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' I. Number 1. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 7, 1955. 5 Cents Per Copy K-i H t c;;in.0n2BiUs: Legislature 1 . ',;) jard of Commissioners for Pen, iitrtans County met in regular session Hrre last Monday morning and s i Jition to handling the us ual roune matters discussed the poSit.bii ies, of converting the Countji1 Jome from its present stat- lis to a loardmg home, Bo.Q ChairmnVA.'T. Lane- ymi named! to confer, on the matter with JSC Morgan, Superintendent : of the flome, C. Edgar White, Su ' perintefodent of Public Welfare and Max Campbell, County Accountant, and to import back to the Hoard on possibilities of converting the home some tfcne this year. , . h Conversion of, county homes into ' . hoarding' , "homes has been a pro gram widely, adopted throughout ;: the statedujring the past two years, and now only a few counties of the state continue tp operate county nomes.. - ''Considerable savings are t possiblefor the'eounty under this new gcjt-up inasmuch as inmates pfi bounding' homes are eligible to .V, "-receive! state and federal aid while inmuti'ii of county homes are not v. eligible sfor this assistance. Reports from : various county agencieif was.' made during the ' meeting. . and.; the Commissioners war ajdvised 'collections on' 1954 . taxes amounted to more than fifty per cent of the levy through, De cember,! 1954, - 4 'Tho Board-adopted two regelu- jnons fto be presented to C. R. 1 llolmeis.'iC o n n t f Representative, ' ; r -juegt that bills ft introduc- eJ " i J the next General Assembly r ' t!ie, per. diem pay for the "r t the bonrd from $J Per day! , vt. . j per aay. ine seeona resoiu- requests a bill outlawing fa f Itve-;viri'in PeruiAsl? Pr0n,m-: defense and selec- Ctf...iyffoTthe vaerinoilon of hogs.f tiwjfrWo tr,)dS tneaties, and tax- ,- On motion passed Mrs. . Floyd Long was reappointed collector of -di'lintiiient persona! property' taxes .f jf or jth .county jnd bond was au thorized in' the. amount of $1,004), : The Board discussed Vhe beoutifl cotion plans for the Court House Green, and authorized removal of the.' diseased trees in front of the ! Court House with plans to replace all removed trees With new ones. The project to be continued and completed as soon as possible. 3L3Uf2long ;.. jU.P.CIi:;?3:I v : A late' afternoon ceremony at the prsrsonage of Piney Woods Friends ' Church at Belvidere on Decenibe 5, united in marriage Miss Nettie T Iong. daughter of Mrs. Horace and" icSlate ,Mr. Long, and n Pennuhnppell, son of W. -ell and , the late Mi's. I. The Rev, D.. Virgil Pike J ai4he double Hng cere- ride wore a two-piece tweed -r accessories were of win- and black and she carried irajrer , book ; topped with nthered . carnations ' and I with white satin streara- loyd Long of Winfall, sis v of the bride, was matron - and her only attendant s of Newport News, Va., t man top the brides the ceremony Mr. andi 'I left for a wedding .. need points. i- nswewi' J. ins u ccn.,. :i is a graduate of ' " ' '. '" ) Corntv !:igh Sch9ol Hertford Firemen were 'called! to -ved a the Hertford f notne of Wade Wlnslow, Negro. I rn r:ght) i - ived December 24 " ' "Tt Charles Roy ,' ' riles A. Bug 1 i'-e late Teena y i f a heart at-' l! nans '-! l t" e cisners i o Police Officers Nab Fugitives Police Officers William Tarkenton and Lee Riddick and Sheriff J. K. White arrested three youths last week following nn investigation of an attempted break in at the Gulf Service Station, s. The youths, Saul and Samuel Na varro, who stated they resided in New York and Kenneth Haggctt, of IIlinois' w?','e P,aced in iail await ing action by: the F.B.7; , Sheriff White reported that the youths confessed to a robbery of a store in Florida and'the theft of an automobile which 'was used by them in traveling, fnrm Florida to Hertford. ,'' : The youths, according to Sherif f White, ftated that they had stopped the car near the service " station planning to rob the place but were frightened away before committing the crime. " , . ;i,;:v ' ',, Senators afi d Representatives convened In Washington at noon Wednesday for the opening session of Jhe? 84th Congress. Democrats organized both houses," having a margin of votes in