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t u - i ii Volume XXIIL Number 21. Summer Open i, ; A 30-game schedule to be playedjj' bf tne Perquimans ) Indians inhe Albemarle! LpagUe during, the com-. ing summer has 'been released by Ai .IV. ' Hefren, president of the league.' -1 - The league schedule, drawn dur ing, the past week, calls for the In dians to open the season in Hert ford on Tuesday, June 5, playing Chowan. Games will be played on Tuesday, Thursday and .Friday ' nights. The home game schedule for the Indians is as follows: June 5, Chowan here. June 8, Camden here. . June 15, Williamston here. June 21, Elizabeth City here. June 26, Colerain here. June 28, Chowan here. July 3, Camden here. ' ,i July 10, Williamston here. July 13, Elizabeth City here. ; July 19, Colerain here. July 20,.Choman here. , , July 26, Camden here.'"' ' ' August 2, Williamston here. . August 7, Elizabeth City here. August 10, Colerain here. Organization of the Perquimans club was perfected at a meeting held oh Wednesday' night of last "week when Claude Brinri was nam- ed as business manager, J. W. Dil- Ion as treasurer and Hank Christ - gau was selected as team manager. Directors elected were C. C. Banks, J. E, Morris, W. T. Elliott, H. N. Nixon, W. W. White and Jack Brinn. y s:'-if 'Season tickets, good for all home games the Indians play, ex cepting" play-off contests, will be placed on sale within, the next day or two and the price will be six dollars per ticket. ' , . Manager Christgau started prac tice sessions for the oc& team last Monday and aniHincVd any player . wisnW'W trxlot ftrvthS?elub i.i.a.'(;i. aL-rJ52.ijii-r. ; luiuum cviiuice nun Hmncuiuceiy.. A S G ? ;A riri oil n c es New Regulation Oh Farm Operations Farms in this county, , even though adjoining and owned by the same person, must be operated as : one farming unit in order to be considered as one farm for allot- ; ment purposes, Helene W. Nixon, Perquimans Cpunty ASC Office ' Manager, said today.. The' county offices have been di rected by the ASC State Commit tee to make a survey immediately - to determine that all farms in the county .are properly ' constituted. . Tilman R. Walker, chairman of tht ASC State Committee,' says there are many tracts of land in, the ' State owned by Jhe same person and operated 4as a4 single; farming , ' unit yet the owner : has retained V) these tracts on ASC records as sep arate farms. In some, cases, he said, the producers were aratious - that the tracts not be combined due to minimum allotment provisions in! the law, and the 15 acre per farm permitted acreage on wheat. . The survey of th State that is now 1 being made is to: determine , . that all farms are. constituted' in - accordance with the regulations of - the Secretary of Agriculture re ' gardless of how they tnay be af fected under certain programs. Walker explained, that these regu lations require 'that all adjacent or nearby farmland, which, is un der the same Ownership and' op-J era ted as one farming unit, shall be - . considered as one farm. ASC ' County Committees nave aiso. Men Instructed at ithe time of this sur vey to examine all farm combina-; tiohs w'hich ' have been " approved daring fhe last three" years, and de termine if the tracts which were tlien combined are now being op erated as one farming unit, and still owned by the same person. If f e ASC Committee finds that the " si ts are not currently being op- osfttcJ as one farming unit or are ar owned by the same per , I'efrraas now constituted j here today. All meir bers are urg 1 (av" irM i' criminal i ed to be present f r l!.e meeting ( r : i MM 1 League To JpirSth The annual cancer drive for funds in Perquimans County, has been extended for a period of two weeks.i It was announced today 'by Mrs. Elton Hurdle, drive chairman, who stated the total contributions reported up to Wednesday of this week amounted to $418.19, or about one-half of the county's goal. The