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Volume XVlt.— No. 19. Town Councilmen Consider Six-Point Program For 1951 Belief That Adoption Will Improve Present Conditions Highlighting’ the meeting of the Town Council Tuesday night was the presentment by A. B. Harless of a six-point program in the hope that it will improve operation of the town government. The program will be considered by the Councilmen and will no doubt be adopted at the next meeting. ' The program presented by Mr. Har less follows: 1— One and one-half per cent of an ticipated revenue each year to be placed in a reserve account for a Pension Fund for City employees. Rules and regulations of the Social Security program or a workable satis factory plan to govern its operation. 2 ‘lmmediate revision of the Town registration Books. 3 New type budget for 1950 pro viding for a general fund account; (a) Deadline for budget requests for June meeting of Council, (b) Ex penditures by Departments to be re stricted to the budget with Depart ment head responsible. 4 A pay-as-you-go yearly paving project jointly between the E and W Beard and the Council* 5 Three-man committee to negoti ate all matters between the Council and the E and W Board. 6 A Police Commission of three to operate the Police Department and to which the »Poli«e Department is toley responsible. Other than routine matter®, little other business was considered. Two delegates attended the meeting, one representing the Edenton Band and the other the Varsity Ckd>. The Band asked that an appropria tion of SI,BOO be made this year due to the necessity es employing a new director. Last year the town appro priated sl,3£C * The Varsity, Club, interested in an adequate recreational program, asked for an appropriation of S9OO. Last year S6OO was appropriated as salary for three months for the director. Both requests were referred to the Finance Committee and will be considered when making the new budget. Legion Auxiliary Meets On May Gth Slate of New Officers For Year Will Be Submitted Mrs. James Bond, president of the American Legion Auxiliary calls at tention to the regular monthly meet ing of the organization which will be held at the home of Mrs. Ervin Grif fin, No. 22, Wefltover Heights, on Tuesday night, May 16, at 8 o’clock. The nominating committee will pre sent the slate of new officers for the year, and all members are especially urged to attend in order to take part in'this important matter. 'At the meeting Mrs. J. L. Chest nutt, Poppy Day Chairman will also appoint groups and assign them time and place to sell poppies on Saturday, May 27. The Auxiliary is hoping this will be the best year for poppy sales. Methodist Society Will Meet May 16th ' Mrs. Edward Speight, president of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the 'Methodist Church, calls attention to the monthly meeting which will be held Tuesday night May 16, at’B o’clock at the home of Mrs. (B. L. Knox. All members of the society are especially urged to attend. Colonials In Action Next Saturday Night Gashouse Parker, manager otf the Edenton Colonials, stated Tuesday that an exhibition game will be play ed on Hicks Field Saturday night be tween the Colonials apd Colerain . Trappers. The game is scheduled to L start at 8:80 o'clock, j* (Manager Parker -also Stated that a game will most likely bp played Fri ' day night starting at 8 o’clock with & the Chowan College aggregation. RETURN HOME fe- *itr. and Mrs. George P. Byrum re turned from Florida last week to •spend the summer «t their home on THE CHOWAN HERALD . Edenton, "chowan County, North Carolim!fKurSay, May 11,1950. [Benefit Ball Game] Tonight (Thursday) the local VPW Post will sponsor a baseball game on Hicks Field between the Edenton Spinners and the Wil liamston Martins. Advance tick ets may be secured from any VFW member. AH proceeds of the game will go to the Daisy Alice Ward aid fund, so that it is hoped many baseball fans will turn out and help in the effort to save the life of the 14-year-old girl, who was burned terribly several months ago. Margery Thigpen Elected President Junior Music Clubs Mike Malone Winner of $250 Transylvania Scholarship Edenton and) Miss Margery Thig pen in particular was honored in Eliz abeth City Saturday at the State Con