Volume XX. Number 85.
First Grade Students
Must Present Certifi
cates To Principals
summer- vacation wiu come to a
close for more than 2,000 Perquimans
- bounty school children, with the open-
"v ing of schools on Wednesday of next
. week.
Final arrangements for the open
ing or tbe 1953-54 term of Perquim
ans County Schools are now in the
process of being completed, according
' to J. T. Biggers, Superintendent of
scnoois. : mncipals of the white
schools met -with the snpemtendent
Tuesday afternoon for a discussion of
plans, while Negro principals held a
, similar meeting Wednesday morning.
Rules and policy for the term were
discussed at these meetings.
: Among these rules Were the follow- j
ing, Which J. T. Bigsrers. sunerinten-
dent, calls to the attention of par-'
ents or children entering school for
. the nrst time. In accordance with
the law, air children entering school
for the first time must present a birth
certificate to the principal before be
ing enrolled,' New students mustal
so present' to the. principal his or Her
school a health department certificate
' of immunization; Parents who have
.not obtained these latter cerificates
may secure them at the local health
department office. i
County-wide teacher meetings will
De new next week, with the white
teachers meeting on' Tuesdav
ing at 9:30 o'clock at the Hertford
Grammar School, and, the Negro
teachers' : meeting at Perquimans
Training School1 Tuesday afternoon at
- 2 OC10CK.
Estimates made as to enrollment
or the -various schools for the Mm
Ing term indicated increases at most
of the schools. Two temporary class
rooms have been provided for the ex
cessive enrollment at Central Gram
mar School, white space at the other
warnings is believed adequate to ha.
Ie the1 enrollment -V- ".'.
Mr. tBlggers Reported twi Wcahcs
juiuig on ine iacuity at Perquimans
l!::vy Traffic
The causeway at Hertford carries
one of the heaviest traffic counts in
the Albemarle areaaccording to av
erage daily counts compiled by the
State Highway Commission during
laoz, it was revealed this week by
JEmmett Winslow, Highway Com
missioner.
A traffic map used bv the Com.
mission shows an average dailv count
oi w( venicies using the causeway
during 1962. The next largest count
snown py the map is 3,993 vehicles
counted on the highway between RKk.
abeth City and Camden.
Opinion Divided
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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, ttday. August 28. 1 953
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, C. S. Alexander, of Scotland Neck, president of the North Caro
lina Peanut Growers Association, reminds peanut producers that
August 29 is their big referendum day. On Saturday, all farmers
who grow one or more acres of peanuts will have an opportunity to
vote on whether or not they should levy upon themselves an annual
assessment of one-cent per hundred pounds of peanuts marketed for
a three year period. The proceeds, from the assessment would be
turned over to the association by the Commissioner of Agriculture
to be used to promote the interests of Tar Heel peanut growers in
all Phses of production, marketing, processing, consumption and
research. This new organization would function in a similar manner
1" tJ,eJ"iee8ful i-JSSE To5acco. Asiat Progra which Taf
a: uiiwiii in unuer wie same law.
Ten Cases Heard By
High School have been f ilIeU; Ha ,d
-r wnwe ocfielvidever h -tfie Stfehr
- er of English elasseVnd' 1 .Dewey
Testes has been Employed as teacher
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
. Operation Big Switch, the exchange
1 Jr nanAt f i .'tr-
,, ' uvicaf lo jiuw
r in its fourth week but Allied offi
cials are worried over the fact that
the Communists may retain a large
uumoer 01 uim prisoners. The Reds
have reported 400 prisoners, national
ities not disclosed,- have elected to
stay with the Communists, and that
unnumbered prisoners have been giv
en jail sentences which must be served.-
Meanwhile, in the United Na
tions, debate continues over setting up
- peace comerence on Korea. Objec
tive of the debate is naming member
nations to compose the conference.
The U. S. stand calls for nations par-
wwputuis iu me war to make up the
Governor William B. Umstead has
proposed a chansre for the
on System, taking the. jurisdiction of
xne prisons from .under the Highway
vunmiiBsion, ana setting up a sepa
rate department- which will control
the system., The proposal, according
to a report from Raleigh, will be pre-
"e next ueneral Assem
bly. At the time of the announcement
whs reported rnson Director Wal
ter F. Anderson: was relieved nt hta
duties as head of. the department of
Russia announced a number of con
cessions to East Germany this week,
following uprisings in the German So
viet Zone , several weeks ago. The
Reds have agreed to return a number
of industries to the Germans, release
some 6,000 prisoners of World War
II, and end repatriation payments on
next January i. Observers report the
action is aimed toward
fusion on the. West's proposal for a
Big Four conference on a peace treaty
for all Germany.
