Volume XX.—Number 3.
Town Councilmen
Look Into Future At
Meeting Tuesday
New Fire Station, City
Manager and Inciner
ator Considered
BRIEF MEETING
Committees Named to
Investigate and Sub
mit Reports
Town Councdlmen at their meeting
Tuesday night took a look into the
future and as a result three projects
were advanced in. the hope that all
three will materialize in the not too
distant future.
iFirst to be considered was a new
fire station. It was pointed out that
with the growth of Edenton, the pres,
ent fire station, aside from being in
adequate, is not centrally enough lo
cated, plus the fact that traffic could,
and already has, hindered firemen
getting to a fire. The opinion was
advanced that a fire station need not
necessarily bar located in the busy and
principal business section. It was also
pointed out .that sites became available
for other necessary buildings and the
same will be true of a site for a fire
station.
In order to effect some progress
toward the realization of a new fire
station, Mayor Leroy Haskett ap
pointed a committee composed of W.
J. Yates, J. Clarence Leary and Clyde
Hollowell. This committee was in
structed to make a thorough investi
gation as to possible site, the cost of
construction and report at the next
meeting.
'Another project was that due to
Edenton’s growth, a city manager
should be employed. It was pointed
out that most progressive towns in
the state have city managers and that
a form of government in Eden-
Jbn would be an improvement over the
system.
(Mayor Haskett appointed John
Mitchener, Jr., Graham Byrum and
J. Edwin Bufflap as a committee in
order to consider the idea, make an
investigation of how the plan works
in other towns and report the find
ings at the next meeting.
The third project depends upon
building a new fire station. If the
firemen move from the Municipal
Building, the Police Department
would move there. It was pointed out
that the site would be a better loca
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VFW Commander
For District Guest
Wm. Meld Post
Fried Chicken Dinner
Served at Affair Held
Tuesday Night
Elmer Brothers, district commander,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, was hon
ored by the William Coffield Post
Tuesday night at the Post’s home on
the old Hertford highway when a
fried chicken dinner was served.
The affair gave* impetus to a mem
bership drive now being conducted
by the Post, of which Jim Basnight
is commander. The membership al
ready surpasses that of last year and
Commander Basnight’s goal is the
largest membership ever enrolled in
the Post.
The Post’s new home is 30 x 64 feet
and while gatherings of various kinds
have been held already, official dedi
cation .ceremonies are planned to be
held shortly.
Miss Catherine Hill
New Home Ec Teacher
M ss Catherine Hill of Deep Run,
N. a new member of the Eden
ton Junior-Senior High School facul
ty, beginning her duties as home eco
nomics teacher when school reopen
ed after the Christmas holidays.
Miss HiH succeeds Miss Joyce Swin
son, who married L'eut. Marvin John
son, Jr., and since her marriage has
gone to Texas to live where Ldeut.
Johnson is stationed with the U. S.
Air Force.
Miss Hill graduated on Thanksgiv
ing at" East Carolina College. '■
|1 ROTARY MEETS TODAY
W Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House. President W. T.
Harry Is very anxious to have another
100 per cent meeting, so that all Ro
tarians are urged to attend.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
|_ Warning! _J
Chief of Police George I. Dajl
I warns automobile owners in
I Edenton that 1953 city license
plates are now supposed to be
displayed on all motor vehicles.
Mr. Dail points out that the dead
line for displaying the 1952 tag
will be January 31, after which
date a penalty will be added for
failure to display the new 1953
tag.
The new tags must be purchas
ed from Miss Louise Coke in the
Municipal Building.
Mrs. 1.6. Spillman To
Be Speaker For BPW
Meeting Is Postponed
From Today to Next
Thursday
At a meeting held Wednesday night
of last week of committee chairmen
of the Edenton Business and Profes
sional Women’s Clubs, it was decided
to postpone the regularly monthly
meeting scheduled for Thursday, Jan
uary 15, to Thursday night, January
S)2j »
Mrs. J. B. Spillman of Greenville,
N. C., will be guest speaker at the
meeting which will get underway at
7:30 o’clock in the clubroom at the
Hotel Joseph Hewes with a chxiken
salad supper. Mrs. Spillman, a native
of Chowan County, is well known as
an outstanding speaker and has de
lighted members of the Edenton Club
with her interesting talks on previous
occasions.
Mrs. Annie Mills, president of the
club, urges members to take note of
the change in date for the meeting
and that all members be present.
Lions Planning For
Annual Minstrel
i
J. Clarence Leary Ap
pointed Chairman For
This Year’s Show
President A. E. Jenkins announced
a't the regular meeting of the Eden
ton Lions Club on Monday night that
J. Clarence Leary will be chairman of
1 the Lions Minstrel to be staged early
this spring.
