Volume XVII.—No. 40.
Fermor Ward Killed
When Autos Collide
On Suffolk Highway
Accident Occurred Mon
day Near Virginia
Fork
TWO”HURT
n Funeral For Victim Os
Wreck Held Wednes
day Afternoon
k A serious accident occurred Monday
night at about 6:30 o’clock when Fer
mor M. Ward, 36, of the Tyner sec
tion was killed and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Chappell of the Belvidere sectioh were
hospitalized.
The accident occurred near Virginia
Fork on the Suffolk Highway when
a car driven by Ward crashed head
on into a pick-up truck driven by
Chappell. According to reports Ward
ran off the highway and by turning
quickly back on the road his car
swerved and crashed into the Chap
pell truck.
Ward was traveling south and
Chappell in the opposite direction.
Chappell was returning home with
his wife who was working in the of
fice of Drs. Martin Wisely and Roland
Vaughan.
All three victims of the wreck were <
taken to Chowan Hospital, where
Ward died shortly after. Mr. Chap
pell suffered a broken jaw and oth
er bruises. Mrs. Chappell was badly
bruised and cut about the face. Both
v however, are making satisfactory pro
gress.
Funeral services for Mr. Ward were
held at Warwick Baptist Church Wed
nesday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The
v pastor of the church, the Rev. Paul
Lemons, officiated, assisted by the
Rev. Frank Gale, a former pastor.
Interment was made in the family
cemetery.
Surviving the wreck victim are his
mother, Mrs. Victoria Parks Ward;
his wife, Mrs. Alethia Forehand
Ward; one daughter, Beverly Jane;
two brothers, Elmer S. Ward of Ports
mouth, Va., and Edward C. Ward of
Tyner; three sisters, Mrs. Elbert Nix
on of Eden ton and Mrs. Joe White and
Mrs. Vance Moore of Suffolk.
DAR Holds First
Meeting of Year
Research Shows Moore
House Home of Pene
lope Barker
The Edenton Tea Party Chapter of
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution held their first meeting of the
+ fall on September 20 at the James
Iredell House.
Mrs. J. M. Jones, Regent, presided
at the meeting, with Mrs. Wood Pri
vott reading the ritual. There were
J 15 members present.
Plans were discussed for the district
meeting which was held in Elizabeth
City on Tuesday, September 26. Mrs.
W. D. Holmes, Jr., was appointed a
page for the district meeting by the
regent.
Letters from Mr. and Mrs. James ,
Iredell of Norfolk, Va., were read, ex
pressing their appreciation for cour- ;
tesies extended them on a recent visit
to Edenton. Mr. Iredell is a relative (
of the James Iredell of Revolutionary .
War fame.
It was announced that the old Moore -
home on Broad street had definitely '
been established as the home of Pe
nelope Barker and was accepted by ,
historians of the State as such. Thd ,
| home was built between the period of
I 1770-1795. Research positively iden
tifying this home as that belonging
to Penelope Barker was gathered from
| records from wills and deeds in Cho
wan County Court House, papers in
the Lilly Bond collection, records from ■
the State Department of Archives and ’
t History in Raleigh and from news
|; papers printed before 1820 from the
L eastern part of North Carolina found
K s Duke University, Raleigh, N. C.,
Es mid Harvard University. Penelope
I Barker owned this property for more
I than 50 years. 1
|y A canasta and bridge party will be
tymsld on the night of the Edenton i
L party Day, October 25, by the
■pShapter; funds from which will go
11m payments of the Iredell House, <
: time and place of the party will
Bh announced later.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
| Current Off |
For the benefit of users of elec
tricity, R. N. Hines, superinten
dent of the Electric & Water De
partment, informs The Herald
that the electric power will be cut
off in Edenton Sunday, October 9,
from 5 A. M., to 8:30 A. M.
During these hours the Virginia
Electric & Power Company will
make necessary repairs to the
substation on East Freemason
Street.
“Please arrange your affairs so
that the least amount of incon
venience will be experienced,”
says Mr. Hines.
New Novel By Inglis!
Fletcher Published
‘Bennett’s” Welcome’ to
Appear Monday, Oc
tober®
Herald readers will be interested to
.know that a new novel written by In
glis Fletcher will be published October
6, the title of which is “Bennett’s
Welcome.”
Inglis Fletcher’s famous gifts have
never shown to better advantage than
in this driving narrative of the strife
between Roundhead and Cavalier as it
rages from England to the Colonies
overseas. Action and romance high
light the adventures of Richard Mon
iqgton, who stands fqr his King before ■
Cromwell’s power arid suffers exile to
the New World. On the great James
River estates and in the rich Albe
marle lands Puritans and Royalists—
planters, soldiers, indentured ser
vants, slaves—resolve their struggle
in the great promise of very young
America. There is action in battle
and duels, suspense in voodoo ritual
deep in the forest, drama in the con
test of the Puritan governor at James
town with his deposed Royalist rival.
