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SECTION ONE- The Chowan Herald Published every Thursday by The Chowan Herald, a partnership consisting of J. E. Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-426 South v Broad Street, Edenton, N. C. . Carolina / WtISS ASSOCIATIONS] I J. EDWIN BUFFLAP Editor HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year (Outside State). ——s2.so One year (In North Carolina).. ——*2.oo Six Month* < l - 25 Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, at the Post Office at Edenton, North Caro lina, under the act cf March 3, 1879. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1954. A LIFT FOR' TODAY ★ God leadeth thee to repentance.—Rom. 2:4. GOD PROMISES pardon to him that repenteth, hut He does not promise repentance to him who willfully and continually sinneth. Merciful One, may we see ourselves as Thou seest us, and come to Thee for cleansing. Another Cos? In Efficiency As the result of action by Town Council Tuesday night, the Edenton Fire Department will secure a new piece of equipment which will assuredly add a cog in its efficien cy. Authorization was given to purchase a machine which will serve as a resuscitator, inhalator and aspirator to be used in helping to revive lives. . •' • In case of drowning the department Will now be equip- | ped to apply artificial respiration in an effort to save a life. The same is also time of a fireman who may be overcome by smoke, gas or other causes. The machine, however, will not he confined to use in the department alone, but the firemen will be ready to bring it into use whenever the occasion arises. The machine is a necessary part of fire fighting equip ment and goes toward the Edenton Fire Departmnt be ing able to cope with more emergencies Farm Standards and the Machine According to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, the living standards of farm-operator families in this country showed an average improvement of 53 per cent in the 10 ( years between 1940 and 1950. The Bureau then made this very significant observation: “. . , the rise in level of living among farm people was generally most rapid in those parts of the United States in which mechanization was most rapid.” Here is a well-deserved tribute to the almost inesti mable value of modem farm equipment. Actually, in present-day farming, the machine isn’t just something desirable—it’s something that the farmer who wants to make the most of his resources simply can't afford to do without. Mechanization has been going ahead at a much swift er rate than most of us realize. In 1940 there were a trifle more than 1,500,000 tractors on our farms and a, decade later the figure was 3,600,000. There has been a further substantial growth since then. And the use of other equipment has undoubtedly shown gains of com parable dimensions. Farm equipment is the answer to two big farm prob lems—how to get maximum production at minimum cost, and how to conserve and improve the land for future generations. ComNK FEATURE-BY-FEATURE uod you 'll choose "the 'Westinghouse laundromat WEIGH-TO-SAVE gg|T Weighs exact size of •'§ each load. M? Mik"" watir sav!r ' $ \ W|MK>§| \ Automatically meat \ \ urea amount of water ®.4** I \IhHP \ to match size of load. H-V*' ;.,. | FLEXIBLE CONTROL H i 1 ' Start, stop, or repeat * « 1,, any part of washing ■ ■ cycle at any time. ■ ' • And . . . you have 8 H water temperatures. AGI-TUMBLE ACTION Gentle, yet thorough. |||£B|BBh Washes everything clean I Here are ether features yoo’H like .; SLANTING FRONT. Designed for your convenience. 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It is not the policy of The Herald, nor other newspa pers, to publish anonymous letters, but in that one receiv ed this week directs its principal criticism to the Herald editor, it appears below: “Dear Sir: I have been reading of late about your j most unfortunate episode with the N. C. State Highway | Patrol. It is most unfortunate, indeed, that you are among those who have received traffic tickets for viola tions of rules that you have infracted. However, each person is so self assuring they think themselves right in all circumstances, irregardless of the nature. But at times we do not stop to think that we might very pos sibly be at fault. Os course, we wouldn’t admit it to ourselves or anyone else that the error may lie within our minds, or in this case speedometer. “I am quite sure that the case may be that you were wronged. You aren’t the first and certainly not the last. Think of all the cases where men have been sent to pris on for crimes someone else committed and consider your self fortunate that you got off as easily as you did. Af ter all your life or someone else’s might have been at stake. “If the people of this community would think of more ■ important things that