typtuine XVHI. —No. 25.
welfare Program s
Changes Discussed
At Meeting Here
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Twelve Counties Repre
sented at Court House
On Thursday
Twelve counties were represented
Thursday at a meeting held in the
Court House, when important changes
in North Carolina's public welfare
program were discussed. The chang
es were presented by Dr. Ellen Win
ston, commissioner of public 'welfare;
Fannie Memory Farmer, her assist
ant, and Eugene Brown, -director of
public assistance for the State Board
of Public Welfare.
The property lien law, passed by
the General Assembly, provides for
a general lien upon the real prop
erty* and a claim against the es
tate of any person who is receiving
old age assistance on October 1,
1951, This, means that upon the
death of any person who receives
eld age assistance for October or
thereafter, a claim will be filed >
against the person’s estate to col* I
lect from that estate the total amount
of assistance paid. An sums col*
lected shall be prorated and all sums
collected shall be deposited in the
county old age assistance fund.
The 1951 amendments to the public
assistance "laws authorize the state
board to administer ithe appropriation
of $112,500 to. provide for payment
for the hospitalization of recipients
of old age assistance, aid to depend
ent children and aid to the perman
ently or totally blind disabled in
such a maimer as to obtain the maxi
mum benefit from available Federal
funds.
The plan provides for the hospitali- '
■ration of those mentioned above pro- <
vided that where the costs of hospi- <
■ talization is available through other
facilities for such recipients, no pay
ment shall be made under the State 1
Board of Public Welfare. Tho begin- :
ning rate per day will be four dollars, <
available for 14 consecutive days on
-certification. If if longer-period of
hospitalization is required, recertifica
tion will be necessary! Twenty-eight
days will be ,the gpaximus period for
matched funds, that is state, county
and federal, within a calendar year,,
irrespective of the number of admis
sions during the year.
Federal and State participation un
der this plan will be available only
for payments to hospitals licensed by
the N. C. Medical Care Commission,
and only for persons who are at the
time of hospitalization receiving eith
er old age assistance, aid to dependent
children or aid to permanently or to
tally disabled. Payments to the hos
pitals under this plan must be made
on a monthly basis for an amount not
to exceed the difference between the
individuals monthly payment for as
sistance and the maximum for the
particular category. To explain fur
ther, the maximum payment for old
age assistance is SSO monthly. If a
recipient receives $25 a month, then
only $25 a month could be paid on bis
hospital bill. Therefore, if the hos
pital bill is larger than the difference,
the payments will be made over a
period of months.
No. 1 Baseball Fan
h Edenton Tonight
Kind Veteran Will Sing
“My Dream of the
Big Parade”
Baseball fans will have an oppor
tunity to bee and hear No. -1* Base
ball Fan tonight (Thursday) when
the Colonials meat Elizabeth City on
Hicks Field. The Mo. 1 fan is Sgt
Leo C. McMahon, a blind World War
Sgt. McMahon will be at Hicks
Held tonight and at the end of ths
fifth inning will render his own com
position of "My Dream Os the Big
Parade.” He has appeared at many
baseball paths, ringing at approxi
mately 30 games a year and winds up
In Brooklyn, which he claims is his
favorite club.
Orphan Guest Os
Methodist Society
•aSkcwMi
Members of the Woman’s Society
of Christian Service of the Metho
dist Church, as well as mem here of
the congregation, will be interested
to learn that Mildred Rogers of the
Ifethodivt Orphanage tt Raleiffh, will
arrive in Edenton Saturday, June 30,
and will remain until July 15 as guest
; the young iady is sponsored by the
Methodist Society and members will
entertain her while in Edenton.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
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Dept, of Defen** Photo
BATTLES FLARE SUDDENLY— Somewhere on the extreme fighting front in Korea when his
Leatherneck outfit was told to take a ten-minute break, PFC. Jack Eldon Conway, of Atchison, Kan., lost
no time in getting well-earned sleep. But his rest was brief. It was interrupted by an all-out clash
with tht enemy (Right). These battle front pictur s by Martenhoff and CPL. M. J. Bolhower, Marine
combat photographers.
R. L Leary Named
Trustee For Local
Firemen's Relief
Announcement Made by
Commissioner of In
surance Cheek
Commissioner of Insurance, Waldo
C. Cheek, has announced completion
of appointments to the local Boards
of Trustees of the Firemen’s Relief
Funds of cities and towns in the
State. The statutes provide for local
boards to be set up for the admini
stration of the funds, such boards
consisting of five members, two of
which are elected by the local fire de
partment, tlf* by tha» governing body
of the city or town, and one apjfcint
ed by the Commissioner of Insurance.
