Volume xviil—No. r
L Burton H. Jones
I Is Commissioned
j Ensign In Navy
Receives Orders to Re-i
port For Active Duty
In New Jersey
j
Burton H. Jones, son of Mr. and
•'Airs. J. M. Jones, Edenton was com- ]
s missioned on December 26 as an En-
sign, U. S. Navy, Supply Corps, ac
cording to a statement made by Cap
tain J. E. Cooper, U. S. Navy, Pro
fessor of Naval Science, NROTC Un : t,
University of North Carolina.
Ensign Jones completed his aca
demic requirements for an A. B. De
gree in Economics at the end of the
fall quarter, 1960. A graduate of the
Naval ROTC at the University, he won
a competitive scholarship for naval
training under the Holloway Plan in
1946. This plan provides for the
training of Naval Reserve Midshipmen
I in civilian institutions of higher learn
d ing, graduates of which are destined
to become regular officers of the Navy
or Marine Corps. Officers cmnds !
I sioned under this program serve for
I a period of at least two years with
I ' an option of requesting retention a3
I -career officers in the service at the
K expiration of that time,
kt Ensign Jones has received has orders
Mr-to active duty for further instruction
Vit the Naval Supply Corps Scnool,
New Jersey. He will report
-to ihis new station albout January 7
after completion of about one week’s
leave.
Jaycees Continue To
Collect Scrap Paper
Members Point Out That
Critical Shortage
Exists
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Impetus has been added to the Eden
ton Junior Chamber oif Commerce
scratp paper drive, which is held every
Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Members of the Jaycees call atten
tion to the fact that a story out of
Chicago saiid that the critical shortage
of waste paper has left mills with only
a 16-day supply for use in making car
tons needed to ship supplies to the
war front.
'With the nation in the midst of a
national emergency and defense prep
arations gaining momentum daily,
u more demands will be on American
* citizens to conserve items that nor
mally go into the garbage can.
Fortunately, various civic organiza
tions continued scrap paper drives af
ter the practice got started in World
f War H. If the Midwestern carton
; i makers’ supply is any indication of
b future needs, communities would act
* wisely to renew immediately scrap
paper drives on an even larger scale.
A Because of the present situation, the
(Jaycees hope many more people in
Edenton will save their scrap paper
and place it on porches each Saturday
afternoon so it can be collected.
Riarians Offer To
j Help Newcomers
New Bridge and Open
ing of Base Consider
ed at Meeting
In anticipation of re-opening the
Edenton Naval Air Station and con-!
strudtion of a new bridge across Cho-1
wan River, both of which will bring,
newcomers to Edertton, local Rotarians
alt their meeting Thursday considered]
ways *nd means to welcome and aid
„ those Who will make their home in
i Edenton.
President Thomas By rum referred
the matter to the Community Service
Committee, urging the Chairman to
cooperate with Mayor Leroy Haskett,
\ Town CounoSl and the Chamber of
[I Commerce in being of service in any j
U way possible if and when there is an i
J influx of people. I
: Edenton PTA Will
Meet Next Tuesday
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Edertton High School will meet)
Ts,e»ssv evening, January 9, at 3:30
o’elodj in the high school library.
Ik Dr. A. P. downturn will sneak on
the School Is Doing For Your
" Child’lß Eyes.” All members are urged
THE CHOWAN HERALD
[inward BoostedJ
Chief of Police George I. Dail
informed The Heralld (Monday of
this week that the reward for in
formation leading to the arrest
] and conviction of (the murderer of
j Arthur Reeves, colored, has been J
raised from SSO to SIOO.
Reeves’ body was found on the
town’s trash pile Thursday morn
ing, December 7. The police have
had a very few slender clues to
work on and .have run down every I i
one, with no success.
Change In CHnic » J.
