North Carolina Newspapers

IIIiAKS WEEECLY -Number 42. HertfordrKrcuimans County, North CaroIina,Friday, October 15, 1954. 5 Cents Per Copy r ' ..J V ' . . '"3" '" O :" "' ' f"" J L i J - TlTprr wn f 4-2 TT- A kick-off meeting, opening the annual membership; drive for tho Per quimans County Farm Bureau, will be held next Monday night, October 18, in the Agriculture Building in Hert ford, beginning at 7 o'clock, it was reported here today, Gordon Maddry, representative from Hertford County and State Farm Bu reau president, '- will be the guest speaker and will discuss what farm organizr.iions have done and why par ticipation in the Farm - Bureau is ' . needed., ' Preliminary plans for the member- - ship drive have been worked out. The ' local directors have invited five per ( sons from each township in the coun ty to attend die kick-off meetintr and aid in the planning for the drive; for . members which Is scheduled to begin next week. ,v -r ' , Those invited to attend the meeting 1 Monday night are urged to make every 'effort to be present as it will be ne- neccary for each to give full support v, to the membership drive to- bring aoout a sucee8srui campaign. Membership goals for Perquimans County will be announced at the ' meeting Monday, and a concentrated drive to secure this goal will be : " stressed during the next few weeks. TIGS OaCS yxo Russian efforts to offset the West ern unity welded by . the London con ference, which calls ,- for rearming . Western Germany, started rolling late 1 last week. Russia made new nrono- . sals for. unifying Germany but keep ' ing it unarmed.. In the UK the Beds ' called 'for .j world-wide disarihament, . harriTnr A former Dosition which da. manded control of atotnfcower arst.oers or tne local ttoffip -win conduct n to tie followed Wreductionof mUltary 'demonBtrations n..Civi.Defense nd, 5!J:n I ftl 'power. ', I Emergency Service, as rendered bysVWff ull UUJvOlII k Meanwhile, preliminary work for. ' the adoption of the London agree ment has met with some Biiccess. France has approved the plan for re arming Germany and this is believed to be- a signal of success for the pro gram adopted by . Western ministers for the strengthening of v the Euro Dean defense against the spread of L communism. ' Here in the U.'S with the election two Weeks away, politics has become the major news. . Democrats and Re publicans are campaigning hard for the control of Congress and it appears , from most surveys the House control will be recaptured by the Democrats while the race over the Senate is - ' even. A wide area around Chicago was nard hit this week by floods. Heavy 7 rains caused rivers to overflow banks inundating the surrounding territory. Damages in Chicago alone were esti-. . mated at 10 million dollars.' More than 700 were reported homeless. The high price of coffee was the subject of a proposed Senate inquiry, made this week in Washington, when Senator Beall (Md.) said price in crease In coffee had cost the Ameri can public 293 -million dollars from j January to August.. It is proposed f e Federal Trade Commission regu lute prices on the Coffee Exchange. Amendments Topic ; C Rotary Ibgram Five amendments to the Const! tu ' n of North Carolina, which voters I pass upon in the general election " nher 2, was the subject of a pro i presented at the meeting of the !ord Rotary Club , held Tuesday t tt the Hotel Hertford. V .ntative C. R. . Holmes in ' the program traced the his- cf the Constitution from 1776 i is the present day, pointing out - 3ent Constitution was sorted y changes, set'Jng forth the, i cf people, were made between t C,prV-;tion end thrt t i j. ,3 I- i I.r. I" ' -ics roii.lJ ot or aniu.,. - "yc!" n. .-. J . cnts i trov: ' r - ' f i r.ave tl.e rrcs- n'i 1 The r.cxt n vhith v C .urt J . .... ' ''" T f " f " ' v.l Central PTA Meets in exi luonaqy igni The Parent Teacher Association of Central Grammar School will hold Its October; meeting at the school in Winfall next Monday night at 8 o'clock ' The Rev. James Mattox will give the devotional and the Cumber land community, Mrs. Bryant Miller, cnairman, will nave cnarge oi we pro- t . 