Peansst Field Eby
PlanncaSc
Varied opinions were expressed by
local residents over the project of wi
dening uiurch Street, following pre.
liminary work completed last week.
end by the Hertford Street Department.;:-;.:
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Many residents were disappointed
to see so much of the sidewalks be
ing taken over for the project How.
ever, some of these individuals were
given a false impression due to the
fact the Street Department reset the
present light poles in positions which
wnen tne project Is completed wilt be
part of the new sidewalks. The pres
ent locations of the light nolea are,
oniy temporary and Were selected so
as not to interfere with the actual
construction work. ,
M previously reported the State
Highway Commission, which hag in p.
isdiction over all streets makif.p ,m
part of the .highway system, drew-up
puum ior we project calling for the
Street he M feeV in widtfc. The
street is presently only 82 feet wide.
The Stati plana c'alfor foor-eet of
MewaiK onrwr-yest side of the
street to be" incorporated into the
street proper and two and a Jialf
feet of the sidewalk on the east side
k: do, included into the .street prop
er. The plans show the remaining
Sidewalk on the west side of the street
will be approximately eight feet in
width following .completion of the
project.
A number of individuals expressed
opposition to the reduction in wMthi
or tne sidewalks in the two block
area affected by the project but of-
iiciais Deneve the fari Hea will k
adequate and will meet public approv-
uo wuBuuuuun worK is I in.
ished.
Highway crews are now in the
jess of widening the street, and it
w expectea the project will take sev
eral weeks for compltion. '
Recorder's Judge
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Belvidere Parents
Hearkig Waived By De
fendant On Breaking
And Entering Charge
Ten cases were disposed of in the
Perquimans Recorder's Court in ses
sion here . Tuesday morninsr with
Judge Chas. E. Johnson, presidinar.
Bennie Oxendine, prisoner at the
Gatesville Prison Camp, charred with
breaking and entering the home ibf
Alton Winslow, waived hearing in the
recorder's court and his case was mov
ed up to the Superior Court docket.
Eugene Lappe,' charged with speed
ing, entered a plea of guilty and paid
tne costs or court. ?
Jeanette Elmore entered a nW nf
goilX.a,chirge jjjjiriving with an
impropetjimuffler and paid the costs.
or courttr.
A fine of $25 and costs were taxed
against Fich Goodwin who entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of Speeding..-
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Cleveland Newbern, charsred on two
counts with beinjr drunk. submitteH
and paid;' fines of $7 and costs of
court. ...
David Price entered a nlea of mill
ty to charges of beinir drunk. ; He was
ordered to. pay a fine of $ 100 and
costs oi court.
William Costen, Negro, was taxed
with the .eosts of court on a charge
of driving on the left side of a high
way. .
Mrs. James Cartwright submitted
to a charge of issuing a worthless
cneck. bhe was ordered to pay the
costs of court.
Willie Shannon, Negro, paid the
costs of court on a charsre of failing
to observe a stop sism.
W. H, Joyner, charsred with ffMmimr
A i-1 1 - 1 . ..... 0
a woruiiess cnecK. submitted tn m
cnarge and paid the costs of court,
Pd;v;::i Funds For
ICsrifprd S6X31
Seek Rule Change
OnSchoolDistrict
Farmers Vote On Assessment Question
In Peanut Referendum On Satuerday
lmeves Fail In
Robbery Attempt
An attempted robbery of the Win-
slow Oil Company last Tuesdav nie-ht
laiiea wnen the thieves were unable
to open a safe in the office of the lo
cal firm.
Sheriff M. G. Owens, who with Wal
ter Spence of the SBI are investigat
ing the break-in, reported the thieves
gained entrance to the office bj row
ing a boat under the floor of the ware
house and climbing into the ware
house through a hole in the floor.
The firm's safe was damacerl mn.
siderably by the thieves who used a
punch to knock off the safe dial and
one of the hinges on the safe. Fail
ing to gam access to the sate the
robbers left the scene, leaving the
puiiuu in tne saie aoor.
Polk Will Be Open From
7 A IW TTn4:i 17 r H.T
"M.,f UllMl I 1 1TX.
