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i-gfegnoK ere PAGE FOUR The Chowan Herald |*ubUsbed every Thursday by The Chowan Nomid. a partnership coneieting at J. Edwin and Hector Lupton, at 423-425 south xireeh noenton. North Carolina. J muim tffTr*Ti4P Bmae a agOTOR LUPTON——AdrertWn* lfaaaaw SUBSCRIPTION KATES: One Year (outside North Carolina) -JW# One Year (in North Carolina) JJ.so ; Six Months —— Entered as second-class August 30.1 WM. «t the Post Office at Edenton. North Carolina, under the act of March 3. 1879- Cards of thanks. oOi:uaries, resolutions of re ject. etc., will be charged for at regular ad vertising rates- THURSDAY, JUNE 8. 1961. A LIFT FOR TODAY \ good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. —Proverbs 22:1. REGARD YOUR good name as the richest jewel you can possibly possess, and endeavor to be What you desire to appear. May we. O Lord, be worthy to be called Thy children through the cleansing blood of Him Who died for us. . Monument Is Moved After being granted permission by the County Commissioners to remove the Con federate monument from the Court House Green to the foot of Broad Street, members of the Edenton Woman’s Club lost no time in making the change they have been harboring for a long time. It required only one day s o remove the monument from the Green and have it installed at the new site. Os course, there was not total unanimity in the removal of the monument, for some people objected, while others are of the hon est opinion that the change and improve ments to be made at the Green and foot of Broad Street will greatly enhance the attrac tiveness of the town for tourists as well as local people and that the change will ulti mately become a great asset to Edenton. One very unfortunate incident has occur red in connection with the removal of the monument is the resignation of Mrs. Ray mond Carr as chairman of the Chowan County Confederate Centennial Committee. Mrs. Carr has been vitally interested in the four-year program commemorating the War Between the States. She is well versed in the history of the conflict and has already done a great deal of splendid work in connection with the observance. However. Mrs. Carr is one who has vigor ously opposed removal of the monument. She considers it a sacred spot and deems it more or less mockery to continue to serve as chair man under the circumstances in connection with its removal. Her efforts in performing her duties as chairman of the Chowan com mittee are to be commended and her resigna tion is bound to have a deterring effect on Chowan County's part in the observance. It is unfortunate that differing views and opinions develop when any movement is start ed which has for its purpose the welfare and progress of the town. It is the opinion of the Woman’s Club members that when the project is ultimately completed it will be a credit to the town, and citizens in general will be proud of what has been done even in the face of some opposition. Taxes, Taxes, Taxes! With the prospect apparent that there will an increase in the county tax rate, a forth coming election for a $289,000 bond issue for school improvements, and later another elec tion for a bond issue to pay for the construc tion of a sewage disposal plant, the tax pic ture in Edenton and Chowan County does not seem so very encouraging at present. Both the County Commissioners and Town Councilmen are now knee deep in figures while working on budgets which will determ ine the tax rate for Chowan County and the Town of Edenton. One thing is certain and that is that each group is as much interested in as low a tax rate as any other person who must pay taxes. But certain things must be done and this costs nponev—lots of money—so that it is no easy tgsk for either group to shave so closely that necessary items are eliminated or to cut too 'close to the bone that progress will surely be thwarted. To go forward and even to hold one’s own costs money and despite the unpopularity of Paying taxes, funds must be raised to meet the necessary operation of town and county governments, as well as do many things which would be detrimental to the progress of the town and county if left undone. Commission ers and Town Councilmen should have the sympathy of the entire citizenry, for with the ever mounting requests for worthwhile appro priations they are faced with trying to please one group on the one side and another group which has otlter idess. Both groups of offi cials are viuflly interested in the