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Volume XVIII.-No. 3. Dimes Deposited In Parking Meters Go To March Os Dimes jChowan County’s Cam- paign Started Mon day Morning v FUNDS^NEEDED Three Polio Victims In Chowan During Past Year Richard Dixon, Jr., chairman of Chowan County’s March of Dimes, an nounced this week that he had se cured permission from Mayor Leroy, Haskett to allow all dimes deposited in the parking meters to go toward Chowan County’s contribution. Os course, dimes do not register in the parking meters, (but it may !be possible that many will insert a dime occas ionally during the remainder of the month of January while the March of Dimes drive will be in progress. Chowan County’s campaign got un der way Monday of this week and al though it is too early to tell how receptive people will be, Mr. Dixon sees no reason why Chowan County will not reach its quota df $2,000. The March of Dimes this year is sponsored 'by the Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce, with Jaycees acting as chairmen oif the various areas to be canvassed. These chairmen save ap- 1 pointed groups of canvassers so that not too much of the burden will fall on arfy particular person. It is hoped that every hotne and every business concern will be contacted to secure a contribution. Mr. Dixon is of the -opinion that everybody should make a contribution, no matter how small it is. Chowan County Chapter’s funds have beeti»cons!dei Ably reduced due to calls for help from the national emer gency fund, which has practically vanished due to heavy demands brought about by *o many cases of polio. While Chowan County has been fortunate in not experiencing a polio -epidemic, the county has not escaped altogether the invasion olf ‘this dread disease. Within a year there have been three eases reported, one of the victims claimed" by death. In each instance local- chapter funds were -necessarily used so that, the victims would not suffer due to proper atten tion. The latest victim of the disease in Chowan County is Lloyd Mills, Jr., who was smt to Maryview Hospital in Portsmouth, and at present appar ently is on his way to recovery.. With the Chowan Chapter’s funds very low, it is very necessary that a | large contribution is made this year. One-half of the money raised goes into the local chapter's treasury to be used in connection with any infantile paral ysis victims. | Cotton Meeting In Court House Tonight ■ Purpose to Discuss Cri tical Need For More Production J. M. Price, secretary of the Chowan County Production and Marketing Ad ministration, announces a cotton meet •g to be held in the Carat House to night (Thursday) at 7:80 o’clock. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the critical need for increased cotton production in 1951 and make plans to carry this information to every farmer in the county. “To maintain our relative position in 1951 aa a cotton producing state, North Carolina farmers must plant . 975,000 acres,” said Mr. Price. “Os A this acreage Chowan County has been ' allocated 3,756 acres.” Representatives of the following have been invited to this meeting: , Farm organizations, local agricultural t agencies, cotton ginners, cotton buyers, • bankers, press, fertilizer dealers, in sectidde dealers, farm equipment dealers, and cotton fanners. * “The need for increased cotton oro duction is critical,” says Mr. Price, “please attend this meeting and of fer any suggestions you may'have - that will help to get the needed in- M crease in 1951 acreage.” .MASONS MEET TONIGHT Piffle 4 Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & / A. M.. will meet tonight (Thursday) L at g o’clock in the Court House. C. B. I - IMdooev, master of the lodge, urges all to be present. THE CHOWAN HERALD T ■ j Legion Speaker | Jm ' V* : ‘ HUGH Q. ALEXANDER | When Legionnaires hold their division meeting in Edenton Fri- ' day, Hugh Q. Alexander, Depart ment Commander will be the prin cipal speaker. OTWIM Officers Meet With President Various Reports Sub mitted at Meeting Fri day Night A meeting of the board of direct or* and committee chairmen *of Eden-* ton’s Business and Profeamonal Wo men’s ClUb was held Friday night at the home of the president, Mrs. Jasie Ruth Carr, at which time plans for coming events of the year were dis cussed. (Reports were submitted on the Christmas parade and party by co chairmen Miss Inez Felton and Mrs. Lala Smith, and Mrs. Marie Byrum was authorized to pay bills pertain ing to the affair. The club decided to