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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
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Buff lap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South
Broad Street, Edenton, North Carolina.
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*"* THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1959.
A LIFT FCR TODAY
Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher
of our faith. —Heb. 12:2.
Looking unto the Crucified One, we find life
and joy in abundance.
Merciful Father, our sins cry against us. Have
mercy upon us and cleanse us from all evil.
“ AgeOf The Shoddy”
“This was the era, domestically, when every
thing was half done: the era. in foreign affairs,
when nothing was done right because nobody
seemed to care enough to exercise the foresight
and take the pains to see that it was done right.
This was the time when the job on the car was
always half finished, the suit came back from
the cleaners half dirty, the yard work was over
priced and underdone, the bright new gadget
broke down a week after you got it home, the
prices climbed higher and higher as the quality
got less and less, and the old-fashioned rule of
a fair bargain for a fair price was indeed old
fashioned, for it never applied to anything. The
great Age of the Shoddy came upon America
after the war. and Everybody Wants His be
came the guiding principle for far too many.”
Thus Allen Drury describes the postwar era,
in his remarkable novel “Advise and Consent” —
a work in which he uses the vehicle of fiction
to present an extraordinarily revealing picture
of Washington’s political, diplomatic and social
worlds.
The accuracy of his indictment is undeniable.
Yet, in the immediate postwar years, it was
possible to find seemingly valid excuses. The
relaxation of war tensions resulted, naturally
enough, in emotional and financial excesses. An
attitude of “live for today and never mind to
morrow'’ became general. On the purely ma
terial side, the lifting of wartime restrictions on
industrial production created an eager and ap
parently insatiable market for almost anything,
no matter how poor the quality or exorbitant
price.
Had this sorry situation spent itself in a rea
sonable time there would have been small cause
for worry. But who can honestly deny that the
dark picture Mr. Drury paints is stiil—in the
fundamentals, if not all the details—the picture
that obtains in this country
The problem, of course, is a moral problem.
The Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Michigan,
the Rt. Reverend Richard Emrich, speaks for
churchmen of all the denominations when he
says: “Everywhere I travel I hear arguments,
but I never hear a moral argument, with some
one saying, ‘this is wrong, or un’ust. or dishon
est. and I will have nothing to do with it.’ I
think we are floundering as a people."
And there lies the tragedy. For the basic
strength of anv nation is its moral strength! All
the weapons, all the productive capacity, all the
money on earth, cannot save a people from ul
t mate destruction if their moral fiber decays,
their national character rots, and they sink into
an abyss of material cynicism, indiiference. sel
fishness, avarice, greed.
A short time ago the television scandals, cen
tering around rigged quiz shows, captured the
national headlines and were publicized the
world around. The Saturday Evening Post has
devoted a full page editorial to the matter in
which it makes a big and often overlooked
point. It offers no excuses for the deceit—“those
v ho have been damned bv the revelations de
served to be damned.” But. the Post also says.
) “ . . . we believe that the importance of their
guilt has been wildly exaggerated, the signific
ance of their guilt almost wholly overlooked —
What is important is that we recognize the tele
vision scandals for what they are—a symptom
o f the declining standards of moral behavior in
the United States, that twinge in the national
belly that warns of deep-seated malignancy in
the body politic.” And those declining stand
ards, it goes on. can be found in some form and
in some degree virtually everywhere—in schools,
professions, the labor unions, business and the
government.
So much for the indictments. There is a
bright side. It is found in the fact that more
<md more people, in pub'ie and private discus
sion. are talking about the problem, thinking
about it. worrying about it. An astute English
observer of the American scene observed that
the television mess mav prove to be of enor
mous benefit—bv awakening the American peo
ple to the extent and character of moral decay,
and removing the blinders from their eyes. The
American people have been awakened to many
l<i n ds of dangers in the past, and have met them
with wrath, with courage and with under
standing. , ,
And that is th» hone—that there will he a
moral revival in this country, a cleaning of dirty
houses. Failing that, everything else is doomed
to fail.
[EGGS
| 13 for 49c
j EXTRA LARGE
We are leaded. Our hens
didn’t stop for Christmas
and will not stop for New
Year’s Day.
small eggs 13 for 39c
jumbos .. 13 for 59c
Halsev Feed Store
j
PHONE 2525
Live Young Hens
13c pound
A GOOD NEW YEAR
TO ALL!
THANKS TOR
d' 'EVERYTHING!
■J4earJ & Seen
Bj But!
