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.ume XXII. Number 7. iclustrialGroiipTo . . ". W ztci uWOA'fActiVityi lOfCfKittlttMadfe , j To Town Board A', meeting of the Perquimans In dujgtriel Committee has been called fojf next Wednesday night, Febru lrp'lfbf R. L. Hollowell, chair man of tne group, for the purpose of reviewing the work of the group during the past year and organiz ing -plans for the coming year. committee, will meet next wflek- at. the Municipal Building be ginning, at 7:30 o'clock. All mem. berg of tjie committee are request jldi;to'bj present,"-.vv:r ' ..,' Several members of the com mi t tekf ihcludrng Mr. Hollowell, Mrs. Vola : Nachman, A. W. Hefren, L. ..GJj Winsjow, Mayor V. N. Dardcn any t Max Campbell met with the Twi '(minissioners last Monday ilhjt..fpf; .ft brjef discussion of re cent activities aimed at securing iff industry for this community, X Mrsr Nachman, secretary of the conimitee, 'gave a report on recent developments,, and it wag disclosed the; group has been in rcon tact with t, organizations seeking . Dew lo cations for their factories, but as yetLflO. definite decisions have been ported, by-the manufacturers. A third contact vu ' made bv the grbup thiftweek, and this develop ment is being follpwcd up now by th'f' chairman, secretary and May or.' ? While the committee has been unsuccessful, during the past year, in, securing .definite commitment fo , ne1 industry, It, wag reveal ed t the meeting1 with the Town potrd, a tremendous amount ' of Vfrorlr 7aa been carriedout through the secretary, . Mrs. Nachman, by hi yrvjr of - contacting leads and preparation of data, and Informa- Uon tot be furnished prospective in. . fHirther -advancement for plan's for the Industrial Committee is ex pected 'lo be worked 'out at i the ityeetjng iomlng up tiext week,' and the chairman-is requesting the at tendance of all members. . ' - ; The UN Security Council, Tues day 'suspended efforts toward a cease-fire plan concerning Formosa after Red China and Russia had re sisted proposals madeby the Coun cil.' The situation over Formosa has settled down ' somewhat, with evacuation of the Tuchen Islands being completed .without- resistance by Red China. The UN now pro posed the Formosa problems be settled by diplomats. . 1 Reports concerning Russia, since the big change-over in top Red Of ficial! last week, brlnnr forth var ied conclusions, most of which in dicate the Soviet,' despite shortages In consumer goods for' home cori sumption, will, continue to stress production of heavy industry re portedly 'for armament Some of these reports point out there ia still struggle .among high Communists for perSp'nal power in ruling Rus sia, and this internal trouble may v. check '..-Communist tactics in the cold war for a time. Kiy Howell Wins peaking: Contest ' The annual speaking contest, sponsored "at Perquimans High School by. the Piney Woods Friends Missionary Society, was inducted last Monday with Kay Howell be i t judged, the winner com the 1 ield , of five contegtanta.' : :tWi : : The subject of the speech was "The Role of the United Nations in 7 'IJlhg World Peace," Entries in ' s contest were Kay, Howell, Rach-. - I fplvey,' Nancy lne, Patricia ara ;and Mary Frances Eure. winner of the local contest, i Howell wilt participate in a 'ct contest, and the winner of -ict meet will receive a free v ? to the United Nations. : i A'ic Oganizations desiring to se t any of the local speakers for i ' T'c Lima may make arrange- r by contacting E. .C. Wood i iincipal of the school. . . r. J.; THE T j J Jk A W 7 CUllCdUttY pal Bldg Central PTA Meets Next Monday Night The PTA of the Perquimans County Grammar School will meet Monday night, February 21, at 7:30 o'clock in the school cafe teria. The subject of the month is "Sails Are Set For Moral and Spiritual Value." The New Hope community will be in charge of the program with Mrs. John Hurdle as chairman. Kary Dandley of Eliza beth City will conduct .the devo tional. Special music by Mrs. Melvin Eure. A brief sketch of Founders Day will be given by Josiah Sutton. All members are .urged to attend. res Perquimans County's corn acre age allotment for 1955 is 18,773 acres as compared with the 1954 allotment of 16,979 acres. In mak ing the announcement, Leonidas L. Lane, chairman of the Perquimans County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee points out that the increase over 1954 is due to an increase in the national allotment recently proclaimed by Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson. The national .corn acre age allotment for 1955 is 49,842,697 acres; in 1954 it was 46,995,504 acres. Mr. Lane advises that the county allotment has been apportioned among the corn growing farms of the county and that notifications of j individual farm allotments were nnailM Mo farmers'. February 15. Those who feel that their allot ments have not been properly cal culated may file an appeal with their county committee within 15 days after the allotment notice was mailed. The farm