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-1 - mmm weekly -1 "Volume XX. Number 45. - ' -t A -reorganization of the nation's 'farm program wag ordered into effect : Tnjg -week by Secretary of Agricul ture Benson. The plan will consoli ' date some of the farm agencies and ' abolishes all seven; regional offices of '"the Soil Conservation Services and ' turns their functions over to the . states. Benson ordered the plan into '-effect despite some Congressional protests.-: He claims the shuffling of the organization will provide greater ' benefits f6r-!i..the t overall farm pro 'gram. - . r , . , -. - , - 'In elections conducted last Tuesday in Virginia," ; New. Jersey and New "York,Democrats won major offices in -contests considered . setbacks for the "Republican administration. ' In Vir ginia Democrat Thomas B. Stanley was elected Governor over Republican' Ted Dalton. In- New Jersey a Demo cratic 'Governor : and Congressman nents - while New York ' City elected Ttebert Wagner as Mayor. - , A report from Korea this week stated If ear is keeping 19of 22 Am-j -erican prisoners of war in Commun ist camps. These men elected to stav in Korea following the armistice, but the report said 19 of the men might elect to -come home but are afraid to make the' necessary declaration for fear of their lives. ' - - Meanwhile negotiations continue be tween the U. S.' and Communists con cerning a conference " for a peace treaty in Korea, buMittle headway is being made toward : this conference. Failure on the part of thousands of Chinese and North Koreans' to ac cept Communism and return to their homelands from the POW camps in 'South Korea is believed to have cans ed the Reds to nse stalling tactics in agreeing to peace talks. .' President Eisenhower this week ac cused Russia of frustrating the hopes for world peace, Earlier this week Russia had notified the Western Pow ers it was not interested in a Big Four meeting to consider k peace j-treaty for Germany, and other mat ters concerning nations in Europe. 'This refusal . was, believed -to- have "brought forth the President's state ment. - Officers Instiled Achievement Day " Highlighting the annual Perquim v ans- County, Home : Demonstration Achievement Day on Wednesday of last week was a very interesting talk made by Mrs. J. P. Morgan, chairman. 25th District, of Shawboro. The sub ject of Mrs. Morgan's talk was "High lights of the National Meeting". v . : Also a feature of the nrosrram was the : installation of new officers by . 'Mrs. Verona ; J. Langford, Eastern District Agent She installed the fol lowing officers for the coming year: Mrs. E. J. Proctor, president; Mrs. "Wade Jordan, vice president; Mrs. Claude Winslow, secretary, and Mrs. : Emmett Long, treasurer. She Drais- - ed the retiring officers, Mrs. John ..Hurdle, president; Mrs. N. D. Chan pell, vice president; Mrs. Josiah Proc tor,' secretary, and Mrs. Warner Madre, treasurer for their good work during the past two years. A very interesting and inspiring de- votional was given by the Rev, Chas. Duling, pastor of the Hertford Bap tist Church. Specis! music was ren dered by Mrs. Fred Matthews and Mrs. Howard Matthews. Thoy sang "The Lord's Prayer". The County report of Achievement was given by the Bethel Club. Mrs.- Eddie ;Harrelfc''f tr Rpcw Hill-White Kai Club introduced Mrs. Morgan, speaker for the occasion. Miss Kimsey Perry, Home Demon y titration Agent, presented the awards -which consisted of 80 Perfect Attend ance certificat? and 11 reading cer - tificates, and the gavel which went to the Bethel Club for having the most members present on a percentage bas is. After a song and the club collect taere was a tea In the school lunch room with Whiteston Club as Chair man. Other hostess clubs were Dnr- ants Neck, Chapanoke, Winf alii Home and uaraen and Belvidere. . ' -. Hcccrcr's Court J : . In Recces TutzZzy The regular term of Perqulttan Recorder's Court, scheduled for it Tuesday, was continued because of t!.e November .! term of Superior Court which convened on Monday. All cases lis' I on t! 8 docket for t' Toior " "s Cc -t vr-a e.t fnr L".lj tS t. I t l cf c . t rext TuPs.Uiy. - w Coun ty Clubs On Ss&iuiit For Gc:i:::':J At Boad Committee : Named To 4 Investigate Beau-... v tificationof Green A settlement for the collection of 1952 taxes, due 'Perquimans County, was made here last, Monday between the Board of Commissioners and Sher iff M. G. Owens, and authorization was made "for the Sheriff to receive the new tax books for 1953. The settlement revealed that of a, total tax levy of 1151,659.06, County Accountant W. F. C. Edwards collect ed 127,247.59, Max Campbell, as spec ial tax collecter, collector, collected $1,449.12 and Sheriff Owens collect ed $111,137.39. Tax