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, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1960
A LIFT FCR TODAY
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i She gave thanks unto the Lord and spake of
him to all them that looked for redemption in
Jerusalem. —Luke 2:28.
The coming of Jesus was not an afterthought
of God. It was according to plan, based on
God’s wisdom and love and perfected in the
fullness of time.
Wt thank and praise Thee, O God. for the
greatness of Thy Gift, Thy Son, who took upon
Himself our human nature to minister unto us.
March Os Dimes Drive Is On
It should be noted that Mayor John Mit
chenier has made a proclamation designating
the month of January as New March of
Dimes Month.
■ For many years the National Foundation
has centered its efforts upon the fight against
poliomyelitis which, thanks to expensive re
search, activities on the part of the Founda
tion, has come up with the marvelous Salk
vaccine. The vaccine has proved very effec
tive in combatting polio with the only draw
back being that all too many people fail to
take advantage of its protective qualities.
With the progress made cn the fight against
polio, the National Foundation has now
turned its attention to two other crippling
diseases in the hope that they, too, can be
conquered. The Foundation is now engaged
in extensive research regarding birth defects
and arthritis, in the hope that a cure or pre
ventive can be feund to benefit thousands
upon thousands who are afflicted.
The New March of Dimes Drive in Cho
wan County is sponsored by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce and the Jaycees have
arranged a number cf schemes to raise money.
The fight again-’t polio has been more or less
wdn bid the war on birth defects and ar
thritis is just beginning, so that the Jaycees
hope Chowan County citizens will realize the
need for funds and contribute as generously
as“pcssible.
Slaughter Continues
The year 1959 spelled tragedy for at least
1.183 persons and sadness for many thous
ands of others, the Motor Vehicles Depart
ment said this week.
The tentative death toll of 1.183 highway
fatalities was described as the “second worst
in North Carolina motor history.”
c'osed their books on the grim
at midnight, December 31. Persons in
and who later dies, phis drktved death
will boost the final reckoning some-
analysts said.
mHnHntnr toll been
HHBt!i>' I a-i dr .I'll- I'l l i.ilaiil i<-~
■HHHtma’ei!; -> in 1050: 171 in
HBjßgyin 10 52: I.lls in 105 h 001 in
in 1055: 1.1 OS in 1056: 1.065
gSMBRsi in 105. S and a tentative 1 IS 5
HHil that ha- been -aid and printed
safety, there i- -ome reason to
IP pF that little attention is paid to it.
Mail Order Filth
Postmaster General Summerfield is engaged
in what he describes as a "war” cn the pnr
veying of pornography to children via the
mails. The dimensions of the battlefield jus
tify his use of the term. It is estimated that
more than 700,000 American children will be
mailed some form of blatant dirt this year,
and that the distributers seeking to ensnare
youngsters in this drug habit of the human
mind will attain a gross revenue of half a bil
lj:n dollars.
This is indeed a war. And Mr. Summer
fidld merits exactly the s”nnort he has asked
from parents, namely: Take any mail order
filth, the envelope it arrived in, and your com
plaint to the local postmaster.
\ The postal chief cnly begins to assay the
damage to society arising from this criminal
ind’rtry when he cites the large percentage
of violent and pernicious in which th' 1
convjcted criminal is found to have formed
a youthful habit of collecting obscenity tinged
with sadism.
Today’s problem, according to postal of
ficials, is unsolicited c'me-on material sent to
youths who answer mail order ads for toys, or
tner*ly have their names on mailing-lists.
The bait is sent via first class mail. To his
credit, the postmaster general has firmlv
pledged that he will uphold the sanctity of
such mail. But he a--k> to coooeratf
Jdeard Cf •Seen
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Sheriff' Earl Goodwin purchased two U. S.
flags for Chowan County, one to be placed
I at' the Court House and the other in front of
the sheriff’s office. Winks Bond, chairman
of the County Commissioners, asked him if
the flags have 50 stars. “Yes,” replied the
sheriff. “Did you count them?” asked Winks.
“No,” said the sheriff. At any rate they’re
supposed to have 50 stars and the sheriff says
the one for the Court House will be put out
every day.
