THE PEMtJIMAN
Volume XVI Number 45.
Hertford Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, November 11, 1949
S WEEKLY
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COUNTY 4-H GLUS MEMBER WINNER OF
STATE BETTER FARM METHODS CONTEST
Horace Layden Wins a
Scholarship For His
Years Project
Horace Layden, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Anderson Layden, Route, Two,
Hertford, won a free trip to the 4-H
National Congress at Chicago as well
as a college scholarship for submit
ting the best better methods farm
electric project at the 4-H Congress
held at Raleigh on Monday and Tues
day. As State champion in the year
lung project, Layden won over boy3
and girls from 49 counties in the
State.
The State award to Layden was
presented by John W. Goodman, as
sistant director of North Carolina
Agriculture Extension Service, at a
huge barbecue supper, which was part
of the two-day program held in Ra
leigh this week.
In the contest at Chicago he will be
eligible for one of the six $300 schol
arship awards and State Club leaders
feet that he has an excellent chance
to capture one of these awards.
He is planning to use these scholar
ships when he enters N. C. tSate Col
lege in 1950.
Layden's winning of the State con
test placed the youth and his county
in the limelight of the 4-H Congress.
It was the first time in a number of
years that a 4-H Club member from
Perquimans had carried away first
honors in a State-wide contest.
The local boy has been active in
4-H Club work for several years and
has an outstanding record for achieve
ment. He has held most of the offices
connected with 4-H Club work, and
early this year he barely missed being
elected as vice president of the State
. 4-H Council.
Since entering club work in 1941,
Layden has completed 44 projects
bringing gross income of $7,800. He
has completed the following projects:
Baby bisaiW -ka-y clacks, corn, hogs,
peanuts, soybeans, pullets, dairy calf,
dairy cow. better electric methods, in
addition he has been a winner in al
State contests in which he has ex
most all of the 41 county, district and
hibited work.
Layden was accompanied to the
4-H Congress in Raleigh by Mollie
Lee Yeates, who represented this
county in the girls' division of the
contest; J. K. Butler, Jr., assistant
county farm agent, and Miss Lillian
Swinson, assistant county home agent.
The group returned to their homes
here Tuesday night, following the
close of the ,meeting dn Raleigh.
STATE WINNER
'
HORACE LAYDEN
Horace Layden, 4-H Club lead
er, for Perquimans County, was
declared winner of the Sate 4-H
Better Farm Methods contest at
Raleigh last Monday. As win
ner of the State contest, Layden
was awarded a college scholarship
and a free trip to Chicago.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
In what was termed to be an effort
by private companies to meet compe
tition from the State, an announce
ment was made in Raleigh this week
that the N. C. Fire Insurance Rating
Bureau has proposed a reduction on
all fire insurance premiums. The
proposed savings amount to more than
one million dollars.
Congressman Herbert C. , Bonner,
who returned from a six weeks tour
of Europe and the Middle East" this
week announced in Washington that
.he was convinced that the United
States could cut at least 50 per cent
from Marshall Plan expenditures next
year. He stated our foreign aid pro
gram had saved nrumyjjarts of Europe
from Communist ' domination but he
believed these countries should now
- aid themselves to a greater extent
than in the past few 'years. ;:
New York, New Jersey and Virginia
' were in the political spotlight this
week -with each ctate holding off yeaf
elections. In New York former Gov
emor Herbert Lehman was elected to
the U.S. Senate, winning from Repub
lican Foster Dulles, while in New Jer
Bey Republican Alfred . Dri&Qll was
leading in the balloting to retain his
office. Virginia elected John S. Bat
tle as its Governor and voted 'over-
. whelmingly to retain payment of poll
tax -as a requirement for voting.-, , ,
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Reports from the . labor, front this
week indicate that a 'settlement is
i near in the steel strike and a show
down is expected on the coal strike,
- Several major steel companies ' have
' . come to terms with unions in thai dis
' pute and Government officials are be
1 lieved to be on the. verge, of calling
; a conference betwen mine owners and
John L. Lewis for the .purpose of
Settling the coal walk-out
i Masons to meet
Perquimans Lodge 106, A. F. & A.
