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- ' . M r 1 i r 1 .r EKLY w Will ,3:: t t i i lc:tf crQerquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May 19, 1961. TCeritePer Cc: j WEI 7 .AY X 1 ' -7. . The Central Crar.'-'::' School FTA meeting was -i'Ji Monday night, May 1$, at thfe.l1iool au ditorium with the president, Mrs. Harold White, presiding. The opening song was "America, The reautul," , accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Pauline Webb. Mrs i White welcomed the visitors present and Mrs. Tildon Whltehurst read the secretary's report which stood approved as read, i .' - George Baker announced .that Mrs. Pauline Webb would be the delegate- tb 1 the' PTA Institute with Mrs Tildon Whitehurst as alternate. - - Mrs.1' White introduced Mrs. Francis Monds,' North Carolina PTA Coals Chairman, who spoke briefly on the . main purpose of the PTA being the welfare of the children. Mrs. Monds read the., "Objects of the 'PTA" and asked ,the members to stand and ' pledge support to these , objects and ' the new officers. ' Mrs. - Monds installed the following of-; fleers for the Central Grammar School PTA; Mr and Mrs. George Baker, president; Mr. and Mrs. Tuck webb, vice president; Mrs, Lewis ' StaDin sfcretar,' and 'Mr.' and Mrs. TnWooV.Now-' elL treasurer. ) j, ucoouia. -i fJli-" vv"t"'"i u ocpstwi w i weu as visning cooirs, ine pup (Mrs. Harold Whitethanketf lis v annual" : businis Vhuwtintf. n. i invitaH tn aUonA - her officers,, executive board arirfeieclpd',tiV Kth Haslcett as iU standing, comnHtteesor ; their support and help during the past two years' Mrs. White (then turned the President's Gavel over to . the v new ptesidentd Geprge Bakeh Mr., Baker thank ed -everyone Tor the confidence ..i M . '-ariA.k lV: knH AalrAfi th mmVn nr Mvfr'oVl eXti' CUrrioula activities. 8th ,i - wikku" ill mill aiiu ii ia yiiibci o f ,'contjf s'-rortV ' ', ' 4cr4eV-pileMi!:v9iid vilMilMft j, ' Tv ' ' " ""v 1.from Iff to 18. crediW Asrediire- . j " ' 2 - -..f ti: j a. U U..it. , . , - - - - . . noont. Bible bythat TTA of Perquimans County Central Grammar : .School 'ln loving memory of an out standing . teacher, wbose leader ' ship was incentive to the. many citizens of the county who came . within her realm' of 'influence. ' ' Clarencfr. "Chapell, 1 Sr spoke on the. fine example Miss White. " set for her , students and com- miinity nd fie agked iter former students present to at&nd. Mrs. Thurman : KJddick anil ! Mrs. C. T. fcogerson, Jr, spoke on, "Through 'the Yea,rs,r with , Miss ' Margaret Mrs, Riddick "pointed put Miss'' White's three 1 loves-rthose ' being Jier family, . church and s"Jots. Mrs.. Re ersoh showed f Ions that J.'s Margiret'a slud$ntswore. through her years at -teaching. ' . , . ; Mrs. E4wh) White. read letters of .tribute fron(I"ss Margaret's lnrT s' - -its add bla from I'la Vvlv.: ..d's las; sever. grade aa-j 'Clcss. This IIouse', :lu-her fcorWr. - , ft ,Ejfi TmV' room and audita- . x v -7 decorated with- flor fl ,j.Tient sent t Ce sJ;o J ,ly members tof Miss T.hit;'s family. ' ' y .'"IJiard '.T.rUI.:ord, C r ' r f a frocry store x r I i i n, rl Ii-ii-y r i i i 1 Cj I .ilve-CIiOWan 1--3. I l At " '3 '.dwi ? f n ill-a-t "' A' 1 live 0' " : '-'Vvf j .i r-'" .. ." i; 'oLk '"'','! . .V..i ' ii . " ' ' 2 - A firm protest was registered) zens Committee for . . Better Schools against action which the committee feels would be . a backward step in the fight for better Education.', for tomorrow's citizen. ' In , a formal message to, the 'Board of Education, accord ing vtd Dr. Harold White, the committee voiced its full sup port for .he board's budget re auestg' for the school vpr 1 AATu 1982. Dr. White reported art its meeting May . 