Volume XVII.—No. 47.
1 Fishing Laws Will Be
Topic Considered At
Series Os Meetings
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One of Meetings Sched
uled For Edenton on
December 2
MANY OUT-OF-DATE
Purpose to Repeal Con
flicting and Obsolete
Statutes
Commercial fisheries laws and
regulations will be discussed at a
number of (public hearings to be con
ducted by the Commercial Fisheries
Committee of the State Board of Con
servation and Development planned
for next week, according to Roy
Hampton, chairman of the Commer
cial Fisheries Committee.
The Attorney General’s office has
recently completed the job of as
sembling and bringing up to date
all State laws as related to commer
cial fisheries. In so doing, it was
found that there are about 3,000 local
county laws dealing with commercial
fishing, many of which appear to have
outlived their usefulness. George R.
Boss, director of the Department of
Conservation and Development, says
that an effort has been made to 3tudy
and bring up to date these local con
flicting laws and that a series of
meetings have been planned, at which
time county legislative representa
tives, commercial fisheries interests
and county officials from counties of
the area are invited to attend and dis
cuss with the Board the repeal of
conflicting, obsolete or unnecessary
statutes.
Public hearings have been arranged
for 11 A. M. in the following order,
and with the exception of Morehead
y City, all meetings will Jiejd in the
Court House, if available: November
27, Southport; November 2fi, Jack
sonville; November 29, Morehead City;
(commercial fisheries section base);
November 30, Swanquarter; December
1, Manteo; December 2, Edenton.
'Serving on the Conservation Board’s
Commercial Fisheries Committee are
Roy Hampton of Plymouth, chairman;
Mrs. Roland MeClamroch of Chapel
Hill; Fred P. Latham of Belhaven;
"Eric W. Rodgers of Scotland Neck,
and Dr. .Sylvester Green of Chapel
Hill.
R.D. Dixon Is Named
Edenton Postmaster
Succeeds C. E. Kramer,
Who Filled Position
17 Vears
With at least four Edenton men
seeking to succeed the late Carroll
. E. Kramer as postmaster in Edenton,
Congressman Herbert Bonner on Fri
day of last week announced that he
had recommended Richard D. Dixon
for the position. Mr. Dixon will as
sume .his duties when his appointment
is approved in Washington.
Mr. Dixon was for many years
cerk of Chowan Superior Court and
served for a time as a special Su
perior Court judge when he was ap
pointed by the late Senator J. M.
Broughton when he was serving as
. Governor of the State.
Mr. Dixon was also named one the
judges to try German war prisoners
in Nurrenburg, where he remained
for almost two years.
Aces Will Be Guests
Os Rotarians Nov. 30
Members of the 1960 Edenton High
School football team, coaches and of
ficials will be guests of the Edenton
Rotary Club Thursday of next week.
The group will attend the meeting in
the Parish House at 1 olclock.
(Marvin Wilson is in charge of the
program for the meeting.
SCHOOLS CLOSED TWO DATS
W. J. Taylor, superintendent of the ■
county School administrative unit,
k' announces that schools in the county
| unit will close. Thursday and Friday
lof this week for the Thanksgiving
■holiday. The Schools will resume the i
KTynnr schedule Monday morning.
||j|£r two days for the Thanksgiving
HttjUjkewise, schools in the Edenton <
Hpgghistrative unit will be closed the 1
two days for the Thanksgiving holi- '
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THE CHOWAN HERALD'
Help Fight Tl
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Christmas Saab
GeneralMacArthur
Writes Letter To
Clarence Copeiandj
; Chaplain Frank A. To
bey Also ExtendsSym
[ pathy For Loss of Son
, Clarence C. Copeland late last week
received two letters which he prizes
very highly.' One of the letters was
signed by General Douglas Mac A
r-1 thur and the other by Colonel Frank
’ H. Tobey, U. S. Army Chaplain in
■ Korea. 'Both letters extended sym
: pathy to Mr. Copeland due to the loss
i of his son, Melvin C. Copeland, who
. was killed in action in South Korea on
, September 27.
■ General MacArthur’s letter, having
. his signature, follows:
- “Dear Mr. Copeland: The untimely
. and tragic loss of your son, Melvin,
who met his death on the field of
battle in Korea, has shocked all of us
* deeply. Some measure of comfort
p may be derived from the knowledge
I that he died in the service of his
t Count, vyand in ihe-defense of a peace
* j loving "peOplfe. V *•;■ , -
“I am confident that his devotion to
; duty, at the cost of all he held dear,
! will hasten the day when ruthless
aggression shall disappear from the
face of the earth and free men every
where will live together in peace and
* Harmony.
! “Our faith enables us to withstand
: the shock and grief of death- It is
' my earnest prayer that Almighty God
i will sustain and strengthen you in this
, hour of trial. While the loss of your
[ beloved one will be a hardship, we
know that no life is really lost for
those who have faith in God.”
