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Dscdssxi At Coia:iss!on:rs' tasting Officials of ; First Dis jVFW Auxiliary To trict Gathered Here Sponsor Fashion Show 1 J Last Tuesday- - , A fashion show and tea, sponsored ; - by the VFW Auxiliary to Post 8297 Between 40 and BO officials repre-.will senting the counties of the First Dis trict, gathered in Hertford last Tues day for their annual District meeting, and heard a discussion on the Public Welfare Program conducted by John . Alexander McMahon, Assistant Direc tor of the Institute of Government The meeting opened at 10 A. M., .'with an address of welcome by Archie T. Lane, chairman of the Perquimans County Board of County Commission ers. This was followed by short talks by J. Emmett Winslow, District High- way Commissioner and J. Henry Vaughn, Secretary and Treasurer of the State Association of County Com missioners.; ,:'n;'.,v ; . During vhe morn!r-g session Mr. Mc Mahon devoted his discussion to the foundation of 'the public welfare pro gram, and traced its beginning with the churches of the Colony up to the present time when the program is be ing administered by the Federal, State and Local governments. He explained how, through rules and regulations adopted by Congress, when the Federal government began partici pating in the program, that the pro gram In each State is essentially the same. . , .-y , Mr. , McMahon explained to i, County Officials how these regulations govern the set-up and operation of each County Welfare unit and the nf ct tv. rw f!,u.i-- the Welfare Board, WeL'aw Superin-1, tendent and Caseworkers in the opera tion of the local program. - The meeting adjourned at noon and the entire group had luncheon at the Winfall Community House, being set Ted by the Missionary Society of the Cedar Grove Church. : During the afternoon session a re view of the various functions of a local Welfare Department was given -with a large number of questions be ing asked and answered concerning the different types of assistance rendered If local departments, fi ' ; i r-Tethodlst Church A Training School for the Metho dist Churches of this area is scheduled fm.'lwi' lioM in lssvof . urti,n,,'c,t TrajKiigMoil To Be Conbtictcd At Church. Hertford, op April 4 to 6.hower to succeed Ford S. Worthy as The School will begin on Sunday night u- s- Marshal for the Eastern District at 7:30 in the Education Building 0f'of"North Carolina. Approval of the the church with a 15 minute devotion- appointment must be made by the al service. On each vninir there nmv. S. aenate. to be two 50 minute periods for class room workshops. lecture, discussions and visual aid studies. : Closing time will be 9:30 each evening. Three separate courses, have been arranged with an able group of three instructors. The Rev. R. L. Jerome, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Elizabeth City will be in charge of a course dealing with work with adults on the subject, "Christian Ste wardship." Mrs. ' R. T. Commander, director of children's work in the Eliz abeth City District, also of Elizabeth City, will teach the class for workers with children, entitled ;"Children and the Bible." For all who are interested in work with youth Mrs. H. R. Odom of Gibson, N. C. will be in charm ofiof King A. Williams, gave a brief a course o "Teeners Their Days and Ways." Mrs. Odom is a well known at the State Teachers College, Eliza authority on the subject of youth beth City, . pertaining to P. T, A. throughout the "North Carolina Con-work. , ference. v -r ' Z - The P. T. A. group planned to work The ODDortunities of the school 1 arCi open to everyone who is interested in Christian teachings for children, youth and adults. While it will have spe cial values for officers, teachers, work- Am nnH naiwnta !hftnred with tha r. ' aponsibiiities of hechurch School, who attend. ; , The Rev. H. M. Jamieson is serving as treasurer of the School and the Rev. A. L. Chaplin has been accredit ed by the Genera! Board of Education as Dean of the School. - Belonging to the Area are the fol lowing churches: '' Edenton, Hertford, Anderson, Center Hill, Bethany, Ev ans, Cedar Grove, EpVrorth, New Hope, Oak Grove and Woodland. It is hoped each church and Church School in the Area will have a large t delegation in attendance. Vi!:::fe Meeting L Ilerc Nest Monday An invite".:' i is extended, to sports'- men of the c life educationsil IToc-e lion,' j : 22. . t TVRj;a 1 "it y to attend a wild-, will meet- at ; the Bethel - Baptist TTam at the Court Church Wednesday, March 24, .begin ' t at 8 o'clock on ning at 10 A. M. An interesting pro- nrn, vii-e-chairman, U t, ia rreser.t a ' I.'