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The Chowan Herald
Published every Thursday by The Chowan
Herald, a partnership consisting of J. Edwin
dutflap and Hector Lupton, at 4! 1-425 South
jioad Strec , Edenton, North Carolina.
1. EDWIN BUFFLAP. Editor
-LECTOR LUPT0N.......... Advertising Manager
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"THURSDAY. JULY 12. 1962.
A LIFT FOk TODAY
Keep back Thy servant from presumptuous
sins: let them not have dominion over me.—
Psalms 19:13.
Presumption is glorification of the ego. the I,
the self and violation of the sacred rights of
others, affirming that I must have what I want
without thought of others.
Eternal God, make us see others as Thy child
ren, entitled to all things needful. Rid our
hearts of all petty selfishness.
We Cannot Restore Life
How would you go about describing the aver
age Tar Heel citizen? What would you say
about him?
Perhaps you would say that, above all, he is a |
believer. That his faith is strong and that he I
contributes it generously—to himself, his family ,
and friends, to his community and to his God.
Life is dear to him, death disturbs him ar.d I
human suffering is his enemy.
This would seem a fair appraisal. Americans
are steeped in the concept of full and abundant
living. The welfare of mankind, the humane
and ethical responsibilities of fellowmen, are
part of our nature.
Above everything else, it is life and the pro
cess of living that claim our strongest dedica
tion.
But man grows careless- in mundane matters.
Good intentions become a mockery with the rea
lization that today we’ve created a Frankenstein
monster which is ravaging our people.
Its epidemic proportions are alarming.
It’s carelessness in traffic!
Last year alone 1,254 men, women and child
ren were killed on North Carolina highways
Files of the State Department of Motor Vehicles
show most of these victims were in the prime
of life. Disease preys on the aged and the very
young but death on the highways seeks out tne
vigorous and active.
These are cold facts. They do not spell out
the grief and suffering in the thousands ot
homes which were stricken. Whether a loved
one of yours was killed, or whether you are
responsible for the loss of a life, the damage is
irreparable. * v
We can repair a smashed fender, buy another
car, pay hospital bills.
But we cannot restore lost life.
In addition to those killed and maimed, there
were 60,000 mishaps of all kinds on North Caro
lina roads last year.
What can be done about the careless drivers
that caused the vast majority of them?
Educating them to the dangers involved is
only half effective. Caution is difficult to breed
in the long experienced driver.
The one possibility for curbing the plague of
automobile deaths is to somehow convince ‘he
driver that his personal moral or ethical code
of living must go with him in his car every
where.
All of us—fathers, mothers, youngsters—must
be shown that we cannot continue a schizophrenic
existence as respectors of human rights in every
day life on the one hand, and agents of death in
our car on the other.
There is no justification in any civil or re
ligious code for such behavior.
Wildlife And Wetlands
Each spring the president of the National Wild
life Federation reminds us. the wild ducks and
resrv-nd to an a<?e-old call to leave their
winter homes and head for their northern nest
jug grounds. This is a flight to survival. Dang
er flies with the birds in the way of natura 1
poachers and autumn hunters put together could
predators and disease. But all the predatois.
not wreak the awful havoc on these birds that
man in his unthinking, unplanned, good-intei
tiooed projects has caused.
What is the problem? The answer is simple— I
wetlands. They are the only places where these
birds can rest and feed. And they are the only
places where they can rest and mate and raise
their young. But day after day new projects
are started to drain these vital water retention
areas. And wherever that is done a part of
America’s wildlife heritage is destroyed. Al
ready, in some areas it’s too late to prevent the
tragedy and in others waterfowl flights are
shrinking rapidly.
The Federation does what it can to create and
save wetlands with the funds gained from the
sale of its stamps, books, and other inexpensive
items. The support and interest of all of uS who
value wildlife, and who realize that a species
once gone is gone forever, is needed.
t When men seek to win, regardless of what it
takes, they can easily forget the principles of
fair play.
