Heard and seen
By“BUFF”
(Editor's Note: This column appeared in
the first edition of The Chowan Herald on
August 30, 1934. The column appeared as a
regular feature until “Buff” said he wasn't
seen around enough to be heard. LFA).
Like a bad penny, “Heard and Seen”
is back again. Thanks to all those who
have expressed an interest in this col
umn and a hope that it would be reviv
ed. So here 'tis:
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The first thing to “hop” on is the
weather. Yep, sort of warm lately. And
while working on another paper recently
some bird telephoned the editorial
rooms, asking if they wanted a report'
on the weather. “Sure,” came the
answer from the newspaper office.
“Well,” came the reply, “you can put
in your columns that with as hot
weather as we’re having lately, hell
can’t be far away.” The “tip” never
reached the composing room.
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Anyway with such hot weather as
we’ve had already this summer, I can’t
see what kind of folks our preachers are.
I’ve gone to church quite regularly
through it all, and bless my soul, unless
I’ve gone to sleep at times, I’ve never
heard one of them yet say, “Men, if
you’re uncomfortable, take off your
coats.” That would be welcome news,
but then there’s another thing to be
considered—a fellow would have to put
on a clean shirt every time he went to
church, and what about we fellows who
have only one Sunday shirt?
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busses are doing a big business
these days, but there’s no telling what
a fellow will run up against while riding
in one of the things. For instance, on one
occasion a lady sitting in the seat in
front of me wanted the window raised
to get a little breeze. Naturally, being
accommodating to the lady I raised the
window for her. But the bus hadn’t gone
very far until the lady sitting back of me
wanted the window pulled down,
whereupon I tried to please her and
yanked the window down. But before I
had chance to sit down the first lady
jumped up and said, “Say, will you
please open that window and let it
open? ” And at the same time the lady
in the back said “Close that window, it’s
too much breeze in here.” Well, in
desperation I got up and shouted to both
of them: “I no speeka da Engleesh,”
and found a seat back near the colored
section.
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The unipries at the baseball games
sure catch the dickens for some of the
decisions. With all this trouble about
umpiring I don’t see why some guy don’t
invent some kind of a light that would
light when the runner’s foot touches the
base and when the baseman catches the
ball. It would be easier to see which one
of the bulbs lighted first. I haven’t gone
very far in the matter, and I don’t
reckon I will because what would
-baseball game be without naggpggttfcHlr'
umpire once in awhile?
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It will not be so very long now until
hunting season opens, and I've found out
the best way to prepare a ’possum. The
recipe goes something like this: Skin
and clean thoroughly, roast to a nice
brown. Then open the window and throw
it in the garbage can.
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We’ve had to buy a typewriter at the
Herald office, and in looking over some
ads we saw this one: “Typewriter for
saie Writes good but not a good
speller.“ We didn’t buy that one!
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felt sorry for a companion not so long
ago. He and I attended an evangelistic
meeting, in the course of which the
evangelist was making a plea for five
dollar donations to be used toward the
expense of the campaign. Some sort of
a bug lighted on the neck of my friend,
and for fear the preacher would see him
raise his hand, he allowed the bug to bite
and scratch until the offering was over.
But come to think of it, he was in a bad
predicament because that preacher
sore could see the hands as they went
up.
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Right much has been heard this sum
mer about the disease “Devil’s Grip.”
I don't know how the name originated
but it’s not so new, for by the looks of
things the devil has had a mighty grip
now for a long, long time.
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Doctors generally have a fine sense of
humor. Not so long ago a man, thinking
that he was suffering with low blood
pressure chased into a doctor’s office
and all excitedly said, “Doc, what in the
world can I do for my low blood
pressure?” The doctor giving him the
"once over," calmly replied: “About the
best thing I know is to get on your knees
and thank the Lord that you don’t have
high blood pressure.”
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Edenton surely has a bunch of
religious yellow flies, mosquitoes and
flies. And the bad thing about it I believe
the most of them are Methodists. Os
course the yellow flies must have got
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ted religion because you see very few of
them in the Methodist church here late
ly. However, the flies and mosquitoes
still attend quite regularly. And even
Sunday before last a bat attracted right
much attention sailing back and forth in
the church at the night service. But I
don’t see why folks don’t like to be bit
ten by mosquitoes. Gosh darn, just
notice how good it feels when you
scratch a mosquito bite.
