North Carolina Newspapers

Volume XVHL No. S6. AtCLiCily Fair? Life Exhibits To Be Featured In Dis plays On Grounds The Albemarle's greatest fair "and carnival ever to be staged in Elizabeth "City, will get into full swing next Monday, September 10, as Norman Y. Chambliss brings this section of the State "Big Time. Entertainment" .;, Seven' counties, in the Albemarle, , Pasquotank, Camden, .Perquimans, Chowan, Gates, CurriMSe and are will take Part in" the week's festivi- agricultural exhibits.- ever seen in a single display here.' Thirty booths, put up by farm agents and agricul ture classes all over the Albemarle , are now being readied for the fajr opening. The fair will operate all week be ginning Monday night and continuing through, Saturday night. """T , ; Lawrence Greater Shows, With the finest midway in thi country will pro vide the week's entertainment.51 'Law rence Shows feature 24 modern riding devices and 15 up to date shows. - Harness horse-racing, which has long since become famous in the Al bemarle, will be featured each after noon at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday through Friday, i Dr. T. L. Stackhouse will 'of ficiate over the races. . . , , , , , . r The SEA will hold a special beauty contest to. secure its representative of REA in this section on Thursday night iri : front of the grandstands. Girls from all over the Albemarle are entered in the contest 'The Elizabeth City Barber Shop Chorus is billed As another added' attraction-for Friday night. , - 1 , Tuesday ' will be observed ar ehil ' dren's day at the fair, for aH white children, Wednesday will be set -aside for all Negro, children and Friday will ' be Greater , Albemarle Day when all children from this, section yill be ad mitted free to the afternoon perform ance. 'All school teachers re guests of the management until & P. -M.,nri .school days. - In all it promises' to be a terrific fair week fo the entire' Albemarle. Normaht'ChainblissV' who started oneratloriIf ihftyen CpuntSFai here last year, said j rthis Js -onr sec ond year of operation and we think its going to be the best so far as en tertainment and exhibits.are concern ed. We are going to, present a fair that the people of the' Albemarle will be proud of and will want to see re turn here." WS WEEK'S HEADLINES President Truman opened the Jap anese peace conference, at San Fran cisco Tuesday night, by calling upon the nations of the world to seek prog ress and advancement for civilization through world peace. He ' told the delegates to the conference that the terms of the treaty,, offered to Japan, seeks to return that nation : to its rightful place among the family of nations. .While taking a position for world peace, the President challenged the Soviet Union to reveal its stan on war or peace through action at the conference. .ii. ' ' :. ! ' 'i-.'. : '.. Reports coming out of Korea this week told: of a huge buud-UD of com' , mnnist troops in that country, and spoke of a threat of new Ked of fensive. The Korean peace talks are still bogged down, both sides seem U LMJ .fc1.at- 1rtrr DAT. am ' methods of resuming the talks. The report op me Beer troop uua-up ' states thousands pfj European Cbth . munista, backed up. by 1,000 planes, have been moved into Korea. , Meanwhile fai Germany, the Com munists have taken another step'tn an attempt to strangle uernnn iooa sup ply. The. Reds have imposed a high way toll, which must be paid by truck ers using; the highways leading into Berlin from the West The Allies have countered this move by placing an embargo on shipment of materials to the Soviet Zone. , - The Office of Price stabilization is expected to issue an; order this week which will enable auto manufacturers to increase prices on new cars. Manu facturers i have petitioned OPS for such a ruling but no report has been made on ;the percentage of increase to be allowed. r "' Spendlr-r In "North 'Carolina has leveled c f somewhat according to report m-.'s Wednesday by the State Department of EeveaT, which stated the incoir i fjom the i' te sales tax 8 less I. te ;mor.-j of August I in it was i: i:30, ? Ex'!!:."! Of ftftjoqs Scl:::!s flit Owning Of Cov Term Siiovs Increase Classes Now Operating Under Full Schedule; . Pupils Number 2,144 Enrollment In Perquimans JCounty schools' showed a 41 definite increase with the opening of the 1951-52 .term last 'Wednesday morning it ":was re ported by, 1 J.: "T, t Biggers, County Superintendent,-,-,.