The Chowan Herald
BOX 297, EDENTON, N. C. 27932
Published every Thursday at Edenton by The
Chowan Herald. Inc., L. F. Amburn. Jr., president
and general manager. 421-425 South Broad Street,
Edenton. North Carolina' 37932.
Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, at
the Post Office at Edenton, North Carolina, under
the act of March 3, 1879.
L. F. AMBURN, JR., President and Gen. Mgr.
J. EDWIN BUFFLAP Editor
HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager
E. N. MANNING Mechanical Superintendent
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1961
A LIFT FOR TODAY
The Lord hath need of thee.—Matthew
21:3.
The need of the world is the need of
the Lord.
Grant us grace to hear Thy can and
gladly give our all to Thee.
The Grassroots Rumble
As one i-eads comment in the press
from over the 50 states, there is grow
ing evidence that more and more persons
are getting tired of working to save
something and then have it taxed away
to be spent for all manner of political
projects.
We now have two generations of
young people who never knew what it
was like to earn a dollar and not have
to account for it to state or federal of
ficials. Most individuals now need pro
fessional help to fill out complex tax
forms.
More and more people are getting
tired of seeing the cream of their in
come spent for give-away schemes, do
mestic and foreign. They want the
pleasure of spending, saving or losing
some of their own earnings. No wonder
the demand is growing for a decrease
in government extravagance. The more
the taxpayers are assessed, the more the
public spenders spend. There is no
thought of saving.
People will only get relief by their
“NO” votes. Scan the measures and the
record of every candidate before voting
“YES”, as you are voting to spend your
own life’s earnings.
Rising Prices Still Here
Prices are almost certain to increase
before the year is out. The U. S. Labor
Department. Ins predicted.Jt 2;per cent
rise in food prices this year. Its esti
mate may well be on Hhfe" cbhseri'ative
side since deficit spending by the fed
eral government appears to be headed
toward record levels. Deficit spending
breeds inflation, further depreciation of
the dollar and higher prices. One thing
that should be made clear is that as pric
es move up it does no* necessarily mean
that retailers are reaping higher profits
They are merely in the bitter position oi
being at the end of the line, where the
exchange of goods for depreciated dollars
makes itself ‘felt most painfully to con
sumers.’
The National Association of Food
Chains has issued a statement on the
outlook for higher prices: “Consumers
are—for the most part—willing to listen
and to understand the facts, once they
are presented openly. It is essential
(therefore) that every effort be made
now to inform the public of probable
food price trends and the reasons for
them.”
Questionable Economy
In 1965, when the medicare bill was
pending, a. witness, Dr. Donovan Ward,
former president of the American Medi
cal Association, warped: “When costs get
out of line—and, let me assure you, they
will—there are three possible courses of
action. The first is to reduce the bene
fits; the second is to increase taxes; the
third is to impose government controls on
services in an attempt to control costs.
We -know welfare benefits are not likely
to be cut back . . . And certainly, con
stantly increasing taxes are undesirable.
“This leaves the third approach: con
trolling the provision of services. Use of
this authority by government must be
expected. Indeed, it cannot be avoided.
With the emphasis shifting from quality
to cost ... a deterioration in the quality
of care is inescapable.” Dr. Ward, writ
ing in Medical World News, describes
how his prophesy has been borde out in
the present ill-advised attempt to control
soaring medicare costs by limiting the
choke of drugs doctors might prescribe
for medicare patients.
The theory is that a drug coming from
a quality-oriented brand name manufac
turer is no more reliable than the same
drug bearing its generic or scientifk
nude and coming from any source. In
reality, nothing could be further from
the truth. Therefore, as Dr. Ward states
further: "... physicians have an obliga
tion to explailTto . . . patients that man
datory generic prescribing would rob the
physician of the right to specify medicine
and sap the strength of the quality drug
industry, which has contributed so much
to medical progress over the years.” -
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Q-eard &*Seen
“By Buff ”
In getting up the “Yellow Pages” column
this week I was again impressed how
how swiftly time passes. Back 20 years
ago I was puffing away on a good cigar
given by Haywood Jones. The stork
singled out Haywood’s nice new home on
the Windsor highway and deposited his
son Jimmy, and it seems only as yester
day that, due to Jimmy arriving a bit lat
ed than was calculated,' Haywood in his
nervous expectation, came 'near smoking
or chewing up all the cigars he had pur
chased to pass out. Jimmy, a 6-pound, 8-
ounce baby then, is now a robust young
man in the U. S. Air Force. He is sta
tioned at Dover, DeL Yep. time surely
passes swiftly!
