Give A Pint Os Blood At Armory Today
THE CHOWAN HERALD
Volume XlX.—Number 10,
Chowan County Red
Cross Fund Raising
Drive Is Under Way
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A1 Phillips Names Co-
Workers Who Will Di
rect Canvass
QUOTA~S2,SOO
► Co-Chairmen Make* Ap
peal For Liberal Con
-4 tributions
Under the direction of A1 Phillips
and William P. Jones, Chowan Coun
ty’s Red Cross fund raising drive got
under way Tuesday and it is hoped
the campaign will be able to be com
pleted by Saturday, March 15.
Chowan County’s quota this year is
$2,500 and in an effort to raise the
amount Mr. Phillips has enlisted the
services of a group of co-workers, who
will make a thorough canvass of all
homes and business establishments.
The co-workers and areas to be can
vassed are as follows:
Business District, west side —J. P.
Partin.
Business District, east side—W. E.
Malone.
East Edenton, Water to Church
Street—Miss Elizabeth Elliott.
East Edenton, Church Street to
Park Avenue—Mrs. Frank Habit and
Miss Celia Spivey.
West Edenton, Church Street to
~ Route 32—Mrs. Jerry Williford.
West Edenton, Water to Church
Street—Miss Kathryn Brown.
Cotton Mill Village—E. C. Alexan
der.
Albemarle Court—Mrs. E. W. Hoop
er.
W estover Heights Mrs. Alice
Belch.
Morris Circle—'Mrs. J. M. Boyce,
Pembroke Circle Mrs. Robert
Smith.
Industrial—Joe Conger.
North Edenton Residential —Miss
Catherine Ward.
North Edenton Business Firms—
Kenneth Worrell.
County Schools —W. J. Taylor.
Marine Corps Air Station—Major
L. F. Ferguson.
County Chairmen —Mrs. E. L. Belch
and Mrs. Cameron Boyce.
East Edenton Colored—Mrs. Byrd.
West Edenton Colored —Mrs. Cath
erine Hefler.
County Colored Chairman—Mrs.
Onnie Charlton.
Colored Business Section—E ar 1
Jones.
Mr. Phillips says the average per
son is not acquainted with the numer
ous activities of the Red Cross and the
funds necessary to properly carry out
the varied Red Cross program. For
that reason he stressed the import
ance of meeting the county’s quota
• and calls upon every person contact
ed to be as liberal as possible.
Dr. Martin Wisely
Lions Club Speaker
Talks to Members of
(Jons Club About Do
nating Blood
Or. Martin Wisely addressed the
members of the Edenton Lions Club
at their regular meeting Monday
night with reference to the bloodmo
bile which will be in Edenton today;
(Thursday). Dr. Wisely explained
the processes that the Mood went
through from the timd it was receiv
ed until was used. He had as his
guest, Miss Carolyn Shaw, labors- '
t#ry technician at the Chowan Hos
pital, who arranged a display for the
benefit of the Lions. W. E. Bond, who
has donated blood seven times, was
also a guest.
. The Lions Club will observe its fif
teenth animal charter night banquet
at the Edenton High School cafe
teria next Moiujpy night. The Lions
will have pielr wives aft guests for <
the evening.
Rotarians Will Elect
New Officers Today
Edenton Rotarians will hold their
weekly meeting today (Thursday) at
1 o'clock in the Parish House. The
principal order of business will be
election of officers and directors for
the Rotary yeSr. The entire member
*CP of the chib has been placed ini
semination.
(President J. L. Chestnutt is veky
Wtadout to have a good attendance for
the election, so that every Roterian
te urged to attend the meeting.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 6, 1952.
| Resigns |
<*4*“*? JBL
A. S. HOLLOWELL
At Monday’s meeting of the
Chowan County Commissioners
A. S. Hollowel] tendered his resig
nation as First Township Com
missioner, effective Monday, April
7. He lacks only a few months of
, serving four years.
Dr. 0. Orion Mixon
Speaker At Joint
Rotariais’ Meeting
Edenton and Ahoskie
Clubs Meet In Par
ish Jlouse
Edenton and Ahoskie Rotarians met
jointly in an inter-city meeting Thurs
day night in the Parish House, when
a goodly number of the membership
of both Rotary Clubs attended. A
spirit of good fellowship prevailed,
with J. L. Chestnutt, president of the
Edenton Club, presiding and welcom
ing the visitors. President Chestnutt
called upon every Rotarian present
to stand and introduce himself, after
which the principal speaker, Dr. Orion
F. Mixon, president of Chowan Col
lege at Murfreesboro, spoke.
