—SECTION TWO
PAGE TWO
Frankly Speaking
By rtm fUMrii
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Tis said, concerning vacations,
that it’s always fun to go away,
but more enjoyable coming back
home again. This is leading in
to a column of random notes,
from one who was born and
raised in New York City, but
who now calls Edenton home. I
seem to go along with the typi
cal tourist comment that New,
York is terrific to visit, but I
wouldn't want to live there.
New York, when I was growing
Up, was not the New York of
the colorful twenties, the old
tinjers used to say. Seems that
now New York is not the city
it used to be in the thirties and
forties. However, it's still the
most exciting city to visit. The
subway is still an interesting ex
perience and a trip around Man
hattan is still worth-while. We
slid our touring by car, since
I’iU able to get around that way
without too much trouble. A
visit to the crowded, interesting
Streets of Chinatown; a trip
around beautiful Rockefeller
Center; a drive around the Bat
tery; a drive up FDR Drive and
down the West Side Drive; a
climb to the top of the fabulous
Empire State Building. This is.
perhaps, the biggest thrill for
any visitor; a drive out Long
Island; a trip to the various!
churches. The simple beauty of
the ,Riverside Church and St.
Tltorhas Episcopal Church, more
inspiring than the much-famed
St. Patrick’s Cathedral: a walk
up and down Fifth Avenue, with
it| beautiful. but expensive]
SlHips; a trip through the depart
ment stores, including the fairly!
oitnate Bloomingdale’s. the less
Ojijlate Gimbels (the big favorite
Mth native New Yorkers) and
ifi over-rated Maev's: Grant's
Tfpnb and the Soldiers and Saii
oM Monument; Riverside Drive;
liwshington Heights: Greenwich
Village during an art show or,
With its general collection of
bjeatniks, whatever they are.
Also saw a special prevue of a
Carman movie made last year,
which was so pleasing to all
tastes it won awards in West
Bdrlin, Vienna and Moscow.
Yhe only picture that I've seen
Where the audience applauded
jb', the end. It's a very funny,
biting satire on German
fnilitarism, the Nazis in particu-
J#r. It’s titled “Aren't We Won-
and if it ever receives
naftional distribution should be
seen by all. It's a strong anti
war document. Os course, no
trip to New York is complete
Without a trek up and down
Broadway and a visit to the le
gitimate theatre, where there’s
always a good selection of plays.
We saw Jackie Gleason and
Walter Pidgeon in "Take Me
Along”, which was enjoyable.
not exceptional. A young
ffejlow named Robert Morse
Walked off with acting honors.'
Anyway, the whole trip was
short, but fun for us, and it's
a good idea for a vacation. It's
interesting and exciting. Un
fortunately, you have to be in!
New York for a month to seel
everything, but pile in as much!
as you can and you’ll enjoy it. ;
JWe could only drive through
filch diverse -places as Harlem,
Central Park, the Bronx, but it’s
'■avs nice to leave with the
Seeling that when you return to
New York, there’s that much
toore to see that you couldn't
icatch the first time. One more
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thing is the contrast between
such places as New York and
Edenton. The big rush of New
York; the happy calm of Eden
ton. The smoke and dirt of
New York: the natural beauty of
Edenton. Incidentally, the new
est fashion in New York seems
to be very, very short dresses
and wierd-looking skirts. That
might be all right, but most of
the legs which were shown-off
would've looked better in longer
skirts. Also, girls wear so much
more make-up, dyes, powders I
and what-have-you. The effect
'they try for is excitement; the
| result is a cheap look, no kid
ding. Like the man said . .
New York is a nice place to
visit, but . .
Closing thought: Neither a
borrower nor a lender be: for
loan oft loses both itself and
friend.