In This County
Patrons Want Children
Assigned To Schools
In This County
Announcement was made tnrfnv hrr
J. Emmett Winslow, State Highway
Commission for this district, the
Town of, Hertford will receive $6,
001.51. as its portion of the funds dis
tributed to cities and towns under the
Powell Bill. The town of Winft.ii
will receive $1,161.24 from the same
source. - I
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The first annual Peanut Field Day.
k wio ojewiaton reanut r arm wiu be"
held on September 10. The program
wUl be composed of a tour of the
farm, new -varieties of peanuts, di
sease resistant varieties, and neces
sary steps that should be taken by
farmers to control peanut diseases.
Anyone intere ' :1 in attenJf, please
contact the far r,t'a c .;ce as
som as j-- ' 1 .
PossiKeS&For
f.lajor&LoomisCo.
RepoitciiUay
A report, which circulated around
Hertford early this week, concerning
the probable sale of the facilities of
Major-Loomis Company to another
lumber firm remained unconfirmed up
to Wednesday afternoon.
- A. W. Hef ren, general manager of
Major-Loomis Company. stated hii
t. j ,
iinn naa Deen. contacted concerning
the sale of the property but -he did
not disclose the identity of the inter
ested parties.- He reported the noual-
ble purchasers were to contact his
firm after considering the matter fur
ther. .. ,, .,-
Major-Loomis ComnanV. which nn-
oocu iu una county ior moM tnni.nnii.. . . .-
50 years, suspended operations earUer'tTonon
tms month, and on until me Das-
there had been no interest annarent
over the purchase of the facilities hv
xi . ..
ny winer organization. , .
Local resfdenta are hopeful that
some plan, can be worked out whereby
4-1. ifll a "
wo ,unu wui oe piaced. in operation
Miss Anne Morrill - -:
Weds Ensign Jchnson
Announcement has been .received
here of the wedding of Miss Jacquelyn
Anne- Morrill, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Morrill, and granddaughter
oi jnrs.v viola o. Nachman, to En
sign Albert Sidney. Johnson, USNR.
The wedding took place at the1 Ca
thedral St. Luke, Ancon,- Panama at
5:30 P. U., August 6, 1953. :The couple-will
make their home in Bulboa,
Canaf Zone, Panama.
The IvIorrillSi prior to moving to
I ffflverfll vearn Asm. reqirieH in I is tr-
' .(each t
nune Perauimans Count.v families
A - -r ..v.,
in me upper area of Belvidere Tnwn.
shin are seeking to have a 1934 nil-
mgf assigning their children to the
Hobbsville school district rescinded in
order that the children may attend
Perquimans County Schools.
A petition reauestincr artinn
the matter has been Dresentert tn tv.
local Board of Education, and on last
Monaay a delegation eomnnsed nf t
T Biggers, Superintendent of Schools
Clarence Chappell. C. F. Tvnh .i
J T. Winslow, went to Raleigh to ee-nVf
xespwiui tmte: School. .Officials conJ
At the present there are 1A nh;i
.1 unu i , ...
uicii unvoivea. ana the mranh
xi. .... : j -.i-o ui
mese cnuaren have expressed the de
sire they be permitted to attend
schools in this county. In 1934, a
resolution adopted bv tb
County Board of Education and the
oiate uoara or Education assigned the
area m which these children reside
as a part of the Hobbsville School Dis
trict. Since that date children living
ii , , ave allenaea the Hobbs
ville School.
i ?te f icials Md the delegation
last Monday that for the present
vyi year nommg could be done con
i C- ii PrPsaI inasmuch
allotment8 nave been assigned
tor the coming year, and that the al-
iS?2!5. mM.de ? this county. and to
;r uu.8V1"e scnool, were made upon
the basis the 14 nliiUren ,;
"uuuovme scnool during the 1953-54
XJ ii . .
ed to renew their petition to the State
uuaiu ox .education with o ,
that action will be approved permit
ting the children to attend pm;.
