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rfHfte XlX—Number 2/ Methodists Planning Subdistrict Institute For t City District Interesting Program Is Arranged For Various Church Workers A series of sub-district institutes to promote the total program of the Methodist Church ■will be held in, se lected areas of the Elizabeth City dis trict January 14-17, according to the Rev. E. B. Edwards, pastor of the Edenton Methodist Church. The pro- I gram will be under the general direc tion. of (Dr. F. S. Love, district super intendent, and he will be assisted by his district staff. Leaders in every department of the church’s work from every Auroh in the district are in vited to attend the institute which is most convenient to them. The institutes will be held as fol lows: January 14 at the First Church in Washington, January 15 at the First Church in Ahoskie, January 16 at the First Church in Elizabeth City, and January 17 at the Olivet Church in iManteo. The Institutes at Washington, Ahos- ' kie and Elizabeth City will be held from 3:00 P. M., to 9:00 P. M., with the following program: 3:00 to 4.oo—Worship Service, ad- . dress by the Rev. D. E. Earnhardt. , 4:00 to s:lo—'Panel Discussion on total program of church, Dr. F. 'S. , Love, moderator and district staff. 5:30 to 6:3o—Picnic supper. (Every one is asked to bring a basket). Fel lowship singing led by the Rev. R. T. Commander. 6:45 to B:oo—Group Meetings: 1. Workers with children, led by the director. 2. Workers with youth, led by the Rev. and Mrs. R. T. Commander. 3. Workers with intermediates, led by Miss Mary. .Whittle-. 4. Adult superintendents, teadWrs and' presidtAis of and young adult classes, lea by the Rev. A. 'L. Chaplin. 5. General Superintendents and Board of Education chairmen, led by the Rev. D. L. Fouts. 6. Woman’s Society workshop, led by Mrs. E. R. Meekins. 7. Laymen’s Workshop, led by George Jackson. 8:15 to 9:oo—Worship Service, led by the Rev. Kern Ormond. Missionary Address by the Rev. E. Wannamaker Hardin of Spartanburg, ’ South Carolina. The Institute at Manteo will meet from 10:00 A. M., to 3:00 P. M., with the same program as listed above. Instead of conducting several insti tutes to promote the various phases of the church’s program, Dr. Love and his staff have chosen rather to have one institute to stress the total pro gram in each of four areas of the dis trict. All leaders from every church are invited, and a full representation is desired. Band Parents Called To Meet Tonight Dr. A. F. Downum, the President, Urges Full Attendance Dr. A. F. Downum, pyfesident of the Edenton High School Band Par ents Association, calls attention to the January meeting of the association, which will be held in the band room of the new high school at 7:30 o'clock tonight (Thursday). Dr. Downum ’ urge# all directors and all parents who have children in the band to be pres ent. "All band parents should have an active interest in the organization and operation of the Rand Parents Asso ciation,” says Dr. Downum. "It is hoped, .therefore, that al] interested parties will be present for this meet ing to offer suggestions and help for-j nralate plans for the spring season.” YPSL Grateful For Cooperation This Year iflss Sharon Lupton, secretary of lb* Young People's Service League of ftpaul’s Episcopal Church, sent the fowwing letter to The Herald in ap- BWMjiiluft for cooperation with this 'yfcans Empty Stocking 'Fund. "Dear Mr. Bufflap: The Y. P. S. I* of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church wish es to express its thanks and appreci ation to The Chowan Herald for the wonderful publicity given the Empty Stocking Fund this year. Due to such cooperation as you and other people of the county and community have shown us, the project has been highly successful this past Christmas.” THE CHOWAN HERALD Edenton Rotarians Favor Midgett For District Governor Col. W. B. Rosevear Con ducts “Loud” Necktie Contest Edenton Rotarians at their meet ing Thursday unanimously voted for P. D. iMidgett, Jr., of Englehard as the new Governor of the 278th 'Rotary District. There are two candidates for the office, Mr. Midgett and George Colclough of Burlington. Various clutas in the district vote for their choice and send results to the present District Governor, Olin Broadway of Henderson, who in turn will submit the results to the inter national Rotary Convention which will he held in Mexico 'City May 25-29. The election will be confirmed at the Mexi co 'City convention. Mr. Midgett has been very active in Rotary activities for more than 20 years, and is well and favorably known by a number of the Edenton Rotarians. ‘Col. W. B. Rosevear had charge of Thursday’s program, the first part of which included a contest for the “loud est” necktie received by Rotarians as Christmas gifts and worn at the meet ing. Six Rotarians were asked to stand and display their ties, after which a secret ballot was cast for the winner. The prize went to J. Edwin Bufflap, who won by a wide margin. Following this contest, Wesley Ches son, Jr., spoke about the March of Dimes