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SECTION TWO ——III ,1 , ,1 ..I 1..., . I—l—lfc. I II The Roundup By WILBORNE HARRELL M Here’s an arresting thought’ that a Mend of mine passed! along to me. I’m passing it on; to you; you can put your own Interpretation on it: The White Man stole this country from the, Indian, and bought the Negro tor his slave. STREET SCENE—This colored | nan stopped before a down-j 4;>wn window display, and en-j tired into a conversation with! «.e mannikins modeling clothes ithin. Whether or not he got 4»y response to his monologue,! 1 don’t know, but he was still, I Iking when I passed on. — r - , . ' The Soviets say that two of te mice recently sent into out-1 The Devil’s Workshop (Continued From Page 1. Section 1) in; people to thank for clearing [ the water of hundreds of dang- I emus stakes.” ‘‘You have said that one of the | reasons you enjoy living in i Edenton is because there is plenty of fair hunting and fish ing within a short drive of home. 1 enjoy just looking at some of these spots because there are really some beautiful rivers and woods. Just hiking or camping orHeven cooking supper out with ►a little group is a lot of fun, I think. Anybody who takes an active part in either the Boy Scout or Girl Scout program knows that.” ‘Tommy, what does the ath letic program at the high school offer the so-called average stu dent? Does he have to be on a team to play football, baseball, basketball, softball, volleyball and track?” ‘‘Football is a good, strong program. A lot of fellows go, out for it I would say basket ball has,. plenty o(. participants and plenty of fens. Os course, everybody can’t go out for the same sport at the same time. Some play in the band and have other responsibilities, but I’ll agree some just stay stragglers.” “1 helped out with the Little League program this summer and certainly do feel it is a fine j and worthwhile sport. It made | .me wish for some equivalent | program for girls of that age and it also made me wonder if r~ 1 jilll l-L_ lilMMMLilillMm JOE THORUD SAYS: Whjr how Njp|| to keep your s HOME IN 4 ! § THE FAMILY | i . 1 and your j FAMILY IN 1 THEIR HOME I EMM Jus* see your Netionwide min and ask , for a Mortgage Cam ctlletion plan. Here’s really low cos* assurance that your moctgagr will be fully paid inr-r 1'- "j- if you’re no* , here to do it. Check Nation- I wide the company with »w 1 Una /or • new tr, «. I phontsmm ■I f I I Mfll THE CHOWAN HERALD ! er space were black, but they! j returned white; changed in col-i i or, was the claim, by radiation.; If you ask me, those mice were just plain scared. Whose ' (mice or men) wouldn’t turn (white on a harrowing voyage such as they took? | CRITIQUE —I must be slipping, i getting old, illiterate or just a I lowbrow, or my taste in litera- 1 1 ture is very, very immature: I can’t build up any great en-* I thusiasm for Hemingway. His ' reputation as a writer is so; j great, I thought that not to like j j Hemingway was an unpardon able sin. But no dice—l can’t, I read him. And in my opinion,! | some other sports wouldn’t be I just as popular like archery, I ! skating, badminton or such. I j Tommy, maybe as a clergyman 1 ; and again a man half-way through life I am a little naive, but do those your age still like to do some things I did when. younger?” i “Oh, yes. you don’t hear too i much about chess and checkers, ' but there is some around. Some go in for bridge. I like ping- J pong very much. There are al- \ ways some interested in learning a new dance step, but I under stand some good ballroom, square dance and even ballet teachers are in Edenton and not even being called on. You men-1 tioned skating. I think this' could be a real thing and with-1 out any cost either. All you; have to do is rope • off a good spot, get it a little organized, and put on some recorded mu sic. How about the street in ! front of the high school? For ice skating an occasional to. hlorfolk is fun going with a! group.” “While you have been talking, Tommy, I jotted down some recreational activities that 11 would like to see more of here 1 for our young people. I would strongly suggest a pair of good . bowling lanes in a good, sound | building, well-run either as a civic enterprise without profit or by a reliable commercia' un dertaking. I would like an in door skating rink. I would like