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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-426 South
Broad Street, Edenton, North Carolina.
J' EDWIN BUFFLAP Editor
HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
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One Year (In North Carolina) $2.00
Six Months $1.25
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1934, at the Post Office at Edenton, North Caro
lina, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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respect, etc., will be charged for at regula* ad
vertising rates. ' _ _ _
THURSDAY, JULY 4. 1957.
A LIFT FOR TODAY
★ Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall
be comforted. —Matthew 5:4.
VICTORY OF DEATH seems very real at times,
but in the great plan of eternity, death has no vic
tory, and love, which is immortal, remains to sol
ace all mankind.
We thank Thee. Eternal Father, for the comfort
ing promise that death is not the end, but the be
ginning of a richer, fuller life with our Saviour
who redeemed us with His own blood.
A Personal Question
Last year the nation’s fire loss was in the
neighborhood of $1 billion —a sum equal to the
total personal income of all the people in New
Hampshire. This proves the nation’s continu
ing need for the most effective possible fire
prevention work.
It also proves something else. No one’s
home and property is immune from fire. No
one knows where fire will strike next. But we
do know that every day of the year an aver
age of 800 homes will suffer a fire —and any
one’s home may be among them. So here’s a
tremendously important personal question: Are
your home and its contents adequately insur
ed?
If they are, you are to be congratulated—for
you are one of a wise and foresighted minori
ty. But don’t say “Yes” to that question with
out doing some serious thinking and investigat
ing. Since the end of World War 11, the cost
of everything including construction has
shown big increases. As a general rule of
thumb, you can figure that values have about
doubled, which is simply another way of say
ing that the dollar has lost half of its purchas
ing power. So the moral is plain: Insurance
policies which met your needs some years ago
are going to look mighty small if your property
burns today.
The solution to this problem has two main
steps. First, make a thorough-going inventory
of your home and its contents, and really find
out what it could cost to replace them. The
chances are you’ll be surprised. Then see your
local fire insurance agent. He knows how to
give you the coverage you should have at mini
mum cost.
Where Advertising Is Welcomed
An impressive evaluation of the merits of
newspaper advertising as compared w r ith tele
vision advertising has been provided by Robert
J. Mcßride, director of Research for the De
troit Free Press. He says: “People watch
television because of the entertainment—com
mercials actually are intruders. A survey by
Northwestern University shows that 61 per
cent of housewives would prefer TV without
commercials.
“At the same time, advertising is an integral
part of the newspaper. Readers buy the paper
for the ads as much as for the editorial mat
ter. Both men and women readers plan their
shopping from the newspaper. The Northwest
ern survey shows that 92 per cent of the re
spondents want their newspapers with adver
tising.” .
This b r ings Mr. Mcßride to his completely
logical conclusion: “The advertiser gets the
best results when his message is welcomed and
desired.”
Don’t Be A Litterbug
Another holiday week-end is looming over
the horizon—the Glorious Fourth—and an
other exodus of city dwellers into the green
countryside.
It has become pretty widely accepted that
thoughtfulness of the other fellow while one is
at the wheel of a car is not only a virtue but a
necessity if we are all to arrive safely at our
happy destinations. It would be a fine thing
if it- could be just as widely acknowledged—
and acted upon—that leaving uftsightly litter
behind us is an obnoxious practice.
Old picnic leavings, tins, paper plates and
cups, napkins, and orange peel spoil the scenery
and the picnic place for the next family which
comes along. To tuck everything in a paper
bag and take it home to our own trash bucket
or to a roadside receptacle is easy and a friend
ly, thoughtful habit. Let’s cultivate it!
—Christian Science Monitor
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Sometimes community progress can be made
father quickly ft an unselfish individual steps
into the- background and let’s an “organizer”
By Buff j
I
At the Methodist Church and possibly other
churches in Edenton the closest to air condi
tioning during this hot spell are fans with
which those sort of warm can fan themselves.
That’s all right, but it’s not enough, for the
church ought to provide fly swatters to crack
down on the pesky yellow flies which attended
Sunday’s service at the Methodist Church. It
may not be altogether proper, but here’s one
who’ll smack at a yellow fly if the preacher is
preacjiing or not, and from what I heard back
of me Sunday there are others in the same
frame of mind.
o
Kermit Layton jumped all over me the other
night, when he called my attention to the fact
that his place at the Chowan Couny end of the
Albemarle Sound bridge is “Sandy Point
Beach” and not just Sandy Point. In fact
Sandy Point is over in Tyrrell County where a
ferry connects with East Lake, so that Kermit
wants it known that he’s operating Sandy Point
Beach. Then he also was a little put out be
cause I even went on the beach free and in
stead of buying drinks at his concession stand
I yanked several bottles of pop from my car.
