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PAGE SIX The Chowan Herald Published every Thursday by The Chowan Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin Bufflap and Hector Lunton, at 423-425 South Broad Street, Eden ton, N. C. « »«»»»• ■ *• North Carolina vA, /PRESS ASSOCIATION*)) SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year - -—.52.00 Sit Months At M 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, OCTOBER 20, 1949. THIS WEEK’S BIBLE THOUGHT THE SOURCE OF ALL TRUTH: It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man, therefore, that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.—John 6:45. Respect Old Glory! Right timely, to say the least, is a letter appear ing on another page in this issue of the Herald, which has been sent out under tlie signatures of Henry G. Quinn and Elwood Nixon., commander and adjutant respectively of William H. Coffield, Jr., Post. No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign Wars. The veterans are disgusted and worried over the fact that there is too much apparent disregard for the American flag, so that the Herald goes along with the veterans in urging more frequent display of Old Glory as well as paying the respect due it when it is on parade. One of the biggest fights the writer recalls hav ing ever seen was when as a bov a circus parade was marching down a street lined several deep on both sides with spectators. Old Glory led the pa rade and as hats were lifted, one man in the crowd looked on without any effort whatever to lift his hat. It wasn’t long before his straw hat was knock ed from his head, which precipitated the fight in which the unfortunate fellow no doubt, realized that he should have complied with the yells from others to take off his hat. Even here in Edenton where practically a 100 per cent pure American population is boasted —Yes, here in Edenton where so many early efforts were made to gain American independence in order to have an American flag—it isn’t unusual for the Edenton High School Band to parade on the streets led by Old Glory, and to see men watch the flag go by without lifting a hat or making any other ges ture of loyalty and appreciation for wh&t the flag means. Another apparent lack of appreciation of Old Glory is cited by the veterans in that all too fre quently the flag is not displayed on national holi days. The next occasion on which the flag should be displayed will be Armistice Day, November 11, when the veterans especially appeal for Old Glory to wave in the breeze. So much are the veterans interested that if any business concern feels that it cannot afford a flag, the VFW Post will gladly donate one. That’s fair enough, so that if any con cern fails to have a flag on display it can mean hard ly nothing less than lack of patriotism or downright unconcern for the Stars and Stripes. War veterans more than anyone else realize what Old Glory means. They have seen, and know it is not only a privilege but a duty of every true Ameri can to respect the flag wherever and whenever its bright colors are displayed. Were we to suddenly lose Old Glory and that for which it stands, we would be in a terrible fix and would do almost anything to get it back. Let us,, therefore, be more patriotic and appreciative for our flag. Let us all realize the value of free dom and the American way of life, and pen up in our hearts the respect and appreciation due Old Glory. Welcome Back! Edenton’s city automobile license tags.will next year again carry the wording, “Cradle of the Col ony.” This inscription appeared on city tags some years ago, but for some reason or other was dropped. Thanks to the Edenton Junior Chamber of Com merce, the wording will again appear on tags, fol lowing a request made to the City Fathers in March of last year. With the part Edenton has played in the forma tion and progress of the colony, it is no more than fitting that the wording should reappear on the tags. It will serve, no doubt, as a piece of publi city for those who travel elsewhere, for the word ing will no doubt arouse the curiosity of many people who will want to know the significance of the four words. The optimist believes in luck; the pessimist in fate. Wrong-doing carries its penalties without an in stallment plan of payment. The person who continually offers to resign will some day have his resignation accepted. Any old excuse will suffice for not working, but the best is the possession of , plenty of cash. •, : l THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1949. Heard & Seen By “Buff” With the deer season open, some of Edenton’s deer hunters have already had some luck. I’ve heard of at least two who have bagged one each but, of course, there may be others. Anyhow, Asa Griffin went for the first time in his life Monday. He was with Ernest Lee, Who was sportsman enough to allow Asa to shoot first. Well, Asa shot and Mr. Deer dropped to the ground, and from what I understand; it is .hard to tell who was most surprised, the deer or Asa. Other members of the party did not get a shot they, of course, claim that it was just a case of beginner’s luck. He was so elated that he acted like a kid— §0 much so that had he not been so big, Ernest would have laid him ; over his knees and spanked him. Asa took the . deer’s head to Portsmouth to have it mounted, so that it will no doubt be a topic for conversation for years to come for any who visit Asa. Then May nard Perry was on a stand all by himself when a deer came along. Maynard shot and Mr. Deer fell, but that was only the beginning of Maynard’s trouble. He tried to drag the deer and his belong ings to the road, but soon discovered it was too much of a job. He then made sure he could find the spot and left the deer on the ground to go to the road for help. He happened to meet a colored man driving along the road, who was kind enough to notify others in the party to come to Maynard’s assistance. But just the same quite a few people will have a meal with venison as the main dish, embellished with a lot of hot air and maybe a little bit of bragging thrown in. o 1 Major W. R. Lucius packed up his wife and daughter early this week to go on a trip to the mountains of Western North Carolina and Tennes see. The trip is, no doubt, a “spite” trip, for after seeing where I took a brief trip to Pennsylvania, he said, “If a bloomin’ newspaper guy can take off a few days for a trip, I don’t see why a Major in the Marines is not entitled to go away for a few days.” O Since last Thursday there should be better golf players in Edenton, especially among the Ro tarians. John Graham was on the program and spoke about playing golf, getting his information from a book written by an old golf player. John pointed out about all that a fellow should do to play a good game of golf—except the cussing phase 1 of the game. But then, that usually comes without my teaching or coaching. 