The appointment made by the Com
missioner for Edenton is R. E. Leary.
Patsy Mooney Wins
Double Cola Award
Takes Top Honors at
Rocky Mount Broad
cast Saturday
Little Patsy Mooney, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Mooney, won first
place in the Double Cola Meet The
Kids program held in Rocky Mount
Saturday. She was awarded SSO in
cash. The youngster previously won
out in an elimination contest held in
the Edenton armory, when she com
peted with 12 contestants from the
surrounding territory.
In Rocky Mount Patsy also com
peted in the finals with 12 contestants
from Rocky Mount, Greenville, Cole
rain and Elizabeth City. On the radio
program she won by singing and
dancing, with the prize presented by
Double Cola bottlers in Rocky Mount,
Greenville and Edenton.
Closing Exercises Os
Methodist Vacation
Bible School Friday
Closing exercises of the Methodist
daily vacation Bible school will be
held at ,the church Friday morning
starting at 9 o’clock. These exercises
are usually held at night, but due to
the church being used for a wedding
rehearsal, the hour has been changed
to the morning. Parents and friends
of the children are cordially invited
to attend the closing exercises.
The school has been in progress
weeks with 51 children en
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Regular Meeting BPW
€lub Postponed Week
Announcement is made that the
regular meeting of Die Edenton Busi
ness and Professional Women’s Club
has been postponed a week. Hie meet
ing was scheduled to be held tonight
(Thursday) hut it will be held a week
later, Thursday, June 28.
The meeting was postponed due to
the death of Mrs. R. H. W. Bunch,
mother of Mrs. Corie White, president
of the did).
(ROTARY MEETS TODAY
Eden ton’s Rotary dub will meet
today (Thursday) at 1 o’clock in the
Parish House. President Thomas By
rum urges a full attendance.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 21, 1951
j OPS Order J
The Chamber of Commerce de
sires b inform merchants that af
ter July 1 signs must be display
t ed to the effect that prices are
no higher than allowed under the
OPS ceding.
The signs must read: ’The
prices of merchandise in this
store are no higher than the
OPS ceiling prices of the ar
ticles.’’
David Holdon, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, says these
signs are available free at the
Chamber of Commerce office, for
members, and that non-members
may secure them at a nominal
price.
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tarnation Os Dogs
UNH Begin June 25th
Dr. G. L. Gilchrist, Ra
bies Inspector An
i nounces Schedule
' Owners of dogs are obliged to have
their dogs vaccinated against rabies,
which work will be done by Dr. G. L.
< Gilchrist, Chowan County Rabies In
spector. *
Dr. Gilchrist will begin vaccination
Monday, June 25, and has announced
the following schedule:
Monday, June 25—St. John’s, 11:30
; to 12:30; Harry Perry’s store, 12:30
s to 1:30.
• Tuesday, June 26—Yeopim Church,
1 11:30 to 12:30; Greenville gate, 12:30
i to 1:30.
1 Wednesday, June 27—Edenton:
Coon’s Comer, 9:00 to 10:00; police
! station, 10:00 to 11:00; armory, 11:00
to 12:00; at office, 1:00 to 6:00.
Thursday, June 28—Macedonia,
i 11 .-30 to 12:30; Hancock, 12:30 to
■ 1:30,
1 Friday, June 29—Valhalla, 11:30 to
I 12:30; Henry Bunch’s Store, 12:30 to
r 1:30.
, Monday, July 2—'Evans Church,
11:30 to 12:30; Cross Roads, 12:30
to 1:30.
Tuesday, July 3—Center Hill, 11:30
to 12:30; Arthur Byrum’s store, 12:30
to 1:30.
r Thursday, July 6 — L. C. Briggs’
store, 12 nbon to 1 P. M.
Dog owners are requested to have
j their dogs vaccinated at the most con
; venient place.
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! Bids Are Asked For
[ Local Road Projects
, The State Highway Commission will
I ask for bids on a road project in Ber
tie and Chowan counties at its letting j
, on June 26.
The propect involves structure work
on US 17 as follows:
Widening Cashie River bridge at
Windsor; replacing Salmon and Pem
broke Creek bridges; Replacing timber
[ culvert at the western edge of Eden
ton and extending five R. C. box cul
. verts.
Low bids received at the letting will
» be reviewed by the Commission at
it meeting on July .6.
Gene Ward Attends
I Session Os Boy’s State
Gene Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest J, Ward, left Sunday morn
ing for Chapel Hill, where he will at
tend Boys’ State.
Ward was chosen to represent
! Edenton High School at Boys’ State
• tills year. He will serve as presi
dent of the High School Student
Council next year. .
