Volume XVI. —Number 46.
Preparations Being
Made For Annual
Visit Os Santa Claus
Committees Appointed
To Have Charge of
Big Party
George S. Twiddy, president of the
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Association, announced this week
that the big day which the kiddies
all look for will come off on Friday,
December 2. Each year the mer
chants, business people, professional
people and private citizens join
hands to give the children of the
town, county and surrounding areas
a big time by inviting Old Santa him
self to make an appearance.
Mr. Twiddy’s committees are head
ed up by J. Rodney Byrum, H. A.
Campen and Earl Harrell and are
composed of the following:
.Publicity—Peter Carlton, J. Edwin
Bufflap. William Cozart and Miss
Evelyn Leary.
Distribution and Preparation Com
mittee— J. R. Byrum and H. A. Cam
pen, co-chairmen,- Henry Quinn,
Frank Holmes, David Holton, West
Byrum, J. Clarence Leary, Mrs. W. J.
Daniels, J. R. Dulaney, Kenneth
Floars, Frank Elliott, Guy Hobbs,
Frank Hughes and Edward Wozelka.
Parade and Floats—W. P. Jones,
J. H. Conger, Jr., Edmund Mills,
Thomas Byrum, H. W. Williams.
Decorating Committee R. N.
Hines, W.- E. Malone, Louis George
Wilkins, John Mitchener and Thomas
Jackson, Jr.
Traffic Committee —George Dail and
W. P. Jones.
Finance Committee Earl Harrell,
Jimmie Earnhardt, West Leary, L. S.
Byrum, Clyde Hollowell, Jesse L.
Harrell, Mrs. Corie White, A. E. Jen
kins, Frank Holmes, Ralph Parrish,
J. D. Elliott, Herbert Hollowell, Ray
mond Mansfield and Erie Haste.
Mrs. Alice Futrell
Lions Club Speaker
Presents Startling Facts
Regarding Local
Accidents
In a very forceful and interesting
speech before the Edenton Lions Club
Monday night, Mrs. Alice Futrell,
field representative of the Highway
Safety Division, impressed her listen
ers with the grave necessity for a
broader educational plan for school
children in order to cut down' the
growing number of accidents and fa
talities upon our highways and
streets.
“Right here in your own county of
Chowan,” said Mrs. Futrell, “you had
a property damage of $20,000 as a re
sult of 42 serious accidents through
October of this year which were re
ported. There were probably many un
reported ones.
“Eleven of these accidents were due
to driving while under the influence
of intoxicating beverages; eight were
speeding; six had improper Lights;
six drivers made incorrect left-hand
turns; five were driving recklessly;
four were driving on left side of the
road; one was a pedestrian and one a
bicycle rider,” said Mrs. Futrell.
“Speed has been the greater cause
of accidents throughout the nation,”
continued the speaker. “Our youth
under the age of 25 years have been
by far the larger group of such of
fenders. The property damage caused
by youthful drivers last year amount
ed to over $600,000,000 in the United
States. Is not this an astounding
figure?
“The ‘Blood-shed Box Score’ in
North Carolina to this date shows a
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“Pend Day" W1 Be
ffisemd Saturday
Proceeds Will Go To
ward Furnishing Hos
pital Nursery
Members of the Chowan Hospital
Auxiliary wish to call attention to the
fact that Saturday, November 19, will
he observed as “Pencil Day.”
i On that day pencils will be sold un
der direction of Auxiliary members,
the proceeds of which will go into a
fund for furnishing a nursery in the
new Chowan Hospital.
The public is urged to buy pencils
in an effort to help this very worthy
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Children all over North Carolina are enjoying free concerts by their own North Carolina Symphony
Orchestra. These concerts are made possible by membership subscriptions in the Symphony Society.
The membership drive will be conducted in Edenton the week of November 28 to bring the North Caro
' lina Little Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Benjamin Swalin here for concerts next winter.
Memberships will make possible a free concert for the children of Edenton and vicinity.
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PocahontarMeeting
Is Called Off UntH
Tuesday Next Week
Elizabeth City Officials
Unable to Attend on
Monday Night
■ Though a meeting of the newly or
ganized Degree of Pocahontas was
scheduled to be held next Monday
night, the meeting has been postponed
, until Tuesday night of next week.
