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Fire Destroys Home
On Albemarle Street
Blaze Caused By Faulty
Oil Stove on Second
Floor
Edenton firemen were called to the
home of Mamie Creecy on West Albe
marle Street shortly before noon Sun
day, when the home was totally des
troyed at a loss estimated at $2,500.
The fire is thought to have been start
ed by a faulty oil stove on the second
floor. The building was a mass of
flames when the firemen arrived, but
they were able to save two adjoining
houses. I
. Firemen were called back to the
scene of the fire later in the day,
when a smoldering mattress broke
out in flames.
Youth For Christ Rally
Will Be Held Dec. 25th
A youth for Christ rally will be
held at the Berea Church of Christ
in Washington County Sunday after
noon, December 25, at 3 o’clock. The
speaker will be Rev. G. C. Bland, ad
visor, with the theme of the meeting
being “Hold Your Tongue.”
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
HEALTH FOR ALL |
AVOIDING TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculosis, a disease which kills
at the rate of one person every eleven
minutes, is a serious public health
problem. Tuberculosis is a threat to j
the health and the lives of the Ameri- j
can people because the disease is j
spread easily and insidiously, and the j
crowded circumstances under which
many of us live aid and promote the
spread.
Every new case of tuberculosis is
caused by germs that come from the
body of a person who has the disease.
The sick person sprays tuberculosis
germs into the air by coughing, sneez
ing and spitting. The healthy person,
in turn, picks up these germs by
breathing them in or getting them in
to his mouth seme way.
The best way to avoid tuberculosis I
is to avoid close contact with those j
who have the disease. But this is j
not always possible because tubercu- ;
losis has no obvious symptoms in an i
early stage and many persons have!
the disease without knowing it. As
a matter of fact, there are. an esti I
mated 250,000 “unknown” cases of j
tuberculosis in America —people who ,
may not know they are ill and who j
are innocently going about their daily :
tasks in close contact with others.
Since tuberculosis is spread from
person to person, and since there are
thousands of unknown cases, one can
understand why the crowded living
conditions prevalent today complicate
the problem of tuberculosis, prevent
ion and control.
Most of us, especially city dwellers,
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are in close contact with crowds at
almost every turn. The buses, sub
ways and trolleys we board each day
i are crowded. Crowds surround us at
motion picture theaters, other places
' of entertainment, department stores,
and shopping centers.
This certainly does not mean that
everyone who encounters crowds at
times is in imminent danger of catch
ing tuberculosis. But is does indicate,
since it is often impossible to know
when one has had contact with tu
berculosis germs, that regular check
ups with the doctor, including chest
X-ray are advisable.
For while tuberculosis has no ap
parent symptoms in an early stage,
the chest X-ray can “spot” tubercu
losis even in the early stage. And
tuberculosis can be cured most easily
when it is found in an early stage and
treatment is started promptly.
In general, the more a person knows
about tuberculosis, the better equip
ped he will be to take measures to
avoid it. Information on the disease,
how it is spread and how it can be
prevented, can be obtained from your
local health department or your local
tuberculosis association. There are
3,000 tuberculosis associations, affili
ated with the National Tuberculosis
Association, which are engaged in
well planned, year-round programs of
TB control. This work is supported
by the annual sale of Christmas Seals, ;
which opened this year on November
21 and will continue until Christmas.
S. C. MILLS, JR., HOME
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Snowden C. Mills, Jr., son of Mr. -
and Mrs. S. C. Mills, a student a.% 1
Severn School arrived Saturday to J
spend the Christmas holidays at
home. '
Young Mills, who is doing post- 1
graduate work at the Maryland
school, took a prominent part last !
week in the first production of the
I newly organized Severn Dramatic
| Club, in which he appeared as one of
j group of four monologuists.
The opening playbill, which was
I warmly received by a full house in
cluded two one-act plays, “The Spy”,
by Joseph Singer, and a satire, “If
Men Played Cards As Women Do”,
by George SI Kaufmann.
Making Time Fly
O—l hear the men are striking.
K—What for?
o—Shorter hours.
K—Luck to ’em. I always did
think CO minutes was too long for an '
hour.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1949.
Mrs. M. F. Bond, Jr.,
: Auxiliary Chairman
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’ mittees had furnished fresh flowers
every week during the year, and on
■ special occasions. Tray favors were
also furnished on each holiday.
Mrs. Elliott Belch presented the
following new slate of officers for
1950, all of whom were unanimously
elected: Chairman, Mrs. M. F.
Bond, Jr.; vice chairman, Mrs. Rod
ney Harrell; secretary, Mrs. Wallace
Goodwin; treasurer, Mrs. Thomas
Francis.
Before turning the gavel over to
the new chairman, Mrs. Wood, retir
ing chairman, spoke briefly to the
group.
.“This has been a rather difficult
year for the hospital, as it has been
operating under two heads as it were,
both civil and r.aval. Consequently,
many of the services which the Auxil
iary hoped to render to the hospital
had to be discontinued, .but I believe
that it can be truly said that we fin
ish this auxiliary year as strongly as
we started it,” she said.
“The wards committee and serving
committees have been ■particularly ef
fective. The publicity committee has
'functioned ably and the nurses com
mittee has proved most capable. Un
der the finance committee we have
been able to do many of the things
for the hospital that we wanted to do.
But I believe that the work of the
membership and communication com
mittee has been really outstanding.
Both Mrs. Rodney Harrell and her
co-chairman, Mrs. Will Harrell, have
proved untiring in their efforts to
build a strong and large organization
and to their efforts we largely owe
our membership of 292.
“There is little I can add to the
year’s reports you have heard, as they
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speak for themselves, but I should
like to thank the organization and 1
particularly the committee chairmen
for their support throughout the
year, and to wish for the new chair
man that she will have the same
loyal support and cooperation that I
have had in the year just ending.”
In taking over the chairmanship,
Mrs. Bond asked for the help and
support of all members to the end
that the coming year will be as out
standing as that of her predecessor.
GREASE PIT FIRE
Edenton firemen were called to Bill
Perry’s Texaco Station Saturday
night about 7 o’clock, where a grease
pit caught fire. The fire was extin
guished before any material damage
was done.
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