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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, June 6, 1947.
BOARD OF EDUCATION PROPOSES
TIIOUSAf'D DOLLAR BUILDING PROGRAM
$1.50 Per Year.
r. Plana Call For Negra
School at Winfall;
Other Buildings
Perquimans County Board of Edu
cation included a $300,000 building
i program in a tentative budget Pre-
. seated to the Board of County Com-
ii8sionera on Monday of this week,
he expansion program, while having
- . no fixed time for starting of the pro
posed construction, calls for the
$ building of a consolidated Negro
school building at Winfall, a gymna
V aium at Perquimans High School, an
'auditorium at Hertford Grammar
l School, an enlargement of the Negro
Migft bchool, this item to bnng about
-the consolidation of all Negro schools
" south of the Perquimans River, a
lunch room at Central Grammar
School and a new 'agriculture build
ing at Perquimans High School,
v No action, other than a discussion
y of the current high costs of construc-
tion, need of the buildings and type
: of construction, was taken when the
program was presented to the County
.Commissioners.
;j The building program was previ
ously discussed and adopted by the
Board of Education at its meeting
Jield in May, and the dire need of
i most, of the proposed buildings has
' long been known.
Heading the proposed construction
. is the Negro school planned to be
built at Winfall, and enabling the
Board to consolidate all Negro
schools north of the river. A new
building, completed last year and
containing about eight class rooms,
x is now being used at Winfall, but this
building is not of sufficient size to
muow ., a consolidation 01 tne one
; toora schools.
A The majority of the members of
Y toe -Board of Education favor the con
struction of a gymnasium at the Per
v auimartLHigh Schoel In order tt btr-
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wwii HH scnoor ana also pror
Vid ths 4isV achMfl with a nrvnt
eoarnMto ;;ns of the tlfer
Threshing Permits
Now Available
All operators of peanut pickers,
threshing machines and combines in
Perquimans County are required to
secure operation permits before the
new "threshing season begins, J. W.
Ward, county register of deeds, has
announced.
Mr. Ward stated that prompt ac
tion is advisable in obtaining the
permits and records which are now
available in the register of deeds of
fice in the county court house in
Hertford. He stated further that no
charge is made for the service.
Triple-A Office
Ordered To Cancel
All Material Orders
County Secretary Re
ceived Wire Stopping
All Action
Maj. Arthur Woods
Speaker At Rotary
w oxuiavonirai urammar
School have long sought; the construc
tion of a lunch room at this school in1
v order to provide suitable arrange
ments for the serving of meals to the
children of the school. It was point
ed out this hem on the program is
one of the most needed.
The program would build eight ad
ditional class rooms to the Hertford
High School and, according to the
Board, permit the consolidation of all
Negro one-room schools south of the
river,
Building of an auditorium at the
Hertford Grammar School, according
to the plan, would enable the Board
to install a modern lunch room at
this school and at the same time do
away with a fire hazard.
Increased interest and larger
classes makes the construction of a
new agriculture building at the Per
quimans High School almost a ne
cessity. According to the proposal
of the Board of Education, this lat
ter building and the lunch room at
Central Grammar School could be
constructed of cement blocks, these
being made by the Veterans Training
course now an operation in this
county.
4 Although the reception this nro-
poswfc program received when sub
mitted Monday was anvthinir but in.
dicative that it would be adopted and
started, in the event the plans were
4aopea and construction was to b-
VSta, the people of the county would
nave to vote on the matter inasmuch
as a bond issue would have to be
floated to meet the cost of the pro
gram. '
A spokesman for the Board of
bounty Commissioners - stated that
the program was a splendid one and
no doub necessary but today's hirii
costs of material and labor was too
high to undertake the plans at the
present time.
There was some indication, how-
ever, that the items calling for a
lunch room at the Central Grammar
School and the Ajrricultura Buildino-
might materialize before the rt of
the program could be undertaken.
Maj. Richard Payne
Appointed To Army
Major Richard Payne, son of Mr.
land Mrs. E. Ey Payne of Hertford,
pas recovea residential appoint
fcnent to he U. S. Army with a perT
Bnwwin nut m tun ueutenanb ao
suyor rayne, now visiting bit par
inti on terminal leave, will rtain his
emporary rank as major, under the
.-ecent order; , ..'si'rsv;,:1.",.;
Major Arthur R. Woods, who has
recently returned home after being
stationed with the U. S. Army in Ko
rea for two years, was the guest
speaker at a meeting of the Hert
ford Rotary Club Tuesday night.
