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Hospital Auxiliary
Plans To Observe
’ Open House Feb. 18
New Officers For Year
Installed at Meeting
Last Week
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On Wednesday, Jlanuary 17, in the
Court House Assembly Room, the Cho
wan Hospital Auxiliary had its first
. meeting otf the year. There was a
*' large and enthusiastic group present
to install the new officers, who are
as follows:
Mrs. J. Clarence Leary, president;
Mrs. Martin Wisely, vice-president;
Mts. George Hoskins, secretary, and
Mrs. T. E. Francos, treasurer.
The following chairmen of standing
committees were announced: Mrs. L.
A. Patterson and Mrs. E. N. Elliott,
sewing; Mrs. R. F. Elliott, finance;
Mas. J. W. Davis, publicity; Mrs. W.
S. Spitzer, wards; Mrs. Rodney Har
rell, membership, and Miss Rebecca
Colwell and Mrs. John G. Wood,
grounds.
'Plans were made for “open house”
at the Chowan Hospital on Sunday,
February 18. Mrs. J. E. Debntam and
Mrs. W. I. Hart will arrange for this
occasion, and it is hoped that every
person in the town and county will
visit the hospital on that day. The
staff will receive and hostesses will
be on duty to show the hospital’s won
derful modern facilities. (Hours for
calling will be announced lalter. The
colored Auxiliary will cooperate in the
program. By this daite the grounds,
landscaped by Buxton White of Eliza
beth City will be graded and planted.
The gounds committee deserves
high praise for its excellent jab, in
volving many hours of planning and
work. Both auxiliaries have donated
generously toward . this accomplish
ment.
There was *a discussion of the Civil
Defense -program, which includes a
much needed Nurses’s Aid course. It
W hoped that a class can be recruit
ed for the Red Cross to direct and
train! ' ‘ ,
An elafefric mixer was. ordered by
the Auxiliary to* donate t 6 the hos
pital kitchen. It was voted to have
regular meeting* every utter month,
so the next general meeting will be
Wednesday, March 21, at 3 o’clock in
the Court House.
40 Attend Meeting
To Discuss Cotton
More Cotton Acreage Is
Sought Due to Acute
Shortage
In the neighborhood of 40 farmers,
cotton gunners, insecticide dealers and
cotton manufacturers met in the Court
House Thursday night to consider the
cotton situation for 1981 and to at
tempt to induce a large increase in
KNk planted in cotton this year.
Chowan County, with 2,300 acres
planted in cotton last year, had an un
usually wert season and the cotton out
put wasn't as profitable as it can be.
In fact; many farmers Ice* practically
all their cotton due to the weather.
With no allotments for tite number
of acres of cotton one can plant this
. year, and with the dire nerid for more :
cotton, local agricultural heads melt
with the fanners with the hope of grit
ting as many acres of cotton planted ;
in Chowah County this year as possi- j
We.
County Agent C. W. Overman dis
cussed duriting of cotton and cited that j •
cotton growing can be profitable, j |
Overman also pointed out that thej]
> cotton supply in the United States j
now 'is only enough to run through i
1981- ]
Remarks were heard froim DMA ,
representative J- M. Price, Soil Con
servationist B. C Jordan, seed and in- J
•setiedde dealers and from farmers)
as tlo the cottoo, picture. Also making J
1 a few remarks was C. S. Mintz, dis- !
trict farm agent from Raleigh. It
was brought out that Orowan might
possibly plant 3,760 acres in cotton)'
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E. W. Spires Continues 1
To Improve In Hospital >
Friends will be delighted to learn
that JS. W. Spires is oonltinuing to
improve in the Norfolk General Hob- 1
pital. Visitors on Sunday found him '
able to Sit up for brief periods and '
mag able to take nourishment, he is
Hairing on his normal appearance.
ft Is expected that he will be able
to.be discharged from the hospital .
after this week, but will remain in i
J Norfolk for the purpose of taking 1
and mt • i
THE CHOWAN HERJ£'‘
James Allen White
First Baby Os Year
Born hi Hospital
Opening March 8, 1947,
563 Babies Born In
Local Hospital
At 3.4!5 A. M., on January 11, 1951,
art Chowan Hospital, the first baby of
the New Year was bom to Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence D. White. He is a fine
son, weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces and
will bear the name of his paternal
grandfather, James Allien White. He
is the only child of his parents, who
live on their Mexico Road farm. Mrs.