Throughout runs the thread of Rich
ard’s stormy passion for the haughty
Katherine Holder and his growing
love for the clever, brave, buoyant
Sibyl Jordan.
It is all material to the master’s
hand. “Bennett’s Welcome”—set in the
troubled ipterval between old and new,
at the instant of first advance to the
American future —is the most notable
of all Carolina novels.
BloodmobHe Will Be
In Edenton Nov. 7th
Chowan County Will Be
Asked to Contribute
125 Pints
George Alma Byrum, chairman of i
the Red Cross blood program, an- i
nounces that the bloodmobile will be <
in Edenton Tuesday, November 7, with i
the quota for Chowan County being ’
126 pints. The bloodmobile is ached- j
uled to make two other visits, one in j
February and May, at each of which i
the quota will be 125 pints. i
Mr. Byrum points out that the use <
of the blood is primarily for civilian :
needs in this community and partici- j
pating chapters. A call is also made 3
from the Army for a shipment of ]
blood every 30 days.
Chairman Byrum also stated that a 1
drive has been started to put aside a i
certain amount of blood for use in i
the event of atomic injuries. i
According to Mr. Byrum, 248.5 pints j
of blood have been distributed in Cho
wan County, of which amount 158.5 .
pints were actually used. The re- i
mainder was sent back to the Norfolk ;
jjlood center for storage. i
'For the forthcoming bloodmobile j
visit, Mr. Byrum has announced the ;
following committee chairmen: i
Mrs. George Hoskins, chairman of i
volunteer service. * 1
iN. J. George, recruiting-chairman. - :
Bill Cozart, publicity chairman.
Dr. L. P. Williams, medical advisor, i
Mr. Byrum, as well as the above i
committee chairmen, urge everybody ]
to cooperate to the end that the county i
will realize its quota of 125 pins. A 1
drive will begin shortly to enlist don- i
ore and it is hoped many will volun- <
teer. I
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 5,1950."
Parents Complain
About Schedule Os
Edenton School Bus
Now Necessary For Chil
dren to Leave-Home
At 7 O’clock
A sizeable delegation from the up
per end of the Edenton school admini
strative unit appeared before the
County Commissioners Monday in the
interest of eliminating two trips a
day to transport school children. The
Commissioners were informed that due
to the present arrangement it is nec
essary for some children to leave
home at 7 o’clock in the morning and
that they do not return home until
5 o’clock in the afternoon.
The Commissioners informed the
delegation that the school budget in
cluded an appropriation to purchase
enough school buses to transport all
children in the county by making only
one trip, and asked that W. J. Taylor,
| superintendent of county schools, and
1 John A. Holmes, superintendent of the
1 city unit, work out a schedule where
| by the buses can be distributed so that
only one trip a day will be necessary.
I It was pointed out that 81 pupils
in the county unit transferred to the
pity unit so that it was thought a
1 county school bus could be transfer
red to the city unit.
Mrs. Corbett Given
Leave Os Absence
Mrs. Elizabeth Corbett, popular
British nurse who has been affiliated
with the Chowan Hospital nursing
staff for the past 13 months has been
granted a leave of absence in order
that she may do private nursing for
Mrs. Ferebee Trafton of Rochester,
New York, a former employee and
friend.
Prior to her coming to Edenton,
Mrs. Corbett came from her home in
Edgeware, London, England, to do
special nursing for Mrs. Trafton’s
baby.
During her stay in Edenton she
has made a host of friends through-1
out this area, where she has not only!
been in great demand as a nurse but!
as a civic speaker and leader. Eden-!
ton looks forward to Mrs. Corbett’s
return in the early spring.
EDENTON LIONS CLUB SPONSORING WHITE
CANE SALE THIS WEEK TO HELP THE BLIND
•
Members of the local Lions Club
will actively participate this week in
the Annual State-Wide White Cane
Sale and Membership Enrollment
Campaign of the North Carolina State,
Association for the Blind in its efforts
to raise $25,000 to aid the blind and
to prevent unnecessary blindness, Dr.
A. F. Downum, chairman of the Sight
Conservation and Blind Committee has
announced. One-third of the proceeds
derived from the sale of White Cane
buttons, he said, will be retained by
the club for the local work for the
blind, the remainder being sent to the
State Association to aid the blind in
those areas of the state where there
is no organized work on behalf of the
blind.
