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:..;(sL. r Tq'Ej IVi'tliLoccI Ooud Of floclicn Only Three Contests Appear Likely To . .Arouse Interest Little interest has been manifested locally in the Democratic Primary scheduled for May 29 and only two . days remain, for candidates to file in tentions with the County Board Of Elections for local offices. To date it appears only three con tests will develop any interest within Perquimans County and these will be ' for the nomination of a candidate for the, U. S. Senate, State Senate and County Sheriff. A number of incumbents have an nounced intentions of . seeking re election to their offices! tiut some in umbents as yet have made no an nouncements concerning their plans. R. C. Murray, chairman of the Board of Elections for Perquimans County, reported earlier this week that Saturday, April 17, at 6 o'clock is the deadline for persons to file . their names with the Board as can dldates. j'"'': ?it.'-.'.-?1 - xSeven candidates an entered In the contest for the nomination for the of fice of U. S. Senator but little activity on the part of these candidates has been noted in Perquimans. Candi dates for this office are Senator Alton ' Lennon, W. Kerr Scott, Alvin Wing , field, Jr., W. M. Bostick, Henry L. ' Sprinkle, A. E. Turner 'fcnd Oils Bay Boyd.--;, . v6v-;..: V;'.';; Seeking the' nomination for State Senate for this district are A. P. God . win, Jr., N. Elton Aydlett and Way land Spruill. The local contest for the office of Sheriff, thus far, will be between : Sheriff M. G. Owens and J. Kelly "White. :' y' ' -;v. Other local officers who have an nounced intentions to seek re-election Include County Commissioners A. T. Lane, Warner Madre, Robert L. Spi vey, William C. Chappell and Earl B. HollowelL " c ' Charles E. Johnson has also an- 1 aiimaaM It a will mamir ra lr"t-i Vn fca ..' icecoraers auage. ?r wf:?. C' R. Holmes, County" Representa tive, has stated he will he a candidate nouncement next week, f ' ' s, v V ..... Other county offices to be filled in the primary May 29 include those of Clerk of Superior Court, County Treasurer, County Coroner and four members for the Board of Education. THIS VMS HEADLINES An explosion at Goldsboro on Mon day resulted in five deaths and caus- eu injuries w iu persuua. 1 1 ties were at a loss as to the cause of the explosion, but it was believed due to faulty gas mains. Three buildings were destroyed by the disaster, and minor damage was done to a number of other buildings. Gas service was cut off in the city following the ex A plosion and pending an investigation of the disaster. , i A high ranking scientist, Dr. J; R. Oppenheimer, member of the Atomic TCnerirv Commission, has been Bus- upended pending an investigation of his - status as a security nsK. ine sus pension was ordered .by President , Eisenhower, and bars the scientist from all access to secret data con cerning the atom and H-bomb. The charges, bared by the FBI, alleged Oppenheimer consorted with Commun ists. SBI Director James Powell report ed early this week his department has closed the file on the Edenton bomb ing case, following a check of clues discovered following investigation of the case. He asserted he was con vinced the suicide death of George H. Smith of Pittsboro, enables the SBI to mark the case closed. An announcement from Currituck County this week stated the personal TTopertyvof the Moyock Dog Track "1 be sold at public auction on April ) by Sheriff L. I. Dozler, under court ".r. The track was ordered closed . a public nuisance as of March 17. ";:.8 sale April 29A will Include pari mutuel machines and office equipment used at the track. The property value has been estimated at $250,000. ; - The U. S. and Great Britain have come to agreement on a proposal to organize an alliance in Asia, similar to NATO, to halt Communist expan sion, it was reported Wednesday. Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles is conferring , with Western Powers in Europe, i on the proposal, prior to the Heneva meeting at which time settle ;t of the Korean p"d Indochina xzb will be a"er , 't' Choir To Present Program On Tuesday The Cleveland Bible College Choir of twenty-three voices will appear at Up River. Friends "Church Tuesday, April 20, at 8 P. M. v ' These young people are preparing for Christian service. Several expect to enter the Christian1 ministry and a number are preparing' for foreign missionary service. Others expect to serve as song evangelists, church sec retaries and directors of religious edu cation. Five religious denominations are represented in the choir. Established in 1892, Cleveland Bible College has prepared and sent forth many hundreds of Christian workers to serve both at home and abroad. Ensembles include a men's and wo men's quartet, a trio and soloists. On the program are such familiar numbers as "Faith of. Our Fathers," "I Walked Today Where Jesus Walk ed" and "A Mighty Fortress." naiEi ChdUnTvof,iorc Coach Dee Perry's Perquimans In dians won their second , and 'third baseball victories of the current sea son on last Thursday and Tuesday, de feating Columbia High School by a score of 18 to 8, and Colerain by a one run margin of 6 to 5. ' : The Indians took advantage of er rors and wildness on the part of the Columbia team scoring almost at will in every stanza of the contest Jack Phillips, Allen Winslow and Paul Mat thews handled the pitching assignment for Perquimans and held the Wild cats to three runs. ."' ' , John Morris, . Indian - shortstop, sparked the Perquimans attack with a' home run, while Just about every player ,on the Indian squd contributed ta the one-sided 'Ticftirst ' - ' ' On Tuesday the Indians journeyed to Colerain and won A 6-5 victory over a strong team. Each team tallied six hits, the Perquimans players hitting safely were Paul Matthews, John Morris, Allen Winslow, Arnold and Ted Chappell and D. A, Carver. Jack Phillips, Allen Winslow and Ted Chappell did the pitching for Per quimans. , V The Indians will play two home games next week, meeting Plymouth here on Tuesday afternoon and Wil liamston on Friday afternoon. Indians Football Stele Arranged Perquimans High School will play a ten-game football schedule during the 1954 season, it was reported this week by E.C Woodard, principal of the school, who released the schedule of games as follows: Sept. 17 Chowan Jayvees, there. Sept. 24 Ahoskie, there. Oct 1 Tarbord, here. Oct 8. Plymouth, here. ' Oct. 15 Williamston, here. Oct 22 Edenton, here. - Oct 29 Columbia, there. Nov. 5 Spring Hope, there. Nov. 12 Elizabeth City," here. Nov. 19 Morehead City, there. Six of the contests are with Albe marle Conference opponents,x while the . remaining four are contests against non-conference opponents. ' Ten-Day Extension Given Shad Season A ten-day extension for catching shad in North Carolina commercial waters is announced by Director Ben E. Douglas of the Department of Con servation and Development, .. , Douglas said the season, which is closed by law during May when shad usually spawn,7 has been extended through May 10. This was done, he said, at the request of a number of shad fishermen fishing the Cape Fear River and other shad waters. These! fishermen said unseasonable weather had hampered them in their shad Ash ing efforts and they desired more time in order to fish. - EASTER SONG SERVICE ; t The Choral Club of Roanoke Bible College of "Elizabeth City will pre sent a special 'program of songs per taining to the Easter season and the resurrection of Christ on Friday night April 16, at 8 o'clock at the Bethlehem Christian Church. The public is invited to attend. - Peni!! Contra! PTA AuznbdjCG Valuation Certificate For 2C3 Percent hlentahip Group Plans to-Hold Pic nic Prior to Meeting On May 17th . The Parent-Teacher Association of the Perquimans County Central Gram' mar School held its April meeting on Monday night, April 12, in the school cafeteria with the president, Mrs. B, F. Bray, presiding. The meeting was opened with the singing of "The Old North State". The president announced the subject for the month, ."Recreation A Com munity Affair" and recognized Mrs. Wallace Baker of the Whiteston com munity who had charge of the pro gram. After briefly discussing the value of recreation, Mrs. Baker pre sented the Rev. James Rahenkamp, pastor of Up River Friends Church, who conducted the devotional, using the 12th chapter of Ecclesiastes. Elmer Lassiter sang "Dearer, Still Dearer"; he was accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Ralph White. Mrs. J. L. Tunnell's first grade pre sented a number of musical numbers and Judy Long and Jimmy Sawyer sang "Doggie in the Window." The group concluded their program with several games. ' During the business session the min utes were read and approved. Mrs. John Hurdle nominated Mrs. W. H. Keel as vice president for the year 1954-55 -and Mrs. Keel was unani mously elected. - The President reported that the As sociation had been awarded a certifi cate for 200 per cent membership and tne state jfresident