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WEEKLY n 9k Volume XXL Number 28. 'Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 9, 1954 5 Cents Per Copy MAMS VI V Coty Commissioners Adgt Budget And Set Tax Rate At footing Monday : Board To Investigate ' Retirement Plan For, County Employees -' The Board of Commissioners for Perquimans, meeting in regular ses sion laBt Monday, officially adopted its proposed budget for the fiscal year 1954-55 and set the county tax rate at $1.65 per hundred dollar valu- . ation. This is a five cent reduction in the tax rate as compared to the last fiscal year,' -' :.;: -v. ' Other matters handled during the meeting Monday included a motion passed renewing a termite protection contract for the agriculture building. County Attorney Silas 'M. Whedbee made a report on the progress of work in collection of tax liens due Perquim ans County, and which under the law must be collected by December 1, 1954. The Board discussed the possibilities of cooperating with a plan which will provide a retire system for countv em ployees,, : and authorized C. " Edgar White to invite a representative of the State office to meet with the Board at its next meeting for the purpose of advising and informing the Commis sioners as to the details and costs of . various plans. -""- -. v . Action on a discussion of accumula tive annual leave for county employees was tabled untQ the next meeting of the Board. The Board discussed at some length plans for landscaping the site of the new Public Health Building, but ta bled definite action on the matter pending further investigation as to costs and materials to be used. Bids, received for furnishing the county kerosene and fuel oil for one year, were opened and successful bids were made by Reed Oil Company for kerosene and Towe Oil Company for fuel oil. It was announced during the meet ing the annual convention of the As sociation of County Commissioners will be held at Wrightsville Beach August 15 through 18, and a number of the members of the local RnaWi. .tstA k.5- n flftn convention. V '. - THIS VEBi'S headlines .Western Germany may be granted place as equal partner in the com- SVel Eun.Margaret Harrell, Joanne Lane, Kath Defense Community Plan, a London report said this week. The. United States and Britain are studying plans for turning over control of their Ger man zones to the Bonn government, and establishing embassies in place of their military headquarters. . Meat rationing ended in England last Monday. :The program started during World War II and lasted for 14 years, Mil "London " reports stated housewives bought only a little more meat than usual the day rationing came to an end. - Shops, however, rushed into an open market and stock ed up heavily with meat cuts. Prices were reported up following the end of the rationing program, r . , . A Washington announcement Tues day stated the United States has ex gelled three Russian diplomats from this country for-espionage and im proper activities: Two of - the three were ejected from' the United '.Stages months ago but the State Department kept all three cases a secret in an at tempt to keep Russia from retaliat ing, v . " j' ; The long Fourth- of July holiday claimed at least 601 lives in- accidents according to reports made last Tues day. Highway deaths were under the total expected by "Safety Council of- flficials, but the overall figure- was termed excessive. " . Farm' experts this week estimated sa hail and wirid storm 'which swept-a 60-mile area in ' North Carolina, on Monday caused damage in the millions oof dollars. . Wake County apparently was hardest hit, and Granville, Per son and Johnston counties also suffer- ed severely. ;R:f:3neld Saturday Fcr. Paula L. Hughes Funeral services for Paula Louise. Hughes, 18-month-old daughter of Mr. and .Mfs.-Adriart1Ii5hesi who died i suddenly Thursday a'ternoon of last week were conducted lent C&turday af - ternoon at the Twiforfl Funeral Chapel by El.'jr Arthur IT n. her parei;3 tr-.a is survived ' byhh'T poteirrl f - Trs. ? J.a s cf r 3 4 j. r ma-t- rl g' I'itLer, .eUva C-y cf Wildlif e Film To , Be Shown Friday Members of Perquimans County Wildlife Club and Sportsmen of the area are invited to see a movie "Bet ter Fishing to be shown at the Court House Friday night at 8 o'clock, July 9th. "Better Fishing" is a sound-color film telling the story of warm-water fish management in North, Caro lina. It deals with the problems fac ing the fishermen of the State and the solutions to those problems; In cluded in the picture are some of the most remarkable North Carolina fish ing scenes ever filmed. . Pirotor-Morgan Vows Spoken Sun At BeUigI Church Miss Una Ruth Proctor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, E. X