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Diriilrtl
The Washington administration has been
charged with many things, and possibly
some of the charges are with foundation.
It is equally apparent that many of those
making the charges are without a program,
policy or plan of their own otner than to
better their own position by tearing down
opposition.
It has been charged that Truman, Acheson
and Company have no policy for the Far
East. Well, it is almost beyond the realm
of the possibility to cut a pattern for a crazy
situation. Although there may be confusion,
one thing is definitely certain that the ad
ministration is doing all in its power to stem
the tide which some, rightly or wrongly, are
pushing toward all-out war.
It seems that the critics have overlooked
many things. The fact that the administra
tion had the support of such men as the late
Senator Arthur Vendenburg in shaping pol
icy is overlooked. There’s John Foster
Dulles, a prominent Republican, who has
worked with the administration and possi
bly has had much to do with shaping its pol
icy in the Far East.
Then the Republicans are divided within
their own ranks, and instead of offering a
clear-cut policy oi their own before attack
ing tite opposition they go off on a tangent,
worshiping a patched idol hatched in the
Orient.
A nu: i)
:>y Ruth Taylor
It was raining last Sunday afternoon so I
settled down to read a new book on Democ
racy. It was a really good book, appraising
our way of life, explaining its advantages
over other forms of government and empha
sizing the duties of all citizens. And, quite
unintentionally, it pointed out one of our
great errors.
Communism, Nazism, and Racism began
with capital letters - but Democracy was al
ways printed with a small “d”.
Isn't that one of our weaknesses? We take
Democracy so much for granted that we just
don’t begin it with a capital “D".
Would the ideologies based upon the ty
ranny of individuals, party or state, have
had such a mushroom growth, if we, as indi
viduals, or as a nation, had thought and ex
pressed Democracy with a Big “D”?
We could have shown them the way to the
security of freedom - but we spelt Democra
cy with a small “d". If we had sold our prin
ciples instead of our follies to the world; if
we had pointed out our- t« a pi ish m on t s
instead of making wise-cracks about our
foibles, would we be faced with a world
holocaust? If we had spelt Democracy with
a capital D, could we have averted war?
It we believe in Democracy, we must spell
it with a big D. We must bear witness to our
faith before the world. We must gi\c to it
the same last whole hearted measure ol hc
votion that the followers of other “ism" ve
to their beliefs. We must dignify our b *lief
bv our actions and our speech.
This is not the time to let up - or to let
down. What other peoples and other na'ions
think of Democracy will be based on biw
dynamic we make its appeal. We out selves
are the only advertisement for our way oi
life. Let us take care to be good ones.
Indiana Is Rifght
A whole body of questions about Stat end
Federal relationships may be involved in the
suggestion of the Federal Security Ar mey
that it may withhold Federal funds from In
diana where State law requires that he
names of persons on relief be made a matter
of public record. The real question, however,
is whether any spending of public funds
should be kept a secret from the public.
Probably no dogma is dearer to the heart
of many professional social workers than
that embodied in provisions in Federal laws
against the disclosure of the names of per
sons on relief. Such provisions, thc\ insist,
protect relief recipients from humiliation
Also though the social workers do not in
sist on this the provision against publicity
protects social workers from publicity, too.
ff they are giving the relief to the wrong
people—to the favored or the undeserving—
the law keeps that knowledge from the guh
..'w which urovides the money.
It may undoubtedly be true mat some"
worthy and .mhnmw rylkif
cruelly shamed before their' neighbors by
making the names of those on relief a mat
ter of public record. Under the Federal sys
tem, however, well-to-do children can safe
ly have their parents or, relief without any
danger that their neighbors might kr.ow
that they were shoving tin old folks off on
the State.
There is not anything shameful about
not'd or aid. It is a mistake to treat it as
something which is shameful. There is, how
ever, something shameful going on when
the wrong people arc put on the relief rolls
and protected on them from any public scru
tiny and not only protected in the possibility
of corruption but in the even greater respon
sibility of ineptitude. No people, including
the best social workers are good enough or
wise enough, to operate public programs
without full public scrutiny. In the long run
the wisest social workers will wish for them
selves the constant corrective of publicity.
The sentimental desire to protect some rc
i lief clients from humiliation is much less
important than the sensible course of doing
the public’s business — even its most merci
ful and philanthropic business—in public.
In this State-Federal conflict as to policy
Indiana proposes a much wiser, safer and
even more humanitarian course than the
Federal policy embodied in the Federal law.
