SECTION ONE—
BPW Club Resumes
Meetings Fur Season
Miss Minnie Hollowell
And Mrs. Ruth Vail
On Program
The Edenton Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club held its first
Fall meeting Thursday night at the
Penelope Barker Community House
with Mrs. Evelyn Jackson, president,
presiding.
Mrs. Nora Boyce offered a prayer,
after which a delicious turkey salad
plate was served the 40 ladies at
tending the affair. The plates were
prepared by members of the hospi
tality committee.
The president acknowledged guests
present and thanked the members of
the club who gave a pint of blood
during the recent bloodmobile visit, as
well as the hospitality committee for
the fine food. Announcement was
made that a check had been received
from Miss Rebecca Colwell, a former
member of the club, to be applied to
the club’s Penelope Barker House
fund. Miss Colwell was the first
president of the local organization.
Mrs. Jackson announced that the
district meeting this year will be held
in Nashville, N. C., and urged all
members who could to attend.
Miss Minnie Hollowell gave an in
teresting talk on the history of the
Federated BPW Clubs, in which she
went back to the origin of the organi
zation and up to the present member
ship. Mrs. Corie White introduced
Mrs. Ruth Vail, who delighted the
group with several readings of poems
from her published “River’s Acre” as
well as others of her published works.
Mrs. Josie R. Carr, public welfare
chairman, presented Mrs. Clara Bond
Preston as the club’s selection for the
“Woman of the Year for 1953”. Mrs.
Preston, who is by nature somewhat
shy, was so surprised and overcome
by the honor conferred upon her that
she was unable to make the custom
ary speech. Her bashfulness and
overwhelming expression delighted the
group.
Especially invited for the occasion
was Mrs. Anne S. Graham, the club’s
Woman of the Year for 1952.
Parker Helms Attends
Sales Training School^
G. Parker Helms of Edenton is one j
of 40 agents attending the sales train- j
ing school being conducted by Farm ■
Bureau Insurance Companies of Co- 1
lumbus, Ohio, from September 20 to'
25 at the Chamberlin Hotel, Old Point j
Comfort, Fort Monroe, Virginia.
Helms has qualified for this school j
by completing the study of Book 1
and 2 of the companies’ basic sales
training course, which is designed to
help the agent render better service to
his policyholders.
In this school, which is one of a
series of training courses held per
iodically by the companies, particular
emphasis will be placed on the study
of new developments in the insurance
industry.
Mr. Helms is a local representative
of the Farm Bureau Mutual Auto
mobile Insurance Company, Farm Bu
reau Mutual Fire Insurance Company
and Farm Bureau Life Insurance
Company.
£ RE-ENLISTS IN NAVY
Steward 3/C Charlie Moore of
Edenton has reenlisted in the U. S.
Navy at the U. S. Naval Receiving
Station, Norfolk, Va.
The U. S. Naval Receiving Station,
under the command of Captain John
Harllee, U. S. N., processes approxi
mately 8,000 men a month on their
way to and from Naval activities all
over the world.
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Page Twelve
Fir© Loss Doubles in Last TOYears
tel -W. J M • V- . ' • '
1 Americans are paying a Shock
ing price for carelessness.
The National Fire Prevention
Association reports that a fire loss
■ of slightly more than $400,000,000
; in 1943 has climbed an til in 195%
: Just ten years later, the loss ex
i ceeded $896,000,000, partially due
j to inflated values. Deaths from
i fires totaled 12,535 in the United
• States and Canada.
I Based upon the fire loss in the
j first 5 months of 1953, the NFPA
predicts a loss in excess of $900,-
000,000 this year. This would
mean a loss of approximately $6
per capita this year, a record
peace-time high for this or any
other nation.
t “Americans lead all others in
burning up their homes, their
Jobs, and themselves,” the NFPA
asserts and points out that at least
90 percent of the fires that take
such a high annual toll in homes,
on farms, and in industry can be
prevented by being careful and
practicing sensible living habits.
• Fire Prevention Week, pro
claimed by President Eisenhower
and sponsored by the National
Fire Protection Association, will
be observed this year from Oct
4-10.