each. Presi dent Eisenhower delivered the State, of the Union Message on Thursday and, is xpeeted to present a bud get and program speech next week. Washington " reports ; state some time Will elapse before the Con gress, will get down to actual work of jtfinctinir. laws affecting tlie na 'Maafefibrtb -Confess is expected on such matters as the es,' although few changes are .ex- Vected to he made on this latter item. . i L i 1 .' ' The (1955 General Assembly con vened in Raleigh Wednesday with leaders selected for the House and Senate. Governor Hodges delivered his message to the Legislature en Thursday and the Assembly was expected to have two , major prob lems for consideration during this session, those being finances and school segregation. Capitol lead ers predict a long session for the Legislature due to these two mat ters. A State of Siege was proclaim ed in Panama Tast Sunday follow ing the assassination of Panama President Jose Remon, but reports from "the Central American coun try early this week announced" con ditions normal with no indications of nn uprising planned wth the slaving, Authorities have charged Arnulfo -Arias with the murder of the President.. The Federal Reserve Board acted this week to put a brake on the stock market boom by increasing the' required down payment ; on stocks from ; 50 to 60 percent StoeTcs have; been rising for almost a year, with a gain in speculation noted by .Government officials al though a report states speculation has not reached an alarming point The stock market reached new highs In December, following an upturn after election day . in Jftfo vember. --' ' , ' ' ' . . ' , .. Two Fire Calls . j rri.; tirl'i, on King1 Street at about 10 o,'elock Sunday '-morning to extinguish blaze which Started from1 an oil gtove. The f ire !had gained con siderable headway by the time the department arrived, , and damage was estimated 4 about $800. The firemen were .-ailed to 79 Dobb Street- Monday to put out. a flue fire, and it Iras' reported only slight dan vsre'resulted at this fire. BIT! AVX . 1 :UNCEMENT I.'r, -r i .. Ciia.les White, Jr., ! :r;h of a daughter, ..m. ry 2, at Chowan i. THIS WEEK'S i HEADLINES r PULLING STRINGS made this soldier a success. Shown pluckinr his way to fame is the Army's harp ace, Private First Class Lloyd Llndroth of Seattle, a member of the United States Army Band. Farm Workers Now Covered Security Amended ilaw Effec tive As To Earnings " Received In 1955 In 1954 there .were some chang es in social security tnot were brought about by amended laws that affect just about every farm er. Thissis the 'amendment that entitles farrmrs and ' farm work- Social ' Security benefits. .. ' social Hecunty is a -torm 01 group insurance which is operated and supervised by the Fjederal Gov-, ernm'ent .Under the law a person contributes during their working years to .provide art income jn case of death or old age. Payments for old age start at the age of 65. This amendment states that any person who operates a farm, ranch or any other agricultural enter prise is covered by Social Seruri ty beginning January 1, 1955 if his annual net earning from self em ployment is $400 or more or a per son that works on a farm and earn ed $100 or more cash wages in a year. ; Fishermen-part time or full time also come in under this amendment. ' .-, A farmer will pay 3. of his net income up to a net income of $4,200. This is reporting on a cash basis and $4,200 net is the maxi mum, that can be paid . on. The minimum that can be paid on is $400 but this can be; figured two ways if the gross Jncome is $.1800 possible. '. Then wfien you fill out or less. This can be reported on your 195Sneome tax.'you will on an actual cash basis if. it is above ly have to figure 3 of the not in $400 or half of the gross' jncome if com'ei ' ' v - ' HectsTeEcher At GrammEr School The Board of Education ff r Per quimans "County met in regular session in the office of the Super intendent last Monday night Dur ing the meeting the board elected Mrs. Fred Blapchard to fill a va cancy in the faculty of the Central Grammar: School caused by the res ignation . tf Mrs. Abner .Williams. Mrs.vBlanchard , wlll assume her duties as teacher next week. : The' Board .adopted a- resolution