North Carolina Newspapers

folumefVifr^lfair 8 Safety CouncH For , Chowan Organized At Meeting Friday George Twiddy and Dr. A. F. Downum Named w Co-Chairmen •As the result of a meeting held in the Municipal Building Friday night the Chowan Counity Safety Council * .was organized. It was a very enthusi astic meeting with albout 30 represen tatives from oivic organizations and other interested people in attendance. The meeting was presided over by D. Skilee, who represented the North ’ Carolina Highway Safety Division. Mr. Ski lea explained the purpose of a Safe ty Council, pointing out that the State organization has done every. in its-power to prevent accidents on streets and highways, and that what is now needed iB the cooperation of civic cldbs, other organizations and f leaders to help educate motorists and pedestrians. At Friday night’s meeting George Twiddy and Dr. A. F. Downum were appointed co-chairmen of the Chowan County Council and Mrs. John Wheel er, secretary and treasurer. The \ Council is composed of safety chair ' men from each organization. Another meeting was scheduled to be held next Friday night, at which time it wiH be decided what month the various groups will sponsor a safe ty program. The Lions Club and Po lice Department volunteered to spon sor the program for the month of March. The project will be a daily fatality board which will be erected at the foot of Broad Street. This board will show fatalities from day to day, as well as injuries and proper ty damage. iMr. Skiles pointed out that the Highway Safety Division will coop erate in securing safety films, liters-' ture and sneakers for any program which might be arranged by the local Counoil. * " " «• Chowan County is the Sdfcorid sh the a; site to organize a Safety Council. The first was Cumberland County, which has been in successful opera tion since 1941. ' All who attended the meeting were interested and enthused over the idea -of a Safety Council and Mr. Skiles predicts a very successful organiza tion. Legion Plans Free Dinner At Meeting ScheduledFeb.6tli I Affair WaTie Held at 7:30 O’clock In Com munity Building i Robert L. Pratt, Commander of Ed ward G. Boad 'Post, American Legion, announces of the post which > will be held in the Community Build ing at Cross Roads Tuesday night, February 6, at 7:30 o’clock. A feature of the meeting will be a free barbecue pig or chicken dinner for all veterans of the county, and Mr. Pratt extends a cordial invitation to all veterans to attend. The dinner will be. served by Raapass brothers of Greenviße. | The .principal speaker for the oc casAn will be Ralph Fisher, Depart- J rrvent membership chairman, and it' is hoped he will be greeted by a large J number of Legionnaires and either veterans. Edenton PTA Will Meet Friday At 3:30 Ederttim’s Parent-Teacher Associa tion win meet Tuesday afternoon, Feb ruary 6, alt 3:30 o'clock'in the high school library. (Mrs. Laura Ferguson's! 4 third grade room will present an in teresting program and N. J. George' will give a result of the educational' survey taken at the last meeting. AM members are especially urged to attend. Wildlife Agent Speaks r To Edenton Rotkrians . 4 Edenton sotarians heard a very in formative and interesting address at * their meeting Thursday when Kenneth Thomas, rflHrnrntiiqi the WildHfe Re t sources Commission spoke alboult the activitiee of the Commission. He pre THE CHOWAN HERALD Presbyterian Speaker DR. IW T. THOMPSON The Protestant Radio Confer ence will present Dr. W. T. Thompson during February as a continuation of the “Presbyterian ' Hour” series over 150 stations in the South and Southwest. Lionsdub Minstrel Is Scheduled To Be Held Friday, April 6 • Various Committees Ap pointed at Meeting r Monday Night r 1 Ait the Lions Club meeting Monday i night ft was announced that the Lions ' Minstrel will be held Friday night, April 6, in the hligh school auditorium. N. J. George was named minstrel chairman. In order to stage the minstrel, the • j following were appointed on various 1 committees: l Songs—J. lOlarcpee Leary, V &UB Hughes, Earl Harrell and Mrs. Helen ’ Hughes. v End Men—J. P. Partin and John > Matchener. Advertisement—Herbert Hollowell and Nathan Dail. ! Stage Decoration—George Thomp -1 son, the Rev. E. B. Edlwards, Cecil 1 Wilmer Malone, A. E. Jenkins and Jack Conn. Ticket Sales—i Sam Allen, Medlin Belch and Dr. Richard Hardin. Program—West Leary, Bruce Jones, Dr. W. S. GrSMn and Dr. A. F. Down um. ' Chorus Material —Oscar Duncan and Rodney Byrum. Parking Cars—George Dail. Loud Speaker and Special-Lighting —Kenneth Floars. Minstrel Stage Property —‘Ben Per ry. ' ' Refreshments—John Goodwin. Employees Os Town Receive 10% Boost ; In Salaries Feb. Ist /. ■ •j Raise Granted at Special ; Meeting Held Mon day Night | Meeting in special session Monday . night, Town Councilmen granted a flat 1 10 per cent increase in sallies for ; j town employees under their jurisdic tion. The ‘raise in salary will affect ’ employees off the Police Department, Fire