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j .. - . ' 4 .'-..-1.. -Wfr W r i t j r TP3 , J.' 1 i -r h II' '' I okrr XIX.-rNuiriber 40. HcrUc:J,K rquimans County, North" Carolina, Friday, October 1Q, 1952" 5 Cents Per Copy WIST w 3. Wwi 1Ui y Resume, Of Court Case . Given At Meeting ' On Monday Night , A resume of the smt, pending in . ; Federal Court against lie .Ptesquto '. ana .County fioard of Education,., was given members of that Aboard at a meeting held Monday sight in 'the office of ' the Superintendent oi Schools. , John ' Hall, attorney'. , gave the report. .1' ., Mr. Hall stated it was his ixSiei that the case will come to trial early . 'in .1953. He also announced that y .William B. Umstead, who was co , operating with him in the case had .-withdrawn front the case. Follow ing',' this - annonncemeift the ; Board voted to employ Silas M. Whedbee, county attorney, to assist Mr. Hail. Ev C. Woodard, principal at Per ' quimans High School, gave the Board 4 a report on the operation of the E' hool lunch, room and discussed com plaints which had been registered re- garding the operation. iMr. Woodard . reported ort the . types of meals' servi ced in' the lunchroom, cost of each meal and stated during the first month of school the operation lost money? He pointed out- since the lunchroom is operated in cooperation - with the federal government lunchr room program, the rates of this pro gram .must be followed in order that the school will receive' aid given un- ; ider the -prgram.'r.P.,, A lunchjoom committee composed ". of Mrs. T, P. rtnn. " Mrs. i A. R. " Cook,,and J. T. Biggers was named by , J. Edgar Morris, chairman of the - boad, to investigate and recommend . improvements for, the situation; aimed at correcting complaints received on - the operation. These complaints are . ... varied, but centered mostly around . . t meals.erved in the lunchroom. ' , Mr,' Morris " named "Delwin Cure, :.'v' Clarence phappel and Mr. Biggers as -a committee t meet with J. I Bat- ton and Raymond Ruson,',cntraotor " ' and architect for the vocational build ing -at the high school,- ti arrive at arrangements for correcting defects in the construction of tin building. , The building lealu during rainstorms a t and ibis i eapsiagi. some idajuge to ; ythe structujBf VThd Board Ir seeking correction f these -defects, i 1 i, May or Urges Public ! To Observe Week In a proclamation, issued Monday, Mayor V. N. Darden called upon the residents of Hertford to observe Eire , Prevention Week, which started Mon-" day and will come to a cloee on Sat urday, v Mayor Darden urged the public to join with the Hertford Firs Depart- merit air keeping the town safe from fires. ' Pointing., out son of the causes of fire as smoking and match. es, misuse f of . electricity, defective heating equipment, careless handling of flammable ! liquids and .'defective chimneys and 'flwa, he cautioned in- , dividuals to keep careful Check on such sources of fires, and others, which may be found in pamphlets distributed (his week ' by loqal .Boy Scouts. ' V'Wffi :-, - !,f Hertford's observance of Pre . vention Week; will , come to a close on Saturday with a parade by the fire department, Boy Scouts and carl Scouts. During the week the fire de- '. partment has conducted a number-of inspections of -public buildings and held fire drills at the" schools 'In the county.-' Interest Grows In u PrcdudionJOf Beef Perquimans County farmers ' are . showing an increased Interest In beef "cattle, it was reported by I. C. Yagel, Oounty Agent R., S. Chappetl of . Koute 1, Hertford recently, purchased two hereford hewers and JZt El- Unit ivf am addreaa tniivftased c; u"an and Kay Kowell, Thorn) t-i Ddward Ci-appeu, t:y Klott ana Clarence Chappell, all 4-H members ' haire purchased steers to feed out as , ill Baby Beef Projects, Tim' Brinn 'of Hertford and. Robert Karrell of Eoute 1, lHert!jrd,'lhave also pur- chased eight art jus cows and a bull. Tfcree of the' cows ; and the bull are ftwabrtd. ' , , - . ' Along with this interest in beef tie1 is interest in permanent pas "1. These 1 farmers along ' with y