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Building Expected to Be
, Heady For Opening of)
. Schools September 5
v' An inspection tour of the Negro
Union School at Winfall was made
'.Wednesday afternoon by State Engi-
Tieer niuuun uuu, 4. yy. vrruuii, ar
chitect and J. T. Biggers, superinten
dent of schools. Final approval was
; made in regards to the general con
tract, -with a few minor jobs to be
comoleted bv the eontractor.
-' Approval of the plumbing and
heating projects and : the electrical
-work will not be given until an in
spection of this work is made at a
latter date., -y:r :(-'..
and 100 per cent complete, but the
plumbing and electrical contractors
auu nave considerate wont xo ao ne
fnr the buildin? will be accented by;
the Board of Education.
. JMr. Biggers ' stated, following the
Inspection Wednesday, these contrac
tors will have to increase the speed
of their work in order for the boild-l
Ing to be 'ready for the opening of
schools in a little more than, four
weeks. The plumbing contractor was
present at the inspection: this week
and he stated he will complete - his:
contract in a week or 10 days time.
The new building, one of the most
modern in thf entire State, is a spa
cious - well-lighted and - ventilated
school with 18 class, rooms, a gym
auditorium and a combination lunch
room : and library. . A fcgianlJHjiied
heating unit is located in the boiler
room and is 01 sufficient sue to pro
vide ample heat for the Jaxfejwi!.,
A complete water and sanitary sys
tem is also included jflthf bcoo .
Price controls were eased somewhat
Wednesday when President Truman
signed the new control law, passed
recently by Congress, however, the
President termed the new law de
ficient and stated he would have ve
toed the measure if rents and other
essentials ' had not been tied in the
Cease-fire talks, in Korea, this week
centered around the issue of estab
lishing a buffer jEone between UN and
Communist jorces, according to re
ports from UN Headquarters in Ko
rea. The Communists had proposed
the withdrawal of all foreign troops
from the country but when UN rep
resentatives flatly turned down this
-proposal, the Reds then balked on
the UN proposed buffer gone.
Diplomatic' relations between the
U. S. and Czechslovakia continued as
hot subject tWs we with an an
nouncement from Washington that the
TJ. S. is breaking" off. contract trade
agreements with the Czechs. The ac
tion hinges on the imprisonment lofj
an American by the Czechs, who.
charged- the U. S. newsman was a
,. A United Nations Commission, this
week, besan a task of hunting down
more thn half a million prisoners iof
World War II; mbst of them reported
to be in Russia. The Commission will
attempt to locate the POW's and re
turn them to their rightful homes..
A report" from Raleigh on Wednes
day stated Governor Scott may ap
point a committee to investigate the
alleged fixing of prices on gasoline
ih this state. The proposal was made
by Attorney General McMullan, who
recently stated, after some investi
gation, it appeared a major oil com
pany fixes the price of , gasoline in
North Carolina- areas. ; v.; -sc-- '
VFW. Undefeated - In
Softball ;;tes:aif:
Interest jn Hertford's soft ball lea
gue continues to grow, as the VOFW
team continued to hold the top spot
in the league ' -standing with eight
victories and no losses. The Jaycees
dumped the Lions twice last week
to tie the Independents for second
place in-the standing and the Lions
Club are. still looking for that "first",
win.
Games rrt week are as follows:
Monday. -s vs.- Independents;
Wedne . . . 7 vq. Im-Tjendantii:
Friday, Lu. a vs. Jaycees.
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.500
.600
.000
VFW .-
Jaycees
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Independents .
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r.:;LvGal Sots JJd At $3P
Johnny Alton Myers, 19-year-old
Hertford youth, is Joeing held in Per
quimans County jail, on six counts in
connection with the two ' robberies
which occurred here over the week
end of July 21-22. c -
Myers surrendered himself to Sher
iff M. G. Owens last Friday morn
ing after a telephone conversation
with his mother, who advised him to
give up to the authorities, who were
then searching for the youth.
The youth is charged with break
ing and entering the HoHoweu Chev
rolet warehouse, on two occasions, and
the W. M. Divers & Son Jewelry
Store. He is also charged with driv
ing without a license and the theft
of a revolver f rom C, H. Twiddy and
tools from the Southern Cotton Oil
Company!,
Bond was set for Myers at $4,000,
but in a preliminary hearing given the
youth on Tuesday in Recorder's Court,
on a motion of Attorney W. a. Oak:-
ey, the bond was reduced to $3,000.
