Volume XXI. —Number 14.
Chief Os Police George I. Dail Victin^^Bomb
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Crude Contraption
Found Planted’ In
Mrs. Cochrane’s Car
Reported to Police When
Discovered By Mrs.
Cochrane
NOT SERIOUS
Bomb Explodes When
Dail Opened Door at
Police Station
Chief of Police George I. Dail was
rushed to Chowan Hospital about 8:30
o’clock Wednesday morning suffering
from painful but not considered seri- 1
ous bums caused by the explosion of
a fire bomb he was holding.
The bomb was discovered by Mrs.
Imogene Cochrane, Chowan County
home agent, when she went to her
car to go to work. The strange look
ing box, partially under the front seat, /
aroused her suspicion and she called
Mrs. George Hoskins, with whom she
lives. Mrs. Hoskins in turn called
her husband and he removed the box
and intended to throw It overboard.
However, Mrs. Hoskins persuaded him
to call the police, so that he laid the
cardboard box contraption across the
street from his house.
Chief Dail went to the Hoskins
home and brought the bomb to the
Police Station and it was while he was
attempting to open the door that the
bomb exploded. Flames shot high in
to the air and Dail was burned about
the face, hands and legs. Fortunate
his eyes were not burned. The!
t ics were so hot that they seared j
bottom of the screen door to the
jiice station and powder burns were
on the sidewalk.
Mrs. Cochrane’s husband was killed
some time ago in a similar manner at
Mt. Ain,' and the crime still remains
unsolved. The general impression is
that had she driven off Wednesday
morning, the vibration would have
caused the bomb to explode and she
would have had little chance to es
cape death. Mrs. Cochrane and George
Alma Byrum are scheduled to be mar-1
ried this month, so that the incident
has caused a great deal of excitement'
and concern.
Annua! Red Cross
Fund Raising Drive
Far Short Os Goal
Chairman N. J. George
Reports Contributions
In Drive at $1,900
N. J. George, chairman of the Cho
wan County Red Cross fund raising
drive, reported Monday that contribu
tions amount to $1,900, which is far
short of the goal of $3,000.
While Mr. George has closed the
drive, it is pointed out that unless
more money is contributed there is a
possibility that some of the Red Cross
activities will have to be curtailed.
Dr. A. F. Downum, chairman of the
Chowan County Red Cross Chapter, (
states that failure to reach the goal |
may mean that the Red Cross blood |
program will be obliged to be aban
doned in that part of the expenses of j
this program have been paid with,'
funds on hand which are about de- J
pleted.
Although canvassers have complet-l
ed their work, an appeal is made for]
further contributions, which should be)
sent to R. E. Leary, treasurer. It is.
hoped substantial contributions will
be made so that Red Gross activities <
in the county can continue.
In commenting upon the drive, Mr.
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I Exhibition Game
Palmer Tynch announced Tues
day afternoon that the Edenton
Colonials will play an exhibition
game with Colerain on Hicks ,
Field Saturday night. The game
is scheduled to begin at 8:30 i
o’clock.
Edgar Ray White, who hung <
up a record of eight victories and
three defeats last year, will start 1
on the mound for the Colonials. <
THE CHOWAN HERALD
VFW President |
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MRS. ELLIE MAE PARRISH
For the second time Mrs. Ellie
Mae Parrish on Thursday night
was installed president of the
VFW Auxiliary. Other officers
also installed were Mrs. Betty
Perry, senior vice president; Mrs.
Clarine Baker, junior vice presi
dent; Mrs. Nellie Perry, treasur
er; Mrs. Virginia Oliver, chaplain;
Mrs. Alma Twiddy, conductress;
Mrs. Helen Byrum, guard, and
Miss Celia Spivey, trustee.
April 17 Deadline
For Candidates To
File For Election
With election scheduled to be
held Saturday, May 29, the dead
line for candidates to file is Sat
urday, April 17, at 6 o’clock.
At present the local picture pre
sents two contests with Sheriff J.
A. Bunch being opposed by Ernest
W. Lee and Clerk of Court E. W.
Spires opposed by William S. Pri
| volt.
