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w supreme uurvoy o- -oecuj-t v-r
In, ruled last Monday President Titi
an neid no poweni pf "jauia,KTt
for the seizure OJTthe si n
trv and the steel nUla were! hr est
mediately ordered returned tor the
iters. Union leader Intme$tJy
upon hearing1 the court order, called
a; strike, of all steel workers. By
Wednesday the:
negotiations o'
er- ine-wage oispizces
feSfi
might start upBgaiivim
jj A state-wide second primary was a
certainty Wednesday 'when It was- an
nounced Judge,, Wain.hgtt,
who ran second 4o!JiaHMVFaMcer
foe the nominalkXl JAj WtSj Jus.
lice, had called for a run-off to de
cide the issue. It was also likely
Bjoy Bowe might ask that the run-off
inciuae vae race io w uumce w. vubu
Wnant Governor, since Luther Hodt,
.. high man in the primar nceiwlo
ar cut aaajority. ,(w 6 if
William B. Uimsteadw majority
fer Hubert E. Olive, in the contest
or Governor was in excess
votes. (Complete returns will
. :, aiRwunccd . untel:iJMnBtate DoBtd.of
EiettlonBttteeno' maka-rcanvass: f
returns from all precHcta of the
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aive carried A- '-S
The i?mpo la tHe rac for th GC?
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11 WlbV M'R.'WWb WHfiamsWeW
tpeotea'to8Peod;.up Jiw4 Genei
Wright Eisenhower has l-jre trqm
lie Aifny. and this 'wek started
series ox pre-wnvenf -ttspeche&
lie GC? contest still ten sioutvd
senihr' and T3i r' T '"oW
ihg a .,U. advantage in't- numr
1 Iter of delatea gecured for' the con
tention ' k V"5 ;H ; i
J A St s revenue r?6rt Wednesday,
; ljevealefl trorl'jiOe-olina: income for
' the firjt 11 io.ttks of the fiscal, year
equalled tha amount collected la taxes
or th enare i jcai' year or, i&u-x,
.Theiiw cn"eclted by the State was
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ttruck out.'"
ad in the four
The Pet ImaHs Indian, won the
Class n. Erst x tseba!l chaimpion-
hip Mv nday t ' t " an they defeated
Baybof !!ar id straight time
' 5 l r-KUsing, 13-ln-ves
7-4. , - '
tbi teams played a
i h Bayboro takr
' . here lest Thurs
' va 10-inninar battle.
played at New
rt Seraoon witfi $he
. a, score of Mfr 5,
yaa played Mtt-
ewhat wi the
Pered the ola
Vernon White
itchea riving up three
ts, striking out 13 rand walinng
ree. Ms ..i
ukut 504 -$exi "and
ourta innintr'and then
Bavboro went ahead In the seventh
ttith the Indians. tyiiii&Wttt n
e ninth. Bayhoro scored three runs
the 10th to wtt.0,C wuiv .q . ti
Saturday's etntest .wss, the Indians'
111 the way- MMlfy"JIijhWTdid.'the
itching for Penjuimans an kept
uayooro natters unaer conxroi
throughout the game.". The Indians
limped into an early lead, knocmng
ut . one Bayboro pitcher and' had
ittle trouble getting hits off hia re
lacecnent. ':-X '
The dteidMjame was a thriller,
espite a nun jt of errors- by . both
earns. Baylxi r tallied twice, in the
bint and the, Indians knotted the
Mount in the 6md: then went ahead
By scoring once in the fourth and
fihree runs In the f iCtlu , (Bayboro
Name hack strong in the seventh scor
Hng three runs and got another in the
(eighth to tie the score at 6-6. iFrom
Khen on VthJJIi tinning both
reams , i1Lla-. j rwBt
ictor-,vr'--'-r ff AV;i V.'ins
wand wvhiVtila outstanding
id had an Important part In the In-
an win. Garland Walker drove In
.e winning rnn, in the final inning
y clouting ' i , drive to center
leld, scr---Cly 'Cljss.r '
vear -x ,rte ..r rerc. W
f.ivi-j up 11 hits, 'walking seven
Wa"niIenrTRace
PerOBtuiians Cdunty rof went:)
the pol'i1 last Saturday i and castta
mawity oi votes ior nuocrc x.. vuve,f' i
. I m n Tt t, I i-jgmm vuiuuii
Mnninnn inr uovenmr: juiv iuiwn. I ,
candidate,, for JjL. Governor; HunlJ
irtfer, Mma ibri LASSMate Jus-
heekrorCnSone?"Uranc
Election day was cloudy and rainy
but despite the weather voters turned
out inorpial force. Estimates placed
Wb irtmbar b voteraa't lPaltlidugh
thft Oargest, .oumber.af .. totes,, tallied
wsiWlMrf cast lii 'the'feglsteFbr
deeds race. A number of ballots. 'Jjerti
void due to either mifwnarlrings or
the fact the voter failed to mark the
ticket. . : ; ', V ; ' ., . , - r,pkv
In the contest Ibn'ilte Senate foi
eKrstfiaMsWji. WilliaiitXJopey
MX of Hejfforr CoJtotyQi wceiwi
the top vote with 944, Pilston God
win was second in the county with
IIP!!!
