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Our Appreciation To Hie kind of weather we have been having prior to the past lew days presents a challenge •to alinost everybody. But [jerhaps while meeting our own individual problems we tag, find the time for a fresh appreciation of the. people who pro vide some of the taken-for-^ranted services of everyday liv ings ... The pohceijoart, the vtmimeer firemen, the milkman, the ?r boy, the highway maintenance workers, the bus and drivers, men in serried statics/mat on coal and oil fks—all who keep lines of 'supply and communication -these are'only the mast obvious good soldiers. I We owe a s'p&'iaf debt1 Of gratitude Vhd commendation bene to the volunteer firemen who had to light a number of j fires during the syfi-freezing period, and the highway maintenance workers under the supervision of Clarence .Wal ter* who did a magnificent job in getting the streets and highways open all over the county in a remarkably short time, sticking t«.the job unbearably long hours so that you and I could be up and about in the least time possible. l.ittle thought of also are the telephone operators who gift otit in the'slortn and carry on at the switchboards so we tan stay comfortably inside and still carry on business and visit with friends by phone. Then there are the radio and television people who keep the programs going so that we can be informed and watch in comfort, especially keeping the children occupier! and satisfied Tidt to Ire romping in the snow and catching their “death." The power line re pairmen, and others who keep the complex machinery of es sential ser\ icesatjht’ibjf—all tl*ese and ofher unnoticed “mem bers of our team” merit our appreciation. f In times of special need w?e suddenly become aware of the big debt we owe to countless people who don’t make the headlines' and whose names we may not know, l>ut who mike a tremendous contribution to the community by just being on the job, come what may. T h ... .. • 1 Passing Of A Friend Recent days have seen a number of fine citizens of the community answer the final call," ~ Among; them was live well known and respected Bilk Cllance, who left an indelible impression upon the town in which Ire lived for 35 years. In his earlier years. Mr. Chance was an active force on the Town Board, in business affairs, and in other phases of community life. As the community's theater operator, lie was known familiarly to almost every Hin passion for fishing was well known, while his friend lv disposition. good lummy, and sense of justice made him a successful and popular figure here through the years.^Iii the passing of Bill Chance, mans people mourn tfie“passm|£ of a friend. Cheap As Well As Miraculous If you have any*doubt about the world being better for our t hildren jJmu it was for us, you can find comfort in some ligates that we just noticed fronj[ the Health News Institute on mastoiditis. This was both cruel and common only 20 years ago. It usually involved a painful, costly, disfiguring opera tion and complete loss of hearing in the ear affected. The New York City hospitals had 5,400 cases of mastoiditis in 1955 and only 50 in 195*6. - Achromycin and other antibiotic drugs developed in re cent year* made the difference. In the pre-antibiotic era the overall cirtsl ol a case ot mastoiditis and the surgery imohed was about $1,000. Today, thanks to antibiotics, width have -come down in price since first introduced, the tost is only about $15 for drugs in most cases and no surgery is necessary. - ,* I Actually* the Health News, Institute points out, the aver age drug store prescription'in these days of soaring prices in all fields is much less than t^iis, being either $2,49 or $2.79 in 1956 depending on which trade journal .you lead. Seven out of 10 prescriptions tost less than S3 and only one in 200 sells for mqre tlvan S10. While ,pur- disposable personal income rose 308 percent from 1939 to 1956, personal consumption expenditures for drug preparations apd sundries which took 0.87 percent in 1939, dropped to o.6(i percent pf disposable incohie in 1956. The HNI points out we are ipending less percentage wise for better treatment of disease. In the-case of mastoiditis, we, have bought a miracle which puts an end to a particularly excruciating type of suf fering and preserves to our children a;norinaIf life for which the gift of hearing is essential 'if# weft *as such priceless pleas ures as the voices of loved ones, the making of friends through toAf'^*»0<rh, tl* inspiration of great speeches and the soul-filling joy of music and song. Wte Jletoi of Count? f ' Pu6lished Ever? th& sday Bp 1 TM1 NBWS, INCORPORATED i HlUabor© ud Chapel Hill. N. C. toWW J. HAMLIN -- Editor end Publisher littered a* Secoed &eaa Matter at the Poet Office at hMsboro, North Carolina. ,pnder the duct of Monk », 1179. ExdMtve National Advertuing Representative OftlATM WtBKLIIS ' New Tort * Chicago * Detroit * Phlledelpole SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR (liuide North Carolina)-$2.30 SIX MONTHS Onaide North Carolina) —--- $1.75 ONE YEAR (outride Norft Carolina)-1-$3 00 Continued from Page 1 syth j^ounty’s vote in the Fifth Congressional District, Winston Salem’s studious Winfield Black well had been given a 50-50 chance of ousting Ralph Scott from his recently won seat in the House of Representatives,. For -many years Forsyth has hungered for a place in Congress, but the closest they have been able to come was a kind of dog-fall with Elkin When the late Thur mond Chatham made the grade. Perhaps Blackwell was the man. But no less than the mayor of Winston-Salem himself, foe Hon. Marshall Kurfees, has seen to It that Scott goes, back to Washing ton. ; . This has been accomplished by the simple expedient of ' making himself a candidate for the posi tion. Those in the know around the Fifth District say that populous Forsyth will split its vote between Blackwell and Kurfees and thus enable Scott's re-election without difficulty. TWO MORE OUT ... To the growing list of legislators decid ing they want to see Raleigh only from afar next year add the names of: Tom White of Kinston and Cal vin Graves of Winston-Salem. Their announcements last week came as a sharp surprise. White was supposed to be in a three-cornered race with Carl Venters of Jacksonville and Addi son Hewlet of Wilmington tor Speaker of the House in 1956. His sudden decision not to re turn to the Legislature is expected to throw enough votes to Hewlett to assure him the Speakership place. However, the word we get is that White took no sides when he pulled out of the race for Speak er, As for Graves, he was in line for position1, in the 1959 State Sen ate second, only to that of Lieuten ant. Governor, the presiding offi cer. From one of the outstanding legalistic families of Northwest ern North Carolina. Calvin Graves had made‘a lot of friends among legislators and officials of State Government. He will be missed. If Archie Davis, chairman of the board of Wachovia Bank & Trust Co„ comes to Raleigh to succeed Graves—and he has al ready announced he's going to try, to—it will follow a Forsyth pattern for the State Senate. Sen ators from there in the past 25 years have included Bob Hanes of Wachovia; Gordon- Gray of Rey nolds and Wachovia, etc.; Irving Carlyle, attorney for Wachovia. Senator Davis will be a ' closer coopefator With Governor Hodges than' Stas Senator Graves, you can bet on that. At 47."he has had a lot of experience and should make an excellent senator. NOTES ... If you had read about it a year ago. you would have laughed, but now you won't: experimental work is under-way on an electronic device to resist or cancel the earth's gravity— and a national magazine lists the University of North Carolina (pre sumably State College unit) as one of a half-dozen outstanding schools in the nation working on the project . . . until recently it was thought there was no way to cancel out. . , this force . . , . And our grapevine reports are that Navy people know that the Wilmington “earthquakes” were actuary nuclear depth charges be ing tested by the Navy many miles t off the coast of North Carolina . “FLY IN MY SOUP" There is a waiter in a New York restaurant who is reported to be an expert on the waiter “there's a fly in <ny soup" Jokes. (You know most of the answers: “That’s all right, he can swim;” “Not so loud, everybody’ll want one;” “What do you want for a nickel, a hummingbird?” “It’s not hot enough to burn him,” and so on.) His latest answer to a customer who complained about a fly in his ice cream was: “That’s all right —he likes Winter sports.” —John G. Fuller in Saturday Review - A Pick Of Fact?!' R. l)unit'I for The Xeivs Library Week Series: No. 2 What Books Have Meant To Me By KITTY MURPHY When ’ asked to write an article on "What Books Mean to Me,’ my first feeling‘was that such a sub t ject y/as entirely too bifc-jp#w' too encompassing to attempt an expression in a few words and in limited space. That subject had the same, scope and dimension that I should have encountered if I were to try to express in written words "fyhat my friend have Meant to me." or "What sunshine means to me,” or “What my eye sight means to me.” Then after a bit of deliberation, certain generalities appear that seem circumscribed enough to list and mention as a part of a greater knowledge of all that books may mean to an individual. When you open the pages of a book, you, like Alice, may pass through the "looking glass.” All the wonder land of travel is yours. One may sail the seven seas, ex plore vast caves, catapult into space, float lazily on the blue wa ters of the Caribbean, tremble in the ice chasms of Little America, or stand in awe before the seven wonders of the world. No horizon encloses you within its boundaries: There is no limit to space: You hold the world in your hand. Just as a conch shell can repro duce within its tiny spirals all the roar of an ocean, so may a book capture for us the natural life around us. .Strange and exotic birds or huge animals that roamed the earth in another age arc restored for our viewing. A fawn and her doe pausing at a pool, the gauzy green of the luna moth, a