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-Number 8. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 19,1953r ===== Mt $2.00 Per Year.
Chowan Assigned
Quota Os $201,600
For Defense Bonds
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Chairman A. B. Harless
Says Goal Will Be
Hard to Achieve
Chowan County has been assigned
a U. S. Defense Bonds quota of $201,-
600 for the year, 1963, it is announced
by A. Boyd Harless, County Deifense
Bonds Chairman. The overall county
qyota consists of $133,800 in Series E
Bonds; $36,700 in Series H Bonds;
and $32,100 in Series J & K Bonds
combined.
The County’s basic goal will be to
achieve the overall quota; tile break
down of this quota into the E, H, and
J & K Series is only as a guide for
direction of effort.
The overall County quota is a pro
portionate part of North Carolina’s
quota of $67,200,000.00, and a national
quota of $6,660,000,000.00.
The quotas which the U. S. Treas
ury has assigned the Defense Bonds
Division for 1963 represent a 40 per
cent increase over 1962 sales for the
nation, and a 67 per cent increase over
1962 sales for North Carolina. Prin
cipal reasons for the heavy increase
in sales quota are:
1. The minimum job that the Treas
ury has assigned the National Sav
ings Bonds Division is to have sales
equal redemptions and maturities.
That sum is estimated at $5,650,000,-
000 for 1963,
2. The amount of E Bonds maturing
in 1963 is $5,100,000,000. This is about
two billion dollars more than the E
Bonds which matured in 1962.
3. The first F’g and G’ s mature in
May 1953, and no provision has been
made for the extension of these ser
ies.
Chairman Harless pointed out that,
in effect, the sale nationally of $5,-
650,000,000 in Defense Bonds during
1953 will not take a single dollar from
bank deposits or the spending stream;
it will only match .the volume of re
demptions of matured and unmatured
Defense Bonds.
Chairman Harless stated that the
county and state quota set for 1953
are not going to be easy to achieve.
They represent a formidable task.
However, the county and State have
always successfully carried out their
fair share of the load in the Defense
Bonds Program, and we have every
hope of success this year. National
ly, cash sales in January totaled $504,-
000,000 and exceeded the amount the
Treasury paid out for redemption of
matured and unmatured Defense
Bonds by over $69,000,000.00.
Eat Breakfast Out
Saturday Morning
Idea Planned to Help In
Raising Money For
Barker House
In an effort to help raise funds
to. pay off some of the indebted
ness on the Penelope Barker
House, a benefit breakfast will be
held in the historical house, now
located on the waterfront, Satur
day morning from 7 to 10 o'clock.
The affair is sponsored by the
Business and Professional Wo
man’s Cluh, the Woman's Club
and the Jsal or Chamber of Com
merce.
Each plate will cost SI.OO,
-which includes l generous serving
of hot pan .cakes, syrup, sausage
and coffee. Tickets for the break
fast have been on sale during the
week, but if some bare been miss
ed, they are urged to patronise
the breakfast and pay at the door.
FHA Cake Sale Will
Be Held February 21
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The Edenton Chapter, of the FHA
will have a cake sale Saturday, Feb
ruary 21. It will start at 9 o'clock
A. M, and last until 4 o’clock P. M.
The sale will take place alt the P A
Q Super Market and HughesJHolton
Hardware Store. The sales ladles will
be qn hand to help out with the sale.
Members of the club will make cakes,
pita, cookies and candy.
Boy Scouts Guests Os
Rotary Club Tonight
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With a professional photographer, Norman Emerson, a guest at the Edenton Rotary Club’s meeting Thursday, the above picture of
the club was furnished The Herald. Appearing in the picture are: Front row, left to right, William Bennett, Charles H. Wood, J. Edwin
Bufflap, M. M. Perry, H. A. Cam pen, John A. Holmes, President IW. T. Harry, Lloyd E. Bunch, .Robert iS. Marsh, David Holton and 'Marvin
Wilson. Center row, left to right, C. B. Mooney, iW.. B. Rosevear, J. L. Chestnutt, Philip McMullan, George Alma Bjrrum, James P. Ricks,
Gerald James, Jimmie Earnhardt, Thomas Byrum and Hubert Williford. 'Back row, left to right, John Kramer, James E. Wood, George
Twkldy, Jasper Hassell, Richard M. Hines, Charles (H. (Wood, Jr., Dr. W. I. Hart, William Holmes, Gibson Brickie and William Cozart.
