Volume XVII.—No. 27.
Chowan County’s Tax Rate Boosted To $1.40
New Regulation Is
Adopted Regarding
Overtime Parking
Penalty For Violation
More Than Once In
Seven Days
NEW STOP SIGNS
1 Police Request Coopera
tion of All Automo
bile Drivers
Edenton’s Police Department has
circularized the town to the effect
that effective July 15 any person re
ceiving two tickets for overtime park
ing within a seven day period will be
required to pay a penalty of five cents
per hour or fraction thereof, up to the
sum of one dollar until said ticket is
presented at police headquarters. 'For
each additional ticket received during
the same seven day period, a penalty
of one dollar will be imposed for each
violation.
All parking meters are numbered
on the post on the same side that coin
is inserted. “If you should park at
a meter that fails to give you the
proper time for the amount of money
inserted,” says Chief Dail, “it will
be to your advantage to observe the
number on the post, step to the near
est telephone and notify Police Head
, quarters by calling 267. Don’t wait
until you get a ticket and then notify
the police.”
Dail also calls attention to the fact
that stop signs have been placed at
the following streets: Eden before en
*" tering Broad, Granville before, enter
ing Queen, Mosely before entering
Queen, Water before entering Broad,
Queen before entering Oakum,' Oakum
before entering Church, Church be
fore entering Granville and Court be
fore entering Queen. Attention is also
called to unlawful parking zones which
includes cross-walks, sidewalks, safe
ty zones at theatres and hotels, fire
hydrants, in front of the Fire Depart
ment, loading zones, private and public
driveways and any area that is proper
ly marked as such.
No driver shall make any turn so as
to proceed in the opposite direction in
the business section except at inter
sections and no vehicle shall make
such turn at intersections where signs
are properly posted prohibiting same.
Chief Dail again stresses the regula
tion for stop lights. Vehicles, ap
proaching this signal shall stop before
entering the nearest cross-walk, at the
intersection. The operator shall not
enter the intersection on a yellow or
caution light. Will not make a right
turn when traffic light is red except
where signs are posted.
The above regulations will be strict
; ly enforced and the police seek the co
operation of all drivers.
"Drive Safely,” says Chief Dail,
“the life you save may be your own.”
' Lupton Reappointed To
Chowan ABC Board
At a joint meeting of the Chowan
County Commissioners, the County
Board of Education and Board of
Health held Monday, Hector Lupton
' was re-appointed to a three-year term
as a member of the Chowan County
ABC Board.
Mr. Lupton is secretary of the
Board, hhving served since the Cho
l wan County ABC Board was organ
• ized.
C, The only other applicant for the
I appointment was J. H. Conger, Jr.
[ Coon Club Members
Aid Accident Victim)
jv- Forest Jordan, who lives in the Sign
i Fine section, is still a patient in Lake
> .•_ view Hospital, Suffolk, where he en-
V tend about three months ago follow
| ing a tractor accident.
It has been ncessary to amputate
f one of his legs and members of the t
| Chowan County Coon Club have con
pjtributed SSO toward the hospital ex-
I
1- TAX COLLECTIONS. .
K June was a very poor month so
irihr as tax collections are concerned, l
to Sheriff J. A. Bunch IR9
jttaxes collected during the month 1
f amounted to only $479.
, This amount brought total 1949
■taxes to date to $190,055.91. l
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Thumbs Down |
Chowan County Commissioners
at their meeting Monday turned
thumbs down on a request to sell
beer for off premise purposes in
Chowan County on Sunday.
The Commissioners felt that by
letting down the bars for the sale
of beer on Sunday some conditions
would develop in various parts of
the county which would not be
for the best interest of people liv
ing nearby.
Miss Lillian Swinson
Resigns Position As
Asst Home Agent
Leaves July 31 as Home
Agent For Onslow
County
Miss Lillian R. Swinson, who for the
past several years has been assisfant
heme agent for Chowan and Perquim
ans counties, tendered Tier resignation
to the Commissioners of each county
Monday.
