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PAGE FOUR i—servsoH gse 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, Eden ton. North Carolina. * vdww Birrnju* —*«tor £ tiBOTOR LUPTON, Advurttota* Manager SUBSCRIPTION KATES: One Year (outside North Carolina) tt.oo One Year (m worth Carolina) ...........$2 50 Six Months Entered aa second-class matter August 30,1934, at the Post Office at Edenton. North Carolina, under the act of March 3. 1879. Cards of thanks, obituaries, resolutions of re spect. etc., will be charged for at regular ad vertising rates. THURSDAY7Ii)ECEMBER 29, 1960. i jli ~/u-u-n _ j-ut/wwmv-- A LIFT FOR TODAY it When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great joy. —Matthew 3:10. THE STAR that shone in Bethlehem shines still and shall not cease, and we listen still to the tidings of Glory and Peace. —A. A. Proctor. Let the light of Thy Star guide our nation and all the nations of the world into paths of peace and good will. A World Os Distractions If there is one word which describes tf»e condition under which we and all civilized peoples live today, it is the word “Distrac tion-’. This is a common enough word, but it has wide and significant meanings. For one thing, the dictionary tells us, it means a drawing off or diversion of the mind, it means confusion and perplexity. Then, at the far end of the spectrum, it means aberration, frenzy, even madness. We have a plentitude of distractions these days. The cold war goes on and on, ever broadening, with no end in sight. The world’s eyes were recently riveted on an unprecedent ed meeting of chiefs of state at the United Nations in New York where, literally, one well-aimed rifle shot could have marked the beginning of World War 111. We have just gone through a political campaign of unique intensity, in which the decision was agonizing ly close. We have witnessed a reign of terror in Africa which reads like a chapter from the Dark Ages. We have seen the establishment of what amounts to a Communist-dominated state a few miles from the Southeastern tip of this nation. And—in a single year—some 40 new countries with their own flags, parlia ments, aspirations, and latent and unknown powers, have come into being. On top of all this, we have our deep and passionate controversies at home —as to what should be done in such diverse fields as edu cation. medical care for the old and indigent, the production of electric power in the nuc lear age and. above all, the j,ro|ier role of gov ernment in ordering and directing the lives of the people. So "Distraction” is the symbolic word. Our minds are torn in a hundred fragments. The problem has been compounded to an enor mous degree by magical progress in the arts of, communication, visual and verbal. In a matter of seconds, some event taking place half a world away is made known to us, in words and pictures. In a matter pf hours, we oSrselves' can physically, travel half"a world' away from our homes. It is no wonder that, living as we must in this turmoil, it becomes, as the old French proverb has it, more and more difficult to see the forest because of the trees. Fundamentals become dim and may even be lost beneath the cruel and blinding light of changing and threatening events. Hut some things do not change. That is what we, because of our heritage and because of our inescapable position as leader of a free world confronted by a slave world which wants to destroy us, cannot afford to forget. The question is: What is it all for, this spending of almost unimaginable resources of energy and treasure on a scale never before so much as approximated in history? Why may we be asked, as a people, for personal, material sacrifices greater than any we have yet known? There is a simple answer—that we must defend ourselves and our friends among the nations against the forces of darkness which are our enemies. But that is not the whole answer by any means. The real answer is that we are doing this*— if it is to have any real and permanent mean ing at all—in order to preserve the best and oldest ideal that history knows, which is free dom. Freedom means many things. It means a high degree of personal responsibility and pride, in which one cares for himself and his family without looking to government for aid unless no other avenue is open. It means, in the fine old sense of the phrase, a government which is the servant and never the master Pf the people. It means that leadership and na tional purpose come from the people and not imposed upon them from above. It means a deep spiritual belief that every man Is im portant, as a person and an entity—and that men in the mass can never be allowed to sub merge the individual, and make him a number a n w mart H—. MW 1.1 Ml HI J4eard «3ee/» By Buff I —.