WEEKLY
Volume XX. Number 32.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 7, 1953.
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v Program Is Reimbursed
u-...Witti$7,790.CMitri-buted
In Foods
The part school lunchrooma aw
. playing as part of the school program
; U reflected in a report released this
. week by J. 'T, Biggers,' superintendent
of county schools.J;,1..i:'i..ri u
There is an adequate lunchroom in
each of the five schools of the county,
each being large in size, attractive,
sanitary and equipped - with modern
Irifntian fnmitnm. Iftft mania fin well
planned and well prepared, nutrition
ally adequate meats or meat substi
tutes are served , regularly. Milk is
served with each meal. ,
Last year the school lunchroom ser
ved a total of 194,232 meals to stu
dents' and teachers. ,130,686 meals
were served in the three white schools
while 63,546 meals were served in
the two Negro schools. The daily
average for meals was 1,094. The su
pervision by the teachers includes the
development of desirable food habits,
table manners, and training in con
venation with respects to topics and
- ..tone with each child participating.
In connection with the county school
lunchrooms Superintendent Biggers
had this to say: . . i:,t:"?',
"A school lunch program, operated
through the State Department of Pub
lic Instruction, reimburses the, school
-a portion of the costs for all lunches
-served to children, but there is no re-
A imbursement for lunches served to
-teachers or adults.
V In addition to the cash reimburse
ment we received USDA commodities
with a wholesale value of $7,790,00.
Among the commodities received were
cheese, beans, dry milk, canned peas,
dry eggs, honey, smoked ham, picnic
shoulders, frozen turkeys, peanut but--ter,
creamery butter, tomato paste,
vaiuicu Mjuiawce, alien eggs, grape
fruit sections and canned peaches.
ty "Patrons and parents are invited
-and urged to visit the school lunch
-rooms at any time We would like
for parent to see the lunchrooms in
operation both with respect to the
preparation and the serving of the
meals. Visit the school and eat at
least one meal with your child in the
' school -lunchroom during the coming
year." V
A1 thiriftg , the .-1952-1953 school year
the financial reports for the, lunch
Tooms were as follows' Perquimans
Central Grammar School, income $15,
617, disbursements -$15,311; Hertford
Jrammar School, -income $9,695, dis
"bursements $9,523; Perquimans High
School, income $8,750, disbursements
?8,U56; Hertford .Negro; School, in
come $6,112, disbursements $6,126;
Perquimans Training School, income
$6,233, disbursements $9,423.
' Prices RsccwCd
IndaxUpl Point
The "All Farm Products" index of
prices received, by North Carolina
farmers during July was up 1 point
) from the preceding month. The July
index, at .260, compares with an index
of 259 in June, 1953,- and an index of
295 in July of , last year. Slightly
higher prices were received for most
meat animals, dairy products, poultry
items, cotton lint and some grain
crops. However, these increases were
off-set to some extent by lower prices
for wheat, soybeans, apples and sweet
, potatoes. -. a :. ..' 1" '.i'-.
Slightly lower prices for wheat and
rye resulted in a 1 point decrease in
the grains commodity index. ' :
The cotton and cottonseed index in
creased 4 points due to a half-cent in
crease in the price of cotton lint i Cot
tonseed, at $66.00, was unchanged
from the previous month while beef
Sv. r cattle and hogs, at $14.70 and $24.00
per hundred, were 60 cents and $1.20
above the June 15 prices respectively.
The poultry index advanced J8
points due to slightly higher prices
for both chickens and eggs. .
The dairy products index was up 1
: noint as a remit of a 1 rnf hmiau
-, in. the price of butterf at and a ,1 cent
increase in the average price of milk
retailed by farmers, -
Soybean, apple and sweetpdtato-i
, prices declined : during the month,
causing the miscellaneous commodi
ties index to drop 11 points. The av-
" .erage price received for Irish pota
toes and peanuts was unchanged from
the preceding month. '" '
kV. The. ratio - of prices received by
North Carolina farmers to prices paid
by V., S. farmers rose 1 point dur
ing the month. ' ' "
REVIVAL STARTS MONDAY
. Revival services .will, be conducted
at Bethlehem Church of Christ begin
ning Monday evesing, August 10, and
' continuing thrawont le week. Ser
vices will be helJ eaci tir- L-y st E
o'clock and the jiub.ic is Liviwi t
r4' id.