-? .. : A big gain in enrollment was noted at Perquimans High School and Cen tral Grammar School while a slight decrease - was reported at Hertford Grammar School. ' ' 1 ,' " Enrollment figures for the; white schools of the county are: ! Perquimans High School - 854 Hertford Grammar School - 260 Central Grammar School 421 For the Negro schools the figures aw: ' ' Hertford School : -267 Perquimans Training School 727 Bethel . 68 Chinquapin . '47 - Of the enrollment at ' Perquimans Training- School 226 students were listed in the high school classes while 601 were listed in, the elementary grades. ' ; ' Total enrollment for ? the entire county is 8,144. , . ; . The new school term got off' to a splendid start according to Mr. Big gers, and full schedule of classes be gan r on' "Thursday morning. Some chanees in bus routes may be adopt ed, it was reported, but these changes will be slight. Ghomo Is rimsd For Ferrn Program . Elbert White has been named temporary county Chairman for the campaign to acquaint farmers with details of the special "Nickels For Know-How" referendum to be held on November 3, according to K Y. Floyd of Raleigh, chairman of the Referen dum Subcommittee of Agricultural Foundations, Inc. Mr. White stated Wednesday that an important meeting on this program will be held at the Agriculture Build ing Hertford .on Friday nighty Sep tember If beginning at eight o ciock, and he urges all farmers of the coun ty to Attend thii meeting. .. J During the meeting on ; Friday, which will be directed by T. B. El liott, of Woodland, District Super visor, a permanent county committee will be named and plans for the ref erendum, to be held n November, will also be made. ' The temporary chairman''1 will .pre side" at a county-wide meetmg on the nUrht of September 7. when perma nent county organisation will be set up.' . ' , In the "Nickels For Know-How referendum, held "under authority of an act passed toy the 1951 ueherai Assembly, farmers will vote on a proposal to contribute five cents per ton an all feeds and fertilizers tney buy. If approved ' by a two-thirds majority, the plan will be effective for three years. Proceeds, amounting to $125,000 or more annually, will be used for expanding agricultural re search and the flow oi research infor mation to farmers. The North Carolina State Grange, North Carolina Farm Bureau and the Agricultural Foundations, Inc., are chanced with the responsibility of conducting the balloting. All per sons who buy feeds and fertilizers, including husband and wives, will be eligible to vote. . . - Meetings will be held in all coun ties on the night bt September 7. An intensive educational campaign de signed to reach every farm family will be conducted from then until the referendum is held . " VFW Team Winner , In SoftbrT League - Hertford's sof f .11 league closed its season last week ' the VFW romp ing home the' U. e winner with 14 victories and no weats.- -The Inde pendents finished second with six wins and seven losses, the Lions placed third with four wins and 10 losses and the Jaycees were fourth with four wins and 11 defeats. l " A lot of interest was shown in the games played th' easoh. and the of ficials of the lee 9 have hopes that a large league r year with the t. he organized next s to be played at night ", In the final I : v of the season, the VFW outfit for Jaycees battle! t four rough mm. tnd it "reared the jt t!.a i idors but j fotr.J Uiemselves -)f tlx runs to Jaycees -mig! t ' the VFW slu.. in the fourth ar carry off the fi; i victory , -' birth a::" Mr-, and Mrs. J J2NT, ' ' announce' ..Js Carol, -toes, born i' Hospital, nl. t Hi thetirth of a weight 8 pour August 27, at t Edanton.' Hertford, Perquimans County, North Draft Call Increased: To Four Selectees An induction call, to be filled by the Perquimans Selective Service board, on September 12, has been increased by. State Headquarters to include four selectees, it was, "reported today by Mrs. . Blanche Campen, clerk to the local board. Originally, the call- was for; two men to report for induction from Perquimans. , ine local Doara will also fill a preinduction call rn .'-September 20, Mrs.. Campen said, and orders to re port for this call will be mailed short- Dafendznts Fined In family Affray Of Last Saturday Ten v Cases Heard Recorder's Court Here Tuesday In Ten cases, of a varied nature, com posed the docket in Perquimans' Re corder's" Court in session here on Tues day, with '.Judge Chas. E. Johnson presiding. Fleetwood Harrell ' entered a plea of guilty td a charge of failing to observe -a stop-sign and paid the costs of court ' ' ' Howard Harrell, charged with driv ing on the left side of the road; caus ing property damage, entered a plea of guilty and paid the costs of court. Three defendants, all charged with speeding, entered pleas of guilty; Charles Kenyon paid the costs of court, James Birby, Jr., was fined $10 and costs and Cagger Smalley was fined $25 and costs. . A verdict of not guilty was return ed in the case in whkh Grandy White, Negro, was charged1-with assault on his child. , William Millet, charged with being drunk on the streets of Hertford, en tered a plea of guilty1 and paid a fine of $Zand costs. 