ißjne XXl—Number 1.
fffort Under Way
For An Association
By Weal Merchants
Need Felt For
tion To Handle Com
ment Matters
With ithe Chamber of Commerce
and Merchants Association out of
existence!, a feeling had developed in
Ederrton that some sort of organiza
tion is needed to act as a clearing
house for matters pertaining to mer
chants as a whole.
Due to the present situation, Jesse
L. Harrell this week has mailed let
ters in the hope that merchants will
realize the need for organization and J
make some effort to form one.
Mr. Harrell’s letter follows:
“Dpar fellow-merchant —In recent
conversations several of otir merchants
haVe expressed the need and the de
sire/for some kind of a merchant’s or
ganization.
?The general opinion seems to be
that there should be a systematic and
Organized way of hdpdling the essen
tial matters comraoji to all of the
merchants of our community and it
has been suggested that a meeting be
called to formulate such an organiza- I
tion as the majority of the merchants
think we need; or, to produce a defi
nite decision from the majority of our
merchants.
“From opinions expressed to the
writer, it seems that most of the
merchants realize the need for some
lcind of organization and it has been
suggested that an organization could
be formed to take care of the bare
essential matters which come up from
time to time tyat would not entail
any executive or clerical expense; and,
that probably an annual fee, or mem
bership, of something like |2.00 would
take care of the expense involved.
This would be based on a member
ship of-at least 50. merchants.
“Do you favor such an organiza
tion? Will you please sign and mail
the enclosed card? If enough cards
-Are ret limed a meeting will be called
p?t>T more definite action.”
Eastern Carolina
. Again Included In
Fifth Nava! District
16 Counties Included In
Change Announced
Friday
More than 9,000 square miles >ill|
fee taken from the state of North
Carolina in the Sixth Naval District
and added ito the Fifth Naval District
effective January 1, 1953, according
to a directive received Friday by Fifth
Naval District Headquarters in Nor-;
folk.
Involved in the transfer are the
North Carolina counties of Currituck,
Camden, Pasquotank. Gates, Perquim
ans, Chowan, Dare, Tyrrell, Washing
ton, Hyde, Beaufort, Pamlico, Craven,
Jones, Carteret, and Onslow,
f Being made in the interests of
economy of operation, the change will
bring into the Fifth Naval District
eastern North Carolina. The area ex
tends from the northern boundary of
typ State south along the coast to
approximately 50 miles' north of Wil
mington. Pamlico «pd Albemarle
sounds, the Marine Corps Air Sta
tion at Cherry Point and Camp Le-
Jetute are all within the area being
annexed.
Hany of the counties involved will
fee Homing to Fifty Naval District
jurisdiction, having been so attached
several years ago. P
tn addition to tyis new area, the
■.Fifth Naval District if composed of
the states of Maryland, Wert Virginia,
Kentucky, Virginia, but does not in
clude the District of Columbia nor two
small geographic areas known as (he
Potomac end, Severn River Naval
i Commands. /
J Rear Admiral Rajah O. Davis, USN,
is Commandant, Fi|h Naval District,
while Reel' Admiral Glenn B. Davis,
VSN, if- the Sixth Naval District
Commandant with headquarters at
:%Mpon, •S. <3. (Rear Admiral R.
6. Davis, scheduled for retirement
iimmfy, wiß be replaced by Rear Ad-
T. B. Brittain, DSN, until his
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Grocery Stores Close
Wednesday Afternoons
Wednesday of this week
practically all grocery stores in Eden
ton began a We J ne*dt*v half-holiday
IjiWtikwirw ft 1 o’clock. The half-holi
ii»f riossig; will be in effect during the
yatf except the month of De
recording! y
THE CHOWAN HERALi
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Year bring you every promise of good 1 h
health and happiness .. . and leave you
1 ft3| each promise richly fulfilled.
May each day unfold new opportunities
for warm friendship and solid achievement
. . • and each month be a milestone in your
; ; •' steady forward march to better things.
IpjHKgfjß May 1953 prove one of llie brij;hte>t
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[Gets Bronze StarJ
Major Julius Katona, whose
family now resides at 'Westover
' Heights, has just hifeen awarded
the Bronz Star for outstanding
service in Korea. Major Katona
is supply officer with Headquar
. ters Detachment of the Fifth Air
iForce.
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Red Men Sachem
Chowan Tribe Officers
Are Elected Monday
Night
Officers for Chowan Tribe, No. 12,
Improved Order of Red Men were
elected Monday night.
C. C. Wiggins was elected sachem,
succeeding Henry Allen Bunch, who
was Selected 'to the prophet’s stump.
Otyer officers elected were: IL. O.
Copeland, senior sagamore; Walter
Bond, junior sagamore; Raleigh Hol
lowell, collector of wampum; W. M. i
Rhoades, keeper of wampum; J. Edwin ,
Bufflap, chief of records; W. J. Dan- (
iels, keeper of Wigwam; Erie Haste,
trustee for a three-year term.