More than 12,000 Lions will raise
funds to pay for eye examinations,
operations, hospitalization, and glass
es for needy persons. Work among
school children to prevent blindness
will be expanded, and to those who
are already blind, the association plans
a program involving vocational guid
ance, training, placement in employ
ment, books, training supplies, and
equipment will be purchased? Since
1934, the Association has been active
in work for the blind cooperating with
Lions Clubs in the State to promote
legislation on behalf of the blind, pro
viding special appliances and special
types of employment for the blind,
making available to the blind much
needed recreation and working ■in
every way possible to improve the
general welfare of the blind.
Much support is being given the
Association’s Enrollment Campaign to
secure memberships into the Associ
ation. The local Club is seeking
memberships into the Association for
an annual fee of SI.OO or more per
membership. Also, an effort is being
made to renew- all old, memberships.
Within the club itself, memberships
will be sought for an annual fee of
SI.OO or more per member.
White Cane buttons are on sale this
week for contributions of 10 cents
and up. Lions and Lionesses as cam
paign workers will accompany their
drive for funds with information on
the work which is being dope and will
explain fully the symbol of the White
Cano bearing a red tip. . This cane
is to signify that the person carry
Cltowan Club Women
Taking Active Part
N Making UN Rags
Purpose to Emphasize
High Hope For Peace
In World
Chowan County Home Demonstra
tion' Club women are taking part in
i the United Nations flag making pro
i gram, which is being sponsored by the
, United Nations Committee, with Mrs.
: F. D. Roosevelt, Chairman. The pur
: pose of this program is to emphasize
the high hope for peace for which
i the .United Nations flag stands, and
! make people in every community fa
. miliar with the flag. Also to en
courage better and more unified un
! derstanding by local groups and in
dividuals of the United Nations as an
i instrument through which free people
[ may jointly express their determina
■ tion to remain free.
, Members of each Home Demonstra
-1 tion Club in Chowan County are mak
i ing a United Nations Flag to be used
■ at meetings and on other occasions
; in the communities. The citizenship
leaders will present an educational
i program on the United Nations at
! their October club meetings,
i Plans are being made to display the
• flags in each community in Chowan
County on United Nations Day, Octo
ber 24th. Other organizations that
would like to have one of these flags
may contact Mrs. W. M. Chesson, Sr.,
! County Council President, or the
1 Home Agent.
The County Commissioners at their
meeting Monday agreed to have one of]
the United Nations flags displayed in'
1 the tiourt House. |
f I
Symphony Meeting
Called For Friday
1
Rather F. J. McCourt, president of
i N. Little Symphony, earnest
; ly requests all officers, members and!
everybody else to participate in an im-j
> portant meeting to be held in the
I Edenton Court House Friday, October
!6, at 8 P. M. Urgent business is to
(be transacted, including election to
(some offices and planning intensifying
drive for memberships to secure Con
-1 cert.
r
, A visually handicapped case
! worker instructing a blind person in
\ the use of a talking book.
Blind persons checking out laundry
by the Braille lists. Classes in laun
dry work are offered at the center.
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, ing the cane is blind, and it is a warn
ing to the motorists when approach
ing a person with such a cane. A
, State Law requires that the motorists
, come to a full stop at an intersection
, when a person extends a white cane
tipped with red.
This is the fourth annual campaign ,
of the Association. The success of
' the past few campaigns have made it
possible for the work for the blind
of the State to be launched on a more
extensive scale with more immediate
and effective results. Last year, the
North Carolina State Association for
the Blind gave aid to 2,008 blind per
sons in all sections of the State. The
local Lions Club, said Dr. Downum,
expects, to top last year's campaign
results.
i Chowan County Fair
Scheduled Be Held
Week Os Oct. 16-21
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Lions Club Speaker
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ARCH F. COLEMAN
, Author, Traveler, Speaker and
radio commentator, was the prin
cipal speaker at the Lions Club
meeting Monday night.
Arch F. Coleman
j Lions Club Speaker
| Public Relations Officer
Tells About Russian
Situation
j Members of the Edenton Lions Club
'listened intently for 45 minutes Mon
, day evening to a masterful address
. delivered by Arch F. Coleman, travel
t er, speaker, radio commentator and
| savant of the arts and sciences.
Coleman, public relations officer of
the State Optometric Society, now re
siding at Southern Pines, was intro
, duced by Dr A. F. Downum, a local
1 optometrist and member of the club.
During World War 2, Coleman
1 traveled extensively in Egypt, Turkey
. and other countries and directed a
small organization for our country
' known as the Office of Secret Service,
which grew into large proportions.
“We had over 1,000 men in our or
ganization,” said Coleman, “and often
we would find one agent reporting
on the activities of another agent,
whom he suspected. However, these
men performed invaluable service to
our government,” he continued.
