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THURSDAY. JULY 24. 1958.
Time For Action
It is interesting to note that a movement
is on foot to remove the unsightly and dan
gerous old pilings and stakes in the waters
adjoining Edenton. Edenton s waterfront,
Jong an eyesore, has for the most part been
cleaned up, with the old boat and fish houses
removed near Johnson’s bridge, as well as on
the property at the foot of Granville Street,
fcbth of these neighborhoods have taken on
a decided improvement over what they were
Several years ago.
. However, in the water along Edenton’s
Waterfront are literally hundreds of old stakes
and pilings which detract no little from this
important Edenton asset. Times without
number travelers ride around Edenton just to
e: good view of the water, but it is a safe
; that some of them are not very much
essed when they notice the present un
sightly condition.
K. These obstructions are not only unsightly
but they are also very dangerous, for many
(ire submerged especially when the tide is
high. There has been a rapid increase in
boats using these waters, of which many are
high speed boats. Then, too, there has been
a gradual increase in skiing, which also pre
sents some danger with the presence of un
derwater stakes.
? Visitors passing through Edenton have
piany times expressed surprise that more use
has not been made of our water facilities.
It. is reasonable to expect that if these old
pilings and stakes were remoled, there would
be more of an incentive to use the water for
recreational purposes.
. A group of boat enthusiasts are desirous
tc have the waterfront cleaned up and two
committees of the Chamber of Commerce
have also recommended to the board of di
rectors that this work be done.
If this project will be undertaken, it will
very definitely add to the appearance of
Tdenton and become far safer for boats,
that The Herald hopes some definite ac
tion will be taken before long in making
Edenton’s waterfront what it ought to be.
An Editorial For Children
It’s not often we address an editorial ex
clusively to the younger generation. But
tight now we have an urgent message for
y.our parents and we thought you youngsters
and teen-agers could help.
Sure, we know you’re occupied with the
lpng summer vacation, the swimming and ball
games and camp and all the rest. But this
also happens to be the favorite season for
POLIO!
Chances are most of you have started your
Salk shots. Maybe you’ve completed the full
series for top protection against the great
crippler.
But what about your Mom and Dad? The
odds are they haven’t f even thought about
getting the vaccine for themselves. At least
30 million adults between 20 and 40 years
haven’t had a single shot yet. So—here’s
krhere you can help. Tonight at dinner, or
Any time you get a chance, ask your parents
if they’ve started the anti-polio shots.
Maybe they’ll say that polio is a kid’s
disease. Well, you tell them it isn’t so. Last
year, for example, one out of every five per
sons who went to the hospital with polio was
Aver 20.
(■ You can also tell them that polio hits
hardest at adults. Os ail patients using iron
kings and other respiratory aids last year,
(1 per cent, or three out of five, were over 20
When they got the disease. A lot of these pa
rents were parents. They had children they
Joved, children to take care of. But you
ign’t do much about that from an iron lung,
tan you? /
’ Maybe your parents think they’re safe be
cause you got the shots. It doesn’t work
jhat way. The vaccine doesn’t kill the virus.
There is no evidence that it stops the chain
Os infection, from one person to another.
What Salk shots do is help create immunity
la the person who gets them and no one
K if your parents haven’t been vaccin
ated yet, tell them it takes only a 1 few min
4>ut paralysis from polio can last a
f.-Two -things that most young girls heed:
I the telephone beH and the automata* fee*
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\Jdeard .Seen
Byßuff
Yep, there’s sure some honest people in the
world. Last week Henry Quinn opened a
letter mailed from Elizabeth City and much
to his surprise found S4O in bills. A brief
note, unsigned, stated that this amount was
stolen from "the P & Q store,while it was in
operation in Elizabeth City. That old con
science gets to working sometimes.
Edenton Rotarians had another free smoke
at their meeting Thursday at the expense of
Jack Habit. On Tuesday of last week Jack
became the daddy of a son after having two
daughters and there was no happier Rotarians
at last week’s meeting. Incidentally, shortly
after the baby was born the doctor went in
to see Mrs. Habit and looking around 'the
room, he asked, “Where’s Jaek?” The only
information Mrs. Habit could give was:
don't know, when he learned he was daddy of
a son he must have gone crazy.” As a matter
of fact, Jack raced from the hospital to spread
the good news and mayVe to buy a box of
cigars.
