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The Chowan Herald
published «wt Thursday .by The Chowan
Herald, a paitnenMp conaiatingof Jjß.
Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-426 Sooth
| Broad Street, Edenton. N. C.
i j EDWIN BUFFLAP Editor
HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1953.
A LIFT FOR TODAY
* Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
HOLINESS is the architectural plan on which. God
builds ud his living temples. Spurgeon.
Eternal God, we pray that Thou wilt us heautl
ful within that we may worship Thee acceptably..
An Important Election .
Attention is called to a special bond elecrion seheduled
to be held in North Carolina Saturday, October 3. The
purpose of this election is to determine the wishes of the
state’s voters in regard to the issuance of bonds in the
amount of -72 million dollars. Os this amount 50 million
dollars is asked for construction and improvement of
schools in the state and 22 million dollars to be used on
mental institutions. . . . . . ... ..
If this bond issue passes, it is almost certain that the
Edenton Junior-Senior High School, the Edenton colored
school and Chowan High School will benefit. It will be
remembered that when the white and colored school
buildings were built some sacrifices had to be made due
to the cost of construction. At the Edenton white school
an auditorium and band room was left off due to a
shortage of funds in the neighborhood of $70,000.
At the colored school it was necessary to leave off an
auditorium and four class rooms. The gymnasium, where
a stage was erected, serves as an auditorium but is far
from satisfactory. At present, due to crowded condi
tions, the four class rooms could be used to a great ad
vantage.
At Chowan High School more auditorium space is
needed, as well as other additions., .
A State survey of school conditions in Chowan Coun
ty previously listed the above needs as critical and a
State school house planning expert is scheduled to be in
Chowan County today (Thursday) to make a more
thorough study of the critical needs.
■ All counties in the state will benefit to some extent if
the bond issue passes and, of course, critical needs will
be given special consideration. Chowan voters might con
sider the benefit to local schools if the money is made
available for school improvement.
Os course, many voters will favor the sale of bonds
and, on the other hand, many will be opposed. A ma
jority will decide the issue, so that it is very important
that anyone desiring to cast a ballot in the election is
sure he or she is properly registered. In order to vote,
names must be on the county registration books. If a
voter is registered on the city registration books and not
on the county books, he or she will be denied the privi
lege to vote, so that it is very important that voters are
sure they are properly registered. The election does not
call for a new registration.
The registration books will be open at the various poll
ing places in the county three Saturdays, September 5,
12 and 19, so that any voter who isn’t sure he or she is
properly registered, a visit to the registrar should be
made in order to be sure. It will be too late to go to the
polls on October 3rd only to find that a voter is not list
ed on the registration books.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, fePENTON, N. C. t THURSDAY, AUGUSTiyiMS.
Heard & Seen
By “Buff”
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This week The Herald received a letter signed
"Three Jaycees.” This letter will be published in
The Herald if and when the three Javc*es let me
know their identity. The names will be held in
strict confidence, and the letter will be signed “Three
Jaycees” in the Herald, but it is the poHey of all
newspapers to know the authors of letters of this
nature. Want the letter printed? OK-*-let me know
who you are and it will be published.
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Crime doesn’t pay! The other day I saw Asa Grif
fin and he told me he had a couple of watermelons at his
home for me but that every time he came to town he for
got to bring ’em. “Well,” I said, “how about going in
your patch and stealing a couple ? ” Asa said it would
be all right and that I could help myself. On the strength
of his statement I went into one of his patches just be
fore dark. I wandered all over the field until I picked
three watermelons which I thought would be good. But
when I reached the highway I was met by a colored man
in a ear. “How much are the watermelons?”, asked the
colored man. “I don’t know,” I replied, “they belong to
Asa Griffin.” The colored man then said, “I Work for
Mr. Griffin and those watermelons happen to belong to
me.” I thought for a moment that Herman White would
be feeding me pickled herring at the county jail the next
morning, but the colored man finally agreed that if Asa
told me to get a watermelon it was all right. At any
rate Asa and the colored man watch their watermelon
patches pretty close and Asa forgot to tell the colored
man that I was going in the patch. So the next time I
swipe a watermelon it ought to be after dark. However,
I’m not such a good watermelon picker, for the ones I
toted from Asa’s field were far too ripe. I
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Early Monday morning Henry Quinn, Bill Harris, John
L. Bass, Jim Basnight and Charles Baker returned home
after attending the national VFW convention in Mil
waukee. The group reports a great time at the con
vention and on one occasion they felt right at home. All
who attended received a bag full of various items as
souvenirs and when the contents were dumped out they
found packages of Spedic and Jimbo Jumbo’s peanuts.
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Without a doubt some of the Marines who recently left
Edenton regretted to leave, which is reflected in a let
ter from Kathryn and Sterling Parker. Mrs. Parker
wrote:
“Dear Edentonians: We should like to express our
humble appreciation to you for the generous spirit with
which you have shared your town, your homes and your
friendship these past few months. It has been a joy to
live in your midst and as we move on, we take with
us some of our most pleasant memories. May the good
Lord, who takes care of all these things be kind to you
and your wonderful little town.”
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Then another interesting letter was received from Mrs.