progress and welfare of the county and town, and can be depended upon to do their dead level best to do as much as they can with what they have |p do with. They are not anxious to raise the |px rate, hut if the requirements call for more tnoney than is raised by the present tax rate, tfcpy haVe no other alternative than to increase & Seen There’s somewhat of a divided household at the Bufflap residence all on account of a Confederate monument. J*sy daughter, now high cockalorum at my house, and I do. not see altogether eye to eye the removal of the Confederate monument from the Court Hwse Green to to the foot of Brogd Street, and she has put into writing how site feels about the way the removal was brought about- f do not agree with all of her statements, and she’s too big now for me to lay across my knee and spank. But the columns of The Herald are open to all who desire to express their views on various matters, so that her letter to the editor appears in the adjoining column. Which is to emphasize the fact that letters to the editor are welcome and will be published if the editor is in accord or not. o Bennie and Joyce Twine, now living at Rockville, Md., were among those last week who sent checks for renewal of The Herald. Said Bennie, “Dear Mr. Bufflap: I’m not sure but I think our subscription to The Her ald is about due, and since we had to send you our new address, thought it might be a good idea to enclose the check. We enjoy reading The Herald and would surely miss hearing the news about our Edenton friends.” o Then Sandra Boyce, whose subscription is paid by her mom or pop, notified me of a change in address and wrote: “I might add that The Chowan Herald means a lot to me as it keeps me up on the events of Edenton. Thank you for an excellent service and a wonderful paper.” o There’s no question but that the value of the dollar has shrunk considerably and the same can be said about a half dollar coin. Prior to finding a tin box when the Confed erate monument was removed last week, Joe Conger is supposed to have made the remark that he placed a half dollar in the box at the laying of the cornerstone at the monu ment in 1904. Well, if he did, the bloomin’ half dollar shrunk to two cents, for that was all the coins found in the box. Os course, there was a lot of scrip paper money in vari ous denominations and that, too, has “shrunk” so that it would be hard to buy a good cigar with, all thp bills found in. thg tyox. It was very interesting to note how much was pack ed in the tin box. The box had rusted con siderably, so that the ladies are having a metal box made to preserve what was found at the cornerstone. o Darned if it don’t look like some people are trying to lure me, as well as other local fish ermen from Edenton. Again this week I re ceived pictures of long strings of fish and a brief letter from Liza (White) Wilkins, who lives in Suffolk. The letter received with the picture follows: “Dear Mr. Bufflap— Several weeks ago you had an article in your Heard and Seen’ column about the great fishing in Tennessee. You also expressed re gret that you could not get away to do any fishing that far from home. Well, enclosed please find two clippings and *proof positive’ that ‘great’ fishing can be found much closer to Edenton than Tennessee. In other words, if yon will point your car in the direction of Suffolk. Virginia, and climb aboard. I can promise you excellent fishing in Lake Cohoon. The reason 1 am enclosing two clippings is to show vo" that my husband isn’t the only one in our family that can *haul 'em in’. By the way. it was good eating too!” According to the pictures. I must again ask “Don’t they have a limit in Suffolk?” o Mot a single member of the Chowan County Commissioners is a barber by trade, but they’ll most likely do a spell of “shaving” when they meet Monday, June 19, to set a tentative county tax rate for 1961-62. With just about every department submitting a bud get in excess of last year, and the city school budget considerably larger, the tax rate will take quite a shoot upward unless some shav ing is done. The Commissioners are as anxious as anybody to set as low a tax rate as possible, but with requests for appropria tions steadily increasing, they will not only be barbers, but even magicians if they are able to maintain the sl-10 for the next year. The same can also be said about Town, Councilmen, who are now delving into budge tary figures and have set two nights, June 26 and 27. to arrive at a tentative