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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowau
Herald, a partnership consisting of J- E-
Buffiap and Hector Lupton, at 428-426 South
Broad Street, Eden ton. N. C.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1954.
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Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in (,»d. be
lieve also in me.—John 14:1.
An undivided heart which Worships God alone, and
trusts him as it should, is raised above anxiet* for tin
present and the future.
We thank Thee, O God. for Thy promise of Eternal
Life through faith in Jesus Christ, bavior of the World.
Privilege To Vote
On Friday farm people will have an opportunity to
vote Whether or not they desire to continue the Nickels-,
For Know-How program. In three years of the ptoginm
approximately $140,000 has been collected each year,
which has gone into agricultural research and education,
much of which is still in progress.
The program benefits not only present day farmers, j
but will, no doubt, prove far more beneficial to the young
people Os today who will be the farmers of tomorrow.
Farmers themselves should be in position to decide
whether or not the program is of any material benefit. ,
It is this group of- peon'.-, vb-f ' h *”'t every
eligible voter should ca-t a ballot r-tr: •? •.a ,r ' 'l'.’" 1
wish in the matter. This is democracy uvamtion.
this same group of people living in aii Iron Curtain |
country, they would not have an. opportunity t '
whether or not they want the program. They’d t-i :<■ i
or do without it, depending on the powers that be, or
else.
It is a privilege to have the opportunity to cast a bal
lot, so that every person entitled to vote should cast a
ballot in the referendum Friday. Nine voting places
have been designated in the county*, so that it should not
be too inconvenient to exercise this great American
privilege.
Request Denied
Town Councilmen received an unusual request Tuesday
night when they were asked to remove the parking
meters in front of the bus station and designate this
space as a taxicab area. Os course, the taxicab opera
tors agreed to pay an amount equivalent to what the
town realizes from these meters for the privilege.
The Councilmen were not very enthusiastic, about the |
request and. of course, took no action.
In the first place this particular space is very desirable
and convenient for people doing business .on Broad
Street, as it is for the taxicab operators. Too. it is a very
congested area, especially on Saturdays.
It is doubtful if Town Councilmen will comply with
the request of the taxicab operators, taking the view that
it would he more or less discriminatory in that if areas
were reserved for one type of business, it would be no ,
more than right to allow similar privileges for other i
business concerns who desire it.
Obviously such a situation would be detrimental to.
the parking meter system and under those conditions
might as well be scrapped.
It’s never too late, if you are.still alive] to he careful
on the highway.
It’s well to remember that some of the finest friend
ships are made in church.
Food, rest, mental peace and exercise are the four
keys to ripe old age.
Most compliments are not true- but that makes them
even more enjoyable,
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ceeds in fooling the public very long.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON, N. C, THURSDAY . OCTOBER 14, 1954.
I Heard & Seen 5
! 4 By “Bvff” j
Hardly any kind of a firemen’s meeting can be held
without Fire Chief Cap’n Dick Hall having something
to say about the old Reo truck, Edenton’s first mechaniz
ed piece of fire fighting equipment. So it was natural
for him Thursday night to reminisce when Luther Parks
presented a bill of sale for the new emergency truck to
Mayor Haskett as property of the town. Cap’n Dick still
maintains that the Reo truck (where in the dickens is
it?) can do a good job pumping water. In fact if a
decent place cannot be found to keep it, he made a sug
gestion that it be driven in his yard so he can look at
and adore it. So much is Cap’ll Dick attached to the
old Reo truck that some of his remarks reminded me of
the Scripture, “Greater love hath no man . . .” At any
rate I’m of the opinion that when Cap’n Dick goes to
Heaven, he’d just as soon ride through the pearly gates I
perched on the seat of the Reo than any other way. And j
as was said oodles of times Thursday night, the Eden- i
ton firemen are a swell group of men (they invito me to I
all their feeds) who are doing a splendid job even if 1
some chronic bellyachers find fault every time they fight ■
a fire. They’re to be commended for using what money |
thev have accumulated over a period of years to buy.
the’emergency truck and give it to the town, with a few
of the firemen signing notes for the balance. But it’s |
unfortunate that, having the very necessary piece of I
equipment^'there’s no place to nut it except in the street |
in front of the fire station. The fact of the matter is |
' that the 'Edenton Eire’ Department has definitely out- j
, grown tit's present quarters and. opposition to it or not,
they need and deserve new and more adequate headquar-
o- !
For a while Thursday night at the Masonic meeting ,
1 'bought charges of un-Masonic conduct would be pre
ferred against me. In a story last week about the new
Masonic Temple I stated that Izzy Campen made the
. “oak” Venetian Winds. Ino doubt “desecrated” the build- 1
j ing bv the statement, for the Venetian blinds are made
I of walnut and not oak to match the beautiful walnut I
I paneling in the lodge room. I promised to study various
kinds of wood, so that the charges didn’t materialize. ,
Personal item: About half of the people in Edenton '
were in Elizabeth City Friday night to see the football |
' game between th Aces and Yellow Jackets. Most of ’em |
came hack home with frowns on their faces.
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I And speaking about Elizabeth City, they have a good |
r -othall team and a good band, but their loud speaking t
i arrangement is rotten. It sounded to me as though the
announcer was back in Edenton yelling through a mega- j
phone. So far as hearing is concerned, here’s one who i
ow'd catch about one word out of five. But then maybe i
I wasn't so anxious to hear what he said part of the '
time, at least. n
At a recent meeting of the Rotary Club the members I
agreed to join in the m vcment to secure a new school 1
activities bus. During the discussion one of ’em asked, j
VHow much trade-in allowance will there be for the old
pus?” At once one of the boys piped out, “About 50 j
rents.” Must be a good bus for the shape it’s in.