White, his mother, is associated with
Mae Jackson’s Beauty Shop. All good
wishes are extended to this neiw baby
for a long and happy life.
The modem nursery of Chowan
Hospital is a complete unit, with its
own work room for baby care; a
formula room, and a ten bassinet
nursery room. Among its factilities
are two incubators and resuscitators,
one of which was donated by the Hos
pital Auxiliary. They have been used
many times to save the lives of the
new bom. Chowan Hospital opened
March 8, 1947 with 87 births during
that year, 151 ifi 1948, 166 in 1949 and
160 in 1950, making the total 563.
Negro H.D. Council
Sets Goals For 1951
49 Members Attend the
Meeting Held at
Library
The County Council of Negro Home
Demonstration Clubs met Saturday,
January 20, ait the Brown-Carver
Library with 49 members present. The
purpose of the meeting was to discuss
counity goals for 19®1 and make over
all plans to attain these goals.
jCounty Goals for A951 follow:
I. All clubs work toward lpO per
cent membership of women living in
the community.
2T All families plan and plant gar
den needed for family.
3. At least 50 families increase pro
duction and consumption of green and
yeßorw vegetables.
4. 50 families increase consumption
of milk.
5. All families improve family re
lations. 1
6. All families can tomatoes for
family use. One hundred improve
method in meat canning.
7. 60 families fill canning budget.
8. AH women thoroughly clean
home.
9. 75 woman learn how to care for
furniture in the home. /
10. At least 75 women learn how to
make a simple dress.
11. 25 women improve dress finishes
(sleeves, pdackets).
12. At least one family in each com
munity carry yard improvement pro
ject.
War Correspondent
At Colored School
The ARO-American Newspapers
have chosen the Edenton colored high
school as one Os the leading schools
where James Hicks, war correspondent
for the AIRO-American Newspapers,
will make a personal appearance.
He will appear at the local school
Monday, January 29 and will address
the Student body and other interested ’
people of the communliity ait 2 P. M. '
Because of his direct contact with ‘
I both our men and the enemy in Korea, 1
Ihe is able to bring many educational, (
beneficial. and interesting reports. It 1
is hoped the people otf the community 1
will avail themselves of this rare op- •
portunity to hear Mr. Hicks. There 1
will be no admission charge
Some Dogs Victims <
Os Bait For Rats;
Chief of Police George I. Dali in- <
formed The Herald early this week j
that a number of valuable dogs have j
been found dead, evidently victims otf •
raft poison. ]
Mr. Deal urges those who put out ,
rat poison to be careful about where ;
it Is deposited so that dogte cannot (
grit to it. 1
ROTARY MEETS TODAY •
Edenton’s Riotary Club will merit
today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock in the ;
Parish House. All Rotariaps are urg- !
ed to be present. _ J
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F, &. ■
A. M-, will meet toivight (Thursday) I
ait 8 o’clock in the Court House. C. B.
Mooney, master of the lodge, requests <
a full attendance.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 25,1951.
EDENTON INNS HUB EKIBtTJUNS 4-H
club conn contestants and fathers
Wallace Evans, James Monds and L. T. White win
Top Honors In Three Groups; Average Yield
Os All Boys 61.7 Bushels Per Acre
At their meeting Monday night
Edenton Lions entertained the Chowan
4-H Club com contestants and their
dads aft a delicious banquet. At this
banquet, the winners otf the 1950 com
contest were awarded prizes for their
com project. Prizes were awarded
according to the three highest yields,
regardless otf age, as has been done in
the past The clu,b boy who made
•thp highest com yield in, each otf the
three age groups shared equal prize
money of SIO.OO.
The three age groups were 10, 12,
above 12 and up to 14, above 14 and t*p
to 18 years otf age. 'April 1 was used
as" a base period in judging the age
group otf each contestant.
Wallace Evans, son otf Mr. and Mrs.
Carey M. Evans of Rocky Hock, won
the prize in the age group of 12-14.
He grew 75.9 bushels of Ike Harrell
local com on his acre. #
James Monds, son otf Mr. and Mrs.
B. P. Monds, otf the Center Hill sec
tion (Bear Swamp), grew 92.5 bushels
of N. C. 27 corn on his acre, apd won
the prize in the age group of 12-14
Incidentally, James made the highest
yield of any 4-H Club member in Cho
wan County. This is the second time
that James has had the highest yield
in the Chowan 4-H Cluib.