13 the Better Schools Committee heard figures presented by Supt J. T. Biggers showing the school needs now being met by the special School tax fund raised by a levy of 9 cents on each , $100 property valuation in the county. r Al- though the voters of Perquimans First Methodist' Church, Thomas County .authorized the - County "ville ""'-.-e r Commissioners in 1958, to levy! Services will be conducted ajWgh.as 30;cents per $100 val-'each' evening at 7 15 P. M. ' JJ1?1?."', Annually, ihe - current ! Special music will be present JevV only 9 cents. ' ed by the choir of the church as cnatcman'ana Mrs. ftusseU Bak- er, as secretary-treasurer - Bv- laws "were amended to provide foielection 'of a vice chairman Two members, of he 1961 Pr at the September meeting. j quimans High' School baseball A general discussion was held team are listed on the Albemarle aooui. tne semester system used i i i. j oviiw m.uwu,,uie ue-einpn8u TB Association Meeting And Elects Officials The annual 1 meeting of the Board. o Directors of the Pasquotank-Perquimans Tuberculoa ia Association was held Thurs day night at the Agriculture Building in Elizabeth City, An drew J. Bailey, president, pre sided. " ' . . A report on the Health Edu cation programs was given by Mrs. E. O. fiaum, assisted, by Mrs.' Duke Cropsey. , Mrs. David Fearing, .reporting for the fise finding committee, stabi that v 2,027 cheat X-rays were made aj the. District Health Department, and V 558 X-rays macfe' hi Perqulmani .during 1960. 833 first graders were tubercu lin ..tested, With positive fol kwed;' 414 seoiors Vwere tuber culin, tested, ' with 57 positive followed.;;:;:..,:....;:-, r. Francis Griffin .reported for, the Beliabilitation Committee and pointed, .cut the many services rendered the tuberculosis , pa tints. Mr. Bailey stated the as sociation had contributed, for the past five years, to the Pam lico Tuberculin Testing Program ind 'also to the research study for vaccine, being .conducted in tie sanatorium system.:' iRo tandj:,Gatt'htroduced the. prop jrarti 'f which was based' on the historical Arden House Confer ence in Harriman, N. Y. This inference was made up of na tional , leaders in Public j Health j sod runercuiosis Control to push f r Hie (t'imkic'.Ion cf t-b , " , jau-eu 1 .misroaucea s-t. nr ' y 1 if irh .-. -,, 7 ':" j. -vid Fearirg cave the t : r t 3 IT'm;r i. 1'. ? f jUowi CCH1- - 7 J. . -rA U 1iVevs vho spq!te'on rarir rec- ,. ' ... " .. ' 1 , j.;h3 - An .international .conference in"ei." in Csnava is attempt- 1 , v! 1 1 .b'e'v la Laos,; On . V ' l ;L"f - , rt t "7 ,'T- ' T the l 'i envoy aJl4 I- i T i: GULLIVER AND ASSISTANT-A little girl watches Harold Strouth teucttiiip andsia turs town io Wimborne, Dorset, England. The town is big tourist attractioiK there.' (Revival Services A Winfall Thiir1i - r . I Ep worth Methodist Church of Winfall announces that revival , seryjees will begin' Sunday, May -21, and 'continue through May 26, with the Rev. O, N. Hutchin- son. Jr.. as the cuest minister. : Mr. Hutchinson is iastor of : the ' ' - XWO UiaianS un ' ' rAAtt Conference . all-star . team,, ac a.. .t. i 'eina nt thft srhool wraing 19 .jbv- wooaura, pnn - - iaM Indiana! listed ,'as ll-stors are Donald Chessonf catcher and Hojds Annual Other . new members ; to r the Board: Mrs. W. Fa Dowdy, Mrs. Lockwood Lasslter, Mrs. Marion Swindell; Mrs. Mack Morrisette, Jr., . Cader Harris and , Bobbie Elliott ',' This Week's I Headlines President Kennedy this week traveled to Canada on, the first of several scheduled trips to confer with Canadian . offficials on world problems. He is ex-, pected next to go to France for talks with DeGaulle and. it . has. bei reported the , President may agree to a meeting with Khpush chev. ...Washington reports atate the President . will continue per sonal diplomacy as followed by previous . administrations rather than return to the older system of handling' foreign policy. ' A military junta claimed con trol of South, Korea learly this week following., coup Sunday during which the" military group claimed to have" captured con trol of Korean communications and government offices in Seoul and. other: .cities. The Junta claims Its -. desires to Improve 1 conditions,- inside Korea, and ! maintain strong ties with: the; to cease supr - J arms to rival factions .in t'. 