However, an additional $1,000 bond is
required by Pitty County, in connec
tion with the theft of a car in Green
ville. . 'A--, .
Through his attorney, Myers indi
cated a desire to waiver a hearing on
the various charges and the case was
continued until next week, pending
the possibility bond will be raised for
the defendant.
In a statement made to Sheriff
Owens, immediately after Myers sur
rendered last Friday morning, Myers
related detailed account of his ac
tivities ' starting on Saturday night,
July 21, when he broke into the Hol
lowell Chevrolet warehouse and stole
tiie first of two cars from this place.
He drove the first car to Weodville,
gassed it up and drove -through the
country to Edenton, where he wrecked
and abandoned this auto. I He return
ed to Hertford, walking the railroad
track the entire distance and took
the-second car from the Hollowefl
place jit 4 A. M., Sunday morning;
aftst H trip to Virginia Beach in this
car h returned to Hertford later in
the day and entered the Diver's store,
from which he took between 50 and
mmryuM'Mtfifyiririrwinrir nrinrirurinnri
CnCrcDcr Prises
j To' lay the basis for a program of
dollar-and-cent "community prices" in
the nation's grocery stores, the Office
of Price Stabilization will conduct a
nation-wide survey of wholesale and
retail grocery costs and prices. ,
"The first survey of wholesalers
began in the Raleigh area on July
30, and the retail survey will get un
der way on August 2," District Di
rector J. G... Clark announced. He
added that at first, establishments
will be visited every' other week,, and
that this may be stepped up to every
week if experience indicates , a need
for more frequent sampling. .
: During the course of the nation
wide survey, teams from OPS' 84 dis
trict offices will regularly visit retail
food stores and wholesale establish
ments gathering information on what
grocers pay for foods and what they
sell them for. A chief purpose of the
survey will be to , discover whether
there is sufficient staointyui xne
prices of a number of standard gro
cery items to mane a -commuiwy
Community . pricing, the Raleigh
OPS exnlained. ! - a system under
which, the. .country is divided into
market areas, and grocery price ceil
ings are -established for each area on
the basis of local transponauon na
other cost factors. These ceilings
which are the same in an area for all
stores of the same class are .then
printed on fharts for posting in re
tail stores where all customers' can
see them;- vjf . i;
In addition to determining the rela
tive "stability of prices of food items
subject to change of parity provisions,
the survey will have two further ad
vantages: -(l It will furnish a broad
basis of comparison between the ac
tual Veiling prices in relation to ceil
ing prices as How established' under
CeiHng Price Regulations 14, 15 and
IS the grocery - regulations which
provide fixed' percentage mark-ups
for ; wholesalers and for small, and
large' retail grocery stores. J(2) The
process of gathering the needed in
formation will prepare and train the
OPS staff which will be responsible
for the operation of the community
food pricing program when such a
program actually gets under way
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Commissioners To
Meet Next Monday
The Perquimans County Board of
Commissioners will meet next Mon
day, at 10 A. M.t for its regular Au
gust meeting. In addition to its ufrual
routine ' business the board is also
expected to give final approval to the
fiwal bulget for the current year. "
Results planning to appa' before
tiie board for any purpose are asked
to note time and date of this meet-
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60 watches.- He told Sheriff Owens
he entered the jewelry store by break
ing out the skylight and left; the
Duiiding by the same route he had en
tered. ; v,:, ;
After looting the jewelry store, he)
drove to Norfolk where he pawned a
number 01 watches and then began
a motor trip which led to Raleigh!
wnere fie spent Monday night. He
pawned some more watches in Ra
leigh then started driving north,!
stopping in Washington, D. C, and
later drove into Maryland. He Jd
a minor wreck in Maryland but was
, released by the Maryland State Police
when the driver of the other vehicle
involved in the wreck stated he hadl
no damages.
i Stating traffic was heavy "up
there" Myers told the sheriff he then
returned to Virginia and pawned some
more watches in Petersburg. He then
returned to North Carolina and spent
considerable time in and around Kin
ston, ' New Bern, Washington and
Greenville. Meanwhile, he said, he
had picked up two hitch hikers, who
according to .Myers, aided him in
pawning some of the watches he still
had with him.
He admitted stealing a third car
in (Greenville, then abandoning the
Hollowell car, and drove toward Hert
ford. He passed through Hertford
Thursday night and stayed awhile in
a tourist court near Elizabeth City.
