Edenton And Chowan County Gave 177 Pints Os Blood! Match This With $ $ For Red Cross
Volume XVin.— No. 11..
Strong Possibility
Firemen Will Not
Answer Rural Calls
<
Idea Considered at the
Meeting of Town
Council
VEXING PROBLEM
Belief Advanced That
Compensation Should ‘
Be Made
Town iCouncilmen devoted a goodly
portion of their time Tuesday night
to the problem of allowing the fire
truck to answer calls oultside the <Hty
limits, lit was pointed out that fire
men "are not paid on trips to the rural
section and that city taxpayers bear
the burden of any damage and up
keep of the fire apparatus,
i . The opinion prevailed that the fire
department should receive some com
pensation for answering calls in the
rural section. On several occasions
the County Commissioners have been
asked to make some provision to pay
for fires attended, but the Commis
sioners believe it is a problem which
neetfe more study. The idea was ad
vanced that the person having a fire
should pay the firemen, but then it]
was pointed out-that in some cases!
the party would be unable to pay.
Town Councilmen and firemen alike
take the attitude that it would be
next to criminal not to render aid
when possible in case of*a fire, but on
the other hand the argument is ad
vanced that this service is paid'wholly
by Edenton taxpayrs and no little
criticism has been registered by some
taxpayers for allowing the fire ap
’*■ para.tus to go into the county without
some compensation.
Some counties have purchased a fire
truck to, be used primarily for fire
fighting in rural sections. The Cho
iwan County Commissioners, too, are
of the opinion that the fire depart
ment should be compensated for any
calls ansiwered in .the county and are
axious to have any suggestions from
taxpayers.
In the meantime there is a Strong
possibility that the fire truck will not
be allowed to leave the city limits.
Fire Chief R. K. Hall reported that
in February six calls were answered
in Edenton and five out of town.
Hospital Auxiliary
Meets Wednesday
Ralph E. Parrish Will
Speak on Gvilian
Defense
Mrs. J. Clarence Leary, Jr., presi
dent of Chowan Hospital Auxiliary
announces that the next regular meet
• ing will be held on Wednesday after
noon, March 21, at 3 o’clock in the
recreation room of the nurses’ home.
A large attendance of interested
members is urged, and the various
organizations ane asked-tp have their
appointed representatives present.
There are many important business
- matters to discuss and a program has
been arranged.
(Ralph E. Parrish Civil Defense
Co-odinator for Chowan County, \tfill
speak at the meeting on the very
pertinent plans that are underway in
the community for protecting the pop
ulation in the event of disaster.
SERVICES AT YEOPIM CHURCH
Preaching services will be held at
the Yeopim Baptist Church during the
week of March 26 in cooperation with
* the Evangelist Crusade. (Services will
be held each night alt 8 o’clock, with
the pastor, the Rev. A. J. Eure, Jr.,
preaching.
[Gels Purple Heat]
* Chaplain Harry C. Hand was
recently* awarded the Purple
Heart Medal for wounds received
7 ' in action in the Korean fighting.
k Major Hand was wounded at fTae
' ***** Korea,, on Jnly ewa|
?r th?*a4th Infantry
, Major Hand has completely re-
Sfj, coveted from Ms wounds and is
J«ftw mrn jafotit
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton
Pilgrimage
■ In connection with the forthcoming •
’ Pilgrimage of Colonial Edenton and '
Countryside, which will be held on
April 13th and 14th, and sponsored
by the Junior Woman’s Club of Eden-1
ton, The Herald will give a list of the!
homes and sites to be shown in this!
' and the next four issues of the paper. I
‘ Folders with complete listing are[
being given wide distribution. Head-'
' quarters of the Pilgrimage is the'
[ Hotel Joseph Hewes, site of the Homi-1
blow’s Tavern. Here visitors will be'
' welcomed by Junior Club members
and the block tickets will be sold.:
! Tickets are $3.00, including tax, and|
student’s tickets are $1.60. ,
Six of the places to be shown are:
* IChowan County Court House—'Com
| pleted 1767, Gilbert Leigh, Architect.
r Considered finest Georgian Court
House in the South.. The Assembly i
1 room is said to be the largest panelled |
) room in the Colonies. In continuous j
| use since its completion. A chair usedi
jby George Washington in Alexandria,
’ Virginia, Lodge, can be seen in Ma
sonic Lodge room adjoining the panel
[ led room. Open 10 A. M. to 9P. M.
