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Volume XXIV. Number 36,
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 6, 1957.
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DARK AND LONELY NIGHT By day mothers watch their children at play, and the elderly
rest in Highbridge park, in the Washington Heights section of New York. By night, a deadly
silence nils .the 'abandoned place of fear.' A lone policeman watches the shadows. For here a
13-year-old boy, crippled by polio and unable to ritrr,was stabbed to death by a teen-age gang.
Nightfall and fear has emptied this park. But the police are there trying to check the awful rise
In juvenile crime. , - . ':.,,.;.::.'' ...-.
CountyB
Review Of Annual
Audit On Tuesday
Perquimans County Commisr
sioners, in meeting here ' last
iv. uuesaay, were given a full re-.
! port of the annual audit of cotan
ty fiscal matters for the past year
p , a it wm recently comptied.bY
he R. E. Aiken, Jr., Company
v Elizabeth TCity.1 The report was
'-made. .by Max Campbell, Coiiifcy
''Accountant. .
, According to the audit the
v county assets increased to the
sum of $894,909.95, which .kiclud-
. ed Btnk tialances ew June 30tii of
15867.80, Largest item. -in the
county assets was tne ?iu,mb.hB
: valuation placed upon county
school buildings and fixtures.'
' The county began the 1950-57
fiscal year with a bankNbalance
amount to $106,176.58, and 'dur
ing the year cash receipts totaled
$56,761.37. Expenditures during
the year, most of which went to
ward construction of new schools,
amounted to $604,570.15. .
Largest single item in the re -
eeipts of the $125,000 received
(from the sale of school bonds;
other large receipts came -from
State and Federal aid $107,800.81;,
ad valorem taxes $127,418.36; de
linquent tax collections $5,682.58;
intangible taxes, $5,436.33; state
beer taxes $6,561.07; recorder tax
$4,134.50; marriage licenses, $1,
944.00. ..;; :- : : ,v.. :
(Operations during, the. year
showing income and outgo ot the
various departments of the coun
ty government were listed as fol
lows: General County Fund in
come, $69,193.57; i expenditures,
$86,899.06; Poor : Fund income,
$3,037.77; outgo, $12,356.34; Debt
Service income, $48,813.80; out
go, $69,971.1$; Old Age .Assist
ance income, $66,565.39; outgo,
$67,634.00; Aid Dependent Chil
drenincome, $24,299.23; outgo,
' $26,298.00; APTD Fund income,
$22,916.14; outgo, $22,507.00; Wel
fare : Administration income,
$11,385.70; o u t g o, $11,841.12;
- School Fund income, $84,697.32;
outgo, $81,983.80; Capital Outlay
- Fund income, $188,595.7; outgo,
F $224,477.30.
" Bonded indebtedness of the
- county at the close of the fiscal
year amounted to $479,000 . of
which $216,000 represented debt
on the county road bonds and the
remaining $263,000 are debt due
dn school buildings. !
' Ruritan IubsTo v -Hold
Fsh Fry
- i Three Ruritan Clubs of Per
quimans County -will hold a joint
meeting on Thursday September
. it, wnen memoers oi tne uurants
, Neck, Parkville and Bethel clubs
. gather at Camp Perry, near New
' Hope, for their annual fish fry.
f plans for the fish fry were an
., nounced at a meeting of the Park-
; ville Club, held Tuesday night at
4 WinfalL If was reported during
. this "meeting the three dubs will
r ipend their annual corn contest
.;s year. , i ( l. .
All m(,r"'"r$ of . the clubs are
Ur -t fr t' 8,f i
oardnears
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I Accitbnt Report
"'vi'if "irrinriiityi nnrlr -i ' nn.iTji-Ti.i'irLrutjij'uf'
Patrolmaif B. R.anscoe reported
Tuesday thaPerqprjjans fcounty
had an !acoidi-frM Labor? Day
holiday, Ne; acideifts were re
ported during the long Week-end
although nationwide the accident
Score accounted for nearly 500
deaths.,. The patrolman expressed
his! thanks tc T local mofcrU for!" to, he P!.oplf Tuesday
-itjiu
way 'Patrol by driving safely over
tne nonaay.