County officials who will be
i elected in the election include:
Sheriff, Clerk of Court, County
Commissioners, Judge of Record
er’s Court, Prosecutor of Record
er’s Court, Coroner and Represen
tative in the General Assembly.
Urgent ApalMade
For Contributions To
Repair Cupola House
Mrs. Gertrude S. Rose
vear Will Accept All
Donations
An urgent appeal for donations to
the Cupola House Library and Mu
seum Association is made by E. W.
Spires, acting chairman of the execu
tive committee.
“Several years ago the old Cupola
House was purchased by a number of
! civic-minded citizens in order to pre
j serve it in its original condition and
to prevent it from falling into the
(bands of those who might use it for
I commercial purposes,” stated Mr.!
j Spires. “These people subsequently
conveyed it to the association.
“For years this structure has been
' maintained and repaired by the indi
vidual members of the association.
jThey have again made donations, but
the necessary repairs and painting re- :
quire more funds than we have in,
hand.
“We would like to get this work
done before the meeting of the North
Carolina Historical and Library So
ciety, which is scheduled to be held in
Edenton on May 14-15.
“Therefore, we are making this ap
peal to the general public to make
contributions to this most worthy and
pressing cause. Donations should be
sent to Mrs. Gertrude S. Rosevear,
treasurer of the association,” con
cluded Spires.
POCAHONTAS MEETING
I Cbowanoke Council, No. 54, Degree
of Pocahontas, will meet in the Red
Men hall Friday night at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. Hoskin Bass, Pocahontas, urges
every member to attend.
Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 8,1954.
{Potter Answers ]
Several Questions
About Easter Seals
Campaign Will Remain
. In Progress Until
Easter Sunday
Where does the Easter Seal dollar j
go? What organization sponsors the
annual Easter Seal campaign? Who
receives its help?
These and a few other questions are
answered by G. B. Potter, president of
the Chowan County Society for Crip
pled Children and Adults.
Mr. Potter issued the public state
ment beamed at new residents of the
community and others who may not be
aware of the work of the organiza
tion.
Q —What is the name of the organi
zation which sponsors the Easter Seal
appeal ?
A—The Chowan County Society for
Crippled Children and Adults is your
Easter Seal Society. It is one of
about 1,200 affiliated units of the
National Society for Crippled Chil
dren and Adults located throughout'
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Edenton Negative
Debaters Win Honors
in Greenville Contest
Ethel Ann Swets and
Robert Earl Edwards
Represent School
Ethel Ann Swets and Robert Earl
Edwards, negative debaters on the
■ Edenton Junior-Senior High School do
| bating team, won a decisio- : n the
i Eastern District contest of | North
Carolina High School Debate Union
held at East Carolina College in
Greenville Thursday.
Eighteen teams from Eastern North
Carolina schools participated in three
rounds of debates and the winners will
compete for the Ay cock Cup in the
spring in the annual State High
School Debate Union contests to be
held at Chapel Hill.
Woman’s Club Art
Show Will Be Held
Saturday, Sunday
Today (Thursday) Will
I Be Deadline to Enter
’ Exhibits
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. Plans are gradually being complet
ed for the annual art exhibit sponsor
ed by the Edenton Woman’s Club,
which will be held in the Penelope
Barker House Saturday and Sunday, j
( April 10 and 11.
j On Saturday the exhibit will be open
to the public from 10 o’clock in the
( morning until 6 o’clock in the after
noon. Sunday hours will be from 2 i
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Stage All Set For
l Lions Club Minstrel
Seventh Annual Show
Will Be Presented
Friday Night
i Edenton’s Lions Club is now enter
ling final practice sessions for the sev-’
enth annual minstrel to be presented
Friday night at the Edenton Element
ary School auditorium.
J. Clarence Leary, director of the
minstrel, has announced that an ex
cellent program is being provided and
that the end men are ready with a
new array of jokes.
The annual affair is staged by the
Lions to raise funds for use in blind
work in this county. A small admis
sion charge is made for this most
worth while cause.
Nick George will be interlocutor for
the show and Mary Leggett Browning
is pianist. The chorus is under the.
direction of Mr 6. Helen Hughes. I
End men will include A1 Phillips,'
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j Hung Jury Feature
Os Closing Session
Os Superior Court
Seven Divorces Granted
Before Court Was Ad
journed Friday
i
J Chowan County’s spring term of Su
perior Court ended Friday morning,
when a hung jury featured the ses-J
sion.