The resignations was accepted with
regret and will be effective July 31,
when she will become home agenrTor
Onslow County.’
Miss Swinson’s letter of resignation
follows:
“I am tendering my resignation as
assistant home agent for Chowan and
Perquimans counties to accept a posi
tion as home agent in Onslow County
It is with regret that I do this, as I
have enjoyed working with the people
here and found them most cooperative.
Only the opportunity for advancement
would cause me to give up the advan
tages of living and working with the
people of these two counties.”
No successor has yet been ap
pointed.
Horace White New
Red Men Sachem
Officers Elected Mon
day Night at Meet
ing of Tribe
'New officers for Chowan Tribe of
Red Men were elected at Monday
night’s meeting to serve for a Six
months term. Horace White was
elected Sachem of the tribe, succeed
ing M. L. Flynn.
Other officers elected were: Prophet,
M. L. Flynn; senior sagamore, Jack
Barrow; junior sagamore, John Brab
ble. '
These officers, together with those
appointed by the new Sachem, will
be installed next Monday night, when
it is hoped a large number will at
tend. The Red Men meetings now be
gin at 7:30.
Five Cub Scouts Get
Awards At Meeting
At a meeting of the Edenton Cub
Scouts held in the Scout cabin Thurs
day night, awards were made to Ray
Hollowell, Jack Overman, Robert
Boyce, John Kramer and Bruce White.
Den Chiefs Billy Moore, Miles Wil
liams and Pat Carlton earned den
chief warrants, and Billy Moore also
received a shoulder coni from Mrs.
Clyde Hollowell, den mother.
Rain prevented many from attend
ing the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. James Byrum and
son, James, Jr., were accepted into
the pack.
Scoutmaster C. W. Overman, who is
also a den. dad, congratulated the boys
on their advancement.
Qubmaater Peter Carlton appointed
Clyde Hollowell to meet J. C. Leary,
pack chairman, and other committee <
members and den mothers and dads
to recharter the pack due to the char
ter expiring June 30. ,
A picnic is scheduled to be held in ■
the near future.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 6,1950.
Officers For Lions
Club Installed At
Monday's Meeting
Ceremony In Charge of
District Governor
O. E. Dowd
| At Monday night’s meeting of the
| Edenton Lions Club Mayor Leroy' H.
1 Haskett was installed as president, ■
succeeding Hector Lupton. A very <
impressive installation ceremony was
conducted by O. E. Dowd, district gov
ernor of Greenville, who also install
ed J. R. Byrum as first vice president"; i
N. J. George, second vice president;
A. E. Jenkins, third vice president;
Ernest Ward, Ji., tail twister; ScdS
Harrell, Lion tamer; J. C. Leary,
chorister; *Earl Jarrell, pianist; W.
J. Taylor secretary-treasurer, and
Kermit Layton, Bruce Jones, M. A.
Hughes and G. B. Potter, directors.
First vice president J. R., Byrum
announced the following committee
appointments to work under him:
Program Committee —-TST. A. Hughes,
West Leary and West Byrum, Jr.
Finance Committee—R. E. Aiken,
i Jr., George Q. Hoskins and Jack Conn.
, Membership Committee—W. W. By
rum, Herbert Hollowell and J. A. Cur
ran.
! Civic Improvement Committee —RaTpTi
Parrish, John Goodwin and J. C.
Leary.
Constitution and By-laws Com
mittee—W. S. Griffin, R. C. Holland
and Sam Allen.
Second Vice President N. J. George
announced his committees as follows:
Lions Education Committee—John
Mitchener, C. W. Fry and Kenneth
Floars.
Sight Conservation Committee —A. 1
i F. Downum, O. E. Duncan, Nathan 1
1 Dail and Martin Wisely.
Health and Welfare Committee — 1
Martin Wisely, L. S. Byrum and Wil- i
mer Malone. 1
Citizenship and Patriotism Commit- 1
tee- —Ernest Ward, Jr., W. J. Yates ■
and Bruce Jones.
