PAGE FOUR-B Mrs. Leary, 83, Taken In Death Mr*. J. C (Dkk) Leaxy, - ; 83, of Tyner, died Satur day at the home of her : daughter, Mrs. W. D. Welch, Jr., in Washington. A native of Chowan County, Mrs. Leary was bom November 29, 1885, daughter of the late Jor don and Celio Brinkley Hollowell. She was mar ried to Julius Craig Leary, who survives. In addition to her hus band and daughter, sur viving are six half broth ers: Carlyle Hollowell of Ahoskie; C. J. and Ralph Hollowell of Tyner; Wil burn Hollowell of Cora- SPECIAL PROGRAM - W. P. (Spec) Jones will present a program on child welfare at the regu lar meeting Tuesday of Edward G. Bond Post, American Legion. Jones is chairman of the post’s welfare committee. Com mander J. L. Chestnutt urges all Legion members to attend. o/iemembe'i By MAR YIN BARHAM There is a remarkable story about an English man by the name of James Holman. Holman lost his eyesight at the age of twentv rour, and he became the most restless blind man in history. He kept on the move, touring and traveling around the world. The fascinating part of this man s story is that he published several books on travel and things to see. Even though he was blind, he compiled the finest book written on sightseeing. This is a classic example of what a person can do if he really has the desire. So many of us—with all our facilities—end up many times with few or no great accomplish ments. We don’t have the nerve of the blind man who went sightseeing around the world. 9UR THOUGHT TO REMEMBER: Life is going to be exactly what we make it. Colonial Funeral Home Edenton, North Carolina ANNOUNCING EDEHTOD REALTY COMPANY TO THE EDENTON AREA RELIABLE AND EXPERIENCED REAL ESTATE SERVICE FOR ALL YOUR REAL ESTATE NEEDS ★ SALES - APPRAISALS ★ FARMS-COMMERCIAL ★ RENTAL S-MANAGEMENTS * TRAILER PARKING-COTTAGES ★ RENTALS-MANAGEMENTS ★ LARGE WATERFRONT LOTS WE NEED LISTINGS FOR OUT OF TOWN BUYERS... CALL US TODAY FOR INFORMATION ON LISTING YOUR PROPERTY. CALL US BEFORE YOU BUY EDENTON REALTY COMPANY WEST BYRUM, JR JACK HABIT peake, Va.; Luke Hollo well and Ray Hcilowell, both of Portsmouth, Va.; a half sister, Mrs. Raleigh Hobbs of Hobbsville; one grandchild and two great grandchildren. She was a member of Ballard’s Bridge Baptist Church, where funeral services were held at 2 P. M. Monday with Rev. George Cooke and Rev. Ralph Knight in charge. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were: Edgar, Douglas, Robert, Ralph, Clyde, Herbert, William and Elton Hollowell. Williford Funeral Home was in charge of arrange ments. Official Stupidity “How can I geKa permit to carry a revolver?” “Why do you want one? Do you carry large sums of money?” “Don’t be silly. It’s to get a roll that I want the gun." THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11. INI. NIHET tWNTFIM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH ktksh. unuua may help cause these l - attacks. The disease often begins with a feeling of fullness or pressure in the affected ear, followed by dizziness. This may be com plicated by temporary hearing loss and nausea. Diagnosis and treatment by a physician are important and may include medication to stop the dizziness and prevent excess fluid in the inner ear. Treatment is im portant since the attacks can make work or driving unpleas ant or even dangerous, and the temporary hearing loss could become permanent nerve deaf ness. Research now being con ducted and supported by the National Institute of Neurologi cal Diseases and Blindness (NINDB), a component of the National Institutes of Health, seeks to help those affected with dizziness. Because both dizzi ness and nerve deafness involve the inner ear, many research projects and programs on deaf ness also are concerned with the :ause, prevention, and treatment of dizziness. More than 40 bone bank laboratories are located in cities throughout the United States. These laboratories offer those with a medical history of deafness or dizziness a chance to contribute after death to re search on ear disorders. These people may bequeath their inner ears to a bone bank to be used in research studies. Grants from NINDB aided in establish ing the bone banks and support the research conducted there. In addition, the Institute sup ports five major clinical re search programs. In these medi cal centers, an intensive and varied program of research involves the ear. Basic and clinical research studies are aimed at discovering the funda mental nature of dizziness and nerve deafness. For further information about dizziness, write to this newspaper for a copy of the new NINDB pamphlet, "Dizzi ness, Hope Through Research." 