mne XVIII. —N»
Mrs. Ingfis FletcKf*
Speaker At Meeting
Os Woman’s Club
Interesting Meeting at
Parish House Wednes
day of Last Week
Featuring a meeting of the Eden
ton Woman's Clufc Wednesday of last
week in the Parish House was an ad
dress by Mrs. Inglis Fletcher, who
spoke on the Elizabethan period. Mrs.
Fletcher said, “North Carolina should
be very proud that their beginnings
came out of one of the greatest per
iods, the Elizabethan (Period. Contrary
to popular belief, she said, the men
who made up the first colony pnd
each succeeding colony were from the
maritime families, the higher class in
England, and not the lowly people
that history has led us to believe
settled here.
“The first colony settled on Roanoke
Island, and that at one time some of
the colonists traveled by boat up the
River as far as the bridge
which crosses the river near Winton.
They landed at an Indian Village
which was located at a site about
where Bandon is today. There they
became involved in trouble with In
dians, which subsequently caused the
failure of the colony.”
Mrs. Fletcher also stated that the
N. C. Garden Club is planning a form
al Elizabethan garden on Roanoke
Island on a tract of ground acquired
for this purpose. There will be two
acres of formal garden and 8 acres
of wild garden, she said.
The following new members were
introduced and welcomed into, the club
by Mrs. W. D. Holmes, president:
Mrs. Wendell Copeland, Mrs. Carl
Blades, Mrs. Richard Dixon, Jr., Mrs.
Ben Persin, Mrs. E. W. Hooper and
Mrs. Gordon Bennett.
A series of small card parties are
being planned for the near future by
the Ways and Means committee.
Mrs. W. T. Harry, chairman of the
T, ,8.. Seal Sale, announced that the
drive will get underway the week of
November, 26, with Mrs. J. B. Harri
son as co-chairman.
Mrs. J. H. Conger, Jr., gave an in
teresting report on the District meet
ing held recently in Manteo, at which
time Ruth Porter of Edenton re
ceived the Ethel Parker Current Event
Cup for current events article entered
and Mrs. Jimmie Earnhardt was hon
ored by an honor gift started for her
by Mrs. Edwin P. Browh of Murfrees
boro.
The Club voted to donate two com
plete uniforms to the school safety
patrol, upon request of the local Ed
ward G. Bond Post of the American
Legion. The club will also raise
money to send Care-Eor-Korea pack
ages before 'Christmas.
The December meeting will be a
night meeting at which the husbands
tall be entertained.
Aces Bring Down
Gridiron Min On
Next Friday Night
Edenton Team Will Play
Final Game In Wash
ington Friday
Coach George Thompson and his
Edenton Aces will bring down the cur
tain on the 1951 gridiron season Fri
day night when they travel to Wash
ington to meet 'the Washington High
School Pam Pack.
Though the Aces showed unbeliev
able improvement in last Friday
night’s game with Columbia, they will
go into the game decidedly the under
dog. The Pam Pack sports an un
defeated season in Northeastern Con
ference play this season, having de
feated Greenville, New Bern, 'Eliza
beth City and Kinston in Conference
games.
The Pam Pack i* a big and fast
aggregation and while on paper they
should defeat the Aces at feast three
or four touchdowns, Coach Thomp
son and toe Aces given up
hope and are confident the Aces will
give the Beaufort County boys a nm
ged schedule this year and have won
ithree games, lost four and tied two.
Falling victims to the Aces were
Granville, Hertford and Columbia.
STKS two tie games were played with
i s is
Wliamston Kinston ana
I : The Aces are ih good physical con
ssasrss
HliMffoft to wgwbw an upset rrF
hi 'Wattlfigton.
HE CHOWAN HERALD
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 15, 1951,
|jourt Os HonbjJ
W. T. Harry, newly re-elected
chairman of the West Albemarle
District, Boy Scoots of America,
calls attention to the annual meet
ing and a Court of Honor which
will be held in the Edenton ar
mory tonight (Thursday) at 7
o’clock. The Court of Honor will
be held in connection with a sup
per meeting to inaugurate a drive
to raise funds for the ißoy Scoufe
in the district. The district’a quo
ta is $1,900.
Mr. Harry states that a number
of boys in the district will be ad
vanced and merit badges award
ed.
