The Chowan Herald
BOX 347, EDENTON, N. C. tint
Published every Thursday at Edenton by
The Chowan Herald, Inc., L. P. Amburn, Jr.,
president and general manager, 421-425 S.
Broad Street, Edenton, North Carolina 27932
Entered as second-class mater August 30,
1934, at the Post Office at Edenton, North
Carolina, under the act of March 3, 1870.
L. F. Amburn, Jr President/Gen. Mgr.
J. Edwin Bufflap Editor
Hector Lupton Advertising Manager
E. N. Manning Mechanical Supt.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year (outside North Carolina) $4.50
One Year (in North Carolina) $4.16
Six Months $2.25
Cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, etc.,
will be charged for at regular advertising
rates.
Thursday, December 31, 1970
A Month To Save Lives
January will be observed as several
special “months”, most of them commer
cially (and legitimately) oriented. But
certainly the most important is National
Blood Donor Month. January has been
so proclaimed by President Richard Nix
on “to pay special tribute to the volun
tary blood donor and to encourage in
creasing numbers of people to be volun
tary blood donors.”
“Among the noblest acts of personal
generosity is the gift of one’s blood for
the benefit of another,” says President
Nixon’s Proclamation. “It is a contri
bution to health and life for which there
is no substitute.
“The voluntary blood donor system
developed by the American Red Cross
and the American Association of Blood
Banks provides modern methods for safe
and simple donations of blood. Contri
butions of the voluntary blood donor
should be recognized and encouraged to
assure that our nations’ growing need is
safely met.”
The United States is fortunate in hav
ing a system of blood banks and collec
tion centers that usually can deliver rare
as well as normal types of blood quickly
anywhere" in the country. It provides
with remarkable efficiency more than
6,500,000 pjgts a year. But the margin
and demand is close in
January.
“The need is as great as in any other
month,” explains Dr. John B. Henry of
: Syracuse, N. Y., president of the Ameri
: can Association of Blood Banks. “But
i
: at this time winter illnesses, holiday ab
: sences and sometimes snow keep many
: faithful donors away.
• “If only a few more Americans will
: donate a pint of blood during the month
• at their local blood bank or collection
: center, the shortages which often mark
j: January will not be repeated.”
If you are in good health and be
ll tween 18 and 66, you can celebrate Na
tional Blood Donor Month by giving a
pint and perhaps saving the life of one of
■ your neighbors. In a few states, if vou
:• are between 18 and 21, you may need
£ parental permission but we have never
' heard of this being refused.
I A lot can be done with blood these
: days. Local donations can be credited
5 to distant patients, a factor that helps
•: Americans save SIOO million a year on
j| their medical bills. By breaking blood
| into its components, several patients may
.? be treated with the same unit. But be
ll fore blood can be fractionated or shifted
somewhere, somebody has to donate it.
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CHOWAN COUNTY
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Hoskins; Monday through Friday 9
i-A. M., to 5 P. M.; Saturday, 9 A. M..
to 12 noon; tax supervisor’s office, first
;! floor of county office building.
Second: Wayne Bunch; Monday and
nights from 6 o’clock to 9
Jo’clock, W. E. Smith’s Store; Januarv
», W. L. Miller’s Store, January 7. Nix
§on’s Grocery, January 12, M&R Service
iCenter, January 19, Archie Nixon’s
4Store, and January 26, M&R Service
tenter, all dates from 8 A. M., to 5
_jP. M.; and by appointment only at
liome.
3 Third: T. D. Berryman; January 9.
»6, 23, and 30, L. C. Briggs’ Store: Jan
uary 14 and 28, Byrum’s Service Center:
*nd January 7 and 21, Ryland Post Of
fice.
I Fourth: Ward Hoskins; January 5, 12.
■9, and 26, H. W, Brabble’s Store; and
■anuary 9, 16, 23, and 30, H. A. Perry’s
I After seeing some moving pictures, we
jpik think of no earthly reason why they
m. ■
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Though it was not very expensive. Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Obcr received a Christmas
present which is valued more than a pres
ent costing many dollars. It was a lengthy
letter from their son, Scot Obcr, now sta
tioned in Vietnam. It, no doubt, expresses
the feelings of so many of our boys over
there in that hell-hole that (Paul loaned
me the letter to use in this column. Here
'tis:
My Dear Family: Merry Christmas from
Vietnam. Today, for the first time in 24
years I am not able to spend Christmas at
home with you—you who mean so much
to me.