. C. T ;tJ..". be held on Saturday afternoon, March 20, at 3:30 in the auditorium of the Agricultural Building, Hert ford. ' . Spring fashions w!Il be modeled from J. C. BlanchatJ & Company, Jones Kiddie . Shop, White's Dress Shop, Simon's and Woodland Dress Shop, Illilda Dress Shop, Dozitr's Florist, Paragon Beauty Shop, Com plete outfits for children as well as adults, will be shown.- Costume jew- elry from Divers Jeweler will be shown also. Tickets are on sat now and can be purchased from Auxiliary members, Anyone interested in securing a tick et is asked to call Mrs. Jesse Harris, phone 2526, Hertford. ; THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES The State Supreme Court this week ruled the law which set up the dog track operation in Currituck County1 is unconstitutional because it forms ' a monPO'' ' "d fP"1" Privflee1B ' not all fte people. Fol- J0 T8?1?" Court an order was issued Wednesday a Superior Court ; Judge padlocking the plant at Moyock. Attorneys for the dog track have not indicated if the action will be carried to a higher COUrt ' ' ' A sizzling fight is expected to de velop in Congress over the pronosed fiflP tav WftvtaiAM Kill nn fnv UMiai'Amj. tion this 'week. President Eisenhower! made a radio-TV appeal for public support of the measure Monday night and this was followed Tuesday night by Sam Rayburn, Democratic leader, who attacked the bill. Wfth Congress about evenly divided between Republi can a&Deocaate 'Ztifittan of the proposed measure is in 'doubt i Seven persons were killed, 70. in jured and property damage up', to 23 . million dollars resulted from a tor nado which struck Central and West- CZcknTeria lnaf flafiilvtav tmo4i Til a storm centered near (joiumnus, a., and heaviest damage occurred to property at army air bases. ' B, Ray . Cohoon of Columbia has been nominated by President fcisen- ' The Supreme Court this week uphel the action of Congress, last year, in giving title to tidewater oil lands to States. The Court refused to consid er actions by Alabama and Connecti cut which opposed the grants made by Congress. . Training School PTA in Meeting Monday - The P. T. A. of Perquimans Train ing School, Winfall, held its regular meeting Monday evening, March 15 with the president presiding. The president with, the assistance summary of a. recent wbrkshop held toward giving a covered dish supper April 30, at which time a county-wide popularity contest will end that will determine which is the most popular section in Perquimans County, j To Represent'County At District Meeting Seven persons will represent Per quimans County at a district meeting of the North Carolina School Board Association meeting to be held next Monday evening at Chocowinity, it was reported today by J. T. Biggers, superintendent pf schools. ; ' . Planning to attend the meeting from Percraimans are Mr. Biggers, E. iC Woodard, school principal, Mrs. A. R. Cook and Clarence Chappell of the, Board of Education and Mrs. A. H. Edwards, Mrs. B. F. Bray and Edwin j S. White of local schoc: committees. W. M. U, MEETING The Chowan Association of W.M.U. gram has been arranged for the meet-. ing and all members are urged to at-; tend.' , . CerolynVMeVins Soil Conservation DosterContest The judges in the contest sponsored by the Supervisors of the Albeiriarle ouu vunaervauon uismci seieciea uie poster prepared by Carolyn White as the best one submitted in the county. Fosters prepared by students in the fifth, sixth and seventh grades in the Hertford and Central Grammar Schools were considered by the judges last Thursday night. Carolyn White's poster was also selected as the best submitted from the sixth grades in the two schools. The fifth, sixth and seventh grades in the two schools com peted to determine a winner from each grade and also the best from both schools in the cornty. Miss Thelma Elliott, Principal of the Hertford Grammar School, said that each grade made a study of con servation and that the students then prepared a small drawing to show their ideas of a poster which would tell the story. After this the stu- dents prepared the posters, and Miss Elliott said she believed they had learned much about conservation by, doing this. One hundred, , sixty-one. students entered the contest 121 from Hertford School and 40 from the Cen- tral School. Mrs. T. B. Smith, Mrs. Morris Grif fin, CP. Morris, R. S. Chappell and George Caddy were the judges. Af ter viewing all of the posters, they also selected winners from each grade. These were; Fifth Grade First Place, Jerry Chappell; second nlace. Ann Benton. Sixth Grade First Place, Carolyn White; second place, Catherine Sawyer- Seventh GradeFirst Place. Jimmie Dozier; second place, Merril Winslow. The student who won first place in each grade will receive an award of $15.00, and Carolyn White, as county winner, will receive an additional S5.00 prize, The first and second place winners from each of the grades will compete in a District Contest being sponsored by the . Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce in Elizabeth City on March 19, 1964. Here again, the first and second place winners from the f ive: counties which " make up the Albe marle District will receive additional awards. ' Frank B. Skinner, George G. Wins low and Emmett B. Long are the! members, of the Board 6f Supervisors of the Albemarle District from Per ' quimans County. Mr. Skinner, who is chairman of this group, complimented , Department, Miss Umphlett discuss J. T. Biggers, Superintendent of the ed the services dealing with communi- Perquimans County ' Schools; Miss Thelma Elliott, Principal of the Hert ford ' Grammar School, and Tommy Maston, Principal of the .Central Grammar School, for the interest they had displayed in helping to carry out this contest. Mr. Skinner also com-J mented on the efforts of the teachers in each of the grades to teach the conservation story to their students. Recorder's Court In Recess Tuesday Perquimans Recorder's Court was in recess this week because of the an nual district meeting of County Com missioners which convened in the court room on Tuesday of this week. All cases listed on the docket of the court were set for hearing on Tues-j day, March 23. 1 Agricultural Conservation Program Is Termed Farmer-Taxpayer Partnership "A partnership between the farmer and the taxpayer." That's the way Horace p. Godfrey, state ABC admini strative officer, describes the Agricul tural Conservation Program. . "The ACP, operated in North Caro lina by state and county ASC Com mittees, is the method devised by the Congress whereby the general public may protect its interest in the nation's life-sustaining topsoil. In the not too distant future our topsoil will proba bly replace crude oil for the descrip tive term Black Gold. .There are sub stitutes for oil but no substitutes have been found for the soil on which our food and fiber are produced," Godfrey says. i. - v iy ;; : ' :'."' Through the ACP the federal gov ernment shares the cost with the farmer of dairying out certain conservation-practices. The 1954 program in North Carolina has been adapted to local needs through the teamwork' of representatives of the Soil Conserva tion Service, the Agricultural Exten sion Service, the Forest Service, and the Farmers Home Administration, ex pln'rfs Godfrey. , The county programs in North Caro lina are being operated by ASC com mittees in line with the following na tional policy: '" ' The program is to help achieve ad ditional ' conservation on tho land. CentralPTAfe Talks On Mexico And Australia The Parent-Teacher Association of the Perquimans County Central Gram. mar School held its March meeting Monday evening, March 15, with the president, Mrs. B. F. Bray, presiding. The meeting opened with the singing of "America." The Bagley Swamp Community, with Mrs. Joseph Winslow as chair man, had charge of the program. Mrs. Winslow presented Mrs. Charles Pea bodv, Mrs. Eobert Louis Stevenson and Miss Nepn'e Smith who autiful ly rendered "Jesus, Wonderfu! Lord." Thev were accompanied at the piano by Miss Lelia Lee Winslow. Mrs. Joseph Winslow conducted the devotional using as her theme "At tributes of Leadership Knowledge and Understanding." Edward Jordan sang "Lead Me Gently Home", accom panied at the piano by Miss- Lelia Lee Winslow. Mrs. Winslow stated that the topic for March was "Adventures In Under standing." and that the speakers of the evening would present pertinen information on International Relation. ships and their bearing on the topic for the month. She presented Mrs. Joshua Sutton, a native of Australia, who spoke on many phases of Aus tralian life with special emphasis on J uie customs, occupation ana recrea tion of the people. ' : . Mrs. Winslow then presented Mrs. A. H. Ross who has lived in both Cuba and Mexico. Mrs. Ross spoke on the dress, languages 'and customs of the Mexican people. She told of the Union Church with its twenty-three mission ary circles, of the Boy Scout Troops and Y. M. C. A. Mrs. Ross said there are 75,000 Americans in Mexico City. Thomas Maston spoke briefly on the (United Nations Charter. He read the preamble to the UN Constitution and 'banded out a questionnaire on the UN Charter in which he had carefully com piled a large number of questions and answers furnishing valuable informa tion, on their great instrument of free- dom. Mrs. Winslow presented Miss Audry Umphlett, County Helth Nurse, who spoie, on "The Functions of the Health ; Department." " Miss Umphlett isaid "Public health is. usually defined today as the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promot- inff tVi ttci 1 manfol tkrA an.iQl woll being through organized community efforts." Under the functions of the Health cable disease, immunization, pre-school clinics, tuberculosis