: Bond Inn—East King Street, built
* 1796. At one time owned by Peggy
1 Hosmer, daughter of Silver Hosmer,
Practioner of Physics and Surgery, of
[ Pasquotank County. The original
' mantels, floors and hand carved panel- i
' ling are intact. FieseaS own* Mrs. 1
E. W. Bond. Qpen Friday and Sat
c urday, 10 A. M. to 12 A. M. and 2
i P. M. to 6 P. M.
' Customs House—On Court House'
Green. Used prior to the Revolution
j for the Customs House for the Port
of Roanoke. Young James Iredell]
’ came here from England as Customs
l Officer. Iredell was Associate Jus-!
' tice, appointed by George Washing
-1 ton.
r This is now the home of Mrs. Clara
J Preston. Open Friday and Saturday,
April 13 and 14, 10 A. M. to 12 Noon
t and 2 P. M. to 5 P. M.
j Cupola House—'Broad Street. Early
18th Century. The finest framed Ja
cobson tyipe house south of Connecti
cut, built circa 1712. Francis Corbin,
the last agenit for the Lords Pro
prietors, had his official residence
here in 1758. About 1769 the Mo
■ ravian Bishop, Spangenberg, signed
f papers in this house which gave them
the land for this settlement in Caro
lina, now known as Old Salem. Open
[ 10 A/M. to 9 P. M.
(Beverly Hall—West King Street.
Was originally one of the three State
Banks ‘of North Carolina. Built in
1810 as Bank dwelling. The great
vault of the Bank remains in' tire
j house.
■ It is the home of Judge and Mrs.
_ Richard Dillard Dixon. Open Friday
5 10 to 12 noon, 2 to 5 P. M.
' Pembroke Hall—West King Street.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Talent Show Will Be
Staged March 22nd
r Sponsored By Auxiliary
! Os Legion and future
Homemakers
The talent show which is bring
S sponsored by the American Legion
s Auxiliary and the Future Homemakers
i of America will be staged Thursday
t night, March 22, at 8 o'clock,
i Some of those who will participate
,in the show are: Janet and Billy
Bunch, Becky Lawrence, Brenda
Mooney, Caralista Fletcher, Ginny
Jones, Harriet Bond, Ann Spruill, Ba
itricia Bunch, Charles HoUowell, Lin
da Leary, INbrma Warren, Terry Ben
nett, Clarence Lupton, Frances Boyce,
Bobby Pratt, George Harris, Hugh
Patteson, Robert E. Edwards, Leigh
Dobson, Bruce Warren, Bobby Bar
nette, ISherwpod Harrell, Mike Malone,
Anna Partin, Barbara Spencer, Eve
lyn Bunch, Shiriey Keeter, Frances
and Juanita Bennett, Grace Hudson,
Pearl Berry* Gene Saunders, Iris Jean
Leary, Esther Warren, Syf>le Oayton,
“the Firehouse Fie© Plus One/* and
“The Chowarf Swamp Shakespearean
""Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 15,1951.
Executive Croup Is.
Handling Affairs Os
Edenton Ball dub
Plans Discussed By Fans
At Meeting Held Fri
day Night
At a meeting of ,baseball fans held
in the Court House Friday night plans
were considered for Edenton’s entry
in the Virginia League. Work already
done in connection with organized
baseball was reviewed. Due to a
I number of conflicting meetings, the
number of fans present was not as
| large as expected, so that another
j meeting will be held to work on plans,
j It was decided to. organize a cor
poration for operation of the Colonials
land Dr. J. A. Powell, David Holton
! and Gibson Brickie were appointed
■to serve as an executive advisory
| committee to continue further organi
sation plans.
David Holton, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, said interest ’
| has already been shown in neighboring
'towns and he is very optimistic con
cerning a successful season in or
ganized baseball.
