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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. E.
Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-426 South
Bread Street, Edenton, N. C.
J. BDWIN BUPPLLAIP Editor
HECTOR LUIPTON Advertising Manager
STJOBSeRIPTION RATES:
Bne year (Outside State) 52.50
One year (In North Carolina) $2.00
SBx Months *1.25
Entered as second-class mattfer August 30,
1934, at the Post Office at Edenton, North Caro
lina, under the act of Marc* 3, 1879.
Cards of thanks, obituaries, resolutions of
respect, etc., will be charged for at regular
advertising rates. . . .
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1953
a^e^foFltoday
. . . This mercy of God.—Rom. 12:1,
Grace and mercy of God are dependent upon our com
plete surrender to Him, for He gives us as much of him.
self as we can receive, filling all the room in hearts with
the boundless overflow of His infinite love.
Merciful One, open our stubborn hearts and take com
plete possession. Find in us an abiding place, we pray.
Splendid Record
Thirty-one 4-H Club boys in Chowan County
participated in the 1952 4-H corn growing contest
sponsored by the Edenton Lions Club, with the re
sults of the contest announced Monday night. The
boys competed in three groups according to age
with Paul Blanchard, Vandy Parks and James
Monds declared winners in their respective groups.
It is interesting to note that the average yield of
the 31 boys was 61 bushels per acre, which com
pares with 25.5 bushels per acre as a State aver- J
age.
Each winner in the three groups harvested over j
100 bushels per acre, with Vandy Parks leading at ,
113.7 bushels. Os course, Chowan County has rich
soil, but as the result of the contest it is proven
that by proper care and up-to-date practices pro
duction can be materially increased.
The contest is, no doubt, very worthwhile and
as a result Chowan County should have better
farmers.
For Better Football
An effort is now being made to organize an
Edenton High School Midget Varsity Club which
has as its purpose the development of football
players at Edenton High School. If the plan ma
terializes, uniforms and equipment will be provid
ed for seventh and eighth grade boys so that they
can compete with similar teams in nearby towns.
The idea was advanced by Robert H. Kennan,
who hopes enough members will be enrolled in the j
club to raise S6OO to properly equip the boys.
With boys in these two grades playing football i
before they reach varsity team age, they will have i
gained experience and a desire to play, while un- !
der the present system many a good football pros- |
pect loses his desire to play varsity football when !
he becomes old enough and, as has been often ob
served, a boy hardly reaches the height of his abil
ity by the time he graduates.
The plan has the blessing of Coaches George
Thompson and Ben Perry, who are also of the ;
opinion that with seventh and eighth graders
playing football, some dormant talent will be
brought to light and that the plan will result in
more and better players from which to select a first
string team and also have an adequate number of
reserves.
Anyone interested in the idea is asked to join the
club, making a contribution for his membership
card of 1953.
Late, But Not Too Late
Due to circumstances beyond his control,
George S. Twiddy, chairman of the 1953 March
of Dimes in Chowan County, has been unable to
get into action the local campaign until this week.
The delay, of course, means that the drive will
have to extend into February, but it does not
mean that Chowan County should lag in its con
tributions in the fight against infantile paralysis.
In no previous year has money been so much
needed to combat polio. Due to epidemics through
out the nation, including some in North Carolina,
the national emergency fund has been drained.
This fund is used in giving financial help to com
munities where the disease breaks out. It is, of
course, necessary to build up this reserve, which
must come from this year's March of Dimes.
Chowan County has again been very fortunate
in having gone through another year without an
outbreak of the disease. The local chapter has
sent a goodly portion of its funds to State head
quarters to offer relief where help was needed.
Treatment of polio cases is very expensive, so that
if many cases developed in Chowan County it
would, of course, be necessary to appeal for aid
from the State and national organizations.
Chowan County people can always be depended
upon to support any worthy undertaking, so that
there is every reason to believe that, while the
campaign is late in starting, our people will rally
to the appeal and give a substantial amount. Time
is not the important element after all. It is a wil
lingness on the part of solicitors to sacrifice a little
time and contributors to be generous.
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. N. 0, THURSDAY JANUARY 22, 1958. '
[Heard & Seen
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Mrs. Robert Boyce happened to call in the office
Tuesday morning and before she left she asked,
“Why don’t you have your flag out? Today is
inauguration day.” Well, if a Democrat was be
ing inaugurated, maybe the flags would have been
flying in the breeze in Edenton. But just the same,
even if President Eisenhower is a Republican, he
will find no more loyal and truer Americans than
the people of Edenton and Chowan County. There
has been no need whatever to suspect and investi
gate anyone in this neck of the woods for having
any leanings toward Communism. With all of the
flags flying in Washington, that cannot be said
of the nation’s capital.
