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volume XVIINo. 46. *BPW Club, Planning To Staitg Christmas Party D{! mber Bth Event Expected t<M|| l Outstanding AgaiSUr This Year > COMMITTEES NAMED Pfelle Felton and Mrs. * 'Percy Smith General Chairmen Committees in charge of arrange ments for a parade and the Christmas | opening December 8, are planning for • wjiat they hope will be one of the nicest events of the season. Nellie Felton, Chairman of the Pub lic Relation Committee of the BPW Cfcb, and Mrs. IPercy Smith, co-chair iire general chairmen of the ar gents. The IBFIW Club is spon the plans along with a plan ommittee consisting of George ddy and Earl G. Harrell, event is to be held on Friday »on, December 8. The parade art at 4 o’clock, ending at the 11 park where a Christmas pro xdll :be given, followed by a visit Santa Claus. y'cdnceme and organizations, aliag with, school floats, are being pli med. There will be a first and se >nd prize for the best float. One fl< t will be accompanied by Santa Cl is. ' he Chairman announces the follow in j committees: : loats committee—Mrs. Lena Leary, chfcman, Mrs. Bommie White, Miss a Ktlberine Ward, Mrs. Tressie Bunch, " J. Boyce, “Izzy” Campen, Lewis Gelrge Wilkins. Window Dressing committee —Mrs. H.fß. Thomas, chairman, Lena Jones, 4Mm Lydia Daniels, Mrs. Ella Mae Mrs. Annie Mills. Entertainment comm i 11 e e —Mrs. Anne Jenkins, chairman, Mrs. Mary Leggett Browning, Ernest Gen'tile, MfS. Hazel Leary. Funds committee —R. West Leary and Bruce Jones. feecorating committee —Mrs. Mar garet Floars, chairman, Mrs. Myrtle Cuthrell, Mrs. Dollie Mansfield, Mrs. Wijlis McClenney, Thomas Byrum and Kenneth Floars. SJ. Paul’s Auxiliary Jazaar December 6 Will Be IT Sale at Parish i v - House The Auxiliary of St. Paul’s Episco paßChurch will hold a bazaar at the Pafsh House on Gale Street on Wed neday, December 6, from 10 A. M. u thAughout the dqy. * 4n sale will be crocheted and knit artfcles as well as needlework, gift itels and dolls with complete hand- mi A. wardrobes. There will be a J 3 p®fal plant and shrub table where * su# shrubs as azaleas, camellias, nalinas and other assortments, and eaiy blooming spring plants will be solv* H addition there will be the food tahfcs where such things as cakes, pie® candies, cookies, jellies, relishes anffl pickles of all kind will be of »s. Frank Wood, chairman of the bd3ar, asks that members of the Aupliary deliver their articles no lat er MT" Monday evening, December 4, to home of Mrs. J. E. Wood, 106 W«T King Street. Ase. C. P. Wales, who is in charge of » food items, asks that the pack uXfoods be taken to the Parish HqXL Tuesday afternoon, December that the perishable foods be V-iEed to the Parish House early wSSesday morning, December 6. Masonic Contest J Will End Tonight tjanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. A | A. W’ will hold its regular meeting tonflit (Thursday) in the Court Q HoJe at 8 o’clock. This meeting will k terrwnate an , attendance contest in prowess for dyveral weeks, so that a I fullfettendanoe-'is anticipated. (Cwtains dE'dhe two sides are J'. A. BfiflmSgi and W. M. Rhoades, with the fonfer’s side far ahead in attendance The losing side will be obliged THE CHOWAN HERALD Santa_| Cap’n Dick Hall, Edenton’s veteran fire chief, will again this year come to the aid of Santa Claus, as he has done for many years. Mr. Hall will repair dis carded toys to be distributed . among needy children as Christ mas presents. Mr. Hall says he is now ready to receive any toys no more de sired or which need repairing and urges that such toys be taken to the Fire Department within the next ten days. Dixon Speaker At Lions Club Meeting Uses United Nations as Subject at Meeting Monday Night In what was described by many ' Lions as one of the finest, speeches j ever heard by the Ederrton Lions Club, ‘ Judge Richard Dixon, one of the judges who tried the German war crimes prisoners, held his audience to close attention at their Monday even ing meeting. Said Judge Dixon: “In order to get the proper perspec tive on the United Nations, my sub -1 ject tonight, it is necessary that we go back to World War I and the events 1 growing out of that conflict. From that great struggle there emerged a personality of world Stature, a man . upon whose word people everywhere • hung, a man who became something like a Messiah to whom the oppressed and downcast and hopeless people - looked for a 'rebirth of freedom and , opportunity for the little man. This man, of course, was Woodrow Wilson, ■ who, in his wisdom, saw the ever de creasing compass of the world through . increased development of the air plane > and other scientific discoveries. He . saw that no people could live unto 1 themselves and so out of the miseries of the war there came into being the League of Nations. He journeyed to Paris and saw its completion. In the castles of the rich, in the humble eot tttfees of the poor, his picture could \ be found and into every language his | 'messages and speeches were trans- I lated. But he was due for a bitter re buke; we here’ in America had seen enough of war and of Europe. ‘We ! saved the Allies’ some said, ‘now let them look out for themselves.’ And so the Senate repudiated the League and it became a spineless thing, with out force or power. France, England - and the others had looked to us for i the driving force in the League; our • withdrawal left them impotent. 'Seiz . ing on this lack of leadership and firmness, Jlapan stole Manchuria, Italy t takes Ethiopa, Hitler begins to march, t first Austria, the Sudentanland and - finally the attack on Poland. Eng l land, for her own self-respect, could s go no further and World War n be . gins. I “As in the first war, so in the sec s (Continued On Page Seven) 1 Edenton Band Plays In Norfolk Tonight Edenton’s High School Band will go to Norfolk this (Thursday) afternoon • to take part in a big parade tonight • in connection with the observance of World Trade Week. ; Director Ernest Gentile requests all ’ band members to be at the band room in time to leave by 3 o’clock. 1 The parade is scheduled to begin at 6:14 tonight at Ninth and Granby 1 Streets. ! Junior Woman’s Club Dance November 21 Sponsored by the Edenton Junior Women’s Club, a dHlbe will be held in the Edenton armory Tuesday night, November 21, starting at 9 o’clock. Music for the dance will be furnish ed by Norman Phelps and his Virginia Rounders. Both round and square i dances will be arranged during the evening, and while tables will be avail able, there will be no reservations mads, . . , STATIONED AT PUERTO RICO Private Gene Spruill, who has spent a 10-days leave In Edenton, has re tamed for duty at Ramey Field, Pu " 7- Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 16, 1950. low Bid For Bidding Bridge, Over Chowan River I Highway Commission to 1 Review Cost at Next Meeting Bowers Construction Company of Raleigh was low bidder at the State I Highway Commission’s special letting . held last week covering the recon- i struction of the .Chowan River bridge on UiS 17 between Windsor and Eden ton. Three other bids were received. The company’s low 'bid of $1,467,- : 718.25 will be reviewed by the High way Commission at its next regular meeting on Thursday, November 30. Plans for a new bridge have been in the blueprint stage for several years since the old structure, bui.t in 1927, became inadequate. The new structure will have a double opening swing-type draw-span with a vertical clearance of 10.7 feet at mean low water. A temporary bridge will be erected 210 feet downstream to carry \ taffic during the construction period. 1 County Chib Women! Entertain Husbands | Delightful Affair Held : In Community Build ing Friday Night » ■ Home Demonstration Club women of Chowan County entertained their . husbands Friday night in the Com . munity Building, celebrating one of , the most delightful occasions in the j entire year’s activities, that of the , fourth annual husbands’ supper. t Mrs. W. M. Chesson presided and i the invocation was given ,by the Rev. .J. W. Davis, partor of Ballard’s r Bridge Baptist Church. I The two Missionary Societies of s Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church serv led a most delicious turkey dinner i with all the trimmings. > The first speaker of the evening ' was W. R. Phelps of the State High -1 way and Public Works Commission, ! introduced by Mrs. O. C. Long, presi ! dent of the Rocky Hock Club. Mr. * Phelps gave pointers for highway ! beautification and plans for the “Mo : del Mile,” which was very interest * ing. Several clubs in the county nad : highway beautification as a eom ' munity project this year and plan to * continue this work. * The entire group sang together ‘ “America.” This was followed by Mrs. E. P. * Jones, secretary of the Chowan Fed ' eration of Home Demonstration Clubs, | introducing Mrs. P. P. Gregory, who' * talked on “My European Trip.” s Mrs. Gregory is president of the J State Federation of Home Demongtra ' tion Clubs and one of five women who represented North Carolina at the r Triennial Conference of Associated j Country Women of the World, held in 1 Copenhagen, Denmark. Her subject 7 “My European Trip” was one of in j terest to all and very much enjoyed. 