SECTION ONE—I
The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J- E.
Buff lap and Hector Lupton, at 423-426 Sooth
Broad Street! Edenton, N-,p.j
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THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1953.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called
the sons of God.—Matthew 5:9. ~ ,• _
Learning to meet every person Mid every situation
in our life with love and understanding, we shall have
a peaceful, happy and harmonious world.
Give us love and patience, O God,BWi we i ***£l
others through eyes of love, recognizing tern as Thy
children, and remembering that Thou art the father of
us all. - , .^ n^nr , r .—,
Welcome
A new comer in our midst is the Rev. B. L.
Raines, a native of South Carolina, who has taken
over the pastorate odf the Rocky Hock Baptist
Church. Preaching his first sermon Sunday, Mr.
Raines has already learned to love the people of the
community, and by the same token many of the
Rocky Hock people like him and feel that they are
fortunate in securing him as their pastor.
Coming to Chowan County with him is his wife
and four children, two sons and two daughters, so
that The Herald joins the Rocky Hock congrega
tion in extending a warm welcome to the new fami
ly. They will find the Rocky Hock folks a group
of friendly, hospitable and generous people, so that
it is reasonable to expect that the new family will
enjoy their stay in Chowan County.
70 Years of Night Baseball
On June 2, 1883 a baseball game was played at
Fort Wayne, Indiana. The occasion was a land
mark in the history of the national sport for it was
the first game ever played under electric light. The
score was amazingly high, 19-11, and this was at
tributed to the poor lighting the old arc lamps pro
vided.
On June 2 of this year the 70th anniversary of
the advent of night baseball was celebrated in ball
parks all over the country, with the approval of
Basebal Commissioner Ford Frick. In many areas,
professional baseball is now played exclusively at
night, save for Sunday and holiday games. This
enables the working man and woman to take in
weekday games without giving “sick grandmother”
excuses to the boss. And the quality of lighting in
modern parks today comes about as close to per
fection as anyone could ask.
This is just one more colorful little example of
electricity’s contribution to better living for the
American people. To millions of those people base
ball is an important part of life, and without night
play only the relative few would be able to see
much of it. Abundant, inexpensive electric power
has made revolutionary contributions to the recre
ation of the country no less than the work.
Retailing In Communist Germany
We Americans take it for granted that we can
walk into a retail store and find anything we want.
If one store can’t satisfy us, we simply go on to
one that does. Few of us realize how incredibly
different conditions are in countries where the gov
ernment is the absolute boss and the people do
what they’re told and take what the men in the
saddle want to give them.
For example, the Wall Street Journal recently
carried a news story date-lined Berlin. In Com
munist East Berlin, correspondent Mitchell Gor
don wrote, “About the most colorful objects to be
seen in one two-story department store . . . are the
big bright red signs on the walls eulogizing 'Stalin,
and the posters over collection cans on stairway
landings calling for contributions for the ‘defenders
of North Korea.’ There are no merchandising
displays on the counters, and little for sale except
cheap finished articles and rolls of drab cloth.”
East Berliners who make unauthorized purchases
in the well-stocked shops of West Berlin are sub
ject to fine or imprisonment.
Keep that in mind next time you enter an Am
erican retail store and see the well-stocked shelves.
Abundance and freedom go together—just as scar
city and all-powerful government go together.
Life is hard to those who make.it hard.
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The best way to get akmg with people is to smile,
be friendly, and seldom say what you think.
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Despite all the talk* about the country going to
the dogs, people seem to be doing pretty well id
this community.
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Page Four
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. N. C, THURSDAY JUNE 4. 1953.
Heard & Seen
By “Buff”
Chowan County Commissioners were honor
guests at the Elizabeth City Potato Festival Sat
urday and they rode in the parade. They got along
all right waiting for the parade to start while park
ed under a tree, but when the car moved foreward
a short distance and stopped in the sun, Joe Webb
looked around, thinking he heard an egg frying.
But it was some of the boys pulling out their hand
kerchiefs to wipe off perspiration. TJiey were re
paid, however, with an honest-to-goodness dinner
served at the Central School.
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And while speaking about the heat, I, apparent
ly, was in a different world. Going to Nags Head
late Saturday afternoon, I almost froze before
morning, and when I left at 5:30 Monday morning
it was not cool but cold. Shortly after this column
is put into type I’m heading back to Nags Head to
see jf the bloomin’ place has warmed up some.
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Members of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F., &
A. M., conferred the third degree on three candi
dates last TTfursday night, which took a lot of time.
Then after the meeting a group made Ernest Ke
hayes open his case in order to eat some ice cream.
The boys didn’t get back home until almost mid
night, so that maybe this paragraph will simplify
matters in one or two instances.
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Perquimans High School, eastern Class A high
school baseball champions and Rock Springs, west
ern champions, played for the State Class A cham
pionship in Hertford Thursday, Friday and Satur
day nights. The crowds on hand reminded a fel
low of the old Albemarle League games when it was
necessary to go to the ball park at least hall‘an
hour before game time in order to get a seat. Had
so many fans supported the Edenton Colonials last
year instead of the mere handfuls, the possibility is
that we’d have some good baseball again this year.
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Dick Baer was scheduled to see the coronation of
England’s Queen Elizabeth Tuesday of this week.