Meeting Planned To
Form Safety Council
Efforts Will Be Made to
Organize on Friday
Night
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D. Skiles, representing the North
Carolina Highway Safety Division, nas
scheduled *. meriting in the Municipal '
Building for Friday night at 8 o’clock.
The purpose is to-make every effort
to organize a Chowan County Safety
Council.
Mr. Skiles stated that to organize
it will 'be necessary to have the co
operation of all civic clubs and other
organizations, as well as individuals,
it being the responsibility of each
organization to sponsor a safety pro
ject during a designated month.
At the meriting Mr. 'Skiles will ex
plain the purposes of the Council, the
primary function being to help elimi
nate accidents.
Edenton Bay Packing i
Co. Packing Nationally
Advertised Jetty Shrimp,
Jetty quick frozen shrimp are notw
being distributed in 48 states and the ■
Hawaiian Islands, and it will be of in
terest to Herald readers to kndw that ,
these shrimp are packed by the Eden- ]
ton Bay Packing Company and dis- j
tributed by Altalanta Trading Corpor- 1
ation of Nriw York.
The rihrimp are cooked, peeled and :
deveined and are nationally adver- 1
tised. !
WEEKLY LEHSUTIVE SUMMARY |
After opening their second full
week of work with a joint session
commemorating the fiftieth anniver
sary of the inauguration of Governor
Charles B. Aycock, the General As
sembly settled dawn to a week mark
ed by the introduction otf large num
bers of bills and short sessions. Stand
ing committees organized and began
operations.
Appropriations
As reported last week, the Advis
ory Bridget Commission has recom
mended no appropriations for new per
manent improvements, but the gov
ernor has suggested that sll% mil
lion is needed to supplement 1949 ap
propriations for permanent improve
ments and to finance additional ones.
In an effort to find funds without
raising taxes, the appropriations com
mittee chairmen have appointed sub
committees to look into the S3O mil
lion otf authorized improvements not
yet contracted for to see if any of
thqm can be postponed to make way
for more pressing needs. Pursuant to
a joint Resolution reflecting a similar
feeling for economy, the presiding of
ficers have appointed a joint commit
tee to investigate the advisability of
Carrying through the contract already
left for the construction otf a coliseum
at the State Fair grounds at a figure
considerably in excess of the original
appropriation
L. T. White, nephew of Leroy Boyce
of the Center Hill secltion (Yellow
■ Hammer Road), won the prize in the
age group otf 14-18.
All otf the prize winners planted
their com rather thick on 3% fooft
1 rows, fertilized with ait least 600
pounds of fertilizer, and top dressed
the crop with at least 499-500 pounds
of nitrate of soda or Sts equivalent.
Jhmes Monds planted his com 12 inch
es in the drill, and did not.thin much
of. it out. None of the winners re
moved the suckers from their corn.
Mayor Leroy Haskett, president otf
the Lions Cluib, awarded the prizes,
and congratulated the winners. He
encouraged the boys whose yields were
not unusually high to determine to be
a winner in 1951.
After the prizes were awarded, var
ious members of the Lion Club ques
tioned the boys as to how they grew
. -their corn, and the things which they
did to make such good yields. One
otf the ,boy’s dad Said Ithlat his son beat
him raising corn two years ago, so he
•decided to try his son’s method. As
; a result, he now applies 400 pounds
of Cal-Nitro as side dressing instead
of the usual 200 pounds of nitrate otf
soda. His corn yield is now about
(Continued on Page Seven)
Busy Meeting Os
Farm Bureau Held
Officers Installed and
Important Matters
Discussed
The Chowan County • Farm Bureau
held its January meeting Wednesday
nl&ht at the Community Building at
Cross Roads.
A feature of the meeting was the
installation of 1951 officers and during
the meeting Secretary Edgar Earl
Hollawell presented a repor: for 1950.
Matters discussed included pending
peanut legislation; the proposed North
Carolina Peanut Growers Association;
the State Farm Bureau Convention;
proposed increase in dues and the
North Carolina Farm Bureau insur
ance organization.
Bill Painter Will Be
Lions Club Speaker
Mayor Leroy Haskett, president of
the Lions Club, announced early this
week that W. M. (Bill) Painter of Wil
son will attend and be the principal
speaker at the Lions Club meeting
next Monday night.