Schedule Released
Health Department Re
leased Clinic Nurse on
December 31
Announcement by the District
Health Department is to the effect
that due to the necessity for holding
the January orthopedic clinic on Janu- i
i ary 16, there Will be no baby clinic on
that day. Thereafter, these well batby
clinics will be held regularly each first
and thlird Tuesday afternoon from 1
to 3 o’clock.
The next cancer clinic will be held
Friday, January 5. Registration is
from 1 to 2:30 o’clock.
The Health Department regrets that
exhaustion of volunteer agency funds,
from which she has been paid, neces
sitated the release of the clinic nurse
December 31. 'Mrs. Thelma B. Saw
yer has held this position since De
cember, 1949, and did fine work. In
consequence of this, the immuniza
tion clinics will be held every day
Monday through Friday from 4 to 5
|P. M. This is for the Elizabeth City
office only. There will be no change
in the other offices.
Chest X-rays will be made each
Monday and Wednesday from 9 to
12 o’clock and each Thursday from 1
to 5 o’clock.
Local Firemen Called
To Fire At Creswell
Blaze Destroys Creswell
Theatre Thursday
Afternoon
Edenton firemen were called to
• Creswell shortly after noon Thursday,
i when the building housing the Cres
- well Theatre was completely destroyed
by fire. Firemen from Columbia were
• also called to the scene, but the blaze
■ had made too much headway for the
1 two fire-departments to save the
i building.
’ The fire is said to have Started
; when grass around the theaxre was
> being burned which spread to a fuel
tank at the rear of the building. The
• tank caught fire and quickly spread
t over the entire building and also
• crossed the highway.
The .theatre was located on U. S.
highway 64 and had been in oaera
tion a few years. It was owned and
operated .by Earl Davenport.
Pocahontas Officers
Be Installed Friday
Mrs. Hazel Williford Is
Elected Pocahontas of
Chowanoke Council
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| New officers were elected Friday
night for Chowanoke Council, No. 54,
i - Degree of Pocahtontes. Those elected
I ] were Mrs. Hazel Williford, Pocahon-
I'tas, succeeding Mrs. Willie O'Neal;
i Mrs. Vara White, Wenona; W. J.
Daniels, 'Powhatan; Mrs. Johnny
1 Oliver, keeper of wampum; Mrs. Na
t orqj Copeland, collector of wampum,
i Mrs. Myrtle Adams, chief of records.
, These officers, and those appointed
l.by the new Pocahontas, will be in-
I stalled at .the Council’s meeting Fri
jday night. The installation ceremony
I will be conducted by Mrs. E. J. Pruden,
deputy Great Pocahontas of Chowan
Council.
Friday’s meeting will begin at 7:30
o’clock and refreshments will be ser
ved at the close of the meeting. All
’ members of the Council are especially
: urged to attend.
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SCHOOLS REOPEN
After a two weeks holiday over the
■ Christmas season, schools in Edenton
and Chowan County reopened Monday
of this week.
"Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 4,1951.
J. R. Winslow, Jr., I
Is Killed In Truck
Accident Thursday
Hobbsville Youth Going J
To Northern Market
With Corn
James Roy Winslow, 20 years o’d,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Winslow of ]
Holbbsvalle, was instantly killed early >
I Thursday morning on Route 460 near :
Petersburg, Va. Young Winslow was l
driving a truck load of corn to the
northern markets and, accot'lmg to
reports, he ran into the rear end of a
truck parked on the highway await
ing repairs.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at Warwick Baptist Church. 1
The pastor of the church, the Rev.
Paul E. Lemons, officiated.
(
Joseph Conger, Jr.,
Elected President i
i
Os Varsity Club
New Officers Chosen at]
Meeting Held at Tri- i
angle Monday
New officers for the Varsity Club
were elected at a dinner meeting held
in the Triangle Restaurant dining
room Monday night, when Joseph
Conger, Jr., was elected president to
succeed Bill Cozart.
Other officers elected were: Wen
dell Copeland, vice-president; Parker
Helms, secretary; A1 Phillips, treas
urer.
