Volume XVII—No. 18.
'Effort Is Now Under Way To Save Girl’s Life
Chowan Clubs Join
In Celebration Os
National Members
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National Demonstration
Week Is Being Gener
ally Observed
NEW~CLUBS
Approximately 65 New
Members Added Dur
ing Year In Chowan
National Home Demonstration Club
Week, AJ>ril 29-May 6, is 'being ob
served by the 63,242 Home Demon
stration Club members in North Caro
lina. It is a time to evaluate the
work that has been accomplished, and
to concentrate on plans for better club
work in the future. The theme for
this week is “The Home —Basis of a
Better World.” Home improvement
in every respect is of vital importance
to everyone. This, and the develop
ment of the individual are the chief
aims of Home Demonstration Work,
and are doubtless the reason for the
growth of this organization from Its
small beginning in 1916 ito the largest
adult education organization in the
United States today.
In looking back over the accom
plishments of Home Demonstration
Club women in Chowan County do
ing the past year there are many
tilings that might be mentioned, but
the Home Agent will call attention
to only a few concerning the Organi
zation in general.
Since National Home Demonstration
t Week last year approximately 65 netar
members have been added, and 2 ne\v
clubs organized. Oak drove with the
followijig "Nlf/itiia. '*i resident,
Sam Nixon; Vice President, Mrs. El
bert Peele; Secretary, Mrs. Percy
Nixon; was organized in September,
1949 and was sponsored by the Rocky
Hock Olub. The club in Cum Pond was
organized last week by 'Beech Fork
Club women, with the following offi
cers elected l : President, Mrs. Charlie
Peele; Vice President, Miss Ha Bass;
■Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Beulah
Evans, and Song leader, Mrs. Carey
Evans. While Chowan County Club
women are proud of the new clubs and
members, they realize the value of the
members with years of experience in
club work. Chowan County has a good
percentage of charter members who
have been active in club work since
the clubs were organized 29 years
ago. There was special work with
canning clubs and war work prior to
this, but not organized work. The in
fluence of past Home Agents, and es
pecially Mrs. E. N. Elliott, a former
Home Agent, who is an active melmber
of the Chowan Club has ibeen of vital
importance to the organization.
Each club.in the county has selected
a community project that will help
build better and more attractive com
munities. These include raising funds
for buildings to be used for meetings
and recreation; equipment for com
munity buildings; assisting with im
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HDD VISIT Os BLOOOMOBU SCHEDULED
FOR EDENTON MAT 1C; QUOTA IS 1M PtfTS
Any Who Will Volunteer to Donate Blood Are Re
quested to Contact Either Dr. W. S. Griffin
Os J. M. Boyce at Once
The next bloodmobile visit for
blood donors of Chownn County will
be Tuesday, May 16th at the Parish
House. Blood donors wishing to give
a pint of blood for tills worthy cause
sure asked to call 'Dr. W. 8. Griffin or
J. M. ®oyce. * "' v- '
More than ever before it is im
perative that every person eligible <to
give blood do so at this time as the
generous contribution realized from
the Marines in the paet will not be
available to fill Chowan’s quota of
l- 100 pints.
a An urgent appeal is being made es
pecially to those of the rural district
I since few of these have responded.
I A meeting of the central committee
f of the Chowan Chapter ,of (the Ameri
can Bed Cross blood program will he
? held, in the Court House, Tuesday
if might, May 9tfi at 7:30.
p Dr. W. S. Griffin, Chairman, urges
K; all committee chairmen and workers
£ to be present sit this meeting. A
representative of the Tidewater Coun
THE CHOWAN HERALD
I Not Miracle Men I
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Chowan County Commissioners
wish they could be magacians in
order to produce right suddenly
huge amounts of money to meet
requests coming in for the next
budget.
At Monday’s meeting requests
were made for financial aid for
the band, the Varsity Club gut in
a request for funds to carry on a
recreational and athletic program
on a county-wide basis, Edenton
school trustees are after about
$45,000 to build a new white high
school and a request was made for
an appropriation toward covering
the expenses of the iFire Depart
ment answering calls in the coun
, ty.
The Commissioners are in ac
cord with them, and many others,
but their only trouble is—where
is the money coming from?
Farm Bureau Will
Meet Friday Night
Discussion of Cotton
Will Be Feature of
Meeting:
According to Edgar Earl HoMowell,
secretary of the Chowan County Farm
Bureau, the April rating w*" 'be held
at the Chowan Community building at
Cross Roads on Friday night at 8
o’clock.
A feature of the meeting will be a
discussion of the latest recommended
practices for cotton growing and con
trol of cotton insects. J. A. Shank
lin, a cotton specialist, will lead the
d'seussion and it is hoped many Farm
Bureau members will attend.