Major Woods gave a brief account
and some interesting highlights on
his stay in Korea. He told the mem
bers of the Rotary Club that Korea,
sought by Japan, Russia and China
for many years, was finally taken
over by the Japanese in 1910. The
Japs immediately s.et about to make
the nation a profitable adventure for
themselves and at the same time de
graded the Koreans to little more
than servants. The Japanese, ac
cording to Major Woods, installed
modern railroads, telephone and
many other services in Korea, but
at the same time they moved Jap
anese pebple into the country to man
age and. oversee all of these im-
frovementa. The, Japanese took over
ojnptete control of 111 business and
government services and because of
this the -nation was poorly equipped
to resKnew;govemini itself when the
mMntmn the Jans.
Describing the " Korean as the
Irishman of Asia, Major Woods
stated the natives of Korea have an
excellent sense of humor but were in
clined to "fly off the handle" at least
provocation. They deeply resented
the Japanese and demanded that the
Allies move all Japs out of Korea as
quickly as possible following the
liberation. The American forces, in
southern Korea, returned all but
about 60 Japanese to their native
land, retaining awfew to assist the
American forces in certain types of
activity. The northern half of the
country is now under the control of
Russia, the division of the nation
having taken place at the close of the
war against Japan.
Korea is mostly a nation of Left
ists, Major Woods said, and it is his
belief that the nation would become
a Communist-dominated country if
and when the U. S. withdraws its
forces from southern Korea. Ex
plaining that the division qf the na
tion between American and Russian
forces, following the liberation, Major
Woods pointed out that it seemed the
Russians took over the manufactur
ing portion of the nation while the
u. S. received the agricultural pro
ducing portion.
Major Woods stated that one of the
biggest deficiencies in the American
occupation of Korea has been the in
ability of the United States to sell
the Koreans any concept of demo
cratic government.
Church Vacation
School Opens June 9
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT 1
Mr. and Mrs. 'Jack HonkW
,unce the birth of a son, born Sun
y. May 25. - Mother and son are
xing along nicely. ,
A Church Vacation Bibl School
will be. conducted at the Hertford
Methodist Church beginning Mondav.
June 9, and extending to Wednesday
oi we louowing week, it was an
nounced today by Mrs. B. C. Reavis.
who will serve as director of the
school.
Classes will be held each morning
irom :au o'clock to 11 o'clock with
the exception of Saturday and Sun
day.
Teachers .assigned to conduct the
classes were announced by Mrs. Rear
vis as, follows: Beginners, Mrs.
Louis Banks; Primary, Miss Polly
Tucker, Mrs. Robert Hollowell and
Mrs. E. M. Crafton; Juniors, Miss
neiene , jm lxon; Intermediates, . Mrs.
HL C, .Stokes and Mrs. R. M. Rid-
rdick. ;Text i books1 for each Of the
classes SwJk be as follows! Begin
ners, Happy Times In Our Church;
Primary, Friends at Home and in tht
Community: jJunlom. 'LIvinr tn Om
Communityr ;and Intermediates, E
Plprittg the Bible: :. v
All children of the comrnrxnitv. in
Invited to attend and take part la tint
Perquimans County Triple-A offi
cials have received notice to issue no
more purchase orders for conserva
tion material and services until fur
ther notice and to cancel purchase or
ders in the hands of farmers on work
which has not been begun and on
which delivery has not been made, W
White, county AAA secretary, has
announced.
Mr. White stated that the order
was given on the basis of reports
from Washington. D. C.
Department of Agriculture Appro
priation Iiill was reported as reduc
ing AAA funds by almost half.
Text of thrf telegram received by
Mr. White is as foil ows:
"Department of Agriculture ap
propriation bill reported by House
Appropriation Committee reduces ap
propriation for conservation and use
from $301,720,0(10 to $lfi5,(il4,290.
Consolidated account for Washington
and State office for all appropriations
reduced from $12,855, fi07 to $4,():J7,
779. For county offices from $2.',
129,152 to $14,fi08,(i20 until further
notice issue no purchase orders for
conservation material and services.
Cancel purchase orders in hands of
farmers and vendors on which work
has not been started in the case of
services and oi which delivery has
not been made in the case of ma
terial and seed. Until further notice
suspend 1947 ACP sign-up, suspend
substitution of practices on farm
plans, and issue no further notice of
minimum assistance for farm allow
ances. Farmers' should be notified of
these facts immediately.
