SECTION TWO—:
Mail Box Improvement Week Is Scheduled
To Be Observed From May 17th to the 24th
Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt Urges All Patrons of
The Edenton Post Office to Cooperate In
Improving Mail Box Equipment
Postmaster Arthur E. Summerfield
has announced the week beginning
May 17th as “Mail Box Improvement
Week.” This will be the sixteenth 1
eons 'cutive campaign to tidy up the
official mail receptacles.
Postmaster J. L. Chestnutt is re- j
questing the rural patrons in this area |
to repair and beautify their mail box;
equipment and approaches to help |
lend brightness to the scenic beauty of j
the highways, roads and drives.
The Post Office Department is the
most important agency in keeping the |
people of the nation informed. Thej
rural delivery is a post office on
Wheels and many times these services,
are taken for granted and not fully!
appreciated. The carriers are trying;
to serve patrons promptly with as few j
mistakes possible. Errors are some
times caused by patron’s name being]
omitted on the mail box, especialv :
when a substitute serves the route;
while the regular carrier is on vaca- 1
T ' SENATOR SI
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Washington—The bill to amend the
Taft-Hartley Act was sent back to
Committee by vote of the Senate last
Friday.
Amendments
The parliamentary situation which
developed around this legislation was
such that it would have been unwise to
pass it. What happened was that the,
amendments reported out by the Sen-j
ate Labor Committee did not seem to
please the liberal, conservative or
middle-of-the-road Senators. Some
thought the amendments would weak- \
en Taft-Hartley; others felt that some
of the amendments were too harsh;
many felt that the legislation would
pick up so many other amendments
that the final result was that the leg
islation was sent back to committee
by a vote of 50 to 42. My vote was
to recommit.
Wheel Chair
The anticipated close vote brought
out 94 of the 9f> Senators. Senator
Butler of Nebraska was brought in a
wheel chair to vote. He has a frac
tured leg. injured in a. fall recently.
Even the Army-McCarthy hearings
halted for the afternoon in order for
everybody to be present.
At The Top
North Carolinians attended the Jef
ferson-Jackson Day Dinner here last
week in large number, ranking second
in attendance among all the states.
Texas was first. South Carolina was
third.
Potato Festival
An event of note is set for this
week-end in Elizabeth City. It’s the
Albemarle Potato Festival. I have re
ceived a copy of the official program
and it is full of interesting informa
tion about the Albemarle section of
North Carolina^
Federal Aid j
Along with all of the Minority mem
bers of the Senate, I am eo-sponsor
ing a hill (S. 3417) to amend the pub
lic assistance provisions of the Social
Super p & Market
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tion or sick leave. The substitute is
not always acquainted with the route
as well as the regular carrier.
1 Many boxes; which are the highway
billboards of the postal service, have
become unsightly with rust, unservice
able due to a leaky condition, broken
i doors or no lids; missing signals, no
I name, supports being bent or rotted
j which need replacing, weeds and wild
grass grown around the supports and
j approaches, and in many places the
i ground is rough and full of chuck
holes.
I Postmaster Chestnutt asks the pa-|
j trons to cooperate in improving their,
mail box equipment during this period,
May 17th to 24th. He desires that the
j routes become a source of pride for
I the patrons, the Post Office Depart
, ment and the carriers. For those pa-1
frons desiring additional information!
on the proper size and height for their
j rural box, they may gain this infor
mation from the postmaster or the
1 rural carrier.
Security Act by extending for two’
years the increased Federal financial
participation to the States for assist- 1
ance to the aged, blind, disabled, and
1 aid to dependent children. This as
sistance was passed in 1952 for two
years, and unless action is taken now,
it will expire September 30. Under
i the prior formula on old-age-assist- 1
lance grants, the Federal government
'paid #ls of the first S2O and half of,
the next S3O a month. Under the re
vised formula of Section 8 of the So
cial Security Act Amendment of 1952,
the Federal share became S2O of the
first $25 and then half of the next S3O. ]
Industrial Growth
On last Friday I inserted in the
Appendix of the Congressional Record |
an article dealing with the diversifica
tion of the economy of North Caro
lina as shown by the expansion of.
