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PAGE FOUR t—SECTION ONE. The Chowan Herald Published every Thursday by The Chowan Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin Ijtafflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South Broad Street, Edenton, North Carolina. J EDWIN BUFFLAF Editor HECTOR LUPTON—Advertising Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year (Outside North Carolina) $2.50 One Year (In North Carolina) $2.00 Six Months sl-25 Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1034, at the Post Office at Edenton, North Caro lina, under the act of March 3, 1879. Cards of thanks, obituaries, resolutions of respect, etc., will be charged for at regular ad vertising rates. THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1957. A LIFT FOR TODAY ir A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neith er can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. —Matthew 7:18. THE SUPREME PURPOSE of life is to know and do the will of God, remembering that an evil means can never bring a wholly good end. May we purify our own desires and motives and help others to see the way of Christ, we beg, Our Father. r 5 Though not very active in recent years, due to de clining health, Edenton has lost a valuable citizen in the passing last week of the Rev. Edward Lee Wells. Coming to Edenton 46 years ago as pastor of the Edenton Baptist Church, Mr. Wells served in that capacity for a period of 35 years and gave up his ministry 11 years ago only because of his declining health. His success as a preacher and the love and esteem in which he was held over the period of years is reflected in the fact that the Baptist membership at the time of his resignation was a far cry from what it was when he assumed the duties of pastor 35 years before. Not only the membership, but the physical plant of the church as well underwent con siderable improvement and enlargement, so that the Baptist Church is the most impressive church plant in Edenton and it has by far the largest member ship of any other denomination. His preaching and ministry has affected many people in this neighborhood, and there is no telling how much good he accomplished during his long ministry. Many souls have been added to the church due to his faithful duties as a pastor and times with out number he has brought comfort, satisfaction and hope of eternal happiness to soothe many a heavy and aching heart. The Herald has little doubt but that in his transi tion from his earthly to his heavenly home he was greeted with, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.” Worth Seeing With the abundance of beautiful flowers now in bloom ih this area, there is©Very reason to anticipate a beautiful sight when the Edenton Woman’s Club stages its annual flower show in the Penelope Barker house Tuesday of next week. The theme of this year’s show is “Springtime in the Albemarle,” and the show will undoubtedly be worth anybody’s time to visit. Competition is open to residents of Edenton and Chowan County, so that members of the Woman’s Club are honing many en tries will l>e included in this year’s exhibit. The occasion of a flower show provides an oppor tunity to see the beauty of nature, some of which is too often obscured from view and thus not given an opportunity to be enjoyed and appreciated. Beauti ful flowers, like music, do something to a person’s inner being which should engender appreciation of a Power which is able to make the world beautiful and enjoyable. •E\tjes4#ffbrt is being made to have a successful flower Sm>w, %nil 'it is honed many people in the en tire county will visit the show. Freedom is what one claims for himself without always being willing to grant it to others. Going to church regularly may not be your habit, but it would be a mighty good habit for you to have. Life would be a great deal more simple if we dM not try to make people think we are what we are not. Follow one rule if vou would keep your friends: never give advice voluntarily and only sparingly When asked. In offering advice, never expect it to be followed. Edenton Voters This is to advise voters in Edenton that I am a candidate for re-election as Coun cilman-at-large in the Edenton Municipal Election to be held Tuesday, May 7. I. If elected, I shall endeavor to devote my efforts to fair and impartial decisions on all matters as they