Nobody is protected when public money is
dispensed in privacy under any pretentious,
sentimental or plausible excuse. News and
Observer. .
I'rohlvm Or Situalitm
By Ruth Taylor
The other day I was talking with a friend
about a serious play of “social significance”.
We had not enjoyed the performance and
were trying to figure out what was wrong
with us that#we did not like such a potent
drama. Finally we arrived at a conclusion.
What had offended us was that the play
wright had made a problem out of a situa
tion.
The more I thought about this the more
clearly I could see in it a fatal failing of
many of us AVe make problems out of sit
uations and, in dramatizing them, lose our
own perspective .
What is the difference? A situation has its
funny side, a problem never. A situation can
be walked away from or out of, a problem
cannot be left behind. A situation is a com
bination of circumstances, or a condition as
modified or determined by surroundings. A
problem is a perplexing question, demanding
settlement.
I know one person who confuses the two,
with the result that her life is always full
of turmoil and upsets. The world is either
all wrong - or coming to an end. Trifles are
mountains. If events do not follow the course
she has mapped out, then the day is ruined!
She never has lime to enjoy the little plea
sure of life, because she is always seeing a
problem in a situation and is so occupied by
the problem, she overlooks how easily the
situation can be changed by changing the
surroundings.
So it is much of tin1 troubles that beset
us as individuals, as a nation, as a world.
We are determined to make problems out of
simple human equations. We dam groups,
never realizing that we don’t live with
groups but just with a comparatively few
people and that we are free to change our
surroundings if we don’t like them.
Wo treat the entire world like a gigantic
jig-saw puzzle and try to crowd in the parts
where we want them to go, irrespective of
size or color. Life for most of us is not a
problem. It is a situation which by dint of a
sense of humor, careful application to oui
own work, and a friendly spirit, we can make
go our way just as often as the other.
Change the situation and forget the prob
lem!
Ilohl Time l.ine—For the Other (lay
North Carolina’s 1951 General Assembly
held the line for the other guy, but it let the
purse strings way out when it came to its
own fare. The Assembly itself cost the tax
payers of North Carolina $480,000 or $1:19,000
more than the 1949 session cost. And after
careful appraisal, it simply wasn’t worth
the 1949 amount not to mention the increase.
“Sir,” he began stutteringly, as he faced
her father's stern gaze, “I’ve come to ask
you for vour daughter’s hand.”
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The only solid thing in this vast universe
is love,—James Greeman Clarke.
IIASSF.IJ. CHRISTIVN
Olin Fox, Minister.
Sunday school at If) 00. George
Leggett, Supt.
Christian
0:20 n, m.
Preaching
<_’tn --tian
o!no- nay
no.
Youth Fellc-'ship,
every 1st and'*?iru
o fW.'j 7 :i fir
WoniHi I'Yllowship
altel i>f
OAK CITY CHRISTIAN
Olin Fox, Pastor.
Sunday school at 10:00. Finest
Bunt inR Slipt.
Preaching .very 2nd Sunday at
11:00 and 7:30.
Christian Youth Fellowship on
Thursday night after 2nd Sunday.
Clristian Women's Fellowship
Wednesday night after 2nd Sun
day.
ROMAN CATHOLIC
Catholic services at th( Ameii
can Legion hut. Mass every Sun
day at 11 o'clock.
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PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS
N. J. Ward, Pastor
Sunday school at t>:4r> Henry
Hoe I, Supt
Morning worship at 11:00. t
Youth service at fi 30.
Evangelistic service at 7:30.
Mid-week prayer service, Wed
nesday night at 7:30
KVKRETTS CHIUSTl VN
Olin Fox, Pastor.
Sunday school 10:00. Mrs. Bea
tris James, Supt.
Christian Youth Fellowship on
Monday nights.
Preaching every 4th Sunday at
11:00 and 7:30.
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Saturday afternoon before first
Sunday.
BAPTIST
S 13. Simms, Pastor.
0:15, Sunday school.
11:00, Worship.
7:00, Training Union.
(1:00, Worship.
The nursery will be open dur
ing the morning services.
Monday: 4:00 Fannie Biggs
Circle meets with Mrs. Albert
Perry; 4:00 Patti.' Crawford Cir
cle meets with Mrs. H P. Mobley;
4:00—Lina Martin Circle meets:
with Mrs. John Hardy; 8:00 —
Edith Burrell B. W. C. meets with
Mrs. Daisy Pope; 8:00—Kate El
len Gruver Circle meets with
Mrs, Homer Barnhill; 8:00—Grace
Mercer Circle meets with Mrs.