VFWPost FislTFry
Tuesday, May 9th
Affair Planned In Hon
or of Spanish Ameri
can War Veterans
Members of the local VFW Post
have planned a fish supper which will
be held at the VFW home over the
bus station Tuesday night, May 9, at
8 o’clock. The affair is being held
ill honor of Spanish-American War
veterans who served overseas.
All members and former members
and their wives are especially urged
to be present, as a good time is plan
ned for all who attend.
cil will also be present.
“If ail civic organizations in the
county would go 100 per cent as blood
donors,” said Dr. Griffin, “it would be
one of the greatest contributions they
could make to the county, as well as
a distinct credit to tile various organi
zations. It is hoped this win be a
minor, if not a major project of every
organization in Chowan County.”
AH blood donated 1b free to all who
need it, with a Ismail charge for ad
ministering to the patient.
The goal for the third visit of the
bloodmobile is 100 pints. One of the
examples of use of blood is Daisy
Alice Ward, who was severely burned
and in a desperate "effort to save her
life, 15 pints of blood has already been
used
The county’s quota was reached on
two previous visits of the bloodmo
fcile, and it is hoped epgugh people
will again volunteer so that 100 pints
will be secured.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina,Thursday, May 4,1950.
Edenton Lions Club
Planning Campaign
For Safer Driving
Contest Expected to Em
phasize Careful
Driving
A safe driving campaign among the
school bus drivers of Chowan County
is being sponsored by the Edenton
Lions Club, it was revealed at the
meeting of 'the local club Monday.
This campaign is being instituted in
cooperation with the Highway 'Safety
Division of North Carolina. Awards
of pins will be made to the winners
at each commencement exercise, these
pins to be donated by (the 'Lions Club.
Much interest has been manifested
among the school bus drivers and a
competitive spirit is expected to prove
highly beneficial in placing even
greater emphasis upon the importance
of careful driving.
Den mothers of the Cub 'Scouts, an
other project of the Edenton Lions
Club, have requested that members of
the local club join the Cub Scouts in
attending the services at the Edenton
Baptist Church on Sunday morning,
May 14th. Hector Lupiton, president
of the club expressed the hope that
every member attend these services in
a body, if they possibly can.
Earl Harrell, chairman of the Eas
ter Seal campaign, which was again
sponsored this year by the Edenton
1 Lions Club, reported that the quota
iof $350 will doubtless be reached,
when reports from a few of the
schools of the county have been re
ceived. “We are very appreciative of
the fine cooperation given us 'by all
concerned in this work,” saidi Harrell.
The baseball game between Eden
ton and Washington High Schools
, last Tuesday night was a success, both
from the standpoint of the score
(Edenton winning 6-0) and also the
gate receipts, acocrdyig to R. E. Aik
en, who had charge of the ticket sale
for the Lions Club, who sponsored the
game.
Ticket sales amounted to around
$125.00. The Lions Club voted to use
$52.00 of this money toward financing
North Carolina’s tobacco exhibit at
the forthcoming Lions International
Convention in Chicago and to turn
over the remainder to the Edenton
School athletic fund.
The minstrel show put on in Cole
rain Friday night by the Edenton
Lions Club, at the request of the
| Colerain Club, proved very successful
| according to reports from citizens of
the Bertie town, as well as those at
tending from here.
' No financial statement has as yet
been turned in, but the Colerain Lions
seem to appreciate most deeply the
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Miss Nancy Boswell
L H. S. Valedictorian
Suzanne Speight Named
Class Salutatorian
Tuesday
Miss Nancy Boswell was on Tues
day declared valedictorian of the 1950
graduating class at Edenton High
School. At the same time Miss Suz
anne Speight was named class saluta
toriam.
Both young ladies have not only
led their class in grades, but have
taken a very active part in school ac
tivities during their high school ca
reer.
Pre-School Clinics
| Two Days Next Week
i Pre-school clinics will be held at
' the Edenton colored school Monday,
i May 8, and at Chowan High School
. Friday, May 12.
i 'Parents of children who will .enter
school the first time at the next ses
sion are requested to take their chil
i dren to these clinics.
PTA At Chowan High
! Will Meet On May 9th
' Chorwan High 'School Rarent-Teaoh-
I er Association will •meet in the school
• auditorium Tuesday might, May 9. The
i meeting is called a week earlier than
usual due to the closing of school on
i May 26.
The program chairman plans a pro
i gram of gymnastics which should be
i very interesting. Afll parents are es
pecially invited to attend.
