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Volumo XXL Number 32.
Hertford, Percjuimans County, NorifrC 6, 1954.
5 Cents Per Copy
Demonstrations and Ex
. hihits To Feature Big
Event At H.S. .
- ' All is in readiness for a gala event,
the first annual Farmers' Day, to be
held in Hertford on Wednesday, Au
gust 11, it was reported today by R.
M. Thompson. County Agent, who with
his assistants and committees made
up of residents of the county have
been working diligently for the past
several weeks arranging for this pro-
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The program for tho day, accord
ing to Mr. Thompson, will start at 9
A. M., with a tractor rodeo, supervised
by J. C. Ferguson, Extension Agri
cultural Engineer.'. Other events dur
, ing the day will Include a Post Peel
ing demonstration, conducted by Bill
Ellison, Extension Forester. . An ir
rigation demonstration will be con
ducted during both the; morning and
afternoon. ; ;.!';
. Booths, sponsored by the merchants
of Hertford and the county, will dis
play latest merchandise for farm and
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- Demonstrations for the women wiH
be given on easier ironing, frozen
foods and stenciling. Three booths of
the educational nature will be-set up
in the gymnasium. One by Mrs. John:
Hurdle on refinishing furniture, Mr.
Archie White will show chairs bottom
ed with corn shucks and Mrs. Wallace
Bright, County Educational leader, will
have an exhibit on good reading.
' ' A short time will be devoted to 4-H
Club members in the afternoon ses
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The Farmers Day Committee would
like to remind exhibitors to bring items
to be exhibited to the gymnasium no
'. everything will be ready at 9:00 Wed-
iiesday morning: -
. The sponsors of this- proVram an-
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' its are open to the public and a large
crowd is expected to turn out for this
first annual Farmers' Day in Hert
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' Pictured above are Lois Violet Winelowf daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Winslow, Route 1, Belvidere, and Wallace Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lace Baker, Belvidere. Lois Violet and Wallace were County 4-H Health Win
ners and represented Pen inimana County in the Health Pageant in Raleigh
during 4-H Club Week. ' Wallace placed in the blue ribbon ktoud which was
composed or uie top ten contestants in tne state.
Colerain And Elizabeth!
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; daf and Friday
The f'erquimahs Indians by virtue
of a vidtory over Elizabeth City last
Friday 4nd a loss to Colerain last Sun
day afternoon, retained third place po
sition in the standing of the Albe
marle' League during the past week
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Post Office Department Scheduling
Drastic Changes In Local Mail Service
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Department Plans
Ringworm Clinics
Dr. B. B. McGuire, District Health
Officer, reported Wednesday a con
siderable number of cases of scalp
ringworm have been found among
school and pre-echool children in all
counties of the health district.
He states this disease is communi
cable and parents should carefully ex
amine their children's heads, and if
traces of the disease are found the
child should be brought to a Health
Department clinic.
The clinics will be held at the
Agajme with the Elizabeth' City Health Center in Hertford on Tues-
Albies, scheduled for Monday night, days from 2 to 3 P. M
was rained out and will be played at
abater-date.
Ted fchappell was the starting
pitcher for the Indiana and .went eight
fanfagsJbeing relieved in the ninth by
Vernon White. . Chappell gave up 12
hits . and allowed eight runs. His
teammates collected nine runs and 10
hits off three Albie pitchers. Eliz
abeth City held a 4-2 lead after the
second inning but the Indians finished
strong to win a 9-8 victory.
.This contest was protested by the4 Howard Williams of Hertford will
Elizabeth City management and a nil- j report to Greensboro on Sunday to
Proposed Plans Will
Mean Slow Down In v
Deliveries
Game At Greensboro
f. C'Morgan Reappoint-
v ed Supenntehdent
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Cromwell Daniels, a representative
of the State Employees' Retirement
System met with the Board of Com
missioners for Perquimans County last
Monday and conducted a discussion of
retirement plans for county employ
ees. :.; WY:
Mr. Daniels explained to the county
board both the State Retirement Sym-
-fr " iii-rT-rt"iirn'iririiinrrfnnnnnnrif injVKixpui
quimans, do not offer employees a
plan for retirement. ' ' ' ' v '
Following Mr, ' Daniels' discussion
the Commissioners requested the coun
ty auditor to compile figures i on oven
all costs of each plan and present the
figures at the next meeting of the
Board for further consideration.
