North Carolina Newspapers

Volume XVII.-No.42. Local Woman’s Club Now Planning Work For Halloween Party Hoped Affair Will Be Even Better Than In Previous Years ON OCTOBER 31 Annual Party Is Expect ed to Attract Hundreds Os Local Children Plans for the gigantic children’s Halloween Carnival, sponsored an nually by the Edenton Junior Woman’s Club, are going forward rapidly. Of ficials of the club state that the festi val this year will be even bigger and better than in previous years and the date for the party has beer, set for Tuesday night, October 31. All children expecting to attend the affair are requested to appear at the party in costume and mask. Blue jeans, dungarees, or any kind of clothing may be worn, provided it is in some form of costume that por trays the Halloween spirit. It was announced that tickets will be given out to children only. The party is definitely for the little ones. The Junior Woman’s Club each year strives to give the kiddies an evening of fun, regardless of the effort and time spent on the affair. It is rather confusing at times when mothers crowd the refreshment stands while the children are clamoring for the goodies that have been provided for them by the club, free of charge. Therefore, mothers are requested not to ask for tickets for themselves. “Let the kids have their fun. After all, it’s their party,” say officials of the Junior Woman's Club. Dhowan Fair is In Progress This Week In Edenton Armory Attractive Exhibits Rea son For Much Favor able Comment Chowan County’s fair, sponsored by Ed Bond Post of the American Legion, is in progress this week at Hicks Field. It is the first fair to be held in the county in many years and exhibits have brought forth a great l deal of favorable comment. The spacfous Edenton armory is housing exhibits of various kinds from i farm products to automobiles and in teresting booths made by school chil dren and other groups. Outside the armory is arranged a display of vari ous kinds of farm equipment. A miniature circus exhibit entered by the fourth grade of the Edenton school is especially attrartive and is claiming the attention of many visit ors. Though not so plentiful, the various entries are of a high type, so that all in all, the fair is a very creditable affair. For amusement, the W. C. Kaus shows are located back of the armory. (Continued on Page Twelve) Junior Woman’s Club Plans Clothing Drive Used Clothing Will Be Gathered Friday, Oc tober 27th The annual drive for used children’s clothing, sponsored by the Junior Wo man’s Club will get under way next week with Mrs. J. N. Pruden, Jr., chairman of the Welfare Committee, in charge. An appeal is made to all persons having used clothing of any kind, which they would like to donate to the Children’s Clothing Closet, to please contact any member of the club or call Mrs. Grace Sawyer at 121-W, and the clothes will be picked i up by club members between the hours of 9 and 12 o’clock on Friday mom • fag, October 17th. kv<ffihe Children’s Clothing Closet will BIUeS .up in the Edenton High School Sjggllding and the clothes will be dis- , tagbuted by Miss Lena Jones according : %£ the needs of the school children. < THE CHOWAN HERALD ■ : | (Club Speaker | jJhf A* juk ßw - xß| mHH MRS. J. B. SPILLMAN Featuring the fall meeting of the Chowan Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs Wednes day, October 25, will be an ad dress by Mrs. J. B. Spillman of Greenville. Mrs. Spillman is among the most prominent wo men in North Carolina. Edenton BPW Club Joins In Celebrating 23rd Anniversary gigbUgfht of Week WM Be an Address By Mrs. Richard Dixon In observance of National Business Women’s Week being celebrated throughout this week, Philip D. Reed, chairman of the Board of General Electric Company and president of the International Chamber of Commerce, urges business and professional wo men of America to face a. challenge and an opportunity to bring about a higher level of economic understand ing in America, along with the Fed eration’s theme “Measure Up For Full Partnership.” “A higher level of economic under standing is essential if we are to re tain and improve our system of com- I petitive enterprise based on individual I initiative,” Reed declared. ] “In the past fifty years, during I which time women have won the | right to vote and compete on equal terms with men in business and the professions, the world has moved rap idly away from dependence on pri vate enterprise to systems where Governments exercise great control over many functions and in some countries complete control over all economic functions. Personal freedom has had to give ground everywhere and in some countries has been lost completely. I “During the past year encouraging 'signs have appeared that this trend toward state control has been arrest ed. In New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom voters have reg istered clear indications that they want a change from socialism back to greater individualism. During a visit which I paid last fall to five Euro pean countries I found that govern ment officials were no longer eagerly reaching for greater controls but were instead turning their attention to the encouragement of private initiative as the best and quickest means for de-’ veloping the resources of their coun tries and recreating a healthy econo my.” One of the highlights on the Eden ton club program during the obser vance of National OESFW Week, will be an address by Mrs. Richard D. Dixon, who spent two years in Ger many with her husband while he was on the war criminal trials bench. Mrs. Dixon will speak on ‘‘Activities and Freedom of German Women Compared to American Women,” at the month ly business meeting Thursday night of this week at 8 o’clock in the Hotel Joseph Hewes. ROTARY MEETS TODAY —U- Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet today (Thursday) in the Parish House at 1 o’clock. President W. L. Free man urges all Rotarians to be pres ent. County, Thursday, October 19,1950. | EDENTON’S NO. 1 WOMAN OF YEAR | si b '• if Pictured above in her home'is Mrs. W. S. Summerell, who this week was voted by the Edenton Business & Professional Woman’s Club as “The Outstanding |Woman of an Accumulation of Years of Service.” Mrs. Summerell is a veteran school teacher and has been active in civic and religious circles for many years. Bids Opened Oct. 24 For Widening Queen Anne Creek Bridge Low Bid For Local Pro ject Was Rejected September 26 The State Highway Commission will start work soon on a road job in Cho wan County. The project calls for widening the bridge over Queen Anne Creek on N. C. 32 between Edenton and N. C. 37. Low bid received on the project when it was advertised on September 26 was rejected. If a satisfactory low bid is re ceived at the Highway Commission’s October 24 letting, the project will be I let to contract with work probably ' ’Starting within several weeks after that date. The Commission already has allo cated to specific projects about SIOO,- 000,000 of the first $125,000,000 in road bond funds. Dr. Henry W. Jor dan, Highway Commission chairman, has announced that over $50,000,000 of this amount has been spent on sec ondary road work in all of the state’s 100 counties. At the same time extensive work is underway on the state’s primary road system which has received addi tional highway income because of the availability of the $200,000,000 bond issue for secondary roads. Regular Services At Baptist Church In Pastor’s Absence Visiting Speakers Se cured For Remainder Os lOctober All regular services will be held at the Baptist Church during October while the pastor, the Rev. R. N. Car roll, is taking his Vacation in Tenn. Visiting speakers from the Chowan Baptist Association will substitute for the pastor. Wake Forest ministerial student, Francis Chesson, will fill the pulpit for both morning and evening services this Sunday and next Sunday. He conducted both services last Sunday. The Rev. R. E. Gordon, pastor of| Rocky Hock Baptist Church, will con duct the mid-week prayer service at 7:30 P. M., next Wednesday. The past two weekly prayer services have been conducted by the Rev. C. W. Dul ing, pastor of Hertford Baptist Church and the Rev. George Story, pastor of the Hobbsville and Sandy Cross Bap tist Churches in the order mentioned. The public is cordially invited to attend the services* of the church: Sunday School at 9:45 A. M.; Sunday morning worship at 11 o’clock; Train ing Union at 6:15 Sunday night; Sun day evening worship at 7:30; mid week prayer service at 7:30 o’clock on Wednesday night; Bible study hour on Friday night at 7:30. CALLED RACK IN SERVICE George C. Ward has been notified to be in Raleigh not later than November 6, for physical examination. Ward came out of the Navy in September, 1948, having been on the inactive re serve list. His last duty was on the U. S. 3. Valley Forge and he was on that ship when it made a world cruise. i Revival Services hi Progress At Warwick Church This Week Evangelist For Meeting Is the Rev. E. Evans Ulrich of Wilson 'Revival services began Monday night at Warwick Baptist Church, of which the Rev. Paul E. Lemons is pastor. The services will continue through Sunday, October 22. Preachings or the series of meet ings is the Rev. E. Evans Ulrich, pas tor of Five Points Baptist Church of> Wilspn. Ulrich’s success as an evange list |S indicated by the fact that in bis Ihree years of ministry at his church the membership has almost doubled—from some 300 to almost 600. His church is now engaged in building an educational building plant to take care of the growing numbers that are crowding the present facili ties. Mr. Ulrich will be remembered by many members of the Warwick con gregation for he brought stirring Bible messages at the revival held in August. George L Privott, Jr. Writes Parents He Is Now Back* In Army Letter Received Monday I From Boy Who Was Reported Missing • Mr. and Mrs. George E. Privott were made very happy Monday morn ing when they received a letter from their son, George E. Privott, Jr., from Korea. The letter was mailed from I Korea and postmarked October 11. Mr. and Mrs. Privott, as well as other relatives and friends, have been , in great suspense since receipt of a i telegram from the War Department ■ on July 20 stating that the young man was missing in action. No fur , ther word had been received by Mr. ; and Mrs. Privott concerning their son until the arrival of his letter Monday i morning. Young Privott made no mention in : his letter cenceming his whereabouts during the past few months other ; than to say that he has returned to i duty in the U. S. Army. The fact i that he is able to be back with his outfit leads Mr. and Mrs. Privott to believe that their son is all right. Time Getting Short To Renew Licenses D. S. Skiles, license examiner for Chowan County, has announced that persons whose last name starts with R, S, or T have until December 31st,. but breaking this into working days! 