Reason for the postponement was
caused by inability of Elizabeth City
Pocahontas officials to come to Eden
ton Monday night due to a previously
scheduled meeting. The Elizabeth City
Pocahontas officials will install the
officers of the newly organized
Chowanoke Council, ladies’ auxiliary
of the Chowan Tribe of Red Men.
Enough ladies have agreed to join
the Chowanoke Council to organize,
and any others who desire to join
will be counted as charter members
if they attend the meeting in the Red
Men’s hall on Broad Street next Tues*-
day night.
Light refreshments will be served
at the meeting and it is hoped that
every lady who has signed up, as well
as Red Men members of the Council
will be on hand so that the new coun
cil will get off to a good start.
Aces Will Play Final
Home Game Friday
Meet Strong Red Devils
Os Kinston on Hicks
Field; 8 O’clock
Edenton’s Aces will play their last
home game of the season Friday
night, when they meet the strong
Kinston Red Devils. The Aces are
not given much chance to win the
game in that Kinston is possibly the
strongest outfit in the Northeastern
Conference.
i However, Coach George Thompson
reminds his boys that there are of
ten surprising upsets in gridiron
battles, so that his boys are practic
ing hard for the game.
The baSid will be on hand to add
color to the game.
Plans In Making For
N. C. Little Symphony
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of
Commerce has set up the machinery
for staging a concert by the North
Carolina Little Symphony, for
which a drive for memberships will
begin Monday, November 28. ' The
iconcert will be presented some time
in February.
The membership drive committee is
composed of Charles Wales, Jr,, chair
man; Mike Byrum, vice chairman;
Paul Partin, treasurer; Scott Harrell,
secretary; Logan Elliott, publicity
chairman and Hal Davis, chairman of :
arrangements.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina,Thursday, November 17,1949.
CHOWAN COUNTY’S 4-H CUBS WILL HOLD
ACHIEVEMENT DAY IN ARMORY SATURDAY
Field and Garden Crops as Well as Exhibits From
Home Will Feature Annual Observance;
Public Invited to Attend
Next Saturday afternoon,, Novem
ber 19, at 2:30 o’clock, Chowan County
4-H Club members will hold their An
nual Achievement Day. This event
will be held in the Edenton Armory
and will feature many exhibits of
field crops and garden crops, as well
as girls’ exhibits from home. Every
person who has been a 4-H Club mem
ber for the past year and who carried
on a project during the summer is ex
pected to have an exhibit on display
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Chowan County's
Rat Control Drive Is
Postponed To Dec. 2
Orders For Bait Will Be
Taken Through No
vember 26
County agent C. W. Overman an
nounced early this week that the Cho
wan-Bertie rat control campaign,
which was announced for Friday of
this week has been postponed to Fri
day, December 2. The postponement
was necessary, said Mr. Overman, due
to inability to complete arrangements
for advertising and taking bait orders
in Chowan County.
Orders for the campaign will be
taken through Saturday, November
26. Mr. Overman said red squill fish
bait will be used, which will be put up
in three-pound packages at a cost of
SI.OO per package.
Orders for bait may be placed at the
various stores over the county where
notices are displayed or at the county
agent’s office.
Skeet Club Will Hold
Turkey Shoot Today
Today (Thursday) the Chowan
Skeet Club will hold a turkey shoot
at the skeet range on Highway 17
near the U. S. Fish Hatchery which
will begin at 8 o’clock in the morn
ing.
A truck load of turkeys will be on
hand to be won by the best marks
men and refreshments will be on 3ale
by members of the Junior Woman’s
Club.
Edenton Aces Guests •
Os Rotarians Today
Coach George Thompson and his
Edenton Aces will be the guests of
the Edenton Rotary Club at its meet
ing today (Thursday) in the Parish
House at 10 oclock.
President George Twiddy is es
pecially anxious to have every Ro
tarian present.
at Achievement Day.
Prizes will be given for the best ex
hibits and also for the best record
book. Club members will tell of vari
ous phases of 4-H Club work such as
4-H Camp, Better Methods Electric
Congress, 4-H Week, etc.
