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THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1961.
A LIFT FOR TODAY
Choose ye this day whom ye will serve.—
J °No mind can be clean and impure at the same
time; no one can be both sensual and spmtual.
A decision as to whether we follow the Saviour
or not is inescapable.
May we, merciful Father, choose Thee as our
refuge. .. _
The~Heart Os A People
The following editorial is reprinted from
People-To-People Digest:
“At what level may the real relations
between nations be assessed? At that of
formal protocol? Or in the spontaneous ac
tion of a single obscure citizen?
“Official relations are governed by usage
and tradition, whereas the heart of a whole
people may reveal itself in the actions of one
individual.
“Such was the case recently in Japan. The
individual was Katsuichi Maeda. a simple
farmer. Mr. Maeda is a wise old man who
has spent o 9 years close to the soil. 1 ending
his cherry trees, he experienced the" difficult
years of the war, the dislocations and read
justments following, the rapprochements be
tween his own people and those of the l nit
ed States. Time brought changes that pleas
ed him, and he was filled wuh gratitude at
what he called the generosity of the American
people toward their erstwhile enemies. He
wished in some way to express his appre
ciation.
• “One day Mr. Maeda made a trip to the
American Consulate at Xagova. There
lie . . . offered ... to the American people
something dear to his heart, seventeen unique
Sveeping willow cherry trees’, which he had
developed through 50 years of effort and
experimentation. The trees were his master
piece. They were not for sale at any price,
for who can place a value upon an affair of
the heart? But to the people of America as
an expression of the feelings of a Japanese
farmer, they were free. Today they stand
on the grounds of the Consulate in Nagoya,
living testimony of the trust of one people
in another."
Tricky Statistics
Henry Hazlitt writes in Newsweek: “We
have made a habit of accepting all the Rus
sian claims on the general principle that it is
£afer to overestimate the strength of one’s
enemy than to underestimate it. But we are
in grave danger of downgrading our own
system.”
He then cites testimony given before a
Senate subcommittee by one of this era's
most respected economists. Colin Clark. I)r.
Clark observed that practically everyone be
lieves that Soviet productivity has been grow
ing at a rate of 6 per cent a year —a rate far
beyond that of this country. Then he said:
“Like so many other things which ‘everybody
knows’ this supposed 6 per cent per annum
growth trend of the Soviet economy is an
illusion.”
Over the 191.1-56 period, he went on, Rus
sia’s rate of growth actually averaged 1.2
per cent per year. And even if we start with
1928 or 1939 the growth has been only 1.7
or 1.6 per cent per year. U. S. growth, by
contrast, has been running steadily, with mi
por fluctuations at a 2.3 per cent rate for
many years.
To quote Mr. Hazlitt once more, “The eco
nomic and other freedoms of the market econ
omy—the capitalist system —are so precious
for their own sake, that most of us would pre
fer it even if it were less productive material
ly than a Communist system. But it happens
to be incomparably more productive.”
We certainly shouldn't underestimate So
viet power, militarily or economically. But
it’s even worse to downgrade ourselves. That
fits right into the Soviet plan for world con
quest.
Drive more carefully than ever and thus
make doubly sure the safety of your own life.
Hard work and no play is bad, but not
nearly as bad as no hard work and too much
play.
The true believer in the merit, or honor
system, will accept nothing that he hasn’t
earned.
: Xt is very difficult, at times ,to know what
M tam thinks by what he says.
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By Buff
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Another step toward making lower Broad
Street more attractive was completed Tues
day. At the Confederate monument three
brand new flags waved in the breeze from
flagpoles. The flags are the American flag,
state flag and the Confederate flag. There
are four flagpoles and on the fourth will fly
a 13-colony flag which is now in the making.
The flags attracted quite a few people and
brought forth a lot of favorable comment.
The flags will, however, add another duty to
the Police Department, for the cops will put
’em up and take ’em down.
o
Here’s one of the many North Carolina
newspaper folk who will be attending the
North Carolina Press Convention in Char
lotte the latter part of this week. It will be
nice to meet old acquaintances again but
here’s betting a stogie that I’ll discover that
practically every one of ’em have about the
same sort of worries and problems as I have
in getting out a newspaper, be it daily or
weekly. Anyway, a full and splendid pro
‘ gram is on tap, so I’m swapping the trip for a
fishing trip up the creek.
o—
Allen Harless apparently got over his spell
of nervousness after recently becoming a
daddy, for he has come across with a cigar.