1 ration. iTo Av: "'Its , T" -'atur r " 1 te r Cf ir rt: cedar chests 1 girl ' graduates C 'lmty schools ly the W. M. C -y, ac- 1 t ! County Farmers Place 7,500 Acres Of Land In Corn Bank Corn and grain sorghum grow)- ers have until June 1 to sign up( under the 1961 feed grain pro- gram, L. L. Lane, chairman of Perquimans County ASC Com- mittpp : Raid tnHav. .. 1 The program provides , special j payments to growers of thetwo j crops who divert acreage" m year from the production of corn . . j,- 'v serving use. Up to half the Aal payment to be earned on, a farm " K A i qA- if'!,, farmer requests it. eoun rtTSnheri gnedTgree- HertfOTd Baptist Church Will de mh wtinf VL liver the baccalaureate sermon. 22 " a K frLf n The Rv. Frank Fortescue of the gram. A, total of 7,500 acres or . . .. ... land will be diverted from the P Charge Ipw the s toct F'uuul"1' ui, iirui, cus with 11 acres of milo. Tttese 4i iiriAa fanrAoont R1 not nont Af the farms in .Perquimans C ? tn& ' - that Tantedt' corn or graih sorgvi Special music H1 hef Present hum ih1950 and 1960, and 33 by a . sextet Vof senior girls per cent of the acreage nbrmaUy' the PCHS Glee Club under devoted to the production of the direction of Miss Carolinte these two commodities. Advance I Wright. .. .. payment,'-:'itotaliiig ..-$147,655.00, There are .sixty-two candi which represents : approximately ( dates in line for the presenta half of Jhe payments earned an tion.of. diplomas.. The valediq-the- participating farms ' have tory will be giveri by Dianne been made to producers; While the program 1s volun tary, corn and gram sorghum nroHnrprs will not be elieible for price support or any of their 1961 feed grain crops unless they cooierate in the feed grain pro- gram., . - The chairman reported that in terest has been general through out the county and he urged farmers who nlan to Darticioate in ,the program to file their ap plication immediately. . OatsPriceS'jpport Eligible producers of oats in North Carolina, will , have their I 1961 crop supported at the rate ot 73 cents per bushel, accord-j0f Education, the District School ing to George Bellmon, Per- Committee, John T. .i Biggers, quintans- . County ASC office superintendent of , Perquimans manager. i . County schools and" E. C. Wood- .The rate is based on the na- principal, of PCHS, Will be tional average support price of .eated on the stage for the 62 cents per bushel for oats graduating ' exercises. Clarence grading number 3 or better. The; Chappell, chairman of the Board 1961-national verage support Gf Education, wili present the price' of 62 cents per bushel is! diplomas.' :,;; 12 cents above he. 1960 rate. ., I. Gradwatian exercises for the Accordmg to Bellmon, price support will be carried out as in prevjous . years .' through farm and warehouse Stored loans and purchase agreements, i Support will be' Available from harvest time tb$ough Juaiyi II. 1962., Loans will mature on February 28, 1962. i ' . Bellmon further' cautioned fTS808 .Counts farmers , tha .the support- program on oats er .vn any jpt thff thej; grains acta-: $iy cannot, help farmers as they should unless, they: can avail themselves of approved storage space for,, their production. He further ; stated that if farmers produced corn or grain sorghums in 1959' or I960 or if they pro duce corn ot grairC sorghums in 1S61 they must participate in the 'lS81 feed grain program, in order to be eligible for price support on