"i Tim' WEEICI Volume XXIII. Nnmber 36. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 7, 1956. 5 Cents Per Copy i ' . - , " . . I,, ', i 3 armors' v32KUiWivwjj, - Ira .jxt Wednesday September 12, ..H4be Farmers' Day in Hartford, The? third, annual; 'program, as In the. past, will be staged at the Per quimans 'High School under the sponsorship of the County Agricul tural Extension Service. -' R. M. Thompson, County Agent, announc ed Wednesday all plans' for the big event have been completed and the committees in charge of the pro gram are expecting this , year's, program: to be the best yet pro duced, v - Mr. Thompson advised that indi- . viduals and business firms .plan- mng. on 1 exhibits ,at the event should start next Monday making arrangements to plaer the exhlbjta in the school gym.' fndividuaf sn lj:S I hi hiblts must be brought is and plafc ed by 10 A. M, Wednesday, antf v may be checked in .at the gym af- . ter4 P. M, Tuesday. . V '. . . i A -number of local business firms cooperating, ; in the program w have registrations at their booths' gand will award favors and prireej to those registering.' . . -;. Lunch booths will, be operated by4 wuiueii ui nit) cuuiuy, unq one may - attend the program and secure Junch on the grounds. ' i The following " divisions will be open for exhibits:'' Field Crops; Meat and Poultry Porducts; Hor ticulture, Clothing,' Home Cooked .Articles; Sanned Goods; Floral Ar rangements; Arts and Cjufts. Judging f -.these exhibits will -start f on the ladies at lO.A. M., on Wednesday ,8n(i for the men at 11 Approval was voted by the State i Board of Education, at 'its meet , ' ing last Friday,'' allocating the sum of $143,926 in state bond money to ' ward the construction Qf two school ' projects in Perquimans County. '-, f . The action was taken upbn appli : cations j submitted , bf the local Board of Education for funds to :! construct a. new Hertford Grammar 'School dnd build a nw addition to the King Street Schodl. v , Of the finds ; allocated : by the ', Sta,te Board, $118,213 will be used for the work on the Kinjf Street School, .while f 26,713 - will go to help' finance the Hertford Grammar .s School; project , Overall ost ot , the' two projects will- be' In the , neighborhood ef $366,500i according to. bids received and tentatively. ac- j cepted by the local Board of jEdu ' cation on August 29. The temainf fi ing fundi; for the costs of tho pro , jwi win cuiiie inim uw recem usie of county bonds and front surphis - ' county 'funds. '?- . . . i. ? ! Contracts for thecojistrubtion ot ' the1 two projects as yet, have not ' been signed by the Board pf Edu ' cation. 'Conferences are being con- , ducted between the successful bid ' dera, the architect arid the -local A board for the purpose of making - efforts to reduce the overall costi of the two buildings since the total ; bids were somewhat higher than - anticipated by county, authorities.' It is the hope of the local board, however, .all "details .of the con - structlon plans can be readied with. in -the next few days and i"ntrrcci, s:gned in order that ti.e .v"stl'c. tion can get underway1 wiu.ou'i idr .erdetniU?; U .': I i. 3 0nT:.::. .'O.ie 'Lane,' " itank - Perul. ,ulois Ass:..', s s?rv:r cn j cf tl.e thr?e c tr,: n m r , .,t of -the i s- all cdtive i to atn1 "rs- jl's i C-I-r Pay Plan Summer vacation ended for 2,218 Perquimans County school childreai With the (Opening of the, 1956-57., school term i last Wednesday. School Superintendent J. T. Big- gers reported the opening day of school went along on schedule with enrollments slightly under the first day of last year. enrollment figures reported by 'the various principals for the open. ing session were released as M- lows:' Perquimans! High.. School, 321 and 8th grade, 105 for total of ' 428; ' Hertford Grammar, School, 26B; .Central Grammar V School, 447; Perquimans ' Training School, high school1 division 193, grammar divion,494,- fori a total of 687; King Street School, 893. a; ..ten hi which (.".sthodist Church .'The marriaee of Miss Nancy Bagley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bagley of Winfall, to James Daniel Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. PnoI Raker of Belvidere, took place Sunday afternoon, August 26 at 6 a'clock in Epworth Methodist Church. JPalms, large chrysanthe. Mnntu r Dnmnoms. gladiolus and lighted, candles were used in dec orating the, church. . The Rev.