allotments, Mr. Lane explains, are based on the acreage planted to corn in 1951, 1952 and )953, aa adjusted for abnormal weather, and change in the type of farm operation. Adjustments also may be made, to bring the corn acreage into conformity with farms that are similarly operated and al so are similar as to tillable acre age,' crop rotation practices, type of soil and topography. After this a uniform adjustment percentage is applied to all farms in the county to bring the total within the al lotted acreage for the county. . Farmers who stay Within their farm acreage allotment will be eligible for price support on all the corn produced in 1955,- provided the corn meets grade and moisture requirements, and provided the corn is stored in a bin or crib or in commercial -storage approved by the- County ASC Committee. . Eligible corn may be put under Commodity Credit Corporation loan as in other years.' Purchase agree ments also will be available. The loan rate . for . 1955 will be an nounced at a later date .but will not be less than 82 V4 per cent nor more than 90 per cent of parity. Farmers who stay within the corn acreage allotments established for their farm also are eligible for agricultural conservation practice payments. , , The corn acreage allotment pro gram, Mr. Lane explains, is the means provided by law for orderly stabilizing corn production in line with anticipated requirements and to assure cooperating producers that 'their corn will have a market value which is fair to producers. and consumers alike. , Allotments are' required -each year 'except un der' emergency conditions. SPECIAL SERVICES - A Day Apart service, when pray ers will be offered for peace, will be held at the Hertford Methodist Church Friday, February 25, from 10:30 until 11:00 A. M., with Mrs. W. H. Pitt In charge of the medi tation. The public is cordially in vited to attend. ' The World Day of Prayer ser vice will also, be held at this church in the afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. County Allotment By 1,894 Ac PERQUIMANS Hertford, Perquimans County, North OUR CITIZENS OF TOMORROW p' .-its- ) i--.. hike irU.JK m- ,s; kmdSL km w- Above is pictured another in a series of photos of The Weekly's feature, "Our Citizens of Tomorrow." Top row, left to right are: Mitch, ell Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ra Harris; Dianne White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton White; Carolyn Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lewis; Cathy Keel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Keel; Connie. Sawyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Sawyer, Jr.; Jackie Simp son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Simpson. Bottom row, left to right are: Henry Clay Stokes III, son, of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Stokes, Jr.; Angelia Lane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fentress Lane; Joe B. Pickhardt, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Pickhardt; Phyllis Hendren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hendren; Constance Pucky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Pucky, and Marta Matthews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Crafton Matthews. Identification and photos by Alien Studios, Detroit, Michigan. IndiaKandSquawsiMrs. Jack Lose Conference The regular basketball season will close at Perquimans High School Friday night when the In dians and Squaws play the Eden ton boys and girls in an Albemarle Conference double bill. Tuesday night the local teams traveled to Ahoskie and lost both games to the Ahoskie teams. The Indian Squaws came home on the short end of a 70-49 contest while Ahoskie boys defeated the Indians 61 to 36. The girls' contest was . fairly even going into the third quarter when Ahoskie girls broke the game open and piled up ,a commanding lead. Basemore, with 24 points. and Liverman with 23 points were high 'scorer for the Ahoskie girls, while Barbara Edwards hit for 20 for Perquimans and Jo Pat Stokes tallied 16 and Barbara Russell hit for 13 points. The Indians were outclassed by the Ahoskie boys; Ahoskie jumped into a 24-10 lead in the first per iod and led at halftime 41 to 17. Hil, with 22 points, and Odom, with 16, led the Ahoskie scoring. Scor ing for Perquimans were Bray 9, Mathews 7, Carver 6, Hill, Baker and Williams, four each. On last Friday night the local teams played the Weeksville girls and boys, dividing honors with the Pasquotank teams. The Squaws won a 42 to 27 victory while the Weeksville boys rallied in the final quarter to win a two-point decis ion from the Indians 41 to 39. The Squaws won easily, being ahead 14-6 at the quarter and 26- 13 at halftime. Russell led the lo cal girls in scoring with 17 points, while for Weeksville, Jennings tal lied 12 points. Perquimans boys led at halftime! 