lien sales amount ed to $7,123.93, while $709.13 was re- Imitted in penalties and discounts al lowed were . $544.09. , . - A balance of $3,707.84 remained in the books which the Sheriff reported cepted by the Board. The resignation of Mrs. Jean White as collector for delinquent taxes was accepted by the Board, and Mrs. Floyd Long was named to the position. The Board set bond for Mrs. Long at $1, 000, the bond to be paid for by the county. Other matters handled during the meeting of the Board of Commission ers included the appointment of Chair man Archie T, Lane and Commission er Warner Madre as a committee to investigate the possibility of having the trees on the Court House Green treated and trimmed of dead limbs. and carrying out other projects for tne Deauniying or the Green. Commissioners E. B. Hollowell and R. L. Spivey reported on the proposal for painting of the buildings at the County Home, and the recommenda tions were authorized to be carried out -v.. The Board .voted to pay expenses of Julian a Powell, county tax sunemrin- or, while attending a tax supervisors' scnooi, to De conducted at Chapel Hill, under the direction of the Local Gov ernment Commission on November 19. 20 and 21.:. ;...--;y:.:. .' v The Board also voted to recommend abandonment of a certain highway lo- vawa m ue own oi. winfall, now un der the supervision of the State High way Commission. . Rural-Urban Night Obsenred By Rotary ; The Hertford Rotary Club observed its annual Rural-Urban Night last Tuesday evening at the Hotel Hert ford and had as its guests .a number of residents from the county. V. N. Darden gave the address of welcome and Charles Overman, Coun ty Agent of Chowan County, was the speaker on the program. The meet ing was prsided over by C. R. Holmes, president of the club. Pointing out that a county is no bet tter than the plans made for it, Mr. Overman urged- cooperation between resiaents or the rural and urban areas in building a better county com munity in which to live. "Pullinir to gether", is a must if unity is to be! ana progress made in any -"-'"Ji i. vvermai said. Senator Lennon Ruritan Speaker - United States Senator Alton Len non was guest speaker at a meeting nunisn uno, Held Tuesday night at the Community in nuiiau. -Senator' Lennon snnlr ATI fVia,' ui parent-teacher relations in the scnoois and told the Ruritans, briefly, of his personal experiences as the Junior Senator from North Carolina. Mr; Lennon was appointed to the office as U. S. Senator by Governor "iiuani a. umstead to fill the unex pired term of the late Senator Willis Smith. . ' Senator Lennon bis announced he will be a candidate for the office sub ject to the vJemocratie primary next May, - Toy Scout FuncJ X Campaign Underway f A, campaign to raise funds for the Boy Scouts of the Albemarle is un derway this week, and the Hertford drive is under the direction of J. T Biggers. " . , - , Mr. Biggers announced plans call for the campaign to come to a close next Monday. He urges the public to contribute generously toward this campaign in-order to keep-Scouting at the high level it has attained during- recent years.- .''.,....,. Persons' who desire ito contribute to the fund," and who are not contacted by 'solicitors-are asked to send con tribu'' ? r-ct to l.'r. rWm . . oo "- . Hertford, Perquimans County, North Cc!!octipiis ttating flnilonday Cases Remanded To Juvenile Court Jlere , A hearing for Elbert Sutton, 14-year-old Negro youth, charged on Jwo counts of breaking and entering and larceny was remanded to the County Juvenile Court by Judge Ches ter Morris, after the case had been set for trial in Superior Court; ;. The youth was arrested by Sheriff ,M. G. Owens on charges of breaking in a feed house of Willie Lamb and taking 4 dozen eggs; while in the custody of the Sheriff Sutton admit ted he had broken into .the office of the Harrell Gas and Coal Co., about two and a half months ago, and taken $275 in cash from the safe located in the office. Sutton told Sheriff Owens the de tails of the robbery of the Harrell Company office, which checked with the investigation conducted by the Sheriff. However, he told the Sheriff the cash he had taken had been spent and he could not account for any of it. Paul P.' Thompson, general con- tractor of Burlington, began construc tion work on the new Perquimans County Health Center this week, un der the terms of a contract which was recently approved by the United States Public Health Service. The project had previously been approved by the Board of Commissioners for Perquimans County, and the State Medical Care Commission. Under the terms of the contract which specifies the construction must be comoleted within a certain time period the contractors have been not ified