Page 4, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest, N. C., Thurs., June 15, 196?
EDITORIAL
Without Adequate Water, Cost of
Urban Living Would Be Prohibitive
Town officials are currently urging expansion
of our water system. To bring about such a pro
gram, it will be necessary for the citizens of the
town of Wake Forest to pass a bond issue on Sat
urday, June 24.
Here, reprinted from What Price Water?,
published by the .American Water Works Assn., is
some food for thought:
Water is beyond price, yet at intervals, you
get a water bill.
Water is free, yet someone has fixed a dollar
and cents value on nature^s unpriceable gift.
By what right?
Go out into the country and you’ll find the
farmer getting all the water he wants, merely
for the effort of digging a well and working a
pump. He gets no water bill.
Go up Into the unspoiled mountains, dip your
cup in a bubbling .spring and drink your fill. Bring
home a few barrels full. No one will impose any
charge for what you take.
Go down to the nearest river bank. Fill as ma
ny buckets as you can haul away. You won’t have
to pay a cent for their contents.
Or the next time it rains, put out tubs and ba
sins. Or do as they do in Bermuda: Make your
entire roof a collecting system leading to a cist-
tern. No meter will register payments due.
But ask the farmer what it cost to dig his well
and how much energy is consumed in operating it.
Figure the expense of your trip to the mountains,
not forgetting the price of the barrels.
Compute the value of the time consumed in
hauling river water, adding the doctor’s bills in
case you fail to boil it before using. And compare
the amount of water you obtain with the cost of
instaliing and maintaining one of those Bermuda-
type roof collection systems.
Water is free to all. But it isn’t always avail
able where people want it in a condition safe fop
them to use.
It’s the water works’ job to take over the task
of collecting water, transporting water and mak
ing sure that the water delivered is safe for hu
man consumption and suitable for human use, 24
hours a day, 365 days a year.
And that’s what you pay for when you pay for
your water bill.
Granted that water is free; granted that you
are paying only to have water gathered, safe
guarded and distributed; just what is it costing
you?
What, for example, does it cost to get enough
water delivered to wash your face — just to fill
the basin? Less than five one-hundredths of a cent,
or less than five cents a month, assuming you’re
satisfied to clean up three times a day.
You can get all the water you require for a
bath, poured right into the tub for approximately
a penny, and a shower will cost you even less. The
bill for flushing a toilet runs about two-tenths of a
cent.
Go out and water your garden. Give it a good
soaking. Then count the cost. It may set you back
a dime.
Add all these costs up: Allow for the water
used for drinking and coffee making and cookmg,
include laundry and household cleaning require
ments, and then consider how you’d go about
meeting your water needs if you didn’t have a
public supply system.
Suppose you want to keep that garden verdant
and blooming.
You’ve been pouring some 300 gallons an
hour on it at a cost of ten cents or so. Pumping
and carrying the same amount of water would
take at least six hours. Even if you get one of the
neighbors’ youngsters to work for fifty cents an
hour (in itself quite unlikely these days), you
would have to spend ninety dollars a month for
the service.
Compute any of your other water uses on the
same basis and try to think of any other commod
ity which is delivered to you, guaranteed ready
to consume or employ, at a comparable price!
The important thing about your water bill
is not the. charges it records, but the savings it
doesn’t mention!
Look at your water bill; then look behind it.
Consider some items which might well appear, but
don’t.
There’s no reference to medical service, yet the
health of your community, of your family and of
yourself is protected by the vigilance of the men
who check and treat and recheck water to make
sure it’s safe.
There’s no fee for securing reduced fire in
surance rates, yet the whole schedule of these
rates is substantially reduced if an adequate pub
lic water supply — so necessary to an effective de
fense against fire — is available.
There’s no contribution levied for community
development, yet key industries can produce
goods and provide employment only because a de
pendable water supply is available.
Without a continuing flow of water, sewers
could not be properly flushed or streets kept clean.
. You could conceivably obtain water through .
your own efforts to satisfy your thirst, clean your
body, and water your garden. But only through
an organized system of collection, storage, dis
tribution and treatment can water resources be
mobilized to produce the broader benefits which
you, as a citizen, now enjoy.
The price which you and all consumers pay
for the water you use helps to meet the costs of
making these benefits available to all.
Without a water works system, the cost of'
urban living would be prohibitive!
As you can see, the value of water is beyond
price. Don’t let our town be without adequate wa
ter. Vote YES ,on the bond issue on June 24.
