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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J, Edwin
Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South
Broad Street, Edenton, N. C.
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~ THURSDAY, MARCH 11„ 1948.
~~ THIS WEEK’S BIBLE THOUGHT
IF WE ARE GOD'S AMBASSADORS: The Lord shall
preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time
forth, and even for evermore. —Psalms 121:8.
Happy Birthday!
The Herald congratulates the Chowan Hospital upon
its first anniversary, which was observed Monday of this
week. It was on March 8, 1947, that the first patient
was admitted to the hospital after a very discouraging
start, for there were many obstacles to be overcome be
fore the Naval dispensary could be used as a hospital,
despite the fact that it was left almost as it was while
in operation by the Navy.
Reviewing the initial efforts of getting the hospital
in operation, no little credit is due Dr. Frank Wood and
Miss Lucille Hall, the first manager. If these two
people had little faith in the ultimate success of the
hospital, there is no doubt but that they would have
left these parts long before the hospital was opened.
Then, too, a group of persistent hospital trustees met
one obstacle after another and despite some handicaps
which appeared almost insurmountable, they stuck it
out so that today the hospital is not only a blessing but
a distinct asset to the community.
It is interesting to note, too, that some of those who
were employed before the hospital was actually in
operation are still connected with the hospital and who,
no doubt, occasionally recall with some degree of in
terest the very early days of the hospital.
That the hospital is a lusty “youngster” is reflected
in the first year’s achievements. Faced with the many
problems of organization and actual operation at the
outset, there have been 641 persons admitted to the hos
pital during the first year, and during that time Dr.
Frank Wood has performed 407 operations, an average
of more than one a day. There were 87 births and 3,10/
laboratory examinations made, while patient days
amounted to 4,119, of which 309 were credited to new
born babies.
The above statistics are, we believe, a credit to the
hospital, and the first year being the roughest sledding,
the future of the hospital will most assuredly be even
more creditable. The editor of The Herald has on num
erous occasions heard those who have been patients
highly praise the hospital both from the standpoint of
treatment by Dr. Wood as well as the nurses who at
tended them. With such splendid recommendations, the
outstanding work of the hospital will necessarily spread,
so that more prop!;' will gradually choose the Chowan
Hospital when ill.
Miss Frances Tillett; present manager, is very much
encouraged over the first year’s achievements, and ex
presses the hope and belief that the hospital will stead
ily become more useful .to a larger number of people.
Taking the first year’s accomplishments as a measur
ing rule, The Herald sees no reason why Miss Ti Lett’s
ambition will not be realized, and as the years roll on,
the efforts of those who were so much concerned and
interested in a hospital, in Chowan County, be rewarded
with the realization of a hospital of which any com
munity can well be proud.
Welcome Home
Edentonians in general will welcome the news that
Judge and Mrs. Richard D. Dixon expect to depart from
Germany next Monday and will in all probability arrive
in Edenton before March is spent. Judge Dixon has
been conducting war criminal trials, the final decisions
and judgements of which will be handed down this
week.
Judge Dixon says his experience has been very in
teresting, yet he and Mrs. Dixon will be glad when they
once again set foot on the soil of dear old Edenton. We
gather from that remark that they are anxious to get
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Over the week-end I had the pleasure of receiving a
combination Christmas and birthday present. It all
came about because Mrs. H. V. Bass happened to be 'born
on the same day I was—February 24. She was reading
in this column what I had to say about my birthday, so
she brought in a generous helping of fruit cake. The
cake, incidentally, was baked before Christmas. Mrs.
Bass says she bakes up a storm before Christmas, but
the order goes out in her home “hands off” of one fruit
cake which she always saves for her birthday. Tp say
the cake was delicious is putting it mildly. Gosh, I could
stand a birthday almost every day if it would produce
a piece of such good cake. Nope, I didn’t have the nerve
to ask Mrs. Bass if her birthday was the same year as
mine—lß92,
Edenton High School’s basketball team wound up the
season by losing 12 out of 19 games. Os course, any
sort of team likes to win, but after all it doesn’t matter
so terribly much who wins or loses. The most im
portant thing is how the game was played—whether ,
it be baseball, football pr basketball, or even the game
of life. However, Coaches Tex Lindsay and Nick George
have the right idea in developing a program of athletic
games among the younger boys, for in this way most
of them will be more or less seasoned players when
they take their places on varsity squads.
