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a:t the'1 first of next year ac
cording to reliable information se
cured -by The Perquimans Weekly
during the past several days.''':
.The report pointed out prelimi
nary planning for reconstruction of
the base is now going on. and will
continue for the next few months
prior to the letting of construction
contracts for rebuilding the site.;
Surveys and engineering data are
now being -compiled for providing
. information to contractors interest
ed in submitting bids on the vari-i
ous projects which will be carried
out at the sitgiduring the present
. liscal year.; ,. V , :
- Approximately four million 'dol
lars worth of construction is ex
pected to be done at the site by the
close! of the "fiscal .'year 'ending
'June 30, 1957. This represents the
amount of the funds'' appropriated
by Congress toward the reactiva
tion of the air station.- Additional
, sums of money, it is surmised, will
be appropriated and spent on con
struction at . the base during the
next three years. '
The . Navy Department : recom-
. mended an outlay- of 13 million
dollars in. construction for Harvey
Point during the recent session Qf
Congress but this amount was cut
t,
by .Congress and th. PP
H,UW,WU.i;j v,.; i, y .; rfjj-, IK 10K MS AA oanta
According to the information re
ceived by The Weekly there l Mt
.. tie likelihood ;ef any' demand for
larze labor forces at the base be
fore, the latter part of this year or
the-first par(? of 1967.
SI. b imiicaiea tno puna lor re-
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. be adhered to by the Xvfft " 4
TlliS WEbiS
From' the Republican convention
' in San Francisco Wednesday it ap
peared President Eisenhower and
Vice : President Nixon '-were the
choice of the delegate to head the
GOP ticket in' the 1956 election.
Prior to the convention there was
speculation Nij(on might be' re
placed as a running mate for the
President but as the convention
opened Nixon's i-workers1" cemented
th
tb
; tion
i was merely a formality neces-1
sary in naming the two candidates.
K ThW Democratic candidates', Adlai
Stevenson And Estes Kefauver, fll
conduct - a grasB-roots campaign
throughout- the! country, beginning
thrfirBt' of September, It' was an
nounced: from Chicago this week-,
seekirfg ' tff regain control of fthe
White House in the November elec
tion. Reports from over the nation
indicate the Democratic convention
at Chicago Achieved a unity among
party leaders which was not in evi
dence in 1952.
Diplomats meeting in London on
the Suez Canal problem report
progress is being made Which is
expected to dimiftieh prospects of
war over this situation.. While the
London conference Ib not all har-,
niony the majority f the diplomats i
favtr proposals beir. a ' ...icei by
powers for a H K"
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Hertford Fire .Department an
swered a call to the home of John
ny Pike, Route 3, Monday night
to extinguish a fire caused by light
ning which struck a smoke house
resulting in a loss estimated at
$400. The outbuilding was ablaze
when discovered and gained such
headway the firemen Were unable
to saV the building but did con
tain the fire "and kept it from
spreading to the home and another
outbuilding.
.The marketing 'quota a penalty
rate on excess" cotton of the 1956
crop has been announced at 17.7
cents per pound, reported Helene
W. Nixon, Perquimans County ASC
office manager.' , Under' the pro
visions of the law the marketing
quota penalty rate for upland cot
ton is Bet at 5 per cent of the pari
ty price per pound of cotton as of
iuiio AU Ui. uic Carolina- jrcai i
Which the crop is produced. The
rke for upland cotton on
pound.. ! '',
Tar Heel growers, last Decem
ber,' jvbted approval of marketing
quotes for the 1956 crop by a ma-
7 jority of 96.1 per cent When mar
keting quotas are approved in the
referendum, a farmer whadoes not
comply with" the cotton acreage al
lotment estattlsljed ?n. hhffsrBW tB
subject 'id 'it, penalty on his farm
tateSt esa7$.7tei botton crop
from Biieh farm is also ineligible
for price support under the Com
modity Credit Corporation's ' Loan
Program.-; 5 '
. ; The final price support rate for
1956 crop cotton was announced the
first of this month at 33.64' and
33.74 cents per pound, basis midd
ling one inch. These , ' rates ,; for
North Carolina-are based on the
National average loan rate for the
1956 Crop of 29.34 cents per pound
for 78ths inch middling. ? v
The loan rate in this state, for
this year, on one inch staple has
been reduced nearly two cents per
pound, while the penalty rate re
mains the same for both years. ' .
