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Interested Parties Are
Asked to Attend Ses
sion at Winfall ,
Faced with a classroom shortage at
Perquimans Central Grammar School
for the next school 'term, the Per
quimans Board of Education has call
.ed a mass meeting of interested par
ties to be held next Monday night at
8 o'clock ' in the , auditorium of the
school at Winfall, when it is hoped a
. solution to the problem can be found
which will be acceptable to all con
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Members of the Board of Education
met here in a special meeting 'last
Monday night during which , tHis
problem was discussed but upon which
no definite action was taken, pending
the mass meeting next Monday. '
The classroom shortage arises due
to the growing school population, and
it Is reported the Central Grammar
School needs two additional class
rooms to -house the students . begin
ning with the school term, in Sep
tember.-. ""
The school committee submitted a
strongly worded letter to the Board
of Education, in which the committee
states it and a number of parents op
pose a plan.by which some of the stu
dents of the . school are. to be trans
ferred to ' Hertford next year. The
committee stated it had heard rumors
to this effect but a spokesman for the
Board pointed out the Board of Edu
cation has taken no action and these
reports are merely rumors.
Members of the Board also discuss
ed a proposal, submitted by the com
mittee, for temporary arrangements
to be made at the school, .permitting
all students to attend the school until
permanent improvements and addi
tional classrooms could be constructed.
It was learned this proposal, while
a probable solution to the classroom
shortage, might create a sub-standard
classroom, which might affect the rat
ing of the school n State standards,
thus effecting the entire enrollment of
the school. - ; ;..
v" It is planned for all members 6f the
Board - of ' Education and Archie T.
Lane, chairman of the Board of Coun
ty Coriimisyipners, to- a(ten4 tWnjeet
ing Mcmday ntghti ' amirit is hoped
that fill mtefested parents of students
attending the school will also be pres
ent for the discussion.
THIS WEEK'S
mm-.
Little change in the truce situation
- iii 'Korea was apparent this week, as
defiant of the terms agreed to between I
the -UN officials and the Communists. 1
In freeing thousands of - North Ko-
reans . from prisoner' of war camps,
Rhee practically , broke off the nego
tiations.;, He objects -to 'the , terms of
the truce- which will mean Korea re-
. mains a divided nation, and states, de
spite the urging of U, S. officials that
'.his forces will'' continue the . war
against the Communists. ? v
Recent revolts against Russian
- rue of satellite states reached a new
high in East Germany -last week-end,
and continued through this week.
Western officials- are watching the
events closely and are wondering if
the chain of reactions, point to weak
ness of the Soviet regime, East Ger
t man workers, protesting against So
viet demands., halted factory produc-
tdon, and stormed Communist offices
oemanomg easement s oi laoor rules
and increases
in
more fredom. Russia was forced to
.' call in armored -units to quell the1
riots. - 1 -
Plans for a meeting of President
: Eisenhower, Sir -.Winston Churchill
and a representative of France in
Bermuda starting July 8' hare been
' completed. According to reports from
Washington the 'Big Three meeting
will discuss world conditions, attempt
, . to patch up the break yhich has appeared-
among the nations of the
West, and talk of a possible meeting
of the Big Three with the Russian
Premier, Malenkov. . 'V ..
Rctariaiis llcar Talk
Dy Rcbert Stevenson
Robert Louis "Stevenson, was guest
peaker at a meeting of the II rd
l.otary Club held Tuesday night at -e
Hotel Hertford.' Mr. Stevenson's sub
ject was the "Art of Livin; To
gether." ' -, I , "
In his interesting and inforrafve
talk" Mr. Stevenson reviewed t .'
growth of America, relating the tmL
and hardships suffered by the 'early
settlers in building a nation offering
freeJom of religion, speech and op-
j taniiy. , He told of incidents hej,
i i Wit-sea ra c "r ins oi tne
'!, v,"'i; ' L 1 i p 1 e fact that
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Hertford,
flitc-s SiiuJsy
. CPL: RALPH D. HARRELL
The body of Cpl. Ralph, Donald
Harrell, 23 who was kiHed January
7 in a plane crash near Fish Haven,
Idaho, will arrive -in ; Hertford Fri
day afternoon about three o'clock.
Funeral services will be conducted
Sunday Afternoon at- three -o'clock in
the chapel of the Twiford Funeral
Home. Military rites will be con
ducted at the graveside in Cedarwood
Cemetery Nby the . William Clarence
(Jackson Post, No. 6060, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
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The Hertford Lion Club won recog
nition at the Lions State Convention
held last week in Asheville, when Sid
ney Blanchard, secretary of the local
club, was awarded a plaque for being
judged the best secretary in District
31-F, in clubs with memberships
ranging from one to 36. He was also
awarded recognition for being a 100
per cent , secretary, having filed all
records and reports with the District
Governor on time.
