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A. WEEE i wi r . y v . i N vm Volume XVIIL No. 32. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 10, 1951. 5 Cents Per Copy S&3 Fire ; Gasliil f C j t: ti fc3Btni At Pcrqtns Ili Sc!:::l Additional Exits Are Needed Brockwell . ,r? Tells "Authorities ' l As result of a visit to Hertford, on July 10, when he was a guest at a district firemen's meeting held at Perquimans County High : School, Sherwood Brockwell, State IFire Mar- shal, has notified J. T. Biggers, Coun 1 ty Superintendent of. Schools, and' J. ;' E. Morris, Chairman of the Board of Education,: the auditorium of this ' school does hot meet the require ments pertaining to fire regulations, and therefore must be considered un- safe for public gatherings. . ' Following his visit here Mr. Brock , well authorized an inspection of the building by Everett Jones, an engi neer of the Fire Marshal Office, who made a report on the condition of the building. :. . . ' ' This report pointed out that the auditorium has only two doors, as ' exits, leading into the halls of the building, and that there are two other smaller doers as exits to the stage, but these latter exits can not be clas sified as exits from the auditorium, '' iPTOper.'-rV?.Mv K-.v. In view of the report Mr. Brock well advised Mr. Biggers as follows: "according to this Department's in terpretation of the law governing exits required for public school build ings, it will be unlawful to allow this1 auditorium of the Perquimans High School to be used for public gather- - tags of any kind until after two sepa rate and distinct exits have been pro vided." , ' These exits, as proposed by the ' Fire Marshal are at the front and to one side of the auditorium, and - he recommended each exit to be seven feet in width, with sufficient pas sageway adjacent to the exits to pro vide sufficient room for persons to leave the building in times of emer- gency. Mr. Brockwell also advised the su - perintendent that a room, under the stage; now used for storage, should . - be gleaned out and storage of ma terials made elsewhere. ' , KiOBiggers and the Board of Edu . cation have taken , the order under ' .,, advisement and plan to remedy the ,.t station as abon as possible. How-'''ev-jkav:hs, heen obtained '' thae"stajment ottte "PkvMm shaLdoes noi restrain the use of the auditorium insofar as school operation is concerned. THIS IMS ieoo A Soviet proposal, made this week to President Truman, for a five-power peace pact has been' rejected by the United States as just another Russian propaganda trap. In rejecting the pro posal' the U. S. State Department pointed out that there was nothing new in the proposal, but it was most ly a rehash of propaganda the Beds have been using since 1949; the U. S. statement continued that the Russians should live up to peace obligations it has already taken, under the UN char ter. Peace talks are expected to be re sumed in Korea, following Communist acceptance of General Ridgeway de mands that the site of the confer ence be kept free of soldiers of both sides. The United Nations broke off the talks last week,,beause the Reds marched a group of soldiers into Kae song, in violation of the conference agreement., . The Korean peace talks have resulted in some disagreements but official comment continues to ex- press hope for a. cease fire in Korea. v a. "Sonata committee this week de- cided tnot to press investigation of A wholesale dismissal .or vu caoets at Wmak -Point A anokesman for the committee reported it will let the West Point authorities handle the Aatter pending further developments . - . . i J JxVJ 1-1 The.eaaets were cnargea wiui- viola tion W themilitary academy honor code, wherebjrshey cneatea on exami nations by receiving assistance in ad vance of the teei.l';c A record 156 billion appropriation bill', for; military purposes, Is being iMamil 'Wr tRnnaneM thin week. A House committee cut $1 billion ofl the budget, as requested by rresi dent Truman, but it still remained the biggest peace time military budget in the history of the nation. The PresJ- dent on Wednesday, requested Con gress to restore the 1 billion cut, pointing out the need for the funds in order to carry out, in full, the present defense program. j t lsw cluj tjo imsr The Perquimans Business and Pro feiaional Women's , Club will meet ' with tlrs. tola A. Stokes at her home r n I ont Street, FriJay night, August 1 at 8 P. U.; for the regular, busi ' s meeting.' , ( County Receives Intangible Ta?es , Perquimans County receiped a to tal of 14,181.44 as its portion of