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The Chowan Herald
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THURSDAY, JUNE 28,
A LIFT FOk TODAY
Effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much.—James 5:16.
Through prayer God lifts us above the trivial
and commonplace, giving us staying power to
measure up to any responsibility and trial.
Merciful Father, who dost hear and answer
our prayers, cleanse us of fear, distrust and sel
fishness; fill our hearts with vital faith in Thy
transforming power.
Congratulations In Order
Thanks to Mayor John Mitchener and
eight local organizations. Edenton and people
in surrounding areas will have an opportun
ity to witness an elaborate fireworks display
Wednesday night. July 4. The display will
be fired on barges out in the bay at the foot
of Broad Street, beginning at 8 o’clock.
No doubt, the fireworks will attract a large
number of people, if the turnout at the recent
Water Carnival display is any indication of
the interest taken by young and old.
Sponsoring this attraction provides a sane
and safe climax to the celebration of the
Fourth of July and those responsible are to be
congratulated.
Besides Mayor Mitchener, the groups re
sponsible for staging this feature are Ed Bond
Post of the American Legion; VFW Post of
Veterans of Foreign Wars; Chowan Tribe of
Red Men; Edenton Junior Chamber of Com
merce; Edenton Chamber of Commerce: Busi
ness and Professional Women s Club: Eden
ton Woman’s Club and Edenton Rotary Club.
Be Alive On The Fifth!
The North Carolina State Motor Club pre
dicts that four persons will lose their lives in
traffic accidents on North Carolina streets
and highways during the one-day July Fourth
holiday Wednesday of next week.
The traffic fatality count will begin at 6
P. M. Tuesday and extend through midnight
Wednesday, a period of 30 hours.
The 1961 July Fourth holiday extended for
four days and took a statewide toll of 18 lives
and 428 injured in a total of 707 accidents.
Leading driver violations were: Speeding.
118; driving on wrong side of road. 108; fail
ure to yield right of way, 90, and following
too closely. 73.
Just because July Fourth this year is a one
day holiday and falls in the middle of the
week. North Carolina motorists should not be
lulled into a sense of false security and thus
become careless while behind the wheel.
We hope everyone helps keep it a happy
holiday by letting death take a holiday, too.
Where?
Communist countries always call them
selves “peoples' republics.” Back of this is
the well-propagandized Marxist claim that
only absolute dictatorship, in which govern
ment owns and runs practically everything,
can be trusted to give the masses of people
the good things of life they earn with their
labor.
Well, the other day, in the Soviet Union,
an order came down increasing butter and
meat prices. The butter now sells for $1.83
a pound and meat for 88 cents —in a country
where the average wage is under S9O a month.
Thus, a Soviet worker will have to put in
about i'/i hours at his job to earn enough
money to buy a pound of butter, and an hour
and a half to buy a pound of meat. In a re
cent year byway of contrast, the average
American factory worker earned enough in
just one hour to buy three and a half poupds
of butter and two and a half pounds of high
grade beef. The situation is the same for
just about all the other necessities of life, to
say nothing of the luxuries which are next to
unknown in Russia and are commonplace
• here.
Where is the real “peoples’ republic”?
i Never pay attention to those who say
) mean things about you : the probability is that
the speakers reflect themselves.
It’s human nature to put the blame for
[' everything on somebody eke but a man be
gins to make progress when he blames his
/shortcomings on the proper person*
Tbe hurricane season is about to-corm
; us. One of the tropical disturbances is
enough to convince man that he doesn't
j bfectrd & Seen
By Bit"
Another change in face in Edenton’s busi
ness section is now taking place. In very
short order early this week the familiar
Bridge-Turn Service Station disappeared in
the wake of a powerful wrecking machine.
Prior to the demolition the stately oak tree
beside the station fell before the powerful
machine, which caused no little concern on
the part of some of Edenton’s tree lovers.
Learning that the tree was to be taken down,
Mrs. Hazel Conkwright was Unable to sleep
and decided to write a letter to The Herald
expressing the hope that the tree might be
saved. The letter was written only a short
tine before the beautiful tree fell, so as sort
of a “post mQrtem” letter to The Herald, this
is what Mrs. Conkwright had to say:
“Editor—Chowan Herald: Do the people
of Edenton know that the beautiful live oak
tree at the Bridge-Turn Filling Station is soon
to come down to make way for enlargement
and “improvements” on that station? Does
anyone care?
"I wrote to Mr. J. J. Tyler of the South
east Region, Humble Oil & Refining Com- |
pany. Box 420, Charlotte, X. C.. to ask that
he consider the preservation of this stately
tree and his letter included this paragraph: t
This was considered when we leased this j
property from Mr. Satterfield and we re
gret that no one has been able to present a
plan that would allow us to keep this tree’.
“Now all of you readers think about this.
