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Volume XXl.—Number 15. Death Os Chatham bounty Man Solves Fire BomHJMystery * George Henry Smith Is Found Dead In Woods Near Home CASECLOSED Chief of Police George I. Dail Still Patient In Hospital With members of the State Bureau of Investigation working feverishly following the explosion of a crude fire bomb found in Mrs. Imogene Coch rane’s car, in the hands of Chief of Police George I. Dail Wednesday morning of last week, SBI Director James W. Powell considers the case closed. Reason for the SBI decision was that on Friday the body of George Henry Smith, 38, was found dead in a woods about a mile from his home in Chatham County. A .22 calibre ri fle was found near the body, so that all indications point to suicide. Smith was the principal suspect for over two years in connection with the death of Mrs. Cochrane’s husband, William Homer Cochrane, Jr., who was killed at Mt. Airy on New Year’s eve, 1951. Cochrane, who was an ag riculture teacher, lived only 13 hours after he stepped on the starter of his truck causing a bomb to explode which had been attached to the ignition sys tem. The case had not been solved, but after the fire bomb was found in Mrs. Cochrane’s car Wednesday of last week, SBI agents felt sure they could crack the case and they did. The bomb was discovered by Mrs. '"'ochrane, Chowan County’s home .... at, when she entered her car to ■+ ) her office. She noticed the card -«*' rd box protruding from under the (Continued on Page Seven) Final Plea Made To Buy Easter Seals Future of Crippled Chil dren Depends Greatly On Contributions As the 1954 Easter Seal drive ends Sunday, G. B. Potter, president of the Chowan County Society for Crippled Children and Adults, made a final plea to citizens of Edenton who have not made their contributions to the cam paign. “The future of our crippled children in this area depend on you,” said Mr. Potter. “We must not let them down!” He pointed out that help and hope to crippled children in clinics, treat ment centers, special schools, conva lescent hospitals and numerous other vital Easter Seal facilities may face curtailment unless public spirited citi zens of Edenton contribute generously to the 1954 Easter Seal appeal. “Thirty years ago a crippled child was an unusual sight,” added Mr. Pot ter. “This was not because there weren’t any, but because ignorance, poverty, shame and indifference sur rounded handicapped children with barriers which neither they nor their families could penetrate. They were literally hiden away from the public. “Today, that is all changed, and the crippled children are growing up to be a useful part of our world, mak ing their contribution to the profes sions, to business and to industry. They have been discovered as an im portant national resource, waiting on ly for the magic touch of scientific re habilitation and human understanding to make them productive human be ings. “All of us can help give our crippled children a new lease on life by mak ing our contribution today. It is bound to bring us personal pride in knowing that we have done our part in helping some handicapped youngster on to a more happy, useful life.” Liars’ Contest Held At Rotary Meeting y'- \. Campen presented a rather | _/ program at last week’s Rotary ng, when he held a liar’s con test. He called upon each Rotarian to tell a lie with a prize given to the best two lies. Winners in the contest were Robert S. Marsh, first, and Jim my Earnhardt, second. Various kinds of lies were told and Bob Marsh was “appointed” to repre sent the Edenton Club at the liar’s contest to be held by the Burlington Rotary Club on May 17. THE CHOWAN HERALD One Calendai Forest College and East Carolina College will play a game of baseball on Hicks Field Mon day night, April 26, at 8 o’clock with proceeds going into the swimming pool fund. Dress revue and talent show in the Merry Hill High School au ditorium Tuesday night, April 20, at 8 o’clock. The kindergarten class of the Edenton Elementary School will present a May Day program in the Elementary School auditorium Thursday night, May 6, at 8 o’clock. Fifth grade of the Edenton col ored high school will present its annual operetta, “Over the Gar den Wall,” Friday night, April 1 23rd. 1 (Continued on Page Six) Pre-School Clinics Begin In Chowan Tuesday, May 4th Schedule Arranged For Convenience to Take Children Pre-school clinics will be held in Chowan County beginning Tuesday, May 4 through Friday, May 14. Dr. B. B. McGuire, district health offi cer, calls attention to the fact that all children whose birthday is on or be fore October 15, 1948, should attend one of these cliincs, for frequently at these clinics physical defects are found which can be corrected before school opens. Parents will be welcome at these clinics, but their presence is not neces sary, if the child is taken to the clinic by an older child. At the clinic a child’s full name and exact date of birth must be furnished. The schedule for Chowan County follows: May 4 at 9 A. M.