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PTA Conference
In Hertford Today
Representatives From
12 Counties Expected
To Attend Session
Representatives from 12 counties
will attend a district Parent-Teacher
Conference at the Perquimans Coun
ty High School today (Thursday).
Many are expected to attend and hear
reports and plans for the year by
members of the state board of mana
gers.
'Speakers will include state presi
dent Russell Grumman of Chapel Hill,
who will talk on “Responsible Citizen
ship”; Mrs. J. W. Burke of Gibson
ville, treasurer and executive secre
tary of the state PTA Congress, who
will talk on “Office Notes”; and Miss
Genevieve Burton of Greensboro, who
will discuss her work as state field
secretary.
J. T. Biggers, superintendent of the
Perquimans County Schools, will talk
on the “School Savings Program.”
'Mrs. Edward Harrell of Hertford,
the director of the district nine, will
preside. The district embraces the
counties of Bertie, Camden, Chowan,
Currituck, Dare, Gates, Martin, Hert
ford, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyr
rell and Washington. Mrs. Joseph
Griffin of Williamston, is district sec
retary.
Also attending the meeting and
having part on the program will be
Mrs. E. C. Walters of Greensboro,
state representatives- chairman; and
Mrs. W. H. Bryan of Ahoskie, state
safety chairman.
Many Automobiles
Found Defective
Defects Found In More
Than Third of Cars
Inspected"
More than one-third of motor ve
hicles inspected by highway patrol
men during September were found to
have defects, the Department of Motor
Vehicles has reported.
A total of 91,420 vehicles were in
spected and light corrections were
made on 31,583. In addition 2,820
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when you buy a truck!
That new truck you’re considering may
hare to last a long time. So you’ll be
wise to look at a GMC for these impor
tant reasons:
GMC’s are built by the world’s largest
exclusive manufacturer of commercial
vehicles—with the broadest truck engl
, neering.experience.
GMC’s are rod trucks. Engine, transmis
t don and frame, as well as cab and axlee,
are all specially truck-built to give you
longer service.
GMC truck-built engines have high horse
power with higher sustained torque
greater pulling power. They are built to
give extra years of service with less main-
Get a real truck!
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Phone 147
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; NEWLYWEDS OFF FOR THE WARS—S/Sgt Philip Rudolph,
i Marine Corps Reserves, and his bride. Pie. Pauline Cruickshank j
Rudolph also of the Marine Reserves, are returning to active duty
together and in the same outfit.
’ “It will be easier to spend my time on active duty than to stay at
1 home and wait,” said the bride.
i The Rudolphs, residents of Seattle, Wash., and teachers in the
public schools there, were married last June 10. They met a year ago
while attending Seattle University. Rudolph was with the Marine
Corps 26 months in the Pacific during the last war. Neither is happy
over breaking up housekeeping to go to war, but both agreed to the
1 inevitable: “That trouble in Korea is something that would have to
be straightened out sooner or later.”
1 equipment tickets were issued and
> 693 light tickets. A total of 98,178
t driver’s licenses were inspected on the
1 highways.
: Patrolmen investigated 1,702 acci
dents in which 70 persons were killed
and 861 injured. Hours spent on the
highway totaled 131,633 and 1,544,-
597 miles were traveled by patrolmen
during the month in performance of
their duty.
| Courtesies extended by patrolmen to
1 the motoring public numbered 14,881,
including rendering of first aid in two
cases and extinguishing a fire in one
■ case. The patrol assisted in recovery
of 68 stolen vehicles.
During September patrolmen in
vestigated 7,203 complaints, issued
4,486 warning tickets and 6,469 ci
tations and made 6,989 arrests. The
charge was driving intoxicated in 646
cases. Os persons brought to trial,
6,497 were found guilty and sentenced
to a total of 94 years. The verdict was
not guilty in 544 cases.
Patrolmen weighed 419 vehicles dur
ing the month and found 96 to be
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THE CHOWAN HERALD EDENTON. N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1950
1 overloaded.