LETTER TO EDITOR:
Congratulates Grads
Editor Wake Weekly:
I think wbaL pleased me most
in your issue of June 2 was your
first article, “51 graduate at Du-
Bois.” Not even the larger num
ber graduating from the white
school pleased me quite as much
— 82. Thankful and proud of both,
I think it just reasonable and fit-'
ting in a democracy for us to feel
special rejoicing when we see a
people struggling to rise against
great odds, even since slavery
days.
In this matter my own think-,'
ing has undergone a great change'
in my 95 years. I remember dis
tinctly when I was sure the black
race was inferior to the white —
no doubt about it. That belief is
gone from me forever. And I feel
happier for it.
For my changed attitude I owe
a debt to the eminent seer and
saint Dr. W. R. Cullom. He and I
were true pals in his last several
years. We appealed jointly to the
librarian of our university at
Chapel Hill. “Please select and
send us three of the most scholar
ly and authoritative books on an
thropology and race.’’ Dr. Cullom
and I read them together, sure we
were reading the highest author
ities on the most acute and dan
gerous subject before the world, a
subject vitally related to world
peace. The white man’s boast to
racial superiority has, indeed, been
bitterly resented by peoples of
other colors, even to fomenting
strife and war.
With these high authorities
clearly in mind, Dr. Cullom said
to me, his mind crystal-clear, just
a few days before his ’ death.
“Write one more article with my
endorsement, saying, “Science
gives' no support to the white
man’s boast of racial superiority:
any superiority of the white man
is due, not to race, but to the
white man’s superior cultural and
social advantages.’’
I rejoice that each one of these
61 Negro graduates from DuBois
will be a new center radiating cul
ture and intelligence. That’s also
a mighty gift to our democracy.
S. L. MORGAN, 951/2
Baptist Home, Hamilton
In Mediterranean
(J0715) USS AMBERJACK
(SS-522) (FHTNC) May 22 — In
terior Communications Electrician
Third Class Eaton W. Sutton, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Sutton
of Route 1, Youngsville, N. C.,
is serving aboard the submarine
USS Amberjack, a, unit of the
Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
The Ambebrjack is homeported
in Charleston, S. C.
Don’t Let The Hearse Bring
You To Church
ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE REOULARLY
Funeral Home
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WAKE FOREST
«=* Makes Honor Roll
By Martha Sandusky
Summer school started at
Broughton High School Monday
morning. Classes last from 8 til
1 and will end July 21. The fol
lowing are going from Wake For
est: Gail Short, Gloria Pearce,
Wanda Haynes, Pat Hastings,
Bruce Garner, Kathy Stertz, Fred
die Daniel, Diane Tarn, Steve
Faircloth, Linda Stroud, Bob Ben-
field, Donna Parker, Tommy Fair-
cloth, Evelyn Tarn, William Glov
er, Mike Harding, and Martha
Sandusky.
I Next year’s Varsity Cheerlead
ers, Betsy Poerschke, Kathy Wish-
on, Nancy Davis, Sharon Fuller,
Pam Alford, Connie Dean, Diane
Perry, Margaret Bobo, and Kathy
McDonald, are baking and selling
homemade cakes to raise money
for new uniforms.
Red Cross Volunteens met at the
Hospital Tuesday morning to set
up summer work schedules.
Summer band started Monday.
Linda Rollins, a rising sopho
more at East Carolina College,
made the Honor Roll there for the
spring quarter. Linda, a Nursing
major, has made Honor Roll every
quarter of her freshman year.
Sr. Missionary Circle
Billy Hastings and John San
dusky go to Daniels High School.
The Class Editors and Activities
Staff of the Annual Staff visited
Edward and Broughton Publishing
Co. of Raleigh Monday and Tues
day to look at annuals. Those go
ing were Stannie Farish, Marilyn
Mangum, Sharon Fuller, Mary Ful
ler, Kathy McDonald, Cindy Gold-
ston, Betsy Poerschke, Debbie
Scruggs, Paula Miller, Vann Wall,
and Margaret Bobo.
Quite a few teenagers have been
helping in the Vacation Bible
Schools in their churches.
Recently the annual SEVEN
TEEN Beauty Workshop concluded
at Belk’s in Raleigh. These girls
received diplomas: Nancy Norris,
'Glenn Ann Bobo, Joy Copeland,
Margaret Bobo, and Martha San
dusky.
The Vandals played at Teenage
Club Saturday night.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of William II.
Wall Sr., deceased, late of Wake
County, this is to notify all per
sons, firms, and corporations hav
ing claims against the estate of
the deceased to exhibit them to
the undersigned on or before the
15th day of December, 1967, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons,
firms, or corporations indebted to
said estate will please make im
mediate payment.
This the 15th day of June, 1967.
William H. Wall Jr.