—Chowan High School boys and girls, ' May 5 at 9 A. M.—Rocky Hock School. May 5 at 10:30 A. M.—St. John’s School. May 6 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 13 at 9 A. M.—White Oak school girls and boys. Wake Forest And ECC Scheduled To Play Here April 26 Game on Hicks Field Sponsored By Var sity Club 1 Local baseball fans will have an op portunity to witness a college base ball game on Hicks Field Monday < night, April 26, when Wake Forest , College and Eastern Carolina College will cross bats. The game is sched uled to begin at 8 o’clock. The game is sponsored by the Eden ton Varsity Club with proceeds going into the swimming pool fund. It is hoped there will be a large turnout ; of fans, who will see two good base ball teams in action, as well as help in a worthy cause. Former Edenton Marine Wins Television Jackpot L. E. Rawles of the Norfolk Dis ’ tributing Company was in Edenton Tuesday for the purpose of present ing either a SSOO government bond or I $375 in cash to John DeForest Pettus, Jr., but left Edenton finable to give the money away. It so happened that Pettus recently won a SSOO bond as a jackpot prize donated by the Beacon Company, chemical manufacturers, on a nation ally televised program, “On Your Ac count,” featuring Beacon wax. Young Pettus was a Marine station ed at the Edenton base, but since has returned to his home in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 15,1954. Cancer Crusade In Chowan County Is Very Discouraging Mrs. Aubrey Turbeville Reports Less Than SIOO Collected Mrs. Aubrey C. Turbeville, chair man of the Chowan County Cancer Crusade, stated early this week that contributions in the drive amounted to less than SIOO, while the quota for the county is $1,155. The drive for funds with which to combat cancer began Thursday of last week, so that Mrs. Turbeville is urg ing her canvassers to complete their work as well as appeals to the citi zens of the county to be as generous as possible with their contributions. The campaign for funds will end Friday, April 30, but Mrs. Turbeville is anxious to have complete reports before the closing date. Mrs. Turbeville stated: “Even to day, in the battle against one of our cruelest and strongest enemies—Can cer—there are splendid indications .that our hope and faith are not mis guided; that the long winter of des pair is no longer quite so cold nor quite so dark. Already, cancer pa tients are being cured—completely cured—who, even five years ago, would have been beyond all help. “Tens of thousands are living hap pily today and will live through many more days yet to come—because they were saved last year from cancer, much of which credit goes to those who made contributions in order to train physicians, hold clinics and for research,” Adult Homemaking Classes Now Being Planned At School Initial Meeting Will Be Held at School April 21 For Organization According to an announcement early this week there will be a meeting in the home economics room of the Edenton Junior-Senior High School Wednesday r.ight, April 21, at 7:30 o’clock for the purpose of planning cooperatively adult education home making classes. It is the purpose for these classes to be conducted each Monday night throughout the remain der of April and May. All interested persons are urged to attend the initial brief meeting next Wednesday night so that topics of greatest interest can be included in the classes. Vaccination Os Dogs Will Begin April 19th Dr. G. L. Gilchrist, Ra bies Inspector, An nounces Schedule Dr. G. L. Gilchrist, rabies inspector for Chowan County, announces that the annual vaccination of dogs against rabies will begin in the county Mon day, April 19. He desires to empha size the law which requires all dogs to be vaccinated. Dr. Gilchrist has arranged a con venient schedule in order for owners of dogs to comply with the law. The schedule is as follows: April 19—Quinton Bass’ Store, at 11:30 A. M.; Grover Cale’s Store at 12:30 P. M. April 20—Valhalla, 11:30 A. M.; Henry Bunch’s Store, 12:30 P. M. April 21—W. E. Smith, 11:30 A. M.; Small’s Cross Roads, 12:30. April 22—Center Hill, 1:30 A. M.; Arthur Byrum’s Store, 12:30 P. M. April 23—L. C. Briggs’ Store, 11:30 A. M.; Ryland, 12:30 P. M. April 27—Bishop Brown’s, 11:30 A. M.; St. John’s 12:30 P. M. April 28—At Office in Edenton from 1 to 5 P. M. No Trash Collection On Easter Monday Due to the observance of Easter Monday on April 19, employees of the Edenton Street Department will he given a holiday. No trash, therefore, will be picked up next Monday. Col lections will be resumed as usual Tuesday morning. CLOSED EASTER MONDAY Town and County offices will be closed all day Easter Monday, April 19. Important business should, there fore, be transacted accordingly. Machinery Set Up In Chowan County ; For Election May 29 s Registrars and Judges Named to Handle Election Machinery was set up this week to | 1 handle the primary election which will : be held Saturday, May 29. The Cho ! wan County Board announced officials • who will serve in the election and stated that registrars will sit at pre ' cinct polling places Saturday, May 1, ; 8 and 15, from 9 A. M., to sunset for the purpose of registering voters. The ■ registrars will also sit at polling places Saturday, May 22 from 9 A. M., i to 3 P. M., for the purpose of chal lenging voters. ‘ On election day polls will open at ! 