Colonials Again Are
m Gaines Out Os
Lead In League Race
Win Doubleheader In
Franklin Tuesday
Night
STANDING OiF CLUBS
W L Pet.
Petejpburg 30 14 .682
Edenton 27 18 .600
Suffolk 22 23 .489
Franklin 21 24 .467
Emporia 18 27 .400
Elizabeth City 17 29 .370
With games rained out Wednesday
ahd Thursday of last week, the Eden
ton ■botonials broke even .during the
week, winping three games and los
ing three games. The Colonials went
on a losing streak, but turned to the
win column Tuesday night when they
took both games, in a doubleheader at
Franklin, after being defeated by the
same team Monday night in Edenton.
As the result of the week’s play
the Colonials are 3% games out of
first place.
Home games during the week will
be tonight (Thursday) with Eliza
beth City; Friday night with Suf
folk; Monday with Petersburg; Tues
day with Emporia.
Edenton 1, Petersburg 10
The Colonials were no match for
the league-leading Petersburg Club
on Hicks Field Friday night when
the visitors won 10 to 1. Johnny
Brockwell was on the mound for
Petersburg and silenced the Colonials
to the tune of five scattered hits,
three of which were made in the sec
ond inning and netted the only run
for Edenton.
On the other hand, the Petersburg
batters took a liking to the offerings
of Monk Raines, chalking up 12 hits
and registered hits and runs in every
inning except the sixth and ninth.
Raines went the route for the Co
lonials. Edenton’s only score was
a home run by Templeton in the sec
ond inning. Collias, 'Petersburg
catcher, also hit a home run in the
fourth.
The Colonials threatened in the
sixth when Trot Leary walked and
Gashouse Parker doubled. A double
play, however, cut the rally short.
Edenton 5, Emporia 7
Again on Saturday night on Hicks
Field the Colonials lost to Emporia
7 to 6, the visitors scoring three
runs in the ninth inning to put the
game on ice. The Colonials got off to
a good start by scoring five runs on
four hits. Brooks shfeled and Ugarte
flied out. Leary and Parker walk
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Two 4-H Club Boys
In District Contest
Leon PriVott and Edsel King are
working on a soil conservation demon
stration and will represent the Cho
wan County 4-H Clubs in the district
contest which is to be held in July.
They will have a demonstration on
the value of organic matter in soil
as related to its water holding ca
pacjty.
Hector Lupton Elected
ABC Vice President
Meeting at Wrightsville Beach Fri
day, the North Carolina Association
of County ABC Boards elected Hector
Lupton as vice-president of the Asso
ciation for the ensuing year. Sam
Alford of Henderson was elected
president, succeeding F. D. 'Poisson of
Wilmington. J. Lloyd Britt of Ashe
ville was elected secretary-treasurer.
Ink Well Os Daniel
Webster Presented
Local DAR Chad'
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|_FreeßaHGameJ
Tonight (Thursday) will be ob
served as Bertie-Hertford County
Night. For the game tonight be
tween che Edenton Colonials and
Elizabeth City, any resident of
Bertie or Hertford Counl/y will be
admitted free, provided he has a
ticket which can be secured with
out cost at many stores through
out both counties.
The idea has created a greafi
deal of interest and many fans
from the two counties are expect
ed to witness the game.
801 l Weevil Is Now
Making Appearance
In Cotton Fields
Time at Hand For Dust
ing, Says County
Agent
The boll weevil is just beginning J
to appear in cotton fields, but to a J
very limited extent thus far, accord- 1 1
ing to County Agent C. W. Overman. 1
Ten cotton fields spotted over Chowan i‘
County were checked last week. Two i!
hundred to five hundred plants were |
examined in spots over each field. In r
four fields no weevils were found, in j
five fields one weevil was found in I
each and in one field five weevils j 1
were found. The field in which five ’’
weevils were found on 300 plants ex- r
amined js ope which was planted to!:
cotton last year, was not dusted to ,
control the weevil and the weevil com
pletely ruined the crop. This appears
to indicate that a heavy population ]
of weevils went into hibernation, many *
of which survived the winter and are ]
now migrating to the field. On the
other farms cotton is not following '
where cotton was grown last year and '
on most of these a good program of
dusting was followed through last l
year.
Field counts were made again on j
Monday and Tuesday of this week. |
The results of these field checks and
other information relative to weevil
control will be mailed out promptly
to the list of growers who have noti
fied the county agent’s office to be
put on the weekly mailing list.
In general, it looks like the cotton
dusting should begin the latter part
of this week or ceitainly the first of
the next. This means that the first
application should he on by June 25
to 27 unless field counts show that
the weevil is still not in the field.