affect the town as a whole, placing the interest and welfare of Edenton above any one or group of indivi duals. Your Vote and Support Is Earnestly Solicited and WilLße Greatly Appreciated ❖ ¥ 17 1 • f% AM I' I -M ■ mAf I■■ i 111 1 I I I>k ■ AW a A W W B B M ■ ■M M ■ m ■ MT Jdeard Seen | By Buff J Bill Rosevear started sort of a commotion at last week’s Rotary meeting when he paraded in with his button. All of the names and classifications on the buttons are typewritten, but last week Bill’s name and classification was printed on a label which filled the entire space on the button. Os course, he had a I good reason, for he don’t see much sense in it being necessary for somebody oozing up close enough to I kiss in order to learn what his name and classifica tion is. o Then Tick Elliott thought somebody was playing a practical joke on him, for when he sat down at the table, he spied a carton containing a small bottle of Mennen’s shampoo. In fact Tom Byrum received samples of Mennen’s shampoo and Afta Shave which were placed at each plate on the table as compli ments of the Mennen Company. I don’t know if Tick took the sample home, but he surely doesn’t need much of the shampoo—and some of the other Rotar ians are rapidly reaching the same situation. o When Edenton Masons observed Past Masters’ Night last Thursday, quite a few of the past masters began reminiscing, telling about some of their ex periences back in the “old days.” When one of ’em got up to speak and after addressing the chair, “Worshipful Master.” one of the other “young squirts” piped out “That’s enough.” Then a few others began their remarks by saying, “Well, I don’t have anything to say.” when they heard another guy yell, “Well, why don.’t ou sit down then?” o Last week a check was sent to The Herald, to gether with the following note: “Please accept mv check for a year’s subscription to your paper. Since letting my subscription expire I have missed it more than I expected I would.” Such a letter makes a fellow feel good especially receiving it on a day when it seemed as though everything was going wrong. o Bill Sexton, like a lot of others, has a time. With a bunch of youngsters he’s plagued with putting out cash for this and that, a party every now and then, so that last week with Easter just a few days off he. in sort of desperation at the Post Office, asked “What in the dickens comes after Easter?” He got the rifrht answer very promptly when Leon Leary yelled from the rear of the Post Office, “Easter Mon day.” o One day last week Mrs. Clarence Britton was ad mi i-ing some roses on a hush in the rear of the yard of Mr. and Mrs. Horace White. “Why don’t you cut them and put ’em in a vase?” she asked Mrs. White. “Well thev’ll not wither.” Mrs. White said, “for they’re artificial roses.” Tt all came about when lit tle John White found a batch of artificial flowers and fastened them to a bush, which wasn’t even a rose bush. Anyway, they looked very real. o Rick AHsbrpok has a fish story which n}ay be | doubted, but he recently joined church and will swear that it’s true. He and his daughter, Vickie, went fishing the other day and while parked near an old limb he started to push the boat with a paddle. The paddle slipped in the water and no doubt scared a nice-sized bass, which jumped in the boat. Yep. he had the bass to prove that it didn’t jump out of the boat. o And speaking about fishing, I went out with the Missus Saturday. The catch, 23 in fact, was the hig hest I’ve had since before the hurricanes some time back. The only trouble is that Friend Wife caught two or three times more than I did. A woman’s place is in the home will be my motto when I go fishing again. Thomas' Ciiears.“tvho on TheSday of this week ob served their 57th wedding anniversary. They were united in marriage in Plymouth early on the morn ing of April 23. 1900, so that they could catch a train for Asheville to spend their honeymoon instead of waiting later for a boat. Traveling back in those days was far less convenient than it is today. Any way, 57 years is a long time for a man to live with a woman and it’s just as lone for a woman to live with a man—but the Chears did it. o With Edenton’s election scheduled to be held Tues day, Mav 7, up to this writing three contests have materialized, one for Mayor and for Councilman of the First and Second Wards. Maybe with some con tests in progress a fellow might get a cigar or two. IFOR BETTER Seed Peanut SHELLING AND TREATING TAKE YOUR PEANUTS TO ► ► ► > : Lester I. Copeland Ryfcmd, N. C. We have a NEW MACHINE with MOST modern SHELLERS. We have a TREAT ER without Baffles that cannot split your seed. Get best results by bringing us your seed. ' - *,->• • r ... THE CHOWAN 9SRALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28,1987. