Volume XlX.—Number 17.
Machinery Is Set Up
In Chowan County
For 1952 Elections
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Registrars and Judges
Os Election Appoint
ed to Serve
PRIMARYMAY 31
Registrars Will Sit For
Three Saturdays to
Register Voters
Chowan County’s Board of Elec
tions this week announced the appoint
ment of election officials for the 1952
primary and general elections.
For the six precincts in the county,
the following were appointed:
East Edenton —Miss Sarah Jones,
registrar. W. M. Wilkins and R. W.
Carden, judges. The voting place will
be at the Court House.
West Edenton—George C. Hoskins,
, registrar. George S. Twiddy and
Francis Hicks, judges. The voting
place will be at the Municipal Build
ing. ;
Rocky Hock —W. H. Pearce, regis
trar. W. H. Saunders and E. C.
Bunch, judges. The voting place will
be Henry Bunch’s store.
Center Hill—Ralph Goodwin, regis
trar. R. H. Hollowell and E. D. By
rum, judges. The voting place will
be Elliott Belch’s office.
Wardville—G. A. Hollowell, regis
trar. Carey Hollowell and Melvin
Copeland, judges. The voting place
will be G. A. Hollowell’s store.
Yeopim—T. J. Hoskins, Sr., regis
trar. T. J. Hoskins, Jr., and J. A.
Webb, Jr., judges. The voting place
will be Harry Perry’s store.
Registrars, for the purpose of en
tering names on the election books,
will sit at the various precinct poll
ing places Saturday, May 3, 10 and 17,
from 9. A. M., until sunset.
Saturday, May 24, will be challenge
day, when registrars will sit at the
precinct polling places from 9 A. M.,
to 3 P. M., to challenge any elector.
The primary election will be held
Saturday, May 31, when polls will be
open at 6:30 A. M., and close at 6:30
P. M.
Members of the Chowan 'County
Board of Elections are L. S. Byrum,
Chairman, P. S. McMullan and M. A.
Hughes.
Edenton Youngsters
Make Good Showing
At BTU Convention
Several Members Quali
fied to Participate For
State Honors
The Training Union of the Bap
tist Church was represented by 53
of its members at the Regional Train
ing Union Convention at the First
Baptist Church in Elizabeth City on
April 18-19. This was the largest
representation at the convention.
From this number 30 choir members
and seven Junior Memory Work con
testants qualified to participate in
the State Convention this summer.
There they will participate with
Training Union members from Baptist
Churches throughout the State of
North Carolina.
Besides enjoying the fellowship and
benefitting from the information pro
vided by the splendid program of the
convention, the Edenton group made
an enviable record. The Girls’ choir
of 30 voices was awarded the coveted
rating of “A” and qualified to partici
pate in the State Hymn Festival this
summer. Mrs. Leon Leary is the di
rector of the choir and Miss Mary
Ann Elliott is the accompanist. Those
participating in the choir are Pris
cilla Bunch, Karen Hollowell, Millie
Willis, Judy Elliott, Araminta Hobbs,
Peggy Elliott, Brenda Mooney, Ann
Spruill, Maxine Spruill, Patricia
Bunch, Janet Bunch, Linda Leary,
Betsy Ashley, Frances Boyce, San
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Mrs. J. H. Haskett Hurt
In Fall At Her Home
Mrs. J. H. Haskett had the mis
fortune to fall in her home Thurs
day of last week. Shs lives by her
self and the accident was discovered
by her son, Mayor Leroy Haskett,
about three hours after it happened.
Mrs. Haskett was taken to Chowan
Hospital where it was learned she
chipped her shoulder. IShe remained
in the hospital two days, after which
the was taken to the home of her
daughter, Mrs. W. C. Bunich, where
she is gradually. Improving.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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' P.o.StartsClosingl
For Half Holiday
Effective Wednesday of this
* week, the windows at the Edenton
Post Office will close at 12 o’clock
noon in observance df the summer
half holiday. The dosing of the
windows; however, will not inter
fere with delivery, collection and
dispatch of incoming and outgoing
! mail.
The half day closing on Wed
nesdays will be in effect during
the time the local merchants close
( Wednesday afternoons.
; Penelope Barker’s
Is Being Readied To
Move To Waterfront
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J. K. Watkins Is Doing
i Preliminary Work
For Moving
J Work has again begun in moving
! the Penelope Barker house, which was
suspended several weeks ago. J. K.
Watkins, a contractor from Stem, N.
[ C., has a crew of men jacking up the
house and chimneys and repairing
sills in preparation to begin moving
the large frame house.
