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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
Ltutllap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South
broad Street, Edenton, N. C.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1942
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
A WISE MAN IS BETTER THAN A WEALTHY
ONE: And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his
wisdom, which God had put in his heart. —1 Kings 10.24.
Like a Snow Ball
Like a snowball which adds to its size as it rolls
along, so has the Edenton Rotary Club’s idea of a tri
bute to the boys in service gone to vast proport ons.
it was the Club’s initial idea to make some recognition
of Chowan County's boys now in the service, but after
several meetings, the idea grew to making similai
recognition Os all Chowan County boys who have fougnt
in all wars from the Revolutionary War to the present
cußifl.ct. It is a splendid idea and again bears out
Chowan County’s reputation for doing whatever it
undertakes. As stated in these meetings, backing would
be given if the job was done right, and if it would not
be a credit, then the idea should be ababndoned at once.
Os course, the Rotary Club’s suggestion has grown to
great proportions, so much so that the County Com
missioners and Town Councilmen feel that, though they
appropriated a nucleus for a substantial fund, more
folks should take part than merely the two governing
bodies. Subsequently, a committee was provided which
takes in every organization in town and Should proviae
a representative cross section in order to determine
what sort of memorial should honor those who have al
ready and those who will later enter the present war in
the f ght for freedom and democracy.
This will require careful consideration for whatever
!s done should be a credit, not only for the present but
f r future generations as well. Several suggestions
have already been advanced, but due to the nature of
the fund, there need not be a rush, but rather considered
from many angles.
The proposal will serve a dual purpose, - that .of hon
oring the veterans of wars as well as investing in war
bonds to help win the present conflict. This, too, was a
wse move, for the money will be placed in trust aim
earmarked for the particular purpose with trustees
named to handle the fund, in which case there is no
likelihood that it will be used for any other purpose than
that for which it was intended and farther in preventing
forgetfulness of a memorial when the fight is over and
folks home prone to soon forget that we were in a fight.
A public subscription campaign will soon be inaugu
rated when every Chowan citizen interested in having
some part in erecting a memorial in honor of those i
who participated in the nation’s wars will have an oppor- j
tunity to make a contribution. This money will first
go into war bonds to help win the present war and then
into a fitting - memorial. What do you think of the idea?
Edenton’s Christmas Party
Many people have given freely of their time and j
generously of their money to the end that Edenton s j
Chrstmas party next Saturday will be a success. Os
:burse; the purpose is to usher in the Christmas season,
»ut the primary purpose is to raise funds for Navy Re- ,
lids, which is reason enough why there should be the .
splendid cooperation shown since the affair was first
proposed. (
That Edenton people and Air Base workers, as well, j
have a sympathetic feeling for relief of sailors as well ,
as their families in time of need is reflected in the re- .
sponse to solicitations for cash contributions as well as .
in the purchase of tickets for a war bond drawing and
the dance itself.
There will be value received, for indications point to
splendid music and an attractively decorated Armory '
for the dance. In addition a floor show has been booked 1
which in itself should be worth the price,of admission.
Thus troupe played during the summer before Secretary t
of the Navy Frank Knox and Mayors of North Caro- '
lina at a meeting held in the national capital, so that j
for those who do not dance there will be other enter
tainment.
There is hardly any need to say that money going
for Navy Relief is a worthy cause, so that a cash con
tribution, or the purchase of a ticket on the part of any
who have not yet done so will be appreciated by those ;
sponsoring the party.
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Misinformed
Shortly after Town Council’s meeting last week wnen j
Chief of Police G. A. Helms was ordered to have an
officer placed at the comer of Broad and Church !
Streets and at Church and Oakum in order to direct'
traffic during the time the large number of automobiles
return from the Air Station, many complaints were
registered. These complaints, however, were unjusti
fied for it was only the purpose of the Councilmen to
aid and keep traffic moving and possibly prevent a situ
ation which might result in a serious accident.
The action of the Town Fathers was misunderstood,
for in some of the complaints «t was specifically stated
that the order caused a hardship in that busses would
not stop to take on or discharge passengers, so that it
would be necessary for all air station workers to go to
the bus station to board or leave a bus.
