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opportunity for the \N County! (? (white cross) so) CASUALTY CO \ty - Wide Program This Is Your Big Opportunity to Obtain Low-Cost, Time- Tested, Quick-Pay Helpful Protection Against Unexpected Hospital, Surgical, and Doctor Bills. • ASSIGNMENTS RECOGNIZED AND ACCEPTED DY DOSPITALS AND DOCTORS All residents of this community and vicinity will have the specially-provided oppor tunity to qualify for the broad, time-tried coverage of the famous WHITE CROSS PLAN offered by Bankers Life & Casualty Company, an old-line, legal-reserve stock company which paid out more than $44,000,000 in claims to policyholders during 1953. The program to explain the WHITE CROSS PLAN to all residents of this area is now beginning and will continue until all who want this protection have been contacted and have been given the opportunity to qualify. MODE TRAN 5,000,000 PEOPLE ARE NOW PROTECTED UNDER TRIS FAMOUS, LOW-COST PLAN Under the WHITE CROSS PLAN, you can protect your whole family against hospital and surgical expenses for a sum you can easily afford. That’s for everyone—chil dren under 16V2 years included. You enjoy full freedom of choice under the WHITE CROSS PLAN. Choose any doctor, surgeon, or hospital you wish. Benefits are paid to your doctor, your hospital, or you—as you prefer. There is no pro-rating—you receive full benefits specified whether or not your claim is covered by other insurance. And there is no red tape—you don’t have to belong to a group. ASK AROUT OUR DISARILITY-INCOME POLICY TRAT PAYS MONEY TO LIVE ON WREN YOU ARE SICK OR HURT AND UNARLE TO WORKI You can get as little or as much protection as you want under the WHITE CROSS PI.AN. You can get all or any part of the Plan. On the dates shown above, repre- - Ecntatives from our No. Carolina offices will be located in this community at: 1 ROSS MOTEL . . . PHONE 2962-3 to that you can contact us for a qualifying interview whenever it is best and most convenient for you. ACT NOW-WHILE OUR NOftTH CAROLINA AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA TO SERVE YOU! WHITE CROSS PLAN the fastest-growing plan in America co. \ m \•- • - EDENTON. N C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1954. Minutes Os County Board Os Education ~ y The County Board of Education I held its regular meeting September 7 at 10 A. M., in the office of the Su perintendent. The following members were present: J. I. Boyce, G. E. Nix on, Conroy Perry, D. H. Berryman, [ Carey Evans, G. B. Potter, chairman. The meeting was called to order byj the chairman by having the secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting. The minutes of August were read and adopted by a motion made and passed. The election of Ralph A. Spainhourj by the District Committee was approv-i ed by a motion made and passed. The reports of the county treasurer' and the local school fund treasurer' were presented, and adopted by a mo tion made and passed. The lunchroom contract with the i North Carolina Department of Agri culture was presented and same adopt ed by a motion made and passed. A motion was made and passed to : join the North Carolina School Board Association by paying the membership! fee for Board of Education members | and that of the District Committee in, the amount of $40.00. The Superintendent stated that the stoker for the Chowan High School gymnasium had been delivered, but not yet installed. The Superintendent reported that according to all reports on the cotton picking situation indicated that Sep tember 15th through September 28th" would be a suitable period for the White Oak Consolidated School to close for picking cotton in that area. This opinion was concurred in by the Board members. The need for additional typewriters for Chowan High School was express ed by the Superintendent, and he was authorized by motion made and pass ed to obtain eight additional type writers. The plans and specifications for four more class rooms, library, boiler room and storage room were present ed by the architect, Frank W. Ben ton. It was voted by a motion made and passed to authorize that these be presented to the State Board of ■VJPVRfe CHAS. M. NEWCOMB can give you ALL THREE Sk CAU 32-J 0 DESIGNED FOR DOUBLE-DUTY jmjjpßßiMfl|j[ haul livestock or other bulky loads J f " or (below) provide a big-capacity n Hi groin tight bex for easy handling r t P or feed, fAodel BUILT TO "TAKE IT" FOR YEARS; You solve most of your farm haul ing problems and solve them for a long time —when you take delivery of an International TYuck with combination stock rack and grain body. This double-duty truck does a thousand and one jobs. And because it’s built with International qual ity and all-truck engineering, it works for extra years, at extra-low operating and maintenance expense. It gives you the power and perform ance of the famous all-truck Inter national Silver Diamond engine Your trade-in may cover the down oavment. Ask about our convenient terms. Byrum Implement & i ruck Company oil M \ Eden ton, N. C. ■ _llJ international truck^ -W-. -, -fi j Standard of the Highway I Education for final approval, and that bids on same, after approval, be , advertised, and that the date for open ing of same be September 28th at 2t P. M., in the office of the Superin-1 tendent. | The matter of building a reservoir' at Chowan High School in the rear of the building was discussed. It was thought that a dragline could be used for excavation and a pool of water would be available at all times for [ fire fighting purposes, and as a re sult, might decrease the cost of in surance on school property. It was the opinion of Board members that the cost of providing this reserve of water would not be excessive. The project is to be considered at a later meeting. i The bills paid since last meeting in I the amount of $4,112.00 were approv- 1 Jed upon a motion made and passed: j Current expense, $1,751.41; veterans program, $635.55; teacherage fund, I $324.60; capital outlay, $1,400.44; to- 1 tal, $4,112.00. There being no further business, the Board adjourned. G. B. POTTER, Chairman T W. J. TAYLOR, Secretary i ! ,1 Conservation ,| One Japanese bragged to another , that he made a fan last 20 years by 'opening only a fourth section, and us- 1 , ing this for five years, then the next I section, and so on. , The other Japanese registered scorn. “I was better taught. I make a t fan last a lifetime. I open it wide, , and hold it under my nose quite mo-j . tionless. Then I wave my head.” I IQ country -1 1 GENTLEMAN § 1 STRAIGHT jg 1 If™ 01 BOURBON | ■ | as 11. 1 i eE 6 LA. 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Driving without an operator’s permit j held second place with 822 arrests in j August. Violations, in genera), were down somewhat from August of last year. Other violations as reported in the summary included faulty equipment i 468, improper passing 275, driving on wrong side of road 215, following too closely 157, and failing to give right -of way 119. I The month’s total of Tar Heel of • fenders came to 5,889 with 1,405 out 1 of staters added to the list. i TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED AD Page Five
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