J. T. Biggers of Hertford, vice
chairman, will act as general
chairman of the meeting and Os
car Duncan, district advancement
chairman, will conduct the Court
of Honor.
'lt is hoped a large number will
attend the meeting.
Wesley Chesson, Jr.
Is Named Chairman
for March Os Dimes
Town Clerk Agrees to
Serve For This Year’s
Campaign
Wesley Chesson, Jr.; Edenton’s
Town Clerk, was on Tuesday appoint
ed chairman for the March of Dimes
in Chowan County. Mr. Chesson ac
cepted the chairmanship when he
was contacted by Mrs. Phillipps Rus
sell and Jack McGee of the Chapel
Hill office, and J. Edwin Bufflap,
chairman of the Chowan Chapter of
the National Foundation For Infan
tile Paralysis.
The drive to raise funds to fight in
fantile paralysis will be held the first
part of January and the acceptance
of chairmanship of the drive by
Mr. Chesson is very encouraging to
the state officers and the local chap
ter chairman.
Mr. Chesson, of course, has not
announced his plans for the drive,
but it is believed he will follow the
usual method in Chowan County of
canvassing for contributions.
Major Ted Boutweß
Leaves Local Marine
Corps Air Station
Major L. F. Ferguson Is
New Commanding Of
ficer at Base
Edenton friends will regret to learn
that Major Ted Boutwell, command
ing officer of the Edenton Marine
Corps Air Station since it was re
activated, is scheduled to leave Eden
ton next Saturday, November 17.
• Major Boutwell has been, ordered to
, report to Cherry Eoint, where he will
be flight officer of the station’s air
craft engineering squadron 'No. 2.
Major Boutwell has made a host
of friends while in Edenton, all of
whom feel a sense of sorrow that he
has been transferred. •
Major L. E. Ferguson, who is also
i well and favorably known in Edenton
has succeeded Major Boutwell as com
manding officer of the Edenton sta
tion.
C. R. Holmes Wili~Be
Speaker For BPW
Mrs. Corie B. White, president of
the Edenton Business and Professional
Women’s Club calls attention to the
regular monthly business meeting to
be held tonight (Thursday) in the chib
room at the Hotel Joseph Hewes. Miss
‘Helen Evans, legislation chairman,
will be in charge of the program.
C. R. Holmes, Representative of
Perquimans County, will be the guest
speaker, who will be introduced by
John F. White, Chowan County’s Rep
resentative. . <•
All members are urged to attend.
|_An ExpianationJ
- The Edenton Wwaanh Club did
not appoee or authorize any group
to oppose Mrs, JaMea Wood and
her Creep Jjedng a sun dial on
The opinions which were ex-
IbnTthey were feoee of individuals
• who bad • perfect right to express
their opinion relative to thfa mat
ter. ..
Mrs. J. M. Thorud
is Named Chair man
For Care-For-Korea
Chowan Asked to Do
nate SIOO For Relief
Os Koreans
Mrs. J. M. Thorud will serve as
local chairman of the Thanksgiving
season campaign of
the General Federation of Women’s
Clubs, it is announced by Mrs. W. D.
Holmes, Jr., president of the Edenton
Woman’s Club.
National goal of the campaign,
which will be conducted by Federation
affiliates throughout the United States
from November 12th through Thanks
giving Day, has been set at 150,000
CARE packages. Os that amount, a
quota of SIOO has been set for this
town. All hinds contributed will be
used to provide CARE packages of
food, clothing textiles and blankets
for Korean orphans, refugees and oth
er civilian war victims. Delivery will
be made in time for the Christmas
holidays.
“I am certain every resident of this
town, as individuals and through their
organizations, will want to support
this drive to help South Korea’s ci
-1 vilian population,” Mrs. Holmes stat
ed.
“There can be no m'ore fitting
Thanksgiving Day offering for Ameri
cans. The terrible destruction of war
has turned millions of the Korean
people—many of them orphaned chil
dren—into homeless, destitute refu
gees. The victory of our armed forces
will be meaningless unless the Korean
people are provided with the food, the
clothing and other essentials they need
to survive. CARE parkages can mean'
the difference between life and death.
Here is something all of us can do—
something we must do— to support the
forces of freedom.”
