Perspectives
The soup is on
Everybody's soup is a hint to their
life and lifestyle. All soups are differ
ent, just like all people are different.
So beginning today, you no longer
need to rely on reading tea leaves or
visiting the palmist to find out a few
things about yourself on your neigh
bor. Just lift the lid and take a gander
at the soup.
Life's a concoction of many things.
So's our soup. Our homes display our
tastes in life. So does our soup. And
sometimes, life's just what happens
to be left over. Just like soup. Your
soup is you. It's a direct like to what
you are, what you like, and what you
can afford. That's YOUR personality
floating around there in that tomato
juice.
Take Marcella's soup for instance.
It's a lot like her... strong and salty,
with huge junks of meat and butter
beans the size of butterfly wings.
Marcella is a no-nonsense kind of
woman who can lift the front end of a
tractor off the ground and would just
as likely as not hit you squarely be
tween the eyes with a 2x4 when she's
riled. Keep your comments to your
self when you lift her lid.
Now let's take a peek in Tiffany's
pot. Here you'll discover timy bits of
meat, minature butterbeans, and po
tatoes cut the size of pin heads. There
will also be strange little stems of
spices from far away places floating
on the surface, all stirred together
with a salt substitute and a dash of
wine, and a few other imported ingre
dients that most of us never heard
of.. .in tiny amounts, of course. Tif
fany resembles her soup. She's a size
two and wears designer originals,
drinks only coffee sent to her from a
friend in South America, or else the
kind you have to hunt all over the
country for. She grinds it at home,
and now and then, even flies off to get
it herself. That's Tiffany And that's
Tiffany's soup.
My mama's soup has always per
plexed me, but then, so has my
mama. She's a small woman, but the
potatoes in her soup are cut the size
of apples. You have to be careful how
you swallow one or you'll choke to
death trying to get it down. The beef
is the same way. There are always
SIX pieces of beef the size of a coffee
cup floating around in her pot. If
there was one less or one extra piece
of meat in there, it would throw her
entire schedule for the day into a
complete, unorganized frenzy.
I'm always afraid to get a piece of the
meat by mistake because mama al
ways says, "save that for your
daddy." It's a bit of a chore to push it
all aside to finally get at the vegeta
bles. My mama makes the best soup
in the world, outside of mine, of
course, just like she cooks everything
else. But, her soup never changes
and never will. I have reached the
conclusion that my mama's soup is a
complex as she, and that four sons
and a husband occupying her kitchen
table for so long have caused her to
resort to strange measures through
out the years to keep each and every
one of them filled to the brim. The
boys have flown the coop now, but
you can still hear the words. .."save
that for your daddy." At this house,
"daddy" comes first, and mama is
there to see to it. So, you'd better
leave the meat in the pot alone at this
residence.
When we're having soup at my
house, so it the entire neighborhood. I
cannot, for the life of me, make soup
in anything smaller than a canning
pot. My husband can hardly wait to
lift the lid and see what it looks like.
Like me, it's always a complete sur
prise. I fix very unpredictable soup,
and always on the spur of the mo
ment. My soup is a definite portrayal
of me. In it are many things, some
everyday, some quite eccentric.
There's always lots of meat and pota
toes for the man of the house, but I
manage to sneak in a number of
items just for myself. He picks them
out and leaves them on the rim of the
bowl. Like learning to adjust to me,
he's also learned to adjust to my
soup.
Soup's on. Can you analyze your
self?
Author encourages
citizens to think about
alcohol more seriously
There probably isn't a small town
that doesn't have a town drunk who
roams the streets looking for hand
outs to be spent at the nearest bar.
Often, these people are considered a
part of the landscape and are encour
aged to continue their ways by fre
quent donations from members of the
community. We've all laughed at the
antics of our favorite drunk. They are
especially funny when they are on the
receiving end of our jokes and tricks.
Everybody likes a drunk, especially
when they don't really harm anyone.
The time for laughing is over. Alco
holism is a very serious problem, not
just in our country, but throughout
the world. In the U.S. alone, nearly 18
million adults are problem drinkers.
Of this number, nearly 10 million are
suffering from alcoholism.
Alcohol is a direct factor in this na
tion's crime rate. In nearly one-half
of America's murders, suicides and
accidental deaths, alcohol was in
volved. At least 100,000 lives per year
are lo6t as a result of alcohol, 25 times
as many as all illegal drugs com
bined.
Though two of every three adults
drink, half of the nation's beer, wine
and liquor is consumed by 10 percent
of drinkers. While fewer drinkers live
in the South and West, they drink the
most per individual.
Two of every three high-school se
niors have drunk alcohol within the
past month. Five percent drink every
day. Forty percent of the nation's
sixth-graders have tasted alcohol. By
age 18, mo6t children will have seen
100,000 beer commercials.
A Gallup Poll this year revealed
that one family in four is troubled by
alcohol. Estimates indicate 10.6 mil
lion adults are alcoholics, which is a
record number. Nearly seven million
more are problem drinkers, many of
them young men who drink enough to
get into fights or car wrecks.
Besides the human suffering, alco
holism is expensive. The cost to so
ciety is estimated at nearly $117 bil
lion a year. Over $13 billion is spent
each year treating alcohol related
problems, and this isn't nearly
enough.
These are just a few of the facts
about alcohol included in a recent ar
tide in U.S. News & World Report. If
you haven't read the article, you
should. And once you've done so, if
you still think there's no harm in al
cohol, then you are either already in
trouble or headed that way.