’ The BPW Club, Woman’s Club and
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
’ are now planning a fund-raising cam
paign which will be conducted in the
* community in order to raise enough
: funds .to move the building and trans
’ form it into a community building.
. The drive will be divided into three
phases:
| I—The BPW Club will contact all
employers of each business in town
to ask for one day’s work or its
equivalent in money.
’ 2—The Woman’s Club will make a
house to house canvass.
3—The Jaycees will call on every
business firm.
i These drives will begin when the
I house is moved into Broad 'Street.
Plans are also being made to have
i an appropriate ceremony when the
house begins its journey down Broad
1 Street. Those most vitally interested
in preserving the house hope the en
tire community will support the pro
ject to the fullest extent.
In connection with the project,
George Alma ißyrum had this to say:
“We are sure this building will serve
the needs of our clubs as well as oth
er clubs, individuals, and you if so
desired. There are many social as
well as business functions that could
take place in this building, while ade
' quaite facilities are not now avail
able.
; “This building will not only serve
1 the community’s needs, but has great
' historical value. Throughout the na
tion Edenton is noted only as an his
-1 torical town. The itourist business now
' ranks third in the nation, and Eden
ton has very few attractions other
than its historical appeal.
1 “Since this house is to serve as a
, Community Building, we are asking
each business and individual to help
in securing the necessary finances for
moving and repairing this house.”
Miss Susan Thigpen
On Glee Cluh Tour
Group From Wesleyan
College Appears In
Two States
Miss Susan Thigpen, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thigpen, is now on
tour with the Wesleyan Glee Club.
This group, composed of 75 girls
. from Wesleyan College and School of
1 Fine'Arts in Macon, Georgia, will give
i concerts in towns throughout Georgia
and Florida.
The group, called the best college
glee club in the world by Serge Ja
. roff, leader of the famed Don Co^
I sack Chorus, has never failed to cap?
tivate an audience both by their ap
pearance and by the quality of their
performance. They have appeared in
concert in numerous towns in Georgia,
Florida, South Carolina,, and Ten
nessee. i
The girls, who gave up their spring
holidays to be able to go on this tour
will return to school April 27th.
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Edenton, Chowan County. North Carolina, Thursday. April 24,1952.
| EDENTON BPW CLUB OFFICERS |
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Pictured above are new officers of the Edenton Business & Pro
fessional Woman’s Club who were elected at a meeting held last
week. Left to right: Miss Louise Smith, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Annie Mills, president; Mrs. Evelyn Jackson, first vice-presi
dent, and Miss Tressie Bunch, recording secretary. Mrs. Lena Leary,
second vice-president, and Mrs. Marie Wheeler, treasurer, do not ap
pear in the picture. —Evelyn Deary Photo.
Chowan Home Demonstration Clubs Will
Observe National Home Demonstration
Week With Program In Rocky Hock School
Chowan County Cluh women andi
their friends will observe National
Home Demonstration Week with a
meeting in Rocky Hock School audi
torium on Wednesday afternoon, April
30, at 3:00 o’clock, according to Mrs.
Kermit Perry, first vice president of
the County Council.
The entire program will be present
ed by club members from the various
clubs and Jane Goodwin, who will
give her talk on “The Responsibility
of the United States in the Light of|
Communist Aggression.” '
Umstead’s Managers
Big Political Rally In
Edenton Next Thurs
day Afternoon
Announcement from William B. Um
stead’s office this week was to the
effect that the candidate for Governor
had appointed A. B. Harless and H. A.
Campen as co-chairmen for his cam
paign in Chowan County.
The two chairmen have already gone
to work in the interest of their can
didate and are looking forward to the
Umstead rally planned to be held next
Thursday afternoon, May 1, at 5:30
o’clock at the Edenton armory. For
this occasion all voters are invited to
attend, when Mr. Umstead will ad
dress the gathering. State officials
and Umstead managers from adjoin
ing counties will also attend the rally,
when a free barbecue dinner will be
served to all.
At night the Edenton Colonials
open the season as participants in the
Coastal Plain League, which Mr. Um
stead will attend as a special guest
of Colonial officials.
Penelope’s Folly |
BY iWILBORNE HARRELL
I hold no brief for those who wish to preserve for posterity the !
antiquities of the past. I say, more power to them. It is a laudable and |
necessary enterprise; for how may we accurately judge the past or j
evaluate the future if not from concrete evidence these antiquities be- 1
queath to us. To live wisely and sanely in the present, we must draw |
on the experiences of the past. And what is tomorrow, the future, but S
the culminations and extensions of thousands of todays and yesterdays, j
'So let’s keep the heritage of our yesterdays, that we may live richly to- I
morrow. j
If that be folly—then make the most of it.