M. will meet Tuesday at 8 P. M. ...
Had Varied Docket
At Session Tuesday
A varied calendar, consisting of
eleven cases, was cleared in Perquim
ans Recorder's fiuft here Tuesday
when couriT convened following a re
cess of one week. Three cases were
continued by Judge Charles E. John
son. A verdict of guilty was returned in
the case charging Daniel Hurdle with
failure to observe a stop sign and the
defendant was ordered to pay a fine
of $10 and costs of court.
James Fleming, Negro, charged
with obtaining money under promises
to work, entered a plea of guilty and
paid the costs of court and refunded
the amount he obtained from V. C.
Lassitei.
Costs of court were assessed against
William Baum, who entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of failing to ob
serve a stop sign.
Lester . Hurdle paid the costs of
court or a charge of speeding with a
truck.
Nicholas Rebsam, charged with
speeding, entered a plea of guilty and
paid a fine of $10 and costs of court.
John Snell, Jr., was ordered to pay
a fine of $5 and costs of court after
entering a plea of guilty to a charge
of speeding.
James Kinsey was taxed with the
costs of court on a charge of hunt
ing on Sunday.
Bruce Quierley entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of reckless driv
ing and paid the costs of court.
Robert Jenkins, Negro, was fined
$10 and costs on a charge of driving
with insufficient brakes.
Ben Thatch, Negro, entered a plea
of guilty to being drunk and disor
derly and paid the court costs.
Frank Overton, Negro, charged
with possession of non-tax paid li
quor, entered a plea of guilty and was
ordered to pay a fine of $10 and
costs.
Fall Achievement
Day Program Draws
Large Attendance
New Council Officers
Installed at Close of
Meeting Here
The Perquimans County Federation
of Home Demonstration Clubs held
tiieir annual Fall Achievement Day
on Wednesday afternoon, November 2,
at 2:30 in the Agricultural Building,
vith 165 attending. Mrs. Earl Perry
of Durants Neck Club, greeted the
guests at the door and presented each
person a corsage of yellow chrysan
themums. The Rev. Carl V. Yow,
pastor of Up River Friends Church,
gave a brief devotional, after which
Miss Dorothy Maynard, County Pub
lic School Music Teacher, sang "Smil
ing Through."
The county report of achievements
was written by Mrs. Howard Warren
and given by Mrs. Fred Matthews.
Miss Lillian Swinson, assistant home
jgent, introduced the speaker, Mrs.
Verona J. Langford, Eastern District
Agent. Mrs. Langford gave a very
interesting and informative talk on
"The Right Way to Conduct a Home
Demonstration Club Meeting." Thir
ty-nine perfect attendance certificates
were awarded to club members who
had not missed a meeting. Seven
leading certificates were awarded to
members for reading and reporting on
the required amount of books to re
eeive regular and advanced certifi
cates.
After the presentation of awards,
Mrs. Nina B. White, Home Agent, in
stalled the following 1950-1951 Coun
cil officers:
President, Mrs. Archie White; vice
president, Mrs. Fred Matthews; sec
retary, Mrs. N. D. Chappell; treasur
er, Mrs. P. E. Lane.
Many lovely exhibits were displayed
throughout the building, with Whites
ton Club receiving first place, Dur
ants Neck second and Snow Hill,-
White Hat third.
After the meeting adjourned, de
lightful refreshments were served by
the Snow Hill-White Hat Club in the
form of a tea.
County Board Holds
Routine Session Monday
Perquimans County Commissioners
meeting in regular session here on
Monday authorized additional repairs
be made to the roof at the rear of the
Court House. Workmen recently dis
covered the need of these additional
repair? and the Board authorized the
work be done immdiately.
A delegation of Winf all, residents
appeared before the Board seeking
improvement of streets in Winf all
and requested the Board to petition
the Highway Commission to conduct
an investigation of the problems.
; Reports were made to the Board hy
County Agent; I. C Yagel, Home
Agent Mrs. Nina White and Welfare
Superintendent Edgar , White.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
The Eastern' i Star will hold its
regular meetinor Mondav lusrht. No
vember 14, at 8 o'clock at the lodge
room. There will he an official visit
of the District Denutv. Mrs. Arvella
Gregory... All members ar iinred to
attend, v .
