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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
Butllap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South
Broad Street, Edenton, N. C.
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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1947^
THIS WEEK’S 111IU.E TIIOECIIT
DO NOT CRY DOWN THOSE WF. KNEW WHEN
THEY WERE NOTHING : Ami they were .Offended in
him. Hut Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without ;
honor, save in his own country, atui in his. own house. )
And: he did not many mighty works there . because of
their unbelief. —Matt. 13:57-58.
Not Too Late
Some criticism has been voiced about the American
Legion disposing of a 1946 Ford which is to be given
away on or about February 22 to some person holding
one lucky ticket. However, some persons who have made
these criticisms fail to realize just what is behind the
Legion, and what the purpose is, For enlightenment,
here are some of the things which the money can be
used for. First of all, however, let us remember, and
get firmly fixed in our minds, that the Legion is not
just an ordinary club, interested only in making money
and having fun. The Region is as much a civic organi
zation as the Lions, Rotarians, Junior-Womans Club
and others. What these organizations undertake, the
Legion can certainly be counted on to help in any way
thev can. .
Money is needed by most every organization to func
tion properly. There are projects which the organiza
tions undertake which are highly beneficial to all. Along
this line, the Legion is a forerunner. They backed the
resolution calling for more permanent repairs or a new
Chowan River bridge, they stood behind any proposal
that has come up as vet. They have offered their help
and assistance whenever they felt it was needed. Now,
the money they make off the Ford, if any. will be used
in some way to either help the Legionnaires, or some
useful project in town. _ .
Last vnir. the Legion sponsored a junior baseball
team. That was for the benefit of the boys of this
town, and for the citizens as well. This year, they hope j
and plan to Sponsor a better t am than that which rep- j
resehti d thru, last year.
Some people, have advanced the idea.of building a war J
mentor:.'! ’to the Chowan County hoys who made the ,
s pr mm sn voice during the recently concluded struggle. ;
This ch i ild 1 ive been done long before now, but now is
not too !at . H is quite possible that the money or pro
fit d v :v. ii from the sale .of the Ford will be used to.
f rthe’r this era. Sortie persons, who wish to remain
anonymous, have offered their financial aid to as high
as Soon. This, as a starter, coup!, d with the amounts set
ash! ■ bv t' e Town Council and the County Commission
ers. should get a drive for a Chowan County war mem
orial off to an excellent start.
Sortie may ask, “What kind of a memorial?” Prior
to the ivy nt discussion about a memorial, the Rotarians
f i-' r -red - the idea of a memorial. First, a signboard
with the, names of all the veterans who died was sug
gested, and this gave way to a plaque to be erected in I
the c ,:rt im ,se with the names of the veterans placed
thereon in gold, or bronze. Other suggestions were ad
vanced as to .the adequate memorial for the boys.
Now, there conies from some minds, the idea of
building an American Legion hut, a permanent hut,
one that will stand forever, a memorial to our war dead,
and at the same time, a much needed local hut for the
returned veterans. The individual may say that this
is just a trick of the Legion’s to get the citizens to
build them a hut, This is not the case. No soliciting
would be done by the Legion. Anyone who desired to
contribute' u> this memorial would advance their con
tribution.’.without being solicited. It would be a volun
tary contribute.n on the part of the individual as a
small remembrance, and a token to those comrades who
made the supreme sacrifice, that we might continue »
to. lead our do oeratie life.
Is it too late to start a drive for a war memorial ?
Was it too late to send our boys, our husbands, brothers
and kin into this battle over which they had no control?
They went, s .. ;e gladly, some reluctantly, some fear
fully, yet they did what they were expected to do, and
many of them, some of our own people, will never re
turn to walk our streets, enjoy our freedom, and to
carry on the life they left. Is it too late?
As a parting thought, a poem comes to mind which
expresses only too clearly the truth, or more truth than
poetry. A: .-to follow in its wake?
God and me soldier we adore
In time of danger and not before
The danger past, and all things righted,
God is forgotten—the soldier slighted.
