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Editorial Opinions A QROWlMCc MAM'S FILTER YOUR HOME NEWSPAPER’S editorials are the opinions of staff members. As such they may be wrong. Whether you agree or disagree our columns, under ‘‘The People Write” heading, are open for you to express your own opinion. Capitalizing On Good Fortune On May 29 the voters of Hertford County will be going to the polls to de cide on whether the county is to be em powered to levy taxes for industrial de velopment in the future. Sometime soon Northampton voters will have to do the same thing. These votes will be among the most important public opinion polls ever taken in this area. Without favorable votes in both counties the economic fu ture of the whole area will be much bleaker than it now appears. With favor able votes much can be done to pro vide new jobs for the ever increasing numbers being replaced by machines on our farms. Unfavorable votes will tie the hands of public officials just at a time when it appears that much prog ress in this field is about to be made. In a completely new departure from its past practice the North Carolina Fund has approved money to employ Fred L. Cooper as a full-time industrial develop ment supervisor for the four Choanoke area counties — Bertie, Halifax, North ampton and Hertford. Cooper’s job will be to work with the industrial develop ment representative of each county in a coordinated effort to increase the num ber of industrial jobs available. Bertie County has someone for him to work with. Halifax is getting itself ready to have someone. This leaves Northampton and Hertford needing action. Neither will be able to employ an industry hunt er to capitalize on the good fortune of having an area man available to really go to work on industrial development, unless the industrial tax referendums are passed. There is one item of unfinished busi ness which must be cleared up before either can employ an industry hunter. Both counties have commitments to do their part to improve their jointly owned — with Bertie — Tri-County Air port. Some controversy over the need for an airport has arisen, particularly in Northampton. Some folks, always those who have not worked closely up to now in trying to promote new industrial jobs, claim not to understand why an airport is essential before the area can begin to think about being attractive to new in dustry. two hours he would have otherwise spent in traveling. The local plant man agement was happy because in a matter of a short time they were able to sell their product to the visitor with com plete understanding of what was in volved. “This is just one more example of the use of an airport here and why we need to obtain one which we can expect to be permanent. “Also recently, an industrial prospect visited Albemarle and another city. He landed at the other town, came to Albe marle by car, and was picked up at the local airport by the company plane. Air port facilities are playing an increas ingly important role in the effort to se cure more industry. “We need to be aware of this need for. an airport and make certain that Stanly County is served by adequate facilities.” In prospering and relatively highly industrialized Stanly County the ob vious need for a modern airfield is rec ognized. There are advantages in the Roanoke-Chowan for development which Stanly does not have — closer to east ern seaboard markets, lack of unioni zation (which always frightens off in dustry from largely undeveloped areas) and a large pool of unemployed but trainable labor. We have our disadvan tages too — mainly the lack of experi ence by many of our people working be tween four walls — and its requirements and disciplines are definitely different from outside work. It is certainly to be hoped that the voters of Hertford and Northampton will be as aware of the necessity for an airport as are the people of the Pied mont’s Stanly County. And beyond this of the necessity to give their county gov ernments the power to begin a continu ing program for increasing local produc tion jobs. The economic future of both counties, and their neighbors as well, depends upon it. Carlton Morris Writes- The Old Country Store Was A Place Of Sow Belly And Beans Medical Hope Muty'-'- •rtilt for those who do, ‘ • eed for an airport as a not yet sy prerequisite uc'^ievelopment industrially is the following editorial which ap peared last week in the Stanly News and Press of Albemarle; Airport Visitors “One day last week a customer of one of our Albemarle industries set his plane down at the Albemarle airport and visit ed the plant for a time. “He also made a short visit to another plant nearby. “If these industrial customers had been forced to land at the Charlotte air port because Albemarle had none, it might have been a different story. “The man relating the event said that the customer was happy that he saved Dr. Jonas Salk was honored recently on the tenth anniversary of the official •sanction of “his anti-polio vaccine as “^afe,,potent, and effective.” The