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PAGE FOUR "ATI zr:. rrr.Trosj. w: c itjday. at gvzt 7, izzz. , - TBI vV-..V Perquimans Weekly Published every Friday t Hert lord, North Carolina. , MAX CAMPBELL Editor - Entered at second class matter November iS. 1934, at Post Office it Hertford, North Carolina, oa der the Act of March, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 Per Year Advertising rates furnished by request FRIDAY, I AUGUST 7, 1953. 1 through July 19th, "without losing a, with further expansion.'; U. S. policy single, American fighter..' i i; in recent years has been the primary ims recora is an tne more remarK-1 reason this situation has developed able when one realises that the enemy JUU lighter Is a highly-rated per former. In fact, when the enemy jets first appeared-over-Korea, they man aged to establish a much better record against the American Sabres. The young pilots of World War II also faced enemy aircraft of a hurh order. The Japanese planes could out turn and out-dimb their American counterparts, although U. S. teamwork! and tactics,' and pilot-training over- and General Gruenther's prediction that the war in Europe will be r re- vented will be welcomed by people of j ail tne Allied countries who have op posed Communism., v CLUB MEETS The Whiteston Home Demonstration Club held its regular meeting Thurs day nighti July 30, at the Community House with Mm. -TVwi ' RhMiVIta th came this disadvantage arid enabled nresident TireniHimr. Tina tmmn stfnr tli. Aw... J XT ;..n-liv . . " " r. air lurcen w pun-me -star spangled Banner"-, and re Project Long Needed While a definite date has not been set for the start of the project of wi dening Church Street, in the business section of Hertford, completion of the project will come none too soon. This section of U. S. Highway 17 has been a traffic bottleneck for sev eral years, causing a delay in the flow of traffic and at the same time creat ing a hazard for accidents, which for tunately did not occur. Much credit for hastening 'the pre liminary steps toward achievement of this project goes to J. Emmett Win slow, now Highway Commissioner for this district, who as a resident of this community realized the need for a remedy for this hazard, and expedit ed the matter. The project will be one in which both the Highway Department and the iown of Hertford will participate, witn the state doing the work of wi dening the street and the town will install the necessary sidewalks. The Town also proposes to install a new white-way within the area and this will add much to the attractive ness of the business district. Our Fighter Pilots Recently, U. S. Air Force 'fighter pilots rolled up a record of 64-to-0 against Communist pilots flying the Russian-built MIG jet fighter. The V. S. pilots, up a recora or considerable propor tions ox tne Japanese. In Europe, al so the American fighter planes estab lished ' an enviable record although they were called upon to fly against uerman jet ngnters in the last six months of the war.' V 'fei" -.v,-The fighter pilot is, perhaps, the most specialized and " highly-skilled warrior of his day. Not only does he fly the fastest plane in existence but he must also be his own navigation of ficer, his own bombardier (when he is carrying rockets' or bombs), his own gunner and also pilots his 600-miIe- an-hour machine. In no other field of warfare does the traditional American adaptibility and ingenuity show up more clearly than in the realm of aerial combat and the country has rea son to be proud of both its aircraft and its pilots in the Far East : flying F-86 Sabre iefc lighters, engaged the enemy in fre quent aerial battles from May 17th No. War In Europe? General Alfred M. Gruenther, Su preme Allied Commander in Europe, recently told a Senate Appropriations Committee he did not : think Russia would start a European war. The General said, contrary to - some pre dictions, that he didri t think war was going to come in Europe- in the near future. . ; ' ; . This is refreshing testimony, and certainly frank testimony, from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization commander. : Although Gruenther ad mitted Russia and allied Communist satellites had superiority in ground and air forces, he reported a steady increase in Allied strength. Gruen ther pointed out the troubles the Rus sians were having in such places as East Berlin and other areas. He com pared the present situation to a bat tle when the enemy is abqut to be put on the defensive and asked the com mittee not to whittle foreign-aid funds too heavily, lest the opportunity of putting the enemy on the run be lost. It is gratifying to know that thines are looking up in Europe and that the time has finally arrived when the Rus sian rulers are more occupied with keeping order in their own house than peated the Lord's Prayer. After the roll was called and minutes read and approved, the motion was made and carried that, the club, hold a wiener roast. on the community House lawn Thursday . nighi August 13, at 6;30 o'clock., Mrs. Mary W. Winslow, Mrs. Ian Baker,). Mrs.' Sobelia ' Winslow and Miss Lucille Lane were named and approved for, the nominating com mittee for new officers, v . ,,, ' The meeting was then turned over to Miss Perry who gave a "very help ful suggestion on "Making Housekeep, ing Easier." Interesting reports from the Citizenship -: Leader were also i heard from Mrs. Walter Dale and MrsJ Eunice Winslow, in the absence of i the poultry leader. The hostess served refreshments 44 1 11 . r I .: ,'" . - FiLiuJ ..i -$Ld LIBRARY NEWS New books in the Perauimans Coun ty iiiDrary this week are as follows Where Main Street Meets The River. py noaaing carter, one of the fore most newspaper men of the South; kite