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PAGE SIX The Chowan Herald Published every Thursday by The Chowan Herald, a partnership consisting J- Edwin • Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South Broad Street, Edenton, N. C. ,—i W»Hr .1 . ’ /worth Carolino wk /MISS ASSOCIATIW^) SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year £~22 J. EDWIN BUFFLAP Editor HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager Entered as second-class matter August 30, 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. _ . ... .. THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1949. ~ ANYWHERE, ANY TIME: I will not leave you com fortless, I will come to you.—John 14:18. Rumors About Base Circulating Quite a few times recently the writer has been asked, “Have you heard that the base was going to close?” Os course, aside from rumors, no def inite information has reached The Herald. Wednesday morning, however, it was reported that a radio broadcast said the base will be closed, which The Herald hopes isn’t true. There are many fine Marines stationed at the base, who will be missed if the base is abandoned, an exact dup lication of the situation when the Marines left Edenton on a previous occasion. The Government .does queer things sometimes and on the face of the report, it does not seem log ical that the base should be closed so soon after a large amount of money has been spent to recondi tion it. However, so far as the writer’s official connec tion with the Town is concerned, if the base is closed, the Government can keep it, even if a lease is offered to the Town for less than si.oo per year as previously. The town’s possession of the base caused one headache after another, and if reports are true that it is to be again closed, apparently it is causing some headaches among Government of ficials also. Will Pay For Itself Due to feverish efforts on the part of some avid baseball fans, Hicks Field was put into play ing condition Monday night so that a game of baseball was played between the Edenton Colonials and the Elizabeth City Senators even though the game was started about half an hour late. In order to have the game played, The Herald understands about 3 00 g a ll° ns °f gasoline was burned in ordef to dry up some wet places on the diamond. Similar methods have previously been resorted to in order to enable a game to be played so that it is reasonable to assume that quite a sum of money was spent for this purpose in the course of the season. Colleges for the most part take precautions for football games by covering the field with a tarpaulin, and it strikes The Herald that with so much money spent for gasoline, and even then the diamond is not in proper condition, it would be wise to invest in this piece of equipment. Os course, a rain of flood proportions could make it impos sible to play a game, but without doubt a tarapau lin would enable some games to be played such as have been postponed due to wet grounds. No Reason For Too Much of a Howl Baseball fans have for the most part ?een base ball games played in the Albemarle League this season which compare favorably with games play ed in leagues of higher rating. Os course, some sorry games have been played, but this is also true in the major leagues, where one expects to see the best baseball performers. Such games are to be expected at one time or another in any league. The semi-final play-offs of the Albemarle League are scheduled to begin Saturday night, weather permitting. Colonial officials, as the result of rained out games and curtailed attendance caused by threatening weather, find themselves facing a deficit as the baseball season’s end approaches, and in order to pay out, find it necessary to increase the admission price for series games to 75 cents instead of 50 cents. Os course, some fans will raise a howl, but it should be considered that this season they were charged 50 cents for 35 regular season games as against 60 cents per game last season which, if they attended every game effected a saving of $3.50. This saving compares with an extra outlay of SI.OO paid for admissions if they witness four series games. Baseball officials point out that baseball is no individual money-making enterprise, but that the great national pastime is staged solely as a com munity project. If they are not able to pay out, the possibility is that they will not undertake back ing a team for Edenton next season. In view of the present situation, £he officials be lieve the extra 25 cents per game, plus the con tinued wholehearted support of baseball fans dur ing the series, the books can be balanced, and to that end they urge baseball-loving folks to turn out in great numbers for tbe games which will de cide the Albemarle League champions. ‘■4 . - • THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1949. Heard & Seen By “Buff” Jack McMullan the other day observed his birthday (you ask him which one) and while re flecting back over the years and considering pres ent-day conditions, thought about the 23rd Psalm. “Through the ages man has been given hopfa and inspiration by the 23rd Psalm,” he said. “He had faith in God and confidence in himself and builded a civilization of. which he was justly proud. The tendency of this day is for man to lose faith in God and confidence in himself. And ,sd he has come to the conclusion that he has finished the building of his civilization and econ omy and that the only remaining question now is one of distribution. In this dilemna he thinks the State his only hope.” And while meditating on this condition, Mr. McMullan thought of the 23 rd Psalm and para phrased it thusly: The State is my shepherd; I shall not work. It maketh me to, lie down on good jobs; It leadeth me outside the still factories. It deadens my soul; It leadeth me in the paths of idleness for politics sake. Yes, though I walk through the valley of sloth fulness and economic disaster, I will fear no evil, sot It will be with me; Its dole and paternalism they comfort me. It prepareth a utopia for me by appropriating the earnings of the frugal, It filleth my head with fool expectations, my mounting inefficien cies runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall live on,the bounty of the State forever. “When this unwise philosophy has run its course and has destroyed his Civilization, man will again start from scratch,” said Mr. McMillan, “and if the record has not been lost in the debacle, he will build a new a more enduring civilization—we hope.” 0 Joe Barrow has had a lot of hard luck lately, but it is hard to keep him down. Recently he had one of his feet crushed and due to the foot being in a cast, he is obliged to use crutches. Hard luck continued to follow him, for while riding around in a cart the other day he lost one of his crutches. In the meantime he has been doing most of his getting around in the cart, but he learned that a crutch was found and brought to Thfc Herald office. Parked in his cart in front of The Herald office Monday, with his injured foot sticking over the side he yelled at me as I was busy working at my desk. He recovered the crutch, so he’s wondering what will happen next. Here’s hoping his mule don’t run away. o I had a delightful time Friday when I spent the latter part of the afternoon with three other fel lows at their “farm”. It was plenty warm, so that the four of us were pretty well sweated down. Upon their return home the Missus might have thought the other three fellows had done the work on the farm instead of their tenants, but had they searched around for a score card they would have learned that the “farm” is inside the Marine Corps Air Station and the “sticks” in a bag were not carried around to kill snakes. o And speaking about playing golf—yep that’s what the above were doing—Lieut.-Comdr. A’von Keller said if he played the game, he would have no difficulty in finding the ball like a lot of ’em have. The reason, he says, is that he wouldn’t be able to hit the bloomin’ ball in the first place. Fishermen sure have a terrible reputation. Why, I heard a fellow say the other day that the only truth a fisherman utters is when he tells another fisherman, “You’re a damned liar.” 0 The bloomin’ stork narrowly missed The Herald office Friday when a baby girl was brought to Ms. and Mrs. Sidney Hollowell, almost next door. Everything is O. K., however, for Mrs. Hollowell and baby are getting along fine. Friend Hollowell is wearing a broad smile and he has already “de livered” a cigar—a two for two bits stogie at that. O A gang of fellows managed to get Hicks Field so that a game of baseball could be played Monday night, but the field as well as the bleacher seats were rather damp. In fact puddles of water were standing in the outfield, so-that maybe tbe fielders should be furnished a pair of boots. At any rate on close pitches by the moundsmen a fan could hardly yell ‘‘Dust him off.” It would have been more appropriate to yell “mud him down.” I’m going to get me a gun and go looking for Sergeant Jones of the Edenton Police Depart ment. At about 3 o’clock Wednesday morning my phone rang and after crawling out of a very comfortable bed, Sgt. Jones informed me he had just received a message from the base that a storm was scheduled to hit Edenton Wednesday about noon. “What you want me to do about it?”'?} asked. “Well,” replied the bloooiin’ cop, “F thought maybe you wanted to know about it in order, to take some precautions to prevent the town from being flooded.” VFW Set Up To Help Vets Fie Application For Insurance Rebate Post Open August 29 to September 3 For Giv ing Assistance Henry G. Quinn, commander of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars Post announced this week that the post hall over the bus station will be open each night at 7 o’clock from August 29 through September 2 for the purpose of assisting veterans in filling out applications for G I in surance dividends. The VFW insurance officer, as we(! as other VFW members will also be on hand and will be glad to assist any veteran or service man. The hall will also be open from 1 to 6 <P. M. on Saturday, September 3, for this purpose. Robert Goodwin, the post insurance officer, stated, “Our machinery is all set up for assisting veterans in this area for filing GI insurance rebate applications. Whether you are a VFW member or not, or whether you served overseas or not, regardless of color or race, all veterans will • receive prompt and efficient assistance with out charge or obligation.” Robert Harrell Speaks At Calvary Church Robert Harrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Harrell and a ministerial stu dent at Wake Forest, conducted ser vices at the Calvary Baptist Church in Elizabeth City Sunday. Mr. Har rell spoke at both the morning and evening services. ATTENTION! A man 25 to 40 with good education and pleasant personality who is accustomed to contact with public. If qualified, write stating age, married or single; number of dependents, business experience; if not employed, state how long since employed; if employed, state length of time-with present employer; how many memberships in organizations; in how many you hold office; state net worth, also amount minimum current living expenses; also amount of life insurance owned. Give phone number and address. We are only interested in a man at present employed in responsible position or unemployed for reason beyond his control. For the right man, position open is permanent with excellent income possibilities. If letter indicates you will fit into our organiza tion, we will contact and arrange appointment. All replies confiden tial, and should be addressed to: M. L., Box 165, Edenton, N. C. > II I I I Mr «9yrtf rigeftitor l#P 51 5 yuljj yg|9*yc |OH the amozmg new' INTERNATIONAL jLJfc™®Jjl| HARVESTER :.;4 ; combined frozen feed r jV jpgi flf|r fresh meat / * Mr / —bottle storage ■k yf mr HI ■”** eopodty of any S-cubk-foot refrigerator illustrated ot a h ,^w‘t U I More space where it a>uoo-th«t'» super deluxe _ _ me* I whet BIG-3 means. Room for 36 model BHS Vvfl'* 1 pounds of frozen food in the frceeec - ’ 29975 x 8 locker. Meat keeper holds 13V4 MmSItHSm pounds of meat, fish or poultry.) Space for 12 quart milk bottles..., and more. See the BIG-3 features bm fore you buy amy refrigerator. 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