Dr. Mixon used as his subject
"Community Betterment,” during ;
which he emphasized inter-dependence
among people living in any communi
ty. He traced the establishment of
communities and pointed out that as
a community grows inter-dependence
increases. Most important and neces
sary for a good community. Dr. Mix
on said, was first, the home, to which
must be added the church, school, good
government, good business based on
ethics and a desire for attractiveness,
which is an obligation on everyone liv- .
ing in a community.
HolloweU Resigns
As Commissioner
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Resignation Is Present-:
ed at Commissioners’ 1
Meeting Monday
A. S. Holloweli, a member of the
Chowan County Board of County I
Commissioners for four years, tender
ed his resignation as commissioner
from the First Township at the Coun- |
ty Commissioners’ meeting Monday '
morning. The resignation is effective
the first Monday in April.
In tendering his resignation, Mr. i
Holiowell said he did so verv reluct-1
antly, as he had enjoyed working fttt
Such a harmonious group of men.
However, he is obliged to go out of the
grocery business, which, coupled with
sickness in his family, makes it very
uncertain if he will have the time to
devote to the office.
The resignation was accepted with
regret, and to a man the other Com
missioners said they were sorry to
lose him as a Commissioner, for he
made a very good one.
’A successor to serve 'Mr. Holtowellk
unexpired term will be appointed by
Clerk of Court E. W. Spires, but this
appointment will not he made immedi
ately. However, a successor, will be
appointed before the next regular
meeting of the County Commissioners.
Donations Os Blood
Wdi Be Taken Today
At Edenton Armory
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Will Make Eighth
Visit
Today (Thursday) the Red Cross
Bloodmobile will make its eighth visit
to Edenton, when Chowan County resi
dents are asked to contribute 160
pints of blood.
N. J. George is recruitment chair
man and has announced the follow
ing area chairmen:
County—'Miss Rebecca Colwell.
'Business District—Mrs. Joe Thorud.
> North Edenton—Miss Mildred Mun
den and Mrs. T. C. Cross.
Morris Circle and Albemarle Court
—Mrs. Bill Brotton.
Westover Heights—W. T. Harry.
Mill Village—Kissler Phillips.
West Edenton—Mrs. A. F. Down
urn.
Pembroke Circle—Mrs. J. R. Du
laney.
Broad Street—Mrs. T. C. Cross, Jr.
East Edenton Mrs. Haywood
Bunch.
The bloodmobile will be at the ar
mory from 10 A. M., to 4 P. M., and
Mr. George desires it to be under
stood that anyone may come to the
armory to donate blood between those
hour* even though no appointment has
been made.
Mr. George also makes a special
appeal to Negroes to donate blood,
pointing out that at Chowan Hospital
during the year 1951 a total of 140
pints was administered to Negroes,
while less than 25 have made blood
donations during the bloodmobile
visits.
It vs pointed out by Mr. George that
it takes very little time to donate a
pint of blood, that it isn’t painful and
there are no ill effects, so that in the
name of humanity he cannot under
stand why Chowan County should not
donate many more pints than the
quota calls for.
Band Instruments
On Rental Basis For
New School Band
Group Will Be Trained
To Play With Regu
lar Band
With the intention of recruiting a
large number of students for the
school band, Bandmaster Ernest Gen
tile has announced that all students
will be given an opportunity to enroll
in a new band to be formed in the
near future.
While conferring with Superinten
dent John A. Holmes, the decision was
reached that all students should be
tested with a scientific test to check
their musical ability, and that ar
rangements would be made whereby
instruments could be rented for three
months to determine the instrument
best suited to each individual child
and his interest in it. This method
of starting children on musical instru
ments is being widely used by schools
throughout the country with great
success.
Lessons will be furnished by the
school. Mr. Gentile says now is the
logical time'for children to start, and
it will be only a matter of months be
fore they will be given an opportunity
to win a chair iiathe regular band and
to participate in all of the school band
functions. ,
| Improving _|
Due to a great deal of side
ness and precautionary measures
among children, attendance in
Edenton schools has been greatly
affected the past severil days.
Similar conditions prevail over a
widespread area and in some
towns schools have been clooed.
In Edenton, however. Superin
tendent John A. Holmes express
ed the opinion that with clearing
weather, school absentees wMI be
greatly red need, and that micas
something of an epidemic devel
ops the schools will remain open.
In the high school Tuesday
there were 75 students absent oat
of an enrollment of aboat SSO.
