EDITORIALS
VISIT YOUR HOSPITAL NEXT WEEK
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Hew far have we come medical-wise
and hospital wise? A long way for
some and not so far for others. It is a
good time to think about doctors, hos
pitals, nurses and all those people and
things that combine to make up our
better health institutions.
An acquaintance told us years ago
about an instance when he was a resi
dent of Hatteras on the isolated Outer
Banks. A teacher in the local school be
came seriously ill late one afternoon.
The only physician on the island serv
ing 2,500 people reaching 40-odd miles
from Oregon Inlet to Hatterass, diag
nosed the case at acute appendicitis.
No roads traversed the long narrow
barrier, only sand trails and the beach
at low tide. The nearest hospital was
Elizabeth City. Interminable hours of
travel on a pickup, at best,. could be
fatal.
There was only one alternative: Im
provise an operating room and operate.
Nearby was a first aid room for a Civil
ian Conservation Corps camp. With a
practical nurse to assist, the doctor
made ready.
Outside the little motor generating
electricity thump-thump-thumped away
while his scalpel found its mark. Kero
sene lamps burned dimly just in case.
Winds whipped fine sand through
cracks in the small frame hut. Waves
breaking on the shore 100 yards away
were constantly aduible. But the air
was fresh, pure, even seasoned with a
salty tinge. Soon the operation was over
but there was still danger. Fortunately,
recovery was gradual but sure.
The following day, our friend re
called, he was asked to wire the pati
ent’s family that she was recovering. He
telephoned the message over the Coast
Guard system from Hatteras to Manteo
whe^e the revered Alpheus Drinkwater,
of Wright Brothers first flight fame,
sent it on its way. He remembered that
there were only eight wrords in the
message while he was entitled to 10
words. “Just add,” Mr. Drinkwater sug
gested, “weather’s fine.”
Visit your hospital next week.
ROADSIDE HAZARDS TO TRAFFIC
What prompts children, we would
like to know, to throw anything they
can get their hands on at passing cars.
Is this the only pleasure they get when
playing beside the road? Are parents
aware that the practice could bring
serious consequences?
Admittedly, stones and pebbles are
hard to come by in the coastal plain but
youngsters find other things to vent
their enmity, probably, on passing mo
torists. They find sticks, cans and bot
tles to pelk cars and trucks. It’s enough
of a hazard in winter when windows
are closed, but a real threat in summer
when windows are down leaving no
barrier to turn back a well-aimed pro
jectile.
We have mentioned before that par
ents are responsible for ill deeds per
petrated by their offspring. Reprimand
after the fact is too late. What they are
doing is dangerous to traffic and where
they play is dangerous to the children.
Remember that ounce of prevention.
BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY
Christian Science Monitor
The deepest lesson of the steel affair
is that business and society—one a pri
vate function and the other a public—
are interdependent as never before.
For a moment the sudden fury which
boiled up with the rise in the steel price
threatened to drive the two into antag
onism. But good sense quickly reasser
ted itself. There was too much danger
for everyone in a feud.
And something more powerful than
good sense was also at work.
American business has been slowly
re-examining its goals. It is recognizing
that a private function of such size and
power, if it. is to remain private, must
fit in with responsible public goals.
Even more important, a steadily larger
part of business leadership is coming
to see that business goals are, in fact,
similar to those of the American public.
There 'was a time when the object of
business, in anyone’s quick judgment,
was profit. This remains on object. But
beyond profit, or through it, are larger
aims. They are people. As modern
Americans have come to see it, an econ
omic system like a political system is
made for men and women. As it serves
them its aims are good. If it disserves
them in some important respect, there
will be trouble.
So far so good. What about applying
the general principle? Is big govern
ment to dictate the terms?
Not if the American system is to re
main American. At that point statism
or state socialism would take over.
There has to be a meshing of reason
able guidance and regulation from gov
ernment with voluntary restraint on the
part of business when its impulse seri
ously conflicts with that of society.
The emphasis is on the wTord volun
tary. And on the further term : the pub
lic responsibility of business. If volun
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tary restraint breaks down on impor
tant matters, public authority will step
in.
For this reason we welcome the
growing maturity of American business
leadership, which far outweighs the
mistake in judgment recently made by
a group of steel company officials.