campaign,. Mrs Hurdle said, will be brought to a close the end of May. ' Patrclninfcrts OnlwogiytSi: Considerable 'property damage "was done but no one was injured in two wrecks which occurred about a mile South of here shortly after 6 o'clock Sunday morning. ' ;, Leamon McDaniel Woolard, 40, a resident of Washington, N. C, lost control of a 1954 Ford sedan which skidded across the highway and hit , a telephone pole. About $500 dam- j age. was done to his car, according to State Highway Patrolman B. R. Inscoe who investigated. , About 35 minutes later, Patrol man Inscoe said, a 1956 "Reo truck and trailer operated by. Leamon Johnson Woodley, 35-year-old Cur rituck County Negro wholjves near Grandy, passed the- scene of the accident and hit a guide wire lead' ing to the cracked telephone pole which tore down ther pole as well as two others 'doing about $1,000 damage -to telephone lines: Dam age. to the track, Inset aid ,was estimated at $109 by rfts owner. WoodleV Vas -ltot jnjtoseaV Vt farms. 1 . On the basis of requirements for the combination and division of farms, Walker requested any farm er who thinks that his farm is im properly constituted to contact his local ASC Committee and take im mediate steps to correct this situ ation. Thomson Elected The Hertford Lions' Club in its regular meeting at Brown's Res. taurant, elected the following offr cers for the yar 1956-57: Presi- dent, R. M. Thompson; first vice president, Joe Tunnell; second vice president, ; Harry Wlnslow; third vice, president, Claude Brinn; sec retary-treasurer, J. T. Biggers; Lion tamer,' A. H. Edwards;' tail twister, Jim Bass; two year direc tors, Charles Harre)!, and J. T. Lane; one-year directors, Louis Tarkington and T. P. Byrum. , j; The Lions Club, ff sponsor of 0ie Hertford Troop of Boy Scouts, voted' to defray a part of the ex penses of Scout Bobby Matthews who has been selected as one of 17 Boy Scouts from the United States to tour Europe this summer. Oth er civic organisations will also con tribute.. 1 1' 'jy-j'pU- ,v :j '"'V'y Jayc3 To Install " ' New Officers Wed. New , officers, for the Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce will be installed following a dinner meeting on Wednesday, May 30, at the VFW hall, it wai announced I snd installation services. UiTotxt::::: Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina.-Friday, May 25, 1956. 1,1 V'JWr: 1 Hi 1 1 TOP HONORS in the Albemarle Fat Stock Show was won bv ! with his grand champion Angus, event wnicn was termed the oest PTA AtCentral The annual Perquimans Central Grammar School picnic was held May 21, on the school lawn ut 6:30 P," M. After the pfenic the group adjourned to the auditorium for the last , PTA meeting of the year. "America, the Beautiful" was sung by' all, after which the president, Mrs. John Hurdle, turned the meet "ing over to Mrs. Elwood White program chairman for the Bngley Swamp community, with "Music and Culture in the Home, School and Community" as the subject. The Rev. Coy Saunders gave the devotional, using the 96th Psalm. A , trio, Ellen Trueblond, ,Nadyne Wiqslow and Rvsngeline Sadnders, a .. - - -..-.. V and Edward. Jordan BeatftifUlly ren dered "Jesus Will Walk With Me." A, lovely selection was given by Mrs. Percy Trueblood at the piano Then Clara Winslow, Mrs. True blood and Miss Saunders rendered "In the Garden of My Heart," ac companied at' the piano by Miss Lelia Lee Winslow. -The secretary, Mrs, J. Van Roach, ' read the minutes of the April meeting and they were ap proved. Mrs. Bryant Miller gave the treasurer's report. . An excerpt from the President's message was read saying the PTA Institute would be June 25-28 at Woman's College, Greensboro. It 'was -announced that Miss Pearl White's name would be sent, with the offering to the State Headquarters Building in Raleigh to be'placeifon a plaque. ; t .The president was appointed as delegate to the Institute with Mrs. Ruby Long as