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■ Did you| know that John f£en-
was ft North Carolina state
representative? This particular
John Kennedy comes from
Mecklenburg County. A bowl
ing team that represents a ra
dio station in Seattle, Wash
ington, hast actually lost match
es to teams comprised of Seattle
housewives, old men, children
and matrons. Still in there
pitching, or bowling as the case
may be, their next match' is ac
tually against a team of grand
mothefs. That new .voice you’ve
been enjoying from 1260 belongs
to Walter Lynnwood Johnson,
Jr., a good-looking young man
from Lillington. Sorry girls,
he’s engaged.
Awful lot of hubbub lately
concerning violence on televis
ion. All sorts of free advice
i and wild solutions, too, on how
Ito do away with it. Everyone
f Seems to have ignored the sim
| plest solution of all, though.
Turn the knob if the program
isn’t to your liking. Or, if Jun
-1 ior is watching, supervise his
tele-viewing, if it’s felt any par
ticular program he’s watching
might have an adverse affect on
him. Many people ' like the
blood-and-guts type of enter
tainment. For them, it’s a
healthy outlet for what they
may consider an otherwise hum
drum existence. Oh sure, some
youngsters are badly affected by
it. A very few will try to imi
tate some of the rougher things
they see on television, but you
certainly can’t dictate to the
masses what they can or cannot
watch simply because of a very
smalr minority. That’s censor
ship and that’s something that’s
been advocated by such as Hit
ler, Stalin, Castro and their ilk.
Not for this country, one should
hope. If you start dictating
what types of shows should be
seen, you’ll have to do the
same with movies and books and
art. That minority of young
sters who try to imitate what
they see will always have some
thing to turn to. Parental con
trol should be the main con
cern, so that each indibidual
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youngster sees, reads or does
what his or her parents think
best. So, if things get too vio
lent on your 21-inch screen and
you don’t think it’s healthy for
your children, or yourself, turn
the knob. Os course, there’s al
ways the argument tnat the only
thing you can turn to, is more
violence. That’s sheer non
sense. Just check your tele
vision listings. There’s not one
night where you can’t, during
any given hour period, switch
from one program to another of
fering an entirely different type
of entertainment, one Which
might be more suitable to your
family’s taste. If there’s noth
ing on, try reading a book, play
ing family games, or just plain
talking. All of this looks like a
defense of television, but it’s not
to be construed that way. It’s
actually, of course, an individ
ual opinion, and a defense of
freedom of choice. On this sub
ject, I’d like to mention that the
closing quotation was authored
by Thomas Jefferson. As I
checked it, I realized that the
same' problem has occurred
down through the ages. Shakes
peare, Dickens, Twain were all
considered immoral. Listening
Bing Crosby in the 20’s used to
be considered the height of vul
garity. Comic books were going
to poison the minds of the
younger generation in the 30’s
and 40’s. Well now television is
the newest form of entertain
ment, and it’s taking its turn
as the scapegoat. It’s television’s
turn to take the blame for many,
of the nation’s ills. Who knows
what it’ll be some 10 or 15
years from now.
Closing Thought: I am morti
fied to behold that, in the
United States of America, the
sale of a book can become a
subject of inquiry and of crim
inal inquiry, too. —Jefferson.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1961.
New President
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Paul A. Johnston of Littleton,
shown here, is the new presi
dent of the N. C. Merchants
Association. He succeeds A.
Finley Atkisson of Burlington.
Automotive Club
Holds Two Meetings
'The 4-H Automotive Club met
May 11 at the Oak Grove Com
munity Building. Ronnie Top
pin, president of the organiza
tion, called the meeting to or
der. C. W. Overman was in
charge of the lesson “Car Costs
and Keeping Car Records.” He,
stressed the importance of keep
ing a small ledger in the car so,
a record can be kept of all ex
penses.
After the lesson, plans were}
made for the next three meet- 1
ings. Those who attended the!
meeting were Ray Evans, Jo;
Ann Copeland, Emmett Jones, j
Ronnie Toppin, Linda Byrum,
Judy Evans, Dick Lowe, Miss'
Catherine Aman and Mr. Over
man.
The fourth meeting of the
club was held at the Edenton
Motor Company on May 16.
Ronnie Toppin, president, called
the meeting to order ‘and Judy
Evans read the minutes of _the
last meeting. The topic of the
lesson was “Know The Owner’s
Manual.” Gene Perry discuss
ed the owner’s manual, using an
automobile to point out the dis- j
ferent parts as described in the,
manual. All received a lot ot
information from Mr, Perry’s
demonstration.
Those attending the meeting
were Ray Evans, Kay Bunch, Jo
Ann Copeland, Richard Dixon,
Dick Lowe, Linda Byrum, Ron
nie Toppin, Jack Perry, Carlton
Perry, Emmett Jones, Johnny
Winbome and Judy Evans.
Refreshments were served by
Mr. Perry after the meeting.
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4th. issue of
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