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PAGE FOUR I—SECTION OWE P Chowan Herald every Thursday by The Chowan partnership consisting of J. Edwin nd Hector Lupton, at 423-425 South eet. Edenton. North Carolina. rowtN buffuu* Ed,Ulr .inrn« LUPTON Advertising Manager SUBSCRIPTION KATES: Ale Year (Qitside North Carolina) ».00 SJue Year tin North Ca-olma>™. |2 50 Entered* l as*second -class matter August.3o. 1934. at the Post Office at Edenton North Carolina, under the act of March 3. 1879. ' Cards of thanks. oDituaries resolutions of re spect. etc., will be chained for at regular ad vertising rates . _ , .. . C THURSDAY. JUNE 15, 1961. ft* Tlwt~for today j Let me not, I pray you, give flattering titles unto man. —Job 32:22. Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver; and adulation is not of more service to the people than to kings.—Burke. Let the words of my mouth and the medita tion of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Becoming More Friendly Many projects have been carried out in Edenton but one of the most worthwhile is one announced this week whereby a program has been inaugurated to welcome newcomers to Edenton. The program, known as City- Hostess Service, is being conducted by Mrs. J D. Elliott, who fittingly is called City Hostess. It is the purpose of Mrs. hdliott to call upon all newcomers who come to this com munity in order to welcome them to Edenton. Aside from her affable disposition in greeting newcomers, she will present a booklet en titled ‘‘Welcome. Newcomers to Edenton, North Carolina.” Aside from cordial greet ings on the cover of the booklet, a greeting is included from Mayor John Mitchener; Bruce Jones, president of the Edenton Cham ber of Commerce and Governor Terry San ford. Pertinent information for a newcomer is contained in the booklet including names of various merchants, schools, churches, civic clubs and other groups which may be of in terest to those who have not had time to be come acquainted with the community. The first impressions of a community are usually more lasting and if this hostess service is continued there is little doubt but that its effect will be greatly felt. Edenton has long had the reputation for being a friendly town, and with this latest program properly carried out this reputation will without doubt be greatly enhanced. Menace Os The Child Molester FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover writes: “With the arrival of vacation time for our school children when they will be enjoying happy, carefree hours, it is doubly important that all parents once again emphasize to their youngsters the menace of the child molester. “Courts and parole and probation authori ties must constantly consider that in dealing with the inhuman sex offender they are gamb ling his ‘welfare’ and rehabilitation’ against the life of a child snuffed out in unspeakable agony. The slakes are so high, the innocent lives so precious that they demand a realistic, conscientious, deliberate appraisal of each and every sex deviate’s bid for freedom.” Until A Sale Is Made An advertisement of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association carries this heading: “Nothing Until A Sale Is Made.” The text adds, “But when sales are made, things happen. America lives, breathes, cre ates. There is accomplishment, pride. There is progress. “Where are most sales made: In ads, of course. Ads that tell you what you want to kl}ow, about what you want to buy. Ads that guide you in fulfilling needs and wants. Ads that stimulate competition, help keep prices down. Ads that keep America rolling ahead." These statements come close to being tru isms. And they underline two facts of im portance to everyone. In our kind of econo my, advertising is a basic essential. Through their ads producers and sellers of a thousand and one kinds of goods and services compete for public favor—and. if they are to be suc cessful, they must back up their statements by trying to give the best possible quality for the price. Secondly, the Association’s statement points ijp the role of retailing in this country. All the productive facilities on earth would be useless if there were no comparable mecha nism for moving the products into the hands of the people who want and use them. Mass distribution, pioneered long ago by the chains alid subsequently adopted by other kinds of retailers, is the full and equal partner of mass production. Yes—nothing happens until a sale is made. ' ' ' Giving until it hurts sometimes applies to the recipient, too. 