requesting, immediate action on dis tribution of remaining 'State funds for school buildings, voting to send copies of the resolution to the County Representative, Speaker of the--House-and Presideht of - the Senate. ' I . ! ; This action fpllowed a receipt of a letter from Governor Luther Hodges explaining delay in distri bution of the final half of the 50 billion dollar school bond issue. . The Board accepted the resigna tion of Mrsi Pattie Long, who was elected as clerk to the Superinten dent at the December meeting, and appointed Mrs. J. T, Biggers to the position temporarily, pending the return of Mrs. Ev H. Ward to the po'-ilion. 1 it1'' !-?, , By Social Program ; this is Ik'Iow $1,800. It is to an ! advantage to pay the higher amount. For the man that is employed on the farm, social security will be withheld if he earns $100 or more on a farm. The employer withholds 2 .out. of the employee's salary and ' will pay 2 himself which makes a total of 4f! on the em ployee's salary. This ICf will: be 1 1 i. ' . i... j 1. . . : 1 . I mm Ht'llt Hi ii.v yiir rnipni.vvi. f .Thof paynifiKts- fnftof ial seeWkj will be sent jn by .the farmer, each year when he files his income tnx. The first payment will be, in 1956 for the year 1955.: . .'. To be elifrible to draw thse bene, fits a person must have at least 40 quarters or ten years paid in un less the person is over- 55 years of age and then only payments paid up to the ago of 65 are necessary. For a person that 'is 63 and a half years of age, only 6 quarters or one and a half years of payments are necessary. This is also "true for a farmer that is over 65 years of age. When a farmer reaches re tirement age, the minimum benefits that a man and his wife will receive that has earned an average, of $100 a month is $80.00. ''Social security is something that a person doesn't have any choice about. If your net income is $400 or over, you must make payments. The best thing to do is to fill out an application for a social securi- ty card and get this as soon as Simon Rutenberg Closes Out Store December 31 was the closing date for one -of Hertford's outstanding stores, when Simon Rutenberg, long time- merchant,, retired from the business field and closed the store which he had operated for some 28 years. . - . . ' Mr. Rutenberg stated that he had considered retiring several months prior to the closing, and finally de cided tb make the move with the end of the old year. - ' Ho had been engaged in the mer chandising business in Hertford for the past 48 years, being employed byv other firms before entering bus iness for himsejf in 1926. ,i Mr. Rutenberg stated he has no plans for the present but the build ing which housed his rtc Tf, and which he own is for lease.; Prior to closing his business he disposed qf his entire -stock of merchandise to a Norfolk firm. . , BIRTrf ANNOUNCEMENT ; . -" ' --'.:, , y .. '- " .' s f. ' Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Stallings, ft son, Sidney Douglas, on December 28, ' at i the . Albemarle Hospital. , v BuiltfingAndLoan Association Report Shows Growth A fine gain in lotiil assets, was reported today by A. W. Hefren, president '..Hertford Building and Loan Association, ' in a statement released with the association's an nual report. . Mr. Hefren said that the asso ciation's assete' increased from $122,877.06 ii' December -31. 195!!, to $132,094.23. on the same date this year. "This fine crowth," Hef ren commented, "reflects the confidence of the citizens of this community in this specialized thrift and home nwnershin institution." Highlights of the a-S'iciation's annual report were listed as fol lows: Net savings in 1954 iiiii.Keil lv $11,439.50. bringing total savings to $113,461.75. The- number of savings account holders increased to 164, a gain of 1 . Dividends naid out to savers to taled $4,591.00. Home loans increased hnth in number and amount, with such loans numbering 17, and totaling $3300.00 in 1954. Total home lnsuw outstanding now amount to $121,521.90. The association added $872.27 to its reserve fund in the past year, increasing its reserves to $8.t06.09. Such gains. Mr. Hefren said, were of "great significance" since they came at n time of moderate busi ness decline, and some