o
The weather continues to be very warm,
but the cheerleaders for the Edenton Aces
no doubt realize that it will not be so very
long before they’ll be marching, jumping
and yelling at football games. Despite the
hot weather, groups of ’em last week gath
ered on the Court House Green going
through practice drills for the coming foot
ball season. They, like the Aces, want to
be in first class shape for the gridiron
wars—and it looks as though they will be.
Anyway ,the cheerleaders are an integral
part of a football out there
cheering if their team is ahead or behind.
Quite different from some football fans
who could tell a coach what he should have
done after a certain play bogs down.
o
And speaking about the Aces, the choir
at the Methodist Church is in about the
same category. Coach Marion Kirby has
lost eight or nine lettermen from last sea
son’s squad, so that ‘he’ll have a rebuilding
job on his hands. However, he’s well
pleased with the group of youngsters who
are seeking berths on the team and be
lieves he’ll have a creditable team in uni
form. Not so, however, with the Metho
dist Choir. There, too, eight or nine mem
bers will soon be missing, some leaving
Edenton and others going away to school.
Unlike Coach Kirby, however, there is no
group trying to “make” the choir like the
young footballers. So, any member of the
Methodist Church, or non-member for that
matter, who can sing any at all will be
welcome to sit in the choir loft every Sun
day morning.
o
A new sport has developed in Edenton
if one takes a glance along the waterfront
at almost any time these days. Large
numbers of people gather there with an old
fish head or piece of meat as bait in an
effort to attract crabs—and they have been
attracting ’em, too. Clyde Slade, one of
The Herald’s crew, for instance, went out
after work one evening last week and gath-.
ered ir»\U2 crabs. And from what I un
derstand, most of ’em are eaten. As a boy
when going on excursions to Tolchester
Beach, across Chesapeake Bay from Bal
timore, we derived a lot of pleasure crab
bing, but now the bloomin’ things get a
fellow’s nerves while fishing and the crabs
beat the fish to the bait.
o
If the births at Chowan Hospital is any
indication, girls same years hence might
find it a little difficult to find a “feller.”
Os the seven births last week at the hos
pital, every one of ’em was a girL
o
Missing among us these days is Leroy
Haskett, who is now confined in General
Hospital in Norfolk. Friend Haskett went
there last week for observation in connec
tion with a neck ailment, but the doctors
kept him there. Then Mrs. Bill Goodwin
is also a hospital patient. Here’s hoping
both of ’em will soon be out and patched
up as good as new.
o
Wednesday afternoon of hext week the
Methodist Church will stage a picnic at
Surf Side Park at Cape Colony. The af
fair is planned for the entire congregation
and will be featured by a fish fry. There
will be no charge for the meal, so that
every member of the congregation is in
vited to attend and bring along a big ap
petite.
o
After Wednesday of this week the Buff
lap household will be sort of down in the
dumps. For two weeks now the son of the
Missus, his wife and darling daughter have
been visitors and it has been one happy
family. Os course, the parents of the little
granddaughter were veiy welcome, coming
all the way from London, but what can
be more precious than the love and admira
tion of a two-year-old little girl? We, of
course, like all grandparents, think our
grandchildren are just the best and most
precious things in the world. Our folks
left Wednesday for their trip over the
briny deep to their home in London, but
their visit and the joy of being around a
sweet little girl will long be remembered.
o
Two Edenton Boy Scouts—Mike -Ervin
and Jimmy Lambeth—have been signally
honored. They have been selected to at
end the national conference of the Order
of th Arrow at Lincoln, Neb. It’s a set
tled fact that tile boys will have a won
derful time out west, and here’s hoping
the trip will make ’em even better Boy
Scouts.
o
The Magazine College 1967 Football states
that Coach Clarence Stasavich at East Ca
rolina College is very optimistic over the
return of 22 lettemen from last year’s
rugged football squad. He says Dwight
Flanagan, a former Edenton Ace, will like
ly be among the newcomers to start, with
Dwight as safetyman. Here’s hoping Dwight
will be as outstanding at East Carolina
as he was when playing for the Edenton
sl2 Welfare Money Buys $92 Worth Os Food Stamps
Twelve dollars in cash and $92 worth
of food? That’s what a family of 15
received last month with Chowan Coun
ty Welfare Department putting up the
sl2.