control, mater nal health, pre-school. health, ortho pedic clinics, cancer detection centers, and vital statistics. - During the business session the minutes were read and approved. The treasurer, Arvin Hudson, reported a balance of 323.17 in the treasury. The secretary, Ms. Ernest Long, read the president's message stressing attend ance at the State convention. The secretary also read a note of apprecia tion from the family of Mrs. Ellen White. The president Mrs. B. F, Bray, an nounced that due to Easter holidays the April meeting will be held on April 12 instead of April 19. Mrs. W. H. Matthews, Chairman of the nominating committee offered the following slate of officers for 1954 ( Continued On Page Seven) Federal funds are to be used in a manner which will accomplish the greatest amount of conservation for the dollar spent County programs encourage maxi mum conservation with emphasis on practices on which federal cost-sharing is most needed. Practices are encouraged which will result in the most enduring conserva tion benefits practicable. Conservation costs will be shared with a farmer only where he requests help before the conservation work is begun, and then only after he has satisfactorily performed the conser vation practice. 7 Conservation costs are to be shared only on practices where it is believed that they would not otherwise be car ried out by the farmers to the needed extent In general, practices which have become a part of regular fam - uik ujrerauu.m uu i yuunuw imui are not Iielhle for cost-sharinsr. are not eligible for cost-sharing. ; ; Rates of cost-sharing in the county, are to be tne minimum required ior substantial increases of needed con servation. ; . - J Farmers are expected to assume re sponsibility for the upkeep and main tenance of conservation practices for which costs are shared under the 1954 program. - Cost-sharing is for the ini tlal establishment of such practices. Plans For Industrial Survey Of This Community Made At Meeting Wednesday Plymouth Rector To Preach Here The third preacher in the Tuesday night Lenten series at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church will be the Rev. Ed ward M. Spruill. Mr. Spruill is rec tor of Grace Church in Plymouth, N. U, where he has been since 1947. Born in Rocky Mount, N. C, he at tended the University of North Caro lina and the Atlantic Christian Col lege. His ministerial training was at the Virginia Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Va. He was minister in charge of the Church of the Messiah in Mayodan, N. C, before taking charge of the Plymouth congregation. He is also in charge of St. Luke's Church in Roper. The service will be Evening Prayer and the sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Spruill at 8:00 P. M. Invitation is extended to the public to attend these services. Seventy-nine Listed On Honor Doll At Perquimans High f , , t , , fourth grading period last Friday, it was announced Monday by E. C. Wood ard, principal of the school. The tenth grade, with a total of 24 students winning scholastic honors, led all other classes of the school in uie jiuiuucr ui mcmuers on uie UfiE. Students listed on the honor roll were: Eighth Grade Tommy Matthews, Sophia Godfrey, Faye Hughes, Nancy Lane, Beth Skinner, Iris Wilder, Myr na Skinner, Lois Ann Hurdle, Jean Hunter, Patsy Elliott, Da Reed Wins low, Richard Wheeler, Warner Lee Madre, Jake Myers, Phyllis Bagley, Janice Chappell, Amanda Lou Cor prew, Jean Edwards, Alma Jane God frey, Jean Keel. Ninth Grade Lillian Hoffler, Jane Winslow, Edgar Fields, Charlie John son, Charles Whedbee, Doris Morgan, Marcia Stallings, Mary Ann White, White, Sandy Divers, Jo Ann iuiiiic w am Tenth Grade Cliff Towe, Ruth Ays cue, Marjorie Brinn, Marjorie Byrum, Peggy Harrell, Annie Reed Stokely, Judith Winslow, Ann White, Wallace Baker, Bobby Matthews, Nancy Bag- ley, Peggy Chappell, Willie Mae Dail,, Jean Long, Janice Stalings, Jo Pat . i Stokes, Sarah Sutton, Lois Violet i Winslow, Jimmy Copeland, Kay Mat- thews, Gail Pierce, Rachel Spivey, Dorothy Taylor, Lois Turner. Eleventh Grade Ray Ine, Patricia Biggers, Ann Burke Chappell, Hilda Copeland, Barbara Edwards, Peggy Harrell, Joan Madre, Ann Thatch, Joe Butt, Joseph Layden, Billie Carole Di vers, Mary Frances Eure, Lois Kirby, Barbara Sawyer, Julia Stokes, Emilie White, Joanna Williford. - Twelfth Grade John Morris, Jean Butt, Tilson Chappell, Bettie Chappell, Jo Ann Lane, Ann Stallings and Kath erine Ward. Wade H. Jordan, Jr. ii Wade H. Jordan, Jr., has been awarded one of the Morehead Schol arships valued at $1,500 a year for four years graduate study at the Uni versity of North Carolina. He graduated from Perquimans County High School in the class of 1950 and completed his work at East Carolina College in February of this year. While in