The jury was deliberating the only
civil case tried during the term, W. J.
Daniels vs. Hoyt Hollowell. The case
was the outgrowth of an automobile
wreck a few years ago while Mr.
Daniels, a rural mail carrier, was de
livering mail and was badly injured
when his car and Mr. Hollowell’s truck
collided.
The jury’s vote was 11 to 1 but no
body except Judge Leo Carr knew if
the verdict was favorable to the plain
tiff or defendant. The jury was al
lowed to go for supper Friday night
and after returning the vote still .
stood 11-1.
Judge Carr then conferred with at
, torneys for both sides and was in
strumental in having them to agree i
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Disposition Os Old
Masonic Lodge Room
Causes New Problem!
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(Unanimity Lodge Will
Soon Occupy New
i; Temple
Just what will happen to the small
, loom on the second floor of the Court!
, j House which has been used as a lodge
,! room by Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A.
, F. &A. M., since 1778, is now a prob
lem of the County Commissioners,
i iAt their meeting Monday the trus
t j tecs of the lodge, H. A. Campen, W.
[ I M. Wilkins and J. Edwin Bufflap in
. formed the Commissioners that Una
i iijmity Lodge is now completing its j
: temple on Water Street and that it is,
| lioped the building will be ready for!
occupancy in about four months.
Mr. Campen, spokesman for the]
trustees, stated that some mention had 1
, been made that the small room he re
tained by the lodge in order to serve |
as a museum, where the George Wash-!
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'{State Asked Take
1 Over Rider's Lane
|2O Additional Feet of
Land Bought From
Dr. L. A. Deese
Chowan County Commissioners on
Monday approved a petition asking the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission to take over and maintain
| Rider’s Lane,
j This particular road has been the!
‘source of a great deal of complaint
for many months and only recently
papers were executed by which 20
feet of abutting land was purchased
from Dr. L. A. Deese in order to pro
vide a wider road. The cost of the
land was $1,500 which was shared
equally by the Town of Edenton,
Coastland Oil Company and Blades
Lumber Company.
Recently Emmett Winslow, highway!
commissioner for the district, as well j
as other highway officials expressed !
the belief that -with the added right
of-way, the State will agree to im- 1
prove the road, which at present is in
’ capable of accommodating the traffic
using it.
Ten Edenton Stores
Open All Day April 14
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Ten Edenton stores have agreed to
remain open Wednesday afternoon he- -
fore Easter, April 14. However this ’
same group will close for the Wednes- :
day half holiday the remainder of the ’
summer.
Stores which will remain open all j
day Wednesday, April 14, are: The i
Betty Shoppe. Jack & Jill. Cuthrell’sjl
.Department Store, Belk-Tyler’s, El- •
iliott Co., Preston’s, Malone’s 5-10 c
I Store, Rose’s 5-10 c Store, Tots &
; Teens ar.d Hobowsky’s. h
Albemarle League Is
Organized -- A. W.
Hefren As President
Stationed In Norfolk
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Navy Lt. (jg) Burton H. Jones,
j Supply Corps, USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Jones of 112 Blount
Street, Edenton, is serving at
Naval Supply Center in Norfolk.
Lt. (jg) Jones is a graduate of
the University of North Carolina
j and is a graduate of the Naval
Supply Corps School, Bayonne, N.
J. He was commissioned an En
sign in June, 1950.
I Shad Season Extended
15 Days To May 15th
Cage Hayman, inspector of the
Division of Commercial Fisheries
!j of the Department of Conserva
tion and Development, has been
( notified by C. G. Holland, assist
ant fisheries commissiontsfc that
the director of the commission has
extended the shad season in com
mercial waters 15 days.
The season was scheduled to
j close April 25, so that under the
j ruling it will be extended to May
I 15th.
| Pre-School Clisiies
j Be?in In District
i
(Scheduled to Be Held In
' Chowan County May 3
To May 14
According to Dr. B. B. McGuire,
health officer for the Pasquotank
’erqui mans-Camden-Chowan Health
1 District, nre-school clinics began in
the district Monday of this week and
will continue until Monday, May 17.