c.!.cri are busy seeding addi 1 scm of lad'o clover, fescue . -lares, kr. Yejolliiud...... . - v X t ; ., f lllPliil tillllllllt x,i,::ii tjUfefejrf 11 ftii.iiiiiiiiijMX&iiiitiMiiiiiy'sa'SS, Hertford's new municipal building, shown here, was officially opened last week; a large number of residents inspected the building during open house held on Monday and Tuesday nights. The project was supervised by Mayor V. N. Darden, Commissioner R. L. HollowelL Construction was supervised by Tom Swain.; Contractors for the building including Mr. Swain were !W 'S Lonff, IW. iH. Laiio And eon, Dan WUKama and Hooper Tile Co. Landscaping was done by town employees supervised by IP .T. Britt. rnoio Mines xivere Twenty Cases On Recorder's Docket At Tuesday Session. Heavy Fine Is Ordered Paid Iri Hit And Run Hearing A docket consisting of 20 cases of a varied nature, was disposed of at luegaay s session 01 renjuuiniMiB ne corder's Court." ::, : , . ' Fines of 25 and costs were levied afralmrt 3cniadi hOflWe and Joyce Al ston, both ;of, whont enlfcre pleas of guiltyvto charges or apewnng. -v.mar-land Poole, and William Willison, also charged with speeding, entered pleas of guilty and paid fines of $10 and costs., - v , , Hayward Evans, Zeb Thompson, Ed Barnes and Louis Bryant, all charg ed with driving trucks which were overloaded, entered pleas of guilty and paid the court costs. - Charles Patrick submitted to a charge of driving drunk He was fined 100 and costs of court. , 1 j Prayer for judgment was continued in the cases of John Boyce, John Chappell ; and J William Chappell, each of whom was found guilty on charges of reckless driving. They were taxed with ,the court costs. James Brooks submitted to a charge of driving without a license and paid a fine of $25 and costs of court. The bond of Walter KSght was or dered forfeited when he failed t ap pear ' to answer charges of driving with with an improper muffler. Archie Ferebee, Negro, was taxed with the costs Of court on a charge of failing to observe a stop sign. Joseph Armstrong, Negro, paid the costs of court after pleading guilty to a charge of speeding. . Charles Hewitt, charged with driv ing without a license, submitted and paid a fine of $25 and costs. . ."Henry Bolden, Negro, was found Wltv on a, charge of hit and run; He was .sentenced to' the roads for 12 months, sentenos to be suspended upon payment of a fine of $500.' A fine of .$26 and' costs of court wa - taxed against Clauds Boone. Negro, who was found guilty on a charge of larceny. ' . Mark Downing, Negro, was ordered to pay the costs of court after plead ing guilty-'to a charge of false pre tense, Bluegills Placed In County Rivers H. A. Rnhrtim. Coiirtfrr Game Pro. tector, announced today that 4,000 bluegills were recently placed in resr rrulimfinai Cfountv rivers, as Dart of the program conducted by the Wild life Resources Conrnission to restock river with fish. RotariansToHold Ladies' Night Party; ' Members of the Hertford Rotary CluVjd entertain their wives af a ladies n'-ht program next, Tuesday at 6:"0 p. M., at the lunchroom at the Hertford Ciammar School. Plans for the py. rre announced at a meeting of t- club held last Tues day night . - . . . . i 1 ' 's,- - .jvzi&nr"?Y" ' jr THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES Candidates for major offices in the general election November 4 are step ping up the tempo in their campaign. With the election 1 little more than three weeks away the Democrats and GOP will now battle fiercely for votes. Predictions on the outcome of the election, insofar as the Presi dency is concerned, vary. Many com mentators say the race Is close and' the outcome doubtful. Polls indicate General Eisenhower is more popular than Governor Stevenson and state this s due tO.h fact that Ike it better known. - While peace talks in Korea drag on the Reds have stepped up fighting on the battle fronts. The Communists have built up their forces in both men and material while stalling over peace terms. UN forces are fighting a holding action on the ground and increased air assaults on the Reds. (New York Yankees won the-baseball