Mrs. J. H. McMullan, welfare direc
tor, told Chowan County commissioners
Monday the food stamp program here is
of great assistance to many families.
She said the father of a large family
was hospitalized. No food was in the
home and there was no money to pur-
DAMAGE BY FIRE
Continued from Page 1
drills.
In summary, the chief reported:
Twenty-eight coded alarms in Eden
ton and 29 in the county; 37 silent
alarms in town and 21 in the county.
A break-down of the alarms include:
Residential, 41; non-residential, 20;
woods and grass, 28; auto or truck, 18;
false alarms, three; rescue calls, three;
mutual aid, one and cat in tree, one.
An average of 17 firemen answered
each coded alarm out of town for the
year. In Edenton, the average number
of firemen responding was 18.
The paid men in the department work
ed a total of 4,236 hours each during the
reported period.
CL he public fJarade
Continued from Page 1
the condition of various athletic funds,
said John A. Holmes is in the best shape
of any school with which he has been
connected.
Individual schools this year will be
asked to find the money to cover ath
letes. If they can’t? Well, the school
board has agreed to help bail them out.
Skeletons are not rare around athletic
programs. At least one bone of this one
is getting a good dusting.
REGISTRATION PLAN
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tain two jobs as the accountant’s work
has more than doubled over the past few
years.
After considerable discussion, com
missioners voted to continue the Civil
Defense through this fiscal year and to
make the county accountant’s position
a full-time job.
Jim Blake, community planner with
the Albemarle- Area- -Planning Comm is
larger region in the 10-county area.
Chowan has some of the best land in the
region, primarily along the waterways,
he said in his presentation.
He said Chowan has a good location
for a new state park and the transpor
tation study shows a definite need for
additional highways in the area.
Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., chair
man of the commission, said the study
done by Blake and his staff is, a model
for others to follow. He again request
ed that Chowan continue to participate
in future studies.
Commissioners later reversed an earli
er opinion and voted to continue par
ticipation for the next two years at a
cost of approximately $1,500.
Jack Parker, area livestock specialist,
was given office space in Hotel Joseph
Hewes.
Rhea Adams and Ernest Kehayes were
appointed as county members on the
Advisory Committee of the Albemarle
Area Alcoholic Center in Elizabeth City.
Marion Swindell of Hertford, a part
ner in Williford Funeral Home here, and
other funeral home directors in Edenton
apeared to inform commissioners that
after September 30 they would no long
er answer ambulance calls.
Swindell, spokesman for the group,
said new laws have place an additional
burden on the funeral homes and is forc
ing them out of the ambulance business.
However, he was quick to say they
would work with the Rescue Squad or
any other group the commissioners des
ignate to handle ambulance calls in the
future.
Chairman Bond said it would be dis
cussed at a future meeting.
The board voted to install a conveyor
in the clerk of court’s office to another
office on the second floor. Cost of the
conveyor is $7lO.
A request from Sheriff Earl Goodwin
for the county to participate with Eden
ton in sponsoring a Crime Prevention
display at Chowan County Fair was
tabled.
Commissioners Dallas Jethro, Jr., and
C. M. Evans were appointed to a com
mittee to work with the Town on a pro
gram of building inspections. This has
been recommended by the joint Edenton-
Chowan planning boards.
In addition to Chairman Bond, Jeth
ro and Evans, other commissioners at
tending were J. Clarence Leary and C.
J. HoUoweU.
Individuals, successful generals,
have to be bold enough to take some
chances, if they wish to become suc
chase the needed provisions.
A general assistance grant of sl2 was
given the family and with the money
they were able to buy food stamps valued
at $92.
Mrs. McMullan said while this is an
isolated case, there are many other in
stances where families who otherwise
might be without food are being assisted
by the program.
In July, 78 were certified to partici
pate in the program. Seventy-three ac
tually purchased the stamps. They paid
$2,572 and received stamps valued at
$4,526.
