Volume XlX.—Number 16.
Tour Os County Part
Os Observance For
National HD Week
Group of Homes Will Bel
Visited on Wednes
day, April 23
ST ART 9-30 A. M.
Visit to Bandon Includ
ed as Special Feature
Os Day
Chowan County Home Demonstra
tion Clubs will begin their observance
of National Home Demonstration
Week with a county tour on Wednes
day, April 23, beginning at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hollowell near
Valhalla at 9:30 A. M., and lasting
until about 4:30 in the afternoon.
Visits to be made on this tour will
include houses throughout Ithe county
that have been remodeled and made in
to more attractive and convenient
homes. Also stops will be made to
view yards which are well kept and
beautified with flowers, trees and
shrubbery. A special feature of the
tour will be a visit to Bandon, the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Fletcher.
Everyone is asked to bring their
lunch which will be served at the Cen
ter Hill Community Building around
noon.
Several visits will be made in the .
afternoon and the tour will end at the]
home of Mrs. Maebelle Winslow in the
Gliden community. Mrs. Winslow will
be hostess at a tea for those attend
ing.
All club members and interested
non-members both men and women,
are urged to attend and spend an en
joyable as well as a helpful day to
gether.
Mrs. Verona J. Langford, Eastern
District Agen/t, will also join the Cho
wan County people for this tour.
Members of the committee appre-.
ciate the cooperation of all who are
helping in any way, and regret that
they will not have time to visit all
the houses that were contacted.
Hospital Is Now In
Need Os More Vases
Meeting of Auxiliary Is
Scheduled to Be Held
Friday Afternoon
On Friday . afternoon, April 18, at
3 o’clock at the nurses’ home, the reg
ular monthly meeting of the Chowan
Hospital Auxiliary will be held. A
program of music has been arranged
under the direction of the Rev. Gordon
Bennett.
There is a great need for vases at
the hospital, so that Mrs. A1 Stanton,
chairman of the House Committee, re
quests each person attending the meet
ing to bring a vase, large or small,
and to request a neighbor to send one.
AT GRAND LODGE MEETING
W. A. Harrell, master and W. M.
Rhoades, junior warden of Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., lefti
Tuesday morning to attend the annual
meeting of the Grand Lodge of North
Carolina Masons held in Greensboro.
They expect ta return home today
(Thursday). I
PARENT-TEACHES ASSOCIATION WOl
SPONSOR SHOW AT SCHOOL APRIL 21-25
Miss Sally Sisk of Detroit, Director; Proceeds Will
Be Used to Purchase New Equipment For
Two Edenton Schools
Sponsored 'by the Edenton 'Parent-
Teacher Association, a stage play,
"Crazy Daze,” will be presented in
the graded school auditorium Thurs
day and Friday night, April 24 and
25 at 8 o’clock.
The show, which will include local
talent, choruses and many children,
will be directed by Miss Sally Sisk of
Detroit, who is employed by United
Productions of 'Kansas City, Missouri.
Miss Sisk arrived in Edenton Monday
and is already very busy with the
groundwork of the show. Rehearsals
began Wednesday night.
The PTA proceeds of the show,
which will be on a 60-50 basis, will
go toward equipment for the graded
and high school. 'At the high school
the PTA is anxious to furnish lounge
equipment and at the graded school
playground paraphernalia.
In connection with the show a baby
contest will be held for children of
pre-school age, and on Thursday as
THE CHOWAN HERALD
JScott Harrell Elected
President Os Junior
Chamber Commerce
Jaycees Elect Officers at
Meeting Held Thurs
day Night
At a meeting of the Edenton Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce Thursday
night at the Triangle Restaurant new
officers were elected.
’Scott Harrell was elected president
to succeed George Alma Byrum, with
' other officers elected as follows: Dick
Dixon, vice president; Wesley Ches
son, Jr., secretary; Logan Elliott,'
’ treasurer; chairman of the board of
directors, George Alma Byrum; direc-j
tors for one year, J. D. Elliott, J. C.