;
luuntraion
. j The'rPetquiman8,"Business and
Professional 'Women's Club held a
regular ' meeting at the home - of
Mrs. Essie Burbage on Thursday,
August 16, 1966 at 8 B. M. -' ' ' '
' Special guest at the meeting was
Carroll Holmes who- gave a very
informative talk . on the amend
ments to-be voted on in the Sep
tember 8th election. He explain
ed the amendments concerning the
schools, and also, the other three
amendments appearing on the bal
lot . Plans Were formulated for a
beauty and talent show which the
club hopes to have oil September
20. Farther details wilt be in the
paper-at later dates.', i A- 1
I Following the ' adjournment of
the ineetlhg, the hostess served de
Ec'ioV "refreshments ' to - MrV' and
t-is.1 HotmeB V artd 'the1 ''following
mt-iiiben: ' Mrs. '.feetty Swindell,
tliss' EuldaCWood,'. Mrs. ' Rdxanna
JL' th, "Mrs: Alice' Towel' Mrs.
t ' n ' Kasketf 4nd Mrs. 'Sally
r.
, 'Itr. and Un. Joe, White of Dbbb
C'.ieet announce t!.e birth 6f twins,
a son it.'.d i. ihter, bornSunday
itf-Mii: . J in EJenton.
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Amid the pungent smell of varl
ous i chemicals,' paint of all kinds
And colors, ftoise) from the hammer
ing if j alunihiunf and water drip'
ping front bread baskets being wo
ven, approximately 150 home dem
onstration club women from Per
quimans and other counties of the
Eastern District, a number of Ex
tension workers and teachers from
as far away as Tennessee, com
pleted the first and very success
ful handicraft' workshop held in
thft part of the state.
, Those attending the Craft Camp
from Perquimans were: Mrs. Cor
bin Dozier, Cookie, Dozier, Jimmy
Dozier, Mrs. "Archie White, Mrs.
Thelma White, Mrs. Tom Riddick,
fMre. WjlHam Winslow, Mrs. Lin
ood Winslow, Miss Nancy Hen
irson and Mrs. Florence Webb. -;
if Perquimans was the only county
ithafc could boast1 a family group in
attendance. The Dozier family
commuted each day from Hertford.
S! Among crafts taken by Perquim
ans County women were: Mrs. Do
zier, silk screening, basketry; Jim
my Dozier, tooled copper; Cookie
Dozier,. leather! work, fabric print
ing; Mrs. Archie White, hammered
copper,' pin-up ; lamps; Mrs. . Wil
liam ' Winslow, hammered copper
chasing and embossing' aluminum;
Miss Thelma White, hammered cop
per; Mrs. Tom Riddick, pin-up
lamps; Nancy Henderson, hammer-
ed copper, braided rugs; Florence
Webb, tooled copper,, fabric '.print-
ing, alumnium chasing and emboss-
ing and plastic covered coat hang
ers. "With the aid of those attending
the camp, we hope in the near fu
ture to have a workshop of this
type in this county," stated Flor
ence Webb, home agent
llotuli Devilment
Urges uii'to To
Get Polio Shots
The District Health Department,
joining with the local Medical So
ciety, has issued a recommendation
urging all children under 20 years
of age to start polio vaccinations
at once, as well as all pregnant wo
men.' -' '
Dr. B. B. McGuire,' Health Offi
cer said, "the presence of a polio
epidemic in a nearby county should
remind the citizens , of our four
counties that 'it can happen here',
too."
He urges parents to see 'private,
doctors at once and save the. chil
dren from this dread disease. For
those who want to secure the shots
at the Health Office he advises a
call to the County Health Office
will : provide information as to a
schedule for the vaccinations.
. : He urges all parents to act at
once in order to safeguard the
children when the opportunity is
given' to prevent polio. .
