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Hertford, Perquimans County, North CarolirayFriday, September 28, 1956.
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Press Promotes New Industry
Rachel Spivey To
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HT.niPTinn ftr Ik ne w 1 rl AltTrtrrt lrn,m.l
mar School got under, way here thifc '
week when, the Anderson Construc
tion Company of Dunn started tey-
i big the' foundation for" the lew
building., A spokesman : for the
"company "stated he expects the,
foundation to be completed within
a week or 10 days after which the
building proper will be started.
The Board o Education, after
being authorised ' by : the County
Commissifners to borrow an addi-j
tional $15,000 needed to pay con
' struction costs of tile project, ad
vised the architect to proceed with
the drawing of construction con-
tracts for. both the Hertford, Gram
j mar' School1 and' the; King Streetl
' School. I ' These contracts' will like-'
: ly.be 'signed this week, a;t .t :
At a special meeting of the Board
'of Coifnty Commissioners, held on
Thursday night of last week, rep
: resentati ves of 'the - school board
appeared before, the Commissioners
and advised the; need for" raising
$15,000 for the new project due to
the 'situation which has arisen over
ownership of the old school site on
-Market Street. The Commission
ers 'voted authority to the Board
of Education to borrow the sum
from the State Literary Fund in
order to proceed with the school
construction. : ;,.''' " .-.;'
Without this permission from the
Commissioners to borrow additional-money,
the Board of Education
would have -had to halt action on
the- -projects t and called 'for ' new:
bids on the schools since the bids
tentatively accepted last month will
expire Saturday. " '
J. T. Bigger,, school superintend
dent, stated Monday; the Board bf
Education., has ejected 'i 'bid h
eeived for the wooden jor' 'f
King Street " '
aT ftrolectwii
f waved by u,
' new addition, i v! a. ort th King
' Street' project is. expected to, get
under way shortly , since Mr. Big
- gers is expecting the contractor on
this Job to cotne; here next week.
The contractors have advised the
' Board of Education, they believe
the two schools wilt be ready for
use by the start of the school term
next year.
REA Stockholders
Select Directors At
;'' . Stockholders of th Albemarle
' Electric 1 Membership ; Corporation'
' conducted '' their 'annual meeting
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i here last Saturday and elected di
. rectors for the' organization for (he
'coming' yetfr." The ' meeting was
' held at the' Perquimans High
School "
'John D. Costeni manager of the
Co-op, reported the meeting -was
. one of the bestyever cotiducted with
. more stockholders taking part by
attendance and voting than in re
cent years. : . 4 -Prior
to the annual election of di
rectors organizational reports were
' made by officers of the corporation.
President A. T. Lane reported con
tinued growth for the organization
- during the past year. A total of
150 new consumers., were added to
the membership, which, covers five
counties in Northessitern North
Carina. The AE:Q Ya'a. sr'n
i d'J financial, report which was v "
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John B. Moore . .-",At-
the Hertford Rotary Club
meeting next Tuesday, October 2,
John H.. Moore of Elisabeth City,
Governor of the 278th District of
Rotary International, will make his
official visit to the dub. ' t ,
TIIISWEEK'S
HEADLINES-
. Nine deaths and property dam-,
age estimated' in the millions of
dollars resulted ; from Hurricane
Flossy which struck the Gulf coast
early this week and swept across
parts of Florida and Georgia. The
'storm - was reported diminishing
Wednesday as ft moved out into
the Atlantic, Rcean., Storm warn-
ngaere hojsted to this area -, al
though weather foiwpoti djct-
f: proposed organisation of iiseys
ofthe Suez Canal will be consid
red by the UN Security Council
this week and a report says the
Russians may veto' the proposal
which would take- full control of
the canal from Egypt. Prospects
of war over the seizure of the canal
now appears slieht although Brit
ain and France bitterly oppose the
Egyptian control of the waterway.