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FAVORS TEMPERANCE EDUCATION WEEK Dear Editor? Since reading Gov. Hodges’ Proclamation designating the last week in April as Youth Temper ance Education Week, I have thought much about the respon sibility resting on all older people to be sure young people are taught the harmfulness of all alcoholic drinks. No parent wants his child to be come a drunkard, and no person takes their first few drinks with a thought of becoming one. I use the plural pronoun because it is now becoming fashionable among some for women to drink, too, to the horror of others. Were it not for older people no young person would form the hab it, for older people make it and i therefore they are responsible for all the trouble caused by alcohol. i That does not, of course, clear any one from his wrong doing when taking his first glass nor that of continuing and forming an appe tite for it, for the appetite once formed calls for more and more, as it is given way to. May all religious denominations, as well as other groups, observe Youth Temperance Education Week, thus doing their part to edu cate young people to see the evil of all alcoholic drinks, even those having the smallest amount of al cohol, because they start the taste for the stuff. Sincerely, Mattie E. Saunders, Route 2, Tyner. WANTS MAYOR FROM EAST SIDE Editor of Herald:. T have been a resident of this city for 51 years and we have nev er had a Mayor from the East side of the city. We need an East side man. Our town will get better and more work done on the East side. Let more get in the race from the East side. He will win. E. L. OWENS. Sneaker At T.egion Emphasizes Programs Continued From Page 1. Section 1 Following the district business W. .1. Yates requested that the , nominating committee of Ed Bond Post lie allowed to present its re port at the next meeting. The Post also included John A. Holmes to appear at a meeting of Town Coun j cil to request that Edenton be des ignated as a bird sanctuary. Robert L. Pratt also called at tention to the candidacy of John A. Holmes for Department Command er and urged the Legionnaires to get back of the movement 100 per cent. He pointed out that some funds were necessary and that con tributions should be given to Com mander Periy or himself. The Post voted to attend services at Ballard’s Bridge in observance of Memorial Day. Commander Bill Perry introduced * Department Commander Tim Craig ! "’ho pointed out the various pro grams of the Legion but diverted specific remarks to those of reha bilitation, child welfare and Ameri canism. “Each one of the Legion programs is worth the existence of the American Legion,” he said. Mr. Craig emphasized the im portance of membership in the*Le gion, saying that by lack of inter est the Legion and American peo ple might easily lose all that the Legion has won for the benefit of mankind. “Numbers are necessary in order to combat pressure groups,” he said, “and the Legion has lost some of its prestige due to loss of membership. First to ‘get the axe in economy moves is Legion benefits, so that we cannot afford to lose members. War is not over when the last shot is fir ed, and not until widows and chil dren do not suffer as the result of war.” Mr. Craig also praised the child welfare program as well as Ameri canism, saying the Legion will fight any kind of “ism” except Americanism. In closing, the speaker said great chapters of the American Legion are yet to be written, saying “no group of men have a greater stake in this country of ours, for we can lose peace in time of peace just as well as in time of war. The meeting closed after a few moments of silent prayer. ___ • 20 YEARS AGO Continued From Page 1. Section 1 the Taylor Theatre. Mrs. W. S. Summerell announced four perfect spellers in her fifth grade for the month, including Sa brah Boyce, Joshua Davenport, Carolyn McMullan and Vemell Whitson. Due to opposition which develop ed, the Norfolk Southern Railroad