New Pipe Organ Al
Methodist Church
Continued from Page 1, Section 1
organists who have, through the
years, given of their time and
talent to the Edenton Methodist
Church, probably the two who
rank first in period of continu
ous service are Mrs. W. A. Leg
gett. who was organist from 1903
to 1935, and the present organ
ist. Mrs. J. J. Ross, who has held
the position since 1940.
The organ, which has been in
constant use since its installa
tion. was dismantled early in
August to be replaced by the
new instrument. In the new or
gan tie pipes of the entire great
organ and part of the pedal or
gan are exposed to view and are
•arranged in an attractive sym
metrical design. Pipes seen from
the sanctuary range from eight
feet in length to the size of a
pencil, and speak in a range ol
four actaves, as do the pipes en
closed in the swell chamber.
This design makes it possible for
the great and pedal pipes to
sound with almost complete
clarity. The organ is designed
to play music from all periods
of organ •terature. from the
classic or baroque period
through the romantic or modern
perioid. i
The use of a large number of
couplers enables the organist to
play a wide range of tones si
multaneously. which adds to the
richness of the ensemble. The
two manual and pedal console
is equipped with six pistons
and one toe stud, enabled the
organist to change registrations
without having to use individual
stop tabs. Tlie key action is j
electro-pneumatic. There are j
eight ranks of pipes. The voices j
of the Great organ are a Geigen j
Diapason, a Duleiana and a Gem- ;
shorn for the octavo: the Swell
organ has a Hohlfyote, which
speaks in three octaves, a Sali-
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BARREL OF FUN?— lt’s no fun being a fall guy as this
policemaa learns in Nuernberg, Germany. He is competing in
a barrel race at the International Police
cional, which has the tone of a
muted string, and an Oboe, The
Hohlflote also speaks at 2 2 3
feet. The voices of the Padel
organ are the Bourdon and Lieb
lich Gedeckt, which speak in the
lowest octave. The Gedeckt has
the tone of a bass flute. The
upper tones of the flute in the
Swell are also playable from the
pedal. The organ also carries a
tremulant and a crescendo pedal.
The organ committee of the
church, formed in March, 1959,
commissioned the building of
the organ after a period of in
tensive research and investiga
tion, and the members have ex
pressed themselves as being
highly pleased with the instru
ment they have obtained. They
hope to present the organ to the
public in recital later in the
year.
Entry Closing Dates
Given At State Fair
Entry applications are piling
in for competitive exhibits to be
shown at North Carolina State
Fair. October 11-15. according to
Dr. J. S. Doi ton. manager of the
state’s big exposition.
Cattle, swine, sheep and
ponies top the livestock entries
in that order with indications
that all barns will be filled to
capacity again this year, ac
cording to Mrs. J. E. Stone, en
try department director.
Well over $55,000 in cash, plus
I numerous trophies, merchandise
1 awards and thousands of blue
I ribbons for first place winners
are ottered exhibitors in the 30
competitive departments of the
vs 2 kssalsj. ssssroa. kossk ca»ols*a. SKsaaa&r September is. nee.
State Fair this year.
Closing dates for entries by
departments are:
Friday, September 23. 6 P. M.—
All livestock.
I Monday, October 3. 6 P. M.—
Poultry, pigeons and rabbits.
I Wednesday, October 5. 6P. M.
I—Handicrafts, hobbies and
dressed turkeys.
Saturday, October 8, 6 P. M.—-
Field crops, horticulture, flower
Show (except cut flowers), arts,
photography, bees and honey,
culinary (including yeast bak
ing). clothing, house furnishings
and the ham show.
Monday. October 10, 6 P. M.—
The egg show.
Tuesday. October 11, .11 A. M.
—Cut flowers.
I Commissioners*
Proceeding^
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The Board of County Commis
sioners held its regular monthly
' meeting September 2. 1960, at 9
! o’clock with all members pres
ent, including Chairman W. E.