Poppy DayToße
Observed Locally
Saturday, May 27th
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Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt In
Charge of Annual
Poppy Sale
Everyone in Edenton will be given
an opportunity to wear a memorial
poppy in honor of 'the war dead on
Poppy Day, May 27, under plans for
observance of the day by Post No. 40
Unit of the American Legion Auxili
ary.
1 The observance will be directed by
Mrs. J. L. Chestuntt the Auxiliary’s
Poppy Chairman. Assisting her as
captains will be Mrs. Kermit Layton,
Mrs. Joe Thorud, Mrs. Leon Leary,
■ Mrs. 0. B. Perry, Mrs. C. E. Kramer,
Mrs. L. S. Byrum, Mrs. John Lee
1 Spruill and Mrs. Martin Wisely. Oth
er members of the Auxiliary and vol
unteers from other organizations will
work with these leaders to bring pop
. pies to everyone on Poppy Day.
'Each district of the city will have
1 its team of workers who will ddstri
-1 bute poppies on the streets through
> out the day. All will 'be unpaid vol
: unteers, and the entire amount of
: contributions given for the poppies
1 will go to support American Legion
and Auxiliary welfare work for dis
■ able veterans and needy children of
1 veterans.
1 Poppies for the day have been or
-1 dered from the veterans’ hospital
’ where they are made by disabled war
' veterans. They are crepe paper re-
I plicas of the wild) poppies which
: bloomed “between the crosses, row on
1 row,” in the war cemeteries in France
' and Belgium, and which have become
’ the memorial flower of the English
-5 speaking world. Making the poppies
1 provides employment for thousands of
* veterans unable to do other work.
Kermit Layton New
Jaycee President
New Officers Will Be
i Installed at May 11 |
Meeting
J At the meeting of 'the Junior Gham
j her of Commerce officers for the year
, 1950-51 were elected.
Kermit Layton was elected presi
dent of the organization. Other of
ficers are Charles Wales, Jr., vice
\ president; Elibert Copeland), secretary;
[ Horace White treasurer.
! Directors are Thomas By rum chair
man Thomas Francis, Muriel Byrum,
Willie O’Neal, Paul Partin, 'Bill
Holmes and George Alma Byrum.
These officers will 'be installed at
the meeting Thursday, May 11, with
| Cou Brown of Raleigh, State Presi-
I dent, expected to attend the meeting.
I Troy Toppin Elected
Coon Club President
Meeting Is Scheduled to
Consider Plans For
Field Trial
The Ohowam County Coon Hunters
! Club met Thursday night in the Court
House, at which time new officers for
the year were elected.
Troy Toppin was elected president,
John A. Bunch, vice-president, and
Muriel G. Byrum, secretary and treas
- urer.
" A meeting has been tentatively set
: for Tuesday night, May 9, at which
, time plans will be made to have a fu
[ ture field trial. It is requested that
all members attend the meeting.
Piano Pupils Appear
In Recital May 11th
The piano puplis of Mrs. R. Ralph
White will present “A Musical Min
strel” in their annual recital at Gho
l wan High School on Thursday even
. ing, May 11, at 8 o’clock.
I The public is invited to attend.
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i BANK CLOSED MAY 10
l The Bank of Edenton will be closed
all day Wednesday, May 10, in order
■ to observe Confederate Memorial Day,
i a banking holiday. Patrons of the
- bank are urged to transact important
banking business accordingly.
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Daisy Alice Ward In
Hospital With 65%
Os Skin Burned Off
j Joo High
With bids opened last week for
a new white high school and a
second opening Monday of this
week of the two lowest bidders,
members of the Edenton school
trustees reported to the county
commissioners Monday that the
lowest bids were still about $45,-
000 above the amount of money
available for the school.
Even then, the lower bids pro
vided for the elimination of one
wing of the school which was to
be used as an auditorium, band
room and music room.
The commissioners see no way
to raise the extra money, unless
the tax rate is boosted or else
ways are found to borrow the
| money from the literary fund.
School officials win make an in
vestigation and a special meeting
is expected to be called to de
. termine ff ways can be worked
out to raise the money.
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher
| Speaker For BAR
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; Tells About Her Recent,
Trip to Continental
; Congress
Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the
DAR met Thursday night in the as
sembly room of the James Iredell.
home with the Regent, Mrs. J. M.
Jones, presiding. Mrs. M. F. Bond,
Jr., chaplain, conducted the ritual.
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher was the princi
pal speaker, talking .about her trip
, to the recent Continental Congress
held in Washington, D. C. At the;'
Washington meeting, Mrs. Fletcher ,
spoke at a luncheon of the North '
Carolina delegation. 'She reviewed ■
the history of the James Iredell house ;
| and told of its purchase by the Tea
Party Chapter. Six hundred dele- i
gates attended (be Congress with rep- j
resentatives from all the states and :
seven foreign chapters.