1 ' 1 M grant . Mrs. Alice Futrell will give a talk on safety. All members and friends of the school are urged to at tend. - J . , , f.!!::niot3 Scents ToDisrlsySkCIs IfroOctGterlfi Saturday, October 16, on the Court House lawn in Hertford, Boy Scouts from the seven counties of the Albe marle District will gather to show parents and friends their knowledge of Scouting skills. The public is cor dially invited to attend this Scouting in Action Fair from the hours of 11 A. M., until 4:30 P. M. Scout units from all over the Albemarle will be present to pilt on a free show for the public. ' ; T. F. Lowry, chairman of the Fair committee, said he expects to : have 15 tents full of Scouting activities go ing on at the same time. The Cub Scouts , will make handicraft items, work at their hobbies, and show their collections. There will also be a den meeting, Boy Scouts will put on dem- onstrations of flncer nrintinsr. carnen. try, woodcarving, signaling, home re-i10 pairs, civil defense, Indian lore, hand, icraf t, camping, conservation, cooking, first aid, public health, leather work, metal work! forentrv. nioneerinffi and foundry practice. Robert C. Elliott, Scoutmaster of Hertford Troop 155, announced mem- Boy Scouts. . . , , , There will be no admission fee and nothing will be sold or collected. 1 ConscrvationLouS MSelttFjUL ' Soil and water conservation -loans! Anthony Oliver and Stephen Vander are available to eligible" farmers in. Water, each of whom submitted to Chowan County, E. F. Morgan, county! charges of speeding. Farmers Home Administration super-j A fine of $25 and court costs was visor, gays. , ' v v ;4 -. : i (assessed against Emmett Riddick, The loans may be used, to carry out.'wegro, wno was round guilty of speed !meafres u 'TZ- Za" and drainage. Tiis will include the construction and repair of terraces, dikes, ditches; pounds and tanks, the establishment and improvement of per. manent pastures, basic application of lime and fertilizer) tree planting, well . . ... - drilling, and the purchase or pumps and other, irrigation equipment. , ' The new loan program was made possible by legislation recently passed by the 83rd Congress. ... Soil and water conservation loans may be made from funds supplied by private lenders and insured by the Government or from funds appropriat ed by Congress. Loans from appro priated funds will be made only when insured funds are not available. Loans, either direct or insured, will only be made when the applicant is unable to obtain the credit he needs at reason able rates and terms from other sourc es. The Farmers Home Administra tion is authorized to insure loans up to a total of $25,000,000 each fiscal year. In addition, for fiscal lP55, the Con gress appropriated $11,600,000 for this type of assistance.; ', . ,v, -Applications for all loans, insured or direct, will be made at. the 'coun ty office of-the Farmers Home Ad ministration located on the second floor of the Bus Station building in Hertford.' '..riCl -t-V-' The 3-member county .committee of the (Farmers ' Home Administration Will certify the nliclhllltv n cants. Applications from Teteracs w"l receive preference in processing. Loans will be made to carry out only the types of soil and water con servation practices that are in accord te recommendations mtfs ly "i Extension ' Service and the T O -vat'rn !jn';ce. . I and r cf-PTsrvallLn li : ; . i i lb avs.. ) i r 7 rs " T c 'st'",, st "y t l- ; i f it - ( RryTTsnslen . !!:reFridayt!ight The Perquimans Indians will be seeking their first football victory of the season Friday night when they play the WQliamston Green Wave in a conference game on Memorial Field beginning at 8 o'clock. i '. Coach Ike Perry's outfit, beset with injuries all season, are expected to be in better physical condition for the Williamston contest than they were last week when they lost a J3-6 de cision to the Plymouth- High School team. ' A 45-yard pass play in the final two minutes of action last Friday gave Plymouth the victory after the two teams had played most of the contest with the score knotted' at 6-all ;Perquimans took a 6-0 lead in the game early in. the contest when Ted Chappell broke into the clear on a scrimmage play and raced 62 yards for a touchdown. Try for conversion was no good and the Indians led by a score of 6-0. V t . Early . in the second quarter Ply- mouth recovered an Indian fumble on Perquimans' 15 yard line and Panther Mike Esteps scored the tying TD on the next play. The conversion was no good and the score at half time was 6-8. . :. i The injury-riddled Indians threaten-' ed in the third period when Plymouth gambled mi a fourth down play but lost, the ball to the Indians on the visitors' 85 yard line. The Perquim ans backfield carried the ball to the fiveJ'but Plymouth made a goal line stand and recovered possession. Plymouth won the game when, ' in the" final two minutes, the Panthers intercepted an Indian past on Ply mouth's 80 yard line, and re to-red the ball to the Perquimans 45. Oil the next play Esteps passed to Styrons we iu. conversion was good and the final score was 18-6 