228-N D B-1268-B AA MEETS SUNDAY The Chowan County AA will meet at the Chowan Community Building Sun day afternoon at 3 o’clock. Rain And Puddles By MURRELL SMITH Autumn and winter came early this year, and al ready the football season is over. The fields and meadows are gleaming with wet puddles of run ning water. Across the wet meadows black cows graze in the biting wind; in the soft clay rabbit tracks run here and there. Across the Sound the pulp mill spreads a stink ing, disgusting odor so strong that you can cut it with a knife—the stench is overpowering. In ' the meadows small streams of rain water run by; frozen cow manure in the teeth of the raw wind; you can hear someone swearing from one end of town to the other end. Heaps of straw has been piled up for the cattle. As always about this time a full moon is born after a mist of rain; the sky is painted pink-red with silver and laced with clouds. It’s wet out but the school bells ring out loud and clear; grade by grade they come out hollering. For a minute there is every sort of noise imag ined, then the noise is broken by the teacher’s voice yelling, “The grounds aren’t clean enough; there’s too much paper clean it up!” The streams are swollen from the rains and the raindrops jump from peb ble to pebble and from house top to house top singing and beating a tune ful melody. A little freckled faced boy fluttering with his work; a little girl red lips and dark eyes stands ad miring him dreamily and wanting him to play with her. He replies boasting ly, “Look! Can’t you see I’m too busy to play with you?” From the very beginning of their day to the very end studying, playing and wrestling then some one is kicked on the leg —he goes off crying, alone. Blocks from the school the whitecaps leap from wave to wave and a lone ly bell tolls in the chan nel. Towards another dawn when the earth is orange pink and misty red men, women and children rise one by one for the day is anew and the earth is aglitter. A dog raises his bristles at a beautiful teacher that passed by my house on her way to school; in a little while the whole town will be drinking coffee or milk, hating eggs and just being happy. My grand mother says, “I have never seen a day as lovely as this.” As the mist was spray ing over the Sound a beautiful woman stared at me provocatively on her way uptown. I go to the P & Q, but no sooner did I get there I had to go back home I had com pletely forgotten every thing. In the teeth of the raw wind the rains once again leap from pebble to pebble and from house top to house top—it’s wet out but again the school bells ring out all over town. In the afternoon they come out hollering like made and the hollering is broken by a teacher’s voice that rings out loud and clear, “Get in a straight line!” And she thinks secretly to herself, “I want to get rid of all of you just as bad as you want to go!” Here and there along the streets puddles of wa ter glitter like shattered mirrors broken into little slivers. Through a win dow a slender, dark-haired woman combed her hair over and over and rubbed her red lips with her fing er over and over again. One could smell the rain in the air —in the darkness sadness overcame me—just then a car sped by spattering my face and clothes—coming straight at me an enormous woman cried out violently, “What time did you get in last night, you worm?” Her husband shrugged. i All around me people look me over suspiciously and say he’s crazy and flee from me from one , house to another. All around I can hear the splashing of feet and the . splitting sound of doors ; slamming. I look about ; me and not a person do I see anywhere. I hear a faint cry and someone says, “Wait for me!” In the heavy splashing of wa ter I recognize her and our silhouettes quiver and ' sway in the water. On the way home I re peated her beautiful name • over and over as the wil-- lows flap their twigs against the houses and the lights in a row of win dows gleam between the branches along the street and the lights go out, one , by one. All the next day I felt i extremely elated as a thun. derclap of lightning shook everyone up around me— crowds of people, hobos, ’ tramps, young people, old : people, workers, socialites : and lovely women, in bril i liant clothes darted from : place to place in front of : me. I met the woman : from the night before : looking straight into my i eyes and an excited sen sation came over me as ; her hair ran down her face and her artificial flowers ■ fell to the ground and was crushed in the stirring feet ’ getting out of the rain. As the rain spattered around and about and : from pebble to pebble once more, the sky was painted pink and adorned in red and a gloriously bright light reflected in her soul. As my thoughts passed over and beyond reality, I remember two amusing sketches I spent the sum mer painting her forever in my memory and her outline was always spat tered in rain the rains fell from pebble to pebble and from house top to . house top singing and beating a tuneful melody. TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED AD! q Hglit BIRTH DEFECTS! *3®, MARCH OT DIMES Paint Up A Tune-Up m • Overhaul ■ Put your tractor in top shape and be ready need a full-power overhaul, a minor tune up or an appearance dress-up, we have the factory-trained servicemen, the mod ern tools, and the required know-how to f 1 BTRUM IMPLEMENT COMPANY ' Phone 482-2151 Edenton, N. f. , :; ( k

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