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PAGE TWO ABOVE and BEYOND! By ROGER P. MEEKINS “Why haven’t you written a 'book?,” a friend asked a few days ago when he learned that I am ( a graduate of the school of journ alism at the University of North Carolina. Evidently, I must have looked blank for a few seconds while searching my mind, only tn 1 tell him that I had hardly written ' any letters in the past six years, 1 much less a book. ■ When I left school in 1954, Dean ] “Skipper” Coffin told me then: J “Boger, I realize that you’re going into service for a while, but you ' shouldn’t let that interfere with ! your writing. It"s something you should keep up with, because you’ll 1 get out of touch if you don’t prac tice it.” The man I admired so much ] was quite right. I haven’t prac- ] ticed it, and I’m out of touch. The j most I’ve written in several years are some stiffled, gobbledegooked ( reports of a military nature which, i when reduced to common language. < could have been said in one-third the space and words, and with ] greater understanding. ; This column, “Above and Be- 1 yond,” is my attempt to get in touch again. In my travels over : the United States and other parts of the world, occasionally I see i something which would be of in terest to the homefolks, and in the future- I will attempt to tell you i my impressions of some of them. “Above and Beyond,” a title ap- • propriate for something beginning in this dawn of an age in history, ; will bring enlightenment which is beyond the ordinary grasp of daily activties. But I promise no regu larity, or great revelations; rather, information of interest to the av erage man. “The sky’s the limit,” is the axiom which appeared popular dur ing the time that I was growing up. But this is no more, for we know that soon we’ll be able to travel above that, and beyond. Within a year or so the United States will probably put a man in to space; at least in orbit around the earth for a few hours. And in this same decade other men will view the earth as we now view the moon. In the generations yet to come there will be no end to explorations, for astronomers estimate that there are more bodies in the hea vens that there are grains of sand on all the seashores of this world. The next immediate decades MfiU offer opportunities unimaginable to those who are not now yet in grade school. There will be stronger de mands for development of the mind—of thinking and reasoning —as these youngsters mature and take their places under the sun— our sun, the sun that gives us heat and life and love. The inventions which will come about as a result of space research will be numerous. We will be able to heat our homes by the sun, watch television on many chan nels from all over the world, see new colors, control the weather; literally thousands of new things will evolve as a result of present research. Doubtless there will be some transcendentalisms affecting many of the religions of the world, as 1 EYEGLASS 1 SERVICE <> ? ‘ Rid gem ay's vVj opticiamz f y 101 Evan. St. <»* «»• * ■ aja OLD >wjnn(i)gL L || STRAIGHT BOURBON WH ISKEY 6 / I $/.25 // Wsgt- I /pass- f>3?° 4/5 QUART W JAMES WALSH & co. LAWRENCEBURG. KENTUCKY BELHAVEN PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. E A. Williams of Swan Quarter visited here on Thursday. Mrs. W. H. Dodd and Mrs. Lon nie Hodges visited friends in New Bern and Morehead on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Willis Hodges motored to Raleigh on Wednes day. Hugh Fortescue of Washington was a visitor here on Thursday. Mrs. H. E. Boyd, Jr., was among the persons from the W.R.R.F. ra dio station listening area invited to celebrate their birthdays at the St. Patrick’s Day Birthday party held at the Steak House in Wash ington on March 17th. Each one was interviewed on the air and given a number of gifts by the sponsors of the program. Mr. and Mrs. Vann Latham mo tored to Greenville Monday. Mrs. Thurman Spencer, Mrs. Ben Spencer, Mrs. John Lupton and Mrs. W. H. Dodd were in Wash ington Monday shopping. Mrs. M. L. Windley, Mrs. H. G. Brumsey and Mrs. R. B. Ed wards visited Mrs. Ethyl Gibbs at Sladesville on Tuesday. Dr. and Mrs. William Miller of Hadden Heights, N. J., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Phelps. Orville Clark has returned from a business trip to California. Mrs. Joshua McKinney was the guest of Mrs. M. L. Windley on Tuesday. Mrs. D. A. Rouse was a visitor in Washington Wednesday. Rev. John Broom was in Green ville on Wednesday night. Mrs. L. C. Bissett and children are visiting relatives in Bailey. John Thomas and Harold White were in Sladesville Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Howerin vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Edward Sawyer Sunday. H. S. Windley was in Raleigh on Saturday. Rev. L. C. Bisset motored to Bai ley Tuesday to visit friends and relatives. Miss Martha Wilkinson of At new evidences from space are un covered. There