He, together with Harvey Smith of Morehead City,
left on the Queen Mary Tuesday of last week and
while overseas they will also go to Germany on
business and to visit friends. Mr. Baer was not
the only Edentonian at the Coronation, for Mrs.
Clara Preston, Mrs. R. P. Badham and Mrs. Ernest
Leary left several weeks ago on an overseas tour
which also included the Coronation.
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At each meeting of the Rotary Club John A.
Holmes distributes a one-page newspaper, “The
Edenton Rotary Club Echoes”. Several items of
interest to club members appear on the sheet and
in each issue are a few questions on “Who Said
That?” Last week one of the questions was, “Who
said, ‘I have not yet begun to fight’?” One of the
Rotarians said Paul Jones said it, while another
member piped up, “I don’t know what Paul Jones
said, but I know what it tastes like.”
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Edenton Marines are scheduled to meet the
Weeksville Naval Base on Hicks Field next Wed
nesday night, June 10, at 8 o’clock. A peculiar
thing about this game is that it is free. What other
inducement can be made to get out a crowd?
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It’s nice to receive letters from 'boys who are in
the service, and the other day I received one from
Private William D: Stallings, who is presently sta
tioned at Camp Stewart, Georgia. The young sol
dier had this to say:
“Dear Mr. Bufflap: How are you getting along
now? I’m an Edenton boy who has gone to visit
his RICH Uncle Sam for a while. There are three
of us here from Chowan County, David Bass, me
(•William Stallings) and Clarence Privott ,a colored
boy. We are in basic training here. Our fourth
week starts Monday. So far everything has been
a little rough, hut no one has died yet.
‘Gamp Stewart is the second largest base in the
United States in area. It has plenty of room here
for most any kind of training. Artillery is the
main factor here, though.
“I receive your paper each week regularly, for
Mom sends it. It makes one feel better to read
news and happenings from home.
“What happened to the fishermen around there
lately? Must be no one is catching anything or
they would show you some. Here it don’t even
rain enough to put water in the ditches to breed in
sects, but they come from somewhere. I seje men
headed somewhere toward Savannah on the week
ends going fishing. Boy, sure wish I could get up
the fish hatchery creek to get a few more bass and
bream. Hope they don’t catch them all before I
get back
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BPW Interested In
International Affairs
Small Cities and Towns
Developing Greatest
Interest
Th? National Federation of Business
and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc.,
reports a recent upsurge of interest in
international affairs among groups
and committees that hitherto have
been chiefly pre-occupied with local
problems.
Surveying the situation through its
2,850 clubs in all parts of the coun
try, Hawaii and Alaska, the Federa
tion reports that the greatest percent
age of increased interest has develop
ed in the smaller cities and towns.
Mrs. Ksther W; Hymer, official ob
server at the United Nations for the
National Federation of Business and
Professional Women’s Clubs, states:
“Oddly enough the interest in inter
national affairs has beeivfannd by cer
tain individuals and groups who are
beating tom-toms of antagonism
against the United Nations. Their
efforts to discredit that organization
actually are working in reverse. If
reports from our own clubs are an in
. dication, all kinds of organizations are
making the study of international af
fairs a major project. They are de
termined to sift the facts for them
selves and make up their own minds
on the subject.
“Our National Federation of Busi
ness and Professional Women’s Clubs
is focussing attention on the positive
accomplishments of the United Na
tions. These too often are ignored in
discussions on what has not been
achieved. As the best shield against
false propaganda our clubs are as
signing themselves research projects
on what is being done to improve liv
ing conditions and well being of peo
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efforts—how malaria has been reduced
85 per cent in Greece—how Siam is
producing an improved kind of rice—
for example, in Brazil, four out of five
children had . never tasted milk until
the United Nations Children’s Fund
installed a dehydrating plant for man
ufacturing powdered milk—a project
which the Brazilian government has
taken over.”
“Some of the State Federations are
financing the bringing here of women
leaders from other lands to observe
methods we use in particular areas of
work so that they may aid in im
proving conditions among their own
people. The Ohio Federation has con
tributed a UNESCO Fellowship to fi
nance the studies of a librarian from
Holland. Alabama, California, Geor
gia, New York, Oregon and Pennsyl
vania are among State Federations
assisting students from other coun
tries. Many local clubs are assisting
the UNESCO Gift Coupon plan,
whereby coupons are purchased and
sent to the women’s universities of the
Philippines which can use them as
cash in buying necessary supplies.
Other *clubs are sending clothing to
the German Youth Centers to assist
young people escaping from the East
ern zone.
“The Federation World Friendship
Fund gives financial aid to business
and Professional Women from other
countries who seek to add to their val
ue by visiting here, but are handi
capped by the limited amount of cur
rency they are able to take from their
own countries. Many more are being
offered hospitality and • assistance as
they travel through the country on
the exchange oft persons program.
“In practical ways of this sort the
clubs are supplementing what the
United Nations is aiming to do—to
bring about a closer understanding
among the peoples of every land.
“Polls show that 87 per cent of the
American people are eager for the
United Nations to succeed and are re
sisting the pressure of groups that
are boring into some communities
with the object of supplanting inter
national cooperation with , isolation
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When William was getting ready
for college he told the family, “I wish
you all would stop calling me ‘Big
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“Why?” they asked.
“College names sometimes stick,
and you know. I am going to be a
doctor.”
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