This was not the intention of the Councilmen and
anyone giving such orders was misinformed. The pri
mary purpose of Chief Helms’ orders was to facilitate
traffic during a congested period and possibly prevent
accidents. This was the true purpose and this news
paper maintains that it is very necessary and should be
continued. J
THE CHOWAN HERALD EDENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1942
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Nope, the day for miracles is not altogether a thing
of the past. And to prove it, only the latter part of last
week a friend of mine stopped me on the street, pulled
out his wallet and handed me 26 smackers. “Here,” he
said, “this is my church dues for next year.” Well, he
took a chance in giving me that much money at one
time, but it has been turned over to John A. Holmes.,
treasurer of the Methodist Church—l reckon the guy is
a Methodist. But wouldn’t all the preachers and all
church officials be a happy group, if every member ol
their churches would fork up their church dues at the
beginning of the year? But as it is, those looking after
the churches’ finances would lick their arms up to their
elbows if every member would so much as keep from
getting in arrears with what they pay for church work.
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„ J. G. Cam pen is full of smiles these days and he has
a good reason. As chairman of the War Savings Staff
he has done no small amount of work n whooping up
purchase of war bonds and for the month of November
Chowan County just about doubled its quota, with the
report from Tyner still lacking. But what tickles him
more than that is the fact that sales in. December have
already far eclipsed the month’s quota, and he says
“watch the fur fly this month.”
From what 1 understand, the old Saturday night j
“institution” of taking a bath is about knocked in the I
head for some Edenton people. A fellow was telling me j
the other night that he has a number of roomers in his
home and by the time it conies his term to get in the
bathroom every drop of warm water is gone so that he
has to use cold water or else, and according to the sort
of weather we’ve been having lately, here’s one who
would “else.” And to think, there are some few folks
who express their opinion that Edentonians are not
making any sacrifices in order to help out in the present
Rousing situation.
I’. S.—-Buff, a number of Edentonians forego many
of their usual habits in order to afford strangers in their
homes the privileges of being at home.
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All this red tape in connection with rationing is about
to get some of our goats, for in some cases it’s almost i
necessary to have the ability of a Philadelphia lawyer i
to be able to fill out a gang of questions which, to sa>
the least, could be a lot more simple. At any rate, I’ve |
heard about one fellow, who had little patience in filling
out an application and finally jotted down this: “I only
want a damn little kerosene to heat a damn little stove
in a damn little bathroom.” And damn if that isn’t a.J
good way to fill one out.
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St. Paul's new rector, the Rev. Lewis F. Schneck, is a j
man after mine own heart. T’other day he dropped in j
the office to write out his church notice for The Herald. |
and not forgetting my manners when a preacher is
around, I invited him to sit at my desk. At once 1
sensed a blunder and before he sat down, asked him ii
he would rather sit at my daughter’s desk, which is kept
in a far more tidy condition than my own. I was
greatly relieved, however, when the preacher repl ed, j
“No, I’d rather sit at your desk—it seems more like m> |
own."
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Mrs. Frank Barrow, on Saturday, undoubtedly had an ,
experience which will eclipse any pleasure she may en- j
joy in the way of Christmas presents. Her son, Vernon ]
Barrow, who was a Herald employee from the time the j
paper was founded until he enlisted in-the Navy, had
not been heard from for many weeks and the opinion
was established that he had been overseas, though no de
finite information had been received to that effect. Any
way, on Saturday “Hunk” spoke to his mother over the
telephone, informing her that he had just returned from
North Africa. He assurred his mother that he is ah
right and for the present is stationed in New York.
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Cal Kramer had a rather unique experience last week
when a lady dropped into his office to buy a war bond,
and in payment for it planked down a bag contain ng
1,875 pennies. Cal, always polite as he can be, glanced
out at the huge pile of accumulated Christmas mail, ana
in very short order said, “Lady, we want to sell ail the j
war bonds we can, but 1 do not have the time to sit here i
and count 1,875 pennies.” He instructed her to count and ]
wrap up the pennies in packages of 100 or 200 lots.