World Series, defeating Brook lyn four games to three. The final game played Tuesday was won by the Yankees 4-2." It was -.. the fourth straight world championship for the Yankees and the sixth time Brooklyn had tried to capture the flag but failed: j Despite a sharp break in cotton prices on Wednesday, State Farm leaders forged cotton producers to hold their cotton for better prices. I At Lifting Monday . Two changes were effected in the officers for Perquimans County at a meeting of the Board of Commission ers on-last Monday, v . "Acting 'en, a number of applicants to fill the vacancy in the office of County Accountant, left vacant at the death of W. Fv C. Edwards, the Board appointed Max R. Campbell to this position. Campbell has served as County Treasurer for the past five years, sol he resigned this post to accept the -anointment as County Ac countant. , , RusseU'C Bdker of Belvidere, was ttamf i,!.,.." Commtssioners ,to fill ther,um vterm of Campbell as Coittnr ' ' xiurer. . Mr. Baker is; s well i t ; 1 Voung man and is' em ploy U u.d? Towe'Oil Company, . E vpoiutmenta made by the Bos ..onday were retroactive to October 1. J . . . 1 t The Board took no action on a res ignation tendered by C.1C.. Banks as clerk -nf the Recorder's Court Mr. Banks in his resignation, asked fhat it become effective- as soon at an audit was convenient . : . . Banks. expressed appreciation of the cooperation tendered him VhMe he held this "office for;, nearly two years; However, the Board request- ed him to continue to serve as thel recorder , court clerk pending con sideration of Us' res&naUoa. : j I County Officers 7 iiiiiiIiiP Indians Show Fine Form In Victory Plymouth Eleven Play v , Indians Here Fn-: day Night 's Coach Ellie Fearing's Perquimans Indians displayed excellent forni in winning their third football victory of the season last Friday night at the expense of the Beaufort High School lienfv?1ie fittal;;flprg',vi8 Per quimans 27, aeauiort 7. A x Paced , by Howard Williams, hard hifting fullback of the Indians, the Perquimans team were in complete control of the contest at all times. Perquimans racked up a total of 255 yards from rushing while Beaufort netted only 140 yards. Williams scored three of the four touchdowns made by : Perquimans. Johnny Morris counted for the fourth TD in the last quarter, going over the goal on a quarterback sneak: Beaufort's only score of the game came during the first quarter, cov ering 60 yards in two plays. 'piand racked up 26 yards on a run "and Eudy then covered 34 yards to score. Offensively, . the Indians topped Beaufort,''- accounting for 18 . first downs while Beaufort had only seven. Beaufort had a nice offense but-was unable to overcome the stronger de fense of the Perquimans , eleven. Pete Mathews, Cliff Towe and Dary Al len played well as linesmen for the Indians. ::. .'.- . The Indiana play Plymouth of Me morial Field in Hertford on Friday night in the first of three straight home games. Fans are expected to have the opportunity of witnessing another, fine game in this contest Plymouth is a member of the Albe marle Conference and has a good rec ord thus far this season. ' Health Officials At State Meeting The following members of the staff of - the District Health Department left Wednesday, to attend the North Carolina Public Health ' Association meeting in AsheviUe, which will be held' on October ,,10 and 11: Dr. B. B. McGuire, Miss Mamie Twiford, Mrs. Marion fipruill, K. J. Eyen, Don ald G. Brown, Ed Cavenaugh. toss Audrey Umphlett, Mrs. Evelyn Hack el, Mrs. Kate Zimmerman and Mrs. Duke Cropsey, secretary of the local Tuberculosis Association. ' Fire Prevention , Queen Is Chosen, . Miss Mary Lee Miller, 15-year-old Perquimans High School student was chosen as . Fire Prevention Week Queen, from a list of 11 girls enter ed in a contest conducted hy the Hert ford Junior Chamber of Commerce, In' connection with their fire pre vention week program! . ' ! Miss, Miller way crowned .as Queen at a 'progranji held at the school Mon day morning:. She will participate in the paradd on Saturday afternoon and will be awarded, prises winner of thesvsnt .'v' -?;. t 1 v f ?.