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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
Hufflap ana Hector Lunton, at 428-425 South
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THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1950.
Back Home
Members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church will
have every reason to feel justly proud next Sunday
when the opening service in the restored church is
scheduled to be held. No little amount of money,
time and effort has been spent in the desire to re
store the edifice as near as possible like the church
which was damaged by fire sometime ago.
These efforts have borne fruit, for unless some
people were told that the building had been gutted
by fire and restored, they hardly would know that
a calamity had occurred.
To be sure, St. Paul’s congregation is happy to
once again be able to worship in the old historic
shrine, and to share their Joy, they invite mem
bers of any denomination to worship with them
next Sunday or at any service.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright, Bishop of East
Carolina will officiate at Sunday morning’s service,
and it is hoped he will be greeted by a large and
appreciative congregation.
Action At Last!
The editor of The Herald «goes along with the
local -VFW Post in renewing the effort to erect an
appropriate memorial for Chowan County s war
dead.
The movement to erect a memorial was spon
sored by the Edenton Rotary Club five or six years
ago, when the idea was advanced to erect sort of a
billboard with names placed thereon. However
the idea was received with so much enthusiasm
that it was suggested that a mere enduring mem
orial should honor those who made the supreme
sacrifice by giving their lives foi their country. It
was suggested that a monument be built, then an
Kies was advanced to place bronze plaques in
Court House with the names of the heroes in
scribed thereon.
Later it was suggested that a swimming pool or
recreational building would do more and lasting
honor to Chowan County’s war dead, so that the
idea spread like an inflated balloon.
So well was the proposition received that the
County Commissioners and Town Councilman each
appropriated SSOO for a memorial. At the time it
was the purpose to solicit funds to add to the
Si.ooo nucleus, but for some reason nothing was
done and the idea, like an over-inflated balloon,
apparently burst.
The mailer was mentioned a few times since at
the Rotary Club, but no definite action could be
aroused toward erection of a memorial.
Now the VFW Post, a group of wide-awake and
hustling young men, are anxious to have the mem
orial realized in order to honor the war dead and
be a credit to the town and county. They desire
the release of the SI,OOO held in trust in the Bank
of Edenton, and while this amount will not be suf
ficient to cover the cost, the VFW Post will add
what further amount is necessary.
As the writer sees it, this money was appropri
ated for a specific purpose, one which should have
been completed long before now instead of money
kept in the vault of the bank. When it was appro
priated there is no doubt but that a much larger
amount would be in hand if a canvass had been
made, but procrastination set in and as a result
only the county and town appropriations are in
hand.
The VFW Post has already appeared before the
County Commissioners, and will present their re
quest for the release of the money to Town Coun
cil Tuesday night. The Commissioners suggested
that committees from the VFW and the American
Legion posts confer to agree upon the type of mem
orial to be placed on the Green, and then meet
jointly with the Commissioners and Town Council
in order to officially release the fund.
This, it seems to The Herald, is the proper pro
cedure, and the VFW is to be complimented upon
its interest in Chowan’s fallen comrades and the
initiative to have a memorial erected in their honor.
The been delayed too long already. It’s
time for action
Not every man who praises democracy believes
in his own doctrines.
Faith that is impossible today often becomes
possible tomorrow. Wait and see.
The man who was boasting of his love for hot
weather some months ago is about to te fu’!y
satisfied.
FHE CHOWAN HERALD EDENTON, JLC|^rayBSDAY^JULY6^I9BO^^
Heard & Seen!
By “Buff”
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Chowan County’s population is 74 less this week
due to many men leaving with the Edenton
Heavy Mortar Company on Saturday morning for
Fort Jackson in South Carolina. It cannot be con
sidered a vacation for the men, for they’ll go
through some very strenuous training. They’ll be
eglad to har from home, so if anybody wants to
write, the address is: Heavy Mortar Company,
119th Infantry, 30th Division, Fort Jackson, S. C.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mooney and Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Griffin returned Thursday night from the
Shrine convention held at Los Angeles, Calif. Well,
Jack and Horace White met at my new house Fri
day morning and after Jack told about some of his
experiences Horace asked him, “Jack, don’t your
eyes hurt?” Jack replied, “No, why?” as he gazed
at Horace. “Well,” said Horace, “you’ve never
been anywhere, nor seen anything, I thought your
eyes might be sore.”
O
Whenever a fellow gets a cold there’s always a
gang of people to suggest a remedy. I was talking
with a fellow who had a cold the other night, when
a friend said, “a good drink of whiskey will knock
the cold right out of you,” another guy standing
nearby chimed in, “That’s right, I have a cold all
the time and it's good medicine.”
0
We have at least two honest officers on the Eden
ton Police force. Officers Jones and Allsbrook
went fishing Sunday morning and when I asked
Allsbrook what luck they had, he told me they
caught only one small catfish. Os course, Alls
brook claims he caught the catfish and Jones didn’t
even get a bite. Jones is saying nuttin’ about the
trip.
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Asa Griffin has a heart for two reasons. First,
he picked a cotton blossom Sunday and passed my
cabin at Ernest Lee’s not long after daylight Mon
day morning. He started to bang at the door, but
then decided he ought not wake me up. It’s the
first cotter, blossom brought to the Hearld office
this year. Then another reason he has a heart is
the fact that he told me his watermelons are coming
along pretty good and that he’ll give me one when
they are ripe. My mouth’s watering. Incidentally.