Served 121,232
I Term Last Year
Banks Resigns As
Recorders Oerk
C. C. Banks, Clerk of the Perquim
ans County Recorder's Court since De
cember, 1950, tendered his resignation
of the position to the Board of County
Commissioners, - during the Board
meeting here last Monday. He re
quested the resignation become effec
tive September 1, 1953. ;s
; Mr. Banks stated it was with re
grets that he was tendering his resig
nation, and thanked the Commission
ers for the cooperation he had receiv
ed while serving as the court clerk.
The Board of Commissioners ac
cepted the resignation but took no ac
tion on filling the vacancy, postponing
the matter of naming a new clerk un
til their meeting on September 8.
T1IIS VMS
HEADLINES
Russia has accepted a proposal for
a Big Four foreign ministers meet
ing, to be held sometime this Fall, it
was announced from Washington on
Wednesday. Acceptance of the pro
posal leads Western officials to be
lieve here is a possibility that world
tension will ease. ' The Reds in ac
cepting the invitation for the meet
ing proposed two points for the agen
da of the conference; discussion of
policy leading to world tension and
unification of Germany.
' The exchange of Korean prisoners
of war began on schedule last, Tues
day, with some 35 Americans included
in the first 100 UN prisoners releas
ed by the ' Communists. Sick . and
wounded prisoners were among the
first released. Special arrangements
were made in advance for the care of
the sick and wounded POW's. A U.S.
major, among the first released, told
a chilling story relating now some
American officers had been sentenced
to special terms only two days be
fore the exchange was started.
Republican Senators have elected
Senator William F. Knowland, of Cal
ifornia as majority leader to suceeed
the late Senator Taft . Taft died Fri
day morning of last week, and a state
funeral was conducted in Washing
ton on Monday. Knowland was select
ed' for the post by Senator Taft, who
relinquished his duties after becom
ing seriously ill.
Hundreds of thousands of East
Germans Tushed into West Berlin last
week to receive special food packages
made available by the United States,
Steps were taken by the Communists
to halt the program, and. this action
resulted in a riot last Monday. West
Berlin police broke up an attempt on
the part of ; known Communists . to
wreck the food stations set-up in the
French and American sectors of the.
city. "
Conservation Dapt
To Spenser Contest
Frank B. Skinner, Chairman jof the
Perquimans County Supervisors of the
Albemarle Soil Conservation District,
announced that this group was plan
ning to sponsor a poster contest in
the grade schools of. the county next
year. Mr. Skinner said that Clar
ence C. Chappell and Emmett Long,
who are the other members of the
committee, had seen some examples
of these posters from other counties.
They believe that a contest of this
type , will help the schools to teach
students '.; how conservation work -is
done to protect our natural resources.
Skinner said that the Supervisors felt
that conservation, education should
start with the young children. ii,M,
The Supervisors ' are planning i to
sponsor contests in the fifth, sixth
and seventh grades next year, and the
details will be worked out with school
officials. ' Prizes will be offered to
the winners of the contest , Mr. Skin
ner said that although "the Soil, Con
servation District is primarily .con.
cerned with maintaining and improv
ing the soil resources of the country,
the students may use any subject deal
ing with the conservation of our nat
ural resources. . ' -
Lions Club To Hold .
Light Bulb Sale
The Hertford Lions Club will con
duct a house to house sale of light
bulbs on Friday, August 7, from 7:30
P. M., to 9:30 P. M., it was announced
here today.. All proceeds from the
sale of the bulbs will be donated by
the Lions .toward the activity bug j
fund bciir-r raised by the Hertford !
Ju-5or CL?r-vT of Cor::nerce. .
PoLiutGrovcrsIn
On Ref ercrum
Facts On Assessment
Explained; Farmers
Urged To Vote
' Peanut growers of Perquimans
County were given the facts concern
ing the peanut' assessment referen
dum, to be held August 29, in a meet
ing held last Wednesday night in the
Agriculture Building in Hertford.
The meeting conducted here was one
of 19 planned for this week in the
peanut producing counties of the
State in order to acquaint the peanut
producers with complete details re
garding the referendum,
C. S. Mintz and M, S. Williams,
representing the North Carolina Farm
Bureau Federation, were present for
the meeting and explained various
phases of the program,
Purpose of the meeting was to urge
all growers to participate in the forth
coming referendum and to present all
the facts enabling the growers to de
cide how they wish to vote on the mat
ter. Eligible to vote in the referen
dum will be farmers who produce one
or more acres of peanuts for market,
including owners of farms on which
peanuts were produced in 1953, ten
ants and sharecroppers.