campaign, pointing out that due to serious outbreaks of infantile paral ysis throughout the nation, the nation al emergency fund had been wiped out and that the'year 1951 put the nat ional organization far in the red. Mr. Chesson is March of Dimes Chairman for Chowan County this year and urged generous contribu tions in order to help wipe out last year’s deficit and be prepared to meet any emergencies which might develop during 1952. , J- .Edwin Bufflap, chairman of the Chowan ’Chapter of the 'National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis, briefly told the Rotarians that Chowan Coun ty has had vefy few cases of polio, but that on several occasions the 'Chowan County Chapter joined other chapters in sending to 'State headquar ters half of the money in the local treasury due to emergencies. Little more remains in the local treasury, so that Mr. iChesson and the county chair man hope a substantial contribution will be made this year in Chowan County. The March of Dimes drive will be in progress during the entire month of January. Book Is Written On Inglis Fletcher “Inglis Fletcher of Ban don Plantation” Re leased Jan. 13 "Inglis Fletcher of Bandon, Planta tion,” a biography of the famous North Carolina novelist, is the title of a book to be published January 13 by the University of North Carolina. The work is by Prof. Richard Walser of State College in Raleigh. Mrs. Fletcher, whose early life was spent in Illinois, California, Alaska and Africa, moved to North Carolina after the success of “Raleigh’s Eden” in 1940. Since that time she ihas written, five more novels of the now famous Caro lina 'Series, the latest being “Ben nett’s Welcome.” She and her hus band reside at Bandon Plantation in Chowan County. Professor Walser, who spent part of last summer with the Fletchers gathering material, has published “North Carolina in the Short Story” and the recently reissued “■North Car olina Poetry.” _ Forking Up _ As the result of recent tax suits instituted for back taxes by Tax Attorney J. N. Pruden, $1,992.75 during December trickled into the county’s treasury. The amount represents beck taxes paid for the year 1937 through 1949. The County Commissioners, in the face of needed have instructed Mr. Pruden to use the full extent of the law to collect back taxes due the county. A considerable amount of criticism has been heard regarding those who habitually lag in paying tax es, so that every legal step will be taken to the end that hack tax es are paid. \ Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 10, 1952 ■■■' ■ an ' j— , . i * - . - . . if ■ W HMI PUP I WJM 11*#'. v Ir i§ - '&■ ' £ Empty Stocking Fund Helped 19 Needy Families Group of Young People Raised $254.83 In Cash To Buy Presents Through the efforts of the Young People’s Service League of St. Raul’s Church some 19 families had a hap pier Christmas. The group washes to take this opportunity to thank the merchants and people of Edenton for their liberal contributions of money, food, clothing, and toys. Especially do they give due credit to Captain Dick Hall and the Edenton Fire De partment for the splendid work they did in accumulating and repairing such a large quantity of toys,' which were turned over to the Y. P. S. L., for distribution. The group raised a total of $254.83 in cash through the sale of the “Red Stockings,” private donations, plate collections at St. Paul’s Church, and contributions from Christmas boxes placed in local stores. Os this amount a small part is being saved to “bring Christmas” to some needy family dur ing thy year should the necessity arise. The Y. P. S. L., was divided into teams and each team interviewed a family that was to be helped in order to ascertain its particular needs. In so doing it was felt the articles given each family were more worthwhile Christmas gifts. The 19 families con stituted a total of one hundred per sons helped through the Empty Stock ing Fund. The Christmas boxes were prepared and delivered (Christmas 'Eve by the League and some of their friends. To sponsor such a movement as the “Empty Stocking Fund” is surely com mendable of any individual or organi zation. The fine work displayed by the Y. IP. 8. 'L., n. devoting themselves to helping others at Christmas time shows a refreshingly unselfish spirit not commonly found in this day and time. Short Session Held By Town Council Town Council held one of its short est meetings in many months Tuesday night, when the business was trans acted in less than two hours. The meeting was late in starting and ad journed about 10 o’clock. Other than routine matters, little other business came before the Board. One matter considered was parking at the Rost Office and it was decided to enforce the no-parking provision on the west side of Broad Street some distance back from the Church Street corner. It was also decided to adopt five-minute parking for three car spaces in addition to the no-parking area. Chief of Police George I. Dail was given authority to tidy up the interior of the police station, and aside from several committee reports and paying the