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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 23, 1954.
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Edenton 7
The Perquimans Indians,
nine out of their last 13
winning
baseball
games in the Albemarle League, de-
xeated Edenton Tuesday night to
move into a tie for third place in the
league standing.
During the past week the Indians
were rained out at Colerain last Fri
day but returned there on Monday to
win a 6-1 victory over the Trappers,
behind the two-hit pitching of Vernon
White. White struck out nine Trap
pers and walked four. ,
Perquimans tallied runs in the first.
Second, fourth and fifth innings, and
added two iriore in the eighth. Mor
ris, Christgau, Matthews and Allan
Winslow collected hits for Perquim
ans. '": Y V.'
. Paul Matthews was the winning
pitcher in the Edenton contest Tues
day. He fanned 10, walked five and
gave up five hits. Gashouse Parker
hurled for the Colonials, allowing sev
en hits, walking four and striking out
three.
Ted Chappell and Vernon White led
the Indians in batting, each getting
two safeties. Perquimans scored two
runs in the second inning on two
walks and a hit Chappell scored in
, the third, after walking, and Billy
Winslow drove in the run.
Claude Griffin, with two hits, led
. the Colonials in batting.
With three weeks remaining in the
season play, the Indians are intent on
winning a position in the play-off, and
it appears they will accomplish that
. aim by continuing to play the brand
of ball exhibited during th past three
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Next week's schedule calls for Cole
rain to play in Hertford next Monday
night the Indians will play Edenton
there on Tuesday and Rocky Hock in
Edenton next Wednesday night and
then Elizabeth City will play in Hert
ford on next Friday night
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
A cease-fire has been signed on the
war in Indochina, bringing a halt to
fighting which, started some eight
years ago. French and Communist
officials signed the armistice in Ge
neva last Tuesday, and the terms of
the armistice call for a division of the
portion of the country called Viet
. Nam. The action was a political vic
tory for France's premier, Mendes
France who had promised a cease
fire in Indochina by the last of July,
however, the division of Viet Nam
costs France some rich territory and
adds to Communist holdings in Asia.
Announcement was made from
Washington this week that Roy Conn,
chief counsel for the McCarthy Com
mittee had resigned his position, and
the resignation had been accepted.
McCarthy also announced the trans
fer of Donald Surine another aide to
the committee. ; Both Cohn and Surine
played important parts in the recent
Army-McCarthy hearing.
Former U. S. Senator Blair Moody,
Michigan, died last Tuesday in Ann
Arbor, Michigan Hospital, where he
was believed to be recovering from an
attack of virus pneumonia. Moody,
who was defeated for reelection to of
fice In November, 1952, was seeking
the Democratic nomination for elec
tion to the Senate. Commenators re
ported he was expected to win that
nomination.
Recent conferences in Paris, between
Western Allies brought , agreement
upon a plan for an Asian treaty aimed
at preventing further explanation of
Communist aggression, it was report
ed last Tuesday. The plan is based
upon organization of a defense pro
gram similar to Nato, which is being
used in Europe.
A " Federal Court ,of Appeals, In
Richmond, Va this week ruled against
operatora; of the Moyock Dog Track,
who were seeking an injunction to per.
mit operation of the" track this sum
mer.. The track operators were seek
ing a way to prevent prosecution of
bettors gambling at the track.
masons to KEirr 1
The Perquimans Masonic Lodge, No.
106, A. F., & A. M., will meet Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock.
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One of the most costly buildings on the new Wake Forest College campus is going to be one of the
most used. -., :- -
It is tie Center Building, lying on the southern end of a rectangular area that is bordered on the
north by Waxt Chapel and on each side by boy's dormitories. The Center Building is a multi-purpose
building and reflects an important part of the philosophy behind the new campus.
The philosophy requires that the spiritual, physical and recreational needs of the students be met
in a relatively small area retaining the atmosphere of the home.