Since .'its organization several
years. ago the corporation' has in
Stalled a total of 605 miles of pow
er lines and now serves 2,606 farm
families in this area. Mr. Costen
estimated .at least 95 per cent of
the -rural homes of this area are
served .electricity -.through .the
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,At a special meeting held Mon
day night, September 17, the Per
quimans Board of Education adctpl
ed a' resolution setting up the same
time schedule for'; all classes in
county schools, The action follow
ed receipt ef some complaints about
part time, schedules in some of the
-hoolg. , The new schedules are to
1 1 observed, at. all schools: regard-
kim . of . agriculture needs- for part-
time, harvest labors. 'I"' i
The Board also discussed housing
of., i students of the King Street
"School while this building is under-
E ; 3 tJItionttl construction. !Ar
tar'2ewe have been tompleted
fcr all hut four classes and School
Superintendent J. t. Biggers re
ported the Board is considering lo
cations for these classes. ::
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The ; Rotary' Club ' of Hertford,
October 2, 1956, wilt be "host to
John' H. ; Moore,' Governor i of the
278th District Rotary International;
twho is making, his official Visit tb
each of the j89 1 Rof4y Clubs in
Northeastern and Northern 'North
Carolina. He will address" the local
club and confer with President Wil
liam J. Davis and Secretary Jack
Karioy and' committee chairmen on
Rotary- administration arid service
activities. ; ..
: Mr.. Moore js, Superintendent of
.the Pasquotank County Schools
and is a member of the Elizabeth
City Rotary Club' and past Presi
dent of the Farmville Rotary Club.
He is moderator of the" Chowan
Baptist ' Association, "chairman, of
the Board! lif , Deacons ' of the 1 First'
Baptist Church in Elizabeth City,
vicp president of the Northeastern
District oijlhe Department of Su
perintendents of the North' Carolina
Education Association, member of
the four county Board of Health,
member of the Pasquotank1 County
Chapter of ' the American Red
Cross, member of the board of trus
tees of the Elizabeth City State
Teachers College and a member of
the board of directors of the Cam
den, Pasquotank and Perquimans
Counties Health and Tuberculosis
Association.
He was elected as a District Gov
ernor of Rotary International' for
the 1956-1957 fiscal year at Ro
tary's 47th Annual Convention in
Philadelphia last June. He is one
of the 248 District Governors su
pervising the activities of - more
than 9,10ft. Rotary Clubs which have
a membership of 431,000 business
and professional executives in 99
countries' throughout the world.
Wherever , Rotary Clubs are lo
Cated, President Davis asserted in
discussing '.'the Governor's visit
their activities are similar to those
of the 'Rotary Club of Hartford be-
icMtoa-'they tt batied -onhft' same
general objectives developing .bet-
t-t uoderstahding and j fellowship
nong-.Misinesg - anoi professional
men,' promoting "cdmhiunity-better
ment understandings, raising the
standards -of business and profes
sions," and fostering the advance
ment, of. good will, understanding
and peace among' all the peoples of
the world.
Mn Funeral
Conducted Tuesday
Mrs. Lucille Dail Yohn, 30, died
Sunday morning at 12:15 o'clock
in Duke Hospital in Durham after
a lingering illness. - s" ! ; '
She was a native of Perquimans
County and resided on Hertford
Route 3, all of her life.' She' was
the daughter of the late Jack DaH i
and Mary Ivey Dail Harrell ana.
wife of Elmon Yohn. She was em-i
ployed as a machine operator at the
Elizabeth' City Cotton Mill prior
to her illness. She was a member
of the New Hope MethodiBt Church.
Besides 4ier mother and ncr hus
band, she is survivedby one daugh
ter, Joan Lucille Yohn, of New
Hope; two sons, Gene Allen and
Donald Elmon Yohn of New Hope;
five sisters, Mrs. Fannie Stallings.
Mrs. Wilma Harrell And Mrs. Eliz
abeth Harrell of New Hope, Mrs.
Beatrice Ownley of Okisko and
Mrs. Ethel Harrell of Hertford:
two brothers, Charlie and Willie
Dail of New Hope. '
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the Twiford Funeral Home by Dr.
L. Sigsbee Miller, pastor of Inter
national -Pentecostal H b 1 i n e s s
Church,' assisted by, the Rev. Earl
MeektnS, pastor of the New Hope
MethodiBt 'Church. r Burial followed
invthe' family' cemfetery .near New
Hope.' -
Rleet Next Llcndiiy
Perquimans Board of , County
Commissioners will cbnvene for its
October meeting next Monday at
10 A. M., in the Court House.
Among other matters expected to
be considered by the Board will be
settlement with Sheriff J. K.
V,1.:e for col! -ons of 1955 tax
es d e Tcr, ' b County. ' '
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Governor Hodges recctvess copy of , the .first of the series of
advertisements in support of the State's industrial development
program from E. B; Hunter of the Charlotte Observer. Chair
man of the Njrth Carolina Press Association Committee. Mem
bers of the Association, witli circulation of nearly a million and
a hRlf, are publishing the advertisements as a public service
without cast to the Stole. An enlarged copy of one of the ad
vertisements is seen in the background.
