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C- i rT? - 77' k-hJLl iL ii. Volume XX. Number 28. "Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 10, 19537" 5 Cents Per Copy PA ove, ; mii ap y . Picturedhere are six young . Queen Contest to be conducted at Colerain Beach. The "beauties", all winners in the recently sponsored 4-H Golden Jubilee Contest are, Peggy Harrell, Janice Sumner, Jill Miller, Annette Proctor, Mary Lee Miller and Anne Burke Chappell. The contestants will be competing for all expenses paid trip to New York. They will also appear on a Norfolk TV program at 10 P. M. Tuesday, July 14. THIS HEADLINES Reports of riots inside the Iron Cur tain continue to reach the official cap- , - itals of the West. Unrest over work ing conditions set by the Russians and shortage of food have caused trouble in East Germany, Poland, Hungary, and other areas of Russian held ter ritory. Meanwhile the Russian gov ernment ha called its diplomats to Moscow, f rob all parts of the world, f' for a top level conference. Many com mentators, - familiar with, European conditions, believe Russja is irt trouble in regards to governing its satelite ' nations. 4 - In Korea conferences continue be - tween U. S. representatives and South i Korean President Rhee -on the ques tion of a truce, but a report Wed nesday announced, the Communists have accepted a proposal of General Mark Clark that the truce, be signed without the approval of the South Korean government ' From Raleigh, during,the past week, came a report the State Board of Ed ucation has recommended October 3 as the date for a special election to determine whether or not the State will issue $50 million in bonds for use of counties in completing school build ing programs. Governor William B. Umstead will set the official date for the election. Mass inoculations against a polio epidemic were under way this week at Lenoir where 11,000 Caldwell Coun ty children were being given gamma globulin shots as a preventive against the disease. Outbreak of a large mint ber of cases of polio led to the decis ion for mass inoculation -within the county.- . 1 1 ' :v-;-f m'..i "'."'-';; Young Indians Too Tough For Oldsters In a free-swinging baseball' game, played here last Friday night between the Perquimans Indians and the Per quimans All-Stars, the high school boys trampled the alumni by a score of 17 to 11. A fair' sized crowd of fans turned out to watch the bait game, and in cidentally, contribute toward the Jay- ' cee activity bus fund. They got a kick out of watching old-time stars ' like Jack Brhm, Eldcn .Winslow, Ray White, Melvin Owens and Nathan '. Mathews perform as pitchers for the all-star team, hustling work turned in by Emmett 1 Elmore, Hilton White, Paul Smith,' who played as catchers for the. alumni. ' The all-stars outnumber the Indians as to players, but the high school team used its youth, and Immedia to past experience in winning a one-sided vic tory, '.Billy Winslow and BUlv Ben ton, Indian hurlers of 1952 did the major portion of the pitching for the All-RrnrsL - .v : Other alumni of the school playing in the game against the Indians in cluded Joe Nowell, Johnnie Hunter- Charlie Skinner. Earl Winslow, Henry Stokes, Elmer Lassiter, L. C. Elliott, Joe Towe, Jr., R S. I.Ionds, Jack Sy- mons, Preston Morgan,-Preston C pelL'C.yde Lane, John-Ward, Eerry, Tolun Wins'.ow, Josiah SmL"i, v. i ev, Alvah Winslow . ani ladies who will represent Perquimans County Board Accepts Offer Of State For Land As Site of Highway Repair Shops State Commission Re veals Plans For New Construction The way was cleared here last Mon day for the State Highway Commis sion to locate its repair shops in Per quimans County when members of the Board of County Commissioners vot ed to sell the State Highway Commis sion approximately 12 acres of land, located on U. S. 17, about one and a half miles north of . Hertford. The tract of land is part of the county, home property,' located between U. S. 17 and U. S. 17, Alternate. An appraised price of 3,500, plus all saleable, timber was accepted for, a tract of land containing 7.3 acres of land, and a price of not less than $500 per acre was set as the amount to be paid by the Commission for the addi tional land desired by the Highway Commission. State mghway Commissioner J. Emmett Winslow appeared before the Board and advised the County Com missioners the State desired to pur chase additional land, for possible fu ture enlargement of the operations in this county, and it was voted by the County Board the additional land would be made available at the above quoted price. " Plans for the construction of the repair shops for the First Division were announced from Raleigh last Friday. The building will be 208 feet long and 60 feet wide, with concrete floors and brick-veneer walls. It will be laid out for a 45 foot by 50-foot office and stock room, a 45 foot by 45-fot machine shop, and a 45 foot by 15 feet lavatory, toilet and machinery and heating space. The rest of the building will be used as a repair shop. Highway bridge department crews or local constractors will erect the walls and main -section of the build ing. Bids for steel roof and roof trusses have been placed, and s Ra leigh firm will install the roof and in sulate it. Total cost of the building is expected to be in excess of $100,000. Local 4-H Members Take Part In Contest , The District 4-H Elimination Con tests were held at Washington on July 7. Perquimans County took first place in Public Speaking, first place in the production phase of NJVGA which was "The Construction of Electrically Heated Hot Bed" ' and second place in the Dairy Management Demonstra tion I'he boys participating were Clarence Chappell, Jr.. and Bobby Smith. These boys will compete for State honors the week of July 20 in Raleigh. They were accompanied . to Washington by L, R. Sasser, Assist ant vsouniy Agent.. ;.