in tangible .taxes collected by the State Department of Revenue; for the cur rent fiscal year, it was reported tills week by W. F. C. Edwards, Cdunty Accountants ' ( ,',.' The funds 'received here are dis tributed; among the.' various county departments, according to' budget al locations, and are accounted for in the annual tax levy. Myers Sentenced To Rpnls Pending Trid for Felonies Recorder's Docket Is Geared At Tuesday's Session In a preliminary hearing, held Tuesday in Perquimans Recorder's Court, Johnny Alton Myers, charged on a number of counts in connection with robbery of Hollowell Chevrolet Co., and W. Mi Divers and Son Jewel ry Store, waived hearing on the felony counts and entered a plea of nolo con tendre to charges of driving without a license, theft of a revolver from C. H. Twiddy and tools from South ern Cotton Oil Company. A new' charge was lodged against Myers following his attempted escape from the county jail last Friday night, and he also entered a plea of nolo conteitdre to this count Judge Chas. E. Johnson sentenced Myers to the roads, on the minor charges, until October 27, at which time he will be returned here to stand trial on the charges of stealing two automobiles and a number of watches from the jewelry store. . In his attempted jail break, Myers crawled through a' small hole in his jail cell, climbed over the top of the cage and into a small, space separa ting the cage from the jail wall. He ieldjjherift Owens several bricks in the wall had ben -worked Jooee and that he proceeded to dig a hplejn, the wall to make his escape. He was dis covered at this work by Policeman Robert A. White, who' returned toe youth to another cell ia the jail Other cases disposed of at this week's session of recorder's court in cluded those in which Ralph Hurdle, Negro, was found guilty of a charge of driving drunk. He was ordered to pay a fine of $100 and costs of court. A warrant charging Edward Busk- waski with driving without a license and speeding was ordered returned for service when the defendant failed to appear to answer the charges. A verdict of guilty was returned in the case in which Charlie Dail was charged with driving drunk. Dail wasj ordered to pay a fine of (100 and costs of court. ; Milton' Phelps entered a plea of guilty to a charge of reckless driving and paid a fine of $10 and costs of COUrt. : -: '"'V ';. ' Herbert Green, Negro, was taxed with a fine of $10 and costs after pleading guilty to a charge of speed ing. " Harry Harrell, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of driving with improper .brakes., He paid a fine of $10 and costs. 1 X The case of Thomas Moore, Negro, charged with noh-suppoji was. dis missed when the State- took a nol pros. Soft Ball . Games Scheduled Net Weelr t Two - games were . played in . the Hertford soft ball league last week, with the ' lions breaking into the winning column by trbuncing the In dependents and the Independents de feating the Jaycees, "I The game be tween the Jaycees.a was rained out. , - v, , '::,:-::V;E Three games are on tap for next week, and are as follows: Monday, Lions vs. Independents; Wednesday, WW vs. Lions, and Friday, VFW Vs. ' The standing of the clubs this week l m follnwa: , '" -; L ' Pet 0 : 4000 6 J500 6 44 8 .111 VFW ... Independents Jaycees- Lions 4 1' To Hold Revival At Mt Sinai Church rM' ' . "- '' ' A series of revival services will be conducted at Mt Sinai Baptist Church beginning Monday, August 13. ; The Rev. Paul IF. Burke will be the' guest minister for the services which will be held daily at 7:45 P. M. The public ia. cordially invited to attend all services. , r ' i ; ! ; ' ! ! i j KOREAN ABMISXICB STTB In tills building that looks like a suburban American residence of the early 1900 era delegates of the United Nations were called to confer with Communists in trying to arrange a cease-fire armistice. This is a radio photo. . 3Su Towns Quclif y. ForStateStreetAid There are apparently 890 towns and citizens eligible for state street aid under the , 1951 Powell Bilr alloca tionsr it is announced by Chairman Henry W. Jordan of the State High way and Public Works Commission. The net amount to be allotted was re ported to be $4,643,096. August 1 was the deadline date for municipalities to qualify under the law, and as of that date the only eli gible towns not submitting basic data to qualify were Eureka, Orrum, Proc tprville and Sparta. Semi-final estimates on the Powell Bill provisions for municipalities were presented to the Commission by James S. Burch, engineer of statis tics and planning. In the 390 eligible