The schedule for Chowan County
will he as follows:
May 4 at 9 A. M.—Chowan High
School boys and girls.
May 5 at 9 A. M. —Rocky Hock j
school.
May 5 at 10:30 A. M.—St. John’s
School.
May 0 at 9 A. M.—Edenton Colored
School. girls.
May 7 at 9 A. M.—Edenton Colored
School boys.
May 11 at 9 A. M.—Edenton white
school girls.
May 12 at 9 A. M.—Edenton white
school boys.
May 13 at 9 A. M. —White Oak
school girls,
school boys.
j All children whose birthday is on
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Mrs. William Swets
Sneaker At Methodist
Service Sunday Night
The Woman’s Society of Christian
Service will be in charge of a spirit
ual life program at the Methodist
Church Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock.
At that time Mrs. William Swets
will speak on “Consecrated Hands.”:
The choir will render special music
and Norman Leonard will sing a solo..
The public is cordially invited.
DAR MEETS WEDNESDAY
The Edenton Tea Party Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution
will meet Wednesday afternoon, April
14 at 3:30 o’clock in the James Iredell
House on East Church Street. All
members are urged to attend.
$2.00 Per Year.
jFour Towns Definitely
Agree to Enter
Teams
OFFICERS ELECTED
Hoped Two More Will
Join to Make Six-
Team Circuit
Definite steps toward realization of
a baseball league were accomplished
at a meeting held Thursday night
when an organization was perfected
with A. W. Hefren of Hertford elect
ed president, Marvin Wilson vice presi
dent and W. M. Cozart, secretary and
treasurer.
At the meeting four teams definite
ly agreed to enter the league and it is
expected two more will join to make
a six team circuit. Towns agreeing to
enter a team are Edenton, Elizabeth
City, Hertford and Colerain. It was
believed a team from the Edenton Ma
rine Base would enter a team, but
Lieut. J. R. Wolford stated that it
was very doubtful if it would mater
ialize.
Three other towns, Williamston,
Windsor and Plymouth have been in
terested in forming a league and it is
hoped two of these will agree to en
ter a team.
| However, if no more than the four
teams already entered agree to play,
(the league will operate on a four club
basis,
j With the league definitely organiz
■ ; ed a schedule and rules will be worked
Tut at a later date.
( Imogene Cochrane
Formally Submits
Resignation Letter
Will Be Succeeded April
15 By Miss Hattie
Singletary
{* j Mrs. Imogene Cochrane, Chowan
“(County Home Agent, formally ten
dered her resignation to the County
j Commissioners at their meeting Mon
day morning. Mrs. Cochrane will re
sign as of April 15 and is scheduled to
(he succeeded at that time by Miss
Hattie Singletary, who comes here
from Statesville, where she has serv
■ ed as assistant home agent for two
years.
1 In her letter to Chairman W. W.
! Byrum and to Commissioners, Mrs.
Cochrane had this to say:
“Due to my approaching marriage,
I feel it would he best to resign my
position as home demonstration agent
in Chowan County, effective April 15.
“I have enjoyed working with you,
the other Board members and all the
fine people of Chowan County, I feel
very fortunate in being able to remain
jhere in Edenton. I appreciate all the
many things you have done for me.
“I shall always bo interested in the
| Extension program in this county and
lif I can he of assistance in any way,
please let me know.”
Mrs. Cochrane was present at the
meeting to present her monthly re
port and while the Commissioners ex
pressed regret that she was leaving
the service, they said they were de
lighted that she will remain in Eden,
ton and become a part of the com
munity.
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Civic Calendar
Edenton Lions Club Minstrel
will be presented Friday night,
April 9, at 8 o’clock in the Ele
mentary School auditorium.
Annual art exhibit of the Eden
ton Woman’s Club in the Penelope
Barker House Satnrday and Sun
day, April 10 and 11.
Edenton Colonials will play an
, exhibition game with Colerain on
Hicks Field Saturday night at
8:30 o’clock.
Edenton Woman’s Club plan
ning to sponsor annual flower
show Tuesday, May 4, in the Pe
nelope Barker House.
Community auction at Ameri
can Legion hut Friday night at 8
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