surround us and less of the more insignificant things, then we would have a much better place in which to live. For instance, if you would devote more of your time and paper to the unfair prices in rent, high cost of living and taxes of this town and county, then 1 feel sure that, even though you may not succeed in doing too much about it, you would certainly bring to light in the people’s minds the needs of this community and I feel sure your time would be more appreciated. For instance, one thing you might look into is, that even I though prices and rent is at an all-time high, wages around this vicinity remain very low. There is a de mand for jobs here, there are people around here that need help, but do we think of them? No. We had rath er concentrate our efforts on degrading our most effi ’ient N. C. State Highway Patrol. “In closing I feel quite sure that patrolman, not know ing you personally, would not stop and fine you for a crime you did not commit. After all it is no money in his pocket one way or another. He is only trying to pro tect your life and doing his job. Please let’s quit our crying. I for one am sick and tired of reading about it. We are tired of your troubles, we have our own. There are quite a few of us who have had a ticket or two and realized later that we were at fault. lam certain that i if you had not been speeding, you could in a very cour teous manner talked him out of it. After all courtesy is th4 best policy, so let’s find out first who was right and secondly, let’s talk about the more important things of life. “P. S.—Right or wrong this letter should be published for your readers’ comments. I’m quite sure they will en joy it. All my friends think the same as I. “If published please omit the usual sarcasm your pa per carries for its readers. Otherwise a nickel spent is a nickel wasted!” In the first place the insinuation by this anonymous reader that I didn’t know how fast I was driving is as , wrong as the patrolman who claimed I was driving 7C miles per hour. In the second place I have not tried to degrade the N. C. Highway Patrol, nor was either the patrolman or myself discourteous at the time of my ar rest despite the fact that I stopped 15 or 20 minutes. I still maintain that no officer is any more infallible than an ordinary citizen. 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I clothed with authority are just as likely to err as anyone else. Just where can this anonymous reader go where rent, co;st of living and taxes are less exorbitant than they are in Edenton and Chowan County, and where can he or she go where there is no unemployment. Where,too, can he or she go where the people have bigger hearts for the unfortunate than right here in Chowan County ? If this more or less of a utopia can be found, there are no barriers at any road leading from the county. o In last week’s Herald I listed what I thought were all of the past sachems of Chowan Tribe of Red Men. It was not long after the paper was delivered that I was reminded that somehow or other at least five were omitted. They are R. L. Pratt, Asa Griffin, M. L. Flynn, Louis Francis and R. F. Tuttle, the latter two no longer affiliated with the tribe. The irony of the thing is that these five were among the best! sachems the tribe has ever had. j o j Ernest Kehayes was “floored” the j other day in his restaurant. He was, bragging about a pair of shoes and said, “This pair of shoes is five years old, and they’re just as good as the i day I bought them.” Gene Marriner happened to hear the conversation and j replied. “Maybe so. but if you had worn the shoes on the seat of your pants instead of your feet, they would have been worn out long ago.” Er nest at once had business in the kitch en. o With folks hunting houses, I’m re minded of what I read the other day: “Those still looking for living quar "rs may find it bard to believe, but there are now eight million more homes and apartments than there were only ten years ago. Trouble is, there are seven million more fami- 1 lies.” o— Reading one of the grocery ads in last week’s Herald, a fellow asked l “What is a chuck roast, anyhow?” He was told by a bystander that it’s a roast the grocer wants to chuck out Well anyway, the price of the stuff vas 3.3 and 37 cents per pound, ac cording to grade, last week. o Bob Bertschy of Mathews, Va., was a recent visitor in Edenton when he informed Bob Kennan that his concern • was selected as exclusive agents for the Permutit Company, manufacturers of water conditioners. In a letter tfc The Herald Mr. Bertschy said he un- 1 derstands that Edenton is installing a; water-softening plant. “I do know,” he said, “that after its operation you will be greatly surprised and pleased j by: the magic of soft water in savings, j comfort and health. I had a very nice, visit to your city. Mr. Overman, your* •■ounty agent, was most helpful, and j cooperative, your merchants and peo ple friendly and you have a comfort-! able and nice hotel (the Hotel Joseph Hewes).” Pretty good piece of favor b'e publicity. Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner Slated In Raleigh Saturday U. S. Senator Spessard L. Holland of Florida Principal Speaker ► 1 The annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner of the North Carolina Demo cratic party will be held in Raleigh Saturday of this week. The dinner this year will be com plete with Democratic banners in the | form of the special hand-painted cra j vats showing a series of very lively: Democratic donkeys and dispirited! 'GOP elephants. The neckties will bej | worn by the first 50 county executive: i committee chairman, or their desig- 1 I nates, who fully subscribe the suggest- j 1 ed dinner quotas of their counties. I The fund-raising effort this year is | aimed toward at least equalling the $29,000 raised for the Party in the 1953 event. A dinner reservation is made for the respective counties for every multiple of SSO subscribed, j The principal sneaker for the dinner will be U. S. Senator Spessard L. Hoi- ' land of Florida. According to E. W. Spires, secre-1 tary-treasurer of the Chowan County, ; Democratic Executive Committee, the | county’s quota of S2OO has been rais- j .ed and a cheek was turned over to ! Lloyd E. Griffin, chairman of the I j Committee, Sunday. Mrs. E. N. El- '■ jliott is vice chairman of the commit-: tee. Chowan County is entitled to four i seats at the dinner. Scouts’ Membership In Tidewater Council Now AtAII TimeHigfi | Bov Scouts Observing Their 44th Birthday j This Week ! Membership in the Tidewater Coun cil, Boy Scouts of America reached an all-time high on December 31, when the Council had 7,700 different boys registered with the National Council. Roy Scouts of America, according to figures received recently by Harold V. Pace, Scout Executive. j The year 1953 showed a bov mem bership gain of 1,160 or 17.7 per cent. , Gajns were indicated in all three programs of Seouting. the largest be ing in Cub Scouts which gained 22.2 ! 'per cent. Roy Scouts gained 18.5 per' cent while Explorers, the program for boys 14 through 17, gained 5.6 per cent. As of Poeem'ior 31 them were 2.802 registered adult member; (loon 1 fig /Ores), making a gr-md total of 10.502 individuals in the Tidewa+m - Council, Boy Scon's of America. Since adults stav in about the same ratio as boys— thi;. too, is an all-time high. “Our greatest concern ’ i'ace point ed out. “is the fact that our fine growth in members was not aecom panied by a like growth in units to accommodate them.” Riming 1953 'he Council had a net "rowth of 16 units (Troons, Packs and Explorer L T nits) which is an increase I of onlv 6.7 per cent. | “Thm is the reason wbv the Exe cutive Board recently adopted a ohal jlenging goal of a net gain of 35 units in 1954.” Paco explained, i In connection with this. President ' George H. Rowers has appointed Wil liam T. Green as chairman of the Council’s Organization and Extension 1 Committee. Green will give leader- I ship to similar chairman in each of the nine districts of the Council. Under the leadership of Bowers the Council is making an all-out effort to hold down the number of dropped or disbanded units. Also the cooperation of sponsoring organization which now sponsor one or two Scouting programs to put in the whole Scout family. Cub Seout ing. Boy Scouting and Exploring. Boy Scouts are this week celebrat ing their 44th birthday anniversary. | Chowan Hijrh Menu | Following are the menus at the Chowan High School lunch room for the week beginning Monday, Febru ary 15: (Milk each day with every lunch) Monday—Grilled cheese and ham sandwich, vegetable soup, cole slaw, I Spanish peas, bread and crackers, but i ter. apple pie. Tuesday—Hamburger patties, cheese squares, mashed potatoes, carrot sticks, green beans, bread and butter, peaches. | Wednesday Baked bam, peanut butter, y candied potatoes. turnip greens, chili sauce, corn muffin, but ter. chocolate pudding. ) Thursday—Chicken pan pie. Snan ish neas. pineapple on lettuce, cheese i biscuit, butter, jello with fruit. I Friday Dried beans, luncheon meat sandwich, vegetable salad, diced beets, bush puppies, fruit cups. Gerald James Defends State School System (Continued From Page One) if encouraged to work to his full ca pabilities, will become a worthwhile citizen. This same student,” James declared, “if forced to meet the stand ards of all others, will drop ov|fef school as soon as he is 16, if j fore.” “Let’s remember,” James said, “years ago when one teacher taught one student there was no real prob lem. The student’s individual needs were met. But when that same teach er taught two students, the problems began; but, multiply