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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
Bufflap and Hector Lunton, at 423-425 South
Broad Street, Eden too. N. C.
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THUR^AYrAPRnr27TI96O
Strike Back At Cancer
It is rather disconcerting to note that Chowan County
is badly lagging in its $1,050 quota in the fight against
cancer. Up to this week only $428, or a little over one
third of the quota has been collected.
According to estimates, if present rates continue, can
cer will kill 22 million Americans who are now living
and surely in this number will be included some who live
in Chowan County. The ravages of this terrible killer
have been very apparent in our fair community, recently,
having snuffed life out of some and the sad part of it all
is the fact that there are some who will be a victim of
the disease and Who do not know that it is at this very
moment gnawing at vital parts of the body.
The time has come when we should strike hack at can
cer, and one of the best methods at this time is byway
of research which necessitates the expenditure of much
money, which in a large degree ccmes from the cancer
drive now in progress.
It is encouraging to note that some progress has been
made in fighting cancer, thanks to the research work,
and this progress is reflected in somewhat declining
death rates among women. Early discovery of cancer
is curable and methods of detecting it have been greatly
improved.
A few things to do to strike back at cancer are:
Have a doctor give you a complete medical examina
tion once a year. It is the best insurance against can
cer or any other disease.
Be sure you know cancer danger signals, any sore that
does not heal; a lump or thickening in the breast or else
where; unusual bleeding or discharge; any change in a
wart or mole; persistent indigestion or difficulty in swal
lowing; persistent hoarseness or coughing; any change in
normal bowel habits; tell others in your family. Talk to
your friends so that they, too, will know how to beat
this killer which strikes at every other home in America.
Presence of one of these signals does not necessarily
mean that one has cancer but it does mean that a doctor
should be consulted.
Much has been learned about control of cancer, but
there is still much more to learn about the secrets of
this wholesale killer. Let’s strike back at cancer by
contributing our dollars so that the important research
work can go on.
Room For But One Flag
It is gratifying to note that Veterans of Foreign Wars
have designated May 1 as Loyalty Day—a day to re
affirm loyalty to the American flag and the Constitution
of the United States. The local VFW Post has arranged
a fitting patriotic program which will be presented in
the high school auditorium Monday morning at 10:30
o’clock, to which the public is cordially invited to attend.
The sole purpose of Loyalty Day is to stimulate atid
inspire greater love and respect for our nation which, if
all we hear about Communism is true, is very much
needed. In the so-called “cold war” in which our coun
try is engaged, it must be remembered that a solid front
must be presented in unremitting opposition to all sub
versive influence and alien propaganda.
There is room in our country for but one flag, aside
from the flag of the Church of Jesus Christ, and that is
the Stars ano Stripes. We should tolerate no allegiance
to any other flag, whether a foreign flag or the red flag,
or black flag. There is room for but one loyalty, loy
alty to the United States.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD EDENTON. N. C.. . > 'A * APRIL 27. 1960.
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Heard & Seen
By “Buff’’
Clyde Slade, a mighty handy colored boy around The
Herald office, has hi* troubles, too. One of Ins duties is
to sweep the floor and one day last week he became
somewhat worried after finding some paper on the floor
shortly after he had swept. He suddenly decided to
print a sign to tack up, which read, “Please don’t throw
stuff on the flow.” Well, I reckon he spelled floor just
about the way he pronounces it.
The base is evidently gradually folding up, for Cap
tain Greenfield dropped in the office the other day and
told me quite a lot of equipment is now for sale, such as
vending machines, soda fountain, show cases, floor fans,
cold drink boxes and many other items. Anybody look
ing for a bargain might contact Captain Greenfield.
Bobo Kehayes, young son of Mr. and Mra. Ernest Ke
hayes, is nursing a case of chickenpox, which should
about wind up his spell of kids’ diseases —he’s had ’em
about all now. He’s rather cheerful at home, and ap
parently uses some of the time counting the red blotches
on his face. The other day he counted 82, but Mrs. Ke
hayes is confident the youngster miscued, for 3he is of
the opinion he had no less than 10 times 82.
Both Miss Lena Jones and Peter Carlton must have
been ahead of schedule this week, for each of ’em pa
raded in The Herald office Tuesday afternoon for a copy
of this week’s Herald. Os course, they were a day too
early. But—.what—Lena seen around The Herald office!
Why, dear me, haven’t you heard?
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Either this packing up and moving business makes
me look younger or my daughter older. On Sunday I
went all by my lonesome to Boswell’s Case for dinner, and
as one of the waitresses came to the table to wait on me,
she asked, “Where is your wife today?” Oh me! Any
way, I’d rather sit in jail for about 10 days or even
longer than to go through a moving spell.
At a lodge meeting the other night a member who had
been absent for quite a while was called upon to make a
few remarks. “'What do you want me to talk about?” he
asked as he rose to his feet. Some brother piped up,
“Oh, just talk about a minute and then shut up.” Gosh,
wouldn’t it be a good idea for more speakers to ask the
same question, and get the same answer?
