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WEMLY 1. . J t 4 .4. J. Herttcrd. Perquimans County, North CarolinyiYiday, Mayl6. 195a .-.. -A i villi. 5 Cents Per Copy - 3..;. ,Ji 3j tJ)U ,Vi Ak'S :nL::j fa Ngt)dation3 for a new work con tract between Major-JLoomis ' Com pany and unionised employees of the tin. were being continued tbia week. aiouga little process had been re orted: vp -to Wednesday. The ne aHiatfons for a new contract have een underway for several weeks. (Rumors that employe of the Com pany were on strike, which were circu iting here" late last week, were' un founded as no strike call had been waned up to Wednesday. : ' - '. According to reports on the negotia tions the original demands requested vy the union to &e incorporated into ie new contract were rejected by of sial of the company, :who in turn offered a compromised contract which as been turned dawn by the union, allowing a meeting held last week. It was learned that there Is a dl- ision among the union members on the question of a strike that a num ber of the employees were favorable to accepting proposals made by tie ': company.":;i;-'-(Vi,-;-;.-'v';:..Y.i,;-S Under the present work contract in regards to wages paid employees, only two employees now receive the mM mum wage of 75 cents per hour, while - all others receive 77 cents per hour or more.' The proposal made by. the company calls for a three cents an hour wage increase for all employees and two more paid holidays than now received. . : 1 . The negotiations over the contract are expected to be continued and re lationship between the company and the onion has been good during the time the -onion was organized four years ago. ' , ': i ' .' Efaofo To $3 At Gc:rt !:jso : An LWteadforTJorernor-tally - with A. C. (Lon) Edwards of Hooker- ton, past president of the North Caro line, Farm Bureau, as speaker will be hold in the Perquimans County Court House. Saturday night at 8 o'clock, it was Nnnounced today, by Robert L. Hollowell and J. W.Ward, local mana gers for Mr. Umstead. : u ; , Mr. Edwards, who is a dirt farmer, Is widely known throughout the state, and has a wide knowledge of farm problems. He will talk on these mat ters at his speech here Saturday. Edwards was president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau 1949 1960. He has served six terms in the State House of Representatives, and is now unopposed for a seventh term. He is an outstanding farmer himself and has been very active in fam leg islation and ' farm organizations for many years. . The public is invited to the meeting to hear Mr. Edwards. T.Iotcr Beat Races Planned Fcr 'May 25 " The first series of outboard motor boat races, planned for the coming k summer season, will be held at Hert- ford Beach on Sunday, Hay 25, it was announced today by Jake Mathews, owner of the beach. Present indications point to some , SO to 85 boats being entered in the I races, which will be-conducted, by the Carolina Outboard Motor ' Associa tion. . dir. Mathews' stated work is now ' i""irway preparing the beach for 1-races and other outing' which will be held there this summer. He stat ed that individuals planning picnics I) t-i other gatherings are Invited to i t-e beach grounds free of charge. AJ lltional parking space is also be t .vnmsie available at the site this . r, 1 r. Kat' "?s said. '3 iiircr H. A. Kobertson, County Game ctor, reported today , 709,000 '1 rock f lah were placed in the ' -ana Jjver during tf-.s r it few , x.nl r the sperv" ' .n t i au- t'e 'te V Com- 7 c the rivr ,wI"Ji ii a part of the wilJ ITe pro rep'oiiJng rivers and yera. 3 C lesd Cc:i; i Central ETA' llcfitfcs Scheduled For .Monday The Parent-Teacher Association of the Perquimans County Central Gram mar School will bold its regular meet ing on Monday night, May 10, at 8 o'clock, The Old Neck-White Hat community will have 'charge of the program with Mrs,; Claud Williams as chairman. . Mrs. Joseph Window will conduct the devotional and sev- era! numbers of special music wjll be rendered. A summary of the years work will be given - at this meet ing, i ' , 1 H "Preceding the program in the audi' torium the annual picnic supper will be served on the school lawn at 6 O'clock. :;',( ' -V After supper open house will be ob served and at this time everyone is invited to visit each class room. TIIIS WEEK'S mass , .A Russian proposal for a Big Four meeting to discuss peace plans for Germany has been rejected by the U. S., Britain and France. The western allies answered the Russian proposal by stating there can be 00 discussion of a final peace treaty until Russia has shown it really means business in agreement on the unification of Ger many. The Supreme Court this week heard arguments by government attorneys and attorneys for the steel companies in the seizure of steel plants by the President. - A report Wednesday stat ed the Court will take the case wider study before making a decision on the hearing. Meanwhile . union leaders hint of a possible new strike in the industry. .. An American General, Francis Dodd, released by Communist prisoners of war at a camp in Korea. after another- commander had assem bled some ,20 tanks and .threatened tie prisoners unless the general was re leased. A .report from Korea stated the