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B From The Yellowed Pages Os The Chowan Herald
39 YEARS AGO
After doing business on
East 'King Street since Hie
Chowan Herald was started in
1934, the publishers, J. Edwin
Bufflap and Hector Lupton,
purchased the present Her
ald building which was own
ed by Dr. W. A. Leggett.
Considerable alterations were
made to the building an a
new press and typesetting
machine were purchased.
The office of the Edenton
Merchants Association, which
was -located in Hotel Joseph
Hewp, rent free by G. H.
was moved to the
Citizens Bank Building.
Jafties R. Maus of Greens
boro' was employed as foot
ball coach at Edenton High
School. ■ He succeeded David
Holton, Who resigned to en
ter the hardware business.
According to a financial
statement made by M. IF.
Bond, Jr., secretary of the
Chowan County ABC Board,
a total of $28,000 had been
turned over to the county
since the liquor Store opened
in September, 1937.
Edenton had a new business
when Floyd M. Cox of Wash
ington, N. C., opened a groc
ery store on South Broad
Street in the building form
erly occupied by E. C. Alex
ander, Singer sewing machine
agent, and C. LaiMontagne, a
sign painter.
In the course of remodeling
the old Masonic room in the
Court House, many old relics
were found when the (master’s
steps were removed.
D. M. Warren, chairman of
the County Commissioners,
reported that a contract had
been awarded to place a new
roof on the Court House. The
roof was to be of asbestos
shingles similar to the roof
ing used on the restored
buildings at Williamsburg,
Va.
Chowan Tribe of Red Men
sponsored a wrestling match
in the Edenton anmory.
Work was started on a
wpA u; project to improve I
Edenton’s water mains by re
placing 8-inch lines instead
of 4-inch on Water and Gran
ville Streets.
John A. Holmes was in
stalled as commander of Ed
Bond Post of the American
Legion and Mrs. J. L. Chest
nutt was installed president
of the Legion Auxiliary.
Mrs. M. L. Hoffler was
elected president of tile Cho
wan County Council of Farm
Women.
A federal shad survey was
in progress in Edenton to as
certain, if possible, the rea-
the shortage of shad.
Representatives of the Bu
reau of Fisheries were mak
ing tests of waters in the va
rious adjacent Albemarle
streams to learn if there had
been pollution sufficient to
be d detriment to the shad.
Millard F. Bond, Jr., was
elected vice president of the
State ABC Board.
Chowan Woman’s Club held
an all-day picnic at Chowan
High School. A special fea
ture of the event was two
baseball games.
Mrs. Vernon Moore passed
away at her home on North
Broad Street.
Rep. Lindsay Warren an
nounced the appointment of
William Blount Shepard, Jr.,
and Durwood Evans Harrell
as principal and alternate re
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In response to an order
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National Guard unit, camping
i at Fort Bragg, made a fine
record when 60 per cent of
the Guardsmen scored as
marksmen or higher with
their various weapons.
With rain every day for
about a week, crops in Cho
wan County were damaged to
a considerable extent
Mrs. Dorothy M. Ballenger,
free lance writer, lecturer,
teacher and radio speaker,
gave a lecture on "Give Me
Guam” at a meeting of the
Edenton Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club. Mrs.
Ballenger spent two years in
Guam.
Fire Chief R. K. Hall pre
cented a resolution to Town
Council calling for change of
policy in answering calls to
fires outside the city limits.
The resolution provided for a
charge to be made beyond the
city limits but Town Council
took no action on the matter.
Rev. Levi S. Beiler, pastor
of the Assembly of God
Church, tendered his resigna
tion to minister in a new field
at Lynchburg, Va.
J. N. Pruden tendered his
resignation as town attorney
but Town Council declined, to
accept his resignation and ex
pressed the hope that he
would continue in the same
capacity.
Continuing their efforts to
erect a memorial to Chowan
County’s war dead, a delega
tion of VIFW members ap
peared before Town Council
with a resolution requesting
release of a fund of SI,OOO
which was appropriated joint
ly for the purpose several
years before by Town Coun
cil and the County Commis
sioners.
Town Council granted per
mission to the Coastland.Oil
Company to erect a 20,000-
gallon tank for storage of
gasoline on Coke Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. BeU
celebrated their 51st wedding
anniversary when Mrs. W. W.
Robertson of Plymouth en
tertained at the Bell home in
Pembroke Circle.
Joseph L. Collins, 72, died
at his home on North Broad
Street as the result of a
heart attack.
Horace White was installed
as sachem of Chowan Tribe
of Red Men.
Mrs. Marguerite Wilson Ev
ans, 51, died at her home near
Edenton after a long lllne—.
Johnny Bohonko, (flashy
second baseman of the Eden
ton Colonials, according to
newspaper clippings, was
making a very good showing
with the Spencer, lowa, base
ball team.
Mrs. Jeanne O’Neal was in
stalled as Pocahontas of Cho
wanoke Council No. 54.
Miss Gene Bunch Collins
and Albert Cullipher were
united in marriage at the
home of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bunch.
Miss Clara Ann Dixon and
Wallace Reed Peele were
united in marriaga at the
home of Rev. Ed Gordon.
The Health District report'
ed that school physical exam
inations for the 1940-50 seed*
showed 1,595 white children
and 1,362 colored children. -
were examined for defects
such as visual defects, nutri
tion. teeth, tonsils, heart, or
thopedic defects, hearing low,
congenital verier al
weight and height variation,
etc.
Though Miss Nelle Perry
failed to win any of the
three first place honors at the
Jaycee beauty pageant at
. Wrights viHe Beach,