1 Roland Blake entered a plea of guil ty to a charge of driving drunk. He was ordered to pay a fine of $100 and costs of court ' , In a hearing in which George Whitehurst, Jr., hnd Charles Fore man, both Negroes, were charged with assault with a deadly weapon, the evi dence revealed the mixup was a fami ly affray, with brothers and sisters of the. two defendants havipg a hand in the fighting which occurred last Sat urday night on the carnival grounds, Whitehurst was found guilty as charg ed and he was ordered to pay a $10 fine- and costs of court and a hos pital bill for Foreman, who was found guilty of simple assault and taxed with the court costs. ; Five capias, issued for defendants who had failed to pay previous court costs, were also disposed, of by the court, who ordered the defendants placed in jail unless the past due costs were paid immediately. REA Beauty Contest Attracting Entries Applications for entry in the beauty contest to be staged by the Albemarle Electric Membership Corporation, at the Seven County Fair in Elizabeth City, on Thursday, September 13, are pouring in at the local REA office, according to a report today by John Costen, manager of the Co-op. The beauty contest, which is a part. of a state-wide REA program to se lect the State REA Beauty Queen, is attracting attention of a large num ber of young ladies and entries are ex pected to exceed the number estimated by the REA directors. Entrance applications for the con test must be mailed to the local REA office not later than Monday, Septem ber 10,. School Lunchroom Rates Set By Board Prices for meals served to county School children in school lunchrooms, were set at 20 cents per meal at a meeting of the Board of Education, held last week. . 1 :. There 'was a discussion on a pro posed rate increase to 25 cents, but on action of the' Board the cost was set at the lower rate. , '' BS&ra ANNOUNK EMENT "i .si" - Mr.' and Mrs. Leon P. Lane an nounce the birth of a-daughter, Con stance Maretta, born August: 28 at the Chowan hospital, Edenton, 4 BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. T. 8, White, (Jr., of Pelham, N. x., announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Frances, born Tues- dzy, September ' , . C&fllina, Friday, September 7, 1951. I ::rtford Bond Issue IgesflnSpscid Section Tuesday ioils Open From 6:30 ' A. M. Until 6:30 P. M. For Balloting Residents of Hertford will vote, in a special election, next Tuesday to determine a proposed bond issue for the town to provide funds for the con struction of a new municipal building. The balloting will be held in the Court House with the polls open from 6:30 A. M, until 6:30 P. M., during which time eligible voters may cast their ballots. ,The issue to be decided by the elec tion is whether or not the Town of Hertford shall be authorized by its citizens to issue bonds in the amount of $$0,000 for the construction pro ject. The ballot to be used in the election, is so printed that individuals favoring the proposal niark an X in the box opposite the word "yes", and those opposed to the proposal, mark an X in the box opposite the word "no." Officials for the election, named by the Town Board, are Mrs. 1 B; G. Koonce, registrar, Mrs. J. H. Satch well and D. J. Prkchard, judges. In dividuals residing in Hertford who are registered in the books of the county Board of Elections are eligible to vote in this special election. A representative vote is expected to be cast in the election, although the sentiment regarding the proposed bond issue remains unknown as there has been little public discussion on the subject. Members of the Hertford Town fioard, who through official channels have proposed the bond issue and the construction of the new building, fa vor the project and recommend it, to the residents of the town. ' The building, if the bond issue is ap proved by the voters, will be con structed on the town lot, on Ggibb street, of cinder block and bricks. It Will house the offices of the police, town clerk, Mayor and Commissioners, an the Perquimans Library. Bid? for the building will be called for, if the bond issue is approved,, as ooW as final plans for the