prisoners demanded certain privir leges as terms for releasing General Dodd. Washington reported this week that Congress will investigate programs now being presented over TV and radio with the idea of banning pro grams deemed undesirable . !A com mittee of the Congress will also in vest gate filth in books, magazines and comic books. A number of stockholders of the Norfolk-Southern Railway propose to oust present officers of the company and name a new Board of Directors, following disclosures of expenses of the company, revealed through an in vestigation by the ICC. . . Registration Books To Close Saturday (Registration books, for the primary election on May .81, will close Satur day, May 17, it was announced today by W. F. Ainsley, chairman of the Board of Elections, who advised coun ty residents who are not registered to do so before the books are closed. ; The registrars for the various pre cinctg will be located at the polling places ail day Saturday for the pur pose of registering voters. -The regis trars will also be at the polling places on Saturday, May 24,-but-this day will be challenge day, and no registrations wbh be made 09 that date. , , Assistant Home Agent Secured For County ;' . Miss Carolyn BiggerstaJff, c-f Shel by, a student, at WCUNC at Greens boro, will fill the Vacancy as assistant county home agent m. Perquimans, ac cording to an announcement made here this week. v"f, V-A' i-t r, -' Miss Biggerstaif will fill the posi tion as assistant in Perquimans and Chowan counties;, left vacant by the promotion of Bliss KImsey Perry to the job as County Home Agent. She will assume her, duties here about the middle of Jflne. : , ' 1,; VFV7; r::-:Lcrs Hold Party 7cIr.ccJay llembers of t Garland H. Ownley I t cf the W . r r.i Ks auxiliary T 'd a Imrwr ' "v c'r tlie TT.. 1 '1 on Ved?r 1 t of Cig v. eci, 10 i 1 I ti v 'r ' , t' oir wives f I1 1. - .tf friends. : s : "-rtoft Lit ' t .S ' , Rcocrtr's fcp I!:rc Lost Tu35day Defendant In Assault Case v Receives 1 Two- Year Road Sentence (Willie Drain, Negro (Marine, station ed at Ed en ton, was found gufity on charges of forcible trespass and as sault on a female in Perquimane Re corder's Court here this week. He was given a two-year road sentence, suspended upon payment. of a line of ?250 and costs of court and the con dition he not be seen In Perquimans County for two years. Drain was arrested on (Wednesday evening of last week by Sheriff M. G. Owens, after Drain had attempted to enter the shop of Mrs. T. T. Harrell, on Market Street and after he had threatened her with bodily harm. In Court on Tuesday he was charged with breaking and entering, forcible tres pass, resisting arrest and Assaulting Mrs. Harrell with iiftent to commit rape. The charges of resisting ar rest and breaking and entering were non-suited and the last charge a ver dict of assault was returned. The defendant was ordered held in jail until he could comply with the judg ment of the court. ' . Other cases heard during (he court i session Tuesday included those of Sal' vatore Belmont and John Kuiper, each of whom paid a fine of $10 and costs on charges .of speeding. ; Helen Har. rington, James King and (Earl Gabriel each entered , a plea of guilty to charges of speeding and paid Khe costs ox court. .. Delmar Deans, charged with driv ing an overloaded truck, entered a plea of gulity and paid a fine of $20 and costs of court. Robert Brown, Negro, paid the cost of court after pleading guilty to a charge of driving" on the left side of a imghway. .v;:v . Arthur Harrejl, Negro, was found guilty of a charge of allowing his 13- year-old son to drive' a tractor on a highway, LZY JZZZXJZZZr' -iUhan S7,mv mg. ' He was ordered to pay a fine of 15 and costs of court. Hertford Lions To Entertain VTes On Friday flight ! The Hertford Lions Club will hold its annual kdies' night party at the community house in Winf all Friday night of this week, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced by , J. T. Biggers, chairman of the program committee. , An interesting program has been arranged for the event, with John Frisby, of Elizabeth City, scheduled to do a number of magic tricks. - Le- roy Haskett, of Edenton, Zone Chair man for this district, will award at tendance pins to the club members. Visiting Lions and their wives from Edenton and Elizabeth City have been invited to attend the party as guests. Cannon Cleaners -Changes Ownership Announcement was made here this week of the sale of Cannon Cleaners by its former owners, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Klmbrell, to Mrs. Thomas Har rell. - Mrs. Harrell, who has been associat ed with the business for the past sev eral years, assumed active manage4 ment of the concern the first of this month. . . rc,. ac . . . i i a i .non I i an r 1 ii I fmjt t . r - . i fni fcQv..als, .. t cf LiJnt.) rt , ti l I Tc;vn Coat! Give cn r.:;Drt On DiSg l.:3r Construction Commissioners Vote To Advertise Delinquent Taxes June 13th Members of the Hertford Town Board, meeting here in regular ses sion last Monday night, considered a number of matters brought to their attention, including a request for im provement of Pennsylvania Avenue and Charles Street The request was presented by Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Webb, Mrs. Emmett