Many of us were shocked to hear of the
death of John Privott. It is not generally
known, but John spent about 12 years in the
U. S. Navy, and had some harrowing experi
ences. He was on the old Vanderbilt ship
which was converted into a convoy ship for
war duty. With 600 on the boat, it was sunk
and only 200 were saved with John being
among them, after being in the water 13 hours.
Then while in Okinawa during most of the
war he served on a repair ship which went
through three terrible typhoons. He saw three
ships hit and his own ship was broken up
and sent back to the United States to be re
paired. He also helped land men with a |
breeches buoy, and had a number of other •
hair-raising experiences.
By some sort of hook or crook, I managed
to get away Wednesday night of this week to
spend the remainder of the week at Atlantic
Beach. I >have my opinion about pier fish
ing, but I expect I’ll be among the suckers
trying to catch some fish from the piers in
that neck of the woods. Anyway, JohH
Mitchener GAVE me two cigars (good ’uns,
too) saying, “Here’s a couple of cigars so you
can smoke while waiting for a bite.” Well,
that’s just about What I’ll do.
Somebody sent in an unsigned item which
was marked “Society News.” The item fol
lows: - 'V-fl -■ ■
“I think everybody who has a garden is enjoy
ing it. I walked out in the garden owned by
J. L. Wiggins, so beautifully cultivated by Robert
Blount, a'nd picked a tomato that weighed one
pound. I talked about it proudly until Mrs. Jim
Hassell brought in one that weighed IVz pounds
frqm her garden. Well, it just goes to show that
wfien bragging about what you have, somebody
can come along and make you keep quiet. Let
us all say a prayer for Thomas Parker, who is
now undergoing an operation. We ■ need our
friends when we are down, so remember the
sick and shut-ins.”
Willie Saunders brought trie a whopper of
a watermelon Monday, saying, “Buff, you
have had nothing to say about watermelons,
so here’s one to get you going.” Well, if the
thing is as good as it looks, I’ll not be dis
appointed. Anyway, leaving Wednesday night
for Atlantic Beach, the watermelon will go
along on the trip. After all, watermelons fills
up a person pretty quickly, which is an item
to take into consideration while at a beach.
I didn’t know Willie raised watermelons, but
I’m thanking him for the beautiful specimen
of the Chowan County variety.
I was told a women over in Bertie County
killed a big rattlesnake the other day and
before the reptile died it gave birth to a gang
of snakes. The little snakes will not grow up
to bother anybody, however, for some of the
lady’s chickens happened to be on the scene
and gobbled up the baby snakes as they start
ed to wiggle away. Maybe the chickens I
thought they were being treated to a dinner
of worms. Wish the bloomin’ fish would be
so eager to snatch at a worm.
And speaking of fish, Bozy Adams, the
Missus and I went fishing a while Saturday
afternoon. As is getting to be her habit, the
Missus caught a nice string of speckfed perch,
while Bozy and I had to be content with
catching one speckled perch each and some
other smaller fish. So that about the only
consolation Bozy and I had was the realiza
tion that there’s still some spfeckled perch
hanging around. r,
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One of the most delightful “open house” ob
servances I’ve ever attended was the one held
Friday afternoon at the Peoples Bank & Trust
Company’s Consumer Credit Branch in the
Taylor Building, Bankers galore from Eden
ton and Rocky Mount were on hand to greet
the many visitors. Besides, delightful refresh
ments were served by a group of attractive
ladies. Then, too, each lady attending the
open house was presented a beautiful carna
tion and men had their choke of a key ring
or change purse. I chose a change .purse but
the only trouble was that ft wag empty, %|
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STONEHENGE RECONSTRUCTED—A giant lintel is lifted
into place atop the Druid’s Circle in Stonehenge, England. The
Circle, popularly supposed to have been the worshipping place
of the ancient Druids, is being reconstructed as a monument.
Employment Office
Now Established At
Harvey Point Base
The Employment Security
Commission has announced that
a field office will be established
at the Harvey Point Navy # Base.
The office will be located at the
entrance to the base and will be
open from 7 A. M. to 4 P. M.
Mondays through Fridays.
Charles T. Skinner will be in
terviewer in charge of this of
fice, which operates for she con
venience of both job seekers and
contractors. Milton bass, man
ager of the Edenton office, stated
that by having the office locat
ed at the base, workers coifld be
referred direct to jobs when va
cancies occur, and contractors
could fist their openings at the
job site.