About one A. M., Friday he left this
point and drove back to Edenton and
spent the rest of Thursday night He
then drove to Washington, N. C, and
realizing the authorities were proba
bly hot on his trail, he called his
mother and talked with her. He stat-
his mother advised him to give him
self .upj; immediately he left Wash
ington and drove back to Hertford,
leaving the third stolen car back of
the jail and entered the sheriffs of
fice and surrendered.
. When he surrendered Myers had in
his Possession 27 of the watches taken
from the local jfevelry store. Of these
19 were ladies' 'watches and eight
were men's watches.
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Five Home Demonstration Club,
women, accompanied by Mrs. Nina B,
White, Home Agent, left for Farm
and Home Week m Raleigh Monday
morning. The club women who are,-
attending are: Mrs. M. T. Griffin,
Mrs. J. D. Yeates, Mrs. E. J. Proc
tor, Mrs. Roy Nixon and Mrs. Henry
Elliott.
The program this year included
group singing, rural Church talks,
classes on foods, clothing, shelter,
savings and security, health and medi
cal care, recreation, family life, poul
try, grooming parliamentary proced
ure, and many others.
On Wednesday afternoon they at
tended, a tea at the Governor's Man
sion. The program adjourned on Thurs
day night after an Ice Show and
Revue in the William weal Keynoios
Coliseum. ' The groun from this coun
ty are expected to return home Fri-
Check Reveals Boll
Weevil Oirv Increase
A check of cotton fields over the
county this week shows a consider
able increase of weevil infestation, it
was reported today by I. C. Yagel.
This is due to the large number of
second generation weevils hatching
out. , Untreated fields are showing an
average of 77 weevil damage while
treated fields' show an average of
13. I Rather high infestations in
fieldV; where growers have failed to
apply treatment at regular 5 and 7
day intervals, may look like the con
trol program has done no good, the
Agent reported. Making the applica
tions . regularly is a very imortant
part of -the program Omitting one
week now can spoil the results of
a " good dusting ' program. Fields
showing from 0 to 10 punctured
squares in 100 should be checked twice
a week for evidence of rapid build
up of weevils.''' Applications in Au
gust are important because weevils
sometimes, feed on young bolls when
squares can no longer be found. It
was the growers who dusted regu
larly and made late applications in
1950 who made the high yields of!
cotton. . ' ; .
Mr. Yagel advised better coverage
can be obtained by applying dust in
the evening when the leaves are not
so wet. No boll worms were found
this week. .Since this la the same
worm which attacks corn, cotton may
not -be seriously hit until corn pass
es the sjlldng' stage.
X ETI... ANNOUNCEMENT
. ... Mr and Mrs. John H. Decker an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Linda
Rae, born Kiturday, July 28, at the
Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Decker; before her marriage.
was Miss Blanche Rae Skinner. - 1
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Defendant Fined $200
For Driving After Li
2 cense Revocation
A varied docket of eight cases was
disposed of in Perquimans Recorder's
Court, in session here last Tuesday,
with Judge Chas. E. Johnson presid-
'. Elmer Key, Negro, entered a plea
of guilty to a charge of driving with
improper lights. He was ordered to
pay a fine of $10 and costs and the
sum of $40.95 to Carlton Layton for
damages to Layton's car,. ,
Roland Gilliam, Negro, charged
with driving after his operator's li
cense had been revoked, entered a
plea of guilty. He was given a 0
day sentence, to ibe suspended, upon
payment of a fine of $200 and costs.
fjoke Eason, Negro, charged with
driying on the wrong side of the
road, failed to appear to answer the
charges and the warrant was ordered
returned to the arresting officer for
service.
: Elmer Yohn, charged on two counts
of assaulting Thomas Newby, was
found guilty on charges of simple as
sault and assault With a truck. He
was sentenced to jail for SO days,
Sentence to be suspended upon pay
ment of a fine of $30 and the de
fendant placed on good behavior for
1 months. An appeal bond was set
aftflOO.
Ijfudson T. Bass entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of being drunk in
a public place. He paid a fine of $15
and costs of court
A verdict of not guilty was return
ed in the case in which William Phil
lips, Negro, was charged with tres
pass. " Martha Winslow and Rufus Enoch,
both Negroes, entered pleas of guil
ty,;to a charge of disturbing the peace.
They were taxed with the costs of
court.
; A verdict of not guilty was handed
down by the court in the case in
which Garland Harris, Negro, was
charged with assaulting his 'wife.
' 'wo cases were continued" until the
neffittrm of eotrt.- '?,;-- '
Report On Library
Circulation Given
Circulation for books through the
Perquimans County Library reached a
new hisrh mark durinir the past year,
according to an annual report made atii
the close of the fiscal year, June
30, it. was announced today by Mrs.