Other business handled during the
meeting last Monday included the re
appointment of J. C. Morgan as su
of the County Home.
Recorder's Court
Hears Five Cases
Five cases were disposed of during
a special term of Perquimans Record
er's Court held here last Monday af
ternoon. ,
' Franklin Randolph, Negro, submit
ted to charges of reckless driving and
paid a fine of $25 and costs of court
' Costs of court were taxed against
Luther M. Harrell, who entered a plea
of guilty to charges of speeding.
. "j"H.u;""'" v- of guilty to charges of following ve-
gave figures as to costs-of providing
retirement plan for -county employ
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He advised the Board only . nine
counties in the State, including Per-
ing on the protest was expected to
ibe made on Tuesday night f ;
The league leading Colerain Trap
pers coasted to a 10-8 victory on the
Indians on Sunday afternoon, the con
test being played as a make-up game
for one rained out Vernon White
and Mafliews did the pitching for Per
qulroanwhile Belch hurled for Cole
rain. Jf rquimans collected eight runs,
six of them in the last inning, off nine
hits and they committed four errors.
Colerain garnered 13 hits and scored
10 mn.t . -
'' On Wednesday night the Perquim
ans Indians lost a close decision to
Rocky Hock by a score of 2-1. Vern
on White and Gene Perry engaged in
pitchers' duel which delighted the
' Senate leaders this week are search
ing for a new committee to invest!-' pertntendent
gate charges brought against Senator The Board also approved a motion in
McCarthy, , The committee will be creasing payment of board for in-
composed of six Senators who will, mates of the county home from $30
searcn tne records as to the charges per montn to w& per month.
McCarthy has brought the Senate into! Approval was granted for the Hert-
disrepute with his tactics of hunting 'ford Lions "Club to sponsor a carnival
Communists. It appears from reports, in Hertford during the week of Sep-
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fans. Becky Hock scored twice in die
fourth en two hits and one error. The
hicle too closely and paid the costs of , Indians scored one in the sixth when
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Watt Copetend submitted to charg- a triple by Ted Chappell. . Also on the sports
es or being drunk and paid a fine of ihe league schedule comes to an
$2 and costSi. . . . , official close next week, and a play-
A verdict of guilty .was returned off for the championship wiltf follow.
Games on the schedule for the Indians
are as follows: August 6 at Colerain,
August 9 Colerain here, August 10 at
kdenton, August 11 Rocky Hock at
Edenton and August 13 Elizabeth City
here.
in the case In which Kelford L. By-
rum was charged with reckless driv
ing. He was fined $25 and costs but
noted an appeal to superior court-
from Washington McCarthy, will es
cape any censure for his actions.
Revenue Commissioner-
Shaw reported Tuesday the State's
general fund showed tax collected 'for
July, 1954, was .down 7.72 per cent
as compared with July,'l953, but col
lection of sales taxes, which is a bet
ter barometer of general business con
ditions show only & 3.72 per cent' be
tween July, 1954 and July 1953. Shaw
tember 20 to 25th.
A - resolution was passed in which
the Board will request the Governor
Eugeneito cancel the October, 1954 term of
superior uourt wmcn has been set
up for the hearing of civil cases. -
Elnora Perry, was granted direct re
lief in the amount of $20 for a period
of two months.
Mrs. Viola Nachman appeared be
fore the. Board requesting Work be
done , to landscape the Court House
said sales tax collections indicated, Green and remove the dead trees in
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declining sharply,.
A bill was passed by the House on
Tuesday, and sent to the Senate, which
will bar government pensions to fed
, erat employees convicted of subver
. sive activities, or who refuse to give
ject was held with no definite action
being taken, but it was suggested that
Spcid Polio Drive
PlLin:il August 27
Perquimans County's emergency
March of Dimes drive will be con
ducted Friday, August 27, it was an
nounced this week by Mrs. John Big
gers, Fund Chairman- '
: contrary to pians announcea iasi
week the local Polio Chapter will con
duct a door to door canvass for funds
for the National Foundation. Mrs.
Biggers stated the chapter's plan for
conducting the;' appeal for funds
through-mailing of letters to county
residents has been abandoned due to
costs involved,' . . " 1
She said, "We hope through this
drive to aid the March of Dimes Foun
dation in securing the 20 million dol
lars needed to carry out patient care
and other programs during the re
mainder of this year, and we have
changed the plans for the campaign in
order to keep expenses down and to
A drastic change in mail schedules
and services affecting patrons of the
Hertford Post Office, and others in
Perquimans County, is being planned
by the Post Office Department to take
effect about August 16, it was learn
ed this week by The Perquimans
Weekly.