Gilliam Wood was elected as a mem
ber of the board of directors for a
term of three years. Those remaining
on the board are Bill Brotton and
George Thompson.
Aside from- the election of officers,
only routine business was transacted.
X-Ray Unit Will Be
Sent Into District
In Four Counties of Dis
trict February 17
To March 3
According to Dr. B. B. McGuire,
health officer for the local health dis-j
trict, announces that Dr. William A. j
Smith, chief of the Tuberculosis Sec
tion, Stalte Board of Health, will send
an X-ray unit to this district Febru
ary 17 to March 3 for a special pro
gram. The program will be sponsored
by the Tuberculosis and Health Asso
ciations and Christjnas Seal Sale
committees in the four counties com
prising the district, and will be paid
for from seal sale funds.
All senior high school students, con
tacts of active cases and families of
those found in last year’s survey to
have lung pathology, and other groups
are to be X-rayed. The general public
may also be X-rayed if desired.
The complete Schedule and plans will
I be released soon. In the meantime,
the Seal Sale funds are urgently
needed and should be sent in.
Red Men Install
NewGroupOfficers
Jack Barrow Sachem of
Tribe; Great Sachem
Present
Now officers for Chowan Tribe, No.
12, Improved Order of Red Men, were
. installed at the tribe’s meeting Mon
day night. Present for the occasion
was E. R. Swindell of Washington,
N. C., Great Sachem for North Caro
lina, who had charge of the installa
tion ceremony.
The elective officers who were in
stalled included Jack Barrow, sachem;
John Brabble, senior sagamore; E. J.
Williford, junior sagamore; Horace
White, prophet; all of whom will serve
a six-months terra. Those installed for
a 12-months term were: R. B. Hollo
well, collector aif wampum; W. M.
Rhoades, keeper of wampum; J. Edwin
Bufflap, Chief of records; W. A. Mun
den, keeper of the wigwam, and L. A.
Burtch, trustee for a three-year term, i
Feast Os Lights
Service At St Paul's
flu Sunday Evening
Inspiring Service Sched
uled to Begin at
7:30 O’clock
ISunday evening in St. Paul’s Episco
pal Church at 7:30 o’clock there prom
ises to be held a mo9t beautiful and
inspiring service. It is known as the
Feast of Lights or Epiphany service.
The service symbolizes the manifesta
tion of Christ to the world. “Christ is
that Light which came into a dark
world,” says the Rev. Gordon Bennett,
rector. “He is the Light that con- j
tinues to grow every day, .though at l
times we feel that His Light has not l
reached into some parts of the world.
One cannot help feel that he has wit
nessed the growth of .the early Church
as the service progresses to a glorious
climax.”
Candles will .be presented to those
who attend the service. »The candles
are taken from the church to the
homes who participate in the service, .
j the burning candle symbolizing the I
'Light of Christ that shines in all
Christian hearts and homes.
The pulblie is cordially invited to
participate in this and all ether ser-]
vices held in St. Paul’s Episcopal
I Church.
“Use the Church daily. It is God’s j|
j House, and you are always welcome,”]
| says Mr. Bennett.
E. W. Spires Taken
111 On Vacation Trip
Hospitalized In Charles
ton, S. C., and Now
In Norfolk
Wold reached Edenton early this
week that Clerk as Court E. W. Spires
was forced to enter a hospital in
Charleston, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Spires,
together with their son-in-law and
daughter, Dr. and 'Mrs. Albert Stan
ton, were retaining from a holiday
vacation in Florida, when Mr. Spires
became violently HI and was taken to
the Charleston hospital.
I The group arrived home Tuesday!
! night and Mr. Spires was taken toj
I the General Hospital in Norfolk Wed-|
nesday.
