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Volume XXL Number 7.
Hertford; Perquimans Cbtmty, North Carolina, Friday, February 12, 1954.
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Officers And Directors
A Elected; Financial
Gain Is Reported
Stockholders of the Hertford Bufld-
ing and Loan Association conducted
their annual meeting on Wednesday
afternoon, in the Perquimans Court
House and after hearing a report on
the operations of the Association dur
ing 1953, elected a board of directors
to serve during the coming year.
Assets of the local Building and
Loan Association at the end of the
rtyear stood at $122,877.06, it was re-
v"vrb4 oy A. W. Hefren, president
Thiroepresented a 14 per cent in
crease as compared to the year end-
1 In 1952. .
f i Elected to serve as directors of the
if,.1 Association during 1953 were A. W.
i- Jieiren, v. r. raomi, r. rerry, max
1 Campbell, J. W. Ward, Charles E.
Johnson, V. N. Darden, Claude White
. and R. M, Riddick, Jr. .
Officers elected by the directors
were A. W. Hefren, president; J. P.
Perry and C. P. Morris, vice presi
dents, and Max Campbell, secretary
and treasurer. .
' Commenting on the year Mr. Hef
ren stated the local Buflding-and Loan
Association made 18 new loans to as
sist individuals in constructing seven
new homes, seven persons In buying
homes and five persons in repairing
their homes. Total loans made during
the year amounted to $39,500.
Son Conservation
$L.rvisorsTo
County Commissioners Act In Filling
Vacancy In Office Of County Apt
R. M. Thompson, Pas
quotank Native, Ap
proved For Post
Central Grammar
PTA Meets Monday-
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Perauimans County Central Gram-
Members of the Board of Commis-'mar School will hold its February
eavy Docket In
sioners for Perquimans County met in
the Court House last Monday night
for the purpose of interviewing a
number of applicants for the position
as county farm agent.
Appearing before the Commission
ers were C. C. Jackson, assistant
agent in Sampson County; William
Chaffin, assistant agent in Pender
County and R. M. Thompson, assist
ant agent in Johnston County.
Following long interviews with
each of the applicants the local Board
approved tho appointment - or Mr.
Thompson for the position. He is a
native of Pasquotank County, a grad
uate of Elizabeth City High School
and N. C. State College. Following
meeting- in the school cafeteria Mon
day night, February 15 at 7:30 o'clock.
The subject for February is "Times
Change The Beginnings and Today."
The Winfall community, with. Mrs. J.
V. Roach as chairman, will have
charge of the program. Mrs. J. L.
DeLanev will conduct the devotional
and there will be special music by
Marvin White and Raymond Stanton.
A Founders Day program will be
presented. Those taking part in the
program will include the president,
Mrs. B. F. Bray; two past presidents,
Mm. W. H. Matthews and Mrs. Eddie
Harrell and a member of the Execu
tive Committee, Mrs. Elijah White.
Members and other interested pa-
Hast Tuesday
Patrol Very Active Last
Week-end Against
Traffic Violators
Hertford Board Prepares Plans For
Improvement Of Edenton Road Street
his graduation from State College Mr.jtrons are cordially invited to attend
Sob
' ,l The Perquimans County Supervisors
of the Albemarle Soil Conservation
District met on Thursday sftt Feb-
' ruarTtf U Wofmtr planslspW
soring a Conservation Poster contest
y J. T. Biggers, Superintendent of Per
quimans County Schools, met with the
Supervisors and helped in planning the
contest.
Frank B. Skinner, chairman of Per
quimans County Supervisors, an
nounced that the Conservation Poster
Contest would be for the fifth, Sixth
and seventh grades of the Central
Grammar School at Winfall and the
f if thr sixth and seventh grades of the
Hertford Grammar School. It was de
cided that the fifth grade in the Cen
tral Grammar School at Winfall will
compete with the fifth grade in the
, Hertford. Grammar School to determ
ine the fifth grade winner. The sixth
and seventh grade winners would be
determined in the same manner. The
.v fifth, sixth and seventh grade winners
would compete for winner of all
grades. In determining the winners,
the teachers of the fifth, sixth and
seventh grades in each school will pick
the two best posters in their respee
F tive rooms. The two posters picked
from each grade in both schools will
be submitted for final jurisTine- to de
termine grade winners and winner of
Thompson was a vocational agricul
ture teacher for one year at Jackson,
after which he became associated with
the State Extension Service.. He has
been an assistant agent in Johnston
County for the past two years.