I Bond. J. R. Peele, J. Gilliam
j Wood. Dallas Jethro, Jr., and
jc. J. HollowelL
The minutes of the previous
I meetings were lead and approv
ed. and the following bills or,-
dered paid:
i Rochelle Realty Co.. $150.00:
Orthopedic Clinic, appropriation
| for July. 1960. $15.00; H. S.
| Small, rent, $25.00: Elton Fore
* hand Ins. Agency, rent for
| Sheriffs office. $30.00: J. A.
j Mitchener. rent for ASC office,
| $60.00; District Health Depart
jment, appropriation for August,
>5996.45: Earl Goodwin, refund on
j Social Security Payment, $4.01;
! John Jones. Jr.. $6.00; Peoples
Bank &' Trust Co., withholding!
tax department, $579.72; Jerry,
Thomas, ss.oo; Fred Perry, $3.00; j
G. 'H. Harding. Rochelle Realty t
Co., and Peoples Bank & Trust
Co., $29,000.00; Town of Edenton,'
County’s - ’ proportionate share of
196 Q town taxes on purchase of;
Hotel Joseph Hewes, $102.37; J.
L. Chestnutt, Postmaster, stamp-!
ed envelopes for Register of i
Deeds office, $49.60; Shepard-1,
Pruden Memorial Library, one
half appropriation, $1,050.00;
Bertha B. Bunch, $20.40; State
Commission for the Blind, 1
$71.92; Ricks Laundry & Clean-l
ers, for jail, $3.97; State of N. C. (
Dept Conservation & Develop-i
ment, $107.46: District Health]
Dept, vital statistics for July,)
$17.00; H. S. Small, rent, $55.00:1
William Mayo, janitorial services
at Welfare Dept, *2.50; Hazel S.;
Elliott, travel, $4,34; Norfolk &
Carolina TYI. & Tel. Co., services!
for Welfare Dept., $11.25; Eden-i
ton Postmaster, advance for
postage', $20.00; Apex Chemical
Co., supplies, $4.95; Burroughs
Corporation. $25.00: Byrum Gro- |
eery, $30.00; Bertram Byrum,'
care of prisoners, $365.89; By-;
rum Hardware Co.. Inc., $5.82;:
Pauline Calloway, telephone ser-l
fices and ; supplies, $28.15; The I
Chowan Herald, $606.34: Chowan!
Hospital, 'for indigent patients,!
$500.16; . Eastern North Carolina'
Sanatorium, for indigent pa-]
tients, $37.20; M. Earl Goodwin,!
Sheriff,'; bills and services,!
$332.23; Edwards & Broughton
Co., $27.93; Hollowell’s Rexall
Drug Store, $2.22; Hughes-Park
er Hardware Co., $6.39; W. H.l
King Drug Company, Verifax
Viscount Copier and supplies,'
$477.24: Norfolk & Carolina Tel.
& Tel. Co., services for county!
offices: Clerk Superior Court!
REMEMBER
You Save The Middle Man’s Profit
J. Winton Sawyer
CEMETERY MEMORIALS
405 S. Road St. Phone 5995
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C
You payllfitJ
On 10 gallons of gasoline
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Gasoline taxes
up 51*
In tsn years
Federal tax to 4 cents a gallon, in addition to the State
tax of 7 cents a gallon.
Looking at it another way, in the last ten years gaso
line taxes have skyrocketed 5/%—yet the price of gaso
line itself has risen only 5.5% during the same period.
$94 a year far gasoline taxes I Gallon by gallon,
these taxes add up to a lot of money. Each year the
average motor vehicle owner in this state pays $96 for
gasoline taxes alone. That’s actually more than the aver
! $13.75, Register of Deeds $7.00,
i County Accountant $9.05, Cho
| wan County Jail $11.53, U. S.
L Govt. Soil Conservation - Service
$14.85, M. Earl Goodwin, Sher
-1 iff $16.25; Fletcher Lissiter, Ne
gro County Agent $11.90; The!
