Volume Wap. 6.
BloodmobfleWiUße
At Edentoft Armory
Tuesday, Feb. 13th
i
Concern Caused By Ap
parent Lack of Blood
4; Contributors
Reluctance of citizens of Edenton
and Chowan County to volunteer as
blood donors for the visit of the folood
o mobile here next week has caused con
siderable concern among officials of
the blood program here who are afraid
that the county will not reach its 175
pints quota unless more and more
citizens respond to the pleas for volun
teers.
George Alma Byrum, chairman, and
all the officials of the program state
emphatically that unless response is
forthfcolming within the next few days
that the blood mobile visit here will be
a failure.
In pointing out many important as
pects of the blood (program and how
it affefcts Edenton and Chorwan Coun
ty residents, By rum revealed that dur
ing all the visits rtf the bloodmobile
here, a total of 338 pints of blood has
been collected here and a total of 389
pints of blood have been distributed to
Chowan County patients here. This
represents a%otal of $9,726 Worth of
blood thgt has been used by Chowan
County citizens since the blood pro
gram has been in effect, and it hasn't
coat the local citizens a thing, other
than the cost of administering, which
is negiUble.
Byrum also revealed that a large
amount of the 338 pints of blood
which has been Contributed by Cho
wan citizens actually has been con
tributed by military personnel at the
nearby Air Station.
The reluctance off residents of the
rural areas in Chowan County to con
tribute blood has caused a lot of con
cern to officials here, too, and efforts
t are being made to get more rural
contributors. For tjural citizens who
desire to contribute blood during the
February 13 visit of the bioodnfcohile
'and who have not been contacted by
anyone, Scrttt Harwell has beeq named
chairman of the county volunteers and
he wiS gladly register any Volunteer
donor. iQr, rural citizens impy stop in
at any off the stores in the county and
fill out registration cards there.
The work off Thomas Sharpe with
the colored dtiens off the county has
come in for high praise from officials
here, who fftate that Sharpe has lined
up quite a few colored volunteer don
ors for the coming visit off the blood-1
mdbile.
(Wesley Chesson, Jr., town clerk,
is recruitment chairman off the pro
gram and the following have been
named area chairmen by Chesson:
East Edenton, W. D. Holmes; Wert
Edenton, Frank Holmes; mill villa??,
Robert Whiteman; North Edenton, J.
M. Boyce; business, Nick George; in
dustry, Lewis Leary; county, Scott
Harrell; colored citizens, Thomas
Sharpe. Anyone desiring to contri
bute next Tuesday are requested to
contact either of the above.
The names of seven persons who
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Secondaryßoadsfn
Chowan Completed
State 'Also Resurfaces
Segments of Church I
And Queen Streets !
(*
Grading and paving off an additional
one and one-half miles off secondary
road were completed in Chowan Coun
ty during January, the Stale Highway
CammhaLon has announced.
The finished segment runs from
N. C. 32 east off Edenton north to IT. S.
17.
During January the Commission al
so 'finished the resurfacing of streets
I in Edenton (Church Street from Broad
Street to Railroad Crowing and Queen
Street from Broad StreetTto the end
of curb and gutter), pompleted the
grading and paving on Hospital
Street in Edenton and finished the
widening (M nnjiifttflig one one end
one-half miles on N, C. 32 from the
railroad in Edenton east to the Marine
Bane Road. '
Official year-old figures ffodw that
the State Highway Commission has
completed 48.4 per cent (or 6,811 ,
| miles) off the 12,000-jmile. secondary
road paving goal set by Governor
Scott W y ®ars igo. •Approximately'
zation program was finished by the
ll' 1 an* than aft any other time in the
Camrm*Um’s history.
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OVERCOME BT FATIGUE, MARINES SLEEP IN THE SNOW—When U. N. forces, withdrawing
from northeast Korea were halted on an icy trail in subzero temperatures by a Red Chinese roadblock,
many at the men sank down in their tracks and slept until the weary march was resumed. Plucky
Americans refused to call this a retreat, but fighting in another direction, and carried their dead and
> wounded.
Open House For
Hospital Scheduled
: for Sunday, Feb. 18
; Cordial Invitation Is Ex
tended the Public to
Attend
An open house infection of the
! new Chowan Hospital will be obser
ved Sunday, February 18. The hos
pital will be open for visitors from
•111 A. M., to 12 oYdock noon and again
1 from 2 P. M., to 8:30 P. M.