Tournament Set For
Goober Belt League
j Eleven More Home Con
tests Scheduled For
Armory Court
Interest is mounting in the Goober
Belt Basketball League, one of the
participants being the local National
Guard team. Members of the league
include Edenton, Plymouth, Conway,
Williamston, Jamesville, Woodland,
Murfreesboro and Lewiston.
Home games, which are played in
the armory, for the remainder of the
season, follow:
'Monday, January B—Williamston.
Friday, January 12—Murfreesboro.
Monday, January 15, Plymouth.
Thursday, January 18—Woodland.
Monday, January 22—'Lewiston.
Thursday, February I—Jamesville.
Monday, February s—Conway.s—Conway.
Thursday, February 15—Murfrees
boro.
Thursday, February 22—Plymouth.
Saturday, February 24—Woodland.
Monday, March s—iWilliamston.
Saturday, January 20 is scheduled
for an all-star game with Woodland
tentatively set for the game to be
played.
The league tournament will be held
March 7, 8. 9 and 10 with the location
to be decided upon later.
LEG AMPUTATED
Zeb Smith, well known Cowpen Neck
farmer, had one of his legs ampu
tated in Chotwan Hospital on Satur
day.
The leg became infected following
an accident while working with a
tractor on his farm.
MEETING POSTPONED
Due to New Year’s day falling on
Monday of this week, the Chowan
County Commissioner postponed their
January meeting from Monday to
Wednesday.
The .postponement permitted the
Counity Commissioners to observe the
i New Year holiday.
Presbyterian Speaker | |
Jam 1
■
DR. T. K. YOUNG !
During the month of January, 1
Dr. Young of Memphis, Tenn.,
will speak each Sunday morning
at 8:30 o’clock over radio stations ,
WPTF, Raleigh ,W’SOC, Charlotte,
and WTAR, Norfolk, for the
Presbyterian Hour. Next Sunday’s (
subject willl be “Christ’s Doctrine
of Brotherljness.”
Masons WilT Install
Officers Tonight :
C. B. Mooney Succeeds
Hubert Williford as i|
Master of Lodge '
New officers for the year 1951 will!
be installed for Unanimity Lodge, No.
7, at the meeting scheduled for tonight
] (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
The newly elected’officers to be in- ’
] stalled are as follows: C. B. Mooney,'
master, who succeeds Hubert Willi-,
ford; W. A. Harrell, senior warden;
IC. T. Griffin, junior warden; C. H.j
jWood, treasurer and Louis Georgel
I Wilkins, secretary.
1 Mr. Mooney’s appointed of fleet's in
clude the following:
Senior Deacon, W. M. Rhoades;
junior deacon, Paul Ober; stewards, D.
Skiles and W. O, White; tiler, Wil
liam Adams; chaplain, W. J. Taylor;
attendance chairman, T. B. Williford;!
orphanage committee, C. W. Overman,
J. A. Curran and Hubert Williford;]
program and Masonic Education, H.
A. Campen and W. P. Goodwin; de-j
j grees, W. P. Goodwin, H. A. Campen .
Jand Dr. W. S. Griffin; finance and
building, J. A. Curran, E. W. Spires,
R. P. Baer, H. A. Campen and C. H. J
Wood; auditing, R. E. Leary, Dr. W. S.
Griffin and E. W. Spires; sick and j
widows, W. J. Daniels and W. 0. El- j
liott.
The new officers will be installed by ]
|W. J. Bundy of Greenville, a past.,
| Grand Master of North Carol: ia Mas-,
on®.
A very important matter concerning
the dues of the lodge will be consider
ed at tonight’s meeting, of which
members have been notified. For that
reason every member is urged to at
tend.
| Let’s CooperatejJ
While Edenton boasts a splendid
reputation for being a clean town,
the Street Department calls at
tention to a practice on the part
of some people to allow trash re
ceptacles to remain along the curb
practically all the time. In fact
there are a few instances where
cans remain on the street at al
most any time of day.