Mr. Thompson is 28 years old and
is married and has two children.
The Board of Commissioners is ex
pected to take official action in elect
ing Mr. Thompson to the position at
its next meeting on March 1, and it is
understood the new agent will assume
his position here sometime between
March 1 and 15.
The new agent will fill the vacancy
in the Extension Service office here,
which has been open since last July
Since that time the duties have been
handled by Ralph Sasser, assistant
County Agent, who will continue here
in his present capacity.
Previously the Board of Commis
sioners had recommended Sasser for
the post as county agent, but this ac
tion was not approved by the State
Extension office because of operation
regulations, but it now appears to be
the opinion of the Board of Commis
sioners the situation has been solved
with the county having two capable
men filling the offices of agent and as?
this and every meeting.
Indians and Squavs
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HEADLINES
Reports from the Big Four meeting
in Berlin this week reveal little pro
gress toward agreement on plans for
German?, but there is some hope a
peace treaty for Austria may be work
ed out. The Foreign'Ministers are to
hold a discussion on Austria starting
today. Meanwhile, reports from Ber
lin state the situation in East Ger
many is one of unrest due to Rus
sia's opposition toward unification of
the nation. The Communists have or
dered strong security measures to pre-
Ivent further revolt against the Red
rule.
A proposal that the United States
send specialists to Indo-China to train
natives for the war against Commun
ists is meeting with some opposition
all grades. No names will be written 'in Washington. Secretary of Defense
j Wilson reported, however, the United
States is not sending combat troops
into the area. Wilson said the war in
Indo-China is progressing as expected
by both the United States and French
officials and that he believes the
French will win a victory over the
Reds.
Coffee? experts, testifying before
committees investigating the steep
rise in coffee prices, have stated the
situation came about through the
work is done to protect natural re- i shortage of crops and increasing use
sources. The Supervisors also be-i' tne product. An official for the
lieve that conservation education Coffee and Sugar Exchange in New
should start with the younger chil- . York reported he sees no hope of a
dren. Mr. Skinner said that although V-6 pIices 80 ong 88 de
i So l nnnsBi-ration District I , nri-1 manq lor conee remains normal,
on posters but should have name on a
piece of paper clipped to poster. The
posters will be coded by numbers for
final judging.
The contest will start on February
16 and close on March 5, 1954. Mr.
Skinner stated that the winner of each
grade will receive a $15.00 cash award
and that the winner of all grades will
Teceive an additional $5.00.
The Supervisors believe that a con
test of this type will help the schools
to' teach students how conservation
Perauimans Hiarh School's basket
ball teams chalked up two more Albe
marle conference victories last Tues
day night when the local girls defeat
ed Weeksville girls 50 to 43 and tn
Perquimans Indians romped to an easy
win over the Weeksville boys 60 to 17.
The Indian Squaws avenged a loss
to Weeksville earlier this season by
securing a lead early in the contest
and playing a superior brand of ball
when the Weeksville girls made a
strong effort for victory in the second
half of the game. Perquimans held a
28-18 margin at half time and was
ahead 40 to 33 at the end of the third
period. Celia White, with 26 points,
led the Squaws in scoring while Ed
wards hit for 10 points, Stokes and
Winslow scored 'seven points each.
Munden was high .scorer, for Weeks
vill with 23
Coach Ike Perry's smooth working
boys' , team overwhelmed the Weeks-
ville boys in the final of the double
i header. Howard Williams, Daryl Al-
len.and Eugene White led a first half
attack which provided the Indians
with a 34.-9 advantage. Coach Perry
used his reserve squad during the sec
ond half and these boys showing much
improvement rolled up 26 more points
while holding Weeksville to eight tal
lies. ''.,":..
Every player on the Indian squad
helped doll up the huge scoring total
for Perquimans. Howard Williams
and ' Eugene White scored 13 points
each, Mathews 4, . Towe 4, Allen 6,
Bray 4,.Rossmone, Winslow 5, and M.
Williams 8.
The Indians top the Albemarle Con
ference with 11 victories and no loss-
while the Indian Squaws rank
fourth in the conference standing with
five wins and six losses.
Senate Candidates
Step Up Tempo Of .
Coming Election
Activities on the part of candidates
for the office of U. S. Senator, at
stake in the primary election next
May, is stepping up of the tempo and
interest in the forthcoming election.