AhnounceW
PuimanjOoui
IVas
srftr,
Lea
forVLfc;;Gwarnor TKeiviag jK6 votes,
while "Hodges"waa 'second with a to-
tnl-D,i49ti; Stdff!r(fturns gave
t..e elec,.ontor Ho over Jlowe,
AIcBoniUd received li7 votes in this
race - Peronining while 1 Karfeea
received a total 60. . - 'i -
iminalion for a,Pre'deney Is Iiowv-Statevwide , returns -on contest
HbbeH (jSve gave they nominatio. to
M. TImstea by.' majority of -aip-
proxupatsy p, ju; vojsr; Tlus Mr.
CWCead'will become "the next Gov
ernor of North Carolina H nomination
means -election fa he 'voting an No
vember. i ' , ' ,v ,f
yaldC.eek'incuittbent won an
easjk 694 tot' 327. vote aeom nver W
opponent Frederick ; h) seekinf re
election to the foree pf Oommissiop-
t votl.,g hrournout the'-dounty wis
briek'all through jjie day, with Hert
ford . 'precinct. : recording' 95S:; votes,
Prrkville 294 JewrHopeji' Bethel
179. 'Belvidere -156 And ISTtaiinnr 1Ai
Softball l&ague ,"
Opefied Tuesday r
A newly formed Civic Softball Lea
gue opened its season here last Tues
day afternoon" with, the WW defeat
ing the Jaycees by a one-sided score
of 23-8. x It " ' 1
Teams pantidpating in. the league
this year include 'the Vim, Jaycees,
iLiong Club and Winfall Rurttans. The
(Ruritan team replaces the (Independ
ent team whch competed last.-year.
From all aupeara&ce, tfie leasue this
season will be better balanced, With
a series of lively games in prospect
for local fans.
For the time being, games are
scheduled on Wednesday afternoons,
for both Memorial Field, at the high
school, and on the playground field,
on. Grubb Street lights will soon be
installed on the playgrounds and fol
lowing Installation sof tball games will
be scheduled as doubleheaders on Mon
day and Thursday nights of each week.
On next Wednesday the WW will
play the Rurltans and . the Jaycees
will play the Lions.
'J ii i . fc a- ;
Negro 4-H Meeting '
Held On Thursday
A Negro 4-"H district federation was
held' Thursday.' I at tb: Penmnmans
Training School at Winfall. Shelvia
White - presided over the gathering
which included . 141 members . from
Beaufort, Bertie, Chowan, Edgecombe,
Franklin, 'Gates, Greene, Halifax,
Hertford, Marin, Nash, Northampton,
Pasquottok, Perquimans Pitt, .War
ren, Wilson and Vance counties,
: During the meeting demonstrations
were conducted by both , boys and
girls, and a feature was a dress con
test ,
William Wills and Enoch Gregory
represented this county in the boys'
judging team demonstration and Shel
via White Gertrude HarreU, Erma
Parker, Oneda. Fdton and Jessie Lee
Norman "were entered in the dress
contest
,.The meeBU was planned by W. C
Stroud M. B. Taylor, local
made today by
chairman of the
Red Cross Blood
that the sched
uled visit of the Red Cross Blood-
mobilejto Hertford on Friday, June 6,
hWbien'nbgt&bned until Fridav. Julv
requested1 tiie 'pcfetpynement because
of the short notice it had for making
prepamipnrfJfrj-the Bloodmobile this;
weektuid ttfrt hommitbee was of tha
jpiHknwjtJiut pfiHripreparation a4
the local chapter.
