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The Chowan Herald
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~~~ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1948.
THIS WEEK’S BIBLE THOUGHT
A GOOD LIFE MAKES DEATH GLORIOUS WITH
HOPE: For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.—
Phil. 1:21.
Fire Prevention Week
With next week designated as Fire Prevention Week,
it is well for every person to join jn the mobilization
against fire during the week, but The Herald is im
pressed with the opinion advanced by Fire Chief R. K.
Hall that every week in the year should be observed as
Fire Prevention Week.
Safety is hard to advertise, however. Most people
think they have it, like common sense. Many hazards !
become contemptible because they are so familiar. j
Our fire waste is still running at an all-time high.!
During the first seven months of this year alone the
destruction amounted to more than $437,000,000 —far
exceeding the total for the entire year of 1944. And we
cannot blame this on higher prices and values. They
are a factor, of course, but the fact remains that we are
having more fires, and that the average fire is causing
more destruction.
Fire prevention is especially important on farms and
in rural areas, which usually lack first-class fire fighting
facilities. According to the National Board of Fire
Underwriters, farm fires take 3,500 lives and do SIOO,-
000,000 worth of damage annually. And nearly one
third of those fires could be prevented by the installation
of lightning rods of the proper type on buildings. Other
major causes of farm fires are improper handling of
gasoline, and chimneys and flues
which are dirty or in bad condition.
Smiple care and adequate mainten
ance would eliminate the vast
majority of these dangers.
The toll of death and destruction
by fire can and must be checked.
Fire Prevention Week will witness a
peak of activity by the forces whose
job is to prevent fires and to educate
the people in fire safety. If the
country will listen and learn, this
needless waste can be reduced now.
Another forest fire season is also
fast approaching and since almost
all forest fires are man-caused, every
citizen traveling or using forest
lands carries a tremendous respon
sibilities. To burn our forests de
prives future generations of precious
resources.
Campers and others using the
forests should follow these four
simple rules: Don’t throw lighted
cigarettes or matches from autos.
Don’t build a campfire without a
permit or in unauthorized areas.
Build your campfire within a 5-foot
circle of bare earth. Wet down your
campfire with water or moist earth
when you leave it.
; Welcome, Jaycees
Edenton has been chosen for the
Eastern District meeting of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce, which
will be held next Saturday and Sun
day, and which will attract an es
timated 200 visitors from organiza
tions as far west as Raleigh.
This gathering will be the second
small convention to be held here in
recent months and it can almost be
assured that the visitors will enjoy
their brief stay and be favorably im
pressed with Edenton and its hospi
tality. Edenton and Ahoskie Jaycees
have joined hands in planning for the
occasion and a program has been ar
ranged which compares very favorab
ly with programs the writer has seen
at conventions much larger.
The local Junior Chamber of Com
merce is to be complimented upon
their desire and subsequent efforts to
land the convention, and The Herald
joins the Edenton Jaycees in bidding
every visitor a cordial welcome, and
wishing for each one a very enjoy
able and profitable sojourn in our
beautiful and beloved town.
Cause For Concern
It should be of no little concern to
Chowan County people to note that a
financial emergency exists in the na
tional infantile paralysis epidemic aid
fund, which has been caused by. the
major outbreak of infantile paraiysis
this summer. North Carolina figured
to no little extent in this outbreak,
but fortunately the disease did not
strike in Chowan County.
Chowan County, it will be remem
bered, fell far short of its March of
Dimes quota in January, which can
hardly do anything else' than reflect
a lack of interest in providing funds
to fight the terrible disease. Chowan
can consider itself very fortunate in
not having any polio cases, but there
is no assurance that it will ever be
thus. We should, therefore, be willing
to meet our prescribed quota, not only
in order to have as much money on
hand as possible to meet local needs,
but, more important, to feel justified
in possibly requesting state and na
tional aid in event an emergency
arises.
This year was the only time Cho
wan County failed to meet its quota,
so that our people should become in
terested in the great need and rally
to the March of Dimes appeal next
January.
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'Heard & Seen
j By “Buff'*
Figures are usually boresome, but Bob Boyce handed
me a list which is very interesting. Here they are:
Population of the United States 135,000,000
People 65 years or older 37,000,000
Balance left to do the work 1 98,000,000
People 21 years or younger 54,000,000
People left to do the work : 44,000,000
People working for the Government 21,000,000
People left to do the work 23,000,000
People in Armed Service 10,000,000
People left to do the work : r — 13,000,000
People in state and city offices I__ 1 12,800,000
Peopld' left to do the work ■ 200,000
People in hospitals and insane asylums 126,000
• ■ —-
People left to do the work 74,000
Bums and others who won’t work . 62,000
People left to do the work 12,000
Persons in jail . 11,998
Balance left to do the work 2
I know I’m included and that “2” left. Where in the
Sam Hill is the other guy? Both of should be get
ting darned tired of running this bloomin’ cduntry alone.
o
I’m going to ask Congressman Herbert Bonner for a
1 new cut for my files. He dropped in the office the other
day and, genial like he is, spoke to Pete Manning in the
back shop. “Who was that man ?” 'Pete asked after Her
bert left. “Why, that was Congressman Herbert Bon
ner,” I told him. “Gosh,” said Pete, “he’s a lot better
looking than the pictures we have printed of him.” How
about a new cut, Herbert?
