Volume XIX. —Number 12.
Chowan’s Savings
Bonds Sales During
February $22,001.25
Payroll Savings Plan Is
Doing Three-way
Job
County U. S. Savings Bonds Chair
main A. B. Harless has announced
that according to the monthly sales
report from Allison'James, State Bi
rector of Savings Bonds in Greens
boro, sales of Series E, F and G
Bonds in Chowan County for the
month of Feb. totaled $622,001.25;
of this amount $6,731.25 was in Series
E Bonds; $15,170.00 in F Bonds and
SIOO.OO in Series G Bonds.
The total figures for North Caro
lina's 100 counties were as follows:
Series E Bonds $2,788,784.50; Series
F $157,065.00; Series G $515,300.00;
totaling $3,461,149.50. The Series E
Bond sales in North Carolina for Feb
ruary exceeded the same period last
year by $18,990.00. The first two
month’s E Bond sales in 1952 exceeded
the same period last year by $76,296.-
00.
The county chairman stated thht
business, industrial, banking and ag
riculture leaders throughout the na
tion, and in the state are strongly
endorsing the Defense Bond program.
In February hundreds of industrial,
business and trade magazines featured
the picture and statement by the pres
ident of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States. Mr. Dechard A.
Huley.
Mr. Huley said: "I urge every
American employer to promote the
payroll savings plan among his"em
ployees as a means of building a res
ervoir of savings.” He said that file
Payroll Savings Plan is doing a three
way job by building a reservoir of sav
ings and future purchasing power,
contributing to America’s defense ef
fort, helping to maintain America’s
economic stability by providing a
check on inflationary tendencies.
102 Arrested By
Police In February
27 Hailed In Court For
Not Having City Auto
License Plates
According to Chief of Police Geo.
I. Dail, Edenton police made 102 ar
rests during the month of February.
Os this number 98 were found guilty
as charged. Those arrested included
56 white males, nine white females,
39 colored males and no colored fe
males. Fines amounted to $165, costs
$449 or a total of $614, of which $217 i
was turned back to the town in way
of officers’ fees.
Miscellaneous traffic violations led
arrests with 38, followed with 27 for
having no city automobile license, 17
drunks and 10 speeding violators.
During the month police answered
46 calls, investigated two accidents,
worked two funerals, found 28 street
lights out, extended 15 courtesies,
found 10 doors unlocked, made 15 in
vestigations, answered two fire calls,
issued 450 citations and made 645
radio calls, being on the air 55 min
utes.
Safety Film Shown
At Rotary Meeting
At the Rotary Club meeting Thurs
day afternoon a safety film, “The
Cloned Book,” was shown by Bernard '
Parker of Elizabeth City, district man
ager for the Farm Bureau Insurance
Company. Mr. Parker was introduced
by ’ftiomas Byrum, who had charge of,
the program. I,
Before the film was shown Gibson
Brickie was inducted as a new mem
ber of the drib.
Steering Committee i
Fleets GrouD Officers
Enterprise community development '
steering committee met at the home '
of Mr. and Mrs. Will Harrell on Mon
day idgfit. Steering committee offi
cers were elected and are as follows: ;
Chairman, W. A. Harrell; vice chair
man, Lloyd C. Bunch; secretary, Mrs. 1
Beverly Harrell, and reporter, Mm
Rodney Harrell.
Other members of the committee j
are Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Goodwill, j
Mr. and Mm. Russell H. Byrum, Mm.
Will Harrell and Mm. Lloyd Bunch.
Band Concert At
Rocky Hock School
she Edenton High School Bhnd will
give a free concert in the Rocky Hock
School auditorium on Thursday night,
' March 20, at 8:00 o’clock. The public
hi invited to attend.