to see some good clay tennis j courts. In fact, I would like to j play myself. I would like to see sailing take over in Edenton Bay and vicinity. We have per fect conditions here for boat building and for sailing. Re gattas and local competition are j really not out of reason. I I would like to see someone come lup with a plan for horseback riding and training for those in-1 terested in this sport. How about a miniature golf course?”, “Padre, I could add to that ► ► Cotton Farmers Don’t Leave Your Cotton Profits in the Field > ! DEFOLIATE With Nozzle Over Each Row With High-Boy L-. >• . • ► : Contact \ i-„ ." ’■■■-, • •. a ' j Webster Daniels : PHONE 2125 COLERAIN, N. C. 1 . - * y » • i - -Ajjf * } OR i H.R.MELE PHONE 9897 EDENTON, N. C. . ■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■pi ! “The Old Man of the ’Sea” was I I the worst movie flop ever per petrated on an unsuspecting and long-suffering movie audience. THE WEST—Trigger, Roy Rog ; ers’ palomino, is not only the “Smartest Horse in the Movies”, but he is also the “best-dressed.” Trigger “wears” three saddles. One of them is a silver-mount led $5,000 “work” saddle, and for real “dress" work Trigger ' wears a silver, gold and rubv inlaid parade saddle valued at ; $50,000. Boy, when Trigger steps out on the town, he does it in ( grand style. I I No compromise with communism! list, too. Teenagers want a place to gather. They want a place where over a coke and doughnut they can chat ten cents worth into an hour. Dis cussion is a great part of today’s living. Some would enjoy a } place to hear good recorded mu sic and I mean all kinds, too.” “Os course, that is what the i Episcopal Youth Center that we . are just about to finish is try- I ing to provide—a place to meet, ’hear a little good music, chat a j little, and share a few games: 'such as ping-pong, etc. A coun- J sel of young people will meet in September and organize this center. Though it is a part of our Parish House and naturally where our Church School as sembles, it will have week-day use. We’ll have records, you can find soft drinks, tables, | chairs, good lighting in clean, .healthy atmosphere. There’ll be ! a few rules, but very few, but ! these will have to be respected. More about that later, but I can tell you that I have visited in several such youth centers and recreational centers in three states gathering information 1 from their expediences. This has proven very valuable. Happily j married couples will supervise our special activities and spe cial speakers and youth leaders I will come to Edenton from time 'to time as available. There will be .no denominational distinc tion made and our program will be considered a community ser- . vice to young people without any ulterior motives nor obliga tions.” “I remember my Scouting . career as introducing many ac- I tivities to me I really hadn’t ! thought too much about before that time. Anybody getting a Handbook and reading the list of merit badges there could find a lifetime of interest and pur suits. Collecting something of, interest is one thing that could come out of this. Model-mak-, ing and model-making races; either with cars or planes is ! lots of fun. There is a world of satisfaction to be gained from . a microscope. Folks laugh sometimes, but how about as tronomy—in this rocket and missile age we’re missing out if we don’t keep up even on the hobby level. Photography is another hobby that I have al ways wanted time and a few pennies to go into.” ‘‘Now you are listing ’em, Tommy. Let me add ceramics, art, music or the equivalent Scouting program for the girls. Have girls given up sewing and I cooking or do they spend all} 5 their time on make-up and “al-* - lied industries” these days to' 1 attract their opposites? Seri- ( ously though, Tommy, I believe the girls have many more ne glected activities than the boys. „ After all isn’t it part of a youngster’s responsibility and ! indeed privilege to find his own recreation? I know some who ' think if recreation isn’t organiz-j I ed and scheduled, it isn’t recre-| . ation. But I also .know that| some free time for creative t thinking and doing is very very| . important. We would even do' , well to have some time to selves at least for a little while, each day. It is during these I minutes and hours we grow . . .’ beyond all that I believe young, people of today should turn their faces toward home more than they do. Mother andl Dad need a little helping hand, and they don’t get it too often.) It hurts me to see some one, employed to mow the lawn' 1 when a husky seventeen-year old lad is right there to do the job. It is likewise a sad spec-! tacle to see teenage girls who' take little pride in the inter-! ior decoration of their homes of wnich they are a very im-| portant part. How about that?” j “Now you ase stepping on i some toes. Padre, but I will have to agree that some stay away until they get hungry. Maybe it is because the parents don’t expect anything of them or maybe they are not even home! Maybe families don’t act like families enough anymore— doing things together. They al-.* ways have to drag in outside] guests before they feel they can have a good time or do some-| thing “exciting".” “That’s a right fine sermon! and I’ll take note. But right now let me read off some more' items on my mental notepad I that Edenton could well afford 1 to think about. It comes to me lout of my Chamber of Com merce associations and the oc-l casions I have had to meet in dustrial representatives looking us over for a place to locate a plant and employ a few people. We certainly need such plants right now. but we will not get i them until we first provide a few recreational facilities. One of the first things such people ask for when they come is a| ! country club. Where is it? We ■ don’t have it. They ask for a i nine-hole golf club. We don’t : have it. They ask for a few i cultural activities such as Little t Theatre Group, Choral Group, lor eating place (coffee and doughnuts) with that special !, Edenton flavor. We don’t have I it. With all apologies to our .1 j ■- - MgAITS BETTBIR UVTISrO j iw-..- ~ N ■ *•>. Long known for its good and abundant sea foods,' North Carolina is fast becoming an important beef producing area as well—a fact welcomed by tourists, who prefer beefsteak to fish steak. This year. North l -Carolina farmers will raise more than a half million. head of beef cattle, an increase of nearly 200% over the number raised just ten years ago. Increasing, 100, are the numbers of enlightened areas throughout the state that endorse the "legal control * laws governing the sale of beer and ale—another feet welcomed by many North Carolina visitor. North Carolina Division j .UNITED STATES BREWERS FOUNDATION, INC* 1 fine local establishments, tell me| * where anyone of any age could sit down and talk about a busi . ness matter in private? •'Go on.” “Well, as I was intimating in dustry wants its personnel hap py where they reside and work. They want schools that provide necessary academic and extra curriculum activities. We’re do- i ing better on this every year, i But in the after-school hours or j 1 week-end hours, we have much 'to provide. Trying to sell new comers on points of interest that , are miles away is one way of providing educational interest and a little travel. 1 could.rec ommend the Planetarium* in Chapel Hill, for example, or Nags Head, or the Mariner's Mu seum in Hilton Village, or Try i on Palace in New Bern . . . oh, I there are many places in this wonderful state and in neigh ! boring states. But how about | right here at home? It has to, 1 be here for everyday use or we', I really don't have it. Maybe this is what 1 am getting to—a short conversation I had just I this past week with a State' , Trooper who was pleading for ' some help in behalf of our ' young people. He said that i there just isn’t enough for them to do in a good wholesome way) jor he wouldn’t find so many, parked automobiles all over the! i several counties. Young people] 1 have learned that the Trooperi 'is a friend for he will not let I | them stay in unsafe, dark, back-' ' roads. But where is the answer?} t Ask those who take Dad's car. a date, and drive away. Where, | to? For what? And besides ‘l'm usually broke'.” 