The Hertford club, was awarded a
plaque -as third place winner of the
district for club activities. John T.
Riggers, immediate past president of
the-Hertford Lions, represented the
club at the convention.
Carolyn Mattjiews
Weds Lloyd Lane ' .
The marriage : of Miss - Carolyn
Mathews, daughter of -Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Matthewsf Route 1, Hertford,
and Lloyd Lane, son of Mr. -and Mrs.
Allen Lane of Winfall, took place on
saturaay, June zu, at 8:uu, Jtt. in-
the First ' Methodist:. Church in the
presence of the immediate families
and a few friends.
The double ring ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. . A. L. Chaplin,
pastor. The bride wore a pale blue
and white organdy dress with white
accessories , and a corsage of white
Icarnationst
The matron of honor. MraJarvla
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food ; rations and.'lfonrv. sinter at tli' Milt bum ii
pale gray and white organdy dress
with white accessories and a corsage
of white carnations. - ' i : -.
Jarvis Henry was best man for thp
bridegroom. . .
Following .the ceremony the couple
left for a wedding trip to Niagara
Falls. After their return they will
reside in Winfall. -
Two Vacancies Open
On II. S. Faculty
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Two vacancies have opened up on
the - faculty of Perquimans - High
School for the coming school year, it
was reported this week by J.T. Rig
gers, county superintendent c In a
meeting on Monday night the Board
of Education accepted the resignation
of, Miss Heilig Harney, who taught
Erglish at the ; school during the
past yean "vt . .
.A request for a leave .of absence for
"9 yar was granted by the Board to
. 3. Joann W. Stallings, teacher oJ
cc, m -rci il subjects.
' No action was taken by the Board
to Cli te vacnncies," it was reported. '
L...j.n ,"NNCUNCEMENT ,
Mr., and I.a. Marion Swindell an
no- ice the birth of a daughter, Sheron
L. , J,- 13 at the Albemarle Hos
r: 1 Ibeth City:, -
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District lienors
' Six Perquimans County 4-H Club
champions will compete for Eastern
District honors in a district 4-H elim
ination contest to be held at Wash
ington, N. C, on July 7th. ,
Those who will compete in the va
rious contest are Kaye Howell, in the
dairy food demonstration contest with
a demonstration entitled "The Magic
of Milk." -T.--; I
Bobby Smith and Clarence Chap
pell, Jr.,' will" present a vegetable
demonstration, the title being "Con
struction of an Electrical Heated Hot
bed." The same team will also pre
sent a demonstration on "The Right
Way to Dairy Improvement."
With the title of "Correct Live
stock.. Management" in mind, Julian
Howell and Wallace Baker will com
pete in the district livestock manage
ment contest. -: -
Bobby Smith will represent, the
county in the 4-H public speaking
contest. The title of his speech is
"Why I Choose to Become a Farmer."
: If one of these county . champions
should win in the district, he will be
awarded an all expense paid trip to
State 4-H Club Week, where he will
compete for State honors.
On July 14, five 4-H Club members
will leave for Raleigh, where they
will compete for an all expense paid
trip to Chicago in the. livestock judg
ing contest. ; Those making the trip
will be Bobby Smith, Wallace Baker,
Clarence Chappell, John Hill and Ju
lian Howell.
The following week two more Per
quimans champions will compete for
State honors in Raleigh this time in
the health improvement contest. .Re
cently named as Perquimans County
Health King and Queen were Lois
Violet Winslow and Bobby Smith, .
who will compete for the high honors.
The contestants in the various con- V
tests are being coached by L. R. Sas
ser, the assistant county agent, and
Miss Carolyn . Biggerstaff, assistant
home demonstration agent. .