accuracy of that conclusion has been amply demonstrated in the past decade. When the vaccine first came into general use, crippling polio claimed thousands of victims each year. Now the number is almost infinitesimal. The victory in the battle against the crippling disease will stand as a me morial to Dr. Salk and to those who have developed an effective oral preventa tive, a more impressive memorial than could be created from stone or marble. That victory encourages hope that someone will find the cure for cancer and other so-far unconquered ills of man — solutions that now seem as elusive as did the polio antidote just a few years ago. If you’ve never been sent to the Store, you’re of the yoxmger generation. For once upon atime we didn’t have supermarkets, and the bane of a young boy’s exist ence was being sent to the Store. The Store was usually a small place vnd the capitalization is mine. It contained the main ingredi ents of life, such as salt pork, better known as sow belly, beans, flour, coffee, sugar and molasses in that order. There were no lit tle wagons to be pushed around in those days. In fact the custo mer was never allowedbehindthe counter, but must call out the items he needed, to the merchant. Nothing was prepackaged. Pork, cheese and beans were all weigh ed on the same set of swinging scales, and I’ll wager this old gristmill that no two ever weigh ed alike. home the right change without the loss of a penny. My oldest sister, who is a couple of years younger than me, once got into difficulty about the return change. Though she had only her hands to keep it in, she lo.st it all. Tc top it off, she didn't get home until dark. You didn’t come by money eas ily in those days and being the smart one, I declared I could and it all. We lit up our kerosene lantern and started out. The road was made of dust, but we usually walked on one side or the other and my sis said she knew where she had walked. It was close to a half mile to the Store, and we crawled and pushed the lantern ahead of us and canned every inch on that half mile of dust. Of course we attracted kids at every home we passed along the way and soon the road was covered with children, all crawling and alt sifting sand. Before our eight o'clock bed time we foimd it, everynickleand dime of it, the whole 35?. And as far as I know, my sister has never lost another dime in her life. Nowadays, she has to have a bigger basket to take her money to the market, than she needs to bring her groceries home in. How times have changed! Pine Forest Rest Home Control: Remains To Be Seen The most sweeping federal aid to ed ucation program ever approved by Con gress is now law. Granted lawmakers vote implement ing funds — which can be taken as a foregone conclusion — the first money will become available under the $1.3 bil lion package at the start of the new fis cal year July 1, and the effects will be felt with the beginning of the fall term. The program is unique not only for the amount of money involved but also because of its scope and avowed purpose. For the first time a federal program will offer major aid to private and pa rochial schools below the college level. In effect, the legislation amounts to an anti-poverty program at the educa tional level. The bulk of the money will go for schooling of families either on relief or in the extremely low income level. Ostensibly, at least, there will be no federal control over curriculums instruc tion, administration, personnel or the se lection of teaching materials. We hope it works out that way though some familiarity with the workings of government regulations leads to a bit of pessimism on that particular score. Cold drinks were unknown un til the advent of good roads, for it was only then that the ice man made his appearance. Tobacco and snuff were good sellers as they never spoiled and most peo ple used them. On the other hand, vegetable and fruit were unheard of in a country store with the ex ception of one basket of apples in the fall. And the merchant could never have sold either fruit or vegetables as country people grew their own and would never have dreamed of wasting a dime on either of them. Some of the bigger merchants gave credit from one crop yearto the next. If crops were good, both the merchant and the farmer suc ceeded. On bad years, both hitch ed up their belts a little tighter and made do until another crop came in. All country merchants bought eggs and their system was to pay rock bottom prices and when they sent eggs to town, they were bound to get more than they paid for them. The People Write: A Christian, A Mother, A Citizen Speaks To the Editor: As a Christian, a mother and a citizen, I must voice my opposition to legalized sale of liquor In Northampton County. We hear the old argu ment "people are going to drink so why not get the revenue from the sale of the liquor.’’Why are some people in our county so willing to sell their souls for what they think will be a few dollars in revenue? Any thinking person will realize that Income from the