Former Governor, W. Kerr Scott, as
was expected, formally announced his
candidacy for the office last Saturday
afternoon: Mr; Scott's entrance into
the race brings the number of candi
dates for the office to four.
Senator Altoh Lennon is seeking
Stepped up activity on the part of
the State Highway Patrol, in this
area over the past week-end, result
ed in an unusually heavy docket in
the Recorder's Court here last Tues
day. A total of 38 cases, most of
which involved traffic violations, was
disposed of during the session.
Fines of $10 and costs of court
were imposed on Joseph Gross, Ar
thur Poison and Emil Wieselberg,
each of whom Submitted - to charges
of speeding.
Costs of court, on charges of speed
ing, were taxed against Richard Le
fors, Sylvia Campbell, James Okun,
Joseph Gerhardt, Mary Galletta, Ru
fus Hobbs, Michael Alfano, James
Hall, Robert Stallings, Leonard Cobb,
Jr., Charles Reid, Eugene Price, Jr.,
Harry DeVorhen, Hyman Hermule, K
B. Bates, Jr., Leonard Small, Francis
Nardini, Israel Dorfman and , Anson
Collins. Each of the defendants enter
ed a plea of guilty.
A plea of nolo contendre was en
tered by Howard Johnson on a charge
of improper passing and he paid the
costs of court
J. G. Ward, John Jones and John
Riddick, all charged with failing to
observe a stop sign, entered pleas of
guilty and paid the costs of court.
Miles Whedbee, Negro, was taxed
with the court costs on a charge of
failing to dim the lights on his ve
hicle. Claude Avery entered a plea of guil
ty to charges of reckless driving. He
paid a fine of $10 and costs.
George White and Charles Overton,
Negro, were fined $10 and costs on
charges of driving with insufficient
brakes. . '
A nol pros was taken in the case in
which Lesdan Gillikins was charged
with improper passing.
(Alice Smith and John Wmslow en
or
The habit of a few local motorists,
who evidently fail to appreciate Hert
ford's liberal policy regarding its
parking meter ordinance, in, ignoring
meter violation tickets, may force the
Town to make a change in the enforce
ment of this ordinance, it was pointed
out at a meeting of the Town Board
on Monday night
The Board discussed a number of
complaints it has received concerning
local motorists who violate the ordi
nance, then fail to comply with the
orders printed on the parking ticket,
and in some cases failing to pay park
ing charges at all.
While no steps were taken for im
mediate changes of the policy, the
Board decided to issue a warning to
all motorists that the present policy
must be observed or the Board will
act to enforce the ordinance to the
fullest extent and all violators will
be cited for court action.
Rotary Conference
Planned Next Week
jt Rocky Mount
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club have been invited to attend the
annual District conference to be held
in Rocky Mount February 14, 15, 16,
and a number of them, including the
officers, are expected to attend.
Highlights of the program are out
lined in an announcement received by
officers of the local club from Dis
trict Governor P. D. Midgett, Jr., of
Englehard, and Graham Dozier, Rocky
Mount, conference chairman.
Conference Headquarters will be at
che Ricks Hotel.
Dr. C. Sylvester Green, executive
vice-president of the North Carolina
manly concerned with maintaining and
improving the soil resources of the
county, the students may use any sub
ject dealing with conservation of nat
ural resources.
Tvrian Council
Visited By Guest
An Air Force base at Goldsboro is
one of seven expected to be reactivat
ed sometime during the year, it was
reported from Washington this week.
The additional bases will be needed, it
was said, if the plans for a 137-wing
Air Force are reached during 1955.
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lect Masters in North Carolina, met Additional contributions made to
with Tyrian Council, No, 19 Eliza- the-March of Dimes fund during this
beth City Monday: night February 8, week have swelled the total of the
and delivered a very , interesting talkifund to $1,697.59, it was reported to
1on Cryptic Masonry. day by Mrs. J. T. Biggers,' drive chair-
After his talk the Royal Masters man. '
Degree was exemplified by the Hert-i Contributions reported to Mrs. Big
ford degree ' team, consisting of the' gers thin week included $55.25 from
driving without a license and each paid
a fine of $25 and costs.
John Harding, Negro, was taxed
with the court costs on a charge of
using improper license on a vehicle.
Sidney Baker submitted to a charge
of transporting tax-paid liquor in a
dry county and paid the costs of court.