5 Value of cars and property returned
> to individuals following thefts was
estimated at $50,000. Fines in cases
brought to trial totaled $191,192.42,
I which was turned over to the county
. school funds. Costs amounted to
’ $86,801.52, which went to county
, general funds in counties where cases
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GMC extra-value features Include Syn
chro-Mesh transmission,'Tocco-hardened
crankshaft, full-pressure lubrication, re
circulating ball-bearing steering gear, air
plane-type bearings and Lifetime Weath- ,
ersealed cabs as standard equipment on
practically all models from 14 ton up.
That’s why more truckers are buying
GMC’s today than ever before— experience
proves them best in the long haul!
|GASOUNE & PlESaTßUCKSilp^^pil
were tried. Highway revenue collect
ed on overloaded vehicles and vehicles
with insufficient licenses totaled $2,-
253.38.
Forest Warden White
Takes Training Course
Frank V. White, County Forest
Warden, has just returned from State
College Training Camp of Hoffman
Forest, where he took a course in
equipment operation, fire plans, ad
vance radio, fire suppression methods,
maps and towermen training, damage
appraisal, forest management, infor
mation and education and field prob
lems. As a result of this training, he
feels that he is better able to cope
with the forest fire problems. 'He is
confident that he can explain any
forest problem confronting Chowan
County residents and is anxious to be
of any service.
Mr. White calls attention to the
hunting season, one of the principal
sources of forest fires. He urges all
hunters to be very careful in the fields
and woods, to see that all matches,
cigarettes and cigars are out before
leaving. He points out that a little
care on the part bf hunters might
prevent a disastrous forest fire.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA
Statement of Income and Expenditures of Electric Department *
For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1950*
INCOME:
Sale of Current—Net I $145,696.40
Sale of Merchandise—Net :.... 11,312.80
Bond Interest Collected 1,900.00
Total Income :...... $158,909.20
EXPENSES:
Power Purchased ;..... $ 69,192.35
Line Maintenance * 12,928.09
Plant Repairs . 2,967.53
Street Lighting 5,464.16
Auxiliary Department Expenses 723.75
Clerical 4,524.38
Overhead—B4.3% of Total ! 4,959.81
Total Expenses 100,760.07
Net Operating Income $ 58,149.13
CHARGES AGAINST INCOME:
Electric Extension ......$ 13,586.99
Bonds Retired 1,000.00
New Building ..".... 852.90
New Billing Machine 4,234.50
Plant Fixtures 110.00
Electric Meters 2,820.76
84.3% of Transfer of Funds to General Fund ... 8,771.86 4
Total Charges Against Income $ 31,377.01
Surplus to Electric Department $ 26,772.12
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Statement of Income and Expenditures of Water Department
For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1950
INCOME:
Sale of Water—Net $ 28,902.68
EXPENSES:
Water Test Fees $ 48.00
Line Maintenance -...„ 7,104.36
Plant Repairs 1,788.72
Fire Protection 395.27
Clerical 1,508.12
Overhead—ls.7% of Total 923.71
Estimate Cost of Pumping Water—l67,ooo K.W. at .02 3,340.00
Total Expenses $ 15,108.18
Net Operating Income $ 13,794.50
CHARGES AGAINST INCOME:
Water Extension . $ 7,084.85 “f
Sewer Extension 2,590.89
, Water Meters - 1,089.19
15.7% of Transfer of Funds to General Fund , 1,633.67
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Total Charges Against Income 12,398.60
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Customer (in music store)-—I would
like very much to get a copy of “The
Stolen Rope.”
Proprietor—l am afraid I don’t
know of such a song. Is it something
very newT ‘
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quite old. Why it goes something like
; this—“Tum-tum-tum-petyrtum—”
Proprietor—My dear madam, you
mean “The Lost Chord.”
Customer—Oh, that’s it I got the
name slightly mixed.