tax rate for the town. It’s a hard time for Commis sioners and Councilmen but they’ll do their best to keep the tax rate aa low as possible— but they’ll no doubt catch bell whatever the rate turns out to be. Asheville isn’t as far away as I always had an idea. For instance, last . week Dusty Rhoades and I left Asheville at,7:30 A. M., and pulled into Edenton at It in- rag eaowjariireiftfr t&wnm ngww wmm** xwwm*.wmirm- stop at Zehuk>n for gas. Hut despite shortening of distance and less driving tine dye to by-passes and far better high ways than US 17, jyst about 95 percent of the scenery has been eliminated- And when you take away the scenery from a trip into the monn tainous section of the State well, give me Edenton. Word has reached Edenton that the oW U. S. Fish Hatch ery property was sold Tues day by General Services Ad ministration at a price of $26,- 600. The purchasers were not learned- Put whoever bought the place have a piece of property which would, no doubt, he very vaiuaWe to Edenton in the years ahead. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR "BUSINESS CLIMATE" Dear Buff: It has been suggested by sev eral officers of the Edenton Chamber of Commerce that a request be made to utilize the columns of The Chowan Herald to comment on the area’s “busi ness climate.” A “business climate,” as you know, is one of the newer ex pressions used by industry hunt ers and their clients to indicate the basic sincerity of attitude residents in a town or larger area have toward newcomers, new industry and most import ant, how this attitude is reflect ed and expressed in public. It is particularly appropriate at this time, Buff, to praise the fine “business climate” in Eden ton and in fact, Chowan County. Here’s why. The Industrial Development Committee of the Edenton Chamber of Commerce currently is negotiating with several ex cellent, nationally known cor porations to locate here. Not only for branch plants but also in one instance, for a main plant. Edenton would become their nationally established FOB shipping point. In dealing with problems of relocation for industry large sums of money are involved for kuubqpd the training of new personnel. Consideration is given to the many intricacies of tax advant ages, freight charges, .sources ot raw materials, lpans at lpw in terest cost, etc. But, large as these details loom to the of ficers and directors of g cor poration contemplating the large investment necessary to change their plant location or expand with a branch plant into a new area, they are equally concern ed with the attitude of the aver age citizen toward a new indus try in that area under considera tion for the relocation. A corporation is an entity that inherently has long life. Its officers and directors may come and go but the corporation ] continues on after the original leadership that sponsored it has served and has relinquished the reins to those who succeed them. So any location planned is plan ned for permanency. 'That's why corporation officials try to evaluate the “business climate” existing at a new location be fore they move. It is extreme ly important to them. Not un like a family moving to a new section of the state or region, they prefer to settle in a friend ly place to earn a living, where they can be welcomed not alone for what inducements they may offer to their neighbors, but 1 welcomed as good neighbors themselves. Many a corporation has been courted and won by certain cities and towns across the coun try only to find after they have relocated that, they were con sidered outlanders, a nuisance and only tolerated because -they produce a needed payroll. Even their employees turn sulky or. salty. In such instance a com pany properly regrets its marri age to the place but then it is too late for a divorce. They misjudged the true “business climate” No one doubts the excellent “business climate” existing in Edenton today apart front the realization for the need of pay rolls to fill the void created by tite deactivation of the former Marine Air Base. But more im portant than just filling in the void is to prepare for the fq opportunity for pur young ppo- -I' - this i q ts j 1 1 .uni i i jws / Edenton possesses this leader* IM ir 1 *-* I J . T t - ' 1 ■ 1 ; ship Jf to be^nwintatoed ‘‘business support it. Anyone can temperate Edem ton’s “buswes* climate” by be ing enthusiastic in bis actions toward and friendly in kis con versation about new industry— and, naturally, about his own home town. The swne *oeu ter our exist ing business and industry. We are proud of them and it’* to the sood because that’s %n essential ingredient- of a tep notch “business rig^te^tefti Haecutive Vice President, Edenton Chamber of Commerce. olu mw?