It is hoped that this concert
stimulate interest in high school bands
and possibly bands be started bt mni
section*.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
MILITARY SERVICES—After graduation from one of the military technical
schools WACS, WAVES, WAFS and Women Marines are assigned to duties utilizing their training and
given opportunities for advancement in their field. Left, WAVE Barbara Crowley, of Fullerton, Calif.,
assumes a professional pose while taking portraits; right, WAVE Julia Harbit, of Ellwood, Ind., splicing
35-MM motion picture film in Naval Photographic Center. (Released by the Department of Defense.)
Juniors Os Chowan
High Will Present
"Old Home Town”
Play Scheduled In Audi
torium of School
Tonight
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Thursday night in the high school
auditorium, the Juniors of Chowan
High School will present their play,
“The Old Home Town,” a comedy- 1
drama by Vicenit J. Barrett, with per
mission of The Art Craft Play Com
pany of Cedar Rapids, lowa,
The action .of the play revolves
around the Irving family of father,
mother, daughter, and high school son.
Unbeknown to his wife, Henry Irv
ing is” in financial difficulties. His
son, Andy, is very much interested in
the new neighbor, June Miller. His
daughter, Alice, has just returned
from New York City disappointed
that her first novel was not a success;
but happy to find that an old flame,
Clark Kent, a bank cashier, is still in
love with her, and not with Carol
Brewster, the banker’s daughter. Tom
Irving, Henry’s brother, is a photog
rapher by profession but a practical i
I joker by choice.
There is much excitement through
out the play. The audience will love
these true-to-life characters and a
night of good entertainment is guar
anteed for all.
The cast is composed of the follow
ing: Henry Irving, a small town
druggist, Sherlon Layton; Irene, his
wife, Sarah Morris; Andy, their high
school age son, Tommy Hollowell;
Alice, their ambitious daughter, Julia
Leary; Tom, Henry’s bachelor bro
ther, Stanford Perry; June Miller, a
new neighbor, Shirley Parks; Clark
Kent, Alice’s former sweetheart,
Douglas Leary; Carol Brewster, the
banker’s daughter, Marjorie David
son.
Goodly Number At
Edenton PTA Meeting
At the meeting of the Edenton Par
ent-Teacher Association held last
week many were on hand to enjoy
a delicious turkey dinner served in
the cafeteria at the new high school.
No business was transacted, Mrs. Erie
Haste, president, devoting the entire
time to the program.
The principal speaker for the oc
casion was the Rev. R. N. Carroll, pas
tor of the Baptist Church, who spoke
on the subject “The Responsibility
of the Home and School For Citizen
shiD Training.”
Superintendent John A. Holmes also
spoke briefly on the importance of
the PTA.
Special guests were Edenton School
trustees, and Mrs. P. J. Sheehy, leader
of the Edenton Girl Scout troop.
| Music for the occasion was furnish
ed by Mr. and Mrs.-C. B. Mooney.
.Special Event Friday
' . Night In Parish House
Friday night at 6 o’clock in 'St.
Paul’s Pariah House a supper. and
two moving pictures will be present
ed under the sponsorship of the Lay
men’s League.
Hie pictures to be filmed are an
episode in the life of St. Paul and
Harry Wismer covering the 1952 Sug
ar Bowl football game between Ten
nessee and Maryland.
|_ First Snow J
Edenton and the Albemarle
area experienced its first snow
of the winter Saturday. flakes
.began falling about 7:80 o’clock in
the morning and continued until
late in the afternoon, covering
everything with a sheet of white.
Due to the Tact that th* ground
was wet the snow was not very
long lit vanishing and by Sunday
afternoon Httl« evidence remained
of the season's first snowfall.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 20,1952.
j__Amateur Hour_||
The«PTA of Rocky Hock School
is sponsoring an amateur hour
in the school auditorium on .Wed
nesday night, March 26, at 8:00
o’clock. First, second and third
prizes will be awarded.
A small admission will be
charged and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
Local FHA Girls
WiH Attend Rally
In Raleigh Saturday
Kitty Campen Will Be
Installed as State
* Historian
Six members of the Edenton chapter
of the FHA attended file State Rally
in Raleigh on Saturday, March 22.
