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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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>, 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
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' 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.
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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.
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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.