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Scoutin' A round By PETER CARLTON We haven’t been hearing much about our hospital lately. How ever, our hospital committee, headed by J. W. Davis of the Edenton Chowan Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association, tells us that work is being done to install a new boiler for heating this im portant unit. We heard that the boiler in the enHsted men’s club building was removed for this purpose. There is a great deal of in terest shown in our hospital. The interest spreads for miles around and into the counties surrounding us. 4 It would be more helpful if the public were let in on what is going on. It is only natural that they should be inter " t ?d in such an important pro- e have heard that our Town FatheHi have been bedeviled by many unfortunate and unforseen problems in this matter, and that they are bend ing every effort to get it into opera tion. The old saying that no news is good news does not seem to hold true in this instance. Perhaps much un warranted criticism could be fore stalled by someone taking a little time and letting the public in on it. o Where do we go from here? That is a question everyone is asking himself and of his neigh bor. Are we entering a period of increased prosperity, or are we headed for a tails pin? The air is filled with prophecies, many of them dire: Labor troubles, strikes, falling off in production, international tensions and depres sions. We hear also a note of optimism: Improved techniques, new discoveries, new products, new markets, new industries. Just where do we in Edenton and Chowan County go from here is a matter of our choosing the right direction, figuring out how to remove the obstacles in our path, and then keeping up enough steam to keep moving forward. This calls for the business and civic leaders, town and county fathers, and every man, woman and child getting behind the ball —determined that progress will I be made. It means “to stop Public Auction ROBERTS FORM IT HANCOCK STATION Friday, Feb. 21st Starting At 11A.M.—Rain or Shine I have for sale at Public Auction, all farming equipment, on the Roberts Farm, at Hancock Station, two miles out of 1 aton, on the Virginia Road. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. JOHN G. SMALL. —e THE SALE INCLUDES: 1 Fi j Tractor, with equipment or separately. 2 Ferguson Peanut Diggers, with added equipment. 1 Peanut Picker. 1 Hay Baler. 1 Tobacco Transplanter. Water barrels for transplanting tobacco. 1 Brand new Tobacco Duster. Tobacco Sticks. 1 Power Hole Digger, Twine make. 1 Stalk Cutter. 2 Double Row Fertilizer Distributors. 1 Single Row Fertilizer Distributor. , Several two-horse discs on wheels, and without wheels. All plows, both single and double, Harrows and Cultivators. Several Two-in-ones. 1 Farm Wagon. 1 Log Wagon. 1 Wood Saw. 2 20-ft. Barn Tobacco Flues. 3 i6-ft. Bam Tobacco Flues. 5 Tobacco Trucks. Several Carts and Wheels. A large quantity of extra fittings for plows and cultivators. Forks, Hoes, Hole Diggers. Several cans Axle Grease. Peanut Poles. About 50 tons Peanut Hay fa stacks. 50 to 100 barrels of Corn. Soja Beans. Several tons Fertilizer. Wire Fencing and Barbed Wire. 7 Mules, best to be had. Ages six to ten. Quantities of all lengths 5-V Crimp Sheet Metal. All Traces and Double and Single Whiffle-trees. 1 Com Planter. X Cotton Planter. 1 Peanut Planter. ( TERMS CASH If interested m any of the above items, they can be purchased privately from John G. Small. Fred Mathews of Hertford, Auctioneer • t * being a sideline coach and get into the game!” It means that j you and I have no right to crit icize our neighbor who is trying t —even though making mistakes, while we are not only shirkers i physically and financially, but also “mentally”. Let us sub scribe to the motto—“ Nothing i just happens, we've got to make . it happen!” Then—WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? o ! Cal Kramer, our venerable Post master, can boast of 100% attend ance at Rotary meetings since 1926, which was the year the Edenton club was founded. This writer, though a Lion, feels just as much at home with the fellows of Rotary. Why r.jt, Bince just about all of them are also members of the Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association. Dick Hines last Thurs day gave a nice talk inducting Doc Andrews into the fellowship of Ro tary. o The United States Employment Service is doing a whale of a job. Yet it is surprising how many people do not think of ask ing for help from this most use ful unit. They have been the means of helping both employer and those seeking employment— and with no charge to either. So if you’re looking for a job or looking for personnel—call on Mrs. Corie White and her staff at the U.S.E.S. I o Joe Vail tells us that he’s had in- THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., TIIURSDAV, FEBRUARY 13, 1947. quiries on the used organ he has for sale One woman from a church group promised to come back for it. Looks like somebody besides myself is reading this column. (I almost for got Buff—he’s got to read it regard less since he’s “Mr. Editor”) o ■ ■ As this writer looked out upon the waterfront at the foot of Broad Street, he couldn’t help but reflect to himself. He