-. ' Over Beaufort High Local 4-H Member Wins Craven Award . 4-H'er Clarence Chappell, Jr., of Belvidere carried a junior yearling Guernsey heifer to the Annual Craven County Junior Dairy Cattle Show held in New Bern on October 1 and 2. Be cause he'was the Only exhibitor north of Albemarle Sound, special permis sion was asked for, and granted, to enter the show. This was the first time that Clar ence had ever shown a dairy animal, although he is an old hand at show ing other classes of livestock. Clarence took first honors in show manship, and fitting in the Guernsey breed, first in showmanship over all breeds, first in herdsmanship, and sec ond in fitting over all breeds. He was awarded 'a blue ribbon in the junior yearling dass. Farm Bureau Drive For Members Past Half way Mark With one week left to go, the 1 membership campaign of the Per- iiuiuiuiis iuuiity rami uuicau is in full swing, with Solicitor Jake White reporting the" highest number of memberships sold last week, and Col on Jackson being second highest re porting, President El wood White stat ed today. . At a irieeting in the Agriculture Building Monday, reports showed a total of 165 memberships sold. This leaves still a large number to be re ceived before October 17, the closing date of the campaign,' to meet the quota of 300 set for Perquimans County. - ' , The big barbecue dinner which.wil mark the closing of the campaign, and for which free tickets are be ing given to aW members, will feature an address by Alonza C. Edwards of Hookerton, past president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, Mr. White said. MffMiofci. a WWi dinner will he the election of officers for tne coming year. This time was set for, the election so that all mem bers might have full opportunity to have a voice in the election. , Solicitors who have not reported are urged to do so next Monday at the regular weekly campaign meet ing of officers and; solicitors at the Agriculture Building. Farmers who hav not been solicited, or who have not yet acted to taking Farm Bureau membership are urged to join. Free tickets to the barbecue dinner, good for every member of the family, are given to every purchaser of a mem bership, s The barbecue will be held on the high school athletic field, at 4:30 on October 17. Attempted Robbery Admitted By Youth ' .-An attempt to rob the W. M. Divers & Son Jewelry Store was made Mon day night, according to a statement given Sheriff M. G. Owens by John ny Myers and a companion, Harry Davidson; who previously escaped from i i Currituck prison farm. The panj were apprehended at 2:30 A. M., Tuesday morning by tile Eliza beth City police, and admitted to these autiiorities a number of crimes since escaping from the prison farm. Sheriff Owens went to Elizabeth City Tuesday morning and questioned Myers about the attempted robbery here. Sheriff Owens reported Myers admitted attempting 'to break into the store for the purpose of robbing Warrants charged the, two youths with the crime have beSn issued, and Sheriff Owens stated that the prison ers will be handed into his custody to face trial, in Perquimans Court i The attempt to rob the local, store was discovered at about 8:30 Monday' night, by Charlie Umphlett and W. H. 'Pitt who ssw the pair leaving the rear of the Divers store. Myers told Sheriff Owens he and Davidson went to the store twice the same night but . iJT- 51.- were unsuccessiuf m oreaiuiig iuw the building. 1 , . . New Schedule For License Examiner . 'Announcement was made here to day of the transfer of P. E, Keegan, local Licnse Examiner, from Hert ford . to Columbia. The change will become effective Monday, October 13. .' Examiner Gray of Elizabeth City will service Perquimans County be ginning next- week, and will be in Hertford on . .Tuesdays, instead ' of (Wednesdays. The examiner will con tinue' to be located in the municipal building. J f 1 - ' ' ' :-v; BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT '; Mr. and' Mrs. , Keith ' Haskett an nounce the birth of a daughter, Karen Jo, born Friday,' October-, 3,f at the Albemarle' Hospital, .p Mrs. Haskett returned home Tuesday, t - ' ,1. 