President Jenkins also announced
that the members of the Chowan Coun
ty 4-H Club who participate in the
Corn Club sponsored by the Lions will
be entertained at the meeting next
Monday night.
Pete Dail and Freddy Byrum, mem
bers of the senior class of the Eden
ton Junior-Senior High School, were
guests of the club. Bristoe Perry and
his sons, Carlton and Ronald, were
the guests of John Mitchener.
Red Men Plan To Hold
Wiener Roast Monday
Chowan Tribe of Red Men, at its
meeting Monday night, decided to hold
a wiener roast next Monday night.
Frank Hughes was named chairman of
(the committee, to be assisted by Jack
Barrow and John Oliver, Jr. The
refreshments will be served at 7
> o’clock prior to the regular meeting
and at the close of the meeting an ef
fort will be made to organize the de
gree team with W. M. Rhoades as cap
tain.
C. C. Wiggins, sachem of the tribe,
urges all members to make a special
effort to attend.
Junior Class Play
Presented Tonight
Tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock, the
junior class of the Edenton Junior
-1 Senior High School will present a
three-act comedy, “Everybody’s Get
ting Married,” in the Elementary
'School auditorium.
The cast has been rehearsing faith
full, so that an evening of wholesome
entertainment is assured.
Those taking part tfiH be: Clifford
; Overman, "Larry Lowe, Christine
: Brown, Edna Boswell, Tommy Wood,
. Hazel Elliott, Chrystal Haste, Bar
■ bara Dail, Libby Srrfall, Marjorie
■ /Webb, Shirley Winslow, Billy Boyce,
Ralph Hall and Sharon Lupton.
fcdenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday,
Where Europe and Asia Meet |
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ISTANBUL, TURKEY'S GREAT metropolis, spans two continents.
The visitor to the city soon discovers that Asia is always just
around the corner from Europe. The narrow, winding streets,
straight out of fabulous and mysterious legend, suddenly become
avenues that compete with Now York's Broadway. The tiny coffee
•hope along old-fashioned Sehsadabasi lure the discerning traveler
no lass than tha restaurants of Istiklal CaddesL Istanbul's Filth
Avenue, where diets provide faro that cannot bo equalled east
of Paris. Today. American voices are being heard more and more
In the streets of the City on the Golden Horn. Next year, the 500th
anniversary ot Istanbul as a Turkish metropolis. Yesilkoy airfield
expects to welcome the largest number oi visitors from the United
Slates in Turkish history.
Field Secretary For
PTA Is Speaker At
Edenton Meeting
Explains Program for
Better Educational
Facilities
At last week’s meeting of the Eden
ton Parent-Teacher Association held in
the school library, Miss Blanche Haley
of Gibsonville, field secretary of the
North Carolina Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation, was the principal speaker.
Miss Haley spoke on the subject
“United Forces For Education,” an!
was introduced by Gerald James, prin
cipal.
Miss Haley pointed out the need
for better educational facilities and
better pay for teachers, which will be
presented to the General Assembly
now in session in Raleigh. She in
formed her listeners that eight or
ganizations with large' memberships
are actively engaged in the program.
These include the North Carolina 1
Congress of Parents and Teachers,
the N. C. Federation of Women’s Clubs,
N. C. Farm (Bureau, State School
Board Association, N. C. State Grange,
the N. C. Education Association and
the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. R. H. Vaughan, president, pre--
sided over the meeting and Mrs. Gor
don Bennett gave the devotional. Dur
ing the meeting various committee re
ports were submitted. Hostesses were
Mrs. Erie Haste and Mrs. Clyde Hol
lowell.
Firemen Answer 63
Calls During Year
Fire Chief R. K. Hall
Submits Report to
Town Council
Fire Chief R. K. Hall at Tuesday
night’s meeting of Town Council pre
sented a report of the Edenton Fire
Department for the year 1952.
According to the report, 63 alarms
were answered during the year with
the firemen out on calls 48 hours and
30 minutes. Hose laid totaled 7,100
feet and the ’ladder was raised 90
feet. During the year 35 pounds of
chemicals were used.
The report stated that property in
volved in town totaled $537,000 and
that damage done in town amounted
to $10,500. The per capita loss based
on 5,000 population was S2JIO.
During the year the firemen an
swered 20 out-ofrtown calls.
Chief Hall, Assistant Chief W. J.
Yates and the firemen as a whole
were complimented by Mayor Leroy
Haskett for the lojralty, efficiency,
and cooperation pf the department.
