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The Chowan Herald
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' THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1938
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK
LOVE SHAPES OUR DESTINY: Take good heed
therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your
God.—Josh. 23.11.
About Melons and Cantaloupes
The recent days have been hot and trying and un
necessary labor, editorial or otherwise, is onerous. So
this week read for a change what the U. S. Department
of Agriculture has to say in one of its bulletins about
cantaloupes. It is lively information as to what are
and are not cantaloupes, how to tell the best and how
to especially pick the choicest. Above all keep a can
taloupe chilled on ice, not with ice, before you eat it.
Here goes the Department.
“Summer’s here for sure! Vacations are beginning—
the mercury creeps upward—swimming’s better human
skins are getting that healthy, tawny look. And just to
cinch the matter, muskmelons are abundant and less ex
pensive. The lilting words, ’Cantaloup Honeydew
‘Honeyball’— ‘Hearts of Gold’ are brightening grocery
ads.
“As these names suggest, the muskmelon is no ordi
nary marketing commodity. It has led an interesting
life since man began to cultivate it along about the year
l,in Northern India. From there it traveled vagabond
fashion all over the world —westward to Persia, Turke
stan, and via the shores of the Mediterranean, across the
Atlantic —to America.
“Like any traveler, the muskmelon has felt the in
fluence of the many countries it has visited. Probably
this'is most noticeable in the exotic names of its many
varieties. It was in Italy, for instance, that the name
cantaloup was first applied to a muskmelon. Originally
this name referred to a variety cultivated in the gardens
of the Italian castle of Cantalupo.
“Today, the name cantaloup still sticks, but it has
outgrown its first restricted meaning. In America we
use it for many varieties of muskmelon —all those that
are small, oval, netted, and suited to shipping.
“Although it sounds a bit like a school-boy’s riddle, the
simple fact is that ‘all cantaloups on our markets are
muskmelons, but many varieties and types of musk
melons are not true cantaloups.' Those of the ‘musk
melon’ type include the Honeydews and Honeyballs on
the market now —the Persians and Cassabas that come
a little later.
“Shoppers who have noticed improvement in market
cantaloups during the past couple of years may give
much credit to a new muskmelon variety—the Mildew
Resistant No. 45.
“This new cantaloup is the result of work by plant
breeders of the California Experiment Station and the
U. S. Department of Agriculture. Research started in
1925 when an outbreak of powdry mildew threatened to
wipe out all the muskmelons in Imperial Valley, Cali
fornia.
“With the advent of this and other improved canta
loup varities chances for getting ‘good’ ones on the
market are better than ever. But a knowledge of how
to pick melons is still a part of any shopper’s stock-in
trade.
“In the first place, melons with good flavor are ripened
on healthy vines. For it 'takes a good leaf surface to
put the sugar and other things that make for flavor into
a melon. Therefore, if the shopper happens to be in the
fortunate position of being able to pick her melons
straight from the field she looks first to see that the
vine is vigorous and green. ...
“Best cantaloups for eating are picked off the vine,
ripe—not green or overripe. To check on this, examine
the stem of the cantaloup. Picked full ripe it will have
a smooth even scar w T ith no stem at all attached. But
the cantaloup picked green will have a portion of the
stem still attached. Or there will be a rough place
where it was pulled out.
“Next look the whole cantaloup over critically. It
should be firm, well netted. And the color underneath
these nettings should be a light golden yellow. See that
this golden yellow color is uniform all over the melon.
Overripe canteloups will have a pale, faded yellow
ground color. In underripe ones this will be a pure
green or a light canary yellow.
“Some cantaloups do their own advertising when they
are ripe, for then their characteristic musky odor be
comes more noticeable. And in some varieties a good
sweet melon will have little globules of sugar about the
stem scar. These are a sort of cherry red color—about
the size of a pencil point.
“But no matter how adept the home-maker gets at
picking the good ones there probably always will be a
slight feeling of suspense just before the melon is cut
up to be served. For the final and most important test
of all is in the tasting.
“To prepare melons for eating—chill them. Some
home-makers like to wrap them and keep them in the
refrigerator. Others prefer to keep them outside be
cause of the penetrating musky odor that sometimes per
vades the refrigerator.
