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Page Six The Chowan Herald Published every Thursday by The Chow«a Herald, a partnership consisting of J. B. Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-426 South Broad Street, Edenton, N. CL J. EiDWIN BUFFLAP I—Editor HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATOS: One year (Outside State)---- One year (In North Carolina) Six Months Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1984, at the Post Office alt Edenton, North Caro lina, under the act of Mar<3> 3, 1879. Cards of thanks, obituaries, resolutions of respect, etc., will be charged for, at regular advertising rates. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1963. aTSt^r^today ★ All the paths of the Lord are mercy, and truth to such as keep his covenants. Ps. 25: 10. SINGULAR BENEFITS and advantages of a will re signed melt into the will of God. Such a spirit hath a continual Sabbath within itself, and its thoughts are es tablished and at rest. Flavel. Gracious God, may we love Thee for truth and right eousness’ sake, lest we blindly stumble into evil ways. Job Well Done Though considerable damage was done to trees and crops and some buildings by Thursday night s s orm, which was the worst since 1933, twenty years ago, Eden ton and the county as a whole are very fortunate in that damage was not greater and that there wore no casual ties. At such times one cannot but realize how insignifi cant and utterly helpless man is in the hands of the ele- Tfl6llts. With trees and large limbs falling, as well as electric wires blown down and high water at a number of places, a serious accident might have easily occurred. Edenton again rallied in a time of need when the Cho wan County Red Cross Disaster Committee went into action under the direction of Assistant Chairman Jesse . White, who jumped into harness due to the absence of the chairman, Mayor Leroy Haskett, who was out of In a short time the committee was organized and Nat ional Guardsmen, police, firemen and a few others were on duty to be on -the alert throughout the night as the wind roared at a terrific rate of speed and rain fell in torrents. With short wave radios at the armory, the po lice station, the base and at the home of John Ross, prog ress of the storm was reported at two-minute irttervals until it was only 15 miles from Edenton. Within 30 min utes after Mr. White called for action the Disaster Com mittee was functioning smoothly. It was the first time in a number of years that it was necessary to use the committee, so that such immediate and efficient response was very gratifying to Mr. White, who is high in praise of how splendidly the organization operated. All who were on duty realized the seriousness of the situation and were ready and willing to do whatever they could in the emergency. The armory, Court House and white and colored school buildings were thrown open for use if necessary, and with many automobiles ready for use, some 50 people were taken to the armory for the night, and a large number also spent the night in the colored schools. . As Mr. White points out, it is a pleasure to work with such a fine group of people and once again proves what can be done by wholehearted cooperation. Good Reading Last week and again this week The Herald published stories written by former Mayor J. L. Wiggins, both of which are very interesting and already caused favor able comment on the part of Herald readers. Mr. Wig gins’ articles were about the old cannon of Edenton and Albemarle Sound and Its Tributaries. This week, also, T. Earl Jordan furnished an article about the Brownrigg Graveyard at Wingfield. Such articles make good reading, so that The Herald invites similar stories about Edenton and Chowan Coun ty. Send Them Back To School I WITH I I RAVEL RIGHT I II I MODERN LUGGAGE. DESIGNED TO I give you capacity without bulk I JI&, ‘~ • • • • STRENGTH WITHOUT weighs I EASY TO LOOK AT .. . EASY TO PACK, j HARD TO RESIST AT OUR LOW PRICES FOR FAMOUS-NAME MATCHED SETS I AND INDIVIDUAL BAGS AND CASES. I ANY STUDENT WILL ADORE MATCHED OF LUGGAGE IN HER FAVOR- I See Our Window Display Jf .'■ 'p%isi : Z&*p. 'pgSfs&v7?i II • II || EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA I 7; - ■ 7HE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. CL. THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 1968. IHeard & Seen By “Buff” —»■ ’ Most likely more people in Edenton were awake than slept Thursday night when a severe storm was in prog ress. Jumping in to help Street Department employees remove trash from storm sewer grates, it didn’t take me , long to get wet from head to foot. Turning m about 2 A. M., I was wet as a sewer rat, but it was quite an ex perience and though the town was messed up from stem to stem, and some damage was done, the town is very fortunate not to have any more damage and even some casualties in the wake of the worst storm since 1933. Tis said that it’s an ill wind that blows no good, and this was the case Thursday night so far as Bill Davis and Kermit Layton are concerned. While Bill