sale of liquor will go for main taining ABC stores, hiring clerks and ABC of ficers. Not to mention the fact that we are already needing more alcoholic wards added to our hospi tals and this expense will be borne by our tax payers. So there will be no real tax relief that we are being promised. If we should derive a small amount of revenue, would it ever pay for the ruined lives, the heartbreak, the hungry and abused children that are the result of drinking alcoholic beverages? Having ABC stores so convenient in the county will increase the purchase and use of liquor and only benefit the liquor industry. Our youth will see that the voters of the county approved of the sale of liquor and the good example and influence of Christian parents will be discounted. I am appealing to all citizens of Northampton, who love people more than money, to stand up and be counted on this vital decision we will soon be asked to make. Mrs. J. M. Attkisson, Jr. Garysburg The Job I dreaded most of all was being sent to the Store. I would be building a pile driver, or climbing a tree or preparing to go fishing, andMamawouldtell me I had to go to the Store. You did what you were told in those days and there was no room for argument. Mama always caution ed me to not lose the change and to hurry back. Note to ally girl whom it may concern: Before deciding to set your cap for “the model man,” be sure he’s a working model. So off down the road I would go, clutching the money in my hand. I would stop and pass the time of day with any youngster that happened to be abroad. This amounted to Jumping ditches, climbing fences, playing tag and occasionally, a fist fight. In the latter endeavor, I was somewhat handicapped for I could only clutch the money in one hand and fight with the other. “I know around 40 actresses who have been married to the .same man for 10 years or more.” says n mouie magazine writer. Poor fellow! THOUGHT FOR TODAY It is nof so much n matter of civic morality as of a critical ree.rainination of all morality, personal, private, and public.—Daniel Goldberger Week days, the merchant, whom we called the storekeep er, was never in the store, but at or in his nearby home. Once I had called him out and made my purchases, I headed for home at full gallop. If Mama complained, I declared I had hurried home as fast as I could. I was pretty sure she would look on my inter pretation of her orders with a jaundiced eye, so 1 never men tioned it. And I always brought E. F. and A. M. Bounds were from Weldon Thursday visiting with friends in the home. Mesdames Frank Baldwin and R. L. Lemoine were here from Rocky Mount last Wednesday morning visiting with Mrs.El- ma Railey. Mr. and Mrs. Euclid Britt of Severn were Friday evening guests of Miss Mary Johnson. Sunday afternoon guests of Miss Johnson were Mrs. O. Ricks of Como, Mrs. Mattie Sumner and Miss Eva Atkinson of Ports mouth. Mrs. ElmaRalleyaccompanied Miss Mary Outland and Mrs. Ruth Parker of Woodland to Cen ter Hill Friday afternoon to visit Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lane. Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Vincent were here from Portsmouth Sun day afternoon to visit her mother, Mrs. Maudie J. Long. Mrs. Stella Stephenson was a Sunday dinner guest of her son and family. Dr. and Mrs. B. E. Stephenson, in Rich Square. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Newton and son of Ahoskle visited moth er and grandmother, Mrs. Elea nor Newton, Sunday afternoon. Miss Mamie Rose was a Sun day dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. James Brown in Conway. Mrs. Mary Newsom wasaSun- day dinner guest of her son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lassiter in Woodland. Miss Lucille Myrick was here Saturday from Boykins as a din ner guest of Miss Florrie Fergu son. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Anderson were here from Murfreesboro Sunday morning to visit Miss Carrie Lee Edmondson and Mrs. Maud W. Copson. Sunday afternoon guests of Mrs. Fannie Forbes were her children, Mrs. Claud Futrell of Rich Square, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Forbes and son of Norfolk and Edwin Forbes and daughter of Murfreesboro. Mrs. G. V. Whitley of Como was a Sunday afternoon guest of M. J. Railey and Miss Florrie Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs.StanleySeagoand son, Steve, were here from Ra leigh Sunday to visit her mother, Mrs. Ella Parker and together they were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cola Parker in Wood land. Mrs. J. E. Brittle left Sunday for a visit of a few days with her daughter and family. The J. C. Joyners. Eagletown NORIUAMPTON IH-NEWS THURSDAY. MAY 13. 