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The other day I was riding with a local
business man who had stopped smoking
just a short time before. He told me that
at that particular time he would give a
dollar for a cigarette, but that he would
not smoke one for a dollar. I can’t quite
figure it out.
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Although the front and back yard at
the residence of Captain and Mrs. Pat
Bell in the middle of Chowan Bridge is
the waters of Chowan River, I’ll bet a
ginger cake that the flower beds in front
of the house have called for more com
pliments than any flower garden
hereabouts. The space in front of the
house is covered with beautiful vari
colored flowers, which have been
blooming now for quite a while, and
rarely does a bus pass over the bridge
but that you hear: “My oh my, aren’t
those flowers beautiful?” And to be
truthful, they are beautiful, due, no
doubt, to the care given then by Mrs
Bell.
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The chances are that we will have to
hire a colored boy around our printing
office, which reminds me of one I heard
about in a nearby town. The colored boy
was telling a group of friends how much
work he had been doing, in fact he said
he did everything at the office. One of
the other employees heard him
boasting, and said: “Do you mean to tell
the folks that you do everything down at
the printing office?” “Yowsah," replied
the boy, “dat is everything but readin’
and writin’.” We’d like to get hold of him
for our shop.
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T. J. Wilder surely has something to
be thankful for during the hot summer
time. Bre’r Wilder was telling a group
of fellows a little while back about a cer
tain room in his home on Eden street.
This room, he said was so cool that if a
person went in while perspired he would
need a coat to keep from getting cold.
Don’t rush folks, I don’t think he will
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VARSITY FOOTBALL PLAQUE WINNERS are Terry Williams,
Robert Cofield, Joe Hollowell, Chris Rankins, and Ernest Riddick.
High School Athletes Honored
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proved Award went to Terry
Williams, and the Sportsmanship
Award was given to Robert Cofield
Joe Hollowell received the Extra
Effort Award. Chris Rankin was
recipient of the Solid Citizen Award
and the Most Valuable Player
Award was received by Ernest
Council Holds Special Meeting
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Rocky Mount. The low bid itself
was however, around 33 per cent
above the cost that was estimated
by the Town.
One of the reasons cited for the
difference between proposed cost
and actual cost was the need to
drive a greater number of well
points to draw off water from the
excavation sites to prevent collapse
of the sides of excavated lines.
The L. E. Wooten engineering
firm, which is acting as the consul
tant firm for this project, recom
mended to Council that it accept the
R and G construction firm’s bid and
award them the project.
Sam Nobel, Town Administrator
suggested to Council that the Town
could make up the $34,512 dif
ference from it’s financial reserves.
The Council moved to award the
waste water project to R and G
Company. The motion passed
unanimously.
The Town received six bids on the
street improvement project, which
was the next project discussed by
the Council. The bids ranged from
a low of $56,555 to a high of $56,928,
some SIO,OOO less than Council
thought the project would take. Hie
low bidder in this case was C and
L concrete works from Elizabeth
Citv votod unanimously to
rent it out. Fact is I wouldn’t if I had a
room like th.it. Os course, Mr. Wilder ex
plained the reasons for this cool room,
but now I’m wondering if the same room
is warm during the winter days.
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lost track of the membership of
my false teeth club. I do know, though,
that Harrison Spruill sports a new set of
teeth. But Harrison don’t try to hide the
fact. He's just as liable to carry his teeth
in his hip pocket as in his mouth. I think
he ought to be careful, lest he sits down
and bites himself.
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What I’d like to know is, who is the
champion watermelon grower this
year? A. B. Griffinhad one displayed in
the window of Leggett & Davis Drug
Store near about as long as the cane he
uses while walking around town.
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NRA, FERA, AAA, and all the
other A’s don’t bother us so much, but
what gives us a fit is the C. 0. D.