“If the muskmelon is not chilled in a refrigerator,
serve halves of the small ones in chipped ice. Chipped
ice in the center is not a satisfactory way of chilling the
melon. For while the ice looks cool at the beginning,
the ice water that soaks into the melon meat dilutes the
flavor.”
Trade-at-h<Jme is a slogan which contains an idea
that should not be abandoned.
There are some people that no one can please—you
prooably know a few yourself.
Taking a vacation sometimes makes it harder to get
back to work.
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY JULY 21, 1938
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“Buff, your paper isn’t so hot in bringing folks to a
mass meeting,” I was told the other day, “why at the
Boy Scout meeting last Thursday only one person beside
the Troop Committee was present, and at the special
meeting of Town Council and merchants on Monday
night, only a few merchants and not even a quorum of
the Council were present.” I had to admit to
complaints, but I didn’t give in that The Herald isn’t
read. The trouble with the biggest portion of those
who should have been present at both meetings is that
they are like the blind mule that ran into the side of a
bam —they just don’t give a damn.
o
Jordan Yates had somewhat of a scare the other day
when he thought he lost in the neighborhood of SIOO.
He searched everywhere for the money and was about
to have the sanitary sewer tom up wheh he spied his
wallet on the floor in the rest room at his filling station.
Moral—Keep your hip pocket buttoned.
o
If Ernest Lee is any sort of a weather prophet, it will
rain some time today or tonight. For several weeks he
has been trying to have a free barbecue celebrating the
opening of his new filling station just beyond the Cole
rain road on the Windsor Highway. If he isn’t rained
out again, he’ll pull off this barbecue tonight, starting
about 6 o’clock. Note to E. T. Rawlinson, master of the
Masonic Lodge: I might be a little late for the meet
ing tonight.
o
Quite a few of the soft bailers are crippled up a bit
which causes some of those who can’t see any fun in
playing soft ball to reprimand the “cripples.” They
say, “you can be young only once, despite your efforts
to pretend to be young and spry.” Yours truly is num
bered among the “cripples” by having a badly skinned
shin. John F. White, however, is the only one who had
any sort of sympathy. Said John, “Well, the trouble is
that your shin bone should be in the back of the leg
where there is some meat, and not sticking right out in
front.” Gosh, the only trouble with me is that by the
size of my leg, it wouldn’t make so much difference
whether the bone is in the front or back. The best way
out of future trouble, I reckon, is to run backwards.
o
A discussion was in progress at one of the drug
stores the other day as to who were the three newspaper
men in town. One fellow said Harvey Thomas, Fred
Ashley and Thompson Greenwood were the three aces.,
whereupon Fred Ashley was asked how to spell “aces.”
Fred scratched his head a spell, then said, “Oh yes,
‘asses.’ I almost forgot how to spell it.”
o
John White should draw every member of the County
Council of home demonstration clubs to the meeting
Saturday afternoon. I asked Friend John what he was
going to speak about and reluctantly he said, “Well, if
you must know, I expect I’ll speak on ‘How the Ladies
Should Treat Their Husbands.’ ” Say, Miss Colwell,
how about some of us men folks attending the meeting,
too ?
o
It was my pleasure to meet up with two prominent
Pennsylvanians Tuesday. They were Judge Arthur H.
James and Foster Heller, of Wilkes-Barre. Strangely
enough they liked Edenton water the first time they
tasted it and the last thing they did before leaving was
to fill up their bellies with some of our water. Judge
James said his next subject for a speech before a group
of ladies will be something about the Edenton Tea
Party. He’s a Republican, having defeated Gifford
Pinchot for the gubernatorial nomination and in his con
versation asked me to listen in on the radio near Gen
eral Electric time to hear him trim a bunch of Demo
crats. “You’d have a hard time trimming a Democrat
around here,” I told him. But the judge slyly remarked,
“I expect so, but I pick my places.”
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“It’s pretty bloomin’ hard to be optimistic these days
with prices low,” said a country reader the other
day in commenting upon what he expects to realize from
his crops this year. And he’s right. But when it comes
to being optimistic, I am reminded of Clem Johnston’s
example told at the recent Chamber of Commerce ban
quet. Said Clem. “An optimist is a man 84 years old
who marries a woman of 79 and then decide they want
to buy a house near a school building.”
