Volume XVI. —Number 51.
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Larson Resigns As
School Principal To
Go To Cherryville
Tenders Resignation Ef
fective Friday of
Last Week
REGRETS”TO LEAVE
Successor Expected In
Time For Reopening
Os Schools
Edenton school officials were great
ly surprised last week when Fenton
Larson, principal of the Edenton
school, submitted his resignation, ef
fective Friday of last week when the
school closed for the Christmas holi
days.
Mr. Larson has accepted the prin
cipalship of the Cherryville schools,
where the principal died in November.
Mr. Larson wag elected superintendent
by the Cherryville school officials
without being consulted 1 , and decided
to accept the position, which is a pro
motion. Friends of Joe Nixon, a form
er superintendent, will recall that
when he left Edenton he went to the
same position accepted by Mr. Lar
son.
Mr. Larson has been principal of
the Edenton school for a year and a
half, succeeding Miss Paulina Hassell.
He has been a popular principal and
has made many friends during his
brief stay here in Edenton. He came
here after serving 12 years in the
Greensboro schools. While in Eden
ton he was affiliated with the Metho
dist Church and the Rotary Club.
Before leaving for Cherryville, Mr.
Larson said that it was with a feeling
of reluctancy that he departs.
“I will always cherish the friends
and pleasant associates I have had in
Edenton,” he said. . “It has been a
distinct pleasure to work with the
splendid faculty at the school and the
fine people of Edenton. I will feel
deeply the loss of this friendship and
fellowship.”
Superintendent John Holmes has
conferred with a number of prospects
to succeed Mr. Larson and expects'
the vacancy to be filled when school
reopens after the holidays.
Lions Club Enjoys
Christmas Party
Gala Affair Held Mon
day Night In Local
Lions Den
Fienton Lions played host to their
Li( .esses in their den Monday even
ing, at which time they staged their
annual Christmas party, which proved
to be a gala event.
Chairman John Mitchener opened
up the Lions’ archives and gave the
ladies a look into the “secrets” of the
.club, by initiating “Cub” Maurice
Bunch, Jr., which turned out to be
a very amusing event.
Christmas carols were sung by the
assemblage.
A delightful turkey dinner was ser
ved, with all the trimmings. A gift
was provided for each lady. Also the
men received a box of candy, a cigar
and cigarettes and each person like
wise received a frozen ice cream
Santa Claus. Also a 6-bottle kit of
ginger ale was given to each couple.
John Mitchener and his various
committees did such a splendid job,
that he was unanimously voted chair
man for next year, notwithstanding a
protest by his good wife, who said
she hpd found it difficult to live with
him during the time he was working
on the program.
'John also presided as toastmaster
and amused the crowd with his dry
witticism.
President Hector Lupton gave a
welcome to the ladies and expressed
the club’s appreciation for the good
work all concerned had performed.
In token of the dub's appreciation,
Mr. Mitchener presented a gift to
“Double Ooia” Johnnie Goodwin, who
is known as the “workhorse” of the
club. AW© a present was presented
to Dora Granby and her able assist
ant, who have served so faithfully at
“K. P.” duty during the past year.
The den was beautifully decorated
for the occasion.
FIRST SNOW OF WINTER
Edenton and Chowan County ex
perienced the first snow of the winter
Thursday when flurries were in evi
jence as the mercury took a down
jnrd plunge. The snow,
■Pil about as fast as ft fell.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
|_Papers Wanted_
Copies of the December Ist and
Bth of The Herald have been de
pleted and it is necessary to
have copies for checking foreign
advertisements. The Herald
will, therefore, pay 10 cents for
the first ten copies of each issue
brought to the office.
Legion Decides To
Join In Tide For
Toys’ Campaign
Collections Scheduled to
Be Made Sundays,
Jan. 1 and 8
At the meeting of the Edward G.<
Bond Post, No., 40, Tuesday night it
was decided to join Legion posts of
the nation in the Legion’s “Tide of
■ Toys,” a movement to collect a ship
load of toys to be sent to children
' overseas. While the local drive plans
have not, of course, been completed,
John W. Graham, commander of the
Post, stated that collections will be
made in Chowan County on New
Year’s Day, Sunday, January 1, and
again the following Sunday, January
8.