Proctor, Hert- xoro, noute one, ana james rresion Morgan, Morgan, SOU 01 Air. and Mrs. J. C neraoro, ouie two, were united in marriage in a simple cere mony performed June 27, at five o'clock at the Bethel Baptist Church.: ' Rev. D. J. Stoner, pastor of the church, performed the ceremony in a setting of palms, ferns and white bri dal flowers. ' " During the ceremony Johnny Phil lips sang "I Love You Truly" and "Be cause," and Edward Jordan sangv'The Lord's Prayer". Mrs. I. C. Yagel Was the accompanist at the piano. ' Miss Marsha Proctor and Vance Joyner, niece and nephew of the bride, lighted the candles. They were dress ed in white. Carolyn Morgan was flower girl and DottglasUmphlett was ring bearer. They were also dressed in white. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a ballerina length gown of white embroidered organdy. It was fe!? 72? oft",l?n'!1 T'111 and a small hat off tune with lilies of rlie- 'vaTley.SM'fearried i white' Hfbl given' to , her by. the groom, topped with white feathered 'carnations with satin streamers. i Miss Selma Dean Lane was maid of honor. She wore a. street length dress of white organdy over a pink slip with a high neckline and cuff sleeves. At her shoulder she wore a corsage of pink carnations. Her hat was of white ruffled net. Bridesmaids were Myrtle Williams, (regulation revisions recently announc- . .."v. 'I .J T . CI J. A 11 . T1 yi,uiT'V VV Hertford and Betty Handbury of Nor folk. They wore ' dresses of ; pastel shades and carried white handker chiefs. 1 "' . Mrs. Jack Joyher, sister of the bride, was mistress of ceremony. She wore a dress of blue trimmed with pearls and white , accessories. Her flowers were pink carnations. The bride's mother wore a white lace dress with white accessories and a corsage of pink carnations. The mother of the bridegroom wore a pink linen dress with white accessories and a corsage of white carnations. : After the ceremony a small recep tion for the wedding party was given at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr, and Mrs. V, L. Proctor. For traveling the bride wore a white suit with, white accessories and the carnation corsage lifted from the Bi ble. . . , ' Ushers were E. J, Proctor, Jr., bro ther of the bride and Seth Morgan, brother of the bridegroom. ,-t Oiing&LocnTo '. The Hertford Building and Loan' As sociation will mature its 55th series of Savings stock on Saturday, July 10, it was announced today by A. W. Hef ren, president of the Association.- ' Mr. Hefren stated the stockholders' owning shares in this series of stock will receive $11,100; each share being matured at a par value of $100. . The local Building and Loan Asso ciation,; according to-' Mr. Hefren, is having one of the best years since it was organized, with- total assets at the close of last month of $124,230.64. The Association pays in excess of 4 per cent simple interest pn its saving stock, j ,' ', - . REVIVAL SERVICES BEGIN AT WOODLAND METHODIST CHURCH . Revival services at Woodland Meth odist Church will . begin on Monday, July 12, at 8 P. M and eonti,nue night ly through Friday. The Rev. Hubert R.' Ashmore, pastor of Olivet ZJetho dlst CLurch, KanW, trill be the visit ing evanliflt The public is cordial ly inyved to attend .lese services. Goerd Of Education Sets September 1st For Opening Schools Superintendent Says Two Vacancies Still Exist On Faculty : A calendar for Perquimans County schools for the 1954-55 term was adopted at a meeting of the Board of Education, held Tuesday night in the office of the superintendent of Schools. According to the calendar county schools will begin the new term on Wednesday, September 1, and the first holiday will fall on. the following 1 Monday, which will be Labor Day. A two-day vacation will be observed lor Thanksgiving and the Christmas holi days will start at noon on December 22 and continue through January 2. Other business handled during the board meeting included the transfer of Willie Y. Williams, a member of the Perquimans Training School faculty last year, to the faculty of the King Street School. v TTlA HaumI onnwtvojt Vina mntpa o f- fe,tinir student wmw in tn north. Weflt part of the county, as submitted aj the meeting, Thane routes, accord. IW tn Sitnprintflndnnt Rivm-a - mnnt now be approved by the State Board. Mr. Biggera advised the Board two vacancies still exist in the faculty for white schools, but it was hoped these positions will be filled within a short time. :; A discussion was held on the prog ress of cleaning and repair work, us ually carried out during the summer months, at the various, schools in preparation for the opening of the new term this fall. . ., -' The Board discussed at some length plans