‘No one has been able to present a plan’,
etc. Can you imagine out of all the staff and
designers employed by Humble Oil Company
not one person I repeat, not one person—
could come up with enough imagination to
save a tree. Seems fantastic, doesn’t itr
“So now the plunderers will do their work
and we will be the losers again. Another
lovely landmark sacrificed for what is called
‘progress’. Is there no end to it?
“I would like to recommend to Chowan
Herald readers an article by Stewart Alsop |
in June 23rd Saturday Evening Post, titled
‘America The Ugly’.”
HAZEL CONKWRIGHT.
Anyway, with all the rebuilding and re
modeling going on in the Edenton business
district, things are sort of appearing that a
boom might be in the offing.
o
Providence Baptist Church appears to be
a good target for the elements. The congre
gation has been the victim of a lot of mis
fortune and late Tuesday afternoon another
setback occurred when lightning struck the
dome during a thunder storm. Some few
years ago the foundation gave way under the
newly erected educational building and a
short time thereafter the cnurch was prac
♦ically wiped out by a disastrous fire. The
fire Tuesday afternoon caused less damage
than the previous disasters, but it will cost
something to repair the dome. Due to the
efforts of Edenton firemen, the fire was soon
extinguished, thus preventing what could
easily have resulted in a fire as disastrous as
the previous one. At any rate, with all of
the misfortune experienced by the congrega
tion it might result in some of ’em wonder
ing what will be next.
o—
Keith Reeve last week visited Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Smith, former Edenton residents who
now live in Detroit. They showed Mr. Reeve
a wonderful time while he was there and told
him how lonesome they are for their Edenton
Iriends and especially sent greetings to yours
truly. Friend Harry also said he hoped any
Edenton people going to that neck of the
woods would pay them a visit.
o
The Supreme Court’s ruling early this week
regarding prayer in the public schools caused
a furor throughout the land, and no doubt
sc nething more will be heard about it. At
any rate, Haughton Ehringhaus was among
those in Edenton who thought very little of
the action taken by the Supreme Court judg
es. To give vent to his feelings, Haughton
sent the following telegram to Chief Justice
Earl Warren: ?‘ln view of press release of
opinions rendered yesterday, you are to be
congratulated for your efforts in putting the
Negro in white schools and taking God out
of all schools. ’ At any rate, here’s one who
believes in separation of church and state, but
God Almighty is bigger than any denomina
tion or state or any Supreme Court Justices.
To speak to Him for help and guidance is no
infringement on any denomination.
Cotton blossortis are gradually making their
appearance in Chowan County cotton fields.
Saturday afternoon Paul Ober sent one of ’em
to my .house and early this week Asa Grif
fin sent one in, saying that he plucked one
Friday afternoon'. James Skinner, who ban-1
dies the Geddes Potter farm, also sent in a
bloom on Tuesday. It’s nice to have these!
, cotton blossoms reported, but wfiat I’d rather
fHE CHOW Alt HERALD, EPCTTOH. WORTH CAB PUNA. THPIHIPAT. JUNE I*. !*<>•
have is a “first” watermelon
or cantaloupe.
—o— —*
Britton Byrum, Sammy Mor
ris and Jack Evans uncorked
a very good musical program'
at last week’s Rotary meeting.
Before they started Britton
said, “This program is unre
hearsed and wholly uncalled
for.” But according to the
applause following the several
numbers they’re most likely to
be “called for” again.
o
Sunday was no doubt a hap
py day for members of the
local National Guard unit
when they returned home
from two weeks camping at
Fort Bragg. Maybe the boys
are about back to normal now
that they’ve about gotten rid
of red bugs and ticks.
o
Arthur Edwards called me
Saturday night to tell me he
had landed a 50-pound turtle
on a trot line in Pembroke
Creek. He didn’t know what
to do with the thing and
neither did I. But I would
have enjoyed a bowl of soup
made from Mr. (or Mrs.)
Turtle.
o
And along the line of fish
ing, Roy Leary had a tussle
* JL message from the Treasury of a free people ■ ■
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Uncle Sam has had some
'ljffic\/kj&i&r pretty conscientious help *^^^9F-^^SSp^*o' oll>o
m the “freedom depart
v V ment” over the years. \
Some of the best-known contributors * j
were an expert horseman named ■ | / _ \J \
Revere... a group of amateur / vL, »\n t(B fcjg*
stevedores who made iced tea in m • l j 5 L iß?#-
Boston Harbor ... and a party of // j|^M
revolutionaries who created an /< fVfiL - \ \ B
unsplittable nation under the ; / I W v < ' V -2^*
shadow of a cracked bell. ’ i|| Jf / \ 4
Today the freedom which those wJp X
patriots won for us is being
challenged. And freedom will always !
need brave men to defend and pre- HwwllHS' 1
serve it. Men and women, like you. \ mt j J
You can do your share toward j|
defending freedom by buying United T > I
dollars you invest this way go right ' j%t
to work for your country now, as ®SBpfex.