Publicity Committee—E. W. Spires,
Percy Smith and Scott Harrell.
Third Vice President A. E. Jenkins’ -
appointments are as follows: 1
Boys and Girls Committee—George *
Thompson, Randall Dulaney and Earl J
Harrell.
Attendance Committee—Jesse Har
rell, T. B. Williford and J. R. Byrum. 1
Education Committee—G. B. Potter, i
C. E. Byrum and Kermit Layton. i
Community Betterment Committee
—Jimmie Partin, G. M. Byrum and ;
Maurice Bunch, Jr. i
Safety Committee —George Dail, G. -
C. Hobbs and Haywood Bunch. ]
Convention Committee —W. J. Tay
lor, Hector Lupton and L. H. Haskett.
The Den Committee is composed of :
John Goodwin, Kenneth Floars and
Jimmie Partin.
On the Greetings Committee are W.
(Coninued on Page Twelve)
VFW POST RENEWS EFFORTS TO ERECT
MEMORIAL FOR CHOWAN’S WAR DEAD
Seeking Release of SI,OOO Fund Contributed In
1944 By Town and County to Erect Appropri
ate Memorial on Court House Green
Members of William H. Coffield, Jr.,
Post, No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States have start
ed a concerted movement to erect an
appropriate memorial for those Cho
wan County boys who lost their lives
in World War I and World War 11.
About six years ago the Edenton
Rotary Club sponsored a movement to
erect a memorial to the war dead and
at that time the County Commission
ers and Town Council each contributed
SSOO for the purpose and this money
was deposited in the Bank of Edenton.
Various suggestions were advanced as
to the type of memorial to be erected,
but as time went on the idea became
more or less dominant until this week,
when the local VFW Post started a
movement to have the SI,OOO released,
to which the Post will add some SSOO
to erect a memorial on the Court
House Green.
At a meeting of the Chowan County
Commissioners Monday the following
letter was read:
“We, the members of William H.
Coffield, Jr., Post 9280, Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States,
request the consideration of the Coun
ty Commissioners and the Town Coun
cil on the following issues:
“1 The release of the War Memorial
Opening Service In
St Paul’s Church
After Restoration
. «
Bishop Thomas Wright
Will Officiate at
N 11 O’clock
Sunday, July 9, the fifth Sunday af
ter Trinity, is set for the opening ser
vice in the restored St. Paul’s Epis
copal Church.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright,
Bishop of East Carolina, will be pres
ent to preach and to administer the
sacrament of Holy Confirmation, and
to bless the restored structure. This
service will be at 11 o’clock.
The congregation of St. Paul’s
through its rector, the Rev. Harold W.
Gilmer, vestry and building commftWl?,
extend a most cordial invitation to the
Reverend Clergy and congregations
of the sister communions of Edenton
and vicinity to meet and rejoice with
them.
Sunday marks the second anniver
sary of the last service held in
church before dismantling of the in
terior was started.
Mortar Company
At Camp Jackson
Local Unit Left Early
Saturday Morning
For Camp
Members of the Edenton Heavy
Mortar Company of the 'WRfR'fS!
Guard left about 6:30 o’clock Satur
day morning for Camp Jackson, Co
lumbia, S. C., where they will be in
camp for two weeks. Included in the
group were 74 men and ofucers in
charge of the commanding officer,
Captain William P. Jones, wno was
also in charge of the convoy including
Elizabeth City Guardsmen.
At camp the Edenton outfit will
practice the year’s training at the
Edenton Armory which includes mor
tars, communications, small weapons
such as .45 calibre pistol, carbine, M-l
rifle, .50 calibre machine" gun and a
variety of techinal sunjects.