From all appearances the change
over in local mail schedules for the
Hertford Post Office, and all others
in this section of the state, has been
a hush-hush proposition, since no pub
lic announcement on the changes have
been made by the Post Office Department
The biggest change to be made, ac
cording to information secured by The
Weekly, affects the mail schedules, ar
rival and departure of mails to and
from the local post office.
' At the present time the mail sched
ules for the Hertford Post Office has
one mail north bound, leaving Hertf
ord at 6:30 A. M., another north bound
mail leaves Hertford at 8 P. M. South
bound mails leaves Hertford at 8:15
A. M., and 4:45 P. M. A special truck
carrying parcel post leaves Hertford
at 11:30 A. M., and 3 P. M.
Under the schedule as proposed by
the Post Office Department, begin
ning August 16, mail will leave Hert-
participate in the sixth annual North
Carolina High School All-Star games.
Williams will play for the East A1I
Star football team, coached by J. V.
Pruitt of Hamlet and. Jack Young of
Ahoskie in the game against the West
After the first five years of the ford northbound at 7 A. M., and 8 A.
post-graduate schoolboy spectacle theM., and southbound mail will leave
Eastern teams hold three to two mar-1 Hertford at 2:45 A. M., and 4:15 P. M.
gins in both sports. Last year the i There will be no southbound mail dis-
basketball team won 59-50 and the
football team scored a 20-0 triumph.
Jf layers start practice immediately
patched from the local office during
the mornings, and no northbound mails
dispatched during the afternoons.
upon arrival and preparations have .Trucks carrying mail under the new
been made to insure a gala entertain-schedules will also carry parcel post
ment program. The change over in'the present mail
The basketball game will mark the schedules will, m most eases, mean a
debut of Greensboro Senior High's one-day delay in delivery of mail dis
brand new gym with game time set patched from the Hertford Post Of-
at 8 P, M., on Tuesday, August 10. .nee, since, it has also been learned, ;
The football battle gets under way fully two-thirds of the mail dropped
at the same time on Friday, August 'at the local office is dropped between
on the sports schedule next late ror dispatcmng one oate .ot..
week in Greensboro is the coaching mailing, under the new schedule,
clinic running from Monday morning! The discontinuance of the truck
through Friday. This year's staff of carrying parcel post is expected to
instructors includes Wally Butts of mean delay in delivery of this type
Georgia, Gomer Jones of Oklahoma of mail, locally,
and Bill Earley of Notre Dame for Plans for protesting, what has been
football and Ken Lbeffler of LaSalle's i termed locally as a curtailment of mail
NCAA champions for basketball. Last I services, are being drawn by a hum-
year's record registration of 293 mayjber of local civic organizations as well
.new healthy trees. 3 The: Board took
this matter under 'advisement : ..
It was announced at ihe close of the
court testimony on grounds of nos-imeeting the Board will meet in special
Bible . self-incrimination. A - report session on, Monday afternoon, August
stated the bill' was aimed at employ-! 9, at 2 o'clock for the purpose of re
s or former 'employees like Alger ceiving bids for furnishings for the
--iss, who is now serving in prison, new Health center,
c i crsrges of perjury to a Congres-
1 committee.
all of the trees now standinar on the contribute all monies collected direct
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inn urive lor emergency iunas will
be conducted throughout the county
by a door to door canvass. In Hert
ford, solicitors, will stop at each house
where a porch light is left burning as
an indication the individual desires to
contribute to the March of Dimes. In-
diyiduals missed by this canvass, who
want to contribute are requested to
send donations direct to Mrs. Big
gers, as the solicitors will make no
"call-backs" to individual homes.
Allen Resigns As ;
School Mechanic &
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i dii'Jars from the measure before w- E- A1Ien chlef mechanic for Per
' 2 it final anmrovaL- The till rs quimans County Schools for the past
; to the Koue tcre gt. i J MVel year8 ha tendered his resig
Terional arproval. The- i - ntiln of the position to accept a post
n reduced foreign aid to $3.1 III-'88 Supervisor of Fuchanics for Dur-
5H wily,' it we j announcea iiies
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Historical Booklet
BeingRepublished
A pamphlet giving historical infor
mation about Perquimans County's
oldest business organization, is being
republished and brought up to date
for distribution at Farmers' Day in
Hertford next Wednesday, August 11.