1 " : ' . V. -' V'.-., i .. .: - "- X . ., To Schedule Special CourtTermfiov.Uth Tax Settlement Is Post poned Until Next Meeting Of Board The Board of Commissioners for Perquimans County held a--day-long session here last Monday considering important matters presented at the regular October meeting of the board. A report on the renovation of the Perquimans Library was given by J. T. Biggers, Superintendent of Schools, who stated cost of remodeling this building will be about $2,500. Bills for work already completed total $2, 284 and electrical work and plumbing installation remains to be completed. These expenditures are to be paid from the funds of the Board of Edu cation, since the building is the prop erty of the school system. The Board authorized minor repair work on the buildings at the County Home, and alsn the eonstnirtinn nf shelves in the attic of the Court House for use as storage space for countV records Settlement on collection of 1951 taxes, with Sheriff M. G. Owens, was postponed until November 3, at the request of the Sheriff, and the Board appointed Max Campbell, Coun ty Accountant, as special tax collector for 1952 taxes until the settlement with the sheriff for 1951 taxed is completed. The 1952 tax books will be opened and payment of the taxes received beginning next Monday, it was announced. County Attorney Silas M. Whedbee advised the Board that John Strong, official of the Supreme Court, had written the County requesting a reso- s lution for holding a special term of civil court in Perquimans County, be ginning November 17. This resolu tion was passed and Jurors were drawn to serve as this special term. Prawn as jurors were Lawrence vwe, wiiuam wmie, Mrs. J. fc. Mor- . tn,sic, J.eroy Goodwin, George Byrum, Jr., J. I. Lane, G. C. Buck, Leslie Perry, S. D. Banks, T. Mason Sawyer, Cecil C. Winslow, Floyd Mathews, James Pierce, Lo renzo Chappell, Elijah White, Duch ess Spear, Joseph Nowell, Sr., J. H. Corprew, Jr., Joel F. Hoilowell, Jr., Elmer C. Lassiter, Josiah Elliott, W. Hi Hardcastle, Pailen C. Lane, Thom as P. Byrum, 'A L. Robbins, W. A. Russell, George R. Carver, Mrs. S. M. Whedbee and J. S. Bass. District Teachers To Gather Friday At Greenville, N. C. More than 1500 teachers and school officials from 22 counties are expected to attend the 30th annual meeting of th Northeastern District of the North Carolina Education Association at East Carolina College at Greenville, October 10. Dr. B. Frank Hall, pastor of the Pearsall Memorial Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, will speak at the 1:46 afternoon general session on the topic "Moral and Spiritual Values for our Public Schools." .At the 10 o'clock morning session Dr. Charles F. Car roll, State Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction, and E. N. Howell, Swannanoa, President of the NOEA, will be heard. At this session NCEA activities will be discussed by As sociation officers and staff members. George S. McRorie, President of the Northeastern' District, will pre side. The Division of Classroom Teachers will meet at 4:45for a business ses sion and at 6:00 for a dinner to hear an address by Mrs. Janie Alexander, El Paso, Texas, past president of the Department of Classroom Teachers of the National Education Association, Mildred Manning, Tarboro, is Presi dent of the Classroom Teachers Di vision. - '. The Division of Higher Education will hold a dinner meeting at 6:80 at which Dr. R. Ray Lindley, Presi dent of Atlantic Christian College, will be the speaker. : tDr. Carl L. Adams, East Carolina College, will preside. . Principals have scheduled a busi ness: session for 8:15 and a dinner meeting at 6:30 at which Reverend D. E. Eamhard, Washington Metho dist Church, will speak. G. H. Baker, Jr., Jamtsyflle, heads the Division of Principals.; ..' , . MASONS TO MEET The Perquimans Masonic Lodge, No. 106, A. F. A A. M., will meet Tues day night at eight o'clock. All mem bers, are urged to attend and visiting Masons are cordially Invited, v'
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