The Center Building will house dining facilities, college administration and student offices and class
rooms. With Wait Chapel aimed at meeting student spiritual needs, tke Center Building, lying just
south, will fulfill some of the more practical needs.
Industrie! Committee Confers With
Representative In Bid For Factory
Several Sites Here Be
ing Considered
As Location
Weeks of effort on the part of the
Perquimans Industrial Committee toVa., had been closed for 10 days for
secure new industry for this county,
is beginning to bear results, it was
reported here this week.
On Tuesday, a representative of an
industry, seeking a new location for
its factory, visited Hertford and con
ferred with several members of the
Industrial Committee regarding.; suit
able sites and secured data on Tabor
supply, water and power facilities. '
The Committee is now compiling ad
ditional information to be furnished
the company for use m selection of a
new location. .
Two sites, near Hertford, meeting
the requirements for the location of
the new factory were inspected by the
representative, who " told ' the local
committee his firm will employ about
200 men, and will require a plant which
will cost in excess of two hundred
thousand dollars to build.
Conferring with the representative
on Tuesday were Mayor V. N. Darden,
R. M. Riddick, Jr., and Mrs. Viola
Nachman, secretary of the Industrial
Committee and A. W. Hefren.
It was also learned this week an
other organization is being contacted,
who is interested in establishing a
branch factory in Northeastern North
Carolina; this , organization makes
wood products and desires a location
near a large river.
Members of the local committee are
hopeful definite announcement , Con
cerning new industry for this com
munity can be made at an early date;
meanwhile the committee is continu
ing its efforts to contact and bring
new industry into Perquimans Coun-
ty. -: : -;; ;
Eleven ill Members
Attend State Event
Eleven Perquimans County 4-H
)Club members, six girls and five boys,
are attending State 4-H Club Week,
which is being held from July 19 to
July 24 in Raleigh. There will be ap
proximately 1,200 4-H Club boys and
girls attending from counties all over
the State.
During the week the Perquimans
County Livestock Judging. Team will
compete in the Judging Contest Clar
ence Chappell, Jr., will compete in the
State Beekeeping Contest and Bobby
Smith will compete in the State rab
lie Speaking Contest The girls will
attend a tea held at the Governor's
Mansion'and all of the delegates will
take part in discussions which will be
held by agricultural leaders from sev
eral States. '
.There. will also be a talent contest
at which eight Perquimans County
club members will compete for State
honors. Those . participating in this
talent contest are: Johnny Phillips,
Phyllis Trueblood, Jean Long and the
"Keel Sisters" (Mabel Frances, Jean
and Jane, Sandra and Patricia). These
will attend only the talent contest
Those attending for the whole week
are:, Kay Howell, Lois Violet Wins
low, Anna Lou Lane, Nancy Lane, Ra
chel Spivey, LaClaire Winslow, Wal
lace Baker, Clarence Chappell, Jr., Ju
lian Howell, Bobby Smith and Thomas
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Deep Creek Bridge
Closed For Repairs ,
' Announcement was made last Mon
day that the bridge at Deep Creek,
neeueu repairs.
During the repair period motorists
traveling toward Norfolk on U. S. 17
will have to make a short detour just
before reaching Deep Creek,
Highway Commissioner J. Emmett
Winslow stated Route 17 is not closed
to traffic because of the situation at
Deep Creek, although motorists will
find taking the detour necessary. He
also reported Route 170 is open from
; Elizabeth City to Norfolk,
Farm Families Make
Offered By F. HI
Farm families in Perquimans Coun
ty have made good use of Farmers
Home Administration credit and ser
vices this past year and have stepped
up the efficiency of their farming op
erations, E. F. Morgan, the agency's
county supervisor headquartered at
Hertford said this week.
Additional funds have been made
available, he said, to lend through the
next year to farmers to operate, en
large, or improve farms.
A large proportion of the money
loaned in this county during the past
12 months has been to veterans and
other young farm families who are
establishing better farm setups. Their
greatest needs were for adequate cred
it and some help in developing sound
systems of farming and adopting ef
ficient farm .management practices.