Edenton’s streets can become
even more attractive ff garbage
cans are taken in after they are
emptied by Street Department em
ployees. A little cooperation along
this (line will be appreciated.
Sisters Win BPW
Song Title Contest
Mrs. H. B. Thomas, chairman of
the Christmas song title contest spon
sored by the Edenton Business and
Professional Women’s Club, announced
the winners of the contest Tuesday.
Ann Spruill and Maxine Spruill tied
for top honors, each young lady hav
ing guessed all of the right titles ex
cept one.
The prize of $lO will will be divided/
among them. They will each receive
a check for $5.00 from the BPW Club.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet to
day (Thursday) at 1 o’clock in the
Parish House. President Thomas By
rum urges a full attendance for the
first meeting in 1951.
, LOO Per Year.
Bloodmobile Again
Scheduled To Visit
Edenton On Feb. 13
Chowan County Red
Cross Chapter’s Quota
Is 175 Pints
George Alma Byrusn, chairman of
the OhaWan County Red Cross blood
program, calls attention to the next
visit of the bloodmobile. which will be
in Edenton Tuesday, February 13. He
further wants to inform Edenton and
Chowan County people that the quota
for the county will be 175 pints of
blood due to ! calls for . shipment of
blood overseas as the result of the
Korean fighting.
“We will have to have the coopera
tion from every section of the coun
ty if we expect to meet our quota,”
said Mr. Byrum. “If not asked by
some of the recruiters to give a pint
of blood, please get in touch with me.
Give a pint of blood to save a life.”
In mid-November the Tidewater
Blood Center made an appeal to the
public to increase blood donations in
order to enable it to meet the ordinary
demands that are made upon it. The
response to the appeal was encourag
ing. But this agency is now faced
with an extraordinary demand, and it
is appealing again to the public to
meet the issue.
C. Os C. Directors
Called To Meet
President David Holton
Asks For a Meeting
Tonight
I David Holton, president of the re-
I vived Chamber of Commerce, has
called a meeting of the directors of
the organization for tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o’clock. The meeting mil
be held in the Municipal Building, and
while all directors are especially urged
to be present, any other p-rson in
terested is cordially invited to at
tend.
The directors are Marvin Wilson,
jP. S, McMullan, Mrs. Carrie Earn
hardt, Walter Miller, William Perry.
| Henry G. Quinn, Herbert Hollowell,
Louis George Wilkins, Frank Holmes,
Henry Cuthrell, Frank Elliott, Percy
i Smith, Carey Evans, Erie Haste, Wen
dell Copeland and Earl Harrell.
Rhett Miller’s Leg
Broken Third Time
Now Patient In DePaul
Hospital For Two
Months
Rhett Miller is a patient in DePaul
Hospital, Norfolk, where he is con
fined due to a broken leg for he third
time. His leg was first broken in an
automtv ’e accident in February of
last year. He was confined in Chowan
Hospital and while recuperating his
crutches slipped and it was again
broken.
On Friday of last week be was be
ing taken to DePaul Hospital to be
measured for a brace for his foot and
the same leg was frac:ured be!ow
the knee when the automobile in which
he was tiding collided with a truck.
He was jammed between the seat and
dashboard.
The accident occurred on the bridge
between Murfreesboro and FYanklin
when brakes were applied to the truck
and it swerved in front of the car in
which young Miller was riding.
His leg is again in a cast and he
will be confined in the hosp Hal for
t\Vo more months.
Polio Victim Released
By Mary view Hospital
Lloyd Mills, Jr., nine years old, who
was sent to Maryview Hospital in
Portsmouth on December 9, by the
Chowan County Chapter of the Nat
ional Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis, was released December 22. The
boy was sent to the hospital when it
was thought he was a victim of in
fantile paralysis.
Diagnosis of the case was poliomye
litis with slight weakness of the left
deltoid.
Follow-up treatments include a
home exercise program and the boy
is scheduled to return to the clinic
in January-