Davis was cleaning out a manhole near the waterfront Friday morn ing he picked up a live speckled perch, big enough to make him a meal. Then Kermit Layton found a mess of bream in a puddle of water left near the foot of Gran ville Street when the tide dropped rapidly. He did bet ter than some fellows do when they go fishing. o It’s a good thing some Edenton people do not live in Norfolk. I happened to go to Norfolk recently and got there just after a terrific downpour. Streets wre flood ed in some places and cars stalled in water knee deep, so that at two different times I was obliged to detour. When water stands on some streets in Edenton after a heavy downpour there is a big howl, but Edenton isn’t the only town where storm sewer facilities are not cap able of carrying away any amount of water regardless of how fast it falls. o As a newspaper man I am asked a lot of questions and I am unable to answer as many or even more than I can answer. The other day “Tick” Elliott asked me over the phone how Rocky Hock got its name and, of course, I don’t know. Maybe somebody knows how this fine com munity was named, but I can’t figure it out. So far as I know there are very few rocks in that section, and as to Hock, this is what Webster has to say: “(1) The tarsal joint, or the region of the tarsal joint, in the hind limb of digitigrade quadrupeds, as the horse. It corres ponds morphologically to the ankle of man, but is ele vated from the ground and bends backward. It is a compound joint, containing a number of small bones. In the horse most of the motion takes place between the lower end of the Tibia and one of the tarsal bones. The prominence at the back of the hock is caused by the calcaneum and corresponds to the heel of a man. The corresponding joint of a fowl’s leg, popularly but incor rectly termed knee, is sometimes called the hock. (2) A piece cut by butchers, especially in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot. (3) In man, the popliteal. (4) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring.” I’ve copied the entire definition of the word “Hock,” but Still am at a loss to get any con nection between “Rocky” and “Hock.” Who does know ? o Edenton Rotary Club’s “Echoes,” the weekly newspa per listed a question as to the meaning of the word “Floccinausinihilipilificationist.” Holy mackerel, who in the dickens can even pronounce it, much less know what it means ? At any rate, the editor says the definition is “one who denigrates, one who sullies or blackens the rep utation.” o When Henry Quinn, Bill Harris, Jim Basnight, John L. Bass and Charles Baker were at the VFW convention at Milwaukee they had a hankering for a North Caro lina breakfast. Entering a restaurant one morning one of ’em asked the waitress if they had corned herring. “I don’t know what a corned herring is,”~said the wait ress. “Is it something you feed com to like a hog?” o—: In the mail this week was a letter from Harry Jor dan, who I thought was still living in Florida. How ever, he left Florida after spending the winter there and has been traveling throughout the West and Northwest. He is now living at his home in Springfield, Mo., an<j says he wants The Herald to start coming to him. He expects to be in Edenton the latter part of September, and in the meantime he sends best regards to all his friends, including “Hon. Mayor Haskett.” o Anybody have a room to rent, with or without meals, for several weeks or longer? Mrs. Allen C. Dorsey of Baltimore, an elderly lady, desires to come to Edenton to look up some genealogy. She will give references and has asked me to find her a room. If anybody can ac commodate her, let me know and I’ll send on the infor mation. CIVIC CALENDAR (Continued from Page One) noon, Auguat 25, et 6:30 o’clock. Joint meeting of Town Council and Edenton School Trustee* Tuesday night, August 35, at 7#,IS , o’clock in the Municipal Building 4 to plan some action to determine 1 who holds the legal-title to Hicks ! Field. I VFW Auxiliary will meet to night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in 1 the VFW building. Circles of the Woman's Mis sionary Society of the Baptist Church will meet Monday after .noon and night and Thursday night. Revival services begin Sunday, August 23, at Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church. Lions Club will meet Monday night, August 24, at 7 o’clock. Advance Home Demonstration Club will stage a chicken fry at the home of Mrs. Bristoe Perry Wednesday afternoon, August 26, at 6:30 o’clock. Fall term of Chowan Superior Court begins Monday, September 14th. Kindergarten opens in Edenton Elementary School Tuesday, Sep tember 2. Stated communication of Una nimity Lodge, No. 7, A. F. & A. M., tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the Court House. Supervised play at playground 10 to 12 o’clock in the morning - and 4 to 6 o’clock in the after noon. Chowan Tribe, No. 12, Improved Order of Red Men, will meet Mon day night at 8 o’clock. VFW meets in Post’s home on old Hertford Highway Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. Edenton