I—SECTION TWO PAGE FOUR The Chowan Herald Published every Thursday by The Chowan Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin Bufflap and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South Broad Street, Edenton, North Carolina. J. EbWIN BUFFLAP-- Editor HECTOR LUPTON—Advertising Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Ooe Year (Outside North Carolina) $2.50 One Year (In North Carolina) $2.00 Six Months $1.25 Entered as second-class matter August 30, 1934, 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 oe charged tor at regular ad vertising rates. T^uffyOK^TODAY^ if Not everyone that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. —Matt. 7:21. A CHRISTIAN must not only be good, but good for something. Love must be vitalized by deeds, and profession of faith and love must be validat ed by character and action. Our Father, may we become doers of the Word and not hearers only, and find our highest joy in doing what Christ asks of us. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 195J3. Why A National Library Week? Every citizen has a duty to his country to try and’ make it a better country according to his capacities. Seme make large contributions which we all cannot do but we all can do something towards making it a better land in which to live. In order to dd so, we must be informed as to what is going on in the pres ent as well as to what has taken place in the past. Citizens have a great responsibility as voters and they cannot vote intelligently un less they are informed. It is equally important that people be in formed in fields other than those of current affairs and history. Knowledge of all the sciences is of prime importance. Nature study is important; so is home economics, as well as literature, psychology, child study and behavior, mechanics, care and repair of the home and others too numerous to mention. In fact any knowledge is useful and those who pursue it are contributing to not only their own well-being but to that of America. The written word is the best media for knowledge. Libraries contain books and re lated materials in all fields of interest which art' available to all people entirely free of charge. National Library Week. March lb -22. has been so designated to focus attention on the libraries in our nation and to stress the importance of reading in a democratic swiety. Visit your library I Look At Girl Scouting Next week Girl Scouting again knocks at your door. A little girl in a brown beanie or her big sister in Girl Scout green will ask you to support the Girl Scouting program in Eden ton by buying a box of cookies. Please do your part! The Girl Scout movement in Edenton is still young. It is only two years old. From a beginning of four troops, there are now sev en working groups offering fun. fellowship and community responsibility and service to 100 girls between the ages of 6-14. Girl Scouting has much to offer these grow ing girls. Here are the teachers and mothers of tomorrow. It is a challenge to the com munity to further all the programs that foster good citizenship and promote guided recrea tion, such as the Girl Scout movement. Will you take a second look at Girl Scout ing in Edenton. and "buy a box of cookies, please’’? National 4-H Club Week An honored American institution is given well-deserved special recognition this week. March 1-8. The occasion is National 4-H Club Week. This year its theme is "4-H Sa lute to Parents.” The week is highlighted in Washington. I). C.. when six top 4-H members present the annual 4-H Club report to the nation. This will summarize 4-H accomplishments in stor ies and pictures and pay special tribute to parents who helped to make the achievements j possible. It’s expected that these 4-H’ers will review the report personally with President Eisenhower at the White House. More than 2.165.000 young people are now members of the 4-H clubs. The over-all pur pose of the Week is to inform the public about the meaning and value of the 4-H program, to invite more boys and girls to join, to as sist new members in starting 4-H projects, and to honor parents and the 358,000 volunteer leaders who help to guide the work in some 90.000 local clubs throughout the 48 states, Alaska. Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The 4-H’ers carry on widely varied pro jects. There is recreation as well as work. Character development and good citizenship are their most significant goals. They “learn by doing” and their motto is “to make the best better.” Here is an attitude that is ur gently needed in today’s discordant world. A jughead stands out in any audience be cause of the noise from the jug. ■ Jdeard Seen Folks from nine counties gathered in Eden ton Thursday for an informal meeting with members of the State Highway Commission. The highway folks stated, that they were here to hear requests as well as complaints and in fact, they said, “we want to let our hair down.” But one of the men in the crowd, standing up to present requests from his coun ty. bent over his head, saying “I have no hair to let down,” and he didn’t. Anyway, the meeting was on the friendly side, so that all. of the requests were given encouragement on tie part of the highway people. Even an op timistic view was advanced to ultimately make C. S. 17 a four-lane highway but, of course, some by-passing will have to be done and that, no doubt, will bring on more talk. o Edenton had somewhat of a repetition of the "widow's mite” incident the other day at Pro | vide- e Baptist Church which was gutted by | fire last week. A