Lorene Mahler; 7:30—Intermedi
ate R. A. meeting in the Annex. ;
Tuesday 4:00—Intermediate O.h
A. meeting at the church.
Wednesday: 8:00 Midweek ,i
Prayer Service.
Thursday: 4:00 —Sunbeam meet
ing in the Annex. !,
Chnrrh Of TIip Advent
(Episcopal)
The Rev. Thomas Hastings. Rector
Weekday (exc. Mon.) Morning ■
and Evening Prayer at 8 and 5.
Sunday, May 20, Trinity Sun- j
day.
8 a. m., Holy Communion.
9:4.1, Church School and Men’s!
Bible Class
11 a. m.. Holy Communion.
Nursery.
Collect for Sunday: “Almighty
end evei la-ding o. • f.u lie.,!
given unto us thy servants grace,!
In acknowledge the glory of the!
of the Divine Majesty to worship
the Unity; We beseech thee that
thou wouldest keep us steadfast
in this faith, and evermore defend
us from r. 11 adversities, who livest
and reignest, one God, world
without end."
METHODIST
E. R. Shuller, Minister.
9:45, Sunday school. Fletcher
Thomas. Supi.
11:00, Morning worship. Lay
men’s service with the honorable
Sam Underwood of Greenville
speaking. The service will be
broadcast over W. I. A. M.
(1:30. Youth Fellowships.
8:00, Evening worship.
8:00, Monday. Woman’s So-'
•iety of Christian Service.
8:00, Wednesday. Bible study
followed with choir rehearsal.
f HOLLY SPRINGS
10:30, Sunday school. C. L.
Daniels, Supt.
3:00. Laymen’s service with the
lonornfde Sam Underwood of
Dreenville speaking.
CHRIST! \\
John L. Goff, Pastor.
Bible School, 9:45. Classes for
dl ages. Mrs, G. G. Wnolard and
Mr. E. S. Peel teachers of the
Adult Bible Classes extend cordial
nvitations to all adults not now
ittending Bible school. Morning
worship and celebration of the
Lord's Supper at 11:00. Sermon
subject: “Carried Up Into Heav
en.” CYF and Chi Rho groups
meet for supner at 6:30 with pro
gram following. Evening Praise
ind Worship Service 8:00. Ser- i
non subject: “What We Have To
Dive.” Pastor speaks at both .ser
vices.
Monday 4:00 the following eir
•les meet: Sadie Peel Circle meets
with Mis. R. T. Griffin on Wil
iams Street, Sarah Manning cir
•le meets with Mrs. John L. Goff;
in Marshall Avenue; Eva Harri
son circle meets with Mrs. H. L.
Barnhill on Simmons Avenue;
Monday 8:00 the following circles
meet: Alice Dunning circle meets
with Mrs. W. H. Sessoms on
Franklin Street with Mrs. Elton
Andrews as joint hostess; Hattie
Edmondson Circle meets with
Mrs. W. H. Griffin on Williams
street with Mis. Alex Jones as
oint hostess. Tuesday, 8.00,
•hoir reheaisal. Wednesday, 8:00,
nidweek prayer and praise ser
vice in the home,of Mr. and Mrs.
1 W. Garris on West Main Street'
To Appear In Revival Here
Pictured above are Miss Marguerette West and Miss Frances
Shelby, sinking evangelists of Goldsboro, who will begin a re
vival at the local Pentecostal Holiness Church Monday night,
May -1, and will continue through June The pastor. Rev. .V
Ward, invites the public to attend these services each evening
at 7:15 o’clock.
Extended. Subject: “Growing
Up.” Public invited to all serv
ices.
CIIVIM H OF CHRIST
Hamilton
10:00, Bible school. T. F. Res
pass, Supt. '
11:00. Preaching service with
Russell Smith, pastor < !' the Com
munity Christian Church, eort
ducting the service.
7:30, Christian Endeavor.
8:00, Preaching service. •
PRESBYTERIAN
Sunday school, 0:45 a. m.
Morning worship, 11:00 a. m.
Evening worship, 3:00 p. m.
Youth Fellowship, 7:00 p. m.
Juniors and Pioneers, 7:00 p. m.
Wednesday. Prayer and Bible
Study, 8:00 p. m.
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MACEDONIA CHRISTIAN
Bible school at 10. J. S. Holli
day, Supt
Church service at 11. P. E. Cay
ton, Pastor.
Morning sermon: "The Road To
Heaven.”
Evening Service at 7 45.