The CARE packages which have
i been prepared for Korean relief in
• elude woolen blankets, cotton textiles,
i food, woolen suiting, underwear, knit
ting wool. All contributions will be
pooled to provide a complete package.
; Deliveries will be arranged by CARE
, to orphanages, refugee camps and oth
er relief centers, on the basis of great
; est need. Donations can he sent to:
Mrs. J. M. Thorud, 134 Morris Circle,
Edenton.
Mrs. Wm. T. Harry
Named Christmas
1 Seal Sale Chairman
! Appointment Announc
ed This Week By
Ralph Parrish
i
Mrs. William T. Harry, member of
; the Woman’s Club of Edenton, will
- serve as chairman for the 1951 Christ
. mas Seal Sale in Chowan County, it
. is announced by Ralph E. Parrish,
> president of the Chowan County Tu
-1 berculosis and Health Association.
The sale of the Christmas Seals will
be conducted in the County by the
t tuberculosis association from Novem
f ber 26 to December 25. This year’3
» Christmas Seal Sale, to be conducted
throughout the nation by the 3,000
i associations affiliated with the Nat
t ional Tuberculosis Association, marks
• the 45th annual Christmas Seal Sale
• in this country.
In accepting the chairmanship, Mrs.
Harry says she was honored by her
appointment and she would do all she
, could to make this year’s Christmas
Seal Sale the best the county has
! ever had. She further said she was
I proud to serve ip any capacity that
i helps the Chowan County Tubercu
> losis Association, which is fighting
i 12 months a year to protect us against
i a disease which is killing at the rate
, of one person every 18 minutes in
this country.
f
; Meeting: Os Hospital
Auxiliary On Nov. 21
Mrs. J. Clarence 'Leary, Jr., presi
dent of the Chowan Hospital Auxilia-
I ry, calls attention to a meeting of the
group which will be held next Wednes
day afternoon, November 21, at 3
I o’clock. The meeting will be held at
1 the nurses’ home and all members are
urged to make a special effort to at
tend.
ROTARY MEETS TO©AY
_ Edenton’s Rotary Club win meet to
day (Thursday) at 1 o’clock in the
Paridh House. President J. L. Chest
nutt urges all Rotariane to make a
special-effort to attend, inasmuch as
next week’s meeting will be called oitt
due to Thanksgiving.
Resident Os Fort
Worth Proud Os
Chowan Visitor
John W. Privott Writes
Interesting Letter To
Editor of Herald
John W. Privott, who together with
Mrs. Privott, are now making their
home in Fort Worth, Texas, sent a
very delightful letter to the editor
of The Herald this week in connec
tion with the national convention of
home demonstration agents held at
Fort Worth.
Mr. Privott was thrilled with the
recognition received by Miss Rebecca
Colwell, Chowan County’s home agent,
at the meeting and his letter in full
foil owl:
“Dear Editor Bufflap: It was a de
lightful pleasure to have a very spec
ial guest from Chowan County to the
city of Fort Worth, Texas, this week.
That guest was Miss Rebecca Col
well, your Home Demonstration
Agent, who attended the National Con
vention here.
“Chowan County should feel proud
indeed of the representation that it
had here in such a convention of some
seven or eight hundred such agents
from all over the country and some
foreign countries. It should feel even
more proud of itself and Miss Col
well because of the coveted and high
ly esteemed honor, which was
thoroughly covered by the radio, tele
vision and press of the entire great
Southwest, at the Fort Worth Country
Club on November 7th. Miss Colwell
was one of the few agents recognized
because of her outstanding work at
this meeting.
“I knew that Miss Colwell was com
ing to Fort Worth-for the convention,
but in a city of over 300,000 persons
(Continued on Page Four)
Harry Re-elected As
District Chairman
Os West Albemarle
Banquet Tonight In Ar
mory Will Start Drive
To Raise Funds
At a meeting of the West Albemarle
District, Boy Scouts of America, held
last week in the Municipal Building,
W. T. Harry was re-elected district
chairman. Other officers elected were
J. T. Biggers of Hertford, vice-chair
man; the Rev. E. B. Edwards of Eden
ton, district commissioner, and the
following members at large: Silas
Whedbee of Hertford Dr. A. F. Down
urn, Dr. Richard Hardin, W. J. Taylor,
O. E. Duncan, Major Ted Boutwell of
Edenton and A. P. Godwin of (Jates
ville. These officers are scheduled to
be installed at a banquet to be held
tonight (Thursday) at the Edenton
armory.