Rt. 2, Wake Forest, N. C,
June 15, 22, 29; J1 6
The Senior Missionary Circle of
Friendship Chapel Church of For-
estville is having a program Sun
day night at 7:30. The guest
speaker will be Rev. Vick Alston
and his choirs from Pilot, Mace-
The High School Library will be . Oonia, and Providence. All mis
open this summer on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, and Thursdays, from
12:00 until 3:00. This is a good
time to read for next year’s book
reports.
Three Initiated
Into Order of Arrow
sionary circles in the surrounding
churches are invited.
Alligator Patrol
Walk-in Camp-out
Mark Woodlief and Glenn Evans
of Youngsville Troop 588 and As-
The Alligator Patrol of Troop
588 went on a walk-ln overnight
camping trip. The purpose of the
camp-out was to pass off second
sistant Scoutmaster Rudy Evans | gj^gg cooking and first class camp-
took the ordeal for membership j jj^g
into the Order of the Arrow Friday
and Saturday at Camp Durant. ! Boys attending were Jimmy
They had been tapped for mem- i Moss, Glenn Evans, Tim Wiggins,
bership at the Spring Camporee, Randy Hailey, Ricky Riddick,
in April. After completing the Or
deal they were inducted into [he
Order Saturday night.
Mike Barber and Gordon Conyers.
Rudy Evans and Morris Hailey
were with them.
Carolina Footprii
YELLOW JACK
I burial.
By Carolyn Ritchie
In June of 1862 the blockade-run
ning steamer “Kate,” bound fron
Nassau with supplies for the Con
federacy, slipped into the port 0
Wilmington. A crew member diei'
and others with whom he had bee:
in contact soon became ill.
Views And Reviews
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By Jean Bond McCamy
One of the most outstanding ex
hibits in the Arts and Crafts Sale
at North Hills last Sunday was the
collection of guns by Turner Ray,
Jr., of Wake Forest. This local
craftsman showed three of his
handmade guns: A Kentucky Rifle
(icft-handed), A Kentucky Pist-'l,
and a Percussion Rifle. The s’.ocks
are maple and the fittings .are sil
ver and brass. The barrel and
tiigger guard on the Kentucky
Rifle w'ere salvaged from a rifle
made by Tryon of Philadelphia
between 1810 and 1825. All of the
guns will shoot, and powder horns,
a loading block and a hunting
pouch, also hand-crafted, -w'ere in
cluded in the display.
There was a fine collection of
paintings for sale, ranging in price
from $6.00 to $175.00. Betty Gal
lup’s watercolors were beautiful
and reasonably priced, and the un
usual work of Bruce Lemerise (a
15 year old artist whose work is
usually sold through a New York
Gallery) was a real eyecatcher.
His delightfully whimsical water-
colors, and mellow barn-wall
plaques are practically irresis-
table.
There was also sculpture, wood
work, mosaic tables, jewelry, pot
tery, hand-woven towels, crewel
pillows, and dolls offered for sale,
with prices starting at $1.00.
There are two more summer
shows planned, with a wider va-
On September 15, when it was
announced that yellow fever had
invaded Wilmington, a dark cloud
of fear and despair settled over
the town. Many people wisely
closed their homes and vacated
the area. Doors were barred,
stores closed, business halted. Phy
sicians, druggists, and sanitation
committees labored tirelessly in
an effort to curb the disease, but
during the hot, humid days of sum
mer and early autumn, the virulent
attacker raged through the town,
■mercilessly striking young and old,
rich and poor. By early Novem
ber, out of a population of about
ten thousand, nearly eleven hun
dred persons had died. At times
the death toll w'as so great that
large trenches had to be dug for
Neighboring areas
rescue. Gifts of food!
and money poured into’]
'en community. Sotnebi^
including a family docli'e
tist minister, an Epis«p'l
and a Catholic priest
their own lives while'
ing to the needs of the
people.
riety of crafts scheduled. The De-
koartiment 'of Agricultur'e jha,s a
crafts department in the poverty
program which teaches leather-
craft and metal tooling, and these
will be included in the next show.
Definite dates have not been set
for July and August, but keep an
eye out for the announcements.
It’s a sale well worth attending,
whether you’re just looking or buy
ing. There is a wealth of unusual
and economical art available, as
well as the work of skilled, but lit
tle known, craftsmen.
Finally the epidemic! ^
wane and the Novembf
of the WILMINGTON i
thankfully proclaimed, " |[
splendid frost on Satiitdrfi'
day nights. General Yjf,
is no more. He has
mischief in his power. (
nally yielded. We must ji/
hard, the fate of a sint™
Wilmington gradually
to life, bravely struggHi^
cover from one of the w
dies ever to strike a N
Jina to'wn.
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