their oats as well as th.r c:..t; grain sorghums, bar ky -i rye. nJ7 I - -1 ;i ' "T 'I1 ! ;l! If- PlcflC f iCffll rflT tlulia I Ul Comencemsnt At PprfliriTtfltC IllOfh UUillllJllO IllfUl 1 v . " : : ' . , , . j)'. . . ; Plans - are " being made , for encement exercises to be 5eH l County High ocnooi on ounaay ana, moiraay I nights, June 4-5, at..; 8 o'clock. invocation aitu uie Dcueoicuuii j lh t. Mark Hndcin will . . . . HollowelL the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. R. L. HollowelL The salutatory will be delivered by Linda Bass, the daughter of J. .S. Bass and the Tate Mrs. Bass. j Carroll McDonnell, the daughter of Mr;, and Mrs. H. W. Bright, will present the . history hi the class of 1961. - The program Will begin with the invocation by Hubert Burden, tne son 01 Mrs. Ruth Burden. The benediction by Phyllis Hendren, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hendren, will conclude the pro gram. These speakers are the top ranking students inv the graduating class. ' Ed Nixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Nixon, president of the senior class, will present the gift to the school. A number of medals will be awarded to out- standing students. Members of the' County Board eighth" grade - will be held on Tuesdax, June 6, at 9:30 A, M. in the high, school auditorium.. C of t) Chairmen To Make Reports H Chairmen of the various cem- mittees , ' of - the : Perquimans Chamber of Commerce will meet with the Chamber directors Fri- day night of thii weekv begin-1 ning at t 7:30 o'clock .? In -ths Chamber 'offices in the Munici- pal. Building. " , Allan W. Mills, manager of the Chamber of .Commerce, re- quests, all committee ' chairmen to come to the meeting prepared mittee activities and also to re-J Commissioner Crane pointed port, on future long and short out that the child labor law does range projects. 1 , not apply to ; employment of :-.'.- .. 'ii 1 1 ' youngsters lit domestic or farm rrSTH Ar:::OVCEi:nrr , J work whn the child .works UP 1 , . . t- ' "-'' der the tllrectiun, of his, parent T"r. and t'rs. "W. H. Pitt, JrH" ou guar-Lan. Young people of of i 1 ny HJw. ' 1 BomlEifeors To(,lL:ntdSni3, County Tax Rate 1 v Faced : with' ; budget ' proposals, whicK .if approved , would have teejUired bL 1Z to '"14 6enu"irti crease in' the county' tax . rate, Perquimans County Commission ers spent five hours in a special meeting here last Friday night considering and approving items for the budet fqr the fiscal year beginning next July 1. ., The Commissioners, facing' a required 18-cent hike in the tax rate for the fiscal year starting July 1, 1962, reached a conclur sion they will endeavor to hold I the coming tax, rate at the same L , "", '$1.25 level' used for W.f' i. i" it r-r?"' phanic, Navy Public Works Del help fmance operation of a men- partmnt S j , tal:. health clinic in the amount!,.,. fi T WJV ,, B0"4..?l!TP?!! Hinic b .ratpH nr inn .K,.,w.h. ::and bussed the situation with :uV. I' ,1' ?:Z -T - uua iicaiui auuwu ...5 .! thC BWrd durI 1" . , for increase , in salaries to a number 'of county employees. The Board expressed opinions these increases could not be ap proved without an increase in the tax rate, and therefore the revuests were voted down. Budget proposals, submitted by the Board of .Education were re turned to that board, when it appeared approval of the pro posed items - would result in a substantial increase in the tax rate, with request the Board of Education refigure its budget to keep expenditures within a total of- 33 eents tax levy, an increase of , three cents over (Continued on Page 6) Oanef Stresses Rules On Summer Employment State Labor Commissioner Frank Crane is calling upm em- ployers ' and parents of young people' seeking summer jobs to make sure the youngsters obtain employment certificates before