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- -t Food, Cars Lead Ii i i ' 'Mi rom ' tail's. . fit- A lira Savings are at a relatively I high rate to Perquimans County. ; V According to a' new survey made by the Federal 'govern- . tnent, there is more money on - deposit in local savings accounts than there has been in a long tithe. The total Is $1,300,600. i lThe signs are that local resi dents have gone' conservative at least, temporarily. ' They are f, spending a smaller 'proportion 6ft their net income than usual The rest .of jt, during this pe riod, of business recession, they are putting .toward reduction of their outstanding debt and into various forms of savings. -. : White the removal of these t.' ihP ,iihn. 3 "'::!"; money that may be called upon by ; Industry, - when needed, for capital expansion, y t is also providing the poten tial for a spending boom some- time in the future, when the people regain their confidence and feel that their jobs are se cure i and that the - economy is again moving forward. The figures on local bank de posits are contained in nation- wide survey just made public t by the Federal Reserve Board. I( is done every two years. This new one presents the picture as of -June 15, I960. V In .... Perquimans County,1 it shows, money in savings bank accounts came to $1,300,600. tt was $1,228,000 in 1958. , rOn per capita basis, -it amounted to $141 : in the bantf fur each local resident ' , Tbe increase (n the two years " was o.9 'percent 1 Also 'shown in thV Federal Re- 'Vnjoants in checking accounts in thf nation's cominercial banks. 'm, Perquimans County, these ' - -. Continued on Pg 4 Historical Society Elects Officers i r "The Perquimans County Hir :; torical Society in its June meet ing re-elected Stephen T. Perry Of, Durante Neck president.' Other-officers elected' or re-elected were i Mrs. S. . P. Jessup, vice president; Mrs. Ruth Powell, sec retary; it. L. Stevenson, treas urer; Mrs. Lenna Griffin and Nat, Fulford, ..directors. Ap : poiniments for other offices and committees are to. be made by ; ' tfae (resident. , '. The secretary reported a total ..' membership of 178 with 50 of . tfrese .being 'new members this year.; The president reported many favorable comments had BeeA received on the society's publications.; A discussions of material for editing forthcoming bulletins followed. '. ; -,Mrs. C. R. Holmes gave An in , formative' ' and interesting re " port of material collected by a committee on the history of Hertford's Old Eagle Tavern, a renowned hostelry , of this area for many years, ' "' Comi:;i:::l:y Development In y County Abrading Fxillmving Community Develr, menl in Perquimans County is in its sec ' ori y?ar ani'T''" i bas been vt y notice ll n.ade ; during V " rnol i.i the seven com A 3 of .e county. " ,l 3 i '1 C" t . re has "been an - rad$ - up of t emmuni- i 'an ac- ornni l U. 3, ' of f..e teen tVt in - .Lies. .ol t" ty ' ' ti if Hi ovk it aH've i i v. , a i i t- t" ; t 'I Very Successful The Perquimans County Oar den Contest and Tour sponsor ed by Home Demonstration Clubs was held on Juno '15, Eleven gardens competed in the 1 conteat' Mr. and Mrs'. Clinton ' Ray Winslow of Route 1, Hertford. and prizes for their garden. The Winslows have produced 30 dif- f erent vegetables - this year. Mrs. Winslow says "We' eat1 from our earden every day. I of freeze' around 500 quarts vegetables each year.-- We give away just as much as we use for' ourselves.": . , ' ' - .Mrs. Irma White of Route 1, Belvidere, won second place honors. with her- garden. The garden of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Winslow of Route 1, . Belvidere, won third place in the contest. -' The gardens were judged one point . for each different vege table grown, five points for each new vegetable grown, on insect control, freedom from grass and weeds, adequate size for needs of family and the condition at time of judging. The judges commented that all of the gar dens " were exceptionally clean and were-the best they had seen this year. , The Judges were H. H. Harris, ; farm agent from Tyrrell Countl, Mrs. Elsie Ed wards, assistant home agent of Pasquotank County and Al New some, farm : agent of 'Gates County.' - f r ? Gardeners who participated in Melvin Eun?, and Mi. Bel vin Eure,- Mr.'.tand' Mrs.; A,' jC. Glenn, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lay den and Mr. " and Mrs, Robert Sutton, Mr. and ; Mrs. M. T. Griffin and Mr., and Mrs. J. B, Basnight. The tour of the three top gardens was held at 2 P. ,M. after the contest A social was held at ' the conclusion of the tour. Mrs. Colon Jackson, Coun ty Council secretary, ' presented the awards and prizes to the winners. Mrs. Claude ; Winslow, county home food supply lead er, was responsible for the con test and tour. Other leaders who assisted ' ' were 1 Mrs. : Fannie Hurdle, Mrs.. J. E. Wood, Jr., Mrs. Vernon, Harrell and Miss Lena Winslow; Prizes were con tributed by the following mer chants: Farmers Feed & Seed, Joel ' Hollowell & Sons, , Milton Dail & Son, Hertford Livestock, Blanchard's Department Store, Hertford Hardware ' and. Pitt Hardware. '. . - MASONS TO MEET Perquimans . Lodge No. " 106, A.:F. tt A. M.; WiU meet Tues- I day night in the lodge rooms at . 