structure can 1je drafted. ..,f Change Looms Here In Agent Office A change in the personnel of the Perquimans . County extension office appeared as a.possibUity on Wednes day, following a conference between members of the Board of County Com missioners and C. S. Mintz, District Extension Service Supervisor. It appeared, from remarks made during the conference, that friction has developed .between County Agent I. C. Yagel and his assistant, E. L. Topping, over operational policies of the office. In his discussion with the Board, Mr. Mintz told the members that both Yagel and Topping were doing an ex cellent job here, and were rated high ly bv the State Extension office. He also reported that Topping had ex- nressed a willingness for a transfer to another post in the extension ser vice. He informed the Board that it was not the policy of the State of fice to promote an assistant agent to agent under situations as existed here...- :'". '' " The Commissioners expressed them selves as satisfied with the extension service being carried out here and urged that the differences between the two men be ironed out and both re main in their posts. The conference came to a close with no decision being made by either the Board or the District Extension Su pervisor, it being agreed that no change will be made for a period of at least 30 days. ' To Graduate From Nursing School Miss Doris Butt daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Davenport, Route Three. Hertford, is among the gradu ates of the Capital City School of Nursing, who will receive degrees on 'Sunday, September 9, it was reported here today. Miss Butt who te a graduate of Per quimans High School, will return to the staff of Gallinger Municipal Hos pital, Washington,! after a brief va cation, following, her graduation. , LEGION MEETING THURSDAY 1 SBWjBjBS The ,Wm PauTgtallings Post of the American Legion held its regu lar meeting Thursday night, Septem ber 6, at eight "oWook at the Agri culture Building in' Hertford. Plans for the local post io be represented at the State convention were made, it was -reported by' If. C. Berry, Com tnander .'.' County Commissioners Vote To Cancel October Civil Term of Superior Court I 1 Leads Conference HAROLD CHANCE Harold Chance, (Friends Mini aljer, will conduct a quarterly meeting conference at Piney Woods Church next Sunday, Sep tember 9, beginning at 11 A. M. Chance is a native of California and a graduate of William Penn College. Quarterly Meeting Next Sunday At Piney Woods Church A quarterly meeting conference for Northeast North Carolina- churches will be ' conducted at Piney Woods Church near Belyidere next Sunday, September 9, it is announced by the Rev. Carl Yow, pastor of the church. An outstanding program, headed by Harold Chance, will be presented, with three sessions scheduled tot the day. The first service will start at 11 A. M., with lunch being served t 12:30. si rih.' a-ft-A-iwmmi aaiwviiiA "anil VkA starting at 2:30 o'clock, ami -iU evet - ing service will begin at 7:30 o'clock. The subiect of the conference will be "Strengthening Our Peace Testi mony." The conference will be under the direction of the Yearly Meeting Ministers, ' Short Course Committee and the American Friends Service Committee) -.- The Hertford Junior Chamber of, Commerce will sponsor a fund raising drive in Perquimans County, begin ning next week, to assist in the county reaching its quota of $116 for the Crusade of Freedom, it was re ported today by D. F. Reed, Jr., president of the Jaycees. Plans for the drive were made at a meeting of the organization held Wednesday night. Mr. Reed pointed out the Crusade For Freedom is a movement started last year for the construction of a number of powerful radio iStations in Europe for the broadcasting pi free dom messages to individuals and na tions back of. the Iron Curtain. This organization is known as Radio Free Europe, and its objectives are to fight the big lie of Communism with the truth; undermine Soviet influence in the satellite nations and to foster a desire for freedom. , The local drive is a part of a state and nation campaign. North Caro lina has been requested to provide $60,000 of the funds needed to carry out the Crusade For Freedom pro gram. (Indian Grid Players To Have Insurance Football players at Perquimans High School this year will be covered by an. insurance policy, against pos sible injuries, it. was reported Wed nesday by J. T. Biggers, County School ' Superintendent, who stated the Board of Education, at a meet ing last week, ordered aft increase in admissions to local games, the extra revenue