Plymouth. jTiymouth led in first downs 10 to 2 but gained most of these playing between the 30 yard stripes. The In dians' defense was hurt considerably of inJured Players, who sat I out the game. ' Six traffic cases and one in which the defendant was charged with be ing drunk made up the docket at last Tuesday's session of Perquimans Re corders Court, presided over by Judge Unas. E. Johnson. I CoBts of court were taxed against ing 45 miles per, hour in a 35 mile zone, and reckless driving. William Overton. Negro, pleaded guilty to charges of permitting a mi nor to operate his motor vehicle. He paid a fine of 25 and costs. John Margaritopoulas submitted to charges of failing to observe a stop TV 1 . . sign. He paid the costs of court. Emmos Gibbs, Negro, was fined $2 and court costs after pleading guilty to. a charge 'of being drunk. . Rudolph Daniels paid the 'costs of court after submitting to a charge of using an improper muffler on his car. State Soybean Crop 25 Percent Above '53 The North Carolina soybean crop is forecast at 4,769,000 bushels as of October 1, This is an increase of 25 percent over the 1953 crop of 3,814,000 bushels..' A crop, of 4,769,000 bushels would be the largest crop since 1951 when production totaled 5,098,000 bushels. . ' On the basis 'of reports made by growers to the North, Carolina Crop Reporting Service, the yield per acre is forecast at 16.5 bushels." This ex-J ceeds the 1953 average yield by two bushels and equals the record yield of 18.5 bushels set in 1951 and 1952. The major portion of the soybean crop ,is produced in Coastal Plains counties and these counties have re-1 ceived more rainfall than the Pied mont section of the State." Dry weath er did cause some shedding of blooms; ' f"-ever, a good set of beans is evi l over most of the commercial area. ' ,'. ' , . :.,.... ,-, :r'- .' ..LLIA;.i -v IAS MOSS ... 3m ihomas I loss, 80, died last y morr.:.- it the Trueblood N T'Eon-.e afiar a long illness. La vs a v',l;3 tt Carteret County lliv:Jr. uLington, N. C. i r t n -i. Prior -to this i tt Durants i cf the late a Dulin "ate sur--re r v tt Ccjnty Schools To ProviMlGretl;!!; For Schod Children More milk will be available to Per quimans school children under terms of an agreement with the State De partment of Public Instruction just signed by local school officials. J. T. Biggers said Perquimans schools are joining in a nation-wide effort to in crease the consumption of milk by children m schools, authorized by Con gress. To bring about these increases, the U. S. Department of Agriculture advances funds to the State Depart ment of Public Instruction which in turn reimburses t h e Perquimans schools for- part of the cost of the additional milk they serve. The milk will be , bought directly from local dairies and distributors. Mr. Biggers said the new program provides a wonderful opportunity to aid the children to drink more milk the most nearly perfect of foods. To make it easier for the children to drink additional milk, he said, ar rangements have been made to serve milk at recess time, and before the start of classes in the morning. In addition, they will be encouraged to drink as. much milk as they want at lunch time with no limit placed on the amount a child may drink.. Mr. Biggers urged that parents as sist the new program, by enrolling their children in it He also asked that parents encourage their children's interest .in the special school activi ties which , will be designed to tell them more about milk,, and why they should drink more of it. , ssknSpons r. The wedding of Miss Sylvia Jean Symons, daughter of Ernest Symons and the late Mrs. Symons, and Rich ard Hoover, son of Mr. and Mrs.-Guy Hoover . of i Elizabeth City, was sol emnized at - the Free Will Baptist Church in.,EHaabeth City September 26V .t.-f-'-r- r '--j The double ring ceremony was per formed by the Rev. Charles Brown, pastor of the church. Mrs. Margaret Scott, accompanied by Mrs. 