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The Chowan Herald
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Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South
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THURSDAY. JANUARY 1. 1953.
A LIFT FOR TODAY
That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the
work of thine hand which thou doest —Deut. 14:29.
Most of the work of the world is done just for
love—a glorious service that cannot be bought for
money. Anything done for The Master, even
though it seem to entail sacrifice and toil, always
blesses both the servant and the one ministered
unto.
As the Saviour went about doing good, 0 God\
may our lives be rich in service and unselfish work
for Thee and our neighbors here and abroad.
Things We Take For Granted
More than any other people, we Americans tend
to take the good things of life—including many ar
ticles that the average family abroad would regard
as rare luxuries —for granted.
We assume that our farms and factories will pro- j
duce endless streams of foods and manufactured j
goods. We assume that our thousands upon thous- j
ands of retail stores, large and small, chain and in- !
dependent, located in the great cities and the little
villages, will stock the goods we want and offer
them for sale at prices we can afford to pay.
What we often forget is the system, the way of
living and doing things, that has made this possi
ble.
It is basically, a system which places its strong
est emphasis on individual initiative and freedom.
It is a system which encourages people to take
chances in the hope of reward. It is a system —de-
spite all the deviations we have taken from it in
recent years—which holds that government is best
which governs least.
It is a system in which all kinds of enterprise,
from the biggest manufacturer to the newest and
smallest retailer, must compete for business —and
in which those who do the best job win the public’s
favor and patronage. And it is this system which
created our living standards and which supports j
them.
You might think of that the next time you go
shopping. All the abundance of foods and goods
you see are the result of our unique system of free
enterprise.
Letter To Parents
A sergeant in a United States Army camp has
mailed us a suggested for perhaps the copy of an
actual) letter to be sent to homeowners and par
ents by Parent-Teacher representative and other i
interested persons. It asks:
Would you do your or our children a
service? Will you, at leisure, periodically
glance through the display racks of maga
zines and paper books at your corner
drugstore?
If enough good citizens responded to this suc
cinct appeal, the resulting awareness of the un
savory wares available to young readers at slight
cost might bring sufficient protest to make police
measures, with their attendant dangers, unneces
sary.
That, of course, is only half the job. The other
half is the cultivation in home and school of read
ing habits, standards of taste, intellectual curiosity,
and imaginative vitality sturdy enough to make
the child turn voluntarily to better fare. But that
is a long-term job for enlightened parents and edu
cators, and their task meanwhile is not made easier
by the open appeal of cheap sensationalism from
every magazine stand and corner drugstore.
—Christian Science Monitor.
As It Should Be
It is a source of satisfaction to learn from Chief
of Police George I. Dail that the Christmas holi
day season was one of the quietest in many years
in Edenton, with only three arrests made from
Christmas eve through the week-end. It was very
noticeable, too. that there was very little explosion
of fireworks during the holidays.
A quiet and peaceful celebration of Christmas
is more in keeping with the commemoration of the
birth of the Prince of Peace.
What connection fireworks and over-indulgence
of strong drink (the principal cause of trouble) has
to do with the Yuletide season is more than we can
understand.
Religion and tolerance go hand in hand, but
some of us evidently miss the connection,
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If you are in doubt about saying something,
don’t say K. M _ •. _ _
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. N. C- THURSDAY JANUARY l, 1j953.
I Heard & Seen
By ‘‘Buff”
Like everybody else, I was vety busy prior to
Christmas and on Tuesday I was In a big hurry to
jump in my car and rush home. But as I sat in the
seat I saw that one of the cops stuck a ticket on the
windshield for over-parking. I was forced to drive
around the block to the police station and while
complaining, Chief George Dail said, “What are
you beefing about? Your over-parking penalty will
be paid by Blades Lumber Company.” I forgot
that the Blades concern bought red tickets to be
placed on over-parkers during the holidays and paid
for the over-parking—which helped to make some
people feel better. But me —I could have been
home sooner had 1 taken time to look at the bloom
in’ ticket. Anyway, it was a good idea on the part
of the Blades people.
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And speaking of parking, Bob Pratt dropped in
the office Tuesday afternoon. “Happy New Year,”
he exclaimed with his hand outstretched. “I hope
you will be prosperous enough during 1953 to pay
for your parking. Give me a nickel, please.” What
Santa Claus should have brought me’ is a pocket
alarm clock which rings every hour to remind me
to make a call to the parking meter.