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Legion Campaign To
Say Grace At Meals
Suggested Prayers Giv
en By Various De
nominations
The American Legion has under
taken a campaign to get people who
eat in restaurants to say grace before
meals.
As a part of its “Back to God” pro
gram the Letrion has printed cards,
measuring 3 inches by 5 inches, which
contain pravers by a Protestant min
ister, Catholic father, and Jewish
rabbi. Local Posts of the Legion are
asked to place these cards on the
menus of restaurants in tlieir com
munities.
The restaurant diners are urged to
pause for a moment and give thanks
for the food they are about to re
ceive. The suggested prayers are:
“Almighty Father, we thank Thee
for this food. May our gratitude be
shown, as we give our all in service to
Thee and our fellowman, through
Christ, our Lord. Amen.” Rev.
Harold F. Leatherman, American Leg
ion Department Chaplain, Hender
son, N. C.
“Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy
1 gifts, which we are about to receive
'from Thy bounty, through Christ,
Our Lord. Amen.” Father Herbert
A. Harkins, Rector, Sacred Heart Ca
thedral, Raleigh, N. C.
“We thank Thee, O God, for these
bounteous blessings, giving voice to
the joyous words of the Psalmist who
exclaimed ‘O give thanks unto the
Lord for he is good, for his kindness
endureth forever’.” : Rabbi Harry
N. Caplan, Temple Beth Or, Raleigh,
N. C.
AT FORT JACKSON
Lyn Boswell left Tuesday for Fort
Jackson, South Carolina, where he will
receive his- basic training in the
United States Army. Young Boswell
was a member of last year’s graduat
ing class at the Edenton Junior-Senior
High School.
JAYCEES MEET IN WINDSOR
Edenton’s Junior Chamber of Com
merce will meet with the Windsor
Jaycees tonight (Thursday). Presi
dent Thomas Shepard urges a goodly
number of Edenton Jaycees to attend
the meeting.
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and civic affairs since he came to
Edenton in 1936. He is a graduate of
Wake Forest, where he was captain
1 of the Demon Deacons in 1932, 1933
and 1934. When he came to Edenton
he joined the Edenton High School
faculty and served as head coach.
In 1940 he gave up his school duties
to join M. A. Hughes in the hard
[ ware and farm equipment business as
! ter buying out T. W. Jones’ interest.
The Division of Purchase and Con
■ tract is the state’s central buying
. agency. It purchases millions of dol
i lars of items every year for the High
• way Commission, the public school
i and state agencies and institutions.
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; N. C. Egg Production
Far Above Last Year
s North Carolina flocks produced a
total of 105 million eggs during the
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month of .August, 1963. This is 15
per cent above the 91 million eggs
produced during August of 1952. The
total average number of layers during
August, 1953, is placed at 8,068,000 or
i 12 per cent above the 7,208,000 month
ly average number of layers during
August of 1952.
The rate of lay for August, 1953,
was 1,302 eggs per 100 layers. This
is a 2 per cent increase over the rate
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; Mrs. Clara Preston
- “Woman Os Year”
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first woman of the year.
Mrs. Preston, a life time citizen of
Edenton and one who has helped to
further stimulate the town’s growth
through the years, has contributed
i much to bigger and better merchan
■ j dising. The veteran merchant says
she scarcely remembers when she wastom House which was used in the days 1
not interested in the buying and sell- <
ing of goods. “My first love in the
field of merchandising was that of j
hats,” she said. (
Mrs. Preston stated that when she ,
was a little girl in pigtails she de
signed and made doll hats, which she
had no trouble in selling. Her sales
came easy at five cents a hat. Later
on she designed and made special hats
for pleasure and profit. At the pres
ent time she owns and operates Pres
ton’s Ready-To-Wear Shop on Broad
Street.
Mrs. Preston’s religious interest
centers at old St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, where she has held member
ship for over half century. Her hobby
is traveling. During the past sum
mer she made a six weeks’ tour of
Europe where she witnessed certain
phases of the Coronation procession.
In years past she hfts visited the west
coast and many other places of in
terest in the United States.
Another hobby is dabbling on the
fringes of architecture. She designed
her own home, a Colonial bungalow
facing the Court House Green, whose
original foundation was the Old. Cus
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