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Recently a couple of young fellows
from a neighboring town were involved
in a slight automobile wreck just outside
Elizabeth City. The other party was a
prominent man in Elizabeth City, and
after the accident the usual argument
arose as to who was to blame. After see
ing the town’s license plate, the
Elizabeth City man roiled something
like this: “Why don’t you look where
you’re driving, you ignorant coun
trymen.” The boys sort of resented the
remark and asked the man where he
mightbefrom. “Why I live in Elizabeth
City, if you please,” was the answer. Be
careful folks, if you go to the big town;
don’t get lost.
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It’s no joke about folks eating rat
tlesnake. C. P. Wales took me along in
his laundry truck to the CCC camp near
Windsor a little while back and during
the day Woodrow Pierce of the Sixth
Section killed a6 1 j foot rattlesnake. The
reptile was brought home, skinned, and
the cook fried the meat. A number of the
boys were standing around eating the
snake meat. It really looked good and
one of the boys offered me a piece. It
was around supper time, but really I
wasn’t hungry enough to tackle a piece
of it.
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I finally got up with Charlie Swanner.
He said he's been staying out in sticks.
! inquired his address to send him the
first issue of our paper, and Charlie
said: “Well, just put on ‘Charlie Swan
ner,' because there’s no other Charlie
Swanner around here—in fact they
made only one.”
Riddick.
E.T., w ho was present at the ban
quet, never got a chance to speak
or even “Phone home.”
Following the presentation of the
awards, Rob Boyce, principal of
John A Holmes High School, clos
ed the banquet .
accept the low bid.
David Holmes, of Anderson, Ben
ton and Holmes, the firm hired by
the Town to ovensee the planning of
the Neighborhood Block Grant Pro
gram, announced to Council that
$627,000 of the Grant had been
released by the Government for
planning and administration. He
also announced that the actual
renovation in the Block Grant
target area could begin as early as
March l of this year.
Mr. Holmes also suggested that
the Town use part of the monies it
receives from the Block Grant, to
give the 15 homeowners within the
target area grants to help them
renovate their homes. The amount
of the grant to homeowners would
depend on the amount of renovation
needed and is to be no greater than
SIO,OOO unless special conditions ex
ist to justify a hardship grant which
exceeds SIO,OOO.
The 11 homes which are investor
property within the target area
may qualify for a proposed mat
ching grant to be given by the Town
if the Council accepts the guide
lines proposed by Mr. Holmes.
The Council tabled any action on
the proposed guidelines until
January 31 when a more complete
set of guidelines could be presented
to Council.
There sure are some “reckless”
gamblers in town. The other day when
Edenton was leading Williamston 10 to
1,1 heard a fellow in front of Quinn’s
Furniture Store, while the game was be
ing broadcast, say “I’ll bet a quarter
Edenton wins today’s game.” Taking
right much of a chance, I would say.
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Duncan, down at the Broad
Street Fish Market, must think I “just
came to town.” The other day I asked
him if he was selling eggs, there being
quite a few eggs lying on the shelf.
“No,” said Mr. Duncan, “they’re ‘fish
eggs’.” Whereupon, I wanted to know
what sort of fish came from those eggs.
“Oh, I don’t mean that kind of eggs,” he
said. “I sold fish for eggs, and I call
them ‘fisheggs’.” Well, that’s all right.
Anybody want to buy a newspaper for
some eggs?
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don’t know how old this one is, but
I heard one of our prominent Baptist
deacons relate it just the other day. It
is said that in a nearby town the Bap
tist church was raising money to
remodel the church, and one of the
wealthy members was put down for S3OO
toward the expense. But when inform
ed that he was being called upon for
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W.H. Hollowell and Jim Blount
Hollowell And Blount Elected To
Be The Merchants Os The Month
The Chowan Herald is proud to
have W.H. Hollowell Jr., and Jim
Blount as Merchants of the Month.
Hollowell purchased Hollowell’s
in 1957, though he had been there
since 1946. He graduated from
University of North Carolina in
1969.
“I first became interested in
becoming a pharmacist in my
senior year at high school”,
Hollowell said. He has a B.S. in
Pharmocology.