Os course, it was all good-natured and my hat’s
off to him and the Missus for providing a splen
did place for youngsters and adults as well to
spend a day or part of a day along the water.
The only trouble is that I’m going there more
often than I have time to spare. Anyway, Ker
mit is sort of a Chamber of Commerce secre
tary and has won many friends from places as
far as 50 miles from Edenton who frequently
?o there to have a pleasant and enjoyable time.
Were it not for Sandy Point Beach, bathing and
getting away from the heat in this neck of the
woods would be a problem, for, you know the
swimming pool idea has gone into hibernation.
o
Tames Griffin was a patient in the hospital
last week, but he didn’t stay very long. James
went out for a check-up Tuesday, but Wednes
day morning he spied T. B. Williford (under
taker) walking around in the hospital, so James
decided it was time for him to leave. He made
enough progress after seeing T. B. that he was
able to take a Masonic degree Thursday night,
but lo and behold, T. B. was there, too.
o
i Barbers should have had a good business
last week, for on Monday of this week they
! upped the price of a hair-cut from 75 cents to
one buck. One fellow figured he’d prolong a
trip to the barber shop by asking Ernest Ward
to put the clippers on his head.
o
Though Edenton has a baseball team, it’s not
a million dollar enterprise. In fact at some
games the team goes in the hole and it’s cer
tain. from the crowds on hand, a pot -full of
money is not made at any game. Remember
when Edenton was a baseball hotbed? Why
there were times that a fellow had to go half
hour ahead of game time in order to get a seat.
Anyway, the boys would like to see more fans
attend the Edenton games.
o
But times change and Joe Webb can vouch
for it. .At the Commissioners meeting Monday
Joe. while the Commissioners were considering
the many requests, said he remembered the
time when the home demonstration agents
brought in lemonade to quench the Commis
sioners’ thirst on hot days. Well, it’s been hot
enough lately for lemonade.
o
William Earl Bridges isn’t quite old enough
to join the armed forces but he no doubt has
some idea of K.P. duty. He sent in the fol
lowing poem:
I think that I shall never see
A job as sloppy as K.P.
K.P. where greasy arms are oppressed
With pots and pans against the chest.
K.P. where stand the chefs all day.
Barking orders at their prey.
K.P.’s who may in evening wear
A spot of gravy in their hair.
K.P. where all the yardbgds hop
To nonchalantly wield a mop.
Poems are made by fools like me,
And so’s the. list of that darned K.P.
O
Shirley Holley, a tenant on the Hayes farm,
picks up some extra change by doing house
work at odd times, but she had a lot of house
work to do about a week ago without getting
any extra pay. Shirley and her family spent
a Sunday away frqm home and upon their re
turn found that a door was forced open and
every room in the bouse looked as though a
cyclone struck it by an apparent search for
money. Some time back the family was re
lieved of sl7 while away from home, but this
time the intruders found only 15 pennies in a
baby’s bank, although the house was torn up,
including beds, from stem to stern, which
meant that Shirley spent a considerable amount
of time straightening up. Next time Shirley
leaves and nobody is at borne die might save
some work by a siga on the door: “No
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JULY 4, ISS7.
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Above appear memSeri or the Bob White Patrol of the Cen
ter Hill Boy Scout Troop. Left to right, Bernard Davit, Ronnie
Toppin, Jackie Byrum and Jimmy Turner.
money in the house, no need toj
wreck the place.”
o
Charlie Overman was one
who really enjoyed the meal at
last week’s Rotary meeting.
“This is the best meal J’ve had
i
in a week—my wife’s aVay,”|
said Charlie as he dug into a
very good meal.
o
The Street Department last
week sprayed in order to help
cut down the mosquito and yel
low fly population. Some peo
ple were glad to see it but a lot
of others raised the very devil
because of the noise and the
odor of the spray. Well, it's:
just impossible to please every
body.
o
Somebody called the Taylor 1
Theater the other night and
asked Mrs. Jimmy Earnhardt if
the show was running. “Yes,”,
was Mrs. Earnhardt’s answer.
“Well, go catch it,” was the re
ply, “I want to see it.” I
o j
Town Councilmen put in a
long day Monday when they
were held in session until after,
1 o’clock in the morning work-1
.ingon the 1957-58 budget. Andj
:o think, Mayor Ernest Ke-,
hayes didn’t «v«j*.have the key
to his restaurants Anyway, the
Councilmen are scheduled to
meet again Friday night, when
they expect to approve the bud
get. Here’s hoping it will not
be another meeting lasting into
the wee sma’ hours.
Publicity For North
♦Carolina Increasing
Coinciding with the approach'
of the peak travel season is a
substantial harvest of national
publicity for North Carolina.
