School Bus Drivers
Will Be Honored
3,200 Safe Drivers Will
Be Awarded Pins and
Certificates
The Highway Safety Division of the
North Carolina Department of Motor
Vehicles, in cooperation with local
agencies throughout the State, will
present 3,200 school bus drivers with
safe driving pins and certificates at
graduation exercises this spring.
Any driver who has a minimum of
120 days of safe driving to his credit
is eligible for an award. Confirmed
reports of unsafe driving practices or
accidents chargeable to the driver at
any time during the school year will
disqualify a driver. Punctuality,
cleanliness and attitude of the driver
will be - considered in selection of
award winners.
Local school boards and civic or
ganizations are cooperating with the
Highway Safety Division in present
r ing the awards to school bus drivers.
The Division’s field representatives
are responsible for training and certi
fying drivers in the State.
The pin to be awarded the drivers
is sterling silver with a black and
> yellow center circle. Each pin will
carry the wording “North Carolina
School ®us Safe Driver.”
The certificate, stating that the
driver has successfully completed a
minimum of 120 days of safe driving,
will bear the signatures of State and
local school officials and officials of
the Motor Vehicle Department.
HEALTH FOR AIL |
There are people who brood about
the possibility of having cancer and,
at the same time, refuse to see a doc
tor because of fear. They feel that
a diagnosis of cancer is a sentence of
death and “it’s better not to know.”
But most types of cancer can be
cured if they are detected in time and
treatment is begun promptly.
Cancer, a wild or uncontrolled
growth of cells in some region of the
body, is a serious disease which killed
nearly 200,000 Americans in 1948.
, But doctors believe the number of can
cer deaths would be cut by at least
one third —if the disease is discovered
early and before it has had time to
spread.
Some years ago it was extremely
* difficult to detect cancer until the di
sease was advanced, but today, with
progress in medical science and great
fr knowledge about the disease, the
doctor can detect cancer while the
malignant growth is still localized in
one area of the body.
Cancer, for the most part, is a di
sease of middle or old age, although
it can develop in children and young
adults. We cannot tell in every case
what causes this lawless growth of
cells in the body, but we do know
that constant irritation and repeated
injury can result in cancer. Mean-
While, research continues in the hope
of finding the cause of various types
of cancer, as well as how best to cure
the disease.
When cancerous cells firsit begin to
grow, there is no pain. The victim
suffers pain usually after the cancer
has progressed or reached an advanc
ed stage. But tjiere are danger sig
nals, other than pain, which might be
symptoms of cancer and which de
mand a check with the doctor without
delay. These include:
1. A painless lump or thickening,
especially in the breast, lip or tongue.
2. A sore that does not heal, es
4>ecially about the mouth, tongue or
lips.
3. A progressive change in the col
or or size of a mole, wart, or birth
s mark.
4. An irregular bleeding or dis
charge from any body opening.
5. Any persistent change in normal
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urine or stools.
6. Persistent hoarseness, unexplain
ed cough or difficulty in swallowing.
7. Persistent and unexplained indi
gestion.
Everyone should have regular I
physical check-ups with his doctor, j
including chest X-rays, whether he has I
symptoms of illness or not. If be-j
tween these regular visits, any syrnp-'
toms appear which might suggest can
cer, no time should be lost in seeing
the doctor. Probably there will be
no cancer, and it’s a great relief to
know that. But if cancer does show
up, it is better to have it discovered
early so that prompt treatment can be
begun.
Delegates Chosen
For World Meeting
Names of North Carolina’s five
delegates to the sixth triennial con
ference of the Associated Country
Women of the World, which convenes
in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Septem
ber 9, were announced this week by
Miss Verna Stanton, assistant State
home demonstration agent for the
State College Service.
They are: Mrs. J. S. Gray, Route
2, Franklin, president of the State
Federation of Home Demonstration
Clubs; Mrs. P. P. Gregory, Shawboro,
first vice-president; Mrs. W. K. Cuy
ler, Route 1, Durham; Mrs. D. JI. Web
ber, Catawba; and Mrs. Norman John
ston, Route 2, Benson, chairman of the
Federation’s Jane S. McKimmon Loan
Fund.
The delegation will sail from New
York around August 18. Some of the
group will tour France, Italy and Ger
many before the conference. Others
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WISDOM
OF THE AGES
"The very essence of free
government consists in
considering offices as pub
lic trusts bestowed for the
good of the country, not
for the benefit of an indi
vidual or patty.” l
We have a proper considera
tioh for our responsibilities to
the cohimunity and serve with
fidelity and courtesy.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD EDENTON. N. C., fHUKSi»A> APRIL 20, 1950.
will'make a short tour at the conclus
ion of the conference.
Sessions will be held in Rigsdagen
(the Danish parliament), Christians
borg, • 'openhagen. Mrs. Raymond
Sayre, Ackworth, lowa, is
of the Ass.xuated Country V. omen and
will preside at the genera, -essions.
The organization has a member
ship of 5,500,000 rural women in 84
societies of 23 nations. Since its be
ginning in 1930, meetings have been
■held as follows: Vienr.o 1930; Stock
holm, 1933; Washington, 1936; Lon
don, 1939; and Amsterdam, 1947.
Edenton Police Arrest
67 Persons In March
According to the monthly report of
Chief of Police George I. Dail, 67
arrests were made in Edenton during
March. As usual drunks led the list
al 27, followed by 10 speed’ng viola
tions. Os the 67, 53 were found guilt",
two not guilty, 10 released to the
Shore Patrol and two transients.
I Os those arrested 35 were white
males, 28 colored males and four
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■ colored fe Males. FI. s amounted to
$425, costs $528 95, or a total of |
l $953.95, of which $118.65 was turned'
. .into * e town in way of officers’ fees.
1 JJuring the month j '•alls were an
| swered, four auto accidents investigat-
I ed, three funerals worked, 31 street
lights reported out, 23 courtesies
■ shown, 14 doors found open, three
l fires worked, 26 investigations made, I
• 328 parking citations issued and slO9l
i in stolen property recovered. The.
■ police mad,, 6U radio calls and werej
■ on the air 51 minutes and 10 seconds.
No Corn Vare f v Is
‘Weevil Resistant’
t
Many North Carolina farmers have
f been asking the following question I
! thisspring: "Are insects likely to be*
' worse in hybrid corn or in open-polli- 1
t nr‘rd corn?”
The answer involves several factors,
, says George D. Jones, entomologist
; for the State College Extension Ser
jvice. One of these is the location of
•'the field. About the time corn begins
•to silk, both the angoumo : s grai”
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j moth and the rice weevil fly crihs, 1
warehouses, feed bins, and other 1
j places where grain crops are stored, i
and lay eggs on exposed kernels. The <
particular kind of corn, whether hy- i
brid or open-pollinated, which is 1
closest to thr source of infestation 1
will be most neavily attacked.
Another point to consider is the
tightness of the husk and freedom
jfrom injury by the com ear worm or
j other pests. Insects will attack those
kernels which are most exposed.
I Third, some varieties have the tips
of the ears exposed. Also some va
j r;eties have loose husks which may
tend to open up when the ears begin
i to ripen.
I “In view of these points,” says
Jones, “farmers are advised to con-!
! s'der a'l factor . volved when choos-'
ding a kind , • , ; it c irr. No corn va
"r'ety or hybrid is known at present 1
1 that is resistant to ‘weevils.’ The use
c f DDT for spraying the empty bin to j
i kill the pests hiding in cracks and.
- crevices, and the use of fumigants toj
treat infested corn, are the recom
' mended control measures.”
The entomologist also says that in
sect activity, at a standstill during
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