Volume XlX.—Number 35.
Edenton Colonials
Win First Game In
Semi-finals Series
Narrowly Miss Second
Place In Regular [
Season .
4 OUT OFT SERIES
Kinston and Goldsboro
Playing For Shot at
Championship
Edenton’s Colonials wound up the
regular season of the Coastal Plain
League in third position Monday of
this week, headed by Kinston and
iWilson, with Goldsboro in fourth
place. The Colonials were within
striking distance of second place, but
dropped two games to Wilson, there
by being delegated to third place,
which has been occupied the greater
part of the season.
The four league leaders are now
engaged in the semi-finals for the
Coastal Plain League Championship,
with Edenton and Wilson playing a
seven-game series while Kinston and
Goldsboro are battling to be one of
the contenders for the championship.
The first semi-final games were
played Tuesday night when the Co
lonials nosed out Wilson on the lat
ter’s diamond in an 11-inning game by
a score of 8 to 7. In the other game
Kinston swamped Goldsboro 11 to 3.
In Tuesday night’s game Manager
Gashouse Parker used three pitchers.
Reeves started and was relieved by
White in the third. White gave way
to Stoudemire in the eighth.
Wilson batters took a liking to the
slants of the Colonial pitchers, chalk
ing up nine hits off Reeves, nine off
White and two off Stoudemire for
a total of 20 hits.
Wilson also used three pitchers.
Dempsey, Grant and Millard. The
trio yielded 11 hits with Inge leading
the Colonial attack with three.
Wilson took an early lead by scor
ing a run in each ’of the -first two
innings and added four in the third.
The Colonials put up a dogged fight
and tallied three runs in the second
and two in each of the third and
fourth to go ahead 7-6. However,
Wilson shoved a run across in the
sixth to tie the score. Both teams
then went scoreless until the 11th
inning when the Colonials scored the
winning run. The deciding run was
made when Onan was safe at first on
an error and raced to second on a
bad throw. Inge then doubled to
score Onan. „
Wilson was scheduled to play in
Edenton Wednesday night and the
games will alternate until one of the
teams has won four games. The two
teams will play in Wilson Thursday
night and return to Hicks Field Fri
day night. Saturday’s game will be
in Wilson and if more games are
necessary, Sunday’s game will be
played in Edenton.
Wednesday night of last week the
Edenton-Goldsboro game was rained
out at Goldsboro. I
Edenton 2-6, Goldsboro 1-5 . 1
On Hicks Field Thursday night the
Colonials won both ends of a double
header from Goldsboro by scores of
2-1 and 6-5.
In the first game Monk Raines
chalked up his 26th victory of the
season when he allowed the visitors
only two hits, one by Hillyer and one
by Calvetti. Goldsboro scored its
lone run in the fifth on a double and
two walks. With the bases filled,
Sengstock hit a grounder and Hillyer
raced home. Raines wag in trouble
several times, but managed to wiggle
out.
The 'Colonials siored their first run
in the first inning when Clark singled
and came home on Horton’s double.
The other run was scored in the third
when Onan was hit by a pitched ball
and Inge walked. Parker then singled
and Onan came home.
Calvetti was Goldsboro’s mounds
man, who gave up only five hits.
In the second game Tommy Reeves
was on the mound for the Colonials
and gave up only two hits until the
eighth, when he was touched for four
hits and three runs in the visitors’
bid to overcome a 6-2 lead.
Mitchell started for Goldsboro, but
gave way to Weed in the second. The
latter gave way to Flanagan. The
(Colonials touched the trio for seven I
hits.
The Colonials scored twice in the
second when Inge singled. Grif
fin sacrificed and Anderson singled
scoring Inge. Mauney was safe on an
error and Reeves was safe on a bunt,
filling the bases. Clark walked, forc
ing in the second run but Weed tight
ened to get out of the hole. In the
fourth inning the Colonials again load
ed the bases. Anderson walked, Maun
ey singled and Reeves was safe on
a bunt. Anderson came home on
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Drive Chairman
J. C. COWAN, JR.
Heading up a state-wide pay
roll savings drive this fall is J. C.