Penelope Barker’s bid for fame lay in her patriotism, her devotion =
to a cause, and her determination to do something about it. Like Car- I
rie Nation and her hatchet, Molly Pitcher fighting her gun, and a host i
of others, she mildtantly attacked with, the only means available to her j
the unjust decrees of England. And what she did will long live in the J
memories of her countrymen. |
Penelope Barker built a dream and a house. She built her dream j
for posterity, for all time; hut she built her house as the casual abode
of a mortal. The dream will live on but the houee will eventually crum
ble to dust—as all things mortal and man-built must finally do. For
a short space of time—as eternity measures time—our monuments will
proclaim the handiwork of man. Then they, too, must go the way of
all mortals—and stones. Are the efforts of man to capture and hold a
bit of time for his own futile? Are the pyramids futile? They attest
the glory that once was Egypt’s. But the pyramids are crumbling—
though slowly. Was the coliseum of Rome, the acropolis of Greece, or
the myriad stones that man has raised one upon the other, but now are
crumbling, built in vain ? No . . . nothing is built in vain that is built
with inspiration and the heart, even though Its ultimate destiny he dust.
What Penelope Barker built was one pebble dropped into the pool
of time, but its ripples added to other ripples, eddied forth into an
awakening world and gradually grew- into a magnificent dream of
brotherhood—of democracy.
Is it asking too much that we perpetuate the abiding place of a de
termined spirit as a memorial to Penelope Barker’s dream ?
If that be folly—then make the most of it.
i Special features of the meeting will
be talks by Mrs. R. E. Gordon on
“Today’s Home Builds Tomorrow’s
World”; devotional by Mrs. W. H.
Dail; “What Home Demonstration
Work Means to the Rural Family” by
Mrs. Wallace Goodwin, president of
the 25th District Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs; special music
•by Ward Club, and a social hour with
Rocky Hock and Beech Fork clubs
. as hostesses.
I All club members and others who
1 are interested are invited to attend.
WRairipS
Speaker At Rotary
Relates Interesting Ac
count of Recent Visit
To Mexico
Miss Kathryn Brown was the prin
cipal speaker at last week’s Ro
tary meeting, when she presented
a very interesting talk on her recent
visit to Mexico. Miss Brown related
some of the customs in Mexico and
especially referred to the beauty in
particular of Mexico City', where the
old and new blend to make a charming
city. She also told about a bull fight
she witnessed while on her visit.
Miss B rown’s address was very
timely in that the Rotary International
Convention will be held this year
in Mexico City.
MASONiS MEET TONIGHT
L'nanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will meet tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock in the Court House. W.
A. Harrell, master of the lodge, urges
all members to be present and ex
tends a cordial invitation to visiting
Masons to attend.
PTA ocal Talent
Show “Crazy Daze”
Tonight And Friday
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|_Badly LaggingJ
According to Mrs. Thomas By
rum, commander of the cancer
drive in Chowan County contri
butions are badly lagging. Up to
early this week Mrs. Byrum re
ported less than half of the $1,155
quota had been secured.
Though the report for the coun
ty is not complete, Mrs. Byrum
fears the quota will be far short
unless contributions take a spurt.
The drive lasts throughout April
and Mrs. Byrum urges all work
ers who have any contributions
to submit to report at once.
Woman’s Club Will
Stage Annual Flower
Show Next Thursday
Rules In Connection
With Show Set Out
By Chairman
Next Thursday, May 1, Edenton
Woman’s 'Club will present its annual
flower show in the Teen Age Club
room in the basement of the Gram
mar School building.
The show will he open to the pub
i lie from 2 o’clock in the afternoon un
til 9 o’clock at night, and exhibits-are
required to he entered between 8:30 1
and 11:30 o’clock in the morning.
In connection with the show Mrs.
Frank Holmes, chairman of the Home
and Garden Department, the follow
ing rules will be carried out:
I—Competitionsl—Competitions are open to resi
dents of Edenton and Chowan Coun
ty.
. 2—All exhibits are to he entered in
owner’s name- on blanks furnished
for this purpose.
3 Exhibits shall be received be
tvveen 8:30 A. M., and 11:30 A. M., on
May Ist.
4 All exhibits must be removed by
10:00 P. M., Thursday night, May 1.
5 The committee will take respon
sible precautions for the safety of
the property of the exhibitor, hut will j
not he responsible in case of loss or
damage,
6 When judging is being done only
! judges and proper officers will be al-
I lowed in the show room.
7 Prizes will be as follows:
i First Prize—Blue Ribbon.
Second Prize-.—Red Ribbon.