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And speaking about the Commissioners,
they had the shortest meeting Monday they’ve
had in many a moon. They wound 1 ' up their
business and skidooed shortly after 11 o’clock
—even before that crowd of Extension agents,
Miss Pauline Calloway, Miss Catherine Aman,
Charlie Overman and Harry Venters, turned
up for their reports. Charlie had a “speech”
all ready but he’ll have to make it at a sub
sequent meeting—if he gets there on time.
And even with such a brief meeting, some of
the time was consumed by W. F. Sessoms.
State Highway district engineer, who dropped
in to discuss road matters with the Commis
sioners—a mighty nice gesture on the part of
Mr. Sessoms. Usually those fellows sort of
steer clear of places where they might be
asked to do something, but Mr. Sessoms don’t
mind it, for he’s a frequent visitor at the
Commissioners’ meetings.
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Fletcher Lassiter. Negro County Agent,
asked the Commissioners to cooperate finan
cially to the tune of S2O or $25 toward stag
ing a 4-H cattle school and swine show in
the near future. The Commissioners thought
it is a worthy project and agreed to ferk up
the dough. However, the cattle school
brought up a brief discussion relative to cows
cn farms. Lassiter was asked if many Negro
famdies have a cow on their farms. “No,”
said Lassiter, “and that’s what we’re trying
to promote.” He said he asked one farmer
who had a cow if it produced very much
milk. The farmer replied, “No,” not so
much, just about enough to put in mv c f
fce.” Some of the Commissioners said they
k'Tt a cow cr two on their farm until the
young ’uns were grown or left home so they
could not milk the cows—and comam if they
intended to do the milking themselves. Any
way, from what I understand, there’s a scar
city of cows on farms among white farmers
as well as Negroes.
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Charlie Overman the other day was telling
me about the late Senator W. Kerr Scott
when he was Commissioner of Agriculture for
Ncrth Caro’ina. Mr. Scott had finished a
speech at some sort of a meeting where wo
men were present, during which he men
tioned “manure” a few times. At the close
of the meeting one of the women went up to
Mrs. Scott and said, “Mrs. Scott, don’t you
think you dculd prevail upon your husband,
when referring to fertilizer, to use a more
discreet word than ‘manure’?” Mrs. Scott,
hesitating for a moment, said to her friend,
“Why, goodness knows, it’s been about 30
years before I could get him to even say
‘manure’.”
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Edenton has lost another very fine family.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Senn and family have
moved from the Cason house on Granville
Street to Newberry, South Carolina. The
Senns were fine people and will be greatly
missed, especially at the Methodist Church,
where Mrs. Senn was a great asset to the
music activities of the church. They didn’t
live in Edenton very long, but they made a
host of friends who regret that they have left.
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I understand that there was a lot of egg
nog scld during the holidays. One felkw was
telling me that he always poured in a healthy
shot of whiskey—just to kill the taste of the
eggs. But another chimed : n. “Why mess up
a dink of whiskey like that?”
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Well, the 1959 Christmas is now a thing
cf the past. The street decoradons have been
removed and just about all other decorations
wbHi permits postal officials to prosecute ob
-c°nity distributors at the point of receipt of
mail as well as the point of origin.
Mr. Summerfield’s war already 1 has bhought
in neafly 10,000 complaints from parents. In
1958, 293 persons were arrested. The first
I ''ase tried under the new law resulted in a
ten-year prison sentence and fine. If the de
partment’s war does nothing else it appears 4o
be alerting local judges to the national impact"
of thic rrine for wb : ch they often lave levied
only light fines under the mistaken thev
were dealing with isolated misfits in society.
This is no auestion of isobited nrsfits. No/
: s it a question of censorship invading free
dom of communication among mature mdivi
-1 duals. It is a low-capital, high-profit, yoath
destroying business alarmingly parallel to
Mr. Summerfidd’s war is jus
tified. —Christian Science Monitor.
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have been taken down and
stored away for next Christ
mas. Yes, and even a lot of
cigars and other Christmas
presents have been exchanged.
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Quite an improvement has
oeen made at the foot of Broad
Street. A gang of old pilings
have been removed and the
place filled an with dirt and
leveled off. A good job, done
by the Street Department
Take a look down that way
and notice the improvement.