' The trustees of .the hospital extend
• a cordial invitation to the general
• public to attend, open house obser
vance, at which time thp hospital will
be formally turned over to the town
1 and county by the Medical Care Com
mission.
A full schedule of the program for
I,the day will appear in next weeV'3
issue Os The Herald.
World Day Os Prayer
i Scheduled On Friday
People Are Requested to
Pause and Pray For
World Peace
World Day of Prayer will toe obser
ved at a service to ‘be held in the
, Edenton Methodist Church Friday
. night at 8 o’clock. Other Protestant
, Churches are participating and their
members will take part on the pro
, gram.
■Presidents oif organizations in the
town, such as civic clubs and others,
and town officials are especially in
vited to sit in the front pews.
.The bells at the 'Episcopal an
Meithodist Churches will he rung for
five minutes at noon Friday, when the
,12 o’clock siren sounds. At that time
( all people are requested to pause for
I a minute in prayer for world peace.
, The theme of the meeting will be
j “Perfect Love Casts Out Fetar,” I
John 4:18, and the program follows:
I Invocation, the Rev. E. B. Edwards,
j Gloria Partin.
I Welcome, Miss Mamie Hogg.
Hymn, “Sweet Hour of Prayer.”
Penitence, 'Mrs. C. P. Wales, Sr.
Intercessions, Mrs. C. W. Overman.
. Solo, Mias Carolyn Swindell.
Dedication oif Self, soft music, Mrs.
R. E. Leary.
Hymn, “Just As I Am.”
Offering.
Anthem.
[Response.
Talks, the Rev. H. L. Cathey.
Solo, Norman Leonard.
Prayer, the Rev. GordoA Bennett.
Cleric Os Court E. W.
Spires Returns Home
Friends will be delighted to know
thait Clerk of Court E.'T. Spires re
turned to hds home Sunday. Mr- Spires
! eras stricken while returning from
a Christmas vacation spent in Florida
and was hospitalized in a Charleston,
S. C„ hospital. He was taken ,to the
Norfolk 'General Hospital in Norfolk,
, where for a rime he wus in a very
critical condition.
Although f t hofne, He will be obliged
to undergo a period of* rest before he
resumes his duties as Clerk of Super
ior Court. * ; i
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 8,19517"
i GENERAL INVITATION TO PUBLIC
: The following invitation is extended to the general public
{ through The Chowan Herald:^
| THE TRUSTEES OF THE
! CHOWAN HOSPITAL
CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO AN
OPEN HOUSE INSPECTION OF THE HOSPITAL
. ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1951
11 A. M. to 12 NOON AND FROM 2 P. M. TO 8:30 P. M.
1
Dr. 6. B. McGuire WR
3ePr«ei|»l Speaker
At Meeting Os BPW
I
Turkey Dinner Will Be
Served Thursday, Feb.
15 at Hotel
| Edenton’s Business and Professional
Women’s OWb will have a .turkey din
ner on Tuesday night,- February 15,
at 7.30 o’clock at the Hotel Joseph
1 Hewes. According to the president,
Mrs. Josie Ruth Carr, the . Health and
Safety Committee has planned a very
informative program wi.h Dr. B. B.
McGuire, district health officer, as
guest speaker.
Miss Mildred Dozier, Eighth Dis
trict BPW leader and J. Edwin Btirf
lap have also been invited as gue-ts
of the dub.
Reservations for the dinner should
be made by contacting Mrs. Irene
Ruffin by Monday. Her phone num
ber is 124.
Lions Zone Meeting
Held Monday Night
Minstrel Is Announced
By Colerain €lub On
February 23
The third zone meeting of Region 5
and zone 1 of the Lions Clubs in Dis
trict 31-F was held at the Edenton
Lions Club meeting Monday night.
Present at the meeting were John
Biggers of Hertford, zone chairman
and the presidents and secretaries of
the Hertford, Colerain and Ederfto
clubs.
BiH White, president of the Cole
rain Club, announced that his club was
staging a minstrel on Friday, Febru
ary 23, and hoped a large number
would attend from Edenton. '
Plans are being made to have a
large delegation attend both the
state and natiorol convention. The
State convention will toe held in Win
ston-Salem in May and the national
convention will toe held in Atlantic
City in June.