The booklet is about the J. C.
Blanchard and Company, which this
year celebrates its 122nd anniversary,
having Vbeen founded in 1832. The
! new issue of the pamphlet will out
line the organization of the firm, and
give interesting facts about the
growth .of the company, which is now
one of the oldest in North Carolina,
i Originally published on the 100th
anniversary of the company, the new
booklet will bring the history of the
organization up to the present date.
It will be distributed free to those
attending the Farmers' Day program
or a copy may be secured at the J. C.
Blanchard & Company Store.
REVT7AL AT NEW HOPE
It is announced that there will be
revival services at the New Hope
Methodist Church, beginning Monday,
August 9, and continuing through Fri
day night, August 13. The Rev. D. J.
Reid, pastor of City Road Methodist
Church, Elizabeth City, will be the
guest evangelist and 'services will be
gin at 8 o'clock. T
The public is cordially invited.
be surpassed.
This year's group of 70 players
brings the total participation number
to 428 boys representing 104 towns
and 109 schools.
Rites Wednesday
Revival At Anderson
Church August 8-13 For J. V. Nowell
business houses and professional
men and women. The protests will be
forwarded to Congresman Herbert C.
Bonner for transmittal to the Post
Office Department.
The Rev. C. H. Beale, pastor of the
Anderson Methodist Church of the
Chowan Charge, announces that a re
vival meeting will begin in the church
Sunday night August 8, at 7:45
o'clock and will close Friday, August
13th. :,-.
The visiting minister will be the
Rev. C. Freeman Heath, Superinten
dent of the Elizabeth City District of
the Methodist Church. Flovd White
' will be in charge of the singing.
A cordial invitation is extended to
everybody to attend the services.
i MASONS TO MEET
Revival Cervices
At Mt. Sinai Church
' Revival services will begin at Mt
Sinai Baptist Church,' Sunday night
August 8th, at 8 o'clock f continuing
throu: i Sunday, August 16th. The
Rev. John I Pearce, formerly of Cho
wan Cosnf7, now of Nichols, S. C,
will be t'fe cueet speaker. ,: Special
nutate wi;i be famished by the church
c , fd t. p r. 1.1,11c is cordially in-
.11 3 I r, Sennie Crawford is
The Perquimans Masonic Lodge; No
106, A. F., & A. M., will meet Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock. ,
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett B. Long an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Ellen
IDianne on Wednesday, July 28, at Cho
Iwan Hospital.
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Joseph Warren Nowell, 64, died at
his home near Winfall Monday night
at 7:15 o'clock after an illness of
about eight months. He was the son
of the late Walter H. and Margaret
Simpson Nowell.
For the past several years Mr. Now
ell served as County Forester for Per
juimans County.
He is survived by his wife, Sallie
White Nowell; two sons, Walter Now
ell and Joseph Nowell, Jr., of Win
fall; three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Munden of Suffolk, Va., Mrs. Ruth
Stokely of Raleigh, and Miss Hattie
Nowell of Norfolk, Va.; wo brothers,
George W. Nowell of Winfall, Alphes
us Nowell of Savannah, Ga.; three sis
ters, Mrs. E. A. Twine of Savannah,
Ga., Mrs. Johnnie Lane of Winfall,
and Mrs. William Powell of Hatboro,
Pa., and six grandchildren. -. .
Funeral services were conducted at
the late home Wednesday afternoon at
4 o'clock by the Rev. E. B. Edwards,
assisted by the Rev. H. M. Jamie
son. . , ' -.-f; s '"
'Pallbearers were T. S. Lowry, Mon-
tell White, Frank White, Rufus Stoke
ly, Arthur White, J. W. Ward, Graham
Harris and Reginald Gregory.
Woman Released
From Jail On Bond
Pauline Kolek, who has been a pris
oner in the Perquimans County Jau
since June 29, charged with forgery
of checks, was released from jail on
Tuesday under bond. a-
Preliminary hearing of the case was
waived and the matter has been placed
upon the .docket of the superior court
for . trial at the, November term ot
court '
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Walker an
nounce the oirth of a daughter, born
Monday, July 26. , Mrs. Walker and
daughter are getting along nicely.
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