8 o'clock. Master , Jarvis Ward urges all members to be present and visiting Masons are welcome to attend. , 1 Teener League and Pony League baseball that is being, played in six of the seven communities and ithe town of Hertford. Each team has their own manager, and will play each other two re;!ur sJieduled c"twts during tlie summer; Some of the teams have purchased uniforms - while osiers v "1 plan to ,cet theirs at a later date. r Ksni ,mts in Hert ford an j "it:i , s County alorj' -Willi int...i.i citizens have donated- these uniforms to these beys. ,' J, . Community Development can do rr-"-y c" or tMn;s such' as , i .r c. i ti j '.'y piciilcs, t-on-c '.l:cs too nu. t r . ' e Uv- Ibtn Ccnfet ifi r- ; BT R. M. THOMPSON.' County Agent - The field-crops in, Perquimans County are looking much bet ter utter the two weeks with warm weather and showers ev ery two or three days, than they have' looked the whole spring. The fields of corn where there is a good stand appear to be in fine shape while there are quite a few fields that do not have the -stand that they have had in the past. Most of the corn has been sidedressed and . the nitro- LZZT amount of nitrogen this year, be cause of the heavy rains that fell in March, April and. May. There has been many acres of corn ,. planted over, which in creased the cost of corn pro duction, this . year over; , years past" In most cases, the stand of soybeans is good, with many acres of the early variety of the Hill .beans being planted this year! Some of the farmers used weed control on soybeans this year but at the present time it is not known how effective this con trol ; will be. There are many( more acres of soybeans to be planted behind small grain that is in the process of being har vested at the present time, Peanuts look good although some ol the farmers; have had to replant It is time that these peanuts were dusted ... with the firs( dusting of copper sulphur and. DDT or copper sulphur and Methoxychlor. Methoxychlor should be used in the place of DDT where peanut hay will be sold for dairies, : It is also time for some farm ers to apply landplaster on pea nkfa. , If jou had' your soil ffitiVsejjrgu r.wiU no tice nun most samples caliecj ifor 900 pounds of landplaster per ae. , It isjrpossible and proba ble that you wilt get more bene-! fit if you will apply 600 pounds of landplaster, ' followed two weeks later with 300 pounds of landplaster. . When you are ap plying landplaster, be sure that you cover the top of the row with the material so that it will be available to the entire plant as it has been noticed in the past that some farmers do not do as good a job applying land- ConiinMd on Page Fit OuLiForFaift Tglt Is Promising The plans for the farm tour are , coming along nicely with quite a bit of interest being shown in the trip. The cost' of the trip hasv been figured for traveling and sleeping at $28.00 for the 4 days, with , the food extra. , In case you have misplaced the list of the stops on the tour, and are Interested, it is planned as follows: .' ..,' '.- :.- '.V; July 31, depart Hertford and travel to Salisbury, Maryland, truck farming; Georgetown, Del aware, .Charles V Mills '- Swine Farm; Bayview Beach, Delaware, overnight . stop; August 1, Lan caster County, Pennsylvania, Amish Settlement; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Hersey, Estate and Candy Factory, travel to York, Pennsylvania; " overnight stop; August , 2, Hanover, .Pennsyl-, vama, Hanover Canning Con pany,- i Stwr Feeding Operation; BaltinitB, Llaryland, - Minn.-Bal-timore ball game; August - '3, Washington,. D.' C.' tour City zoo? Richmond, Virginia, Kingan Packing Plant; return; to Hert- "If is hoped that; we-wiy be able: W confirm the contract for the bus Cv.npany by July 1, by having enough peoplethat have submitted their names to make it possible to charter a bus," said it. 