Whiteston Road
Location Aired At
Meeting Wednesday
Difficulties over the location of a
road to be hard-surfaced in the White
ston community, under the Scott Bond
Program, apparently were ironed nut
at a public meeting held Wednesday
by officials of the State Highway
Commission.
The meeting was called by H. 0.
Shelton, Highway Commissioner fur
this district, and W. N. Spruill, dis
trict, engineer, to determine the de
sires of the residents of the neighbor
hood in locating the highway. It had
been planned by the Commission to
hard surface what is known as the
Turnpike Road but since these plans
were announced residents living on
the Mili Pond Road have petitioned
their road be paved instead of the
Turnpike.
It was pointed out in the meeting
that some 30 families live on the Mill
Pond Road while only two reside on
the Turnpike. "Advocates for paving
the Mill Pond Road were of the opin
ion more people will be served if this
road is paved rather than the Turn
pike, however, these individuals ex
pressed a desire that tfle State pave
both roads.
A standing vote, among those at
tending the meeting, revealed that the
majority favored the paving oi tne
Turnpike road before the Mill Pond
road. ,
After much discussion on the part
of the petitioners and the highway of
ficials an agreement seemingly was
reached whereby the original plans for j
hardsurfacing the Turnpike will be
carried out and that improvements
will also be made to the Mill Pond
road, with a possibility that this road,
too, maye be paved at a later date.
Farm Bureau Drive
Near, County Goal
At a meeting of the directors of the
Perquimans County Farm Bureau on
Tuesday night, it was reported the
membership drive had reached a to
tal of 345 members, just 55 short of
the goal of 400. Solicitors, expressed
confidence that the goal $buld be
reaches before the November 25 dead
line. It was decided at this mating
to postpone the county Farm Bureau
meeting until tt later date, due to the
rash of farm j work at the present
time. , r
Board Of Education
To Request Bids On
Gym Construction
Architect Expects Ap
proval of Plans Next
Wednesday
Contractors' bids for the construc
tion of a gym and agriculture build
ing at Perquimans High School will
be requested by the Perquimans
Board of Education within the next
four weeks, it was reported today by
John T. Biggers, Superintendent of
Schools, following a conference with
Raymond Fuson, New Bern architect,
in charge of construction of the build
ing.
Mr. Fuson was in Hertford Tues
day conferring with members of the
Board concerning the plans for the
building and he stated he expects ap
proval of the plans by State Boards
not later than next Wednesday. Im
mediately upon approval of the plans
i-he local Board cf Education will ad
vertise for bids for the construction
and these bids will be received and
opened possibly on December 6 or 7.
Plans for the building, according to
Mr. Fuson, call for construction to be
of brick and cinder block. The build
ing will be 85 feet wide and 214 feet
long. The gym portion of the build
ing will be 85 feet wide and 120 feet
long, and a seating capacity of about
1,100 is planned for the gym. The ag
department will contain a class room
and shop, being so constructed to give
class members the latest developments
n the vo( tional studies.
The ag department will be situated
at the front of the building, which
will face Highway 17. The gym will
be at the rear of the ag department,
running back to within 20 feet of the
tence surrounding the athletic field.
Ihe gym will contain an office and
storage room for the athletic director
and will have four dressing rooms for
the sUiftr.? of the school in addition
to two rest rooms for the public.
Mr. Niggers stated in the event
thai bids submitted for the building
are satisfactory, that construction
wili li' gin as shortly after January 1
as t!ii' contractor deems advisable
wider weather conditions.
Veteran Groups To
See Film Showing
Nuernberg Trials
Two County Road Projects included In
Bids Received By Commission Last Week
Service Officer Will
Assist Veterans With
Insurance Problems
Disabilities attributable to war ser
vice will .not be counted against
World War II veterans who reinstate
their national service life insurance
cn or before December 31, 1949. C. C.
Banks, Perquimans County Service
Uthcer, announced today.
Regulations governing service life
insurance require veterans to pass a
physical examination satisfactory to
qualify for government; insurance.
In many instances service incurred
disabilities could bar a veteran from
obtaining insurance, Mr. Banks said.