A drive to raise funds is scheduled
to get under way today, with the dis
trict’s quota set at $1,900. Each com
munity will conduct its own drive. W.
J. Taylor was named chairman, and
plans for the drive will be considered
at tonight’s meeting.
Chairman Harry is very anxious
to have a big meeting and hopes all
Scouters and those interested in Boy
Scouts will attend. He also announced
that the November meeting of the
Tidewater Council will be held in
Edenton and that monthly district
meetings will be held each month be
ginning in December.
In being re-elected Mr. Harry ex
pressed his appreciation for the honor
and solicited the continued help and
cooperation on the part of his co
workers.
Rotary Club Plans To
Hold Christmas Party
At last week’s Rotary meeting’, the
Edenton Club voted to again stage a
Christmas party with Rotary Annes as
special guests. While no definite date
was set for the party, President J.
L. Chestnutt appointed H. A. Campen,
W. T. Harry, Gilliam Wood and Bill
Cozart as a committee to arrange the
affir and set a date.
The committee will make a report
at today’s meeting.
Quarterly Conference
At Methodist Church
At the evening service in the Metho
dist Church next Sunday, the first
quarterly conference will be held. For
this meeting the district superinten
dent, Dr. E. S. Love, will preach. At
(he close of the service the conference
will he held and the pastor, the Rev.
E. B. Edwards, urges all church of
ficials to be present
| WARNING! j
There has been several in
stances in Chowan County recent
■ ly of tampering with mail boxes
on the rural routes, the boxes
having been broken down, dam
aged and, in one case, carried
> some distance away.
It is well known that any in
terference with United States
mails is a serious offense, pun
ishable by severe penalties. Jusii
last week two young men in a
[ western county of the State were
sentenced to the roads for two
years plus a S2OO fine for this
crime.
It is hoped (that this notice will
deter any thoughtless persons
from indulging in this silly prac
tice, thus saving them the dis
-1 grace of going through life with
a criminal record.
Two Members Os
Edenton Woman’s
Club Are Honored
Names Will Be Placed
On Plaque at State
Headquarters
Two Chowan County women, Mrs.
i Inglis Fletcher and Mrs. Jimmie Earn
hardt, will be honored at headquarters
\ of the North Carolina Federation of
Women’s Clubs in Raleigh by having
I their names appear on a plaque. The
; plaque will be mounted in the new
headquarters and is reserved for
■ names of outstanding club members.
, One hundred dollars is accompanied
; with each name submitted, which will
be used for improvement of Head
quarters Home.
Mrs. Fletcher is a well known au
thor of novels and Mrs. Earnhardt is
past president of the 16th District
of the North Caroliha Federation of
Women’s Clubs.
Mrs. Fletcher was honored at the
State Convention last spring. She is
| an honorary member of the Edenton
I Woman’s Club and the Gift was start
ed by the Edenton Club and added to
by other State clubs.
’ Mrs. Earnhardt was honored at
the District Convention at Manteo
last month. Her Gift was started by
Mrs. Edwin P. Brown of Murfrees
boro anl was added to by the Eliza
: beth City Junior Woman’s Club, the
1 Edenton Woman’s Club, Mrs. S. W.
, Taylor of Edenton, and by an anony
t mous person. Mrs. Earnhardt was
s honored because of her outstanding
- work on the Garden Tours and other
• club work. She is now 16th District
J Vice-President.
5
; Revival Services
i Begin In Baptist
i Church On Sunday
• Dr. Fred P. Brown of
i Knoxville, Tenn., Will
Again Preach
> _____
| Dr. Fred F. Brown, Pastor Emeritus
' of the First Baptist Church, Knoxville,
t Tennessee, returns to Edenton Sunday
! to preach in his third series of revival
1 services within the past few years.
' The annual revival will open at the
Baptist Church on Sunday, November
18, and will extend through the fol
| lowing Sunday. The hour for each
l evening service of the week will be
7:30 o’clock.
There will be no day services except
for Thursday morning at 10 o’clock.