thought—“not too far in the future we’ll see someone seize upon the opportunity of creating en tertainment and recreation right here on the waterfront. Some one will build a substantial pier and a large platform upon which people will dance in the moonlight, fanned by the breezes coming across the water. Someone will take the opportunity of making this a center of good sea food dishes just as in Washington, D. C. A farseeing person will develop a concession of little self propelled boats for a boy and his sweetheart to glide over the harbor front. Per haps moth boats will find their way here. And maybe just as in the “twin cities” out West, small electric motor boats will ply gently in the moonlight, their little radios supply ing dream music, and their little lights brightening the darkness of a now ignored waterfront,” ——o Say we’ve found a new way to keep warm. You can join the “paj ama snuggies” club. No dues. But those who belong without solicitation, meeting place or anything—just have the personal satisfaction of being warmer than toast. (I almost said than when wearing long undies—as one fellow avowed.) How do you wear them?—why under your street clothes, of course. Ask some of our brethren who can give you first hand information. o This cold weather we’ve been having is sure a fooler to me. Close to two years ago I was teaching in a high school near the Canadian border. We had blizzards for weeks on end and had to shovel our way across from house to school which was about fifty yards the other side of the road. Then it froze and the temperature dropped that year to a low of 55 degrees be low zero. When the new con tracts came out, even a substan tial increase in salary eould not keep me there another year. I wanted to go South where the gentle breezes blow and the sun makes you feel mellow. Br-r, my water pipes froze two nights in a row this past week. It can’t go on like this—it just can’t! And speaking of cold weather— over the radio we heard that it was 83 degrees below zero in Al aska this past week. And there’s a tale, and they say it’s true— “animals froze solid in their tracks poised for flight”. And this one is not verified—they say one of the fellows used language not fit for society one day on the trail. But it was so cold the words froze in the air. Came the Spring thaw and what he said echoed and re-echoed throughout the land. They say he was cured of swearing. o We feel that nothing is too good for our kids, husbands, brothers and relatives who went across. But feel ing and doing are two different things. The American Legion has been trying to raise revenue to sup port its many laudable activities. They are raffling off a car for the purpose of raising funds. Let’s each of us ask ourselves—“am I feeling or doing—hot air or on the line?” SEVEN FIRES IN MONTH Fire Chief R. K. Hall reports that there were seven fires in Edenton during the past month. For the most part the firemen were called out for flue fires. Damage, according to Chief Hall, was about $lO, which was caused at the Edenton Laundry, early this month. Colored PTA Meeting Very Well Attended Fifty or more parents and friends attended the colored PTA meeting held in the high school Tuesday night, which included a group of men, which fact was pleasing to President J. B. Small. Among the principal matters discussed were the lunch room project, bus transportation and school building. The lunch room has been closed due to not having the necessities to operate, it being suggested that if each family contributed one dollar, about S3OO or S4OO would be raised, which would be enough to operate. Those present contributed $56 for the purpose. The president was given authority to appoint a committee to solicit for the fund. Classes taught by Mrs. C. H. Hines SHEAFFER AND PARKER PENS CAMPEN’S * America will welcome the NEWEST CHEVROLET! ! ' ' . ; . . ; . 1 . ...... n in. m \ :: T :'V-V' •• I. : & .::.I •< i See it and you see BIG-CAR QUALITY AT LOWEST COST now made even bigger-looking, even better-looking even more beautiful and desirable in every way Today, we and all other Chevrolet dealers are displaying the newest creation of America’s largest producer of automobiles—the new Chevrolet for 1947— offering you an even greater measure of BIG-CAR QUALITY AT LOWEST COST! See it and you will agree that it’s the biggest-looking and best-looking Chev rolet ever built. It’s more beautiful in every way, both inside and out. It’s designed to out-style , out-value, out-save all other cars in its field. And above all, it reveals that sterling Big-Car quality—in every phase and feature, in every part and pound of material—which buyers agree is exclusive to 1 Chevrolet in its price range. Yet here’s the lowest-priced line in its field! Make it a point to see this newest Chevrolet at our showroom— today! ? B. B. H. Motor Company U. S. HIGHWAY 17 EDENTON, N. C \ and Miss Emma Foreman had the most parents present, but Miss Fore man won the PTA banner for the month of February. While the number of parents at tending the meeting was very grati fying, it is hoped that many more will become interested in the school activities and welfare of their child ren. ANNOUNCING THAT.... MR. L W. 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