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MEEKINS
JUST TRY TO TALK
ABOUT AN OPERATION
Ten weeks ago I was struck
down with stomach ulcer trouble,
which necessitated an operation
and knocked me out of two months
work at a time which I think, (as
I suppose all others think) was
the worse time for me to lose. It
was doubly costly. This is usually
the best season of the year, which
I lost and I also lost the cost of
hospitalization, which no doubt
amounted to more than I might
have earned.
When a fellow has a new auto
mobile or a new boat, it seems he
likes to talk about it, and the more
it costs, the more he likes to talk.
It seems that way about oper
ations. I have always heard that
women were the greatest people
for talking about operations. But
I doubt if that is true, for since
I had mine, I have come to the
conclusion that they can’t be worse
than men.
Believe it or not, I am not one
to dwell overlong on any illness or
operation I have. I have had some
five sessions with hospitals per
sonaly, and have been laid up at
home with measles, mumps, and
my share of influenzas and what
not. I have long since concluded
it must be boring to other people
as it is to me to hear long stories
about operations and illness. But
since my most recent experience I
could not have told much about it
anyway.
From the first day I was in the
hospital, I haven’t had a chance
to talk about my operation. First
of all, there were strangers who
heard about me and came to tell
me there was nothing to worry
about, in the removal of a stomach
ulcer. Some in fact were back for
their third operation. Most all of
them told me how good I was go
ing to feel once it was removed.
That I could not understand, since
it suddenly announced itself, and
had never given me bad symtoms
before it burst.
Then for several days following
the operation, other strangers
heard about me and came to my
room to say they had been sent up
for the same thing. They were not
content to take what their doctor
told them, but wanted my opinion.
I told all of them there was noth
ing to worry about; one might ex
pect only a minimum of discom
fort; and it was always soothing
afterward to have good looking
women to sponge your back and
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FAMILY REUNION SUNDAY
The family of Mrs. J. Ed Lane
of Hertford had a reunion last
Sunday at the Shrine Club, Nags
Head, gathering for a picnic lunch
eon.
Among those present were Mrs.
Lane, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Lane
and son Phillip of Hertford; Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. White, Mr. and
Mrs. Ervin White and children,
Margery, Ray, Mary Charles,
Shirley Frances and Joe, and Roy
Gray, all of Manteo; Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Lane, Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Maddox and sons, Steven, Terry
and Craig, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Pritchard and children, Douelas,
Dianne, and Rick Lane, all of
Elizabeth City; Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Basinger of Portsmouth, Va.; Mr.
and Mrs. John Brown and son
Bernard, Mrs. Jack Adams and
daughter, Grace and Lillian, of
Noi-folk; Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis
Cartwright and son Jimmie of
Camden; Mr. and Mrs. Si Babin
of Chicago, Ill.; and Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Ray White and daughter
Nancy of Edenton.
wait on you hand and glove.
After I got out of the hospital,
numerous people came to see me,
and many of them had had the
same operation. I had nothing to
brag about. All of them told me it
had made them like new people.
Some of these men said they had
become as amourously inclined as
in their youth. One even said he
was afraid his desire was going
to get him into trouble. Just about
all of them said in six months the
stomach grew back to normal size,
and one could eat as much as ever.
All of them exhibited scars, some
with great delight, and after see
ing them, I didn’t show the mere
four inches I have. It is fast fad
ing away to an invisible pink, and
is almost completely hidden by the
hair that has now grown out over
it.
But my friends have all shown
not less than six inches. One of
them a hideous gash horizontally
across his body, more than a foot
in length, and one might think he
had been swept with a turkish
saber. By and large, they have all
outdone me. They have bigger
scars, and they enjoy great bene
fits which are yet to come. We
compare alike in one respect. The
costs of surgeons and hospitals for
all jobs seems to have been about
the same.
But take it from me, it is not
women who talk about operations.
If you ever have one, just go out
and try to tell somebdoy about it.
Try it forty times and you will
find yourself outdone by someone
else every time you try to tell it.
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good, true and beautiful. Plato
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forcements and supplies if necessary After the engagement they are available to carry the
soldiers to another part of the battlefield or to rejoin their parent unit.