Five members of the club, John Graham, C- W. Overman, Frank Holmes, R. IF. Elliott and Gilliam Wood were absent when the picture was
made.
Bloodmobile Will
MaKe Edenton Visit
Friday, March 6th
Chowan County Again
Given Quota of 150
Pints of Blood
Announcement was made this week
that the Red Cross bloodmobile will
make its next visit to Edenton Friday,
March 6. The quota for Chowan
County has again been set at 150
pints. Members of the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce are in charge of re
cruiting donors and it is. hoped the
county will be able to meet and even
surpass the quota. .
The bloodmobile wilt visit the Eden
ton Marine Air Base today (Thurs
day). The quota is now d'so pints,
but the Marines are making plans’ to
give about 200 pints instead.
This visit was arranged and will be
handled by the Chowan Blood Pro
gram and Edenton women will be on
hand to register, secure medical his
tory, serve in the canteen and do the
other numerous duties pertaining to
the program.
It is pointed out thlat a great
amount of a blood derivitive, gamma
globulin, is being used in the fight
against polio. A large amount of
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Edenton Tea Party
Chapter, DAR, Holds
Interesting Meeting
Now Tidying Up Iredell
House For Pilgrim
age In April
The Edenton Tea Party Chapter,
DAR, held its regular monthly meet
ing February 11, at the James Ire
dell house, with the regent, Mrs. John
A. Kramer, presiding.
The meeting opened with the ritual
and th« pledge of allegiance to the
flag, led by Mrs. 8. M. McMullan.
Committee reports were given, with
Mrs. N. K. Rowell reporting on civil
defense, and how each member could
cooperate in such a program. Mrs.
J. A. Moore was named chairman of
a committee composed of Mrs. W. I.
Hart and Mrs. Medlin Belch to copy
data from the historic cemetery at St.
‘Paul’s Church, which data will be sent
•to the DA® Library in Washington
and a copy given to the Cupola House
library in Edenton, for -add in re
search. (Members were urged to send
copies of family material from oM
Bibles and old papers, to the library.
Mrs. J. A. Moore read to the members
a complete history of the Iredell
House fronf the acquiring of the lot
to the building of the house *and later
the addition. The research was done
by Miss Elizabeth Moore.
A nominating committee to present
a slate bl officers to the chapter at
the April-meOting was’ named as fol
lows: Mrs. S. M., MoMudlan, Mrs.
Si N. Pruden, 9r., Mrs. Mary L.
Browning, and Mrs. N. K. Rowell.
Pilgrimage Plans Now Under Way !
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Committee chairmen of the Edenton IWoman’s Club are busy i
making plans for the forthcoming Pilgrimage of Colonial Edenton
and Countryside to be sponsored by the organization on April 10-11.
Seated, left to right, are: Miss Elizabeth Moore, research; Mrs.
John A. Kramer, feature writer; Mrs. Richard N. Hines, general
chairman; Mrs. J. H. Conger, Jr., co-chairman; Mrs. W. D. Holmes,
Jr, advertising. Standing, left to right, Mrs. Willis McClemney,
booklet; Mrs. (W. T. Harry, tickets; Mrs. J. W. P. 'Earnhardt, pub
licity; Mrs. Martin Wisely, tea. Other committee chairmen not ap-
L pearing in picture are Mrs. Jesse L. Harrell, co-chairman K>f .tickets;
Mrs. Richard Goodwin, hostess; Mrs. Frank M. Holmes, workers;
Miss Kathryn Brown, co-chairman of Mirs. Hines. (Evelyn 'Leary
Photo).
5.4 Miles Chowan Roads
Resurfaced In January
The State Highway Commission re
surfaced 5.4 miles in Chowan County
during the month of January, Com
, missioner H. G. Shelton reports.