As all of you know by now, I am over
here by choice—not chance. As you also
know, I am totally against this war. But
every time I said that back in the states,
someone would tell me that I would feel
differently if I had been over here or if I
had a son or brother who had served over
here. I came here to find out if I would.
As I write this letter I have been over
here a month. During this time I have
flown over the southern part of this coun
try in a helicopter. I have seen the huge
craters that bombs have left; I’ve seen the
white sand on the beaches scorched black;
I’ve seen crashed planes rusting on the
ground, houseboats and barges half sunk
in the dirty Saigon River—all of this you
can see from the air. It looks somewhat
like the dark side of the moon. And, be
lieve me, it isn’t a pretty picture.
An even uglier picture is what is hap
pening to the people over here. Life over
here is a meager existence for most of the
people. It has no quality at all. Most of
the papa sans (the Vietnamese men) arc
hustlers trying to make a quick buck from
the Gl’s. There is nothing they won’t do
for money. They are rather like the bark
ers and arcade tenders at the county fair.
What has happened to the local women
here is well known even back in the states.
It’s just more prevalent than you might
think. The Vietnamese children learn the
adult ways quickly. When I was in Saigon
the other day, the taxi driver stuck out his
left hand to signal a turn and a six or
seven year old kid snatched his watch off
his arm. On a street corner a 10 or 12
year old girl was selling pornographic
books. Os course, the average GI is not
blameless by any means. There would be
no sellers if there were no buyers. I’m
tired of hearing the local people referred
to as Gooks or Slant Eyes, especially to
their faces. Pan tired of seeing them
treated like simpletons or dogs. I’m tired
of seeing guys come in off guard high on
drugs—and wondering what would happen
if someone crossed them while they had
their M-16 slung over their shoulder. I’m
also tired of hearing that all guys here in
Vietnam are potheads and hard drug users.
I’m tired of hearing that all the guys here
turn to alcohol to drown their troubles.
I’m just as tired of the ones that are al
coholics. What is happening here? Was
it like this before we came over here? I
don’t know. What I do know is that this
dirty, stinking, little piece of land is not
worth one American dying for. It may be
a selfish view, but to me, an American
life is worth more than another life. What
are we fighting for? Who wants us over
here? Who wants Vietnam? I dq not!
This whole experience''' of being over
here is really something. It’s like being
in a whole new world. When I write
home and ask hew are things in the “real
world” that is exactly what I mean. This
place is just a fantasy—a bad dream. Is
there a soldier anywhere who is not count
ing the days until he returns to civiliza
tion? Yet so many of us volunteer to
come over here—to find out for ourselves
what it is like— to live here day to day,
minute by minute, experiencing fully every
incident, every frustration, every loneli
ness. I want to remember the things I saw
here. I want to remember the way I felt
about things. I want to remember being
treated as a sucker by the local citizens
and being treated as a second or third clasT
person by the Army. I want to remember
the dirt, the stinking latrines, the sweaty
fatigues, the 12-13 hour days every single
day. I want to remember the food—deli
cious, but salty tasting because sweat is
pouring ofif your face onto the . f ood as you
eat it. I also want to remember the un
believable pleasure of receiving mail, espe
cially from someone you didn’t expect to
hear from. I want to remember things
like receiving a drawing from Paul, a
Christmas card from Carlton and Naomi.
I want to remember that letter from Moth
er and Daddy that I saved which in the
last line had the simple statement, “I hope
you rest well tonight.” What a beautiful
thought to know that someone 12,000 miles
away is worrying about whether or not you
sleep well.
I want to remember these things so that
when I get back to the real world. I can
appreciate what 1 have. I want to remem
ber so that I’ll be more thoughtful cf oth
ers, remembering how much even the
smallest kindnesses meant to me. I want
to remember so that I’ll never ever treat
anyone as anything less than a complete
human being with feelings the same as
me, regardless of who that person is. I
want to remember so that I will speak out
and do my part in seeing that my country
doesn’t ever make such a mistake such as
this again. Sometimes I think that it isn’t
that the majority is silent. The govern
ment is just deaf.