Another Job Well Done
Being chairman of the Chowan County Chapter of the
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, the writer
senses no little degree of pride in the fact that Chowan
County has again exceeded its quota in the annual March
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Representative: Allen Bailey, Elizabeth City, N. C. Phone 1046
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. N. C„ TIIURSDAV. FEBRUARY 6, 1947.
Heard & Seen
By “Buff” '
Quite conspicuous in the Court House Monday at the
County Commissioners meeting was a sort of slot
machine called “Shooting the Bear.” The thing was rec
ently confiscated along with other slot machines and
was no doubt left there as part of the evidence. At
any rate, the Commissioners’ meeting was a little late
in starting, so one of ’em said, “Well, we have been
shooting the bull for a while, we might as well shoot
the hour.” But niekles were sort of scarce, and the
Commissioners had enough to worry them besides try
ing to hit a bear with an electric gun.
A colored fellow on Monday asked the County Com
missioners to trv to help him remedy a drainage problem
ou his farm cars d by a road being washed away. He
w ,. • m that Highway Co nnissiorier Evans
would be in town Tuesday night and was ado■ 1
t ]>: . evimg. "Yes, it is not hard to get
out nights,” he said, "but it’s mighty hard for me to g
back in sometimes."
Rutiny South weather was hit a Solar pje.xis blow
Tuesday night when the mercury went scampering down
I to IS degrees, according to a thermometer on Broad
Streets Heading down Broad Street toward The Herald
o' ice about 6 o'clock Wednesday morning, it felt as
though it was zero weather. At any rate, I’d like to see
my daddy Sitting out in front of The Herald office today
in an arm chair like he did a few months ago. He d
have a different name for that breeze coming off the
Albemarle Sound.
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Maybe this paragraph should be read by only the old
guys, but it was given to me by E. T. Rawlinson, who is
no spring chicken, so here goes:
King Solomon and King David
Led merry, merry lives
With many, many lady friends
And many, many wives
But when old age crept over them
With many, many qualms
King Solomon wrote the Proverbs
And King David wrote the Psalms.
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And for good measure, E. T. gave me this one:
When you get to Heaven
You will likely view
Many folks whose presence there
Will, be a shock to you.
But keep you very quiet
Do not even stare,
Doubtless there’ll be many folks
Surprised to see you there.
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Cal Kramer was telling about a recent fishing experi
ence at last week’s Rotary meeting and seemed sur
j prised when a few of the fellows apparently doubted his
I story. Cal said he was casting the other day and sorno
-1 thing kept 'messing with his bait. Saying to himself, i
| “that’s one of those little fish like. Buff catches.” he say;
i he put on a smaller hook and on the next cast he hooked
i a small white perch. As he was pulling in the small fish, j
so, he. says, a small bass.swallowed the perch and -before ]
he got the two fish to his boat, along came a big jack
pike , and swallowed the whole works, so that he had j
three fish, on his line with only one hook. What wonders !
me is why in the dickens he didn’t have a frying pan ;
and a pound of lard hanging on to the Jack pike’s tail. ]
lie might as well make the story sound phoney.
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No little amount of work is being done to have an A-l ,
baseball diamond for the Binghamton team to train on J
and incidentally for the local Albemarle League entry. >
The diamond has been filled in and concrete dug-outs
have been constructed, which will be appreciated by the
1 boys occupying the bleachers, for now they will not be
“blinded” by the old style players’ bench.
of Dimes. There is a feeling that no better chairman
for this phase of the fight against infantile paralysis
could have been secured than Robert L. Pratt, who vol
unteered his services in answer to an appeal made in
The Herald. Mr. Pratt, in turn, could hardly have done
any better than he did in the selection of the various
chairmen and in like manner these chairmen apparently
selected an able group of canvassers. All of which.]
coupled with the generosity of Chowan County people,
resulted in the gathering together of $1,597.34, or al
most S2OO above the amount asked of Chowan, which
was $1,420.
The drive, therefore, can be considered a Splendid
I success and both Mr. Pratt and the county chairman
desire to express their sincere appreciation and thanks
to all who served in any capacity in the drive. The
workers did a splendid job and our citizens, or many of
them, contributed generously so that the county’s rec
ord remains unbroken in meeting the annual call for
funds to combat the dreaded disease.