The members attending will be Kitty I
Campen, who will be installed as the'
State Historian and Jackie Wallace,!
,Margaret Parrish, Marian Goodwin, 1
Libby Small, Marlene Miller and ad- j
visor, Miss Miriam Scott.
One of the highlights of the day
will be the guest speaker, Senor de la
Rosa, from Mexico, who will describe
home life and conditions of Mexico as
compared with similar conditions of
the United States. In the afternoon
the FHA girls have been invited
to the Governor’s Mansion for tea.
Hospital Auxiliary
Will Meet Friday
Cpl. Billy V. Leazer
Will Present Piano
Concert
The Chowan Hospital Auxiliary will
meet in the nurses’ home Friday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock. Mrs. Wesley
Chesson, Jr., president of the Auxili
ary, states that some very important
business is scheduled to come before
the Auxiliary, so that she urges a
large attendance.
A feature of the meeting will be
a piano concert by Cpl. Billy C. Lea
zer, assistant to the Chaplain at the
Edenton Marine Corps Auxiliary'Air
Station. The program committee feels
very fortunate in securing Opl. Lea
zer to play at the meeting and hopes
all of the members will be able to
attend.
Civilians Invited To
Base Bingo Parties
Announcement is made that bingo
parties will be held at the NCO Club
at the Edenton Marine Corps Auxili
ary Air Station every Tuesday night,
starting at 7:30 o’clock.
Civilian coupless are especially in
vited to these parties and those in
charge hope many will attend. Signs
are posted on the base showing the
way to the NCO Club, which is near
the hangar.
Storm Delays 4-H
Shipment Os Chicks
Several 4-H Club members received
their project chicks last week. All
the chicks did not arrive, and the re
mainder will be sent tJhas week. C. M.
Harris, operator of Harris’ R. O. P.
Hatchery, Valdese, N. C., informed the
County Agent’s office that file storm
early Monday morning tore down the
power lines, with the result that he
lost 2,000 baby chicks. The power
source was cut off just at the time
they wefe breaking through the shells,
and 2,000 of them were a. complete
loss. Chicks will be delivered to the
dub members as soon as they are re
ceived at the County Agent’s office.
Edenton Lions Begin
Practice For Annual
Minstrel On April 4th
Some of Town’s Best
Talent Will Take Part
In Show at School
•Rehearsals for the annual Lions
Club minstrel, which ds to be helcf on
the stage of the school auditorium on
Friday night, April 4, were begun
Monday night.
Members of the club ran through
the musical selections to be used in
the show. J. Clarence Leary is in
charge of the musical portion of the
show.
Nick George, general minstrel
chairman, predicts another outstand
ing show this year and revealed that
he has lined up some of the town’s
most outstanding talent for this min-
Some of the feature acts slated for
I the show will be given by the Treble-
Clef Club, Norman Leonard, Three
J Bows and a Knot, Frank Williams,
Charlie Svvanner and his string band,
’ I the Sign Pine Symphonette, Betsy
' .diuncan and Shirley Keeter.
4 Ernest “Bug” Ward will be the in
jterlocutor for the show. The names
of the end men have not as yet been
announced.
Annual Meeting Os
Baptist WMU Will
Be Held April 2nd|
Two Sessions Scheduled
At Ballard’s Bridge
Baptist Church
The forty-eighth annual meeting of
t'he Woman’s Missionary Union of the
Chowan Baptist Association will be l
held at the Ballard’s Bridge Church I
Wednesday, April 2. Two sessions will
be held, the morning session starting
at 8:45 o’clock and the afternoon ses
sion at 1:30 o’clock.
Those taking part ort the morning
program are Mrs. T. O. Asbell, Mrs.
C. D. Gregory, Mrs. C. T. Doughtie,
Miss Ruth Provence, Mrs. J. S. John
son, Mrs. Sam Mayo, Mrs. R. N. Car
roll and Dr. L. H. Dawson. Special
music by C. W. Overman.