North Carolina chapters were out- <
standing at the meeting in that 'they
were top prize winners, having won ;
15 national prizes^seven of which
' were first prizes for DAR work.
Mrs. J. H. Conger was hostess at i
the local meeting and at the close
| served light refreshments.
New Theater Opening
Is Postponed To May 9
Due to weather conditions and other
unexpected developments, the new Hi
■ Way Drive-In Theater north of Eden
ton could not be opened Tuesday of
1 'this week as announced. The opening
will 'be observed on Tuesday of next
( week, according to manager Jimmy
Earnhardt.
IUNIOR WOMAN'S FLOWER 9WW AND
: FMD BAZUR SCHEDULED FOR MAY 12
i Flowers For Display Required to Be at Hotel Jo
seph Hewes Before 10 O’clock In the Morning;
Mrs. J. N. Pruden General Chairman
Mre. J. N. Pruden, general chairman
t of .the Junior Women’s Club’s annual
flower show and food Ibazaar, an
nounced this week that the shotv and
bazaar will be hefld Friday night, May
12, at the Joseph Hewes Hotel, start
ling at 10:30 o’clock In the morning
i and lasting until 5 o’clock in the after
- noon.
All flowers to be entered must be at
- the Hotel by 10 o’clock to insure am
ple time for arrangement. Anyone
desiring flowers
may call 83-J, or 352-tW and they will
be collected before 10 o’clock, but
1 must be in the owner’s container,
r The winner of the. grand prize will
, be presented the rotating Silver bowl
? to be judged on the basis of quality,
t Ribbons will be awarded! for the
following Classifications:
W. E. Debnam Heading
Movement to Raise
Necessary Funds
goaiTio,ooo
Money, Blood and Skin
Asked For In Appeal
For Help
An effort is now in progress to
save the life of a girl which will re
quire in the neighborhood of SIO,OOO,
with W. E. Debnam, prominent radio
news commentator backing a move
ment to secure enough money to save
a life.
Daisy Alice Ward, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Chester Ward, Route 2, has
been in Chowan Hospital 12 or 13
weeks following an accident ait her
house, when she was severely burned.
The girl was washing clothes when
her dress caught fire from an over
heated stove. About 65 per cent of
her skin was burned. When taken to
the hospital she was barely alive and
not expected to live.
The girl’s condition is such that it
requires 24-hour nursing care, to say
nothing of the other costs involved
in an attempt to save her life. It is
necessary to graft skin and administer
blood, and already 15 pintp of blood
have been used with the prospect that
many more pints will be needed if the
girl remains alive. In fact a blood
transfusion is necessary for every
change of dressing.
Mr. Debnam paid a visit to the
girl and on Tuesday devoted practi
cally his entire radio program in an
appeal for contributions in order to
raise- money to help save the girl’s
life.
A fund has been set up known as
the Daisy Alice Ward Fund, and all
local contributions should be sent to
the bank in care of this fund. The
! girl is a member of Miss Mary Lee
Copeland’s class at school, who has
visited the victim every day, and will
administer the fund.
To save the girl’s life it is neces
sary to have blood, skin and money,
all of which it is hoped will come
from free contributions.
The Herald was informed Wednes
day morning that J. M. Boyce was
the first person to donate skin for the
purpose of grafting. This one case
should be an incentive for local peo
ple to donate blood when the Red
Cross bloodmobile visits Edenton
Tuesday, May 16,
Turkey Supper Friday
Night At Armory
Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary wall stage a community
turkey supper Friday night at 7
o’clock in the Edenton armory.
Tickets are now on sale and the
ladies hope a large number will at
tend. Aside from a delicious meal, a
very interesting program has been
arranged.
l Runner-up for grand prize, also on
I basis of quality.
Arrangement Prize—Artistry.
1 Sweepstakes Prize —Greatest num
r ber of different flowers.
Most unusual arrangement—lnter
; est and thought.
Best variety of any single flower:
Rose, Iris, Snap dragon, etc.
t Honorable mention for single flow
- er or arrangement.
5 Best miniature arrangement.
3 The judges for the occasion will be
1 members from three Garden Olulhs of
t Suffolk, Mrs. Vernon Eberwine, Mrs.
M. A. Maxey and Mrs. C. B. Pond, Sr.
1 The decision of these representatives
1 will be announced at 11 o’clock.
A food bazaar will be held in con
t nection with the flower show With
cakes, pies, cookies and candy on sale.