Citation Award. for securing magazine subscriptions. ine .President also announced a pic nie supper will be held prior the May meeting, beginning at 6:30 o'clock on May 17, and the regular meeting will follow at 8 P. M. Mrs.. Bray gave a very interesting report on her recent trip to the State PTA Convention? the theme of the ; convention being Setting The Sails., She reported the Perquimans Central PTA was the only one in the district which received, the 200 per cent mem bership award. Mrs. Tunnejps first grade won the attendance award for this meeting with 95 per cent of the members in attendance. Open house was observed at the conclusion of the meeting. Two Commendations Two commendations for services rendered were given in the Grand Jury report for the April term of Su perior Court which, was in session here this week. Following completion of its work the Grand Jury, in filing its report with the court, commended W. E. Al len for his services in supervising and maintaining the county fleet of school buses and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Morgan iox their splendid services as supervisors of the county home. The Grand Jury reported to the court it had inspected the various county buildings and offices, and found, with a -few minor exceptions, all to be in good condition. It fur ther reported recommendations of pre vious Grand Juries had been carried out ' ' v Town Board l& Routine fleeting The April meeting of Hertford's Board of Commissioners was held last Monday afternoon, during which the Board named Mrs. Henry C. Sullivan to serve as town tax lister for 1954 taxes. In addition to the above action the Board handled its usual fiscal busi ness and Mayor V. N. Darden report ed on the progress of the improvement project underway on Edenton Road Street: . ; ; This project, was started late last week by State. Highway employees, and is progressing rapidly. Perquimans FHA Boys Entertain Fathers ' Members of ' the Perquimans FFA Chapter entertained their fathers, ana other special guests at a chicken fry supper, held at the high school on Thursday night of last week. Departing from the usual banquet- style meeting the FFA hoys, this year, staged their annual Father-Son get- together on an nformal basis and the program centered around ganws and recreation. ' . - - Clarence Chappell, Jr., presided over Grand Jury Mates the meeting. Sliu'wS Decrease As Cohered To-1953 ;r,t,. . l Figures : Are Released By Tax Supervisor on Last Tuesday 'V,.- : Preliminary figures released this week by Julian C. Powell, Register of Deeds and County Tax Supervisor, shows Perquimans County property valuation for the year 1954 will de crease by slightly more than $400,000 as compared to last year. The decrease in the overall valu ation for the county is due in part to the loss of two industries in the county, and also to a decrease in val ue of motor vehicles. Valuation figures in Hertford and Parkville Townships decreased great er than any other township and ac counted for $360,956 of the total es timated decrease in valuation. The de crease in Hertford township amounts to $180,138 while in Parkville the fig ure is $180,820. The preliminary valuation figures for 1954 for each of the townships was reported' as follows: Hertford: White $2,470,265 Colored $ 269,712 Bethel: , White $ 641,497 - Colored .$ 145,522 Parkville: White $1,501,261 Colored $ 183,221 New Hope: - White $1,182,502 Colored . $ 162,386 Belvidere: White .$1,063,662 Colored . $ 117,417 Total $7,737,445 In addition to the above figures ap proximately $287,809 ia added to the total valuation as the amount of prop erty owned in the county by three cor porations, thus making . the overall valuation $8,025,254. FdfHitfordPTA The Hertford Grammar School PTA met April 8 in the school auditorium with W. F. Ainsley presiding. The minutes were read and approved and the president's message read by the secretary, Mrs. Louis Howell. Mrs. Walton Lane, lunch room chair man, gave a splendid report on the lunch room. ; A motion was made and carried that the PTA pay for repairs on the refrigerator in the lunch room. The PTA also voted to pay $5.00 for insurance on the activity bus to be used by school children. .Mrs. Jack Brinn, chairman of the Nominating Committee, gave the list of officers for the new year as follows: President, W. F. Ainsley; vice presi dent Mrs. Grace Costin; secretary, Mrs. Frank McGougan; treasurer, Mrs. Jack Brinn. ' After the business session Mrs. R. S. Monds, program chairman, divided the