What day is this, Grace? It’s Christ
mas Day, 1970. And here lam sitting here
rambling on while Mother has a delicious
dinner waiting, while Daddy is just dying
to get a box of cigars after he has quit
smoking them or another pair of socks,
u r . gi . ve me - but tonight, thinking
about Chrisjmas I felt closer to all of you
than I have for some time. Christmas has
always been something special for our
family. I love all of you so much—and as
you well know, this love can and does
cross the miles, especially today. Thank
you for being the family that you are. You
mean everything to me. My wish for you
today is that you enjoy yourselves com
pletely. Be thankful that in spite of our
deferences, we’re not a house divided
against itself. Ours is a unique family in
that we re not ashamed to show our affec
tion for each other. Be thankful for that
and all your other blessings as you enjoy
this day.
Please do not worry about me. I’m get
ting along fine —so much better than I
ever thought possible. Tm still not sorry
I came over here. Before the snows of
next Christmas fall on my home. I’ll be
back among the people I love the very
most. God bless us every one.
“You have not lived till you’ve almost died.
Life has a flavor the protected will never
know.”
o
Edenton was the recipient of a good slice
of favorable publicity in the January issue
of the magazine Southern Living. An en
tire page is devoted to a writeup in which
is stated that “of all the numerous time
mellowed communities that dot the South
ern Coastal Plain, few can challenge
Woman Booked After Assault, Town Yule h Quiet
A Negro woman from New Jersey has
been charged with assault with a deadly
weapon following a Saturday night shoot
ing in Chowan County, just outside
Edenton.
Sheriff Troy Toppin identified the
defendant as Doris White of Patterson,
N. J. In Chowan Hospital with a leg
wound is William Wood, 23-year-old
Negro, of Suffolk, Va.
Sheriff Toppin said the assault took
place about 7 P. M., Saturday on High
way 32, north of Edenton Feed & Live
stock. He said Wood was shot with a
.32 calibre pistol. The woman has been
released under SSOO bond.
This was the only serious charge
lodged during the unusually quiet holi
day weekend, according to law enforce
ment records.
Sheriff Toppin said his department
received minor complaints but no other
reports of a serious nature.
Police Chief J. D. Parrish described
public parade
Just don’t rock the boat. If you have
an idea be sure you clear it with the
leader before you speak in public. Al
ways agree with what is presented, don’t
ask any questions and be sure all votes
are unanimous.
One is supposed to mouth whatever ex
pressions they think the “power-that-be”
want to hear. For the “power-that-be”
are part of a 300-year-old political or
ganization that rewards obedience and
punishes individual initiative.
But things are changing in our land.
Unless centralization of government,
whether state or federal, is to be slowed
down and hopefully reversed, we must
emphasize different values. We must
promote and reward resourcefulness and
independent thinking (and expression).
We mut hold all elected officers account
able for making decisions and ideas that
create a better place in which to live.
We must reward maturity, responsi
bility and independence and not obedi
ence and conformity to the “power-that
be”.
Best wishes for 1971 and the years
to follow.
Classes Planned
Registration and the first class meet
ing for Adult Education Classes in Cho
wan County begin Monday at John A.
Holmes High School.
For further information, contact Gil
Burroughs, adult education supervisor for
Chowan County, or call the Edenton
Learning Laboratory, phone 482-4745.
The following courses will be offered:
Ceramics, Flower Arranging, Beginning
Sewing, Adult Drivers Education, Slim
nastics, Beginning Typing, Intermediate
Typing, Bricklaying, Radiological Moni
tor Training, Safe Boating, Adult High
School Equivalency (GED), High School
Diploma, and Technical Drawing.
The Learning Laboratory, at Swain
Elementary School, is open to all adults
in the community. Veterans are eligible
Edonton, North Carolina as a successful
blend of the historic past and the very
liveable present. Modern Edenton is on
sound financial footing but it has not lost
touch with its traditions.” On the page
also is a picture of the Barker House and
a fireplace in the Cupola House. The story
plays up the guided tour sponsored by
Historic Edenton so that, no doubt, this
business should pick up a bit.
o
It’s just too bad that a fellow cannot be
at two or three places at the same time.
This was the case with me Sunday after
noon when I had to go to Kitty Hawk and
was also invited to attend the 50th wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George H.
Privott at Edenton Baptist Church. At any
rate. I understand the anniversary was a
very delightful affair with oddles of friends
calling to extend their congratulations and
best wishes. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if
all married couples could live together for
50 years in marital bliss?
o
* On Saturday morning members of the
Methodist Men’s Club will sponsor another
Dickled herring breakfast at the church.