exists the strong possibility of living beings on our sister planets Venus and Mars, which may have atmospheres cap able of supporting life as we know it. Tire boundless things yet to be uncovered in our own solar sys tem utterly staggers the imagina tion, and fascinates the mind of anyone old enough to think for himself. Venus, that brightest of planets in our heavens, may bring uS more than yet we can comprehend. Tc the ancient Greeks, Venus, as a goddess of love, guided their ac tions- and beliefs and made life more worthwhile. Let’s not have blind faith, but at least a hope that Venus, that star of love and beauty, may send us back from space a formula for life on earth more tranquil than mankind has ever known. Perhaps it will be a greater belief in something which can stimulate us to live in common brotherhood, understanding, anc toleration. Let us not lose sight of the possibilities of this new decade, but strive to heighten our level of liv ing and thinking above what it now is, and increase our understanding and our hope for peace beyond whal 'it has been in the past. 1960 EASTER SEAL CHILD VISITS WITH GOVERNOR MKT TK rite?' K _jBHkL- a -■ OK / tel The 1960 Easter Seal Appeal was ’ formally presented to North Caro linians when the first sheet of 1960 1 Easter Seals was sold to Governor Hodges last Saturday by the 1960 i Easter Seal Child. Five-year-old Deborah Lu Fer- 1 guson who made the trip from ] lantic Christian College, Wilson was the guest of her parents, Mr. , and Mrs. Heber Wilkinson Sun- ' day. Mrs. Paul Dawson visited her daughter and son-in-law, Rev. and ; Mrs. Robert McKinzie, over the week end. Gene Johnston, employed in Alexandria, Va., spent the week end here with his family. Aubrey Sample of Elizabeth City was a visitor here Thursday. Shrubbery Sale The Matcha Pungo Garden Club is selling shrubbei-y on the Fannie Mebane Ralph Memorial Library lot. Azaleas, camellias, hollies and pittisporum. Pick out your plants now. Meeting Changed The Matcha Pungo Garden Club will not meet on March 28th as scheduled but will meet on April. 4th. at the community building for an all day meeting. Mrs. J. B. A. Daughtridge, State Garden Club president will lecture and give a demonstration on flower arrange ing. The public is invited to attend, there will be a small charge of SI.OO, please let Mrs. Vann Latham know if you plan to attend. TYPING CONTEST Mrs. John R. Brinson of Belhaven announces that the Eastern Dis trict Typing Contest was held on March 22nd at East Carolina Col lege in Greenville. Members of the first and second year typing classes of the John A. Wilkinson High School took part. First year mem bers are, Marie Tetterton, Faye Warren, Eleanor Cahoon and Bobby Noble. Second year Carolyn Jord dan, La Rue Forman, Geraldine Baum and James Ray Adams. They were accompanied to Greenville by Mrs. Brinson. TREE PLANTING NOW MAJOR FARM ACTIVITY “Business is booming.” That’s what John Gray says about North Carolina’s forest tree planting. Gray is head of forestry work for the N. C. Agricultural Extension Service. “The 1950’s brought a tremend ous increase on the number of tree seedlings farmers set elach year. Be fore 1950, tree planting was a minor land use practice,” says Gray. He points out that only 12,- 000 acres were set in the winter of 1949-50. But by 1957 the plant ings had jumped to 100,000 acres. Why this terrific increase There ’are several reasons. “The Soil Bank program has had a lot to do with it,” Gray declares. “The Conservation Reserve phase of the Soil Bank has encouraged many farmers to take all or part of their farms out of row crops and put them in trees.” What about the future ? ‘lt looks like the boom may be slowing down some,” the forester says. “Plantings seem to be shift ing from open land to cutover woodland. However, I’m sure that tree planting will continue to be a major land use practice in North Carolina for many years to come.” Good things happen when you give . 1960 (J/ RED CROSS FUND THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C. Winston-Salem to the Governor’s Mansion has been looking forward to seeing Governor Hodges, and to posing for pictures with the chief executive. Debbie Lu, as she is called, insisted that she keep her braces off as she “wanted to look pretty for the Governor.” Taking part in the ceremony with Hodges, who served one year as State Easter Seal Chairman before he entered politics,‘was the 1960 Easter Seal Chairman, Judge Susie Sharp of Reidsville and Dr. Edgar T. Thompson, president of the North Carolina Society for Crip pled Children and Adults, the spon soring agency of the Easter Seal Appeal. Debbie Lu, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Ferguson, was dis abled from birth, and is compelled to wear back and leg braces and use a wheel chair. She has been treated at Duke Hospital and at the Bowman Gray Hospital, and presently is attending the Chil dren’s Center in Winston-Salem. The diagnosis of