the agreement will be computed from November 2, 1953. The contract calls for the general construction to be carried out bv Paul P. Thompson at a eost of $20,395; the neawng contract -'was awarded C. C. Brown and Heating Company of Bur lington on a bid of $2,550. The plumb ing contract will be handled by the Rural Plumbing and Heating Com pany of Raleigh at a cost of $2,745; and the electrical work will" be done bv the New Home Appliance Company of Elizabeth City at a cost of $2,250. Wm. Moore Weber of Raleigh is the uruiuteci ior tne project hiv fiWJUfc. The new buildinir will h mw. ed on a site located at the comer nf Construction Work Underway On New Health Center Here uoao ana (jnarles Streets. It will be' meeting wm oe one oi iui of brick construction and modern ' meetings held in 99 counties of the every detail. When completed it will State this month to Sive the farm house the Perquimans Health Depart-1 people in'01 that will help them ment and have sufficient space for adJust to the farming picture next handling clinics of all types as welliyeaiv as the regular routine work carried meetings will be conducted by out by the local health department. Kacky Nixon New Monogram Queen anas jvatnerine Nixon, Junior at Perquimans Hirii School ed Miss Monogram Queen for 1953 at ceremonies conducted at half time of me rerquimans and Columbia football game last Friday night. Miss Peggy was runner-up m the contest and Miss Eva Russell placed third. The contest was conducted by the Monogram Club of P. C. H. S , winner was introduced by John Mor ns, president of the club. Miss Nixon is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Nixon. . Local Dealer Showing '54 Line Of Chryslers New model Chryslers, for 1954, fea turing the most powerful nassenrar car engine in America, are now being Uy me xowe-weDD. Motor Com pany. The newW is offered in five models -with a total of 20 body styles. The public is invited to visit the show room of the Towe-Webb Motor. Com pany and inspect the nuiv n fu tures incorporated in the new models. Prices of the, fiew Chryslers will be unchanged or lower than those of comparable 1953 models, the company aiinuuncea mte last week, uiW Members To See Orphanage Films Mrs. M. D. Whisnant of Thnmnnnn Orphanage, Charlotte will be in Hert ford Tuesday evening, November 10, at the, home .of Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Davenport and will show a film on the activities, of the Orphanage.. 7 -;. , PLAN FOOD SALE t.The St. .Catherine ; Auxiliary 'will hold a foodsale Saturday, November T at Perry Electric Supply on Church Street, it was announced here today.- Carolina. Friday, November 6, 1953. t - ; : fferquiniEnsDeats Celumbiafi-OTo Si- Indians Play Bayboro Friday Night; E. City t Game Next Week "The Perquimans Indians defeated the Columbia Wildcats 45 to 0 in a homecoming football game here last Friday night to cinch a tie for the Albemarle Conference championship. John Morris, Howard Williams, Marshall Winslow, "D. A. Carver, and Ted Chappell led a fine Perquimans offense that scored two touchdowns in each of the first three quarters and added the final marker in the fourth period. Morris passed for three of the touchdowns with Carver on the re ceiving end of two of them and Paul Mathews catching the other. Wil liams, on running plays, scored three j times and Carver recovered a blocked Columbia punt and raced 20 yards for the other score. Perquimans completed five out of 13 pass attempts with Carver receiv ing three of them and Mathews the other two. The Indians made 11 first downs to four for Columbia. The In dian reserves played about one half of the game and launched several scoring threats but were unable to go over. The new Perquimans activities bus was presented to the school by Henry Stokes, Jr., president of the local Jun ior Chamber of Commerce and was accepted by Edgar Morris, chairman of the county board of education with Frapcis Nixon acting as master of ceremonies. ' The Indians are scheduled to travel to Bayboro for a game this week, and then meet the Elizabeth City Yel low Jackets at Elizabeth City on No vember 13. However, the schedule may be changed in the event Perquim ans is selected to represent the Al bemarle Conference in the play-offs for the State championship. Farmers To Get Peek Perquimans County agricultural workers and leaders will get the lat est information on what to expect on the farm front next year at a meet ing to be held at the agriculture build ing in Hertford on November 12. Ralph Sasser, assistant county, I ' agent for the State College Agricul- tural Extension Service, said today five teams of farm management and marketing specialists from State Col lege under the supervision of C. B, Ratchford, in