I No loans were made to farmers who
were able to obtain the financing they
needed from other local lenders.
A total of $53,655 was loaned in thfc
unit for equipment, livestock, fertili
zer, feed, and seed, that farm fami
lies needed to make better use of their
land and labor resources.
Farm ownership and housing loans
amounted to $14,070, including direct
loans from appropriated funds and
loans front money by banks or other
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Pair Arrested On
Hog Theft Charge
Two Negro youths, Joseph Boone,
18, and Clinton Boone, 22, were ar
rested last Monday night by Sheriff
M. G. Owens on charges of stealing a
hog from the- property of C. C. Hun
ter, Negro, of the Chinquapin section
of Perquimans County. ;
. Sheriff "Owens stated Joseph Boone
had given him a confession, admitting
his part in the theft and implicated
his cousin, Clinton Boone, in the theft
According to Sheriff Owens, the hog
was stolen from the Hunter property
last Friday night and sold to J. F.
Hollowell & Son in Winfall on Satur
day morning.
Joseph Boone told the sheriff the
pair had divided the money received
from the sale of the hog and used part
or tno casn to make a payment on a
used car.
The pair will be given a hearing in
Recorder's Court next Tuesday. ',
Nine Cases Heard In
Recorder s Court
AtSessionTuesday
A docket consisting of nine cases
was disposed of by the Perquimans
Recorder's Court during the session
held here last Tuesday.
- Claude Outland entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of failing to yield
the right-a-way. He was ordered to
pay a fine pf $10 and costs.
Li. U. uopeiand submitted to a
charge of issuing a worthless check
He was taxed with the court costs and
ordered to Wke good the amount of
the cheek.
J. W. Overton, charged with pos.
session of tax paid liquor in a dry
county, submitted to the charge and
paid the costs of court,
A $2 fine and costs of court were
taxed against John W. Costen, Negro,
who entered a plea of guilty to a
charge of being drunk.
Ruby Odom entered a plea of guil
ty to charges of driving without a h
cense. She was fined $25 and costs
of court Her husband, William Odom,
charged with permitting use of a ve
hicle by an unlicensed operator, was
fined $25 and costs after he submit
ted to the charge.
Raymond Peterson, charged with
speeding, entered a plea of guilty and
paid a fine of $10 and costs.
Sidney Perry and Calvin Riddick,
charged with failing to observe a stop
light, entered pleas of guilty to the
charges and each paid the costs of
court.
At the conclusion of the court term
Judge Chas. E. Johnson announced
the regular August 3 term of court
will be held on Monday afternoon, Au
gust 2, beginning at 1:30 o'clock. All
cases to be heard during that week
of court will be set for August 2.
Named By President
Committee chairman of the Busi
ness and Professional Women's Club
for the coming year were appointed
by Mrs. Emily Harrell, president, at
a business meeting last Thursday
night at the home of Mrs. Grace Cos
ton.' Standing : committee chairmen ap
pointed were: Program Co-ordination,
Mrs. Alice Towe; Education and Vo
cation, Mrs; Grace Coston and Mrs.
Pat Williams; Finance, Miss Thelma
Elliott; Health and Safety, Miss Hul
da Wood and Miss Audrey Umphlett;
International Relations, Miss Thelma
Elliott; Membership, Mrs. Pat Wil
liams and Mrs. Viola Nachman; News
Service, Mrs. Betty Swindell; Public
Affairs, Mrs. Dora Riddick; Parlia
mentarian, Mrs.' Grace Coston.
: Special . Committee chairmen ap
pointed were Local Loan Closet Mrs.
Roxanna Jackson; Music, Miss Kate
Blanchard and Mrs. Doro Riddick;
State Project for Retired Business
Women, Mrs. Alice Towe; Scrapbook,
Mrs. Nettie Lee Caravello; Hospitali
ty, Mrs. Sallie Lane; Supper, Mrs.