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Somebody in The Herald office needs a hoot in the
pants. Too' late to mak» the correction. I found the head- !
ing “Chowan High Menu” over the Chowan High School j
news. Anyway, the s‘orv is about Chowan High School
! and not the school lunch room menus.
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Then after some of this week’s papers were printed j
a correction was made in the advertisement about even- {
ing business courses. These courses will be held in the
Windsor High School and not in Edenton as appearing in
1 about 500 copies of this week’s Herald. This error, how
ever, was no fault of The Herald crew.
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I see where the squirrel and deer hunting season will
: open Friday. Well all I can say is that if the weather
j is no cooler than at the time this is written, a fellow
should take along something to run away mosquitoes and j
snakes. Incidentally a fellow asked me the other day if,
this is Indian summer, what is squaw winter? As for
me, give.me fishing for a while yet instead of hunting.
Louis Francis attended Town Council meeting Tues
day night and was telling about one time when he was
tagged for parking while delivering a bag of potatoes.
He received $2,50 for the potatoes and was fined two
bucks, so that he made a “profit” of 25 cents on the
spuds.
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M rs. Martha Crummey had a strange feeling the other ;
morning When she looked out her window and saw a car
parked in her yard. On the ground a fellow was sound
asleep wrapped up in blankets and two others asleep in
the car. Nope, she didn't invite ’em to come in to have
breakfast but told ’em some tourist cabins were just up
the road apiece.
Reminder For ASC
Committee Election
Ballots Must Be In ASC
Office Before Oc
tober 18
] This is a reminder of the ASC Com
munity Committee elections which are
being held in each of the seven com
munities in Chowan County.
The County ASC Office has mailed
ballots to all farmers on their mail
ing list. Any farmer, tenant, or
sharecropper who did not receive a
ballot by mail may obtain a ballot at
j the county office.
I Any farmer who is an owner, opera-j
tor, tenant, or sharecropper on a farm
! participating or eligible to participate
I in any of the programs administered!
I by the County ASC Committee are eli
gible to vote in the Committeemen
election.
I As ASC County office manager, J.
| M. Price, urges farmers to mail their
(ballot by October 15. The votes will
be counted on October 18 and the com
mitteemen elected will be announced.
W. E. Malone Buys
Broad St Building
j Plans to Reopen Store as
Soon as Repairs Are
Completed
J W. E. Malone, whose 5 and 10-rent
! store was destroyed by fire July 30,
announced this week that he has pur
i chased the building he ooounied from
ijohn M. Bond and O. M. Elliott. Re-
I pairs are now being made at the build
, ing and he plans to reopen just as
j soon as the work is completed.
Mr. Malone has already purchased
i a complete stock of new merchandise.
1 which is in storage, so that he will be j
able to stock the store very shortly
after the building is completed. Her
announces that his new store will bet
the self-service style and is now- re
ceiving applications for salesladies,
j In making the above announcement |
I Mr, Malone again exnressed his
thanks and appreciation for the many
expressions of symnathv and inter
-1 est as the result of the disastrous fire.
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Third Degree Tonight
At Masonic Meeting
W. M. Rhoades, master of Unanimi
ty Lodge. No. 7, A. F.. & A. M„ an-J
inounces that an emergent communica-!
tion will he held in the Masonic Tem
ple tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock.
The Purpose of this meeting is to con
fer the third degree, so that all mem-]
bers are especially urged to attend.
An invitation is extended visiting
Masons to witness the degree.
Mayor Haskett Guest
! At Good Neighbor Days
Mayor and Mrs. L. H. Haskett were
guests of the cities of Norfolk and
Portsmouth Saturday as part of the
j Good Neighbor Days celebration. May-
I or Haskett was one of 20 mayors of
North Carolina and Virginia, who were
| honor guests, and who were royally
| entertained. The entertainment in
i eluded the football game between N.
C. State College and William and
Mary College.
Coach Bill Billings
Speaker At Rotary I
William Billings, head football I
coach at the Edenton Junior-Senior’
High School, was the principal speak-1
er at last week’s Rotary meeting. He,
was introduced by Gerald James, who!
had charge of the program. |
Coach Rillings commented on the:
pending game with Elizabeth City and
while not predicting a score, he ad
vanced the opinion that the Aces 1
would give the Yellow Jackets a tough
time, which they did Friday night.
During his remarks Coach Billings
commented upon all the boys on the
Aces’ squad, pointing out the position
each hoy played as well as their va
rious abilities.
ROTARIANS MEET TODAY
Edenton’s Rotary Club will meet
this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o’clock
in the Parish House. The program
will be in charge of Dr. W. I. Hart,
and President Gilliam Wood is very
anxious to register another 100 per
cent meeting.
FOREHAND PALLBEARERS
Following are the pallbearers who
served at the funerai of Mrs. Henri
etta Churchill Forehand which was
held Saturday afternoon: N. Bunch,
Nearest Jordan. Joe Wiggins. Cam
eron Boyce, Wilbur Privott and Her
cules Byrum.
FAMILY REUNION
The James family held a reunion
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
j Gerald James on North Broad Street.
I Thirty-nine members of the family
I from Hivh Point, Charlotte, Greens-
I boro. Bethel, Greenville and Raleigh
I attended.
RETURNS HOME
Mrs. H. C. Goodwin has returned,
home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. M.'
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