Landing, Mrs. Beacbiman Stallings and Clinton Eley. The petitioners were advised im provement of these streets will be made as soon as possible under the schedule of the street department. Mrs. Silas M. Whedbee and Miss Mae (Wood Winslow, representing the Perquimans Library, reported to the Board on a meeting held regarding improvements to the present library building, and advised the Board of plans for providing greater library service to county residents, through the securement of additional books. On motion ordered the Board au thorized the Mayor to collect a lax of $50 from a carnival, operating this week near the town limits. This tax is collectable under schedule B li censes, which permits towns to col lect such taxes if carnivals operate within four miles of the town. The Board also voted to advertise all delinquent 1951 property taxes for sale on June 13 and to sell the tax liens at the Court House door in Hert ford on Monday, July 14. Mayor Darden reported to the Board on the progress of the new municipal building now being erected on Grubb Street, and reviewed the costs of the building to its present stage. The brick walls of the building have been completed, and a large part of the plumbing has been installed, the cement floor of the building is expect ed to foe poured this week, with wea ther permitting. Costs of the project to-date was given as slightly more (Work on the roof of the building, and the interior is expected to be un der way within the next week or two. County, Democrats To Hold Convention Saturday Afternoon A Democratic party county conven tion will be held for Perquimans Coun ty Saturday afternoon, beginning at three o'clock, H was announced , today by C. P. Morris, chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee. Th convention will take place in the court room at the Court House and all Democrats in good standing are eligible to attend. The purpose of the convention will be to select delegates to the State Convention, to be held at Raleigh on May 22, and to elect a county execu tive committee. A precinct meeting was held in Hertford, last Saturday, at which time C. P. Morris, J. W. Ward, Mrs. B. G. Koonce. C. R. Holmes, W. H. Pitt and Chas. E. Johnson were named as precinct committee members for Hertford township. No reports of other 'precinct meet inga, held in the county, were made to the county chairman up to press time this week. nRECmAlL PLANNED The piano class of Mrs. R. M. Rid-, dick will present its annual redtal on Tuesday night, May 20, at the Hert ford Grammar School auditorium. Tne public is invited to attend. fiZz: 2 TO l.i s s in tr i ;fare ti i V, ort of t- uiues from tt-s 1K4 J. & Amy iuo released by tiae, ,- Pensu;msisl:5ais BasEbd fl& From Faster Crop Loans Planned Under PMA Under the new regulations and pro cedures for handling crop loans in 1962 farmers will be able to get quick er service and loans according to the program outlined at a district PMA meeting held in Hertford Monday. J. L. Kelton, field representative, and F. C. Hall of the State PMA of fice, outlined the new price support programs on the 1962 crops of corn, soybeans, oats, cotton and peanuts. Under the new loan program coun ty PMA offices will handle the drafts and notes for . loans instead of the state office which has handled them in the past In this way a farmer can complete his loan within a few days compared to a week or 10 days when it had to be processed through the state office. Perquimans Youths Fatstock Show Tues. Two Perquimans County youths carried off top honors at a Fatstock Show held Tuesday of this week at Elizabeth City when Clarence Chap- pell, Jr., won awards for both grand champion and reserve champion steers, grand champion for a pen of three hogs and grand champion hog while Ben Skinner won top awards for re serve champion pen of three hogs. These awards were made in the 4-H Club Class. Thirteen calves and eight hogs were shown at the event by 4-H Clubbers of Perquimans. Xhappell received trophies for his grand champion and reserve cham pion steers. In the fitting and showmanship con test held Wednesday morning Clarence Chappell won third place honors, and in the county group contest for steers Perquimans County won second place. County youths showing calves wtfTe Janie Winslow, Sally Ruth Hurdie, Margaret Sutton, Ethel Sutton, Louise Chappell, Kay Howell, Julian Howell, Thomas Chappell, Aubry Smith- and Clarence Chappell, Jr. Showing hogs were Clarence Chappell, Jr., Ben Skin ner, Louise Chappell and Clarence Chappell, Sr. Exhibitors and their parents were guests on Wednesday at a barbecue dinner sponsored by the Fatstock Show Committee. The Perquimans County 4-H Judg ing Team, composed of Bobby Smith, Clarence Chappell, John Hill and Julian Howell, won first place in the judging contest conducted on Tues day. Lane Assigned As Marine Recruiter Sgt. Raymond K. Lane, Jr., has been assigned to duty as a Marine Recruit er at the Marine Corps recruiting sta tion in Charlotte, according to an announcement received here this week. He will assist MISgt Ray mond Jurgenson, who is hi charge of the station. Sgt. Lane is a native of Hertford, the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Lane, He has been in the