—■■ M—u It is no secret that some people in Edenton do not look too kindly upon the recent purchase of Hotel Joseph Hewes by the County Commission ers. The purpose is, of course, to transform the building into office space which means passing into oblivion a hotel in Edenton which has been part of the community life even from Revolu tionary days. Somewhat of a similar situation has existed in Warrenton, N. C., so that an article in a recent issue, written by Jean Powell, is herewith re printed: They rummaged through attics and found dis carded lamps. Going through their closets, they discovered old, but still good, draperies. They flipped through magazines and saved frameable prints. The end result is a new face for the old War ren Hotel. Energetic women of the town are re sponsible for the ‘‘cosmetic surgery.” And a 40- year-old often needs considerable face-lifting. The hotel was built by the town of Warren ton in 1920. For about a decade all went well but operating difficulties came with the depres sion years. What to do with the hotel was often a topic of talk at meetings of the Board of Town Commissioners. Action came in August of 1959 when a group of business men formed a non-profit corporation and leased the hotel from the town for a dollar a year on a year’s trial basis. The corporation undertook the venture with the understanding that if it were successful, the group would con tinue the hotel’s operation. Another stipulation, which was met, was that the town raise $3,000 for repairs to the hotel. The corporation with Gen. Claude T. Bowers (recently named Adjutant General of North Caro lina) as its president is going into its second year of operation with confidence. Other members of the organization are Frank Gibbs, W. Lunsford Long, John G. Mitchell. S. O-. Nunn and Mrs. Lois Connell, who is secretary. The men throw the bulk of the bouquets to the women. Although members of the Lions Club and the Rotary Club have done their share of work with the paint and brushes (the Lions assisted by other civic clubs painted the lobby), the women have added the quintessence—the feminine decorative touch. Mrs. Claude T. Bowers, wife of the corpora tion's president, is chairman of the hotel deco rating committee. ‘‘We had practically no or ganization. The women just pitched in and worked,” Hattie Connell Bowers offered. “We refer to it as the ‘bridal suite’,” Mrs. Bowers smiled as she showed off the room deco rated by the Warrenton Garden Club. Here green spreads cover the twin beds and the color is picked up in the green and rose floral pattern of the draperies. Women of the town framed more than a hundred pictures for the rooms. “When we started there was not a single picture in the rooms,” Mrs. Bowers said. In the “bridal suite” several gold-leaf frames hold prints. And the women have been generous in adding pictures to the other rooms. Some pictures display pieces of wallpaper which look like rare old prints. Other rooms wear proudly gay prints clipped from old magazines. No large items of furniture have had to be re placed but once the redecorating fever hit there was no stopping the women from executing those strictly feminine ideas. Many of the rooms were repainted, covering major and minor blem ishes. One of the first items which vanished from the “before” portrait were the plastic drap eries, some of which didn’t even match. General Bowers exhibited his ability at re finishing furniture by working on several of the dressers in his spare time. The outr-dated iron beds were, glorified into “Hollywood’’ style by saWing-'-off (he «headboards. One’ double bed spread was originally drapery material. The ceramic ash trays in some of the rooms were hand-made by one talented woman while an other kiln artist contributed three ceramic lamp bases. An antique dealer sold the women up holstery material at wholesale prices. The same •Jdealer gave the glass for the numerous pictures. The corporation found an experienced manager in Mrs. Louise Haithcock, a Warren County na tive. Other staff members are C. W. Fleming, night clerk; John Carter, day clerk, and a maid, part-time maid and a bell-hop. The dining room, operated separately from the hotel, is managed by Mrs. Gro\ er Harris, Mrs. Wallace Bowers and Mrs. Pearl Mohorn. Unofficial publicity agent is Mrs. Will Graham, who writes a column about the hotel for the local newspaper, reporting progress of the pro ject. She includes notes about the work done by Mrs. F. P. Hunter, who has been Mrs. Bowers’ “Girl Friday” in the decorating venture and the time spent by members of the Warrenton Garden Club in shaping up the formal garden. Other clubs receiving frequent mention in the news are the Little Garden Club and the Dogwood Garden Club and the Warrenton Woman’s Club. Latest project is refurbishing the ladies’ lounge. An open house and dinner last Sunday served a two-fold purpose: Citizens came to see progress made at the hotel and bought tickets to the din ner. Sponsored by the three garden clubs, the dinner drew more than 200. A portion of the proceeds was donated by the dining room opera tors for use in redecorating the lounge. The three-story brick hotel is the only hos telry in .Warpen County, which no doubt spurred the residents to cooperate in this town-wide pro ject. The structure has 42 rooms, three apart ments, main dining room with an adjoining small dining room, dining room for civic groups and offices on the second floor which are rented to a building firm. Set back from the street in the center of the business .district, the hotel is surrounded by a grove of elms. Warrenton is off the well-trav eled routes but the town attracts traveling busi ness men and tourists. Travelers come to see the history-steeped homes, churches and burial grounds. Appealing to both categories of guests are the courtesies extended them by the Country l **^" > **'*" * " i*m inrt!dq-|jnr~ n.