abandoned its intention to build a pier extended from the freight de pot for the purpose of loading ma terials on boats to be conveyed to the new Albemarle Sound bridge site. Twenty-six persons attended an eye clinic sponsored by the Edenton Lions Club and the County Wel fare Department. Official highway marker desig nating the site of the Chowan County Court House arrived after long delay and was installed on Broad Street near the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Wood. Record catches of herring were reported by various fishermen in the county. W. J. Taylor, superintendent of county schools, expressed the be lief that commencement exercises Classified Ads FOR RENT~ FURNISHED trailer. One bedroom. Call 2292 after 1 P. M. ltc TOOTH DECAY. See dentist reg ularly. Use *BanrHfeiftß* OLAw Tooth-Paste. At all drug stores. FOR RENT-4-ROOM UJJFUR nished apartment next to Bridge- Turn Service Station, 104 West Queen Street. Bath and com plete electric kitchen. Phone 3733 nights any time after 7:30 o’clock. Aprlßtfc WANTED TO BUY—A CLEAN second hand play pen. Phone 3689. Mrs. J. D. Clanton, 101 W. Peterson Street. ltc, FOR RENT TWO BEDROOM furnished modern house in vicini ty of Edenton. Write Chowan Herald, Box 165. .* Apr2s,May2,9c HELP WANTED—WOMEN 18-55 to address and mail our circulars at home on commission. Write GIFT FAIR, (Dept. 8), Spring field, Penna. Apr2s,May2,9c FOR SALE —HOUSE TRAILER. 1956 Magnolia model. 30 feet long. Tub and shower. S2IOO cash, or $250 down, remainder fi -1 nanced. See Sgt. Courrier at Harrell’s Trailer Court, Highway 17, south. . ltp FOR SALE FORD TRACTOR and 28-ff. Great Dame trailer. Now in use with N. C. license. Can be seen at Harrell Gas & Coal Co., Hertford. Aprlß.2sc HELP WANTED—MALE QR FE male—To compile a complete list of addresses covering local areas for a national direct mail adver tising concern. Ts interested, write to Mail Manager. P. 0. Box 2099. Norfolk 1, Va. April.lß,2sc APARTMENTS FOR RENT NEAR Hertford. One 4-room, one 8- room. two 114-rooms each. For additional information call Hert ford 2706. tfe HELP WANTED—MAN OR WO man—Take over established food products route on commission ba sis. Sales and deliveries, no ex perience necessary. Write P. O. Box 50T1, Dept. S-3, Richmond, Virginia. Aprll,lß,2s,May2p “CEMETERY MEMORIALS , YOU SAVE THE \ MIDDLE MARTS PROFITf I tin? -M- - could be held far the fifsi time hi (he new Chowan High School. . Sheriff J. A. Bunco destroyed a ■till aleitg North Road in the Yeo pim section. * Mrs. James Elliott Hewes. wife of a descendant of Joseph Hewes, made a visit to Edenton and was much impressed with the portrait of Hewes in the Court House. Federal officers, together with local officers, swooped down on a large still a few miles from Eden ton about a half mile off the Edenton-Hertford road. The Edenton High School Band was invited to participate in the Gallopade held at Rocky Mount. Jennie Ruth McAlily and Bill Co zart represented the Edenton school in a state-wide song and musical contest in Greensboro. Disastrous Fire At Edenton Peanut Co. Is Prevented Tuesday Edenton firemen were called out about 10 o’clock Tuesday night when a fire was reported at the Edenton Peanut Company. ’Sparks from the stack ignited peanut hulls on the roof, but quick action on the part of the firemen prevented what could have been a very disas trous fire. As it was practically no da triage was done. The firemen were out about an hour and 40 minutes. Musical Operetta At Colored High School “Flowers of the Nations,” a mu sical operetta in one act, will he presented Friday afternoon, April 26, at the Edenton colored high school at 2:30 o’clock in the school’s gymtorium. The program is being given by members of the sixth grade, supervised and directed by Herbert Hines, George Cooper and Miss Eary Bugan. The public is invited to come and see the most beautiful flower in the world crowned Queen of the Festival. JAYCEES MEET TONIGHT Edenton’s Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in the Pe nelope Barker House. President Dick Dixon urges a full attendance. The way of the world is to make laws, but follow customs. 1 ■ T PICK YOUR POWER^ ”■ JLEL__' 1 I! Kill 184 x \£ * y «-iii % Special trolling lever ti fc, W Jpone-hand control. . weed M ar l| 7C \\| ** * \ \t 1v» ]|ff\)! greater quiet. 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