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Volume XlX.—Number 48.
Training For Driving
Starts In Edenton
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15 Students Have Al
ready Enrolled and
More Expected
PERRY REPORTS
Car Loaned By Chas. H.
Jenkins Motor Com
pany
•Ben Perry, who recently attended a
school for driver training instructors
at East Carolina College, announced
Monday night at the regular Lions
Club meeting that driver training
courses will begin at the Edenton
Junior-JSenior High 'School in Janu
ary. Mr. Perry stated that 15 stu
dents had already enrolled and more
are expected daily. Each student will
receive 36 hours of classroom instruc
tions and 18 hours of automobile in
struction. Twelve of these hours will
be spent in observation and the re
maining six hours _in actual behind
the wheel driving. Charles H. Jen
kins Motor Company is furnishing the
dual control automobile for the course.
President A. E. Jenkins announced
that the annual Midwinter Convention
for Districts 31E and 3IF will be
held in Rocky Mount on January 19
and 20. The Edenton High School
Band will represent the Edenton Lions
Club at the Convention.
Thomas E. Francis was the guest cf
Tt. W. Leary, Jr.
Forest Ranger F.V.
White Distributing
Timely Book Covers
Points Out Importance
Os Protecting Tiny
Young Trees
Chowan County Forest 'Ranger
Frank V. White is making short talks
on fire prevention in connection with
his current program of distributing
book covers to the sixth grade stu
dents of the county schools. These
book covers, furnished by the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment, emphasize the importance of
care in the use of fire. “Os course,
everybody is interested in the damage
wild fire does to our woodland,” Coun
ty Ranger White said, ‘‘but experi
ence has shown that sixth grade stu
dents are especially receptive to our
hook covers and their important mes
sage.”
County Ranger White is also dis
tributing the first porter in “The
little Tree” series to stores and busi
ness establishments through Chowan
County. Colorful and descriptive, the
“Little Tree” series tells a picture
story of the significance of tiny seed
lings, nature's source of future tim
ber. “We hear a lot about fires that
destroy merchantable timber,” County
Ranger White said, “such fires are
destructive, but people should also
remember that it doesn't take a very
hot fire to kill tiny pine trees, and
when you burn up the seedlings you
destroy tomorrow’s sawtogs."
Parent-Teacher / Meet
Next Tuesday Night i
Edenton’s Parent-Teacher Assooia
tion will meet next Tuesday night,
December 9 in the Edenton Elemen
tary I School auditorium. Mrs. Laura
Ferguson’s third grade pupils will pre
sent a Christmas play, “Why the
Chimes Rang,” as a feature of the
meeting.
AH members are especially urged
to attepd.
ROTARY CLUB MEETS TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
today (Thursday) in the Parish House
at 1 o’clock. At this meeting a com
mittee is scheduled to release plans
for the Rotary Christmas party, so '
that President W. T. Harry urges
every Rotarian to be present.
Last week’s Rotary meeting was
called off due to the Thanksgiving
holiday.
GUIIJ> BOWES TUESDAY NIGHT
The Wesleyan Service Guild of the 1
Edenton Methodist Church will meet
iftaesday night, December 9, at 8
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“Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 4,1952.
|_j9s3 Tax ListersJ
At their meeting Monday morn
ing the Chowan County Commis
sioners approved the {tax listers
for Chowan Connty for 1953. The
tax listers, appointed by Mrs. P.
S. McMullan, connty tax supervis
or, will be:
First Township—Mrs. Eloise B.
Jordan and Mrs. Gene B. ICulli
pher.
Second Township Henry
Bunch.
Third Township—T. A. Berry
man.
Fourth Township Charlie
Parker.
Dr. R. S. GrSzardTo
Be Principal Speaker
At “M” Night Rally
Annual Rally Scheduled!
In Elizabeth City on
Monday Night
The well balanced program for the
annual “M” Night rally of the Train
ing Unions of the Chowan Baptist
Association ig to be climaxed with
the inspirational address by Dr. R.
Stuart Grizzard, popular minister of
the First Paptist Church in Norfolk.
His subject is “That All May Learn.”
Dr. Grizzard’s message will bring to
a close the annual “M" Night meeting
’ held with the' "BlackwelT Memorial
Baptist Church in Elizabeth City,
Monday night, December Bth, at 7:30
o’clock.
Other features of the interesting
and helpful program are a screen
projction ‘Learn From Me,” special
music by the Youth Choir of the First
Baptist Church of Elizabeth City and
a demonstration conducted by Miss
Jennie Lou Newbold, educational di
rector of the First Baptist Church in
Elizabeth City. Miss Carol Jean Biz
zell, minister of music at the Black
well Memorial Baptist Church in
Elizabeth City, will lead the singing
and J. C. Newbold, Training Union
director of the Blackwell Memorial
Church, will conduct the period of
devotion.