Colonel Tobey’s letter read as fol
lows:
“Dear Mr. Copeland: Major Gen
eral Edward M. Almond, Command
, ing General of the X Corps and the
members of his staff join me in send
ing to you our heartfelt sympathy be
couse of the loss of your son, Private
Melvin C. Copeland. We realize that
) his death brings tragic sorrow into
your life and has created a void that
no earthly solace is able to fill.
“We trust, however, that you may
find comfort and solace in the fact
that Melvin died defending ideals of
i the highest order. He spent his life
in an effort to bring liberty to a sup
pressed people that they might live
in freedom and worship the Divine
Father of us aIL
“Please accept my sympathy in
this, your great hour of trial, and
may God in. His beneficence sustain
and comfort you.”
miford Chairman
Methodist Stewards
Church Officials Name
Officers (Wednesday
Night
At a meeting held Wednesday night
of lent week, stewards of the Metho
dist Church elected T. B. Williford
as chairman. He succeeds J. W. Da
vis, who has served In that capacity
for two years.
John A. Holmes was re-elected
secretary-treasurer and Robert S.
Marsh chief usher. All but one of i
the stewards were present at the meet
ing and J. W. Davis was named to
head up a drive in the near future to
raise funds to build a church school
annex, which is needed for the Xeth- ]
odist Church School.
ERROR IN QUINN’S {AD
The Herald regrets an error which
was made in the Quinn Furniture An
niversary Sale advertisement last <
week. (
Congowall was advertised at 60 \
cents per running yard, which should i
have been 60 cents per running feut j
The error is regretted and the cor- 1
■ecrtion made. 1
Edenton, dhowap (bounty, North Carolina, Thursday, November 23,1950.
Inglis Fletcher Is
Principal Speaker
At BPW Meeting
Relates Some of Her Ex
periences Gathering
Novel Material
Members and guests of the Eden
ton Business and Professional Wo
men’ Club heard a most interesting
and educational address by Dr. Inglis
Fletcher, noted novelist, at a meeting
held Thursday night in the Hotel
Joseph Hewes club room with Mrs.
Josie Ruth Garr, president, presiding.
The meeting opened with the entire
• group singing “Carolina Moves On,”
followed by reading of the club collect
by Harriet Leary. The president wel
comed the group and gave a report of
the recent BPW district meeting held
at Southern Pines, in which she point
ed out that local clubs should make a
I survey of their county as to health,
I political and economic programs. Af
ter roll call and minutes, reports were
! heard from the various committees.
Miss Rebecca Colwell, chairman of i
Grounds Committee of Chowan Hos
pital Auixiliary and BPIW representa
tive, reported that the planting of
shrubs and trees around the hospital
grounds will get underway soon, and
: that it is hoped the nurses’ home will
* be included in the landscaping.
* Mrs. Carr reminded club members
’ to bring in their Christmas gifts for
\ Piaola, 16-year-old war orphan sup
. ported by the Ninth District of Busi
s ness and Professional Women’s Clubs.
> She also requested members to submit
i their total amount spent individually
during “Trade at Home Week.” The
f meeting was then turned over to Fan
nie Sue Sayers, Education and Voca
’ tion chairman, who introduced Dr.
> Fletcher.
, Mrs. Fletcher, in a soft-spoken
t voice, enthralled her audience as she
, touched on two hundred years’ history
s of the colonies during the Colonial
■ and RsvoWftonary .periods, found in
her six historic novels. Going more
) into detail on her newest best-seller
> “Bennett’s Wellcome,” which took two
’’ years to complete, the authoress stat
: ed that she started out at the William
j and Mary Library for her first re
search but being told nothing was to
I be found there during the period of
, the English Civil War, she went to
| the British Museum in England, where
) she found research work being done
• entirely different from that of the
! United States.
" “It took me four or five days to get
started in this huge museum that
housed over two million books, and
. I was always getting lost,” she laugh
- ed. Mrs. Fletcher said she ran up
; on some very interesting books while
• at the museum, some that one had
' never heard of. “That’s the way I
* got my best material, when not look-
J ing for it,” she declared.
. The whole background of “Bennett’s
Welcome” was gathered at the home
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November Term Df
Superior Court Will
Convene Monday
Session Will Be Featur
ed By One Trial For
| Murder
The November term of Chowan
County Superior Court will convene
next Monday, with Judge W. C. Har
ris of Raleigh scheduled to preside.
It will be a mixed term, featured
by a murder charge in which William
Outlaw will be tried for the murder of
Latham Roberts.
The calendar of civil cases as re
leased by Clerk of Court E. W. Spires,
Is as follows:
J. Roy Winslow vs. G. B. Morgan
and Brooks Morgan.