vention of North Carolina Federation of Junior Music Clubs. iMiss Thigpen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thig pen, was elected president of the Federation. At the same time Mike Malone, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Malone, won the coveted $250 Transylvania music scholarship for his performance with the baritone horn. He was also honored h? being included on the pro gram at the junior banquet held Fri day night at Virginia Dare Hotel. He played two numbers, “Blue Bells of Scotland” by Buchtel and “Them Bases” by Huffine. ■ Both are prominent members of the Edenton High School Band and Miss Thigpen, while playing the piano on many occasions, also plays the pipe organ at the Methodist Church. Plans Complete For Annual Flower Show Affair WilTSe Held At Hotel Joseph Hewes Friday Arrangements have been completed for the annual flower show and food | bazaar sponsored by tbe Edenton Jun ior Woman’s Club, which will be held at Hotel Joseph Hewes Friday be ginning at 10:30 o’clock in the mom -1 ing and lasting until 5 o’clock in the afternoon. Those in charge of the affair stress the fact that any flowers to be en tered must be submitted before 10 o’clock. Provision has been made to call for flowers and for this service anyone may call 83-J or 352-W. The flowers must be in a container fur nished by the owner. Judging of the flowers will begin at 11 o’clock with the judges being Mrs. Vernon Eberwine, Mrs. M. A. Maxey and Mrs. C. B. Pond, Sr., members of garden clubs in Suffolk. The food bazaar will be held in con nection with the flower show and a large crowd is expected to attend. ■ ■— ■■ ■■ » 1 Schoolmasters Hold Meeting At Sunbury The Albemarle Schoolmaster’s Club held its last meeting for the present school term in the recently completed gymnasium and lunch room in Sun bury, Monday night, May 8. ✓'Mrs. Margaret Riddick delightfully entertained the members and guests with a musical program. A guest speaker was not invited to this meeting because a long business meeting was necessary in order to take care of the various phases of business necessary to close the year. New officers were elected for the 1950-51 term, with Superintendent W. J. White of TyreU County as presi dent; W. J. Nichols, principal of Cho wan High •School, vice-president; Miss Bertha Cooper of Elizabeth City, secretary, and E. C. Woodard, prin cipal of Perquimans High School treasurer. Plans Going Forward For Poppy Day Sale Mns. J. L. Ohestnutt, Poppy Day chairman for the American Legion Auxiliary, announced this week that plans are going forward for the ob servance of Poppy Day on Saturday, May 27. As In former yean, popples will be Sold on the streets, and it is hoped the sales this year will eclipse former yeMß ’ .1 Cotton Subject At Meeting Os Farm Bureau On Friday Only 15 Farmers Turn Out, However, to Hear Timely Discussion At the monthly Counity Farm Bur eau meeting Friday night, J. A. Shankldn, cotton specialist, conduct ed a program pointing out the latest approved recommended practices in cotton growing and cotton insect con trol. There were only 15 farmers present which means that a large por tion of the cotton growers failed to avail themselves of this opportunity to gain valuable information. Mr. Shanklin pointed out that due to the mild winter we are having, there is 1 one of the heaviest carry overs of boll weevils on record. “We can ex i pect a very heavy weevil infestation in our cotton fields this year, unless we use recommended systematic pro grams of dusting,” he said‘. He rec ommended 3 early dustings of 6 to 8 pounds of 20% Toxaphene per ap plication, beginning when squares first begin to form. It wax suggested that the time to start dusting will be approximately June 15 and 20. ■ The 3 applications should be put on at 5 to 7 day intervals. If a good rain 1 falls within 12 hours after an appli cation the dusting should be repeated. 