This kind of wisdom comes hard. It
is not fun to put up with the slings and
arrows of the political process. And its
abuses and injustices. There are scars
from old battles between business and
reformers, which left both sides seeing
red.
But buinessmen are nonetheless study
ing the political process today, and
how to use it and fit into it, instead of
turning away from it in fear or anger.
This is good. Because most of the think
ing agout how to improve society was
left to politicians and reformers, and
since they do not understand business
too well their main approach has been
one of forcing business into line.
Now that more businessmen are
studying society and putting their backs
into the social aims of business—the
best condition of life for the people—
the cause of choice and competition and
freedom of enterprise is looking up.
We do not wish to appear naive about
this. These are broad brush strokes and
there is plenty of room for rugged ar
gument over the details of the design.
But we do not wish to overlook the big
pattern either.
BILLS AND DRIVING
The Charlotte Observer
“A man drives a car the way he lives
his life.”
That’s the conviction of Dr. James L.
Malfetti, psychologist at Columbia Uni
versity, who was quoted in Newsweek.
Dr. Malfetti has been head of a saf
ety education project at Columbia since
1957. He has supervised psychological
tests on hundreds of drivers.
“The yjolator,” he reported, “is usu
ally younger, aggressive and rebellious,
including members of his own family.”
Conversely, the safe driver is almost
completely nonaggressive. He pays his
bills promptly, plans his vacations
month^ ahead of time, almost never
gets into a fight and gives the other
fellow the right of way.
Forewarned is forearmed. Next time
you’re invited to ride somewhere with
a person whose driving habits are un
known to you, just ask him if he has
any bills that are overdue.
Figures cannot lie, especially in mod
em bathing creations.
“We Prefer That You Have Freedom Of Choice!”
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Odell Jenrette, Ira Chadwick,
Dillon L. Ganey. D. B. Frink, E.
C. Mize, R. L. Rabon and Ivey
High were introduced.
Four candidates for board of i
education were present. These
were O. K. Bellamy, Rozell Hew
ett, J. A. Dosher and Philip
King. Also recognized were Le
roy Hooks, Roy Sellers, Homer
Holden and L. C. Rourk.
The following resolution was
unanimously adopted at the
Democratic County Convention.
“WHEREAS, interstate north
south traffic in Eastern North
Carolina will be greatly increased
upon completion of the bride
tunnel complex at Norfolk in 1963
or 1964; and
"WHEREAS, TJ. S. Highway 17
is the only through north-south
highway serving coastal North
Carolina and its beaches and his
toric sites; and
“WHEREAS, neighboring states
have already completed plans to
widen and improve U. S. Highway
17 and are now proceeding with
this work; and
“WHEREAS, U. S. Highway 17
in North Carolina is inadequate
and unsafe for present traffic
needs, and cannot possibly take1
care of anticipated adidtional
traffic in the near future; and
"WHEREAS, travel business is
the third largest industry in
North Carolina, and by far the
largest in the coastal area of our
State; and
“WHEREAS, the results of ad
vertising coastal North Carolina
to attract either travel business
or new industry are nullified be
cause of inadequate roads, par
ticularly U. S. Highway 17, and
“WHEREAS, practically a 11
north-south transportation (both
passenger and frieght) through
cotstal North Carolina is highway
10, reties, uuses, ana
trucks rather than air or rail
transportation; and
"WHEREAS, an -adequate
mainstream of traffic is essential
to secure maximum safe use of I
new road and ferry services di
rectly on the coast;
"NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED that the Democratic !
County Convention of Brunswick
County go on record as strongly
urging the Governor of North
Carolina and the North Carolina
State Highway Commission to
proceed immediately toward the
improvement of U. S. Highway
17 from the Virginia state line
to the South Carolina state line,
and make it a four-lane highway
through our State.
James C. Bowman introduced
a resolution as follows:
"WHEREAS, thp Honorable Al- j
ton A. Lennon has served with I
courageous distinction as a mem- j
ber of the United States House!
of Representatives, representing!
j the Seventh Congressional Dis- !