unemploy ment. This would seem to indi cate, he said, that the people of this area have realized the import ance of saving a portion of their income each year for things thev wish to buy in the future, as well as' for financial security. ' Mr. Hefren described the out look for business in the "coming yeai-as "highly favorable," Al though; th e'J leveling-of f period which started in the second quar ter of 1954 wotild probably continue in iiie iir.si iuui ui. jfi.i, ne sain, ill was probable that "the total out put for the economy in the sec ond quarter or the year would ex ceed an annual rate of $360 billion, or about $5 billion more than cur rent levels." Homo building in the coming year, Mr. Hefren said, would most likely equal this year's levels of between 1.1 million and 1.2 million units. This is a creditable record, he said, in that 1954 was the sec ond biggest home building year in the, country's history. Demand for new homes continued strong, he commented with demand greatest for . larger, well-designed, well- equipped and well-located houses. Prices of most new homes should remain stable, he said, "with some improvement in quality" likely. In 1955 the home buyer should be able to get more house for the same amount of money than in 1954, he concluded. District Seal Sales Lagging , ... .while his teammates. Hardin had 2, Dr. A an Bonner, President of T . . - d , B , t- . . , . - Luke 7, Beasley 6 and Estep 10. the District TB- Association, urges everyone to send in their money for Christmas Seals that were mailed in November. So far, Pasquotank has raised . $3,500.95; Perquimans, $.1,050.00: Camden, $510.80, and Chowan $1,075.50. Making a total of $6,137.25 for the district, leav, ing $3,462.75 yet to come in for the district. Bonner said without the contri butions from seals, the association could not exist, that the secret Of the program is entirely educational. He also pointed out the little seal was a f ighter not only for the as-, sociation's existence but the exist ence of the community. He said people for years have had the privi lege of going to the District Health Department and receiving a chest X-ray, not realizing that Christ mas Seals made it possible to re ceive it for only one dollar and those who were not able to receive a free chest X-ray. Films, solu tions, educational material, reha bilitation are paid for by Christmas Seals for the Seals are , the Bole support of 'the Association. ' Bon ner said that if those who had not sent in theii; eontribution would do ao, eaoh county would make the amount ; 80 badly needed without any burden to-anyone. It is only at Christmas that the Association ran -sell the seals and to sell health the rest of the year, v -, i Offical Board Of Oppose&AGiionX)ri Charter Farm Plan Meeting 1 Set For January 11 With tlie Government controlling all farm land facing the farmers in the State, the Extension Sen-ice has worked up a program consist ing of different ideas by which a farmer" may attempt to plan his farm enterprise in case of divert ed acres. These ideas will lie presented to the farmers ( 1 Perquimans County on Tuesday night. January 11 at 7:30 with Dr. K. U. follins talking on Grain Crops and Pastures, Astor Perry talking on Peanuts and Soy beans, M. S. Williams on Farm Management and Marketing, and Jack Kelly' on Swine and Reef Cat tle. Concerning the meeting R. M. Thompson, County Agent, said: "They will tell of the results that vov, fouwl en experimental trials of these ideas throughout the State and I believe that it will prove f I great interest in Perquimans Coun ty. If you can possibly do so, try to attend this meeting at the Agri 'ultuval Building Tuesday night at :30 and I think that it will bene- fit your farm planning in the fu ture." Indians - Squaws Divide Games With Plymouth Teams The Indians and Squaws of Per. quimans High School divided bas ketball contests with Plymouth last Tuesday night when the Squaws lost a curtain-raiser 51 to 33 and the Indians won a one-point decis ion oer the Plymouth boys 45-44. .Hyfflg thy first los of thefeea sim for the Perquimans girls, and the first win for the local boys. The Plymouth girls came from behind in tlie second period to gain a- 29-23 lead at half time, and the home