that one stu dent by 40 and you get 40 distinct problems. Not only must the teacher deal with different mental capacities, but lack of interest on the part of the I student and parent, poor home envir j onment and numerous other stumbling ! blocks. As a whole, the teachers of I our state and nation are doing a very | good job under adverse conditions, and | these conditions will not improve un i til the public understands the com plexity of our problems.” f James said progressive education has received the blame for many of the school’s failures, hut added this one movement could hardly be guilty of all it is accused. He admitted that i many of our schools have gone too far with the progressive education plan. James reviewed the background of j the movement of social promotions or j promoting the child every year, plac ing the blame for the movement ,: squarely on the taxpayer because they I (the taxpayers), did not want to foot .the cost of teaching the repeaters. |He said the major problem of the first one-third of this century was to ' reduce or eliminate failure in the grades and secondary schools. He . said tremendous growth and expansion jof the United States aggravated the situation of too many failures, too ! much waste of money on repeaters, too I many over age students and too many I drop-outs. “Today everyone’s chil- Idren wants to go to high school and just about does,” James declared. “Do ( you think for a moment all of them are capable of high school work? Fifty years ago only the select few came through high school, as a result j there were few failures or problems.” | Diagnostic and remedial tests were . used more extensively later and teach ers were told it was their duty to j teach any essential learning that was I missed in a student’s preparation, j James disclosed, and he cited other I instances of plans for meeting the in • dividual needs and eliminating fail i ures. but he added all schools c" rJ d i not do this because of cost, lac f ; trained teachers, need for many rnfire . hooks, charts and equipment of all 1 kinds. He then told of the move !: some 20 years ago for promoting all J students. Sneaking of today’s schools and in . social promotions, James said, “If the I student has been taught with the in ! dividual difference in mind, and if the ! student makes a year’s progress each •Jyear, even.though it is below his grade ■ level, my belief is that he should go up.” “J sav to you, if social promotions . -,».(» ’ -incited in the way I have indieat • d the standards of your school are ; not lowered- hut your school becomes a meaningful and enriching eyn*ri < • -for each student. However, there .. should be a consistent po'iev to the end that every teacher and admini strator knows the philosophy of the school in this respect.” Turning to concern expressed to him bv local parents about the problems of reading, writing and spelling in the local school. James said the teachers are concerned, too. and that they take some blame for it. hut he added. “I don’t believe we should accept all of it ” Then he outlined seven points which he believes needs immediate at tention. James advocated an intensive in service training program for all teach ers which will enable them to put in a remedial reading program from grades 1-12. This, he added, would mean bringing in college processors and specialists at eopsiderable ex pense; He recommend"' 1 closer rela tionship with the school hoard by let t'Pg the hoard know t'"> d-."ivp~ o f the public, adding the hoard can helo in this matter by establishing and publi cizing clearly defined channels through which the citizens mav deal with them: The lew of a acini school tax of 15 cents to "rovid" ndnonafe in structional supplies and additional ap propriations for lihrar’ns: provide adequate instructional personnel so that no classroom in grades 1-12 shall have more than 30 students in average dail” employ an elementarv sigorvLer in cooperation with Chowan and P'-rouimnns Coun ties; make ari-ono-oments to enfore the state law regrrdlpjr compulsory school attendance: and hoos' teacher morale. On the l a <;t point. James elaborated bv railing for a local supplement and other f-inge benefits enual to other citv units of comparable size, and at least five dnvs sick leave for the teachers. He closed by saving. “P'o sure the services of professional f cations are available to any group an our community who has as its pri ! mary objective, the improvement of 1 the instructional program in our local schools.” The PTA observed Founder’s Day at this meeting and a brief skit hon | oring all past presidents of the or ganization here was given. Coffee | was served following the meeting. Reading maketh a full man, confer ence a ready man, and writing an exact man. —Bacon.
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