20 to 14, after having a hot second quarter and were ahead 30 to 26 at the start of the final quarter. Weeksville cut loose with 15 points in the final round to outscore Per quimans and win.' Paul Matthews, with nine points and Bray and Carver with eight each, led the Perquimans attack, while Hensley was high scorer for Weeksville with 21 points. The local teams will participate in the conference tournament at Edenton, beginning February 24. Perquimans plays Ahoskie in the first round of the meet while Eden ton tangles with Plymouth. Semi final games in the tourney will be played Friday, February 25, and the finals on Saturday, February 26th, :;'".,';;'.;; OBSERVES FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Monran. who -were, married on, February 8, 1905, observed their 50th wedding anniversary very quietly on Tues day at their . home on Church Btreeb - '' . . .:- Though no invitations were is sued, numerous friends called at the, home to congratulate the pop ular couple ' and many cards and congratulatory messages were re ceived. . '' MASONS tO MEET The Perduimana Masonic Lndcre. No. 106. A. F.. & A. M.. will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. Will Direct Red Gross Drive Mar. 1 Local Goal Reduced To 1,075; Drive To ; Last 10 Days Plans are being perfected for the annual Red Cross Roll Call to get underway throughout Perquimans County on March 1, it was reported this week by C. P. Morris, Chair man of the Perquimans Chapter of the Red Cross. Mrs. Jack Burbage has accepted the chairmanship of the campaign and will direct the fund raisini drive, Mr. Morris said.' - - ' Work is now in progress seem ing volunteer solicitors for the membership campaign and Mrs. Burbage reports the drive will be conducted along the same pattern as in the past, with solicitors mak ing a house to house canvass for funds for the Red Cross. She will announce the co-chairmen for the drive within the coming week. Perquimans County has been as signed a reduced quota for the 1955 Red Cross campaign according to Mr. Morris who has been notified the county goal is $1,075. It is the hope of the National Red Cross, and the local chapter, that the 1955 campaign can be suc cessfully concluded within 10 days, and local solicitors will be urged to begin canvassing on March 1, and complete the. task by Marsh 12. Supplies and information con cerning the Koll L.all are now be ing distributed by Mrs. Burbage, and will be in the hands of all so licitors by the kick-off date of March 1st. In view of the reduced quota for Perquimans County, local chapter officials are hopeful this county will be one of the first in the State to reach its quota, and the public is urged to participate by giving generously to this fund, which pro vides so many services to the peo ple in time .of .trouble. , Chapanoke Post Office To fie Closed Perquimans County is losing one of its Post Offices, effective Feb ruary 28, apcording to an announce, ment received here this week from N. R. Abrams, Assistant Postmas ter General. ; S The action closing the Chapanoke office is a result, it is believed, of the Federal policy which has been followed in recent months.. Residents now ; served by the Chapanoke office will, after Feb ruary 28, be served by the Hertford Post Office. Patrons will be di vided into two groups, one being served by Rural Route -Carrier No. 2; and the other group being serv ed by, Carrier for Route No. 8. Authorities believe Hiawtrons will receive betC consolidation duel the lei. cient mail connections? ceipt and dispatch of q Carolina. Friday, February 18, 1955. Burbage Hertford PTA In Meeting Thursday The Hertford Grammar School Parent Teacher Association .met Thursday night, February 10. Minutes of the last meeting were read itnd approved. A. devo tional program was conducted by Mrs. John Costen. The treasurer's report was given. Mr. Ainsley an nounced that credit would be given the committee who went to Mur- freesboro for the workshop that was not conducted. He also re minded all committee chairmen to bring their reports to the March meeting. The president announced that February was observed as Founders month and an offering will be taken upon leaving the meeting. A committee of Jarvis Henry, Mrs. Edgar Fields and Mrs. George Baker were nominated to select officers for the coming year. Mrs; R. S. Monds, chairman 4 the Study Course Committee, an nounced that two courses would be given the following day in her home at 10 A. M. and at 8 P. M. There were three speakers at each meeting. Miss Elliott gave a wonderful report on progress of lunch room activities and the present milk program. The meeting was turned over to Mrs. Warner Madre, who intro duced Dr. W. F. Hearrell, Jr., Pe- diatritian, who gave an enlighten ing and encouraging discussion on progress of poliomyelitis. The door prizes were won by Mrs. Harrison and Mr. Ainsley. The attendance cup was won by Mrs. Morgan's second grade. MY. Hefren Named A. W. Hefren was elected presi dent of the Hertford Rotary Club for t;he year beginning July 1, at the meeting of the club held Tues day night at the Hotel Hertford. Other officers elected were Bill Davis, vice president; Jack