An intelligent patient, who expects to get well,
will not try to tell the doctor how to treat i#-
ailment.
, The modern puzzle is how the oki folks man
aged to raise their children without a book on
child care.
There are men who would jump out of their
graves if they could see the bathing suits being
worn by their granddaughters in 1962. i
The man or woman who is too busy to take : I
vacation is in for a great surprise. When he 1
or she dies, the world will hardly miss them.
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It will be interesting to note that the Rev. Van
T. Crawford, pastor of the Edenton Methodist
Church, will, round out 42 years of preaching
Sunday, July 22. Mr. Crawford was licensed to
preach on July 22 at Culpeper, Va., 42 years ago.
He’s thankful for his many years in the ministry
and told his congregation that on the 22nd he
will preach on the same subject he preached for
his first sermon—only he hoped it would be a
little better. Anyway, he’d like to see every
member of his congregation present for this an
niversary, as well as many other friends in the
community.
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The vicinity of Edenton’s waterfront was really
a crowded area Wednesday night of last week
in connection with the Fourth of July fireworks
display. People and automobiles used just about
every foot of space near the waterfront, so that it
is a safe guess that fireworks will draw a'crowd
—maybe better than a free feed. It was hard
to estimate the number of people who turned
out, but Mayor John Mitchener ventured a guess
of 2,500. Anyway, the effort was very worth
while and many youngsters as well as adults
enjoyed the display.
o
Here’s one who’s glad to see Bus Wozelka and
his family move back to Edenton. It will not
be so very long before the football bug will be
gin to crawl and the football games at Hicks
Fields have not been just the same with Bus ab
sent from the loud speaking mike for a few
years.
o
Recently Miss Tillie Muth visited her brother,
Nick Muth, in Portsmouth, Va„ and during a
conversation something came up about Father’s
Day, Mother's Day and so on. Miss Tillie took
over the conversation at that point and said, “we
even have dog day, flag day, poppy day and all
other kinds of days, and I think it’s about time
somebody would cook up something like having
an old maid’s day—once a year anyway.’’ Well,
there’s so many bloomin’ “days” and “weeks” it
does seem funny that they left out the old maids.
o
A number of letters have accompanied renew
als to The Herald during the week. C. D. Ste
wart, who lives at Morehead City, sent in his
check and, in part, said: “I still enjoy The Cho
wan Herald, even though we moved away from
Edenton 20 years ago this past April. I proba
bly think about your town just about the same
as you do. We spent the best years of our lives
in Edenton and some of the best friends we have
still live there. We always welcome an oppor
tunity to get back over that way. Whenever we
get back there, it seems like old home week be
fore we get away.”
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Another letter was received from Carlton Has
kett, who lives in Rochester, Indiana. Friend
Haskett had this to say: “Dear Buff—l am en
crosiAg check for subscription renewal to The
Herald. Since finishing Edenton High School 37
vears ago, The Herald has followed me to Wake
Forest College for two years, Yellowstone park
for three summers. La Crosse, Wisconsin for five
''ears, and for the past 27 years I have received
t in Rochester, Indiana. At the time I lived in
La Crosse, Wisconsin, several years ago, a friend
if mine was greatly amused by reading the ac
counts of cutting scrapes and subsequent city
•ourt trials involving the colored people at the
lance halls on Oakum Street. It was usually a
contest between the two of us to see who got to
read The Herald first.”
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Then I cannot overlook a note from C. W. Byrd
who lives in Concord, N. C., and has for many
years been a subscriber to The Herald. Mr.
Byrd wrote this: “Here's my subscription re
iewal. I enjoy The Herald though rarely see
he name of any of my contemporaries but it
has been over 60 years since I lived in Edenton.
While I am not far from the four score years
eferred to in the 90th Psalm, I do hope to see
the Edenton bay from the Court House Green
one more time.”
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Mrs. H. E. Foxwell, who lives over Merry Hill
vay had this to say: “I enjoy The Herald very
nuch, but miss the Merry Hill news.” Mrs.