'Ruth Lawrence, presented a program of nuptial music. The, bride, who was given in marri age by her cousin, Rudolph Warden, wore a ballerina length wedding gown Of ice blue satin and lace fash ioned with an oval neckline, softened 'tirifl. In.. t 1 nivu invo uicuatliviio. XJUIlg loco sleeves ended in wedding peaks over the hands. The princess waist was ac cented by a scalloped skirt with a pannier hipline. Her fingertip length veil of imported illusion was arrang ed from a pearlized tiara. She car ried a white prayer 4ook topped with a white yellow throated orchid. Mrs. Margaret Scaff of Hertford, sister of the bride, was matron of honor and only attendant. She wore a gown of pink net over taffeta with a fitted bodice and bolero. She car ried a nosegay of pink and orchid chrysanthemums and wore a match ing, tiara. . Arthur Hicks of Baltimore, Md., wat best man. Ushers were Horace Ambrose, Jr., of Elizabeth City and Hillary Scaff of Hertford. ' BPW Club To Sponsor Barbecue Supper Nov. 3 ' The Perquimans Business and Pro fessional Women's Club held its reg ular monthly business meeting at the home of Mrs. Viola s Nachman last Thursday night with nine members present. ,, Mrs. Grace Coston, vice president, presided over the meeting;. Business consisted of plans "for Business Wo men's Week, October 10 through 16. The. club made plans to attend church k( a body Sunday . morning at the Baptist Church. vy " The club will sponsor a barbecue supper Wednesday night, November 8, at the Hertford Grammar School to raise money for club sponsored projects."',:-' :,t':-7'--v if J.y . .-, Following the adjournment ' of the meeting the hostess served a delicious sweet course. The next . business meeting. will be held a the home of Mrs. : Harriet Gustafson on Church Street'--':' HUMPHLETT . GRAY ' , iMr. and Mm. B.;C. Clrav nt Tren ton announce the marriage of their daughter, Jean, to Walter Lee Humph lett, Jr., son- ofMr. and . Mrs. W. L. Humnhlett of Winfall. on Saturdav. October 9, 12:80 P. M., Edenton Street Alethtodist Church Chapel, Raleigh, N. C. T7.r;.3. to t:zrr ; The Vfo- - -' T" ' -ry Society of r -" ' t will meet . 'v .7il3 P XajLif WM Hoover Town Board Adopts Following A Review Today Marks Opening Of Hunting Season Today is the big day for wild game hunters, it marks the opening of the hunting season on bear, deer, opos sum, raccoon and squirrel. i The daily bag limit on squirrels is eight, possession limit is 16 and seam limit is 100. Hunting of opossum and raccoon with gun and dogs has no limit im posed,. , The limits on bear and deer are one a day and two for the season. Many hunters who prefer quaii, rabbits, or turkeys will have to wait until Thanksgiving when the season opens on these game animals. District Democrats Get Invitation To Rally October 21st Plans and arrangements have been completed for the First Congression al District Democratic Rally to be held at Elizabeth City on Thursday, Octo ber 21, at 5:00 P. M., at the S. L. Sheep school auditorium All Democrats of the District are,es, $24,237.32; water and light collec invited to attend this rally.. jtions, $101,821.78; ice sold, $7,435.09; In connection with issuing invito-' privilege taxes, $2,376.70; cemetery tions Congressman Herbert C. Bon--lots sold, $2,425.00; parking meters, ner had this to say in urging all par ty members to attend "Elton Aydlett, Bill Dawson, Her bert Small, Lorimer Midgett, Jerome Flora, Sheriff W. L. Thompson and other good Democrats of Pasrtuotank County are working enthusiastically to make this the largest and most in teresting of the rallies being held in North Carolina. I am personally proud of the enthusiastic meetings we have had in the past, and 1 look for ward to this rally surpassing them alL We will have a few short speech es by candidates for the United States Senate and House of Representatives Afterf theV. speeches and other such business as the State Chairman, Mr. John Larkin, may desire, to take up, there will be a fish fry at Scott and Halstead's potato shed on the Weeks ville Road. Detailed information will be furnished you as to how to get to the fish fry following the rally." County Itesidents Get Fair Invitation A cordial invitation to Perquimans residents to participate in the 1954 N. C. State Fair, both as exhibitors' and by their attendance, is issued by Dr. J. S. Dorton, manager. The state fair this year will be held next week, October 19-23. The fair manager commended the citizens of Perquimans County for their participation in the state fairs of former years, sajfing, "Our great N. C. State Fairwould not be as successful as it has been over the years without the cooperation of the citizens of Per quimans." " Dorton said he expects the 1954 to be "our greatest effort. I am sure the citizens of Perquimans wilj help make it so." The fair manager lists these out standing features of the fair this year: ';: ' :; -",:.; The World's Championship Rodeo, aopearing nightly in the giant new State Fair Arena; world-famous Dancing Waters, appearing continu ously each day; Fishing for Diamonds, continuously each day; Horse Racing at 2 P. M., on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday of Fair Week. School children of North Carolina will be admitted free on two days of the fair this year. Tuesday, Oc tober 