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In a news letter sent out by
H. O. West, local ASC office
manager, the following was at
tached :
The Odds You Live With:
What are the odds? . . . The
odds are that, if you’re 40,
you’ll live another 35.15 years
i 26:23 years if you’re 50).
That is, if you survive the one
to 17 odds of having an acci
dental injury this year. Don’t
bank on a run of gotod luck.
Odds are 60,000 to one against
your winning the Irish sweep
stakes, and $649,739 to one
against drawing a royal flush.
Even flushes and straights
come hard at 508 to one and
254 to one. Still, accidents
happen. The Duke of Marl
borough and three friends
picked up a perfect bridge
hand only this year, each hand
a full suit. The odds against
this are 53,644,737,765,488,-
792,839,247.440,000 to one but
it happened! If you’re forty
and haven’t married yet, the
odds are three to one you nev
er will. It’s worth remember
ing, that chances of getting
“heads” on a coin toss, no
matter how many “heads” have
been tossed before, are always
two to one.
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Just as this column was
about finished I was informed
the Red Men will have a wein
er roast Monday night at 7
o’clock. One of the boys says
these weiner roasts get gooder
and gooder, so that a large
crowd is expected to be on
hand.
Demonstrations To
Feature Club Year
The year 1960 will include a
number of interesting defonstra
tions in Home Demonstration
work, special interest workshops
and other activities, according to
Miss Pauline Calloway, Home
Economics Agent for Chowan
County. The following is a
schedule of monthly" demonstra
tions and events:
January—Meal planning.
February—Working together in
our community.
March—Personal appearance.
April—Strawberry delight.
May Working and playing
together as a family.
June Green beans dressed
up.
July—Planning family living.
August—Picnics.
September—Window hardware.
October—Five keys to home
decorating.
November—Window curtain se
lection and construction.
December Christmas tradi
tions.
Special workshops on crafts,
hat making, recreation and tail
oring will be held this year. |
Twenty-fifth Federated Dis
trict of Home Demonstration
Clubs which include seven coun
ties, Camden, Chowan, Curri
tuck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank
and Perquimans, -will meet in
Edenton on April 12. Mrs. O. C.
Long, Jr., of Edenton is district
chairman.
Other special dates are:
Craftsmans Fair, April 6 and
7, Elizabeth City.
National Home Demonstration
Week, May 1-7.
Farm Home Week, July 12-15,
Raleigh.
Crafts Camp, Manteo, August
United Nations Tour, October.
20 JAILED IN DECEMBER
Jailer Bertram Byrum reports
’another low jail population in
December. During the month
only 2*Lpersons were placed in
tail with confinements ranging
from pne to 2e daps.
expense apnoupted to
$139 35. which included jail and
turnkey fees, soap, drano and
telephone.
The most sublime act' |s to
set another before you. ■ i
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LETTERS TO
I THE EDITOR [
FLOWERS WHILE LIVING
No one ever lives on this
earth that does' not have an in
fluence on other people. We
may think that our lives are
lived and we ourselves or our
families are the only ones who
are ever helped or hurt by our
.ives and deeds. But down
.hrough the pages of time, some
thing some one has done is re
membered by somebody else, and
this life is influenced by that
something.
Right now I am thinking cf
a man and his wife, who came
to this county in 1953. By his
coming to this county a great
many lives have been strengthen
ed and a lot of heavy burdens
have been lifted through his
Christian living and deeas. Las.
week several of my neighbors
and friends came to me and
said, I quote, “You will per
haps see Carl Chandler and his
wife, whereas we will not. Will
you please tell him for me about
this kind deed he did for me
ihat I shall never forget, and
chat kind deed he did?” Work
ing as I do, I did not have the
time to tell him each thing
that each person told me. So I
shall write him a letter and tel!
him just a few of the big things
he did.
My Dear Rev. and Mrs. Chandler,
You have been a great influ
ence to our county. We shall
never forget the big things you
did for little people. When you
came to our county, you looked
around and saw who was not
’oing to church, you didn’t just
go toy and say you should be in
church or come to church Sun
day. You went into this home
and visited in that heme until
this family was not satisfied
until they went to church. You
and your wife made each and
every member feel as though the
church couldn’t get along witto-j
out them. You made little peo-i
ole feel like big people in the
church.