At a meeting with various chairmen at the outset of
the drive the County chairman expressed utmost con
fidence in the people of Chowan to meet the quota, and
this statement was made despite the fact that this year
there was no contribution coming from the Edenton
Naval Air Station, where sizeable amounts have been
contributed while the base was in operation. This con
fidence has been warranted in the fact that the quota
is exceeded and still more contributions are expected
to be reported. All of which makes the writer prouder
of Chowan County and happier that he adopted it as
his home about a quarter of a century ago. The out
come of the drive goes to strengthen the belief that
Chowan County people can be relied upon to rally to
any movement with which they are in sympathy and
to help fight infantile paralysis should find sympathizers
in every home in the county.
Ijjigh School News]
BY FRANCIS CHESSON
The Seniors presented a radio pro
gram as the assembly program
Thursday morning. As the students
filed into the auditorium they select
ed slips of paper from a box. The
fifteen people who had slips with
numbers on them were asked to go
on stage. After Davey Lee Ward,
the announcer, had said a few words
he introduced the “Beanettes” who
sang a Gibb’s Poik and Bean com
mercial. Then the program was in
charge of Wallace Goodwin, master
of ceremonies. The contestants were j
then asked questions for which they
received a pencil as reward if they
answered it correctly. The program !
whs very cnterfuiiung.
Monday;' the preliminaries of the]
debate, resolved, that the Federal
GoyofmmuH should establish a sys-!
: m of cte pi to medical care avail
able to all Citizens at public expense,j;
was held in the and::orium.
There .vt re two affirmative sp x k- 1
ors, Susan Thigpen; and Harold Webb [
and four negative, Marian Harrell.:
Carolyn Swindell, Peggy White and!
Davey Lee Ward. Each speaker was |
given approximately five minutes to
deliver his speech. After hearing:
the talks concerning medical care, the!
judges retired to select the future’
debaters. After some time they re
turned and Miss Hassell announced
that Marian Alexander and Harold
Webb were to be the negative de
baters and Peggy White and Susan
Thigpen the affirmative. As alter
nates. Marian Harrell and Davey Lee
Ward were chosen.
The French class is now taking
CONSTIPATION
Risky in
BAD COLDS
Retained undigested food becomes
putrefactive, causes toxins, whlcn
overload the liver and other vital or - J
i cans of the body, lessening your re-
I sistance to colds and other winter ills j
! and interfering with their treatment.
: why take this chance when you can j
i take Calotabs? Calotabs thoroughly
j yet pleasantly act on every foot of
! your intestines, sweeping out toxin
laden putrefactive foods and virus
laden mucus, enabling you t« more
effectively avoid or fight a cold. Noth
ing acts like good old Calotabs. Use as
directed. 10c and 25c at all druggists.
Take CALOTABS |
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HARTER’S HALVES YELLOW CLING
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MAINE SARDINES (in oil) 2 5 J 25c
MOLASSES blue lTbel i &? !4 33c
PREMIUM CRACKERS M b B ' 0 !“ 25c
a French newspaper, “Le Petit Jour
nal”, published semimonthly. The
Class spends one period for discus
sion of each issue. The students, as
a whole, enjoy the news events and
the change of study.
MASSES NEXT SUNDAY AT
COLUMBIA AND EDENTON
The Most Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass will be offered first at 8:15
A. M. Sunday, February 9, in the
Columbia Theater, Columbia, and sec
ond in St. Ann’s Catholic Church,
Edenton, at 11 A. M., each including
sermon on "The Word of God,” Holy
Communion, followed at once by
Blessing of Throats and Sunday
School, confessions starting 15 .min
utes, ending live minutes hifore sor- ’
vices; stated Father E. J. Met ourt
pastor, who invites everybody 1" a” ]
service'. W< ’ mo.n.ngs:
Coni mu'. i >:i and Rosary.
c ■,::!> OF Til ANKS
We wish to express' our appro na
tion to friends and 'relatives for bow
ers, cars loaned and sympathies ex
pressed during the sudden death of
our husband and father, John 11.
Harrell.
—Mrs. John IT. Harrell and Children.
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To man alone beneath the heaven.
] —Sir Walter Scott.
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