This limited privilege now gives many
veterans the opportunity to obtain in
surance and those desiring to do so
are requested to contact Mr. Banks at
bis office at the Reed Oil Company
warehouse on Covent Garden Street
in Hertford.
In making application for reinstats
ment the veteran must pay two
months' premiums and undergo an
examination if his insurance has been
in a lapsed status more than three
months.
Resurfacing of Church
street in Program;
Bids Under Board's
Estimates For Jobs
Bids on two SllPI-inl nrni.w.to ;., u
First Highway Division opened last
friday by the State Highway Com
mission totaled S89.008
The projects covered nrimarv. .,..
ondary and municipal road paving in
mugecomoe, rasquotank, Perquimans
and Camden counties. Some of the
work constitute the first road select
ions made under the $2(Hi,i)0(i,oo() bond
ssue program.
Nello L. Teer Company of Dor-ham
was low bidder on the following mn-
solidated projects: resurfacing of
section? of N C 170 in Elizabeth Civ
and U S 17 in Hertford: resurfflpimr
of the Camden Causeway on U S 158;
hardsurfacing of 2.7 miles of rnaH
from US 17 southward to the Hert-
ford-Durants Neck Road in Perquim
ans County; and hard-surfacinir of th
following sections of roads in Pasquo
tank county (1) From Bob White's
The William Paul Stallings Post of
the American Legion, at its Novem
ber meeting at the Agriculture Build
ing on Thursday night, saw interest
ing film on the present program of the
American Red Cross.
Following the showing of the film,
Legionnaire Doward Jones gave a
brief talk on the first scheduled trip
to Hertford of the Red Cross blood
mobile on November 22, and all mem
bers of the post were urged to sign
up in advance as blood donors. Local
headquarters for the bloodmobile will
be the Methodist Church Sunday
School department.
The Perquimans County post has re
ceived a citation from the headquart
ers of the North Carolina Depart
ment of the Legion, on membership
for the current year, which is now
125.
It was voted that a joint meeting
of the post with the Perquimans Coun
ty Post of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars be held for the purpose of seeing
a film made available by National
American Legion Headquarters, on
the War Crimes Trials at Nuremberg,
Germany. The meeting will be called
for a date when the film will be avail
able. It was explained by Commander F.
B. Nixon, that the film, which gives
scenes from the trials, also shows
flash-backs to actual scenes filmed
by occupations forces, of the infam
ous prison camps of the Axis powers.
These pictures have not been released
for public consumption, as some of the
scenes are described as too horrible
for showing to the general public, and
are only available through veterans
organizations.
Indians Win Second
Victory Of Season By
Defeating Columbia
Perquimans High School Indians
broke into the win column for the
second time this season when they
turned back the Columbia Wildcats
in a game played here last Friday
night. The final score was 7-2.
Shackleford pushed over the
touchdown for the Indians when he
ran throueh the Columbia line far
eight yards during the third period
and Joe lowe converted the trv for
extra point to put the Indians ahead
i-O. Later in the game the Columbia
team, battling to break ino the scor
ing column lor the first time this
year, pushed the Indians' defense back
to the goal line, an attempted punt by
the Indians was blocked by Columbia
and the ball went out of the end zone
giving Columbia a safety and two
joints.
Perquimans had an edge over Co
lumbia in yardage gained and total
nrst downs hut the Wildcats carried
:he battle into Miv final minutes of the
contest and fans were treated to a
good game between evenly matched
The Indians travel to Scotland Neck
Friday night to nlav the Scotland
Neck gridders in the final conference
game of the season. The host team
will be sliirht favorites on the basis
of its season record, but the In
dians, not discouraged with their rec
ord, are working hard at practice this
week to perfect their plays and pos
sibly bring home another victory.
Perquimans will be hosts to the
Tarboro team here on Memorial Field
on November 18, which is the date of
the final home game this season. The
Indians will meet Elizabeth City on
Thanksgiving Day.
Fork south,
iles; (2) From Weeks-
ville to Paling Corner, 2.4 miles; (3)
Tom Last Slip to Lister Corner, 1.4
miles; and (4) I-mm Okiske to U S
17, 3.3 miles.