Rotary Club meets to day (Thursday) at 1 o’clock in the Parish House. Annual picnic of Chowan Coun ty’s Negro home demonstration clubs Friday, August 28. Negro home demonstration clubs’ queen contest Friday, Octo ber 30. Edenton Weathers Worst Storm In 20 Years (Continued From Page One) School,, the Colored School, armory and Court House were open for use if necessary. In the neighborhood of 50 people spent the night in the armory, where temporary sleeping arrangements were made, and many colored people spent the night in colored school buildings. Traffic was halted on U. S. 17 for several hours when a driver of a large J f Compare The No. 100 With The Field | I It’s The Greatest Value On The Market [ j Quality Features •■ I Long, Gently-Sloping Gatherers, with hinged gatherer points float- 1 * - || ing along the contour of the ground, nose under down stalks and J , Ir 1 raise them gently without knocking off ears. | L SEMI-MOUNTED DESIGN makes the John 11 < * Deere No. 100 a compact, light draft snapper I that’s easier to keep on the row. Vision is ex- I cellent. Turns are shorter. Handling is eas- II ! | ier over terraces, rough fields, or when trans -11 porting. Ij ; I QUIK-TATCH ATTACHING OR DETACH II ING requires only three minutes for one man || without heavy lifting. If LONG-LUGGED, LOW-DOWN GATHERER || CHAINS run well down to the ground below 11 Hie hinge point of the gatherers, to catch, hold, | ; | and deliver stalks4o the snapping rolls. I GROUND-HUGGING SNAPPING ROLLS ag || £ gressively snap off ears. Low construction is II It..- made possible by another original John Deere lr I v feature —Hyatt roller bearings inside the lower I i, ends of the spiral ribbed rolls. A Timken roll -3| Jr er-thrust bearing takes thrust at the upper I! ? ends of the rolls. Trash cams at the upper II 1 ends of the rolls dispose of loose stalks. ",. r * 'sel& f Hobbs Implement Co., Inc. I i GUY C. HOBBS, Mgr. “YOUR JOSN DEERE DEALER" EDENTON 4 ■ rtf :% ' «•:% truck was unable to determine where the road was a short distance from the Fish Hatchery due to-water covering the highway. The truck ran off the road in a ditch and was not removed until Friday morning. ,* With large piles of limbs and leaves at practically every home in Edenton, the Street Department was severely taxed and even with extra help and equipment called into service all of the debris was not cleaned up until Wednesday of this week. During the night electricity was off, so that the town was isolated from the outside world. Long dis tance telephone and telegraph service was interrupted and normal service was not resumed until late Friday af ternoon. Throughout the county crops were badly damaged by the strong wind. Com in some fields was blown almost flat and the same condition prevailed in some cotton and tobacco fields. Some boats*were lost along the wa- SALES and SERVICE ifliranmM i I - WE . Pickup and Deliver ——o By rum HARDWARE CO, EDENTON —r HANDY CRANK FOR ADJUSTING SNAP- g , ING ROLL SPACING makes it easy to adjust , » rolls to any field condition. BIG-CAPACITY, FIRST ELEVATOR handles ( » the heaviest yields. Trash rolls at the upper , ' end, eject stray stalks. LARGE-DIAMETER, BIG-CAPACITY DE- t t LIVERY AUGER takes corn from first eleva- < ' tor and delivers it to Die wagon elevator hop per. Action of the auger carries shelled corn to the lumper. Delivery auger has plenty of , capacity for the heaviest yields. • * > POWERFUL FAN blows out dirt and trash as com is delivered to the wagon elevator . > hopper. ' ‘ WIDE, DEEP WAGON ELEVATOR HOPPER AND ELEVATOR have plenty of capacity for . r bumper yields. , ... r RUGGED CONSTRUCTION, with ouality ma terials and superior workmanship throughout, j > means more yean of service with lower upkeep costs. •.. *• . ’ terfront, and on Friday morning fol* | lowing a rapidly receding tide, several boats were resting on dry land. ••••*,«■ Despite the storm’s intensity there were no and on Friday ; morning the general rule wah to see folks busy about their houses clear ing up the limbs and ;saves blown down during the night* Edenton was given another scare Monday afternoon when high winds developed about 3 o’clock, but the wind and rain lasted only a few min utes. While the brief storm was in progress quite a few more limbs and leaves were blown down. LIONS MEET MONDAY Edenton Lions Club will meet Mon day night at 7 o’clock, when Presi dent Jesse Harrell urges a full at tendance. The club will not meet on September 7 due to Labor Day. • No one ever expects a fire nt his home! Are you well protected against this loss? You need insure ance to at least 75% of full value against fife and lightning ... plus equal coverage for wind, explosion* aircraft, hail and other hazards, ft’s sound business to guard year! investment with Farm Bureau's com, prehensive protection. Check today L ,.. call LONNIE HARRELL Route 3 PHONE ROCKY HOCK 114 PARKER HELMS 204 Bank of Edenton Building PHONE 175-W I FARM BUREAU MUTUALI 1 FIRE INSURANCE CO. 1 Pg HOME OFFICE COIUMBUS, OHO 1
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