Parks and Tom Shepard; directors for
two years, Thomas Byrum, Luther
Parks and J. M. Boyce; sltate director,
, Frank Holmes. These new officers
will be installed the first part of
June.
Guests at the meeting were Elmo
Lamb and a delegation from Spring
j Hope. Mr. Lamb is a candidate for
■ vice president of the Eighth District.
Clarence Winstead of Rocky Mount,
a past vice president of the Eighth
District, was also a guest.
Dog Vaccination
Now In Props
Dog Owners Required
By Law To Have
Dogs Vaccinated
Vaccination of dogs against rabies
began in Chowan County Thursday of
last week by Dr. G. L Gilchrist. •
Dr. B. B. McGuire, district health
, officer reminds all dog owners that
i they are required by law to have their
dogs vaccinated against rabies. “Be
sure to meet the rabies inspector at
the respective places on his schedule,”
says Dr. McGuire, “and thereby con
tribute to the protection of yourselves,
your children and your neighbors from
rabies.”
The remainder of the schedule in
Chowan County follows:
Center Hill—April 17, 11:30 A. M.
Arthur Byrum’s Store—'April 17,
12:30 P. M.
Gliden—April 18, 11:30 A. M.
A. T. Perry’s Store—April 18, 12:30
P. M.
St. John’s Church—>April # 22, 11:30
A. M.
Canaan’s Temple—April 22, 12:30
P. M.
Edenton—April 23, 1 to 3:00 P. M.
MEN’S CLUB MEETS TONIGHT
The Young Men’s Club of the Epis
copal Church will meet tonight
(Thursday) at 8:00 o’clock at the Par
j ish House. President Meredith Jones
requests a full attendance if possible.
ROTAHY MEETS TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet to- ,
day (Thursday) at 1 o’clock in the
I Parish House.
ternoon, April 24, ait 4:30 o’clock a
parade will be held, led by the Eden
ton High School Band.
“Crazy Daze” is a riot of fun with
ten leading characters in the cast.
Aside from this group there will be
many more, including many children.
Members of the PTA, always very
generous with their funds for im
provements in the schools, are hopeful
that capacity houses will greet the ;
two-night show.
Mrs. Erie Haste, president of the '
PTA, is general chairman for the i
show, and has announced the follow- i
ing committees.
Cast—Mrs. W. T. Harry, Mrs. Er- 1
vin Griffin and Mrs. Sidney Campen. I
Ticket Committee—Mrs. A. F.
Downum, Mrs. J. J. Ross and Mrs.
Jack Conn.
Publicity Committee—Mrs. J. R.
Dulaney, Mrs. A, E. Jenkins, Mrs. i
Haywood Bunch, Mbs. Gladys Thomp
son and Mrs. R. J. Boyce. i
"Edenton, Chowan Courity, North Carolina, Thursday, April 17,1952.
Missionary Speaker
At Meeting To Be
Held A[St Paul's
Annual Meeting of Wo
man’s Auxiliary April
23rd and 24th
■Miss Nellie McKim, a missionary to
Japan, will be one of the principal
speakers at the Episcopal annual
meeting of the Woman’s Auxiliary to
the National Council of the Diocese
of East Carolina to be held in St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church Wednesday,
April 23, and Thursday, April 24, when
Holy Communion will be observed at
7:30 A. M., and a 10 o’clock meeting
followed by luncheon and meeting at
2 o’clock.
Miss McKim is a kindergarten su
pervisor in the Diocese of North
j Kwanto, which is the region just
north of Tokyo.
Principals of government high
schools, not Christian themselves, in
vite her to come and talk to their stu
dents on democracy, religion, and oth
er large subjects.
During the war, when American
missionaries withdrew from Japan,
Miss McKim worked in the Mountain
Province of the Philippines and there,
with the rest of the foreign mission
aries, she was interned when the Jap
anese military took possession. It
seemed a providential circumstance
that the camp should have included
Miss McKim, expert in Japanese lan
guage and customs. She was the of
ficial interpreter for the camp through
1 the long months of internment.
Miss McKim was born in Japan. Her
famous father, John McKim, was a
missionary in Japan for 55 years. He
was Bishop of Tokyo, now 'North
Kwanto, from 1893 to 1935.