and specifications for the con struction project at the Central Gram mar School, and it was announced to the Board members that bids for this project will be opened at two P. M., on Tuesday, July 20. ,. The project calls for the construc tion of four additional classrooms and a library for the school located vat Winfall. ; Changes .nnounced ions A farmer may serve only three con. scutive terms as a County or Com munity Agricultural Stabilization and (Conservation.. Committeeman, under M to RSecretery 0f Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson. An exception to this rule is where all three members of the present Coun ty Committee have already served three consecutive terms explains Leon idas L. Lane, chairman of -the Per quimans County ASC Committee. In -such a case, one member is eligible for election to an additional term. Other major changes provided by the new regulations will: (1) Create county and community boards which will conduct-ihe annual elections of committeemen; ' (2) - prohibit officials of general farm organizations from serving as members of County ASC Committees; (3) prohibit County Com mitteemen from acting as sales agents or employees of the Federal Crop In surance Corporation, as marketing quota review committeemen, and as employees of County Offices. In announcing the revised regula tions, Secretary Benson said that they are designed "to strengthen farmer control of local program administra tion, to stimulate more extensive farmer participation in community elections, and to encourage more farm ers to Serve as Community and Coun ty Committeemen.".. 13,838 Traffic Law Violations In May . - State-Highway Patrolmen arrested 13,838 traffic law violators in May in cluding 647 drunken drivers. The arrest figures and other pa trol activities were released in a reg ular monthly summary. - - For May troopers reported they in spected 89,624 vehicles, investigated 7,467 complaints, Issued 8,514 warning tickets and spot inspected 167,130 dri vers' licenses. They investigated 2,056 wrecks in which 64 persons were killed and 785 injured. ' ' '--..,-, Troopers traveled 1,837,224 miles on routine patrols and burned 123,627 gallons of gaBollnet ' - The May report showed court fines collected in the amount of $173,251.52 and costs. 1147,730.14. ( V'-'-v.hm '. " i ' '' -: :VV "V MASONS TO MEET . 1 .f: -,y -- - ' "j';. ' .-:,-'.?.v . The Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 106, A. ,F.,- & A. M.,; will meet Tues day night at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend and-a cordial in vitation is extended visiting Masons. ' i In ASC fcesulat Perqinmans Edges ElizahethCityln Game Here Monday Rocky i Hock And Eden- ton To Play Here NextWed.-Thurs. About 500 baseball fans were treat ed to an excellent game played here last Monday when Perquimans Indians edged the Elizabeth City team by a score of 4 to 3, behind Vernon White's five hit" pitching. It was the fifth victory in six starts for the Indians, who have now climb ed into a jtie for fourth place in the Albemarle' League. The win was also revenge for the Indians for a loss suf fered in " Elizabeth City last Friday night. J White turned in a masterful pitch ing assignment. He walked only one batter, struck out nine and collected three hits! to lead his team in bat ting. Zink was the starting pitcher for the visitors but gave way in the seventh to Hastings who finished the game for Elizabeth City. Perquimans tallied in the first when Morris scored after receiving a walk. . Elizabeth City tied it up in the fourth, then went ahead 3-1 by scoring two runs in the fifth. The Indians knotted the count in the sev enth and scored the winning tally in the eighth, Morris' triple in the sev enth paveq the way for the Indians to tie the count, and to eventually win the game. . The Indians faltered in a double header against Rocky Hock in Eden ton -Wednesday night, losing both games, the first by a score of 10-0 and the second 5 to 3. Tonight) the Indians meet Colerain on Memorial Field with srame time set jat eight o'clock. I Next week's schedule calls for the . Indians tot play in Elizabeth City on Monday nfght; Rocky Hock will play I in Hertford on Wednesday night and jEdenton wfil play here Thursday night. The Indiaies will travel to Colerain on Friday nigfit. Chc"ell Funeral Conducted Tuesday Riddick Chappell, 80, of Grubb Street, died today at 4 A. M., at his residence after an illness of two years. A native and lifelong resident of Perquimans County, he was the son of the late Jonathan and Nancy Koger son Chappell and a member of the Hertford Baptist Church. Mr. Chap pell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Byrum Chappell, of the home; three sons, Marvin Chappell of Charlotte, William Chappell of Bombay, India, and Preston Chappell of Dayton, Ohio, and two daughters, Mrs. James Sulli van of Houston, Texas and Mrs. Ellen Morris of Hertford. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the Lynch Funeral Home by the Rev. J. O. Mattox, assisted by the Rev. C. W. Duling. During the services the church choir sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In the Garden"., Pallbearers were T. C. Byrum, Jr., Earl Goodwin, Stillman Leary, Roy Chappell, Herman Chappell and D. M. Jackson. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Men's Sunday School Class of the Baptist Church. Burial was in Cedarwood Cemetery. IJew7id3 Screen Installation of a new wide screen in the State Theatre was completed this week, it. was announced by B. L. Gibbs, manager. ., . . He stated with the new screen ana other equipment secured by the local management, the theatre will be pre pared to show films featuring new nroduction v methods being used in Hollywood, including CinemaScope. : The first showing of one of the new type productions is expected to be an nounced very shortly. To Hold Revival At Bethany Church Rev. C. H. Beale announces a re vival service to be held in the Bethany Methodist Church, beginning' July 11, at 8 o'clock and continuing through July 16. Services will be held each evening. The visiting minister will be the Rev. Harold Thach of Flint Hill, Va. The public is invited to attend these services. ' .,". BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT , Mr. and Mrs. Herman H. Gurkin an nounce the-' birth bf a' daughter born Wednesday,- June -30, at Albemarle Hospital,' ; Mrs. Gurkin is the former Miss Ruth Haskett ' Plans For Perquimans Farmers Day On August 11 Outlined By County Apt Wheat Referendum Scheduled July 23 Wheat farmers of North Carolina will vote on July 23 on the question of setting up marketing quotas on the 1955 crop, it was reported this week by F. R. Keith, chairman of the State ASC coommittee. If two-thirds of the eligible wheat growers who vote July 23 approve marketing quotas, the quo tas will be in effect in 1955. If quotas are in effect producers who stay with in wheat acreage allotments and com ply with all regulations will be eli gible for full support. Jieith urges all wheat farmers not to underestimate the gravity of the situation faced with wheat and to study the issues involved and to vote their decision on July 23. Only one case was handled during the session of recorder's court held last Tuesday morning, with all other cases listed on the court calendar set for hearing on July 13. Judge Chas. E. Johnson conducted a bond hearing in the case in which Pau line Lucile Kolek, who is in the Per quimans jail, is charged with forgery. Previously, bond had been set in this case at $2,000, but after hearing pleas made by defendant attorney W. G. Ed wards and Solicitor Silas M. Whedbee the court reduced the bond to $1,000 ordering the same to be either cash or a first mortgage on real estate, or a bond furnished by a bonded company, The Kolek woman, a resident of Pennsylvania, was arrested by Sheriff M. G. Owens on Tuesday of last week after a number of checks had turned up at the Hertford Banking Company which were discovered to have been forged. Later investigation conducted bv Sherjff Owens has revealed Mrs, Ko - leK.nasa police record which includes torgery charges in Pennsylvania and Virginia, as well as North Carolina. The record also revealed she is wanted by federal authorities for foreins: a number of war bonds. Local authorities have been asked to retain the woman for the authori ties of Pasquotank County, and also Norfolk officials who have charged her with forgery in those places. Sheriff Owens advised the court last Tuesday the woman had given him a confession to the charge drawn bv Perquimans County, and thus the court ruled a preliminary hearing had been waived and the bond set was ordered returnable at the next term of Superior Court, which will be No vember 1. Sullivan Installed As Rotary President New officers of the Hertford Rotarv Club assumed their duties for the year at a meeting of the cltfo held Tuesday evening at the Hotel Hertford. Henry C. Sullivan was installed as president of the club, succeeding C. R. Holmes. A. W. Hefren is the new vice president and Jack Kanoy is secretary-treasurer. In addition to the above officers, di rectors for the club arc Dr. C. A. Dav enport, Robert Hollowell and Max Campbell. Mr. Holmes, as past presi dent, is an ex officio member of the board. ' Following his installation as presi dent Mr. Sullivan presented Mr. Holmes with a past president pin, a gift of the club. Sullivan' announced he will make an- pointment of various