Indians Score Win
Over Ahoskie, Play
Tarboro
Opening their Albemarle' Confer
ence football schedule at Ahoskie
last Friday night, the Perquimans
Indians "rocked and rolled" 4o
7-0 victory which .was a prevl
of what local fans may expect fi
the Indians during the current s.
son. 4'
Tfee ! score was no indictiopjif
the superiority thri Jndiaas held
ever their Ahoskie rivals. A strong
defense, sparked by Hazel Mathews,
Vharlie Johnson, Charles Whedbee;
Denny" Bktmatt,';'1 Ralph White
Johnny Miller and Thurman Whed
bee contained AhoBkie to one first
down although the Hertford Coun
ty team picked -up two others
through penalties assessed against
the Indians.
Perquimans' offensive was pow
erful with Tommy Matthews, Tom
my Tilley, Ross and Miller show
ing exceptionally fine . form. The
score might have been larger but
for a number of Indian fumbles
which halted touchdown drives by
the Perquimans team on three oc
casions. - Boone and Rogerson were out
standing for Ahoskie on offense
while Rogerson and Turner were
best on defense.
Perquimans collected 12 first
downs and scored the only touch.
;down ad a result of recovering an
Observed 100th Birthday
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. 'LooKingbuck.on a century ot liv
ing, J. ..C. Campbell observed his
100th birthday on September 15, at
his home in Shelbyvtllelndiana.
' Born on September 15, 1856, he
was a farm boy when today's mod.
era machinery and techniques were
not even dreamed of; later he mov
ed to Shelbyville where he was en
gaged in business until he retired
at the age of 84.
-He will be remembered by a large
number of persons he met iherei
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Here Fri.
Ahoskie fumble. Gains by Mat
thews, Tilley and Ross moved the
ball to the one yard stripe from
where Rountree bulled over for the
score. Tommy Matthews convert
ed for the extra point.
Only once did Ahoskie, threat-'
en the Indian goal, that being in
the final period heft"-thy recover
ed another" Perquimans fumble on
their 80., Ahoskie picked up. a. first
down and got down to the 14 but
the threat .fizzled out and the In
dians' tools, over on downs. Per
quimans kept on the ground dur
ing the contest, attempting no pass
es while Ahoskie completed 2 of
10 for 26 yards. Ahoskie netted
Only 48 yards rushing while Per
quimans totaled 165 yards on the
ground. Perquimans was penalized
9 times for 75 yards while Ahoskie
received no penalties during the
contest. Ahoskie recovered 5 Per
quimans fumbles while Perquimans
recovered 2 of the losers' bobbles.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
i Mr, and Mrs. W. L. Pickhardt
of Virginia Beach, Va., announce
the birth of a daughter, Mary
Charles, bora Sunday, September
23, at DePau: Hospital. Mrs.
Pickhardt is the former .Miss Mary
Iou Bagley.
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wiuio visiting Hertford on several
jjecasions: 't
! Mr. Campbell is the father of
Max Campbell of Hertford, Joe
Campbell of Wilmington, Alfred
Campbell of Carthage, Indiana and
makes hie- home with another son,
Charles Campbell at Shelbyville.
! A family dinner marked, the cele
bration of the birthday anniversary
attended by 19 immediate members
of the family. ' - . ,'',;,
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fitQup Regatta
Mis ! Rachel Spivey was chosenj
to represent Perquimans County in I
competing for the' title of "Miss
Irrtrnatiohal Cui. Regatta." Miss
Letitiak: McGoogan was winner in,
the ttolledt contest sponsored joint
ly by .the-Perquimans BPW and,
Home "Demonstration clubs - last
veek. g .
Francis' .Nixon was master of
ceremonies as the 13 beauty en
trants and 18 amateur talent con
testants performed before a large
audience in the Perquimans County
High School auditorium.
- Miss Spivey, a striking blonde,
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Carson Spivey of Route '3. She is
an 11th grade student and was,
sponsored by the Hertford Lions;
Club. " Hi,!
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. ! Runner up in the beauty confeatl
was Miss ' Jean Edwards, alsri a
blonde beauty, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Houston Edwards of Hertford.
Miss McGoogan, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. A. McGoogan of Hert
ford. is a tent? grade student. She
won the talent contest with a pi
ano solo "Malaguenn".
Runner up in the talent contest
was Miss Martha Ann Ward, tap
dancer of Elizabeth City.