* away Dear Editor: The Edenton Woman’s Cte b has indeed w*#ed a sitzkrieg, but like the little man with whom this type of w*T fare is associated, their final victory, too, is in doubt. When their idea of beautifica tion was advanced there was much opposition, of which the County Commissioners and Town Councilmen were well aware. The frightening thing of the whole matter is that, having this knowledge and being ever mindful of the fact that they were elected to office with the solemn promise that they would represent ALL the people, these gentlemen saw fit to pass this motion without troubling them selves to ascertain if the oppo sition had diminished. The monument shall now re mind me not only of tbe Con federate dead, but also of the fact that a group of citizens, fearful of the test of putting an issue to a vote can, at the right opportunity, slip through a mo tipn which is opposed by so great a number. If this is the way pur town and county is to be run. whip is to say that un der some future administration a similar motion might not slip through and the women awake to find their statue back on the Court House Green—or in the middle of the Marine Base it that be some group’s project for beautification? Perhaps, too, there might be a much graver issue involved next time. Must we all sleep with one eye open to prevent being hoodwinked in the future? The monument shall remind me, also, that it is possible that qur governing, bodjps, in /whom I have placed my must and sup ported vyrttb my small vote, may take no heed of my cry, even when it is raised with so many mure, when if suits their fancy to go along with the whim of sonde group. Everyone’s idea of beauty is not the same —alas! The Wom an’s Club has outlined their’s— we cannot agree. Hirst, some of us will never understand why they went to suph lengths to make an attrac tion of a statue whose nearly exert likeness can be found in almost any southern town of any I size. And surely the North must have honored her Civil War dead —has any Edentopian ever gone one block out of the [Way to look at one in another town? When these droves of tourists cpme to town to gaze on ours, how shall we answer those whp ask for lodging? It is not convenient for all tourists to stay at motels may we tell them the ladies were busy mov ing a monument when the Hotel : Joseph Hewes, nee Kings Arms Tavern, passed away? Or when visitors inquire where they may spe (he Tea Party House, must we, instead point with pride to the monument and tell them of tbe ladies’ gtoribUS battle to re locate it while the Tea Party House lay decaying? second, with so. many beauti ful trees and shrubs native to our state, we cannot see why they should choose sycamores as a thing of beauty. Have the ladies considered the mountain of leaves and ug\g proven halls such a number of sycamores will abed, an# tijte subsequent problem of keeping the Green clean? v Third, several rather large sums of money have been men tioned a« b*ing spent by the ladies to move the monument. Perhaps nearly every citizen Penelope Barker house in the regr. An old maid *ph as I pep only fail to understand why they would pay so dear a price for, at consider so beautiful the view of the- end of a northbound' soldier." May the view spur the good ladies on to For Sewage Disposal Continued from Pag* I—Section 1 pointed out the value at public • relations in 'connection with a I bond election for sewage dis posal and expressed the opinion ■ that most times a bond election i is defeated due to the fact that people are not properly in formed. Mr. Childress offered his ser vices free in connection with publicizing the bond election end to get before the citizens of Edenton facts and an explana tion of qll aspects of the pro ject. The services of Mr. Chil dress were accepted by the Councilmen and members of the ’ Board of Public Works in the hope that citizens will be thor oughly acquainted with the pur pose of the election to thfe end that the bond, isjsue will pass. Mr. Childress was accompanied by Tom Sutton, who holds a similar position for the State of Virginia. During the meeting Town Councilmen heard bids read by William Gardner, clerk, for a garbage compaction unit, a truck on which it will be mounted and a tractor crawler to he used at