members in three groups. These groups were led by Mrs. H. C Sulli van, Mrs. Robert Hollowell, and Mrs. Monds in discussing habits and prob lems of children of different ages. Miss Louise Chalk's first grade won the attendance cup. Door prizes were won'by Mrs. J. T. Biggers and Jimmy s tailings. Recorder's Court In Recess Tuesday This week's term of Perquimans Recorder Court was continued be cause of the 'mixed term of Superior Court which convened here Monday. All cases listed on the Recorder's docket were set for hearing at the April 20 term of the court Attempted Robbery : At Perquimans High An unsuccessful attempt was made to break into the Perquimans High School safe, located in the principal's office, Sheriff Melvin Owens report ed Monday. The attempted safecracking was dis covered Monday morning at 7:45 o'clock by school officials. The han dle of the safe was blown off but the door failed to yield. Sheriff Owens said that nitrogly cerine had been used in the attempt to open the safe. A window above the safe was shattered. SBI Agent Walter Spence of Eliza beth City is assisting Sheriff Owens va the investigation. , ; ; BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ' Mr. and Mrs. Lester Keel an nounce the birth of a daughter, born Tuesday, April 13. Superior Court Concludes Docket Of Criminal Cases Wednesday Afternoon Tunnell Speaker At Rotary Meeting Tues. . .H' J. L. Tunnell, Vocational Agricul ture teacher , at Perquimans High School was guest speaker at this week's meeting of the Hertford Ro tary Club, held Tuesday night at the Hotel Hertford. Mr. Tunnell told the Rotarians of the organization of agricultural edu cation within the State, and gave an interesting resume of the activities of the department He pointed out the department was founded in 1917, and has grown to the place it now has more than 23,000 members in the State within the more than 400 units in the same number of schools. The object of the department ac cording to Mr. Tunnell, is the devel opment of good solid citizens of the future through the teaching: of voca tional and agricultural subjects along with supervised recreation. Local 4-H Members Enter Steers In Fat Stock Show Perquimans County 4-H'ers are be ginning to prepare their steers for the Elizabeth City Fat Stock Show and Sale to be held May 11 and 12 in Elizabeth City, accordinsr to Raich Sasser, assistant farm agent Steers this year from Perquimans County will be shown by Thomas Ed Chap pell, Kay Howell, Julian Howell, Clarence Chappell, Jr., Lloyd Ray Morgan, Linwood Hurdle, Louise Chappell and Howard Winslow. Ac cording to Sasser these steers have been on feed now for several months, all putting on a great deal of finish. Ever since fat steers have been shown Perquimans County business men have really supported the 4-H boys and girls in purchasing the ani mals shown. Records show that 95 of the steers from Perquimans were brought back to the county. This is much better than any other county participating in this show. Businesses that purchased animals from Hertford were Hertford Livestock & Supply Co., Major & Loomis, Hertford Motor Co., Miller and Umphlette, Hertford Banking Co., Southern Cotton Oil Co., and Hertford Hardware Co. It is hoped that the businessmen will again give the fine support on May 11-12 in Elizabeth City and bring those eight steers back to Per quimans. Farmers Urged To Use Cotton Acreage Underplanting cotton acreage allot ments can be a costly mistake this year, according to M. G. Mann, gener al manager of the N. C. Cotton Grow ers Assoication. "The farmer who underplants, even though he thought he was planting his full allotment, will lose in two ways," Mann said. "First, he will lose the in come from the unplanted portion. "Second, his future allotments will be affected if his underplanted acre age is more than 10 per cent of his allotment or one acre, which ever is the larger. This would also mean a loss in total allotment to the county and state, Mann said. "Having the land measured accur ately can prevent much of this unin tentional underplanting, the cotton leader explained." For a fee, the county ASC office will pre-measure the allotment and al low this as the official measurement for compliance. Mann also pointed out that most communities have residents who know how to measure land and that the ser vices of these men could be obtained to stake out the prescribed limits. "Guessing acreage can be a danger ous practice when so much is involv ed," Mann said. "It seems reasonable to