Mr. Painter is a member of the
Council otf Safety Supervisors of the
North Carolina Motor Carriers Asso
ciation, director otf safety and person
nel for the Thurston Motor Lines and
is well versed on safety activities of :
the motor carrier industry.
Jeff Wilson, director otf information
and safety also advised Mayor Has
kett that he will visit the club and
speak at a later date.
Effects of National Emergency
The present state of national as- |
fairs is having its effect. The Gen
eral Assembly has appropriated $41,-
342 to operate the civil defense pro
gram until July. Some legislators
made it apparent in debate that (they <
may question the proposed biennial '
appropriation for this purpose on thej 1
ground that the program should be i
financed by the federal rather than
the state government. An expected i
curtailment in the output of motor ]
vehicles prompted the introduction of
a bill to authorize the 'State Board otf 1
Education to contract now for the s
purchase of new school buses and rely
on its 1951-82 appropriation to pay ]
for them. Anticipating a metal short
age, SB 39 would allow the Commis
sioner otf Motor Vehicles to issue only
one license plate for each vehicle
shoulld the shortage materialize. 1
Highway Safety i
Sponsored by the governor’s High- 1
way Safety Committee, HB 52, an- i
other automobile inspection bill, was
introduced this week, this one calling i
for 60-state operated inspection lanes.
A public hearing on this bill and HB
41 is scheduled for January 31. H'B
94 would jail a drunken or drugged
driver for a minimum otf 5 days rather ;
than for the 30 days as proposed in
HB 1. SB 81 would expand the pro
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F. Watson Bell, Jr.
Loses Lifeto Plane
Crash January 18
Parents Notified About
Accident Saturday
Afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. Watson Bell were no
tified by telegram Saturday that their
: son, Frank Watson Bell, Jr., was kill
-1 ed in a plane crash over the Medi
l terranean Sea on January 18.
Young Bell, 27, was a pilot in a
• fighter-iplane, flying from the carrier
Franklin D. Roosevelt. According to
information he had just finished ma
neuvers and while circling over the!
carrier awaiting orders to land, his
plane and another operated by Cap
tain Collins collided in mid-air, re
sulting in the deaith of both pilots.
, Bell was a flier for eight years and
, was one of the first to join Navy V-5
air cadets in 1949 when he was a stu
dent at State College.
Agronomy Specialist
Speaker At Meeting
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! Feed For Livestock iSub
t ject at Community
Building:
Dr. E. R. Collins, in charge of Ex
tension agronomy, N. C. State College,
I spoke on producing feed for livestock,
at. the Community Building, Thurs
day afternoon. Dr. Collins explained
the latest recommendations and prac
. tices in producing feed for livestock.
He stressed the fact that it is very
important to take soil tests and apply
lime to land several months before it
is seeded to pasture craps. It takes
lime several months to neutralize soil
1 acidity. Therefore, it shoulld always
be applied to pasture land in advance
of the seeding date. Lime must be
weil mixed with soil to neutralize acid
ity. Therefore, it is impossible to get
: good results by seeding pasture then
' applying lime 'to the surface of the
soil without mixing it is.
As to the latest fertilizers recom
mended for corn, 6-12-6 is now be
lieved to be better than 5-10-5, which
has been the standard recommenda
tion for several years.
It is a good idea to apply slightly
more potash to corn and cotton than
■these crops wall need; as peanuts, if;
used in a rotation, will take up the
, surplus potash.
Many farmers are interested in
knowing the best way .to produce the
most feed -on an acre of corn and ;
soybeans. Many farmers still plant a
hill of coin and a hill of soybeans,
however, the best practice seems to be
to plant 2 rows of corn and 2 rows otf ■
soybeans alternately. Top dressing
with nitrate of soda should be done ;
only between the two rows of corn.
In this way the soybeans do not get ■
but very 'little otf the chemical nitro- !
gen and consequently they produce
their own nitrogen on the root nodules. 1
If corn and soybeans are planted (to
gether in the same row, the soybeans i
will use much of the chemical nitrogen i
and will not produce any of its own. <
It is believed that it is possible to 1
make much more hog feed per acre by i
planting two rows of corn and two 1
rows otf soybeans than by using any
other method of growing corn and i
soybeans for hog feed. 1
Churches Cooperating j
In Day Os Prayer!