~ .l But if we lose it—if we allow the individual to teens* a powerless, driven pwa in a game reg CKOWAK KBSALP. EDEKrCS?, FOBTH CisHOLigA. BBCSgSIAT, PECEMBCit ML 1968. Club with its nine-hole golf sonality. So it is with Warren 1 course, tennis courts aad swim- Hotel. Just a short while ago . , the hotel exuded no charm. 1 * K)O ' | Now a hospitable warmth greets When a woman wears a new i th e growing number of guests. I dress and different make-up ! she’s likely to wear a new per-| Get In Cow-And-Calf To Take Advantage Os Market: With cattle prices slipping, it’s ■ good time to get into the cow-1 •nd-calf business. “That may sound crazy,” says j A. V. Allen, livestock specialist | at N. C. State College, “but the | idea is to be to sell when 1 the next upswing comes.'’ Allen, figuring from national I market forecasts, believes that j will be in the fall of 1964. “The farmer who wants to take his time and grow into the cow-and-calf business ought to start now, if he wants to take advantage of higher prices then,” says Allen. Here’s a long-range program from Allen: This fall, prepare and seed land to permanent pasture—an acre of a ladino-orchard grass or ladino-fescue per cow. In areas j Where these plants won’t grow, get advice from county agents, vo-ag teachers or soil conserva tion men on substitutes. Next spring, sprig in an addi tional half acre per cow of coas tal bermuda (or acceptable sub stitutes), and plant an acre of corn or sorghum silage for each ANNOUNCING PAYMENTS TO RAMBLER BUYERS AS RAMBLER’S SALES VOLUME INCREASES Why You Should Join Rambler’s New Crusade For Adequate Progress Sharing With Customers * C"'"" t •.< a Xj G FORGE ROMNEY President, American Motors Corporation Rambler’s rise to a top position has put us in position to undertake a new cru sade. This program, which could provide greater individual and national benefits than any we’ve yet undertaken, calls for customer progress sharing. As volume goes up, costs come down. So, sharing economies that would result from a 50% Rambler sales gain over last year for the peri od December through March could provide payments to customers of SI 8.698,062. i But, before presenting our new Rambler crusade, let me review some highlights of the first one. When we forged our basic Rambler concepts, U.S. cars were in a size, horsepower and styling-change race that cost the car buyer money. So, we developed the compact, economical, modernly engineered Rambler. CONSUMER BENEFITS FROM LOWER PRICES Because of low volume, we had to price our first Rambler Americans about equal with Chevrolet and Ford, traditionally “lowest priced.” As our output and economies in creased, we shared the resulting eco nomic advantages with Rambler cus tomers. Despite inflation, we kept prices low. We also concentrated oa durability and quality. That is why Rambler ex cels in trouble-free operation, as shown by trade surveys made by others. What has this done? It has in creased our sates —made us a vigorous new competitive factor, compelling all competitors to introduce compact cars. Their compact cars unquestionably are better buys than their big cars, be cause their big cars don’t have the compacts' advanced engineering. Despite these moves to meet Ram bler competition, Rambler Americaa inamHirin ’mu cam hat Mnr theta five head to be wintered. | Next summer, fence in the pas- | I ture fields, build a silo, corrals, 1 I working chutes, loading chutes, i j feed bunks and other accessories. | “By the fall of 1961, the farm- j |er who follows this program | should have a good growth of [ I accumulated pasture," says Al- | i len. “He should have .winter 1 j feed in the silo and equipment I ready for handling cattle.' - The next step is buying the heifers. ‘Feeder calf sales are good places to buy uniform groups of J Ithe preferred breed,” says Allen. 1 “Choice and good heifers in the ] 400-500 pound bracket would be a good selection. ' The farmer should buy a third j more than he plans to have in j his herd, to allow for future cull- 1 ing. Heifers could feed on the pasture first, then the silage with a daily ration of protein supple ment. In the spring of 1962, the heif ers should be culled. The lower fourth could be sold as Stock ers or fed out for slaughter or grain and grass for an early “I believe participation by all consumers in economic progress is absolutely necessary in meeting the nation's economic needs.” engineering advances such as the acid proof, rustproof Ceramic-Armored muffler and tailpipe. The Rambler line includes three basic sizes of compact cars—Rambler American. Rambler Classic and Am bassador, the latter two developed after the original American series. RAMBLER SALES SOAR In two years, Rambler’s per cent of market has more than doubled. For the last 38 straight months, Rambler sales have established a new record for that month. We want to continue this growth by serving you even better. - - THE NEW RAMBLER CRUSADE Our new Rambler crusade, like our compact crusade, is based on sharing Rambler progress with car buyers. We believe the new Rambler crusade has timely significance. Our country currently is experiencing a mild eco nomic slowdown—with rising foreign competition and weakness of the dollar. Our larger competitors are considering partial manufacture and importation of cars for the U.S. market from abroad. There is a general profit squeeze. We believe the greatest single -eco nomic cause is that relatively too much of the fruit of industrial effort has been going to a few well organized economic groups, not to the consumer. CUSTOMERS TO SHARE RAMBLER PROGRESS We decided there was something we could do. We decided to share future progress with ALL customers who take PiF-v f MP^H 0 »» x .