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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership, consisting of J. Edwin
BnP'ap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South
lirond Street. Edenton, N. C.
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TH LttSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1942
BLiILE THOUGHT FOH THE WEEK:
IT IS GOD’S WORLD: For ye shall go out with joy. j
and be led forth with peace—lsaiah 55:12.
Christmas 1942
Again, another year has rapidly rolled around ana
we are about to celebrate the birth of the Prince im ;
Peace, it lacks little of being mockery when practic- j
ally all nations of the world are at eacli other’s throat; i
in the midst of a global war when America remembers
the day that stands for peace and good-w.ll among men.
Christmas, this year, cannot be as merry as w e would
like it to be. In I howan County there are some, ;>o<
young men scattered all over the world, some of whom -
we know not where, nor do we have any idea of their j
circumstances, and this condition prevails over the i
Nation as a whole. Sorrow and anxiety will undoubt- |
edly supplant happiness in many homes, trom whence |
have gone our finest men who are now in camps and on ;
the field of battle to stand guard over all that s dear j
to us.
Christmas this year snould, more than ever, be r.
season of deep reverence to those of the Christian faith.
Certainly, our thoughts and our prayers will go where ;
ever our boys may be, and especially precious should be
our faith that, in God’s good time, they will come home.
However, despite our faith, we know that many will nor j
return and that this will be the last Chr st.nas many a i
brave Alderman v, ill...observe.
It is not' for man to discern the workings of I’rovi- j
dence. All we can do, in the face of such a catastrophe j
is to put i-ui hope in God and trust in Divine Wisdom j
that uses all men to complete the great purpose, ot
human existence.
Christmas, 1942, then cannot fail to be one of the
heart . . . cannot fail to strengthen our fa.th and coui .]
age by reminding us that the things we are fighting for
can never be destroyed. Let us, therefore, resolve to
put aside our fears and live bravely in the hope that
much of w hat we fear will not come to pass. Let us rev
erently observe this Christmas in the assurance that j
millions now alive will, in future years, face happier j
Chr stmas days than in the year 1942.
Not Utopia, Yet
•Possibly a little misleading was a story in The Herald
last week relative to abandoning the Stocking Fund thi
year. This fund has primarily been raised to provide
presents for children who otherwise would have received
Very little or nothing, as a Christmas present. It is i
true that more folks are working this Christmas ant!
that want among the youngsters will not be as pro- j
nounced as in firmer years. Miss Louise Coke, who an j
| Tax Payers
TAKE
NOTICE!!
I All persons, firms and corporations are required to £
list all their or its personal and real property during the 1
month of January, 1943. All property not listed during i
the month of January will be subject to a penalty as pro- 1
vided by law. I
I ist takers have been appointed for the various T
Townships of the County as follows: {
First Township Mrs. P. S. McMullan J
Second Township P. L Smith f
Third Township T. A. Berryman j
Foiiilit Township C. W. Parker j ■
, These list takers will be glad to aid in every way and
we urge that you see them and get your list in during *'
January and save us and you further trouble and ex
* \ pense. \»
By Order of County Commissioners
if P. S. McMULLAN, Tax Supervisor ; i
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1942
! grEARD and !
| ILJI_ By •BU'h” j
It’s sort of a hard job to make some of the folks now
in Edenton, but who hail from points further north, be
lieve that the sort of weather we’ve been hav.ng lately
!is unusual in these parts. For instance, the other day
some fellow at the air station called The Herald to find
out u we had any information relative to traveling con
■ ditions in Ohio and Indiana. I told him we had ho in
lonnat.on along that line and also, that this kind of
1 weather was unusual for Edenton. “Oh, yes,’’ he said,
; “that's some Chamber of Commerce stuu. Grayson
1 Harding also told me a fellow can play golf in his shirt
I sleeves in Edenton up until Christmas, out he turned his
j head the other day when I walked in the lobby s-omping
1 and shaking snow off my coat.” Well, the cnamber of
| Commerce must do something, you know. Then on
Mon lay night, two fellows were walking down tne mid
i die of King Street when suddenly one of tin's leet
went one way and his body another, and v.nen both
i came to a stop he was lying flat on his back. He didn't
I think much ol it, apparently, for scrambling to get to his
1 feet, he remarked to his companion, “Hell, and 1 came
all the way to North Carolina to get in this mess.' It’s
! good lie didn’t have a bottle on ms hip. Anyway, the
..outlier is unusual, but just the same, we must uo like
they do in other parts of the country—take it as it
. comes.
