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•THURSDAY. MARCH 21, 1946;
THIS WEEK’S BIBLE THOUGHT
WAIT AND YOU WILL SEE: Why art thou cast
down, 0 n;y soul? and why art thou disquieted within
nie? hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is
the health of my countenance, and my God.— Psalms
42:11.
Waiting, Waiting, Waiting!
lust a few days ago a news story from Green
ville was to the effect that a group of citizens rep
resenting every section of I’itt County gathered
and unanimously endorsed a plan to build a mod
ern hospital as a living memorial to the veterans
of World War I and World War 11. which brings
to mind that Chowan County back in September.
1044. had a similar experience and in very short
order enough money was raised to assure a hos
pital—in fact before 1944 had passed out.
The Herald has and still does give the major
credit for raising the funds to the late D. M. War
ren, who died shortly after the hospital seemed a
certainty, and the writer ventures a guess that had
he boon spared, the Chowan County Hospital
would be much further advanced than it is today
Os course, due to war conditions, building of a
hospital necessarily has been delayed, but lack of
materials going into the building has nothing to
do with the selection of a site. Even if some in
formation was forthcoming, those who contributed
and those who pledged contributions, would have
a more friendly attitude, for they would like to
know what is happening.
In the January 17th issue of The Herald a story
appeared in which it was stated: “Several rec
ommendations of -.possible sites were made . . and
the directors have investigated these sites and are
prepared to report on them at such time as the
County Commissioners and Town Council meet
to select the site:
Os course, the final word in selecting the hos-1
pital site rests with the town and county govern
ing bodies, but -o far a- The Herald knows,
neither group ha- been informed that the hospital
directors are ready for a joint meeting to con
sider <ite-.
It is altogether pos-iblt’ that when the selection
"i a site reaches Town Council and the County
Commis'ioners. more time will again be necessary
to consider the proper place However, if.as
much time i- lost there a- ha- been the c.w thus
far. there -hould be -omc reason to believe that
the time will soon be approaching when materials
will be more readily available.
Looking’ Forward
What is the Tir.-t step in the most progres.-ive
movement in Edenton in recent year.- is the nine
petition- for paving dirt streets, which were pre
sented to Town Council last week. These peti
tion- take in practically all dirt streets except in
North Edenton and the Cotton Mill Village, where
no petitions have yet been circulated.
Signed petition- are the first requirement to
pave streets, for it is necessary to know how many
property owners want the improvement in order
to determine the cost and subsequently to decide
how many bonds must be sold to cover the cost
of the work.
When the cost is determined. Town Council will 1
call a special election to vote on a bond issue and ■
if carried, Edenton will experience an improve
ment next in importance to the paving of the
streets which were hard-surfaced some 2 5 years
agO.
Os course, there will be some objection to the
proposed paving, but if information is, correct,,
there was also a big howl when the present paving
was done.
Not One-Man Job
With quite a bit of preliminary work in the
background, the Chowan County Tuberculosis As
sociation came into being Thursday night of last
week, when Ralph Parrish was elected president,
as well as other officers elected for the new or
ganization. the prime purpose of which is to stamp
out tuberculosis in Chowan County.
President Parrish made an important statement
upon assuming the presidency of the association
when he said: “I promise to do the best I can and
hope to have the cooperation of all in progressing
together.”
This association, like any other successful or
ganization, is not a one-man affair, and to bring
about the purpose for which it was organized, Mr.
Parrish will necessarily need the help and hearty
cooperation of the other officers and directors, as
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1946.
| Heard & Seen
By “Buff”
Bill Sharpe, publicity director for the Board of Con
servation and Development, wrote to Marvin Wilson,
secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, last week re
questing some information about fishing. What Bill
wanted to know is what sort of fish are caught and the
best streams in which to catch ’em. Well, Mrs. Hazel
Gibbs chased over to The Herald office to get the in- j
formation, but 1 told her to wire Bill Sharpe that all the
fish are caught at the Fish Hatchery Bridge, and fur-1
ther, that there’s no use trying to get any more fisher-!
men here — we’ve got too darned many already.