All 4-H Club members, their par
ents. other members of the family and
friends are urged to attend the
Achievement Day. The general public
is also cordially’ invited.
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Elected President Os
Cupola House Assn.
Books Now Open For
Sale of Stock at
SIO.OO Share
At the annual meeting of the Cupo
la House Association held in the as
sembly room of the Cupola House
Thursday, November 3, officers for
the new year were elected.
Judge Richard D. Dixon was elect
ed president of the association; E. W.
Spires, vice president; Mrs. W. S.
Summerell, secretary; Miss Lena M.
Jones, assistant secretary, and Mrs.
William Rosevear, treasurer.
Executive officers include John W.
Graham, Dr. W. S. Griffin and Judge
Richard D. Dixon.
The books of the association are
now open for sale of stock at $lO a
share. It is hoped that many citizens
will buy stock and have a share in the
up-keep of the Cupola House and its
restoration.
Thanksgiving Program
At School November 23
A Thanksgiving program will be
held in the high school auditorium
Wednesday, November 23, which will
be featured by the Glee Club of 40
voices under the direction of Miss
Mary Browning.
Traditional Thanksgiving songs
will be sung and the public is cordi
ally invited to attend.
The local school will close Thurs
day and Friday due to the Thanks
giving holiday.
Family Night Social
At Methodist Church
Tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock a
family night social will be held at
the Methodist Church, when it is
hoped the family of every member
of the church*and various organiza
tions will be present.
An interesting program will he pre
sented, after which refreshments will
be served.
Chowan’s Quota Os
100 Pints Os Blood
Donated Tuesday
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During this month many sub
scriptions to The Herald expire,
and over 300 subscribers have
been notified of this fact. Many
have responded with the yearly
subscription price of $2.00, while
those who fail to return their
payment for the paper will be
dropped from the list-
Farmer And Banker
Meeting At Armory
Dinner Meeting Today
After Tour of McCoy
Phthisic’s Farm
Tonight (Thursday) in the Eden
ton Armory, the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond will be host at a
joint dinner for the agricultural Com
mittee of the N. C. Bankers Asso
ciation, the Extension Department of
N. C. State College and the Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond. The af
fair is expected to attract guests
from 16 counties, who are requested
,to meet at the armory at 2:30 o’clock
to participate in an automobile cara
van to McCoy Phthisic’s farm.
After the tour a barbecue dinner
will be served in the armory by mem
bers of the American Legion Auxil
iary.
The principal speaker for the oc
casion will be E. A. Wayne, vice
president of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond, who will present
■ an illustrated lecture on “Building
1 Better Mousetraps.”
John A. Kramer, cashier of the
s Bank of Edenton, will preside,, who,
: together with County Agent C. W.
Overman will be hosts.
Education Week At
; School Successful
: Various Interesting Pro
grams Carried Out
During Week
Fenton Larson, principal of the
Edenton school, says the observance
of American Education Week was
very successful at the school and that
he is very much pleased with the re
sults.
Tuesday was observed as visitation
day, which was featured by a panel
discussion on safety education with
the topic being “How Safe Is Your
Child?’ Mrs. Mary Browning di
rected the discussion. Mrs. Leon
Leary spoke on “How Safe Is Your
Child on the Street?” Coach George
Thompson spoke on “How Safe Is
Your Child Tn School?” Ernest
Swain’s topic was “How Safe Is Your
Child In School Buses?” while Mr.
Larson spoke on “How Safe Is Your
Child on the Playground?” Morris
Small, a bus driver, explained some
of the regulations relative to safe
driving.
During the week 226 people visited
the school, with Miss Myrtle Jen
kins’ room having the most visitors
in the primary department. In the
grammar school Mrs. Lloyd Griffin
and Miss Lena Jones were tied.
J. E. Miller of the State Department
i of Public Instruction, visited the
1 school and was very complimentary of
the operation of local schools at a
dinner meeting held Tuesday night by
the NCEA, which was presided over
by Miss Minnie Hollowell, president
of the local unit. A turkey dinner
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Geddes Potter New
Director Os B. & L.