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Not a few folks are up to their necks in figures these
days, for March 15 is only a few days off —the deadline
for filing income returns. But if these folks are sick
and tired of figures, just think of R. F. Tuttle who
spends practically every day worrying about other
people’s troubles. Os course, he has one consolation —
he doesn’t have to write the check after he’s done
juggling the figures.
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Almost every mail these days brings in a letter or
two from various candidates, so that there will no doubt
be a scramble for votes in the May election. Os course,
if all this material would be printed there would be
little space left for news. At any rate John Graham
officially filed for re-election as district solicitor, which
makes a three-cornered race with John, Walter Cohoon
and John F. White in the contest. That contest alone
will no doubt bring out a big vote, but there’s one sure
thing—only one will be elected, and I’m not saying who
that will be.
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j I’ve had several letters from the Rev. H. F. Surratt,
! who was sent from Edenton to Tabor City. Os course,
he is interested in seeing the local Methodist Church
repaired, and knowing that some damage has been done
by termites, sent me the following note: “Note on
i Termites—To get rich fast, import and raise little ant
eaters for people to put under their houses.” Yea, but ;
where in the Sam Hill can we get hold of an ant eater —
or should 1 say two so that they would increase in order
i to keep up with the devilish termites?
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J . Arthur Hollowell is a good prospect to sell a prepar
ation to make fingernails grow fast. Reason —he keeps
them worn down to the quick opening pistachio nuts.
In fact, he has worn out a pocketknife trying to keep
I his nails scraped even. He gives some of the nuts a
good cussing when they are extremely hard to open—
but he keeps on eating ’em just the same. Maybe some
! nursery could sell him a pistachio tree —but then he can’t
eat a tree.
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I have, already, not/iced fellows close their eyes when
putting a bottle to their lips for a drink of whiskey,
j Maybe I’ve figured out the reason. Either the fellow is
! ashamed to see how much of the stuff he’s drinking, or
i possibly he’s like the Kentucky colonel who always
j closed his eyes when he took a drink. When questioned
i concerning his habit, he explained: “The sight of good
| li-ah. suh. always makes my"mouth water, suh, an’ 1 do
' not like to dilute my drink, suh.”
Forest Warden Frank V. White has started a fish pond
on his farm and has stocked it with 500 bream and 50
bass. He has had some Baltimore minnows for bait, but
upon investigation, he says, some of the things have
grown to be eight inches long. It might be a case of
the bait eating the fish.
back home and The Herald ventures the guess that their
many friends will be equally as happy to have them
once more in our midst.
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY. MARCH 11, 1948.
Masons Will Observe
Past Masters' Night
Brunswick Stew Dinner
Served at 7 O'clock
Tonight
Tonight (Thursday) Past Masters’
night will be observed by Unanimity
Lodge, No. 7, A. F. &A. M., when
past masters will occupy all of the
stations and places.. Plans have been
made to have some of the oldest past
masters present, which include W. S.
Summerell and D. B. Liles, both of
whom are in ill health.
A feature of the meeting will be
the presentation of a past master’s
jewel to William 0. Elliott, immediate
past master.
Prior to the meeting, Brunswick
stew will be served at 7 o’clock, with
each member paying for his plate.
The affair is expected to attract a
goodly number of Masons.
Police Stop Peddler
Who Had No License
Local Citizens Urged to
Report Any With
out Receipt
Due to the alertness of Chief of
Police R. L. Pratt and his officers, at
least one peddler was stopped Mon
day for operating without a license.
A representative of a Suffolk cloth
ing concern was detected selling
merchandise from a well-stocked car,
working at private homes. At first,
according to the police, the salesman
denied he was selling from the stock
he carried, but was taking orders for
future delivery.
Chief Pratt was most courteous but
yet firm in his questioning and after
dispatching officers to two homes
learned that clothing was purchased
from the peddler directly from his
car.
Inasmuch as the salesman did not
have a peddler’s license, this con
stituted a violation of a Town ordin
ance. However, no indictment was
lodged against him when he agreed
to go to the Town office and purchase
a State and Town peddler’s license.
President H. A. Campen and Man
ager Peter Carlton of the Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants Association
were present at the questioning and
thanked the police for their efficient
work, explaining that peddling with
out a license is unfair to local mer
chants.
Mr. Campen also urges local citi
zens to report anyone who cannot
produce a receipt that he or she has
a license to sell from door to door as
a peddler.
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l;he Club Committee, which is ex
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months. All Legionnaires are urged
to attend.
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