North Carolina Newspapers

r '!! J WEE r -J- i VOLUNTEEB Cim. DEFENSE werker helps total fanny la relief shelter' ta Tdrrington, Comv after all the family's ponies eiona were washed away taring fhe Northeast flood caused hy , Hurricane Diane. Working with the Bed Cress, oWll defense Welfare: , ' Service' volanteers helyed alleviate haman misery Jnst as1 they would do If this natlor. war nddealy attacked. rmd World Photo) . lev .Quarters For DonJuanCbmpany !earo Gomoletioh 1 ."V' New quarters for the Don Juan ' nufactairing Company, n n de r instruction since last fall by Z, A. Mxrris, are rapidly rearing com- - Vtion ahd the company is now in e process of moving into the new ".l'.ng located on Grupb street. The firm expects to have the new aer in full operation as soon i 6" ctrieat wiring, for opera tioa ' mtwhinesj is fully installed. ; The enlarged ;plant, having a 1 .iltof 20,000 square feet, will en ' ' a the company .to eperate com mon one floor, and will pro-, ef'TfeieH a"4 rtt1;le. 3eS.-.. ti--, '.,1' .,' ; ;.; - " Ail operaihms'V ' firm; ex ipt itfce packing and shipping de partments, will be located li the rew funding which has .12,560 ciomw feet of floor ip'itce,' and the litter two ; department ' will1! , be 1 aused in the old quarters located at the ;rear 'of the new building. ' Officials of the Don Juan Com f any, '.which haa-been in peratimi ere In Hertford for the past sev eral years, have stated the new enlarged-quarters will permit the company to step up Its production With the possibility the number of employees will be Increased from 25 to 30 per cent sometime lii the near future.-. . iV.' ; v::-';'.'.? - At the present time the company employs about 80 persons produc ing a complete line of boys' stunts. ' ;'os pffices for the f'rm'!ar$ lo- .4 in New" York, E. ft ,Ruben. i ' .In ts president of the firm and G.arles Shneer Is i"ai ?rjo the llnt in Hertford. '. , i ; t: J5 'lyed among players of the arte League; are how being lated uT. 'ar ttie r onsorship a Hertford J .smbet of jrted last i on Me on Wed i Hat- ... I ; . . .. ''ary r- erce, it w J r T- ." ' ! fame will 1 3 i '. Tield in I" ' n-'c-t, J 'J ' is han ' r !s fc i r i C. . tj VOwJ e Alicia i- ! M TKiSYEEK'S liEADUuISil r Governor .Luther Hodges Tues day Issued an official call for the General ' Assembly to meet in a to consider public school legisla- tion. In issuing the call the i ernor sW he believed public hear- ing. on ifce special matterS'can be eondnctediH W desiea, -athout frTf$nmlhl' tol Ja Washington : Wednesday' was to the effect President Eisenjwwer will remain at the hospital until sometime next -feek, somewhat longer than flrsf forecast The re ports say the President's condition continues to improve? During the past few days the President has carried out - some official dutieB and met several of his admlnlstra- tive officials in conferences at the? hospital. " A Cpngressional committee vot ed Tuesday to cut the legal limit by a total of three billion dollars.!1" (2) result Wthe harvest Th. action foUowed advice th d-, ntr 'n BC'eaKe of th baa,c crP ministratlon intends to reduce the national debt' by that amount. During the, current fiscal year the legal limit on the debt was 281 bil lion dollars, ' The eommitte voted the new limit not to excees 278 billion dollars, ' f , ' " " Officials of 1 the two major po litical parties are pushing plans for tiie national conventions to be held in August : Leaders of both par ties are hopeful short conventions will be the order f the day. The GOP awaits .further word from President Eisenhower on his inten tions to seek re-election while pre dictions onr the race for the Demo cratic nomination favors ' Adlai Stevenson to be' the winner. , Economists predict c increased wages and higher living costs will come during the next year for the nation, v New - demands ' by . steel workers for higher pay is expec- ed to touch off another spiral of wage advances. . " " IVc: V . ... '-'i-e, District 3 it is advisable i v. jo took ) s te t tl.e l" -e 1 fe H ), s Tl"' I ) t' Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, June 22, 1956. ASS Ccimittee'To Coil : Requirements for participation in the 1956, Acreage Reserve Program under the "Soil Bank Act", Public Law 640, were announced by Sec retary . of Agriculture ' Ezra Taft Benson, Helene W. Nixon, Perqui mans County ASC .Office Manager, said today that the County Agri cultural Stabilization and Conser vation Committee, which will - ad minister the- program, will an nounce locally when the program agreements are available for signa ture by farmers in the county of fice.' At that time they will have full information on the terms and conditions. The County Committee and County Office Manager will re ceive full instructions in a meeting to be held in Williamston on June 21 and 22;'":'' :;'-'': '",'' '"''.