team was never headed after" that time. Plymouth hit for 8 points in the third period while Perquimans tallied six and in the final canto the Plymouth girls scored 14 points to Perquimans 4 points. Latham, for Plymouth, was high scorer with 27 points. Russell led the local girls with 15 points with Stokes scoring 10 and Edwards 8 points. The Indians opened defense . of their Albemarle Conference title with a close win over the Plymouth boys. Big Paul Matthews with 20 points was the scoring star of the game. The Indians jumped into a 13-10 lead in the first period, but fell behind 20 to 23 at half time. Perquimans added 17 points in the third period to take a 37-36 lead in the ball game and held this mar gin throughout the final quarter. Scoring for Perquimans were Matthews 20,. Carver 10, Williams 1 10, and Hill 5. Lilley with 11 points 1 was high scorer for Plymouth, Tonight the Indians and Squaws will play Williamston High School on the local court, with game time set for 7:30 o'clock. These games are conference contests and the lo cal teams will be out to increase their standing in the conference. Change Made In Station Management Announcement was made here late last week of a change in man agement of the Gulf Service Sta tion. Nonh Gregory, formerly em ployed by the Towe-Webb Motor Company succeeded Murray Dail as! operator and manager- of the sta tion. Seymour-Chappell, formerly! with Joe and Bill's Station, will be associated with Mr. Gregory at the new station, Hertford PTA Meets Next Thursday Night The Parent-Teacher Association of the Hertford Grammar Schodl will meet Thursday night January 13, .at 3 o'clock in the auditorium of he school. - Dr. William F. Bar rel! of Elizabeth City, will apeak oh the subject of Polio as guest program speaker. All parents and friends of the school are urged to attend. r while unpaved, are in the best shape they have been in more than a generation, as a result of contri- butions received by the Town un-j der the Powell Bill' passed by the 1953 General Assembly, giving towns a portion of the gas tax col lected by the State. From this source they point out Winfall to date has received a to tal of $4,065.43, all of which but a cash balance of $980.35 has been spent in improving the streets in the village. Should the Town's charter be repealed this would be lost to the community. The taxes levied by the Town brings in money to hear administra tive cost, such as lighting the streets, some police protection in 1951, and 1952, anil on spiiial oc casions as needed, and incidental expenses as arise from time to time. The balance in hand in this fund as of now is $1,353.54. . The Mayor and named council man also point out that the of- -f icial minutes of their several meetings are of record and may he seen by interested parties. Also, that the books of account are in or- .i i a. .. ..... , . i hit iiuu ii ien jor msoociion iv proper parties. The Mayor and Councilmen Bar ber and Trueblood further asserted that it was their considered opinion that a great majority of the sign ers of the petition addressed to Mr. Holmes wore non-propertv owners, and under the domination of cer- months, ami no citizen of the Town tain individuals, who would like to-had requested to be heard on any see the Town of Winfall eliminated ; matter during those months, formal and its 'government dissolved for' meetings were not deemed neces reasons ! unknown, but, assuredly not sary. in the interest of the public v.ho They also call attention to tha live in Winfall. I fact that the streets of the village, Recorder's Docket L isteel 25 C ases On Last Tuesday ; . : : ; , -' "." ;V: '"" was fined $2 and costs. Pleading guilty to charges of speeding were Ambrose Evans, fin ed $25, Reed Edwards, fined $25, Richard McMullen, $20, Rascoe Hunt, $20, Raymond Underwood. $20, Hunter Herrington, 15, Edward Frazier, 15, Rodney Batcmnn, $15, John Bruce, Jr., 15, and Vincent Lazzaro, $15. McKinley Jones, Negrc, was fin ed $15 after being found guilty of a charge of assault. Prayer for judgment was con tinued in the case in which Elsie Harris, Negro, was found guilty of a charge of being drunk. Louis Sanford was fined $12 af ter pleading guilty to charges of driving on the left side of a high