Large Attendance
At Service Sunday
Special emphasis will be placed
jon Every Member Attendance at
the 11 o'clock worship service at
First Methodist Church Sunday
morning, September 8, it was an-
nounced today by the pastor, the
Rev. James A. Auman.' An effort
is being made this week to con
tact every member of the church,
urging them to attend services on
Sunday.
ft. feature of Sunday morning's
service will be a brief statement
from each of the four Commission
Chairmen, outlining their plans
for the fall and winter program
in the church, as well as a mes
sage from the Official Board and
the Men of the church, and the
Woman's Society ' of Christian
Service. ; The sermon subject for
the day will be "Worship What
Good Is It?",
The Methodist Youth, Fellow
ship will meet Sunday evening at
6:30 " o'clock, ; with Miss Letitia
McGoogan, president, in charge.
All young people, ages 12-23, are
invited to participate in the even
ing sessions. Evening worship
service, at 7:30 Sunday night will
be held in the Fellowship Room,
wnere tne pastor wm begin a
study of '.'The Synoptic Gospels,
Those ' attending are asked to!
tVioi. niwa a - .!in
WlbM All CUUll W IXi.
be made this fall to make the
evening services informal and in
formative, with several , special
studies being planned..
The following week's calendar
in the;churc,h calls for a Workers'
Cdnference . supper ., meeting on
Thursday night, September 12,
when all teachers and. officers of
the church school will meet to
complete plans for fall activities
and Promotion Sunday, Septem
ber 29. - ' :
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Recorder's Court i j
In Recess Tuesday '
Perquimans County Recorder's
Court was in recess last Tuesday
while the Board of Commission'
ers used the court room for its
September meeting. '.All cases
listed on the docket of the court
s':t for hearirj at the t rm
1 T. "2y.
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THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Now that
Congress has ad-
journed, President
Eisenhower
was reported as stating cuts made
in appropriations for the coming
vaoi nrara
insufficient to merit a
reduction in tax rates ; during
1958. The report stated the Pres-
ident figured Congress cut appro-
priaUons only about one billion
dollars instead of the fiv- billion'
ridim.. rin '
. With schools opening this week
throughout the nation integration
again became a much discussed
subject. Governor Hodges, in a
fnight, states he'firmiy believes
.w.v. v..ui .v- mcoy rntnisici' itobert Phthi
plan is the best program for main-j sic 2, Talmadge Lewis, Dorothy
taining the public school system, j Matthews, Mrs. Harold Hurdle,
(Floyd Matthews, Earl Hollowell'
Wisconsin has a new Democrat T. R. Kirby and Mrs. Dewey
Senator for the first time in 25 Perry, Jr.
years. In a special election, Wil
liam Proxmire defeated Walter
Kohler, GOP candidate, to serve
the. unexpired term of former
Senator Joe McCarthy. The out
come of the election dumped Re
publican hopes of capturing con
trol of Congress in the 1958 elec
tions.
William A. Lundy, Confederate
Veteran, died at Crestview, Fla.,
Sunday at the age of 109. His
passing left only two men who
served during the War Between
the States. The two living vet
erans are 114 year-old Walter Wil
liams at Houston, Texas, and John
Sailings, 111, at Slant, Va.
The Soviet Government has as
sighed three disposed leaders to
Siberia, Moscow ' reported this
week. Dmitri She'pilov, V. M.
Molotov and Georgia Malenkov,
supposedly opposed to Khrush
chevtop Red leader, have been
given minor jobs in the Soviet
Far East.
Held Last Saturday
William Hardy Winslow, 70,
;.died last. Thursday at 5 P. M.
.lot his VinmA in Rpliriffar
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He was a son of -Jordan and
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Winslow,
and husband of the late Mrs.
Inez K. Winslow. He was a
member of , Hobbsville Baptist
Church. , . i
' Surviving are three sons, J. L.
Winslow, Ellis Winslow and Jar
vis Winslow, all' of Belvldere; a
daughter, Mrs. Burcher Ward of
Ryland; a brother, J. T. Winslow
of Belvidere; a sister, Mrs. E. L.