POCAHONTAS SQUARE (DANCE
WILL BE HELD SATURDAY NIGHT
Ouxwan-oke Council, No. 54, Degree
of Pocahoritas, will sponsor a square
dance which will toe held in the 'Eden
ton armory Saturday nijrht from 9
to 12 o'clock. Mußic will be furnished
toy the Bertie Ramblers.
I Religious Census
m Be Taken lii
Edenton On Sunday
5 People Asked to Remain
Home From 3 to 4
O’clock
i
tl Protestartt churches in Edent-on are
cooperating in a reiigious census.
’ which will be 'taken next Sunday at'-
t, ternoon beginning at 3 o’clock,
ti Owing to small attendance last Sun
day, an appeal for volunteers to help
’• take this religious suivey is being
made through this channel. Workers
from each church will go out to list
the Church membership or preference
s of everybody.
It is requested that the people co
j operate by staying at home from three
, until four, so that a complete suivey
_ will be realized.
The cards belonging to each church
will be given to the pastor of that
particular church.
This survey is being made because
of rapid movement of people in the
[past fqw years from one location to
another.
The volunteer workers are asked to
meet with .pastors at the Baptist ;
church next Sunday afternoon at 3 .
o’clock. A number of men with cars
are especially urged to volunteer their
services. It is the general opinion
that this census will 'be profitable for
all the churches concerned.
Jr. Woman’s Club’s
BridgePartyFeb.l3
Affair Will Be Held at 8
O’clock at Hotel Jo
seph Hewes
J Plans have been com(ple!ted and ev- f
- erything is In readiness for Ifche dessert ,
: bridge party, which will be held Tues- .
. day night, February 13, at the Hotel ,
' Joseph Hewes beginning at 8 o’clock, i
: The affair is Sponsored 'by the Eden- .
ton Junior Woman’s Club. ,
i Those desiring to play cards are
i asked to contact any member of the
club for tickets, and it is requested
that each table (furnish their own
! Cards. Prizes will be given to the
high scorer at each individual table i
> and any kind of game may be played (
[ aa desired. Delicious refreshments will (
be served during the evening.
For vation Os
Edencon Air Station
Boy Scout Week
Is Being Observed
February 6 To 12
—J
Scout Exhibit on Display i
At Hughes - Holton
Hardware Co.
Observance of Nationail Boy Scout
Week is being heLd this week, Febru
ary 6-12. At this time Boy Scouts
of all ranks throughout the entire na
tion are conducting programs on the
observance of this event.
The Boy Scout .movement had a very
humble beginning in the early 1900’si
At that time a young British army of- .
ficer, Robert Baden-Pawell was sta
tioned in the wild South African coun
try with the British Army. It was his
duty to train new soldiers from En
gland in the skill of tracking, trail
ing, and wilderness living. He work-1
ed out a series of games and activi- j
ties to make his men physically
strong, self-reliant and able to live
comfortably in the wilderness. After
the soldiers were discharged from the
army and had returned to their homes
in England this idea went with them.
When General Bayden-Powell return
ed home to England he was persuaded
to develop his idea into a great game .
for boys. He studied many organiza
tions, like those of Dan Beard and I
Ernest Thompson Seiton of Ajnarica, I
in older to perfect such an organiza
tion. In 1907 the first Boy ScouJt
camp was held on Brownsea Island,
off the ooakt off England. Twenty
boys attended this camp. In 1908
Baden-Powell published the first Boy
sCout Handbook, called “Scouting For
Boys.”
On a very foggy day in 1909 Wil
liam D. Boyce, an American publish
er, was searchdng for an old address
in London. It was nearly night and
the city had 'been foggy all day long.
It was almost impossible for a resi-'
dent of London to find his way around
and naturally much worse for a
Granger. Mr. Boyce was surprised
! When a boy approached him and asked
if he. could ;be off service. He told the
boy where he wanted to go .and upon
reaching the address, offered to give |
the boy a shilling. He was more sur
prised than ever before when the boy I
refused it, and replied, “No thank
you, sir, I am a Scout. Scouts do not
accept tips for good turns.”
Mr. Boyce was so favorably im
pressed with the Boy Scouts that on
February 8, 1910, he and o'hers in
terested in the idea incorporated the
Boy Scouts of America. This -day,
February 8, is still celebrated as the
birthday of Scouting in the United
States.
