Volume XVIII.—No. 2.
Drive For Members
»Chamber Commerce
Will Be Held Friday
l&L- <
President David Holton
# Meets With Directors
Tuesday
, yiTAL~NEED
Arrangements Made to
Include Business and
Individuals
David Holton, now .president of the
Chamber of Commerce, met with the
directors' Tuesday afternoon in the
Court House, when Friday, January
'l2, was designated as solicitation day
for memberships. On that day a
committee headed by Henry Cuthrell
will make an effort to contact every
potential member of the organization,
i Mr. Holton said he hoped every pros
t pect will be called on, but that if any
■ one happens to be missed, either he or
® Mr. Cuthrell should be contacted.
The group went on record to charge
$4.00 monthly for dues for each busi
ness concern, payable quarterly, semi
annually or annually. Provision was
also made for individual memberships, j
which will be $lO per year. Each'
i business .firm will (be presented an at
tractive, membership emblem for dis
play and each individual will be given
. a pocket card.
At the meeting Mr. Holton and oth
ers discussed various reasons why a
Chamber of Commerce is needed in
Edenton. It was pointed out that 1%
million dollars will be spent for erec
tion of a new bridge across Chowan
River and that $2,695,000 has been
appropriated for reopening the Eden
ton Naval Air Station.
“Due to tiiese two projects alone,”
said Mr. Holton, "we certainly need
headquarters ahd an organiation to
properly meet and assist newcomers
in many ways.” 'Mr. Holton stated
that lately he has received from five
to 10 letters per day and that it is a
ahatlhe to allow these letters to go un
answered.
The Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association will work to
gether in an effort to aid merchants.
Credit information is planned, as well
as observance of holidays and various
promotional projects to boost business.
flbe group went on record to see if
proper arrangements can be worked
out to secure a northern baseball team
to come to Edeniton for spring train
ing. It was also decided to invite the
Goober Belt League to stage the bas
ketball tournament in Edenton the lat
ter part of March.
A legislative committee has been
appointed composed of Mayor Leroy
Haskett, Marvin Wilsoh, J. ,W. Davis,
J. H. Conger and J. Clarence Leary,
'nils group will keep in contact with
representatives in the General As
sembly in connection with any legis
lation affecting local problems.
Mr. Holton strongly urges all mer
chants and individuals to join the or
ganization at this critical time. He
said the Chamber of Commerce has
bad its ups and downs, but that at
this particular time all should get
together and work for the welfare of
the town and county.
It is planned to publish a list of the
members in next week’s issue pf The
Herald.
Important Masonic
Meeting Tonight
A very Important meeting of Una
nimity Lofee, No. 7, A. F. & A. M.,
is scheduled to be held tonight (Thurs-
S;e hall in
in oppor
i increase
Ml, C. B;
odge, re
that the
II be re
urday
riliary of
3, at 2
o’clock at the Brown-Carver Library.
IWwa Eva C. Cox is president of
twfAsumliary and Mrs. A. F. Holley
secretary, bath, of whom urge all
members to attend this meeting.
Mafe'.'-r
jfegrfefif J. A. Bunch reported to the
. last week that
month of December he col
-5244115.66 for 1950 taxes. To
tal collections to date
$73,00269.
THE CHOWAN HERA!
TNational Guardsmen
Play Chowan College
In, Armory Friday
Edenton’s National Guard basketball
team of the Goober Belt League will
-meet the strong Chowan College team
i in the Edenton armory Friday night,
January 12, at 8 o’clock.
The local outfit to date has an even
record, having won four games and
lost four.
Basketball fans are especially urged j
to turn out for the game.
Division Meeting Os
Legion Will Be Held
In Edenton Jan. 19th
Ed Bond Post Selected
As Host For About
100 Posts
;i
■ Robert L. Pratt, Commander of Ed
Bond Post of the American Legion,
( announced early this week that a
Legion division meeting will be held
in Edenton Friday, January 19, which
will attract Legionnaires from 100
1 posts from the eastern part of the
1 state. The meeting will be held in
the local armory with a Dutch bar
becue dinner scheduled to be served
1 at 7 P. M. The barbecue will be ser
-1 ved by -the Respass brothers of Green
ville.
The principal speaker for the oc
casion will be Hugh Alexander of
l Kannapolis, Department Commander,
* and J. C- Lamb of Wilson, Division
[ Commander, will also'attend the meet
ing.
Mr. Pratt said Ed Bond Post has
been honored for being selected as
host and he urges Legionnaires from,
all posts to attend.
I 7
Property Must Be
Listed In January
; i
‘ List Takers In the Four
‘ Townships Now Ready
To Take (Lists
, Property owners and taxpayers are
r reminded that they are required to list
( property for taxation during the
[[month of January, and list takers in
i the four townships in Chowan County
. are now ready to take listings.