AC the elementary graded school
conditions are improving. On
Monday there were 128 absentees,
while on - Tuesday the number
dropped to IML
Jurymen Selected
For Term Os Court
Starting March 31
Judge Clawson Williams,
OT Sanford Scheduled j
To Preside i
In anticipation of the April term
of Chowan, County Superior Court,
the Chowan County Commissioners
on Monday picked 50 names from the
jury box, who will be summoned for
jury duty during the term of court.
The session of court will begin Mon
day, March 31, with Judge Claw
son Williams of Sanford scheduled to
preside. It will be a mixed term
with no sensational cases on the doc
ket .
Those who were picked for jury
duty are:
J. Q. Bass, Louis Geo. Wilkins, J. H.
Thigpen, Thurman R. Harrell, Edward
J. Chappell, W. L. Hardison, W. J. P.
Earnhardt, Wince White, George 'S.
Goodwin, E. M. Ward, J. J. Alexander,
Henry Brabble, George S. Twiddy, M.
F. White, M. A. Hughes, Ellsworth
Blanchard, Ernest Stillman, J. Wal
lace Goodwin, J. J. Oliver, Gurney
Hobbs, Quinton Bass, Roland Ashley,
T. L. Evans, Jr., J. M. Jordan, R. F.
Jordan, E. C. Ward, George Alma By
ruin, E. L. Pearce, W. H. Jordan,
S. J. Sutton, O. M. Blanchard, Troy
Toppin, Emmett Dail, Vandy Nixon,
E. J. Goodwin, Walter Heath, Irvin
Trotman Spivey, Ralph K. Holloweli,
H. F. Byrum, M. M. Nixon, Robert
, L. Perry, Murray L. Goodwin, L. P.
Chappell, P. W. Nixon, James L. Has
sell, M. M. Perry, A. A. Parrish,
, Mitchell Barrington, W. L. Batemar
i and Junius White.
Rev. R. N. Carroll
Speaker For PTA
Meeting March 11
Turkey Dinner Will Be ,
Served In School ,
Cafeteria
Next Tuesday night, March 11, the
Edenton Parent-Teacher Association ,
will hold a dinner meeting in the
cafeteria of the new Edenton High
which it is hoped will attract a large
number of members and friends. The
meeting will start at 7 o’clock.
The principal speaker for the occas
ion will be the Rev. R. N. Carroll,'
pastor of the Edenton Baptist Church,;
who will use as his subject, “The 1
Responsibility of the Home and |.
Schopl For Citizenship Training.”
Another feature will be special music
by Jack Mooney, who wilt be accom- :
panied at the piano by Mrs. Mooney.
A turkey dinner will be served un
der the direction of Mrs. Paul Holo- 1
man with ticket sales being in charge ‘
of Mrs. Ervin Griffin and Mrs. W. T. •
Harry, co-chairmen of the Ways and
Means Committee. The dinner was
planned to help boost the association’s ■
treasury which was hit a solar plexus
blow as the result of two SIOO do- !
nations to the Edenton schools.
Easter Seal Sale
Will Start Friday
Lions Club Hopeful Sale
This Year Will Raise
SSOO
More than 500 envelopes containing
sheets of 1952 Easter Seals will be
sent to hemes in Chowan County when
the annual Easter Seal campaign to ;
: help crippled children gets under way. ‘
The mailing will be made by the ]
Edenton Lions Club, sponsor of the i
drive, and six volunteers will spend :
several days stuffing and addressing ]
envelopes to residents in this lo- <
cality.
The 19th annual campaign opens 1
Officially March 13 and continues <
through April 13. A quota of SSOO ]
is expected to be reached during that ,
time, according to W. J. Taylor, cam- j
paign director. Geddes Potter is 1
chairman and Jesse Harrell, treasur- ]
er.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge No. 7, A. F. A
A. M., will hold a regular comm uni- <
cation tonight (Thursday) in the j
Court House. All visiting Maeons are '
invited to attend the meeting. i
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1952 Coastal Plain
League Season Will
Begin Play On May 1
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| Buy Easter Seals |
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S B j E9K
You can help crippled children
like Doris open the door to a new
life by using Blaster Seals. With
out medical treatment and thera
py provided by Easter Seal funds,
Doris would be unable to stand
alone today. You can give her
further help in her fight against
crippling by supporting your
Easter Seal Agency.
Spring Federation Bf
Home Demonstration
Clubs Bn March 19th
Miss Pauline Gordon to
I Be Principal Speaker
For Occasion
The Spring Federation meeting of
Home Demonstration dubs will be
held Wednesday afternoon, March 19,
at 2:30 o’clock in the Rocky Hock
school auditorium. The speaker will
be Miss Pauline Gordon, Home Furn
ishings Specialist with the North
Carolina Extension Service. She will
give a demonstration on flower ar
rangements.