lioness stalking her kill, the quick, silver of a humming bird at a flower—all that represents evolu tion. growth and change in the world abouf us can unfold to us by means of the printed page. Books allow us to live vicarious ly. The average individual does nqj want to know how to rob a bank or how to commit the perfect crime. Yet we must know the peo ple that perform such acts, how their deeds come about, what mo tivates them, in order to know all of mankind, the evil with the good, if we are to widen our small store of experience nad thus cope with life as it is lived. We may be the consort of kings and princes. Peo ple of other nations can become our Tteighbors We can sit in on meetings and alliances of great proportion. We ma$ share all of the glorious history-making events of our present day and of the past. We may escape the dullness, the routines that annoy, and the very drabness of our every-day life by widening our experiences into a more glamorous and, stimulating series of events that is found in every welhwritten novel, history or biography. It has been said that there is a major disease in America The symptoms'are drowsiness, inertia and mental fatigue. It is injurious to the individual; it is fatal to the health of the nation. Its name is leisure-time lethargy. Its cure is readiiyr Reading is the greatest way {hat I know Jo improve my mind, foT'«ihem>y I gain new knowledge and attempt to free my self from ignorance, bias and pre judice. The beauty of-a poem, the inspiration of the greatest book of all time, the Bible, the challenge of a, well-constructdd story, the meeting place of character's that intrigue and delight those who be come acquaitned with them are only a fe\v of the joys that a book " lipids for me. "A man's world is as big as he makes it. With no more than a glance at the headlines of his daily paper, he can take a short cut, only to find himself in fe fo| over atoms and missiles. He can listen Washington Report Scott Scores Secrecy Shenanigans By SEN. W. KERR SCOTT Some days ago Mr. J. George Stewart, Architect of the Capitol, told the Senate Public Works Sub committee on Public Buildings that plans for extending the East Front of the Capitol "do not be long to the public," -which would pay the $10.1 million bill, and that the plans "are not for pub lication." He said it wasn't a matter of secrecy—it was Just “the 'way things are done on the Hili.f1.^ He sure told the truth. Secrecy is what I often suspect Washington has the most of, ex cept waste paper, maybe%» This secrecy thing, this all-too-frequent business of "executive session," is something that merits scrutiny. Since Mr. Stewart’s remark about '‘the way things are done on the Hill,” I’ve done some look ing-back into the record. I find that while there are too many executip sessions, to my way of thinking, Imongst Senate com * mittees, and subcommittees, the situation has been worse and the incidence of such sessions ap parently is falling off. Executive sessions are as old as the Senate Itself* From 1789 to 1795 all Senate business, with one exception, was done behind closed doors. The exception was in Febru ary, 1794. in debate over the seat ing of Albert Gallatin when, "by vote of 19 to 8. spectators were • admitted. r- » — But the situation is Improving. Congressional committees last year held fewer closed^door ses sidhs than in any year since 1953, on a percentage basis. Senate com. mktees closed only 33 per dent of their meetings to. the public last 'year, four: jJer cent fewer than in 195B. Committees and subcommittees I am on are holding fewer ex ecutive sessions. .Forty-nine per cent of the Agriculture Commit tee's sessions were closed-door in 1958; there were but 41 per cent last year. Thirty-two per cent of the Post Office and Civil Service Committee sessions last year were elosed, four per cent less than,in 1953. On 'Public Works, 45 per cent w!ei^ executive sessions in 1953, btit only 27 pet cent last year. ' •'-nfMWijM ..* What happens in executive ses sions? Well. When we take up the agenda on the Agriculture Committee we automatically go into executive session. Some days ago the only business involved watershed pro jects. two in Piedmont North Car olina, Abbott's Creek and Deep Creek, and Senator Ellender, the chairman, said at the outset that all agencies concerned had en dorsed them. They had come from county and atate levels and been approved here by the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of the Budget without dissent. So, somebody in our executive * session moved that they be au thorized by the Agriculture Com mittee and I seconded the motion and It was done. Our "executive session didn't conduct any secret business, after x all, and lasted about two minutes. \ In my many years in public j life. I have heard a great many ' excuses for secret government meetings. There are plenty of ex cuses given for conducting the pub lic’s business in secret, but I know of no real Justification. - , MuJ., ■ Tar He®! people & issues By Cliff Blue - -—y . ' K .. APPRECIATION ... I want to express my sincere