Louise Adams was for quite a while a Herald cor
espondent at Merry Hill and she was a very
tood one until she passed away recently. Here’s
hoping we’ll be able to secure a new Merry Hill
correspondent.
o
Another brief but interesting letter was also
eceived from Commander and Nancy Dalton,
ornner Edentonians now stationed at San Juan,
° R- Said Don: “Here is my annual ‘contri
bution’ toward the maintenance of The Chowan
Kerald, so you won’t starve from not eating all
'hose fish you don’t catch. Congratulations on
>gain joining the wedded ranks. We are still
at San Juan. At present it as festival time with
aarades, fireworks and rum. Say ‘hi’ to our
friends.”
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An interesting letter came in the mail from
New York State which apparently was begun
January 31, 1962, but was finished July 8. The
irst part of the letter went about like this:
Dear Buff—Now this letter is for you aivd please
not for your paper. Os course, you know you
are breaking the law (your own words) sending
me your paper. To tell the truth Ido not know
what to do re same, as I doubt if I . ever live in
Edenton. I was there in the spring for 24 hours
and I will say that EVERYONE was pleasant,
cordial and extremely courteous to me—ie the
taxi driver, the people at the Edenton Restau
rant, at the hotel, the library—and not the least
vourself.” Then finishing the letter as of July 8,
‘his charming lady had this to say: "... and
between these dates you have been marrigd, had
a honeymoon and have been to Pennsylvania—
at that time, had you gone to the nice little
hotel in York, you would have had very good
food. I should like to wish you and Mrs. Bufflap
every happiness. It is with regret that I am
asking you to cancel the subscription to The
Herald. Edenton is a charming, hospitable town,
but I doubt- if I ever live there, WHYT -If yoo
ask me. I will tell you.”
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. NORIK CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY It. ifct.
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Farmers Urged To Think About
Practices They Will Carry Out
According to H- O. West, of
fice manager, of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
service, all farmers are urged to
start thinking about what prac
tice they intend to carry out
this fall with the assistance of
ACP cost-sharing. The initial
fall sign-up will be conducted
during the last two weeks in
this month, at which time re
quests will be accepted from all
interested farmers.
Relative to recent inquiries, it
is not yet known when final
wheat and feed grain program
payments will be made.' When
such information is available the
local office will notify all par
ticipants accordingly. It is not
expected that such payments
will be made before August.
Twe.ity-four points throughout
the State have received corn
from CCC’s surplus stockpile.
This is in line with the policy
of the Department of Agricul
ture of moving surplus stocks of
grain out of costly storage and
making it available where need
ed.
The com which is now mov
ing into this state is purchased
by grain dealers at the Chicago
price plus 25c. Corn shipped in
to this state totaled 1,082 cars.
These are 90-ton jumbo-type cars
carrying a total of approximate
ly 3.5 million bushels shipped in
to this state by June 13.
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Uncle Sam has had some
jWfctty eon»dentious help
* raent” over the years.
Some of the best-known contributors m / —u^aag-a^
were an expert horseman named /1 wRkV \ >U mmy^
Revere... a group of amateur / - \ \ >■ R|S>*
stevedores who made iced tea in Jj > nl
Boston Harbor. .. and ajparty of ■ . if ' Hp V
unsplittable nation under the c f - j ) W-rfji; \ -*BE
shadow of a cracked bell. '• \ *
Today the freedom which those w
patriots won for us is being m
challenged. And freedom will always ffWMr ‘
need brave men to defend and pre- |||F |■
serve it. Men and women, like you. |
You can do your share toward \ Vy
defending freedom by buying United .. At ▼
States Savings Bonds today. Hie " <; ‘ KI
dollars you invest this way go right 11
to work for your coimtry now, as if j A.,
well as for your future. B Kw K \ -F \ V
How about buying a SSO Savings \ \ f .