Protestant churches in Edenton are
cooperating in the world day of prayer t
, which is scheduled to be held in the ]
Methodist Church Friday night, Feb
ruary 9, at 8 o'clock. i
The service is non-denominational; 1
and some otf the ministers will take j <
part on the program. | (
Miss Mamie Hogg is responsible for ]
the program and hopes many people
will attend. - i
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PTA Planning Box
Supper On Feb. 27
The Farenft-Tealcher Association of I
the Edenton school is planning to hold j 1
a box supper and musical program at <
the high school auditorium Tuesday
night, February 27, at 7:30 o’clock. <
Details of the affair will (be an- ■
nounced later.
CAKE BALE (SATURDAY
The Woman’s Society of Christian
Service otf the Methodist Church will
sponsor a pie and cake sale Saturday
morning. The sale frill be held in the
Quinn Furniture store, starting at 10
o’clock.
$2.00 Per Year.
Chief George). Bail
Favors Revival Os
Inspection Lanes
17% Kaledin 1950 At
tributed to Mechanical
Failure
(Chief of Police George I. Dail is
one who favors the revival of auto
mobile inspection and says the Gen
eral Assembly should recognize the
rights and privileges of the citizens
otf the State to pass a law to protect
■those who try to keep their motor
vehicles in first class mechanical con
dition.
! Mr. Dail says:
“Each of the citizens of the State
of North Carolina has the right and
the privilege of rsing the streets and
highways of the State either as a
pedestrian or a motorist or both,
without needless exposure to accident,
injury, or death caused by the me
chanical failure or otherwise unlawful
operation by others of vehicles over or
upon said streets or highways.
The right and privilege of any per
son to use the streets and highways
(of this State is, however, subject to
the right, privilege otf other persons
to use such streets and highways in a
safe, and lawful, sane, and prudent
manner.
“In order to secure to law-abiding
and prudent pedestrians and motorists
the full enjoyment otf the right and
privilege herein declared to exist,
those operators of'vehicles who are
heedless of the duties and obligations
imposed upon them and unmindful of
the rights of others shall be barred
from the streets and highways otf the
State.
‘To guarantee to motorists and pe
destrians the safe use of the streets
and highways of this State, should
be the dulty of the General Assembly
to enact a law creating the Mechani
cal Inspection Division, so it will help
cult dawn on our motor vehicle acci
dents. Out of the 960 people killed
in 1950, 17 per cent were due to me
chanical failure.”
BPW Club Holds
MontNyMeetins
Interesting Program Is
Presented Regarding
Legislation
Edenton’s Business and Professional
Women’s Club held its monthly meet
ing Thursday night in the drib room
at Hotel Joseph Hewes. An interest
ing program was presented on legisla
tion as adopted by the N. C. State
Legislative Council, otf which the local
drib is a member.
The president, Mrs. Josie Ruth Carr,
presided and called for reports from
various committees. A vote of thanks
was given Mrs. Caroline Thomas for
her donation for the song tittle contest.
The club plans to ritage a military
bridge party during February, and
the dirtrict BPW meeting will be held
in Elizabeth City on March 8. The
club will also cooperate in the civil
defense program. It was also decided
to enroll the club in the Chamber
of Commerce and members were urged
to contribute to the Miarch of Dimes.
Mrs. Annie Mills, Legislation Chair
man, presented .the following program
with the members participating.
“Provide an effective system, with
adequate financial support for improv
ing and enforcement otf the Compul
sory School attendance Law,” by Mrs.
Mary Willis.
“Provide for minimum wage hour
standards for women and minors,” by
Mrs. Oorie Whine.
“Provide that in divorce proceedings
involving children a definite plan for
the care and custody of any child un
der 18, must be included in the order
otf the Judge hearing the case,” by
Mbs. Carolyn MdMulian.
“Abolish the fee system in lieu otf
salary for operation otf jails, and for
enforcement of the criminal law,” by
Mrs. Mildred Spruill.
‘lncrease the jurisdiction otf the ju
venile court so as to include children
16 years otf age,” by Harriet Leary.
Miss Carolyn Swindell, accompanied
by Mrs. Gus Hughes at the piano,
delighted the group with two solos,
“A Heart That’s Free” and “If I
Could Tell You.” Light refreshments
were served after the meriting.
MURRAY iWHICHARD RE-ENLISTS
Murray P. Whiehard, Jr., chief hos
pital corpsman, UISN, completed 12
years’ enlisted service in the Navy on
June 5, 1950, and has re-enlisted for
six additional years. Aft present,
"Whiehard is attached to the Naval
Air Station, Memphis, Tenn.