Any baby sitters in town? If so, members of the
Legion Auxiliary hope every last one will be utilized
Friday night. May 5, so that more people will attend
a community supper in the armory. The supper is an
effort to help raise some money, but there will be no
danger of getting gypped. I’ve eaten a lot of meals pre
pared by the Auxiliary gals and every one has been tops.
They’re interested in raising money, to be sure, but that
gang of women takes more pride in serving a good meal
than they do making money. Help ’em out —go to their
supper Friday night, May 5.
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A certain fellow in town had a very bad cold early
this w r eek and in an effort to lick the cold, he used up a
substantial amount of whiskey—in fact enough to make
him just about “tight.” He was thinking he was getting
better until during the following morning a young lady
said, “I don’t believe your cold is any better.” “Wdll,
thank you,” he replied, “I think I’ll try the same thing
i over again tonight.”
o
Col. Bill Rosevear doesn’t pretend to tell where to
catch fish, but he advances an idea which must be for a
lazy fisherman. Bill was telling Cal Kramer at the Ro
tary meeting about a little motor fastened to a fishing
pole, which is brought into action to pull in a fish when
one is hooked. But, gosh, where’s the thrill? Maybe a
better way would be for a fisherman to hand his pole to
another guy when a fish is hooked.
Jim Daniels is all excited about the fifth Sunday sing
to be staged in Rocky Hock Church Sunday aftemoofl.
He has a splendid program arranged for this, the first
fifth Sunday sing in Chowan County, and if he’s not mis
taken, the church will be filled to overflowing.
Coon Huters CM)
Wl Meet Toriglrt
! Election of Officers For
Year One of Items of
Business
i
W. G. Joyner, secretary and treas
t urer of the Chowan County Chon
Hunters Club, announces a meeting of
the club which will be held tonight
. (Thursday) in the Court House at 8
I o’clock. The purpose of this meet
ing is to elect new officers and re
-1 new memberships for the year
’ 1950-51.
All members of the dub are urged
to attend and any others who are in
terested are cordially invited.
1 Mrs. Inglis Fletcher
' Honor Sorority Hostess
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’ presided over a brief business session,
at which time five new members were
proposed for membership into the lo
cal chapter of the sororiety.
'■ Highlighting the program was a
very colorful, interesting talk by Dr.
■ Fleitcher, who has won world note by
1 her works as authoress and lecturer.
! The speaker, who through continuous
research and study abroad has writ
ten four historic novels, thus bring
. ing the light of history of Eastern
Carolina’s early days. She empha
| sized the similarity of the Albemarle’s
names, customs, integrity and stamina
’ as being like those of the people she
met and knew during her recent trav
-1 tL= in England’s West Country—name
ly Devon and Cornwall. “The early
settlers in the Carolinas, and especial-
I ly right here ; n Chowan County,” she
, said, “were from highly cultured En
. glish families who by the spirit of ad
venture and youthful interest dared
the hardships of early colonial days
| and made lasting settlements here
abouts. These people, being land and
water lovers, found almost home-like
conditions here, and they stayed. Co
lonial Carolina’3 culture and integrity
* of today fias been handed down
I through the generations from those
1 who set the stage, so to speak, for
i what we have here now.”
Dr. Fletcher is now engrossed in
finishing another historic novel, which
’ has to do with pioneer life in James
-1 town, Virginia. This novel will soon
he on the newstands, and in the hands
of the writer’s multitudes of ardent
readers.
In presenting the speaker to the
■ group, Miss Lena Jones said, “Dr.
Fletcher needs no introduction to this
, group. We all know her hnd love her
for her many merits, which stand out
in this community, and this Albemarle
area.”
’ The Chapter president invited/ the
group to meet with her at Seatone,
Manteo, in October, when the first
meeting of the year will be held.
This meeting will be an overnight '
affair, and members from Delta Chap- '
ter, of Greenville will take part in a
joint initiation ceremony with Pi
’ Chapter.
Mrs. Carr President
Os Edenton BPW Club
(Continued from rage Onel,
11, the necessity for full-time, year
round recreation was driven home to
' towns and cities all over the coun
try. War born or accelerated pro
grams have confirmed recreation as
-a legitimate municipal responsibility,
[ on a par with such service as educa
tion, health, and welfare. To many
communities this is a new responsi
, bility. Others find themselves faced
"with re-organization of recreation de
partments and programs which are
outmoded or have evolved on a trial
1 and error basis.
“With the numerous civic organiza
tions individually striving for a pro
gram to suit the needs of the people,
the demand for a community recrea
tion system is urgent.”
Mr. Ward lists the following ten
point essentials of a public recreation
, system as: I—Know your community;
2—Pool your resources; 3 —Check
your legislation; 4—Establish a legal
managing authority; s—Get good
leadership; 6—Make the most of exist
ing facilities; 7—Secure a separate
budget; B—See that your program is
comm/unity-wide, year-round, has
broad appeal; 9—-/Maintain public
partnership; 10 —'Plan for the future.
