Volume XVII.—No. 30.
Play In Albemarle'
League Halted Last
Week By Directors
Edenton and Plymouth
Now Playing Seven
Game Series
COLONIALS LEAD
f Rain and Poor Attend
ance Principal Reason
For Folding Up
I According to action taken Wednes
day of last wsek, the Albemarle Lea
gue has been abandoned for this sea
son. This action on the part of the
board of directors followed announce
ment by the Windsor Rebels that they
were forced to withdraw from the
league, leaving only three teams,:
Edenton, Plymouth and Colerain. It
was the opinion of the directors that
three teams could hardly finish the
season in the face of poor attendance
and many games being rained out. It
was, therefore, decided to discontinue
the league.
At the close of play Edenton was
leading the league with a four-game
margin, having won 22 games and los
ing 14 for a percentage of .611. Ply
mouth was second with 18 victories
and 18 losses for a percentage of .500.
Colerain was in third place with 16
victories and 18 defeats and a percent
age of .471. Windsor was in last place
with 15 victories and 21 defeats and
a percentage of .417.
Abandonment of the league did not
come as a complete surprise. All
> teams in the circuit have been playing
before very small crowds compared
with former years and, added to this
financial worry, was the fact that con
tinuous rains have prevented any itl
come while expenses went on.
Directors of the Edenton and Ply
mouth teams met following announce
ment that the league had folded up
and decided to play a seven game se
ries for the league championship. The
series began Thursday night in Ply
mouth, when the Rams defeated the
Colonials 5-3.
The Colonials appeared to have the
better of the argument, being in the
lead 3-1 in the eighth inning. How
ever, the Rams loaded the bases and
Manager Grady Stott connected for a
triple, scoring three runs and crossed
the plate later to register four runs
and win the ball game.
Brooks and Burtner hit home runs
for the Colonials, but no one was on
base at the time.
Jobey Griffin went the entire route
on the mound for the Colonials, giv
ing up nine hits. Carratt did the
pitching for Plymouth and allowed
eight hits.
The second game of the series
scheduled for Friday night was rained
out due to a heavy rainstorm during
the afternoon.
The Colonials evened the count on
Hicks Field Saturday night, winning
a hard-fought game 7-5. The game
took on a one-man affair when Mana
ger Gashouse Parker accounted for
six of the Colonials’ seven runs. Mana
ger Parker hit a home run, a double
and a single to lead the Colonials’ at
tack. His double came at a time when
two men were on base. With two
men on bases in the fifth he walloped
the ball over the left field fence and
in the eighth he hit a neat single which
resulted in scoring the winning run.
Dick Brockwell was on the mound
for Edenton and allowed nine hits,
three of which were made by Catcher
Moss. Brockwell, due to wildness and
two errors, got in trouble in the fifth
when the Rams chalked up four of
their five runs.
A1 Manning pitched for the Rams,
allowing eight hits.
Edenton went ahead in the series
Monday night when they defeated the
Plymouth Rams in Plymouth 3-2. It
was a thrilling game from start to
finish with Brown for the Colonials
and Bell for the Rams staging a
splendid pitching duel. (Brown gave
up only six hits, while the Colonials
were limited to only five hits by Bell.
The Coloniays took a one-run lead
in the second inning, but the Rams
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ROTARY MEETS TODAY
) Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet in
the Parish House today (Thursday)
at 1 o’clock. The president of the
club, the Rev. W. L. (Freeman, urges
every Rotarian to attend.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
: Edenton’s Lions Club will meet next
Monday night at 7 o’clock. President
Leroy Haskett asks every member to
y be present in order to register a 100
per cent attendance.
THE CHOWAN HERA*
Area Chairman
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O. B. Perry, local DeSoto and Ply- ;
mouth dealer, has been appointed area i
chairman for the National Automobile i
Dealers Association to stimulate active
participation in the Association’s nat
ional programs throughout Chowan
county.
Mr. Perry was selected as area
chairman by a committee of NADA
and North Carolina Automobile Deal
ers Association officials. The appoint
ment was announced by Paul L.
Abemethy, the National Association’s ■
director for North Carolina.