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j Because of a mechanical handicap last week, several j
j items were : left out of this column which I don’t ' want j
! to pass up. For instance at the Rotary meeting Charlie
i Overman suddenly rose from his seat and passed out,
cigars to each one about the table. Nope, not because]
an election is in the offing—-it was on account of the re-j-
Cent arrival of the stork at his home. But Charlie said
his daughter is a lot better than the cigars he was!
passing out.
j
Then 1 must not forget about the recent trip through
out the county with Highway Commissioner Merrill Ev-.
ans and Engineer T. J. McKiiii. It so happened that in 5
the course of the trip we at one time or another passed
land owned by everyone in the party with the exception!
of Eddie Spires and myself. In fairness to those who
owned land, however, they kept more or less mum about
conditions when at those particular points. I had my
say-so when we reached the northern end of Joe Webb's
I farm. As the cars were turning around, I hailed West
Byrum, who had Mr. Evans in his car. "Now, I don’t!
own this land, so 1 do not hesitate to say something j
about conditions here,” 1 said. "This lane comes to a j
dead end, but it is very important and should be paved •
I by all means.” Os course, 1 was talking about the road,
down to Joe Webb’s hay house (there’s a creek down {
j there, you know) and on down to Sally Long Stretch,]
but Commissioner Evans and Engineer McKim didn't j
seem to think the road was as important as I do, so 11
don’t reckon they'll do anything about it. It ain’t no
justice!
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Even at that, though, 1 learned something about the.j
county, for I visited such places as Tip Toe, Pitch Fork;
Lane, Martin Branch, Terapin Hill and some other|
"town” the name of which 1 forgot. Anyway, Jim]
Morgan is the "mayor.”
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Doggone Joe Cheshire anyway. For the last several;
! weeks I've been trying to go fishing either Friday orj
Saturday, but every time 1 got a chance to go the weath-;
; er just wasn't fittin’. The early part of last week was
! ideal for fishing and the boys brought in some nice ones,;
so that I had my head set to go Saturday. But then 1
heard that Joe Cheshire was coming down from Raleigh
j and, though it did not rain Until Saturday night, a
. strong northeast wind put in an appearance and a red
■ storm warning went up. so that another week-end has |
passed and no fishing for a Couple 'of months. Note to 1
I Jo. Stay in Raleigh until 1-get a chance to go fishing;
I at b ast one more time.
Several days ago the town set out 50 crepe myrtle
trees at places where trees had been taken down and at j
bare -pots where a tree will improve the appearance. !
Which brought forth a timely suggestion by one of our
ladies. This lady commented about the beauty of early
spring (lowers on lawns and about homes, such as Dor
set Ida. Winter or Naked Jassamine, Spirea Thumberg
; and the like, which are now in bloom and bring forth 1
very complimentary"remarks on the part of those pass
ing through. These flowers are easy to root. I'm told,
and are very cheap. In fact, this particular lady -aid
many win. now have these (lowers about their homes
wii gladly give cuttings in order to see more in Eden
ton. It's a good idea.
\i:’d sp-akiifg about beauty, if a cemetery can he
termed beautiful; St. Paul's ( hurchyard just now- is a
r -t of colors ami just about as beautiful a sight as one
can s. c anywhere. It's worth walking around to see.
Just about the latest building project I’ve heard about
:s one contemplated by Cliff Satterfield. So much sand
has byen raised w hen he tried to sell his lot at the cor- !
nor of Broad and Gale Streets, so now, he says, he’s fig-'
uring on building seven three-room houses on the lot —
three facing Broad Street and four on Gale Street.