Kanoy, secretary-treasurer; Rev. James Mattox, Dr. A. B. Bonner and Max Campbell, directors. Mr. Hefren will succeed Henry C. Sullivan, outgoing president, who will also serve as a director. Hefren served as president of the club a number of years ago, and is the first member ever elect ed to lead the club for a second term. He will appoint committee chairmen for the club year follow ing installation of the new officers in July. W. M. S. TO MEET The,Woman'8 Missionary Society of the Baptist Church will meet Monday night, February 21, at 8 o'clock at the church. AH mem bers are urged to be present, v Rotary President WEE KEY Eighteen Cases On Recorder's Docket Here Last Tuesday A total of 18 cases wore dispos ed of during last Tuesday's session of Perquimans Recorder's Court, presided over by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. Nine of the defendants, all charged with speeding, enternd pleas of guilty to the charges and each paid fines in the following amounts: Percy Thomas $25, Jo seph Cunningham $20, Charrow De. Costa $20, Bertha Levin $20, Har ry Malnick $20, John Giunta $15, Josiah Thomas $15, Guy Harding $15 and Lucile Patenaude $15. Carroll Layden, charged with is suing worthless chocks, failed to appear in court. He was ordered apprehended and to bo held for a bond of $300. A fine of $25 and costs were taxed against John Higgins and Robert Marshall, each of whom en tered pleas of guilty to possession of concealed weapons. Levi Henderson, Negro, was found guilty on charges of reckless driving. He was ordered to pay a fine of $50 and costs from which he noted an appeal to the Superior Court. Will Jones, 'charged with obtain ing money under false pretense, was found guilty of the charge and was ordered to pay the court costs. A fine of $25 and costs were tax ed against W, J. Stanton who pleaded guilty to charges of driv ing without a license. Herman Hollowell was found not guilty on a charge of reckless driv ing. Willie Winslow and James Rid- dick, Negroes, were ordered to pay the costs of court on charges of mutual assault. Riddick entered a plea of guilty, while Winslow was found guilty of the charges. Clifton Fclton, Negro, submitted to charges of failing to observe a stop sign and paid the costs of court. A nol pros was taken in the case n which Hoy Lassitcr was charg ed with driving after his license had been revoked. World Day Of Prayer Services February 25 The public is cordially Invited to attend the World Day of Prayer service to be observed in Hert ford at the Methodist Church, on Friday, February 25, at 3:30 P. M. Members of all the churches will take part in the program, which is under the direction of Mrs. H. A. Whitley. This special day of prayer is ob served each year on the first Fri day in Lent throughout the entire Christian world, and is non-denominational. In Hertford, the service is ro tated, being held each year at eith er the Baptist, Methodist or Epis copal Church, always with all de nominations being represented in the service. This is the usual time for the service to be held at the Episcopal Church, but because re pairs are being made in the inter ior of that church at this time, the Methodist Church will be the hos tess 'church. Election Plans For Town Of Hertford Made At Meeting HDC Council Gives Polio Drive Program An entertainment program was sponsored by the Home Demon stration County Council for the benefit of the March of Dimes on Thursday night, February 10, at the Agricultural Building. Each club was responsible for some type of entertainment. A variety of talent was displayed and the pro gram was very entertaining. After tin; show a collection was taken at the door. This collection amounted to $18.79. No prizes were given. The entire amount went to the polio drive. Dept Of Revenue Adopts Policy On Storm Loss Claims Last fall, Hurricane Hazel rip ped through coastal and eastern North Carolina, causing millions of dollars in damage. This week, the North Carolina Department of Rev enue released a guide for the state income taxpayer to assist him in determining his uncompensated loss on non-commercial property, which is deductible from the income on which he must pav tax. Because of the wide area visited by the Hurricane niral sections, villages, towns, cities, and the many types of residential proper ties destroyed or damaged, the De partment did not attempt to set forth hard and fast rules, but has established the broad, generalized policies under which this loss is to be determined. The full text of Revenue Com missioner Eugene Shaw's memo randum may be obtained by writ ing to the North Carolina Depart ment of Revenue, Income Tax Di vision, Raleigh, North Carolina. Basically, the sum to be arrived it hy the taxpayer, to satisfy the Revenue Department is the differ ence in value of his non-business real and personal property as a di rect result of the hurricane, less the amount of insurance recovery. Generally, here are the accept able methods by which the taxpay er may arrive at an equitable es timate of his loss: If