1 She visited nine countries while J abroad and told of going through cus -1 toms as the group traveled from country to country. In London they enjoyed the colorful changing of guards at Buckingham Palace and the wonderful White Cliffs of Dover. Nearly an entire day was spent in crossing Germany en route to Copen - hagen, the Danish capital. Condi ' tions in Germany as seen by Mrs. | (Continued on Page Fight) VFW Square Dance ; On Saturday Night Profits ofTffair Witt Go Into Post’s Build ing Fund * William H. Coffield, Jr., Post, Vet > era ns of Foreign Wan, will stage a , “Sadie Hawkins” square dance in the Edenton armory Saturday night, No vember 18. Music for the dance will . be furnished by the Bertie Clodhop pers. i Figures for the dance will be called by Joe Swanner and appropriate prizes will be awarded to the best dressed girt and boy at the dance. Members of the WIW Port feel cer tain the dance will be an enjoyable affair and hope a large number will attend. Profits of the dance will go into the post’s building fund. John Holmes Speaker At Meeting Os PTA Gives School History Mrs. A. F. Downum, the President, Appoints Committees ‘The History of the Edenton Schools” told by Superintendent John A. Holmes, was the feature of the second meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association which was held Novem ber 7th in the high school library, with Mrs. A. F. Downum, president, pre siding. The devotional was given by Miss Lena Jones. J. O. Powers, principal of Edenton High School, pointed out that the entire school was participating in Na tional Education Week and urged all parents to visit the class rooms and to attend the band concert which would climax the week’s activities. Announcement was made of plans to sponsor a Girl Scout troop and Mrs. Horace White and Miss Lena Jones were appointed to work out the de tails of its organization. I Reports of committee chairmen were heard, and Mrs. Downum listed the committees for the present school }year, which are as follows: Finance—Mrs. C. B. Mooney, chair man, Mrs. J. Clarence Leary, Mrs. Frank Hughes, Mrs. Maynard Perry and Mrs. J. B. Harrison. Lunch Room—Mrs. Leon Leary, chairman, Mrs. Paul Wallace, advisor. Hospitality—Mrs. H. A. Campen, chairman, Mrs. W. E. Bond, Mrs. A. B. Harless and Miss (Miriam Scott. Teen Agers—Mrs. R. C. Jordan, chairman, Miss Mary Lee Copeland, Mrs. J. H. Thigpen. Membership Attendance—Mrs. West Leary. Clothing—Mrs. John M. Elliott. Program—. Mrs. N. J. George. Devotional —J. O. Powers. 'Publicity—Mrs. J. R. DuLaney. Literature —Mrs. Lloyd ißunch. Lunch Room Mothers—Mrs. A. E. Jenkins, chairman, Mrs. Francis Hicks, Mrs. T. W. Jones, Mrs. O. E. Duncan. Health—Mrs. Robert Smith, chair man, Mrs. John Kramer, Mrs. Roland Vaughan, Mrs. ’W. D. Holmes, Jr. Bank Df Edenton Turns Loose $55,000 Checks to Christmas Saving €lub Members Mailed This Week In the neighborhood of $55,000 was turned loose this week due to the Bank 1 of Edenton mailing checks in that amount to members of their Christ ' mas Savings Club. The amount about ! equals last year, and will, obviously, go into many channels of trade during the Christmas season. Nine hundred and twenty million 1 dollars will be distributed to about 10,878,000 Christmas Club members by approximately 6,100 banking and savings institutions in the nation dur ing National Prosperity Week, start ing Monday, November 27th, accord ing to an estimate given out by Ed ward F. Dorset, President of Christ ! mas Club, a corporation of New York. The total distribution is 2.7 i% ahead of last year and represents an all time high for the forty years of Christmas Club operation. The aver age per member distribution is about $84.57 for the entire country, as against $84.40 last year. In the large metropolitan areas the average per member distribution is approximately $92.32. The total number of individual members participating this year shows an increase of two hundred thousand i over a year ago. Christmas Club, a corporation be -1 ieves that this continuing increase in Christmas Club savings shows a defi nite trend in the public thinking to ward individual financial security which is the ultimate financial se curity of the nation. Legionnaires Attend Church In Body Members of Ed Bond Post, Ameri can Legion, attended services at the Baptist Church in a body Sunday morning in observance of Armistice Day. The veterans were warmly wel comed by the partor, the Rev. R. N. Carroll, who delivered an appropriate sermon on the subject “Follow After Those Things Which Make For Peace.” THREE FIRES IN OCTOBER Fire Chief R. K. Hall reported to Town Council Tuesday night that there were three fires In Edenton dur ing the month of October. t Property Owners In Edenton Ask To Scrap Rent Control i | Postmaster Dies | l . 1 IF . I r | 1 i pIM i Hk Jjfi Wr JR C. E. KRAMER *• Stricken with a heart attack V Friday morning, Carroll E. Kra mer, Edenton’s Postmaster for 17 r > years, died late Friday afternoon in Chowan Hospital, i. >, C. E. Kramer Dies | < Bf Heart Attack Popular Edenton Post master Dies Sudden ly Friday . s Relatives and friends were severely '• shocked Friday, when news spread rapidly that Postmaster Carroll Ed ■- ward Kramer died as the result of a d heart attack. Mr. Kramer was strick en at his home Friday morning shortly before he had planned to leave for the post office. He was rushed to Chowan Hospital, where he passed away about 5 o’clock in the afternoon. )Mr. Kramer had served as Eden ton’s postmaster for 17 years, having been appointed in 1933 by Lindsay Warren, who at that time was Rep- I resentative for the First Congression s al District. Prior to that time, Mr. Kramer took