appreciation to two of my good friends, George R. Ross of Jackson Springs and Mrs. Kathryn Boyd of Southern Pines for conducting this column during the past two weeks while the writer wjjs on the Sick list. They did such a fine job tjiat nfow what we havd to say will sound trifling. George Ross is a man filled with information about “early days of the Sandhills and of North Caro-^ lina. Wp suggested to him that he^ should be writing articles and' passing on t(\ the people some of the rich information which he has gained in his rich and eventful life. Kathryn Boyd, widow of the late author and writer, James Boyd, is herself a most interesting end talented writer, and a spright-_ ly little lady who never hesitates to take her stand on the issues of the day—local, state and national. Its nice to have friends like George Ross and Kathryn Boyd that you can call on in time of need. REPUBLICANISM . . . Despite Little Rock and the “recession” leaders of modern Republicanism in North Carolina are still at work and the Democrats should not ignore them, if they expect their party to continue to be the domin ant party in the state. In Mecklen berg and in Moore, counties in particular, the "NeW* Lo^k” Re publicans appear to be on tmf go. BILL COBB , . . Senator William Edward Cobb of Morganton and native of New York state is a candidate for chainnam of the Re publican State Executive Commit tee. Cobb who upset the apple- * cart in the 28th senatorial district composed of Alexander, Burke and Caldwell counties to win in 1956 was not afraid to have his say and speak'his piece in the State Sen ate, where traditionally the min ority members say little. If Cobb is elected State Republican Chair man you can expect more activity among the Republicans. Its inter esting to note (hat he has the 100 per cent endorsement of the Re publican membership of the N. C. House and Senate. MECKLENBURG ... In Meck lenberg County some of the De mocrats will tell you that there is but little chance of anyone win ning over Congressman Charlie Jonas of Lincoln County. They think Dave> Clark of Lincoln might win, but chances are not great that he will run. As Stat^ represen tative to the N. C. General Assem bly he has gained considerable seniority and prestige. Some say that they will not be surprised to see at least one Republican face in the 1959 delegation to the N. C. General Assembly. to the fellows at the office, or heaga, the conversations of people on the street, only to feel himself left out, inept and uninformed. This man's world is a little place. His knowledge of it is based on hear say. His conclusions are only no tions. Erom books and magazines, this man could learn some reliable facts. With the guidance of a book, lie could confidently shape his own conclusions The primed word is a man's guide to a bigger world.’’ DEMOCRATIC CHAIR), Some are saying that Hodges may attempt to Larkins as Democratic, when the State Executive! tee meets in March to dates for the precinct and county conventions any inside knowledge', think any such move win, and should it he made w will fail. Traditionally, new pan, men are chosen at the ta, the newly elected state - committee following convention and primary, fore the fall campaign sin change take plate, n,t following the convention mary would be the |na, to change. * SENATE OH 11[(;IPa c■ Some people t.ru m on the -new 7-man high,, mission to a place in ^ Senate. Former Senator Moore of Robeson i . ber of the highway conuni said to be toying wiih the running for the Senate v.ol( mean, if successful, how# to give up his highway con post. In the newly ng highway conum-. on the body does not seem tempting as i> did ui,tm t;M 14 commissioners assigned dividual divisions. Men’s t governmental honors is inn Some much prefer the II the Senate. Some prefer i ate to the House. Othen ■ the State Highway. Cota and Development or lio.mt culture. FILING DEADLINE filing deadline for those i to run for state office is Hi noon, Friday, March 21, deadline for those runningi General Assembly and ton fices is Friday. April 18. Ml SEI M COMMEND Hillsboro* Dear Editor: After a recent visit to the urn located in the old coil in Hillsboro, »t would I commend the members i Garden Club, who have g freely of their time and to make the museum apt* After so many of the lari of the town have been da it is refreshing to know tlK those are trying.to preserve of the things of other days benefit of posterity. Perhaps no other town i* has a richer heritage of and tradition, than this11 call. home. And it is hot all citizens of the town) rounding pemnninitirs. * this undertaking their It port in every way possible Mrs. A. T. ■ Estelle * CAREFUL WITH < HlU We are being very cart our children. They'll nd'*1 to pay a psychiatrist Si> to find out why we reject* We’ll tell them why «1 them. Because they're imp that’s why. —Jean Kerr in Don’t Eat the Daisies o USi **4L WOOL COwstructi Aid for Deferred But not ABANDONED "I ^AV£ -SBC'y'OP HEALTH,BbOCATloH & WELFARE F0L50M 4 . LA Walt Partytnilie?~~York CtW"6 1
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