Hurdle of Belvidere, and several
grandchildren. ;'. ; :
The body, was taken from the
Lynch Funeral Horn? to the
Hobbsville Baptist Church , for
funeral services Saturday at 3:30
P..M. by the Rev. W. Vt Brown,
pastor. Burial was in Cedar
wood Cemetery, Hertford.
Pallbearers were J. T. Winslow,
Thurmari WtriSlow, A. H. Wins
lowVRByHttnoTJordan Hurdle,
E. C?nr J uJf-Boyce Hurdle
and Roy'Eurdlw.
Perquimans County Farmers! Pollwe". Mrs. Ralph Har
Day was termed a huce success' :reUTJPnice Stanton, Mrs.; Charles
With a large number of entries
,in the field crops, clothing, ! Z , Alvan MMrey
home cooked articles, floral ar. (Mrs. Mark Gregory.
rangements, arts and crafts.'
J canned goods departments. Win-
Iners of blue.'red and white rib -
bons were as follows: Blue rib- unnes Smith, Mrs. Arvin Hud
bon winners in the field crops .SOn' Mrs- Harold HurH?. Mrs.
division: Jake White 2. Elmer Mtthews and Mrs. Mark Greg-
Roberson 2, D. A. Winslow, , ory
Claude Williams, Mrs. J. B. Bas-i Blue ribbon winners in the
night, Mrs. L. B. Elliott, Rae-norae c0ked articles division
ford Copeland, Mrs. Orvil Dil-. WP Rachel Spivey 2, Linda Lou
Ion, Mrs. Anderson Layden, Beu-!211? Mrs- M- T' Griffin. Mrs.
lah Phthisic .4, Robert Phthisic Gebrae Winslow, Mrs. George
2, Mike Matthews, Mary Phthi- WIow, Mrs. Carl Lewis, Mrs.
sic, McCoy Phthisic, Mrs. M T.IEvelyn DaU Mrs- Mark Gregory
Girffin 2, Talmadge Lewis, rMs.fand Myrtle Williars
Clarence Dail 2, Edward .. Lee I ribbon winners in the
Madre, A. E. Layden, T. E. home cooked articles division
Madre 2, Mrs. Claude Winslow wer Anne Lane, Mrs. Josiah
2, Ernest Long and Freeman ' Proctor 2 Mrs- Claude Williams,
Mansfield. jMrs, Ernest Sutton, Linda Lou
Red ribbon winners in the EUi 2 Anne Benton, Mrs.
field crops divieio were Jake Wan Lane Mrs- Ra3" Godfrey,
White, Billy Williams, Harriett 'Mr,, L- a Elliott. Mrs. George
Williams, Claude Williams 2,iWmslow 3' Faye Wood- SvIvia
Mrs. Josiah Proctor, Mrs. Willie I' Kf8ht 2- Mrs- Virginia Wins-
2, Mrs. Georcre Rnah
"aclu'u v-opeiana z, Mrs. Bel
?Tin TTEu.'"e' Anderson Layden 2,
urale z' Robert Phthisic
,.' Mlke Mahews, Billy Wil -
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"""'"l mary f anisic 2, Mrs. M.
I" . .G,rl",n 2- McCov Phthisic,
Le7uv Talmadge Lewis,
Beula.h Phthisic
J, Mtthes' Jr' Dor0thy
Matthews, Mrs. Harold Hurdle 2,
T n if: n m M ....
Jeffry Keeter, Beulah Phthisic
." Claud Winslow. i Ernest
Mrs. Claud
Long, Ervih Mansfield and T. E.
Madre.
White ribbon winners in the
field crops division were Jake
White 4, Billy Williams. Harri-
ette Williams. J. C. Mnrinn
lMary
W. Winslow. Anderson
Layden 5. Whitm M.tih,. m
Blue ribbon winners in the
clothing division were Mrs. War
ner Madre 2, Mrs. Ernest Sutton
2, Mrs. T. C. Perry, Mrs. Cath
erine Spivey, Mrs. Ralph Har
rell, Mrs. Mary Winslow, Janice
Stanton, Mrs. Richard Bryant,
Virginia Winslow.