— r Ik J w . j. . „.- L _„ . . 1it,.,,,, .1 rnriiiiiiiu-J Tlw» mn fcanr. ■■ ■■■ summer market. The remainder t should be grazed through the 'summer on both types of perma nent pasture. I “At that time, • bull pasture I should be established, or cut off |at the rate of one and a half acres per bull,” says Allen. | A bull should be bought that ,will be at least two years old |by March 1, 1963. That’s tne | time to turn him in with the heifers, which are also two years | old. ' “Remove the bull from the i herd by July 1, 1963, and put him in his own pasture,” says j Allen. “We still have an exoess I of eight per cent in our heifers, !so that any seen in heat after (July 1 can be culed oult and ' sold.” I The first calf crop will arrive 1 March, 1964. “With well-estab lished pasture to feed on and > with large three-year-old moth -I** * _ . I t- rnn-mvw -unru-ir^ni^ru^ruriruw J j ) HEATING OIL if 1 • burnt HOT Jlf V • burnt CIEAN Jr Harrell 01 Co. EDENTON. N. C. delivery of a new Rambler or new Metropolitan between December 1, 1960, and March 31, 1961, from an authorized Rambler dealer (excluding governmental sales), giving them most of the benefit of additional cost reduc tion resulting from further increases in Rambler sales volume. This can mean a sharing with Ram bler buyers during the 4-mouth period of government savings bonds (Series E) with a maturity value from 53,679,850 (10% sales increase), to $24,930,750 (50% increase). See chart for details. ers to nurse and a creep to nib ble in, these calves should be ready for the feeder calf sales in 1954,” says Allen. Allen advises asking your fav orite forecaster about prices in 1964. But the point is that it will take four years from the time the first pasture is seeded in December, 1963, and January until the first calves go to mar- | J Printing 1 . Thai Speeds Jjlj t aecnnline and office or shop. ut obligation* tag to a coot- HOW PAYMENTS TO BUYERS WILL BE DETERMINED IN AMERICAN MOTORS’ CUSTOMER PROGRESS SHARING PROGRAM BUYERS RECEIVE BOND PAYMENT SALES LEVELS IF SALES U.S. SAVINGS ARE UP BONDS DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH ovtr last tut (Mitvity Vila*) (o*t uln) (DK.-Jtn.Ma!) (DK.-jM.-Fak. total) (4-monUi total) 50% $125 45,247 97,671 140,139 195,946 40% SIOO 42,231 91,159 130,796 182,883 30% $75 39,214 84,648 121,453 169,820 20% SSO 36,198 78,136 112,111 156,757 10% $25 33,181 71,625 102,768 143,694 StttSfOl SUE PfllM LUIUM 30,165 65,114 93,426 130,631 NOTE: fn all cases," BLIYt RiS)" means a person who actually takes delivery, not places an order, WHY IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY NOW. This unique program is cumulative and retro active. Early buyers can get more, but never less bonds, than buyers in succeeding months. Your Rambler dealer will be happy to give you the complete details of the plan but here is a quick example of how it works and keeps on working lor you: If December Rambler deliveries increase 20% over last December, December buyers of new Ramblers or Metropolitans will receive SSO bonds. As the four-month period progresses, additional bonds will be mailed to the December buyers each time the cumulative sales reach a higher bond payment sales level. Also, if sales increase for the four-month period exceeds 50%, proportionate additional payments will be made to all buyers during any of the four-months. ket. “The cow-and-calf an ideal one for the maiCwHi has land that can be and improved by pasture plants* says AJlen. “He must be alfte to produce an adequate winter feed supply; he must love aj#- mals and do all the little things that mean good management; and he must improve on his PEO- I ject every year.” BOTH CUSTOMERS AND AMERICAN MOTORS GAIN You have everything to gain and noth ing to lose by joining this crusade. The same is true for us. You can't lose because Ramble rsare better than big cars and the best of the * compacts. Ramblers are more trouble free, more useful, lower priced. You make your regular deal ia the regular way for a new Rambler. You then may share proportionately in the economies and profits of higher Rambler volume in December, 1960, and the first three months of 1961. We gain by acquiring more Rambler owners, which will make our growing market even larger in the future. That’s because Rambler owners become Rambler salesmen and are the most loyal "repeat buyers'" of any make. Ask your neighbor ail about We Rambler, then jointhe Rambler crusade. Join us in focusing the nation’s atten tion on the essentiality of equitably sharing economic progress with ALL consumers if the NATION is to prosper. - r ? at|MM| PA. Some may nay one company can’t do ntuch about h&tional prob terns as big and complex m those cited above. WeU, that’s what skeptics said about Rambler’s Let’s remember, every great thing is born small. If this new Rambler crusade ip right, it can succeed and spread, just as the compact car concept did. Mr Aomiiev'r recent Ntw York Prrss
The Chowan Herald (Edenton, N.C.)
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