During the* period of roll call and
recognition, the attendance banner will
be awarded to the training union hav
ing the largest percentage of its en
rolled members present. However, it
is the desire of all concerned to have
non-members of the training union at
tend. With this in mind a special in
vitation is extended to non-members
and the members of churches without
training union work.
Herbert Peele Dies
From Heart Attack
Popular Newspaperman
Falls Dead Tuesday
* Morning
Friends in Edenton and Chowan :
lOAunty were shocked Tuesday morning ,
to. learn that Herbert Peele, 70,
flounder of the Elizabeth City Daily.
Advance and Owner from 1911 to 1949,
and owner of radio station WIGAI,
dropped dead from a heart attack on
Main Street in Elizabeth City about
8:15 o’clock as he was going to work
at the radio station. ,
Mr. Peele was president of the
North Carolina Press Association in ,
1,946-47 and was very well and favor- j
ahly known among the newspaper pro
fession throughout the state.
•Funeral services will be held Thurs
day end the editor of The Herald has
been named an honorary pallbearer to
represent the North Carolina Press
Association. I
County Officers Will
Have Long Holiday
With Christmas falling on Thurs
day this year, the Chowan County
Commissioners on Monday agreed to
allow county employees to enjoy a
generous holiday. They voted to allow
all county offices to close Thursday,
Friday anti Satartaft tfcuaj providing
four days to celebrate Christmas. <
Overman Is Honored
At Meeting Os Boy
Scouters In Norfolk
Is Given Silver Beaver
Award For Work
Among Boys
Fifteen Scouters from the seven
counties that make the East and
West Albemarle Districts attended
the recent annual meeting of the Tide
water Council of the Boy Scouts of
American in Norfolk. 'Following the
impressive opening ceremony with
music furnished by the Navy Band,
Scout Executive Harold V. Pace made
a report of the highlights of 1952.
The report revealed that the Scout
ing program is getting one out of six
boys into the Cub Scouts, one out of
four into Boy Scouts, and one out of
seven into Explorer Scouts. 'He also
reported that 79 per cent of the 227
units in the 'Council now have active
i trained leaders. 'However, the big
problem still remains in getting ade
quate manpower. Three out of four
boys want to be in the Scouts, but
there are not enough units with good
trained leaders to handle them.
Group sessions of the six operating
committees were held in order to out
line plans and objectives for 1953.
jAn overall increase of 10 per cent
! was set by most committees.
Charles W. Overman, veteran Scout
! master for 11 years in 'Edenton, was
awarded the highest award within the
province of a local Boy iScout Council,
the 'Silver Beaver award for distin
guished service to boyhood. The Nat
ional Executive 'Board of the Boy
Scouts of America made the award as
recognition of Mr. Overman’s note
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Insurance Boosted
On County Buildings
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Court House Raised to
SIOO,OOO By County
Commissioners
Chowan County Commissioners at
their meeting Monday boosted fire
insurance on two of the county’s build
ings, the ancient Court House and
the County Home, and put all of the
county’s fire insurance on a five-year
payment plan.
The Court House has been insured
for $75,000, but this policy has been
increased to SIOO,OOO. The county
home fire insurance was raised from
$6,750 to SIO,OOO.
Other coverage on county buildings
includes $6,000 on the jailer’s home
and $5,000 on the jail.
The insurance was given to Wood'
& Berryman, local insurance agents. 1
PROBLEM OF EDENTON DROPPING FROM
NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE NOW IN
LAPS OF EDENTON SCHOOL TROSTEES
Committee’s Findings Show Opinion Divided on i
Proposition, But Majority In Favor of
Joining Albemarle Conference
Growing out of the recent meeting
of the Edenton School Trustees, when
a goodly number of citizens discussed
Edenton school affairs, a committee
on Tuesday night compiled its find
ings regarding Edenton withdrawing
from the Northeastern Conference to
affiliate with the Albemarle Confer
ence. The findings, which are pre
ponderantly in favor of joining the
Albemarle Conference, will be sub
mitted to the school trustees for their
consideration and final decision.
The committee, which was appointed
at the school trustees’ meeting, was
instructed to study the situation, poll
public sentiment and submit a recom
mendation. The committee is compos
ed of C. W. Overman, Gerald James,
George Twiddy, Bill Cozart and J. Ed
win Bufflap.