JAMKSYIEEE BAPTIST
W. B, Harrington, Pastor.
Regular services will be held at
Jamcsville Baptist Church Sun
day at 11:00 o'clock. All mem
bers are urged to be present and
the public is invited.
C.«*»lar lira lu ll llapli-l
W B. Harrington, Pastor.
Wyman, Johnson
In Airlines F ilm
The career and extra- curricu
lar romantic activities of an air
line stewardess form the novel and
engaging subject of M-G-M's
“Three Guvs Named Mike,” at
traction at the Viccar Theatre
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Jane Wyman is is cast as the
picture’s appealing heroine, with
the three guys named Mike plac
ed respectively bv Van Johnson
as a shy graduate research stu
dent in chemistry, Howard Keel
as a virile American Airlines pi
lot. and Barry Sullivan as a suave
advertising executive.
In a last-moving narrative punc
tuated with sparkling diologue
and infectious humor, the story
depicts Miss Wyman's rigorous
training as ari airline stewardness.
her preliminary blunders afler
she* graduates from the training
school and gets her first job on
the plane piloted by Keel, and the
subsequent career in which she
proves herself not only a knowing
and efficient sky-riding .hostess
but also the apple of the eye of
the pilot, the chemistry research
er and the successful ad man. It
takes a spectacular frce-foi all.
Regular services will be held at
Cedar Branch Baptist Church on
Sur\dav night at 7:-C> o’clock. All
members are urged to be present
and the public is invited.
no-noins-narroci ngm upon
part of the trio of male suitors
before Miss Wyman can decide
which s'*r wants as her partner
for life
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to take this oppor
tunity to express my sincere ap
preeiation to Or. Brown and his
staff of nurses for their kindness
to me during my illness in the
Brown Community Hospital. I
also want to thank • v friends for
. . 1 fie .. . < ■.-S!-:Sv.-1 1 J.C \ £iv 1 '■ n't.*
vw* Oed bdess each of eon
Mrs. J. C. Rawls. jT”*"
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
OAK CITY HIGH SCHOOL. OAK
CITY, N. C„ MARTIN COUN
TY. NORTH CAROLINA
Sealed proposals wil be received
by the Board of Education of Mar
tin County, Williamston, North
Carolina, up to 2:00 P. M , May
21, 1951, and immediately then
after publicly opened a fid read at
the said office for: Heating work
Only on Oak Cite High School.
Oak City, N. C.
Plans and specifications and bid
ding blanks are on file at the of
fice of James W Griffith. Jr..
Architect, Go enville, N. ('.. and
may be obtained from him upon
deposit of Twenty-five Dollars
($25.00). Bidders who submit a
bona fide and reasonable bid will
be refunded the full amount of
the deposit upon return of same
in good condition within five (5)
days after letting date. Cost of
printiiyg and handling will be re
taincd on all others.
All Contractors are hereby noti
fied that any and all pertinent
provisions of the General Statute:
of Norm Carolina governing the
lottine of public building eon
tracts, subsequent amendments
and enactments pertaining to the
licensing, registration and regula
lion of their respective profc
sions and trades will be observ
< d in the receipt of bids and the
award of the work. All bidders
must be duly licensed as Contrac
tors by the State of North Cato
lina at the time of submitting
their bid and as provided by G. S
i 1C5-54, Subsection B, before un
jdertaking to execute any contract
A bidders’ certified check for .V.
j of the bid must accompany each
, bid. (In lieu thereof a bidder mat
offer a certified cheek lor 2'. of
i the bid plus a bid bond of 3b * I
the bid ) A- required by law. ail
certified cheeks submitted with
! proposals shall be drawn on a
j Bank or Trust Company insured
I bv the Federal Deposit Insurance
Said deposit to be
the Owner as liqui
i s in event of a fad
successful bidder to
* Contract within ten
the award or to give
surety as required by
Corporation
retained by
riati d damn
lire of the
execute tin
days after
satis factor
law.
A performance bond is required
in an amount equal to 100r. of the
contract price conditioned upon
the faithful performance of the
contract and upon the pavment ol
all persons supplying labor and
furnishing materials for construe
lion of the project
No informal bids will be received
Tlte owner reserves the right
reject any or all bids, and to
waive informalities.
The award of the contract will he
conditioned upon funds beim.
made available f >r constructing
and the Ownet reserves the right
to hold tne bids for a period ol
days after the date of the
J. C Manning, Secretary
Board of Education of Martin
County, Williamston, North
Carolina.
James W Griffith, Jr.. Architect.
Greenville. North Carolina
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