[Office Supply Store, $2.83; C. W.j
I Overman, County Agent’s Office,
I $25.05; Ricks Laundry &' Clean
ers, Inc', $6.71; Tom H. Shep
>.ard, CSC services, $69.80;' John
E. Shackelford, County Attorney,
services, $125.00; A. Lynn Thom
as Co., Inc., placing samples. of
' paint removal on courthouse,
I $250.00; Town of Edenton, E&W,
]Dept., $97.67; Twiddy Insurance
i& Real Estate, Inc., $32.38: Twid-'
dy Sign Service, $5.00. i
I On motion of J. Gilliam Wood,*
seconded by t. R. Peele and
unanimously carried that upon
1 request of Col. Hugh Dortch,
t Chairman of the N. C. Confed-
I erate Centennial Commission,
j that a local centennial commit
, tee be appointed .to assist in
. commemorating the 100th anni
versary of the War Between the]
, States, the following committee
was appointed: Mrs. E. N. El-]
i liott. Miss Elizabeth Moore, Mrs.]
: Josie Ruth Carr, George Gel-
I bach.
! On motion of J. Gilliam Wood,
seconded by J. R. Peele, and
! unanimously carried ' that The
i American Legion be relieved of
i tax in sponsoring a fair.
' On motion of C. J. Hollowed,
! seconded by Dallas Jethro, Jr..
and unanimously carried that
chairman be authorized to payj
, coupons due October 1. 1960, in;
the amount of $3,508.75.
, The chairman appointed Gil
liam Wood and C. J. Hollowell
.as a committee to work with
; the Fire Commission in regard,
to purchasing a fire truck.
In North Carolina, car own
ers pay sl.lO tax on every 10
gallons of gasoline they buy.
Does a tax this high—on a
basic commodity like gasoline
—really make sense? Gasoline
taxes in this state amount to
a 50% sales tax—and that’s
over five times as high as the
tax rate on luxuries like dia
monds and mink coats.
How did gasoline taxos got
so high? Well,'since World
War 11, there have been three
increases in the federal gaso
line tax alone. Thiji brought the
On motion of Dallas Jethro,
Jr„ seconded by J. R. Peele,
and unanimously carried that
Sheriff be charged $6.21 pickup
taxes.
The following reports were
accepted and ordered filed: M.
Earl Goodwin, Sheriff; Chowan
County Welfare Dept.; Pauline
Calloway, home economics agent;
Catherine Amin, assistant home
economics agent; C. W. Over
man, county agent; Harry Ven
ters, assistant county agent;
Fletcher F. Lassiter, Negro
NEW-USED
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Your gasoline retailer —who must collect these taxes
from you— feels that gasoline taxes are much too high.
More and more, thinking people are coming to agree.
What do you think?
HIGHWAYS AND GASOLINE TAXES
Your gasoline retailer, naturally, favors construction of
the roads that the motoring public needs. Hexbelieves
in fair and reasonable taxation for this purpose but
feels that taxes on gasoline have now reached unreason
ably high levels. He also believes that alt special taxes
on the motorist should be used only for highway pur
poses. Yet last year, out of every automobile tax'dollar 1
collected by the Federal Government from highway
users, more than 40 cent* went for non-highway pur
poses. If these automotive tax revenues were dedicated
for highway purposes, there would be no need for die *
latest increase in the federal gasoline tax. *
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PmMMt i* die j
public «.*.-«* / te&oy. jyy mg
by *h. Ouiolin. Tax /
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county adefi&i Onnie S. Charlton,
Negro hoVoe economies agent.
The deed from G. H. Harding •
to Chowan County and the ;
lease from Chowan County to
Haughton Ehringhaus was or
dered filed. Also the unexpired
insurance policies on the Jo
seph Hewes Hotel property now
owned by the county.
There being no further busi
ness the meeting was adjourned.'
W. E. BOND, Chairman
BERTHA B. BUNCH,
Clerk.