alternate.' , ' During' the announcements, Mr. Maston expressed his appreciation to the organization for the drapes and projector given the school. -t The secretary read a history of the Association this 'year. . The hospital chairman announced that Mrs. Bertha Lane's 4th grade had won the attendance banner. A few remarks were given by T. Biggers and the meeting ad journed. Rites Held For Miss Leola Twine . Miss Leola Twine, 78, died at her home in . Belvidere Monday morning at 2:15, o'clock. She was the daughter 'of1 the late J. W. ano Elizabeth Riddjok Twine; and a na' tive, of Perquimans County. Surviving are three brothers, 'C- M4 J. E., and E..E. Twine, all of Belvidere, ' -" ' Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 8 o'clock at Bethany Methodist Church by the Rev. P, M. Porter- (Burial was in the' family cemetery. "' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Miller an nounce ' the ' birth of daughter. Joan Yvonne, born Friday, May"18 at Chowan . Hospital.' Mrs. Miller the former Miss Sylvia Ann Lfydi. , Picnic Marks Close Of Activity For Q U:IH S -WEEK J ,!-! 1 "MP ! ,1'' J t winner in the cattle divisioa. Forty-one steers were entered in the snow yet held. - Fine Support Given 4-H Club Members At Fatstock Show The eleventh annual Albemarle Fat Stock Show and Sale was held May 15 and 16 at the Scott & Hal stead Produce Terminal near Eliz abeth. Perquimans County 4-H Club members brought home- many honors as they have in years past. "We are all indeed proud of our boys and girls for the fine show ing they made, and also we arc proud of the many buyers who pur chased steers and hogs for Without their backing our Fat Stock sales would. be a failure," stated R. H. Bryant, Assistant County Agent. ; Listed belbw ark ; people and fimsnha purchased1", Perquimans County steers and hogs: Steers Carter Perry Motor Co., Bill Cul peppei1, from Elizabeth City; Hollo well Chevrolet Co., Milton Dail & Son, Smithfield Packing Co., Wins low Oil Co., White's Grocery, Hert ford Banking Co., Harrell Packing Co., from Suffolk, Hertford Live stock Market, Albemarle Chemical Co., J. F. Hollowell & Co., Fred Matthews, Perquimans County Commissioners, Hertford Motor Co., and Pitt Hardware Co. Hogs Hertford Livestock Market, Mil ler and Umphlett, J. F. Hollowell & Son, Smithfield Packing Co. The Grand Champion Steer shown by Clarence Chappell, Jr., was purchased by Carter Perry Mo. tor Co., of Elizabeth City. The Re serve Champion steer shown by Clyde Lane, Jr., was purchased by Bill Culpepper of Elizabeth City. The Grand Champion hog shown by Harold Winslow was purchased by the '"Hertford Livestock Market The Reserve Champion hog shown by Clarence ChappeW, Jr., was pur chased ' by ..Miller ' and ' Umphlett Livestock Co. The Reserve Cham pion pen of three hogs shown by Floyd Matthews was purchased by J; Fv Hollowell & Son. . A prime steer' shown by Louise Chappell was' purchased by Hollowell Chev rolet Company; Milton Dail and Son purchased Thomas Ed Chap pell's prime steer and the Smith field Packing Co., bought Julian Howell's prime steer. The following also assisted with the show and sale: Robert' Rob bins. Junior Miller, Horace Miller. Earl Hollowell, Jarvis Ward, of Southern Cotton Oil Co., and Keith H a s k e tt of r Keith's i Grocery. "ThrougVthe cooperation of these and other; individuals in the county our fat ' stock show and sale for. 1966 was one of the most success- ful evfer hfilrt in th Albemarle nrin' ful ever held in the Albemarle area and was among the top shows and sales held in the state in 1956 both in Quality and prices receded," stated R. M. Thompson, Perquim ans County Agenb " : : : Two Students On ECC Honor Roll Two Perquimans County students at East Carolina College were list ed on the honor roll for the term recently concluded, it was announc ed by the " school : registrar .this week. ' , Misses ' Emilie White and Joanna Williford were listed as winning scholastic