charge of farm manage ment and marketing, Sarser said. The outlook for cotton, feed, feed grains, peanuts, soybeans, forest pro ducts, beef hogs, sheep, poultry, vege tables, farm costs, home furnishings, housing and household equipment will come in for discussion, according to Mr. Sasser. Pastors Reassigned To Local Churches Methodist pastors of churches locat ed in this area were reassigned to the churches for the coming year at the conclusion of the annual church con ference conducted in Durham. Assigned to- the Hertford Church was the Rev. A. L. Chaplin. The Rev. H. M. Jamieson was assigned to the churches of the Perquimans Charges, and the Rev. C. H. Beale was assismed to the Chowan Charge, which includes the Anderson Church. WORSHIP' SERVICES TO BE HELD AT MT. SINAI SUNDAY Worship services-will be held at Mt Sinai Baptist Church, Sunday night, peginning at 7:30. o'clock as .a program of advancement is inaugurat ed. - Special music will be furnished by the church choir and at the con clusion of the service the Lord's Sup per will be observed. The public is cordially invited to attend. ; The church has rerontlir ' aAvannoA from quarter time to half time ser vices with preaching services being conducted -each second and fourth Sunday night and first and third Sun-1 day mornings Rev, Bennie Crawford is pastor. TO PRESENT PLAY The Senior Class of Chowan High School' will present a play "Don't Darken; My Door," in the auditorium of the school on Friday night, Novem ber 13. at 8 o'clock. The public is invited to attend. " 1 At 1954 Farm Outlook Criminal Docket Expected To Consume Superior Court Term In Session Here Clubs Organized At High School Three newly organized clubs at Per quimans High School are busy plan ning programs for the year. The pro jectionist club elected officers and ar ranged for a club constitution. Offi cers are Sidney Bateman, president; Nelson Nixon, vice president; Peggy Harrell, secretary, and Bobby Smith, reporter. The FHA, directed this year by Miss Frances Newby, is making plans ,to send gift packages overseas this year. Abner Williams will direct the new ly formed Poster Club, whose mem bership is composed of Joan Madre, Mary Powers, Lois Violet Winslow, Ann White, Janice Stallings, Evelyn Russell, Carolyn Eure, Lois Kirby, Jo Pat Stokes and W. N. Mathews. Recommendations ilOMS A number of recommendations con cerning county buildings were made by the grand jury for the November term of Superior Court, as set forth in the report listed below. The report was filed by E. W. Long, foreman of the grand jury. WTr. r . 1 T f- tober term, 1953, Perquimans County Jsupenor Court, respectfully submit the following report We have passed on all bills that were sent to us from the Court. We have inspected the offices of the Register of Deeds, Clerk of Su perior Court, Sheriff, Welfare De partment, and Superintendent of Schools. All of these offices are well kept and in good condition. We rec ommend more fireproof filing equip ment for the Sheriff's office. We have inspected the Court House and recommend t that - the Jurors' chairs be either repaired or replaced. We recommend that the North East corner of the Court House be repair ed in order to stop the leaks. We recommend that the needed repairs to the toilets in the Court House be attended to at once and that the toi lets be kept clean. We recommend the pipes leading from the furnace to the L" T a l"angeu so 88 not rn..4. TT 1 t j . i I -w- IIUIU1U We have inspected the County Jail and found it kept clean and in good condition. We have inspected the schools in the county and found them kept clean and in good, condition. We recom mend that additional fire extinguish ers be placed in all of the county scnoois We recommend that an inspection be made at the Perquimans Training tcnooi at Winfall to find as to wheth er or not the septic tanks are the cause of water continuously standing oetween tne buildings. We recommend screens for the lunchroom at the Perquimans Train ing School We recommend that new windows be put in at once at the Perquimans central trrammar School in Winfall, and that the boys' toilet be put in a sanitary condition. The water svs- tem should be inspected and correct ed so that the toilets can be. flushed. We investigated the school buses and found from Patrolman Inscoe's report of October 26, 1953, and from information' given by Mr. Allen, the school mechanic, that the buses are all in good condition. We, in a body, visited the County Home and found it well kept and in good condition. We commend Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Morsran for ttioir work in looking after the Coun- ty Home and the inmates, We visited the Prison Farm and found it well kept, neat, and clean and in excellent condition. We com mend Capt. Tulghum. ' Respectfully submitted, this No vember 8, 1953. . Methnrlisit Men's Club Holds Meeting The Methodist Men's' Club of Per quimans Charge met at Cedar Grove Church Tuesday night, October 27. rThe program chairman, Will Hofler, sooke on the need of laymen to use their talents in the church. : He also -i emphasized th charge-wide laymen's dav sorvW t be held the following Sunday and as signed parts the men were to have on the program. 