Bond (the most popular size) nelt w _ \\'
payday? The cost is only $37.50. m\ V \«
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Bert known for his midni&t ride to Lexington, famous patriot Pout _ ,-
. Reotre also designed the first Continental currency, the first official seal
\ of the Colonies, and the state seal of Massachusetts, still in pse today.
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I Buy an EXTRA Bond during the Freedom Bond Drive
- Because of insufficient storage!
il in this state, North Carolina
n farmers are forced to export
o corn at harvest time and import
:- cam at other times during the
it; year. It was estimated that
if there are a total of 37 million
il bushels of adequate grain stor
d age in this state made up of 12
n million bushels of adequate on
:- the-farm storage and 25 million
11 bushels of commercial storage
capacity. It was estimated fur
it ther that in excess of 65 million
,1 bushels of grain storage space
n is needed by farmers in this
n State in order that they might
e not be forced to sell their grain
.. at a very low price at harvest
,t time and buy the same grain
s back for feeding purposes later
in the year at a higher price.
[t j The 1962 penalty rate for ex
n cess cotton has been : announced
, and shall be 19.7 cents per
v pound of lint cotton. This rate
I represents 50% of June 15 pari
ty price of cotton.
t VFW MEETS TUESDAY
William H. Coffield, Jr., Post
- No. 9280, Veterans of Foreign
1 Wars, will meet Tuesday night,
» July 17, at 8 o’clock! Command- j
. er Hallet Chesson requests a
good turnout of members.
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-1 When a fnan seeks your ad
- vice he generally wants your
praise. —Chesterfield.
14 Go-Karts Race
Sunday Afternoon
Fourteen go-karts ran three
races as the Edenton Jaycees
operated their race track on
former Air Station for a
second time Sunday afternoon.
Charles Hollowell was the
anly winner from Edenton. He
took the west bend part of the
Class A race.
Other, winners Sunday includ
ed Mike Minges in the Junior
Class, Welter Sawyer in Class
\, and Hunk Hollowell in Class
2. Second place in Class A was
taken by 'Thomas Chappell, and
runner-up in the Junior Class
was Dan Roebuck.
More races will be held on
lunday, July 22, and Jaycee
resident Carlton Jackson said
Tuesday morning that he hoped
jossibly a cool day would spur
attendance at the races to the
height it reached last year.
\nother First Aid
Course Scheduled
Continued from Page 1, Section 1
Twenty-four local citizens re
cently completed the beginners
course, and they are eligible for
an advanced course to begin
soon. George Burdick, a quali
fied instructor, is in charge of
the classes.
All interested persons are re
quested "to contact the Civil De
fense at 3111 or the Red Cross
at 2513. Classes will meet eith-
er in the ballroom of the Hotel!
Joseph Hewes or in Chowan
County Court House.
Ashley also pointed out teat
people who have had first aid
training are less prone to acci
dents, and that the county could
be made a much safer place if
more people would take tee
available courses.
Archie Fairley At
Physics Institute
Archie Fairley, Jr., of ’Edenton
is attending a summer institute
in physics for high school teach
ers at the University of North
Carolina, which began July 2
and will continue until August
19. The institute is supported
by the National Science Founda
tion.
The purpose of the institute
is to present a new program in
high school physics prepared, by
the Physical Science Study Com
mittee, a national ✓ committee
composed of high school teach
ers, university professors and
research scientists. Each partici
pant in the institute receives a
I stipend of $450 plus an allow
ance for dependents and travel.
Mr. Fairley has been a teach
er of science at John A. Holmes
High School for the past four
years. His selection for the in
stitute was made on the basis
of merit from approximately 250
'applicants, according to Dr. Jo
seph W. Straley of the UNC
Department of Physics and di
rector of the institute.
ROTAJUAjrS M^T.TDDAY
Club will
meet this (Thursday) afternoon
at 1 o’diHek ip the, Parishi House.
w. B. j4§Jl£ar,; tf»e rte&y presi
dent, urges every member to be
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and ihsufande policies to
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and’ other questions
abojut insurance consult
the-’ West W. Byrum
Agbftcy, phone Eden
ton 2318.