Mary Spencer was assessed the
costs of court after pleading guilty to
a charge of driving on the left side
of a highway.
Alonzo Myers, Negro, entered a
plea of guilty to charges of driving
drunk. He paid a fine of $100 and
costs of court
Clarence Hobbs, Negro, was found
not guilty on a charge , of receiving
stolen property.
Pre-measurementOf
Acreage Available
Medical Foundation, a past District
teted ple: of, guilty toj;harge,V)fQiverjaor, will be the principal speak-
session Sunday
oi at the opening
night, February 14.
Dr. Trela D. Collins, a retired Dur
ham minister, will address the lunch
eon session on Monday, and Claude W.
Woodward, Richmond, Va., vice-president
of Rotary International and a
past director, will be the principal
speaker at the Governor's Banquet
Monday night
Paul Lucas, Charlotte, public rela
tions director for the Duke Power
Company, and an immediate past Dis
trict Governor, will address the clos
ing luncheon session Tuesday, Febru
ary 16.
Various phases of Rotary activities
will be covered in short talks by dis
cussion leaders at plenary sessions
Monday and Tuesday mornings.
Monday afternoon will be given over
to sightseeing tours and recreation.
Egbert Peeler, Raleigh, is the only
announced candidate so far for Dis
trict Governor. New officials will
take office July 1.
Cold Storage Room At
Ice Plant Getting
Overhaul Job
Preliminary plans for the widening
of Edenton Road Street from Grubb
Street to U. S. 17 were revealed at
the meeting of the Hertford Board of
Commissioners held last Monday
night Mayor V. N. Darden advised
the Board the project of widening the
street will be carried out by the State
Highway Commission, with the Town
preparing the right of way by moving
back light poles, water lines and util
ity lines. He informed the Board
Highway Commissioner J. Emmett
Winslow is to advise him shortly as
to the width the street is to be when
the project is completed.
The street to be widened has long
been a "bottleneck" not only to local
traffic but to through traffic, and to
help eliminate this bottleneck pending
completion of the project the Board
passed an ordinance banning parking
of trucks on Edenton Road Street at
all times.
On motion the Board reappointed
Mayor Darden and Commissioner W.
H. Hardcastle as members of the
Hertford Firemen's Relief Fund. Oth
er members of this board, named by
the Fire Department, are C. T. Skin
ner, Sr., B. C. Berry and Beverly
Tucker.
Plans were made for a nuiffljer of
the Commissioners to attend a meet
ing of municipalities in Edenton on
Wednesday night of this week at
which time the representatives of the
various towns discussed the proposed
increase m electric rates being sought
by the supplying company, Virginia
Electric and Power Company. Plans
for presenting opposition to the VEP
proposal, which is to be held before
the State Utilities Commission on
February 24, were expected to be pre
pared at this meeting.
Mayor Darden also advised the
Board that a contract for renovating
the cold storage room at the ice plant
had been let, and total cost of repair
ing this room will be about $1,800.
The insulation of the room had de
teriorated to such a pointiit was al
most impossible to keep stored ice in
the room and the town was losing
revenue because of the condition. The
work on the room is being done by the
Armstrong Cork Company.
To County Farmers
Perquimans County and peanut
farmers who want to be sure that they
are not planting over their 1954 al
lotment may have their acreage pre
measured prior to planting. The State
Agricultural ' Stabilization and Con
servation Committee announced today
that "official" premeasurement of aU
marketing quota crops will be offered
to farmers in every county in 1954.
H. D. Godfrey, State Administra
tive Officer for ACS, explained that
the "official" pre-measurement means
that the p re-measured acreage will be
accepted as correct foramarketing quo
ta purposes unless it" is later deter
mined that the crop was not planted
within the pre-measured area, that less
following: B. C. Berry. J. S. Mc
Wider, R. C. Murray, Toss White,
J - s Bass and John Decker. Re-
the Colored ' Division of Hertford.