Hospital Auxiliary Will
Meet Friday Afternoon
Mrs. Wesley Chesson, Jr., president!
of the Chowan Hospital Auxiliary, de
sires to remind members of the . regu
lar meeting whidh will be held Friday
afternoon at 3 o’clock in the nurses’
home.
This will be the first meeting of the
new year, so that all members are
especially urged to attend.
During the holidays the Auxiliary
arranged a very delightful Christmas
party for the nurses and members of
the staff.
Marine Jet Pilot
Loses Life Friday
In Albemarle Sound
Plane Crashes Shortly
After Taking Off at
Edenton Base
Second Lieut. C. M. Lewis of Hous
ton, Texas, lost his life Friday morn
ing when his Panther jet fighter plane
crashed in Albemarle Sound. He was
a member of Marine Fighter Squad
ron 224 of the Second Marine Air
Wing at Cherry Point and crashed
chirtlv after taking off from the
Edenton Auxiliary Landing Field.
His plane, part of a three-plane
formation on a routine baining flieht.
was seen to falter, spin and then
disappear in the water about a quar
ter of a mile from shore.
Marine pilots located the scene of
the crash and a Coast Guard heli
! copter and a crash boat from the Nav
al Air Facility at Weeksville also
found the spot by aid of an oil slick
The helmet of the unfortunate Ma
rine was reported found but early
this week the body had nut been re
covered.
St Paul’s Vestrymen
Are Installed Sunday
John Graham and Chas.
H. Wood, Jr., Named
Wardens
Wardens and vestrymen for St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church were installed
at the morning service in the church
(Sunday.
Five new vestrymen were elected
in December and include W. B. Shep
ard, R. G. White, T. H. Shepard and
R. D. Dixon, whose terms will ex
pire in 1955. Remaining on the Vestry
are R. N. Hines, P. S. McMullan, Mar
vin Wilson and Charles H. Wood, Jr.,
whose terms expire in 1953, and John
W. Graham David Warren, J. H.
Conger, Jr., ami J. M. Bond, whose
terms expire in 1954.
Mr. Graham was installed ag Senior
Warden, Mr. Wood as Junior Warden,
Mr. White as clerk and Mr. Conger as
treasurer.
At the evening service Feast of
Lights was observed.
Post Office Will Close
Wednesday Afternoon
. Due to the majority of Edenton’s
stores dosing Wednesdays for half a
holiday, Postmaster David Holton has
announced that, beginning : Wednesday
of next week the Post Office will also
close for half day each Wednesday.
Patrons of the Post Office are,
therefore, urged to attend their needs
accordingly. -
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Annual B & L Meeting
Is Scheduled January 27
R. E. Leary, secretary of the Eden
ton Buildipg & Loan Association, an
nounces that the annual meeting of
the stockholders will be held Tuesday
night, January 27, at 8 o’clock,
i . The meeting, will be held in the
’ Court House and all members of the
association are urged to attend.
Edenton Merchants
Consider Adopting
Credit Bureau Idea
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J BPW Speaker ]
MRS. J. B. SPILLMAN
Featuring the meeting of the
Edenton Business and Profession
al Women’s Club Thursday night,
January 22, will be Mrs. J. B.
Spillman of Greenville.
I Supply Df Seedlings
Rapidly Running But
Forest Ranger Frank V.
White Urges Orders
Placed at Once
! Chowan County Ranger Frank V.
> White stated early this week that all
■ persons interested in ordering tree
. seedlings from the N. C. Division of
. Forestry should contact him, or some
representative of the Forestry Di
- vision, or County Agent, and place
their order for these seedlings im
! mediately. The supply of tree seed
• lings is running out rapidly this year
I and orders should be placed now in
’ order to insure receiving the trees.
The price of most of the trees is $3.00
: per thousand delivered.
One year old red cedar is $3.50 per j
| thousand.
. County Ranger White reminds ev-1
’ ery one who has abandoned farm hind
. that is unproductive at present that
. the easiest way to port this land into
production is to plant it with the ap
propriate species of tree seedlings, A
; greater number of seedlings were
II produced at the nurseries this year
I than ever before but the indications
I are that the supply will be exhaust
• ed before the planting season is over.
' Every one desiring trees should try
to get their order placed early in Jan
uary if possible in order to insure
delivery of the trees.
Sale 1953 License
Plates Is Lagging:
Deadline For Carrying
i 1952 License Tags Is
January 31
Registration Director Foy Ingram
[ of the Department of Motor Vehicles
says new license tag sales aren’t what
[ they ought to be. Through Wednes
day of last week the 70 branch of
. fices of the Department had issued
only 373,419 plates while a year ago
j 387,182 had gone across the counter
to Tar Heel auto and truck owners.