way. Imvis Moore, Jr., JScgro, was found not guilty on a charge of reckless driving. A fine of $20 and costs were tax ed against Alex Riddick, Negro, charged with failing to observe a stop sign, and driving with insuf ficient brakes. Winsola Etberidge, Negro, was fined $20 and costs on charges of failing to observe a stop sign and reckless driving. A nol pros was taken in the case in which Alton Winslow was charg ed with reckless driving. Swine Breeders Name Off icers For Year The Albemarle Purebred Swine Breeders Association met and elect ed new officers for 1955. ; The of ficers are as follows: ' President Clarence Chuppell; vice president Preston Nixon; secretary and treas. urer, K. U. Ward. "j ... .. They also selected the date of Friday, February 18, at the time for the next Purebred Sale. This sale will start at 1:00 and will be held at the Hertford Livestock & Supply Co., in Hertford., There will be about 80 animals sold which will include bred gilts, open gilts, and boars, with some of all breeds entered for sale. 2 .-. ;y i BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT, Mr. and Mrs, Eldon Winslow an nounce , the birth of a daughter, Sarah Elliott born Frdiay, Decem ber 3.1, -at the Albemarle Hospital. Mrs. Winslow, before her marri age, was Miss Ruth Elliott ' : , Winfdll Claim Petition Not , Representative Of , Majority Of Town ' Nathan Mathews, Mayor of Win fall, stated today, that a petition signed by F. S. Winslow and C. J. ITmphlett and others addressed to . C. R. Holmes. Perquimans Repre sentative in the General Assembly, regarding Winfull's charter, did not represent the wishes of a majori ty of the responsible citizens of the town. The petition requests -Mr, Holmes to endeavor to put through a bill in the 1955 session of the North , Carolina General Assembly repeal ing WinfnlPs municipal charter anfl. dissolving the Town's government. The petitioners in their petition allege "that, the governing body has discontinued the holding of regu lar meetings;" and "that the busi ness of the Town seems not to have been or to be conducted according to' law." Mayor Mathews and Councilmen Durwood L. Barber and David R, Trueblood point out that during the yeai1954 nine regular and one spe "ial meetings of the governing body were held. That during the months of February, April, and July reg ular meetings were not held, but the hoard members were in contact with each other, and since no offi-. cial action was scheduled for those Traffic Violations , Make Up Majority Of Calendar A heavy docket, consisting of 25 cases, was disposed of by the Per quimans Recorder's Court here last Tuesday. Traffic violations made up the majority of cases heard. Probable cause was found in the case in which Rciley Sutton, Jr., Negro, was charged with larceny and receiving stolen property. Sut- ' ton was bound over for action at the April term of SUpertor'Court. Fines of $", and JystSji'err- as sessed against Aristan Belcher, Negro, and Elmer Holmes. ' A nol pros was taken in the case in which Finest, Dnil, Negro, waa charged with hit and run.. James K. Edwards plead guilty to charges of having no operator's license and speeding. He was fined $40 and costs. Prayer for judgment was contin ued in the case of William Law- . renee, charged with speeding. William Douglas, Negro, was fill, ed $12 after pleading guilty to " charges of driving with improper lights. ' George Peyton, Negro, entered 3 plea of guilty to being -drunk.'' He Filled By Chairman Three vacant committee chair manships for the Perquimans Red ., Cross chapter have beerf filled ac cording to an announcement made this week by C. P. Morris, chair-. man Of the Red Cross, - , A.' W." Hefren has accepted1 tha post of treasurer tf or the chapter, the Rev, James Mattox Is the new Home Service Officer and'H. N. Nixon has accepted chairmanship of the Blood Program committee, Hefren succeeds T.'EmoryiWhita as treasurer, the Rev, Mtftto takes the post formerly held by 'the Rev". Alfred Chaplin and Nixon succeeds Tannage Rose as chairman' of tha Blood Program, committee. ; ' K -,' i Mr. Morris stated the chaptct will soon make 'plans for ,'tlie ' an nual roll call campaig jfof fun 'i which will be conducted during tlj month of March. " J"'