SECTION ONE—
The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. E.
Bufflap and Hecftor Lupton, at 423-425 South
_ Broad Street, Eden ton, N. C.
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THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1953.
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There is therefore now no condemnation to them which
are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but
after the Spirit. Rom. 8:1.
SINCERE ACCEPTANCE of Christ’s guidance makes
new creatures of us, innocent of even a sinful past.
In penitence, O God, we come to Thee, acknowledging
our misdeeds and asking Thy loving mercy.
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Farmer Big Gambler
Witti Chowan County crops already hurt due to lack
of rain and further loss certain unless rain soon comes
to dampen the parched ground, one is impressed that
people who play the races have nothing on the farmer.
Horses are predictable, but the elements, insects, plant
diseases, and even farm market prices are not.
But quietly and without fanfare the farmer places his
bets. Year after year he does so every time he plants
a crop. The market may be fine when crops mature or
the bottom may have dropped out. The boll weevil or
the army worm or blight may ruin his crops. There may
be a flood, a drought or a wind or hail storm to play hav
oc. Disease may hit his hogs, excessive heat may en
danger his chickens. The farmer never knows the odds.
People in town often look upon the farmer’s life as an
easy one, and frequently they are prone to complain that
the government coddles him too much, and that the price
for this or that is too high at the comer grocery store.
Yet, who else would run the risks and who, in this day
of high prices, would do as much for so little ?
For Lord’s Sake Don’t Call Me!
Newsweek recently printed a letter from one of its
readers, John J. Wicker, Jr., which began: “Everybody
is in favor of economy; everybody is in favor of reducing
taxes—but—and this is always a big BUT—everybody
wants the economy applied somewhere else.”
Mr. Wicker then said this situation reminded him of an
old British Army marching song which went about as
follows:
“Call out the Army and the Navy
Call out the blooming rank and file
Call out the good old Territorials
They’ll face the danger with a smile.
“Call all the old battalions that made old England free—
Call out my father, my brother, or any other—
But, for Lord’s sake, don’t call me!”
That attitude has been dominant for 20 years. We’ve
finally reached the point where, if we are to have honest
and economical government, which is as essential to our
security and survival as military power itself, they’re
going to have to call you!
As Practical As A Sack of Potatoes
Throughout the country, chambers of commerce, civic
organizations, banks and other groups are actively en :
gaged in seeking to bring more industry to their com
munities. They want the spending and the employment
that come with expanded industrial activity.
This is a perfectly natural and desirable state of af
fairs. However, in rural of the nation, there is
another and equally important possibility which is gen
erally overlooked.
That is to work for the improvement, in a scientific
and orderly manner, of farm production. If, for instance,
any region’s farm output and farm income could be rais
ed by 20 or 25 per cent the beneficial effects would be
felt by everyone. And this would be of lasting service to
the country as a whole, which must face the problem of
feeding a swiftly growing population from a fixed land
area.
Greatly increased farm production is no impossible
ideal—it is as practical as a sack of potatoes. It can be
accomplished by maximum use of machinery in farming,
coupled with proven land conservation techniques. It has
been said, with full accuracy, that the tractor revolution
ized farming. That revolution is nowhere near complete
—present-day farm equipment makes it possible to mech
anize the work of the land as thoroughly as the work of
the modem factory.
The future strength of this country will depend every
bit as much on progress in farming as on progress in
industry. The two go together like the fingers of a hand.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1953.
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With the long hot and dry spell we’ve had in Chowan
County, crops are taking a severe beating. In some
cases com is completely shot and any amount of rain
now could not save it. With rain falling all around us,
it seems as though the weather man has ignored us
almost entirely despite the fact that we*ve had many
“promises” of rain. Someone has said we must not be
paying our preachers properly, but another said, “Wheth
er this be true or not, it behooves us all to learn that
there is a Divine Ruler of the universe. We can at least
talk to Him, attend our house of worship and trust Him
to give us what is best. Maybe He is giving us as much
as we deserve, and possibly more, in which case it is up
to us to try to deserve more.” We could, of course, be a
lot worse off than we are, so that the above suggestion
sounds like good sense.
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And speaking about church attendance, the men who
took up the offering at the Methodist Church Sunday
morning crawled out of their coats because it was so
bloomin’ hot. Some objection was registered after the
service, but I’m siding with the men on this score. I
don’t believe God Almighty expects a man to sit and
sweat in church if he can get a little relief by taking off
his coat. I do not remember ever reading in the Bible
where clothes have anything whatever to do with a per
son worshipping God, in church or out. I see no more
impropriety by a man attending church services without
a coat than a woman who has no coat and besides some of
’em having their dresses cut about half way down the
breast and in some cases half of their back naked. At
any rate, a man don’t have as much to show as a woman,
and he can’t show it any more with his coat off than with
it on. I’m for as much comfort as possible while attend
ing church.
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Edenton Masons enjoyed a watermelon party Thursday
night in Jack Mooney’s yard. The watermelons were
furnished by Edgar Pearce and he had more than enough
of ’em on hand. Izzy Campen was one of the first to be
gin eating and was the last one to quit. One of the boys
warned him: “Izzy, it might be cheaper to stop eating
and buy another watermelon tomorrow than to keep on
eating and have to call a doctor during the night.” All
of which goes to show that the watermelons were very
good.
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Accompanied by Mrs. imogene Cochrane, new home
demonstration agent for Chowan County, Evangeline
Copeland and Mary Sue Elliott, dairy foods demonstra
tion team, showed Rotarians how to make banana-straw
berry float at Thursday’s meeting. The girls went about
their business like veteran cooks, and they not only show
ed Rotarians how its done, but they served the drink to
a number of Rotarians who didn’t rush out as soon as
John Kramer knocked on the bell to end the meeting.