“It has been five years since mil
lions of us spent a dreary Christmas
1 in the armed forces—the last Christ
mas of the war,” said commander
Graham. “A lot of things have hap
-1 pened since then, most of them for the
good, but a lot more will have to hap
pen before wc- can nail down the ob
jectives for which we fought.
“American aid to Europe in its
1 various forms have staved off eco
! nomic chaos and political communism,
but unfortunately that aid sometimes
ha 3 been regarded as a cold-blooded
government hand-out, and we still
have a long way to go in demonstrat
ing that this aid really conies from
all the American people.
“In this connection, and remember
. ing how number? of the armed forces
1 befriended the children in Europe dur
ing the war, even including children of
our enemies, the Legion is undertak
ing to send a shipload of toys to Eur
ope immediately after the Christmas
season.
“Millions of European children will
have no toys this winter. They are
better fed, thanks to the Marshall
' Plan, but the toys that make Christ
mas gay over here are still very much
' lacking over there. On the other hand,
many American children would be
glad to spare a toy the day after
Christmas. And even if those toys
arrive late in Europe, they will be
appreciated just as much.”
Mr. Graham stated that distribu
: tion of toys will be in the hands of
CARE, which has an efficient organ
! ization already set up in European
countries, including Great Britain,
France, Italy, Belgium, Holland,
Norway, Germany, Austria, Greece,
Czechoslovakia and Finland.
Mr. Graham said he and the Legion
hopes many toys will be contributed
during the drive, of which more def
inite details will be furnished next
week.
Varsity Club Dance
Monday, Dec. 26th
Dick Levin and State
College Orchestra to
Play For Affair
Final plans have been completed
for the annual Varsity Club dance,
1 which will be held Monday night, De
cember 26, in the armory. The mu
sic for the dance will be furnished by
Dick Levin and his State College or
chestra.
The dance is one of the most out
standing of its kind in the Albemarle,
and another large crowd is expected
to attend. Table reservations can be
made by calling George Alma By
rum, telephone No- 4, during rile day
or James Cozzens at 505-W after 6
o’clock.
The armory will be attractively
decorated for the occasion and an
excellent evening of entertainment is
1 anticipated.
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■ Major W.R. Lucius
; Speaker At Rotary
: Christmas Party
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j Delightful Affair Held
Thursday Night at
Parish House
• Though the principal speaker failed
- to put in his appearance, the Rotary
i Christmas parly Thursday night of
■ last week proved to be an outstand
ing affair in the Parish House. Dr.
B. G. Childs of Duke University was
5 scheduled to be the guest speaker,
- but apparently got his engagements
, confused and failed to arrive.
When Dr. Childs failed to show up,
1 Major W. R. Lucius, a member of the
I club, was called upon as a pineh
• hitter • and very ably spoke to the
i Rotarians and Rotary Annes. He
told about his experiences in the
■ U. S. Marine Corps, relating some of
i the difficulties in coming up through
- the ranks. Major Lucius was on the
’ General Staff Planning Board for the
- invasion of Japan, so that he spoke
• first hand much to the delight of the
s Rotarians and the Rotary Annes.
Despite the failure of th& guest
1 speaker to arrive, the party was a
> very delightful affair, with the Par
ish House attractively decorated and
the real Christmas spirit pervading
t throughout the evening.
: Masonic Officers
Installed Dec. 29
Installation Ceremony
In Charge of H. A.
Campen
[ The Herald was in error last week
1 when it stated that officers of Una
nimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M.,
would be installed Thursday of last
week.
The new officers will be installed
Thursday night of next week, Decem
ber 29, when it is hoped a large num
ber of Masons will be present. The
installation ceremony will be in
charge of H. A. Caimpen.
Hubert Williford, the new master,
will succeed Richard P. Baer, 11, with
C. B. Mooney, senior warden; W. A.
! Harrell, junior warden; C. H. Wood,
treasurer, and J. Edwin Bufflap, sec
retary.
Mr. Williford will also name his ap
pointed officers, who will be installed
| at the same time.
School Closed For
Christmas Holidays
Edenton’s white school was closed
Friday of last week for the Christ
, mas holidays and will reopen Mon-
I day, January 2.
s Colored schools ‘will not close un
■ til Friday of this week and reopen
Monday, January 2.