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According to television pictures, it looked as
though just about everybody in the country turned
out at President Eisenhower’s inauguration Tues
day in Washington. Like a commentator said,
“Washington was so crowded that about the nearest
hotel rooms available were at Richmond.” But
here’s one who ten to one was better satisfied to be
in Edenton than to be jostled about by that mass
of humanity. Lots of people are gluttons for pun
ishment.
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County Agent C. W. Overman and Cam Byrum
were disappointed Wednesday of last week when
only a few farmers turned out for the County Live
stock School at Cross Roads. Cam Byrum said
that had a barbecue dinner been arranged a crowd
would have been on hand. “We have to feed peo
i pie’s stomachs to get them out so we can feed their
minds,” said Cam. And he’s not far wrong, either.
Some preachers will also agree.
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A certain lady last week went into Percy Dail’s
! store out in North Edenton, and asked for a pound
' of hamburger. “I want the meat for my dog which i
has just given birth to ten puppies.” “What kind 1
of puppies are they?” she was asked. “Traveling
salesmen,” was the reply.
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Miss Elizabeth Larrick, who will be remember
ed by many Edenton people as a former school
teacher here, last week sent a brief letter with the
renewal of her subscription to The Herald. “Again !
let me say Happy New Year to you Edenton peo- j
pie. I follow with interest what you good people '
are doing in Edenton. Sometime, before too long, i
I hope to get down to see your lovely new High '
School building and the Penelope Barker House in 1
its new location. Congratulations! Washington, 1
after next Tuesday, is going to be a model city, |
since ‘all the rascals will have been driven out’ by
j that time.” I
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I Doc Deese, who is now a major in the U .S. Air
' Force, dropped in the office Tuesday with one of
his hands all bandaged up. I asked him what the
trouble was and he told me he fell on the ice while
stationed at Dow Air Force Base at Bangor, Maine.
Doc, apparently, is glad to get away from the ice
! and I don’t blame him. He’s been transferred to
Pope Field at Fort Bragg, where it’s a cinch he’ll
not meet up with as much ice and snow as he did
up ia Maine.
o
Frank Muth, who lives at Snow Hill, spent the
week-end in Edenton visiting his mother, Mrs. F. F.
Muth. and he happened to be down town about the
time I was buying groceries. While I was parked
back of one of those wagons loaded with groceries
and waiting to be checked, Frank saw me from the
outside of the store. He rushed in and sneaking up i
behind me, asked why I was looking so worried.
Well, if he had to fork up for that bunch of grocer- !
ies, he’d no doubt look a little worried, too. But
then, a fellow has to eat, so it’s not much differ
ence in worrying or starving to death.
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Members of Chowan Tribe of Red Men played ,
havoc with frankfurters Monday night. Frank
Hughes, John Oliver, Jr., and Jack Barrow had
charge of a weiner roast and they did a bang-up ,
job. According to the looks of things, every bloom-!
in’ Red Man likes hot dogs. Even Jim Daniels,
who must be careful about what he eats, tackled
one of the things. In fact, some of the boys for
got about the weiner roast and ate supper before
going to the meeting. Gosh, it’s good some of ’em
did or else it would have been necessary to get out
and buy some franks from somewhere. Anyway,
all had their fill and some asked when another
weiner roast will be held. Well, with Frank Hughes
again able to attend meetings, all that is necessary
is to give him the green light.
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After being penned up more or less since before
Christmas, John F. White, is now able to be about
a bit. He hopes to soon be able to go to Raleigh
to represent Chowan County in the State Legisla
ture, and according to the looks of things, he’ll be
busy when he gets there. According to the list of
committee appointments, Mr. White has been ap
pointed on 12 of ’em. Maybe that’s like at some
lodge meetings—a fellow should be on hand for
“self protection.”
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Thoughts—Let’s think about these: 3- Take time to thank people for
„ „ . „ what we sometimes take for granted.