committee chair- 'manships at the next meeting of the club. Town Commissioners To Meet Monday Night The. regular July meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the Town of Hertford will be held next Monday night in the Municipal Building. In addition to other business expected to be handled by the Board, it is expect ed the Commissioners will take action in setting the town tax rate for the current fiscal year. Health Officer On Annual Vacation . Dr. B. B. McGuire, District Health Officer and Mrs. McGuire left - last Saturday for a vacation trip to the Rocky Mountain area and Pacific Coast states. They will return around tie first of August BondHearingHeld Tuesday For Woman On Forgery Charge Committees Named To Organize Booths And Farm Exhibits A committee for Farmers' Day, which will be held on Wednesday, Au gust 11th at Perquimans County High School, decided there should be booths for farm men and boys to exhibit some of the results of the year's work. Chairmen of the Field Crop booth are: Clarence Chappell, Jr., and Ben Cham bers, who will do the checking in at that booth, which will include corn, sweet potatoes, soybeans and cotton. In the eggs and meat department, Roy Chappell will be the chairman, and this booth will be made up of cur ed meat and egers. These eggs should be in dozen cartons and can be either brown or white, but should not be mixed. In the Horticulture Department, of which Floyd Matthews is the chair man, there will be a garden exhibit made up of any five vegetables from the garden, and including watermel ons, cantaloupes, tomatoes, egg plants and fruits. These exhibits should be checked in by 9:00 on the morning of the Farmers' Day and will be judged on their neatness, arrangement, uni formity and quality. There will be prizes awarded to the various winners in each section of the field crops, meats and poultry, and horticulture departments. . The amount of prize money no en set as yet, but we hope to have both quality and quantity to be shown to our neighbors and guests that day. The exhibitors will be able to pick up their exhibits in the afternoon af ter the winners have been announced, so please plan to enter some parts of our men's division of exhibits for I Farmer's Day. . The woman's side of Farmers' Day j Is progressing very well. The Home i Demonstration Club women are nlan- ning a concession stand where they will, sell sandwiches, drinks, cake, pie, candy and hot dogs. Mrs. Colon Jack son, of the Helen Gaither Club is chairman for plans for this. Individ ual exhibits will be shown in flower arrangements, sewing, baked products jand p-t jnd crafts. d 5"tt "jnd crafts. , Demonstrations -ijlv4ftjgiven otv stenciling, 'ironing and freezing. Re finishing furniture will be featured in one booth and corn shuck chair bot toms will be featured in another. An educational booth on good reading will also be set up. Reading is one of the extra phases of the home demonstra tion program. Premium lists are available at the Home Agent's office. 4-H Club members are also eligible to enter exhibits. County Ends Fiscal Year In Excellent Financial Shape ' V; Perquimans County closed its 1953 54 fiscal year on June 30th in excel lent financial condition, according to a report made to the County Commis sioners on Tuesday, by Max campDen, County Accountant. During the year just closed the county carried out a number of im provement projects including comple tion of installation of a heating sys tem in the Court House, assisted in construction of a public health build ing and repairs to the County Home. A total of $24,000 was paid in cur tailing the county's bond indebtedness; of this amount $16,000 of the road bond debt was paid and $8,000 was ap plied toward the bonds issued for school construction three years ago. Despite these major outlays in cash, the county stayed fairly close within the budget adopted in June of 1953. The general county fund budget was over-expended by $1,090. The debt service budget was underspent by $538; while the expenditures for school and welfare budget was about the same as adopted. During the year total receipts re ceived by the county from all sources amounted to $323,594, while expendi ture amounted to $322,927. Total cash balances in all funds of the various county departments amounted to $108,287.46. Road Report Given n For Month Of June " J The State Highway Commission completed 82.8 miles of road improve ment in the First Highway Division during June, according to J. Emmett Winslow, Commissioner.'; In Perquimans County contract forces finished 9.9 miles of grading 1 from NC 87 in Belvidere north to the Gates County line near Joppa. The roadbed has been graded 24 feet wida from shoulder to shoulder. , '