Silas M. Whedbee. Librarian.
The report shows 1,029 new books
were added to the library during the
year, making a total 01 8,t4 dooks
now on hand. The total circulation
for the year was 42,517. The book
mobile made 104 trips with a circu
lation of 13,767 books and magazines,
showing an increasing popularity of
the bookmobile.
Mrs. Whedbee also reported 34 new
books had been received during the
month of July, and these included
non-fiction, adult fiction and teen
age books. Ampng the new titles are,
Bulfinch's Mythology. Selected Plays
by Bernard Shaw, Windsor, A King's
Storv. Wouk. The Cain Mutiny, dress
ier, Parole Chief, Street, The High
Callimr. Basset. Echoes of the Tide,
Coles, New or Never, Gardner, Case
of the Fiery Fingers, HamDieaon, jno
hodv'a Child and Yerby. A Woman
Called Fancy. ,
Draft Regulation
Explained By Clerk
For the. information of registrants
of the Perquimans County office of
Selective Service, Mrs. Charles Cam
pen, clerk to the local board, today
issued the following statement in con
nection with Selective Service regu
lations governing the reclassification
of registrants: , "Registrants are not
eligible for reclassification after hav
ing passed their pre-induction exami
nations." Mrs. Campen reported, under regu
lations, there is no exception to this
procedure..,-.
Registrants are also advised by the
local board that any changes in ad
dresses must be reported to the local
board office, and failure to comply
with this regulation does not relieve
a registrant of his responsibility. .
County To Advertise .
Delinquent Taxes :
Sheriff M. G. Owens, today, re
minded Perquimans County taxpay
ers, who have not made settlement
for 1950 taxes, that these taxes will
be advertised for sale on Monday,
Augusts.- ' . -
Sale of the tax liens, will be held
at the Court House door on Monday,
September 8, , '
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Bond Hecticn For Tovn Of
llsrtford Schssd
Thirty Five Donors
Visit Bloodmobile
Twenty-seven pints of blood were
donated to the Red Cross by Per
quimans County residents, last Fri
day, according to a report issued
Monday by C. Edgar White, chair
man of the local blood program.
A total of 35 residents appeared
to donate blood, but after an examina
tion, eight of these volunteers were
advised not to donate blood during
this visit of the bloodmobile.
While the blood collected here Fri
day fell short of the county goal, the
committee expressed itself as being
satisfied with the results, and pointed
out that' the extremely hot weather
caused some donors to stay away this
time, while others were out of town
on vacations.
Belvidere Youth
Crowned State
Health King
Bobby Smith, of Belvidere,
was
crowned King of Health at the an
nual 4-H Club health pageant, held
in Raleigh last week. Sharing the
honors with Smith was Janet Ruth
Williams of Elm City, who was
crowned Queen of Health.
The selection of the two young
people of champs for the State 4-H
Clubs climaxed the program conduct
ed at State College.
Both of the health winners have
made excellent records in improv
ing the health of their family and
neighbors as well as their own.
Young Smith has done consider
able speaking and writing in his coun
ty on good health. His talk on "How
to. Get Rid of Rats" set off a rat con
trol campaign in his community three
years ago. Today the rat popula
tion is considerably reduced from
what ft was. He also started a gar
bage disposal plan in which some
member of the community would
make the rounds nd collect the gar
bage each morafng. -
In connection with his 4-H pro
jects Bobby has written the follow
ing article on recreation:
"Today in Perquimans County we
are rapidly seeing the old saying,
"all work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy, come true. The saying in
, this case is not meant for any in
dividual, but for all of Perquimans
County. It is true that we have seen
more clubs Spring up in our county,
we have seen more and bigger op
portunities for; our youth in such
clubs as 4-H, FFA, Boy and Girl
Scouts. For men, we have seen
Ruritan Clubs organized in all parts
of the county and the Home Demon
stration Clubs lead all others for the
women.
"If, we intend to keep this good
work successful, we must make the
inside part as interesting as possi
ble; anyone who has to go to meet
ings and listen to long talks, with
which they are not concerned about,
will soon stop attending meetings.
That is why we should let recreation
have a part in every club meeting.
"But you may say, we have no
recreation equipment, nor anyone who
can lead us in recreation, what kind
of recreation would be proper for our
meetings 7
"They are just a few of the many
questions which should and must be
answered before Perquimans County
will turn the tide for more and bet
ter recreation."