Fo r Felons
The North Carolina Junior Chamber
of Commerce sponsored Released Pris
oner Rehabilitation project is now well
underway and is receivimr enthusias
tic support, according to' J. Lloyd,
inxon .,
The Jayceea working with the offi
cials of the North ' Carolina Prison
Department voted last November to
undertake this project on a state-wide
basis. Since that time the North Ca
rolina " Prison Assistant Director,
Blaine M. Hadison, and the State Jay-
cee Cme Improvement Committee
have been working constantly to assist
local , Jaycee clubs throughout the
State in putting the project into ct-
f ect. : ' v'v:' .''''';
The project is designed to help con
victed felons to get jobs upon their
release from prison and to assist them
in becoming readjusted to civil life in
their communities. The program does
not apply to paroleesi who are requir
ed to have a Job waiting for them be
fore a parole is granted, and does' not
apply to short-term prisoners who are
not convicted of a felony. ;
Since the program was activated
last fall 250 released felons have been
aseisted.upon their return to their re
spective communities by the following
Jaycee clubs: Aberdeen', Aheskie,. Al
bemarle, Asheville, Bensoif, Burling
ton, Carthage, Chapel Hill, Charlotte,
Dunn, Durtiam, Elizabethtown, Enfield,
Farmville, Fayette ville, Franklin, Fu
quay Springs, Goldsboro, Greenville,
Greensboro, .Henderson, Hickory, High
Point, Kannapolis, Kinston, Lexington,
Lincolnton, Lumberton,' Morganton,
Nashville, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, San
fordj Shelby, Siler City, Tarbord,
Thomasville, ; Warsaw, - Washington,
Waynesville, Wilmington, Windsor and
Winston-Salem. s
Selected As King
AndQaeenOfHealth . Oh the basis of health records and
appearance, Bobby Smith, son of Mr.
and Mrs.-Fred Smith, and Lois Violet
Winslow, .daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis fWinslow of Belvidere, "were
chosen as County 4-H Kinsr and Queen
of Health. They will enter competi
tion ror State King and tjuen and
wiell appar in a health pageant dur
ing 4-H Club Week at State' College
in Raleigh in July. , - 1 , i , f r r.
-MEN'S CLCfi TO MEET -,
The Methodist Men's Club of the
Perquimans Charge will meet Tues
day night, June 30,. at Woodland'
Church. New officers for the .coming
year will le installed by the pastor,
the Rev. 'IIM. Pamisori. V All mem
bers are urgd to attend.
N. C Jaycees Sponsor
Program
Carolina, Friday, June 26,
t;:n3 Cases Listed
On Recorder Docket
A docket consisting of nine cases
was disposed of in Perquimans Re
corder's Court during the court ses
sion held here last Tuesday morning.
Costs of court were assessed against
Allen Kay and James Revells, Ne
gro, each of whom entered 'pleas of
guilty to charges of speeding. .
Justin Ball, charged with reckless
driving, entered a plea of guilty to
the charge and paid a fine of $25 and
costs of court.
Dillard Riddick was found guilty on
a charge of larceny of $5.00 from T.
J. Bass. " Riddick "was sentenced to
the roads for 60 days, the sentence to
be suspended upon payment of a fine
of $25 and costs of court. Five dol
lars of the fine,, if paid, was ordered
turned over to Mr. Bass.
Prayer for judgment was continued
in the case in which Joseph Gilliam,
Negro, entered a plea of guilty to a
charge of reckless driving. - Gilliam
was; ordered to pay the court costs.
A fine of $25 and costs were "taxed
against Walter Mays, who entered a
plea of guilty to charges of driving
without a license.
1 Major McK. Aske was ordered ' to
pay the costs of court after submit
ting to a charge of permitting his car
to be operated by an unlicensed
driver.
John White, Negro, was ordered to
pay the costs of court in the case in
which he was charged with assaulting
a female. White entered a plea of
guilty to the charges.
Charged with driving a truck load
ed over the "Weight limit, Patrick
Robinson submitted to the charges
and paid the costs of court.
Outer Banks Ferries
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On New Schedule
; The State of North Carolina oper
ates "free ferry connections to the
Outer Banks. New summer schedules
walinto effect in June and a copy
majrw obtained on request from the
State Travel Bureau, Department of
Conservation and Development m Ra-
l leigh. Two of the ferries extend U. S.
i Highway 64 to Roanoke Island by
providing crossings of the Alligator
River and Croatan Sound. The third
bridges Hatteras Inlet, providing ac
cess from Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hill
and Nags Head to Hatteras Island, onl
which a naved hichwav is beta? com-'
which a paved highway is being com
pleted. The Hatteras ferry has a ca
parity of . only 8 to 10 vehicles, and
visitors are warned against using it
during week-ends and other periods of
congestion unless they can accept the
possibility of long delay in making
the crossing,
The summer schedules for the three'
ferries, from June 10 through Sep
tember 10, follow: . ' .