going to work. Crane said approximately 25,000 young people under 18 ob tain employment certificates from their local public welfare superintendents each year before! starting to work in North Caro Una. Depending upon the age and legally permitted Working hours and other conditions of employ ment for- each job, "We are most anxious to pre vent violations of the state and federal laws governing youth employment," the Commissioner stated. - ' "Our North Carolina child labor law a model statute and one of the best in the na tion channels employment of win not h nhvsicaaiv or morallv detrimental to them. "Our law is based upon the assumption that youth needs both work experience and pro tection -from ' exploitation. It prohibits hazardous- andmsuif able types ' of ' employment but leaves open to young people a wide selectidn of approved and suitable jobs." v v Crane- cited the principal re quirements of the N. C. child labor law regarding summer va cation, 'employment of youth as follows: V:' I '' ' . 1 . 1 . For 14 and 15-year bWs: maxi mum working time of 8 hours iper day,' 6 days ' per week,, be tween tjie' hoorsi6f T -A:'tt'imA 8,Pm M. vNotmoT tnan' S con tinuous hours of work without a lunch period- of at .- least 30 minutes Maximum legal work week, 40 hours.. , ?J For 16 and, 17-year olds: maxi- mum working time tf HJiours per day. 48 hours perweek, 8 days per week. Boys, between' I A. M., and It midnight; girls, e i.,er L.rth.any ee may work in domestic or t work, 1 jt.rs. , i , 1 "a of farm and torn? tic t' e chl' 1 lebor law ucs Varied Docket In Recorder's GouFt At Term Tuesday Investigation Is Mad3 By Officials On Sonic Booms 'Representatives of the Inves tigation Section, Cherry Point, N. C, were in Hertford Tues- ! Corps, conferred with a number of . resldents Tuesday mormng, May.V. N. Darden. TK ... Plaints o should ld wh Investigation Sec Ui - t: J tion, Cherry Point, when these percussions occur since the mili tary services are endeavoring to reduce these- percussions to a minimum, and pilots are sup posed to be .operating planes off shore whet) breaking the sound barrier. ' Congressman Herbert C. Boir ner, likewise, has announced damages resulting from these oc currences should be reported to Cherry Point ' MASONS MEET TUESDAY Perquimans Lodge No. 108, A. F, &; A. M., will meet Tues day night at 8 o'clock. All mem bers are urged to attend. Child lbor Law I not permit gainful'' employment jof young people under 14 in any type of gainful employment. The only exception to this rule is that boys of 12. and 13 may sell or deliver newspapers and magazines' for not more than 10 hours per week. The law places squarely upon the employer the responsibility for seeing to it that each young person under 18 whom he em- I ploys is properly certified, . said ! Crane. The- emnlover must "procure and keep an file" the Indians Shut Out ttenton Nine 5-0 Jimmy Hunter pitched the' Perquimans Indians to a 5-0 vie- "cwvtues ana purposes or the tory over the Edenton Aces hereClva Defense program and last Friday to assure Perquim-;answer Questions concerning the ans a berth in the Albemarle Conference baseball play-offs. ' Hunter,; a freshman, fanned 10, walked one: and -hit .two, gave up one hit The Indians collected five hits off Roger, son and Forehand, pitches for the Aces. ' ' The victory over Edenton placed the Indians in the con ference play-off against Scot land Neck. This "sudden-death" one game play-off was played' in Scotland Keck Monday afternoon, with the Scots winning 5-4 in a 12-inning affair. v-.r-.