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, Voiurns XaL Number 25.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, June 18, 1954.
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Winners To Receive
Recognition At Pro-,
graia This Fall
A Perquimans County farm family,
the Warner Madrea'of Route ohejiave
won . an outstanding', award, in being
, selected as one of 12 Master Farm
-. WmlUM of North Carolina, it. was
announced this, week by the Progres
- sive Partner and the ' State College
i ' Agricultural Extension Servioa. OtV
m fa Mill reeaiying the recognition
' came from Yancey, Warren; Yadkin,
i Guilford, i Rowan, Union, Robeson,
j - Buncombe, Wilson Scotland and Beau
.' -fort wunties. , -
! " The families art picked from North
I Carolina once it every three years
. and in Virmnia and Por-tb, Carolina in
. other years. W. L XaRue, Associate
f'7 Editor of the Progressive Parmer, and
D. S. Weaves, Extension yirecxor, an
nounced tfe following winners, select
. ed "for notable efforts, to developing
a successful-home land farm and for
taking active part In. community im-rovements'VliA;-.--.'
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This fall, the new'Master Farm Fam
ilies wOl be recognised ai puwic pro
grams ort their particular farms, ae-
- cording to the.sponsors. The winning
families will be presented a bronse
'"'"-plaque. .'"'.'
1 The families were fudged on a 1,000
point score card which gave consldera
, tion to family and community life, or
; ganizatlon and operation of the farm,
, business methods and ability, and the
home and farmstead. - - " ' '
Objectives a of - th Master Farm
Family program are three-fold: ,
To give farm people deserved recog
nition for notable-accomplishments in
farm, homeiriaking, and cititenship.
To spotlight all-round, demonstra
tions in these phases of ' rural
To set high standard for the hon
ored f amfly's further development and
: .for other farm families. x-rrv 1
' - . Th Ma 'er Farm Family in
'1s nationwe. fat scope, vWi.t i rro
wresslve Farmer and the State agri
ulal tdHces sponsoring it" In mt
." Carelmas. syl .' i- "
iieado
s Efforts to harmonize conflicting
policies of the U, S. and Great Brit
ain will be made when President Eis
enhower meets with Wtoston Church
ill at a conference starting June 25.
Churchill will come to Washington for
the meeting. Unofficial sources state
the purpose of the meeting will be to
patch up the differences between the
two nations over Far East policy.
Meanwhile, in Geneva UN Allies
have broken off negotiations for a
peace settlement for Korea. The Al-
a .lies in making the announcement said
"""they did so regretfully but saw no
reason to continue the negotiations In
face of Communist rejection of every
proposal made by the U. S. represen
. tatives. The present armistice agree-
j ment in Korea, is, deemed sufficient
to maintain the peace so long as the
' Communists continue to observe the
', armistice terms. ?
France Is seeking to organize its
20th government since the- end of
World War II. Premier Laniel was
' ousted by a vote of confidence in the
v French. Parliament last Saturday and
the French President has asked Men-des-France,
a cabinet minister to at
tempt to form a new government The
unstaple situation of the French gov
rnment, it is reported. Is due to con
ditions involving thenar in Indochina
- and economic conditions at home.
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' A "Washington report , Wednesday"
stated Senator McCarthy is expected
to be the last witness testifyingin the
McCarthy-Army probe, which la now
In its fifth week. It appears, from
- reports, the final judgments of the
probe may be as confusing t as the
hearing has been. . '
v Preliminary plans were worked out
last Tuesday between H. A. Graham,
chairman of the State Highway Com
mission and . representatives' , of ' a
Turnpike Authority for the construc
tion of a turnpike leading from Nags
Head to Virginia Beach., The report
stated no date for starting the pro
TJect. . ' , -
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v Friday night, June 18, will be La
dies' Night at the' Perquimans Indians
Colerain baseball game to be played
in -Hertford, it .was announced. Tues
day by. Herbert 'iN.-Nixon, ; business
manager of the Indians. J ; : ;
' - Any lady ' attending the baseball
game, accompanied by Her husband or
male escort, will" be admitted to the
game free ef charge.
a Game time will be eight o'clock:
Dordconiir.:iis,
- During its meeting last' Monday
night the Board of Commissioner for
the Town of Hertford went on record
requesting merchants of th town to
burn a nisrht light in their stores and
offices as a preventive measure to halt;
break-ins, it was reported 'Tuesday.
The practice is being followed in a
number of towns in this area and of
ficials and merchants,, alike, believe,
the practice is a good one -and tends
to stop some robberies.