Miss Edna B. Beardsley, a national
officer of the Woman’s Auxiliary to
the National Council, ■will also be on
the program. Miss Beardsley is Unit
-1 ed Thank Offering secretary.
Local Milk Routes
Topic At Meeting
Held Last Week
State Near Bottom of
List For Income From
Livestock
On Tuesday night of last week a
dairy meeting was held for Chowan
farmers who are interested in the
establishment of local milk routes.
William J. Seibert, manager of Dairy
Products 'Cooperative, Inc., of Ahos
kie, attended the meeting and intro
duced the main speaker, R. G. Lytle,
manager of the North Carolina Dairy
Producers Association. Mr. Lytle ex
plained that last year North Carolina
imported 75 million dollars worth of
fluid milk from other states and ap
proximately 150 million dollars worth
of other dairy products. Mr. Lytle
emphasized the fact that North Caro
lina stands near the very bottom in
the entire 48 states from the stand
point of income from livestock and
livestock products. North Carolina
had about the highest rejection from
the military service during World War
11, largely due to the fact that the
men examined were physically unfit,
because of an improper diet. It is
only through a balance between crops
and livestock that a farmer is able
to utilize his land and labor resources
most efficiently. The production of
field crops is seasonal, which tesults
in shortages of labor at the time when
it is most needed. By attaining a (bal
ance in both field crops and livestock
the farmer can utilize his time and
also the time of his hired labor much
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Senator Capehart
Visits Merry Hill
Indiana Solon Seeking
Information About
Ancestry
Senator Homer Capehart of Indiana
made a brief visit to Merry Hill Sat
urday afternoon, where he visited
George Capehart at Scotch Hall. Sen
ator. Capehart was looking into the an
cestry of his branch of the Capehart
family. Accompanied by Mrs. Cape
hart and a friend from Greensboro,
Senator Capehart Was on his way to
Nags Head on a brief fishing trip.
The Senaltor did not discuss poli
tics but in his conversation with Merry
Hill residents voiced his disapproval
of the Truman administration, wjiieh
met a responsive chord on the prfrt of
most who heard him. f
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Children Present
Good Program At
j April PTA Meeting
■ Mrs. Roland Vaughan Is
Elected New Presi
dent of Group
i In the neighborhood of 150 school
l children took part on the program
l presented at the April meeting of the
► Parent-Teacher Association held in
■ the high school gymnasium Tuesday
. night, April 8. The program was very
, interesting throughout, with various
i activities of the school and community
i demonstrated by the following:
f Devotional reading and prayer, Gene
t Ward, president of the student body.
Group of songs by the Edenton
■ Boys’ Chorus directed by the Rev.
i Gordon Bennett. Miss Minnie Hollo
t well was piano accompanist.
Tumbling and physical education
i demonstration by Junior High School
■ boys, directed by Coach Ben Perry.
“Virginia Reel” and “Highland
• Fling,” folk dances by Junior High
School girls, directed by Mrs. Alice
i Belch. Mrs. J. O. Powers was piano
, | accompanist.
> j Classical selections by the Eden
, j ton High School Band, directed by
-Band Director Ernest Gentile.
Mrs. Erie Haste, president, pre
t sided over the short business session
■ held at the conclusion of the program.
I Mrs. Sidney Campen, chairman of
- the nominating committee, presented
- the following slate of officers for the
i 1952-53 school year: Mrs. Roland
Vaughan, president; Mrs. 'Lloyd
' Bunch, vice president; Mrs. T. B.
i Smith, secretary; Mrs. W. T. Harry,
! treasurer. These officers were unani
i mously elected and will be installed
at the May meeting.
: HeallDepartmentls
Planning To Conduct
Series Heart Clinics
r Many Children In School
i! Show Evidence of
Heart Disease
t
The District Health Department will
add another clinic to the already load
ed clinic schedule, with the establish
ment of a heart diagnostic clinic for
school children only.