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iiiumuiiid
ounty Race
J.uUan..C(ra:eJLaMJlEjgaj:jtor
risenwrgeafrom i last'TSaurday's pri
mary asiilgh en1n the ixmanrrace
forthftoff ice .of Agister . of , Deeds
for Perquimans, County, and will op
Dose each other for th offic in a.
second primary to.be held the last of
s (Powell was high man In w primary
receiving a total ;of 611 votes. He
xjaified tiiree, of tlw six precincts but
failbd U receive a f majority yof all
Morris earned two precancxs, to re
ceive; a total of 48 votes, which placed
him second in the 'field, '
rJini. Bass received a total of 259
votes -and placed, third - while'; Ervin
Turner. ? who carried New Hope pre
cast (finished with 19a votes, i C. C.
Banks received, a total of 121 votes
a'tot George W.: Jackson received 45.
- While the local Register of Deeds
race uwaa .somewhat -overshadowed by I
v 11 """' 'n' rr.rii Vwi ri ri iwuMvrtfwyirvwmi
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AtMeetingr.Tonday
Board Votes Ban On
Carnivals; Order
Taxes Advertised
Items pertaining to the county bud
get for the fiscal year beginning July
1, were taken under consideration at
the regular meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners held here
last Monday.
Budget proposals made to the Board
indicated the overall appropriations
for 1952-53 will be approximately the
Bhme as the last fiscal year, with
the county tax rate at 11.80 per hun
dred dollar valuation. . 'Some .changes
ik the tax levy, for the various coun
ty funds were proposed in order to
retain the current tax rate. Largest
sjngle item in the new budget will
bp the payment of $48,377.50 for the
retirement of $30,000 in school bonds,
ahd the remainder representing in
terest on the county indebtedness.
: The proposed budget for 1952-53
will be published on June 20, and
vfill be adopted by the Commissioners
at the July meeting, at which time
the tax rate will be set.
The Board approved an increase of
$250 in the budget for the fire pre
tention and conservation department;
$300 in the budget for the Negro
Agriculture Extension Service and
$118 in the Welfare Department,
j On motion passed th Board ap
proved a request that the'State High
way Department take over the road
leading from 'the Harvey Point road
to Perquitoausf each.f;! .' . ; : ;
F A a ATI -ivtrt. ism noOoA1 nil rtn twi-iirol
PerquiniEiis And Mzdison To Play Tliro
Game Series Here Starting On Thursday
Hertford Jaycees
Hold Installation
Installation of new officers and
Ladies' Night was observed by the
Hertford Junior Chamber of Com
merce at a dinner meeting held Wed
nesday night at the VFW HalL
J. B. Brame, Durham, State. Presi
dent of the Jaycees and Elmo Lamn,
District Vice President of the Jay
cees, of Spring Hope, conducted the
installation services.
New officers of the local organiza
tion, are George E. Fields, president;
Eldon Winslow, vice president Tal
mage Rose, secretary, and Francis
Nixon, treasurer.
Following the business session a
film, Dare The Birthplace of a Na
tion, was shown as part of the program.
Reilly-Gomvinvows
Spoken Last Friday
In Washington, D.C.
Friday morning, May 30, at a 10
o'clock Nuptial Mass at Saint An
thony's Church in Washington, D. C,
Miss Buena Mae Godwin, daughter
of Mrs. Maude Godwin and the, late
Seldon C. Godwin of Hertford, became
the bride of John T. Reilly, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Reilly, of Low
ell, Massachusetts. A double ring
ceremony was performed by the Dev.
and similar showsere banned from John Dressell, and the Mass was said
lowing within Perquimans County h AmbJ2S WheelrV Jo"
tnless sponsored' by. a local civic B.We! nd F-,Gau.8'
orgariizatibn andr approved by: the both of Washington, D C, and friends
Sni r r.nnn,r f ni;, I of the bnde and bndegroom, served
i The Board vntod th nthorip: m Acolytes. A reception followed at
advertisement and ' sale' of all delin
quent 1951 r taxes; '. Th property to
be advertised during' ttfe .'month of
ordered the County Tax Collector to
lfcvy upon all delinquent: personal pro-,
perty taxes and collect same prior to
sbttlenierlt-dfetei ' ! 'i 'J 'X'tO 1
j Following this the Board began:
compiling a new jury list to be placed
in the jury box, from which tha names
for jury service will be -.drawn for the;
next twoi,yearS) .,.,),' t
Measuring Of-rPeariut)
Acreage started Here
Mi: -
'. Miss Helena W. Nixon,' Acting PMA
ent and home agent
"to fcafrs.