Cowan, Jr., Industrial Chairman
for the U. S. Defense Bonds (Com
mittee. The drive begins Sep
tember 10 and ends December 15.
Bloodmobile Will
Appear In Edenton
Friday, Sept 12th
County’s Quota Reduced
From 150 Pints to
120 Pints
The Red Gross bloodmobile is sched
uled to appear •in Edenton Friday,
September 12, according bo George S.
Twiddy, new chairman of the Red
Gross blood program in Chowan Coun
ty. Mr. Twiddy succeeds George Al
ma Byrum.
Mr. Twiddy announced early this
week that his organization has been
effected for the next drive for blood
and that he hopes citizens in the
county will rally to the appeal for
blood which is still greatly needed.
Chowan County’s quota for this trip
of the bloodmobile will be 120 pints.
The previous quotas were 150 pints,
so that Mr. Twiddy and others inter
ested in the blood program see no
reason why the county should fail
to meet the quota.
Lions Clubs Observing
100% Attendance Week
Edenton’s Lions Club will meet
Monday night, September 8, at 7
j o’clock, which meeting resumes the
, regular schedule of meetings each
Monday night.
The week of September 7-13 has
been designated throughout the Inter
national Association as “100% At
tendance Week,” when each Lions
Club is asked to strive for a perfect
attendance to honor its president and
to get the club off to a good start
in the year’s work.
A. E. Jenkins, president of the
Edenton Club, appeals to every mem
ber to join in this fine gesture in
honor of the international president,
urging them to make a special effort
to attend Monday night’s meeting.
Fire Inspection Will
Begin October Ist
Fire Chief R. K. Hall stated early *
-this week that he will begin his an
nual general inspection in Edenton
Wednesday, October 1.
“This inspection is announced sev
eral weeks ahead of time,” says Chief
Hall, “but I want to allow ample op
portunity to have furnaces and furn
ace rooms cleaned out in order to
eliminate fire hazards before the in
spection.”
' Miss Cora Lee Warren
“Miss Coastal Plain”
Miss Cora Lee Warren of Cone toe
last week won the honor of “Miss
Coastal Plain” in a contest among
members of the Coastal Plain League.
Miss Warren, a senior at Woman’s
College in Greensboro, represented
the Tarboro Club and was crowned
in the Tarboro ball parte Saturday
night.
Edenton’s entry in the contest was
Miss Dorothy Heninger.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 4,1952.
Monk Raines Hangs
Op Enviable Record
In CoastajPlam Race
Many Fans In Circuit
Say He’s Best Pitch
er In League
Edenton baseball fans are proud of
the record made by the Edenton Co
lonials in their first year in the
Coastal Plain League, finishing the
regular playing season in third place
and narrowly missing the second place
slot. *
However, exceeding the pride for
the team as a whole is the record
hung up by John (Monk) Raines, star
Colonial moundsman. Raines is, in
the opinion of many fans in the cir
cuit, the best pitcher in the league.
During the season he has won 26
games and lost only five, three of
which were by a margin of only orie
run. He also has the unique record of
finishing every game he has started.
In the games he was on the mound
59 runs were scored against him. He
allowed 163 hits, walked 93 and fan
ned 302 batters. Os his victories, six
were shut-outs and several of them
were one, two and three-hitters.
It is reported that several baseball
scouts for major leagues are interest
ed in Raines, but no definite plans
on the part of the star Edenton
moundsman are known.
Legion - Auxiliary
Officers Installed
Joint Meeting Held In
Edenton Armory Last
[ Week
At last week’s joint meeting of Ed
ward G. Bond Post, No. 40. American
Legion, and the Auxiliary, officers for
both groups were installed for the
year. The installation ceremony was
conducted by District Commander Zip
Bailey, who acted for Department
• Commander Roy McMillan who was
, scheduled to preside but was unable
■ to attend. Mr. Bailey was assisted
I by Roland Garrett of Elizabeth City.