her condition is a marked muscular weakness with the medical term of amyotonia con genita. , A precocious child, Debbie is a complete She is begin ning to stand wheri in her braces, and hopes soon to “graduate” to crutches. Reading is her favorite pastime, but she has time to watch her favorite programs on tele vision and receive some of her neighbor friends. see me Dinah Shor* Chevy Show in color Sundays. NBCTV—the Pat Boone Chevy Showroom weekly. ABC-TV. Air Conditioning—temperatures made to order—for all-weather comfort. Get a demonstration! s a new Chevy?” l |% h Freddie » (s j gh ) I lie model we want, W ight everything.” JB “Oh,Freddie’(sigh) . . ; ™ v.. r - r ction I ever saw. wiMlf ’ ’ n . at you want.” JjMg O , re le (sig ) y:.. •. . m—hmJH ■ 'lt’s got that V Bin it \ I’ve been talking ♦.4-. .. ; ' "Oh,Freaaie”(sigh) | : “And deal I ■ • Sweetie, writ’ll ** i? ? • » > ■ i *ll,™ the g ; JapK deal theyve - offered me. This iniiliMiaiii aiiiiiMiiffliOMllitf'' C.. mtmiiiiiiiw"" ■»■■'■■■■■■■ •»»»«&, '•■&< is the time to « BJi* n siSSB K b «y all r « ht ”J| | “Well, don’t b JQ| ■—l just stand HwisSr A / f ■ v a' ' __:A Jm 1 there, Freddie. * z '! UgggjßSS| i Go ahead SgW and buy lt? JBI wHKJ ft |||| Y J ME JoK 1 ■ ■MBH aw* SM I • ••• xjSwii 1 Impala Sport Sedan Drive it—it’s fun-tasticl See your local authorized Chevrolet dealer for economical transportation MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE NO. 11* RAD JONES CHEVROLET CO. BELHAVEN. N. C. MRS. KATIE GIBBS HONORED BY FRIENDS NEAR PONZER Mrs. Rufus Smithwick and daughter, Sybble, gave a surprise birthday party at their home, Route 1, Belhaven, N. C., on March 11, honoring Mrs. Katie Gibbs. Refreshments were served in the dining room, with all seated at the table. Spring flowers and can dles decorated the table, where the cake, nuts and mints were ar ranged. Coffee was served as the beverage. After the refreshments were served, Mrs. Gibb’s opened her many nice gifts. Others attending were: Mrs. Guy Stowe, Mrs. Mary Radcliffe, Mrs. Blanche Satterthwaite, Mrs. Pres ton Simmons, Miss Ola Simmons. Mrs. Lillian Clayton, Mrs. Otis Clayton and Mrs. Naomi Satter thwaite. SLADESVILLE PERSONALS Mrs. Ludie Midyette and Lora Lee Midyette of Greenville were week end visitors of Mrs. Travis Flowers and Mrs. Henry Lee Swin dell. Mrs. Leamon Sawyer is visiting relatives at Swan Quarter. Miss Louise Cushill visited in Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. Harold Spencer visited in and around Swan Quarter Tues day. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Flowers were Wednesday visitor’s in Belhaven. H. P. Fortescue of Washington visited here this week. SALES INCREASE ATLANTA, Ga., Mar. 18.—Co lonial Stores reported sales for the four-week period ending February 27, 1960 amounted to $33,820,075 compared with $33,017,918 for the corresponding period last year—an increase of 2.4 per cent. Sales for the yearto date were reported as $67,661,563 —an increase of 2.6 per cent over sales of $65,933,548 at the same time last year. The above sales reflect Company operations in ten states and indicate there were 462 stores in operation Feb ruary 27, 1960 compared to 476 a year ago. /La « Specializing In Dependable Service Wholesalers Olid Producers ’"crab MEAT* Excellent facilities , cudimdc for handling your - CCALLOPS XS’rSg 1 ' dUI KindU. a/ Qitk Fulton Fish Market New York City ASC OFFICE MEASURING WHEAT ACREAGE IN HYDE Farms on which wheat is pro duced in Hyde County are being surveyed by an ASC representa tive. Wheat is a crop under allot ment and marketing quotas. Acre ages must be pre-determined be fore a marketing card may be is sued. A penalty is provided for wheat marketed otherwise. There are some farms believed to have not been reported. While someone is in the area working, is the time to make this report anr get the quota established. It is im portant to get in touch with the ASC office at once, if farmers wish SEABOARD FISH CO. Wholesale Commission Dealers in All Kinds of FISH SHRIMP CRABS CLAMS. ETC. ROCK-FLOUNDERS A SPECIALTY Telephone LE-9-4643 SECTION V. WHOLESALE FISH MARKET BALTIMORE 2. MD. Consignments Solicited Daily Returns PHONE DEWEY 6-1414 Highest Market Prices PROMPT RETURNS FOR ALL NORTH CAROLINA SEAFOOD HUFF FISH COMPANY WHOLESALE DEALERS NO. 5 SEAFOOD MARKET PHILADELPHIA 48. PA. 68 YEARS OF SERVICE FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1960 MISS MARTIN ENTERTAINS Miss Pattie Lou Martin enter tained her bridge club at her home on West Main St. Thursday night. Members playing were: Mes dames Vann Latham, Delma Tolan, Jimmie Kinion, Bob Roberson, Bill Clagon, Lonnie Moore, William Moore and Miss Mary Costulis. ■ During play the hostess served candies and salted nuts and at con clusion a salad plate and coffee. High score was won by Mrs. Jim mie Kinnion and low by Miss Mary Costulis. to be properly established as wheat growers.
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