Third Prize—Yellow Ribbon.
Honorable Mention —'Purple Ribbon.
Judging will be done by the merit
I system.
Mrs. Annie Mills Is
New President Os
Edenton BPW Club
Clerk of Court E. W.
Spires Speaker at
Meeting
Mrs. Annie Mills was elected presi
dent of the Edenton Business and
Professional Women’s Club at an elec
tion of officers held Thursday night
in the club room at Hotel Joseph
Hewes. She succeeds Mrs. Corie B.
White.
Other officers elected were Mrs.
Evelyn Jackson, first vice-president;
Mrs. Leon Leary, second vice presi
dent; Mrs. Marie Wheeler, treasurer;
Miss Tressie Bunch, recording secre
tary, and Miss Louise Smith, corres
ponding secretary. These officers will
be installed at the May meeting.
The principal speaker ait the meet
ing was Clerk of 'Court E, W. Spires,
whose subject was “Political Alert
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Red Men Will Stage
Fish Fry Friday Night
Friday night at the Edenton armory
Chowan Tribe of Red Men will stage
a fish fry, at which wives of mem
bers, as well as members of the De
gree of Pocahontas will he special
guests.
The affair is scheduled to start at
7:30 o’clock, with W. A. Munden and
G. E. Cullipher in charge. It is hoped
a large number will turn out for the
fish fry, and each one is requested
to bring corn bread and slaw if they
want it.
$2.00 Per Year.
Proceeds Will Go To
ward Buying School
Equipment
startsjTo’clock
Group of Specialty Num
bers Included on
Program
Arrangements have been completed
for the home talent play, “Crazy
Daze,” which will be presented in the
grammar school auditorium tonight
(Thursday) and Friday night at 8
o’clock. The play is sponsored by the
Edenton Parent-Teacher Association
for the benefit of the two Edenton
white schools. The PTA desires to
buy lounging- furniture for the Eden
ton High School and playground
equipment for the Grammar School.
In connection with the show a king
and queen of Mother Goose Land
will be crowned on the stage at 8
o’clock Friday night.
Rehearsals have been held during
the week under the direction of Miss
Sally Sisk, employed by United Pro
ductions of Kansas City, Mo. Miss
Sisk is very much pleased with the
progress of the show and feels that
any who attend will be amply repaid
for an evening of genuine enter
tainment.
The cast of the characters in the
show are as follows:
Audrey Williams—Mrs. Erie Haste.
Herbert Williams—Jack Mooney.
Lawsy Ann Sakes—Mary Liza
White. '
Vera Williams —Gladys Thomas.
Ima Crabb—Blanch Powers.
Toby Jones —Willis Hooper.
Dorothy Williams—Joan Cobh.
Phil Newberry—Lynn Boswell.
Count Cecil Sissingham—J. D. El
liott.
Aza Post—Johnny Owens.
Mother Goose—Laura Ferguson.
Flo Gently and Gushy—Ruth
Spruill.
I'ncle Fud—-Don Jenson.
Aunt Fertilizer—Sarah Boyce.
Mrs. Vivian Mooney will be the
accompanist.
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Pre-School Clinics
Will Begin Today
Schedule Announced By
Dr. B. B. McGuire
Health Officer
Dr. B. B. McGuire, district health
officer, reminds parents that pre
school clinics will begin today (Thurs
day). Any and all practicing physi
cians are invited and urged to help
with any clinics as they would like.
Dr. McGuire states that the list is
not complete, so that if any parents
fail to get a. letter from the Health
Department they should bring any
children if their birthdays are oh or
before October 1, 1946.
The schedule is as follows:
April 24—Chowan High School at
9 A. M.
April 29—White Oak School at
9 A. M.
May I—Edenton1 —Edenton Colored School
(boys) at 9 A. M.
May 2 —Edenton Colored School
(girls) at 9 A. M.
Mav s—Rocky Hock School at
9 A. M.
May s—St. John’s School at 10:30
A. M.
The climes in Edenton white school
will be held early in June, with the
dates to be announced later.
VFW Dance Slated
For Saturday Night
Affair Planned to Raise
Money For Build
ing Fund
Sponsored by the William Coffield
Post, VFW, and the VFW Auxiliary,
a round dance will be held in the Eden
ton armory Saturday night, April 26,
from 9 o’clock to midnight.
Music for the dance will be furnish
ed by Freddie Byrum and his orches
tra. VFW members call attention to
the wonderful time at last year’s
dance and assure those who attend
Saturday night will again enjoy an
evening of good entertainment.
Proceeds of the drive will go into
the VFW building fund. Admission
to the dance will be cheaper by pur
chasing tickets in advance.