PAGE FOUR The Chowan Herald Published every Thursday by The Chowan Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-428 South Broad Street, Edenton, N. C. /IMCinliMfalb J EDWIN BUFFLAP . Editor HECTOR LUPTON..— —Advertising Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Tear _————- - Six Months f l -” 0 Entered as second-class matter August ou, 1934, at the Post Office at Edenton, North Caro lina.under the act of March 3, 1879 Cards of thanks, obituaries, resolutions of respect, etc., will be charged for at regular advertising rates. '~~T THURSDAY. JANUARY 23, 1947 THIS WEEK’S BIBLE THOUGHT WE MUST RE-ENFORCE SPIRITUAL CONVIC TIONS: 1 thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve_the law of God; hut with the flesh the law of sin.—Rom i Unfortunate Situation Unfortunately complications have arisen in connection with the hospital at the Edenton Naval Air Station which is causing no little concern on the part of Mayor Lerov Haskett, Town Councilmen and members of the hospital trustees. While getting the hospital in oper ation, despite the building and equipment at the base, is quite an undertaking, the matter of heat has for sev eral days held up progress and precipitated a misunder standing between the Town of Edenton and the Her\ej Foundation, to whom the Town sub-leased the greater portion of the base. There are some who take the position that under the Hervev lease, heat should be furnished at the Founda tion’s expense to both the hospital and the nurses quarters. David Hervey, president of the Foundation, on the other hand, contends that the lease is very clear in requiring heat only to the hospital, so that the nus understanding or misinterpretation of the lease is re tarding progress at the hospital. Several meetings have been held by Town Council in an effort to iron out the leases with the Navy Depart ment and the Hervey sub-lease, but up until Wednesday noon after a meeting with Mr. Hervey, there was no change in the opinion of either side. The Herald under stood that another special meeting of Town Council was to be held Wednesday night after The Herald was printed, at which time the attorney for the Hervey Foundation was to be present, and the whole matter brought to a head. The situation is to be regretted for, after all, the ac quisition of the hospital by the Town was the paramount reason for the Town considering leasing the base from the Navy, the opportunity coming at a time when no little effort had been made to acquire funds with which to build a hospital It seems to The Herald tha: there is plenty of oppor tunity for the Hervey Foundation to operate on the base and at the same time to have a hospital in operation which will fill the needs of Chowan County and adjoin ing territory. If the meeting is held Wednesday night, The Herald hopes some agreeable terms will be reached whereby a thorough understanding will be had by all concerned. Town Councilmen are anxious to see the Hervey houn dation get into full operation and at the same time want to see the hospital ready to do business. Present mis understanding handicaps both enterprises, so that no more time should be lost to iron out affairs. Worth Trying While Edenton police cannot be accused of being un reasonable or hard-boiled, it is a source of satisfaction that they have adopted a policy of tagging visitors who violate traffic and parking laws, presumably uninten tionally, reminding them of their violation, urging them not to repeat the offense and inviting them to come back to Edenton. Generally, such a procedure will leave a friendly feeling toward the town on the part of motorists who in some cases unknowingly violate traffic or parking regulations. Os course, it is not the purpose to let down the bars and invite law-breakers to make Edenton their head quarters, for a record of these courtesies will be kept so that the new policy will not be abused. The tags are not for distribution among citizens living in Edenton who know or should know local traffic and parking regulations, so that the police do not intend to stand for wholesale disregard for the laws that are now in force. Policemen can be either a good or bad advertisement for a town, and The Herald is of the belief that the new system will tend to create a more kindly feeling toward the Town on the part of visitors and in turn bring some hack who otherwise might have just been in “another town”. The idea is worm a fair trial. C "" " Wt DON'T MAGNIFY ! YOUR TROUBLES* WE FIND JflpiY THEM AND Fix THEM/ Jjl. FOR ALL MAKE CARS AND TRUCKS * ( Our mechanics will go over your car with an eagle eye and you may be sure that your auto will get service “plus” when any one of our experts check it! Drive in today! WE HAVE ON HAND FOR CHEVROLET CARS A SUPPLY OF Seat Covers Floor Mats Batteries and Other Accessories —— ■ B. B. H. Motor Co. YOUR CHEVROLET DEALER U. S. Highway 17 Phone 400 EDENTON, N. C. THE CIIOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1947. j Heard & Seen By “Buff" ! “I can tell I am in a newspaper office,” said a sales man the other day, “for almost all editors’ desks that 1 see look just about the same as yours does.” But even then