Along with working, he is very
active in civic and government ac
tivities. He is past Dfsffiet fcover
nor of the Lions Club dikljpaSt
dent of Lion Association of the
Blind. He is now serving on the N.C.
Committee of the Blind. He is also
the treasurer of Edenton United
Methodist Church. He served 13
years on the Town Council.
He has a wife, Frances and two
children, Martha Jo and Fran.
District Court Session
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and Drug Education Traffic School.
Teresa Louise Crew was found
quilty of reckless driving after
drinking. She was sentenced to 90
days with two years suspended
upon payment of a SIOO fine, cost of
court and attend Alcohol and Drug
Education Traffic School.
Patrick Allen Gordon was found
quilty of driving 66 in a 55 zone. He
has to pay cost of court. He has
appealed.
Stan Thomas Carter was found
guilty of reckless driving after
drinking. He was sentenced to 90
days with two years suspended
upon payment of a $125 fine, cost of
court, and attend Alcohol and Drug
Education Traffic School.
Carl Eugene Worsley, Jr. was
found guilty of improper passing.
He was fined $lO and cost of court.
Haywood Levon Coston was
found guilty of reckless driving. He
had to pay a SIOO fine and cost of
court.
Linda Ann Bond was found guil
ty of assault with a deadly weapon.
She was sentenced to 90 days with
two years suspended and two years
of unsupervised probation and she
is not to operate a motor vehicle un
til licensed.
Ervin Ray White was found guil
ty of obstructing and delaying an of
ficer. He was fined SSO and cost of
court.
William (NMN) Skittlethorpe
was found quilty of driving under
the influence. He was sentenced to
90 days with two years suspended
upon payment of SIOO fine, cost of
court, surrender of license and at
tend Alcohol and Drug Education
Traffic School.
Jo Ann Hughes Pierce was found
guilty of driving 60 in a 45 zone. She
was fined S2O and cost of court.
William Leon Holley was found
S3OO, he exclaimed: “Oh, no you don’t;
I’ll withdraw my membership, join the
Methodist church, and go to hell.” Looks
sort of bad for we Methodists!
Professor Ruebush, who conducted a
music and singing school at the Baptist
church, has done wonders, especially
with the boys and girls. He is an ex
cellent teacher in music, but it remain
ed for Doc Griffin to tell me the dif
fernece between C sharp and B flat.
Says the dentist, “If you see a banana
peel on the sidewalk and don’t see sharp
you’ll be flat.” And then Charliewood,
who has been attending the singing
school, was talking about the different
notes and mentioned “H.” That’s a new
note to me, but Friend Charlie explain
ed that he always calls the sharp
character H. I’ll learn to play my gol
darned flute yet!
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About the largest congregation in a
church that I’ve seen in a long time was
just a little while back when Jim Daniels
took his orchestra to play in the Ross
church in Bertie County. Despite incle
ment weather, the entire church and
balcony was crowded. It really made a
fellow feel that going to church hasn’t
gone out of style, at least not
Also with a B.S. in Pharmacy is
Jim Blount. Blount also graduated
from U.N.C. After graduating, he
was the Pharmacist at Pitt County
Memorial Hospital in Greenville.
He then moved to Edenton and
became part-owner at Hollowells
and they changed the name to
Hollowell and Blount.
Blount is in the Rotary Club and
has served as it’s past president.
Currently he is a member of the
N.C. Merchant’s Association and
the N.C. Mutual Wholesale Drugs,
amongothers:
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Deacons at-Edenton Baptist Church
and is a Sunday School teacher for
the 10th grade level.
He has a wife, Sally, and two
children, Jennifer and Jim, Jr.
The Chowan Herald con
gradulates Hollowell and Blount for
being “Merchants of the Month.”
guilty of going 74 in a 55 zone. He
had to pay S4O, cost of court and
surrender his license.
Shirley Mae Privott was found
quilty of one count of driving under
the influence and one count of driv
ing without a license. She was
sentenced to 90 days with two years
suspended upon payment of $l5O
fine, cost of court and surrender
license for 12 months. She has ap
pealed and was placed on a S2OO
bond.