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Whew! It's a fast life for a lot of us. V\ ith a war
on our hands, so many things are necessary to be done
that it’s meeting after meeting to attend and contribu
tions for this and that purpose until many of us have
little time left for our own business. But, if we are
expected to be able to give something to every call
which is being made, some of us will have to put more
time to the job of trying to make a little money to join
in the crowd. i
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There are not a few who are glad to see Christmas
come on Friday this year, for generally Saturday has
also been thrown in as a holiday. Well, it will provide
: a fellow a splendid opportunity to rest up after the
1 celebration of Christmas and, in some cases, will afford
jan opportunity to sober up.
o
I There must be some lucky people in Edenton. For
j instance, early this week when the mercury was hanging
below the freezing mark and the skies were overcast,
! one guy said, “Well, I wish it would snow. I have j
plenty of wood, plenty of coal, plenty of fuel oil and 1
plenty of whiskey.” And I might add that for a fellow ,
to be so situated he must have plenty of money to park (
himself indoors while it is snowing and blowing, in- I
stead of chasing off to work or hustling around trying |
to make a dollar or so to keep the wolf from the door.
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For any who were interested, it didn’t take long to
discover that the coupon books for purchasing liquor
were handed out on the second floor of the Court House
after Wednesday of last week. Well, for one thing, it’s
not quite so conspicuous a place to apply for the coupons
and, as one fellow remarked, some of the town's
“deacons” might have felt, after climbing the stairs,
that they were just a little nearer heaven when applying
for their bitters permit.
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Which reminds me of a fellow in town who has little
use of the stuff, but about a year ago received a bottle
of pretty good stuff as a present. The bottle was stored
.
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HERBERT F. RAWLL
rounder and President of Christmas
Blub, who announced today that
nembers were using $75,000,000.00,
ibout 20% of the entire amount
|uat distributed in Christmas Club
checks, to purchase War Bavlng«
Bonds- |
away in a closet and not so long ago
some company at his home suggested
making egg-nog. Everything was]
I settled when he said he had a qugrt
jof good liquor in the closet, which
I was brought forth. The eggs and
other ingredients were all stirred up
and the bottle emptied in the bowl, <
but much to the surprise of those
partaking, the egg-nog was alto
gether lacking the >‘nog.” It develop- i
ed that a colored maid had, no doubt, j
been sampling the stuff and putting ;
back water until about the only sem- ]
blance of whiskey that remained was i
the color. i
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Business is bad and D. B. Liles and ,
Mrs. C. Y. l’arrish are helping to !
make it so. You see, each of them j
last week inserted a classified ad in ■
The Herald and paid for two inser- ,
tions. Well, the paper was delivered j
j Thursday morning and about 10 i
o’clock D. B. called up, saying the :
keys he had advertised as lost had
1 been returned. Then, Mrs. Parrisn
paid for two insertions to sell a pony,
and after the ad appeared one time,
! she, too, called up saying that she
i had sold the pony and cancelled the
! other insertion. So that instead of
taking in some money, 1 owe each of
the above parties two bits. All of
' which attests to the power of Herald
advertising. Psst, tell some of the
: merchants about it.
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Tom Foley has served five years,
equivalent to a term in Federal pris
on, as watchman at the power plant
(not ABC Stoie) during which time
he has been right much confined in the
l building. What worries me is the
| fact tlr't he Had rigged up a neat
! font rant ion to roast and eat oysters
and he was a past master at arrang-
I ing such affairs. Shucks, with Foley
gone and fish not biting, what in the
dickens can a fellow do for a little
recreation ?
Isn’t Paul Wallace sarcastic?
’Tother night he stopped me on the
street and asked what I would be do
ing Friday night, and immed ately
invited me as a guest at the Chowan !
Community House, where the Rose 1
Store employees will be treated to a
turkey dinner. Well, of course, it’s
hard for me to say what I’ll be do
ing from one night to another, so I j
told him that if T do not have to i'
attend some sort of a bloomin’ meet
, ing I’d be glad to go. “Well, let me
know tomorrow.” he said, “for if you <
decide to go, I want to call up the j
ladies who are serving the dinner.”, ■
j Humph! Anyway, he said he request- ]
jed the ladies to serve a generous
j dinner with all the trimmin’s, but j
that’s where he wasted some energy. :
for-the ladies up in that neck of the j
I woods would not serve any other j
kind of a meal. Out of the wav. j
don’t hold me back, I’m a-headin’ j
for Cross Roads tomorrow night.