The committee last week met with
Coadhes George Thompson and Ben
Perry to seriously consider the pro
posed changes from all angles, with
the | meeting taking up about three
hours. Members of the committee re
ported that fromtheSr investigation by
far majority favored Edenton par
ticipating in the Albemarle Confer
ence. One of the paramount reasons
fbr the change a* expressed was that
Edentoh'cannot compete with the lar
ger sdhools such as Kindton, New
Bam, Roanoke Raipids, Washington,
Greenville and Elizabeth City due to
W.T. Harry Given
Highway Safety
Award In Raleigh
Honored For Loaning
Car For School Educa
tion Program
W. T. Harry of B. B. H. Motor Com
pany, Inc., received the “1952 High
way Safety Award,” presented by the
North Carolina Automobile Dealers
Association in Raleigh on Wednesday,
December 3.
The presentation took place at a
special luncheon given by the Asso
ciation in honor of Mr. Harry and
the other Tar Heel dealers who have
loaned new cars free of charge to
high schools for use in the driver
education program. IMr. Harry has
loaned a car to Chowan High School
for four years.
Governor-elect William B. Umstead
paid tribute to the dealers receiving
the award. Dr. Charles F. Carroll,
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
made the presentation on behalf of
NICA'DA, the National Automobile
Dealers Association, and the Inter-'
Industry Highway Safety Commit
tee.
In addition to remarks by Umstead
and the presentation, the program in
cluded a talk by Audrey H. Ward,
who is one of the outstanding inspira
tional speakers in the South. Ward
spoke on the subject, “Human Rela
tions.”
Members of the Council of State of
North Carolina, zone managers rep
resenting manufacturers who have ar
ranged for above-suota cars, and offi
cials from the various finance organi
zations attended.
T. A. Williams of Greensboro, chair
man of the NCADA Highway Safety
Committee presided at the luncheon
which honored more than 100 dealers
throughout the State.
Musons Will Elect
New Officers Tonight
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will hold a stated communica
tion tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock
in the Court House. This will be a
very important meeting in that new
officers for the year 1953 will be
elected.
W. A. Harrell, master of the lodge,
urges as many members as possible to
be present and take part in the elec
tion.
County Gets $6,856.36 i
From Beer-Wine Taxes
West Byrum, chairman of the Coun
ty Commissioners, reported Monday
that he had received and deposited to
the credit of the county, a check for
86,856.36. The check was the coun
' ty’s pro-ratio share of beer and wine
taxes from October 1 to September 30.
lack of manpower. It was pointed ;
out that the Northeastern Conference '
Schools have many more students from
which to select athletic teams, making
it almost impossible for Edenton to
make a bid as conference winners.
Members of the committee pointed
out that while a change to the Albe
marle Conference did not mean that
Edenton will be able to run rough
shod over Hie teams in the conference,
but that the strength of the various
teams is more evenly matched and
over a period of years Edenton should
be able to develop a conference cham
pion more often than in the North
eastern Circuit. It was also the
opinion of tnany that to be a more '
frequent winner in the Albemarle Con- <
ference i s more to be desired’ than an 1
occasional victory in the Northeastern i
Conference. > . . j
Os course, some people' interested in <
the change point out some advantges
by remaining in the Northeastern loop, 1
in that competition is stronger and
that heretofore the conference was
more stable. It was stated that in the
Albemarle Conference it occasionally
happens that when a good football
' team is developed a town will remain
in the conference, but with a weak
team it will withdraw for that year.
Too, it is pointed out that facilities
, are better in the Northeastern Con
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Stage Is Now All Set
For Christmas Party
On Friday Afternoon
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C. W. OVERMAN
At the annual meeting of the
Tidewater Council, Boy Scouts of
America, held in Norfolk, C. W.
Overman was awarded the Silver
Beaver for his outstanding work
among boys.
N. C. Auto Plates For
1953 Now On Sale
Current Plates Will Not
Be Valid After Mid
night Jan. 31
Registration officials of the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles watched the
last of 1,275,000 license renewal cards
hit the mail Saturday. The cards
should have reached their owners by
December 1 the Department estimated
On that date 1953 plates went on
sale throughout the state and the re
j newal cards are necessary to purchase
la tag. Owners who fail to receive a
card are asked to contact the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles and request
one.
Next year’s color scheme will be
black with orange numerals and let
ters. The 1953 plate will have a tiny
slot cut into the lower right hand
corner. Officials explain it was put
there so that a date tab, like those
used during World War 11, may be
attached to the plate in the event of
a steel shortage or other emergency.
Current plates are valid until mid
night January 31, 1953, but officials*
urge owners to buy early and avoid
the usual last minute rush. Truck
and trailer owners again will be ask
ed to check their vehicle’s body type,
tank capacity and fuel used. This in
formation is requested for the Depart
ment of Defense, which seeks a relia
ble estimate of the nation’s total motor
transport capabilities.