At this time the regular Thanksgiving
service will be held and the annual
> offering for the Baptist Orphanage
will be received. Special invitation
, is extended for this appropriate and
l most gracious service.
, The public is cordially invited to
, hear Dr. Brown at each of these ser
’ vices. He is well known and loved
in this community for his ability as
[ a speaker, his profound sincerity and
, Christian experience. His many friends
will welcome him for this series of
l services.
t [Eariy Next Week]
t Due to observance of Thanks
giving Thursday of next week.
The Herald will be printed a day
i earlier In order to provide a holi
) day for employees.
Any advertising or news matter
- • should, therefore, be in the Her
« aid office a day earlier.
$2.00 Per Year.
| Titie To Hicks Field
Features Meeting
Os Town Council
Friendly Suit Suggested
In Order to Decide
Ownership
Title to the Hicks Field property
again bobbed up at Tuesday night’s
meeting of Town Council when
Thomas Chears, chairman of the
Edenton School Trustees, and Super
intendent John A. Holmes appeared at
the meeting in the interest of in
some way definitely determining if
the title is vested in the Town of
Edenton or the school trustees.
The school officials presented a reso
lution from their group which sug
gested a friendly suit in order for the
courts to decide which body had title
to the property. In an opinion hand
ed down by Attorney General Harry
McMullan the school trustees hold
title, while the late W. D. Pruden,
as Town Attornev, expressed his
opinion that the Town of Edenton
owns the property.
There was no feeling about the
ownership of the Hicks Field site,
but Chears and Holmes stated that it
was the opinion of the school trustees
that it should be determined if the
school trustees control the plot or
Town Council.
After considerable discussion it was
decided to confer with Town Attorney
E. W. Hooper to see if away of set
tling ownership can be reached with
out court action.
Town Council also passed a resolu
tion objecting to the Norfolk South
ern Railroad eliminating express ser
vice between Norfolk and Raleigh.
The matter will be considered before
the Utilities Commission in Raleigh
Monday, November 19, at 10 A. M.
Congested traffic conditions on
Oakum Street between Church and
Queen Streets was brought up and as
an experiment to solve the problem it
was decided to limit parking in this
area to 30 minutes between the hours
of 8 A. M. and 6 P. M.
A letter was read from the local
VFW Post proposing to name the
new white high school “Edenton
Memorial School” and use funds ap
propriated by the town and county
several years ago for a memorial for
Chowan’s war dead to secure tablets
with the names of the boys who died
inscribed and placed in the school.
The Council men were of the opinion
that naming of the school was vested
in the school trustees, so that n° ac
tion was taken.
The proposition to erect a sun dial
. on the Court House Green was again
. the target of discussion and a motion
was made and passed not to allow the
sun dial to be placed on the green. A
subsequent motion was passed to al
low the sun dial to be erected along
the breakwater in front of the green.
A few of the Councilmen did not vote
on the premise that no formal request
has been made to erect a sun dial on
the green.
A delegation was on hand repre-
senting citizens living on Carteret,
Albemarle, Freemason and School
streets east of Oakum Street. This
group urged paving of these streets,
■ but was informed that available funds
for paving have been exhausted, but
that something might be done wher,
the next Powell Bill money is received.
Governor Os Lions
Visits Local Club
Harvey Woodruff Deliv
ers Address at Meet
ing Monday Night
Edenton’s Lions Club played host
to its District Governor, Harvey
' Woodruff, of Roanoke Rapids at its
! dinner meeting Monday evening and
. were treated to one of the most
thought-provoking addresses heard by
the local club in several years.
’ Taking for his theme the subject.
. “Are We Getting Our Money’s Worth
In the Biggest and Greatest Service
! Club On Earth?”, the speaker explain
| ed his work as a cost engineer for the
| textile industry with which he is asso
ciated.
“In our business it is our job to
assure the most production for each
j dollar, together with the best possible
product,” said the speaker. Similarly,
I it is our duty as Lions to assure our
[ selves that each expenditure we make
■ in furthering our work in sight con
servation and the promotion of Scout
ing shall yield the best possible re
sults,” continued the speaker.
“We may also apply this principle in
the education of our children, as well
as the operation of our governmental
bodies, both local, state and federal.
(Continued on Page Twelve)