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Mrs. Corbett Pleases
BPW Club Members
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English Nurse Speaker]
At First Meeting of Ji
New Year j
Forty-one members of Edenton’s <
Business and Professional Wonsan’s ]
Club beard a moist interesting talk i
Thursday night when Mrs. Elizabeth j
Corbett, a British nurse of the Oho- .
wan Hospital staff, addressed the or- ,
ganization at its first meeting of the t
new year held in the Hotel Joseph
Hewes clubroom. £
Mrs. Corbett, a soft-spoken and }
lovely person, kept her audience spell- <
bound, as she spoke on “International *
Relations,” during which she related «
how “Little Christmas” is observed in
England. Her talk was entwined with j.
delightful humor throughout. Mrs. j
Corbett is a native of London, En- T
gland, and has been in the United j
States for 18 months. She has been as-
filiated with the Chowan Hospital v
nursing staff since September, 1949, <
and has made many friends through- v
out the county and Edenton. j
In opening her speech, Mrs. Cor- j
bett declared, “I am deeply honored t
that you requested me to address your c
club meeting this evening. I think I t
shall be able to entertain you for a c
short period without you becoming
bored or weary. ‘lnemational Rela- P
tions’ is a subject of wide scope and
anyone more capable than I could go
on speaking for hours. However, with
my limited knowledge and vocabulary,
I will only touch on a few of my per
sonal impressions and briefly on cus
toms.”
Mrs. Corbett stated that many
times she had been asked, “What
brought you to live in Edenton?”
“One quiet September day,” she ex
plained, “as I entered your town and
proceeded to drive through it, I was
impressed with the lines and the quiet
modesty which seemed to say, ‘You are
welcome here if you care to come and ■
be one of us.’ I got of at the bus
station and made a few inquiries. Mr.
Wheeler was most courteous and will
ing to answer my many questions re
garding the town. I was favorably
impressed! And particularly as I
drove about the town later, surprised
to find myself making comparisons
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with places of similar size back home.
Later when I visited your business
section end inquired for the chemist
shop—drug store in your language,
for dry goods store,
etc.—folks didn’t laugh and ridicule.
They smiled sweetly and tried to un
derstand. A great compliment I con
sider to strangers trying to adjust
themselves to new ways and customs.
People here have time, it seems, to be
human.
“Christmas approached and I won
dered what the procedure would be
like,” Mrs. Corbett continued, “I rath
er feared that I should miss the gaie
ty of our festive season and I would
probably feel a litle depressed. I even
asked if I might do extra duty around
this time to keep me busy and help
to forget. I found I needed no such
stimulas. To the contrary. I didn’t
have enough free time in the finish to
enjoy completely all the activities and
accept all the kind invitations extend
ed to me here.
“Even though you do not cele
brate Boxing Day, December 26th, and
Little Christmas on Shakespeare’s 12th
night, January 6th, you seem to spread
your celebration through to New
Year’s which amounts to the same
when it’s all summed up. What is
‘Boxing Day* someone asked me? Us
ually tradesmen and people Who serve
you all during the year—postman, pa
per boy, delivery boy, milkman and
baker—all call at the homes and •re
ceive some sort of recognition for
their services during the year. In an
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, staffs are given a banquet, served to
i them by members of the family and in
• large staffs, promotions are appoint
’ ed, followed with a Christmas tree and
' entertainment or a ball. Male mem
’ bers of the family usually leave im
mediately after breakfast to spend
. the day hunting and shooting game
’ and rabbits and hare; Luncheon is us
’ ually omitted and supplemented with
high tea or not supper unless a ban
quet is prepared for evening.”
Mrs. Corbett went on to say that
1 Boxing Day is observed in England
the first week day after Christmas
Day so called from the gratuities
and presents given to servants on this
day, the gratuities being at one time
placed in boxes. Christmas panto
mimes are usually produced for the
first time on Boxiiig night, she said.
“Celebrations in country places us
ually called for feasting of game and j
hare and rabbits which were caught or
bagged on “Boxing Day,” Mrs. Corbett
said. “The meal always finished with
plum or Christmas pudding, which
was boiled in cotton or linen cloth and
which had been made in November.
Several puddings were made at one
time because birthdays always includ
ed plum pudding.”
Mrs. Corbett delighted her audience
when she humorously related how she
knew when her birthday came around.
“My birthday being in February, i
which month I could not pronounce at I
the time, I referred to it as after
Christmas Boxing Day—twelfth night i
and three puddings from the end. See- j
ing that, I always watched the pud- J
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dings disappear in that way”, she
laughed.
In closing, Mrs. Corbett stated that 1
the larder plays a big part ini English '
homes. Not so convenient as the 1
American deep freeze, but has a si mi- '
lar significance. “Little Christmas,” ;
she said, “is the finale to all Christ- '
mas holidays. The evenings after din
ner were spent around the fireside ,
which burned all around the Christ
mas tree, holly and evergreen, with
chestnuts being roasted and songs
sung by the group. v
Program chairman, Miss Fannie
Sue Sayers, introduced the guest
speaker, Who later in the evening
treated the group to a beautiful song,
“Galway Bay”, which was thunderous
ly received. Miss Dorothy Williams
was at the piano.
Following short business transact
ions, Miss Myrtle Waff was welcomed
! as a new member and light refresh
ments Were served.
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