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As the final type is being set for
this week’s paper, it’s snowing to | j
beat the band, so that the scudder j <
referred to in a foregoing paragraph ' <
will have an opportunity to stay in j
, the house, drink his liquor and enjoy <
it all. while a gang of us are obliged
to ramble about in the mess and
like it.
HOME FROM COLLEGE
Haywood Cullen Swindell and
j Kathleen Ward, students at Mars
; Hill College, have returned to the'r
1 respective homes to spend the holi
days with their parents. Their holi
days began December 18 and end
January 5.
I RATIONING j
AT A GLANCE
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SUGAR
War Ration Stamp 10, is good for
three pounds, valid from December
16 to January 31.
COFFEE
Stamp 27 in War Ration Book 1,
the “iStigar Book,” good for one pound
until January 1.
FUEL OIL
Coupons marked Period 1, good for
ten gallons, valid through December
23. Coupons marked Period 2, same
value, good through January 26.
GASOLINE AND TIRES
Gasoline Coupon 3 in A Book good
for three gallons each until January
22. Motorists must write license
number and state on back of each
coupon. This is to curb black market
dealing in coupons.
Lnoer nation-wide mileage lation
yig, intended primarily for rubber
conservation, local boards will not re
new gasoline rations, issue emergency
rations or authorize tire purchase or
recap for any passenger car unless
the operator carries a tire inspection
certificate. If you have not obtained
your certificate, get a tire registra
tion form at once and mail it, proper
ly filled out, to your local War Price
and Rationing Board. An inspection
iWUsuauaaisa aim lasusa sea am Manas asaa
[ Sure you can do it... IF you’ve been saving a I
| small amount, each week since last year! If J
[ you’re missing this grand and glorious feel- J
[ ing ... be sure to sign up in our Christmas |
[ Savings Club for next year. Come in today! I
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| QUALITY FOOD STO Beg ,J i
Christmas Food Sale!
f PREPARE NOW FOR THE HOLIDAYS
ORANGES, bag 35c
I POTATOES, bag 35c I
I LETTUCE, head 15c
| CELERY, stalk 15c
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I TOMATOES - BROCOLLI - SPINACH
PEAS - BEANS - BRUSSELL SPROUTS
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FLOOR 12 50c
Hm ID PANDER’S PLAIN te A LB.
rLUUIt OR SELF-RISING JL £ BAG OUC j
D. P. Lemon or Vanilla Extracts, 2-oz. bot. 29c |
Rumford Baking Powder, 12-oz. can 22c |
Colonial Corn Starch, 2 16-oz. pkgs.. 15c I
LAYER CAKE 12 “ 19c j
VANUA WAFERS 1 " 19c
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I PUCDDirC KED MARASCHINO A n f
;; UnLlinlLO 8-oz. bottle du«5C **
STUFFED OLIVES ™.23c
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I; KCat sup, 14 oz. bot 15c
KMilk 6 cans 53c
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I NABISCO PREMIUM
Crackers, lb pkg 19c
Jello 3 pkgs. 20c
record will be mailed to you upon re
ceipt of the form.
Official OPA tire inspectors, who
display placards at gasoline stations
or auto agencies, will check all tires
on your car and make a report of the
inspection on your certificate.
No gasoline may be sola to opera
tors of commercial vehicles without T
Coupons, which are obtained by filing
for a temporary or regular T ration
at your local board. Regular T cou
pons are obtained only after the
Office of Defense Transportation has
issued a certificate of war necessity
for the vehicle.
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FRUIT CAKE i
2 lbs. 95c i:
4 lbs SI.BO
Christmas Nuts ii
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IN SHELL
Pecans, lb. 33c ;;
Walnuts, lb. 30c o
Mixed, lb. 35c ;;