Western Electric which now employs
10,000 people in our State. You will
probably recall that this article, writ
ten by Wade Lucas, appeared in many
of our newspapers recently. The sta-|
bility of our State depends on the eon-1
tinued! development of a good balance]
between agriculture and industry. I
was proud to make it possible forthe 1
people of the United States to see
what we are accomplishing in North
Carolina.
This-And-That
The hill to authorize $966 million in
appropriations for continuing the con
struction of highways has been signed
] into law . . . The Senate Finance Com
mittee has been continuing its execu
tive consideration of H. R, 8300, the
general tax revision bill. Senator
Hoey, as a member of that commit
tee, has been devoting long hours on
this matter.
POCAHONTAS MEETING
j Chowanoke Council, No. 54, Degree
of Pocahontas, will meet Friday night
at 8 o’clock in the Red Men hall. Mrs.
Hilda Bass, Pocahontas, urges every
member to attend.
Tur mnwiN HFRAT.TV RDENTON. N. C.. THURSDAY, MAT 13, 1954.
RIFLEMEN RIDE tat. battle maneuver, In the Arm,*, new M-S9 armored
Fort Knox. Ky. The Heel hull give, the armored Infantrymen eompiete protection againat small arm.
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WESLEYAN SERVICE GUILD j
j ELECTS NEW GROUP OFFICERS |
At a meeting last week of the Wes- j
leyan Service Guild of the Methodist
Church held at the home of Mrs. Park-1
er Helms, new officers were elected j
as follows:
Mrs. Cecil Fry, president, succeed-!,
ing Mrs. Edward Speight: Mrs. Ai
Wall, vice president; Mrs. Jesse Har
rell, secretary, and Miss Louise Smith,
treasurer.
A feature of the meeting was an ad
dress by Mrs. Al Wall, a native of <
Scotland, who used as her topic, “Life]]
In Scotland.” ,!
CHINCH BUGS ATTACK CORN
Chinch hugs have been found dam- -
aging fields of young sweet com in !
, Chowan County. These insects possi-!
bly migrated from small grain fields. I
They are found around the base of j
i the plant and at the base of the leaves.
They are small but damage the plant
by sucking the juices out. In many
1 cases the plants crook over ar.d some,
die.
Dusting the plants with 10 pet cent
DDT or 20 per cent toxaphene at the
rate of 20 pounds per acre is rec
ommended. Com fields, that are with-,
in a few hundred yards of small grain |
,or where it has been turned under
I should be carefully watched for the
insects.
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Chowan Steers In |
Fat Stock Show
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Four 4-H Club Boys En
ter Competition In
Elizabeth City
Chowan County had four beef steer j
entries in the ninth annual Albemarle
Fat Stock Show and Sale held at the
Scott & Halstead Produce Terminal
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I near Elizabeth City Tuesday and Wed
nesday of this week.
I H. Ivey Ward, producer of the 1953
grand champion steer had an entry
and Cheryl Hobbs, producer of the
third place winning steer in 1953 com
i peted again this year. Carlton and
i Ronald Perry also entered steers.
1 These 4-H club members have done
a good job of feeding, training and
caring for their steers and each of
j them expected to compete for show
j manship honors Wednesday morning.
Men show their character in noth
ing more clearly than by what they
think laughable. —Goethe.
'County Agent Urges
Care With Insecticides
County Agent C. W. Overman xsays
insecticides are wonderful pest killers
but may damage crops if improperly
used. “Read and follow carefully the
instructions for application,” he says.
“This week I observed one field of
cucumbers burned with 1 per cent.ro
i tenone dust. Instead of applying 12
! to 15 pounds per acre as recommended
the grower must have applied at
a double dose. Instead of dustiiMßr
when the plants were absolutely dry,
the insecticide was applied when the
plants wer? damp. Rotcnone is a good
| insecticide, but should be applied
j when the plants are dry and during
the warm part of the day.”
ERROR IN TAX LIST
i Due to an error, the name of Carl-
I ton Privott appeared in the list of
delinquent 1953 taxpayers in the Sec
ond Township which appeared in last
i week’s Herald. Mr. Privott’s name was
'not supposed to be listed, so that the
error is regretted.
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