4 " The committee for the Ornbn Bowl game reported $50 had been realized through sales of tickets and . M Jury Makes On County Bu . .9 t . s lover unIess rrfemd bv a or Ihe group was dismissed byi the unless one of -the "Seven Danger Sig pres.dent. -Jnai8 or Symptoms" is present. 5 Cents Per Copy Court Suspended Tues day Afternoon By Judge's Illness Perquimans County Superior Court convened here Monday morning for its November term, and despite some rapid action on several of the cases on the docket, court officials expect ed the criminal docket to consume the major portion of the term. Judge Chester Morris is the presid ing judge, and E. W. Long was desig nated as foreman of the Grand Jury. Court was suspended Tuesday at about 10:30 A. M., until Wednesday morning due to illness of Judge Mor ris. Five cases vnre disposed of during the court session Monday, including the cases of Gilbert Eure and Earliest Spellman, Negro, each charged with speeding. Found guilty on the charg es each of the defendants were or dered to pay a fine of $75 and costs of court. Benny Exedine and Emmett Jefford, inmates of the Gatesville Prison Camp, charged with breaking and en tering, entered nleas of guilty to the charges. Exendine was sentenced to serve two years on the roads and Jef ford was given an 18 months road sen tence. The sentences to begin in each case at the expiration of their present sentences. Two cases in which Elbert Sutton, Negro, was charged with breaking and entering were remanded to the juven ile court. A motion for a non-suit was grant ed in the case in which William Oliver lZ'r31"! E nC?1- ed weapon ; then Oliver entered a plea of guilty to a charge of driving on the left side of a highway. He was ordered to pay a fine of $10 and costs of court. The cases of James Harrell, Jr., Ne gro, charged with driving drunk and Elsie Harris, Negro, charged with as sault with intent to kill, were con tinued until the next term of court. Court opened Tuesday morning with the hearing of the case in which Thomas Rogers, Negro, was charged with assaulting his wife.-' The jury returned X yerdictofnotiilty and Rogers was released. - ' " ' " Henry Lindsay and Claude Lee Boone, Negroes, charged with at tempting to break and enter the Co lonial Store, entered pleas of guilty to the charges. Lindsay was given an eight month jail sentence, sus pended upon payment of costs of court and he was placed on probation for a period of two years. Boone was sen tenced to the roads for eight months, the sentence to begin at the expira tion of a sentence he is now serving for breaking and entering the office of the Hertford Livestock and Sup ply Company. i Court was adjourned again Wed nesday oecause of the illness of Judge Morris, and announcement was made the session was to reconvene Thurs day morning. Seven cases remained on the docket of the criminal calendar and all of these except the two in which Roose velt Sheard and Horace Reid, Negroes charged with rape, were expected to be tried during this term of court. The cases against Sheard and Reid, court officials said, will likely be con tinued until the next term of the Su perior Court. , Schoolmasters To Meet In Hertford Perquimans County Education groups will be hosts at a meeting of the Albemarle Schoolmaster's Club when a dinner meeting will be held at the Hertford Grammar Cafeteria next Monday night, begin ning at 6:30 o'clock, it was announced today by J. T. Biggers, County Super intendent of Schools. Some 100 superintendents, princi pals and teachers from 10 counties and the systems of Edenton and Eliz abeth City are expected to attend the gathering here. David Holton. State Director . nf Purchases and Contracts will be the guest speaker for the occasion. Free Cancer. Clinic Scheduled Today The next clinic of the Northeastern Cancer Center will be held Friday, No vember 6, in Elizabeth City, at the Health Center with registration be ginning at 12:45. A free chest X-ray will be given anyone who wishes it along with the examination of the five, areas of the body where cancer is most easily found and cured. The on ly requirement for attendance at the clinic is one of age; women should be 85 or more and men should be 40 or
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