"Signed: G. T. Scott, State Direc
tor Production and Marketing Ad
ministration." Mr. White stated that county farm
ers Should be informed of the cut in
1947 payments and the elimination
of the 1948 program. The report of
the House Agricultural Committee is
up for discussion, he said, and sug
gested that all county farm operators
communicate with their Congres
sional representative, Herbert Bon
ner, in regard to their attitude toward
the measure.
Splendid Response
To Overseas Relief
"The people of Perquimans County
responded splendidly to the appeal
for overseas relief," C. Edgar White,
who served as county chairman of the
drive recently concluded here, said
Monday.
A total of 3,810 pounds of clothing,
bedding and shoes were collected
through the efforts of volunteers
from churches of the county, and a
cash collection of 67.62 was also re
ceived, according to Mr. White.
These items were shipped to New
Windsor, Maryland, to the Church
World bervice organization for dis
tribution to people overseas. The
State drive was conducted by and
through the churches of North Caro
lina. Mr. White expressed his apprecia
tion to the volunteers, who collected
the items here,' and to all those who
gave clothing and money to aid in
the relief overseas.
Judge Morris Urges
H.S. Seniors To Meet
Challenge Of Life
Outstanding Students
Awarded Honors at
Finals on Friday
vj.auuaiiun iiom nign scnool is
merely a milepost on the highway of
life," Judge Chester Morris told the
members of the senior class of Per
quimans High School at commence
ment exercises held in the high
school auditorium last Friday night.
"It is not the end of anything," the
Judge told the class, "it is only the
beginning of your life and I hope
each and every one of you will meet
the challenge life offers and make the
most out of it."
"Graduation time is a time of pride
and joy," the judge added, "your
parents, aunts and uncles who have1
watched you from birth and shown
interest in your well-being share with
you the joy of your achievement."
Judge Morris urged the class as in-1
dividuals to be prepared to meet life
and to pursue it with all the talents
one possessed.
ihe final exercises of the high
school opened with an invocation by
the Rev. J. I). Stott, pastor of the
Winfall Methodist Church. A mu
sical selection was rendered by the
members of the girls' glee club. Fol
lowing the address by Judge Morris
diplomas were awarded to the forty-
seven members of the graduating
class by I' . I. Johnson, County Sup
erintendem.
fc.. C Woodard, principal of the
high school, then awarded medals for
outstanding achievement during the
school year. Awards were presented
to Molly Oakey, valedictorian; Faye
winslow, salutatorian, and Reginald
Tucker was awarded the medal for
being the outstanding student of the
school during the year.
Medals for best all around boy,
Cecil Winslow; best all around girl,
Eula Virginia White; the 1946 schol
arship medal went to Kader White.
Football'' -swards were givesi Sidney
Layden, Lloyd Dail, Cecil Winslow,
Colon Butler, Bill Elliott, Bob Kea
ton and Josiah Smith.
Howard Broughton was awarded
the niedal for being the outstanding
student for citizenship. Reginald
Tucker won the award for having
the highest scholastic standing in the
high school.
The award for being the best
member of the school paper staff
was won by Molly Oakey; best dra
matics, Myrtle Elliott and Clifford
Winslow; best debater, Mary Lina
Raper; best band member, Ervin
White; best FFA member, Clifford
Winslow.
Three awards presented by the
Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the Am
erican Legion for distinguished
achievements were awarded Kader
White, Faye Winslow and Clarkson
White.
COUNTY BOARD HOLDS LONG SESSION
CONSIDERING BUDGETS, ROAD MATTERS
Additional Funds
From Poppy Sales
Additional reports received this
week by Mrs. J. E. Winslow, county
chairman of the American Legion
Auxiliary poppy sales brings the to- j
tal amount received from the sales
to $189.50, according to Mrs. Wins
low. The additional reports were
turned in by Mrs. Tom White, chair
man at Winfall, and Mrs. ii. A. Tur
ner, chairman at .New Hope.
Frizes offered by the -uiiiarv for
the most sales made on I'oppy Day
were won by Anne I roctor of Wi
fall, first, and Marguerite Butler of
Hertford, second.