- v Negro Teachers Elected By Board Three vacancies on the faculty of the Negro Schools in , Perquimans County have been filled, according to an announcement made Tuesday by J. T. Riggers, Superintendent of Schools. According to Mr. Diggers the Board of Education has elected Letitia Le sane, Uattie T. Riddick and Jessie L. ' arpe to fill the vacancies. These tv...' ers will be- In their duties in tUa cou. 'y in September. , . - - $ County in the 1953 Beauty One Accident In. County Over Holiday Only one highway accident was re ported in Perquimans County over the July 4th holiday, it was announced this week by State Patrolman B. R. Inscoe, who stated the accident result ed in about $100 property damage to a car. There were no accidents with in the county resulting in death or personal injuries, according to Mr. Inscoe. State Price Index Drops Five Points; Grain Prices Off At mid-June the index of prices received by North Carolina farmers stood at 259 percent of the 1910-14 average a drop of 5 points (2 per cent) from mid-May. This is the low est point reached by the All Com modity Index since July 15, 1951. Prices received by N. C. farmers for most commodities during the month were lower than the previous month. The poultry and egg index was the only commodity group reflecting an increase for the period ended June 15 the result of an increase in . egg prices, The grain commodity index dropped 17 points (nearly 9 percent) from the May 15 level with lower prices report ed for all grains. Leading the de cline was wheat with a drop of 26 cents per bushel. Oats were off 24 cents, barley 23 cents, rye 30 cents, sorghum grains 10' cents 'and earn 3 cents per bushel from the mid-May averages. - .The cotton and cottonseed index was down 4 points (nearly 2 percent) the result of a half -cent decline in cotton lint prices. Cotton seed was unchang ed at $66.00 per ton on June 15. . Prices received for hogs around mid June were $1.30 per hundred above the May 15 average offsetting in part declines in price of beef cattle, calves, sheep and lambs and limiting the drop in the meat animal price index to 4 points during the month. Beef cattle prices were off 30 cents, calves $4.40, sheep $1.50 and lambs 10 cents per hundred during the month ended June 15th. Dairy farmers received an average of $5.80 per hundred for milk sold at wholesale to plants and dealers and 21.4 cents per quart for milk sold at retail both .prices unchanged from the previous month. The miscellaneous commodity pric index dropped 12 points (about 4 per cent) during the month, due primari ly to a 70 cents per bushel decline in prices received for Irish potatoes. The average price of all lespedeza seed was down 50 cents per hundred with all hay prices showing a decrease of 40 cents per ton. ;. Soybean and 'peanut prices at $2.60 per bushel and 11.7 cents per pound, respectively, remain ed unchanged from the May 15 aver age. 1 Sweet potatoes, were averaging farmers $4.00 per bushel at mid-June, a 10 cent advance over the previous month, and apples were up 20 cents ner bushel, averaging growers $3.30 per buthel at mid-June.. .... Continues Study Of Classroom Project Special Meeting to Elim inate Problem Called . For Monday Night ; A second special meeting of the Per quimans Board of Education, for the purpose of studying ways and means to eliminate the overcrowded condition at the Central Grammar School, has been called for next Monday night at 8 o'clock, it was reported , today by J. T. Biggers, secretary to the Board. Members of the Board met last Monday with the Central Grammar School committee, to discuss the prob lem, and it was decided to call in State officials to survey the possi bilities of converting the school au ditorium into permanent classrooms. This proposal was advanced by mem bers of the school committee. Representatives of the State Divis ion of School Planning visited the county Tuesday, and surveyed the situation at the grammer school. It was reported Floyd P. Barnes, Engin eer, stated in his opinion the proposal to convert the auditorium into per manent classrooms was not practical. but additional information on the sub ject will be furnished the local Board by the Division of School Planning. and these final recommendations are expected to be received here on Fri day of this week. The State representatives were also questioned concerning temporary con version of the auditorium, to create additional classroom space, and this