towns, there were: as of last 'July 1 about 6,230 miles of non-system streets certi fied as meeting the legal require ments for state aid under the Powell Bill. They had a total 1960 popula tion of 1,608,444. v; A calculation based on that data provides rates of allocation of about $436 per street mile not on the state or county highway systems, and $1.61 per capita of 1950 population. "Since officials of all qualified mu nicipalities now know Jheir mileage ana populations, eacn (can compute their own town allocations very close ly for. local budgetary purposes," Burch commented. He said about 10 days would, be required to JSompttVfAfo voluntary compliance, it was final computations for each of the su municipalities down, to tne penny. The highest non-system street mile age was for Charlotte, with 306 miles. The lowest figures with zero miles, is shared by Harrelsville and Sara toga. , ' Three county youths left here Mon day for induction into the armed forces, it 'was announced today by Mrs. Charles Cam pen, clerk to the local board. i The selectees, filling the August induction call for the Perquimans Board, were Ralph Harrell, Cari Dail, and Henry Gordon. . Mrs, Cam pen also reported the lo cal board has received a call .for four selectees to report for' pre-induction examinations on August 13. Orders for this call have been mailed to se lectees; who will travel to Raleigh for physical examinations. The Clerk also called attention to an error in reporting an explanation of draft regulations, as published 'last week. This regulation should have read that registrants are not eligi ble for reclassification, after having passed pre-induction examinations, in the event the registrant marries. ' Post Demonstration Scheduled August 15 With the increase 'in pastures and livestock! ' in Perquimans County, farmers are needing more fences, it was reported today by L? C. Yagel, County Agent, who pointed out that fencing is a job, which sh&uld not have to be repeated every few years, and is liot necessary if good posts are peed., - - ' - Th6 Agent stated that the average fence post lasts about three years; a post treated with a wood preserva tive can be expected to last from 10 to .20 years. ; , . : -'I..-. . f,; In order to give farmers informa tion concerning the treating of posts, to be found on their own land, a post treating demonstration will be con ducted at S. T. Perry's stoe, in New Hope on August 15, beginning at two o'clock. This demonstration will be conducted in cooperation with the N. C. Forestry Extension Service and all farmers are invited to attend, Mr. Yagel said. ' Threeuounty Youths OPS Cracks Down On Dealers In Used Cars Sixteen eastern Carolina used-car dealers were forbidden to sell or de liver any motor vehicles until they meet the requirements of an Office of Price Stabilization regulation, of which they had been in violation, when Judge Don Gilliam signed tern porary restraining orders against the firms last week, District Enforcement Director James F. Latham announced. ; This concerted action on the part of the Enforcement Division consti tutes the most vigorous action under taken in any OPS district in the Unit ed States. The orders as signed by Judge Gil liam force the firms to refrain from all sales and deliveries until full com' pliance has been effected. He fur ther ordered the firms to appear in Federal Court in Raleigh on August 9 at 11 A. M., to show cause why the injunctions should not be made per manent. Deputy United States Mar shall served the injunctions. An OPS official said that this ac tion culminates three months of in tensive effort on the part of the OPS in Raleigh to secure voluntary com pliance by the automobile dealers in this district, and pointed out that in addition to wide publicity given the regulation, the North Carolina Auto mobile Dealers Association had sent letters to its members explaining in Retail the requirements of the law. In stregRinp OPS efforts ifcn brins pomtectoiit that the OPS Price Section had, held numerous clinics in every area in the district, and on June 22, hundreds of letters to delinquent deal ers were sent out by the Enforcement Division. As of July 30, the firms against which this action is taker were still delinquent and . showed no intention or willingness to comply, the spokesman said. No used car dealers in Chowan County were affected by OPS ac tion. r Campsn Rites Held Afternoon James H. Campen, 50, died last Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, in a Durham hospital after a long ill ness. ; He was the son of the late Jesse and Louise Jane Campen, and a life long resident of Hertford. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Mar garet Clark of Washington, D. C; six brothers, C. F. Campen of Wilming ton, J. H. Campen of Whiteville, W. M. Campen of Richmond, Va., Jesse C. Campen of Columbia, D. O. Campen of Portsmouth, Va., and Charles E. Campen of Hertford. 'Funeral c services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Lynch Funeral Home by the Rev. R. M. Carroll of jEdenton. Burial fol lowed in Cedarwood Cemetery. During the services, the Hertford Baptist Choir sang In The Garden and Abide With Me. Mrs. J. E. White accompanied the choir at the organ. Pallbearers were Wallace ' Barrow, M. G. Owens, Luther Sitterson, Hoyle Umphlett, Wayland Butler, Frank White and Robert A. White. Board of , Education Postpones Meeting Perquimans Board of Education postponed its meeting on last Monday, pending completion of plans for con struction of two lunchrooms at coun ty schools. ; . A special meeting of the board will be called later in the month to pass unon the Diana when they are com pleted by the architect and when the Board will be ready to call for bids on the construction. Simerintendent of Schools J. T. Big- srera left this week for "Mars Hill where tie will attend a conference of school superintendents and princi pals. ' Tuesday Commissioners Give Final Approval To County Budget Amounting To $182,833 Town Board To Meet Next Monday Night . Hertford's Board of Commissioners will hold their regular August meet ing, at the town office, next Mon day night. Along with other fiscal matters the Board is expected to take some action on the proposed change in garbage collection within the town. It was reported this week a petition will be presented the Board requesting no change be made in the present collec tion system. Opposition to this proposal has been voiced by a number of citizens during the past two weeks, however, sentiment on the proposal apparently seems to be divided among the town's residents. List Of Teachers For County Schools Released By Supt Plans Completed For Opening New Term On September 5th Preparations for the" opening of Perquimans County schools for the 1951 fall term are about complete, according to an announcement made today by J. T. Biggers, Superinten dent. Renovation of several of the school buildings has been completed and schedules for principal meetings have been released by Mr. Biggers. The consolidation program for the Negro schools will not be completed until work on the Hertford building is finished by the contractor, expected around the middle of December. Teaching positions for the various schools have been filled and the com nlete list of teachers was announced today as follows: ' White Schools Perquimans High School, E. C. Woodard, principal, G. C. Buck, agriculture, Mrs. John W. Stallings, commercial, Miss Louise Hines, English, Mrs. Hannah Holmes, French, Herman Gurkin, science, Mrs. Anne A. Nowell, home eco nomics, Mrs. Anne E. Jessup, his tory, Elbert Fearing, physical edu cation, Richard C. David, music, Mrs. Aiiniebelle : s.W. Whitley, Mrs. Lois Stokes and Mrs., zerma m. uawson, eighth grade., Hertford Grammar: Miss Thelma Elliott principal, Miss D o frc a s Knowles, Miss Mary Sumner, Mrs. Ruth Winslow, Mrs. Grace M. Cos ten, Miss Mildred Reed, Mrs. T. C. Chappell, Mrs. Mary Etta Walters, Mrs. Inez O. White, rtentral Grammar: Thomas Mas- ton, principal, Mrs. Lula Lamb, Mrs. Ruth Burden, Miss well wnson, mrs. Annie Perry Asbell, Mrs. Graham Wood,. Miss Pearle White, Miss Mar garet White, Miss Johnnie White, Mrs. Lessie L. Winslow, Mrs. Lucille T.. White. Mrs. Bertha Lane. Negro Schools Perquimans Training School: R, U Kingsbury, principal, Jessica H. Winslow, Johnsie L. Pri ntf Walter n. Privott. Dorothv N. Thomas, Mable W. Strowd, King A. Williams, Vivian J. Harris, rjiwooa W. Nfohnfa. Jennie S. Thompson. Ad- die M. Hoffler, Annie E. Simons, Mary E. Ne why, Harriett L. Wins low, Martha E. Blanchard, Rosa E. Newby, Mary Elliott James, Idonia Rogerson, George N. Keid, aana . Zachary, Henry E. Daughtry, Myrtle S. Felton, Penelope Bembry, Willie Y. Williams, Welle M. Mitchell. Hertford Colored School: LeGrande Summersett, principal, Hazel O. Bea nin nnmldiTin R. Lowe. Cleo Z. Fel ton, Eliza S. W. Perry, Atana N. Kingsbury, Minnie L. r eiton, wearena C. Riddick. Bethel School: Walter Thompson, DftmMiv H. Newbv. Annie F. 'Nixon. Chinquopin School: Dewey Newby, Nellie Holley. County Youth High In Judging Contest Rnhhv SmitK of Belvidere. won third place in the State Livestock Judging contest, held recently at Ra leigh in connection with 4-H Club week.