Roy Earl Gregory was found
guilty of driving under the in
fluence. He was sentenced to 90
days with two years suspended
upon payment of a $125 fine, cost of
court and surrender license.
David Marshall Allen was found
guilty of going 70 in a 55 zone. He
was fined sls and cost of court.
Kelly Raymond Hare was found
guilty of going 65 in a 55 zone. He
was fined $lO and cost of court.
Joseph Le Roy Wills was found
guilty of assault on a female.-He
was sentenced to 90 days with two
years suspended, must pay a SIOO
fine, $72.25 restitution to Sarah
Wills and attend Albemarle Mental
Health.
Edward Charles Ferebee was
found guilty of larceny. He was
sentenced to 12 months with three
years suspended, three years
supervised probation, fined S2OO
and cost of court.
Richard Welch was convicted of
one count each of being intoxicated
and' disruptive, resisting arrest,
trespassing and misdemeanor
breaking and altering. He was
sentenced to eight months with
three years suspended, supervised
probation three years, unsupervis
ed probation one year, final S2OO,
cost of court and restitution of $25
to the benefit of Gladys Welch.
everywhere.
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What I like about Lindwood Sutton’s
new drug store is the floor. He has it
painted like a checkerboard and all a
fellow has to do now is take a pocketful
of'checkers along and spend the even
ing on the floor.
The kind of a car makes a big dif
ference. ‘Tother day young Joe Campen
crawled out of a high falutin car and was
evidently looking at the stars in the
broad daylight.
CRC To Meet
The Coastal Resources Commis
sion will hold its regular meeting on
January 20-21 in Raleigh to con
sider a preliminary proposal to ex
pand the oceanfront buffer areas
for large, immovable structures
such as motels and condominiums.
The. group will also consider new
. oceanfront erosion data used to
Calculate buffer areas and a pro
posal to allow the construction of
beaches along coastal rivers and
sounds.
Gov. Jim Hunt and Sec. Joe
Grimsley of the Department of
Natural Resourcs and Community
Development asked the commis
sion to investigate the idea of an in
creased buffer during NRCD’s
oceanfront development con
ference in early December. The
buffer is called a setback area and
is required under the Commission’s
rules to protect life and property
from storms and long term erosion
and to maintain the public’s access
rights to the beach.
In other business, the commis
sion will consider a report on
navigation channels through
wetlands, discuss the issue of
floating home in North Carolina’s
waters and review a draft hand
book to guide developers in the
coastal area.
The Coastal Resources Advisory
Council, a group which links the
Commission and local governments
in the coastal area, met at 1 P.M.
Wednesday to review
developments in the coastal
management program since its
August meeting. Among the topics
are off-road vehicle management,
tax incentives for coastal land
donations, full disclosure of natural
hazards to coastal land purchasers
and-legislative and budget updates.
89 W(B. Ghrdnemf Edenton is chair
"-frfim of Ifie Advisory Council.
The public is welcome at all ses
sions. Commission meetings begin
at 9 A.M. All meetings will be held
in the Radisson Plaza Raleigh at
420 Fayetteville Street Mall.
Phillips Named
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brother, when he would co-operate,
made up my first class.”
During her junior high and high
school years she continued her in
terest in teaching when she gave
enrichment programs for the
younger grades. As a senior, she
was selected to be a substitute
teacher.
Her college years were spent at
COA and East Carolina University.
After which she became a first
grade teacher in the Edenton-
Chowan School System.
Mrs. Phillips stopped teaching
for the system for three years, but
continued teaching either as a
librarian or as a private school
teacher. She returned to the
Edenton-Chowan School System
and taught second grade. She soon
became involved with teaching the
learning diabled classes.
Mrs. Phillips feels that
“Teaching...is not limited to the
time I spend with my students.”
' i “I do not consider my time away
from school as seperate from my
time spent at school. I make myself
* available to parents and to anyone
in otir §ommunity, to discuss mat
ters-related to education; giving
(the) advice or direction that is
needed.”
“By my example, I desire to in
still in my students pride and faith
in themselves, first, and then in
their fellow man.”
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