NADA is r .he largest retail trade
association in the country with a mem
bership of more than 32,000 new au
tomobile anu new truck dealers. The
national organization is widely known
for its sponsorship of highway safety
•and other public interest programs and
its policy of supporting the highest
standards and ethics of retail automo
bile merchandising.
Francis Chesson
Will Speak Sunday
At Baptist Church
Wake Forest Student to
Fill Pulpit In Absence
Os Pastor
Francis Chesson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley Chesson, who is a minis
terial student at Wake Forest College,
will speak at the Baptist Church Sun
day morning and night. Mr. Chesson
will fill the pulpit in the absence of
the pastor, the Rev. R. N. Carroll, who
is out of the city conducting a re
vival meeting.
Mr. Chesson also conducted the mid
week prayer service Wednesday night.
Pocahontas Cake Sale
Will Be Held Saturday
Chowanoke Council, No. 54, Degree
of Pocahontas, will stage a cake sale
next Saturday morning in the Quinn
Furniture store. The sale will begin i
at 9 A. M., when home-made cakes
will be sold by the ladies in order to <
raise funds for the use of the council. (
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~ Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 27,1950.
VFW Post Lines
Up Activities For
Civilian Defense
Local Post Points Out
Need to Be Prepared
For Emergency
Not wishing to be alarmists, but
also not wishing to be too late should i
the occasion evei arise, the William ,
H. Coffield Post, 9280, Veterans of |
Foreign Wars of U. S., in Edenton, :
has announced plans for a civilian de- j
sense program for Edenton. A spokes- .
man for the VFW told the Herald, “we 1
must look at the geographical situa- 1
i
tion of our stats and what it means (
to an enemy. Our coast is accessible
from to end to end. We have several ]
well known and advertised military •
installations which would be targets in
case of an attack. Our people have !
only become acquainted with war
through what they read in the papers. ,
Our cities and towns are not equipped .
with any type of shelter from raids, .
and our highways would become jam- ;
med beyond use should such a castas
trophe ever occur. Therefore, early
preparation, while there is still time, is
imperative. The past combat duty of
our members, we feel, make us es
pecially suitable for this task. Our
plans are briefly, as follows:
“1 —List all who are well-versed in
First Aid.”
“2.—Set up First Aid teams.”
“3.—Locate medical supplies, avail
able on a minute’s notice.”
“4.—lnstruct those who will serve
in this work, because time is the es
sential element when medical atten
tion is needed.”
“s.—Make a survey of men ac
quainted with patrol work."
“6.—. List all men familiar with com
munication SjfcW ;13.” ♦
“7.—Familiarize a squad as to loca
tion of all electrical switches in town.”
“B.—Set up a group of watches for
aircraft.”
“9.—Organize a group for specia
lized training in bombing conditions.”
“10.—Secure information on differ
ent types of fire fighting and fire ex
tinguishers.”
“11.—Keep on the look-out for acts
of sabotage.”
“12.—T0 protect highways and rail
road bridges until relieved by the mili
tary.”
“13.—Secure cooperation of police
and fire departments.”
“You know Stalin, on many occas
ions, has been known to state, ‘the
next war will be fought on American
soil!’ Don’t take this remark lightly.
Men of his type and make mean what
they say. For the sake of our homes,
children and families, a little extra
effort well in advance may save a
life, and that life might be dear to
you.
“The next war means that we are
in the front lines. Our homes on the
firing lines, our families direct casual
ties. We have no defense to get be
hind, no shelters to protect us from
air raids, and our military units sta
tioned in this state will no doubt, be
fighting mostly on other fronts. A
wooden gun, cub plane, or any other
pleasure craft in our coastline will
hardly stop the invaders from subma
rines or any other type of invasion
when it is landed on our shore. Let’s
prepare and not wait for ‘George’ to
do it.”
If you are interested in participating
in this worthwhile undertaking, please
write or wire at once to Coordination-
Civilian Defense, VFW Post, 9280,
Edenton, N. C.