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I’m glad to see Henry Barber able to be out again.
He had a hard time and is very weak at present. Friend
Barber has in his time been all man, but now l ean joke
him and get away with it. You see he can’t run a bit
just now. But, gosh ding, I reckon I better practice up
a bit now for he’s gaining strength right along.
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Nb wonder it’s hard to get along with relatives some
times. For instance, on Saturday & cousin of mine
whom I had not seen for about 20 years happened to
drop in on his way to Florida. It so happened that my
grandson was visiting the time and the first
thing the bloomin’ cousin had to flay was, “why in tar
nation didn’t you let us know you had a youngster so
young?” Oh me! What kind of a man does he think I
am?
.Just about the fairest method has been agreed upon
to' select Chowan’s little boy and girl to help officially
open the Albemarle Sound bridge. Every person has p
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one vote to cast for his or her favor-'
ite in. each division, so step up to the
ballot box in Leggett & Davis drug
store and vote for your favorite.
Anyway, here’s one who would not
serve on a committee to select which
is the cutest youngster to help throw
open the gate. No, siree, not me.
o— ;
Speaking about reading The Her
ald, Carey Bunch last Thursday night
told me he owed me some money. As
I started for the ledger, Carey said,
“It isn’t in there, but since you
printed the story today that I would
move to the Fish Hatchery, I’ve had
four different inquiries about rent
ing my house in North Edenton.”
o
Which remands me of a remark
heard from a tourist who had stop
ped over at the Hatchery to take a
look at the fish in the ponds. As he
got a glimpse of the bass in one of
the ponds, he excitedly said to a
friend, “Hell, I’d pay $5 for only five
minutes fishing in there.” But,
shucks, there’s plenty of folks who
would do likewise.
o
There’s no telling what a fellow
will do these hot days when near the
water. On Sunday Sam Hobowsky
and a group of friends went fishing,
and not having any luck, they de
cided to take a swim. Sam hustled
out of his clothes and so anxious was
he to hit the water that he forgot to
take off his specs. He took ’em off,
however, when he came to the top.
Demonstration Clubs
Picnic On August 11
What will no doubt result in one
of the year’s most outstanding events
among Chowan County’s home dem
onstration clubs will be the annual
picnic which will be held Thursday,
August 11. The picnic will again be
held at Eden House Beach..
Miss Rebecca Colwell, home agent,
expects to secure a speaker for the
occasion, but had had no definite
promise from a list of prospects this
week,
20 Marriage Licenses
Issued During Quarter
In the matter of marriage licenses
isseud in Chowan County during the
quarter including April, May and
June, Mrs. M. L. Bunch, deputy regis
ter of deeds, reports little difference
for the same period last year. Dur
ing the quarter just ended 20 licenses
were issued compared with 21 for
the same period last year. \.
MRS. H. T. LAyDEN VERiY ILL
Mrs. H. T. Layden is very ill in
Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City,
though at the last report she was
resting more comfortably. Mrs. Lay
den was rushed-to the hospital last
week for an appendicitis operation
and peritonitis developed. , (
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Two 4-H Clubbers
At Short Course
Misses Margaret White Byrum and
Lillie Mae Saunders_will leave Mon
day for Raleigh, wherb they will at
tend the 4-H Club short course which
will be in session July 25 to 30. Miss
Saunders’ trip to Raleigh is sponsor
ed by Ed Bond Post of the American
Legion, while the Legion Auxiliary is
responsible for Miss Byrum’s trip.
Miss Saunders was previously se
lected as Chowan’s health queen, and
was entered last week in the district
contest at Roanoke Rapids. Though
not winning in the district contest,
principally due to being only a few
pounds underweight, Miss Saunders
was selected one of five young ladies
to participate in a health pageant at
the short course.
Colored Convention
In Edenton Aug. 9-11
What will be one of the largest
meetings of colored people in Eden
ton in many years will take place
August 9 to 11, when the North Car
olina Baptist Sunday School and B.
Y. P. U. Convention will convene at
the Providence and Gale Street Bap
tist churches.
Arrangements for entertaining this
group of Christian workers are shap
ing up very nicely.
comrades!
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