Breakfast will be served from 7 to 9 o’clock
and the “cooks” say they’ll have plenty of
herring on hand, which they hope will all
be disposed of. Good way to have pickled
herring without having the “smell” in the
home.
o
One of the nice things about Christinas
is meeting friends who have not been seen
in many years. This was the case with me
when I met up with Joe Northcott. Joe
has been away from Edenton over 20 years
and is now working at Aiken. S. C. I
easily recognized him for he hasn’t changed
much in over 20 years (except adding some
avoirdupois) and it was a pleasure to meet
him again.
o
And speaking about Christmas, it’s just
about over now. The decorations wHI soon
be pulled down, and Christmas carols will
not be heard. Which means, no doubt,
that some people will again return to their
grouchiness. Would that the Christmas
spirit would permeate all communities all
through the year.
the lengthy Christmas weekend one of
the quietest he can remember. “The
number of arrests made is about half
the usual total,” he stated.
There was only one report of attempt
to shoplift, he said. The department
Citizens Ready For Another Hoiiday ,
Friday is New Year’s Day and an
other general holiday. It follows by one
week the Christmas holiday which meant
a four-day vacation for many.
The Merchants Committee of Edenton
Chamber of Commerce has recommended
that local business establishments ob
serve Friday as a holiday. Except for
a few isolated cases, merchants are fol
lowing the lead of the committee.
Town, county, state and federal offices
will be closed.
Postmaster James M. Bond said Eden-
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FREE Christmas puppies.
Call 482-4683.
Exp Jan 7c
FOR SALE—Kenmore au
tomatic washer. Seven dif
ferent wash cycles. Works
and looks good, could use
minor repairs. Price $35.
Call 221-4296. 1 t c
FOR RENT House, 116
Virginia Road. Call 482-
3067. tf c
FOR SALE Part Labra
dor Retriever puppies.
Male, $lO. Female, $5.
Call 482-2778.
Dec 24 31c
FREE 5O BRAND NEW
TOWELS with sample or
der of 25 assorted Brand
New rpm Records for only
$5. Elvis, Buck Owens,
Dean Martin, all the greats.
Regular price $25. Fully
guaranteed. Towels are
new unwoven cotton and
rayon. Assorted pastel
colors. 100 towels free
with 50 records $9. En
quire about making big
money selling new RCA,
Decca, Capitol Records,
Alifums and Tapes. Un
believable low prices.
Temple Records, Temple,
Ga. 30179.
Dec 24 31c
FOR SALE—Hardwood for
fireplaces. Call 482-2715.
Exp Jan 7p
APARTMENT FOR RENT.
Dali George Chevrolet Co.,
182-2138. tfc
COMPLETE LINE OF
Wedding Invitations. In
formats and Reception
Cards to choose from. See
our samples. The Chowan
Herald.
FOR SALE!—Four bedroom
brick home located at 112
Blount Street. Owned by
United Piece Dye Works.
If interested, call Bud
Skiles, 221-4121. tfc
NEED - TIRES? -
Sears has a tire guaran
teed for 40,000 miles. Also
4+2 Dynglass. A new tire.
One that has four full plies
of Polyester cord and two
fiber glass belts. 40-month
guarantee. Call SEARS
today—4B2-2186. tfc
Remodeling
Room Additions
Aluminum
Siding
Free Estimates
Call 482-3886
Evenings
Mobile Home Sale
Lowest Pricrs To Be
Found Anywhere!
41x12 two bedrooms.
Only $2 995.00.
51x12 three bedrooms.
Sale price, $3,995.00.
63x12 three bedrooms.
One and one-half baths.
Only $4,995.00.
Six best known makes
to choose from.
Delivered and set up at
tnese low prices.
Only 10% down payment
Open daily 8:30 until
6:30 and Sunday 2 P. M.
until 6 P. M. Dealer No.
5295 ,
F. & H. Mobile
Homes
tebenwnvtlle, N. G
Exp Jan 7c
; Highway No. M
M
made two arrests for drunk driving and
three arrests for public drunkenness.
State Highway Patrol investigated
several accidents, none of a serious na
ture. Property damage was high but
there were no fatal accidents.
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ton Post Office will be closed for the
' holiday. There will be no window ser
vice nor delivery in town or on rural
routes.
The three offices of Peoples Bank &
Trust Company will be closed Friday
along with Bank of North Carolina and
Edenton Savings & Loan Association.
Town Administrator W. B, Gardner
said the street department will be closed
for the holiday. There will be no trash
collection Friday but trash will be pick
ed up all over town on Saturday.
