Governor Umstead Outlines His Program
William B. Umstead of Durham, the
new Governor of North Carolina, pre
sented a broad and comprehensive
program for the consideration of the
General Assembly and the people of
North Carolina in his inaugural ad
dress last Thursday.
Speaking at formal ceremonies in
Memorial Auditorium, Umstead told
the legislators that “this is an hour
of great possibilities for you and for
me. I have complete confidence in
your patriotic devotion to North Caro
** Kna. Ahead of us there are new
and unpredictable problems. Let us
not be afraid. Let us meet with a
courage that is characteristic of our
people the uncertainties of a swiftly
moving future.”
The new chief executive made a
number of important recommendations
with major emphasis going to public
education, roads, highway safety, ag
riculture, conservation and develop
ment, treatment and care for mental
ly ill, labor, prison and paroles chang
es, liquir referendum, and taxes.
He recommended a 10 per cent sal
ary increase for public school teach
ers and other state employees, retro
active to July 1, 1952, and asked that
as much increase in the salaries of
teachers be made during the next bi
ennium as can be provided within
available revenues.
The present school construction
program is not meeting the needs of
a rapidly increasing school popula
tion, the Governor asserted, and he
asked the General Assembly to sub
mit a bond issue to the people for
funds “to provide the necessary aid
to counties for the construction of
school facilities for all our chil
dren.”
He also called for further reduc
tion of the teacher load, the safest
school bus transportation possible, im
proved vocational training programs,
and a new study of requirements for
elementary teachers. These require
ments have been said to be so rigor
ous that they deter young people from
seeking to become elementary teach
ers, where a serious shortage of train
ed personnel now exists.
Umstead spotlighted the need for
better treatment and care of mental
ly ill patients in state institutions,
describing the need so urgent that it
can be met adequately only by the
proceeds of a state bond issue.
“We call the institution at Kinston
the Caswell Training School,” he said,
“ft is and has been a detention home
for feebleminded children, who grow
into feebleminded men and women,
and there they stay through the years.
There has never been a place which
has even been called a training school
for feebleminded children of the Negro
race. There is not sufficient room in
our institutions for the adults who
need attention.”
He declared that “we have worked
at it in a piece-meal fashion long
enough. We must make every effort
to cure both children and adults,
where such i s within the capacity of
medical science, and sufficient medi
cal personnel must be provided. These
people have no spokesman except those
whose hearts have been touched by
the condition of those affected by this
program.”
Here are highlights of other major
views and recommendations present
ed by Governor Umstead:
Roads—A task never finished, the ’
state must continually maintain, im-,
prove and build roads. New study!
should be made of present road rev
enues to determine what, if anything,
can be done to increase current rev
enues for a long-range primary road
building program. Also recommended
that number of highway divisions and
highway commissioners be increased
from 10 to 16.
Highway safety—Recommended a
common sense, effective mechanical
inspection law for all motor vehicles,
and a drivers’ training program for
every public high school.
Agriculture—Continue improvement
in agriculture, and endeavor to raise
the average per capita income of farm
people in North Carolina. 'Urged a
broad, coordinated farm program for
state, with emphasis on soil' conser
vation and agricultural research.
Conservation and development—
Bring in new industries and encour
age expansion of present industries
to provide more employment, more
per capita income, and more tax rev
enues. ’Encourage further develop
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s ment of seafood industry. 'Develop
- trade for new state ports at More
! head City and Wilmington. Continue
; sound promotion of North Carolina at
f tractions for tourists. Give further
• study to elimination of stream pol
lution.
i Labor—'Recommended that state
1 have a minimum wage law. Stated
• that every citizen has right to work
- and to go to work wherever his job
i may be, and that laws must be en
. forced to protect every citizen in his
r right to go to work unmolested by
5 anyone.
1 Prisons and paroles-—'Requested that
• further study be given possible sep
’ aration of prison system from high
way commission. Suggested that Gen
-1 eral Assembly create Paroles Commis
s sion of three commissioners to give
' more attention to the affairs now
handled by one commissioner.
Referendum on liquor—Believes sale
’ of -intoxicating liquor by state is a
moral question and should be treated
as such. Favors a referendum on ques
' tion for the people.
Taxes—'Appropriations appear to
. equal revenues, with no provision for
• normal increases in existing state ser
vices. Does not favor, however, new
[ (taxes or increased rates, but suggest
ed close study of situation by General'
| Assembly.
Weekly Devotional I
i Column
By James Mackenzie
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Well over a century ago, Horatius
Bonar wrote: “Altering the words of
\ Lord, may we not also say, ‘Blessed
are they that have seen and yet have
not believed’? To see and yet not to
believe is one of the things that faith
teaches us. We look upon a world
full of ungodliness, aftd yet believe not
that God has forsaken the earth. We
. see the world’s wisdom worshipped,
but yet believe not that it is wisdom.
We see the power of evil, and yet
; believe not that evil shall triumph.