It was pointed -out that robbers are
less likely to break in a well-lighted
store than one which shows no light,
and gives thieves an opportunity to
carry out a robbery under cover of
darkness. V'-i . . f '
During the meeting it was reported
the members of the Hertford Fire De
partment will hold a .steak fry on
Thursday evening, June 24, to which
members of the Board are Invited.
' Miss Hulda Wood, representing the
BusinO i- and I Professional Woman's
Club . reared before the Board to
express the gratitude of the club for
the civic improvements carried out by
t e town in recent months. Miss Wood
U.4jChe Board her club especially ap
preciated . the installation of street
markers,, a project sponsored by the
KFW sb,.-m-.. . "
-"A' disottssinviwas held on the town
taking- over ownership of all electric
meters, and in the future making a
charge for installation rather than
sale .of meters to electric customers.
No action was taken on the matter,
but it was decided to make further
study of the propostion. , '
The Board voted to charge the Per
quimans Indians a fee of $15 per
night for electric power used to light
Memorial Field during games in the
Albemarle League. . . ,
, Leonidas L. Lane,; ASC Committee
chairman informs Perquimans County
farmers that before selling any wheat
they, will need a marketing card to
identify the wheat as penalty; free
wheat . If the wheat producer does
not. present the marketing card to the
buyer at the time of the sale the buy
e is instructed to collect (1.12 per
bushel penalty,.
- Perquimans.. County wheat farmers
who wish to sell whelt can come bv
their ASC. Office and pick up a.wheat
marketing card or a wheat market
ing certificate. . A receipt must be
signed when the card is Issued. There.
fore, It is necessary to visit the ASC
Office in, person. If the operator is
unable to 'jnsit the County Office he
may request in writing that his. card
be mailed to him.. ;-'.. :'.':
J If no wheat is to be sold, exchanged,
or pa'id as toll, no card need be ob
tained. These wheat marketing cards
will also state; whether or ' not the
farmer is eligible for price support
Only those farmers who hays harvest
ed wheat within the farm wheat al
lotment and do not owe a wheat pen
alty on another farm will be eligible
for wheat price support, t v . - '
Proclamation On
Dairy Month Issued -
Fenton Hurdle, local milk distribu
tor, is cooperating in the observance
of June as Dairy Bonth. All milk dis,
tributors are pointing out the im
portance milk and dairy products play
in everyday life, and the benefits for
health through the use of dairy, pro
ducts.. In.. .connection with V .e National
Dairy llonth Hayor V. N.' Carden has
issued a 'proclamation setting tiie
-.L'i of June, r;4r"as June Dairy
ilonth In Hertford.
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Colerain To Play Local
. .Team Here Friday
Night At 8 o'clock
After getting off te a slew start
in the Albemarle League, the Per
quimans Indians are showing splendid
improvement and look like they will
cause the opposition plenty of trouble
m the games ahead.
. Manager Ab Williams has been us
ing 14 to 15 players in the games thus
far attempting to find a combination
which will play most of the games.
The Indians lest games last week to
Eden ton and Colerain,. after having
won from Rocky Hock on Wednesday
night .-"' V . - ;V x j.-.'..',. ..
A number of bad breaks caused the
Indians to. lose a game or two but
Manager Williams believes his team
will develop into real contenders af
ter a few more contests. The Indian
infield, in most games, has been com
posed of Cliff Towe at first Joe Towe
at second, John Morris at Short and
Billy Chappell at third. D. A. Car
ver has been doing most of the catch
ing, j: Bill ; Winslow, Ted Chappell,
Claxton Stallings, John Ward, Paul
Matthews and Allan . Winslow have
been dtrrying out the Job in the out
field.:. .' -. '--- . -i: v... .
Matthews, Winslow, Hank Christ
gau and , Williams have formed the
pitching staff and they were joined
Monday night by McCabe Riddick.
The Indians lost to Elizabeth City
last Monday night by a score of 13'
to 8, in a game which gave the fans
some fine baseball. Elizabeth City
connected for 16 hits off Winslow,
Christgau and Riddick, scored 13 runs
and committed fire erors. Curtis did
the pitching for the visitors... The In
dians collected 10 hits, eight runs and
committed only three errors, ... :
Colerain will come to Hertford Fri
day night to play the Indians, and the
local management has announced, all
ladies, accompanied by an escort will
be admitted to the game free. The
game will start at 8 o'clock.'
Next week's schedule for the In
dians J8 as follows:
Jurie Colgfain, here-j
June 22j3dentpn, there. """''V
June 23 -Rocky Hock, there.