'that he will be in the County, leaves| only 24. He urges all persons who fall in this alphabet to have their li censes renewed at once. It takes ap proximately 25 minutes per person to complete the examination. RED CROSS PROCURES BLOOD The Red Cross has been designated official procurement agency for blood for the armed forces. In World War , II the organisation collected more, than 13,300,000 pints of blood for the military. Mrs. W. S. Sumir>£**ell Chosen Woman In Edenton | Evangelist REV. E. EVANS ULRICH For the second time in two months, the Rev. E. Evans Ulrich 1 is conducting a revival at War wick Baptist Church. Mr. Ulrich I is pastor of the Five Points Bap tist Church and conducted a re vival at Warwick Church in Au gust. AceslifObserve : Homecoming Day j Next Friday Night Face Tarboro on Hicks Field; King knd Queen Will Be Crowned Edenton High School will observe homecoming day Friday night, when ‘ the feature attraction will be a foot ball game on Hicks Field between ■ Coach George Thompson’s Edenton Aces and Tarboro High School. Some color will also be added to; the game with the Edenton High| School Band on hand to parade and furnish music. Between the halves a i King and Queen of football will be] j crowned, which has aroused a consid i erable amount of interest especially | j among the student body. z Little is known of the strength of' i the Tarboro team this year, but ' Coaches Thompson and Ben Perry are I taking the boys through strenuous i practice sessions in anticipation for a ■ hard-fought game. The Aces have played on an even basis in the five games played thus far this season, having won one, lost J one and three games resulting in tie j scores. They are hoping on Friday night to add another game in the win column. Important Meeting Os Cub Pack Tonight j Group of Red Men Will Feature Program at Scout Cabin A very important meeting of the. i Edenton Cub Pack is scheduled to be ■ held tonight (Thursday) at the Scout Cabin, starting at 7:30 o’clock. A ; feature of the meeting will be a pro gram put on by members of Chowan | Tribe of Red Men in order to carry! out the Cub Scouts’ theme of the month, Indians. The Red Men plan to bum a pale face, which should be very interesting to the Cub Scouts. James Byrum, new Cubmaster, urges all Cub Scouts and their parents to attend the meeting and issues a special invitation to parents. of boys I whose ages range from 8 to 11 years, jHe also states that all Cub Scouts should be ready to stand inspection. Edenton Jaycees Plan Scrap Paper Drive Edenton’s Junior Chamber of Com merce will stage a scrap paper drive which will begin Saturday, October 28, and continue on indefinitely. The Jaycess will gather the paper at 2 P. M., and they ask that paper be placed where it can easily be seen and picked up. $2.00 Per Year. Honor Conferred Upon Veteran School Teach er This Week GOOD INFLUENCE Though Confined to Her Home, She Is Still In terested In Affairs BY LENA M. JONES If you would really enjoy an hour’s stimulating conversation, spiced with good salty humor, with one who has lived to the full, and enjoyed her three score and seventeen years, meet Mrs, Lulie Kipps Summerell, Eden ton’s much loved and greatly honor ed citizen, who lives in a little brown bungalow on West Albemarle Street. Mrs. Summerell, a veteran school teacher, civic leader and one who has always been on e hundred per cent for the good of the community, started her life in Edenton in 1897 when she came here to teach in the Old Eden ; ton Academy. Until failing health I forced her to become inactive in the city school system in 1939, she was outstanding to the extent that the children looked forward eagerly to the day when they would be in “Mrs. Summerell’s fifth grade.” , Because of her wide spread teach ing influence, and because of her love jfor children, her character building in fluences, her understanding, her en couragement, and her inspiration as a | teacher and a leader, the Edenton Business and Professional Woman’s Club this week acclaimed Mrs. Sum merell as “The Outstanding Woman of an Accumulation of Years of Ser vice”, and as a tribute of love and appreciation for her, they presented her with a dozen red roses on Sun day, October 15, which marked the beginning of a custom which is to be followed annually by the club as they see fit to choose the town’s number one woman. Mrs. Summerell was bom in Chris tiansburg, Virginia. Before coming to Edenton to teach, she was a mem ber of the faculty at the Old Norfolk Academy at Norfolk, Virginia. She j Was married to William Skinner Sum ' mereil, a local business man, in 1903. • Mr. Summerell, who for a number of | years was a sufferer front arthritis, died in February of this year at the age of 83. Until 1939, when Mrs. Summerell j became inactive as a teacher, she could boast of the fact that she not only , was teaching the second generation of children, but occasionally she even administered the 3 R’s to the third generation. Her teaching influences are not yet ended. The neighbors’ children, not yet of school age, adore ! paying her visits and standing by her : table as she with love and patience | reads and talks to them. Grown-ups frequently pay her visits and spend happy hours as they still enjoy and learn from one who is still keen and conversant on almost any subject un (Continued From Page Seven) 4-H Party Friday At Chowan High School Affair WiH~Be Held In Gymnasium, Starting At 7:3Q O’clock Robert S. Marsh, assistant county agent, stated early this week that on I Friday night, October 20, th e Chowan 14-H County Council will have a mam moth party at the Chowan High School gymnasium. The time of the party will be 7:30 o’clock, and the general public is cordially invited to attend. Various games, recreation, etc., have been planned for all age groups from six to sixty, including a cake walk, an amateur contest, talent show, etc. Everybody who attends is as sured an evening of wholesome en tertainment. Roger Bunch, president of the Cho wan 4-H County Council, and his various committees are working dili- v gently in preparing the party and he assures a good time for all. A small admission will be charged, with the proceeds from the party going toward awarding prize money at 4-H Achieve ment Day. Roger emphasizes the fact that the party is for the general public, as well as for 4-H Club mem bers and their families and friends.