In fact, he sent it by mail. That he has got
ten back to normal is no doubt evidenced by
the fact that to the cigar was attached three
matches—in case the bloomin' thing went out
before I smoked it up, I reckon. Anyway,
I’ve marked his cigar account "paid in full”.
o
With so many Herald readers renewing
their subscriptions lately, and accompanying
their checks with brief messages, it is about
as pleasant as reading over the stacks of
cards received at Christmas time. Here's just
a few received last week:
Mrs. P. Avnes, who lived in Eden
ton when the Marines were stationed here,
but now lives at Corona Del Mar, California,
had this to say: “Dear Busf —I’ve written
a What’s In Store?’ column for the local
weekly newspaper here as I did for The Cho
wan Herald. Since all the fuss and furor
ovef- the John Birch Society, I’ve looked, for
an article in your paper about their contro
versial ‘founder’, who was born in Chowan
County—Robert Welch. Jim (Lt. Col. Aynes
now) and I read the ‘Blue Book’, but did not
feel we could join the organization. You
might be able to find some interesting ma
terial on Welch. It’s just a suggestion. We
do enjoy following the football games of Bill
Billings’ teams and all the events of Edenton
and I’m pleased to pay for a subscription in
advance.”
Well, Arthur Lyon, coordinator in North
Carolina for the John Birch Society, was the
speaker at last week’s Rotary meeting. To be
frank, I know just about as much about the
society now as I did before I heard Mr.
Lyon's address.
o
Then Mrs. Sam Allen, a former Edentonian,
who now lives at Salisbury, N. C., had this
to say: “Dear Busf —I am always anxious
to read the hometown news. I never stop to
-ee when my paper expires. Please accept
i mv apology for waiting so long to pay my
bill. I would miss the paper very much if it
stopped coming. Our son calls it ‘The Cho
wan Herring'. I have a lot of people here to
ask me where I am from. When I tell them
Edenton. they always say. ‘Oh, you mean the
nice little town that has a lot of water around
it.’ Edenton is a neat, clean town and so
many people are interested in the historical
places in Edenton. I think the town should
advertise more their places of interest.”
o
Mrs. Floyd Johnson, who lives in Halifax,
N. C.. had this to say: “I would feel lost
if I did not get the news from Edenton each
week. Although I have been living in Hali-
I fax for 5'4 years now, I still call Edenton
my home and I sincerely enjoy reading The
Chowan Herald each week. Enclosed find
check for my subscription and please con
tinue to send The Herald to me.”
o
M. M. Hollowed, who lives at Falls Church,
Va., jotted down on his subscription slip: “En
joy your paper very much, Buff.”
o
Harry Jordan, a former Edentonian now
living in Springfield, Missouri, but who spends
right much time in Florida and running
around all over the country, sent this brief
letter last week: “Dear-Buff — Thank you
very much for your letter of June 24. I was
glad to hear from you and happy that you
are now sending me my home town paper
again. I may be visiting Edenton again in
the not too distant future and if so, I hope
to give myself the pleasure of a visit with
you. I null be going south again in early
tatt. Last winter I spent some time in Ja
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maica—and I love it over
there. My very best regards
to you, Buff.”
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Then it looks as though we
will add another subscriber to
The Herald’s circulation list.
Mrs. T. A. Thomas, who lives
in Buffalo, N. Y., sent the
following letter last week:
“Dear Mr. Bufflap—l was
born in Edenton, but now I
live in Buffalo, N. Y. All my
family are in Edenton, so I
would like to know what’s go
ing on. I would like to sub
scribe to The Chowan Herald.
Let me know your rates and
I will send you a check.”
o
Mrs. Margaret E. Stiffler,
who lives at Johnstown, Pa.,
wrote: “Dear Buff—Enclosed
is Money Order for another
year —Gee! At the rate the
paper comes due I’m going to
be old before I know it. Fa
ther Time waits for none of
us. Tell Dorothy I thorough
ly agree with her about the
Court House Green. I miss
the hospital notes and tell Mr.
Harrell to keep up the en
tertaining column. T look for
ward to Friday when the home
town sheet comes in. Best
wishes to the staff and much
success.”
o
Writing from Daytona
Beach, Fla., Mrs. Mary P.
Pullen says: “Dear Mr. Buff
lap—Am enclosing a check for
three dollars ($3.00) for The
Chowan Herald. I may be
late, as usual, but just put
part of the blame on the
weather. I still call Edenton
home for I can’t be anything
but a ‘Tar Heel’.”
o
It is a source of genuine
pleasure to receive these brief
messages from Herald read
ers. and here’s hoping we con
tinue to receive them. It
makes a fellow feel just a
little more compensated when
the efforts to get out a smajl
weekly newspaper seem ap
parently to be appreciated.
Alex Kehayes Goes
To Youth Assembly
Continued from Page I, Section 1
United Christian Youth Move
ment of the National Council of
Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
Twelve national denomination
al youth group* will meet sim
ultaneously within the assem
bly. About 200 of the young
people will be from overseas —
Europe, Africa, Asia and South
America. Most of the North
American young people will be
official delegates from their own
youth organizations. A selected
number of state Christian youth
council leaders, and representa
tives of church related agencies
will be present.
The program is built around
the theme “Entrusted with the
Message of Reconciliation” (111
Corinthians 5 and 6). The three
sub-themes are "The World We
Live In,” “The Gospel We Live
Under”, and “The Mission of the
Church.”
A special feature of the as
sembly will be original dramatic
production, especially commis
sioned to raise provocative ques
tions relevant to the gathering.