honors. ; . ' : :M 1 Clui - enr rhnnnpll Jr.! Uwn ho Auxiliary To Hold Poppy Day Sales Saturday, May 26 Saturday, May 26, will be Poppy Day in Perquimans County. Members of the Auxiliary of the Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the American Legion have completed plans for the annual sale of pop pies aMd the public is urged to p'ur, chase and weaiff poppies honoring tne nation s war dead. . Mrs. Lessie White, Poppy Day chairman, has announced the chap ter ' and cooperating organization? will canvass the county during the day, giving all residents an oppor tunity to purchase one of the me morial flowers. Poppy Day workers are donating their time and proceeds from the sale of the poppies will be used for the benefit of the Legion's vast rehabilitation and welfare work. The little crepe paper flowers have been made under the direction of the N. C. Department of the Auxiliary. The work being given to those who could profit from its occupational therapy value and who are in most'need of the earning. "Some of the men making pop pies are Woild War I veterans of advanced age, who have spent years in the hospitals and are high ly skilled in the work," said Mrs White. "Others are younger men from World War II, while other? are mere boys who received their disabling injuries in Korea. Thf veteran's of the three wars work side by side, helping each other with older men teaching the lesr experienced the fine points of pop py maknig. ; Local NCTA Elects Officers For Year The Perquimans County teachers .held their final professional meet ing on. May 16, at the King Street Elementary School- '.' . Plans were made for the continu ation of the Penelope E. Douglas Scholarship. ' Officers re-elected for 1956-57 were: King A. Williams, presi- ifonf : " Mra' .T S Tlinmnsnn. . vi pre8ident. Miss A M. Hofler, sec .- - .. retary; Mrs, u. it. r eiton, assist- ant secretary; Mrs. M. S, Felton, flNMiailrAi Mro T.. fl Wllann lirne ',ected ag secretary. J. T. Biggers, Superintendent of Schools, congratulated the teachers on the work done this. year. : He also reminded them of the'import ance of having all records correct. MASONS TO MEET The Perquimans "Masonic Lodge No. 106, A, F., & A. M., will meeti Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock in the lodge room. Elijah White,, master of the lodge, urges all members to attend and extends a cordial in-1 vitation to visiting Masons. " . i J Ira ut S - v . StateOfficesUp IIIIIKUUUIIOKl For Saturday Little interest is bein generat ed in Perquimans County over the primary election scheduled for Sat urday, due mainly to the lack if local contests, although nomina tions for a number of state offices will be at stake in the balloting. R. C. Murray, chairman of the Perquimans Board of Elections, reported Wednesday that every thing is in readiness for the pri mary tomorrow and he announced the polls will be open from 6:30 A. M., until 6:30 P. M., for voters to cast their ballots. Governor Luther Hodges, seek ing election to a full term, has three opponents in his race but po litical forecasters predict he will have little trouble in winning the nomination. Five candidates, Luther K. Bani hardt, Alonza Edwards, J. y. Whit field, Kidd Brewer and Gurney P. Hood, are seeking the nomination for the office of Lieutenant Gov ernor. Other contests for states offices include those between L. Y. Bal lentine and Kermit Gray for the office as Commissioner of Agricul ture; Charles F. Gold and John N. Frederick for the office of Com missioner of Insurance; Frank Crance and H. D. Lambeth, Jr., for the office of Commissioner of La bor. Senator Sam J. Erwin, Jr., seek ing re-election to the U. S. Sen ate, has opposition for this office from Marshall C. Kurfees. There is only one purely local contest and that involves member ship on the Board of Education. Three incumbents, George C. Cad dy, D. H. Eure and S. M. Long, are seeking re-election to the Board and Herbert N. Nixon is seeking one of the three posts open at this irimary election. Funeral Conducted Paul J. White Paul J. White, 55, prominent Hertford furniture dealer, died suddenly at his home in the White ston community last Friday about 6 P. M. He was a native and lifelong res ident of Perquimans County, the son of the late James F. and Mrs. Mary Jane Lane White. He was the owner and operator of the Hertford Furniture Store in Hert 1'ord. Active in church and fraternal iffairs, Mr. White was a member of Up River Friends Church and Red Men's Lodge, Tribe 8. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. lr ma Winslow White; two sons, Ot tis White of Hertford, and Lanier White of Whiteston; four brothers, Halph and Archie White of White iton; B. A. White, of Woodland, and J. Hugh White, of Winston Salem; two sisters, Mrs. J. Luther Winslow and Miss Pearl WhitP, Soth of Whiteston and a grand- -.hiid. : Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Up-River Friends Church by the. Rev. Orval Dillon, assisted by the Rev. Mrs. Elizabeth White and the Rev. James O. Mattox. Mi And Mrs TlUInn eaniy a liiaf I In the Shelter of His Love.": The I men's choir sang "The Old Rugged ' Cross" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye." Pallbearers were Billy, Jas per and Arnold Winslow, Lyndon, Thurman and . Hilton White and James O. Layden. Burial was in Friends Up-River Cemetery. Taycees To Hold Fishing Rodeo Sat The Hertford Jaycees will spon sor their second annua! fishing ro deo on Saturday, May 26, it was announced today by Ike Perry, I chairman of the committee charge of the event. 1 in , ; Beginning at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the event will be stag ed at the pier of the Sinclair oil firm, and will close at 4 o'clock. Prizes will be awarded the boy and girl who cstehes the biggest fish during the heurs of the contest All boys and girls through the age of 16 are eligible to compete in the rodeo, Mr. Perry said. - Refreshments will be served the contestants while they are fishing. LastSiUTtJayFor LY 54 Seniors To Get EGHS Diplomas At Exercises Tuesday s Named Delegate J. Emmett Winslow was named as one of the North Carolina dele gates to the National Democratic Convention tti be held this summer in Chicago, by the State Conven tion held in Raleigh last week. Mr; Winslow, Highway Commissioner for First Difision, was a member of the State delegation at the Na tional Convention four years ago. Delinquent Taxes To c iicu u uuc m. Real property in Perquimans vuuiuy u(wn wnicn njoo raxes nave not been paid will be advertised for sale by Sheriff J. K. White on June 1 and sold at the Court House door on Monday, Jitly 2. Sheriff White reminded property owners who have not paid their 1955 taxes that they can save ad ditional cosU of .(advertising. ' by aking.settVv th lvertislntate.- -k-' Corps Of Win , - 1 l,:"':v:V IlL Making Extensive Hurri can e Stu dy What hurricanes do and what to do about them is the subject of an intensive study 'by the Corps of Engineers in cooperation with oth er Federal agencies. How mucn damages they impose, the value of dunes, types of struc tures best suited to withstand, hur ricanes, and how frequently these storms have occurred in the past, are some of the questions a special staff of engineers of the Wilming-j ton District are seeking to answer. The North Carolina examination and survey iV .ta'ed in with a Gulf-to-New; England study being con ducted by the' Chief of Engineers, and will require some three years to finish. Public low 71 approved last June is the enabling authority and, in es sence, it directed the Corps to take the lead in the most comprehensive study of hurricanes ever attempt- pri. An intense investigation of the behavior of hurricanes is a rela- tively new field of effort. Much technical study is required. All fa cilities of the Corps, including the Beach Erosion Board and the Wa terways Experiment