All real estate, personal property,
etc., must be listed, and the list takers
. are required to secure a 1950 crop
• acreage report, which includes acreage
« for each crop harvested during the
i year 1950; number of cows, sows and
; hens bn a farm on January 1; number
; of people living on a farm on Janu
■ ary 1. This information will be con-
Ifidential and will not be used for tax
I I purposes. Taxpayers are especially
1 1 urged to have this information ready
for the tax listers.
The schedules of the various tax
listers are as follows:
•First Township
Mrs. P. S. McMullan, tax lister
—Court House 9 A. M., to 5 P. M.
Second Township
Paul Ober, list taker—Jan. 12, El
liott Belch’s office, Center Hi'll; Jan.
15, Elton Chappell’s store, Cross
Roads; Jan. 17, Walter Miller’s store;
Jan. 19, Elbert Peele’s store; Jan. 22,
Henry Bunch’s store; Jan. 24, Elliott
Belch’s office, Center Hill; Jan. 25,
Coke Nixon’s store; Jan. 26, Walter
Miller’s store; Jan. 29, Henry Bunch’s
Store.
Third Township
T. A. Berryman, tax lister—Jan.
18, Spivey’s store, Ryland; Jan. 11
and 25, G. A. HoiloweH’s store; Jan.
13, 20 and 27, Briggs', store.
Fourth Township
C. W. Parker, list taker —at home
except January 20 and 27, when he
will be at Neal Hobbs’ store.
Junior Woman’s Club
Card Party Feb. 9th
Edenton Junior Woman’s Club has
planned to hold a card party Friday
n’ght, February 9 at 8 o'clock. The
oartv will be held in the ball room at
Hotel Joseph Hefwes and will include
canasta, bridge' or any -other card
“"Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 11,1951.
Bloodmobife Will
Again Visit Edenton
Tuesday, Feb. 13th
Chairman George Alma
Byrum Urges More to
Donate [Blood
The first visit of 1951 of the Blood
mobile to Chowan County will take
place on Tuesday, February 13, with
the county’s quota being 176 pints of
blood, an increase of 50 pints over
the November visit.
George Alma Byrum, chairman of
the local blood program, appeals to
every citizen in the county who pos
sibly can, to volunteer as donors for
j this February visit. Mr. Byrum and
his co-workers are going to try to con
tact everyone in regard to the donat
ing of a pint of blood but in the event
anyone is overlooked, and desires to!
I contribute, he urges them to contact '
-him personally.
| The increase in the county’s quota
I comes about due to the increased need
for this blood both at home and in
veterans hospitals as well as the ac
tual battlefield in Korea. So many
young Americans have been wounded
on the battlefields, and so much blood
is required for transfusions, plasma
and research, as well as the need lo
cally and throughout this area, that
quotas have been incrased wherever
the bloodmobile goes.
'Mr. Byrum wishes to point out
again: “This program is for our own
good as well as for the good of our
neighbors, friends and oul soldiers.
llt s absolutely free. The Wood or
plasma, when given to a patient, is
free. The only charge that could -be
made in regards to t.his blood is for
laboratory fees at the hospitals and
this fee is negligible. It is a simple
procedure, the giving of blood, it
doesn’t hurt. If one is physically un
, able to give, although they have vol
unteered, it will be found out by phy
sicians and technicians who accom
pany the bloodmobile and give pre-.
nary tert*. Tin best possible
care is given to donors. They are t
j processed and cared for by loco' he'n
i ers as well as the doctors and tech
i nicians who come with the bloodmo
bile. It doesn’t take long to give the
pint of blood. It doesn’t harm you
in any respect. In fact, many doctors
are of the opinion that the giving of a
mnt of blood occasionally is a stimu- 1
lant to a person. In addition to being j
f well cared for, the donating of a pint,
of blood for such ,a program gives one I
■ a sense of goodness, of helping their
fellow man, of having contributed
‘ something towards the return to
health of a friend or neighbor, and
possibly of even saving a life.”
In view of the past record of the
bloodmobile visits to Chowan County,
* Mr. Byrum is optimistic at the suc
; cess of this February visit. Although
; the quota is the highest ever, he is
i hopeful that the county will once again
■ join together to malje it a success.
The bloodmobile will be stationed
, at the • Parish House as before and
; will remain there throughout the day
> on Tuesday, February 13.
! Brief Meeting Os Town
Council Tuesday Night
Other than routine matters, Town
: Councilmen had little business to at
r tend to at their January meeting held
Tuesday night in the Municipal
Building.
Only one request was made, tha-t
being by M. L. Flynn, representing
Chowan Tribe of Red Men. Mr. Flynn
■ requested permission for the Red
Men to sponsor a carnival if the
Councilmen let down, the bars and al
low carnivals to appear in Edenton.