'Wisdom comes to individuals in broken 4oses and few human beings have much of it. fj I Ueard & Seen Byßuf' I J j* Next Sunday, June 18, will be Father’s Day and if the old man forks up a little jack, he might be remembered with a necktie or pair of socks. Anyway, the Rev. Walter E. Isenhour of Taylorsville, N. C., sent me the following Father’s Day Poem: PAY A TRIBUTE TO YOUR FATHER Pay a tribute to your father I>y some kind and helpful deed That may bless him in his spirit And supply a heartfelt need; That may make him feel quite happy, Whether he be young or old, For to him you may be giving Something better far than gold. Pay a tribute to your father From your heart of love and grace, That may banish gloom and sadness And bring sunshine to his face; That may help him feel he’s wanted, . Even cherished in your heatt; That his life to you is precious And more beautiful than art. Pay a tribute to your father Lest tomorrow be too late; Though you have some good intentions You’ll bestow some future date; For today he’s living with you Or is somewhere in the land. But the Lord may call him shortly Where the blessed angels stand. o Sam Ragan of the Raleigh News and Ob server had the following to say in his weekly column in Sunday’s edition: “There was a revolution in Edenton last week and it all but went unnoticed, a situation quite in contrast to that which occurred last year when a mass meeting almost became a battle royal. We refer to the re-locating of the Confederate monument from the Court House Green to the foot of Broad Street. It was a project backed by the Woman’s Club, but it met with violent opposition last year. Time has away of healing, however, and sometime it may apply to the Civil War. o And speaking about the Confederate monu- j ment, it was really surprising how many tele-j phone calls my daughter had relative to her | letter which appeared in last week’s Herald. l She was highly complimented for the expres sion of her opinions. As the result of her letter, another letter to the editor appears this week in an adjoining column regarding the I proposal to plant sycamore trees on the Court I House Green. It was written by Mrs. Annej Wood, and I go along with her as well as my l daughter so far as planting sycamore trees isj concerned. The reason and a stomped j down good one—is that there is a sycamore tree between my house and my next door neighbor. Despite the advice of an expert, that one next to my house is nothing but a nuisance and if sycamores are planted on the Court House Green, another bigger nuisance will undoubtedly materialize. Not only the bark and balls fall on the ground, but when the leaves shed, it doesn’t take very many of them to cover up the whole side of my yard, so that it is more than an every day job to keep the yard anywhere near cleaned up. Yep, I’ve gone along with the women in their beautification plan, but here’s one who balks on planting sycamore trees if they are to oe planted for beauty’s sake—unless the women want a clean-up crew on duty practically all of the time. o Wanna discover if you’re getting old? Well, just try playing a couple games of bowling. That's exactly what I did at Atlantic Beach over the week-end and until now I can feel a few sore spots in my leg muscles. Time was when an evening of bowling had little more effect than pushing a pencil to write this column. But alas and alack, those days are gone. Expect I’ll have to resort to playing checkers—that’s not quite as strenuous. o And speaking about Atlantic Beach, it was rather amusing to watch many fishermen on the various piers all diked out in fishing para phernalia and using expensive fishing gear. Many of ’em had large ice boxes in which to put the fish they caught. And to be frank about it, most of the fish that I saw caught were not so many times larger than the aver age bait we use around here to lure bass and speckled perch. Anyway, all of ’em appar ently had a lot of fun and that’s why they were fishing. o There’s three birth announcements in this week’s Herald, but none of ’em will help to increase Edenton’s population, for while the mammas and papas are former Edentonians. the babies were born as far away as Massa chusetts. There’s Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Nor wood, who are the parents of a son in Bur lington. Mrs. Norwood is the former Miss Essie Cofield, who did newspaper work in THE CHOWAK HERALD. EPERTOW. WORTH CMtOtMh. THURBPAT. Jplfg 18. 1981. Deterrent Force Edenton before going to Bur- . lington. Then there’s Capt. j and Mrs. W. O. Speight, who are the parents of a daughter, born in Massachusetts. W. O. is an Edenton boy. At Ra- : leigh Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson had a daughter add ed to their family. Mrs. An derson is the former Miss Frances Collins. The thing 1 about it is that while Eden ton’s population has not in creased, neither has my sup ply of cigars been replenished. o Game Protector Bob Evans reports that 180.000 large mouth black bass fingerlings have been released in the northeastern section of North Carolina. Looks as though there might be some good bass I fishing within the next fewj years. But just the same Bob will be around to see that not too many are caught and that they will be large enough, too. o— Captain Buddy Cannady of Wanchese, a former Edenton boy, wrote me to the effect that he took George Twiddy and a few friends fishing half a day at Oregon Inlet on his boat MEL-O-DEE. Buddy says the group caught 70 nice size bluefish and threw about 30 back in the water due to size. And Buddy says on Sat urday he took a party from, Richmond and during the day 425 bluefish were caught. Buddy must know where the blues hang out. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OPPOSES SYCAMORES Editor of The Chowan Herald: May I express myself as com pletely in agreement with Miss Dorothy Bufflap in her senti ments apropro the moving of the Confederate Monument and the planting of sycamore trees j on the green? The sycamore is suffering at present from a debilitating sick ness that causes it to drop its foliage shortly after it comes in to leaf. I noticed in traveling through North Carolina that many have been stricken, and one or two sycamores in the en virons of Edenton suffers from that disease. Even if one likes sycamore, | this present disability may give pause in using them to adorn' the -green. But I suppose this choice, as others, is in the hands of the Woman’s Club. Respectfully, ANNE K. WOOD It's A System Mother Ethel, your hair is all messed up. Did that young man kiss you against ym*»“willT”, thSSrte^°d.” mother ’ ■ hut ' he , | civic calendar] continued bom Page 1. Section t BPW Club will meet at the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Smith on Chowan River Wednesday evening, June 21, at 6 o'clock. Edenton's spring fishing con test is now in progress and will continue through June 17th. The month of June has been proclaimed "Dairy Month" in Edenton by Mayor John A. Mitchener, Jr. Edenton Roiarians will meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Parish House. Chdwan Tribe of Red Men will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock. William H. Coffield Jr. Post No. 9280. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. | A dance will be held at the |VFW post home Saturday night, I beginning at 9 o'clock. . Varsity Club Leads In Softball League Edenton’s Softball League is now in operation with the Var sity Club leading the league as of Tuesday of this week. The Red Men and P & Q are tied for second place, while the Jay cees are occupying the cellar position, although only two games have been played. Standing of Clubs W. L. Pet. Varsity 2 0 1.000 Red Men 11 .500 P & Q 11 .500 Jaycees 0 2 .000 YEOPIM CLUB MEETS The Yeopim Home Demonstra tion Club met Thursday night, I June 1, at the home of Miss Sara Margaret Harrell. The meeting was called to order with the members singing "Sweet and Low,” after which a devotional period was con ducted by Miss Harrell. Miss Pauline Calloway ran a film on salads, which was thor oughly enjoyed by everyone. A discussion was held on the mak ing of salads. The different types of greens that could be j used besides lettuce. How to prepare vegetables for a salad to get best results. The many types of salads that can be made. Two being vegetable salads and fruit salads. A salad is also a good low calorie dish. There were also two leader reports read. Elizabeth Ann Parrish gave a report on freez ing pecans. Kathryn Speight also gave a report. The club collect was repeated in unison by all the members, I after which the meeting was adjourned- There were 13 mem bers present. Delicious refresh ments were served. ■* And Hatch It | Two small boys were out ; hunting in j the woods and one burr. What the eye sees not, the heart rues not. —John Hey wood. Let’s bring the U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA HOME! % i V:—*. | 'fff . *-.» . - * i V.. U 1 W j JH jJL * " J ‘ ' ‘ fyinr ~ ’if h pwti ~■i it t It Jr.. i ■ A Great Ship is Ours for the Saving! THE U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA, a great battleship named for the State of North Carolina, is scheduled to be demolished for scrap July 1, 1961, unless $250,000 can be raised to establish the historic vessel as a permanent educational exhibit and memorial. A special commission has; been appointed by the Governor of North Carolina, in accordance with an act of the General Assembly, to acquire and maintain the ship as a memorial to the men and women of all branches of the U s S. armed forces who served during World War 11. RECORD— THE U.S.S. NORTH CARO LINA, at the time of her commissioning on April 9, 1941, and for many years thereafter, was the greatest sea weapon every built by the United States. Her bat tle record included participation in every major offensive naval engagement in the Pacific during World War 11. Beginning ■with battle support to the Guadalcanal landings and