1. Be a good listener. Let folks g uc jj gestures will make for happi
around you know that you are in- ness. Let’s cultivate our best aelvqp
terested in them by listening to their —it’s more than worth the time it
problems. What they say, maybe, will takes.
give relief to their troubled souls. 4. Any polish that brings out the
2. Good conversation is becoming a & rai ?> h”*** 3 ® the ? ps “* kl ?’ ® T orth
lost art. We have great possibilities owning. Kindness is t» do and say
for keeping up with topics that make the kindest thing m the kindest way.
for interesting conversation in our 5. Let’s not back-off from our un
homes and out. Family life specialists pleasant duties. Doing at least one
say that the children who have op- unpleasant duty each day, certainly
portunities to talk with their parents several times a week, will make for
are not apt to talk back to them. To appreciation of people in more ways
hear only the community or certain than one.
family gossip day in and day out 6. Let’s be for rather than against
isn’t giving young people training in every thing. Positive rather than
good conversation nor in character negative workers, leaders, homemak
building principles. ers, neighbors, parents.
Listing Os Property
For Taxes js Lagging
Penalty Will Be Added
After the January 31
Deadline
Mrs. P. S. McMullan, County Tax
Supervisor, reports that Chowan
County people are lagging in listing
their property for taxation for the
year 1953.
Listing must, according to law, be
made during the month of January,
so that Mrs. McMullan reminds all
who have not already done so that
only one more week remains to list
property after this week.
At the rate listings have been made
to date, there is bound to be long
lines at the tax office in the Court
I House, and Mrs. McMullan says there
j will be no extension of time to attend
to this matter. After January 31 a
penalty will be added for all those who
have not listed their property within
the prescribed time.
Very Poor Attendance
At Farmers’ Meetings 1—
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| The County Livestock School held'
J at Cross Roads Wednesday of last
| week was very good, but the attend-
I an ce was very small. The specialists
I from N. C. State College Ertension
i and the N. C. Department of Agricul
-Iture presented information that
! should be valuable to farmers.
Poor attendance was very discour
i aging to County Agent C. W. Over
-1 man and a few interested farmers.
| Tbß meetings on Thursday after
noon and night on Farm Buildings, I
Building Plans, Home Remodeling and
Heating i-eceived no larger attend- ,
ance.
No man i s good enough to govern
another man without that other’s con
se"t - Abraham Lincoln. 1
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| AUCTION SALE I
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I TRUCKS, TRAILERS etc. I
I AT LUMBER PLANT OF I
I Major & Loomis Company I
Hertford, North Carolina
1 Saturday, Jan. 31** I
I AT 10:00 A.M. I
The Following Equipment Will Be Sold To The
Highest Bidder For Cash:
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8 Two 1950 Dodge Trucks with Hollowell Trailers. 1
I One 1949 Dodge Truck with Evans Trailer. 1
I Two 1948 Dodge Trucks with NCX trailers. I
| One 1948 Chevrolet Truck with Transit Trailer. 1
I One 1947 Dodge Truck with Transit Trailer. 1
1 One 1946 Chevrolet Truck with Baker Trailer. I
Two Log Loaders and several extra trucks and trailers.
I All in good condition and being used continually until we closed I
I down our logging in December of 1952. ■
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I Major & Loomis Company I
HERTFORD, N. C. I
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MANUFACTURE OF PAINTS,
LACQUERS AWVARNISHES/
County Council Meeting
Is Postponed To Feb. 2
Miss Rebecca Colwell, Chowan
home agent, has announced that the
County Council meeting of Home
Demonstration Clubs will be post
poned from Wednesday, January 28,
to Monday, February 2. Postpone
ment of the meeting was caused by a
conflict with the district meeting
which will be attended by some of the
County Council officers.
Mis s Colwell announced that tenta
tive plans have been made to have a
meeting of the County Executive
Board anJ the following county lead
ers: Citizenship, Music, Education,
Health and Publicity.
The meeting is being planned for
Thursday afternoon, January 29, at
2 o’clock at the> Community Building
at Cross Roads.
Poetry comes nearer to vital truth
than history. ” —Plato.
An Early Start >
Draftee: "Goodbye, dear,” look
after the home well, and if you need
money while I’m gone, just go to the
bank.”
.Wife: “Yes, dear. What time does
the bank open this morning?”
Virtue and genuine graces in them
selves speak what no words can ut
■ ter. —Shakespeare.
Too Late To Classify
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with high income possibilities for the
, right person. If you have a car and
, are willing to work five or six hours
daily, write or wire Tom Butler, 903
Mordecai Drive, Raleigh, N. C., giv
ing address and telephone number.
Age limit 25 to 50. jan22,29c
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