. The Councilmen adopted a policy of
i charging half of the cost to property
owners in Morris Circle to break the
, cuifb for driveways. Some jiving in
the Circle want a driveway and others
, do not.
Meeting Os Hospital
Auxiliary January 17
A meeting of the Chowan Hospital
Auxiliary is scheduled to be held
Wednesday afternoon, January. 17, at
3 o’clock. The meeting will be held
in the Court House panel room, and
all members are especially urged to
attend.
Rotarians Named To
Welcome Newcomers
Thomas Byrum, president of the
Edenton Rotary Club, at last week’s
meeting appointed a, committee to as
sist town, officials and the Chamber
of Commence to welcom# any newcom
ers to Edenton.
The committee is composed of
George Twiddy, Gilliam W od and
Wesley Chesson.
Livestock School
Scheduled To Be
Held January 18th
Day Will Be Devoted to
Returns In Livestock
Farming
-County Agent C. W. Overman has
announced that a livestock school for
all farmers and others interested in
livestock improvement will he held on
Thursday, January 18, at Chowan
Community Building, beginning at
10 o’clock A. M.
iMr. Overman says that farmers in
Chowan County are turning more and
more to keeping livestock as a means
of supplementing their incomes and
maintaining soil fertility through the
i use of manure. This one day school
|is scheduled to give farmers more
information on practical management
of ibeef cattle, hogs and sheep along
with information on the outlook for
profitable returns in livestock farming,
and the control of diseases and para
sites.
The program will include a review
of the Chowan County livestock situ
ation by Mr. Overman; outlook infor
mation by Paul Fletcher of the North
Carolina Department of Agriculture;
actical feeding and management of
beef cattle, swine and sheep by A. V.
Allen, Jack Kelley, and Sam Buchanan
of the State Extension Service; con
trol of diseases and parasites of live
stock by Dr. Clark Osborne of N. C.!
State College and pastures and feed j
crop production by Dr. E. R. Collins. ,
Mr. Overman urges all farmers who I
can to attend.
Fire Chief R.K. Hall j
Confined To Home
Letter From Veteran
Fireman Read at
Meeting
Fire Chief R. K. Hall is still con
fined to his home due to illness, but
still has the Fire Department at
heart. At the monthly meeting of
| the firemen held Thursday night
I those present were delighted to hear
| the following letter read from the vet
eran fire chief:
“Dear Boys—We now stand on the'
threshold of a new year; a year that
will no doubt be filled with a lot of
hard work for each one of you. It
is with this thought in mind that I
remember the year that has gone by.
It has been through your spirit of ’
cooperation and your untiring efforts
j. that have made this company the fine
one that it is today.
“I am sorry that I cannot be with
you tonight. However, I do want to
express my appreciation for all you
have done for me, your company and
your community. It is indeed an honor
to be chief of such a fine company.
“Best wishes for a very happy and
prosperous New* Year.”
Willie A. Hathaway
In Army Hospital
Chowan Boy Suffering
From Frostbite Re
ceived In Korea
Pfc. Willie A. Hathaway, Route 2,
Edenton, arrived at Percy Jones Army
Hospital at Battle Creek, Mich., air
evacuation from California on Mon
day, January -1.
He will be treated for frostbite re
ceived ‘while serving with the 25th
Division in Korea.
'Patients are arriving at Percy Jones
by air evacuation at the rate of 30 a
day. Col. Martin E. Griffin, Percy
Jones, commander, estimates the 1,-
600 bed hospital will be filled to ca
pacity by February.
Percy Jones is now the Army’s
center for treatment of frostbite cas
ualties from Korea. General and or
thopedic surgery cases and amputees
are also to be treated at PJ.
Recently reopened, the hospital is
one of the nation’s finest and -largest
military hospitals. A wide of
occupational therapy and recreational
facilities are offered.
The library and gymnasium are
now open. The Hospital’s theatre and
two Indoor swimming pools are to be <
opened about the first of the year.
An Armed Forces Radio Station is
operating from 8 A. M., to 10:00 Pi M. 1
March of Dimes Will
Get Under Way In
Chowan January 15
MARCH OF DIMES
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FIGHT
INFANTILE
PARALYSIS
Ik
JANUARY 15-31 1
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Farming Business i
Will Be Discussed ;
t
i At Meeting Friday;
J
| Farm Specialists Will j [
! Speak At (Community \\
Building j;
I The subject “The Business of Farm-
ing” will be discussed at the Chowan 1
Community Building Friday night, ‘
January 12, at 7:30 o’clock says C. W.
Overman, county agent. Extension -
Farm Management specialists, W. L.
Turner and C. E. Clark, of North !
Carolina State College w r ill assist with
the discussions.
“The Business of Farming is much)
more complicated .today than ever be
fore,” Overman says. “Some of the
• items which make it so are crop al-l (
lotments, adjusting farm enterprises j
to utilize land and 'most es-1
ficiently, ufcing soil conservation prac- j
tices most efficiently, farm records, |
I income tax reports and social se-; i
curity.”