Other contestants in the beauty
contest were Amanda Lou Corprew,
Joyce Sumner, Shelby Jean Over
ton, Phyllis Bagley, Iris Wilder,
Rebecca Lee Cox, Anne Sawyer,
Mary Ann White, Kay Spear, Lucy
Lamb, Norma Jean Sutton.
: Taking part in the talent show
were: Shelby Jean Overton, Nellie
Sumner, Franklin McGoogan, Ike
Stokely, Margie Lou Elliott, How
ard Robertson, Mary Anne White.
Billy and Harriett Williams. Caro
lyn Lewis, Lois Byrum, Stanley
Spruill, Clay Stallings, Whitey
Matthews, Sallie Skinner, Mrs. Jo
anne Kirby, Martha Ann Ward, Dr
Harold White and his son, .Chuck,
the jRey.f-'Oral Dillon and the Up
HiWllieii'ii'CWlr. '
Project Approved
For20Counties
The clearing of logs nd snagf
lett Dy hurricanes in various
streams in some 20 counties in the
coastal area is scheduled to begin
within the next three months, ac
cording to an announcement by
Col. H. C. Rowland, Jr.. District
Engineer of the Corns of Engi
neers' District office in Wilming
ton.
Colonel Rowland said the Fed
eral Civil Defense Administration
has turned over tl.606,00 to the
District to do the job with the least
practicable delav.
It was painted out that the tasl
and specifications for etach county,
by competitive, bids on a county by
county basis. For example, all
streams or portions of streams in
one county that are to be cleared
will be put in one contract
The counties to be included are
Brunswick, Columbus. New Han
over. Onslow, Pender, Jones. Wil
son. Dare, Duplin, Carteret. Beau
fort, Bladen, Camden, Pamlico,
Washington, Tyrrell, Hertford.
Martin, Craven and Bertie.
The coming clean-up job stems
from a survey conducted earlier
this year by representatives of the
Civil Defense Administration. Soi'
Conservation Service and the Corpp
of Engineers. The survey covered
26 counties but only 20 were cho
sen to receive stream clearance
funds... ; ''.'. .'", - C, .- .'"' .
J Immediately upon being assigned
$he project, Colonel Rowland em
phasized, engineers and draftsmen
were put to. work drafting plans
and sperifications for each county.
Invitations for bids were expect- i
ed to go out on September 15 with
the opening of bids, to . follow 30
days later. ; After bids haW Beer
opened the successful bidders .us
ually have 3Q days to begin work j
This would Place the beginning
date close to November 15.
NOT JOHN D. COSTEN
The John Costen referred to in
the report on the Perquimans Re
corder's Court In last week's paper;
is not the John D. Costen, manager
of the Albemarle Electric Member
ship Corporation. ,
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Spencer Love of Greensboro will
be the 1956 State Christmas Seal
Chairman, E. V.l Pope, president" of
the North Carolina Tuberculosis
Association, announced today. Mr.
Love is chairman of the board of
Burlington Industries, . ' Inc., ' the
leading fabricator of textiles in the
world. As state chairman, he will
be the titular head of 101 local
chairmen representing TB associa
tions throughout North Carolina.
Funds from the Christmas Seal
Sale support the programs of the
local, state and national TB asso
ciations. The 1956 Sale will begin
November 15.
Light Docket In
Recorder's Court
Tuesday's session of Perquimans
Recorder's Court was brief, only
three cases being docketed for trial
before Judge Chas. E. Johnson.
Charlie O'Neal paid the costs of
court after pleading guilty to a
charge of ; following too closely bg-
-hliH a. notor vehicle.;; :r,,. V;'
David Newton pleaded guilty , to
charges of reckless driving- and
failing to observe a stop sign. He
was ordered to pay a fine, of $25
and costsof cosurt, ' ii' ii '
A special verdict of not guilty
was returned in the case in which
Robert Bolesworth was ' charged
with issuing a worthless check, and
the State took an appeal to the Su-1
perior Court. .
New Credit Po
AhnouricedBylfHi
INow In Ope
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How the credit needs of a lar
ger number of farm families can be
served hy the Farmers Home Ad
ministration under recently enact-.
ea legislation was discussed at a
meeting of agency officials held
last week at New Bern. : ':',
The new law provides broader
authority to assist family-type
farmers with loans to improve and
operate their farms. It also 'au
thorizes, as a part of the rural do
velopment program, loans for op
erating and developing far.ms where
the farmer has part-time employ
ment off the farm. Included in
the broader authority are loans for
refinancing existing debts, and an
increase in the maximum amount
that can be advanced for operating
loans. .',-..',.