Five Cases Before
Recorder Tuesday
Business was brief in Perquim
ans Recorder's Court- this , week
with only five cases listed on the
docket,.:j:,i:5i.';:.;:..t; ::t
Clyde Hoffler entered a plea of
guilty to speeding 90 miles an hour
and reckless driving.' ' He was giv
en a 60 day jail sentence, suspend
ed upon payment of a fine of $100
and costs'. ' '
' William A. Boyce Jjaid a fine of
$25 and court .costs after plead
ing guilty to' a .charge of driving
without a license. - . .;'.. .... ; .
, Costs of court, were taed against
Williftm Wbrsnob and' Elizabeth!
Thorpe, who! submitted 'to a charge!
of speeding. - J -' , v
; Jesse1 Faremr -paid a-'ilne of $25
and ost8 of court after pleading
guilty tb' charges f being drunk
and possession of tax paid liquor.
; BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
- Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Butler, Jr,
of Raleigh announce the birth of
a son, born Sunday, 'August 19th in
r ' "-h. 1'rs. rvt'-r is the form
T 'I '" i f ' who w?r
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' E6YIT GIRDS FOR SHOWDOWN This picture, transmitted by radio to the United States,
shows teachers, recruited under Egypt's National Guard mobilization program, being instructed
. in use of rifles at Gezina, Egypt. Egypt's president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, has threatened all-out
resistance should any attempt by force be made to take over the vital Suez Canal.
Indians
Over EECity
WinEeguiiPlaybff
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Hertford Indians "won the right
to meet Williamstoh in the final
playoff of the Albemarle- League
by defeating Elizabeth City Wed
nesday night by a score of 6 to 1.
The victory gave .Hertford a three
to one decision Over the Tars.
. Vernon White pitched the Indians
to victory in the final round while
McKay Riddick and Curtis did the
pitching for the Tars.
Rain forced the postponement of
e fourth game in the Albemarle
jeague piay-oii Derween neniora
and Elizabeth City on Monday and
Tuesday nights but league officials
are hopeful this series can be com
pleted by Wednesday and the final
play-off started Thursday. .
Williamston defeated Camtuck in
three straight games and will play
the winner of the Indians-Tars e:
Hertford' -wo-iT. the YfirsfTVwol
games of, the series but Elizabeth'
City ..took the third contest last
Saturday night.
.. Ted Chappell pitched the Indians
to a 9-2 victory over Elizabeth City
last Thursday, displaying perfect
control and receiving fine support
from his teammates. He struck
out six and allowed only six .hits.
The Indians, led by Allan Winslow!
and Johnny Morris, collected 14
hits off Jim Curtis before he re
tired in the eighth inning.
Hertford tallied two runs in the
first, eighth and ninth innings and
one run '.in the hird, fourth and
seventh. The Tars scored twice in
the seventh.
The roof fell in on the Indians
Saturday night when the Tars won
an 18-4 victory behind the fine
pitching of Elliott Curtis. Per
suimans managed only seven hits
and could not get a rally going to
overcome a big eight run lead Eliz
abeth City secured in the second
inning of the contest. Paul Mat
thews and Wayne , Emminizer did
the hurling for Hertford, giving up
18 hits and a number of walks. V
i Demp Pierce led the Indian bat
ting attack, getting three of the
team's seven hits.- - ' ' ' "
Saturday Last -Day
To Register
R. C. Murray, chairman of the
Perquimans Board of Elections, to
day reminded Perquimans County
voters that Saturday will be the
last day for registering to partici
pate in the special election on Sep
tember 8.
He pointed out that voters al
ready, listed on the -registration
books need not register again to
be eligible to'-vote but persons wn0
have reached voting age . since the
last election, or individual :wnoj
have moved intd a new Voting pre
cmct must register-if they desire
W'Vota itr'the lectlo-'3-'-OK.Bi
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U B1HTH , f: il
i Mr. and Mrs. Horace Norman'
Miller annotince the birtft pf: a son,
Horace Normn Jr. . born August
16, at, Albemarle .Hospital..' Mrs.