a very active part in the Democratic' party, and for a time served as chairman of the Chowan County Executive Committee. He ® was a veteran of World War I, hav- ing served in the Navy, and took an active part in American Legion af fairs in Chowan County. He held the 1 distinction of being the first com- T ’ mander of the Chowan County Ameri- can Legion post and also took a lead ing part in organizing the post at ™ Hertford. During World War 11, Mr. Kramer was home defense chairman and so a efficiently did he arrange the program that he was highly complimented by j State officials. Deceased was a charter member and past president of the Edenton Rotary ’’ Club. He was the club’s fourth presi rc (Continued on Page Eight) n ' Mrs. Ingiis Fletcher ; BPW Club Speaker y —— Meeting Will Be Held d Tonight In Hotel j Club Room n Dr. Ingiis Fletcher, widely known writer, lecturer and world traveler, has accepted the invitation extended to her by the local Business and Pro * fessional Woman’s Club to speak at the regular meeting tonight (Thurs day) at 8 o’clock at the Joseph Hewes Hotel club rooms. j 'Dr. Fletcher, an honorary member : of the local Business and Professional Woman’s Club, has recently finished e her fifth historical novel, which, like ’ her other writings, has already prov e en a great success. e Community Sing At l Sandy Cross Tonight (Sandy Cross Baptist Church will be host to a community sing tonight o (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. A treat is t in store for those who attend, with - special music of various kinds plan ned for the occasion. $2.00 Per Year. ► Delegation Asks Town Council For Immedi ate Action MANY COMPLAINTS Public Hearing Called For Monday, Nov. 27 At 8:15 P.M. Property owners appeared in good ly numbers before Town Council Tues day night in an effort to get out from under rent control. Aii of those pres ent rented small houses as tow as $1.50 per week and complained that under rent control their invesment is a losing proposition. Many of the small houses are in a bad state of repair, but with increased taxes and mounting expenses, coupled with the fact that no more rent is received than was the case for many years, owners claim it is impossible for them to spend money for repairs and maintenance. It was pointed out that in some cases the renters are now receiving three or four times more salary and that it is impossible under existing conditions to realize any more rent. At the October meeting of Town Council a resolution was passed re questing discontinuance of rent con trol, but since that time it was learned that before any action can be taken i it is necessary to hold a public hear ing) at which both landlords and renters can be heard. Members of Town Council have been approached by owners of cheap rent al property, as well as those who rent, so that at Tuesday night’s meeting it was decided to call a public hearing ’ on Monday, November 27. The meet- I ing will be held at 8:15 o’clock in the • Town office. At that time Town . Councilmen will listen to both sides of the proposition and, of course, their decision will depend upon the outcome of this meeting. ' At Tuesday night’s meeting land -1 lords requested immediate action in the hope that rent control will be dis continued before December 31. Edenton Aces Meet Kinston Friday Night i ~ Final Game of Season on ! Hicks Field Friday, November 24 Coach George Thompson and his Edenton Aces will invade the Kin : ston gridiron Friday night when they will tangle with one of the strongest football machines in the Northeast > ern Conference. The Aces, like on 1 several occasions this season, will en ’ ter the game in the role of the under dog, but-'Coaches Thompson and Ben • Perry hope to give the Red Devils a ’ run for their money. It will be the last game of the sea son the Aces will play away from home, and the 1950 football curtain is scheduled to drop the following Friday night, when the Aces will play Ahoskie on Hicks Field, i With a team of unknqwiS ability at the outset of the season, the Ares have not done so bad. In fact they staged an upset or two and have surprised : local fans in a number of games. To date the Aces’ record is in cycles of 3, for they have won three games, lost three games and tied three. The Aces’ victims were Williamston, Tar ! boro and Columbia. They were de feated by New Bern, Hetford and [ Washington and tied Greenville, Eliza beth City and Roanoke Rapids. » 11 ’ Members Os Legion ! Thank Town Council For Fair Cooperation i I On behalf of Ed Bond Post of the i American Legion, George Alma Byrum • and Willis McClenney appeared be fore Town Council Tuesday night to thank the Councilmen for their co operation in connection with the re cent Legion Fair. 1 ' Mr. Byrum stated that the fair was ! a success and that it is planned to t make it an annual affair. In • fact, he stated work will begin early » in 1951 to arrange for next year’s • fair in an effort to secure more farm exhibits.