When we were sick sometimes!
you knew it before, our rela
tives did. Your visits seemed to
make us feel so much better.*
Yesterday a widow told me how!
when she went to the hospital 1
you had a love offering taken
for her and then told her that
to tell you if she needed any-!
thing financially. You were
there to help and not to feel
alone, because she was a w'dow.
Those words have gone a long
way in helping her.
Then a lady said her husband
was slowly slipping into the
Great Beyond and that your;
visits to him and your encour
aging words helped him live his
last days in great joy. A man
who lives a distance from the
highway, whose wife was ill for!
years, you always visited her al-l
though sometimes the road to
the house was impassable, but'
you got there and your words
gave him new strength to go, j
for without your help he felt I
as though he couldn’t go j
through another week. Then;
there were the shut-ins, prayer!
meetings were carried in to 1
them. I
Somehow you always knew
when we were in trouble, how'
I don’t know, unless we carried j
it in our faces. You and your
dear wife would go to this home !
and never mention the trouble 1
that you knew was there, and I
before you left, somehow this *
burdened soul had poured out!
the burden on your shoulders
and you helped them see the
way clear .to go on through l
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vxods Word. You knew the
trouble was there and you were
interested in that family. |
You warp never too busy to
| take time to say an encouraging
“Good Morning” to a working
person. Let me pause here to
say, a person working for the
public has a lot of burdens on
their hearts. Perhaps something
has gone wrong in their work or
maybe a customer is not satis
fied and this person is worried
about it. Or maybe this per
son has a sick loved one on
their mind and trying to be
pleasant to the public, or prob
lems of sin has gotten in their
families or their own lives, j
Whatever it is sometimes a per- [
son can say an encouraging
word to this person that will
carry this person through the
day. Mr. Chandler, you did just
that. You were never too busy
to take up time with little peo
ple and you made them feel like
big people.
This is just a few of the many
things you did while you werei
in our county. We shall be
praying for you in your future
work. I shall always remember
the great joy you brought to my
home.
Hoping we can continue to
carry on the work you have
done here, I am
Gratefully yours,
May Garris.
Robert L. Pratt
Dies Suddenly
Continued from Page 1, Section )
War I, a member of Ed Bend
Post of.the American Legion, of
which he was a past command
er, and one of the oldest mem
bers of Chowan Tnbe of Red
Men.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Louise Simpson Pratt, and two
sors, Robert L. Pratt, Jr., of
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Insured Savings and Loan
Associations like ours
are providing as many funds this year for home financ- .
ing as all other financial institutions combined are .
providing. When you build or buy a house see
us first for your home loan, u
Where you save /ms make a dlfferencjsjll"*^
Over $70,000 Paid Our Savers lii 1959
Edenton Saviiigp :& Loan Association
322 S. BROAD STREET 2' - ' 1
Washington, D. C., and.' Stanley j
Webster Pratt, at home;-; j
No plans- had been, oaadfe for
f 'Let us §um%
;
tlon kneeling and..
saying together, "We have left undone those \
things which we ought to have done and
have done thn<e things which we ought not to
have done.’
To himself he said, “I guess this is where I
belong,” and he knelt in the rear pew with the
rest of the congregation. ..2 *'
That is only a story, but it illustrates the fact
I that every Sunday Episcopalians kneel together
to orally confess their sins to Almighty God.
"Let us humbly confess . . is part of the
| phrase used by the priest in inviting members
of the congregation to join in confessing our
sins. We feel that this is just as much a part of
church as hymns, prayer and the sermon.
In the Episcopal Church, die mighty and
humble kneel together to confess their sins and*
ask God’s help for future strength. This is the
spirit of democracy which has made the Angli-,
can Communion the common meeting ground
j for 45,000,000 persons the world over.
Why don’t you join with us? When you go ]
to' the Episcopal Church you feel like you’ve I
. "really been in church.”
THE LAYMEN OF ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Edenton, North Carolina
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