bills, this was about all the busi ness transacted. TAX COLLECTIONS According to the monthly report made to .the County Commissioners by Sheriff J. A. Bunch, the amount of 1951 taxes collected during the month of December was $36,339.18. This brought total 1961 taxes collected to January 1 to $88,121.60. Funds From Sale j Os Christmas Seals Doing Good Work Health Officer Points Out Value In Local District Dr. B. B. McGuire, district health officer, points out the value of funds , received from the sale of Christmas', Seals and urges contributions to be , «gt.in at once. j, •“The importance of the work 'being ■ carried forward so efficiently by the Pasquotank Tuberculosis & Health As- , sociation cannot be over emphasized,” j says Dr. McGuire. “No one is denied ] an X-ray at the Health Center due to lack of funds, and no one pays over SI.OO to cover the cost of film. Tu berculosis cases, contacts, mass X-ray j follow-up cases, foodhandlers, teachers and anyone else who has a good reason i for having an X-ray may get it here. “The films are read locally, and this I service as well as purchase of films, chemicals, and full time secretarial service are being maintained. All of this work is paid for from Christmas Seals.” Hospital Auxiliary Meeting Postponed Another Oxygen Tent Is Added to Equipment At Hospital Because of a district Medical Meet ing on January 16, in the Nurses' Home, the regular meeting of the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will be postponed until Wednesday, January 23, at 3 o’clock. All members, and especially group representatives, are urged to attend to begin the new year’s work with enthusiasm. The nominating committee will present a slate of officers for election. Christmas at the hospital was well celebrated. Tray favors were planned by Mrs. William Whichard and Mrs. Wesley Chesson, Jr. The Salvation j Army in Elizabeth City sent stock- 1 ings to hang on each patient’s bed. . Besides the festive decorations : throughout the buildings, there wgye : gifts of potted plants and lovely poin settia. In the 'lobby the staff had a 1 beautiful tree loaded with presents. 1 After the tree celebration on Christ mas Eve, there was a party at the Nurses' home, arranged for the staff < by Mrs. J. W. Davis and Mrs. Albert : Byrum. Homemade cakes, cookies, 1 candies, dates, nuts and egg-nog were (Continued on Page Ten) Rental Units Asked To Be Registered In anticipation of more Marines 'be ing transferred to the Edenton Marine Corps Air Station, David Holton, president of the Chamber of Com merce, is urging the registration of all available rental units in and near Edenton. These registrations will aid con siderably in finding living quarters and any available units are urged to be registered at once with E. W. Hooper, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, whose phone number is 241. Chowan County Is Garden Spot Os State, Says Marsh More Milk Cows and Beef Cattle Needed to Balance Economy “Chowan County, the garden, spot of North Carolina, has some of every thing in the agricultural line,” says Assistant County Agent Robert S. Marsh. “For jears its income has come almost entirely from field and truck crops. We are glad to report that the picture is finally changing and more and more people are estab lishing beef cattle herds to utilize their pastures and feed.” Purvis Chappell, of the Belvidere community, has several beef type cows and heifers and is greatly inter ested in increasing his herd. L. E. Twine, who lives on the Suf folk highway in the Tyner community, has recently established a beef cattle herd. Several 4-H Club members either have beef steers or beef heifers as a project this year. Jimmy Hollowell, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hollowell, who lives near Center Hill, received a loan from the Bank of Edenton last October with which he purchased an excellent Hereford heifer from the sale at Pembroke. He tried to get his brother, H. T., to buy a heifer at the same sale, but H. T. decided to put his money into other 4-H Club projects. It wasn’t very long after Jimmy got his calf that H. T. was sorry that he didn’t get one also. Both boys are planning to have a 4-H Beef heifer as a project next year. “Chowan County’s farm income can be greatly increased by the proper addition of beef cattle projects,” says Mr. Marsh. “Heifers can be bought at sales during late summer and early fall and pastured during the winter very cheaply and easily and sold at a nice profit the following spring. Os course, if a 4-H Club boy or his dad decided ■to keep the heifer then they would have one foundation animal j towards starting a new herd. “Chowan County needs more milk* cows and more beef cattle to balance j its farm economy and improve the! living standards of the rural peo ple.” Chowan Tribe Os Red Men Installs Officers E. G. Williford Succeeds John Brabble of Sa chem For Term Officers for Chowan Tribe of Red Men were installed at Monday night’s meeting, with A. S. Hollowell, a past Great Sachem officiating and W. J. Daniels serving as sannap. The officers