Mr. Garrett spoke briefly following
the installation- He pointed out the
principles upon which the two organi
zations were founded and urged the
new officers and members to strive
to maintain strong and active organi
zations.
Officers of the Auxiliary installed
were: President, Mrs. J. L. Chest
nut*; vice president, Mrs. Walter
Mills; secretary, Mrs. John Lee
Spruill; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
W. O. Elliott, Jr.; treasurer, Mrs.
. Gene Perry; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs.
James Cozzens; historian, Mrs. James
Bond; Chaplain, Mrs. R. E. Leary.
Legion Officers installed were:
. Commander, W. J. Yates; vice com
manders, Willis MoClenney, Walter
! Mills and W. T. Harry; adjutant, E.
J. Hobbs, Jr.; assistant adjutant,
; George Gelbach; finance chairman, R.
’ E. Leary; senior chairman, William A.
j Perry; athletic chairman, Trop Top
i pin; sergeant-at-arms, Clarence
White; Chaplain, the Rev. E. B. Ed
, wards; guardianship, Wesley Ches3on,
Jr.; historian. John A. Holmes.
Commander W. J. Yates presided
, over the meeting, during which Geo.
! Little, Commander of the Elizabeth
City post, was recognized by Robert
L. Pratt, who planned the meeting.
Following the business session of
the meeting, refreshments were served
by members of the Auxiliary. The
meeting was held at the Edenton ar
mory.
State - wide Payroll
Savings Drive Will
Start September 10
J. C. Cowan, Jr., Industrial Chair
man for the U. S. Defense Bonds
Committee of North Carolina, will
head a state-wide Payroll Savings
Drive this fall. This announcement
, was made today by W. H. Neal, Vol
unteer State Chairman of the Defense
Bonds Program in North Carolina.
, Mr. Cowan, widely known as an in
; dustrial leader throughout the state
and nation is President of Burlington
Mills Corporation, main office in
Greensboro, North Carolina.
The Drive headed by Mt. Cowan will
begin September 10th and end De
cember 16th. The Drive will official
ly open at a dinner meeting in Gas
tonia sponsored by the Gaston Coun
ty Defense Bonds Committee of which •
McCourt Appointed l 1
Chowan Supervisor
Ground Observers
Civilian Volunteers Are '
Needed to Aid Air
Defense System
Lieut. Ralph S. Price, training offi
cer from the Durham filtering center,
has appointed Father F. J. McCourt as
Chowan County Ground Observer Su
pervisor.
The Ground Observer Corps is one
phase of Civil Defense with specific
pffort directed toward assisting the
Air Defense Command of the United
States Air Force in the defense of
our country. It is an organization of
civilian volunteers who have agreed
to give their time, on a part-time
basis, and their efforts to aid the air
defense system in observing, plotting,
and reporting movements of unidenti
fied aircraft.
The purpose of the Corps is to fill j
in all of the blind spots of the radar,
system. If radar were perfect and
its equipment indestructible, there |
would be no need for the GOC. But
radar has distinct limitations. For
instance, it operates on a “line-of
sight” principle, like television, and
is not effective when mountains or
man-made obstacles lie between the
station and the target. Thus, while it
is almost infallible at extremely high
altitude, it is of virtually no value in
detecting low-flying aircraft. |
Also important here is the “defense '•
in depth” concept. Although we have 1
radar installations located in the in- -
terior of the United States, they are 1
concentrated most heavily along our <
borders and the coast line. Thus, while 1
radar might pick up the track of an 1
enemy force as it approaches or cross
es our border, it might not be ade- 1
quate to the equally important task of <
tracking the flight as it wings its 1
way over the heart line. However, J
with an effective Ground Observer >
Corps operating in certain areas, our <
chances of detecting all aircraft ap- 1
proaching or flying over our country
are greatly increased.
