fVamlalism To Highway Signs
Costs State SIOO,OOO Annual!)
The sharp clang of a rock
Smashing into a metal sign—the'
ziflig of a well-aimed gullet that
finds its mark the would be
artist who has found that a 3
in 35 can be changed very sim
ply N to an 8. These are some
of the problems facing traffic
engineers and sign supervisors
-in what has been termed an
annual SIOO,OOO disgrace in>
North Carolina, according to
Highway Department officials. ,
R. A. Burch, State Traffic!
Engineer, estimates that eachj
year SIOO,OOO is spent to replace
roadside signs which have suf-j
sered severe damage at the |
hands of some unthinking young- 1
Ster or older person who re-|
gards highway markers as noth
ing more than an object for
"target practice.
Annually the various sign de-,
fartments estimate they replace j
hout a quarter of a million
highway signs, 20% of which j
have been damaged beyond re- ;
pair by rocks, bullets or bottles
air by bending, stealing, break
ing or painting.
Missing signs pose the most
serious problem for sign men
because it is easy to overlook
a spot where a sign should be
and for this reason the marker
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; may go unnoticed for days or
>1 even weeks. Such thefts also
; create hazards for drivers. The
( unsuspecting motorist may run
I up on a dangerous curve, bad
. grade or dangerous intersection
■ with no forewarning. Acci
: dents with resultant prop'erty
damage, personal injury or even
t ; death have "been caused by such
ii lack of adequate warnings.
I I Most common damage to signs
j comes from rocks, pop bottles
and bullets which dent or pierce
ij the sign face. A pop bottle
i, thrown from a fast moving car]
j may have more- than a 75 MPH
> impact against the face of a
| metal or wooden sign. Broken
| glass at the base or even on the
roadfay itself stands as mute
■ evidence that a prankster has
tested his aim and found it
. true at the expense of the
. | North Carolina taxpayer. Chanc
, es are that his accurary cost
1 1 $15.00 or more to say nothing of
.! the labor of replacing the dam
; aged marker.
North Carolina has long-stand
ing laws to the effect that any
, person who willfully defaces,
i damages or removes signs shall
be guilty of a' tr sdemeanqr but
' apprehension cf the guilty par
• ty is -difficult and conviction
THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTOW. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1961.
even rarer.
Highway officials feel about
the only way to minimize sign
damage / is through education
and appeals to the common de
cency of individuals responsi
ble. In the main, persons who
get a kick ont of damaging a
roadside sign probably don’t re
alize just how much damage
they and their kind are doing.
To the men responsible for
maintenance of roadside signs it
seems a horrible waste of mon
ey, manpower and time when
vandals take aim and fire awayj
at expensive State property, but
the SIOO,OOO disgrace will con
tinue until a method of getting
through to the vandals is found.
With schools starting across
the state, children will be walk
ing or riding by. a great many
roadside signs, parents are urg
ed to remind children that there
are plenty of worthless targets'
just as good as a highway sign
where they can test their ac
curacy.
That hignway sign is too ex-:
pensive and too important to
the safety of North Carolina
drivers to be damaged, beyond
repair simply at the whim of a
thoughtless person. Ldave it
where it is doing the job it
was meant to perform—directing
people to where they’re going
and showing them the safest
way to get there.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
The nature of God' as Spirit, 1
not matter, will be brought out
Sunday at Christian Science
church services.
Opening the Biblical selec
tions in the Lesson-Sermon en
titled “Matter” are these verses
from Exodus (20): “And God
spake all these words saying!
. . . Thou shalt have no other!
gods before me ... Ye shall j
not make me gods of silver,
neither shall ye make unto you
gods of gold.”
This citation will be read
from “Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures” by Mary
Baker Eddy (pp. 199,200): “When
Homer sang of the Grecian gods,
Olympus was dark, but through
his verse the gods alive
in a nation’s belief. Pagan wor
ship began with muscularity,
but the law of Sinai lifted
thought into the song of David.