there’s some consolation when joked about a messed up desk, for a fellow dropped in the office shortly after, telling me that he just came from Marvin Wilson’s of fice where, he said, had he sneezed, the whole office would have been wrecked. And the same might be said, n«~i dnnht, about a lot of other desks, especially until after the bloomin’ income tax filing is over. o Carroll Cason Goodwin is taking advantage of so much rainy weather lately to sell raincoats at the Men’s Shop. Carroll said he was informed that during 194(5 it rained on 100 days of the 365. Well, if the present rate keeps up, 1946 will have been a piker when a check is made on 1947 about a year hence, o Legionnaires some way got hold of a brand new Ford, which will be a cheap automobile for some person who 1 is lucky. Edward Bass is busy as an advance circus i agent in showing ofi the car all over the Albemarle sec tion and getting tickets in circulation. Have you seen the car? \ i O ■ ; Yep, it’s just impossible to please everybody, with which fact the police are very well acquainted. Police,! you know, had some '‘Welcome” tickets printed, which are given to visitors who violate traffic and fishing laws,! reminding them of the violation and. while urging them not to repeat the violation, invites them to come back to Edenton. The first day the policy went into effect 15 tickets were distributed, and in one instance Police man E; R. Tolley stopped a man to hand him one of the new tickets. ’ Os course, the usual, argument was started by the fellow when Cop Tolley interrupted. “You are not arrested, this is only a kindly reminder that you have violated the law' and are invited to re turn.” Before the fellow could cool off, he replied. "Well, you have held me up at least five minutes any way.” Maybe that’s ‘’gratitude.” o Peter Carlton is developing into a Chamber of Com merce secretary of the first calibre. For instance, he happened to be on hand a couple of weeks ago when a few of us returned with a big string of nice fish and, of course, he wrote and broadcast about it. However, the same group went fishing Friday and in three hours fail ed to get even a nibble, but up to this very moment I have not heard a wmrd from him about the “good” fish ing. Well, who ever heard of a Chamber of Commerce secretary playing up anything but the best things in a community? Yep, he’s on the right track. o And speaking about Peter Carlton, he’s furnishing a column each week entitled “Scoutin’ Around.” It’s a good column, in my estimation, so much so that I went to some trouble to “dress it up” this week. I envy Peter in that he gets around much more than I do, and if I continue to keep penned up in the shop, maybe 1 can get him to fill up this column sometimes. Anyway, if you have not read Peter’s column, turn to page two of this issue and read what he has to say. —— o Captain J. L. Pettus is another person 1 envy. He is enjoying a month’s vacation prior to being retired by the Norfolk Southern Railroad. Although he does not have to work, he sets his alarm clock for about 6 A. M„ then he gets up, turns the thing off and takes another snooze, getting up when he gets darn good and ready. My ambition is to reach the stage when instead of ga ting up to turn the clock off, I’ll chunk a shoe at it or let the bloomin’ thing ring until it’s ready to quit. With summer-like weather prevailing for several days, overcoats were very much in order Wednesday morning. Though right much colder, it was some con solation to see the sun once again. And speaking about cold weather, one of the dads at the Rotary meeting Thursday night was telling me about how cold a job it is to fish nets out in Chowan River. "We put on so many clothes,” he said, "that if we fell overboard, it would be some time before we’d sink.” He also told about a certain colored woman who remains in bed all the while her husband is helping to fish the nets. The reason, he said, is that the man wears every piece of clothing about the house when he starts out on cold mornings. For a long time The Herald has been selling card board to school children for five cents, but sometime ago the price increased so that the price is now 10 cents. The other day little Mike Malone and Mary Browning dropped in for a sheet and were informed that the price is now- 10 cents, “We have.to pay more than fi"o cents a sheet,” I told the youngsters. But M: ke m'• d un “Well, why don’t you charge six cents?” My answer was “Why, we must pay over six cents,” to which he replied. “Well, the war’s over.” Then little Mary turn ed to Mike and said, "This is the inflation, Mike.” And by gosh she’s right. SHEAFFER AND PARKFR PENS CAMPEN’S ' Beware Coughs from common colds That Hang On Creomulsion relieves promptly be cause it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender inflamed bronchial mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding you must like the way It quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION For Coughs, Chest Cords, Bronchitis t ■TLr DRINK tali] Lions’ Achievements During Year Listed Club Is Entertained By Group of Popular Edenton Girls Among the many achievements ac . enmpli