Department, Street Dapartmen and office employees. Before voting on the increase in the middle of a fiscal year, the Council , men carefully scrutinized the condi tion of the budget, and it is believed the increased salaries can be granted ! without going in the red. . The increase will go in effect Feb jruary 1 and for the remaining five months of tiie present fiscal year will aimount to $2,257.43. Chowan Trio Attends Maintenance School Leon Privoltt, 4-H Club member, Chowan High School, Fred Bunch, lo cal 4-H 'Club leader, and R. S. Marsh, assistant county agent, attended a 4-H Tractor Maintenance School $t -State College, January 25-27. The school was sponsored by the American Oil Coirrmnv in cooperation! With the Kx i tension Service off North C»t»>ina. Thb 4-H Club members and leaders tors* Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 1,1951. Bloodmobile Slated To Visit Edenton On Tuesday, Feb. 13th Appeal Made For More People to Make Blood Contribution Only 13 days remain before the first visit of the 'bloodmobile to Cho wan County in 1951 and George Alma Byrum, chairman of the local chapter, is sti'll seeking volunteer donors for this visit. The quota of 'blood for this trip is 175 pints, 50 pints more than was re quested of this county in the Novem ber visit. The increase in the auota is due to the fact that some oi this blood goes as whole blood, plasma and other blood derivatives to the Korean, war-front for use of American amL allied troops there. Chairman Byram paints out that if we are to build a supply of blood for use here, the quotas everywhere must be increased as blood is so badly need ed on the fighting front and must he ' obtained there. That this area is par ticipating in giving blond to the allied troops is a noble thing and one in which all donors here should well be proud. Byrum stated that there are still a large number of persons who are skeptical of the program. He points out that of nearly 400 pirns of blood ■ conriibuted by donors here on previous visits of the bloodmobile, that a large percentage of this blood, possibly 80 per cent, has been used right here in olr county. And, Byrum added, it’s r been absolutely free. The only charge i connected is a small Laboratory fee. , Byrum announced that Wesley Ches . son, Jr., town clerk, is recruitment 1 (Continued on Page Severn ; 1951 Licens&Tags Must Be Displayed 1 Motorists Apprehended) . Without New Tags Are 1 Subject to Arrest All motorists apprehended on the ' highways after today (February 1) and thereafter without their 1951 li. ’’ cense plates will be subject to prose cution, the North Carolina Depart ment of Motor Vehicles t.oday remind -1 ed all drivers who have not obtained their new plates. The deadline for purchase of the » plates, which have been on sale since December 1, was January 31. On January 18, a total of 602,771 plates hffd been sold. On the corres ponding date, 1950, a total of 526,633 plates had been sold. 1950 sales reach-' ed 1,171,206. # 1 ■ m ■ m m >w<WfWVWVVVvWvVvvvWVN^WW%c«/wvvvvvvvvwvvvv 1 WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY ' Whait’s important and what’s unim i pontant in last week’s legislative busi ness depends upon one’s interest. Whether this is to be a short session I or a long one depends upon who’s doing the talking. These are the char acteristics of the normal legislature. But at least one veteran, employee thinks the 1961 session is unusual in that more members sit late at their desks mulling over bills. Well, they might, for the technical measures out number ,the simple ones so that mem bers are beginning to welcome the occasional little bills making town bird sanctuaries and regulating pur chase and sale of shelled and unshell ed corn. Here are some of the time consumers. Highway iSafety That the problem of making our highways safer will continue to be a fundamental concern of this General Assembly became evident this week when H of the public legislation pro posed dealt with some phase of this problem; Foremost was a revised fi nancial responsibility law (ISB 81) which requires arty uninsured driver involved in an accident resulting in personal injuries or property damage to the extent of SIOO to post security to satisfy any possible judgment. Kfß 126 woulcL require taxi operators to obtain liability insurance policies. Speed limits as low as 20 MiPH in school zones during school hours could be established by local officials under SB 90 which has already passed the Senate. Apparently designed to cuiib 'the power of suggestion, SB 89 would outlaw stock car racing. 'Leak-proof exhaust systems and safer steering assemblies are the objects of SB 101. Farmers will be interested in SB 102 making it unlawful for persons under' W.T. Harry Elected District Chairman For Boy Scouts Annual Meeting Held In Community Building Thursday Night Forest U. Ross, president of the Tidewater Council Boy Scouts of America, was the guest speaker of the annual meeting of the West Albemarle District held Thursday evening at the Chowan Community Building at Cross Roads. Mr. Ross compared Scouting with that inevitable force once started continues to exist and to grow. “The growth and activities experienced by the district during 1950 demonstrates the national trend in Scouting,’’ said ] Mr. Ross, “and Scouting will continue to expand and become more active with the calibre of men present at this meeting working with the program.’’ The meeting was conducted by Ker mit Layton, district chairman, who gave a report on the Cubs and Scouts participation in the year’s activities, Scout Week, Camporee and Camp Dar den. He reported on the new units that have been formed in the district during 1950; these units are in Hert ford, Rocky Hock, Sunbury and Gates ville. One item of his report was that the West Albemarle District was first in the Council in percentage of Scouts subscribing to the Boy’s Life Maga zine with a total of 9195 against the next district, Portsmouth, with 5191. Mr. Layton received reports by com munity chairmen regarding the pro gress on the finance drives now un derway in the district. The total re ported raised or pledges to date was approximately $1,500.00 toward the goal of $3,500.00. W. J. Taylor, Eden ton chairman, reported slightly over (Continued on Page Twelve) BKPaintef Speaks, At Lions Meeting Interesting Facts Pre sented About Motor Carrier Business Bill Painter of Wilson, representing the North Carolina Motor Carriers Association, was the principal speaker at the Lions Club meeting Monday night. Mr. Painter gave a very inter esting and informative address treat ing with safety on the highways and , training men to be truck drivers. He pointed out that the men are highly trained for their jobs, and presented much interesting information about the motor carrier business. Mr. Painter was introduced by Chief l of Police George I. Dail, who had 1 charge of the program. - 15 to operate farm machinery on state . ' highways. Under HB 136 the punish . merit for driving without a license, l new set at a minimum df $25 and/or 3 30 days, is left in the judge’s discre tion. Relating indirectly to motor ve . hides, but significant for safety on : highways, HB 143 prohibits shooting I game within the limits of highway • rights of way. School Teachers iSB 80 proposes paying A grade cer tificate holders a beginning salary of ; $2400 with SIOO annual increments up i to 30 years; other teachers, super visors, principals, and superintendents would receive proportionate increases and increments. An extra work week would be added at the beginning and end of each school year for regular • teachers. Rejection notices would have to state reasons, and rejected teachers would be entitled to demand a public hearing with written findings. A pub lic hearing on this bill is scheduled for February Ist. Appropriations The Joint Appropriations Commit tee has finished its preliminary exami nation of the* state’s financial condi tion, and on January 30 begins a month of public hearings on requests from agencies for funds not recom mended by the Advisory Budget Com- 1 mission. Meanwhile, 2 committees re- : examining 1949 permanent improve- < mends appropriations insufficient to : meet 19151 costs took the headlines. When the House-approved $175,000 ap propriation to meet the lotw bid for the. Agricultural Building annex was referred to the Senate’s sub-committee examining unspent-1949 grants, pro spects for Senate approval before tile January 22 deadline wore slim, then i (Continued on Page Four) j Speaker For Doc\ * ibh* I ' DR. J. EDWIN WOOD Dr. J. Edwin Wood of the Uni versity of Virginia School of Medi cine addressed doctors of this area at Hotel Joseph iHewes Wednes day of this week. He is one of the specialists appearing on the post graduate courses in medicine i being conducted by the LTniversity , of North Carolina. Dr. Wood conducted a clinic at 4 P. M., on >, recent advances in the diagnosis j t and treatment of certain cardiac and 'renal diseases and at a din ner session beginning at 6:30 t o’clock J»e spoke on the subject “The Relationship of Gallbladder Disease to Heart-Disease.” Former Edentonian Is Featured hi S. C. - Magazine Article Page Devoted to Wade ' Leary and His Minia ture Health Train f In the January issue of the State | Magazine, published in Columbia, S. C„ an entire page is devoted to an article “Health Train,” which features - Wade Leary of Sumter, S. C., a form er Edentonian. Mr. Leary moved to Sumlter in 1947 after his discharge from the Army Air Coups with the rank of lieutenant i colonel. He. is now a public health s sanitarian with the Sumter City-Coun r ty Health Department and in the mag i’ azine Mr. Leary is pictured with his ‘Sanitation Special,” a miniature train - used in an exhibit at the Sumter fair 1 last fall. The train and exhibit were ; designed to emphasize services render -7 ed by the health group. It made an 1 eye-catching exhibit and graphically t portrayed the services of the health department to the county and city, f Funds Sought For Chowan