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Edenton High School's baseball team will open the
1946. season Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 on Hicks Field,
when the Aces cross bats with Creswell. Boys who have
been working out for berths on the team are Henry
] Powell, Andrew Whitson, Edgar Rogerson, Wallace 1
J Goodman, Maurice Hassell, Roy Harrell, Fred Keeter,
Jack Habit, A1 Habit, Bobby Byrum, Bill Sutton, Carroll
Smith, Thomas Griffin, Frank Habit, Paul Hassell, Hav-
S wood Rogerson, Albert Lassiter and Jimmy Earnhardt.
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If you know it or not, Chowan County has a commit
! tee interested in the emergency food program. Chowan,
j. like, the rest of the nation, is asked to cut down on eat
ing in order to allow food to be sent to the starving
t millions in War-torn countries. We are asked to reduce
; wheat products 40 per cent, and eat 20 per cent less
meat for the next four months. We’ll not starve, and
at the same time help to keep a lot of people from starv- !
ing to death. Let's do our part!
o
Maybe Chief Petty Officers do not have as many priv
ileges as commissioned officers, but here’s one betting
they have just as much fun. This belief follows a visit
to the CPO Club Saturday night with Mayor Leroy Has-;
kett, who was a special guest. It seemed as though the ]
Chiefs had a big time trying to see to it that everybody,
' on deck was having a good time. Fine bunch of fellows! 1
well as all citizens who are interested, and all
should be interested, in stamping out tuberculosis,
In spite of a reduction in deaths caused by tu
berculosis, it claimed 56,000 in the nation, 1,400
in North Carolina and six in Chowan County dur
ing 1945, saying nothing of the number who have
the disease. The six in Chowan County are six
too many, for tuberculosis can be prevented, and
with an association now in operation, more pro
gress in that direction is to be expected.
Robert Lee Humber
Out For Congress
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tered Wake Forest College. During
his four years at Wake Forest he;
fulfilled the requirements for the B.
A. and L. L. B. degrees and partici
pated prominently in college activ
ities. Immediately following his
graduation he volunteered in World]
War I and served as second lieuten
ant in the Field Artillery. At the
conclusion of war he continued his
studies at Harvard University, re
ceiving the M. A. degree and serv-j
ing on the faculty as tutor in the
! Department of Government, History
1 and Economics.
In the autumn of 1920 he was ap
pointed Rhodes scholar from North
Carolina to Oxford University in]
] England and represented his native
j state in that capacity for three ]
! years, During his tenure of the;
! scholarship he traveled extensively ]
on the Continent and made a trip
] around the world.
After studying at the University I
of Paris, where he was American
Field Service Fellow for two years,
he located in Paris as an attorney;
and Liter became a business execu-,
; live.
During the latter years of hisj
residence in Paris, Mr. Humber was
| chairman of the board of trustees j
of the American Church in Paris,;
| which is the oldest American Church'
on foreign soil and which served as!
1 the religious center for as many as
5,009 American students annually id
, France. Upon his return to his
home in Greenville in 1940, he was
! elected chairman of the Board of
1 Deacons of the Memorial Baptist
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Sentinels
of Health I
Don’t Neglect Them!
Nature deigned the kidney* to do a
marvelous job. Their task i* to t'eep the
flowing blood stream free of an »v . o'
toxic impurities. The act of living i •/<
iigtlf— is constantly producing waste
matter the kidney* must remove from
the blood if good heath is to endure. j
When the kidneys fail to function as !
Nature intended, there is retention of !
waste that may cause body-wide dis- (
Ires*. One may suffer nagging backache, j
persistent headache, attacks of dizziness. j
getting up nights, swelling, puffiness !
under the eyes—feel tired, nervous, all !
worn out.
Fre<]uent, scanty or burning passages
are sometimes further e\ idenee of kid
ney or bladder disturbance.
The recognized and prop* r treatment
ia a diuretic medicine to help t he kidneys
get rid of excess poisonous br»d* *»••*».•
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Church and is now a trustee of that
church. In Paris, where the Ameri
can Legion was bom in 1919, he was
a member and officer of Paris Post,
No. 1, having previously been a char
ter member of the American Legion
Post at Harvard University. He is
now a member of Pitt County Post,,
No. 39.
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