-, He scored a total of 406 out of a possible 450 points. He placed first in the sheep judging. division. Clarence Chappell, Jr., also of Belvi dere, won second place in the cattle judging division. , v First Grid Call Vnarh Kllie iFearinr. athletic direc tor at Perquimans High School, to day, issued the first call lor lootnaii practice for the 1951 , season. Mr. Fearintr reouests all bovs. desiriiur to try out for positions as. ends, backs al . a 1 ... or centers to report at wie scnooi gym on Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Morgan Re-appointed Superintendent Of County Home Perquimans County's Board of Com missioners, meeting here in regular session last Monday, gave final ap proval to the fiscal budget amounting to $182,833. Of this amount approxi mately $129,500 will be raised through ad Valorem taxation, and the remain der will come from sources other than this type of tax. In its final form the county's bud get for this year calls for expendi tures in the various county depart ments of the following amounts: General Fund $43,481.00.' Poor Fund $8,180.00. Debt Service $37,042.00. Welfare Adminst'. $9,800.00. Old Age Ass't. $61,888.00. Aid Dep. Children $22,442.00. These figures do not include totals for the general school fund, which is under the supervision of the Board of Education, but the county tax levy for this department amounts to $21,000. Other business handled by the Board during this meeting was the re appointment of J. C. Morgan as su perintendent of the county home. Mr. Morgan completed his fourth year in this position last Monday, and began his fifth year in the post immediately upon his appointment. The Board approved petitions for the hard-surfacing of Skinner Bridge road, White Hat road and Body road. These petitions were presented the Board by a number of citizens resid ing on the highways. Approval was also voted for the purchase of an electric d'e-horning machine for the use of tin county's 4-H Clubs. Permission was also granted to Rev. Phelps for the use of county property for holding revival services. Chairman A. T. Lane advised the Board delivery of the county's new fire truck is expected by August 15, and authority to make payment for this truck was also voted by the Board. Revival Services At Center M Church Begin August 19th . Revival services at the Center Hill Baptist Church at Tyner will begin Sunday night, August o'clock and will conclude witheneinal se; vice on Saturday night following. The Rev. Julian S. Hopkins, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Suffolk, will bring the messages each night. The music will be under the leadership of John Holmes of Raleigh, formerly minister of music of the Tabernacle Baptist Church. The Rev. Mr. Hopkins, a former North Carolinian, is widely known for his stimulating evangelistic messages. During his nine year pastorate at Green Street Baptist Church of High Point Mr. Hopkins baptized over 900 into the fellowship of his church. The Rev. Paul E. Lemons, pastor of Center Hill Baptist Church, ex tends a warm welcome to the general public to attend services for this week of revival meetings. Carrie Ellen Byrum Weds B. G. Rountree The marriage of Miss Carrie Ellen Byrum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Byrum, Sr., of Hertford, to Blanchard G. Rountree, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Rountree of Cora peake, took, place Sunday, July 8, at Tyner, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hallett Hobbs, brother-in-law and sis ter of the bride.. The double ring ceremony, perform ed by the bride's pastor, the Rev. Paul E. Lemons, took place under the arch between the living room and dining room, which was tastefully ar ranged with ferns, white gladioli, Queen Ann's lace, magnolias and lighted candles in the presence of the immediate families and a few friends. The bride was attired in a white marquisette street length dress with basque bodice and full skirt ' She wore white .accessories and a lavendar orchid. Mrs. Hobbs was matron of honor and only attendant for her sister. She was attired in a yellow organdy dress with fitted bodice and full skirt She wore white accessories end a cor sage of lavendar carnations. Thurman Rountree of Gates vflle was best man for his brother. The mother of the bride wore a grey and white silk dress with white accessories and a gardenia corsage. . The bridegroom's mother wore a navy crepe dress with navy acces sories and a gardenia , corsage. Immediately following the cere mony a reception was given. '