State forces resurfaced 5.4 miles
I of US 32 from (Ryland (Road to Cho
wan County line. The new pavement
1 is 20 feet wide.
The First Highway Division
brought a total of 13.7 miles of road
work to completion during January,
Commissioner Shelton added.
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Calendar Os Events
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Beginning this week, The Her
ald starts a civic calendar in the
hope that it will help to prevent
[ conflicting dates for various ac
tivities in JSdenton. The coopera
tion of various groups is aoHcited
in order to nuke this feature
Worthwhile.
A regular meeting of Avowan
Hospital Auxiliary Friday after
noon at 8 o’clock In Hie nurses’
home. v
Rotary Club entertains Boy
I Scouts tonight (Thursday) in the
t Pariah House at 7 o’clock.
Lions Chib meets Monday night
i at 7 o’clock.
Red Men meet Monday {night at
7:30 o’clock.
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7; A. F.
& A. M., meets tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 .o’clock in the Court
House.
Benefit breakfast at Penelope
Barker House Saturday morning
from 7 to 10 o’clock.
Vahdty Club’s donkey basket
> ball game Saturday night in the
high school gymnasium jat 8
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Chicken In The Rough
At BPW Club Meeting
The Edenton Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Club will stage a
“chicken in the rough” supper to
night (Thursday), at the club room in
the Hotel Joseph Hawes, beginning
at 7:30 o’clock.
Members of the club arid 1 their
guests are asked to appear in ging
ham dresses, or anything suitable for
roughing it. A good program has
been arranged and the evening is ex
pected to be lots of fun, so that a
large attendance is requested.
Ladies* Auxiliary of VFW Post
meets tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock.
Stanley party at the Degree of
Pocahontas meeting Friday night
at 7:30 o'clock in the Red Men
hall.
'BPW “chicken in the rough”
supper tonight '(Thursday at 7:30
o’clock in the club room at Hotel 1
Joseph Hewes.
Edenton Chapter of the EHA
cake sale Saturday, February 21
at P * Q Food Center from 9
A. M., to 4 P. M.
Lions Club Minstrel Friday
night, April 10.
Pilgrimage of Colonial Edenton
and Countryside Friday and Sat
urday, April 10 and 11. .#
Bloodmobile at Edenton armory
Friday, March 6. Give a pint of
blood for humanity’s sake.
World Day of Prayer service in
the Methodist Church Friday
night at 8 o’clock.
JunW-S*nh>r High School Stu
dents’ driving tests Tuesday af
ternoon. 24, on North
Broad Street.
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Students Os High i
School Take Part In!
Safety Driving Test:
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Session Is Scheduled For c
February 24 on N orth \
Broad Street
(Students of Edenton Junior-ISenior |
High School will put their skill 1
against time in a series of driving c
tefets Tuesday afternoon, February ‘
24 at 2:15 o’clock, says Gerald James, '
principal.
The tests, part of a safe-driving
demonstration under the direction of ,
George M. Tewksbary. Jr, safety en
gineer for the Farm Bureau Insur
ance Companies, will be held on North ,
Broad Street in the vicinity of the
school.
The session will start with a talk i
on safety in the gymnasium. In the
demonstration that follows, students I
and faculty will take turns driving a
specially equipped automobile with
three .38-calibre revolvers mounted
on the front bumper. The revolvers
fire yellow paint bullets. A red light
mounted on the radiator will signal
the driver to stop. At that instant,
the first of the revolvers will auto
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Lions Preparing For
Annual Minstrel To
Be Staged April 10
Rehearsals Scheduled to
Get Under Way Mon
day of Next Week
If the old axiom that “coming
events cast their shadows before” be
true, then the people of Chowan and
surrounding counties are in for a real
treat when the Edenton Lions Club
stages their annual minstrel show,
which will be held on Friday
evening, April 10th.
Miss Shirley Keeter, always a most
popular exponent of the terpsichorean
gave a very enjoyable and impressive
exhibition of tap dancing at the local
club Monday evening. Miss Keeter
has added several numbers to her
repertoire and gave the Lions a pre
view of what may be expected at the
forthcoming minstrel show, which al
ways draws a capacnty crowd.