continuing through the Third Fleet operations against Japan, the mighty “Showboat” earned 12 battle stars. SITE —The Battleship Memorial will be located on a 36-acre tract on the west bank of the Cape Fear River near five well-trav eled U. S. highways at Wilmington, North Carolina-. Aside from its inspirational, his toric and educational values, the U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA BATTLESHIP ME MORIAL will be self-supporting through modest admission charges and is expected to become one of America’s major travel attractions. GOAL — A minimum of $250,000 is needed to assure the preservation of the NORTH CAROLINA, in addition to the site, which is being purchased by the citizens of Wilmington and New Hanover County for $30,000 and transferred without cost to the State of. North Carolina. A breakdown of the $250,000 minimum required is: tow ing $50,000; site preparation $100,000; and conditioning the ship for display SIOO,OOO. FUND ORGANIZATION— Each county in North Carolina is represented by an Ad miral of the Fleet appointed by the Gov ernor to work with the Governor’s Office and the U.S.S. Nyrth Carolina Battleship Commission. SCHOOLS—Special Admission tickets to the U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Me morial will be given to students in elemen tary and high schools where each member of the student body gives, or has given Firemen Answer 61 Calls In Past Year Fire Chief W. J. Yates re ports that for the 12 months period June 1, 1960 to May 31, 1961, Edenton firemen were call ed out 61 times. Os this num ber 34 were for fires in Eden ton and 27 out of town. For the Edenton fires the fire men were out 38 hours and 15 minutes and 32 hours and 24 minutes out of town. They were on the air six minutes and 55 seconds in Edenton and six minutes and 25 seconds out of town. The Edenton fires required 72 miles of traveling and 592 miles out of town. In Edenton 9,100 feet of hose were laid and 10,- 250 feet out of town. Ladders were raised 140 feet in Edenton and 226 feet out of town. In Edenton 577. volunteers re- j sponded and 550 out of town. Property involved in Edenton was estimated at $735,350 and $198,450 out of town. Damage in town was estimated at sl2l,- j 200 and $f3,956 out of town. In- I surance in town was placed at $478,500 and $77,700 out of town. During the year the firemen held 14 fire drills, answered 41 still alarms, refilled 27 fire ex tinguishers, painted 111 fire hy drants, worked 115 hours on Christmas toys and made a mu- J tual aid call at a Perrytown church. FATHER'S DAY PROGRAM AT PROVIDENCE CHURCH A special Father’s Day pro gram will be held at Providence Baptist Church Sunday after noon, June 18, at 3 o’clock. The program is sponsored jointly by the boards of the. church and the public is cordi- [ ally invited. I TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED AD for him, as much as lOd to the Battleship Fund. Special ticket offers will terminate at the end of the drive for funds, and apply only to those schools where as much as 10e is received from every member of the student body registered for the 1960-61 school year. This student ticket plan has. been approved on local option basis by Governor of North Carolina, State Super intendent of Public Instruction, and Presi dent of North Carolina Congress of Par ents and Teachers. HOW TO BE AN ADMIRAL— The Gover nor of North Carolina will present com missions in the North Carolina Navy for rank of Admiral to each person who con tributes as much as SIOO, or to each person who raises as much as SSOO for the Battle-" ship Fund. This includes certificate for* framing, as well as wallet card covering lifetime free admission. TAX DEDUCTIBLE— Gifts to th<L U.S.S. North Carolina Fund are fully tax deduc tible by rulings of the Federal and North Carolina revenue officials. ••••••«•••••••••••••••••••••••••••#•«• • U.S.S. NPRTH CAROLINA I BATTLESHIP COMMISSION J GOVERNOR’S OFFICE • RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA • • Enclosed is my contribution to the Battle • ship Fund SIOO Admiral in North J Carolina Navy $5 or more free ad • mission tickets Special student tick • ets 10# each for every student in school. • J $— —Enclosed, ! NAME 1 * Z (please print) • ADDRESS : CITY ESTATE. Completes Course J m * jji m tK Graham Farless has just suc cessfully completed an Interna tional Correspondence School course on practical electricity. The course since 1958 has been sponsored by the Electric & Water Department, which pays half the cost, in order to provide more efficient employees,— (Photo by J. P. Ricks, Jr.) CARD OF THANKS We desire to convey to our friends and neighbors our heart felt thanks and appreciation for the many deeds of kindness and expressions of sympathy during the death of our son and bro ther, Luther Keeter. , P Mr. and Mrs. J W. Keeter And Family.