ENGELHARD PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Jennett,
Mr. and Mrs. Albin Snicklos of
Richmond, Va., Mr. and Mrs. B. T.
Rhodes and Bill Rhodes of Nor
folk, Va., Dr. and Mrs. Lockerman
of Greensboro, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Young of Fairfield were among
the out-of-town people to attend
last rites for Mrs. Bettie Jennett
held Tuesday.
Mrs. Sam Carey and children,
Neil, Syd and Janie and Mrs. Della
Carey of Richmond, Va., were vis
itors here last week. Mrs. Della
Carey remained for a longer visit
with her sister, Mrs. S. S. Neal.
Mrs. Janie Spencer, Miss Mattie
Berry, Mrs. Hyler Cox and son
Wayne attended last rites for
Marvin Hooper- held at Stumpy
Point Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Spencer and Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Harris of Swan Quar
ter were here recently.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Spencer
spent last week visiting in Nags
Head, Elizabeth City and St.
Brides, Va.
Mrs. Sallie Spencer and daugh
ter, Miss Myra Spencer of Wash
ington, D. C., and Mrs. Joe Mann
of Fairfield and Washington were
here Wednesday.
Mrs. Florence Burrus of Swan
Quarter spent last week with Mrs.
Ina Rhodes Watson.
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Williams
and two children, Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Williams and three chil
dren and Ivy O’Neal, all of Nor
folk, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lassiter
and child of South Carolina, Mr.
and Mrs. Roger Williams and fam
ily of Savannah, Ga., recently vis
ited their parents and grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Wil
liams.
Mrs. Sara Roper recently visited
Mrs. Sallie Spencer and Mrs. Re
becca Mann in Fairfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Maywood Lee and
son of Manteo visited Mrs. Nancy
Berry. i
Mr. and Mrs. Royden Neal,
Patty and Pete Neal were in Eliz
abeth City recently.
Miss Myra Spencer of Washing
ton, D. C., Mrs. Rebecca Mann of
Washington, N. C., Mrs. Lucy
Midyette, Mrs. Sallie Dixon Fish
er, Mrs. Eunice Fisher, Mrs. Fan
nie Watson, Mrs. Frank Gibbs and
Mrs. Harold Jarvis were dinner
guests Wednesday of Mr. and Mrs.
I. B. Watson at the Hotel Engel
hard. The guests were all cousins
of Mrs. Watson.
Miss Belle Neal of Swan Quar
ter spent last week with Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Midyette and Mrs. S. S.
Neal.
Mrs. Paul Carter and two chil
dren, who have been living in
Texas, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
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Mrs. Doris Rayburn and daugh
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Earl Berry.
Birth Announcement
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mar
shall, a son, at the Columbia hos
pital on Thursday last.
Mrs. Doris Windley, Mrs. H. B.
Stanley and Miss Daisy Dill of
Belhaven were guests of Mrs. S.
S. Neal and Mrs. Della Carey on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Lyons and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Gibbs of Newport News, Va., Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Love and children
of Hampton, Va., Misses Henri
etta and Zuma Gibbs of New Bern
were week end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Cahoon and Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Gibbs.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Williams,
Mrs. Thelma Lassiter and child,
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Williams and
family recently visited Mrs. Joe
Harris, who is a patient in a hos
pital in Norfolk. Mr. Hams re
mains at her bedside.
W. P. Burrus has returned from
the Belhaven hospital where he
was a patient.
Rev. and Mrs. Lamar Wheeler
and son Wayne of Fairfield were
guests of Mrs. Mildred Guthrie on
Sunday, when Mr. Wheeler filled
his regular appointment at the
Baptist Church here.
CATFISH CORNER PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Fustilug Foster of
Cat Cove visited Miss Mandoleen
Mann over the week end.
Miss Hibernia Hill of Gar Creek
has returned home after visiting
Miss Shandy Leah Sawyer.
Miss Fenderola Fitchett is visit
ing Miss Parabola Perkins on
Sassfras Center.
Miss Eppie Dermis Everett of
Square Hill Creek has been visit
ing Miss Torso Toler.