Girl3 Selected To
Attend Legion State
?-wi:-n Whedhee and Nan
' , . 1, t i:va next year at Per
q Lilians l.'a School, have been se-1.-1
rvtte Auxiliary of tie Win.
' 1 ...-..'zi Ict of the American
fV v -nt hij county at
j' C'-te, to to heU
" " ?T"o, durT te
William B. 4Xmsteadvand Hubert E.
Olive, the local contest polled the
greater number of rotes- during the
election. ,' A total of 1,17T votes were
cast for candidate in this race. '
Uhaer 'the-' election,' laws, x' where
there is pxore than two, candidates
seeking the ffice, and qo one candi
date receives majority of th votes
cast the candidate rfimshing second
may call for a second primary: to de
cide the election of the' nominee. In
this case Mr Morris has the privilege
of requesting the second1 .primary. 1
In the ,bnly. other purely local race
R. L. Spivey, receiving. 1,044! votes,
defeated 'E,v G. Banks, who received
425 votes, fo" the office1 of unty
commissioner vforNewHpej Town
ship. Mr.' Spivey will succeed llrvin
Turner with the term beginning the
Tint iMnnriAV.in IVpumlwr. , ; !
MASONS TO MEET I
The Perquimans Lodge, No. 106. A.
F. & A. M.. will meet Tuesdav nkht
at eight o'clock. All Masons and visit-
asons are urged to attend.
the Admiral Club.
The bride was given in marriage
by Thomas J. Feeney of Falls Church,
Va.. She wore a traditional gown of
white, chantilly-type lace over satin.
fashioned with a long-sleeved fitted
jacket topped by a Peter Pan collar
over a dress with a- fitted bodice fea
turing a full ballerina length skirt.
A lace cap embroidered with pearls
held in place a finger-tip veil of im
ported illusion. She carried a white
orchid upheld by two gardenias on her
prayer book, with stephanotis-knotted
white ribbon streamers.
Mias Patricia McNally of Washing
ton, D. C, as Maid of Honor, and Miss
Marjone Meyer of Baldwin, Long Is
land, N. Y., as bridesmaid, wore iden
tical stvled ballerina lenerth crowns
&eretarr for Ptwrniimann Ooaiitv.4iw.lof swiss organdy in yellow and orchid
tks that peanut compliance Is get-ff&shioned lWjth a portrait neckline, a
tog under way in the county with
reporters already in the field.
Peanut allotments cover 3.746 acres
oh! 607 .farmjs .in the1counfyf Each
htm wHb'WaObbieiPi. wilUAffiRed.
bysa reporter for the purpose of meas
uruig the peanut acreages. This check
Which is handled in connection with
the price support program is sched
uled to be completed by June 30.
COUNTY VOTE BY PRECINCTS
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GOVKRNtXR:
Umatead .-..-:. J319 84
Dunaway - - . 1' 3
Olive .-.LJ43ai 102
1MJUTENAINT GOiVERNOR:
Hodges -288 60
! McDonald 53 41!
Kurfees 12 8
' Itowe 815 S3
109
61
180 116
ia
10
75
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE (REGULAR TERM);
Parker -299
(Bobbitt - 23
Valentine Jl88
,-lEfird,, 471
Gwyn . . 19
Phillips ' l.J 13
84
15
89
13
8
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ASSOCIATE JUSTICE (SHKXRT TERM) :
Parker
Bobbitt -
(Valentine
Efird
J344
'J. 23
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COMMISSIONER:
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434
STATE SENATOR:
Godwin
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Williams '
Burgess
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Class A State Champ
ionship At Stake
In Conests
Perquimans High School's baseball
team is competing this week-end for
the State Class A championship. All
games in the state playoff will be
played in Hertford, on Memorial field,
with the first game scheduled Thurs
day night. The second contest will '
be played on Friday night, and if
necessary the third game will be play
ed Saturday night. Game time for
all contests has been set at eight ,
o'clock.
Madison High School, winner of
the Western Championship, in the
state playoffs, will be the opponent
of the Perquimans Indians, litis
team won the western division last
year and were runners-up for the
state title.
Coach Ellie Fearing's Indians won
the right to play for the state title
by defeating such teams as Ahoskie,
Windsor, Gatesville in the sub-district
schedule, then defeating West Edge
combe for the district title and won
two of the three games from Bayboro
for the eastern championship.