have the BPW emblem engraved on the plaque pre- 1 sen ted the Byrum Hardware Company for the best dressed window during the holiday season. A vote of thanks ■was extended the Chowan Herald for the excellent publicity given. The president announced that the Bth District meeting will be held in Elizabeth City sometime in March and urged all members to attend the meet ing. She also requested committee chairmen to call a meeting of their group in order that reports may ae turned in before the district meeting. * Plans are now underway for a mili tary bridge party to be staged some time in February. Preliminary plans are also in the making for the club’s spring fashion show, which is sched uled, to be held the early part of OSaieh. A report was given on benefits de rived from the sale of Christmas cards and it was announced that the club’s card tables have arrived. Firemen Answer 53 Alarms During 1950 34 Fires Occurred In Town and 19 In Ru ral Section ■ ■■■■ i Fire Chief R. K. Hall has reported that during the year 1950 the Eden ton Fire Department answered 53 alarms. Os this number 34 fires oc curred within the city limits and 19 out of town. Chief Hall estimated that the dam age amounted to $lO/475 and that about fifty per cent of this amount was covered by insurance. Christmas Saving Chib Closes Jan. 20 Hie Bank of Edenton’s Christmas saving clUb will close Saturday, Janu ary 20, according to W. H. Gardner, executive vice-president. After that date, no more members iwiU be enroHed in the 19511 club, so that only a few more days remain for those who desire to join. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina. Thursday, January 18, 1951. .CHOF DIMES I j VWVWVWWWvWVWWW^^^WWW»AAi Important Meeting Os Farm Bureau Is Scheduled Jan. 24th . Members Will Be Asked . To Vote on Two Vital Questions According to Edgar Earl Hollowell, secretary of the Chowan County Farm ißureau, a meeting of the Farm Bureau will he held Wednesday night, Janu ary 24, at 7:30 at the ChoWan Ccfm , munity* Building. This is a very im ' portant meeting, as two questions ’ must voted on. The delegate to [ the State Convention will be instruct [ ed to vote there according to the sen timents expressed at the meeting Wed nesday night. One of the questions to be voted ! on is a proposed increase in member ship dues and the other question is • whether or not the North Carol : na 1 Farm Bureau will organize its own Automobile Insurance Company which will be chartered under N. C. Laws. Every Farm Bureau member is urg |ed to attend this meeting and express his sentiments toward the two pro posals. The proposed N. C. Peanut Growers ' Association will ibe dismissed, as will the proposed legislation affecting' peanuts. This legislation, if passed, will give relief to growers of types of peanuts which are in short supply. There will be a financial report for i 1950 by the secretary. Officers for ■ 1951 will also be installed at thia meeting. f Chamber Commerce ; Drive Is Progressing President David Holton Encouraged By Re sponse David Holton, president of the Chamber of Commerce, reported Tues day afternoon that he was very much | encouraged at the response received I as the result of the current canvass for memberships in the organization. Due to so many people to see, it was impossible to contact everybody in an effort to secure members, but the canvass will be continued until all po tential members are solicited. Any person or firm who desires to 'become a member but who has not been solicited should contact either Mr. Holton or Henry Cuthrell at once. It is Mr. Holton’s purpose to publish a list of all Chamber of Commerce members in next week’s issue of The Herald, and he is very anxious to include as many firms and individuals as possible. Members, therefore, should be enrolled during Hie latter part of this week in order to be included in the published list. Bank Os Edenton Will Be Closed On Friday The Bank of Edenton will be closed all day Friday, January 19, in order to observe Robert Lee’s birthday, a legal holiday. IPatrons of the bank are urged to attend to their banking business ac cordingly. Mrs. Lena Leary Is Appointed As Deputy Clerk Superior Court Commissioners Meet In Special Session Satur day Afternoon I —- Chowan County 'Commissioners rriet in special session Saturday afternoon at two o’clock for the purpose Os aft pointing a deputy clerk of court to Serve during the illness of Clerk of Court E. W. Spires, who is a patient in Norfolk General Hospital. The