If should be remembered that the 1
observers in a local area do not sound '
a local alert on the enemy aircraft ’
they see and report. They report the 1
movement over the local area and <
these reports are used in conjunction *
with other information as a basis of
warning communities in the path of
the invading flight. Each area is
actually making information available
on which to base warning notices to ■
other areas considerable distances.'
away. Thus, the reports by other areas
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Conger Endorsed |
For Highway Posts
Commissioners Sign Pe
tition Asking Appoint
ment By Umstead
Chowan County Commissioners at
their meeting Wednesday morning
endorsed Joseph H. Conger for high
way commissioner for the First Dis
trict.
In behalf of Mr. Conger’s appoint
ment a large and representative dele
gation appeared before the Commis
sioners, with Marvin Wilson as
spokesman. The Commissioners sign
ed a petition separately, to which
many more signatures will be added
requesting William B. Umstead, in
coming Governor, to make the ap-.
pointment at the proper time.
Charles D. of Gastonia is Chair
| man.
Industries throughout the state will
be asked to acquaint employees with
recent improvements in Series E De
fense Bonds. The Goal for the 1952
industrial drive is 20,000 additional
’employees enrolled in the Payroll
Savings Plan.
In addition to being an outstanding
leader in the textile field, Mr. Cowan
is an active Methodist layman and is
now serving on the Board of Stewards
of the West Market Street Church in
Greensboro, and on the Board of Trus
tees of Greensboro College. He was
a member of the Executive Board of
the General Council of Boy Scouts
and a member of the Greensboro
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ChowdKountyFair
Plans Are Rapidly
Being Completed
_New PostmasteiJ
David Holton on Monday began
his duties as postmaster at the
Edenton Post Office, succeeding
the late Richard D. Dixon.
Mr. Holton was appointed tem
porary postmaster by the Post
master General, the appointment
being until Congress takes action.
Mr. Holton was recommended
for the vacancy by Congressman
Herbert C. Bonner.
shad EureNamed
N. C. Chairman For
1953 March Dimes
Succeeds Late Dr. Clyde
A. Erwin, Appointed
Last June
Thad Eure' of Raleigh, Secretary of
State, has accepted appointment as
State Chairman of the 1953 March of
Dimes to succeed the late Dr. Clyde
A. Erwin, State Superintendent of,
Public Instruction, who had been nam-'
ed to the post last June, according
to word received by J. Edwin Bufflap.
local county chairman.
The announcement was made by
Basil O’Connor, New York, President I
of the National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis, through the North Car
olina March of Dimes headquarters
in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Phillips Russell,
Chapel Hill, is State Director of Or
ganization for the annual March of
Dimes.
Secretary of State'since 1936, Mr.
Eure is a native of Hertford county
and took his law. degree at the Uni
versity of North Carolina. He is a
past member of the State Bar Asso
ciation, the State Bar and the Hert
ford County Bar Association.
He was Mayor of Winton from
1923-28 and member of the General
Assembly from Hertford county in
1929, He was principal Clerk of the
House of Representatives in 1931, 33,
35 and the extra session of 1936.
I In 1932 he was presidential elector
of the First District of North Caro
lina and from 1933-36 was Escheats
I Agent for the University of North
/Carolina.
Mr. Eure was re-elected Secretary
of State in 1940, 1944 and 1948 gen
ieral elections, and is nominated for re
eleotion in without opposition.
! Car Plunges Over
Temporary Bridge
Another car plunged through the
temporary bridge at the Pish Hatch
ery early Monday morning. The vic
tim was Norman Ray, an Ahoskie pa
trolman, who was on his way to Co
lumbia to meet his wife.
According to police, Ray said he
had worked all night and when reach
ing the temporary bridge he applied
brakes on the slippery boards, which
swerved his car through the rail.
Aside from a cut on his hand, Ray
was not injured and swam from the
water none the worse by the acci
dent. His car was removed from the
water by wrecker.