. June 25 Elizabeth City, there.
Lod Observers
Participated in
Nationvitfa Alert
The Hertford
Corps Post was
Ground Observer
in operation from;iod of 30 days.
Monday morning at 10 until Tuesdaj
morning at 10 o'clock in cooperation
with the National Civil Defense test,
"Operation Alert". The purpose for
this alert was to test the efficiency of
all phases of the National Civil De
fense program.
. Mrs, Marion Swindell, local post su
pervisor, wishes to thank the follow
ing people who took part in the watch:
Mrs. R. F. Webb, who is the Chief
Observer, Charlie Skinner, Jr., the as
sistant chief observer, Sherman Long,
Billy Yagle, Mrs. Jimmy Stallings,
Mrs. J. H. Towe, Earl Dunsmoor, Jr.,
George White, Mrs. Jake Jackson,
John Matthews, Mrs. Edgar Fields,
Mrs. Francis : Nixon, Billy Cherry,
Mrs. Charlie Skinner, Mrs. Lawrence
Towp, Dickie Owens, Bebbie Tucker,
Silas Whedbee, Eldon Winslow, Billy
White, Marion Swindell, Edgar Fields,
Jr., and Talmadge Rose, Francis Nix
on, C. F. Sumner, C. P. Morris, Louis
Tarkington and Jimmy Wheeler. : s
A total of 60 planes were reported
by the 28 observers during the 24
hour watch.. . : .
There is still a need for observers
for the post especially people who
will be able to watch during the day
time. Anyone wishing to volunteer
are asked . to call Mrs. Swindell at
5111. , . i ,
Wheat Allotments
Deadline June 30
Farmers on land which no wheat
was seeded for grain for all of the
years 1952, 195$ and 1954 may apply
for a 1955 wheat, acreage allotment
according to L. L. Lane, chairman of
tiie, Perquimans County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Com
mittee. ; To be considered for an al
lotment on a farm which had no
wheat seeded for grain for any of
those yearsthe farmer must apply in
writing on or before June 301 1954, to
his County ASC Committee. '
Blank application forma are avail
able at the county ASC offlce for use
in filing requests for allotments. '
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BcctsTwo Testers
VtPerqu:mns High
Superintendents Gives
Report On Faculty
Allotments For '54
The Board of Education for Per
quimans founts Met in special ses
sion here on Wednesday night of last
week and acted upon a number of
matters pertaining to county schools.
SuperintsMfcnfr J. T. Biggers report
ed the Perquimans High School and
Central Grammar School had beenal
lotted an extra teacher for the 1954
55 school term, while the King Street
School had lost one teacher due to a
drop in average attendance during the
past year.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sawyer, a member df
the; Weeksville faculty during the past
year was elected as teacher of En
glish and Social Studies at Perquim
ans1 High School, and Clarkston White,
Jr.," was elected as English teacher at
the high school.
' White is a graduate of Perquimans
High School, class of '49. He is now
securing a Master's degree at ECC,
after having served two years in the
U. S. Air Force.
Mr. Biggers also announced Mrs. El
don Winslow, teacher of the second
grade at Hertford Grammar School,
has resigned her position effective
upon acceptance of the Board of Edu
cation. ;
The Board took no action upon a pe-
utition tendered reauestintr reinstate.
ment of Willie Y. Williams as a teach-
.er at Perquimans Training School. Ac-
tion upon the petition was tabled un
til the board meeting in July.
Mr. Biggers was at Duke Univer
sity Monday, Tuesday and "Wednes
day of this week attending a confer
ence on school law.
Session Tuesday
. i"Thirteen cases were listed on the
docket of the Perquimans Recorder's
Court for the term held here last
Tuesday with Judge Chas. E, Johnson
presiding.
Costs of J court were assessed
against David Setzer, Joel Savell and
Otis Stallings, each of whom entered
a plea of guilty to charges of speed
ing.,' Kenneth Riggs submitted to charg
es of driving vehiclea with improper
light and paid the costs of court.
Thomas Felton, Negro, was found
guilty on charges of non support. He
was sentenced to the" roads for a per.
John Overton, Negro, was ordered
to pay the costs of court after plead
ing guilty to charges of failing to
dim the lights of his car.
Court costs were taxed against
Thomas Holcomb on charges of failing
to comply with restrictions of his op
erator's license.
Time served in jail was the sen
tence meted out in the case in which
Ashley Fleetwood was charged with
being drunkr '
Jeremiah White, Negro, submitted
to charges of assault He , was or
dered to pay the costs of court and
be of good behavior for six months.