On the afternoon program will be
Mrs. Bela Udvamoki, Mrs. C. W.
Ward, Mrs. 0. C. Turner, Dr. F.
Orion Mixon, Mrs. Ernest San
ders, Mrs. Sam Mayo and the Rev.
Lee A. Phillips. Special music will
be furnished by Chowan College.
Billy Gray Leary On
College Historical Tour
Billy Gray Leary, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Stillman Leary, Route 1, Eden
ton, has been selected to go on an
eight-day historical tour, sponsored
by the International Relations Club of
Mars Hill College, March 15-23.
The purpose of the tour is to give
the students an opportunit yto study 1
firsthand places related to the early
history of the nation, to see some
thing of the government at work, and
to observe something of the work of
the United Nations.
The itinerary of the group, com
prising 26 students and three 'mem
bers of the faculty, will be as fol
lows: Charlottesville, Alexandria,
Arlington, Mt. Vernon, Richmond,
Williamsburg, and Jamestown, in Vir
ginia; visits to the Capitol, the White
House, Library of Congress, Supreme
Court, and other places of national in
terest, including a meeting of Con
gress, in Washington; points of in
terest in Philadelphia and Eastern
Pennsylvania; visits to the civic fi
nancial, and maritime districts, and
the educational centers of New York,
attending a session of the Security
Council of the United Nation*.
District Meeting Os
BPW Clubs,.Xjis-I"’'*
Held Here Sunday
Guest Minister
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REV. W. TWYMAN WILLIAMS
As guest.minister for the ob
servance of Religious Emphasis
Week, the Rev. W. Twyman Wil
liams will preach in the local
Presbyterian Church each night,
except Saturday, from March 23 I
to March 30. I
Special Services At
Presbyterian Church
March 23 to 30 Observed
As Religious Empha
sis Week
The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church (South) will observe
| a special season of evangelistic en
jdeavor March 23 to April 13. In this
connection the Edenton Presbyterian
congregation will observe religious
emphasis week by holding services at
the church each night March 23-30,
at 8 o’clock.
The pastor of the local church, the
Rev. Herman L. Cathey, says the!
[church has the good fortune to en-j
I gage as a guest minister for the ser* j
ies of sermons the Rev. W. Twyman 1
| Williams, D. D., of Hampden-Sydney
j College and Appomattox, Va., who
will come to open the sermon next
' Sunday night, March 23. He will j
j preach each night during the -week, 1
except Saturday night.
Dr. Williams is a native of Wood-.
stock, Va., and an. alumnus of Wash-j
ington and Lee University of Lexing-.
ton, Va. He was educated for the.
ministry at Union Theological Semi
inary, Richmond, Va. His university
j bestowed on him the honorarv degree
of Doctor of Divinity. Dr. Williams
held very successful pastorates in
Lynchburg, Va., and at Hampden-
Sydney College in Virginia. At pres
ent he occupies the historic Presby
terian Church of Appomattox Court
House, Va. He is in demand frequent
ly for lectures and preaching as an
evangelist pastor. It will be a treat
to be able to attend -the services to
hear his truly gospel messages.
Scheduled Meetings
Os Baptist Circles
Circles of the Woman’s Missionary
Society of the Edenton Baptist Church
will meet at the following times and
places:
Monday afternoon, March 24, at
3:30 o’clock—Sophie Laneau Circle
with Mrs. D. M. Warren; Ruby Dan
iels Circle with Mrs. E. W. Bond;
R. T. Bryan with Mrs. Walter Hollo
well.
Monday night, March 24, at 7:30
o’cock—Ola Lea Circle at the church;
Mary Powell with Mrs. Mary Grey
Leary.
Monday night, March 24, at 8
o’clock—H. H. McMillan Circle with
Mrs. Carey Bunch.
Tuesday night, March 25, at 7:30
o’clock—Anne Bagley Circle with Mrs.