C. P. Haris vs. Edna D. Pierce.
M. M. Nixon vs. Farmers Coopera
tive Exchange.
'Albemarle Motor Co., vs. Billie C.
Biggs.
Willie Charlton vs. M. W. Jackson.
Motions and divorce cases will be
heard at the convenience of the court.
Thanksgiving Service
At Methodist Church
The Rev. E. B. Edwards, pastor
of the Methodist Church, announces (
that a special Thanksgiving service, i
will be held In the church Thursday
morning at bl oVlock. A cordial,!
invitation is .extended members ofj<
the congregation and the general ntib* 1 1
lie to attend. Ii
Mrs. Guy C. Hobbs <
Named Chairman Df
Christmas Seal Sale
Chowan County’s Goal
This Year Set at
$1,200
Mrs. Guy C. Hobbs of the Junior
Woman’s Club has been named chair
man of the 1950 Christmas Seal Sale
for Chowan County, according to an
anrtouncement by Ralph E. Parrish,
president of the Chowan Tuberculosis
Association, which is now conduct
, ing the Seal Sale in the county. This
is the 44th annual Christmas Seal
. Sale conducted through the nat; .11 to
’ raise funds to fight tuberculosis and
1 officially opened in this county Mon
day morning and will last until De
: cember 25(th.
’ Chowan County’s quota this year is
' $1,200.00, the minimum needed to car
! ry out the 1951 tuberculosis preven
tion and control program in the coun
:, ty. Os this amount 94 per cent is
' used to finance tuberculosis control
' campaigns within the state. The oth-
er 6 per cent is forwarded to the Nat
[ tional Tuberculosis Association to
support its services to state and local
associations and medical research.
“Tuberculosis kills more than 40,-
* 000 Americans each year,” says Mrs.
: Hobbs. “It kills more young people
‘ between the ages of 15 and 35 than
' any other disease in this country. We
■ still have a long road to travel before
• complete victory against this disease
r is realized. The Christmas Seal Sale
! in Chowan County deserves the sup
' port of every resident. Its success
will make possible a vigorous program
‘ of jfß prevention control during the
ctfnjng year.”
4 'Tile seals have been mailed to all
! residents of the county and the In
r dusfcries of the town are being solicii
l ed by Miss Kathryn Brown and Mrs.
1 Martin 'Wisely. AM contributions
: should be mailed to Mrs. Guy Hobbs,
' treasurer, not later than December 25.
) The Colored Woman’s Club is assist
' ing Mrs. Hobbs and her committee in
1 th Seal iSale.
Aces Play Final Game
; Os Season Thursday
t Edenton and Ahoskie
1 Bring Down Curtain
> On Hicks Field
3 11 ■
1 'Coach George Thompson’s Edenton
I Aces will bring down the curtain on
■ the 1950 Gridiron season Thursday
night, when they stack up against the
i strong Ahoskie Indians. The game
3 will start at 8 o’clock.
The Aces were defeated by Ahoskie
35-7 last season, so that they will be
out for revenge, and a battle royal is
expected. Ahoskie is reported to have
another strong team this season, but
the Aces .will put up the fight of
their lives to add another victory for
the season.
As the result of last week’s game
j with Kinston, a few of the Aces were j
nursing minor injuries, buit Coaches
George Thompson and Ben Perry are
hoping that all of the boys will be in
■ shape to play Thursday night.
The high school band will be on
hand to liven up affairs, and it "is
hoped a large crowd of fans will turn
out for the final game of the sea
' son.
Barter Theatre Will
Show Here Tuesday
“The Show-off” Spon
sored By Edenton
Rotary €lub
' t,
Plans have been completed for the ;
appearance in Edenton of the Barter
Theatre. The show, “The Show-Off,”
will be presented by Robert Porter
field’s famous Barter Theatre of Vir
ginia in the high school auditorium
next Tuesday night, November 28,
at 8 o’clock.
The Barter Theatre is sponsored by 1
the Ederfton Rotary Cliff), with all ]
members having tickets to sell. The ]
Club must post a guarantee, so that it i
is hoped a larged crowd will witness
the performance. ’The Show-Off’ (
has the reputation of being theViest <
I comedy ever written, so that those 1
who attend will be able to see a good 1
I show produced by professional actors.
County Roads Paved
Or Being Paved By
Highway Road Fund
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New Postmaster j
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' RICHARD D. DIXON
Congressman Herbert Bonner
announced Friday of last week
that he has recommended Richard
D. Dixon as Edenton’s postmaster.
! Mr. Dixon will succeed the late
■ Carroll E. Kramer.
4-H County Council
Makes Plans For
Achievement Day
Date Is Changed From
December 2 to No
vember 30
The Chowan 4-H County Council
met at the Community Building on
Wednesday night of last week, when j
| plans for the annual 4-H Achievement j
1 1 Day were discussed and a tentative
[program was approved. It has been
• 'necessary to change the date of the
'I Achievement Day from Saturday J
December 2, to Thursday night, No-]
vember 30th. This was necessary be
, cause most of the council officers
work in town on Saturday and it is
impossible for them to attend the
Achievement Day exercises if they
are held on that day.