6:30 A. M„ and close at 6:30 P. M. Registrars and judges of election as announced by the Board of Elections follow: East Edenton Precinct —Miss Sarah Jones, registrar; W. M. Wilkins and 1 Floyd Cayton, judges. West Edenton Precinct Mrs. , George C. Hoskins, registrar; George S. Twiddy and M. A. Hughes, judges. Rocky Hock Precinct—W. H. Pearce, registrar; W. H. Saunders and M. J. Tynch, judges. Center Hill Precinct—Ralph Good r man, registrar; R. H. Hollowell and E , D. Byrum, judges. Wardville Precinct—T. A. Berry i man, registrar; Herbert Peele and i Melvin Copeland, judges. ’ Yeopim Precinct—T. J. Hoskins, registrar; T. J. Hoskins, Jr., and J. A. Webb, Jr., judges. Polling places will be as follows: East Edenton, Court House; Wes* Edenton, Municipal Building; Rocky Hock, Henry Bunch’s Store; Center Hill, Elliott Belch’s office; Wardville, Herbert Peele’s Store; Yeopim Pre l cinct, Harry Perry’s Store. Local officials to he elected in the I election are : Sheriff, Clerk of Court, County Commissioners, Judge of Re corder’s Court, Prosecutor of Record - er’s Court, coroner and Representative in the General Assembly. Os these offices opposition has developed thus far for only two, Sheriff and Clerk of Court. r i Local VFW Post i Decides To Sponsor I Marble Tournament Two Top Shooters Will i Play In State and Na tional Contests William Perry, commander of Wil liam 11. Coffield Post, No. 9280, Vet erans of Foreign Wars, announced I early this week that the local post has decided to sponsor a marble tourn ament and take part in the fourth an nual VFW State Marble Tournament, ■ which will be held in Fayetteville May 21-22. He stated that aiready 30 towns have registered to participate in the State contest. The national VFW Marble Touma • ment will be held in Akron, Ohio, June 16-18. The exact date for the local tourna-■ ment has not been decided, hut Mr. I Perry hopes a large number of young sters will participate. The post will award a prize to the Chowan County winner, who,together with the runner up will be sent to Akron, with all ex penses paid to participate in the nat ional tournament. Mr. Perry stated that schools will be contacted in order to permis sion to tell the boys about the contest and rules. The contest will be held at the VFW home on the old Hertford highway, where a ring is now being construct ed. On the day of the contest refresh ments will be served the boys who i participate, as well as visitors who go out and watch the tournament. Talent Show And Dress Revue At Merry Hill A dress revue and talent Show will he held in the Merry Hill School au ditorium Tuesday night, April 20, at , 8 o’clock. Cash prizes, compliments , of Belk-Tvier’s of Edenton will be giv , en the winners of the dross revue. Garments must be modeled by mak ' er or member of her family. Judg- I es will he secured from Edenton and Windsor. This affair will be sponsored by the Merry Hill Home Demonstration Club.! ■ Anyone wishing to enter either contest 1 is asked to contact Mrs. Owen Bar ■ field or Mrs. E. J. Pruden, Jr., at Merry Hill. j.—■ ■ • Move Under Way To Give Armory Title To National Guard | Error Made | In last week’s Herald a state ment was made that the shad sea son had been extended and would close Saturday, May 15. This was an error. The season has been extended 15 days from April 25, which puts the closing date at Monday, May 10. The Herald regrets the error, which was reported by Cage Hay- t man, inspector of the Division of Commercial Fisheries of the De partment of Conservation and De velopment. Large Crowd Turns Out Last Week For Annual Art Show Abundance of Talent Is Reflected In Various Entries The annual Art Exhibit held in the Penelope Barker house Saturday and Sunday, April 10 and 11, sponsored by the Fine Arts Committee of the Edenton Woman’s Club, drew throngs of art lovers in this section. An abundance of talent was evidenced in the many beautiful and interesting entries by the children and adults and adding to the attractiveness of the show was arrangements of the display.' by Mrs. John Kramer, chair man of the affair, and her committee. Mr. and Mrs. W. Frith Winslow of Plymouth served as judges, with the following receiving awards and rib bons. , Kindergarten Class, Mrs. John F. I White, teacher—Grand prize winner, iDianthia Sexton, who also won a blue | •ribbon, with Norfleet Pruden winning I a blue ribbon and Bill James a red ribbon. First Grade, Miss Thelma White’s room—. Claire Belch, blue ribbon; Brenda Stallings, white ribbon. Mrs. Lane’s room—Sara Francis Edwards, I , blue ribbon; Lynn Carol Mizell, white,i and Marilyn Campbell, red ribbon.! Mrs. Willis’ room—Richard Small,] grand prize winner and blue ribbon;! Betty Wall, white ribbon and Linda Davenport, red ribbon. Miss Har ney’s room —Kenny Harold, blue rib bon; Roy Dorsett, white ribbon. Second Grade, Edenton School, Miss 1 Ruby Felts’ room—Jean Goodwin, blue ribbon; Jean Goodwin, white; ! Ruth Overman, red ribbon. Miss' Peggy White’s room—Betsy Campen, • blue ribbon; Ruth Hollenbeck, white and Sandra Hare, red ribbon. Second Grade, Rocky Hock School— Judy Bunch, blue ribbon; Arlyn Bunch, white and Judy Bunch, red BPW Club Elects | Officers Tonight Mrs. Alice Futrell of Hertford Principal Speaker Tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock, the Edenton Business and Professional Club will meet in the Penelope Bark er House, at which time club officers will be elected for the year 1954-55. A feature of the program, in charge of Mrs. Annie Mills, health and safe ty chairman, will he a brief address by Mrs. Alice Futrell of Hertford, dis trict safety representative. Mrs. Lala Smith and Miss Goldie Layton will have charge of a cover ed dish dinner served at the meeting. Mrs. Evelyn Jackson, president, urges every member to attend. BAND PLAYS AT BASE Edenton’s High School Band ren dered a concert at the Edenton Ma rine Base Tuesday evening for the entertainment of the Marines. The program included army marches and popular numbers which apparently were very much enjoyed. BANK CLOSED NEXT MONDAY | Due to the observance of Easter Monday the Bank of Edenton will be closed all day next Monday, April 19. Important banking business should, therefore, be transacted accordingly. $2.00 Per Year. [Building at Present Is Badly In Need of Repairs COSTLY”PROJECT Town Council Is Again Faced With Zoning Problem Town Councilmen at their meeting ( Tuesday night took steps toward transferring title of the Edenton ar mory to the North Carolina National Guard, which is used by the Heavy Mortar Company, 119th Infantry, 30th Division. Captain Cecil Fry, commanding of ficer of the company, appeared at the meeting with a report made by R. E. Shelden, engineering officer for the Adjutant General Department. Mr. Shelden recently made a thorough in spection of the armory, which showed that a great deal of repair work is necessary to protect the property and make it better suited for the National Guard. The report, read by Mr. Fry, con tained a long list of necessary repairs, so that the following recommendations were made: Paint all exterior woodwork and re place rotten sash. Cut out and recaulk with expanding caulking compound all joints on the coping stone. Mop the roof with a coat of RPM perma-roof cold application compound and repair flashings. Repair and replace all damaged gut ters and down spots. Remove existing plaster from in (Contmued on Page seven) Information About USD Club Received j Associate Regional Exe cutive Writes Letter To Mrs. J. P. Ricks In regard to the delay in securing [a USO for Edenton, Mrs. J. P. Ricks, j Jr., chairman of the Edenton USO j committee, has requested that the fol i lowing letter appear in order that all j Who have made pledges and who have j devoted time to the project may be informed. April 6, 1954. “Dear Mrs. Ricks: “I wish to acknowledge receipt of your March 31st letter in reference to ! USO service in Edenton. | “We have just returned from a con ference in New York where we had an opportunity to get together and dis cuss this situation a little more thor oughly. “I know how concerned you and the people there must be in reference to getting definite word from USO af ter all the extensive work you and I your committee have done in obtaining the funds so that it would be possible Jto give USO service in Edenton. | “All I can say at this time is that we should have definite'word within the next two weeks, and I sincerely hope that you will pass the informa tion to the Committee so that they will not lose complete hope and faith in what we are both trying to accom plish. “As soon as I get this word I will let you know immediately. “My sincere regards for all the fine work that you people have been do ing in Edenton. “Cordially, “Tom Kunz, “Associate Regional Executive.” W. C. Bunch Is Now Superintendent Os Fish Hatchery In Arkansas W. C. Bunch recently arrived at Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, where he now is superintendent of the Fed eral Fish Hatchery there. Mr. Bunch until recently was super intendent of the Edenton hatchery, a position he filled for about 15 years, succeeding the late W. S. Vincent. He has been with the service 32 years and after retirement will again make his home in Edenton, where he was active in church and fraternal af fairs, having been a deacon in the Baptist Church and a past master of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M. John H. Ashell will remain at the Edenton hatchery until June 30, when the hatcherv will be officially closed. Just what disposition will be made of the hatchery is hot known.
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