Marine Corps four years and served in Korea for 15 months with the First Marine Divis ion. He was assigned to Charlotte from Raleigh. Delinquent Listed By Local Draft Board Vernon Williamston, a Negro regis' trant, is listed this week as a de linquent by the Perquimans Draft Board, and anyone knowing the ' ad dress of this registrant is requested to report it to the local draft office. Mrs. Charles Campen, clerk of the diaft board, also announced the board has released a call for five registrants to report for pre-induction examina tions during the month of June but no calls have been received for indue, tion of selectees. Rotarians To Fete Local Baseball Team The Hertford Rotarv Cliiih will An. tertain members of the Perquimans Hijfh School baseball team, at a din ner next Tuesday night at the Hotel Hertford. ' The Rmhn-rinna nUuiiiMl the party for the baseballers at their meeting nem Tuesday night, and will honor the Indians for the splendid showing the team has made during the current baseball season. . The Rotarians also voted to hold their annual Ladies' Night party on Tuesday. June 24. and Charles Hen incoming president, was named as enairman ox a committee on arrange menta to plan the event. Win Top Honors At Win first District West EdgEcomba Locals Play Red Oak In Regional Game Here Friday Night Perquimans High School's baseball team won the District One Champion ship last Friday afternoon by win ning the second straight game from West Edgecombe and will play Red Oak on Thursday and Friday of this week for the right to compete for the Class A Championship. The Indians defeated West Edge combe here on Thursday night of last week by a score of 5-4, in a game which saw Vernon White, ace pitcher for the Indians, strike out 19 batters, and allowing six hits and walking only one batter. Perquimans tallied two runs in the third and fourth and cinched the game with a lone run in the fifth. West Edgecombe got four runs in the eighth. On Friday afternoon the two teams played at West Edgecombe and Billy Bention, pitching for the Indians, gave up five hits and led the Indians' of fensive .with two singles and three RBI's. The Indians collected four runs off nine hits, scoring runs in the fourth and fifth and two runs in the seventh. West Edgecombe collect ed two runs in the second inning. IAs winners of District One the Indians will play Red Oak, of Nash County, winners of District III for the regional championship. The first game of this three game series will be played Thursday night at (Red Oak, and the second game will be played in Hertford on Friday night The game here will start at eight o'clock. Coach Elbe Fearing stated the local boys are in good shape for the series this week and are anxious to play Red Oak for the regional champion ship, The winner of this series will play either Troy or Chadbourn for the state title, these two teams are play-' ing for regional victories, also, this week. ' Clrcnge In Vetera The Veterans Administration has recently made a change in its regu lations in regard to trainees under the GI Bill of Rights which will afford additional training to many eligible veterans. Prior to this change, a veteran in training could not secure approval for a change in course unless an appli cation for such a change was filed by him while still actively pursuing his course or while he was in a temporary interrupted status . He could not se cure approval for additional education or training in normal progression af ter he had satisfactorily completed his course. Now the veteran's application for such additional training progressive education or training, if received by the Veterans Administration within 30 days after the completion of the course, may be considered, provided that following completion of his course, the veteran does actually com mence pursuit of the additional edu cation or training on the first date as of which enrollment of students in the course is permitted or within 30 days whichever is later. All veterans who may qualify for the additional training are urged to contact the District Office of the North Carolina Veterans Commission located at 206 Kramer Building, Eliz abeth City, North Carolina, or Mr. C C. Banks, Perquimans County Ser vice Officer, Hertford, North Caro lina for assistance in making applications.- : Earline Chappell Winner Of Contest Miss Earlene Chappell was chosen as Perquimans County representative for the Elizabeth City Potato Festi-, val, at a contest held Monday night at the State Theatre. IShe was one of 21 contestants entered in the contest. Miss Frances Sutton was awarded sec ond place and Miss Anne Pimfatr. third place. As winner of the Perquimans crown Misa Channell will - wmrtafa Aw m ""x" n V4 title of Potato Festival Queen at a contest to be held at Elizabeth City on juay zj, as will the other winners ' from counties in the Albemarle. i Miss Chappell was awarded a gold trophy, as the county winner by Miss Nonie Lou Lane, 1951 queen. ' COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES' ; Commencement exercises will be conducted , at the Perquimans Cerw tral Grammar School on Thursday ' v night, May 22, at eight o'clock, ft was announced today by Thomas Mas ton, principal The public la invite! ; to attend, , - -ai