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Last week I had a story about the Peoples
Bank & Trust Company and the Edenton Sav
ings & Loan Association being closed for the holi
days. As a head I used “Banking Houses Closed
Two Days.” D|jck Atkinson called my hand, tell
ing me that there is only one banking house in
Edenton and that is the Peoples Bank & Trust
Company. Well, I just showed my ignorance, but
1 put money in both of ’em and I borrow money
from both of ’em, so shuck?, what’s the differ
ence?
o
I missed out on Christmas eve by not being
at home. Mrs. Gus Spruill and her Troop No.
8 of the Girl Scouts went out Christmas caroling
and stopped in front of my house to sing, so I’m
sure 1 missed a real treat. Some lights were
burning in the house (nothing unusual) so the
group, no doubt, thought somebody was home.
Sorry I missed ’em.
o
Somebody sometime during November left a
fur piece in the Methodist Church. The pastor,
the Rev. Ralph Fowlkes, would like to find the
owner. Os course, if the owners can’t be located,
there’s a lot of women who would like a nice
fur piece.
o
According to all reports, a very quiet Christmas
season was observed in Edenton and Chowan
County. Police arrested only one person during
the holidays and that was for imbibing a little
too freely. A quiet observance is altogether fit
ting and proper to celebrate the birth of the
Prince of Peace.
- —-—o
Izzy Campen had the scare of his life Sunday
at his jewelry store. Izzy was accompanied to
the store by his grandson, 14-months old Henry
McMullan, and while piddling around in the
store the youngster swallowed a small quantity
of potassium cyanide. The youngster was rushed
to the hospital for emergency treatment, and
was released Monday none the worse for the ex
perience. Then Craven Bothers, a 16-months-old
colored boy, on Monday morning swallowed some
Lysol and he, too, was rushed to the hospital for
emergency treatment. He was released the same
day.
o
Lloyd Bunch (Green Hall Bunch, that is) drop
ped in the office Wednesday morning to pay up
his subscription. I asked him what the date was,
and he said, "December 30, and if you want to
do anything in 1959, you better do it darned
quick.” And ain’t he so right?
o
Edenton Rotarians will not meet today (Thurs
i day) due to the New Year holiday. They’ve
missed two consecutive meetings now, so every
last one of ’em should turn up at next week’s
meeting. Anyway that’s the way President Jim
my Earnhardt feels about it.
o
Well, Christmas parties and other holiday ac
tivities are a thing of the past now. Maybe
things will be getting back to normal again.
Which doesn’t mean that folks should abandon
the friendly and cheerful spirit so prevalent
around Christmas time.
o
Mrs. I. J. Moran, who lives in Norfolk, recently
wrote me a letter to the effect that Mrs. Pattie
Rea cannot see to read The Herald and that she
' is so deaf she cannot hear Mrs. Moran read it to
j her. Mrs. Rea is among the oldest subscribers to
The Herald and when s''e lived in Edenton she
a’ways paid her subscription cn her birthday.
Because of her present condition, she has no use
for The Herald and so she reluctantly has asked
the paper to be stopped. In the letter Mrs. Rea
sent her wishes for ail of her Edenton friends s o
have a Merry Christinas and a Happy New Year.
Here’s one who regrets very much to lose Mrs.
Rea as a subscriber and for quite a while now
i has missed the very pleasant and cheerful con
l versations with her while she lived in Edenton.
o
On Tuesday I met Gerald James and Victor
| Tucker, both former members of the John A.
i Holmes High School faculty, who were visiting
| in Edenton. We were talking up a storm, when
; Mrs. James chimed in. “You better be careful
I what you say, or you'll see it in Heard and
Seen.” That put the damper somewhat on some
j taik which was becoming interesting.
o
| Oh. yes, before winding up this colunm, here’s
i wishing all a Happy New Year.
JANUARY CLEARANCE
ALL MERCHANDISE HAS BEEN
DRASTICALLY REDUCED FOR
QUICK CLEARANCE!
COME SEE!... COME SAVE!
Tots & Teens
315 S. BROAD ST. EDEMTON
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY DECEMBER 31. 1959.
| AROUND THE FARMS
i&jjgSlN CHOWAN COUNTY
I By C. W. OVERMAN. Chowan County Agent
The holiday season has been
a safe one in Chowan County
so far as I know. I sincerely
hope that the New Year week
end will complete it safely. I
have not heard of a single acci
dent in Chowan and hope there
will not be one.