the residential or other non commercial property was complete ly destroyed, the taxpayer of course must first determine the original cost, plus cost of improve ments made since the original pur- hase. He adds these items to gether. Then he determines the fair market value just before loss, takes the smaller of these figures, subtracts amount of insurance re- (Continued on Page Six) Program Released For Rotary Party NUR-AL-DIN, Oriental Mystic, is the scheduled feature fur a bi llies' night, and 50th anniversarv party to lie given by the Hertford Rotary Club- on Tuesday, Febru ary at the Hotel Hertford, it was announced today. This turbaned prince amazes ev eryone with his powers of read ing answers to questions in the shifting sands of his native desert, iccording to announcement by A. W. Hefren, program chairman. Club members will he told all about themselves as the famous seer penetrates the human mind. The evening's program is built around a Laugh Fiesta, a series of eight funmaking, laughter-packed events, states the novel invitation being received by Rotary Club members. Every minute is planned for, the fun increasing as the even ing progresses. One of the con tests for prizes is so full of sur prises it is bound to break records for laughter explosions, it is re ported. "For once we are letting ourselves go," says R. S. Monds, Jr., chairman of the anniversary com mittee. "You'll forget you ever had a dull rare the moment you meet the "Cherrio". leader. From then on you'll become a part of The Laugh Fiesta." 5 Cents Per Copy Officials Named Conduct Ballot ing On May 3rd To Election of an official board, con sisting of Mayor and four commis sioners, for the Town of Hertford will be held on Tuesday, May 3, it was announced at the meeting of the Town Board last Monday night. Official dates for the election are set by state law, and Town Attor ney Chas. E. Johnson advised the board filing date for the election is April 14. Registration books will be open April i) through April 15, with April 22 as challenge day. The primary for election of nom inees will be held on April 25, and the election will follow on May 3. Mrs. J. H. Satchwell, Mrs. K. G. Koonre and D. J. Pritchard were named by the Board to serve as of ficials for the election. In addition to the above, the Board handled its usual routine business matters, and named a committee of Mayor Darden- and Commissioner W. Ray White to in vestigate parking conditions at the Corners of Market and Edenton Road Streets, and to set up 15 minute parking zones if this is found to be needed. A bronze plaque, inscribed with the names of town officials, which was purchased to be installed in the Municipal Building, has been received and was inspected and ap proved by the Board during the. meeting. The plaque will lie in stalled on the building within the near future. At the conclusion of the Board meeting the Mayor and Commis sioners met with several members of the Industrial Committee and discussed action being taken to se cure new industry for this com munity. Doughtrey Funeral Held Last Saturday Mrs. Mattie White' Daughtrey, 5, died last Thursday morning !at her home in Winfall after an ill ness of five months. She was a native of Perquimans County, daughter of the late Alphonso and Sally Phillips White and widow of Edward B. Daughtrey. Surviving are four sons: W. M. Daughtrey of St. Louis, Mo., E. R. and G. W. Daughtrey both of Greensboro, and W. W. Daughtrey of Winfall; five brothers, Elbert White of California, Joe White of Texas, Opal White of Baltimore, Mil., and Elijah and Tom White both of Winfall; four sisters, Mrs. L. M. Simpson of Elizabeth City, Mrs. J. H. Baker, Miss Donna White and Mrs. A. R. Winslow, all of Winfall. Funeral services were conduct ed last. Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the WinTall Methodist Church by the Rev. H. M. Jamie son, pastor. The church choir sang "Safe in the Arms of Jesus", "Jesus Pilot Me" and at the graveside sang "Abide With Me." Pallbearers were Johnnie Simpson, Raymond Stan ton, Garland Baker, J. L. Nixon. J. F. Hollowell anil T. L. Jessup. Burial followed in Cedarwood Cemetery. Baptist Men To Meet Friday Nijrht There will be a mass meeting of the men of the Hertford Baptist , Church Friday evening at"7:30. The purpose of the meeting will tfe to discuss possibilities of organiz-' ; intr a Banttat "Rrothcrhnnrf fcfa- Itistics show that less than'1 50 per cent of the men in the ' churches from the age of 17 up are'artivel'j serving. The purpose 6f the firo- therhood is to mobilize the 'total manpower of the church' and har ness this power through Christian fellowship, dedicated service and spiritual training. Representatives from the North Carolina State Baptist Convention will be on hand to lead the meet ing. AH men of the Baptist Church are urged to be present. Light re freshments will be served by the Men's Chorus after the meeting. -"Little Man" Broughton will direct ' the refreshment Lour. i !
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