$30.10 from Negro Home Demonstra
tion Clnhs. 5.00 from the Eastern
f; uenis were served and enjoyed, Star and $18.50 from a cake sale held
by u.l coiryamons present by Mrs. B. G. Koonce.
election o the post to which he was than the pre-measured area was plant
ed, or mat mere was an oovious error
in the pre-measurement ,
The entire cost of the pre-measurement
job must be borne by the farmer,
and will be deposited with the Coun
ty Committee at the time application
for pre-measurement Is made. The
County ASC Committee has set the
rate for pre-measuring allotted crops
mentioned above at the larger of
$10.00 per farm or $2.00 per acre. The
final date for filing an application will
be April 1, 1954. It would be to the
advantage of farmers planting more
than one crop under quotas to have all
pre-measuring done at one time.
appointed last summer by Governor
Umstead. " Henry L. Sprinkle -of
Greensboro and W. M. Bostick of Cary
are also announced candidates and a
report Wednesday revealed Olla Ray
Boyd may , enter his. name into the
' In addition to the campaign for the
office of U. S. Senator, a number of
county offices are to be filled by the
election, and it is expected interest in
these will grow as local candidates an
nounce for the offices. ' '-
County offices which are to be fill
ed in the election this year include
those of the Countr Commissioners,
Clerk of Superior Court Representa
tive.' Sheriff. Recorder's Judge, Treas
urer, Coroner and four members of
the Board of Elections. : ?
iR. C. Murray, rhnirman of the Per
quimans' Board of Elections, has an
nounced he has received forms for in
dividuals to use in filing their candi
dacy for local offices and the dead
line for filing will be the last Satur-
, day in April, v ' . ,
New Game Protector
VssiJrned To Ounty
'H. A. Cahoon has been assigned as
Game Protector for Perquimans Coun
ty, it WB3 reported here earlier this
this week. He will succeed Hugh
Robertson, who has been promoted to
the post of District Game Protector.
WakeForestCoach
Guest At Banquet
The Monogram Club of Perquimans
High School held its annual banquet
in the school cafeteria on Wednesday
Yiiortit onI nasi a a iriiaaf onAotrA Taw
Rogers, football coach at Wake Forest OlUfieniS JlWC'owArt
On Plans For College
rtfnrd Scouts
Hnsitingln
National ScrortWpek"
The Hertford Troop of Boy Scouts,
under supervision of Bobby Elliott,
Scoutmaster, is particinating in the
observance of National Boy Scout
Week, which started last Sunday.
On Tuesday of this week the local
scouts set up a miniature scout camp
on the Court House Green and on Sat
urday a number of the members of
the troop will be stationed at the site
carrying out some of the activities
taught by Scouting.
Next Sunday the members of the
troop will attend church, with attend
ance planned at the Baptist Church
for morning service and at the Metho
dist Church for evening services.
College.
Mr. Rogers showed films of the
Wake Forest-South Carolina football
game, played last year, and spoke
briefly of some experiences in ath
letics. Special guests at the banquet were
the fathers of the club members and
members of the Hertford Junior
Chamber of Commerce. John Morris.
presidenf of the Monogram Club, act
ed as toastmaster during the evening.
4-H Judging Team
To Attend Show
A large crowd is expected to attend
the first 1954 Aberdeen-Angus Field
Day to be held in Eastern North Ca
rolina at the Pocahontas Farrij locat
ed 9 miles east of Kinston on High
way 70 on Friday, March 6th, it was
reported by Ralph Sasser, Assistant
County Farm Agent 1
The field day is being sponsored by
the N. C. Aberdeen-Angus Association
in coooeration with the Kinston Cham
ber of Commerce, and will bearin at 10
A. M. A hot lunch will be served bv
me nosis, it was reported.
Sasser says he is taking the mem
bers of the Perquimans 4-H Judging
team to the show and anyone interest
ed in the event contact him and at
tempts will be made to provide trans
portation ror all on an expense-sharing
War.v -
Representatives of about 20 schools
and colleges visited Perquimans High
School Tuesday afternoon holding in
terviews with members of the Junior
and Senior classes concerning higher
education for the students after com
pletion of their high school courses.
About 100 students at the school
were interviewed by the representa
tives frm ECC, ACC, Guilford, Mere
dith, WCUNC, Duke, University of
North Carolina, N. C. State, Kings
Business College, Mars Hill, Louis
burg, Greenville Beauty School, Wake
Forest High Point College, Chowan
College, Obici, DePaul and Norfolk
General Hospitals and the Armed
Forces.
Count v Po"1 Sai-s
Total $36,110 In Tnn.
Sales of U. S. Government Series E
and H bonds increased bv 17 per
cent during January. 1954. as com
nared with the same month in 1953, it
was reported this week bv the chair
man of the State Savings Bonds Com
mittee. Perquimans County residents joined
with others in the State to help
achieve this record by purchasing a
total of $36,110 worth of the series E
and H bonds. . i -