19, has been set aside as "Wake County School Day" and Friday. Octo ber 22, has been designated "Young North Carolinians 4-H Club Day." On each of these days', school children will be admitted to the fairgrounds on spe cial tickets distributed by school su perintendents. .' v.; f ''," t ;" Combine Operators v ! ; If ust Have License Operators of combines and thresh ing machines were reminde'd today by Julian C. Powell, Register of Deeds. that they must secure a- license re quired under State law before start ing operations with their machines. The license may be secured from Mr. Powell at the Court House. . . BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT - . Rev. and Mrs., H. M. Jamieson an nounce the birth of a daughter, Bar- ' ra born Sunday, Orter; ' V, rl ' -"arle Hocrital, LZ'-v Budget For Year Of Annual Audit Auditor's Statement Re veals Town In Good Financial Shape Hertford's Town Board, meeting here last Monday night in regular ses sion, heard a review of the annual au dit of the town's books, and adopted its budget for the year 1954-55. The audit of the books was conducted by James M. Williams of the firm of Wall and Williams. The audit revealed the total assets of the town amounted to $515,804.90; listed on June 30 as follows: cash on hand, $13,391.92; utility accounts re ceivable, $8,841.09; other accounts re ceivable, $2,813.67; taxes receivable, $4,419.78; Government bonds, $10, 000.00; bond, $77.43; town properties, $476,261.11. On the same date, the liabilities of the town were as follows: accounts payable, $13,191.96; 1954 taxes collect ed in advance, $4,117.57; consumers' deposits, $4,083.63; Bonds outstand ing, $60,000.00; reserved for collect ions, $4,900; reserved for street im provements, $3,330.45; reserved for contingencies, $1,043.95. Surplus, op erating fund, $8,875.65; capital fund, $416,216.11. - The audit also revealed that dur ing the past year the town receipts ior beln mconie from tax- $1,731.32; Powell funds, $6,001.51; rentals Harvey Point, $2,753.50; mis cellaneous receipts, $6,307.81. Expenditures during the year amounted to $159,217.32 including items as salaries town officials, $6, 188.23; street maintenance, $27,887.56; street improvements, $6,568.89; police department, $10,991.34; fire depart ment,' $2,151.80; Harvey Point ex-, pense, $1,860.06; light department, $55,658.42; water department, $19, 554.63'; ice department, $523.36; plant .improvements,. $4,232.40; bonds paid, $5,000.00. v , , ' iheSuagetfor "the towiifoi 'Jhe current year, as adopted, during , the meeting calls for revenue amounting to $166,975, from which $54,575 will be used for the general fund while appropriations for utilities amount to $112,400.00, which includes the pay ment of $15,000 worth of bonds which fall due during the year. The tax rate will remain at $1.35 per hundred dollar valuation. - In reviewing the audit Mr. Williams pointed out the Town was in good fi nancial condition, having completed a number of major improvements dur ing the year -and carrying out the fis cal year budget, all with current in come... '- ! - Rites Conducted Inez Onley White Mrs. Inez Onley White, 61, died Monday afternoon at a Norfolk hos pital after a short illness. She was a daughter of the late Albert and Laura Layden Onley. She is survived by her husband, C. W. White; one son, Edgar White, both of Hertford; one brother, Joseplf Onley of Perquimans County; three sisters, Mrs.L. N. Hollowell of Hert ford, Mrs. W. B. Huxter of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Rosser Bunch of Tyner. She was a member of the Hertford Baptist Church and had been teach ing at the Hertford Grammar School for the past 35 years. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Hertford .Baptist Church by the Rev. James O. Mattox, pastor. During the service a quartet, R. S. Monds, J. R. Futrell, Mrs. Maude Tucker and Mrs. Fred Matthews, sang "Abide With Me.! Pallbearers were John Biggers, .J. E. Winslowt R. M. Riddick, V. N. Dar den, W. E. - Edwards and Dr. C. A. ' Davenport." V;'." '' Burial followed in the Cedarwood Cemetery under the direction of tha Lynch Funeral Home. : , Car Registrations Listed For County If you've been - thinking there are more and more cars on the roads these days you're right The State Department of Motor Ve hicles said today total registration for the state hit a new high of 1,869,988 based on figures reported through Au- gust It was an increase of 56,440 ' over the same period of last year sta tisticians announced. - -v ' i Total registrations for Perquimans County not incl-1 '""t r''kly ownei Wednesday For Mrs U 4 . t