The referendum will be conducted by
tne North Carolina Peanut Growers
Association, Inc. It was so designat
ed by the State Board of Agricul
ture under authority of an amended
law approved by the 1947 session of
the General Assembly of North Caro
lina. ,..
Should the referendum earrv."
association would collect one cent per
iuu pounds of peanuts sold, the funds
deriving to be used to promote in
terest of the peanut growers in all
phases of peanut production, market
ing, processing, consumption and all
other activities of concern to the , in
dustry. ' , . V-'--V,
Efeht From County "
Inducted In Service
Eight Perquimans County youths
left here on July 29, for induction in
to the, armed forces, it was reported
this week by Mrs. Charles Campen,
clerk to the local draft board.
The inductees were Clyde Lane, Ben
H. Miller, Paul . Stokely, Graham L.
Overton, Robert M. Winslow, John F.
Wilson, Jesse - Spellman and , Lloyd
Harrell.
Mrs. Campen announced the local
board has an induction call for Aug
ust for five selectees, and a pre-induc-
tion call for seven registrants,
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Joint Meeting Of Boy
Scouts Will Be Held
In Edenton August 10
Officers of New Albe
marle District Will
Be Announced
The combined East and West Albe
marle Districts, Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, will hold, a joint meeting Monday
night, August 10, at 7 o'clock at the
home of Hubert Williford on West
Albemarle Street. This will be a din
ner meeting held for the purpose to
hear a report of the nominating com
mittee for officers for the new Albe
marle District which includes the sev
en Northeastern Counties east of Cho
wan River and north of Albemarle
Sound, '
'."in the future the district committee
will hold a dinner meeting each sec
ond, Monday night in the month, with
the meeting to alternate in each coun
ty in the district
At .the Edenton meeting Monday
night 'plans; will be lined up for the
fall program, - which will include a
seven-county Boy Scout picnic for
Scouts and their families and .Scout
leaders. The picnic will be held at
Camp Perry near New Hope on a date
to be decided. at the meeting. -vV'
Also to be considered at the meet
ing, is an emergency mobilization of
Boy Scouts in conjunction with the
national civil defense program. . The
mobilization will be conducted by the
commissioners' staff, of which C. W.
Overman of Edenton is a member
A . Scoutinsr in action fair is also
planned to be held October 16 and 17,
with one fail to be conducted in Eden
ton and one in Elizabeth City. At
these fairs will be a public display of
various Scout activities, v -
The pi sed district meetings are
open to t..l Scouts and it is hoped
many will attend.
Vaied Docket In
Recorder's Court
l!:reLastTuesday
Fifteen Cases are Heard
y Recorder; One
Appeal Noted
t -
Aj varied docket consisting of 15
cases was disposed of by the Perquim
ans! County Recorder's Court in ses
sion; here last Tuesday. All of the
defendants cited were listed for viola
tion's of the traffic laws.
Cbsts of court were assessed against
William Frankovic and Ester Setiff,
each of whom submitted to charges
of speeding.
William Lamb, Richard Audbrey,
and' Robert Berry each paid a fine
of $10 and costs of court after each
had. entered a plea of guilty to charg
es of speeding.
Cady Gray entered a plea of guilty
to pharges of driving without a li
cense. He was fined $25 and costs.
William Gray was fined $10 and costs
for permitting his car to be operated
by an unlicensed driver.
Ray Twiddy, charged with speeding
and transporting tax paid liquor, en
tered a plea of guilty and paid a fine
of $10 and costs.
N. A. Relfe was found guilty on a
charge of driving under the influence
of intoxicants. He was ordered to pay
a fine of $150 and costs. An appeal
to the Superior Court was noted in
this case.
Guy Rhodes, charged with speeding
and transporting tax paid liquor, sub
mitted to the charges and paid a fine
of : $20 and costs of court
Costs of court were taxed against
James Fenderson who entered a plea
of guilty to charges of following too
closely behind another vehicle.
Alonzo Kee, Negro, was fined $25
and costs after pleading guilty to
driving without a license.
James Wilson was fined $100 and
costs of court after entering a plea
of guilty to a charge of driving drunk,
Winborne Boyce was fined $25 and
costs of court on a charge of speed
ing.
Charlie Kemp entered a plea of
guilty to charges of being drunk on
a . highway and possession of non-tax
paid liquor. He was sentenced to jail
for 10 days, sentence to be suspended
upon .payment of the court costs.
r .