“Neighboring associations in point
number 2 are a vital link,” declared
the speaker. “Each community center
has a sponsoring Neighborhood Asso
ciation made up of citizens who are
actively interested in neighborhood
recreation. Each association has the
customary officers, with an executive
committee consisting of the chairman
of the standing committee into which
the association is divided These
neighborhood associations are part of
the very backbone of the recreation
system. Made up of key citizens in
their Neighborhoods, they serve as
sponsoring councils with a large
range of responsibilities.
“A real recreation program can be
accomplished that will give zest and
interest to the dafly Uved of people,
build strong physical fiber and char
acter in youngsters, provide whofe
some outlets for the spare time of
1 workers. It will make a better town
for citizens of today to live in and
citizens of tomorrow to grow up in,”
the speaker concluded.
(Flans are underway for a bridge
tea to be held in the duhroom some
time in May. under the chairmanship
of Miss Mary Lee Copeland. Mrs.
J. G. Campon was appointed to se
cure gifts to be sent to the Biennial
BPW Convention in California on July
2-6, which will include as a represen
tation from Edenton, an appropriately
inscribed teapot and bag of peanuts,
also bearing inscribed teapot
Mrs. Carolyn McMultan and Mrs.
Julian Ward were welcomed as new
members into the club.
Edenton Firemen Go
To Fire At Cresweli
Edenton’s firemen ‘ answered an
emergency call from Cresweli Monday
when the Starlite Club was destroyed
by fire. Little could be done by the
local firemen to save the building
when' they arrived. Aside from the
Edenton outfit, the fire companies
from Roper, Plymouth and Columbia
also responded to the call for help.
Norfolk Tars End
Spring Training Here
Saturday concluded spring training
for the Norfolk Tars of the Piedmont
League, leaving Sunday for their
home park for three exhibition games
prior to opening of the season Thurs
day.
The Tars won their final exhibition
game Saturday in Edenton by easily
defeating the Norfolk Naval Station
outfit by a count of 20-8.
NOTICE OF DEMOCRATIC
PRECINCT MEETINGS
Notice is hereby given that the regular Democratic Pre
cinct meetings will be held at 3:00 o’clock Saturday afternoon,
April 29, 1950, at the following places:
East Edenton Precinct Court House
West Edenton Precinct Municipal Building
Center Hill Precinct Elliott Belch’s Office
1 Rocky Hock Precinct Henry Bunch’s Store
Wardville Precinct George A. Hollowell’s Store
Yeopim Precinct Harry A. Perry’s Store
The purpose of the foregoing meetings is for the election
of a precinct chairman and vice chairman; the selection of dele
gates to the Democratic County Convention to be held in the
Court House at Edenton on Saturday, May 6, next, at 3:00
P. M., and such other business as may properly come before
the said Precinct meetings.
All interested Democrats are urged to attend.
CHOWAN. COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
LLOYD E. GRIFFIN, Chairman
MRS. E. N. ELLIOTT, Vice Chairman
E. W. SPIRES, Secretary
gSBSggsSBII
BUILDING—for national security, for community bet
terment, for the welfare of veterans and their depen
dents, for the future of America. That, in a word, is
the program of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the na
tion’s OLDEST and LARGEST organization of overseas
fighting men.
The V.F.W. is truly a GOOD OUTFIT, and if you
served overseas in any war or expedition for which a
campaign service ribbon was authorized, you are eligible
for membership. At the V.F.W. Post, you win find men
who, iiit» yourself were overseas in time of war—men
who speak your language, who understand your problems.
Join forces with the V.F.W. today Help carry out the
praise-worthy program which it has been supporting for
more than 50 years. Fill out the coupon below and mail
- it—or bring it—to the local V.F.W. Post. YOU need the
V.F.W.—the V.F.W. needs YOU.
TO: Adjutant, Veterans df Foreign Wars Post, No. 9280
Edenton, N. C.
Your Name
Address
City State Phone
lions WiH Repeat
Old Time Minstrel
Show Scheduled to Be
Staged At Colerain
Friday Night
[By- request of the new Colerain
Lions club, the minstrel recently Stag
ed by the Edenton Lions Club will be
presented in the Colerain High School
auditorium Friday night at 8 o’clock.
Director Oscar Duncan and Ernest
Ward, Jr., are arranging the program
which will include jokes pertaining to
Colerain people, so that the show
should be just as entertaining and
successful as the one staged in Eden
ton.
Proceeds of the minstrel will go to
ward blind work for the Colerain
Club. It is expected that quite a few
Edenton people will go to Colerain to
see the show.
Pocahontas Stagring
Attendance Contest
Chowanoke Council No. 54, Degree
of Pocahontas, at its meeting Friday
night ibegan an attendance contest
with three teams competing. The
captains are Mrs. Jean O’Neal, Mra.
Doris Jean Toppin and Mrs. E. J. Pru
den, Sr.
The Contest wild continue through
the month of May and is expected to
stimulate interest in attendance. The
losing team will entertain, the winners
at the close of the contest.