All of the present loan services
of the Farmers Home Administra.
tion which include loans for the rip.
eration, development and purchase
of family-type farms, farm llotiS'
ing. soil ! and water conservation,
and loans to meet emergency cred
it needs will continue to be. avail
able. . ; I'''' '.V-
;; James O. Wise, County . Super
visor and. Mrs. - Inet H. Sawyer.
County Office Xlerk of the local
office -which serves ' Perquimans
Chowan, Camden, Currituck 'and
Pasquotank counties attended the
meeting and received the new in
structions and are now ..ready to
process loans within these broad
er authorities. .
The loans to refinance existing
debts will be available until June
80, 1959 to owners of farms rio
larger -'than family-size. , These
loans will hlp: farmers who' have
A preliminary survey of the bur '
ness and residential sections' of th
Town' of 'Hertfor has been: com
pleted by the League of Municipal!!,
ties for the purpose of compiling
a zoning ordinsnce fw'Hertfordf
which is to be considered hjf Jlhl
ing the next-two months..
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ThA Allrvpv wfi tmirfA lhv ; Wil
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liam' Ingram, a representative o
the League, who with Leigh Wilson
Assistant Director pf .the Leagije,,
will map out the proposed ordin-'
ance and zoning areas of the tdW
which will be submitted jo' the!
town Board and midents of ; ?he
town for adoption: ; j :".. -J"
First proposed by the.Hertford
Junior Chamber of Commerc4 pti
toning--' ordinance,-: should . ;
adopted, will regulate construction
of business and residential build
ings within the town. It w?li 1(o?.
vide for the ' location uncertain
types of building and place restric
tions upon construction of certain
types of structures at given locai.
tions. '-' . ' '''i ''').'
Many cities and towns now lujve
zoning ordinances which' provide',
actually, a certain protection fo
property owners; and adoption 'of
such an ordinance here it is be
lieved will meet with the approval
of the residents of the town', i-' ',
Representatives of the League of
Municipalities are expected to re
turn to Hertford in 'about " six
weeks with a proposad plan for the
local law after which public hear
ings will be conducted tq acquaint
the public with the terms of, 'the
proposed law. ,
The Town Board, shortly, will
appoint a five.man committee' tp be
known as a Planning Board', and
the duty of this board will bkto
hold the public hearings and gjve
f pp;roi,ttj of thepEMiOnce appfov...
ed by! this commiuee the ordinance
will .then be voted upon ! by ; the
Towij Board and if adopted will be--come
law. . . . .,' 'j'
Temsiof the ordwaitce'wilFf!
ulate future construction. ; 'Hiwt
ever individuals have thft right.'.to
appeal from the regulations nd
these appeals will be handled. Hy a
committee to be appointed ipjfxr
'the law has been enacted.
ration
adequate rear, estate Security 'nd
who are otherwise in a sound po
sition but whq. are unable (n. ineet
their' present credit; obligations
and need credit on more favorable
terms and conditions than is cur
rently available from other lend
ers. ;"'' "' .''' ;'" V:': '''';':V;'V'i,i!
When debts are refinanced-by, the
FHA the payments will be, sched
uled according to the ability , of hp
borrower to repay. In the pastille
agency has 'only refinanced exist
ing debts when the refinancing was
incidental to the making of a real
estate loart for purchase or im
provement of family-type farmsi'fi
The amount of each operattng
loan made by the Farmers Home
Administration is based m 'the
needs of the applicant and his abili
ty to pay. In addition there is a
ceiling on the total indebtedness of
each operating loan borrower. ,':''
' In the past the maximum amount
that a borrower c6uld be indeb'ted
has been set at $10,000; ; Normally
the credit heeds of borrowers xan
be met within such a Ceillns. How
ever, under ihe new law when a
borrdwer ' needs additionaV "creik
because of the type of faxming.opr ,.,
eration Vhich he proposes1 ip '
ry out, loans may .be made up to a
total debt, cejlins of I20.00Q. .,No
more than lb per cent of the.an
rtUal appropriation for opera tir'
loans' can;, be used .to make ioi hp
which woWd cause a borrower's in
debtedness to exceed $10,000. t
the operating ioans are used, f r
the purchase of equipment,) lj .
stock, fertiliser, seed and o' .
farm and honie operating expf
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