Today the spirit of that unknown
Scout in London lives in the hearts
and minds of thousands of Boy Scouts
not only in America but throughout
the world.
The people Os Edenton and Chowan
County should feel free to ask Boy
I Scouts of the community about the
scouting movement and also to ob
serve the Boy Scout exhibit at
Hughes J Holton Hardware Company in
Edenton.
The Edenton Rotary Club sponsors
the Boy Scout Troop 166 in Edenton.
Stateßefuses To
Take Over Road:
!
Claims Service Render
ed Does Not Justify j
Expenditure
—-i i
Chowan County Commissioners have I
been notified by the State Highway (
and Public Works Commission that at
a recent meeting, the Commission -
could not see its way clear to approve i
the addition to the county highway i
system the road known as the Oliver i
Chappell Road in the upper end of the
county, a distance off eight-tenths of a ;
mile. i
Investigation shows, it was stated
in a letter to the Commissioners, that
the service rendered would not justify
this expenditure at this time.
However, the Commissioners were
informed that the road was approved
aa a neighborhood ro«d and will bej
maintained as funds and equipment ■:
will permit.
$2.00 Per Year.
Cherry Point and Eden
ton Included In Big
Appopriation
latestTieport
I Total Cost of Local Pro
gram Is Estimated at
$3,892,000
Another indication that the Edenton
Naval Air Station is to be reactivated
was the announcement last week by
the House Armed Service Committee
that $2,695,000 has been allocated for
the local station, with a total expendi
ture estimated a: $3,892,000, Architect
and engineer fees are estimated at
$90,000.
According to a Washington an
nouncement, it was disclosed that the
Navy plans to upend $39,000,000 for
work at Edenton and Cherry Point. Os
that amount the government has au
thorized $15,533,000 for early con
struction work.
I The program at Cherry Point is esti
i mated to cost $35,776,000, off which
• $10,784,000 is made available immedi
ately. The architect and engineer fees
for this project will amount to about
$1,020,000.
Previously various rumors were
in circulation that the base will be re
activated, the firSt being as early as
August of last year. ,
W. J. Yates Elected
New Commander Os
Edw. G. Bond Post
Delightful Meeting Held
Tuesday Night In Com
munity Building
_
• W. J. Yates was elected Commander
of Edw. G. Bond Post at the division
meeting held in the Community Build
ing at Cross Roads Tuesday night. He
succeeds Robert L. Pratt. Other of
ficers were: Willis MdClenney, firsi
vice-commander; George Alma Byrum,
second vice-commander; Carroll By
| uni, third vice-commander; E. J.
[Hobbs, adjutant; Hal Davis, assistant
adjutant; Luther Parks, sergeant-at
arms; J. L. Chestmurt, Chaplain.
The principal Speaker for the oc
casion was Ralph Fisher, Department
membership chairman, who spoke gen
erally on Legion activities, especial I v
stressing the need for a larger Legion
memberhip due to general conditions
in the nation today. Mr. Fisher was
a very delightful speaker, interspers
ing his address with jokes which keo*.
his audience in a happy mood througn
out.
Barbecue pig and chicken was ser
ved by Respass brothers rtf Green
ville.
Interest Aroused In
Box Supper By PTA
Affair Scheduled to Be
Held February 27 at
7:30 P.M.
Much intrest is being shown in the
Edenton Parent-Teachers Association’s
old-fashioned box supper to be held
in the Edenton High School Auditori
um on Tuesday night, February 27 at
7:30 o’clock. Members of the PTA are
urging all ladies and girls to prepare
boxes for the occasion.
Franfcis Hiclos, well known auc
tioneer off this section, will sell each
box 'to the highest bidder. After all
the boxes are sold, the couples will be
invited to the school lunch ro irr,
where coffee will be served by mem
bers off the Home Economics Depart
ment supervised bv Miss Miriam
Scott. *
An outstanding program has been
arranged which includes a band con
cert by the Edenton Band, directed by
Ernest Gentile; songs by the High
School Glee Clulb, directed by Mrs.
Mary Browning, and dancing by local
pupils of the Evans Studio of Dancing,
Caught by Mrs. Hendericks.
There will be no admission charge.
1 Everyone is cordially invited to come
and renew old acquaintances and 'to
make new friends.