Volume XX.—Number 21. Varsity Club Banquet Attracts Over 250 On last Monday Night Many Sports Celebrities On Hand To Deliver Outstanding Talks More than 250 people, including some 69 high, school athletes who were special guests, attended the Varsity Club’s fourth annual Sports Awards banquet here last night, and heard Murray Greason, basketball coach’ at Wake Forest College, speak on athletics in general in North Car olina. Greasom , told his audience he thought sports in North Carolina had come a long way and said he was pleased to note more North, Carolina bays are playing in North Carolina schools now. He felt the reason for this was the civic organizations and people in’ the various towns and communities who are backing sports and giving players more inspiration to play. Greason said he thought basketball could be improved ini North Carolina and said rule changes will come about in college ball. He advocat ed going to professional basketball rules to make a better college game. Speaking on football, Greason said be was glad to see the two-platoon System abolished, adding it would make it easier for the smaller high schools and colleges. “I think it will be much more of an honor .to win a letter in the one-platoon, system,” Greason said. Baseball rules must change, too, if college baseball is to survive, Greas on stated. He would like to see some agreement whereby profession al ball dubs would not sign, coll ege players to contracts until they grad uate, or get the colleges to permit a player to sign, a pro contract and still play college hnW .The speaker congratulated .the high school coaches and players and urged the players, “when crowned champions, wear the crown like a champion.” He concluded by telling the players, “if you go to college; iftake up your mind you’re not only going there to play athletics but also to get an education..” Greason was introduced by A1 Phillips, president of the Varsity Club, who was toast master for the affair. Jack Lewis, captain of the Wake Forest fbotball team last fall, sooke briefly to the group before making the presentation of awards to ath letes who participated in football. Fred Eason, former Wake Forest baseball great and currently a prin cipal at Elizabeth City, did. the hon ors in baseball. In. the absence of Dickie Hemric, the highly touted Wake Forest star, Coach Greason made the presentation to athletes who participated in’ basketball. _ Winners of the Varsity dub’s most outstanding player’s trophies were Bobby Bunch, football; A1 Owens and Margery Thigpen, bas ketball, and Fred Lassiter, baseball Selection of warmers were made by the athletes at the school. Gold foot balls, basketballs and baseballs along with awards certificates were pre sented each athlete. Rotarians Planning Ugliest Man Contest Pictures of Contestants Will Be Placed In Va rious Stores Edemton’s Rotarians have decided to hold an" “ugHest men contest,” plans for which were announced at Thursday’s meeting by George Alma Byrum, chairman of a committee in -charge of the contest Contestants will be picked! by this special committee. Any member of (hie Rotary Chib selected' as « candi date is compelled te be a contestant, while others in the contest through out Ihe county will be iasfasdl to par ticipate. Pictures of the various contest ants, which is expected to. number about 25, will be planed in various Stores, where votes will be cast ait a.peimy each with the proceeds go ing toward Rotary protects, which .include Boy Scouts, student loan fund and other worthy causes. The contest is Scheduled to be gin Thursday, May 28, and dose Thursday, June 11.. . The'winner of the contest will be crowtoed .in the Taylor Theatre. MASONS MEET TONIGHT .Unanimity Lodge, No. T, A. F., ft ■KM, wffl twld a Stilted oomnumi cartion tonight (Thursday) ait .8 o’clock in the Court House. C. T. Griffin, of the urgas a fidt aSteßMiae i - - UrtV? a- ' . • / . .. . THE CHOWAN HERALD Civic Calendar Next visit of Red Cross blood mobile will be Thursday, May 21, at Edenton .armory. Quota will be 150 pints. Unanimity Lodge; No. 7, A. F„ ft A. M., meets tonight (Thurs day) at 8 o’clock in the Court House. Dog vaccination campaign now in progress and ends Jnne 1. Lions Chib meets Monday night at 7 o’clock. VPW meets in Post’s borne on old Hertford Highway Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. Chowan Tribe of Red Men meet Monday night at 8 o’clock. American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Day trill be observed Sat urday, May 23. The Woman’s Missionary Un ion of Chowan County will meet at Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church Thursday, May 21, at 10 A. M. Rotary Club’s “ugliest man contest” May 28 to Jane 11. B-Sharp Music Club will pre sent Spring Recital in elemen tary school auditorium Friday night, May 22, at 7:30 o’clock. Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars, Post No. 9280, will meet tonight (Thurs day at 8 o’clock in the new VFW home on old Hertford Highway at 8 o’clock. Piano students of Mrs. Wood Privott will render a recital on Tuesday night, May 26, at 8 o’clock in the music room on the ground floor of the elementary school. The White Oak Consolidated School will hold dosing exer cises Thursday and Friday of ~ next week in the school audi torium. Closing exercises for Rocky Hock School will be held Ihurs-. day of next week in the school auditorium at 8 o’clock. Commencement exercises will begin at Chowan High School next Sunday night, May 24, at 8 o’dock in the high school audi torium when the baccalaureate sermon will be preached by the Rev. John W. Privott. Edenton BPW Club will hold a dinner meeting at the’ Parish House Tuesday night, May 26, at 7:30 o’clock. Chowan County To Observe Poppy Day Sat Os This Week Appeal Made To Every body To Help Honor War Dead Auxiliary members will be among the Poppy Day volunteers who will distribute poppies here on Poppy Day next Saturday, Mrs Jimmie Cozzens, Poppy Chairman- of Eden ton Unit of the Americami Legion Auxiliary, announced today. The poppies will be worn to honor the nation’s war dead, and contributions for the welfare of disabled veterans and needy children of veterans will be received. All of the Auxiliary’s poppy work ers will serve as unpaid volunteers, with the entire amount of all contri butions going into Auxiliary re habilitation and child welfare funds. They will be on the streets through out the day offering poppies made by disabled veterans at Veteran hos pitals in memory of those who gave their lives for America in the bat tles of the World Warns and the Kor ean conflict. Praising the patriotic spirit of these women and girls, Mrs. Cozzens said: “Standing on a street corner of fering poppies to passers-by is hard, unaccustomed work for them all, and requires sacrifice of time and per sonal interests. Ye* they realize that this is nobbing compared, with the hardships and sacrifices of Ameri ca’s defenders whom the poppy hon ors and aids. So they wall be smil ing brightly as they do their pert to help make Peppy Da: pe i (Continued on Pag* Sbt)