Miller 4s' tha former Miss Polly
Barbour of Chatham, Va. TJ ,
. NOT EIGHWAY EriPLOTEfi ?
The Philip Jackson related to in
the proceedings of the Recorder's
Court in last week's issue of The
V" 'y is not the Kr. Jackson em
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Caseworkers Group
In Meeting Tuesday
The Northeastern District of the
N. C, Association of Caseworkers
met in Hertford, at the Municipal
Building last Tuesday. Fifteen
caseworkers from . eight counties
were present for the meeting. .
Mrs. Charles Payne, chairman of
the group, introduced Edgar White,
Wmmm
Hold
Edge
lars
Superintendent of Public Welfare, proval of the directors, construc
wjio welcomed the group to Hert- tion on the building will likely be
ord a"d then introduced the speak-'
er, Miss Ruth Light, Supervisor of
Staff Development, with the State) The new building which will be
Department of Welfare. Her topic ( modern in every way will be locat
was "services to our senior citi-.ed on Church Street between the
zens." During the afternoon ses-1
sion a panel, "Casework Techniques
in working with Senior Citizens"
was presented by Al Knight and
Jfrs.,otia. Bpnneflof Dare tCouity,
Mrs. Rose Ennett and Mrs. Fan
nie Downs of Hertford County.
A business session followed the
program. ;;Th6, group was enter
tained at lunch at the home' of Mrs.
W. H. Pitt
In School Election
Governor Hodges has voiced the
hope that one million North Caro
linians will Vote on the public
school amendment on September 8.
"A turnout by that many North
Carolinians, representing both ma
jor political parties, would be a fine
exhibition of our attitude toward
Our great Bchool system," he said.
1 The governor made his state
ment as Raymond Maxwell, Execu
tive Secretary of the State Board
of Elections, mailed absentee bal
lot forms to the 100 county boards
of elections in the . State. Regu
lajballots will be mailed out with
in the next few days.
The public school ballot will al
low properly registered persons to
cast ballots "For" or "Against' a
constitutional amendment which, if
adopted, would allow local option
Units to close their schools if con
ditions become intolerable, and al
low the use of State and local funds
for education expense grants.. Of
course,4no school could be closed
without a vote of the people.
This- proposed amendment, sub
mitted, to, the people by an over
whelming vote of the legislature, is
What Governor Hodges calls .stand
by?.' legislation..-; The governor .is
Jrery, hopeful that it ;nev.err wjlk.be
heeded. Instead, he has urged vol
untary segregation in the public
schools, and use of the 1955 pupil
assignment -statute to', its f fullest
extent; - . t ;;wv.ii.S:
An affirmative" vote by the -peoi
ple-'ett September 8 does not mean
that either focal option or education
expense grants will go into immedi
ate use. They would merely : be
"safe'ty-valves" to be used in caBe
the other courses did not work in
a manner acceptable to the peo
ple. ;.:.: ::-';.vi:V: ;'"'' j
' Public approval must twice - be
had before any school could ' be
closed: (1) the amendment must
(Continued on Page Five)
Governor Hopes
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Bank Planning To
Plans for construction of a new
building to house the Hertford l
Banking Company, under consid
eration by the bank's directors for
a number of months, were placed in
operation last week when the bank
employed Raymond F'uson, archi
tect, to proceed with securement of
bicls for the new building.
R. M. Riddick, Jr., president of
the local bank, announced Monday
the architect is now securing bids
for the construction and these will
be received and opened within the
next 20 days.
He stated that if the bids are
satisfactory, and meet with the ap-
started within a short time after .
opening of the bids.
present bank site
and the J. C.
Blanchard Co., store. The plans
for the building call for it to be
of, 'Colonial type .construction, two ,
Stories high,
The first floor of the building
will contain a large lobby with
teller cages to the left of the en
trance while .space tor the bank's
officers will be located on the right
of the lobby. A new, large vault
will be located at the rear of the
first floor. The second floor of
the structure will house the entire
bookkeeping department, being con
nected with the lower floor by a
modern conaunication system and
elevator.