No manager has as yet been named,
' but negotiations are being made with
ball players to join the Colonials.
Organ Concert At
St PauTs Sunday
; Hugh T. Harrison Will
Present Program at
! 4:30 O’clock
j An organ concert will be held In
' St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Sunday
] afternoon for the enjoyment of the
‘people of Edenton.
J Hugh T. Harrison will give the
! concert. Mr. Harrison received his
[ first organ instruction in England
j and during World War I was official
lorganist for the Second Wing of the
! ißoyal Flying Corps and.special or-,
' ganiSt to Bishop Gore in Oxford,
England. After coming to this coun-
try he continued his Study at the
University of Michigan and has been
| organist-director of a number of
churches.
r Mr. Harrison’s Sunday afternoon
concert is arranged to please a wide,
variety of musical interests. On the
program will be included the beauti- 1
’ ful and familiar pigees “Jesus, Joy of
’ (Man’s Desiring’’ and “The Palms,”
which is used throughout the country
on Palm Sunday.
t A silver offering will be taken to
help defray the cost of the concert.
A cordial invitation is extended to ail
people in Edenton. The concert has
been set at this hour in order that it
’ will not conflict with the services of
| any other churches in Edenton.
1 WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
Last week the legislators spent a
day at ihe marine base at Camp Le
jeune; next Wednesday they will visit
Cherry Point. To get home by April
14, and tooth presiding officers have
said that this is possible, they will
I have to hustle in the 29 legislative*
days remaining. Already the calen
dars show a backlog of postponed
bills, the rate of introduction is on an
increase. For the first time this ses
’ sion the houses failed several times
this week to agree and sent bills to
conference. Hotel expenses are mound
ing, and pay stops on Aipril 2. Frayed
nerves and deflated pocket-books signal
' the beginning of a concentrated effort
to finish the job; night and afternoon
sessions are not far off.
Reapportionmeot of Legislative
Representation
, Tentative 1960 census figures set
ting North Carolina’s population at
4,062,027 are the basis for bills in
troduced on Tuesday for the purpose
of reapportioning representation in
the General Assembly. SB 803 calls
for increasing the number of senator
ial districts from 33 to 88, giving 12
senators each. Forsyth,
Guilford, and Mecklenburg would re
main districts by themselves, but each
would get 2 senators rather than 1.
HB 626 designed to (reapportion the
120 House seats would make less dras
tic bbangeu; rep reservation would re
main as it noW is except that the sec
ond representatives now allotted both,
Cabarrus and (Pitt would be transfer-'
| red to Alamance and Rockingham. I
Rep. Blackfwell's HB 674, introduced'
I Friday, proposes amending the Con-j
Dee Skies'Beagle
Hound Wins Two
First Place Events
“Sky Carries
Off Honors at Hamp
ton and New Bern
“'Sky King V,” 111-months old bea
gle deriby owned by Dee Skiles, won
first place in two different derby field
trials in two successive days. Satur
[ day, March 10, Sky King won the
. Hampton, Va., trials and Sunday,
i March 11, he won the Coastal Plain
i Trials held at Neiw Bern.
In winning these two big club’
championships, “Sky King V” won
■ over the outstanding derbies of East
i ern Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsyl
l vania and North Carolina. “(Sky King
l V” was sired by Field Champion Not
' taway Buddy, who is owned by Win
• ston M. Browne of Franklin, Va. His
dam is Nottaway Anne.
s By virtue of the wins Saturday,
('and Sunday this outstanding little
: derby is entitled to run in the East
. em Derby trials to be held at York,
• Pa., and in the Northeam. Carolina
Association trials to be held at Le
, noir in April. If he should place at
i Lenoir, he will be eligible to run in
the Columbus, Ohio, international der
by trials for the champion of the
United States on April 21.
This is the second hound to bring
a first place trophy to Edenton. The
■ first was “Rocky Hock Shorty,” owned
' by David Holton. “Shorty” won first
place in the Eastern Virginia Club
trials last year.