installed for a six months term were: John Brabble, pro phet; E. G. Williford, sachem; Henry Allen Bunch, senior sagamore, C. C. Wiggins, junior sagamore. The 12-month term officers install ed were: J. Edwin Bufflap,-chief of records; R. B. Hollowell, collector of wampum; W. M. Rhoades, keeper of wampum, and W. A. Munden, keeper of the wigwam. Mr. Williford, the new sachem, will name his appointed officers at next week’s meet mg, at which time they will be installed. Officers To Be Installed By Auxiliary Os VFW The Ladies’ Auxiliary of William H. Coffield, Jr., Post No. 9280 will hold a meeting tonight, (Thursday) January 10, at 7:30 o’clock for the purpose of electing and installing of ficers. Mrs. Edna Lawthorpe of Elizabeth City, District I President will be pres ent to do the installing. All members are urged to attend this important meeting as well as any eligible person who is interested. Re freshments will be served at the con clusion of th; meeting. Chowan County Commissioners at their meeting Monday morning reviewed the budget for the fiscal year, which is half way gone. While some departments have spent more than .half of the amount/ appropriated, others have not spent half, so that the budget is in satisfactory condition. The County’s budget for the '■ year is $88,259.80. of which $39,- 699.71 was spent up to Monday, leaving a balance in the budget for the last six months of $48,- 590.09. $2.00 Per Year. An AU-Out Canvass For March Os Dimes Friday, January 18 Chairman Announces a Goal of $2,000 This Year For County Wesley Chesson, Jr., chairman for the March of Dimes in Chowan Coun ty, stated early this week that while the entire month of January will be devoted to the fund raising campaign in the fight against infantile paraly sis, an all-out canvass is scheduled for Friday, January 18. On that day he requests all of the canvassers to con tact eyery home in this area given them in an effort to secure contribu tions. This special day will not, however, apply to he rural section, where the drive will be in progress until January 26. In the county the canvass will be conducted by the various home dem onstration clubs. Mr. Chesson pointed out that last year Chowan County raised $1,487.75, but that this year, due to the great need for money, an effort will he made to raise at least $2,000. “This means,” says Mr. Chesson, “that everyone who gave $2.00 last year should give $3.00 this year if the $2,000 goal is co be realized.” The chairman also stated that mini ature iron lungs have been distributed in order to drop spare dimes or lar ger amounts toward tho cause. Mr. Chesson also said that he will be de lighted to receive any contributions either brought or mailed to him at the Town Office. Half of the amount contributed in Chowan County remains in the county for use in connection with infantile paralysis victims, while the other half is sent to national headquarters. VarsltyM Plans To | Sponsor Stage Show “Shooting: Stars” to Be Presented February j 11 and 12 Officials of the Varsity Club an nounced Tuesday that , plans are being made by the club to stage a big, musi cal variety stage show, “Shooting stars, on Monday and Tuesday nights, February 11-12, in the high school auditorium. Club officials believe that this show, staged m cooperation with a big pro duction company, will bring to the Edenton stage something entirely dif ferent i n the field of home talent en . tertainment. From start to finish, ! the sh o"' is believed to b e a sure hit that will please any audience. The show will be complete with chorus girls, singers, dancers, and special entertainers. There wit; he ; plenty of music, comedy, beauty and romance in this stellar stage produc tion that has played to large and re sponsive audiences throughout the na , tion. Colorful costumes and stage . sets are a part of 'he production. Club president, Joe Conger, Jr., has . appointed Bill Cozart and Nick George as co-chairman of the committee who are to assist in staging the show. A cast of over 100 persons, including many small children, are to begin re hearsals late this month for the show. All the cast will be home talent, but direction of the play will he given by professionals. National Jaycee Week Jan. 14 -23 Local Group Will Dis cuss Plan at Meet ing: Tonight When members of the Edenton Jun ior Chamber of Commerce celebrate Jaycee Week this year, from January i 14 to 21, they will be participating in a nation-wide observance of the founding of the United States Junior | Chamber of Commerce 32 years ago. ■ The National Jaycee group, which now numbers nearly 2,000 clubs and 175,- 000 individuals, was established in 1920 in St. Louis Missouri. First national Jaycee president, and the man who started the Jaycee idea, was Henry Geissenbier. 'Geissenbier was a goung business man in St. Louis in 1915 when he first got the idea of a young men’s organi zation to help out in civic affairs. When the idea occurred to him, he was president of a large St. Louis dancing club. He heard a speaker trying to enlist support for a badly (Continued on Page Ten)