suggestion was also taken under ad visement by Mr. Barnes, who stated his office will advise the Board of Education on this plan. No changes have been made in the program adopted by the Board of Ed ucation, whereby members of the sev enth grade of the school will be trans ferred to Perquimans High School on a temporary basis until permanent re lief can be worked out for the Central Grammar School, although it is re ported the Board of Education is hope fuika solution can be worked out which mf meet with the approval of the pa trons of the grammar school who are opposing the program; adopted by the Board of Education, regarding the transfer of the students. Safe Recovered In Robbery Of Last VM Sheriff M; G. Owens, assisted by Walter Spence of the SBI is continu ing an investigation of a robbery of the Harrell Gas & Coal Company, which occurred here on Wednesday night of last week, when thieves en tered the building of the local firm and carried off a safe containing an undisclosed amount of cash, checks and the books of the company. . The. officers located the safe on a road in Bethel Township last Satur day recovering some checks and the firm's books. The robbery occurred sometime af ter eight o'clock on the night of July 1. Charles M. Harrell, Jr., owner of the business, was in the office up to that time, and he discovered the rob bery the next morning. Entrance into the building was gain ed by prying off the lock of the rear door of the building. The robbers then entered the office of the firm by climbing through a small interior win dow. It is believed the thieves at tempted to crack the safe, but being unable to do so carried it off with the aid of some type of vehicle. Sheriff Owens reported he discover a number of clues which he and Mr. Spence were following up in connec tion with the investigation. Miss Glenda Lane Weds Garland Walker The marriage ofMiss Glenda Caro lyn Lane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray D. Lane of Hertford, Route 2, to Pvt. Garland R. Walker, grand son of Mrs. C. E. Walker of Hertford, was solemnized Friday, July 3, at 11 o'clock A. M., in the Chappell Hill Baptist Church. The double ring ceremony was per formed by the Rev. Ralph Knight, pas tor of the church. The wedding music was rendered by Mrtf. Fred Bunch of Edenton. The bride wore a Navy blue dress of sheer nylon marquisette over taf feta with white accessories. Her cor sage was a white orchid. Mrs. Eugene Boyce of Hertford, matron of hunor, wore a two-piece dress with a charcoal skirt nnd con trasting top of blue and gold stripes. She wore mixed accessories and a cor sage of yellow carnations. ' The bridegroom had as his best, man Eugene Boyce "of Hertford. , ' .After the ceremony the couple left on a short wedding trip. . ' . County Commissioners In Busy Session , Last Monday; Adopt Budget and Tax Rate Public Hearing A public hearing concerning the en largement of a bombing range, off Harvey Point is scheduled to be con ducted in the Court House in Hertford at 10:80 o'clock Friday morning. The hearing,' called by Col. R. C. Brown, District Engineer for the U. S. Army, will be for the purpose of discussing the proposed project and to hear complaints from residents of this area opposing the enlargement. A large number of individuals have lodged protests against the proposed project, and these as well as other in terested citizens are urged to attend the public hearing set for today. Heavy Docket In Recorder's Court On Last Tuesday Nineteen cases were listed on the docket of the Perquimans Recorder's Court in session here last Tuesday. A majority of the cases listed viola tion of traffic laws as the offense of the defendants. Fines of $10 and costs were assess ed against Robert Pelesi, M. G. Mc Auliffe, Jr., and Sylvester Smith, Jr., each of whom Submitted to charges of speeding. Costs of court were tax ed against James Weidman, Paul Weidman and Roger Warren, also charged with speeding. These defend ants entered pleas of guilty. A verdict of not guilty was return ed in the hearing in which Calvin Cas per was charged with failing to yield the right of way. Fines of $25 and costs of court were levied against Eugene Kinard and An drew Best, Jr., each of whom entered a plea of guilty to charges of reck less driving. Richard Goodwin was ordered to pay a fine of $15 and costs of court on charges of being drunk and disorder- iy- Edward Revells and Luther Hayes, Negroes, were fined $2 and costs of court after each of the defendants en tered pleas of guilty to charges of being drunk on the streets of Hert ford. A fine of $15 and court costs were taxed against William Costen, Negro, who entered a plea of guilty to a charge of reckless driving. John Jones and Arthur Harrell, Ne groes were ordered to pay the costs of court, on charges of operating a tractor on the highway at night with out lights. The defendants entered pleas of guilty. Leroy Holley, Negro, paid a fine of $15 and costs after pleading guilty to operating a car with improper muffler and brakes. ! Charles Skinner, Negro, was taxed with the costs of court on a charge of operating a vehicle under a restrict ed license. He entered a plea of guil ty as