1 Miss Ingram couldn’t explain the
lag in sales but she did caution buy
ers to get busy. The deadl’ne for
1952 license plates is midnight. Janu
ary 31, she repeated. After that date
l violators will be liable to arrest.
The Registration Division estimates,
> according to past records, that one
t million vehicles should be registered
s by the end of the month. That leaves
i better than 600,000 to go and time is
) getting short, Miss Ingram conclud
ed.
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3 Auxiliary Os Legion
Will Meet Jan. 20
p
• Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt, president of
’ the American Legion Auxiliary, calls
attention to a very important meet
- ing of the organization which will be
- held Tuesday night, January 20, at
f the home of Mrs. Eugene Perry, 835
V Cabarrus Sreet.
The meeting will begin at 8 o’clock
e and due to the important business on
B the agenda, all members are especial
ly urged to attend.
$2.00 Per Year.
T
Plan Discussed at Meet
ing Held Monday
Night
smithlspeaker
Group Invited to Affili
ate With Tri-County
Bureau
Edenton’s newly organized Mer
chants Committee met Monday night
in the Court House, when a credit
bureau was considered. In the neigh
borhood of 25 merchants were on hand,
when Herbert Smith of Ahoskie, foun
der of the credit bureau in Ahoskie,
explained the mechanics and advan
tages of such a system.
Mr. Smith invited the Edenton
group to affiliate with the Tri-County
Credit Bureau, which includes Hert
ford, Bertie and Martin Counties. Fol
lowing Mr. Smith’s address a com
mittee was appointed to study the plan
and after thorough consideration re
port at another meeting which will be
called to decide whether or not the
credit rating idea will be adopted by
the Edenton merchants.
This committee is composed of W.
M. Wilkins, Ralph Parrish, Jesse Har
rell and Frank Elliott.
Mrs. Edwin Brown
Speaker At Meeting
Df Woman’s Club
Committee Appointed to
Name Slate of New
Officers
Mrs. Edwin P. Brown of Murfrees
boro, well-known North Carolina club
woman and treasurer of the State
Federation of Women’s Clubs, was
guest speaker at the January meet
ing of Edenton Woman’s Club held
Wednesday of last week at St. Paul’s
I Parish House. Her topic was “Par
jliamentary Law,” a subject on which
i she is very well informed, having re
| cently attended special classes in
I Washington, D. C., Portland, Oregon,
and in England while on a European
tour. Mrs. Brown is a very charm
ing and interesting speaker and her
, discussion of the various phases of
. parliamentary law was thoroughly en
i joyed by the Edenton club women.
. She observed that parliamentary law
is “graciousness, thoughtfulness, and
, courtesy” and stressed the importance
. of studying and observing correct pro
, cedure in the general conduct of busi
ness meetings. She also reminded
members that it is their responsibility
to take active interest in club affairs
and policies as the membership is, af
ter all, the governing body. Mrs.
Brown was introduced by Mis s Kath
-1 ryn Brown, vice-president of the Eden
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, Carroll Speaker At
Rotarians’ Meeting
* The Rev. R. N. Carroll pastor of
the Edenton Baptist Church, was the
principal speaker at last week’s Ro
; tary meeting, speaking at the re-quest
of M. M. Perry, who had chaige of
. Ithe program.
. j Mr. Carroll spoke briefly but forcib
li ly on the subject “Facing the New
~ Year, In the Right Way.” He empha
. I sized the role of fear on the part of
.too many people wh ; ch included fear
lof war, inflation, depression, fail
ure in business, health and ever fear
. of death.
"Too many people live in the past,”
, said the speaker "and while we should
learn lessons of the past, we should
not live in the past.”
’ Instead of fear, the speaker said
J “We should be on God’s side living in
1 confidence, hope and faith in God.”
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5 RANK CLOSED JAN. 19
W. H. Gardner, executive vice presi
dent of the Bank of Edenton, an
nounced early this week that the blank
will be closed all day next Monday,
I January 19.
' The closing is in order to observe
Robert E. Lee’s birthday, a banking
f holiday. Any important banking busi
-3 ness should, therefore, be transacted
- accordingly.
t MASONS MEET, TONIGHT
5 Unanimity Lodge,"No. 7, A. F., &
A. M,, will hold a stated communica
c tion tonight (Thursday) in the Court
n House at 8 o’clock. C. T. Griffin,
- master of the lodge, urges a full at
tendance.