, These officials, together with those
appointed by the new sachem, are (
scheduled to be installed at neilt Mon- ,
day bight’s meeting, so that a large t
attendance is urged.
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Winners Announced
For Christmas Prizes
With a number of Edenton stores
awarding' prizes over the Christmas
holidays, the winners were announced
this week by Mis. Annie Mills. '
The stores offering the prize and i
the winners follow: i
Elliott Company—'Ralph Bunch.
Malone’s 5 ft 10c Store—Elizabeth 1
Bunch. 1
»Forehand Jewelers—Stacey Lamb.
Rdlk-Tyler’e—Mrs. Jim Twiddy.
(Western Ainto Store —E. C. Bunch. 1
Preston’s—<Beulah Privott.
Tots A Teehs—Mrs. W. E. Malone.
Rqae’s 5 A 10c Store —Arlyn Ray
Dail. !
'Bsdham’s—Vanzula Jones.
Leggett A Davis —Mrs. E. L. Spi-
Quinn’e—Harry Lee Spruill. * ,
CuthTriPe— E. Parker, Jr.
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Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 1,1953.
MAYOR LEROY HASKETT EXPRESSES 1
MS APPRECIATION FOR COOPERATION
Gives Credit To Citizens, Merchants and Various
Departments For Helping Make Edenton
Clean and Attractive Town
Mayor Leroy Haskett, at the start
of the new year, expresses his ap
preciation to the citizens of Eden
ton for their cooperation during the
year just closed.
“As Mayor of Edenton,” Mr. Has
kett says, I wish to take this oppor
tunity to express .bo the people of our
town my appreciation for their won
derful cooperation during the year
1952. We have many times been re
ferred to as a very neat apd attractive
town, which makes me very proud.
I contribute a great deal of this repu
tation to Frank Hughes, superinten
dent of the Street Department and his
crew of men. This department has
done a great job during 1952 and prev
ious year to keep our town as clean
and attractive as any town I have seen
in the state.
‘T have had letters and expres
sions from people who have vis'ted
here that we have the cleanest town
they have visited, which is something,
all should be proud of and which would
not be the case but for cooperation. |
“To our good merchants who have,
fallen in line with our policy to main
tain a clean and attractive town, I
express my thanks to each and every
one.
“To our residents it affords me
Fire Causes Excitement
On Christmas Night
About the only thing to disturb the
quietness of Christinas day in Eden
ton was a fire alarm about 9 o’clock
Thursday night, when fire/nen were
summoned to the home of Jim Blair
on East Church Street
A chicken house in the Blair yard
caught fire and was totally destroyed.
The flames lighted up the sky, giving
the impression that a disastrous fire
was in progress, which caused a large
crowd of onlookers to gather on
Church Street The Are was soon ex
tinguished upon arrival of the fire
men.
Firemen were also called out Mon
day shortly before noon to extinguish
* gnus fixe which devested at West
over Heights. No damage resulted.
; great pleasure to tell you how we
thank you for helping to keep Eden
ton tidy and attractive, for you de
j serve a great deal of credit. I as
sure you our Street Department will
strive to^ keep Edenton clean and at
tractive,- but they must, of course,
continue to have the cooperation of
citizens as a whole. We shall try to
serve you in making it possible to
have Edenton in the No. 1 place in
North Carolina as it belongs. ,
“Our Fire Department has done its
best, too, to serve you and protect
your property. With the good work of
“’Cap’n” Dick Hall as your veteran fire
chief and fire inspector. He has done
a wonderful job and I think we all
appreciate his cooperation in keeping ■
fire damage down. *
“Our Police Department, under the 1
efficient command of CHef George <
1 1. Dail, and his men, has tried to give >
Edenton the best police protection .pos
sible. I commend this department as ’
, Mayor, and I am proud of the record <
each department has made during the
year. >
“I assure you tibat it will be my
continued effort to give you our best
during (be year 1963.”
HD Executive Board
Will Meet On Monday i
The Executive Board of Home
Demonstration Clubs will meet in the
Community Building at Cross Roads
on Monday afternoon, January 6, at 2
o’clock.
This group includes the County
Council officers and club presidents 1
for 1953. This is a very important
meeting and each member is urged to
attend.
Pocahontas Officers
Installed Friday Night
Chowanoke Council No. 64, Degree
of Pocahontas, will meet Friday night
in the Red Men hall at & o'clock. The
principal item of business will be in- ,
i stattation of new officers, so that Mrs.
Beulah Cale, retiring Pocahontas, urg- :
es all members to attend.
| Quiet Holidays [
Chief of Police George I. iDail
says this year’s Christmas season
was one of the quietest the police
have Experienced since he .has
been connected with the Police
Department.