Four applications of 20% Toxaphene
dust should be made at 7-day inter
" vals. This will protect the crop until
the middle of July. The necessity for
further dusting should be determined
by the appearance of the weevils and
the number of punctured squares
found in the fields at that time.
Two Convicts Make
Break For Freedom
Two young convicts working on
North Oakus Street under supervision
of the North Carolina Highway Com
mission attempted to escape early
Monday afternoon. The two young
men, Marion Moore and Paul Cloin
ger, are inmates of the Gates ‘Prison
Cartip and were soon captured by the
guards.
The State Highway Commission is
preparing North Oakum Street to be
hardsurfaced and the convicts are
being Used to do the work.
Moore is serving a term for robbery
and Cloinger for storebreaking, lar
ceny and receiving.
John M. Wright At
Air Force School
John M. Wright, 804 East Queen
Street, has been assigned to the
school for clerk-typists operated for
the U. S. Air Force on the campus
of the Pennsylvania State College at
State College, PA. More than 1,200
airmen will be enrolled in the l2week
program.
Six Teams Playing
In Softball League
Six softball teams compose Eden
ton’s sofeball league which got under
way last week. Representatives in
the league is the 'Edenton High School
Aces, the National Guard, Marines,
Varsity Club, VFW and Jaycees.
$2.00 Per Veai.
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Relic Is Gift of Attorney
General Harry Mc-
Mullan
WILL REPEAT TOUR
Group Undertakes Col
lection of New His
torical Data
The, regular meeting of the N. S.
D. A. R. Edenton Tea-Party Chap
ter was held in the James Iredell
House Wednesday afternoon, June
13, at 3:30 o’clock with Mrs. John A.
Kramer, regent, presiding.
Following the regular business ses
sion Mrs. T. B. Smith, chairman of
Committee On Conservation, gave a
most interetsing talk on national re
sources.
The Chapter decided to repeat the
guided tour of historic Edenton and
Chowa/r County which was so success
fully conducted last season. As an
added attraction, the Chapter will
establish this summer in the Iredell
House a souvenir shop in which gifts
and mementos of this section will be
available.
The Chapter agreed to undertake
as an additional project the collec
tion of historical data concerning old
homes in the town and county. There
are many structures of unquestioned
age and probable historical signifi
cance concerning which little infor
mation is available for benefit of
tourists and historians, and research
on this topic will be a gunuine addi
ction to the committee’s archives.
The high light of the meeting was
the presentation to the chapter of a
|relic of unusual historical significance.
iMrs. J. N. Pruden, acting as proxy
for Attorney General Harry McMul
lan presented to the Chapter, Daniel
Webster’s ink well. This ink well
was given to Mr. McMullan by a
grandson of Senator Overman. Sena
tor Overman had been given the ink
well by a relative of Daniel Webster.
The ink well will be placed in the Ire
dell House, where it will be exhibited
as a historical memento.
At the close of the business ses
sion the meeting adjourned for a soc
jial hour. The hostesses were, Mrs.
David Holton, Mrs. W. D. Holmes, Jr.,
and Mrs. R. N. Hines.
Jaycees Thanked
For Contribution
$l5O Used For Retain
ing Wall at Chowan
Hospital
Miss Rebecca Colwell, Chowan
County Home Agent, has written the
Edenton Junior Chamber of Commerce
a letter of appreciation for flso con
tributed by the Jaycees for improv
ing the Chowan Hospital grounds.
The letter follows:
‘‘l am enclosing the receipt from
Mr. P. E. Ambrose for the $150.00
which the Jaycees gave for the re
taining wall. We appreciate this con
tribution and your interest in the
hospital grounds project. We felt
that this wall was very much need
ed in order to complete the plans for
planting shrubbery and improving the
grounds.”
The money was raised by the Jay
cees through the sale of brooms, with
Frank Holmes and Graham White as
co-chairmen. The Jaycees plan to
sponsor another broom sale in the
near future with the proceeds going
toward public betterment.
Seven 4-H Members
Sign Up For Camp
Seven 4-H Club members, five boys
and two girls, have signed up to at
tend 4-H Camp at Manteo, July 2-7.
A letter which gives all the details
as to what to carry to camp, method
of transportation, time of leaving, etc.,
will be sent to each at the club mem
bers who signed up for camp.
Every club member in the county
should have received the first letter
concerning the 4-H Camp. In case
an active club member did not re
ceive such s letter and is interested
ilt attending camp this year, he Should
contact the county or home agent’s
office immediately.
MASONS TO MEET
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will meet tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock in -the Court House. C. B.
Mooney, master of the lodge, urges a
fttll attendance.