed up by R. C. Holland, has out
lined the following program to be
carried on during the week of Octo
ber 9th through the 15th.
All civic clubs and schools are to
have at least one program on Fire
Prevention during the week; the
customary surprise fire drills, in the
schools .will fit in with the program;
there will be a parade spark-plugged
by the fire prevention committee of
the Jaycees headed up by Luther
Parks and including R. E. Aiken, El
wood Nixon, Ray Blanchard in co
operation with the fire department,
school authorities and the Edenton
Band. The Jaycees will also ask all
factorie.-, with whistles to blo\v them
in unison at a given time on the date
to be announced in order to make
folks fire prevention conscious; a tre
mendous fire prevention banner is to
be strung across the main street if
arrangements on this detail can be
worked out says Parks.
R. C. Holland states that local mo
tion picture operators have agreed to
show special fire films in both houses
prepared for and purchased by the
Chamber of Commerce Fire Prevent
ion Committee for this purpose; stores
and factories are putting up special
signs and placards on fire prevention;
Fire Chief R. K. Hall, who will soon
be 84 years old, will speak on the
radio, Sunday, October 9, on W.R.C.S.,
Ahoskie as a guest of Quinn Furni
ture Company and Barrow Bottling
Works, bringing a brief message to
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Lions Will Sponsor
Donkey Ball Game
Cecil Fry and George
Thompson Named as
Captains
Though a definite date has not been
set, Edenton’s Lions Club will sponsor
a donkey baseball game. This very
amusing entertainment will be held
1 on Hicks Field the early part of Octo
ber, and the exact date will no doubt
be announced next week.
Cecil Fry and George Thompson
have been appointed captains of the
two teams which will attempt to win
the contest. They predict a lot
of spills and a lot of laughs when
the game is played.
Overman Attending
Convention In Denver
County agent C. W. left
Tuesday for Denver, Colorado, where
he will attend the annual meeting of
the National Cooperators Association.
He will represent ten districts at the
: meeting.
t The convention will be in session
October 2 to 5 and Mr. Overman ex
pects to return, home October 9 or 10.