Life Bn Island Os
Guam Discussed At
Meeting Os BPW
Mrs. Dorothy Ballenger
Delightful Speaker at
Meetings Thursday
Wearing the colorful native costume
presented to her ay a Guamanian fam
i’y. Mrs. Dorothy M. Ballenger gave
a.i interesting talk of life on Guam
before the Edenton Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club Thursday
night in the c’ :broom at the Hotel
Joseph Hewes. Mrs. Ballenger, lec
turer, writer, teacher and radio speak
er, intertwined her speech wirh hu
morous incidents that were veil re
ceived by the large attendance.
’n opening her address Mrs Bal
lenger, who was introduced by Mrs.
Josie Ruth Carr, club pres'den', stated
that Gl'i'.m is a and red Her - with ro
mance and color. The island, she said,
is 30 miles long and ni its widest point
is only 3 miles across, t be ; ig one of
the largest islands :n tt° Marianas as
well as the largest between Hawaii
rnd the Philippines. Its population is!
23,000 with mountain ranges of ap
proximately 1.300 fee: high The
speaker declared that night time on
Guam was the best time for her. “I
felt nearer to God at this time,” she
explained.
Covering a wide variety of celebra
tions, Mrs. Ballenger also discussed
religion, education and hospitality,
terming the natives as a warm, friend
ly people, generous and God-fearing.
“People everywhere would do well to
pattern themselves after the Gua
manian hospitality,” she said. Os in
terest was the statement a Guamanian
family never eats with the invited
guests. “They treated me with royalty
and I kind of liked it,” Mrs. Ballenger
admitted.
; s the predominant food,” she
continued, “but liquor and tobacco al
so rate high on the daily diet. On
the island tobacco is called ‘tuba’ and
one becomes intoxicated four hours
after smoking. The beetle nut, a nar
cotic, grows on trees and it, too, is
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Brother Os Sgt. J. A.
Jones Is Director
Os Civil Defense
Appointment Made on
Monday By Governor
Kerr Scott
Edenton friends of Sgt. J. A. Jones
of the Edenton police force will be in
terested to know that his brother,
E. Z. (Easy) Jones, of Burlington,
was appointed Monday by Governor
. Ken Scott as State director of civil
defense at a salary of SB,OOO per year.
Mr. Jones was sworn into office Tues
day and began his new duties immedi
ately.
Prior to the appointment Mr. Jones
was manager of Radio Station WBBB
at Burlington. He stated that he will
begin to organize the State’s civil de
fense setup within 30 days.
Governor Scott said he asked a com
mittee of National- Guard and other
Army people last winter to recommend
a civil defense director and the first
name on their list was Mr. Jones. The
civil defense headquarters will be set
up in Raleigh.
Milk Not Processed
In District Allowed
Be Sold In Edenton
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The Rev. G. N. Ashley, pastor of
Salemburg Baptist Church, and vice-
president of Pineland College - Ed- i
wards Military Institute, will be guest -
minister for two services at the Rocky
Hock Baptist church, Sunday, July (
30. The invitation to preach was ex- .
tended Mr. Ashley by the church pas- j
tor, the Rev. R. Ed Gordon. One of
the services will occur at 11 o’clock ‘
A. M., and the other at 8 P. M., and
the sermon subject for both services
will be “Christianity vs. Communism”, j
Mr. Ashley has used this subject many
1 times before church groups, civic
clubs, and Associational meetings.
The Rocky Hock church is the native
home church of Mr. Ashley.
Miss Evelyn Leary
! Offered State BPW
News Service Post
Is Highly Complimented
By State President of
Organization
ij Edenton’s Business and Professional)
Women's Club and Miss Evelyn Leary,
one of its members in particular, have
l been signally honored in that Missj
Leary has been nominated to serve the
State BPW Federation as news service
chairman.
News of the nomination was coii
> t,lined in a letter to Miss Leary from
- Mrs. Henrietta Pat Nixon of Sanford,
, State President.
> “Evelyn, you have been highly rec
ommended by some of the people in.
•ithe eastern section for this appoint-1
• rr.ent,” wrote Mrs. Nixon. “The Fed-1
' erution needs pople like you, with'
■ your ability. This is something that]
a person from a fairly new club can |
5 do-—and we, executive board, feel you
( are the best peisor. we have arid hope)
l you will accept. Will you accept the
■ State chairmanship for news service?