. Mr. Skiles had another dog “Sky
Callico,” to win fourth place Satur
day at Hampton Roads, and David
Holton had a male, “Chowan Joe,”' to
win third place at New Bern on Sun
-1 cay.
C. Os C. In Receipt Os
I; Government Orders
;j ‘
, | Anyofie Interested Wel
;| come to Secure Same
J i At Office
f j
David Holton, president of the
l Chamber of Commerce, informed The
5| Herald this week that the Chamber of
} Commerce is constantly receiving
-.copies of orders and regulations from
fjthe Government having to do with
i defense, price control and other in
i’ formation.
, 'Mr. Holton said that anyone in
> terested in various governmental reg
. ul at ions are welcome to call at the
! Chamber of Commerce office, where
i they can secure a copy. The Cham
t ber of Commerce office .is in C. B.
! Mooney’s office, with Mrs. Naomi
Copeland acting as secretary.
. senators to 60 and the number of rep
resentatives to 130, retaining the pres
ent system of apportionment. While
it is too early to comment on the
Blackwell proposal, the other bills in
their present form, like those designed
t to realign the Congressional districts,
seem to stand little chance of passage.
City Streets
Aid to city streets in the form of
the Powell bill (SB 120) seems to be
in the home stretch. After receiving
approval from the House appropria
tions committee on Tuesday by a nar
row 24-22 vote, it went to the House
floor on Friday, and its proponents
fought off several amendments before
securing passage on second reading
by a substantial margin. Third read
ing is scheduled for Monday night
and passage at that time with sub
sequent concurrence by the Senate in
two clarifying amendments seems as
sured.
Alcoholic Beverages
The last substantial hope for a'
state-wide liquor referendum before
1962 perished in the House last Tues
day when 61 representatives recorded
themselves as opposed to a motion to
override an unfavorable committee re
port and place HIB 186 calling for an
all-or-nothing election on the House
calendar. Although referendum advo
cates. gained a few votes over the
1949 comult, the most that could be]
claimed was a moral victory in forc
ing the representatives to take* a
stand on the issue. With that issue
I settled for the time being, two other
'referendum bills were methodically
I killed by a Senate committee and a biU,
(Continued on Pag* Four) ' '
1951 fct" % Seal Sale
Is Nov wilder Way
In Chowan County
i
| Needs Your Help
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Above is pictured one of the
’ thousands of crippled children
j who look to you for help at Easter
time. Lend a hand, won’t you,
by buying Easter ,Seals7
; Edenton BPW Club
1 Will Meet Tonightj
Miss Hazel Braswell
Will Present Address
k On Peace
The Business and Professional Wo
men’s Club will hold its regular)
, monthly meeting at Hotel Joseph!
Hewes tonight (Thursday) at s]
o’clock.
All members are urged to attend,
as a good program has been planned.
Miss Hazel Braswell, winner of the
e recent speaking contest on peace at
® Edenton High School, will speak dur
-1 ing the program. She will be intro
= duced” by Mrs. Mary Browning.
!*. Miss Helen Evans will render stv
j seal piano selections and a local club
' member will report on the Eighth
j District meeting which was held last
' Sunday at the Virginia Dare Hotel in
'lElizabeth City,
e
j Uniform Closing
* Os Stores Planned
.
Survey Being Made By
Members of Merch
ants Committee
e
s In an effort to adopt uniform holi-
day closing •in Edenton, members of
j the Merchants ■ Committee of the |
Chamber of Commerce are this week
’ contacting various merchants. The
proposed holiday closing for 1951 as
f suggested is as follows; EasteT Mon
, day, March 26; Independence Day,
r July 4; Labor Day, September 3;
| Thanksgiving Day, November 22 and
. December 25 and 26 for Christmas.
5 Wednesday afternoon closing is to
5 begin April 4 and continue through
, the last Wednesday in August,
r Os the merchants contacted, the
| majority were in favor of the above
t schedule.
; Training School At
Goss Roads Today
There will be a training’ school for
, Chowan County Home Demonstration
1 Club foods and dairy leaders at the
' Chowan Community Building, Cross
j Roads, on Thursday afternoon at 2:30.