'M. Tlomv'wii County Aent. "If you havi i 'e up your mind that you are C''S to rartic-pate k.tlie tour it will te A ifood ' i r) c ' -1 t' a Fa ti A nt'b j 1 I t ii kiuv so that v ) c i be made for ,cd e.ct i ? it NO VISIBLE MEANS OF SUPPORT Bell Laboratories engineer Harold Graham be comes the first man to fly a back-pack rocket. He rose 30 feet into the air in Buffalo, N.Y., and wooshed over the ground for about the distance of a football field. Hertford Pleased : i ".' ; ' With Prospects At Harvey Point Base Prospects for some military activity at . Harvey Point .Navy Base appeared brighter ,; last week-end when a military group visited Hertford to inspect the site and consider plans involved in the Navy's request for con tract; bids at the base. ? The group which visited Hertford was headed by Lt. Col. Goodhart, who stated any an nouncement concerning the OD- erations under consideration for the base must come from the Navy ton. , , This Department in Washing reporter, however, did eafn w. pians ni ror uie ac- vv uc a,.aiCu , -".roii, Which will cover the ser branches of the Armed Forces. ivicemen from the county who It was, also learned the Navy AloA :.tir,w Department, which .owns nd .uliuyiA...j,iiyopc, io ucuimu .j- Willie '-lHlng"lll tllC plans to prepare the, .site for fu-Army -and the Air Force and ture use. State health officials 'two .- died jn combat servi have been : requested to make witn the Na Marines and immediate reports concerning i Coast Guard certain regulations as might be Army" and Air Force list required . at the . base and the!bears tne names 0f 4,680 indivi Fifth Naval District Norfolk, I dual North Carolinians who were Va has asked for bids on con- kmed in ,action or died of l sue 1 De 5"ea no1 1 wounds. The official Navy, Ma b..tban June 27. f S Line Cors and Coast Gupard ,ist tractors pointed out work esti mated to cost' between $100,000 and $250,000 is expected to be awarded within the - next few weeks. Needless to say, the prospects that Harvey Point Naval Base is to be put to some useful pur pose is being well received by most , folks in Hertford and the area. More than $11,000,000 has been invested at the site and many local people ' have been hopeful the government could find some use for the facility. ' Congressman Herbert C, Bon ner has continued efforts since 1959, when the Navy washed out the Seamaster project, to get the establishment reactivat ed, and recently Governor Terrjy Sanford also placed his influ ence to work toward achieving this goal. , ' v . New Books Added To Local Library ' Four new books have, been added to the Perquimans Coun1 ty Library recently as mem orials. Garden Magic was giv en in memory of M, Jonas Fut- rell; Yachts in Color, in tnem- ory of Dr. C, A. Davenport j One Thousand ' Inspirational Things (a companion volume to the popular One Thousand Beautiful-Things) in memory of Mr. William C. , Chappell, and Old Virginia Homes Along .. the James; inJ memory of Miss Mae Wood Winslow and Mrs, Kate Hudson. ' Other new books . in the li brary this week are: Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin, and Man and His Body, both Book of the. Month Club selections. For those who want lighter Teading, the library has Mama and Ten of Us; Once Up on a Spring; Return of Another Spring; Be My Love and sev aral new Westerns. Also new re several books for teen-agers .nd children. , . T. e ITerL'ord Notary Club will ' 1 1 Tupr-' 'v ev "ft 6:15 Al 'j j.; wwm County's War Dead Will Be Listed On Shijfs Honor Roll All 100 of. North Carolina's rnlintips will Ho ranrocontoH nn itoc XTu r lina honor rolls "when sufficient funds, materialize for ' the pre paration of exhibits aboard the , famous battleship. r t Pprmiimane Pnnnftf itrill Viatra 1Q namfis 0 fte principal hanorJ number from Perquim Coun-J carries 1,369 from the state dead in combat and 14 dead in prison camps. All 6,063 will be listed individually by county aboard ship when the Battleship Com mission is able to carry out its plans. ' Another of 'the county by county rosters contemplated for the , Battleship Memorial is the list of : schools that participated 100 in the school drive to save the ship. The third honor list planned for permanent display will be the Admirals Of the North Caro lina Navy, This group is made up. of persons who have donat- 3d as much as $100 or raised as much as $500 to save the- USS North Carolina, scheduled by the Navy to be scrapped' on July 1, 1961. The Admirals re serve their commissions directly from' the Governor of - North Carolina, and they will be given lifetime free admission to the Battleship Memorial at Wil mington. ? Each county has at least one Admiral' named by Governor Sanford to head the drive for funds in the county. Robert Taylor of Hertford is Admiral of the Fleet for Perquimans County. Governor Terry Sanford and Battleship Commission Chairman Hugh Morton have commended Mr. Taylor for his leadership in the drive to raise Perquimans bounty's share of the state goal f $250,000, and have urged civic ind patriotic organizations and Individuals in the county to lend ilm ' every possible assistance. 