Very little dope has been secured
on the strength of the Madison team,
which will play here this week but
fans can expect some real baseball
in this series which will decide the
state championship for the Class A
schools.
Despite a strenuous schedule dur
ing the past three weeks, the Indians
are in good shape for the state finals
and without doubt will receive strong
backing from . baseball fans in this
area.
The roster of the Indians includes
Clyde Stalling, catcher; John Morris,
first baseman; Joe Towe, second
baseman; Garland Walker, shortstop;
Billy Benton, third baseman and
pitcher; Allen Winslow, A. L. Lane
and Clyde Lane ,outfielders, and Vern
on White, pitcher. Utility players in
clude Robert Winslow, Fritz Wulf
and John Chappell,
Defendants
bodice of eyelet embroidery, and a
full skirt with a border of matching
eyelet, matching shoes and picture
hats. They carried colonial bouquets
of mixed pastel flowers.
' The best man was Edward L. Reilly,
brother of the bridegroom. Ushers
were Edward M. C rough and Francis
J. Dorsey, both of Washington, D. C.
For their wedding trip Mrs. Reilly
wore a robin egg blue silk shantung
suit and shoes, with white accessories.
ror ner corsage sne used the flower
from her prayer book.
After a two weeks' honeymoon, the
couple will reside in Washington,
D.C.
Service Officer
Handled 1,142 Calls
-A' -report filed . with the Board of
County Commissioners, this week, by
C. C. Banks, Perquimans County Vet
erans' Service Officer, revealed the
office handled 1,142 calls or services
during the past year.
According to the report the officer
received 161 letters, mailed 193, made
47 long distance phone calls, 89 field
trips, had 187 interviews, assisted 36
on : tile job training applicants, had
132 inquirers about compensation and
pensions, 84 queries on insurance, 39
on hospitalization, 19 on farmer train
ing, 11 on burial benefits and 103 of
a miscellaneous nature.
Local PPA' Member
Wins Coveted Prize
Clarence Chappell, Jr., of the Per
quimans SUVA. Chapter has been de
clared the winner in Livestock Im
provement in District One, which in
cludes, twenty or more counties in
eastern North Carolina. The award
carries a $100 cash prize for a free
trip to the National FJFui. CoOTV&tkffl
at Kansas. City, Missouri; also the
Agriculture Teacher and ' Advisor
gets a free trip to go along with Clar
ence. This is the first time an honor
of this type has been won by a Per
Three
Ordered Held For
Recorder Trials
Three defendants, who failed to ap
pear in Recorder's Court here Tues
day morning to answer to charges on
warrants issued against them, were
ordered apprehended and held for trial -at
the next term of court. The three
were Julian Broughton, charged with
speeding and failing to observe a stop
sign, Shelton Bagley, charged with
being drunk and Charlie Wynn, Negro,
charged with failing to observe a stop
sign.
Cases heard during the session
Tuesday included those of Raymond
Kohler and Bruce Falconer, each of
whom paid the costs of court after
pleading guilty to charges of speed
ing; Leon Dwyer and John Vlck, also
charged with speeding pled guilty and
paid fines of f 10 and costs of court
Costs of court were taxed against
Arthur Armond, Negro, who entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of failing
to dim lights on a vehicle.
Blanche Lowder, Negro, charged
with being drunk and disorderly en
tered a plea of guilty and paid a fine
of 82 and costs of court.
Horace Williams paid a fine of $10
and costs of court after entering a
plea of guilty to a charge of driv
ing with insufficient brakes.
Lennie Edwards, Negro, entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of driving
an overloaded truck. He paid a fine
of $20 and costs.
Julian Thatch was ordered to pay
the costs of court after entering a
plea of guilty to a charge of being
drunk on a highway.
Summer Schools To
Open On Tuesday
, Classes in the courses In English
and Math will be offered during the
summer school, to be held at Per
quimans High School, starting next
Tuesday, it was announced today by
E. C. Woodard, principal of the school.
Mr. Woodard stated enrollment in
the classes will be held at nine o'clock
next Tuesday morning and all Students
desiring to enroll . in the summer
school should be on hand at the
school at that time. 1 1
; VFW DANCE SATURDAY
The VFW Post will hold a home
coming dance, Saturday ' night, Jane
7, at the VFW hall, beginning at m
o'clock. The dance will honor lo. 1
college , students who have r:zr ?
here for the summer, v, t-, j
e7
SI'
quimans boy. .)
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