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Here’s hoping Santa Claus was good to everyone.
He didn’t forget me, but in one instance he was a
little stingy. He brought me a fishing tackle box,
and while it had some essential fishing things in
side, he forgot to leave a reel—and it’s a long time
and much fishing will be done before next Christ
! mas. But that’s what I get for not writing him a
j letter.
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One of the most popular songs heard over the
holidays was “I Saw Mama Kissing Santa Claus.”
Little Vicki was listening to someone
singing the song on television one night, and all
of a sudden she rushed over to her daddy, saying,
“Daddy, if I see mama kissing Santa Claus, I’m go
ing to tell you, too.”
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With just about the coldest weather of the winter
on Sunday, the heating plant at the Methodist
Church went on the fritz. I’ve heard people talk
about “cold” churches, but it wasn’t the same kind
of cold in the church Sunday. As a result of the
breakdown all services had to be called off. But,
shucks. I’m betting a lot of Methodists didn’t even
know about it. Anyway, the trouble will be
remedied by next Sunday, so Preacher Edwards
would like to see some of his members before EaS
j ter Sunday.
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I was reading a story the other day that rati
have a lot of sense, and they no doubt do, but wild
geese are not so dumb, either. While out fishing
(and fish are not so dumb at times) Friday of last
week I saw a flock of wild geese which appeared at
’ first to be a dark cloud floating in the sky. Os
course, I didn’t have a gun —nor a duck stamp,
either, so the bloomin’ geese flew near enough to
shoot at ’em with a sling-shot. But had I had a
gun, the scudders would not have come anywhere
■ within shooting distance. Then to top it off, four
of the things flew so close I thought they would
land in the boat to grab what few fish we had.
Yep, human beings are not the only critters that
have sense —and some of ’em don’t have very-much
1 at that.
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As is the case whenever anyone is obliged to
leave Edenton, Mrs. William Privott told me she
regrets very much that she. her husband, Lieut-
Comdr. Privott, and son are moving to Pleasant
ville, New Jersey, just a short distance from Atlan
tic City, where they will make their home for at
least two years. Well, let’s see, that means they
will be there two summers—a good place for some
Edenton friends to spend a vacation. Here’s one
who also regrets that the Privotts are leaving Eden
ton.
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A host of friends, including the writer, are glad
that John F. White is back home. Mr. White was
a patient in a Tennessee hospital, but was able to
take a plane for Edenton to get home in time for
Christmas. I don’t know if he passed Santa Claus
in the air, but his family and friends welcomed him
home just as much as Santa Claus himself. Here’s
one who hopes he makes progress on the mend.
o
Quite a few lovely and attractive Christmas
decorations were seen in Edenton over the holidays,
but of those I’ve seen, I’d pick the Chowan Hos
pital display as the best. A large lighted tree in
the front yard attracted a lot of attention not only
among Edenton people, but many who were travel
ing and passed through Ederiton. Anyway, the
holiday season has about passed, and most ol the
Christmas decorations have been stored away for
next year and trees and other decorations placed 1
out for the trash truck.
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Well, the year 1952 has now passed into
and by reflection a lot of us would like the oppor- -
tunity to live it over, but we cannot. The new
year 1953 is here, so that maybe the best we camdo
is to tty to profit by some of the mistakes we n*ad*v«
Essay Announced
For High Schools
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Be Awarded a S6OO
Scholarship
An essay contest for all high school
students in North Carolina starts Jan
uary 1, 1953, and runs through Feb
ruary 26, 1953, sponsored by -the Medi
cal Society .of North 'Carolina. 'Sub
ject of the essay contest is ‘lWhy the
Private Practice of Medicine Furnishes
This Country With the Finest Medical
Care.” First prize for the best essay
will be-a S6OO scholarship, payable to
any college or university, selected by
the winner, which meets the standards
of the Southern Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools. Prizes
will also be awarded to winners of
second third place essays.
To enter the contest, a student must
write and submit to his or her princi
pal an original essay of not more than
1,500 words on the topic. Small
packaged libraries with bibliography
for use in this contest have been fur
nished each high school and additional
copies of the packets are available
from the Medical Society Public Re
lations Office in Raleigh.
The progress of every communitv
depends upon public-spirited, unselfish
leadership.
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