ENTERS GENERAL HOSPITAL
- J. L. Pettus will leave today
(Thursday) for General Hospital,
i Norfolk, where he will undergo treat
ment.
Mrs. M. F. Bond, Jr v
Elected Chairman
Hospital Auxiliary
Group Plans to Cele
brate Christmas at
Hospital
Meeting in the nurses’ home Wed
nesday afternoon of last week, mem
bers of the Chowan Hospital Auxili
ary elected Mrs'. M. F. Bond, Jr„
chairman for the year 1950, succeed
ing Mrs. James E. Wood.
Mrs. Wood presided over the meet
ing and called on the various com
mittee chairmen for their yearly re
ports. In the absence of Mrs. Frank
Wood, chairman of the Hospital
Christmas Party, Mrs, W. O. Elliott,
Jr., reported that there would be dec
orated trees in every ward of the
hospital, with special favors and
boxes of homemade confections for
all employees. There also will Bte a
party held at the nurses’ hcvne for
the entire nursing staff.
It was reported that during the
past year a hot-and-cold food con
veyor had been provided, and that
there are adequate funds set aside
for the complete furnishing of the
nursery in the new hospital now Un
der construction.
Mrs. W. M. Wilkins, town sew
ing chairman, reported that 444 ar
ticles have been made during the
past year. Mrs. E. N. Elliott,
county sewing chairman, revealed
that 545 items have been made and
mended during the year.
Mrs. Rodney Harrell, membership
chairman, disclosed that 292 members
enrolled in the Auxiliary during
1949. Mrs. J. W. Davis, wards chair
man, reported that magazines had
been supplied and that special com
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It’s Not Too Late To
Help Stocking Fund
It isn’t too late to make a contri
bution to the Empty Stocking Fund,
sponsored again this year by the
Young People’s Service League of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church. This group
of young people will distribute pres
ents to unfortunate children in the
community on Christmas eve, which
will, without doubt, make the occasion
a happy one for many who otherwise
would have practically nothing.
Fire Chief R. K. Hall has also been
repairing and redecorating many dis
carded Christmas toys which will also
,be distributed among the youngsters.
White Christmas At
Baptist Church Sunday
White Christmas will be observed
at the Edenton Baptist Church next
Sunday morning, when all attending
are requested to bring a present
wrapped in white paper. The pres
ents will be distributed aimong the
needy in the community.
The distribution will be in charge
of a committee.
NO MASONIC MEETING
Due to the observance of the Christ
mas holidays, there will be no meet
ing of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F.
& A. M., tonight (Thursday). '
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Take Advantage Os
Mass Chest X-rav
| Appointed |
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
on Tuesday recommended a group of
young men of the First Congres
sional District for appointments to
the United States Military Academy
at West Point and to the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Among the appointments were
Snowden C. Mills, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. C. Mills, as principal for an
appointment to Annapolis. First al- '
temate is John M. Harney, Jr., son of
Mrs. Thomas B. Wood.
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Rev. Wm. Liverman i
Speaker at Daptist
Church On Sunday
Regular Services Sched
uled to Be Held on
Christmas Day
Regular services will be held at the
Baptist Church 'Christmas Sunday.
Sunday School at 9:45 A. M., morn
ing worship service at 11 o’clock;
Training Union at 6:15 P. M., and the
evening worship Service at 7:30
o’clock.
The pulpit committee is pleased to
announce that the Rev. William Liver
man, a student at Bob Jones: Universi
ty, Greenville, South Casolina, will be
the guest minister for both the morn
ing and evening worship sen-ices.
The Rev. Mr. Liverman was ordain
ed in August at his home church, the
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, C'res
wel], N. €,, and will receive his M. A.
Degree in June. Besides being a friend
of the pastor, the Rev. R. N. Carroll,
the Rev. Mr. Liverman is known
throughout; the Chowan. Association
and his friends in this vicinity will
welcome the opportunity to hear him
Sunday.
Training Union members, consisting
of present members and former mem
bers who are returning from College
for the Christmas holidays, are also
expected to have a part iri the even
ing worship service.
At 6:15 P. M. members of the In
termediate Training Union will pre
sent a special Christmas program be
fore the general assembly. Immedi
ately following this the individual
unions will give Christmas programs
within their union. All persons and
church members are cordially invited
to attend.