11 have stressed that contribut ions in aqy amount to the Bat tleship Fund will be gratefully .eceived. Girl Scouts Will , v Organize New Patrol The Hertford Girl Scout Troop will mee Tuesday afternoon, June 27, at 3:45 o'clock at the Teenage Center. Any girl Who will be in the ftfth grade or- is now ten years old is invited to Join the new fatrol. . . . . rarehts of the new girls, ane i'v"i to erne as leaders are W rt'irrr-' ! Hi i To Reopen Soon Reemployment of some eight to 12 men in the Winfall area will become a reality in about three weeks, according to A. R. Winslow, who stated today plans are being completed for the Winslow Saw Mill to resume operations about that time. Mr. Winslow said he will re sume full operation of the mill as soon as its machinery has been restored and replaced, us- ing both hardwood ' and pine logs in the saw mill and planing mill departments. The mill has been closed since October 8 of last year when it was nearly destroyed by fire and j due to illness of Mr. Winslow. I He stated he hopes operation' arrangements will be completed n time to reopen about one month, the mill in Crowded Calendar A large number of cases were disposed of by Judge Charles E. Johnson at the June 20th ses sion of Perquimans County Re corder's Court Joseph Felton, charged with having no tail light paid cost of court. i. - James Herman Layden, charg ed with passing on curve, paid cost of court. Hoyt B. James, charged with exceeding safe speed limit, paid cost of court. . . .. ; . ... Herbert William Harrell, Jr., Charged -with failure to secure load, paid cost. - Lloyd Gene Chappell, charged with having improper exhaust, paid cost of court. Alphonso Felton, charged with having improper muffler, paid cost of court. - - Clinton Boone, charged with assault the cost was taxed against the prosecuting witness. Alden M., Dixon, charged with driving on wrong side of road, paid cost of court. " William B.' Bateman, failure to observe stop sign, paid cost of court. - : . .William Douglas Sawyer, charged with failure ' to give signal, paid cost of court. Leslie N. Dilson, charged with possession of non ' tax paid whiskey, fined $50 and costs of court. " ' . James A.' Spruill, charged with possession of non tax paid whiskey, fined $50 and cost of court. Wayne Owens, charged with driving after license revoked and . larceny, fined $200 and cost of court Oscar F. Blair, charged with Continued on Paga Eight AT FORT HARRISON vFort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. (AHTNC)--Army Reserve Capt Alwyn L. Featherston, whose wife Mary lives at 819 Hartford Avenue, Charlotte, N. C, is re ceiving' two weeks of annual ac tive duty training at Fort Ben jamin Harrison,, Ind." The train ing is scheduled to be conclud ed June 18. Captain Featherston, son of George T. Featheston, Hertford, is a graduate of Durham High School. .. The .captain was gradu ated from . Duke , University in 1949. ,'. . v .He is .employed as trust of ficer for the JTorth Carolina Na tter.:;! r-'- jh CU l;tt3. , county County 4-H Clubs' On Tuesday, June 20, thirtv- four 4-H Club members, parents and adult leaders attended the Eastern District Demonstration Day at Chocowinity. j The 4-H Club members were in competition with other 4-H members in the 16 counties of the Eastern District. The boys and cirls of Pemuiman r,nt presented their demonstration speeches and talent. At the end of the day the dis-! tnct winnsrs were announced. Joe Haskett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Haskett of Hertford, was declared the district winner in the boys' electric demonstra tions. Harriette and Billv Wil liams, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Williams, Route i un.i j . , ,. 1, Hertford, were declared dis - trict winners in the poultry Pro - dnrtion jontn. pB wDf Winfall, was declared a district winner in the district dress siSS. ays . and MrS v I .T.nl vue. of Mr. and Mrs. t Route 3, Hertford, was declared runner up in the fruit and vegetable use demonstration, Barbara Harrison and Connie ' Sawyer, Pam Perry and Beth .Harris, and Sandra Wphh Ann , . Martha Chesson, Linda Winslow i and Nellie Sumner were blue' ribbon winners in the talent j contest. J Eva Ann Smith received ai red ribbon for her participation1 in girls public speaking. Eva Ann also led the 4-H Pledge at the afternoon assembly. Ann Nowe,Lwaa ..Vi in tne dairy foods demonstra-; tions. Tommy Harrell and Paul Smith, Jr., were red ribbon winners in livestock conserva tion. Bobby Harrell and Ray Wins- low were red ribbon winners in I fraZs8 t Wa R6am deman-1 strations. J. A- Bray was a white ribbon winner in the wild-! life demonstrations. Clark White , . . ... .c Chuck White presented his talent, which was a piano solo. Per quimans County was represent ed by Judy Long in the elec tion of district officers. Caro-1 