The Edenton Company is part of
the “Old Hickory” 30th Division Coni
manded by General John Hall Man
ning. Local guard officials said cfSSe
to 500 rounds of mortar shells will be
fired during tTfe'lieliTrnaneuvers. Each
man will qualify in Ms particular
weapon and close to 8,000 men will
participate in the overall training Ac
tivities.
The Edenton group is scheduled to
return home Sunday, July 16.
MERCHANTS NIGHT
TONIGHT (THURSDAY)
AT HICKS FIELD
Fund which was appropriated by these
. two bodies in 1944, and is now held in
trust at the Bank of Edenton. We
understand that this fund was appro
priated for the erection of a suitaUe
memorial for “he war dead of Edenton
and Chowan County in World Wars I
and II and our request for the said re
lease is for the use in the erection o?
a monument for this memorial. TTie
plans of the V. F. WT members are
to erect the monument shown in We
picture that is to be presented before
you gentlemen. The expenditure of
these plans will be approximately
$1500.00. Our understanding is thqt
about $1,000.00 is held in trust as the
said Memorial Fund, and we whole
heartedly agree to take the obliga
tion of paying the balance on the erec
tion of this memorial. If so desired,
we fully agree to place bond with the
two bodies to show that we are in
good faith in our action. This bond
to be in effect until the memorial is
ereoted and fully paid for.
“2. Your consideration of granting
the use of the center circle on the
Chowan County Court House Green as
a site for the erection of the said
monument.
“We, members of V. F. W., have
(Continued on Page Eight)
Increased Budget
i Necessitates Raise
t| In Rate Os 13 Cents
|_Cotton BlossomJ
Asa Griffin early Monday
morning brought a cotton blos
som to The Herald office, the first
» of the current crop reported to
j this newspaper. The blossom was
3 picked Sunday on Mr. Griffin’s
Cowpen Neck farm. He reports
3 that boll weevils are playing hav
oc with cotton on his farm.
i j County 4-H Clubbers j
' Enjoy Annual Picnic
Delightful Affair Held
: At Chowan High
School
On Wednesday afternoon of last
I week the annual 4-H picnic was held
I at Chowan High School. The various
Home Demonstrations Club of the
county joined with the 4-H Clubs for
r a very successful picnic. After the
meal was over the crowd gathered in
the Chowan gymnasium, where recre
ation was enjoyed by all. Miss Liz
zie White, recreation leader of the
, Rocky Hock Home Demonstration
| Club, led the recreation.
The families of the 4-H club mem
• bers and Home Demonstration club
i members were invited to attend the
> picnic and a great many families were !
i present. The picnic is an annua! a* |
, fair and many of the club members
i look forward to it from year to year.
No picnic is successful without
plenty of good delicious food, and tins
! one was one of the most successful
' ever held. Chowan ham, chicken, cake,
pies and many other tasty foods were
1 served.
Freeman Installed
Rotary President
__ ________
Will Announce Various
Committee Members
Today
The Rev. W. L. Freeman was in
stalled as president of the Edenton
.Rotary Club at last Thursday’s meet
ing. He succeeds George S. Twiddy,
who has had a very successful ad
ministration.
In relinquishing the presidency, Mr.
Twiddy gave a brief summary of the
year’s activities of the club and ex
pressed his sincere appreciation for
the support given him while he was
president.
In taking the gavel, Mr. Freeman
expressed his appreciation for the
honor of being elected president of
the club and pledged his best efforts
to further the interests of Rotary.
Mr. Freeman will announce his vari
ous committee appointments at today’s
meeting.
Dog Owners Urged |
To Pay Tax Promptly
Owners of dogs are reminded that
the time has arrived to pay dog taxes, 1
which became due July 1 for the year
1950-1951. The tax is one dollar for i
each male dog and two dollars for i
each female.
Both Chief of Police George I. Dail
and Tax Collector Miss Louise D. Coke ■
urge owners of dogs to pay this tax ■
promptly.