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UVfllUUlOt
mm Rites
Conductedluesday
Henry C. O'Sullivan. 7 nt m.
folk, Va., died here RiirMenlv loof Sn..
uay aiiernoon, at the home of his son
Henry C. Sullivan. He was a native
or .uaratown, Ky. '
Surviving are his' wife Mrs. JeBii-
Distribution of the fund is made ! H van; one son,
upon the basis df population and the 1 I'iZrt(aZ'
number of miles of streets in eachlf .Ifl0
community. Hertford was allocated
IS or ltS 5.10 miles of streets Xffir.
fall will receive $725.53 on basis of its
421 population and $435.71 on the
basis of its 0.93 miles of streets. "
Funds , received from the State
Highway '. Commission, under the
terms of the Powell Bill, must be used
by the municipalities for repair and
improvement of streets within the
limits of the town. v ' v ;
Reyiyal Services At
Chappell Hill Church
Revival, services will be "contiucted
at Chappell'S Hill Church near Refoi-
aere, starting Sunday evening, Aug
ust 80," and continuincr thmuo-h the
first Sun !; i Sebtembei'. it wna an
nounced today, bv the RAV . -Rnlnh
Knight, pastor of the church. The
Eev. Vivirsn Evans will be the guest
preacher f or the services. The public
uvited-to attend services
J at 8 o'clock.
thers, Sam of Baltimorey MA
of Culpepper, Va., and Prontice O'Sul
hvan of Warren, Ohio; one sister, Mrs.
num o. uarew Atlanta, fia.. aiwi
eiA Kranacnuaren.
' Funeral services were mnAni-t-oA n
Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock at
we ijyncn runeral Home hv the p
1 I m .. . : -WT-
a. u. wiapan, pastor of the Hertford
xaewoaist (Jhurch. . -
Pallbearers were D. S. Harden V
N. Darden, Henry Clay Stokes, Henry
C. Smokes, Jr., Ray Jones of Drivers,
Vaiand Joe Eaton of Norfolk. v
Interment was in Cedarwood Ceme
tery.;.,,.
Teachers Awarded
M. A. Degrees Friday
.Three teachers in Perquimans Coun
ty Schools were awarded masters-degrees
in exercises conducted at East
Carolina College last Friday. Re
ceiving the degrees were Miss John
nie White, a member of the Central
Grammar School faculty; Mrs. Joe
Nowell, Perquimans High School fac
ulty, and Miss4-ouise Chalk, Hertford
Grammar School faculty. 1
Indians Football
Schedule Released
By Coach Perry
Coach Ike Perry, new athletic di
rector at Perquimans High School,
nas announced a nine game schedule
for the Indian football team for the
1953 -season, which is now scheduled
to open on September 18, with a con
test between the Indians and Chowan
College Jayvees.
Coach Perry reports he is pleased
with practice sessions, which have
been underway at the local school for
Past two weeks, and expects this
year's Indian squad to be outstand
ing. About 25 players have been re
porting daily for the practice sessions
and Perry expects at least m
players to report for drills with the
opening ot school next Wednesday.
School officials are attempting to
schedule one more irame fnr t
dians, either on September 11 or November-20,
Of the nine mm., al
ready scheduled three are to be play
ed on Memorial Field in Hertford and
six will be. .played away from home.
Perquimans Vill nartfrinate in ,
Class A Conference again this year,
which is composed of AhosHe rvi,,
bia, Plymouth. Williamsten TQt
Tarboro and Perquimans.
The schedule as released is as fol-i
lows:
September 11Open.
September 1R rhnwan t
here. ""c"'
September 25 Ahoskie, here.
October 2 Tarboro, there.
October 9 Plymouth, there.
October 1ft Williamston, there
October 23 Edenton, there.
October 30 Columbia, here.
November 6 Pamlico, there.
November 13-Elizabeth City, there.
November 20 Open.
Peanut farmers in Perquimans
County will go to the polls on Sat
urday, August 29 to vote in the State's
first Peanut Assessment Referendum.
The referendum will be conducted in
44 eastern counties, in which peanuts
are produced.
Everything is in readiness for the
voting in Perquimans, according to
Ralph Sasser, Assistant County Agent
who has announced the polling places
and officials for the various town
ships in the county. He reported the
polls will be open from 7 A. M., to 7
P. M., and a "yes" vote of two-thirds
or more of those voting is necessary to
carry the referendum.
1 foiling places and poll officials are
las follows: Bethel. Phillins Store.
John Corprew, Wilma Brabble, Colon
Tackson, officials; Hertford, Agricul
ture Building, Preston Nixon, Joe Lay
den, J. E. Hunter, officials; New Hope
voters will cast their ballots at the
Agriculture Building in Hertford;
Parkville, Winfall Community Build
ing, Floyd Mathews, Claude Williams,
Arvin Hudson, officials; Belvidere,
Community Buildintr. J. M. Conelnnrt
J. L. Lane, W. C. Chappell, officials:
Whiteston, R. M. Baker Store. Per
Winslow, R. M. Baker and Wallace
Baker, officials.