March Os Dimes
Meeting In Windsor
Thursday, Jan. sth
Plans Will Be Consider
ed For Forthcoming
Campaign
An important meeting in connec
tion with the forthcoming March of
Dimes will be held in the Duke off
Windsor Hotel in Windsor on Thurs
day, January 5, at 6 P. M., according
to an announcement by Mrs. Phillips
Russell, director of the North Caro
lina March of Dimes appeal. •
The purpose of the meeting is to go
over plans for the coming campaign
and discus's mutual ‘money-raising
potentialities this year. Mrs. Rus
sell states that the North Carolina
goal is again one million dollars.
Dr. Ralph McDonald, State of
North Carolina March of Dimes chair
man,- will be present at the Windsor ■
meeting and all chapter chairmen, as
well as March of Dimes chairmen are
urged to attend.
Mrs. Percy Smith is March of
Dimes chairman for Chowan County,
with Miss Rebecca Colwell as assist
ant.
Commissioners Will
Postpone Meeting
Chowan County Commissioners will
not meet on the first Monday in Jan
uary due to the holidays. The meet
ing scheduled for Monday, January
2, will be held instead on Wednesday,
1 January 4.
-iffiJMfaPer Year.
[ Only 1,059 Have Been
X-rayed Up Until
Today
BIG ADVANTAGE
Unit Scheduled to Be In
Edenton January 3rd
Through 14th
Health officials are more or less
disappointed on account of the com
paratively few people who have thus
far taken advantage of the free mass
chest X-ray survey which began in
Chowan County December 17 and is a
part of the campaign in the health
district comprising Pasquotank, Per
quimans, Camden and Chowan coun
ties. Up until early this week only
1,059 people were X-rayed.
On December 7 only 221 were X
rayed at the Edenton school. On De
cember 8 and 9 there were 86 X-rayed
at St. John’s school. At Valhalla on
December 10, 13 and 14 there were
340 X-rayed, and at Chowan High
School 412 were X-rayed December
15, 16 and 17.
The next time for X-raying will be
today (Thursday) at the Halsey
Hardwood Company in North Eden
ton, while on January 11 the unitwill
be at the Brown Lumber Company.
January 3 through January 14, ex
cept Sundays and Mondays, the X-ray
unit will be on Broad Street in Eden
ton.
This chest X-ray is free and is one
of the ways in combatting tubercu
losis in that presence of the disease
is discovered in the early stages, thus
allowing an opportunity for treat
ment before it has advanced too far.
Health officials point out the ad
vantage of the mass chest X-ray sur
vey, and urge everybody to be X
rayed. It takes : only a minute or
two, It is hot necessary, to undress
and a written report will be submit
ted to all in order to ascertain in
what condition they are relative to
having tuberculosis.
Legion Planning
Big Dance - Party
On New Year’s Eve
Music Will Be Furnish
ed By Fuzzy Wade’s
Orchestra
Plans are rapidly being completed
for the New Year’s Eve Mid-Century
party and dance sponsored by the Ed
ward Bond Post, No. 40., of the
American Legion. The affair will be
held in the Edenton Armory Saturday
night, December 31, beginning at 9
o’clock and continuing until 1 o’clock.
Kermit Layton, general chairman
of the dance and party, announces
that Fuzzy Wade and his orchestra
will furnish the music for the occas
ion, and that the affair promises to
eclipse the New Year’s dance held two
years ago.
For those who desire table reserva
tions phone 39.
Stores Closed Two
Days For Christmas
New Year’s, However,
Will Not Be Observed
As a Holiday
According to a poll made by the
Merchants Committee of the Chowan
County Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association, practicaly all
local stores and business houses will
be closed Monday and Tuesday next
week in observance of Christmas.
The merchants, according to Mana
ger Peter Carlton of the Chamber of
Commerce, will however, remain open
New Year’s Day, January 1.
Stores are now open at night for
the benefit of Christmas shoppers and
business reported brisk.
Due to the stores being closed Mon
day and Tuesday, the Street Depart
ment will not collect trash and gar
bage these two days. The entire city
will be covered by the trash trucks
Saturday and regular collections re
sumed Wednesday morning.