Auditors Give Review
Of Fiscal Standing;
Bonded Indebtedness
Now $383,000
Hertford Divides
First League Games
With Edenton Team
White Rites Held
Tuesday Afternoon
American Legion
Met Thursday Night
Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the
American Legion held its regular
monthly meeting at the Agriculture
Building in Hertford Thursday night.
New officers for the year were elect
ed and delegates named to attend the
State Legion Convention to be held
this month at Carolina Beach.
Josiah White, 84, life-long re
dent of Perquimans County, died at
his home in Belvidere Sunday morn
ing at 4:4() after an illness of two
months. He was the son of the late
David and Isabella Wilson White. He
had been a member of Piney Woods
Friends Church for a number of
years.
Surviving are his wife, Ellen
Brown White; two daughters, Mar
garet White of Belvidere and Mrs. J.
E. Wiggins of Sunbury; one son,
David J. White, of Greensboro. Fun
eral services were conducted Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the resi
dence. Burial was in the family
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Dr. C. A. Daven
port, Franklin Winslow, Edwin
White, F. C. White, David Williams,
Willie Winslow, W. C. Chappell and
Charlie Biddle.
Hertford Schedule Albemarle League
June 6 Colerain lit Colerain
Juno 7 Windsor at Hertford 8 P. M.
June 8 Windsor at Windsor
Jane 10 Eliiabeth City at Elizabeth City
June 11 Elisabeth City at Hertford 8 P. M.
June IS Suffolk at Hertford P. M.
June 14 Suffolk, at Suffolk
June 15 Edenton at Hertford 2 P. M.
June 16 Edenton at Edenton
June 18 Colerain at Colerain
June 19 Colerain at Hertford 8 P. M.
i June 20 Windsor at Hertford 8 P. M.
June 22 Windsor at Windsor
June 24 Elisabeth City at Eliiabeth City
June 25 Elisabeth City at Hertford 8 P. M.
June 27 Suffolk at Hertford 8 P. M.
June 28 Suffolk at Suffolk
June 29 Elisabeth City at Elisabeth City
June SO Eliiabeth City at Hertford- P. M.
July 2 Colerain-at Colerain
July v 4 " Edenton at Hertford 2 P. M.
, - Edenton at Edenton- P. M.
July C Windsor at Windsor
July ? Windsor at Hartford 8 P. M.
July,. 9, Colerain at Hertford 8 P. M,
July U Suffolk Mt Hertford 8 P. M. !
Jaly M Snffolk at Saffolk .
The Albemarle Baseball League got
off to a Hying start last Sunday with
Elizabeth City defeating Suffolk and
Windsor nosing out Colerain. Eden
ton and Hertford, the other two en
tries in the league, played on Mon
day with Edenton winning an easy
9-1 victory. Return games between
the same teams made the league
standing even, when Suffolk nosed
out Elizabeth City and Hertford beat
Edenton in a hot contest -'t-2.
The second Colerain-Windsor game
was postponed until Wednesday.
Lester Jordan, pitching ace for
the Edenton Colonials, was in rare
form Monday night, when he set
back the Hertford Indians with four
hits and striking out 11 batters. The
Indians played listless baseball and
connected for only one hit after the
fourth inning. Bell, starting pitcher
for Hertford, allowed four walks
and five hits during his five innings
of play, and the Colonials scored
four runs during this period. Craig
replaced Bell and allowed three hits
during his three innings of pitching.
Wheeler of Edenton and Nowell of
Hertford hit home runs.
Smarting under the opening game
defeat, the Indians trounced Edenton
in the return game played on Mem
orial Field Tuesday night behind the
pitching of Moe Bauer. The Indians
played an excellent field game, com
pleting thiee double plays to nip
Edenton rallies. Bauer allowed five
hits and Thorne, Colonial hurler, al
lowed four. Bauer struck out six
Edenton batters and Thorne fanned
four. Edenton scored twice in the
fourth inning on three hits and Cay
ton nipped a Colonial rally in the
same inning when he snagged a fly
and on a quick throw to Stokes re
tired the side. Hertford tied the
count in the sixth inning by getting
one hit, Edenton errored twice and
Hertford tallied two runs. The win
ning run was scored in the seventh
when Hertford collected two hits and
a sacrifice by Smith brought in th
third tally for the Indians. Bauer
figured in a nice double play in the
eighth when he fielded an attempted
bunt and caught a runner off first
base. In the first half of the ninth
Edenton had the tying run on third
base with one man out, but Hert
ford retired the side when Smith
fielded a bunt, threw to first and
Raig returned the ball for Smith to
tag out Thorne as he crossed the
plate.