Station, are being utilized to the maximum ex tent practicable. The United States Weather Bureau also is tak ing an active part, and talent from universities and consulting firms has been retained to cover all ele ments of this very complex pro ject. . , ,: v. The eventual answers and rec- dtnmendations of course, are un known at thi'S early, stage, accord: ing to N. C. Magnusoh, hydraulic engineer whot along with G. W. Thomas, civil engineer, is seeking to determine data for use in pro tecting lives and property from fu ture storms. v 'v,-. ' The Magnuson-Thomas team, nevertheless, has already amassed much'; valuable information 1 for practical application in" licking the problem. They know, for instance, that Hurricane Hazel traveled far. 5 Cents Per Copy Next Tuesday, May 23, will mark I the close of a school term for 64' I seniors who will receive diplomas ' from Perquimans High School" at exercises to be conducted in the school auditorium, it was announc ed by E. C. Woodard, principal. Candidates for diplomas to be awarded by the Board of Education are: Ruth Ayscue, Marvin Baccus, Nancy Bagley, Vivian Baker, Wal lace Baker, Carl Barber, John Ben ton, Billy Bray, Bobby Brown, Dav id Butler, Marjorie Byrum, Wil liam Byrum, D. A. Carver, Bertha Chappell, LaRue Chappell. Mary Dow Chappell, Ted Chappell, Cor- j bin Cherry, Jimmy Copeland, Caro lyn Dail, Willie Mae Dail, Peggy ' Harrell, Julian HowcM, Carroll Hurdle, Sammy Jennings, A. W. Jordan, Annie Lou Lane, Barbara Lane, Jean Long, Jesse Ray Mans field, Bobby Matthews, Seth Mor gan, Eddie Overton, Belmont Per ry, Annette Proctor, Norman Lee Proctor, William Proctor, Mary Ann Roberson, Joe Rogerson, Bar bara Russell, Janice Stallings, Carlton Sutton, Annie" Reed Stoke- lv. Joe Pat Stokes. Ray Twine, Chariio Umphlett, Chaile. Ward, Ann White, Melville Williams,. At fred Winslow, Judy Winslow, Lois Violet Winslow and LaClaire Win slow. The closing exercises at the school started last Sunday with baccalaureate services and class nigH for the Bemor8 will held Mondsly Members of the graduating class win take part on the commence ment program after which presen tation of the diplomas will be made by J. Edgar Morris, chairman of the Board of Education. ' Medals and annual awards will be presented by Mr. Woodard. The school twnu close on the 4if thA x fcises. X f f-5 , -.t" Engineers and furiously with light luggage (water) wielding her heaviest at tack against seacoast targets, and causing relatively minor damage to inland crops and structures. Not so with Connie, Diane and lone. While they exacted heavy toll on beach property, their great est wrath was spent flooding the countryside where farm crops were maturing for harvest. Some sec tions reported catastrophic losses to farm products. In other areas (Continued on Page Four) 4-H Church Sunday At Baptist Church In recognition of the timely and valuable work of 4-H in our com munity, "4-H Church Sunday" will be held at the Baptist Church this Sunday evening. The progmm. which is under the direction of Mrs. Warner Madre and Mrs. Houston Edwards, will have as its theme "Faith". Others taking part on the program will be Carroll Wil liams, Ralph Sasser, Parker Ches- ' son, Jean Edwards, Franklin He Googan, Joann Matthews, Betty. Brown and Beckie Cox, : . As a special added feature to the service, the Perquimans County High School Glee Club will render special music. This group, which,, is under the direction of Mrs. Chas. Johnson, has distinguished itself for its outstanding achievements i'a this community. They will sing the ever popular "I Walk With God" and Fred Waiting's thrilling arrangement of "Battle Hymn of the Republic." . Eddie OverWii'sq- ' loist for the group, will Sing the beautiful "My Task." , , f '1 All who attend this service ran be assured of an hour of inspfra- -' tion and enjoyment. It begins at 8 o'clock' and all friends of the com munity are cordially invited in share it ' ,