-Earl Meekins, pestor, off icieted,: using the double jfing ceremony.!-, , Prior Wand jauruig, the" -eews- played" .H program of nuptial music. She accompanied Edward Jofrdan wh eajig.' " ' I 4. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a floor length wed ding gown of lace and tulle over sat in styled with A basque bodice to the portrait neckline and long lace sleeves ending in wedding points over the hnnds. The very bouffant skirt was complimented by lace in serts in front and back. Her finger tip length' veil of imported illus ion was arranged from a lace half pill box outlined with pearls. ; She carried a Bible with a white or chid and sprays of French chry santhemus. . Miss Phyllis Bagley, sister of the bride, was , maid of . honor. She i wore art merajd green floor length chiffon gown styled with shoulder wide abbreviated sleeves. . The draped bodice was complimented by a verv, bouffant skirt. Her head piece was a matching velvet ban deau with circular .' veil. , She car ried a cascade' of yellow pompoms and ivy.' Bridesmaids were Miss Jo Pat Stokes and Miss Marjorie Brinn of Hertf ord. They wore orange am ber chiffon gowns and head pieces styled identically to the honor at tendant aad carried cascade bou quets of campagns pompoms and ivy. ' . ' Junior bridesmaids were Jean Bagley, sister of the bride, and Ann Baker, cousin of .the bridegroom. They wore apricot taffeta' gowns and headpieces styled identically to the other attendants and carried miniature cascades to match the bridesmaids. Vivian Baker attended his broth- er as best man. Ushers wert Jack, .BVrum of Ederiton. Monon True- blood of. Winfall, Arba Carver and Wailaco Baker 'of Belvidere. - l- 't . r The' bride's mother wore ice blue crystalette and harmonizing acces sories and a corsage of yellow dais ies' v ' ' 4- v' 4 : i The bridegroom's ' mother wore (Siwty ' rose -lace with- black acces sories, and a corsage of pink dais' ies."-' "'trf-.vr ; f t - Mistresses of ceremonies were Mrs. Charlie , Vann of Elisabeth City, and Mrs. OC. Long of Eden tan. . ; i . -' i toth Kir and Mrs. Baker are j 'jates of Per?;iSmani High ; ' , ' ' . . ';,-. 'i J k'Hr t!ie rchc-.rsul on Saturday v. '"i I " "s r j e''-J V.. ..... i .,.! ' , -.'s't - ? ' r , . .y.ri - ' --rr -..... ' . WORLD'S LARGEST TANKER-r-The "Universe Leader,", wbrWriagest tanker, hits the water at the Kure dockyard in Japan. The mammoth ship, weighing 84,730 tons and. costing more than 10 million dollars to build, will be completed some time in October. An American' vessel, it will be placed on the Iran-North America run under Liberian registration. t .Jin.. The Rev. Owen W. Glassburn of Damascus, Ohio, is the guest minis ter at a series of revival services being conducted at the i Bagley Swamp Pilgrim Church, September 6 to 16. The Rev. Joseph Crouse of Charleston, W. Va., is the song leader at each service. The public u Invited to attend, Sign Up Period tiiiiiuuiiliLJfur . SdOBEnk Program , Farmers will be. able to 'begin' their sign up under the Conserve- Hon Reserve phase t.f the Soil Bank , Program after the 10th of Septem- ber, Helene W. Nixon. Perquimans) county Aay uiuce, manager, re-, ports. , In order to participate in uonservauon rveserve program i"iin eVent the pupil objectS to at fall,; farmers must sign up under tending ntegrited 8choola; lhe the program not later than October . amendment also provides local 15th. The program, will run from: hoo, board8 rf 3 to 15 years depending on the ' hoo, un(t-8 wi, be eTnpowered practices to be carried out. , Miss Rnft . . if (lpS,rwl. to Nixon explained that Payments I available for 'participation under this new program are of two kinds an establishment payment which may cover up to 80 