college he majored in science and was president of the college chapter of the National Hon orary Science Fraternity, vice presi dent of the Science Club, an officer of the student government associa tion and active in other campus or ganizations. He is included in the 1953-54 edition of "Who's Who Among! Students in American Universities and Colleges.' . ' Since completing his work at Greenville he has been employed as a chemist in the research department of Liggett Myers Tobacco Co., in Duiv jham Upon entering the University he expecte to work towards a Ph.D. degree in science. He is the son of j nr.j. rr t j . T"c T "aenuV" ferquim- ly set out m pamphlet te be pub tins High Schoo were listed on the;lished by pmnt companyi and school honor roll at the close of the,nniM ha JTaj0 t III" ' A I I I wtns&cnoiarsnin i Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Jordan ofjlast Monday in a special session as Route 2 Edenton and a member of the a Board of Equalization and Review, Bethel Baptist Church in Perquimans County. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT v Mr. and Mrs. William Landing, Jr., announce the birth of a daughter, Eve- lyn Louise, born Monday, March 15, at the Albemarle Hospital in Eliza - beth City. ' VEPCO Representatives To Assist Committee With Development Another step toward development of an industrial program for Hertford and Perquimans County took place here last Wednesday morning when Robert N. Fricke and William Bob- bitt, representing the Industrial De velopment Department of the Virginia Electric and Power Company met with a gmup of interested local resi dents to instigate an industrial survey of this community. Arrangements for the meeting, and plans for the survey, were made for the community by Mr. Viola Nach- man, who has devoted much time and effort toward this program. During the meeting much indus trial data concerning Hertford and the surrounding territory was com piled to be incorporated in a pamphlet to be published by the Virginia Elec tric & Power Company for distribu tion to industries seeking new loca. tlons. Included in the information furnished the VEPCO representatives were facts on population, water and power resources, school facilities, rec reational facilities, churches, trans portation facilities, local tax rates, local government labor supply and current industry. All ln liiiih rtl1 nh H VA wicac A OV VO .Till ug n,uiu.bi,c. local committee for distribution. The local committee also showed the VEPCO representatives eight sites available to prospective industries. The local industrial survey which is to be carried out by &e VEPCO De. partment is similar to ones already completed in a number of communi ties in North Carolina and Virginia and is expected to be very valuable in j telling the "Hertford Story" to in dustrial organizations. Present at the meeting here last Wednesday, in addition to Mr. Fricke and Mr. Bobbitt, were T. H. Jones and Clinton Eley of the power company, Mrs. Nachman, Mayor V. N. Darden, L. C. Winslow, John T. Biggers, Ralph Sasser andF. TjBritt , . Indians Defeated By In State Playoff inated from the state basketball Claes A playoff in the district tourna. ment at Ahoskie last Thursday niriit jby a sharp-shooting Winterville team. The final score was 70 to 65. Winterville, losers in the sectional meet to Robersonville, jumped into a 20-14 lead during the first period and maintained the advantage throughout the contest. Williams, with 18 points, led Perquimans in scoring and Keeter of Winterville also hit for 18 points. Winterville scored 21 points in the second period while the Indians gar nered 18. Half time score was 41 to 32. The Indians came back strong in the third quarter, outscoring Winter ville 15 to 9, but were unable to over come the Winterville lead. In the final period Winterville scored 20 points while Perquimans hit for 18. Perquimans scoring was as follows: Williams 18, Allen 13, Matthews 12, Towe 14, Morris 6 and White 2. For Winterville, Riggs 5, Wingate 13, 18, Stock 13, Paramore 17, Keeter Tripp 6. Rotarians See Film On Highway Safety "A Day In Court", a film on high way safety was shown on the program at a meeting of the Hertford Rotary Club held last Tuesday night at the Hotel Hertford. Showing some of the common prac- tices of automobile drivers in present day traffic the film urged all drivers to adopt "courtesy of the highway" as a personal means in helping to re duce highway accidents. Board Completes ! Valuation Work i i . completed a study of county property valuations listed for 1954 taxes, i The Board was in session most of the day and made a number bf chang- es in valuations as listed with the list takers. Individuals having changes made , in their property valuations will be notified as to the changes made. Win temlle Caps