assame that our cotton acreage will be cut again next year, and if we lose valuable acres through underplanting this year, our problem of maintaining farm income will become even more serious." , , . ". Baptist Services Planned For Sunday W. H. Singletary will preach at the Hertford Baptist Church Easter Sun day at the 11 o'clock service and Chap lain Captain James O. Mattox of Rocky Mount and Williamsburg, Va., will preach at the evening services, it was announced here today. ; The pub lic is invited to attend the services. Not Guilty Verdict Re turned By Jury In Manslaughter Case The criminal docket of the April term of Perquimans Superior Court was concluded on Wednesday after noon following hearings conducted in 10 cases, and the State took a nol pros in four cases. Two cases were continued and a bond ordered forfeit ed in another. Aaron Boone, Negro, charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Dennis Boone, Negro, fol lowing an automobile accident, was freed of the charge when a jury re turned a verdict of not guilty after deliberating about two hours. Robert Morse, charged with as sault on his wife, entered a plea of guilty. Judge Leo Carr, presiding over the term, sentenced Morse to jail for eight months, sentence to be sus pended upon payment of a fine of $50 and costs. Morse was placed on good behavior for a period of two years. James Harrell, Jr., Negro, was found guilty on a charge of drunken driving. He was given a four months road sentence, suspended upon pay ment of a fine of $100 and costs. Alonzo Spruill, Negro, charged in three counts with larceny and forgery of checks, entered a plea of guilty to all charges. He was sentenced to the roads for 12 months on the first count and for 18 months on the second and third counts. The 18 months sentence was ordered suspended upon condition Spruill remains of good behavior for a period of two years. Willow Blanchard, Negro, was sen tenced to jail for a period of 12 months after she had been found guil ty on charges of assault with a dead ly weapon. H. W. Christgou entered a plea of guilty to charges of forceable tres pass. He was sentenced to the roads for two years, sentence was suspend ed upon the payment of a fine of $100 and costs and the defendant was placed on probation for a period of three years. A bond of $1,000 was ordered for feited when Horace Reid, Negri,' fail ed to appear to answer charges of rape. The case of Roosevelt Sheard, Negro, also charged with rape, was continued pending possible apprehen sion of Reid. The State took a nol pros in the four cases in which Ethel Morgan, Ernest Jones, Jr., Gene Woodhouse and Linwood Meers were charged with larceny. The case in which Nathan Relfe is charged with driving under the influ ence was continued until the next term of court. Elsie Harris, Negro, charged with assault with a deadly weapon with in- .... J. ... ... a tent to Kin, was iouna not guilty or the charge and was released by the court. The case of Donald Ambrose, charg ed with driving drunk, was the final criminal action heard. After deliberating almost an hour the jury returned a verdict of not guil ty, freeing Ambrose of the charge. j Three divorce actions were heard on J Monday and divorces were granted to j Luther Hardy, Mary Belote and Ruth Nixon. Following the conclusion of the criminal docket Wednesday afternoon the court began hearing a number of civil actions, which court officials be lieved would keep the court in ses sion until some time Friday. Officers Installed New officers for the Garland H. Ownley Post of the VFW and its Auxiliary were installed at a joint dinner meeting held on Monday night at the Hotel Hertford. State Com mander Forest Dunstan conducted the installation services. George Fields, Commander of the local post presid ed over the meeting and introduced Mr. Dunstan and the new officers. Officers installed were Hank Christ gou, Commander; Walter Harrison, Senior. Vice Commander; Ray Has- kett . Junior Vice Commander; Broughton Dail, Adjutant; C. T. Skin ner, Jr., Quartermaster, and Jarvis Ward, Chaplain. Mrs. George Field, past president of the Auxiliary, installed the follow ing new officers for the Auxiliary: Mrs. Jesse Lee Harris, President; Mrs. J. T. Lane, Senior Vice Presi dent; .Mrs. Elwood Perry, Junior Vice President; Mrs. Walter Harrison, Sec retary; Miss Ruth Tucker, Treasurer; Mrs. Emory White, - Chaplain and Mrs. W. J. Eanoy, Conductress. , By VFV and Auxiliary AtMeeting Monday
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