As one of County's original families . . .
Role of Strudwicks
r By CONWAY BROWNING
• In April 1754, George Burrington, who from 1730 to 1735
j served as his majesty’s General and Governor-in-Chief in and
j over the Province of North Carolina, executed a deed of trust in
| favor of Samuel Strudwick, and other heirs of Edmund Strud
'. wick, deceased, of London, covering among other things 10,000
'■ acres of land lying on the Northeast branch of the Cape Fear
> River, known as Stag Park, and another tract of 30,000 acres
i lying on the Northwest branch of the same river, in the Haw
> Old Fields area of what was then Orange County, as security
1 for moneys loaned by ^dmund Strudwick, during his lifetime,
' to Gov. Burrington. At a later date these tracts of land were
| conveyed to Samuel Strudwick.
! ’ Since these early days, members of the Strudwick family
1 have played important roles in the life and history of this
f County and State, which are upon the records, and will not be
i recited here.
This chronicler recalls, more than half a century ago, hear
ing his grandparents speiak of “'Old” Dr. StrudSvick and
“Young” Dr. Strudwick. and of the high regard which they and
! their neighbors held for these eminent men of their times and
profession.
- A distinguished member of this familv. Shepperd Strudwick,
Sr., died Wednesday, Doc. 27, 1961, at his home in Hillsboro,
age 93 years. Funeral services were conducted at the Hillsboro
- Presbyterian Church, Friday, Dec, 29, 1961. Interment was in
the Hillsboro Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons, Shepperd, Jr.. Edmund, and a
grandson, Shepperd, III. „
The accomplishments of Shepperd Strudwick were many in
1 the paths which he chose to tread during his lifetime, but his
friehas will remember him for his humanities. For his love, de
votion and service to his family, his church and to the com
! munity in which he lived: for his high integrity as a Christian
gentleman; for his unfailing kindness and courtesy; for his
1 readiness to listen to the problems of his fellow men. and to
offer his counsel when it was sought; for his concern for others
and Jiis readiness to listen to their stories of disappointment
• and hardship and to do whatever he could to help them in
their distress. .
A lovable giant among men has passed from among us; the
mold has been broken; we Will not see his like again. Sir; We
bid you Godspeed.
Between the Covers
—A COLUMN OF NEWS AND COMMENT ON
BOOKS IN YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY—
By DAVID FRICK
Director Hyconeechee Regional Library
THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE:
NEW TESTAMENT. This trans
lation of the New Testament, to
be folowed later by the Old
Testament and the Apocrypha,
was undertaken at the behest of
Protestant churchmen iar7 Great
Britain. The-aim of the transla- j
tors, who used the best available!
Greek texts, was to make the
meaning clear by translating the
original into the vocabulary, con
structions and rhythms of mod
ern English, and they worked
toward this goal from 1948 to
1961.
Although . this translation has
appeared on the New York
Times, best-seller list for- the
past 37 weeks, we got our first
look at it only a few days ago.
The spirit of Christmas being
upon ns, we turned to the second
chapter of Saint Luke to find
out what manner of. fruit had
come from the scholars’ 13 years
labor. Space will not permit
quoting here the new version of
the Christmas story, but we' urge
you to compare it with Luke 2:1-19
in the King James version. Writ-*
ten in Associated Press English,
the new version makes every
thing crystal-clear, and you will
know exactly what .happened
when you finish reading it. But
to know with one’s head and to
understand In one’s heart are
vastly different things.
In the new version, the magic
is gone; the sonorous beauty, the
llMany. a man Who thinks to
found a home discovers that he
has merely opened a tavern for
his friends.
V
—Norman Douglas
poetic imagery and colorful
idioms are missing; gone are the
rolling cadences and majestic
periods of seventeenth-century
King’s English, and the seeker
of inspiration and refugee will
not find. it here. However, while
the new translation lacks the
beatify of the King James ver
sion, it will be welcome to the
many Bible readers who have
been puzzled by the obscure
passages and confused by the
outdated scholarship of the older
version. For this reason, the new
translation must be accepted for
what it is: a significant and en
during milestone on the road
Christian men walk in their
search for God.
Third volume of'
The third volume of “A New
Geography of North Carolina,
by Bill Sharpe, publisher and
editor of “THE STATE” Maga
zine, is off the press.
Containing 565 pages, and pro
fusely illustrated, a feature of
the volume is a thorough and
departmentalized index, making
the contents readily available,
when used for reference. It is
published by the Sharpe Publish
ing Co., In. of ftaleigh at $6.00.
Although titled “a geogra
phy,” this work, like the pre
ceding ones, actually is a
description of 26 North Carolina
counties, and included also his
tory, current development, and
most of each county’s best
| known anecdotes, folklore and
legends.
Sharpe commenced work on
“A New Geography” in Septem
ber of 1951. and in 10 years has
almost reached the three-quar
ter mark toward covering the
'whole state. The current volume
brings to 72 the number of coun
ties treated, and Volume IV, with
28 counties, will conclude the.
series. Sharpe says he hopes to
have this ready within the next
three or four years. Completion
of the work, he thinks, will mark
the first time any state has been
described county by county with
so much detail and background
included.
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