1 It will not be a free clinic since
1 it will be held by a well qualified heart
1 specialist, but the rates will be held
to a minimum and far below the usual
rates. Use of the fluoroscope, nursing
service, clerical help, and laboratory
service will be furnished free bv the
i Health Department.
Approximately 356 school children
in this health district show or have
shown at least some indication of
heart disease as indicated on the
school cards. Sixty-four of these chil
dren were found by other doctors and
naturally more have been found by
the school physician whose principal
work is school physical examinations.
About 98 per cent of the above chil
dren are in grades 1 through 5. Many
Others in grades 6 to 12 have not (been
examined at all schools, therefore
many undiscovered cases are present
in school.
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Hazel Elliott New
President Os GA’s
New Group of Officers
For Year Elected By
Young People
At the meeting of the Girls’ Auxilia
ry new officers were elected, who will
go into office at the next meeting.
Those elected were Hazel Elliott,
president; Barbara Spencer, vice
president; Frances Boyce, secretary;
, Maxine Spruill, reporter; Estelle Stal
lings, ' program chairman; Barbara
Dail, community missions; in charge
of refreshments, Faye Haste; in
charge of announcing meetings, Lil
lian Whiteman.
The meeting was presided over by
the president, Barbara Dail. Fran
ces Boyce led in prayer and it was
reported that sick cards were sent
to Mrs. Thomas Byrum, (Mrs. Lee
Moore, James Cozzens and J. L. Bat
ton. Barbara Dail led the devotional
and the collection amounted to 60
cents.
Those who are taking part in the
play for the Missionary Society are
Estelle Stallings, Barbara Dail, Ann
Spruill, Maxine Spruill, Frances Boyce
■ anchFaye Haste.
The nwrt meeting will be held on
Tuesday, Jkpril 22.
■ —— " V 'i.* - ■■
Plans Progressing
For Local Woman’s
Club Flower Show
Edenton Colonials
Begin Training For
Coastal Plain Race
Number of Candidates
! Training Under Man
i ager Mustian
’ Vernon Mustian, new manager of
the Ederiton baseball team, began this
t week to work out a number of candi-
I dates for the 1952 edition of the Eden
ton Colonials in preparation for the
I race in the Coastal Plain League.
( With favorable weather, Mustian the
, early part of this week had about a
, dozen young men at Hicks Field go
ring through limbering up exercises.
Aside from these drills, the candi
. dates devoted some time to batting
and fielding workouts. Manager Mus
tian devoted a goodly part of the
i time to bunting drills, one phase of
the game which for the most part in
I previous years the Colonials paid little
I attention to. On hand also for the
. training sessions were a group of
j local fans, anxious to get some idea
I of what to expect on the diamond this
season. Among the spectators was
George Pratt, well known former
’ Edenton and Colerain catcher. Pratt
I is a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates
in the National League.
Among the players seen in the prac
tice sessions were Ronnie White, a
1 former Colonial pitcher; Claude Gris-
fin, who last year played with Suf
[f ollc; Sam Mauney, young reserve
catcher with the Colonials last season;
Joe Trent, who has played in this sec
tion before; Joe O’Rourke from New
k York; Ernie Stinsa from Long Island;
k Joe Ott from Boston; Elmer White
’ from Colerain; Carroll Blackerby,
former Wake Forest star; George
| j Farless from Colerain. With the open
| ing of the league rapidly approaching
J more players will be reporting, so that
j prospects appear bright to Manager;
Mustian and Colonial officials for a!
'creditable Edenton team to start fori
■'the first time in the Coastal Plain!
circuit.
The opening game of the league!
' for the Colonials is scheduled fori
Thursday, May 1, when Tarboro will;
be the attraction on Hicks Field. Work '
is being done on the baseball field,
1 so that everything will be in readiness
for the 1952 race. _
Red Men Fish Fry
Fridaypril 25th
Wives and Members of
Pocahontas Will Be
Special Guests
Chowan Tribe of Red Men plan to
hold a fish fry Friday niglit, April 25.
The affair will he held back of the
Edenton armory, starting at 7:30
o’clock with W. A. Munden in. charge.