Chester Land, the former Lois Jordan Overton, who now
lives in Oxnard, California. In part, Mrs. Land wrote:
“Dear Mr. Bufflap: Just to say I’m receiving my Cho
wan Herald now and enjoying it very much. From it
and the letters from home I hear its pretty hot in Eden
ton. Well here in Oxnard it’s just comfortable. I hard
ly know its August. At night it’s real nice, we sleep un
der a blanket every night. But we are living at the beach
and we get the ocean breeze. In the Herald a few weeks
ago there was a statement about my husband reporting
for duty here and it also said he enlisted in the Navy
in January, 1951. Well that’s when he reenlisted not en
listed as he’s been in the Navy going on 12 years. We
left Edenton April 8. We had a nice trip here and we
like it fine except for the fact it’s a long way from
home. We miss our friends, relatives and good old Cho
wan ham. We hope to be back in Edenton for a visit
sometime first of next year. Mrs. Frank Ward wrote
me a nice letter recently. My 11-year-old daughter,
Doris Ann Overton, is having a nice time in California.
Right now she’s away at camp up in the mountains.
She’s a member of the Camp Fire Girls. We have at
tended the First Baptist Church here and found the peo
ple very friendly and nice. Tell all of our friends hello
in The Herald.”
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Pennies For Peanuts
By COUNTY AGENT C. W. OVERMAN
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A small grain of sand is very little
in itself. In fact, you might have
it in your shoe and not know it. But
millions of grains of sand put togeth
er make up a seashore that borders
the ocean wide and holds back the
boisterous waves.
Pennies for peanuts put together
can likewise create a fund sufficient
to work for better peanut marketing
and expanded peanut use, says Will
Harrell, chairman of the “Pennies
For Peanuts” publicity committee. Mr.
Harrell gives a brief account of the
movement so far.
From the various peanut growing
counties representative growers had
several meetings at Scotland Neck to
consider what might be done to im
prove our peanut marketing situation.
As a result, it was decided to organize
a North Carolina Peanut Growers As
sociation. Each peanut producing
county Farm Bureau called a meet
ing and elected one representative to
serve on a board to perfect the or
ganization. Marvin W. Jackson is
Chowan County’s member on the
board of directors. C. Shields Alex-
I ander, of Halifax County, is presi
dent.
Realizing that any organization has
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Units Play Major
Role In Korean War
Nearly HalfMiUion Am
ericans Transferred
Out of Country
Hundreds of thousands of United
States Army soldiers served in Ko
rea during the past three years.
Nearly one-half million American
soldiers have been transferred out of
that country. These include soldiers
rotated to the United States, medical
evacuees, men transferred to other
areas, and those discharged from the
Army.
As a result of these changes, three
Eighth Armies have fought in Korea
—the original one, units of which first
entered the war in July, 1950; another
which began to replace the first in
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expenses, the question of how to fi
nance this organization arose. Since
every peanut grower will share in any
benefits resulting from the organiza
tion the board of directors felt that
every grower should support it fi
nancially. North Carolina produces
about 225 million pounds of peanuts
annually. A growers’ assessment of
one cent per 100 pounds of farmers
stock peanuts would raise $20,000 to
$25,000 and be sufficient.
The board petitioned the 1953 North
Carolina Legislature for permission
to hold a referendum so that peanut
growers may vote for or against the
proposed assessment. The petition
was granted.
The peanut growers referendum will
be held on Saturday, August 29. says
Mr. Harrell. Polling places will be
the same used by P.M.A., in each com
munity. Every grower, landowner and
tenant producing peanuts in 1953 is
eligible to vote. Will peanut growers
vote and express themselves?
The opportunity to vote is not just
an American privilege but it is an
American duty. Mr. Harrell urges
every peanut grower to do his duty
and vote on August 29th.
April, 1951, and the Army which is
there now.
Ten units of the Eighth Army haw*
played a major role in the Korean
war.
The first division to enter the fight
against the Communist aggressors
was the 24th Infantry Division which
swept into* the country from Japan
between July 2 and 6. First com
mander of the 24th was Major Gen
eral William F. Dean who served tmtfl
his capture during the battle of Tae
jon in July, 1950.
Major General John B. Church then
took over the division which fought
valiantly against the enemy until Feb
ruary 4, 1952, when- it was ordered
back to Japan.
The first Cavalry Division (Infan
try) and the 187th Regimental Com
bat Team also took part in the fierce
early battles fn Korea and'have since
returned to Japan. The cavalry unit
served from July 18, 1950, to Decem
ber 30, 1951, under supervision of Ma
jor General Hobart R. Gay. The com
bat team entered Korea September
17, 1950 under Brigadier General
Frank S. Bowen, Jr., left the war zone
1 on two occasions during the next two
. years and finally returned to Japan
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October 17, 1952.
Army units still embroiled in the
conflict against Communist forces are:
the 25th Infantry Division, command
ed by Major General William B. Kean, '
entered Korea July 9 to 18, 1950; the
Second Division landed in Korea July
30, 1960, under Major General Lau
rence B. Keiser; the Fifth Regimen
tal Combat Team from Hawaii landr
! ed in Korea August 3, 1950, under
' command of Colonel John L. Throck
morton, and the Seventh Infantry Di
: vision entered Korea September 18,
. 1950, and was led by Major General
i David G. Barr.
| Also, the Third Infantry Division
■ landed in Korea November 12, 1950,
1 commanded by Major General Robert
1 H. Soule; the 45th Infantry Division
arrived December 5,1951, serving first
under Major General James C. Styron
and later under Major General David
L. Ruffner; and the 40th Division ar
rived January 11, 1952, with Major
i General David H. Hudelson in com
mand, later succeeded by Major Gen
eral Joseph P. Cleland.
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thing you’d do if you got hydro
phobia?”
Second Recruit: “I’d bite the
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