The welfare director said the number
of families certified for participation
drops greatly during the summer months
as farm employment and wages increase.
Meanwhile in Raleigh, changes were
announced in the food stamp program
Conference Slated
Edenton has been chosen as one of 10
locations for a Drive-In Conference for
teachers of seventh and eight grade
mathematics.
Such conferences begin Monday in
Burlington and New Bern with the
Edenton program set for next Friday.
On the same day a conference will be
held in Kannapolis.
Supt. Bill Britt said the local confer
ence will be held in the auditorium at
John A. Holmes High School. It will
begin at 9:30 A. M., and end at 4 P. M.
In addition to the four locations pre
viously mentioned, conferences will be
held in Boone, Fayetteville, Franklin,
Wilmington, Marion and Rocky Mount.
Sponsored by the State Department of
Public Instruction, this group of meet
ings is a part of a continuing effort to
increase the effectiveness of instruction
in the updated mathematicss program,
Supt. Britt said.
The conferences are designed to rein
force the teacher’s background in, and
understanding of mathematical concepts
inherent in the new program; to offer
suggestions in developing teaching tech
niques; and to suggest ways of supple
menting the basal texts to meet the needs
of all students.
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FOR- SALE—Glasspar boat
and. 40 HP motor and trail
er. §,& A?t conditia*. f
482-2710 ot see Ed Taylor.
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BEACH COTTAGE for
rent on Yeopim River.
Weekends or by the week.
Call 426-7294 or see Bill
Corprew. t f c
APARTMENT FOR RENT
—Apply George Chevrolet
Company or call 482-2138.
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SALESMEN WANTED—
Sell Rawleigh Products.
Full or part time. No cap
ital necessary. Write Raw
leigh,. Dept. NCH-210-889,
Richmond, Va.
Aug 10 31p
$$ LADIES $3
BEAUTY is our business.
Why not make it yours?
An excellent earning op
portunity for women who
qualify. Sell a product un
conditionally guaranteed
and advertised. Yes, it’s
“Avon Calling" for women
who want to earn. For
information, write to Mrs.
Louise Perry, Box 48?,
Ahoskie N. C. 27910.
Aug 10 17 24 31
FOR SALE 1948 Jeep
pickup truck. Two-wheel
drive. Good running con
dition. New paint job.
New state inspection tick
et $l5O. Call 482-3556 or
can be seen at 10314 East
Carteret Street after 6
P. M. 1 * c
FOR RENT—One and two
bedroom apartments, fur
nished. Electric and gas
kitchens. Private baths end
garage for each. Call 482-
2561, 219 East Queen
Street. ts c
LOSE WEIGHT safely with
Dex-A-Diet Tablets. Only
98c. Mitchener 1 * Pharm
acy. exp Nov 9p
CLEARANCE SALE AT BELOW COST PB1CE8!
New 39 HP Seott Outboard Motor $398.99
New 19 HP Scott Oatboerd Motor $175.99
Uoed Antomatio Washers $ $8.99
Used Electric Bences $ 35.99
Cast Electric Dryers $ $5.99
Dm* Electric Refrigerator $ SSJ9
Aaeerted Capper Fittings and Pipe at wholesale
grieeeerlaw« ; A«ertod Hand %eto. Wrenches,
ocirwonvcra, uocinc it ire,
RALPH E. PARRISH, INC.
113 Wist Water Street rime 433-3431
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that will help many families take advan
tage of the aid who have not been able
to do so in the past.
Welfare Commissioner Clifton M.
Craig explained that many families with
very low incomes and those who buy
their food on credit have difficulty, in
the first month, getting together the
amount of cash they must have to pur
chase food stamps. “To help these fami
lies get started in the program,” said
Craig, “beginning September 1 new fami
lies will be required to pay only half of
their normal purchase requirement dur
ing the first month they participate in
the program.” He added that any fami
ly who had not been participating for two
months or more prior to September 1
would be treated as new family if they
wish to re-apply after that date.
The second major change is a reduc
tion in the purchase requirement for
families in the lowest income category.
Until now these families have had to
pay an average of $2 per person per
month for their food stamp allotment.