little white boy was help j ing in removing the debris and hearing con | versation about raising money to rebuild the I church, the little boy reached in his pocket, bringing out a nickel and passing it over to one of the men saying "here’s a nickel to help rebuild your church.” Just a little while be fore a contribution of SIOO was received, but the church officials were touched by the sac | rifice made by this boy and they are now try ! ing to learn the name of the boy. The church deacons believe that if a sizeable number of 1 people would make as much of a sacrifice as this little boy there would be little trouble in rebuilding the church. Anyway, the church ; deacons appreciate the spirit of the little boy and want to find out who he is. j o I don't know what happened in Doc Har din s office Thursday night, but while the Degree cf Pocahontas meeting was in pro gress a strong odor of ether or something fill ed the room. For no better reason. I told cm it was just away of keeping ’em from talking too much. However, none cf ’em went to sleep and it was no more of a nuisance for i the gals than it is to Doc Hardin when the Red Men put on their degree work while his office is filled with patients, i j o And speaking about Doc Hardin, his of fice was filled with smoke Tuesday morning which came from a flue not used in his office but used by the Red Men upstairs. The fire men investigated but found that no fire hail been made in the Red Men room since Thurs day night. However, a large wad of paper was discovered burning in the flue in Doe’s office which is now a mystery as to how it got there and more so of a mystery as to how it was ignited. o Ihe bank lolks beat me to the punch. Last week I had something to say about providing chairs to sit in while waiting to be served and i listening to the background music in the bank. Entering the bank after The Herald came out. Dick Atkinson pointed to several chairs and in fact urged me to sit in one cf ’em to realize how comfortable they are. Now the bank has installed an internal proof machine operation designed to speed up service at the teller windows. Gosh, first thing you know they’ll be serving sandwiches and coffee. —o Well, the cold snap finally departed from these parts and the weather is now much more agreeable. And while the mercury has climbed, the temperature of a lot of people was boosted higher than the thermometer reg ■ isters after they received their electric bills this month. For one thing the bloomin’ stove | at my house ran just about continuously dur ing the long spell of freezing weather, but one fellow who burns coal to heat his house said, if his light bill doesn’t come down he’s going to go back to a kerosene lamp. o One of Wilborne Harrell’s poems appeared in The Raleigh News and Observer this week. He has had quite a few compliments, so may be Herald readers would like to read it. So here ’tis: JET One with the eagle, kinship to the cloud, On pinions of steel I swiftly soar; Queen of the skies am I, gallant and proud, And I charge the sun in a mighty roar. I am up where the air is clean and sweet, Peace is my mantle wherever I go; Far down below the earth kneels at my feet, And the roads unwind and toy rivers flow. The beauty about is tranquil and still, A solemn world stands poised on bated breath; But throbbing within is a fiery will, With a speed and power as gods bereft. The hand that guides me leads me gently on, His touch the lightsome kiss that lovers know; As one we ride the skies into the dawn, An arrow sped from a giant-bent bow. O w ith the ice all gone and balmy weather on the menu, here’s one, like a lot of others, is itching to go fishing. Any reports? THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MARCH 6. 1958. But Baby, It’s Cold Outside! I —* . ■' - -—| Florida’s “worst weather in 50 years” doesn't faze Mnaw.i model Mary Ann Webb, even though she’s turning biue instead cf tan. However, her leopard skin bathing suit, mink coat ar.tl motor scooter apparently are something new to lifeguard Denny Farlain, who hasn’t had much to do on the nearly-deserted beaches of the “Winter vacation paradise.” Negro Home Demonstration News ( By MRS. ONNIE S. CHARLTON, Negro Home Demonstration Agent The 4-H Clubs of the county i will have a program Sunday, March 9, at the Brown-Carver Li brary at 3:00 P. M., in observance of National 4-H Club Week. Club members, parents, leaders and friends are invited to be pres- 1 ent. This is National 4-H Club Week. A week set aside to tell i j Dear Fellow American: Respect for the individual, sympathy in his days of Ip trouble, an active concern for those in need, form a | basic part of the American credo--and the American r| Red Cross. Wherever disaster brings human suffer- I ' ing, the Red Cross is on hand to serve our neighbors. I I In the past two years, meeting an unusual number of ||| natural disasters, the Red Cross has acted for all of us helping to alleviate the sufferings caused to l£| thousands of our fellow citizens across the land. And Ip; this mighty task of charity has all but depleted the re sources of the Red Cross treasuries. I|| Disaster comes like a thief in the night and it will l|| strike again, unannounced, somewhere, some time. * • fa It is heartwarming to know that the Red Cross is always on the job to relieve the hurt and bring hope to stricken communities. But how well it will be jp able to carry on its great work this year is up to I M you and me. Let us, therefore, answer the call of 0 the Red Cross with traditional American generosity. on the job —for you m