The referendum will enable farm
ers to vote on the question of wheth
er or not they should levy upon them
selves an annual assessment of one
cent per hundred pounds of peanuts
marketed for a three var period. The
proceeds from the assessment would be
turned over to the N. C. Peanut Grow
ers Association to be used to promote
the interests of peanut growers in all
phases of production.
All farmers engaged in the pro
duction of one or more acres of pea
nuts for market will be eligible to
vote in the referendum. This includes
owners of farms on which peanuts are
produced in 1953, tenants and share
croppers. , If several members of the
same family participate in the pro
duction of peanuts, the member or
members having an independent stat
us as owner, tenant, or sharecropper,
and entitled too share in the proceeds
of the crop is eligible to vote. Rnth
husband and wife are eligible to vote
if they are joint owners of a farm
growing peanuts.
Two Hertford Men
TofaceCKargesOf
Rape And Larceny
Local Youths Attend
Methodist Conference
Five younar neoDle fmm ir..i
ford area are delegates to the second
Annual Conference Session nt
North Carolina Conference Methodist
YouthFellowship now underway at
Duke University in Durham.
Main business of the Conference
Session ' is to plan the over-all uro
gram of the Methodist Youth Fellow
ship, North Carolina Conference, for
xaoa-04. inose attending will elect
new pincers of the Conference Ycith
Council,' participate in committee
meetings, and enter into a variety of
study, worship, and recreational ac
tivities.
On the last day of the sessinn the
delegates will be joined by more than
1000 new arrivals to the nnte
for the Eighth Annual Conference
Youth Rally. Rev. Dan C. Whitsett
of Sylacauga, Ala., will be the nrin.
cipal speaker and Council officero mill
ov installed at the Rally.
Attending from this nrpn oia T)k
Mk,. JJ Vl
oy Jones, Joseph C. Layden, Jr.,Xath
erine ixon, Suzanne Towe, all of
nertiord, and Darvm Carver of Bel
videre.
Local Farmers At
Sale In Maryland
Two Perquimans County farmers,
rrcsuHl wixon ana i; arence Channel!
Jr., ventured to Fredricks, Maryland,
luesaay, August 18, to the Maryland
State Purebred Hampshire Show and
Sale. Some of the outatamlinor
breeders in the country had hogs con
signed to the sale. Five states were
represented, Pennsylvania, North Car
olina, Maryland, Virginia and South
Carolina; and all five states now have
hogs purchased from this sale. Pres
ton Nixon purchased the first place
gilt and Clarence Chatmell. Jr nnv.
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sale with an average of $147.87.
Two Hertford Negroes, Horace
Reid, 31, and Roosevelt Sheard, 27,
were arrested last Sunday morning
by Sheriff M. G. Owens and Police
Officer Robert A. White on charges
oi rape ana larceny.
The complaint against the two men
was filed by Alease Smith, 27, Negro
woman of Elizabeth City, early Sun
day morning and the arrest followed
a short time later.
In a statement eiven Sheriff Owono
the Smith woman said the nlWed
attack occurred about midnight Satur
day at Perquimans Beach. She stat
ed she was sitting alone in a car,
waiting to leave the Scene with snme
friends, when a man pulled her from '
the car and another man grabbed her
and the two carried her into a woods
where they assaulted her. She said
one of the men threw a cloth over
her face as they carried her into the
woods.
The statement added that after the
assault the men tied the woman to a
tree and some time later she hmte ,
loose and wandered around in the
woods, and after finding her way out
sne came to Hertford to report the
attack to the Sheriff.
Sheriff Owens said he has secured
physical evidence and a statement
from the Smith woman identifying
the men who attacked her.
Reid and Sheard were placed in the
county jail to await a probable cause
hearing in the Recorder's rv,rf ,
hearing has-been set for Tuesday,
September 1. Bonds of $1,000 each
were set for the men and Sheard was
released on..bond Monday morning.
NEW HOPE MYF MEETS
-The MYF of New Hope Church had
a very interesting meeting Monday
night with group singing and inter
esting readings by Pauline Wood and
Rachel Spivey. Scripture reading was
by Carolyn Dail anrt nro-an mnoi v
Ann Stallings. The Lord's prayer
was prayed in unison by the entire
group. t
Eleven members
two visitors recognized. Attending to
rrri!,?"; nd can, tczz
;;---ZZuZr.??" r""?? , y reepating the MYF Bene.
diction.