For families with almost no income it
has been impossible to raise even this
small amount. “Effective September I,”
said Craig, “the cash requirement for
these families will be reduced to an aver
age of 50 cents per person.”
TOWN COUNCIL JUNKS
Continued on Pace 4
County in loose-leaf registration of vot
er books. Also, under the proposal,
strongly supported by Town Administra
tor W. B. Gardner, town voting precincts
would be aligned with the county (east
and west) but candidates would still file
from respective wards.
Councilman Quinn called for better
cleaning of municipal parking lots. He
called them a disgrace.
Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr., said
littering in the parking lots is a real
problem.
W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr., town attorney,
said the State Supreme Court ruling on
municipal funds for use on airports in
no way affects Edenton.
The air conditioner in the abandoned
fire station was donated to the Teenage
Club.
ENJOY, YOUR VACATION
at' popdlhi* in
one of five cottages owned,
by Howard and Artie
Ange. Wide selection of
cottages and apartments
available at reasonable
prices. Contact the Anges
at Route 1, Edenton, prior
to June 1, afterwards at
their Nags Head Produce
Market, Box 296, Nags
Head. may 11 tfc
PLYWOOD
FOR SALE
$2.00 and up. Also new
2x4 fir studs, 40c each and
up. Tee-Lok Corp. Phone
482-2305. tfc
SINGER: Sewing Machine
cabinet modeL ZIG-ZAG
GER, Buttonholer, etc. Lo
cal person can finish pay
ments SIO.OO monthly or
cash balance $38.90. Local
ly write: “National’s Fi
nancing Dept.”, Adjustor,
Nichols, Drawer 280, Ashe
boro, N. C. expAugl7
TWO LARGE wooded wa
terfront lots on Country
Club Drive at Cape Col
ony, % acre. Close to boat
ramp and marina. Will
sell separately at $3,500
each or $6,000.00 together.
Call 482-3214. tfc
LOOK! LOOK! LOOK!
100 ft. by 200 ft. wooded
lots at Cape Colony, on
paved highway. Water and
electricity available. No
money down. Payments as
low as $25 per month. At
-lan t i c Development of
Edenton, Inc. Phone 482-
2733. t f
FOR SALE —3l Westover
Heights. Three bedrooms,
one bath. Ready for im
mediate occupancy. Call
R. Elton Forehand Agency.
Phone 482-3314 or 482-
3739. t f
burn up
■ wfcwi-yoH ban-buy a 5-ton
-air conditioner' so cheap?
This unit guaranteed. $295.
Call John.' Woolard, 482-
4469. ) tfc
WE a2e in our new
building on Badham Road.
Come.byto see us. Thanks.
The / Halseys of Halsey
Feed and Seed Store.
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FOR SALE llO foot
front lot on Highway 17
south, 200 feet from city
limits. Access to Pem
broke Creek. Contact J.
D. BarnhilL Phone 482-
4116. aug 3 lOp
FOR SALE —Approximate-
ly 70 feet of 2-inch plastic
pipe. Excellent for drain
lines. Priced to sell at 35
cents per foot. Contact
The Chowan Herald. Phone
482-2221.
WANTED
Silver
Certificates
$1.15 FOR EACH
SI.OO BILL
Dr. W. S. Griffin
219 East Queen Street
Edenton, N. C.
WANTED—Hardwood and
cypress logs. Tracts of
hardwood and pine tim
ber. Top market prices.
Williams Lumber Co., Inc.,
Mackeys, N. C. t f
FOR SALE Desirable
three bedroom brick bouse
on Twiddy Avenue. Finan
cially attractive. Many
extras. Inspection by ap
pointment. Immediate oc
cupancy. Phone 482-3737.
J. P. Ricks, Jr. 4J
FOR SALE—I 9 Westover
Heights. Three bedrooms,
two tile baths, tile parch,
carport Excellent condi
tion. Call R. Elton Fore
hand Agency. Phone 482-
3314 or 482-3739. t f
FOR SALE—Westinghouse
table model TV, 21-inch
screen. Good playing con
dition. Good picture. $35.
Call 482-3556 or can be
seen at 103% East Car
teret Street after IP. R.
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FOR SALE: Gibralter
house trailer - 55’ x 10*;
two bedrooms. $3,560.00
For more information, call
483-4542 after SP. * tfc