Red ribbon winners in the
clothing division were Mrs. T.
C. Perry, Mrs. William iWnslow
4, Mrs. T. ,G. Howard, Rachel
Spivey 2, Mrs. Jake Chesson,
arts and crafts department were
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Local REA Set For
A. T. Lane, President of the Al
bemarle Electric Membership
Corporation, Announces the 10th
Annual Meeting of the Corpora
tion on Saturday, September 14,
1957.
Mr. Lane reports a continuing
growth of the Cooperative in both
members receiving electric ser
vice and uses by them. He points
out that they are now serving
over 2700 members, with total an
nual use of 9,798,476 KWH of
electricity. ;
Mr. Lane also states that the
Cooperative is at present employ
ing 13 full time employees with
an annual payroll of $45,000.00.
President Lane states that much
planning for future expansion has
been made and promises that the
Cooperative will meet the increas
ing demands for electric service
in the Albemarle area as it con
tinues to-progress.
Planned MassX-ray
Project Terminated
Plans for a ' mass 3-ray . pro
gram to be . conducted in Per
quimans County this f all have
been dropped, the Board of Com
missioners were advised Tuesday
by Chairman A. T. Lane. 1
Mr. lane informed the Board
the project, as planned by the
District Health Department, in
cooperation with the State Board
of Health, was being delayed
until some time in 1959 due to
the decision by the State Board..
Annual Meeting Of
Saturday Sept 14
?mL Mrs; Louise Morris Mrs.
Vf riDDon winners m the
cl?lmn6 division were Rachel
lop,VEy - mrs- jaKe wesson, Mrs.
low 2, Mrs. Rudolph Perry
Mrs. Mark Gregory.
White ribbon winners in the
, nome cooKea articles division
, we" Mrs. Warner Madre, Anne
cooked articles division
'"e. rs. m. I. Lirmin, Mrs.
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Ray Godfrey, Linda Lou Elliott,
Mrs. Evelyn Dail and Mrs. Vir-
8'nia' Winslow.
Blue ribbon winners in the
floral., arrangements department
were ;Mrs. Claude Williams, Mrs,
Clinton R. Winslow 2, Irene- El
liott Mrs. Jake Chesson, Mrs.
Archie Write, Mrs. Willie Lamb,
Mrs. Estes Copeland 2, Mrs. V.
L. Proctor, Mrs. George Wins
low, Mrs. Anderson Layden and
I Mrs. Mark Greeorv.
Ba- j, ribbon, winners in the ford Baptist Church will s bring
floral arrangements department back to the community one of its
were Mrs. Claude Williams 2, best loved citizens and pastors.
Mrs. John Hurdle 2, Mrs. Melvin.He is the Rev. Charles W. Dul
Eure, Mrs. Ernest Sutton. Mrs. ling, now pastor of the Cashie
Joe Perry. Sr., 2, Mrs. Willie
Lamb, Mas. Estes Copeland 3,
Mrs. Jake Chesson, Mrs. V. L.
Proctor, Mrs. M. T. Griffin 3,
Mrs. Talmadge Lewis, Mrs. An
derson Layden 2, Mrs. Mark
Gregory, Mrs. Louis Winslow.
White ribbon winners in the
floral arrangements department
were Mrs. Beivin Eure 2, Har
riette Williams, Mrs. Clinton
Winslow, Mrs. Joe Perry, Mrs.
Willie Lamb, Mrs. M. T. Grif
fin, Mrs. George Winslow 2.
Blue ribbon winners in the
Continued on Page Six
League Title By
ians
Williamston won the Albemarle
League playoff championship here
last Friday night,' defeating the
Hertford Indians 10 to 7, giving
the Williamston team a four to
two margin in the playoff games.
It was the second straight title for
the Martin County team.
The Indians kept the series go
ing Thursday night by trouncing
Williamston 15-0 in a contest call
ed at the end of slven innings.