The Teer Co.'s bid was $fi5.752.50
which was SI 1,255 under the Com
mission estimate for the project.
Dickcrson, Inc., of Monroe submit
ted a low bid of S23,85(i on the second
project, covering hard-surfacing of
0 miles of road from Coaklev to U S
258 toward Speed in Edgecombe Coun
ty. This was $2,55(; above the Com
mission estimate.
State Highway officials, visiting
here Wednesday reported that the
contract for resurfacing of Church
street had been left to the Teer Com
pany and wo k will probably begin on
the project shortly.
B. P. W. C. TO MEET
The Business and Professional Wo
man's Club will hold its business
meeting for November on Friday
night, November 11, at 8 o'clock at
the home of Miss Elizabeth Fowler.
: GARDEN CLUB TO MEET
The Garden Club will hold its
monthly meeting at the Agricultural
Building Wednesday afternoon, No
vember 16, at 3 o'clock. All people
interested in the Garden Club in the
I county and .town are asked to attend.
Methodist Pastors
Assigned To County
One change was made in the Metho
dist ministerial assignments for Per
quimans County at the closing session
of the North Carolina Conference
held last week at Sanford. The Rev.
E. B. Edwards, pastor of the Per
quimans charge, was reassigned to
this county, while the Rev. D. L.
Fouts, pastor of the Hertford Metho
dist Church for the past two years,
was assigned to Plymouth.
The Rev. B. O. Merritt was as
signed to succeed Mr. Fouts at Hert
ford. Mr. Merritt will move to Hert
ford from Robbins, where he has
served as pastor of the Robbins
Methodist Church for the past five
years.
Junior Music Clubs
To Meet In Hertford
Hertford's two federated' Junior
Mupsic Clubs, under the counselorship
of Mrs. R. M. Riddick and Miss Kate
Blanchard, will be hosts to 16 clubs
of the Northeastern District at a
meeting to be held here on Satur
day, November 19, from 10 A. M. to
2:30 P. M. State and District of
ficers of the music clubs will be
present.
A musical program will be given
by representatives of the Various
clubs and among those on the pro
gram from Hertford will be Kay
Stanton, Joan Madre and Anne Stallings.
Plans Cancelled To
Hold Special Term
Of Superior Court
Tentative plans for holding a speci
il lnn of Superior Court in IVrquim
ms County during the week of Dece n
er 12 wore cancelled on Tuesday
when it was learned that solicitor
Walter Column is scheduled to be in
court in Washington during that week,
and thus the solicitor was not avail
able for a term of court here.
Arrangements for the special term
were worked out at the meeting of
the County Commissioners on Monday
after the Board had been advised by
Judge Q. K. Ni mocks that he could
come here early in December to con
clude the court term which adjourned
two weeks ago when Judge Ximocks
was called to the bedside of his bro
ther, who was ill in Baltimore, Md.
Machinery for holding the special
term was set in motion by order of
the County Board but when it was
learned that the solicitor was not
available all plans for the tern were
cancelled.
Some 20 cases remained on the
court calendar here when the Novem
ber term of court was adjourned sud
denly, and local court officials and
members of the county bar association
believe it will be necessary to hold a
special term prior to the regular
court term next April.
It was reported on Wednesday that
efforts will be made to obtain a speci
al term of superior court during the
month of January.
Monogram Club To
Select Annual Queen
Members of the Monogram Club at
Perquimans High School have opened
their annual contest to select a Mono
gram Queen for the year, it was an
nounced today by Carroll Berry. Six
teen high school girls are competing
for the honor and the candidates are
Susanne Towe, Katherine Nixon,
Irene Hunter, Mary Dunsmoor, Willie
Mae Chappell, Doris Allen, Pat
Roach, Barbara Benton, Nonie Lou
Lane, Betty Mathews, Frances Sut
ton, Beverly Bright, Gail Lane, Shir
ley Butt, Janice Sumner and Janice
Yagel.
The contest will close on November
18 and the Queen will be crowned at
the half time period of the Perquim-ans-Tarboro
football game. This will
be the feature attraction for the home
coming event at the local school. The
Queen will be crowned by Kay Stan
ton, last year's Queen. The events of
the day will be climaxed with a dance
following the football game.