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Merchants Group
Will Meet /Tuesday
The Merchants Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce will
meet in the Chamber offices at
Hotel Joseph Hewes at 10
o’clock Tuesday mommg, July
29, according to Cfiaiijpufn Ralph
Parrish.
The agenda will include dis
cussion of a sales promotion for
early fall and adoption of pro
cedures to control solicitations.
C. Os €. Directors
Will Meet Friday
A special meeting oj sie board
of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce will be held at 11
'o'clock Friday morning, August
1, in the Chamber offices in the
Hotel Joseph Hewes. The board
will consider recommendations
made by the Health and Safety
Committee and the Tourist and
Recreation Committee to clear
Edenton waters of broken pil
ings and stakes, according to
Executive Vice President Harry
Smith, Jr.
Story Hours At
Local Libraries
Another story hour will be
held this (Thursday) afternoon
I from 4 to 5 o’clock at the Shep
ard-Pruden Memorial Library.
A story hour will also be held
at the Brown-Carver Library
Friday afternoon, August 1,
from 5 to 6 o’clock.
To do as -one' would be done
by, and to love one’s neighbor as
one’s self, constitute the ideal
perfection of utilitarian moral
ity. •—J. S. Mill.
SELL YOUR HOGS TO ,
M. D. BAKER HOG BUYING STATION
Tyner,* N. C.
Open Daily—Monday thru Friday
FOR PROMPT AND COURTEOUS SERVICE
AND IfiGfljpST PRICES PAID . . .
DIAL IMOTON 2311
Luther B. Harrell
Killed In Crash
Two Army warrant officers
were killed Wednesday night in
the crash of a helicopter being
demonstrated for reserve student
officers at Ft. Belvoir, Va.
The helicopter crashed just
south of T)avidson Army Air
Field, Ft. Belvoir, after apparent
ly striking a high tension power
line.
Killed were chief Warrant Of
ficer Charles R. Long of Orlando,
Fla., and Warrant Officer Luther
B. Harrell, 26, Sunbury, both pi
lots.
Long is survived by his wife
anrf. two children, Renda 6, and
Tony Eugene 3.
Harrell leaves his wife, Eliza
abeth, and two children, Steven
L. 3 and Richard 1.
Both were attached to the 3rd
Transportation Co.
Harrell’s survivors are his par-
J ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Harrell,
Sr., of Corapeake, three sisters,
Mrs. R. L. By rum of Richmond,
Mrs. Carl Barrier of Edenton and
Mrs. O. L. Taylor of Sunbury;
four brothers, Roy of Bob Jones
University, Greenville, S. C., Wal
ter of Fort Donaldson Air Force
Base, Greenville, S. C., John and
■Revenel of Corapeake.
Honorary pallbearers for Har
rell were Mack Eason, Billy Las
siter, Billy Matthews, B. H.
Bown, Walter Hobbs, Walter
Johnson, Elmo Benton and Wy
cliff Hofflep.
Harrell was hurried in the Mili
tary Cemetery at Hopewell last
Monday.
His wife and two boys will
make their home with his sister,
Mrs. R. L. Byrum, in Richmond
at the present time.
A graduate of Sunbury High
School, Harrell entered the Army
in 1952. He went to officers’
training school for 20 weeks at
Camp Walters, then 14 weeks at
Fort Rucker, Ala., where he be
came a helicopter pilot.
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of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce will be held in the
Chamber offices Friday morn
ing, August 1, at 11 o'clock.
The new band room at the
Junior-Senior High School will
be open for inspection Monday
through Friday from 9 A. M. to
5 P. M.
Rocky Hock Home Demonstra
tion Club and Beech Fork Chib
will hold a picnic at Sandy
Point Beach Friday, August 15,
at 6:30 P. M.
The Merchants Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce will
meet in the Chamber offices at
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Important Factor In
to
Peaceijfacwcord
Although overshadowed by con
centration tKfTdefenße estab
lishment and the economic impact
U. S. Gov
ernment 9xpsftdi|dre!('pn publie
works have 4evj4ppf|y# marked
cornparati^femlltm^
As a result,- pro-,
grams are bftebijtßi* an’'important
factor in ; the- 9rtie in Federal
spending to record peacetime lev
els, and a significant counter-se
cessionary force at the same time,
whether or not they satisfy the
advocates of massive
ing. (!'