charged. Darius Tillett, Negro, was ordered to pay the court costs and $100 in damages to John Mewbern, after be ing found guilty on charges of driv ing on the left side of a highway, causing damages to the Mewbern car. Raymond Mason, Negro, was fined $15 and costs of court after plead ing guilty to charges of operating a car with improper brakes. Boll Weevil Count Increasing In County Boll weevils are finding conditions ideal according to a survey conduct ed this week by th County Agent's office, it was reported by Ralph Sas ser, Assistant Agent. Many fields are threatened' with what appears now to be an infestation approaching 1950 conditions. Growers, according to Mr. Sasser, can expect 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 fields as often as soil conditions will permit and at 3 to 5 day intervals in many cases lr one is to adequately protect - his crop. " - ; , " Church Planning Revival Service f . A series of revival services will be conducted at the .Bagley Swamp Pil grim Church, beginning July 16 and continuing through July 26, it was re ported today by the Rev. Coy S. Saun ders, pastor of the church. Evange list W. F. Page of Albemarle, will be the, guest preacher at each service which will start at 8 P. M. Plans For New Health Building Approved Tentatively Members of the Perquimans Board of County Commissioners, in a day long session here last Monday, handled one of the heaviest schedules to come before the Board in recent months. The board approved tentative con- struction plans for a new county pub lic health building, as submitted by William Moore Weber, architect, and authorized Weber to proceed with plans leading toward letting of a con struction contract in about 60 days. J, C. Morgan, superintendent of the county home was authorized to pur chase fire extinguishers for the home, and to investigate the purchase of a water softener for the 'home. . No action was taken by the Board on a request for an increase of $961.34 in the budget for the District Health Department, pending acceptance of in creases in the budget by Camden, Cho wan and Pasquotank counties, which with Perquimans County comprise the health district. $6,432 has been budgeted for this department, which is requesting an appropriation of $7, 393.54. Salary increases of 10 per cent were voted to W. C. Stroud, Negro Farm Agent, and Mrs. M. B. Taylor, Negro Home Agent to conform with in creases granted State employees by the General Assembly. The Board took no action on ap pointment of a County Farm Agent, postponing the matter upon the pos sibilities of receiving additional appli cations for the position. The county budget for the fiscal year 1953-54, calilng for expenditures of $230,035.00, of which $127,500 will be raised through ad valorem taxa tion was officially adopted and the county tax rate was set at $1.70 per hundred dollar valuation. Members of the Board of Educa tion appeared before the Board re questing an allocation of funds for a project to relieve the overcrowded condition at Central Grammar School, but no action was taken on the mat ter pending an investigation and -report from the Engin.serift Of5Jee of the State Board of Education."' The Board voted to enter into a con tract with an exterminating company to treat the Agriculture Building for termites and named Commissioner R. L. Spivey to oversee the work. Board Chairman A. T. Lane was au thorized to look into the possibilities of securing bids for installation of a central heating system for the Court House and jail. To Be Considered At Town Meeting Hertford's Town Board will hold its regular July meeting next Monday night, in the municipal building, at which time the Board is expected to consider a proposal to lease its river front property, back of the town of fice, to the State Wildlife Resources Commission for the purpose of in stalling a boat launching facility. A number of property owners resid ing adjacent to the site, upon which the proposed facility will be. located in the event a lease is perfected, are expected to appear before the Board in protest against leasing of the prop erty for the nurpose of establishing such a facility. It is also reporred a number of residents, favoring the pro posal, will appeal in its beha'f. The Board is also expected to adool a tentative tax rate for the town, sub ject to final approval following tha annual audit of the town's books for the fiscal year which ended June 30. Holmes Installed As Rotary President New officers of the Hertford Rotary Club assumed their duties for the year at a meeting of the club held Tuesday evening at the Hotel Hertford. C. R. Holmes, who was installed as presi dent of the local club, at the closing of the chib meeting last week, pre sided over the meeting this week. Other officers of the Rotary Club are the Rev. Charles Wulf, Vice presi dent; Jack Kanoy, 'secretary, and Chas, Henc, Henry C. Sullivan, Max Camp bell and Robert L. Hollowell, direc tors. Committee memberships for tha club for the coming year will be an nounced by the new president, at the next meeting of the club, Which will be Tuesday, July 14. Wildlife Project
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