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I Moses advanced a'nation to the
worship of God in Spirit in
stead of matter, and illustrated
the grand human capacities of
being bestowed by immortal
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j Says Safety Sam, “It’s quite a
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| [ Lunch Room Menu ]
\
Menus at John A. Holmes
' High School lunch room for the
] week of September 18-22 will
’ be as follows:
Monday: Grilled beef pat
! ties with gravy, creamed po
j tatoes, hot biscuits, apple sauce,
I garden ptas, butter, milk.
’ Tuesday: Fish sticks, cole
' slaw, peach halves, milk, corn
! bread, cornfield peas, butter,
Wednesday: Fried chicken,
green string beans, ice cream,
butter, potato salad, hot rolls,
’ milk.
Thursday: Grilled bologna,
■ | buttered potatoes, chocolate
j block cake, milk, bread, garden
I peas, butter.
’ Friday: Stew beef with po
-1 tatoes and gravy, turnip greens,
cup cakes with raisins, butter,
hot biscuts, milk.
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116 Receive Old Age
Assistance In August
Mrs. J. H. McMullan, super
-1 intendent of public welfare, re
ports that 116 persons in Cho
| wan County received old age'
1 assistance during August, with
; $4,339 being distributed. There
I were 23 cases of aid to depend-
I ent children who received sl,-
'.629. Forty-six cases of aid to
permanently and totally dis
| abled received $2,252 and 10
! aid to blind cases received $350.
I There were six emergency
assistance cases for which $87.33
| was expended. Nine persons
| were hospitalized in the coun
jty costing $1,213.24, of which
| the county’s part was $416.
1 Three cases hospitalized outside
the county cost $55.80.
Mary Nixon Bride Os William S. Perry 1
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MRS. WILLIAM STANFORD PERRY
Miss Mary Vaughan Nixon,
daughter of Mrs. Thomas E.j
Nixon and the late Mr. Nixon
of Hobbsville, became the bride
of William Stanford Perry of j
Suffolk, Va., in a ceremony j
I solemnized at the Sandy Cross]
j Baptist Church Wednesday as- j
| temoon, August 20, at 5 o’clock ■
| with the Rev. J. Leonard Ger-|
raid officiating. Mr. Perry is
the son of Mrs. William F. Perry!
of Edenton and the late Mr.
Perry.
Music was presented by Mrs.
Elton Trotman, organist, and
Mrs. Merritt A. Hooper, Jr., so
loist of Elizabeth -City, sister
iof the bridegroom. |
| The bride, given in marriage I
by her cousin, Marvin S. Wig-j
gins, wore a wedding gown of i
white Chantilly lace, fashioned I
‘with portrait neckline edged ini
pearls and sequins, long sleeves,
pointed over the hands and!
basfre bodice. The bouffant,
skirt scalloped at the hemline,
, was accented in the back by;
i i
a bustle effect and formed a!
‘chapel length train. Her finger
I tip veil of silk illusion was ar- !
i ranged from a double crown.]
She carried a bouquet of white!
rosebuds centered witn white
orchids.
Matron of honor was Mrs.|
Kenneth M. Stolley of Suffolk,'
Va., and maid of honor was MissJ
Doris Jean Stallings of Belvi-|
I dere. They wore full length]
'gowns in azalea silk organza,
, styled with scooped necklines,;
short sleeves, folded midriff and]
full skirt with tiered back.
I They wore matching crowns ar
-1 ranged with a circular veil, and
I carried bouquets of azalea rose
buds.
Bridesmaids were Miss Gloria
Hofler, Miss Loretta Benton,
Miss Carolyn Holloweil and
Mrs. Clinton Holloweil, Jr., all
of Hobbsville. They Wore full
length gowns in peacock styled
like that of the honor attend
ants and wore matching crowns.
They carried bouquets identical
to those of the honor attend
ants.