lyn Faye Rogerson was a can-1 didate for the office of district! nistonan. She was unsuccessful m in her race. pcrqmmans Teacher "Perquimans County was well Chosen For Institute represented at this annual event J this year. In fact, it was the Mrs. Dorothy N. Thomas largest delegation in recent teacher of French at Perqumw years. All of the boys and girls ans County Union School Win Who presented demonstrations fall, was chesen to attend the were giving their first one on Summer Foreign Language In the district level. They did an'stitute at Virginia State College excellent job and received a lot I Petersburg, Va., from June 19 to of valuable training in standing August 5. The institute is soon- on their own two feet before a group of people," stated Richard Bryant, assistant county agricul tural agent. Mr. Bryant also stated that any organization that would care to use these boys and girls on their programs, contact him and arrange to, have them do so This, of course, will add to their experience. , I U. S. Weather Opening Of Hurricane Season The United States Weather dollars in property damage and Bureau f marked the official In,, i ,u. L . iaKen countless .lives . over the opening of the hurricane season , TT , June. 15 when it began investi- yearSl Huwicane Donna, which gating all tropical weather dis-,struolt th east coast last fall, turbances. , ! alone, destroyed more than a Alter June 15 the ; Weather Bureau maintains ; a hurricane warning service .to alert persons living in the path of a tropical storm of impending danger, Adequate warning of a storm's approach is given so that ' pre cautions can be taken to prevent injuries and damage, the Na tional Board of Sir Under- writers points out. ' The National Bomd of Fire Underwriters, a service organiz ation sponsored by capital stock fire ..insurance i companies, ( has drawn up a list of safeguards to be taken in areas wKere storms threaten. . Hurricanes and tropical wind tcrr;j hav c -r:i fZizat of Merchants xu w-uai exieni are uie cnang ing times affecting the buying habits of Perquimans County residents? How much of their money are they alloting for food, for clothing, for household equipment? How much for cars? ; A definite adjustment appears to have taken place in the past year, reflecting the business re cession and growing unemploy ment. The housewife's budget ; KMl lor tne Preseni. ong a more conservative line, with a smaller proportion of her money going for the frills and , a larger proportion for the basic eeds. The facts and,, figures on the . i T,"5 v 1 m . lociu rf ; spending pattern in local i.jji aiuica axe Drouem out in the current market study releas ed by the Standard Rate and 'Data Service-Jor the fiscal year iiu. bimilar analyses are pro- viAaA f nil . U . ., 1 We , united States. 1 , - . 1 Co," 'he t. C8se ,of ans County- the volume of retail mess in the 12-month period f K of ll bein8 for Purchases of food ""u oi auiomouve eauinmpnr of automotive and supplies. These two attracted 54 per cent of the total. They account ed for $4,291,000, compared with $4,154,000 in the previous fiscal 5' Some $1,234,000 of it went tt local meat markets, bakeries and other stores selling food for home consumption. Automotive sales, consisting of cars, boats, motorcycles, trailers and accessories came to $2,614, 000. This is exclusive of trucks. Another $443,000 went to Pi.k. i.i ' ... . ' i w uiwjiauujis oi me lo cal retail spending pattern dur ing the year may be seen in the sales totals produced by oth er kinds of stores. Estahlishm merchandise, irtcludirigT depart- ment. variety and general sTores, accounted for $1,781000 Apparel sh J' specializing in articled for - r sonal wear, did $50,000. Sales of home furnishines to taled $115,000 in the period and drug store sales, $49,000. In all, retail business in Per-i quimans County amounted to $8,009,000. It was at the rate of $3,408 per household. sored by the federal pnvorn. ment and is designed to improve the competence of the nation's foreign language teachers. Mrs. Thomas will have courses in linguistics, speaking and con versing with natives, reading, writing and culture. Educa tional trin.1 will ha maAa Howard University and Morgan State College, r- Bureau Marts billion dillars in .property. The following suggested pre cautions are designed to .hold life and property losses to a minimum. The Board advises: Occupants of . water front buildfngs':tosee shelter away from the sea upon being warned of an approaching storm. Immediate evacuation if there is a threat v of roadways being washed away or flooded.' High winds and rising waters may maroon water -front - residents. Travel at the height of a storm is exceedingly dangirous. A well-built ' bou. 1 " l safe distance' fro-t possibly t' ,' ' ' C