Miss Pestie Mae Peele has re
turned from a visit to Miss Tem
pest Twiddy of Cat Ceve.
Miss Dinah Flo Dowdy is spend
ing several days with Miss Honey
Bee Beasley in Gar Creek.
Miss Bushibelle Brinn of Gar
Creek is here visiting Miss Aurora
Dawn Davis.
Miss Sal Amanda Sawyer and
Miss Shalimar Shannon are visit
ing Miss Horsie Mae Hopkins in
Vinegar Hill.
Mrs. Bristolene Brinn and Miss
Madagascar Mann recently visited
Miss Hershibar Beasley of Gar
Creek.
Miss Wandaleena Williams of
Vinegar Hill is visiting Miss Fil
trola Fulcher.
DRUNKENNESS CHARGED IN
ACCIDENT EARLY SUNDAY
Sam Swain of Coinjock received
cuts of the face and forehead and
a possible skull fracture about 5
a.m. Sunday morning in a one-car
accident on a rural paved road in
the Juniper Bay section near
Swan Quarter, resulting in his be
ing hospitalized at Belhaven.
Swain was a passenger in a car
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H. H. MIDGETTE, HYDE CO.
NATIVE* DIES IN ACCIDENT
H. H. Midgette, 63, a native of
Hyde County living in Roanoke
Rapids, died in an automobile ac
cident near Lawrenceville, Va. Fri
day and he was buried Tuesday in
Rosemary, the funeral being held
at the Baptist Church. He was the
son of the late John M. and Nancy
G. Midgett of Hyde. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Jarvis Mid
gett; two daughters, Mrs. Anita
Hooker of Roanoke Rapids and
Mrs. Gloria Dean Bennett of Law
renceville; and by four sons, three
sisters, and two brothers,
ASC TO BEGIN ISSUING
ACP PURCHASE ORDERS
The Hyde County ASC office
will start issuing purchase orders
for material to establish pastures
and small grain for winter cover
about September 15. Farmers who
intend to seed small grain for cov
er or establish pasture this fall
and need assistance in carrying
out the practice, should call by the
county ASC office and set up the
practice. To be eligible to receive
payment on ACP, the farmer must
have prior approval before begin
ning the practice. Further infor
mation on the Agricultural Conser
vation Program may be obtained
from the ASC office.
driven by Tracy Lavon Smith, 21,
of Route 1, Fairfield, which went
out of control and failed to make
a right-angle turn in front of the
home of Carney Brown.
Patrolman R. L. Rhodes report
ed the car, a 1953 Chevrolet four
door, was damaged about S3OO.
Smith was. charged with drunken
driving.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 30. 1957
HYDE CO. ASC SET FOR
WHEAT RESERVE SIGNUP
Hyde County farmers may be
gin signing contracts September 3
to place wheat acreage in the 1958
acreage reserve program, accord
ing to the county ASC office. The
acreage reserve program for 1958
begins this year only on wheat
since wheat is the only one of the
eligible 1958 crops that will be
planted this year.
The signup will begin on Sep
tember 3 and will end on October
4. Contracts are available in the
ASC County Office in Swan Quar
ter, and farmers who desire to
participate are urged to visit their
local ASC office early.
To be eligible for participation
in the 1958 wheat reserve program,
a farmer must reduce his wheat
acreage below his farm allotment
and he must also plant within aH
other 1958 acreage allotments on
the farm.
Farmers who sign contracts and
do not harvest any crops on the
designated acreage during the en
tire 1958 calendar year will be
eligible for payment in the form
of a negotiable certificate. Pay
ment will be made primarily on
the basis of average per acre rates.
For 1958, the national average
rate per acre is $20.88 for wheat.
The average rate for Hyde County
is $25.00. The county rates yary
in accordance with productivity,
farming practices, and other fac
tors.
Noxious weeds must be controll
ed on acreage placed in the Re
serve. However, farmers may re
ceive assistantance in controlling
these weeds through a protective
cover established under the ACP.
Declining sheep herds were
shown in a recent Argentine live
stock census.