Essie Burbage and Mrs. Mary Robert
son; Samarcand Manon Project Mrs.
Anne Nowell, and National Security,
Mrs. Betty Swindell. :
Following futher business the meet
ing, was adjourned ' and the
hostess!
served delicious refreshments to
the!
eleven members present The next
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs. Pat Williams on'Grubh Street
Board Of Education
Addition At Central
ESC Representative
Here Each Thursday
Mrs. Corrie B. White, manager of
the .State Employment Security Com
mission, announced this week a rep
resentative of the Commission will be
in Hertford every Thursday from 9
A. M. until 2:30 P. M.
The official will be located in the
Court House. Previously, the repre
sentative visited Hertford only on the
first and third Thursdays of each
month.
Old Age Assistance
Survey Reveals
Importantflndings
Characteristics ot persons receiving
old age assistance have been studied
by the State Board of Public Welfare,
which released its findings recently.
Only one-fifth of the elderly persons
in the State were found to be receiv
ing old age assistance on the basis of
strict budgetary determination of
need.
Old age assistance is one of the
plans administered through the State
Board of Public Welfare whereby per
sons 65 years of age and older who
are in need may receive cash aid in
the firm of a monthly grant Federal,
State, and county funds make up the
grants, with the county putting in
about one-ninth of the payment.
To be eligible, a recipient must have
lived in North Carolina at least one
year, and must have minimum needs
for food, clothing, and shelter which
are greater than the resources which
are available to him. In addition, he
must be willing to give the county a
lien on any property he may own.
Among the more important finds of
this current study, made under the
direction of Robert Mugge, director of
the State Board's research and statis
tical service, are the following:
1. While 65 years is the minimum
age for receiving assistance, most re
cipients tend to be much older, an?
dependency on public asistance
creases with age. The average age
of applicants for this type of aid is
69 years. The average age of all re
cipients is 74.3 years.
2. Over three-fifths of all recipi
ents are women, and the recipient rate
for women is more than 40 per cent
higher than the recipient rate for
men.
3. Eighty per cent of the recipients
are able to take care of themselves in
the home, while the other 20 per cent
require considerable care from others
because they are bedridden or have
physical or mental handicaps.
4. A great majority of the recipi
ents (80 per cent) live with their hus
bands or wives or other relatives.
Over half of the recipients or their
spouses have responsibility for their
homes, but only about 14 per cent own
the homes in which they live.
5. Nearly half of the recipients are
living with one or more children.
While 47 per cent of the elderly men
are living with their wives, only 18
per cent of the aged women have hus
bands with whom they are living.
6. The homes of recipients of old
age assistance appear to be no more
crowded than homes in the State are
generally found to be. While, accord
ing to the latest census report, 11 per
cent of all dwelling units in the State
have an average of Vk persons per
room, only 9.7 of the recipients live
in homes as crowded.
7. Modern living conveniences are
found much less frequently in the
homes of recipients of old age assist
ance, than in other homes. This is es
pecially true of plumbing facilities.
Only 16 per cent of the recipients have
telephone service in the homes in
which they live, the report indicated.
Accident Fatal To
Louis N. Chappelj
Louis Norman Chappell, 35, died in
the Chowan Hospital Wednesday
morning at about 11 o'clock from in
juries sustained while he was swim
ming at Holley's Wharf Tuesday af
ternoon. 1
According to a report Chappell dived
into shallow water from a pier, suf
fering a fracture of the neck. He was
taken to Chowan Hospital, where he
succumbed Wednesday morning.
He was a veteran of World War n,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Chap
pell and the husband of Mrs. Willie
Clifton Chappell. Besides his father
and. wife he is survived by one bro
ther, Gaither Chappell of South Nor
folk; three sisters, Mrs. Claude Wins-
low, Mrs. Asbell Jordan of Greenville
and Mrs. Forest Cale of Portsmouth,
The body was removed to Lynch
.Funeral Home pending funeral ar-
rangements.