R. N. Carroll; Vivian Nowell Circle
with Mrs. Helen Byrum.
Antique Shop Opening
Wednesday, March 26
Mrs. R. F. Elliott announces the
opening of her antique shop which
will take place at her home, 206 West
Eden Street, Wednesday, March 26,
from 10 A. M., to 6 P. M.
Mrs. Elliott has recently received
a shipment of attractive antique items
and she extends a cordial invitation,
to the general public, to attend the
opening of her new shop.
$2.00 Per Year.
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Session Will Begin At
12 O’Clock In Hotel
Joseph Hewes
SOCIAL HOUR
About 125 Ladies From
Eighth District Ex
pected To Attend
Approximately 125 ladies are ex
pected here Sunday to attend the An
nual Eighth District meeting of the
Business and Professional Woman’s
Club, which will be held in the Hotel
Joseph Hewes dining room with the
Edenton Club as hostess.
Activities will begin at 12 o’clock,
: noon with registration. Prior to the
luncheon and business session, which
will get underway at 1 o’clock, a soc
ial hour will be held so that members
may become better acquainted wfch
each other.
The meeting will open with the club
collect, followed by the invocation by
Miss Beulah Perry. Featuring the
musical program will be selections by
the Junior Boys’ Choir, with the Rev.
Gordon Bennett as director, and solos
by Jack Mooney, wi|h Mrs. Mooney
I at the piano.
MrS. Corie B. White president of
I the Edenton Club, will give the ad-
I dress of welcome and the response
will be made by Mrs. Lula E. Sumner
of Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Alice Towe, District Director,
will preside during the district busi
ness meeting, and Miss Lena Jones
will be in charge of the presentation
of attendance prizes. The meeting
will come to a close with the benedic
tion.
Annual John Deere
At School Tonight
Big Free Show Sponsor
ed By Hobbs Imple
ment Co.
No less than six brand-new movies
j are on the program for the annual
j Jom Deere Day show to be held for
I farmers and their wives tonight
| (Thursday), at the Elementary School
auditorium, according to Guy C.
Hobbs, local John Deere dealer and
-j sponsor of the affair. Farmers who
have not yet received their tickets,
j reminds Mr. Hobbs, may obtain them
by calling for them at the Hobbs Im
! plement Company at Edenton.
■ The shows will start at BP. M.
I The feature picture, “Galahad
(Jones,” features Richard Crane, Mar
i jorie Lord, Elizabeth Patterson, Jona
than Hale, Ed Brophy, and four other
Hollywood personalities. The story
centers around a farmer’s son, recent
ly graduated frpm law school, who
thwarts the efforts of a big-time
crook to profit from his political con
nections. It is a present-day prob
lem picture with a moral and plenty
of laughs.
Leading the pack of five more ap
plause-winning films is “The Big
Payoff,” featuring Tom Gordon who,
along with his typical American fami
ly, has won so many friends in prev
ious John Deere pictures. The four
films that complete the parade of en
tertainment offer something new and
different in dealing with subjects
close to the hearts of today’s farm
ers.
“Those who attend this year’s John
Deere Day,” says Mr. Hobbs, “have a
real treat in store for them, a day
so packed with entertainment for the
entire family that they will remem
ber it with pleasure for months to
oome.
Fred Haney Speaker At
Optometrists’ Meeting
Fred Haney, editor of the Eliza
beth City Daily Advance, was the
principal speaker at the monthly meet
ing of the Northeastern Optometric
Society held Wednesday night of last
| week at Hotel Joseph Hewes.
Mr. Haney complimented the op
tometrists for inaugurating a public,
relations program which will be more
understanding to the public and de
j signed to put the organization in its
’ just place in the professional world.
The meeting was presided over by
8 Dr. Julian Selig of Elizabeth City, the
J president.
• ROTARY MEETS TODAY
1] Edenton’a Rotary Club will meet
s this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
i, in the Parish House. President J. L.
e Chest,nutt urges a 100 per cent at
i tendance.