‘ This school will be conducted by A.
*C. Kimrey of the Extension Dairy
Department, State College.
These leaders and those wh*o are
* assisting 4-H Club girls with dairy
foods demonstrations are urged to at
* i tend this meeting.
ON BRAN’S LEST
i. (Miss Charlotte Leary, daughter of
i Mr. and Mrs. West Leary, Jr., baa
r achieved the Dean’s List at Averett
r College. A senior at Averett, Miss
1, Leary was recognised for good schol
arship and citizenship.
I
$2.00 Per Year.
Batches of Seals Sent By
Mail Throughout
County
SCHOOLSIIELPING
Funds Go Long Way In
Helping Many Crip
pled Children
Chowan County has begun the an
nual Easter Seal Sale. Again this
year the campaign will be carried on
principally through mail, with many
batches of the seals sent to individuals
and business concerns. The seals will
also be sold in the schools of the coun
ty as in previous years.
G. B. Potter, director of the 1951
Seal Sale, urges all who do not re
ceive seals by mail to call telephone
>sl-J and thus participate in the 18th
|annual drive on behalf of the county’s
crippled children and adults. Con
jtrfbutions should be sent to Earl Har
■ rell, treasurer.
Mr. Potter points out that services
for the crippled children are expensive
services requiring highly trained pro
fessional personnel. Specific services
offered by the North Carolina League
for Crippled Children includes trans
portation, clinics, special schools and
classes, diagnostic services, therapy of
all kinds, employment services, spec
ial training services and braces. There
are among other facilities 158 cereb
iji-al palsy centers conducted through
out the United States.
“Only when everyone participates in
lour cause will we be able to reach
I all crippled children and adults, who
need services such as those the North
Carolina League for Crippled Chil
dren provides with Easter Seal funds,”
Mr. Potter said. “We urge everyone
to participate by using Easter Seals
by giving to the fund which fi
nances crippled children’s services. As
I a matter.of fact, it is one of the gieat
privileges of living in a democracy
that we can help our fellow Ameri
cans when they need help.”
Mr. Potter pointed out that many
persons may for various reasons be
) missed in the Easter Seal mailing—an
almost inevitable happening in - such
a large scale operation.
The Easter Seal drive will continue
, through Easter Sunday, March 25.
L Drives are being held simultaneous
. ly in all 48 states,- the District of Co
lumbia, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto
Rico.
Hundreds of North Carolina’s 250,-
000 handicapped children will receive
benefits under a three-point program
of the North Carolina League for
I Crippled Children this year, but the
extent of this aid will depend on the
generosity of citizens in the Easter
.Seal campaign now underway.
| This statement was made by John
' W. Harden, Greensboro, vice-president
of the Burlington Mills Corporation,
who is State Chairman this year for
the Easter Seal appeal.
The three-point program, Chairman
Harden said, “calls for increased fa
, cilities and trained personnel, for the
, care, treatment and training of the
) cerebral palsied; an expansion of the
| special education program for the
( handicapped child being directed by
’ the State Department of Public In
struction, and direct financial or oth
! er assistance for individual cases need
| ing help and for the promotion of lp
cal projects.
( “During the past year individual
( services were given to 3,200 of the
state’s handicapped children through
, the state-wide program of the league,
| which is supported entirely by the
Easter Seal contributions, and there
is a desperate need for the expansion
of these services,’’ Chairman Harden
said.
"I want to appeal to every person
• in North Carolina to give, and give
i generously to the Easter Seal appeal.
« Yonr gifts will bring you ten-fold
i satisfaction in the knowledge you have
. made some child’s chance for happi
. ness 100 per cent greater. Handi
i capped people, children and adults,
don’t want pity. All they want is a
chance,” Chairman Harden «aid.
r
. BIBLE CLASS OBSERVES
ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY
The Young Adult Bible Class of the
Methodist Church will observe its first
f anniversary Friday night, when a ban
-9 quet will be served in the Triangle
t Restaurant dining room at 7 o’clock,
s<- (Parker Helms is president of the
- class and Robert S. Marti is the teach
er.