Birch Society Topic
At Rotary Meeting
Continued from Page 1, Section 1
Lyons told the Rotarians that
the communists are gaining
ground in America through
every piece of socialistic legis
lation. He charged that the
U. S. State Department knew
that Cuba’s Castro was a com
munist as early as 1958 and yet
referred to him as “a Cuban
George Washington or Robin
Hood.”
Lyons was critical of the
press for what he termed
“smearing” the society and its
founder and for its lack of ob
jectivity in dealing with the
two.
“Our group is Christian, eth
ical and patriotic,” said Lyons,
“we don’t represent any fac
tional interest. The society is
termed ultra-conservative when
i actually we are the true lib
| erals.” He said the society
I would not accept membership
from followers of the White
Citizens Council or Hie Ku Khnc
Klan because they are out to
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'her of questions were asked by
the Rotarians. .
A meeting is scheduled to be
held tonight (Thursday) at 7
o’clock at the Edenton Restau
rant. The meeting will last
three hours, two hours, and 15
minutes of ■ which will be de
voted to presentation of a film
carrying a speech by Robert
Welch. A volunteer coordinator
of the society will preside and
set forth the goals and aims of
the society. If enough interest
is aroused, a chapter might be
organized for Chowan County.
Directors Elected For
Fire Department
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Continued from Page 1, Section 1
inated and elected to serve as
a governing body of the depart
ment. These directors are: J.
Clarence Leary, president; Mrs.
E. N. Elliott, secretary; George
Lewis, treasurer; E. E. Privott,
Emmett Jones, E. D. Byrum, B.
F. Bateman, Ralph Hollowell,
West Byrum, Jr., Luther “Goose”
Parks, W. J. Privott, Frank
White, Jr., Carlton Asbell, Car
roll Byrum, Gilbert Hare.
The department would like to
take this opportunity to thank
Luther Parks for his time com
ing out and holding training ses
sions for the department. Every
member attended each one of
the eight sessions.
Anyone desiring to report a
fire is reminded to phone 4000
or the Edenton Fire Department
and the alarm will be sent to
member? of the Center Hill-
Cross Roads Fire Department.
Fall Sign-up For
Trees July 17-31
Continued from Page 1. Section f
gram. North Carolina farmers
established 168,178 acres of trees
during the year 1956-60 under
the Agricultural Conservation
Program and the Conservation
Reserve Program.
The Division of Forestry of
the North Carolina Department
of Conservation and Develop
ment furnishes the tree seed
lings at' a nominal cost to the
farmer. The Division of For
estry also furnishes technical
help to farmers in carrying out
tree planting practices and the
forest improvement practices in
cluded in the ACP.
’Farmers interested in planting
trees or the forest improvement
practice included in the ACP
should contact their ASCS Coun-
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and the improvement of stands
of. forest trees,” says Mr. West.
The fall sign-up under ACP in j
Chowan County is July 17'
through July 31.
Tight Games Played
By Little Leaguers
Continued from Page 1, Section 1
of the fifth inning on hits by
Bill Mitchener and Danny Has
sell. The Lions came back and
scored the winning run in the
bottom of the fifth inning on j
a hit by Buddy Boyce. The,
winning pitcher was Quinton
Goodwin and the losing pitcher'
was Danny Hassell.
In another exciting game the
Lions defeated the Rotary team j
by a score of 8-7. The Lions
came to bat in the bottom of
the sixth inning trailing by one
run. Johnny Cates grounded out
to the shortstop. Rudy Tolley
followed with a double. Buddy
Boyce grounded out. Curt Leary
then hit a triple to right field
scoring the tieing run. Scotty
Phelps, with two out and a full
count, then hit a single to right
field scoring the winning run.
TOP TEN BATTERS
Based on 25 Times At Bat
AB H Pet.
Mike Overton 46 25 .544
Ronnie Harrell 50 24 .480 1
Wesley Chesson 54 25 .463
Rusty Bootwright....37 17 .459}
Danny Hassell 50 21 .420
Troy Bailey 51 17 .333
Buddy White 55 18 .327
Curt Leary 60 19 .317
Bill Mitchener 58 18 .310
Rudy Tolley 56 17 .304
TEAM STANDINGS
W L Pet.
Jaycees ..13 7 .650
Corvairs 10 10 .500,
Rotary 9 11 .450
Lions 8 12 .400
North Carolina
41st In Education
North Carolina ranks 41st edu
cationally among the 50 states
of the Union according to 20
representative measures of ef
fort and achievement. California
ranks first and sJabama_ 50th.
r ?This ranking is'based on re
cent data published by the Na
tional Education Association in
its Research Report, Rankings of j
■I the States, 1961. This publica
. I tion gives the ranks of the
■ states in 68 different measures.
The NEA publication does not
combine any of these different
• measures for a composite rank.
I It does point out, however, that
“no single set (of statistics) pro
vides a complete and final an
swer to the question of how a
State ranks, but a combination
of several of them throws con
siderable light on this complex
question.”
The ranks of the states are
based on twenty of the 68 meas-
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