per cent of the cost ofl starting th J practice, (and an annual rental payment for the period of the contract. Rental, payT ments in NVfrth Carolina will be at the rate of $10 per acre. : When tjie land .to be placed in the reserve1, is already in;.. an .ap proved vegetative cover, no estab lishment payment will be . made. However, the annual $10 per acre payment will be made during the term of the contract In 'this case, contracts will be from 8 to 5 years. Contracts for vegetative cover practices established under - the Conservation Reserv Program will run from 5 to 10 years. Tree prac tices 10 to 15 years. These prac tices will be eligible for both Con servation Reserve and annual pay ments, i The total payments that may be made ,1 eligible farmers in North Carolina are limited, and for tnis reason farmers who desire to par- tlcipate are urged ,to visit the county ASC office- and sign up as soon as the program opens. :'v BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT -', Mrj and Mrs. William H. Ownley pi Koute ,8, Elizabeth t;ity,i an nounce the birth of their, first child, a .daughter born Monday,, - August 27,. 1956 at the Albemarle Hospir, tal. . v She has been named Linda Lou. ' Mrs. Ownley is the former Miss Mary Lou Butt.-' ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. ArcJ-je T. Lane Jr., announce the birth'of a daugh ter, Terry Lynn, born Aumist .16 at the Clio wan Hospital in Edenton Lane and daucMervwho have t two weks ' Mrs. Lane's " -. r T, " "y in Eden- Amendment Before Voters In Special Election ' ( Election machinerv in Pernnim. .... 1. ans County is prepared for the spe cial election scheduled for Satur day, September 8, jt was reported today by R. C. Murray, chairman of the board of elections, when vot ers of the county will join others throughout the state in deciding the issues pertaining to amendments to the State Constitution. , Mr. Murray announced the six polling precincts in the county will be opened at 6:30 A, M.i and will close at 6:30 P. M. ' t J Precinct election officials are the ame as those who officiated at the pst 'election.; ; lit all, four proposals to .amend -UitaUwLbe detid&A - uy ino uw:r8 cubliii uaiiuis tn uie I election;'? The first of these amerid- ments, i and the . one "probably at- tractmit more attention than the vest, in the Ann firtniifert Hurinrt thn sneCiai sfission nf tnfi General A- gemb,y ind deals with the public arhnn, ihlntinn , This. ta. school amendmBBt f adopted by the voters, nrovidef fnr the atate to isanp tin' tion Brants t0 pupils to attend private schools determine the question of. whether local school units are to be closed due to intolerable situations. . The amendment itself, does not call for the closing of the public schools. That issue would be decided by the people of a local school unit, in an other special election. , . In connection with , the special school amendment, Mrs. John Hur dle, president of the PTA of Cen tral, Grammar School, has issued a statement ureing all members of her school unit, as well as the pub lic, to cast their votes, in the spe cial election. In her statement sent to PTA members Mrs. Hurdle pointed out ' Our State P.T.A., President be lieves public Bchools must be main tained and so do I. This amend ment if passed does not abolish 'the public schools, but will serve as a safety valve for us, and will mean that we- will not have to send our children to an integrated school or mixed school if we so desire. I can't assure you, that this elec tion may be a solution to the prob lem, that (confronts us. but we can try, for this may be the only op portunity we may ever have as in dividuals to, express, our Wishes in regard to such a 'controversial Is sue. t am toi telling you. now to vote, Just, stndy. th.e .mariy 'involu- I ments of such an, amendment and n uiiacieiiiuuHiy ana wisely as possible. ' 'However,' I am going to, vote, for the amendment and sup nort the Pearsall Plan. ' ' ' Two of the other ' amendments to be voted on pertain to the Gen raL "Assemblys' one changes" the lata of the meeting ot this group and the other has to do with in creasing the pay received by mem bers of the General Assembly. The remaining -amendment pro vides for a married woman to exer c'"9 t' . -wer of attorney confer ly her hr.'