Alligator River Ferry
Leave Sandy. Point: 7:00 A. M.,
:30 A. M, 10:00 A. M., 11:30 A. M.,
1:00 P. M., 2:30 P. M, 4:00 P. M., 5:30
P. M 7:00 P. M.
Leave EaBt Lake: 6:30 A. M., 7:45
A. M., 9:15 A. M., 10:45 A. M., 12:15
P. M., 1:45 P. M., 3:15 P..M., 4:45
P. M., 6:15 P. M.
. Crossing time,. 30 minutes; capa
city, 18-22 cars. '
Manns Harbor-Roanoke Island Ferry
- Leave Manna Harbor: 7:00 A. M.,
8:15 A. M,f 9:00 A. M., 10:15 A. M.,
11:00 A. M., 12:15 P. M., 1:00 P. M
2:15 P. K., 3:00 P. M, 4:15 P. M., 5:00
P. M.,v 6:30 P. M., 7:30 P. M., 8:30
P. M., 12:00 midnight.
Leave Roanoke Island: 7:00 A. M.,
8:15 A. M., 9TO0 A. M., 10:15 A. M.,
11:00 A. M., 12:15 P. M., 1:00 P. M.,
2:15 P. M.r 3:00 P. M., 4:15 h M., 5:00
P. M. 6:30 P. M., 77:00 P. M 8:00
P. M., 11:30 P. . M. nightly except
Monday.
Crossing time, approximately 30
minutes ; capacity, 18-22 cars.
Oregon Inlet Ferry
Leave North Shore: 5:00 A. M.,
6J0 A. M., 7:20 A. M., 8:30 A. M.,
9:40 A. M, 10:50 A. M., 12:00 noon,
2:00 P. M 3:10 P. M., 4:20 P. M., 5:30
P. M., 6:40 P. M.
Leave South Shore: 5:35 A. M.,
6:45 A. M., 7:55 A. M., 9:05 A. M.,
10:15 A. M., 11:25 A. M., 12:35 P. M.,
2:35 P. M., 8:45 P. M, 4:55 P; M.,
6:05 P. M., 7:15 P. M.
The 6:40 P. M. - 7:15 P. M trips
will be discontinued August 15.
Crossing time, approximately 20
minutes. Capacity 6 to 8 cars. Dur
ing periods of congestion schedule
may not be maintained, but ferry mav
make shuttle trips as fast as possible.
Traffic on holidays nd week-ends may
be. particularly -heavy, and travelers
unable to put up with delay, are ad
vised against using this service at
these times, ' - . i
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT -
lMr and'OMrsWi ti. Nelson an
nounce the birth of a son, born Sat
urday at Chowan Hospital. ! y '
Here Last Tuesday
1953.
Commissioners Act To Secure Public
Health Center for Perquimans County
First Cotton Bloom
The first cotton bloom of this year
was brought to the office of The Per
quimans Weekly Tuesday morning by
Charlie Felton, Negro farmer of
Route 1. He reported finding the
blooms in his fields on the Gaither
farm early Tuesday morning.
Town Of Winfall
Names New Officers
Residents of Winfall selected a
Mayor and Board of Commissioners
in an election conducted last Satur
day, June 20. The official board for
the town remains about the same as it
was prior to the balloting. Nathan
Matthews was re-elected as Mayor of
the town, while Fred Winslow and D.
L. Barber were re-elected as Com
missioners. D. R. Trueblood was also
elected as a Commissioner, succeeding
Charlie Umphlett, who was not a can
didate.
Balloting in the election was light
,and public interest was low. The
successful candidates had no opposi
tion in the election.
The new officers will assume their
duties of office at the regular meet
ing of the Board on the first Monday
in July,
Health Department
Due entirely to lack of interest on
the part of the people in the rural
areas of Pasquotank and Perquimans
Counties, the Health Department will
not hold rural immunization clinics
this summer, if has been announced
by Dr B. B. McGuire, health officer.
All persons needing or desiring such
service may contact their private phy
sician. Those people unable to pay
their private physician for such ser
vice may have the work done free, ac
cording to State law,, at their county
health offices.
The clinic in Hertford is held each
Thursday from 2 to 5 P. M. In Eliza
beth City these clinics are held daily
from 4 to 5 P. M.
Recent experience has shown that
so few people have been attending
these rural clinics as to make it not
feasible to continue them.
Clarence Chappell
Raises P. R. Pigs
Clarence Chappell, Belvidere, has
recently qualified a litter of pigs for
Production Registry, according to the
Hampshire Swine Registry, Peoria,
HI. Carflo June Ann 3rd qualified a
litter of eight with a 56-day weight
of 450 pounds. .