-.'. , In announcing participation re quirements for ; the 1956, Acreage Reserve Program, Secretary Benson stated: ;u v.--,'-; if!; :.;.r'v'v "We have proceeded with all pos sible haste since enactment of the Soil Bank legislation to present-a sound 1956 program to farmers. It is true, however, that the program for this year is in. a sense a spe cial program designed to meet the time limitations and the require ments of the legislation for 1956.' For that reason, 1956 will not present a fair trial of what the pro gram can accomplish, The rates set ere for the 1956 program only, Be fore next year's crops are planted, howeverIncluding fall ceding of wheat this year, we will torn an opportunity to plan and. develop a more comprehensive program iJhe. So" Bank mal ava.lable Gov-'in"W especially i1967 a way reduc T "j ufe8' to Wr4 1 our soil and water -re- Wito i : ,m- ,f i .eHgible t6 take part in the program ma earn pay ments in connection with one or more of the commodities specified in the law-corn, wheat, upland or extra long staple cotton, peanuts (except Virginias nd Valencias for which 'there ii no surplus), rice, and most types of tobacco by re ducing their acreage of the crop be low the farm's established allot ment (or base acreage in the case :':---m unaer tne oasic rules oi eugioui- ty established in keeping with the law,, acreage designated . for the Acreage Reserve must: (1) Be representative of the land used for less man tne larm auoiment .d or corn base acreage, and (3) not be grazed, cut for hay, or cropped for the entire 1956 calendar year. Noxious weeds must also be con trolled on the "reserved" acreage; In order to participate in the Acrecage Reserve, a farmer must comply with all acreage allotments or corn base established for the farm. . . The 1956 program, as provided by the law, contains special provi- Nixon Hollowell, 78, a lifelong resident ' of - Perquimans County, died Wednesday at 9 a.m. after ah illness of three weeks. - ,. The son of the late John and Nancy Evans Hollowell, he was the husband of the late Ezer Perry Hol lowell. He was a member, of the Anderson Methodist Church. : Survivors include four sons, Wil son, Johnnie, 'Thomas and Robert Hollowell, all f Hertford; five daughters,' I'r's. V7s!ion Lane and Miss Ruth Hollowc'.!, both of Hert ford; Krs. Clerrn Cass of Eden- ton, and T A Ingram and Mrs. Annie W" a brother, R, J. ford, and 2 c - Funertl s'rv We.'. ies' .y at S s m Z" ' " ' r of Norfolk; oil, of Hert - .'.en. ' e conducted f t the Ander " y Ce Rev. i r ,iiow- 1 .A. 'TTYI iV' 1 ;'r?i i ' i siohgiand payments' which embli farmers to participate this yeajj.' Any farmer ' who 1 otherwise - eonif plies with the provision of the Acreage Reserve will be eligible for payment if: ; 1. He has underplanted his Soil Bank corn base or hid allotment for cotton, rice, tobacco; peanuts, -or wheat (when planted to spring wheat) and he certifies that he underplanted (a) in anticipation. of complying with the .1956 Acreage Reserve or (b) because of advene weather conditions; or. 2. He has underplanted hjs .1966 allotment for winter wheat ' and certifies that this was done because of adverse weather conditions; or : 3. He has complied with his Soil Bank corn base or his farm allot ment for a particular trop, but aij acreage of the crop , was not har vested because of destruction by natural causes; or ' . , ( ; 4. The farmer is in an area where an established final date set f6r the basic commodity for his area s subsequent to May 28. and he .plows or otherwise ' physically incor porates the crop into the soil, or clips, mows, or cuts the crop after May 28 and prior to June 30 or the established final date, whichever is J later. (The "established final date" will be the same as the last date on which the acreage of a basic crop may be adjusted in order to bring it into compliance' with the acre age allotment of the regular pro duction adjU8tBWot iroBTaml, f Maxium and minimum acreage of the basic crop which Fmay be plac ed in the Acreage Reserve have been established as follows (except that where the1 allotment h less than the' specified acreage mini mum or. maximum, the total allot ment shall, be jconsidred hak tie Foi ; rW'-'thej maximiinv'Js the larger nf -half the eon MSe acre age xif AH fuufs. The siihimum is the larger; of UO per tat of the base acreage or 5 acre: For wheat, the maximum Is the larger of half the Wheat, allotment or 50 acres. The minfmum is the larger of 10 per cent of the allot ment or 6 acres. :'.