TO HOLD SINGSPIRATION
A singspiration will be held at the
Bethel Baptist Church Sunday night,
August 8, beginning at 8 o'clock. The
choirs of the Bethel, Macedonia and
Mt. Sinai churches will take part un
der the direction of the Rev. Bennie
Crawford,- pastor. . The congregation
will also take part. The public is
invited to attend.
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Members of the Board of Commis
sioners named a new county agent for
Perquimans, during their meeting here
last Monday. Max Chestnut, county
agent of Northampton County for the
past one and a half years, was elected
to fill the vacancy in the local exten
sion service. The appointment was
subject to acceptance by Mr. Chestnut
In filling the county agent's post
the Board considered four applicants,
each recommended by Mr. Mintz, Dis
trict Supervisor. .Chestnut was named
to the office after an interview with
the Board during " its meeting. He
was employed at a salary increase of
slightly more than $700, previously
paid the agent, , with half of - this
amount scheduled to be paid by the
county and the other half paid by the
State. 'tV -r;::,,,---
Mr. Chestnut has had about seven
years' experience in extension service
work. He served as assistant agent in
Tyrrell County for about four years
and held the same post in Pasquo
tank County prior to being named.
agent in Northampton County. '
Me is a native of Sampson Uounty
and is married and has two children.
REVIVAL AT MT. SINAI
The Rev. James F. Burke of Dan
ville, Va., will be the guest preacher
at a series of revival services to be
conducted at. Mt Sinai Church, near
Winfall August 10 through August
16. Services will be held each even
ing' at 8 o'clock. The Rev. Bennie
Crawford, pastor of the church in
vites the public to attend.
County Board Acts
To Fi!l Ag Vacancy
Commissioners Approved
Budget For Local
County Shares In
Intangible Taxes
Perquimans County will receive a
total of $4,535.89 as its pro rata share
in the division of intangible taxes col
lected and allocated by the State De
partment of Revenue, it was announc
ed here last Monday. The Town of
Hertford, also sharing in the distribu
tion of these funds, will receive
$739.63.
The funds, collected by the State
Department, comes from taxes on
stocks, bonds, accounts receivable,
money on hand and in banks, and oth
er intangible assets. The State re
tains 20 per cent of the funds collect
ed and divides the remaining 80 per
cent among the counties and towns.
The distribution this year provides
Perquimans County with an extra
$209 and the Town of Hertford will
receive $19 more than it received in
1952.
Wheat Referendum
SetForAupstlf
The wheat marketing quota refer
endum set for Friday, August 14, is
to be held at the Agricultural Building
in Hertford, advises Helene Nixon,
Perquimans County PMA Office man
ager. A referendum committee ap
pointed by the County PMA Commit
tee will be in charge of the polls
which will be opened from 8:00 A. M.,
to 5:00 P. M. Miss Nixon urges every
eligible wheat grower to vote, since
the outcome of the referendum will
materially affect the price farmers
receive for their 1954 wheat If quo
tas are turned down, the price sup
port loan will be cut almost in two,
and the loan will be available only
for those who do not exceed their
wheat acreage allotments. Those who
exceed their allotments have no as
surance of any price support If quo
tas are approved, and it takes a two
thirds majority to approve, wheat
loans to cooperators will be at 90 per
cent of parity. If the vote is unfav
orable, the loan to cooperators will be
60 per cent of parity.
The program amplifies to aiafanrntrj
where, the seeded wheat acreage is
more than 15 acres and where the
normal production on the acreage
seeded is 200 bushels or more. Farm
ers having an interest in the wheat
grown on such farms are eligible to
vote in the referendum.
Miss Nixon advised that wheat acre
age allotments for 1954 were mailed
today to the wheat growers in Per
quimans County.
Better Facilities For
Oregon Inlet Traffic
According to'J. Emmett Winslow,
First Division Highway Commission
er, a new ferry will be added at Ore
gon Inlet to relieve the congested
traffic condition. The new boat, he
says, will be named Governor Um
stead, and will be able to transport
22 cars across the inlet.
The old ferry boat with a capacity
of 11 cars will continue in operation,
so that with the new boat 33 cars
can be carried instead of 11. V
One of the big advantages of the
new ferry is that car doors can be
opened in transit and passengers can
get out and walk around. To do so
now they must climb out of their car
windows, Winslow said.