Among TwrSavages. a lieht. amusing story of family life; Call Me Lucky, Bing Crosby's own story; Lost l rans, irf6t Cities, the papers and records of the explorations of Col. Fawcett .edited by his son: Novels are The Dark Angel, by the author of J he Egyptian; The Kentuckians, by me autnor oi Miss Willie, and The Stones of the House, a current best seller,': :j';-:. V The library acknowledges a gift of 26 books from the personal library of Mrs. J. J. Skinner of Cove Grove. These books consist of both fiction and non-fiction books that Were book club books or best sellers of the past few years. They are worthwhile ad ditions to the library. New Version History Teacher Mr. Sopholess, who was it that followed King Hd ward VI of England? Mr. Sopholess Queen Mary. ' Teacher And who followed Mary? Mr. Sopholess Her little lamb. : Four pulp and paper companies lo cated in Georgia and three located in adjacent states and operating in North Carolina are responsible for. having planted 6 million trees, lit ' North Carolina during 1952-53. t Ralph Phil lips, engaged in the business of pro- aucing puipwood in North 'Catnlina. also cooperated in this activity, v . The information was compiled hv H. Jtt Malsberger, Forester and General Manager of the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association, on the basis of reports received, from, The Cham pion Paper & Fibre Co' North Caro lina Pulp Co., Riegej, Paper o Camp Manufacturing Co., Continental Can Co.,- and International Paner f Co..' which are all members of the Asso ciation, and Halifax Paner, Co. .'Mr. Phillips is also a member of S.P.CA. xne pulp and paper industrv nur- chased all of these trees from publicly operated nurseries. "At the rate of planting 1.000 trees per acre," Malsberger states, "the In dustry is responsible for bringing back into forest. production 6,250 addition al acres of worthless land in the state." Four Pointers Given For GI Insurance Four pointers for the protection of an insurance policy and its value are cited by the Veterans Administration for the benefit of Korean veterans who are taking the special form of GI term-insurance available .and for other veterans holding,, GI policies The-y arev J 'x (1) -Be . sur to' pay ; premiums on time. The grace-period is provided to take care of an cmersrencv. X)(2)llMakethe payments in the re turn envelopes sent by VA for that purpose. Pay by check or money or der and don't send cash through the mails. If the return envelope gets mislaid, send the. payment in another envelope addressed to the VA District Office that has the account, being sure to'include the policy number for identification. ' " (3) When .,, a veteran moves, he duck. It's a stork with - his 1 worn off from making so many calL '.,' Sure. Ain't'. ' ,A colored boy was strolling throuf a cemetery (in the daytime, of course teading the inscriptions, on the tomb stones.. He came to oae which read: "Not dead, but sleeping." ; Scratch ing his head, he remarked. "He bum ain't foolin' nobody but hisself ." ' Living Up to the Audience the director. should be sure to-send notice of the "bu 4" you English drop your aitehes, An English actor received a rebukj! from a director. ; I "Go on," he said, "drop your 'ditch es, can't youl". 'I'm supposed to be acting the part of a British peer,", argued the En glishman. , ., . , , ! "I know that." said Motor Vehicles Killed 4 Four Per Hour In 1952 The casualty list for 195296,000 killed and 9,600,000 injured! ' That isn't the Korean war toll. Tt'n the nation's accident totals for last year announced by the National Safe ty Council. "Accident Facts," the Council's Rta tistical yearbook, which is just off the press, snows that one person was in jured accidentally every three seconds during 1952. Deaths from accidents occurred at the rate of one every five minutes. , - : During the year, motor vehicle ac cidents killed-at the rate of four per sons per hour and injured at a rate of 150 per hour. One Long Suit She You are positively the worst dancer I ever saw. : s He Well, it's somethinr to know that I excel in that respect at least change of address, using the premium 'M (4) A 1 veteran should name the beneficiary i or .beneficiaries who are due to receive the proceeds of his poli cy. The notification to VA about beneficiaries should be brought up to date, if the veteran wishes to add the name of a child recently born, or for a similar reason. TAR HEEL WHEAT FARMERS TO VOTE ON QUOTAS AUG. 14 North Carolina wheat growers will take part August 14 in a national ref erendum to determine whether quotas will be used in marketing the 1954 wheat crop ; s , . wheat quotas, which, operate tnrougn acreage allotments, were pro claimed by Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taf t Benson on July 1, as direct ed py law. Quotas will not become effective unless at least two-thirds of the growers voting in the referendum approve their use, Out of a national acreage allotment of 62 million acres for the 1954 wheat crop, North Carolina's allotment is 319,257 Acres, or about three-fourths as many acres as was grown the past year. No Wonder Driving up to the house to deliver the family's seventh babv. the doctor almost ran over a duck. "Is that your duck out front?" the doctor asked. "It's ours all right, but it ain't no dont youT"'.. "Good gracious, no!" the English man responded. ' f ',.'' The director pondered a moment and then ; said,., "Well, drop 'em anyhow, u TJhe guys on this side expect it." , T Fw SElel r ,stitT ; 'iijfii-iA t Registered Duroc and Hampshire Boars $45TO$65 CHAMPION BLOODLINE , o ; Phone or See . Clarence Chappell, Jr. PHONE 4978 ' ; Belviderei N. C. 9 ---WW. ....... ..VVWVV.(W . 41
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