' She was accompanied at the piano
by the ever popular arid* talented Mar
jorie Thigpen and received round af
ter round of applause for her enjoy
able performance. Ernest Ward, Jr,
who was in charge of the program,
thanked the ladies for the entertain
ment.
John A. Mitchener, Jr, a member
of the Town Council, gave a very in
teresting resume of the town’s budget
for the current fiscal year. “We
would like to explain just where your
tax dollar goes in Edenton”, said the
speaker. Mitchener explained every
department and the money allocated
to it “For the benefit otT any who
may have some qualms concerning
the parking meters”, said the speak
er, “we anticipate $9,000 from these
meters this fiscal year and the main
tenance expense only , amounts to
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Guess What The
Seniors Did?
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Edenton Merchants
Members Os Credit
Reporting Bureau
Names of Those Who
Balk At Paying Bills
Will Be Circulated
Meeting in the Court House Fri
'day night, a goodly number of Eden
ton merchants formed the Edenton
Credit Reporting Bureau and at the
same time affiliated with the Tri-
County Credit Bureau, which includes
Bertie, Northampton and Hertford
counties. Edenton’s entry makes a
four-county unit and it is expected
that a few- more adjoining counties
will, in the near future, be added to
the bureau.
The principal purpose of the credit
reporting bureau is to protect mem
bers against those people who make
a habit of failing to pay their honest
bills. While no figure wa s given, it
was inferred that practically every
merchant has some accounts on their
books which they cannot collect, so
that with the credit bureau in opera
tion each member will be furnished
a complete list of bad and unsatis
factory accounts in the four counties,
which will, of course, make it hard
for that group of people to secure
credit so long as they do not settle
their accounts and subsequently have
their names removed from the “Red
Light” book.
Each member of the Credit Bureau
will be furnished a loose leaf ref
erence book every six months. In this
book are the names and addresses of
those who have bad accounts, as well
as the firm who holds the account.
This information is furnished by in
dividual merchants and then compiled
by the credit bureau which lists the
account as “bad” or “unsatisfactory.”
The Constitution <pf the Credit Bur
eau was adopted by the Edenton group
and each member will be designated
a code number for reporting bad ac
counts, which includes name and ad
dress of the debtor and the merchant
who holds the bad or unsatisfactory
account.
Also considered at the meeting was
the ever-increasing demand made on
merchants for various kinds of con
tributions. The policy of the Credit
Bureau regarding contributions wall
he adopted by a secret committee,
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L. E. Griffin Rounds
Out Thirty Years As
Bible Class Teacher
103 Members Present on
Sunday to Hear Vet
eran Teacher
Lloyd E. Griffin on Sunday rounded
Out 30 years as teacher of the Young
Men’s Bible Class at the Edenton Bap
tist Church, when 103 members of
the class were present in honor of
the occasion.
Mr. Griffin was presented a beau
tifully engraved pen and pencil set
by Luther Parks, president of the
class, who made a brief but impres
sive presentation address. The pas
tor of the church, the Rev. R. N. Car
roll, offered a special prayer, and a
very delightful number was sung by
a quartet composed of W. J. Daniels,
C. B. Mooney, C. W. Overman and
Earl Harrell.
During the class session slOl was
collected for the Baptist orphanage.
BANK CLOSED FEBRUARY 23
The Bank of Edenton will be closed
all day next Monday, February 23 in
order to celebrate George Washing
ton’s birthday which falls on Suriday,
February 22. Important banking busi
ness should, therefore, be transacted
accordingly.
[Sleep Interrupted^
Edenton firemen answered s
call at Hotel Joseph (Hewes Thurs
day night about >8:30 o’doek when
a fine was discovered in la store
room on the first floor. Hie fire
was discovered by a traveling
salesman who was entering the
hotel to spend the night.
The fire occurred in the room
where a colored boy was sleeping
on an old discarded mattress and
who apparently caused the mat
tress to burn by a lighted ciga
rette. Smoke was pouring out of
the room as the young Negro lay
asleep on the mattress when the
fire was discovered and, fortun
ately, no damage was done, al
though smoke worked its way all
through the hotel.