to, be used to pay an insur ance premium covering the local players. ' -The plan will give the local schools a complete insurance program as a blanket coverage, policy is available to all students- desiring to participate in the program.' . -i, i i $IRTff ANNOUNCEMENT Mr; and Mrs. Charles Fadio, Jr., an nounce the birth of a son, David Chas., born August 29, at the Chowan Hos pital. , - Mrs. Fadio, before her marriage, wa Miss Carolyn TruebloodV - Jaycees To Sponsor Campaign For Funds 5 Cents Per Copy Board In Meeting On Wednesday Following Holiday The Perquimans Board of Commis sioners, meeting here Wednesday in regular session, voted to cancel the October term of civil superior court, on approval of the Perquimans Bar Association. This approval was given by the Bar Association late Wednes day afternoon, thus the term of court, scheduled to open on October .1, will be cancelled. ' In tsking the action the Commis sioners reported numerous requests had been made of them to cancel the court term because of interference the term might make in the harvest ing of crops. In order to make up for this can celled term, the Commissioners will seek to hold two terms of civil court during the month of January, 1952. Other action taken during the meet ing was a discussion of the appoint ment of individuals in the five town ships of the county to carry out the work of vaccinating hogs. Under the law the County Agent appoints this man, with the approval of the County Board. County Agent I. C. Yagel was advised to present his list of appoint ments at the next Board meeting. The Board authorized J. C. Morgan, superintendent of the county home, to purchase wood for the home at the cost of 20 cents per cart load, rather than cut county timber for the pur pose of supplying wood for the coun ty home. Permission was granted the Hert ford Junior Chamber of Commerce to erect "welcome to Hertford" signs upon county property at the town limits, and to install all picnic tables and benches on county property locat ed on Highway 17, north of Hertford. ; J. W. Ward was appointed to serve as chairman of the farm census group. A number of reports were also re ceived from the various . departments of the county including extension ser vice and welfare department Indians Open Grid ! iti'titI,J' iXAn-tt4lJL rP3Clll1 HPlP liPlT iVUHaUl I IIUIU IllfAl season Here mx Friday Night 8 P. M Perquimans High School will open its 1951 football season with a game to be played in Hertford on next Fri day night, September 14, it was re ported today by Ellie Fearing, Indian Coach. The opening Contest will be played against Manteo, which joined the Perquimans schedule last Tues day. Coach Fearing, who has been con- ducting practice sessions for the local team for the past two weeks, stated he believes his boys will be ready for the opener despite the fact that many of the local players have been unable to attend the practice sessions regu larly. He added that the number of candidates for the team has increased since the opening of school on Wed nesday. The first game of the season, next week, should attract a large crowd of local fans who will have the oppor tunity of getting a preview of the In dians for the coming season. The team will be loaded with lettermen and one of the best seasons in years, for the Indians, appears to be coming up. Coach Fearing stated he expects to build his team around the following lettermen: Clinton C. Winslow, Tom my Sumner, Ben Thach, Preston Mor gan, Pete Mathews, Willis Proctor, Morris Harrell, John Mansfield, Ray Askew, linesmen, and John Morris, Joe Towe, A. L. Lane, Garland Walk er, Eugene Boyce and Howard Wil liams, backs. To this list can be added a large number of veterans of last year's squad, who gained valuable experience but did not play sufficient number of minutes, in games, to win letters. Hunting Season Dates . Are Given With Labor Day come and gone, hunting season is not far -away. County Game Protector, Eldon Win slow, today released the following in formation on the hunting season: the season, for bear, deer, squirrel will run from October 15 through January 1; Raccoon and Opossum, October 15 through February 15, (with dogs and guns) ithe season on rabbits, quail, ' and ' wHd ... turkeys, . November , 22 through January 81. ' Hunting licenses,' may -be obtained from the following: - Wade Jordan, J. J.1- Phillips, Hertford Cafe, Hert ford Hardware. Pitt Farm Equipment, Fred's Place, R. " If. Baker, C. . God frey, Robbins Store, , Ma .Wfnalnw : innt tui t.t ImIatciI raotilatiATU An ifovaa riiiMr and rva ' will be posted in the Court House, '