-i.. For rice, the maximum is the larger of half the rice allotment or 60 acres. The minimum is the larg er of 10 per cent of the allotment or 5 acres. ;&r'.v,..;' ;''y ;'..: For cotton, the maximum is. the larger of half the allotment or 10 acres; The, minimum is the .larger of 10 per cent of the allotment or 2 acres, , r , For peanuts, the maximum is the larger of half thlrotn4ni 3f 10 acres. The .minimum is -the -larger of .10 per cent of the allotment or 1 acre. v For tobacco, the maximum is the larger of half the allotment of 5 acres. The minimum is the larger of 10 per cent of the allotment or 1 acre,:? The payment which a farmer may earn for participating in the (Continued Pare Eight) CaiyYcjlhlVins $1,C13Scl:rsli:p A' 1956 graduate of Perquimans High School, Wallace Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Baker, of Belvi dere, has been, awarded a $1,000 scholarship to North Carolina State College, It was announced here this Baker ' is ene of twe. : hoys in North- Carolina to . receive these schqlarships, offered annually by the Smith-Douglass Fertiliser Com pany. The basis of the award; is made on the student' grades' ami extre-currievla, activities in jechiol and community work - i-v Tl.e scholarship , award Witt be pree"ted to the county youth at the: LMte F.TA, Convention to be held in Kaleigh,' on Thursday -of next week. ' - ' TV,?.ice was one of the oatstand irj r"A. members at Perquimans I.", h T and his advioor, Joe L. T. ", i i r; irtihg the winning f f - "p sai 1, "VaBace : : yt i v ,:i de- ' i . t has t -j(' ' PEE-PUL POD A newly developed passenger pod will solve the problem of getting people to jet aircraft The pod, capacity It people, is picked up by a straddle carrier and carried out to toe plan. Then the carrier raises the pod to the doorway and the passengers simply walk from pod to plane. The system, ' being shown, above, in Cleveland, Ohio, traffic, has been de veloped " by Clark Equipment Company's Industrial Truck DtvisiojLk ir Child Labor Requirements Gited By State Tar Heei parents and employers of teen-age children are reminded by 1 State Labor Commissioner Frank Crane that certain require ments of both State and Federal laws -must be met - before minors under. 18 years of age may be law fully employed at gainful occupa tions. . "The first . requirement is that minors must secure an employment certificate .from their local Super intendent of Public Welfare before going, .to ..work," Commissioner Crane stated; . "With summer va cations in. progress, many teen agers will, be seeking employment. The State and Federal child labor statutes do not. by any means dis courage employment of 'young peo ple; but they do establish certain protections for our jfouui. ger' .. can! trbtect ,' themsel j , i .... i .. . ' . gngt unintentional jnolations of y : M,8ti tha .each """' "T Ty V"""aa properly issued employment certl flcate before, reporting for work," Crane continued. "Parents of teen agers,, or their employers, may ob tain information about the applica tion of ,the laws with regard to specific ,.- jobs - by contacting . the State -Department of Labor in Ra leigh or any. of the Department's '(Continued en Page Eight) In WrecJt Of Truck J Fined Dy Recorder Two truck drivers' for the State Highway .and. Public Works Com mission, were fined in Perquimans recorder's ..court , here Tuesday morning on charges of traffic vio lations which resulted . in a state truck being damaged to the extent of $80J). pilllam Twine, who enter ed a plea of ghilty to a charge of illegal, passing of a motor vehicle, was Ordered to, pay a fine of $10 and ; costs whfle Calvin Casper, found guilty on charges of driving on the left. side of a highway and failing to yield the right-of-way, was fined $25 and costs. ..... Patrolman B. R. Tnnmw. wnn in. , ' . " , morning, ioiiowea oy scanerea vestigated the accident, .reported showers Monday afternoon. The the truck driven by Twine turned rainfall was estimated at about one over.iq.the swamp on Highway 37," inch., 11 hear Bagley Swamp road. Thursday j c;op8 throughout the county tt last week and was a total wreck, benefitted greatly from the rain, Testimony presented to the court and 8 heat wave which had grip. revekled ' the accident; happened ped the area for a week was brok when Twine attempted to pass a en by the 8torm. ' i truck driven' by Casper and this " ; v-' :'" ; - , lor Scout Supper ;ri ' , and Helen Blggers were ordered to 1 -r-U:" - ' - ;,v ' pay the costs of court after each had submitted to charges of speed mg.',' - v ; - - . WiKie West pleaded guilty to a charge of illegally passing a motor vehicle, and, he paid the costs .of Mirf - . ' ' EdJie Erwih, Negro,' paid a fine of $3 and costs of court after plead ing drr H-.ty to a charge of Ming C ITanter, Negro, submit tej ! j a i . rse'of drivinsr with an He'Tiaid t.ho costs ---------- - nvAvrfijn.winjuuw, Commission Winslow-Cook Voodville Church Miss Mary Sue Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvie Roscoe Cook of Hertford, became the bride of Dolan Allen Winslow, lieutenant, U. S. Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. A, Dempsey Winslow at BelvidereV Tuesday, June 12, at 4 o"clock in the afternoon in an im pressive ceremony at Woodville Baptist Church. The double ring rites were per formed by theReyerend .Leslie N. wwng w wimi, wnne I lowers m calhedl:ai candles. Mrs. Thom- as'K. Pritchard, pianist, and Miss Helen Coley, eoloist, both of EI beth City, rendered the, ..nuptial music. The traditional wedding marches ; were used. During 'the ceremony, "At Dawning" was sung with "O Perfect Love" as a bene diction. xne bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of embroidered organdy over taffeta fashioned with low square neckline, minute sleeves. The skirt. from the basque waist fell to the knees into a full gathered flounce banded about the top with a fold of taffeta and tied in a big bow in the back to, form, a short train. Her fingertip veil of illusion Was arranged from a tiara of sequins and seed pearls. She wore short doves and carried a white Bible ornamented withtihy carnations. Her necklace of pearls was a gift of the bridegroom. Miss Sue ' Harlee ; Lawrence of Balti more, Md., godmother of the bride, was her maid of honor. Her floor-length bouffant gown was of White embroidered organdy over ' (Continued on Page Eight) Rain Helps Crops Breaks Heat Wave .First rain in several weeks to fall on Perquimans County came I Sunday night and early Monday i j 1 n i Bobby Elliott, ' Scoutmaster of Hertford Troop 155, reported today plenty of tickets are available for the barbecue supper being spon sored by the local Scouts on Mon day night; : June' 25, at the high school cafeteria. . ' . Proceeds from this mpper will be used to help defray expenses of the Boy Scouts 'at summer camp. Individuals who have not purchas ed a ticket may secure one by calling any member of the Scout troop or Mr. Elliott at the Mu'nM I lirwl Building.' vows Spoken At 1 Winslow -Y4dk&ville:,,N ;. .C. ' donated-p?-loeal rtwarel? ' . , "cousin rtn ves. i-.tii. v Krt fAurfn,: i,;. '.i.iw-M' ni's.infciqding a couDle ol.homa Indians Move Into Second Position In League Standing CommitteeReporft Heard By Jaycees At Meeting June 13 At the June 13th business meet ing of the Hertford Junior Cham ber of Commerce, President Hilton White announced the various com mittee cahirmen for the year of 1956-57. They are- as follows Membership, Keith Haskett; Cal endar Project, Jarvis Henry and Earlie Goodwin; Money Making, Fred "Pete" Mathews, Jr.; Ath letic, Julian Broughton; Youth Ac tivities, Marion Swindell; Fire Prevention Week, Lewis S tailings; Prisoner Rehabilitation, Clyde Lane; Eye Bank, Ike Perry;, Scrap Book, R. S. Chappell, Jr.; Special Events, Hillary Scaff. President White called on vari ous committee chairmen for re ports. John Beers, chairman of the baseball concessions, reported that the concession stand was operating at each home ball game and the Jaycees had been assigned nights to work this project. He stated that the profits received will help to defray expenses of the Hertford ball iclub and some of the money will be received by the Jaycees for community improvements. Ike Perry and Eddie Barber gave re ports on the recent Teenage Fish ing Roadeo and announced that Lawrence Layden of Belvidere won first prize for catching the biggest fish, with Tommy Stanton of Win fall winning second "prise. They each received ; complete "6d and dontest. R. S. . Chappell, Jr., gave a report on the NWC. Beauty Con test to be held int'Morebead City in July to select a '"Miss North Carolina" to enter the "Miss Am erica" contest. Pete Thompson, County Agent, was present and dis cussed plans for the Jaycees taking part in the annual Farmer's Day program to be held this fail. Dur wood Reed, Jr., reported that Le Clair Winslow of Belvidere, local winner of the Jaycee Teenage Driving Roadeo, took part in tne state contest held In Greenville last week. The Hertford Jaycees voted to check into the possibility of ob taining an automobile license bu reau for this county. The Jaycees went on record as being very much in favor of establishing a local li. cense bureau for both economical and . community service reasons. Keith Haskett was appointed chair man of this committee. . It was. also, announced the Jay cees will make a house to house sale on June 29 of movie tickets for the show "Alexander the Great," to be shown at the State Theater. President White announced that Joe Conger of Edentbn, 10th Dis trict Vice President, will visit the Hertford Jaycees on July 11. Plans were also made for the Jaycees to hold their annual picnic at Camp Perry on June 27th. TB Teste Reveal 29 Positive Reactors Results of TB tests conducted during April by the District TB Association in cooperation with the District Health Department among members of the .senior classes at Perquimans High School and Per quimans Training School have been released by Dr. B. B. McGuire, dis trict health officer. . ' : ;.' " 5, : . . At Perquimans High School 54 students were TB tested. Ten had positive reactions and three Were doubtful. Twelve had chest X rays. At the Training School . 49 students were TB tested, There were 19 positive reactors and two doubtful. Nineteen chest X-rays were made.: -'. , ... "( I Dr. McGuire stated because early tuberculosis has but few suspicious symptoms, discovery of unknown cases through, chest ! X-rays and tuberculin teste and follow tips continue ;to W o! major import- snce in case'-finding. 5 Cents Per Copy The Standings Club W. L. Pet. Williamston . 6 ' 0 : 1.000 Hertford ; 4 8 .571 Camtuck 4 3 '.571 Elizabeth City 3 4 .429 Colerain 3 4 .429 Chowan 0 6 ; '.000 By virtue of a 12-11 victory over Elizabeth City here Tuesday night, the Indians moved into a second place tie in the Albemarle League standing after two weeks of play. The Indians scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the visiting Tars. The game was loosely played by both teams With Hertford edging into the lead throughout most of the contest. Ted Chappell went six innings as Hertford pitcher and was relieve! by Billy Winslow, who finished tne game. Elizabeth City used King on the mound for nine innings, but he was relieved by Curtis, who finished the inning. The Williamston Braves defeat ed the Indians twice last week, winning the first contest in Hert ford on Friday night by a 13-8 score and capturing the second contest in Williamston on Saturday night by a 16-4 count. A big third inning for the Braves in the game in Hertford spelled out victory for the visit ors. With the score tied at 4-all. Williamston tallied seven runs in the third, assuming a lead the In dians were unable to overcome. Hertford, led by John Morris; who had five hits for six trips at bat, -scored 8 runs on 16 hits. Wil-"1 liamston collected 15 hits off Chap pell, -Winslow and Whitman, In dian hurlers. - :,v In the contest Saturday night l superior-kitting paid off for the runs; 'while the Indians tallied only four' ruhs oft . eight hits. Morris got two of these," , while Pierce. Winslow, Hunter, Carver Chappell and jatthewB got one each; Wil liamston scored "six runs in the third, three in the fourth, five In the fifth and one in the sixth and eighth. Hertford tallied one in the fifth and three in the eighth in nings. .Matthews was the starting pitcher for the Indians, while Cherry was the winning hurler for the Braves. Next Weeks schedule calls for the Indians to play Colerain in Hertford on Tuesday night, Cho wan here on Thursday night and play at Chowan on Friday night. Officers Instiled OfLocElBPVClub At Dinner Meeting The Perquimans Business and Professional. Women's Club held a ' supper meeting at Hotel Hertford -on Thursday evening, June 14, at 6:15 o'clock for the purpose of in stalling officers for the new year. A delicious chicken supper . was served to the following members: -Mrs. Emily T. Harrell, Mrs. Essie -Burbage, Mrs. Roxanna C, Jackson, Mrs. Alice M. Towe, Miss Hulda Wood, Mrs. Atha Eunnell, Mrs. Dora T. Riddick, Mrs. Sal lie Mc. Lane, Mrs. Betty Swindell, Miss Kate Blanchard and Mrs. Sally J. Bonner..' ; Mrs. Grace Coston was present for the installation ceremony. . ; Following the regular business session, Mrs. Alice Towe and Mrs. Essie Burbage gave highlights of the State Convention which they -had just attended, and Miss Hulda Wood gave a .most interesting re port of the business accomplished at the State Convention. - , : - Mrs. Keith Haskett was unani- mously accepted for membership in . " the club. ' , . i ; , - Mrs. Alice Towe installed the " following officers in a most im- pressive and beautiful ceremony:,,, President, Mrs. Roxanna C. Jack son; first vice president, Mise . Thelma Elliott; second vice presi dent, Mrs. Grace Coston; record ? secretary , Mrs. Sally J. F j (Ccjitbme.1 on Tz