“The Russians were and still are a
shrewd bunch. They follow the ten
ents of a mythical will said to have
been written by Peter the Great in
the year 1725, which said in sub
stance that ‘Russia is small now, but
, can rule the world if we follow a poli
cy of quiet aggression and patience
for 200 years, if necessary, by the
usage of culture first, but force if es
sential.’
“Russia was a small nation then and
only extended to the Volga River. AH
through these 200 years, Russia has
pursued the policies said to have been
willed to them by Peter the Great and
they have gradually swallowed up
many smaller countries lying about
(Continued on Page Six)
Aces Scheduled To
Play New Bern Friday
On Paper Graven Coun
ty Team Appears to
Have Edge
Coach George Thompson’s Edenton
Aces are scheduled to face one of
the toughest foes thus far on the
schedule Friday night when they tac
kle the New Bern Bears on the latter’s
gridiron.
On paper, the New Bern outfit ap
pears to have the edge, for the Bears
defeated Greenville 13-7, while the
Aces had to be content with playing a
scoreless tie with Greenville.
Coaches Thompson and Ben Perry
are taking the Aces through strenuous
practice sessions in preparation for
the game and, although going to New
Bern in the role of the underdog, they
feel confidnt the boys will give a good
account of themselves. All on the
squad are in good shape, and it is ex
pected a large crowd of fans will ac
company them to New Bern.
$2.00 Per Year.
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Event Sponsored By Ed
ward G. Bond Post,
No. 40
PRIZES~OFFERED
Premium List Provides
For Many Kinds of
Exhibits
Sponsored by Edward G. Bond Post
No. 40 of the American Legion, a Cho
wan County Fair will be held on Hicks
Field the week of October 16-21.
This week the premium list was re
leased, which includes prizes for many
kinds of exhibits, which will be shown
under a big tent.
According to officials, all booths and
educational exhibits must be installed
on Monday, October 16, and education
al booth entries must be in the hands
of George Alma Byrum by Saturday,
October 7.
As an incentive for clubs or schools,
sls will'be paid by the Legion for
i a club or school booth, and a prize of
$25 will be awarded the winning booth.
A first prize of $lO and second prize
of $5.00 will also be awarded the win
ning family or farm booth.
However, any family or organization
planning to enter a booth should noti
fy Mr. Byrum at once.
, The usual fair attractions will be
offered for the pleasure of the public,
j including the exhibits, prizes, rides
and other forms of amusement.
, j According to the premium list,
I prizes will be awarded for field crops,
1 including corn, tobacco, soybeans, cot
ton, peanuts, sweet potatoes, Irish po
tatoes; home grown vegetable garden
exhibit, grapes and eggs.
’ Prizes are also offered for 4-H Club
- exhibits which will be judged for edu
-3 cational value, attractiveness, person
■ al applications and simplicity.
1 Clothing is also included in the
J premium list. Articles must have
: j been made between September 1, 1949
jand October 16, 1950. Judging will
| be made according to suitability* gen
l,eral appearance, workmanship and
| economic aspect.
M Prizes will be awarded for exhibits
’j of canned goods, preserves, jellies,
1 candy, cakes and cookies.
1 Cut flowers will be included in the
> premium list but they must be in
place by 10 o’clock Tuesday morning,
' October 17.
1 (Continued on Page Seven)
r
! McMullan Resigns
; As Tax Supervisor
Richard Dixon Appoint
; ed By County Commis
* sioners Monday
At the meeting of the County
Commissioners Monday Philip S. Mc
-1 Mullan tendered his resignation as
! Chowan County Tax supervisor, es
-5 fective at once. Mr. McMullan in
-1 formed the Commissioners that his
1 duties at the Edenton Cotton Mill pre
’! vented him from devoting the neces
sary time to the tax work,
j The Commissioners very reluctant
ly accepted the resignation and the
\ Board as a whole was high in praise
I of the work done by Mr. McMullan.
“The county will suffer a great
. loss,” stated Chairman West Byrum,
' “and no matter who succeeds him, a
better job cannot be done.”
Mr. McMullan informed the Com
missioners that he had the best kind
of cooperation from them and that he
will gladly assist his successor.
Before adjourning the Commission
ers appointed Richard D. Dixon to suc
ceed Mr. McMullan at a salary of SIOO
. per month. Mr. Dixox assumed his
new duties Monday and will be in the
tax supervisor’s office on the second
floor of the Court House practically
1 all day. Mr. Di~on was the only per
son applying for the appointment.
! E C. Alexander Called
By Christian Church
r At a meeting of the Board of the
i First Christian Church and the church
’ at large held Sunday evening, the
r Pastor, the Rev. E. C. Alexander, was
’ called to serve the coming year. The
l church starts its new year November
! 1. Mr. Alexander has been pastor of
■ the church for the past three years
• and during that time the church has
made considerable progress.