1 “What's this 4-H Club pamph-' let doing on your desk. Padre?” "Read the underlined parts. Tommy; maybe you will see where it fits into our conversa tion It's a good program bv the way and 1 wish my children lived on a farm and could par ticipate.” ! “It says, ‘I pledge Mv Head | to clearer thinking. Mv Heart to | greater loyalty. My Hands to I larger service. My Health to bet- I ter living, for my club, mv com i munity, and my country.” Then you have the ten Guideposts cir ' cled: Develop talents for great- er usefulness. Join with friends I tor work, tun. and fellowship. Learn to live in a changing world. Choose away to earn ' a living. Produce food and fi ber for home and market. Cre ate better homes for better liv ing. Conserve nature's resources for security and happiness. I Build health for a strong Ameri-I ca. Share responsibilities for community improvement. Serve as citizens in maintaining world peace.” | 'They didn't miss the boat now did they? Don’t you think it fits into a youngster’s life very well It certainly makes sense. It certainly seems like fun. It says a lot to me.” “I’m going to have to leave you in a few minutes. Padre, but what it seems you are try ing to say is that on the one hand young people are either :}not content with what they have l here in Edenton and Chowan County or that they are not tak ing advantage of what they have. Again you are saying that that there are several recrea tional activities we need that adults should provide things : which we just don’t have.” ‘That is right, Tommy, and ] that is the entire message of what we have aired as we havej | talked. In an automobile and llying age such as ours We just haven't kept up. Our grand-: fathers and grandmothers in Edenton had more recreation in! a sense than we do now. On the other hand we ot today’s* coming generation just don’t re-; alize how biessed we are with! what we already have. Maybe j our churches could assume more; and more responsibility for clos-j ing the gaps. Maybe they could} keep up with the school pro-! gram and incorporate educa-j . tion's aims into theirs. Maybe] 'the families of tne churches! could see to it that their young! people are provided for accord-; ing to their needs more ade-; quately than they are now for; sure. I just don’t believe in giving the car keys to a teen ager and not asking questions.! It isn’t fair to him. Where will |he go? What will he do? You , KNOW!” “I should like to quote from ja treatise by Judge Alfred W.j ] Whitehurst of the Juvenile and I Domestic Relations Court of the I City of Norfolk: One of the j prevalent problems of our youth, is that they seldom have any* i purpose in life. They >n fre quently* have no goal or ambi tion. Another Characteristic of young people is a lack of healthy activity. It is -certainly 'axiomatic that an idle mind is the "Devil’s Workshop*’, ami this is so true of an idle minor. They* need healthy activity ■ . . they need religious train ing. 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Other failings; include the lack of discipline ] and the lack of respect for au-1 thority, which must be learned] at home. It should be pointed out that parents are not responsible for] j everything that happens to their} children. We. as adults share in this responsibility. The cul ! ture that we have created con-' tributes to the problem . . . bad i | literature . . . misspent money* ... for every dollar spent on * our schools, we spent almost 1 | $3.50 on automobiles and we I spent 3 million for research to j conquer blindness, but spent 12 : million for ey*e lotions . . . so j it goes . . . tne vast majority * tof bur children are. fine y*oung| ] citizens so the real question is* | not so much “Where are our: ] youngsters going?” but "Where! 1 are we leading them?” T believe. Tommy, there is! : much in a real, live, tangible! ] way* adults can insist on pro-} ; viding . . . good schools, good) libraries, good books, good after- 1 1 school programs, good religious * REMEMBER You Save The Middle Man's Profit J. W in ton Sawyer CEMETERY MEMORIALS 405 S. Road St. Phone 5995 ELIZABETH CITY, IN. C. ! training, a good society. TTie ; way they fill their time is the | way they fill their minds. The I way they fill their minds is the j way they fill their lives. From I Scouting 'physically strong men j tally aware, and normally ; straight’ I continue to gather j good teaching. How our young sters are re-created is how we ■ adults provide for that re-crea- I tion and how younsters them- I selves employ such provisions.” Broke , He—“ Remember, darling Last , night you said there was some thing about me you could love?” She—“ Yes, but you spent it all.” GOT A - COLD TAKE x for £2 £2 symptomatic OO RELIEF
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