At a meeting of the directors of
the Edenton Building & Loan Asso
ciation held Thursday night, Geddes
Potter was elected as director to suc
ceed the late Fred P. Wood. Mr.
Potter’s appointment was for Mr.
I Wood’s unexpired term.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Beginning Thursday, December 1,
and continuing for a week, until De
cember 8, the James Iredell Histor
ical Association will conduct a mem
bership drive. During the drive it is
hoped many new members will be
added.
$2.00 Per Year.
Those In Charge Appre
ciative For Success
Os Venture
115 VOLUNTEER
Mrs. Robert J. Boyce
First to Give Pint
Os Blood
Chowan County’s first bloodmobile
visit Tuesday was in every way a big
success and everything worked as
scheduled.
The bloodmobile arrived at the
f Episcopal Parish House at 9 o’clock
accompanied by two custodians, Dr. R.
W. Sturgis, chief nurse, Miss Ann L.
Siegried and four assistant nurses,
Misses Sylvia Rawl, Sadie Myers,
Mary L. Huddleston and Margaret
Cordovana.
Also present for the opening of
Chowan County’s blood bank were
Miss Margaret Margrave, blood pro
: gram field representative of the
American Red Cross and Miss Janet
Cox of Rocky Mount, field representa
tive from Southeastern Anca, Atlanta,
Ga
By 10 o’clock everything was in
perfect order and readiness for the
volunteer blood donors.
Edenton’s first blood donor was
Mrs. Robert J. Boyce who lead the
dor.ors by checking her name at the
entrance, then into room No. 2 where
staff volunteers kindly helped her to
register. After being given a glass
of orange juice the donor proceeded to
room No. 3, where she gave her medi
cal history and received a blood test.
Having passed her test here she was
sent to room No. 4, where she was
given her bottle in which her pint of
, blood was stored. Mrs. Boyce was
none the worse for her experience and
, like all the rest who donated blood
was happy to be among the first to
help in such a worthy cause.
Each donor, after giving a pint
of blood was directed to the canteen
quarters where volunteers were serv
ed ham, cheese and egg sandwiches,
doughnuts and cookies, also coffee,
milk and Coca Cola.
I Dr. Sturgis at this point pointed
I out the large numbeij of capable vol
unteer workers present and how
proud Edenton should be of such re
sponse which he had not seen else
where.
One outstanding fact of the blood
mobile visit was that it brought 12
pints of blood to be sent immediately
to the local nospital, usually it is
72 hours before a community hospital
has its first pint of blood. This has
not always been done but due to the
success of the blood program an ef
fort is being made to supply com
munity hospitals which are members
of the National Red Cross Blood Pro
gram with blood as soon as possible.
Dr. Frank Wood reported how
pleased he was to receive this blood
as a full day of surgery was scheduled
for the day and if blood was needed it
would be available. “Now,” Dr. Wood
stated, “we will have all the blood we
need and will not have to resort to
other sources which some time cause
loss of time so important to the pat
ient’s response to an operation and re
covery.”
Dr. W. S. Griffin, chairman of the
blood program of the Chowan Red
Cross Chapter and J. M. Boyce, re
cruitment chairman for the donors
express their thanks to all those
who gave a pint of blood.
Chairman Griffin said, “the neigh
borly spirit which is characteristic of
oui community has been amply dem
onstrated by the individuals and
groups who responded so generously.
“We are most grateful for the large
■ turn-out Tuesday and it is most grati
fying to know that our citizens as a
whole are back of this far-reaching
project and will see it through to a
successful conclusion. This blood
bank must come from human beings
and our program must be successful
if we are to provide the quanity of
blood so badly needed by our com
munity”
A large percentage of the donors
Tuesday were members of organiza
tions which assumed the responsi
bility and gave not only blood but
time and energy to the project.
Appreciation is also expressed to
the Marines who voluntarily gave
blood to help fill the quota.
One nundred and fifteen donors re
, ported during the day. At the end
of the day, with one volunteer donor
needed to fill the quota of 100 pints,
J. M. Boyce, recruitment chairman
i climbed upon the table and put Cho
t wan County over the top. Chowan
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