Asa told me the boll weevils are about to take his
cotton and is wondering how they happened to pass
up the blossom he picked Sunday.
Everybody at the County Commissioners’ month
ly meetings is usually very cordial, greeting each
other with a “Good Morning.” So at Monday’s
meeting, when Commissioner Joe Webb reached his
seat, Mrs. Maurice Bunch said, “Good morning,
Mr. Webb, you are looking a lot better.” Joe’s re
sponse was. “Thank you, that’s what all the ladies
are telling me.” The lucky guy!
O
I just can’t seem to stay away from the Chowan
Hospital and it isn’t due to the attractive gals who
work there. On Thursday I had to have an X-ray
picture taken and thought it would require only a
few minutes, but I was in that place from 1 to 4
o’clock. I found out it takes longer to see what
a guy looks like on the inside than on the outside.
While there I met and talked with Mrs. Summerell,
a very cheerful patient, who can come home just
as soon as she can find someone to live with her.
And she had a good laugh at my expense. You see
they rigged me up in one of those basackward
gowns which fitted me mighty quick. After they
were through with me in the X-ray room I was told
to go to my bed and change clothes. Well, the bed
was in a ward, where Dorothy Ballenger was visit
ing her father, Vernon Moore, and a few other lad
ies were visiting patients. That was no place for
me to change clothes from the skin on out. I decid
ed to try to find a place more private and with my
clothes in one hand and holding the devilish gown
with the 01 her to keep it from slipping off, I forgot
that it was open all the way down the back. Well,
as I passed Mrs. Summerell, she burst out in a fit
of laughter and said, “Buff, I wish I had a picture
of you now.” Well the rear view, no doubt, would
have been about like September Morn. Anyway,
I managed to slip into a small room, let the gown
drop and jumped into my clothes before anybody
came in. However, on the way out Mrs. C. C.
Wiggins handed me a bill and I didn’t know that
she even knew I was in the bloomin’ place. I
found out. though, that it costs a lot more to have
a picture of my inside taken than my outside.
I went to the house-warming of Mr. and Mrs.
Cliff Keeter at Westover Heights Saturday night,
and because I’m supposed to have several house
warmings I snitched a little piece written by a
school teacher and attached to r present. It reads
like this:
Here’s plenty of luck to you
In your pretty new house
I hope everyone will be
as meek as a mouse.
Cause if we mess it up
I venture to say
We won’t get invited
Nay another day.
[ Colonials Continue
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; Plymouth Breaks Colo
-1 nials’ 10-Game Win
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> Edenton’s Colonials continue to lead
» the Albemarle League, and during the
week had a 10-game winning streak,
broken by Plymouth Tuesday after
-1 noon.
The Colonials are piaying a good
brand of ball, but officials continue to
be very much concerned over the poor
, attendance.
Edenton 4, Plymouth 3
On Hicks Field Sunday afternoon
the Colonials won a hard fought game
, from Plymouth 4-3. The victory cul
minated in the eighth inning when
Tunney Brooks walloped a 355-foot
home run.
Jobey Griffin was on the mound for
Edenton, the victory being his third
since joining the Colonials. Clarke
and Leary led at bat for Edenton with
two hits each.
Edenton 5, Colerain 4
In Colerain Monday night the C,o
lonials won a 10-inning struggle 5-4.
Brown was on the mound for Eden
ton.
Edenton 3, Plymouth 7
After winning 10 straight games,
Plymouth snapped the Coloniars*~wtrF
ning streak on the Plymouth diamond
Tuesday afternoon by a score of 7-3.
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IThe Colonials could not get into their
proper stride both on the field and
at bat. Johnson was on the mound for
the Colonials.
Edenton 9, Plymouth 3
1 The Colonials reaped revenge Tues
day night for their defeat Tuesday
afternoon at the hands of the Ply
mouth Rams and won the game handi
ly by a score of 9-3.
Manager Gashouse Parker hit twt>
home runs, his 10th and 11th for the
season. Brooks also walloped a home
1 run for the Colonials.
! Brockwell was on the mound for
> Edenton and gave up nine hits, which
were kept pretty well scattered. The
Colonials collected 12 hits off" Lane.
I The Colonials were rained out
1 Thursday and Friday nights.
Edenton 19, Colerain 2
On Hicks Field Saturday night, Co
lonial batters fattened their batting
averages to wallop the Colerain Trap
pers 19-2. Three Colerain hurlers,
Taylor, Green and Miller, were touched
for 19 hits by the Colonials, with
; every player getting at least one safe
bingle. Clarke, Parker and Leary
each made three hits, with Parker
knocking in five runs, and Hoskins,
Clarke and Brooks each hitting in
three runs. Manager Gashouse Park
er registered hie eighth and ninth
home run clout of the season, and
Catcher Tunney Brooks also hit a cir- j
cuit drive.
Johnson was on the mound for
Edenton and allowed the Trappers five
hits.
Perhaps no person can be a poet, or
can even enjoy poetry, without a cer
tain unsoundness of mind.
• —T. B. Macaulay.
Be'methodical if you would succeed
|in business, or in anything. Have a
work for every moment, and mind the
moment’s work.
W. Matthews
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