: trict of North Carolina, and is
now the unopposed Democratic
candidate for re-election to that
high office; and
“WHEREAS, we the Democrats
of Brunswick County desire to
record our thanks and apprecia
tion for Congressman Lennon's
invaluable services to his District,
and to commend him to the elec
torate of this Congressional Dis
trict as a forceful, faithful and
courageous Member of the United
States House of Representatives,
whose public service does honor
to his constituents;
"NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that we the Demo
crats of Brunswick County, North
Carolina, in meeting- assembled at
County Convention on May 12,
1962, commend the Honorable
Alton A. Lennon for his services
as our Congressman in the past,
and endorse him for re-election
as Congressman from the Seventh
Congressional District of North
Carolina.”
The foregoing Resolution was
unanimously adopted.
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two nephews.
Funeral services were held at
Antioch Baptist Church Friday
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at 3 p. m. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
SATURDAY DATE
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exception of No. 1, and No. 10,
in the artistic arrangements. The
junior division is by invitation
only. All persons who have flow
ers blooming at this time are
encouraged to participate in eith
er or both divisions. In the hor
ticulture division, the entry must
be grown by the exhibitor.
There will be two special ex
hibits, one of camellias and the I
other ceramics. The chairmen re- i
quest that all entries be made!
Not Exactly News
They’ve really been poking fun af Capt. Hulan Watts and Bill
Styron around here this week after this pair deserted saltwater
and local fishing for an inland trip to South Carolina. Their rib
bing has been especially raw when their luck was a little less
than sensational—and this at time when bluefish and king mack
erel are setting records outside and freshwater fishing was never
better in the lakes and ponds around Southport . . . We hear
that Capt. Watts has purchased a small, fast boat to take the
place of Sputnik—which he sold last year to Ernest Parker. The
new craft will be similar, and it may be named the “Crow Boy.’’
This is the time of yea>- that all pine trees look like they are
covered with candles. That’s the way they grow—by putting out
thick, fuzzy looking shoots . . . Small grain i3 heading up now,
and fields are taking on a golden cast.
There are a couple of other signs of the season: Blackberries
are ready to pick—and you can find them in some of the most
unexpected places; and there is a heavy, sweet aroma from mag
nolias and privet hedge on the block behind the bank that is al
most sweetly suffocating . . . Speaking of berries, the roadside
stands selling their own farm-grown strawberries are doing a
bumper business out on U.S. 17 this week.
This must be the critical period for the big palmettos that
were planted at many points in the county during the early
spring. It will take a lot of watering to keep them from dying
. . . Over at Yaupon Beach there is the first and only thatched
roof cabana we have seen on a Brunswick beach. It is covered
with palm fronds, gathered from the dead vegetation of the pal
mettos.
The Perry Como Show last Wednesday night was just as good
as we had hoped it would be. That was almighty lot of free pub
licity for North Carolina, and it was a real joy for us when we
saw the beautiful shot of Orton show up on our television screen.
Meant that Brunswick had made national coverage again . . .
On the movie front "Fanny,” reported to be a real “sleeper” is
the show next Tuesday and Wednesday at Holiday Drive-in at
Shallotte . . . Here at Southport "Follow That Dream” will be
here for a late Show Saturday, to be followed by Sunday and
Tuesday showing.
Riegel Sponsors
Guard Exhibit
National Guard Day will be ob
served at the Riegel Paper Cor
poration Friday, May 18, as one
phase of the national observance
of “Armed Forces Week.”
An announcement by M. B.
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clouded in mystery.
In the meantime, the work
crews are going ahead with their
quest of getting to the bottom
of the trouble.
before 12 noon and removed by
9 p. m. They will not be respon
sible for material and containers
that are left in the building.
Camak, personnel assistant, re*
veals that National Guard units
of the area will display training
equipment for benefit of Riegel
employees and the general public.
Maj. Gen. Claude T. Bowers,
Adjutant General of North Caro
lina, and other high ranking of
ficers of the Guard will be pres
ent. Other county and municipal
officials of adjoining areas have
been invited to participate in the
program.
Additional military officers ten
dered invitations to be present
are: Brig. Gen. Roy E. Thomp
son', Assistant Adjutant General;
Brig. Gen. Kermit L. Gutherie,
of the. 30th diviison; Brig. Gen.
Ivan Hardesty, 30th diviison; Col.
Wade T. Bruton, 30th diision; and
Col. Ned D. Broyles, senior
Army advisor.
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