A Production Registry qualifying
litter is one in which eight or more
pigs are raised to a. minimum of 56
day weight of 320 pounds for mature
SOWS or 275 nonnHn for o-ilta T!il
sow may qualify, as a PR sow after
two such litters and receives a star
for each additional qualifying litter.
Stores Divided On
Holiday Observance
So far as The Weekly can learn,
Hertford stores and business houses
are divided upon the date of observ
ance of the Fourth -of July holiday,
which comes a week from Saturday.
Some of the stores have announced
they will be open on Saturday, July 4,
and closed on Monday, July 6. How
ever other stores have announced they
win close, in observance of. the holi
day, on the 4th.
COUNTY COUNCIL TO
MEET SATURDAY P. M.
The regular scheduled meeting of
the Perquimans County - Council of
Home Demonstration Clubs will be
held Saturday, June 27, at 3 o'clock in
the Agricultural. Building.- Mrs. John
Hurdle, president, will preside.
The program will be the annual 4-H
Dress Revue.
All County Council . members "are,
urged to attend.
Suspends Clinics
5 Cents Per Copy
Preliminary Action Is
Handled In a Special
v Meeting On Monday
Plans for construction of a new
health center in Perquimans County
moved a step nearer reality when
members of the Board of County Com
missioners met here in special session
Monday night and moved to purchase
a site for the building and adopted a
number of resolutions required by the
Medical Care Commission to assure
Federal and State participation in the
project.
Dr. Applewhite of the- Medical Care
Commission visited the county Monday
afternoon for the purpose of inspect
ing proposed sites for the building. He
disapproved a possible site located on
the county home property on U. S. 17,
because of inadequate water and sew
erage facilities, and the inconvenience
of the location. He did, however, ap
prove a site at the corner of Dobb
and Charles Streets as the possible
location for the building.
Following this action the Commis
sioners entered into an agreement
with L. N. Hollowell, owner of this
site, for its purchase at a price of
$2,500. The site contains one acre of
land, as required by the Medical Care
Commission.
After voting to purchase the site.
from surplus county funds, the Board
adopted a resolution setting aside an
other $7,500 from surplus funds, to be
used along with Federal and State
funds for the construction of the
building.
William Weber was selected as ar
chitect for the project, and he is ex
pected to begin work on plans for the
project immediately. Weber has been
approved by the Medical Care Com
mission, and served as architect for a
uuuiuer ui similar projects in tne
State.
The Board named Silas M. Whed
bee, county attorney, as the local of
ficial to work with the Medical Care
Commission in preparing the prelim
inary plans and directing the con
struction of the building. It also di
rected the employment of a surveyor
to make a survey of the site and draw
plot plans .of5$he land.
It is understood the Medical Care
Commission will approve the local
project just as soon as these prelim
inary plans, on the part of the coun
ty, are filed with the state office, and
the architect's plans for the building
are accepted.
Investigation of similar projects
constructed in the state indicate the
construction of a health cfenter here
will cost in the neighborhood of $30,
000, with the county paying a little
more than 20 per' cent of the costs,
exclusive of the land, water and sew
erage facilities, which the county must
furnish.
County Agent Urges
Farmers To Dust
Cotton Fields Now
Cotton is squaring in most fields
now in Perquimans County and boll
weevils are finding conditions ideal in
most fields which- are not treated.
Some farmers have begun treating
their cotton while others have been
too busy with, other work or for some
reason just haven't gotten around to
it. Many fields are-threatened with
what appears now to be an infestation
almost as bad as 1950, according to I.
C. Yagel, County Agent. Some fields
are not as heavily infested as others.
For example two untreated fields
were compared as to the count last
week and this. One had a count of 5
per cent last week and. 12 per cent.
this week. The other had a count of
7 per cent last week and 33 per cent
this week. Boll weevils are still com
ing from hibernation and can be ex
pected to continue up to about July 1.
In the "Cotton News Letter" this
week Dr. George D. Jones, Extension
Entomologist, says "Growers can ex
pect to bring infestations down and
produce high yields if applications are
made at regular intervals and if
weather conditions are favorable. It
will be necessary to get into the fields
as often as soil conditions will permit
and at 3. to 5 days intervals in many
cases if one is to adequately protect
his crop. Applications will do some
good even if rains come within a few
hours. Regular applications should
be planned for since conditions are so
favorable for the pest."
. WAKE FOREST GRADUATE
Lindsay Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. F. Reed, Sr., was among those re
ceiving degrees from Wake Forest
College on June 1. He was awarded a
B.A, degree during the oemmence
ment exercises. Reed is a member of .
fraternities.