Chief Dail reports only three
arrests made from Christmas eve
through the week-end. One arrest
was for drunkenness and two men
were arrested for engaging in a
fjght-
junior Class Presents
Comedy January 15th
Cast of Characters Chos
en For “Everybody’s
Getting Married”
The Junior Class of the Edenton
Junior-Senior High School will pre
sent a three-act comedy, “Everybody’s
Getting Married,” in the Elementary
School auditorium Thursday night,
January 15, ait 8 o’clock.
This hilarious comedy is packed
with laughs and fun. The cast of
characters is as follows:
Dean Garrett, a business genius,
Clifford Overman. i
Reginald D’Arcy, a quiet young
man, Larry Lowe.
Viola Compton, his fiance, Christine
Brown.
James, his valet, Edna Boswell.
Mr. Gordan, a Philadelphia lawyer,
Tommy Wood.
Mrs. Lancaster, a rich widow, Ha
zel Elliott.
Mrs. Hardin, another widow not so
rich, Chrystal HaSte.
Marie Blake, a business girl, Bar
bara Dail.
Mis* Effie Cramer, a spinster, Libby
■Small.
Dulcey Lane, an actress, Marjorie
Webb.
Mi*. O'Leary, an Irish wash wo
man, Shirley Winslow.
“Floppy” Smith, “Tip” McCarty,
“Spike” Jones, three gentlemen of
fortune. Billy Boyce, Ralph Hall and
Stacey Lamb.
Miss Kathleen Ward and Mrs. Earl
B. Edwards are sponsors for the
Junior Class. A small admission will
be charged and (he public is cordially
invited to enjoy the evening’s enter
taimnent.
$2.00 Per Year.
Delivery Os Mail
Threatened To Stop
For Some People
Proper Mail Boxes Are
Required For Depos
iting Mail
According to Postmaster David
Holtan some people in Edenton will be
deprived of mail delivery if they do
not provide a mail box or cut a slot in
their door. Mr. Holton points out
that the postal laws require a mail
box, which is a protection for the
people receiving mail as -well as the
postal service.
Mr. Holton reports that only re
cently some mail was stolen after it
was left behind screen doors or in
windows, and 'that if proper U. S; mail
> boxes are not provided. delivery of
1 mail at such houses or business places
will be discontinued. He, therefore,
urges every person who receives mail
to see to it that a box is placed in
a handy spot or slots cut In doors
to insert mail.. , ,
If U. S. mail boxes are tampered
with, Mr. Holton points out that Fed
eral officers would track down guilty
parties who would subsequently be
punished for a federal crime, while
under present conditions at some
houses where mail is delivered, a theft
is left entirely up to local police.
Mr. Holton is anx : ous to have the
full cooperation of every person in
Edenton so that mail delivery will be
continued and improved by proper box
es at homes. .;
Aliens Required To
Report Addresses,
Between Jan. 1-31
Forms Are Now Avail
able at Edenton
Post Office
Postmaster David Holton calls at
tention to, an order from the Immi
gration and Naturalization Service
| which requires all aliens to report
I their address between January 1 and
| January 31.
Every alien who is within the Unit
el States on the first day of January
jof each year shall, within 30 days
following such date report his address
to the Commissioner, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, and shall fur
nish such additional information as
may be renu'red by regulations. Any
alien who is temporarily absent from
the United States during the reporting
period shall report h : s address within
10 days after his return to the United
States.
Any alien who wilfully or inexcus
ably fails to report as required is
liable to be taken into custody and
deported. In addition, inprisonment
or fines may be levied before depor
tation.
The forms for reporting alien ad
dresses may be secured locally at the
Edenton Post Office.
Building Needs Topic
For Two_Meetings
Engineering Specialists
Will Lead Discussions
Thursday, Jan. 8
Adequate and convenient farm
buildings and dwellings are very ne
cessary for best family living,” says
County Agent C. W. Overman. “The
Engineering Department of the Ag
ricultural Extension Service of N. C.
State College has complete plans for
practically any building needed on
Chowan County farms, including mo
dem dwellings.”
In order to bring farm people in
formation on buildings and building
plans, two meetings have been sched
uled, according to Mr. Overman.
At a meeting at the Chowan Com
munity Building on Thursday after
' noon, January 8, at 2 o’clock the sub
ject of “Farm Buildings and Build
ing Plans” will be discussed.
Thursday nighlt, January 8, at 7:90
o’clock, at the Chowan Community
Building the subject “(Remodeling
i Homes and Heating Homes” will be
discussed.
Engineering specialists from State
College will conduct the discussions,
r give illustrations and answer ques
tions. Mr. Overman is very anxious
I that both husbands and wives, .par
ticularly young couples, attend the
I meetings, especially the night session.
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1 OFFICES CLOSED
r Town and county offices will be
- closed today (Thursday) in obser
vance of the New Year holiday.