A verdict of .not guilty was return
ed in the case in which Durwood
Twine was charged with reckless driv
ing, v :';;;
: Earl Ward was fund guilty on
charges of reckless driving. He was
fined $25 and costs.
John Mohds paid the costs of court
after pleading guilty to charges of
speeding and having an improper
muffler on his car.
Leon . Purvis, Negro, was" found
guilty on charges of failing to yield
the right-a-way and having an im
proper muffler on his car. He was
sentenced to the roads for 60 days,
sentence to be suspended upon pay
ment of a fine of $50 and costs of
court . ' .
Eva Norris Russell
Weds Sidney Layden, Jr.
Miss Eva Norris Russell and Sidney
Thomas Layden, Jr., were married in
an informal ceremony on Friday, June
11 at two o'clock in, the home of the
Rev. Walter Perry, officiating minis
ter in Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Layden is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Russell of Route three,
Hertford. Mr. Layden is the son of
Mrs. Hettie Nixon Layden and the late
Sidney Thomas Layden."
.'The couple's only attendants were
Miss Delois Russell, sister of the
bride and Tommy Jones, cousin of the
bridegroom.
Ibrtford CoErd Votes Rate Increase
Pending Litigation With Utility Firm
Vault Additions
Started Wednesday
Bnlargement of the vaults to the
offices of the Register of Deeds and
Clerk of Court in the Perquimans
Court House was started last Wednes
day by the Edenton Construction Com-'
pany, which received the bid tor the
project
The new adattiom to the Court
House, long needed and reeonunended
y past sjnnd juries, will psovide
double the present filing space in each
vault. The new constriction will,
when completed, conform te the pres
ent architecture of the buildmg as
much as possible.
The work is expected to be eom-
pleted within tiie next four or five
weeks.
Redding-PittVovs
Spoken Saturday
In Asheboro Church
White blossoms formed a floral
background last Saturday afternoon in
the First Methodist Church, in Ashe
boro, for the marriage of Miss Anna
Ingram Redding, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Howard Redding, to Sec
ond Lieutenant William Howard Pitt,
Jr., USMCR. The bridegroom is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pitt of
Hertford.
The double ring ceremony was per
formed by Dr. Arthur Kale of Duke
University, who was assisted by the
Rev. Russell Young, assistant pastor
of the First Methodist Church.
The bride, given in marriage by her
father, wore a gown of white Italian
silk taffeta made with a fitted bodice,
long sleeves, and finished with a por
trait neckline and alencon lace ber
tha. -Thevery full skirt of unpressed
pleats extended into a train. Her full
length imported Brussels lace veil, lin
d With matching illusion, was attach
ed to a Juliet cap of illusion. She
carried a bouquet of fluer d'Amour
and lilies of the valley.
Miss Christianna Land of Lincoln
ton, youag cousin of the bride, was her
maid of honor. Mrs. John R. Pender
of Chanel Hill, was matron of honor.
The bridesmaids were the Misses Mar
garet Cheatham of Henderson, Ann
Penton of Wilmington, Helen Saunders
of Charlotte, Christie Peeler of Salis
bury, and Miss Laura Hays and Mrs.
Alton Cummings of Durham". The at
tendants to the bride wore floor
length strapless gowns of white net
over taffeta designed with detachable
stoles and bouffant skirts with side
ruffles. The honor attendants wore
circlets of velvet ribbons with illusion
flirtation veils attached. The brides
maids wore circlets of velvet ribbon
trimmed in velvet bows. They carried
bouquets of gardenias with moss
green velvet ribbons. -(Continued
on Page Two)
Final Honor Roll
Released For H.S.
The honor roll for Perquimans High
School for the sixth, and final grading
period for the 1953-54 school term was
released last Friday by E. C. Wood
ard, principal of the school. A total
of 66 students were listed on the roll
as follows:. ..
Eighth Grade Tommy Matthews,
Nancy Lane, Beth Skinner, Patsy El
liott Myrna Skinner, Jean Hunter,
Dan Winslow, Warner Lee Madre, Ha
zel Matthews, : Jake Myers, Phyllis
Bagtey, Janice Chappell, Amanda Cor
prew, Jean Edwards, Alma Jane God
frey, Kay Matthews, Gail Pierce, Ra
chel Spivey, Dorothy Taylor. ,
Ninth Grade Jane Winslow, Max
Elliott, Edgar Fields, Charlie John
son, Charles Whedbee, Lilliam Hoff
ler, Marcia Stallings, Doris Morgan,
Jo Ann Matthews, Don Baker.