1 Farmers dhould then watch their ’ fields closer and whan the infestation 1 begins to increase they should follow ! through with 2 or 3 more dustings 1 of 12 to 15 pounds of the 20% Toxa phene per application, melting an ap ’ plication every 5 days. ; Mr. Shanklin referred to Mr. Boon dy’s work wilfi cotton insect control 1 in the southern part of the state. i Records were based on actual field [ records on which 15 fields were dutit ed correctly and 15 fields left un | dusted. The dusted fields more than doubled the yield of the undusted fields in 1949. Mr. Shanklin is urg ing farmers “Not to share crops with the Bo)l Weevil, but to control the 801 l Weevil and receive the returns." Hospital Week Is Being Observed Open House Postponed i Until New Hospital Is 1 Completed \ This week is being observed as Hos pital Week with Friday designated as , Hospital Day, when many hospitals will observe open house. This feature, . however, due to present circum ] stances, will not be observed in Eden ) ton. Miss Frances Tillett, superin , tendent of Chowan Hospital, however, s informed The Herald that open house ' will be held when the new hospital ’ is in operation. Miss Tillett early this week made i the suggestion that more local peo r pie donate a piht of blood in recog . nition of Hospital Week. She pointed , cut that there is a great need for biood and that she, as well as mem . bers of the staff, will greatly appre t ciate more blood donations. Miss Tillett also' said she needs more nurs es, stating that hundreds of nurses are needed in Carolina today and that thousands will be needed in years to come. _ t Dr. Richard Hardin ; Locatesjn Edenton 1 New Doctor Will Have I His Office In Red Men’s Building > Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hardin and > two children arrived in Edenton this ■ week and are now living at Westover Heights. Dr. Hardfty- will begin practice in Edenton, having rented the lower floor of the Red Men building on ! Broad Street. He is a native of West Jefferson and decided to locate in Edertton after being discharged from the U. S. .Navy. Dr. Hardin will begin practice as ' soon as the building is repaired and ’ his office arrangements completed. i ROTARY MEETS TODAY Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet , today (Thursday) alt 1 o’clock in the Parish House. The dab is hooked up i with Windsor and Ahoskie in an at- I tendance contest, so that President ■ George Twiddy urgis every member | to attend. . Uoyd L Griffin Is Again Chairman Os GountyOemocrats County Convention Held In Court House Last Saturday At tbe Chowan County Democratic Convention held 'Saturday in 'the Court House, Lloyd E. Griffin was ic-elected chairman Mrs. E. N. Elliott vice-chairman and E. W. Spires sec retary-treasurer. Ulpon roll call all of the precincts were represented. The following were elected,as dele gates to the State Democratic Con vention, which will be held in Raleigh next Saturday: Lloyd E. Griffin, Richard D. Dixon, ; J. L. Pettus, Mr 3. Josie W. Carr, R. A. Beasley, Philip S. McMullan, A. B. Harless, T. L. Ward, R. L. Pratt, Wil lie H. Saunders, John F. White, G. 1 Medlin Belch, Dr. Francis W. Hughes, Herman F. White, Mrs. M. F. Bar rington, David Q. Holton, R. C. Hol- E. R. Bunch, Mrs. E. N. Elliott, L. H. Haskett, John W. Graham, E. 1 W. Slpires, Mrs. Annie W. McMullan, Mrs.! Mary Bradham Pruden, Mrs. John! F. White, E. N. Elliott, 'W. H. Pearce, Peter A. Carlton, T. J. Bass. Chowan County is entitled to eight votes! in the State Convention and the delegates, as well as any other Demo crats, from the eounty at the conven tion will be permitted to cast propor tionate shares of the eight votes. Before the meeting adjourned £. C. Holland, Mayor L. H. Haskett and R. L. Pratt were appointed to draft reso lutions of respect to the memory of the following Democrats of the county who died since the last convention: W. 6. Summerell, Z. T. Evans, John C. Badham, S. A. Leary, Fred P. Wood, Mrs. W. A. Leggett, John A. Moore, Mrs. George S. Twiddy, John C. Shunders, Baker M. Hollowell, E. J. Bunch, Mrs. E. J. Griffin, Dr. John W. Warren, Mrs. Johaetta P. Ward, Joseph A. Morgan, John Thomas Hollowell, S. Lee Moore, Richard H. 1 Goodwin, Miss Kate Coffield, Mrs. J. E. Bufflap, Caleb W. Ward, Charles Henry A. Bufflap, J. W. Cates, J. E. Lassiter, Charlie E. Belch, Henderson T. Layton, Samuel W. Taylor, E. L. Winslow, Mrs. Mollie H. Hassell, Mrs. Cora E. Privott, Edward A. Haste, Leamon L. Jethro, Wayland C. Moore, Thomas I. Eason, Malcom D. Eason. Chowan Meets Its Quota For Cancer Miss Kathryn Brown Appreciative For Suc cess of Drive ' Miss Kathryn