Accepts Bids On
Grammar School
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Construction To Cost
Ahout $58,000; Work
To Start Soon
Perquimans Board of Education,
meeting here in special session last
Tuesday afternoon, approved low bids
for the construction of four class
rooms and a library at the Perquim
ans Central Grammar School. The
action was taken subject to final ap
proval of the State Board of Edu
cation, which will furnish funds for
the project from the sale of school
bonds.
Bids for the project, including gen
eral construction, electric, plumbing
and heating work totaled $59,128, but
in discussion with low bidders it was
determined minor changes could be
made on the project which will make
the costs for the addition run to $57,
438.
This figure ran costs about $10,000
higher than estimates made on the
project prior to the opening of the
bids.
J. N. Bryan of Raleigh, was low
bidder on the general construction,
with a bid of $47,811. Other bidders
on this work were East Carolina Con
struction Co., $49,326; Cliff R. Heuay,
$49,499; William K. Neal, $48,657, and
Paul P. Thompson, $49,432.
R. J. Boyce was low bidder on the
electrical contract He submitted a
bid of $2,300 while C. J. DeMers sub
mitted a bid of $2,330.
Haqar Plumbing and Heating Co.,
of Elizabeth City, with a bid of $3,
091, was low bidder for the plumbing
contract. Other bidders on this work,
and their bids were Kennan & Corey,
$5,999; R. E. Dean, $3,557; Howell,
$3,600, and C. E. Williams, $3,600.
The heating contract went to R. E.
Dean of Wilson, whose bid for this
work was $5,926. Others bidders were
Henry Baker, $5,995; Kennan & Corey,
$7,347, and Haqar, $6,265.
After some discussion concerning
the overall program, and its cost, the
Board voted to accept the low bids,
and authorized Superintendent of
Schools J. T. Biggers to submit plans
and requests for funds to the State
Board.
It is believed, since this project is
in emergency, the State Boxrd will
I grant immediate authority for con
struction and the work will start
about August 1.
The general contractor advised the
Board, in the meeting, work can be
expected to be completed in about five
months.
Perquimans Library
Has Steady Growth
During Past 17 Years
The yearly report of the Perquim
ans County Library compiled at the
end of the fiscal year, June 30, shows
that during the 17 years the library
has been operated as a County Li
brary qualifying for its proportional
share of State aid funds allocated by
the Legislature for the State Library
Commission, this library has made
notable progress and improvements in
many ways.
From its beginning as a small col
lection of books housed in one end of
the old Hertford Community House, it
has, under the leadership of Miss Mae
Wood Winslow, chairman of the Li
brary Board, steadily expanded and
increased its services to the people of
the county. The main library now oc
cupies the entire newly renovated
Community Building, having a space
60 by 22 feet for its quarters. The
Joseph Judkins Branch Library, serv
ing the colored people, is located on
the lower floor of the Progressive
Knights building on King Street The
Belvidere Library Station, under the
direction of Mrs. L. J. Winslow in the
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Former Resident
Dies In Norfolk
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
Hagatha Broughton, 61, who died in
her home in Princess Anne County,
were conducted Monday afternoon at
3 o'clock.
Burial followed in the Riverside Me
morial Park.
Mrs. Broughton was a native of
Perquimans County but had lived in
Princess Anne for several months.
She was the daughter of John F. and
Bashie Woods Hagatha, the wife of
David Ella Broughton and a member
of the Church of Christ at Jarvisburg
in Currituck County.
Surviving besides her husband are
one daughter, Mrs. Willard E. Sawyer
of Burlington; two half sisters, Mrs.
Rosa Lane Blackwater of Princess
Anne County and Mrs. Beulah Wil
liams of Elizabeth City; two half
brothers, W. E. Hagatha and Jack
Hagatha of Weeksville and one grand
daughter. ' j