Tenth Grade Ruth Ayscue, Mar
jorie Byrum, Annie Lou Lane, An
nette Proctor,-Annie Stokely, Judy
Winslow, - Pauline Rogerson, Wallace
Baker, Bobby Matthews, Nancy Bag
ley,' Jean Long; Barbara Russell, Sar
ah Sutton, Lois Violet Winslow. ;
Eleventh Grade Ray Lane, Patricia
Biggers, Barbara Edwards, .Anne
Thatch, Celia White, Joseph Butt Jo
seph Layden, Mary Frances Eure,
Lois Kirby, Julia Ann Stokes, Emilie
White.
Twelfth Grade Tilson Chappell,
Bettie Chappell, Jo Anne Lane, Anne
Stallings, Katherine Ward, Jean Butt
Jeanette Chappell, Leo Dail, Audrey
Jackson, John Morris, Bobby Smith.
Funds Collected To Be
Held For Bond Or Re
fund To Customers
New electric rates fqr customers ef
the Town of Hertford were adopted at
a meeting of the Town Board, heM
Monday night following a report giv
en the Commissioners by Mayor V. N.
Darden on the status of the rate in
crease granted the Virginia Electric
& Power Company by the State Utili
ty Commission.
The rates adopted by the Board are
for the present, temporary, pending
the outcome of a court suit now being
prepared in which eight towns m this
area will seek to have the State Com
mission ruling set aside.
Costs of this suit to the Town of
Hertford, Mayor Darden told the
Board will be $198.61. The other
towns will pay proportionate parts ac
cording to amount of power purchased
from the utility company.
The Mayor pointed out to the Board
that under the rate increase granted
VEPCO the Town of Hertford will
have to pay approximately $500 per
month more for current than it has
been paying, and because the town is
not in position to absorb this increas
ed cost it must be passed on to local
consumers.
The funds collected through this in
crease in local rates are to be set
aside in a sinking fund to be paid as
bond in the event the eight towns
lose the law suit In the even the
towns win the suit and the power
company's rates are reduced the funds
collected will be credited to the ac
count of the local customers; each cus
tomer being credited the increased
amount paid on his bill.
According to the new rates adopted
Monday night by the Town Board,
each customer will pay about 50 cents
per month more for power than dur
ing the past. The new rates become
effective immediately. The new rates
for commercial users will be the same
as the VEP charges under the per
mission granted by the State Com
mission. Residential rates adopted
Bet the price at five cents for the first
50 KW's, four cents for the next 100
KW's and 2M cents for all remaining
KW's. This will mean the average
residential user will pay about 50
cents more each, month on his power
bill than W fherpa'st. ' ,
The Board adopted these rates tem
porarily, pending the outcome of the
litigation, which is expected to go to
the Supreme Court before a final de
cision is handed down.
Members Board Of
C&D Spend Time
Inspecting Area
Members of the Water Resources,
Inland Ports and Waterways Commit
tee of the Department of Conservation
and Development arrived in Edenton
late Tuesday afternoon and spent the
night here. The party was on a four
day cruise for the purpose of studying
facilities of the inland waters of North
Carolina for commercial and pleasure
purposes, with the idea in mind of see
ing what can be done to improve
these facilities.
The group left Morehead City Sun
day morning and passed through Coro
Sound to the Atlantic. The second
stop was at Portsmouth and then Oc
racoke. The party then proceeded up
the coast to Hatteras Inlet and on to
Buxton, where the Cape Hatteras Park
was inspected, after which they pro
ceeded up the Sound to Manteo.
Tuesday morning the .party crossed
Albemarle Sound to the Inland Water
way at the mouth of Pasquotank Riv
er and proceeded to Edenton, arriv
ing here shortly before 5 o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon. They spent the
night in Edenton and on Wednesday
morning crossed Albemarle Sound to
Alligator River and then by way of
the Inland Waterway to Belhaven,
where the trip ended.
R. L. Hollowell, chairman of the
Perquimans Industrial Committee and
the Committee, went to Edenton on
Tuesday night to confer with the of
ficials concerning improvements to
Perquimans River and the industrial
possibilities in Perquimans County.
Bihle School Exercises 1
Will Be Held Friday 7
Commencement exercises for the Bi
ble School, conducted during the past
two weeks at the Hertford Baptist
Church, will be conducted Friday .
night at the church, beginning at 7:30
o'clock. ; The public -is invited to at-
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