1965 R-C Editors Say... Seven Step Program For PTA By JAMES WALLACE Executive Editor Your Home Newspapers Ahoskie Every year the new officers of the local PTA’s ask the members to submit suggestions that will make the programs more inter esting and will entice the parents to the monthly meetings. At the risk of my life, I am going to list some of the sugges tions I have heard and some that occur to me. I admit that some of them were muttered in a low tone when I heard them and some oth ers were sandwiched between political observations at local gas stations. Suggestion Number 1 - Don’t read, approve, and correct the minutes. No one remembers or cares and they are not an official record of any sort. Suggestion Number 2-Dis pense with the overly long devo- tionals which contribute nothing to our knowledge of how the schools operate and are almost certain to keep the audience down. Suggestion Number 3 - Insist that the program be related to educational subjects. I saw one of the best movies on the operation of the North Carolina legislature at one meeting but I would have stayed home if I had known that it was on the program. Suggestion Number 4 - Stop all the folderol about points for being there and prizes. It is not an Inducement that succeeds in getting anyone to attend and kills more time. Suggestion Number 5 - Don’t require that the teachers attend a meeting almost totally unrelat ed to school operation unless the parents will have an honest op portunity to talk with them about their children’s progress. Suggestion Number 6 - Under take some worthwhile projects such as providing volunteer cler ical tasks rather than small con tributions to the rooms. (I sus pect the administration wouldn’t welcome this for they seem leery of parents having too much to say about the education of their chil dren.) Suggestion Number 7 - If you agree, join with me in my air raid shelter where I’mhidingun- til the new PTA year opens un der the old tried and true formu la in the fall. LOOKING BACKWARD Interesting items related from old files of The Roand(e-Chowan Times By MISS ESTHER CONNER Eldltor Emeritus May 28, 1936 A Thought For the Week-Love is the light. Heaven and the source of peace, happiness, joy, and all that is good on earth. - By Zeb. B. Pyatt. Rev. Lonnie Sasser of Aulan- der delivered the annual com mencement sermon to the grad uating class of Rich Square Hi^ School on Sunday evening, preaching to a large audience. On Friday evening the final com mencement exercises will be held, at which time Dr. Herbert ReBarker of East Carolina Teachers College, Greenville, will deliver the commencement address. The senior class, num bering 28, is composedof 19 girls and 9 boys. Five men from Northampton County are Included among the 140 seniors who will receive de grees from Wake Forest College at its 102 commencement exer cises June 2. They are W, J. Beale, Jr., Paul A. Bradley and C. L. Sykes, all of Jackson, Ralph Boyd Blowe of Seaboard and R. W. Stephenson of Severn. Milwaukee By RUTH JOHNSON Mrs. Charlie Lee Johnson, Tommy Lee Johnson, Eva Hall and Mrs. John Woods visitedMr. Woods and Mr. Johnson in Mc Guire Hospital, Richmond on Sun day. J. T. Bolton and Mrs. W. C. Conner and daughter, Joyce, were visitors in Rocky Mount last Fri day. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Mary V. Lassiter, who had been visiting her broth er,, J. A. Vann, Mr. and Mrs. Donald McFall of Washington, D. C., spent the weekend with Mrs. Charlie Lee Johnson and also visited her fa ther at McGuire Hospital, Rich mond. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hill and daughter, Sarah, of Como were Sunday evening guests of Miss Florrie Ferguson. Mrs. MargueriteBlanchard returned here Monday from a week’s visit with her son and fam ily, the Nathan Blanchards, in Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard accompanied her here and were dinner guests of their mother. By MRS. INDIA QUINN Mr. and Mrs. Wasley Terry of Colonial Heights, Va., spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leggett. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Carter of Williamston spent Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clamart Joyner and son, Olivant, of Norfolk vis ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Joyner, during the weekend. Mrs. Frances Mouser and Mrs. Ike Hedgepeth of Norfolk spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Pete Tyler. Sunday guests were Mrs. Robert Parker and Mrs. Jimmy Woodard of Newport News and Mrs. Garland Draper of Suf folk. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Tyler and children, Cindy, Bert and Jeff of Rocky Moimt and Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Tyler and children, Nancy Ann and Cheryl of Hampton, Va., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Tyler. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Elliott and children, Katherine Jo and Tommy, of Wilson visited his mother, Mrs. M. A. Elliott Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Buck Gilbert and son, Edward, of Murfrees boro, Mrs. Irving Blowe of Ra leigh, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Futrell and children, Lillie and Sandra, Mr, and Mrs. Wingate Strickland and children, Charles, Diane and Cindy, Marsha Martin and Wil liam Jones were Sunday visitors of Mrs. Celia Chappell and fam ily. Weekend guests of Mrs. Milton Joyner and Mrs. Ray Bryant were Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Knowles and son, Gary, of Nor folk. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Love- grove and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Felton in Cole- rain and Mr. and Mrs. Hebert Vaughan in Lewiston Sunday. RENT WllH A WANT AD Mr. and Mrs. Claude Robert Vinson of Franklin visited Mr. and Mrs. Travis Flythe and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Johnson Sun day. Mr. and Mrs.ThaxtonBrown and children of Suffolk visited Mrs. Pauline Roberts for the weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Martin of Suffolk visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Askew and other friends here Sunday. Kay Panton and Brenda Sum ner of Greenville spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs, Charlie Panton and Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Sumner over the weekend. Curtis Gilliam of Raleigh vis ited W. T. Britt on Thursday. Miss Peggy Walker of Colum bia is spending a few days with Brenda Martin. Miss Pam and Amy Brown of Norfolk spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Martin, Jr., and family. Mr, and Mrs. James Russell Smith had as guests at a cook out on Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hedspeth of Murfreesboro, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hedspeth, Mrs. Annie Lois Hedspeth of Conway, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Jenkins and children, Mr, and Mrs. Russell Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Graham Smith and daughter. Mrs. Ryland Hill and daugh ter of Portsmouth spent Sunday with Mrs. Acree Modlin. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Jonnson of Ahoskie visited Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Johnson and family on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Thaxton Brown and children visited Mrs. Pauline Roberts Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Warren, Jr., and son of Washington spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Warren, Sr. Grady Bridgers entertained a number of his friends at dinner in Rocky MountonSaturdaynight. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bryant Bridgers of Charleston, S. C., spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Bridgers. Miss Blonnie Johnson and daughter and Mrs. M. S. Bridgers were in Rocky Mount on Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gregory and daughter, Patsy, of Shiloh spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Johnson. Mrs. J. E. Vick and children of Rocky Mount spent Saturday with her mother, Mrs. W. B. Johnson. The American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary of Northampton Post No. Ill have arranged for a memorial serv ice at Rich Square Sunday morn ing, May 31, at 11 o’clock. Pro vided the seats have been install ed in the new theatre the meet ing will be there, otherwise it will be in the school house. Past National Commander Henry L. Stephens, Jr., is to be the main speaker. Rev. J. Marvin Culbreth, pre siding elder of the Rocky Mount district preached the Baccalau reate sermon at Seaboard High School last Sunday morning. He used as his subject, "The Influ ence of the Home and School in the Life of the Child." May 12, 1927 Rich Square Community Club is organized. Sixty-four progres sive citizens of the community of Rich Square joined in a move ment last week to effect an or ganization the object of which is to make the RichSquareCommu- nity abetter place in which to live. A preliminary meeting had been held the week before in the of fice of J. G. Madry of the High way Motor Co. The objects ofthe meeting and organization pro posed to be effected were clearly and forcibly stated by Rev. R. M. VonMiller. Dr. J. Howard Brown, was elected president, J. T. Bol ton, vice president, 6. L. Vann, secretary-treasurer. There will be a Fiddlers Con vention at the school auditorium in Rich Square Friday night, May 20, under the auspices of the loci Parent-Teacher Asso ciation. The best musical talent will take part and a real treat is in store for those who attend. Admission is 20 and 35 cents. Sunday night. May 22, at 8 o’clock Dr. W. R. Burrell, pastor of Murfreesboro Baptist Church, will preach the commencement sermon at Rich Square public school. Thursday night. May 26, at 8 o’clock an address will be given by Dr. R. H. Wright, pres ident of East Carolina Teachers College, Greenville. Mrs. H. P. Stephenson of Sev ern entertained on Thursday aft ernoon, May 5, from 3:30 to 5:30 in her home at a miscellaneous shower given in honor of Mrs. J. M. Alston. There will be a regular com munication of Rich Square Ma sonic Lodge Thursday night. A feed will be given just preceding the meeting at the Community Building. A. W. Oakes, Jr., will deliver the educational address. There will be a Baptist Young Peoples Union meeting of the Northampton County group at Ashleys Grove Church next Sun day afternoon at 3 o’clock.
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