Marked Uptrend Evident
A Bureau of the Budget analy
sis of public works programs of
recent years and their cost show
that such Federal expenditures,
civil and military combined, rang
ed from around $4 billions to
somewhat oyer $5 billions a year
Hotel Joseph . Hewes Tuesday
morning, July 29U ai 10 o'clock. ]
Edenton Masons will stage al
watermelon cutting and confer
side degrees tonight (Thursday)
beginning at 7 o'clock. j
Story hours will be held at
Shepard-Pruden Memorial Li
brary this (Thursday) afternoon
from 4 lo 5 o'clock and at the
Brown-Carver Library Friday
afternoon from 5 to 6 o'clock.
Edenton's Jaycees Will meet
tonight Thursday) at 7 o'clock
in the Penelope Barker house.
Chowanoke Council Ncs 54, De
gree of Pocahontas, will'meet to
night (Thursday) al 8 o'clock. j
Chowan Tribe of Red Men
will meet Monday ai*hl al 8
o'clock and after the 'meeting'
members will enjoy e water
melon cutting at the County
Dock. |
Edenton Rotarians will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon al 1,
o'clock in the Parish House.
William H. Coffield Post No.;
9280, Veterans «1 Foreign Wars. 1
will meet Tuesday pight at 8
o’clock. 1 I
Combine Com and Save lHoney
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Com combining is here —and her* to stay.
The tremendous sayings in money, in time,
and in work made possible by the John Deere
45 Combine with Com Attachme&t hdve won
for it the highest regard of corn -growers in
all sections of the country. Owners report 73
per cent reduction in held-shellinfi Josses . * .
50 per cent reduction in ear com losses—
they tell of combining com with ’3O per cent
moisture ... and of getting cleaner com that
keeps better. Here is the proof that you, too,
can make more money from your com when
.it's harvested with a Job* Deere 45. .
Field Tested and Time Proven
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HP*™ jin ..—.nn iiiiiimn i, hi
ip the 1*52-87’fiscal periods, with
the high point set in the 1053 fis
cal year.
For the current fiscal year,
there will be a rise of more than-
I a billion dollars over the 1957 pe
riod to a total estimated at *5.7
billions for the year, and the
probabilities are that this increase
will be equalled or exceeded in'
the 1959 fiscal year starting on
July 1. The last official Govern
ment figures for public works
spending plaaed the
billions for the 1959 fiscal year,
but steps taken to accelerate some
of these programs as an economic
stimulant indicate- a substantially
larger expenditure total than
originally estimated.
The figures thus show that
Federal public works spending
will rise about 50 per cent in a
short .period of two years, and
that they will come close to being
the equivalent es a tenth of total
annual Government budget spend
ing. Such totals were exceeded
only once before in the nation’s
history, at the peak of Federal
spending during World War 11.
Then the dominant public works j
factor was military, with civil;
public works held to the mini-)
mum. This time the big push is
coming from civil public works,
led by the highway program.
U. S. Impact On Construction
The Bureau of the Budget anal
5%,
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4 Reducing com losses is only part of die
success story of the 45 Combine. You cut
storage space reguirem|mbbin half . . . you
leave husks and cobaMfe field ... you
have complete controlMWK.com attachment
from the operator's fflfertt com
harvests a safer and etHKnb. sea “bonus/'
you can make top custom work.
You combine all ypur grain, bean, and
seed crops by merely replacing the com
attachment with the grabr platform. Come
in soon and get all tha detail*.
ysia s|rajjj|rthat (|rect Federal
[ construction curferfEly constitutes
[ about 6 per cent of] the tota( val
ue of new construction. Federal
ly-aided State and' local public
works represent another 4 per
cent pjki this is only a partial
indication of die f Government’s
en the, ke£ construction
industry. Govefindent action
stimulus private construction in
a numjaer of waysj through in
centiveSMo farmers* homeowners,
and businesses injthe form of
loans, lo||t guarantees, tax con
cessions(.ancl grants!
Civil ißjblic worljis, which had
military; in expendi
tures ilTmost receipt years, drew
up on a par in tie 1957 fiscal
year. They are noyg running well
ahead, with expenditures in the
current fiscal year estimated at
$3.5 bnltens as against $2.2 bil
lions for military Public Works.
An everi'Wider margin for civil
public worjes over ' military is
forecast for the 1959 fiscal year.
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CAR CATCHER FIRE
Ederfton firemen were called
to Joe Swanher’s Drive-In about
10 o’cloelt Tuesday, night when
a car back-fired an<J caught fire.
The blare was extinguished with
very little damage to the auto
mobile.,. ,