the town’s land fill garbage disposal site on the base property. There were four bids submit ted for the truck, three for the compaction unit and four for the tractor crawler. The Coun- BIGGEST MAY SINCE THE MODEL “A”. if ... w * THE MONTH ‘ MAY WAS THE BIGGEST FOR FORD CAR SALES id 3? YEARS—SINCE THE HEYDAY OF THE HOT MODEL ”A'i IN 1929^ MORE THAN 149,000 FORD CARS WERE SOLD. THIS MEANS THAT EVERY SIX SECONDS OF EVERY EIGHT-HOUR DAY. SOMEONE BOUGHT ANOTHER FORD, FALCON, THUNDERBIRD, OR’ .FORD WAGON 2, JfHYf { PERHAPS THOSE AMERICANS FOUND OUT SOMETHING Yos i SHOULD KNOW. THEY Dip ALL TRE SHOPPING, DEALER BY DEALER;I THEY MADE ALL TH$ COMPARISONS. _ CAR BY CAR, BUT THEY , BOUGHT FORDS I WHY? SOONER OR LATH* YOU’U. GET A NEW CAR.' WHEN YOU TRY YOUR FORD DEALER FIRST—HE WILL GIVE YOU AN ABSOLUTS YARDSTICK OF VALUE IN EVERY PRICE RANGE FROM A “TUDOR. .FALCON TO A THUNDERBIRD CONVERTIBLE, f ‘ v. HERE'S WHAT TO LOOK FOR. IN THE GALAXIE PRICE RANGE, DON'T SETTLE FOR LESS THAN A CAR THAT'S BEAUTIFULLY BUILT TO TAKE CARE QF ITSELF...THAT GOES 30,000 MILES BETWEEN CHASSIS LUBRICATIONS... 4,OOO MILES BETWEEN OIL CHANGES .. A WHOSE BRAKES ADJUST THEMSELVES AUTOMATICALLY... WHOSE MUFFLER,IS BUILT TO y£T THREE TIMES AS LONG AS ORDINARY ONES..,WHOSE BODY IS SPECIALLY TREATED TO RESIST RUST AND CORROSION...WHOSE FINISH NEVER NEEDS WAXING. !IF YOU WANT RECORD ECONOMY LOOK TO THE FALCON .T. THIS ISk THE ABSOLUTE RUN-AWAY BEST SELLER OF ALL COMPACT CARS... smith the gas mileage record of 32.6 miles per gallon, PROVEN BY AN EXPERT DRIVER IN A FALCON WITH STANDARE SHIFT, UNDER THE CROSS-COUNTRY TEST CONDITIONS OF THU YEAR'S MOBILGAS ECONOMY RUN. OR COMBINE ECONOMY WITH A TOUCH OF THE THUNDERBIRD; IN THE ELEGANT Nfi FALCON FUTURA.,.BUCKET SEATS AND ALL. TAKE A LOQK AT THE TWELVE FORD WAGONS, EVERY ONE IS DE-* SIGNED AND BUILT TQ GIVE YOU MORE SOLID ROOM-PER-DOLLAR } PQWfR-PER-DQLLAR OR STYLE-PER-DOLLAR VALUE THAN OTHER WAGONS. SEE THS3I ALL—FROM THE CRISP SMARTNESS OF Tl® FALCON WAGON. ALL THE WAY UP TO THE INIMITABLE FORD COUNTRY SQUIRE. : FQR PURE PLEASURE, SEE THE SENSATIONAL NEW THUNDERBIRD FOR 11961, UNIQUE |N ALL THE WORLD—A CAR THAT BECOMES MORE i DESIRABLE EACH MQN?H AS (THE IMITATIONS COME OUT, AS OTHER ’CARS COPY ITS FAMOUS ROOFLIRE, Tt9 FQUR-SEAT INTERIOR, JTS CONSOLE —YET MISS THE SECRET OF THE THUNDERBIRD SPIRIT^ i * 1 THE THING THAT SELLS FORpS IS SIMPLY THE PRODUCT—If {STARTS WHEN YOU TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT FEATURES OTHER CARS ARE ONLY DREAMINq ABOUT, IT GETS CONVINCING WHEN YOU SEE AND FEEL THE HONEST QUALITY OF ITS CRAFTSMANSHIP—AND IT'S AEL OVER WHEN YOU LEARN THB PRICE.; THOSE THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WHO BOUGHT A GLITTERING MEW FORD EVERY SIX S£QONQS IN MAX RgALLY DID KNOW SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW—TRAT NOW IS THE’ TIME Tp ST£P IN. mmm TX AT YQUR FORD DEALER'S SWAPPING BEE. J ’ '■“* ' V' fe' ii ’ I?'* ' V -llylyjLTg, ' ■ * >SBB VgftTß n>BD HEALER AND START FMTAVrvrP & mg SAVINGS OF A ’6l FORD 11 1 " r 1 IJI. ufU i -jR- -* -‘4Z . cilmeq were rather agreeably surprtte«f to Ithat tile fri** in all instances were somewhat lower than originally anticipated. No bid was accepted at the meeting, however, but a com mitte was instructed to check the specifications presented tor each piece of equipment with the specifications desired by the town. A request was presented at the Council meeting to name the street so fount of John A. Hornes High School Armory Street. The street funs from Freemason.' Street to the armory and a 15-mile an hour speed limit was recommended. No ac -1 tipn was taken, but will be considered at the regular Town Council meeting next Tuesday HOUSE FOR SALE 109 BADHAM HOAD Three Bedrooms, Living l Room, Dining Room, Kitchen and Rath. Two-car Care port, Screened Back Porch, Picture Win dow, Draperies and Curtains. 30 Days Possession Twiddy Insurance & Real Estate, Inc, 103 E. King Street PHONE 2163 Edenton, N. C. I'nigh amTS* Paris* frrtwe* ed tioAA|#Aa fWtiter mftwrmfttoh | relative to the must, satisfactory icourt6v?Uii|A cssrt The Councilmen e’sp ! ered a few items in connection j with the 1961-62 budget and it I was agreed to mept u* gpeml i session Monday night. J[une H :to work on tire hudgrt and | again the following night, AVWW ! 27, if necessary. 'V Awaiting The Proposal ' ■ ’■* “Why do you c*U yqwf bo* friend ‘Pilgrim’?” “Because every time Ah Cfß* he makes a btiie prpgfpss.”
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