.ini Issues ' iWmslow Sorrell Vows Are Spoken The marriage of Miss Betty Lou fBorreit ana uaie Norwood winsiow j was solemnized last Saturday in the Latawba springs Christian Church at Fayetteville with the Rev. W. C. Farrell of Sanford, of ficiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Son ell ti Route 3, and the bridegroom Is 1vj!Son- of Mr and Mrs.' Dempsey ffisloxc Belvlderer' r J"1 Prior to tl-e ceremony Miss Kay Lee, pianist, and Joe W. Stephen son, vocalist, presented a program of. music. -, The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a chapel length gown of chantilly lace over tulle, featuring a fitted princess bodice accented by a hand clipped lace neckline embroidered with seeded pearls and sequins. Her two-tiered veil of French illusion was attach ed to a tiara of lace embroidered with pearls and sequins. She cai ried a prayer book with a purple throated orchid and showered with gardenias ,nd valley lillies. Miss Eunice Smrell of Raleigh was her cousin's maid of honor Her dress of rose crystalette was designed w.i h a fitted long torso bodice above a bouffant skirt. She wore a picture hat of matching ma terial and carried a bouquet of mixed summer flowers. Bridesmaids were M'ss Carolyn Sorrell of Raleigh, the bride's cou-1 Sin, Miss Anne Willis of Raleigh, Miss Frances Plyler of Charlotte and. Miss Joan Morris of Concord. They wore dresses of blue crystal- ette fashioned like that of the maid of honor. Thev also wore nicture . hats of matching material. Jo Ann Sorrell, sister of the hrinV ma thn flnwpr wirl an1 Phil ' Best was ring bearer. - Lt Dolan A. Winsiow of Charles ton, S. C, was his brother s best man. - Ushers were Irvin T, Wins-1 lor, Harold Winsiow, both of Rocky, Mount, Edmond Lorbacher and Bryan Upchurch, .both of Ra leigh. ; Mrs. Sorrell, mother of the bride, wdre a n.avy lace, dress with navy; 'accessories and a corsage of gar denias. . Mrs. Winsiow, the bride groom's mother, also wore a navy lace -dress with navy accessories and a eorsage of gardenias. The bride is a junior at the UNC School of Nursing. . The ' bride groom attended Wake Forest Col lege and. N. C. State and is now employed yith the State Highway Commission-, ,. - ., i the couple will live at Chapel Hill. . - - ' tlecorder Court In Recess Tuesday , Perauimans Recorder's Court wan in recess last Tuesday, and all cas es listed on -the docket were con tinued for trial, at the next) term Of the coart, which wMl convene on T. y, September tl. ;' . BPWCIUftSponSOrS TclentContestOn ! Thursday, 1,1 The Perquimans Business and Professional Women's Club and the Perquimans County Horned-Demonstration Clubs will co-sponsor, a beauty contest and a talent con test on Thursday night, September 20 at the Perquimans County High J acnooi in nertiora. The beauty contest will 1k hold to select Miss Perquimans County who will compete for the title of Queen of the International Cup Re gatta Festival to be held in Eliza beth City on September 29 and 30. Different civic organizations are sponsoring contestants, but if there are any girls between 16 and 21 years of age who would like to compete and haven't been approach ed by one of the clubs, they are asked to call Mrs. Roxanna Jack son, BPW Club president. The con testants will be judged on poise rnd beauty in an evening dress. The entrant who is judged Miss5 Perquimans County must be singlc;lj and never have been married, ii; vorccd, or had her marriage a'rtmjlrf ed. f j The girl who is chosen fiy the judges to be Miss Perquimans1 County must be prepared to ho in Sept 20 ... Elizabeth City not later than 2' An outstanding denominational P. M., on Friday, September 28, leader, Dr. V. Ward Barr of Gas and remain in Elizabeth City as a tonia, will be the guest minister :it guest of Regatta Officials until tho fall revival which begins at 'the Sunday morning, September 