Extension Agents Are
Helping Promote Fair
Extension agents have been coop
erating with the Chowan County Fair
management in preparation of the
1952 premium list. The County Fair
is scheduled to be held at the Eden
ton Armory and grounds October 6-11.
“People of Chowan County should
cooperate in helping to make this one |
of the most successful educational
fairs,” says County Agent C. W. Over
man.
Tea Party Chapter
Will Meet Sept. 10th
There will be a regular meeting of
the Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion in the James Iredell House Wed
nesday, September 10, at 3:30 P. M.
All members are especially urged to
attend.
Cancer Clinic Open In
Elizabeth City Friday
The cancer clinic will be held In
Elizabeth City Friday, September 5,
at 12:30 IP. M. The clinic will be held
at the Health Department and is open
to the public.
$2.00 Per Year.
Exhibits Expected to Be
More Than In Pre
vious Years
OCTOBER 6 TO 11
Virginia Greater Shows
Will Be Attraction on
Midway
Plans are rapidly being completed
for the Chowan County Fair, which is
sponsored by Edward G. Bond Post,
No. 40, American Legion. The fair
will be held in the armory and on
Hicks Field the week of October
6-11.
Willis McClenney, manager of the
fair, says that this year’s premium
list will be the largest ever and that
there will be a far larger assortment
of livestock, commercial and agricul
tural exhibits than in previous years.
As entertainment the management
has secured the Virginia Greater
Shows, which will include various
kinds of rides, games and shows.
Os course, fair officials are anxious
to have as many exhibits as possible
and anyone interested should coontact
the manager, president or secretary
treasurer for any information concern,
ing the fair, Willis McClenney is
| manager, W. J. Yates president and
I Wesley Chesson, Jr., secretary-treas
urer.
Livestock and poultry may be taken
to the fair Saturday at 4 P. M., ann
must be taken out by 7 o’clock the
following Saturday night. All other
j exhibits and articles must not be tak
en out before Monday, October 13, at
BA. M. All exhibits and articles must
be taken out by 6 o’clock Monday
night.
Appliiation for entries in the vari
ous departments close on the following
dates:
Livestock, Saturday, September 2Q.
at 6 P. M.
Poultry. Saturday, September 20,
at 6 P. M.
Booths, Saturday, September 20,
at 6 P. M.
Entries in all departments must be
made on printed application forms
provided by the management for that
purpose and must be filled out proper
ty and sent to Willis McClenney or
| Robert S. Marsh. The right is reserved
to reject any entry offered.
All eshibits must be in place and
fully installed by 9 A. M., Tuesday,
October 7.
Fire Prevention Week
Observed Oct. 5 To 11
Various Groups Plan to
Conduct Campaign
During Week
With fire loss in life and property,
when measured in dollars, at an all
time high, an aroused nation this
month began to organize intensive
safety campaigns to be carried out
in 10,000 communities during Fire
Prevention Week, October 5-11.
Spearheading the movement are
municipal officials, fire departments,
civic and educational groups, schools,
churches, the fire protection and pup
lic service organizations of the in
surance industry, and various other
voluntary agencies. All participate,
in general, through local fire safety
committees, which assume the respon
sibility of the week-long campaign
without duplication of overlapping us
individual or group effort.
The activities of these fire safety
committees are numerous. Outstand
ing are those promoted by the local
fire departments, schools, civic and
trade groups. 'Here are a few ex
i amples:
1. Fire departments in many com
munities conduct home and building
inspections that result in correction
of fire hazards.
2. 'Schools, through their adminis
tration and faculty, encourage safety
education.
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W. P. Goodwin Named
New Masonic Lecturer
W. P. Goodwin has been commis
sioned district deputy grand lecturer
of the First and Second Masonic dis
tricts. The commission was granted
through the Board of Custodians at
i the recommendation of Arnold Kin
, I caid, Grand Lecturer.
I I Mr. Goodwin succeeds Grady Carri
i ker of Colerain, who moved to another
section of the state to teach.