Commissioners appointed Mrs. Lena Leary, who has been working for Mr. Spires as deputy clerk, so that while she was qualified, she had not the authority to act in Mr. Spires’ stead under his appointment. In fact, House Bill 17 was intro duced in the General Assembly last week by Representative John F. White to authorize the deputy clerk of Su perior Court of Chowan County to exercise the powers of assistant clerk of Superior Court during temporary disability of the clerk when an assist ant clerk of the Superior Court has been appointed. When the board of county commis sioners finds that the clerk is disabled, and that no assistant clerk has been appointed, the deputy clerk shall per form the duties of the clerk as set forth in G. S. 2-10. Deputy clerk is authorized to act as clerk from the time of filing of the above finding in the clerk’s office until the board of commissioners finds that the disability has terminated and files a copy of that finding in the clerk’s office. Pro vides that the clerk and his official bonds shall be responsible for acts 1 done by the deputy. Authorizes board of commissioners to pay the deputy reasonable compensation for the ad ditional duties as imposed. The bill was ratified Friday and the Commissioners met Saturday to appoint a deputy clerk of court to act in Mr. Spires’ capacity until he is j able to return to his official duties. National Guard Wins From IChowan College Edenton’s National Guard basket ball team defeated Chowan College in a game played in the armory FYiday night by a score of 50-30. The locals held a 22-17 edge at half time. ' A1 Habit and Russell Wheeler were high scorers for the Guardsmen with 12 points each. Belch and Pierce led for Chowan College with nine points each. The Chowan College outfit turned the tables at Murfreesboro Tuesday night when they defeated the Guards men in a thrilling game by a score of 65-63. A field goal in the final minutes of the game gave the col legians the game. Cotton Mill Executives On Lions .Program Al Phillips and P. S. McMuHan, executives of the Edenton Cotton Mill, presented a very interesting program at the Edenton Lions Club meeting Monday night. The Lions were shown the various development of products made by the local concern from the time the raw cotton is received at themill. A W* Ifm£4 I Standard Printing Co 4 O ri 111 V 1 lCd. 220-230 S First St *ll O Division Meeting In Edenton On Friday Dr. A. F. Down urn Speaker For PTA Stresses Proper Light ing In Classrooms as Aid to Education Dr. A. F. Downum, Edenton op tometrist, was the principal speaker at the Parent-Teacher Association last week, using as his subject “(Classroom Environment.” “The child at birth is complete neither in size nor in structure of each of his bodily systems that will eventually work together in making him a coordinated and integrated func tioning human machine,” said Dr. Downum. “The primary task of ev ery child is to grow—to increase in dimension and proportion and to com plete his 'bodily systems and structures through which he can gain mastery over himself and his surroundings, i “A second and almost equally im portant task is to learn. It is gen erally agreed that 83% of our know , ledge is acquired through vision. All seeing is learned.” Dr. Downum went on to analyze some classrooms where lighting is terrible and explained the effect it, has on vision. He also offered some i suggestions to remedy the various | situations now existing. J,£ Baker Attends ] Peanut Meeting . Group at Ahoskie De ; cides to Form Growers Association J. E. Baker of Tyner attended a peanut growers meeting at Ahoskie on Friday night, January 12, as the of . ficial delegate of the Chowan County fanners to this meeting. Baker was chosen to .be Chowan’s spokesman at a previous meeting which was held in Gatesville. The purpose of these meetings is to unite the peanut grow ers of North Carolina into a tightly unified organization which will protect their interests. The organization will no doubt be similar to the Virginia Peanut-Hog Growers Association. Paul Edmond, cashier of the Tar Heel Bank & Trust Company, of Gatesville, served as chairman of the meeting. A committee of one from each of the several peanut counties attended the meeting. A. C. Edwards, president of N. C. Farm Bureau and W. 0. Rawlings, head of the Virginia (Peanut-Hog Growers Association, al so attended. The following important decisions were reached at the Ahoskie meeting: 1. To organize a Peanut Growers Association in North Carolina. 