' We see confusion everywhere, and yet
believe not but that order is God’s
, law. We see mighty kingdoms ruling,
and yet believe not that they shall
, abide. We see the saints trodden
! down, but yet believe not in their
shame or extinction. We look upon
the tomb of the righteous, and yet be
| lieve not that he is dead. We see the
church’s persecutions and defeats, and I
, yet believe not only that she is con
querer, but invincible. We see the
, march of antichrist, but yet believe not
in his progress, save as a progress
| to doom. We see the world’s joy, and
. yet believe not that it is joy. We
. see the saint’s sorrow, and yet believe
( not that he is sorowful. We see night.
• thick, deep night around us. but yet J
we believe not in the night, but in the '
day. Thus faith triumphs. We be- 1
lieve, we trust, we hope; and, so do- 1
mg, we stand above the world.” Fori
“What is faith? It is that which
gives substance to our hopes; which
convinces us of, things we cannot see”[
(Hebrews 11: 1; translation of R. A.
Knox).
' The great Mart’n Luther tells us
;how he once became despondent be-
I cause of the wickedness of the world,
and the dangers that beset the Chris
t'an Church. One day his wife ap
peared at the breakfast table dressed
in black. When asked the reason, she
replied, “Whv haven’t you heard ? God
is dead.” Taken aback, Luther re
pplied, “Nonsense! How can God die?
He is immortal, and will reign tri
umphant through all eternity.” “And
yet," said his wife quietly, “you go
about hopeless and discouraged; a (fl
ing as if He were dead.” Then, Luth
er tells us, he realized his lack of
fa’th, and renewed his trust in God.
So we, like the saintly Luther, must
learn to trust more in God. Too of
ten we are like the old bishop who
lay awake one night eating his heart
out over the evils of the world. Along
about midnight he thought he heard
the voice of God say, “You may go
to sleep now, bishop. I’ll sit up for
tho rest of the night.”
Appearances to the contrary, God is
still on the throne, and we who are
'Christians are more than conquerors
THE OHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY JANUARY 16,1963.
GOOD HEALTH —i
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51CKNE55 BE BETTER HEALTH
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Answer to Question No. 1:
Those who suffer from the dis- j
comforts of motion sickness when ;
traveling by boat, airplane, train :
can now often be greatly relieved. ;
Sudden dizziness, headache and
nausea (the characteristics of mo
tion sickness) can be greatly re
duced by drugs to allow for a
smooth journey. These drugs
should be used only on the advice '
of your physician.
Answer to Question No. ti
If good posture is encouraged
ii\ children, they may be spared '
many aches and pains in later
years. Not only is a person’s gen
eral appearance greatly improved,
through His Son, who loves us. For:
This is my Father’s world,
O let me ne’er forget
That though the wrong
Seams oft’ so strong,
God is the Ruler yet.
This is my Father’s world
The battle is not done;
Jesus who died
Shall be satisfied,
And earth and heaven be one.
State Farm Bureau
Meets In Charlotte
North Carolina Farm Bureau in
Greensboro has announced that the
organization will hold its 17th an
nual convention in Charlotte, Febru
ary 1-4.
Headquarters for this year’s con
vention will be the Hotel Charlotte
and all indications point to a record
breaking attendance.
R. Flake Shaw, State Farm Bureau
executive vice-president, said he ex
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abdomen in, but there is no un
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joints throughout the body. Good
posture at all times—in both
standing and sitting positions—
lessens fatigue and discomfort.
Answer to Question No. 3:
Silicosis is a disease of the lungs
due to excessive inhaling of stone
dust. It occurs most often in min
ers or stonecutters. The symp
toms are like those of chronic
bronchitis. Silicosis can also cause
growths in the lungs and can be
come dangerous. Industrial medi
cine is lessening the Incidence.
(Copyright 1952 by Health Informa
tion Foundation)
pected an attendance this year of be
tween 1,500 and 2,000. Last year’s
official attendance in Raleigh was ! -
700 for the four day event,
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES
James MacKenzie, pastor of the
Edenton Presbyterian Church will
preach Sunday morning at 11 on “The
Three I-Ams of Paul.” (Romans 1: 14-
16). Sunday School will be held be
fore the worship service at 10 o’clock,
with classes for both youngsters and
adults. Everyone js invited. Ping
! j pong loom open each evening after
School hours, and on Saturdays; ail
I Edenton teen-agers are welcome to
, use it.
Mid-week prayer meeting every
Wednesday evening at 7:30. During
the month of January the pastor will
give a series of illustrated lectures
, on the second coming of Jesus Christ,
who is not only the Founder, hut the
Infallible Head of the evangelical
Protestant Churches,
The public, is cordially invited to
attend these talks, which will be pre
millennia] in outlook.
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Try breaking a raw egg into a
glass of orange juice, shake to a froth
and sip an “orangegg.”
Try orange French toast: Dip
bread in beaten egg and orange juice,
grated rind for flavor too; fry in
butter. Spread toast with butter- mar
malade, and pop under the broiler to
glaze.
Try marmalade with cream cheese
on English muffins—broiled, too.
How about hot orange juice,- on a
frosty morning? Don’t doubt—try
out.
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