Somebody is liable to get in Dutch with Uncle Sam.
Mayor Leroy Haskett reports numerous break-ins at the
Naval Air Station and that some of the government’s
property has been stolen of late. Mayor Haskett has
contacted government authorities and they have promised
to send in some FBI agents. This paragraph was
squeezed in this week for the benefit of some who might
think they are smarter than the FBI. Anyway, stealing
from the base is dangerous business, although a lot of it
has been done. Warning: Better stop it at once!
FIRE CHIEF HALL URGES ■
CHIMNEYS TO BE CLEANED
Fire Chief R. K. Hall this week
is requesting everybody in Eden
ton to examine their chimneys, and
if necessary to have them cleaned.
Mr. Hall is now in the process of
making an inspection and asks the
cooperation of residents so that he
can complete his inspection.
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Hertford On Oct 5
Missionary From Nig
eria Will Be One of
Speakers
The annual district meeting of the
Woman’s Missionary Union of the
Baptist Churches in the Elizabeth
City Division will be held 'at the
Hertford Baptist Church on Tuesday,
October 5, it is announced by Mrs. I.
A. Ward.
Miss Una White, of Severn, N. C.,
superintendent of the division, will
be the presiding officer.
Approximately 300 delegates, rep
resenting churches of the division,
which includes 15 counties in the
Chowan and West Chowan Associa
tions are expected to gather for
the two sessions planned for the
meeting. The morning session is
scheduled to begin at'lo a. m. and
the afternoon session starts at 2 p. m.
Lunch will be served by the Hertford
Baptist Church between one and two
o’clock.
Listed as speakers for the* morning
session are Mrs. Grady Bridgers of
Jackson, Mrs. W. T. Love, of Eliza
beth City; Mrs. Julian Porter, Sev
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Mrs. W. E. White, Colerain; Mrs.
Milton Byrum, Sunbury; and Miss
Hilda Mayo, State Superintendent of
Young People’s Work, of Raleigh.
The Rev. H. R. Littleton, a mission
ary from Nigeria, will speak on the
subiect of “To the Kingdom in Such
a Time as This.”
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the afternoon session, others listed on
the program are Mrs. J. H. Leroy of
Elizabeth City; Mrs. I. A. Ward of
Hertford? Rev. W. P. Milne, Auland
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the Rev. C. W. Duling, pastor of the
Hertford Church.
Jaycees Consider
Community Cbest
Committee Appointed to
Work Out Plans and
Submit Report
Edenton’s Jaycees are considering
the organization of a community
chest, and have appointed a com
mittee to work out a plan and sub
mit it at the next regular meeting.
With so many organizations re
questing donations recently, the Jay
cees are of the opinion that a com
munity chest will prevent no little
annoyance on the part' of those so
licited so many times, during the
year.
Those appointed on the committee
are Pearson Hassell, Herbert Hollo
well, Charles Wales, Paul Partin,
Bill Cozart and Bill Holmes.
EmDloyment Office
Will Have New Hours
Mrs. Corie White, local manager
for the Employment Security Com
mission, Employment Service Divis
ion and Unemployment Compensation
Commission, announced early this
week that, effective October .l, office
hours will be changed to 9 A. M. to
5 P. M.. except Saturday, when the
hours will from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M.
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Bonner Spends Two
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Hospital
Congressman Herbert Bonner spent
• Thurtday and Friday of last week in
Edenton. His purpose in coming to
( Edenton was to assist in working out
a satisfactory arrangement for Cho
wan Hospital, since ,the Edenton
Naval Air Station is scheduled to be
reactivated.
While Mr. Bonner could not issue a
definite' Statement regarding the sta
tus of. the hospital, he did say that he
felt reasonably sure a satisfactory ar
rangement will be worked out.
Local Jaycees Change
Place Os Meeting
Possibly the most important bit of
news passed along to the Edenton
Jaycees this week is the change in
meeting place. Since Cherry’s Case
can no longer provide a meeting
place, the meeting of the organiza
tion last Thursday was held at Bos
well’s Case on the Windsor highway.
After the meal was served the group
adjourned to the Court House to con
duct the business of the organization.
Meeting with the local Jaycees was
a group from Ahoskie, which club is
sponsoring the district meeting to
be 'held in Edenton.
MASONS MEET TONIGHT
Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &
A. M., will meet in weekly session to
night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock Pi the
Court House. The Rev. W. C. Fran
cis, master of the lodge, requests a
full attendance at the meeting.
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