College ■ Publicity Director Con tacted Local People Last Week ’ Lonnie Sasser, publicity director of Chowan College, was in Edenton last , week in the interest of raising funds for the operation of the college at Murfreesboro. He pointed out to mem bers of the denomination that Cho wan College is not a state school and has no endowment, so its support must come from churches and friends. Many churches are giving to the college through the dollar-per.member plan, which is “living endowment through the churches.” Another plan is to find 200 alumni and friends who will give SIOO per year, which is call led “living endowment by friends.” Churches in the Chowan and West Chowan Associations are requested to put in their budgets SI.OO per register ered member for the year which will go to help operate the college. Mr. Sasser pointed out that the Bap tist Board of Education Os North Car olina allocated SIO,OOO for 1960-51 ulpon condition that the churches raise a like amount from special Offerings. He is hoping that not only Baptists but friends of other denominations, some of whom have already contribut ed liberally, will rally to the appeal for funds so that the college can be properly operated. ROTARY MEETS TODAY Edenton’a Rotary Club will meet today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. President Thomas By rum urges all Rotarians to be pres ent. , co 10 Per Year. .tliriiissLaunches Drive For $85,000,000 Thursday, March 1 More Than 1,500,000 Vol unteers Will Assist In Campaign To finance what may be ,the great est work in its 69-year history, the American Red Cross March 1 launch es a month-long campaign to raise $85,000,000 for next year’s operations. On that day some 1,500,000 Red Cross volunteers in communities throughout the nation begin the task of raising the 1951 goal, up 27 per cent over last year’s $67,000,000 quota, j “The $18,000,000 boost in this year’s goal is due entirely to the enormous load placed on thp Red Cross by ex panding miliary forces and by the civil defense program,” said E. Roland Harriman, Red Cross president. Mr. Harriman asserted that the Red Cross part in civil defense alone “con stitutes the biggest peacetime program in which the organization has ever engaged.” | “In addition, the Red Cross has ! greatly expanded in recent months, and will continue to expand, to main tain its traditional services to our growing armed forces, which Presi dent Truman has asked be brought to [ a peak of 3,000,000 men.” Brig. Gen. David Samoff, chairman I of the board of the Radio Corporation (of America, who is this year’s Red (Cross national fund campaign chair- Iman, said that in the present state ! of world unrest, “the job to be domi |by the Red Cross for the military and for civil defense, plus maintaining iis normal day-to-day activities, adds up to what can be the biggest task the Red Cross has ever undertaken.” Gen. Sarnoff lasted the following as I principal points in the expanded Red Cross program - . 1. Acting as official agency for col lection of blood and its derivatives for the militjfty and coordinating tiw » collection of blood derivatives for civil . defense. To fully meet these and reg i ular civilian needs, the Red Cross 3 must collect 1,500,000 pints of blood . this year. 2. Training 20,000,000 persons in j first aid, including treatment of in , juries from atom-bomb attack. 3. Training 100,000 and reactivating , 150,000 nurse’s aides and training 1,- 000,000 housewives in home nursing for civil defense. . 4. Assisting civil defense in pro , viding food, clothing and shelter dnr . ing an emergency period. , 5. Exipansion of Red Cross services to the armed forces to meet the needs of the proposed 3,000,000-man fighting j force. t . . m Chamber Commerce Will Occupy Portion C. 6. Mooney’s Office '[Mrs. Naomi Copeland Appointed to Act as Secretary David Holton, president of the ' Chamber of Commerce, announced Tuesday that the organization will oc ' cupy the front portion of the office of C. B. Mooney & Son on Broad street. The office will 'be occupied to day (Thursday). iMrs. Naomi Copeland, Mr. Mooney’s secretary, will also act as the Cham ber of Commerce secretary. Mr. Holton also announced the ad ' dition of four new members, including N. J. George, Ralph Outlaw, Rufus Sbiithson and Perry Roofing & Sheet Metal Works. National Guard Plays Williamston Tonight Edenton National Guard’s basketball team will meet Williamston on the armory court tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock. This should be a tight game in that both teams aite tied for fourth place in the Goober Belt League. On Monday night the local outfit will (play Conway in the armory. Con way boasts a star in Leo Katkavech, former N. C. State player. CLEANERS RAISE PRICES Announcement is made this week by six Edenton dry cleaners that an ; increase in prices goes into effect to day (Thursday). The jncrease affects men’s suits and overcoats and ladies’ dresses and coats. Other services are also slightly advanced in proportion.