The new building will be much
larger than the present one used
by the bank; the interior of the
new structure is to be 42 feet wide
by 79 feet in length. Mr. Riddick
stated the bank will retain owner
ship of the building it now occupies.-.
More Volunteers
Billy White, chairman of the
Perquimans County Ground Obser
ver Corps, today issued a call for
more volunteers to man the GOC
post in Hertforod: He pinted out
the GOC is a vital link in the de
fense of the nation and it is neces
sary for the post to be manned
fully to provide complete informa
tion to the Defense centers.
Mr. White stated a person does
not have to be an expert on air
planes to become a plane spotter.
All he needs, to do is volunteer to
give a bit of his time to help the
nation maintain a : more secure
peace.'... ''...';. -
He expressed his appreciation 'to
all : the volunteer potters who
have already enlisted in the GOC
and stated they have done A fine
job in making the local post one of
the' best in the state.' v ' '
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School Insurance
Again Available ;
A. group -insurance program for
students and teachers of Perquim
ans County schools will be- awl
able again for tha 1956-57 school
year, it was reported; by J. T. Rig
gers, County Superintendent. The
price of the protection for the com
ing year, Mr. Bigger said, will be
$1.00 and the policy will be simi
lar to the one used last year.
Students secure this insurance
protection by turning in the costs
to the teacher at the, beginning of
I .the school term, . - . . '
Construct Building
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To Receive School i
Bids On Wednesday
v Members of the Board of Edu
cation will meet in special session
next Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock for the purpose of receiving
bids for construction of an addition
to the King Street School and con
struction of a new Hertford Gram
mar School. .
The letting of contracts for the
work will be made following ap
proval of the bids by the State
Board of Education, which meets in
Raleigh on August 31.
Farmers Urged To
Don't rush too much corn to mar
ket at harvest time if you want
your crop to pay for itself farmers
were cautioned this week.
According ito H. D. Godfrey, Ad
ministrative Officer for the Agri
cultural Stabilization and Conser
vation State Committee, farmers
can do a lot to protect the market
for their crop by spreading out
their sales throughout the market
ing year. "No farmer has to lose
money on his corn," Godfrey said.
"He can get ready cash through
his local ASC office under the Corn
Loan Program, and thus carry his
crop over the usual low price per
iod at harvest time instead of
dumping it on the market Or if
he doesn't want to store bis corn
under loan, he can still have price
protection br, coveicing', his crop
with a purchase agreement.
"In either case, a producer may
sell his corn any time. he wishes.
"There's a definite ' connection
between heavy marketings, ahd low
prices during and immediately af
ter harvest and the purpose of
ASC's Price Support Program is
to help farmers stabilize prices by
marketing their crops in ah orderly
manner. This orderly marketing
helps consumers too by preventing
short supplies and high prices later
in the year."
The corn loan rate for the 1956
crop has been set at $1.65 and
$1.40 in commercial corn counties
with the support rate in non-commercial
corn counties set at $1.36
a bushel. Producers in North
Carolina's 27 commercial ' corn
counties who plant within v their
acreage allotment on their soil
bank corn "base are eligible fo sup
port at theYate' 6f '$1.65 a bushel'.
Producers in these counties who
overplarit tkjMr' allotment will have
their corn supported at $1.40 a
bushel. The $1.36 rate, according
to Godfrey, applies to all producers
in non-commercial, corn counties.
Further information on the com
price support program may be ob
tained from the local ASC office.
Committee Seeks
More Farm Exhibits
A reminder is made to Perquim
ans farm families that the third
annual Farmers' Day will be held
in Hertford on Wednesday, Sep
tember 12 at Perquimans High
School, v
The committee in charge of the
exhibits at the event are seeking
the help of every family, this year,
to make. the . exhibits the best ever.
A, spokesman for. this committee
said "Our exhibits in the'rpast 4ave
been of the highest quality and we
hope.,. that we. will have the same
type .exhibits this year. Some of
these items, we .would like td take
on to the State Fair. Those Items
winning blue fibbons in the cojinty
show winjrecrive 25per tent ad
ditional premium - money at the
State Fair "if they are placed in
the blue, red or white group."