PET DOG needs good home.
Houseforoken, spayed, very
affectionate. Call iDr.
Dees, 482-4113.
Exp Jan 21
Drivers Needed
Train now to drive semi
truck, local and over the
road. Diesel or gas; ex
perience helpful but not
necessary. You can earn
over $4.50 per hour after
short training. For inter
view and application, call
703-845-7033, or write Saf
ety Department, United
Systems, Inc., 3608 Camp
bell Avenue, Lynchburg,
Virginia 24501.
Dec 24 31
PECANS WANTED
100,000 pounds. Top prices,
any size. Leary Bros.
Storage Company. Phene
482-2141.
Exp Dec 31c
WHY KEEP PAYING
RENT when you can buy a
mobile home for the same
money from your home
town dealer,
Mobile Homes, U. S. 17
North, Edenton, N. C.
27932? Pay us a visit and
get the real facts. Call
482-4952 and 482-2163.
Dealer’s license No. 4833.
tfc
FULL AND PART TIME:
Men, ladies and students.
$3.00 per hour beginner
earnings. Servicing Fuller
Brush Company customers
in Chowan, Pasquotank,
Camden, Tyrrell and Gates
counties. Write the Fuller
Brush Company, P. O. Box
23, Courtland, Virginia
23837. tfc
If yon wont to drink, thnt’a
yonr bnilnew. If yon want
to stop drinking, that’* oar
bnaineaa. AA meets Mon
day at 8 P. M. at the Eden
ton Methodist Church.
SALES PERSONNEL—Men
or women to represent well
known insurance company.
No collecting or debits. In
come unlimited. Write
Barry Hoggard, P. O. Box
526, Ahoskie, N. C. tfc
FOR SALE
Hancock Store and
Service Station
Six rooms and storage
room combined. Also
large storage house and
shelter. About V* acre lot.
All store fixtures also
stock. Available any time.
Contact
Charlie Dixon
Phone 482-2933
tfc
WANTED Hardwood and
cypress logs. Tracts of
hardwood and pine tim
ber. Top market prices.
Williams Lumber Co., Inc.,
Mackeys. N. C. tfc
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY I
, 4 ?*7 or Opmpany interested in exiting I
building in metropolitan Edenton area, suitable for I
retail tire business and complete car service. Build- I
tow such as near «r agency, implement dealer- I
ships, brake or muffler shops with sufficient bavs I
could provide adequate facilities. I
Reply to Box *O7, Edenton,*' A? rfpUes'vffl I
be held to strict confidence 24 I
WANTED—Woman to work ,
for six weeks in private |
home at Annandale, Va., ”
with two children. Private
room and bath. Transpor
tation paid both ways and
good salary. Contact J.
Edwin Bufflap at Chowan
Herald.
HOUSE FOR SALE—Three
bedroom house in West
over Heights. Call 482-
2512 after 6 P. M.
tfc
FOR RENT—Duplex down
stairs five-room apartment.
Cental heat. 200 W. Church
Street. Call 482-4880. tfc
FOR
DIRT HAULING
Call
ELMER OVERTON
482-4328
ERIE JONES
482-4322
Route 3, Edenton, N. C.
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In Memorial
Those wishing to make
donation* .in memoryCi of a
departed friend in which
a card will be sent in your
name may send donations
to the following:
EYE WILLS
Any Member of Edenton
Lions Club
—or
W. H. Hollowell. Jr.,
Box 209
Edenton, N. C. 27932
Telephone 482-2127
HEART FUND
Mrs. Fred Keeter
P. O. Box 327
Edenton, N C. 27932
AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY
Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt
208 North Granville Street
Edenton, N. C. 27932
CHOWAN HOSPITAL
MEMORIAL FUND
Mrs. West Byrum, Jr.
' Route 3
Edenton, N. C. 27932
CUPOLA HOUSE
LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Mrs. W. B. Rosevear
Treasurer,
121 West King Street v
Edenton, N. C. 27932
EDENTON-CHOWAN
RESCUE SQUAD
CHOWAN CANCER
OANCER SOCIETY
Those seeking special
assistance for cancer pati
ents from funds available,
contact
ALTON R. CLARK
Service Chairman
Atlantic Credit Company
Edenton, North Carolina
Telephone: 482-4461
JAMES UtTOMBIJ.
ASSOCIATION
Mrs. Wood Privott
125 Blount Street
Edenton, N. C.