After the meeting the Enterprise
Home Demonstration dub will be
host to a tea.
The County Officers are as follows :
Mrs. ET L. Belch, president; Mrs.
Kermit Perry and Mrs. H. H. Lane,
vice presidents; Mrs. H. T. Hollo
weli, secretary.
Senior Class Play
Friday, March 14th
Upper Classmen Will
Present
Margaret”
Plans are going forward for the
annual Edenton senior class play,
“Marrying Margaret,” which will be
presented in the elementary graded
school auditorium Friday night, March
14. Rehearsals are being held for the
play, which promises to provide an
evening of genuine entertainment.
Those taking part in the play are
Burton Harrison, Marietta Perry,
Glenn Rae Twiddy, Mary Ann El
liott, Joan Cobb, Alphia Small, Pete
Adams, W. 0. Speight, Dorothy Hen
inger, Grace Hudson, Milton Long,
Branch Bunch, Sara Kemp Wood, Erie
Haste, Jr., Gene Ward and Rupert
Williams.
POCAHONTAS MEETING
Chowanoke Council, No. 54, Degree
of Pocahontas, will meet Friday night
at 8 o’clock in the Red Men hall. Mrs.
Elsie Lee, Pocahontas, urges a full
attendance.
$2.00 Per Year.
Colonials Sche
duled to Meet Tarboro
In Opening Game
64 HOME~GAMES
Officials Emphasize the
Need For Attendance
At Games
Thursday, May 1, will mark the
opening of the Coastal Plain League
1952 season, with the Edenton Co
lonials scheduled to meet Tarboro on
Hicks Field at 8 o’clock. It will be
Edenton’s first time to be included in
the Coastal Plain circuit with seven
other clubs, Tarboro, Wilson, New
Bern, Goldsboro, Kinston, Roanoke
Rapids and Rocky Mount. The Co
lonials last year were in the Vir
ginia League, but withdrew when an
opportunity presented itself to join
the Coastal Plain League.
According to the schedule, the Co
lonials will play 64 home games. All
games will be played at night, except
Saturday nights, when the time will
be 8:30 o’clock. Sunday games will
begin at 2:30 in the afternoon. The
game on the Fourth of July will be
played in Edenton at 2:30 o’clock.
The schedule of the home games
follows:
May I—Tarboro.
May 3—Wilson.
May C—New Bern.
May B—Goldsboro.
May 9—Kinston.
May 11—Roanoke Rapids.
May 14—Rocky Mount.
May 15—Wilson.
May 17—Tarboro.
j Maj - 19-—Goldsboro.
May 21—New Bern.
May 23- —Roanoke Rapids.
May 25—Kinston. ,
May 27—Rocky Mount.
May 29—New Bern.
May 30 —Tarboro (Double Header).
June I—Goldsboro.
June 2—-Roanoke Rapids.
June 6—Wilson.
June 7—New Bern,
June 9—Kinston.
June 11—-Tarboro.
June 13—Goldsboro.
June 16—Rocky Mount.
June 18-—Wilson.
June 20—Kinston.
June 22—Rocky Mount.
.Tune 24—Roanoke Rapids.
June 26—Kinston.
June 28—Rocky Mount,
June 29—« New Bern.
(Continued On Page Twelve)
Cub Scout Banquet
Held Friday Night
Delightful Affair Held
In Scout Cabin; Some
Awards Made
Edenton Cub Scouts held their
Blue and Gold banquet in the Scout
Cabin Friday night, when a goodly
number of the Cub Scouts and their
parents were present. Also attend
ing the meeting were Mr. and Mrs.
Rodney Byrum, Mr. and Mrs. Hector
Lupton and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Ward, representing the Troop Com
mittee of the Lions Club, sponsors of
the Edenton Cub Pack.
James Byrum, Cubmaster, presided
over the meeting, which was also at
tended by Bill Sutherland, Boy Scout
Executive of the West Albemarle Dis
trict.
A delicious cold plate was served
by mothers of Cub Scouts and during
the meeting a number of games were
played under the direction of Mr.
Sutherland.
During the meeting awards were
made to some of the Cub Scouts,
among which were the gold and silver
arrow points to Bobby Bunch, bear
badge and a two-year service star to
Paul Twiddy, and five silver arrow
points and lion rank to Edwin By.
mm.
Bishop Thos. Wright
At St. Paul’s Sunday
Bishop Thomas Wright of Wilming
ton will make his annual visit to St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church Sunday and
will preach at the 11 o’clock service.
He will also confirm new member* in
• the church.
I The public Is invited to attend and
hear the Bishop.