The object of this meeting is to
discuss some of the farm management
problems which farmers have to face *
and offer some solutions, “This dis
cussion can be very valuable and mean 1
many dollars to those who attend.
Come and bring your neighbor,” says, I
Mr. Overman.
746 Examined At |
E. City Cancer Clinic
All Over 35 Years Elig
ible For Examination
In E. City <
Seven hundred and forty-six resi- J
dents of this area have been examined
at the Cancer Detection Clinic in *
Efliabeth City since the opening of the
cilinic a little more than a year ago. ’
Examinations are given without
cost, and are available to all North
Carolinians thirty-five and over, with
out regard to race, color or creed. In 1
addition, those who are under thirty
five are eligible for examination if
they have any of the recognized “dan
ger signals of Cancer.”
P. )S. McMullan Now
Expert Tax Appraiser
Chowan County Commissioners at
their meeting Wednesday of last week
appointed P. S. McMullan, former
county tax supervigor, as expert tax
appraiser for the county.
Mr. McMullan’s appointment is a
distinct service to the county in that
the salary was set at SI.OO per year.
Chowan High PTA
Meets Tuesday Night
The. Parent-Teacher Association of ,
Chowan High School will meet in the
School auditorium Tuesday night, ,
January H 6, at 7:30 o’clock.
(Mrs. James Leigh is president of <
the association and urges all parents :
to attend the meeting.
$2.00 Per Year.
Chairman Richard D.
Dixon, Jr., Sets Up
Organization
CHAIRMEN NAMED
Chowan County’s Goal
For 1951 Drive Set
At $2,000
Richard D. Dix,.n, Jr., Chainrfen of
Chowan County’s March of Dimes
campaign, stated early this week that
the drive will begin next Monday,
January 15, and continue throughout
the month of January.
The drive this yea - is sponsored by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce and
with Mr. Dixon as chairman, the ma
chinery has been set' up for what is
hoped will be a successful campaign.
The county’s goal is $2,000, and Mr.
Dixon feels confident that with the in
fantile paralysis situation so serious
that amount should be raised in Cho
wan County without too much trouble.
For that reason he expresses the hope
that everybody will make a contribu
tion during the campaign and that
contributions will be as generous as
possible. He reminds those who con
tribute that the amount is deductible
when filing income reports.
Mr. Dixon, for the most part, will
follow the plan used in previous years
to raise Chowan’s quota, that of
house-to-house canvassing. He has
named various chairmen, who in turn
will be responsible for securing can
vassers, so that not too much work
will fall on any particular person. He
has appointed Kermit Layton as com
munity chairman, with the following
chairmen for various areas:
West Edenton—C. T. Wales, Jr., and
Scott Harrell.
East Edenton—-William Holmes and
Mike Byrum.
North Edenton—Dee Skiles and
I Luther Parks.
[ County—Thomas Francis and Louis
| Leary.
j Business District —Paul Partin and
George Alma Byrum.
I Schools and Churches—Thomas By
rum and Sam Allen.
Outside Business—Frank Holmes
, and Logan Elliott. - ’
Civic and Business Clubs —Horace
White and J. M. Boyce.
Finance—J. C. Parks and Elbert
Copeland.
Graham White has been appointed
publicity chairman.
Masonic Officers
Installed Thursday
Ceremony In Charge of
W. J. Bundy, Former
Grand Master
W. J. Bundy, of Greenville, a form
er Grand Master of Masons in North
Carolina, installed officers for Una
nimity Lodge, No. 7, at its meeting
Thursday night, when a large number
of the members and several visiting
Masons were present. W. P. Good
win acted as marshal for the instal
lation ceremony, which was impres
sively performed by Mr. Bundy.
The officers installed for the year
were:
Master—.C. B. Mooney.
Senior Warden—W. A. Harrell.
Junior Warden—C. T. Griffin.
Treasurer—C. H. Wood.
Secretary—Louis George Wilkins.
Senior Deacon—iW. M. Rhoades.
Junior Deacon—i Paul Ober.
Senior Steward —J). Skiles.
Junior Steward —W. O. White.
Tiler—-William Adams.
Chaplain—W. J. Taylor.
Condition E. W. Spires
Remains Unchanged
Clerk of Court E. W. Spires is a
patient in General Hospital, Norfolk,
his condition being critical.
'Mr. Spires was stricken while re
turning home with Mrs. Spires, their
son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs.
Albert Stanton, from a Christmas va
cation spent in Florida. He was hos
pitalized in a Charleston, S. C., hos
pital and was taken to the Norfolk
hospital Wednesday of last week. For
the most part he has been in a coma,
but did rally enough to recognize
members of his family.