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SECTION ONE-! The Chowan Herald Published ©very Thursday by The Chowan Herald, a partneralup consisting o< J. Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 bourn Broad Street, EdcntwyN. C. /Ikrti Chralina /pttSS AMeCIATW^} J. EDWIN BUFFLAP -rv-SE^itaSS HECTOR LUPTON Advertising Manager SUBSeRIPTION RATES: One year (Outside State)-- ~<rv_ nn Om £ear (In North Carolina) 51 FT^^’as“ second-class matter August 30, 19lK?he Post Office at Eden tom North Caro “sars Si-to- of reeS etc., will be charged for at regular advertising rates. ' APRIL 22, 1954. A LIFT FOR TODAY Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor and gather his wheat into the gamer.-Matt. 3: On the world’s threshing floor Christ will separate the Ch Remore all that is not in harmony with Thy Will. « _ m _, A In Accord In One Instance it lost week’s meeting of the Parent-Teacher Associa ees seven recommendations for their consideration The I . ? /» + 0 9*i against the recommendations be ing presented {he School Tnistees. Since the meeting no {ittle comment has been going the rounds relative to the ;U Ju"t ScW caused a negative vote on the part of PTA members is not known to The Herald, but the majority of the recommendation., <-pnnK would be beneficial to teachers. The Herald favors at least one of the recommendations which has to do with publishing the minutes of meetings ° f Tlie SJS Board of Education, the County Commissioners and Town Council for nmnv years h. e published the minutes of their meetings, \\hich.is for the benefit of the general public. It isn t the first time a re quest lias been made to have minutes of the School Trus tees published. hut heretofore the argument has been ad vanced that the minutes are open to anyone who desires to read them, so that it is not necessary to have them oasts no reflection on the School Trustees, but thov spend taxpayers’ money as much so as the Countv ‘Board of Education, County Commissioners and Town'Council, so that the general public is entitled to know what transpires at their meetings without being obliged to go to the trouble to find the secretary and ask to read the minutes. . . .. Just what objection, aside from the trivial expense in volved, should there he to publishing the minutes of the School Trustees? First Marble Tournnment This year, for the first time. Edenton will participate in the annual VEW Marble tournament, William H. Ooffiold Pest, No, 9280, is sponsoring the local tpuma ment and the two best marble shooters will ho sent to .Fayetteville to participate for State honors. The na tional tournament will be held in Akron, Ohio, June-1 (1.18.. Plans have been completed tu- thh local tolirnan- nt at - ♦he j/FW home r rvl it is, honed many hoys will turn: out Wednesday afternoon, April 28-1 .at. 1 o’clock to demon sfrat -kill. Parents and friends of the hoys are also cordially'invited to. attend the tourramert. Ed • * e-: hr-: ,vnV‘ boys who are. good at shooting marl ! - and i f should not he too much to hone thar "* least i Suit- winner can qualify as the result of the i toil!'! - ’sent. The ,arnans ■> t is iVnotlidr elTo'rt to ''.provide wholesome reel l ion for hoys of the community, and the YEW Post is to :.e e, sgratulat d for going to the trouble to soon sor ;e d ra':e charge pf the tournament in Edenten. it the f -• but here's.hoping it will r >t be that last and that ' .si attract the interest of many of our boys.. r- ' ~ --- . - - ■ r " ' == : = =rr=:^=-T-^=^ To The Democratic Voters of Chowan County As.a life-long and ardent native of Chowan County, 1 regret ■that I have been deprived of the opportunity to be more closely as sociated with my friends of Edenton and Chowan County dm ingr recent years. The following- extract from the March 5, 1954. is: ue of the NASAC News, published at Naval Air Station. Atlantic City. New Jersey, appeared upon ray detachment from that Command. It is considered that this aidicle will explain my absence and will in- * dicate qualifications for the office to which I aspire, in addition to those provided by a leg-al education and experience: “LCDR WILLIAM S. PRIVOTT. Administrative Officer at NAS Atlantic City for the past 16 months, has returned to his home in Edenton, N. C., to resume his life as a civilian. “LCDR Privott has had a very active military life. His first tour of duty with the Navy began back in 1942 when he w.is commissioned LT (jg) with an Aviation Ground Officer designator. Throughout tne war years he served at several Naval Air Stations both stateside and abroad. On one occasion the Navy kept him home, so to speak, when he served as Personnel and Legal Officer at NAS Edenton. N. C. “In 1946 he was released to inactive duty and returned to law practice in Edenton. At the outbreak of the Korean conflict, LCDR Privott was recalled to active duty and served as Legal Officer on the Staff of Commander, Fleet Air Wings, Atlantic before receiving orders to report to NASAC for duty. “Everyone at NAS was conscious of the wonderful job LCDR Privott per formed as Administrative Officer. Those who knew him personally were especi ally aware of his fine qualities as a Naval Officer and a true Southern gentleman.” YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT ARE EARNESTLY SOLICITED William S. Privott Candidate For Office of Clerk Superior Court, Chowan County Page Six THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1954. Heard & Seen 1 By “Buff” On my desk Tuesday morning I found a good cigar and the following note signed by John Graham: Buff, here is mv toll. Yes, it’s a boy, Donald Cummings Graham, born Monday. Weight 7 pounds 3 ounces ” Congratu lations, and I’ll save the cigar for a Sunday afternoon smoke. o A column, “The Feedbox”, written by Roy Thompson in a Winston-Salem newspaper has caused a lot of com ment for the past several days. So that more folks can read it, here ’tis: The bomb left in Mrs. Cochrane’s car last week would probably have exploded in any other town in the world. In