Brown, chairman of l the Chowan County Cancer fund rais ing drive, reported to The Herald Tuesday of this week that the coun -1 ty’s quota of $1,050 had been realized. Contributions reported) to Miss Brown up to Tuesday amounted to $1,053.97 and she expected to receive a few ' more scattering contributions. The Cancer drive in Chowan Coun ty was sponsored by the Junior Wo ; man’s Club, and Miss Brown was se lected as the county chairman. In the rural area, the canvass for contribu tions was handled by members of the various home demonstration clubs. In reaching the quota, Miss Brown was very much pleased and personally and on behalf of the Junior Woman’s Club she wishes to thank the public for the generous contributions. She was also high in praise of the home demonstration clubs for the success ful way they conducted the drive in the county. * Miss Brown said the Marine Corps Air Station deserved a great deal of credit for the substantial contribution raised at the base, which contributed in no small measure to the success of the drive. i Mission Study Class Begins Friday Night On Friday night, May 12, the open ing session of the Mission Study, “We the _ Peoples of the Ecumenical Church,” will be held at ‘the Methodist Church at 8 o’clock. Dr. A. F. Down urn and R. E. Aiken will be the teach ers. , The closing session of the Study, will be held at the home of Mrs. B. 1,. Knox, following,the business sess ion of the Woman’s Society of Christ • ian Service on Tuesday night, May 16, at 8 o’clock. Mrs. John Skiles and Mrs. W. S. Spitzer will teach the group. AiU members are urged to attend, and visitors are invited. 1 Deadline Wear | L. S. Byrum, chairman of the Chowan County Board of Elec tions, reminds voters that next Saturday will be the final day to register in order to vote in the forthcoming election. The fol lowing Saturday, May 20, will be challenge day, with the election taking place on Saturday May 27. Anyone desiring to vote should make sure his name is on the county registration by contacting the registrar in their respective precincts. Miss Lena Jones Elected Secretary Os Honor Societyj Delta Kappa Gamma Of ficers Chosen at Pine hurst Meeting At the recent Delta Kappa Gamma Convention held at the Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst, Miss Lena M. Jones, of the local city school faculty was elected as state recording secretary of the society. Other officers elected, and installed at . the Convention were, President, | Miss Kate P. Kitchen, of Rocky Mount; first vice-president, Mrs. Ed wina Wells, of Wilson; second vice president, Dr. Gertrude Cox, of Sta*e : College, Raleigh; Corresponding sec retary, Miss Elizabeth Hyman, of : Greenville, and Parliamentarian, Miss Deßerry of Rockingham. Delta Kappa Gamma is a State- National honorary society for women of the teaching profession. The recent meeting at the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst marked the six- ; teenth national convention in the state. Bloodmobile Will Be In Edenton May 16th Appeal Made For More Donors of Blood For Emergencies “If you would like to give a pint of your blood to save someone s life,” j says Dr. Wallace Griffin, chairman of i the Red Cross' Blood Program of Cho wan County, “please register yourj name with me or J. M. Boyce, re cruitment chairman.” The third visit of the bloodmobile will be Tuesday, May 16, at the Epis copal Parish house. The quota is again 100 pints, and it is hoped all who can will give blood, since Cho wan County has already benefited by more blood than was given. This blood was needed for emergencies in this county and was more or less bor rowed. “In order to feel that we are doing our part in this wonderful and bene ficial program of free blood for all,” said Dr. Griffin, “I feel it is our duty to replace the blood we have used from other counties, as well as meet our quota of 100 pints. Dr. Griffin pointed out that due to the past and present emergencies in the county, including the local hos pital which is using more of this blood than ever before, it is extremely urgent that those who can give blood do so next Tuesday, May 16. Already donors have requested for blood to be given the Daisy Alice Ward fund. However, many more are needed not only for this unfortunate girl, but