Yep, I got a generous “taste” and am willing to put my
0. K. on it. Charlie Overman had to have a re-fill. The
girls will compete for State honors and here’s wishing
them luck.
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The Taylor Theatre’s telephone went on a ringing spree'
last week on account of an error in the theatre’s adver
tisement. The picture “Jamaica Run” which was shown
Thursday and Friday was listed as a third dimension pic
ture, which was an error, made somehow in The Herald
office. Many people called up to inquire about the pic
ture and were, of course, told it was not a third dimen
sion picture. However a third dimension picture, “A
Day In the Country,” is scheduled to be presented at the
Drive-In Theatre Wednesday and Thursday nights of this
week.
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I know two men who were in misery part of last week.
Frank Hughes and Maynard Perry, together with their
families, spent their vacation at Nags Head and after
arriving there on Sunday, they did not wet a hook until
Thursday due to weather conditions. They managed to
get in a few days’ fishing, however, before their vaca
tion was over, but what’s a vacation for those two guys
if they cannot go fishing every day?
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Thanks to Palmer Tynch and his Rocky Hock baseball
team, baseball fans are having an opportunity to see a
few games of baseball this summer. The boys have play
ed some good games and, of course, some sorry ones.
But even the major leagues do that sometimes. Tuesday
night Rocky Hock and Weeksville Clodhoppers played a
10-inning game, which was as good a game as anyone
wants to see, except the final frame when Rocky Hock
weakened and the visitors scored three runs to win the
game. The next home game will be played on the Rocky
Hock diamond Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
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Miss Frances Bennett represented Edenton in the “Miss
North Carolina” beauty contest at Morehead City last
week. She didn’t win, but looked attractive in clothes
purchased at a liberal discount at The Betty Shoppe and
rode in the parade in a convertible provided by Culpepper
Motor Company of Elizabeth City. Anyway, when a
gang of good-looking girls are competing it is hard for
the judges to decide the winner.
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Health Meeting WHI
Be Held At Nags Head
Outstanding Leaders to
Speak on Various
Subjects
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Announcement is made that the an
nual meeting the Health Education
Section of the North Carolina Public
Health Assocmtion will be held at
Nags Head Friday, September 11,
fi-om 9 A. M., to 12:30 P. M.
The purpose of this meeting will be
to discuss what communities may ex
pect from service agencies ip the
coming years, and what outstanding
leaders in the fields of community
service have to say about the future.
The theme of the meeting -will be
“Where Does North Carol inq Stand
Today” and “How Does Health Educa
tion Fit In?” Dr. Alice Schriver, head
of health instruction, Woman’s Col
lege, University of North Carolina,
Greensboro, will preside.
Those taking pafrt and their subjects
include:
Education, Dr. C. F. Carroll, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Welfare, Dr. Ellen B. Winston,
Commissioner, State Board of Public
Welfare.
Agriculture, William Poe, Associate
Editor, Progressive Farmer.
Communications, Eric Rodgers, Edi
tor, Scotland Neck Commonwealth.
Government, John Umstead, Chapel
Hill.
Religion, Garland A. Hendricks,
Seminary, Wake Forest College, Wake
Forest.
Medicine', Dr. • Rachel Davis, mem
ber of Rural Health Committee, North
Carolina Medical Society, Kinston.
Voluntary Health, C. Scott Venable,
Executive Secretary of North Carolina
Tuberculosis Association, Raleigh.
Public Health, Dr. R. F. Coker, As
sistant Director, Local Health Divis
ion, State Board of Health, Raleigh.
Summarizer, Dr. Lucy Morgan, Di
rector Health Education, School of
Public Health, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill.
The Chowan Chapter of the Nat
ional Foundation For Infantile Paraly
sis has been invited to attend the
meeting.
HIGH MILK PRODUCTION
Estimated milk production in N. C.
totaled 157 million pounds during
June, the highest of record for June
and only two million pounds short
of the all-time high for any month
which was set in May of this year
when production reached 159 million
pounds. Production during June, 1952!
was 145 million pounds, while the!
1942-51 average for the month is 140
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Polio How Centered
In Three Counties
» No Reason For Interfer
ence Vacation
Traveling
Dr. J. W. R. Norton, North Caro
lina State Health Officer has issued
the following statement:
“No one needs interrupt plans for
a summer vacation in North Carolina.
“Incidence of polio is abnormal in
only a relatively small area surround
ing the cities of Lenoir and Hickory
and including three counties. In this
area all agencies dedicated to combat
ting polio are working vigorously
with all possible measures including
inoculations with gamma globulin.
Sixty-seven cases have been diagnosed
in this 3-county area during July. In
the epidemic area there have been 167
cases reported since the first of Jan
uary, with six deaths during the en
tire year to date (July 17).
“In all the other 97 North Carolina
counties, which embrace its major
mountain and coastal resorts, only 120
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cases have been reported for the en
tire year, or approximately three per
100,OOp population.
“National medical authorities do not
consider polio is approaching epidemic
proportion until the number of cases
reaches 20 to 40 per 100,000 popula
tion.
“North Carolina’s resorts, assem
blies and summer camps are protected
by rigid sanitary laws, and are under
strict health inspection at all times.
“Ninety-seven of the 100 counties in
North Carolina are polio free or have
an incidence that is normal or be
low.
“There is nothing about the polio
situation in North Carolina which
should interfere with vacation travel
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