Edenton, it just went “Woosh!" Edenton is a slow-moving town. It’s the third oldest town in the state, and it got old by taking things easy. - The jail is the oldest in the state, and Officer Bill Mil ler said he figured that was because Edenton folks are good folks and don’t use their jail much. Nobody ever escaped from it because if they did, they’d have to leave Edenton. And most folks in Edenton wouiu miner be in jail and stay home than break out end have to leave town. Some folks did leave the jail once, but that was be cause the man who was sheriff then got drunk and order ed them out. They left just to oblige the sheriff, but they came back, as soon as he sobered up. Policemen are considered pretty tough guys in most towns, but not in Edenton. Chief George I. Dail is considered one of Chowan I County’s best tulip-raisers. ! And in the back of the police station, where you might expect to find prisoners, he raises parakeets. The Western Union office closes at 5:30 P. M. They figure if you can’t decide what you want to say by that time, it’s not very important anyway. The day Mrs. Cochrane found the bomb in her car, Edenton really had a lot to talk about. There was the bomb, of course, but at least as much talk was put on the fact that Wendell and Frances Cope land had a now baby girl that weighed 11 pounds and two ounces. Winston-Salem may want 100.000 people, but not Eden ton. The folks might take on another 10 or 12, but they’d want to check up on them a lot first to be sure they’d “fit.” Other towns claim to he the world’s tobacco center, the nation’s top producer of innersoles, the biggest town in Stokes County. Edenton is proud of the fact that Chowan County has the lowest automobile registration in the state. There are so few cars that you can pay off a parking ticket for a nickel, and the policeman on duty will tip his hat when he takes the nickel. Edenton is so small everybody knows everything about everybody. That has produced a problem for Bill Cozart, Edenton newspaperman. “I can’t sell any advertising around here because they say everybody knows every thing they’ve got in the store, any way. 1 ’ Edenton goes in for old things. Take the Penelope Barker house, for instance. It was a house Penelope Barker lived in, and she’s been dead so long it makes her 1 house an antique. Well, somebody decided to put a mar ket where Penelope's house was. The folks who owned it sold it and then started saying it would boa shame to tear down one of the town’s relics. The fellow who bought it said all he wanted was the land. “If you want the house,” he said, “come and get it.” They did. Moved it right down the main drag three and one-half blocks and parked it on a vacant lot. Now they’re trying to figure out what they should do with it. People live longer in Edenton. too. The oldest woman | in the county died last year at 107. John A. Mitrhoner, one of the first pharmacists licensed a- the S’ute. still has his drug store. i Eire Chief Richard Kehoe Hall is 88. years old and j ■ v<r misses a fire. He's been a fireman in Edenton j ! since T>. '-ember 23. 1881. Hr; %.f all the sights of historical interest in town, one of tho best is John A. Holmes, superintendent of city v’Vm.,l.-. When Mr. Holmes walks down the street, people point him out to strangers as a -typical example of a local hoy who made good- end history. Mr. Holmes scored the first., point ever scored-against r North Carolina State College basket hall team. ' —. —\ Mayor LH. Haskett Calls Upon Citizens To Clean And Paint Anxious to Uphold Ed enton’s Reputation As Clean Town Mayor Leroy Haskett this week made an appeal to Edenton citizens to clean up and paint up in order to make Edenton cleaner and more attractive. In making the appeal, Mayor Has kett had this to say: “Usually at this time of the year we appeal to our town people to co operate with us in our clean up and paint up campaign. You have always cooperated with me fully. “As your Mayor I am appealing for the same cooperation this year. “I find several trash containers in the business area need replacing. Al so a few of our people are careless in removing trash containers from the street after being emptied by the trash truck. I trust it will not be necessary for me to cite any particu lar merchant or family that isn’t co operating with us. “In our residential area we can make some improvement, such as new trash containers, and seeing that they l are removed from the street before j nightfall. There are a few of our: citizens who have over looked keeping weeds and grass down. “We have a few business sites that could be greatly improved, such as re moving drink containers, boxes, heavy papers, crates from crating and stor- 1 ing and also some filling, in is neces-i sary in a place or two. “Edenton’s reputation of being one of the cleanest towns in North Caro tir~' ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE VOTERS OF CHOWAN COUNTY 1 . . . ''' • . • - ''■■■ I ANNOUNCE MY CANDIDACY FOR THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF OF CHOWAN COUNTY. YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT WIFI BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. Earl Goodwin il - • . ■’ . ■ . • • - .' . • •• • •' ••. . V* .• /. 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Don’t delay, insure Call— LONNIE HARRELL VALHALLA INTERSECTION PHONE 671-J-5 ! PARKER HELMS 201 BANK OF EDENTON BUILDING PHONE 175-W [FARM BUREAU INSURANCE COS. I Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. • Farm Bureau Lite Insurance U Farm Bureau Mutual Fire Insurance Co |H HOME OFFICE • COLUMBUS, OHIO I announced that an emergent communi cation of the lodge will be held to night (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the Court House. At this meeting the second degree will be conferred, so that all members are urged to attend. A special invitation is extended visit ing Masons to be present. Old fools are not more foolish than young ones; they just look sillier.^-
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