other daily emergencies. “Let your Mother’s Day remem brance be a pint of blood to save a life given by some wonderful mother, says Dr. Griffin. Philip McMullan, Jr., Class Vice President Philip McMullan, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. McMullan was recently honored «k Duke University, where he was elected vice-president of the jun ior class of the engineering school. Tr oung McMullan is a sophomore this year and will assume hi 3 duties as vice-president at the beginning of the next school term. Fire Inspection Will Begin Next Week Fire Chief R. K. Hall will begin • his annual fire inspection in the busi ness section next week, starting on , his rounds Monday morning. Chief Hall urges all business people , to have their places in good condition . prior to his arrival. * ' $2.00 Per Year. Be Banquet Guest Darrell Royal of Okla homa Expected at Var sity Club Affair Darrell Royal, sensational All- American quarterback of the Univer sity of Oklahoma Sooners, is expected to attend the Varsity Club’s Sports Banquet Monday night in the Eden ton Armory, rounding out the three major sports which will be represent ed at the banquet by an All-American. Royal has not definitely committed himself as yet but has informed the 'club that he is reasonably sure he I will be able to make the banquet. Royal quarterbacked the Sooners to their terrific season in 1949 and is 'currently coach at N. C. State Col lege in Raleigh. Royal will team with All-Americans Dick Dickey of State and Charlie Teague of Wake Forest at the ban quet, each representing a major school sport. Their appearance will be the highlight of the first Varsity Club banquet which is being held to honor the athletes, both boys and girls at Edenton high sshool. W. N. “Bill’ Cox, of Norfolk, will deliver the principal address of tbe night at the banquet. Cox, sports editor of the Virginia-Pilot, is a grad, uate of the University of North Caro lina and is widely read throughout this area. The club feels extremely fortunate in having a man of the calibre of Cox to deliver the main ad dress of the evening. Tickets are on sale for the banquet now and will be until Thursday night. The banquet will get underway at 7:30 Monday night, May 15, in the armory. A delicious dinner will be served and a most entertaining pro gram has been arranged. Varsity clubmen are hopeful that a large crowd will attend the banquet to help them acknowledge the accom plishments of athletes of the high school and to encourage participation in athletics by more students at the school. Relief Group Named For Salvation Army Duty to Report Anyone In County Who Is In Dire Need Mayor Leroy Haskett this week an nounced a relief committee to work in conjunction with the Salvation Army in providing relief to destitute families. Every week Salvation Army work ers canvass the Edenton business sec tion for contributions and Captain A. J. Kinlaw, in charge of the Salvation Army in Elizabeth City, requested Mayor Haskett to name three persons who will report any needy cases so that service can be rendered in this community. Mayor Haskett in return requested the Masonic lodge Red Men and De gree of Pocahontas to name one mem ber each on the committee. Those ap pointed were: Masons, W. P. Good win; Pocahontas, Mrs. Erie Haste and Red Men, J. Edwin Bufflap. It will be the duty of this commit tee to report any families or persons who are in dire need. Hospital Auxiliary Meets On May 17th The Chowan Hospital Auxiliary is scheduled to meet Wednesday after noon, May 17 at 3 o’clock in the nurse®’ home which is expected to be the last meeting in the nurses’ home. All memlbers are, therefore, requested to attend. Mrs. John W. Graham and Mrs. W. O. Elliott, program chairmen, an nounce that a social hour will follow the business session. Edenton Aces Win Two Baseball Games Edenton Aces hung up two victories this week, Elizabeth City High School 6-5 Monday night and Williamston 7-6 Tuesday night. Earl Goodwin hung up a one-hitter ; Monday night, although he was wild, which accounted for most of the visit i or’s rubs. The game went into an extra inning. i Ward, Taylor and Goodwin shared mound duty Tuesday night with Rich i aid Hoskins aiding the Aces’ cause with two doubles and a triple in four times at bat.