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WEEKLY Volume XX. Number 32. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 7, 1953. 5 Cents Per Copy :Tu7 ic?- - kT? Tc) OMMflAm I, LJU4 C... 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, w w aaww - - - - - - - - - - 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. - - - l-,,-,flnnrtJ-lrtAAn-Jru-LnJ.AJ 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