Individuals desiring to exhibit
items at, the local how are' urged
to contact the committee for de
tails. ' ' ,',.' ,'.
MASONS TO MEET
The Perquimans Masonic Lodge
No. 106, A. F A, M will meet
Tuesday night at o'clock, ,
Marketing Corn
ting
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With .Wednesday September , 5, ! j ' . y
set : as the opening day fou the ' ( 'j '
1956-67 county - school 'year, of f i-. f ' ;
cials of the Perquimans School Sys-'-t)
tern are developing plans for the
opening of a new term, it was re
ported today by J. T. Biggers,
school superintendent.
Principals of the five county ,
schools began their duties on Wed
nesday of this week and will be lo
cated at their offices daily until
the opening day of school for con
ferences with parents and teachers.
Principals will meet with the su
perintendent on Friday, August 24
for the purpose of discussing plans
and regulations for the coming
year. Mr. Biggers stated that in- .
eluded in the rules will be one
which requires each student enter
ing school for the first time to pre
sent the principal with his or her '
birth certificate.
A county-wide meeting of school .
bus drivers will be held on Friday, -August
31, at which time the bus
drivers will be given instructions
by the officials and the State High
way Patrol on operation of school
buses. White school bus drivers
will meet at Perquimans High
School at 9 A. M.,-and the meeting
for Negro bus drivers will be held
at 1:30 P. M.
County-wide teachers' meetings
will be held on Tuesday, Septem
ber 4, with the white teachers'
meeting at Perquimans High
School at 10 A. M., and Negro
teachers' meeting at Perquimans
Training School at 2:30 P. M.
Mr. Biggers stated the faculty
at each school is complete with the
exception of one vacancy at Central
Grammar School, and this vacancy
is expected to be filled by the
opening day of school.
Students of Hertford Grammar
School Vill. atteod classes. under the
same schedule used since last Jan
uary when the school Was destroy-,
ed by re. Part of the classes 4
will be conducted -at Perquimans '
High School, , Central Grammar
School and at the Hertford Gram
mar School lunchroom.
The Board of Education, meet
ing in special session last Tues
day night, passed upon a number
of items pertaining to the opening
of the school. Approval was vot
ed on the election of a number of
new teachers, and the Board also
voted to employ the same janitors r
for the five schools as was employ,
ed last year.
Miss Nevby Named
Head Home Ec Club
The Albemarle District Voca
tional Home Economics Teachers'
Association ht'.d its first monthly
meeting of the 1956-57. school year
Monday, August 20, in the Edenton -High
School Homemaking Depart- "
ment. :'--.' :, . v., .j";
Purposes of the meeting were to
plan and organize vocational ac
tivities for the coming year, , to
elect officers, and to begin work on
a portion of the forthcoming revis
ed edition of the Guide To The
Teaching of Homemaking in North y
Carolina Schools. Topics to be dis
cussed by the group during future
meetings will include Curriculum
Planning, Adult Education, Future
Homemakers of America, Home
Experiences, Housing, Food Prepa
ration, and Evaluation. An all
day meeting was scheduled for
Wednesday, August 22, at .Eliza
beth City High School for the pur
pose of revr,:ng unjte on the teach
ing of clothing. - ... ... -
- - The newly elected officers ; are
Miss Frances Newby,, president; v
Mrs. Marguerite Foster, vie presi
dent; Miss Doris Mitchell,, secre-.
tary ;. , Mrs. Helen. Larrabee, . pro-
gam chairman; Miss Carol vn Brink,
ley, FHA ' advisor Mrs, Kathrytt, , '
Miller, reporter. '
Homemaking teachers present at
the meeting included Miss Pauline
Moore of Creswell High School, -Miss
Frances Newby of Hertford
High, Mrs. Margaret Bray of Mo
yock High. Miss Jean Mobley of
Edenton High, Miss Doris Mae
Mitchell of Gatesville High, Mrs.
Kathrytt Font Miller of Elizaho.'j
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