'New plates in this section may be
purchased at the branch office of the
Carolina Motor Club on East Water
Street, of which Miss Goldie Layton
is branch manager.
Trees Available
For Reforestation,
Application Blanks Now
In Hands Forest Rang
er Frank V. White
County Forest Ranger Frank V.
White says that it is time no*w to or
der trees for reforestation and that
he has application blanks for forest
tree seedlings which can be obtained
from tihe North Carolina Department
of Conservation and Development.
The species of trees available and
the price for 100 delivered are as fol
lows:
Loblolly pine, $3.00; longleaf pine,
$3.00; ghortleaf pine, % $3.00; slash
pine, $3.00; white pine, $8.50; red
cedar, one year, $53.50; red cedar, two
years, $4.50; yellow poplar, $3.00;
black locurt, $3.00; black walnut,
$10.50.
Mr. White urges anyone who de
sires to purchase trees to contact him
at once.
S2.OOTPer YearT
Local Stores Will Re
main Open Until 7
O’clock
PARADE ABOUT 3:30
Santa Claus Will Greet
Children on the Court
House Green
According to Mrs. Percy Smith,
chairman of the Christmas Party
sponsored by the Edenton Business
and Profess ; onal Women’s Club, plans
have been completr’d for the annual
affair staged for the benefit of the
children of this community. The party
will be held Friday afternoon, starting
shortly after 3:30 o’clock, when Santa
Claus will arrive by bus and whisked
out to Hicks Field, where he will
mount a specially built float and lead
the parade down Broad Street to Wa
ter, going east on Water Street,
where he will speak to the children
and gifts will be distributed to both
white and colored children. White
children will use one of the streets
running along the Court House Green
and colored children will use the oth
er.
Members of the local National
Guard unit will help in distributing
bags to white children and members
of the Junior Colored Woman’s Club
will help among the colored chil
dren.
Floats and those who will partici
, I pate in the parade are asked to as
semble at Hicks Field by 3 o'clock in
order for the parade to move as soon
as Santa Claus arrives.
Mrs. Smith announced that mer
chants will remain open until 7 o’clock
Friday night in order to provide an
opportunity for parents and children
i to visit the stores and look over the
many items of seasonable merchan
dise. Many of the merchants will give
away a prize during the holidays
which will go to lucky persons who
register in the stores. Drawings will
take place Wednesday, December 24
and the winners will be posted in the
windows of stores cooperating. It will
not be necessary, therefore, for win
ners to be present at the drawings.
Gifts to be given away will be on dis
play in the store windows Friday af
ternoon and everybody is urged to reg
ister.
Stores will also compete for the
best decorated window during the
Christmas season. Judges will an
nounce the winner on Monday, De
cember 15.
Stores cooperating in the Christmas
party are as follows:
Western Auto Associate Store,
Campen’s Jewelers, Edenton Furniture
Company, The Betty Shoppe, Cuth
rell’s Department Store, Quinn Furni
ture Company, Hobowsky’s Depart
ment Store. Byrunj Hardware Com
pany, Ralph E. Parrish, Harrell &
Leary, Leggett & Davis Drug Store,
Badham Bros., Tots & Teens, Pres
ton’s, Elliott Company, Belk-Tyler’s,
Rose’s 5 & 10c Store, Malone’s 5 &
10c Store, Mitchener’s 'Pharmacy,
Bell’s Goodyear 'Store, Layton’s Flow
er Shop, Forehand Jewelers and Lula
.White’s Flower Shop.
Tht affair is expected to attract a
large crowd of parents and children
and will officially start the Christ
mas season.
Overman Attending
Chicago Convention
County Agent C. W. Overman left
Edenton Thursday of last week for
Chicago, where he is attending the
animal convention of the National
IGounty Agents Association.
Mr. Overman is expected to return
home today (Thursday).
Pocahontas Nominates
Officers Friday Night
Chowanobe Council, No. 54, Degree
of Pocahontas, will meet Friday night
in the Red Men Hall at 8 o’clock. One
of the items of business will be the
nomination of new officers for the
six-month term, so that Mrs. Beulah
Cale, Pocahontas, urges every mem
ber to attend.
After the business meeting refresh
ments will be served by Mrs. Myrtle
Tynch.
COMEDY TONIGHT AT
CHOWAN HIGH SCHOOL
The Senior Glass of Chowan High
School will present a three-act comedy,
“The Absent-minded Professor,’* by
James C. Parker, toriigiht (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock.
i The entertainment is expected to
attract a capacity house.