Please say ‘Yes’.”
Mrs. Nixon also congratulated Miss
’ Leary for winning an award for news
■ I service last year.
As much as Miss Leary appreciates
the honor, she informed The Herald
early this week that due to her local
duties she will have to decline the
nomination.
Chowan Watermelon
Crop Now Moving
Chowan County’s watermelon crop
began to move this week, with two '
boats in the harbor being loaded on t
Tuesday. Due to adverse weather J
conditions, the Chowan crop is about c
two weeks late.
Continuous heavy rains have also 1
damaged the crop, so that the number 1
to be shipped from Chowan is expect
ed to be less than last year. '
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N. J. George Not Called J
Back By Marine Corps t
Rumors have been going the rounds I
that N. J. George, a member of the
Edenton school faculty, has been ‘
called into the service by the U. S.
Marine Corps. Mr. George on Tues
day afternoon informed The Herald 1
that the rumor is not true. He said ;
that while he is a member of the
rine Corps Reserves, he has not, up to i
Tuesday, received any orders. i
$2.00 Per Year.
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Dr. B. B. McGuire Cites
Provision Contained In
Recent Amendment
SAYS EMERGENCY
Shortage of Grade “A”
Milk In Chowan Is
Declared
Very shortly after last week's Lions
Club meeting, at which Dr. B. B. Mc-
Guire, district health officer, was the
principal speaker, using as his subject
the local milk situation, a very import
ant letter was written by Dr. McGuire.
In this letter Dr. McGuire called at
tention to Section W. D. of the amend
ment to the milk ordinance passed on
May 18, which states that: “The pro
visions of this amendment may be
waived in times of emergency and se
vere milk shortage, at the discretion
of the Health Officer.”
“I now declare a shortage in Cho
wan County of locally produced Grade
A pasteurized milk as of August 1,
1950.
“Therefore, you are permitted to
continue to sell Grade A pasteurized
milk processed outside this Health
District until such time as an adequate
supply of locally produced Grade A
pasteurized milk is available.”
A copy of Dr. McGuire’s letter was
sent to Jimmy Church, owner of Al
bemarle Dairy, Dr. Martin Wisely,
Mayor Leroy Haskett, J. C. D. Rocke
feller of the Miller Dairy in Norfolk,
W. W. Byrum and S. G. Etheridge of
Elizabeth City.
Pathologists Visit
County To Inspect
Watermelon Crop
Demonstrations Made to
Determine Best
Varieties
H. R. Garriss and Mr. Wells, Ex
tension pathologists from . State Col
llege were in Chowan County Wednes
day afternoon of last week to check
I <>ii the watermelon variety demonstra
tions which are being conducted in
the county. The purpose of these dem
onstrations is to determine which va
riety of watermelons is the most wilt
resistant and which one has the best
shipping quality.
Demonstration*; are being conducted
by E. E. Privott in the Cross Roads
\ community, and • also Vernon Jordan
of Ryland. Such varieties as Black
, Lee, Miles, Dixie Queen Wilt Resist
-1 ant, Improved Hawksbury, Florida
j Giant, and other varieties are being
j tested. Every variety was planted
|at the same time with the same land
preparation and fertilization method
being used, thereby giving each va
riety- as fair a test as possible.
Overman Urges
Cotton Dusting
First Generation of 801 l
Weevils Emerge to
Play Havoc
County Agent C. W. Overman this
week said that farmers should con
tinue to dust cotton. According to
Mr. Overman field checks on Mon
day and Tuesday showed that the
first generation of weevils are emerg
ing and beginning to work in cotton
fields.
“Dusting this week and again next
week,” says Mr. Overman, “will do
much to keep this influx of weevils
under control. Farmers who have been
dusting are urged to make applica
tion this week and again next week.”
Edenton’s Fire Hydrants
Get New Coat Os Paint
Under the direction of Fire Chief
R. K. Hall, Edenton’s fire hydrants
are receiving a new coat of paint this
week. The hydrants are being painted
a light yellow with the tops painted
aluminum.