For this safe holiday season,
I congratulate you Chowan
County people. I know that
your Christmas season was a
much happier one because of no
accidents. Let’s practice farm
and home safety throughout
1960 and it will be a Happy
New Pear.
New Year resolutions are of
two types: Those made and
forgotten and those made and
kept. Why not give a lot of
thought to New Year resolutions
for 1960, make some good ones
and keep them Here are some
I suggest to make your New
Year a more happy and' pros-1
perous one.
Make it a safety conscious I
year. Take time, don’t take a j
chance.
Plan your crop and livestock
production for maximum re
turns. Include good crop rota
tion, insect and disease con
trol and orderly marketing for
best prices.
Have your soil tested, not just
one or two fields but every field
on the farm. Follow your soil
test report for applying lime and
fertilizer. Feed your crops
right for best results.
Plant good varieties and good
seed. Select varieties for high
yield, good quality and that will
meet market demand. Be sure
seed are clean and have good
germination.' Most seed should
be treated for disease control.
We raise a lot of hogs but we
can raise a lot more from she
same number of breeding stock
if we will. Keep breeders that
produce large litters of thrifty
pigs. Give those sows a good
chance to save their pigs by
providing proper farrowing fa
cilities and careful attention at
farrowing time. The good hog
pioducer can still stay in busi
ness even with present prices, j
Replace breeders that don’t do a
good job after you have done
your part. Breed for meat type
and feed for top market price.
A. swine growers’ meeting will
he held at the Chowan Com-1
munity Building on Thursday l
afternoon. January 7, at 1:30 1
o’clock. Hog growers, feed deal-1
ers, feed manufacturers, hog
Classified Ads
BAD BREATH, EVEN ONIONS! j
Use breath-taking OLAG Tooth i
Paste. At all drug stores.
WANTED—SALESMEN. WRITE
P. O. Box 165, Edenton, N. C., j
for appointment. Give name, 1
address, phone number, age,
occupation and education.
Dec3l.,Jan.7c
WATCH REPAIRING JEWEL
ry repairing and engraving . . .
Prompt service. Ross Jewelers.
Phone 3525. tfc
HELP WANTED—MAN WANT
ed to supply Rawleigh Pro
ducts to cohsumers in Chowan
County. Good time to start.
No capital required. Write
Rawleigh's Dept! NCL-310-5538
Richmond, Virginia.
Dec.3,10,17,24,31p
APARTMENT FOR RENT 3
bedrooms, downstairs. See C.
W. Swanner, 217 East Queen
Street. Phone 2544.
Dec2Btfc
HELP WANTED—ACCOMODA
tions cook and maid. 5M days
per week. Salary S2O to $25
week depending upon qualifi
cations. Apply Mrs. Richard
Hardin, 205 S. Granville St.
Phone 3235. ltc
WESTINGHOUSE WASHER &
dryer combination. Good con
dition. Will sell very reason
able. Call 3700. ltc
FOR RENT OR SALE—2-BED
room house in Albemarle
Court. Stove and refrigerator
furnished; also floor furnace.
Phone 3214. tfc
GOOD HOME FOR SMALL
family. Westover Heights.
Very low cost Fontaine Bout
well. Phone 3561. tfc
FOR QUICK AND EXPERT
service on your TV, radio and
phonograph, call the Griffin
Musicenter. Phone 2428. tfc
'
APARTMENT FOB RENT—TWO
tor and oil space heater furnish
ed. For information call 3853.
, dealers and others interested in
| hogs should be there. Will you
! be there?
Specialists from N. C,. State
College will conduct the discus
sion. You have Swine prob
lems, be there and ask for the
information you need. We hope
to have a veterinarian present to
discuss disease and parasite
problems and their solution.
Attend educational and infor
mational meetings held by your
agricultural workers, is another
good resolution. We hold meet
ings to discuss yodr problems and
give you information, not just'
to have something to do. When
you attend a meeting and are
pleased, tell us so, if you feel a
meeting was not worth your
while, tell us so.
Wnen you are asked to serve
on a committee or participate in
some activity, jump in and do
your best. Demonstrations are
conducted to show you and your
neighbors how an improved
practice will help you. ‘Occa
sionally we may just test some
thing new. Your cooperation in
conducting a demonstration helps
you all.
Community progress should be
another of your 1960 goals. This
helps you and all of your neigh
bors have a better community
in which to live. It also helps
you in your home and on your
farm. Youth and adults both
have a great part in good com
munity progress, so enlist your
youth.
Keep farm and home records
in 1960. Farming is a business.