The basketball schedule was check
-1 ed and it was decided that Thursday
] night, November 30th, would be the
best time to have the Achievement
Day exercises. It has not been decid
ed definitely as to the time and place,
as there are two or more auditoriums
that might possibly be used.
Scout President
Calls For Meeting
i •
and Serious Talk
Will Be Held No
vember 30 .
Forrest V. Ross, president of the
Tidewater Council, Boy Scouts of
America, has arranged to meet with
a group of interested men at the Com
munity House, across from Chowan
County High School, on Thursday
night, November 30, at 7 o’clock
sharp.
“Frankly,” says Mr. Ross, ‘*Boy
Scouting in the district isn’t getting
along as well as it should, so I am
inviting a number of people for a
complimentary dinner and a serious
talk about the whole situation.” ,
Mr. Boss Palls attention to the fact
that Scouting does for a boy’s charac
ter what college does for his educa
tion, at a small fraction of the cost.
It is designed to be made available
to every boy in the United States.
Masons Call Off
Meeting Thursday
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday,
there will be no meeting of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., Thursday
night of this week. (Regular meet
ings will be resumed next week.
Members of the lodge have been
contacted by letter for a Thanksgiving
contribution for Oxford Orphanage
and members are urged to send in
their contribution to <C. W. Overman
dt once. 1
$2.00 Per Year.
Work Under Direction
Os District Engineer
George K. Mack
STATE EQUIPMENT
Improvements Made By
Highway Mainten
ance Forces
Citizens of Chowan County will be
interested to know what roads have
been or are being built with bond
funds. This work is being done by
State Highway maintenance forces,
using State-owned equipment. The
work is under the supervision of
George K. Mack, district engineer,
with R. C. Bunch, as construction su
perintendent. R. C. Spruill is super
visor in charge of all paving.
The paving includes the following:
A sand asphalt base has been placed
on the road from Ryland to Tyner,
a distance of 4.5 miles. The final
coat, a wearing surface, will be placed
sometime during the winter. The road
is open to traffic.
5.2 miles of sand asphalt base has
been placed on the Cannon Ferry
Road from Route N. C. 32 via Cannon
Ferry and back to N. C. 32. An as
phalt wearing surface still has to be
, placed to complete the paving,
t From Raleigh Peel’s to Peel’s Store
to Rocky Hock Church and back to
Route N. C. 32, a distance of 5.9
miles has been paved complete except
the wearing surface. >
I Another 6.0 mile section from Mace
,donia via High Bridge in Rocky Hock
to White’s Landing and to hard sur
face at Johnny Bunch’s home has only
the sand asphalt base on it.
' 3.2 miles more of base only has
been placed on the road from the
Chow r an—Perquimans County line via
Yeopim to Route N. C. 32, and the
Thick Neck Road to Route N. C. 37.
The sand asphalt has been placed
i as a base on the Old Hertford Road
i j between Routes N. C. 32 and U. S.
jl7 the wearing surface to be placed
soon.
i The following roads, though not
■ | paved, have been widened, drained
i ' and a stablized surface of local soil
I material or crushed stone placed on
them which will give a year around
riding surface free from mud or slip
i pery surfaces:
The Paradise Road, a distance of
5.1 miles.
From Green Hall School 1.4 miles
south to end of pavement.
1.0 mile of the Thick Neck Road
from Route U. S. 17 to Route N. C.
; 37.
1951 Auto License
Plates Will Go On
Sale December 1
For First Time In 10
Years Color of Tags
Will Be Changed
Goldie Layton, branch manager for
the Carolina Motor Club announced
this week that 1961 state license plates
will go on sale December 1, as in
former years. Miss Layton urges
owners of motor vehicles to purchase
their licenses early in order to avoid
a rush at the lasrt minute.
Miss Layton has been advised that
for the first time since 1940, the
black and yellow plates will be chang
ed. The 1951 tag will be red and
white.
Rotarians Pay Tribute
To Carroll E. Kramer
Edenton Rotarians at their meet
ing Thursday of last week paid respect
to Carroll E. Kramer, a member of
the club who died suddenly the day
after the previous meeting as the re
sult of a heart attack. The chair
at the table where Mr. Kramer us
ually sat was turned and left vacant
during the meeting and President
Thomas Byrum called all Rolarians
to stand in a minute of silence in
memory of their deceased fellow Ro
tarian.
ROTARY MEETING CALLED OFF
Due to the thanksgiving holiday
Thursday of this week, the Edenton
Rotary Club has called off the weekly
meeting. Hie regular meetings will
be resumed next Thursday.