Commissioner Winslow also point
ed out that possibilities of erecting
a bridge across the inlet are being
considered.
Construction Of
Boiler Room Started
Workmen began Wednesday con
structing a new boiler room. aHin.
cent to the Perquimans County jail,
which will house the new heating sys
tem to be installed for the Court
House and jail. W. F. Edwards and
Ernest White have the contract for
building the boiler room, while W. H.
Lane and Son, were awarded the con
tract for installing the heating sys
tem.' Rev. Wulf Serving
As Camp Chaplain
Services at Holy Trinity Church in
Hertford, will be omitted on Friday,
August 7 and 14 and on Sunday, Aug
ust 9 and 16, it was announced today
by the Rev. Charles Wulf, rector of
the church.
The Rev. Mr. Wulf will be serving
as chaplain at Camp Leach during the
time the local services will be omit
ted. ' '
In
ant
Health
Board Reappoints J. C.
Morgan As Superin
tendent Of Home
Acting upon a budget request pre
sented by the District Board of Health
the Perquimans County Commission
ers, in regular meeting here last Mon
day, voted to increase the appropria
tions for the district health depart
ment by the amount of $961.54.
The budget presentation, made an
nually by the District Health Depart
ment, was delayed this year due to the
fact information concerning funds to
be available from state and federal
sources, for this department, was not
released until the latter part of June.
Cuts in appropriations, at the state
and federal levels, made it necessary
for the district Board of Health to in
crease local appropriations from $34,
662.90 to $39,818.24. The four coun
ties comprising the local health dis
trict, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Cho
wan and Camden, are assessed on a
pro rata basis in making up the total
appropriations, each county contribut
ing 77 cents per capita toward the
1953-54 budget
Other business handled during the
Commissioners' meeting included the
reappointment of J. C. Morgan as su
perintendent of the county home, ef
fective January 1, 1954, at a salary
increase of $360 per year. This salary
increase was voted to compensate the
superintendent for loss of income suf
fered through the sale of about seven
acres of cleared land from the couaty
home farm, which is worked each year
by the superintendent as part of the
. lncme
arrangements in connection
with the job. t
The Board voted to make a settle
ment with Sheriff M. G. Owens on
the collection of 1952 taxes on the
first Monday in October.
A contribution of $25 was voted to
the Negro 4-H Clubs and NFA of the
county to help cover costs of a stock
show in which the local organizations
participate.
The Board voted to hold its regu
lar September meeting on Tuesday,
September 8, instead of Monday, Sep
tember 7, which is a national holiday.
Heading Drive For
State's Bond Issue
Brandon P. Hodges, former State
Treasurer, and John Harden of
Greensboro have been appointed by
Governor William Umstead to head a
statewide organization to promote in
terest in the referendum scheduled to
be held in North Carolina Saturday,
October 3. The two men will serve
as co-chairmen to present the pro
gram to the state's voters.
In the referendum, which was au
thorized by the last General Assem
bly, votes will decide whether or not
the state will issue 50 million dollars
in bonds for building and improving
schools and 22 million dollars for im
provement of mental institutions.
Governor Umstead stated that head
quarters for the organization will be
opened in Raleigh late this month, and
in commenting upon his appointments
had this to say:
"North Carolina's future, in the
realm of public education and care
of our mentally ill is at stake. We
are fortunate at this crossroads point
to have two men who will contribute
their time and their talents to this
important task."
FFA Members Return
Home From Camp Trip
Sixteen members of the Perquim
ans chapter of the FFA have returned
to their homes in the county after en
joying a week at the FFA camp at
White Lake. The boys were accom
panied by Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Tun
nell. Representing the Perquimans chap
ter at the camp were Winston Chap
pell, Seth Morgan, Hazel Eure, Mar
tin Sawyer, John Benton, Jesse
Mansfield, J o e Rogerson, Bobby
Smith, Curtis Pierce, Clifton Hollo
well, Arnold Chappell, Carrol Hurdle,
George Morris, Billy Elliott, Belmont
Perry and Noah Reed Felton.
' While at the camp the youths par
ticipated in all types of sporting ac
tivities, and won first place on "stunt
night" They also visited a number
of farming projects while' on the
trip.
MASONS TO MEET
The Perquimans Masonic Lodge, No.
106, A. F., & A. M., will meet Tues
day night at & o'clock. All members
are urged to attend and visiting Ma
sons are welcome. ' :
Dspartm
Kodges And Harjsn