Some publicity highlights, as
'reported by the State Department
of Conservation and Develop-'
ment:
The June issue of National Geo
graphic Magazine presented Roan
Mountain’s rhododendron display
to its readers with a full dress!
feature lavishly illustrated with!
color photographs. Newsweek for|
June 17 cited the importance of
outdoor dramas as summertime
entertainment, gave North Caro
lina full credit for leadership in
this field, and pointed out that'
all eight of the dramas being pre- j
sented in four states this summer,
are by.Paul Green and Kermit!
Hunter of Chapel Hill. Timel
Straight tg|,|Q
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' Magazine for June 24 carried an
on-the-scene report of the unique
Sports Fishing Short Course spon
sored on the Outer Banks by
North Carolina State College.
Travel Magazine for June offer
ed a picture story on the wild
ponies of the Outer Banks and
j Cedar Island. Wildflower time in
] the Great Smokies was featured
in Sports Illustrated for April 22.
Among the numerous publica
tions using North Carolina News
Bureau photographs in recent
weeks were American Forests
Magazine, which featured the
Outer Banks, and Southern Tele
phone News, which featured the
Cherokees.
Popular Science Monthly gave
North Carolina industry a boost
with a story on the Southern
; Screw Company of Statesville.
The Geodesic domes manufactur
ed in Raleigh were the subject
of a story in Better Homes and
Gardens for June,
i The Editors’ Air Cruise of
North Carolina has already result
ed in stories for the Washington
Post and Times Herald, Editor
; and Publisher, the Providence
' Journal, and the Miami Herald.
The Air Cruise, sponsored by
| Governor Hodges and the North
I Carolina Press Association, is ex
| pected to yield more dividends of
publicity in the future
Old Salem, Lake Lure and the
Northwestern North Carolina at
; tractions of “Horn In The West”
I and the Tweetsie Railroad were
| subjects of recent features in the
Christian Science Monitor.
Some 35 daily newspapers out
side the State have carried North
Carolina News Bureau photo
graphs and stories during the past
two months.
Tar Heel Robert Ruark visited
his boyhood haunts at Wilmington
' and Southport this spring, and
i told their story, and that of North
Carolina’s highway safety pro
gram, in his syndicated columns
during May and June.
jR. R. Roper Dies
In Elizabeth City
R. R. Roper, 74, died in Eliza
beth City at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. T. W. Weeks, at
.3 o/clock Tuesday morning. A
: retired state highway engineer,
I Mr. Roper had been ill four
months. He formerly lived in
Edenton.
[ Beside his daughter, he is
•survived by four sisters and one
j brother, all living in California,
i Funeral services will be held
at the Twiford Funeral Home in
Elizabeth City Thursday morn
ing, July 4 at 11 o’clock. A
Masonic funeral will be held.
j The true danger is, when lib
erty is nibbled away, for expe
dients, and by parts.
—Burke.
Names Wanted
George Alma Byrum and
John Miteheiter. Jr., compos* a
committee from Town Council
appointed to present names for
streets in the recently annexed
area of Edenton. - •
Both Byrum and Mitchener
will welcome proposed names
for' the streets which number
about seven.
FIREMEN 'CALLED OUT
Edenton firemen were called
out Monday afternoon when a
trash fire developed back of a
group of colored houses on West
Albemarle Street. Old tires,
grass and other trash caused a
dense cloud of smoke, but no
damage was done.
| Vets’ Question Box)
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Q—ls there any deadline for
applying for disability compensa
tion?
A—There is no deadline. You 1
may apply at any time in yourj
life. However, if you apply with-, 1
in one year following your dis-j
charge fiom service, it may t»ei
possible for compensation pay
ments to be backdated to your 1
first day in civilian life. If youj
wait longer than a year, payments
may be effective only as of the
date of application.
Management Practice
Pays Off On Farms
Good seed bed preparation, am
ple fertilization and chemical
weed control are farm manage-'
ment practices that really paid off
on farms in this area last year,
according to William H. Perry,:
Jr., local county supervisor for
the Farmers Home Administra
tion.
Mr. Perry based his statement
on reports he has received from
farmers who used Farmers Home
Administration credit to finance
their operations last year.
The use of these and similar
measures resulted in an increase
of approximately 30 to 40 bushels
of corn per acre with an approxi
mate increase in expense of sl2-
sls per acre.
It’s important have a good farm
but even more important to be a
• good farmer, Mr. Perry states.
Making definite plans for crop
ping systems, fertilizing practices,
marketing, disease and insect con
trol and livestock program is an
aid to good farming, according to
Mr. Perry.
The Farmers Home Administra
tion makes operating loans to help
family type farm operators do
profitable farming. Its loans and
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services supplement, but do pot
compete with, those of priVatp or
cooperative lenders. Necessary
planning help and aid in working
out farm management problems
are parts of each loan transac
tion, Mr. Perry said.
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