2. A sub-committee of seven mem bers was appointed to draft a consti tution and by-laws. 3. This committee will meet at! (Windsor, N. C., on January 26 to draft constitution and by-laws. Mr. Baker will be Chowan’s representative at this meeting. Mr. Baker wants to discuss the pro posed N. £. Peanut Growers Associa tion with the Chowan Farm Bureau members at a meeting in the Com munity Building, Wednesday night, January 24. Three Edenton Lions At Midwinter Session Three Edenton Lions, District Dep uty Governor West Leary, President Leroy Haskett and Ralph E. Parrish returned Wednesday from Wilson, Where they attended the midwinter convention of Lion’s clubs. Present at the meeting was Herbert C. Petry, Jr., of Carrizo Springs, Texas, president of the International Association of Lions Clubs, who was guest of honor and principal speaker. A feature of the convention was a Jjig street parade which was held Tues day afternoon. - i BOY INJURED Presto* King was slightly injured Monday when he ran in front of an automobile driven by Carroll Perry of Tyner. The accident occurred on East King Street. The accident was termed unavoidable. $2.00 Per Year. Barbecue Dinner Will Be Served Group at 7 P.M. MEET IN ARMORY Hugh Q. Alexander, De partment Commander, Principal Speaker Plans have been completed for the division meeting of the America!! Legion to be heid in Edenton next Friday, January 19, when Ed Bond Post will act as host. The meeting will be held in the armory starting at 7 P. M., when a Dutch barbecue dinner will be served by Respass brothers of Greenville. The principal speaker will be Hugh Q. Alexander of Kannapolis, com mander of the Department of North Carolina. Mr. Alexander, 38, an attorney at Kannapolis, is a veteran of 44 months service with the U. S. Navy during World War 11. His service included 34 months sea duty aboard the USS Raleigh, California and Albany with the rank of lieutenant. A graduate of Duke University and the University of North Carolina Law School, Alexander has maintained a law office in Kannapolis since 1937, iexcept for time out while in the Navy. | He was born in Moore County and 1 was educated in the public schools at. ‘Goldston and Durham. « 1 Legion offices he has held range jail the way from Commander of his JiPost at Kannapolis to the National { Legislature Committee. He was chair man of the North Carolina Depart ment Boys’ State Committee last year and has served ths Deporlment Legislative Committee since 1947. Alexander has served two terms in the North Carolina General Assem bly, 1947-1949, and '"as president of the Kannapolis Young Democrats Club last year. He is the teacher of the Men’s Class in the First Presbyterian Church of Kannapolis, is a member of the Masonic Order, Shrine, and the Forty & Eight. He is married to the former Miss Myrtle White of Fayetteville, and they have three children, Elizabeth, Hugh Q. Jr., and Steven. R. L. Pratt, commander of Ed Bond Post, says he expects about 150 Leg ionnaires from about 100 posts in the district, including six district com manders, one division commander, J. C. Lamb of Wilson and Mr. Alexander, the Department commander. Rotary Club Again Sponsors Scout Troop Edenton’s Rotary Club at its meet ing Thursday of last week voted unanimously to again sponsor Troop 166 of the Boy Scouts of America. The club has for many yeans sponsor ed the troop, which sponsorship is re newed annually. County Agent C. W. Overman is scoutmaster of the troop and urges more Rotarians to attend Scout meet ings and take part in Scouting ac tivities. E. W. Spires Improving In General Hospital Friends will be delighted to know that Clerk of Court E. W. Spires, who is a patient in the Norfolk General Hospital, is very much improved. For several days he has not been in a coma and is able to eat. If he continues to improve he will likely be released from the hospital, but will remain in Norfolk for some time for the purpose of taking treatments and upon his return home he will most likely undergo a rest period. BPW Club Meeting Will Be Held Tonight The Edenton Business and Profes sional Women’s 'Club will hold its monthly meeting tonight (Thursday) in the club room at the Joseph Hewes Hotel, at 8 o’clock. The legislation committee has plan ned a very informative program and it is hoped all members will be pres ent. ROTARY MEETS TODAY Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. President Thom as Byrum asks every Rotarian to at tend.
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