-r-K :.; Chappell, and Hunter did the 'pitching for the Indians giving ;up tout1 runs in the' first. ' The Indians came back to score one run in the second arid ; three more" in the fourth to. knot the count -- Scotland ' Neck scored one run in the 12th toUwin. , Perquimans collected four runs on six hits while Scotland Neck scored five runs on eight hits. Brady, pitching for the host ' team, fanned 18 Indians while Hunter, who relieved Chappell in the -first, struck out 17. . . wscsMErrara -r .First' Methodist. WSCS of Hertford :wffl meet ' Manly hiht, , May , 23, : ,st S o'clock tt the; church. .Prior to the r neetl.-j a rrarfr c"--"" 11 -Ii tt 7.:;.' I r. are v-z"i ti r " ;fr, j'.'M! ''.' !'7,!i'tf -,,'., -:: , . lEightefif, , esses, tw(re .disposed of , during . Tuesday's '.session of . Perquimans r. Recorder's 'Court 1 which was .presided over by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. Prayer for Judgment was con- : tinued. in the case in' which . Carlton Stallings was charged with improper use of dealer's ;' j plates. . ' . A verdict of 30 days' or costs : of court was handed . down in -the case in .which Bobby -Chap--''I pell . was charged with- assaulting" ? ' Claude. Moore. The hearing was' 1 held ':; several- , months aeo but ! verdict postponed until Tues-'1 1 day's court term. . .. - f Vernon-' Parker, ;Negrrfi plead-' :? ed guilty to charges of driving1 f witheut a license. He was on- " ? Idered to pay a fine of $25 and- i costs or serve-a 30-day sentence. ltr j Bessie Holmes and Robert Roulhac, Negroes, were found guilty on charges of trespassing and cohabitation. , Each was given a six months sentence to be suspended -upon payment of a fine of $150 and costs. ' -t Rduthac was also tried on charges of improper parking and improper lights, having failed to appear in court previously . to answer to these charges. He was given 30 days on each count. ." Submissions , ' accepted by the court were listed as follows: Bobby Slaytoni ; speeding, $21,'' Robert Caron, ' speeding, $25: Ernest Hardy, Negro, no liabil ity insurance,' costs; Jewel Bry ant, failing to secure load prop-' erly, "costs;" Erlie' Winslow, pos session of 'non-tax paid uquor, $10 and costs; Emanuel Miller, Negro, expired chauffeur's r li cense, costs. Dewey . Stallings. driving on rwrpng:side of highway, costs; Verlon Jones, Negro, driving an" wrong . side of street, costs; Wil-' Ham Dail, disposing of trash on a bighwayr costs; Douglas Chap pell, failing to .observe stop sign, costs; Junius Ferebee, Ne gro, improper passing, costs. , An information - meeting on operations of Civil Defense is scheduled to be conducted in the Court House in Hertford next Monday night, May 22, be ginning at 7:30 o clock it was announced today by W. S. Long, chairman of Civil Defense Com mittee for Perquimans County, : Mr.' Long stated Cot D, M. Spivey, director of Area A, cov ering some 22 counties in East ern North Carolina, will be the speaker for the meeting. , ol spivey will outline the P"1"1 Long said representatives - of - Cml Defense M Schemed Monday the .boards of county and town j'' commissioners,' j the lire depart- i t ment and Red Cross have been -- invited to 'attend this .meeting ' ' and an invitation is also ex tended" to civic ,or.gnizatjions, u and otjtier Interestea' persons - 1 School Bus In Slight Accident A Perquimans County schoql bus and a "Marine Corps truck iiuiu .vncrry rruun was bivoit- ed In , slight accident Monday '.' when, the vehicles attempted -to pass on. the .brldee across Per-, .i. 1 quimana River, ... Officers, in vest- 4 gating ;tn-.accident sSW. the truck exceeded the width llmlVi and damages were to, the , rear -view : -mirrors on; the two ye-.tfj,' hides, i Glass from the mirrors.! ; when, -struck, V flew through a:, window ot the. school bus, strik. , ' ing some students, but the of- ' ficers reported no injuries. The , driver of the truck was cited to . court. ion' charges of drivins; a", truck exceeding the width limit, . ;.; :. j f i., li,l..' . : ; :; Thews' fe C- t.i.f 'r . 1 1 fori ;-t .. A. V. 3 ' "rer l!c Al