Junior bridesmaids were Miss
Cindy Walke of Portsmouth.
Va., and Miss Judy Rountree
of Hobbsville.
Miss Liena Wiggins of Hobbs
ville was flower girl and Scot
tie Sawyer of Elizabeth City,
nephew of the bridegroom was
ring bearer.
Calvin Keeter of Elizabeth
City was best man. Groomsmen
were Tommy McCoy, Jr., of
Portsmouth, Va., and Marvin
Gregory of Richmond, Va., cou
sins of the bride, Raymond Mc-
Clenny, Walter Ward, Jr., and
John Lockewood, Jr., of Suf
folk, Va.
The bride's mother wore a
blue lace dress with matching
accessories and an orchid cor
sage.
The bridegroom’s mother wore
a pink lace dress with matching
accessories and an orchid cor
sage.
Honorary .bridesmaids were
Miss Annie Marie Riddick, Miss
Brenda Vee Stallings, Miss Beth
Rountree, Miss Ann Overman
of Hobbsville, Miss Betty Ralph
of Corapoke and Mrs. Claude
Sawyer of Elizabeth City. They
wore gowns in pastel shades
with matching wrist corsages.
Mistresses of ceremonies were
Mrs. Marvin Wiggins of Hobbs
' ville and Mrs. .Calvin Keeter of
Elizabeth <Cfty, sister of the ,
bridegroom.
Immediately following the
ceremony the bride’s mother en
tertained at a reception in the
social hall ot the church, after
which the couple left for a wed
ding trip to Niagara Falls.
For traveling the bride wore
a powder blue Brocade sheath
dress with navy accessories and
the white orchid corsage from
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On their return they will be
at home at 122% Park Road,
'Suffolk, Va.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
j Continued from Page 2 —Section 2 i
dom that God can be trusted ;
even though we cannot under- i
stand his ways, and that fel- i
lowship with him in suffering
is better than existence in com- i
fort without him. Paul, in 2
Corinthians 12:7-10, expressed i
I his ideas concerning the way to
, accept physical suffering, when i
ihe referred to his disability;
his was a long and difficult I
battle, entailing much physical '
pain, which undoubtedly handi- 1
capped him greatly in his work. ]
Like any human being, Paul
first feared and loathed his dis
ability. He besought God to y
take it from him, and God did
give him deliverance far great
er than he had asked for. Thus
Paul learned, as did Titus and
other early Christians who shar
ed their experiences with Christ
that any trouble, any difficult'
and painful errand that honor
may require, can be a highway
for the coming of God’s
strength. It can be a spur for
• growth and attainment, a keyi
to resources and powers which;
. otherwise never could be gained. |
This was the battle Titus saw
] Paul win. Apparently this wasi
‘ the victory that Titus also won.!
! As we live out our allotted i
- span on this earth we find that!
- trouble often comes like a thief|
;in the night. Worst of all,!
r! much of it is not our fault.
J Often cherished hopes and care
| ful plans must be abandoned.
; Security is lost in chaos. Com
i fort is stolen by travail. An
-1 guish is our wages; pain our
i reward. This is a world in
—SECTION TPTv
PAGE THREE
which innocent and helpless
people may be driven from their
homes in squalor, starvation
and terror. In this world there
is injustice. The innocent suf
fer. Love is betrayed. Right
eousness goes unrewarded.
Truth is persecuted. Prophets
are scorned. Saints are slain.
All this is a part of God’s
groat plan to make us men, and
this we must accept, humbly and
gratefully, as did those great
Christians who have gone before
us, emerging better and finer
personages because of it. As
Christians we must realize that
it takes trouble to weaken us,
to make us reach out for God’s
mighty and saving hand. And
that hand is always there!
(These comments are based on
outlines of the International Sun
day School Lessons, copyrighted
Dy the International Council oi
Religious Education, and used
by permission).
Who does the best his circum
stances allows.
Does well, acts nobly; angeh
could no more.
—Julius Hare.
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