Like millions of other Americans,
I've always considered alcohol a part
of everyday society. While I'm very
concerned about the abuse of the
drug, especially by children, it is
such a common part of daily life that
I've not really considered the dam
age and the dangers alcohol can
po6e. And like so many, I've always
felt alcohol was no real problem for
me. But if I really face the truth, I'd
realize it is almost always a problem.
"Social" drinkers get drunk too.
While we may often think we have no
problem with alcohol because we can
go without it for a few days, the op
portunity for problems to develop are
great. Daily drinking can lead to tol
erance. While a person drinks on a
daily basis, it begins to take more
and more to reach the same "high".
Perhaps there isno such thing as a
"safe" drink.
Chances are, alcohol will continue
to be a part of my life. But in the fu
ture, after reading and believing the
facts, I'm going to be more aware of
what alcohol can and will do.
Nan Robertson, a journalist and re
frained alcoholic, tells us to ask the
following questions: Is drinking dis
toring any part of your life? ARe you
secretly worried about your drink
ing? All alcoholics are, in their own
souls, worried about their drinking.
Many may deny it, for no person
wants to be called a drunk. There's
great shame in being a drunk, and it
is very difficult to admit to being one.
Drinks should no longer be consid
ered funny.
Education in Mm Soviet Union today: to train tha aciantiata and laadan
of tomorrow.
Tree is up, presents
bought & wrapped, baking
done, cards sent & I've
even written thank you notes d
for the presents I'll get .
Albemarle area well traveled by vessels
The common assumption that peo
pie long ago did not travel often or far
is not borne out by the records of the
past. The history of a single ship ex
hibits a considerable amount of
travel for people and things.
The "Albemarle" was built by Cut
ting Noyes, a blacksmith of New
bury, Massachusetts. In selling the
vessel on May 10, 1717, for 206 pounds
to William Badham of Boston, Noyes
described it as "the whole hull or
body of the good new ship.. .of the por
tage or burthen of seventy-six
tons... together with masts, yards,
bowsprit and all appurtenances unto
her belonging". The vessel was then
lying in the Merrimack River at
Newbury.
Within three years Badham had
moved to Pasquotank County in
North Carolina and had taken
Thomas Parris of Perquimans (like
him, a merchant) and Thomas Tay
lor (a mariner formerly of Barba
dos) as partners in the "Albemarle".
In early spring of 1720 the vessel was
lying in Scuppernong River. On
March 31 P arris and Badham sold
their interests in her to Thomas Bray
of Chowan, who immediately sold out
to Richard Sanderson. Two days
later Sanderson bought Taylor's
share. The total paid for the vessel
was 804 pounds, representing a great
increase in value? or high inflation.
Richard Sanderson was one of the
leading planters in Perquimans
County and was a member of the
Governor's Council. His home at
Little River had been a meeting
place of the provincial legislature a
number of times. When he purchased
"Albemarle" she was described as 83
tons, but when be s >ld her after three
years she had acquired a new name,
the "Parre Galle\ ', and was again
called a 76 ton vet si.
Did Sanderson ; pect what might
happen? He sold uie ship on March
25, 1723 for 1200 , unds to John Lo
vick (the Provincial Secretary) and
Thomas Pry (mariner). She was then
lying in Pamlico River.
After loading the ship with 592 bar
rels of tar, Fry weighed anchor from
Ocracoke Inlet on July 12, 1723,
bound for London. He headed out to
ward the Gulf Stream, which would
help carry the vessel to port. At 5
a.m. on the 15th "the wind blew very
fresh at North North East" and an
hour later "the ship sprung a great
leak and.. .having set both the pumps
and plied them to the utmost of the
power of all the hands
aboard.. .notwithstanding the water
increased within the hold nine or ten
inches an hour".
Captain and crew abandoned ship
and never saw the "Parre Galley" <
(formerly "Albemarle") again. They '
were rescured by the "Content" out
of Liverpool bound for Virginia, and ?
reckoned their position before going ?
over the side to have been 15 or 16 ?
leagues East South East from Cape
Henry. Their vessel traveled its last.
American legion holds dance
TOWN "BOARD MEETING: R. O.
Givens came before the board to di '
cuss removal of the Contract bi -
board signs located on US 17 bypat .
This was tabled to be further di
cussed at the next regular meetin;
F. T. Britt, Superintendent, report* i
he was using surplus dirt to fill tl e
proposed parking lot next to Din
Manufacturing Company.
LEGION DANCE SET FOR NOV.
28th: American Legion Post No. 40 (if
Chowan County and Perquimans
County American Legion 126 is spo n
soring a dance November 28 in t) e
Perquimans County High Schc 1
Gymnasium. Jeanne Carroll & P r
Orchestra will furnish the mus .
There will also be a floor show.
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
The Thanksgiving holiday begi ?
Thursday Nov. 27th for students \
Perquimans County Schools. Tti
will return to school on Monday, D -
cember 1st.
JAYCEE TURKEY SHOOT S.iT
URDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd: Tie
Hertford Jaycees will have their an
nual Turkey Shoot, Saturday, on Me
morial Field at Perquimans County
High School. The shoot will begin at 5
p.m. according to Walter Humphlett
and George White.
MARCHING UNIT VISIT ATLAN
TIC: The invitation to the Perqui
mans County Marching Unit to par
ticipate in the Lions Club
International Parade in Atlantic
City, New Jersey was made official
by a letter from Dallas G. Waters,
District Governor of 31 J to C.C. Wal
ters, President of the Hertford Lions
Club.
To remove hard- water rings froi stainless steel pansf soak a cloth with
rubbing alcohol and apply it to th area.
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