0 Thanks to the Marines being stationed in Eden ton, the population of the town has increased at 1 least one, for Colonel and Mrs. G. W. Nevills last ! week became the proud parents of a bouncing baby ] boy. The Nevills family lives in the James Iredell house, so just chunk my cigar across the street, 1 Colonel: 0 A donkey baseball game was played on Hicks Field Tuesday, as the result of which there were no doubt some sore sides Wednesday morning. The soreness could have resulted from two causes, one by being thrown from the donkeys and the other by laughing so much at the would-be “rodeo stars.” The game wound up by a score of 3-3 with no ar guments except with the bloomin’ donkeys. 0 I’ll have to, no doubt, give a schedule of my working hours in that I get up early the first part of the week and go home about 8 o’clock to wrestle with a couple of eggs and a frying pan. The other morning I met Fenton Larson in front of my house when I was going back for breakfast. “What you doing just coming in?” asked Friend Larson. “Have you been out tom-catting all night?” Oh me! 0 Edenton’s Aces have been playing a pretty good brand of ball, especially considering the fact that the team is composed for the most part of inexperi enied players. However, the Edenton Band is right on the job at every home game and these boys and girls are also doing a bang-up job. 0 Information was brought to me this week that a Canasta Party will be Jield by the Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. “If you do not know how to play Ca nasta,” the note read, “there will be persons there to teach you.” Well here’s one ignorant enough not to know what in the dickens a Canasta Party is. So was Webster, no doubt, for I can’t even find the word in my dictionary. Anyway, maybe the my sterious affair on October 25 will attract a large crowd for that’s what is desired in order to cele brate the 175th anniversary of the famous Edenton Tea Party. Nope, I don’t know what sort of an af fair it is—but I Canasta. A group of women were scheduled to meet in the Red Men hall Wednesday night for the purpose of organizing a degree of Pocahontas. Here’s hoping the thing went through, for the Red Men need a bunch of women in their hall to make it more tidy and, of course, women are very handy at serving refreshments. They may go along to the Great Council meetings, but in that case the Red .Men will send ’em to bed before “attending to business” not on the agenda. C. Os C. Suggests Merit Certificates ■ \ Presented to Board of Directors For Final Approval The Awards Committee vof the , Edenton Chamber of Commerce, head ed up by John Graham, chairman, has presented to the board of directors for their approval the following citizens of Edenton and Chowan County to re ceive certificates of merit: Miss Audrey Pearce, 4-H Club win ner of the State; Aubrey Harrell, 4-H State peanut growing contest; Eden ton Lions Club for their fine work in the rehabilitation of Lloyd Norfleet, colored blind man; George Thompson for his fine work in inaugurating the Edenton knee-pants league; the DAR Chapter for activity, which resulted in purchase of the historic Iredell home and preserving it for posterity; the Junior Woman’s Club for their out standing sponsorship of the colonial homes garden tour; Mrs. Jimmie Earnhardt for her unswerving de termination in the face of many dif ficult problems in spearheading the activities of the garden tour as chair man of the project; J. Rodney Byrum for his splendid leadership as chair man of the Santa Claus night for the kiddies, sponsored by the Edenton Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association; and H. A. Campen, for his valuable community usefulness in many projects, especially the engi neering of the Hallowe’en party for the children which is sponsored each year by the Junior Woman’s Club. Mrs. Herbert H. Smith Dies At Ahoskie Home Mrs. Herbert H. Smith died at her home in Ahoskie Sunday afternoon following an illness of three years. Mrs. Smith, daughter of the late Captain and Mrs. H. C. Covert of New York City was born in Edenton. Deceased was a graduate of Combs Conservatory of Music and had ser ved as organist for various churches in Ahoskie and Norfolk. Funeral services were held in the Oliver Fun eral Home in Norfolk Tuesday after noon at 2 o’clock. The Rev. George Pickard, pastor of the Ahoskie Pres byterian Church, officiated. Burial was made in Riverside Memorial Cemetery, Norfolk. Surviving are her husband; a son, Herbert H. Smith, Jr., of Ahoskie; four sisters,'Mrs. Roscoe Turner, New York City, Mrs. Ruby Thompson and Mrs. L. Gresham Hutchins of Norfolk, and Mrs. James L. Hodges of Wil mington; a brother Claude L. Covert, Norfolk. It is a good practice to appear just a shade more ignorant than you hap pen to be. COME IN AND - - SEETHE AM # A FAMOUS % yfUUfMC Uwf Automatic Gas Range Especially Designed ‘ To Operate With r"T=J Gas... j 1 CONVENIENT , , Enjoy the proved advantages of eooktng with gas. You \ ' can —for PYROFAX Gas can he installed hi YOUR home no matter where you live. Efficient, ecbnomiccdt , ' dependable—PYßOFAX is the Superior Bottled Oae Service. " j 4 j Hurry today to HARRELL GAS & COAL COMPANY >§* PYROFAX GAS DISTRIBUTOR ‘ *o**^ Phone 3881 Edenton-Hertford Highway Hertford, N. C. gs MORE WOMEN COOK ON . 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