Good records are as valuable to
a successful business as a rudder
is to a ship. They serve as a
guide and point out ways to do |
a better job or changes that
should be made. Keep your so
cial security account up to date,
don’t neglect it because you
never know when you will need
that help.
OHls S. ChaprHl
Heart Attack Victim
Funeral services for Cur*is Si
las Chapoell, 77. who died sud
denly Fridav morning at his
home in Tyner following a heart
attack, were conducted Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the
P ; nev Woods friends Church bv
the Rev. Orval Dillon, nastor of
Up River Friends Church assist
ed by the Rev. Mark Hodcin,
pastor of Piney Woods Friends
VOLKSWAGEN ’s7 2-DOOR
sedan. Radio and heater; white
walls. 40.000 miles. $1195 or
best offer. Phone Edenton
2255. ltpd
FOR RENT OR SALE TWO
and three bedroom houses
Electric stove, refrigerator, hot
water heater. On school bus
route. Terms can be arrang
ed. L. E. Francis, Route 3
Edenton. Phone 3472.
HELP WANTED—MEN (2) NOT
afraid of work! Serve custom
ers on food route in City o r
Edenton. Will cons der house
wives. Write Box 5071, Dept
S-3, Richmond, Va.
Declo,l7,3lpd
WE HAVE SEVERAL GOOD
used refrigerators. Also au
matic and conventional type
washing machines in A-l con
dition. Western Auto Associ
ate Store. Phone 3214. tfc
PICTURE FRAMING—FOR THF
best in custom picture framinj
see John R. Lewis at the Eden
ton Furniture Company. Com
plete line of moulding to choosf
from. tfc
Industrial
Equipment
"4or—
Wheel Type and Crawler
Tract on
Backhoee, Dozers, Trenchers
Crawler Tractors With
Winches
Loaders, Landscaping Rakes
See or Call—
Hobbs Implement
; w
FHOHE 3112 I
Church.
“Beyond The Sunset” and'
“Heartaches” 'were sung by El
mer Lassiter, accompanied by
Mrs. Ralph White, pianist.
T.he casket pall was made of
white glads, white mums, red
carnation's and fern.
Pallbearers were Eugene Wins-!
low, Howard Chappell, Winston!
Lane, John Ward, Lewis Spivey 1
and Melvin Copeland.
Burial was made in Up River
Friends Cemetery.
Mr. Chappell, a native and
lifelong resident of Chowan
County, was the son of the late
Silas W. and Elmira Boyce and
husband of Mrs. Julia Winslow
Chappell. A retired farmer, he
attended the Piney Woods
Friends Church.
Besides his wife, he is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Raymond
Dail of Tyner and Mrs. Linwoodi
Layton of Edenton; two brothers,
Ambrose H. Chappell of Belvi
dere and William T. Chappell of
Tyner: and 13 grandchildren.
Chowan Students
In College Play
Dr. J. A. Withey, director of
the East Carolina Playhouse,
h,as announced the cast of five
Call ''Otto'' the Orkin Man
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Phone 3223
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Grow vour Money Tree with us! l
you’ll have tne money you want for a home or for security... for education >
1 or retirement... if you grow a Money Tree. You do it by starting a savings
account at our Association-and by adding to it regularly. Money *
Trees grow fast with us... earn excellent returns. Your
1 money is safe with us too-your savings are insured to SIO,OOO
by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, f
a U. S. Government agency. So-, plantj/owr Money Tree now
1 and have the money ready for the things you want!
Where you save does make a difference®.
CIMO Swines A Loan Faeadatioa, (sc.
Over $70,000 Paid Our Savers In 1959
Edenton Savings & Loan Association
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1 , v . -.’6 •}£• • ti. jykkl^lljf
men and five women for the
college Dramatic Club’s major
production, “Diary of Anne
Frank,” celebrated Broadway
drama, scheduled to open a
three-day run January 28. All
scape” of the old year, we I
' ’ patronage. Looking ahead I
' an d' yours all good things.
ROSS JEWELERS I
PHONE 3525 EDENTON S
GOGVV?
(for export HOME HEATING SERVICE,
1 io continued de ‘venec of
heating oiy
COASTLAND OIL CO.
Distributors of Gulf Oil Products
PHONE 3411 ,- 4
DICK DIXON, Manager Edenton, N. C. J
parts were awarded through try- 1
...Two Chowan County
were selected for the baaL/Th^' 5
are. Leigh Dobson and Gerald
Harrell. j