Well as for your future. J& > Jr
Mow about buying a SSO Savings , Wm
Bond (themost popular size) next \.
m - iggi B
Best known for his midnight ride to Lexington, famous patriot Paid
L o Revere also designed the first Continental currency, the first sSeffd<l m l
°f ** Colonies, and the state seal of Massachusetts, still inggn today.
I ■ y fe
with a catfish weighing over
nine pounds one day last week.
He was not sure he could land
the fighting fish, but after
darting back and forth he fin
ally pulled it info the boat.
But when he did he noticed
that the line was wrapped
around the fish’s body a few
times. In other words maybe
Friend Roy figures that if you
can’t get ’em on a hook, the
next best thing is to lasso ’em.
o
Wednesday of next week
will be the Fourth of July and
just about everything in
Edenton will be closed for the
national holiday. Better at
tend to your banking affairs
Tuesday, as well as grocery
and other needs. And a lot
of us will be hoping the fish
will not be away for the
holiday.
Rinky Dinks Still
Remain Undefeated
Continued from Page l Section )
Games this week had the Cubs
playing the Varsity and the
Rinky Dinks battling the Tigers
for first place Tuesday night
and the Red Men will meet
Harvey Point and the Varsity
stand the Tigers tonight fThurs
day).
Next Tuesday will have the
Varsity against the Red Men
and the Binky Pinks against J
Harvey Point in games that
were rainitd cut on June 12.
Last Tuesday night saw the,
Tigers knock Harvey .Point out
of second place with A sf& Vic-.]
tory over the base crew. ' Bill
Easterling won it, While Bob
Waller slammed a triple for the
Jaycecs. Jimmy Johnston, Jimr
Sutton and Moore each had a
double for Harvey Point.
The Rihky Dinks defeated the
Cubs also on Tuesday. Bob
Ashley won it over Alton El
more with a five-hitter. Bill
Bootwright got the only extra
base hit with a double for the
Rinky Dinks. f j
The Varsity Club, strengthen
ed by three additions from the!
Rocky Hock Orioles baseball
team, handed Harvey Point a
second straight loss, 17-3. Car
roll Forehand, one of the new
members, banged two hom§ runs
to help Joe Thorud win his sec
ond game of the season. Tom
Bass and Leo Katkaveck also
homered for the Varsity.
The Tigers, led by the in
spired play of Pete Dail, scored
five runs in the first inning and
three in • the second before
"Sippy” Sawyer came on to shut
them out the rest of the way.
The Red Men, however, could!
manage only one run against ]
the hustling Jaycees.
Winning pitchers so far in
the league have been Bill Bil- j
lings with a 2-0 record and Ash- i
ley with a 1-0 of the Rinky
Dinks. Easterling of the Tig
ers, 3-1, and Thorud of the Var- j
sity, 2-1. Easterling leads in
with six, but Ashley
struck out, five batters in his
one game against the Cubs.
Leading bitters through last
week’s action were as follows:
| Cobb (Rinky Dinks) ...1.000
’Moore (Harvey Point) ...1.000 1
Lewis (Varsity) 666
Mitchener (Varsity) 666
Bunch (C.uhs) 666
B. White (Rinky Dinks) 666
, Forehand (Varsity) 600
Gould (Harvey oint) 583'
Nelson (Harvey oints) ...'. 571
LaVoie (Tigers) 555
League Standings
W. L. Pet.
Rinky Dinks 3 0 1.000
Tigers 3 1 .750 1
Varsity 2 1 .666
Red Men 1 2 .333
Ha.rvey Point 1 2 .333
Cubs 0 4 '.OOO
Mrs. Sarah Griffin
Dies Early Tuesday
Mrs. Sarah E. Griffin, 71, died
Tuesday morning at 2 o’clock at
her home in Tyner. She was a
native of Chowan 'County and
widow of J. G- Griffin.
Surviving are four sons, Lester
Griffin and James W. Griffin of
Edenton, Nollie A. Griffin of Ty- !
ner and Wallace E. Griffin of,
! Suffolk; two daughters, Mrs.
| Janie Lamb of Tyner and Mrs.'
lea Saunders of Newport News; I
a brother, George Monds of
I Portsmouth; 27 grandchildren
and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the
Center Hill Baptist Church.
A f 'neral service will be held
at Williford Funeral Home this
(Thursday) afternoon at 2:3A
o’clock. The Rev. Robert Pt
Chappell; will officiate and burial
will be in the family cemetery!
at Chappell Hill The- family
I will be at the home of- Mn|
Janie Lamb.
4^4.
WEST W. BYRUM |g
about this question ‘ !
“A fire; -tornado, or explos- ■
ion can. close a store for j
many mpnths. Is the cost j
of moving t'o temporary .
quarters, of overhead and >
salaries with little income, f
often a greater loss than the
destruction itself? Does l
j Business Interruption in
surance provide the an
! swer?” f
For the answer to this
and other questions >
about insurance consult
the West W. Byrum
Agency, phone Eden
ton 2318.