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R, S, T Drivers Now
Taking Examinations i
Attention is called to the schedule [
for renewing drivers’ licenses which .
includes names ending in R, S and T
beginning July 1 and continuing
through December 31.
During this period there are a num
ber of holidays and some of the ex*-
aminers will be on vacation. Drivers
who are affected are, therefore, urged
to take their examination as soon as
possible.
90 Year.
Unusual Demand For
Schools Big Factor In
Higher Taxes
$1.27 LAST YEAR
Budget Determined Af
ter Weeks of Juggling
Mass of Figures
After juggling figures for several
weeks, Chowan County Commissioners,
together with E. W. Spires, County
accountant, on Monday set the county
tax rate for the fiscal year 1950-51. It
was necessary to set the rate $1.40
per SIOO property valuation, which is
a 13-cent boost over last year’s $1.27
mte» .£ i* i ■- , ,
At one stage of the figures it was
thought the tax rate would have to be
$1.50, but by paring here and there,
it was finally cut down to $1.40.
One of the principal factors in the
increased rate is the amount of money
needed for schools this year. Re
quirements call for an expenditure of
$112,978.35, of which amount $47,-
876.35 is for the county unit and $65,-
102 for the Edenton unit. Os the to
tal amount, $31,220.39 is anticipated
from other than taxation sources, in
cluding $10,340.00 from fines, penal
ties and forfeitures, $1,590.00 from
poll taxes, $1,710.23 from intangible
tax, $7,580 transferred from ABC
store surplus, and SIO,OOO from the
| sale of U. S. Savings Bonds. With
jthis $31,220.39 deducted from the total
j amount needed, there remains $Bl,-
1 757.96 to be raised by taxation, which
[requires 85 cents of the $1.40 rate.
The amount required for curtail
ment of the county’s bonds is $53,-
928.26, of which amount a surplus re
mains of $20,000, leaving $33,928.26 to
be levied, or 35 cents of the $1.40
rate. _u »l! -' » ’ q. ‘
In the general fund anticipated ex
penditures are $73,331.70, of which
amount $68,481.70 is expected to be
received in way of the Chowan Coun
ty ABC store earnings. The amount
lacking is $4,850, which requires five
cents of the $1.40 rate.
The social security program in Cho
wan County is expected to cost $Bl,-
949 of which amount $60,000 is for
oid age assistance, $15,120 for aid to
dependent children and $5,929 for ad
ministration. Os this amount State
and Federal aid amounts to $66,776.-
28, leaving $14,272.72 to be raised by
taxation, or 15 cents of tha $1.40 rate.
The tax rate was based on $9,700,-
000 property valuation in the county.
Mrs. Wile O'Neal
Heads Pocahontas
New Officers Will Be In
stalled Friday By Dis
trict Deputy
At the regular meeting of Chowa
noke Council, Degree of Pocahontas
held Friday night, new officers were
elected for a six-month term. Mrs.
Jeanne O’Neal was elected Pocahon
tas, succeeding Mrs. Horace White,
who served in that capacity since the
Council was organized.
Other officers elected were: Pro
phetess, Mrs. Horace White: Wenon
ah, Mrs. Hazel Williford; Powhatan,
J. Edwin Bufflap.
Mrs. O’Neal named the following
appointive officers to serve during her
term: Scouts, Mrs. Myrtle Adams and
Mrs. Elsie Lee; runners, Mrs. Doris
Jean Toppin, Mrs. Joyce Allen; War
riors, Mrs. Mamie Parker, Mrs. Ruth
Baker, Mrs. Vira White and Mrs. Ag
nes Washington; Councillors, Mrs.
Virginia Oliver and Mrs. Martha
Crummey; guard of the forest, Mrs.
Hilda Bass; guard of the tepee, Mrs.
Ida Tynch.
This group of officers will be in
stalled at the meeting next Monday
night. The installation ceremony will
be in charge of Mrs. Pauline Miller,
district deputy, of Elizabeth City. All
members are especially urged to be
present. Light refreshments will be
served.