3 More Teachers
Resign From Jobs
Consideration of tentative budgets
for the next fiscal year forced the
Board of County Commissioners to
hold one of the longest sessions of
the year on Monday. The Board was
in meeting until five o'clock in the
afternoon.
The first item passed on by the
Board was the adoption of a $1,250
allocation for fire prevention service
for 1947-48. This amount is a reduc
tion of some $2.r(l over last year's al
location. A group of residents living on the
Sandy Itidge road in Chowan and
Perquimans counties had Louis
Winslow and Shelton G. Chappell ap
pear before the Hoard to request the
Commissioners to petition the State
Highway Department to improve the
Sandy Ridge road, making it an all
weather road. A similar delegation
representing the residents of the sec
tion, appeared before the Chowan
County Board.
A review of the audit for the fiscal
year ending June .'Ml, 194(i, made by
Wall and Williams of Raleigh, was
given the Board by a representative
of the audit firm. The report show
ed the county receipts for that vear
amounted to approximately $1211,000
and the expenditures were about
$119,0110, leaving a small surplus. The
auditor revealed that the total bond
ed indebtedness of the county as of
June, 194C, was $4 1. '1,000. Three hun
dred and seventy-three thousand of
this amount being the unpaid total
for the construction of the nine-foot
roads within the county about 25
years ago. Thirty thousand dollars
of the debt is owed on the repairs
made to Hertford Grammar School,
and the auditor stated this debt is
due May 1, 1953.
Approximately $38,000 is due the
county on delinquent tax liens, how
ever, it was pointed out that the
county is now making considerable
effort to collect these back taxes and
the amount is somewhat lower than
the reported figure.
The county has $50,000 worth of
I'. S. Government bonds, this surplus
being divided as $10,000 in general
county fund and $40,000 in the debt
service fund. According to the audi
tor, the county indebtedness is being
reduced at a rate of approximately
$25,000 per year.
The Hoard voted that Charles E.
Johnson, county attorney, be paid the
sum of seven and one-half per cent
on the collection of delinquent taxes.
Dr. Z. D. Mitchell, health doctor
for the Pasquotank-Perquimans-Cam
den Health Department, presented a
tentative budget for the department
for the next fiscal year. Salary in
creases will force an enlargement of
this budgi't for the year. Dr. Mit-
hell stated, however, it was his
opinion that one of the employees of
the department can be dispensed with
and this action will lower the overall
budget. The budget calls for an in
creased allocation for Perquimans
County in the amount of slightly
more than $600.
C. Edgar White, Superintendent of
Welfare, reported to the Hoard that
changes made by the State Welfare
Board will cut an increase proposed
in the welfare budget.
No action was tqken on a tenta
tive budget presented by the Board
of Education, which calls for expendi
tures of more than $30,000 for the
next fiscal year. The Board of Com
missioners took under advisement
the proposed budget and announced
final action will be taken at the July
meeting.
Three more teachers of the county
white schools have resigned from the
teaching staffs, according to F. T.
Johnson, County Superintendent, who
on Monday stated that Mrs. Goldie
Meekins and Mrs. Frances Sprague
of the high school faculty and Mrs.
Barnard Proctor, teacher at the
Hertford Grammar School, handed in
resignations to the Board of Educa
tion. Th resignations received this week
brings to a total of five vacancies
that now. exist in the faculty at Per
quimans High School. Miss Esther
Evans, Miss Francelle Barden and
Mrs. C. R. Holmes having resigned
previously.
The Board of Education, acting in
regular session Monday, rescinded
its action as to the retirement of G.
C Buck a3 vocational teacher at the
Jocal high school. A board spokes
man stated due to the shortage of vo
cational teachers, the local Board
deemed it advisable to continue Mr.
Buck on the list of active teachers,
even though he is eligible for retire
W. I. Daniels Elected
President Rural Mail
Carriers Association
Organization Resumes
Activities After Lapse
Of Few Years
At a meeting of the Albemarle
Rural Mail Carriers Association held
in Hertford Friday night, W. Jim
Daniels was elected president of the
organization for the ensuing year.
Other officers elected included Char
les Williford of Hertford, secretary-
treasurer, and W. H. Elliott of Chap
anoke, chaplain.
"Friday's meeting was the first to
be held in several years, activities
of the Association being interrupted
due to the war.
MASONS MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
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