Paul Matthews turned in a 3-hit
pitching assignment for Hertford
while his teammates shelled three
Williamston pitchers for. a total
of 18 hits. Every man on ' the
Hertford team secured at least
one hit, .while Carver had four. ;
, Hertford had two big Innings,
getting six runs in the third and
five more in the fifth. -In
the game Friday night Wil
liamston took a four-0 lead in the
first inning when Brown hit a
home run with the bases filled.
Chesson started on the mound for
Hertford but was relieved in the
third inning by Ted Chappell who
finished the contest. Stevenson
went the route as pitcher for Wil
liamston. Seven runs secured by William
ston in the first two innings prov
ed too much for Hertford to over
come. The Indians tallied twice
in the first and third then went
scoreless until the seventh when
they scored one run and added
two In the eighth. ' 'i v -
r ' Continued on Pagt Six .'
WEIiamston Wins
Defeating bid
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SUMMER. 1 957 Lightning rips the skies over Denver, Colo., in this time exposure of a
brilliant display of celestial fireworks. The picture typifies the conditions that will sear the
stormy summer of 1957 into the memories of millions of Americans.
Former Pastor To
Church Revival
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LIL-J
! This year's revival at the Hert-
Baptist Church in Windsor.
Mr. Duling received his under
graduate training at Marshall
College, Huntington, W. Va. He
has done graduate work in West
Virginia University and George
Peabody College. He received his
theological training at Crozer
I Theological Seminary in Chester,
Pa. He was a chaplain in the
United States Army during World
War II.
The guest preacher's other pas
torates include Huntington, W. Va
ana nurgaw . ne was i pas-
tor of the Hertford Baptu Church
i n t - tt.
from February of 1946 untiL April,
1954. He has been in Windsor
since leaving Hertford. His pas.
torate here was one of the long
est in the history of the-church.
Under his leadership the church
made remarkable progress.
Not only is Mr. Duling a busy
pastor but he is also active in the
Associational and State work of
his denomination. At present he
is North Carolina's representative
on the board of directors of the
Southern Baptist Hospital
The Rev. Mr. Duling is married
and has two children. His daugh
ter lives in Asheville and his son
is doing pre-medical work at
Campbell College. Mr. and Mrs.
Dtrling will be the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Dail during
their stay here next week. They
will be ' luncheon and dinner
guests of members of the church.
Mrs. Tom Madre, WMU president,
is the hostess in charge of Rev.
and Mrs. Duling during their stay
here next week.
Continued on Page Three
School Open House
Draws Large Crowd
More than 500 persons attended
the open house held at the new
Hertford Grammar School last
Tuesday night, getting a pre
school tour of the building which
replaces the old school which was
destroyed by fire.
The open house was sponsor
ed by the school's PTA, and a
committee composed of Miss Thel
ma Elliott, Mrs. A. R. Cook, Mrs.
R, S. Monds, Mrs. Jack Brinn and
Mrs. J. T. Biggers had charge of j
the arrangements. , i ,
Many( of the patrons visiting
the school during the open house
expressed praise for the, Una new
building and were pleated oyer
the planning of the school '
Conduct Baptist
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Local Farm Census
Reveals Increase
In Corn - Peanuts
Schools Open
Summer vacation ended Wed
nesday morning for more than
2,000 Perquimans County school
children vhen the local schools
began the 1957-58 term. Open
ing day went along smoothly ac
cording to J. T. Biggers, school
superintendent, who stated full
time schedules will be started
today.
The school system is using for
the first time two new buildings,
the Hertford Grammar School
and a new addition to the King
Street School. Contractors gave
the finishing pouches to .those
buildings last week nd school
officials are now preparing for
acceptance of the structures.
Board Selects Jury
List For October
Term Of Court
Commissioners for Perquim
ans County, in session here on
Tuesday, tentatively accepted a
bid for the purchase of timber
situated upon the County Home
land as submitted by Lewis
Brothers, Inc., of Petersburg,
Va. Other bids submitted for
the purchase of the timber were
by Kramer Brothers, W. C. Mat
thews and Perry and Perry.
A report of the annual audit
of the county books, submitted
by R. E. Aiken, Jr., of Elizabeth
City, was received and accepted
by the Board.
The Board voted to contribute
the sum of $321.30 toward the
county's quota for establishment
of a Mental Health Clinic and
named R. L. Spivey, Dr. T. P.