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Not a few folks were caught short the latter part of
i last week when all of a sudden gasoline sales were cut
I off except tor trucks. Hut Mr. Weatherman also step
ped in and helped possibly as much as anything else in
Conserving gasoline. With snow on tne ground and the
streets as slippery as glass, only the bravest drivers of
automobiles had the courage to try to drive a car, which
in many cases decided to run sideways just as well as
I forward. Anyway, we're having a taste of real winter,
i even if we are in the sunny South,
, —o
Observance of “at home” by the vestry of St. Paul’s
I Church last Thursday night was the climax to an un
usually warm welcome extended to the new rector and
! his wife, the Rev. and Mrs. Lewis F. Schenck. In fact,
i Preacher Schenck made the remark that his reception
in Edenton has been so warm that his home was almost
lost by fire last week. Anyway, the couple is a valuable
nually shoulders no little part of the burden in raising |
this fund, purchasing the items going into the stockings j
; and seeing to it that they are distributed, has had very
few reports of children who might go lacking, in fact
j so few that it was deemed unnecessary to appeal for
Stocking Fund contributions.
However, this fact is not to be taken that there is no
! want in Edenton and Chowan County. We read in the
j Hook of Books that “the poor ye have with you always,”
and there is no exception to this truth in this section I
this year. We have those who are unemployable, those j
whose income barely meets the cost of the actual neces
sities of 1 fe, those whose earning capacity has practic- I
ally reached the vanishing point, some who are sick and
the unfortunate fact, possibly, that there are some j
breadwinners who pay little attention to the care, com- ,
j fort and welfare of any family connections.
There is, then, still an opportunity for the spreading
of Christmas cheer among those who are less fortunate, j
Some of these will be remembered through the public j
welfare off ce, some by the various churches, and the!
Lions Club, again, this year, will distribute baskets to
a number of needy families throughout the county.
At a time when everybody appears to be in a mad
rush and duties and responsibilities continue to mount,
let us pause long enough to give thought to our sur
roundings and see to it that there is not a single person
who will be neglected when, at a very small cost and
| with a little effort, Christmas may be a little more j
! human and happier.
addition to Edenton and everyone
likes them just about as much as
both of them appear to like Edenton.
o
There’s an added cheery atmos
phere at the Edenton postoffice the
past several days, which has come
about by the employment of Miss
Lena Jones to work at the stamp
window during the Christmas rush.
She’s , taught school for (? ? ?)
years, and at that, it hasn’t made a
grouch out of her. No matter how
great the rush for stamps, she wears
a smile just as she does with her
youngsters at school, which goes a
long way in preventing many a busy |
stamp shopper from “flying off the
handle.”
Doth the proof-reader ana the I
typesetting operator called my atten-!
ton to the term “staggering” in
connection with the item about new j
vestrymen elected at St. Paul’s
Church last week. The word “stag
gering” refers to the sort ol term
I these men were elected to serve, and
not to the condition of the men who
were elected. Just wanted dear
that up, you know.
o—
Episcopalians, Baptists, Methodists,
Presbyterians, Catholics and “noth
ing-at-alls” gathered in the Parish
House last Thursday night to offi
cially welcome the Rev. and Mrs
Lewis F. Schenck to Edenton. Every
thing went off in fine shape, even a
few of the most devout Methodists
and Baptists saying that the punch
was on the up-and-up.
o
Despite the fact that a south wind
was blowing the other night, the
] mercury was hanging around the
J freezing point, which is plenty cold
jin Edenton. Snoody Mills said he
: didn’t quite understand why it was
so cold on a south wind, but Louis
Francis explained the situation when
he said it was only the north wind
coming back.
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! GOD BLESS /
AMERICA • I
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grateful that toe are Americans
. . . Grateful lor the things that
America stands lor — FREEDOM
—LIBERTY— JUSTICE • And
grateful for friends like you u hom
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M . . BETWEEN US
PERSONALLY!
There are to many things we would like
4 to say to each of you personally. Personal
l\ wishes created by our mutual friendship.
/■ These are in our heart and you will know.
/Am simple greeting covers them all.
\ jgu May this Christmas bring you an abun
dance of health, happiness, peace and'
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Ip 1 ' things you so richly deserve. We hope
HI Old Sants has remembered you well and
V\| fills your stocking, not only with the
V 1/ material things for which you have wish
jj® ed, but that he will throw in for good
measure an abundance of good cheer,
| flii- food hope and food fellowship.
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