All members are especially urged to
attend and are asked to invite their
wives. Members of the Pocahontas
and their husbands are also invited
to attend.
ffoffniiin*
DAR MEETING HELD IN IREDHL HOUSE
Speaker’s Subject Was The Constitution And Says
Fitting to Be Discussed In House Where
Marcus Letters Were Written
Featuring the April meeting of the.
Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the
DAR Wednesday afternoon of last
week in the Iredell house was an ad
dress by Lloyd E. Griffin, who spoke
on the Constitution.
The meeting was presided over by
Mrs. John Kramer, regent, with the
program in charge of Mrs. Wood
Privott.
Before Mr. Griffin spoke, a few de
lightful numbers were rendered by a
trio composed of Betsy Ross, Frances
Holton and Jane Dulaney.
“It is altogether fitting for the
Constitution to be discussed in the
Iredell house," said Mr. Griffin at the
outset. “The Iredell house played a
very important part in the early days
of our cduntry, for in this very house
were written the Marcus letters which 1
had So much to do with framing the!
Constitution.”
Mr. Griffin then complimented the|
Tea Party Chapter for preserving the
Schedule of Classes For
Exhibits Released
This Week
SHOW MAY 1
Annual Affair Will Be
In Teen Age Club
Room at School
Plans are going forward for the
Edenton Woman’s Club annual flower
show, which will be held Thursday,
May 1, in the Teen Age Club room in
the Grammar School Building. The
show will be open to the public at 2
P. M., and will remain open until 9
o’clock. Exhibits will be required to
be entered from 8:30 A. M., to 11:30
A. M.
The schedule of classes has been an
nounced as follows:
Part I—Horticulture
Chairman: Mrs. R. N. Hines
Section I—Roses.
A. Single.
B. Collection (not more than
six and not less than three).
C. Climbing.
, Section 2 —lris.
A. Single.
B. Collection.
Section 3—Snapdragons.
A. Single.
; B. Collection.
Section 4—Peonies.
A. Single.
B. Collection.
Section s—'Miscellaneous.
A. Single.
B. Collection.
Section 6—Patted Plants.
A. Single.
B. Collection.
Part ll—Arrangements
■ Chairman: Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt
Section I—Line Arrangements,
i A. Combination of flowers.
, B. One kind of flower.
( Section 2-—Mass Arrangements.
A. Combination of flowers.
B. One kind of flower.
Section 3—Small Arrangements.
(4” x 4” to 10” x 10”)
Section 4—'Miniature Arrangements
(3” x 3”)
Section s—Wildflowers.5 —Wildflowers.
Section 6-—Most Unusual Arrange
ments.
Part lll—lnvitational Exhibits
Chairman: Mrs. C. P. Wales, Jr.
Section I—Mantel Arrangements.
Section 2—Tables.
Section 3—Occasional Tables and
Trays. ,
Part IV—Junior Exhibits
Chairman: Mrs. E. L. Nixon
Section I—Primary Grades, 1-3.
Section 2—Grammar Grades, 4-8.
Section 3—High School, 9-12.
Methodist Children
Enjoy Egg Hunt
Children of the Methodist Church
School enjoyed an Easter egg hunt at
the Zell Wal'd grove on the Suffolk
highway Sunday afternoon. A large
group of children gathered for the
egg hunt, which was in charge of
Mrs. Cecil Fry.
At the conclusion of the egg hunt
refreshments were served the par
ents and children in the club house
on the Ward farm.
.house, which was gradually deterior
ating.
Mr. Griffin then went on to refer
to the part James Iredell played in
ratifying and adopting the Constitu
tion as a member of the U. S. Su
preme Court.
“Iredell,” said Mr. Griffin, “came to
this county when only 12 years of age
and lived within the walls of this
house. He married Hannah Johnson
and lived here most of his life. He
was bold enough to throw off the
shackles of England and to declare no
longer his allegiance to the mother
country.
“After the war It was necessary
to have some form of central gov
ernment and Iredell furnished several
concepts of what should be in the
1 Constitution. Men were zealous for
J power and Iredell knew about freedom
land what to do to prevent losing
I lives, property and family to th®
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