30. ., , u .. L , , . cu t i- V . ! , Hertford Baptist Church Sundiiy the must participate in all events of the Regatta including the Beau-, evcning at 7:30 oV1H'k' ty Contest, Parade, and Coronation A native of Louisiana, Dr. Barr Ball. She must also he available received his early schooling at during the entire Regatta for pho-' Mansfield. He attended Louisiana tograpfters, newsreel men, radio and newspaper reporters. The local talent contest is open to males and females of the town and county who have talent of any type, and will be judged apart from the beauty contest. The co-spon-sors.are .hoping, a -large number of eentestantsillentr, .; Those in terested', are askecf to contact Mrs. R. M. Riddjck, talent contest chair man. The winner of the talent con test will appear on one of the af ternoon editions 'of a TV show which originates in Norfolk, Va. An entry blank for each contest appears in this issue of The Per quimans Weekly, and a41 those who are interested in entering either contest are asked to fill in these blanks and send them to either Mi-3. Roxanna Jackson or Mrs. R. M. Riddick. Tickets for the beauty contest and talent show may be purchased from any member of the Home Demonstration Club or the Busi ness and Professional Women's Club. Youth Leaders And Adult Counselors To Hold Retreat ' Methodist youth leaders and their adult counsellors of the C.hn. wan-Perquimans Subdistrict of the Methodist Youth Fellowship will hnM n Phinnino. Pt.at VIA l.hold a Planning Retreat Friday,, September 14 and Saturday, Sep- .ttember 15, at Mount Gould, ner.r1 Edenton. Registration will begin at 4:30 on Friday afternoon and . i .... .... . ... . .... the last session will close at 4:00 P. M., on Saturday, T--...-i!- i .... , . . ivegiauuLou is iimiten to auo- district officers and one young per. son iron eacn local church, nre- " r " J 11 . Rev. James A. Auman, pastor of the First Methodist Church and standards for the coming year, 1 analyze the effectiveness of their, subdistrict program and make plans for the coming Vear'a wovk, The two-dav retreat nroeram-nUn calls for periods of fellowship end directed recreation, soecial com.. mittee work and inspirational mes sages. Mrs. Rufus Smithson 0f the Cen ter Hill Methodist Church is sub district counsellor. Included ' in the Chowan-Perquimans subdistrict are. all Methodist Churches of the two counties: Edenton, Anderson, Bethany, Center Hill, Evans, Cedar Grove, Epworth,; New" Hope, Oak' na aertiora. Review Of Annual AuditI Dr. Barr To Lead Baptist Revival Starting Sunday State College and there won his BA degree 1930. He received his Th.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the Southern Baptist Seminuiy of Louisville, Ky. As pastor, Dr. Barr has served churches in Kentucky, Florida, Mis sissippi. He came to the First Baptjst Church of Gatoi ih 1344. i.' His abilities as leader and pastor were immediately recognized upon his coming to the state. He has served as a member of the North North Carolina Hospital Board and has been special speaker for nu-' merous camps and schools through out the state. He has also served Ion the program committee of the ' Southern Baptist Convention. Dr. Barr is 44 years old and is married to the former Myrtle Cut rer also of Louisiana. They have two sons. Mrs. J. Ellie White, rhurrh music director, lias arranged an outstand ing musical program for the week which will include solos, duets, nuartets and special group singing. The pastor, the Rev. James O. Mat tox. will lead the congregational singing. Dr. Barr will arrive in Hertford Sunday afternoon and during his stay here he will be the house guest of Dr. and Mrs. I. A. Ward. Residents of the community are .cordially invited to share in the ween 01 iiospei preaenmg, singing a Christian fellowship. Rotary To Award Parmprn FHv Prio A A S Lfdjf 11 lC - ".ll An M fcature Q Fnrjmn, the Per quimans farmers' uay program thin year will be the awarding of a .or savings bond by the Hertford Rotary Club to the 4-H boy or girl, I narticinatmir in the RnUrv Pin- .. rf Cha n. show