Navy Plane Crashes
At Harvey Point
A light Navy airplane crashed at
Harvey Point last Friday afternoon,
and its pilot escaped without serious
injuries. No information concerning
the crash was reported, however, a
maintenance crew from the Weeks-
ville Air Station loaded the plane on
a truck and returned it to that sta
tion. ;
The plane appeared to have been
Only slightly damaged and it was be
lieved that the pilot ran out of fuel,
being forced to land at Harvey Point,
nosing the plane 'over after it had
landed.
Fire Destroys Barn
On Belvidere Highway
, lightning struck a barn, on the
farm of Oliver Winslow near Belvi
dere at about 11:30 Sunday morning,
resulting in a lire which totally des
troyed the barn and its contents.
Hertford Fire Department was call
ed to the scene but the fire had gain
ed such headway the firemen were
unable to save the barn,' they did,
however, save other buildings from
the flames. ').
Loss from the fire, was estimated
in excess of $1,000. -'
For Septembar 11
Action To Determine
Construction Of Mu
nicipal Building
Tuesday, September 11, has been
designated as the daite of a special
bond election, called by the Board of
Commissioners for the Town of Hert
ford to determine the issue whether
or not the Town will issue bonds in
the amount of $50,000 for the purpose
of constructing a municipal build
ing. -
The amount set forth in the bond
ordinance, passed by the Board, points
out this total is needed to carry out
the construction of the building.
Tentative plans for the building,
while not yet adopted by the Board,
have been drawn by Raymond Fuson,
architect of New Bern, who was re
tained by the Board to supervise the
construction in the event the bond
proposal meets with the approval of
the voters, and funds are made avail
able to proceed with the project.
The construction of a municipal
building for the Town of Hertford has
long been discussed and hoped for by
many local residents and members of
the Town Board, but it has been only
recently that the Board has been able
to plan such construction without a
large increase in tax levies. Now,
under present plans -the Board pro
poses and believes it possible to con
struct the building without an in
crease in taxes.
Repayment of the bonds, if issued
on approval of the voters in the spec
ial election, will be made from funds
received by the Town from rental at
Harvey Point, and through savings
effected by the Board in current
operations. These sources of income
total an amount greater than that
needed to meet the bond payments,
thus permitting construction of the
building under the present tax rate.
Plans for the building, as now
drawn, calls for office space to house
the clerk, town board, police, Per
quimans Library, and a community
room.
County 4-H Clubbers
State Conference
Line Ruth Proctor, Mary Frances
and Shirley Eure, Myrtle (Jordan
Williams, Bobby Smith, Clarence
Chappell, Jr., Miss Kimsey Perry,
Assistant Home Agent, and E. L.
Topping, Assistant Farm Agent, at
tended 4-H Short Course at State
College during the week of July 23
28. Tours to the Governor's Man
sion, Capital and over the campus
were made during the afternoons.
Classes were held each morning on
"Good Citizenship is Good Team
work," "Why's and How's of Record
. Keeping," "Highway Safety" and
"Parliamentary Procedure for the
4-H Meeting." Ice skaiting, swim
ming, baseball and directed recre
ation was enjoyed by all each day.
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Gov
ernor Kerr Scott and Dr. Elizabeth
Kimble, Dean of the School of Nurs
ing at the University of N. C. were
among the principal speakers of the
week.. ',
Wednesday night in Riddick Stadi
um the health pageant was given in
which Bobby Smith was crowned
State Health King. Thursday night
they enjoyed a box supper on Fresh
man Field, had recreation, and saw
a dress revue of the county winners.
Mary Frances Eure, being Perquim
ans County winner, was in the revue
from which the state winner was cho
sen.' - ,
The week closed with a very im
pressive candlelighting ceremony in
Riddick Stadium. The boys and girls
were in uniform with the girls form
ing the four clover leaves and the
boys an H in each leaf. They march
ed in double file through the field
house extinguishing the candles as
they entered. ; .
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MasonsGatharln
Districting
More than 150 members of the Ma-
sonic lodges of the First District
met in Hertford, for a district meet
ing, last Monday at which time Her
bert M. Foy, of Mount Airy, Grand
Master of North Carolina Masonic
Lodges, was the principal speaker
and guest
Two meetings were conducted dur
ing the day, with the first being held
in the Court House, beginning at
three o'clock. Following this session
the Masons adjourned to the Per
quimans High School, where supper
was servee to , 151 members and
guests at 6:45., . , . .
The evening session was held irt
the auditorium at the high school. "