Brinn, Miss Thelma Elliott, Tom
my Maston and Mrs. John Q.
Hurdle as a commission to rep
resent Perquimans County on the
district board for this clinic.
The names of 51 residents of
the county were selected by the
Board for jury service at the Oc
tober term of Superior Court.
Drawn for this duty Were: John
Godfrey, Ralph Harrell, John
Lassiter, Jimmy Meads, Lonnie
Spruill, Claude Dail, Ernest Sy-
mons, .ack Phillips, L. R. Gay,
Freeman Umphlett, Louis Stal
lings, Daily N. Rountree, C. T.
Phillips, Mrs. Redmon Perry,
Merritt Lowe, Henry Christgau,
H. A. Turner, Garland Stallings,
Arthur N. Chappell, William Rid-,
dick, H. W. Lynch, E. C. Wood-
ard, Jerry Stokely, Sammie
Monds, James Perry, Erman
Lane.
N. C. Spivey, Wallace Bright,
Earl Morse, William Copeland,
Mrs. J. E. White, C. R. Chappell,
William C. Barclif t, David R.
Trueblood, Clarence Burke, Sr.,
A. L. Dail, Dewey Overton, B.
P. Chappell, Luther Copeland,
Jimmy -Sawyer, Johnny Gray,
Charles A Perry, Garland Eure,
W. Q. Hurdle, George C. Eure,
Jr, Walter Dail, J. L. Bateman,
L OI Overton, Tommie Ellis,
wm E. Dail and Edgar Roberson.
I Results of the farm census made
in January of this year for Per
i quiruans County indicates no ma
1 jor changes in the farm land uses
for the crop year 1956, it was re
ported by the Crop Reporting
Service of Raleigh.
Of the 112,238 acres of farm
land, crops were harvested from
49,432 acres, or 44 per cent;
woods, waste, homesites and non
farm lands occupied 59,904 acres,
or 53 per cent of the total, and
the remaining 1,144 acres Wit In
pastures and idle crop land. -
Decreases in acreages were noi.
ed in corn, cotton, small grains;
while increases were reported in
peanuts, milo, soybeans and vege
tables grown for sale. The num
ber of sows kept for .breeding,;
milk and-leicow'near tid pul
lets were substantially lower thanr
the previous year. The rural
population was reported as about
the same as one year ago.
Major crops and the number of
harvested acres reported were:
Corn, 21,654 acres; cotton, 1,295
acres: peanuts, 3,948 acres; wheat
for grain, 322 acres; oats for
grain, 462 acres; milo, 527 acres;
soybeans for beans, 20,350 acres;
crops harvested for hay were soy
beans and cowpeas, 110 acres,
small grains, 5 acres, lespedeza,
71 acres.
In the livestock department the
number of sows and gilts for
breeding were 1,172, milk cows
367, beef cows 830, hens and pul
lets 29,091.
The number of all people liv
ing on farm tracts was reported as
being 4,719.
Hertford iaycees
Starting next week, the mem
bers of the Hertford Jaycees will
attempt to contact everyone in
Hertford and vicinity to see if
they wish to have their names
listed on their birthday on the
seventh Hertford community
birthday calendar.
On the front of the calendar
will be a rrture selected from
a scene in Hertford or Perquim
ans County, as has been the cus
tom in years past. There will be
also 18 ads of local business
firms on the calendar. i
Birthdays, anniversaries and
meeting dates of local organiza
tions will be listed. If you are
not contacted and wish to have
your birthday listed on the cal- j
endar, contact Keith Haskett,
vice president of the Hertford !
Jaycees. ;,-1
The idea of the community
birthday calendar ia to build
friendliness and cordial relation
ships among, all the people. .-of
the town and county,' In addition f
to the valuable information it I
will contain. Calendars will be
sold at cost and the proceeds ,
raised will be used for commun
ity improvement projects. -
MASONS MEET TUESDAY
Perquimans Lodge No. 106, A.
F. & A M, wfll meet Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock. All members
are urged to attend. !
Sponsor Birthday
Calendar Again