nir fhe heat n in th , event. The judging will take place -n-,the Rotary Club purchased three purebred gilts and turned them over .to 4-JI boys County Agent . . ' ' T h,s Pro,jeft' sponsored by the .Rotary Club 18 a,med "t improving 1,ve8toclt on Pferquimans County ' ?' a to,i,lte,t -H club members ln production of livestock. Rotary-Lions To Meet F riday Night Members of i.'ie Hertford Rotary and Lions Clubs will hold a-joint meeting in the form of a steak fry, Friday night at 6:45 o'clock at the town plant on Grubb Street. "' All members of the clubs are urged to ;je present for this event if " y lift!' ssioners Perquimans County Commission-'. ers, meeting here last Tuesday for their September session, were giv- ' en a report of the annual audit of county books recently completed by the R. E. Aiken, Jr., Company of Elizabeth City.' According to the audit the county assets increased to the sum ' nf $771,600.40, which included bank balances at the close of the fiscsl I year on June 30th of $106,176.58. , Largest item within the county as sets are the school sites and fix tures estimated at a value of $532,- 700. Operations during the year show ing income and outg of the vari ous departments of the county government was listed as follows: General County Fund, income $95, 843.43,' expenditures $75,017.65$ Poor Fund, income $3,666.46, ex penditures $3,624.29; Debt Sei vice Fund, income $54,784.98, expendi tures $40,872.36; General School Fund, $89,241.20, expenditures $80,- 825.54; Old Age Assistance, in come $53,536.51, outgo $60,367.00; Aid Dependent Children, income 119,889.67, outgo $22,205.00; Wel fare Administration, income $11, 120.59, expenditures $9,826.22. Also mutters handled during tht board meeting including voting if approval of an application request ing the State Highway Commission to improve and work the River Road, located in Parkville Town ship. Miss Ruth Tucker, secretary to the County Farm Agent, submit ted her resignation, effective S. p. teniber 29. County Farm Agent R. M. Thompson advised the board that Miss Tucker will be succeeded by Mrs. Preston Divers. J. E. Morris, cl :nman of the Board of Education. and J. TstBiff'" gers, County School Superintend ent, appeared before the meeting and advised the commissioners as to the progress being made toward structin -two new school pro- . .... . r jci-us mw unner wav pyi.rsccm. nupe i-uiuracis tor tnc construct!! may be let by the end of this week. Williamson Cons Leaps Title By Defeating Into Williamston, season-long Ifacjers in the Albemarle Baseball League, won the league's playoff champion- : ship here last Thursday night by winning a 3-0 victory from thp Per quimans Indians in one of the best contests of the summer. The vic tory gave Williamston a four to two edge over the Indians. Mack Cherry did a masterful job in pitching Williamston to the'win. He gave up only two hits, those -to Vernon White and Bill Winsiow, walked five, while shutting out the Indians. Bill Winsiow started on the mound for Perquimans, pitch ing four innings during which he allowed four hits, two runs and walked three. He was relieved by White who gave up four hits, walk ed one and allowed one run. Wil liamston committed two errors and 1 Hertford three. Williamston tallied one run in the first, second and seventh ' in- " nings. The Indians had rallies go ing in both the seventh and eighth innings but failed to score due to the fine pitching of Cherry. Navy Places Order . For P6M Seaplanes The Navy Department last ,Fri- J day, according to. a story jenorted i by the International News Service, issued a $102,163,000 Order to the Glen L Martin Company of Bal-.-timore, for production of P6M ' "Seamaster" seaplanes. -,( . According to the INS report this ' order, the first for production mod- : , els, will be for at least a doten of the. 600-mjle-an-hour jets that the ' Navy said could toui5 anywhere .on water. ' J An unofficial report has been made that these seaplanes when produced will be based ( Harvey Point upon the reactivation of the air facility here ijt Per' - County.' ,